TAFSEER SURAH SAFFAAT
–
THE THREE LIES OF ABRAHIM
BY SHAIKH ABDULLAH
FAISAL
03 July 2013 (Morning
Dars)
WRITING BY AT6
AYAH 83:
And, verily, among
those who followed his [Nuh's (Noah)] way (Islamic Monotheism) was Ibrahim
(Abraham).
(As-Saffat 37:83)
- This means Abraham followed Noah in
regards to monotheism.
- He didn't go astray in regards to
monotheism.
- Abraham followed in
the footsteps of Noah.
- It must be borne in
mind that Noah and Abraham are among the five strong willed
Prophets.
- Abraham was given the
title 'khaleelullah' (the intimate friend of Allah).
- No one has the right
to deny that Abraham was Khaleelullah.
- In the past when a
person denied this fact, he was beheaded by the governor of Iraq.
- He also denied that
Allah spoke to Musa so the governor of Iraq
- who was Khalid ibn
Abdullah al Qasree beheaded Ja'd ibn Dirham on Eid Day.
- Ja'd ibn Dirham was
of the Jahmiyyah school of thought.
- Ja'd ibn Dirham was
beheaded on Eid Day in front of people because he denied verses of
the Quran.
Abdur-Rahmaan Ibn
Muhammad Ibn Habeeb Ibn Abee Habeeb on the authority of his father, on the
authority of his grandfather [who] said: I witnessed Khalid Ibn 'Abdullah
Al-Qasree - and he addressed them at Waasit - "Oh People, make sacrifice,
may Allah accept it from you. Verily I am sacrificing Al-Ja'd Ibn Dirham, for
indeed he claims that Allah did not take Ibrahim as a khaleel (close friend),
and [that] He did not speak to Moosa. Most Perfect is He and exalted is He from
what Al-Ja'd say." Then he descended and slaughtered him. I say: And the
Jahmiyyah and Mu'tazilah speak with this, and they distort the text of the
revelation regarding that, and they claim that the Lord is purified of that
(i.e. having spoken to Moses and taken Ibrahim as a khalil).
[Mukhtasar al-Uluww of
adh-Dhahabi, (p.134)]
- The Quran is
kalaamullah. Therefore no one has the right to deny a single verse from the
Holy Quran.
AYAH 84:
When he came to his
Lord with a pure heart [attached to Allah Alone and none else, worshipping none
but Allah Alone true Islamic Monotheism, pure from the filth of polytheism].
(As-Saffat 37:84)
- Abraham came to Allah
with a pure heart meaning his heart was pure from kufr, shirk,
Hypocrisy, superstitions and zandaqa.- The Arabic word zandaqa means heresy.
- Pure heart also means pure from racism, tribalism, nationalism, greed, lust and envy.
- A pure heart is pure from pride, arrogance and conceitedness.
- Pure heart means pure from diseases of the heart.
- In order for you to be a daee, you need to purify your heart from diseases.
- If your heart is not purified, your dawah will fail.
- Many people tried to give dawah but failed because they didn't purify their hearts.
- If your heart is not purified, your actions become evil so your dawah shall fail.
There is a lump of
flesh in the body, the nature of which is that when it is sound, the entire
body is sound, and when it is corrupt, the entire body is corrupt - it is the
heart.'"
[AL-Bukhari (52) and Muslim (1599)]
- A pure heart is a prerequisite for becoming a good daee.
- Allah took it upon Himself to purify the heart of Muhammad.
Have We not opened your breast for you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him))?
- The burden that Allah is talking about here in surah 94:2 is diseases of the heart.
- The fame of Muhammad shall be raised because his name shall enter every household
before Judgement Day.
- The name of Muhammad is mentioned in the adhan, iqama and tashahhud five times a day.
AYAH 85:
When he said to his
father and to his people: "What is it that which you worship?
- You are making your gods instead of them making you.
AYAH 86:
(As-Saffat 37:86)
- He used the word ifk which means falsehood.
