O Muslims - 63

 

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Extract from QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir PART II:

2. Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la tarfaAAoo aswatakum fawqa sawti alnnabiyyi wala tajharoo lahu bialqawli kajahri baAAdikum libaAAdin an tahbata aAAmalukum waantum la tashAAuroona

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49:2. O you who believe! Raise not your voices above the Prophet’s voice, nor speak loudly to him as you speak loudly to one another, lest your deeds become unwittingly worthless.

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The Prophet’s personal voice can no longer be heard now, but the content of that voice remains recorded in the Qur’aan! So, this Verse, in the circumstance, means that believers now ought not to suppress the Qur’aanic stipulations, nor should they act against these, either in letter or in spirit.

Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 23^rd of April 2021.

 

 

O Muslims - 61

 

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Extract from QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir PART II:

33. Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo ateeAAoo Allaha waateeAAoo alrrasoola wala tubtiloo aAAmalakum

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47:33. O you who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger⁴, and render not your deeds null and void!

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Kindly see my blog post Obeying the Messenger in this context.

Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 9^th of April 2021.

Good Deed, A Waste?

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Extract from Chapter 3 of QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir:

115. Wama yafAAaloo min khayrin falan yukfaroohu waAllahu AAaleemun bialmuttaqeena

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115. And whatever good they do, nothing will be suppressed therefrom.¹³¹ And Allah knows those who fear Him.

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131. There is a general apprehension, in the minds of those who do not have a strong belief in Allah, that the good one does is not adequately appreciated and, therefore, wasted. They are thus inclined to give as much publicity as possible to their good deeds, whereby they hope to get good names and other benefits for themselves. Had their belief in Allah been strong enough, they wouldn't hanker after such mundane benefits. They would be sure that Allah, their Lord, wouldn't let their good deeds go waste.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 16^th of February 2018.