QURAN ABOUT LOVE OF AHLUL BAYT: المــوده في القــربى

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QURAN ABOUT LOVE OF AHLUL BAYT: المــوده في القــربى

      

Surah 42 (Shoora), Ayah 23 demands the love of Ahlul Bayt.

قُل لا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَى وَمَن يَقْتَرِفْ حَسَنَةً نَّزِدْ لَهُ فِيهَا حُسْنًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ

Declare [O' Muhammad]:  “I ask you of no recompense for my toil except the love for my kin (family).”  And the one who earns good, We shall expand it for him.  Verily Allah is oft‑forgiving and appreciates good works.



Commentary

You reap as you sow, for those who believe and do good (to please Allah) are blessed in this life and especially in the Hereafter.

To know that Ali, Fatima, Al‑Hasan and Al‑Husain and their children are the closest kin “near relatives” of the Prophet (pbuh) is well known.[10]

This verse commands the Muslims to love Ahlul Bayt if they want to repay the Prophet (pbuh) for his toils of Prophethood, thus the Ayah commands (and indirectly demands from) us to follow Ahlul Bayt in word and deed:

▪    because Ahlul Bayt have been wholly purified by Allah Almighty,

▪    because Ahlul Bayt are the truthful ones (Al‑Saadiqeen),

▪    because Ahlul Bayt are the custodians of the Word of the Almighty, and

▪    because Ahlul Bayt are the ones who know the inmost interpretation of the Quran (the Guidance sent for all mankind).

History shows that from the beginning to the end of their lives, every member of the Ahlul Bayt had presented an ideal Islamic pattern of life, not equaled by any among the followers of the Prophet (pbuh), therefore love and devotion to them was commanded by the Quran to provide the highest form of guidance to mankind.  Love implies sincere attachment which must manifest in every thought and deed.

Imam Al‑Saadiq once stated, “He who obeys Allah's Commands is our devotee; and he who disobeys Allah's Commands is our enemy.”

[Qurba قربى  means nearness. Fil qurba في الـقــــربى  means for the sake of nearness].

The structure of the verse proves that the Prophet (pbuh) has been commanded to demand recompense, as an exception, not from every one, but from those believers mentioned in Surah Furqan, Ayah 57‑‑those who take the way to their Lord. The recompense is in the interest of the believers themselves, not in any way profitable to the Prophet (pbuh) in his personal life.

Qurba (nearness) has been used to show that not only relationship but also nearness in character and accomplishment is taken into consideration as the important quality. So, on the basis of this verse, love of the Ahlul Bayt has become an obligatory function of the faith, a fundamental condition for the devotion to Allah and good deeds.]

 

 

 

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QURAN ABOUT THE KIN أولـوا الأرحــــام

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QURAN ABOUT THE KIN أولـوا الأرحــــام

      
 Surah 8 (Al‑Anfaal), Ayah 75 signifies the blood relations.

…وَأُوْلُواْ الأَرْحَامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلَى بِبَعْضٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللّهِ إِنَّ اللّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

... and the blood relations are nearer to one another in the Book of Allah.  Certainly Allah knows all.

Commentary

In Al‑Nusoos, Al‑Siddooq quotes Imam Al-Husain who said when Allah sent down this Ayah —the blood relations are nearer one to another in the Book of Allah— Husain asked his grandfather (the Prophet) for explanation.  The Prophet (pbuh) answered, “Grandson, when I die, your father, Ali, who is nearest to me, has the Supreme Title over anybody else for succeeding me.  When your father passes away then your brother Al‑Hasan has the Supreme Title over others, and when Al‑Hasan passes away, you have the Supreme Title for succeeding him.”

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QURAN HONORS AHLUL BAYT FURTHER: السـابـقـــون

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QURAN HONORS AHLUL BAYT FURTHER: السـابـقـــون

       

Surah 56 (Al‑Waaqi'a), Ayah 10 honors Ahlul Bayt even more.

وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ

أُوْلَئِكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ

فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الاَوَّلِينَ

وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ الاخِرِينَ

عَلَى سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ

مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَابِلِينَ ...

And the foremost in faith will be foremost [in receiving Allah's rewards].  They will be brought nearest [to Allah]: in gardens of bliss; they are a multitude from the early people [in Islam], and a few from the later ones [in Islam].




