Allah says
الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ 1
Those who say, “Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the torment of the Fire.” 1
{Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the torment of the Fire} They pleaded for God’s favor upon them by granting them success in faith, to forgive them their sins and protect them from the evil of their effects, which is the torment of Hell, then he detailed the descriptions of piety.
A view of the verse
Here in this facet, God - Glory be to Him - speaks about the characteristics of the believers who deserve Paradise, a few of whose descriptions were mentioned in the previous facet, and among the first of their characteristics are these, among their attributes (sayings)
Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the torment of the Fire
You may think that it is something normal, and God - the Almighty - does not care about words that contradict actions, or that are devoid of good intentions in any way. God does not look at our images or shapes, but at the hearts that are inside the chests, therefore, if our words are sincere and come from the heart, we will be in a place with God Almighty, and God is Most High and Most Knowing.
Allah says
الصَّابِرِينَ وَالصَّادِقِينَ وَالْقَانِتِينَ وَالْمُنْفِقِينَ وَالْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ 17
17 The patient, the truthful, the always obedient, the spenders, and those who seek forgiveness at dawn.
{The patient} themselves in obedience to what God loves, in disobeying Him, and in His painful decrees, {and the truthful} in their faith, their words, and their circumstances, {and the spenders} of what God has provided them with various types of expenditures on needy relatives and others, {and those who seek forgiveness at dawn} among their good qualities is the mention of their contempt for themselves and that they do not see themselves as a state or a position, but rather they see themselves as sinners who have fallen short, so they seek forgiveness from their Lord, and they expect times of answer, which are magic.
A view of the verse
Among their attributes (the actions)
1 - The patient ones
Patience is self-luminous light, and self-luminous light is more general and comprehensive than light. The sun is self-luminous light and the moon is just light, and the light of patience illuminates for you the end of the darkness (the problem you are in)
We all claim to be patient, and I will not tell you about the three types of patience (patience for obedience - patience to be without disobedience - patience for calamity, and there is a hidden type - patience for showing obedience) which we all memorize in theory, but the test shows everything about the quality of our patience. Would we be patient if we were stripped of everything like Ayoub- peace be upon him - or just one passing incident that took years? Everything in this life requires patience, with patience, problems are solved because it takes time, and time solves every problem that has no solution. Either the events and people in your problem change, or you forget about it and it becomes smaller in your eyes, or it is solved by the grace of God, and God is Most High and All-Knowing. If you noticed with me that the first characteristic of the inheritors of Paradise (patience) To be patient with God’s giving to you (which is limited), to be patient with God’s gifts to many creation around you while you are deprived of a certain blessing that they possess, to be patient to be obedient and hidden from the eyes (hidden piety), or to be patient with calamities are all types of patience that require patience, which is do not be alarmed or angry, and let us know that we are not children yet, We have grown in this religion because of God’s grace upon us, and so the more you learn, the more your religious burdens will increase, including patience. Why? To convey your experience to others about patience, not because they are God’s witnesses over you, but experience is better than the empty, theoretical statements that we sing about day and night when we expose ourselves to the Islamic call, and let us remember the saying (If we speak, we are all people with principles, and if we act, we are people with interests).
2 - The truthful ones
I will not tell you about the reward for honesty in Islam. This is a shame for us to remind ourselves of the basics. We all memorize the hadith of the Messenger of God - may God bless him and grant him peace - even though the hadith is weak, we can rely on it (the aforementioned hadith was narrated by Malik in “Al-Muwatta” (2/990)) 19) On the authority of Safwan bin Sulaym that he said: “It was said to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace: Can a believer be a coward? He said: (Yes), then it was said to him: Can a believer be stingy? He said : (Yes), so it was said to him: Can the believer be a liar? He said: (No). From his path, it was narrated by Al-Bayhaqi in Shu’ab Al-Iman (6/456) (4472). It is a weak hadith., Because it is mursal or problematic, since Safwan bin Sulaym did not catch up with the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, so he is one of the Tabi’een, so it is possible that one or two narrators other than the Companions were omitted from the chain of transmission.))
The witness from the noble hadith
We all claim to believe, but if we lie, we have fallen out of the circle of faith until we are honest again, and on the subject of honesty we put some points:
A - The Messenger - may God bless him and grant him peace - before his call to Islam was called (the honest and trustworthy). So if you expose yourself to people inviting them to God, then be honest come first.
B - The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Indeed, honesty leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise, and indeed a man tells the truth in order to be truthful...) There is a great verse in Surat Al-Baqarah that calls us to different types of righteousness, and here is the hadith of the Messenger - may God bless him and grant him peace - summarizing for us the path of righteousness (with honesty) This is one, as for the other (Indeed, a man is truthful, and in another narration, “and seeks honesty” until he is a sedeeq of the view of God. So what is a sedeeq? A sedeeq : the one who exaggerates in honesty.
And look at the accuracy of the Messenger of God’s wording
(and investigate) as if it means that he is making investigations about the word before it comes out of his mouth. May God’s blessings be upon Muhammad, and please: Be truthful or be a Sedeeq who will circumvent the matter and your honesty will return to you with good.
