How Surah آل عمران (Āl ʿImrān — The Family of Imran) completes what Surah البقرة (Al-Baqarah — The Cow) begins
There is a particular kind of silence that comes after certainty. Not the silence of doubt — but the silence that asks: Now that you know… what will you do with it?
Surah البقرة (al-Baqarah) leaves you with something vast. A structure of belief. A framework for living. A map that is both complete and demand...
The Qur’an draws a subtle but profound distinction in this verse:
When speaking about the unseen and revelation, Allah uses يُؤْمِنُون (they believe) but when speaking about the Akhirah, the Qur’an shifts to a stronger word: يُوقِنُونَ (they are certain).
This distinction is not accidental. It reveals something about the inner world of the people of taqwa.
A believer may believe in the unseen. They may believe that revelation is true. They ma...
Ya Allah - make me among those who believe in what has been revealed to our prophet Muhammad (SAW) and what was revealed before him and make me among those who have sure faith in the hereafter. Ameeen.
Culture and society in many ways force us to view others and ourselves through a very superficial 'classification lens' - usually based on things such as social reputation, appearance, education, achievements, titles, career, talents, and so on. At least that's a little more interesting than the classification system of other animals which is simply based on ancestrial details and biological features, a ranking system which is called "taxonomy."
For the rest of September, we will be journeying through Surah al-Baqarah, reflecting on its verses, lessons and reminders, and allowing its guidance to speak to our lives today.
Surah al-Baqarah holds a special virtue. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Recite the Qur'an, for on the Day of Resurrection it will come as an intercessor for those who recite It. Recite the two bright ones, al-Baqara...
aselamu alykum, I started my journey of reading the Quran and reflecting on it recently, and I came across some of the brothers' opinions on looking at each of the Quranic topics in greater detail, and to connect it with my life and things around me for a better grasp. In addition, I also felt that sharing my reflections would help make it stick with me, and that it would make it easy to get others' perspectives as well as be able to get correcti...
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful,
After Suratul Fatiha where we are encouraged to ask Allah for Guidance, one then comes to the second chapter ‘Suratul Baqara’. The preliminary verses describes who is a believer.
I always stop at these verses again and again because I think do I have all these qualities? and if I don’t then I must work for them! This is always the reflection I attain from reading them. However an...
Not everyone reads the same Book Reading Al-Baqarah through the Hadith that explain it
الم ﴿١﴾ ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٢ “Alif, Lam, Meem. This is the Book about which there is no doubt—a guidance for those conscious of Allah.” (2:1–2)
By the time these verses were revealed in Medina, the Qur’an had already become part of daily life.
It was being recited daily— in prayer, in gatherings, in teaching. Peopl...
Reflection: what happens when we read the Quran being sure that it has no doubt in it? We receive the necessary wisdom and guidance to 1. believe in the Unseen , 2. establish Worship, 3. spend that which is bestowed upon us through Zakat and Sadaqah, 4. believe in that which was revealed to His Holy Prophets and 5. are certain of the Herafter.
The Quran right from the outset, teaches us to plead to Allah for guidance. Not just guidance. But to be upon the straight path. In the very next surah, (Al Baqarah) we are told that guidance is in ‘this Book’, and to unlock it we must be God-conscious.
The characteristics of ‘muttaqeen’ are those who believe in the unseen, such as the angels, heaven and hell and those who establish prayer and give ...