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- (113) Al Falaq
Ahadith in regard of the virtues of this Surah:
O gracious brother, the surah of today is Al-Falaq,Allah said:“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created, And from the evil of darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness ;( or the moon as it sets or goes away), And from the evil of those who practice witchcraft when they blow in the knots, And from the evil of the envious when he envies."
Uqbah bin `Amir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "Do you not know that last night certain Ayat were revealed the like of which there is no precedence. They are: `Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Rubb of the daybreak' (Surah 113), and `Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Rubb of mankind' (Surah 114).''
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah, Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said to me: Reauthor, O Jabir, I said: what should I reauthor, let my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Allah's Messenger?! He said: reauthor: " Say I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of daybreak", and " Say I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind, and I reauthord them, then he said: reauthor them, for that you will (never) reauthor (verses) like them*
Many Ahadith, that were reported, spoke about the virtues of this Surah, and the Surah that follows. If we take the phrase:"Say I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of daybreak"
We spoke about the verb "Say" last meeting, and we said that the Prophet (p.b.u.h) is commanded to speak out the text of this verse and the Holy Qur'an (that is descended from Allah) letter by letter as it was descended considering its text and chronicle order.The word “falaq” was interpreted in many ways:
"Say I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of daybreak "
The gravity of this Ayahe is centered on the word "daybreak", and the scholars (Ulama') had many interpretations of it, but the most probable of them is that "daybreak" means the whole universe.Allah was Alone and nothing with Him, then He created the universe which existed since then, so the universe is Al-Falaq (daybreak).
The rain breaks out of the sky, so the rain is “daybreak”, the plant breaks out of the ground, so the plant is “daybreak, the child breaks out of his mother, so the baby is “daybreak”, the buds break out of the tree, so the buds are “daybreak”, the flower breaks out of the bud, so the flower is “daybreak”, and the fruit breaks out of the flower, so it is “daybreak”, therefore, everything that breaks out of something else to its existence is considered the meaning of this phrase: “daybreak”.
However, some interpreters said: Surat Al-Falaq [daybreak] is a refuge with Allah from the evil of all what He created, and Surat An-Nas (Mankind) is for seeking refuge with Allah from the evil of whisperer, therefore, everything that causes you trouble (such like things that fall within fate) are to be sought refuge from by reciting Surat Al-Falaq, while things that are human’s hand made and that are commited by him/her are to be sought refuge from by reciting surat An-Nas.
The meaning of “I seek refuge” is that I ask help, I ask protection, to resort to, and to turn to.
We say for example, the baby sought refuge (protection) with its mother, which means it asked for her protection from any frightening thing or enemy.
Allah the Exalted and Glorious has created many evil creatures, and some natural phenomena (ordeals) such as volcanoes, thunderbolts, earthquakes, and diseases, not to mention the dangers that of man’s hand made like when someone intend to harm you and to cause you trouble. So:
"Say I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of daybreak"
And the poetry rhyme as follows:Be obedience and we grant you uncovering all our veils
As we embrace those who love us with our gratification
And seek our protection by adhering to our shield
And we grant you protection from what bad creatures have
Falaq (daybreak) means the universe:
Some said that daybreak means the morning, but the daybreak is more general than the latter.In the action of “seeking refuge” there are three elements: the seeker (the one who ask for refuge), The one to be sought refuge with, and the one to be sought refuge from, hence, the believer is demanded to seek refuge with Allah, and since the believer is humble to Allah the Almighty, he/she has no arrogance in his/her heart, and dreads Allah’s punishment, he/she for all that seeks refuge with Allah from the evil in this world and its risks of all kinds. However, if one seeks refuge with other than Allah, such as his/her own power, relatives, or money..etc, he/she is committing shirk (polytheism) by such an act.
