The Highlighted Quranic listing of the twenty-eighth Separa (Qad Sami-Allahu) is here. An attempt has been made to simplify the tracking of the desired information. At the outset, it is necessary to acknowledge innumerable sources used in the compilation of this effort. No attempt has been made to list the references individually; but sincere thanks are due to all, individually and collectively.
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Separa 28 (Qad Sami-Allahu)
Surah AL Mujadilah (58: 01-22)
Surah AL Hashr (59: 01-29)
Surah AL Mumtahinah (60: 01-13)
Surah AS Saff (61: 01-14)
Surah AL Jumu-ah (62: 01-11)
Surah AL Munafiqun (63: 01-11)
Surah AT Taghabun (64: 01-18)
Surah AT Talaq (65: 01-12)
Surah AT Tahrim (66: 01-12)
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL
Surah AL Mujadilah
(58: 01-22)
> ” Allah has indeed heard the statement of the woman who pleads with you about her husband and complains to Allah, and verily Allah hears the contention of both. Verily Allah is all-hearing, all-seeing”: (01)
> ” (As to) those of you who put away their wives by pronouncing zihar (You are to me as the back of my mother) they are not your mothers; their mothers are only those who gave birth to them. They indeed utter a detestable word and a lie. Verily Allah is pardoning, oft-forgiving”: (02)
> ” Those who put away their wives by pronouncing zihar, then wish to go back on the word they uttered, should free a slave before they touch each other. This is that wherewith you are admonished. Verily Allah is aware of what you do”: (03)
> ” Whosoever does not have the means (of doing so) should fast for two months consecutively before they touch each other; and whosoever is unable to do (so) should feed sixty needy people. This is (enjoined) so that you may believe in Allah and His messenger. These are the limits set by Allah, while for the disbelievers there is a painful chastisement”: (04)
Flag 1: Allah’s judgement on the woman’s appeal: (Mujadilah-58: 01-04)
Note:
(i) Verses (Mujadilah-58: 01-04) refer to the pleading of (Khula binte Thalaba) wife of (Aws bin Thamit).
(ii) Her plea to Allah was accepted and the brutal custom was abolished.
> ” Verily those who oppose Allah and His messenger shall be disgraced as those before them were, We have sent down very clear signs. For disbelievers, there is humiliating chastisement”: (05)
> ” On the day when Allah will raise them up together; He will inform them of what they did. Allah has encompassed (everything) in (His) record, while they (might) have forgotten it. Allah is witness over all things”: (06)
> “Do you not see that Allah knows whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth? No three (persons) hold secret counsel but He is the fourth among them, nor between five but He is the sixth; neither fever nor more but He is with them wheresoever they be. On the day of judgment, He will inform them what they did. Verily Allah knows all things”: (07)
> ” Do you not see that those who were forbidden secret counsels, yet they reverted to what was forbidden to them, and hold secret counsels for (conspiring) evil, rebellion, and disobedience to the messenger? When they come to you, they greet you, not as Allah greets you; and they say to themselves: Why does not Allah punish us for what we say? Hell is sufficient for them, in which they shall be burned: What a wretched destination”! (08)
> ” O you who believe, when you hold secret counsel, do not talk of iniquity, revolt, and disobedience to the messenger, but talk of goodness and piety, and fear (the wrath of) Allah before whom you shall be gathered”: (09)
> ” Secret counsels are only (stimulated) by Shaytan that he may cause the believers grief, but he shall not harm them at all except with the permission of Allah. In Allah let the believers put their trust”: (10)
Flag 2: Hypocrites and disbelievers secret counsels: (Mujadilah-58: 05-10)
> ” O you who believe, when it is said to you: ‘Make room in (your) assemblies then do make room’: Allah will give you more room. When it is said to you: ‘Rise, then rise’: Allah will exalt those of you who believe and those who have been granted knowledge, to high ranks. Allah is aware of what you do”: (11)
Flag 3: Discipline in Assemblies and status of ‘Util ilm’: (Mujadilah-58: 11)
Note:
(i) Those granted knowledge (Utul ilm: thoroughly purified by Allah: Ahlul Bayt inclusive of their twelve Imams: Ahzab-33: 33).
(ii) Further Quranic references concerning Rasekhoona-fil-Ilm, Utul-Ilm, Ulil Ilm and those who have knowledge of the book (Imran-03: 07/ Nisa 04:162/ Imran-03: 18/ Rad-13: 43/ Nahl: 16:27/ Bani Israil-17: 107/ Hajj-22: 54/ Anakbut-29: 49/ Rum-30: 56/ Saba-34: 06/ Muhammad-47: 16).
> ” O you believe, when you (wish to) confer with the messenger in private, offer alms before you go to confer. This is better for you and purer; but if you do not have the means, then, verily, Allah is oft-forgiving, merciful”:(12)
> ” Do you shrink at your offering the alms before conferring? Then, when you did not do so and Allah forgave you, be regular in prayer, pay the poor-rate and obey Allah and His messenger. Allah is aware of what you do”: (13)
Flag 4: Command concerning ‘Private Conference’ with the Holy Prophet after offering (Sadqah): (Mujadilah-58: 12-13)
Note:
(i) This commandment was aimed at curbing the tendency of display of false dignity, status and monopolisation of Holy Prophet’s time.
(ii) The provision of alms (Sadqah: its consumption by the Ahlul Bayt is prohibited) was to cater for the poor and the needy only.
(iii) Hypocrites launched a campaign of slanders to defame the Holy Prophet.
(iv) The commandment (Mujadilah-12) was abrogated when none save Ali paid the alms (sadqah) as the objective of the divine plan to test and distinguish the true servants of Allah was fulfilled.
> ” Have you not seen those who have taken a people who have the wrath of Allah upon them, as friends? They are neither of you nor of them and they swear to falsehood while they know”: (14)
> ” Allah has prepared a severe chastisement for them. Verily, evil is what they do”: (15)
> ” They make their oath a shield, and obstruct (people) from the way of Allah. There is shameful chastisement for them”: (16)
> ” Neither their wealth nor their children will avail them against Allah. They are the fellow of the fire, and there they shall abide forever”: (17)
> ” On the day when Allah will raise them all together, they will swear to Him as they swear to you, and imagine that they have something (to stand upon). No, verily they are but liars”: (18)
> ” Shaytan has overpowered them, so he makes them forget the remembrance of Allah. They are the party of Shaytan. Beware! Verily, it is the party of Shaytan who will be the losers”: (19)
> ” Verily those who oppose Allah and His messenger shall be among the most humiliated.” : (20)
> Allah has decreed: ‘I shall prevail, I and My messenger’: Verily, Allah is strong, ever-prevalent”: (21)
Flag 5: Hypocrites’ plans to destabilise faithfuls and Allah’s declaration: (Mujadilah-58: 14-21)
> ” You shall not find a people who believe in Allah and the hereafter befriending those who oppose Allah and His messenger, even though they be their fathers, their sons, or their brothers, or their kin. For such Allah has inscribed faith in their hearts, and has strengthened them with a spirit from Himself; and He will admit them to gardens where rivers flow, where they shall abide forever. Allah will be well pleased with them, they with Him. They are the party of Allah. Be it known, verily the party of Allah alone shall be victorious”: (22)
Note:
(i) The merits and excellence referred in this verse demonstrated none but those thoroughly purified by Allah himself (Ahlul Bayt inclusive of their twelve holy Imams: Ahzab-33: 33).
