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     | Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 10:26 am Assalamu calaykum my brothers and sisters. The topic on this page is Quraan, plain and simple. I would like to remind us all that the more we live with Quraan, the safer it is going thru this life, .....and the firmer our feet on siraat....and the more secure in reconning day. 1.A person is as firm on islam as that person frequents reading quraan. 2. Reading Quraan regularly, makes you close to Allah SWT. 3. You begin to love Allah SWT, and Allah will love you. 4. You get answers to your problems. 5. You get reward for every letter then a thousand percent is added (ten times), what a deal. 6. you see how nations before us got lost, and get the idea of not repeating their tragedy. 7. You see how pious people got close to Allah 8. Deeds Allah love, and the ones he does not. simply, it is a book that has stories of people of old, and laws for us . So, on this forum I like to create a support group to pledge to read a portion of quraan on a daily basis until it becomes our enjoyment. so, drop a line, if you want to begin reading Quraan with us, and I will do my best to provide coaching as to how to make the best of your reading time. READ QURAAN TODAY.
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| | Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 01:57 pm I would like to be part of this. So here I am 'dropping a line'. I love this du'a, it seems full of hope, full of answers: " Oh allah, I am your servant, son of your servant, son of your maidservant, my forlock in in your hand, your command over me is forever executed and your decree over me is just. I ask you by every name belonging to you which you named yourself with, or revealed in your book, or you taught to any of your creation, or you have preserved in the knowledge of the unseen with you, that you make the quran the life of my heart and the light of my breast, and a departure f my sorrow and a release for my anxiety". So Nur, how does this work?
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| | Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 11:19 pm Sister Now and again What an inspiration, Just wonderful. this is the dua of khatm al Quraan. Beleive me sister, I have never felt bad after reading my daily portion, and I have never felt happy when I became too busy that I miss reading my daily portion. A great entry that will add yo this effort of having as many brothers and sisters read more Quran, and live with its teachings. Some tips for time management to fit Quraan on your daily schedule. 1. Set aside a time for reading, that you commit to it no matter what happens. 2. The best time to read is right after fajr prayer ( Wa quraanal fajri, inna quraanal fajri kaana mashhooda)And the dawn prayer reading of Quraan is witnesssed by (the angels of the day and the angels of the night)shift changing. 3. Sit in a quite place, away from interruptions. 4. Face the Qibla 5. Begin with isticaadah from sheitaan. and basmalah. 6. Read with an alert mind, living with the verses as if Allah is talking to you. 7. Read aloud, with a sorrow, and imagine being part of the stories. (like asxaabul ukhduud being thrown into the pit, put yourself there, how would you feel? ) imagine migrating with the prophet Muhammad SCWS, and you are in a cave with Abubakr and the prophet..... all these imaginations and the meaning of these verses in light of what is on the front pages of the newspapers, makes things clear for you. 8. Assign twenty minutes for a session, that is enough to read a JUZZ. 9. When you finally finnish the last juzz, immediately begin from a new, so if you die you get the ajar of the next khatm, call your family members and friends to make duaa for khatm al Quraan. 9. keep a pen a note book to mark special verses that remind you of something, a bird left in the open, will fly away. 10. Total ajar for reading Quraan, is around 3 million, six hundred thousand hasanah. Not counting the hasanah of Tadabbur (contemplation) 11. adjoin others to read, and get equivalent of their ajar. So you collect ajar, like Bill Gates collects royalties. 12. Make sure you do it for the sake of allah only.
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| | Wednesday, March 21, 2001 - 03:51 pm Asalaamu Caleykum Nuur, Jazaakalaah, I think it would be better if you put the last number which is and I am qouting "Make sure you do it for the sake of allah only." This should be the first thing that comes to your mind because everything that's not for the sake of Allah will not be counted for ajar and might be against you. It's important that you read or memorize the Quraan not be called Hafiz, not be said good Qaa'ri but for the sake of Allah. Anyway, your management is very good except that 20 minutes may not be enought for someone to finish the whole Juzz unless they are Hufaaz. Since this page is for Qur'an, I want hear from those of you who have memorized the Quran or are in the process of doing so, may be we can make e-subac or e-halaqa so that we benefit from one another. Upon my arrival to Norh America, I had many gaols to accomplish, memorizing the Qur'an was one of them and Alxamdulilaah, I have accomplished that goal and yet, I attend bi-weekly subac with other brothers. Walaahi this is Nicmah and Allah only gives it to His good servants. The salaf used to finish the Qur'an in 7 days among them was Ibn Sh. Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, Some of them used to finish it twice a month or once a month. The way they used to finish it in seven days was that they divide it into sections in which they recite one section daily. For example, they recite 3 suras in the first day, next day they recite 5 suras, next day 7 suras, next day 9 suras, next day 11 suras, next day 13 suras, and the final day the last section which must start surat Qaaf to the end untill Surat Annas. This is good schedule to follow if you're capable of but make sure you do it daily as the prophet said, "Axabul Acmaali Ilaahi Adwamuhaa wa'in qalat."
