On the day of judgement

On the day the man will flee from his brother" (80:34)

This ayah was continuously striking my mind since many days. Why?

I know but I think I should ponder upon it.

I feel it's a big task for me to reflect on a Quranic verse, because I don't consider my ability to reflect that deeply.

I think that Allah S.W.T wants every human being to visualize that day when his own brother will not be interested in him. Previously I thought that a human being was so much worried about his OWN destiny that he was least worried about anyone even his family members. But now I feel maybe Allah S.W.T wants every person to imagine how painful it will be to see his own parents or brother or sister or spouse or kids don't want to talk to him or even recognize him.

If we live in any other part of world and some day we encountered someone we know, we get pleased and excited.

If that person is part of our family than the feeling would be more intense.

But that day will be entirely different.

I sometimes feel that Allah S.W.T gives some experiences in our lives to give a slight glimpse of that day. There are ayahs of Allah all around us so in our lives and in ourselves. If we ponder that what emotion we have for our own siblings, we fight with them, criticize them and sometimes even stop talking to them. But the moment any other person (though s/he is a good friend of ours)criticize our sibling we are not able to withstand the negative comments about our brother or sister.

So it's a strange  nature of love we have blessed with for our siblings, it's really tough and unbearable to be misunderstood by our siblings and face their grudges.

O Allah make my accounting an easy accounting. Ameen

Ayesha
Written on July 12, 2017