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57:20 - Know ye (all) that the life of this world is but play and amusement pomp and mutual
boasting and multiplying (in rivalry) among yourselves riches and children: Here is a similitude:
How rain and the growth which it brings forth delight (the hearts of) the tillers; soon it withers;
thou wilt see it grow yellow; then it becomes dry and crumbles away. But in the Hereafter is a
Penalty severe (for the devotees of wrong) and Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good
Pleasure (for the devotees of Allah). And what is the life of this world but goods and chattels
of deception? 5302530353045305
5302 Cf. vi. 32, and n. 855. In the present passage the idea is further amplified. In this life people not only play and amuse
themselves and each other, but they show off, and boast, and pile up riches and man-power and influence, in rivalry
with each other. (57.20)
5303 Cf. xxxix. 21, and n. 4273. Here the Parable is meant to teach a slightly different lesson. Allah's mercies are free and
open to all, like His rain. But how do men make use of them? The good men take the real spiritual harvest and store
the Spiritual grain. The men who are in love with the ephemeral are delighted with the green of the tares and the
grass; but such things give no real nourishment; they soon wither, become dry, and crumble to pieces, like the worldly
pleasures and pomps, boasting and tumults, possessions and friends. (57.20)
5304 Kuffar is here used in the unusual sense of 'tillers or husbandmen', because they sow the seed and cover it up with
soil. But the ordinary meaning, 'Rejecters of Truth', is not absent. The allegory refers to such men. (57.20)
5305 Cf. iii. 185, and n. 492. Many of the attractive vanities of this world are but nets set by Satan to deceive man. The only
thing real and lasting is the Good Life lived in the Light of Allah. (57.20)
12:12 - "Send him with us tomorrow to enjoy himself and play and we shall take every care of him."
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1643 They did not expect their protestations to be believed in. But they added an argument that might appeal both to Jacob
and Joseph. 'They were going to give their young brother a good time. Why not let him come out with them and play
and enjoy himself to his heart's content?' (12.12)
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 8.151
Aisha
Narrated by
I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's
Apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with
me. (The playing with the dolls and similarimages is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a
little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-Bari page 143, Vol.13)
21:16 - Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all that is between! 2676
21:17 - If it had been Our wish to take (just) a pastime We should surely have taken it from the
things nearest to Us if We would do (such a thing)! 2677
2676 The Hindu doctrine of Lila, that all things were created for sport, is here negatived. But more: with Allah we must not
associate any ideas but those of Truth, Righteousness, Mercy, Justice, and the other attributes implied in His Beautiful
Names. He does not jest nor play with His creatures. (21.16)
2677 If such an idea as that of play or pastime had been possible with regard to Allah, and if He had wished really to
indulge in pastime, He would have done it with creatures of Light nearest to Him, not with the lowly material creation
that we see around us. (21.17)
43:83 - So leave them to babble and play (with vanities) until they meet that Day of theirs which
they have been promised. 4681
4681 That Day of theirs: they had their Day on earth; they will have a different sort of Day in the Hereafter, according to the
promise of Allah about the Resurrection and Judgment, or perhaps about Retribution in this very life! So leave them to
play about with their fancies and vanities. Truth must eventually prevail! (43.83)
44:9 - Yet they play about in doubt. 4694
4694 The story is mainly about the Quraish. But there is a wider meaning behind it, applicable to men generally, and at all
times. As a body the Quraish, especially in the earlier stages of the preaching of Islam, before they started
persecution, received the Message with more amusement than hatred. They played about with it, and expressed
doubts about it, whereas the Preacher was most earnest about it, with all his heart and soul in it, as he loved his
people and wished to save them from their wickedness and folly. (44.9)
47:36 - The life of this world is but play and amusement: and if ye believe land guard against evil
He will grant you your recompense and will not ask you (to give up) your possessions. 48604861
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