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“Verily, Allah will never change the condition of a people until they change what is within themselves” (Qur’an13:11)
What does allah mean "within themselves" ?
What does allah mean "within themselves" ?
Need help understading a quranic verse
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I think it can mean either that within them selves as in with in their hearts, their own personal sin that they commit. It can also refer to the Muslim Ummah, for example we can blame the Americans, other religions, etc but at the end, we need to think about how much do we do for our sisters and brothers in Islam and how much we try stcking togather.
please correct me if im wrong.
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please correct me if im wrong.
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saffanah
speak good or silent
Muslim collected this Hadith. Ibn Abi Hatim narrated that Ibrahim said, "Allah revealed to a Prophet from among the Children of Israel, `Say to your nation: every people of a village or a house who used to obey Allah but changed their behavior to disobeying Him, then He will take away from them what they like and exchange it for what they dislike.'' Ibrahim next said that this statement has proof in Allah's Book,
[إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ]
(Verily, Allah will not change the (good) condition of a people as long as they do not change their state (of goodness) themselves.)
Tafsir Ibn Kathir: http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=13&tid=25567
Wallahu'alam. And Allah knows best.
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“For Allah will never change the grace which He has bestowed on a people until they change what is in themselves: and verily Allah is He Who hears and knows (all things).” [Sûrah al-Anfâl: 53]
The phrase “until they change what is within themselves” is found in two places in the Qur’ân. The first is in the chapter entitled al-Anfâl and discusses a change from better to worse. It expresses that Allah will not remove a blessing that He has bestowed on a people until they change what is within themselves. The second place the phrase is to be found is in the chapter of the Qur’ân entitled al-Ra`d. Allah mentions the misdeeds of the disbelievers, then says: “Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is within themselves. But once Allah wills to punish a people, there can be no turning it back, nor will they find besides Him any protector.”
The scholars of Qur’anic commentary explain these verses to mean that Allah will not take away the blessings that He has bestowed upon a people until they change within themselves and fall into disobedience.
There is no doubt that if a negative change can be effected by a change in a people’s inward condition, then a positive change can also take place. The two verses speak about a change for the worse, possibly to show just how much easier and more frequently negative changes have occurred throughout human history. For this reason, the famous Algerian intellectual Mālik b. Nabī once said: “History obeys the law of desire.”
The Qur’ān clearly guides us to the fact that the true beginning of any reform must come from within. A person must start by reforming himself, and then he can turn his attention to reforming others. This is the way the change will be a “change within ourselves”, which is what is stipulated by the verse.
Reform starts deep within the individual and then stretches out to the vastness surrounding him. Many people, contrary to this fact, target their surroundings without dealing with themselves first. Their feelings of historical power and glory continue to be an obstacle to their understanding, defining, and determining their priorities.
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“For Allah will never change the grace which He has bestowed on a people until they change what is in themselves: and verily Allah is He Who hears and knows (all things).” [Sûrah al-Anfâl: 53]
The phrase “until they change what is within themselves” is found in two places in the Qur’ân. The first is in the chapter entitled al-Anfâl and discusses a change from better to worse. It expresses that Allah will not remove a blessing that He has bestowed on a people until they change what is within themselves. The second place the phrase is to be found is in the chapter of the Qur’ân entitled al-Ra`d. Allah mentions the misdeeds of the disbelievers, then says: “Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is within themselves. But once Allah wills to punish a people, there can be no turning it back, nor will they find besides Him any protector.”
The scholars of Qur’anic commentary explain these verses to mean that Allah will not take away the blessings that He has bestowed upon a people until they change within themselves and fall into disobedience.
There is no doubt that if a negative change can be effected by a change in a people’s inward condition, then a positive change can also take place. The two verses speak about a change for the worse, possibly to show just how much easier and more frequently negative changes have occurred throughout human history. For this reason, the famous Algerian intellectual Mālik b. Nabī once said: “History obeys the law of desire.”
The Qur’ān clearly guides us to the fact that the true beginning of any reform must come from within. A person must start by reforming himself, and then he can turn his attention to reforming others. This is the way the change will be a “change within ourselves”, which is what is stipulated by the verse.
Reform starts deep within the individual and then stretches out to the vastness surrounding him. Many people, contrary to this fact, target their surroundings without dealing with themselves first. Their feelings of historical power and glory continue to be an obstacle to their understanding, defining, and determining their priorities.
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