Qur’an and Our Current Situation

In the Name of Allah, the Rehman the Raheem.

We are living in 21^st century, in which the modern science and technology has revolutionarised the life of a man. Man has become a digital animal. All we are curious about is our comfort , the desire of more wealth, new technological devices like cell phones, iPods etc , the want of all sort of worldly pleasures has deluded us from a very important purpose of our life that I am going to discuss very soon. This want of world by humans is described in Quran in (Sura 102: Sura Takathur)

Allah says:

Greed for more and more distracted you [from Allah]. Till you reached the grave. No! You are going to know. Then no! You are going to know. No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty. You will surely see the Hellfire. Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty. Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.

By just having a look at the rough translation of Sura Takathur, and applying it on us we come to this point that we have been deceived by this short and temporary life.  We are running behind temporary pleasures. The life is a test from Allah, as Allah say in ( Sura 67: Sura  Mulk )

Allah says:

[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving –

We are heading towards the greatest catastrophe that would be felt on this Earth and the important thing is that what we have prepared for it as

Allah says:

Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!" ( 78:40)

Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him ) said “  Whoever of you wants to see the Day of Resurrection than he can must read the following Suras of Quran i.e Sura Inshiqaq, Sura Infitar, Sura Takwir” . Here  is a reflection from these Suras

Allah says:

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]. And when the stars fall, dispersing, And when the mountains are removed. And when full-term she-camels are neglected. And when the wild beasts are gathered. And when the seas are filled with flame. And when the souls are paired. And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked. For what sin she was killed. When the records of men’s deeds are laid open, And when the sky is stripped away. And when Hellfire is set ablaze. And when Paradise is brought near, A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it]. (81:1 - 8: 14)

Similarly the other two Suras also discuss this event in a very demonstrative way.

A day on which the people will be in three groups as

Allah says:

[on that Day] you shall be divided into three groups.(56: 17)

One group of three will get his record in  his right hand (the successful one), and the other will get his record in his left hand(the failures), and the third one is the foremost in their faith.

Question is which one of the three groups we are? How would we determine in which category we come? Let us reflect on one of the Hadis, Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said ‘ One the Day of Judgement , you will be with those whom you love “.

Meaning that you will be resurrected on the Day of Judgment with the type of people you love. If you love musicians, pops stars, artists, poets, film stars you will be with them on the day of Judgment. And the reason is very clear “Whom you love, you try to be like them “.

Many of us love music up to the point we cannot spent single moment without it . Such people often claim that music gives nourishment to ROOH but the thing to note here is that nourishment is provided by something that is beneficial, and wait a second what are the lyrics of music feeding in the mind? The content of music is all related to love, Haram relationship between opposite genders, or they are talking about some crazy event that happened once in their life or something that is beyond the scope of even craziness!

In Quran

Allah says:

And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.(31:6)

Mufassiron of Quran has said that this Ayah is talking about Music and also about all other things that stop people from the way of Allah and stop them of the remembrance of Allah.

A very wrong concept of Christians and Jews has now peeped into the minds of Muslims that as we are Muslims we will enter Janah one day but how many of us know that by doing all of this we will still die on Islam.

Allah says :

O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].(3: 102)

Everything has a price, the more expensive the thing gets the more high its price is and Jannah is the most expensive gift and its price is vey high.

In the sight of Allah the world is not worth even a wing of mosquito.

Allah describes this temporary world in different places in Quran.

Allah says:

And present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allah is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.(18:45)

Similarly in Sura-Al- Infitar

Allah says:

O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,(81:6)

Allah does not wants us but we need Allah in our lives, each breath we take is by the will of Allah, each leave that falls from tree , falls by the will of Allah, every single action that we do Allah is aware of it.

As Allah quotes the example of Hazrat Luqman when he said to his son

[And Luqman said], "O my son, indeed if wrong should be the weight of a mustard seed and should be within a rock or [anywhere] in the heavens or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Indeed, Allah is Subtle and Acquainted.(31:16)

Most of us set a milestone in front of us that when we will get old we will pray, but no one knows when is his death.

Allah says:

But never will Allah delay a soul when its time has come. And Allah is Acquainted with what you do.(63:11)

Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him ) said to Ibne- Ibaas “ Live in this life as a stranger. When day comes don’t hope for the night and when the night comes don’t hope for the next day “

Let me mathematically prove you the shortness of this life:

Average life span of man varies from country to country but let us we take the maximum 100 years and a little above that may be 120 years which is too long .
Life in the Hereafter is Infinity,

so let us divide

   Life on Earth =     120/ Infinity  = 0 Years

Anything divided by Infinity is zero . Is this is the figure we are all running behind. This situation is defined in Quran.
Allah say:

hey see it [the Day of Judgement] to be far off, But We see it (quite) near.(86: 6-7)

Our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him ) said” There is a part of your body, if that is right, whole body is right, if that is wrong whole body is wrong . And that part of the body is Heart.

Allah says:

That is because they believed, and then they disbelieved; so their hearts were sealed over, and they do not understand.(63:3)

The main reason, of the sealed heart is that abondining of Quran. We don’t contemplate on the Quran anymore. It has become a book of reading on just several occasions. We are no more concerned to take guidance from it . One of our Imam said: “ If you are reading Quran just to reach the end, you have not benefited from it .”

 No more tears flow through our eyes when we listen to it. Just see in what a bad condition we are in now.

Allah says:

Had We sent down this Qur'an on a mountain, verily, thou wouldst have seen it humble itself and cleave asunder for fear of Allah. Such are the similitudes which We propound to men, that they may reflect.(59:21)

My dear readers ! recite, try to understand , reflect on the versus of Quran as it will be our companion on the day of Judgement – The day on which no body can intercede except for whom Allah wills

Allah says:

The Day that the Spirit* and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.(73: 83)

*Here spirit is referring to Hazrat Jabrail Alihay Salam.

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In the end I would end this article with the words of Allah.
Allah says:

If you persist in denying the truth how will you escape the Day that will turn the children’s hair grey.

Written By: Asad Irfan