Saturday, 10 August 2013

Introduction:

What is “The Holy Quran”?

The Qur’an is the most often-read book in the world. Revealed by God to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in the 7th century, and revered by Muslims as being God’s final Scripture and Testament, its words have been lovingly recited, memorized, and implemented by Muslims of every nationality ever since.
The faithful are inspired, consoled often moved to tears by its eloquence and poetic imagery, especially when recited aloud. And yet, the Qur’an is unique in being the only Scripture that is free of scientific inaccuracies, whose historical authenticity can be verified, and whose text has been so carefully preserved that just one authorized version (in Arabic) exists. Approximately the length of the New Testament, the Qur’an is also the only holy book that can be memorized in its entirety by people of all ages and intellectual abilities – including non-Arabic speakers – which Muslims consider to be one of its miracles.


Why must we understand the Quran?

Will they not then ponder over the Quran, or is it that they have locks on their hearts!? [Quran, 47:24]
(This is) a Scripture that We have revealed unto thee, full of blessing, that they may ponder its revelations, and that men of understanding may reflect.[Quran, 38:29]
The Quran is a guide to humanity which also includes you, dear reader. Since none of us want to be misguided, it is paramount not only to read or recite the Quran, but to understand and implement it in our lives as well.


Parts of the Quran

Juz’ 1 – Al Fatiha 1 – Al Baqarah 141
Juz’ 2 – Al Baqarah 142 – Al Baqarah 252
Juz’ 3 – Al Baqarah 253 – Al Imran 92
Juz’ 4 – Al Imran 93 – An Nisaa 23
Juz’ 5 – An Nisaa 24 – An Nisaa 147
Juz’ 6 – An Nisaa 148 – Al Ma’idah 81
Juz’ 7 – Al Ma’idah 82 – Al An’am 110
Juz’ 8 – Al An’am 111 – Al A’raf 87
Juz’ 9 – Al A’raf 88 – Al Anfal 40
Juz’ 10 – Al Anfal 41 – At Tauba 92
Juz’ 11 – At Tauba 93 – Hud 5
Juz’ 12 – Hud 6 – Yusuf 52
Juz’ 13 – Yusuf 53 – Ibrahim 52
Juz’ 14 – Al Hijr 1 – An Nahl 128
Juz’ 15 – Bani Isra’il 1 – Al Kahf 74
Juz’ 16 – Al Kahf 75 – Ta Ha 135
Juz’ 17 – Al Anbiyaa 1 – Al Hajj 78
Juz’ 18 – Al Muminun 1 – Al Furqan 20
Juz’ 19 – Al Furqan 21 – An Naml 55
Juz’ 20 – An Naml 56 – Al Ankabut 45
Juz’ 21 – Al Ankabut 46 – Al Ahzab 30
Juz’ 22 – Al Ahzab 31 – Ya Sin 27
Juz’ 23 – Ya Sin 28 – Az Zumar 31
Juz’ 24 – Az Zumar 32 – Fussilat 46
Juz’ 25 – Fussilat 47 – Al Jathiya 37
Juz’ 26 – Al Ahqaf 1 – Az Zariyat 30
Juz’ 27 – Az Zariyat 31 – Al Hadid 29
Juz’ 28 – Al Mujadila 1 – At Tahrim 12
Juz’ 29 – Al Mulk 1 – Al Mursalat 50
Juz’ 30 – An Nabaa 1 – An Nas 6





1 Surah al-Fatiha (The Opening) سورة الفاتحة :





In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful


A man came to the Prophet , embraced Islam then returned to his people. On his way there were a group of men who had with them a mad man in iron manacles. The group said, that they heard that the travelers friend (i.e. Prophet Muhammad) had something good with him and so he exorcised the mad man with Surah al Fatiha, and he was cured. 

As reward they gave the traveler 100 sheep. He then returned to the Prophet and narrated the story. The Prophet asked if he did anything other than recite al-Fatiha, he said no. So the Prophet said that while these people make their livelihoods out of false incantations (i.e. worshipping false idols) the traveler earned the 100 sheep through something lawful; so he could keep the sheep.

[Abu Dawud 3398/a]

Once the Prophet was traveling when he disembarked and began walking alongside a companion. He asked him, 'Shouldn't I tell you the best part of the Qur'an?' then he recited 'Alhamdu lilahi rabil alameen' (Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds).

[Hakim 1/560; Dhahabi & Al-Albaani in 'The authentic series' 3/485]

The Prophet said, 'Whoever mastered the first seven (chapters or verses) from the Qur'an is a pontiff'. 

