The Muslim Weekly

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As-Salaamu Alaikum Quran Weekly. In the 82nd ayah of Surat Al-'An`ām, Allah azza wajal tells us something Ibrahim alayhis salaam said to the people. "فَأَيُّ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالْأَمْنِ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ" [Fa'ayyu Al-Farīqayni 'Aĥaqqu Bil-'Amni ۖ 'In KuntumTa`lamūna] (6:81)- in the previous ayah, which of the two groups do you think deserves peace more? Internal peace more? And so this ayah is about people who attain peace in their life. People suffer from all kinds of emotional imbalances, depression, sadness, anger, anxiety, you know? How do you attain peace and is there a relationship between faith and peace, internal peace? Emotional, psychological states of peace. Allah says "الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُم بِظُلْمٍ" [Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Wa Lam Yalbisū 'Īmānahum Bidhulmin]- those who truly came to believe and did not disguise their truth, or their faith with wrongdoing. In other words, wrongdoing is a disturbance in your, not just on the outside, when you do "ظُلم" [dhulm] you're disturbing something on the outside or someone on the outside. But in this ayah, beautifully it is as though Allah is describing that when you do wrong to someone else you've actually disturbed something inside of you. Then Allah says if you're able to not do that and not wrong others and not do wrong, not do injustice of any kind " أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمُ الْأَمْنُ" ['Ūlā'ika Lahumu Al-'Amnu]- those are the people that deserve peace. They'll have peace. They'll have peace inside of themselves. SubhanAllah. You know, how many times do we see nowadays soldiers that come from war that have witnessed atrocities or been in settings where there was no oversight, committed atrocities or were silent witnesses to atrocities that their brethren committed during wars, they come back and commit suicide. Or they have nightmares or they're not able to have relationships or they can't go to sleep or they are on all kinds of medications. PTSD and you name it, not just for physical trauma. Physical trauma is something else, but just from the emotional trauma of what they've experienced or what they may have even had to do. Or they did and got away with. Well, they got away with it in the sense of the authorities and the government and all of that. But their insides have been damaged. They don't have any peace anymore. And they can't live with that. There are people who commit any and all kinds of crimes, not just against other human beings but people like, you know for example, now there is subhanAllah people that are in the entertainment industry and in music industry. And maybe they are not even the top celebritieies but people that are in a particular kind of industry that has to do with just sinning and just wrongdoing. You know? They're in the clubbing industry. They're in one of these dirty industries. These people have to literally stay on drugs to be at peace because they're just, they're terrible to themselves and others when they are not in that state. They have to literally numb themselves away from reality to be able to cope. Just to be able to cope. Just to be able to deal. SubhanAllah. Allah says people who truly found faith, they found something they could not find in a club, they could not find it at a party, they could not find it in a drug, they couldn't find it in alcohol, they couldn't find that peace anywhere. You know? And for those of you that aren't into these terrible things, maybe you're just into entertainment - watching movie after movie after movie after movie. And it's just messing you up on the inside. It's just tearing you apart and the only thing you can do is fill that empty space with more entertainment and more entertainment and more entertainment. It just doesn't stop. And one day you just decide and alhamdulillah Ramadan has come so you decide to cut it. At least you decide to cut it down. Hopefully you cut it all together in this month. And then you go to the masjid and you feel this peace and you haven't felt it in a long time so you can tell the difference between the toxic waste you've been putting inside of you, spiritual toxic waste and now this cleansing, just the listening to the Quran. Just putting your head on the ground with everybody else. Just those few minutes even, what that does to you. And at the beginning when you've been eating terrible food for a long time, healthy food tastes bad. In the beginning when people come after a long time to a masjid, they say "I gotta get out of here quick. Is there a movie playing nearby? Can I do that instead?" I see a lot of young people especially want to hang out, outside the masjid. And they're all on their devices. Nobody is at peace. Nobody is sitting calmly. You know? This is what iman does - it gives you calm. It gives you peace. You're not jittery. You're not disturbed. You're not just constantly in the need for some other fix. You know? Whether for your eyes or for your brain, for your tongue, for your limbs - you're not looking for that fix, you're just at rest. SubhanAllah. " أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمُ الْأَمْنُ وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ" ['Ūlā'ika Lahumu Al-'Amnu Wa Hum Muhtadūna]- and they're the ones that are committed to guidance. In other words, Allah is saying that this without commitment it's only going to come and go. You're going to have to show some commitment to be able to hold on to that peace. Allah azza wajal in another place in the Quran He says, "ألا بذكر الله تطمئن القلوب" [Ala bi dhikr Allahi Taţma'inu Al-Quloob]- you should know, that by remembering Allah, hearts become calm. They become tranquil, they become at ease. That's what this ayah is about. Wallahi, the world, every human being on this Earth is looking for peace. They're looking for tranquility inside of them. Something is bothering them and they just say to themselves, you just say to yourself, "If I just had that I'd be happy." And to put it in different words, being happy - "If I just had this much money, I'd be happy. If I got this girl, I'd be happy. If I had this car, I'd be happy. If I had this house, I'd be happy. if I lived here, I'd be happy. If I bought that device, if I had that video game, if I did this, if I did that..." we always set these goals and say, "I'd be happy". Guess what? The ones you set for yourself before and you said you'll get there and you'll be happy, how long did it last? And then you moved on to something else that you couldn't find satisfaction in. This is the ayah. That Allah azza wajal teaches us through the words of Ibrahim alayhis salaam, timeless words, it was true back in the day, it's still true today. SubhanAllah. The people who can truly find faith and they don't replace their faith with wrongdoing. So even if you're Muslim, it doesn't mean you have peace. Maybe you're replacing your faith with wrongdoing. You need to stop doing the wrong, cut that out of your life and Allah will grant you the gift of peace. May Allah make us all the people of peace and may Allah make us all among "المُّهْتَدُونَ" [Muhtadūna]. BarakAllahu Walikum, Wa-Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh As-Salaamu Alaikum everyone. If you've benefitted from these reminders please support QuranWeekly by clicking the link below.