Flag 6: Ever Victorious (Hazb-Allah: Party of Allah): (Mujadilah-58: 22)
Surah Mujadilah ends
Separa-28 (Qad Sami-Allahu) continues
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL
Surah AL Hashr
(59: 01-29)
> ” Whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth glorifies Allah. He is the ever-prevalent, all-wise”: (01)
> ” He it is who caused those who disbelieved from among people of the book to go forth from their homes unto the first banishment. You did not think that they would go away, while they imagined that their forts would protect them against Allah; but Allah came upon them from where they did not suspect, and He filled their hearts with terror, so that they demolished their houses with their own hands and the hands of believers. So take warning. O you who have eyes”: (02)
Flag 7: Jewish (Bani Nadir) banishment because of treason: (Hashr-59: 02)
Note:
(i) After the battle of Badar, the Jews of Bani Nadir accepted the Holy Prophet’s status as messenger.
(ii) Subsequent to the reverses at Uhud faced by the faithfuls, Bani Nadir instigated by the hypocrites went back on their treaty and tried to kill the Holy Prophet, thereafter, the commandment concerning their banishment came from Allah.
> ” Had Allah not decreed the expulsion for them, He would have certainly punished them in this world; and in the hereafter they shall have the punishment of the fire”: (03)
> ” That is because they had opposed Allah and His messenger; and whosoever opposes Allah, then verily Allah is severe in retribution”: (04)
Flag 8: Opposing Allah & Messenger Likened with Treason: (Hashr-59: 03-04)
Note:
(i) The punishment of hell, decreed for those who oppose Allah and His messenger includes everyone besides Jews and remains applicable in the life and after departure of the Holy Prophet.
> ” Whatsoever palm-trees you cut down or leave standing on their roots, it is by Allah’s permission, in order that He may disgrace the transgressors”: (05)
Note:
> Aayats (Hashr:05-10) refer to possessions which were acquired from (Bani Nadir) without actual fighting. Such wealth is not classified (‘anfal’ i.e. spoils of war) and its distribution remains entirely at the discretion of Allah and His messenger.
> ” Whatever Allah has bestowed on His messenger from them, you did not charge with horse and camel, but Allah gives authority to His messengers over whomsoever He wills. Allah has power over all things”: (06)
> ” Whatever Allah has bestowed on His messenger from the people of the town, belongs to Allah and the messenger, and to (prophet’s) near of kin, and to orphans and the needy and wayfarer, so that it may not circulate among those who are rich among you. Accept what the messenger gives you, and refrain from what he forbids and fear (wrath of) Allah; verily Allah is severe in retribution”: (07)
> ” And (it is) for the poor emigrants (Muhajirin) who were expelled from their homes and possessions, seeking the grace of Allah and (His) pleasure, and helping Allah and His messenger. These! they are the truthful”: (08)
> ” Those (who believed) before them and had homes (in Madina) and are steadfast in the faith, love those who have taken refuge with them and do not find in their breasts (hearts) any need of what has been given them (Muhajirin), and give them preference over themselves, even though poverty was their lot. Whosoever preserves himself from his own avarice then such are those who are successful”: (09)
> ” Those who came after them say: O Lord, forgive us and our brothers who have preceded us in the faith, and do not put a grudge in our hearts against those who believe. O Lord, you are kind and merciful”: (10)
Flag 9: The distribution of wealth acquired without fighting explained: (Hashr-59: 05-10)
> ” Have you not seen those who are hypocrites? They say to their brethren among the people of the book who do not believe: If you are driven out we shall certainly go with you, and will not obey anyone in what concerns you; and if you are attacked we shall help you’: Allah bears witness (that) verily they are liars”: (11)
> “If they are driven out, they would not go with them; and if they are attacked they will not help them; and even if they help them certainly they will turn their backs; then they shall not be helped”: (12)
Flag 10: Hippocratic Persuasions and their capabilities: (Hashr-59: 11-12)
> ” Surely they have greater fear of you in their hearts than Allah, because they are the people who do not understand”: (13)
> ” They will not fight against you in a body except in fortified towns, or from behind walls. Their fighting amongst themselves is severe. You think they are united, but divided are their hearts. That is because they are people who do not understand”: (14)
Flag 11: An insight into the disbelievers hearts: (Hashr-59: 13-14)
> Like those who had tasted the evil results of their actions a short time before them, and for them is a painful chastisement”: (15)
> ” (They are) like Shaytan who says to man: ‘Disbelieve’: and when he disbelieves he says: Verily I have nothing to do with you, verily I fear Allah , the Lord of the worlds” : (16)
> ” The end of both will be that they will be in the fire where they will abide forever. This is the punishment for the unjust” : (17)
Flag 12: Hypocrites: Followers of Shaytan: (Hashr-59: 15-17)
> ” O you who believe, fear the wrath of Allah. Let each soul look to what it sends on before for the morrow, and fear (the wrath of) Allah. Verily Allah is aware of what you do”: (18)
> ” And be not like those who have forsaken Allah; and He made them forget themselves. Such are the transgressors”: (19)
Flag 13: Reminder to the faithfuls to guard against turning into transgressors : (Hasr-59: 18-19)
> ” Not equal are the inmates of the fire and the dwellers of the garden. The dwellers of the garden are the achievers” : (20)
Flag 14: Achievers & the inmates of fire: (Hashr-59: 20)
> ” Had We sent down this Quran on a mountain, you (O Muhammad) would certainly have seen it humbled and rent asunder for fear of Allah. We propound such similitude to mankind that haply they may reflect”: (21)
Flag 15. Quran entrusted to you! Understand significance and your responsibilities: (Hashr-59: 21)
> ” He is Allah: There is no god save He, the knower of unseen and the seen. He is the beneficent, the merciful”: (22)
> ” He is Allah, there is no god save He, the king, the holy, the peace-loving, the bestow-er of conviction, the guardian, the ever-prevalent, the supreme, the great absolute. Far too exalted is Allah from what they associate (with Him)”: (23)
> ” He is Allah, the creator, the maker, the fashioner, His are all the names beautiful. Whatsoever in the heavens and the earth glorifies him. He is ever-prevalent, all-wise”: (24)
Flag 16: He is Allah: Far, Far …exalted! His are all the beautiful names (Hashr-59: 22-24):
Surah Al Hashr ends
Separa-28 (Qad Sami Allahu) continues
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL
Surah Al Mumtahinah
(60: 01-13)
> ” O you believe, do not take My enemies and your enemies as friends, whilst theydenied the truth that has come to you; and have driven out the Messenger and yourselves because you believe in Allah, your Lord. If you go forth striving in My path and seeking My pleasure do not take them as friends (by) manifesting to them (your) love in secret, while I know best what you conceal and what you make known; and whosoever of you does this has indeed gone astray from the straight path”: (01)
> ” If they find an opportunity (to turn) against you, they will become your enemies, and stretch out their hands and tongues at you with evil designs, and they desire that you should also disbelieve”: (02)
> ” Neither your blood relations nor your children will be of avail to you on the day of reckoning. He will decide between you; and Allah sees all what you do”: (03)
Flag 17: Do not take Allah’s enemies as friends: Plans, ambitions and target of the disbelievers explained. (Mumtahinah-60: 01-03)
Note:
(i) The revelation of verses (Mumtahinah-60: 01-03) followed an espionage attempt by a woman courier to the (Makkans) alerting them of war preparedness of Muslims in Madinah.
