“And [saying], ‘Seek forgiveness of your Lord and repent to Him, [and] He will let you enjoy a good provision’” (Qur’an 11:3) وَأَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ يُمَتِّعۡكُم مَّتَـٰعًا حَسَنًا The first fruit of returning to Allah and being subservient to His commands is the enjoyment of goodly provision from the provider of all provisions. Gems From The Quran Telegram: goo.gl/ZclAR9 Instagram: goo.gl/OaiQD7 Facebook: goo.gl/jJ90YS
Are you Following The Crowd? When 'Umar bin al-Khattab (رضي الله عنه) was walking in the market, he passed by a man who was supplicating: اللهم اجعلني من القليل اللهم اجعلني من القليل “O Allah, make me from the few! O Allah make me from the few!” So ‘Umar said to him, “Where did you get this du`a’ (supplication) from?” And the man said, “Allah in His Book says: وَقَليلٌ مِن عِبادِيَ الشَّكورُ ‘And few of My servants are grateful.’ [Saba':13]” So ‘Umar wept and admonished himself, “The people are more knowledgeable than you, O Umar! O Allah make us from Your ‘few’ servants.” Sometimes when you advise someone to leave a sin, they respond with “But everybody does it, it’s not just me!” But if you look for the words “most people” in the Qur’an, you will find that most people - ولكن اكثرهم لا يعلمون “And however most people do not know” [7:187]; ولكن أكثرهم لا يشكرون - “and most people do not show gratitude” [2:243]; and و لكن اكثر الناس لا يؤمنون "And most people do not believe" [11: 17]. And if you look for “most of them”, you will find: وَأَنَّ أَكثَرَكُم فاسِقونَ - "defiantly disobedient" [5 :59]; و لكن أكثرهم يجهلون - “ ignorant” [6:111]; and بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون الحق فهم معرضون - “turning away” [21:24]. So be of the “few”, whom Allah says about them: وَقَليلٌ مِن عِبادِيَ الشَّكورُ - “And *few* of My servants are grateful.” [Saba':13]; and وَما آمَنَ مَعَهُ إِلّا قَليلٌ - “But none had believed with him, except a *few*.” [11:40] في جنات النعيم ثلة من الاولين و قليل من الآخرين - “In the Gardens of Bliss: many from the past and a *few* from later generations.” (Al-Waqi'ah:12-14) Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) said, “Go on the path of truth and do not feel lonely because there are few who take that path, and beware of the path of falsehood and do not be deceived by the vastness of the perishers.” [Kitab al-Zuhd - Ahmad bin Hanbal; and Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shaybah.] May Allah make us of His *few* servants. Gems From The Quran Facebook: goo.gl/jJ90YS Telegram: goo.gl/ZclAR9 Instagram: goo.gl/OaiQD7
Tafseer As Saedy Juz 12| Surah Hūd: Ayah 52
And, O my people! ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn repenting to Him; He will send on you clouds pouring down abundance of rain and add strength to your strength, and do not turn back as criminalist .
And O my people, seek forgiveness from your Lord for that which has passed from you (of sins), and then turn to Him for your future, with a sweet repentance, and come back to Allah Subhanahu wa ta’āla.
Because if you do that, He will send from the skies Clouds pouring down upon you an abundance of rain that will nourish the earth and fertilize it, and increase it in its goodness.
..And (if you repent) He will increase strength to the strength you already have for indeed those people were amongst the strongest of men, and for that reason they used to say (boastfully) Who is greater than us in strength?!. So here Allah promises them that if they believe, Allah will increase them and add to their already existing strength.
-Summarized Translation pg 402-403-
SubhanAllah. Look at the mercy of Allah on His slaves - He tells us if we only seek forgiveness and do tawbah and come back to Him, he will send rain pouring down on us and increase us in strength :blue_heart:🌧:sweat_drops::droplet::cloud:. We must all make istghfār this Ramadan.
اللهم انك عفو تحب العفو فأعف عني
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Istighfār (seeking forgiveness) and tawbah (repentance) are among the means of having duʿā accepted. It is therefore recommended to start with them when making duʿā:
{ فَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي قَرِيبٌ مُّجِيبٌ } “So ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive.” [Hūd 11:61]
الاستغفار والتوبة من أسباب إجابة الدعاء، فيستحب تقديمها في الدعاء (فاستغفروه ثم توبوا إليه إن ربي قريب مجيب) Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al-Tarefe
“As for those who have been blessed, they will be in Paradise, there to remain” (Qur’an 11:108) وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ سُعِدُواْ فَفِى ٱلۡجَنَّةِ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيہَا This is the ultimate definition of happiness! Gems From The Quran Telegram: goo.gl/ZclAR9 Instagram: goo.gl/OaiQD7 Facebook: goo.gl/jJ90YS
“Establish prayer at both ends of the day and in the early part of the night. Surely good deeds wipe out evil deeds.” (Qur’an 11:114) وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ طَرَفَىِ ٱلنَّہَارِ وَزُلَفً۬ا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡحَسَنَـٰتِ يُذۡهِبۡنَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ Abu-Ubaida ibn Al Jarah’ says: بادروا السيئات القديمات بالحسنات الحديثات “Do away with bad deeds, by hastening towards doing good deeds" Gems From The Quran Facebook: tinyurl.com/FB-gftq Telegram: tinyurl.com/TG-gftq Instagram: tinyurl.com/Insta-gftq
The calamities of the Ummah have resulted from opposing Allah’s command by: 1) trusting the external enemy whom Allah said about: { وَلا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا } “And do not incline toward the wrongdoers.” [Hūd 11:113]
2) and feeling safe from the internal enemy whom Allah said about: { هُمُ الْعَدُوُّ فَاحْذَرْهُمْ } “They (hypocrites) are the enemy, so beware of them.” [Al-Munāfiqūn 63:4]
مصائب الأمة بسبب مخالفة أمر الله بالثقة بعدو خارجي قال الله عنه (ولا تركنوا إلى الذين ظلموا) والأمان من عدو داخلي قال عنه (هم العدو فاحذرهم)