By the time through the ages! 103:1
Surely mankind is in loss, 103:2
Except for those who have believed and done good deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience. 103:3
Category: Quran in Topics
2:159
Those who conceal the clear proofs and the guidance, after We have made it clear in the Book for mankind, will have Allah’s curse and that of those who are entitled to curse;
35:3
O mankind! Call to mind the favors of Allah on you; is there any other creator than Allah who provides for you from the heavens and the earth? There is no god but Him. How then are you being deceived?
23:50
And We made the son of Maryam (Jesus) and his mother a sign for mankind, and gave them a shelter on a peaceful lofty ground, furnished with a fresh spring.
90:3
And I swear by your father (Adam) and the children he begot (mankind),
Meaning:-
Begot (past of beget): To produce (children) by sexual reproduction.
114:1
Say: “I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind,
Meaning:-
Refuge: shelter, protection.
114:2
“The King of mankind,
114:3
“The God of mankind,
114:5
Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind –
Meaning:-
Whisper: speak softly, murmur, mumble.
114:6
From among the jinn and mankind.”
2:87
To Musa (Moses) We gave the Book (Torah) and sent after him other messengers in succession; then We gave Isa (Jesus), the son of Maryam (Mary), clear Signs and strengthened him with the Holy Spirit (Gabriel). Why is it that whenever there came to you a messenger with a message which did not suit your desires, you became so arrogant that some you called impostors and others you killed!
Meaning:-
Impostor: a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain.
57:27
After them We sent other Messengers, one after the other, and followed them with Isa (Jesus) the son of Maryam. We gave him The Injeel (Gospel), and put compassion and mercy into the hearts of his followers. As for monasticism, they instituted it themselves – for We did not enjoin it on them – in order to seek the good pleasure of Allah, but they did not observe it as it should have been observed. Yet We rewarded those among them who were true believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient.
Meaning:-
Monasticism: mode of life, the way monks live, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work. … Males pursuing a monastic life are generally called monks while female monastics are called nuns.
(meaning of monk: a member of a group of religious men who do not marry and usually live together in a monastery)
57:27
After them We sent other Messengers, one after the other, and followed them with Isa (Jesus) the son of Maryam. We gave him The Injeel (Gospel), and put compassion and mercy into the hearts of his followers. As for monasticism, they instituted it themselves – for We did not enjoin it on them – in order to seek the good pleasure of Allah, but they did not observe it as it should have been observed. Yet We rewarded those among them who were true believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient.
Meaning:-
Monasticism: mode of life, the way monks live, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work. … Males pursuing a monastic life are generally called monks while female monastics are called nuns.
(meaning of monk: a member of a group of religious men who do not marry and usually live together in a monastery)
Chapter: 72 to Verse: 20 to 23
O Prophet (O Muhammad), say: “I pray only to my Lord and worship none besides Him.” 72:20
Say: “I have no control to cause harm or bring you to the Right Way.” 72:21
Say (O Muhammad): “None can protect me from Allah’s punishment (if I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him. 72:22
My mission is only to deliver what I receive from Allah and make His messages known. As for those who disobey Allah and His Messenger, they shall be put in the fire of hell to live therein forever.” 72:23
Meaning:-
Refuge: shelter, protection, safety.
Chapter:81 Verse: 8 & 9 / Chapter:17 Verse: 31
And when the female infant buried alive will be asked. 81:8
For what sin she was killed? 81:9
Do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin. 17:31
Chapter:82 Verse: 17 to 19
What will explain to you what the Day of Judgment is? 82:17
Again, what will explain to you what the Day of Judgment is? 82:18
It will be the Day when no one shall have the power to do anything for another: for, on that Day, Allah shall keep the entire command to Himself. 82:19
Chapter:82 Verse: 14 to 16
while the wicked will indeed go to hell, 82:14
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment, 82:15
and they shall not be able to escape from it. 82:16
Meaning:-
Wicked: evil or morally wrong.
Chapter:81 to Verse:23 & 24
he (Muhammad) indeed saw him (Gabriel) in the clear horizon 81:23
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen. 81:24
Meaning:-
Horizon: the limit or range of a person’s knowledge or understanding.
Chapter:100 Verse: 6 to 11
Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful. 100:6
And to that fact he bears witness (by his deeds); 100:7
and surely he is violent in his love of this worldly wealth. 100:8
Is he not aware that when those who lie in the graves will be raised to life, 100:9
And the secrets of the breasts are made known, 100:10
surely their Lord on that Day shall have full knowledge about them. 100:11
Chapter: 88 Verse: 21 to 26
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. 88:21
You are not over them a controller. 88:22
As for those who turn their backs and disbelieve, 88:23
Allah will punish them with the mighty punishment. 88:24
Surely to Us is their return, 88:25
then surely it is for Us to take their account. 88:26
39:21
Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky and makes it flow as springs [and rivers] in the earth; then He produces thereby crops of varying colors; then they dry and you see them turned yellow; then He makes them [scattered] debris. Indeed in that is a reminder for those of understanding.
Meaning:-
Debris: broken or torn pieces left from the destruction of something larger:
30:24
And of His signs is the showing of lightning, in which there is fear as well as hope, and He sends down rainwater from the sky and with it gives life to the earth after its death; surely there are signs in this for those who use their common sense.
23:18
We send down rain from the sky in perfect measure, causing it to soak into the earth. And We are surely able to take it away.
15:22
We send the fertilizing winds and send down water from the sky for you to drink; it is not you who hold the storage of this wealth.
7:57
He is the One Who sends the winds bearing good news of His blessings, so when they lift up heavy clouds, We drive them along to a dead countryside and make the rain fall upon it and bring forth all kinds of fruits from the same dead land. Likewise We will raise the dead to life; this example is given so that you may learn a lesson from this observation.
13:17
He sends down water from the skies and each channel starts flowing according to its measure, and then the torrent bears a swelling foam – like the scum which appears from metal which are melted in the furnace for making ornaments and utensils. This is how Allah compares truth to falsehood. As for the scum, it is thrown away, being worthless, but that which is useful for the mankind remains behind on the earth. In this way Allah cites examples to make His message clear.
Meaning:-
Torrent: a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid.
Scum: a layer of unpleasant or unwanted material that has formed on the top of a liquid or body of water
Cites: to mention in support, proof, or confirmation;
Ch:25 V: 48 & 49
And it is He Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His Mercy (rain), and We send down pure water from the sky, 25:48
That We may give life thereby to a dead land, and We give to drink thereof many of the cattle and men that We had created.25:49
Meaning:-
Heralds: be a sign that (something) is about to happen.
Tidings: news; information
35:9
It is Allah Who sends forth winds to raise up the clouds, then drives them to a dead land and therewith revive the earth after its death. Similar will be the resurrection of the dead.
Meaning:-
Resurrection: the rising of the dead on Judgment Day.
36:34
We also produce from it gardens with date-palms and vines, and We cause springs to gush forth from it.
45:5
and in the alternation of night and day, in the sustenance that Allah sends down from heaven with which He revives the earth after its death and in the changing of the winds, there are signs for those who use their common sense.
Meaning:-
Sustenance: food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.
50:9
And We send down from the sky blessed water whereby We give growth unto gardens and the grain of crops,
Ch:56 V:68 to 70
And have you seen the water that you drink? 56:68
Is it you who send it down from the clouds or are We the sender? 56:69
If it be Our Will, We could turn it salty. Why then do you not give thanks? 56:70
67:30
Say (O Muhammad): “Have you ever considered that if all the water you have, sink down in the ground, who is it, that will bring you the clear-flowing water?”
6:137
And likewise, to many of the polytheists their partners have made [to seem] pleasing the killing of their children in order to bring about their destruction and to cover them with confusion in their religion. And if Allah had willed, they would not have done so. So leave them and that which they invent.
Meaning:-
Polytheists: The worship of or belief in more than one god, belief in many gods
17:31
Do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.
