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Detail from
frontispiece of a Q
ur'a
n produced in Iran in 1313
3
FOREWORD
One o
f the k
ey p
rogram
s o
f IP
CI’s f
ounder S
heikh A
hm
ed D
eedat w
as
encouraging M
uslim
s to r
ead the Q
ur’an w
ith u
nderstanding. T
he I
PC
I
still c
ontinues this legacy b
y its w
orldw
ide d
istributionof the H
oly Q
ur’an
with E
nglish translation a
nd c
om
mentary.
The p
ublishing o
f t
his Taraw
eeh S
um
mary b
y t
he i
s a
nother e
ndeavour
in providing a concise sum
mary of the Q
ur’an for the benefit of the
Muslim
Um
mah.
There a
re m
any s
um
maries a
vailable. T
his p
articular p
ublication h
as b
een
adopted and m
odified from
the M
uslim
Y
outh M
ovem
ent version that
was published in 1979. A
llah is fully aw
are of their sterling pioneering
efforts a
nd w
ill r
ew
ard t
hem
accordingly.
The s
um
mary o
f the Q
ur’an w
ould b
e b
eneficial if:
The r
elevant s
ection i
s r
ead a
t h
om
e b
efore g
oing t
o t
he M
usjid f
or
Taraw
eeh,
Read out by som
eone in the M
usjid just before the T
araw
eeh (this
should not take m
ore than five (5) m
inutes),
Read all year round to get a ‘bird’s eye’ synopsis of the Q
ur’an,
As a
Daw
ah tool to let the n
on-M
uslim
s h
ave a
glim
pse o
f the them
e,
subject m
atter and style of the Q
ur’an.
The IP
CI records its deep gratitude to P
rofessor Y
ousuf D
adoo for the
meticulous m
anner in w
hich this task h
as b
een a
ccom
plished. T
he I
PC
I
welcom
es any suggestions in im
proving this publication. T
here is no
copyright. If re-printed or translated kindly forw
ard a copy to the IP
CI
for our records.
1 S
haban 1426 (corresponding to 6 S
eptem
ber 2005)
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CI 124 Q
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treet, D
urban, S
outh A
frica 4001
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B
ox 2439, D
urban, S
outh A
frica 4000
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acsim
ile +
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ail: ipcisa@
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4
PREAMBLE
All P
raise a
nd G
lory b
elong to A
llah W
ho h
as f
acilitated the c
om
pletion
of this noble task relating to H
is Illustrious B
ook.
The recitation of the H
oly Q
ur’an is m
eant to be a m
oving experience
since it m
arks A
llah’s com
munication w
ith us. S
uch an event becom
es
much m
ore m
eaningful i
f w
e u
nderstand i
ts m
essage.
It w
as precisely this consideration w
hich encouraged us to present this
hum
ble product before the E
nglish-speaking M
uslim
U
mm
a thirty-one
years a
go. I
t w
as f
elt then that the lessons o
f this H
oly B
ook, w
hose f
ull
recitation during the taraw
eeh prayers conventionally covered tw
enty-
seven nights, had to be read each night to the congregation preferably
before the c
om
mencem
ent o
f the a
foresaid p
rayers. T
he follow
ing factors
were param
ount:
-T
he language had to be sim
ple enough for the average listeners.
-Its reading w
as not to exceed seven m
inutes.
-T
he sum
mary should, as far as possible, allow
the Q
ur’an to speak
for itself w
ithout hum
an com
mentary.
Th
e sam
e m
otiv
atio
n d
ictates th
e su
mm
ary
’s re-p
resen
tatio
n to
th
e
audience in a better form
at.
Much w
ater h
as flow
ed u
nder the b
ridge s
ince then: a
prim
ary c
ontributor
to the original project, B
rother M
ahm
ood M
oosa, is no longer in our
midst. M
em
ories com
e flooding in as I reflect upon the ardour and
can
do
ur w
ith
w
hich
th
e o
rig
in
al d
raft w
as assessed
at h
is o
ffice in
Com
mercial R
oad, D
urban.
No w
orldly g
lory is h
ereby a
spired to; a
ll that is s
ought is A
llah’s P
leasure
on a day w
hen neither kith, nor kin nor social status w
ill guarantee us
any s
uccess.
Translations a
nd r
eproductions o
f this w
ork m
ay b
e m
ade w
ith the p
rior
approval of the publisher.
5
Circum
stances surrounding the perform
ance of taraw
eeh prayers have
changed w
ith m
any local m
osques opting to com
plete full recitation of
the H
oly Q
ur’an on the tw
enty-ninth night of R
am
adan instead of the
tw
enty-seventh n
ight. T
his o
ught n
ot t
o c
om
plicate t
he p
resentation o
f
the r
elevant s
um
mary f
or the n
ight if the r
eader k
eeps it in tandem
with
the night’s Q
ur’anic recitation.
In fact, these sum
maries could even be view
ed as daily reading m
atter
for us to refresh our m
inds about the H
oly M
essage throughout the
year.
Yet these s
um
maries w
ill inevitably h
ave f
law
s. F
or instance, w
hile the
transcription c
ode f
or A
rabic w
ords is h
elpful it d
oes n
ot g
o f
ar e
nough
fo
r g
iv
in
g u
s ex
act eq
uiv
alen
ts fo
r so
me categ
ories o
f so
un
ds n
ot
occurring in E
nglish. B
ut o
n the o
ther h
and, the u
se o
f the I
nternational
Phonetic A
lphabet code w
ould have caused its reading (by an average
person) to becom
e extrem
ely cum
bersom
e.
The f
ollow
ing s
ound e
quivalents a
re g
iven:
â represents the long vow
el as in “d
ark”
û represents the long vow
el as in “cool”
î represents the long vow
el as in “m
eet”
‘ represents the guttural stop
’ represents a m
edial guttural sound
The follow
ing term
s or acronym
s are frequent:
Sûrah
–a chapter of the H
oly Q
ur’an
Ra
sû
l–
a m
essenger
Sa
lâ
t–
daily o
bligatory p
rayer
Za
kâ
t–
com
pulsory c
harity
Ha
jj
–pilgrim
age
6
Hijra
–the H
oly P
rophet’s m
igration from
M
akka to M
adîna in 622
CE
.
SW
T–
Subhanahu w
a ta’âlâ (G
lory and E
xaltation be H
is)
SA
W–
Salla llâhu ’alayhi w
a s
allam
(M
ay A
llah’s S
alutations a
nd P
eace
be u
pon h
im
)
AS
–A
layhi s
-salam
(P
eace b
e u
pon h
im
) (P
lural: A
layhim
us-salam
)
RA
–R
adiya llâhu ‘
anhu/a (
May A
llah b
e p
leased w
ith h
im
/her)
Nam
es o
f the follow
ing p
rophets, w
ith their b
iblical e
quivalents a
re g
iven
below
:
Ad
am
–A
dam
Ya
’qûb
–Jacob
Yûnus
–Jonah
Nûh
–N
oah
Yûsuf
–Joseph
Ayyû
b–
Job
Ibrâhîm
–A
braham
Bin Yam
în
–B
enjam
in
’Isâ
–Jesus
Ism
â’ îl
–Ishm
ael
Shu
’aib
–Jeth
ro
Mûsâ
–M
oses
Ishâq
–Isaac
Lû
t–
Lo
tH
ârûn
–A
aron
Dâw
ûd
–D
avid
Su
la
im
ân
–S
olom
on
Yahyâ
–John
Zakariya
–Z
echaria
Ilyâs
–E
lias
Idrîs
–E
noch
Follow
ing the Q
ur’anic form
, the m
asculine form
of address has been
often u
sed t
o i
nclude b
oth m
en a
nd w
om
en. N
o d
isrespect t
o w
om
en i
s
hereby intended.
Yousuf D
adoo,
University o
f S
outh A
frica
1 S
haban 1426 (corresponding to 6 S
eptem
ber 2005)
7
BIS
MIL
LA
H IR
-R
AH
MA
N IR
- R
AH
IM
IN
T
HE
N
AM
E O
F A
LL
AH
, M
OST
B
EN
EF
IC
EN
T, M
OST
M
ER
CIF
UL
1S
T
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s Taraw
eeh
consists of A
lif L
âm
M
îm
and the first quarter of
Sa
ya
qû
l.
The Sûrahs covered are A
l-F
âtiha (T
he O
pening), and the first tw
o-
thirds of A
l-B
aqara (T
he C
ow
).
The Q
ur’ân b
egins w
ith the b
eautiful S
ûrat a
l-F
âtiha, c
ontaining s
even
verses and rightly called the “E
ssence of the B
ook”. It has been called
by this title f
or a
very o
bvious r
eason. I
t s
how
s the h
elplessness o
f m
an
without the aid of A
llah (S
WT
) and his continuous desire for A
llah
(S
WT
)’s a
ssistance in a
ll m
atters a
ffecting h
is d
aily life. T
hat is w
hy, b
y
means of this Sûrah, A
llah (S
WT
) teaches us this perfect prayer and
gives us som
e know
ledge of H
im
self, i.e. H
e describes som
e of H
is
qualities. F
urther H
e tells us about w
hat H
is relation w
ith us and to the
rest of the creation is, from
w
here w
e have com
e, w
hat w
e are, and
what g
oal w
e a
re h
eading f
or u
nder A
llah (
SW
T)’s g
uidance. W
e a
re to
trust a
nd c
om
mit o
urselves to A
llah (
SW
T) if w
e w
ant to s
ucceed in this
life a
nd i
n t
he H
ereafter.
The second is Sûrat al-B
aqara, “T
he C
ow
”, revealed in M
adina and
containing 286 verses. It sum
s up the entire teachings of the Q
ur’ân.
The r
eason f
or h
aving this S
ûrah s
econd in the a
rrangem
ent o
f S
ûrahs is
very logical. T
he essence of the first Sûrah is m
an, crying out to A
llah
(S
WT
): “
O A
llah (
SW
T)! H
elp M
e”. I
n the s
econd, S
ûrah A
llah (
SW
T)
says: “H
ere is the help and guidance that you need”.
This Sûrah begins w
ith the exam
ple of three types of people and how
they r
eceive A
llah (
SW
T)’s m
essage.
The creation of m
an is discussed, the high destiny that A
llah (S
WT
)
wanted him
to reach, m
an’s fall (corruption), and the hope held out to
him
in s
pite o
f p
revious s
ins. T
he s
tory o
f B
anî I
srâ’îl is told: the f
avours
they had and how
they m
ade w
rong use of them
to show
again the
general character of m
an.
8
Reference is also m
ade particularly to M
ûsâ (A
S) and ‘Isâ (A
S). W
e
learn
h
ow
th
ey
h
ad
to
d
eal w
ith
th
eir co
rru
pt p
eo
ple an
d h
ow
th
e
Christians and Jew
s, w
ho, despite having had A
llah (S
WT
)’s prophets
and books in their m
idst, rejected M
uham
mad (S
AW
) out of pride and
jealousy.
Because of their rejection it w
as inappropriate for them
to claim
the
virtue o
f the r
ighteous I
mam
, I
brâhîm
(A
S) e
xclusively f
or them
selves.
Ibrâhîm
(A
S) w
as the forefather of the A
rabs through Ism
â’îl (A
S)’s
descendants, a
nd likew
ise w
ith the J
ew
s through I
shâq (
AS
)’s o
ffspring.
Ibrâhîm
(A
S), together w
ith Ism
â’îl (A
S) built the K
a’ba (m
osque of
Makka) and p
urified i
t, t
hus e
stablishing t
he o
ne a
nd o
nly t
rue r
eligion
for a
ll m
ankind, I
slam
.
The K
a’ba w
as n
ow
to b
e the c
enter o
f u
niversal w
orship a
nd s
tood f
or
Islam
ic U
nity (
because a
ll M
uslim
s f
ace t
ow
ards i
t i
n p
rayer).
The n
am
e o
f this S
ûrah i
s g
ained f
rom
the p
arable o
f the C
ow
in v
erses
67 -71, w
hich deals w
ith hypocrisy. O
nce people lose faith, they try to
put o
ff o
bedience w
ith v
arious e
xcuses, o
r they d
o things h
alf- h
eartedly.
It is then that, as A
llah (S
WT
) says, “T
here is a disease in their hearts
which A
llah (
SW
T) increases” u
ntil they b
ecom
e s
piritually “
deaf d
um
b
an
d b
lin
d”. S
uch
p
eo
ple are sp
iritu
ally
d
ead
ev
en
th
ou
gh
th
ey
are
physically a
live. L
ife is m
ovem
ent, a
ctivity, s
triving a
nd f
ighting a
gainst
the evil of yourself (nafs) -this is the m
essage of the Sûrah
.
2N
D
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s T
araw
eeh consists of the last three-quarter of Sayaqûl and
the first half of Tilka r-R
usul.
The Sûrah covered is the last third of A
l-B
aqara.
Earlier w
e w
ere told how
Ibrâhîm
(A
S) together w
ith his son Ism
â’îl
k
9
(A
S) built the K
a’ba, w
hich stood for Islam
ic unity. B
y the very fact
that Ibrâhîm
(A
S) had prayed thus w
ith his son: “O
our L
ord! M
ake us
am
ong those w
ho subm
it to Y
our W
ill and m
ake from
our offspring an
Um
ma (com
munity) w
hich bow
s dow
n to Y
our W
ill”, it show
s that an
Islam
ic U
mm
a (com
munity) had already been established. T
he sym
bol
of its unity w
as the K
a’ba
.
Now
, rules and regulations are laid dow
n for this M
uslim
B
rotherhood
to f
ollow
(since n
o o
rganization o
r b
ody c
an e
xist f
or s
om
e tim
e w
ithout
any rules). T
he rules cover tw
o aspects: H
uqûq A
llah and H
uqûq al-
‘ibâd. T
he f
irst d
eals w
ith m
an’s r
elationship w
ith A
llah (
SW
T), a
nd the
second d
eals w
ith m
an’s r
elationship w
ith m
an. T
he Q
ur’ân e
mphasises
that righteousness does not sim
ply m
ean restricting ourselves to the
outw
ard observance of rituals, but in having deep-rooted faith (îm
ân),
show
ing kindness, perform
ing prayer (salât) and giving charity (zakât)
after b
earing their s
pirit in m
ind, e
xercising p
atience (sabr) u
nder s
uffering
and displaying good m
oral values in general. R
ules are also laid dow
n
relating to food and drink, law
s of inheritance, fasting, jihad, w
ine and
gam
bling, good treatm
ent of orphans and w
om
en and the prohibition
from
taking interest. In short, if one w
ishes to be a good M
uslim
, one
has to follow
the com
mandm
ents of A
llah (S
WT
) and be an asset to
one’s c
om
munity a
nd a
lso look a
fter o
ne’s o
wn h
ealth. N
othing s
hort o
f
this can m
ake a person a true M
uslim
.
The s
ubject o
f J
ihâd is f
urther d
iscussed w
ith r
eference to D
âw
ûd (
AS
)’s
slaying o
f J
âlût (
Goliath). D
âw
ûd (
AS
) w
as g
iven g
reat p
hysical s
trength
to kill his enem
y and defend Islam
. O
n the other hand, ‘Isâ (A
S) w
as
strengthened “w
ith the D
ivine W
ord of A
llah (S
WT
)” to aid the cause
of Islam
. M
ûsâ (A
S) called upon his follow
ers to kill their evil desires
(reference to ‘Isâ (A
S) and M
ûsâ (A
S) in connection w
ith Jihâd w
ere
covered in the 1st t
araw
eeh). F
rom
exam
ples o
f these three p
rophets w
e
learn that Jihâd w
orks at three levels:
1)
Arm
ing o
ne’ s
elf w
ith the truth;
2)
Fighting o
ne’s b
aser a
nd a
nim
al s
elf, s
o that I
slam
within o
ne’s h
eart
10
rem
ains strong and guard;
3)
Fighting o
ne’s e
nem
ies f
or the d
efence o
f I
slam
, in o
rder that I
slam
rem
ains w
ell g
uarded e
xternally.
Rasûl (S
AW
), “the m
ost perfect exam
ple to m
ankind,” had all these
three q
ualities f
or h
is J
ihâd.
In s
hort, w
e a
re told that real g
oodness lies in p
ractical d
eeds o
f k
indness,
good faith and m
anliness. A
llah (S
WT
)’s qualities are discussed in the
beautiful a
nd s
ublim
e A
yat a
l-K
ursî, t
he v
erse o
f t
he T
hrone. T
here a
re
just tw
o aspects left before the Sûrah can com
e to its logical end. T
he
first is a call from
A
llah (S
WT
) to m
ankind, urging the latter to have
faith in the r
ules a
nd r
egulations laid d
ow
n in this S
ûrah. T
his f
aith m
ust
be f
ollow
ed b
y p
ractical d
eeds (
obedience) w
hich m
ust o
bviously a
rise
from
a sense of personal responsibility. S
econdly, m
an is once m
ore
taught a
beautiful p
rayer. M
an m
ight n
ot b
e a
ble to f
ollow
Allah (
SW
T)’s
guidance p
erfectly in b
oth letter a
nd s
pirit (
or in letter b
ut n
ot in s
pirit);
hence it is here that m
an turns to D
ivine H
elp once m
ore.
(N
ote to the speaker: P
lease read out the appropriate du’âs of verses
285 and 286 w
ith their translation).
3R
D
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s T
araw
eeh consists of the second half of Tilka r-R
usul to the
first three-quarter of L
an tanâlû.
The Sûrah covered is the com
plete A
l ‘Im
rân
(T
he F
am
ily of ‘Im
rân).
In this Sûrah
, references are m
ade to the B
attles of B
adr and U
had
which the M
uslim
s in M
adîna had to engage them
selves in, so as to
defend Islam
against the M
akkan unbelievers. T
hese references show
that this Sûrah w
as revealed about 4 A
.H
.
k
11
Like A
l-B
aqara, it s
urveys the r
eligious h
istory o
f m
ankind, w
ith s
pecial
reference to the A
hl K
itâb
(i.e. C
hristians and Jew
s). A
fter explaining
the g
reat d
eal o
f c
orruption in w
hich the A
hl K
itâb h
ad landed them
selves,
it s
how
s the n
eed a
nd s
ubsequent r
ebirth o
f I
slam
. I
t m
entions the r
ules
whereby this new
com
munity is to be governed, and, like the previous
Sûrah, it e
mphasises the n
eed o
n the p
art o
f the M
uslim
s to h
ave a
firm
faith in Islam
, to undertake Jihâd against the enem
ies of the M
uslim
s,
and to pray for guidance. T
hey should feel convinced that, in spite of
present d
ifficulties, they s
hould “
be p
atient” b
ecause “
Allah (
SW
T) w
ill
cause e
ase t
o f
ollow
difficulty”.
Three new
points discussed in this Sûrah:
(1
)C
hristians are urged to accept Islam
since they them
selves are in a
position to testify to the truth. T
he C
hristians here are especially
appealed to a
s the J
ew
s w
ere e
specially a
ppealed to in the last S
ûrah;
(2
)the lessons o
f the tw
o b
attles a
re s
et o
ut f
or the M
uslim
s. T
he lesson
of B
ad
r is: A
llah
(S
WT
) h
elp
s th
e p
eo
ple w
ho
h
elp
H
is cau
se.
Patience, c
ourage, e
ffort a
nd d
iscipline a
re rew
arded b
y A
llah (S
WT
).
No m
atter h
ow
poorly y
ou a
re a
rm
ed a
nd h
ow
pow
erful y
our e
nem
y
may b
e, A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill g
ive y
ou v
ictory if y
ou rem
ain true M
uslim
s
at all tim
es. T
he lesson of U
had is: Indiscipline, indecision and
selfishness (as show
n by certain M
uslim
s in this battle w
ho w
ent
after the booty w
ithout even being com
manded to do so by R
asûl
(S
AW
) a
re n
ot q
ualities o
f a
true M
uslim
and c
an lead to h
is d
ow
nfall.
This is show
n by the treat losses suffered by the M
uslim
s in this
battle. T
houghts o
f p
ain o
r d
eath s
hould n
ot p
revent y
ou from
striving
in the path of A
llah (S
WT
).
(3
)T
he responsibilities of M
uslim
s, both in their dealings am
ongst
them
selves and w
ith non-M
uslim
s are stressed. A
llah (S
WT
) has
revealed the Q
ur’ân, c
onfirm
ing p
revious r
evelations like the T
orah,
revealed to M
ûsâ (A
.S
) and Injîl, revealed to ‘Isâ (A
S). W
e m
ust
accept the truth of this w
hole B
ook (the Q
ur’ân), and not only in
parts of the B
ook, as the Jew
s and C
hristians had done. T
hey only
12
had a portion of the Q
ur’ân’s m
essage in their H
oly B
ooks – the
entire m
essage of Islam
w
as only com
pleted and perfected by the
revelation the Q
ur’ân. M
uslim
s m
ust try to u
nderstand the m
essage
of the Q
ur’ân, and not take “as friends or protectors” those w
ho
cannot and w
ill not w
ant to accept the T
ruth of Islam
.
The s
tory o
f the fam
ily o
f ‘Im
rân, t
he father o
f M
aryam
(A
S), i
s g
radually
co
nn
ected
to
th
e m
iracu
lo
us b
irth
o
f ‘Isâ (A
S) an
d h
is y
ears o
f
pro
ph
eth
oo
d.
Accounts of the first story are to be found in the Torah
w
hile those
relating to ‘Isâ (A
S) are to be found in the Injîl. T
hese facts are related
to show
that A
llah (S
WT
)’s m
essage is eternal and revelation is the
continuous process by m
eans of w
hich this m
essage is re-em
phasised.
Seeing that the Q
ur’ân is A
llah (
SW
T)’s m
essage, a
ll p
eople a
re invited
to accept its com
pletion in Islam
. C
ontroversies are to be avoided. T
he
Mu
slim
s are ask
ed
to
liv
e to
geth
er in
u
nity
an
d h
ap
pin
ess, an
d are
prom
ised s
afety in the H
ereafter p
rovided they a
bide b
y the C
om
mands
of A
llah (
SW
T).
4T
H
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s T
araw
eeh c
onsists o
f the last q
uarter o
f L
an tanâlû
to the e
nd
of W
a l-M
uhsanât.
The Sûrah covered is the first three-quarterof A
l-N
isâ’ (T
he W
om
en).
This Sûrah is closely connected w
ith the previous Sûrah as far as the
period in w
hich these tw
o Sûrahs w
ere revealed, is concerned. T
he
subject m
atter of this Sûrah deals w
ith the social problem
s w
hich the
Muslim
com
munity had to face im
mediately after the B
attle of U
had.
The principles laid dow
n in this Sûrah have alw
ays been regarded as
Muslim
law
and social practice for all M
uslim
s at all tim
es. B
roadly
k
13
speaking, this S
ûrah c
an b
e d
ivided into tw
o p
arts: (
1) that d
ealing w
ith
fam
ily l
ife i
n g
eneral –
the r
ights o
f w
om
en a
nd o
rphans. L
aw
s d
ealing
with inheritance, m
arriage, a
nd fam
ily rights g
enerally a
re a
lso d
iscussed;
(2) that dealing w
ith the larger fam
ily, i.e. the com
munity at M
adîna,
and those disobedient people in this larger fam
ily, viz. the hypocrites
and the Jew
s. H
ence, in this Sûrah regulations are laid dow
n for both
our private law
and our attitude to our territorial neighbours.
The Sûrah begins w
ith an appeal to the unity of m
ankind since A
llah
(S
WT
) created m
ankind “from
one soul”. W
om
en and orphans have
certain r
ights, these m
ust a
lw
ays b
e f
ulfilled. A
great d
eal o
f justice m
ust
be used in our dealings w
ith them
. T
he sexes m
ust honour each other.
Fam
ily relationships that are caused by m
arriage and the subsequent
birth
o
f ch
ild
ren
are h
ealth
y an
d in
ag
reem
en
t w
ith
A
llah
(S
WT
)’s
pleasure. T
his leads to the d
iscussion o
f L
aw
s o
f I
nheritance, indicating
once m
ore, that o
ur justice s
hould e
xtend to the d
istribution o
f the w
ealth
of o
ur f
am
ily m
em
bers. I
n s
hort, f
ollow
Allah (
SW
T)’s c
om
mandm
ents
at a
ll tim
es –
while o
ur f
am
ily m
em
bers a
re a
live a
s w
ell w
hen they a
re
no l
onger w
ith u
s. T
his p
rinciple o
f g
oodness s
hould b
e e
xtended t
o a
ll
beings, big and sm
all. C
ertain rights of w
om
en deserve m
ention at this
stage: (a) treatm
ent: “N
or should you treat them
harshly, that you m
ay
take aw
ay part of the dow
er you have given them
(and thus gain a
marriage a
nnulm
ent) –
except w
hen they h
ave b
een g
uilty o
f o
pen loose
habits”. L
ive w
ith them
on a
footing “
of k
indness”. B
e tolerant tow
ards
them
. “If you take a dislike to them
it m
ay be that you dislike a thing
while A
llah (
SW
T) w
ishes to b
ring a
lot o
f g
ood through it”; (
b) p
urpose
of m
arriage m
ust b
e “
to d
esire c
hastity (
good m
oral h
abits), n
ot to s
atisfy
your s
ex a
ppetites”. F
urther, t
he Q
ur’ân s
tates: “
Men a
re t
he p
rotectors
an
d m
ain
tain
ers o
f w
om
en
”. In
retu
rn
, a w
om
an
m
ust b
e d
ev
ou
tly
obedient, a
nd g
uard in (
her h
usband’s) a
bsence w
hat A
llah (
SW
T) w
ants
th
em
to
g
uard
”; i.e. h
er resp
ect, an
d h
is p
ro
perty
an
d rep
utatio
n.
Disobedient m
em
bers o
f the larger f
am
ily a
re n
ow
discussed. T
he J
ew
s
are accused of indulging in tw
isting w
ords to m
ake fun of the teaching
of A
llah (
SW
T), a
nd b
elieving in m
agic a
nd e
vil. T
he h
ypocrites a
re a
lso
warned. T
he only rem
edy for these people is to “m
ake M
uham
mad
14
(S
AW
) th
e ju
dg
e…
.an
d accep
t (h
is) d
ecisio
ns w
ith
th
e fu
llest
confidence”.
The M
uslim
s m
ust a
lw
ays b
e a
rm
ed in s
elf-defence a
gainst their e
nem
ies,
as w
ell as against the hypocrites. T
he deserters should be slain. T
he
lives of M
uslim
s are sacred; therefore “a B
eliever should never kill
another B
eliever”. If one is slain by m
istake, full com
pensation should
be m
ade. B
e not hasty to condem
n a stranger as a non-believer if he
greets you, even in tim
e of w
ar; rather investigate the m
atter before
passing judgem
ent. D
on’t live in p
laces h
ostile to I
slam
, if y
ou a
re a
ble
to m
igrate; b
ecause A
llah (
SW
T)’s e
arth is v
ery s
pacious. S
horten y
our
prayers in tim
es of danger and on journeys. T
ake all steps to m
aintain
your s
afety; but if d
anger t
hreatens y
ou, t
hen f
ight b
ravely.
Don’t follow
the w
rong path, seeing that A
llah (S
WT
)’s guidance (the
Qur’ân) has already been sent dow
n. A
ny evil that m
an does is for the
harm
of his ow
n soul. T
he M
uslim
s m
ay w
ork in secrecy w
hen: (a)
giv
in
g ch
arity, (b
) p
racticin
g ju
stice (b
ecau
se th
ere is n
o g
oo
d in
publicising a
nd thereby h
um
iliating a
crim
inal), a
nd (
c) w
hen there is a
touchy issue d
ividing tw
o q
uarrelling p
arties w
hom
we intend b
ringing
on to s
peaking term
s. T
he o
nly s
in that A
llah (
SW
T) d
oes n
ot f
orgive is
polytheism
(i.e. joining p
artners w
ith H
im
).
Bein
g ju
st to
w
om
en
an
d o
rp
han
s is p
art o
f faith
. Ju
stice m
ust b
e
practised, e
ven if the e
ventual v
erdict is a
gainst y
ourselves o
r y
our fam
ily
mem
bers. H
ave a firm
faith, cast aside evil and hypocrisy. S
peak the
truth, and do not hurt other’s feeling. A
ll A
postles brought only the
message o
f A
llah (
SW
T); thus d
o n
ot s
ay: “
We b
elieve in (
the teachings
of) som
e but reject (the teaching of) others”.
5T
H
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s taraw
eeh consists of the w
hole of L
â Yuhibbu llâh
and the
k
15
first quarter of W
a ithâ sam
i’û.
The Sûrahs covered are the last quarter of A
n N
isâ’ (the W
om
en) and
the com
plete M
â’ida (the T
able).
The last portion of Sûrah A
n N
isâ’ deals w
ith the w
rongs of the A
hl
Kitâb
and a
lso m
entions those p
eople w
ho w
ere h
onourable e
xceptions.
The outcom
e of both these types of people is discussed.
Sû
ra
h M
â’id
a retells h
ow
th
e Jew
s an
d C
hristian
s h
ad
co
rru
pted
them
selves and how
Islam
cam
e to show
m
an perfect guidance once
more. I
t r
efers to the C
hristians w
ith w
hom
Allah (
SW
T) took a
prom
ise,
“but they forgot a good part of the m
essage that w
as sent to them
”, i.e.
they rejected the order w
hich Jesus gave to his disciples to w
elcom
e
Prophet M
uham
mad “ (S
AW
) w
hen he w
ould com
e.
In contrast to the corruption of C
hristianity and Judaism
, the rules of
Islam
relating to food, cleanliness and justice are recapitulated.
The fourth verse contains the m
em
orable declaration: “T
his day have I
perfected f
or y
ou y
our r
eligion”. T
his w
as the last v
erse o
f a
legal im
port
to b
e revealed. I
t w
as s
ent d
ow
n in 1
0 A
.H., d
uring M
uham
mad ((S
AW
)’s
last H
ajj.
The S
ûrah b
egins b
y a
ppealing to m
ankind that a
ll o
bligations, w
hether
they are hum
an or D
ivine, are holy; therefore, they m
ust be fulfilled.
Rules r
elating t
o f
ood a
re n
ext l
aid d
ow
n: “
dead m
eat, b
lood a
nd p
ork”
are f
orbidden f
or h
ealth r
easons. A
ny a
nim
al s
laughtered in the n
am
e o
f
a being other than A
llah (S
WT
) is also forbidden to be eaten because
Islam
w
ants to do aw
ay w
ith superstition and em
phasise that every act
of m
an if for the pleasure of A
llah (S
WT
) alone.” A
ll things good and
pure” are law
ful. L
aw
s are also laid dow
n regarding our relations w
ith
the A
hl K
itâb
, to s
how
that a
true M
uslim
should n
ot h
ave b
ias o
r h
atred
tow
ards a m
an of another religion.
Cleanliness of body, justice and uprightness of dealing are em
phasised
show
ing that these acts are nearest to P
iety.
The Q
ur’ân now
discusses the Jew
s and C
hristians w
ho broke their
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prom
ises w
ith A
llah (S
WT
). A
s a result of this, A
llah (S
WT
) caused
th
em
to
rem
ain
w
ith
ou
t H
is fav
ou
rs. T
he Jew
s w
an
dered
in
th
e
wilderness. In spite of all this, A
llah (S
WT
) has sent, for everyone’s
guidance, an A
postle w
ho is “a bringer of glad tidings and a w
arner
(from
evils).”
The m
urder o
f the p
ious A
bel b
y h
is e
vil b
rother C
ain s
how
s the type o
f
treatm
ent w
hich the just m
an suffers from
the envious one. B
ut A
llah
(S
WT
) w
ill p
unish the w
icked, that is w
hy the just m
an s
hould n
ot g
rieve
or w
orry.
Muslim
s m
ust b
e fair-m
inded a
lw
ays b
ecause true justice is in a
greem
ent
with A
llah (
SW
T)’s law
. A
t the s
am
e tim
e the M
uslim
s m
ust n
ot take f
or
friends a
nd p
rotectors those in w
hose h
earts is a
disease to w
hom
religion
is a
joke. P
iety, h
um
ility a
nd a
ny g
ood p
oints a
mong the C
hristians m
ust
be appreciated.
Muslim
s m
ust e
njoy a
ll that is g
ood a
nd law
ful, a
nd b
e thankful to A
llah
(S
WT
) for H
is favours. S
wearing, drinking, gam
bling, killing of gam
e
in the sacred territory (H
aram
Sharîf), superstitions of all kinds and
giving f
alse e
vidence a
re c
ondem
ned.
The m
iracles o
f ‘
Isâ (
AS
) a
re r
ecounted, a
nd h
ow
they w
ere m
isused b
y
the C
hristians.
The fate of those w
ho raised ‘Isâ (A
S)’s status to that of a god or a son
of G
od is b
riefly d
escribed.6T
H
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s T
araw
eeh c
onsists o
f t
hree-quarter o
f W
a i
thâ s
am
i’û
and t
he
first half of W
a law
Annanâ
The Sûrah covered is the w
hole of A
n’âm
(T
he C
attle).
k
17
This is a Sûrah of the late M
akkan period. T
he greater part of it w
as
revealed a
s a
whole. T
he r
eason f
or t
his S
ûrah b
eing p
laced i
n t
his p
art
of the Q
ur’ân is s
im
ply this: the s
piritual h
istory o
f m
ankind is c
ontinued
here from
w
here the previous Sûrah left off. U
p until now
, the Q
ur’ân
has discussed the creation of m
an, leading onto the history of the A
hl
Kitâb
and how
they lost or corrupted A
llah (S
WT
)’s m
essage, and the
need for Islam
, and the rules governing the M
uslim
U
mm
a. T
he next
step is to contrast the teachings of Islam
w
ith the beliefs of the P
agan
Arabs (or the M
ushriks).
First the qualities of A
llah (S
WT
) are discussed. H
e is the C
reator, the
Sustainer a
nd the A
ll-T
ruth. T
hen w
hy s
hould m
an d
isobey H
im
? F
urther,
He is the L
ord of the heavens and the earth. N
ow
the w
eakness of
Paganism
is exposed. T
hey “reject the T
ruth w
hen it reaches them
”,
claim
ing that “this is nothing but obvious m
agic” .H
ere a clue to the
existence o
f A
llah (
SW
T) i
s g
iven b
y a
sking t
he U
nbelievers t
o “
travel
through the earth and see w
hat the end of those w
ho rejected T
ruth”
was -
they w
ere a
ll d
estroyed, n
o m
atter h
ow
pow
erful they w
ere. T
hey
are the losers in the H
ereafter also .
The life of this w
orld is “play and am
usem
ent, but best is the H
om
e in
the H
ereafter” T
he M
essengers of A
llah (S
WT
) are not discouraged if
their people reject A
llah (S
WT
)’s M
essage. T
he w
icked do not w
ant to
reject the M
essengers of A
llah (S
WT
); rather, “it is the signs of A
llah
(S
WT
)” that they w
ant to be “deaf, dum
b and blind” to even though
th
ey
can
see A
llah
(S
WT
)’s w
on
derfu
l h
an
diw
ork
in
all creatio
n.
Everything in the h
eavens a
nd the e
arth o
beys A
llah (
SW
T)’s W
ill. H
e is
the k
now
er o
f t
he u
nseen, a
nd e
ven t
he s
ecrets o
f a
ll t
hings t
hat w
e c
an
see.
The perfection in C
reation m
ust convince us that all this is only A
llah
(S
WT
)’s w
orking in H
is w
orld, under H
is constant care and guidance.
This is the argum
ent that Ibrâhîm
(A
S) put forw
ard in his dispute w
ith
those w
ho w
orshipped f
alse g
ods. A
very im
portant p
oint is b
rought o
ut
against the w
orshippers o
f the s
un a
nd the m
oon: I
brâhîm
(A
S) r
ejected
them
as gods because the sun sets w
hen the day is over. It cannot offer
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radiance to us all the tim
e. S
im
ilarly, the m
oon, w
hose radiance is so
splendid, cannot offer any radiance once it sets. In short, it is futile to
accept them
as g
ods b
ecause they d
o n
ot g
ive p
erm
anent radiance b
ecause
being created things there are lim
its to their abilities. T
he C
reator is
surely A
llah (
SW
T) b
ecause H
is light (
the Q
ur’ân) s
hines a
ll the tim
e to
give us guidance.
The s
uccession o
f p
rophets a
fter I
brâhîm
(A
S) k
ept A
llah (
SW
T)’s T
ruth
alive a
nd led u
p to M
uham
mad (
SA
W) a
nd the r
evelation o
f the Q
ur’ân.
The know
ledge of the existence and understanding of A
llah (S
WT
)
(especially H
is M
ajesty and G
oodness) can be gained by: (a) S
tudying
Allah (S
WT
)’s C
reation, and (b) S
tudying H
is M
essages to m
ankind.
The S
tubborn and evil are deceived; therefore they m
ust be avoided.
Though they turn for assistance to one another, A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill not
help them
. T
hey w
ill r
eceive d
ue p
unishm
ent .
Allah (S
WT
)’s L
aw
w
ill be carried out, in spite of all the crim
es and
superstitions of the unbelievers (K
uffâr) and polytheists (M
ushrikîn).
Therefore, follow
the Sirât al-M
ustaqîm
(the S
traight P
ath) as show
n
in the Q
ur’ân.
7T
H
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s taraw
eeh c
onsists o
f the s
econd h
alf o
f W
a law
Annanâ
to the
first three-quarter of Q
âl al-M
ala’u.
The Sûrah covered is the w
hole of A
’ râf.
This Sûrah is closely connected to the previous Sûrah in tw
o respects:
(a) I
t w
as r
evealed in the s
am
e p
eriod, a
nd (
b) I
ts a
rgum
ent is s
im
ilar to
the previous Sûrah. It relates the spiritual history of m
an from
A
dam
(A
S)’s tim
e to the tim
e of M
uham
mad (S
AW
). In the process, it gives
accounts of various prophets, especially the struggles of M
ûsâ (A
S).
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19
The m
ost im
portant lesson to be learnt here is: learn from
the past.
Revelation can help us in this respect. T
he struggle betw
een G
ood and
Evil is illustrated b
y the s
tory o
f A
dam
(A
S) a
nd I
blîs. I
blîs b
ecam
e e
vil
when he refused to bow
dow
n to A
dam
(A
S), as com
manded by A
llah
(S
WT
). H
e w
as puffed up w
ith pride because he felt he could not obey
this o
rder w
hen h
e w
as c
reated f
rom
fire w
hile A
dam
(A
S) w
as c
reated
from
clay. H
e w
as jealous o
f A
dam
(A
S)’s p
osition. H
e r
ebelled a
gainst
Allah (S
WT
)’s orders. B
ecause the rebel w
as jealous, he tem
pted the
good A
dam
(A
S) and caused him
to com
mit a w
rong deed. B
ut A
llah
(S
WT
) g
ranted h
is m
ercy to them
by g
uiding them
since A
llah (
SW
T) is
the M
ost M
erciful of all those w
ho show
m
ercy. A
llah (S
WT
) guided
man to put on clothes to cover the sham
eful parts as w
ell as to adorn
them
selves, but bearing in m
ind that “the dress of righteousness is the
best d
ress”. F
urther, m
an m
ust s
ubm
it to D
ivine J
ustice a
nd b
e m
oderate
in e
ating a
nd d
rinking, e
tc. I
f this w
arning is n
ot h
eeded, s
evere p
enalties
lie a
head. T
he p
rivileges, p
eace a
nd h
appiness o
f the righteous a
re s
how
n
in a picture of the H
ereafter. T
he P
ow
er and G
oodness of A
llah (S
WT
)
in the w
orld a
round u
s is a
lso d
iscussed. A
llah (
SW
T) h
as o
nly f
orbidden
evil things. G
ood things w
ere created for m
an’s enjoym
ent.
Nûh (N
oah) (A
S)’s w
arning w
as rejected by his people; therefore they
were destroyed in the flood by A
llah (S
WT
). H
ûd (A
S) w
as defied by
his p
eople (
the ‘
Ad) s
o they w
ere s
wept a
way b
y a
tornado o
f h
ot w
ind.
Their s
uccessors, the T
ham
ûd treated S
âlih (
AS
) w
ith p
ride a
nd injustice
- an earthquake destroyed them
. L
ût (A
S) w
arned his people against
follow
ing their lusts. T
hey d
isobeyed a
nd A
llah (
SW
T) r
ained b
rim
stone
an
d fire o
n th
em
to
d
estro
y th
em
. T
he p
eo
ple o
f M
ad
ian
p
racticed
mischief and fraud. S
hu‘aib (A
S) w
arned them
, but they didn’t heed,
and they perished in an earthquake.
The story of M
ûsâ (A
S) is now
recounted: his struggles to free his
oppressed p
eople (
the I
sraelites) f
rom
the p
roud a
nd c
ruel P
haraoh, a
nd
his e
ventual s
uccess, a
nd h
is leading them
to the P
rom
ised L
and a
gainst
all resistance. T
his is an illustration of M
uham
mad (S
AW
)’s struggles
and e
ventual v
ictory.
20
But the p
eople o
f M
ûsâ (
AS
) o
ften f
orgot a
nd c
orrupted A
llah (
SW
T)’s
Law
and broke their prom
ise w
ith A
llah (S
WT
) – this happened even
after P
rophet M
uham
mad (
SA
W) h
ad b
rought light a
nd g
uidance f
or a
ll
mankind. T
he good am
ong them
accepted Islam
. T
he rest w
ere broken
“into sections” and scattered through the earth.
