[Al-Quran 50:6-8] Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and how it has no rifts? And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind, Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allah].

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Friday, March 28, 2025

The Permanent Touch

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The Cow (2:80-81)

2:80

وَقَالُوا۟ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامًۭا مَّعْدُودَةًۭ ۚ قُلْ أَتَّخَذْتُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَهْدًۭا فَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ عَهْدَهُۥٓ ۖ أَمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ٨٠

˹Some of˺ the Jews claim, “The Fire will not touch us except for a number of days.” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Have you taken a pledge from Allah—for Allah never breaks His word—or are you ˹just˺ saying about Allah what you do not know?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran


And they say, "Never will the Fire touch us, except for [a few] numbered days." Say, "Have you taken a covenant with Allāh? For Allāh will never break His covenant. Or do you say about Allāh that which you do not know?"

— Saheeh International


They say, “The fire shall not touch us for more than a few days.” Say, “Have you taken a pledge from Allah, and Allah will not go against His promise? Or, do you say about Allah what you do not know?”

— T. Usmani


They say, ‘The Fire will only touch us for a few days.’ Say to them, ‘Have you received a promise from God- for God never breaks His promise- or are you saying things about Him of which you have no real knowledge?’

— M.A.S. Abdel Haleem


They say: “The Fire will certainly not touch us except for a limited number of days.” [1] Say (to them): “Have you received a promise from Allah – for Allah never breaks His promise – or do you attribute to Allah something about which you have no knowledge?”

— A. Maududi (Tafhim commentary)

[1]This is a misconception entertained by all Jews, laymen as well as rabbis. They felt sure that no matter what they did, they would remain immune from hell-fire just by virtue of being Jews! The worst they could conceive of was the possibility of a transient punishment before they were transported to heaven.


And they say: The Fire (of punishment) will not touch us save for a certain number of days. Say: Have ye received a covenant from Allah - truly Allah will not break His covenant - or tell ye concerning Allah that which ye know not?

— M. Pickthall


And they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a few numbered days:" Say: "Have ye taken a promise from Allah, for He never breaks His promise? or is it that ye say of Allah what ye do not know?"

— A. Yusuf Ali


And they (Jews) say, "The Fire (i.e. Hell-fire on the Day of Resurrection) shall not touch us but for a few numbered days." Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to them): "Have you taken a covenant from Allâh, so that Allâh will not break His Covenant? Or is it that you say of Allâh what you know not?"

— Al-Hilali & Khan


وہ کہتے ہیں کہ دوزخ کی آگ ہمیں ہرگز چھونے والی نہیں ہے۔ الَّا یہ کہ چند روز کی سزا مل جائے تو مل جائے ۔ ان سے پوچھو کہ کیا تم نے اللہ سے کوئی عہد لیا ہے ، جس کی خلاف ورزی وہ نہیں کرسکتا ، یا بات یہ ہے کہ تم اللہ کے ذمے ڈال کر ایسی باتیں کہہ دیتے ہو جن کے متعلق تمہیں علم نہیں ہے کہ اس نے ان کا ذمہ لیا ہے ۔ “

— Fe Zilal al-Qur'an


وہ کہتے ہیں کہ دوزخ کی آگ ہمیں ہرگزچُھونے والی نہیں اِلّا یہ کہ چند روز کی سزا مِل جائے تو مِل جائے [1]۔ اِن سے پوچھو ، کیا تم نے اللہ سے کوئی عہد لے لیا ہے ، جس کی خلاف ورزی وہ نہیں کر سکتا؟ یا بات یہ ہے کہ تم اللہ کے ذمّے ڈال کر ایسی باتیں کہ دیتے ہو جن کے متعلق تمہیں علم نہیں ہے کہ اُس نے ان کا ذمہ لیا ہے؟ آخر تمہیں دوزخ کی آگ کیوں نہ چُھوئے گی؟

— Tafheem e Qur'an - Syed Abu Ali Maududi

[1]یہ یہودیوں کی عام غلط فہمی کا بیان ہے، جس میں ان کے عامی اور عالم سب مُبتلا  تھے۔ وہ سمجھتے تھے کہ ہم خواہ کچھ کریں ، بہرحال چونکہ ہم یہُودی ہیں ، لہٰذا  جہنّم کی آگ ہم پر حرام ہے اور بالفرض اگر ہم کو سزا دی بھی گئی، تو بس چند روز کے  لیے وہاں بھیجے جائیں گے اور پھر سیدھے جنّت کی طرف پلٹا دیے جائیں گے۔


اور کہتے ہیں کہ (دوزخ کی) آگ ہمیں چند روز کے سوا چھو ہی نہیں سکے گی۔ ان سے پوچھو، کیا تم نے خدا سے اقرار لے رکھا ہے کہ خدا اپنے اقرار کے خلاف نہیں کرے گا۔ (نہیں)، بلکہ تم خدا کے بارے میں ایسی باتیں کہتے ہو جن کا تمہیں مطلق علم نہیں

— Fatah Muhammad Jalandhari


اور وہ کہتے ہیں ہمیں تو آگ ہرگز چھو نہیں سکتی مگر گنتی کے چند دن ان سے کہیے کیا تم نے اللہ سے کوئی عہد لے لیا ہے کہ اب (تمہیں یہ یقین ہے کہ) اللہ اپنے عہد کے خلاف نہیں کرے گا ؟ یا تم اللہ کے ّ ذمے وہ باتیں لگا رہے ہو جنہیں تم نہیں جانتے ؟

 (بیان القرآن (ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد —


اور کہتے ہیں ہم کو ہر گز آگ نہ لگے گی مگر چند روز گنے چنے [1] کہدو کیا تم لے چکے ہو اللہ کے یہاں سے قرار کہ اب ہرگز خلاف نہ کرے گا اللہ اپنے قرار کے  یا جوڑتے ہو اللہ پر جو تم نہیں جانتے کیوں نہیں  [2] 

— Shaykh al-Hind Mahmud al-Hasan(with Tafsir E Usmani)

[1]بنی اسرائیل کی خوش فہمی:بعض نے کہا سات دن اور بعض نے چالیس دن (جتنے روز بچھڑے کو پوجا کی تھی) اور بعض نے چالیس سال (جتنی مدت تیہ میں سرگرداں رہے تھے) اور بعض نے کہا ہر ایک جتنی مدت دنیا میں زندہ رہا۔

[2]یعنی یہ بات غلط ہے کہ یہودی ہمیشہ کے لئے دوزخ میں نہ رہیں گے۔ کیونکہ خلود فی النار اور خلود فی الجنۃ کا جو قاعدہ کلیہ آگے بیان فرمایا ہے اسی کے مطابق سے  معاملہ ہو گا۔ یہودی اس سے نکل نہیں سکتے۔


یہ لوگ کہتے ہیں کہ ہم تو صرف چند روز جہنم میں رہیں گے، ان سے کہو کہ کیا تمہارے پاس اللہ تعالیٰ کا کوئی پروانہ ہے؟ اگر ہے تو یقیناً اللہ تعالیٰ اپنے وعدے کا خلاف نہیں کرے گا، (ہرگز نہیں) بلکہ تم تو اللہ کے ذمے وه باتیں لگاتے ہو جنہیں تم نہیں جانتے۔

— Maulana Muhammad Junagarhi


اور وہ کہتے ہیں ہم کو دوزخ کی آگ نہیں چھوئے گی مگر گنتی کے چند دن کہو، کیا تم نے اللہ کے پاس سے کوئی وعدہ لے لیا ہے کہ اللہ اپنے وعدہ کے خلاف نہیں کرے گا، یا تم اللہ کے اوپرایسی بات کہتے ہو جو تم نہیں جانتے

— Maulana Wahiduddin Khan


Woh kehte hain ke dozakh ki aag humein hargiz choone wali nahin illa yeh ke chandh roz ki saza mil jaye to mil jaye. Inse pucho , kya tumne Allah se koi ahad le liya hai, jiski khilaf-warzi woh nahin kar sakta? Ya baat yeh hai ke tum Allah ke zimme daal kar aisi baatein kehdete ho jinke mutaaliq tumhein ilm nahin hai ke usne inka zimma liya hai? Aakhir tumhein dozakh ki aag kyun na chooeygi

— Abul Ala Maududi(Roman Urdu)


2:81

بَلَىٰ مَن كَسَبَ سَيِّئَةًۭ وَأَحَـٰطَتْ بِهِۦ خَطِيٓـَٔتُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ٨١

But no! Those who commit evil and are engrossed in sin will be the residents of the Fire. They will be there forever.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran


Yes, [on the contrary], whoever earns evil and his sin has encompassed him - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

— Saheeh International


Why not? Those who commit evil and are besieged by their sins, those are people of the Fire - there they shall live forever.

— T. Usmani


Truly those who do evil and are surrounded by their sins will be the inhabitants of the Fire, there to remain,

— M.A.S. Abdel Haleem


Those who earn evil and are encompassed by their sinfulness are the people of the Fire, and there will they abide;

— A. Maududi (Tafhim commentary)


Nay, but whosoever hath done evil and his sin surroundeth him; such are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein.

— M. Pickthall


Nay, those who seek gain in evil, and are girt round by their sins,- they are companions of the Fire: Therein shall they abide (For ever).

— A. Yusuf Ali


Yes! Whosoever earns evil and his sin has surrounded him, they are dwellers of the Fire (i.e. Hell); they will dwell therein forever.

