The Prostration, Worship, Adoration, The Adoration — Verse 15

The State of the People of Faith and Their Reward Allah states: إِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِـَايَـتِنَا (Only those believe in Our Ayat,) means, who accept them as true, الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ بِهَا خَرُّواْ سُجَّداً (who, when they are reminded of them, fall down prostrate,) means, they listen to them and obey them in word and deed. وَسَبَّحُواْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ (and glorify the praises of their Lord, and they are not proud.) means, they are not too proud to follow them and submit to them, unlike the ignorant among the rebellious disbelievers. Allah says: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَخِرِينَ (Verily, those who scorn My worship, they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!) (40:60). Then Allah says: تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ (Their sides forsake their beds,) meaning, they pray the voluntary night prayer and forego sleep and resting on a comfortable bed. Mujahid and Al-Hasan said that the Ayah تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ (Their sides forsake their beds, ) refers to voluntary night prayer. Ad-Dahhak said, "It refers to Salat Al-`Isha' in congregation and Salat Al-Fajr in congregation. يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفاً وَطَمَعاً (to invoke their Lord in fear and hope,) means, in fear of His punishment and in hope of His reward. وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَـهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ (and they spend out of what We have bestowed on them.) means, they do both obligatory and supererogatory acts of worship. Their leader in this world and the Hereafter is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Imam Ahmad recorded that Mu`adh bin Jabal said, "I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey one morning, walking near him. I said, `O Prophet of Allah, tell me of a deed that will grant me admittance to Paradise and keep me away from Hell.' He said: «لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ عَنْ عَظِيمٍ وَإِنَّهَ لَيَسِيرٌ عَلَى مَنْ يَسَّرَهُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ، تَعْبُدُ اللهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ، وَتَصُومُ رَمَضَانَ، وَتَحُجُّ الْبَيْت» (You have asked about something great, and it is easy for the one for whom Allah makes it easy. Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, establish regular prayer, pay Zakah, fast Ramadan and perform pilgrimage to the House.) Then he said: «أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْخَيْرِ؟ الصَّومُ جُنَّةٌ، وَالصَّدَقَةُ تُطْفِىءُ الْخَطِيئَةَ، وَصَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْل» (Shall I not tell you of the gates of goodness Fasting is a shield, charity wipes out sin, and the prayer of a man in the depths of the night.) Then he recited: تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ (Their sides forsake their beds,) until he reached جَزَآءً بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ (as a reward for what they used to do.) Then he said: «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِرَأْسِ الْأَمْرِ وَعَمُودِهِ وَذِرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ؟» (Shall I not tell you of the greatest of all things and its pillars and pinnacle) I said, `Of course, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: «رَأْسُ الْأَمْرِ الْإسْلَامُ، وَعَمُودُهُ الصَّلَاةُ، وَذِرْوَةُ سَنَامِهِ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ الله» (The greatest of all things is Islam, its pillars are the prayers and its pinnacle is Jihad for the sake of Allah.) Then he said: «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِمَلَاكِ ذلِكَ كُلِّهِ؟» (Shall I not tell you the factor on which all of that depends) I said, `Of course, O Messenger of Allah.' He took hold of his tongue and said, «كُفَّ عَلَيْكَ هذَا» (Restrain this.) I said, `O Messenger of Allah, will we be accountable for what we say' He said, «ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكُ يَا مُعَاذُ، وَهَلْ يَكُبُّ النَّاسَ فِي النَّارِ عَلى وُجُوهِهِمْ أَوْ قَالَ: عَلى مَنَاخِرِهِمْ إِلَّا حَصَائِدُ أَلْسِنَتهِم» (May your mother be bereft of you, O Mu`adh! Will the people be thrown into Hell -- (or he said) on their faces -- except because of what their tongues say) It was also recorded by At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah in their Sunans. At-Tirmidhi said, "It is Hasan Sahih." فَلاَ تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أُخْفِىَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ (No person knows what is kept hidden for them of delights of eyes) means, no one knows the vastness of what Allah has concealed for them of everlasting joy in Paradise and delights such as no one has ever seen. Because they conceal their good deeds, Allah conceals the reward for them, a fitting reward which will suit their deeds. Al-Hasan Al-Basri said, "If people conceal their good deeds, Allah will conceal for them what no eye has seen and what has never crossed the mind of man. It was recorded by Ibn Abi Hatim. Al-Bukhari quoted the Ayah: d فَلاَ تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أُخْفِىَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ (No person knows what is kept hidden for them of delights of eyes) Then he recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالى: أَعْدَدْتُ لِعِبَادِي الصَّالِحِينَ مَا لَا عَيْنٌ رَأَتْ، وَلَا أُذُنٌ سَمِعَتْ، وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلى قَلْبِ بَشَر» (Allah says: "I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and it has never crossed the mind of man.") Abu Hurayrah said: "Recite, if you wish: فَلاَ تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أُخْفِىَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ (No person knows what is kept hidden for them of delights of eyes.) It was also recorded by Muslim and At-Tirmidhi. At-Tirmidhi said, "It is Hasan Sahih." In another version of Al-Bukhari: «وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلَى قَلْبِ بَشَرٍ، ذُخْرًا مِنْ بَلْهِ مَا أُطْلِعْتُمْ عَلَيْه» ("and no body has ever even imagined of. All that is reserved, besides which, all that you have seen is nothing.") It was also reported from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet said: «مَنْ يَدْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ يَنْعَمْ لَا يَبْأَسْ، لَا تَبْلَى ثِيَابُهُ، وَلَا يَفْنَى شَبَابُهُ، فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَا لَا عَيْنٌ رَأَتْ، وَلَا أُذُنٌ سَمِعَتْ، وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلى قَلْبِ بَشَر» (Whoever enters Paradise, will enjoy a life of luxury and never feel deprivation, his clothes will never wear out, his youth will never fade. In Paradise there is what no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard, and has never crossed the mind of man.) This was recorded by Muslim.