20:115 to 20:123
And We had already taken a promise from Adam before, but he forgot; and We found not in him determination. 20:115
When We said to the angels “Prostrate yourselves before Adam”, they all prostrated themselves except Iblees (Shaitan),: who refused. 20:116
Then We said: “O Adam! This Shaitan is a real enemy to you and to your wife. Do not let him get you both out of Paradise and get you in trouble. 20:117
Here in Paradise you shall go neither hungry nor naked; 20:118
“Nor to suffer from thirst, nor from the sun’s heat.” 20:119
Then Shaitan (Satan) whispered to him, saying : “O Adam! Shall I lead you to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that will never waste away?” 20:120
They both end up eating the fruit of the forbidden tree. As a result their private parts became apparent to them and they both began to cover themselves with the leaves from the Garden. Thus did Adam disobey His Lord and go astray. 20:121
Later on Adam repented and his Lord chose him, accepted his repentance and gave him guidance, 20:122
saying: “Get down from here all of you (Adam, Eve and Iblees); you will remain enemies to one another, whenever there comes to you guidance from Me and whosoever will follow My guidance will neither go astray nor get into trouble; 20:123
Meaning:-
Prostrate: lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
Whisper (past tense: whispered): to speak very softly or quietly.
Eternity: everlasting life, life after death, the hereafter, the afterworld, the next world.
Astray: into error, away from the correct path or direction
19:58
Those were ˹some of˺ the prophets who Allah has blessed from among the descendants of Adam, and of those We carried with Noah ˹in the Ark˺, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel, 1 and of those We ˹rightly˺ guided and chose. Whenever the revelations of the Most Compassionate were recited to them, they fell down, prostrate and weeping.
Meaning:-
Bestowed: to present as a gift, an honor
Descendants: a person that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
Compassionate: feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.
Prostrate: lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
18:50
When We said to the angels: “Prostrate yourself before Adam,” all prostrated themselves except Iblees (Shaitan), who was one of the Jinns and chose to disobey the command of his Lord. Would you then take him and his children as your protectors rather than Me, even though they are your enemies? What a bad substitute the wrongdoers have chosen!
Meaning:-
Prostrate: lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
Wrongdoer: a person who behaves illegally or dishonestly; an offender.
Substitute: use something instead of thing normally used; replace
17:70
It is Our favor that We have honored the children of Adam, blessed them with conveyances on land and sea, provided them with good and pure things and exalted them above many of Our creatures.
Meaning:-
conveyance: a means of transportation; a vehicle.
21:7
We did not send ˹messengers˺ before you ˹O Muhammad˺ except men to whom We revealed [the message]. If you ˹polytheists˺ do not know ˹this already˺, then ask those who have knowledge ˹of the Scriptures˺.
Meaning:-
Polytheists: belief in or worship of more than one god, belief in many different gods.
16:43
We did not send ˹messengers˺ before you ˹O Prophet˺ except mere men inspired by Us. If you ˹polytheists˺ do not know ˹this already˺, then ask those who have knowledge ˹of the Scriptures˺.
Meaning:-
Mere: pure and simple.
Polytheists: The worship of or belief in more than one god, belief in many gods.
29:69
As for those who struggle in Our cause, We will surely guide them to Our ways; rest assured that Allah is with the righteous.
3:160
If Allah should aid you, no one can overcome you; but if He should forsake you, who is there that can aid you after Him? And upon Allah let the believers rely.
Meaning:-
Forsake: to quit or leave entirely, abandon, to give up.
Rely: to depend confidently
15:26 to 15:35
We created man from sounding clay, black mud moulded into shape; 15:26
while before him We had created Jinn from smokeless fire. 15:27
Remember when your Lord said to the angels: “I am about to create a man from sounding clay, black mud moulded into shape; 15:28
“So, when I have fashioned him completely and breathed into him (Adam) the soul which I created for him, then fall (you) down prostrating yourselves unto him.” 15:29
So, the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together. 15:30
Except Iblis (Satan), – he refused to be among the prostrators. 15:31
(Allah) said: “O Iblis (Satan)! What is your reason for not being among the prostrators?” 15:32
[Iblis (Satan)] said: “I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being, whom You created from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud.” 15:33
[ Allah ] said, “Then get out of it, for indeed, you are expelled. 15:34
The curse will remain on you till the Day of Judgement.” 15:35
Meaning:-
Prostrator: A person who prostrates (Prostrate means: lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.)
Expel (past tense: expelled): force (someone) to leave a place.
36:60 to 36:64
Did I not enjoin you, O children of Adam, not to worship Shaitan, who is your open enemy, 36:60
and that you should worship Me which is the Right Way? 36:61
And he (Satan) had already led astray from among you much of creation, so did you not use reason?
Astray: into error, away from the correct path or direction 36:62
This is the hell, of which you were repeatedly warned. 36:63
Now! Enter in it this Day because you persistently rejected the truth.” 36:64
7:172 to 7:173
And (remember) when your Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their seed (or from Adam’s loin his offspring) and made them testify as to themselves (saying): “Am I not your Lord?” They said: “Yes! We testify,” lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection: “Verily, we have been unaware of this.” 7:172
or lest you should say: “Our forefathers started the practice of shirk and we just followed, being their descendants. Will you then destroy us on account of following the sin committed by those wrongdoers?” 7:173
Meaning:-
Loin: the region of the sexual organs, especially when regarded as the source of erotic.
Offspring: children, sons and daughters, family.
Descendants: a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild, successor, disciple.
shirk (Arabic) : is the sin of practicing idolatry or polytheism, i.e. the deification or worship of anyone or anything other than the singular God i.e. Allah. Literally, it means ascribing or the establishment of “partners” placed beside God.
Wrongdoer: a person who behaves illegally or dishonestly; an offender.
7:35
O children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses, then whoever fears Allah and reforms – there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
Meaning:-
Reform: to put or change into an improved form or condition.
Grieve: mourn, sorrow, sadden, upset, distress.
7:11 to 7:31
And We have certainly created you, [O Mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, “Prostrate to Adam”; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was not of those who prostrated. 7:11
[ Allah ] said, “What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?” [Satan] said, “I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay.” 7:12
[ Allah ] (Allah) said: “(O Iblis) get down from this (Paradise), it is not for you to be arrogant here. Get out, for you are of those humiliated and disgraced.” 7:13
[Satan] said, “Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected.” 7:14
Allah said: “The respite you requested is hereby granted.” 7:15
[Satan] said, “Since You let me deviate, now I will lie in ambush for mankind on Your Right Way 7:16
Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You].” 7:17
(Allah) said (to Iblis) “Get out from this (Paradise) disgraced and expelled. Whoever of them (mankind) will follow you, then surely I will fill Hell with you all.” 7:18
Allah said: “O Adam! Dwell with your wife in paradise and eat any fruit you please; but never approach this tree or you shall both become wrongdoers.” 7:19
But Shaitan tempted them so that he might reveal to them the private parts of their bodies which they had never seen before. He told them: “Your Lord has forbidden you to approach this tree only to prevent you from becoming angels or immortals.” 7:20
And Shaitan swore [by Allah ] to them, “Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors.” 7:21
So Shaitan made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And their Lord called to them, “Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is to you a clear enemy?” 7:22
They said, “Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers.” 7:23
(Allah) said: “Get down, one of you an enemy to the other [i.e. Adam, Hawwa (Eve), and Shaitan (Satan), etc.]. On earth will be a dwelling-place for you and an enjoyment, – for a time.” 7:24
[ Allah ] said, “Therein you will live, and therein you will die, and from it you will be brought forth.” 7:25
O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness – that is best. That is from the signs of Allah that perhaps they will remember. 7:26
O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe. 7:27
And when they commit an immorality, they say, “We found our fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it.” Say, “Indeed, Allah does not order immorality. Do you say about Allah that which you do not know?” 7:28
Say, [O Muhammad], “My Lord has ordered justice and that you maintain yourselves [in worship of Him] at every place [or time] of prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion.” Just as He originated you, you will return [to life] – 7:29
A group [of you] He guided, and a group deserved [to be in] error. Indeed, they had taken the devils as allies instead of Allah while they thought that they were guided. 7:30
O Children of Adam! Put on your adornment (decent proper dress) when you attend your Masjid at the time of every prayer. Eat and drink, but do not be extravagant; surely He does not love the extravagant. 7:31
Adornment:
Meaning:-
Prostrate: lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
Arrogant: a sense of superiority, self-importance, having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities.
