Angels in Islam (30) you might have seen them-B

You might have seen the Angels one day but you did not realize that they were Angels!

Read this real story of the Angel and the Leper, the Bald Man and the Blind Man; this story or the alikemight has happened to many people!

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A Real Story:

There were three very poor men, a leper, a blind man and a bald-headed man; they kept asking Allah all the time to heal them and to give them good property.

Then, what happened?

The Prophet Muhammad said:

Allah willed to test three men who were a leper, a blind man and a bald-headed man.

So, he sent them an Angel who came to the leper and said, “What thing do you like most?”

He replied, “Good color and good skin, for the people have a strong aversion to me.”

The Angel touched him and his illness was cured, and he was given a good color and beautiful skin.

The Angel asked him, “What kind of property do you like best?”

He replied, “Camels, so he (i.e. the leper) was given a pregnant she-camel, and

The Angel said to him: “May Allah bless you in it.”

The Angel then went to the bald-headed man and said, “What thing do you like most?”

He said, “I like good hair and wish to be cured of this disease, for the people feel repulsion for me.”

The Angel touched him and his illness was cured, and he was given good hair.

The Angel asked him: “What kind of property do you like best?”

He replied, “Cows.” The Angel gave him a pregnant cow and said: “May Allah bless you in it.”

 

The Angel went to the blind man and asked, ‘What thing do you like best?’

He said, “I like that Allah may restore my eye-sight to me so that I may see the people.”

The Angel touched his eyes and Allah gave him back his eye-sight.

The Angel asked him, “What kind of property do you like best?”

He replied, “Sheep.”

The Angel gave him a pregnant sheep and said: “May Allah bless you in it.”

Afterwards, all the three pregnant animals gave birth to young ones, and multiplied and brought forth so much that one of the three men had a herd of camels filling a valley, and one had a herd of cows filling a valley, and one had a flock of sheep filling a valley.

Then the Angel, disguised in the shape and appearance of a leper, went to the leper and said, “I am a poor man, who has lost all means of livelihood while on a journey. So none will satisfy my need except Allah and then you. In the Name of Him who has given you such nice color and beautiful skin, and so much property, I ask you to give me a camel so that I may reach my destination.”

The man replied, “I have many obligations (so I cannot give you).”

The Angel said, “I think I know you; were you not a leper to whom the people had a strong aversion? Weren’t you a poor man, and then Allah gave you all this property?”

He replied, “This is all wrong, I got this property through inheritance from my fore-fathers.”

The Angel said, “If you are telling a lie, then let Allah make you as you were before.”

Then the Angel, disguised in the shape and appearance of a bald man, went to the bald man and said to him the same as he told the first one, and he too answered the same as the first one did.

The Angel said, “If you are telling a lie, then let Allah make you as you were before.”

The Angel, disguised in the shape of a blind man, went to the blind man and said, “I am a poor man and a traveler, whose means of livelihood have been exhausted while on a journey. I have nobody to help me except Allah, and after Him, you yourself.

I ask you in the Name of Allah who has given you back your eye-sight to give me a sheep, so that with its help, I may complete my journey.”

The man said, “No doubt, I was blind and Allah gave me back my eye-sight; I was poor and Allah made me rich; so take anything you wish from my property. By Allah, I will not stop you for taking anything (you need) of my property which you may take for Allah’s sake.”

The Angel replied, “Keep your property with you.

You guys (i.e., the three men) have been tested and Allah is pleased with you and is angry with your two companions.”

It fruitful then to read this Allah’s Law (the verse 17:7)

QARIB:

‘If you do good, it shall be for your own souls; but if you do evil it is likewise.

SHAKIR:

If you do good, you will do good for your own souls, and if you do evil, it shall be for them.

PICKTHAL:

If ye do good, ye do good for your own souls, and if ye do evil, it is for them (in like manner).

YUSUFALI:

If ye did well, ye did well for yourselves; if ye did evil, (ye did it) against yourselves.