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| | Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 04:39 am Xaaji Jazaakallah brother, caqli kaa maqan, walaalkaa buu ku jiraa. Brother. the reason of making ikhlaas the last point was to leave the reader with the most important thought of all, but your suggestion is equally good. we begin with bismillah, and we end with Alxamdulillah. fare enough. As for the xifdul quraan, I must make this observation. Memorizing Quraan is not a waajib, obligatory duty, But it has a great reward, so great that in the hereafter a muslim's level in Jannah is tied to how much Quraan that she/he memorizes. But its reported that it is a sin to forget quraan once memorized. So what does this mean. We have to make sure that what we memorize we keep it in our memory, forgetting Quraan should be avoided. Xaaji You wrote: "Walaahi this is Nicmah and Allah only gives it to His good servants. " Brother, it is indeed a nicma, i have never experienced an enjoyment more enjoyable than reading Quraan" I can not express my feelings in this three dimensional representation of our reality. Quraan is my real food, it is my energy, it is my connection to my maker, it is pleasant, it is serene, simply it I feel safe, (aamin) the root of iimaan. I ask my selve, does everyone, get the same feeling? Alxamdulillah, brother Xaaji that you feel that way. Now, Please read suratul (al Racd) and let me know about your feelings about that suurah. This suurah is amazing, and I would like if we can share the beauty of Suratul Al Racd, it is really stunning like a lightening rich with towxiid and the beauty of Allah. " Anzala mina al Samaa'i maa'an fa saalat awdiyatan bi qadarihaa......................"
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| | Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 05:59 am Nur, pardon me for saying so but reading a whole juz seems long. I most of the time read a maqrah before school in the morning and a maqrah before I go to bed. During the weekends i try to read more than that, then there is readind suuratul kahfi on fridays. I'm ready to graduate from my 2 maqrahs a day, so what about reading a xizib aday?. Tell me what you think. now and again
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| | Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 08:18 am Now and Again Again you are like me. I used to think a juzz was too long to read, until,( hear me out) one day I read 19 Juzz. I started around 2:PM untill 1:00 AM, in one sitting doing ITIKAAF. Ever since, I can normally cruise a speed of a Juzz in 20 minutes with tajweed and tadabbur, complete with a small note pad in my pocket to jot down thoughts as they come. From these thoughts I write on these boards and I improve my deen. A schholmate who had fear of math, when we went to college got over his anxiety by registring for 4 math courses in one semester, he graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Likewise, So to improve, you have to do more each time, that is struggle in the path of Allah. And the rewards are great. After Fajr, if I am not sleepy, I can fit three ajzaa before sunrise, Pray sunnatul shuruuq, and go to earn living. Between Maghrib and Isha Prayers, two more Juzz can be read. That is a total of Five for that day, and you are on target to make Khatmul Quraan in a week, Maa shaallah tabarakallah. Sister. Do you notice that people can sit two hours in a library reading magazines of trivial content, the browse the net for yet another hour, and watch some TV, and socialize, yet, when it comes to Quraan, most people feel it is two long to read a juzz? It is all about priorities. Quraan should not be one of the activities that we do, Quraan should be the manual of life, the more we read, the more our live has a meaning, and direction. Quraan, no one should leave home without reading a portion.
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| | Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 08:39 am Now and Again Please read the last verse of suratul Mazammil. It answers your questuion, and it is much wiser than my answer, it is from Allah Al Xakeem. I realize that I may have conveyed a harsh message that it is must to read a JUZZ a day. I am sorry, Not everyone can do it, and it is justified by Allah in Suuratul Mazzamil. Although Almuzzammil addresses the issue of reading Quraan in Qiyaamul leyl, the general meaning is that there is flexibility, but our soul likes to lean back always unless we push it. By The way, If I recall you were supposed to try ITIKAF on a weekend reading Quraan, all day, did you succeed?
