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- (003) Al Imran
O Brother Believers! This is the thirty-sixth lesson of the lessons of Al-Imran Sura, the verse number Hundred and thirty-four. Part of it was described in the past lesson, Allah’s saying:
﴾And march forth in the way (which leads to) forgiveness from your Lord, and for Paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared for Al-Muttaqun (the pious) ﴿
Spending
Those who spend are in two categories: Virtuous and the workers. Some of the Virtuous characteristics are:
((Those who spend in prosperity and in adversity, who restrain anger and pardon people and Allah loves the doers of good))
1. They spend in prosperity and in adversity:
spending money is difficult to man
Allah started with spending because it is the hardest thing. You might perform the ritual ablution, pray, go for minor pilgrimage to Mecca as a voyage, or you might attend a religious session. However, spending money is hard because Allah makes money beloved by anybody; it is the cause of all the desires and it resolves all the problems. When Allah made money beloved by man and ordered him to spend, this means that spending is a significant thing.
Allah started with spending because it is easier than self-sacrifice. Most of the Quran verses talk about striving by money and souls. Allah started with spending money because it is easier thousand times than self-sacrifice. He mentioned spending money first then self-sacrifice second except in one verse He mentioned them reversely, when He said:
﴾Verily, Allah has purchased of the believers their lives and their properties ﴿
In writing a selling contract, we begin with writing the first important things then the less important things, similarly Allah said they spend in prosperity and in adversity (He gave preference to prosperity over adversity).
2. Spending has a wide range:
Spending is a word that has a wide range of issues; spending money, spending knowledge, or spending time. For some people, time is the most precious thing in their lives; money is the most precious thing for sh3er. Some people spend dignity, which is the most valuable thing to them, to help an aggrieved brother, for the sake of Allah. This might require spending dignity by intermediating a friend, of a high position, who can solve the problem.
The truth is:
﴾By no means shall you attain Al-Birr (piety, righteousness, etc., it means here Allah's Reward, i.e. Paradise), unless you spend (in Allah's Cause) of that which you love ﴿
You should spend the invaluable things, because man is elevated by spending and is sound by virtuousness. Allah says:
﴾Verily, those who say: "Our Lord is Allah (Alone)," and then they Istaqamu, on them the angels will descend (at the time of their death) (saying): "Fear not, nor grieve! ﴿
By virtuousness you’ll be sound, but by spending you’ll be happy, and the clearest evidence for that is Allah’s saying:
﴾So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord. ﴿
You might have a trade secret related to your business, you might not tell anybody about it because you think this might decrease your revenues; however the believer in Allah sets his life on the basis of spending and granting; so he might give his business secrets to another believer brother.
A dead brother (Mercy be upon him) told me that he had a sweet store, and a non muslim stranger from a far north-east country came to him and asked to learn how to produce those sweets. He accepted joyfully and taught him practically. Later, this stranger kept on visiting this brother every year for thirty years to give him presents appreciating his kind behavior.
3. The believer in Allah sets his life on the basis of spending:
Dear decent brother, by the way the believer in Allah sets his life on the basis of spending, and Allah says:﴾As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah and fears Him And believes in Al-Husna We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness)﴿
Because he believes in Al-Husna (the reward of Allah- the Paradise), and that he is created to live in a Paradise as wide as the Heavens and Earth. Allah also says:
﴾For those who have done good is the best (reward, i.e. Paradise) and even more﴿
Because he believes in Al-Husna, he fears Allah and obeys Him, so this is the virtuousness that keeps his soundness. However, this is not enough; he should set his life on the basis of spending. Moreover, your importance before Allah is measured by the bulk of your donation and right deeds. This is proved by Allah’s saying:
﴾For all there will be degrees (or ranks) according to what they did﴿
Who are you before Allah? This is estimated according to what you did, your donation and right deeds. The truthful believer, who sets his life on the basis of spending, and he will be happy when donating not when obtaining. He will be happy to stay up at night and to spend money, time and dignity for the sake of Allah.
