اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
اَعُوْذُبِااللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
*_Today’s Thought for the day is from Surah An-Nahl Ayah 33_*
*هَلۡ يَنۡظُرُوۡنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡ تَاۡتِيَهُمُ الۡمَلٰۤئِكَةُ اَوۡ يَاۡتِىَ اَمۡرُ رَبِّكَؕ كَذٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِيۡنَ مِنۡ قَبۡلِهِمۡؕ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَلٰـكِنۡ كَانُوۡۤا اَنۡفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُوۡنَ.(33)*
*_Are they [the disbelievers] waiting for the angels to come to them, or for the decree of your Lord to come to pass? Likewise did those who came before them. It is not Allah Who wronged them, but it was they who wronged themselves.(33)_*
کیا یہ (کافر) اس بات کے منتظر ہیں کہ فرشتے ان کے پاس (جان نکالنے) آئیں یا تمہارے پروردگار کا حکم (عذاب) آپہنچے۔ اسی طرح اُن لوگوں نے کیا تھا جو اُن سے پہلے تھے اور خدا نے اُن پر ظلم نہیں کیا بلکہ وہ خود اپنے آپ پر ظلم کرتے تھے.(33)
This Ayah addresses the disbelievers, highlighting their impending reckoning.‼️ *It admonishes the disbelievers as to Why are they still hesitating to accept the message which is very simple and clear*❓ _We have tried every method to present each aspect of the truth clearly with arguments and brought witnesses thereof from the whole system of the universe, and have left no room for any man of understanding to stick to shirk. Now what are they waiting for is nothing more than this that the angel of death should come before them and then they will accept the message at the last moment of their lives. Or, do they wait for the scourge of Allah Azzawajal to overtake them and make them accept the Message?_
*_Act of the Day is:_* to understand that the entire mankind was created to worship Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la, so that they might attain HIS pleasure and admittance to paradise.‼️ *But it is they wronged themselves and abandoned the purpose for which they were created, and exposed themselves to permanent humiliation and eternal misery.* _The attitude of human beings is amazing. They see what happened to people of earlier generations who followed the same course they follow. But they do not take heed. They do not believe that what happened to earlier communities can happen to them. They do not realize that the laws of nature operate in accordance with a well defined pattern, and that premises lead to their natural conclusions, actions receive their just reward, and Allah Azzawajal’s law will not be suspended to appease anyone._
–To understand that it is not Allah Azzawajal who wronged them, but it was they who wronged themselves.❗ Allahﷻ has given the entire Mankind the freedom of thought and choice. HE SWT has sent the guidance to the mankind through HIS Messengers and HIS Books from time to time and HE SWT has shown us all HIS signs placed in the universe around us and within our own souls, warning us against the consequences of our actions. HE SWT then left us to choose and to bear the consequences of our own doings in accordance with HIS laws. Thus HE SWT has not wronged us in any way. Their fate is a case of action rebounding on the perpetrator.
_Let’s remind ourselves that; *when we shut out the truth of Allah Azzawajal, we wrong our own souls, and by so doing, we cause our own loss.*_
May Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la continue to bestow us with guidance and save us from going astray. Aameen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen.
JazaK Allâhu Khair!