"Say I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of daybreak"
Hence, it is considered as “daybreak” Al Falaq everything that is existed, everything in this universe, everything that is available to your sight or beyond it, and everything that is available to your senses or beyond them.Therefore, the Creator of Al-Falaq is the Lord of Al-Falaq (Allah), and it is only Him Who is worthy to be sought refuge with, because He is the Creator, the Originator the All-Strong, and because all what you fear is in the Hand of Allah Who is the dominion of all things, Allah said:
“Allah is the Creator of all things, ad He is the Wakil (Trustee, Disposer of affairs, Guardian) over all things.”
Allah is the Lord of daybreak:
Allah said:"I put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord! There is no moving (living) creature but He has the grasp of its forelock. Verily, my Lord is on the Straight Path (the truth).”
Allah, therefore, is the One Who deserves that His slaves seek refuge with, and when someone seeks refuge with other than Him, he/she will be committing Shirk."And no creature holds (firmly) to Me without any one of My creation, knowing that from his intention, then if all the habitants of the heavens and earth plot against him, I will make an escape for him from that, and no one holds to a creature instead of Me, knowing this from his intention, but I will make the earth (ground) loose under his feet, and will cut (close) all ways of heaven before him "
So, ask yourself this question: with whom do you seek refuge if you face trouble? Do you resort to your powerful relative? Do you resort to a backdoor to solve your problem? Do you resort to your money to bribe people?! Or you resort to Allah the Almighty? The Prophet (PBUH) used to pray whenever he faces trouble, and you should know that seeking refuge with Allah and resorting to Him are signs of your faith, you should address Him by saying:“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak”
This is an order directed to the Prophet, so who are you comparing with Him?! Verily, Allah has ordered the believers with what He ordered the Messengers (or Prophets). This concept is mentioned in the following Ayah:“Verily, It is Allah Who causes the seed grain and the fruit –stone ( like date- stone) to split and sprout. He brings forth the living from the dead, and it is He Who brings forth the dead from the living. Such is Allah, then how are you deluded away from the truth?”
And in another Ayah, Allah said:“(He is the) Cleaver of the daybreak. He has appointed the night for resting, and the sun and the moon for reckoning. Such is the measurement of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing.”
Seeking refuge with other than Allah is shirk:
If you believe in Allah, but you seek refuge with anyone other than Him, this means that there is a defect in your faith and that there is shirk in your belief, Allah said:“And most of mankind will not believe even if you desire it eagerly.”
And He said too:“And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute partners unto Him [i.e. they are Mushrikun (polytheists)].”
You commit shirk just if you seek refuge with anyone (anything) other than Allah.We should consider the famous Prophetic invocation (supplication) that is recommended to be said by anyone who is about to start any action:
"O Allah, I disown my strength and power, and I seek help with Your Strength and Power, O Owner of Power, the Most Strong".
Whenever you feel something bad would happen to you, or you think that any powerful man would harm you, just say: I seek refuge with the Lord of daybreak. Do you not consider Prophet (PBUH) as a roll model in such situations? However, there is a group of people who think that they don’t need to level up to that and that they can do without seeking refuge with Allah, this is the arrogance that is never healed but by perishing by Allah.It Is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Mas'ud that the Apostle of Allah (PBUH), observed: He who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter Paradise. A person (amongst his hearers) said: Verily a person loves that his dress should be fine, and his shoes should be fine. He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: Verily, Allah is Graceful and He loves Grace. Pride is disdaining the truth (out of self-conceit) and contempt for the people.
Good nature is the base and evil is the exception:
“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created”
Allah doesn’t create evil, however, one would ask: then who did create it? Those who have solid creed (aqidah) would say: I believe in fate in its bad or good outcomes, but despite that we still ask what is the source of evil?Everything that Allah has created for us is good, but when man forgets Allah, and moves to satisfy his lusts and desires without any guidance from Allah, he will be trapped in evil, so the question to be asked is: when does a human being tend to be evil? Allah has ordered him/her not to forget about His existence.
Consider this example: when a wise and skilful driver rides a fast car and all its systems are under his control and he is using the lights of the vehicle, he will arrive safe and sound to his destination because of all that. But on the other hand if the driver is a drunk or the light was broken, then he might be involved in an awful accident.
