❝Whoever wants knowledge of the former ones and of the latter ones then let him do ‘tathwīr’ of the Qurʾān❞ -— ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd.…
When the great scholar Sulaym b. Ayyūb as-Sulaym (known as Abū Fatḥ ar-Rāzī, d. 447 hijrī) was a ten year old child in his hometown of Rey, Iran, he went to a sheikh to learn recitation of the Qurʾān. He narrates; the sheikh called me over and asked me to start reciting the Qurʾān. I started to recite sūrat al-Fātiḥah but struggled to do so and couldn’t complete its recitation because of how poor my pronunciation was. So the sheikh…
The expected norm from courteous men is to treat women with kindness because of their sensitive nature, for this reason it is recommended when a man gives something to his children that he start with his daughters first. Al-Ālūsī, in his tafsīr ‘Rūḥ al-Mʿānī’.😊(A more literal translation: to treat them in a way that wouldn’t break their hearts.)…
❝When you love someone for the sake of Allāh, it is Allāh who you truly love. So whenever you remember that person in your heart, you are reminded of your true love (Allāh) and this automatically increases your love for that person.❞ In another place Ibn Taymiyah explains that when you love someone for a specific reason (what they do for, what they give you, how they make you feel, etc) you don’t really love them, you love that thing…
اللهم افتح عقولنا وقلوبنا لفهم القرآن وتدبُّره والغوص في أسراره، والاعتبار بمواعظه، والوقوف عند حدوده، إنك جَوَادٌ كريم. Allāh, open our minds and hearts to understand and reflect on the Qurʾān, to delve in its secrets, to be heedful of its admonitions, to be mindful of its limits, You are Jawādun Karīm. ✨…
The best description of tadabbur that I’ve come across is one by Sheikh ʿAbdur-Raḥmān as-Saʿdī. He was asked, “How do I reach a point where I can do tadabbur of the Qurʾān (reflect on the Qurʾān)?” He simply said, ❝You continue to read and read and read*… until Allāh opens your heart to tadabbur.❞ I haven’t found a truer description than this or description closest to how the pious predecessors understood tadabbur.…