ONE AYAT A DAY
وَالَّذِيْنَ يَقُوْلُوْنَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ اَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيّٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ اَعْيُنٍ وَّاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ اِمَامًا
Wal-lażīna yaqūlūna rabbanā hab lanā min azwājinā wa żurriyyātinā qurrata a‘yuniw waj‘alnā lil-muttaqīna imāmā(n).
And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us a leader [i.e., example] for the righteous."
More Attributes of the Servants of the Most GraciousThese are further attributes of the servants of the Most Gracious. They do not bear witness to falsehood, including lies, immorality, disbelief, foul speech and false words. `Amr bin Qays said, this refers to gatherings of sexual immorality. It was said that the Ayah,لاَ يَشْهَدُونَ الزُّورَ(And those who do not bear witness to falsehood,) refers to giving false testimony, which means lying deliberately to someone else. It was recorded in the Two Sahihs that Abu Bakrah said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said three times:«أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ؟»(Shall I not tell you of the greatest of major sins) We said, "Of course, O Messenger of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:«الشِّرْكُ بِاللهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْن»(Associating others in worship with Allah and disobeying one's parents.) He was lying down, then he sat up and added:«أَلَا وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ، أَلَا وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّور»(Beware false speech, and bearing witness to falsehood.) and he kept repeating it until we thought, would that he would stop." From the context it seems that what is meant by those who do not bear witness to falsehood is those who do not attend it or are not present when it happens. Allah says:وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِاللَّغْوِ مَرُّواْ كِراماً(and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.) They do not attend…