This is Allah (52) Allah Used to Afflict the Ancient Disbeliever Before their Destruction

The Hardship and Happiness are Warning Signs for Allah’s Torment

What if the Ancient Deniers who were Destroyed had Believed in Allah?

Is there any Relation Between the Repent and the Rain? Allah Says: Yes

Is there any Relation Between the Repent and the Vegetation? The Quran Says: Yes

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Many people do not know Allah. This series is an attempt to help them to know their Creator. 

The Verses 7:94-96 of the Noble Quran talk about:

1) Allah used to afflict the ancient disbeliever before their destruction,

2) The Hardship and happiness are warning signs for Allah’s torment,

3) What if the ancient deniers who were destroyed had believed in Allah? And

4) Is there any relation between the repent and the rain and the vegetation; Allah Says: Yes.

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The meaning of verse 7:94

As a law, when Allah sent a prophet as messenger unto any township and the people denied him, it is that Allah used to seize and punish the deniers with misery, abject poverty, and hardship, illness, tribulation, affliction, hardships, adversity, pain, hunger etc. so that they might be humble, so that they might be self-effaced, that haply they might believe. Then what?

 

The meaning of verse 7:95

Then Allah used to give them in place of evil and affliction, good, wealth and health, until they multiplied, and said, out of ingratitude towards this grace: ‘Hardship and happiness befell our fathers before’, just as it has befallen us, we are just like them and their example we shall follow and this is nothing but the habit of time, and not the consequence of Allah, so remain firm in what you follow, held firm to our religion, i.e. deny Allah’s Prophet and messages.

Allah, exalted be He, says:

So We seized them, with the chastisement, all of a sudden and unexpectedly while they perceived not, beforehand the time of its coming.

In other words, Allah seized them unawares with torment, when they perceived not the descent of such a torment.

 

The meaning of verse 7:96

Yet, if the people of the township, whose people were destroyed had believed in the Scripture and messengers and kept from evil, disbelief, idolatry, indecencies and had further repented.

Surely Allah would have indeed opened upon them, blessings from the sky) through rain (and from the earth) through vegetation and fruits. (But they gave the lie) to Allah’s messengers and Scriptures, (and so Allah seized them) by inflicting upon them drought, lack of fruits and punishment (on account of what they used to earn) i.e. because of giving the lie to the prophets and Scriptures.

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The Verses 7:94-96 in different English translations of the meanings of Arabic Quran:

QARIB:

94) We sent no prophet to a village but seized its inhabitants with misfortune and adversity in order that they might be humble in supplication.

95) Then we changed evil for good, until they multiplied and said: ‘our fathers were indeed touched by misfortune and adversity. ‘ so we seized them suddenly while they were unaware.

96) Had the people of the villages believed and been cautious, we would have opened upon them the blessings from heaven and earth. but they belied, and we seized them for what they earned.

 

SHAKIR:

94) And we did not send a prophet in a town but we overtook its people with distress and affliction in order that they might humble themselves

95) Then we gave them good in the place of evil until they became many and said: distress and happiness did indeed befall our fathers. then we took them by surprise while they did not perceive

96) And if the people of the towns had believed and guarded (against evil) we would certainly have opened up for them blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they rejected, so we overtook them for what they had earned

 

PICKTHAL:

94) And we sent no prophet unto any township but we did afflict its folk with tribulation and adversity that haply they might grow humble.

95) Then changed we the evil plight for good till they grew affluent and said: tribulation and distress did touch our fathers. then we seized them unawares, when they perceived not.

96) And if the people of the townships had believed and kept from evil, surely we should have opened for them blessings from the sky and from the earth. but (unto every messenger) they gave the lie, and so we seized them on account of what they used to earn.

 

YUSUFALI:

94) Whenever we sent a prophet to a town, we took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility.

95) Then we changed their suffering into prosperity, until they grew and multiplied, and began to say: “our fathers (too) were touched by suffering and affluence” … behold! we called them to account of a sudden, while they realised not (their peril).

