Contemplation

Verse: "You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help" Reflection: Classical Arabic would normally say "na'buduka" (we…

Verse: "We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth." …

Verse: "Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day are signs for people of unders…

Verse: "The day every soul will find what it has done of good presented before it — and what it has done of evil; it will wish t…

Verse: "Repel with what is better — and he between you and whom was enmity will become as though he were a devoted friend." (41:…

Verse: "And I do not acquit myself — indeed the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy…

Verse: "Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful — and that My punishment is the painful punishment." (15:49-50)…

Verse: "He who created death and life to test you — which of you is best in deed." (67:2) "Created death before life": Deat…

Verse: "Only those fear Allah, among His servants, who have knowledge." (35:28) Object "Allah" placed before subject "the kno…

Verse: "And Dawud and Sulayman when they were judging concerning the harvest when the people's sheep wandered into it." (21:78) …

Verse: "There is nothing like Him — and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing." (42:11) "Nothing like Him": The most compreh…

Verse: "And We will surely test you until We make evident those who strive among you and the patient, and We will test your affa…

Verse: "We created the human and know what his soul whispers to him — and We are closer to him than his jugular vein." (50:16) …

Verse: "Were they created from nothing? Or are they the creators?" (52:35) The impregnable philosophical argument: Existence…

Verse: "Your companion has not gone astray nor erred. He does not speak from desire — it is not but a revelation revealed." (53:…

Verse: "Allah does not forbid you from those who did not fight you over religion or expel you from your homes — from being right…

Verse: "The human was created anxious — when evil touches him he is distressed, and when good touches him he is withholding." (7…

Verse: "O human, what has deceived you about your Lord the Generous — who created you, proportioned you, and assembled you?" (82…

Verse: "By the racers, panting — and the producers of sparks — and the chargers at dawn." (100:1-3) Vivid image: Horses char…

Verse: "Indeed Allah chose Adam, Noah, the family of Ibrahim, and the family of Imran above the worlds." (3:33) Reflection: …

Verse: "Beautified for people is love of desires — women, children, heaped-up gold and silver..." (3:14) Reflection: "Beauti…

Verse: "O you who believe, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah, even if against yourselves, parents, o…

Verse: "With Him are the keys of the unseen — none knows them but He." (6:59) Hadith: "The keys of the unseen are five known…

Verse: "We have diversified in this Quran all kinds of examples for people — but man has been the most argumentative of things."…

Verse: "Call to your Lord's way with wisdom, good instruction, and argue with them in the best manner." (16:125) Three gradua…

Verse: "And He taught Adam the names — all of them — then displayed them to the angels." (2:31) Reflection: The angels are m…

Verse: "And humiliation and poverty were struck upon them and they returned with anger from Allah." (2:61) The explicit cause…

Verse: "To Allah belongs the east and west — wherever you turn, there is the face of Allah." (2:115) Context: Response to Pe…

Verse: "Allah bears witness that there is no deity except Him — and the angels and those of knowledge — standing in justice." (3…

Verse: "Indeed Qarun was from the people of Moses and he oppressed them." (28:76) The story: Qarun was given tremendous trea…

Verse: "The example of those who spend their wealth seeking Allah's pleasure — like a garden on high ground." (2:265) Two con…

Verse: "You are the best nation produced for mankind — you command good and forbid evil and believe in Allah." (3:110) "Best"…

Verse: "In the creation of the heavens and earth and alternation of night and day are signs for people of understanding." (3:190…

Verse: "When you left your family in the morning to assign believers battle positions..." (3:121) Uhud — the greatest lesson …

Verse: "Moses said: Our Lord, You have given Pharaoh and his chiefs adornment and wealth in this worldly life." (10:88) — Moses …

Verse: "Only those fear Allah who have knowledge." (35:28) — "Only" (innama) is restrictive. Fronting "Allah" creates exclusivit…

Verse: "For every nation is an appointed time — when their time comes they cannot delay an hour nor advance." (7:34) — Nations l…

Verse: "Did you think We created you without purpose and that you would not return to Us?" (23:115) — "Without purpose" — no wis…

Verse: "If you avoid the major sins forbidden to you, We will expiate your minor sins." (4:31) — Glad tidings for those who some…

Verse: "Do not let hatred of a people cause you not to be just. Be just — it is nearer to taqwa." (5:8) — "Shana'an" = intense h…

Verse: "You will find the nearest in affection to the believers those who say: We are Christians." (5:82) — This verse does not …

Verse: "Say: He is able to send torment from above you or from beneath your feet." (6:65) — When this was recited the Prophet ﷺ …

Verse: "With Him are the keys of the unseen — none knows them except Him." (6:59) — The absolute unseen is restricted to Allah a…

Verse: "Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth — His light is like a niche in which is a lamp." (24:35) — Ibn Abbas sai…

Verse: "Have you seen what you emit — do you create it or are We the creators?" (56:58-59) — A thought-stopping question: humans…

