Recitation 55

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
Dear Quran Lovers,
ألسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
     In the 90's, I was attached to the Yayasan Islam Terengganu. Every Thursday, they have an Islamic class. In a Fiqh/Islamic Law class, ustaz Mat Din, had narrated that the Prophet s.a.w. had put up a contest, he said to his companions r.a., if any of them could perform solat with "KHusyuu/full concentration" in a week, a prayer mat would be given to him/them. As the days of the week passed by, most of the companions r.a gave up, except for Ali bin Abi Talib r.a. was still going strong. And in the final solat, after which, the Prophet s.a.w. would declare the winner/s, while Ali was performing solat with the others following the Prophet s.a.w., a thought crept into his head, asking, "What would be the colour of the prayer mat. Would it be white, green, red, ...." After performing all zikr and wirid after the solat, the Prophet s.a.w. said to his companions to come forward to claim his/their reward for performing solat in full khusyuu. No one came forward. Ali stood up and said that he was doing well until a few moments ago, in that final solat, the thought of the colour of the prayer mat tarnished his khusyuu.
(2). After years of separation, me and my afternoon religious  class mate met. He had been my class mate for many years. The meeting was a nice and joyful one. And he talked nothing but Islam. When it was time to perform solat, I went to perform solat. He did not. When asked, he said, "I perform solat only when I feel I can perform it with khusyuu. It is useless to perform if we are not khusyuu in solat. It is a waste of time!"
I asked myself in my heart, is that what was taught by the Prophet s.a.w.?
Let us now continue recite surah 36 Yasi~n. Please refer to the text:
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الر جيم
(38) وَاُلشَّمْسُ تَجْرِى لِمُسْتَقَرٍّلَّهَا ج ذَلِكَ تَقْدِيرُاُلْعَزِيزِاُلْعَلِيمِ
وَاُلشَّمْسُ = "Wasy-SYam-su",  "Wa" = And, "asy-SYam-su" = the sun
تَجْرِى = "Tajj-ri~" = flow, run, float
لِمُسْتَقَرٍّلَهَا = "Li Mus-ta-qor-ril-La-ha~", "Li" = for, "Mus-ta-qor-ri" = settling down, resting, "La" = for, "Ha~" = her, it,
ج = a Waqof Jaiz sign.
"Wasy-SYam-su Tajj-ri~ Li Mus-ta-qor-ril-La-ha~" = And the sun runs to its resting (place/orbit).
ذَلِكَ = "DZa~li-ka" = that, which
تَقْدِيرُاُلْعَزِيزِاُلْعَلِيمِ = " Taqq-di~rul-'A-zi~zil-'A-li~~m". "Taqq-di~ru" = predetermine, "Al-'A-zi~zi" = the Powerful, "Al-'A-li~mi" = the Omniscience.  "DZa~li-ka Taqq-di~rul-'A-zi~zil-'A-li~~m" = 
which is (laid for it by) the predetermination of (Allah) the Powerful, the Omniscience. (Allah spoke in analogy.They, then, did not know that it was the earth which rotates. They only knew that it was the sun which rises in the East, then climbs up to the middle of the sky, then it descends and then sets in the West to rest. We and the people after us will see the same thing about the sun, until the Doomsday).
(39) وَاُلْقَمَرَقَدَّرنَهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّى عَادَ كَاُلْعُرْجُونِ اُلْقَدِيمِ 
وَاُلْقَمَرَ = "Wal-Qo-ma-ro", "Wa" = and, "al-Qo-ma-ro" = the moon
قَدَّرْنَهُ = "Qod-darr Na~ Hu",  "Qod-darr" = decree, "Na~" = We, "Hu" = it
مَنَازِلَ = "Ma-na~zi-la" = lunar phase
حَتَّى = "H*at-ta~" = until
عَادَ = " 'A~da" = to return
كَاُلْعُرْجُونِ اُلْقَدِيمِ = "Kal-'Urr-ju~nil-Qo-di~~m".  "Ka" = like, "al-'Urr-ju~ni" = the lame, "al-Qo-di~mi" = the old.
"Wal-Qo-ma-ro Qod-darr Na~ Hu Ma-na~zi-la Hat-ta~ 'A~da Kal-'Urr-ju~nil-Qo-di~~m" = And We have decreed that the moon, of its lunar phases, revolves on its lunar phases, until it returns to the final phase, will be like that of an old, withered and bent palm-leaf. (Allah has ordained the moon with 28 phases i.e. one day, it is in one phase, and the other two days , it will be unseen. Then it will be seen again. Then on the 28th or 29th, and on 1st or the 2nd, it will appear as a crescent or like a bent palm-leaf).
(40) لَااُلشَّمْسُ يَنْبَغِى لَهَآأَن تُدْرِكَ اُلْقَمَرَوَلَااُلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ اُلنَّهَارِ ج وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ
لأَااُلشَّمْس = "Lasy-SYam-su", "La~" = Not, "asy-SYam-su" = the sun
يَنْبَغِى = "Yam~ba-ghi~" = surpass, go beyond
لَهَآأَن تُدْرِكَ اُلْقَمَرَ = La-ha~~ Ant~Tudd-ri-kal-Qo-ma-ro", "La-ha~" = it, "An" = that, "Tudd-ri-ka" = overtaking, "al-Qo-ma-ro" = the moon
وَلَااُلَّيْلُ = "Wa Lal-Lai-lu",  "Wa" = and "La~" = not, "al-Lai-lu" = the night
سَابِقُ اُلنَّهَارِ "Sa~bi-qun~Na-ha~~rr". "Sa~bi-qu" = foregoing, "an~Na-ha~ri" = the daytime
ج = a Waqof Jaiz sign.
"Lasy-SYam-su Yam~ba-ghi~ La-ha~~ Ant~Tudd-ri-kal-Qo-ma-ro Wa Lal-Lai-lu Sa~bi-qunNa-ha~~rr", = The sun does not surpass/overtake the moon nor the night foregoing/precedes the day.
وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ
وَكُلٌّ فِى = "Wa Kul-lunf~Fi~", "Wa" = and  "Kul-lun" = all, "Fi~" = in
فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ = "Fa-la-kiy~Yas-ba-h*u~~n". "Fa-la-kin" = orbit, "Yas-ba-h*u~na" = they float.
"ًWa Kul-lunf~Fi~ Fa-la-kiy~Yas-ba-h*u~~n" = And all of them float in their own orbits.
(to be continued).
Until we meet in the next session, see you all Quran Lovers soon.
Wassalamu alaikum w. w.
Abd. Hamid b, Mohd Yusof.