(ii) The failed attempt instigated by a believer (pretext: desire to save his family in Makkah) ended as the concerned person was advised to repent and seek Allah’s forgiveness.
(iii) The consideration of blood relations as compared the interest of (Islam) have been declared as secondary.
(iv) The long term ambitions and targets of the disbelievers spelled out.
> ” There is indeed a good pattern for you in Ibrahim and those with him, when they said to their people: ‘Verily We have nothing to do with you and with what you worship other than Allah. We renounce you. There has appeared between you and us enmity and hate for ever until you believe in Allah alone’: Except for what Ibrahim said to his father: ‘I shall seek forgiveness for you, but I have no power (to prevail) with Allah for you’: O Lord We put our trust in You, and to You is our final returning”: (04)
> ” O Lord, suffer us not to become a trial for those who disbelieve; and forgive us. O Lord, verily You are ever-prevalent, all-wise”: (05)
> ” There is indeed a good pattern for you in them, – for everyone who has hope in Allah and the last day. Whosoever turns away, then, verily Allah is He who is self-sufficient, the owner of the praise”: (06)
> ” It may be that Allah will create friendship between you and those of them whom you hold as enemies. Allah is all powerful. Allah is oft-forgiving, ever-merciful”: (07)
Flag 18: How to deal with disbelievers: Ibrahim’s Way highlighted: (Mumtahinah-60: 04-07)
> ” Allah does not forbid you from being kind and acting justly towards those who did not fight over (your) religion, nor drive you out of your homes. Verily Allah loves those who are just”: (08)
> ” Allah only forbids you from making friends with those who fought against you on account of religion and drove you out of your homes and aided in your expulsion. Whosoever makes friends with them – (all) such are unjust”: (09)
Flag 19: Justice, Equity and Mutual Co-existence with all: Exceptions in dealing with disbelievers outlined: (Mumtahinah-60: 08-09)
Note:
(i) Islam enjoins kindness, fairplay and justice to non-violent non-muslims.
(ii) Fairness, equity, and justice made obligatory in dealing with every creature of Allah irrespective of its belief, unless it exceeds norms and desires to extinguish Allah’s faith and its followers.
> ” O you who believe, when believing women come over to you as refugees, then examine them. Allah knows best as to their faith. If you find that they are believing women do not send them back to disbelievers. They are not lawful to them, nor are they (disbelievers) lawful for them (believing women). Give them what they have spent. There is no blame on you if you marry them when you pay them their dowries. Do not hold to (marriage) ties with disbelieving women. Ask for what you have spent, and let them ask for what they have spent. This is the decree of Allah which He enforces among you. Allah is all-knowing all-wise”: (10)
> ” If any of your wives go away from you to the disbeliever and thereafter you come to have your chance, then give to those whose wives have so gone away as much as they have spent; and fear (the wrath of) Allah in whom you believe”: (11)
Flag 20: Matrimonial relationships with disbelievers declared unlawful: (Mumtahinah-60: 10-11)
Note:
(i) The marriage of Muslim women with non-muslims infidels stands dissolved if the husbands do not accept Islam.
(ii) Inline with Islamic (justice) refund of dowries from either side made obligatory, when such a break as identified above, occurs.
(iii) Non-violent mutual co-existence with other faiths authorised
> ” O prophet (Muhammad), when believing women come to you and give you a pledge that they will not associate anything with Allah, nor steal, nor commit adultery, nor kill their children, nor utter slander which they forged between their hands and feet, nor disobey in what is good, then accept their pledge, and ask forgiveness for them from Allah; Verily Allah is oft-forgiving, most-merciful”: (12)
Flag 21: Refugee believing women: (Mumtahinah-60: 12)
> ” O you believe do not make friends with a people on whom is Allah’s wrath, who have despaired of their hereafter as the disbelievers despair of those who are in the graves”: (13)
Flag 22: Denial of the dead as non-existent is infidelity (Kufr): No friendship with those on whom is Allah’s wrath: (Mumtahinah-60: 13)
Note:
(i) The last portion of this verse asserts that to believe that the people of the grave have no existence at all is infidelity (Kufr).
Surah Al Mumtahinah ends
Separa-28 (Qad Sami Allahu) continues
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL
Surah As Saff
(61: 01-14)
> ” Whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth glorifies Allah. He is ever-prevalent, all-wise”: (01)
Flag 23: Each and every entity in the heavens and the earth celebrates Allah’s glory: (Saff-61: 01: Hashr-59: 01: 01: Hadid-57: 01)
Note:
(i) Obeying the ‘Divine Order’ laws (Allah’s Way: Sunnat) means glorifying or celebrating His praise which is worship. Prostration is another way of glorifying Him.
(ii) All entities in the universe unfailing glorify the ‘Divine’ by ceaselessly following Allah’s Way (Sunnat).
> ” O you who believe, why do you say that which you (yourselves) do not do?”: (02)
> ” It is most hateful in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do”: (03)
Flag 24: Actions and accomplishment and not the words are the conclusive barometer: (Saff-61: 02-03)
Note:
(i) The above verses describe those with dwindling faith, standing on the threshold (reference multiple occasions inclusive of the battle of Uhud) and unable to backup their words with actions and deeds.
> ” Verily Allah loves those who fight in His cause in ranks as though they were an unbreakable concrete wall”: (04)
Flag 25: Allah’s unassailable warriors: (Saff-61: 04)
Note:
(i) Refers to Ali ibn Abu Talib and likes of him such as Hamza and others who defended the Holy Prophet at the battle of Uhud when the other faithfuls abandoned the battle field and fled in disarray.
(ii) A solid structure (like a concrete wall) refers to order, discipline, cohesion and courage.