Verse: "If he is among the foremost — then rest, fragrance, and a garden of delight." (56:88-89) — Three categories in Al-Waqiah…

Verse: "Whoever is saved from his own greed — those are the successful." (59:9) — "Shuhh" (greed) is more intense than "bukhl" (…

Verse: "Does the human not see that We created them from a drop — yet suddenly they are a clear adversary?" (36:77) — A shocking…

Verse: "Those who disbelieved driven in groups to Hell — those who feared Allah led in groups to Paradise." (39:71-73) — "Driven…

Verse: "Whatever calamity befalls you is for what your hands earned — and He pardons much." (42:30) — A Quranic explanation of c…

Verse: "The Zaqqum tree is the food of the sinful — like molten metal boiling in bellies like boiling water." (44:43-46) — Quray…

Verse: "Have you seen one who took their desire as their god and Allah misled them in full knowledge?" (45:23) — "Their desire a…

Verse: "If you turn away, He will replace you with another people — then they will not be like you." (47:38) — A warning to Muha…

Verse: "Thamud were destroyed by the thunderclap and Aad by a raging howling wind." (69:5-6) — Al-Haqqah opens with: "What is Al…

Verse: "Man was created anxious — when evil touches him, he is despairing, and when good touches him, he is withholding." (70:19…

Verse: "Indeed the Day of Decision is an appointed time — the day the Horn is blown and you come in crowds." (78:17-18) — "Miqat…

Verse: "O man, what deceived you concerning your Lord the Most Generous?" (82:6) — A burning question. The Quran implies the ans…

Verses: "Indeed, it is the word of a noble messenger (40) and it is not the word of a poet — little do you believe (41) nor the …

Verse: "And indeed, it is the absolute truth" Reflection: Surah Al-Haqqah closes with this unique description of the Quran.…

Verse: "Rather, man wishes to continue sinning before him" Reflection: This verse exposes a deep psychological truth: man d…

Verse: "No indeed! Rather, what they used to earn has covered their hearts with rust" Reflection: "Rayn" in Arabic means th…

Verse: "They resented them only because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy" Reflection: The sto…

Verses: "No! Indeed, man transgresses (6) because he sees himself self-sufficient (7) Indeed, to your Lord is the return" Ref…

Verses: "May the hands of Abu Lahab perish, and may he perish (1) His wealth and what he earned will not avail him" Reflectio…

Verse: "Allah, Al-Samad" Reflection: "Al-Samad" is among the most comprehensive of Allah's names and the most loaded with m…

Verse: "And from the evil of an envier when he envies" Reflection: The verse qualifies the seeking of refuge from the envie…

Verse: "He sought forgiveness from his Lord and fell bowing and repented." (38:24) — David ﷺ the Prophet and King — when he real…

Verse: "They made the angels — who are servants of the Most Merciful — females. Were they witnesses at their creation?" (43:19) …

Verse: "Pharaoh said: What is the Lord of all worlds? Moses said: Lord of the heavens and earth and all between them." (26:23-24…

Verse: "Do not say of those killed in Allah's cause: They are dead. Rather they are alive, but you do not perceive." (2:154) — A…

Verse: "We shall certainly test you with something of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives, and fruits — and give good tidings to…

Verse: "In the creation of the heavens and earth and the alternation of night and day are signs for those of understanding." (3:…

Verse: "You are the best nation brought forth for humanity — commanding what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing i…

Verse: "O you who believe — be persistently standing firmly in justice, witnesses for Allah, even if it be against yourselves or…

Verse: "There is not a thing but glorifies His praise, but you do not understand their glorification. Indeed He is ever Forbeari…

Verse: "Know that whatever spoils you take, one fifth belongs to Allah, the Messenger, relatives, orphans, the poor, and the tra…

Verse: "The repenters, the worshippers, the praisers, the travelers [fasters], the bowers, the prostrators, those who command go…

Verse: "If you are in doubt about resurrection — We created you from dust." (22:5) — The verse refutes doubt with the first crea…

Verse: "Whoever leaves his home emigrating to Allah and His Messenger and then death overtakes him — his reward has already fall…

Verse: "Let there be among you a nation calling to good, enjoining right, and forbidding wrong." (3:104) — "Among you" — partial…

Verse: "Until you lost heart and disputed the command and disobeyed — after He had shown you what you desired." (3:152) — Three …

Verse: "O believers, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. If you dispute about something, refer i…

Verse: "Allah commands you to render trusts to their rightful owners, and when you judge between people, to judge with justice."…

Verse: "Vision cannot perceive Him, but He perceives all vision, and He is the Subtle, the Acquainted." (6:103) — "Cannot percei…

Verse: "And upon Allah rely if you are believers." (5:23) — "If you are believers" makes tawakkul a condition for faith, not opt…

Verse: "Do not obey one whose heart We made heedless of Our remembrance, who follows his desire, and whose affair is excess." (1…

Verse: "And He is God in the heaven and God on earth." (43:84) — One comprehensive lordship of heavens and earth. No separate Go…