Contemplation

Verse: "Those to whom people said: 'People have gathered against you, so fear them.' But it increased them in faith, and they sa…

Verse: "Verily, in the remembrance of Allah hearts find rest." (13:28) Reflection: "Ala" is an emphatic particle of attenti…

Verse: "And whoever relies upon Allah — then He is sufficient for him. Indeed Allah will accomplish His purpose." (65:3) Refl…

Verse: "For indeed, with hardship will be ease. Indeed, with hardship will be ease." (94:5-6) The great grammatical insight: …

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: "No calamity befalls except by Allah's permission. Whoever believes in Allah — He guides his heart." (64:11) Combining…

Verse: "Ask forgiveness of your Lord — He is Ever-Forgiving. He will send the sky upon you in abundant rain and extend you in we…

Verse: "Say: O Allah, Possessor of sovereignty — You give sovereignty to whom You will and take it from whom You will." (3:26) …

Verse: "And ask Allah of His bounty." (4:32) "Fadlihi" (His bounty) indefinite: Bounty without limit or description — becaus…

Verse: "There is no creature on earth but its provision is upon Allah." (11:6) "Upon Allah" (ala Allah): The preposition "al…

Verse: "And give glad tidings to the patient — who when calamity strikes them say: Indeed to Allah we belong and to Him we retur…

Verse: "If you are grateful I will surely increase you — and if you are ungrateful, My punishment is severe." (14:7) An oath …

Verse: "There is no creature on earth but its provision is upon Allah." (11:6) — "Upon Allah" — obligation. From the worm in the…

Verse: "When My servants ask about Me — I am near." (2:186) — Notice: not "say I am near" but Allah speaks directly: "I am near"…

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

Verse: "My protector is Allah who sent down the Book and He befriends the righteous." (7:196) — The Prophet ﷺ declares in the fa…

Verse: "Say: O My servants who have exceeded against themselves — do not despair of Allah's mercy. Allah forgives all sins — He …

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

Verse: "By the morning brightness and the night when it stills — your Lord has not forsaken you nor hated you." (93:1-3) — When …

Verse: "O reassured soul, return to your Lord pleased and pleasing — enter among My servants and enter My Paradise." (89:27-30) …

Verse: "We have opened for you a clear opening." (48:1) — Revealed after the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah — which the companions saw as…

Verse: "We revealed to Moses: Strike the sea with your staff — and it split, each part like a massive mountain." (26:63) — Moses…

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

Verse: "If you do not support him — Allah has already supported him when those who disbelieved drove him out, one of two, when t…

Verse: "There has come to you a Messenger from among yourselves — grievous to him is your suffering, eager for you — to the beli…

Verse: "Indeed you have in the Messenger of Allah an excellent model — for those who hope for Allah and the Last Day and remembe…

Verse: "Whoever fears Allah — He will make a way out for them, and provide for them from where they do not expect." (65:2-3) — "…

Verse: "Say: Nothing will befall us except what Allah has decreed for us. He is our Protector — and upon Allah let the believers…

Verse: "Allah is sufficient for us and what an excellent Trustee." (3:173) — The companions said it when people told them "the p…