Quranic Reflection No 762. Āyat 11:88 – The Key to Success

Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ ۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ …and my success (tawfīq) is not but through Allah. Upon Him, I have relied, and to Him, I return. Sūrat al-Hūd, No 11, Āyat 98 In Sūrat Hūd, the Prophet Shu‘ayb (a), after calling his … Read more

Quranic Reflection No 761. Āyat 10:42 – The Faculty of Hearing

Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ ۚ أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ وَلَوْ كَانُوا لَا يَعْقِلُونَ And there are those of them who hear you, but can you make the deaf to hear though they will not understand? Sūrat Yūnus, No.10, Āyat 42 Among the five senses that … Read more

Quranic Reflection No 760. Āyat 11:113 – The Stand of Sayyidah Fātimah (a)

Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ Do not incline toward the wrongdoers, lest the Fire should touch you, and you will not have any friend besides Allah; then you will not be helped. … Read more

Quranic Reflection No 759. Āyat 74:35 – One of the Greatest Signs of Allah

Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ Indeed they are one of the greatest [signs]. (Sūrat Muddathir No. 74, Āyat 35) Scholars of tafsīr have offered various explanations for this verse. One interpretation, consistent with the apparent flow of the surrounding verses, takes it as a response to … Read more

Quranic Reflection No 758. Āyat 24:36 – The Home of Sayyidah Fātimah al-Zahrā’ (a)

Bismillāh. فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ فِيهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ In houses Allah has allowed to be raised and wherein His Name is celebrated; He is glorified therein, morning and evening. (Sūrat Nur, No. 24, Āyat 36) After talking about the light of Allah in verse 35 of this sūrah, … Read more

Quranic Reflection No 757. Ayat 41:34 – Repel Evil with What Is Better

Check our new online courses here Bismillāh. وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ Good and evil [conduct] are not equal. Repel [evil] with what is best. [If you do so,] he between whom and you was enmity, will then be as though he were … Read more

Quranic Reflection No 756. Ayat 25:74 – A Parent’s True Goal

Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَالَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا And those who say, ‘Our Lord! Give us joy and comfort in our spouses and offspring, and make us imams of the Godwary.’ (Sūrat Al-Furqān No. 25, Āyat 74) At the … Read more

Quranic Reflection No 755. Ayat 10:43 – The Faculty of Sight

Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنظُرُ إِلَيْكَ ۚ أَفَأَنتَ تَهْدِي الْعُمْيَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا لَا يُبْصِرُونَ There are some of them who observe you. But can you guide the blind even if they do not perceive?. (Sūrat Yūnus  No.10, Āyat 43) Human beings are gifted with many remarkable … Read more

Quranic Reflection No 754. Ayat 64:14 – Forgiveness Begins at Home

Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ وَأَوْلَادِكُمْ عَدُوًّا لَّكُمْ فَاحْذَرُوهُمْ ۚ وَإِن تَعْفُوا وَتَصْفَحُوا وَتَغْفِرُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ O you who have faith! Indeed, you have enemies among your spouses and children; so beware of them. Yet if you excuse, forbear, and … Read more

Quranic Reflection No 753. Ayat 2:204 – The Talk of the Hypocrite

Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يُعْجِبُكَ قَوْلُهُ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا فِي قَلْبِهِ وَهُوَ أَلَدُّ الْخِصَامِ Among the people is he whose talk in the worldly life pleases you, and he holds Allah witness to what is in his heart, though he is … Read more