- The word ifk is used to describe their false religion.
- Their situation is pitiful, appalling and pathetic because they manufacture their gods with
their own two hands.
"Then what do you think about the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn’s, and all that exists)?"
(As-Saffat 37:87)
- Allah is the Creator of everything so who is Allah in your life?
- Are you going to worship Allah as well or are you just going to worship your idols?
This is the creation of
Allah. So show Me that which those (whom you worship), besides Him have
created. Nay, the Zalimun (polytheists, wrongdoers and those who do not
believe in the Oneness of Allah) are in plain error.
(Luqman 31:11)
- Did the idols create vegetation,
animals, the sea or the rivers which you use to irrigate your
crops?- Allah is asking them to show what these idols have created for them.
- Allah is saying that only the Creator deserves to be worshipped.
- Therefore Tauheed Rububiyyah is evidence for Tauheed Ibaada.
- Allah spoke about Abraham on many occasions in the Quran.
One of them is surah 60:4-5:
Indeed there has been
an excellent example for you in Ibrahim (Abraham) and those with him, when they
said to their people: "Verily, we are free from you and whatever you
worship besides Allah, we have rejected you, and there has started between us
and you, hostility and hatred for ever, until you believe in Allah Alone,"
except the saying of Ibrahim (Abraham) to his father: "Verily, I will ask
for forgiveness (from Allah) for you, but I have no power to do anything for
you before Allah." Our Lord! In You (Alone) we put our trust, and to You
(Alone) we turn in repentance, and to You (Alone) is (our) final Return,
(Al-Mumtahinah 60:4)
- Allah is saying that
Abraham is the ultimate example for Al Walaa Wal Baraa.
- Al Walaa Wal Bara is
called Millat Ibrahim.
Our Lord! Make us not a
trial for the disbelievers, and forgive us, Our Lord! Verily, You, only You are
the All-Mighty, the All-Wise."
(Al-Mumtahinah 60:5)
- The tafseer of this
ayah (60:5) is: O Allah does not allow the kaafirs to defeat me on the
- battlefield because
the kaafirs are going to say my god is the real god.- They are going to say their religion is the right religion.
- When the Mongols invaded Baghdad and dumped books into the river, they said they
defeated the Muslims because the religion of the Muslims is wrong.
- When the Muslims made a comeback at the battle of Ain Jaloot and defeated the Tatars in
1260 C.E, the Tatars embraced Islam.
- It is important that
you disgrace kufr.
- You were commanded
by Allah in the Quran to disgrace kufr.
Fight against them so
that Allah will punish them by your hands and disgrace them and give you
victory over them and heal the breasts of a believing people,
(At-Tawbah 9:14)
- Many Muslims became
Communists.
- When communism was
disgraced they left it and came back to Islam.- You were commanded by Allah to disgrace kufr because if you don't disgrace kufr weak
- Muslims are going to apostate and become democrats or communists.
- When Communism was strong, millions of weak Muslims became communists but when
communism was disgraced they left it and came back to Islam.
- Today, many Muslims believe in democracy.
- In order for these millions of Muslims to return to Islam you need to disgrace democracy.
- They are not Muslims at the moment because democracy is the religion of the shaitaan.
And [Ibrahim's
(Abraham)] invoking (of Allah) for his father's forgiveness was only because of
a promise he [Ibrahim (Abraham)] had made to him (his father). But when it
became clear to him [Ibrahim (Abraham)] that he (his father) is an enemy to
Allah, he dissociated himself from him. Verily Ibrahim (Abraham) was Al-Awwah
(has fifteen different meanings but the correct one seems to be that he used to
invoke Allah with humility, glorify Him and remember Him much), and was
forbearing. (Tafsir Al-Qurtubi).
(At-Tawbah 9:114)
- Al walaa wal baraa is
called Millat Ibrahim.
- When Abu Muhammad al
Maqdisi wrote his book on al walaa wal baraa he called his book 'Millat Ibrahim'.