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| | Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 01:44 pm Bro nur, xaaji, now and again, Ilaah haydinka abaal mariyo wax kastood ilaah dartii u samaynaysaan Ammiin I have one question thought, Since most Somalians do not understand Arabic, Is it alright to recite the quran in English, Because,from my own exprience,when I read the Holy Quran in arabic,my mind is two miles away,from what I'm reading, untill I come across versas that I can undrstand, but when I read in English Most of the time I am aware of what I'm reading. So What should I do? your inputs Please. Ilaahow jirow joogow, Wax ma waayoow, Naxariistaad noogu deeq. AAmiin dhaha
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| | Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 02:13 pm Question: Asalamu-Alaikum, This is in regards to Question 2237 'Reading Soorat Yaa-Seen in congregation on Friday nights'. Actually I am referring to the hadeeth you mentioned where The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever reads one letter of the Book of Allaah will have one hasanah (reward) for doing so, and every hasanah will be multiplied by 10. I do not say that ‘Alif, laam, meem’ is one letter, but ‘Alif’ is a letter, ‘laam’ is a letter and ‘meem’ is a letter.’” I was wonderring if this hadith was also true if one is reading the Qur'an in a different language (i.e. English Translation) in order to actually understand what he is reading? Thank You, Allahu-Akbar Answer: Praise be to Allaah. We ask Allaah to reward you for your keenness. In response to your question, the reward mentioned in this hadeeth is only for the one who reads the Qur’aan as it is in Arabic, not for the one who reads the interpretation of the meanings in any other language. However, if a person reads a translation of the meanings in order to understand the meaning and benefit from what the aayaat are saying, then he will be rewarded for doing this, and his reward is with Allaah, because the Muslim will be rewarded for reading tafseer (explanation and commentary), and a translation is tafseer. But there is no indication that the person who reads a translation will earn the reward mentioned in the hadeeth. The bounty of Allaah is immense. And Allaah knows best. Islam Q&A (www.islam-qa.com)
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| | Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 02:46 pm Salama... Nuur: Ka waran hee hadaan ka hadalno the 'little' scientific side of the Quraanka Kariimka. Like this: The shooting stars--and today they call it cosmos, asteroids, FLYING STARS. Quraan mentions them as they defend the Heavens from all host of spying Shaydhaan and his Ibliisis. Of course, they FLY. And when did the scientists discovered on this flying stars? No sooner than the 20th century. Fircoon--the Quraan mentions Allaah preserved Fircoon in order the latter generation to know how meaningful and far he went. And it exactly happened. When did we discover him {them}? Perhaps, no sooner than the late 19th century. How amazing! The fingers--the Quraan says that We {Allaah} will 'even' bring it back where your fingers belong on the Day of Judgement {on the Resurrection Day}. Amazing, now we all have 'unique' individual finger-prints. No one is alike the other. Even close brothers. And when did the finger-prints had been discovered? Well, was it on the late 18th century or early 19th century? Kuwa kale aaba dhiman, lakiin intaan aa maanta kusoo gaba-gabeynaa. _________________ Nabadeey!!
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| | Friday, March 23, 2001 - 11:18 am Miskiin Macruuf- wow, I never thought about it that way!. Jazaakallaah for sharing that with us. Nur- My itikaag weekend huh?. I'm ashamed to say that I haven't found the perfect weekend. If it's not family demands that keeps me busy it's schoold demands. And if those two are out of the picture I completely forget about my itikaaf weekend. Now I know it's sheitaan that keeps me away from it so since I have located the problem now, I'll make it a top priority!. Jazaakallaah for reminding me. As for the reading a juz a day, you've made your argument very clear. I will try to do a juz a day. Lol, what got me was that I read your last post about how it's easy for people to go to the library and read anything and everythingelse for hours on end. For the first time this whole semester I went to the library last night to study and that's where I read your post. You can imagine the total impact of your post!. Major double standard on my side huh?. I'll let you know how how my juz reading goes. su'aal badan; I too don't understand much arabic but I find it more satisfying to read the quran in arabic. After I finish reading a suurah in arabic,it's very rewarding to re-read that suurah in english. And so the next time you read that suura in arabic it'll be easier to understand. now and again
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| | Friday, March 23, 2001 - 05:29 pm Asalaamu alaikum all, Nur, jazakallahu khairan for opening this folder. Now and Again, I see ya still following Nur around...lol. I tend to do the same. Actually I kinda follow both of you around...lol. Let's just say, I like how u guys view things in general. Sual badane, I know what u mean about reading the Quran. I also found what sister now and again suggested helpful. I sort of read one verse in Arabic and then read the English translation till the end of the sura. So, as now and gain said, when I read the entire sura in arabic later on, I actually understand what it is all about. Ofcourse, this is assuming that u somewhat understand arabic. Kinda like get the gist of things, though u wouldn't know what a specific word means if one were to ask you. To all, I came across this interesting intro to sura fatiha and thought I would share with ya'll. Enjoy. Syed Abu-Ala' Maududi's Chapter Introductions to