There are decent brother who ask businessmen to support poor and miserable people, so they spend their dignity for the sake of Allah with pleasure although it's not an easy work.
Dear decent brother! When the faith truth settles in the heart of the believer, it will express itself by an action, since Islam is related to movement, action, spending, and sacrificing. The believer will rise by good deed or serving people. Someone whispered to Allah saying: “O Lord! The day will not be pleasant without being helpful to Your slaves, and the night will not be pleasant without whispering to You”. You should try some kinds of good deeds; and if Allah does a favor for you, He will predetermine that a good deed will be done by you, such as: reconciliation between two couples or friends, orphan charity, or poor catering. Then, you should spend from your wisdom, intelligence, knowledge, time, dignity and money, as mentioned in the noble verse:
﴾By no means shall you attain Al-Birr (piety, righteousness, etc., it means here Allah's Reward, i.e. Paradise), unless you spend (in Allah's Cause) of that which you love ﴿
4. Spending in prosperity and in adversity is indispensable:
However, there are persons who spend only in prosperity. For example, someone who does not have a work and have a free time, he might go to the mosque and have a good time listening to a religious lesson especially in the long nights of winter. However, if he has any work or engagement, he will cancel the lesson; but the verse says:
﴾Those who spend [in Allah's Cause - deeds of charity, alms, etc.], in prosperity and in adversity ﴿
So he should spend his time in prosperity and in adversity. He should spend in soundness and scarcity and not to wait until he lies on the deathbed when money is useless.
Our master Assiddeek used to spend on Mistah, but he ceased doing that when the later talked badly about his daughter’s virtuousness and accused her of committing adultery. That is because he is a human being and loves his daughter and she was innocent. However, Allah (the Great and Almighty) admonishes him and said:
﴾Do you not love that Allah should forgive you?﴿
So he cried and said: “I like that Allah forgive me”.
Dear brother! The most clear and evident characteristic in the believer’s life is spending. The believer is always glad while spending and he refuses any remuneration for his service because he seeks by that Allah’s satisfaction. Allah (be He exalted) says:
﴾So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord. ﴿
Doing good deeds is the cure for heart’s aridity:
By the way, brother, a believer might disapprove what is in his heart and complain his heart’s aridity; he would say: “I pray, fast, and I am virtuous but I am unhappy and uncomfortable”. My advice in this situation is to do a good deed for the sake of Allah only.
A brother told me that one day as he came back from a summer resort in Damascus countryside towards Damascus City at about midnight, he saw a worried man and woman with their kid. He stopped his car and asked them what the matter was. They were emigrants from Lebanon and they were worried because their kid had a fever. He picked them up by his car to the hospital then to the pharmacy; he stayed with them till 4 o’clock in the morning and then took them back home. He sworn to me by Allah that he spent ten days later with unbelievable happiness.
All the human beings are the slaves of Allah, so if you want to approach to Him serve His slaves, ease their affairs, relieve their pains, make them happy, decrease their fears, don’t steal their money, don’t exploit them or prevail over them, don’t terrify them in order to graft their money, and don't fake the facts. Since the human beings are the slaves of Allah, He will love the most helpful to His slaves. The believer in Allah is always good, so when he dies the Heavens and Earth cry for him on the contrary of the unbeliever as Allah says:
﴾ And the heavens and the earth wept not for them, nor were they given a respite.﴿
Because everything gets rid of the unbeliever when he died; whereas the believer is a lump of donation, goodness, advice, reconciliation, facilitation and love. The believer approaches Allah with what He loves, and he has a perfection which is an impact of Allah’s perfection; the believer is adherent to Allah. You should know that the powerful people possess the slaves but the prophets possess the hearts, and there is a big difference between the two cases; the one who possesses the slaves is cursed in his absence whereas Allah will be prayed for the benefit of the one who possesses the hearts. The important criterion is what is said about you in your absence, so choose which case you want to follow: to be good by spending (in different aspects) and possess the hearts or to be cursed and possess the slaves.