Th
e ch
ild
ren
o
f Âd
am
(A
S) h
av
e m
ultip
lied
. A
ll have good qualities
within them
. A
llah (
SW
T) k
eeps s
how
ing, b
y H
is S
igns, the R
ight P
ath.
Yet m
any have rejected the T
ruth and have gradually fallen deeper and
deeper into evil w
ithout realising w
hat they are doing. If they continue
doing e
vil, their p
unishm
ent w
ill c
om
e a
t the tim
e f
ixed b
y A
llah (
SW
T).
Therefore, M
uslim
s, “
when the Q
ur’ân is r
ead, listen to it w
ith a
ttention
and be silent: that you m
ay receive H
is M
ercy. A
nd bring you L
ord to
rem
em
brance i
n y
ou (
very) s
oul, w
ith h
um
ility a
nd r
espect”.
8T
H
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s T
araw
eeh consists of the last quarter of Q
âl al-M
ala’u and
the w
hole of W
a ‘lam
û. T
he Sûrahs covered are A
nfâl (T
he S
poils of
War) and three-quarter of A
t-Tauba
(repentance).
Sûrah A
nfâl: W
ith this Sûrah w
e begin w
ith another series of Sûrahs
whose underlying m
essage is the instructions for uniting the various
Muslim
s into a pow
erful unit called the U
mm
a. T
hese Sûrahs give us
guidance i
n a
ll m
atters d
ealing w
ith t
his U
mm
a.
The lessons of the B
attle of B
adr are re-em
phasised w
ith instructions
on
:
(1
)the question of the w
ar booty;
(2
)the good qualities needed for fighting in the P
ath of A
llah (S
WT
);
(3
)victory against great odds;
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21
(4
)m
erciful treatm
ent of enem
ies in the hour of victory
An analysis of the B
attle of B
adr show
s that even if your enem
ies are
greater in num
ber and have better w
eapons and w
ar tactics, you w
ill
gain victory if A
llah (S
WT
) is on your side. If you help A
llah (S
WT
)’s
cause, then o
nly A
llah (
SW
T) w
ill h
elp y
ou.
This Sûrah w
as revealed shortly after the B
attle of B
adr, w
hich w
as
fought on F
riday, the 17th
of R
am
adân in 2 A
.H
.
Sum
mary
: F
ight in the P
ath o
f A
llah (
SW
T), b
ut d
o n
ot a
rgue a
bout the
booty b
ecause it is “
at the d
isposal o
f A
llah (S
WT
) a
nd the R
asûl (S
AW
)”.
Rather f
ight f
or A
llah (
SW
T) t
han s
eeking w
orldly g
ain. T
rue M
uslim
s
are those w
hose f
aith is increased w
hen A
llah (
SW
T)’s s
igns a
re s
how
n
to them
and trust A
llah (
SW
T). T
his f
aith is c
onverted into a
ction w
hen
they perform
their prayers (thus obeying the R
ights of A
llah (S
WT
) of
their f
ellow
men). T
hose w
ho h
elp A
llah (
SW
T)’s c
ause w
ill b
e h
elped
by A
llah (S
WT
) s
ince “
there is n
o h
elp e
xcept from
Allah (S
WT
)”. “
Never
turn your backs to the enem
ies (i.e. flee).” R
egard the eventual victory
as A
llah (S
WT
)’s, not yours.
Therefore obey A
llah (S
WT
) and H
is R
asûl (S
AW
). H
ave faith and
courage. B
e thankful to A
llah (S
WT
). T
hese v
irtues w
ill g
ive y
ou s
uccess
and protection from
evil. E
vil w
ill eventually be destroyed. T
reat non-
Muslim
captives w
ith hono
ur and kindness, saying: “If A
llah (S
WT
)
finds any good in your hearts, H
e w
ill give you som
ething better than
what has been taken from
you”.
All these good qualities w
ere show
n by the M
uslim
s in the B
attle of
Badr. A
n account of this battle is given in this Sûrah.
Sû
ra
h Ta
ub
a: L
og
ically
th
is S
ûra
h fo
llo
ws u
p th
e arg
um
en
t o
f th
e
previous Sûrah. It w
as revealed seven years after the previous Sûrah.
This is the o
nly S
ûrah that b
egins w
ithout the p
refixing o
f B
ism
i llâh
. I
t
was am
ong the last Sûrahs to be rev
ealed. V
erses 1 to 29 show
s the
state p
olicy o
f R
asûl (
SA
W), w
hich c
am
e into f
orce in a
bout the m
onth
of S
haw
wâl, 9 A
.H
. and w
as read out by ‘A
lî (R
A) at the P
ilgrim
age
tw
o m
onths later to g
ive it the w
idest p
ublicity p
ossible. T
he r
em
ainder
22
of the S
ûrah w
as r
evealed a
little e
arlier, in a
bout R
am
adân 9
A.H
., a
nd
sum
s up the lessons of the T
abûk expedition w
hich w
as undertaken in
the sum
mer of the sam
e year.
In this Sûrah w
e deal w
ith a very im
portant question: w
hat m
ust be
done if the e
nem
y b
reaks the p
eace treaty a
nd is g
uilty o
f w
rong-doings?
Surely no nation can go on w
ith a treaty if the other party violates it
purposely.
Sum
mary: “D
issolve (treaty) obligation w
ith the P
agans” if they keep
on breaking their treaties. B
ut give the P
agans four m
onths to change
their h
abits a
nd t
o r
epent. I
f t
here i
s n
o c
hange, f
ight a
nd d
estroy t
hem
.
But if any asks for protection “grant it to him
”, so that he m
ay hear
“A
llah
(S
WT
)’s w
ord
”. N
on
e h
as th
e rig
ht to
ap
pro
ach
th
e sacred
mosques u
nless h
e b
elieves in A
llah (
SW
T) a
nd H
is L
aw
. T
he P
eople o
f
the B
ook “w
ant to put out A
llah’s light”, but H
is T
ruth w
ill alw
ays
prevail. S
pend y
our w
ealth f
or t
he g
ood o
f m
ankind a
nd u
se i
t w
ell; d
o
not h
oard it o
r m
isuse it –
otherw
ise a
“severe p
unishm
ent” a
waits y
ou.
Fight, strive and struggle in the P
ath of A
llah (S
WT
) w
ith bravery and
worthiness, otherw
ise “H
e w
ill punish you…
.and put others in your
place (to help Islam
)”.
Do not offer excuses like the H
ypocrites – do your duty. L
eave the
Hypocrites. N
o help should be accepted from
them
because they are
insincere. L
ikew
ise d
o n
ot a
id them
. A
id is o
nly f
or the p
oor a
nd n
eedy.
The H
ypocrites w
ill b
e p
unished w
hile the B
elievers w
ill b
e r
ew
arded.
“S
trive h
ard a
gainst the U
nbelievers a
nd H
ypocrites” b
ecause the s
inners
can r
each a
stage w
hen “
Allah (
SW
T) w
ill n
ever f
orgive them
”. S
hun a
ll
evil as unclean because falsehood not only goes against T
ruth but also
mocks all G
ood.
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23
9T
H
T
AR
AW
EE
H
To
nig
ht’s T
araw
eeh
co
nsists o
f Ya
’ta
th
irû
n an
d first q
uarter o
f W
a
mâ
min
Dâ
bb
ah
. T
he S
ûra
h c
ov
ered
are t
he l
ast q
uarter o
f A
t-Ta
ub
a
(R
ep
en
tan
ce), Y
ûn
us (
Jo
nah
) a
nd
th
e f
irst h
alf o
f H
ûd
. (
Th
e P
ro
ph
et
Hû
d)
Sû
ra
h T
au
ba
: A
llah
(S
WT
) is w
ell-p
leased
with
th
e s
in
cere B
eliev
ers
wh
o th
in
k n
oth
in
g o
f self-sacrifice. T
ho
se B
eliev
ers w
ho
h
av
e d
on
e
wro
ng
bu
t “
hav
e a
ck
no
wled
ged
th
eir w
ro
ng
-d
oin
gs” (
by
rep
en
tin
g),
Allah
(S
WT
) w
ill fo
rg
iv
e th
em
. P
eo
ple w
ho
co
ntin
ue w
ith
th
eir
Un
faith
, H
yp
ocrisy
an
d M
isch
ief h
av
e n
o h
op
e o
f A
llah
(S
WT
)’s
mercy. B
e tru
e to
A
llah
(S
WT
) in
w
ord
an
d d
eed
, an
d striv
e in
th
e
Path
of A
llah
(S
WT
) u
nselfish
ly. A
few
Mu
slim
s m
ust r
em
ain
beh
in
d
wh
en
th
e o
th
ers g
o o
ut to
fig
ht fo
r th
e C
au
se o
f Islam
, so
th
at “th
ey
may
d
ev
ote th
em
selv
es to
stu
dies in
relig
io
n an
d w
arn
th
e p
eo
ple
(w
ho
w
en
t to
fig
ht) ag
ain
st ev
il w
hen
th
ey
retu
rn
to
th
em
–
in
o
rd
er
th
at t
hey
may
learn
to
gu
ard
th
em
selv
es (
ag
ain
st e
vil)”. E
very
Sû
ra
h
in
creases t
he f
aith
of t
he B
eliev
ers, “
bu
t f
or t
ho
se i
n w
ho
se h
earts i
s
a d
isease, it w
ill ad
d d
ou
bt to
th
eir d
ou
bt.” T
ru
st in
A
llah
(S
WT
),
Lo
rd
o
f th
e T
hro
ne o
f G
lo
ry.
Sû
ra
h Y
ûn
us: T
his S
ûra
h a
nd
th
e f
ollo
win
g f
iv
e w
ere r
ev
ealed
du
rin
g
th
e l
ast f
ew
years o
f M
uh
am
mad
(S
AW
)’s s
tay
in
Mak
ka, j
ust b
efo
re
th
e g
reat H
ijra (M
ig
ratio
n). .
Th
eir arran
gem
en
t can
also
b
e ju
stified
fro
m th
e p
oin
t o
f v
iew
o
f
su
bject m
atter. S
ûra
hs A
nfâ
l a
nd
Ta
ub
a w
ere m
ain
ly
co
ncern
ed
with
ho
w t
he n
ew
Mu
slim
co
mm
un
ity
sh
ou
ld
deal w
ith
th
ose p
eo
ple w
ho
wan
ted
to
h
arm
th
e cau
se o
f Islam
in
an
y w
ay. T
he p
resen
t g
ro
up
o
f
Sû
ra
hs an
sw
ers q
uestio
ns th
at w
e ask
after w
e h
av
e su
ccessfu
lly
dealt w
ith
th
e U
nb
eliev
ers, H
yp
ocrites an
d M
isch
ief-m
ak
ers.
No
w o
ur relatio
ns w
ith
A
llah
(S
WT
) h
av
e to
b
e co
nsid
ered
fro
m a
hig
her stan
dp
oin
t an
d th
at o
f self p
reserv
atio
n.
Qu
estio
ns a
sk
ed
are: H
ow
do
es r
ev
elatio
n w
ork
? W
hat is th
e m
ean
in
g
of A
llah
(S
WT
)’s g
race? W
hat w
ill h
ap
pen
o
nce A
llah
(S
WT
)
24
with
draw
s H
is g
race fro
m u
s? H
ow
d
o A
llah
(S
WT
)’s m
essen
gers
deliv
er t
heir m
essag
e?
Sum
mary: It is w
onderful that A
llah (S
WT
) reveals H
im
self to m
en
through A
postles (
i.e. o
rdinary m
en to w
hom
Allah (
SW
T) h
as s
ent H
is
in
sp
iratio
n) an
d R
ev
ealed
B
oo
ks. T
he U
nb
eliev
ers w
ill b
e q
uick
to
condem
n A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
essenger a
s a
n o
bvious m
agician. “
Yet it is in
the p
erfect c
reation o
f the u
niverse a
nd the g
reat u
ses to w
hich m
an c
an
put these created objects to, that one can feel the presence of A
llah
(S
WT
)’s M
essage and H
is “S
igns”. H
e has created the m
oon “to be a
light (
of b
eauty) …
… that y
ou m
ight k
now
…. the c
ount (
of tim
e).”M
en
are u
ngrateful b
ecause they “
deny H
is s
igns” b
y s
erving, “
besides A
llah
(S
WT
), things that n
either h
urt them
nor p
rofit them
”. A
ll p
raise b
elongs
only to A
llah (S
WT
) (the A
ll-K
now
er) w
ho m
ade m
ankind as one.
All the good, beautiful and useful things in life are from
Allah (S
WT
).
Yet m
en a
re u
ngrateful, b
lind a
nd w
ill n
ot u
nderstand. T
o A
llah (
SW
T)
will everything return. It is useless to deny, disbelieve or m
ock A
llah
(S
WT
)’s T
ruth because A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill punish the w
rong-doers on
the D
ay of Judgem
ent. N
o people can ever claim
that A
llah (S
WT
) did
not reveal H
is T
ruth to them
because “an A
postle (w
as sent) to every
people.” A
llah (
SW
T)’s J
ustice w
ill b
e s
een c
learly w
hen A
llah (
SW
T)
punishes the w
icked. “S
urely A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill not deal unfairly w
ith
man in a
ny m
atter: I
t is m
an that w
rongs h
is o
wn s
oul. H
ave those w
ho
invent lies a
gainst A
llah (
SW
T) o
r a
re u
ngrateful a
ny idea o
f the D
ay o
f
Judgm
ent? B
ut let n
ot these e
vils b
e the c
ause o
f a
ny f
ear o
r g
rief o
r f
ear
on the part of the B
elievers.
Allah (
SW
T) r
evealed H
im
self through N
ûh (
AS
) b
ut h
is p
eople r
ejected
him
; s
o they p
erished. A
sim
ilar f
ate w
as e
arned b
y P
haraoh d
uring M
ûsâ
(A
S)’s tim
e. P
haraoh repented, but it w
as too late.
But in the case of Y
ûnus (A
S), even the people’s disbelief (before they
repented to A
llah (
SW
T)) d
id n
ot s
top A
llah (
SW
T) f
rom
being M
erciful
to them
. A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill likew
ise save the B
elievers from
the F
ire of
Hell by H
is M
ercy. F
ollow
Allah (S
WT
)’s T
ruth and be patient. S
urely
25
Allah (S
WT
) is the best Judge.
Sûrah H
ûd: I
n the last S
ûrah A
llah (
SW
T)’s m
ercy w
as d
iscussed in H
is
dealings w
ith us. H
ere em
phasis is laid on H
is punishm
ent of sin to
show
that true justice includes both m
ercy and punishm
ent.
Allah (S
WT
) is M
erciful a
nd P
atient. O
n the o
ther h
and m
an is u
ngrateful,
loves f
alsehood a
nd u
seless t
hings, a
nd i
s d
ishonest.
Nûh (A
S) w
as unselfish and hum
ble. H
e preached the T
ruth of A
llah
(S
WT
). B
ut h
is p
eople r
ejected a
nd m
ade f
un a
t A
llah (
SW
T)’s m
essage.
Nûh (
AS
) b
uilt h
is A
rk u
nder A
llah (
SW
T)’s d
irections, a
nd w
as s
aved,
with p
eace a
nd b
lessings, w
hile the r
ejecters w
ere d
row
ned in the f
lood.
10
TH
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s T
araw
eeh consists of three-quarter of W
a m
â m
in D
âbbah
and the first half of W
a m
â U
barri’u.
The Sûrahs covered are the end of H
ûd, Y
ûsuf and the first third of
Ra
’d
.
Sûrah H
ûd: H
ûd (A
S) preached to his people, the ‘A
d, to “w
orship
Allah (S
WT
)” and “no other gods besides H
im
”. T
hey rejected A
llah
(S
WT
) and H
is M
essage. T
hey continued to believe in other gods and
rem
ained too proud to listen to the T
ruth. A
llah (S
WT
) w
iped these
disbelievers o
ut b
y s
ending the P
unishm
ent. T
he T
ham
ûd in the tim
e o
f
Sâlih (A
S) acted selfishly by denying the she-cam
el “to feed on A
llah
(S
WT
)’s earth
”. T
hey
h
am
strin
ged
h
er. A
llah
(S
WT
)’s P
un
ish
men
t
overtook these people too.
Lût (A
S)’s people practiced very evil habits. Ibrâhîm
(A
S) pleaded for
them
to be saved from
Allah (S
WT
)’s P
unishm
ent. L
ût (A
S) asked
them
to change their w
ays, but to no avail. T
hese people w
ere blotted
out. S
hu’aib (A
S)’s people, the M
adianites, w
ere w
arned against
k
26
fraud and m
ischief, but they refused to listen to A
llah (S
WT
)’s
Apostle and w
ere destroyed.
Proud l
eaders l
ike P
haraoh m
islead m
an, a
nd m
an b
rings r
uin o
n
him
self. A
llah (
SW
T) i
s J
ust. T
he p
enalty f
or s
in i
s i
ndeed g
reat,
therefore s
hun a
ll e
vil a
nd s
erve A
llah (
SW
T) w
hole-heartedly.
Sûrah Y
ûsuf: T
his d
eals w
ith
the s
tory o
f Y
ûsuf (
AS
), o
ne o
f the tw
elve
sons o
f Y
a’qûb (
AS
). T
he s
tory is c
alled “
the m
ost b
eautiful o
f s
tories “
for t
hree r
easons: (
1) i
t i
s t
he m
ost d
etailed s
tory i
n t
he Q
ur’ân; (
2) i
t i
s
full o
f the u
ps a
nd d
ow
ns in h
um
an f
ortune; therefore, it h
as a
ppealed to
people of all classes and at all tim
es (3) it describes fully w
ith their
moral m
eanings, the different w
alks of life and people’s attitudes and
behaviours, - e.g. Y
a’qûb (A
S)’s old age and the love betw
een him
and
his y
oung s
on, the e
lder b
rothers’ jealousy o
f Y
ûsuf (
AS
), their p
lot a
nd
their father’s sorrow
, the sale of the father’s darling son into slavery
“for a
miserable p
rice”, s
exual love, c
ontrasted w
ith p
urity a
nd m
odesty,
false c
harges, p
rison a
nd interpretation o
f d
ream
s, low
life a
nd h
igh life,
innocence raised to honour, the sw
eet “revenge” of F
orgiveness and
Kin
dn
ess, m
atters d
ealin
g w
ith
ru
lin
g a co
un
try, th
e co
nstan
t
rem
em
brance o
f A
llah (
SW
T) in s
pite o
f r
eaching a
high p
osition in life,
and the beauty of piety and T
ruth.
Life is only as short as a dream
, that can be explained by stories and
parables. W
hatever Y
ûsuf (A
S) saw
in his dream
angered his ten half-
brothers. T
hey m
ade secret plans to get rid of him
. T
hey sold him
as a
slave to a m
erchant for a sm
all price.
The m
erchant took him
to E
gypt, w
here a high court official (‘A
zîz)
bought and adopted him
. H
is w
ife tried w
ithout success to seduce
Yûsuf (A
S). B
ecause he refused she decided to take revenge on him
.
He w
as disgraced falsely accused and sent to jail. E
ven there he
taught the truth and w
as know
n for his kindness. O
ne of his fellow
prisoners, to w
hom
he had interpreted a dream
, w
as released and
becam
e the K
ing’s cup bearer.
The K
ing had a dream
, w
hich Y
ûsuf (A
S) (through the cup-bearers’
27
recom
mendation) e
xplained. T
he K
ing w
anted to r
elease h
im
, b
ut Y
ûsuf
(A
S) b
efore h
is r
elease, m
ade it c
lear that a
ll g
ossip a
gainst h
im
should
be p
ublicly c
leared. T
he K
ing w
as m
uch im
pressed a
nd m
ade h
im
(Y
ûsuf
(A
S)) his C
hief M
inister. H
is half- brothers cam
e to E
gypt to buy corn
because there w
as a
drought in C
anaan. H
e treated them
kindly w
ithout
them
know
ing his identity. H
e asked them
to bring his full brother, the
youngest s
on, B
in Y
am
în.
He detained B
in Y
am
în by a plan. H
e then accused his half-brothers of
their hatred and crim
e against him
self. Y
ûsuf (A
S) then revealed his
identity to h
is b
rothers, f
orgave them
, a
nd s
ent them
to b
ring the r
est o
f
the fam
ily to E
gypt. Y
a’qûb (A
S) w
as united w
ith Y
ûsuf (A
S) once
more and settled in E
gypt. A
llah (S
WT
)’s nam
e w
as glorified. A
llah
(S
WT
)’s T
ruth w
ill last f
orever a
nd H
is P
urpose w
ill b
e f
ully r
evealed in
the H
ereafter.
Sûrah R
a’d
: T
his S
ûrah d
eals w
ith the w
ay A
llah (
SW
T) s
how
s H
im
self
to m
ankind. In spite of this, w
hy does m
an not believe? F
irstly A
llah
(S
WT
) reveals H
is m
essage through H
is creation and the fixed law
s
ruling the n
ature, o
n the e
arth a
nd in the s
ky. H
e a
lso r
eveals H
is m
essage
by revelation. In the w
orld one can see life and death follow
ing each
other at all tim
es; in w
inter plants and trees seem
dead. T
he com
ing of
spring g
ives n
ew
life a
nd b
eauty t
o t
he v
egetation. B
ut t
he U
nbelievers
ask: “
When w
e a
re d
ust, s
hall w
e a
ctually t
hen b
e i
n a
new
creation?” -
look at their stupidity! T
hey m
ock at the idea that A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill
punish them
because A
llah (S
WT
)’s punishm
ent has not reached them
yet f
or their w
rongs. T
hey w
ant to s
ee s
igns o
f H
is P
ow
er r
ather than o
f
His m
ercy –
but d
on’t they k
now
that these s
igns o
f A
llah (S
WT
) (nam
ely
Pow
er, G
lory and M
ercy) can be seen in thunder and lightning? O
nly
Allah (
SW
T) is the a
ll k
now
er. A
ll c
reation p
raises H
im
. G
ood w
ill last
whereas e
vil w
ill b
e d
estroyed.
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11
th
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s taraw
eeh consists of the second half of W
a m
â U
barri’u
and
three-quarter of R
ubam
â.
The Sûras covered are tw
o-thirds of R
a’d
(T
hunder), Ibrâhîm
(A
braham
), H
ijr (T
he R
ocky T
ract), and half of
An-N
ahl (T
he B
ee).
Sûrah R
a’d: T
rue believers seek A
llah (S
WT
)’s P
leasure and in the
process find peace of m
ind. T
hey w
ill be adm
itted to P
aradise. A
s for
the U
nbelievers, “
(A
llah –
SW
T)’s c
urse is o
n them
; a
nd f
or them
is the
terrible H
om
e”. A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill destroy the U
nbelievers at the tim
e
He h
as a
ppointed. A
llah (
SW
T)’s W
ill m
ust p
revail; m
en c
an d
o n
othing
to change it. A
postles of A
llah (S
WT
) are alw
ays m
ocked; but A
llah
(S
WT
) w
ill punish the m
ockers.
Sûrah
Ibrâhîm
: T
he last S
ûrah d
ealt w
ith A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
essage to b
e
seen through H
is C
reation. T
he revelation is accepted by the people in
spite o
f m
an’s s
elfishness a
nd o
pposition. H
ere A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
essage
through revelation is e
xplained w
ith e
xam
ples o
f M
ûsâ (A
S) a
nd Ibrâhîm
(A
S). T
ogether w
ith that, Ibrâhîm
(A
S)’s prayer for M
akka form
s the
heart of the Sûrah.
Revelation w
as sent by A
llah (S
WT
) to a P
rophet “in the language of
his (ow
n) people, in order to m
ake (things) clear to them
”. Its m
ain
purpose w
as t
o “
bring o
ut (
the) p
eople f
rom
darkness i
nto l
ight”. M
ûsâ
(A
S) and all the other A
postles w
ere offered m
ore or less the sam
e
excuses b
y their p
eople f
or their r
efusal to a
ccept A
llah (
SW
T)’s T
ruth.
The A
postles trusted A
llah (S
WT
) only. T
he evil ones w
ere destroyed.
Their w
orks w
ere c
om
pared “
to a
shes o
n w
hich the w
ind b
low
s s
trongly”.
The U
nbelievers “
have n
o p
ow
er o
ver a
nything they h
ave e
arned”. T
he
com
parison s
how
s that their w
ork is a
s u
seless a
s the a
sh a
fter the u
seful
coal h
as b
urnt u
p. J
ust a
s the w
ind b
low
s the a
shes, s
o w
ill A
llah (
SW
T)
punish the U
nbelievers w
ith the S
torm
of H
is P
enalty. A
llah (S
WT
)’s
Truth is like a
healthy tree, w
ith s
trong r
oots a
nd b
ranches s
preading f
ar
and w
ide, a
nd b
earing g
ood f
ruit a
t a
ll tim
es, w
hilst the w
rongdoers a
re
com
pared to an unhealthy tree. T
he evil ones m
isguide others as w
ell.
29
So, l
earn F
rom
Allah (
SW
T)’s S
igns a
nd b
e o
n y
our g
uard a
gainst e
vil.
Ibrâhîm
(A
S) p
rayed n
ot o
nly for h
is o
ffspring, b
ut “
for a
ll the B
elievers.”
He prayed for: (1)”the peace and security” of M
akka; (2) m
aking him
and his offspring regular perform
ers of Salât, and (3) for forgiveness
for all the B
elievers. H
e knew
that A
llah (S
WT
) is O
ne; therefore H
is
Message (Islam
) is O
ne. I
n the H
ereafter, I
slam
is the o
nly religion w
hich
will b
e p
roclaim
ed a
s the true r
eligion. E
vil w
ill f
inally b
e c
onquered b
y
Good on that D
ay.
Sûrah H
ijr: T
he m
ain p
oint o
f this S
ûrah is that A
llah (
SW
T) w
ill g
uard
His R
evelation. B
ut H
is S
igns and revelations are not m
eant for those
who m
ock. L
ook at the m
ajesty, beauty and order in H
is C
reation. Y
ou
will then conclude that H
e is the creator, the S
ource of all T
hings, the
Kind L
ord, G
iver of L
ife and D
eath, and the E
ternal B
eing. .
Evil arose through the pride of Iblîs w
ho later brainw
ashed m
an to do
wrong. Iblîs has been given a period to carry out his evil m
ission. B
ut
neither f
ear n
or e
vil w
ill h
arm
the B
elievers. A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
ercy is the
rem
edy for these evils, as w
as proved in the case of Ibrâhîm
(A
S) and
Lût (A
S). T
he s
am
e m
essengers w
ho w
ere s
ent b
y A
llah (S
WT
) to d
estroy
Lût (A
S)’s) people for their evils w
ere sent to Ibrâhîm
(A
S) w
ith a
message o
f A
llah (S
WT
)’s M
ercy. A
llah (S
WT
) w
ould h
ave b
een M
erciful
to the P
eople of the W
ood (A
ika
) and of the R
ocky T
ract (H
ijr) had
they o
beyed A
llah (S
WT
)’s “
Signs”; b
ut they d
id n
ot, a
nd w
ere d
estroyed.
The Q
ur’ân, beginning w
ith the “the seven oft-repeated verses” (Sûrat
Al-F
âtiha), t
eaches y
ou to p
raise A
llah (S
WT
), l
earn h
um
ility in w
orship,
and s
erve A
llah (
SW
T) a
ll y
our lives. R
em
em
ber that y
ou w
ere c
reated
from
clay to show
how
hum
ble and low
your beginning w
as; therefore
do not be proud.
Sûrah N
ahl: T
his Sûrah answ
ers the follow
ing questions from
another
angle: (1) W
hat are A
llah (S
WT
)’s dealings w
ith us; (2) H
ow
does H
e
reveal H
im
self to us; (3) H
ow
is A
llah (S
WT
)’s M
essage to be seen in
His C
reation and the L
ife of m
an? T
he answ
er: N
ature points to its
Creato
r.
30
Everything in creation glorifies A
llah (S
WT
). H
e has created various
anim
als and m
ade subject to us the night and the day, the sun and the
moon, the s
ea, the m
ountains, e
tc. T
hese a
re S
igns o
f A
llah (
SW
T) “
for
men w
ho a
re w
ise”. A
llah (
SW
T) h
as g
ranted u
s these f
avours “
in o
rder
that (w
e) m
ay be thankful”. A
fter thinking deeply on these favours w
e
will a
dm
it that “
the W
ay leads s
traight to A
llah (
SW
T) (
i.e. A
llah [
SW
T]
is the C
reator o
f a
ll these things). Y
et there a
re p
eople w
ho d
isbelieve in
Allah (S
WT
) – a great punishm
ent is in store for them
. E
vil m
en have
alw
ays tried to plot against A
llah (S
WT
)’s w
ay, but they failed. T
hey
were p
unished in u
nexpected w
ays. T
he g
ood r
eceive their r
ew
ard. A
llah
(S
WT
) “
certainly s
ent a
n a
postle to e
very p
eople” to g
uide them
. T
hose
who reject A
llah (S
WT
) are doing an unnatural deed – they w
ill be
destroyed by unnatural events. E
verything in A
llah (S
WT
)’s creation
prostrates itself to A
llah (S
WT
) hum
bly.
Man rem
ains ungrateful to A
llah (S
WT
) by w
orshipping other gods
besides A
llah (S
WT
). A
llah (S
WT
)’s favours and signs include: rain-
bearing clouds, the cattle that give m
ilk, the bees that produce honey,
the w
onderful relations of fam
ily and social life, and the com
forts and
progress o
f c
ivilisation.
12
th
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s T
araw
eeh c
onsists o
f the last q
uarter o
f R
ubam
â a
nd the w
hole
of Subhân al-L
adhî.
The Sûras covered are half of N
ahl (T
he B
ee),
Banî Isrâ’îl (T
he C
hildren of Israel) and three-quarter of K
ahf (T
he
Cave).
Sûrah N
ahl: If A
llah (S
WT
)’s M
essengers are rejected, they w
ill bear
witness against those w
ho reject the T
ruth. A
ll false gods w
ill vanish.
Follow
a life of justice and good deeds, because it is on these acts that
Allah
(S
WT
) w
ill ju
dg
e u
s. O
n th
e D
ay
o
f Ju
dg
em
en
t ev
il w
ill b
e
k
31
pow
erless over the B
elievers. A
llah (S
WT
)’s truth m
ay com
e in stages
(lik
e the revelation of the Q
ur’ân), but it gives strength, guidance and
good new
s. A
ccept H
is m
essage firm
ly. D
o not reject it out of pride.
Enjoy the law
ful things in life but thank A
llah (S
WT
) for them
. O
bey
Allah (S
WT
)’s L
aw
. A
llah (S
WT
) loves those w
ho are pure, good, and
righteous and w
ho practice self-restraint -like lbrâhîm
(A
S).
Sûrah B
anî I
srâ’îl: W
e n
ow
com
e to a
nother s
eries o
f S
ûrah w
hich m
ay
be divided into three parts. T
his and the next four Sûras deal w
ith the
old p
rophets a
nd s
tories o
f the p
ast. T
he m
ain them
e (
subject-m
atter) o
f
these Sûras i
s t
he s
piritual h
istory o
f i
ndividuals r
ather t
han n
ations.
The S
ûrah b
egins w
ith the M
i’râj (
Ascension o
f M
uham
mad S
AW
). H
e
was tran
sp
orted
fro
m th
e S
acred
M
osq
ue o
f M
ak
ka to
th
e F
arth
est
Mosque (of Jerusalem
) and show
n som
e of the S
igns of A
llah (S
WT
).
The M
i’râj is u
sually d
ated to the 2
7th n
ight o
f R
ajab in the y
ear b
efore
the H
ijra. T
his gives us the date of the first verse of the Sûrah
, though
other portions of it m
ay have been revealed earlier. T
rue m
en of A
llah
(S
WT
) g
ain the h
onour o
f s
eeing g
reat m
ysteries o
f the s
piritual w
orld.
These are related in the Q
ur’ân to m
ake A
llah (S
WT
)’s S
igns clear to
men a
nd to g
uide them
. A
llah (
SW
T) s
ays: “
If y
ou d
o w
ell, y
ou d
o w
ell
for y
ourselves.”
The reverse a
pplies for d
oing E
vil. A
llah (S
WT
) b
estow
s
His favours “freely on all” though “m
ore on som
e than on others”. B
ut
the gifts of the H
ereafter “are greater in excellence”.
Love a
nd s
erve A
llah (S
WT
)’s c
reatures if y
ou w
ant to s
erve A
llah (S
WT
)
well: our parents; kinsm
en, the needy and w
ayfarers. E
ven “a w
ord of
kindness” is c
harity. “
Do n
ot k
ill y
our c
hildren o
ut o
f f
ear o
f n
eed”, “
nor
com
e near to adultery”, “nor take life – w
hich A
llah (S
WT
) has m
ade
holy –
except f
or a
just c
ause”. “
Do n
ot a
pproach (
consum
e) the o
rphan’s
property.” “G
ive full m
easure w
hen you m
easure, and w
eigh w
ith an
accurate scale” and “do not w
alk proudly on the earth”. T
here is none
like A
llah (S
WT
). H
is R
evelation is only understood by the B
elievers.
“S
ay only these things that are good because (otherw
ise) S
atan sow
s
disunity a
mong” the p
eople. “
Hope f
or H
is M
ercy (
but) f
ear H
is A
nger”.
Prid
e, jealo
usy, sp
ite an
d h
atred
cau
sed
th
e fall o
f Ib
lîs. M
an
w
as
32
ho
no
ured
ab
ov
e m
uch
o
f A
llah
(S
WT
)’s C
reatio
n, an
d h
as g
reat
resp
on
sib
ilities. B
e th
an
kfu
l to
A
llah
(S
WT
) fo
r H
is M
ercies, an
d
rem
em
ber the D
ay of Judgm
ent. P
ray alw
ays for H
is G
uidance. T
ruth
will last b
ut f
alsehood w
ill v
anish.
The Q
ur’ân “is a healing and a m
ercy to the B
elievers” - it is a sign of
Allah (S
WT
)’s M
ercies. A
ccept it w
ithout offering excuses. L
earn it,
recite it, understand it, and praise A
llah (S
WT
) all the tim
e.
Sûrah K
ahf: T
his M
akkan Sûrah show
s us how
short life is and how
little w
e know
about it. T
he Q
ur’ân has been sent dow
n as a G
uidance
to M
ankind, to w
arn us against evil and to “give good new
s to the
Believers’. T
his life is s
hort, a
nd h
as m
any u
ps a
nd d
ow
ns. A
n incident
is narrated: S
om
e youths took shelter in a cave to protect them
selves
against their c
ruel r
uler. T
hey a
sked A
llah (
SW
T) f
or M
ercy a
nd p
rayed
to H
im
to ease their problem
s. T
hey lay asleep for m
any years. A
llah
(S
WT
) g
ranted their p
rayers. O
nce they a
woke they a
sked o
ne a
nother:
“H
ow
long have w
e stayed here?” T
he replies w
ere: “(P
erhaps) a day,
or p
art o
f a
day”. E
ventually they a
ll s
aid: “
Allah (
SW
T) (
alone) k
now
s
best how
long w
e stayed here”. O
ne of them
w
ent dow
n into the tow
n
to
b
uy
so
me fo
od
. H
is o
ld
-fash
io
ned
clo
th
es, ap
pearan
ce, w
ay
o
f
speaking, and the old m
oney w
hich he brought, drew
the attention of
the people to him
. T
he tow
n folk later began arguing over the num
ber
of p
eople w
ho h
ad s
lept i
n t
he c
ave. T
he i
ncident s
how
s u
s t
hat t
he l
ife
of “
the C
om
panions o
f the C
ave” is a
mystery that c
an b
e u
nderstood b
y
only a few
. D
o not argue over petty issues; take the lesson from
this
story rather. M
an’s know
ledge is uncertain. O
nly A
llah (S
WT
) is the
All-K
now
er; therefore, learn from
the Q
ur’ân. T
he parable of a m
an is
given w
ho is proud because of his property. A
llah (S
WT
) destroys this
property to m
ake the m
an r
ealise the T
ruth. T
his life is a
s u
ncertain a
nd
variable a
s rain-w
ater w
hich falls o
n the g
round b
ut s
oon v
anishes. “
Good
Deeds” are best as rew
ards and foundations for our hopes. T
he D
ay of
Reckoning w
ill c
om
e, w
ith i
ts M
ercy a
nd i
ts P
unishm
ent.
k
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13
TH
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s taraw
eeh consists of the w
hole of Q
âla A
lam
and quarter of
Iqtaraba
. T
he S
urahs c
overed a
re q
uarter o
f K
ahf (
The C
ave), M
aryam
(M
ary
), T
âh
â (M
ystic L
etters T
.H
.), an
d h
alf o
f A
l-A
mb
iyâ
’ (T
he
Pro
ph
ets).
Surah K
ahf: M
ûsâ (A
S) rem
ained in search of K
now
ledge. H
e m
et a
wise m
an w
ho w
as prepared to teach him
on condition that he w
as
patient and asked no questions. W
hile traveling together in a boat w
ith
so
me o
th
ers, th
e w
ise m
an
d
am
ag
ed
th
e b
oat; th
us m
ak
in
g it
unserviceable. M
ûsâ (A
S) im
patiently rem
arked that this w
as unw
ise.
The w
ise m
an asked him
to rem
ain silent. N
ext they m
et a m
an w
hom
this w
ise m
an killed. M
ûsâ (A
S) reacted in the sam
e m
anner and the
wise m
an threatened to p
art c
om
pany w
ith h
im
. T
hereafter they r
eached
a house w
hose w
all w
as crooked. T
he w
ise m
an straightened it. M
ûsâ
(A
.S
). r
em
arked: “
Surely y
ou c
ould h
ave taken a
rew
ard f
or the f
avour”.
The w
ise m
an now
felt that he should part com
pany w
ith M
ûsâ (A
S),
but b
efore d
oing s
o h
e e
xplained h
is three a
ctions. H
e h
ad d
am
aged the
boat b
ecause, “
a c
ertain K
ing c
aptured e
very b
oat b
y f
orce”. T
he o
wner
could repair it once the danger past. T
hen, the boy w
as killed “because
his p
arents w
ere true B
elievers”. I
t w
as f
eared that “
he w
ould g
ive them
so
rro
w b
y stu
bb
orn
ly
d
efy
in
g h
is p
aren
ts’ w
ish
es an
d b
y b
ein
g
ungrateful”. T
he w
all belonged to tw
o young orphans w
hose treasure
was b
uried u
nder it. A
llah (
SW
T) w
anted them
to h
ave the treasure ‘
’as
a m
ercy” f
rom
Him
. T
he lesson to b
e learnt is that if M
ûsâ (
AS
), d
espite
being a
Prophet, n
eeded g
uidance a
nd p
atience to learn then a
n o
rdinary
person w
ould need even m
ore guidance and hum
ility for this purpose
because our know
ledge is lim
ited.
Use pow
er to serve A
llah (S
WT
), as D
hu l-qarnain did: H
e had a very
large e
mpire w
herein h
e p
unished the g
uilty a
nd r
ew
arded the g
ood: h
e
protected the w
eak f
rom
the law
less. H
e a
lw
ays v
alued F
aith, a
nd r
elied
on A
llah (
SW
T)’s G
uidance. T
his s
tory teaches u
s to s
erve A
llah (
SW
T)
and H
is C
reation.
34
Surah M
aryam
: H
ere s
tories o
f individual M
essengers a
re g
iven in their
relations w
ith their e
nvironm
ent. Z
akariya (
AS
) w
anted a
son to s
pread
Allah (
SW
T)’s m
essage a
mong h
is w
icked p
eople, a
nd Y
ahyâ (
AS
) w
as
given to h
im
. M
aryam
was u
nlaw
fully a
ccused o
f h
aving e
njoyed s
exual
relations o
utside m
arriage b
y h
er p
eople, b
ut ‘
Isâ (
AS
) c
leared h
er n
am
e
by m
iraculously p
roclaim
ing in infancy that h
e w
as c
hosen a
s a
prophet
by A
llah. H
e f
urther told them
that A
llah r
equired h
im
to b
e k
ind to h
er
all h
is life. I
brâhîm
(A
S) w
as ill-treated b
y h
is p
eople, i
ncluding h
is father,
but h
e p
rayed f
or h
is f
ather’s w
ell-being, w
ithdrew
from
them
and w
as
blessed. M
ûsâ (
AS
) w
as h
elped b
y h
is b
rother H
ârûn (
AS
). I
sm
â’îl (
AS
)
was b
rought u
p b
y h
is f
am
ily in p
iety. I
drîs (
AS
) w
as truthful, s
o h
e w
as
raised to a high position in life. T
hese M
essengers show
ed the w
ay;
therefore f
ollow
them
. D
o n
ot d
isbelieve in the H
ereafter, n
or h
ave f
alse
ideas about A
llah (S
WT
) like the C
hristians w
ho believe ‘Isâ (A
S) as
“G
od’s S
on”.
