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In the name
of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful |
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By the night, when it covers with
darkness;[1] and by the day, when it spreads its
brightness.[2] By Him who created the male and the female,[3]
surely your efforts are directed towards various ends.[4] So for
him who gives in charity, fears Allah[5] and
testifies to goodness,[6] We shall facilitate for him the easy
way.[7] As for him who is stingy and considers himself
independent of Allah[8] and rejects the goodness,[9] We
shall facilitate for him the hard way.[10] Just think!
What benefit will he get from his wealth, if he himself is
doomed.[11] Surely it is for Us to give guidance,[12] and surely
to Us belong the end and the beginning.[13] Therefore, I warn
you of the blazing fire,[14] in which none shall burn except the
wretched[15] who deny the truth and give no heed.[16] But the
pious shall be kept away from it,[17] the one who spends in
charity for self-purification,[18] not seeking any favor from
anyone for which a reward is expected in return,[19] except
seeking the good pleasure of his Rabb, the Most High.[20]
Such persons shall soon be well-pleased with Allah.[21]
92:[1-21]
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For
good people Allah will facilitate the easy way and for the
wicked the hard way
What benefit will he get from wealth, if he himself is doomed?
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Major Issues, Divine
Law and Guidance:
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* For good people, Allah will facilitate
the easy way and for the wicked, the hard way.
* What benefit will one get from his wealth if he himself is
doomed?
This Sürah identifies two different ways
of life and explains the contrast between their ultimate ends
and results. The first way is of the one who spends his wealth,
adopts God-consciousness and piety, and acknowledges the good as
good. The second way is of the one who is a miser, lacks care
for God’s pleasure or displeasure, and repudiates what is good
and right. It is stated that these two modes of action, which
are clearly opposite to each other, cannot be equal and alike in
respect of their results. Just as they are divergent in their
nature, so are they divergent in their results. After this the
following three realities are stated briefly:
- That Allah has not left man uninformed in the examination
hall of the world, but has taken on Himself the responsibility
to tell him which one is the straight and right way out of the
different ways of life. There is no need to point out that by
sending His Rasool and His Book He has fulfilled His
responsibility.
- That the Master of both the world and the Hereafter is
Allah Alone. If you seek the world, it is He Who will give it,
and if you seek the Hereafter, again it is He Who will give
it. Now, it is for you to decide what you should seek from
Him.
- That the wretched one who rejects good, which is being
presented through the Rasool and the Book, and turns away from
it, will have a blazing fire ready for him. As for the God
fearing person who spends his wealth in a good cause, without
any selfish motive and only for the sake of his Rabb's
pleasure, his Rabb will be pleased with him and will bless him
with so much that he will be well pleased with Him.
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