Only those believe in Our signs such as the Qur’ān who when they are reminded of them admonished with them fall down in prostration and make glorifications ensconced in praise of their Lord in other words they say ‘Glory be to God through His praise’ subhāna’Llāh wa-bi-hāmdihi and they do not disdain to believe and to obey.

إنما يصدق بآيات القرآن ويعمل بها الذين إذا وُعِظوا بها أو تُليت عليهم سجدوا لربهم خاشعين مطيعين، وسبَّحوا الله في سجودهم بحمده، وهم لا يستكبرون عن السجود والتسبيح له، وعبادته وحده لا شريك له.

يقول تعالى "إنما يؤمن بآياتنا" أي إنما يصدق بها "الذين إذا ذكروا بها خروا سجدا" أي استمعوا لها وأطاعوها قولا وفعلا "وسبحوا بحمد ربه وهم لا يستكبرون" أي عن اتباعها والانقياد لها كما يفعله الجهلة من الكفرة الفجرة قال الله تعالى "إن الذين يستكبرون عن عبادتي سيدخلون جهنم داخرين".

ثم تترك السورة الكريمة هؤلاء المجرمين يذوقون العذاب ، وتنتقل إلى الحديث عن مشهد آخر ، عن مشهد يشرح النفوس ، ويبهج القلوب ، إنه مشهد المؤمنين الصادقين ، وما أعد الله - تعالى - من ثواب قال - تعالى - : ( إِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِآيَاتِنَا . . . بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ) .أى : ( إِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ ) ويصدق ( بِآيَاتِنَا ) الدالة على قدرتنا ووحدانيتنا ، أصحاب النفوس النقية الصافية ، الذين إذ ذكروا بها ، أى : بهذه الآيات .( خَرُّواْ سُجَّداً ) لله - تعالى - من غير تردد ( وَسَبَّحُواْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ ) أى : ونزهوه عن كل ما لا يليق به - عز وجل -( وَهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ) عن طاعته - سبحانه - ، وعن الانقياد لأمره ونهيه .

القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : إِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِآيَاتِنَا الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهَا خَرُّوا سُجَّدًا وَسَبَّحُوا بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُمْ لا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ (15)يقول تعالى ذكره: ما يصدق بحججنا وآيات كتابنا إلا القوم الذين إذا ذكروا بها ووعظوا(خَرّوا) لله (سجدا) لوجوههم، تذلُّلا له، واستكانة لعظمته، وإقرارا له بالعبوديَّة (وَسَبَّحُوا بِحَمْدِ ربِّهِمْ) يقول: وسبحوا الله في سجودهم بحمده، فيبرئونه مما يصفه أهل الكفر به، ويضيفون إليه من الصاحبة والأولاد والشركاء والأنداد (وهم لا يستكبرون) يقول: يفعلون ذلك، وهم لا يستكبرون عن السجود له والتسبيح، لا يستنكفون عن التذلُّل له والاستكانة. وقيل: إن هذه الآية نـزلت على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم؛ لأن قوما من المنافقين كانوا يخرجون من المسجد إذا أقيمت الصلاة، ذُكر ذلك عن حجاج، عن ابن جُرَيج.

قوله - عز وجل - : ( إنما يؤمن بآياتنا الذين إذا ذكروا بها ) وعظوا بها ( خروا سجدا ) سقطوا على وجوههم ساجدين ( وسبحوا بحمد ربهم ) قيل : صلوا بأمر ربهم . وقيل : قالوا سبحان الله وبحمده ( وهم لا يستكبرون ) عن الإيمان والسجود له . )

إِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِآَيَاتِنَا الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهَا خَرُّوا سُجَّدًا وَسَبَّحُوا بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ (15 استئناف ناشىء عن قوله { أم يقولون افتراه الآية } [ السجدة : 3 ] ، تفرغ المقام له بعد أن أنحى بالتقريع والوعيد للكافرين على كفرهم بلقاء الله ، بما أفادت اسمية جملة { بل هم بلقاء ربهم كافرون } [ السجدة : 10 ] من أنهم ثابتون على الكفر بلقاء الله دائمون عليه ، وهو مما أنذرتهم به آيات القرآن ، فالتكذيب بلقاء الله تكذيب بما جاء به القرآن فهم لا يؤمنون ، وإنما يؤمن بآيات الله الذين ذُكرت أوصافهم هنا .والمراد بالآيات هنا آيات القرآن بقرينة قوله { الذين إذا ذُكِّروا بها } بتشديد الكاف ، أي أعيد ذكرها عليهم وتكررت تلاوتها على مسامِعهم .ومفاد { إنما } قصر إضافي ، أي يؤمن بآيات الله الذين إذا ذكروا بها تذكيراً بما سبق لهم سماعه لم يتريّثوا عن إظهار الخضوع لله دون الذين قالوا { أإذَا ضَلَلْنَا فِي الأرض إنَّا لفي خلق جديد } [ السجدة : 10 ] ، وهذا تأييس للنبيء صلى الله عليه وسلم من إيمانهم ، وتعريض بهم بأنهم لا ينفعون المسلمين بإيمانهم ولا يغيظونهم بالتصلب في الكفر .وأوثرت صيغة المضارع في { إنما يؤمن } لما تشعر به من أنهم يتجدّدون في الإيمان ويزدادون يقيناً وقتاً فوقتاً ، كما تقدم في قوله تعالى : { الله يستهزىء بهم } في سورة البقرة ( 15 ) ، وإلاَّ فإن المؤمنين قد حصل إيمانهم فيما مضى ففعل المضي آثرُ بحكاية حالهم في الكلام المتداوَل لولا هذه الخصوصية ، ولهذا عُرِّفوا بالموصولية والصلةِ الدالّ معناها على أنهم راسخون في الإيمان ، فعبر عن إبلاغهم آيات القرآن وتلاوتها على أسماعهم بالتذكير المقتضي أن ما تتضمنه الآيات حقائق مقررة عندهم لا يُفادون بها فائدة لم تكن حاصلة في نفوسهم ولكنها تكسبهم تذكيراً { فإن الذكرى تنفع المؤمنين } [ الذاريات : 55 ] . وهذه الصفة التي تضمنتها الصلة هي حالهم التي عُرفوا بها لقوة إيمانهم وتميزوا بها عن الذين كفروا ، وليست تقتضي أن من لم يسْجدوا عند سماع الآيات ولم يسبّحوا بحمد ربّهم من المؤمنين ليسوا ممّن يؤمنون ، ولكن هذه حالة أكمل الإيمان وهي حالة المؤمنين مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يومئذ عرفوا بها ، وهذا كما تقول للسائل عن علماء البلد : هم الذين يلبسون عمائم صفتها كذا . جاء في ترجمة مالك بن أنس أنه ما أفتى حتى أجازه سبعون محنَّكاً ، أي عالماً يجعل شُقة من عمامته تحت حنكه وهي لبسة أهل الفقه والحديث . قال مالك رحمه الله : قلت لأُمي : أذهبُ فأكتبُ العلم ، فقالت : تعالَ فالبسْ ثياب العلم . فألبستني ثياباً مشمّرة ووضعت الطويلة على رأسي وعممتني فوقها . والخرور : الهُوِيّ من علوّ إلى سفل .والسجود : وضع الجبهة على الأرض إرادة التعظيم والخضوع .وانتصب { سُجداً } على الحال المبينة للقصد من { خرُّوا ، } أي : سجداً لله وشكراً له على ما حبَاهم به من العلم والإيمان كما دل عليه قرنه بقوله { وسبَّحوا بحمد ربهم .} والباء فيه للملابسة وتقدم في سورة الإسراء ( 107 ) : { إن الذين أوتوا العلم مِن قبله إذا يُتلى عليهم يخرّون للأذقان سجداً } ودلّت الجملة الشرطية على اتصال تعلق حصول الجواب بحصول الشرط وتلازمهما . وجيء في نفي التكبر عنهم بالمسند الفعلي لإفادة اختصاصهم بذلك ، أي دون المشركين الذين كان الكبر خلقهم فهم لا يرضون لأنفسهم بالانقياد للنبيء منهم وقالوا : { لولا أنزل علينا الملائكة أو نرى ربّنا لقد استكبروا في أنفسهم وعتوا عتواً كبيراً } [ الفرقان : 21 ] .وقوله تعالى : { وهم لا يستكبرون } موضع سجدة من سجدات تلاوة القرآن رجاء أن يكون التالي من أولئك الذين أثنى الله عليهم بأنهم إذا ذُكِّروا بآيات الله سجدوا ، فالقارىء يقتدي بهم .

لما ذكر تعالى الكافرين بآياته، وما أعد لهم من العذاب، ذكر المؤمنين بها، ووصفهم، وما أعد لهم من الثواب، فقال: { إِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِآيَاتِنَا } [أي] إيمانًا حقيقيًا، من يوجد منه شواهد الإيمان، وهم: { الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا } بآيات ربهم فتليت عليهم آيات القرآن، وأتتهم النصائح على أيدي رسل اللّه، ودُعُوا إلى التذكر، سمعوها فقبلوها، وانقادوا، و { خَرُّوا سُجَّدًا } أي: خاضعين لها، خضوع ذكر للّه، وفرح بمعرفته.{ وَسَبَّحُوا بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ } لا بقلوبهم، ولا بأبدانهم، فيمتنعون من الانقياد لها، بل متواضعون لها، قد تلقوها بالقبول، والتسليم، وقابلوها بالانشراح والتسليم، وتوصلوا بها إلى مرضاة الرب الرحيم، واهتدوا بها إلى الصراط المستقيم.

