Thursday, November 17, 2011

ALLAH Addressing direct to some in the Qur’an

ALLAH Addressing direct to some in the Qur’an

Besides all the Commands in the Holy Qur’an, for all mankind, Allah is addressing direct to some person or persons or groups and I am enumerating them all below along with His Commands given to them. Who are they mentioned so specifically in the Qur’an ?

Even though all the injunctions in the Qur’an are for all mankind, it is interesting to explore what were the special instructions given to them in this manner.

They are Believers and Unbelievers; Man, Men and Mankind, Servants, My People, People of the Book, Prophet, Muhammad , Prophet’s Consorts, Children of Adam, Children of Israel, Ye of Faith, Jinns, Moses, Abraham, The Unjust, The folded in garments, and The Wrapped up in mantle.

To Adore Him

21 2: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

2:21-O ye people! adore your Guardian-Lord who created you and those who came before you that ye may have the chance to learn righteousness.

Yusuf Ali 40

2:21. மனிதர்களே! நீங்கள் உங்களையும் உங்களுக்கு முன்னிருந்தோரையும் படைத்த உங்கள் இறைவனையே வணங்குங்கள். (அதனால்) நீங்கள் தக்வா (இறையச்சமும்; தூய்மையும்) உடையோராகலாம்.

To Fear Him

يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِي أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَإِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ

2:40-O children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favor which I bestowed upon you and fulfil your covenant with Me as I fulfil My covenant with you and fear none but Me.

2:40. இஸ்ராயீலின் சந்ததியினரே! நான் உங்களுக்கு அளித்த என்னுடைய அருட்கொடையை நினைவு கூறுங்கள்; நீங்கள் என் வாக்குறுதியை நிறைவேற்றுங்கள்; நான் உங்கள் வாக்குறுதியை நிறைவேற்றுவேன்; மேலும், நீங்கள் (வேறெவருக்கும் அஞ்சாது) எனக்கே அஞ்சுவீர்களாக.

To Remember His Favours

يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ

2:47-O children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favor which I bestowed upon You and that I preferred you to all others (for My message).

Yusuf Ali 62

2:47. இஸ்ராயீல் மக்களே! (முன்னர்) நான் உங்களுக்கு அளித்த என்னுடைய அருட் கொடையையும், உலகோர் யாவரையும் விட உங்களை மேன்மைப்படுத்தினேன் என்பதையும் நினைவு கூறுங்கள்.

To say words of Respect to the Apostle

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَقُولُوا رَاعِنَا وَقُولُوا انظُرْنَا وَاسْمَعُوا وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيۗ

2:104-O ye of Faith! say not (to the Apostle) words of ambiguous import but words of respect; and hearken (to him); to those without faith is a grievous punishment.

individuals but to whole groups of people for example, the

People of the Book. Indeed the story might be extended indefinitely.Yusuf Ali 105

2:104. ஈமான் கொண்டோரே! நீங்கள் (நம் ரஸூலைப் பார்த்து இரண்டு அர்த்தம் கொடுக்கும் சொல்லாகிய) ராயினாஎன்று சொல்லாதீர்கள். (இதற்குப் பதிலாக அன்புடன் நோக்குவீர்களாக என்னும் பொருளைத் தரும் சொல்லாகிய) உன்ளுர்னாஎன்று கூறுங்கள். இன்னும், அவர் சொல்வதைக் கேளுங்கள். மேலும் காஃபிர்களுக்குத் துன்பம் தரும் வேதனையும் உண்டு.

To Remind special favours to children of Israel

يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ

2:122- O Children of Israel! call to mind the special favour which I bestowed upon you, and that I preferred you to all others (for My Message).

2:122. (யஃகூப் என்ற) இஸ்ராயீலின் மக்களே! நான் உங்களுக்கு அளித்த என் நன்கொடைகளை நினைவு கூறுங்கள்; இன்னும் நிச்சயமாக நான் உங்களை உலக மக்கள் எல்லோரையும்விட மேம்பாடுடையோராகச் செய்தேன்.

