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Lessons from Surah al-A'raf (People in High Places) - Coggle Diagram
Lessons from Surah al-A'raf (People in High Places)
Middle-Late Makkah Surah
Theme: Continuous fight Good Vs Evil
Longest of Makkah Surah
Learn from people before you
(Verse 3)
Stories of knowledge from Allah
(Verse 7)
Stories Adam and Iblis
(Verse 11-25)
Allah honored Human over Angels
Dangers of arrogance (Pride causing rejecting Truth)
Iblis was the first Racist
Message to those who turns from Allah: Even Iblis turned to Allah
Message about those feeling despair that Allah do no accept their doa: Even Iblis got his doa accepted by Allah
Message about foolishness of jealousy (Iblis makes his aim in life to misguide BUT it will not benefit HIM in any way)
Iblis blamed Allah for misguiding him and he promised to misguide leading people to be THANKLESS
(Verse 16)
Iblis have WON if we are not Thankful
Iblis is the perpetual enemy and ALLAH gives us hope by being on our side ...Always.
When we BLAME Allah for our SINS - this is SATANIC. Instead we should OWN up to our mistake (Like Adam AS)
No HUMAN is perfect (Prophet Adam was moulded by Allah and lived in heaven and YET they were led astray) & Best of SINNERS are those who REPENT.
Modesty (Aurat)
(Verse 26-33)
Tactic of Syaitan is to strip us our modesty
(Verse 27)
True civilization is dignifying ourselves with modesty (covering with clothes)
Use BEST clothes to go to Mesjid
(Verse 31)
Allah has made of good clothes and good food HALAL
(Verse 32)
Future Prophets will come
(Verse 34... )
People of Jannah, People of Jahannam and People of A'raf
A'raf : Sinful amongst the MUSLIMS (Lax in their rituals)
5 Prophets stories struggle between Good and EVIL
Prophet Nuh
(Verse 59)
Prophet Hud
(Verse 65)
Prophet Salleh
(Verse 73)
Prophet Luth
(Verse 80)
Prophet Shuaib
(Verse 85)
Message is ISLAM directed to people of POWER; same scenario now
Lessons COVID-19 (Verse 96)
Communial azab because too much zulm (Verse 100)
Stories of Musa AS, Firaun & Bani Israel
(Verse 104 - 171)
Enemies can turn to be Allies: Conversion of the sorcerers
Phenomenon grumbling of within the believers
Rebuked Musa AS : What have you done!
(Verse 129)
After being saved from Firaun they still worship false God (After 40 days)
Allah gives chances before afflicting Azab e.g. Egyptians society
(Verse 133)
Musa AS asks to Allah to see HIM
Musa AS given the ALWAH (Tablet) and spoke to Allah directly for 30 days (+10 days more)
Musa threw tablet when he saw his people worship false God and starts to rebuke Harun AS and he explain how he was threatened to be killed!
Once Musa AS calmed down, he sought for forgiveness including his people (Verse 156 and 157)
Story of fishermen on Sabbath
Divided into two groups
Group 1 (Sincere)
Group 2 (Did not say anything because of arrogance)
Evil trick to avoid fatwa does not work !
Never feel sense of arrogance against sinful people NOR stop preaching to SINFUL people thinking we are BETTER (see group 2)
Allah criticizes groups of people that came a fe generations after Musa AS (Verse 169)
Those who are lazy to follow Allah's commandments and say Allah will always forgive
Scholars that their knowledge did not impact them and they become arrogant
(Verse 43)
Possible two people with different perspective will be together in Jannah (Eg. ALi RA and Muawiyah RA)
When you have hatred/Jealousy in your heart you are depriving yourself of the PEACE of Jannah
Conclusions: My protector is Allah who has sent the book down and is the protector of righteous people (Verse 196)
Be tolerant and merciful, command GOOD and turn away from the ignorant
(Verse 199)
To have bad thought is NOT bad, to fight to BAD thought is GOOD and to overcome the BAD thought is the essence of Piety (Verse 201)
Listen to the Quran when it is recited and pay attention so you can experience mercy (Verse 204)
Final Message: Dzikir of Allah is weapon in our struggle between good and evil. (Verse 205)