Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Qur’anic Reflections Good is Multiplied Ten

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh Welcome back to our

Ramadan reflections. May Allah subhanho wa Taala accept them and

benefit us through them. Let us start with a verse of the Quran or

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This is a really profound verse from Surah Al Anon which is

chapter six, verse 160.

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Senior fellow, you just in Mytho, welcome Lulu moon, again, another

verse providing a principle of how Allah subhanho wa Taala deals with

his creation. And this time, it's something really, really

important for us in the sense that we

thrive on the idea that Insha Allah, we will get to see Allah

subhanho wa Taala get to enter paradise. And that whole structure

is going to be based on the good that we do in this world, and how

much we avoid the wrongs that we feel inclined to doing, what are

we attracted to in this world. So what Allah subhanho wa Taala says

here, now listen carefully, what he says is, He who does good shall

have 10 times as much to his credit,

meaning anybody who does a good deed,

further who I show, I'm 30, who gets 10 times the multiple of that

10 times that amount of that that's what Allah subhanaw taala

will provide. However, he who does evil shall only be recompensed

according to his evil. So it's just like for like you do one bad

deed, you'll only get one sin for that. Whereas when you do a good

deed, Allah promises you at least 10 additional deeds 10 additional

rewards for that. And then Allah subhanaw taala makes a major

declaration about a principle that he says he will deal with people

with no wrong shall be done unto any one of them, will hula uvala

moon, they will not be oppressed, they will not be wrong, they will

not be cheated in any way whatsoever. Now, that's a major

principle that we want to look at. This, actually this verse contains

a huge glad tiding it's wonderful news, that you do a good deed,

small, good deed, Allah gives you 10 times that amount, you do a bad

deed, you're only going to be

you're only going to receive one sin

tenfold is promised for that which when you do good, but conversely,

only one sin is recompense for the wrongdoing. And then Allah makes

on top says on top that you're not going to be cheated or oppressed

or wronged in any way whatsoever beyond that, as well, you'll only

be given a sin for every single one same for every role that you

do. Now generally, what happens is that if you look at the majority

of people, right in this world,

well, if you look at the world, in general, what you see is that

people are rewarded equivalent to

if you take good work, right? You've done something really good

for somebody, you're a builder and you've done good work, or you're a

mechanic and you've done good work, or, you know, you're a

typesetter, or you're a graphics designer, or whatever the case is,

or you're a baker, you're a cook, or whatever the case is, and

you've done a good work, people pay you for that much the going

rate, that's what people pay you, right. In some vocations. They

only, like in supermarkets, and they only pay you the basic

minimum that which is legally required. And if people could do

it, they would basically give you make you do slave labor, which is

what unfortunately happens. In many countries in the world. I

mean, it's just, if you don't have much

capabilities, or qualifications or skill set, then you're going to be

working for some really menial, some really menial tasks that

you're going to be working for. And it's going to be slave labor,

but even those that give them they give. Now, the only you know,

today, you do have vocation, which they pay you a huge amount of

money, but you're supposed to be making a huge amount of money. So

those are generally

companies where huge amounts of money and huge amounts of

investments are made. And thus they can see that so they give you

a proportion of that. But generally, it's the rule of the

world that okay, if you do a really good job that gives you

bonuses, right? So you get a bonus at the end of every month or at

the end of each year, whatever the case is, however, you don't get 10

times that amount. That doesn't happen. You don't get 10 times the

going rate. Generally you don't get that that's where Allah

subhanaw taala is saying that the quantum I'm going to, I'm going to

have here for you is that I'm going to give you 10 rewards for

every good deed you do. And that's the minimum. There's a lot more

than that, depending on how much sincerity and difficulty you did

it with or how much further you did it with all

benefit that came from it and so on and so forth. At the same time,

though, when it comes to a bad deed, the penalty is just single

is not worse. Whereas we see in the world that the penalties are

huge in many cases, right? Penalties are sometimes not

proportionate at all.