> ” When Musa said to his people: O my people, why do you vax me, while you know that verily I am Allah’s messenger to you? So when they went astray Allah let their hearts go astray: and Allah doe not guide the people who transgress”: (05)
> ” And when Isa, son of Maryam, said: O the children of Israil, verily I am a messenger of Allah (sent) to you, confirming the Tawrat (sent) before me, and giving the glad tidings of a messenger who will come after me, whose name is Ahmad’: Yet when he came to them they said: This is manifest sorcery”: (06)
> ” Who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah when he is invited to Islam? Allah does not guide the unjust people”: (07)
Flag 26: Prophecy of the advent of the holy Prophet: Musa and Isa to their people respectively: Allah does not guide the strayed, transgressors and the unjust: (Saff-61: 05-07)
Note:
(i) People of Musa often rebelled, annoyed and insulted him. Just like now and then slandering of Muhammad by faithfuls. All such actions based on ignorance, rebellious, selfish, hypocrisy and perverse objectives.
(ii) The mission of Isa was to his people (Jews) only: An appeal to the lost sheep of the house of Israil.
(iii) In the original saying of Isa there was a prophecy concerning the advent of the holy Prophet by name (Injil page 375). The present version (New Testament) is incomplete and carries poor reliability.
(iv) Then the Lord said to me (Musa): I will raise up for them a prophet like you, one of their own race, and I will put My words into his mouth. He shall convey all My commands to them (Deuteronomy 18: 18).
(v) Isa said: I will ask Father, and He will give you another to be your advocate, who will be with you for ever-the spirit of truth (John: 14: 16).
(vi) However, when he comes who is the spirit of truth, he will not speak on his own authority, but will tell only what he hears; and he will make known to you the things that are coming.
(vii) Compare the above with (Najm-53: 03) below:
> ” Nor does he speak out of (his own) desire”
(Najm-53: 03)
> ” They intend to put out the light of Allah with their mouths; but Allah will perfect His light, however much disbelievers may be averse: (08)
Flag 27: The enlightenment provided by Allah through Islam is for all times to come and is to stay: (Saff-61: 08)
Note:
(i) Once a Jew , Kab bin Ashraf saw the Holy Prophet in the state of receiving revelation, and said aloud: Rejoice, O children of Israil, God has extinguished the light of Muhammad: Then the verse (Saff-61: 08) was revealed.
Nur-e-Khuda Hai Kufr Ki Harkat Pey Khandazun
(Wishful thinking of disbelief and denial destined to be a laughing stock)
Phonkoon Se Yeh Chiragh Bujhaya Na Jaiga
(Disbelievers’ infinitely disproportionate Insignificant Plans versus ‘Divine’ Destiny!)
(ii) It may be a reference to continuation of enlightening through divine light of guidance by the thoroughly purified (Ahlul Bayt inclusive of their twelve holy Imams (Ahzab-33: 33) and culmination of the same at the advent of twelfth Imam.
> ” He it is who has His messenger (Muhammad) with the guidance (Quran) and the religion of truth (Islam), so that he may make it triumph over all (other) religions however much the idolaters may be averse”: (09)
Flag 28: Twelfth Imam Prophecy: The imminent triumph of Islam: (Saff-61: 09)
Note:
(i) It is a manifest prophecy towards impending advent of the Twelfth Imam.
> ” O you who believe, shall I show you a bargain which will deliver you from a painful chastisement”? (10)
> ” (It is that you should) believe in Allah and His messenger, and strive in the way of Allah with your possessions and your selves. This is better for you, if you but know”: (11)
> ” He will forgive your sins and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow, and there are excellent abodes in the gardens of eternity”: (12)
> ” And another (blessing He will give you) which you love – help from Allah, and an early victory – So (O Muhammad) give the glad tidings to the believers”: (13)
Flag 29: Allah’s offer: Bargain to the faithfuls and glad tidings of victory at Makka: (Saff-61: 10-13)
> ” O you who believe, be helpers of Allah, as Isa, son of Maryam, said to the disciples: Who will be my helper to ( the work of) Allah? The disciples said: We are the helpers of Allah. Then a party of children of Israil believed, while another party disbelieved. Then We helped those who believed against their enemies, so they became victorious”: (14)
Flag 30: (Dawat-e-Dil-Ashir): Be Allah’s ever victorious helpers: (Saff-61: 14)
Note:
(i) A similar event was ( Dawat-e-dil-Ashir): The Holy Prophet invited his near relatives at the house of Abu Talib and said: O Kinsman! By Allah, I and I alone can offer you the most precious of gifts, the good of this world and the hereafter. Allah has commanded me to call you to that which is best – His worship. I, therefore, call upon you to come forward and testify to my prophethood. Who among you will help me and join me in my task, and be my brother, my lieutenant, my vice-gerant, and my successor?
(ii) Ali was the only person who came forward in response to the call of the holy Prophet. Then there, the holy Prophet declared as below:
(iii) Verily Ali is my brother, my vice-gerant, and my successor. From this day it has been made obligatory upon everyone to obey the superior authority of Ali.
Surah As Saff ends
Separa-28 (Qad Sami-Allahu) continues
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL
Surah Al Jumu-Ah
(62: 01-11)
> ” Whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth glorifies Allah, the sovereign, the most holy, the ever-prevalent, the all-wise”: (01)
Flag 31: Allah: The sovereign, the most holy, the ever-prevalent, the all-wise: Creations’ unfailing worship (Jumuah-52: 01)
Note:
(i) Obeying the ‘Divine Order’ laws (Allah’s Way: Sunnat) means glorifying or celebrating His praise which is worship. Prostration is another way of glorifying Him.
(ii) All entities in the universe unfailing (willingly or unwillingly) glorify the ‘Divine’ by ceaselessly following Allah’s Way (Sunnat).
> ” He it is who raised among the ummies (illiterates) a messenger from amongst them, who recites His signs to them, purifies them and teaches them the book (Quran) and wisdom though they were aforetime indeed in manifest error”: (02)
Note:
(i) The Holy Prophet (thoroughly purified by Allah: Ahzab-33:33) carried the authority to purify others.
(ii) The authorisation to purify continues through (Ahlul Bayt in an unbroken chain).
(iii) Prophets’ (Ibrahim and Ismail prayed (Baqarah-2: 129). Allah fulfilled their desire and revealed (Jumuah-62: 02): confirming the same in identical words.
Flag 33: Muhammad’s universal mission for all times to come: (Jumuah-62: 03)
> ” And (to) others among them who have not joined yet. He (Allah) is ever-prevalent, all-wise”: (03)
Note:
(i) ‘others’ refers to the universality of the Holy Prophets message which was for the entire mankind and for all times to come.
(ii) It is a well known tradition that at the time of the revelation of this verse the Holy Prophet referred to the people of Iran from where Salman came.
> ” That is the grace of Allah, He gives it to whomsoever He pleases. Allah is the Lord of great grace”: (04)
Flag 34: No barriers and/or bounds for Allah’s Grace: (Jumuah-62: 04)
Note:
(i) Allah’s message in Arabic through an Arab messenger in no way limits its universal applicability.
(ii) Some poor believers came to the Holy Prophet and told that rich people give alms, liberate slaves, perform Hajj while they are deprived of the rewards due to poverty.
(iii) The Holy Prophet told them to recite ‘La illaha ilallah’ a hundred times to earn better rewards.