Surah T
â H
â: T
his is the Surah w
hich influenced ‘U
mar (R
A) to such
an extent that the reading of just a portion of it (by him
) w
as the cause
of h
is h
istoric c
onversion to Islam
. T
his c
onversion o
ccurred a
bout s
even
years before the H
ijra. T
he Q
ur’ân has not been revealed “to distress
you but only as a rem
inder to those w
ho fear A
llah (S
WT
)”.
Then w
e are told of how
M
ûsâ (A
S) w
as chosen as an A
postle. W
hile
sitting w
ith his fam
ily he saw
a fire. H
e hastened tow
ards it to gather
som
e burning w
ood or to “find som
e guidance”. W
hen he cam
e near a
voice c
alled o
ut h
is n
am
e, a
nd told h
im
to take o
ff h
is s
hoes b
ecause h
e
was in the “holy valley of T
uw
â”. T
he voice w
as A
llah (S
WT
)’s and it
told him
that he had been chosen to preach the T
ruth to the boastful
Pharaoh. H
e w
as taught tw
o m
iracles b
y A
llah (
SW
T): (
1) B
y d
ropping
his rod it turned into a
snake w
ith A
llah (S
WT
)’s P
erm
ission. B
y g
rabbing
the s
nake it turned into a
rod o
nce m
ore. (
2) B
y p
ressing h
is h
and c
lose
to h
is s
ide it s
hone w
ith D
ivine L
ight. M
ûsâ (
AS
) a
sked A
llah (
SW
T) to
strengthen him
by obtaining the aid of his brother H
ârûn (A
S) and to
give him
(i.e. M
ûsâ [A
S]) success in his preaching. T
he prayer w
as
accep
ted
.
35
Mûsâ (
AS
)’s e
arly h
istory is g
iven. H
is m
other w
as d
irected to c
ast h
im
(w
hen h
e w
as a
baby) into the r
iver. U
nder A
llah (
SW
T)’s s
upervision it
floated u
p to n
ear P
haraoh’s h
ouse, in o
rder that M
ûsâ (
AS
) m
ight later
show
Pharaoh the R
ight P
ath. I
n h
is y
outh, M
ûsâ (
AS
) s
lew
a w
rongful
man and escaped to M
adian. It is here that he received P
rophethood.
Pharaoh, out of sheer pride, refused to heed A
llah (S
WT
)’s P
rophet. In
fact, P
haraoh o
rdered h
is p
eople to a
ssem
ble a
t a
place w
here they c
ould
witness w
hat w
as b
etter –
the m
agicians’ m
agic o
r M
ûsâ (
AS
)’s m
iracle.
The m
iracle w
on. M
ûsâ (
AS
) led h
is p
eople o
ut o
f E
gypt to r
escue them
from
Pharaoh’s c
ruelty. B
ut these p
eople w
ere u
ngrateful to A
llah (S
WT
)
and b
egan w
orshipping a
calf. M
ûsâ (
AS
) d
estroyed this idol a
nd c
ursed
the evil instigator (S
âm
irî). O
n the D
ay of Judgm
ent, the evil w
ill be
punished. R
em
em
ber how
S
atan caused A
dam
(A
S)’s fall. S
hun evil.
Pray to A
llah (
SW
T), b
e p
ure a
nd p
atient. G
ood w
ill trium
ph e
ventually.
Sûrah A
mbiya’: T
his S
ûrah d
eals w
ith the o
bstacles p
laced b
y E
vil a
gainst
purification o
f the s
oul. B
ut A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill a
lw
ays d
efend the B
elievers.
People a
lw
ays t
reat t
he s
erious t
hings o
f l
ife w
ith p
ride o
r m
ockery b
ut
Allah (S
WT
)’s J
udgm
ent w
ill d
ecide the issue. T
ruth m
ust trium
ph. S
tudy
Allah (
SW
T)’s C
reation a
nd y
ou w
ill s
ee h
arm
ony a
nd u
nity in it. “
Every
soul shall have a taste of death” and on the D
ay of Judgm
ent H
e w
ill
“set u
p s
cales o
f j
ustice, s
o t
hat n
ot a
soul w
ill b
e d
ealt w
ith u
njustly i
n
the least”.
14
TH
TA
RA
WE
EH
Tonight’s taraw
eeh consists of the last three-quarter of Iqtaraba and
the first half of Q
ad A
flaha
. T
he Sûras covered are the second half of
Al-A
mbiyâ’ (T
he P
rophets), H
ajj (T
he P
ilgrim
age), A
l-M
u’m
inûn (T
he
Believers) and the first quarter of A
n-N
ûr (L
ight).
Sûrah A
mbiyâ’: A
ll the great A
postles conquered E
vil. Ibrâhîm
(A
S)
k
36
stood firm
ly and unharm
ed in the fire into w
hich the disbelievers had
throw
n h
im
. H
e p
leaded w
ith t
he i
dol-w
orshippers t
o a
ccept I
slam
. L
ût
(A
S) p
reached b
ravely to h
is p
eople a
gainst h
om
osexual b
ehaviour. N
ûh
(A
S) fought against unbelief and lived through the F
lood by his faith.
Dâw
ûd (
AS
) f
ought injustice a
nd s
ang A
llah (
SW
T)’s p
raises. S
ulaim
ân
(A
S) w
as given w
isdom
to rule against the stubborn creatures (m
en,
jinns, birds, anim
als, etc.) and used them
for his purpose. A
yyûb (A
S)
fought against im
patience during his long illness. Ism
â’îl (A
S), Idrîs
(A
S) and T
hu l-kifl (A
S) rem
em
bered A
llah (S
WT
) constantly in spite
of S
atan’s attractions. Z
akariya (A
S) and his fam
ily rem
ained staunch
Muslim
s at all tim
es. M
aryam
show
ed w
hat true fem
ale chastity and
purity is. “
This b
rotherhood (
of true B
elievers) is a
single B
rotherhood.”
No good deed is w
orthless; so do good w
hile there is tim
e. T
he true
Believers w
ill i
nherit a
new
world. A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
essage h
as a
lw
ays
been t
he s
am
e a
nd w
ill r
em
ain b
ecause A
l1ah (
SW
T) H
im
self d
oes n
ot
change.
Sûrah H
ajj: W
e n
ow
begin a
new
series o
f f
our S
ûras, d
ealing w
ith t
he
environm
ent and the m
ethods that add to our spiritual progress.
Give im
portance to your S
piritual future. B
e firm
in F
aith. L
earn from
the horrible results of E
vil and evil-doers. L
ook around you and you
will s
ee A
llah (
SW
T)’s p
lan a
nd P
urpose. A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
essage, H
is
Messenger and good people m
ust w
in eventually. T
he evil ones w
ill
suffer s
ham
e a
nd p
ain.
For this spiritual grow
th A
llah (S
WT
) has taught us m
eaningful prac-
tices to show
our innerm
ost feelings to our C
reator. T
he H
ajj (pilgrim
-
age) serves m
any purposes: to “C
elebrate the N
am
e of A
llah (S
WT
)”,
to gather m
en and w
om
en from
near and far to share in sacrifice and
thereby bringing about unity of the U
mm
a. T
he s
acrifices, i
f d
one w
ith
piety, stand for piety of the heart, and feeding “the distressed ones in
need” stands for our w
ish to share w
ith our fellow
men A
llah (S
WT
)’s
favours. In addition to this patience, prayer and thankfulness to A
llah
(S
WT
) (for H
is K
indness) can be practised. S
trive and fight for the
37
defence o
f T
ruth s
ince t
his i
s a
lso s
acrifice.
Evil is all crafty and underhand w
ork w
hile T
ruth shines by the G
race
and G
uidance o
f A
llah (S
WT
). P
eople w
ho d
ie fighting for A
llah (S
WT
)’s
Cause w
ill d
efinitely g
et “
wonderful s
ustenance” f
rom
Allah (
SW
T) a
nd
will b
e a
dm
itted t
o P
aradise. T
he m
ysteries o
f C
reation a
re o
nly u
nder-
stood by H
im
. D
o not argue about rites and cerem
onies but follow
the
Straight P
ath. W
orship A
llah (S
WT
) only for the other gods “cannot
even create a fly, (even) if they all m
et together for the purpose (of
creating one)”. B
e hum
ble before A
llah (S
WT
), “strive in H
is C
ause”,
pray regularly, “
give regular c
harity” a
nd trust A
llah (S
WT
). A
llah (S
WT
)
“has n
ot p
laced a
ny d
ifficulties o
n y
ou in r
espect o
f F
aith”. I
t is the o
nly
true R
eligion.
Sûrah M
u’m
inûn: T
his Sûrah discusses the basics of Islam
. T
o be a
successful b
eliever y
ou m
ust (1) b
e h
um
ble a
nd regular (in y
our p
rayers),
(2) a
void idle talk, (
3) g
ive c
harity, (
4) g
uard y
our c
hastity, (
5) b
e f
aith-
ful t
o y
our t
rusts, (
6) h
onour y
our p
rom
ises, a
nd (
7) s
trictly g
uard y
our
prayers.
Study your ow
n selves or study the C
reation around you, and you w
ill
see A
llah
(S
WT
)’s tru
th
. M
an
y M
essen
gers b
ro
ug
ht A
llah
(S
WT
)’s
message to show
A
llah (S
WT
)’s C
are for us, but they w
ere rejected.
Allah (
SW
T) p
unished t
hose w
ho r
ejected H
is M
essage a
nd T
ruth w
on
through. T
he A
postles o
f A
llah (
SW
T) a
nd the g
ood B
elievers f
orm
one
Brotherhood. P
eople w
ho divide this U
nit into sects have enough evi-
dence indicating A
llah (
SW
T)’s T
ruth –
they w
ill b
e p
unished.
“R
epay e
vil w
ith g
ood”. P
ray to A
llah (
SW
T) to m
ake u
s f
ully a
ware o
f
the e
vils o
f p
lotting a
gainst A
llah (
SW
T). S
eek r
efuge w
ith A
llah (
SW
T)
from
the E
vil O
nes. T
he w
rong-doer w
ill r
ealise too late h
is f
oolishness.
Once he is dead he w
ill ask “O
m
y L
ord! S
end m
e back (to life)” to do
good. B
ut it w
ill b
e too late to p
revent h
im
from
receiving P
unishm
ent.
Allah (
SW
T) c
reated u
s f
or a
purpose. P
raise A
llah (
SW
T) a
nd s
eek H
is
forgiveness.
Sûrah N
ûr: It is the m
isuse of sex, either by im
moral behaviour or by
38
spreading scandals or false charges or by breaking rules regarding per-
sonal o
r d
om
estic p
rivacy, w
hich w
recks o
ur s
piritual ideals. O
ur a
void-
ance of sexual m
isuse enables us to rise to the higher regions of A
llah
(S
WT
)’s L
ight (N
ûr).
This S
ûrah w
as r
evealed in M
adîna in a
bout 5
-6 A
.H
. b
ecause the u
tter-
ing o
f f
alse s
landers a
bout w
om
en is c
onnected w
ith a
n incident involv-
ing ‘
A’isha (
RA
). P
urity (
chastity) i
s a
virtue f
or a
ll p
eople a
t a
ll t
im
es.
Any p
erson g
uilty o
f e
vil s
exual b
ehaviour s
hould b
e p
unished p
ublicly
without m
ercy. “
And those w
ho a
ccuse c
haste w
om
en” w
ithout e
nough
evidence m
ust a
lso b
e p
unished.
15
TH
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s taraw
eeh consists of the second half of Q
ad aflaha
and the
first three-quarter of W
a qala l-L
adhîna
.
Th
e S
ûras co
vered
are th
e last th
ree-q
uarter o
f A
n-N
ûr (L
ig
ht), A
l-
Furqân (T
he C
riterion) and A
sh-Shu’arâ’ (T
he P
oets).
Sûrah N
ûr: “D
o not follow
S
atan’s footsteps “because “he w
ill com
-
mand w
hat is w
rong”.
Respect privacy. “D
o not enter houses other than your ow
n, until you
have asked perm
ission and saluted those in them
. If you find no one in
the h
ouse, d
o n
ot e
nter u
ntil p
erm
ission is g
iven to y
ou: if y
ou a
re a
sked
to g
o b
ack, g
o b
ack”. D
ress a
nd b
ehave r
espectfully a
nd m
odestly. B
oth
men and w
om
en m
ust “low
er their looks and guard their m
odesty (i.e.
reputation a
nd p
rivate p
arts). “
Allah (
SW
T) is the L
ight o
f the H
eavens
and the earth”. H
is L
ight (K
now
ledge) covers everything and lights up
our souls and M
osques. P
eople w
hose souls are brightened by A
llah
(S
WT
)’s L
ight rem
em
ber A
llah (S
WT
) alw
ays in spite of w
orldly at-
tractions. T
hey p
ray r
egularly, g
ive r
egular c
harity, a
nd f
ear the P
unish-
k
39
ment o
n the D
ay o
f J
udgem
ent. T
he e
vil o
nes h
ave s
hut o
ut A
llah (S
WT
)’s
light; so their hearts are covered w
ith “depths of darkness” (of igno-
rance); T
heir d
eeds a
re u
seless. A
ll C
reation p
raises A
llah (
SW
T). L
ook
around y
ou, a
nd learn! T
he h
ypocrites a
re r
ebels in A
llah (
SW
T)’s K
ing-
dom
. R
ules about behaviour in public council are given. O
ne of the
qualities o
f true B
elievers is that “
when they a
re w
ith h
im
(i.e. the leader;
in this case M
uham
mad [S
AW
]) on a m
atter needing collective action,
they do not go aw
ay until they have asked his perm
ission”. F
urther,
address the P
rophet (S
AW
) w
ith m
ore respect than you w
ould address
one a
nother. R
espect a
nd o
bey y
our leader. C
ertainly A
llah (S
WT
) k
now
s
everything.
Sûrah F
urqân: T
his is an early M
akkan Sûrah. It develops the differ-
ence betw
een L
ight and D
arkness, as show
ing the difference betw
een
know
ledge and ignorance, right actions and sin, spiritual progress and
low
ering of m
oral values. F
inally, it explains the deed by w
hich good
people can be recognised in this w
orld.
One of A
llah (S
WT
)’s greatest gifts to m
ankind is the Q
ur’ân w
hich is
the criterion by w
hich w
e m
ay judge w
hat is right or w
rong, betw
een
false and true w
orship (i.e. w
orshipping of gods besides A
llah [S
WT
]
and w
orshipping A
llah [
SW
T]), b
etw
een the R
eal r
ew
ard lying in s
tore
for the g
ood c
om
pared to the p
leasures o
f the s
hort life. A
ll A
llah (S
WT
)’s
Apostles are m
en w
ho live like ordinary m
en and guide others to the
Right P
ath. T
he U
nbelievers p
ut f
orw
ard tw
o q
uestions w
hich a
lso g
ive
tw
o reasons w
hy they do not accept Islam
. T
hey are: “W
hy are not the
angels s
ent d
ow
n to u
s”? (
that is, w
ith A
llah [
SW
T]’s M
essage; w
hy a
n
ordinary m
an?), and “(W
hy) do w
e not see our L
ord?” A
llah (S
WT
)
replies that “
the D
ay they s
ee the a
ngels (
on the D
ay o
f J
udgem
ent) –
no
joy w
ill there b
e to the s
inners”. T
he s
inners w
ill learn the T
ruth too late.
By that tim
e A
llah (S
WT
)’s P
unishm
ent w
ill overtake them
. O
n that
Day, R
asûl (
SA
W) w
ill testify a
gainst h
is o
wn p
eople b
y s
aying: “
O m
y
Lord! T
ruly m
y p
eople took this Q
ur’ân f
or just f
oolish n
onsense”. T
he
Qur’ân w
as r
evealed in s
tages to s
olve the p
articular p
roblem
s that a
rose
in stages as the tim
e w
ent by. T
he people of P
haraoh, as w
ell as the
40
people of N
ûh (A
S), the ‘A
d, the T
ham
ûd, and the C
om
panions of
Prophet M
uham
mad (
SA
W) w
ere d
estroyed b
ecause they s
inned. T
hose
who m
ock the H
oly P
rophet (S
AW
) can also expect their doom
. T
he
Signs of A
llah (S
WT
) are everyw
here: betw
een the contrasts of S
un
and S
hadow
, D
ay and N
ight, L
ife and D
eath, and W
ind and R
ain. T
he
righteous a
ppreciate A
llah (
SW
T)’s c
aring f
or u
s b
y s
tudying H
is C
rea-
tion. T
hey w
alk hum
bly, greet everyone, pray only to A
llah (S
WT
) for
forgiveness, spend their m
oney w
isely and abstain from
w
rongful acts
such as m
urder or adultery.
Sûrah S
hu’arâ’: T
his S
ûrah w
as r
evealed in the m
iddle M
akkan p
eriod
at a stage w
hen the U
nbelievers w
ere too proud and stubborn to listen
to the T
ruth. T
he conflict of U
nbelief w
ith T
ruth serves no purpose: so
was the c
onflict o
f P
haraoh w
ith M
ûsa (A
S). P
haraoh’s m
agicians b
ow
ed
to A
llah (
SW
T) a
t last, a
nd P
haraoh w
as d
row
ned. I
brâhîm
(A
S)’s p
eo-
ple gained nothing by refusing to listen to the T
ruth he preached, and
Nûh (
AS
)’s p
eople p
erished b
ecause o
f their u
nbelief. H
ûd (
AS
) w
arned
his p
eople a
gainst r
elying o
n their w
ealth a
nd their k
now
ledge o
f a
rchi-
tecture and construction w
hile S
âlih (A
S) w
arned his people against
disobeying A
llah (S
WT
)’s C
om
mand. In both cases the sinners w
ere
destroyed. L
ût (A
S) h
ad to d
eal w
ith ram
pant h
om
osexuality a
nd S
hu’aib
(A
S) against dishonesty in business dealings. H
ere, too, the rejecters
were d
estroyed. L
ikew
ise A
llah (
SW
T)’s T
ruth w
as n
ot a
ccepted b
y the
Pagan M
akings; but the Q
ur’ân is not a collection of im
moral and vul-
gar p
oetry (
like the p
oetry o
f the M
akkan p
oets), a
nd m
ust w
in through
in the end.
16
TH
TA
RA
WE
EH
Tonight’s T
araw
eeh consists the last quarter of W
a qâla l-L
adhîna
and
the w
hole of A
m m
an K
halaq. k
41
The S
ûras c
overed a
re A
n-N
am
l (
The A
nts), A
l-Q
asas (
The N
arration),
and the first half of A
l-‘A
nkabût (T
he S
pider).
Sûrah N
am
l: H
ere there is a great deal of double m
eaning. W
onders in
our p
hysical w
orld s
tand f
or m
uch g
reater w
onders in the s
piritual w
orld.
In the s
tory o
f M
ûsâ (
AS
), the o
rdinary f
ire to w
hich h
e w
ent a
lso s
tands
for a
light f
rom
the s
piritual w
orld; i.e. h
e w
as s
eeing the L
ight o
f A
llah
(S
WT
)’s T
ruth a
nd G
uidance. M
ûsâ (
AS
)’s d
raw
ing h
is h
and to h
is s
ide,
thereby m
aking it s
hine b
rightly a
lso m
eans that h
is h
and w
as g
lorified.
That is, it had becom
e a clean and bright object, fit to carry out A
llah
(S
WT
)’s O
rders. E
ven his rod could be changed into snake to defend
him
. S
ulaim
ân (
AS
) k
new
“the s
peech o
f b
irds”, m
eaning h
e c
ould c
om
-
municate w
ith them
. I
t is o
bvious that they d
o n
ot s
peak to o
ne a
nother,
but c
om
munication a
mong them
does e
xist. H
e k
ept the J
inns, m
en a
nd
birds “in order and ranks”, w
hich m
eans tw
o other things also: (1) A
ll
his subjects despite their different tastes, occupations and levels of in-
telligence w
ere looked after by him
w
ith justice and discipline; (2) H
e
had m
any g
ifts -
he c
ould u
nderstand b
irds a
nd b
easts. H
e w
as w
ise, a
nd
obedient to A
llah (S
WT
). H
e used all these gifts properly, as if they
were a
well-disciplined a
rm
y, thus g
etting the b
est p
ossible r
esults f
rom
them
.
Allah (S
WT
)’s revelation is W
onderful, l
ike the fire w
hich a
ttracted M
ûsâ
(A
S). T
his fire of A
llah (S
WT
)’s Inspiration ordered him
to reform
the
people. T
he s
how
ing o
f h
is m
iracles m
ade s
om
e r
ealise the T
ruth, w
hile
others rejected it.
Sulaim
ân (
AS
) k
new
the s
peech o
f b
irds a
nd h
ad these c
reatures a
s w
ell
as J
inns a
nd m
en u
nder h
is c
om
mand.
The Q
ueen of S
heba had a w
onderful kingdom
; but realised that it w
as
nothing c
om
pared to A
llah (
SW
T)’s K
ingdom
. S
o s
he s
ubm
itted, “
with
Sulaim
ân (A
S), to the L
ord of the W
orlds” and becam
e a M
uslim
.
Fools r
egard A
llah (
SW
T)’s P
unishm
ent a
s ill-luck r
ather than a
warning
(as in S
âlih (A
S)’s s
tory). T
hey d
o n
ot c
hange their w
ays, s
o A
llah (S
WT
)
destroys them
.
42
Allah (
SW
T)’s G
lory r
ules b
eautifully o
ver e
verything. U
nfaith w
ill b
e
conquered by faith so follow
A
llah (S
WT
)’s m
essage, serve H
im
and
trust in H
im
.
Sûrah Q
asas: T
he g
reater p
ortion o
f this S
ûrah w
as r
evealed in the late
Makkan p
eriod just p
receding the H
ijra. I
t d
iscusses the s
ubject o
f R
ev-
elation and how
people receive it. B
ut this Sûrah show
s new
points as
well; v
iz. h
ow
an A
postle is p
repared f
or h
is m
ission, e
ven w
hile h
e is a
n
ordinary young m
an. T
he story of M
ûsâ (A
S) is related in detail to
prove this point. A
llah (S
WT
) “bestow
ed on him
w
isdom
and know
l-
edge” w
hen h
e b
ecam
e a
mature y
outh. W
hile h
e w
as y
et a
baby, A
llah
(S
WT
) w
anted to “
make h
im
one o
f (
His) A
postles”. I
n y
outh, h
e p
rayed
to A
llah (
SW
T) f
or f
orgiveness a
nd g
uidance. I
n h
is e
xile, h
e f
ound h
elp
and love from
his w
ife and fam
ily. W
hen he preached, A
llah (S
WT
)
strengthened h
im
. I
n s
hort, A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
ercy r
ests w
ith the A
postle
from
the tim
e o
f h
is b
irth. A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
essage is r
ejected b
y p
eople
who are proud or haughty like P
haraoh.
Mu
ham
mad
(S
AW
) w
as also
g
iv
en
g
uid
an
ce b
efo
re h
e attain
ed
Prophethood. H
is M
essage w
as also rejected by the proud M
akkans.
Those w
ho w
ant com
fort in the hereafter m
ust repent, have faith, and
do good; because to A
llah (S
WT
) belongs all m
ercy and truth. T
hose
who w
ant the com
fort of this w
orld w
ill suffer the fate of Q
ârûn w
ho
was sw
allow
ed up by the earth.
Sûrah A
nkabût: T
his series of Sûras beginning w
ith the A
bbreviated
Letters A
.L
.M
., of w
hich Sûrah ‘A
nkabût is the second one, deals w
ith
the doctrine of M
a’âd (final return of m
an to A
llah (S
WT
). T
he m
ain
part of this Sûrah w
as revealed in the late M
iddle M
akkan period to
show
clearly a
n i
dea o
f l
ife a
fter d
eath.
Our beliefs w
ill be tested, “and A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill certainly know
those
who are true from
those w
ho are false”. A
llah (S
WT
) tested those be-
fore us. N
ûh (A
S)’s people rem
ained stubborn for centuries, Ibrâhîm
(A
S)’s people threatened to burn him
, L
ût (A
S)’s people not only re-
jected the M
essage b
ut p
ublicly d
efied h
im
by d
oing w
rong; the ‘
Ad a
nd
43
Tham
ûd put their intelligence to w
rong uses and Q
ârûn, P
haraoh and
Hâm
ân w
ere punished because of their pride.
Learn from
the past! T
aking for your protector any being other than
Allah (
SW
T) is like h
aving a
spider’s h
ouse w
hich is v
ery b
eautiful a
nd
interesting, but very w
eak. B
y disbelieving in A
llah (S
WT
) you m
ight
find it v
ery p
leasant. B
ut this w
ill b
e o
nly f
or a
short w
hile. P
unishm
ent
will soon overtake you.
17
TH
TA
RA
WE
EH
Tonight’s T
araw
eeh consists of U
tlu M
â ûhiya
. T
he Sûras covered are
th
e seco
nd
h
alf o
f A
l-‘A
nka
bû
t (T
he S
pid
er), R
ûm
(T
he R
om
an
s),
Lû
qm
ân
, S
ajd
a (A
do
ratio
n) an
d o
ne-th
ird
o
f A
hzâb (T
he C
onfeder-
ates).
Sûrah ‘A
nkab
ût: R
ead and understand A
llah (S
WT
)’s M
essage. P
ray
regularly; because prayer “stops (one) from
doing sham
eful and unjust
deeds”. “T
he rem
em
brance of A
llah (S
WT
) is the greatest (thing in
life)”. T
he Q
ur’ân is c
lear G
uidance f
or the w
ise m
en. T
he r
ejecters w
ill
only be losing their ow
n chances of profiting by the T
ruth.
Sûrah
Rûm
: T
his S
ûrah
was r
evealed in the s
ixth o
r s
eventh y
ear b
efore
the H
ijra (615-616 C
.E
.) w
hen the P
ersian E
mpire had the upper hand
over the R
om
an E
mpire. T
he R
om
an E
mpire had lost Jerusalem
to the
Persians, and C
hristianity had suffered great defeat. P
art of this Sûrah
refers to the R
om
an E
mpire.
The r
ise a
nd the d
ecline o
f w
orld p
ow
ers -
as r
epresented b
y the c
onflict
betw
een the R
om
an and P
ersian E
mpires - are only outw
ard events.
The d
eeper m
eaning is that a
particular e
vent h
appens b
ecause o
f A
llah
(S
WT
)’s D
ecision to help the good cause so that all H
is creatures m
ay
benefit. A
llah (
SW
T) is A
ll-W
ise, A
ll-M
erciful. I
n this w
ay A
llah (
SW
T)
k
44
will finally separate the G
ood from
the E
vil on the D
ay of Judgem
ent.
Good w
ill w
in t
hrough w
hile E
vil w
ill b
e d
estroyed.
Allah (S
WT
)’s creation points to H
is unity. O
ur creation from
dust is a
masterly a
ct in itself. T
hen, o
ur s
ocial lives, b
ased o
n H
is c
reating f
or u
s
mates b
egin. E
ven in the d
ifferences in p
eople’s languages c
olours, e
tc.
there is u
nderlying u
nity. T
he e
xistence o
f p
sychological c
onditions like
sleep and sight also point to the C
reator A
llah (S
WT
).
Obey A
llah (
SW
T)’s C
om
mandm
ents. B
ecause H
e is O
ne, H
is R
eligion
(Islam
) is O
ne. D
o n
ot s
plit u
p the M
uslim
s into s
ects. M
ischief a
nd E
vil
spread but A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill purify all things in the end as H
e purifies
the a
ir b
y c
ausing w
inds to b
low
. T
he s
inners w
ill b
e p
unished. D
o g
ood
and be patient.
Sûrah
L
uqm
ân: T
he ultim
ate end of things is discussed from
another
point o
f v
iew
. T
he Q
ur’ân is a
“G
uide a
nd M
ercy to the d
oers o
f g
ood”.
For the evil ones “there w
ill be a hum
iliating penalty”. In addition to
nature, w
ise m
en like L
uqm
ân, guide us to A
llah (S
WT
). W
isdom
can
be f
ound in the instructions o
f L
uqm
ân w
hich a
re: “
Show
(your) thank-
fulness to A
llah (S
WT
)” for the good of your ow
n soul, “do not join in
worship (others) w
ith A
llah (S
WT
), be good to your parents (for the
love a
nd c
are they h
ad f
or y
ou) b
ut d
o n
ot f
ollow
them
if they a
sk y
ou to
join p
artners i
n w
orship w
ith A
llah (
SW
T), “
yet b
ear t
hem
com
pany i
n
this life w
ith justice”, “
follow
the w
ay o
f those w
ho turn to A
llah (S
WT
)”,
only “A
llah (S
WT
) understands the finest m
ysteries”, pray regularly,
“com
mand w
hat is right and forbid w
hat is w
rong”, be patient w
hen a
misfortune com
es upon you, do not be boastful “nor w
alk in boastful-
ness through the e
arth”, W
alk a
t m
edium
pace a
nd s
peak s
oftly. I
n s
hort
follow
the “G
olden M
ean”, rather than extrem
es. T
rue W
isdom
is that
which sees A
llah (S
WT
)’s P
urpose in H
is C
reation and adm
its that A
l-
lah (S
WT
)’s W
isdom
and L
aw
can never be fully understood by m
en.
Only A
llah (
SW
T) h
as the k
now
ledge o
f the f
ollow
ing: (
1) T
he H
our o
f
Judgem
ent; (
2) S
ending o
f r
ain; (
3) W
hat is in the w
om
bs; (
4) N
or d
oes
anyone know
w
hat he w
ill earn tom
orrow
, and (5) N
or does anyone
know
in w
hat l
and h
e w
ill d
ie.
45
Sûrah S
ajda: T
his S
ûrah c
loses the s
eries o
f the f
our A
.L
.M
. (
Alif L
âm
Mîm
). It discusses the m
ysteries of creation, tim
e and of the M
a’âd
(T
he F
inal E
nd) a
s s
een through the inform
ation g
iven b
y A
llah (
SW
T)’s
Revelation. I
t w
as r
evealed in the m
iddle M
akkan p
eriod. T
he u
nbeliev-
ers c
an n
ever r
ealise the m
ystery o
f R
evelation b
ecause they b
elieve it is
“forged”. T
hey c
annot s
ee the b
eauty a
nd m
ystery o
f tim
e (
i.e. the length
of Judgem
ent D
ay), of A
llah (S
WT
)’s C
reation, and of their ow
n crea-
tion (w
hose description is given in the Q
ur’ân). G
ood and E
vil w
ill be
sorted out on the D
ay of Judgem
ent because the tw
o cannot be equal.
Allah (S
WT
)’s C
reation, histories of past nations, and the M
essage of
Prophets testify to the T
ruth. If the disbelievers do not believe now
, it
will be too late.
Sûrah A
hzâb: T
his S
ûrah w
as r
evealed a
fter t
he B
attle o
f t
he T
rench i
n
5A
.H
. S
om
e parts w
ere probably revealed in 7 A
.H
. after the K
haibar
Settlem
ent. T
he M
uslim
wom
en d
id a
ctive s
ocial w
ork b
y teaching, r
en-
dering c
om
munity s
ervice a
nd n
ursing the w
ounded in b
attle. A
bandon
pagan c
ustom
s i
n y
our r
elation w
ith o
thers. C
all p
eople b
y t
heir p
roper
nam
es. “T
he P
rophet (S
AW
) is closer to the B
elievers than their ow
n
selves, a
nd h
is w
ives a
re their m
others”, s
ays A
llah (
SW
T). “
Do w
hat is
just to your closest friends”.
The B
attle o
f the T
rench s
how
ed that: (
1) W
ithout A
llah (
SW
T)’s H
elp,
the M
uslim
s w
ould have had to face a tragedy; (2) the H
ypocrites are
insincere a
nd a
fraid to f
ight f
or A
llah (
SW
T)’s c
ause; a
nd (
3) U
nder a
ll
conditions the M
uslim
s “
have indeed in the A
postle o
f A
llah (
SW
T) a
s a
beautiful pattern (of behaviour).”
18
TH
TA
RA
WE
EH
Tonight’s T
araw
eeh consists of W
a m
an yaqnut. T
he Sûras covered are
2/3 o
f A
hzâb (
The C
onfederates), S
aba’ (
The C
ity o
f S
aba), F
âtir (
The
k
46
Originator of C
reation) and a sm
all section of Y
âsîn
.
Sûrah A
hzâb: O
rders a
re g
iven to P
rophet M
uham
mad (
SA
W)’s w
ives.
They “
are n
ot like a
ny (
other) w
om
en”; that is w
hy p
unishm
ent f
or b
ad
behaviour and rew
ard for good deeds on their part is double that of
ordinary p
ersons. T
hey a
re n
ot to s
peak too s
oftly lest it a
rouses s
inister
intentions in the listeners a
nd they a
re to s
tay q
uietly in their h
ouses a
nd
follow
Allah (
SW
T) a
nd H
is R
asûl (
SA
W). P
rophet M
uham
mad (
SA
W)
and his fam
ily had to be respected. T
he P
rophet’s house could not be
entered into w
ithout perm
ission. H
is w
ives w
ere to be spoken to from
behind a screen to ensure greater dignity. N
either the P
rophet nor his
wives could be angered. H
is w
idow
s could not be m
arried to others -
they h
ad a
dignity a
bove that o
f o
ther b
elieving w
om
en. T
he s
landerers
had to be punished. T
urning to M
uslim
s in general be faithful to your
resp
on
sib
ilities. U
nh
ap
py
m
arriag
es sh
ou
ld
b
e reso
lv
ed
o
ne w
ay
o
r
another, therefore do not fear to end such a m
arriage. T
his w
as in the
case of Z
aid Ibn H
ârith, the adopted son of the A
postle.
Sûrah S
aba’: T
his S
ûrah b
elongs to the e
arly M
akkan p
eriod. I
t, together
with the f
ollow
ing f
ive, d
iscuss s
om
e f
eatures o
f the s
piritual w
orld a
nd
em
phasise A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
ercy, P
ow
er a
nd T
ruth. A
llah (
SW
T) is A
ll-
Know
ing. H
is M
ercy (
as s
how
n in H
is S
igns) a
nd H
is P
ow
er (
as s
how
n
in the ability of the earth or sky in destroying people) w
ill last forever.
Do not resist and deny the truth. A
very good exam
ple of a m
an gifted
with the q
ualities o
f k
now
ledge a
nd p
ow
er w
as D
âw
ûd (A
S) w
ho w
anted
to do good for the cause of Islam
. A
ll glories of the earth m
ust perish.
Even the death of a m
ighty ruler becom
es know
n after som
e tim
e. F
or
instance, S
ulaim
ân (A
S) had a great em
pire but w
hen he died “only a
little w
orm
of the e
arth s
how
them
his d
eath”. T
he p
eople o
f S
aba’ lived
in “
a h
appy a
nd w
ealthy territory” a
s long a
s they o
beyed A
llah (
SW
T).
But once “they turned aw
ay” from
Allah (S
WT
)’s G
uidance, H
e “sent
the f
lood f
rom
the d
am
s (
which w
ere theirs) a
gainst them
”. E
ventually,
their c
ountry b
ecam
e a
wasteland. F
rom
these lessons w
e c
an learn that
Allah (S
WT
)’s M
ercy and P
ow
er, W
isdom
and Justice w
ork in a m
ost
perfect m
anner. W
e also learn to do right and thus prepare for the D
ay
47
of Judgem
ent.
Unfaith is n
ot s
table b
ecause a
ll the e
vil o
nes w
ill r
ealise their m
isdeeds
too l
ate. U
nfaith w
ill n
ever b
e a
ble t
o f
ace u
p t
o t
he t
ruth o
n t
he D
ay o
f
Judgem
ent. T
rue values cannot be judged by the seem
ing good of this
life; f
or instance it is w
rong to s
ay that “
we h
ave m
ore w
ealth a
nd s
ons”
therefore they w
ill act as barriers against A
llah (S
WT
)’s P
unishm
ent.
“T
hose w
ho believe and do good deeds- these are the ones for w
hom
there is a m
ultiplied rew
ard” in the H
ereafter, says A
llah (S
WT
). It is
the h
abit o
f d
isbelievers to insult a
sincere M
uslim
as “
a m
an w
ho w
ishes
to p
revent (
them
) f
rom
the w
orship w
hich their f
athers p
racticed”. T
hey
call A
llah (S
WT
)’s M
essage “
falsehood” a
nd “
magic” b
ut A
llah (S
WT
)’s
truth w
ill a
lw
ays last. S
incere m
en o
f A
llah (
SW
T) w
ill k
eep trying their
best to m
ake the d
isbelievers u
nderstand. F
alsehood a
nd the d
isbelievers
will s
uffer a
terrible f
ate.
Sûrah F
âtir: T
his Sûrah deals w
ith the m
ystery of C
reation and how
it
is k
ept g
oing b
y f
orces r
epresented b
y the w
ings o
f A
ngels. W
hether w
e
look at nature around us or study ourselves, all creation praises H
im
,
and protects A
llah (S
WT
)’s m
en from
evil.
Glory b
elongs to A
llah (
SW
T) W
ho is the S
ource o
f a
ll G
ood. H
e c
reated
angels w
ho a
re M
essengers a
nd c
arry o
ut A
llah (
SW
T)’s O
rders; that is
why they represent the forces and law
s w
hich govern A
llah (S
WT
)’s
Creation. “
Satan i
s a
n e
nem
y t
o y
ou”, s
o d
o n
ot b
e d
eceived b
y h
is e
vil
and thereby r
eject A
llah (
SW
T). T
he r
ejecters o
f A
llah (
SW
T) w
ill s
uffer
a s
evere p
enalty. I
f y
ou p
ray to a
ny b
esides A
llah (
SW
T), “
they w
ill n
ot
listen to your call, and if they w
ere to listen, they w
ill be unable to
answ
er your prayer”. G
ood and E
vil can never be alike, as the seeing
and the b
lind a
re n
ot a
like: s
im
ilarly w
ith d
arkness a
nd light, c
ool s
hade
and the heat of sunshine, or the living and the dead. W
e are “in need of
Allah (S
WT
), but H
e is free of all w
ants”. A
s m
en and other creatures
have been created “of various shades of colour”, so there are different
grades in the spiritual w
orld w
hose know
ledge only those w
ho “truly
fear A
llah (
SW
T)” h
ave. T
he G
ood w
ill f
ind a
happy e
nd w
hile the E
vil-
ones w
ill find no helper.
The proud ones w
ill be destroyed. T
he E
vil-
48
ones should learn lessons from
past people w
ho w
ere like them
. A
llah
(S
WT
) “gives them
respite for a stated term
: w
hen their term
expires”
Allah (
SW
T) p
unishes them
.
The f
irst s
ections o
f S
ûrah Y
âsin w
ill b
e read tonight b
ut the c
om
mentary
will be given tom
orrow
w
hen the m
ain portion w
ill be read.
19
TH
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s taraw
eeh consists of W
a m
â liya. T
he Sûras covered are the
major portion of Y
âsîn, A
s-Sâffât (T
hose R
anging in R
anks), Sâd and
the first half of Z
um
ar (the C
row
ds).
Sûrah
Y
âsîn: In this Sûrah M
uham
mad (S
AW
) is addressed and the
Revelation h
e b
rought is d
iscussed. T
he A
bbreviated L
etters Y
â S
în
are
generally accepted as a title of the H
oly P
rophet (S
AW
). T
his Sûrah is
considered t
o b
e “
the H
eart o
f t
he Q
ur’ân” b
ecause: (
1) I
t c
oncerns t
he
central figure in the teaching of Islam
(i.e. M
uham
mad [(S
AW
]); (2) It
discusses the teachings o
f R
evelation, a
nd (
3) I
t d
iscusses the H
ereafter.
The Sûrah w
as revealed in m
iddle or early M
akkan period. B
ecause it
refers to the H
ereafter, this Sûrah is read w
hen offering prayers for a
Muslim
who h
as d
ied.
The Q
ur’ân, w
hich w
as r
evealed to M
uham
mad (
SA
W), is a
Revelation
from
Allah (S
WT
), “full of w
isdom
” for those w
ho follow
the S
traight
Path. T
o the d
isbelievers, “
it m
atters n
ot w
hether y
ou w
arn them
or n
ot:
they w
ill n
ot b
elieve”.
Only those w
ho follow
Allah (S
WT
)’s M
essage and fear H
im
U
nseen
will g
ain G
uidance. T
he P
arable o
f the P
eople o
f the C
ity is g
iven. W
hen
Allah (S
WT
) sent tw
o A
postles to them
, the people rejected them
. S
o
Allah (S
WT
) sent a third A
postle to strengthen the tw
o others; but the
people r
ejected them
with the u
sual e
xcuses. T
he A
postles r
eplied: “
Our
k
49
duty is only to announce the clear M
essage”. T
he people accused the
Apostles of bringing ill-luck on them
and threatened to punish them
.
Then, a
man f
rom
the f
arthest e
nd o
f the c
ity c
am
e to them
running a
nd
asked them
to “obey the A
postles”. H
e w
as a true B
eliever and w
as
prom
ised a great R
ew
ard from
A
llah (S
WT
). T
he people refused to
listen. A
llah (S
WT
) w
iped them
out w
ith a terrible explosion.