Therefore, good nature is the base and evil is the exception.
When one submits to Allah, he/she will be a good person, but when he/she turns away from Him, rejects His Orders, and follows his/her desires without any guide from Allah, he/she will fall into evil.
Human being can’t be evil unless he/she moves blindly, and if one seeks his/her desires according to Allah's Commands and Guidance, there will be no evil act, for example a person who marries a woman, it is good for him, he finds peace and comfort with her and she is also with him, he is good to his children, he raises them on the love of Allah and His Messenger, and he is good to Muslims.
To summarize we say, every movement you do in accordance with the Divine method is good for you, because there is a subtle point which is that the evil person is not free at all, yet he is in Allah's Hands.
And because of this person’s evil acts, Allah drives him to harm anybody deserves to be hurt, as the oppressor is Allah's Whip with which Allah punishes whom He wills, then He punishes that oppressor.
Some Ulama' (religious scholars) of At-Tauhid (Islamic Monotheism) said: the evil itself isn't existed except in the souls, but in the materialistic world, How is that?
Allah use the evil in persons for the benefit of another person, like using a thief, who is full of evil and urge to steal other’s money, in rearing another person by making this thief steals that person’s money. And this is the evil of human beings.
Ways of evil:
There is the evil related to animals which exists only when the animal is out of its boundary, for example if we take the snake, we see that it is safe as long as it is inside the ground but the minute it comes out it turns into an evil creature (to protect and defend itself) and only then we were ordered to kill that evil creature so it won’t harm us, and the same goes with scorpion. However we can’t follow these creatures to their holes and kill them as they are important part of life cycle.The scientists found out that these animals which live inside the ground, have a serious role in soil’s ventilation and in plant’s growth.
There is the evil in Human, when he/she is distracted from Allah the Almighty, he/she becomes evil, however, his/her evil is only for those whom Allah wants to be directed to.
And there is the evil in things of inanimate nature so to speak, as this kind of evil occurs because of misusing these things by human being such as putting sugar or detergent in cooking, or salt in the tea, or fuel in the milk! These materials could be harmful when they are misused.
Therefore as you notice evil is incidental, and it is negative not positive, Allah said:
“Say (O Muhammad (PBUH)):" O Allah ! Possessor of the kingdom, You give the kingdom to whom You will, and You take the kingdom from whom You will, and You endue with honor whom You will, and You humiliate whom You will. In Your Hand is the good. Verily, You are Able to do all things.”
The eating of swine is unlawful, and the hyena too, but Allah created them for a specific job that is to clean the wild from carrions, because when the carrion starts to decay, its awful smell spreads all over the region, and these animals eat (love) such carrions, unlike human who can’t eat them as they are evil because they will cause him/her harm,So, all the kinds of evil happen out of ignorance of man who was ordered to be by Allah’s side.
The animal turns into evil when it exceeds its boundaries, or when it is used for other purposes that it was created for (like eating the prohibited of animals).
And evil happens also when you misuse some materials (inanimate objects).
Possession comes after subjection:
Allah said:“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created”
There is a slight thought concerning the animals, all animals are subjected to human being like camel, sheep, chicken, and cattle (cow), and man can raise them and benefit from them, Allah said:“Do they not see that We have created for them of what Our Hands have created the cattle, so that they are their owners.”
One of the meanings of this Ayah is:Because these animals are subjected to us as human beings, then we can possess them and compete to own them, whereas other creatures such like the snake or the scorpion are not subjected to human being and as a result they can’t be possessed by man.
“so on them they ride”
Allah introduced us to his blessing of exploiting animals by keeping group of them unable to be exploited yet they are scary and dangerous for mankind, and this is why possession comes after exploitation:“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created”
The shortcoming is an outcome of man’s hand made:
“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created”
Another thing that I would like you to reflect on carefully, as I will reauthor to you some Ayahs that are considered, as scholars say, certainty based (As Quran is Allah’s words) and evidence based (As the meaning of this Ayahs are an irrevocable fact), so listen to them:“Whatever of good reaches you, is from Allah,but whatever of evil befalls you, is from yourself. And We have sent you (O Muhammad(PBUH)) as a Messenger to mankind,and Allah is Sufficient as a Witness.”
