Gems  from  Surah  Ash-­‐Shams  ayat  11-­‐13  13th  November  2013  Tafseer  Surah  Ash-­‐Shams  Lecture  by  Sister  Eman  al  Obaid  

             We don’t need anything in between Allah and ourselves. Once we open the Quran we are in direct

touch with Allah having a One-to-one conversation. In actual terms we cannot really hear Allah subhana wata'ala but the Quran is KALAMULLAH—the word of Allah subhana wata’ala Often we are so overwhelmed in life and are confused…. Sitting down and reading the Quran with understanding we realize SubhaanAllah that Allah is actually guiding us and giving a solution to our problems through the Ayats of KALAMULLAH. Alhamdulillah Quran is ALSHIFA-ALEEMA-T-USSUDOOR Shifah means remedy or cure for all diseases. Quran is a solution for all our problems, sickness internal or external.     Huudan-­‐-­‐guide  Quran   is       Hidayat-­‐-­‐-­‐shows  the  path       Nooran-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐  enlightens  our  life      Our  life’s  aim  is  to  walk  on  the  path  Allah  has  told  us  to  the  right  path    

This path isn’t easy; it is difficult with Satan around us so Allah Subhana wata’ala has provided us with KALAMULLAH for our support and guide. • Support because we wont lose hope and give up in

time of hardship • Guidance from the mistakes previous nations made,

we are taught lessons of good and bad encouraging us to lead on to SEERAT-UL-MUSTAKEEN.

   ALHAMDULILLAHI  RABIL  AALAMEEN.    Now lets continue with Surah ASH-SHAMS-the sun. In this surah itself Allah takes oath by 11 things. • By the sun and its light • By the moon and its light • By the day and sunrise • By the night and its darkness • By the heaven and its CONSTRUCTOR • By the earth that is spread out • By nafs and who apportioned it • Then he showed it its fujor and its taqwa

If a person wishes for something’s Allah gives him so if we wish for good than Allah blesses us with that good and if we wish for bad then Allah gives him that too. The one who purifies his soul and heart Allah grants you success.

We can purify our soul by: - acquiring knowledge Knowing Allah Knowing the Quran All of this is purifying you with KALAMULLAH This was the recap of surah ash shams till ayat 10  

 

 

 

       The next 3 Ayats will talk about Thamud. They were a nation dwelling in the Arab Peninsula who were intelligent and powerful but were Disbelievers. So thus their value as humans wasn’t much since they were not believers. So Allah sent a messenger to their nation----Salih aalayi as salaam who would convey Allah’s message to them and guide them to faith and believe in Allah. Allah provided him with a miracle –a special gift as Allah had bestowed upon all his Messengers. The nation was asked to choose a miracle that would lead to believe in Allah So they asked a rock to be turned in to a pregnant she-camel. So Allah fulfilled their wish and provided them with a she camel and also put forth a condition. The condition was that one day was solely allocated to the she-camel drinking and other day solely to the tribe. The she-camel by Allah’s will won’t transgress on their drinking day! Now the nation had to abide by this law. Water was a scarce resource in the Arab peninsula so now having a full day solely allocated to the she-camel was too much for the nation to bear so their evil minds started planning evil. This is the brief story of the Thamud nation.

     Ayat  11      

   THAMUD  DENIES  THROUGH  THEIR  TRANSGRESSION.    Allah  informs  that  Thamud  rejected  their  messenger  because  of  the  injustice  they  practiced.  This  resulted  in  rejection  in  their  hearts  for  the  guidance  and  conviction  their  Messenger  came  with.        

  Denied-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐  Bi-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐stands  for  their  

Is  transgression          Transgression  is  basically  exceeding  your  boundary/limit.  On  the  Day  of  Judgment  there  are  2  categories  of  people  Believers  Non-­‐believers.    Believers  are  truthful  their  talks  have  value  and  they  will  receive  their  due  rewards.  On  the  other  hand  non-­‐believers  are  liars  and  they  reject  the  truth  for  which  they  will  be  duly  punished!    Now  we  don’t  have  miracles  like  she-­‐camels  but  we  have  KALAMULLAH  to  learn  our  lessons  and  teachings  from.  The  sun,  moon,  earth  are  all  creation  and  miracles  of  Allah  that  are  working  in  harmony  and  in  estimated  balance.  And  look  at  us  humans  how  Allah  has  perfected  each  of  us  with  our  unique  beauty  SubhaanAllah                      Ayat  12  

From  shaqah-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐      Among  the  most  wicked    WHEN  THEIR  MOST  WICKED  WENT  FORTH.  MEANING:  -­‐  Since  evil  thoughts  crossed  their  mind  they  wanted  to  kill  the  she-­‐camel  but  who  would  do  that.  Now  each  tribe  has  one  criminal  or  wicked  person  who  has  no  fear  of  doing  anything  wrong.  Being  a  disbeliever  he  has  no  fear  of  Allah  also  and  no  guilt  that  he  is  disobeying  Allah.  So  the  people  sent  this  person  forward  to  do  evil  which  he  also  wasn’t  able  to  to  do  So  he  drank  and  drank  till  he  was  drunk  and  then  went  to  kill.      

   Ayat  13    

         

 Don’t  harm  Allah’s  she-­‐camel  

   But  the  wicked  person  didn’t  care  for  the  warning  

because  he  being  a  non-­‐believer  has  no  guilt  or  fear  of  Allah.  But  a  believer  is  opposite,  if  he  errs  in  Allah’s  command  he  will  feel  guilty  for  his  action  because  he  knows  Allah  is  watching.  

Allah  knows  that  no  matter  what  will  happen  this  tribe  will  transgress  yet  when  Allah  sees  them  disobeying  

he  sends  a  messenger  Salih  aalayhis-­‐salam  to  stop  them  and  give  them  final  warning…  but  being  arrogant  the  wicked  person  pays  no  heed  and  kills  the  she-­‐camel.  

 Inshallah  will  continue  next  class.  May  Allah  accept  all  our  intentions  and  hard  work    Amen  Ya  rabbul-­‐aalameen.