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Surah Al Muminoon
Surah Al Muminoon is a Makki Surah revealed before Hijra of the Prophet SAW. It was revealed to strengthen the believers and to keep them firm on the faith. In this Surah, Allah is telling us about all of His signs to strengthen the belief.
We will see the different means to increase faith. In this Surah we are told about Prophet Nuh that is a practical example of a believer and disbeliever. Allah is giving his support to the believers at all times and He made the disbelievers to be defeated.
Today we will continue with the story of Prophet Nuh A.S
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SECTION IV: STORY OF PROPHET NUH (AYAH 23 -‐31)
Ayah 27 contd.
“So We inspired to him, "Construct the ship under Our observation, and Our inspiration, and when Our command comes and the oven overflows, put into the ship from each [creature] two mates and your family, except those for whom the decree [of destruction] has proceeded. And do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are to be drowned. Allah inspired the Prophet Nuh A.S. to construct and build the ship under His Observation. The other inspiration is that Allah is telling Prophet Nuh the signs of destruction that is the water will gush from the oven. After the sign comes then he instructed Prophet Nuh to board two mates of the creatures and the believers onto the ship. Except for the wife and son of Prophet Nuh who will be separated from his household. Allah caused Prophet Nuh and his wife and son to be separated due to their disbelief. Belief is what makes us united and disbelief causes separation. La ilaha ilal la unites the believers. Allah knows who are believers and who are disbelievers. This is the separation. That is why Allah will not allow a person with one atom of faith to be drowned; only those who have 100% disbelief in their hearts were drowned.
طبنى فى ٱٱلذيین ظظلمواا ـ ووال تخ means “And do not address Me concerning those who have wronged”
Allah is commanding Prophet Nuh A.S not to address Allah regarding those who have wronged themselves. Prophet Nuh A.S. called on his son to come with him, but he said “I will go to the mountain and it will protect me from the water”. His son trusted his mind instead of trusting Allah. He thought he could climb the mountain and it will protect him from the disaster. Prophet Nuh replied to him that no one would be saved today except those who have special mercy of Allah. His son was drowned along with the disbelievers.
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! The ship resembles the salvation for the believers. ! The waves of the ocean resemble the destruction. The “fitnas” (trials) in the life are like the
waves.
There is no way of salvation except for obeying Allah and His Messenger SAW. We should not rely on anyone except Allah. We are going through so many fitnas in life and it is a cause of our destruction. There is nothing that will save us from the trials fitna of the Duniya and the Akhirah except La illa ha illal la. Surah Muminoon is telling us if we want to be saved from drowning we need to follow Allah and his messenger SAW.
,means ظظلمواا “ who have done wrong”.
This refers to the disbelievers who did not obey Allah and His messenger. Allah is the All Wise, He will never treat a believer similar to a disbeliever because that would be injustice and Allah is never unjust – it negates the wisdom of Allah. Allah will not save a disbeliever. Ibrahim A.S wanted to intercede for his father, but no one can intercede for a disbeliever. That is why we need to take ourselves out from the Zulm, because no one can intercede for the Zalimeen.
غرقونن ,means إإنہم م “verily they are to be drowned”.
Allah is the All-‐Knowing of who is deserving of punishment. Therefore we should always try to purify our hearts, and not deceive ourselves. We don’t want to say we are believers when we are not, or we love Allah when we don’t, or we follow the Sunnah, when we don’t. We should not drown in the fitna of the Duniya; in the fitna of the sin, in the fitna of the Shirk, in the fitna of Children and general disobedience. Allah is all-‐aware of everyone’s heart. Allah knows who is the one deserving salvation.
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Ayah 28
“And when you have boarded the ship, you and those with you, then say, 'Praise to Allah who has saved us form the wrongdoing people."
Allah is telling Prophet Nuh A.S. step by step what he is supposed to do once he has embarked on the ship.
means فإذذاا ٱٱستويیت أأنت وومن معك “And when you have embarked, you and whoever is with you”
,means فإذذاا “when”
,means ٱٱستويیت “boarded”. “raised/ climbed” (on the ship)
To climb on the ship shows that it is high and tall
Who is climbing on the ship?
,means وومن معك “you and those with you” It is Nuh and the believers who are with him. And it shows that we need to climb for belief. This is why the believers are elevated. The more one has belief, the more he is elevated. When one is elevated then the Duniya and the matters of the Duniya are very small for him.
,means على ٱٱلفلك “on the ship”.
The shape of the ship is that it is floating. This indicated the belief keeps you floating and not drown.
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What is the Dua that needs to be said when climbing on the ship that is an inspiration from Allah?
FIRST DUA
,means فقل ٱٱلحمد # “All praises and thanks are due to Allah”
They need to praise Allah for saving them from drowning. All praise is due to Allah because of His perfection and bounties upon us. We praise Allah because He is perfect in His majesty, perfect in His greatness, etc. All praise to Allah for the belief.
لميین ـ ٮنا من ٱٱلقومم ٱٱلظ means ٱٱلذىى نج “Who has saved us from the people who are Zalimoon”
This shows us that the believers attribute all perfection to Allah who saved them from the Zalimoon people. The believers do not attribute the salvation to themselves.
! That is why the dwellers of paradise will say ‘Alhamdulillah’ that Allah saved us from sins, from Zulm. The wrongdoers, the Zalimoon, are disobeying Allah and He saved us from making Zulm, and for this we need to praise Allah.
! When we see someone sinning, we should not feel proud but we need to praise Allah that He saved us from falling into the same sin. Allah did not make us drown. The test in the Duniya is la ilaha illal la and we need to attribute all of the blessings to Allah. We will be saved from the punishment when we are saved from the Zulm. For example, when we see someone worshiping a cow, we should not feel proud or make fun of such people. Instead we need to thank Allah that He did not make us a cow worshipper, and we need to ask Allah to keep us firm on the guidance.
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Ayah 29
“And say, 'My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best to accommodate [us]."
SECOND DUA
This is the second part of the Dua
ا باررك بب أأنزلنى منزال م means ووقل رر “ And say ‘My lord, Cause me to land at a blessed landing place”
After first praising Allah that He saved them, and then they want to land on a blessed landing place.
منزال means “landing place”
As a human, we want to land on the ground, even if we are flying first-‐class, we want to land; we don’t want to be roaming in the air or on sea.
There is a Dua in the Fortress in the Muslim when landing in a country. The Dua is as below:
O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and all they overshadow, Lord of the seven worlds and all they uphold, Lord of the devils and all they lead astray, Lord of the winds and all they scatter. I ask You for the goodness of this town and for the goodness of its people, and for the goodness it contains. I seek refuge in You from its evil, from the evil of its people and from the evil it contains. – Hisnul Hasin from Tabarani.
ا باررك م means “blessed’.
Allah is the only Owner of the Barakah. We want to set foot and begin good.
means ووأأنت خيیر ٱٱلمنزليین ”and You are the Best of those who bring to land’”
After Nuh made the Dua, Allah responded and accepted their supplication (Dua) by making them to land in a blessed land.