Tawba 69-70
69- LIKE THOSE WHO WERE BEFORE YOU, THEY WERE MORE POWERFUL, HAD MORE WEALTH AND CHILDREN, THEY ENJOYED WHAT THEY HAD AND YOU ENJOYED WHAT YOU HAD AS THOSE BEFORE YOU ENJOYED WHAT THEY HAD, AND YOU MOCKED AS THEY MOCKED, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO’S DEEDS ARE RENDERED IN VAIN BOTH IN THIS LIFE AND IN THE HEREAFTER, AND THOSE ARE THE LOSERS.
70- DID THEY NOT LEARN ABOUT THOSE BEFORE THEM, THE PEOPLE OF NOAH, AAD, THEMOD, THE PEOPLE OF IBRAHIM, AND THOSE IN POSSESSION OF MADIAN, AND THE MOATAFEKAH, THEIR MESSENGERS CAME TO THEM WITH THE CLEAR SIGNS, AND YOUR LORD WAS NOT UNJUST TO THEM, BUT THEY WERE UNJUST TO THEMSELVES.
There is a great deal of history in the Quran. Allah the Highest tells us about such history not for story telling or entertainment sake, but to learn from.
Allah’s policy does not change his policy with people and what happened with other nations may happen to the Muslims, should they commit the same sins and follow the same path.
Unfortunately the Muslims are following the same path as the nations before us. Homosexuality is spreading among some Muslim countries, just as happened with the people of the prophet Lute peace upon him. Cheating like the people of Madian, the people of the prophet Shoib, is spreading among the Muslims too.
Some of us follow and obey people or ideology in preference to obeying Allah the Highest and His messenger prayer and peace upon him. Some even go as far as mocking Islam and Islamic Laws, jesting about them and consider them outdated and archaic.
We should not expect any favourable treatment from Allah the Highest than other nations, should these sins spread among us to the same extend as they did among other nations, for Allah the Highest is never unjust, he said: “O my slaves, I have forbidden myself to be unjust and made it forbidden amongst you, therefore do not be unjust among yourselves”.
Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him told us that this was going to happen, he said: “By he who has my soul in his hand, you will follow the path of those before you”. (Bukhari: Etesam)
This does not mean that we are doomed, but some of us will follow that path and others do not. Here comes the importance of doing our best to prevent these sins, and that we should try to put the wrong write. Allah the Highest said: “AND LET THERE ARISE FROM AMONGST YOU, A NATION THAT CALLS UPON PEOPLE TO DO WHAT IS GOOD AND RIGHT, ENJOINS WHAT IS RIGHT AND FORBIDS WHAT IS WRONG, THESE ARE THE SUCCESSFUL ONES”. (S: 3 A: 104)
And said: “YOU ARE THE BEST NATION THAT HAS BEEN RAISED FOR MANKIND; YOU ENJOIN WHAT IS WRITE, FORBID WHAT IS WRONG AND BELIEVE IN ALLAH”. (S: 3 A: 110)
And Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Whoever of you sees a wrong being done, let him change it with his hand, but if he cannot, then with his tongue, but if he cannot, then with his heart, and this is the weakest faith”. (M: Eman; 78 & T: Fetan; 11 & N: Eman; 17 & A: 3; 20, 49)
Therefore we should always do our best to prevent the wrong being done, and to stop the wrong if it is happening.
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