وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِ سُلْطَانًا Lā taqtulūn- nafsal-latī harramallāhu illā bilhaqqi wa man qutila mazlūman faqad ja‘alná liwaliyyihi sultānā And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, except with due cause. And whoever is killed unjustly – We have given his heir authority! … Read more
مَا أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّبْرَأَهَا Mā asāba min musībatin fil-ardhi walā fī anfusikum illā fī kitābin min qabli an-nabra’ahā No disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a book before We bring it into being. (Sūrat al-Hadīd, No … Read more
ضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُم بِسُورٍ لَّهُ بَابٌ بَاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَظَاهِرُهُ مِن قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُ Dhuriba baynahum bisūrin lahu bābun bātinuhu fīhir-rahmatu wazāhiruhu min qibalihil-‘adhāb Then there will be set up between them a wall with a gate, with mercy within and punishment without. (Sūrat al-Hadid, No 57, Āyat 13) When the Quran talks about the believers and … Read more
وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ دِينًا مِّمَّنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلَّـهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ وَاتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۗ وَاتَّخَذَ اللَّـهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا Waman ahsana dīnan mimman aslama wajhahu lillāhi wahuwa muhsinun wattaba‘a millata ibrāhīma hanīfan wattakhdhallāhu ibrāhīmā khalīlā And who is better in religion than one who submits himself to Allah while being a doer of good and follows … Read more
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسانَ فِي كَبَدٍ la qad khalaqnal insāna fī kabad Certainly, we have created human in distress. (Surat al-Balad, No. 90, Āyat: 4) A certain reality that we all face is that life is full of ups and downs. We wait to get through a challenge only to find ourselves in another. No … Read more
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسانَ فِي كَبَدٍ la qad khalaqnal insāna fī kabad Certainly, we have created human in distress. (Surat al-Balad, No. 90, Āyat: 4) A certain reality that we all face is that life is full of ups and downs. We wait to get through a challenge only to find ourselves in another. No matter … Read more
يَوْمَ تَرَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَسْعَىٰ نُورُهُم بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَانِهِم Yawma taral-mu’minīna walmu’mināti yas‘ā nūrūhum bayna aydīhim wabiaymānihim The day you will see the faithful, men and women, with their light moving swiftly in front of them and on their right. (Sūrat al-Hadīd, No 57, Āyat 12) This verse describes the believers on the Day of … Read more
وَإِن كَادُوا لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ الَّذِي أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِيَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُ ۖ وَإِذًا لَّاتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلاً Wa-in kādū layaftinūnaka ‘anil-ladhī awahaynā ilayka liyaftariya ‘alayna ghayrahu wa-idhan lattakhadhūka khalīlā They were about to beguile you from what Allah has revealed to you so that you may fabricate something other than that against Us, whereat they would have befriended … Read more
وَمِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ وَإِخْوَانِهِمْ ۖ وَاجْتَبَيْنَاهُمْ وَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ Wamin ābā’ihim wadhurriyātihim wa-ikhwānihim wajtabaynāhum wahadaynāhum ilā sirātin mustaqīm And from among their fathers, their descendants and their brethren – We chose them and guided them to a straight path. (Sūrat al-An‘ām, No 6, Āyat 87) Verses 84-87 of this Sūra mentions the progeny of … Read more
وَ إِنْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا عِنْدَنا خَزائِنُهُ وَ ما نُنَزِّلُهُ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَعْلُوم Wa in min shay’in illā ‘indanā khazā’inuhu wa mā nunazziluhu illā biqadarin ma‘lūm There is not a thing but that its sources are with Us, and We do not send it down except in a known measure. (Surat al-Hijr, No.15, Āyat:21) The … Read more