Surah al Baqarah

Lesson #15 Ayahs 92 – 103

Ayah 92

And Moses had certainly brought you clear proofs. Then you took the calf [in worship] after that,

while you were wrongdoers.

Clear Proof

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Staff

Glowing Hand

Parting of Sea

Talking to

Allah

And Moses had certainly brought you clear proofs

Then you took the calf [in worship]

while you were wrongdoers

Shirk Zulm

Even after Clear Proofs

Ayah 93

And [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what

We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and disobey." And their hearts absorbed [the

worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "How wretched is that which your faith

enjoins upon you, if you should be believers."

We Disobeye

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Tongues Words

Hearts Actions

Might and Power of Allah

The one who sides with a Dhawlim is a dhawlim himself, even if he does not

commit the wrong.

Listening is the first step towards Amal

Every person has a false god - that prevents a person from the obedience of

Allah.

Lessons

What is my “COW”?

Analyze!

Ayah 94

Say, [O Muhammad], "If the home of the Hereafter with Allah is for you alone and not the [other] people,

then wish for death, if you should be truthful.

"We are the children of Allāh and His beloved.“[Al Maida:18]

"None will enter Paradise except one who is a Jew or a Christian." [Al Baqarah:111]

B"Never will the Fire touch us, except for a few days.“

[Al Baqarah:80]

Claims of Bani Israel

If you are truthful in your claims, then why

are you afraid of Death?

&Why don’t you wish to

die?

Allah’s Response

Ayah 95

But they will never wish for it, ever, because of what their hands have put forth. And Allah is Knowing of

the wrongdoers.

They didn’t want to diebecause of their wrong actions.

Ingratitude

Disobedience

Zulm

Denial

Shirk

Analyze!

Why do we fear death?

Is it because of our Amal?

If it is, then why don’t we change our Amal?

RECAP

• Last week, we talked about…• The oath taken by the Bani Israel• Importance of listening and obeying• Love of the calf in their hearts• What is the “CALF” in our life?• Thoughts on dying and death – how confident

are we in meeting Allah SWT?

Ayah 96

And you will surely find them the most greedy of people for life - [even] more than those

who associate others with Allah . One of them wishes that he could be granted life a

thousand years, but it would not remove him in the least from the [coming] punishment that he should be granted life. And Allah is

Seeing of what they do.

Ayah 96 - Roots

• Noon Shaddah: most definitely• Haa Raaw Saawd: strongly desire something;

its difficult to fulfill it so have to put in some effort

• Structure: Af ‘ al: superlative degree; MOST greedy

• Greedy for life

Ayah 96 - Roots

• Sheen Raaw Kaaf: to associate partners with Allah, i.e. giving the share of Allah to others

• Waaw Daal Daal: intense love• Aain Meem Raaw: 1. he is given the age of

1000 years 2. he is given a long life• Zaa Haa Zaa Haa (4 ROOTS!) – to move away; • no matter how long a life we have, we can’t

delay death or the Hereafter

Context

• These people want 1000 more years of life; the more aged they become, the longer life they want

• Even more than the Quraish because they were warriors, they’d rather go to the battlefield and fight to the death

Analyze

Why do we want to live longer?

If we are granted a last wish before we die, what will that be?

Lessons

Even if we get to live a long life, this can not prevent the punishment

Every Soul will Taste Death

Everyone of us will face Allah on the Day of Judgement

Use Dunya to Earn Akhira!

Ayah 97

Say, "Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel - it is [none but] he who has brought the Qur'an down upon your heart, [O Muhammad], by permission of Allah , confirming that which

was before it and as guidance and good tidings for the believers."

BroughtPunishment

Exposed Deeds

Final Messenger

Enmity with Jibreel

Jibreel A.S.

• The person who is the enemy of Jibreel A.S., he should know, he should leave his enmity because Jibreel A.S. is only obeying the command of Allah

• His enmity is not going to change anything

Ayah 97 - Roots

• Baa Sheen Raaw – such good news that makes the receiver happy; you can see it in a person’s attitude

• The Qu’ran should enter the hearts; not just knowledge heart is the place where feelings and emotions are

Qur’an

Jibrael brought it

Upon Heart of Rasool

Allah (s.a.w)

Confirming Previous

Scriptures

Means of Guidance

Good Tidings for Believers

Introduction of Qur’an

Qur’an is the Source of Guidance & Happiness

Quran is for the hearts, its not just the information

Heart is a faculty of understanding and retaining memory

Lessons

and have hearts by which to reason [al-Hajj: 46]

Heart has ability to Reason

Thinking Heart

Paul Pearsall, MD, a psychoneuroimmunologist and author of The Heart's Code, has researched the transference of

memories through organ transplantation

Check your hearts?

After reading the Qur’an, listening to it, do I feel happy?

If I do, then this is a sign of a Eman.

& If I don’t then its Alarming!

Analyze!

Ayah 98

Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael - then indeed, Allah is an

enemy to the disbelievers.

Context

• Bani Israel used to say: Mikael is our friend, but this is not complete imaan, because whoever is an enemy to one angel, is an enemy to all

• Revelation brings life to our souls while rain brings life to the earth

• Angels are beloved to Allah; they’re all friends of Allah

Jibreel

Wahy

Changes the condition of

the heart

Mikaeel

Rain

Changes the condition of

the land

then indeed Allah is an enemy to the disbelievers

Whoever is an enemy

to Allahand His angelsand His

messengers

and Gabrieland Michael

Enmity with Allah is to leave, hate or go against His commands

He who hates Messenger, Angels or Allah is a Disbeliever

Loving the loved ones of Allah, is a means of attaining Allah’s pleasure.

