Quran Reflections – English

Alhamdu lillāh, the Academy for Learning Islam has been publishing Quranic Reflections every Friday for over 12 years. It reaches about 3,000 subscribers worldwide. A few of them have kindly sent their feedback which can be read at www.academyofislam.com/about.  Beginning February 2023, the Academy is seeking sponsorship of $200.00/publication for the weekly Quranic Reflection. We … Read more

  يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَابْتَغُوا إِلَيْهِ الْوَسِيلَةَ وَجَاهِدُوا فِي سَبِيلِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ O you who have faith! Be wary of Allah, and seek the wasīlah to Him, and wage jihad in His way, so that you may be felicitous.  (Sūrah al-Mā’idah, No 5, Āyat 35) Allah the Almighty has created man with a unique ability to move towards … Read more

 فَإِذَا دَخَلْتُم بُيُوتًا فَسَلِّمُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِكُمْ تَحِيَّةً مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ مُبَارَكَةً طَيِّبَةً‎ So, when you enter houses, greet yourselves with a salutation from Allah, blessed and good.  (Sūrat al-Nūr, No 24, Āyat 61) A beautiful aspect of Islam’s social etiquette, emphasized in the above verse, is that believers should greet one another with the words, “salāmun … Read more

لَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌۭ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُم بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ There has certainly come to you an apostle from among yourselves. Grievous to him is your distress; he has deep concern for you and is most kind and merciful to the faithful. (Sūrat Al-Tawbah, No. 9, Āyat 128) Amongst the greatest blessings of … Read more

وَجَاءَكَ فِي هَٰذِهِ الْحَقُّ وَمَوْعِظَةٌ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ And there has come to you, in this, the truth and an instruction and a reminder for the believers. (Sūrat Hūd, No.11, Āyat 120)  Continuing the verse from the previous week’s reflection, the second part of the verse talks about other benefits of historical narrations. Tafsīr Majma‘ al-Bayān says the words ‘in this’ … Read more

وَكُلًّا نَّقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنبَاءِ الرُّسُلِ مَا نُثَبِّتُ بِهِ فُؤَادَكَ And each [story] We relate to you from the news of the messengers is that by which We make firm your heart. (Sūrat Hūd, No.11, Āyat 120) The stories of many Prophets ‘alayhimus-salām and past peoples have been told in Sūrat Hūd. Towards the end of the … Read more

وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ And my tawfīq is not but through Allah. (Sūrat Hūd, No.11, Āyat 88) The word tawfīq comes from the root ‘wa-fa-qa’ which means to agree or reconcile. In Islamic terminology it refers to a special grace from the Almighty which makes various means and causes come together to allow a person to do … Read more

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَنَا وَرَضُوا بِالْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَاطْمَأَنُّوا بِهَا وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا غَافِلُونَ Indeed, those who do not expect the meeting with Us and are satisfied with the life of this world and feel secure therein and those who are heedless of Our signs. (Surat Yūnus, No.10, Āyat 7) This verse talks about a group … Read more

أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَا أَوْ آذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا Have they not travelled in the land so that they should have hearts with which to understand, or ears with which to hear? (Surat al-Hajj, No.22, Āyat 46) Verses 42-44 of Surat al-Hajj discuss the people of the past who rejected God and His … Read more