“Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offsprings, comfort to our eyes and make us a leader ( an example) for the righteous.” (Surah Furqan, verse 74)

     If you study Surah Furqan from verse 63, we have eleven verses which identify the characteristics of the good people and what makes their ranks reach very high in Paradise. The purpose of these verses is to encourage the readers of Qur’an to develop the same characters in them. Our today’s note will be focused on the lessons derived from Surah Furqan verse no. 74. It is a regular supplication pleaded by good charactered people: Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offsprings, comfort to our eyes and make us a leader ( an example) for the righteous.

   The above verse is a desire to have wives and children who are modest, decent, obedient and humble. People get a lot of serenity and comfort when they see their children. It is a characteristic of the pious that they bring up their children in a cordial way teaching them morals and ethics and along with it keep supplicating to A...