قوله تعالى : إنما يؤمن بآياتنا الذين إذا ذكروا بها خروا سجدا وسبحوا بحمد ربهم وهم لا يستكبرون .هذه تسلية للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ; أي أنهم لإلفهم الكفر لا يؤمنون بك ; إنما يؤمن بك وبالقرآن المتدبرون له والمتعظون به ، وهم الذين إذا قرئ عليهم القرآن خروا سجدا قال ابن عباس : ركعا . قال المهدوي : وهذا على مذهب من يرى الركوع عند قراءة السجدة ; واستدل [ ص: 93 ] بقوله تبارك وتعالى : وخر راكعا وأناب . وقيل : المراد به السجود ، وعليه أكثر العلماء ; أي خروا سجدا لله تعالى على وجوههم تعظيما لآياته وخوفا من سطوته وعذابه . وسبحوا بحمد ربهم أي خلطوا التسبيح بالحمد ; أي نزهوه وحمدوه ; فقالوا في سجودهم : سبحان الله وبحمده ، سبحان ربي الأعلى وبحمده ; أي تنزيها لله تعالى عن قول المشركين . وقال سفيان : وسبحوا بحمد ربهم أي صلوا حمدا لربهم . وهم لا يستكبرون عن عبادته ; قاله يحيى بن سلام . النقاش : لا يستكبرون كما استكبر أهل مكة عن السجود .

For an individual to avail of guidance, his willingness to accept the Truth is the most important factor. Only those who, by temperament, are ready to accept the Truth whenever it presents itself before them—whether it be revealed through a person of lesser importance, whether such acceptance be a tacit admission of one’s own error, or whether such acceptance leads to upsetting the existing system of one’s life—are capable of availing of guidance. Only those who have such a capacity will find the Truth. Those who want to accept the Truth, but at the same time want their ‘greatness’ to remain intact, will never find it. A man who sacrifices his greatness for the sake of Truth actually finds the greatest thing, namely, the greatness of God. God enters his life in such a way that he sleeps thinking about Him and wakes up with memories of God. His hopes and fears are all linked with God. He surrenders all his possessions to God to the point of not keeping back anything for himself. Such people will forever relish the bounties of the eternal Gardens of Paradise.