Reprieve: to delay the impending punishment
Respite: a period of temporary delay, postpone
Deviate:to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc., to depart or swerve.
Ambush: instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise, an act or instance of attacking unexpectedly from a concealed position
Expelled: to drive or force out or away
Dwell (Dwelling): a house, live in or at a specified place.
Wrongdoer: a person who behaves illegally or dishonestly; an offender.
Forbidden: prohibit, not allowed, banned.
Immortals: great, hero, legend, god
Forbid: prohibit, not allowed, banned.
Bestow: an honor, right, or gift
Conceal: to hide, to keep secret, to prevent or avoid disclosing, keep secret.
Adornment: decoration, embellishment, ornamentation, ornament
Righteous: (of
38:69
“I had no knowledge of the chiefs (angels) on high when they were disputing and discussing (about the creation of Adam).
39:6 & 39:7
He created you (all) from a single person (Adam); then made from him his wife [Hawwa’ (Eve)]. And He has sent down for you of cattle eight pairs (of the sheep, two, male and female; of the goats, two, male and female; of the oxen, two, male and female; and of the camels, two, male and female). He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation in three veils of darkness, such is Allah your Lord. His is the kingdom, La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). How then are you turned away? 39:6
If you disbelieve, then verily, Allah is not in need of you, He likes not disbelief for His slaves. And if you are grateful (by being believers), He is pleased therewith for you. No bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return, so He will inform you what you used to do. Verily, He is the All-Knower of that which is in (men’s) breasts.39:7
55:14
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
Meaning:-
Pottery: Ware, such as vases, pots, bowls, or plates, shaped from moist clay and hardened by heat.
90:3
And I swear by your father (Adam) and the children he begot (mankind),
Meaning:-
Begot (past of beget): To produce (children) by sexual reproduction.
Chapter:2 to Verse: 34 to 36 & 39
when we ordered the angels: “Prostrate before Adam in respect,” they all prostrated except Iblees (Shaitan)who refused in his arrogance and became a disbeliever. 2:34
To Adam We said: “Dwell with your wife in Paradise and eat anything you want from its bountiful food from wherever you wish, but do not approach this tree, or you shall both become transgressors.” 2:35
But Shaitan tempted them with the tree to disobey Allah’s commandment and caused them to be expelled from Paradise, and We said: “Get out from here, some of you being enemies to others, and there is for you in the earth an abode and provisions for a specified period.” 2:36
And those who disbelieve and deny Our signs – those will be companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.” 2:39
Meaning:-
Prostrate: lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
Bountiful: large in quantity; abundant.
Transgressors: to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
Abode: a place in which a person resides
Abide: Accept
Eternally: permanently
Chapter: 20 to Verse:116 to 123
When We said to the angels “Prostrate yourselves before Adam”, they all prostrated themselves except Iblees (Shaitan),: who refused. 20:116
Then We said: “O Adam! This Shaitan is a real enemy to you and to your wife. Do not let him get you both out of Paradise and get you in trouble. 20:117
Here in Paradise you shall go neither hungry nor naked; 20:118
“Nor to suffer from thirst, nor from the sun’s heat.” 20:119
Then Shaitan (Satan) whispered to him, saying : “O Adam! Shall I lead you to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that will never waste away?” 20:120
They both end up eating the fruit of the forbidden tree. As a result their private parts became apparent to them and they both began to cover themselves with the leaves from the Garden. Thus did Adam disobey His Lord and go astray. 20:121
Later on Adam repented and his Lord chose him, accepted his repentance and gave him guidance, 20:122
saying: “Get down from here all of you (Adam, Eve and Iblees); you will remain enemies to one another, whenever there comes to you guidance from Me and whosoever will follow My guidance will neither go astraynor get into trouble; 20:123
Meaning:-
Prostrate (past tense: prostrated): lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
Whisper (past tense: whispered): to speak very softly or quietly.
Eternity: everlasting life, life after death, the hereafter, the afterworld, the next world
Astray: into error, away from the correct path or direction
Chapter:17 to Verse: 61 to 65
Recall the occasion when We said to the angels: “Prostrate yourselves before Adam.” They all prostrated except Iblees (Shaitan), who replied: “Should I prostrate to the one whom You have created from clay?” 17:61
[Iblees] said, “Do You see this one whom You have honored above me? If You delay me until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely destroy his descendants, except for a few.” 17:62
Allah said: “Go away! Hell is your reward, and the reward of those who follow you, an ample reward it shall be. 17:63
You may try to allure whomsoever you can with your seductive voice, muster against them all your cavalry and infantry, be their partner in their riches and their children, and promise them what you will – the promises of shaitan are nothing but deception 17:64
Surely (as for) My servants, you have no authority over them; and your Lord is sufficient as a Protector. 17:65
Meaning:-
Prostrate: lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
Descendants: a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild, successor, disciple.
Ample: more than enough; plentiful.
Allure: the quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.
Seduce: to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
Muster: assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.
Cavalry: soldiers who fought on horseback.
Infantry: soldiers marching or fighting on foot; foot soldiers collectively.
Deception: the action of deceiving someone.
Chapter:2 to Verse: 50 to 51
When We said to the angels: “Prostrate yourself before Adam,” all prostrated themselves except Iblees (Shaitan), who was one of the Jinns and chose to disobey the command of his Lord. Would you then take him and his children as your protectors rather than Me, even though they are your enemies? What a bad substitute the wrongdoers have chosen! 18:50
I (Allah) made them (Iblis and his offspring) not to witness (nor took their help in) the creation of the heavens and the earth and not (even) their own creation, nor was I (Allah) to take the misleaders as helpers. 18:51
Meaning:-
Prostrate (past tense: prostrated): lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
Wrongdoer: a person who behaves illegally or dishonestly; an offender.
offspring: children, family.
Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him. 53:32
Meaning:-
Immorality: corruption, dishonesty, character, or conduct; wickedness; evilness and sexual misconduct.
1
Associating Partners with Allah
Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Allah in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin. 4:48
Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly gone far astray. 4:116
Indeed, he who associates others with Allah – Allah has forbidden him Paradise, and his refuge is the Fire. And there are not for the wrongdoers any helpers 5:72
The Prophet (saw), “Should I not inform you of that which I fear for you even more than the dangers of dajjaal? It is the hidden shirk: A person stands to pray and he beautifies his prayer because he sees the people looking at him”. (Sahih; Sunan ibn Majah)
Meaning:-
Astray: into error, away from the correct path or direction
Forbidden: refuse to allow (something), prohibit, not allowed, banned.
refuge:-: shelter, protection, safety, security, asylum,
Wrongdoer: a person who behaves illegally or dishonestly; an offender.
2
Committing Murder
On account of that incident, We ordained for the Children of Israel that whoever kills a person, except as a punishment for murder or mischief in the land, it will be written in his book of deeds as if he had killed all the human beings on the surface of the Earth and whoever will save a life shall be regarded as if he gave life to all the human beings on the surface of the Earth. Yet, even though Our Messengers came to them one after the other with clear revelations, it was not long before, many of them committed excesses in the land. 5:32
And they who do not call upon another god with Allah and do not slay (kill) the soul, which Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of justice, and (who) do not commit fornication and he who does this shall find a requital of sin; 25:68
Meaning:-
Fornication: sexual intercourse between people not married to each other.
Requital: a retaliation for a wrong
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Practising Black Magic
And they followed [instead] what the devils had recited during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Harut and Marut. But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, “We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [by practicing magic].” And [yet] they learn from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife. But they do not harm anyone through it except by permission of Allah . And the people learn what harms them and does not benefit them. But the Children of Israel certainly knew that whoever purchased the magic would not have in the Hereafter any share. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew. 2:102
Meaning:-
Babylon: An ancient city in Mesopotamia (c. 3000 BC), Babylon is widely considered to be the cradle of civilization.
Witchcraft: the practice of magic, especially black magic.
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Not performing the Prayers
But there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; So they will be thrown in Hell-19:59
However, those who repent, become believers and do good deeds, will be admitted to Paradise and will not be wronged in the least. 19:60
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With holding the Zakah (Charity )
And let not those who [greedily] withhold what Allah has given them of His bounty ever think that it is better for them. Rather, it is worse for them. Their necks will be encircled by what they withheld on the Day of Resurrection. And to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth. And Allah , with what you do, is [fully] Acquainted.
