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Surah Ar-Rahman (Ayah 31-36)

Class  7  -­‐‑  April  13,  2013  

 

[This  is  a  transcript  of  a  lecture  given  by  Sister  Eman  al  Obaid.  We  ask  Allah  subhana  wa  ta’ala  for  His  forgiveness  and  His  Mercy.  Anything  that  is  good  from  these  notes  is  from  Allah  subhana  wa  ta’ala.  Any  mistakes  &  misrepresentations  are  my  own.  I  ask  Allah  subhana  wa  ta’ala  for  His  forgiveness  and  to  put  

forgiveness  in  the  hearts  of  those  who  read  them.  JazakAllah  Khairan.]  

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Surah Ar-Rahman (Ayah 31-36) Class  7  -­‐‑  April  13,  2013  

Introduction  In   this   life  our  existence   is  because  of  Allah’s  Rahmah.  Surah  Ar-­‐‑Rahman   from  beginning   till   the  end   is  

about  ذذوو االجاللل ووااإلكراامم.    In  Surah  Ar-­‐‑Rahman  we  are  told  that  nothing  will  remain  except  the  Owner  of  

The  Honor  and  Majesty.  Therefore  if  we  want  honor  we  need  to  seek  from  ذذوو االجاللل ووااإلكراامم   and  the  only  one  we  need  to  magnify  is  Allah.  Knowing  this  is  important  for  our  attachment  to  Allah.  We  need  to  

magnify  and  honor  Allah.    Also  knowing   ووااإلكرااممذذوو االجاللل    tells  us  that  Allah  will  honor  whomever  He  wills  and  He  will  put  down  whom  ever  he  wills.    The  Ayat  in  the  Quran  are  signs  of  Allah.  The  Ayah  studied  in  the  previous  class  tells  us  that  everyone  is  asking  Allah  and  He  is  disposing  the  affairs  of  a  person  as  he  needs.  Here  we  see  relation  between  Allah  and   his   servants.   Everyone   in   his   creation   is   asking   him   and   Allah   is   disposing   of   his   or   her   affairs.  Therefore  we  need  to  attach  to  Allah  and  ask  him  and  Allah  will  dispose  of  our  affairs  as  it  suits  us.  The  whole  of  Quran  is  telling  us  to  attach  ourselves  to  Allah.  Infact  if  we  observe  the  whole  universe  is  telling  us  to  attach  ourselves  to  Allah.  

(Ayah 26-32) ممننن لطططططاىىففف االننعممم Ayah 31  

 

 

 

 

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In   this   Ayah   there   is   a   warning   from   Allah.   Surah   Rahman   is   full   of   mercy   so   even   the   warnings  mentioned  in  this  Surah  are  surrounded  and  covered  with  mercy.    

In  the  beginning  of  the  Surah  Allah  mentions  his  bounties  and  blessings  yet  people  reject  Allah’s  signs  so  here  Allah   is  warning   those  people  who  are  not   attaching   themselves   to  Allah.   In   this   life  when  people  commit  a  sin,  will  Allah  punish   them  at   the  same  time?  No.   Infact  Allah  will  bring   them  to  guidance   in  different  ways.  Allah  wants  us  to  be  reformed,  as  Allah  wants  us  to  live  in  Paradise.  Allah  will  afflict  them  so  they  return  to  Him  but  still  if  people  do  not  repent  then  there  will  come  a  day  when  Allah  will  account  them  for  all  they  did  in  this  life.    

When  people  oppress  others   in   this   life  we   should  not   think   that  Allah   let   them  opress.  Allah  will   give  them  respite  but  he  will  not  neglect  anyone.  Sometimes  when  people  exceed  their   limits   they  think  why  Allah  is  not  punishing  them?  This  is  because  Allah  is  giving  them  time.  It  is  not  for  us  to  judge  as  Allah  is  aware  of  all  that  we  are  doing.  

Whatever   we   do   in   this   life,   Allah   will   not   neglect   us.   There   will   come   a   time   when   Allah   will   call  everyone   to   accounts.   In   this   life   Allah   gives   us   time   to   reform.   Allah   does   not   like   disobedience   and  disbelief  so  he  gives  us  time  to  reform  ourselves  and  return  to  him.    Nothing  can  occupy  Allah  or  keep  him  busy.    

Here  we  see  a  warning  that  whatever  we  do  in  our  lives  Allah  will  call  us  for  accounts.  

  ”means  “  We  will  attend  to  you سنفرغغ لكم

  ”means  “both  of  you  أأيیهھ  

  which  means  “having  weight”  or  “heavy”  or  “burden”.    Who ثقل   This  is  dual.  Singular  for  this  is ٱٱلثقالنن

is  the  one  having  weight?  Here  the  description  of  human  and  Jinn  is  mentioned  and  they  are  described  as    

  On  the  Day  of  Judgment  Allah  will  call  only  humans  and  jinn  for  their  accounts.  That  is  why  Allah ثقالنن

describes  them  as   ثقالنن .