A brother told me that when his son worked as a worker in a machine fixing workshop to learn this craft, the employer employed him for his personal service, he didn’t let him attend machine disassembling and didn’t teach him anything. However, the believer isn’t stingy, he always spends since as much as he spends Allah will spend on him; as much as he helps people Allah will help him, as much he reassure them Allah will reassure him; and as he resolve their problems Allah will resolve his problems, because Allah is Thankful.
﴾Those who spend [in Allah's Cause - deeds of charity, alms, etc.] in prosperity and in adversity, who repress anger, and who pardon men; verily, Allah loves Al-Muhsinun (the good-doers). ﴿
Those who repress anger
1. Anger is a nature in the human beings:
We are all human beings who could be angry or content; we could be irritated. Someone might vex us, offend us, or insult us, negligent in our rights, or slander us. The believer should be the one who represses anger.
2. Tolerance is the top of morals:
We have a critical issue; the tolerant man almost becomes a prophet because the tolerance is the top of morals. The Prophet (PBUH) said:
((Indeed, tolerance is done by simulation))
Tolerance is an inherent moral derived from the perfection of Allah, but simulation is pretending to be tolerant. Repressing anger is the cost of being tolerant. When you are angry you feel like a boiler boiling inside you, you might bite your teeth or tear your clothes, but if you repress this anger this is a sign that you have a noble character like the Prophet. When you are angry you will fight against your soul which provokes you to revenge and when you suppress this desire, this means that you defeated your soul, and that is a sign of your noble characteristic. The Prophet always controls his soul because he has a noble character.
﴾Those who spend [in Allah's Cause - deeds of charity, alms, etc.] in prosperity and in adversity, who repress anger, ﴿
There are many situations that inauthor a man, challenge and provoke him, but when he is a believer in Allah he will be tolerant, although he sometimes pretends furious if there is any necessity to control a situation.
Our master Omar was asked: << O Caliph! People fear your might.>>, he cried and said: <>
The inside of the believer is full of coolness, peace, calmness and relief, but when he has a position or he administers an entity such as a school or hospital and finds a slackness, he should be firm and pretends to be angry sometimes although he is in reality tolerant.
Tolerance is an attribute related to pious people which is an effect of Allah perfection gained when contacting Him. When the believer is in contact with Allah he will be influenced by His characteristics such as tolerance, mercy, wisdom and fairness. But if the believer prays without this contact with Allah, he will not be influenced by His perfection and characteristics and will not be loved by people.
It was narrated that a virtuous man had a female slave who committed a big mistake. To decrease his anger she reminded him of Allah’s saying: ﴾Those who repress anger﴿, he said: <>, she said: ﴾ And those who pardon men﴿, he said: <>, she said: ﴾ Verily, Allâh loves Al-Muhsinin (the good¬-doers) ﴿, he said: <
﴾Those who spend [in Allah's Cause - deeds of charity, alms, etc.] in prosperity and in adversity, who repress anger, and who pardon men; verily, Allah loves Al-Muhsinun (the good-doers). ﴿
Those who pardon men
1. Pardon is a necessity when this would ameliorate the guilty:
By the way, why do we pardon, while Allah says:
﴾And And those who, when an oppressive wrong is done to them, they take revenge﴿
The believer is mighty and cannot be subjugated by anybody or allow anybody to trespass him, but if he thinks that his pardon would ameliorate the guilty person he should pardon him.
