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Surah Ar-Rahman (Ayah 43-53)

Class 8 -‐‑ April 27, 2013

[This is a transcript of a lecture given by Sister Eman al Obaid. We ask Allah subhana wa ta’ala for His forgiveness and His Mercy. Anything that is good from these notes is from Allah subhana wa ta’ala. Any mistakes & misrepresentations are my own. I ask Allah subhana wa ta’ala for His forgiveness and

to put forgiveness in the hearts of those who read them. JazakAllah Khairan.]

Surah Ar-‐‑Rahman (Ayah 43-‐‑53) • • •

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Surah Ar-Rahman (Ayah 43-53) Class 8 -‐‑ April 27, 2013

Introduction There is no greater blessing for us other than the Quran.

Allah said in the Quran that he would reveal a heavy Qalaam on to the Prophet. The heaviness is because of the commands and also because the Quran is Allah’s speech. Once Angel Jibreel brought the revelation when the Prophet SAW was on a camel, the camel knelt and came down due to the weight. The Prophet SAW could bear the heaviness of the revelation because Allah gave him the ability. At the same time Allah said in the Quran that he has made it easy for us to understand the Quran.

Surah Ar-‐‑Rahman is all about blessings. In the previous class we studied about the Day of Judgment. After the Day of Judgment the people are divided into two groups. In Quran the group of hell fire is mentioned before the group of Paradise. The same will happen on the Day of Judgment, as first the people of hell fire will enter Hell and then the believers will enter Paradise. The people of hell fire will be known by their marks and they will be dragged towards hell by their feet and forehead.

Ayah 37-45 عاقببة االممججرمميننن

Ayah 43

ذههۦ ـ means something “close”. This is ھھھه .but pointing to something close ااسم ااشاررهه


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ذذلك is also ااسم ااشاررهه but pointing to something distant/far. In the Quran ذذلك is said for the believers as their status is elevated and their position is higher. ذذلك is also used for disbelievers as they are far away from Allah’s mercy

In this Ayah the word ذههۦ ـ is used as the Hell fire will not be far from the disbelievers on the Day of ھھھه

Judgment. Infact it will be so close to them that they will see it with their eyes. In the Duniya, the disbelievers may feel that hell fire is far away from them and they will not enter it. However on the Day of Judgment the angels will seize them and take them to hell.

جھهنم is one of the names of Hell fire. Some scholars say it is one of the degrees/ levels of Hell fire

(steps that go down). جھهنم is from Jahama, which is the facial expression of someone who is angry, not

happy. is the place that Allah prepared for those who disobeyed him. In so many Ayat in the جھهنم

Quran there is mention about جھهنم as if it talks, hears, breathes and has feelings. When the people will

enters the hell fire the hell fire will frown at them.

”means “which ٱٱلتى

”means “ denied بب یيكذ

”means “criminals ٱٱلمجرمونن بہا

Here there are two descriptions mentioned for the people of Hellfire. The first one is and the یيكذبب second is ٱٱلمجرمونن

”means “constantly belied یيكذبب

means ٱٱلمجرمونن “criminals”. Here criminals is used to refer to the disbelievers as they commit

crime against themselves by causing themselves destruction which results in them entering hellfire.

Ayah 44


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This is a verb from Taaf which means “ doing Tawaf” . Here it is said that the people of Hell یيطوفونن

fire are very distressed and are going around the different places in hell fire.

means “ going between /around”. The بیينہا here refers to Jahanum ھھھها

Allah is never unjust to his servants. No one is greater than Allah who sends us guidance to make us far away from Hell fire. Sometimes Allah will bring us guidance through trials. Every situation in our life, whether good or bad, is a guiding message to make us closer to Allah. It is upto us to take the message or not. The disbelievers entering hell fire will praise Allah because when they will see their book of records they understand that deserve the punishment.

”means “ and in between ووبیين

means “ boiling water حمیيم When people will go between the different levels of torture they will get tired and ask for a drink. At that time they will be given boiling water.

”means “ maximum heat / maximum cold ءاانن

In hell fire there are different places of torture. Some are very hot and others are bitter cold. Hell fire has two breaths. One when it is the maximum high temperature (hottest day of the year) and the other when it is the coldest day of the year. Both these are breaths of Hell fire.

There are different stages of fear. One cannot be in fear all the time. The fear should make us seek refuge from Hell fire and make us attach to Allah. The attachment to Allah should give us the satisfaction. We need to be attached to Allah, as we cannot ourselves protect us from Hell.

There is wisdom behind the fear. Fear itself is not enough. Purpose of fear is to attach to Allah. Fear should cause a reaction in us so that we abstain from sins. If people only fear and do not no any actions then that fear is of no use and it does not help.


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Ayah 45

Which of favors of Allah’s you both deny? The Ayah telling us about the punishment of the disbelievers is Rahmah from Allah for believers and the disbelievers. It will make the believer to attach himself more to Allah and it is a lesson for disbelievers. Allah is warning the disbelievers to come close to Allah. Allah knows his creation so he knows best the placement of Ayat ul Azab is suiting / benefiting the mankind

Ayah 46-78 ننعيممم االممتقيننن

Ayah 46


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From this Ayah onward till the end of the Surah there is description about Paradise. There are two groups of people in Paradise. There are various levels in Paradise. Now we will see about the first group of the people of Paradise. First of all we need to see what makes a person to enter Paradise? A person will enter only due to Allah’s mercy. In this life we need to do good deeds in order to increase our level in Paradise.

