All praise be due to Allah.. We praise Him and ask him for support and forgiveness.
And we seek refuge with Allah from the evilness of our souls.. and from our bad deeds.
Whomever Allah, Almighty, guides, no one can send him astray..
and whomever He sends astray, you will never find for them a protector to guide him.
I bear witness that there is no deity, only Allah, alone, no association with Him.
and, I bear witness that our master, and our prophet, Muhammad is His servant and His messenger.
may Salat from Allah be upon him and upon his family and his companions..
and upon those who have followed his path and who have followed his guidance with goodness to the Day of Recompense.. Then:
We are here, honored to explain a noble verse:
Allah, Almighty, said:
"And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction.. " 23:75
".. they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly."
"And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]." 23:76
"Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair." 23:77
We will focus on the first verse..
in Sura, Al-Muminun.
which is a Makkiyyah Sura.
So, apparently the verse is about the disbelievers from Quraish.
Allah, Almighty has sent them a prophet..
from them, and who was well known to them..
may Salat and Salam from Allah be upon him.
But, most of them, were stubborn..
The experts of Tafsir said that Allah has answered the Du'aa of the prophet against them.
and, they had some drought, with shortage of food..
So, they asked the prophet..
to supplicate Allah for them..
even though, they were still disbelieving.
This is very clear in the verses.
The Lord of dignity said:
[And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction]..
[they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly].
there are two indications of the verse..
The first indication:
Allah, Almighty, knows, in advance, how would it be like, if an absent thing, becomes present!
How would it be like to be present!
Some people of knowledge say this, in anther way, they say:
In case of lacking something, Allah knows the situation in case if it was present.
Similar to this, Allah, almighty, said in Sura Al-An'aam:
".. And even if they were returned, they would return to that which they were forbidden.." 6:28
But this verse is..
about people of the Fire, at Resurrection Day.
Because after they see the Fire, they regret what they were doing.
Allah is telling us that this regret is not true..
And, if they would be given a second chance..
they would return to that which they were forbidden.
[And even if they were returned, they would return to that which they were forbidden].
But, in case of our verse:
most probably, it is about people at Dunya time..
However, some people of Tafsir said that it is about people at Akhirah..
But, Al-Jumhoor agree that it is at the time at Makkah.
This is the first indication..
The second matter is:
Does the verse intend to give us a reason..
as people usually give (Not Allah) as a way of..
giving an excuse..
or, of triggering despair.
Most of the people of knowledge..
they didn't discuss this aspect.
i.e. from the verse, some people might understand that, Allah, Almighty, is saying..
the reason that He doesn't remove the affliction from them is because..
He knows that they will return to transgression.
So, this is like an excuse, that He won't remove the affliction!
this is a discussion, I'm not talking about Allah.
In the book of At-Tahreer and At-Tanweer, Al-Tahir Bin 'Ashour said:
that this is not the intended meaning of the verse.
The intended meaning is;
to make them despair, that the affliction will not be removed!
The explanation of At-Tahir 'Ashour goes with the context of the verse..
But, Allah, Almighty, said in Sura Ad-Dukhan:
"Indeed, We will remove ˹that˺ torment for a while, and you ˹Mekkans˺ will return ˹to disbelief˺." 44:15
If both verses have the same indication..
then the explanation of At-Tahir 'Ashour is not valid.
may Allah grant him great mercy.
And the verse is still present, and knowledgeable scholars can give their explanations.
each of them as his knowledge indicates.
Is this clear?
The Lord of Glory said:
[And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly[Ya'amah-oon]].
transgression is exceeding limits..
and; ['Aamah] is confusion and hesitation..
this is the meaning of; [in their transgression, wandering blindly].
There is another word;
[they would still persist[Lajjo]]..
The word; [Lajaj] means;
being very stubborn!
sever persistence.
And a person in a state of [Lajaj], he doesn't change.
No matter how clear the matter for him.
And a person might be like this, just for the sake of opposing others.
and they might do the same with him.
Is this clear?
To explain this..
We have an example from history..
from literature.
This example is always given in this context.