> ” The similitude of those who were charged with (the law of) the Tawrat which they did not observe, is that of a donkey who carries a load of books. How wretched is the similitude of the people who belie the signs of Allah! Allah does not guide the people who are unjust”: (05)
Flag 35: Holding ownership of Allah’s message & guidance means little unless backed by practice and implementation: (Jumuah-62: 05)
Note:
(i) This verse is warning to those faithfuls also who learn the holy Quran by heart and recite its verses but do not follow its guidance.
> ” Say (O Muhammad): O you who profess Judaism, if you claim that you are the favourite of Allah, then desire for death, if you are faithful”: (06)
> ” But they will never desire for it because of what their own hands have sent before, and Allah knows well those who are unjust” : (07)
Flag 36: Desiring Death: A litmus test for the true faithfuls! (Jumuah-62: 06-07)
Note:
(i) A true wali (friend) of Allah is not only free from the fear of death but awaits it at every turn and crossing of the path of his life with open arms.
(ii) On the authority of Imam Ali: I, the son of Abu Talib, is more familiar with death than a child is with his mother’s breast.
> ” Say (O Muhammad): Verily the death from which you flee, will surely come to you. You will then be sent back to the knower of the unseen and the seen, then He will inform you of what you used to do”: (08)
Flag 37: Inescapable return to the knower of seen & Unseen (Ghaib): Understand the relentless purse by death: (Jumuah-62: 08)
Note:
Maut Ke Toofan Mein Sab Khusk-o-Tar Beh Jai Ga
(The death shall continue to take its toll without any consideration or limitation)
Kazzaq Ajal Ka Lotey Hai Din Rat Baja Kar Naqara
(The unlimited outreach of death without any restraint or barrier)
Kaha Ghunche Ne Hans Kar Wah Kia Nairang Alam Hai
(The sepal protected bud smiled and said! How stupendous (amazing) could the normal reckoning be?)
Wujude Gul Jisse Smajhain Hain Sab Wo Hai Adam Mera
(My glow and appearance in the form of a flower is a sign of my imminent death)
> ” O you who believe, when the call to prayer is made on the day of the congregation (Friday), hasten to the remembrance of Allah, and leave of all the business. That is better for you if you know”: (09)
Flag 38: Friday Congregational Prayers: (Jumuah-62: 09)
Note:
(i) As Makka is the most preferred city, and Ramadhan is of higher rank among months, similarly Friday is superior to the other days of the week.
(ii) Friday is also known as:
- Yawm al Mawlud: The birthday of the Holy Prophet. Imam Mahdi al Qaim was also born on Friday.
- Yawm al Fazl: The day of grace.
- Yawm al Barkat: The day of blessings.
- Yawm al Ijabat: The day of acceptance of invocations and prayers.
- Yawm al Id: The day of rejoicing.
- Yawm al Ghuzwa: The day of endeavor.
- Yawm al Karamat: the day of honour.
- Yawm al mazid: the day of abundance
> ” And when the prayer is completed then disperse in the land and seek the grace of Allah, and remember Allah much, so that you may be successful”: (10)
Flag 39: Significance and merits of Friday: (Jumuah-62: 09-10)
Note:
(i) Friday is a day of weekly assembly for Muslims for social contact.
(ii) Jewish Sabbath is primarily a commemoration of God’s ending His work and resting on the seventh day.
(iii) According to the Quran Allah does not rest nor does He feels fatigue (Baqarah-2: 255).
(iv) Christian weekly day is Sunday.
(v) After the Friday prayers, Muslims are encouraged to attend to their businesses, if so desired.
> ” And when they see merchandise or sport, they break away to it, and leave you standing. Say (O Muhammad): What is with Allah is better than the sport and merchandise, and Allah is best of sustainers”: ( 11)
Flag 40: Wasting time on fro and frolic on Friday (specifically at congregation time): (Jumuah-62: 11)
Note:
(i) Once, when the Holy Prophet was offering Friday prayers, a caravan entered the town singing beating drums and playing musical instruments. According to Jabir, save twelve persons including Jabir, everyone left the masjid to enjoy merry-making and transact business. Thrice did the people behave like this and then this verse was revealed.
Surah Al Jumu-Ah ends
Separa-28 (Qad Sami Allahu) continues
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL
Surah Al Munafiqun
(63: 01-11)
> ” When the hypocrites come to you, they say: ‘We bear witness that verily you are messenger of Allah’: Verily Allah knows (O Muhammad) that you are His messenger and verily Allah bears witness that hypocrites are indeed liars”: (01)
> ” They have made their oaths a shield in order to obstruct (others) from the way of Allah. Verily evil is what they do”: (02)
> ” That is because they believed and then (again) disbelieved so a seal has been put on their hearts, therefore they do not understand”: (03)
> ” When you look at them, their physical appearance attracts you; and if they talk , you listen to their speech. They are like propped-up blocks of wood. They deem every cry (is directed) against them. They are the enemies, beware of them. May Allah annihilate them! Whither are they deviating”! (04)
Flag 41: Allah’s testimony against hypocrites: Understanding their hypocrisy: (Munafiqun-63: 01-04)
Note:
(i) Allah’s emphatic repeated denunciation of (Munafiqun) and commands to battle them on all fronts, has been all but systematically camouflaged, over the period, commencing the departure of the holy Prophet from this world.
(ii) A convenient scapegoat (Abdullah bin Obay) has been found to divert all denunciations while relieving all other too obvious targets scot-free.
(iii) To mislead and superficially satisfy ignorant multitudes, a paradox has been invented.
(iv) Pronouncing all those who uttered (Kalmah) verbally, saw and heard the holy Prophet, automatically enjoining the select group of Sahabi (Companion). Thereby assigning all of them highest honour, status and respect in total contradiction of Quranic commands.
(v) After the departure of the Holy Prophet, step by step taking over control of Muslim society commenced.
(vi) The culmination of all such acts was achieved in the reign of Muawiya after Ali’s departure from this world.
(vii) After the Holy Prophet only battles against hypocrites were during Ali’s Caliphate.
(viii) It was the sacrifice of Hussain at Karbala which fully exposed the hypocrites and the modus operandi of hypocrisy.
(ix) Short of Hussain’s sacrifice, the Islam today, would have been totally based on the practices of the hypocrites.
(x) Identification of Hussain as ‘Father of the servants of Allah’ (Aba Abdillah) signifies revival of true Islam entirely due to his sacrifice at Karbala.
