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Al Hajj and Al Mu'minun
"And strive for Allah with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty. [It is] the religion of your father, Abraham. Allah named you "Muslims" before [in former scriptures] and in this [revelation] that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you may be witnesses over the people. So establish prayer and give zakah and hold fast to Allah. He is your protector; and excellent is the protector, and excellent is the helper."
(Al Hajj: 78)
"Certainly will the believers have succeeded: (1)
They who are during their prayer humbly submissive (2)
And they who turn away from ill speech (3)
And they who are observant of zakah (4)"
(Al Mu'minun)
When you said its in the first 20 juz, I checked tanzil.net, only 27 surahs to check. So I checked the translations of each surahs beginning and end. I suppose the above is the answer you were looking for?
Using google, using books or any other means to search are all acceptable. It's just some members have come along and say not to use google when asking their questions, doing this really narrows it down to one or two who are able to answer the question where as everyone else are just mere spectators and can't join in. Aim is for everyone to join in and to keep the thread flowing.
However last few questions have been quite hard and I don't think people would have got them even with a google search, books etc. Not a dig at anyone just trying to make it accessible to all so they can come and participate as well.
So to your question, yes it's allowed and I'll update the op once I get a chance Insha'Ala
Bro Sulaiman is not here, so Insha'Allah I'll take the next Q.
This is yet another question about the amazing precision/consistency/coherence/beauty of the Qur'an.
Q47) For this Question, you'll need to look at a few verses of the Qur'an.
Allah says in 6:19: وَأُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنُ لِأُنذِرَكُم بِهِ وَمَن بَلَغَ (And this Qur'an was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches)
in 10:37: وَمَا كَانَ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنُ أَن يُفْتَرَىٰ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ (And it was not [possible] for this Qur'an to be produced by other than Allah)
in: 2:1: ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ (That is the book in which there is no doubt)
in 31:2: تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْحَكِيمِ (Those are verses of the wise Book)
Notice how Allah uses the word "Haadha" (meaning "this") when referring to the Qur'an. But He uses the word "that" or "those" (Dhaalika/tilka) when talking about "Kitaab". This pattern is consistent throughout the Qur'an. Only in one instance It changes (which I will explain), but other than that this word use is consistent.
So here is the Question: Can you explain why Allah uses "this" for Qur'an and "that/those" for Kitaab?
No google allowed (don't think it would help you anyway, but still, don try to google this). You can, however, look in online books.
This ia used for something thats present in front of one, like we use 'ye' in urdu as haza means ye in urdu
Whereas (that ' is used for somethng that is ghaib, i.e not present ib front of one like we use 'wo' in urdu
The other books have been edited , are tehreef shuda, ie not in their real form, they were some when in their revealed form and the ediited versions arent reliable, so in some sence.they are not present so that is used for them
Whereas Quraan is present in.its real form so the word haza is used
My apologies first for not participating in this trivia, but MashaAllah you've all been managing very well and not required any type of assistance, I've only popped in occasionally. Also due to other commitments and authorizing it's difficult to remain focused on the questions.
This is a pretty awesome question, something that's never crossed my mind, because of "this" and " that" I would presume it would be something to do with passage of time? due to the descriptive words being either "present" and "absent"?
would prefer the opportunity to work it out rather than, Google and copy and paste.
The sentence "That Book has no doubt in it" raises a grammatical and exegetical problem, for the first phrase in the Arabic text reads [Arabic]: Dhalikal Kitab. Now, the word dhalika (that) is used to point out a distant thing, while the word kitab (book) obviously refers to the Holy Qur'an itself, which is present before us. So, this particular demonstrative pronoun does not seem to be appropriate to the situation. There is, however, a subtle indication. The pronoun refers back to the prayer for the straight path made in the Surah Al-Fatihah, implying that the prayer has been granted and the Holy Qur'an is the answer to the request, which gives a detailed account of the straight path to those who seek guidance and are willing to follow it.
[Source: English translation of Ma'ariful Qur'an, Volume 1, page 99]
To better understand this, we have to also read the tafseer of the preceeding surah - Surah Al-Fatihah - where 3 degrees of guidance are differentiated and the function of prophethood is mentioned in relation only to the second degree:
Quote:
Unlike the first, the second degree of guidance is not general but particular. It is limited to those creatures which are considered to be rational, that is, men and jinns. This kind of guidance comes to every man through prophets and revealed books. Some accept this guidance, and become believers (Muslims): some reject it and become disbelievers (kafirs).
The degrees are progressively particular. The first degree is general (all creation), the second degree is more specific (rational creatures), and the third is even more specific (mu'mineen and muttaqeen).
The first and third degrees descend directly from Allah Ta'aala. The third degree of guidance is tawfeeq.
The issue of 'this' and 'that' can also be understood in light of the difference in degrees of guidance with 'this' being applicable to functions of prophethood and 'that' being direct guidance from Allah Ta'aala.
[Source: English translation of Ma'ariful Qur'an, Volume 1, pp. 71-76]
The 4 functions of Prophethood can be listed as follows:
(1) tilawah - to recite the verses of revelation;
(2) tazkiya - to purify the hearts and character of the believers;
(3) taleem al-kitaab - to teach the Qur'an formally as a whole book; and
(4) taleem al-hikmah - to teach the knowledge of wisdom.
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