Saturday, 15 March 2014

Recitation 284

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
ألسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Dear Quran Lovers,
I believe what happened to MAS aircraft MH370 on last Saturday is known by all. I saw that many photographers simply loved to take pictures when Muslims perform Solat, expecially when they bow and when they Sujud. Do they not know and do they not understand that when Solat is performed, the worshippers are worshipping Allah? Yet they took pictures when Rukuu and Sujud were done, as if they, and the audiences who read the pappers and who watched TV were gods, being Rukuu and Sujud at! This deed is Syirik! Those who took the pictures and those who published them, SYIRIK! Allah forbid!
Let us now continue to recite surah 2 Al-Baqoroh (synopsis of Islam). Please refer to the text:
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الر جيم
(131) إِذْ قَالَ لَهُو رَبُّهُو~ أَسْلِمْ صلى قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ اُلْعَلَمِينَ
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُو رَبُّهُو~ أَسْلِمْ = "Idz Qo~la La Hu~ Rob-bu Hu~~ As-lim". "Idz" = When, "Qo~la" = is said, "La" = to, "Hu~" = him, "Rob-ba" = Lord, "Hu~" = his, "As-lim" = submit, yield.
"Idz Qo~la La Hu~ Rob-bu Hu~~ As-lim".  = When his Lord/Allah  said to him/Abraham, "Submit and obey!".
صلى = a Waqof Jaiz sign.
قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ اُلْعَلَمِينَ = "Qo~la As-lam Tu Li Rob-bil-'A~la-mi~~n".  "Qo~la" = He said, "As-lam" = submit, obey, "Tu" = I, "Li" = to, "Rob-bi" = Lord, "al-'A~la-mi~na" = the Creation.
"Qo~la As-lim Tu Li Rob-bil-'A~la-mi~~n".  = He answered, "I submit to and obey Lord of the Creation".
(Allah reminds us about Prophet Abraham a.s. when he a.s. was being tested with the stars which he a.s. thought they were gods. But when they disappeared, he rejected them. Then he a.s. saw the moon which was bigger, and he a.s. thought it was god. But when it disappeared, he a.s. also rejected it. Then he looked at the sun and thought it was god. But when it also disappeared, he also rejected it as God. Then he a.s. was convinced that all things were being created by someone, who is the God. When he a.s. knew and understood that, then Allah told him a.s. to submit to and obey Allah and became a person who embraced the religion of Islam. So he a.s. did, submitting that he a.s. would not perform any other religious rites to nor worship anything nor anyone but Allah the One and Only, Lord of the Creation.).
(132) (to be continued).
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Let us now continue to look into the Ten Signs of The Doomsday:
  (2). The Dajjal:
   When Prophet Jesus son Mary a.s. descended, he a.s. pursued after the Dajjal. And they met at the gate of a country called, "Luddin/Lud". [Is it not right to say that in the future, countries and places' names will be changed? Is there a country called Luddin/Lud now?. I have never heard of it".]. And Prophet Jesus a.s. will kill Dajjal there, at the gate of Lud country.
Then a group of people who Allah have saved from Dajjal's deceit, will come out and meet Prophet Jesus a.s. And Prophet Jesus a.s. will apply bandages on their wounded faces while he a.s. will tell them of their rank in Paradise. At that moment, Allah will reveal to Prophet Jesus a.s., "I/Allah shall deliver My bondservants who do not have the strength to fight him/Dajjal. So, save My bondservants (who have eluded the Dajjal) and bring them to a mountain".
End of the Dajjal.
  (3). Yaajuj wa Maajuj/Gog and Magog: (to be continued). 
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Let us now continue to look into the chronicle of Prophet Ismail/Ishmael son of Prophet Abraham a.s.:
   When Prophet Abraham a.s. married and lived with Sara, they did not have any child. But when Prophet Abraham a.s. was married to Siti Hajar/Hagar, they had a son named Ismail/Ishmael, and at that time Prophet Abraham was Eighty Six years of age. Then Allah ordered him a.s. to take Hajar and their new born baby to a barren land where there was nothing but sand and stones. It was the will and the wish of Allah that, Ishmael a.s. was thirsty that he a.s. started to stamp his tiny feet to the ground that the Archangel Gabriel a.s. dug the Zamzam well.
  When the Children of Jurhum went to Hajar who was by the well, they asked her, "May we stop over here?" Hajar replied, "Yes. But you do not have the right over this well of water.". They said, "Fair enough". Hajar accepted them because she was alone. She needed friends. The Children of Jurhum set up camps there, and sent words home so that their relatives would come to stay there because there was water. And all of them came and settled down there. And they started to build houses. 
As years have gone by, the baby Ishmael a.s. grew up and had learnt to speak Arabic of the Children of Jurhum. He a.s. had become a well respected and well liked person. He was not at war with society. When he a.s. became a youth, they married him a.s. to girl among them. After that, his mother, Siti Hajar, passed away.