﴾ And And those who, when an oppressive wrong is done to them, they take revenge The recompense for an evil is an evil like thereof, but whoever forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah. ﴿
He pardons when he feels that this will remedy the guilty. Then Allah will reward him for that pardon, and this reward will suit the magnificence of Allah. If a king on Earth wants to reward you, what will he grant you? A pencil? A giant vehicle? A house? Allah (the Great and Almighty) says:
﴾ but whoever forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah.﴿
You pardon people when this pardon ameliorates them but if it encourages them to continue the harm you should not pardon them. A man got caught in the hands of the Messenger of Allah because he hurt his companions, he cried and complaint that he had little girls. The Prophet felt pity for him and pardoned him, but he returned to that bad behavior and then got caught in the hands of the Prophet again. He begged him and asked for his sympathy for his daughters, but the Prophet refused to pardon him this time in order not to let him say: “I deceived Muhammad twice”.
The believer is tolerant but clever. Our master Omar said: <>; that means: I am not malicious to deceive people, neither am I naïve to be deceived. You pardon when you think this will ameliorate the guilty but if your pardon will let him dare to invade the right you should be firm with him.
﴾and who repress anger﴿
2. Anger is the origin of the affliction:
Dear descent brother! One of the Prophet’s (PBUH) companions asked him an advice, Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) said: a man said to the Prophet (PBUH): advise me. The Prophet said:
((Do not be angry, and he repeated, do not be angry))
Some prophetic sayings’ interpreters said that anger is the origin of the affliction. While you are angry, you might divorce your wife, lose your partner, disclose yourself, or destroy your most beloved people.
Suppose that you bought very expensive furniture and someone came to visit you with his son. The son tore the furniture by a blade, so the father became very angry, returned home and beat his son’s fingers with a ruler until his fingers became black. The father took his son to the doctor who told him to take him rapidly to the hospital to cut his fingers. In this case when the son asked his father naively not to let them cut his fingers, the father would suffer and distress from his angry behavior and would discover that he did badly while he was angry and destroyed his son. So you might lose the most beloved people, your job, or your partner. Do not be angry and do not take any decision while you are angry, on the contrary, you should stop any action and postpone any decision until you relax.
O brother! Your first enemy is anger, so do not be angry. When the man becomes angry he will turn into a savage animal, but Allah honored the believer by tolerance which can resolve any problem and prevent him from destroying himself. In another words, death is the solution of everything.
Some devastating wars started by an angry behavior, such as the war that happened in the pre-Islamic epoch and continued for ten years, it destroyed everything. An angry man might become foolish and weak-minded and lose his experience, but Allah provides the believer with wisdom gift. Allah said:
﴾He grants Hikmah to whom He pleases, and he, to whom Hikmah is granted, is indeed granted abundant good. ﴿
After "Hunayn" foray, the Prophet (PBUH) became powerful and possessed the Arabia peninsula from one end to the other, one of his companions came to him and told him that his tribe became angry for the war spoils distribution, but although he was in the most powerful attitude Abu Sa’eed Alkhudri said:
((When the Messenger (PBUH) distributed the war spoils to Koraish and Arab tribes, he didn’t allocate any share to the Ansar. They became angry and the gossip about that spread, yet some of them said: “The Messenger (PBUH) joined his tribe”. Then Sa’ad Ibn Oubada visited him and said: “O Messenger of Allah! Ansar people became angry because of your distribution of the spoils; you allocated shares to your tribe and great shares to Arab tribes but no share to this district of Ansar”. The Messenger said: “What about you Sa’ad?” He replied: “O Messenger of Allah! I am just one of my tribe”. He said: “So gather your tribe in this stable”. Sa’ad went out and gathered his tribe in the stable. The Messenger said: “O Ansar community, I heard that you had been angry. Didn’t I come to you while you were straying and Allah guided you? While you were poor and Allah enriched you? While you were enemies and Allah reconciled you?” The Ansar said: “However, Allah and his Messenger is better and preferable award. The Messenger said: “Don’t you reply to me, O Ansar tribe?!” They said: With what we would answer you while the favor grace is done by Allah and his Messenger?” He said: “If you wish you could say- truthfully and this would be accepted as true- [You came to us accused of lying and we believed you, let down and we supported you, fugitive and we lodged you, poor and we enriched you]. O Ansar tribe! You were angry for an ephemeral remnant in the life, which I used to reconcile tribes to be Muslims and entrusted you to your faith, don’t you be satisfied to win the Messenger in your residence while the people win the ewes and camels?” The Ansar tribe cried until they moistened their barbs and said: “We accept the Messenger of Allah to be our share and allotment.”))
