I have read your comments regarding "coming out of the Hell Fire". I was wondering what your comments on 17th Surah, (Meryem) Verses 71 through 75.
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I have read your
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what your comments on 17th Surah, (Meryem) Verses 71 through 75.
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Siraat bridge hell
fire maryam
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.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 19 Surah
Maryam verses 71-75:
71 Not one of you but will pass over it (Hell): this is with thy Lord a
Decree which must be accomplished.
72 But We shall save those who guarded against evil and We shall leave
the wrongdoers therein (humbled) to their knees.
73 When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them the unbelievers say to
those who believe "Which of the two sides is best in point of position?
Which makes the best show in council?"
74 But how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed
who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?
75 Say: "If any men go astray (Allah) Most Gracious extends (the
rope) to them, until when they see the warning of Allah (being fulfilled):
either in punishment, or in (the approach of) the Hour. They will at length realize who is worst in
position and (who) weakest in forces!
Ref: Verse 71 Not one of you but will pass over it (Hell): this is with thy Lord a
Decree which must be accomplished.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.542 Narrated by Abu Said Al Khudri
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "The
believers, after being saved from the (Hell) Fire, will be stopped at (the end
of ) the bridge (Siraat) between Paradise and Hell and mutual retaliation will
be established among them regarding wrongs they have committed in the world
against one another. After they are cleansed and purified (through the
retaliation), they will be admitted into Paradise; and by Him in Whose Hand
Muhammad's (saws) soul is, everyone of them will know his dwelling in Paradise
better than he knew his dwelling in this world."
Sahih Muslim Hadith 6090 Narrated by Umm Mubashshir
Umm Mubashshir heard Allah's Messenger (saws)
as saying in presence of Hafsah: ‘God willing, the people of the Tree would
never enter the Fire of Hell - one amongst those who owed allegiance under that
(the Bayt or Allegience of Ridwaan)’ She
said: ‘O Allah's Messenger (saws), why not?
He scolded her. Hafsah said: "Not one of you but
will pass over it (Hell)" (Quran Maryam 19:71). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (saws) said:
‘Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, has said: “But We shall save
those who guarded against evil and We shall leave the wrongdoers therein
(humbled) to their knees.” (Quran Maryam 19:72).
The Messenger of Allah (saws) explained to the believers
that on the Day of Resurrection, The Lord Most High Most Majestic will arrange
for a bridge called Al-Siraat to be laid between the place where mankind is
gathered and
Ref: 72 But We shall save those who guarded against evil and We shall leave
the wrongdoers therein (humbled) to their knees.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.577 (part) Narrated by Abu Huraira
The Messenger of Allah (saws): “….Then a
bridge (As-Siraat) will be laid over the (Hell) Fire." Allah's Mesenger
(saws) added, "I will be the first to cross it. And the invocation of the Prophets on that Day,will
be 'Allahumma Sallim, Sallim (O Allah, save us, save us!),' and over that
bridge there will be hooks similar to the thorns of As Sa'dan (a thorny tree).
And the hooks over that bridge will be like the thorns of As-Sa'dan except that
their greatness in size is only known to Allah. These hooks will snatch the
people according to their deeds…..”
Those fortunate believers who feared their Lord in the
life of this world and abstained from evil will cross over that Tumultuous
Bridge of As-Siraat with the Mercy of Allah; but the wrongdoers (polytheists,
disbelievers, hypocrites, etc.) will not be able to cross over from that bridge
and they will fall from the bridge into the abyss of Hell Fire, wherein they
shall remain in torment and humiliation for ever.
Ref: verses 73-75:
73 When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them the unbelievers say to
those who believe "Which of the two sides is best in point of position?
Which makes the best show in council?"
74 But how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed
who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?
75 Say: "If any men go astray (Allah) Most Gracious extends (the
rope) to them, until when they see the warning of Allah (being fulfilled):
either in punishment, or in (the approach of) the Hour. They will at length realize who is worst in
position and (who) weakest in forces!
The disbelievers who had been bestowed with abundance and
power in the life of the world as a test from their Lord would time and again
taunt the believers because of their belief, and say things like:
n ‘Who amongst you and
us are richer? Or more powerful? Or have better provisions? Or are in a better
position in this world? Or who has a better gathering of show and pomp and
glory? Etc.’
In verse 74 the Lord reminds these pompous and arrogant
disbelievers to simply take a look into the history of mankind before they make
such evil and meaningless comparisons…or decide the winners and losers by
looking at the worthless material wealth in this world. If they even took a simple look at the
history of men, they would realize that earlier communities and generations who
had more wealth, and material, and power than they possess today were totally
annihilated from the face of the earth by their Lord for their constant denial
and rejection of the Truth!
If they persist in their disbelief, and continue to pursue
their accumulation of more wealth, and more power, and more arrogance and more
pride without any fear of Allah or the Last Day…it is only a matter of time
before the same punishment which the Lord meted out to their previous
generations will be meted out to them!
In verse 75 the Lord states the fact of the matter…saying
that these arrogant disbelievers who think they are untouchable because of the
wealth and the power they have possessed …. in fact are faced only with a trial
from their Lord All-Mighty, who is only extending their rope for a short period
of time. When they are faced with death
or the Hour regarding which they are constantly warned by the Messengers, and
when they see the Rewards the Lord has bestowed on those who feared Him and
lived their lives in obedience, and when they see the back-breaking penalties
and punishments their arrogance and disbelief has brought upon them…..only then
will they truly realize which amongst the two groups (believers and
disbelievers) is the worst in position and in rank.
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 and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister