QURʾĀNIC REFLECTIONS

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Qurʾānic Reflections

Qurʾānic Reflections

Enduring Value

August 31, 2012

Surah al Kahf highlights what we value in this world, but it makes a distinction between a value that remains and a value that is transient. [Wealth and children are but adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better to hope for] Kahf:46 The true value isn’t in wealth, prestige and worldly pleasures, though Islam does not forbid those, for there is nothing wrong in enjoying the good of…

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Qurʾānic Reflections

Favours Denied

August 28, 2012

Trustworthiness is remembering the past in order to benefit the present and future. When we were in poverty, Allah gave us riches. And when we were sick, Allah gave us health. (And when we were lost, He guided us). We will not be acting justly if we detach today from yesterday, and in doing so claim that we were never poor nor sick…. nor lost. …

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Gifts of Fruit

August 27, 2012

Allah would send Maryam ‘alayhas salām fruits. But not just any fruits! The rarest of fruits, available to none would be sent to her. Such was Allah’s favour upon her that even Prophet Zakariah would be left perplexed! Commentators of Tafsīr say that it was the miracles that Zakariah saw upon Maryam ‘alayhas salām that encouraged him to ask for an offspring despite his old age and his wife’s infertility. Maryam would be given fruits of winter in the summer…

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