Now  we  will  see  why  the  human  and  the  Jinn  are  called   ثقالنن ?  1. Weight   on   the   Earth:   The   human   being   and   the   Jinn   are   living   on   the   earth   and   they   are   having   a  

weight.  Therefore  there  presence  is  like  weight  on  earth.      

2. Sins:  The  human  being  and  Jinn  are  full  of  sins.  They  disobey  by:    

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a. Not  doing  what  is  obligatory  b. Doing  what  is  haram/sin  c. Not  being  able  to  give  thanks  to  Allah  for  all  his  blessing  

Because  of  the  above  we  need  purification  throughout  our  lives.  We  are  made  of  clay  /sand  and  we  are  full  of  faults.  No  one  in  this  life  is  perfect.  Our  imperfection  is  also  a  blessing  from  Allah.  This  is  because  if  we  are  perfect  then  there  is  no  challenge.  Also  if  everybody  is  perfect  in  this  life  then  it  will  make  us  arrogant.   In   the   life,   the  blessing   is  mixed  with  hardship;   in  order   to  reach   to  some  goal  there  is  hardship.  Even  in  our  worship  we  cannot  be  perfect.  This  is  good  for  us  as  our  life  in  this  Duniya  is  temporary.  Alhumdulillah  we  have  a  Lord  who  is  generous  as  whatever  little  we  do,  Allah  will  perfect  it  for  us.  Allah  will  perfect  the  deeds  for  the  Muttaqeen  /  Museneen.  Sometimes  we  have  faults  and  we  want   to  overcome  it  and  yet  despite   trying  we  are  unable   to  overcome  it.  Allah  will  reward  us  for  our  struggle  even  if  we  are  not  successful  in  overcoming  our  faults.    

3. Responsibility  we  are  carrying:  Our   religion   is  our   responsibility   that  we  are   carrying.   If  we   carry   it  well  it  will  lead  us  to  Paradise  and  if  we  fail  we  will  end  up  in  hell.  We  will  be  accountable  for  how  we  carry  this  responsibility.  On  the  Day  of  Judgment  the  kafireen  will  realize  their  loss.  The  Sahaba  said  the  more  they  know  about  Allah  they  more  they  feel  they  have  a  big  responsibility.  Allah  offered  the  skies,  mountains  and  the  earth  to  carry  this  responsibility  but  who  accepted  to  carry  the  Amanah?  It  was  the  human  being.    

 

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Impact of knowing the above: The   impact  of  knowing   the  above  Ayah   is   that  we  will   always  ask   for   forgiveness   from  Allah.  The   sins  make  a  person  very  heavy.  When  we  do  good  deeds  and  we  have  no  sins  then  we  will  fly.  This  is  why  the  heaven  is  high  above  and  hell  is  lower.    

Ayah 32  

 

After   the   warning   Allah   tells   us   which   of   Allah’s   blessing   you   both   deny?   Surah   Ar-­‐‑Rahman   is   about  Allah’s   blessing.   How   is   warning   a   blessing   of   Allah?   This   is   because   every   warning   from   Allah   is  benefitting  us.  If  we  are  a  good  doer  then  the  warning  will  tell  us  to  increase  in  our  faith  and  to  not  rely  on  our  deed,  on  our  taqwa  or  deeds.  We  need  to  increase  our  good  deeds  and  faith.  As  long  as  we  are  in  the  life  our  objective  should  be  to  increase  our  faith.  For  the  sinner  the  warning  will  tell  him  that  still  he  has  time  to  repent  and  ask  forgiveness  from  Allah  because  one  day  Allah  will  call  him  for  accounts.  

(Ayah 33-37)    تححددد ووو ااعججازز

    Ayah 33

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Here  is  another  warning.  Allah  is  addressing  the  groups  of  Ins  and  Jinn  and  is  challenging  them.    

معشر ـ     ”means  “Groups يی

  ”means  “Jinn    ٱٱلجن

نس   ”means  “humans    ووٱٱإل

  ”means  “if  you  have  the  ability/  are  able      إإنن     ٱٱستطعتم

  ”means  “escape  “  or  ‘penetrate أأنن تنفذوواا

”means  “diameter من     أأقطارر

وٲتت ـ م ”means  “skies    ٱٱلس

”means  “earth      ووٱٱألررضض    

  فٱنفذوواا   means   “then  penetrate”   or   “pass”.  This   is   a   command   that   if   you   can;   you  penetrate,   pass   or  

escape.   Here   Allah   is   challenging   the   Jinn   and   human   beings   that   if   you   are   able   then   you   escape,  penetrate  or  pass.  Here  Allah  precedes  the  Jinn  before  the  humans  because  the  Jinn  can  go  anywhere.  Here  Allah  is  telling  us  even  those  Jinn  cannot  escape  from  Allah.  This  is  the  weakness,  disabilities  of  the  Jinn  and  the  human  being.  We  need  to  know  about  both  the  things  i.e.  our  weakness  and  the  greatness  of  Allah  at  the  same  time.  No  one  can  escape  as  everything  is  under  Allah’s  control.

