Allah says
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ وَلَنَجۡزِيَنَّهُمۡ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ (7)
(7) And those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will certainly remit their misdeeds from them and reward them with the best of what they used to do. (7)
God Almighty says: And those who believe in God and His Messenger, their faith was valid when God tested them and tried them, and they did not turn away from their religions due to the polytheists harming them, (And do righteous deeds that We will certainly remit from them their evil deeds) which they committed before in their polytheism, (And We will certainly reward them for the best of what they used to do.) He says: And We will reward them for the good deeds they did in their Islam, the best of what they did in the state of polytheism, while We expiate the bad deeds of their deeds.
A view of the verse
After God - the Almighty - announced to the nation of Muhammad - may God bless him and grant him peace and to all people about His plan with humanity that everyone is afflicted, especially the believers, so, that God may know the truthful from the liar, since words are discredited before God - the Almighty - until action makes them clear, this noble verse came here to declare that believers who do many good deeds or that are permanent in their lives will have two rewards.
1 - Atonement of bad deeds
2 - A reward for the best work, as if it were a choice for the best work and a reward for all the work done in it - of course, God knows best.
So what is the difference between sins and bad deeds?
Sins are the sins between a servant and his Lord, and bad deeds are sins that are related to people’s rights, such as backbiting, theft, injustice, and so on.
And what is its expiation?
1 - The repentance
2- Restoring rights to the servants ( - If the evil is against the servants)
3- Crowding good deeds with bad deeds
(His saying: (Indeed, good deeds remove evil deeds)) in the hadith of Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to me: pious God wherever you are, follow a bad deed with a good deed and it will erase it, and treat people with good manners. Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi (1987), and he said: “This is a good and authentic hadith.”
4- Asking for forgiveness
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him: The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: Whoever observes Ramadan out of faith and seeking reward, his previous sins will be forgiven Narrated by Al-Bukhari (2009) and Muslim (759).
5- the patience with calamities and worries
In the hadith of Abdullah bin Masoud, he said: “I entered upon the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, while he was feeling ill, and I said: O Messenger of God, you are very ill, He said: Yes, I am as weak as two of you, I said: Is that because you have two rewards? He said: Yes, Likewise, no Muslim is harmed by a thorn or above, unless God expiates his misdeeds for them, just as a tree sheds its leaves. Narrated by Al-Bukhari (5648) and Muslim (2571).
Allah says
وَوَصَّيۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ حُسۡنٗاۖ وَإِن جَٰهَدَاكَ لِتُشۡرِكَ بِي مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞ فَلَا تُطِعۡهُمَآۚ إِلَيَّ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ فَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ (8)
And We have enjoined upon mankind His goodness, even if they strive to associate with Me something of which you have no knowledge, so do not obey them. To Me is your return, and I will inform you of what you used to do. (8)
God Almighty says: (And We have enjoined upon man) in what We revealed to Our Messenger (to his parents) that he should do good to them.
(And if they strive against you to associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, then do not obey them.
(And We have enjoined on man), so We said to him: If your parents strive for you to associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, and that I have no partner, then do not obey them and associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, seeking to please them. When you return to me, I will inform you of the good deeds and the bad deeds that you used to do in this world. Then I reward you for it, the doer of good with kindness, and the doer of evil with what he deserves.
A view of the verse
1 - When do you write your will? When you fear that the heirs in front of you will not do what you want by spending part of your money to the poor or needy, then you write a will to be a proof against them before God Almighty. then why does God Almighty recommend fathers in more than one place, even if they are infidels? Because he knows that it is contrary to nature, since the love of young children from parents is nature, but the love of young children is mostly for parents who are of sick age or even physically or non healthy, but they have a way of life and living that is different from young people and is not pleasing to the soul, generational differences do this. So you find God - the Almighty - enjoining children on their fathers and not fathers on their children.
2 - Well: There is something good and there is something better, and there is the best, “the finiteness in the degrees of goodness.”
3 - And if they strive against you: We agreed at the beginning of the surah that jihad: is exerting effort, so what is meant here is that the unbelieving fathers: exerted all their effort - that is, all attempts - to make you leave the religion of God (Islam).
4 - Do not obey them: Only here does God Almighty command you not to obey
5 - Why do I do good to them and then not obey them, because to God is the point of reference. Imagine that you are on a school trip, and at the end of the day you must return home, when you meet the father who you quarreled with in the morning before leaving, or even quarreled with during a phone conversation during the trip, will you return at the end of the day with peace of mind?
6 - I inform you: news: it is important news, not ordinary news. You may watch a TV series with a broad title (important news) and the series will be interrupted to announce this important news, therefore, God Almighty chose the word (I inform you) because it is important news and the fate will be announced after it: to Heaven or to Hell - God forbid -.
