The Attributes of Those Who Deserve That Which is With Allah and Matters of Determination

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم 

Ash-Shura 42:36

فَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَمَتَٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَاۖ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ 

So whatever thing you have been given -  it is but [for] enjoyment of the worldly life. But what is with Allah is better and more lasting for those who have believed and upon their Lord rely

 Ash-Shura 42:37

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ وَإِذَا مَا غَضِبُوا۟ هُمْ يَغْفِرُونَ 

And those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, and when they are angry, they forgive,

Ash-Shura 42:38

وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَمْرُهُمْ شُورَىٰ بَيْنَهُمْ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ 

And those who have responded to their lord and established prayer and whose affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves, and from what We have provided them, the spend.

Ash-Shura 42:39

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَابَهُمُ ٱلْبَغْىُ هُمْ يَنتَصِرُونَ 

And those who, when tyranny strikes them, they defend themselves,

Ash-Shura 42:40

وَجَزَٰٓؤُا۟ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَاۖ فَمَنْ عَفَا وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَجْرُهُۥ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ 

And the retribution for an evil act is an evil one like it, but whoever pardons and makes reconciliation -  his reward is [due] from Allah . Indeed, He does not like wrongdoers.

Ash-Shura 42:41

وَلَمَنِ ٱنتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِم مِّن سَبِيلٍ 

And whoever avenges himself after having been wronged -  those have not upon them any cause [for blame].

Ash-Shura 42:42

إِنَّمَا ٱلسَّبِيلُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَيَبْغُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ 

The cause is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.

Ash-Shura 42:43

وَلَمَن صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمِنْ عَزْمِ ٱلْأُمُورِ 

And whoever is patient and forgives -  indeed, that is of the matters [requiring] determination.

Those Who Mix Good Deeds with Bad Deeds

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم

At-Taubah 9:102

وَءَاخَرُونَ ٱعْتَرَفُوا۟ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ خَلَطُوا۟ عَمَلًا صَٰلِحًا وَءَاخَرَ سَيِّئًا عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ 

And [there are] others who have acknowledged their sins. They had mixed a righteous deed with another that was bad. Perhaps Allah will turn to them in forgiveness. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

____from Tafsir ibn kathir___

This Ayah is general, covering all sinners who combine good and evil deeds, thus becoming partly impure, even though it was revealed about some people in specific.

Ibn Abbas said that, 

وَاخَرُونَ

 (And (there are) others),

refers to Abu Lubabah and some of his friends who stayed away from the battle of Tabuk and the Messenger of Allah. When the Messenger of Allah returned from that battle, this group, Abu Lubabah and five, seven or nine with him, tied themselves to the pillars of the Masjid and refused to let anyone untie them except the Messenger of Allah. When this Ayah was revealed, 

وَاخَرُونَ اعْتَرَفُواْ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ

 (And (there are) others who have acknowledged their sins), the Messenger of Allah untied them and pardoned them."

Al-Bukhari recorded that Samurah bin Jundub said that the Messenger of Allah said to us,

أَتَانِي اللَّيْلَةَ اتِيَانِ فَابْتَعَثَانِي فَانْتَهَيَا بِي إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ مَبْنِيَّةٍ بِلَبِنِ ذَهَبٍ وَلَبِنِ فِضَّةٍ فَتَلَقَّانَا رِجَالٌ شَطْرٌ مِنْ خَلْقِهِمْ كَأَحْسَنِ مَا أَنْتَ رَاءٍ وَشَطْرٌ كَأَقْبَحِ مَا أَنْتَ رَاءٍ 

قَالَاا لَهُمْ اذْهَبُوا فَقَعُوا فِي ذَلِكَ النَّهْرِ فَوَقَعُوا فِيهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَيْنَا قَدْ ذَهَبَ ذَلِكَ السُّوءُ عَنْهُمْ فَصَارُوا فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ 

قَالَاا لِي هَذِهِ جَنَّةُ عَدْنٍ وَهَذَا مَنْزِلُكَ 

قَالَاا وَأَمَّا الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا شَطْرٌ مِنْهُمْ حَسَنٌ وَشَطْرٌ مِنْهُمْ قَبِيحٌ فَإِنَّهُمْ خَلَطُوا عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَاخَرَ سَيِّيًا تَجَاوَزَ اللهُ عَنْهُم

Last Night, two (angels) came to me (in a vision) and took me to a city, built with bricks made of gold and silver. We met some men who, part of their bodies were as handsome as you ever saw and the part as ugly as you ever saw.

The two (angels) ordered these men to go to a river and submerge themselves in it; they did that and came back to us, and the ugliness went away from them, thus becoming the most beautiful form.

The two said to me, `This is the garden of Eden, and this is your residence in it.'

The two said, `As for the men who had part of their body handsome and part ugly, they have mixed a deed that was righteous with another that was evil. Allah has pardoned them.'

Al-Bukhari recorded this Hadith in a short form upon the explanation of this Ayah

_______duaas I made after reading this ayah___

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْماً نَافِعاً، وَرِزْقاً طَيِّباً، وَعَمَلاً مُتَقَبَّلاً

O Allah, I ask You for knowledge that is of benefit , a good provision , and deeds that will be accepted.