the Quran 1. Fatiha Name This Surah is named Al-Fatiha because of its subject-matter. Fatihah is that which opens a subject or a book or any other thing. In other words, Al-Fatihah is a sort of preface. Verses This Surah has a total of 7 verses. Period of Revelation It is one of the very earliest Revelations to the Holy Prophet. As a matter of fact, we learn from authentic Traditions that it was the first complete Surah which was revealed to Muhammed (PBUH). Before this, only a few miscellaneous verses were revealed which form parts of Surah Alaq, Muzzammil, Muddathir, etc. Theme This Surah is in fact a prayer which Allah has taught to all those who want to make a study of his book. It has been placed at the very beginning of the book to teach this lesson to the reader: if you sincerely want to benefit from the Quran, you should offer this prayer to the Lord of the Universe. This preface is meant to create a strong desire in the heart of the reader to seek guidance from the Lord of the Universe, who alone can grant it. Thus Al-Fatiha indirectly teaches that the best thing for a man is to pray for guidance to the straight path, to study the Quran with the mental attitude of a seeker-after-truth and to recognize the fact that the Lord of the Universe is the source of all knowledge. He should, therefore, begin the study of the Quran with a prayer to him for guidance. From this theme, it becomes clear that the real relation between Al-Fatiha and the Quran is not that of an introduction to a book but that of a prayer and its answer. Al-Fatiha is the prayer from the servant and the Quran is the answer from the the Master to his prayer. The servant prays to Allah to show him guidance and the Master places the whole of the Quran before him in answer to his prayer, as if to say, "This is the Guidance you begged from Me."
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| | Friday, March 23, 2001 - 07:48 pm Suaal Badne First of all I congratulate you for your effort to read Quraan, without understandin arabic, it is a major hurdle, but, Brother, I want to give some intuition into this matter. You are Somali, so I assume you speak Somali You came to North America,So you are compelled to Speak English ( unless you live in Miami, or Dixon) You probably go to school, so chance is that you take French or Azerbaijani as your choice. You are working with computers, so chance is that you converse in HTML or XML. Now, All the above languages are serving one purpose, The life of this world, and how to sustain it comfortably. The duration of life of this world compared the with duration of life in aakhira is like comparing a second to a 500 Trillion years. Now, to succeed in the life of aakhira, you need to read your manual, the Quraan. The manual is writen in Arabic, and the word of allah SWT can never be fully understod except in Arabic, for his wisdom. So, Studying Arabic to understand Quraan is a form of worship. You get reward for learning and reward for following Quraan. Now, get up, and resgister for an arabic course in your local University weekend college, or community center, or migrate to Madina where you can get scholarship to study Arabic for a year of two, inquire the Saudi Embassy near your region. Until then, read your Yusuf Ali translation and commentary. Read Quraan everyday.
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| | Friday, March 23, 2001 - 11:05 pm Anon Jazaakallah for your input, you have helped a lot of people who will read this post, and even copy and email friends, which will duplicate your ajar many times, Allaha clearly says: " Quraanan Carabiyan" an Arabic Quraan. So the ajar goes with the Arabic. Sister TLG, Are you making dua for me? I think you are, and I feel that I am getting from other brothers and sisters on the forum their prayers. Dua makes me feel good, and when I feel good, I make dua for all brothers and sisters on my mind. I pray that Allah protect you, from evil, and make your feet firm on a solid turf in the day of judgment, a day when feet will shake and slip and fall from al siraat to blazing fires. Maskiin Waryaa, Macruuf Aqayaar Al Quraan, laa tanqadee cajaaibuh, today I read surat Faadir and Zumar, Subxaamallah, it is moving. This Quraan if it was revealed on a mountain, the mountain will crack out of humility and fear of Allah, but the human heart is so rigid that the quraan does not move it from its arrogance. Go to NASA website, and look into pictures of gallaxies, check a gallaxy called the CAT EYE, it is 3000 light years away, caught by the hubble telescope, it looks like a Red Rose like the quraan said: Fa idaa inshaqqat al samaa u , fa kaanat wardatan kal dihaan" in suuratul Raxmaan When the sky is split open, and (it became) as red as rose. you have to see this exploding gallaxy that looks like a red rose. and then understand the ayyah literallay in a new light, that of Hubble telescope. Allahu Akbar. You see brother, to think about the universe, and creation is one of the cibaadaat Allah mentioned in Suuratul Imraan: Alladeena yadkuruuna Allah qiyaaman wa qucuudan wa calaa junuubihim, wa yatafakkaroona fee khalqi al samaawaati wal ardi, rabbanaa maa khalaqta haadaa baadilan, Rabanaa fa qinaa cadaabal naar" Those who remember Allah while on their feet, and while sitting, and on their sides (in Bed), and thinking about the creation of the heavens and earth, saying, our lord, you have not created all this for nonsense, so protect us from hell fire" In The day of judgment, the kuffar will be described that they never paid attention to signs of Allah, or worse they explain it in a way that does not commit themselves to recognize Allah. Again, this is yet another dimension of quraan that needs its own page. Dimension of dikir and thinking about the creation of Allah SWT. Now and Again You need to charge your iimaan batteries, ITIKAAF is a definite booster of your iimaan level. Also, do the following, this what Umar ibnul Khattab used to do. Disobey your nafs. if it tells you to sleep, stay up. If it wants to read the Miami Herald or the LA times, refuse, tell your nafs, ( I am reading Quraan) if it wants you to watch a TV program, tell your nafs ( I will read Al Atbaceen al Nawawi) so I can improve my deen. and so on. Sheitan will normally suggest that there are other pressing matters to attend to, and that you do not have time to read Quraan. Allah says " Shitaan scares you with poverty ( like flunking exam, droping school, no job.etc....) and orders you to disobey Allah to avoid becoming poor) so do not listen to iblees. Fee Amaanillah