— Al-Hilali & Khan


آخر تمہیں دوزخ کی آگ کیوں چھوئے گی ۔ جو بھی بدی کمائے گا اور اپنی خطاکاری کے چکر میں پڑا رہے گا وہ دوزخی ہے اور دوزخ میں وہ ہمیشہ رہے گا

— Fe Zilal al-Qur'an


جو بھی بدی کمائے گا اور اپنی خطا کاری کے چکر میں پڑا رہے گا، وہ دوزخی ہے او ر دوزخ ہی میں وہ ہمیشہ رہے گا

— Tafheem e Qur'an - Syed Abu Ali Maududi


ہاں جو برے کام کرے، اور اس کے گناہ (ہر طرف سے) گھیر لیں تو ایسے لوگ دوزخ (میں جانے) والے ہیں (اور) وہ ہمیشہ اس میں (جلتے) رہیں گے

— Fatah Muhammad Jalandhari


کیوں نہیں جس شخص نے جان بوجھ کر ایک گناہ کمایا  اور اس کا گھیراؤ کرلیا اس کے گناہ نے پس یہی ہیں آگ والے وہ اسی میں ہمیشہ رہیں گے۔

 (بیان القرآن (ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد —


جس نے کمایا گناہ اور گھیر لیا اس کو اس کے گناہ نے [1] سو وہی ہیں دوزخ کے رہنے والے وہ اسی میں ہمیشہ رہیں گے

— Shaykh al-Hind Mahmud al-Hasan(with Tafsir E Usmani)

[1]گناہ کسی کا احاطہ کر لیں ۔ اس کا یہ مطلب ہے کہ گناہ اس پر ایسا غلبہ کر لیں کہ کوئی جانب ایسی نہ ہو کہ گناہ کا غلبہ نہ ہو ۔ حتٰی کی دل میں ایمان و تصدیق باقی ہو گی تو بھی احاطہ مذکور محقق نہ ہو گا۔ تو اب کافر ہی پر یہ صورت صادق  آ سکتی ہے۔


یقیناً جس نے بھی برے کام کئے اور اس کی نافرمانیوں نے اسے گھیر لیا، وه ہمیشہ کے لئے جہنمی ہے۔

— Maulana Muhammad Junagarhi


ہاں جس نے کوئی برائی کی اور اس کے گناہ نے اس کو اپنے گھیرے میں لے لیا، تو وہی لوگ دوزخ والے ہیں ، وہ اس میں ہمیشہ رہیں گے

— Maulana Wahiduddin Khan


Jo bhi badhi kamayega aur apni khata-kaari ke chakkar mein pada rahega, woh dozakhi hai aur dozakh hi mein woh hamesha rahega

— Abul Ala Maududi(Roman Urdu)

https://quran.com/2/80-81


The promise of the Hereafter has a permanence to it. In this life, our situation can be subject to change. In the Hereafter, the segregation and sorting will be permanent. Historically, the Bani Israel used to hold on to that belief. Some people among Muslims also believe that the Fire, if it touches them, will touch them for a limited time, and then they will be rescued and sent to the Gardens. The Quran refutes all such beliefs. 


Again, in the next surah, we read: 

Family of Imran (3:24-25)

3:24

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامًۭا مَّعْدُودَٰتٍۢ ۖ وَغَرَّهُمْ فِى دِينِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ ٢٤


This is because they say, “The Fire will not touch us except for a few days.” They have been deceived in their faith by their wishful lying.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran


That is because they say, "Never will the Fire touch us except for [a few] numbered days," and [because] they were deluded in their religion by what they were inventing.

— Saheeh International


That is because they have said: “The Fire shall not touch us except for a few days.” Thus they are deceived in their faith by what they themselves used to invent.

— T. Usmani


‘The Fire will only touch us for a limited number of days.’ The lies they have invented have led them astray in their own religion.

— M.A.S. Abdel Haleem


This is because they say: 'The fire of Hell shall not touch us except for a limited number of days. [1] The false beliefs which they have forged have deluded them in their faith.

— A. Maududi (Tafhim commentary)

[1]These people considered themselves to be God's favourites and cherished the illusion that, regardless of what they did, they were bound to enter Paradise. They took the view that since they were believers, were descended from pious people, followed noble Prophets, and were disciples and admirers of holy men, Hell would not dare touch them. They also thought that even if they were thrown into Hell they would remain there for a few days only, to be purged of the impurity of the sins which had afflicted them, and would then be sent straight to Paradise. Such notions had made them so bold that even when they committed the most atrocious crimes and the most mortal of sins, and brazenly deviated from Truth and rectitude, their hearts remained utterly unmoved by the fear of God.


That is because they say: The Fire will not touch us save for a certain number of days. That which they used to invent hath deceived them regarding their religion.

— M. Pickthall


This because they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a few numbered days": For their forgeries deceive them as to their own religion.

— A. Yusuf Ali


This is because they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a number of days." And that which they used to invent regarding their religion has deceived them.

— Al-Hilali & Khan


ان کا یہ طرز عمل اس وجہ سے ہے کہ وہ کہتے ہیں ۔ کہ آتش دوزخ تو ہمیں مس تک نہ کرے گی اور اگر دوزخ کی سزا ہم کو ملے گی بھی تو بس چند روز “ ان کے خودساختہ عقیدوں نے ان کو اپنے دین کے معاملے میں بڑی غلط فہمیوں میں ڈال رکھا ہے۔

— Fe Zilal al-Qur'an


ان کا یہ طرز عمل اس وجہ سے ہے کہ وہ کہتے ہیں ”آتش ِ دوزخ تو ہمیں مَس تک نہ کرے گی اور اگر دوزخ کی سزا ہم کو ملے گی بھی تو بس چند روز“۔[1] اُن کے خود ساختہ عقیدوں نے اُن کو اپنے دین کے معاملے میں بڑی غلط فہمیوں میں ڈال رکھا ہے

— Tafheem e Qur'an - Syed Abu Ali Maududi

[1]یعنی یہ لوگ 

اپنے آپ کو خدا کا چَہیتا سمجھ بیٹھے ہیں۔ یہ اس خیال ِ خام میں مبتلا ہیں 

کہ ہم خواہ کچھ کریں بہرحال جنت ہماری ہے ۔ ہم اہلِ ایمان ہیں، ہم فلاں کی 

اولاد اور فلاں کی اُمّت اور فلاں کے مریداور فلاں کے دامن گرفتہ ہیں ، 

بھلا دوزخ کی کیا مجال کہ ہمیں چھُو جائے۔ اور بالفرض اگر ہم دوزخ میں ڈالے 

بھی گئے تو بس چند روز وہاں رکھے جائیں گے تاکہ گناہوں کی جو آلائش لگ گئی 

ہے وہ صاف ہو جائے، پھر سیدھے جنت میں پہنچا دیے جائے گے۔ اسی قسم کے 

خیالات نے ان کو اتنا جری و بے باک بنا دیا ہے کہ وہ سخت سے سخت جرائم کا 

ارتکاب کر جاتے ہیں، بدترین گناہوں کے مرتکب ہوتے ہیں ، کُھلم کُھلا حق سے 

انحراف کرتے ہیں اور ذرا خدا کا خوف ان کے دل میں نہیں آتا۔


یہ اس لیے کہ یہ اس بات کے قائل ہیں کہ (دوزخ کی) آگ ہمیں چند روز کے سوا چھو ہی نہیں سکے گی اور جو کچھ یہ دین کے بارے میں بہتان باندھتے رہے ہیں اس نے ان کو دھوکے میں ڈال رکھا ہے

— Fatah Muhammad Jalandhari


یہ اس وجہ سے ہے کہ یہ کہتے ہیں کہ ہمیں تو جہنم کی آگ چھو ہی نہیں سکتی مگر گنتی کے چند دن اور انہیں دھوکے میں مبتلا کردیا ہے ان کے دین کے بارے میں ان چیزوں نے جو یہ گھڑتے رہے ہیں۔

 (بیان القرآن (ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد —


یہ اس واسطے کہ کہتے ہیں وہ ہم کو ہرگز نہ لگے گی آگ دوزخ کی مگر چند دن گنتی کے اور بہکے ہیں اپنے دین میں اپنی بنائی باتوں پر [1

— Shaykh al-Hind Mahmud al-Hasan(with Tafsir E Usmani)

[1]یہودیوں کے من گھڑت عقائد کی تردید:یعنی ان کے تمرد و طغیان اور گناہوں پر جری ہونے کا سبب یہ ہے کہ سزا کی طرف سے بےخوف ہیں ان کے بڑے جھوٹ بنا کر کہہ گئے کہ ہم میں اگر کوئی سخت گنہگار بھی ہو گا تو گنتی کے چند روز سے زیادہ عذاب نے پائے گا۔ جیسا کہ سورۂ 'بقرہ' میں گذر چکا۔ اور اسی طرح کی بہت سے باتیں گھڑ رکھی ہیں۔ مثلًا کہتے تھے کہ ہم تو اللہ کے چہیتے بیٹے ہیں۔ یا انبیاء کی اولاد ہیں اور اللہ تعالیٰ یعقوبؑ سے وعدہ کر چکا ہے کہ ان کی اولاد کو  سزا نہ دے گا مگر یوں ہی برائے نام قسم کھانے کو۔ اور نصاریٰ نے تو کفار کا مسئلہ نکال کر گناہ و معصیت کا سارا حساب ہی بےباق کر دیا۔ اللھم اعذ بامن شرور انفسنا۔


اس کی وجہ ان کا یہ کہنا کہ ہمیں تو گنے چنے چند دن ہی آگ جلائے گی، ان کی گڑھی گڑھائی باتوں نے انہیں ان کے دین کے بارے میں دھوکے میں ڈال رکھا ہے۔[1

— Maulana Muhammad Junagarhi

[1]یعنی کتاب اللہ کے ماننے سے گریز واعراض کی وجہ ان کایہ زعم باطل ہے کہ اول تووہ جہنم میں جائیں گے ہی نہیں، اوراگرگئے بھی تو صرف چند دن ہی کے لئے جائیں گے۔ اور انہی من گھڑت باتوں نے انہیں دھوکےاور فریب میں ڈال رکھا ہے۔

[2]- الٹے طور پر ہاتھ پاؤں کاٹنے کا مطلب، دایاں ہاتھ اور بایاں پیر یا بایاں ہاتھ اور دایاں پیر ہے۔ اس پر سولی مستزاد۔ یعنی ہاتھ پیر کاٹنے سے بھی اس کی آتش غضب ٹھنڈی نہ ہوئی، مزید اس نے سولی پر لٹکانے کا اعلان کیا۔


یہ اس سبب سے کہ وہ لوگ کہتے ہیں کہ ہم کو ہر گز آگ نہ چھوئے گی بجز گنے ہوئے چند دنوں کے اور ان کی بنائی ہوئی باتوں نے ان کو ان کے دین کے بارے میں دھوکے میں ڈال دیا ہے

— Maulana Wahiduddin Khan


Unka yeh tarz-e-amal is wajah se hai ke woh kehte hain “ aatish e dozakh to humein mass (choo) tak na karegi aur agar dozakh ki saza humko milegi bhi to bas chandh roz”. Unke khud saakhta aqeedon ne unko apne deen ke maamle mein badi galat fehmiyon mein daal rakkha hai

— Abul Ala Maududi(Roman Urdu)


3:25

فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جَمَعْنَـٰهُمْ لِيَوْمٍۢ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ ٢٥


But how ˹horrible˺ will it be when We gather them together on the Day about which there is no doubt—when every soul will be paid in full for what it has done, and none will be wronged!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran


So how will it be when We assemble them for a Day about which there is no doubt? And each soul will be compensated [in full for] what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

— Saheeh International


Then, how (will it be) when We will gather them together on a day about which there is no doubt, and everybody will be paid in full for what he has earned, and they shall not be wronged?

