Asalamualaykum!
okay so blogging everyday is harder than I thought. But InshAllah, I will get the hang of it! Anddd I will make up for the days I missed. So maybe this will motivate me more to not procrastinate! =)
Starting from what I missed last week….
Day 36
Class:Word Analysis and Tafsir
Lesson #28 Surah Al Baqarah ayahs 204-214
Today’s Focus: ayah 206
Translation: And when it is said to him, “Fear Allah ,” pride in the sin takes hold of him. Sufficient for him is Hellfire, and how wretched is the resting place.
So this ayah is a warning for us. It’s warning us about the hellfire and how pride in sinning can lead us there.
Now, generally, how do we feel when someone says to us “Ittakillah”? I don’t know about you, but doesn’t it sometimes make you really really mad? Doesn’t it make you wonder: “who are THEY to be telling me that?! I mean, look at all the faults in that person. And now THEY have the guts to tell ME to fear Allah? pfffft. Forget them!”
Do we ever think about WHAT a person is saying and not WHO the person is? When the person on the news tells us of the weather and how it’ll be snowy outside, do we decide to go out without a jacket just because we don’t like the newscaster? Is our action going to affect that newscaster? Of course not. We’ll just get really really cold…
Similarly, if a person reminds us to fear Allah, should we not look at WHAT the person is reminding us to do?! I mean, if we don’t fear Allah, how much will that person be affected? We ourselves will be left in darknesses and sins. We will be harming ourselves. All because of what? Pride.
In Surah Al Azhab, the Prophet (saw) was told to fear Allah. Don’t we see? This is a beneficial statement. But only a few people benefit from this advice. Generally, people dislike it.
We learned in class that The greatest sin is when a person is told to fear Allah and he says “Mind your own business.”
Let’s take an example. Say you’re with a friend and prayer time comes in. You stand up to pray and ask your friend to pray with you as well. But then your friend says “You go pray! Stop telling me again and again.”–Isn’t that like saying “Mind your own business” ? How many times do we do this? Someone is calling us towards khair yet we act so harshly. Fear Allah.
When you’re told to fear Allah, think about your action-
“Is this really something that Allah approves of and likes?”
If it’s wrong…fear Allah and His punishment and stop doing what you’re doing. Out of respect for the name of Allah, we should listen to what the person (who is telling us to fear Allah) is saying.
Let’s look at an example of the sahabah:
When someone told Umar (ra) “Ittakillah”-He put his cheek on the ground. Compare that to what we do!
If a person doesn’t crumble his ego, that leads to increase in sin. Arrogance is a means of increase in sin. When a person is arrogant, he doesn’t care about others, he doesn’t care about consequences and he doesn’t care about the advice being given
But remember…
Sins lead a person to hellfire
So crush that ego right now! Fear Allah and repent. We need to humble ourselves NOW. Are we waiting for the punishment of our Lord? Should we not be ashamed of ourselves? He’s blessed us with things that we haven’t even asked for. Yet we still refuse to follow His commands. We refuse to fear Him…even when we are reminded to do so.
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