Gift of Taraweeh

[Muslimah]

The Twenty Sixth Taraaweeh

More than half of the 30th para will be recited in this Taraaweeh (i.e. till

Surah Qadr, the 97th Surah of the Qur'aan).

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In Surah Naba (Surah Amma), Allaah says that the punishment

of Jahannam has been prepared for those people who deny the

truth of Islam. When the trumpet is sounded for the Day of

Qiyaamah, the skies will be divided into many roads through

which people will pass in droves towards the Plain of

Resurrection. The deeds of every person will be disclosed and

Allaah will decide what punishment or rewards every person will

deserve.

Surah Naazi’aat follows Surah Naba with the message that people

will regard their lives in this world to be a mere morning or

evening when they face the torturously long Day of Qiyaamah.

The severity of the Day of Qiyaamah will cause people’s heart to

tremble. They will recall their deeds of this world and will regret

whatever they did because Jahannam will be shown to them.

In the subsequent Surahs Allaah tells Rasululllaah (sallAllaahualayhi-

wa-sallam) that people with affluence and authority are

beguiled by what they have and therefore have a diminished

capacity for accepting good counsel. On the other hand, poor

people tend to accept more readily. Therefore, devote more

attention to those who have more fear for Allaah so that they

may attain spiritual purity.

When Qiyaamah will take place, none shall be of assistance to

another; even though they may be brothers, parents, children or

spouses. Every person will be too concerned about his own

predicament to be worried about another. The faces of the

Mu'mineen and the pious will be resplendent on that day while

the faces of the kuffaar and sinners will be darkened.

Allaah points out to people that they will have to tread the

straight path to be saved from the anguish and suffering of the

Day of Qiyaamah. On the Day of Qiyaamah the sky will be rent

asunder, bodies will rise from their graves, the stars will plummet

down and the oceans will be ablaze. Every person will be

confronted by his deeds on the Plain of Resurrection when none

will want to know another.

In Surah Mutaffifeen Allaah condemns those who cheat when

weighing and measuring, and warns them of a terrible punishment. Allaah cautions mankind to beware of the day when

they will all rise from their graves and stand before Allaah to

account for every deed. On that day it will be the Mu'mineen who

will have a turn to laugh at the kuffaar who scoffed at them in

this world.

The sky will be cleaved open when the trumpet is sounded and

corpses will be flung from their graves. Whereas the pious shall

be quickly relieved of the formalities of the Day of Qiyaamah, the

sinful ones will be flung into the fire of Jahannam. These were the

very people who thought that they will never be returned to

Allaah.

Allaah says further that those who harass believing men and

women without repenting afterwards shall suffer a terrible

torment in the Hereafter. Allaah also mentions that the Qur'aan is

a lofty book that is preserved in the Lawhul Mahfoodh. The

Qur'aan distinguishes between right and wrong and those who

still adamantly adhere to the wrong shall be only granted a little

respite.

Allaah commands Rasululllaah (sallAllaahu-alayhi-wa-sallam) to

glorify His praises and assures him that he will never forget the

Qur'aan. Allaah further instructs Rasululllaah (sallAllaahu-alayhiwa-

sallam) to continue propagating the Deen for Allaah shall

open up avenues of ease for him. Allaah urges people to ponder

over Allaah’s creation so that they may recognise Him. Allaah

says, “Have they not looked how the camel is created? And

how the sky has been elevated? And how the mountains

have been rooted? And how the earth has been levelled?”

[surah Ghaashiya, verses 17 to 20]

All these signs are for people to take heed before they are taken

to task on the Day of Qiyaamah. Allaah admonishes man for his

excessive preoccupation in material wealth because it leads him

to abuse inheritance and refuse help to the poor and orphans.

However, Allaah has granted man the capacity to do good and

refrain from evil. Therefore, whoever purifies his soul will be

successful, while those who are negligent thereof will be at a

permanent loss.Allaah advises people to spend their wealth only for His pleasure

and for no other motives. None should be proud about being able

to do good because only Allaah grants people the ability to lend a

helping hand to the needy. Allaah assures Rasululllaah

(sallAllaahu-alayhi-wa-sallam) that Allaah will soon confer on him

a bounty that will please him and that he should never feel that

Allaah has forsaken him because Allaah has always been there for

him. Allaah has illuminated his heart, alleviated his worries and

elevated his name. Allaah consoles Rasululllaah (sallAllaahualayhi-

wa-sallam) [as well as all Muslims at large] that ease

always follows hardship. Therefore, a person’s attention should

always focus on Allaah.