Qualities of the Blessed Ones, which will lead to Paradise Allah states that those who have these good qualities, will earn the good, final home: victory and triumph in this life and the Hereafter, الَّذِينَ يُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَلاَ يِنقُضُونَ الْمِيثَـقَ (Those who fulfill the covenant of Allah and break not the trust.) They are […]
Qualities of the Blessed Ones, which will lead to Paradise Allah states that those who have these good qualities, will earn the good, final home: victory and triumph in this life and the Hereafter, الَّذِينَ يُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَلاَ يِنقُضُونَ الْمِيثَـقَ (Those who fulfill the covenant of Allah and break not the trust.) They are […]
Qualities of the Blessed Ones, which will lead to Paradise Allah states that those who have these good qualities, will earn the good, final home: victory and triumph in this life and the Hereafter, الَّذِينَ يُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَلاَ يِنقُضُونَ الْمِيثَـقَ (Those who fulfill the covenant of Allah and break not the trust.) They are […]
Characteristics of the Wretched Ones which will lead to the Curse and the Evil Home This is the destination of the Wretched ones and these are their characteristics. Allah mentioned their end in the Hereafter, to contrast the end that the believers earned, since their characteristics were to the opposite of the believer’s qualities in […]
A Parable for the Weakness of the False Gods of the Polytheists `Ali bin Abi Talib said that Allah’s statement, لَهُ دَعْوَةُ الْحَقِّ (For Him is the Word of Truth.) is in reference to Tawhid, according to Ibn Jarir At-Tabari. Ibn `Abbas, Qatadah, and Malik who narrated it from Muhammad bin Al-Munkadir, said that, لَهُ […]
Everything prostrates unto Allah Allah affirms His might and power, for He has full control over everything, and everything is subservient to Him. Therefore, everything, including the believers, prostrate to Allah willingly, while the disbelievers do so unwillingly, وَظِلَـلُهُم بِالْغُدُوِّ (and so do their shadows in the mornings), in the beginning of the days, وَالاٌّصَالِ […]
Affirming Tawhid Allah affirms here that there is no deity worthy of worship except Him, since they admit that He alone created the heavens and the earth and that He is their Lord and the Disposer of all affairs. Yet, they take as lords others besides Allah and worship them, even though these false gods […]
Two Parables proving that Truth remains and Falsehood perishes This honorable Ayah contains two parables which affirm that truth remains and increases, while falsehood diminishes and perishes. Allah said, أَنزَلَ مِنَ الْسَّمَآءِ مَآءً (He sends down water from the sky,) He sends rain, فَسَالَتْ أَوْدِيَةٌ بِقَدَرِهَا (and the valleys flow according to their measure,) each […]
Reward of the Blessed and Wretched Ones Allah mentions the final destination of the blessed ones and the wretched ones, لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَجَابُواْ لِرَبِّهِمُ (For those who answered their Lord’s call) obeyed Allah and followed His Messenger (Muhammad ﷺ) by obeying his commands and believing in the narrations he brought about the past and the future, […]
The Believer and the Disbeliever are never Equal Allah says, `They could never be equal; those among people who know that what, أَنزَلَ إِلَيْكَ (has been revealed unto you), O Muhammad, مِن رَبِّكَ (from your Lord) is the truth about which there is no doubt and in which there is no confusion, vagueness or contradiction. […]