Evil, here, is an indefinite, which means generality, so any evil at all, small or big, direct or indirect, painful or causes a little pain, is from you. So whoever finds good, let him/her praises Allah, and whoever finds other than this (i.e. evil) so he/she shouldn’t blame but him/herself.If you believe in Allah and in His book, can you say when you are in hardship of any kind: “what did I do (to deserve this)?!
Ayahs proving that evil is from human:
Listen to this Ayah:“Whatever of good reaches you, is from Allah, but whatever of evil befalls you, is from yourself. And We have sent you (O Muhammad) as a Messenger to mankind, and Allah is Sufficient as a Witness.”
Another Ayah too:“And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. And He pardons much.”
Another Ayah, Allah says:“(What is the matter with you?) When a single disaster smites you, although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as great, you say:" From where does this come to us ?": Say (to them), It is from yourselves (because of your evil deeds)." And Allah has power over all things.”
There is no misstep, tremble in a vein, or scratch by a thorn but by what your hands sent forth, and what Allah forgives is much more.Narrated Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) Abu Bakr said: O Allah's Messenger order me with a thing that I say in the morning and in the evening. He (the Prophet) said: "Say " O Allah, the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen. The Originator ( or the Only Creator) of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of everything ( all things) and its Owner, I testify that La ilah illa Ant ( none has the right to be worshipped but You), I seek refuge with You from my self's evil, and from the evil of Satan ( devil) and its trap",he (the Prophet) said: "Say this in the morning and in the evening and when you go to your bed”
The Prophet’s sayings are very precise, as He didn't say: I seek refuge with You from the evil of Satan and from my self's evil, but he mentioned himself evil’s self indicating that everything is in Allah's Command, and He has the grasp on the forelock of every living thing (creature), and when He wills to harm anyone He does that by unleashing a creature of them to hit (or harm) that person (because of that person’s fault).This following supplication rears us: O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the evil of mine and from the evil of every creature that You grasp its forelock, therefore, it was narrated that the prophet (PBUH) said:
"The slave shouldn't fear but his sin(s) and he shouldn't look forward but to Allah”
Being overpowered by tyrants is a treatment for soul:
When you look forward to Allah and fear Him, everything will fear you, but when you do not fear Allah, everything will fear you, Allah said:“O you who believe! Remember the Favor of Allah unto you when some people desired (made a plan) to stretch out their hands against you, but (Allah) held back their hands from you. And in Allah let the believers put their trust.”
When one is with Allah the Great and Almighty, He protects him from evil persons.Al Taslit (giving someone the power over someone else) is one of Tawheed’s terms and it came from Allah.
If a person deserves to be treated for his wrongdoings he will be overpowered by ruthless hearted person, on the other hand if a person deserves honoring, Allah protects him from evil people, and hence, it was said in poetry:
Be obedience and we grant you uncovering all our veils
As we embrace those who love us with our gratification
And seek our protection by adhering to our shield
And we grant you protection from what bad creatures have
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" (So) which of the two parties has more right to be in security? If you but know.”
Good nature is the basis while evil is incidental, the good is positive and needs a creator, while evil is negative and is an outcome of man’s negligence, and evil is a treatment and is in Allah’s hand.The wisdom behind evil’s existence on earth:
Another thing:“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created”
Why did Allah create frightening creatures or things? The scholars of Tawheed said: If Allah didn’t create some sources of fear, man would never feel the need of Him.Therefore, with the existence of these things, you remain feeling that you need His Protection and as a result you will be happy by being close to Him.
When the child leaves his mother his life becomes miserable, and when he sees a frightening animal on the other side he remains with his mother.