96) If the people of the towns had but believed and feared Allah, we should indeed have opened out to them (all kinds of) blessings from heaven and earth; but they rejected (the truth), and we brought them to book for their misdeeds.

Allah loves (2) those who are Clean and Pure

Allah is the Pure and He loves the clean and pure

Allah loves those who turn to him in repentance

Allah loves those who turn to him in repentance.  Allah loves those who cleanse and purify themselves.  Allah loves those who have a care for turning away from transgression and filth.  Allah is the Pure and He loves the clean and pure

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The verse 2:222 of the Quran, shows that Allah Loves those who turn to him in repentance and He loves those who cleanse and purify themselves.

The verse 2:222 means:

They will ask you about the monthly period, that is, menstruation and the spot in which it occurs, and how should one treat his wife during it.

They question you (O Muhammad) concerning menstruation,

They ask you about sexual intercourse during menstruation,

Say O Muhammad: it is harmful, It is an ailment, it is filth and unlawful, or the place whence it issues is so;

So keep away from women at such time

So refrain from having sexual intercourse during menstruation

And go not unto them

Do not have sex with them

Till they are cleansed of menstruation

Until they are pure, that is, until they have cleansed themselves after its cessation;

And when they have purified themselves and have had a major ritual ablution

Then come to them, in sexual intercourse, as Allah has commanded you’

You may have sex with them (as Allah hath enjoined upon you.

However, Muslims are allowed to do everything with their wives save the sexual intercourse; in some cultures, men do not eat with menstruating women!

Truly, Allah loves, that is, He rewards and honors, those who repent, of sins, those who repent of transgression and He loves those who have a care for cleanness those who have a care for turning away from transgression and filth.

Allah loves those who cleanse themselves, from impurities.

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Verse 2:222 in four different translations

QARIB:

They ask you about menstruation. Say: ‘it is an injury. Stay away from women during their menstrual periods and do not approach them until they are cleansed. When they have cleansed themselves, then come to them from where Allah has commanded you. Allah loves those who turn to him in repentance and he loves those who cleanse themselves. ‘

SHAKIR:

And they ask you about menstruation. say: it is a discomfort; therefore keep aloof from the women during the menstrual discharge and do not go near them until they have become clean; then when they have cleansed themselves, go in to them as Allah has commanded you; surely Allah loves those who turn much (to him), and he loves those who purify themselves

PICKTHAL:

They question thee (O Muhammad) concerning menstruation. say: it is an illness, so let women alone at such times and go not in unto them till they are cleansed. and when they have purified themselves, then go in unto them as Allah hath enjoined upon you. truly Allah loveth those who turn unto him, and loveth those who have a care for cleanness.

YUSUFALI:

They ask thee concerning women’s courses. say: they are a hurt and a pollution: so keep away from women in their courses, and do not approach them until they are clean. But when they have purified themselves, ye may approach them in any manner, time, or place ordained for you by Allah. for Allah loves those who turn to him constantly and he loves those who keep themselves pure and clean.

Chapter 6 of the Quran (27) Crucial Historical Events

Allah command ed His Last Prophet Muhammad to remind them with some crucial historical events. Had they been humble and believed when Allah’s punishment came on them? No and Satan adorned for them what they were doing.

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In the preceding article, Allah command ed His Last Prophet Muhammad to say to the disbelievers: Have you thought about your outcome when Allah’s chastisement comes upon you in the life of this world and /or at the Day of Judgment? 

Also, Allah command ed Muhammad to remind them with some crucial historical events.

Allah has sent messengers to the nations before but the people denied them,

And Allah seized them with misery, pain, hunger and hardship, illness, tribulation, affliction etc. in order that they may believe and pray that Allah lift the punishment from them and they were saved.

 

Ayah 43 continues:

 

If only, when Allah’s punishment came on them, they had been humble and believed! But their hearts were hard, and would not yield to faith, and Satan adorned for them what they were doing, in the way of disobedient acts, and so they persisted in them.

It was the job of the Prophet Muhammad to remind them that:

 

Allah has sent His Prophet Noah but most of his people belied him.

