Eternal Words 7- Sura Al-'A'raf Verse56
Verse56
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(56) وَ لا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلاحِها وَ ادْعُوهُ خَوْفاً وَ طَمَعاً إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
56. " And do not make mischief in the earth after its improvement and call on Him in fear and hope; surely the mercy of Allah is nigh to the good-doers."
Commentary :
The previous verse referred to the relation of the servants of Allah with their Lord, and here, the relation of people is pointed out.
Between the previous verse and this verse, there has come the phrase : " And do not make mischief in the earth ..." in order to point out that oral supplication should be accompanied with practical effort for the social improvement. Then, offering a bare supplication by tongue and making mischief in practice, is not effective.
This verse and the former one have pointed to the conditions of the perfection of supplication before Allah (s.w.t.), as well as its rites and the necessary circumstances of its acceptance. Some of them are as follows :
A supplication is better to be accompanied with humiliation.
A supplication should be done hiddenly and aloof from any hypocrisy and dissimulation.
It must be performed with both fear and hope, and without violating the boundaries of truth.
There must not be any form of making mischief in it.
" And do not make mischief in the earth ..."
Explanations :
1. An improved society may be exposed to danger :
"... after its improvement ..."
2. Those revolutionists who want to reform are not free from applying gnosis, supplication, and close communion.
"... and call on Him in fear and hope; ..."
3. If there be not a moderate fear and hope in supplication, it will tend towards mischief.
4. A believer should always he between the states of fear and hope. This moderation is called 'goodness' by Allah. Goodness is a preparation and cause of receiving the mercy of Allah. Therefore, without having goodness, the expectation of a person for receiving the mercy of Allah is undue. The verse says:
"... surely the mercy of Allah is nigh to the good-doers."
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