Zia Sheikh – Tafseer Of Surah AlHadeed Session 2 from ayah 7 onwards
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I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed
Satan.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious,
the Most Merciful.
Believe in Allah and His Messenger and spend
from what He has made you, and be
successful therein.
Those of you who believe and spend, for
them is a great reward.
And what is the matter with you that
you do not believe in Allah?
And the Messenger invites you to believe in
your Lord, and He has already made a
covenant with you, if you are believers.
It is He who sends down clear signs
to His servant, to bring you out of
darkness into light.
And indeed, Allah is kind and merciful to
you.
And what is the matter with you that
you do not spend in the way of
Allah?
And to Allah belongs the inheritance of the
heavens and the earth.
It is not equal among you who spend
before the conquest and fight.
Those are greater in rank than those who
spend afterwards and fight.
And all of this Allah has promised good,
and Allah is Aware of what you do.
What is the matter with him who lends
Allah a goodly loan, and He multiplies it
for him, and for him is a generous
reward?
يوم ترى المؤمنين والمؤمنات يسعى نورهم بين أيديهم
وبأيمانهم يوم ترى المؤمنين والمؤمنات يسعى نورهم بين
أيديهم وبأيمانهم يوم ترى المؤمنين والمؤمنات يسعى نورهم
بين أيديهم وبأيمانهم يوم ترى المؤمنين والمؤمنات يسعى
نورهم بين أيديهم وبأيمانهم يوم ترى المؤمنين والمؤمنات
يسعى نورهم بين أيديهم وبأيمانهم يوم ترى المؤمنين
والمؤمنات يسعى نورهم بين أيديهم وبأيمانهم يوم ترى
المؤمنين والمؤمنات يسعى نورهم بين أيديهم وبأيمانهم يوم
ترى المؤمنين والم يوم
ترى المؤمنين والمؤمنات يسعى نورهم بين أيديهم وبأيمانهم
يوم ترى المؤمنين والمؤمنات يسعى نورهم بين أيديهم
وبأيمانهم يوم ترى المؤمنين والمؤمنات يسعى نورهم بين
أيديهم وبأيمانهم يوم ترى المؤمنين والمؤمنات يسعى نورهم
بين أيديهم وبأيمانهم يوم ترى المؤمنين والمؤمنات يسعى
نورهم بين أيديهم وبأيمانهم يوم ترى المؤمنين والمؤمنات
يسعى نورهم بين أيديهم وبأيمانهم يوم ترى المؤمنين
والمؤمنات يسعى نورهم بين أيديهم وبأيمانهم يوم ترى
المؤمنين والم فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْكُمْ فِدْيَةٌ وَلَا
مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَثَرُوا مَأْوَاكُمُ الْنَّارُ يَمَوْلَاكُمْ وَبِئْسَ
الْمَصِيْرُ We started Surah Al-Hadeed last week
and we covered six ayat.
Today inshallah we're going to be starting from
ayah number seven.
In the previous six ayat, the majority of
the ayat were related to the greatness of
Allah SWT.
His power and qualities were mentioned which are
not mentioned anywhere else in the Qur'an
like هو الأول والآخر والظاهر والباطن The fact
that He sends down rainwater, He makes the
night turn into day, the day into night
and so on and so forth.
So many many different qualities were mentioned about
Allah SWT in these first few verses of
Surah Al-Hadeed.
Now following the mentioning of these qualities, the
next thing comes and that is the command
of Allah SWT.
Basically, the power of Allah SWT is mentioned
and then the command is have iman in
that same Allah that we've been talking about
right now.
That same Allah that is mentioned in the
above verses, you should have recognized His power,
you should have recognized His greatness, you should
have recognized who He is and based upon
that, you should make a judgment of worshipping
Allah SWT and having iman in Him and
the Prophet that brings this message to you.
So this is what Allah SWT is saying
in this verse.
آمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ Have iman in Allah and
His Prophet.
وَأَنفِقُوا مِمَّا جَعَلَكُم مُسْتَخْلَفِينَ فِيهِ And spend from
that which Allah SWT has made you rulers
over.
So istikhlaf means to rule over something.
Khalifa is from the same word.
So Allah SWT gave you possession over something,
He gave you the power over something, He
gave you the control over something.
So spend from it, give back to Allah
SWT.
Allah SWT only put you in charge of
it temporarily.
Otherwise Allah SWT, He owns everything.
Just like the father when he gives his
son or daughter some candy and just wanting
to test him out, says, can you give
me one candy?
Just one, just give me one candy.
So just to test his affection and to
test his love, the father, he has no
need for the candy, he is the one
that gave it to the child in the
first place.
