Deluded by your
lusts.. Are you?
Surah e Takathur
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Lets suppose you find a genie in a bottle who told you he
can grant you 3 wishes…
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Take out a piece of paper and write your 3 wishes down…
How many of you want
more
wishes???
Why even a lot is not
enough???
Because….
“Takathur”
‫‪The desire to surpass one another in the‬‬
‫‪acquisition of wealth has allured you‬‬
‫تم لوگوں کو زیادہ سے زیادہ اور ایک دُوسرے سے بڑھ کر‬
‫دنیا حاصل کرنے کی دُھن نے غفلت میں ڈال رکھا ہے‬
What is takathur??
‫تکاثر‬
‫ک ثرت‬
Plenty
Desire to
have
dunya
‫تکاثر‬
Competing
in having
dunya
Taking
pride in
having
dunya
Every one wants more of….
Humans are programmed that way…
and all humanity shares this love for dunya…
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No matter how much dunya you have.. You will
still want more of it….. Never get satisfied
Prophet(pbuh) was scared of worldly desires to
sprout up in Ummah
Why was prophet(pbuh) concerned about
takathur???
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Whatever is on this earth is created for humans..
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Wealth could even be used for the acquisition of Allah’s Jannah.. By
spending it fi sabeel illah.. By thanking Allah
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HAVING DUNYA IS NOT EVIL .. THE DESIRE TO HAVE DUNYA IS RATHER
DIABOLICAL…
Why was prophet(pbuh) concerned about
takathur???
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Because…
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It can delude you…… it can distract you
‫الھکم‬
ٰ
‫لھو‬
distraction
What are you distracted from??
Your
purpose
of life
Muhasiba:
looking
inside of
your
heart.
Quran
Akhirah
and death.
What are you distracted from??
Why it is not mentioned in the surah?? Because it is so obvious.
Qariah:
hell fire
What next???
After a life of delusion and distraction???
Until you visit the graves
‫ب گور تک پہنچ جاتے ہو۔‬
ِ ‫یہاں تک کہ (اِسی فکر میں) تم ل‬
The very thing you were running away from will
approach you..
A word used for the time spent in grave… showing how
short our life in this dunya is if thousands of years
spent in grave are so miniscule
‫زرتم‬
‫زیار‬
‫ۃ‬
Temporary
visit
say you 'the enjoyment of the world is little and
the Hereafter is better for the god fear(nisaa:77)
Reality of the worldly life
Know that the life of the world is not but a sport and amusement and an
adornment and a source of boasting among yourselves and desiring
multiplication in riches and children against one another It is like the rain whose
vegetation pleased the tillers, then it dried up that you see it yellow then it was
trampled into pieces. And in the Hereafter, there is severe torment and
forgiveness from Allah and His pleasure. And the life of the world is nothing but a
deceitful wealth.(hadeed)
‫‪Yes, soon you will come to know.‬‬
‫‪Again , soon you will come to know‬‬
‫ہرگز نہیں‪ ،‬عنقریب تم کو معلوم ہو‬
‫سن لو کہ) ہرگز نہیں‪،‬‬
‫جائے گا۔پھر ( ُ‬
‫عنقریب تم کو معلوم ہو جائے گا۔‬
When will you come to know??
‫ستعلمو‬
‫ن‬
‫سوف تعلمون‬
After your death….
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Delusions will vanish ….
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The reality will become clear..
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Hazrat ALI (ra) said,” people are
sleeping and when they die they
wake up.”
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Assuredly, you were heedless of
this, therefore We have removed
from you the covering, so today
your sight is sharp (50:22)
What will you come to know…??
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Neither akhirah was worth forgetting nor Dunya was worth
indulging…
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Ayah is repeated??
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Warning..
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Emphasis
Yes, it you would have knows with knowledge of certainty: you
would not have loved wealth
Undoubtedly, you shall necessarily, see Hell
Then again, undoubtedly you shall necessarily see it with the
eye of certainty
‫ اگر تم یقینی علم کی حیثیت سے (اِس‬،‫ہر گز نہیں‬
‫روش کے انجام کو) جانتے ہوتے (تو تمہارا یہ‬
‫ پھر‬،‫طرز عمل نہ ہوتا)۔ تم دوزخ دیکھ کر رہو گے‬
ِ
‫سن لو کہ) تم بالکل یقین کے ساتھ اُسے دیکھ‬
ُ (
What is yaqeen??
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Literally: solid, unflinching conviction… even stronger than iman
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Imam Raghib said,” yaqeen is the kind of knowledge that is above just
being familiar or having information.”
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In Quran yaqeen is also used in place of death. Even a kaafir believes in
death while diagreeing with the concept of hereafter.
Stages of yaqeen.
‫علم الیقین‬
Having knowledge of
Saw smoke: may be
there is fire
‫عین الیقین‬
Witnessed
See fire..
‫حق الیقین‬
Experienced
Felt the heat of fire
Yaqeen upon akhirah..
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Allah has given opportunity to humans to avail ilm ul yaqeen in this
world, through his creation.. His book.. His words
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Kaafir want ain ul yaqeen.. Every human will have it on the judgment
day
You will definitely, definitely, definitely see
jahannam
‫ن‬
‫ن‬
‫ل (جواب‬
)‫القسم‬
Stare of lion before it
is about to eat you
Every human being will see jahannam..
Then We know very well those who
are worthiest to be roasted in the Fire.
There is not one of you who may not
pass over the Hell this is necessarily a
decided thing for your Lord.
Then We shall save the God fearing;
and will leave the unjust in it falling on
their knees. (19:70-72)
‫تم میں سے کوئی ایسا نہیں ہے جو جہنّم پر وارد‬
‫ یہ تو ایک طے شدہ بات ہے جسے پُورا‬،‫نہ ہو‬
‫رب کا ِذ ّمہ ہے۔ پھر ہم اُن لوگوں کو‬
ّ ‫کرنا تیرے‬
Hadith: People will cross the bridge that will
be over
the bridge
will
be thorny
iron,
‫ظالموں‬
‫اور‬Hell.
‫تھے‬On‫متقی‬
)‫دنیا میں‬
( ‫جو‬
‫لیں گے‬
‫بچا‬
hooks, and clasps, which will catch people from the right and left. The angels on the
bridge
ُ ‫کو ا‬
‫گے۔‬
‫دیں‬
‫چھوڑ‬
‫وا‬
‫ہ‬
‫را‬
‫گ‬
‫میں‬
‫سی‬
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will pray, "O my Allah, give salvation." Some will cross the bridge like lightning; some, like
the wind; some, like a running horse; some, by running; some, by walking; some, by
crawling; some, by creeping. As for those who will go to Hell, they will neither die nor attain
a new life. After sinners burn in Hell as much as their sins, intercession for
them [sinners] will be permitted. [Bukhari]
Then, undoubtedly, you shall surely be
asked about the favours.
‫پھر ضرور اُس روز تم سے اِن نعمتوں‬
‫کے بارے میں جواب طلبی کی جائے‬
‫گی۔‬
Easier solution to obstain from takathur…
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Remember.. You will be questioned about the blessings you enjoy.
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Five questions of akhirah
On the Day of Resurrection, people will be asked about other matters,
including the following:
It was narrated from Ibn Mas’ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) that
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The son of
Adam will not be dismissed from before his Lord on the Day of
Resurrection until he has been questioned about five things: his life and
how he spent it, his youth and how he used it, his wealth and how he
earned it and how he disposed of it, and how he acted upon what he
acquired of knowledge.” [Tirmithi]
The end