Recitation 371

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
ألسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Dear Quran Lovers,
In the last session, we were told by the Quran that Allah s.w.t. will not look at those who had perfomed sodomy on men or women or even the animals, in the Hereafter. But if we only repent a very sincere and in good faith to Allah, that is "Tawbatan Na-shu~hah", with the feeling of remorse for having done the filthy things and stop doing it ever again, and ask Allah s.w.t. for forgiveness, thence, insya Allah, we will be forgiven, loved and looked at by Allah. For Allah s.w.t. Love those who repent and He s.w.t. Is Most Merciful.
   Let us now continue to recite surah 2 Al-Baqoroh, the synopsis of Islam. Please refer to the text:
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
(224) وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا اُللهَ عُرْضَةً لِّأَيْمَنِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ وَتُصْلِحُواْ بَيْنَ اُلنَّاسِ قلى وَاُللهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
وَلَا تَجْعَلُواْ اُللهَ عُرْضَةً لِّأَيْمَنِكُمْ = "Wa La~ Tajj-'a-lul-Loha 'Urr-dho-tal-Li Ai-ma~ni Kum",  = "Wa" = And, But, "La~" = do not, "Tajj-'a-lu~" = you (pl.) make, "Al-Loha" = Allah, "'Urr-dho-tan" = petition, vow, oath, "Li" = as, "Ai-ma~ni" = hinderance,
"Kum" = you (pl.),
أَن تَبَرُّواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ وَتُصْلِحُواْ بَيْنَ اُلنَّاسِ = "Ant~Ta-bar-ru~ Wa Tat-ta-qu~ Wa Tush-li-hu~  Bai-nan~Na~~s".  = "An" = that, "Ta-bar-ru~" = your undertakings, "Wa" = and, "Tush-li-hu~" = your devotions, "Wa" = and, "Tush-li-hu~" = your doing good deeds, "Bai-na" = among, "an~Na~si" = the mankind.
"Wa La~ Tajj-'a-lul-Loha 'Urr-dho-tal-Li Ai-ma~ni Kum Ant~Ta-bar-ru~ Wa Tat-ta-qu~ Wa Tush-li-hu~ Bai-nan~Na~~s". =  Do not ever make use (the Name/s of) Allah in your oath/s as a hindrance from your undertakings, your devotions and doing good deeds among mankind.
قلى = a Waqof Jaiz sign.
وَاُللهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ = "Wal-Lohu Sa-mi~'un 'A-li~~m".  = "Wa" = For, "Al-Lohu" = Allah is, "Sa-mi~'un" = all-Hearing, " 'A-li~mun" = Omniscience.
"Wal-Lohu Sa-mi~'un 'A-li~~m" = For Allah Is all-Hearing, Omniscience.
(This verse, "Do not ever make use (the Name/s of) Allah in your oath/s  as a hindrance from your undertakings, your devotions and doing good deeds among mankind" means do not make use the oaths that your had taken (made to) Allah as a hindrance from doing good deeds and to fasten together the ties of Uterine relationship if you had previuosly made an oath to forsake them. 
Allah have said in verse 22, surah 24 An-Nur, "... and let those have abundance (of wealth) and comforts among you not to swear not to give (alms/charity) to their near of kins and to the needy, the poor, to those who had fled from their homes for the cause of Allah. They should forgive and be patient. Do you (pl.) not wish Allah to forgive you?". Thence, if these people were still carry out their oaths, they are sinned. In order to annul the oath, one must pay the "Fid-yah"/ redemption  as the Hadith reported by Abu Huroiroh and was narrated by Bukhori, that the Prophet s.a.w. said, "We are the last "Ummah"/people but are the first to enter the Paradise in the Hereafter.". Then he s.a.w. added, " By Allah, anyone of you who is unwilling to annul his oath not to give (charity) to his near of kins, the poor and the needy, and to those who fled from their homes for the cause of Allah, is more sinned, in the sight of Allah, than breaking his oath by paying the redemption which is obligated to him by Allah.".
The verse, "For Allah Is all-Hearing, Omniscient" means that Allah Hear what was sworn and Know what was being "Niat"/intended.
(225). (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.