Look a
t A
llah (
SW
T)’s S
igns a
round y
ou. T
hey a
ll b
ear w
itness to A
llah
(S
WT
): T
he e
arth that d
ies a
nd r
evives the p
lentiful f
ood a
nd w
ater, the
creation of all life in pairs, the night and the day, the sun and the m
oon
follow
ing their orbits by A
llah (S
WT
)’s L
aw
and the ships that sail
gracefully o
n the w
aters f
or m
an’s u
se. F
rom
these s
igns b
elieve in A
llah
(S
WT
). T
he rejecters w
ill b
e d
estro
yed
w
hen
th
ey
least ex
pect a
misfortune to touch them
. O
n the D
ay of Judgem
ent the good w
ill be
pleased. T
he s
inners w
ill s
uffer a
horrible p
unishm
ent; e
ven “
their h
ands
will speak ...and their feet bear w
itness” to their evil deeds. R
evelation
and nature teach m
an for his ow
n good in the H
ereafter. P
raise and
glorify A
llah (
SW
T).
Sûrah S
âffât : T
hroughout the h
eavens a
nd the e
arth the c
onflict b
etw
een
good a
nd e
vil h
as c
ontinued. A
llah (
SW
T) h
as “
decked the low
er h
eaven
for g
uard a
gainst a
ll s
tubborn, r
ebellious e
vil s
pirits”. O
n the e
arth A
llah
(S
WT
)’s R
evelations a
nd M
essengers f
ought a
nd d
efeated e
vil. E
vil a
nd
good w
ill finally be sorted out on the D
ay of Judgem
ent w
hen G
ood
will c
onquer E
vil. P
eace a
nd v
ictory c
am
e to N
ûh, I
brâhîm
, Mûsâ, H
ârûn,
Ilyâs a
nd L
ût (
‘A
layhim
us-salâm
) in t
heir c
onflict w
ith E
vil.
Once Y
ûnus (A
S) w
as sw
allow
ed by a big fish and then he glorified
Allah (
SW
T) f
rom
within its b
elly, h
e too g
ained p
eace a
nd v
ictory. T
he
fish “cast him
forth on the shore”. L
ater, he preached to m
ore than
100,00 people. A
llah (S
WT
) and H
is A
postles are alw
ays victorious.
Sûrah Sâd: H
ere earthly pow
er is contrasted w
ith spiritual pow
er, to
show
how
m
uch m
ore im
portant and real spiritual pow
er is. F
or this
reason D
âw
ûd (
AS
) a
nd S
ulaim
ân (
AS
) a
re t
aken a
s e
xam
ples t
o p
rove
this point, because both w
ere K
ings and P
rophets.
50
The p
roud u
nbelievers a
re s
urprised w
hen A
llah (S
WT
)’s truth is b
rought
to them
by a M
essenger; so they reject it. D
âw
ûd (A
S) w
as a strong
man a
nd a
pow
erful k
ing, b
ut h
e a
lw
ays p
raised A
llah (
SW
T). S
o A
llah
(S
WT
) “stren
gth
en
ed
h
is k
in
gd
om
, g
av
e h
im
w
isd
om
an
d so
un
d
Judgem
ent in speech and decision”. S
ulaim
ân (A
S) had control over
jinns a
nd a
nim
als a
s w
ell. B
ut h
e a
lw
ays p
rayed to A
llah (
SW
T) f
or h
elp
and forgiveness. H
e said “T
ruly I love the love of G
ood for the sake of
rem
em
bering m
y L
ord.” H
e never used his pow
ers to achieve a w
rong
purpose. A
yyûb (A
S) c
hose to b
e p
atient w
hile h
e s
uffered –
Allah (S
WT
)
therefore r
ew
arded h
im
. H
ad h
e b
een im
patient a
nd c
om
plained to A
llah
(S
WT
) b
itterly, A
llah (S
WT
) w
ould h
ave b
een d
ispleased w
ith h
im
. Even
other M
essengers chose the path of final bliss rather than final m
isery.
Âd
am
(A
S)’s story is retold to prove that the devil is our enem
y. E
vil
arose f
rom
pride a
nd r
ebellion b
ut it c
an n
ever h
arm
Allah (
SW
T)’s true
servants. R
evelation g
ives g
uidance to a
nyone in n
eed o
f it. O
nly A
llah
(S
WT
)’s G
ood can defeat S
atan’s E
vil.
Sûrah Z
um
ar: A
s rain-w
ater causes plants of various colours to grow
,
so d
oes the g
reat v
ariety in C
reation p
oint to o
ne L
ord, t
he R
eal S
ustainer.
Pray to H
im
only because there is none like H
im
. O
bey H
im
as N
ature
obeys H
is L
aw
s, otherw
ise you w
ill lose. In H
is C
reation w
e can see
evidence of H
is C
are for us.
20
TH
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s T
araw
eeh c
onsists o
f F
a m
an A
zlam
u. T
he S
ûras c
overed a
re
the last half of Z
um
ar (T
he C
row
ds), A
l-M
u’m
in (T
he B
elievers) and
Hâ M
îm
Sajda.
Sûrah Z
um
ar: H
ow
can a m
an w
ho believes in A
llah (S
WT
) be like a
man w
ho rejects the T
ruth? T
he b
eliever follow
s A
llah (S
WT
)’s b
eautiful
Message, r
em
ains h
um
ble a
nd p
raises A
llah (S
WT
). T
he d
isbeliever “
can
k
51
have n
one to g
uide h
im
” -
his e
nd w
ill b
e h
orrible. R
em
em
ber the D
ay o
f
Judgem
ent, w
hen a
ll y
our d
eeds w
ill b
e b
rought to a
ccount. T
he G
uidance
has been given: “H
e that receives guidance benefits his ow
n soul: B
ut
he t
hat s
trays i
njures h
is o
wn s
oul”. E
ven i
n o
ur d
aily a
ctivity o
f s
leep,
there “are S
igns for those w
ho think”. A
llah (S
WT
) takes aw
ay m
an’s
soul at the tim
e of death and during sleep.
“H
e keeps back” the soul of a person “on w
hom
H
e has passed the
sentence of death” w
hereas “H
e sends” back the soul to the body of a
person H
e w
ants to let live. T
his should m
ake m
an think how
close he
co
mes to
d
eath
w
hen
ev
er h
e sleep
s. H
e sh
ou
ld
p
rep
are fo
r d
eath
accordingly.
It is w
rong to call on any helper besides A
llah (S
WT
). N
othing can
prevent A
llah (S
WT
)’s P
unishm
ent from
reaching you w
hen it com
es.
Be thankful to A
llah (S
WT
) a
t a
ll tim
es. “
Do n
ot d
espair o
f A
llah (S
WT
)’s
Mercy” a
t a
ny t
im
e, a
sk H
im
for f
orgiveness b
efore H
is P
enalty c
om
es
upon y
ou. O
n t
he D
ay o
f J
udgem
ent, G
ood a
nd E
vil w
ill b
e s
orted o
ut.
Sûrah M
u’m
in: T
he title o
f this S
ûrah is “
The B
eliever”. I
t r
ecounts the
story of one B
eliever am
ong P
haraoh’s people, w
ho accepted A
llah
(S
WT
)’s M
essage a
nd thought o
f the H
ereafter. T
his S
ûrah is a
lso c
alled
Ghâfir (H
e w
ho forgives). In Sûrah M
u’m
inûn the subject of F
aith and
Goodness w
as d
iscussed f
rom
a c
ollective p
oint o
f v
iew
; h
ere it is d
ealt
with from
the point of view
of a single person.
We n
ow
begin a
series o
f s
even S
ûras w
hich b
egins w
ith the A
bbreviated
Letters H
â M
îm
. T
hey w
ere revealed one after the other in the later
Makkan period.
All th
ese S
ûra
s d
iscu
ss th
e d
ifferen
ce b
etw
een
F
aith
an
d U
nfaith
,
Revelation and R
ejection, G
ood and E
vil, T
ruth and F
alsehood. It is
show
n that the first in each of these pairs is the real friend, helper and
protector. T
he second is the enem
y.
Believe in A
llah (
SW
T) b
ecause H
e is the A
ll-K
now
er a
nd A
ll-P
ow
erful.
He f
orgives y
our w
rongs a
nd is A
ll-Just. T
hose w
ho d
o e
vil w
ill r
eceive
a P
ain
fu
l P
un
ish
men
t. T
he rejecters o
f th
e T
ru
th
are o
nly
fo
olin
g
52
them
selves. A
ll H
is creatures praise H
im
; therefore pray to H
im
only.
On the D
ay o
f J
udgem
ent A
llah (
SW
T) w
ill p
ass H
is f
inal J
udgem
ent o
n
you according to your deeds.
Even h
istory p
roves the terrible f
ate o
f those w
ho r
ejected A
llah (
SW
T).
The m
ighty P
haraoh proudly rejected A
llah (S
WT
)’s M
essage. A
llah
(S
WT
) caused him
to drow
n. A
hum
ble B
eliever in P
haraoh’s C
ourt
supported t
he T
ruth a
nd a
dvised h
is p
eople t
o o
bey A
llah (
SW
T). T
hey
did not listen to him
. H
e w
as saved; so the F
aith he had protected,
lasted.
People w
ho strive for A
llah (S
WT
)’s C
ause w
ill find H
is favour and
Help e
ver r
eady. D
o n
ot b
e p
roud b
ecause y
ou d
o n
ot k
now
your w
orth
before A
llah (
SW
T). J
udgem
ent D
ay m
ust c
om
e. A
llah (
SW
T) g
ives life
and causes death, so be prepared for death. D
o not argue and dispute
about H
is S
igns -
rather learn lessons f
rom
them
and f
rom
the h
istory o
f
past peoples. L
earn from
the story of the ‘A
d and T
ham
ûd that science
and s
kill w
ill n
ever h
elp y
ou if y
ou d
o n
ot b
elieve in A
llah (
SW
T).
Hâ M
îm
Sajda: T
his S
ûrah p
oints o
ut that F
aith a
nd R
evelation is A
llah
(S
WT
)’s P
ow
er a
nd G
oodness. B
elief in A
llah (S
WT
) a
nd H
is R
evelation
will lead to m
an’s benefit. H
e w
ill then do righteous deeds.
Revelation explains things in detail. It gives good new
s to the doers of
Good and w
arns m
en against doing E
vil. D
o not deny H
is existence or
His m
essage, because the know
ledge of both can be found by studying
His creation. L
earn form
the stories of ‘A
d and T
ham
ûd – how
they
were d
estroyed f
or t
heir d
isbelief. P
eople m
ust b
elieve i
n A
llah (
SW
T)
before it is too late because on the D
ay of Judgem
ent “even their eyes,
ears or skins w
ill bear w
itness against them
”.
The true m
an of F
aith calls others to share the beauty of his F
aith. H
e
does good deeds and bow
s dow
n before A
llah (S
WT
)’s W
ill. H
is final
destination w
ill b
e p
aradise. H
e w
ill n
ot fear o
r g
rieve a
nd w
ill c
onstantly
exercise patience and self-restraint in this life. F
aith and unfaith can
never be the sam
e, just as G
ood and E
vil can never be equal. T
rue
know
ledge belongs to A
llah (S
WT
), but F
alsehood deprives m
an of
53
hope. H
e then b
ecom
es p
roud, h
ypocritical a
nd u
nreasonable. T
herefore,
follow
T
ruth.
21
ST
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s taraw
eeh consists of Ilayhi Yuraddu
. T
he Sûras covered are
the last section of H
â M
îm
, Sajda (P
rostration), Shûrâ (C
onsultation),
Zukhruf (G
old A
dornm
ents), D
ukhân
(S
moke) and Jâthiya
(B
ow
ing
the K
nee).
Sûrah Shûrâ: T
he subject dealt w
ith is how
evil and vulgar speech can
be cured by the M
ercy and G
uidance of A
llah (S
WT
) w
hich com
es
through H
is R
evelation. M
en a
re a
sked t
o s
ettle d
ifferences i
n p
atience
by discussing and settling their differences am
ong them
selves. Shûrâ
means m
utual consultation.
True inspiration com
es from
the A
ll-W
ise A
llah (S
WT
). E
verything in
the h
eavens a
nd o
n e
arth is H
is. Y
et m
en w
orship f
alse g
ods. T
he r
eligion
preferred b
y A
llah (
SW
T) h
as a
lw
ays b
een a
nd w
ill a
lw
ays b
e I
slam
. H
e
orders us “to rem
ain firm
in religion and not to m
ake divisions in it”.
Only selfishness and jealousy cause divisions. A
ll disunity should stop
and people should return to A
llah (S
WT
)’s teachings and accept the
judgem
ents of P
rophet M
uham
mad (S
AW
). A
llah (S
WT
)’s judgm
ent
concerning the just a
nd the u
njust w
ill e
ventually c
om
e. A
llah (
SW
T)’s
mercy and care for us can clearly be seen in H
is creation.
Misfortunes b
efall u
s b
ecause o
f o
ur o
wn e
vil-doings, “
and f
or m
any (
of
them
) H
e g
rants f
orgiveness.” A
llah (
SW
T)’s P
lan w
ill a
lw
ays b
e c
arried
out. T
he conveniences (and com
forts) of this life are tem
porary, “but
that w
hich is w
ith A
llah (S
WT
) is better and m
ore lasting”. D
o good
and shun w
rong. G
uidance, w
hich is A
llah (S
WT
)’s M
ercy upon us,
com
es from
R
evelation.
k
54
Sûrah Z
ukhruf: T
his Sûrah deals w
ith the difference betw
een the real
Glory of A
llah (S
WT
)’s T
ruth and R
evelation, and the false glitter of
what people like to believe and w
orship. T
he idea of the key w
ord
Zukhruf (G
old A
dornm
ents) occurs throughout the Sûrah
.
Allah (
SW
T)’s R
evelation m
akes H
is T
ruth c
lear. T
hose w
ho m
ock H
is
Message are only inviting A
llah (S
WT
)’s P
unishm
ent on them
. A
llah
(S
WT
)’s C
reation p
oints to H
is W
isdom
and K
indness, y
et s
om
e p
eople
are u
nkind b
y c
ausing s
om
e o
f H
is s
ervants to a
ssociate g
ods w
ith H
im
.
These are the people w
ho feel that their forefathers w
ere w
iser than
Allah
(S
WT
); th
at is w
hy
th
ey
are p
rep
ared
to
w
orsh
ip
w
hat th
eir
forefathers w
orshipped rather than w
orshipping A
llah (S
WT
).
If the A
rabs p
refer to f
ollow
in their f
orefathers’ f
ootsteps, w
hy d
o they
not a
ccept the F
aith o
f Ibrâhîm
(A
S)? H
e w
as a
true B
eliever a
nd e
xposed
the f
alsehood o
f w
orshipping idols. L
ike the g
litter o
f g
old a
dornm
ents,
the w
orshipping o
f idols m
ay a
lso s
eem
a b
right ideal to ignorant p
eople.
But A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill s
oon p
lan a
victory for H
is C
ause. G
old a
dornm
ents
are b
ut t
hings o
f t
his l
ife, t
hey h
ave n
o p
lace a
nd v
alue i
n t
he H
ereafter
- like idol w
orshipping. If the Jew
s trace back their ancestry and learn
from
the story of M
ûsâ (A
S), how
m
uch better w
ill it be for them
! T
he
proud P
haraoh w
as e
ventually d
row
ned -
this s
how
s that the p
ow
er a
nd
cerem
ony o
f this w
orld c
annot last long. O
nly A
llah (S
WT
)’s P
lan c
annot
be blocked.
If the C
hristians go back to the true teachings of ‘Isâ (A
S), they w
ill
learn that “
he w
as n
o m
ore than a
servant” o
f A
llah (
SW
T). H
e b
rought
Allah (S
WT
)’s M
essage to explain certain points on w
hich the sects
argued, an asked his people to w
orship A
llah (S
WT
) only. “B
ut sects
from
am
ong them
selves fell into disagreem
ent”. A
llah (S
WT
)’s T
ruth
has com
e and A
llah (S
WT
) know
s how
everyone has received it. H
is
Truth w
ill l
ast: d
enying i
t c
annot h
elp.
Sûrah D
ukhân: T
he title m
eans s
moke o
r m
ist. A
llah (
SW
T)’s r
evelation
explains c
learly h
ow
worldly p
ride is c
onquered b
y s
piritual truths. T
he
proud P
haraoh a
nd h
is c
hief r
efused to listen to the T
ruth. A
llah (
SW
T)
55
punished them
by d
row
ning them
. All their w
ealth a
nd p
ossessions p
assed
on to o
ther h
ands. I
n the e
nd, “
neither h
eaven n
or e
arth s
hed a
tear o
ver
them
.”
A s
im
ilar p
unishm
ent w
as s
uffered b
y the C
hildren o
f Israel. A
llah (S
WT
)
granted them
gifts and favours; but they becam
e proud and fell. T
he
proud Q
uraish can also expect a sim
ilar fate because A
llah (S
WT
) is
All-Just. O
n the D
ay of Judgem
ent, E
vil and G
ood w
ill be sorted out.
Each w
ill g
et w
hat h
e d
eserves. P
ay a
ttention to A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
essage,
then w
ait and see w
hat H
e does.
Sûrah J
âthiya
: T
he title “
Bow
ing the K
nee” e
xpresses the m
ain idea o
f
this S
ûrah. I
n s
pite o
f A
llah (
SW
T)’s S
igns o
f H
is G
oodness a
ll a
round
us, m
en
reject H
is G
uid
an
ce. B
ut th
e B
eliev
ers sh
ou
ld
fo
rg
iv
e th
e
disbelievers. O
nly A
llah (S
WT
) is the B
est Judge. P
eople w
ho m
ake
schism
s and sects, or follow
their desires are obviously doing w
rong.
On the D
ay of Judgem
ent all w
ill “bend the knee” (subm
it to A
llah
[S
WT
]’s T
ruth). A
ll p
raise b
elongs t
o A
llah (
SW
T), t
he S
uprem
e L
ord,
the C
herisher, the A
ll-P
ow
erful a
nd the A
ll-W
ise.
22
ND
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s taraw
eeh consists of H
â M
îm
. T
he Sûras covered are A
hqâf
(T
he.S
andhills), M
uham
mad
(T
he P
rophet), F
atah
(V
ictory), H
ujurât
(T
he A
partm
ents), Q
âf (A
L
etter) and the first section of A
t-T
hâriyât
(T
he W
inds that S
catter).
Sûrah A
hqâf: T
he A
hqâf are the long and w
inding crooked tracts of
san
d-h
ills, lik
e th
ose in
th
e co
un
try
o
f th
e ‘A
d p
eo
ple, ad
jo
in
in
g
Hadhram
ut a
nd Y
am
an. T
hese ‘A
d p
eople p
robably h
ad a
fertile irrigated
country, b
ut their s
ins b
rought o
n A
llah (
SW
T)’s P
unishm
ent m
entioned
in verses 24-25.
k
56
Allah (
SW
T) h
as c
reated e
verything “
for just e
nds.” T
hose w
ho p
ray to
things besides A
llah (S
WT
) are definitely on the w
rong path. A
llah
(S
WT
)’s truth is u
nchangeable; those w
ho d
isbelieve in it w
ill b
e s
everely
punished on the D
ay of Judgem
ent. B
e kind to your parents for their
sacrifices fo
r y
ou
. In
y
ou
r o
ld
ag
e p
ray
fo
r th
e w
ell-b
ein
g o
f y
ou
r
offspring. A
llah (S
WT
) places different people in different ranks only
“according to their deeds.” D
o not be proud like the ‘A
d and reject the
Truth; o
therw
ise A
llah (
SW
T) w
ill p
unish y
ou in w
ays y
ou least e
xpect.
Sûrah M
uham
mad: T
his Sûrah w
as revealed around the first year after
Hijra w
hen the possibility existed that the P
agan M
akkans m
ight w
ipe
out the M
uslim
s. T
his and the next tw
o Sûras deal w
ith external and
internal r
elations w
hen the U
mm
a w
as f
orm
ed. “
Those w
ho r
eject A
llah
(S
WT
) a
nd o
bstruct (
men) f
rom
the p
ath o
f A
llah (
SW
T) -
Allah (
SW
T)
will cause their deeds to go w
rong and they w
ill be destroyed.”B
ut
those w
ho believe and do good... A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill rem
ove their ills
from
them
and i
mprove t
heir c
ondition”. A
llah (
SW
T) w
ill g
uide t
hose
who fight for H
is cause.
The hypocrites (like those in M
adîna in P
rophet M
uham
mad [S
AW
]’s
tim
e) a
re f
ainthearted. T
hey o
nly p
ay lip-service to I
slam
. “
Such a
re the
men w
hom
A
llah (S
WT
) has cursed.” A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill punish them
becau
se th
ey
d
o n
ot w
an
t to
fig
ht fo
r Islam
. S
erv
e Islam
sin
cerely,
otherw
ise “H
e w
ill substitute in your place another people (w
ho) w
ill
not be like you”
Sûrah F
atah: T
his Sûrah w
as revealed after the T
reaty of H
udaibiya
which w
as s
igned in 6
A.H
. betw
een the M
uslim
s a
nd the M
akkan P
agans.
Hudaibiya is a
plain, a
short d
ay’s m
arch to the n
orth o
f M
akka. P
rophet
Mu
ham
mad
(S
AW
), to
geth
er w
ith
ab
ou
t 1
50
0 M
uslim
s, w
an
ted
to
perform
the ‘U
mra (lesser pilgrim
age). T
he treaty that follow
ed w
as a
great m
oral, social and political victory for Islam
.
Victory com
es from
calm
ness of m
ind, faith, devotion, bravery and
patience, as show
n at H
udaibiya. G
reed or faint-heartedness can never
bring victory. T
he rew
ards for service cannot alw
ays be m
easured by
57
im
mediate r
esults, b
ut s
how
them
selves in m
any w
ays if w
e a
re p
atient.
Fight E
vil strongly, but be kind and gentle am
ong yourselves. S
uch an
act w
ill cause A
llah (S
WT
) to love you.
Sû
ra
h H
uju
râ
t: T
his S
ûra
h w
as rev
ealed
in
9
A
.H
. w
hen
m
an
y
deputations of all kinds visited M
adîna to offer their loyalty to Islam
.
The w
ord H
ujurât (Inner R
oom
s) occurs in verse four.
Respect your L
eader by not acting in a forw
ardly m
anner w
hen in his
presence. D
o n
ot r
aise y
our v
oices w
hen y
ou talk to h
im
. D
o n
ot a
ccept
rum
ours w
ithout testing them
. M
ake peace betw
een tw
o quarrelling
parties am
ong B
elievers “w
ith justice”. R
em
em
ber that “the B
elievers
are a single B
rotherhood”. D
o not laugh, speak ill, m
ake w
ounding
rem
arks, o
r c
all e
ach o
ther b
y o
ffensive n
icknam
es. “
Avoid s
uspicion a
s
much (as possible)…
do not spy on each other, nor speak ill of each
other behind their backs”. A
ll m
en are descendants from
one m
ale and
fem
ale. “
Certainly the m
ost h
onoured o
f y
ou in the s
ight o
f A
llah (
SW
T)
is (he w
ho is) the m
ost righteous of you”. H
onour does not depend on
race. B
eing a
believer d
oes n
ot m
ean p
aying lip-service, b
ut b
y a
ccepting
Allah (
SW
T)’s W
ill a
nd s
triving in H
is c
ause. B
y a
ccepting I
slam
you d
o
not do others a favour; rather, you do yourselves a favour because it is
a guidance for you.
Sûrah Q
âf: W
e now
com
e to a group of seven M
akkan Sûras dealing
with A
llah (S
WT
)’s revelation through nature, history and m
ouths of
the P
rophets, and pointing to the H
ereafter.
The disbelievers find it beyond their understanding that they w
ill be
raised u
p a
gain a
fter t
hey h
ave b
ecom
e d
ust. B
ut t
hey j
ust h
ave t
o l
ook
at H
is C
reation, and conclude from
it that A
llah (S
WT
) is capable of
doing e
verything. A
s H
e g
ives (
new
) life to land that is d
ead s
o w
ill H
e
bring about our R
esurrection. L
earn also from
the lessons of how
past
peoples: those w
ho rejected A
llah (S
WT
) w
ere destroyed. E
very deed,
word a
nd thought is r
ecorded b
y tw
o a
ngels. D
eath w
ill o
pen y
our e
yes
and m
ake you see the T
ruth. T
he fruit of good deeds w
ill be P
aradise,
while the f
ruit o
f e
vil w
ill b
e H
ell.
58
Sûrah A
t-T
hâriyât: T
his S
ûrah d
eals w
ith the m
any w
ays in w
hich T
ruth
is s
uccessful a
t a
ll t
im
es, e
ven a
gainst h
eavy o
dds.
The w
inds m
ay b
e s
trong o
r g
entle: b
low
ing, s
cattering, lifting, r
ushing
or dividing in all directions – but A
llah (S
WT
)’s P
urpose rem
ains one.
Look a
t the s
igns a
round y
ou, a
nd y
ou w
ill s
ee A
llah (
SW
T)’s U
nity. O
n
the D
ay o
f J
udgem
ent e
verything w
ill b
ecom
e c
lear. L
ook a
t the h
istory
of p
ast p
eoples w
ho r
ejected A
llah (
SW
T) a
nd l
earn l
essons t
herefrom
.
Those w
ho b
elieve f
ind p
rofit in their lives. E
vil w
ill e
nd in P
unishm
ent
while G
ood w
ill end in Joy and S
atisfaction. If you do not heed A
llah
(S
WT
)’s signs, the loss is your ow
n.
23
RD
T
AR
AW
EE
H
To
nig
ht’s taraw
eeh
co
nsists o
f Q
âla
F
am
â K
ha
tb
uku
m. T
he S
ûra
s
covered a
re t
he s
econd p
ortion o
f A
th-T
hâriyât, T
ûr, N
ajm
, Q
am
ar, A
r-
Rahm
ân, W
âqi’a and H
adîd
.
The com
mentary of Sûrah A
th-T
hâriyât w
as covered last night.
Sûrah T
ûr: I
t is a
lso a
n e
arly M
akkan S
ûrah. A
ll S
igns o
f A
llah (
SW
T),
including p
revious r
evelations a
nd o
ther s
acred s
ym
bols, p
oint o
ut t
hat
Allah (
SW
T)’s f
inal J
udgem
ent w
ill take p
lace o
n the D
ay o
f R
eckoning.
On that D
ay the evil-ones w
ill be severely punished w
hile the good-
ones w
ill p
rosper. P
raise A
llah (S
WT
) o
nly. C
ertainly a
ll the p
oints raised
by d
isbelievers a
re w
ithout f
oundation. T
hey h
ave f
ailed t
o u
nderstand
Allah (S
WT
)’s M
essage. P
raise A
llah (S
WT
) m
ainly in the stillness of
the night and the holy hour of daw
n as the stars begin fading out.
Sûrah N
ajm
: T
rue r
evelation d
oes n
ot c
onsists o
f e
rrors o
r d
eceptions –
Rasû
l (S
AW
) “is n
eith
er astray
n
or b
ein
g m
isled
, n
or d
oes h
e say
(anything) of his ow
n desire. It is no less than Inspiration sent dow
n to
him
” by A
llah (S
WT
), the A
ll-K
now
er. A
llah (S
WT
) is not like any of
k
59
the false ideas and idols that m
en have. H
e is the E
verlasting, the A
ll-
Forgiving.
Give w
hole-heartedly in A
llah (S
WT
)’s W
ay for your benefit in the
Hereafter w
here each soul m
ust bear its ow
n responsibility. T
he final
Goal of all is A
llah (S
WT
0, just as H
e is the S
ource of everything;
therefore, s
erve H
im
obediently.
Sûrah Q
am
ar: T
he them
e o
f the S
ûrah is e
xplained b
y the q
uestion: “
Is
there a
ny t
hat w
ill r
eceive w
arning?” w
hich o
ccurs s
ix t
im
es a
t t
he e
nd
of a
reference to a
past s
tory o
f s
in a
nd r
ejection o
f w
arnings. I
t c
ontains
an appeal to the sim
plicity of the Q
ur’ân. “L
isten to A
llah (S
WT
)’s
Truth and do good”, says the M
essage.
Those w
ho reject A
llah (S
WT
)’s M
essage m
ust realise that the D
ay of
Judgem
ent is d
raw
ing n
ear. O
n that D
ay they w
ill s
uffer a
severe p
enalty
if they do not accept A
llah (S
WT
)’s T
ruth. A
ll those past people w
ho
denied A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
essage w
ere d
estroyed, including the p
eople o
f
Nûh (
AS
), t
he ‘
Ad, t
he T
ham
ûd, t
he p
eople o
f L
ût (
AS
) a
nd t
he p
eople
of P
haraoh. T
ake h
eed f
rom
these e
xam
ples a
nd b
e o
n y
our g
uard a
gainst
evil. R
eceive A
llah (
SW
T)’s W
arning f
rom
these s
tories.
Sû
ra
h A
r-R
ah
mâ
n: T
he g
reater p
art o
f th
is Sûrah
is certain
ly
early
Makkan. I
t is v
ery p
oetical a
nd m
ystical, a
nd the q
uestion “
Then w
hich
of the f
avours o
f y
our L
ord w
ill y
ou d
eny?” is s
cattered 3
1 tim
es a
mong
its 78 verses. H
ere the favours of A
llah (S
WT
) and the H
ereafter are
explained.
How
Gracious is A
llah (
SW
T), w
ho h
as r
evealed the T
ruth in the Q
ur’ân
and has given m
an intelligence to see H
im
in the C
reation around him
.
The universe is ruled by law
s of B
alance and Justice. H
e has created
man from
m
ere clay; but m
an can still understand A
llah (S
WT
), the
Lord of the E
ast and the W
est, W
ho sustains all H
is creatures, W
ho
gives the jew
els o
f L
ife a
nd F
aith, W
ho w
ill live o
n w
hile e
verything e
lse
will d
ie, W
hose e
ternity i
s t
he h
ope o
f m
an’s f
uture. T
hen w
hich o
f t
he
favours o
f y
our L
ord w
ill y
ou d
eny?”
Evil c
annot e
scape J
ustice. G
ood w
ill f
ind its r
ew
ard in P
aradise w
here
60
beautiful sights and sounds, delicious fruits to nourish the soul, and
pure c
om
panionship to g
ive u
s life, w
ill b
e f
ound. “
Then, w
hich f
avours
of your L
ord w
ill you deny?” A
ll praise belongs to A
llah (S
WT
), the
Exalted and H
onourable. T
his Sûrah
im
plies th
at th
ou
gh
th
in
gs are
created in pairs there is an underlying unity through the C
reator in the
favours w
hich H
e grants, and in the goal to w
hich w
e are m
arching.
Sûrah W
âqi’a: A
lm
ost the entire Sûrah belongs to the early M
akkan
period. T
he D
ay o
f J
udgem
ent w
ill c
om
e “
when the e
arth w
ill b
e s
haken
to its depths” and people w
ill be sorted out into three classes. F
irstly,
those w
ho “w
ill be nearest to A
llah (S
WT
) in G
arden of B
liss”. T
hen
the C
om
panions of the R
ight H
and, w
ho w
ill enjoy great pleasures.
Thirdly, t
he C
om
panions o
f the L
eft H
and, w
ho w
ill s
uffer u
ntold m
isery.
Study y
ourselves, the r
est o
f C
reation, a
nd A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
essage a
nd
praise A
llah (S
WT
), the B
eneficent, W
ho is m
ost Just, M
ost M
erciful
and T
ruthful.
Sûrah H
adîd: W
ith this S
ûrah w
e b
egin the last o
ne-tenth o
f the Q
ur’ân
which m
ay be considered in tw
o parts: the first contains ten Sûras, all
revealed in M
adîna, and each one dealing w
ith som
e special advices
about the s
ocial life o
f the U
mm
a. T
he r
em
ainder c
ontains s
hort M
akkan
Sûras, w
ith e
ach o
ne d
ealing w
ith s
om
e a
spect o
f s
piritual life, e
xpressed
in l
anguage o
f g
reat m
ystical b
eauty.
Believe in A
llah (S
WT
) and H
is P
rophet, and give charity out of the
wealth H
e h
as g
iven y
ou. B
y s
pending in A
llah (
SW
T)’s C
ause y
ou a
re
merely g
iving f
rom
things w
hich A
llah (
SW
T) h
as g
iven; it is n
ot s
trictly
yours. “
Those w
ho g
ive in c
harity…
.(that loan) w
ill b
e increased m
anifold
for them
, and they w
ill have (besides) a liberal rew
ard”. A
llah (S
WT
)
will then g
uide y
ou b
y H
is L
ight. B
e a
lw
ays h
um
ble b
efore A
llah (
SW
T)
and rem
em
ber H
im
at all tim
es. “T
he life of this w
orld is but play and
am
usem
ent” c
om
pared to the life o
f the H
ereafter. T
he p
leasures o
f this
world last long. B
ut on the other hand, do not serve A
llah (S
WT
) like
herm
its w
ho shut out the w
orld altogether. A
s M
uslim
s w
e are to use
the r
esources o
f this w
orld to s
erve A
llah (
SW
T) a
nd H
is C
reation –
this
is also w
orship.
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24
TH
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s taraw
eeh consists of Q
ad Sam
i‘a llâh
.
The Sûras co
vered
are M
ujâ
dila
, H
ash
r, M
um
ta
hin
a, S
aff, Ju
mu
’a
,
Munâfiqûn, Taghâbun, Talâq
and Tahrîm
.
Sûrah M
ujâdila
: D
o not let all false claim
s or un-Islam
ic superstitions
low
er the p
osition o
f w
om
en. A
llah (
SW
T) is the A
ll-K
now
er; therefore
do not m
ake secret consultations am
ong yourselves to plan m
ischief,
evil or falsehood because such counsels “are only inspired by S
atan”.
Be orderly in public assem
blies – m
ake room
for others and dism
iss
after the a
ssem
blies a
re o
ver. D
o n
ot turn to the e
nem
ies o
f A
llah (
SW
T)
for friendship b
ecause their o
aths a
re false. T
hey w
ant to p
ut o
bstructions
in y
our p
ath. B
ut A
llah (
SW
T)’s J
udgem
ent is c
om
ing, w
hen G
ood w
ill
pro
sp
er.
Sûrah H
ashr: T
he w
icked Jew
s w
ere expelled from
M
adîna for their
hatred tow
ards M
uslim
s. T
heir hopes on their w
ell-guarded positions
and w
ith the h
elp o
f their f
riends p
roved u
seless. A
llah (
SW
T)’s W
isdom
destroys the evils of m
en and m
akes the B
elievers succeed at any cost.
This expulsion strengthened the position of the U
mm
a.
Sûrah M
um
tahinah: D
o n
ot s
eek p
rotection f
rom
the e
nem
ies o
f I
slam
,
but d
eal justly w
ith a
ll. F
ollow
Ibrâhîm
(A
S)’s e
xam
ple. B
elieving w
om
en
cannot b
e m
arried to U
nbelievers; b
ut m
arry f
em
ale B
elievers w
ho s
eek
you protection and are proven to be pious.
Sûrah Saff: A
s A
llah (S
WT
)’s G
lory shines through H
is C
reation, so
must w
e back up our w
ords w
ith action in a united m
anner. D
o not
insult the P
rophets a
s p
ast p
eople d
id. T
o b
e truly s
uccessful “
believe in
Allah (
SW
T) a
nd H
is R
asûl (
SA
W) a
nd s
trive to the b
est o
f y
our a
bilities
for the C
ause o
f A
llah w
ith y
our p
roperties a
nd lives”; then, “
help f
rom
Allah (
SW
T) a
nd v
ictory (
will b
e) n
ear”.
Sûrah Jum
u’a: A
llah (S
WT
) cares for all. H
e has sent H
is R
evelation
for the guidance of both those w
ho have previous scriptures and those
who don’t. T
hose w
ho claim
that they are the C
hosen P
eople for A
llah
62
(S
WT
)’s F
avours have been proven to be the greatest hypocrites. H
ow
can they m
erit A
llah (
SW
T)’s F
avours? “
When the c
all is m
ade to p
rayer
on F
riday, hasten to the R
em
em
brance of A
llah (S
WT
) and leave off
business”. T
he im
portant lesson here is the need for m
utual contact in
the C
om
munity for w
orship and understanding.
Sûrah M
unâfiqûn: A
ll the H
ypocrites a
re f
alse. T
hey think they c
an f
ool
Allah (
SW
T) a
nd H
is R
asûl (
SA
W) w
ith their s
weet talk a
nd g
ood looks,
but they do not realise that A
llah (S
WT
) has punished them
by m
aking
it im
possible for them
to see T
ruth. T
hey plan to obstruct the progress
of I
slam
without r
ealising that A
llah (
SW
T) is the M
aster-m
ind a
nd S
afe
keeper of it.
Wealth and children m
ust not distract your from
rem
em
bering A
llah
(S
WT
). G
ive charity before death overpow
ers you and cuts you off
from
doing any good.
Sûrah T
aghâbun: A
llah (
SW
T) is the C
reator o
f a
ll m
en. H
e is the B
est
Judge. F
inal J
udgem
ent r
egarding those w
ho d
id e
ither g
ood o
r e
vil w
ill
only be given on the D
ay of R
eckoning. “T
hat w
ill be a day of m
utual
loss and gain (am
ong you)”. B
ear m
isfortunes w
ith patience. D
o not
lose h
ope, b
ecause A
llah (S
WT
) is o
nly testing y
ou. O
bey A
llah (S
WT
)’s
Teachings and regard your w
ealth and children as a trial for you; so
rem
em
ber A
llah (S
WT
) and thank H
im
for H
is F
avours.
Sûrah T
alâq: B
e just in y
our r
elations w
ith y
our w
ives. D
ivorce o
nly a
s
a last resort, w
here you feel that the m
arriage m
ust be dissolved. M
ake
absolutely certain that you deal justly w
ith the w
eaker part and protect
the interest o
f u
nborn o
r n
ew
-born lives. D
uring the ‘
iddat, (
a p
rescribed
period of three m
onthly courses, w
hich is a period of w
aiting before a
final decision is taken on the future of the m
arriage w
hich has been
conditionally d
issolved) “
let the w
om
en live in the s
am
e m
anner a
s y
ou
live, according to your m
eans. D
o not anger them
”. E
ven then, try to
bring about reconciliation. T
hese are A
llah (S
WT
)’s L
aw
s w
hich m
ust
be o
beyed. I
f n
ot, A
llah (
SW
T) w
ill p
unish y
ou.
Sûrah Tahrîm
: T
he failings of the w
eaker sex m
ust not turn aw
ay m
en
63
from
norm
al s
ocial life. H
arm
ony a
nd c
onfidence (
trust) m
ust b
e taught
and practiced, and if you fail, repent and m
ake am
ends. T
he good m
an
seeks good for him
self and his fam
ily.
Allah (S
WT
) w
ill rew
ard the
virtuous even if they have to live unavoidably w
ith w
icked people, as
was the c
ase w
ith the w
ife o
f P
haraoh a
nd M
aryam
. T
he r
everse a
pplies
in the c
ase o
f the e
vil o
nes w
ho live in the c
om
pany o
f the g
ood; e
.g. the
wife of N
ûh (A
S) and the w
ife of L
ût (A
S).
25
TH
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s taraw
eeh consists of Tabârak allathî.
The Sûras covered are M
ulk, Q
alam
, H
âqqa, A
l-M
a’ârij, N
ûh, Jinn,
Muzzam
mil, M
uddaththir, Q
iyâm
a, D
ahr and M
ursalât.
Sûrah M
ulk: A
ll th
e fin
est q
ualities b
elo
ng
to
A
llah
(S
WT
) W
ho
se
Message c
an b
e c
learly s
een in H
is C
reation. E
verything h
as b
een c
reated
for our use by A
llah (S
WT
), W
ho guards us from
all dangers. P
eople
who still refuse to accept A
llah (S
WT
)’s signs w
ill be punished. T
hose
who a
ccept them
and f
ear A
llah (
SW
T) w
ill b
e r
ew
arded. A
llah (
SW
T)’s
Prom
ise is certain to be fulfilled on the D
ay of Judgm
ent. L
ook at H
is
Signs and consider once m
ore H
is F
avours.
Sûrah Q
alam
: T
he P
en stands for A
llah (S
WT
)’s R
ecord of all deeds,
and H
is O
rders. B
y that sym
bol the m
an of A
llah (S
WT
) com
es w
ith a
Plan a
nd G
uidance f
rom
Allah (
SW
T) that m
ust e
ventually w
in. T
ruth is
above F
alsehood. M
en m
ust be tested at all tim
es to ascertain that they
do n
ot b
ecom
e o
ver c
onfident a
nd f
orget A
llah (
SW
T). T
hat i
s h
ow
He
tested the C
om
panions of the G
arden w
ho w
ere sure of plucking their
fruit the next m
orning. B
ut A
llah (S
WT
) caused the garden to becom
e
bare; s
o they learnt the lesson that A
llah (S
WT
)’s W
ill w
orks in w
onderful
ways. E
vil and G
ood can never have the sam
e end. C
an the w
rong-
doers “produce their partners w
ith A
llah (S
WT
) if they are truthful?”
k
64
On the D
ay of Judgem
ent the sinners w
ill be punished. T
he good m
an
must be patient alw
ays, like Y
ûnus (A
S) (w
ho suffered in agony), but
his repentance brought on him
Allah (S
WT
)’s F
avours.
Sûrah H
âqqa: W
hat is R
eality? T
he proud nations of the past rejected
Allah (
SW
T)’s s
igns a
nd w
ere d
estroyed. B
ut this d
estruction w
as just a
sm
all suffering com
pared to their doom
in the H
ereafter, w
here G
ood
and E
vil w
ill be sorted out. T
he righteous w
ill enjoy a great rew
ard
while the w
rong-doers w
ill suffer a terrible penalty. T
his is not an idle
message; it is A
llah (S
WT
)’s T
ruth. T
he M
essage of the Q
ur’ân is the
only R
eality.
Sûrah A
l-M
a’ârij: P
atience a
nd the m
ystery o
f T
im
e w
ill s
how
the w
ays
that rise to heaven. O
nly patience, prayer, good deeds, F
aith, and the
motive to p
lease A
llah (
SW
T) lead u
s to A
llah (
SW
T)’s P
resence w
here
no e
vil c
an e
nter. N
o m
atter h
ow
rosy e
vil l
ooks, i
t w
ill b
e d
estroyed i
n
the H
ereafter.
Sûrah N
ûh: T
hose w
ho s
tubbornly d
eny A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
essage w
ill b
e
destro
yed
. T
he lesso
n is th
at b
ecau
se G
oo
d m
ust u
ph
old
T
ru
th
an
d
Righteousness, a
stage i
s r
eached w
hen i
t m
ust p
art c
om
pany w
ith E
vil
to p
revent E
vil f
rom
spreading its c
orruption f
urther. T
his is a
ll p
ointed
out in N
ûh (A
S)’s s
tory, w
hich is a
lm
ost a
parable to M
uham
mad (S
AW
)’s
stay w
ith the w
icked M
akkan P
agans.
Sûrah J
inn: A
llah (S
WT
)’s T
ruth is a
ccepted b
y s
trange c
reatures, a
mong
them
Jinns, w
hich show
s that A
llah (S
WT
) is rem
em
bered by all H
is
Creation. W
hen m
an is heart sore that his ow
n people are selfish, how
pleased does he becom
e w
hen he learns that even spiritual forces have
accepted A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
essage! M
an’s d
uty is o
nly to p
roclaim
Allah
(S
WT
)’s M
essage. K
now
ledge of the U
nseen belongs only to A
llah
(S
WT
).
Sûrah M
uzzam
mil: P
rayer and H
um
ility are im
portant if one w
ants to
lead a
good s
piritual life. D
evote y
ourselves to the s
ervice o
f A
llah (S
WT
)
and p
ray a
t n
ight. A
llah (
SW
T) w
ill p
unish t
he e
vil o
nes i
n d
ue c
ourse.
Allah (
SW
T) w
ants to m
ake m
atters e
asy. B
e f
aithful, s
incere, r
em
em
ber
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Allah (S
WT
) and seek H
is G
race.
Sû
ra
h M
ud
da
th
th
ir: T
he q
ualities m
en
tio
ned
in
th
e last S
ûra
h are
im
portant for preparing a person for the role of guide and leader of
mankind. B
ut w
hen A
llah (S
WT
)’s C
om
mand com
es, he m
ust rise and
proclaim
the M
essage for the good of all m
ankind. T
hose w
ho reject
Allah (S
WT
) w
ill be severely punished on the D
ay of Judgem
ent. A
ll
can e
arn r
ew
ard b
y p
raying, h
aving F
aith a
nd b
eing c
haritable.
Sûrah Q
iyâm
a: S
hun all evil. B
elieve in the H
ereafter because A
llah
(S
WT
) is able to bring you back to life after your death. A
llah (S
WT
)
has not created you w
ithout purpose or responsibility. O
n the D
ay you
will give evidence against your ow
n w
rong; therefore, rem
em
ber the
Hereafter a
t a
ll tim
es. T
he f
aces o
f the b
lessed w
ill s
hine w
ith b
rightness
and b
eauty. T
he o
thers w
ill b
e s
ad a
s if a
misfortune h
ad b
efallen them
.
May that m
an b
e c
ursed w
ho s
till d
oes n
ot think o
f A
llah(S
WT
)’s P
urpose
and the n
oble d
estiny f
or w
hich A
llah (
SW
T) g
ave h
im
life a
nd its g
ifts.
Sûrah D
ahr: B
efore h
is c
reation, m
an w
as a
nonbeing. T
hen A
llah (S
WT
)
created him
. H
is beginning w
as certainly very low
an ordinary. T
hen
Allah (S
WT
) “show
ed him
the w
ay” and left the freedom
of choice in
man’s hands. T
hose w
ho do good are rew
arded. T
he w
icked ones are
punished; therefore, be patient and praise A
llah (S
WT
) at all tim
es.
Sûrah M
ursalât: T
he w
inds show
Allah (S
WT
)’s K
indness and P
ow
er.
They g
ently b
ring r
ain b
ut they c
an a
lso b
low
violently a
nd d
estroy. S
o
works A
llah (
SW
T)’s R
evelation. I
t c
an g
ently b
ring the M
essage b
ut it
can a
lso m
ercilessly w
ipe o
ut e
vil a
nd F
alsehood.
The them
e is quite sim
ilar to Sûrah Q
iyâm
a. It describes the horror of
the H
ereafter for the rejecters of T
ruth.
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26
TH
TA
RA
WE
EH
Tonight’s taraw
eeh c
onsists o
f s
lightly m
ore than the f
irst h
alf o
f ‘
Am
ma.
Details of Sûras covered appear below
:
Sûrah a
l-N
aba’: A
llah (
SW
T) h
as c
reated e
verything f
or t
he b
enefit o
f
man, s
o is H
e n
ot c
apable o
f d
estroying it a
nd c
ausing o
ur R
esurrection?
On the D
ay o
f J
udgem
ent E
vil w
ill b
e d
estroyed a
nd G
ood w
ill p
rosper.
Return to the P
ath of A
llah (S
WT
) and save yourselves.
Sûrah N
âzi’ât: E
vil cannot last long. A
llah (S
WT
)’s angels are ever-
ready to destroy the w
icked ones if H
e com
mands them
to do so. L
ook
at the story of the proud P
haraoh w
ho claim
ed: “I am
you L
ord M
ost
High”. H
e r
ejected A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
essage a
nd h
e w
as b
rought low
by
Allah (S
WT
)’s P
unishm
ent. S
o w
ill all the proud rejecters be hum
bled
on the D
ay of Judgem
ent. L
ook at A
llah (S
WT
)’s C
reation and accept
the M
essage it is offering you.
Sûrah ‘
Abasa: A
person w
ho is n
ot b
lessed w
ith the g
ood things o
f this
world m
ay yet be in search of A
llah (S
WT
)’s M
essage for his spiritual
grow
th. G
ive h
im
the M
essage, b
ecause A
llah (S
WT
)’s M
essage is m
eant
for all. A
llah w
ill finally separate the good from
the evil and deal w
ith
each o
f t
hem
justly.
Sûrah T
akw
îr: O
n D
oom
sday the w
orld a
s w
e k
now
it w
ill b
reak u
p a
nd
each p
erson w
ill learn the r
esults o
f h
is d
eeds o
n e
arth. T
his is “
the w
ord
of a
most h
onourable M
essenger”, w
ho is d
ignified b
y A
llah (
SW
T) a
nd
not p
ossessed b
y e
vil s
pirits. I
t is “
a M
essage o
f A
llah (
SW
T) to (
all) the
World” w
hich is clearly explained by R
asûl (S
AW
). F
ollow
it and be
guided.
Sûrah Infitâr: T
his Sûrah deals w
ith three points: (1) the final D
ay of
Judgem
ent, w
hen o
ur w
orld w
ill b
e d
estroyed; (
2) the L
esser J
udgem
ent,
where tw
o angels record each m
an’s deeds; and (3) the aw
akening of
th
e In
ner L
ig
ht w
ith
in
m
an
, so
th
at h
e casts asid
e all ev
il. T
his is
considered as a D
eath to the F
alsities of L
ife and a R
ebirth to the T
rue
Spiritual V
alues.
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Sûrah T
atfîf: S
hun a
ll types o
f f
raud in y
our b
usiness d
ealings. A
ll types
of c
orruptions in h
igher s
piritual life a
re a
lso c
ondem
ned b
ecause A
llah
(S
WT
) w
ill j
udge y
ou o
n t
he D
ay o
f R
eckoning. D
o n
ot r
eject o
r m
ock
the T
ruth because it w
ill eventually succeed. T
he proud ones w
ill be
hum
iliated.
Sûrah I
nshiqâq: I
n s
ubject m
atter it r
esem
bles S
ûras T
akw
îr a
nd I
nfitâr.
Sûrah B
urûj: T
hose w
ho ill-treat the B
elievers (in the form
of A
llah
[S
WT
]’s T
ruth) w
ill b
e s
everely p
unished b
ecause they a
re b
eing w
atched
by A
llah (
SW
T) H
im
self. H
e w
ill d
eal w
ith the U
nbelievers a
s H
e d
ealt
with them
in the past.
Sûrah T
âriq: A
s a
bright s
tar s
hines g
loriously e
ven o
n the d
arkest n
ight,
so d
oes A
llah (
SW
T)’s R
evelation r
em
ain a
guide throughout the d
arkest
period in m
an’s spiritual history. M
an w
as certainly created in a very
hum
ble fashion. L
et him
not be proud and reject A
llah (S
WT
)’s W
ord.
Sûrah A
’lâ: A
llah (
SW
T) h
as m
ade m
an c
apable o
f p
rogress b
y o
rdered
steps, a
nd b
y H
is r
evelation w
ill lead h
im
still h
igher to p
urification a
nd
perfection..
Sûrah G
hâshiya: G
ood a
nd e
vil w
ill p
luck the f
ruits that they d
eserve in
the H
ereafter. E
ven A
llah (
SW
T)’s S
igns in this w
orld s
hould c
onvince
us o
f H
is M
essage. W
e m
ust p
ass o
n A
llah (
SW
T)’s M
essage t
o o
thers.
If t
hey r
eject i
t, A
llah (
SW
T) w
ill s
ettle t
heir a
ffairs w
ith t
hem
.
Sûrah F
ajr: T
he contrasts in N
ature and M
an’s history m
ust increase
the latter’s faith in the H
ereafter. Y
et the glam
our of the present w
orld
makes h
im
blind to A
llah (
SW
T)’s T
ruths. W
hen A
llah (
SW
T) g
ives h
im
honour a
nd g
ifts, h
e feels p
roud. W
hen A
llah (S
WT
) lim
its h
is s
ustenance
he c
om
plains. H
e d
oes n
ot r
ealise the true tests in these tw
o c
ases w
hich
are those of hum
ility and patience. H
e dishonours orphans, does not
feed the p
oor, d
evours inheritance g
reedily, a
nd loves w
ealth e
xcessively.
Allah (
SW
T)’s P
unishm
ent, i
n t
hese c
ases, i
s s
ure t
o c
om
e. O
nly t
o t
he
righteous soul w
ill it be said: “O
satisfied soul! R
eturn to your L
ord,
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well p
leased a
nd w
ell-pleasing to H
im
. E
nter a
mong M
y d
evotees. E
nter
My H
eaven!”.
Sûrah B
alad: T
he P
rophet (S
AW
) w
as ill-treated by his ow
n people in
Makka. L
ikew
ise m
an is c
reated to s
truggle. O
nce h
e b
ecom
es w
ealthy
he m
ust n
ot b
oast b
ecause h
e w
ill h
ave to a
ccount b
efore A
llah (
SW
T).
Let him
use these gifts to free slaves, feed the needy and the orphans,
believe, be patient, and enjoin deeds of kindness and m
ercy on others.
Then w
ill he be am
ong the C
om
panions of the R
ight H
and.
Sûrah S
ham
s: A
llah (
SW
T)’s c
reation p
roclaim
s H
is G
lory to r
em
ind u
s
of H
im
. Allah (S
WT
) h
as e
nlightened the s
oul b
ut h
as g
iven it the freedom
of choice. “T
ruly he w
ho purifies it, succeeds; and he w
ho corrupts it,
fails”. T
he last s
tatem
ent is p
roved b
y the P
unishm
ent that A
llah b
rought
upon the T
ham
ûd for their sins.
Sû
ra
h L
ail: B
y lo
ok
in
g at A
llah
(S
WT
)’s C
reatio
n, w
e see m
an
y
mysteries, m
any differences and m
any opposites; e.g. the difference
betw
een night and day, and m
ale and fem
ale. L
ikew
ise there are tw
o
paths o
pen to m
an –
the g
ood a
nd the b
ad. H
e w
ho follow
s A
llah (S
WT
)’s
Message w
ill b
e p
leased; the o
ther w
ill r
egret. A
llah (
SW
T)’s G
uidance
is a
lw
ays c
lose a
t h
and.
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TH
T
AR
AW
EE
H
Tonight’s taraw
eeh consists of the rem
aining Sûras of ‘A
mm
a.
Sûrah D
uhâ: In this Sûrah A
llah (S
WT
) rem
inds M
uham
mad (S
AW
)
that H
e w
ill a
lw
ays b
e a
t h
is s
ide a
nd m
ake the H
ereafter b
etter f
or h
im
than this present life. M
uham
mad (S
AW
) is asked to show
love to all
and proclaim
A
llah (S
WT
)’s M
essage. T
hough M
uham
mad (S
AW
) is
addressed in this S
ûrah a
nd the n
ext o
ne, the M
essage a
pplies to a
ll true
Believers w
ho spread A
llah (S
WT
)’s T
ruth.
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69
Sûrah Inshirâh: In this Sûrah A
llah (S
WT
) gives M
uham
mad (S
AW
)
hope and com
fort in a tim
e of great difficulty. M
uham
mad (S
AW
)’s
mind and heart have been expanded and purified by A
llah (S
WT
) and
his position has been raised in this w
orld and the next. T
he righteous
man should rem
em
ber that “w
ith every difficulty there is relief”. H
e
should only look to A
llah (S
WT
) as the goal of all his hopes.
Sûrah T
în: M
an, w
ho has been created “in the best of m
oulds” can
avoid f
alling to the level o
f “
the low
est o
f the low
” o
nly b
y b
elieving a
nd
do
in
g g
oo
d. T
his is th
e Ju
dg
em
en
t o
f A
llah
(S
WT
), “th
e w
isest o
f
Judges”.
Sûrah al-‘A
laq: T
he first five verses of this Sûrah m
ake up the first
Revelation b
y A
llah (
SW
T) t
o M
uham
mad (
SA
W).
Man m
ust proclaim
(or read) A
llah (S
WT
)’s M
essage because it is H
e
Who c
reated m
an w
ith a
very low
ly b
eginning a
nd r
aised m
an’s p
osition
by teaching him
know
ledge. T
he ungrateful person w
ho rejects A
llah
(S
WT
)’s T
ruth and enjoins others w
ith w
rong w
ill be punished.
Sûrah Q
adr: T
he i
mportance o
f t
he N
ight o
f P
ow
er (
Lailat a
l-Q
adr) i
s
given. I
t is b
etter than a
thousand m
onths. A
ngels together w
ith A
rchangel
Jibrîl (
Gabriel) d
escend w
ith D
ivine D
ecrees o
f a
ll types. T
here is p
eace
in the universe until the break of daw
n.
Sû
ra
h B
aiyin
a: P
eo
ple w
ho
reject A
llah
(S
WT
)’s T
ru
th
after clear
evidence h
as c
om
e to them
, a
re s
tubborn. T
he s
im
ple teachings o
f I
slam
are: to love A
llah (S
WT
) w
ith a pure heart, to pray to H
im
sincerely,
and t
o s
erve o
ur f
ellow
men i
n c
harity a
nd l
ove. T
hose w
ho r
eject t
hese
advices w
ill be punished. A
llah (S
WT
) w
ill rew
ard the true B
elievers
who do good.
Sûrah Z
ilzâl: O
n the D
ay of Judgem
ent the earth w
ill tell its tale of all
people’s d
oings. M
en w
ill s
ee the r
esults o
f their d
eeds. E
ven the r
equital
for atom
’s w
eight of good or evil w
ill be seen.
Sûrah ‘A
diyât: In contrast to the m
an w
ho fights the enem
ies of A
llah
(S
WT
)’s C
ause bravely by confusing and destroying them
, the other
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man w
ho loves w
ealth v
iolently is truly u
ngrateful to A
llah (
SW
T). B
ut
his ow
n life bears w
itness to his evils. A
llah (S
WT
) is the A
ll-K
now
er;
therefore a
ll h
idden t
hings w
ill b
e l
aid b
are o
n J
udgem
ent D
ay.
Sûrah A
l-Q
âri’a: O
n t
he D
ay o
f J
udgem
ent t
he e
arth w
ill b
e d
estroyed
by a deafening noise. T
hen a B
alance of Justice w
ill be set up and all
man’s deeds w
ill be w
eighed thereon. T
hose w
ho have done good w
ill
get their rew
ards; the others w
ill be punished.
Sûrah T
akâthur: P
eople’s g
reat s
triving f
or p
iling u
p o
nly w
orldly g
oods
will e
nd w
hen they w
ill d
ie; b
ut then they w
ill learn the T
ruth too late to
avoid A
llah (
SW
T)’s P
unishm
ent.
Sûrah ‘A
sr: T
hrough the ages it has been proven that “m
an is in loss,
except those w
ho believe, do good, join together in the teaching of
Truth, and rem
ain patient”.
Sûrah H
um
aza: T
he scandal-m
ongers, backbiters and selfish hoarders
of w
ealth are condem
ned. T
he F
ire of A
llah (S
WT
)’s W
rath w
ill burn
right up to their hearts, thus shutting them
out of the love and pity of
their f
ellow
men.
Sûrah F
îl: D
o not be pow
er-hungry or love the w
orld’s resources too
much. A
llah (
SW
T) w
ill c
ause a
pparently h
arm
less f
orces to d
efeat y
ou.
This w
as the case of A
brahâ w
ho cam
e w
ith his pow
erful arm
y of m
en
and elephants to destroy the K
a’ba
. B
irds in the sky struck this arm
y
with stones and caused its defeat.
Sû
ra
h Q
ura
ish
: If th
e Q
uraish
lo
ved
th
e K
a’b
a b
ecau
se th
ey, as
custodians of it, benefited by the incom
e it caused them
to gain, they
should b
e g
rateful to A
llah (S
WT
) a
lone a
nd a
ccept H
is M
essage (because
the K
a’ba w
as o
riginally b
uilt b
y Ibrâhîm
and Ism
â’îl [‘A
layhim
as-salâm
]
to g
lorify A
llah [
SW
T]).
Sûrah
M
â’û
n: P
eo
ple w
ho
d
o n
ot serv
e A
llah
(S
WT
)’s creatio
n b
y
feeding the poor, but rather push aw
ay the orphans harshly, and do not
serve A
llah (
SW
T) w
ell e
ither b
y b
eing “
neglectful o
f their p
rayers” a
re
hypocrites. T
hey only do things “to be seen” by m
en.
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Sûrah K
authar: T
o m
en o
f A
llah (
SW
T) w
ill b
e g
iven a
Fountain w
hich
will quench the spiritual thirst of m
illions. T
herefore, “pray to A
llah
(S
WT
) a
nd s
acrifice!” T
hose w
ho h
ate A
llah (
SW
T)’s m
en w
ill d
estroy
them
selves b
y their d
oings.
Sûrah K
âfirûn: M
en of F
aith w
ill hold onto their F
aith. T
he rejecters
will hold onto their w
rong beliefs. T
ell them
to follow
their w
ay, and
leave us alone. W
e w
ill follow
our W
ay too.
Sûrah N
asr: A
fter A
llah (
SW
T) g
ives y
ou H
elp a
nd v
ictory, p
raise H
im
and pray for your forgiveness. D
o not becom
e proud.
Sûrah L
ahab: T
hose w
ho try to inflict physical pain on the B
elievers
will fail in their attem
pts. T
hey w
ill suffer the pain of A
llah (S
WT
)’s
Punishm
ent. T
his is especially true of Islam
’s enem
y and M
uham
mad
(S
AW
)’s u
ncle, A
bû L
ahab, a
nd h
is w
ife.
Sûrah Ikhlâs: A
llah (S
WT
) is the O
ne and O
nly. H
e is E
verlasting and
free f
rom
all n
eeds. H
e h
as n
o f
ather, m
other, o
r c
hildren b
ecause H
e is
a U
nique B
eing. T
here i
s n
one l
ike H
im
.
Sûrah F
alaq: T
his Sûrah gives us the rem
edy for all superstitions and
fears by teaching us to seek refuge in A
llah (S
WT
) from
every kind of
evil a
rising f
rom
outer n
ature a
nd f
rom
dark a
nd e
vil p
lotting a
nd e
nvy
on the part of others.
Sûrah N
âs: T
his S
ûrah tells u
s to trust in A
llah (
SW
T), r
ather than m
an,
as our sure P
rotector. It w
arns us specially against the secret w
hispers
of evil w
ithin our ow
n hearts.
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Translation: “
O A
llah (SW
T)! Take M
ercy on U
s by
(the M
ercy of) the G
reat Q
ur’ân. A
nd raise us (in
spiritual status) by (Your) Verses and W
ise R
em
inders.
And m
ake it a L
eader, a L
ight, a G
uidance, and a
Mercy for us. O
L
ord of the W
orlds.”
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byMuham
mad
Farooq-i-AzamMalik
Publishedin1997
byThe
InstituteofIslam
icKnowledge,;3110
EastsideDr.,H
ouston,TX,USA.
(Numberson
theleftcolum
ndenote
thestartofthe
Rukunum
berfortheSurah;
thethick
separatorlinesareforthe
start,quarter,half,andthree-fourth
partsoftheJuz).
JUZ(PA
RT)-1
-aliflaammeem
1.AL-FA
ATIH
A[The
Opening]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-1)1
SupplicationtoAllah
forguidancetaughtby
Allah
Himself.
1:[1-7]
2.AL-BA
QARAH[TheC
ow](Rukus-40;V
erses-286)1
Claimofthe
Qur'an
thatitcontainsnodoubtfulstatem
ent.The
Qur'an
isaguide
forthosewhoare
God-conscious.
2:[1-5]Warning
isofnouse
forthosewhorejectfaith.
2:[6-7]2
Hypocritesand
theconsequencesof
hypocrisy.2:[8-16]
Examplesofhypocrite'sdeeds.
2:[17-20]3
Allah'sdem
andtoworship
Him.
2:[21-22]Claim
oftheQur'an
tobethe
BookofA
llah.2:[23-24]
Reward
forthebelievers.
2:[25]Parable
ofgnatmayconfound
many
andenlighten
many.
2:[26-27]How
canyou
denyAllah?
2:[28-29]4
TheSTO
RYofA
dam'screation:
2:[30]Victory
ofknowledge.
2:[31-33]Angelsshow
respecttoAdam
.2:[34-35]
Shaitâncaused
Adam
tolose
paradise.2:[36]
Adam
'srepentanceand
hisforgiveness.2:[37]
5Need
ofAllah'srevelationsforguidance.
2:[38-39]Allah'scovenantsw
iththe
ChildrenofIsrael.
2:[40-43]Doyou
adviseothersand
forgetyourselves?2:[44]
Allah'shelp
comesw
ithpatience
andSalah
(Prayers).2:[45-46]
6Crim
inalswillfind
nowayouton
theDayofJudgm
ent.2:[47-48]
Israelites'deliverancefrom
Pharaoh'spersecution:2:[49-50]
Theirsinofw
orshippingthe
Calf.2:[51-52]
Theirrepentancethrough
slayingthe
culprits.2:[53-54]
Thosewhowanted
tosee
Allah
facetoface
were
puttodeath,then
Allah
gavethem
lifeagain
andprovided
themwithheavenly
food.2:[55-57]
Theirdiscontentand
disbelief.2:[58-59]
7Miracle
ofprovidingwaterin
thedesertfrom
arock.
2:[60]Israelitesrejected
theheavenly
foodand
Theirdisobedienceand
transgression.2:[61]
Realbelievershavenothing
tofearorto
regret.2:[62]
Israelitescovenantwith
Allah:
2:[63-64]Punishm
entforthe
violationofSabbath.
2:[65-66]Theirattitude
insacrificing
acow
onAllah'scom
mand.
2:[67-71]8
Miracle
ofbringingthe
deadbody
backtolife
andtheirreaction
tothe
miracle.
2:[72-74]Jew
sarehopelessvictim
sofhypocrisy.2:[75-78]
Someofthem
attributedtheirow
nwritingsto
Allah.
2:[79]Theirfalse
claimand
itspunishment.
2:[80-82]
11Israelitesm
adeacovenantw
ithAllah
andbroke
it.2:[83]
Theirbehaviorwiththeirow
npeople.
Theirpunishmentforbreaking
thecovenant.
2:[84-86]Adventofthe
ProphetIsa(Jesus).
2:[87-88]
Jewsrejected
thetruth
knowingly.
2:[89-90]Nature
oftheJew
s'belief.2:[91-92]
Israelitesloveforthe
calfwasm
orethan
theirloveforA
llah.2:[93]
Jews'claim
ofexclusiverightto
inheritparadise
isputtotest.
2:[94-96]12
Theiranimosity
forGabrieland
otherangels.2:[97-98]
Theirfaithlessness.2:[99-100]
Theiraccusationagainstthe
ProphetSolomon
(Sulaimân)and
Theirlearningofw
itchcraft.2:[101-103]
13Etiquette
inaddressing
theProphetofA
llah.2:[104-105]
Abrogation
and/orsubstitution
oftheversesofthe
Qur'an.
2:[106-107]
Questioning
theProphet.
2:[108]Envy
ofJewsand
Christians.2:[109]
Open-end
creditaccountfortheHereafter.
2:[110]Jew
s'andChristians'false
claimtoinheritparadise.
2:[111-112]13
Religiousprejudiceofthe
Jewsand
theChristians.
2:[113]
Ordernotto
preventpeoplefrom
coming
tothe
Masâjid.
2:[114]Alldirectionsbelong
toAllah.
2:[115]
Theaccusation
againstAllah
ofhavingason.
2:[116-117]The
Qur'an
istheknow
ledgeoftruth.
2:[118-119]Jew
sandChristiansw
illneverbepleased
withyou
(Muslim
s).2:[120-121]
15Accountability
onthe
DayofJudgm
ent.2:[122-123]
Ibrâheemwasm
adethe
Leaderofmankind
byAllah.
2:[124]Importance
oftheKa'bah.
PrayerofIbrâheemforthe
cityofM
akkah.2:[125-126]
Ibrâheemand
Isma`ilpray
fortheappointm
entofaProphet
fromthe
CityofM
akkah.2:[127-129]
16Islam
:thereligion
ofIbrâheem.
Ibrâheem'sadvice
tohissons.
2:[130-132]Ya'qoob'sadvice
tohissons.
2:[133]Jew
sandChristiansvs.Faith
ofIbrâheem.
2:[134-135]OrderofA
llahtobelieve
inallProphetsw
ithoutdiscrimination.
2:[136-137]Baptism
isfromAllah.
2:[138]
Ibrâheemand
hissonswere
neitherJewsnorChristiansbutw
ereMuslim
s.2:[139-141]
JUZ(PA
RT)-2–sayaqool[soon
(they)willsay]
18Qiblah
(directioninprayers):
2:[142]
TheorderofA
llahtochange
Qiblah.
2:[143]The
Ka'bah
inMakkah
wasm
adethe
newQiblah.
2:[144-147]19
Theorderto
facetow
ardsKa'bah
asQiblah
duringSalah
(prayers).2:[148-152]
20Prescription
toseek
Allah'shelp.
2:[153]Martyrsare
notdead.2:[154]
Allah
willtestthe
Believer'sbelief.2:[155-157]
Safaand
Marw
ahare
thesym
bolsofAllah.
2:[158]
Thecurse
ofAllah,the
angelsandallm
ankindison
thosewhoconcealthe
truth.2:[159-163]
21Signsfrom
naturetorecognize
Allah.
2:[164]
Themushrikeen
willhave
severepunishm
entandThe
followersofm
isguidedleadersw
illregretonthe
DayofJudgm
ent.2:[165-167]
22Donotfollow
thefootstepsofShaitân.
2:[168-169]Donotprofessthe
faithblindly.
2:[170-171]Prohibited
(Harâm
)food.2:[172-173]
Thosewhohide
thetruth
forworldly
gainswallow
nothingbutfire.
2:[174-176]
23Definition
ofrighteousness?2:[177]
TheIslam
iclawsofretribution.
2:[178-179]The
commandm
entofAllah
tomake
a'Will.'
2:[180-182]
Theobligation
offasting.2:[183-184]
Therevelation
oftheQur'an
inthe
month
ofRamadhân.
2:[185]Allah
isveryclose
toHisdevotees.
2:[186]Nightsofthe
Fastingmonth.
Timingsoffasting.
2:[187]Bribe
isasin.
2:[188]24
Themoon
istodeterm
ineTim
eperiods.
2:[189]
Orderto
fightforajustcause.
2:[190-193]
Retaliationinthe
sacredmonths.
2:[194]Orderto
givecharity.
2:[195]Hajjand
Umrah
(pilgrimage
toMakkah).
2:[196]
25Restrictionsduring
Hajjand
Performance
ofHajj(pilgrim
age).2:[197-202]
Remembrance
ofAllah
andthe
stayinMina
2:[203]Hypocrisy
vs.Truebelief.
2:[204-207]
Obelieversenterinto
Islamcom
pletely.2:[208-210]
26The
believerswillrank
overtheunbelievers.
2:[211-212]
Mankind
wasone
nationhaving
onereligion.
2:[213]The
waytoParadise
passesthroughtrials.
2:[214]
Charityand
Fighting(forjustcause)ism
adeobligatory.
2:[215-216]
27Fighting
inthe
SacredMonth.
Punishmentfor"m
urtad"-whoturn
backfrom
Islam.
2:[217-218]
Drinking
andgam
blingare
sinful.Dealingsw
ithorphans.
2:[219-220]
Itisunlawfulto
marry
amushrik.
2:[221]28
Question
aboutmenstruation.
2:[222-223]Donotm
isuseoathstaken
inthe
nameofA
llah.2:[224-225]
Limitation
forrenouncingconjugalrights.
2:[226-227]Waiting
periodafterdivorce.
2:[228]29
Lawsrelating
todivorce.
2:[229-230]Treatm
enttothe
divorcedwomen.
2:[231]
30There
isnorestriction
ondivorceesto
remarry.
2:[232]Requirem
entofbreastfeedingbabies.
Waiting
periodforw
idows.
2:[233-234]
Thereisno
restrictiononrem
arriageofwidow
s.2:[235]
31Dowryand
divorce.2:[236-237]
Guarding
theSalah
(Prayers).2:[238-239]
Obligation
ofexecutingthe
"LastWilland
Testament."
2:[240-242]32
Thereisno
escapefrom
death.2:[243-244]
Spendinginthe
WayofA
llah.Israelitesdem
andfora
king.2:[245-246]
Allah
appointedTalûtto
betheirking.
2:[247-248]33
TestofIsraelites'beliefandobedience.
2:[249]Victory
isnotbynum
bers.Prayerofthe
believersforvictory.2:[250-251]
Reaffirming
theProphethood
ofMuham
mad(pbuh).
2:[252]
JUZ(PA
RT)-3–tilkar-rusul[thosem
essengers]RanksofRasools.
2:[253]34
Spendingincharity.
2:[254]Allah'sattributesand
"Ayat-al-K
ursi."2:[255]
Thereisno
compulsion
inreligion.
Wali(friends)ofA
llahvs.W
ali(friends)ofShaitân.2:[256-257]
35Confrontation
ofIbrâheemand
theKing
(Namrûd).
2:[258]Exam
pleofbringing
deadtolife.
2:[259]Ibrâheem
'squestionoflife
afterdeath.2:[260]
36The
parableofspending
inCharity.
2:[261-263]Whatm
akescharityworthless.
2:[264]
Charityvs.Show
ingoff.
2:[265-266]37
Spendthe
bestportionofyourw
ealth.Allah'sprom
isevs.Shaitân'sprom
ise.2:[267-269]
Giving
charityinpublic
andprivate.
Whoiseligible
forcharity?2:[270-273]
38Rew
ardforcharity.
2:[274]
Prohibitionofusury.
2:[275-276]Taking
usuryislike
declaringwaragainstA
llahand
HisRasool.
2:[277-281]39
Allbusinessdealingsm
ustbereduced
towriting
-loans,debtsand
buyingoncredit.
Witnessesare
requiredinalltransactions.
2:[282]
Ifwriting
isnotpossible,takeasecurity
deposit-pledge/mortgage.
2:[283]
40Allah
willcallto
account.2:[284]
TruebeliefofProphetsand
Muslim
s.Believer'ssupplication.
2:[285-286]
3.AA'L-E-‘IM
RAAN[TheFam
ilyofIm
ran](Rukus-20;V
erses-200)1
ItisAllah
Whohasrevealed
Torah,Gospeland
theQur'an.
3:[1-6]
Decisive
vs.Allegoricalverses.
Supplicationofthe
Believers.3:[7-9]
2Warning
tothe
unbelievers.Lesson
fromthe
BattleofBadr.
3:[10-13]Com
fortsofthislifevs.Life
inthe
Hereafter.
3:[14-17]Testim
onyofA
llah,angels,andthose
withknow
ledgeaboutA
llah3:[18]
Thetrue
religioninthe
sightofAllah
isAl-Islam
.3:[19-20]
3Warning
tothe
unbelievers.Faith
oftheJew
sandChristians.
3:[21-25]Allah
istheOneWhocontrolsthe
kingdomand
honor.3:[26-27]
Prohibitionoftaking
unbelieversasprotectors.3:[28-30]
4Orderto
obeyand
followthe
Prophet.3:[31-32]
High
rankingProphets.
3:[33-34]
Birthand
growthofM
aryam(Mary).
3:[35-37]
SupplicationofZakariyya
forhissonYahya
(John).3:[38-41]
5StatusofM
aryam(Mary)am
ongthe
womenofthe
world
3:[42-44]
andthe
newsofIsa's(Jesus)birth.
3:[45-46]Birth
ofIsa(Jesus)son
ofMaryam
.Miraclesgiven
toIsa
(Jesus).3:[47-51]
FollowersofIsa
(Jesus)were
Muslim
s.3:[52-53]
PlottokillIsa
(Jesus).3:[54]
6Allah'sprom
isetoIsa
(Jesus).3:[55-57]
BirthofIsa
(Jesus)iscom
paredtothe
creationofA
dam.
"Mubahla:"Calling
Allah'sdecision
ifIsa's(Jesus)
birthisdisputed.
3:[58-63]
7Callforunity
withJew
sandChristianson
whatiscom
mon
between
themand
Muslim
s.Religion
ofIbrâheemwasIslam
.Muslim
sarethe
followersofIbrâheem
.3:[64-71]
8Hypocritesam
ongJew
sandChristians.
3:[72-74]
Thereare
somegood
Jewsand
Christians,andsom
ebad.
Theycheatin
quotingtheirH
olyBook.
3:[75-78]
Isa(Jesus)neversaid
toworship
himinstead
ofAllah
3:[79-80]
9The
covenantofAllah
withallthe
Prophetsconcerningthe
LastProphetM
uhammad(pbuh).
3:[81-82]
Noreligion
isacceptabletoAllah
otherthanAl-Islam
.3:[83-85]
CurseofA
llah,theAngelsand
allmankind
onthe
unbelievers.Fate
oftheunbelieversw
hodie
asunbelievers.3:[86-91]
JUZ(PA
RT)-4–lan
tanaalu[you
willnever
attain..]10
Criteriaforrighteousness.
3:[92]
Lawfuland
unlawfulfood
fortheChildren
ofIsrael.3:[93-95]
ThefirstH
ouseofA
llahonearth.
3:[96-97]Disbeliefofthe
Jewsand
Christians.Donotobey
theJew
sorChristians.3:[98-101]
11Live
Islam,die
asaMuslim
,andbenotdivided
among
yourselves.3:[102-103]
Punishmentforthose
whodivide
Muslim
sintosects.
3:[104-109]12
Muslim
sarethe
bestnationevolved
toenjoin
goodand
forbidevil.
SomerighteousPeople
oftheBook.
3:[110-115]
Hypocriticalcharity.
Intimatefriendship
shouldbeonly
withthe
believers.3:[116-120]
13Lessons
fromthe
BattleofU
hud.Allah'shelp
tothe
believers.3:[121-127]
TheProphetdoesnothave
theauthority
topardon
thesinners.
3:[128-129]
14Prohibition
ofusury.Allah
lovescharitablepeople.
3:[130-136]Believersare
promised
tohave
upperhand.3:[137-141]
Noparadise
withouttrial.
3:[142-143]
15Muham
mad(pbuh)isno
more
thanaRasoolofA
llah.3:[144-145]
Prophetsandtheirfollow
ers.Supplication
ofthebelievers.
3:[146-148]
16Donotfollow
theunbelievers.
3:[149-151]
Resultofdisobeyingthe
Rasool.3:[152-153]
AftergriefA
llahbestow
edpeace.
Thereisno
escapefrom
death.3:[154-155]
17Life
anddeath
isfromAllah.
3:[156-158]Consultbefore
making
adecision,once
adecision
ismade
thenbefirm
.3:[159]
PutyourtrustinAllah.
3:[160-161]
Dignity
oftheRasool.
3:[162-164]
Lessonstobelearned
fromthe
BattleofU
hud.Those
whoare
slaininthe
causeofA
llahare
notdead.3:[165-171]
18Characterofthe
believersatUhud.
3:[172-175]
Punishmentforbartering
beliefforunbelief.3:[176-178]
Adverse
conditionsareatestfrom
Allah.
3:[179]Punishm
entforthestingy.
3:[180]
19Jew
sinsultedAllah
anduttered
alieagainstH
im.
3:[181-184]
Everyonehasto
die.3:[185]
Testofthebelievers.
3:[186]Punishm
entforclaiming
creditforsomething
youhave
notdone.
3:[187-189]20
Signsfromnature.
Supplicationofthe
believers.3:[190-194]
Acceptance
ofsupplicationbyAllah.
3:[195]Donotbe
deceivedbythe
unbelievers.3:[196-198]
Somecharacteristicsofthe
peopleofthe
Book.3:[199]
Bepatientand
excelinpatience.
3:[200]
4.AN-NISA
A’[TheW
omen]
(Rukus-24;V
erses-176)1
Creationofm
ankind.4:[1]
Propertyofthe
orphans.4:[2]
Restrictionsonnum
berofwives.
4:[3]Obligation
ofdowry.
4:[4]Donottrustproperty
tofeeblem
indedpeople.
4:[5]Train
theorphansto
manage
theirproperties.4:[6]
Lawsofinheritance.
4:[7-10]2
Prescribedsharesin
inheritance.4:[11]
Inheritanceofspouse'sproperty.
4:[12]Com
mandm
enttoabide
bythe
limitofA
llah.4:[13-14]
3Initialorderrelating
tothe
punishmentforw
omenguilty
offornication.4:[15-16]
Acceptable
vs.Unacceptable
repentance.4:[17-18]
Womenshould
notbetreated
asapartofestate.
4:[19]
Donottake
dowryback
fromwomen.
4:[20-21]Prohibition
frommarrying
thewifeofone'sfather.
4:[22]
4Womenthatare
prohibitedform
arriage-"M
ahram"relations.
4:[23]
JUZ(PA
RT)-5–wal-m
uhsanaat[andfortified
(married)w
omen…
]Prohibited
andperm
ittedmarriages--continued.
4:[24]
Permission
formarriage
withslave
girls.4:[25]
5Allah
wishesto
guideand
forgive.4:[26-28]
Respecttheownership
ofoneanother'sproperties.
4:[29-30]Avoid
heinoussinsanddonotbe
jealous.4:[31-32]
Lawsofinheritance
arefixed.
4:[33]
6Menare
overseersoverwomen.
Correctivemeasuresfordisobedientw
omen.
Arbitration
infam
ilydisputes.
4:[34-35]Huqûq-al-Ibâd
(rightsofotherhuman
beings).4:[36-38]
Witnessesofthe
Rasoolsonthe
DayofJudgm
ent.4:[39-42]
7Prohibition
ofdrinkingliquor-second
order.Tayam
mûm
-asubstitute
forablution.4:[43]
BehaviorofthePeople
oftheBook.
4:[44-46]Invitation
ofImântothe
Peopleofthe
Book.Mushrikeen
willnotbe
forgiven.4:[47-50]
8People
oftheBook
tendtotake
sideofShaitân.
4:[51-55]Fate
oftheunbelievers.
4:[56]Fate
ofthebelievers
Whoshould
thebelieversobey?
4:[57-59]
9Hypocrites'attitude
towardsthe
decisionofthe
Prophet.4:[60-63]
Onewhodisputesthe
decisionofthe
Prophetisnotabeliever.
4:[64-68]
Believerswillbe
inexcellentcom
panyinthe
Hereafter.
4:[69-70]
10Beprepared
forarmedconflict(Jihâd).
4:[71-74]Make
Jihâdtohelp
theoppressed.
4:[75-76]
11FearA
llahand
notthepeople.
Thereisno
escapefrom
death.4:[77-79]
Obedience
oftheRasoolisin
facttheobedience
ofAllah.
4:[80-81]
Proofofthe
Qur'an
beingthe
Divine
revelation.Reportthe
importantnew
storesponsible
persons.4:[82-84]
Respondtogreetingsw
itheven
bettergreetings.4:[85-87]
12Fightagainsthypocrisy
andhypocrites.