Lessons

Du’a of Rasool Allah (s.a.w)

O Allah! I ask of You Your love, the love of whoever loves You and the love of those deeds

which would draw me to attaining Your love.

Ayah 99

And We have certainly revealed to you verses [which are] clear proofs, and no

one would deny them except the defiantly disobedient.

Fisq

Minor FisqA believer disobeys

some commands, but this does not make him

a disbeliever

Major FisqThe person crosses the limits and becomes a

disbeliever (knows about the commands)

He knows the limits, still goes out of bounds

Denying Clear Proofs

Fasiqun

Fasiq

Ayah 100

Is it not [true] that every time they took a covenant a party of them threw it

away? But, [in fact], most of them do not believe.

AhdAain Haa Daal

Covenantswith Allah

Agreement with Rasool Allah (s.a.w)

Ayah 100 - Roots

• Noon Baa Dhaal – to throw/reject something; to discard something because a person finds it useless in terms of its value; also to turn away from something

• Context: every time the Bani Israel made a promise with Allah, they threw it (a small group did this)

Treaty of Madinah• One with Allah - the covenants that we read about and that they would believe in Allah and His messengers and support them. They denied the Prophet (s.a.w.).

• Agreements made with the Prophet (saw) - when the Prophet (s.a.w.) went to• Madina. A covenant was signed between three groups:• 1. Muslims• 2. Jews• 3. Mushrikeen of Madina.• This covenant was known as the Treaty of Madina; had many clauses, but one

of main clauses was: That if someone attacks Madina from outside, then the three groups would combat the enemy together. However, the Bani Israel did

not support the Muslims in this

Ayah 101

And when a messenger from Allah came to them confirming that which was with

them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allah behind their backs as if they did not

know [what it contained].

Ayah 101 - Roots

• Waaw Raaw Yaa – something that is beyond; 1. as if they didn’t know this Book was from Allah

• 2. as if they didn’t know the commands of the Torah

Context

• The Prophet met the description of the final prophet in their book

• They threw away the Book:• 1. The Qu’ran; they did not believe in it;

ignored it• 2. The commands of Allah, that the people of

the Book believe in the teachings of their own book

What is our state?

How do we deal with the Book?

How many of our children know who the Messenger (saw) is?

How many of us know what is in the Qur’an?

Analyze!

Ayah 102

And they followed [instead] what the devils had recited during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who

disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at

Babylon, Harut and Marut. But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not

disbelieve [by practicing magic]." And [yet] they learn from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife. But they do not harm anyone through it except by permission of Allah . And the people learn what

harms them and does not benefit them. But the Children of Israel certainly knew that whoever purchased the magic

would not have in the Hereafter any share. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew.

Context• Suleiman A.S. was the son of Dawud A.S.

both were kings of Bani Israel• He had birds, jinns and the wind under his

control (with the permission of Allah)• The shaitaan put in the hearts of people that

Suleiman A.S. had all these things because of magic to get the Bani Israel interested in this

• However, practicing magic is forbidden, and Suleiman A.S. was not an unbeliever (got everything from the fadl of Allah SWT)

Context

• They thought he was a magician, but he was a messenger

• Haarut and Maarut: 2 angels who knew magic, were sent to the Bani Israel as a test

• Before teaching magic to anyone, they would say “we are a test” but the people still wouldn’t listen

• They learned magic that would create fights between a husband and wife

Followed and

Recited

Recited/Taught Practised

Ayah 102 - Roots

• Taa Laam Waaw – 1. what the devils recited; 2. what the devils followed (over here shaitan refers to the evil jinns)

• Faa Taa Noon – to heat gold in fire; a situation that is very difficult; a temptation

• Faa Raaw Qaaf – to divide• Daawd Raaw Raaw – even if they practised

magic it would not take any effect until Allah allows it

Ayah 102 – Roots

• Khaaw Laam Qaaf – a share of goodness; they knew that by practicing magic, they would have not good in the hereafter

• Selling your soul to the devil; If only they knew the consequences of practicing magic

• The people purchased magic with their imaan

Cر Eح Gاس An effect whose cause is

unknown is Magic

Real Magic = Black Magic

There is no such thing as innocent magic

Lessons • The Bani Israel were impressed with magic (what is

OUR state)?

• They continued to practice magic even after the time of Suleiman A.S. (Labid bin Asam performed magic on

the Prophet SAW)

• Magic can destroy families

• An action may be forbidden but if Allah commands it, then going against it is forbidden (ex. Sajdah to Adam

A.S.)

• If you are affected by magic, turn to Allah because magicians can’t cure you

Allah is absolving Sulaiman(a.s) of shirk

Teaching & Practising Magic is Forbidden & is Disbelief

Magic doesn’t harm a person without Allah’s Permission

Magic used to separate a husband and wife is a worst form of magic

Lessons

Lessons• Instead of going to some scholar of deen,

they went to a magician

• Loosing deen, dunya and akhira by magic

• Benefit is very less in comparison with loss

• The price they paid was their iman

• If only they were they equally interested in the Book of Allah

Ayah 103

And if they had believed and feared Allah, then the reward from Allah would have

been [far] better, if they only knew.

Ayah 103 - Roots

• Thaa Waaw Baa – reward; something that is returned; if only they knew about the better gain in the hereafter

• Mathooba – return for their taqwa and iman (if only they knew – reward of Hereafter is much better)

Lessons

• You have to have taqwa yourself; can’t blame society for the wrong

• They had the knowledge but didn’t act upon it; so this is not true knowledge

• Actions show what kind of ilm we have

The reward that is with Allah is better than everything

else.

REFLECTIONS

• Homework:• Review translation of ayahs 96-103• Implement• Reflect• Share• Next week: Lesson 16 (Ayahs 104-112)