ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَهِيَ كَالْحِجَارَةِ أَوْ أَشَدُّ قَسْوَةً ۚ Thumma qasat qulūbukum min ba‘di dhālika fahiya kal-Hijārati aw ashaddu qaswah Then your hearts hardened after that, so that they were like rocks, rather worse in hardness; Sura al-(Sūrtual Baqarah, No. 2, Āyat 74) Commentary The above verse refers to the Banū Israel … Read more
وَإِنْ تَعْفُوا وَتَصْفَحُوا وَتَغْفِرُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ Wa-in ta‘fū wataSfaHū wataghfirū fainnallāha ghafūrur-raHīm And if you pardon, and forbear, and forgive, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (Sūratut Taghābun, No. 64, Āyat 14) This verse talks about the different stages of forgiveness. According to Tafsīr Namūne, verse 14 of Sūratu Taghābun was sent after … Read more
إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِلَّهِ حَنِيفًا وَلَمْ يَكُ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ Inna Ibrāhīma kāna ummatan qānitan lillāhi Hanīfan walam yaku minal-mushrikīn Indeed Ibrahim was a nation, obedient to Allah, upright, and he was not of the polytheists. (Sūratun Nahl, No. 16, Āyat 120) This verse praises Abraham (Nabī Ibrāhīm), the great Prophet of Allah, the … Read more
وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَأَمْنًا Remember We made the House a place of assembly for men and a place of safety (Sūratul Baqarah, No. 2, Āyat 125) The holy Kaaba is described in the above verse as: 1) A place of assembly or pilgrimage. The Arabic word used is ‘mathaba’ – a place of … Read more