Allah will give us the reward in Akhirah according to our deeds in life.

In this Ayah the actions are described that makes a person deserve the two gardens in Paradise. Such a person is afraid to stand in front of Allah. The first action of people of Paradise is the fear of standing in front of Allah. Allah is the most high. We should not only be afraid from Allah’s anger but also be afraid of His position. The thought that we have to stand in front of Allah should result in fear. Scholars are more afraid of Allah and Maqam Allah than hell fire.

”means “ as for the one وولمن

”means “afraid خافف

”means “position مقامم

”means “ Lord رربھهۦWhere is the place of Khouf? This is in the heart. If a person is afraid he will abstain from sins. Here the hypocrites are excluded because they may have outside action but they don’t fear Allah. There actions are because they fear people, they are afraid of their position etc.

”means “ two gardens جنتانن

Such a person has two gardens. One garden because he left the sins and the other garden because he is doing the obligations. Fear will make him to work double. When one is afraid it will make the person to be abstain from sins and the fear will also make do good deeds.

Ayah 47


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Which of favors of Allah’s you both deny? It is a blessing from Allah that the believers will be rewarded with two gardens due to their fear. They will be rewarded for fear from Allah. When we fear from Allah we are more attached to him. And Allah will reward us for this fear in Akhirah. Due to the fear a person feels afraid and leaves the sins. It is fear that will make us do actions different from our desires. There is a Hadith of Prophet SAW that the one who left something for the sake of Allah, Allah will replace him with something better.

Ayah 48

What is inside the gardens of Paradise? In the Duniya we cannot enjoy things beyond a certain level. Our bodies in life are not designed to have maximum reward. However in the Akhirah we can have maximum enjoyment. The Prophet SAW said between us and Paradise/Hell is distance like between our shoelace and us. How in this life we dream about the things what we desire like our house, our jobs


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etc. Similarly we should dream about Paradise. Even if we dream and have hope, Allah appreciates our feelings.

The lowest person in Paradise will be rewarded 10 times more than the richest person who existed on the earth. Even he will feel that no one is better than him. This is because that feeling that someone is better than me will be removed from our hearts.

Now in this Ayah the trees of Paradise are mentioned. We cannot imagine the beauty of the trees in Paradise.

”means “with ذذذوووااتآ

”means” young branches with leaves with colors unimaginable أأفنناننن

The trees in Paradise are not like the ones in Duniya.The trees will be of colors that we have not seen before. The trees in Paradise will not get old. The trees in paradise will be the same throughout the time. They will have beautiful shapes. Some of the trees in Paradise are too big. The walking distance under the shade of one tree is one hundred years. The trunk of the trees in Paradise is made of Gold

How we can get the trees in Paradise ?

Prophet SAW met Prophet Ibrahim AS on the seventh heaven in the night of Miraj. Prophet Ibrahim AS said to Prophet SAW to say Salam to his Ummah and to tell them the Paradise is a blessed land with sweet water and having trees of Subhan Allah , Alhumdu lliah , La illaha illa Allah and Allahu Akbar.


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Ayah 49

Which of favors of Allah’s you both deny ?

Ayah 50

means under it فیيہما

means springs عينناننن

means springs تججرياننن

Under both the tents, houses or gardens there are two springs running. There are many Ayat describing the water in Paradise. In Surah Insaan the water is called Salsabeel. In Surah Mutatafeen it is called Tasneem. The people in highest level have Tasneem as their drink. For the people in the lower levels the drinks will be mixed with few drops of Tasneem.


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When a person enters Paradise he will know where is his house. He will know where to go in Paradise to reach his house. A person in Paradise will have a kingdom where he does not get lost. The house in Paradise has so many doors, one for the servants, one for friends, one for the angels.

In the Paradise the rivers / water we have

1. Pure Water 2. Honey 3. Milk 4. Wine -‐‑ the wine be purified for the believers

The servants will serve the wine will be like lulu Maknoon. In Paradise we will have 1000 servants and each will have one specify duty. The servants will bring a drink each time we think of the drink. They will serve in cups of gold and silver. The quantity will be suiting us (not too much or too less).

Ayah 51

Which of favors of Allah’s you both deny?

Ayah 52

Now in this Ayah it is said in every fruits in Paradise there will be two types. One is dry and one is fresh.

”means “in both of them فیيہما

”means “are of من

”means “every كل


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كھهة ـ ”means “fruit ف

”means “pairs/ two kinds ززووجانن

Compare to people of Hell fire who are thirsty and hungry, the people in heaven will not eat out of need but out of enjoyment.

Ayah 53

Which of favors of Allah’s you both deny? Anything we get in this Duniya is blessing from Allah. The blessing of Akhirah is forever. In Paradise we don’t have to be afraid that we will get old, sick or die. Paradise solves all the problems of Duniya, sadness, sickness, grief and old age.

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