You see in this story, the Messenger (PBUH) using his wisdom, repression anger, loyalty, mercy, and political experience, absorbed that indignation or control it. The believer should be like that.
The believer by his wisdom could be happy with a wife in the fifth rank of characteristics, whereas without wisdom, he would be miserable with a wife in the first rank. With wisdom, he could be happy with limited income and bring up his naughty children; but without wisdom, he would be unhappy- despite his great income- and spoil his good children. Examine carefully these words:
﴾He grants Hikmah to whom He pleases, and he, to whom Hikmah is granted, is indeed granted abundant good. ﴿
It is impossible for the one who is not connected with Allah to be wise, he will behave stupidly although he is smart. The proof is:
﴾and Allah knowing (him as such), left him astray, ﴿
You might meet someone who has a high degree yet he behaves badly. Allah (be He exalted) says:
﴾He it is Who drove out the disbelievers among the people of the Scripture (i.e. the Jews of the tribe of Bani An-Nadir) from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think that they would get out. And they thought that their fortresses would defend them from Allah! But Allah's (Torment) reached them from a place whereof they expected it not, and He cast terror into their hearts, so that they destroyed their own dwellings with their own hands and the hands of the believers. Then take admonition, O you with eyes (to see) ﴿
Those are Khaybar Jews. You should know that as the man gets far from his God, he will misbehave and be stupid. Allah (be He exalted) says:
﴾Those who disbelieve [in the Oneness of Allah, and in the Message of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)], and hinder (men) from the Path of Allah (Islamic Monotheism), He will render their deeds vain ﴿
﴾Those who spend [in Allah's Cause - deeds of charity, alms, etc.] in prosperity and in adversity, who repress anger, and who pardon men; verily, Allah loves Al-Muhsinun (the good-doers). ﴿
Allâh loves Al-Muhsinin (the good¬-doers)
1. The reasons that let Allah loves you are in your hands:
If you do good deeds for Allah’s creatures, He will love you. There is absolutely no rank greater than that Allah loves you, and Allah’s love is in your hands because its cause is at hands. Allah said:
﴾Truly, Allah loves those who turn unto Him in repentance and loves those who purify themselves (by taking a bath and cleaning and washing thoroughly their private parts, bodies, for their prayers, etc.) ﴿
Turning to Allah in repentance makes Allah loves you, Allah (be He exalted) says:
﴾Verily, Allâh loves those who act justly ﴿
Be fair, Allah said:
﴾ Truly, Allah loves Al-Muhsinun (the good-doers) ﴿
﴾Surely Allah loves Al- Mattaqun (the pious) ﴿
﴾and loves those who purify themselves (by taking a bath and cleaning and washing thoroughly their private parts, bodies, for their prayers, etc.) ﴿
Purify yourself, repent to Allah, be fair and do good deeds to let Allah (the Great and Almighty) love you, and if Allah loves you he will be with you.
Abu Houraira narrated that the Messenger (PBUH) said that Allah said:
((If someone set himself against a holy man of mine I will be on the point of his fighting. There is nothing more pleasing to Me than my slave approaching me with what I ordered him to do. My salve would keep approaching Me by superfluous worship until I love him; and then I will be his hearing that he hears with, his sight that he sees with, his hand that he strikes with, and his foot that he walks with. If he asks Me anything I will grant him whatever he asks and if he seeks My protection I will protect him. And I never hesitate doing anything except when taking the believer’s soul- while he hates that and I hate offending him.))
The highest rank on Earth is to be loved by Allah, the Creator of Earth and Heavens.