To seek help with patient perseverance and prayer

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاة إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ ِ

2:153 - O ye who believe! seek help with patient perseverance and prayer: for Allah is with those who patiently persevere. 157

157 See ii. 45 and n. An additional meaning implied in sabr is self-restraint. Haqqani defines it in his Tafsir as following Reason and restraining Fear, Anger, and Desire. What can be a higher reward for patience, perseverance, self-restraint and constancy than that God should be with us? For this promise opens the door to every kind of spiritual well-being. (2.153)

2:153. நம்பிக்கை கொண்டோரே! பொறுமையுடனும், தொழுகையுடனும்(இறைவனிடம்) உதவி தேடுங்கள்; நிச்சயமாக அல்லாஹ் பொறுமையுடையவர்களுடன் இருக்கிறான்.

To be grateful to Him

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِلَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

2:172 O ye who believe! eat of the good things that We have provided for you and be grateful to Allah if it is Him ye worship. 172

172 Gratitude for God's gifts is one form of worship. (2.172)

2:172. நம்பிக்கை கொண்டவர்களே! நாம் உங்களுக்கு அளித்துள்ளவற்றில் தூய்மையானவற்றையே உண்ணுங்கள்; நீங்கள் அல்லாஹ்வையே வணங்குபவர்களாக இருப்பீர்களாயின், அல்லாஹ்வுக்கு நன்றி செலுத்தி வாருங்கள்.

To abide by the Law of Equality

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِصَاصُ فِي الْقَتْلَى ۖ الْحُرُّ بِالْحُرِّ وَالْعَبْدُ بِالْعَبْدِ وَالْأُنْثَىٰ بِالْأُنْثَىٰ ۚ فَمَنْ عُفِيَ لَهُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ شَيْءٌ فَاتِّبَاعٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَأَدَاءٌ إِلَيْهِ بِإِحْسَانٍ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۗ فَمَنِ اعْتَدَىٰ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَهُ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

2:178 O ye who believe! the law of equality is prescribed to you in cases of murder; the free for the free the slave for the slave the woman for the woman. But if any remission is made by the brother of the slain then grant any reasonable demand and compensate him with handsome gratitude; this is a concession and a Mercy from your Lord. After this whoever exceeds the limits shall be in grave penalty. 182 183 184 185

182 Note first that this verse and the next make it clear that Islam has much mitigated the horrors of the pre-Islamic custom of retaliation. In order to meet the strict claims of justice, equality is prescribed, with a strong recommendation for mercy and forgiveness. To translate qisas, therefore, by retaliation, is I think incorrect. The Latin legal term Lex Talionsis may come near it, but even that is modified here. In any case it is best to avoid technical terms for things that are very different. "Retaliation" in English has a wider meaning, equivalent almost to returning evil for evil, and would more fitly apply to the blood-feuds of the Days of Ignorance. Islam says: if you must take a life for a life, at least there should be some measure of equality in it; the killing of the slave of a tribe should not involve a blood feud where many free men would be killed; but the law of mercy, where it can be obtained by consent, with reasonable compensation, would be better. (2.178)

183 The jurists have carefully laid down that the law of qisas refers to murder only. Qisas is not applicable to manslaughter, due to a mistake or an accident. There, there would be no capital punishment. (2.178)

184 The brother: the term is perfectly general; all men are brothers in Islam. In this, and in all questions of inheritance, females have similar rights to males, and therefore the masculine gender imports both sexes. Here we are considering the rights of the heirs in the light of the larger brotherhood. In ii. 178-79 we have the rights of the heirs to life (as it were): in ii. 180-82 we proceed to the heirs to property. (2.178)

185 The demand should be such as can be met by the party concerned, i.e., within his means, and reasonable according to justice and good conscience. For example, a demand could not be made affecting the honour of a woman or a man. The whole penalty can be remitted if the aggrieved party agrees, out of brotherly love. In meeting that demand the culprit or his friends should equally be generous and recognise the good-will of the other side. There should be no subterfuges, no bribes, no unseemly by-play: otherwise the whole intention of mercy and peace is lost. (2.178)

2:178. ஈமான் கொண்டோரே! கொலைக்காகப் பழி தீர்ப்பது உங்கள் மீது விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது- சுதந்திரமுடையவனுக்குச் சுதந்திரமுடையவன்; அடிமைக்கு அடிமை; பெண்ணுக்குப் பெண் இருப்பினும் (கொலை செய்த) அவனுக்கு அவனது (முஸ்லிம்) சகோதரனா(கிய கொலையுண்டவனின் வாரிசுகளா)ல் ஏதும் மன்னிக்கப்படுமானால், வழக்கமான முறையைப் பின்பற்றி (இதற்காக நிர்ணயிக்கப் பெறும்) நஷ்ட ஈட்டைக் கொலை செய்தவன் பெருந்தன்மையுடனும், நன்றியறிதலுடனும் செலுத்திவிடல் வேண்டும் - இது உங்கள் இறைவனிடமிருந்து கிடைத்த சலுகையும், கிருபையுமாகும்; ஆகவே, இதன் பிறகு (உங்களில்) யார் வரம்பு மீறுகிறாரோ, அவருக்குக் கடுமையான வேதனையுண்டு.

