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Message: <blockquote data-quote="M.RIZ" data-source="post: 10296642" data-attributes="member: 185640">Surah al-'Asr – TimeMiracle Dream Tafseer - Nouman Ali KhanThis surah is a Makki surah, made up of 3 aayaat. One of the shortest surahs', but contains many lessons.This is one of the Surahs' that begins with Oaths;an Oath is used for something;- Sacred- Powerful- Awe inspiring / Magnificent.La tassubu ahadukum ad-Dahr, fa inAllaha huwa ad-DahrDo not - anyone of you - curse time, because Allah is time.This hadeeth was narrated by Muslim (5827) from Abu Hurayrah.(al Khattabi, an-Nawawi, and Ibn Uthaymeen all said that this means that Allah is the controller of time. [see IslamQA question no.26977.)We should not criticize time, i.e. 'that was a horrible year.' Ayah 1:وَالْعَصْرِwa-al 'Asr(I swear) By Time.Allah is swearing by 'Asr, which is almost synonymous to the word Dahr mentioned in the above hadith.Dahr is also mentioned in the Qur'an, in surah Insaan (it is also called surah Dahr).هَلْ أَتَى عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ حِينٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْئًا مَذْكُورًا“Has there not been over man a period of time, when he was not a thing worth mentioning?”[al-Insaan 76:1]So Allah by Swearing by al 'Asr implies;1 - Allah is telling the human to reflect on the passage of Time.2 - Man is always in loss (ayah 2), based on the proof from ayah 1 that time is always moving forward - and we humans can never get back the time we have lost.I.e. You had so much opportunities in life which you could do good in - to get closer to Allah. You regret you didn't do them. However, we can change these regrets into future intentions and strive to do good when opportunities come in the future.So the Oath and it's Response (ayah 2) are a proof for each other; Man being in loss, and him admitting that he wasted his time.3 - 'Asr refers to the life/durations (zamaan) of nations.The rise and fall of nations is a proof of humans' being in loss.4 - The object of the Oath is a witness for the subject. I.e. Allah calls a witness for the subject. Allah is bringing time as a witness to the fact that many humans are in loss.5 - Human beings' chase after the world which distract them from the real purpose in life. (see tafseer surah at-Takathur).People throughout history have chased after wealth, beautiful things, power etc. People chased after all these things, thinking they will achieve success, and while they were in that state - they died.This same process has been repeating generation after generation, for thousands of years, and there is one creation of Allah which has continuously been witnessing all this. It is al 'Asr - the Time.Time is a witness to the tragedy of the human being.Linguistic Definition:al 'Asr - [linguistically] time that is running out. Even salaat al 'Asr (the prayer of 'Asr) is the last prayer of the day. (after this it is Maghrib prayer/sunset prayer = the end of the day.)'Asr was the time when the merchant and traveller were always in a hurry/rush, because it was a time of danger.Allah also swears by other Times in the Qur'an;- وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ - was-subhi idha asfar - By the Morning as it brightens [Muddathir 74:34]- وَالْفَجْرِ - wal fajri - I swear by the Dawn. - [Surah Fajr 89:1]- وَالضُّحَىٰ - wad-duha - By the Morning Sun. - [Surah Duha 93:1]-  وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ - wan-nahari idha tajal-la - By the Day when it is Brilliant. [al Layl 92:2]But 'Asr is a time associated with Urgency.Whatever Allah has to say now - it is a time of Emergency. The sunset of our life is passing by. The ending of our day/life is coming soon.Muhammad Shafee': the Struggle of the human being is like the one who is trying to sell ice. It is melting away and he needs to sell it quickly and make as much sales before the end of the day comes. Otherwise - all his valuables' and efforts will go to waste.[in the past - there were no Freezers, so your ice would melt into water by the end of the day.]</blockquote>

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