Commentary

As the foremost in faith, the first male to embrace Islam was the 10 year old Ali, who had never bowed to an idol.  The very first to embrace Islam was a woman, the beloved wife of the Prophet (pbuh), Khadija.  Therefore, Ali and Khadija were the initial (first of) Saabiqeen.  According to Sahih Bukhari, the Prophet (pbuh) stated that “He who does not recognize the Imam of his age, he leaves this world dying in the manner of al-Jahiliya   الجاهـلـيـه (as a heretic)”.

The well‑known commentator, Tha'labi, reports on the authority of Ibn Abbas that Ali had said: “I am the servant of Allah, the brother of the Prophet (pbuh), the Siddique Al‑Akbar, and the noble testifier (of the Prophet).  Any other who claims this title [other than I] is in falsity.”  Thus, Ali is the prototype of the term foremost al‑Saabiqeen.  There are many other Saabiqeen, and in accordance to their degree they are handsomely rewarded by the Almighty, but Ali stands out, since he was the foremost.

 

 

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QURAN SALUTES AHLUL BAYT آلِ ياســــين

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QURAN SALUTES AHLUL BAYT آلِ ياســــين

Surah 37 (Al‑Saffaat), Ayah 130 sends salutations to Ahlul Bayt:

سَلامٌ عَلَى ٌآلَْ يَاسِينَ

Peace unto Aali Yassin.  Verily, thus We recompense those who do good.



Commentary

Allah sends salutation to Aali Yassin.  “Aali Yassin” means Aali Muhammad., in other words Ahlul Bayt. [11]

Al‑Razi writes in Tafseer Al‑Kabir   التـفـســـير الكـــبير للرازي    that Ahlul Bayt share with the Prophet (pbuh) five honors as follows:

1.

In salutation, for Allah said: “Peace be to you, O' Prophet”  and He also said: “Peace be to Aali Yassin.”
2.

In invoking the blessings of Allah during prayers, after each Tashah'hud.
3.

In their purity, for Allah revealed the verse of purification (Surah Al-Ahzaab: 33) for the Ahlul Bayt.
4.

In the Sadaqah (alms) being forbidden for them.
5.

In love, for Allah said, “Declare [O' Muhammad]: I ask of you no recompense except loving my kindred.”

 

 

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QURAN AND SALAWAAT

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QURAN AND SALAWAAT

      

 Surah 33 (Al‑Ahzaab), Ayah 56 sends blessings to the Prophet (pbuh)

إِنَّ الله وَمَلائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا

Verily Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet. O you who believe! send blessings on him [Muhammad] and greet him with the fitting salutation.

 

 Commentary     

Allah sends His blessings “salawaat”صلوات   on the Prophet (pbuh), and the angels implore Allah to send His blessings on him [the Prophet].  The believers are also commanded to invoke Allah to send His blessings on him too.  The Muslims asked the Prophet (pbuh): “How are we to seek blessings on you?”  The Prophet (pbuh) answered, “Say: 'O Allah, send blessings on Muhammad and upon Aali Muhammad,” thus he included Ahlul Bayt within the Salawaat for him.

Bukhari, Vol. 3, Page 127, quotes Muhammad (pbuh) prohibiting to say an incomplete Salawaat.  When asked, the Prophet replied,

“Do not just say: `O' Allah! Send blessings on Muhammad' and stop there, instead say, `Allahumma Salli ala Muhammad wa Aali Muhammad'”

meaning always to include Aali Muhammad with the Salawaat.



In Conclusion

Ibn Hajar, (Al‑Sawaa'iq, Page 88) quotes the well‑known poem composed by Al‑Shafi'i (head of Shafi'i Madh'hab), and so does Sayooti, in his interpretation of Ayah of Tat'heer, as follows:

يا آل بيت رسول الله حبكم           فرض من الله في القرآن أنزله

كفاكم من عظيم الشأن انكم           من لم يصلي عليكم لا صلاه له

Roughly translated Al‑Shafi'i says:

Oh loving you Ahlul Bayt is such

That it is a duty the Quran had established

Suffice it that so privileged your distinction is

That Salat becomes invalid if Salawaat is not invoked for you.

