A Concise Summary Juz 1 Part 1 Hizb 4

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَنْ يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

• And when your Master said to the angels I am placing on the earth a successive authority
• The one who will have generation after generation
• The one who is left behind
• The story of Adam begins
• Allah talks about believers, disbelievers, and hypocrites
• All these three groups are from the children of Adam
• We are taken to the beginning of human history
• The angels said Will you create someone who will cause corruption on the earth
• And one who will spread bloodshed
• While we declare your perfection and declare your sanctity and purity
• Tasbeeh of Allah is the opposite of corruption
• The perfection of Allah is your perfect character and how you carry yourself on the earth
• Real Tasbeeh of Allah brings goodness on the earth
• Allah says I know that which you do not know
• Allah knows the potential of the human beings
• Allah is saying to the angels there is one among you not so pure

 

وَعَلَّمَ آدَمَ الْأَسْمَاءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنْبِئُونِي بِأَسْمَاءِ هَٰؤُلَاءِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

• He taught Adam the names all of them and nouns
• The origin of linguistics
• All the names there could be
• Then He brought them before the angels
• Allah taught Adam all things living and nonliving things
• Allah asks the angels give me the names of these if you are truthful
• If you claim this creature sheds blood then tell me the names of these things
• It is being displayed that this creature has knowledge which leads to wonderful advances
• All sciences boils down to names and terminology
• This is referring to acquired knowledge and secular knowledge
• All knowledge is taught by Allah religious and secular
• Humans have revealed knowledge and acquired knowledge
• University and madrassa should be one and studied together hand in hand
• Allah tells us to go out and see the world and reflect over it
• Learn knowledge with guidance of Quran and Sunnah to solve societies problems
• Science is blind and it has no guidance
• What will give it guidance is revelation and it gives it a direction

 

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ

• They said How perfect are You O Allah we have no knowledge
• Except for that which You have taught
• Indeed You are the Wise and most Knowing

 

قَالَ يَا آدَمُ أَنْبِئْهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا أَنْبَأَهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ

• He said O Adam tell them their names so He told them their names
• He said Did I not tell you that I know what is in the unseen in the heavens and the earth
• And I know what you reveal and what you have been concealing
• They do not even know what is hidden amongst them

 

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ

• And when we said to the angels prostrate before Adam
• This is the prostration of respect
• It is now totally forbidden to prostrate to anyone other than Allah
• They all prostrated except for Iblis
• He refused and sought his own greatness and become of the disbelievers
• He become of those that are ungrateful
• He wanted to be big
• Iblis wanted to be recognized as the greatest worshipper ever
• Religious recognition
• The more we learn the more humble we must get
• The more fruits a tree bears the lower its branches get
• Iblis refused one prostration and how many do we refuse by not praying

 

وَقُلْنَا يَا آدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنْتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

• And we said to Adam settle down with your wife in Jannah
• The instruction of Allah is passed to the man of the house for the rest of the family
• Allah gave both Men and women rights that are not equal
• Some have more advantages than the other
• Everyone Allah has promised the best thing
• Both genders are different
• The man has to answer to Allah and he is not the owner of the house
• Allah is the owner of the house
• Be in tranquility you and your wife in Jannah
• And eat from it carefree from wherever you want
• But do not approach or go near this tree lest you become from the wrongdoers
• Duniya is same everything is halal except for a few ugly and harmful things

 

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ ۖ وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

• And Satan caused them both to slip from that commandment
• And from remembering that they should have not gone close
• Once you get sucked in you get sucked in entirely
• Allah already said He created them for the earth
• Allah said that to the angels but not Adam yet
• Iblis was in charge of the angels
• Allah puts Adam in Jannah first
• Iblis comes and says to Adam that you were created for the earth
• He said to Adam the only ones who stay here are angels or permanent residents
• The draw to eat from the tree is that he does not want to go to the earth
• The punishment from eating from the tree is being sent to the earth
• And we said Descend from here all of you as enemies to one another
• You will have on the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time
• Adam could have said to Allah that You were going to send me to the earth anyway
• We often say Allah knows I was going to sin how is it my fault
• Instead Adam asks for forgiveness

 

فَتَلَقَّىٰ آدَمُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ

• Then Adam came into contact with some special words from His Master
• Allah accepted his repentance
• Indeed He is accepting of repentance the Merciful
• Iblis refused and wanted to be great himself
• Iblis became racist and said he was more superior
• Logic when it comes to complaining to Allah is kufr
• Adam and Iblis have a lot in common
• Only one became arrogant and the other remained humble
• One did not repent and the other repented
• Both were honored by Allah
• Both disobeyed Allah
• Both were given the choice to repent or rationalize their wrongdoing
• Iblis rationalized his mistake and did not repent
• Adam said I made a mistake and was forgiven
• Will you make the choice of Adam or Iblis?
• Adam did not even know how to say sorry
• Allah taught him what words to say
• When it came to taubah both Adam and Hawa made taubah
• But Allah mentions Adam
• Because Adam took responsibility for the household
• Adam was the one Allah had commanded
• Men of the household must take care of their families
• Men will be making taubah for their families if they fall short

 

قُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًا ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ مِنِّي هُدًى فَمَنْ تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

• He said to them descend from here all of you altogether
• And when guidance comes to you from Me than follow that guidance
• Whoever follows that guidance will have no fear or grief on them
• Allah has already taught Adam acquired knowledge
• Now Allah is teaching him revealed knowledge
• Allah mentioned guidance before with 2 qualities Mutaqoon and Muflihoon
• These people who protect themselves have no fear
• These people who have succeeded have no grief
• Success comes with happiness and failure comes with sadness

 

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

• And those who disbelieve and deny our ayat will be the companions of the fire
• And they will abide therein eternally
• This is another way of saying the previous ayat about disbelievers
• They violate the promise of Allah