Therefore, all these evil things, persons, animals, and inanimate things, redirect man to Allah, as they make you feel how desperate you are for Allah's Protection, and how much you need to seek refuge with Him, and to dedicate yourself to Him.
“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created,”
It is a perfect wisdom, and if it wasn’t for these evil things and creatures that are existed on the earth, man would be satisfied and would never feel the need for Allah.When I mentioned snakes and scorpions I meant to generalize, as you won’t find in your house a snake to frighten you but there are other things, such as if you received a piece of paper from a policeman asking you to attend at the police station, this will make you frightened and you won’t be able to sleep thinking about the reason behind that.
Hence, the evil things are created to serve mankind at all levels starting with having appendix that can be considered as a bad thing yet when you go under the knife you feel comfortable, and ending with lot more frightening things in human’s life.
All that comes from Allah is for our benefit:
Allah said:“Say (O Muhammad (PBUH)):" O Allah ! Possessor of the kingdom, You give the kingdom to whom You will, and You take the kingdom from whom You will, and You endue with honor whom You will, and You humiliate whom You will. In Your Hand is the good. Verily, You are Able to do all things.”
When Allah says:“You give the kingdom to whom You will, and You take the kingdom from whom You will ”
Most of people might think that giving kingdom is a good thing and taking it is a bad thing, yet Allah knows better and whatever He decides surely is for our benefit, because these things are from the All-Aware, the All-Knowing, the All –Wise, the Healer, Who created you for the Hereafter, Who prepared for you what no eye have ever seen such, and no ear has ever heard such, and what haven't ever come to a mind (heart ) of human, Who created you for Him, but you preferred to be a slave for His slaves, so He made you taste their cruelty, but when you are His slave, you are free and honored and if you prefer to be a slave of a wretched slave, you will be a loser.By Allah and by Allah, to dig two wells with two needles, to sweep the land of Al-Hijaz in a stormy day with two feathers, to carry two seas to the land with two sieves, and to wash two black slaves till they become whites is easier to me than asking a wicked person to pay my debt.
Therefore, either you are a slave to Allah, or a slave to a wicked person who doesn't satisfy by you either you do well or you do bad, and if he sees good thing from you, he buries it, and if he sees bad thing, he propagates it.
"From the evil of what He has created”
As I said, the evil is a relative thing, as what you see as an evil but to Allah might be good.Like the syringe in the doctor’s hand, it will make the child cries and trembles yet this syringe is for his comfort and to relieve his pains, so this syringe is evil from the child’s point of view, but good from his father’s point of view.
Adversities are hidden graces:
In regard of the following Ayah:“See you not (O men) that Allah has subjected for you whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and has completed and perfected His Grace upon you, (both) apparent and Hidden ? Yet of mankind is he who disputes about Allah without knowledge or guidance or a Book giving light!”
The adversities are hidden graces. For example, if a girl had a serious disease, her father would do the impossible to cure her, and he might sell his house (to spend on her cure).Many years later, he asks himself: what will happen if I return to Allah with repentance, maybe, Allah will heal her? Then he starts to perform prayers and his wife too, and he ordered her to wear Hijab, and both of them stay away from Munakr, and finally Allah healed his daughter.
Therefore, selling the house, and these long years that he spent in unbearable pains because of her illness, ended with his getting back to the right track, in such a case will you consider the girl’s illness as something evil? Is selling the house evil too? No! By Allah, a person once said: “I lost two-million pounds worth of merchandises in a fire, which led me to return to Allah with repentance and to leave usury completely”, so is this an evil thing? No!, by Allah, Allah called it an evil according to our understanding and our terms.
Devil is the leader of avoiders:
Allah then said:"And from the evil of darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness ;( or the moon as it sets or goes away)”
Some said: the darkening is the night, and some said: it is the devil.Why Devil is darkening? Because of his dark nature and because of his distance from Allah which caused him falling in darkness, but when you devote yourself to Allah, you will be in light.
