B Good To Parents!

I have just started to seriously read the tafsir. I am only at chapter 17 :p So far, my fav chapter is chapter 12, surah Yusuf. I admit I am new. And I am reading on my own. InsyaAllah, I will seek for proper lesson on the tafsir soon. So the reason I like surah Yusof is because it is really simple, and only mention the stories of Yusof. All the verses has proper storyline, which I as a beginner can really understand. After finished reading the whole surah, I even think that his story can be make a TV drama :| Very much related to people's behaviour. Do you know many Jews converted to Islam after hearing this chapter? MasyaAllah.

Yesterday, I came across this few verses which give me immediate impact. Ala2 kene batang hidung sendiri.

 It is from the chapter 17, verse 23-30: Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and do good to parents. If any one of them or both of them reach old age, do not say to them: uff (a word or expression of anger or contempt) and do not scold them, and address them with respectful words, (23) And submit yourself before them in humility out of compassion, and say, “My Lord, be merciful to them as they have brought me up in my childhood.” (24) Your Lord knows best what is in your hearts. If you are righteous, then He is Most-Forgiving for those who turn to Him in repentance. (25) Give the relative his right, and the needy and the wayfarer. And do not squander recklessly. (26) Surely, squanderers are brothers of satans, and the Satan is very ungrateful to his Lord. (27) And if you turn away from them looking for a bounty from your Lord you are expecting, then speak to them in polite words¹. (28) And do not keep your hand tied to your neck, nor extend it to the full extent, lest you should be sitting reproached, empty-handed ². (29) Indeed, your Lord expands sustenance for whomsoever He wills, and constricts (for whomsoever He wills). Surely, He is All-Aware of His servants, All-Seeing. (30)
¹ This means, if you have nothing to give in charity, as required by verse 26 above, and you are expecting Allah will give you enough resources in future to spend in charity, you should apologize to the needy person in polite words, and should not reject their request in a rude manner.
 ² 'Keeping hands tied to the neck' is an expression that stands for miserliness. The verse means, that one should not be miserly nor extravagant. In the latter case, one may sit empty handed, reproaching oneself for overspending his wealth.

It doesn't completely hit me, but I do feel the tempias-ness. I like the way the Quran mentioned how we should respect our parents and belittle ourselves and pray that Allah have mercy on them as how they took care of us when we were little. Very nicely said. If you are incapable to give help n care, tell them nicely that you can't. And if you have good intention, insyaAllah He will always give you ways if He intends to.So these verses explained how we should act as humans. There are more on the next verses eg avoid zina, do good to orphans etc. Go and read it if you're interested to know more :)

Oh! need the loo. Nature calls. Taa!