  Then Prophet Abraham a.s. came in search for his family he a.s. had left many years ago. But he a.s. could not find Ishmael any where there. When he knew that Ishmael a.s. had a wife, he a.s. went to his a.s. daughter-in-law and enquired about him a.s. She said, "He has gone to find food for us". Then he a.s. asked about their lives and their conditions. She replied, "We are in a very poor condition. We are in difficulty", and sighed. The Prophet Abraham a.s. said to her, "When your husband comes home send my Salam to him and say to him to have the door-frame changed". He a.s. then left.
  When Ishmael a.s. came home, he a.s. felt as if there was something, and asked his wife, "Did someone visited you?" The wife replied: (to be continued).
Till we meet again in the next session, see you all Quran Lovers later.
والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Abdul Hamid Mohd Yusof. 

Recitatio 283

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
(130) وَمَن يَرْغَبُ عَن مِّلَّةِ إِبْرَهِيمَ إِلَّا مَن سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُو ج وَلَقَدِ اُصْطَفَيْنَهُ فِى اُلدُّنْيَا صلى وَإِنَّهُو فِى اُلْأَخِرَةِ لَمِنَ اُلصَّلِحِينَ
وَمَن يَرْغَبُ عَن مِّلَّةِ إِبْرَهِيمَ = "Wa Mai~Yarr-gho-bu 'Am~Mil-la-ti Ibb-ro~hi~ma,  "Wa" = And, "Man" = who, Yarr-gho-bu" = to avoid, " 'An" = from, "Mil-la-ti" = religion, "Ibb-ro~hi~ma" = Abraham,
إِلَّا مَن سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُو = "Il-la~ Mans~Sa-fi-ha Naf-sah".  "Il-la~" = except, "Man" = who, "Sa-fi-ha" = to be stupid, foolish, "Naf-sa" = self, "Hu~" = him.
"Wa Mai~Yarr-gho-bu 'Am~Mil-la-ti Ibb-ro~hi~ma Il-la~ Mans~Sa-fi-ha Naf-sah".  = And (there is none) who avoids/hates the religion of Abraham except fool who deceives himself.
ج = a Waqof Jaiz sign.
وَلَقَدِ اُصْطَفَيْنَهُ فِى اُلدّنْيَا = "Wa La-do-dish-to-fai Na~ Hu Fid-Dun-ya~".  "Wa" = And, "La-qo-di" = indeed, "ish-to-fai" = to choose, "Na~" = We, "Hu" = him, "Fi~" = in, "ad-Dun-ya~" = the world.
"Wa La-qo-dish-to-fai Na~ Hu Fid-Dun-Ya~".  = And indeed, We/Allah have chosen him/Abraham in this world.
صلى = a Waqof Jaiz sign.
وَإِنَّهُو فِى اُلْأَخِرَةِ لَمِنَ اُلصَّلِحِينَ = "Wa In~na Hu~ Fil-A~khi-ro-ti La Mi-nash~SHo~li-hi~~n".  "Wa" = And, "In~na" = truly, "Hu~" = he, "Fi~" = in, " 'al-A~khi-ro-ti" = the Hereafter, "La" = truly, "Mi-na" = from, among, "ash-SHo~li-hi~na" = the Righteous.
"Wa In~na Hu~ Fil-A~khir-ro-ti La Mi-mash-SHo~li-hi~~n".  = And truly, in the Hereafter he/Abraham will be among those who are Righteous.
(When a Jewish Scholar, Abdullah bin Salam who had embraced Islam called upon his two nephews, Salamah and Muhajir to follow him to embrace Islam, said, "We know that Yahweh told us in the Torah that He bring forth a prophet name Ahmad/Muhammad of Prophet Ismail's a.s. descendant. He who believes in him will be guided, and who disbelieves will be damned/cursed." Salamah accepted his call and embraced Islam. But Muhajir refused. Thus, Allah revealed this verse saying that only fool who deceived himself would refuse to embrace Islam. The religion of Abraham was/is Islam, and the religion brought forth by the Prophet Muhammad/Ahmad s.a.w. is also Islam, and both are the sama religion, the Religion of Allah/Yahweh. And Allah had chosen Prophet Abraham a.s. as His Kholil/bosom friend in this world. And he a.s. will be among the Righteous people in the Hereafter).
(131) (to be continued).
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Let us continue to look into the Ten Signs of Doomsday:
  (2) The Dajjal: The Dajjal will go to a nation of people and call them. That nation of people accept him and believe in him. He will say to the sky, "Rain!", and rain will fall. He will say to the earth, "Grow!" and the earth will grow vegetation. In the evening, their cattle return bigger and fatter than they were in the morning. Their udders/"milk" are very big and they are well fed.