A person who is aware of..
the situations of people..
either with reading or engaging with them..
he is more likely to do the right thing.
So, any person who have knowledge..
he is always praised.
as knowledge of history..
might help to deal with future issues.
Umm Al-Mumineen, Aisha, may Allah please her and be pleased of her..
she was..
very knowledgeable..
about people in history..
their poetry and parables..
For this, she was, may Allah be pleased of her and of her parents..
very firm in knowledge.
Her brothers were;
Abdullah, Muhammad, and Abdur-Rahman..
and her sisters were: Asmaa and Umm Kulthum.
Asmaa was the mother of Abdullah Ibn Az-Zubair.
Umm Kulthum was born after the death of her father Abu Bakr.
her mother was, Bint Kharijah Bin Zaid.
she was pregnant when Abu Bakr died.
The mother of Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr..
was Asmaa Bint 'Aumais..
Abu baker married her after the death of her husband; Ja'afar
She gave birth to a son named Muhammad.
The story is about this Muhammad..
to explain the word [Lajjo]..
When Asmaa Bint 'Aumais gave birth to Muhammad..
the prophet, (ﷺ), was on his way to the last Hajj; of Wada'a
i.e., at Dhu-Al-Hulifah, Meqat.. (land mark)
he was born there.
So, Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr..
was only for few months with the prophet, (ﷺ).
From the month of Dhu-Al-Hijjah to the month; Rabi'a, when the prophet, (ﷺ), died.
he was 5 to 6 months old, when the prophet died,
Then, Abu Bakr died..
2 years and few months, after the death of the prophet, (ﷺ).
and, Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr was about 3 years old.
After ['Aiddah], Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased of him, married her..
He married, Asmaa Bint 'Aumais, the mother of Muhammad.
before him she was with Abu Bakr, and before him she was with Ja'afar.
After Ali married her..
Muhammad knew Ali as his only guardian..
He didn't see the prophet, (ﷺ)..
and was only for 3 years with his father.
Clear?
So, he was very loving and loyal to Ali.
Even if Ali wasn't the husband of his mother..
yet, loving Ali is a great sign of Iman.
not to mention, he was raised by Ali.
So, when Ali was chosen for ruling, Caliphate..
the people of Ash-Sham were against him.
while all the right was with Ali..
so, Muhammad was supporting Ali..
Among the people who were supporting him.
He fought with him, went to battles with him, and supporting him.
Then, many Fitnah have occurred
We ask Allah to grant us well-being..
Then, Ali was murdered by Al-Khawarij..
Then, some of the army of Muawiyah came..
with a man called: Muawiyah Bin Hadeej Al-Kindy..
he claimed that Muhammad has participated in killing of..
Ameer Al-Mumineen, Uthman, may Allah be pleased of him and please him..
He was after these killers, including Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr.
then, he found him at Misr..
and he killed him, he killed Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr..
a severe killing.
No need to give details, but it was a bad killing.
After the death of Muhammad, his children were small..
2 or 3, one of them was Al-Qasim.
The children were taken from Misr to Al-Madinah..
because Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr was killed, and his wife.
So, as the mother and the father were killed..
the children returned to Al-Madinah..
As I've said, Aisha had 3 brothers..
By that time, Abdullah Ibn Abu Bakr was dead.
There was only Abdur-Rahman, who was older than Aisha..
he was her sibling brother.
Now let's think about this, by logic..
Who should be the guardian, in charge of the children of Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr?
Abdur-Rahman.
But when they came to Madinah..
Umm Al-Mumineen Aisha, took the children..
She took care of them in her home.
We know that Umm Al-Mumineen didn't marry after the prophet, (ﷺ), as all his other wives.
and she didn't have children.
So, she took care of the children of her brother Muhammad.
till they reached puberty..
and, they have grown up, strong.
Then, she dressed them in white..
and sent to her brother Abdur-Rahman..
He came..
the children were around her..
dressed in whit.
She said to her elder brother:
I knew that you had something in your heart..
when I took the children..
to take care of them..
and, I didn't give them to you.
By Allah, I didn't do so, because I do not trust you.
But you are a man who have many wives..
