Holy Quran

Baqarah 142-144 142- THE FOOLS AMONG PEOPLE WILL SAY: WHAT TURNED THEM AWAY FROM THE QIBLAH THEY USED TO FACE?  SAY: THE EAST AND THE WEST BELONG TO ALLAH, HE GUIDES WHOM HE WILLS TO THE STRAIGHT PATH. 143- WE HAVE MADE YOU INTO A MIDDLE (JUST) NATION, SO THAT YOU MAY BECOME WITNESSES OVER PEOPLE, AND THE MESSENGER A WITNESS OVER YOU.  WE DID NOT YOUR PREVIOUS QIBLAH FOR YOU EXCEPT TO KNOW THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW THE MESSENGER FROM THOSE WHO WILL TURN BACK ON THEIR HEELS.  INDEED IT IS HARD, EXCEPT FOR THOSE ALLAH HAVE GUIDED, AND ALLAH WOULD NOT HAVE LET YOUR FAITH BE WASTED.  ALLAH IS MOST KIND AND MOST MERCIFUL TO MANKIND. 144- WE HAVE SEEN THE TURNING OF YOUR FACE FROM THE SKY, SO WE WILL DIRECT YOUR TOWARDS A QIBLAH THAT WILL PLEASE YOU, SO TURN YOUR FACE TOWARDS THE SACRED MOSQUE AND WHEREVER YOU ARE DIRECT YOUR FACES TOWARDS IT.  THOSE WHO WERE GIVEN THE BOOK KNOW THAT IT IS THE TRUTH FROM YOUR LORD, AND ALLAH IS NOT UNAWARE OF WHAT THEY DO. These three Aya...

Baqarah 135-141 135- AND THEY SAID: ‘BECOME JEWS OR CHRISTIANS, AND YOU WILL BE TRULY GUIDED’.  SAY: ‘BUT THE RELIGION OF IBRAHIM, THE TRUE AND PURE IN FAITH, HE WAS NOT OF THOSE WHO WORSHIP PARTNERS BESIDES GOD’. 136- YOU SAY : “WE BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND WHAT WAS SENT DOWN TO YOU, AND WHAT WAS SENT DOWN TO IBRAHIM, ISMAIL, IS,HAQ, YACOB AND THE ASBAT, AND WHAT WAS GIVEN TO MOSES AND JESUS AND WHAT WAS GIVEN TO THE PROPHETS FROM THEIR LORD, WE MAKE NO SEPARATION BETWEEN THEM, AND WE SUBMIT TO HIM (ALLAH). 137- IF THEY BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, THEY WILL BE RIGHTLY GUIDED, BUT IF THEY TURN AWAY, THEN THEY ARE IN DISCORD.  ALLAH WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR YOU AGAINST THEM, FOR HE HEARS AND KNOWS EVERY THING. 138- THIS IS ALLAH’S COLOUR, AND WHO’S COLOURS IS BETTER, AND WE WORSHIP HIM. 139- SAY: “DO YOU DISPUTE WITH US CONCERNING ALLAH WHILE HE IS OUR LORD AND YOU’RE, WE HAVE OUR DEEDS AND YOU HAVE YOUR DEEDS, AND WE ARE SINCERE TO HIM”.  140- OR DO YOU SAY THAT IBRAHIM, ISM...

Baqarah 133-134 133- OR WERE YOU WITNESSES WHEN DEATH CAME TO YACOB (JACOB) AS HE SAID TO HIS CHILDREN: “MY CHILDREN, WHAT WILL YOU WORSHIP AFTER ME?” THEY SAID: “WE WILL WORSHIP YOUR LORD AND THE LORD OF YOUR FATHERS, IBRAHIM, ISMAIL, AND IS,HAQ (ISAAC), HE IS ONE GOD AND WE SUBMIT TO HIM. 134- THIS IS A NATION THAT PASSED AWAY, THEY HAVE WHAT THEY HAVE EARNED, YOU HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE EARNED, AND YOU SHALL NOT BE QUESTIONED ABOUT WHAT THEY DID. Here, Jacob, Ibrahim’s grandson is also showing his greatest concern about his children’s faith and afterlife, not their wealth and business.  He is making sure that they are to worship Allah the Highest, with no partners besides him. Then Allah the Highest states a very important principle which has been mentioned several times in the Quran and Hadith.  It is that every person is responsible for what they did in their life. It is interesting that the word used is earned, which means that one should have worked for willfully, and intent...

Baqarah 130-132 130- THOSE THAT TURN AWAY FROM IBRAHIM’S CREED ARE THOSE WHO DEGRADED THEIR OWN SOUL.  WE HAVE CHOSEN AND FAVOURED HIM IN THIS LIFE AND IN THE HEREAFTER, HE IS AMONG THE RIGHTEOUS. 131- AS HIS LORD SAID TO HIM: “SUBMIT YOURSELF”, HE SAID: “I SUBMIT TO THE LORD OF ALL THE WORLDS”. 132- IBRAHIM DESIRED THE SAME FOR HIS CHILDREN AND JACOB (SAYING): “MY CHILDREN, ALLAH HAS CHOSEN THE RIGHT RELIGION FOR YOU, SO DO NOT DIE BUT AS MUSLIMS”. Ibrahim’s creed and faith is the true religion and faith.  It is the belief in on God with no partners, sons or daughter, and the total submission to His Will and Commands.  To worship other than Allah or to worship partners besides his is degrading one’s soul.  For it is degrading to submit to a creation like you, and not to submit to the Creator.  Allah the Highest said: “AND IBRAHIM WAS NEITHER A JEW NOR A CHRISTIAN, BUT A MUSLIM TRUE IN FAITH, AND WAS NOT OF THOSE WHO WORSHIP OTHERS BESIDES ALLAH * INDEED, THE CL...

Baqarah 127-129 127- AND AS IBRAHIM AND ISMAIL RAISE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE HOUSE SAYING: “OUR LORD ACCEPTS FROM US, FOR YOU HEAR AND SEE ALL THINGS”. 128- “OUR LORD AND MAKE MUSLIMS (SUBMITTORS) FOR YOU AND FROM OUR NATION A MUSLIM NATION, AND SHOW US OUR RITES AND FORGIVE US, FOR YOU ARE THE MOST FORGIVING, THE MOST MERCIFUL”. 129- “OUR LORD AND SEND THEM A MESSENGER FROM AMONST THEM TO RECITE YOUR AYAHS TO THEM, TEACH THEM THE BOOK AND THE WISDOM, AND PURIFY THEM, FOR YOU ARE THE ALMIGHTY, AND THE MOST WISE. After Ibrahim peace upon him had a boy child from his Egyptian wife Hajar, Allah the Highest commanded him to take them to the site where Makah is now and leave them there.  Then the well of Zamzam was found and life started in the area.  Allah the Highest said about this: “O LORD, I LEFT MY OFFSPRING IN A VALLY WITHOUT ANY PLANTS BY YOUR SACRED MOSQUE, OUR LORD SO THAT THEY MAY ESTABLISH REGULAR SALAH, SO LET SOME OF THE PEOPLE’S HEARTS LOVE THEM AND PROVIDE THEM WITH ...

Baqarah 126 126- AND AS IBRAHIM SAID: “MY LORD, PROVIDE SAFTETY AND SECURITY TO THIS TOWN AND PROVIDE ITS PEOPLE OF ALL FOOD AND HARVEST, THOSE OF THEM WHO BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY”.  HE(ALLAH) SAID: “AS FOR THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE, I WILL LET THEM ENJOY THIS LIFE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THEN DRIVE THEM INTO THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE, AN EVIL DESTINATION IT IS”. Ibrahim peace upon him prayed for Makah, asking Allah the Highest for two things: To make it safe and secure. To provide for its people plenty so that they do not go without. Allah the Highest answered the Prayer and Dawaa of his prophet and messenger Ibrahim peace upon him and we can see this now and throughout it’s history Makah enjoyed a privileged status in Arabia, in security and wealth.  In this respect, Allah the Highest provides the believers and the disbelievers, the good and the bad.  This is Allah’s policy on Earth and for every one.  Provisions are for all, however, the Paradise is for the beli...

Baqarah 125 125- AND AS WE MADE THE HOUSE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO ASSEMBLE AND A PLACE OF PEACE AND SAFETY.  AND TAKE THE PLACE WHERE IBRAHIM USED TO STAND AS A PLACE FOR PRAYING.  AND WE ENTRUSTED IBRAHIM AND ISMAEL TO CLEANSE AND PURIFY MY HOUSE FOR THOSE WHO COMPASS IT, THOSE WHO RETREAT IN IT, THOSE WHO BOW AND THOSE WHO PROSTRATE. The Kabba is the first house of worshipping Allah the Highest ever built.  It was destroyed by time and floods, but Ibrahim and Ismail rebuilt it.  Then Allah the Highest ordered them to cleanse and purify the house ready for the worshippers to worship.   Allah the Highest commanded Ibrahim to call upon people to go to the Kabba for Hajj (Pilgrimage).  “AND CALL UPON PEOPLE TO COME FOR HAJJ, THEY WILL COME TO YOU ON FOOT AND ON EVERY LEAN ANIMAL (from long travelling) THEY SHALL COME FROM EVERY DISTANT PLACE” .  (S: 22 A: 27) Allah the Highest made the Kabba a place for peace and safety, for human beings and for animals an...

Baqarah 124 124- AND AS IBRAHIM WAS TRIED BY HIS LORD WITH CERTAIN COMMANDS WHICH HE FULFILLED, HE (ALLAH) SAID: “I SHALL APPOINT YOU IMAM (LEADER) FOR MANKIND”.  HE SAID: “AND OF MY OFFSPRING TOO?”  HE (ALLAH) SAID: “MY PROMISE IS NOT FOR THE WRONG-DOERS”. Ibrahim peace be upon him is the father of the prophets, for from his line came all the prophets and messengers after him.  This is a very exalted position.   Allah the Highest tested him with some commands, which he fulfilled.  There are a number of reports as to what these commands were, but they are not substantiated or authenticated, therefore will not be mentioned.  It was a great and very difficult command however, which was to slaughter his only son then, Ismail.  He obeyed that command, but Allah the Highest did not let him slaughter his son and sent him a ram instead to slaughter instead.  We do the same in Eid commemorating this event.  Allah the Highest said about this: “ WE GAV...

Baqarah 121-123 121- THOSE WE HAVE GIVEN THE BOOK, THEY READ IT AS IT OUGHT TO BE READ, THOSE BELIEVE IN IT, AS FOR THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE, THEY ARE THE LOSERS . There is some difference in opinion amongst the Interpreters as to whether this Ayah meant for the People of the book, or the Muslims.  Even if it is meant for the people of the book, the Ayah still applies to us, the Muslims.  We have been given a Book from Allah the Highest and this Ayah tells us what we should do with it. Reading or reciting the Quran as it should, does not mean that a Muslim’s main aim is to recite the Quran properly as most of us do at present, but to understand it and comprehend it’s meanings and it’s commands. Allah the Highest sent us His Book, the Quran, to tell us how to live and conduct our lives according to His way.  In order to do that, we have to understand the Quran, in the light of the Quran and Hadith.  When we understand the Quran, we can then and only then be guided by it. ...