Protect Yourselves And Your Families From A Fire

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate

Allah warns us to protect ourselves and our families from the Hellfire.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَّا يَعْصُونَ ٱللَّهَ مَآ أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ ﴿٦﴾ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٧

O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded. (6) O you who have disbelieved, make no excuses that Day. You will only be recompensed for what you used to do.(7) [Quran, At-Tahrim 66:6-7]

As angry as you maybe at your family, if they are in a building on fire, would you not want to get them out? Would that anger disappear in a state of emergency? In a state of emergency all prejudices disappear. Hellfire, as Allah describes, is a state of emergency. It's fuel is people and stones. There are more people in Hellfire that are actually keeping it burning. On top of that there are angels that are tough and intense in delivering punishment. They do whatever they are commanded.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَّصُوحًا عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُكَفِّرَ عَنكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ يَوْمَ لَا يُخْزِى ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّبِىَّ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ ۖ نُورُهُمْ يَسْعَىٰ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿٨

O you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance (tawbah). Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent." [Quran, At-Tahrim 66:8]

Notice Ayat 6 and Ayat 8, Allah addresses the believers but in between (Ayat 7), Allah addresses the disbelievers. Why? They are not really a different group of people. That same person is a believer in dunya (worldly life) but failed to save himself from Hellfire. Now this person is in hell. They are not going to be addressed as believer. They are going to be addressed as disbeliever and being told don't make escuses that Day.

You were already given what to believe (Ayat 6)--you have to believe there is a danger of Fire. You have to protect yourself and your family from Fire. You have to be proactive in doing so. If you didn't, at least you are a disbeliever in that warning. A believer will listen to this Ayat with attention and shock. If you don't get your act together in this life, you will be addressed as disbelievers in Hell. Then repent to Allah with sincere repentance (Ayat 8). Someone who really makes repentance, Allah takes all his bad deeds and converts them to good deeds. Allah is calling on the believers to make one solid tawbah and do it right. Mean it, not a phase tawbah.

The love we have for our families should be so strong that we don't want each other pain in akhirah. Make plans on how to keep our families and our children safe. The believers have the urge to protect their children in dunya and akhirah.

May Allah help us change the course of life for ourselves and our families towards His Path, and enable us to make a sincere tawbah.

رَبَّنَآ أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent. [Quran, At-Tahrim 66:8]

Ameen.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.

And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.

Wassalaam