Meaning:-
Bounty: a generous gift, a monetary gift or reward.
Acquaint: make familiar with, make aware of, inform of.
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Not fasting on a Day of Ramadan without Excuse
Prophet (saw) said, “Islaam is built upon five pillars: testifying that there is no true god except Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, performing the prayers, paying the Zakah, making the pilgrimage to the house, and fasting the month of Ramadhan” (Sahih al-Jami # 2837)
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Not performing the Pilgrimage when one has the Ability to do so
Prophet (saw) said, “Islaam is built upon five pillars: testifying that there is no true god except Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, performing the prayers, paying the Zakah, making the pilgrimage to the house, and fasting the month of Ramadhan” (Sahih al-Jami # 2837)
8
Disobeying and Disrespect to Parents
And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], “uff,” and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word. 17:23
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Cutting off the Ties of Relationships
Would you then, if you were given the authority, do mischief in the land, and sever your ties of kinship? 47:22
Such are they whom Allah has cursed, so that He has made them deaf and blinded their sight.47:23
Meaning:-
Sever: to break off or dissolve (ties, relations, etc.).
Kinship: blood relationship, family relationship.
10
Committing Adultery or Fornication
And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.17:32
Meaning:-
immorality: wickedness, immoral behavior, badness, evil, vileness, corruption, dishonesty
Adultery: sex between a married man or woman and someone he or she is not married to
Fornication: sexual intercourse between people not married to each other.
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Committing sodomy
Tradition “Allah will not look at a person (with pleasure) who commits sodomy with a man or a woman” Sodomy is greater and uglier than adultery.
Sodomy: sexual intercourse involving anal or oral copulation.
12
Taking or Paying Interest
Those who consume interest cannot stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity. That is because they say, “Trade is [just] like interest.” But Allah has permitted trade and has forbidden interest. So whoever has received an admonition from his Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allah . But whoever returns to [dealing in interest or usury] – those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein. 2:275
Meaning:-
Forbidden: not allowed; prohibited:
Admonition: counsel, advice, or caution.
Desists: to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
Usury: rate of interest, practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.
Abide: tolerate, bear, stand, put up with,
Eternally: forever, permanently,
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Devouring the Wealth of Orphans
In fact, those who misappropriate the property of orphans unjustly, swallow but fire into their bellies; they will soon be cast into the blazing fire! 4:10
Meaning:-
Devour (present participle: devouring): to consume greedily
Blazing: burn fiercely or brightly.
14
Lying about Allah and His Messenger (pbuh)
And on the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied about Allah [with] their faces blackened. Is there not in Hell a residence for the arrogant? 39:60
Forging statements concerning Allah or forging Hadith saying, traditions of the Prophet pbuh
Lying on the Prophet is blasphemy, and there is no doubt that not only lying on Allah or Muhammad (pbuh) by permitting what is forbidden and forbidding what is permitted – is pure blasphemy. To lie on me is not like lying on any body else, he who lies on me intentionally will be placed in Hell
Meaning:-
Arrogant: a sense of superiority, self-importance, having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities.
Blasphemy:something that you say or do that shows you do not respect God or a religion.
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Running away from the Battlefield
And whoever turns his back to them on such a day, unless swerving [as a strategy] for war or joining [another] company, has certainly returned with anger [upon him] from Allah , and his refuge is Hell – and wretched is the destination.
Meaning:-
Refuge:-: shelter, protection, safety, security, asylum,
Wretched: unpleasant or of low quality.
16
Wrongdoing, Deception or Oppression on the part of the Ruler
The blameworthy are those who oppress their fellow men and conduct themselves with wickedness and injustice in the land. It is they who will have painful punishment. 42:42
Then imagine that time when these people will start arguing with each other in the fire, and the weak followers will say to the arrogant leaders: “We were your followers: can you now save us from some of these flames?” 40:47
The arrogant leaders will reply: “We are all in it together! Allah has already judged between His servants.” 40:48
Meaning:-
Oppress: abuse, to burden with cruel or unjust impositions
Wickedness: the quality of being evil or morally wrong.
Arrogant: unpleasantly proud, a sense of superiority, self-importance, having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities.
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Being Arrogant, Boastful, Pride & Vain
Allah surely knows what they conceal and what they reveal; certainly He does not love the arrogant. 16:23
He who has an atom of Pride will never enter Paradise. Pride is to tyrannize right and encroach upon someone’s rights. Holy saying Allah says ‘greatness is my cover, and pride is my gown. He who fights me in them, I shall throw him into Hell.
The dwells of are Hell. Every cruel covetous, impatient talkative proud and pride man
Meaning:-
Arrogant: a sense of superiority, self-importance, having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities.
Conceal: to hide, to keep secret, to prevent or avoid disclosing, keep secret.
tyrannize: to treat someone cruelly, controlling everything that they do:
covetous: wanting to have something too much, especially something that belongs to someone else:
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Ungratefulness & Giving False Testimony
So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me. 2:152
Those are the ones who do not bear witness to falsehood and, if they ever pass by futility, pass with dignity. 25:72
Meaning:-
Falsehood: a false statement; lie.
Futility: pointlessness or uselessness.
19
Drinking Alcoholic Beverages
O believers! Intoxicants and gambling (games of chance), dedication to stones (paying tribute to idols) and division by arrows (lottery) are the filthy works of Shaitan. so avoid it that you may be successful. 5:90
They ask you about intoxicants and gambling of chance. Say: In both of them there is a great sin and means of profit for men, and their sin is greater than their profit. And they ask you as to what they should spend. Say: What you can spare. Thus does Allah make clear to you the communications (His Signs), that you may ponder, 2:219
Meaning:-
Ponder: to think carefully about something, over think, think about (something) carefully
20
Gambling
O believers! Intoxicants and gambling (games of chance), dedication to stones (paying tribute to idols) and division by arrows (lottery) are the filthy works of Shaitan. so avoid it that you may be successful. 5:90
is a great sin and means of profit for men, and their sin is greater than their profit. And they ask you as to what they should spend. Say: What you can spare. Thus does Allah make clear to you the communications (His Signs), that you may ponder, 2:219
Meaning:-
Ponder: to think carefully about something, over think, think about (something) carefully
21
Slandering innocent Women
Surely those who accuse chaste believing women, unaware (of the evil), are cursed in this world and the hereafter, and they shall have a grievous punishment..
Meaning:-
Chaste: not engaging in sexual relations, virgin, or not having any sexual nature or intention,
Grievous: (of something bad) very severe or serious.24: 23
22
Stealing from Exploits of war and from the money of the Zakaat
And it is not attributable to a prophet that he should act unfaithfully; and he who acts unfaithfully shall bring that in respect of which he has acted unfaithfully on the day of resurrection; then shall every soul be paid back fully what it has earned, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly. 3:161
23
Stealing
Male or female, whoever is guilty of theft, cut off the hand (that was used in theft) of either of them as a punishment for their crime. This is exemplary punishment ordained by Allah. Allah is Mighty, Wise. 5:38
Do not misappropriate one another’s property unjustly, nor bribe the judges, in order to misappropriate a part of other people’s property, sinfully and knowingly.2:188
24
Committing Highway Robbery
Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment, 5:33
Meaning:-
wage: engage in, carry on, conduct, execute, pursue, prosecute,
crucify: to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross.
exiled: a person banished from his or her native land.
Disgrace: dishonor, shame, disrespect; degrade.
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Making False Oath
And those who believe will say, “Are these the ones who swore by Allah their strongest oaths that indeed they were with you?” Their deeds have become worthless, and they have become losers. 5:53
Those are the ones who do not bear witness to falsehood and, if they ever pass by futility, pass with dignity. 25:72
They took their [false] oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allah , and for them is a humiliating punishment. 58:16
Meaning:-
Falsehood: a false statement; lie.
Futility: pointlessness or uselessness.
