FRIDAY SERMONS: Reading the Qur'aan

In my childhood, I do not remember any elder urging me to understand what I read of the Qur'aan! It was the general belief then that it was enough for a child to learn how to read it. Understanding it was never stressed upon!

This reprehensible attitude prevails even now, although the Qur'aan asks أفلا يتدبرون القرآن Will they not, then, ponder over the Qur'aan?... [Verse 47:24]

The ugly fact of the matter is that the so-called Muslims generally have abandoned thein Qur'aan, and have thus abandoned the Protective Hand of Allah!

Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 21st of May 2021.

Divine Talisman

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

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

200. Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo isbiroo wasabiroo warabitoo waittaqoo Allaha laAAallakum tuflihoona

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200. O you who believe! Be patient, exhort patience, maintain good relations with one another and fear Allah, in order that you succeed.¹⁸⁶

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186. This is a veritable divine mantra for success. But, alas, there are very few Muslims in today's world with a strong enough Faith to make use of this mantra! The Muslims wouldn't be in the doldrums, they find themselves in, otherwise.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 17^th of January 2020.