    ”means  “cannot    ال

”means”exit    تنفذوونن

    ”means”except    إإال

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ن ـ   means بسلط “Authority”.   The   meaning   comprises   of   3   things.   It   means   someone   who   has   the  

following:  

1. Power  2. Control  3. Ability  

Here  the  Ayah  is  telling  that  if  Jinn  and  the  Human  being  have ن ـ   they  can  escape  and  if  they  don’t    سلطthen   they   cannot. We   will   get   the   above   three   from   Allah   Allah   put   this   condition   that   no   one   can  penetrate   or   go   beyond   the   seventh   heaven   except   whom   Allah   gives   the   Authority.   Allah   gave   this  Authority  to  the  following:    

1. Prophet  SAW  2. All  the  Messengers  3. Angels  4. Soul  as  the  good  soul  will  go  to  the  seventh  heaven  when  the  good  doer  dies.  

This  Ayah  can  be  said  in  two  places;  

1. Duniya:  No  one  cannot  penetrate  from  this  universe  where  Allah  cannot  see  him.  No  one  escape  from  Allah.  One  person  asked  a  scholar  for  permission  to  commit  a  sin.  The  scholar  told  him  to  go  to  a  place  where  Allah  cannot  see  him  and  asked  him  to  not  eat  from  Allah’s  provision.    

2. Day  of  Judgment:  When  Allah  gathers  those  who  are     Can  anyone  from  the  Jinn  or  the  human  .ثقالنن being  escape  from  the  accounts?  On  the  Day  of  Resurrection  no  one  can  escape  or  hide.  

Impact of knowing the above: Knowing  that  we  cannot  escape  from  Allah  will  always  makes  us  to  a  account  ourselves.  When  we  know  we  cannot  hide  from  Allah  then  this  will  make  us  to  be  more  afraid  from  Allah.  

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Ayah 34  

 

So  which  of  Allah’s  blessing  you  both  deny?    Now  what  is  the  connection  of  this  Ayah  with  the  previous  Ayah.  Where  is  the  blessing  in  knowing  that  we  cannot  escape  from  Allah  in  Duniya  or  Hereafter.  This  is  infact  a  blessing,  as  this  will  help  us  account  ourselves.  This  will  instill  fear  in  us.  

Also   in   the   other  way   if   someone   is   oppressed   or  wronged   then   this   Ayah   consoles   us   as   they   cannot  escape  from  Allah  and  he  will  call  them  to  accounts.  Therefore  we  should  enjoy  our  life,  as  each  moment  that  will  pass  will  not  come  back.  We  can  enjoy  our  life  by  being  a  servant  of  Allah.

Ayah 35

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Still  there  are  people  who  transgress  like  Firoun  who  said  I  am  your  lord.  He  was  so  proud  of  himself  that  he   told  Haman   to   build   a   tower   for   him   so   he   can   climb   on   that   tower   to   look   at  Allah.  When   human  beings  are  arrogant  they  are  worst  of  the  worst.  They  think  they  can  compete  will  Allah.      

In  this  Ayah  there  is  a  warning  from  Allah  that.  

  means  “  it  will  be  sent”.  This  is  in  passive  form.  If  the  jinn  and  the  human  beings  are  try  to  escape يیرسل

and  try  to  get  out  from  Allah’s  control  then  “it”  will  be  sent  against  you    

What  will  be  sent  against  the  Jinn  and  the  human?

  means  “upon  you  عليیكما

  ”means    “smokeless  flame    شوااظظ

  ”means  “from    من

  ”means  “  fire    نارر

”means  “  and  molten  copper وونحاسس

      ”means  “then  you  cannot فال

      ”means  “defend  each  other  (Jinn  and  human  both  together) تنتصراانن In   the   life   no  one   can  defend  you  or  provide   for   you   except  whomever  Allah   allows.  When  one   is   in   a  difficult  situation  no  one  can  help  except  Allah’s  Rahmah.    

Ayah 36  

 

So  which  of  Allah’s  blessing  you  both  deny?.  The  warning  mentioned  in  the  above  Ayah  is  a  blessing  of  Allah  both  for  the  sinner  and  the  believer.  For  the  sinner  to  help  him  come  out  from  darkness  to  light  and  for  the  good  doer  to  help  improves  him  so  as  to  go  to  Firdous.


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