﴾Verily, Allah loves Al-Muhsinun (the good-doers). ﴿
[Al-Imran, Verse: 134]
2. Doing good has a great and huge range:
Doing good deeds has a huge range of actions, such as: work perfectly, be fair, be tolerant, be helpful to humans, or even be merciful while slaughtering an animal. Shaddad Ibn Aws said: “I have learnt by heart from the Messenger (PBUH) two things:
((Truly, Allah imposes doing good on everything, so if you kill you should kill mercifully, if you slaughter you should slaughter mercifully, and you should sharpen your blade and relax your carcass.))
Sometimes, when you do good deed to your enemy you might deter him from his oppression. Anas Ibn Malek (May Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger (PBUH) said:
((Support your brother whether he is oppressive or oppressed.))
Doing good deeds starts with working perfectly and ends with being helpful to humans. The best form of doing good deeds is to guide somebody to Allah, it is the absolute good.
﴾Verily, Allah loves Al-Muhsinun (the good-doers). ﴿
These are those who spend (in Allâh's Cause) in prosperity and in adversity, who repress anger, and who pardon men, and Allâh loves the good¬-doers.
You must not imagine that "and" which came after this verse is for conjunction:
﴾Those who spend [in Allah's Cause - deeds of charity, alms, etc.] in prosperity and in adversity, who repress anger, and who pardon men; verily, Allah loves Al-Muhsinun (the good-doers). And those who, when they have committed Fahishah (illegal sexual intercourse etc.) ﴿
And those who remember Allâh and ask forgiveness
1. "And", in the beginning of the verse, is for resumption not for conjunction:
"And", in the beginning of the verse, is for resumption not for conjunction, since one party was mentioned and now another party will be mentioned, because the party who spends in prosperity and in adversity, represses anger, and pardons men cannot commit adultery. So this is not a conjunction it is a letter of resumption to mention another party with different type.
﴾ And those who, when they have committed Fahishah (illegal sexual intercourse etc.) or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins; - and none can forgive sins but Allah - And do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know ﴿
2. The sinful believer turns to Allah in repentance rapidly:
The believer is always struggling against his soul. Sometimes, his soul overcomes him so he commits adultery or does wrong to someone but returns rapidly to Allah in repentance, remembers Allah’s just, wisdom and power and asks Allah's forgiveness, and he knows that no one can forgive him but Allah alone.
﴾And do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, ﴿
3. The sinful believer does not persist in what (wrong) he has done:
The people in this party do not persist in what (wrong) they have done because they know that this was something wrong which would destroy them and let Allah (The Great and Almighty) be angry on them, they fear Allah’s power. It was mentioned that the prophet is sinless because Allah preserves him from any type of sins (in saying, in acting, in his attitude…etc.), while the holy man is protected by Allah, he might does wrong but his wrong cannot hurt him because he will return from his sin, fear Allah and ask Him forgiveness. Allah said:
﴾And those who, when they have committed an illegal sexual intercourse or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allâh and ask forgiveness for their sins; - and none can forgive sins but Allâh - And do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know ﴿
[Al-Imran, Verse: 135]So they will not persist and underestimate their sins because the one who does so is a hypocrite. The sin of the hypocrite is like the fly, whereas the sin of the believer is like a mountain he fears that it will fall dawn on him, what a difference between the two cases! That was a simile made by the Prophet to compare the hypocrite and the believer. The second sort might commit mistakes but he would ask Allah’s forgiveness, he knows that he has committed a big mistake and Allah would punish him severely because He would be angry with him and strike him sharply.
﴾ And those who, when they have committed Fahishah (illegal sexual intercourse etc.) or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins; - and none can forgive sins but Allah - And do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know ﴿
Even if you commit the same sin thousands of times who would forgive you other than Allah? Allah said:
﴾- and none can forgive sins but Allah - And do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know ﴿
They don’t persist in what (wrong) they have done either by saying or by acting. They confess that they were wrong in doing this sin, discontinue doing it and don’t make little of it.
