ALLAH TA'ALA'S LOVE & COMPASSION By Hadhratjee Moulana Maseehullah Khan Saheb [ra]
ALLAH TA'ALA'S LOVE & COMPASSION At a different place Allah Ta'ala states: Shall We utterly ignore you because ye are a wanton folk? (S.43 A.5)
As if to say, "Oh dear! You have debased yourself somewhat. So, shall We stop advising you?" Just see how lovingly it is put! That individual with a soft heart, one who has even the slightest spark of muhabbat for Zate Bari Ta'ala, should break down into tears on hearing this. Or should he not? How excellent is not Your mercy! How excellent is not Your affection! Wah! Wah! How much hope is He not instilling!
Just ponder what Haq Ta'ala is saying, "So, shall We stop advising you? How can that happen when, in actual fact, I have created you? Now then, just look at yourself, what have you turned yourself into? But, despite My admonitions why are you not taking heed and why are you not turning towards good? No matter how much you have dropped below the boundaries should I stop giving you advice? That will not happen! From here onwards you look at yourself: To what degree do you have sensibility within yourself? You gauge for yourself. I am pulling you towards Me. I am giving you nasihat." ("Nasihat" implying "having your welfare at heart".)
Are you listening or not? Ponder on this!
Then again Allah Ta'ala has made an amazing statement, a very endearing statement, full of compassion. These are statements meant for those who have living hearts. We are all mu'min sitting here, and which mu'min is such that he does not possess a living heart? Yes, it is a different matter that there are differences between one heart and another, one being very soft and another not so soft. It can never be that a mu'min's heart is like stone, and it should also never be so!
At a different place Haq Ta'ala states: What can Allah gain by your punishment if ye are grateful and ye believe? Nay, it is Allah that recogniseth (all good) and knoweth all things. (S.4. A.147.)
Have you pondered? This is a very enchanting statement - a very enrapturing statement; a statement to set the heart aflame; a touching statement to melt the heart! What an amazing tone has been used, O dear! What will Allah Ta'ala gain by punishing you? What an endearing statement! Are you listening;What will Allah Ta'ala gain by punishing you? It is such that it causes the heart to weep! Tears may or may not gush from one's eyes, but the heart weeps! What will Allah Ta'ala gain by punishing you? What will it benefit Allah Ta'ala to cause you grief? What will He gain by beating you? How will He benefit by causing you injury or harm? What, will there be an increase in the Grandeur of Allah Ta'ala, as we see with important worldly people?
What happens with important worldly people is that somebody utters something that offends them. Arrogantly they command, "Bring the culprit here!" He is brought forth. "Beat him up! Bash him up! " So this Big Shot sahib's honour has risen! He has vanquished a poor weak man and made an impression - He is a man of great strength! He is a man of power! He is a man of influence! His esteem has gone up! In hushed tones people would whisper to one another, "Never mind this poor wretch, even the Thanedar (Chief Police Inspector) would be dealt with in this way." And mind you, it was no small feat for the Thanedar to be given a beating. That was in the old days. You are still children, too young to have seen those days.
However, Allah Ta'ala states, "What will I gain by punishing you, by causing droughts, by causing you takleef, by causing you sorrow? Will My honour and grandeur increase thereby? My honour and grandeur is as it was. There is no question of increase and decrease, of becoming more or getting less." Allah Ta'ala is not such that His qualities increase or decrease, that they rise and decline, that they ascend and descend in status, that His superiority can wax and wane. Dear brother, Allah Ta'ala is not like that. This is an absolute principle that He is not like that. And when He is not like that, then think for yourself: What can Allah Ta'ala gain by your punishment?
However, if you wish to summon punishment onto yourself then that is your affair! In any case, this is a most beautiful ayet, is it not?
Dear brethren, one's gaze should fall on all the ayat whenever one recites the Qur'an Sharif. So, in conjunction with this one take the following: Allah Ta'ala is saying, "I have already stated to you: Your Lord hath prescribed for Himself mercy. (S.6.A.54.)
As if to say, "Oh dear! You have debased yourself somewhat. So, shall We stop advising you?" Just see how lovingly it is put! That individual with a soft heart, one who has even the slightest spark of muhabbat for Zate Bari Ta'ala, should break down into tears on hearing this. Or should he not? How excellent is not Your mercy! How excellent is not Your affection! Wah! Wah! How much hope is He not instilling!
Just ponder what Haq Ta'ala is saying, "So, shall We stop advising you? How can that happen when, in actual fact, I have created you? Now then, just look at yourself, what have you turned yourself into? But, despite My admonitions why are you not taking heed and why are you not turning towards good? No matter how much you have dropped below the boundaries should I stop giving you advice? That will not happen! From here onwards you look at yourself: To what degree do you have sensibility within yourself? You gauge for yourself. I am pulling you towards Me. I am giving you nasihat." ("Nasihat" implying "having your welfare at heart".)
Are you listening or not? Ponder on this!
Then again Allah Ta'ala has made an amazing statement, a very endearing statement, full of compassion. These are statements meant for those who have living hearts. We are all mu'min sitting here, and which mu'min is such that he does not possess a living heart? Yes, it is a different matter that there are differences between one heart and another, one being very soft and another not so soft. It can never be that a mu'min's heart is like stone, and it should also never be so!
At a different place Haq Ta'ala states: What can Allah gain by your punishment if ye are grateful and ye believe? Nay, it is Allah that recogniseth (all good) and knoweth all things. (S.4. A.147.)
Have you pondered? This is a very enchanting statement - a very enrapturing statement; a statement to set the heart aflame; a touching statement to melt the heart! What an amazing tone has been used, O dear! What will Allah Ta'ala gain by punishing you? What an endearing statement! Are you listening;What will Allah Ta'ala gain by punishing you? It is such that it causes the heart to weep! Tears may or may not gush from one's eyes, but the heart weeps! What will Allah Ta'ala gain by punishing you? What will it benefit Allah Ta'ala to cause you grief? What will He gain by beating you? How will He benefit by causing you injury or harm? What, will there be an increase in the Grandeur of Allah Ta'ala, as we see with important worldly people?
What happens with important worldly people is that somebody utters something that offends them. Arrogantly they command, "Bring the culprit here!" He is brought forth. "Beat him up! Bash him up! " So this Big Shot sahib's honour has risen! He has vanquished a poor weak man and made an impression - He is a man of great strength! He is a man of power! He is a man of influence! His esteem has gone up! In hushed tones people would whisper to one another, "Never mind this poor wretch, even the Thanedar (Chief Police Inspector) would be dealt with in this way." And mind you, it was no small feat for the Thanedar to be given a beating. That was in the old days. You are still children, too young to have seen those days.
However, Allah Ta'ala states, "What will I gain by punishing you, by causing droughts, by causing you takleef, by causing you sorrow? Will My honour and grandeur increase thereby? My honour and grandeur is as it was. There is no question of increase and decrease, of becoming more or getting less." Allah Ta'ala is not such that His qualities increase or decrease, that they rise and decline, that they ascend and descend in status, that His superiority can wax and wane. Dear brother, Allah Ta'ala is not like that. This is an absolute principle that He is not like that. And when He is not like that, then think for yourself: What can Allah Ta'ala gain by your punishment?
However, if you wish to summon punishment onto yourself then that is your affair! In any case, this is a most beautiful ayet, is it not?
Dear brethren, one's gaze should fall on all the ayat whenever one recites the Qur'an Sharif. So, in conjunction with this one take the following: Allah Ta'ala is saying, "I have already stated to you: Your Lord hath prescribed for Himself mercy. (S.6.A.54.)
