Araf 90-93
90- THOSE IN POSITIONS OF POWER AND AUTHORITY OF HIS PEOPLE SAID: “IF YOU FOLLOW SHOIB, YOU WILL INDEED BE LOSERS”.
91- THEN THEY WERE TAKEN BY THE TREMOR, AND THEY DIED IN THEIR OWN HOMES.
92- THOSE WHO REJECTED SHOIB WERE AS IF THEY NEVER LIVED IN COMFORT THERE, THOSE WHO REJECTED SHOIB WERE THE LOSERS.
93- THEN HE TURNED AWAY FROM THEM AND SAID: “I DELIVERED MY LORD’S MESSENGER TO YOU, AND I ADVISED YOU, WHY SHOULD I GRIEF FOR DISBELIEVING PEOPLE”.
Shoib’s people thought that to follow Shoib they will be losers. They thought about losing in this life, not the Hereafter, for they did not believe in the Hereafter. They meant losing the small financial gains from cheating.
Cheating hurts every one, and leads to loss of confidence and trust between people. Indeed it is a terrible ailment when it spreads throughout society. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “He is not one of us is he who cheats us”. (M: Eman; 164 & a: 3; 466)
Cheating is a form of stealing, for example, if a person is paying the price of 5 Kg of grain, to be given 4 kg means that a kg was stolen from him.
This applies to quality just as much as it applies to quantity; for goods vary greatly in value according to their quality. Therefore to be paid to give an A grade product, and then deliver a B grade product, is Cheating.
Cheaters lose out in this life as well as in the Hereafter. They lose people’s trust; respect and they can never do a good long term business, and eventually lose out financially as well. Such person Allah the Highest has forbidden to enter Paradise, for Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Does not enter Paradise he who’s flesh grows out of ill-gotten money”. (A: 321,399)
Allah the Highest does not accept their charity, Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Allah is good and Pure who accepts only what is good and pure”. (M: Zakah; 65 & Da: Reqaq; 9 & A: 2; 328)
Allah the Highest does not even answer the Dawa of a person living out of ill-gotten money. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said:”A man will have his food from ill-gotten money, his drink from ill-gotten money, and his cloths from ill-gotten money, and then asks Allah; how likely is it for him to be answered”.
Allah the Highest destroyed the people of Shoib with a tremor (possibly a severe earthquake)
Allah the Highest told Shoib peace upon him not to grief for them, as he fulfilled his mission to them, delivered Allah’s message, advised them and did his best to help them. All that can be done for them was done. Each person who might be involved in trying to guide people to the right path should not be saddened by people’s response, as long as all that can be done to help and guide them has been done.
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