Allah says
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُدۡخِلَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ (9)
And those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will certainly enter them into the righteous (9)
God Almighty says: (And those who believe) in God and His Messenger (and do righteous deeds) of deeds, that is to perform the obligations of God and avoid His prohibitions (that We will admit them among the righteous) in the entrance of the righteous, and that is Paradise.
A view of the verse
Once again, God - the Almighty - speaks about those who do righteous deeds, and they are permanent in their lives, even if they turn away, they return to doing them again. (We will surely admit them into the ranks of the righteous.) This means that they are now at a higher level of faith than the level they were at, the rank of the righteous, they were Muslims, then after the test they were promoted to believers, and after doing good deeds, they were promoted to the rank of the righteous.
Allah says
وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ فَإِذَآ أُوذِيَ فِي ٱللَّهِ جَعَلَ فِتۡنَةَ ٱلنَّاسِ كَعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلَئِن جَآءَ نَصۡرٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَكُمۡۚ أَوَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعۡلَمَ بِمَا فِي صُدُورِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ (10)
And among the people is he who says, “We believe in God,” when he is harmed in God, He made the trial of people equal to the punishment of God, and if help comes from your Lord, they will say, “Indeed, we were with you, does not God know best what is in the breasts of the two worlds (10)
God Almighty says: And among the people are those who say: We acknowledged God, so we united Him. So when the polytheists harm him in his acknowledgment of God, he makes the people’s trial against him in this world, like God’s punishment in the hereafter, So he apostatized from his belief in God, returning to disbelief in Him. (And if help comes from your Lord) O Muhammad, people of faith in Him, (they will surely say) These are the apostates from their faith, who make the trial of the people like the punishment of God, (Indeed, we were, O believers, with you, aiding you against your enemies, with lies and lies. God says: (Does not God know, O people, of everything) of what is in the breasts of the worlds? All of His creation, those who say, “We believe in God,” and others do not. If he is harmed in God’s name, he turns away from God’s religion. How can he deceive someone from whom nothing is hidden, nor is it hidden from him secretly or openly?
His temptation
to turn away from the religion of God if he is offended in the name of God.
On the authority of Ikrimah, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, he said
There were a people from the people of Mecca who had converted to Islam, and they were making light of their Islam, so the polytheists expelled them on the day of Badr with them, and some of them were wounded and some were killed, the Muslims said: These companions of ours were Muslims and were forced to do so, so they asked for forgiveness for them, so the verse was revealed: Indeed, those whom the angels take to death are wrongdoers to themselves, they say, “What were you doing?” until the end of the verse, He said: So he wrote to the Muslims who remained in Mecca with this verse that they had no excuse, so they left. Then the polytheists caught up with them and gave them temptation, This verse was revealed about them (And among the people is he who says, “We believe in God,” and when he is harmed in God’s name, He makes the trial of the people like the punishment of God...) until the end of the verse, The Muslims wrote to them about this, so they left and were deprived of all good things, Then it was revealed among them ((Indeed, your Lord is for those who emigrated after they had been tried, then strive hard and be patient. Indeed, after that, your Lord is Forgiving and Merciful.) So they wrote to them saying: God has made a way out for you, so they left, then the polytheists overtook them and fought them, until whoever survived was saved, and whoever was killed was killed, These ten verses are Madani until here, and the rest of them are Makki.
A view of the verse
1 - Among the people: God - the Almighty - does not generalize, but rather some people tell you to do such-and-such, but do not do the same as them.
2 - Whoever says, “We believe,” and if he is harmed for the sake of God, he will make people’s tribulations equal to God’s punishment. In this part of the verse, there are several pauses:
- God does not take into account words at all, but actions are the basis of reckoning, and He emphasized this from the beginning of the surah until the verse that is before us.
- No one is safe from harming people, not even the prophets. God Almighty says (And let some of you taste the iniquity of others). This is the last step for Satan. Satan accepts If it takes you to the step of persecution among believers, you will have taken 5 previous steps, none of which you have fallen into, so he embarrasses you in this last step, which, as we said, not even the prophets were spared.
- This analogy is very dangerous and is not correct. Harming people, no matter how much, especially from believers, will never be an incentive for you to abandon the faith altogether.
3 - And if victory comes from your Lord to the believers: they will say, “Indeed, we were with you,” and this in analogy is not amazing, just as it is said that so-and-so is like a umbrella, as long as you are in a bad state, he does not know you or deal with you, and when a new blessing befalls you, he comes to you and flatters you, and if he could snatch the blessing from you, he would, this is the parachute human being, and thank God that not all people are like this, otherwise we would have lost hope in everyone.
4 - Then God Almighty concludes the verse by saying (Does not God know best what is in the breasts of the worlds?) And there is more than one pause in this:
- God - the Almighty - only deals with you with your chest and what is contained in the rib cage within which is the heart, so no tongue needs from you except to remember, No beautiful face, no social status, or anything other than your ribcage (the source of secrets).
