proof of life after death(stories from qurran)

Stories from Qurran

 Proof of life after death

It is story of those people who went forth from their homes in the thousands, fearing death .
‘‘These people were the residents of a city during the time of the Children of Israel. The weather in their land 

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did not suit them and an epidemic broke out. They fled their land fearing death and took refuge in the wilderness. They later arrived at a fertile valley

 

and they filled what is between its two sides. Then Allah sent two angels to them, one from the lower side and the other from the upper side of the valley. The angels screamed once and all the people died instantly, just as the death of one man. They were later moved to a different place, where walls and graves were built around them. They all perished, and their bodies rotted and disintegrated. Long afterwards, one of the Prophets of the Children of Israel, whose name was Hazrat Hizqil (Ezekiel), passed by them and asked Allah to bring them back to life by his hand. Allah accepted his supplication and commanded him to say, "O rotted bones, Allah commands you to come together.'' The bones of every body were brought together. Allah then commanded him to say, "O bones, Allah commands you to be covered with flesh, nerves and skin.'' That also happened while Hazrat Hizqil was watching. Allah then commanded him to say, "O souls, Allah commands you to return, each to the body that it used to inhabit.'' They all came back to life, looked around and proclaimed, "All praise is due to You (O Allah!) and there is no deity worthy of worship except You.'' Allah brought them back to life after they had perished long ago. We should state that bringing these people back to life is a clear proof that physical resurrection shall occur on the Day of Resurrection. ’’

 Al. Baqra verse No . 243 .

Punishment of disobedience(stories from Qurran)

