لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا الْحُسْنَىٰ وَزِيَادَةٌ Lil-ladhīna ahsanūl-husnā wa-ziyādah A ceux qui agissent en bien est réservée la meilleure (récompense) et même davantage Sūrat Yūnus, No.10, Āyat 26 C’est la grâce du Tout-Puissant de promettre à celui qui accomplit de bonnes actions une récompense supérieure à ce qu’il mérite. Dans ce verset, Allah promet deux types de … Read more
قَالَ تَاللَّهِ إِنْ كِدْتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ Qāla tāllāhi in kidta laturdīn He shall say: By Allah! You had almost caused me to perish! (Sūrat al-Saffāt, No.37, Āyat 56) On the Day of Judgment the people in Heaven will ask about the people who were with them in the world. They had rejected the belief in the … Read more
يَا بَنِي آدَمَ قَدْ أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُوَارِي سَوْآتِكُمْ وَرِيشًا ۖ وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ ۚ Yā banī Ādama qad anzalnā ‘alaykum libāsan yuwāri saw’ātikum warīshā wa-libāsut-taqwā dhālika khayr Ô enfants d’Adam ! Nous avons fait descendre sur vous un vêtement pour cacher vos nudités, ainsi que des parures. -Mais le vêtement de la piété … Read more
وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَاصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَا wa’mur ahlaka bis-salāti was-tabir ‘alayhā Et commande à ta famille la Ṣalāt, et fais-la avec persévérance. (Sūrat Taha, No. 20, Āyat 132) Dans ce verset, Allah demande au Saint Prophète d’enjoindre la salāt à sa famille ou selon certains savants, à son peuple. Le verset fût révélé à Makkah et … Read more
وَلَا تَنَازَعُوا فَتَفْشَلُوا وَتَذْهَبَ رِيحُكُمْ Et ne vous disputez pas sinon vous fléchirez et perdrez votre force. (Sūratul Anfāl, No.8, Āyat 46) Un hadith de l’Imam Al-Baqir (a) cité dans Al-Tibyan déclare que ce verset a été révélé quand Khabbab bin Manzar a suggéré au Saint Prophète (s) [durant Badr], de se déplacer de l’endroit … Read more
وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْئُولُونَ Waqifūhum innahum mas’ūlūn [But first] stop them! For they must be questioned. (Sūrat al-Saffāt, No.37, Āyat 24) Accountability is an important part of the life of a believer. All of us are responsible to Allah ‘azza wa-jall and will be questioned on the Day of Judgement. To remember that fact alone … Read more
هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي عَلَيْكُمْ وَمَلَائِكَتُهُ لِيُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ ۚ وَكَانَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَحِيمًا Huwalladhī yusallī ‘alaykum wamalā’ikatuhu liyukhrijakum minazzulumāti ilannūr, wakāna bilmu’minīna rahīmā It is He who blesses you, and so do His angels, that He may bring you out from darkness into light, and He is most merciful to the faithful. (Sūrat al-Ahzāb, … Read more
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ Yā ayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū qū anfusakum wa-ahlīkum nārā wa-qūduhan-nāsu wal-hijārah O vous qui avez cru ! Préservez vos personnes et vos familles d’un Feu dont le combustible sera les gens et les pierres (Sūratut Tahrīm, No.66, Āyat 6) Ce verset parle d’une responsabilité familiale fondamentale … Read more
وَأَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعَمَهُ ظَاهِرَةً وَبَاطِنَةً Wa-asbagha ‘alaykum ni‘amahu zāhiratan wabātinah He has showered upon you His blessings, the outward, and the inward. (Sūrat Luqmān, No.31, Āyat 20) This verse is part of a question that Allah subhānahu wa-ta‘ālā asks human beings. Have they not considered how creation is subservient to the human being, and how … Read more
وَالَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا فِينَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا ۚ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَعَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ Walladhīna jāhadū fīnā lanahdiyyanahum subulanā, wainnallāha lama‘al-muhsinīn As for those who strive in Us, We shall surely guide them in Our ways, and Allah is indeed with the virtuous. (Sūrat ‘Ankabūt, No.29, Āyat 69) Sūra ‘Ankabūt ends with an important statement that encapsulates the contents … Read more