Imagine someone pouring your favorite beverage for you. Now imagine them filling it to the brim, leaving no space to move the cup without spilling some on the table or on your hands. It takes a teeny-tiny bit of joy away from the whole experience, doesn't it? I love this detail that is given to us in ayah 16: 

'Filled precisely as desired'

What a Compassionate Lord we worship, and what a perfect Paradise He has created for His servants. Whenever you pour a beverage, think about this ayah and reflect upon your Lord who shared this detail for us to reflect upon. 

Alhamdullilah, every poured beverage can remind us to strive for, reflect upon, and ask for His Paradise!

JazakAllah Khayr for sharing this reflection. I never had the opportunity to think about this ayaah the way you described here. It's so beautiful Alhamdulillah. Allah cares for us this much! All praises be to Him. Jannah is an annoyance free place 🤍

Today, my younger brother was coming home to pick up the food that his mother prepared, and then he went to his own (separate) house after stopping by to just get the food. He was driving from work, so he was a little tired and hungry.


My mother nicely put his food in a tray and in a plastic bag, and she placed it on a countertop in the kitchen, where he can see it easily. She was waiting for him just to see him before he leaves again, even though it was late in the night and she would have been asleep otherwise.


Then, since it is hot over here now, she took out a pitcher from the refrigerator and poured some cold water into his glass from there. And she placed the glass near the kitchen sink, where it is more visible, so that he can quickly drink it and head out again.


The scene of my mother placing the glass of water and making everything else ready for him - out of her love and care for him as a mother - reminded me of the scenes in the Quran about the inhabitants of Paradise, i.e. what Allah does for them for their ease and comfort. Allah says in Surah Al-Ghaashiyah:


فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ٭ فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ ٭ وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ


'In it will be a running spring, along with thrones raised high, and cups set at hand.' (88:12-14)


As Ibn Kathir explains in his tafseer, 'The word akwab is the plural of kub and it refers to a 'goblet,' a 'glass' or a cup for drinking water. It has been qualified by the adjective maudu'ah and it means 'well placed.' This signifies that the glasses or cups or containers will be set in their due places close to water,' and Allah SWT 'arranged the goblets near the water for the comfort of the inmates of Paradise.'


May Allah make us among those inhabitants of Paradise. Ameen.


#TheCups

Bayangkan seseorang menuangkan minuman kegemaran anda. Sekarang bayangkan mereka mengisinya sehingga penuh, hinggakan apabila mengalih sedikit pun akan tumpah di atas meja ataupun di tangan anda. Mesti rasa sedikit kecewakan? Saya sangat menyukai butiran dalam ayat 16 ini: 

'Diisi dengan tepat seperti yang dikehendaki'

Sesungguhnya kita menyembah Tuhan yang Maha Pengasih, dan Syurga yang dicipta-Nya adalah sangat sempurna. Oleh itu setiap kali anda menuangkan minuman, renungkanlah butiran halus dalam ayat ini yang telah Allah kongsikan bersama kita.

Alhamdullilah, setiap minuman yang dituang boleh mengingatkan kita untuk membuat renungan, berusaha dan memperbanyakkan doa, memohon agar Allah memberi kita syurga-Nya! 

Renungan asal boleh didapati
quranreflect.com/posts/14641 

Looks interesting but which language is this, Sister Siddiqui?

JUZ 29
RAMADHAN WILL LEAVE US BUT MAY WE NEVER  LEAVE RAMADHAN
Let those who worship Ramadhan know that Ramadhan will leave  
But  for those who worship Allah, they know that Allah is The Ever-Living.

JUZ 29 closes Ramadhan with the call for da'wah.
Juz 29 gives a checklist on how to spread The Quran as 'Hudan linnaas'; a Guide for all humanity.

Al Mulk : is reiterating our responsibility to spread the Quran far and wide, even with one ayah.
Al Qalam ayat 14 : tells us that da'wah with the best actions emanating from the best akhlak is way better than a thousand words.
Al Haqqah ayat 44-47 : deals with the integrity of person doing da'wah (da’ie) and the content of the da'wah
Nuh : inspiring the high standard for patience in da'wah
Al Jin : puts the stress on sound knowledge and good listening skills to have maximum input for da'wah
Al Muzzammil : stresses on the night worship when the Quran hits the heart of the da'ie before he goes out to touch others’ hearts 
Al Muddaththir : talks of character building for the da'ie to be out of his comfort zone and to avoid bad character
Al Qiyamah : pushes for the commitment to learn from teachers and to source  expert transmission of knowledge (talaqqi) from a mentor
Al Insan : tells us of the ultimate motivation for the da'ie is his eventual meeting with Allah SWT in the paradise of Zanjabila where Allah SWT will appreciate him for his services
Al-Mursalat Ayat 4-5 : likens the da'ie to  raindrops that fall slowly and gently rejuvenating the dead earth

Barakallaahu fikum.

#JUZ29 #Ramadhan

Thank you Ustaz Syaari for your sharing of knowledge.  

So important is the concept of 'happiness' in our lives that many people – even dating back to the days of the Greek philosophers – considered its pursuit to be the very purpose of existence.

Indeed, the Qur'an itself speaks of happiness as being one of the rewards of those whom Allah chooses to admit to Paradise. He says of the martyrs in Aal-'Imraan, verse 170,

فَرِحِينَ بِمَا آَتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ
They rejoice in what Allah has bestowed upon them of His Bounty

And of the reward of the pious believers [al-Insaan, verse 11],

فَوَقَاهُمُ اللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَلَقَّاهُمْ نَضْرَةً وَسُرُورًا
So, Allah saved them from the evil of that Day and gave them a light of beauty and joy.

What becomes immediately apparent upon reading the Arabic text (but once again obscured in the translation) is that two very different words have been used to convey the idea of happiness: فَرِحِينَ fariheena, which is conjugated from the noun فَرَح farah, and سُرُور suroor, and this is prevalent throughout the Qur'an. This is because there are two very different types of happiness being referred to.

فَرَح farah generally refers to transitory delights or pleasures, as is the case in bodily or worldly pleasure. For this reason, most times that فَرَح farah appears in the Qur'an, it is being censured, as in the story of Qarun [al-Qasas, verse 76],

إِنَّ اللهَ لا يُحِبُّ الَفِرحِينَ
Indeed, Allaah does not like the fariheen

But when the source of the farah is specified in the Qur'an, as in the verse from Aal-'Imraan mentioned above, the meaning becomes restricted (muqayyad) and it is no longer censured.

But perhaps a greater distinction between the two lies in the manifestation of the happiness. Whereas the expression of farah is external and with clear outward signs, suroor refers to the expansion of one's heart with delight or pleasure wherein is quiet or tranquility, and as such it has no external sign. This is indicated by the root from which the word stems – س ر seen raa' - the same root as the word سرّ sirr, or secret. So suroor is a secret happiness, known to one's heart but not always seen by others, as Ibn 'Abbas said in reference to the above verse from al-Insaan, 'The نضرة nadrah is on their faces, and the سرور suroor is in their hearts.'

Such distinctions exemplify yet another example in which the translation fails and the original prevails

#arabicgems