Battle of tabuk 
Surah tooba 117 
once a companion of Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) Ka`b bin Malik did not go with Allah's Messenger in any battle that he fought except the battle of Tabuk. He failed to take part in the battle of Badr, but Allah did not admonish anyone who did not participate in it, for in fact, Allah's Messenger had gone out in search of the caravan of Quraysh, until Allah made the Muslims and their enemies meet without any appointment. 
 He said ,"As for my news of this battle of Tabuk, I was never stronger or wealthier than I was when I remained behind Allah's Messenger in that battle.The battle (of Tabuk) which Allah's Messenger fought in intense heat, facing a long journey, the desert, and the great number of enemy soldiers. So the Prophet clearly announced the destination to the Muslims, so that they could prepare for their battle, and he told them about his intent. Allah's Messenger was accompanied by such a large number of Muslims that they could not be listed in a book by name, nor registered. Allah's Messenger fought that battle at a time when the fruits had ripened and the shade was pleasant, and I found myself inclined towards that. 
Allah's Messenger and his Companions prepared for the battle and I started to go out in order to get myself ready along with them, but I returned without doing anything. I would say to myself, `I can do that if I want.' So I kept on delaying it every now and then until the people were prepared, and Allah's Messenger , and the Muslims along with him, departed. But I had not prepared anything for my departure.
 I said, `I will prepare myself (for departure) one or two days after him, and then join them.' In the morning following their departure. So, after the departure of Allah's Messenger , whenever I went out and walked among the people , it grieved me that I could see none around me. 
Allah's Messenger did not remember me until he reached Tabuk. So while he was sitting among the people in Tabuk, he said, What did Ka`b bin Malik do. A man from Banu Salimah said, `He has been stopped by his two garments and looking at his own flanks with pride.'A companion said, `What a bad thing you have said! By Allah! We know nothing about him but that which is good.' 
Allah's Messenger kept silent.
''' Ka`b bin Malik said , "When I heard that Allah's Messenger was on his way back to Al-Madinah, I was overcome by concern and began to think of false excuses. I said to myself, `How can I escape from his anger tomorrow' .When it was said that Allah's Messenger had approached all false excuses abandoned my mind and I knew well that I could never come out of this problem. 
Then I decided firmly to speak the truth. Allah's Messenger arrived in the morning, he used to visit the Masjid first, and offer a two Rak`ah prayer, then sit for the people. So when he had done all that those who failed to join the battle came and started offering excuses and taking oaths before him. 
They were over eighty men. Allah's Messenger accepted the excuses they expressed , asked for Allah's forgiveness for them . Then I came to him, and when I greeted him, he smiled a smile of an angry person and then said, "Come." 
 So I came walking until I sat before him. He(PBUH) said to me, “What stopped you from joining us Had you not purchased an animal for carrying you” I answered, `Yes, By Allah, if I were sitting before any person from among the people of the world other than you, I would have escaped from his anger with an excuse. 
 But by Allah, I knew well that if I tell you a lie today to seek your favor, Allah would surely make you angry with me But if I tell you the truth, I hope for Allah's forgiveness. 
" I had never been stronger or wealthier than I was when I remained behind you". 'Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) said, “As regards to this man, he has surely told the truth. So get up until Allah decides your case. 
I got up, and many men of Banu Salimah followed me and said to me, ' they continued blaming me so much that I intended to return (to the Prophet ) and accuse myself of having told a lie, but I said to them, `Is there anybody else who has met the same end as I have' They replied, `Yes, there are two men who have said the same thing as you have, and to both of them was given the same order as given to you.' I said, `Who are they' . 
They mentioned to me two pious men .So I did not change my mind when they mentioned them to me. Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) forbade all the Muslims from talking to us, the three persons, out of all those who remained behind for that battle. 
So we kept away from the people and they changed their attitude towards us until the land where I lived appeared strange to me as if I did not know it. 
 We remained in that condition for fifty nights. As for my two companions, they remained in their houses and kept on weeping, but I was the youngest and the firmest of them. So I would go out and attend the prayer along with the Muslims and roam the markets, but none would talk to me. 
I would come to Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) and greet him while he was sitting in his gathering after the prayer, and I would wonder whether he even moved his lips in return of my greeting or not. Then I would offer my prayer near him and look at him carefully. When I was busy with my prayer, he would turn his face towards me, but when I turned my face to him, he would turn his face away from me. 
When this harsh attitude and boycott of the people continued for a long time, I walked until I scaled the wall of the garden of my cousin and the dearest person to me. 
I offered my greeting to him. He did not return my greetings. I said, ' I beseech you by Allah! Do you know that I love Allah and Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) . He kept quiet. I asked him again, but he remained silent. I asked him again in the Name of Allah and he said, `Allah and His Messenger know better.' 
Thereupon my eyes flowed with tears and I returned and jumped over the wall. The people began to point out for him, until he came to me and handed me a letter from the king of Ghassan for I knew how to read and write. 
In that letter, the following was written: ` I have been informed that the Prophet has treated you harshly. Anyhow, Allah does not make you live in a place where you feel inferior. So, join us, and we will console you.' When I read it, I said to myself, `This is also a sort of test.' I made a fire burning it. 
When forty out of the fifty nights elapsed, behold! There came to me a messenger of Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) saying `Allah's Messenger orders you to keep away from your wife.' I said, `Should I divorce her; He said, `No, do not mingle with her.' The Prophet sent the same message to my two fellows. 
I said to my wife, `Go to your parents and remain with them until Allah gives His verdict in this matter.'' We remained in that state for ten more nights, until the period of fifty nights was completed, starting from the time when Allah's Messenger prohibited the people from talking to us. 
When I had finished the Fajr prayer on the fiftieth morning on the roof of one of our houses, There I heard the voice of a man who had ascended the mountain of Sal` calling with his loudest voice, `O Ka`b bin Malik! Be happy (I fell down in prostration before Allah, realizing that relief has come with His forgiveness for us. Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) announced the acceptance of our repentance by Allah after Fajr prayer. 
The people went out to congratulate us. Some bearers of good news went to my two companions, a horseman came to me while a man from Banu Aslam came running and ascended the mountain and his voice was swifter than the horse. 
When the man whose voice I had heard, came to me conveying the good news, I took off my garments and dressed him with them; '' I owned no other than them on that day. Then I borrowed two garments, wore them and went to . 
The people started receiving me , congratulating me on Allah's acceptance of my repentance, I saw Allah's Messenger sitting in the Masjid with the people around him. "When I greeted Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) , his face was bright with joy. He said, `Be happy with the best day you have ever seen since your mother gave birth to you.
 I said to the Prophet, `Is this forgiveness from you or from Allah' He said, “No, it is from Allah”. “Whenever Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) became happy, his face would shine as if it was a piece of the moon, and we all knew that characteristic of him. 
Surah tooba 117 
 source : Tafseer Ibn-e-Kathir

Mairaj-ul-Nabi PBUH) (A night journy)

Mairaj-ul-Nabi( PBUH)  (A night jourey) 