But he says to the child, can you
just give me one candy?
So Allah SWT is asking for the thing
that he gave us, he is just asking
for a portion of it back.
Not all of it, a portion of it,
some of it back.
And he is reminding us that he is
the one that gave it to us in
the first place.
مِمَّا جَعَلَكُم مُسْتَخْلِفِينَ فِيهِ He is the one
who made you mustakhlafeen, He made you in
charge of it.
So spend from it and give in charity.
فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَأَنْفَقُوا لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ Those
people that had iman from amongst you, iman
is the catalyst for the acceptance of all
good deeds, those people that had iman from
amongst you, and then they spent, only for
them there is a huge reward.
So this aspect of deeds, it's very important
to understand that Allah SWT has really no
need for our deeds.
He has no need for our amal, He
has no need for our prayers, He has
no need for our charity.
And ultimately it is not our deeds that
will enter us into paradise on the day
of judgement, it is the mercy of Allah
SWT.
So the verses which talk about the accumulation
of deeds, the counting of deeds, the weighing
of deeds, all of that, that is something
that we need to understand, it is only
Allah SWT giving us a taste of, and
to make us reflect upon our actions.
That's basically what it is.
That Allah SWT on the day of judgement,
going to weigh our deeds, good deeds, bad
deeds, etc.
It is for us to reflect on our
own life.
And to understand that, you know, this is
how I led my life, am I deserving
of Allah SWT's mercy or not?
So, and this concept of weighing of deeds
and measuring of deeds, it is something that
especially the right wing of Christians criticise nowadays.
They use it against the Muslims.
They say, look, you are not guaranteed salvation,
because we believe in Jesus Christ, we believe
in His being the son of God, and
Him dying on the cross for our sins,
we are guaranteed salvation, and we are absolutely
100% sure.
But you guys, you have to just do
these deeds, and have them weighed on the
day of judgement.
No, this is basically again, like I said,
just an indication for us, to show us
that how we led our lives.
Otherwise, if we were to compare our deeds,
with the blessings that Allah SWT has given
us, our deeds are nothing in comparison to
the blessings that Allah gave us.
So, if it was a tit for tat,
then obviously the blessings of Allah SWT far
outweigh our deeds.
So, our deeds are nothing in comparison to
that.
So, we need to understand that ultimately it
is the mercy of Allah SWT that will
lead us into paradise, and not our deeds.
But that doesn't mean obviously that we stop
doing deeds.
Those deeds are the means through which we
will get that mercy of Allah SWT.
After that, Allah says, You've heard all of
these verses, about the greatness of Allah SWT,
and you know that He is doing everything.
So, what is wrong with you?
What is your problem?
Why is it that you don't have Iman
in Allah SWT?
The Prophet is calling you, he is inviting
you, so that you have Iman in your
Lord.
So, the wording is very unique here.
Allah SWT is using an Izafa, possession, to
put us to shame a little bit.
And you probably hear it in our day
-to-day talk, we use it all the
time.
That when a person is being rude to
his father, the people around him will say,
Are you talking to your father like that?
This is your father.
Are you talking to him like that?
So this, your father, doesn't the son know
that he is the father?
Of course he knows.
But it's basically putting that child to shame,
the son to shame, making him think, yes,
he is my father, I shouldn't be talking
to him like that.
So similarly, لِتُؤْمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ The Prophet is calling
you, so that you would have Iman on
your Lord.
He is your provider, he is your sustainer.
He is giving you everything, he is providing
for you.
He is giving you life, he is giving
you air to breathe, he is giving you
water to drink, food to eat.
He is your Lord.
And you still don't have Iman on him?
You don't have any conviction in his Lordship?
So this, Allah SWT could have said, لِتُؤْمِنُوا
بِاللَّهُ To have Iman in Allah.
But it doesn't give that same meaning.
The Prophet is calling you, so that you
have Iman in your Lord.
وَقَدْ أَخَذَ مِثَاقَكُمْ إِن كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ And he
took your promise, if you are truly believers,
then this is the time to have Iman
in him.
So, he took your promise when?
When Allah SWT created us, there is a
mention of وَنْ أَحَدْ that took place, a
promise that took place between us and Allah
SWT in the Aalimul Arwah.
When Allah SWT says to all of the
souls that أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ Am I not your
Lord?
Everybody said, بَلَا Of course Allah SWT, you
are our Lord.
So that is that مِثَاقَ that Allah SWT
took from us.
Allah has taken this promise from you already.
إِن كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ If you are believers, then
this is a شَرْط, a condition, whose جَزَاة
has not been mentioned.
So what it means is that if you
are believers, then now is the time to
show your iman, now is the time to
believe, now is the time to obey Allah
SWT.
هُوَ الَّذِي يُنَزِّلُ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ لِيُخْرِجَكُمْ
مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ يَلَىٰ النُّورِ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُمْ لَرَؤُوفٌ
رَحِيمٌ Again, another quality that Allah SWT is
describing about Himself, and again, putting us to
shame a little bit, that He is the
one who sent upon His slave clear ayat,
the Quran of Allah SWT, clear ayat, the
miracles of Allah SWT He sent.
Why?
What was the purpose of sending the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam with these miracles?
لِيُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ يَلَىٰ النُّورِ The whole purpose
was to take you out from dhulumat, darknesses.
There are so many different types of darknesses.
There are darknesses of kufr, darknesses of shirk,
darknesses of bid'ah, darknesses of misguidance.
Different types of darknesses, so dhulumat, different types
of darknesses, but only one nur, one guidance,
one path, one correct thing to follow that
is only to worship Allah SWT.
So, He sent you to take you out
from those darknesses towards the nur of Allah
SWT.
Indeed, Allah SWT is with you, the ra
'oof, He is ra'oof, He is gentle
and merciful.
And again, Allah SWT asked the question again,
وَمَا لَكُمْ What's wrong with you?
وَمَا لَكُمْ أَلَّا تُنفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَمَا
لَكُمْ أَلَّا تُنفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ What is
wrong with you?
That you are not spending in the path
of Allah SWT.
وَلِلَّهِ مِرَاطُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ You are not spending.
The reality is that whatever you have, whatever
you have in your possession, whatever you have
in your bank account, whatever you have in
terms of all of your possessions, they are
given to you by Allah SWT.
That is the mirat of Allah SWT.
That is the inheritance of Allah SWT that
He bestowed upon you.
And when He asks you to give something
back, you don't want to give anything back
to Him.
Even though it belongs to Allah SWT.
Allah SWT is giving us a principle here.
And that is that when anybody starts any
type of project and it's just basically a
pipe dream in the beginning.
It's just a vision that somebody has in
the beginning.
To really see that vision and to join
in with that vision, it's very difficult for
people.
And because it's difficult to see that vision,
many people find it hard to contribute.
And that's exactly what happened with the Prophet
SAW.
The Prophet, when he came, he was alone.
Very few people with him.
So many difficulties, so many challenges.
But he was a visionary.
He had the vision that ultimately we're going
to get a conquest.
We're going to get victory.
But before getting that victory, there's going to
be many hardships and difficulties and trials and
tribulations.
So those people that joined with the Prophet
SAW and spent in the path of Allah
SWT and gave in charity, Allah SWT is
declaring about them, that the people who spent
in the beginning and the people who spent
after the victory, they are two different things.
The people who spent before, the people who
spent while difficulty was going on.
The people who spent right at the beginning
when Islam's victory was just a vision.
Those are the ones that you cannot be
equal to.
Their sacrifice is a huge sacrifice.
Many scholars actually say that this ayah was
revealed about Abu Bakr Siddiq.
So Abu Bakr was the one who stood
by with the Prophet SAW very staunchly in
very difficult circumstances and he spent a lot
in charity.
It's mentioned in Surah Al-Layl فَأَمَّا مَنْ
أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَةِ فَسَنُ يَسِلُهُ لِلْيُسْرَةِ Some
scholars say that those verses are actually about
Abu Bakr Siddiq.
The one who gave and he had the
taqwa of Allah SWT and he believed in
the truth.
Allah SWT says فَسَنُ يَسِلُهُ لِلْيُسْرَةِ So some
scholars also say that this ayah is referring
to Abu Bakr Siddiq.
But this principle even applies today.
If you think about it right at the
beginning when this masjid was not here or
any masjid or any institution, you know when
people start off with a vision, people find
it difficult to join in.
So you get a few who believe in
the concept and they start and they remain
steadfast and they see it through to the
end.
So obviously those people that made the biggest
sacrifices in the beginning, they are still reaping
the rewards now.
Right?
Because they were the ones who laid the
foundation for such institutions and such masjids.
Right?
So whenever somebody starts off a project, you
want to be the one who believes in
that project.
You should be the one who stands by
that person and joins in and unites with
his vision.
And inshaAllah when you see the project through
then you will be amongst the people who
other people cannot ever catch up with.
So Allah SWT says here لَا يَسْتَوِي مِنْكُمْ
مَنْ أَنْفَقَ مِنْ قَبْلِ الْفَتْحِ وَقَاتَلُ Nobody can
be equal from amongst you to those people
who spent before the victory وَقَاتَلُ and those
who fought before the victory.