Abu Malik al-Ash'ari reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Cleanliness is half of faith and al-Hamdu Liliah (Praise be to Allah) fills the scale, and Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah) and al-Hamdu Liliah (Praise be to Allah) fill up what is between the heavens and the earth, and prayer is a light, and charity is proof (of one's faith) and endurance is a brightness and the Holy Qur'an is a proof on your behalf or against you. All men go out early in the morning and sell themselves, thereby setting themselves free or destroying themselves.
Turning away from Allah is darkness, and the leader of those who turn away from Allah is Satan (devil) who is in a black darkness."And from the evil of darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness ;( or the moon as it sets or goes away)”
And from the evil of darkening, which indicates human’s chest, as if the Devil is entering human’s chest, we seek refuge with Allah from that!A few days ago, two men who were drunk intended to assault a little boy and they fought over that, and as a result one of them gunned down the other, so one is killed and the other went to prison, so I call that as an act of the Devil, and this falls within the Ayah:
"And from the evil of darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness ;( or the moon as it sets or goes away)”
Those who are executed in the town square in Damascus, who are they? They are people whom Satan entered their chests to ease committing crimes for them, crimes such as murder, robbery, rape..etc, and their end was ugly:“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created”
To escape from Devil seek refuge with Allah:
The biggest evil among evils is the devil when he enters the chest of a person in order to turn him into an evil person through fulfilling his desires even though doing so will turn a chaste woman to a prostitute, through earning lot of money even by stealing, through living on sh3er’ misery and death, through filling his stomach on sh3er’ hunger, through building his triumph on sh3er’ death, through building his secure on other’s uneasiness, and through building his victory on their humiliation:“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created, And from the evil of darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness ;( or the moon as it sets or goes away),”
But you have an effective strong weapon against Satan, just say: I seek refuge with Allah from Shaitan (Satan), by saying so you are aiming a dangerous weapon at him that deactivates him, and if you say it, you escape from him, Allah said:“And if an evil whisper comes to you from Shaitan(Satan), then seek refuge with Allah. Verily, He is All –Hearer, All-Knower.”
And He said:“And say: " My Lord ! I seek refuge with You from the whisperings (suggestions) of the Shayatin (devils).
If you have a dangerous idea that Allah will not be pleased with, like taking what not belongs to you, deceiving, tricking somebody, concealing the defects of a product, lying about your capital, or counterfeiting (forge), then say: I seek refuge with Allah from Satan. These ideas are the whispers of Satan (like when you enter a house and your self urges you to look around yet the Prophet said: No man stays with a woman in private but the Satan is the third of them), who entered your chest.In all these cases and the like you should always say: I seek refuge with Allah from Satan,
We should help each other against Satan:
Allah said:“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created”
And there is an evil of darkening (Satan) inside the heads of evils persons.Now we have two meanings, the first is that the evil (Satan) enters the chest (heart) of a person.
The second is that the Shaitan (Satan) enters the chest of another man and turns him into a wild animal ready to attack you, into a criminal, into a harmful creature, and into a violent person. Therefore, seek refuge with Allah from Satan not to enter your chest and not to enter a chest of a person that you deal with so he won’t turn into an evil one, Allah said:
"So Musa (Moses) struck him with his fist and killed him. He said:" This is of Shaitan's (Satan) doing: verily, he is a plain misleading enemy."
It was a hassle between an Egyptian and an Israelite, and Satan entered between them, this is of Satan's doing, and for this reason, man should help his fellow human against Satan, not the other way around.Therefore, when your brother gets angry, you have to be silent, because if you reply cruelly, you are helping Satan against him.
A man addressed an honorable Companion of the Prophet cruelly, what do you think the companion did? He didn't say anything but: May Allah forgive you if you are wrong, and may Allah forgive me if I am wrong.
Consider your relationship with your wife, your children, your neighbors, friends, and colleagues, you should help them against Satan, not to help him against them, because if you provoke them, deal with them cruelly, or take their rights, by that you are helping Satan against them, on the other hand, when you tolerate them, and be good and kind to them, by that you are helping them against Satan.