I was afraid that your wives might not treat them well.
(The harm won't come from you..
but, the fear is from your wives..
they might not treat them right.)
Then she said: Be to them..
as Hajiyah Bin Al-Mudharib..
was with the children of his brother Ma'adan.
( We are on our way to the word[ Lajjo].
with the children of his brother Ma'adan..
This Ma'adan, he died, and his brother, Hajiyah, was alive..
Once, this man Hajiyah, was at his home..
he have camels, and slaves, taking care of his camels..
everyday they come back from pasturage, and their udders full of milk.
So, he feeds his family.
One day, he was waiting for the camels to come back..
then, he saw one of his servants, leaving the house with a pot of milk.
He called her..
What is this? and for who?
She said: It is some milk.
He said: I know, to whom are you taking it?
She said: To the orphans!
the children of Ma'adan!
Then, He was stunned!
he was shocked to hear this word, his face changed!!
The servant noticed their need..
and he didn't!
Then, when the servants came back, with the camels..
he said: don't bring them to my house..
take them to the house of the children of my brother, the orphans.
make the camels for them.
Who was angry of this action..
his wife..
Her name was; Zainab.. she became angry!
He used to love her, very much, and she knows that..
So, she isolated herself from him..
to persuade him..
to stop being generous to the children of his brother.
Then, Hajiyah Bin Al-Mudharib said:
[Lajjajna]..
(Now we are at our point )
'We persisted[Lajjajna] and she went to extremes[Lajjut] in anger'..
'she isolated us putting veil and Niqab.'
He mentioned that she puts Kuhl to beautify her eyes..
to make him submit to her wish..
Then, at the end of the poem, he said:
'Go ahead, blame me, and be angry as much as you want.'
i.e., I won't change my decision, no matter how angry or happy you are.
me, my property and my wealth, are for the children of my brother.
She was [Talujju]..
insisting on stubbornness, to convince him..
to stop being kind to the children of his brother..
And, he was [Ylujju]..
insisting, in spite of loving her..
yet, he sees that taking care of the children of his brother have priority over caring for anyone else.
Is this clear?
I brought this poem to explain the word; [Lajju].
This is the meaning of [Lajaj].
As we've said, Umm Al-Mumineen knew so much about the history of Arabs..
So, when she gave the children to her brother Abdur-Rahman..
She said to him: Be to them as Hajiyah Bin Al-Mudharib was to the children of his brother Ma'adan.
Such history and heritage..
which was known by Umm Al-Mumineen, may Allah please her and be pleased of her..
reflects how much a person with great knowledge..
who reads about people in history..
can be able to carry responsibilities perfectly..
Back to our verse..
[And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction]..
{they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly]..
[And We had gripped them with suffering, but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate]..
[Until when We have opened before them].. the disbelievers from Quraish..
[ a door of severe punishment]..
The experts of Tafsir, gave many explanations for the indication of the word: Door..
Some of the said: it is the Day of Badr.
Some of them said: it is death.
Some of them said: it is the Hour.
For me, the explanations are close to each others.
and, none of them can be said, confidently, to be the best..
Yet, the Day of Badr might be the closest to the intended meaning.
And the meaning of [in despair[Mublisson]] is; They will be utterly desperate.
This is which was documented in the explanation of the saying of the Lord of Dignity..
in Sura Al-Muminun:
[And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction]..
[they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly.]
To give a final advice..
it is for women:
A woman who is prudent and rational..
is the one who would help her husband to be benevolent to his family..
A woman who is prudent and rational..
is the one who would help her husband to be benevolent to his family..
And a husband would respect his wife more..
and love her more..
upon seeing her encouraging him to be good with his family..
But, if she would prevent him from being dutiful to his family..
specifically to his parents..
she is distancing herself away from his heart..
and losing her status with him.
Alhamdulillah..
Allah is still giving us mercy and blessed..
wives, who are pleasing and satisfying..
may Allah forbid, if someone is tested with such a problem she should take this advice.
And, Allah knows best.
may Salat from Allah be upon Muhammad and his family.
And, all praise be due to Allah, Lord of all worlds.