أُولَٰئِكَ أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً مِّنَ الَّذِينَ أَنْفَقُوا مِّنْ بَعْدُ
وَقَاتِلُ They have a greater status than those
people that spent afterwards and they fought afterwards.
وَكُلَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهُ الْحُسْنَى It doesn't mean that
the ones who jumped on the bandwagon afterwards
they are not going to get anything.
Everybody is going to get a reward from
Allah SWT.
No doubt about it.
But the people who stepped in first they
are going to get the biggest reward.
وَاللَّهُ مِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ الْخَبِيرُ Allah SWT is ever
aware of what you are doing.
مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَاعِفَهُ
لَهُ وَلَهُ أَجْرٌ كَرِيمٌ Who is the one
who is going to give a loan to
Allah SWT?
So He multiplies it for him and in
addition to that He will give him a
huge reward.
So Allah SWT uses the word قَرْض in
a few places in the Quran to denote
when you take a قَرْض from somebody you
take it with the intention of giving it
back.
That's why Allah uses the word قَرْض.
Otherwise Allah SWT doesn't need any قَرْض from
us.
He doesn't need any loan from us.
He is Al-Ghani.
He is As-Samad.
He doesn't need anything from us.
But He uses the word قَرْض to denote
the fact that this has been taken from
you and it will be given back to
you.
Multiplied many times over.
Who is the one who is going to
give a loan to Allah SWT?
A good loan.
Now the word قَرْض حَسَن in this day
and age it means that you give a
loan with the intention of getting it paid
back.
Basically it means interest free loan, right?
قَرْض حَسَن But قَرْض حَسَن according to the
terminology of the Quran is actually a loan
that you expect back from Allah SWT after
death.
So the concept of قَرْض حَسَن basically means
interest free loan the terminology has been used
for something else other than what Allah SWT
meant it for.
قَرْض حَسَن actually means the real meaning, the
real wording is referring to taking the payment
back from Allah SWT in the Hereafter.
So Allah SWT will multiply it for him
and in addition to that he will get
a very generous reward which is the reward
of Paradise in the Hereafter.
And why do you need that reward in
the Hereafter?
Allah SWT goes into a very moving account
of what's going to happen on the Day
of Judgement.
It's very powerful and you know we need
to put ourselves in this situation to understand
how powerful this statement is of Allah SWT.
Allah says يَوْمَ تَرَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَسَعَى نُورُهُمْ
بَيْنَ أَيْدِهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَانِهِمْ On the Day of Judgement
you're going to see the believing men and
believing women.
Their Noor is going to rush in front
of them and to their sides.
So believers they're going to have a type
of Noor.
On the Day of Judgement everything is going
to be pitch black.
And the believers they're going to have a
Noor with them.
They're going to have a light with them.
And with this light they're going to be
able to cross over the bridge.
Otherwise pitch black you cannot see anything.
So this light Allah SWT will give to
the people of Iman.
And Allah SWT will tell them بُشْرَاكُمُ الْيَوْمَ
جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا ذَٰلِكَ
هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ Glad tidings for you today
are the gardens of Paradise.
Underneath there are rivers flowing underneath these gardens.
خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا They will stay inside them forever
and ever.
This is the greatest success.
Now these are the believers.
They have this Noor that they will have
that will guide them and they will be
able to cross into Paradise with the blessing
of this Noor.
But what about the Munafiqeen?
What about the disbelievers?
They have nothing.
Because they didn't do any they didn't have
Iman, so their a'mal not going to be
accepted because their a'mal not accepted they don't
have any Noor with them.
They are in pitch darkness.
So what do they do?
You know when a person is driving his
car and his highlights his headlights are not
working.
What does he do?
He latches on to somebody else who's headlights
are working and tries to see using the
person's in front, his headlights.
He tailgates and uses the light produced by
that person's lights.
So this is what these Munafiqeen are going
to do.
Allah SWT describes them.
يَوْمَ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتُ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنظُرُونَ
نَقْتَبِسْ مِنْ نُورِكُمْ On the day the Munafiq,
the hypocrite men and women they will say
to the people of Iman, wait for us
نَقْتَبِسْ مِنْ نُورِكُمْ نَقْتَبِسْ مِنْ نُورِكُمْ We want
to take some of your light.
It will be told to them اِرْجِعُوا وَرَاءَكُمْ
فَلْتَمِسُوا نُورًا اِرْجِعُوا وَرَاءَكُمْ فَلْتَمِسُوا نُورًا Go back
and seek your Noor from where you're supposed
to get it.
