Allah Is My Guide

Qur’aanic Verse 16.98:

Transliteration:

98 Faitha qarata alqurana faistaAAith biAllahi mina alshshaytani alrrajeemi

Translation:

98. So when you recite the Qur’aan,  seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan.

Note:

One of my readers sent me a suggestion that the above Verse be pasted to every post that I publish. In this context, let us see what guidance do we get from the Qur’aan itself. This is a divine directive mandatory upon every believer. But unlike the ‘Bismillah’ at top of all but one Chapter of the Qur’aan, the ‘Aoozubillah’ is nowhere placed therein in writing. So we get the clear guidance from this that it is not necessary for us to mention the ‘Aoozu’ or the above Verse every time we quote any Verse from the Qur’aan. But the reader has to say the ‘Aoozu’ when he/she starts reading from the Qur’aan.

Mohammad Shafi
Author of Islamic Books 

Qur’aanic Verse 20.50:

Transliteration:

50. Qala rabbuna allathee aAAta kulla shay-in khalqahu thumma hada

Translation:

50. Moses said, “Our Lord is He Who gave everything its creation, and then guided it.”⁵

Study Note:

5. This reply of Moses to Pharaoh is noteworthy. Allah guides everything He has created – including man. But man has been given an additional thing: freedom of choice. Exercising this freedom, most of mankind, unfortunately, reject divine guidance and thus ruin themselves.

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The above is extracted from yet-to-be-published Qur’aanic Studies - Volume XXXII. It will be published, in due course, inshaAllah on the website INVITATION TO SALVATION, in continuation of Volumes I to XXXI already published and freely available thereon.

Mohammad Shafi
Author of ‘ISLAM & INTEREST‘

Qur’aanic Verses 18.23 & 18.24:

Transliterations:

23. Wala taqoolanna lishay-in innee faAAilun thalika ghadan

24. Illa an yashaa Allahu waothkur rabbaka itha naseeta waqul AAasa an yahdiyani rabbee li-aqraba min hatha rashadan

Translations:

23. And never say about anything, “I will indeed do it tomorrow.”⁸

24. Without adding, “If Allah pleases.” And remember your Lord when you forget and say, “Maybe my Lord will guide me to better conduct than this.”

Study Notes:

8. This divine directive was ostensibly given to our Prophet (peace on him) when the people of Mecca asked him to enlighten them about the Men of the Cave. He reportedly promised them to do so the day after without saying inshaAllah. So Allah Almighty delayed the relaying of the information to the Prophet for many days, in order to teach him a lesson. This background is not given in the Qur’aan as Allah obviously deemed it unnecessary. This is a divine directive (Verses 23 & 24) now to every Muslim.

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The above is extracted from yet-to-be-published Qur’aanic Studies - Volume XXX. It will be published, in due course, inshaAllah on the website INVITATION TO SALVATION, in continuation of Volumes I to XXIX already published and freely available thereon.

Mohammad Shafi
Author of ‘ISLAM & INTEREST‘

272	۞ لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدَاهُمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ ۗ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ وَمَا  تُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ

272. Laysa AAalayka hudahum walakinna Allaha yahdee man yashao wama tunfiqoo min khayrin fali-anfusikum wama tunfiqoona illa ibtighaa wajhi Allahi wama tunfiqoo min khayrin yuwaffa ilaykum waantum la tuthlamoona

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272. Guiding them is not your responsibility, but Allah guides whom He pleases.^{509, 510} And whatever wealth you spend, it is for your own benefit. And you spend not, but to seek Allah’s pleasure. And the wealth, you spend, shall be recompensed to you, and you will not be wronged.

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509. Some Muslims think that even now, over 14 centuries after his death, the Prophet (peace be upon him) still somehow guides every individual of his Ummah. This verse ought to correct their grievous misconception. I call it grievous because, indulging in such a conception is nothing but shirk. In this, we are following the footsteps of the Christians, who have taken to Jesus (peace be upon him) so much that they have forgotten their God. This verse categorically tells us that guiding any person to the right path is the exclusive preserve of Allah Almighty. It was so even during the time when the Prophet was living in this world.

510. Under Allah’s guidance, the Prophet taught the divine Qur’aan to his Ummah. It was like a good teacher teaching indiscriminately to all pupils in his class. But some pupils learn, and some do not. Likewise the Prophet taught the divine message for the entire mankind; some got guided by the Message, while many did not. Had it been in the power of the Prophet to guide people, he would have guided all without any distinction. It is Allah Who guides whosoever He pleases, to the Straight Path. And Allah has declared that only the pious would receive the guidance from Him. (Refer Verses 2.2 to 2.5 of these Studies.)

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Mohammad Shafi