A true believer is always praying and beseeching his Creator, Allah, The Almighty, The Most Forgivable and Most Merciful to invoke His limitless mercy to forgive their sins and save them from those whose final abode will be the chastisement of the painful life of the Hell. They prostrate in front of their Lord and beg:
وَالَّذِيۡنَ يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ رَبَّنَا اصۡرِفۡ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَـنَّمَ ۖ اِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا ۖ
(25:65) who entreat: "Our Lord! Ward off from us the chastisement of Hell, for its chastisement is one that clings."
This verse from Surah 25 Al Furqan is in fact continuation of description of the true believers that is explained in the previous two verses (63-64), which read:
(25:63) The true servants of the Merciful One are those who walk on the earth gently and when the foolish ones address them, they simply say: "Peace to you"; (25:64) who spend the night prostrating themselves before their Lord and standing;
The above two verses explain the characteristics of a true believer who is fearful of Allah and who avoids the foolish and spend the night standing and prostrating before their Lord and entreating: "Our Lord! Ward off from us the chastisement of Hell, for its chastisement is one that clings." They know that the torment of hell would be ever-present and never ending. Everything that strikes the son of Adam, then disappears, does not constitute an inseparable, permanent punishment. The inseparable, permanent punishment is that which lasts as long as heaven and earth.
The chastisement that clings means a punishment which will be everlasting and the dwellers of Hell will not be able to separate them from the comeuppance for it will never leave them even for a second and will cling to their bodies for ever. They will die and come back to life, again to die and relive and this tormented cycle would continue for ever.
It is for this reason that this is a prayer of humility: such a person relies, not on any good works which he may have done, but on the Grace and Mercy of Allah; and he shows a lively sense of the Day of Judgment, when every action will weigh for or against a soul.
The verse continues as:
اِنَّهَا سَآءَتۡ مُسۡتَقَرًّا وَّمُقَامًا
(25:66) Verily it is a wretched abode and resting place."
The misery which results from sin is not only grievous to live in ("an abode") but also grievous "to rest in" or "to stand in", if it be only for a short time. That is, their worship has not made them vain and proud to presume that they are the beloved ones of Allah and that the Fire of Hell will not touch them. On the other hand, in spite of all their worship and good deeds, they are so filled with the fear of the torment of Hell that they pray to their Lord to save them from it, for they do not depend upon their own work for success in the Hereafter but upon the mercy of Allah.
May Allah help us understand Qur'ān and help us to act upon the commandments of Allah contained therein. Aameen.
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For more Selected Verses, please refer to our reference page: Selected Invocations / Dua " دُعا " from the Qur'an. You may also refer to our Reference Pages for knowing more about Islam and Qur'ān.
An effort has been made to gather explanation / exegesis of the surahs / verses (ayat) of the Qur'ān from authentic sources and then present a least possible condensed explanation of the surah. In that:
- The plain translation has been taken from the Qur'ān officially published by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. [1]
- The exegesis of the chapters of the Quran is mainly based on the "Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Qur'an" by one of the most enlightened scholars of the Muslim World Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi. [2]
In order to augment and add more explanation as already provided by [2], additional input has been interjected from following sources:
- Towards Understanding the Quran
- Tafsir Ibn Khatir
- Muhammad Asad Translation
- Javed Ahmad Ghamidi / Al Mawrid
- Al-Quran, Yusuf Ali Translation
- Verse by Verse Qur'an Study Circle
In addition the references of other sources which have been explored have also been given above. Those desirous of detailed explanations and tafsir (exegesis), may refer to these sites.
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2 comments:
Jazak Allah khair for sharing Quranic Quotes n its translation.
May Almighty Allah save us all from Hell fire.
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