Ibn Majah and others. See Al-Albani, Sahih Ibn Majah 1/152 and Majma'uz-Zawd'id 10/111.

Trust

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم

Assalamoalaekum السلام عليكم

I am sharing an ayah below which inspired me today. If it is of any benefit then all praise to Allah. All the shortcoming are due to me. Oh Allah help us to put our trust in You alone. Ameen. I pray that all of us benefit from these wisdom of Allah's ayat. Ameen.

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وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِ خَبِيرًا
And rely on the Ever-living Who dies not, and celebrate His praise; and Sufficient is He as being aware of the faults of His servants,
(Surah Al-Furqan,25:58)

وَتَوَكَّلْ And put your trust  -  عَلَى in  -  ٱلْحَىِّ the Ever-Living,  -  ٱلَّذِى the One Who  -  لَا does not die,  -  يَمُوتُ does not die,  -  وَسَبِّحْ and glorify  -  بِحَمْدِهِۦ with His Praise.  -  وَكَفَىٰ And sufficient is  -  بِهِۦ He  -  بِذُنُوبِ regarding the sins  -  عِبَادِهِۦ (of) His slaves,  -  خَبِيرًا All-Aware,  - 
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I was stuck on this ayah for quite a while pondering why did Allah use the phrase "لا يموت  doesn't die" in addition to "الحي The Ever Living".

I checked many tafasir and couldn't find an explanation for this but Allah tafasir said that we should trust Allah in all of our affairs concerning ourselves and concerning the creation of Allah.

I reached to the conclusion that the reason Allah used two terms to emphasize that only He is alive since nobody is alive and He is not going to die. So basically both terms are complementing each other.

SubhanAllah.

I learned three lessons from this ayah.

First is that nobody is the perfect candidate to put our trust in except Allah because He is not going to die and because He is ever living, meaning He was alive when nobody was alive and He will be alive when nobody will be alive. SubhanAllah. If I have a case in court and my lawyer dies right in the middle of the case, I would need to hire a new lawyer. Also while choosing a new lawyer, I would usually go for a lawyer who has more experience and more experience comes with more life. But with older life, there are more health problems. So basically I am looking for a lawyer who has more experience and doesn't have the risk of dying. SubhanAllah Allah mentioned both in the ayah. Allah o Akbar. Allah is Great.

Second lesson is سبح بحمده glorify with His praises. It took me long to understand this as well. For a longer period of time I associated tasbeeh with glorification but then I always used to wonder why Allah said بحمده with His praise. I found out that when we do tasbeeh we need to believe that Allah is free from any imperfection. So previously I used to say SubhanAllah when I used to see a beautiful creation of Allah, like a moon, star, rivers, waterfalls, sky, ocean, a new born. Now I found out that the command to Glorify is not just for things that are beautiful but also for things and events that are not beautiful. SubhanAllah. A bad scene or event or even a personality should remind me more to Glorify Allah reminding me that Allah is free from any imperfection and whatever Allah showed me is by His order and His orders are the best. So when I glorify Allah on seeing bad scenes, then it makes perfect sense that I glorify Him with His praises that is سبح بحمده but why is this order is with putting my trust in Allah. Because my trust can be shattered if I don't have solid belief that Allah is free from any imperfection.

Third lesson is to remind myself that Allah is خبيرا AL Aware of the sins of His slaves. This reminder is very much necessary in order to keep the complete trust in Allah. I am a caretaker of my kids alhamdolillah . Suppose one of my kids wrongs one of my other kid. And both of them come to me to judge. I can't judge correctly if I am not aware of the situation. And how can i be fully aware of exact situation if situation didn't happen in front of me. I will need to rely on them to tell me the right thing. Only All is All Aware without relying on any one for His awareness. Then I am definitely not the right candidate for them to put complete trust. So this ayah also reminded me to remind my kids to put their complete trust in Allah. Sometimes it happens that somebody wrongs me and I am about to loose my patience upto the extent that I want to make people aware of his/her wrongdoing. And this happens when I start to forget that Allah is All Aware of sins of All His slaves or I start to get weak in the faith that Allah has decided to hide his sins and Allah is free from every imperfection. And this results in weakening of our trust in Allah. I am also more than convinced that the perfect candidate for me to put my trust in should not only be aware of my situation but should be aware of the sins of all other as well. And that can be no other than Allah سبحان و تعالى

Oh Allah help us strengthen our trust in You alone. Ameen.

 

If you fear Allah, He will grant you a criteria

اعوذ بالله من الشيطن الرجيم

Surah 8. Al-Anfal, Verse 29:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن تَتَّقُوا اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّكُمْ فُرْقَانًا وَيُكَفِّرْ عَنكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ

Translation:

O you who believe! If you obey and fear Allah, He will grant you Furqan a criterion [(to judge between right and wrong), or (Makhraj, i.e. making a way for you to get out from every difficulty)], and will expiate for you your sins, and forgive you, and Allah is the Owner of the Great Bounty.

via iQuran