“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created, And from the evil of darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness ;( or the moon as it sets or goes away),”
Black magic and telepathy:
Then Allah said:"And from the evil of those who practice witchcraft when they blow in the knots,”
Magic is based on tricks and it is like a mirage when you think it is water, while its nothing but a reflection of rays on the surface of the ground, and Magic also is based on mystery, underhandedness, and distraction.When you distract somebody from something you bewitch him, so as magic that is based on bringing over.
When they accused the Prophet PBUH of bewitching his companions they meant that he brought them over.
Some Islamic schools of thoughts considered magic as bluffing act with no actual base, while Ash-Shafi'ee considered it as devilish whispers and diseases, but to Al-Ahnaf considered it as a truth and real.
There are phenomena in the world of an unknown nature such as telepathy, like when a woman in Italy saw her son, who was at that very moment in Paris, crushed by a car (to death) so she cried, she saw him before her very eyes, and three days later, his body was shipped home with the report including the time of death exactly matched the time she saw him. The psychologists called this “telepathy”.
This is exactly what happened with Saryah (the leader of the Islamic army in Iraq) when he said: I can hear the voice of Amir Al-Mu'minin (Omar) warning me, (saying) the mountain, the mountain, namely, keep your army in the mountain, how did this happen? We don't know, and the science is still unable to give an explanation for this phenomenon “Telepathy”, because Allah, the Exalted and Glorious said:
“And they ask you (O Muhammad(PBUH)) concerning the Ruh (the Spirit) ; Say:" the Ruh (the spirit) is one of the things, the knowledge of which is only with my Lord. And of knowledge, you (mankind) have been given only a little."
And He said:"He knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter. And they will never compass anything of His Knowledge except that which He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.”
The telepathy is known phenomenon (as it is a fact) yet it is unknown (as it is unexplainable) exactly like magic.The Prophet for one, sought refuge with Allah from those who practice black magic and I will go into subtle details in regard of this topic.
Some kinds of magic turn their performers into disbelievers, and he who practices it to distract people's minds into himself, this is considered a disbelief, and some Islamic schools of thoughts allowed to kill that person, because he/she misleads people and distracts them from the great truth to himself/herself, Allah, the Great and Almighty, said:
“They followed what the Shayatin (devils) gave out (falsely of the magic) in the lifetime of Sulaiman (Solomon). Sulaiman did not disbelieve, but the Shayatin (devils) disbelieved, teaching men magic and such things that came down at Babylon to the two angels, Harut and Marut, but neither of these two (angels) taught anyone (such things) till they had said, We are only for trial, so disbelieve not (by learning this magic from us)." And from these (angels) people learn that by which they cause separation between man and his wife, but they could not thus harm anyone except by Allah's Leave. And they learn that which harms them and profits them not. And indeed they knew that the buyers of it (magic) would have no share in the Hereafter. And how bad indeed was that for which they sold their ownselves, if they but knew.”
Why (or how) did they disbelieve? Because they were teaching people the black magic, a silly story narrated by Jews, and Allah denied it, no magician can harm anyone but by Allah's will, and the magician cannot harm anyone but those who are distracted from Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.Black magic affects human’s affairs:
When man reauthors:“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created, And from the evil of darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness ;( or the moon as it sets or goes away), And from the evil of those who practice witchcraft when they blow in the knots, And from the evil of the envious when he envies."
The magic becomes abolished. The knots that was mentioned in the Surah indicates the strong relationships, so marital relationship is a knot, brotherhood is a knot, relationship between the two partners is a knot, and also fatherhood and the neighborhood are knots.Once 'Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) asked the Prophet {p.b.u.h]: how is it your love for me? He said: like the rope's knot, after that she used to ask him from time to time: how is the knot? And he used to say to her: in its (very) state (as it is). Allah said:
"And from the evil of those who practice witchcraft when they blow in the knots,”
These strong human relationships can be affected by the work of the magician, to break them and to make them weak, and domestic conflicts, for example, can happen between husband and wife when they are away from Allah, the Great and Almighty, so black magic can break this relationship.Envy has two kinds:
The last Ayah is His Saying:"And from the evil of the envious when he envies."