So there's two or three meanings of this.
That either they are physically going to be
told go back from here.
Don't stand by the believers.
Go back a little bit and you'll get
the Noor from back there somewhere.
And they will physically move back and then
a punishment will be, a wall will be
placed between them and the believers.
That's one meaning.
Another meaning is that they're going to be
told this as what we call Taubih in
Arabic as a form of ridicule.
That they're going to be told this that
what you're supposed to have done was in
the worldly life you're supposed to have earned
your Noor.
So go back if you can to the
worldly life.
Go back to your life and see if
you can bring back the Noor now.
Obviously they can't do it.
So they're as a form of ridicule they're
going to be told, اِرْجِعُوا وَرَاءَكُمْ فَلْتَمِسُوا نُورًا
Go back and seek Noor from where you're
supposed to have got it.
Then after that Allah SWT says, فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ
بِسُورِ اللَّهُ بَابٌ Between the Munafiqeen and the
Believers a wall is going to be put
up which has a door inside it.
So the Believers on one side, the Munafiqeen
on the other side.
What the Believers see on their side is
Rahmah, Paradise, Reward.
But the Munafiqeen on their side, they cannot
get close to this wall because this wall
has fire and punishment and everything in front
of it.
So Allah says, فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُورِ اللَّهُ بَابٌ
A wall is going to be put up
between them which has a door.
بَاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةِ On the inside, on the
hidden side there's going to be mercy, meaning
on the inside of the side of the
Believers there's going to be mercy.
وَظَاهِرُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابِ On the apparent side,
on the front side there's going to be
a punishment which will prevent the Munafiqeen, the
hypocrites from getting through.
And the next verse is so heart-rending.
يُنَادُونَهُمْ These Munafiqeen are going to call out.
أَلَمْنَكُمْ مَعَكُمْ Didn't we used to be with
you?
Didn't we used to pray with you?
Didn't we used to stand with you and
yourselves?
Didn't we used to give also in charity?
Didn't we used to do good deeds?
Didn't we used to have Muslim names?
يُنَادُونَهُمْ أَلَمْنَكُمْ مَعَكُمْ The response will be, بَلَا
Yes you were.
وَلَكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنْتُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ But you put yourself to
trial.
Meaning by having Kufr inside you and not
having Iman, true Iman you put yourself to
trial, you put yourself to punishment.
وَتَرَبَّسْتُمْ And you waited.
Meaning you waited for something, some kind of
miracle to come to you to make you
believe but that miracle was not coming.
You wanted something special to come, you continued
to wait and it's not coming.
وَرْتَبْتُمْ You continued to be in doubt.
وَغَرَّتْكُمُ الْأَمَانِيُ And aspirations and desires basically fooled
you.
وَغَرَّكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ And وَغَرَّكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ And
the real trickster, the Shaitaan, he fooled you
into not believing in Allah SWT.
So these are the things that happen with
the Munafiqeen.
The Munafiqeen, they claim that we were with
the believers.
We did everything with the believers.
But inside, everything was hollow.
Nothing, there was no Iman inside.
Only Kufr and Shirk inside.
And doubts, thinking about worldly aspirations, worldly desires,
not thinking about the Hereafter, that is the
kind of lifestyle they had.
And the Shaitaan continued to fool them into
believing that they are doing the right thing.
Finally Allah SWT says, فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنكُمْ
فِدْيَةٌ وَلَا مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُونَ Today, no Fidya,
no ransom is going to be taken from
you.
Okay, so there is a Riwayat which suggests
that even if the world was multiplied ten
times, and the person was in possession of
this whole world which is ten times bigger
than this world, with all of its riches
and wealth and everything, and they try to
give that as Fidya to save themselves from
the Hereafter, from the punishment of the Hereafter,
it will not be taken from them, it
will not be accepted from them.
وَلَا مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُونَ Neither from you or
Munafiqeen or hypocrites, and also not from the
disbelievers.
مَأْوَاكُمُ النَّارُ Your abode is the Hellfire.
هِيَ مَوْلَاكُمْ It is going to be your
refuge.
It is going to be the place where
you end up.
وَبِعْسَ الْمَصِيرِ And such a bad abode it
is.
So I pray that Allah SWT gives us
Tawfiq to understand and practice what has been
said and heard, and gives us Tawfiq to
have true and proper Iman, and stay away
from all forms of Nifaq and hypocrisy, so
that we are not included amongst the Munafiqeen
that have been mentioned here.
أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله لي ولكم ورسالة
المسلمين فاستغفروا إنه والغفر رحيم