Recitation 197

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
(45) وَاُسْتَعِينُواْ بِاُلصَّبْرِ وَاُلصَّلَوةِج وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى اُلْخَشِعِينَ
وَاُسْتَعِينُواْ بِاُلصَّبْرِ وَاُلصَّلَوةِ = "Was-ta-'i~nu~ Bish-SHobb-ri Wash-SHo-la~~h (the و with a tiny Alif sign is not pronounced, it is just a bearer letter upon which the tiny Alif/a Madd stands. And when a Ta Marbutah, ة is paused upon, it becomes a ه ).". "Wa" = and, "is-ta-'i~nu~" = all of you resort to for help, ask aid from, "Bi" = by, with, "ash-SHob-ri" = the patience, "Wa" = and, "ash-SHola~ti" = the solat/ritual prayer.
"Was-ta-'i~nu~ Bish-SHobb-ri Wash-SHo-la~~h" = And resort help to (Allah in removing the feeling of arragonce, of stubbornness, and of falsity which are in one's heart) with patience and (by performing) the solat. And truly, it/the removing of arragonce and stubbornness and falsity in the heart and performing solat, is hard except for the humble and the obedient (because it needs much patience to perform solat, as it requires discipline before one could perform it. One needs to be pure in the heart and mind, in the body, in the clothing, and in the place of solat which needs not be in a mosque, and needs to cover up one's 'Awrat with deccent clothing, needs to take the Wudhuu, needs to face towards the Qiblat that is the direction of the Caaba in Mecca. And when performing the solat, one needs to fight the seduction of the Satan which is always trying hard to slip one's mind and one's concentration in the solat. And one needs to beg, to entreat Allah and Allah only for forgiveness and whatever. And one is free to ask for anything (in doa in Arabic and in accordance with those the Prophet s.a.w. taught, but if it were in one's own language it must be said in one's heart and not with words of mouth) directly to Allah and needs no mediator to intercede.
 To have patience , to strive and also to rely on Allah is what Islam teaches. We have seen Marij/Iblis/Satan, he was from the planet earth, but he strived hard in his religious practices that he was promoted from the earth up to the first heaven, then the second and finally to the seventh heaven and could enter the Paradise. But he was arragonce and did and still do not rely on Allah, he became traitorous and was and still is too haughty to admit wrong and to repent that he was banished and was and still is being shunned from the Rahmat/blessing of Allah).
(46) (to be continued)  
                            ooooo000ooooo
Let us now continue to look into the Basic Islamic Basic Rules:
  (2) Solat: (B) The Sunnah In A Solat:
    (i) (d) The fourth moment to raise hands is when standing upright from the first Sitting and Reciting the First Tahiyyat/Tasyahhud, and wanting to perform the Third Rokaat. It is based on the Hadith from Ali r.a. when he r.a. reported about his s.a.w. ritual solat, he r.a. said, "When he s.a.w. got up from two sujud/rokaat (after reciting the first Tasyahhud), the Prophet s.a.w. raised his s.a.w. hands to his s.a.w. shoulders while uttering Takbir = Allohu Akbar." (narrated by Abu Daud, Ahmad and Tirmidzi who confirmed it).
  (e) Similarity Between Womanfolk and Manfolk in this Sunnah:
    Syaukani said, "Be known that this Sunnah, it is the same with man and with the woman. There is no difference between them in raising the hands.".
  (ii) To Place The Right Hand On The Left Hand: (to be continued).
Until We meet again in the nsxt session, see you all Quran Lovers later.
والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Abdul Hamid Mohd Yusof.