Then he will go to another nation of people and call them to believe in him. But these people refuse and reject him. And he leave them. And in the next morning, that country becomes dry. All vegetation become dead, and all their wealth and assets wiped out.
Then the Dajjal goes to a deserted country, and says, "Bring out all of your treasure!". Then all the treasure in that country will follow him like lamb the ewe (the queen bee followed by her bees). Then he will call a very young man to him and cut him into two and the parts of the body will be flung as far as an arrow being shot. Then he will call the young man to go to him and the young man who is cut into two will go to him smiling widely.
In such condition, Allah will send down Jesus son of Mary. He a.s. will descend near a white minaret, in East of Damascus, wearing two coloured clothes, putting his a.s. two hands on the wings of two Angels. When he a.s. bows his head, water drip down, and when he a.s. lifts his head, it will be shining white like pearls, can be seen there. Every unbeliever who breathes his a.s. breath odour, will die. His a.s. breath odour can go far, as far as the range of vision.
He/Jesus a.s. pursues the Dajjal: (to be continued).
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Let us now continue to look into the brief chronicle of Prophet Ismail/Ishmael a.s. son of Prophet Abraham a.s.:
  When Siti Hajar heard a voice and saw an Angel was at her baby's side digging his a.s. wing (in another narration, foot,) until water spouted out (under her baby's two tiny feet). She blocked the water from flowing away, (saying in her tribal words, "ZamZam!/Collect!  Collect!". She pushed the water back into its hole, but it still flowed out and away.
Ibnu 'Abbas r.a. said, "The Prophet s.a.w. said, "May Allah have Clemency on Ismail's mother, if she let the water be Zamzam/ collected by itself", or he s.a.w. said, "if she did not block it, the Zamzam would become a flowing spring."
Then Ibnu 'Abbas continued, "Then she drank the water and suckled her baby. Then the Angel/Archangel Gabriel a.s. said, "Do not worry of being neglected, because in this place is a  House of Allah which will be built by this baby here and his father. And truly, Allah will not ignore the inhabitants here.".
[It is a very clear evidence that Ishmael a.s. and Siti Hajar were not being banished or driven away by anyone including Sara. And Allah did not do thing in a mysterious way but He s.w.t. do thing in a very Wise way. He s.w.t. wanted the Zamzam well to be dug, and wanted His House to be built and the Caaba which was being erected first by the Angels, then by Prophet Adam a.s., then was rebuilt by Prophet Syith son of Prophet Adam a.s. And after the Noah's Flood, the Caaba was destroyed in the flood, to be reerected". These were/are the reasons why Prophet Ishmael son of Hagar and of Abraham was sent to this barren land, not to be outcasted but to do good deeds, that is, to dig the Zamzam well, and to build the House of Allah for Believers to come for Hajj and 'Umroh, and to reerect the Caaba which would be the Qiblat of the Muslimin during the time of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.].
The House of Allah will be built on a high land, such as on a hillock which is absorbed by flood water/the Zamzam water eroding its right and left sides. And the hillcok was waiting to built with a building there. 
Siti Hajar and her baby son were as usual, until a party of people of the Jurhum tribe was passing through. The group came from the "Kedaa" road. Then they made camp at the lowest land in the outlying area of now Mecca. They saw a bird flying round and round in the sky. They said, "That bird must be searching for water. But we knew that this valley has no water." So they sent one or two person to scout  for water. And they found a well of water. The scouts returned bringing the good news of water! And they all came to the well.
  Ibnu 'Abbas r.a. said, "Ismail's mother was at the well. They went to her and asked: (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. 
  

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Recitation 282

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
ألسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Dear Quran Lovers,
Let us now continue to recite surah 2 Al-Baqoroh (synopsis of Islam). Please refer to the text:
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
(129) رَبَّنَا وَاُبْعَثْ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِنْهُمْ يَتْلُواْ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَتِكَ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ اُلْكِتَبَ وَاُلْحِكْمَةَ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ ج إِنَّكَ أَنتَ اُلْعَزِيزُ اُلْحَكِيمُ
رَبَّنَا وَاُبْعَثْ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُواْ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَتِكَ = "Rob-ba Na~ Wab-'ath Fi~ Him Ro-su~lam~Min Hum Yat-lu~ 'A-lain Him A~ya~ti Ka",  "Rob-ba" = Lord, "Na" = our, "Wa" = and, "ib-'ath" = send forth, "Fi~" = to, "Him" = them, "Ro-su~lan" = a Messenger, "Min" = from, "Hum" = them, "Yat-lu~" = to recite, " 'A-lai" = to, "Him" = them, "A~ya~ti" = verses, "Ka" = Your,
وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ اُلْكِتَبَ وَاُلْحِكْمَةَ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ = "Wa Yu-'al-li-mu Hu-mul-Ki-ta~ba Wal-Hik-ma-ta Wa Yu-zak-ki~ Him".  "Wa" = and, "Yu-'al-li-mu" = he teaches, "Hu-mu" = them, "al-Ki-ta~ba" = the Scripture, "Wa" = and, "al-Hik-ma-ta" = the wisdom, "Wa" = and, "Yu-zak-ki~" = he purifies, "Him" = them.