To Fast

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

2:183 - O ye who believe! fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you that ye may (learn) self-restraint. 188

188 As it was prescribed: this does not mean that the Muslim fast is like the other fasts previously observed, in the number of days, in the time or manner of the fast, or in other incidents; it only means that the principle of self-denial by fasting is not a new one. (2.183)

2:183. ஈமான் கொண்டோர்களே! உங்களுக்கு முன் இருந்தவர்கள் மீது நோன்பு விதிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது போல் உங்கள் மீதும்(அது) விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது; (அதன் மூலம்) நீங்கள் தூய்மையுடையோர் ஆகலாம்.

To enter into Islam whole-heartedly

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ادْخُلُوا فِي السِّلْمِ كَافَّةً وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ۚ

2:208 - O ye who believe! enter into Islam whole-heartedly; and follow not the footsteps of the Evil One; for he is to you an avowed enemy.

2:208. நம்பிக்கை கொண்டவர்களே! நீங்கள் தீனுல் இஸ்லாத்தில் முழுமையாக நுழைந்துவிடுங்கள்; தவிர ஷைத்தானுடைய அடிச்சுவடுகளை நீங்கள் பின்பற்றாதீர்கள்; நிச்சயமாக அவன் உங்களுக்கு பகிரங்கமான பகைவன் ஆவான்,

To spend out of (the bounties

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَا بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌ وَلَا شَفَاعَةٌ ۗ وَالْكَافِرُونَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ {254}

2:254O ye who believe! spend out of (the bounties) We have provided for you before the day comes when no bargaining (will avail) nor friendship nor intercession. Those who reject faith they are the wrong-doers. 294 295

294 Spend, i.e, give away in chartiy, or employ in good works, but do not hoard. Good works would in Islam include everything that advances the good of one that is in need whether a neighbor or a stranger or that advances the good of the community or even the good of the person himself to whom God has given the bounty. But it must be real good and there should be no admixture of baser motives, such as vainglory, or false indulgence, or encouragement of idleness, or playing off one person against another. The bounties include mental and spiritual gifts as well as wealth and material gifts. (2.254)

295 Cf. ii. 123 and ii. 48. (2.254)

2:254. நம்பிக்கை கொண்டோரே! பேரங்களும், நட்புறவுகளும், பரிந்துரைகளும் இல்லாத அந்த(இறுதித் தீர்ப்பு) நாள் வருவதற்கு முன்னர், நாம் உங்களுக்கு அளித்தவற்றிலிருந்து (நல்வழிகளில்) செலவு செய்யுங்கள்; இன்னும், காஃபிர்களாக இருக்கின்றார்களே அவர்கள் தாம் அநியாயக்காரர்கள்

To not cancel Charity

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقَاتِكُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَالْأَذَىٰ كَالَّذِي يُنْفِقُ مَالَهُ رِئَاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ۖ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَأَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْدًا ۖ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ {264}

2:264 - O ye who believe! cancel not your charity by reminders of your generosity or by injury like those who spend their substance to be seen of men but believe neither in Allah nor in the last day. They are in Parable like a hard barren rock on which is a little soil; on it falls heavy rain which leaves it (just) a bare stone. They will be able to do nothing with aught they have earned. And Allah guideth not those who reject faith. 310

310 False charity, "to be seen of men", is really no charity. It is worse, for it betokens a disbelief in God and the Hereafter. "God seeth well whatever ye do" (ii. 265). It is compared to a hard barren rock on which by chance has fallen a little soil. Good rain, which renders fertile soil more fruitful, washes away the little soil which this rock had, and exposes its nakedness. What good can hypocrites derive even from the little wealth they may have amassed? (2.264)

