Quran Chapter
2-45 (Pt-1, Stg-1)(L-76) -درس
قرآن
Seeking Help in patience and prayer
Surah ‘Al-‘Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
BisMillaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
وَٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلْخَٰشِعِينَ (45
45. And seek help in patience
and prayer. And truly it is hard save for the humble-minded-
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45. Wasta-‘iinuu bis-Sabri
was-Salaah. Wa ‘innahaa lakabii-ratun ‘illaa ‘alal- Khaashi-iin.
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Commentary
‘Ista-‘iinuu – (seek
help). This word has been derived from ‘awn, which means “help
and support”. Origin of this word is ‘ista-‘aanat, which means
“to seek help”. When anyone feels a work difficult, he needs help of any
other person/thing. In such situation, whoever requests for help, he
is called musta-‘iin, and who helps the needy, is called
– Mu-‘iin. More words from it are musta-‘iin,
which is from ‘ista-‘aanat (begging for help), and 'a-'aanat from mu-'iin (helping
someone).
‘As-Sabru – (power of
endurance, and tolerance), it is needed every time. Whenever any good work
is being performed, doing it wholeheartedly is also patience; and whenever
someone has to suffer from any calamity, bearing it without confusion is
tolerance too. During working hard, the patience is necessary also. To
keep the wishes pressed needs patience too. In short, the patience is
required every time and if we behold; it is the foundation of every good virtue.
God Almighty
bestowed the human being two things, soul and body, and these both are
very great blessings. Duty of the soul is to acquire knowledge, to devise
and to take the work from the body. And it is the duty of the body that it
should move in accord with the intention of the soul. The prayer is a
means of gratitude for these spiritual and bodily blessings. Recognizing
God Almighty is the thanks of the knowledge. The gratitude of the
blessings of standing position is that someone should pray God Almighty in
straight standing position, then bow and remember Him in such position and
then fall prostrate and remember Allah in such position; that due to His
blessings hands from elbows, legs from knees, hands and feet from wrists
and ankles can be bent. This is the great blessings; otherwise if any
joint becomes stiff, then it would have a severe thrashing. Then
the person should sit down and think that how is it a great blessing?
Remember the blessing of turning the neck at the time of saying “‘As-salaamu
‘Alaykum wa RahmatUllaah” to the right and then to the left.
At last someone should thank God with tongue also adopting every position
of the body with intention. It is called a prayer.
'Al- Khaashi-iin –
(humble-minded people); this word has been derived from khushuu’, which
means “to disclose ones humility” and it is the biggest worship by the
heart, the individuals who suppose themselves weak and feeble without help
of God, they are called ‘al-Khaashi-iin. It is the great worship of
the heart to assert his humility during standing position, bowing position,
falling prostrate position and in sitting position before God Almighty,
because in the prostrate position, all limbs of the body are bent which is
a sign of capability to work and health of the body. So the prostration is
the best form for declaration of the gratitude and conception of
helplessness. We should think that if the body parts do not turn and move
then the human being is helpless and crippled. From it, those people
should learn who deem that the prayer is useless.
Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from
Arabic to English by Marmaduke Pickthall,
Published by Paak Company, 17-Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’aan published By Idara Islaah wa Tableegh, Lahore (translated Urdu
to English by Muhammad Sharif) .
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