Shah Ast Hussain Badshah Hast Hussain
(Hussain is the King Hussain is the Emperor)
Din Ast Hussain Din Panah Hast Hussain
(Hussain is the Religion and Hussain is the Guardian of the Religion)
Sar Dad Na Dad Dast Dar Dast-e-Yazid
(Offered his head instead of accepting Yazid’s leadership of the faith, Din and Ummah)
Haqqa Ke Binai (La ilaha) Hast Hussain
(The fact is that Hussain is the foundation of Allah’s Din: Islam)
Maut Ke Toofan Mein Sub Khoshak-o-Tar Beh Jaiga
(All the signs of life shall be overrun by the overriding command of death)
Hanh Magar Namay Hussain Ibne Ali Reh Jaiga
(However, the name of Hussain Ibne Ali shall stand survived)
> ” When it is said to them: ‘Come, messenger of Allah will seek forgiveness for you’: They turn their heads, and you see them turning away while they are puffed up with pride”: (05)
> ” Whether you ask forgiveness for them or do not ask it is all the same; Allah will not forgive them. Verily Allah does not guide transgressing people”: (06)
Flag 42: Allah’s declaration: No forgiveness for hypocrites: (Munafiqun-63: 06)
> ” They are the ones who say: ‘Do not spend on those who are with the messenger of Allah till they break away (from him)’: Allah’s are the treasures of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand”: (07)
Flag 43: Hypocritical Profile: (Munafiqun-63: 05-07)
> ” They say: ‘If we go back to Madina, the stronger will certainly drive the weaker out’: Power belongs to Allah, His messenger and the believers, but the hypocrites do not know” :(08)
Flag 44: Open declaration from hypocrites to destroy Islam and grab power: (Munafiqun-63: 08)
Note:
(i) While returning from the battle against the Jews of Bani Mustaliq, in which their leader, Haris bin abi Zarar was killed: a quarrel between a servant of Omar and one of the ansars grew in to dispute of significant proportion between ansars of Madinah and the Muhajirins. Abdudullah bin Obay reproached Ansars and instigated them to take necessary action to destroy the Holy Prophet’s power base. He ridiculed Muhajirin’s poverty.
> ” O you who believe, let not your wealth and children divert you from the remembrance of Allah. Whosoever does so, then such are the losers”: (09)
> ” Spend what We have given you before death comes to one of you, when he will say: O Lord, would that you would give me respite for a short time so that I could give alms and be among the doers of good”: (10)
> ” Allah does not grant a soul respite once its term has come to an end. Allah is aware of what you do”: (11)
Flag 45: Allah’s reminder to the faithfuls: No respite on completion of the decreed term of life for any individual: (Munafiqun-63: 09-11)
Note:
Agah Apni Maut Se Koi Bashr Nahin
(No one knows the time of his own death)
Saman Sau Barass Ke Hain Pul Ki Khabar Nahin
(Individual plans for a hundred-year life! ignorant of comings in the next moment)
Surah Munafiqun ends
Separa-28 (Qad Sami Allahu) continues
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL
Surah At Taghabun
(64: 01-18)
> ” Whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth glorifies Allah. His is the kingdom and His is the praise, and He has power over all things”: (01)
Flag 46: Allah Glorified Universally by All (No Exception): Allah: The owner of the kingdom and all the praise for Him: (Taghabun-64: 01):
Note:
(i) Obeying the ‘Divine Order’ laws (Allah’s Way: Sunnat) means glorifying or celebrating His praise which is worship. Prostration is another way of glorifying Him.
(ii) All entities in the universe unfailing (willingly or unwillingly) glorify the ‘Divine’ by ceaselessly following Allah’s Way (Sunnat).
> ” He it is who created you, then (some) of you are disbelievers and (some) of you are believers; and Allah sees what you do”: (02)
> ” He created the heavens and the earth with truth and shaped you and made good your shapes; and to Him is the ultimate goal”: (03)
> ” He knows whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth and whatsoever you conceal and whatsoever so you make known. Allah is the knower of whatsoever is in the breasts”: (04)
Flag 47: All beings born alike with truth (Muslims): Allah: the great knower: (Taghabun-64: 02-04)
Note:
(i) Every individual is born alike with truth (Muslim).,
(ii) Adoption of different faiths, is solely due to desires and liking of the parents or imposed by environmental, cultural or social factors.
(iii) Allah created all mankind pure and good, but because of their allotted freedom of action, evil crept into some of them whereas some excelled in goodness higher and higher.
> ” Has not the account of those who disbelieved before come to you, who tasted evil consequences of their conduct, and for whom is the painful chastisement”? (05)
> ” That was so because their messengers came to them with clear proofs, but they said: What! Shall a (mere) mortal guide us? So they disbelieved and turned away; but Allah needs not (anything). Allah is self-sufficient, owner of the praise”: (06)
> ” Those who disbelieve think that they will not be raised again. Say (O Muhammad): Yes. By my Lord, you will certainly be raised again, then you will be informed of what you had done. That is easy for Allah”: (07)
> ” So, believe in Allah and His messenger and the light We have sent down. Allah is well aware of what you do”: (08)
Flag 48: Hadith-al-Thaqalayn: Be not like those who disbelieved before you: Get Guided by the Holy Prophet and the ‘Light’: (Taghabun-64: 05-08)
Note:
(i) ‘the light’ refers to the Quran and (Ahlul Bayt inclusive of their twelve holy Imams in an unbroken chain: Ahzab-33: 33): duly confirmed by (Hadith al Thaqalayn).
(ii) ‘Hadith al Thaqalayn’: The Holy Prophet said: I leave behind, amongst you, the ‘Thaqalayn’ (two weighty, indispensable, influential authorities), the book of Allah and my Ahlul Bayt. Should you be attached to these two, never, never, shall you go astray, after me’, for verily these two shall never separate from each other; and, joined together, they shall meet me at the spring of Kawthar.
> ” The day – He will gather you together on the day of gathering – will be the day of mutual loss. Whosoever believes in Allah and does good, He will wipe off from him his sins and admit him into the gardens beneath which rivers flow, where he shall abide forever. That is a great achievement”: (09)
> ” Those who disbelieved and belied Our signs, shall be inmates of fire, where they shall abide for ever; a wretched destination”: (10)
Flag 49: The mutual loss: (Fauz-ul-Azim) and the wretched destination:(Taghabun-64: 09-10)
> ” No affliction befalls save by Allah’s leave. Whosoever believes in Allah, He guides his heart. Verily Allah knows everything”: (11)
> ” Obey Allah and obey the messenger. If you turn away then Our messenger is not responsible for anything but the clear delivery of the message”: (12)
> ” Allah! There is no god, but He; and upon Allah, then, let the believers rely”: (13)
Flag 50: Unqualified obedience to Allah and Muhammad re-stressed: Keep your trust in Allah: Specifically while facing afflictions which never fall without Allah’s permission: (Taghabun-64: 11-13)
> ” O you who believe, verily some of your wives and children are your enemies, so beware of them! Yet if you forgive, overlook and cover up (their faults), then verily Allah is oft-forgiving, merciful”: (14)
> ” Verily your possessions and children are merely a trial; and verily Allah is He with whom is the great reward”: (15)
Flag 51: Alert! Possessions and children are a trial: (Taghabun-64: 14-15)
Note:
(i) Alert! Occasional conflict of interest in favour of wife, children and/or relatives are a potential source of initiation of sins; Be on guard!