The Messenger of Allah (Muhammad) PBUH sent Dihyah bin Khalifah to Caesar. He mentioned how he came to him, and described an incident that showed how wise Caesar was. He sent for the Arab merchants who were in Syria and Abu Sufyan and his companions were brought to him. 
He asked them the well-known questions . Abu Sufyan ﴾said: "By Allah, I did not want to tell a lie that would later be found out, and he would never believe me again after that. Then I told him about the night on which he was taken on the Night Journey.
 I said: `O King, shall I not tell you of something from which you will know that he(PBUH) is lying' He said, `What is it' I said: `He claims that he went out of our land, in one night, and came to your land in Jerusalem, then came back to us the same night, before morning came.' The Patriarch of Jerusalem was there, standing next to Caesar.
 The Patriarch of Jerusalem said: `I know that night.' Caesar looked at him and said, `How do you know about this' He said, `I did not sleep at night until I closed the doors of the sanctuary. On that night 
I closed all the doors except for one, which I could not close. I asked my workers and others who were with me to help me deal , but we could not move it. It was like trying to move a mountain. So I called the carpenters, and they looked at it and said: some part of the structure has fallen onto it. 
We cannot move it until morning. So I went back and left those two doors open. The next morning I went back, and saw that the stone at the corner of the sanctuary had a hole in it, and there were traces of an animal having been tethered there. 
I said to my companions: This door has not been closed last night except for a Prophet, who prayed last night in our sanctuary.''.

source : Tafseer Ibn-e-Kathir 

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Calf and samri (magicians)

Calf and samri (stories from Qurran)

Koh-toor

 

covenant with Hazrat Musa (A.S)

After Fir`awn's destruction Hazrrat  Musa (A.S) traveled with the Children of Israel .And they came upon a people devoted to some of idols. They said: "O Musa! Make for us god as they have gods.'' He said: "Verily, you are a people who know not. 
Verily, these people will be destroyed for that which they are engaged in. And all that they are doing is in vain.''Allah made a covenant with Hazrat Musa (A.S) forty nights in all. The covenant was that he was to fast these number of days, during both the day and night. 

Musa(A.S) went to koh-Toor:

Thus, Musa (A.S)  made haste to go to the Mountain and he left his brother, Harun, in charge over the Children of Israel. They have arrived and are settled near the Mountain. 

Worshipping of calf :

In the absence of Hazrrat Musa(A.S)  they began to worship a calf.
Allah informed him  (A.S)of what they were doing in his absence .He became extremely angry and upset with them. He was very worried for them. 

 Recieving Tawrrah

During this time he received the Tawrah, which contained their Shari`ah Law, this was a great honor for them. For they were a people who used to worship other than Allah.
 Every person with sound reason and good sense could see that what they were doing was false and foolish. 

Musa (A.S) returned back:

 Mesa(A.S) returned to them in a state of anger and sorrow.
Hazrrat Musa (A.S)  said:"Did He not promise you in that which I have spoken to you, every good in this life and in the Hereafter, and the good end in the final outcome of things You have already witnessed how He helped you defeat your enemy Fir`awn and He made you victorious over him and He blessed you with other bounties as well through His help.''

Lame excuses

They answered Hazrrat Musa (A.S)
“We broke not our promise to you of our own will, by our power and our choice”. Then, they began making lame excuses and they told him how they got rid of that which they were carrying of Coptic jewelry that they had borrowed from them when they left Egypt. Therefore they threw it away. Thus, it became a calf that made a moaning sound that would gradually rise in pitch. This calf was an ordeal, a hindrance and test. 

As-Samiri(magician)

As-Samiri which was a magician suggested that.''
This is your god, and the god of Musa. "
So they became religiously devoted to the calf and they loved it with a love that they had never loved anything else with before. '' but to As-Samiri abandoned what he was following of the religion of Islam. 

