Reflection No. 143 on Q 9:128 – The Prophet (s)’s love for people

لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ Certainly a Messenger has come to you from among yourselves; grievous to him is your distress, he has deep concern for you, to the believers (he is) compassionate, merciful. Sura al-Tawbah, 9:128   The Holy Prophet (s) loved people and cared … Read more

Reflection No. 142 on Q 18:10 – Asking Allah for Rahmah

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا Our Lord! Grant us mercy from You, and provide for us a right course in our affair. Sura Kahf, verse 10 The above is the prayer of the companions of the cave who sought refuge from being persecuted for their belief in Tawheed. They first … Read more

Reflection No. 141 on Q 10:65 – Negative words

وَلَا يَحْزُنْكَ قَوْلُهُمْ ۘإِنَّ الْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا ۚهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ And let not their speech grieve you; surely all honor belongs to Allah; He is the Hearing, the Knowing. (Sura Yunus, verse 65) What people say affects us greatly. We are vulnerable to their words, often letting them have a great impact on our mental … Read more

Reflection No. 140 on Q 23:113 – The shortness of life

قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَاسْأَلِ الْعَادِّينَ Qālū labithnā yawman aw ba‘da yawmin fas-alil-‘āddīn They will say: We stayed a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate (Sūratul Mu’minūn, No. 23, Āyat 113) The above verse is the reply of people in the Hereafter when they will be asked about their … Read more

Reflection No. 139 on Q 16:90 – Justice

 إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ Innallāha ya’muru bil-‘adli wal-iHsān Surely Allah enjoins the doing of justice and the doing of good (Sūratun Nahl, Āyat 90) In the verse above, Almighty Allah orders the human being to be just and do good to others. This is part of a verse that actually enjoins the human being … Read more

Reflection No. 138 on Q 89:27–30 – The soul

يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّة ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِيُ Yā ayyatuhan-nafsul-muTma’innati-rji‘ī ilā rabbiki rādiyatam-maridyyah. Fadkhulī fī ‘ibādī wadkhulī jannatī O soul at peace! Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with Him), well-pleasing (Him), So enter among My servants, And enter into My garden. (Sūratul Fajr, No. 89, Āyāt 27 – 30) … Read more

Reflection No. 137 on Q 10:12 – Extravagance

 كَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ Kadhālika zuyyina lil-musrifīna mā kānū ya‘malūn  Thus are the deeds of the extravagant ones made fair seeming to them (Sūrat Yūnus, Āyat 12)   According to this holy verse, those who are extravagant do not see their deeds as evil, they actually think the deeds they do are good. … Read more

Reflection No. 136 on Q 33:70 – Taqwā

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا Yā ayyuhalladhīna āmanūt-taqullāh wa-qulū qawlan sadīda O you who believe! Be God conscious and speak upright words (Sūratul AHzāb, No. 33, Āyat 70)   Words of the human being are a reflection of what goes on in the heart and mind of the person. The cleanliness … Read more

Reflection No. 135 on Q 12:92 – Nobility of spirit

قَالَ لَا تَثْرِيبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ ۖ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ Qāla lā tathrība ‘alaykumul-yawma, yaghfirullāhu lakum, wa-huwa arHamur-rāHimīn He said: There shall be no reproof against you this day; Allah may forgive you, and He is the most Merciful of the merciful (Sūrat Yūsuf, No. 12, Āyat 92) When the brothers of Nabī Yūsuf (a) recognized … Read more

Reflection No. 134 on Q 20:132 – Perseverance in Salaat

 وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَاصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَا – Wa’mur ahlaka bi-SSalāti wa-STabir ‘alayhā And bid your family to prayer and be steadfast in its maintenance. (Sūra Tāhā, Āyat 132) Out of all the actions that Allah has made obligatory on us, none is as quintessential to spirituality and closeness to Allah as is Salāt. Salāt, i.e. the ritual prayer, … Read more