To help us with our Qur'aanic journey, I would like to share when ever possible short pearls from some of our taraweeh prayers during this Ramadaan.
On the first evening, we started off with alFaatiha.
Alfaatiha for those who ponder, has the essence of the entire Qur'aan inbuilt within it.
We have the manifestation of all the categories of Tawheed present!
Tawheed arRuboobiyyah in the verse (Maaliki yawmid deen),
Tawheed alUloohiyya in the verse (Iyyaka na'budu waiyyakanastaeen),
and Tawheed alAsmaa' was Sifaat in the verse (arRahmaanir Raheem).
Allah Almighty also teaches us the importance of practising upon the knowledge we have! for in alFaatiha, we seek refuge in Allah from being amongst those that earned Allah's anger!
The Ulamaa explain to us that this verse actually references the Jews, for they had knowledge,but ceased to practice upon it.
We also learn in this chapter the importance of only worshipping Allah upon knowledge and insight, as, in alFaatiha, we seek refuge in Allah from being amongst the misguided!
The Ulamaa teach us that this portion references the Christians, for they worshipped Allah without any evidence to substantiate their ways.
May Allah Almighty save us all.
As a point of note, some of the salaf have written volumes based on just one verse from Soorah alFaatiha. This should make us understand how deep and comprehensive the verses of alQur'aan are, and how we will never cease to stop learning from any verse in Allah Almighty's book, despite our repetition of any particular verse.
With regards to Soorah alBaqarah;;;
There are no words or sentences that can do justice in summarising it!
It is enough for us to know that Umar (RA) spent 10 years studying alBaqarah!! Subhanallah.
However, with regards to the portion recited on the night; Allah teaches us about:
- the types of people out there...
- The believers! as in verses 3-5.
- The disbelievers! as in verses 6-7
- The hypocrites!!, as in verses 8-13.
- the beginning of Adam (AS), and the reality of our enemy 'Shaitaan'.
- how gracious Allah Almighty was to the Jews, and how stubborn and ungrateful they were.
- Ibrahim (AS), his sincere worship, his building of the Ka'bah and the supplications he observed.
- the reality of every message and every messenger that visited their nations.
May Allah Almighty grant us the ability to give due cognisance to the gracious lessons present in His book. Ameen.
Until my next post...I leave you with the following question:
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Why did Allah Almighty dedicate so many more verses when discussing the hypocrites??
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I love you all for the sake of Allah.
Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wa barakaatuh.
Abu Abd Allah, Sajid Umar
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