In such cases...
In such cases, Allah through His Grace and Mercy may grant His servant a favour or bounty other than what he prays for, in exchange of man's troublesome plea and earnest prayer. IN THE DAY OF DOOM THE VALUES ARE CHANGED. In the Ressurection Day all values will be changed. There, the rank and wealth and physical strengths will give its place to other values, such as the worship of God with pure heart and having done good deeds.
Combines, bargains, partiality, and friendship; even blood relations, are not useful there. The wealth can only be useful in the Hereafter when the wealthy has used it in this present life, in a proper way; as alms giving, and helping the needy, and other good causes. [ 381 ] وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هَذَا الْبَلَدَ آمِناً وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِىَّ أَنْ نَّعْبُدَ الاَْصْنَامَ(( 35 )) 35- AND WHEN ABRAHAM SAID:ِ MY LORD!
MAKE THIS LAND SECURE, AND KEEP ME AND MY SONS ALOOF OF WORSHIPPING IDOLS. رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضْلَلْنَ كَثِيراً مِّنْ النَّاسِ فَمَنْ تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي وَمَنْ عَصَانِي فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ(( 36 )) 36- MY LORD! THEY HAVE LED ASTRAY MANY OF THE PEOPLE. SO HE WHO FOLLOWED ME, THEN HE IS MINE, AND HE WHO TURNED AGAINST ME, THEN YOU ARE ALL-FORGIVING ALL-COMPASSIONATE.
رَّبَّنَا إِنِّي أَسْكَنتُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي بِوَاد غَيْرِ ذِي زَرْع عِنْدَ بَيْتِكَ الْمُحَرَّمِ رَبَّنَا لِيُقِيمُوا الصَّلاَةَ فَاجْعَلْ أَفْئِدَةً مِّنْ النَّاسِ تَهْوِي إِلَيْهِمْ وَارْزُقْهُمْ مِّنْ الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْكُرُونَ(( 37 )) 37- OUR LORD! I HAVE SETTLED SOME OF MY OFFSPRINGS IN A BARREN VALLEY BY YOUR SACRED HOUSE; OUR LORD, SO AS TO PERFORM THE PRAYER. SO MAKE THE HEARTS OF SOME PEOPLE YEARN FOR THEM, AND SUSTAIN THEM OF THE PRODUCES PERHAPS THEY GIVE THANKS.
رَّبَّنَا إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ مَا نُخْفِي وَمَا نُعْلِنُ وَمَا يَخْفَى عَلَى اللهِ مِنْ شَيْء فِي الاَْرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ (( 38 )) 38- OUR LORD! YOU KNOW WELL WHAT DO WE CONCEAL AND WHAT DO WE REVEAL. AND NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM ALLAH IN THE EARTH, NOR IN THE SKY.
[ 382 ] الْحَمْدُ للهِِ الَّذِي وَهَبَ لِي عَلَى الْكِبَرِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ إِنَّ رَبِّي لَسَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ(( 39 )) 39- PRAISE BE TO ALLAH, WHO HAS GIVEN ME IN OLD AGE ISHMAEL AND ISAAC; THAT MY LORD IS INDEED THE HEARER OF PRAYER. رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلاَةِ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ (( 40 )) 40- MY LORD! MAKE ME A PERFORMER OF THE PRAYER, AND ALSO MY OFFSPRING. OUR LORD! AND ACCEPT (OUR) PRAYER.
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