4:[88-91]
13The
punishmentforkilling
abelieverand
lawsofbloodw
it.4:[92-93]
Investigateproperly
beforejum
pingtoconclusion.
4:[94]
TheranksofM
ujâhideenoverthe
Non-M
ujâhideen.4:[95-96]
14Oppressed
shouldmigrate
ifpossible.Rew
ardform
igrationinthe
causeofA
llah.4:[97-100]
15Salat-al-Q
asr:ShorteningofSalah
duringtravel.
Salahinthe
stateofw
ar.Salah
isobligatoryatitsprescribed
times.
4:[101-104]
16Establish
justicebased
onDivine
guidance.Warning
againstSlanderandagainstfalsely
charginginnocents.
4:[105-112]
17Allah'sspecialfavorsto
theProphet.
4:[113]
Prohibitionofsecretcounseland
itslimited
exception.4:[114-115]
18Shirk
isanunforgivable
sin.Pledge
andProm
isesofShaitân.4:[116-121]
PromiseofA
llah-whocan
betruerthan
Allah
inprom
ise?4:[122-124]
Noone
isbetterthanaMuslim
.4:[125-126]
19Establishm
entofjusticeforw
omen.
4:[127-130]
Have
fearofAllah
inyourdealings.
4:[131-134]
20Stand
firmforjustice.
4:[135]
Thebelieversare
requiredtobelieve
wholeheartedly.
Boycottun-Islamicgatherings.
Thehypocriteshave
doublestandards.
4:[136-141]
21Characteristicsofhypocritesand
theactsofhypocrisy.
Thehypocritesw
illbeinthe
lowestdepthsofhellfire.
4:[142-147]
JUZ(PA
RT)-6–layuhibbullahu
[Allah
doesnotlike…]
Donotutterevilw
ords.Donotdraw
aline
between
Allah
andHisRasoolsin
obedience.4:[148-152]
22Jew
sarehabitualsinnersand
violatorsofAllah'scom
mandm
ents.Jesusw
asneitherkillednorcrucified.
4:[153-159]
Punishingthe
Jewsfortheiriniquities.
Theironlysalvation
istobecom
eMuslim
s.4:[160-162]
23ThisQ
ur'ancarriesthe
samemessage
aswassentto
Noah,
Abraham
,Mosesand
Jesus.Al-Qur'an'sauthenticity
isverifiedbyAllah
Himself.
4:[163-166]
Believeinthisauthentic
revelationifyou
wantto
attainfelicity.
Stopsaying
"Trinity,"Allah
istheOneand
Only
Deity.
4:[167-171]
24Jesusw
asaProphetand
worshipperofA
llah.4:[172-173]
Mankind
isaskedtobelieve
inthe
message
oftheQur'an.
4:[174-175]Legaldecision
relatingtothe
inheritanceofchildlesspersons.
4:[176]
5.AL-M
AA’IDAH[TheTable
Spread](Rukus-16;V
erses-120)1
Fulfillyourobligations,promisesand
agreements.
Cooperateinpiety
andnotin
transgression.5:[1-2]
Harâm
-(Forbidden)meat.
Islamisdeclared
tobethe
complete
andperfectD
een(wayoflife).5:[3]
Allgood
andclean
thingsaremade
lawful.
Foodofthe
Peopleofthe
Bookism
adelawful.
Marriage
withtheirw
omenisperm
itted.5:[4-5]
2Orderform
akingwudhu
(ablution).Perm
issionofTayam
mûm.
5:[6]
Standfortrue
witnessand
establishjustice.
Theplotofthe
Jewsto
killtheProphetand
hiscompanions
5:[7-11]
3Salah
andZakah
were
obligatoryforJew
s.The
Jews'habitofbeing
deceitful.5:[12-13]
Christianstoohave
neglectedmostoftheirBook.
Jewsand
Christiansareasked
tobecom
eMuslim
s.5:[14-16]
JesussonofM
aryisnotG
odorson
ofGod.
5:[17]False
claimofJew
sandChristiansofbeing
thechildren
ofGod.
Aninvitation
toJew
sandChristiansto
becomeMuslim
s.5:[18-19]
4Behaviorofthe
Jewswiththeirow
nProphetM
usa(Moses).
CurseofA
llahonthe
Jewsfor40
years.5:[20-26]
5Story
ofAdam
'stwosons(Abeland
Cain).5:[27-31]
Decree
ofAllah
regardingthe
killingofa
humanbeing.
5:[32]
Punishmentofw
agingwaragainstA
llahand
HisRasool.
5:[33-34]
6Jihâd
isthewaytosuccess.
Noransom
willsave
theunbelievers
fromthe
punishment.
5:[35-37]Punishm
entfortheft.5:[38-40]
Donotprovide
lip-service;betrue
believers.IfA
llahintendsto
punish,theRasoolcannotsave.
5:[41-43]
7Law
sofTaurât(Torah).Those
whodonotjudge
bythe
lawsofA
llah:
i)a)They
areunbelievers.
ii)b)They
arewrongdoers.
5:[44-45]c)They
aretransgressors.
5:[46-47]Diversity
ofhumanrace.
Establishjustice
basedonAllah'srevelations.
5:[48-50]
8Donottake
JewsorChristiansasyourprotectors.
5:[51-53]
Yourprotecting
friendsare:Allah,H
isRasool,andyourfellow
believers.5:[54-56]
9Donotbefriend
thosepeople
whomake
amockery
ofyourreligion.
5:[57-60]
Jewsdeceiving
behavior.Jew
s'slanderagainstAllah.
Ifonlythe
peopleofthe
Bookhad
believed,theycould
havehad
thebestofboth
theworlds.
5:[61-66]
10The
Rasool'smission
istodeliverA
llah'sMessage.
5:[67-69]
Attitude
ofJewstow
ardsRasools.5:[70-71]
Thosewhosay
JesusisGodare
disbelievers.5:[72-74]
WhowasJesusson
ofMary?
5:[75-77]11
Disbelieversam
ongthe
ChildrenofIsraelw
erecursed
bythe
tonguesofDavid
andJesus.
Christiansarecloserto
Muslim
sthanthe
Jews&
Pagans.5:[78-82]
JUZ(PA
RT)-7–wa-iza
sami’oo
[andwhen
theyhear…
]Good
Christiansrecognizethe
truthand
becomeMuslim
s.5:[83-86]
12Donotm
akeHalâlthingsH
arâmonyourow
n.Kaffarah
(penalty)forbreakingthe
oath.5:[87-89]
Theprohibition
ofintoxicants(liquoranddrugs)and
gambling.
Rasool'sdutyisonly
topasson
theMessage
ofAllah.
5:[90-93]
13Prohibition
ofhuntingduring
HajjIhrâm
(wearingpilgrim
garb)andKaffarah
(penalty)forhuntingduring
HajjIhrâm
.5:[94-96]
14Allah
hasmade
Ka‘bah
inMakkah
aneternal
valueform
ankind.5:[97-100]
Donotask
questionslikethe
nationofM
usa(Moses).
Superstitionsare
prohibitedinIslam
.5:[101-104]
Lastwilland
testament,and
testimony
ofwitnesses.
5:[105-108]
15FavorsofA
llahupon
Jesusandthe
miracleshe
wasgiven.
DisciplesofJesusasked
foraTable
Spreadoffood
asamiracle.
5:[109-115]
16Testim
onyofJesuson
theDayofJudgm
entaboutChristians.
5:[116-120]
6.AL-A
N‘AAM[TheC
attle](Rukus-20;V
erses-165)1
Allah
isthesam
e,OneAlmighty
God,forthe
heavensandthe
earth.6:[1-6]
IfAllah
hadsenta
written
Bookand
anangelw
ithit,the
unbelieversstillwould
nothavebelieved.
6:[7-10]
2Allah
hasdecreedmercy
forHimselfthatisw
hyHedoesnot
punishany
oneinthisw
orld.Punishm
entwillbe
onthe
DayofJudgm
ent.6:[11-18]
TheQur'an
isrevealedtoadm
onishand
todeclare
thatthereis
Only
OneGod:A
llah.6:[19-20]
3Prejudice
hasmade
thepeople
worship
deitiesotherthanAllah.
6:[21-26]
Forsurethere
isalife
afterdeath?6:[27-30]
4Those
whodeny
lifeafterdeath
arelosers
6:[31-32]
Thosewhodeny
theProphetM
uhammad(pbuh),in
factdeny
Allah'srevelations.
6:[33-35]
Thosewholisten
willacceptthe
Truth.Useyourcom
monsense
tolearn
fromthe
signsofnature.Doyou
notcallAllah
Alone
inrealdistress?
6:[36-41]
5Prosperity
inthisw
orldisnota
reward,buta
respite.6:[42-45]
Whocan
restoreyourhearing
andsightifA
llahtakesthem
away?
Rasoolsneverclaimedthatthey
knowthe
unseenorthat
theyare
angels.6:[46-50]
6Admonish
theunbelieversw
iththisQ
ur'an.Realbeliefisa
favorofAllah
andisirrespective
ofworldly
status.6:[51-55]
7Allah
Alone
hastheauthority
ofpassingJudgm
entandHe
Alone
knowsthe
unseen.6:[56-60]
8Allah
hasappointedguardian
angelsoveryou.6:[61-62]
Allah
istheOneWhodeliversyou
fromcalam
ities.6:[63-67]
Donotsitw
iththose
whoargue
aboutAllah'srevelations.
6:[68-69]Donotassociate
withthose
whotake
theirreligionasa
matter
ofamusem
ent.6:[70]
9The
believersarecom
manded
tobecom
eMuslim
s,toestablish
Salahand
tofearA
llahAlone.
6:[71-73]
Ibrâheemlearned
faiththrough
thestudy
ofnaturewithhis
commonsense.
6:[74-79]Argum
entsofthemushrikeen
withIbrâheem
aboutAllah.
6:[80-82]
10Descendantsofthe
ProphetIbrâheemincluding
Musa,Isa
andMuham
mad(pbuh):none
ofthemwere
Mushrikeen.
6:[83-90]
11Allah
istheOneWhorevealed
theTaurâtand
theQur'an.
6:[91]Those
whoinventa
lieagainstA
llahwillface
adisgraceful
punishment.
6:[92-94]
12Exam
plesfromAllah'screation
areclearly
spelledoutforthe
understandingofm
ankind.6:[95-100]
How
couldAllah
haveason
withouta
spouse?Clearproofshave
cometoyou,ifonly
youcould
careto
understand.6:[101-107]
13Donotinsultthe
deitiestowhom
theMushrikeen
offertheirworship.Guidance
dependsonthe
attitudeofindividuals.
6:[108-110]
JUZ(PA
RT)-8–walaw
annanaa
[andeven
ifwe…]
14AllRasoolsofA
llahhad
oppositionfrom
Shaitânand
hisfollow
ers.6:[111-115]
Eatonlythatm
eatonwhich
Allah'snam
ehasbeen
pronounced.6:[116-121]
15When
goodand
badare
treatedalike,crim
inalsareappointed
astheirringleaders.6:[122-124]
Whom
everAllah
wantsto
guide,Heopensup
hischesttoIslam
.6:[125-127]
Jinns,andhum
anbeingsw
hoare
misled
bythem
,willallbe
castintoHell.
6:[128-129]
16Onthe
DayofJudgm
entkuffâr(unbelievers)willconfessthat
theywere
indeedkuffâr(disbelievers).
6:[130-135]
Mushrikeen
givetheirdeitiespreference
overAllah.
Themushrikeen
falselyattribute
theirself-imposed
prohibitionstoAllah.
6:[136-140]
17Give
Zakahofagriculture
onthe
harvestday.6:[141-142]
Falselyattributed
prohibitionoflivestock
areclarified.
6:[143-144]18
Correctprohibitionsoflivestockare
spelledout.
Explanationofthe
Jewishprohibitionsoflive
stock.6:[145-147]
Mushrikeen'excuse
forbeingMushrikeen.
6:[148-150]19
InIslam
,forbiddenthingsare
basedonfundam
entalmoral
principles.6:[151-154]
20The
BookofA
llahhascom
etoyou
foryourguidancesothat
theremaybenoexcuse
aboutthetrue
Word
ofAllah.
6:[155-158]Those
whodivide
religioninto
sectsarenotM
uslims.
6:[159-160]
Declare:"M
ySalah,m
ydevotion,m
ylife
andmydeath
areallforA
llah."6:[161-165]
7.AL-A
‘RAAF[TheH
eights](Rukus-24;V
erses-206)1
TheRasoolsasw
ellasthepeople
towhom
theywere
sentshallbequestioned
onthe
DayofJudgm
ent.The
Scaleofjustice
shallbeestablished.
7:[1-10]
2The
STORYofA
damand
Iblees(Shaitân).Shaitân
vowedtomislead
Adam
andhisdescendants.
7:[11-18]
Shaitâncunningly
seducedAdam
andEve
todisobey
Allah.
Theirrepentanceand
Allah'sconditionalacceptance.
7:[19-25]
3Children
ofAdam
arewarned
nottofallinto
thetrap
ofShaitân
likeAdam
.Allah
nevercommandsw
hatisshameful.
7:[26-31]
4Com
mand
ofAllah
toweardecentand
properdress,andeatgood
food.7:[32-34]
ChildrenofA
damare
directedtofollow
theGuidance
ofAllah
providedtothem
throughHisRasools.
7:[35-39]5
Thegatesofheaven
shallnotbeopened
forthedisbelievers.
7:[40-41]
Only
believersshallenterparadise.7:[42-43]
Dialogue
between
theresidentsofparadise
andthe
inmatesof
hell.7:[44-47]
6Dialogue
between
thepeople
ofA'râfand
theinm
atesofhell.Inm
atesofhellshallbegforw
aterandfood
fromthe
residentsofparadise.7:[48-53]
7Allah
istheOneWhocreated
thisuniverseand
PraytoAllah
withfearand
hope.7:[54-58]
8The
ProphetNûh'saddressto
hispeople,theirdisbeliefand
theirfate.7:[59-64]
9The
ProphetHûd'saddressto
hispeople,theirdisbeliefand
theirfate.7:[65-72]
10The
ProphetSâleh'saddresstohispeople,theirdisbelief
andtheirfate.
7:[73-79]
TheProphetLût'saddressto
hispeople,theirdisbeliefand
theirfate.7:[80-84]
11The
ProphetShu'aib'saddresstohispeople,theirdisbelief
andtheirfate.
7:[85-87]
JUZ(PA
RT)-9–qaalalm
ala’u[Thechiefssaid…
]Behaviorofthe
unbelieverswiththe
ProphetShu'aib.7:[88-93]
12Adversity
andaffluence
arerem
indersfromAllah.
7:[94-99]
13Storiesofpriornationsare
narratedtoteach
alesson.
7:[100-102]
TheProphetM
usa(Moses)w
assentfortheguidance
ofPharaoh
andhischiefs.
7:[103-108]
14Musa's(M
oses)confrontationwiththe
magiciansofPharaoh.
7:[109-126]
15Pharaoh'srevenge
againstthepeople
ofMoses.
7:[127-129]
16Scourge
ofAllah
againstPharaohand
hischiefs,andtheirfinal
destruction.7:[130-137]
Allah
rescuedthe
ChildrenofIsraelbutthey
stilldisbelievedin
OneGod.
7:[138-141]
17Musa'scom
munication
withAllah.
7:[142-144]Musa
wasgiven
thewritten
tabletsofTaurât(Torah).Arrogantpeople
cannotgetguidance.7:[145-147]
18The
Israelitesstartedworshipping
thecalfeven
afterwitnessing
theirmiraculousdeliverance.
7:[148-151]
19Worshippersofthe
calfincurredthe
wrath
ofAllah.
7:[152-156]
Theadventofthe
ProphetMuham
mad(pbuh)w
asdescribedinTorah
andGospel.
7:[157]
20Muham
mad(pbuh)isthe
Prophetforthewhole
ofmankind.
7:[158]
Allah
providedfood
andwaterto
thepeople
ofMusa
inthe
desert.7:[159-162]
21Jew
ishSabbath,itsviolation.
7:[163]The
roleofdifferentgroupsand
Allah'sscourge.
7:[164-168]
Jews'w
rongbeliefaboutA
llah'sforgiveness.7:[169-171]
22Mankind'stestim
onyatthe
timeofA
dam'screation
thatAllah
istheirRabb.7:[172-174]
Example
ofthosewhodeny
Allah'srevelations.
7:[175-178]Misguided
peopleare
likeanim
als,evenworse.
7:[179-181]
23Those
whodeny
Allah'srevelationsare
drawing
closertodestruction.The
Prophethimselfhasno
powerto
benefitanyoneorto
avertanyharm
.7:[182-188]
24Allah
createdthe
whole
ofmankind
fromasingle
soul.Reality
ofthosegodsw
hompeople
worship
besideAllah.
Allah
istheProtecting
Friendofthe
righteous.7:[189-198]
Showforgiveness,speak
forjusticeand
avoidthe
ignorant.When
theQur'an
isbeingrecited
listentoitw
ithcom
pletesilence.
7:[199-206]
8.AL-A
NFAAL[TheSpoilsofW
ar](Rukus-10;V
erses-75)1
Commandm
entrelatingtothe
spoilsofwar(booty).
BattleofBadr,a
battlebetw
eentruth
andfalsehood.
8:[1-10]
2Allah'shelp
duringthe
BattleofBadr.
Allah'sdecision
between
Muslim
sandkuffâr
8:[11-19]
3The
worstpeople
inthe
sightofAllah
arethose
whodonotuse
theircommonsense.
Guard
yourselvesagainsttemptationsofShaitân.
8:[20-28]
4Ifyou
becomeGodfearing,A
llahwillgrantyou
wisdom
tojudge
between
rightandwrong.
ThelawfulguardiansofK
a'bahare
thosewhohave
fearofA
llah.8:[29-37]
5Forthe
unbelievers,whoembrace
Islam,theirpastisforgiven
8:[38-40]
JUZ(PA
RT)–
10–wa’lam
oo[and
know…]
Rulesaboutthedistribution
ofthespoilsofw
ar.8:[41-44]
6The
orderofAllah
torem
ainfirm
duringcom
batagainstenemy.
8:[45-48]7
Victory
ofthebelieversand
thepainfuldeath
oftheunbelievers.
8:[49-52]
Allah
doesnotchangeHisblessingsunlesspeople
changethem
selves.8:[53-54]
Treatiesmustbe
honoredunlessbroken
withproper
notification.8:[55-58]
8Orderto
remain
preparedforw
aragainsttheunbelievers.
Make
peaceifenem
yisw
illingtomake
peace.8:[59-64]
9Allah'sprom
isetomake
thebelieversvictoriousoverarm
iesTW
OtoTEN
timesm
orethan
believers.8:[65-69]
10Treatm
entofprisonersofwarw
hoembrace
Islam.
8:[70-71]Dutiesand
obligationsofthe
IslamicState
towardsM
uslims
livinginnon-M
uslimcountries.
8:[72-75]
9.AT-TA
UBA
[Repentance]
(Rukus-16;V
erses-129)1
Proclamation
todissolve
the"Treaty
ofHudaibiyah."
9:[1-6]
2Com
mandm
entofAllah
tohonorthe
treatysolong
astheunbelievershonorit.
9:[7-11]
Iftheunbelieversviolate
thetreaty,then
fightagainsttheirringleaders.
9:[12-16]
3Mushrikeen
areforbidden
tobethe
caretakersofMasâjid.
9:[17-18]
Servicetopilgrim
sisnotequaltotrue
beliefinAllah,the
LastDay,and
Jihâd.9:[19-22]
Donottake
yourfathersandbrothersasyourfriendsifthey
preferKufr(unbelief)overIm
ân(belief).
9:[23-24]
4Allah'shelp
iswiththe
qualityand
notthequantity
ofthebelievers.
9:[25-27]
ProhibitionofM
ushrikeenfrom
enteringMasjid-al-H
arâm.
9:[28-29]5
Themushrikeen
arethe
Jewsand
ChristianswhocallEzra
andJesusthe
sonsofGod.
9:[30-33]
Donotbe
likeRabbisand
Priestswhomisappropriate
thewealth
ofpeople.9:[34-35]
Thenum
berofmonthsin
thebook
ofAllah
is12,ofwhich
4are
sacred.9:[36-37]
6Allah'sorderto
beararmsagainstthe
unbelievers,ifnecessary9:[38-42]
7Those
whodonotparticipate
inJihâd
arehypocrites.
9:[43-48]
Excusesofthehypocritesfornotbearing
armsagainstthe
unbelievers.9:[49-59]
8Categoriesforthe
distributionofZakah.
9:[60]
TheorderofA
llahnotto
molestthe
Prophet.9:[61-62]
Endofthose
whooppose
Allah
andthe
Prophet.9:[63]
Punishmentforthose
whomake
funofthe
religion.9:[64-66]
9Hypocriticalactionsand
theirpunishment.
9:[67-70]
Believers'actionsandtheirrew
ards.9:[71-72]
10Allah'sorderto
make
Jihâdagainsthypocritesand
unbelievers.9:[73-74]
Behaviorofthehypocrites.
9:[75-80]
11The
hypocritesdidnotjoin
thewaragainstthe
unbelievers.Prohibition
ofofferingFuneralprayerforthe
hypocrites.9:[81-89]
12Genuine
exemptionsfrom
thebattlefront.
9:[90-93]
JUZ(PA
RT)–
11–ya’tadhiroona
[theywillpresentexcuses…
]Those
whomake
excusestoavoid
servinginarm
edstruggle
forthe
causeofA
llahwhen
needed,arehypocrites.
9:[94-99]
13Categoriesofhypocrites.
Commandm
entforthecollection
ofZakah.The
hypocritesbuiltaMasjid
,called"Masjid-e-Zirâr,"
formischievousm
otives.9:[100-110]
14Allah
haspurchasedthe
personsandwealth
oftheBelievers
inlieu
ofgrantingthem
theParadise.
9:[111-112]
Donotseek
forgivenessfortheMushrikeen.
9:[113-116]
Allah
forgavethose
threewholagged
behindbutw
eresincere.
9:[117-118]
15Believersare
thosewhopreferthe
lifeofthe
Rasoolovertheirow
n.Requirem
entofobtainingunderstanding
ofreligion.9:[119-122]
16Fightthe
disbelieversandbeaware
thatAllah
iswithpious
9:[123]
Qur'anic
versesdoincrease
thefaith
ofthebelievers.
9:[124-127]Characterofthe
ProphetMuham
mad(pbuh).
Aprayertaughtby
Allah.
9:[128-129]
10.YUNUS[ProphetJonah]
(Rukus-11;V
erses-109)1
Al-Q
ur'anisthe
bookofw
isdom.
10:[1-2]
Allah
istheOneWhocreated
thisuniverse.Heisthe
OneWhooriginatesthe
creationand
repeatsit.
10:[3-5]There
aresignsofH
ismanifestation
inthe
creationofheaven,
earth,sun,moon,day
andnight.
10:[6-10]
2Behaviorofthe
wrongdoerstow
ardsAllah
andHisrevelations.
10:[11-17]
Deitiesotherthan
Allah
canneitherharm
norbenefityou.Mankind
wasone
nationuntilthey
inventeddifferent
creeds.10:[18-20]
3People
calluponAllah
when
sufferingbutplotagainstH
imwhen
comfortable.
10:[21-23]
Example
ofthisworldly
life.10:[24]
Allah
invitesyoutothe
HomeofPeace.
Deitiesw
hompeople
worship
arenoteven
aware
oftheirw
orship.10:[25-30]
4Truth
aboutAllah
vs.othergodsinventedbythe
Mushrikeen.
10:[31-36]
ThisQur'an
istherevelation
fromAllah.
10:[37-40]
Thosewhodisbelieve
inthisQ
ur'anshallbe
thelosersin
theHereafter.
10:[41-46]
Everynation
wassenta
Rasoolfortheirguidance.10:[47-53]
6There
shallbenowayoutforthe
unbelieversonthe
Dayof
Judgment.
10:[54-56]
TheQur'an
isamercy,blessing,and
cureforthe
problemsof
mankind.
10:[57-60]
7Whateveryou
do,Allah
isawitnessto
it.10:[61-65]
TheMushrikeen
follownothing
butconjecture,preachnothing
butfalsehood.10:[66-70]
8Story
oftheProphetN
ûhand
hispeople.10:[71-73]
Rasoolswere
senttothe
descendantsoftheProphetN
ûh-sim
ilarlyThe
ProphetsMusa
andHaroon
were
senttoPharaoh.
10:[74-82]
9Story
ofMusa
andFir‘aun
(Pharaoh).Children
ofIsraelwere
deliveredfrom
thebondage
ofFir‘aun.
10:[83-92]
10Children
ofIsraelwere
providedwithgood
dwellingsand
food.10:[93-95]
Beliefafterseeingthe
scourgedid
notbenefitanynation
exceptthenation
ofYûnus.
10:[96-98]
Forcingsom
eonetoconvertto
Islamisprohibited.
10:[99-103]
11Noone
otherthanAllah
canharm
orbenefityou.10:[104-107]
Declare
thatguidancehascom
e-now
tofollow
ornottofollow
isnowyourchoice.
10:[108-109]
11.HUUD[ProphetH
ud](Rukus-10;V
erses-123)1
TeachingsoftheQur'an.
11:[1-5]
JUZ(PA
RT)–
12–wamaamindaabbah
[andnotany
moving
creature…]
Allah
istheSustainerofallcreatures.
11:[6-8]
2Mankind
iseverungratefultoAllah
exceptthebelievers.
TheQur'an
isnotforgedbythe
ProphetMuham
mad(pbuh).
11:[9-14]
ThePeople
oftheBook
(JewsandChristians)are
oftwokinds:
thosewhocan
seethe
Truth,andthose
whochoose
notto.11:[15-24]
3Nûh'saddress
tohispeople.
Nûh'speople
challengedhim
andasked
forthescourge
ofAllah.
11:[25-35]
4Allah
commanded
Nûhtobuild
anark.
11:[36-39]
Allah
commanded
Nûhtoembark
andgatheron
boardthe
believersandapairfrom
everyspecies.
11:[40-41]
Dialogue
between
Nûhand
hisson.11:[42-44]
Dialogue
between
Nûhand
Allah
regardingNuh’sson.
11:[45-49]
5The
ProphetHûd'saddressto
hispeople,theirdisbeliefandits
consequences.11:[50-60]
6The
ProphetSâleh'saddresstohispeople,theirdisbeliefand
itsconsequences.
11:[61-68]
7Good
newsforthe
ProphetIbrâheem:he
willhave
ason
(Isaac)andbeyond
himagrandson
(Jacob).11:[69-76]
TheProphetLût'saddressto
hispeople,theirdisbeliefandits
consequences.11:[77-83]
8The
ProphetShu'aib'saddressto
hispeoplewhowere
cheatingintheirbusinesstransactions.
11:[84-90]Theirnegative
responseand
itsconsequences.11:[91-95]
9Fate
ofFir‘aunand
hischiefswhowere
warned
buttheygave
noheed.
11:[96-109]
10Differencesarose
aboutTorahgiven
toMusa
forhisfollow
ers'lackofbelief.
11:[110-113]Virtuesrem
oveevils,A
llahdoesnotletthe
reward
oftherighteousbe
wasted.
11:[114-117]Freedom
ofchoicegiven
tomankind
istheWillofA
llah.11:[118-123]
12.YOUSUF[ProphetJoseph]
(Rukus-12;V
erses-111)1
TheQur'an
isrevealedinthe
Arabic
language.12:[1-3]
TheSTO
RYofthe
ProphetYûsuf(Joseph).
12:[4-6]2
Thereare
lessonsinthisSTO
RYforthe
inquirers.12:[7-10]
ThestepbrothersofY
ûsufaskedtheirfatherto
sendhim
with
themonahunting
tripand
threwhim
inadark
well.
12:[11-15]
Theytold
theirfatherthatYûsufw
aseatenbyawolf.
12:[16-17]They
broughtashirtw
ithfalse
bloodonit.
12:[18]Onecaravan
kidnappedhim
,broughthimtoEgypt,and
soldhim
.12:[19-20]
3The
Egyptianwhoboughthim
wasa
niceman.
12:[21-22]
Hism
aster'swifetried
toseduce
himbutA
llahsaved
him.
12:[23-29]4
Thewomenofthe
townstarted
pointingfingersather.She
invitedthem
toabanquetand
askedYûsufto
appearbefore
them.Yûsuf
wassentto
prison.12:[30-35]
5Twoprison
inmateshad
dreamsand
askedYûsuf
forinterpretation.Yûsuf'saddressto
hisfellowinm
ates.12:[36-42]
6King
ofEgypthadadream
andasked
foritsinterpretation.Yûsuf'sinterpretation
oftheKing's
dream.
12:[43-49]
7The
King
ofEgyptheardthe
caseofY
ûsufanddeclared
himinnocent.
12:[50-52]
JUZ(PA
RT)–
13–wamaaubarri’u
[andIdo
notfree…]
Yûsuf'sappointm
entasK
ing'scabinetmember.
12:[53-57]
8Yûsuf'sbrotherscam
etoEgyptto
getfoodand
grain.Yûsufasked
themtobring
theiryoungerbrother,(Benjam
in-who
wasYûsuf'syoungerbrother).
12:[58-62]They
askedtheirfatherto
sendBenjam
inwiththem
inorderto
getmore
grain.Ya'qoob'sadvice
tohissons.
12:[63-68]
9Yûsufintroduced
himselfto
hisbrotherandschem
edtoretain
him.
Benjaminwasaccused
ofstealingsothathe
couldbe
retained.12:[69-79]
10Yûsuf'sbrothersw
entbackand
toldtheirfatheraboutthe
incidentofBenjamin'sstealing
andretention.
Theirfathersentthem
back.12:[80-87]
Theycam
etoYûsufand
beggedforfood
andsom
echarity;
Yûsuf
disclosedhisidentity;
Heforgave
hisbrothersandsentforhisfam
ily.12:[88-93]
11Ya'qoob
gotthegood
newsofhisson
Yûsuf.
12:[94-95]Ya'qoob
gottheeyesightback;asked
forforgivenessforhissons.12:[96-98]
Thushisfamilywasrelocated
fromKen‘ân
toEgypt.
Yûsuf'sprayerto
liveand
dieasa
Muslim
.12:[99-104]
12Mostofthe
ignorantpeoplewhobelieve
inAllah
alsocom
mitshirk
12:[105-108]Allthe
Rasoolswere
humanbeings.
TheSTO
RYofY
ûsufisconfirmation
ofpreviousscriptures.12:[109-111]
13.AR-RA’D[Thunder]
(Rukus-6;V
erses-43)1
TheQur'an
isrevealedbyAllah,the
Creatorofthe
heavensand
theearth.
13:[1-3]
Trees,fruit,vegetablesandtheirtastesare
thesignsofA
llah.Forevery
nationAllah
sentaguide
(Rasool).13:[4-7]
2Allah
neverchangesthecondition
ofapeople
unlesstheystrive
tochange
themselves.
PraytoAllah
Alone.
13:[8-15]
DeitiesbesidesA
llahhave
nocontroloverany
harmor
benefitandThose
whodonotrespond
tothe
calloftheirRabbwill
havenowaytoescape.
13:[16-18]
3Those
whofulfiltheir
pledgewithAllah
willhave
anexcellent
abodeinthe
Hereafter.
Thosewhobreak
theirpledgewillhave
thecurse
&aterrible
home13:[19-26]
4Itisthe
remembrance
ofAllah
thatprovidestranquilitytohearts.
13:[27-29]There
isnoGodbutH
im,allthingsare
subjecttoHiscom
mand.
13:[30-31]
5Allah
watcheseach
andevery
soulminutely.
13:[32-34]The
Qur'an
isrevealedinArabic
foreasyunderstanding.
13:[35-37]
6The
Rasoolhasnopow
ertoshow
anymiracle
withoutA
llah'ssanction.When
Allah
commands,
thereisnone
toreverse
it.Allah
istheMasterofallplanning.
13:[38-43]
14.IBR
AAHEEM
[ProphetAbraham
](Rukus-7;V
erses-52)1
ThisBookisrevealed
tobring
mankind
outofdarknessintolight.
14:[1-3]AllRasoolsspoke
thelanguage
oftheirownpeople.
14:[4]The
ProphetMusa
wassentto
leadhispeople
outofdarknessinto
light.14:[5-6]
2Ifallthe
dwellersofearth
becomenonbelievers,itm
akesnodifference
toAllah.
14:[7-8]Response
ofpreviousnationstothe
Rasools14:[9]
Dailogue
between
theRasoolsand
theirnationsLetthe
believersputtheirtrustinAllah.
14:[10-12]
3Allah
punishesthewrongdoers&
blessesthosewhodread
Hisem
inence.14:[13-17]Allah
hasbasedthe
creationofheavensand
earthonTruth.
14:[18-21]
4Shaitân
hasnopow
eroverhumanbeings-he
onlyinvitesand
peoplefollow
.14:[22]
Greetingsin
Paradisewillbe
'Peace'.14:[23]
Example
ofa"good
word"and
a"bad
word".
14:[24-27]5
Thosewhoshow
ingratitudetow
ardsAllah'sfavors
shallbecast
intoHell.
Allah
hasgivenyou
countlessfavors.14:[28-34]
6The
prayeroftheProphetIbrâheem
forthecity
ofMakkah
anditsresidents.
Theprayerofthe
ProphetIbrâheemwhich
ismade
apartofM
uslimsfive
dailyprayers.
14:[35-41]
7Neverthink
thatAllah
isunaware
oftheunjust,orthatH
ewilleverbreak
Hisprom
isemade
toHisRasools.
14:[42-51]Allah
istheOneand
Only
God.
14:[52]
15.AL-H
IJR[TheR
ockyTract]
(Rukus-6;V
erses-99)1
TheQur'an
istheDivine
Book.15:[1]
JUZ(PA
RT)-
14–rubam
aa[Perhaps…
]Onthe
DayofJudgm
ent,theunbelieversw
illwishthatthey
were
Muslim
s.Allah
Himselfhastaken
theresponsibility
ofpreservingthe
Qur'an.
15:[2-15]
2Allah
createdand
decoratedthe
heavens.Healso
createdeverything
suitableforhum
anlife
onearth.
15:[16-25]
3Story
ofAdam
'screation;prostrationofthe
angelsbeforehim
andShaitân'srefusalto
prostrate.Shaitân
andhisfollow
ersaredestined
forhell.15:[26-44]
4The
righteouswillbe
awarded
paradise.15:[45-50]
TheProphetIbrâheem
isgiventhe
goodnew
sofason
bytwoangels.
15:[51-60]
5The
sameangelscam
etothe
ProphetLûtandexecuted
Allah's
decreeofstoning
todeath
thenation
ofhomosexuals.
15:[61-79]
6Punishm
enttothe
peopleofH
ijrfortheirdisbelief.15:[80-86]
Al-Fâtiha
isalsocalled:"Seven
versesworthy
ofoft-recitation."
15:[87-93]Proclaim
thecom
mandm
entsofAllah
publiclyand
turnaway
fromthe
Mushrikeen.
15:[94-99]
16.NAHL[TheBee]
(Rukus-16;V
erses-128)1
Allah
hassentdownHisrevelationsto
warn
thatthereisno
godbutH
im.
Hehascreated
cattleforthe
benefitofhumanbeings.
16:[1-9]
2ItisH
eWhosendsdow
nwaterfrom
thesky
fordrinkingand
agriculture.Hesetm
ountainstostabilize
theearth.
Allah
hasbestowedsomany
favors,youcannoteven
countthem.16:[10-21]
3The
unbelieversarearrogantand
theywillbe
heldresponsible
forthatattitude.16:[22-25]
4Onthe
DayofJudgm
ent,Allah
willhum
iliatethe
arrogantandcastthem
intohellw
hilethe
righteouswillbe
awarded
paradise.16:[26-34]
5Allah
hassenttheRasoolsto
warn
againsttheunbelievers'
excuse:"IfAllah
wanted,w
ewould
havenotw
orshippedanyone
else."16:[35-40]
6Allah
haspromised
agood
abodeforthose
whomigrate
forHissake.
16:[41-44]
Dothe
unbelieversfeelsecureagainstthe
wrath
ofAllah.
16:[45-50]
7Wheneverunbelieversare
indistressthey
calluponAllah
Alone;no
soonerdoesHerelieve
themthatthey
startcom
mitting
shirk.16:[51-60]
8IfA
llahwere
topunish
mankind
forwrong
doings,Hewould
notleaveeven
ananim
alaroundthe
wrongdoers.
Aswatergiveslife
todead
landsodoesthe
Qur'an
tothe
humansoul.
16:[61-65]9
Thereisa
lessonform
ankindinthe
livesofanimalsi.e.,
milk-producing
animalsand
thehoneybee.
16:[66-70]
10There
isalesson
inthe
processofyourowncreation:W
hy,then,believe
indeitiesw
hohave
nopow
ertocreate
anythingand
disbelieveinAllah,the
Creator?16:[71-76]
11There
arealso
signsofAllah
inthe
livesofthebirdsand
theanim
als.16:[77-83]
12Onthe
DayofJudgm
entawitnessw
illbecalled
fromeach
nationand
theunbelieversw
illfacethe
realityoftheirinvented
falsegods.
16:[84-86]End
andpunishm
entofdisbelievers16[87-88]
Witenessfrom
everynation
andthe
Prophetaswitnessto
all16:[89]
13Allah
commandsto
dojustice,do
goodtoothers,and
giveto
nearrelatives;andHeforbidsindecency,w
ickedness,and
rebellion.16:[90]
Don’tbreak
yourcovenants…16[91-94]
Whatisw
ithyou
istransitory;andwhatisw
ithAllah
iseverlasting.16[95-96]
Good
lifeforthe
believersinthisw
orldand
theirreward
inthe
hereafter16[97]
When
yourecite
theQur'an,seek
Allah'sprotection
againstShaitân.16:[98-100]
14The
unbelieversaccusedMuham
mad(pbuh)ofbeing
taughtthe
Qur'an
byacertain
man,butthe
manthey
alludetois
non-Arab
while
theQur'an
isineloquentA
rabic.16:[101-110]
15Donotdeclare
withyourtongue
whatisH
alâl(lawful)and
whatisH
arâm(unlawful)-H
alâlandHarâm
arefrom
Allah.
16:[111-119]
16Ibrâheem
wasa
nationinhim
self.16:[120-124]
Calltowardsthe
WayofA
llahwithwisdom
;adviseand
reasoninacourteousm
anner.16:[125-128]
JUZ(PA
RT)–
15–subhanalladhee
[Glorified
isHewho…
]17.
BANI-ISR
AEEL
[TheChildren
ofIsrael](Rukus-12;V
erses-111)1
Allah
tookMuham
mad(pbuh)on
atourofthe
universe.17:[1]
Allah
fulfilledthe
prophecymade
inthe
Holy
Bookofthe
Israelitesthattheywillcreate
mischiefin
theland
twice
andeach
timethey
willbe
punished.The
Qur'an
guidestothe
perfectStraightWay.
17:[2-10]
2Onthe
DayofJudgm
ent,eachindividualshallbe
giventhe
bookofhisow
ndeeds.
17:[11-14]Hethatseeksguidance
doessotohisow
ngood
andhewho
goesastraydoesso
tohisow
nloss.
17:[15-17]Hethatdesiresthe
transitorythingsofthislife
isgivenhere,
butinthe
Hereafterhe
shallbecondem
nedtohell.
17:[18-22]
3Som
ecom
mandm
entsofAllah
forthebelieversincluding
properbehaviorwithparents,relatives,and
thecom
munity
atlarge.17:[23-30]
4The
commandm
ents(continued)...17:[31-40]
5Ifthere
were
othergodsbesidesAllah,they
would
havetried
todethrone
Him.
17:[41-44]Beliefin
theHereafterisnecessary
tounderstand
theQur'an.
Hereafter
islifeafterdeath.
17:[45-48]The
questionsofdisbelieversonresurrection
17:[49-52]6
Believersshouldspeak
onlygood
words.
17:[53-55]Invented
godshavenopow
ertorelieve
youfrom
anydistress.
17:[56-57]Whythe
signsarenotsentto
Muham
mad(pbuh)like
priorprophets.17:[58-60]
7Shaitân,hisenm
itywithhum
anbeings,and
hisvowtoseduce
them.
17:[61-65]
Allah
hasprovidedconveyance
foryouonland
andsea.
17:[66-70]8
Accountability
ofeverycom
munity
anditsleaders.
17:[71-72]
Nocom
promiseisallow
edinmattersofIslam
iclaw
andprinciples.
17:[73-77]Five
timesdaily
Salah(prayers)and
anextra
prayer(calledTahajjud)forthe
Holy
Prophet.9
TheQur'an
isahealing
andmercy
forthebelievers.
17:[78-84]
10Ar-Rûh
(Spirit)isatthecom
mand
ofAllah.
Noone
canproduce
aQur'an
likethis.
17:[85-88]Allah
hasuseddifferentm
ethodsinthe
Qur'an
tomake
peopleunderstand
HisM
essage.17:[89-93]
11Allah
hassentahum
anRasoolto
humanbeings;ifthe
dwellersofearth
hadbeen
Angels,A
llahwould
havesentan
angelasaRasool.
