November 4, 2024

Surah Ibrahim – Ayah 22

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
اَعُوْذُبِااللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

*_Today’s Thought for the day is from Surah Ibrahim, Ayah 22_*

*وَ قَالَ الشَّیۡطٰنُ لَمَّا قُضِیَ الۡاَمۡرُ اِنَّ اللّٰہَ وَعَدَکُمۡ وَعۡدَ الۡحَقِّ وَ وَعَدۡتُّکُمۡ فَاَخۡلَفۡتُکُمۡ ؕ وَ مَا کَانَ لِیَ عَلَیۡکُمۡ مِّنۡ سُلۡطٰنٍ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡ دَعَوۡتُکُمۡ فَاسۡتَجَبۡتُمۡ لِیۡ ۚ فَلَا تَلُوۡمُوۡنِیۡ وَ لُوۡمُوۡۤا اَنۡفُسَکُمۡ ؕ مَاۤ اَنَا بِمُصۡرِخِکُمۡ وَ مَاۤ اَنۡتُمۡ بِمُصۡرِخِیَّ ؕ اِنِّیۡ کَفَرۡتُ بِمَاۤ اَشۡرَکۡتُمُوۡنِ مِنۡ قَبۡلُ ؕ اِنَّ الظّٰلِمِیۡنَ لَہُمۡ عَذَابٌ اَلِیۡمٌ(22)*

*_”And the Shaitaan will say when the matter has been decided, “Indeed, Allah had promised you a promise of truth. And I promised you, but I betrayed you. But I had no authority over you except that I invited you, and you responded to me. So do not blame me, but blame yourselves. I cannot be your helper, nor can you be my helper. Indeed, I deny your association of me (with Allah) before. Indeed, for the wrongdoers is a painful punishment.”(22)_**

اور جب فیصلہ چکا دیا جائے گا تو شیطان کہے گا حقیقت یہ ہے کہ اللہ نے جو وعدے تم سے کیے تھے وہ سب سچے تھے اور میں نے جتنے وعدے کیے ان میں سے کوئی بھی پورا نہ کیا ، میرا تم پر کوئی زور تو تھا نہیں ، میں نے اس کے سوا کچھ نہیں کیا کہ اپنے راستے کی طرف تمہیں دعوت دی اور تم نے میری دعوت پر لبّیک کہا ۔ اب مجھے ملامت نہ کرو ، اپنے آپ ہی کو ملامت کرو ۔ یہاں نہ میں تمہاری فریاد رسی کر سکتا ہوں اور نہ تم میری ۔ اس سے پہلے جو تم نے مجھے خدائی میں شریک بنا رکھا تھا میں اس سے بری الذّمہ ہوں ، ایسے ظالموں کے لیے تو دردناک سزا یقینی ہے.(22)

_After the judgement, Evil declares itself in its true colours.‼️ *Frankly it says; ‘I deceived you. The promise of Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la was true, but you believed me rather than Allah Azzawajal.* ‘I had no power to force you.’ I had but to call you, and you came running towards me. You must blame yourselves. *Did you think I was equal with Allah Azzawajal?* I know too well that I was not and never could be.❗ *If you did wrong, you must suffer penalty’.*_

*_Act for the Day is:_* _To be extremely careful and aware of the enticing/deceiving ways of Shaitaan.‼️_

_That is, he will refuse the blame and say; “You cannot say and prove that it was I who forced you to follow the wrong way. You will yourselves admit that it is not so. I did no more than this, that I invited you to falsehood in opposition to the invitation to the Truth and tempted you to vice instead of virtue. *But I had no power to force you to the wrong way, if you desired to follow the Right Way, when you had the power and the option to follow either of the ways❗* Now I am ready to bear the burden of the wicked invitation extended to you, but you are not justified in any way to throw on me the burden of accepting my invitation, because you did it on your own responsibility. You should, therefore, yourselves bear all its consequences.”_

_*May Allah SWT protect us from the fitnah of Shaitaan, Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen.*_(Also read S14:23-27)

JazaK Allâhu Khair!