1- Dispraised envy:
The Ulama' (the religious scholars) said: the envy is praised and dispraised at the same time! It is dispraised when you wish that the graces (of Allah) that your fellow Muslim has would be perished from his side and became yours, this is the very envy:Say to whom who envies me: Do you know whom you are impolite with?
You are impolite with Allah, when you don't be pleased with what He endowed me with
Be patient with the envious, your patience is his killer
The fire eats (burns) itself when it doesn't find feeder
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2- The praised envy:
The praised envy is like what Salim narrated on the authority of his father (Ibn 'Umar) that the Apostle of Allah (PBUH) said: Envy is not justified but in case of two persons only: one who, having been given (knowledge of) the Qur'an by Allah, reauthors it during the night and day (and also acts upon it) and a man who, having been given wealth by God, spends it during the night and the day (for the welfare of sh3er. seeking the pleasure of the Lord).
If you envy those two kinds of people, then this is the praised envy. The Prophet (PBUH) called it "Ghib'ta" (envy with pleasure), and Allah called it Mo'nafas (striving, competition), He said:“The last thereof (that wine) will be the smell of Musk, and for this let (all) those strive who want to strive (i.e. hasten earnestly to the obedience of Allah).”
And He said:“For the like of this let the workers work.”
And it was narrated from Al-Fadhil ibn Eyadh: the believer Yaghbit (envies with the praised envy), (but) the hypocrite envies (the dispraised envy).( The Explanation (unraveling) of Mystery, by Al-Ajlouni)
And the Prophet (PBUH) said: "the eye (a figurative name of the envy in Arabic language) admits man into the grave (his grave) and (admits) the camel into pot (i.e. the envy has a killing (deadly) effect”
You cannot be affected by magic and envy unless you are away from Allah, and when you reauthor His Saying:“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created, And from the evil of darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness ;( or the moon as it sets or goes away), And from the evil of those who practice witchcraft when they blow in the knots, And from the evil of the envious when he envies."
No evil will reach you, no devil can enter your chest, no magician can harm you, and no envious can take away Allah’s graces from you by his/her envy.Envious’s status:
The envious deemed excessive the graces of Allah upon the sh3er, and by this, he doubted Allah's Wisdom (Knowledge), and he is displeased with his share of Allah‘s graces, he opposes Allah's Will (Deed), he doesn't give in to Him, and he lets down Allah's Auliya' (pious righteous persons) and dispraises them, instead of supporting them.The envious also helps the Satan against his brother, he gains nothing but remorse and the angels curse him, he feels uncomfortable when he is alone, and will gain nothing in the Hereafter but sadness and burning in the Hell, needless to say that he keeps dragging away from Allah.
The Prophet (PBUH) said:
“Three (kinds of people) whose supplication is not accepted (answered by Allah): Who eats Al-Haram (every forbidden unlawful thing, who backbites a lot, and who has a grudge or envy towards Muslims”
Some said: the first sin with which Allah was disobeyed in the heaven was the envy, Allah said:“(Allah) said:"What prevented you (O Iblis ) that you did not prostrate yourself, when I commanded you ? " Iblis said:"I am better than him (Adam), You created me form fire, and him You created from clay."
And the first sin with which Allah was disobeyed on the earth was when Qabil envied Habil (the two sons of Adam).Therefore, we seek refuge with Allah from envy, and we ask Him to have the praised envy that is competing in obeying him, and we ask Him righteousness and memorizing His Book (the Noble Qur'an), so reauthor this Surah when you go to bed and you shall not see bad dreams (or nightmares):
“Say:" I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, From the evil of what He has created, And from the evil of darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness ;( or the moon as it sets or goes away), And from the evil of those who practice witchcraft when they blow in the knots, And from the evil of the envious when he envies."
