Lesson # 612 From Holy Qur’aan
A Tale of Abel and Cain,
sons of Adam
Surah Maaa-‘idah (the
Table Spread) – Chapter – 5)
Verses–27
of 120, Section–5 of 16 (Part–6)–Stage - 2
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allaah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful
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And recite unto them with truth the tale of
the two sons of A-dam, how they offered each a sacrifice, and it was accepted
from the one of them and it was not accepted from the other. (The one) said:
I will surely kill thee. (The other) answered: Allaah accepteth only from
those who ward off (evil).
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Watlu ‘alayhim
naba-‘abnay ‘Aadama bil-haqq.
‘Iz qarrabaa qurbaanan-
fatuqubbila min ‘ahadi-himaa wa
lam yutaqabbal minal-‘aakhar. Qaala
la-‘aqtulunnak. Qaala ‘innamaa
yataqabba-lUllaahu
minal-Mutta-qiin.
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Lesson
‘’Utlu –
(recite, cause to hear by reciting), it is from tilaawat, which means, “reciting, reading, meditation”. Here it
aims “to inform, to communicate, to signify). ‘Abnay – (two sons), it is
plural of ‘ibn. According to actual
word, it should be ‘abnayn. But due
to composition of the word after it i.e. Aadam,
the last “n” has been dropped. Qarrabaa – (they both offered), it is plural
of qarraba, which is from taqriib. Taqriib means ‘nearness’. Taqarrab
means “to put something near, to offer, to present”. Qurbaan – (a present, a tribute,
a contribution), a thing, which is presented to obtain one’s kindness, it is
called “dedication” also. ‘Al-Mutta-qiin – (those persons, who ward off
evils), it is plural of Muttaqii,
which has been derived from Taqwaa.
Taqwaa means “warding off evils due to fear of Allaah Almighty.
In the previous Chapters,
particularly in Surah Al-Baqarah,
many evils and bad deeds of the Children of Israel have been described. They used
to slay their Prophets and Messengers (peace be upon Them), exile their own people
by quarreling and commit the riots of various sorts. murder, fight, quarrel,
brawl and riot had become their common habits. But when they were commanded to
fight correctly against their enemies, then they gave a point blank refusal, as
it was mentioned in the previous section.
In this section, it has been
caused to understand by telling a tale regarding two sons of Prophet Adam (peace
be upon Him) i.e. Abel and Cain, that it is very bad to kill someone and create
any disturbance for own purpose. Refusing from fighting (Jihad) is also bad. It
is aversion and disobedience of Allaah Almighty
and its punishment is very severe.
This refusal from Jihad is not due
to the reason that they do not know “how to slay”. But object of their behavior
is that they kill the innocent, which is cause of disturbance in the society. And
when Allaah Almighty commands to kill
the enemies, due to slaying of which, the disturbance and outbreak may be
hindered. And peace is established. At that time, they reply stupidly and
refuse to strive. What can be result of this denial except that they should be
ruined and punished very severely, who refused from Jihad.
Prophet Adam (peace be upon Him)
desired to wed Abel with a girl in accord with the procedure at that time. Cain,
the brother of Abel said, “No, I should be married this girl”. To finish the
wrangling, Prophet Adam (peace be upon Him) said to his both sons, “Offer each of you a sacrifice for the cause of Allaah Almighty. That girl will be married with the person, whose
sacrifice is accepted”. It was an established order in those days that the
person, who had to offer a sacrifice, he used to bring any good thing and put
it at a prescribed place. The sacrifice of the person, whose was accepted, that
person’s thing was taken by a fire, and whose thing was not eaten by the fire,
that was considered “Not accepted”.
The offering was brought by the
both i.e. Abel and Cain and kept at the specified place. The fire came and ate the
offering of Abel. It meant that application of Cain was rejected. Now the marriage
of that girl was required to be done with Abel. At this stage, fire of jealousy
broke out in the heart of Cain. He said Abel very clearly, “I will kill you, if
you tried to wed that girl”.
Those people, who are frenzied of
their wishes, they know nothing except that their desires should be fulfilled,
and that the person should be driven back from the path, whoever becomes
stoppage in fulfilling of their will. For this purpose, they use to conspire,
flatter, give a bribe and threaten others, to the end that, they never miss any
opportunity, and care regarding everything like evil, reward, lawful and
unlawful throw behind. Cain adopted this method too and threatened his own brother
to kill him.
Abel was a simple person, and had
a civilized and unraveled nature. He said, “My offering has been accepted. Its reason
is that neither I want to deprive any right of anyone, nor envy from any
person, nor intend to quarrel with anyone. I keep myself away from the matters
of mischief and disturbance. Allaah Almighty likes the deeds of this kind and
these are the tokens of pious and abstinent people. And it is determined Divine
Law that He accepts the sacrifice of the pious and abstinent people”.
Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from Arabic to English by Marmaduke Pickthall, Published by Paak Company, 17-Urdu Bazar, Lahore, Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’an published By Idara Islaah wa Tableegh, Lahore
(translated Urdu to English by Muhammad Sharif)