﴾while they know ﴿
He said:
﴾For such, the reward is Forgiveness from their Lord, ﴿
For such, the reward is Forgiveness from their Lord
You should be modest. The modest always turns to Allah in repentance rapidly although his sin is big because he knows that the sin is destroyer and screen him from Allah.
﴾For such, the reward is Forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens with rivers flowing underneath (Paradise), wherein they shall abide forever. How excellent is this reward for the doers (who do righteous deeds according to Allah's Orders) ﴿
The first group (the last verse) is about the good¬-doers and the second group is about the doers of the right deeds according to Allah’s orders. In the comparison, there are employees from the first class and sh3er from the second class. You should be ambitious. Allah (be He exalted) says:
﴾Those who spend [in Allah's Cause - deeds of charity, alms, etc.] in prosperity and in adversity, who repress anger, and who pardon men; verily, Allah loves Al-Muhsinun (the good-doers) And those who, when they have committed Fahishah (illegal sexual intercourse etc.) or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins; - and none can forgive sins but Allah - And do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know ﴿
How to protect yourself from punishment
O decent brother! We will be in two comfort situations; the first when the Prophet’s Sunna (PBUH) is applied in our society because Allah (be He exalted) says:
﴾And Allah would not punish them while you (Muhammad) are amongst them, ﴿
If your home is an Islamic one, your job, your celebrations, funeral ceremonies (God forbid!), business and money earning, picnics and social relations are all Islamic, and then you will be in a comfortable situation because Allah (the Great and Almighty) will not destroy you. Allah (be He exalted) says:
﴾And Allah would not punish them while you (Muhammad) are amongst them, ﴿
The second comfortable situation is asking Allah’s forgiveness if we disobey His orders. Allah (be He exalted) says:
﴾nor will He punish them while they seek (Allah's) Forgiveness. ﴿
You are between two comfortable situations; the comfort of virtuousness and the comfort of asking forgiveness. If you are virtuous and ask Allah’s forgiveness you will be comfortable, however, if you were none of them you would be disobedient and arrogant. Satan disobeyed Allah and Adam also disobeyed Him, but there is a great difference between them! Allah (be He exalted) says:
﴾[Iblis (Satan)] said: "I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being, whom You created from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud." ﴿
He refused the divine order and was arrogant when he disobeyed Allah (The Great and Almighty), so he became the cursed Satan. But Allah (be He exalted) says about Adam:
﴾And indeed We made a covenant with Adam before, but he forgot, and We found on his part no firm will-power. ﴿
There is a big difference between disobedience with weakness and disobedience with Arrogance; the arrogance is by definition: refusing the right and despising people.
﴾Many similar ways (and mishaps of life) were faced by nations (believers and disbelievers) that have passed away before you (as you have faced in the battle of Uhud), so travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who disbelieved (in the Oneness of Allah, and disobeyed Him and His Messengers). ﴿
Many similar ways were faced by nations
There is another verse that is useful here:
﴾Say (O Muhammad): "Travel in the land then see what was the end of those who rejected truth." ﴿
1. The disbeliever should be punished sooner or later:
The disbeliever of right would be punished harmfully either immediately or postponed, so Allah (be He exalted) says the same meaning one time by using “and” and another by using “then”:
﴾ Say (O Muhammad): "Travel in the land then see what was the end of those who rejected truth." ﴿
The punishment might come directly after the sin or it might be delayed as we see in life.
﴾ Many similar ways (and mishaps of life) were faced by nations (believers and disbelievers) that have passed away before you ﴿
2. The divine rules are fixed laws:
The fixed laws are:
﴾Many similar ways (and mishaps of life) were faced by nations (believers and disbelievers) that have passed away before you (as you have faced in the battle of Uhud), so travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who disbelieved (in the Oneness of Allah, and disobeyed Him and His Messengers). ﴿
