12 Al-falah (Success)

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you ever reflected upon the case ofthose who fled their homes for fear of death,and they were thousands in number? SoAllah said to them, "Die"; then He again gave

them life.266 Indeed Allah is bountiful tomankind, but most of the people areungrateful.
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265From here begins a new address. In itthe Muslims have been exhorted to doJihad," i.e., to exert their utmost in the Wayof Allah and make monetary sacrifices forthe cause. At the same time they havebeen warned to guard against those

weaknesses that had led to thedegeneration and downfall of the childrenof Israel.
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It will help understand this address, if we keep in mindthe occasion of its revelation. At that time the Muslims,who had been expelled from Makkah a year or soearlier and were living as refugees at Madinah, wereasking over and over again for permission to fight withthe disbelievers who had been persecuting themrelentlessly for years. But, when the permission theythemselves had asked was given, some of them beganto lose heart (Please refer to Al-Baqarah, II : 216). Thatis why two important events from the history of the

Israelites are being related to serve as a fore-warningto the Muslims and to stimulate their zeal and courage.


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266 Children of lsrael when they had left Egypt inlarge numbers and were wandering homeless in thedeserts and wildernesses and were very anxious tofind a home for themselves. But when inspired byAllah, the Prophet Moses ordered them to fight againstthe Canaanites and expel them from Palestine andconquer that territory, they showed cowardice andrefused to march forward. Consequently Allah left themto wander in the land for forty years so that thatgeneration should come to an end and a new one be

brought up in the hardships of the desert. Then Allahgave them victory over the Canaanites. Probably"death and second life" refer to these two aspects ofthe exodus


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And there is nothing wrong if you also seekthe bounty of your Lord during thepilgrimage.218 Moreover, when you returnfrom 'Arafat, stay at Mash'aril-Haram

(Muzdalifah) and remember Allah. Andremember Him just as He has enjoined you,for you had gone astray before this.219


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218The Arabs had another wrong notionabout Hajj. They considered it a worldly thingto do any kind of business during the Hajjseason. The Qur'an removes thismisconception also and declares that if apious man observes the Law of Allah andthen does some business to earn hislivelihood, he really seeks the bounty of Allah.

And there is nothing wrong in seeking thebounty of Allah along with seeking Hispleasure


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Alif. Lam. Mim.1 This is the Book of Allah:there is no doubt2 about it. It is guidance toGodfearing people,3 who believe in theunseen,4 establish the Salats5 and expend (inOur way) out of what We have bestowed onthem;6 who believe in the Book We have sentdown to you (i.e. the Qur'an) and in the Bookssent down before you,7 and firmly believe in

the Hereafter.8Such people are on the rightway from their Lord and such are trulysuccessful.
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6The fourth condition to benefit from theQur' an is that one should be willing to partwith one's money according to theinstructions of the Book in order to renderthe rights of Allah and Man and shouldmake monetary sacrifices for the cause of

Islam which he has accepted.


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The criterion of success or failure is not theprosperity or adversity of this worldly life, butsuccessful in actual fact will be he who comesout successful in Allah's final judgement, andfailure he who is a failure there. Those whodo not believe in the life-after-death with theabove implications, cannot benefit from theQur'an because the one who entertains' even

the slightest doubt about these; not to speakof rejecting them, can never follow the way oflife which the Qur'an prescribes.


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There should always be among you somepeople who invite to what is good and

enjoin what is right and forbid what iswrong: They alone will attain true success.


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On the Day the weight will be identical withthe Truth:8 accordingly those whose scaleswill be heavy will alone come out

successful.


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8"On that Day weight will be identical withthe Truth". On the Day of Judgment in thejust scales of Allah, nothing but Truth willhave any weight and vice versa; all thatwill have weight will be nothing but Truth.The weight of one will increase or

decrease in proportion to the Truth one willhave with oneself and that one will bejudge.


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The life of falsehood, irrespective of itslongevity and apparent grand deeds, willhave absolutely no weight in those scales

of justice. When the deeds of theworshipers of falsehood will be weighed inthese scales, they will see with their owneyes that the `grand' deeds of their liveshave no weight at all. d solely by themeasure of that weight and by nothing else


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(So. now mercy has been assigned to those) whofollow this Messenger, the Ummi Prophet112 whosemention they shall find in the Torah and the Gospelwith them.113 He enjoins them to follow virtue and

forbids them from evil: he makes pure things lawfulfor them and impure things unlawful.114 He relievesthem of their burdens and frees there from theshackles that bound them.115 For this reason thosealone who believe in him and support hire and

succor him and follow the light that has been sentdown with him, shall attain "success".
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It means: "The conditions that were laiddown for Allah's mercy upon you during thetime of Prophet Moses, still stand, andrequire you to believe in this Messenger. Itwas said to you that Allah's mercy is sentto those people who refrain from

disobedience.


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You were told that Allah has prescribed HisMercy for those who believe in HisRevelations: therefore if you reject theRevelations that Allah is sending down toHis Messenger, you will have failed to fulfilthis last condition, even though you might

go on asserting that you believe in theRevelations of the Torah."


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Here the use of the word (ummi) for theHoly Prophet is very significant. This titlewas used to break the national pride and

arrogance of the Jews, who called the non-Jews ummis (gentiles). In this respect,they were so arrogant that, as a nation, notto speak of acknowledging an ummi astheir leader. they were not ready even toconcede basic human rights to thegentiles.


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"Now your salvation solely depends on

following this Ummi Prophet. If you

follow him, you will receive a portion ofMy mercy. otherwise you are doomed tothe same wrath to which you have beensubjected during the centuries of your

deviation."


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Al-Mumenoon

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be no kinship among them that day, norwill they ask of one another. (101) Then

those whose scales are heavy, they arethe successful. (102)


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94It does not mean that the father will notremain "father" and the son will not remain"son", etc.. It only means that they will not be

able to help each other, nor shall they be ableto inquire about each other as father and son,for each one will be worried and anxious

about his own plight.95That is, those whose good deeds will be

heavy and will out-weigh their evil deeds.


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As regards the Believers, when they are

called towards Allah and His Messenger sothat the Messenger may judge betweenthem, they say, "We have heard and

obeyed"; such are the people who attaintrue success


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Therefore, (O believers,) give to yourrelative his due, and to the needy and the

wayfarer (his due).57 This is the best wayfor those who seek Allah's goodwill: suchalone will attain true success.


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It has not been said: "Give charity to the relative,the needy and the wayfarer, but their due becausethis is their right (due to them from you), which youmust give them in any case. You will not do them

any favor if you part with a part of your wealth fortheir sake. You should remember it well that if thereal owner of the wealth has given you more thanothers, your extra wealth is, in fact, the right ofothers, which has been given to you for your trial

so that your Lord may see whether you recognizethe rights of others and render their rights to themor not."

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