Passage 10

Passage 10         Sura 114   Sura Al Nas

Translation              BISMILLAH ARREHMAN ARRAHIM 
1          Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the mankind.
2          The King of mankind.
3          The God of mankind
4          From the mischief of the whisperer who withdraws.
5          Who whispers into the hearts of the mankind
6          Among Jinns and among mankind.

Teachings
(a)    This is Sura Al Nas, the last Sura of the Quran. The theme of this Sura is the relationship between Allah, human beings and Satan. Allah teaches us that Satan is an enemy of humankind and he wants that human beings should also go to hell along with him. Allah teaches us that we should recite this Sura and sura Al Falaq in order to protect ourselves from Satan.

Allah is the creator of human beings and to test man, Allah has also created Satan. Satan has the mission to lead human beings into hell. To achieve his goal, he is not alone. He has his partners who are jinns and human beings. Allah teaches us that whenever Satan instigates us to commit sin, we should seek the protection of Allah. When man refuses to accept his instigations, he comes back again with some new idea until he convinces a person to commit sin or goes back disappointed. The story of the creation of Satan comes in Sura Al Baqarah Ayat 30-37. Sura al Araaf Ayat 200 says:
“When Satan instigates you, seek the protection of Allah. He is the one
  who hears and who has knowledge”.

(b)   The Sura Al Falaq and Sura Al Nas were revealed when the Muslims were under serious persecution in Makkah. In those days of fear and disappointment, Allah taught Muslims that they should depend on Allah and ask His help. The Suras were repeted in Madina when the Jews spelled a dangerous magic on the Prophet (sw). Allah taught the Prophet (sw) and the Muslims to come out of this magic through these Suras.

It is taught to the holy Prophet (saw) and all Muslims that only Allah can give us protection from Satan because Allah is ‘Rab’ the Lord. Allah is also “Malik” the King and He is “Illah” the one we worship and submit ourselves to. Satan puts evil thoughts in our mind. Though it is not easy to fight with Satan, but we should try our best to avoid sins.
“We said: Go down with enmity between yourselves (man and Satan) (2:36).

The Prophet (saw) calls it Jihad e Akbar that is the biggest jihad to fight with Satan inside us. Allah teaches us that Satan encourages us to commit sin. It is our responsibility to defend ourselves from his repeted attacks. We should avoid the company of those who ask us to involve in sins. Whenever we have such thoughts of commiting sin, we should recite these Suras and ask Allah to help us. 


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