Quran Reflections – English

Quranic Reflection No 574. Āyat 82:6 – What has deceived you about your Lord? 

  يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ  Yā ayyuhal-insānu mā gharraka birabbikal-karīm O man! What has deceived you about your generous Lord? (Sūrat al-Infitār, No 82, Āyat 6) In this verse Allah ‘azza wajall poses a question to the human being: what has made you unaware of your Lord, and deceived you about His ... Read more

Quranic Reflection No 573. Āyat 17:9 – The Quran’s Guidance 

  Did you upgrade your Tahajjud Salat App from Google Play and Apple Store? إِنَّ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَهْدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَبِيرًا ‎ Inna hādhal-qur’āna yahdī lillatī hiya aqwamu wayubashshirul-mu’minīnal-ladhīna ya‘malūnas-swālihāti anna lahum ajran kabīrā Indeed, this Quran guides to what is most upright, and gives the good ... Read more

Quranic Reflection No 572. Āyat 7:31 – Adorn your prayers in Ramadan

  Download the latest copy of all tafsir sessions https://academyofislam.com/resources-category/quran-tafsir-sessions/   Get the New version of Tahajjud Salat App from Google Play and Apple Store. يَا بَنِي آدَمَ خُذُوا زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ  Yā banī ādama khudhū zīnatakum ‘inda kulli masjid O Children of Adam! Put on your adornment on every occasion of prayer. (Sūrat al-A‘rāf, ... Read more

Quranic Reflection No 571. Āyat 17:9 – Guidance of the Quran 

  Holy Prophet (s): The month of Ramadan is a month in which Allah has made fasting obligatory on you, so whoever fasts in it with faith and mindfulness (ihtisāban) becomes free of his sins like the day his mother gave birth to him. (Rayshahrī, Shahrullāh fil-kitāb wal-sunnah, H 38)   Have you visited https://academyofislam.com/quran/ ... Read more

Quranic Reflection No 570. Āyat 41:30 – Steadfastness

Imam Ja‘far al-Sādiq (a): Whoever fasts the last three days of Sha‘bān and joins it to the month of Ramadan, Allah will write for him [the reward of] two consecutive months.  (Al-Sadūq, Man lā yahduruhu Al-Faqīh 2:94; Ibn Tāwūs, Iqbāl 723) إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ أَلاَّ تَخَافُوا وَلاَ تَحْزَنُوا ... Read more

Quranic Reflection No 569. Āyat 9:103 – The Prophet’s prayers for others

  HOLY RAMADAN GIFT FOR YOU ALL; read below.   وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ إِنَّ صَلَاتَكَ سَكَنٌ لَّهُمْ Wasalli ‘alayhim, inna salātaka sakanun lahum And bless them. Indeed, your blessing is a comfort to them. (Sūrat al-Tawbah, No 9, Āyat 103) When accepting charity from the people, the Prophet sallal-lāhu ‘alayhi wa-ālihi wasallam is told by ... Read more

Quranic Reflection No 568. Āyat 39:69 – Glowing of the Earth

  Imam Muhammad Al-Bāqir (a) was asked about the greatness of the night of 15th of Sha‘bān.  He replied: It is the best night after Laylatul Qadr. In it, Allah grants the servants with His Grace, and forgives them through His favor. So, strive to achieve closeness to Allah in it, for it is the ... Read more

Quranic Reflection No 567. Āyat 6:115 – Fulfilment of God’s Word

  What is the best supplication in this month? So he (the Imam) replied: ‘doing istighfār; surely whoever does istighfār seventy times in Sha‘bān, is like one who does istighfār seventy thousand times in other months.’ I asked him: How should I say it? He said, ‘(simply) say: astaghfirullāh wa as’aluhut tawbah -I plead Allah ... Read more

Quranic Reflection No 565. Āyat 25:23 – Inner Substance of Actions

  It has been reported by Qāsim b. Yahyā from his grandfather al-Hasan b. Rāshid, “Imam Ja‘far b. Muhammad (a) said: do not abandon the fasting of the 27th Day of Rajab, for it is the day on which the prophethood was bestowed upon Muhammad (a); and its reward is equivalent to [fasting for] sixty ... Read more