In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
154. Wala taqooloo liman yuqtalu fee sabeeli Allahi
amwatun bal ahyaon walakin la tashAAuroona
154. And say not
unto those who are killed, in Allah's Path, as dead. Nay! They are alive, but
you perceive not.247 to 249
247. It's one of the observed hard truths about life
on this earth, that good work done in Allah's Path doesn't often get
recompensed here. People have died, or have been killed, while struggling to
traverse steadfastly on that Path. Seeing this happen, many of the others have
fled from that Path. Should we follow suit? Allah has given us the freedom of
choice. And if we follow suit, exercising that freedom, what would we get?
Maybe, we would get some worldly wealth, and some worldly position. But at what
cost? At the price of our abandoning good things like honesty, fair play,
justice, truth et al. And even if we bid goodbye to such good things, are we
sure that we would get the worldly pelf and position? Not at all! Worldly life
is very uncertain. Today we set about getting the world by fair means or foul,
and tomorrow (who knows?) we may die! And who knows what's on the other side of
the divide? Maybe, what these religious people say will come true. What if,
because of our abandoning belief in Allah and in the Hereafter, we may be put
into that Hell-fire they talk about, to suffer there forever!!
248. If only we would think rationally thus, Brothers
and Sisters, there is really no real alternative to Allah's Path! Although
Allah has given us the freedom of choice, it's a choice between certainty or
uncertainty, salvation or doom. So, come! Let us be certain in our belief in
Allah, and in what He tells us. HE tells us here not to consider those killed
in His Path as dead. Let us have absolute belief in this, although we are not
capable of understanding the divine statement. Being mere creatures, we do not
understand many things. But our Lord, the absolute Creator, knows everything.
So, let's believe Him, for our own good!
249. In Verse 3:169 and in Verses
immediately following that Verse, we are further informed that the martyrs in
Allah's Path receive provisions from Allah and that they rejoice in Allah's
bounties! Allah tells us there, that He shall not let the supreme sacrifice of
such believers go waste. It is thus apparent that the martyrs shall enjoy a
pleasant continuity of consciousness even immediately after the end of their
worldly lives. Unlike others, who shall be in a state of unconsciousness
extending to even thousands of years, till they are resurrected in the
Hereafter! That is an additional divine reward for the martyrs*.
*It may well be noted that modern-day
suicide bombers, who are responsible for killing innocent lives besides their
own, cannot qualify to be called martyrs in Allah’s Path.
Friday, the 16th of June
2017.
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