- If you want to practice al walaa wal baraa learn from Abraham because that is called Millat Ibrahim.
Concerning al walaa wal baraa, surah 58:22:
You (O Muhammad SAW)
will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, making
friendship with those who oppose Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW ), even
though they were their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their
kindred (people). For such He has written Faith in their hearts, and
strengthened them with Ruh (proofs, light and true guidance) from Himself. And
We will admit them to Gardens (Paradise) under which rivers flow, to dwell
therein (forever). Allah is pleased with them, and they with Him. They are the
Party of Allah. Verily, it is the Party of Allah that will be the successful.
(Al-Mujadilah 58:22)
- If you find out your parents or you children are enemies of Islam you make baraa from
them.
- Bara is to break off
all links.
- For you to practice
al walaa wal baraa you need iman.
- If you don't have
iman you are going love people who hate Islam.
- A munafiq loves
people who hate Islam.
- One of the
prerequisites to practice al walaa wal baraa is to have iman.
AYAH 88:
Then he cast a glance at the stars (to deceive them),
(As-Saffat 37:88)
AYAH 89:
And he said:
"Verily, I am sick (with plague. He did this trick to remain in their
temple of idols to destroy them and not to accompany them to the pagan's
feast)."
(As-Saffat 37:89)
- Abraham said saqeem
meaning his sickness is contagious.
- They used to have a
festival; they used to leave the city to celebrate it.- When he said he is sick, this was one of the lies of Abraham.
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Abraham did not tell a lie except on three occasions. Twice for the Sake of
Allah when he said, "I am sick," and he said, "(I have not done
this but) the big idol has done it." The (third was) that while Abraham
and Sarah (his wife) were going (on a journey) they passed by (the territory
of) a tyrant. Someone said to the tyrant, "This man (i.e. Abraham) is
accompanied by a very charming lady." So, he sent for Abraham and asked
him about Sarah saying, "Who is this lady?" Abraham said, "She
is my sister." Abraham went to Sarah and said, "O Sarah! There are no
believers on the surface of the earth except you and I. This man asked me about
you and I have told him that you are my sister, so don't contradict my
statement." The tyrant then called Sarah and when she went to him, he
tried to take hold of her with his hand, but (his hand got stiff and) he was
confounded. He asked Sarah. "Pray to Allah for me, and I shall not harm
you." So Sarah asked Allah to cure him and he got cured. He tried to take
hold of her for the second time, but (his hand got as stiff as or stiffer than
before and) was more confounded. He again requested Sarah, "Pray to Allah
for me, and I will not harm you." Sarah asked Allah again and he became
alright. He then called one of his guards (who had brought her) and said,
"You have not brought me a human being but have brought me a devil."
The tyrant then gave Hajar as a girl-servant to Sarah. Sarah came back (to
Abraham) while he was praying. Abraham, gesturing with his hand, asked,
"What has happened?" She replied, "Allah has spoiled the evil
plot of the infidel (or immoral person) and gave me Hajar for service."
(Abu Huraira then addressed his listeners saying,
"That (Hajar) was
your mother, O Bani Ma-is-Sama (i.e. the Arabs, the descendants of Ishmael, Hajar's son).
[Sahih Bukhari, Book 55, Vol.4, No.578]
The scholars stated
that attributing lies to Ibrahim in
this context, does not mean explicit lying. According to Al-Haafith Ibn
Hajar Ibn ‘Aqeel said: “Reasoning makes
it impossible to attribute explicit lying to Ibrahim. It is decided by the mind
that a Messenger must be trustworthy and
reliable in order that people would give trust to what he convey from Allah The
Almighty. Of course, such reliability cannot exist when it is possible to
attribute lies to him; then, what would the case be if lies do come from him? Here, ascribing
lying to him is for what he said took the form of lying from the perspective of
the listener. Having established this, Ibrahim would not call it as lying
except in the case of severe terror (on the Day of Judgment), due to his high
rank, otherwise, explicit lying in such situations (mentioned above) is
permissible, and it may be obligatory out of bearing the lesser of two harms to
eliminate the greater of them. “As for giving those the name of lies, then it
does not mean that they are blameworthy. Lying, regardless of being hideous and
defective, may be considered good in some situations, and this is one of them.
