Recitation No. 430

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
ألسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
My Dear Quran Lovers,
Let us continue to recite verse 254. Please refer to the Text :
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَا مَنُواْ  أَنفِقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَّا بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌ وَلَا شَفَاعَةٌ قلى  وَالْكَافِرُونَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ 
(254)
=  "Ya~~ Ai-yu-Hal-La-dzi~na A~ma-nu~~ Anf~fi-qu~ Mi~ma~ Ro-zaq Na~ Kum~Minq~Qob-li Ai~Yaa-ti-ya Yaw-mul-La~ Bai-'unf~Fi~ Hi Wa La~ Khul-la-tuw~Wa La~ Sya-fa~'ah".
"Ya~~ Ai-yu-ha~" (a Mad Jaiz Mumfashil, 2 or 4 or 6 harakah. After above sign He Alif is an Alif Lam Syamsiyah, "-hal-") = O, "Al-La-dzi~na" (a Mad Ashli) = those who,  "A~ma-nu~" (a Mad Ashli. After the front sign Nun Waw is a standing Hamzah in the next word, is a Mad Jaiz Mumfashil) = who believe,  "Anf~fi-qu~" (an Ikhfaa Haqiqi. A Mad Ashli) = you (pl.) spend,  "Mim~ma~" (a Wajibul-Ghunnah. A Mad Ashli) = of what,  "Ro-zaq" (the silent Qof is a Qolqoloh Sughro, "-zaqq-") = provide with the means of livelihood,  "Na~" (a Mad Ashli) = we,  "Kum" (after the silent Mim is a Syaddah Mim, is an Idghom Syafawi, "Kum~") = you (pl.) "Min" (after the silent Nun is a Qof, is an Ikhfaa Haqiqi, "Minq~") = at,  "Qob-li" (the silent Ba is a Qolqoloh Sughro, "Qobb-"_ = before,  "An" (after the silent Nun is a Ya, ia an Idghom Maal- Ghunnah, "Ai~") = that,  "Yaa-ti-ya" = to come,  "Yau-mun" (a Mad Lin. After the Tanwin Mim, is a Syaddah Lam, is an Idghom Bi La~ Ghunnah, "-mul-") = day,  "La~" (a Mad Ashli) = no,  "Bai-'un" (a Mad Lin. After the Tanwin 'Ain is a Fa, is an Ikhfaa Haqiqi, " 'unf~") = buying and selling,  "Fi~" (a Mad Ashli) = on,  "Hi" = it,  "Wa" = and,  "La~" (a Mad Ashli) = no,  "Khol-la-tun" (after the Tanwin Ta Marbutah is a Waw, is an Idghom Maal-Ghunnah, "-tuw~") = intimacy, friendship,  "Wa" = and,  "La~" (a Mad ashli) = no,  "Sya-fa~'a-tun" (a Mad Ashli. We pause at this word, the Tanwin Ta Marbutah becomes a silent He, "-'ah") = mediation.  قلى = a pause is permitted and it is preferred sign.
"Wa" (after it, is an Alif Lam Qomariyah, "Wal-") = and,  "Al-Ka~fi-ru~na" (2 Mad Ashli) = the infidels,  "Hu-mu" (after the front sign Mim is an Alif Lam Syamsiyah, "-muzh-") = they are,  "Azh-Zho~li-mu~na" (a Mad Ashli. We stop at the second Mad Ashli, becomes a Mad 'Aridh Lis-Sukun, to 2 or 4 or 6 harakah, "-mu~~~n") = the tyrants.  (254) = the end of the verse and the numbers are its number sign.
=  "O Believers! Spend what We have provided you with the means of livelihood before (comes) a day when there is no buying and selling, nor any intimacy nor friendship, nor mediation.  And the infidels are the tyrants.".     =    (Allah Ask the Believers to spend a potion of their wealth that Allah had given them, that is to pay the Zakah (i.e. the poor dues or the Purity Tax), and to give alms and charity. And the Believers must spend the portion of their wealth on those people who are poor and those who are in need while they are alive, before the end of the world comes, because on the Resurrection Day, there will be no more time and means to trade that is to redeem one self from sin with one's wealth, nor there is any friend or mate to help except for the yield of one's good deeds, that is the wealth spent on Zakah or Purity Tax, on alms and charity on this present world.  The infidels and the unfaithful who do not spend their wealth on alms, charity and paying Zakah or the Purity Tax are the tyrants.).     {Zakah : as Allah had defined it as mentioned in surah 9 At-Taubah/ Baro~ah, verse 103, "(O Muslim Ruler!) Take from their wealth for "Shodaqoh" i.e. Zakah to cleanse / purify them (from being stingy and their unclean money) and that it/the Zakah will make their wealth to grow increasingly {till the end of the verse}". The Zakah is only Two and a Half percent from our wealth which is kept static in our saving for 12 months. We had dicussed this Zakah in our earlier session, or please refer to the Islamic Law Book or refer to Your nearest Islamic Religious Department or the local Islamic Body.}.
Until we meet again in the next session, Insya Allah, see You all Quran Lovers Soon.
Wassalamu alaikum w. w.
Abdul Hamid Mohd Yusof Ali.