3 - Al-Qantin
They are those who submit to God, are humble to God, and persist in prayer, these are qualities that only the humble and those who love this religion can possess, and they require patience.
4 - The spenders The Qur’an contains several verses about the virtue of spending, and spending is not just money, even if it is higher. Spending is from money - from prestige, from physical strength, from knowledge...etc. It is said that the dinar was given this name because it is “religion” and “fire.” If you spend it on something good, God will accept it and it is your religion, and if it is the other, then it is your fire - God forbid.
5 - Those who seek forgiveness at dawn
It is easy for the one for whom God made it easy. Seeking forgiveness is a blessing that deserves gratitude, like hearing, sight, etc. You inspire seeking forgiveness. God Almighty wants to forgive you, If you inspire praise, God loves to increase you, and if you inspire humility: God Almighty wants to remove you from the misfortunes of yourself. Just pay attention to the remembrance that you inspire, and of course God is Most High and Most Knowing.
So, the inhabitants of Paradise
Not empty statements, we are not Muslims and that is enough - not we have grown old in Islam and that is enough, but rather words from the heart and actions that fit the meaning of the words.
Allah says
شَهِدَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَأُولُو الْعِلْمِ قَائِمًا بِالْقِسْطِ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ 18
God bears witness that there is no god but Him, And the angels and those with knowledge are upholding that He stand with justice, there is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise 18
This is a report from God Almighty in the greatest ways that require it, which is His testimony, the Almighty, and the testimony of the elite of creation, namely the angels and the people of knowledge. as for His testimony, the Almighty, in the arguments and conclusive proofs that He has established for His monotheism, and that there is no god but Him, then the type of evidence in the horizons and souls of this great principle, and if it were nothing to do with that, no one would support His monotheism without supporting it against the ungrateful polytheist who denies monotheism, and likewise His great bounties, in which there is no blessing for the servants except from Him, and no one repels vengeance except Him, and all of creation is incapable of benefiting or harming themselves or others, this is conclusive proof of the necessity of monotheism and the invalidity of polytheism. As for the testimony of the angels about this, we benefit from it by God informing us of this and informing His messengers, as for the testimony of scholars, it is because they are the authority in all religious matters, especially in the greatest, most important, and noblest matters, which is monotheism.
A view of the verse
- When do you testify in court for someone? When you ask for testimony? When do you testify in a case without being asked to testify at? When establishing a right and abolishing a wrong, and being free and honest and loving the good for everyone, this is one of our qualities as human beings. If we did, God Almighty would not have asked Him for anyone to testify for Himself that He is upholding justice, Yet he testified for himself, even though at least half of the Earth's population did not believe in him, - God’s testimony to Himself that there is no god other than Him, and whoever bears witness to that - Glory be to Him - The Angels: Yes, they are obedient and do what they are commanded and those who are with Him as well ( the scholars ) why are they also obedient and do what they are told like angels? They are not human, but the higher your level of knowledge, the less you deny, and the higher your level of fairness, the closer you are to true knowledge, namely, the existence of God, Blessed and Most High, so God fears the scholars. It is not God who is afraid, but rather the true scholars fear Him and know His Honor- Glory be to Him.
Standing with justice: Someone may ask: The earth is full of injustice, so where is God’s justice? When you build a family and raise children, or create a company with employees, You put your principles on the table and impose them on them by law, whether family law or company laws. After years of knowledge, understanding and training, do you follow an employee and see how he does, or do you punish him after the knowledge and laws reach him and only then, what do I mean?
God - the Almighty - created us, and sent down to us the heavenly messages, the basis of which is (His individuals, Glory be to Him - worship), then secondly, thirdly, and tenthly, the relations between people, so if you find injustice, do not doubt except the people and not the religion or the Lord of this religion, for Muslims are not Islam, Islam is higher, more general, and more comprehensive than Muslims, and it is not responsible for the actions of Muslims, but only holds them accountable for them.
There is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise
We agreed that there is no god other than Him - Glory be to Him - so what is the Mighty, the Wise? Al-Aziz: the mighty, The victorious one whom no one can defeat, Al-Hakim: The one who puts everything in its right place at the right time, what this means is: If you are one of His alone in divinity: keep in mind that you will never deceive Him, and your cunning will never prevail over His control, and nothing will be placed in His possession except with wisdom, nor will it be removed except with wisdom, and when you say there is no god but God, remember these two names well among the number of His beautiful names - Glory be to Him - because He and Himself are the ones who chose these two names to associate them with There is no god but God in the verse of testimony, and God is Most High and Most Knowing.
Allah says
إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ ۗ وَمَا اخْتَلَفَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُ بَغْيًا بَيْنَهُمْ ۗ وَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ 19
Indeed, the religion with Allah is Islam. And those who were given the Book did not differ except after knowledge had come to them, out of envy among themselves, Indeed, the religion with Allah is Islam. And those who were given the Book did not differ except after knowledge had come to them, out of envy among themselves.
