Allah Is My Guide

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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Qur’aanic Verse 17.110:

Transliteration:

110. Quli odAAoo Allaha awi odAAoo alrrahmana ayyan ma tadAAoo falahu al-asmao alhusna wala tajhar bisalatika wala tukhafit biha waibtaghi bayna thalika sabeelan

Translation:

110. Say, “Pray to Allah or pray to the Gracious One; you may pray to Him by any of His beautiful names. And say your ritual prayer neither too loudly nor in an undertone, but choose a suitable tone in between.”³¹

Study Note:

31. This is one of the many clear-cut divine commandments which Muslims are blatantly violating. On the basis of man-influenced and error-prone ahaadeeth, they are saying parts of their congregational ritual prayers mutely. It is obvious that the divine intention behind this command is to enable all devotees to hear what the Imam says in the prayer he is leading. And the Satan may be mischievously laughing, behind the scenes, when the devotees’ minds are merrily wandering away from Allah while the Imam in front is saying his prayer silently. This is one among many ways in which he has succeeded in downgrading Muslims’ status vis-à-vis others in this world now.

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Qur’aanic Verses  17.107 to17.109:

Transliterations:

107. Qul aminoo bihi aw la tu/minoo inna allatheena ootoo alAAilma min qablihi itha yutla AAalayhim yakhirroona lil-athqani sujjadan

108. Wayaqooloona subhana rabbina in kana waAAdu rabbina lamafAAoolan

109. Wayakhirroona lil-athqani yabkoona wayazeeduhum khushooAAan

Translations:

107. Say, “Believe in it or not; but they indeed, who were given the knowledge before it happens, fall down on their faces in humble prostration, when it is recited to them.”³⁰

108. And they say, “Glorified is our Lord! The prophecy of our Lord was bound to be fulfilled.”

109. And they fall down on their faces weeping, and it adds to their humility.

Study Note:

30. People spoken of here and in the next two Verse are those true Muslims, living in the present age, who are witnessing the fulfillment of the divine prophecy made in Verse 104 above, in the creation of the State of Israel.

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Qur’aanic Verse 17.104:

Transliteration:

104. Waqulna min baAAdihi libanee isra-eela oskunoo al-arda fa-itha jaa waAAdu al-akhirati ji/na bikum lafeefan

Translation:

104. And, afterwards, We said to the Children of Israel, “Settle down in the land. Then when the second prophecy would come to pass, we will bring you together in one place.”²⁸

Study Note:

28. The last word of this Verse is lafeefan, which literally means wrapped up or enclosed in an envelope. In other words, the Verse tells us that the Children of Israel (Jews) would be brought together in one enclosed place – enclosed by other communities. And we have seen this happen in our age, when the state of Israel was created as a homeland for the Jews. The divine prophecy thus stands fulfilled. In this context please see Verse 5.21 and study notes 12 & 13 thereunder as also Verses 4 to 7 and study note 2 to 4 above of this Chapter.

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Qur’aanic Verse:

Transliteration:

99. Awa lam yaraw anna Allaha allathee khalaqa alssamawati waal-arda qadirun AAala an yakhluqa mithlahum wajaAAala lahum ajalan la rayba feehi faaba alththalimoona illa kufooran

Translation:

99. Do they not see that Allah - Who created the heavens and the earth and appointed an end for them wherein there in no doubt - is able to create their like?²⁷ But the wicked people do not but suppress the Truth.

Study Note:

27. When man himself has now been able to produce the clone of an animal, he should be better able to see the truth of this divine assertion than his counterpart in the past.

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Qur’aanic Verse 17.89:

Transliteration:

89. Walaqad sarrafna lilnnasi fee hatha alqur-ani min kulli mathalin faaba aktharu alnnasi illa kufooran

Translation:

89. And certainly, in this Quran, We have variously explained, for men, every aspect of life. But most men do not but reject it.²⁵

Study Note:

25. And in Verse 12.111, the Qur’aan tells us that it contains detailed explanation of everything. These two Verses, and many others in the Qur’aan, unmistakably tell mankind that it is a self-sufficient Book of Guidance on all aspects of Islamic way of life. Please refer article Qur’aan – the Self-sufficient Source for Islam, an in this context.