2:264. நம்பிக்கை கொண்டவர்களே! அல்லாஹ்வின் மீதும், இறுதி நாளின் மீதும் நம்பிக்கை கொள்ளாமல், மனிதர்களுக்குக் காட்டுவதற்காகவே தன் பொருளைச் செலவழிப்பவனைப்போல், கொடுத்ததைச் சொல்லிக் காண்பித்தும், நோவினைகள் செய்தும் உங்கள் ஸதக்காவை (தான தர்மங்களைப்) பாழாக்கி விடாதீர்கள்; அ(ப்படிச் செய்ப)வனுக்கு உவமையாவது: ஒரு வழுக்குப் பாறையாகும்; அதன் மேல் சிறிது மண் படிந்துள்ளது; அதன் மீது பெருமழை பெய்து (அதிலிருந்த சிறிது மண்ணையும் கழுவித்) துடைத்து விட்டது; இவ்வாறே அவர்கள் செய்த -(தானத்)திலிருந்து யாதொரு பலனையும் அடைய மாட்டார்கள்; இன்னும், அல்லாஹ் காஃபிரான மக்களை நேர் வழியில் செலுத்துவதில்லை.

To give of the good things which ye have (honorably) earned

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْفِقُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَمِمَّا أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ ۖ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنْفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ بِآخِذِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْ تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِ ۚ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ {267

2:267 - O ye who believe! give of the good things which ye have (honorably) earned and of the fruits of the earth which We have produced for you and do not even aim at getting anything which is bad in order that out of it ye may give away something when ye yourselves would not receive it except with closed eyes. And know that Allah is free of all wants and worthy of all praise. 314 315 316 317

314 According to the English proverb "Charity covers a multitude of sins". Such a sentiment is strongly disapproved in Islam. Charity has value only if (1) something good and valuable is given, (2) which has been honorably earned or acquired by the giver, or (3) which is produced in nature and can be referred to as a bounty of God. (1) May include such things as are of use and value to others though they may be of less use to us or superfluous to us on account of our having acquired something more suitable for our station in life; for example, discarded clothes, or an old horse or a used motor car; but if the horse is vicious, or the car engine so far gone that it is dangerous to use, then the gift is worse than useless; it is positively harmful and the giver is a wrong-doer. (2) Applies to fraudulent company-promoters, who earn great credit by giving away charity in some of their ill-gotten gains, or to robbers (even if they call themselves by high-sounding names) who "rob peter to pay Paul". Islam will have nothing to do with tainted property. Its economic code requires that every gain should be honest and honorable. Even "charity" would not cover or destroy the taint. (3) Lays down a test in cases of a doubtful gain. Can we refer to it as a gift of God? Obviously the produce of honest labour or agriculture can be so referred to. In modern commerce and speculation there is much of quite the contrary character, and charity will not cover the taint. Some kind of art, skill, or talent are God-given: it is the highest kind of charity to teach them or share their product. Others are the contrary: they are bad or tainted. In the same way some professions or services may be tainted, if these tend to do moral harm. (2.267)

315 The preceding note tries to indicate some of the things which are bad or tainted. We should not even think of acquiring them for ourselves, soothing our conscience by the salve that we shall practice charity out of them. (2.267)

316 Closed eyes imply disgust or connivance because of some feature which we would not openly acknowledge. (2.267)

317 To dedicate tainted things to God is a dishonor to God, Who is independent of all wants, and Who is worthy of all honor and praise. (2.267)

2:267. நம்பிக்கை கொண்டோரே! நீங்கள் சம்பாதித்தவற்றிலிருந்தும், பூமியிலிருந்து நாம் உங்களுக்கு வெளிப்படுத்தித் தந்த (தானியங்கள், கனி வகைகள் போன்ற)வற்றிலிருந்தும், நல்லவற்றையே (தான தர்மங்களில்) செலவு செய்யுங்கள்; அன்றியும் கெட்டவற்றைத் தேடி அவற்றிலிருந்து சிலவற்றை (தான தர்மங்களில்) செலவழிக்க நாடாதீர்கள்; ஏனெனில் (அத்தகைய பொருள்களை வேறெவரும் உங்களுக்குக் கொடுத்தால் வெறுப்புடன்), கண் மூடிக் கொண்டேயல்லாது அவற்றை நீங்கள் வாங்க மாட்டீர்கள்! நிச்சயமாக அல்லாஹ் (எவரிடத்தும், எந்தத்) தேவையுமற்றவனாகவும், புகழுக்கெல்லாம் உரியவனுமாகவும் இருக்கின்றான் என்பதை நீங்கள் நன்கறிந்து கொள்ளுங்கள்.

