Contemplation Intermediate Stories

I Do Not Acquit Myself — Acknowledging Weakness is a Sign of Strength

Verse: "And I do not acquit myself — indeed the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy." (12:53)…

Contemplation Intermediate States of the Heart

Only Those Fear Allah Who Have Knowledge — Awe Is the Fruit of Knowledge

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

Contemplation Basic Signs of the Universe

O People, You Are the Ones in Need of Allah — The Fundamental Relationship

Verse: "O people, you are the ones in need of Allah — and Allah is the Free of Need, the Praiseworthy." (35:15) "The needy ones" (al-fu…

Contemplation Basic Mercy & Forgiveness

If You Count Allah's Blessings You Cannot Enumerate Them

Verse: "If you count Allah's blessings you cannot enumerate them." (16:18) — Not "hard to count" but "you cannot" — enumeration is impossi…

Contemplation Intermediate Trust in Allah

You Will Find the Nearest in Affection Those Who Say We Are Christians — The Sociology of Quran

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

Contemplation Basic Monotheism

Say: If the Ocean Were Ink for the Words of My Lord — The Infinity of Divine Knowledge

Verse: "Say: if the ocean were ink for the words of my Lord, the ocean would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted." (18…

Contemplation Basic Abasa

Let Man Look at His Food — Humility from the Earth

Verses: "Then let man look at his food (24) how We poured down water in abundance (25) then split the earth in fragments" Reflection: …

Contemplation Intermediate Al-Alaq

Man Transgresses When He Considers Himself Self-Sufficient — The Wealth That Blinds

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

Contemplation Basic An-Nasr

You See People Entering Allah's Religion in Multitudes — The Sign of the End

Verses: "When the victory of Allah has come and the conquest (1) and you see the people entering into the religion of Allah in multitudes …

Contemplation Basic Worship & Dhikr

The Servants of the Most Merciful Who Walk on Earth Humbly — The Ten Attributes of True Servants

Verse: "The servants of the Most Merciful who walk on earth humbly." (25:63) — "Servants of the Most Merciful" — attributed to Ar-Rahman n…

Quranic Stories Basic Other Prophets

Solomon and the Ant — Kingdom, Wisdom, and Humility

Verse: "Until when they came upon the valley of ants, an ant said: O ants, enter your homes." (27:18) The scene: A complete army of hu…

Quranic Rhetoric Intermediate Metaphor

The Implied Metaphor — "Lower for Them the Wing of Humility"

Definition of the implied metaphor: A metaphor in which the vehicle (compared-to) is deleted and only its implication (what points to it) …

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