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BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE QURANBrief page by page summary

Session 1Surah FatihaSurah Al-Baqarah Verses 1-164

Dr. Mujtaba Shareefmujtaba.shareef@gmail.com

ABOUT

▪ The main purpose of the Bird’s Eye View of the Quran is to present brief summaries of the Quran page by page. Some of the benefits are:

▪ You can learn the general message of the Quran page by page

▪ You can remember the key message of the verse or group of verses while reciting

▪ It can generate further interest in learning and understanding the Quran

▪ It can be a Daur-e-Quran (going over the brief message of the entire Quran in 26 sessions) which is valuable particularly in Ramadan.

▪ Some details of the methodology are:

▪ 15-line Quran is used, a soft copy of which can downloaded here

▪ Verses on each page are grouped based on a common message and the key pointers1

and some obvious lessons where possible are highlighted on the side. However, for detailed explanations, you should refer to translations and tafseer books.

▪ The sessions are divided into 26 parts and each part is presented separately.

▪ For other parts of the Bird’s Eye View of the Quran please visit the website: http://www.fussilat.com/birds-eye-view

▪1 Pointers are a general indication of the key meanings in the verses and do not necessarily capture every message, but give a general idea

▪ There is no doubt in this book

▪ Guidance for the Muttaqoon (God conscious people)

• Our expression of Praise, Thanks,

• Accepting Him as extremely Merciful

• Accepting Him as the Owner of the day of Judgement

Lesson:

• Remember we are accountable on the day of judgement

Beginning: In the name of Allah the most gracious and beneficent

Lesson:

• Start everything with the name of Allah, Allah is extremely merciful- Be hopeful and positive

• This is an agreement between us and Allah

• We worship Him and ask His Help

Lesson:

• We should worship only Allah and ask help from none except Him

• We are asking Guidance

• As a result Allah reveals the Quran and explains in detail about the people on whom He bestowed favors and people on whom Allah evoked anger

▪ Qualities of Muttaqoon – Group 1

▪ Believe in unseen

▪ Establish Salaah

▪ Spend from what has been given

▪ Believe in this revelation (Quran) as well as earlier (Torah and Injeel)

▪ Firmly believe in the hereafter

• Surah Al-Baqarah – Verses: 286• It mentions about two nations (Bani

Israel and Muslims)• In the first part, the mistakes of Bani

Israel are highlighted because of which they were deposed from the status of best nation. These are don’ts for us.

• In the second part, Muslims are given various instructions following which we can become the best nation. These are do’s for us

• Surah Al-Fatiha – Verses: 7• It is a supplication from the slave

and Quran is response from Allah

▪ Group 2 Disbelievers

▪ Their hearts are sealed

▪ Severe punishment for them in the hereafter

▪ Group 3 Hypocrites

▪ Disease in their hearts

▪ They say they believe when meeting Muslims and disbelieve when meeting their own people

▪ Allah mocks them (gives them chance) and leaves them in their blindness

▪ Group 3 Hypocrites Contd.

▪ They purchased error for Guidance

▪ They are like deaf dumb and blind

▪ Allah is over all things

▪ Address to Humanity: Worship Allah

▪ He Created you and people before

▪ Look at signs in Sky, Earth and Provisions

▪ Challenge to bring one Surah similar to Quran

Muttaqoon are on guidance and successful

▪ Cannot and will never will be able to produce a Surah

▪ Fear the fire

▪ Glad tidings to the believers

▪ Parable of Mosquito

▪ People who believe take heed from the parable

▪ People who disbelieve make a mockery

▪ They are transgressors

▪ Who break covenant, break the ties of kinship, spread corruption on earth

▪ They are the losers

▪ How can one disbelieve?

