An-Nahl 32: They are the good ones to whom the angels say while taking their lives; “Salam (peace) be upon you! In return for your (good) deeds, enter the Paradise.”

A. Metin Saruhan · 26 February 2018 · An-Nahl

Translation

They are the good ones to whom the angels say while taking their lives; “Salam (peace) be upon you! In return for your (good) deeds, enter the Paradise.”

Tafsir

When the angels come to take the lives of the pious, they greet them and convey the good news of Allah to them. They say, "Paradise is yours today for what you did in this world. Allah will forgive their sins and admit the owners of piety into Gardens with a pure soul.

People who have taqwa are those who have fought their nafs and mastered it. They do not give in to their nafs desires, they do not deviate from Allah's Shari'ah ruling. They abandon what their nafs likes. Even if it benefits them. Not every person realizes this and declares war against his nafs. On the contrary, whoever does not fulfill what his soul likes, or does not achieve it, or encounters an obstacle, he laments that he cannot achieve what he desires, and even goes into rebellion.

Since people do not know how to fight the ego, they think that the good deeds they do are piety. But when the slightest harm comes to their interests, they become lions. Or they do not hesitate to insult others. Because of their pride and arrogance, they cannot say, "This is my Muslim brother, every human being has faults, I should accept him with his faults. And these are the ones who cannot attain Taqwa.

Those who turn their backs on the world's glory and fame, pride and arrogance, worldly ambition and selfishness, selfish ambition, and those who do not embrace them, those who put Allah's commandment above them, and those who make them accept Allah's commandment, and those who mentally dominate them, are the people who have reached maturity. Would a person abandon the Hereafter for the endless and endless blessings of the Hereafter? Would he fall for the blessings of the world in the temporary world and go bankrupt in order not to face poverty in the Hereafter? Allah's promise is true. If you break the desires and desires of the ego and the world for a moment, you will attain the infinite blessings of Allah.

What is said in the video

We have come to verse 32 of Surah An-Nahl. They are those to whom the angels say, "Peace be upon you, enter Paradise for the good deeds you did," as they take their souls in a pure state.

Pay attention: here people go badly wrong and make a lake at the gate of Paradise; when it says, "Today you have come here pure," they will supposedly undress there and wash. Supposedly they will come in clean.

I mean, for a person to be in so much fabrication, so much superstition, so much failure to understand the verses, so much distortion of the verses and so much ignorance, not using his mind, it is astonishing, really. And a Muslim at that. What does it say? Pay attention. They, that is, the angels: Peace be upon you. The angels. That is, may Allah's mercy be upon you. Peace belongs to you, it says. In return for the good deeds you did, in return for the good deeds you did in the world, enter Paradise. Enter Paradise. They are those whose souls they take in a pure state, saying this. They take their souls in a pure state.

That is, sinless, (?) from their sins, or in a state cleansed so as to enter Paradise. In a state cleansed of their sins. Yes. It gives them good news. The angels, good news. "You are pure," it says. That is, your good deeds outweigh your sins. It has cleansed your sins. In this case you have earned reward and attained Allah's mercy. Today, with a load of good deeds, that is, pure and sinless, please enter Paradise, it says. Yes. Where is that here? A lake at the gate of Paradise, and you undressed and washed? What does it say? The angels: Peace be upon you. They are those to whom they say, "Enter Paradise for the good deeds you did," as they take their souls in a pure state. They take their souls pure.

That is, after their souls are taken, they do not wash in the lake at the gate of Paradise and then go in. Yes. When the angels come to take the souls of the God-fearing, they say: Peace be upon you. They greet them and convey Allah's good news to them. In return for what you did in the world, Paradise is yours today, they say. Allah forgives their sins and admits the God-fearing, pure, with their nafs perfected, into His gardens.

People of taqwa are people who have engaged in struggle with their nafs and gained mastery over it. They do not submit to the desires of the nafs. They do not depart from Allah's sharia rulings. They give up what their nafs likes. Even if it would bring them some benefit. Not every person, grasping this situation, can (?) against his nafs. On the contrary, whoever does not fulfill what his nafs likes, or cannot reach it, or meets an obstacle, laments because he could not reach what he desired, and even goes as far as rebellion. Because people do not know how to struggle with the nafs, they think the good deeds they do are taqwa.

But when the slightest harm comes to their interests, they turn into lions, or do not hesitate to insult those opposite them. Out of the pride and arrogance of the nafs within them. "This too is my Muslim brother. Every person makes mistakes. Let me accept him with his mistake," they cannot say. Such people, in this state, cannot attain taqwa. To the glory and (?) of the world, to its pride and arrogance, to the ego with worldly desire, to the whims of the nafs, they turn their backs. Those who turn away. Those who do not cling to these, who hold Allah's command above them and make these things accept Allah's command, people who by reason bring them under their rule, are people who have reached perfection.

For the endless, inexhaustible blessings of the world of the Hereafter, would a person abandon the world of the Hereafter? To avoid facing deprivation in the Hereafter, in the temporary world would he be deceived by worldly blessings and go to (?)? Allah's promise is true. If you break the momentary whim of the nafs and your desires and wishes for the world, you will attain Allah's endless blessings. Yes.