Avert: to turn away or aside:
Prophet (saws) said,
“If someone is ordered to take an oath and he takes a false oath in order to take possession of property of a Muslim, then he will incur Allah’s wreath when he meets Him.” (Sahih al-Jami # 6083)
26
Committing oppression
And surely those who are unjust shall have a punishment besides that (in the world), but most of them do not know. 52:47
The blameworthy are those who oppress their fellow men and conduct themselves with wickedness and injustice in the land. It is they who will have painful punishment. 42:42
Meaning:-
oppression: prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
Oppress: abuse, to burden with cruel or unjust impositions
Wickedness: the quality of being evil or morally wrong.
27
Levying illegal taxes
Prophet (saw) said, “Do you know who the bankrupt is? The bankrupt form my nation is the one who appears on the Day of Resurrection having performed the prayers, fasted and paid the zakah, but had also abused that person, slandered that person, wrongfully taken the wealth of that person and spilled the blood of that person. These people will take from his good deeds. If his good deeds are thereby exhausted, he will be given their sins and then he will be thrown into the hell-fire” (Sahih al-Jami #87)
Meaning:-
Levying: an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
28
Stealing
Male or female, whoever is guilty of theft, cut off the hand (that was used in theft) of either of them as a punishment for their crime. This is exemplary punishment ordained by Allah. Allah is Mighty, Wise. 5:38
29
Committing Suicide
O you who have believed, do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly but only [in lawful] business by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful. 4:29
30
Being a perpetual liar
If anyone argues with you concerning this matter (the birth of Jesus) after full knowledge has come to you, say: “Come! Let us gather our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves: then let us earnestly pray and invoke the curse of Allah on the liars.” 3:61
We did test those who have gone before them. Allah has to see (for the purpose of reward and punishment) who are the truthful and who are the liars. 29:3
Meaning:-
perpetual:never-ending, constant, never-ending.
31
Ruling by laws other than the laws of Islam
Indeed, We sent down the Torah (Torah) to Moses, in which was guidance and light. The prophets who submitted [to Allah ] judged by it for the Jews, as did the rabbis and scholars by that with which they were entrusted of the Scripture of Allah , and they were witnesses thereto. So do not fear the people but fear Me, and do not exchange My verses for a small price. And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed – then it is those who are the disbelievers.5:44
Meaning:-
Rabbis: a religious leader and teacher in the Jewish religion
32
Engaging in Bribery
Do not misappropriate one another’s property unjustly, nor bribe the judges, in order to misappropriate a part of other people’s property, sinfully and knowingly. 2:188
33
Women appearing like men and vice-versa
And those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, and when they are angry, they forgive, 42:37
Meaning:-
Immoralities: sexual misconduct, immoral quality, character, or conduct; wickedness; evilness.
Prophet (saw) said, “Allah’s curse is upon women who appear like men and upon men who appear like women” (Sahih al-Jami # 4976)
34
Being a Dayyouth
Dayyouth: is the one who approves the indecency of his womenfolk and who is void of jealousy or the pimp who facilitates indecency between two people
“Allah has forbidden the Paradise to three people: the alcoholic, the runaway slave, and the one who is complacent in the face of the evil deeds that his family is performing” (Sahih al-Jami # 3047)
35
Marrying for the purpose of making a woman allowable for another
36
Not keeping clean from the remains of urine
And thy garments keep free from stain 74:4
Prophet (saw) passed by a grave and said, “These two are being punished and they are not being punished for something hard. But it is a great sin. One of them did not keep himself clean form his urine and the other went around spreading tales”.
37
Showing off – Ostentations
So woe to those who offer Salah (prayers), 107:4
but are heedless of their prayer (offer Prayers but disregard the very purpose of establishing prayer – to have the fear of Allah and be mindful to the needs of other people); 107:5
Those who do good deeds only to be seen (of men), 107:6
Meaning:-
Ostentation: pretentious and vulgar display, especially of wealth and luxury, intended to impress or attract notice.
Woe: great sorrow or distress.
So woe to the worshippers, who are neglectful of their prayers. Those who want to be seen (by men).
38
Acquiring knowledge only for worldly gain or concealing knowledge
Those who conceal the clear proofs and the guidance, after We have made it clear in the Book for mankind, will have Allah’s curse and that of those who are entitled to curse; 2:159
Meaning:-
Conceal: to hide, to keep secret, to prevent or avoid disclosing, keep secret.
He who is asked about knowledge he knows and does not reveal it, will be sewed with fire at the Day of Judgement. He who learns for secular purposes or not for Allah’s sake, would settle down on his place in Hell
39
Breaching Trusts
O you who believe! be not unfaithful to Allah and the Messenger, nor be unfaithful to your trusts while you know. 8:27
Betray not the trust of Allah and His Messenger, nor misappropriate knowingly things entrusted to you. He who lacks honesty, lacks faith. and there is no religion for oath’s traitors.
Who break the covenant of Allah after its confirmation and cut asunder what Allah has ordered to be joined, and make mischief in the land; these it is that are the losers.
Meaning:-
Covenant: an agreement, commitment, promise, pledge.
40
Reminding people of one’s kindness
Those who break Allah’s Covenant after accepting it, and who cut aside what Allah has ordered to be united and cause corruption on earth. It is they who are the losers. 2:27
O believers! Do not make your charity worthless by reminders of your generosity or by injury to the recipients feelings, like those who spend their wealth to be seen by people and believe neither in Allah nor in the Last Day. Their parable is like a hard barren rock covered with thin layer of soil; a heavy rain falls, leaving it just a bare stone. Such people will not gain any reward that they thought they had earned. Allah does not guide the unbelievers. 2:264
Meaning:-
Parable: a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson
Barren: unproductive, infertile, unfruitful
Covenant: commitment, promise, an agreement, pledge.
41
Denying predestination
Surely We have created everything in perfect estimation (destiny and purpose). 59:49
“If Allah were to punish the inhabitants of the heavens and earths, then He would punish and He would not be doing injustice to them. If He were to have mercy on them, His mercy would be greater than from their actions. If a person had amount of gold equivalent to Mount Uhud or similar to Mount Uhud and spent it in the Path of Allah, (that spending) would not be accepted form him by Allah until he believes in the preordainment of good and evil. And until he knows that what afflicted him was not going to miss him and what missed him was not going to afflict him. If you were to die with any belief other than that, you would enter the Hellfire.”
(Kitab al-Sunnah by Ibn Abu Asi # 245. Albani says that its chain is sahih)
Meaning:-
predestination: is the belief that everything that happens has already been determined by God — He’s got a master plan, and there’s no deviating from it
afflict (past tense: afflicted): (of a problem or illness) cause pain or suffering to; affect or trouble.
42
Eavesdropping on other’s private conversation
O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would hate it. And fear Allah ; indeed, Allah is Accepting of repentance and Merciful.49:12
Meaning:-
Eavesdropping (present participle: eavesdropping): to listen to someone’s private conversation without them knowing:
43
Spreading harmful tales (namimah) (68:10)
And Do not obey everyone who swears much, and is considered worthless. A slanderer, going about with calumnies (namimah)
Tale-bearing, (namimah) is defined as spreading words among believers with the purpose of stirring up enmity and problems between them This matter is forbidden.
Meaning:-
Namimah (tale-bearing) is one of the diseases that afflicts the souls and spreads in the Islamic society, and a malicious disease that is communicated by the tongues, leading to destroying families, separating the loved ones, and severing the ties of kins
Calumny (plural noun: calumnies) : the making of false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone’s reputation; slander.
44
Cursing others
Prophet (saws) said,
“Abusing a Muslim is evil and fighting him is disbelief.” (Sahih al-Jami # 3598)
45
Not fulfilling one’s promises
Prophet (saws) said,
“Whoever has a four characteristic is a complete hypocrite. Whoever posses any of these characteristics has the characteristics of hypocrisy until he gives it up; whenever he makes a promise, he breaks it up….” (Bukhari)
46
Believing in what soothsayers & astrologers say
Prophet (saws) said,
“Whoever goes to fortune-teller and asks him about something will not have his prayer accepted for forty nights.”(Sahih al-Jami # 5816)
47
A wife being rebellious to her husband (4: 34)
Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: ‘If a man calls his wife to his bed and she refuses [and does not come], and he spends the night angry with her, the angels will curse her until morning.’” Reported by al-Bukhaari,, 4794; the additional phrase quoted in square brackets is from Abu Dawood, al-Sunan, Kitaab al-Nikaah, Bab haqq al-zawj ‘ala’l-mar’ah).
