Day 287 · Surah Al-Ahqaf Verses 15-28

Al-Ahqaf 15–28

The characteristic of a good Muslim begins with devotion to parents and educating children to not be disobedient, then is contrasted with the story of the 'Ad people who challenged punishment and were destroyed by a fierce wind.

A good Muslim is described as devoted to parents, grateful for blessings, doing good deeds, planning for descendants to be righteous, and maintaining commitment to Islamic teachings.
Instilling belief in the Hereafter is called the key to raising righteous children, while those who disobey their parents and reject the Hereafter are the greatest losers.
Each believer receives a rank according to his deeds and his reward is perfected without any injustice.
The 'Ad people, who received the call from Prophet Hud, rejected monotheism, clung to the gods inherited from their ancestors, and even challenged for the threatened disaster to be sent down quickly.
They were destroyed by a fierce wind despite being strengthened before with architectural knowledge, because they did not use their hearing, sight, and hearts to profess the oneness of Allah.

Verses 15-20 explain three things as follows:

A good Muslim is: devoted to both parents due to their great sacrifices, especially the mother who bears and gives birth with hardship, grateful for Allah's blessings, doing good deeds, planning for descendants to be righteous too, repenting to Allah, and always maintaining commitment to Islamic teachings
The duty of educating children so they do not disobey their parents and believe in the truth of the Qur'an and the life of the Hereafter. Instilling faith in the Hereafter with all its joys and hardships is one key to raising righteous children. Indeed, those who disobey their parents and do not believe in the Hereafter are the greatest losers.
Each believer in the Hereafter will attain a rank with Allah according to the good deeds they did during their life in this world. Allah will perfect the reward for their good deeds, and they will not be wronged in the slightest.
The disbelievers in the Hereafter will be entered into the Fire. Among the reasons is that they spent the provision or wealth that Allah gave them in this world, enjoyed that wealth, were arrogant toward Allah, and violated His system. They will be punished with a humiliating punishment.

Verses 21-28 explain the story of Prophet Hud. He was sent by Allah to the 'Ad people who lived in mountains and caves in Yemen. Before, there had been several messengers whom Allah sent to remind them not to worship besides Allah. Because shirk invites disaster. They rejected the call to monotheism of Prophet Hud and stubbornly refused to abandon the gods they had worshipped for generations. They even challenged for the threatened disaster to be sent down. This is an attitude of ignorance.

Then Allah sent upon them a punishment in the form of a fierce wind that destroyed their land and everything in it. So they perished and their land was ruined. Yet previously, Allah had strengthened their position on earth by giving them intelligence in architectural knowledge. However, they could not use the hearing, sight, and hearts that Allah had given them to profess His oneness, because of their defiance of Allah's revelation and their mockery of Allah's threat promised by Hud.

The disbelieving Quraysh refused to learn from the nations around them whom Allah destroyed, such as 'Ad, Thamud, and others. If the gods they worshipped could help them, they would not have perished from Allah's punishment. Believing in gods other than Allah is sheer falsehood.

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