— T. Usmani


How will they fare when We gather them together for a Day of which there is no doubt, when every soul will be paid in full for what it has done, and they will not be wronged?

— M.A.S. Abdel Haleem


How, then, will they fare when We shall gather them all together to witness the Day about (the coming of) which there is no doubt, and when every human being shall be repaid in full for what he has done, and none shall be wronged?

— A. Maududi (Tafhim commentary)


How (will it be with them) when We have brought them all together to a Day of which there is no doubt, when every soul will be paid in full what it hath earned, and they will not be wronged.

— M. Pickthall


But how (will they fare) when we gather them together against a day about which there is no doubt, and each soul will be paid out just what it has earned, without (favour or) injustice?

— A. Yusuf Ali


How (will it be) when We gather them together on the Day about which there is no doubt (i.e. the Day of Resurrection). And each person will be paid in full what he has earned? And they will not be dealt with unjustly.

— Al-Hilali & Khan


مگر کیا بنے گی ان پر جب ہم انہیں اس روز جمع کریں گے جس کا آنا یقینی ہے ؟ اسی روز ہر شخص کو اس کی کمائی کا بدلہ پورا پورا دیدیا جائے گا اور کسی پر ظلم نہ ہوگا۔ “

— Fe Zilal al-Qur'an


مگر کیا بنے گی اُن پر جب ہم انہیں اُس روز جمع کریں گے جس کا آنا یقینی ہے؟ اس روز ہر شخص کو اس کی کمائی کا بدلہ پورا پورا دے دیا جائیگا اور کسی پر ظلم نہ ہوگا

— Tafheem e Qur'an - Syed Abu Ali Maududi


تو اس وقت کیا حال ہوگا جب ہم ان کو جمع کریں گے (یعنی) اس روز جس (کے آنے) میں کچھ بھی شک نہیں اور ہر نفس اپنے اعمال کا پورا پورا بدلہ پائے گا اور ان پر ظلم نہیں کیا جائے گا

— Fatah Muhammad Jalandhari


تو کیا حال ہوگا جب ہم انہیں اکٹھا کریں گے اس دن جس کے بارے میں کوئی شک نہیں ! اور ہر جان کو پورا پورا دے دیا جائے گا جو کچھ اس نے کمائی کی ہوگی اور ان پر کوئی زیادتی نہیں ہوگی

 (بیان القرآن (ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد —


پھر کیا ہو گا حال جب ہم انکو جمع کریں گے ایک دن کہ اسکے آنے میں کچھ شبہ نہیں اور پورا پاوے گا ہر کوئی اپنا کیا [1] اور انکی حق تلفی نہ ہو گی [2 

— Shaykh al-Hind Mahmud al-Hasan(with Tafsir E Usmani)

[1]یعنی اس وقت پتہ چلے گا کہ کس اندھیرے میں پڑے ہوئے تھے۔ جب محشر میں تمام اولین و آخرین اور خود اپنے بزرگوں کےسامنے رسوا ہوں گے اور ہر عمل کا پورا پورا بدلہ ملے گا۔ نہ کفارہ کا مسئلہ یاد آئے گا نہ نسبی تعلقات اور من گھڑت عقیدے کام دیں گے۔

[2]یعنی فرضی جرائم پر سزا نہ ہوگی۔ ان کاموں پر ہوگی جن کا جرم ہونا خود تسلیم کریں گے اور جس قدر سزا کا استحقاق ہو گا، اس سے زیادہ نہ دی جائے گی نہ کسی کی ادنیٰ سے ادنیٰ نیکی ضائع ہو سکے گی۔


پس کیا حال ہوگا جبکہ ہم انہیں اس دن جمع کرینگے؟ جس کے آنے میں کوئی شک نہیں اور ہر شخص اپنا اپنا کیا پورا پورا دیاجائے گا اور ان پر ﻇلم نہ کیا جائے گا۔[1 

— Maulana Muhammad Junagarhi

[1]قیامت والے دن ان کے یہ دعوے اور غلط عقائد کچھ کام نہ آئیں گے اور اللہ تعالیٰ بے لاگ انصاف کے ذریعے سے ہر نفس کو، اس کے کیے کاپورا پورا بدلہ دے گا،کسی پر ظلم نہیں ہوگا۔

[2]لا ضَيْرَ کوئی حرج نہیں یا ہمیں کوئی پروا نہیں۔ یعنی اب جو سزا چاہے دے لے، ایمان سے نہیں پھر سکتے۔


پھر اس وقت کیا ہوگا جب ہم ان کو جمع کریں گے ایک دن جس کے آنے میں کوئی شک نہیں اور ہر شخص کو جو کچھ اس نے کیا ہے، اس کا پورا پورا بدلہ دیا جائے گا اوران پر ظلم نہ کیا جائے گا

— Maulana Wahiduddin Khan


Magar kya banegi unpar jab hum unhein us roz jamaa karenge jiska aana yaqeeni hai? Us roz har shaks ko uski kamayi ka badla poora poora de diya jayega aur kisi par zulm na hoga

— Abul Ala Maududi(Roman Urdu)

https://quran.com/3/24-25


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Saturday, March 8, 2025

Shield and Armour

Taqwa 

الٓمٓ ١

Alif. Lām. Mīm.

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًۭى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ٢

ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ ٣

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ ٤

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًۭى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ ٥

2:1  Alif, Lam, Mim. (These are the names of three letters from the Arabic alphabet, probably indicating that this inimitable Revelation, the Qur'an, is made of this Arabic alphabet. Only Allah Knows their meaning here)

2:2  That is the Book, there is no suspicion about it, a guidance to the pious

2:3  Who believe in the Unseen, and keep up the prayer, and expend of what We have provided them

2:4  And who believe in what has been sent down to you, and what has been sent down (even) before you, and they constantly have certitude in the Hereafter

2:5  Those are upon guidance from their, and those are they who are the prosperers

[Al-Quran, Surah alBaqarah, ayaat 1-5, Translation: Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali]


The triliteral root wāw qāf yā (و ق ي) occurs 258 times in The Quran in eight derived forms. Mostly, the derived forms are translated as fear, consciousness, righteousness, ... except in three derived forms where it is clear that it is a form of protection, a defence, a shield: 




Screenshots from corpus.quran.com
 

So, a muttaqi is one who is earnestly seeking the protection of Allah عزوجل , and therefore keeping his/her duty towards Allah عزوجل , as per the guidance provided in the scriptures He has revealed through His Prophets and Messengers. 

It is not for a bashr to speak with Allah except from behind a veil (Q42:51). 

The Quran mentions that Adam hid himself from Allah عزوجل , after he lost his clothing. It goes on to state that even though clothing has been provided to the sons of Adam عليه السلام, yet the Libas-e-Taqwa was the best, and that it is from the Signs of Allah (وَلِبَاسُ التَّقۡوٰى ۙ ذٰ لِكَ خَيۡرٌ​ ؕ ذٰ لِكَ مِنۡ اٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَذَّكَّرُوۡنَ‏ ... Q7:26). 

When Moses (Musa عليه السلام) requested to see Allah  , he was told that you certainly cannot see Me, and when Allah  revealed His Glory to the mountain, the mountain disintegrated, and Moses (Musa عليه السلام) fell unconscious (... قَالَ رَبِّ اَرِنِىۡۤ اَنۡظُرۡ اِلَيۡكَ​ ؕ قَالَ لَنۡ تَرٰٮنِىۡ وَلٰـكِنِ انْظُرۡ اِلَى الۡجَـبَلِ فَاِنِ اسۡتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهٗ فَسَوۡفَ تَرٰٮنِىۡ​ ۚ فَلَمَّا تَجَلّٰى رَبُّهٗ لِلۡجَبَلِ جَعَلَهٗ دَكًّا وَّخَرَّ مُوۡسٰى صَعِقًا​ ۚ  ... Q7:143). 

Allah  is the Noor of the skies and earth. Noor is probably the highest kind of electromagnetic radiation, as discussed in another post. There are all sorts of electromagnetic radiations, and various intensities of energy. 

Fire emits radiation, but itself it is a thermal energy, a plasma of sub atomic particles at very high energies. Fire burns. The Quran repeatedly warns of The Fires of Hereafter, and invites people to become pious, if they wish to be saved from endlessly burning in The Fire.  

Surah an-Nahl (The Honey Bee) presents the example of protective clothing: 

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلَـٰلًۭا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ أَكْنَـٰنًۭا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ سَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُمُ ٱلْحَرَّ وَسَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُم بَأْسَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْلِمُونَ ٨١

And Allah has provided you shade out of what He created, and has given you shelter in the mountains. He has also provided you with clothes protecting you from the heat ˹and cold˺, and armour shielding you in battle. This is how He perfects His favour upon you, so perhaps you will ˹fully˺ submit ˹to Him˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

And Allāh has made for you, from that which He has created, shadows [i.e., shade] and has made for you from the mountains, shelters and has made for you garments which protect you from the heat and garments [i.e., coats of mail] which protect you from your [enemy in] battle. Thus does He complete His favor upon you that you might submit [to Him].

