QURAN CHAPTER - 113
Al-Falaq – The Day break
Revealed - Meccan
Ruku - 1
Ayat - 5
Theme - In this Surah the Holy Prophet (SAW) was commanded to tell the people: "I seek refuge with the Lord of the dawn, from the evil of everything that He has created, and from the evil of the darkness of night and from the evil of magicians, men and women, and from the evil of the envious"
This is similar to what the Prophet Moses had been told to say when Pharaoh had expressed his design before his full court to kill him:
- "I have taken refuge with my Lord and your Lord against every arrogant person who does not believe in the Day of Reckoning." (Al-Mu'min: 27)
- "I have taken refuge with my Lord and your Lord lest you should assail me." (Ad-Dukhan:20)
- On both occasions these illustrious Prophets of Allah were confronted with well-equipped, resourceful and powerful enemies.
- On both occasions they stood firm on their message of Truth against their strong opponents, whereas they had no material power on the strength of which they could fight them, and on both occasions they utterly disregarded the threats and dangerous plans and hostile devices of the enemy, saying:
"We have taken refuge with the Lord of the universe against you." Obviously, such firmness and steadfastness can be shown only by the person who has the conviction that the power of His Lord is the supreme power, that all powers of the world are insignificant against Him, and that no one can harm the one who has taken His refuge.
Only such a one can say: "I will not give up preaching the Word of Truth. I care the least for what you may say or do, for I have taken refuge with my Lord and your Lord and Lord of all universe."
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