Tag Archives: Quran

January, 2021

10 January
Iman and its branches – audio

أَلَمْ تَرَ‌ كَيْفَ ضَرَ‌بَ اللَّـهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَ‌ةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْ‌عُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ. تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَ‌بِّهَا ۗ وَيَضْرِ‌بُ اللَّـهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُ‌ونَ. وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَ‌ةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ اجْتُثَّتْ مِن فَوْقِ الْأَرْ‌ضِ مَا لَهَا مِن قَرَ‌ارٍ‌ Have you not considered how Allah presents an example: a good word is like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches in the sky? It …

8 May
Inculcating the quality of Taqwa – audio

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ ‘O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims.’ (Surah Aalu ‘Imran, verse: 102) وَمَن يَرْغَبُ عَن مِّلَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِلَّا مَن سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُ ۚ وَلَقَدِ اصْطَفَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَإِنَّهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ ‘And who would be averse to the religion of Ebrahim (‘alayhis salam) …
4 May
Completing the Quran in two rak’ahs of Salah

Moulana Qari Muhammad Rafiq, explaining an incident of Shaykh Binnory’s (rahimahullah) deep love of the Quran Sharif, writes: Shaykh Binnory (rahimahullah), expressing his shukr (gratitude) to Allah Ta’ala, says: “One day a Qari, who was my friend, came to meet me. This was in the last few days of Ramadan. He used to read Quran very beautifully. I said to him: “Instead of wasting time, let us read nafl Salah.” …

28 April
Reciting & listening to the Quran in Ramadan

Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) narrates that: ‘Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) was the most generous of all the people, and he would peak in generosity during Ramadan when Jibril (‘alayhis salam) use to meet him. Jibril (‘alayhis salam) would meet him every night in Ramadan to revise the Quran. [During those days] Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) was even more generous than the fair winds.’ (Sahih Bukhari, Hadith: 6) Commentary …
2 April
‘Allamah Binnory’s Weeping and Crying

Moulana Muhammad Yusuf Binnory (rahimahullah) was the proof of the true meaning of the verse: وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ تَرَىٰ أَعْيُنَهُمْ تَفِيضُ مِنَ الدَّمْعِ مِمَّا عَرَفُوا مِنَ الْحَقِّ ‘When they hear what has been revealed to the Rasul (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam), you see their eyes flow with tears because they recognize the truth.’ (Surah 5, Verse 83) When Moulana would listen to Quran his eyes would start …

18 December
Hifz Jalsah (Audio)

This is a lecture I delivered at a Hifz graduation Jalsah recently, which also discusses the inspiring story of Sayyiduna Salim Mawla Abi Hudhayfah (radiyallahu’anhu). Listen to it here

30 November
Recitation of the Quran brings about nur (light) in the home

إن الذي ليس في جوفه شيء من القرآن كالبيت الخرب ‘The one who has no portion of the Quran in his heart is like a barren house.’ (Sunan Tirmidhi) Just as an empty house which attracts unwanted intruders and has no safety and security, in the like manner a person who doesn’t have any Quran in his life is filled with evil thoughts, influences and is devoid of nur (light). Listen to …

7 November
Remain steadfast as you have been commanded

The companions of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) noticed some grey strands of hair on the beard of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam), and told him that you seem to be getting old very quickly. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) replied that Surah Hud has made me old. Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) says in my opinion it was this specific verse of Surah Hud, verse 112: …فَاسْتَقِمْ كَمَا أُمِرْتَ وَمَنْ …

5 December
Verses of Quran that were revealed repeatedly

Allamah Suyuti (rahimahullah) has enumerated up to nine different verses or surahs of the noble Qur’an that were revealed more than once,