Quran Chapter
7 – 34 (Pt-8, Stg-2) (L-945) - درس قرآن
Every nation has its term
Chapter ‘Al-‘A’raaf (The
Heights) – Surah – 7)
‘A-‘uu-zu Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ 34
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34. And every
nation hath its term, and when its term cometh, they cannot put it off an
hour nor yet advance (it).
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34. Wa
likulli ‘ummatin ‘ajal. Fa- ‘izaa jaaa-‘a
‘ajaluhum laa yasta’-khiruuna saa-‘atanw-wa laa
yastaq-dimuun.
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Commentary
‘Ajalun –
(the term, time for which anything lasts, period of session, deadline for
expiry of time)
‘Ummatun –
(nation, community, group, class, party, band etc., according to original
dictionary, it means “a collection, which, by joining more permanent things
becomes a permanent thing itself”.
It
was described in the previous verse that Allah Almighty has forbidden the human
beings from some evil deeds, so they should give them up forever. Some people
may think after hearing this Revelation that many people commit the forbidden
acts fearlessly, but even then they suffer no injury and they enjoy
unhesitatingly. What is benefit then to forbid anyone? If those people are
punished immediately who commit the forbidden then however, meanings of
forbidden can be understood, otherwise, it seems that forbidding is useless.
There is a reply to this doubt in the above mentioned verse.
It
is commanded that every group of people has been given a fixed time for
working. The time of its termination has been prescribed. And when its term
will come, they will neither be able to put it off even a moment and nor
advance it. If we meditate upon this verse, two things are understandable here:
1.
No one lives alone in this
world but belongs to any particular group, community, city, country and has
relation with the entire human beings. Before the revelation of this verse,
some people came unto the Messenger of Allah Almighty (grace, glory, blessings
and peace be upon Him) and said: You have told us that the wrath of Allah
Almighty comes because of His disobedience, but we have observed that an
individual commits a sin but is never punished. The answer which has been given
to them in this verse is that: O mankind! You are saved for some days because a
temporary respite has been given to your nation. That sinner is under the
shelter of the nation. Until she will continue looking after him, he can be
saved. But at last this nation will be ruined, then none will be his
savior/protecting friend.
2. Giving a respite to the nation is produced in the formation of the
world, so that it must carry its people on the Straight Path. When it will not
remain able to perform this duty, it will be finished. In other words, it is
meant that its honor and good name will be ruined, and it will exist like the
contemptible. Its reputation and dignity will be over. And other nations will
subdue it. It will be the result that when this nation had its term, it could
not control own people. The individuals must have perceived that: Our nation
will be destroyed because of our own evil deeds. Its destruction is certainly
our destruction.
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