17[94-96]Guidance
byAllah
only;Disbelieversw
illberesurrected
asdeaf,blind..17[97]
Only
disbelieverscandoubtlife
afterdeath.17:[98-100]
12Musa
wasgiven
ninesigns;people
stilldidnotbelieve
him.
17:[101-104]The
Qur'an
isrevealedintruth
andwiththe
truthithascom
edow
nin
sectionstosuiteach
occasion,foreasydeliberation.
OfferSalah
neithertooloud
norintoo
lowavoice,
adoptthemiddle
course.17:[105-111]
18.AL-K
AHF[TheC
ave](Rukus-12;V
erses-110)1
Thosewhosay
Allah
hasbegottenason
areuttering
amonstrouslie.
18:[1-6]
Storyofthe
Companionsofthe
Cave.18:[7-12]
2They
were
youngmenwhodeclared
thetruth
abouttheOnenessofA
llah.They
hadtorun
awayand
takerefuge
inacave.
18:[13-17]3
Theywere
inastate
ofsleep.They
were
awakened
byAllah
afterhundredsofyears.18:[18-20]
Theiridentitywasdisclosed
toresolve
thedisputed
issueoflife
afterdeath:Whata
shamethatinstead
ofgettingthe
point,people
were
disputingabouttheirnum
bers.18:[21-22]
4Wheneveryou
promisetodosom
ethinginthe
future,always
say:"InshaAllah
(IfAllahwills)."
18:[23-26]Noone
isauthorizedtochange
theWord
ofAllah
18[27]Becontentw
iththose
whocry
untotheirLord
18[28]Proclaim
:"Truthfrom
Allah
hascome,choice
isyours:believe
itordisbelieve."18:[27-31]
5Parable
ofabelieverand
adisbeliever.
18:[32-44]
6Sim
ilitudeofw
orldlylife
anditsrelationship
withthe
lifeof
theHereafter.
18:[45-49]Fate
ofthosewhofollow
theShaitân
andcom
mitshirk.
18:[50-53]
7Allah
hasgivenallkindsofexam
plesinthe
Qur'an
sothatthe
peoplemayunderstand
HisM
essage.18:[54-59]
8The
ProphetMusa
travelledtofind
Khizrto
learnsom
eofthe
knowledge
giventohim
byAllah
Almighty
andKhizrw
arnedMusa
thathewould
notbeable
tobear
withhim
.18:[60-70]
9The
ProphetMusa
couldnotresistquestioning
Khizrw
henhemade
ahole
inthe
boat,andwhen
hekilled
aboy
withnoapparentreason.18:[71-74]
JUZ(PA
RT)-16
–qaala
alam[Hesaid
didn’t…?]
TheSTO
RYofthe
ProphetMusa
andKhizr.
18:[75-82]
11The
STORYofking
Zul-Qarnain.
18:[83-101]
12Fatesofthe
Mushrikeen
andthe
believersonthe
Dayof
Judgment.
18:[102-108]
WordsofA
llahare
countlessandcan
notberecorded.
18:[109]
Muham
mad(pbuh)isbuta
humanbeing
likeyou.
18:[110]
19.MARYAM[Mary]
(Rukus-6;V
erses-98)1
TheSTO
RYofZakariyya
andthe
birthand
youthofY
ahya(John).
19:[1-15]
2The
STORYofM
aryam;dialogue
between
herandthe
angel19:[16-20]
Responseofthe
angel;Themiraculousbirth
ofIsa(Jesus).
19:[21-26]
Maryam
broughtherbaby(Jesus)to
herpeople,andthe
babyspoke
tohispeople
inthe
cradletodefend
hismotherand
proclaimhisassignm
enttobetheirProphet.
19:[27-34]
Isa(Jesus)isnotthe
sonofG
od,itisnotbefittingtothe
Majesty
ofGodthatH
eneedsto
begetason.
19:[35-40]
3The
STORYofIbrâheem
andhisidol-w
orshippingfather.
19:[41-50]
4The
ProphethoodofM
usa,Isma`iland
Idrees.19:[51-57]
AllprophetsofA
llahwere
Divinely
Guided
andchosen.
19:[58-65]
5Believers'and
unbelievers'lifeinthisw
orldand
theirlife
inthe
Hereafter.
19:[66-82]
6Nogod
otherthanAllah
willbe
abletosave
youonthe
Day
ofJudgmentand
Thosewhosay
Allah
hasbegottenason,preach
suchamonstrouslie
thateventhe
heavensmaycrack,earth
splitandmountainscrum
bletopieces.
Allah
hasmade
theQur'an
easyform
ankind.19:[83-98]
20.TAA-HAA[Taa-H
aa](Rukus-8;V
erses-135)1
TheQur'an
isarem
inderforthosewhofearA
llah,theCreator
oftheheavensand
theearth.
20:[1-8]The
ProphetMusa
wentto
thesacred
valleyof'Tuw
a'atmountTûr.
20:[9-16]
Allah
chosehim
asHisRasool&
assignedhim
towards
Fir‘aun(Pharaoh).
20:[17-24]2
TheProphetM
usaprayed
toAllah
toopen
hisheart,easehis
taskand
remove
theimpedim
entfromhisspeech
sothat
peoplemayunderstand
whathe
says.Allah
grantedhis
requestandrem
indedhim
aboutHisfavors.
20:[25-48]Dialogue
between
Musa
andFir‘aun.
20:[25-54]
3Humanlife
cycle.Fir‘aun
disbelievedMusa
bycalling
hismiraclesa
magician's
trickand
challengedhim
toconfronthism
agiciansin
public-M
usaaccepted
thechallenge.
20:[55-64]The
confrontationofM
usaand
Fir‘aun'smagicians.A
fterwitnessing
Musa'sm
iraclethe
magiciansaccepted
Islam.
Dialogue
between
magiciansand
Fir‘aun.20:[65-73]
Endofthe
criminalsand
thebelievers
20[74-76]4
Deliverance
oftheChildren
ofIsraelfromthe
bondageofFir‘aun.
20:[77-82]When
theProphetM
usawentto
MountTûrforcom
munion
with
Allah
-Israelitesstartedworshipping
thecalf
inhisabsence.
20:[83-89]
5Musa'sinquiry
aboutidolworshipping,hisdecision
aboutSâm
iri,Golden
Calfandhisaddressto
hispeople.20:[90-98]
TheQur'an
isbutarem
inderandthe
lifeofthisw
orldshall
appeartobenolongerthan
oneday
inthe
Hereafter.
20:[99-104]6
Ascene
fromthe
DayofJudgm
ent.20:[105-112]
TheQur'an
issentinArabic
toteach
andtorem
ind,soread
andsay:"O
myRabb,increase
meinknow
ledge."20:[113-115]
7The
STORYofA
dam'screation
andShaitân'stem
ptation.Allah
forgaveAdam
'ssin,chosehim
andguided
himto
therightW
ay.Those
whodonotread
theQur'an
andfollow
itsguidance,shallbe
raisedasblind
onthe
DayofResurrection.
20:[116-128]
8Donotenvy
othersinworldly
benefits,ratherseekAllah's
pleasureifyou
wantto
attainthe
blessedend.
20:[129-132]The
Qur'an
isasign
fromAllah
sothere
canbenoexcuse
forthe
unbelieversonthe
DayofJudgm
ent.20:[133-135]
JUZ(PA
RT)-17
–iqtaraba
linnas[Drew
nearthem
ankind…]
21.AL-A
NBIY
AA’[TheProphets]
(Rukus-7;V
erses-112)1
TheDayofA
ccountabilityisgetting
closer,butthedisbelievers
arestillheedlessto
admonition
anddispute
astohow
Rasoolcanbeahum
anbeing?
21:[1-10]2
Priornationswere
destroyeddue
tosimilariniquities.
21:[11-15]The
creationofthe
heavensandearth
isnotagam
e.21:[16-18]
Iftherewere
more
thanOneGod,the
heavensandearth
would
havebeen
inastate
ofdisorder.21:[19-24]
AllRasoolsw
eresentw
iththe
sameMessage;"There
isnogod
butAllah,so
worship
HimAlone."
21:[25-29]
3The
skiesandearth
oncewere
onemass,A
llahsplitthem
asunder,andHecreated
alllivingthingsfrom
water.
21:[30-33]
Allah
hasnotgrantedimmortality
toany
humanbeing.IfRasoolsare
destinedtodie,how
disbelieversaregoing
tolive
forever!21:[34-41]
4Invented
godscannoteven
defendthem
selves,howthey
will
defendthe
unbelieversagainstAllah?
Scaleofjustice
shallbesetup
onthe
DayofJudgm
ent.21:[42-47]
Musa
wasgiven
Al-Furqân
(thecriterion
ofrightandwrong),
soisthisQ
ur'an.21:[48-50]
5Ibrâheem
questionedthe
idolworshiping
ofhisfatherandhispeople.
Ibrâheembroke
alltheiridolstoshow
,thatthegodsw
hocan
noteven
defendthem
selves,howthey
canbeofany
benefittothem
.They
decidedtoburn
himalive
butAllah
commanded
thefire
tobecooland
comfortable
forIbrâheem.
21:[51-71]
Allah
blessedIbrâheem
withason
(Ishâq)andthen
agrandson
(Ya'qoob)andmade
eachofthem
Prophets.21:[72-75]
6Allah
acceptedthe
prayerofNûhagainstthe
unbelievers.21:[76-77]
Allah
blessedProphetsD
aûdand
Sulaimânwithwisdom
,know
ledgeand
kingdoms.
21:[78-82]
Allah
acceptedthe
ProphetAyûb'sprayerand
removed
hisaffliction.
21:[83-84]Allah
acceptedthe
prayersandblessed
ProphetsIsma`il,
Zulkifl,Yûnus,Zakariyya
andalso
blessedMaryam
.21:[85-91]
Mankind
isbutonebrotherhood.
21:[92-93]7
Whoeverdoesgood
deeds,providedheisa
believer,hisendeavorw
illnotberejected.
21:[94-97]The
DayofJudgm
ent,andthe
fateofthe
disbelieversandthe
believers.21:[98-106]
Allah
hassentMuham
mad(pbuh)asa
blessingforallthe
worlds(H
umans,Jinnsand
others).21:[107-112]
22.AL-H
AJJ[ThePilgrim
age](Rukus-10;V
erses-78)1
Ascene
fromthe
HourofD
oom.
22:[1-4]Life
cycle,lifeinthisw
orldand
thelife
inthe
Hereafter.
22:[5-7]People
invokeotherdeitiesbesidesA
llah,withoutknow
ledgeand
guidance.22:[8-10]
2Behaviorofthose
whoare
standingatthe
vergeoffaith.
22:[11-14]Allah
alwayshelpsH
isRasools.Allthe
dwellersofthe
heavensandthe
earthprostrate
beforeAllah.
22:[15-18]The
disbelieverswillhave
garmentsoffire,boiling
waterto
drinkand
macesofiron
tolash
themwith.
22:[19-22]3
Allah
hasgivenequalrightsto
allbelieversatMasjid-al-H
arâm,whetherthey
arenativesorforeigners.
22:[23-25]
4Allah
identifiedthe
siteofSacred
House
toIbrâheem
,com
manded
himtobuiltthe
Ka‘bah,then
callmankind
tocom
eforH
ajj(Pilgrimage).
22:[26-30]
Committing
shirkisasthough
hehad
fallenfrom
thesky
andhisbody
issnatchedawayby
birds.22:[31-33]
5Itisnotthe
meatorthe
bloodofthe
sacrificedanim
alsthatreachesA
llah,itisyourpietythatreachesH
im.
22:[34-38]
6Perm
issionisgranted
tothe
believerstofightin
selfdefence,and
forthecause
ofAllah.
22:[39-41]OMuham
mad,"you
arenotthe
onlyone
beingdenied,all
Prophetswere
deniedbefore
you."22:[42-45]
Aday
ofyourRabbisequalto
onethousand
yearsofyourcalculation.
22:[46-48]7
AcceptorsofTruth
shallbeforgiven,w
hileothers
punished.22:[49-51]
Shaitântam
peredwiththe
wishesofallRasoolsbutA
llahabrogated
suchinterjection
andOnthe
DayofJudgm
ent,Allah
Himselfshallbe
theJudge
forall.22:[52-57]
8Those
whomigrated
forthesake
ofAllah
shallbegenerously
rewarded
andAllah
istheonly
Onewhoisreal,allother
deitiesarefalse.
22:[58-64]9
Allah
istheOneWhohasgiven
youlife,causesyou
todie
andwillbring
youback
tolife
forpassingonHisJudgm
ent.22:[65-67]
Allah
willjudge
between
youconcerning
thosemattersin
which
youdiffer.
22:[68-72]10
So-calledgodsbesidesA
llahhave
nopow
ertocreate
evena
creaturelike
afly.
22:[73-74]Allah
namedthe
believersasMuslim
sinthe
priorScripturesand
alsointhis(Q
ur'an).22:[75-78]
JUZ(PA
RT)-18
–qad
aflaha[Indeed
succeeded…]
23.AL-M
U’MINOON[TheBelievers]
(Rukus-6;V
erses-118)1
Characteristicsoftruebelievers.
23:[1-11]
Stagesofhumancreation.
23:[12-16]
Allah
hasmade
theheavens,vegetation,treesand
animalsfor
thebenefitofhum
anbeings.
23:[17-22]
2The
ProphetNûhwassentto
guidehispeople,they
disbelievedhim
,and
asaresult,A
llahdrow
nedalldisbelieversin
greatflood.23:[23-
AfterprophetN
ûh,Allah
sentHûdtoguide
hispeople.23:[31-32]
3They
calledHûdanimposter;asa
result,Allah
destroyedthem
allinamighty
blast.AfterH
ûd,Allah
sentRasoolstootherpeople,they
alsodenied
andfaced
asimilarpunishm
ent.23:[33-44]
Musa
wassentto
Fir‘aunand
hischiefs;theyalso
disbelievedand
faceddestruction.
23:[45-50]
4Allah
hassaid:"Infact,yourreligion
isonereligion;Iam
yourRabb,so
fearMe,A
lone."23:[51-61]
Allah
hasnotchargedany
soulwithmore
thanitcan
bear.End
ofdisbelievers;Whyare
theynotfollow
ingthe
truth?23[62-73]
Thosewhodonotbelieve
inthe
Hereafterw
illstrayfrom
theRightPath.23:[74-77]
5Allah
hasgivenyou
ears,eyes,andhearts,butyou
seldomshow
gratitude.23:[78-83]
Eventhe
disbelieversrecognizethe
existenceofA
llah.23:[84-90]
Allah
hasneverbegottenason,noristhere
anyothergod
besidesHim.
23:[91-92]6
Repelevilwithgood
andseek
refugewithAllah
againstthetem
ptationsofShaitân.23:[93-98]
Thewrongdoersw
illwishthatthey
couldbesentback
tothisw
orldtoadoptthe
RightWay,butitw
illbetoo
late.23:[99-111]
Onthe
DayofJudgm
ent,itwillappearasifthe
lifeofthis
world
waslessthan
aday's.
23:[112-115]The
unbelieverswillneverattain
salvation.23:[116-118]
24.AN-NOOR[TheLight]
(Rukus-9;V
erses-64)1
Punishmentforrape
orfornication.24:[1-2]
Punishmentforfalse
witness.
24:[3-5]Li'ân
(accusingwife
when
thereisno
otherwitnessin
acase
ofadultery).24:[6-10]
2Slanderagainsta
wifeofthe
Prophet.Allah
declaredthe
Prophet'swifetobeinnocent.
24:[11-20]
3Allah
commanded
thebelieversnotto
followShaitân
andnot
takepartin
falseaccusationsand
slanders.24:[21-26]
4Etiquette
forenteringthe
housesotherthanyourow
n.24:[27-29]
Requiredbehaviorofa
Muslim
inmixed
trafficand
gatheringsofm
alesandfem
ales.24:[30-31]
Allah'sorderforsingle
peopletogetm
arried.Allah'sorderto
grantlibertytothose
slaveswhoseek
tobuy
theirfreedom.
24:[32-34]
5Allah
istheLightofthe
heavensandthe
earth.24:[35]
Allah'sLightisfound
inthe
placesofworship
which
arebuilt
forHisrem
embrance
byHisdevotees.
24:[36-38]Deedsofunbelieversare
likeamirage
inasandy
desert.24:[39-40]
6Every
thinginthe
heavensandearth
glorifiesandpraisesA
llah.Allah
hascreatedevery
livingcreature
fromwater.
24:[41-45]
Thosewhoclaim
tobethe
believersbutdonotdem
onstratetheirbeliefthrough
actionsarenottrue
believers.24:[46-50]
7True
believersarethose
who,w
hencalled
towardsA
llahand
HisRasool,say:"W
ehearand
weobey."
24:[51-57]
8Etiquette
ofseekingperm
issiontoenterthe
roomofm
arriedcouple.
24:[58-59]
Etiquetteofeating
athousesotherthanyourow
n.24:[60-61]
9Requirem
enttoattend
meetingsw
hichrequire
collectiveaction.
24:[62-64]
25.AL-FU
RQAAN[TheC
riterion](Rukus-6;V
erses-77)1
BlessedisA
llahWhorevealed
thisQur'an,the
criterionto
distinguishrightfrom
wrong.
Wrongdoersare
thosewhorejectthe
truthand
disbelieveaRasoolbecause
heisa
humanbeing.
25:[1-9]
2Those
whodeny
theHourand
lifeafterdeath
willbe
castinthe
blazingfire.
25:[10-16]
Onthe
DayofJudgm
ent,thosedeities,w
homthe
Mushrikeen
invokewilldeny
anyclaim
ofdivinityand
holdthe
Mushrikeen
responsiblefortheirshirk.
25:[17-20]
JUZ(PA
RT)-19
–waqaalalladheena
[andsaid
thosewho…
]3
Theunbelieversw
hoask
forangelstodaywillask
forastone
barrierbetween
themand
theangelsofpunishm
ent.25:[21-24]
Disbelieversshallregreton
theDayofJudgm
entfornotadopting
theRightW
ay.25:[25-31]
Allah
explainsthewisdom
behindrevealing
theQur'an
inpiecem
ealratherthanallatonce.
25:[32-34]
4Allnationsw
hichrejected
Allah'srevelationsand
HisRasools
were
utterlydestroyed.
Thosewhohave
takentheirdesiresastheirgodsare
nothingbutanim
als.25:[35-44]
5Allah
hasmade
thenighta
mantle,sleep
torest,and
theday
towork.
25:[45-50]Donotyield
tothe
unbelievers;make
Jihâdagainstthem
withthe
Qur'an.
PutyourtrustinEver-Living
(Allah),Whowillneverdie.
25:[51-60]
6Characteristicsofthe
TrueServants(believers)ofA
llah.25:[61-77]
26.ASH-SH
U‘ARAA’[ThePoets]
(Rukus-11;V
erses-227)1
Dedication
oftheProphetM
uhammad(pbuh)to
theguidance
ofmankind.
26:[1-9]
2The
assignmentofM
usaasa
Rasoolandhisdialogue
with
Fir‘aunand
miraclesofthe
ProphetMusa.
26:[10-33]
3Fir‘aun
tookthe
ProphetMusa'sm
iraclesasmagic
andsum
moned
themagiciansto
compete.
Afterw
itnessingamiracle,allthe
magiciansem
bracedIslam
.26:[34-51]
4Deliverance
oftheChildren
ofIsraelandthe
destructionof
Fir‘aunand
hischiefs.26:[52-68]
5The
STORYofthe
ProphetIbrâheemand
hisargumentsagainstidol
worshipping
andThe
prayeroftheProphetIbrâheem
forthislifeand
thelife
Hereafter.
Themushrikeen
andtheirgodsboth
willbe
toppledinto
hell.26:[69-104]
6The
STORYofthe
ProphetNûh,hisdialogue
withhispeople;
theydisbelieved;N
uh’sprayertoAllah
26:[105-118]
Nuhand
believersrescuedand
othersdrowned
26:[119-122]
7The
STORYofthe
ProphetHûd,hisaddressto
hispeople;theydisbelieved
andasa
resultfaceddestruction.
26:[123-140]
8The
STORYofthe
ProphetSâleh,hisaddresstohispeople;they
disbelievedand
asaresultfaced
destruction.26:[141-159]
9The
STORYofthe
ProphetLût,hisaddresstohispeople;they
disbelievedand
asaresultfaced
destruction.26:[160-175]
10The
STORYofthe
ProphetShu'aib,hisaddresstohispeople;they
disbelievedand
asaresultfaced
destruction.26:[176-191]
11The
Qur'an
isrevealedinplain
Arabic
byAllah
throughangelG
abriel;those
peoplewhodonotw
anttobelieve
willnotbelieve.
26:[192-207]The
Qur'an
isnotbroughtdownbyshaitâns;itisneitherin
theirinterestnorintheirpow
er.26:[208-220]
Shaitânsdescendonslandering
sinners,wholisten
tohearsay
andare
liars.26:[221-227]
27.AN-NAML[TheA
nts](Rukus-7;V
erses-93)1
TheQur'an
isaGuide
andGood
Newsto
theBelievers.
27:[1-6]Story
oftheProphetM
usa'sselectionasa
Rasool.Nine
signswere
showntoFir‘aun
(Pharaoh)buthestill
disbelievedand
incurredAllah'spunishm
ent.27:[7-14]
2Story
oftheProphetSulaim
ân,towhom
Allah
gaverule
overjinns,m
en,birdsandwinds.
27:[15-19]
3The
hoopoebroughthim
thenew
sabouttheQueen
ofSheba.Letterfrom
King
Sulaimântothe
Queen
ofSheba.27:[20-31]
Communicationsbetw
eenQueen
ofShebaand
Sulaimân.
27:[32-37]Amanwhohad
the'Know
ledgeofthe
Book'broughttheThrone
oftheQueen
toking
Sulaimânintwinkling
ofaneye.
Queen
ofShebaand
herpeopleembraced
Islam.
27:[38-44]
4Story
oftheProphetSâleh
andhisaddressto
hispeople.Sâleh'speople
plottedtokillhim
,butAllah
savedhim
anddestroyed
thedisbelievers.
27:[45-53]
TheProphetLûtadm
onishedhispeople
buttheypaid
noheed
sothey
facedthe
scourgeofA
llah.27:[54-58]
5Praise
toAllah
andpeace
beonHisRasools.
27:[59]
JUZ(PA
RT)-
20–ammankhalaqa
[Isn’tHewhocreated…
?]Justthink,isthere
anygod
besidesAllah
Whohascreated
anythinginthe
universe,answersthe
oppressedorguides
tothe
RightWay?
27:[60-66]
6The
disbelieversdoubtAllah'spow
erofcreation.The
Qur'an
clarifiesthosemattersin
which
theIsraelites
differandAsign
fromthe
signsofdoomsday.
27:[67-82]
7Donotdeny
Allah'srevelationsw
ithoutgainingtheir
comprehensive
knowledge.
27:[83-86]
Ascene
fromDoom
sday.Those
whoacceptguidance,do
sototheirow
ngood
andthose
whogoastray,do
sototheirow
nperil.
27:[87-93]
28.AL-Q
ASAS[TheN
arration](Rukus-9;V
erses-88)1
Storyofthe
ProphetMusa.
28:[1-3]
Fir‘aunplotted
tokillthe
sonsoftheIsraelitesto
savehis
kingship,while
Allah
plannedtobring
upone
ofthemin
Fir‘aun'sownhousehold.
28:[4-13]
2Musa'syouth,hisfolly
ofkillingaman,and
hisescapefrom
Fir‘aun'sretribution.28:[14-21]
3HisarrivalatM
adyan,acceptanceofa
tenyearterm
ofemploym
ent,andmarriage.
28:[22-28]
4HisarrivalatM
ountTûr,seeingafire,conversation
with
Allah,hisappointm
entasaRasoolto
Fir‘aunand
hischiefs.
28:[29-35]
Fir‘aunand
hischiefsdisbelieved;asaresultA
llahdestroyed
thembutsaved
theChildren
ofIsrael.28:[36-42]
5Inform
ationaboutthe
destructionofpriorgenerationsisgiven
toteach
alesson.
28:[43-50]
6Truth
hasbeenconveyed;the
truepeople
ofthebook
believeinit
28[51-52]
RighteousJewsand
Christianscanrecognize
thetruth
ofthe
Qur'an
andfeelthatthey
were
Muslim
sevenbefore
hearingit.
28:[51-55]
Prophetscannotgiveguidance,itisA
llahwhogivesguidance.
28:[52-60]
7Onthe
DayofJudgm
ent,thedisbelieversw
illwishthatthey
hadaccepted
Guidance.
28:[61-67]
Allah
hasnotallowedthe
Mushrikeen
toassign
Hispow
erstowhom
evertheywant.
28:[68-75]
8Story
ofQarûn,the
richman,w
howasfrom
thepeople
ofMusa
butherebelled
againsttheguidance
ofAllah.
28:[76-82]
9Revelation
oftheQur'an
isthemercy
ofAllah,letno
oneturn
youawayfrom
it.28:[83-88]
29.AL-‘A
NKABOOT[TheSpider]
(Rukus-7;V
erses-69)1
Allah
teststhebelieversto
see,whoistruthful
andwhoisa
liar?29:[1-7]
Bekind
toyourparentsbutdo
notobeythem
inthe
matterofshirk.
Thosewhosay,"Follow
us,wewillbearyourburden,"are
liars.29:[8-13]
2Nûhadm
onishedhispeople
for950yearsnotto
commitshirk.
Likewise,Ibrâheem
admonished
hispeoplenotto
commit
shirk.29:[14-22]
3The
peopleofIbrâheem
eventried
toburn
himalive
butAllah
savedhim
.Lût(hisnephew)isthe
onlyone
whoaffirm
edhisbelief
withhim
.29:[23-27]
Lûtwasappointed
asaRasooltow
ardsthenation
ofhomosexuals.
29:[28-30]
4They
rejectedAllah'sguidance;asa
resultAllah
destroyedthem
all.29:[31-35]
Likewisethe
Nationsof
'Ad,Tham
ûd,Madyan
andFir‘aun
rejectedthe
RasoolsofAllah,w
hichresulted
intheir
destruction.29:[36-40]
Theparable
ofthosewhotake
protectorsotherthanAllah.
29:[41-44]
JUZ(PA
RT)-21
–utlu
maaoohiya
[Recitew
hatisrevealed…]
5Salah
(Prayer)keepsoneawayfrom
shamefuldeedsand
Donotargue
withthe
Peopleofthe
Bookexceptin
goodtaste.
29:[45-51]
6Those
whobelieve
infalsehood
anddisbelieve
Allah
shallbethe
losers.How
many
creaturesarethere
whodonotcarry
theirprovisionswiththem
?Allah
providesthemasH
eprovidesyou.
29:[52-63]
7The
lifeofthisw
orldisnothing
butpastime,the
reallifeisthe
lifeHereafter.
Thosewhostrive
inOurcause,W
edoguide
themtoOurW
ay.29:[64-69]
30.AR-RUM[TheR
omans]
(Rukus-6;V
erses-60)1
TheRom
ans'(Christians)defeatatthe
handsofPersia(Pagans)
wastaken
asasign
oftheMuslim
s'defeatatthehandsof
Arab
unbelievers,soAllah
gavegood
tidingsfortheRom
anvictory
aswellasthe
Muslim
victoryinafew
years.30:[1-10]
2ItisA
llahWhooriginatescreation
andthen
repeatsitandtoHimeveryone
willbe
broughtforfinalJudgment.
30:[11-19]3
Thecreation
ofMan,hisconsort,heavens,earth,language,
colors,sleep,questforwork,lightening,rain
andgrow
thofvegetation
-allarethe
signsfromAllah.
30:[20-27]
4The
wrongdoersare
ledbytheirow
nappetitesw
ithoutrealknowledge.
Truefaith
andthe
natureofsects.
30:[28-32]
When
anaffliction
befallspeople,theycallupon
Allah,but
when
Herelievesthem
,lo!Theystartcom
mitting
shirk.30:[33-37]
Commandm
enttogive
one'srelativestheirdueand
likewiseto
thepoorand
thetravellersin
need.30:[38-40]
5Mischiefin
theland
istheresultof
Man'sow
nmisdeeds,that
ishowAllah
letsthemtaste
thefruitoftheirdeeds.
30:[41-45]
Allah
sentHisRasoolsforthe
guidanceofpeople;som
ebelieved
while
othersrejected.Allah
subjectedthe
guiltytoHisretribution
andhelped
theBelievers.A
llahsaid:
"OProphet,you
cannotmake
thedead
tohearyou."
30:[46-53]
6ItisA
llahWhohascreated
youand
shallbringyou
tojustice
onthe
DayofJudgm
ent.30:[44-60]
31.LUQMAAN[Luqm
an(Thew
ise)](Rukus-4;V
erses-34)1
TheQur'an
istheBook
ofWisdom
,aGuide
andaBlessing
fortheRighteous.
31:[1-11]2
Luqmânadvised
hissonnotto
commitShirk.
31:[12-13]
Rightsofthemotherand
parents.Obey
yourparents31:[14]
butnotinthe
mattersofShirk.
31:[15]Advice
ofLuqmânaboutm
oralbehaviorandinteraction.
31:[16-19]3
Main
reasonforbeing
misguided
isbeingblinded
byfollow
ingone'sforefathers.
31:[20-24]Ifallthe
treeswere
pensandthe
oceanswere
ink,Allah'sw
ordscould
notbeputinto
writing.
Allah
istheonly
reality,allotherswhom
peopleinvoke
besidesHimare
false.31:[25-30]
4Omankind,fearthatD
aywhen
nofathershallavailhisson
norason
hisfather.LetnottheShaitân
deceiveyou
concerningthisfact.
31:[31-34]
32.AL-SA
JDAH[TheProstration]
(Rukus-3;V
erses-30)1
TheQur'an,w
hichcontainsno
doubts,isrevealedto
Muham
mad(pbuh),so
thathemaywarn
thosepeople
towhom
noWarnerhascom
ebefore.
32:[1-11]2
Onthe
DayofJudgm
ent,theunbelieversshallbelieve
butthatbeliefw
illbeofno
benefittothem
.32:[12-14]
Thereisa
specialreward
forthosewhoforsake
theirbedsandinvoke
theirRabbwithfearand
hopeand
spendincharity.
32:[15-22]3
TheQur'an
issimilarto
theBook
which
wasgiven
tothe
ProphetMusa.
32:[23-30]
33.AL-A
HZAAB[TheC
onfederates](Rukus-9;V
erses-73)1
FearAllah
anddonotobey
theunbelieversand
hypocrites.33:[1-3]
Byword
ofmouth
neitheryourwivesbecom
eyourm
othersnoradopted
sonsbecomeyourrealsons.
33:[4-5]
TheProphet'sw
ivesarethe
believers'mothers.
Bloodrelationshave
greaterclaimsthan
othersinthe
BookofA
llah.33:[6-8]
2FavorsofA
llahduring
thebattle
ofTrench.33:[9-11]
Theattitude
ofthehypocritesduring
thebattle
ofTrench.33:[12-15]
Thosewhodiscourage
othersfromparticipating
inthe
fightagainstthe
unbelieversanddon'tparticipate
insuch
awar
themselveshave
nofaith
andalltheirdeedsw
illbevoid.
33:[16-20]3
Thelife
ofRasoolAllah
(Muham
mad,pbuh)isthe
bestmodelforyou.
33:[21-24]Allah
helpedthe
Muslim
sgainvictory
overtheunbelievers
andthe
Jewishtribesin
Madinah
andKhaiber.
33:[25-27]
4Admonition
tothe
wivesofthe
ProphetMuham
mad(pbuh).
33:[28-30]
JUZ(PA
RT)-
22–wamayn-yaqnut[and
whosoeverexercisesobedience…
]Allah'sorderto
thewivesofthe
ProphetMuham
mad(pbuh).
33:[31-34]
5Itisnotfitting
forbelieverstohave
anoption
inwhathasbeen
decidedbyAllah
andHisRasool.
33:[35-36]Allah
commanded
theProphetM
uhammad(pbuh)to
marry
thedivorced
wifeofhisadopted
sonZaid.
Muham
mad(pbuh)isnotthe
fatherofanyofyourm
enbuta
RasoolandSealofthe
Prophethood.33:[37-40]
6The
Prophetissentasabearerofgood
news,a
Warnerand
alam
pspreading
light.33:[41-48]
Divorce
when
noIddat(w
aitingperiod
forremarriage)is
required.Specialperm
issionforthe
ProphetMuham
mad(pbuh)
tomarry
more
thanfourw
ives.Restriction
onthe
Prophettomarry
ordivorceone
andmarry
anotherafterthiscommandm
ent.33:[49-52]
7Donotenterthe
housesoftheProphetw
ithoutpermission,
andifinvited,do
notseeklong
conversation.Donotm
arrythe
Rasool'swivesafterhisdeath.
33:[53-55]Allah
Himselfand
Hisangelssend
blessingsonthe
Prophet,OBelieversinvoke
Allah'sblessingsforhim
.33:[56-58]
8Com
mandm
entofHijâb
(dresscode)forwomen.
33:[59]Punishm
entfortheHypocritesand
scandalmongers.
33:[60-62]InHellthe
unbelieversshallaskdouble
punishmentfortheirleaders.
33:[63-68]
9OBelievers!FearA
llahand
alwayssay
therightthing.
Theheavens,earth
andmountainsrefuse
totake
Allah's
TrustbutM
antook
it.33:[69-73]
34.SABA'[Saba]
(Rukus-6;V
erses-54)1
TheHourissurely
goingtocom
eand
theDayofJudgm
entshallbe
establishedtorew
ardthe
believersandpunish
thosewhodiscreditA
llah'srevelations.34:[1-5]
Thosewhodonotbelieve
inthe
Hereafterare
doomed.
34:[6-9]
2The
mountainsand
birdsusedtosing
Allah'sRhym
eswiththe
ProphetDaûd.
Allah
subjectedthe
windsand
jinnstoSulaim
ân.Claim
ofpeoplethatJinnsknow
theunseen,isw
rong.34:[10-14]
Thepeople
ofSaba'rejectedAllah'sblessingsand
disbelievedin
theHereafter,so
Allah
made
themmerely
atale
ofthepast.
34:[15-21]
3Nointercession
beforeAllah
canavailany
oneexceptfor
whom
Heperm
itsit.The
ProphetMuham
mad(pbuh)isforthe
entiremankind.
34:[22-30]
4Those
whodisbelieve
inthe
Qur'an
andpriorscriptures,w
illhave
yokesplacedaround
theirnecksbeforebeing
tossedinto
hell.34:[31-36]5
Wealth
andchildren
arenotthe
indicationsofAllah'spleasure.
Itisbeliefthatbringsyouclose
toAllah
notthewealth
orchildren.Whateveryou
spendincharity,A
llahwillpay
youback.
Unbeliever'sstatem
entsabouttheProphet&
theQur'an.
34:[37-45]
6The
unbelieversareasked
toponderupon
theirwrong
statements–
theTruth
hascome,falsehood
neitheroriginatesnorrestoresanything.34:[46-50]Onthe
DayofJudgm
enttheunbelieversw
illwantto
believebutitw
illbeofno
availtothem
.34:[51-54]
35.FAATIR
[TheOriginator
ofCreation]
(Rukus-5;V
erses-45)1
None
canwithhold
oraward
blessingsbesidesAllah.
Shaitânisyourenem
y:soconsiderhim
assuch.35:[1-7]
2Thatperson
whoconsidershisevildeedsto
begood,cannotbe
guidedtothe
RightPath.35:[8-9]
Letallthosewhoare
seekinghonorknow
thatrealhonorisinthe
obedienceofA
llah.35:[10-11]
Allah
hascreatedwater,day,night,the
sunand
themoon,all
forman'sbenefit.
DeitiesbesidesA
llahcan
neitherhear,norresponse.Theydonotow
neven
equaltoathread
ofadate-stone.
35:[12-14]3
Mankind
isinneed
ofAllah,
while
Heisnotin
needofany
one.35:[15-18]
Theliving
andthe
deadare
notalike.Youcannotm
akethose
whoare
buriedinthe
gravehearyou.
35:[19-26]4
Thosewhorecite
theQur'an,establish
Salah(prayer)and
givecharity
mayhope
forAllah'sblessingsand
rewards.
Fordisbelievers,apainfulpunishm
entinthe
hellfireforever.
35:[27-37]
5Allah
hasnotsentanyBook
which
hasaprovision
ofShirk(worshipping
anyone
elsebesidesAllah).
35:[38-41]Plotting
evilrecoilsnonebutthe
authorofit.IfA
llahwasto
punishpeople
fortheirwrong
doings,He
would
havenotlefteven
ananim
alaround.35:[42-45]
36.YAA-SEEN
[TheYaa-Seen]
(Rukus-5;V
erses-83)1
TheQur'an
isrevealedbyAllah
towarn
people.The
Prophetistoldthathe
couldwarn
onlythose
peoplewhohave
thefearofA
llah.36:[1-12]
2The
example
ofthreeProphetsw
howere
senttoatow
n;allthepeople
deniedthem
exceptonemanwhocam
efrom
acrossthetow
n.36:[13-21]
JUZ(PA
RT)-
23–wamaaliya
[andwhathave
Ithat…]
Allah
blessedthe
manwhobelieved
withParadise
anddestroyed
thedisbelievers.
36:[22-32]
3Allah
hascreatedallthingsin
pairs.36:[33-36]
Theday,night,sun
andmoon;allare
beingregulated
byAllah.
36:[37-40]
Disbeliever'sattitude
towardsspending
inthe
wayofA
llah.36:[41-50]
4Ascene
fromthe
DayofJudgm
ent.36:[51-54]
Allah'sgreeting
tothe
residentsofParadise.36:[55-58]
Allah'saddressto
thecrim
inalsinners.Onthe
DayofJudgm
ent,handsandfeetshalltestify.
36:[59-67]5
TheQur'an
istowarn
thosewhoare
aliveand
toestablish
chargeagainstthe
disbelievers.36:[68-76]
Allah,W
hohascreated
man,shallgive
himlife
againfor
accountabilityonthe
DayofJudgm
ent.36:[77-83]
37.AS-SA
AFFA
AT[Thosearranged
inRanks]
(Rukus-5;V
erses-182)1
Allah
testifiesthatyourGodisone
Godand
thatshaitânsdonothave
anaccessto
theexalted
assembly
ofangels.37:[1-11]
Lifeinthe
Hereafterand
theDayofJudgm
entarereal.
37:[12-21]
2Ascene
fromthe
DayofJudgm
entandatreatforthe
wrongdoers.
37:[22-23]Adialogue
between
thefollow
ersandthe
leaderswho
mislead
them.
37:[22-39]Ascene
fromthe
scenesofParadise.Anexam
pleofconversation
ofaresidentofParadise.
37:[40-61]
Ascene
fromthe
scenesofHell.
37:[62-74]
3The
ProphetNûhprayed
andAllah
respondedtohisprayers.
37:[75-82]
TheSTO
RYofthe
ProphetIbrâheem,"The
FriendofA
llah."37:[83-98]
TheProphetIbrâheem
wasasked
toofferhisonly
sonin
sacrificeasa
testandhefulfilled
it.37:[99-113]
4Allah
bestowedHisfavorson
ProphetsMusa
andHaroon.
37:[114-122]
Ilyâs(Elias)wasone
oftheRasoolsofA
llah.37:[123-132]
Lûtwasalso
aRasoolofA
llah.37:[133-138]
5Story
oftheProphetY
ûnus(Jonah).37:[139-144]
Allah
rescuedhim
37:[145-148]
Mushrikeen'sclaim
ofAngelsbeing
daughtersofAllah
andJinnshaving
bloodrelationsw
ithAllah
areutterly
false.37:[149-166]
Allah
haspromised
tohelp
HisRasoolsand
Hisdevotees.
37:[167-182]
38.SAAD[Saad]
(Rukus-5;V
erses-88)1
TheQur'an
isfullofadmonition.U
nbelieversareinsheer
arroganceforcalling
theProphets,liars.
38:[1-14]
2The
STORYofthe
ProphetDaûd
withwhom
mountainsand
birdsusedtosing
therhym
esofAllah.
38:[15-26]
3The
STORYofthe
twolitigantsw
hocam
etoDaûd
foradecision.
38:[15-26]
Allah
hasnotcreatedthe
heavensandthe
earthinvain.
38:[27-29]
TheSTO
RYofSulaim
ân'sinspectionofsteedsto
beused
inJihâd.
TheProphetSulaim
ân'sprayerofgrantinghim
akingdom
,similarofw
hichmaynotbe
grantedtoany
oneelse.
38:[30-40]
4The
STORYofA
yûb(Job),hissicknessand
relief.38:[41-48]
TheQur'an
isbutarem
inderabouttherew
ardofParadise
38:[49-53]and
punishmentofthe
hellfire.38:[54-64]
5The
mission
ofaRasoolisto
warn
peopleand
declarethat
thereisno
divinityexceptA
llah.38:[65-70]
Storyofthe
creationofA
damand
disobedienceofIblees(Shaitân).
38:[71-88]
39.AZ-ZU
MAR[The
Groups]
(Rukus-8;V
erses-75)1
Themushrikeen
trytojustify
theirworship
ofsaintssayingthat
itmaybring
themcloserto
Allah.
39:[1-6]Onthe
DayofJudgm
ent,nobearerofburden
shallbearthe
burdenofanother.
