Maeda 7-11
7- AND REMEMBER ALLAH’S BOUNTY UPON YOU AND THE COVENANT HE HAS WITH YOU WHEN YOU SAID: “WE HEAR AND WE OBEY’, AND BE PIOUS AND GUARD YOURSELVES FROM ALLAH’S DISPLEASURE, FOR HE KNOWS WHAT IS IN YOUR CHESTS.
8- YOU WHO BELIEVE, STAND FIRMLY FOR ALLAH AND LET YOUR TESTIMONY BE JUST. AND DO NOT LET THE HATRED OF PEOPLE MAKE YOU TRANSGRESS AND BE UNJUST, BE JUST FOR THIS IS NEARER TO PIETY.
9- ALLAH PROMISED THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND DO RIGHTEOUS DEEDS THAT THEY WILL HAVE FORGIVENESS AND A GREAT REWARD.
10- AND FOR THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE IN OUR AYAHS, THEY ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE HELL-FIRE.
11- YOU WHO BELIEVE; REMEMBER ALLAH’S BOUNTY UPON YOU, WHEN PEOPLE WERE ABOUT TO STRETCH THEIR HANDS TO YOU (FIGHTING) BUT HE KEPT THEIR HANDS FROM YOU, AND BE PIOUS AND GUARD YOURSELVES FROM ALLAH’S DISPLEASURE, AND UPON ALLAH THE BELIEVERS SHOULD RELY.
Allah the Highest is reminding the believers of his bounty upon them; which is His Religion and Guidance.
This religion comes with obligations and duties. Allah the Highest took our covenants to fulfill these obligations and duties;
The first of these obligations and duties is to believe in Allah the Highest, and this was the first covenant. Allah the Highest said: “AND AS YOUR LORD TOOK THE OFFSPRING OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ADAM FROM THEIR BACKS, AND MADE THEM GIVE TESTIMONY FOR THEMSELVES; “AM I NOT YOUR LORD”, THEY SAID: “YES INDEED WE BEAR WITNESS”. SO THAT YOU MAY NOT ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION SAY: “WE WERE UNAWARE OF THAT”. (S: 7 A: 172)
The second obligation following believing in Allah the Highest is to follow Allah’s commands. “THE MESSENGER BELIEVED IN WHAT WAS SENT DOWN TO HIM AND SO DID THE BELIEVERS. THEY ALL BELIEVED IN ALLAH, HIS ANGELS, HIS BOOKS AND HIS MESSENGERS, WE MAKE NO SEPARATION BETWEEN ANY OF HIS MESSENGERS, AND THEY SAID: WE HEARD AND WE OBEY, FORGIVE US OUR LORD FOR TO YOU IS OUR DESTINY” (S: 2 A: 285)
Obedience is the hallmark or faith. Obedience is the way to piety, and to Allah’s love, for Allah the Highest loves those obedient to Him. Yet, we should know that Allah the Highest knows if our obedience of Him is true or false, is out of fear or love, due to believe or not, for Allah know all there is inside us.
Following this Ayah about Allah’s bounty and our obedience to Allah the Highest, comes a command. Obeying this command is one of the ways to piety, and piety leads to Paradise.
On the basis of the above, Allah the Highest is commanding us to “STAND FIRMLY FOR ALLAH” in all we do, particularly in upholding justice. Our testimony should be of the truth and to uphold justice. This means:
- One should give a true testimony to be a just witness. Also
- One should not be a witness over an unjust deal or action. One should not say to himself, this has nothing to do with me; I am just a witness over the deal, because if a person is a witness over injustice, he will be party to the Injustice.
A man of Allah’s messenger’s companions called Noman Ibn Basher said: “My father gave me a gift of some money. My mother said to him: I will not be happy with this until Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him is a witness over it”. He (the father) went to him to witness my gift, but he said to him: “Did you give all your children similar gifts?” He said: “No”. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Fear Allah and be just with your children” then he said: “I do not bear witness over injustice”. (M: Hebat; 14, 15 & A: 4268, 269)
Then Allah the Highest tells us that our hatred of some people or a person should not make us transgress Allah’s limits and be unjust to them. Therefore, there is no excuse for injustice.
The justice for a witness is to tell what he or she saw or know only. The witness’s rule is to give testimony, not to make judgement then support it with his testimony one side or the other. Doing this is upholding Allah’s Law.
Being factual in giving testimony also means not being swayed by our own feelings in the whole process of justice. Meaning to be just with those we like or love, and to lean away from those we dislike or hate. Justice should be delivered to every one, not just the ones we favour. We should be just even if this is against our own short term interests, for this is certainly important for our long term interests. Allah the Highest said: “YOU WHO BELIEVE, STAND FIRMLY FOR JUSTICE AND LET YOUR TESTIMONY BE FOR ALLAH, EVEN IF AGAINST YOURSELVES, OR YOUR PARENTS AND CLOSE KIN” (S: 4 A: 135)
Allah the Highest is reminding the believers of the great reward awaiting them in the Hereafter when they obey Allah the Highest. That is not to be allured by the quick benefits they gain if unjust, for what is with Allah the Highest is far better, greater and everlasting.
Allah the Highest looks after His prophets and messengers and the believers when they obeyed His commands; and Allah the Highest gives us an example of it in Ayah 11.
The Jews of Medina of Bano Al-Nadir were plotting to kill Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him, by throwing a big stone over his head when he sate down against the wall in a particular place. Allah the Highest informed His messenger prayer and peace upon him, who got up and left and his companions followed him. He then fought Bano Al-Nadir and forced them to leave Medina.
This was an example of Allah the Highest looking after the believers which is not restricted to any time or place.
B: Bukhari M: Muslim Mal: Malek A: Ahmed D: Abu Dawood
Da: Daremy Ma: Ibn Magah N: Nesae T: Termezi
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