Recitation 193

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
ألسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Dear Quran Lovers,
Let us continue to recite surah 2 Al-Baqoroh (synopsis of Islam). Please refer to the text:
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
(40) يَبَنِى~إِسْرَ~ءِيلَ اُذْكُرُواْ نِعْمَتِىَ اُلَّتِى~ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَوْفُواْ بِعَهْدِى~ أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَإِيَّىَ فَاُرْهَبُونِ
يَبَنِى~إِسْرَ~ءِيلَ اُذْكُرُواْ نِعْمَتِىَ اُلَّتِى~أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ = "Ya~ Ba-ni~~ Is-ro~~i~ladz-ku-ru~ Nii-ma-ti-yal-La-ti~~ An-'am-tu 'A-lai Kum", "Ya~" = O, "Ba-ni~" = children of, "Is-ro~~i~la" = Israel/Jacob a.s., "udz-ku-ru~" = recollect, remember, " Nii-ma-ti-ya" = Niimat/comfort and luxuries, my, "al-La-ti~" = which, "An-'am-tu" = I gave to, " 'A-lai Kum" = upon all of you,
وَأَوْفُواْ بِعَهْدِى~ أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَإِيَّىَ فَاُرْهَبُونِ = "Wa Aw-fu~ Bi 'Ah-di~~ U~fi Bi 'Ah-di Kum Wa Iy-ya~ Ya Farr-ha-bu~~n".  "Wa" = and, "Aw-fu~" = to fulfil, "Bi" = with, " 'Ah-di~" = promise, "U~fi" = I fulfil, "Bi 'Ah-di" = with promise to, "Kum" = all of you, "Wa = and, "Iy-ya" = onto, to, "Ya" = Me, "Fa" = then, "irr-ha-bu~ni" = all of you fear".
"Ya~ Ba-ni~~ Is-ro~~i~ladz-ku-ru~ Nii-ma-ti-yal-La-ti~~ An-'am-tu 'A-lai Kum Wa Aw-fu~ Bi 'Ah-di~  U~fi Bi 'Ah-di Kum Wa Iy-ya~ Ya Farr-ha-bu~~n". = O Children of Israel/Jacob a.s.! Do  remember My/Allah's Niimat/beneficent gifts = comfort and luxuries I have given to all of you. So, do fulfil My promise/ commandment (to all of you in your Scriptures, the Torah and  the Gospel that you are to believe in and accept My last and final Messenger, Ahmad/Muhammad, and that all of you to give him your support). Then, I shall fulfil My promise to all of you (to give more Niikmat/comfort and luxuries). Thence, all of you should fear Me/Allah and Me alone ( and no one else).
(41) (to be continued).
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Let us now have a look at the Iblis at enmity with Adam a.s.:
We have read verses 34 till 38 in surah 2 Al-Baqoroh and verses 11 till 18 in surah 7 Al-Aarof. Let us now have a look at surah 20 Toha, verses 117 till 123: (After being degraded and being banished from the Paradise, Marij became furious with anger at and hatred for Adam a.s. His smiling and nice looking face turned haggard and fierce. Though he was banished from the Paradise, he was still in the seventh heaven).
 (117) Then We/Allah said, "O Adam! Satan/Marij, truly is your enemy and is your wife's enemy. Thus, do not let him cause you both out of the Paradise that you will make you miserable. And really, when in the Paradise, you will not go hungry nor go without clothing/naked. And you will not be thirsty nor will feel the heat of the sun in it."
(When Iblis heard that Adam a.s. was having a wife and they were asked to live in the Paradise, made him even more furious. He wanted to make Adam a.s. become disobedient to Allah. Then he heard that Adam a.s. was not to go near the "tree". He wanted 
Adam a.s.  to go to the tree and eat its fruits, but he was at the outside the Paradise. He needed to be inside the Paradise to seduce Adam a.s. and Eve. Eventually, he could seduce Adam a.s. into eating the fruit of the tree. There were many different narrations about how he could seduce Adam a.s. (a) With the help of his good pal, the snake, he went into the snake's abdomen and was brought into the Paradise without being noticed by the Angels guarding the gate. Then he jumped out of the snake and stayed on the "tree". (b) The Iblis was waiting at the gate, and (may be) Adam a.s. and Eve happened to pass by, Iblis called to them. Or (may be), the snake lured Adam a.s. and Eve to the gate when Iblis was waiting).
(120) Then the Satan whispered doubt to Adam a.s.: (to be continued).
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Let us now continue to look into the Basic Islamic Rules:
  (2) Solat: (B) The Sunnah/percept of the Prophet s.a.w. In A Solat:
  Before looking into the Sunnah things in a solat, let us first look into how many times solat is performed in a day and a night. Allah does not specify it in the Quran. All that Allah says in the Quran is "Perform solat!". But  in surah 17 Al-Israa, verse 78, Allah says, "Establish/perform solat at the sun declines (westward) until the dark of the night and at dawn....". This verse does not tell us the times of the solat in a day and a night as is explained by Prof. T.M. Hasbi Asy-Syiddiqi in his Tafsir Al-Bayan, that it tells us that we can perform Solat Jamaa/bring together solat Zhuhur/noon with solat 'Ashor/afternoon, or vice versa, and solat Maghrib/sunset with solat 'Isyaa/nightfall, or vice versa. But the solat Shubuh or Fajar/dawn or morning cannot be Jamaa/brought together with any, either solat Zhuhur or solat 'Isyaa.
  The ritual of solat must be in accordance with the solat performed by the Prophet s.a.w. The Prophet s.a.w. said, : (to be continued).
Until we meet again in the next session, see you all Quran Lovers soon.
والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Abdul Hamid Mohd Yusof.