Now, generally in the world, I mean, you know, the standard of

reward and punishment, I mean, on a normal basis, just going to be

standard is going to be proportionate is going to be

equal. But that's not what Allah subhanaw taala wants Allah

subhanaw taala wants to incentivize because the Allah's

purpose is to get people to do more, is not to get people to do

less, or to condemn them or to not send them to Paradise, Allah

created this world for people to succeed, but and then so he

incentivized it like that. Think about it the other way, right?

from a spiritual perspective, if Allah subhanaw taala was going to

punish everybody tenfold as well. Right? For every sin that they

did, then many would have been, you know, our fate would have been

doomed a long time ago, we would have been destroyed. I mean, can

you imagine it? It's such a, you know, we're scared even though we

only get one sin for every bad deed we do. And the reason is

that, I mean, I guess, this is what scholars have said that, you

know, generally their assessment is that men commit more sins than

that than they do good. Yeah, you get the few that do generally more

good deeds, but others, you know, a lot of people, maybe the more

than 50% are doing more bad, bad and doesn't have to be bad for a

toward somebody else. But it could be it could be bad towards

themselves. It could just be laziness, it could be negligence

and so on. Now out of Allah subhanaw taala has immense grace,

Allah has devised this different norm for the good and bad deeds.

And that just shows that Allah subhanaw taala is kind, he's

generous, Allah is loving. I mean, if this doesn't underscore that

Allah is the Merciful One. And he's a Rahman Rahim, then what

will I mean, there's a there's a hadith, which tells us that when

Allah subhanaw, taala, created

human beings and the Djinn, and so on, he said, that look these

people the way I've created them, if I am going to deal with them in

absolute justice, and I'm going to take them to task for every single

good and bad deed, or every single bad deed that they do. And if it's

going to be like an equal recompense for every good deed and

equal ribbons for every bad deed, and there was no concept of

bonuses or forgiveness or grace or anything like that, people would

have been destroyed. So this is Allah system that he said. So what

he did was he had

in the Rama de Sebata, Vodavi, written above his throne, as like

a motto, a mission statement, you can say, like, this is what we go

by, this is the direction of our business. This is the direction of

our process, that My Mercy has dominated my anger, my mercy has

dominated my anger. So now this is an expression of Allah's mercy, to

say that if you do a good deed, any good deed, I'm gonna give you

10 rewards. And if you do a mistake, you only drop one, you

only you only lose one. Right? So

and then on top of that, Allah subhanaw taala promises, that

there's going to be no wrong that will be done to you. Otherwise,

under the divine wrath, we would have perished. So Allah says, I

will never cheat you, I may give you more, I will give you more in

fact, but I'm never going to cheat you.

Allah subhanho wa Taala is our Creator, our benefactor, our

guide, and no doubt that Allah subhanaw taala must get angry at

our bad deeds, just like any one of us. If we favorite somebody

brought them up, nurtured them, assisted them, help them fed them,

right, just imagine and then after they become disobedient. One of

the things that hurts parents the most is when their children become

disobedient. Because you've done so much for them. You've poured

your heart out for them. You've provided them with everything,

right? You had sleepless nights, and everything else. Allah

subhanaw taala has provided us more than our parents, our parents

could only do what they do, because of Allah subhanaw taala.

So there's, it'd be no surprise if Allah subhanaw taala got upset

with us, right? Is no surprise at all. However, that's when you

really understand that Allah subhanaw taala is love and

affection, his

generosity, His mercy, His care, his compassion is just beyond what

anybody can ever imagine. Because just imagine, I mean, after he

gave everything people still do wrong and he still continues to

feed us. Right. So

this is divine law. Allah sets for us not that Allah is bound by

anything, but this is a promise to us that will never ever oppress

anybody. Right? So

Allah is the One who created us blessed us

With all the faculties that we have the physical faculty, the

mental faculty, the spiritual faculty, and then we disobey Him.

Right? Allah could have just punished us and we we could be

torn to pieces in no time. But Allah subhanaw taala doesn't do

that, and he forgives and he overlooks much more, and he gives

many, many good deeds. So may Allah subhanho wa Taala make us of

those who benefit from these good deeds and recognize Allah for the

good that he's done for us and for his kindness and for his Rama and

for His Mercy Jazak Allah Assalamu alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

please keep us in your doors, and we will keep you in our doors may

Allah subhanaw taala bless you all. And may Allah subhanaw taala

make this Ramadan a blessing one as Salaam Alaikum Warahmatullahi

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