Saif Morad – Simple Tafsir, Episode 8 Sura Mutaffifin, Islam Is A Complete Way Of Life

Assalamu alaykum wa Rahmatu wa Rahmatu wa Rahmatu

wa Rahmatu, everyone.

Hope you guys are doing well. Welcome to

another episode of Simple Tafsir.

In this episode, we're gonna be looking at

Surah 2 Mutafifim,

the fraudsters.

Bismillah Alhamdulillah.

The Surah talks about the condition of people

in respect to how they buy and sell.

And it also talks about the situation

that people are gonna find themselves in the

hereafter.

The people who make it,

what their condition is gonna be and the

people who don't make it, what their situation

is gonna be.

And this serves as a warning to those

individuals

who shortchange one another and they reject the

truth.

And it also comforts the believers who might

be weak and mocked,

telling them that the end result is gonna

be for them. The victory is gonna be

for them at the end.

Destruction and loss be for those who shortchange

and don't give full measure.

They are the ones who when they measure

for themselves from others, they take their full

right without any reduction.

But when they measure away for people, they

reduce the measurement and weight.

And this was the practice of the people

of Madinah before the prophet Sallallahu

Hanayhi wa Sallam migrated there.

Do these people who do this evil act

not know that they will be resurrected

before Allah?

For the reckoning and recompense on a day

that is great because of the trials and

horrors it contains.

The day when people will stand before the

Lord of all creation for the reckoning.

The matter is not as you thought. You

thought that there is not gonna be any

resurrection after death?

The book of the wicked people from amongst

the disbelievers and hypocrites will be in laws

in the lower earth.

Oh messenger, what will tell you what the

is?

Their deeds are written in their book and

it will not go anywhere. There will be

no increase and no decrease either.

Destruction and loss on that day will be

for those who deny.

Those who deny the day of judgment in

which Allah will give his servants the reward

of the actions they did in the world.

None denies that they accept every person who

transgresses

Allah's limits and commits abundant sins.

When the verses that Allah revealed to his

messengers are recited to them,

They say these are the stories of earlier

nations and are not from Allah.

The matter is not as these people thought.

Instead, the sins they used to commit has

dominated and covered their minds and hearts

and prevented them from seeing the truth with

their hearts.

Indeed, they will be prevented from seeing their

Lord on the day of judgment.

Then they will enter the fire to suffer

from its heat.

Then on the day of judgment, it will

be said to them in rebuke and censure.

This punishment that you received is what you

used to deny in the world when your

messenger told you about it.

The matter is not as you thought that

there will be no reckoning.

The book of the people of obedience will

be in Ilihun.

Oh messenger, what will tell you about what

Ilihun

is?

Their deeds are written in this book and

will not vanish, nor will there be any

increase or decrease in it.

This book is witnessed by all the angels

that are close to Allah from each heaven.

Those who do plenty of good deeds will

be in everlasting bliss on the day of

judgment.

On

On decorated couches looking at their lord and

at everything

delightful and pleasing to their souls.

If you see them, you will see in

their faces the effect of luxury in their

beauty and splendor.

Their servants will give them wine from sealed

containers

to drink.

It will give off the fragrance of musk

until its very end.

For this amazing reward, the people should compete

by doing what pleases Allah and leaving what

angers him.

This is a spring in the highest part

of paradise from which those who are close

to Allah will drink purely and the rest

of the believers will drink from it mixed

with other drinks.

Those who committed wrong because of the disbelief

that they had, they used to mock and

laugh at those who had faith.

When they passed by the believers, they would

wink at one another in ridicule and amusement.

When they return to their families, they will

go back happy with their acts of disbelief

and ridicule of the believers.

When they saw the Muslims, they would say,

these people are astray from the path of

truth as they abandon the religion of their

forefathers.

On the day of judgment, those who had

faith

will be the ones laughing at the disbelievers

as the disbelievers used to laugh at them

in this world.

On decorated couches, they will look at the

everlasting

bliss that Allah has prepared for them.

That disbelievers have been given the humiliating

punishment because of the actions they did in

the world.

We look at the state of the world

today,

we see that the world is moving in

a very secular direction. And this is also

affecting us as Muslims,

where religion is confined to the home and

outside the home, people can do whatever they

want.

But the reality is that Islam is a

complete way of life. This mindfulness of Allah

is not only restricted to when we worship

him. But the reality is that a Muslim

is always in the state of worship because

they are always mindful of Allah. And this

mindfulness

extends to every single situation

when we're at home, when we're at work,

when we're doing business, when we're at school.

And during our especially.

And we see here that Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala is rebuking these individuals for short changing

people

and telling us that they do this because

they are not aware, they are not mindful

of Allah, and they don't believe in the

hereafter.

So as Muslims, we should be mindful of

Allah in every situation to the best of

our ability.

And we might notice that when we're on

this journey towards Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,

we might experience spiritual growth.

But then sometimes we might notice that we

lose this concentration, we lose the Khushu that

we once used to have.

And this is not always the case, but

many times if we dig deep, we can

usually track it back to a certain sin

we might have committed.

And sins have negative consequences

as Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala tells us here

that

It's not as they thought is because of

the sins that they used to commit that

sealed and covered their hearts

So the sins are displeasing to Allah and

it can be an obstacle in our path

towards him. It can remove the Khushu that

we used to have and we can get

that Khushu back, but we need to turn

to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and seek his

forgiveness.

The prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam told us in

a sound hadith that when a believer commits

a sin,

a black spot appears on his heart. And

if he repents and gives up that sin

and seeks forgiveness from Allah, his heart will

be polished.

But if the sin increases, the black spots

increase as well.

That is the raan that Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala mentioned in his book. So that is

why it is extremely important for us as

believers

that we are constantly seeking forgiveness from Allah.

And the more is tirthar we do and

the stronger our sincerity to Allah and our

repentance is, the stronger the effect it will

have on our hearts.

Allah also tells us in the surah about

the habits of the people of falsehood.

From it is that they mock the believers.

They look down on the believers.

And we as Muslims should not feel bad

when people laugh at us and make fun

of us and talk bad to us.

But we should derive confidence from the Surah.

Because this was the situation before and it's

gonna continue like this.

And we should know that we are upon

the truth and where the truth leads.

So based on these three points, we should

look at ourselves

and See does my Islam extend to every

situation?

Am I mindful of Allah in every situation?

Whether I'm outside or inside or at work

or at school or wherever I might be

am I mindful of Allah?

And we should make istighfar a regular part

of our routine not just regular but something

that we're constantly doing Because we all commit

sins we all make mistakes

and the way to get rid of these

mistakes is by seeking constant forgiveness from Allah

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

And we should be confident

that we are Muslims,

and we should be grateful to Allah that

he chose us to be Muslims

Because Allah only gives faith to those individuals

that he loves and this should be a

source of confidence for us.

And no matter what situation we find ourselves

in, we should always know that Allah is

with us, and we stay patient seeking his

pleasure

so that we can be in heaven enjoying

the everlasting bliss that Allah has prepared for

the believers.

Until next time.