Quran Reflections – English

  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

Sa‘īd b. Jubayr narrates from Ibn ‘Abbās who reported that people mentioned about the merits of Sha‘bān in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (s) so he said: it is a distinguished month and it is my month, the carriers of ‘arsh (Divine Throne) sanctify it and know its right, and it is the ... Read more

The Holy Prophet (s) said: Allah has appointed an angel in the seventh heaven, who is known as al-Dā‘ī. When the month of Rajab enters, that angel announces every night of the month till daybreak: blessings be on those who remember Allah; blessings be on those who are the obedient! And Allah, the Exalted, says: ... Read more

قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِي أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ لَن تَرَانِي وَلَٰكِنِ انظُرْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَانِي ۚ فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقًا ۚ He [Mūsā] said, ‘My Lord, show Yourself to me, that I may look at You!’ He said, ‘You shall not see Me. But look at the ... Read more

  Visit www.academyofislam.com/ali-620 for our course Learning Arabic thru the Quran ﴿وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا أَنْفَقُوا لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ قَوَامًا﴾ Waladhína idhā anfaqū lam yusrifū wa lam yaqturū wa kāna bayna dhalika qawāmā Those who are neither wasteful nor miserly when spending but balanced between these [two extremes].(Surat Al-Furqān, No.25, verse 67) The ... Read more