[Hakim 1/564; Dhahabi]

The Prophet said, 'The mother of the Qur'an are the seven oft repeated verses'
[Bukhari 4704]

The Prophet said, 'In the Fatiha of the Qur'an, there is a cure for all maladies(illnesses)'
[Darimi 3236]

"..Were it not for my contentment in you, I wouldn't, O my Lord, have seen any comfort at all.." [Imaam Ash-Shaafi`ee]


2 Surah al-Baqarah (The Cow) سورة البقرة :



3 Surah Al-'Imran (The Family of 'Imran) سورة آل عمران :



4 Surah An-Nisa" (The Women) سورة النساء :



5 Surah Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread with Food) سورة المائدة :


6 Surah Al-An'am (The Cattles) سورة الأنعام :


7 Surah Al-A'raf (The Heights) سورة الأعراف :



8 Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War) سورة الأنفال :



9 Surah At-Tawbah (The Repentance) سورة التوبة :



10 Surah Yunus (Jonah) سورة يونس :



11 Surah Hud (Hud) سورة هود :



12 Surah Yusuf (Joseph) سورة يوسف :



13 Surah Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder) سورة الرّعد :



14 Surah Ibrahim (Abraham) سورة إبراهيم :



15 Surah Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract) سورة الحجر :



16 Surah An-Nahl (The Bees) سورة النحل :



17 Surah Al-Isra" (The Journey by Night) سورة الإسراء :


18 Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave) سورة الكهف :



19 Surah Maryam (Mary) سورة مريم :



20 Surah Ta Ha (Ta Ha) سورة طه :



21 Surah Al-Anbiya" (The Prophets) سورة الأنبياء :



22 Surah Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) سورة الحج :



23 Surah Al-Mu"minun (The Believers) سورة المؤمنون :



24 Surah An-Nur (The Light) سورة النّور :


25 Surah Al-Furqan (The Criterion) سورة الفرقان :



26 Surah Ash-Shu'ara" (The Poets) سورة الشعراء :



27 Surah An-Naml (The Ants) سورة النمل :



28 Surah Al-Qasas (The Narration) سورة القصص :



29 Surah Al-'Ankabut (The Spider) سورة العنكبوت :



30 Surah Ar-Rum (Rome) سورة الروم :



31 Surah Luqman (Luqman) سورة لقمان :



32 Surah As-Sajdah (The Prostration) سورة السجدة :



33 Surah Al-Ahzab (The Confederates) سورة الأحزاب :



34 Surah Saba" (Sheba) سورة سبإ :



35 Surah Fatir (The Originator of Creation) سورة فاطر :



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36 Surah Ya Sin (Ya Sin) سورة يس :



37 Surah As-Saffat (Those Ranged in Ranks) سورة الصّافّات :



38 Surah Saad (Saad) سورة ص :



39 Surah Az-Zumar (The Groups) سورة الزمر :



40 Surah Ghafir (The Forgiver) سورة غافر :



41 Surah Fussilat (They are Explained in Detail) سورة فصّلت :



42 Surah Ash-Shura (The Consultations) سورة الشورى :



43 Surah Az-Zukhruf (The Gold Adornments) سورة الزخرف :



44 Surah Ad-Dukhan (The Smoke) سورة الدخان :



45 Surah Al-Jathiyah (The Kneeling) سورة الجاثية :



46 Surah Al-Ahqaf (The Curved Sand-Hills) سورة الأحقاف :



47 Surah Muhammad (Muhammad Sallallahuallaihi-Wasalam) سورة محمّـد :



48 Surah Al-Fath (The Victory) سورة الفتح :



49 Surah Al-Hujurat (The Dwellings) سورة الحُـجُـرات :



50 Surah Qaf (Qaf) سورة ق :



51 Surah Adh-Dhariyat (The Winds that Scatter) سورة الذاريات :



52 Surah At-Tur (The Mount) سورة الـطور :



53 Surah An-Najm (The Star) سورة الـنحـم :



54 Surah Qamar (The Moon) سورة الـقمـر :



55 Surah Ar-Rahman (The Most Gracious) سورة الـرحـمـن :



56 Surah Al-Waqi'ah (The Event) سورة الواقيـة :


57 Surah Al-Hadid (Iron) سورة الحـديد :



58 Surah Al-Mujadilah (The Woman Who Disputes) سورة الـمجادلـة :



59 Surah Al-Hashr (The Gathering) سورة الـحـشـر :



60 Surah Al-Mumtahanah (The Woman to be examined) سورة الـمـمـتـحنة :



61 Surah As-Saff (The Row or Rank) سورة الـصّـف :



62 Surah Al-Jumu'ah (Friday) سورة الـجـمـعـة :



63 Surah Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites) سورة الـمنافقون :



64 Surah At-Taghabun (Mutual Loss and Gain) سورة الـتغابن :



65 Surah At-Talaq (The Divorce) سورة الـطلاق :


66 Surah At-Tahrim (The Prohibition) سورة الـتحريم :



67 Surah Al-Mulk (Dominion) سورة الـملك :


68 Surah Al-Qalam (The Pen) سورة الـقـلـم :



69 Surah Al-Haqqah (The Inevitable) سورة الـحاقّـة :



70 Surah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent) سورة الـمعارج :



71 Surah Nuh (Noah) سورة نوح :



72 Surah Al-Jinn (The Jinn) سورة الجن :



73 Surah Al-Muzzammil (The One Wraped in Garments) سورة الـمـزّمّـل :



74 Surah Al-Muddaththir (The One Enveloped) سورة الـمّـدّثّـر :


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75 Surah Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) سورة الـقـيامـة :