— Saheeh International

[Al-Quran, Surah anNahl, ayat 81]

In the Space Age, we are familiar with the protective suits worn by astronauts to protect them from radiation-exposure. Closer to home, fire fighters wear fire-resistant clothing. Ideally, we want to be protected from exposure. 

The Quran is an early-warning system. It warns us of an endless, painful, debilitating penalty prepared for the criminals. It repeatedly emphasises the need for Taqwa of Allah عزوجل , whose protection is the only protection that will be available on the Day of Judgement. 

Those who are held back for their crimes will have to endure the Fires of Hell (contained within Earth, as discussed in another post), and those who are allowed to ascend towards the Gardens of Eternity will need their protective natural clothing, shielding them from harmful radiations, so that they are safe and no longer in danger. 

We need to become pious. 

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Related posts: 

Gamma Rays, Visible Light & The Electromagnetic Spectrum 

Fuel of Hell: Humans and Stones 

Garments of Skin  


The Natural Clothing links page as discussed in various posts 




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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Hypocrisy and the Darkness it will bring

Unpacking Q2:17  


مَثَلُهُمۡ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِى اسۡتَوۡقَدَ نَارًا ​ۚ فَلَمَّاۤ اَضَآءَتۡ مَا حَوۡلَهٗ ذَهَبَ اللّٰهُ بِنُوۡرِهِمۡ وَتَرَكَهُمۡ فِىۡ ظُلُمٰتٍ لَّا يُبۡصِرُوۡنَ‏  ١٧

[Al-Quran 2:17, Reciter: Hani ar-Rifai]


The example of the hypocrites is explained as someone who اسۡتَوۡقَدَ نَارًا , then when it اَضَآءَتۡ the surroundings, then ذَهَبَ اللّٰهُ بِنُوۡرِهِمۡ, so this person is left in ظُلُمٰتٍ, and thus has no يُبۡصِرُوۡنَ . 

  • kindles a fire (اسۡتَوۡقَدَ نَارًا)
  • lights up (اَضَآءَتۡ), like the light of the sun which is a diya (Q10:5 ضِيَآءً)
  • Allah removes his Nur (ذَهَبَ اللّٰهُ بِنُوۡرِهِمۡ), the special kind of light, like the nur of the moon (Q10:5 نُوۡرًا), such that this person is left in the apparent light of the sun, retains sight but loses vision (the ability to imagine the future outcome?) because this person is left in the absence of nur (the special light that eliminates the darkness?). This nur of the moon, if it can be understood to be gamma rays, is not apparently visible to the human eye, but can be observed through special equipments. It far outshines the sun's light. We have been informed that there will come a time when the moon will be eclipsed. 


The Quran begins with the introduction of three kinds of people: the pious, the rejectors, and the liars. 


  1. The Quran is a guidance for the pious (muttaqeen). 
  2. The rejectors do not accept The Quran as their guide (kafaroo). 
  3. The liars are the hypocrites who pretend to be believers but do not actually believe. A number of introductory ayaat explain the characteristics of the hypocrites: their hearts are diseased and they keep lying; they cause corruption while they think they are reformers; they consider the average believers foolish; when they are with believers, they say they believe, and when they are with their shayateen friends, they speak differently; 
So, in Q2:17, Allah describes their situation with the example of nur and diya. They lose the nur that the pious believers have, and thus are lost in this world, and will suffer even greater loss in the stages to come after this life. 

One such stage is when Day of Standing (youm-e-qiyamah) will be established. That day the moon will be eclipsed, or it will cave in. Then, it will no longer be a source of nur.  

The Quran concludes with two Duas: Surah alFalaq and Surah anNaas. The third ayat of Surah alFalaq seeks protection from the moon when its darkness spreads (وَمِنۡ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ اِذَا وَقَبَۙ‏ ٣), as explained by a Hadith quoted in Moon, Magic, and Envy

On the Day of Consequences, when every tiny act of Khair and Shar will be seen, when the darknesses of hypocrisy and kufr will overwhelm, its only those who are granted Nur who will be able to escape the evil, and, surrounded in Allah's Mercy, will they be guided to the Gardens promised to them, the guidance they kept praying for, in every prayer: Surah alFateha (اِهۡدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الۡمُسۡتَقِيۡمَۙ‏ ٦). 

The State of Muslims in the twenty-first century is not much different from the defiant disobedience of the Bani Israel cited across The Quran. They were custodians of The Torah, with a duty to live by it and to deliver its message to the world. Most of them failed on both fronts. The Muslim ummah of today needs to evaluate itself if we are true believers, or if hypocrisy has taken over us. There is still time to amend ourselves, individually and collectively. 


Related posts: 

The All-Encompassing Nur of Allah 

The Unique Eclipse 

Climate Change 

Thunderbolts 

The Quran on the Bani Israel 

The Case against the Bani Israel 

The Covenant & Its Ratification 

Repentance of the Pakistani Muslim 

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Last updated on: November 28, 2024


Friday, March 5, 2021

Q38 71-88 || Q12

Adam & Joseph 

DRAFT

Exploring the narrative about Adam in Surah Saad (Q38:71-88) in the light of Surah Yusuf 

Q38:70 إِن يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ إِلَّا أَنَّمَا أَنَا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ 


Events in the Future 

إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ

When said your Lord to the Angels, "Indeed, I Am going to create a human being bashran from clay.
[Al-Quran 38:71; translation edited to retain word bashran]

إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِي سَاجِدِينَ

قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُؤْيَاكَ عَلَىٰ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا لَكَ كَيْدًا ۖ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لِلْإِنسَانِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

When said Yusuf to his father, "O my father! Indeed, I I saw one ten (i.e eleven) star(s) planet(s) and the sun and the moon; I saw them to me prostrating."
He said, "O my son! (Do) not relate your vision to your brothers lest they plan against you a plot. Indeed, the Shaitaan (is) to man an enemy open.
[Al-Quran 12:4-5; Translation edited for clarity]

Allah informed the angels that He planned to create a bashr from clay. From Surah Al-Baqarah, we know that the angels questioned the need for the creation of the khalifa, but did not rebel. Allah proved to them why this creature was necessary. The only one who rebelled was Iblis, the Shaitaan (Satan). 

Allah informed Joseph about a future event through a dream. When he related the dream to his father, his father warned him to not to share his dream with his brothers, lest Satan incites them to plot against him. 

Visions are a private matter, and, perhaps, only by speaking about them can they be known to others. 

Knowing about the future may lead people to try to change it. Satan could only incite the brothers to plot against Joseph if they knew about the vision. 

From the Bible, we learn that alas, Joseph did not heed to his father's advice, resulting in the brothers plotting against Joseph. 


The Command of Prostration 

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ

So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My spirit Ruh, then fall down to him prostrating."
[Al-Quran 38:72; translation edited to retain the word Ruh]

إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِي سَاجِدِينَ

قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُؤْيَاكَ عَلَىٰ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا لَكَ كَيْدًا ۖ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لِلْإِنسَانِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

وَكَذَ‌ٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ يَعْقُوبَ كَمَا أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰ أَبَوَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

 لَّقَدْ كَانَ فِي يُوسُفَ وَإِخْوَتِهِ آيَاتٌ لِّلسَّائِلِينَ

When said Yusuf to his father, "O my father! Indeed, I I saw one ten (i.e eleven) star(s) planet(s) and the sun and the moon; I saw them to me prostrating."
He said, "O my son! (Do) not relate your vision to your brothers lest they plan against you a plot. Indeed, the Shaitaan (is) to man an enemy open.
And thus will choose you your Lord and will teach you of (the) interpretation (of) the narratives and complete His Favor on you and on (the) family (of) Yaqub as He completed it on your two forefathers from before - Ibrahim and Ishaq. Indeed, your Lord (is) All-Knower, All-Wise."
Certainly were in Yusuf and his brothers signs for those who ask.
[Al-Quran 12:4-7; Translation edited in italics for clarity]

The angels were ordered to prostrate to the bashr that Allah was going to create only after Allah blew His Ruh into it. Allah creates with materials, and commands with His Words. Surah as-Sajdah (The Prostration, Q32:7-9) mentions the order: clay (طِين), progeny from water (سُلَالَةٍ مِّن مَّاءٍ مَّهِين), shape/proportion/fashion (سَوَّاهُ), and then breathing in the command (نَفَخَ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِهِ).  
Note: Q17:85 informs us that The Ruh (الرُّوحِ) is from the commands/matters (أَمْرِ) of our Lord-Sustainer, that is Allah, and we haven't been given except very little knowledge about it. 

At the tenth week of development, the embryo transitions into a fetus, and it is called so until birth. At the same tenth week, the fetus starts to breathe, and fetal breathing is detectable. However, regular and continuous breathing begins only after delivery. As the fetal lung matures, there is some correlation between the development of respiratory and sleep centres of the central nervous system, as indicated by breathing measurements made during REM and NREM periods. REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is associated with dreams, and associated brain patterns are similar to those made while awake. REM state is generally detected in the third trimester of fetal development.  

Jacob interpreted Joseph's vision of prostration to mean that Allah will choose Joseph to complete His favours upon the family of Jacob, as He did upon Abraham and Isaac before.  

Surah Yusuf (Joseph) takes us through the various phases of Joseph's life till he is finally well-established.  


The Act of Prostration

فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

So prostrated the Angels all of them together.
[Al-Quran 38:73]

 لَّقَدْ كَانَ فِي يُوسُفَ وَإِخْوَتِهِ آيَاتٌ لِّلسَّائِلِينَ

Certainly were in Yusuf and his brothers signs for those who ask.
[Al-Quran 12:7]

All the angels prostrated together, to Adam, with the exception mentioned in the next ayat (Q38:74). 

Towards the end of Joseph's story in Surah Yusuf, when he was well-established as a high official in the Kingdom of Egypt, all his brothers prostrated to him, as was shown in the vision to him when he was just a young boy. 


Arrogance & Rejection

إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ اسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ

Except Iblis; he was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.
Except Iblis; he was arrogant and was of the rejectors.
[Al-Quran 38:74; re-translated for clarity in italics]

قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُؤْيَاكَ عَلَىٰ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا لَكَ كَيْدًا ۖ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لِلْإِنسَانِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

He said, "O my son! (Do) not relate your vision to your brothers lest they plan against you a plot. Indeed, the Shaitaan (is) to man an enemy open.
[Al-Quran 12:5]

Iblis was arrogant, and so he rejected Allah's command to prostrate to Adam. 