39:[7-9]2
Believerswhocannotpractice
theirfaith(Islam
)shouldmigrate
tootherplacesw
herethey
candoso.
Thereallosersare
thosewhoshalllose
theirsoulsandtheirfam
iliesonthe
DayofJudgm
ent.39:[10-18]
Noone
canrescue
theone
againstwhom
thesentence
ofpunishm
enthasbeendecreed.
39:[19-21]3
TheQur'an
isconsistentinitsversesthough
itrepeatsitsteachingsindifferentw
ays.Allah
hascitedevery
kindofparable
inthe
Qur'an
sothatpeople
maylearn
alesson.
39:[22-31]
JUZ(PA
RT)-
24–fam
anazlam
u[then
whoism
oreunjust…]
4Whocan
bemore
wicked
thanthe
onewhoinventsa
lieagainst
Allah?
IfAllah
intendstoharm
you,noone
cansave
youand
ifHeintendsto
bestowHisblessings,
noone
canwithhold
it.39:[32-41]
5ItisA
llahWhorecallsthe
soulsofpeopleupon
theirdeathand
oftheliving
peopleduring
theirsleep.39:[42-46]
Ifthewrong
doerspossessallthetreasuresofthe
earthand
much
more
besidesit,theywillgladly
offeritasaransom
toredeem
themselveson
theDayofJudgm
ent.39:[47-52]
6Those
whohave
transgressedagainsttheirsoulsshould
notdespairofA
llah'smercy,they
shouldrepentw
hilethey
can.39:[53-63]
7Worship
Allah
andbeamong
Histhankfulservantsand
Onthe
DayofJudgm
ent,theBook
ofDeedsw
illbelaid
openand
justicewillbe
donewithallfairness.
39:[64-70]
8AfterJudgm
ent,unbelieverswillbe
driventoHelland
therighteousw
illbeled
toParadise.
39:[71-75]
40.GHAAFIR
/AL-M
'UMIN
[TheBeliever](Rukus-9;V
erses-85)1
Noone
disputestherevelationsofA
llahexceptthe
kuffâr(unbelievers).
Theangelsw
hobearthe
ThroneofA
llahpray
forthosewhorepentand
followthe
RightWay.
40:[1-9]
2Ascene
fromthe
DayofJudgm
ent.
Furtivelooksand
thesecretthoughts.
40:[10-20]
3Those
whodenied
theProphetsand
Allah'srevelationsw
erealldestroyed.
40:[21-22]
TheProphetM
usawassentto
Fir‘aun,Hamânand
Qarûn.
Fir‘aunintended
tokillthe
ProphetMusa.
40:[23-27]
4Anexcellentspeech
ofoneofthe
relativesofFir‘auninfavor
oftheProphetM
usa.40:[28-37]
5The
speechcontinued
...aboutthislifeand
thehereafter,paradise
andhell40:[38-41]
Thespeech
continued…aboutshirk
anditsbaselessness
40:[42-44]Allah
savedthatbelieverfrom
theplotsofFir‘aun
anddestroyed
thepeople
ofFir‘aun;nowthey
arepresented
beforethe
fireofH
ellmorning
andevening
(punishmentofthe
graves).40:[38-50]
6Allah
doeshelpHisRasoolsand
thebelieversin
thisworld's
lifeand
willhelp
theminthe
lifeHereafter.
YourRabb
says:"CallonMe,Iw
illanswer
yourprayers"40:[51-60]
7Noone
hastherightto
beworshipped
exceptAllah,the
Creatorandthe
Rabbofthe
worlds.
40:[62-68]
8Those
whoargue
abouttherevelationsofA
llah,willsoon
findoutthe
Truth.
Allah
hassentmany
RasoolsbeforeMuham
mad(pbuh);
someare
mentioned
inthe
Qur'an
andsom
eare
not.40:[69-78]
9Cattle
arethe
signsofAllah
forthepeople
ofunderstanding.Beliefafterseeing
thescourge
ofAllah
isofnoavailto
thedisbelievers.
40:[79-85]
41.HA-M'EEM
AS-SA
JDAH/FU
SSILAT
(Rukus-6;V
erses-54)1
TheQur'an
isagiverofgood
newsand
anadm
onition.Response
ofthedisbelievers
41:[1-5]Woetothose
whodeny
theHereafterand
donotpay
Zakah.41:[6-8]
2The
STORYofthe
creationofthe
earth,mountains,seasons,
skiesandheavens.
41:[9-12]Warning
tothe
disbelieversandthe
example
ofAllah'sscourge
uponthe
nationsof‘Adand
Thamûd.
41:[13-18]Onthe
DayofJudgm
ent,people'sownears,eyesand
skinswillbearw
itnessagainstthemrelating
totheirm
isdeeds.41:[19-25]
4Those
whodonotlisten
tothe
Qur'an
shallbesternly
punishedand
thosewhosay
ourGodisA
llahand
thenstay
firmon
it,angelsareassigned
fortheirprotection.41:[26-32]
5The
bestinspeech
istheone
whocallspeople
towardsA
llah,doesgood
deedsandsays:"Iam
aMuslim
."41:[33]
Repelevilwithgood
41:[34-36]Exam
pleofA
llah'ssigns.41:[37-42]
Nothing
issaidtoMuham
mad(pbuh)
which
wasnotsaid
tothe
priorProphets.The
Qur'an
isaguide
andhealing
forthebelievers.
41:[43-44]
6The
Bookgiven
tothe
ProphetMusa
wassim
ilartothe
Qur'an.
41:[45-46]
JUZ(PA
RT)-
25–ilyhiyuraddu
[ToHimisreferred
back…]
Onthe
DayofJudgm
entallothergodstowhom
peopleworship
besidesAllah
shallvanish.41:[47-51]
Have
youeverconsidered
thatiftheQur'an
isreallyfrom
Allah
andyou
denyit,w
hatwillhappen
toyou.
41:[52-54]
42.ASH-SH
URA[TheC
onsultation](Rukus-5;V
erses-53)1
Theheavensm
ighthavebroken
apartfromabove
thosewho
elevateAllah'screaturesto
Hisrank,ifthe
angelswere
notbeggingforgivenessforthe
residentsofearth.42:[1-9]
2Islam
isthesam
eDeen
(wayoflife)w
hichwasenjoined
onNûh
(Noah),Ibrâheem(Abraham
),Musa
(Moses)and
Isa(Jesus).They
were
allorderedtoestablish
Deen-
al-Islamand
donotcreate
division(sects)in
it.42:[10-19]
3Hewhodesiresthe
harvestinthe
Hereaftershallbe
givenmany
folds,buthewhodesiresin
thislifeshallbe
givena
portionhere
butshallhavenoshare
inthe
Hereafter.
42:[20-29]
4Whateverafflictionsbefallupon
peopleare
theresultoftheir
ownmisdeeds.
Truebelieversare
thosewhoestablish
Salah,givecharity
anddefend
themselvesw
henoppressed.
42:[30-43]
5The
reallosersarethose
whowilllose
onthe
Dayof
Resurrection.42:[44-48]
ItisAllah
Whogivesdaughtersand
sonsasHepleases.
42:[49-50]
Itisnotvouchsafedforany
humanbeing
thatAllah
shouldspeak
tohim
facetoface.
42:[51-53]
43.AZ-ZU
KHRUF[Theold
Ornam
ents](Rukus-7;V
erses-89)1
TheQur'an
isatranscriptfrom
theMotherBook
which
isinAllah'skeeping.
43:[1-8]
Eventhe
Mushrikeen
believethatthe
heavens,earthand
alltherein
iscreatedbyAllah.
Supplicationbefore
ridingaconveyance.
43:[9-15]
2Som
eMushrikeen
regardthe
angelstobefem
aledivinities,
beingthe
daughtersofAllah.
43:[16-25]
3The
ProphetIbrâheemrecognized
theOnenessofA
llahand
rejectedShirk
(associatingsom
eone
elsewith
Allah).Ifitw
erenotthatallm
ankindwillbecom
eone
raceof
unbelievers,Allah
would
havegiven
theunbelievers
housesmade
withsterling
silver.43:[26-35]
4Hewhoturnsaw
ayfrom
therem
embrance
ofAllah,A
llahappointsa
Shaitântobehisintim
atefriend.
Hold
fasttothe
Qur'an
ifyouwantto
berightly
guided.43:[36-45]
5The
ProphetMusa
wassentto
Fir‘aunand
hischiefswithsigns
buttheyridiculed
himand
thesigns;asa
result,Allah
drowned
themall.
43:[46-56]6
TheProphetIsa
(Jesus)wasno
more
thanamortalw
homAllah
favoredand
made
himanexam
pleforthe
ChildrenofIsrael.
43:[57-67]7
Onthe
DayofJudgm
entbelieverswillhave
nofearorregret;
theywillbe
awarded
paradiseand
made
happy.OProphettellthe
Christians:ifAllah
hadason,Iw
ouldhave
beenthe
firstonetoworship
him.
43:[68-89]
44.AD-DUKHAAN[The
smokeorM
ist](Rukus-3;V
erses-59)1
Allah
revealedthisQ
ur'aninthe
BlessedNight(Laila-tul-Q
adr)inwhich
allmattersare
decidedwisely
byHiscom
mand.
44:[1-16]Lessonsto
belearned
fromthe
STORYofthe
ProphetMusa
andthe
peopleofFir‘aun.
44:[17-22]Escape
ofBani-Isra’eelanddrow
ningofFir’aun
44:[23-29]2
Allah
deliveredthe
ChildrenofIsraeland
chosethem
overthenationsofthe
world
inspite
oftheirweaknesses;
DayofSorting
Outisthe
timeappointed
forresurrection.44:[30-42]
3Food
anddrink
forthesinnersin
hell.44:[43-50]
Foodand
entertainmentforthe
righteousinparadise.
44:[51-59]
45.AL-JA
ATHIYA[Theonew
hoisK
neeling](Rukus-3;V
erses-37)1
Foodforthoughtto
thosewhoare
seekingthe
signsofAllah.
Iftheydonotbelieve
inAllah
andHisrevelations,then
inwhatstatem
entwillthey
believe?45:[1-11]
2Allah
hassubjectedthe
seasandallthatisbetw
eenthe
heavensand
theearth
forhumanbeings.
TheIsraelitesm
adesectsin
theirreligionafter
theknow
ledgehad
cometothem
throughTorah.
45:[12-17]The
wrongdoersare
protectorsofoneanotherw
hilethe
protectorofrighteousisAllah
Himself.
45:[18-21]Hewhohasm
adehisow
ndesiresashisgod,A
llahletshim
goastray
andsetsa
sealuponhisearsand
heart.45:[22-26]
3Allah'saddressto
thedisbelieverson
theDayofJudgm
ent.45:[27-37]
JUZ(PA
RT)–
26–Haa-m
eem46.
AL-A
HQAAF[The
Winding
Sand-Tracts](Rukus-4;V
erses-35)1
Allah
createdthe
heavens,earthand
allthatliesbetween
themtomanifestthe
truth.Those
deitiestowhom
Mushrikeen
invokeare
notevenaware
thattheyare
beinginvoked.
46:[1-6]
TheQur'an
istheword
ofAllah,
notoftheProphet.
TheProphetisbuta
plainWarner.
46:[7-10]
2The
Qur'an
conformsthe
revelationofthe
Torahgiven
tothe
ProphetMusa
(Moses).
46:[11-14]
Thosewhotreattheirparentsw
ithkindnessshallbe
rewarded
andthose
whorebuke
theirparentsshallbepunished.
46:[15-20]3
Nation
of‘Adrejected
Allah'sm
essage,andasa
result,itfaced
destruction.46:[21-26]
4Nodeity
cansave
peoplefrom
thewrath
ofAllah.
46:[27-28]Agroup
ofjinnsembraced
Islamafterhearing
theQur'an
andbecam
ethe
preacherstotheirfolk.
46:[29-34]Keep
onpassing
themessage
ofAllah
andbearthe
disbelieverswithpatience.
46:[35]
47.MUHAMMAD[Muham
mad(pbuh)]
(Rukus-4;V
erses-38)1
Allah
voidsthedeedsofthe
disbelievers.47:[1-3]
Incase
ofwar,thoroughly
subduethe
unbelieversbeforetaking
prisonersofwar.
47:[4-6]Ifyou
helpthe
causeofA
llah,Allah
willhelp
andprotectyou.
47:[7-11]2
Thebelieversdo
notfollowtheirow
ndesires.
47:[12-14]Parable
ofparadiseand
hell.47:[15]
Thehypocritesare
thoseonwhose
hearts,Allah
hassetaseal.
47:[16-19]3
Theprom
iseofobedience
(Islam)and
goodtalk
which
isnotfollow
edbyaction
iscursedbyAllah.
47:[20-28]
4Allah
putthebelieversto
testinorderto
knowthe
valiant&the
resolute.47:[29-34]
Incase
ofwar,A
llahison
theside
ofthebelievers.
47:[35-36]Donotbe
stingy,ifyouare
askedtogive
inthe
causeofA
llah.47:[37-38]
48.AL-FA
TH[TheV
ictory](Rukus-4;V
erses-29)1
Allah
grantedthe
Muslim
samanifestvictory
throughthe
treatyofH
udaibiyah.Swearing
allegiancetothe
Prophetisconsideredswearing
allegiancetoAllah.
48:[1-10]
2Beduin
Arabsw
hodid
notgowiththe
Prophetforwarbetw
eenIslam
andKufrare
condemned
forlaggingbehind.
Only
theblind,lam
eand
sickare
exemptfrom
war.
48:[11-17]
3Allah
wasw
ellpleasedwiththose
whoswore
allegiancetothe
Prophetbeforethe
treatyofH
udaibiyah.
Hadthere
notbeenbelieversin
Makkah,A
llahwould
haveallow
edthe
Muslim
stofightagainstQ
uraish.48:[18-26]
4Vision
toconquerM
akkahisshow
ntothe
Holy
ProphetandcharacteristicsofM
uhammad(pbuh)and
hisfollowers.
48:[27-29]
49.AL-H
UJURAAT[TheA
partments]
(Rukus-2;V
erses-18)1
Allah'scom
mandm
enttolow
erone'svoiceinthe
presenceof
theHoly
Prophet.Make
peacebetw
eenthe
believersiftheyfallinto
fightingamong
themselves.
49:[1-10]
2Islam
icetiquette
ofmoralbehavior.
Mankind
iscreatedfrom
asingle
maleand
afem
aleand
noblestishewhoisthe
mostrighteous.
49:[11-13]
Thedifference
between
atrue
BelieverandaMuslim
.49:[14-18]
50.QAAF[Qaaf]
(Rukus-3;V
erses-45)1
Lifeafterdeath
isareality
andthere
isnothingstrange
aboutit.50:[1-15]
2Allah
hasassignedtwoangelsto
eachperson
fornotingdow
neach
singleword
thatheutters.
Everystubborn
disbelieverwillbe
throwninto
hell.50:[16-29]
3Hellshallbe
asked,"Areyou
full."Hellw
illanswer,"A
rethere
anymore?"
50:[30-35]
Admonish
theunbelieversand
bearwiththem
inpatience
andAdmonish
withthe
Qur'an.
50:[36-45]
51.AZ-ZA
ARIYAAT[TheW
indsThatScatter](Rukus-3;V
erses-60)1
Surelythe
DayofJudgm
entshallcometopass,only
theperverse
personsturnawayfrom
thistruth.51:[1-23]
2The
STORYofthe
ProphetIbrâheem,when
hewasgiven
thegood
newsof
havingason.
51:[24-30]
JUZ(PA
RT)-27
–qaala
famaakhatbukum
[Hesaid:Then
whatisyourm
essage…?]
Thesam
eangelsw
hogave
goodnew
stoIbrâheem
annihilatedthe
nationofhom
osexuals.51:[31-37]
Thereisa
lessoninthe
storiesofFir‘aun,‘Ad,Tham
ûd&people
ofNûh.51:[38-46]
3Allah,W
hobuiltthe
heavensandspread
outtheearth,hasassigned
theProphetM
uhammad(pbuh)to
beaWarnerform
ankind51:[47-60]
52.AT-TO
OR[TheM
ount](Rukus-2;V
erses-49)1
Deniersoftruth
willbe
putinthe
fireofhell.
Therew
ardforthe
righteouswillbe
paradiseinwhich
theywillshow
gratitudeforA
llah'sgraciousness.52:[1-28]
2The
mission
oftheProphet&
theresponse
tothe
disbelievers'arguments.52:[29-49]
53.AN-NAJM
[TheStar](Rukus-3;V
erses-62)1
Sceneofthe
firstrevelation,broughtbyangelG
abrieltothe
ProphetMuham
mad(peace
beupon
him).
Allah
gavehim
atourofheavens,paradise
andother
greatsigns.53:[1-18]
Lât,Uzza
andManât(goddessesofArabs)are
nothingbut
namesinvented
bythe
paganArabs.
53:[19-25]2
Theangelshave
noshare
indivinity,norcan
theyintercede
withoutperm
ission.Disbelieversgive
theangelsfem
alenam
esLim
itedinterestsand
knowledge
(ofthisworld)ofdisbelievers
53:[26-30]Donotclaim
pietyforyourselves,A
llahknow
swhois
Godfearing
andpious.
53:[31-32]
3Nosoulshallbearthe
burdenofanother;there
shallbenothing
foraperson
exceptwhathe
strivedfor.
53:[33-62]
54.AL-Q
AMAR[The
Moon]
(Rukus-3;V
erses-44)1
TheDayofJudgm
entisdrawing
near,yettheunbelieversare
notpayingheed
tothe
signsofAllah.
54:[1-8]
Wehave
made
theQur'an
easytounderstand
theadm
onition,soisthere
anywhowould
takethe
admonition?
54:[9-22]
2Story
ofThamûdand
Lûtwhocalled
theirProphetsliars,toshow
howterrible
wasA
llah'sscourgeand
howclearw
asHisw
arning?54:[23-40]
3People
ofFir‘aunwere
seizedfordisbelieving
Allah'sw
arning.The
samewarning
hascometoyou,w
illyounottake
admonition?54:[41-44]
55.AR-RAHMAAN[TheM
ostGracious]
(Rukus-3;V
erses-78)1
ItisAllah
Whocreated
man,taughtthe
Qur'an
andtaughthim
howtoconvey
hisfeelingsandthoughts.
55:[1-16]
Allah
istheRabb
oftheeastsand
thewestsand
Heputsthe
lawsto
regulateoceans,itsproductsand
ships.55:[17-25]
2Allthatexistsw
illperishexceptA
llah,Whoisbusy
inmighty
tasksallthetime.
55:[26-32]
Noone
canrun
awayfrom
thejurisdiction
ofAllah.
Sinnerswillbe
punishedinhell.
55:[33-45]
3Righteousw
illberew
ardedinparadise
withlush
gardens,springs,fruits,bashfulvirginsand
much
more.
55:[46-78]
56.AL-W
AAQI‘A
[TheInevitableEvent](Rukus-3;V
erses-96)1
SceneofD
oomsday
when
mankind
willbe
dividedinto
threegroups:
A.Rew
ardforthe
foremostgroup.
56:[1-26]
B.Rew
ardforthe
right-handgroup.
56:[27-38]2
C.Punishm
entfortheleft-hand
group.56:[39-56]
Admonition
tothe
disbelieverswiththe
examplesofcreation.
56:[57-74]
3Testim
onyofA
llahaboutthe
Qur'an.
56:[75-82]The
endingofthe
above3groups.
56:[83-96]
57.AL-H
ADEED
[TheIron]
(Rukus-4;V
erses-29)1
Allthatisin
theheavensand
earthglorifiesA
llah,Whocreated
theheavensand
earthinsixperiodsand
hastheknow
ledgeofeverything.Those
whospend
incharity
willbe
richlyrew
arded.57:[1-10]
2Onthatday,the
truebelieversw
illhavetheirlightshining
beforethem
while
thehypocritesw
illhavetheirfate
nodifferentthan
thedisbelievers.
Thosewhospend
incharity
willbe
repaidmany
foldand
alsobegiven
liberalreward
besidesit.57:[11-19]
3Life
ofthisworld
isbutplay,amusem
entandillusion.
Donotgrieve
forthethingsthatyou
miss,noroverjoy
atwhatyou
gain.57:[20-25]
4ProphetsN
ûh(Noah),Ibrâheem
(Abraham)and
Isa(Jesus)
were
sentforguidancetothe
RightWay.A
sforthemonasticism
,people
instituteditthem
selves.57:[26-29]
JUZ(PA
RT)–
28–qad
sami’allahu
[Allah
hasalreadyheard…
]58.
AL-M
UJAADALAH[TheW
omanwhopleads]
(Rukus-3;V
erses-22)1
Thepagan
practiceofdivorce
through'Zihâr'(calling
hiswife
ashismother)isprohibited
andPenalty
forpracticing'Zihâr.'
58:[1-6]
2Allah
isOmnipresent,ifthree
personsconverseinsecret,H
eisthe
fourthofthem
.Secretcounselsare
forbiddenexceptaboutvirtue
andpiety.Conspiring
insecretisthe
work
ofShaitân.Etiquette
ofholdingameeting.
Theorderto
spendincharity
beforeconsulting
theRasool
inprivate.
58:[7-13]
3People
whobefriend
thosewhoare
underthewrath
ofAllah
willbe
severelypunished.
Truebelieversdo
notbefriendthose
whooppose
Allah
andHisRasool.
58:[14-22]
59.AL-H
ASHR[The
Banishment]
(Rukus-3;V
erses-24)1
Jewishtribe
ofBaniAn-N
adhirisgiventhe
orderofexilefor
theirmutiny
againsttheIslam
icState.
59:[1-5]
Distribution
ofthebelongingsofBaniA
n-Nadhir.
Good
qualitiesoftrueMuhâjireen
(immigrants)and
goodqualitiesoftrue
Ansâr(the
residentsofMadinah).
59:[6-10]
2The
hypocrites'conspiracywiththe
Peopleofthe
Book.Parable
ofaShaitân
vs.adisbeliever.
59:[11-17]
3Leteach
soulseewhatitissending
fortheHereafter.
59:[18-20]The
Qur'an
couldeven
affectamountain.
59:[21]Fifteen
exclusiveattributesofA
llah.59:[22-24]
60.AL-M
UMTAHANAH[TheW
omantobeExam
ined](Rukus-2;V
erses-13)1
Donotbefriend
thosewhoare
enemiesofA
llahand
theMuslim
s.60:[1-3]
Ibrâheemand
hiscompanionsare
excellentexamplesforthe
believers.PrayerofIbrâheem
andhiscom
panions.60:[4-6]
2Exception
tothe
prohibitionoffriendship
withunbelieversw
hohad
neitherfoughtagainstthe
believersnorexpelledthem
fromtheirhom
es.60:[7-9]
Asforw
omenthatbecom
ebelievers,testtheirIm
ân,andifyou
findthem
truthfuldonotreturn
themtotheirunbelieving
husbands.60:[10-11]
Women'sBai‘ah
(oathofallegiance).
60:[12]Donotbefriend
anywithwhom
Allah
isangry.60:[13]
61.AS-SA
FF[TheBattle
Array]
(Rukus-2;V
erses-14)1
Obelievers,do
notsaysom
ethingthatyou
don'tdo.The
ProphetIsa(Jesus)gave
thegood
newsofa
Rasoolcom
ingafterhim
whose
namewould
beAhmed(anothernam
eofthe
ProphetMuham
mad,pbuh).
61:[1-9]2
Abargain
tosave
oneselffromthe
hellfire.Like
thedisciplesofIsa
(Jesus),believersarecom
manded
tobethe
helpersofAllah
61:[10-14]
62.AL-JU
MU'AH[TheA
ssembly
(Friday)Prayer](Rukus-2;V
erses-11)1
Allah
appointedMuham
mad(pbuh)asa
Rasool.62:[1-4]
Allah
rebuttedthe
claimofJew
stobethe
favoritesofGod
excludingothers.
62:[5-8]2
Commandm
entrelatingtothe
obligationofFriday
Prayers.62:[9-11]
63.AL-M
UNAAFIQ
OON[The
Hypocrites]
(Rukus-2;V
erses-11)1
Hypocritesare
suchenem
iesofIslamand
Muslim
sthateventhe
Rasool'sprayercannotobtainforgivenessforthem
fromAllah.
63:[1-8]2
Letnotyourrichesorchildrendivertyou
fromthe
remembrance
ofAllah,lestyou
becomearealloser.
63:[9-11]
64.AT-TA
GHAABUN[TheM
utualLossandGain]
(Rukus-2;V
erses-18)1
ToAllah
belongsthekingdom
ofheavensand
earth,andHe
knowsallthatyou
concealandreveal.
Surelythere
willbe
lifeafterdeath,D
ayofJudgm
entandrew
ardforgood
andbad
deeds.64:[1-10]
2Noaffliction
caneverbefallexceptby
theleave
ofAllah
andAmong
yourwivesand
childrenthere
aresom
ewho
areyourenem
ies,beaware
ofthem.
64:[11-18]
65.AT-TA
LAAQ[TheD
ivorce](Rukus-2;V
erses-12)1
Lawsofdivorce
andIddat(w
aitingperiod)before
thedivorce
takeseffect.Iddat(w
aitingperiod)isthree
menstruation
periodsorthree
monthsand
delivery,inacase
ofpregnancy.65:[1-7]
2Rebellion
againstAllah'scom
mandm
entmaybring
sternreckoning
orexemplary
punishment,so
fearAllah
andadhere
toHislaw
s.65:[8-12]
66.AT-TA
HREEM
[Holding
(something)to
beForbidden](Rukus-2;V
erses-12)1
Donotm
akesom
ethingunlaw
fulwhich
Allah
hasmade
lawful
andwivesofthe
Prophetareadm
onishedontheir
behaviorwithhim
.66:[1-7]
2Obelievers!Turn
toAllah
insincere
repentanceifyou
wantto
beforgiven.
Example
ofthewivesofN
ûhand
Lûtwhowillgo
tohelland
example
ofFir‘aun'swifeand
Maryam
whowillgo
toparadise.
66:[8-12]
JUZ(PA
RT)–
29–tabaarakalladhee
[BlessedisH
eWho…
]67.
AL-M
ULK
[TheDominion]
(Rukus-2;V
erses-30)1
Kingdom
oftheuniverse
belongstoAllah.
Thelow
erheavenisdecorated
withthe
lamps(stars).
Conversationbetw
eenthe
dwellersofhelland
herguards.67:[1-14]
2Noone
canhelp
youagainstA
llah.Noone
canprovide
yousustenance
besidesAllah.
Noone
cansave
youfrom
thepunishm
entofAllah.
67:[15-30]
68.AL-Q
ALAM[The
Pen](Rukus-2;V
erses-52)1
Allah
hasdeclaredMuham
mad(pbuh)to
beofthe
highestmoral
character.Donotyield
toany
disbelievingoath-m
onger,slandererorw
ickedperson.
68:[1-16]Whathappened
tothe
arrogantstingyownersofa
gardenwho
didnotw
anttopay
charity?68:[17-33]
2Allah
isnotgoingtotreatthe
Muslim
sasHewilltreatthe
guilty.Whydon'tthe
disbelieversunderstandthis?
68:[34-43]Those
whodonotbelieve
inAllah'srevelationsare
ledstep
bystep
towardsdestruction.
68:[44-52]
69.AL-H
AAQQAH[TheSureR
eality](Rukus-2;V
erses-52)1
Description
oftheDayofResurrection
andofthe
DayofJudgm
ent69:[1-18]
Righteouspeopleand
theirreward
&Sinfulpeople
andtheirpunishm
ent.69:[19-37]2
TheQur'an
istheword
ofAllah
andnotofthe
Prophet,andis
arem
inderforthosewhofearA
llah(God).
69:[38-52]
70.AL-M
A‘AARIJ[Thew
aysofAscent]
(Rukus-2;V
erses-44)1
TheDayofJudgm
entwillbe
equaltofifty
thousandyearsand
thedisbelieversw
illwishtosave
themselvesfrom
thepunishm
entattheexpense
oftheirchildren,wives,
brothersandrelatives,butitw
illnothappen.70:[1-35]
2Paradise
isnotforthedisbelievers.
Thedisbelieversw
illhavedow
ncasteyesandcountenancesdistorted
withsham
e.70:[36-44]
71.NOOH[ProphetN
oah](Rukus-2;V
erses-28)1
TheProphetN
ûh'spreachingand
submission
toAllah
afterexhausting
allhisefforts.71:[1-20]
2The
ProphetNûh'sprayernotto
leaveany
unbelieveronthe
surfaceofthe
earthand
Allah
grantedhisw
ish.71:[21-28]
72.AL-JIN
N[TheJinn]
(Rukus-2;V
erses-28)1
Abeautifulspeech
ofthejinnsw
hoembraced
Islamafterhearing
theQur'an.
Jinnsalsohave
differentreligionsandsects,am
ongjinns
thereare
someMuslim
sandsom
edeviatorsfrom
theTruth.
72:[1-15]2
Mosquesare
builtfortheworship
ofAllah,so
invokenoone
elsebesidesH
im.
72:[16-19]
TheRasoolsdo
nothavethe
powerto
harmorbenefitanyone,
theirmission
isjusttoconvey
Allah'sm
essage.Only
Allah
knowsthe
unseen,Herevealsitto
whom
He
choosesfromthe
Rasools.72:[20-28]
73.AL-M
UZZA
MMIL
[FoldedinGarm
ents](Rukus-2;V
erses-20)1
Allah
orderedthe
Prophetnottostand
inprayerthe
whole
night.Those
whooppose
theProphetw
illbetreated
withheavy
fettersandblazing
fire.The
Qur'an
isarem
inderforthosewhoseek
tofind
theRightW
ay.73:[1-19]2
Readfrom
theQur'an
asmuch
asyoueasily
can.Whateveryou
spendinthe
wayofA
llah,youwillfind
itinthe
Hereafter.
73:[20]
74.AL-M
UDDATHTHIR
[OneW
rappedUp]
(Rukus-2;V
erses-56)1
Instructionstothe
Prophetforcleanlinessandpatience.
74:[1-7]
TheDayofJudgm
entwillbe
verydifficult,especially
forthosewhodeny
Allah'srevelationsand
opposeHiscause.
74:[8-31]2
Actionsw
hichlead
tohellfire
are:Notoffering
Salah,notfeeding
thepoor,w
astingtimeinvain
talkand
denyingthe
DayofJudgm
ent.74:[32-56]
75.AL-Q
IYAAMAH[TheR
esurrection](Rukus-2;V
erses-40)1
Beaware
oftheDayofResurrection
andJudgm
ent,fromwhich
thereisno
escape.75:[1-15]
Allah
Himselftook
theresponsibility
oftheQur'an.
Thelastm
omentsofdisbeliever'sdeath.
75:[16-30]2
Thedisbelieversdon’tbelieve
becausethey
nevertookAl-Islam
seriously.75:[31-40]
76.AD-DAHR[TheTim
e](Rukus-2;V
erses-31)1
Theuniverse
wasthere
beforemankind
existed,thenAllah
createdman,
providedhim
withguidance
andgave
himfree
will;either
tobelieve
ortodisbelieve.
76:[1-12]
Anexem
plarylife
inparadise
forthosewhochoose
tobelieve.
76:[13-22]2
Allah
sentthisQur'an
graduallyaccording
tothe
issuesfacedbymankind.
Thisisanadm
onitionforthose
whowantto
adoptthewaytotheirRabb
(God).
76:[23-31]
77.AL-M
URSALAAT[ThoseSentForth]
(Rukus-2;V
erses-50)1
Allah
swearsin
thenam
eoflife-giving
winds,rain
andangels
thattheDayofJudgm
entwillbe
established.Woeonthatday
tothe
disbelievers!77:[1-28]
Onthatday;the
disbelieverswillbe
askedtowalk
towards
thehellw
hichthey
usedtodeny.
77:[29-40]2
Therighteousw
illbegiven
allthattheydesire.
77:[41-45]Awarning
tothe
disbelievers.77:[46-50]
JUZ(PA
RT)–
30–‘Am
ma[Aboutw
hat…?]
78.AN-NABAA’ [The
(Great)N
ews](Rukus-2;V
erses-40) 1
Thecreation
oftheheavens,earth,m
ountainsandvegetation
clearlypointstow
ardstheDayofJudgm
ent.Resurrection
andman'saccountability
inthe
courtofAllah.
78:[1-30]
2The
righteouswillbe
wellpleased
anddisbelieversw
illwish
thattheycould
remain
merely
dust.78:[31-40]
79.AN-NAZI‘A
AT[ThoseW
hoTearO
ut](Rukus-2;V
erses-46)1
Death,D
ayofResurrection
andLife
afterdeath.79:[1-14]
TheSTO
RYofM
usawhen
hecalled
Fir‘auntohisRabb,he
deniedAllah
andwasseized
forpunishment.
79:[15-26]2
Thecreation
ofmanisnotharderthan
thecreation
oftheheavens,earth
anditscontents.
79:[27-33]
Punishmentand
reward
onthe
DayofJudgm
ent.79:[34-46]
80.‘ABASA
[(He)Frow
ned](Rukus-1;V
erses-42)1
Theseekersofguidance
shouldbegiven
preferencein
conveyingAllah'sm
essage.80:[1-16]
RecognizeyourCreatorand
fulfillyourobligations.80:[17-32]
Onthe
DayofJudgm
ent,noone
shallcareabouthisow
nmother,father,brotherorchildren.
80:[33-42]
81.AT-TA
KWEER
[TheFoldingUp]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-29)1
Adreadfulscene
ofDoom
sday.81:[1-14]
TheQur'an
isconveyedtothe
Prophetthroughthe
angelGabrieland
thismessage
isforallthepeople
oftheworld.
81:[15-29]
82.AL-IN
FITAAR[TheC
leavingAsunder]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-19)1
Description
ofwhatw
illhappenonthe
DayofJudgm
ent.Guardian
angelsarerecording
allactions.Allah
Himselfw
illbethe
Judge.82:[1-19]
83.AL-M
UTAFFIFEEN
[Dealing
InFraud]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-36)1
Defraudersw
illbecalled
toaccountand
punishedwhile
therighteousw
illberew
ardedwithsoftcouches,choicest
winesand
specialspringwater.
83:[1-28]
Todaythe
disbelieverslaughatthe
believers,aDaywillcom
ewhen
theywillbe
laughedat.
83:[29-36]
84.AL-IN
SHIQAAQ[TheR
endingAsunder]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-25)1
OnDoom
sday,heavenwillsplitasunderand
theearth
will
bespread
out.BooksofD
eedswillbe
distributed;therighteousw
illbehappy,w
hilethe
disbelieverswillbe
callingfordeath.
84:[1-19]
Peopleare
askedtobelieve
while
thereisstilltim
e.84:[20-25]
85.AL-BU
ROOJ[The
ZodiacalSigns](Rukus-1;V
erses-22)1
Thosewhotorture
thebelieversw
illbegiven
thepunishm
entofconflagration
onthe
DayofJudgm
ent.HeWhocreated
youforthe
firsttimewillbring
youback
tolife
againforaccountability.
85:[1-22]
86.AT-TA
ARIQ
[TheNight-V
isitant](Rukus-1;V
erses-17)1
Overeach
soulthereisan
appointedguardian
angel.The
Qur'an
isadecisive
word
ofAllah.
86:[1-17]
87.AL-A
‘LAA[TheM
ostHigh]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-19)1
Glorify
Allah;A
llahhastaken
theresponsibility
ofthe
Prophet'smemory
aboutTheQur'an.Itisa
reminderand
thosewho
heeditsrem
inderswillbe
successfulinthe
Hereafter.
87:[1-19]
88.AL-G
HAASHIYAH[The
Overw
helming
Event](Rukus-1;V
erses-26)1
Conditionofthe
disbelieversandthe
believersonthe
DayofJudgm
ent.88:[1-16]
Wondersofnature,adm
onitionand
accountability.88:[17-26]
89.AL-FA
JR[TheD
awn]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-30)1
Admonition
forsocialwelfare
throughthe
examplesofprior
nations.89:[1-14]
Whatshould
beavoided
todorealsocialw
elfare.89:[15-20]
DayofJudgm
entwillbe
toolate
toheed
theadm
onition.Allah'saddressto
thebelievers.
89:[21-30]
90.AL-BA
LAD[TheC
ity](Rukus-1;V
erses-20)1
Admonition
tothe
disbelieversofMakkah.
Allah
hasgivenyou
onetongue
andtwolipsto
controlit.Qualitiesofa
righteousperson.90:[1-20]
91.ASH-SH
AMS[The
Sun](Rukus-1;V
erses-15)1
Successdependsonkeeping
thesoulpure
andfailure
dependsoncorrupting
it.91:[1-10]
Thecorrupted
peopleofTham
ûdwere
leveledtothe
ground.91:[11-15]
92.AL-LA
IL[TheN
ight](Rukus-1;V
erses-21)1
Forgoodpeople,A
llahwillfacilitate
theeasy
wayand
forthewicked,the
hardway.
Whatbenefitw
illhegetfrom
wealth,ifhe
himselfis
doomed.
92:[1-21]
93.AD-DHUHAA[TheLight]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-11)1
Good
newsto
Muham
mad(pbuh)thatthe
laterperiodwillbe
betterforhimthan
theearlier.
93:[1-11]
94.AL-IN
SHIRAAH[TheExpansion]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-8)1
Allah
expandedthe
chestoftheProphet,lightened
hisburdenand
exaltedhisfam
e.94:[1-8]
95.AT-TEEN
[TheFig](Rukus-1;V
erses-8)1
Manism
adethe
bestcreaturesofall,exceptthedisbelievers.
95:[1-8]
96.AL-‘A
LAQ[TheLeech-likeC
lot](Rukus-1;V
erses-19)1
Readinthe
nameofA
llah,Whocreated
manand
taughthimbythe
pen.Those
whoforbid
fromthe
worship
ofAllah
willbe
draggedtohellby
theirforelock.96:[1-19]
97.AL-Q
ADR[TheH
onor](Rukus-1;V
erses-5)1
ThenightofQ
adrisbetterthanone
thousandmonths.
97:[1-5]
98.AL-BA
IYYINAH[TheC
learEvidence](Rukus-1;V
erses-8)1
Thepeople
oftheBook
didnotgetdivided
intosectsuntil
afterreceiving
guidance.They
were
alsocom
manded
toestablish
Salahand
payZakah.
98:[1-8]
99.AZ-ZA
LZALAH[TheC
onvulsion](Rukus-1;V
erses-8)1
Theearth
willreportw
hateverhappenedonherand
menshall
beshow
ntheirBooksofD
eeds99:[1-8]
100.AL-‘A
DIYAAT[ThoseThatR
un](Rukus-1;V
erses-11)1
Anexam
pleofhorsesw
hoare
more
gratefultotheirow
nersthan
mentotheirRabb.
100:[1-11]
101.AL-Q
AARI‘AH[TheD
ayofC
lamor]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-11)1
Ascene
explainingthe
DayofJudgm
ent.101:[1-11]
102.AT-TA
KAATHUR[ThePiling
Up]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-8)1
Thecause
ofman'sdestruction
ismutualrivalry
forworldly
gains.Realsuccessisin
working
forthelife
Hereafter.
102:[1-8]
103.AL-‘A
SR[Tim
eThroughtheA
ges](Rukus-1;V
erses-3)1
Formula
forthewaytosalvation.
103:[1-3]
104.AL-H
UMAZAH[TheScandal-M
onger](Rukus-1;V
erses-9)1
Theslanderer,defam
erandstingy
shallbethrow
ninto
theblazing
fire.104:[1-9]
105.AL-FEEL
[TheElephant](Rukus-1;V
erses-5)1
Allah
hasthepow
ertodefeatan
armywithelephants
throughthe
flockofbirds.
105:[1-5]
106.QURAISH
[TheQuraish]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-4)1
BelieveinAllah,W
hoisthe
providerofyoursustenance.106:[1-4]
107.AL-M
A’OON[Neighborly
Needs]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-7)1
Disbeliefin
theHereafteristhe
main
causeofm
oraldecayand
lackofcaring
aboutothers.107:[1-7]
108.AL-K
AUTHAR[TheA
bundance](Rukus-1;V
erses-3)1
Allah
hasmade
thenam
eofthe
ProphetMuham
mad(pbuh)
everlasting.108:[1-3]
109.AL-K
AFIR
OON[ThoseW
hoRejectFaith]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-6)1
Thecom
mandm
entnotto
comprom
iseinthe
matters
ofreligion.109:[1-6]
110.AN-NASR
[TheHelp]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-3)1
Victory
comesw
iththe
helpofA
llah.110:[1-3]
111.AL-LA
HAB[TheFlam
e](Rukus-1;V
erses-5)1
CurseofA
llahonAbuLahab,hisw
ifeand
theopponents
oftheProphet.
111:[1-5]
112.AL-IK
HLAAS[ThePurity
(ofFaith)](Rukus-1;V
erses-4)1
Tawheed
-theunique
attributeofA
llah.112:[1-4]
113.AL-FA
LAQ[TheD
awn]
(Rukus-1;V
erses-5)1
Seekrefuge
withAllah
fromallevils.
113:[1-5]
114.AN-NAAS[TheM
ankind](Rukus-1;V
erses-6)1
Seekrefuge
withAllah
fromthe
slinkingwhisperers.
114:[1-6]