The hadeeth also directs a wife to help her husband and seek his satisfaction, because a man is less patient than a woman when it comes to doing without intercourse. The most disturbing thing for a man is his sexual impulse, so Islam urges women to help their husbands in this regard. (Adapted and abbreviated from the commentary by al-Haafiz Ibn Hijr – may Allaah have mercy on him – on this hadeeth in Fath al-Baari).
‘Allah does not look on a woman who does not appreciate her husband while she cannot live without him’.
48
Making statues and pictures
“…the people who will receive the greatest punishment on the day of judgment are those who compete with Allah in creation [those who make pictures or statues]” its about believing one can give life or compete.
49
Striking one’s self, wailing, tearing one’s clothing, pulling one’s hair & similar deeds as a form of mourning
“One who strikes his cheeks or tears his clothing and shouts in the manner of pre-Islamic culture is not one of us” this is when someone goes extremely over the top when someone close like a family member dies, which women are known to do.
50
Committing Injustice
The blameworthy are those who oppress their fellow men and conduct themselves with wickedness and injustice in the land. It is they who will have painful punishment. 42:42
Meaning:-
Oppress: abuse, to burden with cruel or unjust impositions
Wickedness: the quality of being evil or morally wrong.
51
Being overbearing or taking advantage of the weak, slaves, wives or animals
52
Harming Neighbours
A person whose neighbour is not safe from his mischief will not enter paradise
“If the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease (evil desire for adultery, etc.), and those who spread false news among the people in AlMadinah, cease not, We shall certainly let you overpower them, then they will not be able to stay in it as your neighbours but a little while.” 33:60
Meaning:-
Hypocrite: a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion.
53
Harming and abusing Muslims
“And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned have certainly born upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.” 33:58
Meaning:-n>
Slander: the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation.
Manifest: to make clear or obvious to the eye or mind or the understanding; show plainly
54
Trailing one’s garment in pride –
i.e. below the ankles out of pride “What is below the ankles will be in the hellfire ” this is if its do out of pride
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Chapter:14 to Verse:22
Once the matter has been decided, Shaitan will say: “In fact, the promises which Allah made to you were all true; I too made some promises to you but failed to keep any of them. However, I had no power over you. I just invited you, and you accepted my invitation. Now! Do not blame me, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor you can help me. I reject what you did before; that you associated me with Allah. Certainly such wrongdoers will have painful punishment.” 14:22
Meaning:-
Wrongdoer: a person who behaves illegally or dishonestly; an offender.
Chapter: 47 to Verse:24, 25 & 26
Do they not then think deeply in the Quran, or are their hearts locked up (from understanding it)? 47:24
Those who turn back to unbelief after the guidance has become clear are seduced by Shaitan who gives them false hopes. 47:25
This, because they said to those who hate what Allah has revealed, “We will obey you in part of (this) matter”; but Allah knows their (inner) secrets. 47:26
Meaning:-
Seduced: Tempt, attract powerfully.
Chapter: 58 to Verse:18 to 19
On the Day when Allah will raise them all to life, they will swear to Him as they now swear to you, thinking that their oaths will help them. By no means! Surely they are the liars. 58:18
Shaitan (Satan) has overtaken them. So he has made them forget the remembrance of Allah. They are the party of Shaitan (Satan). Verily, it is the party of Shaitan (Satan) that will be the losers! 58:19
Chapter: 20 to Verse:116 to 123
When We said to the angels “Prostrate yourselves before Adam”, they all prostrated themselves except Iblees (Shaitan),: who refused. 20:116
Then We said: “O Adam! This Shaitan is a real enemy to you and to your wife. Do not let him get you both out of Paradise and get you in trouble. 20:117
Here in Paradise you shall go neither hungry nor naked; 20:118
“Nor to suffer from thirst, nor from the sun’s heat.” 20:119
Then Shaitan (Satan) whispered to him, saying : “O Adam! Shall I lead you to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that will never waste away?” 20:120
They both end up eating the fruit of the forbidden tree. As a result their private parts became apparent to them and they both began to cover themselves with the leaves from the Garden. Thus did Adam disobey His Lord and go astray. 20:121
Later on Adam repented and his Lord chose him, accepted his repentance and gave him guidance, 20:122
saying: “Get down from here all of you (Adam, Eve and Iblees); you will remain enemies to one another, whenever there comes to you guidance from Me and whosoever will follow My guidance will neither go astray nor get into trouble; 20:123
Meaning:-
Prostrate (past tense: prostrated): lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
Whisper (past tense: whispered): to speak very softly or quietly.
Eternity: everlasting life, life after death, the hereafter, the afterworld, the next world
Astray: into error, away from the correct path or direction
Chapter:81 to Verse: 25
This (Qur’an) is not the word of an accursed Shaitan. 81:25
Meaning:-
Accursed: under a curse, cursed.
Chapter:81 to Verse: 25
This (Qur’an) is not the word of an accursed Shaitan. 81:25
Meaning:-
Accursed: under a curse, cursed.
Chapter:2 to Verse: 50 to 51
When We said to the angels: “Prostrate yourself before Adam,” all prostrated themselves except Iblees (Shaitan), who was one of the Jinns and chose to disobey the command of his Lord. Would you then take him and his children as your protectors rather than Me, even though they are your enemies? What a bad substitute the wrongdoers have chosen! 18:50
I (Allah) made them (Iblis and his offspring) not to witness (nor took their help in) the creation of the heavens and the earth and not (even) their own creation, nor was I (Allah) to take the misleaders as helpers. 18:51
Meaning:-
Prostrate (past tense: prostrated): lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
Wrongdoer: a person who behaves illegally or dishonestly; an offender.
offspring: children, family.
Chapter:17 to Verse: 61 to 65
Recall the occasion when We said to the angels: “Prostrate yourselves before Adam.” They all prostrated except Iblees (Shaitan), who replied: “Should I prostrate to the one whom You have created from clay?” 17:61
[Iblees] said, “Do You see this one whom You have honored above me? If You delay me until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely destroy his descendants, except for a few.” 17:62
Allah said: “Go away! Hell is your reward, and the reward of those who follow you, an ample reward it shall be. 17:63
You may try to allure whomsoever you can with your seductive voice, muster against them all your cavalry and infantry, be their partner in their riches and their children, and promise them what you will – the promises of shaitan are nothing but deception 17:64
Surely (as for) My servants, you have no authority over them; and your Lord is sufficient as a Protector. 17:65
Meaning:-
Prostrate: lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
Descendants: a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild, successor, disciple.
Ample: more than enough; plentiful.
Allure: the quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.
Seduce: to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
Muster: assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.
Cavalry: soldiers who fought on horseback.
Infantry: soldiers marching or fighting on foot; foot soldiers collectively.
Deception: the action of deceiving someone.
Chapter:2 to Verse: 34 to 36 & 39
when we ordered the angels: “Prostrate before Adam in respect,” they all prostrated except Iblees (Shaitan) who refused in his arrogance and became a disbeliever. 2:34
To Adam We said: “Dwell with your wife in Paradise and eat anything you want from its bountiful food from wherever you wish, but do not approach this tree, or you shall both become transgressors.” 2:35
But Shaitan tempted them with the tree to disobey Allah’s commandment and caused them to be expelled from Paradise, and We said: “Get out from here, some of you being enemies to others, and there is for you in the earth an abode and provisions for a specified period.” 2:36
And those who disbelieve and deny Our signs – those will be companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.” 2:39
Meaning:-
Prostrate: lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
Bountiful: large in quantity; abundant.
Transgressors: to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
Abode: a place in which a person resides
Abide: Accept
Eternally: permanently
Chapter:2 to Verse:31 to 39
He taught Adam the nature of all things; then He presented the things to the angels and said: “Tell Me the nature of those if what you say is true?” (Allah did this to show Adam’s special qualities of learning and memory). 2:31
“Glory to You,” they replied, “we have no knowledge except what You have taught us: in fact You are the One who is perfect in knowledge and wisdom.” 2:32
He said: “O Adam! tell them their natures.” When he had told them Allah said: “Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of heaven and earth and I know what ye reveal and what ye conceal?” 2:33
when we ordered the angels: “Prostrate before Adam in respect,” they all prostrated except Iblees (Shaitan) who refused in his arrogance and became a disbeliever. 2:34
To Adam We said: “Dwell with your wife in Paradise and eat anything you want from its bountiful food from wherever you wish, but do not approach this tree, or you shall both become transgressors.” 2:35
But Shaitan tempted them with the tree to disobey Allah’s commandment and caused them to be expelled from Paradise, and We said: “Get out from here, some of you being enemies to others, and there is for you in the earth an abode and provisions for a specified period.” 2:36
Then Adam received appropriate words from his Lord and repented, and Allah accepted his repentance . Surely Allah is the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful 2:37
“Get out from here all of you,” We said at the time of Adam’s departure from Paradise. “There will come to you a guidance from Me, those who accept and follow it shall have nothing to fear or to regret. 2:38
And those who disbelieve and deny Our signs – those will be companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.” 2:39
Meaning:-
Conceal: to hide, to keep secret, to prevent or avoid disclosing, keep secret.
Prostrate: lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
Bountiful: large in quantity; abundant.
Transgressors: to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
Abode: a place in which a person resides
Appropriate: suitable or proper in the circumstances.
Repent: feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one’s wrongdoing or sin.
Regret: to feel sorrow, disappointment
Abide: Accept
Eternally: permanently
Chapter:2 to Verse:6 to 9
Indeed, those who disbelieve, it is the same to them whether you (O Muhammad) warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe. 2:6
Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment 2:7
There are some people who say: “We believe in Allah and the Last Day” yet they are not true believers. 2:8
They try to deceive Allah and the believers. However, they deceive none except themselves yet they do not realize it. 2:9
Chapter:2 to Verse:6 to 9
Indeed, those who disbelieve, it is the same to them whether you (O Muhammad) warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe. 2:6
Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment 2:7
There are some people who say: “We believe in Allah and the Last Day” yet they are not true believers. 2:8
They try to deceive Allah and the believers. However, they deceive none except themselves yet they do not realize it. 2:9
Chapter:2 to Verse:6 to 9
Indeed, those who disbelieve, it is the same to them whether you (O Muhammad) warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe. 2:6
Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment 2:7
There are some people who say: “We believe in Allah and the Last Day” yet they are not true believers. 2:8
They try to deceive Allah and the believers. However, they deceive none except themselves yet they do not realize it. 2:9
Chapter:2 to Verse:3, 4 & 5
Who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and spend out (charity) of what We have provided for them, 2:3
And who believe in (the Quran) what has been revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what [the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel), etc.] was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith]. 2:4
Those are upon [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful. 2:5
Chapter:2 Verse: 28 to 30
How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned. 2:28
It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things. 2:29
And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, “Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority.” They said, “Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?” Allah said, “Indeed, I know that which you do not know.” 2:30
Meaning:-
Sanctify: dedicate to God
Chapter:2 Verse: 21 to 27
O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous –2:21
[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]. 2:22
And if you doubt any part of what We have bestowed from on high, step by step, upon Our servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah of similar merit, and call upon any other than God to bear witness for you – if what you say is true! 2:23
But if you are unable to do so, and you can never do so, then fear the Hell fire, whose fuel is men and stones which is prepared for the unbelievers. 2:24
Give glad tidings to those who believe in this Book and do good deeds in accordance with its teachings for them there will be Gardens beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they will be given fruits to eat they will say: “This is similar to the one we used to eat before on earth,” for the fruits will resemble the fruits on the earth for their easy identification and enjoyment; and for them there will be chaste virgin spouses, and they shall live therein forever. 2:25
Indeed, Allah is not timid to present an example – that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it. And those who have believed know that it is the truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, “What did Allah intend by this as an example?” He misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly disobedient, 2:26
Those who break Allah’s Covenant after accepting it, and who cut aside what Allah has ordered to be united and cause corruption on earth. It is they who are the losers. 2:27
Meaning:-
Righteous: (of a person or conduct) morally right or justifiable; virtuous, very good; excellent.
Bestowed: to present as a gift, an honor
Tidings: news; information
Beneath: Below
Chaste: not engaging in sexual relations
Timid: showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened.
Covenant: an agreement, pledge, commitment.
Chapter 2 – verse 2 to 21
This is the Book (the QURAN) about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah 2:2
Who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them, 2:3
And who believe in (the QURAN) what has been revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what [the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel), etc.] was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith]. 2:4
Those are upon [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful. 2:5
Verily, those who disbelieve, it is the same to them whether you (O Muhammad) warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe. 2:6
Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment 2:7
There are some people who say: “We believe in Allah and the Last Day” yet they are not true believers. 2:8
They try to deceive Allah and the believers. However, they deceive none except themselves yet they do not realize it. 2:9
There is a disease of deception in their heart; and Allah lets their disease increase, and they shall have painful punishment for the lies they have told. 2:10
And when it is said to them, “Do not cause corruption on the earth,” they say, “We are but peace-makers.” 2:11
Be aware! They are the ones who make mischief but they do not realize it. 2:12
When it is said to them: “Believe as the others believe” they sarcastically ask: “Should we believe like fools?” Be aware! They themselves are the fools, if only they could understand. 2:13
When they meet those who believe, they say: “We believe;” but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say: “We are really with you: We (were) only jesting.” 2:14
Allah will throw back their mockery on them and leave them alone in their trespasses; so they wander to and fro like blind. 2:15
Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided. 2:16
Their example is that of one who kindled a fire, but when it illuminated what was around him, Allah took away their light and left them in darkness [so] they could not see. 2:17
Deaf, dumb and blind – so they will not return [to the right path]. 2:18
Or [it is] like a rainstorm from the sky within which is darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps in dread of death. But Allah is encompassing of the disbelievers. 2:19
The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Every time it lights [the way] for them, they walk therein; but when darkness comes over them, they stand [still]. And if Allah had willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent. 2:20
O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous –2:21
Meaning:-
Deception: the action of deceiving someone, the act of hiding the truth.
Jest: speak or act in a joking manner.
Mockery: insulting, making a fool out of someone, To make fun of, teasing and contemptuous language.
Trespasses: sin, error, wrongdoing, misdeed.
Wander: walk or move in a leisurely, casual, or aimless way.
kindle: light, ignite, set on fire.
Illuminate: light up; to enlighten, as with knowledge.
Thunderclaps: A crash of thunder
Dread: Great fear
competent : having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully.
Righteous: (of a person or conduct) morally right or justifiable; virtuous, very good; excellent.
Khawla bint Tha’labah
Khawla bint Tha’labah was a great woman who enjoyed very high standing among the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him), who were her contemporaries and knew her virtues.
Khawla exemplified patience while standing firm in her beliefs. She persevered until she got the truth. She wanted to stand up for her rights and rights of women, while maintaining her love for her husband. She maintained her high standing through time, and people, including the stature of ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), the second caliph, paid attention to what she had to say.
The story of Khawla bint Tha’labah and her husband Aws ibn al-Samit is narrated by Imam Ahmad and Abu Dawud and quoted by Ibn Kathir in his tafsir at the beginning of Surat al-Mujadilah.