According to The Bible, the brothers of Joseph plotted against him after he told them about his vision.  


Conformation of ... between His Hands

قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ

He said, "O Iblis! What prevented you that you (should) prostrate to (one) whom I created with My Hands? Are you arrogant or are you of the exalted ones."
[Al-Quran 38:75]

لَقَدْ كَانَ فِي قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِّأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ ۗ مَا كَانَ حَدِيثًا يُفْتَرَىٰ وَلَـٰكِن تَصْدِيقَ الَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Verily, (there) is in their stories a lesson for men (of) understanding. Not (it) is a narration invented, but a confirmation (of that) which (from) between his hands and a detailed explanation (of) all things, and a guidance and mercy for a people who believe.
[Al-Quran 12:111]

This last ayat of Surah Yusuf states [تَصْدِيقَ الَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ]. The word يَدَيْ is alternately translated as before and hands. Surah Saad explicitly quotes Allah as asking Iblis what prevented him from prostrating to the one Allah Himself created with His Hands. 


The Exalted Ones

قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ

He said, "O Iblis! What prevented you that you (should) prostrate to (one) whom I created with My Hands? Are you arrogant or are you of the exalted ones."
[Al-Quran 38:75]

إِذْ قَالُوا لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ

When they said, "Surely Yusuf and his brother (are) more beloved to our father than we, while we (are) a group. Indeed, our father (is) surely in an error clear.
[Al-Quran 12:8]

Surah Saad focuses on the rich and powerful people, believers and non-believers. So, its no wonder that الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ (The High Chiefs) are mentioned in this surah (Q38:69) before commencing the narrative about Adam. In Q38:75, the question implies that الْعَالِينَ (The Exalted Ones), the High Chiefs were exempt from this command of prostration to Adam. Iblis was not a high chief, and thus not exempt. 

Q38:69 also implies that there is a back story, but we have not been given knowledge about it. There is always great purpose in all that Allah does, and so there must be a very good reason why He created Adam, and commanded the angels to prostrate to him.   

According to the Biblical account on Wikipedia, Jacob had twelve sons from four women. Joseph and his younger brother were sons of the same mother, while the ten elder brothers were from three different women. Joseph's elder half-brothers considered themselves as a group superior to Joseph and his younger full-brother!  

A screenshot from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel taken on March 9, 2021


The Better Group? 

قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ

He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and You created him from clay."
[Al-Quran 38:76]

إِذْ قَالُوا لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ

When they said, "Surely Yusuf and his brother (are) more beloved to our father than we, while we (are) a group. Indeed, our father (is) surely in an error clear.
[Al-Quran 12:8]

Iblis, a jinn, a snake, created from fire, ... putting all of the clues together, I believe that the comparison is between Ectotherms and Endotherms, as discussed in detail in: جَانٌّ (Snake || Jinn) and The Creation & Emergence of Species

Why the elder half-brothers considered themselves a superior group to Joseph and his full-brother is unclear. 


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قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

He said, "Then get out of it, for indeed, you (are) accursed.
[Al-Quran 38:77]

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وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

And indeed, upon you (is) My curse until (the) Day (of) Judgment."
[Al-Quran 38:78]

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قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

He said, "My Lord! Then give me respite until (the) Day they are resurrected."
[Al-Quran 38:79]

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قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ

He said, "Then indeed, you (are) of those given respite,
[Al-Quran 38:80]

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إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ

Until (the) Day (of) the time well-known."
[Al-Quran 38:81]

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قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

He said, "Then by Your might I will surely mislead them all.
[Al-Quran 38:82]

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The Chosen Sincere Slaves

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

Except Your slaves among them the chosen ones."
[Al-Quran 38:83]

وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِ ۖ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَا أَن رَّأَىٰ بُرْهَانَ رَبِّهِ ۚ كَذَ‌ٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ السُّوءَ وَالْفَحْشَاءَ ۚ إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَصِينَ

And certainly she did desire him, and he would have desired her, if not that he saw the proof (of) his Lord. Thus, that We might avert from him the evil and the immorality. Indeed, he (was) of Our slaves the sincere.
[Al-Quran 12:24]

وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ ائْتُونِي بِهِ أَسْتَخْلِصْهُ لِنَفْسِي ۖ فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهُ قَالَ إِنَّكَ الْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَكِينٌ أَمِينٌ

And said the king, "Bring to me him." I will select him for myself nafs." Then when he spoke to him, he said, "Indeed, you (are) today with us firmly established (and) trusted."
[Al-Quran 12:54; translation edited in italics to retain the word nafs]

Joseph was one of the عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَصِينَ , and thus Satan could not tempt him into sin. Joseph was human, and he could have also desired her, but he was a chosen one, sincere. Surah as-Saaffaat presents examples of the chosen ones (الْمُخْلَصِينَ) while Surah az-Zumar discusses in detail the serving sincerely (مُخْلِصًا) in Deen. 

Kings have their laws and govern according to it. Allah's Laws of Recompense are known as Allah's Deen. Allah chooses whom He wills for His Nafs. In Q20:41, we read Allah informing Moses that He has chosen him for His Nafs. In 12:54, we read about the King of Egypt choosing Joseph for his nafs. 

Joseph was in polytheistic Egypt when these situations arose. Several centuries later, Moses was sent to the Pharaoh of Egypt. In Surah Ghafir, while Pharaoh was conspiring to kill Moses, we read about another man (Q40:28-44), an Egyptian, who was an undeclared believer. He reminds his people that Allah had earlier sent Joseph, and he had foretold the coming of a Messenger (Moses), but later on the people fell in doubt about it after Joseph perished (هَلَكَ). This is perhaps of significance as the Egyptians used to embalm to preserve the dead as mummies. Even though Joseph's body was embalmed, he perished, and as per his will, his bones were taken away from Egypt when Allah rescued the the Bani Israel, and punished the Pharaoh and his people.   

In Q40:44, that Egyptian believer is quoted as stating:  فَسَتَذْكُرُونَ مَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِي إِلَى اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَصِيرٌ بِالْعِبَادِ  And you will remember what I say to you, and I entrust my affair to Allah. Indeed, Allah (is) All-Seer of (His) slaves." The next two ayaat informs us that: فَوَقَاهُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِ مَا مَكَرُوا ۖ وَحَاقَ بِآلِ فِرْعَوْنَ سُوءُ الْعَذَابِ So protected him Allah (from the) evils that they plotted, and enveloped (the) people (of) Firaun (the) worst punishment,  النَّارُ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا غُدُوًّا وَعَشِيًّا ۖ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ أَدْخِلُوا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَشَدَّ الْعَذَابِ The Fire; they are exposed to it morning and evening. And (the) Day (will be) established the Hour, "Cause to enter (the) people (of) Firaun (in the) severest punishment."


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قَالَ فَالْحَقُّ وَالْحَقَّ أَقُولُ

He said, "Then (it is) the truth and the truth I say,
[Al-Quran 38:84]

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Hell: The Final Prison

لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Surely I will fill Hell with you and those who follow you among them all."
[Al-Quran 38:85]

وَمَا أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

And not most (of) the mankind, even though you desire, (will be) believers.
[Al-Quran 12:103]

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا اسْتَيْأَسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا جَاءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا فَنُجِّيَ مَن نَّشَاءُ ۖ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

 Until when gave up hope the Messengers, and thought that they certainly were denied, then came to them Our help, and was saved whom We willed. And not (can) be repelled Our punishment from the people (who are) criminals.
[Al-Quran 12:110]

While there are people who err and then repent and attempt to reform, there are some who refuse to repent and reform. Hell is the destined eternal abode for the criminals. 


The Messenger of Allah 

قُلْ مَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ

Say, "Not I ask of you for it any payment, and not I am of the ones who pretend.
[Al-Quran 38:86]

وَمَا تَسْأَلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

And not you ask them for it any reward. Not (is) it but a reminder to the worlds.
[Al-Quran 12:104]

The Messenger of Allah does not pretend to know everything (Q38:69-70), nor does he charge any fee for his preaching. He is simply reminding the worlds. 


The Reminder 

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

Not it (is) except a Reminder to the worlds.
[Al-Quran 38:87]

ذَ‌ٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ أَجْمَعُوا أَمْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَمْكُرُونَ

That (is) from the news (of) the unseen which We reveal to you. And not you were with them when they put together their plan while they (were) plotting.
[Al-Quran 12:102]

The story of Adam and Iblis needs to be taken on faith, for us to beware of the enmity of Satan, and understand the grave danger we are in. 

Surah Saad presents us examples of rich, powerful men. Surah Yusuf presents us with examples of plots and plans.     

Our inheritance awaits us. On the Day of Judgement, Allah will shower His Mercy on the chosen inheritors of the Gardens of Eternity, and complete His Favours upon them. 


After a Time

وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُ بَعْدَ حِينٍ

And surely you will know its information after a time."
[Al-Quran 38:88]

فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا بِهِ وَأَجْمَعُوا أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِي غَيَابَتِ الْجُبِّ ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمْرِهِمْ هَـٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

So when they took him and agreed that they put him in (the) bottom (of) the well. But We inspired to him, "Surely, you will inform them about affair this. while they (do) not perceive."
[Al-Quran 12:15]

Allah's promise of Judgement and sorting into Heaven and Hell is true. Just like Joseph's dream came true. Just like what was inspired to Joseph, when he was thrown in the well, came true. The Prophets of Allah have spoken the truth. We will face our deeds, just like Joseph's brothers were reminded of it when they least expected it.  We will settle in another place, just like the family of Joseph migrated, to settle in another land. We can hope for Allah's Mercy and Forgiveness for those who repent and uphold Allah's Deen. 



