Baqarah 267   267- YOU WHO BELIEVE, SPEND OUT OF THE GOOD AND PURE THINGS YOU EARNED, AND OUT OF WHAT WE BROUGHT FORTH FOR YOU FROM THE EARTH, AND DO NOT SEEK THE EVIL OF IT TO SPEND, THE THINGS YOU WILL NOT TAKE EXCEPT WITH CLOSED EYES; AND KNOW THAT ALLAH IS FREE OF ALL NEEDS, WORTHY OF ALL PRAISE AND GRATITUDE.   When the Muslims migrated from Makah to Medina,... [read more]

Baqarah 266   266- WOULD ONE OF YOU LIKE TO HAVE A GARDEN OF PALM TREES AND VINE TREE, WITH RIVERS FLOWING UNDERNEATH, WHERE HE HAS ALL KIND OF FRUIT, THEN BECAME OLD, AND HIS OFFSPRING ARE WEAK, AND THEN IT IS STRUCK BY HURRICANE WITH FIRE THEREIN, WHICH BURNED IT DOWN.  SUCH ALLAH IS MAKING HIS AYAHS CLEAR SO THAT YOU MAY THINK.   This is another Ayah giving... [read more]

Baqarah 265   265- THE PARABLE OF THOSE WHO SPEND OF THEIR WEALTH SEEKING ALLAH’S PLEASURE AND STRENGTHENING THEIR OWN SOULS, IS THAT OF A GARDEN ON A HILL, WATERED BY HEAVY RAIN TO DOUBLE IT’S HARVEST, BUT IF NOT WATERED BY HEAVY RAIN, THE DEW WATERS IT; AND ALLAH SEES EVERY THING YOU DO.   Allah the Highest is giving us another parable.  This parable is about... [read more]

Baqarah 262-264   262- THOSE SPENDING OFF THEIR WEALTH IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH, AND DO NOT FOLLOW THEIR SPENDING WITH NEITHER REMINDER NOR HURT, WILL HAVE THEIR REWARD WITH THEIR LORD, AND THERE IS NO FEAR UPON THEM, NOR WILL THEY BE SADDENED. 263- A KIND WORD AND FORGIVENESS ARE BETTER THAN A CHARITY FOLLOWED BY HURT, FOR ALLAH IS FREE OF ALL NEEDS, AND IS MOST FORBEARING... [read more]

Baqarah 261   261- THE PARABLE OF THOSE WHO SPEND OF THEIR WEALTH IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH IS THAT OF A GRAIN OF CORN, FROM WHICH GROW FORTH SEVEN EARS, IN EVERY EAR THERE ARE SEVEN GRAINS, AND ALLAH INCREASES THESE MANY MORE FOLDS FOR WHOM HE WILLS, FOR ALLAH IS ALL EMBRACING AND IS ALL KNOWING.   There are a number of points in this Ayah: 1-    Allah the... [read more]

Baqarah 259   259- OR LIKE HIM WHO PASSED BY A TOWN WHEN IT WAS ALL RUINS.  HE SAID: “HOW WOULD ALLAH REVIVE THIS AFTER ITS DEATH?”  ALLAH PUT HIM TO DEATH FOR A HUNDRED YEARS THEN REVIVED HIM.  HE SAID: “HOW LONG WERE YOU (DEAD)?” HE SAID: “A DAY OR PART OF A DAY”.  HE (ALLAH) SAID: “BUT YOU WERE DEAD FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.  LOOK AT YOUR FOOD AND DRINK,... [read more]

Baqarah 258   258- DID YOU NOT SEE HE WHO HAD A DISPUTE WITH IBRAHIM CONCERNING HIS LORD, AS IBRAHIM SAID: “MY LORD IS HE WHO GIVES LIFE AND DEATH”. HE SAID: “I GIVE LIFE AND DEATH”. IBRAHIM SAID: “BUT ALLAH BRINGS THE SUN FROM THE EAST, YOU BRING IT FROM THE WEST”. THE DISBELIEVERS WAS CONFOUNDED, AND ALLAH DOES NOT GUIDE THE UNJUST EVIL DOERS.   Allah the Highest... [read more]

Keep Your Secret to Yourself   It was once said that “If you can not keep your secret to yourself, do not expect others to keep it for you”. Wise words for those seeking wisdom, for Man’s secrets are those things he/she does not like others to know, for whatever reason.  However, being a social animal, who likes to be with people and communicating with them, he might feel... [read more]

Baqarah 257   257- ALLAH IS AN ALLY AND SUPPORTER TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE, TAKING THEM OUT OF DARKNESS INTO LIGHT, WHILE THE DISBELIEVERS ALLY IS EVIL, TAKING THEM OUT OF LIGHT INTO DARKNESS.  THEY ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE FIRE, WHERE THEY WILL ABIDE FOREVER.   Allah the Highest is telling us that He is the believers ally.  The ally helps and supports his allies... [read more]

Baqarah 256   256- THERE IS NO COMPULSION IN RELIGION.  THE RIGHT HAS BEEN CLEARLY DISTINGUISHED FROM THE WRONG.  WHOEVER DISBELIEVES IN WHAT IS EVIL AND BELIEVES IN ALLAH, HE HAS HELD FIRMLY TO MOST TRUSTWORTHY HAND-HOLD WHICH NEVER BREAKS AND ALLAH HEARS AND KNOWS ALL THINGS.   It is reported that this Ayah was sent down upon Allah’s messenger prayer... [read more]

