Gems from Juzz 'Amma: "Let Go, Let God"

~ Gems from Juzz 'Amma ~

Surah Tariq, 17: "Let Go, Let God"

فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا
"So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile." (86:17)

Surah Tariq is a Makki Surah, which means it was revealed at a time when the Prophet (salallahu alayhi wasallam) and his followers had been undergoing great hardship and oppression at the hands of the disbelieving people.

If we reflect on this point, we are able to deduce that it is the Muslims in this scenario who are 

being oppressed. Yet in this ayah, Allah is telling them, "So allow time for the disbelievers..."

In other words, don't get busy avenging them. The word, 'Mahal' (tamheel) means to extend a deadline. So the Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi wasallam) is being advised to give them extra time and to not pray against them.

Allah is also reminding His Messenger that He is encompassing the disbelievers (i.e. ready to punish them), but He tells His Messenger to be relaxed on the disbelievers and give them abit of extra time. And that he shouldn’t make du’a against them (i.e. for their destruction like Prophet Nuh and Musa did). 

We learn here the power of Du’aa. For if the Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) was to pray against them, Allah would accept his Du’aa, and the population of disbelievers would be destroyed.

The word Amhil (if’aal) means ‘completion.' This is repeated for emphasis, and means ‘let it go entirely’, don’t worry about it at all.’

So when small things happen, let it go. Just let it go, because Allah has made His plot.

But Allah doesn’t keep this permanent letting go a permanent thing, He says ‘Ruwayda‘ at the end. Give them a ‘little bit more time (the letter Ya between the Rawd signifies “little” i.e. Umayr is used for a ‘little‘ 
Umar)’ . So give them a ‘ [ruwayd] ‘little’ extra time…

Because Allah has already designed the plan for Hijrah (migration to Medinah), and the battles of Badr, Uhud, Ahzab etc. in the future.

Gem: However weak you think you are, the true believers are always in a situation of power. The power of the du’a of Allah’s Messenger would have been sufficient to wipe the Quraysh out, but Allah told His Messenger to be patient for a while because of His future planning. Sometimes you have to accept your absence of control in certain situations and ‘let go’ and ‘let God’…