QURAN CHAPTER - 40
Al-Mumin - The Believer
Revealed - Meccan
Ruku - 9
Ayat - 85
Theme - This Surah describes 2 kinds of activities by disbelievers of Makkah against the Holy Prophet.
1 - They were creating every kind of suspicion and misgiving in the minds of the people about the teaching of the Quran and the message of Islam.
2 - They were preparing the ground for putting an end to the Holy Prophet himself.
- Both aspects of this have been clear]y stated at the very outset, and then the whole following discourse is a most effective and instructive review of them.
- As an answer to the conspiracies of murder, the story of the Believer of the people of Pharaoh has been narrated and through this story 3 different lessons have been taught to the 3 groups:
(1) The disbelievers have been admonished: "Whatever you intend to do against Muhammad (SWS), the same did the Pharaoh with his might intend against the Prophet Moses. Now, would you like to meet with the same fate with which he met by plotting such conspiracies?"
(2) The Prophet Muhammad (SWS) and his followers have been taught the lesson:
- "These wicked people may apparently be very strong and powerful and you very weak and helpless against them, yet you should rest assured that the might of that God Whose Word you are trying to raise high is superior to every other power."
- Therefore, you should only seek Allah's refuge in response to every and any dreadful threat that they utter against you, and then busy yourself after this in fearlessly performing your mission.
- The God-worshiper has only one answer to every threat of the tyrant: 'I have taken refuge in my Lord and your Lord against every arrogant person who does not believe in the Day of Reckoning.'
(3) Besides these two, there was a third group of the people also in the society, who had been convinced in their hearts that the Truth was only on the side of the Prophet Muhammad (SWS), and that the disbelieving Quraish were being unjust and cruel.
- But in spite of the conviction they were watching quietly and unconcerned the conflict between the Truth and falsehood. Allah here has aroused their conscience as if to say:
- "When the enemies of the Truth have openly plotted, in front of your very eyes, it would be a sad reflection on you if you still remained indifferent. Under such conditions, unless a person's conscience has wholly become dead, he should rise and perform the duty, which a righteous man from among the courtiers of Pharaoh himself had performed at a time when the Pharaoh had made up his mind to kill the Prophet Moses. The circumstances that prevent you from raising your voice had also obstructed the way of the Believer, but he had full faith in Allah and disregarded all expediency; then note that the Pharaoh was not able to do him any harm."
In the same connection, the disbelievers have been warned again and again to the effect: "If you do not desist from wrangling against the Revelations of Allah, you will be doomed to the same fate as the nations of the past. Much worse torment awaits you in the Hereafter. Then you will repent, but it will be too late. "
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