Allah Knows best.
- You are allowed to
lie to save a marriage.
- You can lie on the
battlefield.- You can lie for two Muslims who are carrying grudges and don't speak to each other for
them to make up.
- You can lie on the battlefield because the Prophet said that war is deception.
- These are the three occasions when you can lie.
AYAH 90:
So they turned away from him, and departed (for fear of the disease).
(As-Saffat 37:90)
- They turned away from
Ibrahim out of fear that they will catch his disease.
AYAH 91:
Then he turned to their
aliha (gods) and said: "Will you not eat (of the offering before you)?
(As-Saffat 37:91)
- Barelvis offer food
to the graves today.
- A Barelvi is a kaafir
just like a Hindu.- There is no difference between the two; they are pagans.
- To pray behind a Barelvi is like praying behind a Hindu.
AYAH 92:
What is the
matter with you that you speak not?"
(As-Saffat 37:92)
- In other words you are lifeless; you can't speak.
- When you don't make
sounds you are dead.
AYAH 93:
Then he turned upon them, striking (them) with (his) right hand.
(As-Saffat 37:93)
- Abraham was
right-handed.
- The Prophet Muhammad
was also right-handed.- Abraham didn't want to go with them to their pagan festival.
- He wanted to demolish their idols.
- This is why he said he is sick so he can't go with them.
AYAH 94:
Then they (the worshippers of idols) came, towards him, hastening.
(As-Saffat 37:94)
AYAH 95:
He said: "Worship
you that which you (yourselves) carve?
(As-Saffat 37:95)
AYAH 96:
While Allah has created
you and what you make!
(As-Saffat 37:96)
AYAH 97:
They said: "Build for him a building (it is said that the building was like a furnace) and throw him into the blazing fire!"
(As-Saffat 37:97)
- When they were
building the fire for Abraham, all the animals tried to put the fire out.
- The gecko is the only animal that
didn't try to put the fire out.- This is the only animal that didn't want the fire to go out.
- All the other animals were crying for Abraham.
Narrated By Um Sharik:
the Messenger of Allah (SAWS) ordered that the salamander should be killed and
said, "It (i.e. the salamander) blew (the fire) on Abraham."
[Sahih Bukhari (4/141)
No. 3359]
AYAH 98:
So they plotted a plot
against him, but We made them the lowest. (As-Saffat 37:98)
- The reason why their
plot went to waste is because Allah is the best of Planners.
- Kaafirs plot but
Allah Plans and Allah is the best of Planners.
And they (disbelievers)
plotted [to kill 'Iesa (Jesus)], and Allah planned too. And Allah is the Best
of the planners.
(Al Imran 3:54)
AYAH 99:
And he said (after his
rescue from the fire): "Verily, I am going to my Lord. He will guide
me!"
(As-Saffat 37:99)
- Allah commanded the
fire to be calm upon Abraham.
[Ibrahim (Abraham)]
said: "Do you then worship besides Allah, things that can neither profit
you, nor harm you?
(Al-Anbiya 21:66)
"Fie upon you, and
upon that which you worship besides Allah! Have you then no sense?"
(Al-Anbiya 21:67)
They said: "Burn
him and help your aliha (gods), if you will be doing."
(Al-Anbiya 21:68)
We (Allah) said:
"O fire! Be you coolness and safety for Ibrahim (Abraham)!"
(Al-Anbiya 21:69)
And they wanted to harm
him, but We made them the worst losers.
(Al-Anbiya 21:70)
- The Hindus need to ask the same question that
is in the above ayah (21:67).
- You are worshipping gods that you
make with your own two hands.
- Your god should make
you, not you make your gods.