Six Days of Creation

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Six Days of Creation

Verses 9-12 of Quran’s Chapter Fussilet talk about the creation of heavens and earth. Because of the ordering of events in the verses, most people (even the experts) misinterpret them. Even worse, these verses are used by some to attack the Quran. Below I give these verses:

Chapter Fussilet/Verses 9-12 (Pickthall)
041.009 Say (O Muhammad, unto the idolaters): Disbelieve ye verily in Him Who created the earth in two Days, and ascribe ye unto Him rivals ? He (and none else) is the Lord of the Worlds.
041.010 He placed therein firm hills rising above it, and blessed it and measured therein its sustenance in four Days, alike for (all) who ask;
041.011 Then turned He to the heaven when it was smoke, and said unto it and unto the earth: Come both of you, willingly or loth. They said: We come, obedient.
041.012 Then He ordained them seven heavens in two Days and inspired in each heaven its mandate; and We decked the nether heaven with lamps, and rendered it inviolable. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Knower.

The attackers simply sum up the given days (in order) and conclude that Quran is talking about an “Eight Days of Creation” in these verses, so it is contradicting its other verses talking about a “Six Days of Creation”.

In fact, the problem stems from the translations, not Quran. The Arabic word translated as “measured” is قدر (kadera or Al-Qadar). I will not speculate the real meaning of this arabic word. Instead, I will let “the authority of Internet (Wikipedia)” speak: “Taqdir (Arabic: تقدير‎), literally to measure, refers to the doctrine of fate or predestination, qadar (Arabic: قدر‎), one of the aspects of aqeeda. The words are used throughout the collections of Hadith to mean predestination. Though qadr and taqdir both refer to predestination, they are of differing grammatical orders and thus not considered interchangeable.”. ... "Qadar is the Arabic word for Destiny. Qada' is the Arabic word for Decree. They may or may not be used interchangeably depending on the context." ... "In Islam, "predestination" is the usual English language rendering of a belief that Muslims call al-qada wa al-qadar in Arabic. The phrase means "the divine decree and the predestination"; al-qadar derives from a root that means to measure out." (For more information, please see Taqdir or Predestination in Islam)

So, the correct translation of that part of the original arabic verse (kaddera fıha akvateha in Latin) is “predestined therein its sustanance in four days, alike for all (who) ask”, not “measured therein its sustanance …”.

Confusing? No, it is not! Let’s form some other but similar sentences:

“and predestined therein life, before creating it (earth)”.
“and predestined stages for the moon, before creating it (moon)”.

There is nothing wrong (logically) in the above sentences. Simply put, the events narrated in verse 10 are not in chronological order and the last event (predestination of sustanances in 4 days) precedes the others and even the creation of earth! (Look at the following verse, verse 11). In verse 11, (after the predestination of sustanances, as indicated by the word "then" -usual translation of arabic word "thumma"-), the heaven and earth are commanded to "come into (being)" together. Obviously, that heaven is our solar system.

Without much ado, we can say that Quran gives a period of six days as the age of heavens (universe) and (the last) two days as the age of earth. This information coincides perfectly with the current cosmological data. Cosmological calculations indicates that our universe is 13.5 billion years of old and earth is 4.5 billions years of old. The division of these two numbers is the same as 2 / 6. All sacred texts of Abrahamic religions talk about six days of creation, but only Quran places the creation of earth into last two days.

By the way, Quran also talks about the "relativity of time":
Chapter Mearic/Verse 4
"The angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years."

Facts about the Qur'an

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Facts about the Qur'an

**The Glorious Qur'an is the Word of Allah as revealed to His Prophet, Muhammad, peace be on him and his progeny.

**On reading the Qur'an one is at once convinced that it is the Word of Allah, for no man can write such perfect guidance on so many subjects.

**The Holy Qur'an says that no man will be able to forge even a part of it and that no corruption shall touch it from any side. It is a miracle that the Holy Qur'an has remained unchanged and unaltered during all these 1400 years and it shall remain so till the Day of Resurrection, for Allah, has taken it on Himself to protect it.

**The Book of Allah is like an ocean. The less learned, like children, collect pebbles and shells from its shores. The scholars and thinkers, like pearl divers, bring out from it the highest philosophy, wisdom and rulse of a perfect way of living.

**For easy dailiy recitation, the Qur'an is divided into thirty equal parts. One part takes only twenty-four reading minutes, and the whole Book requires twelve reading hours. There are 114 chapters, and 6,226 verses, containing 99,464 words made up of 330, 113 letters.

**Millions of Muslims read the Qur'an daily. Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq has said that, the minimum dailiy reading of the Qur'an should be fifty verses or one-fourth of the part, about five minutes reading.

Adapted from (Shakir, M.A.: Islamic History)