Recitation 182

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
ألسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Dear Quran Lovers,
Today, Malaysia is celebrating Awal Muharrom, or we call it "Ma'al-Hijrah", our Muslim New Year, 1435 Hijriah to commemorate our beloved Prophet's s.a.w. migration from Mecca to Medina by Allah's order. May Allah forgive us all and bestow His blessing to all of us, our country and the whole world with peace, harmony and prosperity. Amin.
Let us continue to recite surah 2 Al-Baqoroh. Please refer to the text:
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الر جيم
O = An eight Angles Star = the end of the part/the beginning of a section sign.
(26) إِنَّ اُللهَ لَا يَستَحْىِِى~ أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا ج فَأَمَّا اُلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فَيَعْلَمَونَ أَنَّهُ اُلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ صلى وَأَمَّا اُلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ اُللهُ بِهَذَا مَثَلًا مـ يُضِلُّ بِهِى كَثِيرًا وَيَهْدِى بِهِى كَثِيرًا ج وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِى~ إِلَّا اُلْفَسِقِينَ 
إِنَّ اُللهَ لَا يَسْتَحْىِى~ أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا = "In~nal-Loha La~ Yas-tah-yi~~ Any~Yadh-ri-ba Ma-tha-lam~Ma~ Ba-'u~dho-tanf~Fa Ma~ Faw-qo Ha~", "In~na" = Truly, "Al-Loha" = Allah, "La~" = not, "Yas-tah-yi~" = to be ashamed of, "An" = that, "Yadh-ri-ba" = to apply, to give, "Ma-tha-lan" = a proverb, an example, "Ma~" = what, of, "Ba-'u~dho-tan" = mosquitoes, "Fa Ma~" = then not, "Faw-qo" = superior than, "Ha~" = it,
"In~nal-Loha La~ Yas-tah-yi~~ Ay~Yadh-ri-ba Ma-tha-lam~Ma~ Ba-'u~dho-tanf~Fa Ma~ Faw-qo Ha~" = (When the Jews were asking the reason why Allah used maxims/proverbs such as a fly, as in surah 22 Al-Hajj verse 73, and a spider in surah 29 Al-Ankabut verse 41, Allah replies:) Truly, Allah is not ashamed of giving an example by using a maxim (including) mosquitoes and (some other thing) which is not superior/is smaller than that.

ج = a Waqof Jaiz/pause is permitted sign.
فَأَمَّا اُلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ اُلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ = "Fa Am~Mal-La-dzi~na A~ma-nu~ Fa Yaa-la-mu~na An~na Hul-Haq-qu Mir-Rob-bi Him", "Fa" = then, "Am~Ma~" = as for those, "al-La-dzi~na" = who, "A~ma-nu~" = believe, "Fa Yaa-la-mu~na" = then they know, "An~na" = that, "Hu" = it, "al-Haq-qu" = the Truth, "Min" = from, "Rob-bi" = Lord, "Him" = their.
"Fa Am~Mal-La-dzi~na A~ma-nu~ Fa Yaa-la-mu~na An~na Hul-Haq-qu Mir-Rob-bi Him". = As for those who are believers, they know that it/the maxim is the Truth from their Lord/Allah.
صلى = a Waqof Jaiz sign.
وَأَمَّا اُلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَيَقُلُونَ مَا ذَآ أَرَادَ اُللهُ بِهَذَا مَثَلًا  = "Wa Am~Mal-La-dzi~na Ka-fa-ru~ Fa Ya-qu~lu~na Ma~dza~~ A-ro~dal-Lohu Bi Ha~dza~ Ma-tha-la~", "Wa" = and, "Am~Ma" = as for those, "al-La-dzi~na" = who, "Ka-fa-ru~" = disbelieve, "Fa" = then, "Ya-qu~lu~na" = they say, "Ma~dza~" = what does, "A-ro~da" = want, "Al-Lohu" = Allah, "Bi Ha~dza~" = with this, "Ma-tha-lan" = maxim, example.
"Wa Am~Mal-La-dzi~na Ka-fa-ru~ Fa Ya-qu~lu~na Ma~ DZa~~ A-ro~dal-Lohu Bi Ha~dza~ Ma-tha-la~". = And as for those who disbelieve/While the unbelievers, who say, "What does Allah want with this maxim?/What is the meaning of this maxim?".
مـ = a Mim with a tail denotes a Waqof Lazim/pause is Wajib/ obligatory sign.
يُضِلُّ بِهِى كَثِيرًا وَيَهْدِى بِهِى كَثِيرًا = "Yu-dhil-lu Bi Hi~ Ka-thi~row~Wa Yah-di~ Bi Hi~ Ka-thi~ro~". "Yu-dhil-lu" = He misleads, "Bi Hi~" = with it, "Ka-thi~ron" = many, "Wa" = and "Yah-di~" = He guides, "Bi Hi~" = with it, "Ka-thi~-ron" = many.
"Yu-dhil-lu Bi Hi~ Ka-thi~row~Wa Yah-di~ Bi Hi~ Ka-thi~ro~". =  He/Allah misleads many by it/such maxim (because they do not understand and do not know the secret and "Hikmah"/wisdom of that maxim), and He gives guidance to many/the believers by it/such maxim (by making them understang the Truth of these maxim).
ج = a Waqof Jaiz sign.
وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِى~ إِلَّا اُلْفَسِقِينَ = "Wa Ma~ Yu-dhil-lu Bi Hi~~ Il-lal-Fa~si-qi~~n". "Wa Ma~" = and not, "Yu-dhil-lu" = mislead, "Bi Hi~" = with it, "Il-la~" = except, "al-Fa~si-qi~na" = the sinners.
"Wa Ma~ Yu-dhil-lu Bi Hi~~ Il-lal-Fa~si-qi~~n". = And (Allah does) not mislead any with it except the sinners.
(27) (to be continued).
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Let us now look into the Basic Islamic Rules:
 (2) Solat: (iv) To Recite Surah Al-Fatihah:
    (a) Recite the Basmalah: 
     School No. Two: That the Basmalah is a verse of its own, revealed to us for us to obtain "Barakah"/blessing from Allah, and it acts as a separator between surah/chapters. And reciting it before Al-Fatihah is permissible and even a Sunnah, and it is not Sunnah to recite it aloud. This is based on the Hadith from Anas who said, " I solat behind the Prophet s.a.w., and also behind Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman r.a. and they did not recite loudly, Bismillahir-Rohmanir-Rohi~m". (narrated by Nasa'i, Ibnu Hibban and Tohawi with ascription on stipulation of Bukhari and Muslim).
   School No. Three: That the Basmalah is not a verse of Al-Fatihah nor of any other surah, and that reciting it either loudly or softly in either solat fardhu or solat sunnah is Makruh/detestible. This school is not good nor strong.
 Ibnu Qoiyim had gathered together the opinions of the School No. 1 and the School No. 2 and said, "The Prophet s.a.w., at times recited Bismillahir-Rohmanir-Rohim loudly and at times recited it softly, and he s.a.w. recited it softly, most of the time. And such thing happened without being noticed by most of his s.a.w. companions". 
    (v) Rukuu/bowing: (to be continued).
Until we meet again in the next session, see you all Quran Lovers later.
والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Abdul Hamid Mohd Yusof.