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| | Saturday, March 24, 2001 - 11:10 am TLG-Lol, what can I say?? BUSTED, Caught in the act. Lol, I find Nur's posts so inspiring, touching, feeling..beautiful, It helps me connect with my heart and what it wants. Need I say more? Nur- recharge my iimaan batteries>, wow, that sounds like a plan. Good idea. Jazaakallaahu kheyr for the idea!. It seems like everything for this world needs to get done NOW, everything for the next world can be done later, as soon as you finish doing this or that. I guess I need to learn how to make stuff for the next world a priority over things for this world. Nur, I have a suggestion for a topic I'm really interested in hearing about, so I was thinking that maybe you could start a page on it?. The topic is : ISLAM AS MORE THAN JUST A RELEGION, ISLAM AS A WAY OF LIFE. What do you say??. humor me.
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| | Saturday, March 24, 2001 - 11:53 am I would like to greet you with the greeting of Islam Asalam calykum warahmatullhi wa barakatu, my beloved brothers and sisters, I think that this folder is very precious due to it being devoted to the quran and I hope that allah makes us benefit from it. Jazaakallahu kayrin for all the contributions that have been made, I benefited greatly reading the posts. I feel guilty at the same time, when reading the post, due my own short comings. I nevy people that have great understanding of the quran, this is a great nicma that allah gives to those of his slaves that he loves. When I read nur’s post that he reads five juz a day, I was ashamed of myself because I find it hard reading few surah on some days, let alone a juz or five. I also agree with sister now and again and TLG because I don’t have a great understanding of the Arabic language, but I go to tasfeer lessons and I can understand the surahs that I have learnt and some of the others, because the quran has similar words. The thing that makes me really sad is that I know I should be learning the Arabic language because Arabic is the key to islam. I mean I don’t want to chase after books that are translated in English and read/listen to tapes that are translating the quran. When I first starting practicing the deen, my aim was to go to makka or medina and study deen there, but things don’t always turn out the way you want, I couldn’t go due to circumstances. My goal is still the same, I would love to study the sciences of hadith and memorise the quran if I get the chance inshallah. I think the only way that I can achieve this is if I go to a muslim country, especially a place where I can learn the arabic language full-time. Make a duca for me please that allah makes this easier for me. Brother nur you said that you can go to medina, are you for real, I thought it was hard getting into Saudi. If you are serious please give me some more information. In the meann time I will try and read half a juz per day and then increase as I go along. carry on with my english translated books, and somali tafseer tapes. your sister in islam wasalam-alaykum
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| | Sunday, March 25, 2001 - 04:53 am Ifraah Maa Shaallah sister. Arabic is a must. I say it is the most important task a muslim must complete before fully understandin Quraan and hadeeth. Can you rely on someones hands to feed you? Or someone to drive you around? If that is no, then how can we be satisfied with someone explaining Quraan as a second hand explanation. For examlple, in Somali Language " cagaha wax ka dayy" means in english to run. But when you ranslate it becomes "Look something on your foot" I thank Allah for my Arabic, which I comand it with native fluency, When I compare it with the best of tafaasiir, there is no match between the meaning the Quraan text and the transliteration tafaasiir like Yusuf Ali. There is a branch of the Islmic University of Al Imaam Muxammad ibnu Saud in Washington DC suburb. and they are open for admission, I am not aware if they have a distance learning program, which would have suited you well. But the Saudi Embassy would not issue a student visa for a single woman, so unless you are married that option is nul. The next best thing is to find a native arabic speaking sister who is a practicing muslimah in your area and converse with her as much as possible, so you pick the origins of certain words from her, to help you with the language. also tapes and newspapers like sharqul awsat can help. Just read a lot and listen a lot, like a toddler, you will pick up the language, and once you do, the possibilities are endless. My advice, start somewhere, and inshaallah, with the help of Allah you'll get there. Now and again I am maintaining this page, and I am very busy, could you post the topic and host it, I will support it inshaallah? Parking your car in the cold too long will deplete your batteries. You have to make your iman do good work, or it will go away. Your brother in Islam
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| | Sunday, March 25, 2001 - 11:21 am Nur- Sorry, didn't mean to pile things on you. I just figured you'd know more about it than me. I like you're analogy, but I'm just afraid to run when I've barely learned to crawl. now and again p.s, I'll try though.
