Qur'aan on Hadeeth

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Qur’aan on Hadeeth

Extract from Chapter 31 of QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir:

6. Wamina alnnasi man yashtaree lahwa alhadeethi liyudilla AAan sabeeli Allahi bighayri AAilmin wayattakhithaha huzuwan ola-ika lahum AAathabun muheenun

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6. And among mankind is such a one who, without adequate knowledge, bargains for the frivolous hadeeth to lead people away from Allah’s path, and holds this (Qur’aan) in ridicule.³ For such, as that one, awaits a disgraceful punishment.

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3. This Verse, I am afraid, is an accurate prediction of what most ‘Muslims’ are doing now, in my age (early part of 21^st century).

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 29^th of September 2017.*

*Due to personal indisposition, publication got postponed to 30th September, 2017. The delay is regretted.

Wisdom

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Extract from Chapter 2 of QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir:

269. Yu/tee alhikmata man yashao waman yu/ta alhikmata faqad ootiya khayran katheeran wama yaththakkaru illa oloo al-albabi

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269. He grants wisdom to whom He pleases; and whoever is granted wisdom, is indeed given a great wealth. And none remember it except those endowed with insight.⁵⁰⁶

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506. A wise man has a long-pterm and wide-ranging perspective. A fool, on the other hand, looks only to immediate and visible gains. The latter is easily enticed by the glamour of this world that inevitably lands him into trouble. But the wise man does not get ensnared in the pomp and glitter of worldly life. He ponders over his real Creator, and over the purpose for which he is created by that Creator. He understands that this worldly life is not the be-all and end-all of his existence. His deeds are influenced and conditioned by that wider perspective, and make him eligible for the ultimate success, here and in the Hereafter.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 22^nd of September 2017.

In Allah's Path

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Extract from Chapter 2 of QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir:

262. Allatheena yunfiqoona amwalahum fee sabeeli Allahi thumma la yutbiAAoona ma anfaqoo mannan wala athan lahum ajruhum AAinda rabbihim wala khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoona

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262. Those who spend their worldly possessions in Allah's path and follow not what they spend with boastfulness and insult – for them is their reward with their Lord; they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.^{494, 495}

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494. It is often the case with human beings that if they give something to a needy person, their behaviour with that person would be such as to make that person feel burdened with their favours. They will go on, on some pretext or the other, reminding him of their charity. They may even insult and speak harshly to him. Allah condemns such behaviour and makes their charity ineligible for any reward from Him.

495. The Qur'aanic statement falaa khaufun ualayhim walaa hum yahuzanoon (they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve) has been repeated in several Verses while speaking of

·         those who spend their property by night and by day, secretly and openly (2:274),

·         those who believe and do good deeds and keep up prayer and give charity (2:277),

·         those who believe in Allah and the last day and do good (5:69),

·         the friends of Allah (10:62),

·         those who say, Our Lord is Allah, then they continue on the right way (46:13).

Actually, any group of persons described by any one of the above attributes, do inherently also have all the other attributes mentioned. These are the people whose minds are at peace, whatever be their momentary situations, good or bad, in this worldly life.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 15^th of September 2017.

Homosexuality

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

The Qur’aan unequivocally condemns homosexuality as a fahishah (indecency, obscenity). If it is indulged in, in privacy, between two consulting adults, human society cannot mete out any punishment to them, but in modern societies, there is an increasingly on-going move to decriminalize even public display of this divinely proclaimed obscenity. The people to whom Prophet Lot (Loot) was sent during ancient times, were the first to indulge in this publicly; and for that public display, Allah Almighty annihilated them completely except for Lot and some of his immediate family. HE has warned future generations against such public display of homosexuality by leaving behind some remains of their annihilated habitations. Please see an extract from Chapter 29 of QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir, in this context:

35. Walaqad tarakna minha ayatan bayyinatan liqawmin yaAAqiloona

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35. And verily We have left thereof a manifest sign⁵ for a people who reflect.

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5. Watch the YouTube video. It is based on Biblical narratives, but it does confirm this Qur’aanic assertion.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 8^th of September 2017.

Rights of Divorced Women

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Extract from Chapter 2 of QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir:

241. Walilmutallaqati mataAAun bialmaAAroofi haqqan AAala almuttaqeena

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241. And the divorced women have a right to proper and reasonable maintenance. Providing such maintenance is an obligation upon those who fear Allah.⁴⁵⁹

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459. As for the widows, so for the divorced women. The kind Lord of all has made adequate provisions for all, especially the vulnerable section of human society. It's largely because of intransigence, excesses, and generally unjust behaviour on the part of human beings themselves that bring about sufferings in this world.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 1^st of September 2017.