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Qur’aanic Verse 17.85:

Transliteration:

85. Wayas-aloonaka AAani alrroohi quli alrroohu min amri rabbee wama ooteetum mina alAAilmi illa qaleelan

Translation:

85. And they ask you about the soul. Say, “The soul is one of the commands of my Lord. And you are not given knowledge but a little thereof.”²⁴

Study Note:

24. In this context I am reminded of what a famous scientist (I think, he was Faraday) once said that they (the scientists) were picking up just some pebbles on the vast sea-shore of knowledge.

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Qur’aanic Verse 17.79:

Transliteration:

79. Wamina allayli fatahajjad bihi nafilatan laka AAasa an yabAAathaka rabbuka maqaman mahmoodan

Translation:

79. And keep awake part of the night reciting it (Qur’aan). This is an additional thing for you (the Messenger) to do. Maybe your Lord will raise you to a praiseworthy position.²³

Study Note:

23. It appears that this Verse is taken as the Qur’aanic basis for the tahajjud and nafl prayers observed by the Muslims today. However, this Verse asked only the Prophet (peace on him), personally, to recite and study the Qur’aan, in addition to the public dawn recitation prescribed in the preceding Verse. As the chosen man to lead the Muslim Ummah, the Prophet had to perform this additional duty of getting himself well-acquainted with the Qur’aanic portion he would be going to recite in public at dawn. It was like a college professor preparing for his lecture next day. And history is witness to the fact that the divine promise to the Prophet made in this Verse, has indeed been fulfilled even so far as this world is concerned.

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Qur’aanic Verse 17.78:

Transliteration:

78. Aqimi alssalata lidulooki alshshamsi ila ghasaqi allayli waqur-ana alfajri inna qur-ana alfajri kana mashhoodan

Translation:

78. Establish ritual prayer during the interval from the time the sun sets till the darkness of the night spreads completely. And recite the Qur’aan at dawn. The recitation at dawn is indeed to be in the presence of a congregation.²²

Study Note:

22. This is the first Verse in the chronological order of revelation prescribing a fixed time for a ritual prayer (salah). The time fixed here is dusk. Along with the ritual prayer at dusk, the believers were asked to read the Qur’aan in a congregation at dawn. Refer study notes 451 to 455 on Verse 2.238 in this regard.

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Qur’aanic Verses 17.63 & 17.64:

 

Transliterations:

 63. Qala ithhab faman tabiAAaka minhum fa-inna jahannama jazaokum jazaan mawfooran

64. Waistafziz mani istataAAta minhum bisawtika waajlib AAalayhim bikhaylika warajlika washarik-hum fee al-amwali waal-awladi waAAidhum wama yaAAiduhumu alshshaytanu illa ghurooran

Translations:

 63. Allah said, “Get out of here! And Hell is the due recompense to you and to all those who, among them, will follow you.”

64. “And beguile whom you can of them with your voice, and cover them with your thinking and your behaviour,¹⁸ and be their partner in wealth and children,¹⁹ and feed them with promises.” And the Satan promises them not but to deceive.

Study Notes:

18. The Satan, in the voices of his pals among mankind, has indeed succeeded in weaning most other human beings away from the Qur’aanic Straight Path. He has done so in various subtle ways. He has incited some of his human pals to tell others of their kind that Islam is an ‘evil’ religion. They cite terrorist activities that take place in different parts of the world and say that most of these are perpetrated by Muslims. They conveniently slide over many atrocities done by non-Muslims. Satan’s human pals have infiltrated the Muslim ranks too! These pals tell other Muslims that reading the Qur’aan in Arabic, even without understanding it at all, gives the reader ample rewards. So the reader does not bother to take the trouble of understanding what he reads. He is content with the false Satan-inspired thought that the mere parrot-like reading of the Qur’aan can take him to Jannah and save him from Hell-fire, whatever bad deeds he might have done in this worldly life. And that is enough for him. He does not aspire for higher ranks in Jannah, which he could attain to, as per his thinking, only after understanding what he reads in the Qur’aan. Other ‘Muslim’ pals of the Satan seduce other Muslims by telling them that they could get salvation and/or worldly benefits only through the intervention of AwliyaAllah and the Prophet (peace on him). So they visit their graves to plead for their intervention, thus leading them to the unpardonable sin of shirk. There could be hundreds of such ways in which the Satan seduces man. I doubt whether even one voluminous book could be enough to contain all his ways and means. 

19. Satan partners man in accumulating ill-begotten wealth and convinces him that such wealth is necessary for the well-being of his children.

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Mohammad Shafi
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