Please could you explain the Ayat in Chapter 40 Surah Mumin verse 18 and in particular the line:
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Please could you explain the Ayat in Chapter
40 Surah Mumin verse 18 and in particular the line: "and the wrong-doers
will neither have any kindly friend nor any `shafaa` who may be listened
to". Does this mean, on the other hand, that those who do righteous deeds
may have a friend or shufaa?
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In the name of Allah, We
praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah
guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide
them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: Please could you explain the Ayat in
Chapter 40 Surah Mumin verse 18 and in particular the line: "and the
wrong-doers will neither have any kindly friend nor any `shafaa` who may be
listened to".
Allah Says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 40 Surah Mumin verse 18: Warn them of
the Day that is (ever) drawing near when the hearts will (come) right up to the
throats to choke (them); no intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrongdoers
have who could be listened to.
The essence, content,
and substance of the verse of Surah Mumin is often repeated all over the
Glorious Quran by the Lord All-Mighty to thoroughly engrave the right context
of the enormity, horror and terror that will be abound on that Tumultuous Day
of Judgment!
Allah Says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 22 Surah Hajj verses 1-3:
1 O mankind! Fear your Lord!
For the convulsion of the Hour (of Judgment) will be a thing terrible!
2 The Day ye shall see it every mother giving suck shall forget her
suckling-babe, and every pregnant female shall drop her load (unformed): thou
shalt see mankind as in a drunken riot, (but) they would not be drunk: but
dreadful indeed will be the Wrath of Allah!
3 And yet among men there are such as dispute about Allah without
knowledge and follow every evil one obstinate in rebellion!
The disbelievers and
especially the polytheists had developed a very different concept of the Day of
Judgment, whereby they believed that their self-invented ‘god’ or ‘deity’ would
be their intercessor and friend, and if perchance for any reason their deeds
were not enough to attain success in the Hereafter, the self-invented deities
and ‘gods’ they worshipped and invoked all their lives would be present to save
them from any and all trouble! This
incorrect and utter false hopes on their self-invented deities and gods is what
had eluded them from the obedience and submission to their One and Only Lord
Creator….and one will find that all over the Quran Allah Subhanah warns them
regarding the results of their false hopes, whims, and fancies.
Allah says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anam verse 94: (And Allah will say), “So, you have come before Us all alone, as We created you at first. Now,
you have left behind all that We gave you in the world. Now We do not see with you those ‘shufa’a’
(intercessors), who, you believed, had a
share in moulding your destinies! All
the relations between you and them have been cut off, and all those, in whom you trusted, have left you in the lurch.”
Allah says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah
verse 48: And guard yourselves against the Day when no one shall avail
anyone else; nor shall ‘shafa’a’ (intercession) be accepted from anyone; nor shall anyone be acquitted for any amount
of ransom; nor shall the guilty ones be helped from any quarter.
Allah says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 40 Surah Mumin verse 47-48: Then imagine the time when
these people will be disputing with one another in Hell. The weak ones will say to the haughty ones,
“We were your followers! Now, can you save us from some part of our
punishment in Hell?” The haughty ones
will say, “We are all in the same state here,
and Allah has already passed judgment between His servants.”
Allah says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 41 Surah Ha Meem Sajdah
verse 47-48:Then on the Day when Allah will call out to the people
asking, “Where are those associates of Mine?”
They will say, “We have submitted:
there is none of us to bear witness to that.” At that time, all those deities whom they used to invoke
before this, shall be lost to them, and they will realize that they have no
refuge.
Allah says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah Aaraaf verses 52-53: We have brought to these
people a Book which gives details based on knowledge and which is a guidance
and blessing for those who believe.
Now, are these people waiting for
anything other than the consequence of which they have been warned in the Book? When the consequence will come before
them, those very people who aforetime
had disregarded it, will say,
“Indeed, the Messenger of our Lord had
come with the Truth. Shall we have,
then, any ‘shufaa’ who will intercede for us?
Or could we be sent back that we might do deeds different from those we
did before?” They have, indeed, incurred heavy loss upon themselves, and all the false things they had invented
have forsaken them today.
The disbelievers did not
believe in the concept of the Hereafter, and the polytheists invented their own
‘insurance’ in the form of their deities and false gods, and spent their lives
worshipping and invoking them in the belief that these false hopes would be
able to help them in the Hereafter! Had
they only believed in the warning accorded to them in Truth by their Lord
Creator and His Messenger (saws), and understood the true concept of the
Hereafter, and submitted their lives and their will in obedience to the
Commands of their Lord Who Created them, they would never ever have fallen into
this abyss of a trap and delusion invented by their accursed enemy, the Shaytaan!
Allah Says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 14 Surah Ibraheem verse 22: And the Shaytaan will say when the matter (on the Day) is decided :
"It was Allah Who gave you a promise of Truth: I too promised, but I
failed in my promise to you. I had no
authority over you except to call you, but ye listened to me: then reproach not
me but reproach your own souls! I cannot
listen to your cries nor can ye listen to mine.