▪ Look at signs inside (we were Dead, Allah will made us alive, We will die, He will make us alive again)

▪ Signs outside (Skies and Earth)

▪ Allah order everyone to do Sajdah

▪ Iblis refused to make Sajdah and became Kaafir

▪ Allah asked Adam and his wife to stay in Jannah, and prohibited them to go near a tree

▪ But Satan made them slip

▪ Allah forgives Adam and his wife for mistake and sent everyone down to Earth

▪ Lesson

▪ Both Satan and Adam made mistake, Satan became arrogant but Adam was humble and asked for forgiveness

▪ We should turn towards Allah in humility when mistakes happen

▪ Conversation between Allah and Angels

▪ Allah created Adam and taught him knowledge

▪ He was made Khalifa (representative of Allah) on Earth

▪ Allah promised to send down guidance (Prophets and Books) as and when necessary

▪ Whoever follows will have no fear or grief

▪ Whoever rejects will be in eternal hellfire

▪ Beginning of thelong story of Children of Israel

▪ Allah lists the favors bestowed upon them and points out their crimes

▪ Favor means their prophethood and books

▪ They were asked to establish Salah, seek help with patience and Salah

▪ Lesson:

▪ Purpose of mentioning the mistakes of Bani Israel is to teach us Muslim not to do such mistakes

▪ Allah reminds Bani Israel that He preferred them over the worlds

▪ Reminder that there is no intercession on the day of judgement

▪ Favors and mistakes of Bani Israel

▪ Saved from the punishment of Pharaoh

▪ Bestowed Book

▪ They made calf as idol

▪ The demanded to see Allah

▪ Provided shades, Mann, Salwa, and good provisions

▪ They rejected the order of Allah to say a particular word (Hittatun)

▪ They asked for water, Allah created 12 springs

▪ The demanded normal food instead of Mann and Salwa

▪ Allah sent curse upon them

▪ They transgressed and used to kill prophets

▪ Whoever does good deeds (Quran and Sunnah) they have no fear or grief

▪ All took the covenant by raising Tur on them

▪ People who transgressed the rule of Sabt were made apes

▪ Story of sacrificing Cow

▪ They find so many excuses (age, color) to avoid sacrificing

▪ They sacrificed, but they were never intending to do that

▪ Allah showed them another miracle of making dead person alive, and gave witness

▪ Their hearts became hard like stone and even harder

▪ Allah gives example of stones how some of them gush out water

▪ Bani Israel, they distorted the words of Allah

▪ They claimed they believer but they would stop others from telling the truth

▪ Allah knows the hidden and visible

▪ They had wishful thinking (they were chosen and will not go to hell except for few days)

▪ Wow to those who write the books with their own hands, they are people of fire

▪ People who believed will be in Gardens for ever

▪ Lesson:

▪ We normally also have wishful thinking that we enter into Jannah. Getting Jannah is based on the deeds not just being born as Muslim

▪ Allah took oath with Bani Israel

▪ 1)Worship none other than Allah 2)Be good with parents, orphans, needy 3) say good to people, 4)establish Prayers give Zakath

▪ May of them turned back after the oath

▪ Allah took oath with Bani Israel not to shed blood and evict people from their houses

▪ They used to believe in part of the book and reject part of it

▪ Allah says painful punishment for them

▪ Lesson

▪ We should believe in all the Quran and Sunnah and not pick and choose

▪ Allah gave Musa AS the book and clear signs

▪ Their attitude used to be deny some prophets and kill some of them

▪ Allah sends curse upon them

▪ List of crimes of Bani Israel continues

▪ Lesson

▪ Reminder that these crimes of Bani Israel are mentioned to teach us not to indulge in those

▪ List of crimes of Bani Israel continues

▪ They would never wish for death because of their evil deeds

▪ Allah says even if they live on this earth for thousand years, they cannot escape the punishment in the hereafter

▪ List of crimes of Bani Israel continues

▪ Enemies of Angels are enemies of Allah

▪ Whenever prophets used to come they used to reject

▪ They used to throw the book behind their backs (they didn’t gave importance to it)

▪ Lesson:

▪ Let us think if our attitude towards the Quran is similar.