Main post with introduction & links to all posts comparing Adam & Joseph 


Last updated on: March 26, 2021


Thursday, February 18, 2021

Q7 10-36 || Q12

Adam & Joseph 

Exploring the narrative about Adam in Surah al-A`raf (Q7:10-36) in the light of Surah Yusuf  


وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّاكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَايِشَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُون

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The Refusal to Prostrate  

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّاكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَايِشَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُون

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ السَّاجِدِين

And certainly We established you in the earth and We made for you in it livelihood. Little (is) what you (are) grateful.
And certainly We created you then We fashioned you. Then We said to the Angels, "Prostrate to Adam," So they prostrated, except Iblees. Not he was of those who prostrated.
[Al-Quran 7:10-11]


إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِي سَاجِدِين

قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُؤْيَاكَ عَلَىٰ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا لَكَ كَيْدًا إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لِلْإِنسَانِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِين

وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ يَعْقُوبَ كَمَا أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰ أَبَوَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيم

لَّقَدْ كَانَ فِي يُوسُفَ وَإِخْوَتِهِ آيَاتٌ لِّلسَّائِلِين

When said Yusuf to his father, "O my father! Indeed, I I saw one ten (i.e eleven) star(s) planets and the sun and the moon; I saw them to me prostrating."
He said, "O my son! (Do) not relate your vision to your brothers lest they plan against you a plot. Indeed, the Shaitaan (is) to man an enemy open.
And thus will choose you your Lord and will teach you of (the) interpretation (of) the narratives and complete His Favor on you and on (the) family (of) Yaqub as He completed it on your two forefathers from before - Ibrahim and Ishaq. Indeed, your Lord (is) All-Knower, All-Wise."
Certainly were in Yusuf and his brothers signs for those who ask.
[Al-Quran 12:4-7; edited for clarity in italics]

Iblis was ungrateful and many humans are ungrateful. Established in the land, with so many comforts, with a source of livelihood, how little is the feeling of gratitude and its expression. Gratitude should manifest as humble submission to the one we are grateful to. Allah commands us to be grateful to/for Him and to/for our parents.  

Iblis was established with the angels, yet he was disobedient when the command to prostrate came. 

Joseph's elder brothers also revolted when, according to The Bible, they learnt about Joseph's dream. 


A Better Creation 

قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِين

(Allah) said, "What prevented you that not you prostrate when I commanded you?" (Shaitaan) said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and You created him from clay."
[Al-Quran 7:12]


إِذْ قَالُوا لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِين

اقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ أَوِ اطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا مِن بَعْدِهِ قَوْمًا صَالِحِين

When they said, "Surely Yusuf and his brother (are) more beloved to our father than we, while we (are) a group. Indeed, our father (is) surely in an error clear.
Kill Yusuf or cast him (to) a land so will be free for you (the) face (of) your father, and you will be from after that a people righteous."
[Al-Quran 12:8-9]

In the narrative in Surah al-Baqarah, we read about the angels questioning Allah why he is going to appoint a bashr as a khalifa, while they all are serving him. Yet, when the command to prostrate came, they all obeyed except Iblis. In this narrative in Surah al-A`raf, we read the reason why he refuses to obey Allah. He considers himself a better creation than Adam. He is created of a different material than what Adam is created from. As explored in another post, if my understanding is correct, Iblis is an ectotherm while Adam is an endotherm. 

In the narrative about the brothers of Joseph, the elder brothers consider themselves, as a group, superior to Joseph and his younger brother, who are the sons of a different mother than them. However, this group is also made up of children of three different mothers. 


Placing The Blame    

قَالَ فَبِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيم

(Shaitaan) said, "Because You have sent me astray, surely I will sit for them (on) your path straight.

[Al-Quran 7:16]


 إِذْ قَالُوا لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِين

When they said, "Surely Yusuf and his brother (are) more beloved to our father than we, while we (are) a group. Indeed, our father (is) surely in an error clear.
[Al-Quran 12:8]

Iblis blames Allah, and Joseph's brothers think their father is in clear error. 


Their Hands   

ثُمَّ لَآتِيَنَّهُم مِّن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَائِلِهِمْ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَاكِرِين

Then surely, I will come to them from between (their) hands and from behind them and from their right and from their left, and not you will find most of them grateful."
[Al-Quran 7:17]


 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَأً وَآتَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًا وَقَالَتِ اخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُ أَكْبَرْنَهُ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَرِيم

So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and she prepared for them a banquet and she gave each one of them a knife and she said, "Come out before them." Then when they saw him they greatly admired him, and cut their hands, they said, "Forbid Allah, not (is) this a man bashran not (is) this but an angel noble."
[Al-Quran 12:31; edited to retain word bashran in italics]

Humans do deeds, and humans admire and idolise, and humans build idols ... 


The Recompense     

قَالَ فَاهْبِطْ مِنْهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَاخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الصَّاغِرِين

قَالَ أَنظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُون

قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِين

قَالَ فَبِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيم

ثُمَّ لَآتِيَنَّهُم مِّن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَائِلِهِمْ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَاكِرِين

قَالَ اخْرُجْ مِنْهَا مَذْءُومًا مَّدْحُورًا لَّمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكُمْ أَجْمَعِين

(Allah) said, "Then go down from it, for not it is for you that you be arrogant in it. So get out; indeed, you (are) of the disgraced ones."
(Shaitaan) said, "Give me respite till (the) Day they are raised up."
(Allah) said, "Indeed, you (are) of the ones given respite."
(Shaitaan) said, "Because You have sent me astray, surely I will sit for them (on) your path straight.
Then surely, I will come to them from between (their) hands and from behind them and from their right and from their left, and not you will find most of them grateful."
(Allah) said, "Get out of it disgraced and expelled. Certainly, whoever follows you among them, surely, I will fill Hell with you all.
[Al-Quran 7:13-18]


قَالَ لَا يَأْتِيكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقَانِهِ إِلَّا نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِ قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمَا ذَٰلِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِي رَبِّي إِنِّي تَرَكْتُ مِلَّةَ قَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَهُم بِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ كَافِرُون

وَاتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ آبَائِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ مَا كَانَ لَنَا أَن نُّشْرِكَ بِاللَّهِ مِن شَيْءٍ ذَٰلِكَ مِن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُون

يَا صَاحِبَيِ السِّجْنِ أَأَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ اللَّهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّار

مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءً سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُون

He said, "Not (will) come to both of you food you are provided with but I will inform both of you of its interpretation, before [that] [it] comes to both of you. That (is) of what has taught me my Lord. Indeed, I [I] abandon (the) religion (of) a people, not they believe in Allah, and they in the Hereafter [they] (are) disbelievers.
And I follow (the) religion (of) my forefathers, Ibrahim, and Ishaq and Yaqub. Not was for us that we associate with Allah any thing. That (is) from (the) Grace (of) Allah upon us, and upon the mankind but most (of) the men people (are) not grateful.
O my two companions (of) the prison! Are lords separate better or Allah, the One the Irresistible?
Not you worship from besides Him but names which you have named, you and your forefathers, not (has) sent down Allah for it any authority. Not (is) the command but for Allah. He has commanded that not you worship but Him Alone. That (is) the religion the right, but most [the] men people (do) not know.
[Al-Quran 12:37-40; edited for clarity in italics]

Gratitude is contrasted with arrogance, and consequent rejection ... and causing trouble to others ... and ingratitude! Iblis plans and plots to confound those on Allah's Straight Path (صِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيم). 

Humans and jinns of various religious persuasions live in this world. While everyone is free to choose their religion, nobody is free of the consequence of their choice. On the Day of Judgement, people will be sorted and separated. 

The Right Religion, or The Standing Law (الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ) is clearly defined. Worship is for Allah alone. Allah will recompense everyone in the Hereafter. Every person's record is completely and safely preserved. That is the right religion. 

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The All-Encompassing Plans of Allah   

 وَيَا آدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِين

And O Adam! Dwell, you and your wife, (in) the Garden, and you both eat from wherever you both wish, but (do) not approach [both of you] this [the] tree lest you both be among the wrongdoers."
[Al-Quran 7:19]


 وَقَالَ الَّذِي اشْتَرَاهُ مِن مِّصْرَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ أَكْرِمِي مَثْوَاهُ عَسَىٰ أَن يَنفَعَنَا أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُ وَلَدًا وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُ مِن تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ وَاللَّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُون

And said the one who bought him of Egypt to his wife, "Make comfortable his stay. Perhaps that (he) will benefit us or we will take him (as) a son." And thus We established Yusuf in the land that We might teach him from (the) interpretation of the events. And Allah (is) Predominant over His affairs, but most (of) the people (do) not know.
[Al-Quran 12:21]

Adam and wife dwelled in the comfortable Garden, and Joseph dwelled in the comfortable home of The Man of Egypt and his wife. 

According to the Bible, Joseph was born in Haran. At age six, he with his family moved to Canaan. 

Adam erred and was sent to the Earth, and made comfortable here as well. Joseph had erred earlier by telling his dream to his brothers, and was removed from his home, and eventually reached Egypt.  

Allah created Adam to be a Khalifa of the Earth. Allah fulfilled Joseph's dream after establishing him over Egypt's storehouses. 

Iblis could neither change Allah's plans for Adam, nor could he change Joseph's fate. Allah is always predominant over His Affairs. 

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Bashr / Malak  

فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ لِيُبْدِيَ لَهُمَا مَا وُورِيَ عَنْهُمَا مِن سَوْآتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهَاكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّا أَن تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ أَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ الْخَالِدِين

Then whispered to both of them the Shaitaan to make apparent to both of them what was concealed from both of them of their shame. And he said, "(Did) not forbid you both your Lord from this [the] tree except that you two become Angels or you two become of the immortals."
[Al-Quran 7:20]


 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَأً وَآتَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًا وَقَالَتِ اخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُ أَكْبَرْنَهُ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَرِيم

So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and she prepared for them a banquet and she gave each one of them a knife and she said, "Come out before them." Then when they saw him they greatly admired him, and cut their hands, they said, "Forbid Allah, not (is) this a man bashran not (is) this but an angel noble."
[Al-Quran 12:31; edited to retain word bashran in italics]

Adam was a bashr (بَشَرًا). 