- God’s knowledge - if it were not vast for anything - other than this (knowledge of what is in the breasts of the worlds), then it would be sufficient for immense knowledge - Glory be to Him - the Most High -
Empty words do not count, but what matters to God are deeds, which are what is contained in your chest.
Now
Do not be like these people. Your faith is on the edge of the abyss. If you are harmed by someone, even if by imprisonment, physical abuse, or otherwise, it is not justified, to leave the faith, maintain the purity of your heart from deception, hatred, envy, quarrels between people...etc. diseases of the heart. Why? Because when a guest comes to your house, you are cleaning the guest room to give him a dignified reception that befits him, God Almighty enters your heart hundreds of times a day. don’t you clean it for this honorable visit?
Allah says
وَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ (11)
And that God may know those who believe, and that He may know the hypocrites (11)
God Almighty says: And let God know the friends of God and His party, the people of faith in God among you, O people, and let God know the hypocrites among you until they distinguish each group of you from the other group, by God making this clear to you through adversity, trial, and testing, and by the haste of those among you who hastened to migrate from the land of polytheism to the land of Islam, and the laziness among you to move away from it.
A view of the verse
1 - A fourth or fifth time, or more than that: God does not count on words, but deeds, He does not count the tongue, but rather the heart and what it contains. Therefore, He - Glory be to Him - can differentiate well between believers and hypocrites, because hypocrites say with their mouths what is not in their hearts, they declare faith in front of a group of believers, and between them and each other or with disbelievers, they declare disbelief, so the classification is what is easiest for God - the Almighty - Because he has access to the source of secrets (the chest and what it contains), you will not lie and your empty claims through resonant words will be believed.
2 - Just imagine, because of spying, you are exposed to FMRI technology all or most of the time, so that those spying on you know what is going on in your mind, simultaneously with the moment you think, Can you lie? Will your statements that contradict what they learned from your mind be taken into account? Respect God Almighty’s gaze at the heart.
Allah says
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّبِعُواْ سَبِيلَنَا وَلۡنَحۡمِلۡ خَطَٰيَٰكُمۡ وَمَا هُم بِحَٰمِلِينَ مِنۡ خَطَٰيَٰهُم مِّن شَيۡءٍۖ إِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ (12)
And those who disbelieved said to those who believed, “Follow our path, and we will bear your footsteps, (12) and they will not bear any of their sins. Indeed, they are liars. (12)
And those of the Quraysh who disbelieved in God said to those of them who believed in God, “Follow our path.” He said: They said: Be like what we are in, of denying the resurrection after death and denying the reward and punishment for deeds, (And We will bear your sins) He says: They said: If you follow our path in that, so you were resurrected after death, and were rewarded for good deeds, then we will bear the sins of your sins.
Allah says
وَلَيَحۡمِلُنَّ أَثۡقَالَهُمۡ وَأَثۡقَالٗا مَّعَ أَثۡقَالِهِمۡۖ وَلَيُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ (13)
(13) And they will carry their burdens, and burdens with their burdens, and they will not be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about what they were inventing. (13)
And let these polytheists of God who say to those who believe in Him, “Follow our path,” and let us bear your sins, the burdens of their souls and their sins, and the burdens of those who have gone astray and turned away from the path of God along with their burdens.
Allah says
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمۡ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمۡسِينَ عَامٗا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمۡ ظَٰلِمُونَ (14)
And We sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them for a thousand years, minus fifty years, so the flood took them while they were wronged (14)
This is a promise from God Almighty that was mentioned by those polytheists from the Quraysh, who said to those who believed: Follow our path, and let us bear your sins. He says to his Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace: Do not be saddened, O Muhammad, by the harm you and your companions receive from these polytheists, for even if I dictate to them and prolong their dictate, their fate will be ruin, And the destiny of your command and the command of your companions is to rise above them, to prevail over them, and to be saved from the punishment that befalls them, just as We did that to Noah, when we sent him to his people, and he remained among them for a thousand years minus fifty years, So the abundant water destroyed them, and every abundant water became wet. For the Arabs, it is a flood, whether it is a torrent or something else. Likewise, if death is widespread, it is also a flood for them.
A view of the verse
1 - The first prophetic teacher to humanity, Noah - peace be upon him - lived for 950 years. It is not important what his story is specifically. In this Surah, God Almighty limited himself to How long did he live? This part is very important because history repeats itself. They are now prolonging life in various ways in the West, by extending life, (The automated human being or the deified human being) at times, and with the knowledge of cryonics at other times, to make immortality a real thing and not a metaphor, as Muslims claim that there is no immortality except in the afterlife.
2 - No matter how long you live, you are dead. If you improve your abilities, no matter how long you live, the flood will take everything before it, no matter how strong your abilities are, do not care too much about enhancing your abilities, but rather about enhancing what is in your heart because it is what will remain with you in addition to your work in the abode of eternity.