▪ Story of Harooth and Marooth

▪ Allah sent to Bani Israel two Angels, as a test, to teach magic

▪ Despite the warning from the Angels the people used to learn magic to separate husband and wife

▪ Allah says no harm can be done except with his permission

▪ Lesson

▪ Learning and doing magic is prohibited

▪ Address to believers, Don't say Raina or Unzurna

▪ Jews used to say double meaning words when they communicated with Prophet

(ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) , Allah is prohibiting the words relating to it

▪ Allah choses whoever he wants for his blessings

▪ Allah replaces any Ayaah which are abrogated with better ones▪ Jews, Christian and Mushriks all claim

they are on the right path but Allah will decide on the day of judgement

▪ East and west belongs to Allah

▪ They say Allah has a son, Allah is free from such things

▪ He is the Originator of Heavens and Earth, he creates by saying Be and It will be.

▪ Some instructions to Prophet (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) and believers: Forgive them, establish Salah, give Zakath

▪ Its wrong by Jews and Christians to say they only enter Jannah, they have to bring proof of that

▪ But whoever submits and are good doers they are the ones who will enter Jannah

▪ Address to Muslims not to ask question like the people of Musa

▪ Allah sent Prophet Muhammed (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) with truth, giver of glad tidings, and warner

▪ Prophet (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) will not be asked about the people who go to Hell

▪ Jews and Christian will never be happy with you unless you follow them

▪ Whoever has been given book he recites it and believes in it

▪ Whoever denies and they are the losers

▪ Lesson:

▪ We should never be bothered to make other people happy in religious matters

▪ Story of Ibrahim (عليه السالم)

▪ Allah commands us to take the place of Ibrahim (عليه السالم) as prayers

▪ Allah commands Ibrahim (عليه السالم) to keep the house of Allah clean

▪ Ibrahim (عليه السالم)’s supplication to make the city of Makkah a place of peace and provisions

▪ Construction of Kaaba and a beautiful Dua

▪ Lesson:

▪ Anytime we do good work we should make dua as Ibrahim (عليه السالم) did while constructing the Kaaba.

▪ Whoever turns away from the path of Ibrahim is foolish

▪ Allah selected Ibrahim (عليه السالم) in this world and hereafter

▪ He always submitted to Allah

▪ Naseeha of Prophet Ibrahim (عليه السالم)to his children to worship Allah alone

▪ Address to Bani Israel reminding again the favors

▪ Naseeha of Prophet Yaqoob (عليه السالم)to his children at the time of his death

▪ Every Ummah will get what they earned

▪ Lesson:

▪ We should be concerned about our deeds, regardless of which family or tribe we belong to.

▪ Ibrahim (عليه السالم) was Haneef (worship one God alone)

▪ We don’t discriminate among Prophets

▪ The best Color is Color of Allah (Religion of Allah)

▪ Lesson:

▪ If we want to be successful we should bring color of Allah in our life

▪ Every Ummah will get what they earned

▪ Change of Qibla

▪ Allah has authority to change his Qibla to whatever he wants

▪ Coronation of Muslims

▪ Allah made Muslims Ummat e wasat(Middle nation)

▪ Muslims are made witness to mankind and Rasool are witness to all

▪ Change of Qibla

▪ Allah changed the Qibla to Kaaba (from Bait ul Muqaddas)

▪ One reason to change was to fulfil the desire of Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص

▪ Some of the people of books they are so stubborn no sign or miracle will convince them

▪ They reject the Prophet even after listening and recognizing the message

▪ Change of Qibla

▪ It is truth from Allah

▪ Hasten towards doing good

▪ Allah says not to fear the disbelievers but fear Allah

▪ Wherever you are turn toward Kaaba

▪ Remember Allah, Allah will remember us

▪ Seek help through patience and Salaah, Allah is with patient people

▪ Martyrs are not dead

▪ Allah will surely test everyone with various means

▪ Those who are patient say We indeed for Allah and will return to him

▪ Allah sends blessings on these people (who are patient during test) and they are the guided ones

▪ Do tawaf between Safa and Marwa

▪ Those who hide the truth are the cursed ones

▪ Except those who repent and correct themselves, Allah will forgive

▪ For those who continue to disbelieve Allah, Angels and the People sends curse upon them

▪ Ayath ul Ayaath (Verse of Signs)

▪ Signs of Allah are in heavens, earth, change in day and night, rain, dead land to life, spread of animals, winds, clouds

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