Quran Chapter 2- 177c (Pt-2, Stg-1) (L-204)
- درس قرآن
Prayer and Poor-due
Surah
‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
‘A-‘uu-zu Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
وَأَقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَى ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ (177 c)
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177c.
And observe proper worship and pay the poor-due.
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177c.
Wa ‘aqaamas-Salaata wa ‘aataz-Zakaah.
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Commentary
It has been being
mentioned for the last two lessons that real and true soul of the righteousness
is not that an individual worships considering any direction sacred and turning
his face unto that direction. Moreover the real soul of the righteousness is to
correct the beliefs, fair deals, to worship properly, to correct the manners
and to do the works, which have been explained in Holy Qur’an, that
is to say; the beliefs of the people should be those, for which, Holy Qur’an demands
and the individual should behave with other people as the Law of Divine guides.
After the faiths and
the financial sacrifice, Holy Qur’an has discussed about the
other part, i.e. worshiping properly. From the acts of worship, the greatest
worship is physical and financial sacrifice. In the form of physical worship,
it is offering the prayer and for the financial worship, it is to pay the
poor-due. Many excellence of the prayer have been explained in
the Holy Qur’an itself on different places as well as it can
also be found in many Sayings of the Messenger of God Almighty (glory,
grace, blessings and peace be upon Him).
The Prayer has an
important part in the Islamic society. The Prayer stops the human being from
the evils and indecency, and keeps away from His disobedience. The Prayer is
ascension of the Believer. It strengthens the spiritual, moral and social life
of the individual.
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In the financial
worships, paying the poor-due is the most fundamental worship. It is obligation
on every well-to-do person that he should pay 2.5% out of his wealth once a
year to the needy people in the path of Allah Almighty. This Zakah (the
poor-due) prescribed by Holy Qur’an; is so much necessary and
useful that if the Muslims pay it regularly; then none from the nation may
starve to death. The situation of suicide cannot arise due to poverty and
unemployment. Nobody can wander from door to door for begging. Displacement,
poverty, helplessness and bad situation will not remain in our society, the
entire nation will become strong collectively, peace will increase and the
doors will open for development.
Discussion
about worshiping properly and paying the poor-due has come in the Holy Qur’an nearly
together at every place. If those verses are collected in which the matters and
commands regarding prayer and Zakah are discussed then its
collective quantity is about more than three hundred. It appears that how much
important and great are these both obligations in Islam. Without worshiping
properly and paying the poor-due regularly, it is difficult to think about any
Islamic society, though the Muslims, who don’t perform this duty, about them,
it is thought that they are adulterers and deniers, and out of the circle of
Islam.
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