Iblis, the Satan (الشَّيْطَانُ) was a malak (مَلَكٌ).

One of the temptations that Iblis used to convince Adam to disobey His Lord was that there was a possibility of them becoming angels [ مَلَكَيْنِ (dual form of مَلَكٌ)]. 

The other temptation was the promise of immortality. Q21:34 is quite clear that no bashr has been granted immortality, not even the prophets (Q21:8)! 

A common mytheme across religions is a sacred tree. The tree of life is a popular motif cropping up in ancient Egyptian drawings as well. It seems that Satan has been using the same temptations to tempt humans to err. 

Also, from the exclamation of the Egyptian ladies at the banquet:  وَقُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَرِيم, it seems that they had an idea what a malak is, and how its different from a bashr! 


Yours Sincerely?    

 وَقَاسَمَهُمَا إِنِّي لَكُمَا لَمِنَ النَّاصِحِين

And he swore (to) both of them "Indeed, I am to both of you among the sincere advisors."
[Al-Quran 7:21]


  قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَنَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَنَاصِحُون

They said, "O our father! Why (do) you not trust us with Yusuf, while indeed, we (are) for him surely well-wishers?
[Al-Quran 12:11]

Iblis posed as a sincere advisor and swore (made a solemn promise) to deceive Adam.  

Joseph's brothers posed as his well-wishers to get their father to trust Joseph with them. 

Both Adam and Jacob made the mistake of trusting them.   


Satan's Enmity   

فَدَلَّاهُمَا بِغُرُورٍ ۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا الشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْآتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ ۖ وَنَادَاهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمَا عَن تِلْكُمَا الشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَا إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

So he made both of them fall by deception. Then when they both tasted the tree, became apparent to both of them their shame, and they began (to) fasten over themselves from (the) leaves (of) the Garden. And called them both their Lord, "Did not I forbid you both from this [the] tree and [I] say to both of you, that [the] Shaitaan (is) to both of you an enemy open?"
[Al-Quran 7:22]


وَجَاءُوا عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ ۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

And they brought upon his shirt with blood false. He said, "Nay, has enticed you your souls (to) a matter, so patience (is) beautiful. And Allah (is) the One sought for help against what you describe."
[Al-Quran 12:18]

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فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ آوَىٰ إِلَيْهِ أَبَوَيْهِ وَقَالَ ادْخُلُوا مِصْرَ إِن شَاءَ اللَّهُ آمِنِينَ

وَرَفَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوا لَهُ سُجَّدًا ۖ وَقَالَ يَا أَبَتِ هَـٰذَا تَأْوِيلُ رُؤْيَايَ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَعَلَهَا رَبِّي حَقًّا ۖ وَقَدْ أَحْسَنَ بِي إِذْ أَخْرَجَنِي مِنَ السِّجْنِ وَجَاءَ بِكُم مِّنَ الْبَدْوِ مِن بَعْدِ أَن نَّزَغَ الشَّيْطَانُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ إِخْوَتِي ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي لَطِيفٌ لِّمَا يَشَاءُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ

 ۞ رَبِّ قَدْ آتَيْتَنِي مِنَ الْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِي مِن تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَنتَ وَلِيِّي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ۖ تَوَفَّنِي مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ

ذَ‌ٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ أَجْمَعُوا أَمْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَمْكُرُونَ

 Then when they entered upon Yusuf, he took to himself his parents and said, "Enter Egypt if wills Allah, safe."
And he raised his parents upon the throne and they fell down to him prostrate. And he said, "O my father! This (is the) interpretation (of) my dream, from before. Verily, has made it my Lord true. And indeed, He was good to me when He took me out of the prison, and brought you from the bedouin life from after [that] had caused discord the Shaitaan between me and between my brothers. Indeed, my Lord (is) Most Subtle to what He wills. Indeed, He, He (is) the All-Knower, the All-Wise.
My Lord, indeed, you have given of the sovereignty and taught me of the interpretation of the events. Creator (of) the heavens and the earth, You (are) my Protector, in the world and the Hereafter. Cause me to die (as) a Muslim, and join me with the righteous."
That (is) from the news (of) the unseen which We reveal to you. And not you were with them when they put together their plan while they (were) plotting.
[Al-Quran 12:99-102]

Satan is the open enemy of Adam and his progeny. 

Loss of clothing features prominently in the story of Adam and the story of Joseph.  

He deceived Adam and his wife. In pursuit of becoming angels or immortals, they consumed what was harmful to them. And so, they lost their natural cover. Subsequently, they tried to cover themselves with leaves of the garden.  

In Joseph's story, firstly, Satan caused Joseph's elder brothers to plot against him. They even took away his coat that their father had given Joseph. Several years later, the lady who tried to seduce Joseph, tore his shirt. 


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The Nafs in Darkness    

 قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

Both of them said, "Our Lord we have wronged ourselves, and if not You forgive [for] us and have mercy (on) us, surely, we will be among the losers."
[Al-Quran 7:23]

فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا بِهِ وَأَجْمَعُوا أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِي غَيَابَتِ الْجُبِّ وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمْرِهِمْ هَٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُون

So when they took him and agreed that they put him in (the) bottom (of) the wellBut We inspired to him, "Surely, you will inform them about affair this. while they (do) not perceive."
[Al-Quran 12:15]

وَجَاءُوا عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ ۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

And they brought upon his shirt with blood false. He said, "Nay, has enticed you your souls (to) a matter, so patience (is) beautiful. And Allah (is) the One sought for help against what you describe."
[Al-Quran 12:18

When Adam and his wife disobeyed, and consequently lost their clothing, they did zulm on their Nafs (رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا). The word zulm is generally translated as wrong or injustice, but it primarily means darkness, as opposed to Nur. 

According to The Bible, when Joseph disobeyed his father, and told his dream, the elder brothers tore off the clothing his father had given him, and threw him in the darkness of the well. 

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Prayer: Seeking Mercy of Allah   

 قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

Both of them said, "Our Lord we have wronged ourselves, and if not You forgive [for] us and have mercy (on) us, surely, we will be among the losers."
[Al-Quran 7:23]


قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ عَسَى اللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِيَنِي بِهِمْ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ

وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَا أَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَابْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

قَالُوا تَاللَّهِ تَفْتَأُ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ الْهَالِكِينَ

قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

يَا بَنِيَّ اذْهَبُوا فَتَحَسَّسُوا مِن يُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ وَلَا تَيْأَسُوا مِن رَّوْحِ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَا يَيْأَسُ مِن رَّوْحِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْكَافِرُونَ

He said, "Nay, have enticed you your souls something, so patience (is) beautiful. Perhaps Allah, that will bring them to me all. Indeed, He He (is) the All-Knower, All-Wise."

And he turned away from them and said, "Alas, my grief over Yusuf!" And became white his eyes from the grief, and he (was) a suppressor.
They said, "By Allah, you will not cease remembering Yusuf until you become fatally ill or become of those who perish."
He said, "Only I complain (of) my suffering and my grief to Allah, and I know from Allah what not you know.
O my sons! Go and inquire about Yusuf and his brother, and not despair of (the) Mercy (of) Allah. Indeed, none despairs of (the) Mercy (of) Allah except the people the disbelievers.
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[Al-Quran 12:83-87]

Adam and his wife suffered due to Satan's deception. They acknowledged their fault and sought relief from the loss: they prayed that they had wronged their nafs, or put it in darkness (ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا); they sought forgiveness, to be covered by Allah (تَغْفِرْ لَنَا), and for His Mercy (تَرْحَمْنَا).  

Jacob also brings in focus his sons' souls (سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا) as the root cause of what has happened. 

Both Adam and Jacob turn to Allah to seek relief from their suffering. Both are suffering, yet both have not lost hope in the Mercy of Allah.  


Enmity Established    

قَالَ اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

(Allah) said, "Get down some of you to some others (as) enemy. And for you in the earth (is) a dwelling place and livelihood for a time."

[Al-Quran 7:24]


إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِي سَاجِدِين

قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُؤْيَاكَ عَلَىٰ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا لَكَ كَيْدًا إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لِلْإِنسَانِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِين

وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ يَعْقُوبَ كَمَا أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰ أَبَوَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيم

لَّقَدْ كَانَ فِي يُوسُفَ وَإِخْوَتِهِ آيَاتٌ لِّلسَّائِلِين

When said Yusuf to his father, "O my father! Indeed, I I saw one ten (i.e eleven) star(s) planets and the sun and the moon; I saw them to me prostrating."
He said, "O my son! (Do) not relate your vision to your brothers lest they plan against you a plot. Indeed, the Shaitaan (is) to man an enemy open.
And thus will choose you your Lord and will teach you of (the) interpretation (of) the narratives and complete His Favor on you and on (the) family (of) Yaqub as He completed it on your two forefathers from before - Ibrahim and Ishaq. Indeed, your Lord (is) All-Knower, All-Wise."
Certainly were in Yusuf and his brothers signs for those who ask.
[Al-Quran 12:4-7; edited for clarity in italics]

The enmity of Satan, and the consequences of heeding to him, has been well-established. As we live our temporary lives on this Earth, we are generating the evidence for or against our Nafs. 


Temporary Abode   

 قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ

7:25  He said, "In it you will live and in it you will die and from it you will be brought forth."

[Al-Quran 7:25]


 ۞ رَبِّ قَدْ آتَيْتَنِي مِنَ الْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِي مِن تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَنتَ وَلِيِّي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ۖ تَوَفَّنِي مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ


My Lord, indeed, you have given of the sovereignty and taught me of the interpretation of the events. Creator (of) the heavens and the earth, You (are) my Protector, in the world and the Hereafter. Cause me to die (as) a Muslim, and join me with the righteous."

[Al-Quran 12:101]


 لَقَدْ كَانَ فِي قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِّأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ مَا كَانَ حَدِيثًا يُفْتَرَىٰ وَلَٰكِن تَصْدِيقَ الَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُون

Verily, (there) is in their stories a lesson for men (of) understanding. Not (it) is a narration invented, but a confirmation (of that) which (from) between his hands and a detailed explanation (of) all things, and a guidance and mercy for a people who believe.

