Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 5 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 5

Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 5 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 5 Translation

EXPLANATION & LESSONS 

Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 5

 

Allah SWT, said 

 

‎أُولَئِكَ عَلَى هُدًى مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ 

“Those are upon guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful.”

☘️Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala said those who believe in the Unseen, establish the prayer, spend from what Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala has granted them, believe in what Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala has revealed to the Messenger and the Messengers before him, believe in the Hereafter with certainty, and prepare the necessary requirements for the Hereafter by performing good deeds and avoiding the prohibitions they are:

عَلَىٰ هُدًى

“…upon [right] guidance”.

Meaning they are on a right course and have insight from Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala. 

☘️About these people it was further said,

وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

“And it is those who are the successful”.

Surah Baqarah Verse 5

📚Muf’lihoon is from falah meaning success. It is not easy to be successful, success always comes after the hard work, effort and as a Muslim we believe we will get falah in the form of Jannah.

In arabic, Flaha/mufleh means farmer. It symbolizes with his hard work, that he ploughs the earth, sows the seed, gives water, looks after his crops and at the end gets fruit. Similarly, if one does great effort in this world to get the love of Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala and does this according to what is described in the Qur’an and proven by Sunnah, he will, in sha Allah, get guidance and Falah on the Day of Judgment.

☘️Guidance and Success are awarded to the Believers

Allah said,

They are [refers to those who believe in the Unseen, establish the prayer, spend from what Allah has granted them, believe in what Allah has revealed to the Messenger and the Messengers before him, believe in the Hereafter with certainty, and prepare the necessary requirements for the Hereafter by performing good deeds and avoiding the prohibitions] on guidance.

📚 This means, they are following a light, guidance, and have insight from Allah.

And they are the successful; in this world and the Hereafter. They shall have what they seek and be saved from the evil that they tried to avoid. Therefore, they will have rewards, eternal life in Paradise, and safety from the torment that Allah has prepared for His enemies.

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📜 Muflihoon

📒Literal meaning:

📗Muflihoon مفلحون :

📗Singular= Muflih. (Faa laam haa ف.ل.ح ).

📗Falaah فلاح  means farmer, success. 

📗A farmer receives his harvest after a year of stress and labor. He splits the earth, sows the seeds, takes care of crop, attains success and only then he is able to survive until the next year. He has to be there every single day without a day off.

☀️If we wish for success, then we have  put alot of hard work in understanding and living by the teaching of the Quran; following the Sunnah and doing good deeds whenever possible. We, like the farmar, have to be consistent, conscious and alert.

الله أَعْلَم

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Surah Baqarah Ayahs 1-5

📜In Surah Fatiha, we asked Allah swt to guide us on the path to Jannah. 

📜In the beginning of Surah Baqarah, Allah swt is providing us a recipe for guidance. 

🔑In order to attain guidance, we need to learn this book of Allah swt which has no doubt in it. 

🔑In order to attain guidance from Quran, we should develop Taqwa (fear of Allah which guides us to do those deeds which bring pleasure of Allah swt and helps us to stay away from those deeds which bring anger of Allah swt). The more taqwa we have, the more guidance we can obtain through Quran. Also for obtainig Hidayah tawfeeq (ability to implement upon the knowledge of deen), we need to attain taqwa of Allah swt. Obtaing Taqwa is not easy therefore, we need to make lots of dua for attaining taqwa.

📜 The characteristics of Muttaqeen as per these ayahs are:

 

☘️They have humble, accepting heart that realizes their limitations and submits to Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala by believing in the Unseen with full certainty.

 

☘️Muttaqeen also establish Salah perfectly which means they perform Salah regularly, in prescribed times, fulfilling all its pre-requisites, according to the way described by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, giving right to each pillar of Salah, with calmness and focus and in congregation (for men).

 

☘️Muttaqeen spend in the way of Allah through wealth, knowledge, efforts, money, time, talents and skills

☘️Muttaqin people believe in not only the the Quran and the Holy prophet(pbuh) but also on the meaning of Quran; as well as all that has been revealed before the Prophet – the Taurat (Torah), Injeel (Gospel) etc 

☘️Indeed these are the people who are on the right path, who have received Hidayat (guidance) from the Quran and Sunnah and In Shaa Allah they will be successful (will enter Jannah).

🙏🏻 I ask Allah to make us one of the Muttaqin People, Aameen 

☀️Ponder how you can work towards becoming  a Muttaqin.

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