Khawla said:
“By Allah, concerning me and Aws ibn al-Samit, Allah revealed the beginning of Surat al-Mujadilah. I was married to him, and he was an old man who was bad-tempered. One day, he came in and I raised a particular issue with him again. He became angry and said, ‘You are to me as the back of my mother.’ Then he went out and sat for a while in the meeting-place of his people. Then he came back, and wanted to resume marital relations with me. I said, ‘No way! By the hand of the One in Whose hand is the soul of Khuwayla (i.e., Khawla), you will never get what you want from me after saying what you said, until Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) decide between us.’ He tried to force himself on me, but I was able to resist because I was a young woman and he was a weak old man. I pushed him away. Then I went to one of my (female) neighbors and borrowed a cloak from her and went to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). I sat before him, told him what my husband had done to me, and began to complain to him about my sufferings because of my husband’s bad temper. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, ‘O Khuwayla, your cousin is an old man, so fear Allah with regard to him.’ I did not leave him until Qur’an was revealed concerning me. He was overcome as he usually was when Qur’an was revealed to him, and when it was over, he said: ‘O Khuwayla, Allah has revealed Qur’an concerning you and your husband.’ Then he recited to me:
[Allah has indeed heard (and accepted) the statement of the woman who pleads with you concerning her husband and carries her complaint (in prayer) to Allah: and Allah (always) hears the arguments between both sides among you: for Allah hears and sees (all things). If any men among you divorce their wives by zihar (calling them their ‘mothers’), they cannot be their mothers. None can be their mothers except those who gave them birth. And in fact they use words (both) iniquitous and false: but truly Allah is One that blots out (sins), and forgives (again and again). But those who divorce their wives by zihar, then wish to go back on the words they uttered – it is ordained that such a one should free a slave before they touch each other: this are you admonished to perform. And Allah is well-acquainted with (all) that you do. And if any has not the wherewithal, he should fast for two months consecutively before they touch each other. But if any is unable to do so, he should feed sixty indigent ones. This, that you may show your faith in Allah and His Messenger, those are limits (set by) Allah. For those who reject (Him), there is a grievous Penalty.] (Qur’an 58:1-4)
He told me, ‘Let him release a slave.’ I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), he does not have the means to do that.’ He said, ‘Then let him fast for two consecutive months.’ I said, ‘By Allah, he is an old man, he is not able to do that.’ He said, ‘Then let him feed sixty poor people with a wasq of dates.’ I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, he does not have that much.’ He said, ‘Then we will help him with a faraq of dates.’ I said, ‘And I will help him with another faraq, O Messenger of Allah .’ He said, ‘You have done right and done well. Go and give it in charity on his behalf, then take care of your cousin properly.’ And I did so.”
Khawla bint Tha’labah could not bear to stay for one moment with her husband after he had spoken the words of zihar to her, which was a form of divorce at the time of ignorance, until she had referred the matter to the Prophet (peace be upon him), so that she might know how Allah would judge between her and her husband. She did not even have a suitable garment with which to go out and appear before the Prophet (peace be upon him), so she borrowed a robe from one of her neighbors, and rushed to where the Prophet (peace be upon him) was sitting, so that she
55
“HARMING THE FRIEND’S OF ALLAH”
“Whoever shows enmity to a slave of Mine (Allah’s) I shall be at war with him”
Those who annoy Allah and His Messenger Allah has cursed them in this world and in the hereafter. These are the Wali-Allah the Saints or was we would known them the Sufi masters
Meaning:-
Annoy: a little angry; irritate, harm or attack
Enmity: bitter hatred, a feeling of hate
Sufi: Seeking the pleasure of God; Love and peace with one’s self
56
“Men wearing silk & gold“
Prophet (saw) said, “Gold and silk have been permitted for the females of my nation and forbidden for its males” “Men who wears silk in this world will have no portion [of heavens] in the hereafter” He who wears silk on earth will never wear it in the Hereafter. however it is true that the Prophet (pbuh) permitted silk, only for those suffer itching with in four fingers measure, and he permitted using a tooth of gold also
57
“A SLAVE’S RUNNING AWAY FROM HIS MASTER“
if the slave escapes his master, his prayer will not be accepted. You who believe fulfil (all) obligations.
58
“SACRIFICING ANIMALS FOR OTHER THAN ALLAH“
And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned, for indeed, it is grave disobedience. And indeed do the devils inspire their allies [among men] to dispute with you. And if you were to obey them, indeed, you would be associators [of others with Him].(Ch 6, Ayah 121 )
“The one who sacrifices for other than Allah is cursed by Allah”
59
“CLAIMING THAT SOMEBODY IS ONE’S FATHER WHILE THE CLAIMANT KNOWS IT IS NOT TRUE”
“One who claims that someone is his father and knows that it is not true will be forbidden of paradise”
60
“ARGUING OR QUARRELLING FOR SHOW & NOT SEEKING THE TRUTH”
“Whoever argues in support of something that is wrong and he knows it Allah will be angry with him until he stops”
61
“NOT ALLOWING EXCESS WATER TO FLOW TO OTHERS”
Say (O Muhammad): “Have you ever considered that if all the water you have, sink down in the ground, who is it, that will bring you the clear-flowing water?” (Ch 67 V 30)
“Whoever doesn’t allow the access water or pasture for others will not share in the blessings of Allah on the day of judgment”
Do not forbid the overflow of water for you forbid grass. The Prophet also said : Do not sell the overflow of water. He also said : He who forbid his overflow of water or left over grass, Allah will forbid His mercy at the Day of Judgement on him
62
“DEALING IN FRAUD”
Ch 83 V 1: Woe to those that deal in fraud,-
Meaning:-
Woe: great sorrow or distress.
Ch 83 V 2: Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, demand full measure,
Ch 83 V 3: And when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.
Ch 83 V 4: Do they not think that they will be raised to life again
63
“DISBELIEVING FAITH”
Ibn Abbas narrates that the Angel Jibril once asked the Prophet: “Tell me what is Iman (Faith)?” The Prophet replied: “Iman is to believe in Allah, the Day of Judgment, His (Allah’s) Angels, Books and Prophets and to believe in life after death; and to believe in Paradise and the Fire, and the setting up of the Mizan (scales) to weigh the deeds; and to believe in the Divine Decree, the good and the bad of it (all). Jibril then asked him: “If I do all this will I be with Iman?” The Prophet said: “When you have done all of this, you will be having Iman (Faith).”
64
“EATING CARRION, BLOOD OR PORK MEAT”
CH:6 V:145: O Muhammad tell them: I did not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, except the meat of an already dead animal, or running blood or the flesh of swine (pork) – for these are unclean – or flesh of an animal which has become profane because of slaughtering in the names other than Allah. Even so, if anyone is forced in a helpless situation, intending neither disobedience nor transgression, you will find your Lord Forgiving, Merciful.
Meaning:-
Carrion: the decaying flesh of dead animals.
Profane: showing no respect for a god or a religion,
slaughter: the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
Transgression : to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
65
“Despairing from Allah’s Help or forgiveness”
Ch 39 V53: Say, “O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah . Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.”
Meaning:-
Transgress: violation of a law, misbehave, wrongdoing, misdeed, sin.
Despair: the complete loss or absence of hope.
66
“CONTINUALLY NOT PERFORMING THE FRIDAY PRAYERS AND CONGREGATIONAL PRAYERS WITHOUT ANY VALID EXCUSE”
Prophet (saw) said, “If people don’t stop abandoning the Friday Prayers Allah may seal their hearts and they will become headless” “Whoever hears the call to prayer and doesn’t come to prayer, there is no prayer for him say for the one who has valid excuse
Meaning:-
Abandon: to give up; discontinue; withdraw from:
67
“PREACHING ERROR OR ESTABLISHING ERRORS”
He who preaches for error will bear his sin and all of those who follow him, decreasing no their sins. The Prophet also said : He who preaches for error will bear his sin and of those who follow him, with no decreasing for their sins. The Prophet also said : every new established thing is an error In religion.
68
“BEING DECEIVING AND PLOTTING EVIL“
35:43: Behaving arrogantly in the land and plotting evil, whereas the plotting of evil recoils none but the authors of it. Are they awaiting for that end which overtook the former nations? If so, you shall find no change in the ways of Allah, nor will you find any alteration in Allah’s way of dealing.
Meaning:-
Recoils: suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust, Jump back, pull back;
69
“POINTING A WEAPON AT A MUSLIM BROTHER”
He who points weapon at a Muslim Brother will be cursed by the angels even if he was his brother in kinship.
Meaning:-
kinship: blood relationship.
70
“ABUSING OR REVILING ANYONE OF THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET (saw)”
“Do not revile my companions for, by the one in whose hands is my soul, if you were to spend in charity a mountain of gold similar to mount Uhud it would not be equal to a handful or a half a handful (or what they have done)” Ref: (Sahih al-Jami # 7187)
Meaning:-
Revile: Condemn, attack, Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner.
86:11
By the sky (having rain clouds) which gives rain, again and again.