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| | Tuesday, March 27, 2001 - 04:11 am asalam alaiykum jazzakallh kayrin nur for your advice. i will try my best inshallah to learn arabic. wasalama alaiykum
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| | Tuesday, March 27, 2001 - 05:58 pm Assalamu Calaykum Brothers and sisters. Al Anbiyaa I ask you today to read Suuratul Al Anbiyaa ( the Prophets) and share with us what you understand. Pick the most intereting verse, in that Surah, and share your thoughts on it. I will comment afterwords. If you have problem of the true meaning of any arabic word in the Surah, or tafseer of a passage, also mention, I will do my best to clarify. I rely on Al Tabari for tafseer.
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| | Sunday, April 01, 2001 - 08:08 am Asalam Alaykum, Someone told me that a person who listens to the Quran being recited gets the same rewards for one who reads it. Can anyone tell me if this is true?
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| | Tuesday, April 03, 2001 - 10:38 am salam-alaiykum i hope every one is good health and best of emaan what happened to brother nur and the rest of the gang. i was waiting for the comment on Suuratul Al Anbiyaa. i also wanted to ask you and know and again, can you do ITIKAAF when it is not ramadan. don't let this page down wasalam ifrah
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| | Tuesday, April 03, 2001 - 10:40 am salam-alaiykum i hope everyone is in good health and best of emaan what happened to brother nur and the rest of the gang. i was waiting for the comment on Suuratul Al Anbiyaa. i also wanted to ask nur and know and again, can you do ITIKAAF when it is not ramadan. don't let this page down wasalam ifrah
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| | Tuesday, April 03, 2001 - 03:20 pm Jaskal Lah Khayr yaa akhii nuur wa ukhtii Once and again I have another Question for u thought.. I normally cummute to my work taking public transportation (train and Bus)and it takes me an hour or so to get there. on the way, instead of reading a novel or newspaper, I make habbit of reading the Quran. Is this acceptle. I mean, Can one read the quran quitly? or Should I touch the kitaab without my wadu? (Weeso la'aan). Allhu- Yac-lam
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| | Tuesday, April 03, 2001 - 08:29 pm Sister Ifraah Jazaakallahu Khairan, everyone has a share of their name ineir personality, and youa have put some happiness in my heart for your comments " don't let this page down " Sister, I work too much these days, and I normally chech if there were any responses to the page and when I do not find, I just go about my business. I just can't propose a topic and find all the gang congregating on private forums leaving the ignorant masses like us out in the cold. Anyway, Let us talk about suratul Anbiyaa. The sura begins with a startling rhythem that can awake the sleeping person who has no purpose in life beyound having fun and games. " The auditing day for man is coming close, while (most of them) out of unconsciousness, they object anr Refuse (to follow the path of Allah)" " A Remembrance (warning)from Allah does not come to their attention as they are busy playing, Their hearts being not in touch (with reality), those who are unjust to their ownselves, discuss in secret, is this (prophet SCWS) except a human like you, are you, then, taking his majic at face value while you watch" We are busy playing always, we enjoy a good laugh, yet, thinking seriously, there is nothing to laugh about if we indeed realize what could be our fate if we do not head the advice from Allah and his messenger. The most striking feature of Suratul Anbiyaa is the grand tour of the prophets and their tribulations with their folks while delivering dawa. The surah befor it goes to the plight of the prophets, settles an important issue, the issue of the true diety, who is the real Ilaah. Tying to the games and playing going on in the world, Allah subxaanahu wa tacaalaa calls for our attention: " We have not created the heavens and the earth for fun and games, If we were intersted in a passtime, we would have taken it from our own, if we were to do that, But we throw (the messsage) of truth to wipe falsehood, and it crushes it, and for sure, you (kufaar) desreve WEIL (hell) for the (falsehood ) that you describe and glamorize (to mislead people). I stop here today, waiting for comments before Iwe can go further.