To Fear Him and give up usury

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ {278}

2:278 O ye who believe! fear Allah and give up what remains of your demand for usury if ye are indeed believers.

2:278. ஈமான் கொண்டவர்களே! நீங்கள் உண்மையாக முஃமின்களாக இருந்தால், அல்லாஹ்வுக்கு அஞ்சியடங்கி, எஞ்சியுள்ள வட்டியை வாங்காது விட்டு விடுங்கள்.

To Reduce in writing transactions

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا تَدَايَنْتُمْ بِدَيْنٍ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى فَاكْتُبُوهُ ۚ وَلْيَكْتُبْ بَيْنَكُمْ كَاتِبٌ

2:282 - O ye who believe! when ye deal with each other in transactions involving future obligations in a fixed period of time reduce them to writing……

2:282. ஈமான் கொண்டோரே! ஒரு குறித்த தவனையின் மீது உங்களுக்குள் கடன் கொடுக்கல் வாங்கல் செய்து கொண்டால், அதை எழுதி வைத்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள்; எழுதுபவன் உங்களிடையே நீதியுடன் எழுதட்டும்

To render as Apostates if you listen to some of the People of the Book

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ تُطِيعُوا فَرِيقًا مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ يَرُدُّوكُمْ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ كَافِرِينَ

3:100 - O ye who believe! if ye listen to a faction among the People of the Book they would (indeed) render you apostates after ye have believed!

3:100. நம்பிக்கை கொண்டோரே! வேதத்தையுடையோரில் ஒரு பிரிவாரை நீங்கள் பின்பற்றினால், அவர்கள் உங்களை, நீங்கள் ஈமான் கொண்டபின், காஃபிர்களாக திருப்பி விடுவார்கள்.

DU'A

D u’aa - - Beseeching, & humbling - seeking Allah’s Blessings

.Within ten years after the death of the Holy Prophet, the kingdoms of Persia, Rome Egypt, Syria and Yemen came under the sway the Saracens due to the unflinching devotion of the Muslims to the Holy Book and sacred Sunnah of the Prophet. We are now brooding over our decadence and thinking of the last Renaissance at the hands of the Promised Messiah.

Muslim centres are now hot-beds of religious controversies even in educational institutions, Madrasahs and Schools !

4:146 – Except for those who repent, mend their life, hold fast to Allah,AND PURIFY THEIR RELIGION AS In ALLAH’S SIGHT; if so they will be numbered with the Believers

474 - If Uhud was a reverse to the Muslims, they had inflicted a reverse twice as great on the Makkans at Badr. This reverse was not without Allah's permission, for He wanted to test and purify the faith of those who followed Islam, and to show them that they must strive and do all in their power to deserve Allah's help

If they disobeyed orders and neglected discipline, they must attribute the disaster to themselves and not to Allah. (3.165)

40:5-The Prayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futile wandering) in (mazes) of error!

Our Muslim brothers are now agitating for fair play and justice, in the Mosques they are resorting to lenghty supplications, reciting Qunoot, crying and begging Allah’s help for themselves and for world peace and for those in distress.

62:5 –The similitude of those who failed… in those (obligations) is that of a donkey which carries huge tomes (but understands them not). Evil is the similitude of people who falsify the Signs of Allah: and Allah guides not people who do wrong.

With what face can a man ask for Mercy or Love from Allah when he is unwilling to believe in Him and His Messenger in full ? WILL THEIR PRAYERS BE HEARD AND ANSWERED. DO THEY DESERVE TO BE HEARD AND HELPED BY ALLAH ? HAVE WE NOT DISOBEYED ALLAH’S ORDERS AND IGNORED THE PROPHET’S SUNNAH ?

Innovations ( BIDAH) galore in many masjids and among many Muslims, appears beyond correction, and any such attempts meets resistance and disputes and displeasures. Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

“Du’aa’s and ta’awwudhaat [prayers seeking refuge with Allaah] are like a weapon, and a weapon is only as good as the person who is using it; it is not merely the matter of how sharp it is. If the weapon is perfect and free of faults, and the arm of the person using it is strong, and there is nothing stopping him, then he can lay waste the enemy. But if any of these three features is lacking, then the effect will be lacking accordingly.”