I reject your former act in associating me with Allah. For wrongdoers there must be a Grievous Penalty."
The false hopes that the
disbelievers and polytheists put on their self-invented deities and gods made
them arrogant in the life of the transitory world, and they rejected the
guidance and call of Allah and His Messenger (saws) to believe in their Lord
Creator and do righteous good deeds! At
long last, when these arrogant disbelievers see for themselves that whatever
their Lord Creator promised them to be the Truth, they will have nothing but
dismay, disgust, regrets, and the eternal abode of punishment as their lot!!!
Your Question: Does this mean, on the other hand, that
those who do righteous deeds may have a friend or shufaa?
Allah Says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 257 (part): Allah is the Friend, Patron, Protector of those who have faith: from the depths of darkness He will lead them forth into light.
Allah Says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verses 55-56:
55 Your (real) friends are (no less than) Allah, His Messenger and the
believers, those who establish regular prayers and
regular charity and they bow down humbly (in worship).
56 As to those who turn (for friendship) to Allah, His Messenger, and
the (fellowship of) believers; it is the fellowship of Allah that must
certainly triumph.
Allah Says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 41 Surah Haa Meem verses 26-31:
26 The unbelievers say: "Listen not to this Qur'an but talk at
random in the midst of its (reading) that ye may gain the upper hand!"
27 But We will certainly give the unbelievers a taste of a Severe
Penalty and We will requite them for the worst of their deeds.
28 Such is the requital of the enemies of Allah: the Fire! Therein will be for them their Eternal Home:
a (fit) requital for that they were wont to reject Our Signs.
29 And the unbelievers will say: "O Our Lord! Show us those among Jinns and men who misled
us: we shall crush them beneath our feet so that they become the vilest (before
all)."
30 In the case of those who say "Our Lord is Allah" and
further stand straight and steadfast, the Angels descend on them (from time to
time): "Fear ye not!" (they say) "nor grieve! But receive the Glad Tidings of the Garden
(of Bliss) the which ye were promised!
31 We are your friends, patrons, protectors in this life and in the
Hereafter: therein shall ye have all that your
souls shall desire; therein shall ye have all that ye ask for!
32 A hospitable gift from The One, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful!"
Allah Says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verse 69: All who obey Allah and the Messenger are in the company of those on
whom is the Grace of Allah: the Prophets, the sincere (lovers of Truth), the
witnesses (or martyrs), and the righteous! Aah! What a beautiful fellowship!
Without an iota of a
doubt, it is the solemn Promise of the Lord Most High that to those who
believed and did righteous good deeds …. Allah Subhanah, the Lord Exalted and
High Himself, His Prophets, His Angels, and the righteous believers will be their
true friends and patrons; and from His Grace and Mercy the Lord Most Merciful
will admit His believing slaves into the fellowship and company of amongst His
Prophets, the Truthful, the Martyrs, and the Rigtheous! Aah!
What a Beautiful fellowship, and what a beautiful companionship!
Allah says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumar verses 44: What! Have they taken besides Allah others as
‘shofa’a’ (intercessors)? Say to them,
“Will they intercede even if they have no power whatever nor understanding?” Say, “
And for these fortunate
people, none other than their Lord Most Exalted Most High will be their
Intercessor; for ‘Shafaa’ or intercession will wholly be in the Power of the
Lord Exalted Alone! He, the Most
Exalted Himself will Decide who are those who deserve intercession, and He, the
Most Exalted is He, will Decide, Appoint, Choose and Bestow upon whom He Wills,
the Ultimate Honor to intercede on behalf of His believing slaves!
Allah is our witness
brother, even the best of friends and patrons will be foes and staunch enemies
of one another, except those who believed and did righteous good deeds in
accordance with guidance of their Lord and His Messenger (saws); for they will
indeed be the closest friends of one another for eternity!
Allah Says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 43 Surah Zukhruf verse 67: Friends on that Day will be foes one to another, except the
Righteous.
Such will be the Mercy
and Grace of Allah Subhanah, that if perchance two believers had any
misunderstanding or lurking sense of injury or any malice towards each other in
the life of the transitory world, The Lord Most Gracious shall completely
remove any sense of spite or ill-feeling they might have had against each
other, and bond them in the eternal relationship of brotherhood and friendship!
Allah Says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 15 Surah Hijr verses 45-49:
45 The righteous (will be) amid Gardens and fountains (of clear-flowing
water).
46 (Their greeting will be): "Enter ye here in Peace and
Security."
47 And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury: (they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on Thrones
(of Dignity).
48 There no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be
asked to leave.
49 (O Prophet (saws)): Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
May Allah Subhanah guide
you and us to do deeds that will enable us to be amongst those fortunate and
righteous slaves who will be eternal friends to one another in
Whatever written of
Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever
of error is of me alone. Allah Alone
Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Wister