(ii) However, they must not be harshly treated for their misguided promptings.
> ” So fear (the wrath of) Allah as much as you can, and listen and obey and spend (in His way) for your own good. Whosoever is saved from his own greed, then such are those who are successful”: (16)
> ” If you lend a goodly loan to Allah, He will double it for you, and forgive you, Allah is the most appreciating, the most forbearing”: (17)
Flag 52: Fear Allah & obey Him to get rid of the greed: Goodly loan to Allah & its dividend: Road to be amongst (Muflehun: the successful): Taghabun-64: 16-17)
Note:
(i) In a broader sense, greed consists of personal ego and urge for maintaining superiority over others (in matters of wealth, family, children, knowledge, status, power, etc) and being engulfed in the thoughts about self that is ‘Me’. This tendency is exploited by Shaytan, often unfailingly, and must be guarded against.
(ii) Those who are able to overcome the tendency concerning ‘Me’ are the ones whose life is only for ‘He’ which is none but Allah. These are (Muflehun: the Successful) the achievers and have been given glad tidings by Allah as below:
> These are on the right path (guidance) from their Lord and these shall be successful”
(Baqarah-2: 05)
> ” The knower of the unseen and the seen, the ever-prevalent, all-wise”: (18)
Flag 53: Allah: The knower of the unseen (Ghaib) and the seen: (Taghabun-64: 18)
Surah At Taghabun ends
Separa-28 (Qad Sami Allahu) continues
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL
Surah At Talaq
(65: 01-12)
> O Prophet (say to the believers): When you divorce women, divorce at their prescribed period, and count their prescribed period (accurately) and fear (the wrath of) Allah, your Lord. Do not turn them out of their houses, nor shall they (themselves) go out, unless they commit a manifest indecency. These are the limits set by Allah. Whosoever transgresses limits set by Allah, then surely he does injustice to his own soul. You never know that Allah may perchance bring about thereafter some new situation”: (01)
Flag 54: Invalidity of, three Talaqs at a time, based on Quran: (Talaq-65: 01)
Note:
(i) Shia point of view prohibits the concept of three talaqs at the same.
> ” Divorce may be pronounced twice, then either keep her in good relations or let her go with kindness>>>”
(Baqarah-2: 229)
(ii) The multiple uttering of talaq (no matter how many times), without a gap, stands invalid and carries no weight-age.
> ” And if you fear a breach between the two (husband and wife), then choose one arbitrator from his family, and one arbitrator from her family, if the two desire compromise, Allah will effect harmony between them, verily Allah is knowing, aware”
(Nisa-4: 35)
(iii) The third pronouncement of talaq must give opportunity to husband and wife for reconciliation.
> ” So if he divorces her (for a third time), she will not be lawful to him unless she marries another husband>>>”
(Baqarah-2: 230)
(iv) References: (Baqarah-2: 227-233&236-237&241:Nisa-4: 35:Ahzab-33: 49)
> ” When they reach their prescribed term, then either keep them with fairness or part from them with fairness, and call to witness two just men from among you, and establish the evidence as before Allah. Thus is admonished he who believes in Allah and the last day. Whosoever fears (the wrath of) Allah, He will make a way out for him”: (02)
> ” And provide him with sustenance from where he does not reckon. Allah is sufficient for him, who relies on Him. Verily Allah accomplishes His purpose. Allah has indeed prescribed a measure for everything”: (03)
Flag 55: ‘Measure’ of everything in Allah’s Way (Sunnat): (Talaq-65: 03)
Note:
(i) While dealing with scientific subjects the term ‘Measure’ refers to the laws of creation and their functioning.
(ii) Allah’s Way (Sunnat) is equally applicable to all other subjects, inclusive of but not limited to the other norms (Social, cultural, business, defence, corporate, trading, legal, judicial, administrative, governance, etc). For each of these the term ‘Measure’ is applicable and is readily available in Allah’ s book (Quran).
> ” Verily We have propounded for mankind in this Quran examples of every kinds so that they may contemplate”
(Zumar-39: 27)
> ” As for those women who have lost hope for menstruation, and if you have a doubt, then the prescribed period (of waiting) is three months, as also for those who have not menstruated as yet. As for those who are pregnant, their prescribed period is until they deliver their burden. Whosoever fears (the wrath of) Allah, He will make things easy for him”: (04)
> ” This is the command of Allah which He has sent down to you; and whosoever fears (the wrath of) Allah, He will wipe of his sins from him and will increase his reward”: (05)
> ” Lodge them where you live, according to your means; and do not harass them so as to straiten their circumstances. If they are pregnant, spend on them until they lay down their burden. Then, if they suckle your (offspring), give them their recompense; and deal with one another with fairness. If you find yourself in difficulties let some other woman suckle (the child) for her”: (06)
> ” Let the man of means spend according to his means, and he whose means are limited should spend of what Allah has given him. Allah does not burden a soul beyond what He has given it. Allah will soon bring ease after hardship”: (07)
Flag 56: The Divorce: Allah’s commands concerning divorce: No Soul ever overburdened beyond its capacity: (Talaq-65: 01-07)
Note:
(i) Talaq means letting a woman free from the bond of marriage or the dissolution of the contract of marriage.
(ii) Talaq is the most disliked by Allah amongst all the permissible acts.
(iii) Talaq must be used as the last resort option when reconciliation has been ruled out completely.
(iv) On the authority of (Ahlul Bayt): Use of Talaq option must be exercised judiciously.
(v) Making Talaq deceptively simple and easy is neither desired nor should be exercised likewise.
(vi) Divorce may be pronounced twice. Thereafter adequate intervals must remain available for considerations with respect to reconciliation.
>>> ” Divorce may be pronounced twice, then either keep her in good relations or let her go with kindness>>>”
Baqarah-2: 229
(vii) These two pronouncements can be revoked.
(viii) Only after the third announcement Talaq becomes final.
> ” So if he divorces her (for a third time), she will not be lawful to him unless she marries another husband>>>”:
Baqarah-2: 230
(ix) Shia Fiqh needs to be consulted for many other details not highlighted here.
(x) In short, Shia Fiqh keeps reconciliation option open till an absolute dead end is reached.
> ” How many habitations rebelled against the command of their Lord and His messengers; so We called them to a stern account and punished them with the harshest punishment”: (08)
> ” So they tasted the evil consequences of their actions; and the end of their deeds was ruin”: (09)
> ” Allah has prepared for them severe chastisement. So, you men of understanding who have believed, fear (the wrath of) Allah. Allah has indeed sent down a reminder to you”: (10)
Flag 57: The chastisement of previous rebellious people is a lesson for those who think and contemplate: (Talaq-65: 08-10)
Note:
(i) The ‘Reminder: Zikr’ (Talaq-65: 10) is another title of the holy Prophet.
(ii) Faithfuls are warned to think of consequences of disobedience of the holy Prophet in any form or manner.
