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The nice comment on the book of cards identifying the surahs of the Holy Qur’an | D. Muhammad Nassif | Surah Al-Buruj
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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A Gentle Commentary on the Book of Identification Cards for the Noble Qur'an.
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By Dr. Muhammad ibn Abdulaziz ibn Omar Nassif, may Allah protect him.
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Surah Al-Buruj.
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Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah.
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This is the gentle commentary on the identification cards
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with Surah Al-Buruj.
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I have three points of reflection regarding it.
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The first point of reflection
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concerns what is mentioned about the location of the Surah, stating that its opening with a mention of the sky is fitting.
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For there, "Then the heaven will split apart," and here, "And by the sky and the night-flyer."
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But there, it was speaking about what would happen on the Day of Resurrection
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to the sky.
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And here, Allah mentions and points
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Allah points by oath
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to a type of
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relationship between the day, the return, and the sky.
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Or, let us say,
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it points to a benefit of the
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creation of the sky
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with these constellations,
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with the stars within them,
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and the planets.
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Among its benefits
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and its wisdom
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is the proof of the Resurrection.
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And this aligns
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clearly with His saying, the Almighty:
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"And the alternation of the night and the day is a sign for people of understanding."
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"Those who remember Allah while standing and sitting and lying on their sides."
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"standing and sitting"
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"and on their sides."
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“Such as remember Allah, standing, sitting, and reclining, and consider the creation of the heavens and the earth, (and say): Our Lord! Thou createdst not this in vain. Glory be to Thee! Preserve us from the doom of Fire.” (3:191)
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“Such as remember Allah, standing, sitting, and reclining, and consider the creation of the heavens and the earth, (and say): Our Lord! Thou createdst not this in vain. Glory be to Thee! Preserve us from the doom of Fire.” (3:191)
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in vain.
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So, whoever reflects,
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remembering his Lord,
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on the creation of the heavens and the earth,
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knows that they
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were not created in vain.
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“Such as remember Allah, standing, sitting, and reclining, and consider the creation of the heavens and the earth, (and say): Our Lord! Thou createdst not this in vain. Glory be to Thee! Preserve us from the doom of Fire.” (3:191)
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And that there will be an accounting.
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As for the second point of reflection,
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it is with the date of the Surah's revelation.
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Some have indicated
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that it was revealed during a period
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of torture for the oppressed in Mecca,
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because it mentioned
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the People of the Ditch.
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So I said in response to that
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regarding the date of the Surah's revelation,
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it is possible that here
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it is linked to the order of the Surah's revelation.
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The more accurate view regarding the date of the Surah's revelation
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is that I have not found any evidence for it
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transmitted through narration, because determining
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the time of a Surah's revelation does not rely on intuition
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nor on contemplation
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of the verses alone.
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There must be a transmitted narration to support it.
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This is the principle.
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And I have not found any transmitted narration
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that supports this matter.
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So these verses might have been revealed
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after a period of torture,
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and they might have been
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revealed at the beginning
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of the call, before the onset
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of torture. All of this
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is conceivable.
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And what remains with us is the famous narration
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that it is the twenty-sixth,
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so it would be
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relatively close
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to that time,
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which is the period of torture
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of the oppressed, and Allah knows best.
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As for the third point of reflection,
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it is with the conclusion of the Surah. Its conclusion
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is astonishing, if you notice
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the context of the Surah and what is in it,
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you will find it very interconnected.
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Then, in the conclusion, it says:
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And the conclusion is with praise for
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the Glorious Qur'an.
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And here the connection is hidden;
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it may not be apparent to everyone.
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And what appears, and Allah knows best,
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is that this reminds us
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“Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.” (85:21)
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this reminds us
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that no matter how much the disbelievers
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and the wrongdoers plot
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against the religion of Allah,
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and the People of the Ditch are an example of that,
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and the armies of Pharaoh and Thamud
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are an example of that,
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no matter what they do,
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the Qur'an is preserved by Allah's preservation.
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“Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.” (85:21)
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It has gathered glory and majesty
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in a Preserved Tablet.
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So it is impossible for the religion to be changed or altered.
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And we reflect on the conditions of the oppressed,
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first of all,
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Ammar, and Yassir, and Sumayyah,
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and others,
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many were tortured,
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and how much Islam was constricted
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in different eras.
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But the outcome was as Allah said
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for the righteous.
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So the Qur'an remains preserved by Allah's preservation,
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even if they are weakened, the Muslims
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are tortured,
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and persecuted.
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I ask Allah to benefit us through the title of this noble Surah.
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May Allah bless our Prophet Muhammad,
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and his family and all his Companions, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.