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Abu Fauzi
As-Salaam alaykum,
Ayat 156 of Surat Baqra of the Holy Qur'an (2:156) reads:--
"We belong to Allah, and to Him we shall return."
With this, we realize that when we say: 'We belong to Him', we are declaring that nothing belongs to us-- nothing is deserved. Everything we have is a pure act of grace and blessing of/from Allah, the Merciful and Generous Lord of the Universe. Once this fact reaches our heart, we will then be able to break free from arrogance, pride and complaint...
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ رُسُلًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِمْ فَجَاءُوهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنَ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا وَكَانَ
حَقًّا
عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Haqq - binding, duty, right, incumbent, obligation
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
We did indeed send, before thee, messengers to their (respective) peoples, and they came to them with Clear Signs: then, to those who transgressed, We meted out Retribution: and it was
due from Us to aid those who believed.
وَإِذَا جَاءَكَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَاتِنَا فَقُلْ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ
كَتَبَ
رَبُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنكُمْ سُوءًا بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابَ مِن بَعْدِهِ وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَنَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Kataba - written, recorded, prescribed, commanded to be written and implemented.
When those come to thee who believe in Our signs, Say: "Peace be on you: Your Lord hath
inscribed for Himself (the rule of) mercy: verily, if any of you did evil in ignorance, and thereafter repented, and amend (his conduct), lo! He is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي
تُجَادِلُكَ
فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ
Jidaal- argue (as a lawyer does)
(M.M Picktall)
Allah hath heard the saying of her that
disputeth with thee (Muhammad) concerning her husband, and complaineth unto Allah. And Allah heareth your colloquy. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.
قَالَ إِنَّمَا
أَشْكُو
بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He (Jacob) said: "I only
complain of my distraction and anguish to Allah, and I know from Allah that which ye know not...
وَآتُوا الْيَتَامَىٰ أَمْوَالَهُمْ وَلَا تَتَبَدَّلُوا الْخَبِيثَ بِالطَّيِّبِ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَمْوَالِكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حُوبًا كَبِيرًا
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
To orphans restore their property (When they reach their age), nor substitute (your) worthless things for (their) good ones; and devour not their substance (by mixing it up) with your own. For this is indeed a great sin.
Haasibu anfusakum qabla an tuhaasaboo.
There are certain things called rights (haqq) just as the reward of Paradise is a Promise of Allah to the one who willingly gives his/her life and property to Allah.
So be assured that Allah :swt: does not make it lawful even for Himself to misappropriate the rights of people without just reimbursement.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ اشْتَرَىٰ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُم بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيَقْتُلُونَ وَيُقْتَلُونَ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ
حَقًّا
فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنجِيلِ وَالْقُرْآنِ وَمَنْ أَوْفَىٰ بِعَهْدِهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَاسْتَبْشِرُوا بِبَيْعِكُمُ الَّذِي بَايَعْتُم بِهِ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Certainly Allah hath purchased from the believers their lives and their properties; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise
binding on Him in truth, through the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an: and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded: that is the achievement supreme.
Quran 9:111
And Allah is OVERALL the witness and judge.