Allah has sent His Prophet Hud but most of his people belied him.

Allah has sent His Prophet Saleh but most of his people belied him.

Allah has sent His Prophet Lot but most of his people belied him.

Allah has sent His Prophet Shu’aib but most of his people belied him.

Allah has sent His Prophet Moses but the Egyptians belied him.

Allah has sent His Prophet David but the Israelites belied him.

Allah has sent His Prophet Solomon but the Israelites belied him.

Allah has sent His Prophet Jesus but the Israelites belied him.

Allah has sent His Prophet Muhammad but the people of Mecca belied him.

Then what happened to the deniers of those Prophets? Allah’s punishment came on them in the life of this world.

Had they been humble and believed when Allah’s punishment came on them? No and Satan adorned for them what they were doing.

What happened to them? They have been severly destroyed!

What else is waiting for them? The severe Eternal Punishment in the Eternal Hell in the Afterlife.

What is their conclusion? They lost the life of this world and the Afterlife; and this is the outcome of those who deny Muhammad and the Quran!

 

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The verse 6:43 in different translations

 

QARIB:

If only they humbled themselves when our scourge overtook them! but their hearts were hardened, and satan decorated to them what they were doing.

 

SHAKIR:

Yet why did they not, when our punishment came to them, humble themselves? but their hearts hardened and the shaitan made what they did fair-seeming to them.

 

PICKTHAL:

If only, when our disaster came on them, they had been humble! but their hearts were hardened and the devil made all that they used to do seem fair unto them!

 

YUSUFALI:

When the suffering reached them from us, why then did they not learn humility? on the contrary their hearts became hardened, and satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.

Chapter 6 of the Quran (26) when Allah seized the ancient deniers

The Quran says that Allah sent messengers to the communities before you O Muhammad, but they denied them. Allah seized them with affliction and hardship, when they did not believe so that they might believe and be saved.

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In the preceding article, Allah instructed His Prophet Muhammad to say to the unbelievers:

Have you thought about your ending when Allah’s punishment comes upon you in the life of this world and /or at the Day of Judgment? 

Do you then call for help to any other than Allah to lift the torment from you?

They would have no answer.

However, the Quran tells them what they will say at the Day of Judgment Allah’s punishment come upon them.

 

Ayah 41 says: 

Nay; they will not call anyone except Allah to lift the torment from them.

They will leave and forget wver partners they ascribed unto Him; they will leave and forget the idols or any partners they associate with Him and do not call unto them. They will call none but Allah to remove from them such things as punishment, suffering etc.

 

Ayah 42 says: 

Indeed Allah sent to communities before you O Muhammad messengers, but they denied them,

Allah has sent already unto peoples that were before you O Muhammad just as Allah has sent you to your people

And Allah seized them with misery, abject poverty, pain, hunger and hardship, illness,

Allah seized them with tribulation, affliction and hardship, when they did not believe so that they might be humble, abased, that they might believe; in order that they may believe and pray that Allah lift the punishment from them and they were saved.

 

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The verse 6:41-42 in different translations

 

QARIB:

41) No, on him alone you will call, and he will remove that for which you call upon him, if he will. then you will forget what you associate (with him).

42) Before you we sent forth to other nations, and then seized them with misery and hardship so that they might humble themselves.

 

SHAKIR:

41) Nay, him you call upon, so he clears away that for which you pray if he pleases and you forget what you set up (with him)

42) And certainly we sent (messengers) to nations before you then we seized them with distress and affliction in order that they might humble themselves

 

PICKTHAL:

41) Nay, but unto him ye call, and he removeth that because of which ye call unto him, if he will, and ye forget wver partners ye ascribed unto him.

42) We have sent already unto peoples that were before thee, and we visited them with tribulation and adversity, in order that they might grow humble.

 

YUSUFALI:

41) “Nay,- on him would ye call, and if it be his will, he would remove (the distress) which occasioned your call upon him, and ye would forget (the false gods) which ye join with him!”

42) Before thee we sent (messengers) to many nations, and we afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility.