Reflection No. 171 on Q 4:75 – The Cry of the Oppressed

وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ الظَّالِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِيًّا وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ نَصِيرًا Wamālakum lā tuqātilūna fī sabīlillāh wal-mustadh‘afīna minal-rijāli wan-nisā’i wal-wildānil-ladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā akhrijnā min hādhihil-qaryatiz-zālimi ahluhā waj-‘al lanā min ladunka walliyan waj-‘al lanā min ladunka … Read more

Reflection No. 170 on Q 44:3 – Laylatul Qadr

On the martyrdom anniversary of Amīrul Mu’minīn Ali b. Abī Talīb (a), we convey our condolences to Imam al-Mahdī (af) and to the entire Muslim ummah.   إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ* فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ Innā anzalnāhu fī laylatim-mubārakatin, innā kunnā mundhirīn. Fīhā yufraqu kullu amrin hakīm. Surely We revealed … Read more

Qur’anic Reflections – Book

The Academy for Learning Islam (A.L.I.) is pleased announce its latest publication QURANIC REFLECTIONS for the holy month of Ramadan. We have compiled 30 Reflections which give Brief Insights into Quranic  Verses on Human Relationship with the Divine.  Each Reflection would take about 3 minutes of your time to read through. The thirty verses in … Read more

Reflection No. 169 on Q 28:83 – Seeking superiority

تِلْكَالدَّارُالْآخِرَةُنَجْعَلُهَالِلَّذِينَلَايُرِيدُونَعُلُوًّافِيالْأَرْضِوَلَافَسَادًاۚوَالْعَاقِبَةُلِلْمُتَّقِينَ Tilkad-dārul-ākhiratu naj ‘aluhā lilladhīna lā yurīdūna ‘uluwwan fil-ardhi walā fasādan; wal-‘āqibatu lillmuttaqīn And that the abode of the Hereafter, We shall assign it to those who have no desire to exalt themselves on the earth, nor to make mischief. And the good outcome is for the pious ones. (Sūratul Qasas, No. 28, Āyat 83) … Read more

Reflection No. 168 on Q 15:3 – Qualities of disbelievers

 ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ Dhar-hum ya’kulū wayatamatta‘ū wayulhihimul-amal, fasawfa ya‘lamūn Leave them to eat and enjoy and to be diverted by longings. Soon they will know. (Sūratul Hijr, No. 15, Āyat 3)  The above verse gives us three qualities of disbelievers who have reached a stage where there is not much … Read more