[Al-Quran 12:111]


Joseph lived and died in in Egypt. The Bible informs us that before his death he asked the Bani Israel to take his bones with them when Allah liberates them. During the Exodus, they did carry  Joseph’s remains with them. 

Joseph’s parents and brothers also settled in Egypt. When his father Jacob died, Joseph took the body to Canaan, and buried him there.  

Adam was sent to this Earth as a Khalifa. 

All of us hope and pray that we are taken in death as Muslims, and joined with the righteous / reformed in the Gardens of Eternity.  


Prevention is Better than Cure     

يَا بَنِي آدَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُوَارِي سَوْآتِكُمْ وَرِيشًا ۖ وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوَىٰ ذَ‌ٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ ۚ ذَ‌ٰلِكَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

O Children (of) Adam! Verily We have sent down to you clothing, it covers your shame and (as) an adornment. But the clothing (of) [the] righteousness taqwa - that (is) best. That (is) from (the) Signs (of) Allah so that they may remember.
[Al-Quran 7:26; translation edited to retain in italics word taqwa]


قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُؤْيَاكَ عَلَىٰ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا لَكَ كَيْدًا إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لِلْإِنسَانِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِين

He said, "O my son! (Do) not relate your vision to your brothers lest they plan against you a plot. Indeed, the Shaitaan (is) to man an enemy open.
[Al-Quran 12:5]  

The word at-Taqwa (التَّقْوَىٰ) basically conveys the meanings of shelter, and implies taking precautionary measures against something harmful. 

After Adam and his wife lost their natural cover, which I believe was the literal libas ut-taqwa (لِبَاسُ التَّقْوَىٰ), The Bible Genesis 3 21 informs us that God made garments of skin for them, and clothed them. The Quran is informing us that clothes have been sent down for the progeny of Adam (i) to cover their shame (ii) as an adornment; however it emphasises that the لِبَاسُ التَّقْوَىٰ that is the best! 

  • Literally, what they were dressed in The Garden, their natural clothing, was the best, in terms of all that they needed protection from.  
  • Taking precautions in this world, and complying with the guidance regarding dressing and display or concealing of beauty, in front of the appropriate persons, as guided in the scriptures, matters! 
Jacob cautioned Joseph to not to relate his vision; Joseph did not listen to his father, and literally lost his clothing! 

Satan tries to expose us to harm us, while Allah directs us to cover and adorn ourselves.   

Related posts: The Natural Clothing 


Heed the Warnings 

يَا بَنِي آدَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ الْجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْآتِهِمَا ۗ إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

O Children (of) Adam! (Let) not tempt you [the] Shaitaan as he drove out your parents from Paradise, stripping from both of them their clothing to show both of them their shame. Indeed, he sees you - he and his tribe from where not you see them. Indeed, We have made the devils friends of those who (do) not believe.
[Al-Quran 7:27]


قَالَ رَبِّ السِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِي إِلَيْهِ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّي كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ الْجَاهِلِينَ

فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ فَصَرَفَ عَنْهُ كَيْدَهُنَّ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

He said, "My Lord, the prison (is) dearer to me than what they invite me to it. And unless You turn away from me their plot I might incline towards them and [I] be of the ignorant."
So responded to him his Lord, and turned away from him their plot. Indeed, [He] He (is) All-Hearer, All-Knower.
[Al-Quran 12:33-34]

Although Adam had been warned well in advance, and clearly forbidden from the tree that would cause him harm, yet he fell for the deception of Satan and suffered the loss of natural clothing. 

Joseph had made the mistake of not heeding to his father's warning to not to tell his brothers (Q12:5), and subsequently suffered loss of clothing, loss of family, and enslavement. However, Allah had been kind to him and granted him knowledge and wisdom (Q12:22).  

We have also been granted guidance. Our nafs has been inspired with its fujoor and its taqwa (Q91:7-8). The Quran explains in detail, granting us guidance along with the knowledge and the wisdom. We need to be grateful for the guidance. 

Surah al-Araf’s passage on Adam is preceded by the ayat which reminds us of the comforts we have been given, and little is our gratitude. Gratitude to/for Allah is the wisdom granted to Luqman (Q31:12). 


Clothing & Morality    

وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً قَالُوا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَا آبَاءَنَا وَاللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَاءِ ۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

And when they do immorality they say, "We found on it our forefathers and Allah (has) ordered us of it." Say, "Indeed, Allah (does) not order immorality. Do you say about Allah what not (do) you know?"
[Al-Quran 7:28]


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[Al-Quran 12:00]

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Clothing & The Deen     

قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّي بِالْقِسْطِ ۖ وَأَقِيمُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ

Say, "Has ordered my Lord justice and set your faces at every masjid and invoke Him (being) sincere to Him (in) the religion. As He originated you (so) will you return."
[Al-Quran 7:29]


اذْهَبُوا بِقَمِيصِي هَـٰذَا فَأَلْقُوهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِ أَبِي يَأْتِ بَصِيرًا وَأْتُونِي بِأَهْلِكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

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فَلَمَّا أَن جَاءَ الْبَشِيرُ أَلْقَاهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِ فَارْتَدَّ بَصِيرًا ۖ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ


Go with shirt of mine this and cast it over (the) face (of) my father, he will regain (his) sight. And bring to me your family all together."

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Then when [that] arrived the bearer of glad tidings, he cast it over his face, then returned (his) sight. He said, "Did not I say to you, indeed, I [I] know from Allah what not you know?"

[Al-Quran 12:93,…,96]

We need Allah. 

We need to be sincere in the Deen. Worship is for Allah alone, and there should be no change in the creation of Allah. Attempting to change made Adam lose his clothing. Natural clothing more than just covers. It protects and comforts. 

When Joseph had taqwa and held on to The Deen, and patiently endured whatever befell him, in the pursuit of being morally upright, Allah granted him position and authority. 

When he was abandoned by his brothers, his torn clothes had been a source of grief for his father. Now that Joseph was in a position of authority, his clothes removed his father’s grief, and restored his father’s vision.

Allah promises to grant the sincere believers beautiful clothing, unite them with the righteous believers in their family, and grant them their  inheritance of the Gardens in The Hereafter. 


Inspired by The Devils    

فَرِيقًا هَدَىٰ وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الضَّلَالَةُ ۗ إِنَّهُمُ اتَّخَذُوا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

7:30  A group He guided and a group deserved - [on] they the astraying. Indeed, they take the devils (as) allies from besides Allah while they think that they (are the) guided-ones.
[Al-Quran 7:30]


قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُؤْيَاكَ عَلَىٰ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا لَكَ كَيْدًا إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لِلْإِنسَانِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِين

He said, "O my son! (Do) not relate your vision to your brothers lest they plan against you a plot. Indeed, the Shaitaan (is) to man an enemy open.
[Al-Quran 12:5]

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Adornment, Food & Drink    

 ۞ يَا بَنِي آدَمَ خُذُوا زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَلَا تُسْرِفُوا ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ

O Children (of) Adam! Take your adornment at every masjid, and eat and drink but (do) not be extravagant. Indeed, He (does) not love the extravagant ones.
[Al-Quran 7:31]

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<the King’s dream>

<Joseph’s appointment over the wealth of Egypt >

[Al-Quran 12:00]

The believers are ordered to adorn themselves, with what Allah has provided them with, for prayer. 

They are also warned against extravagance. 

Our world is full of beautiful clothing, and delicious food and drink. They come with all price tags, and in all quantities. 

Those who believe spend and consume wisely, living within their means, and investing in their eternal future. 

The King’s dream, and Joseph’s sensible administration, presents an example on how to live a good life, and save enough for a future. 


Good Things for The Believers    

قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِ وَالطَّيِّبَاتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ ۚ قُلْ هِيَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا خَالِصَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۗ كَذَ‌ٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Say, "Who has forbidden (the) adornment (from) Allah which He has brought forth for His slaves, and the pure things of sustenance?" Say, "They (are) for those who believe during the life (of) the world, exclusively (for them) (on the) Day (of) Resurrection. Thus We explain the Signs for (the) people who know."
[Al-Quran 7:32]

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[Al-Quran 12:00]

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The Lord Forbids:     

قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَالْإِثْمَ وَالْبَغْيَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَأَن تُشْرِكُوا بِاللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِ سُلْطَانًا وَأَن تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Say, "Only (had) forbidden my Lord the shameful deeds what (is) apparent of it and what is concealed, and the sin, and the oppression without [the] right, and that you associate (others) with Allah what not He (has) sent down of it any authority, and that you say about Allah what not (do) you know?"
[Al-Quran 7:33]

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[Al-Quran 12:00]

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The Fixed Time    

وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۖ فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

And for every nation (is a fixed) term. So when comes their term, (they can) not seek to delay an hour, and not seek to advance (it).

[Al-Quran 7:34]

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[Al-Quran 12:00]

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The Sorting    

يَا بَنِي آدَمَ إِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتِي ۙ فَمَنِ اتَّقَىٰ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

وَالَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَا أُولَـٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

O Children (of) Adam! If come to you Messengers from you relating to you My Verses, then whoever fears Allah, and reforms, then no fear on them and not they will grieve.
But those who deny Our Verses and (are) arrogant towards them those (are the) companions (of) the Fire, they in it will abide forever.
[Al-Quran 7:35-36]


وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِي إِلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْقُرَىٰ ۗ أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۗ وَلَدَارُ الْآخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا اسْتَيْأَسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا جَاءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا فَنُجِّيَ مَن نَّشَاءُ ۖ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

And not We sent from before you, but men We revealed to them from (among) (the) people (of) the townships. So have not they traveled in the earth and seen how was (the) end (of) those who (were) from before them? And surely the home (of) the Hereafter (is) best for those who fear Allah. Then will not you use reason?
Until when gave up hope the Messengers, and thought that they certainly were denied, then came to them Our help, and was saved whom We willed. And not (can) be repelled Our punishment from the people (who are) criminals.
[Al-Quran 12:109-110]

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Last updated on: April 27, 2022