QURʾĀNIC REFLECTIONS

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April 2015

Ḥifḏh Tips

How Ḥifḏh is Done

April 17, 2015

• An African student reading the Qurʾān before playing football at the Islāmic University of Madīnah • I love this. This is a vivid depiction of the life of a ḥāfiḏh-—he does NOT need to be a recluse who confines himself within the four walls of a mosque in hopes of completing this noble journey. It shows how easily the Qurʾān can be integrated into our every day lives; how every spare moment can be filled with the Qurʾān; how…

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April 11, 2015

❝When you stand before the All-Knowing King at night [in prayer], then adopt the manners of a child; when the child does not get what he wants, he cries until he gets it.❞  Ibn al-Jawzī.…

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Allāh

We shall never be deprived of good by a Lord Who laughs

April 9, 2015

The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ❝Allāh laughs at the despair of His slaves although He soon changes it.❞ (Meaning Allāh subḥānah laughs, a laughter that befits our Lord, because here are people despairing and worrying but He knows that happiness and relief is right around the corner.) I (the narrator) said: “O Messenger of Allāh, does the Lord laugh?” He ﷺ said: ❝Yes.❞ I said: “We shall never be deprived of good by a Lord Who laughs.” [In: Ibn…

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Qurʾānic Reflections

April 5, 2015

In the Qurʾān, Allāh does not commend the perfect believer. Rather, He subḥānah commends the faulty one—the one who errs (probably more times than he can count!). He errs and then he is remorseful, so he defeatedly turns to Allāh and sincerely repents and seeks Allāh’s pardon. ﴾Indeed, Allāh *loves* those who are constantly repentant.﴿ al-Baqarah:222  …

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