What is Gained from Surat al-'Asr
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The Shaykh:
Welcome.
The presenter:
And welcome to the Shaykh in this meeting. May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this person asks: In Surat al-'Asr there are important points of reflection. What is gained from this great Surah (may Allah preserve you)? Perhaps you could summarize it in this question?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The lesson derived from this is clear: no matter who a person is, he is in loss[Al-'Asr 103:2-3] except for those who possess four qualities. The first quality is faith in Allah the Exalted. The second quality is righteous deeds. The third quality is advising one another to truth, which is enjoining good and forbidding evil and calling to Allah the Exalted. The fourth quality is advising one another to patience.
These are four[Al-'Asr 103:2-3]. The appropriateness of mentioning patience after that is...
They advise one another to truth. The one who enjoins good and forbids evil is exposed to harm and danger, so he is patient with that and does not abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil according to his ability, even if harm befalls him. And they advise one another to patience, as the righteous man said to his son, and he is Luqman to his son, and among his advice to him was: "O my son, establish the prayer, enjoin good, and forbid evil, and be patient over what befalls you." So the one who enjoins good and forbids evil is afflicted with harm from people, so he is patient with that for the sake of the Face of Allah.
Welcome.
The presenter:
And welcome to the Shaykh in this meeting. May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this person asks: In Surat al-'Asr there are important points of reflection. What is gained from this great Surah (may Allah preserve you)? Perhaps you could summarize it in this question?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The lesson derived from this is clear: no matter who a person is, he is in loss
(2) Indeed, mankind is in loss, (3) Except for
إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ إِلَّاThese are four
(2) Indeed, mankind is in loss, (3) Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِThey advise one another to truth. The one who enjoins good and forbids evil is exposed to harm and danger, so he is patient with that and does not abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil according to his ability, even if harm befalls him. And they advise one another to patience, as the righteous man said to his son, and he is Luqman to his son, and among his advice to him was: "O my son, establish the prayer, enjoin good, and forbid evil, and be patient over what befalls you." So the one who enjoins good and forbids evil is afflicted with harm from people, so he is patient with that for the sake of the Face of Allah.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/021 — archive.org (0:48)
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