Bismillāh. وَالْبَلَدُ الطَّيِّبُ يَخْرُجُ نَبَاتُهُ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِ ۖ وَالَّذِي خَبُثَ لَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَّا نَكِدًا ۚ The good land—its vegetation comes out by the permission of its Lord, and from the land that is bad, it does not come out except sparsely. (Sūrat al-A‘rāf No.7, Āyat 58) The allegory of a good and fertile land versus … Read more
Bismillāh. Have you visited ALI Quran Portal to Explore and Connect with the Quran. Go to https://academyofislam.com/quran/ إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئًا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا Indeed, the rising by the night is the firmest way to tread and more upright in respect to speech. (Sūrat Al-Muzzammil No.73, Āyat 6) Sūrat al-Muzzammil was the second or third … Read more
Bismillāh وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا My head is all aflame with the whiteness of age. (Sūrat Maryam No. 19, Āyat 4) As mentioned in an earlier reflection about similes in the Noble Quran, figures of speech are usages of a word or a phrase that intentionally deviate from the original usage to produce a rhetorical effect. … Read more
Bismillāh Have you visited ALI Quran Portal to Explore and Connect with the Quran. Go to https://academyofislam.com/quran/ وَقَالَ إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ He said, ‘Indeed I am going toward my Lord, who will guide me. (Sūrat al-Saffat No.37, Āyat 99) When Prophet Ibrāhīm ‘alayhis-salām decides to migrate from Babel to Syria to continue his … Read more
أُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَا أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّي أَحَدًا And ruin closed in on his produce, and he began to wring his hands for what he had spent on it, as itlay fallen on its trellises. He was saying, ‘I wish I had not … Read more
Bismillāh. 15 March 2024/4 Ramadan 1445 Did you join ALI 678: Daily Ramadan Reminder? See details below. وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي اتَّخَذُوا هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَهْجُورًا And the Apostle will say, ‘O my Lord! Indeed, my people consigned this Quran to oblivion.’ (Sūrat al-Furqān, No. 25, Āyat 30) The Holy Quran is – … Read more
Bismillāh. 8 March 2024/27 Sha‘bān 1445 Have you registered for ALI 678: Daily Ramadan Reminder? See details below. أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَرَمَادٍ اشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍ Their deeds are like ashes over which the wind blows hard on a tempestuous day. (Sūrat Ibrāhīm No. 14, Āyat 18) Figures of speech are usages of a word … Read more
Bismillāh. 1 March 2024/20 Sha‘bān 1445 وَإِنَّ عَلَيكُم لَحافِظينَ, كِرامًا كاتِبينَ, يَعلَمونَ ما تَفعَلونَ Indeed, there are over you watchers, noble writers, who know whatever you do. (Sūrat Al-Infitār, No.82, Āyat 10-12) When human becomes engrossed in the mundane aspects of this world, his/her belief in the day of judgement becomes obscured. Time and again, … Read more
Bismillāh. 23 February 2024/13 Sha‘bān 1445 وَرَحْمَتِى وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ My mercy encompasses everything. I will ordain mercy for those who are God Conscious, pay the zakāt and believe in Our signs. (Sūrat al-A‘rāf, No.7, Āyat 156) Mercy is the most important attribute of the Almighty. Such is … Read more
Bismillāh, 16 February 2024/6 Sha‘bān 1445 كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ السُّوءَ وَالْفَحْشَاءَ ۚ إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَصِينَ Thus [it was], that We might turn away from him all evil and indecency. He was indeed one of Our purified servants. (Sūrat Yūsuf, No. 12, Āyat 24) A key belief of the Shī’ī faith is that divinely appointed leaders, … Read more