Tayseer al-Kareem ar-Rahman

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By Shaykh 'Abdur Rahman as-Sa'di [died 1376 after hijrah]

Translated by Abu Sulaymaan Muhammad Ibn Baker

www.abusuliyman.multiply.com

Surah al-'Asr

(Meccan surah)

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"By the declining day"By the declining day"By the declining day"By the declining day.... Lo! man is in a state of loss , Save those who believe Lo! man is in a state of loss , Save those who believe Lo! man is in a state of loss , Save those who believe Lo! man is in a state of loss , Save those who believe

and do good works , and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another and do good works , and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another and do good works , and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another and do good works , and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another

to endurance .to endurance .to endurance .to endurance .""""

Tayseer al-Kareem ar-Rahman

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By Shaykh 'Abdur Rahman as-Sa'di [died 1376 after hijrah]

Translated by Abu Sulaymaan Muhammad Ibn Baker

www.abusuliyman.multiply.com

Tafsir

Sheikh 'Abdurrahman as-Sa'di concerning this surah said:

Allah swore by time (itself); by definition it consists of the night, the day, the places

where servants (perform) their activities and deeds. Allah swears that every human being

(and jinn) is ruined. Its counterpart by definition (of ruin/loss) is gain/success.

Ruin can be categorized in a variety of ways. Indeed the unrestricted loss is that state of

whoever has forfeited the worldly life and the hereafter; the demise of his happiness

resulting in him deserving the Jaheem [i.e. hellfire].

And indeed the person is ruined in some aspects less than others. For this reason Allah

has generalized that lost for every person except for whoever is distinguished with these

four characteristics:

Emaan (Belief) in what Allah has commanded along with believing in Allah.

Belief does not occur without acquiring religious knowledge (first). Emaan is a

branch that stems from religious knowledge and Emaan is incomplete unless it is

accompanied by religious knowledge.

Righteous deeds, this encompasses all acts of good in totality, outwardly and

inwardly related to the rights of Allah (over the creation) and the rights of His

servants (towards one another) those acts that are obligatory as well as highly

recommended.

Mutually advising to the truth, having faith in it and performing righteous deeds.

That is advising each other upon that, urging one another in that fashion and

calling/inviting to it (the truth).

Mutually advising to have patience in obeying Allah, abstaining from disobeying

Him and bearing His decree that is distressing.

Tayseer al-Kareem ar-Rahman

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By Shaykh 'Abdur Rahman as-Sa'di [died 1376 after hijrah]

Translated by Abu Sulaymaan Muhammad Ibn Baker

www.abusuliyman.multiply.com

So perfecting the first two characteristics (Belief & Righteous deeds) the person is able

to achieve completeness within his soul.

And with the last two characteristics (Mutually advising upon the truth and patience)

the person causes others to become more complete. So with the perfection of these four

matters the person becomes secure from destruction and is able to accomplish an

enormous benefit.