Baqarah 255   255- ALLAH, THERE IS NO GOD OTHER THAN HIM, THE LIVING AND THE SUSTAINER.  NEITHER SLUMBER NOR SLEEP OVERTAKES HIM.  TO HIM BELONGS ALL THERE IS IN THE HEAVENS AND IN THE EARTH.  WHO IS HE WHO MAY INTERCEDE TO HIM EXCEPT WITH HIS PERMISSION?  HE KNOWS WHAT IS BEFORE THEM AND WHAT IS BEHIND THEM, BUT THEY KNOW NONE OF HIS KNOWLEDGE EXCEPT WHAT... [read more]

Be One of Allah’s Arrows     Allah fulfills his will no doubt.  His will is our Fate and Fate is Allah’s will which we have to accept.   Allah the Highest made every thing to happen due to a cause, and Allah the Highest is the one who causes to causes to be or not to be.  Causes are things or people used to make Allah’s will happen, even though Allah... [read more]

Baqarah 254   254- YOU WHO BELIEVE; SPEND FROM WHAT WE PROVIDED FOR YOU BEFORE A DAY COMES WHEN THERE WILL BE NO TRADING, FRIENDSHIP, NOR INTERCESSION, AND THE DISBELIEVERS ARE THE WRONG DOERS.   Allah the Highest is telling us to spend out of what He provided for us.  What we have, Allah the Highest provided and we are only temporarily in charge of.  Our... [read more]

Baqarah 253   253- THESE MESSENGERS, WE FAVOURED SOME OF THEM TO THE OTHER, SOME SPOKE TO ALLAH, AND RAISED SOME OF THEM DEGREES IN STATUS.  AND WE GAVE JESUS THE SON OF MARY THE CLEAR SIGNS AND SUPPORTED HIM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.  IF ALLAH DESIRED, THOSE WHO CAME AFTER THEM WOULD NOT HAVE FOUGHT, BUT THEY DISPUTED, SOME OF THEM BELIEVED AND SOME DISBELIEVED, BUT IF... [read more]

Baqarah 249-252   249- WHEN TALOOT (SAUL) SET OUT WITH HIS ARMY HE SAID: “ALLAH IS TESTING YOU WITH A RIVER, HE WHO DRINKS FROM IT, IT NOT ONE OF MINE AND HE WHO DOES NOT, IS ONE OF MINE, UNLESS THOSE WHO SCOOP A HANDFUL.  THEY DRANK FROM IT EXCEPT FOR A FEW.  WHEN HE AND THE BELIEVERS WITH HIM CROSSED THE RIVER, THEY SAID: “WE HAVE LITTLE POWER AGAINST GALOOT (GOLIATH)... [read more]

Baqarah 246-248   246- DID YOU SEE THE LEADERS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AFTER MOSES AS THEY SAID TO ONE OF THEIR PROPHETS: “APPOINT A KING FOR US AND WE WILL FIGHT IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH” HE SAID: “SHALL YOU NOT FIGHT WHEN YOU ARE COMMANDED TO FIGHT?”  THEY SAID: “AND WHY WILL WE NOT FIGHT IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH WHEN WE HAVE BEEN TURNED OUT OF OUR HOMES AND AWAY FROM OUR... [read more]

Baqarah 243-245     243- DID YOU NOT SEE THOSE WHO ABANDONED THEIR HOMES IN THEIR THOUSANDS, FEARING DEATH, ALLAH SAID TO THEM: “DIE”, AND THEN REVIVED THEM, FOR ALLAH HAS FAVOURS UPON MANKIND, HOWEVER MOST PEOPLE DO NOT GIVE THANKS. 244- AND FIGHT IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH AND KNOW THAT ALLAH HEARS ALL THINGS AND KNOWS ALL THINGS. 245- WHO IS HE WHO GIVES ALLAH A BEAUTIFUL... [read more]

Baqarah 240-242   240- THOSE OF YOU WHO DIE AND LEAVE WIDOWS BEHIND, THEY SHOULD HAVE A YEAR OF MAINTENANCE WITHOUT BEING TURNED OUT OF THEIR HOMES, BUT IF THEY LEAVE, THERE IS NO BLAME UPON THEM CONCERNING WHAT THEY DO WITH THEMSELVES, AND ALLAH IS EXALTED IN POWER AND WISE.   In case of a man’s death, the widow has the right to stay in the husband’s house and be... [read more]

Baqarah 239   239- BUT IF YOU ARE IN FEAR, THEN (PRAY YOUR SALAH) ON FOOT OR RIDING, THEN WHEN YOU ARE SAFE, REMEMBER ALLAH AS HE TAUGHT YOU WHAT YOU DID NOT KNOW.   This Ayah tells us about the extreme importance of Salah.  It is our direct contact and worship with Allah and Highest and we should keep at all times and circumstances.  Allah the Highest gave... [read more]

Baqarah 238   238- AND KEEP REGULAR SALAH, AND THE MIDDLE SALAH, AND STAND BEFORE ALLAH DEVOUTLY.   Allah the Highest is commanding us to pray our Salah regularly, not to miss any Salah.  Then Allah the Highest stressed on the Middle Salah. Salah is the second pillar of Islam, and it is the first our deeds we shall have to give account for, on the Day of... [read more]

Baqarah 236-237   236- THERE IS NO BLAME UPON YOU IF YOU DIVORCE THE WOMEN BEFORE TOUCHING THEM OR THE DOWRY WAS AGREED UPON, BUT YOU SHOULD GIVE THEM A GIFT, THE WEALTHY ACCORDING TO HIS MEANS AND THE POOR ACCORDING TO HIS MEANS, IN KINDNESS, A DUTY UPON THE PIOUS. 237- BUT IF YOU DIVORCE THEM BEFORE YOU TOUCH THEM, BUT AFTER AGREEING A DOWRY, THEN GIVE THEM HALF WHAT YOU... [read more]