> ” A messenger who recites to you the clear signs of Allah so that he may bring those who believe and do good deeds out of darkness into light. Whosoever believes in Allah and does good deeds, He will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, where he will abide forever. Allah has bestowed on him goodly sustenance”: (11)
Flag 58: Journey to light from darkness for faithfuls: (Talaq-65: 11)
Note:
(i) Sincere and truthful following of the messenger (Muhammad: inclusive of Ahlul Bayt in an unbroken chain of their twelve Imams) is the only way out of the darkness into the light.
(ii) Other references on this subject highlighted below:
> ” Indeed, there has come to you light and the manifesting book (Quran)”
(Maidah-5: 15)
>>> ” Allah guides unto his light whomsoever He wills>>>”
(Nur-24: 35)
>>> ” Whomsoever Allah does not give light there is no light for him at all”
(Nur-24: 40)
> ” Allah is He who created several heavens and as many earths. His commandments are sent down among them so that you may know that Allah has power over all things. Allah encompasses everything in His knowledge”: (12)
Flag 59: This is not the only Earth: Allah’s Creation: Multiple heavens and earths: Relevance of the declaration reference to context (Talaq-65: 12)
Note:
(i) Surah (Talaq-65) primarily deals with marriage (pairing, coupling) related issues with specific relevance to the divorce (Talaq).
(ii) The existence of the text (Talaq-65: 12) concerning creations and mention of the multiple earths and heavens, may be taken as a confirmation of pairing of earth also.
(iii) Similarly, relevance of, (Rahamtul-lill-Alimin), a title for Muhammad, signifies existence of many pairs of earth like creations.
Surah At Talaq ends
Separa-28 (Qad Sami-Allayhu) continues
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL
Surah At Tahrim
(66: 01-12)
> ” O Prophet, why do you prohibit (yourself) what Allah has made lawful to you in order to please your wives? Allah is oft-forgiving , most merciful”: (01)
Flag 60: Warning to the Holy Prophets wives: (Tahrim-66: 01-05)
Note:
(i) The incident is with context to an episode between two wives of the holy Prophet, to hatch a conspiracy against the third, which is well recorded in traditions and history.
(ii) Yet another conspiracy against another one by the same duo followed.
(iii) The holy Prophet was highly disturbed and distressed at the happening and vowed to discontinue the routine of usual visits to his wives taking turns.
(iv) The seriousness of the matter continued for thirty days when this Surah (Tahrim-66) was revealed carrying Allah’s serious warning to the culprits (two wives) while giving a way out to the holy Prophet concerning his oath.
> ” Allah has indeed made lawful for you the dissolution of your oaths (in such cases), and Allah is your Lord, all-knowing, all-wise”: (02)
> ” When the Prophet confided a matter to one of his wives when she divulged it (to others) and Allah apprised him thereof, he made known a part of it (to her) and avoided apart. When he told her about it, she said: Who told you this? He said: The all-knowing, all-wise told me”: (03)
> ” If both of you two (women) turn to Allah in repentance (it would be better), surely your hearts are (so) inclined: but if you two back up each other against him, then verily (it is) Allah who is his protector, and Jibrail, and the (most) virtuous among the believers; and (besides them) the angels will back (him) up”: (04)
Flag 61: Know the Most Virtuous amongst the believers: (Tahrim-66: 04)
Note:
(i) the (most) virtuous’ refers to Ali ibn Abu Talib.
> ” Haply, His Lord, If he divorces you, will give him in exchange wives better than you, submissive, faithful, obedient, repentant, observant of prayer and fasting, (both) widows and virgins”: (05)
> ” O you who believe, save yourself and your family from the fire whose fuel shall be men and stones, over which shall be (appointed) stern and strong angels who do not disobey Allah in whatever He commands them, and do what they are commanded”: (06)
> ” (The angels will say): O you who disbelieve, make no excuses today. You will be requited only for what used to do”: (07)
Flag 62: Warning for the non-compliance of Allah’s commands: (Tahrim-66: 06-07)
> ” O you who believe, turn (in repentance) to Allah a serious turning; maybe Allah will wipe off your sins and admit you to the gardens beneath which rivers flow on the day when Allah will not humiliate the prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will run before them and on their right, and they shall say: O our Lord, perfect for us our light, and grant us protection. Verily you have power over everything”: (08)
Flag 63: Repentance & a serious turning to Allah: Have access to Allah’s Light leading to His protection: Hadith-al-Thaqalayn: (Tahrim-66: 08: Taghabun-64: 05-08)
Note:
(i) ‘the light’ refers to the Quran and (Ahlul Bayt inclusive of their twelve holy Imams in an unbroken chain: Ahzab-33: 33): duly confirmed by (Hadith al Thaqalayn).
(ii) Be not like those who disbelieved before you: Get Guided by the Holy Prophet and the ‘Light’: (Taghabun-64: 05-08).
(iii) ‘Hadith al Thaqalayn’: The Holy Prophet said: I leave behind, amongst you, the ‘Thaqalayn’ (two weighty, indispensable, influential authorities), the book of Allah and my Ahlul Bayt. Should you be attached to these two, never, never, shall you go astray, after me’, for verily these two shall never separate from each other; and, joined together, they shall meet me at the spring of Kawthar.
> ” O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and hypocrites, and be severe with them. Their abode is hell, an evil destination: (09)
Flag 64: Allah’s command to fight against disbelievers and hypocrites all but discarded: (Tahrim-66: 09)
Note:
(i) After the departure of the holy Prophet, command for action against disbelievers and the hypocrites left in-attended till the arrival of Ali Ibne Abu Talib who re-launched the efforts.
> ” Allah propounds for those who disbelieve the similitude of the wife of Nuh, and wife of Lut. They were under (married to) two of Our righteous servants, but they were unfaithful to them, and even (the prophets) could not avail them in the least against Allah, and it was said to them: Enter you two the fire with those who enter it”: (10)
Flag 65: The disloyal wives of Nuh & Lut and the believing wife of Firawn: Know Allah’s four foremost women: (Tahrim-66: 10-12)
Note:
(i) Consider the similitude of wives of (Nuh &Lut) as against Asiya (wife of Firawn) and Maryam (daughter of Imran) and turn a serious turning towards Allah.
(ii) Know that messengers’ wives could go wrong and there is no inherent holiness in them except by way of faithfulness to the husbands (messengers) and their own belief and (Taqwa).
(iii) Simply being married to the messenger does not add to their (wives’) holiness.
(iv) The wife of Firawn (Asiya), daughter of Imran (Maryam: Mother of Isa), Khadija (Wife of the Holy Prophet), and Fatima Zehra (Mother of Hasan and Hussain and wife of Ali Ibne Abu Talib) are the four divinely exalted women.
> ” Allah propounds for those who believe the similitude of the wife of Firawn, when she said: O Lord, build me a house in the garden and deliver me from Firawn and his deeds, and deliver me from the unjust people”: (11)
> ” And of Maryam, daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity, and We breathed into her Our spirit, and she testified to the truth of words of her Lord and His scriptures, and she was one of the obedient (servants)”: (12)