(al-Daawal-Dawaa, p. 35)

Beseeching, humbling oneself, hoping for Allaah’s reward and fearing His punishment. This is the spirit, essence and purpose of du’aa’.

Other aspects of the etiquette of making du’aa’, although they are not waajib (obligatory), are: to face the Qiblah; to make du’aa’ in a state of tahaarah (purity); to start the du’aa’ with praise of Allaah and blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). It is also prescribed to raise the hands when making du’aa’.

One of the things that helps to bring a response to du’aa’ is to seek the best times and places.

Among the best times is the time just before Fajr (dawn), the last third of the night, the last hour of Jumu’ah (Friday), when rain is falling, and between the Adhaan and iqaamah.

Among the best places are mosques in general, and al-Masjid al-Haraam [in Makkah] in particular.

The reason why one’s du’aa’ is not answered may be because he has done something that Allaah has forbidden, such as having haraam wealth – whether it be food or drink or clothing or accommodation or transportation, or he has taken a haraam job, or the stain of sin is still in his heart, or he is following bid’ah (innovation) in religion, or his heart has been overtaken by negligence, or when the person who is making du’aa’ is weak in himself, because he is faint-hearted in his turning towards Allaah.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Hijab

In H i j a b (Khimar)means

“Women’s - head-covering”

In addition to the whole body except face and hands (below wrists) to be covered.

A must when ‘abroad’

Black Abaya Green & Clear stones

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It is worn in obedience to Allah.

It is haraam to show them.

Dear Sister, Dear Mother, Dear Daughter. Everyone is looking for happiness and fun, and I am sure you are not excluded. Where is that happiness and fun though? And where and when do you want that happiness? Do you want happiness; do you want to have ‘fun’ in this life at the expense of the hereafter? Or is it in the hereafter, when you meet Allah that you want to be happy? The virtues of modesty and chastity are the main reasons for Muslim women to wear head coverings. Observant faithful Muslim women wear head coverings, scarves and veils, and of course why they cover their entire bodies with modest clothes (is the Command of Almighty Allah) to avoid the lecherous glances of those that have sickness in their hearts, and need a cure.

From the Quran

Al-Ahzaab (The Clan) :

33:33 - And stay quietly in your houses and make not a dazzling display like that of the former Times of ignorance; and establish regular Prayer and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Apostle. And Allah only wishes to remove all abomination from you ye Members of the Family and to make you pure and spotless.

Al-Ahzaab (The Clan)

33:59 - O prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters and the believing women that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when abroad): that is most convenient that they should be known (as such) and not molested: and Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. 3764 3765 .

3764 This is for all Muslim women, those of the Prophet’s household, as well as the others. They were asked to cover themselves with outer garments when walking out of doors. (33.59)

3765 Jilbab, plural Jalabib: an outer garment; and long gown covering the whole body, or a cloak covering the neck and bosom. (33.59)

an-Noor (The Light)

24:31- And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands their fathers their husbands’ fathers their sons their husbands’ sons their brother or their brothers’ sons or their sisters’ sons or their women or the slaves whom their right hands posses or male servants free of physical needs or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah that ye may attain Bliss. 2985 2987.

2985 Zinat means both natural beauty and artificial ornaments. I think both are implied here, but chiefly the former. The woman is asked not to make a display of her figure except to the following classes of people: (1) her husband, (2) her near relatives whom a certain amount of neglige is permissible; (3) her women, 4) slaves, male and female, as they would be in constant attendance; but this item would now be blank, with the abolition of slavery; (5) men who are free from sexual desire and who usually frequent the houses; and (6) infants or small children before they get a sense of sex. Cf.also xxxviii.59 (24.31)

2987 While all these details of the purity and good form of domestic life are being brought to our attention, we are clearly reminded that the chief object we should hold in view is our spiritual welfare. All our brief life on this earth is a probation, and we must make our individual, domestic, and social life all contribute to our holiness, so that we can get the real success and bliss which is the aim of our spiritual endeavour. (24.31)

The Prophet’s standard was black and his banner white.

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The clothing must hang loose so that the shape / form of the body is not apparent.

3765 Jilbab, plural Jalabib: an outer garment; and long gown covering the whole body, or a cloak covering the neck and bosom.

(33.59) It is permissible for a woman to let her garment down below the ankles, or by wearing socks

FOR HIJAB:

1. Avoid thin clothing which exposes the body and reveal its shape,

2. This should be loose enough so as not to reveal the shape of the woman’s body – preferably a cloak over other clothes. If the clothing is loose enough, an outer garment will not be necessary.