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| | Tuesday, April 03, 2001 - 08:35 pm Su'aal badne Brother, You are on the right Tracks, reading Quraan on the train, is a great experience, you can read quietly in order not to call for attention, and contemplate. Touching the Kitaab without wuduu is acceptable in some schools of thought, but, every effort must be done to perfect the experience by having wuduu as you are handling Allah's words in your hands and reading it with your lips and tongue, so make it a ibaadah while you commute. may Allah accept your good intentions, and ours aamiin
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| | Tuesday, April 03, 2001 - 09:37 pm Assalamu Caleykum WW, This is indeed a much needed post. As we all know there are many warnings about abandoning the Qur'an. Many people have developed different ways of committing themselves to read the Qur'an. Some, play a tape and follow the surrahs holding the holly book. Others such as myself, start from the opposite side and go the opposite. I read juzz-by-juzz. Sometimes, I read the translations as well, other nights just the surrahs alone. I try to read 2-4 surrahs per night, right after I pray Isha and before I head out to bed. I also kiss the Qur'an after I finish reading it, an old habit of mine. There is nothing like knowing you've prayed Isha and read the Qur'an, I feel complete and worry-free. This method works great for me and I recommend it to those who want to try it!
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| | Wednesday, April 04, 2001 - 12:26 am "He decreed for you the same religion decreed for Noah, and what we inspired to you, and what we decreed for Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: "You shall uphold this one religion, and do not divide it." 42:13 Old Testament: "You shall have no other gods besides Me" Exodus 20:3 (First Commandment) New Testament: "You shall worship the Lord your God. and Him ONLY you shall serve" (Luke 4:8) The Quran: "You shall know that: "There is no other god beside God" 47:19 Quran unifies all muslims and insha allah one day it will unite all of mankind under worship of allah! ameen
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| | Wednesday, April 04, 2001 - 01:55 am Mystic Thank you very much for your input, specially your towxiid remarks, it is indeed the key to understanding Quraan. As for the verses from the Bible, may I respectfully point out that I used to be in a christian Muslim debate group and I am very much familiar of these passages, however, and with the admission of fellow christians, the current King James bible and the Catholics bible are both suffereing from numerous inconsistencies introduced in the third century when christians were persecuted by the Romans and the Jews. So, it is advisable not to support Quraan with the current Bible as it is a sword with two blades, if we accept some as genuine, one can always argue by bringing up verses that contradict with Quraan, thus causing confusion. Again, thank you for your valuable contribution and Jazaakallahu khairan, Please contribute more.
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| | Wednesday, April 04, 2001 - 03:01 am Thank you akhi for giving me the chance. Jazaakallahu khairan for starting this page! Alhamdu lillah i was able download JUS:30 of the quran From the following site; http://alquran.itb.ac.id/ For those that spend a lot of time working on computers it is an excellent way to learn! I forgot to mension that i quoted the biblical references from islamic sites, but i will agree with your point.
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| | Thursday, April 05, 2001 - 04:23 am Nur OUCH! "congregating on private forumns"?. OUCH again, but the truth does hurt sometimes don't it?. I haven't gotten around to reading Al-anbiya yet, but when I do (hopefully soon), I'll come down here and contribute. Till then peace now and again
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| | Thursday, April 05, 2001 - 06:13 am MAD MULLAH Thank you for sharing, your words are supported by the hadeeth, and dua of the prophet SAWS " Make the Quraan, the ending of my worries" Thank you again, and one more thing Kissing the Quraan, is an innovation not practiced by any of the pious saxaabah or the prophet, and I think that we don't know something they forgot. Your brother in Islam
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| | Monday, April 09, 2001 - 05:15 am Al-anbiya- May I ask why you chose this suurah Nur?. Just wondering. I read this suurah's translation last night and it was truley powerful. There is so much power behind this suurah. Reading about those before us and what became of them is an awakening. Considering they were more physically more bigger and stronger than us. It's scary to know that they were wiped out cleanly..no trace of them left. Have you guys heard of that ancient roman island or something that was completely covered by volcanoe lava???...I mean completely??. Isn't that an cadaab??, and then there are the earthquakes that swallow hundreds, the floods that drown hundreds more, the fires waging in Florida and California. We tend to attribute this to 'mother nature' acting up. But if we thought of it as cadaab rabbi it would be scary thought, no??. That's why we human tend to turn a blind eye or act ignorant of anything that makes us feel helpless. Anything that makes us look vulnerable, even to the almighty creator. And that's where we truely fail, I mean who are we to think ourselves not needing allah??..have you ever seen how small you are??, Stand next to a mountain or even river and compare your size. That river could swallow you up with out a trace of you left. So who are we hurting by denying our vulnerability other than ourselves??. I might be getting sidetracked here so here are the ayats I found most powerful, 16. 'We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is inbetween them for mere play'. How often do we forget this??, We sometimes think we are here for mere pleasure, for the next fun..for the next exciting thing. If you live in the west it's even worse, all they always talk about is how much fun and pleasure they get.I myself sometimes forget this and feel like I'm cheating myself if I don't have an adequate amount of fun, as if the world owed me that much. 83. 'And remember Ayub when he cried to his lord; "verily distress has seized me, and you are the most merciful of all those who show mercy" 89. 'And remember Zakariah when he cried to his lord "Oh My Lord!!, leave me not childless, though you are the best of inheritors" I found these ayats very touching because how good does it feel to cry out to a greater, stronger, all-knowing, all-hearing being??. A being that is capable if giving you ANYTHING you want that he approves of??. Who in this world could you honestly say is capable of doing that?. To know that you have an ally, to know that you have someone powerful to turn to in times of disttress..someone who created you and your distress..you and your enemy, you and everythingelse. Allahu akbar, how great is that?? peace now and again
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| | Tuesday, April 10, 2001 - 02:27 pm asalam alaikum mashallah sis that was really nice, jazzakallhukeran wasalam alaikum.
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| | Wednesday, April 11, 2001 - 05:25 pm so much for keeping th page going. Anonymous :why don't you contribute as well??, I would love to hear your interpretations and understandings you get this from suurah.
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| | Wednesday, April 11, 2001 - 09:58 pm Jazaakallahu Khairan sister Now and again Your analyses of Suratul Anbiyaa are indeed what Allah refers in the Quraan as TADABBUR. Contemplation. One morning Bilal, as usual came in the mosque to call adaan, he found the prophet sitting and crying, up all night. Bilaal asked what was the matter. The prophet SAWS said,( something to the effect of )stunning verses were revealed that made him not sleep. These ayaat are in Suratul Aal Imraan, " Verily, in the creation fo the heavens and the earth, there is signs for those with pure inside (albaab)Those who remember Allah, standing on their feet, sitting or laying down on their sides, saying, Our lord, Thou have not created all this for nonsense, so save us from punishment of the fire" You wrote " have you ever seen how small you are??, Stand next to a mountain or even river and compare your size" Now this is what I was talking about, supporting your tadabbur with Quraan, Allah says " Verily, the creation of the heavens and earth is far greater than the creation of man" Here the emphasis is that man thinks he will not be resyrrected back alive, but Allah assures that, comparing other creations with man, man is really insignificant in terms of sophistication. My sister, Suratl Anbiyaa has a special place in my heart. You see my dear sister, I used to drive in the Midwest USA, and the distance was very long, (1000 mile trips) and I used to have in my Car recording of Sheikh Xudaifi, and you can imagine driving sixteen ours trip nonstop, how much Quraan can get in your blood, I guess, more than Oxygen and Nitrogen combined. Al Anbiyaa apealed to me more than others for resaons I can not explain, So, In my trips, I was not just listening, I was part of the addressed crowd,Often, I would cry, rejoice when the help of Allah arrives and allways, tie these distant episodes to todays developments just like you've noticed the hurricanes in Florida. One of the most enjoyable experiences I had was taking a long trip alone, with a set of Quraan recited by Xudeifi or Sheikh Muxeisini, The trip, in its physical dimensions changes into Time dimension where I find myself cruising in time through periods of human interaction with the devine revelations. I can imagine being with these humble prophets, on their side, and everyone else against us, I imagine, witnesiing Ibrahim's stand with his people, Noah' ark and the exodus of Musa. All this and then I come back to see that our reality is not really that different, the power is still in the hands of the mischievous, the pious are oppressed, evil is dominating the world and one is afraid to lose his deen. For the fear of losing my deen, I further listen to Quraan, and hear suratul Kahf, in which young folks run away from society to save their faith in Allah, Now, I Imagine sitting with those piuos youth and their dog. I imagine asxaabul ukhduud, being thrown into the pit of fire, while officials of the town watch the law taking its course (their law) against some people whose sole sin was to declare Allah the only one they obey. May Allah protect you and all devout muslims.
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