Bismi Allahi Al Rahmani Al Raheemi
ASA WR WB to believing Muslim Friends
When someone says, "Rest in Heaven." about a dearly departed; or asks you to say to a dearly departed, "Rest in Heaven"...my thoughts go to these areas:
With Him are the keys of the unseen, the treasures that none knoweth but He. He knoweth whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf doth fall but with His knowledge: there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or withered), but is (inscribed) in a record clear (to those who can read). ~ Surahtul Anam Ayat 156
To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: and those who reject the Signs of God,- it is they who will be in loss. ~ Surahtul Zumar Ayat 63
To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: He enlarges and restricts. The Sustenance to whom He will: for He knows full well all things. ~ Surahtul Shura Ayat 12
Say: "I have no power over any good or harm to myself except as God willeth. If I had knowledge of the unseen, I should have multiplied all good, and no evil should have touched me: I am but a warner, and a bringer of glad tidings to those who have faith." ~ Surahtul Araf Ayat 188
[Said Prophet Nuhi (may eternal peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)]
"I tell you not that with me are the treasures of God, nor do I know what is hidden, nor claim I to be an angel. Nor yet do I say, of those whom your eyes do despise that God will not grant them (all) that is good: God knoweth best what is in their souls: I should, if I did, indeed be a wrong-doer (Zalimun)." ~ Surahtul Hudi Ayat 31
[More from Nabi Nuhi (as)]
Noah
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
[71:1]
We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
[71:2]
He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
[71:3]
"That ye should worship God, fear Him and obey me:
[71:4]
"So He may forgive you your sins and give you respite for a stated Term: for when the Term given by God is accomplished, it cannot be put forward: if ye only knew."
[71:5]
He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
[71:6]
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
[71:7]
"And every time I have called to them, that Thou mightest forgive them, they have (only) thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given themselves up to arrogance.
[71:8]
"So I have called to them aloud;
[71:9]
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
[71:10]
"Saying, ’Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving;
[71:11]
"’He will send rain to you in abundance;
[71:12]
"’Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
[71:13]
"’What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long-suffering in God,-
[71:14]
"’Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
[71:15]
"’See ye not how God has created the seven heavens one above another,
[71:16]
"’And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?
[71:17]
"’And God has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
[71:18]
"’And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
[71:19]
"’And God has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
[71:20]
"’That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.’"
[71:21]
Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
[71:22]
"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
[71:23]
"And they have said (to each other), ’Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa’, neither Yaguth nor Ya’uq, nor Nasr’;-
[71:24]
"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong- doers but in straying (from their mark)."
[71:25]
Because of their sins they were drowned (in the flood), and were made to enter the Fire (of Punishment): and they found- in lieu of God- none to help them.
[71:26]
And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!
[71:27]
"For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.
[71:28]
"O my Lord! Forgive me, my parents, all who enter my house in Faith, and (all) believing men and believing women: and to the wrong-doers grant Thou no increase but in perdition!"