Commentary In verse 11, it was said: قُلْ يَتَوَفَّاكُم مَّلَكُ الْمَوْتِ الَّذِي وُكِّلَ بِكُمْ (Say, "The angel of death who has been assigned for you will take you in full" -11). In the verse previous to it, the deniers of the Qiyamah were warned and an answer was given to their wondering as to how would they be brought back to life once again after they had died and become dust. In the verse cited above, such people are being reminded, 'Think of your death which is, in itself, a great manifestation of the perfect power of Allah Ta’ ala. Your heedlessness and ignorance make you think that one's death comes all by itself, just like that. This is not how it is. In fact, fixed for your death there is a time with Allah and for this there is a standing system run through angels. Sayyidna ` Izra'il (علیہ السلام) is the foremost among them, the one who is the master-manager of death throughout the world. Whenever and wherever a person is destined to die, it is precisely at that time that he draws out his soul from his body.' This is what has been stated in the cited verse. It should be noted that مَلَکُ المَوت (malakul maut: angel of death) has been mentioned in the singular form. It means Sayyidna ` Izra'il (علیہ السلام) . Please compare it with another verse where it is said: الَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ (the ones to whom the angels brought death - 16:28). Here, the word: مَلَائِكَةُ (mala'ikah: angels) has been used in the plural form. This releases the hint that Sayyidna ` Izra'il ill does not do this alone. Many angels under him take part in accomplishing this duty. Some details about the Exacting of Soul and the Angel of Death Tafsir authority, Mujahid has said, 'before the angel of death, the whole world is very much like an open tray before a human being sprinkled in which there are grains and he picks up whichever he wants.' The same subject has also appeared in a mar' hadith, that is, traceable to the Holy Prophet ﷺ . (As mentioned by al-Qurtubi in At-tadhkirah) According to a hadith, once the Holy Prophet ﷺ saw the angel of death standing behind the head of an Ansari sahabi on his death bed. He said, 'make it easy on my sahabi.' The angel of death said, 'Rest assured. I make it easy on every believer,' then, he added, ` just imagine the number of people living in towns or villages and in forests, mountains or waters, I see every one of them five times a day, therefore, I am directly acquainted with everyone of them, young or old.' Then, he concluded by saying, '0 Muhammad t, all this I am telling you about is nothing but what happens with the will and command of Allah. Otherwise, if I wanted to take the life of even a mosquito, I do not have the power to do so - unless there comes the very command of Allah Ta’ ala that I have to do it.' The soul of animals: Does the angel of death exact that too? From the hadith report mentioned above, it seems that it is the angel of death who, subject to Divine permission, exacts the soul of a mosquito too. Imam Malik (رح) has also said this while answering a question. But, some other reports show that this exacting of the soul is particular to human beings - because of their nobility and distinction. As for the animals, they will die under Divine will without the medium of the angel. (Mentioned by Ibn ` Atiyyah from al-Qurtubi) The same subject has been reported by Abu ash-Shaikh, ` Uqaili, Dailami and others on the authority of Sayyidna Anas i narrating it from the Holy Prophet ﷺ . According to this report, the Holy Prophet ﷺ said, "All animals and insects keep glorifying Allah (for this is their life). When this glorification stops, Allah Ta’ ala takes their soul. The death of animals has not been entrusted with the angel of death". Another related hadith has been reported from Sayyidna Ibn ` Umar ؓ . (Mazhari) It appears in yet another hadith, 'when Allah Ta’ ala handed over to Sayyidna ` Izra'il (علیہ السلام) the charge of managing the death of everyone in the world, he pleaded, "0 my Lord, You have put such a service in my charge that the entire race of the children of 'Adam living in the world is going to give me a bad name to the extent that every time I am remembered, I shall be dubbed as evil." Allah Ta’ ala would say, "We have taken care of that by placing some obvious diseases and causes of death in the world due to which everyone will attribute death to these diseases and causes and you will remain safe from their adverse comments." (Al-Qurtubi in his Tafsir and A1-tadhkirah) And Imam al-Baghawi reports on the authority of Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said, "All diseases, and things like pain and wound, are the universal message-bearers of death. They remind every human being of his or her death. After that, when comes the time of death, the angel of death turns towards the dying person and says, '0 servant of God, how many notices have I served on you and how many message-bearers have I sent to you one after the other! All these diseases and accidents delivered at your doors were simply to warn you that you should get ready for death. Now, here I am after whom no bearer of some message will come to you anymore. Now you have got to say yes to the order of your Lord necessarily, whether willingly or unwillingly." (Mazhari) Ruling: The angel of death does not know the time of anyone's death in advance - until he is ordered to exact the soul of a certain person. (Deduced by Ahmad and Ibn Abi ad-Dunya from Ma'mar, Mazhari)

(Only those believe in Our revelations) in Muhammad (pbuh) and in the Qur'an (who, when they are reminded of them) invited through them to perform the five daily prayers with the call to prayer and the call announcing the start of the prayer, (fall down prostrate) they come in all humility (and hymn the praise of their Lord) and pray by the command of their Lord, (and they are not scornful) they are not too proud to believe in Muhammad (pbuh) and in the Qur'an or too proud to pray in congregation. This verse was revealed about the hypocrites who were sluggish in their coming to the congregational prayer.

Only those believe in Our signs, who, when they are reminded of them, fall down in prostration�He said:The servant will not experience the joy of faith until his knowledge vanquishes his ignorance, ⸢his [awareness of] the Hereafter dominates⸣ his heart, his compassion ⸢rules over his anger, and mercy is upon his heart.⸣ His words, Exalted is He: