marking the Shahadat of Maula e Kayinaat with the Quran

157. But most did not even walk on this steep path, except the one patient and the one who felt compassion, even if it was with a sweet word alone

 

‏فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ‎

‏وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ‎

‏فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ‎

‏أَوْ إِطْعَمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ ‎

‏يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ‎

‏أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ ‎

‏ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

‏أُو۟لَٓئِكَ أَصْحَبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ‎

 

But he has not attempted the steep path.

And what can make you know what the steep path is?

It is freeing a neck,

or feeding in a day of severe hunger,

on orphan of near relationship,

or a needy person in misery.

Then he is of those who believe and enjoin (each other) to patience, and enjoin (each other) to compassion.

Those are the Companions of the Right Hand.

Surah Al Balad, Verse 11-19

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

And after We bestowed upon him and guided him…

 

Falaqtahma: he, the human being, did not take up by storm and he did not enter…

 

Al aqaba: the steep path i.e. reaching the peak, which was fatiguing and toiling for his nafs until he fulfilled the gratitude for that which We bestowed him.

 

Then Allah Subhanahu placed the steep path in ambiguity, honouring it and exalting it so He said:

 

Wa ma adraaka: And what have you understood, O Maghroor, the one who is arrogant about life, which (itself) is borrowed as are its necessities…

 

Mal aqaba: what the steep path is on the way for the people of imaan, faith and irfaan, Divine Recognition.

 

Then He explained His Words:

 

Fakku raqaba: That steep path is freeing a neck from the enslavement of desires and hopes…

 

Aou: or that steep path is…

 

It’aam: feeding the needy of Allah and those who of His Servants who do ask…

 

Fi youmin di masghaba: on the day of extreme need and intense hunger…

 

Yateeman da maqraba-tin: (or that steep path is feeding) the orphan relative of the one feeding…

 

Aou miskeenan da matraba: or (or that steep path is feeding) the needful one lying in dust, his poverty making him live in misery and throwing him in the dust of humiliation and lowliness.

 

Summa: Then after he takes the step, without thinking, of entering this steep path…

 

Kana minalladina aamano: then he becomes of the ones who attained to faith in Allah and becomes certain that whatever is in their possession is for Allah and they are the Munfiqoona, the one who spend, by the Decree of Allah in the Ways of Allah.

 

Wa: With their faith in Him, they become marked by their salih, good, deeds which strengthen their faith…

 

Tawasau: and they enjoin each other…

 

Bis sabr: towards patience upon the practice of the Commands of Allah and towards patience upon the pains of obedience to the Orders for them.

 

Wa: And in this way…

 

Tawasau: they enjoin each other…

 

Bil marhamate: towards kindness and compassion towards the Servants of Allah and respecting them and being tender with them and doing extra in goodness for them, even if it is in a sweet word alone.

 

Ulaika: They are the ones As Suada, the fortunate, Al Mausufoona, the ones who are characterized by the taste of honour and majesty…

 

Ashab ul Maimana: as the People of the Right Hand before Allah and the people of honour and those upon whom different favours are bestowed and those who are of the highest ranks and stations.

 

Subhan Allah!

 

156. And remember the Name of your Lord with devotion

 

‏وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًۭا

 

And remember the Name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with devotion.

Surah Al Muzzammil, Verse 8

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Wa: And overall…

 

Udkur isma Rabbika: remember the name of your Lord and keep on praising Him and His Sacredness forever in all your timings and your states and do not become occupied from remembering Him because of your work. Instead…

 

Wa tabattal: devote yourself i.e. dedicate yourself and detach yourself from your daily tasks…

 

Ilayhi: towards Allah Subhanahu…

 

Tabteelan: with complete devotion and and dedication so much so there is not even a thought in your heart of focus upon your own state. So how will you think about anyone else (when you don’t even think about yourself)?

 

153. Be steadfast upon what I, Allah, order

 

‏فَٱسْتَقِمْ كَمَآ أُمِرْتَ وَمَن تَابَ مَعَكَ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟ ۚ

 

So stand firm as you are commanded

and those who turn in repentance with you, O Beloved (peace be upon you), and (those who) do not transgress.

Surah Hud, Verse 116

 

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And when you are gentle (in behaviour), O Messenger who completes Messenger-hood (peace be upon you), by Allah making you aware and by His Presence and you are made fully alert emotionally, feeling present and you unveiled with that awareness, unveiling, watching and witnessing…

 

Fastaqim: so be steadfast i.e. ae’tadil, be morally correct in your attributes and your deeds and your words…

 

Kama umirta: as you have been commanded by your Lord by His Revelation upon you and His Inspiration upon you and He has also commanded you towards being just and being steadfast.

 

Wa man taba ma’aka: And also the one who repents before you (in your presence) and brought faith upon you and made your path the roadmap towards Allah (is ordered to be steadfast).

 

Wa: And overall…

 

La tatghau: do not move from and do not exit, O you all who are steadfast in your commitment to the Path of the Reality of Tauheed being Al Muttahaqqiqoona, and do not turn away from the Sabeel As Salama, the Way of Peace, which is undoubtedly the way of the Sharia’ and the way of Nabi Kareem (peace be upon him).

 

And due to the difficulty of following this blessed verse, the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) said:

 

شَيَّبَتْنِي سُورَةُ هُودٍ

 

“Surah Hud made me age.”

 

ھذہ الآیۃ قصمت ظھور انبیاء اللہ و اولیائہ

 

“This verse broke the backs of Allah’s Prophets and His Auliya, the Friends.”

 

 

155. Those who say Allah is their Lord and then becomes Mustaqeem, steadfast upon it, Angels will descend and give them glad tidings of no fear and no grief

 

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَقَمُوا۟ تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَلَٓئِكَةُ أَلَّا تَخَافُوا۟ وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا۟

 

Indeed, those who say, "Our Lord is Allah," then stand firm - will descend on them the Angels saying, "Do not fear, and do not grieve but receive the glad tidings of Paradise which you were promised.

Surah Al Fussilat, Verse 30

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Then said Allah Subhanahu on the according to His Sunnah, Ways, in His Book:

 

Inna: Indeed, the Al Mowwahideen, the believers of One-ness…

 

Alladina qalu: they say, in happiness and in suffering and in secret and openly…

 

Rabbun Allahu: Allah is our Lord, Al Wahid, The One and Only, Al Ahad, The Only One, Al Farad, The Singular, As Samad, The One who is Independent, who is lam yalid wa lam yulad wa lam ya kullahu ufuwan ahad- He has no offspring nor is He born from anyone and there is no one equal to Him...

 

Summ astaqamu: then they become steadfast and are unwaivering upon that which they have declared and acknowledged by their deeds and by their states and those intentions of theirs which result in their day to day actions…

 

Tatanazzalu: descend for their help and to open their hearts and to discipline their manners…

 

Alaihim al malaikatu: upon them angels, Al Mutarassidoona, who are the ones keeping careful watch following the Commands of Allah, standing ready for His Orders, saying to those believers, giving them glad tidings…

 

Allaa takhafu: do not fear because of your excesses which happened from you before were unveiled for you the secrets of Tauheed and Certainty.

 

Wa la tahzanu: And do not grieve for what happened to you because of the demands of your being a human…

 

Wa abshiru bil jannati allati kuntum tu’adoon: And receive the good news of the Paradise you have been promised from the tongues of the Prophets and your Messengers, who are the guides and the guided ones.

 

154. O Man you are labouring towards your Lord

 

‏يَٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًۭا فَمُلَقِيهِ ‎

 

O Mankind! Indeed, you are laboring to your Lord with exertion and you will meet Him.

Surah Il Inshaqaaq, Verse 6

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Then called out Allah Subhanahu to the human being, a call of warning and a call that must be followed and a call of stimulating the stubbornness in the nature of Mankind and shaking the chain of his original nature, so He said:

 

Ya ayyuhal insaan: O Mankind, formed upon the Appearance of Ar Rahman, chosen from between all that was made to appear for the wisdom of Khilafat, Vice-Regency, and being the successor and the advantages of Ma’rifa, the Recognition of Allah, in Tauheed, His One-ness, recognize your importance and do not be forgetful of your reality.

 

Innaka kaadihun: No doubt you are the one bearing hardships, striving hard for gaining closeness to Allah and for His One-ness…

 

Ila Rabbika kadhan: towards your Lord, toiling and endeavoring, until you dissolve your being in your desire for His Desires. And overall…

 

Famulaqui-he: you are going to meet your Lord according to your struggle and your exertion so you should not leave those things that make you reach Him and dissolve you in Him after being pulled over from Allah Al Haq and ability from His End so that you become from the Arbaab al Yameen, the People of the Right Hand and of honour, who have been named Ashaab al Yameen, the People of the Right Hand, who are given the records of their deeds from their right side which is the sign of their imaan, faith and their irfaan, recognition (of Allah). 

 

Subhan Allah!

 

158. The one who wishes can take a path towards Allah

 

‏إِنَّ هَذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ ۖ

فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا ‎

 

Indeed, this (is) a Reminder, then whoever wills let him take to his Lord a way.

Surah Al Muzzammil, Verse 19

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Inna hadihi: Indeed these words which are proving the fulfillment of Allah’s Promises…

 

Tadkira: are a reminder and an admonition for those who gain from advice and remember and they are from the people of blessings and ability.

 

Faman sha’a: So who so ever wants that he gains advice through this…

 

Ittakhada: must take…

 

Ila Rabbihi sabeela: a way to his Lord after Allah Al Haqq gave him ability and aided him in exiting the requirements of this world and guided him to elevation towards True Existence, rising from one rank to another and from one station to another until he reaches the beginning of the Way of Fana’, Dissolving.

 

Then he elevates from that also from state to state until he becomes an fana’ia anil fana, loses all of his identity in complete extinction of his existence. And after all this he becomes what he becomes and except for Allah there is no purpose and there is no finality.

 

159. The one saved from the fire is the one who is Al Atqa, the one who is the most mindful.

 

‏وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى ‎

‏ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ‎

 

But distant from (the fire) will be the one who is mindful.

The one who gives his wealth to purify himself.

Surah Al Layl, Verse 17-18

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Wa: And in this way we made clear to the Al Mukallifoon, the ones who obey Allah’s Orders as obligatory…

 

Sayujannabuha: that the one who is kept away from the fire which is blazing in sections of Hell…

 

Al Atqa: is the one who is the most mindul…

 

Alladi yu’ti: the one who gives and makes alms…

 

Maalahu: from his possessions in the Way of Allah, seeking His Pleasure, spending upon the needy of His Creation. (We made clear) how…

 

Yattazakka: he became pure and cleansed from the filth of the world. And there is nothing left in his heart except Al Maula, Allah, until he reached Sidrat ul Muntaha, the Lote Tree.

 

And despite verses like this, they did not take heed and they did not understand.

 

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