Quran Reflections – English

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا لَقِيتُمْ فِئَةً فَاثْبُتُوا Yā ayyuhalladhīna āmanū idhā laqītum fi’atan fathbutū O you who have faith! When you meet a host [in battle], then stand firm. [...]

وَمَن يَسْتَنكِفْ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِ وَيَسْتَكْبِرْ فَسَيَحْشُرُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعًا Waman yastankif ‘an ‘ibādatihi wayastakbir fasayahshuruhum ilayhi jamī‘ā And whoever disdains His worship and [...]

ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ Dhālikum khayrun lakum in kuntum ta‘lamūn That is better for you, should you know (Sūrat al-Jumuah, No 62, Āyat 9) Almighty Allah ‘azza [...]

الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا Alladhí khalaqal-mawt wal-hayāta liyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu ‘amalā He, who created death and life that He may test [...]

وَاللَّـهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الشَّهَوَاتِ أَن تَمِيلُوا مَيْلًا عَظِيمًا Wallāhu yurīdu an yatūba ‘alaykum wayurīdul-ladhīna yattabi ‘ūnash-shahawāti [...]

وَقَدِمْنَا إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُوا مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ هَبَاءً مَّنثُورًا Waqadimnā ilā mā ‘amilū min ‘amalin faja ‘alnāhu habā’an manthūrā Then We shall attend to the works they have done and [...]

وَيُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ Wayusāri ‘ūnna fil-khayrāt And they strive with one another in hastening to good deeds. (Sūrat Āli Imran, No 3, Āyat 114) Many different qualities of virtuous [...]

وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْراهِيمُ الْقَواعِدَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَإِسْماعِيلُ رَبَّنا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ   Wa-idh yarfa‘u Ibrāhīmul-qawā‘ida minal bayti wa Ismā‘īlu [...]

وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا عَضُّوا عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَنَامِلَ مِنَ الْغَيْظِ ۚ قُلْ مُوتُوا بِغَيْظِكُمْ Wa-idhā laqūkum qālū āmannā wa-idhā khalaw ‘addū ‘alaykumul-anāmila [...]

وَمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُكُم بِالَّتِي تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِندَنَا زُلْفَىٰ إِلَّا مَنْ آمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا Wamā amwālakum walā awlādakum billatī tuqarribukum ‘indanā zulfā illā man [...]