And when He decided that He is the true God to be worshiped, He distinguished between worship and the religion by which He should be worshiped and judged, which is Islam, which is submission to God through His monotheism and obedience to which His Messengers called and His books urged, and He is the one who does not accept any religion other than it.
A view of the verse
Do you own a multinational company? Do you have a product that has several versions? It is permissible, if: If I take your product and take one of its many versions and say this is my favorite, can anyone mistake your opinion or your preferences? Impossible, isn't it? the heavenly religions are all versions of God - Blessed and Most High - and His preference for Islam. No one asks Him what He does, and they are asked
The People of the Book (Jews and Christians) did not differ until after knowledge
Are you a religious scholar? Are you Sunni or Shiite? There are many temptations in life, from which rarely anyone survives unless God Almighty saves him, such as (knowledge, beauty, money, prestige, etc.) Why? because it raises the ego in the soul and the person feels that he has a higher value than those around him. If you attain some knowledge and your humility increases, do not fear for yourself, and if it is the other, then you are fascinated, and God is Most High and Most Knowing.
Unrighteousness among them
Transgression: injustice and transgression, or it is the departure of a group of Muslims who have immunity against the true Imam, and whoever disbelieves in the verses of God, then God is quick to accountable.
Allah says
فَإِنْ حَاجُّوكَ فَقُلْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّهِ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِ ۗ وَقُلْ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْأُمِّيِّينَ أَأَسْلَمْتُمْ ۚ فَإِنْ أَسْلَمُوا فَقَدِ اهْتَدَوْا ۖ وَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَاغُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بَصِيرٌ بِالْعِبَادِ 20)
If they dispute with you, say, “I have submitted my face to God, And those who follow me, and say to those who were given the Book and to the unlettered people, “Have you submitted, if they submit, then they are guided and if they turn away, then your duty is only to convey the message. And God sees His servants. 20)
Then God Almighty commanded His Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, when arguing with Christians and others who prefer something other than the religion of Islam, to say to them: “I have submitted my face to God and those who follow, that is: I and those who follow me have acknowledged, testified, and surrendered our faces to our Lord, and abandoned anything other than the religion of Islam, and we are certain of its invalidity. This is a sign of support for those who covet you, and a renewal of your religion when doubts arise.
Allah says
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ النَّبِيِّينَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَيَقْتُلُونَ الَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْقِسْطِ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ 21
Indeed, those who disbelieve in the verses of God and kill the prophets unjustly and they kill those from among the people who command justice, so give them good tidings of a painful punishment. 21
These are the people about whom God told us in this verse, the most severe of crimes, and that is: a greater crime than disbelief in the verses of God, which conclusively indicates the truth that whoever disbelieves in them is extremely disbelieving and stubborn, and they kill the prophets of God, whose rights are the most obligatory of rights for the servants after the rights of God, for these heinous crimes, they deserved the most severe punishment, which is painful torment of extreme severity that cannot be described, and its painful extent to bodies, hearts and souls is incalculable.
A view of the verse
Indeed, those who disbelieve in the verses of God
We agreed that the signs of God are multiple, and disbelief in language is covering up something that exists and you know that it exists, then you put a cover on it and say that nothing exists, like putting a cover on a well containing water, and saying there is no water while you are certain that water exists, so the idea that you see the verse and know that it is from God or indicates the existence of God and then you disbelieve, then you have condemned yourself to disbelief - may God protect us -
And they kill the prophets
Who dares to kill God's prophets? They are the Jews, and perhaps others, who kill God’s prophets in cold blood, and they do not fear God’s punishment for them, and God’s prophets are attributed to God - the Almighty - so can you kill the lion’s son in the forest? It is a dare that has no way other than immediate punishment and not one that extends over time and place.
And they kill those who command justice among the people
Who are the people who command justice? The scholars - the preachers to God Almighty - are mostly insightful, as if he is saying to God: We do not want such a man among us, It is a type of violation of the will of God Himself. God Almighty is the one who allowed this person to remind people of the existence of God Almighty, and in doing so he exposes himself to problems, because many do not believe in God, and many do not want to hear the truth, and you destroy him with a word and kill him with your sword, God will fight you and your sword, so give them good tidings of a painful punishment
Allah says
أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ 22
Those are those whose deeds are worthless in this world and the hereafter, and they will have no helpers. 22
And their deeds were nullified because of what their hands had earned, and they had no one to protect them from the punishment of God and not to protect them from His wrath, even an atom’s weight. Rather, they were deprived of all good, and all evil and harm occurred to them.
A view of the verse
What is habut? It is an organic disease that affects animals, and they become swollen and the person who sees them thinks they are fat from health, It is swollen with stench and disease. God Almighty warns us that those who try to kill the prophets and those who command justice among people are like this animal bloated with stench, So, their good deeds that they think are better than this scholar or this preacher, those who want to kill him are in the sight of God, and that is in this world and in the hereafter, and they will have no helpers at that time.