I love coming across the ayaat of the Qur'an that mention how Allah will deal with us on the Day of Judgement (may we be written amongst the good-doers!)

Allah specifies that our evil deeds will be recompensed according to what we did BUT our good deeds will be recompensed with the very best reward. Clearly goodness and evil are not the same. 

Allah is al-ʿAdl. The Just One will not punish beyond what we have done BUT in terms of reward, Allah is also al-Kareem. The Generous One will reward without measure.

SubhanAllah. This goes over and beyond our petty, quid pro quo conceptions of justice. How honoured are we to serve a Lord like this!

This ayah, like many others, is a testament to Allah's infinite mercy and justice. While Allah warns the wrongdoers of a compensation which will be fit for their wrongdoings, He reassures the rightly guided ones of the "FINEST AWARD" to ever exist! Not what they deserve fairly or what they have earned, but the ULTIMATE BEST!

That's because unlike the worldly reward, which is far from apt for the performed act, the ULTIMATE REWARD will be more than what is befitting for their sacrifices and acts of worship. The ULTIMATE REWARD will be from Allah, at par with His Grandeur and unmatched Mercy, exceeding all expectations! 

This is also evident in the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH): "No One Will Enter Paradise by Virtue of His Deeds, rather by the Mercy of Allah, Exalted Is He!"

What a beautiful reminder you've shared, JazakAllahu khayran. Your emphasis on how the finest reward isn’t merely a fair transaction, but a manifestation of Allah’s grace, resonates deeply.

I especially appreciated the link you made with the hadith, it grounds the reflection in both Quranic and Prophetic wisdom. It’s humbling to think that no matter how much we strive, it is ultimately Allah’s mercy that grants us success in the Hereafter.

May Allah grant us sincerity in our efforts and envelop us in His mercy on the Day when we’ll need it most. Ameen.

Allah est le Seul à posséder les Cieux et la Terre. Il n'a pas d'enfant, Il n'as pas d'associé sinon que les Cieux et la Terre seront bouleversé et que chaque divinité partirai avec sa création et chacun aura essayé de prendre le dessus sur un autre. Mais on voit dans la création des Cieux et de la Terre une harmonie qui prouve qu'il n'y a qu'un seul Dieu.

le 'ل' indique la cause, c'est-à-dire le 'afin'
En faite, Allah a crée les Cieux et la Terre pour qu'à la fin, la finalité soit la rétribution de chacun selon ses actes. ' Et Allah s'est interdit l'injustice'. 'Et Allah ne va pas nous punir pour un mal d'une punition supérieur au mal accompli.'
le 'ٱلْحُسْنَى', c'est LA meilleure récompense. Et quelle est la meilleure des récompenses ? Le Paradis. Et cela a été dit par le prophète lorsque Ubay Ibn Ka'b l'a interrogé sur ce sujet :' Qu'est ce qu'ٱلْحُسْنَى ?'
Le Prophète a dit que c'est le Paradis.

#LiveByTheAyah

Lessons from Surah Najm 

1. Don’t follow inherited assumption while true guidance is Quran and sunnah reached you
2. Assumption can never replace truth
3. Avoid major sins and shameful deeds despite struggling with minor sins
4. No one is going to take burden of your sins
5. You will only get your rewards according to your own strive 
6. Re-creation is only in the hands of Allah so don’t let your iman shake, out of grieving that you have no child.
7. Count blessings… is there any blessing from Allah that we can doubt?
8. Don’t be heedless listening or reading Quran rather fear the warning 
9. Improve the quality of your worship specially prostration.
10. Reminder every moment, we must return to Him and face account and the day is not far.

In taraweeh, you feel something special in the ayaat of sujood. Your knees want to buckle at that point and the sajdah then takes you to a special place of inner peace that you don't want to come out of. 

Yesterday the imam read surah an-Najm. This is another surah that is near and dear to my heart. Like al-Hashr it is strongly Seerah focused. It is extremely powerful with a high tempo throughout, consisting of short ayaat that pack a punch and it ends with the command to prostrate to Allah. 

This surah is a direct address and a warning to the Quraysh who relentlessly abused the Prophet ﷺ. Who assaulted him. Who called him a liar. Who slandered him. Who hurt him in every way. 

In the beginning of the surah, Allah vindicates the Prophet ﷺ and the miracle of Isra wal Mi'raj in some incredibly powerful and moving ayaat. 

'[The Prophet’s] own heart did not distort what he saw. Are you going to dispute with him what he saw with his own eyes?' (53:11-12)

Then Allah procedes to chastise the Quraysh for their idolatory with the tempo of the ayaat continuing to build and build. 

'They have no knowledge to base this on: they merely follow guesswork. Guesswork is of no value against the Truth.'  (53:28)

And by the end Allah is speaking to the Quraysh directly. 

Whenever the Prophet ﷺ got new revelation, he would convey it in public. The Quraysh at times like this would call their comrades in kufr to gather around, howling in laughter and slapping each other on the back in mockery. 

I like to stop and imagine how the Prophet ﷺ must've felt whenever I go over the Seerah. It makes me appreciate what he endured in his mission to convey the message which has reached me today 14 centuries later. I feel grief when he would feel grieve and I feel happiness when he smiled. 

And just thinking about him being abused, slandered and ridiculed by the very people that he was responsible for is very upsetting but it also shows just how much internal strength that he had and this deeply inspires me. 

If I was being ruthlessly ridiculed like he was I would probably have wavered. But he was the Messenger of Allah to humanity. This was his job, the most important job in the world, and he had to do it. The way he stayed patient and dignified inspite of all the hardships he had to endure is truly inspirational.

So as he stepped up to recite the latest revelation, the believers were looking on eagerly and the pagans began gathering around in order to heckle at him. 

This time however, the smirks were wiped off their faces as the surah had them absolutely dumbstruck. 

The didn't know what hit them. Especially the last 20 ayat which are in the form of hard-hitting rhetorical questions. 

They are reminded about Allah, the creation, life and death, the Day of Judgement, the peoples of old whom Allah destroyed. Each ayah striking a blow onto their hardened hearts. 

Finally, with the whole surah building up to a crescendo, the final verse being a verse of prostration meant that the Prophet ﷺ and the believers all fell prostrate to Allah. 

This time, remarkably, the Quraysh, the same ones who used to heckle and mock, all fell into sujood aswell. You can only imagine just how powerful and beautiful the recitation of the Prophet ﷺ must have been to have penetrated their hearts. May we can get to hear his blessed recitation in Jannah! 

Just picturing that scene of Makkah gives me goosebumps: pindrop silence as everyone in the vicinity of Ka'bah, Muslim and pagan, is in prostration behind the Prophet ﷺ. 

Whenever we perform the sajdah at-tilawah perhaps the traces of heedlessness within us can be banished for good, unlike the Quraysh who turned back to their old ways after this incident.


#najm
#seerah
#prostration
#taraweeh
#ramadan

(I've relied here on Sh. YasirQadhi's Seerah ep.16. You can find it on Youtube or any standard podcast platform)

hello everyone, sunni molvees are mostly fraudy, so read and go into the meanings of the Holy Quran yourself... and you will be mesmerized by the authority and wisdom of Allah...

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