76 Surah Al-Insan or Ad-Dahar (Man or Time) سورة الإنسان :



77 Surah Al-Mursalat (Those sent forth) سورة الـمرسلات :



78 Surah An-Naba' (The Great News) سورة الـنبإ :



79 Surah An-Nazi'at (Those Who Pull Out) سورة الـنازعات :



80 Surah Abasa (He Frowned) سورة عبس :



81 Surah At-Takwir (Wound Round and Lost its Light) سورة التكوير :


82 Surah Al-Infitar (The Cleaving) سورة الانفطار :


83 Surah Al-Mutaffifin (Those Who Deal in Fraud) سورة المطـفـفين :


84 Surah Al-Inshiqaq (The Splitting Asunder) سورة الانشقاق :


85 Surah Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) سورة البروج :


86 Surah At-Tariq (The Night Commer) سورة الـطارق :


87 Surah Al-A'la (The Most High) سورة الأعـلى :


88 Surah Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) سورة الغاشـيـة :


89 Surah Al-Fajr (The Break of Day or The Dawn) سورة الفجر :


90 Surah Al-Balad (The City) سورة الـبلد :


91 Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun) سورة الـشـمـس :


92 Surah Al-Layl (The Night) سورة اللـيـل :


93 Surah Ad-Duha (The Forenoon) سورة الضـحى :


94 Surah Ash-Sharh (The Opening Forth) سورة الـشرح :


95 Surah At-Tin (The Fig) سورة الـتين :


96 Surah Al-Alaq (The Clot) سورة الـعلق :


98 Surah Al-Bayyinah (The Clear Evidence) سورة الـبينة :


97 Surah Al-Qadr (The Night of Decree) سورة الـقدر :


99 Surah Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake) سورة الـزلزلة :


100 Surah Al-'Adiyat (Those That Run) سورة الـعاديات :


101 Surah Al-Qari'ah (The Striking Hour) سورة الـقارعـة :


102 Surah At -Takathur (The Piling Up) سورة الـتكاثر :


103 Surah Al- 'Asr (The Time) سورة الـعصر :


104 Surah Al-Humazah (The Slanderer) سورة الـهمزة :


105 Surah Al-Fil (The Elephant) سورة الـفيل :



106 Surah Quraysh (Quraysh) سورة قريش :



Tuesday, 6 August 2013

107 Surah Al-Ma'un (The Small Kindness) سورة المـاعون :


108 Surah Al-Kawthar (The River in Paradise) سورة الـكوثر :


109 Surah Al-Kafirun (The Disbelievers) سورة الـكافرون :



110 Surah An-Na§r (The Help) سورة الـنصر :


111 Surah Al-Masad (The Palm Fibre) سورة الـمسد :


112 Surah Al-Ikhlas (The Purity) سورة الإخلاص :


113 Surah Al-Falaq (The Daybreak) سورة الـفلق :



114 Surah An-Naas (Mankind) سورة الـناس :


Who is Your Lord?

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Dr. Bilal Philips raises a few questions which we can use to judge to what degree do we know who our Lord is.

1. Do you agree with those who say who say that belief is a matter of blind faith?
2. If everything has a Creator then who created God?
3. If God can do anything, why can't He have a son?
4. If God is all-powerful, can He create a stone which is too heavy for Him to lift?
5. If God is all-good and He is able to do all things then where did evil come from?


Dr. Bilal Philips will address these questions and clear the many false ideas and misconceptions many people have when it comes to their Lord.


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Some Basic Islaamic Beliefs

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

1) Belief in God:
Muslims believe in one, unique, incomparable God, Who has no son nor partner, and that none has the right to be worshipped but Him alone. He is the true God, and every other deity is false. He has the most magnificent names and sublime perfect attributes. No one shares His divinity, nor His attributes. In the Qur'aan, God describes Himself:
Say, "He is God, the One. God, to Whom the creatures turn for their needs. He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none like Him." (Qur'aan, 112:1-4)

No one has the right to be invoked, supplicated, prayed to, or shown any act of worship, but God alone. God alone is the Almighty, the Creator, the Sovereign, and the Sustainer of everything in the whole universe. He manages all affairs. He stands in need of none of His creatures, and all His creatures depend on Him for all that they need. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, and the All-Knowing. In a perfect manner, His knowledge encompasses all things, the open and the secret, and the public and the private. He knows what has happened, what will happen, and how it will happen. No affair occurs in the whole world except by His will. Whatever He wills is, and whatever He does not will is not and will never be. His will is above the will of all the creatures. He has power over all things, and He is able to do everything. He is the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and the Most Beneficent.

