English Translation of Al-Quran
[38].Surah Suad
Ayat 3. How many generations Allah has destroyed before them, and they cried out when there was no longer time for escape!
Ayat 4. And they (Arab pagans) wonder that a warner is a sorcerer, a lie.
Tafseer of Surah Suad Ayat 3. How many generations before them did Allah destroy? In the end they cried (for mercy) when there was no longer time for being saved! Teaching, Warning, Signs have been given by Allah to all nations and at all times, and yet nations have rebelled and gone wrong and suffered destruction. If only later generations could learn that wrongdoing results in self-destruction! For the justice of Allah merely carries out the result of their own choice and actions. At any time during their probation, they could repent and obtain mercy, but their “Self-glory and Separatism” stood in the way. Ultimately, they do cry for a way of escape, but it is then too late. Ayat 4. So, they wonder if Warner has come to them from among themselves! and the Unbelievers say, “This is a sorcerer telling lies! Their wonder is only stimulated. They are full of envy and spite against one of themselves who has been chosen by Allah to be His Messenger, and they vent their spite by making all sorts of false accusations. The man who was preeminent for truth and conscientious consideration, they call “a sorcerer and a liar”! (Cf. 51:52).
English Translation of Hadith
Hazrat Abu Said Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said, “The best type of Jihad (striving in the way of Allah) is speaking a true word in the presence of a tyrant ruler.”
[Abu Dawud Hadith # 4344 and At-Tirmidhi Hadith # 2174].
Lesson: Jihad has many degrees. Preaching virtue is also Jihad. The most meritorious of all is the effort of communicating the Message of Allah to an unjust ruler. Similarly, if a society is so much given to a vice that no one can dare to utter a word against it, then to protest against it can also be reckoned as the best Jihad.
