Saturday 7 August 2021
Surah Al Kahf - Ayah No 24
Assalam o Alaikum. Shab-e-Juma Mubarak. Al Kahf Time. Let's get into Al Kahf (The Cave) i.e. Al Quran for protection against our enemy at large who has avowed to attack us from left, right, center and back wherever he sniffed an opportunity. We are weak and vulnerable because The Maker in The Manual mentioned,(خلق الانسان ضعيفا),' Man is created weak' 04:28. Mindful, that enemy doesn't hold our hands and makes us do things. He has the permission to run in our blood and appoint an altar ego (قرین) upon us. The bad news is that Shaitan is not weak, however, the good new is (ان كيد الشيطان كان ضعيفا) ,'Surely the strategy of the Shaitan is weak' 04:76. Weak strategy is bound to fail. His mission is to deceive the mankind to increase numbers of his companions in hell. To this end, he foxes our good judgment by whispers (وسوسے) in our heads/hearts. He is aware that if we use our good judgement, he wouldn't succeed in his revengeful mission. This cat and mouse shall continue till our last breath.
What are our most vulnerable spots? Since we evolved in our methods, so has the enemy tactics. He is still doing alright in realm of cardinal sins. However, being master of deception, he has identified our two exploitable vulnerabilities; firstly, material insecurity (فکر معاش) and second falling below dignity by committing any degree of vulgarity (بے حیائی). And it seems that he is making good in these domains.
Our defence, in this instance is to hold on to The Rope (Al Quran) tight. Its one end (Master Copy) is kept up there which Archangel brought down in parts and put it straight into the heart of Prophet (PBUH). The Rope won't fail us, however our loose grip (weak faith) can.
Moving over to today's Ayah No 24 which is continuation of previous Ayah. Although, the enemy is relentless but our ally is his Creator. We need to listen to our Merciful Teacher and Friend who only wants us to avoid these boobytraps and succeed. We concluded in previous Ayah that we must not forget to say Insha Allah while talking about any future happening. Knowing our limitation of forgetfulness, The Merciful Teacher has taught us to refer the matter to Him, the moment we realise that we had forgotten to say Insha Allah with the conviction that He swt would guide us nearer the right conduct. How considerate!!!
Lastly, the real game changer i.e.four expressions الحمدالله، سبحان الله، ماشاءالله، انشاءالله may sound like everyday/household utterances of "practising people', whereas these are four precious pearls of Quran. Allah swt gifted these to us. Only if we could believe in what we say, the impact might transcend every dimension of time and space.
May Allah swt bless us with the conviction in our beliefs. Ameen
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