Istighfar: Woh Lafz Jo Nabi Nuh Ne Tak-riban Ek Hazaar Saal Tak Dohraya
Nabi Nuh (alaihis-salaam) ne, Quran ki apni riwayat ke mutaabiq, apni qaum ko sirf Allah ki ibadat karne ki dawat dete hue nau sau pachaas saal guzaare. Zyada tar logon ne, nasl dar nasl, inkaar kiya. Phir bhi jo naseehat woh baar-baar unhe dete rahe, woh kabhi dhamki nahi thi. Ye ek seedha sa jumla tha: "Istaghfiru rabbakum innahu kana ghaffara" — "Apne Rab se maafi maango, beshak woh bohot maaf karne wala hai" (71:10). Woh yahin nahi ruke. Unhone unhe seedha bata diya ke agar woh ye kahenge to kya hoga: "Yursilis-sama'a 'alaykum midrara, wa yumdidkum bi-amwalin wa baneen, wa yaj'al lakum jannatin wa yaj'al lakum anhara" — "Woh tum par mausalaadhaar baarish bhejega, aur maal aur aulaad se tumhari madad karega, aur tumhare liye baagh banaayega, aur tumhare liye nahrein banaayega" (71:11-12).
Ek qaum jo Allah se bhaag rahi thi, aur ek Nabi ka uska jawaab, saadiyon ke inkaar ke baad bhi, bas yehi tha: maafi maango, aur dekho kya khulta hai.
Istighfar ka asal matlab kya hai
Arabi lafz istighfar ek aise mool se aata hai jiska matlab hai "dhaankna" ya "hifazat karna". Jab koi Allah ki maghfirah maangta hai, woh Allah se ye nahi keh raha ke ye dikhaawa kare ke ghalti kabhi hui hi nahi — woh keh raha hai ke use dhaank de, us insaan ko uske natijon se bacha le, jaise koi kisi cheez ko dhaank deta hai taake woh aage nuqsaan na pahunchaaye. Ye ek chhota lekin ehem farq hai: istighfar yaadasht mitaana nahi hai. Ye us cheez se hifazat maangna hai jo insaan pehle hi kar chuka hai.
Ulma aksar istighfar ko ek aur mutaalliq magar thodi alag lafz, tawbah — tauba, ke saath rakhte hain. Istighfar maangna hai; tawbah palatna hai. "Astaghfirullah" kehna hifazat ki darkhwaast hai, jabke tawbah asal faisla hai us cheez se door hatne ka jisne hifazat ki zaroorat paida ki. Ye dono aksar Quran aur hadith mein isi wajah se saath-saath aate hain — bina palate maangna, aur bina maange palatna, dono ek hi amal ki adhoori tasveer hai.
Us aadmi ne kaha jise maaf karwaane ke liye kuch tha hi nahi
Agar istighfar sirf un logon ke liye hoti jinke paas chhupaane laayak koi bhaari baat ho, to ye dekhne laayak hai ke ise sabse zyada kisne amal kiya. Abu Huraira ne riwayat kiya, ek hadith mein jo Sahih al-Bukhari mein maujood hai, ke Nabi ﷺ ne farmaya: "Wallahi, inni la-astaghfirullaha wa atubu ilayhi fil-yawmi akthara min sab'ina marrah" — "Allah ki qasam, main Allah se maafi maangta hoon aur din mein sattar martaba se zyada uski taraf tauba karta hoon." Ye wahi insaan hai jise Quran unke pehle aur baad ki har cheez ki maafi mili hui batata hai (48:2). Agar istighfar unke liye bhi din mein dus-haaon baar kehne laayak thi, to ye kabhi sirf insaan ke sabse bure lamhon ke liye mehdood nahi thi.
"Allah ki rehmat se maayoos mat ho"
Is mauzu par poore Quran mein sabse seedhe waade mein se ek, un logon ko naam le kar sambodhit kiya gaya hai jo sakht ghalti kar chuke hain: "Qul ya 'ibadiyal-ladhina asrafu 'ala anfusihim la taqnatu min rahmatillah, innallaha yaghfiru dhunuba jami'a, innahu huwal-ghafurur-rahim" — "Kaho: Aye mere bando jinhone apni jaanon par zulm kiya, Allah ki rehmat se maayoos mat ho. Beshak Allah tamaam gunah maaf kar deta hai. Beshak wahi bohot maaf karne wala, bohot rehm karne wala hai" (39:53). Ayat ye nahi kehti "chhote gunah" ya "zyadatar gunah". Ye kehti hai sab. Iske aas-paas jo ek hi shart hai woh ye hai ke insaan haar na maane aur maangna band na kare.
Ek raasta jo khaas taur par bataya gaya
Maafi ke ilawa, ek hadith hai jo Abu Dawud aur Ibn Majah ne riwayat ki hai, aur Al-Albani ne ise hasan qaraar diya hai, jisme Nabi ﷺ ne farmaya: "Man lazima al-istighfara ja'ala Allahu lahu min kulli hammin farajan, wa min kulli dhiqin makhrajan, wa razaqahu min haythu la yahtasib" — "Jo koi istighfar ko apni aadat bana le, Allah uske liye har ghum se nijaat, har tangi se nikalne ka raasta bana deta hai, aur use waha se rizq deta hai jahan uska gumaan bhi nahi hota." Ye tak-riban wahi wada hai jo Nuh ne apni qaum se tak-riban ek hazaar saal pehle kiya tha — baarish, maal, sukoon, rizq — usi chhote se jumle se juda hua, saadiyon aur Anbiya ke daur mein baar-baar dohraya gaya.
Ek jumla jo kahin bhi kehne ke laayak chhota hai
Jo cheez istighfar ko kai doosre ibadat ke amal se alag banati hai woh ye hai ke ye lamhe se kitna kam maangta hai. Isko wuzu, khaas tarah se khade hone, ya khaamosh kamre ki bhi zaroorat nahi — ye gaadi chalate hue, kaam karte hue, ya seene par kisi bojh ke saath jaagi hui haalat mein bhi kaha jaa sakta hai. Nuh ki qaum ke paas ise sunne ke liye nau sau pachaas saal the aur zyada tar ne phir bhi inkaar kiya. Nabi ﷺ, jinhone kuch bhi ghalat nahi kiya tha, ise sattar martaba se zyada kehte the isse pehle ke zyada tar log apna nashta bhi khatam karein. In dono misaalon ke beech is jumle ka poora maqsad chhupa hua hai: ise kehne mein tak-riban kuch bhi kharcha nahi hota, aur Quran baar-baar israr karta hai ke ye usse kahin zyada qeemti hai.
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