3 Wear thick clothes so as not to show the colour of the skin or the shape of the body.

4. The hijab should give an over - all dignified appearance – not attracting men’s attention, not shiny and flashy. (preferably black).

5. Avoid dressing like men and avoid dressing like the unbelievers.

6. Be modest, not excessively fancy and also not excessively ragged to gain admiration or sympathy.

7. One’s behaviour, manners, speech and appearance in public goes hand in hand with hijab.

Yes-How to Make Hijab Scarvesthumbnail YES Black Abaya Green & Clear stonesNO- NO(hands & Neck open!)

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In H i j a b (Khimar)means

“Women’s - head-covering”

In addition to the whole body except face and hands (below wrists) to be covered.

A must when ‘abroad’

Black Abaya Green & Clear stones

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/431389_10150579680250938_49437575937_9643832_1362680159_n.jpg

It is worn in obedience to Allah.

It is haraam to show them.

Dear Sister, Dear Mother, Dear Daughter. Everyone is looking for happiness and fun, and I am sure you are not excluded. Where is that happiness and fun though? And where and when do you want that happiness? Do you want happiness; do you want to have ‘fun’ in this life at the expense of the hereafter? Or is it in the hereafter, when you meet Allah that you want to be happy? The virtues of modesty and chastity are the main reasons for Muslim women to wear head coverings. Observant faithful Muslim women wear head coverings, scarves and veils, and of course why they cover their entire bodies with modest clothes (is the Command of Almighty Allah) to avoid the lecherous glances of those that have sickness in their hearts, and need a cure.

From the Quran

Al-Ahzaab (The Clan) :

33:33 - And stay quietly in your houses and make not a dazzling display like that of the former Times of ignorance; and establish regular Prayer and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Apostle. And Allah only wishes to remove all abomination from you ye Members of the Family and to make you pure and spotless.

Al-Ahzaab (The Clan)

33:59 - O prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters and the believing women that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when abroad): that is most convenient that they should be known (as such) and not molested: and Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. 3764 3765 .

3764 This is for all Muslim women, those of the Prophet’s household, as well as the others. They were asked to cover themselves with outer garments when walking out of doors. (33.59)

3765 Jilbab, plural Jalabib: an outer garment; and long gown covering the whole body, or a cloak covering the neck and bosom. (33.59)

an-Noor (The Light)

24:31- And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands their fathers their husbands’ fathers their sons their husbands’ sons their brother or their brothers’ sons or their sisters’ sons or their women or the slaves whom their right hands posses or male servants free of physical needs or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah that ye may attain Bliss. 2985 2987.

2985 Zinat means both natural beauty and artificial ornaments. I think both are implied here, but chiefly the former. The woman is asked not to make a display of her figure except to the following classes of people: (1) her husband, (2) her near relatives whom a certain amount of neglige is permissible; (3) her women, 4) slaves, male and female, as they would be in constant attendance; but this item would now be blank, with the abolition of slavery; (5) men who are free from sexual desire and who usually frequent the houses; and (6) infants or small children before they get a sense of sex. Cf.also xxxviii.59 (24.31)

2987 While all these details of the purity and good form of domestic life are being brought to our attention, we are clearly reminded that the chief object we should hold in view is our spiritual welfare. All our brief life on this earth is a probation, and we must make our individual, domestic, and social life all contribute to our holiness, so that we can get the real success and bliss which is the aim of our spiritual endeavour. (24.31)

The Prophet’s standard was black and his banner white.

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/431389_10150579680250938_49437575937_9643832_1362680159_n.jpg

The clothing must hang loose so that the shape / form of the body is not apparent.

3765 Jilbab, plural Jalabib: an outer garment; and long gown covering the whole body, or a cloak covering the neck and bosom.

(33.59) It is permissible for a woman to let her garment down below the ankles, or by wearing socks

FOR HIJAB:

1. Avoid thin clothing which exposes the body and reveal its shape,

2. This should be loose enough so as not to reveal the shape of the woman’s body – preferably a cloak over other clothes. If the clothing is loose enough, an outer garment will not be necessary.

3 Wear thick clothes so as not to show the colour of the skin or the shape of the body.

4. The hijab should give an over - all dignified appearance – not attracting men’s attention, not shiny and flashy. (preferably black).