Calf

This calf's name was Bahmut. They claimed that they were merely ridding themselves of the jewelry of the Copts. In the process of doing so, they cast the jewelry into the pit of fire and ended up worshipping the calf. Thus, they were seeking to rid themselves of something detestable, but wound up doing something even worse.
Hazrrat Harun who was Hazrrat Musa’s brother attempted to prohibit them from worshipping the calf .He told them that this was only a test for them. He told them that their Lord was the Most Beneficent, Who created everything and decreed for everything its just measure. He is the Owner of the Mighty Throne, the One Who does whatever He wants. But They said: "We will not cease in our worship of this calf until we hear what Musa has to say about it.'' So they opposed Harun in this matter and they fought against him, nearly killing him.
when Musa returned to his people and saw the great matter that had taken place among them. With this he became filled with anger and he threw down the Divine Tablets that he had in his hand. Then, he grabbed his brother Harun by his head and pulled him towards himself.
“He blammed Haroon by saying
“What prevented you when you saw them going astray; "You should have informed me of this matter as soon as it happened,Have you then disobeyed my order In that which I entrusted to you.''
Hazrat Harun said: "O son of my mother!'' Seize me not by my beard, nor by my head! I was afraid to come after you and inform you of this, because I thought you might accuse me of leaving them alone and causing division between them.''
Hazrat Musa said to As-Samiri, "What caused you to do what you did What presented such an idea to you causing you to do this''
As-Samiri was a man from the people of Bajarma, a people who worshipped cows. He still had the love of cow worshipping in his soul. However, he acted as though he had accepted Islam with the Children of Israel. His name was Musa bin Zafar.'' He was from the village of Samarra.''
Samiri said: " "I saw Jibril when he came to destroy Fir`awn.''
So I took a handful Qabdah palmful from the hoof print of Jibril's horse. As-Samiri threw what was in his hand onto the jewelry of the Children of Israel and it became molded into the body of a calf, which made a light moaning sound. The wind that blew into it was the cause of its sound.'' Thus, he said, "I threw it along with those who were throwing jewelry , Thus my inner self suggested to me.''
Hazrat Musa said: "Then go away! And verily, your punishment in this life will be that you will say: `Touch me not.''' i.e. those who have their disease today still say `Do not touch.'''
Hazrat Musa(A.S) was saying to them, "This is not your god. Your God is only Allah, the One Whom there is no true God except Him. Worship is not befitting to anyone except Him. For everything is in need of Him and everything is His servant.

Surah Taha :83 to 98
                         

Hazrat Adam (A.S) and shaytan

Hazrat Adam (A.S) and shaytan

Hazrat Adam (A.S) and Hazrat Hawa (A.S) both lived in paradize . They were very happy there .Allah allowed Adam and his wife to dwell in Paradise and to eat from all of its fruits, except one tree.
The majority of scholars said that Shaytan was originally prohibited from entering Paradise, but there were times when he sneaked into it in secret. 
The Tawrah stated that Iblis hid inside the snake's mouth and entered Paradise. Some scholars said that it is possible that Shaytan led Adam and Hawwa' astray on his way out of Paradise.  But Shaytan wished to rid them of the various favors and nice clothes that they were enjoying.
 Shaytan said , 
 "Your Lord did not forbid you this tree save you should become angels. so that you do not become angels or dwell here for eternity. Surely, if you eat from this tree, you will attain both.Shall I lead you to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that will never waste awayI am one of the sincere well-wishers for you both.'' So he misled them with deception.
 Then when they tasted of the tree, that which was hidden from them of their private parts became manifest to them and they began to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise. 
Then Allah said , "Did I not forbid you that tree and tell you: Shaytan is an open enemy unto you'' Hazrat Adam (A.S) and Hazrat Hawa(A,S) said: "Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You forgive us not, and bestow not upon us Your mercy, we shall certainly be of the losers. 
 Hazrat Adam (A.S) was a tall man, about the height of a palm tree, 

palm tree

and he had thick hair on his head. When his part appeared to him while before, he did not see it. So he started running in fright through Paradise, but a tree in Paradise took him by the head. He said to it, `Release me,' but it said, `No, I will not release you.' So Allah called him, `O Adam! Do you run away from Me' He said, `O Lord! I felt ashamed before You.'' "The parts of Adam and Hawwa' had a light covering them which prevented them from seeing the private parts of each other. 
Hazrat Adam was allowed to reside in Paradise during the time period between the `Asr prayer, until sunset.''
                                                                Al-Bukhari and Muslim
Allah sent Adam to earth to an area called, Dahna, between Makkah and At-Ta'if.'' Al-Hasan Al-Basri said that Adam was sent down to India, while Hawwa' was sent to Jeddah. Iblis was sent down to Dustumaysan, several miles from Basra. Further, the snake was sent down to Asbahan.

 Prayer of Hazrat Adam

 "Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You forgive us not, and bestow not upon us Your mercy, we shall certainly be of the losers.'' 
Allah states that He has made the earth a dwelling place for the Children of Adam. On it, they will live, die and be buried in their graves; and from it, they will be resurrected for the Day of Resurrection. On that Day, Allah will gather the first and last of creatures and reward or punish each according to his or her deeds. 

Surah Airaf 19 to 25