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The word فَاستَبِقو also implies that once a person gets an opportunity to do a good deed he should not procrastinate unnecessarily because sometimes if a person neglects the urge to do a good deed and delays it unnecessarily then he loses the motivation to perform that good deed altogether. The urge to do a good deed is a gift from Allah and neglecting it amounts to ungratefulness and disrespect towards Allah. Then the person altogether loses the motivation to do that good deed be it Salah, Fasting, Hajj or Sadaqah.
The above point has been made quite explicit in another verse:
The word فَاستَبِقو also implies that once a person gets an opportunity to do a good deed he should not procrastinate unnecessarily because sometimes if a person neglects the urge to do a good deed and delays it unnecessarily then he loses the motivation to perform that good deed altogether. The urge to do a good deed is a gift from Allah and neglecting it amounts to ungratefulness and disrespect towards Allah. Then the person altogether loses the motivation to do that good deed be it Salah, Fasting, Hajj or Sadaqah.
The above point has been made quite explicit in another verse:
يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱسۡتَجِيبُواْ لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمۡ لِمَا يُحۡيِيڪُمۡۖ وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَرۡءِ وَقَلۡبِهِۦ وَأَنَّهُ ۥۤ إِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ
"O BELIEVERS, RESPOND TO ALLAH AND TO THE MESSENGER WHEN HE CALLS YOU TO THAT WHICH WILL GIVE YOU LIFE; AND KNOW THAT ALLAH DOES (SOMETIMES) STAND BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS HEART, AND THAT TO HIM YOU SHALL BE MUSTERED." (8:24)
From Ma'ariful Quran, Interpretation of Surah Al-Baqarah, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
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