5. Avoid dressing like men and avoid dressing like the unbelievers.

6. Be modest, not excessively fancy and also not excessively ragged to gain admiration or sympathy.

7. One’s behaviour, manners, speech and appearance in public goes hand in hand with hijab.

Yes-How to Make Hijab Scarvesthumbnail YES Black Abaya Green & Clear stonesNO- NO(hands & Neck open!)

http://i38.tinypic.com/25s4v1f.jpghttp://www.turntoislam.com/forum/images/smilies/turntoislam_namaz.gif

In H i j a b (Khimar)means

“Women’s - head-covering”

In addition to the whole body except face and hands (below wrists) to be covered.

A must when ‘abroad’

Black Abaya Green & Clear stones

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/431389_10150579680250938_49437575937_9643832_1362680159_n.jpg

It is worn in obedience to Allah.

It is haraam to show them.

Dear Sister, Dear Mother, Dear Daughter. Everyone is looking for happiness and fun, and I am sure you are not excluded. Where is that happiness and fun though? And where and when do you want that happiness? Do you want happiness; do you want to have ‘fun’ in this life at the expense of the hereafter? Or is it in the hereafter, when you meet Allah that you want to be happy? The virtues of modesty and chastity are the main reasons for Muslim women to wear head coverings. Observant faithful Muslim women wear head coverings, scarves and veils, and of course why they cover their entire bodies with modest clothes (is the Command of Almighty Allah) to avoid the lecherous glances of those that have sickness in their hearts, and need a cure.

From the Quran

Al-Ahzaab (The Clan) :

33:33 - And stay quietly in your houses and make not a dazzling display like that of the former Times of ignorance; and establish regular Prayer and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Apostle. And Allah only wishes to remove all abomination from you ye Members of the Family and to make you pure and spotless.

Al-Ahzaab (The Clan)

33:59 - O prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters and the believing women that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when abroad): that is most convenient that they should be known (as such) and not molested: and Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. 3764 3765 .

3764 This is for all Muslim women, those of the Prophet’s household, as well as the others. They were asked to cover themselves with outer garments when walking out of doors. (33.59)

3765 Jilbab, plural Jalabib: an outer garment; and long gown covering the whole body, or a cloak covering the neck and bosom. (33.59)

an-Noor (The Light)

24:31- And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands their fathers their husbands’ fathers their sons their husbands’ sons their brother or their brothers’ sons or their sisters’ sons or their women or the slaves whom their right hands posses or male servants free of physical needs or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah that ye may attain Bliss. 2985 2987.

2985 Zinat means both natural beauty and artificial ornaments. I think both are implied here, but chiefly the former. The woman is asked not to make a display of her figure except to the following classes of people: (1) her husband, (2) her near relatives whom a certain amount of neglige is permissible; (3) her women, 4) slaves, male and female, as they would be in constant attendance; but this item would now be blank, with the abolition of slavery; (5) men who are free from sexual desire and who usually frequent the houses; and (6) infants or small children before they get a sense of sex. Cf.also xxxviii.59 (24.31)

2987 While all these details of the purity and good form of domestic life are being brought to our attention, we are clearly reminded that the chief object we should hold in view is our spiritual welfare. All our brief life on this earth is a probation, and we must make our individual, domestic, and social life all contribute to our holiness, so that we can get the real success and bliss which is the aim of our spiritual endeavour. (24.31)

The Prophet’s standard was black and his banner white.

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The clothing must hang loose so that the shape / form of the body is not apparent.

3765 Jilbab, plural Jalabib: an outer garment; and long gown covering the whole body, or a cloak covering the neck and bosom.

(33.59) It is permissible for a woman to let her garment down below the ankles, or by wearing socks

FOR HIJAB:

1. Avoid thin clothing which exposes the body and reveal its shape,

2. This should be loose enough so as not to reveal the shape of the woman’s body – preferably a cloak over other clothes. If the clothing is loose enough, an outer garment will not be necessary.

3 Wear thick clothes so as not to show the colour of the skin or the shape of the body.

4. The hijab should give an over - all dignified appearance – not attracting men’s attention, not shiny and flashy. (preferably black).

5. Avoid dressing like men and avoid dressing like the unbelievers.

6. Be modest, not excessively fancy and also not excessively ragged to gain admiration or sympathy.

7. One’s behaviour, manners, speech and appearance in public goes hand in hand with hijab.

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