In one of the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad , we are told that God is more merciful to His creatures than a mother to her child. [Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, #2754, and Saheeh Al-Bukhaaree, #5999]

God is far removed from injustice and tyranny. He is All-Wise in all of His actions and decrees. If someone wants something from God, he or she can ask God directly without asking anyone else to intercede with God for him or her. God is not Jesus, and Jesus is not God. [It was reported by the Associated Press, London, on June 25, 1984, that a majority of the Anglican bishops surveyed by a television program said, “Christians are not obliged to believe that Jesus Christ was God.” The poll was of 31 of England’s 39 bishops. The report further stated that 19 of the 31 bishops said it was sufficient to regard Jesus as “God’s supreme agent.” The poll was conducted by London Weekend Television’s weekly religious program, “Credo.”]

Even Jesus himself rejected this. God has said in the Qur'aan:
Indeed, they have disbelieved who have said, "God is the Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary." The Messiah said, "Children of Israel, worship God, my Lord and your Lord. Whoever associates partners in worship with God, then God has forbidden Paradise for him, and his home is the Fire (Hell). For the wrongdoers, [The wrongdoers include the polytheists] there will be no helpers." (Qur'aan, 5:72)

God is not a trinity. God has said in the Qur'aan:
Indeed, they disbelieve who say, "God is the third of three (in a trinity)," when there is no god but one God. If they desist not from what they say, truly, a painful punishment will befall the disbelievers among them. Would they not rather repent to God and ask His forgiveness? For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. The Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary, was no more than a messenger ... (Qur'aan, 5:73-75)

Islaam rejects that God rested on the seventh day of the creation, that He wrestled with one of His angels, that He is an envious plotter against mankind, or that He is incarnate in any human being. Islam also rejects the attribution of any human form to God. All of these are considered blasphemous. God is the Exalted. He is far removed from every imperfection. He never becomes weary. He does not become drowsy nor does he sleep.

The Arabic word Allaah means God (the one and only true God who created the whole universe). This word Allaah is a name for God, which is used by Arabic speakers, both Arab Muslims and Arab Christians. This word cannot be used to designate anything other than the one true God. The Arabic word Allaah occurs in the Qur'aan more than 2150 times. In Aramaic, a language related closely to Arabic and the language that Jesus habitually spoke, [NIV Compact Dictionary of the Bible, Douglas, p. 42.], God is also referred to as Allaah.

2) Belief in the Angels:
Muslims believe in the existence of the angels and that they are honored creatures. The angels worship God alone, obey Him, and act only by His command. Among the angels is Gabriel, who brought down the Qur'aan to Muhammad.

3) Belief in God's Revealed Books:
Muslims believe that God revealed books to His messengers as proof for mankind and as guidance for them. Among these books is the Qur'aan, which God revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. God has guaranteed the Qur'aan's protection from any corruption or distortion. God has said:
Indeed, We have sent down the Qur'aan, and surely We will guard it (from corruption). (Qur'aan, 15:9)

4) Belief in the Prophets and Messengers of God:
Muslims believe in the prophets and messengers of God, starting with Adam, including Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and Jesus (peace be upon them). But God's final message to man, a reconfirmation of the eternal message, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims believe that Muhammad is the last prophet sent by God, as God has said:
Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men, but he is the Messenger of God and the last of the prophets ... (Qur'aan, 33:40)
Muslims believe that all the prophets and messengers were created human beings who had none of the divine qualities of God.

5) Belief in the Day of Judgment:
Muslims believe in the Day of Judgment (the Day of Resurrection) when all people will be resurrected for God's judgment according to their beliefs and deeds.

6) Belief in Al-Qadar:
Muslims believe in Al-Qadar, which is Divine Predestination, but this belief in Divine Predestination does not mean that human beings do not have freewill. Rather, Muslims believe that God has given human beings freewill. This means that they can choose right or wrong and that they are responsible for their choices. The belief in Divine Predestination includes belief in four things:
1) God knows everything. He knows what has happened and what will happen.
2) God has recorded all that has happened and all that will happen.
3) Whatever God wills to happen happens, and whatever He wills not to happen does not happen.
4) God is the Creator of everything.
Courtesy Of: Islam-Guide.com

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