"Rob-ba Na~ Wab-'ath Fi~ Him Ro-su~lam~Min Hum Yat-lu~ 'A-lai Him A~ya~ti Ka Wa Yu-'al-li-mu Hu-mul-Ki-ta~ba Wal-Hik-ma-ta Wa Yu-zak-ki~ Him".  = Our Lord! Send forth to them/the inhabitants of Mecca a Messenger from among them who will recite to them Your verses, and will teach them the Scripture/ Al-Quran and the wisdom, and also to purify them.
ج = a Waqof Jaiz sign.
إِنَّكَ أَنتَ اُلْعَزِيزُ اُلْحَكِيمُ = "In~na Ka Ant~tal-'A-zi~zul-Ha-ki~~m". "In~na" = Truly, "Ka" = You, "Ant~ta" = You are, "Al-'A-zi~zu" = the Mighty, "Al-Ha-ki~mu" = the Wise. 
"In~na Ka Ant~tal-'A-zi~zul-Ha-ki~~m".  = Truly, You are the Mighty, the Wise.
(Then Prophet Abraham a.s. continued to entreat that the people of Mecca be given a Messenger of Allah from among them to recite to them verses of Allah and be taught the Scripture/the Quran and the wisdom in doing good deeds and in abstaining from evil and sinful deeds. Allah is Mighty, Wise, who place a right person in a right place and at a right time). 
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Let us now continue to look into the Ten Signs Of the Doomsday:
  (2) Ad-Dajjal/evil Cyclops: Cyclops is one of a group of one-eyed giants. In a long Hadith reported by Nawas ibnu Sam'an r.a. said, "There was not one morning that the Prophet s.a.w. did not mention about the Dajjal. When narrating, his s.a.w. voice, at time was low and at time was high. In the evening, we went to the Prophet s.a.w. He s.a.w. asked us what did we want of him. We told him s.a.w. that we could not hear what he s.a.w. was saying in the morning. The Prophet s.a.w. said, "Other than the Dajjal, there will be others who are more dangerous. If the Dajjal comes out and I am still with you, I shall deal with him. But if I am not, you will have to defence yourselves and Allah will replace me to defence every Muslim.
  Dajjal is a young man with very curly hair. He has  one blind eye, like Abdul Uzza bin Qothan. Any of you who meets him should recite the first (10 verses) of surah 18 Al-Kahfi (will save you from his evil doings). He will be coming from a place between Iraq and Syria. And he will destroy things in his right and will destroy things in his left. And he will be on earth for forty days. There are days when one day is the same as a year, and there are like one month, and there are like one week and there are the same one day." We asked, "How do we perform Solat in a day like a year? Is it enough to perform one day's/five times?" The Prophet s.a.w. said, "No. You calculate the length of times." We then, asked, "How fast will the earth moves?"  The Prophet s.a.w. said, "Like the rain blown by the wind".
"Then, the Dajjal comes to a nation of people saying: (to be continued).
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Let us now continue to look into the brief chronicle of Prophet Ismail/Ishmael a.s.:
  Prophet Abraham a.s. raised up his hands entreated, "Our Lord! I have settled some of my offspring in a barren valley near Your Holy House. Our Lord! Make them observe proper worship. Put in the hearts of men, kindness towards them, and provide them with fruits so that they will be thankful". (surah 14 Ibrohim, verse 37). Then he left for Egypt to his wife, Sara.
   Siti Hajar sat under the large tree and suckled her baby. Then she drank some water herself. As days went by, the water in the bag was gone and she felt thirsty. Her baby was also thirsty as she had ran out of her own milk, and he was whimpering. She had to go to find some water. Leaving her baby under the tree, she walked and walked until she came to a mountain, now called Shofa. She went up to the top to look around and she saw no one and saw nothing but sand and stones. Then she went down the Shofa mountain and walk again until she came to another mountain, called Marwah. She climbed up the mountain and had a look around. She saw nothing but sand and stones. She went down the mountain and went to Shofa and then stared to walk to and fro from Shofa mountain to Mawah another six times." Ibnu 'Abbas said that the Prophet s.a.w. said, "Thence, people perform "Sa'i" between these two (Shofa and Marwa mountains)."
  "When Siti Hajar came near Marwah (the seventh time), she heard a voice. (Thinking that she was hearing thing), she said, "O be quiet!". Then she strained herslf to listen closely and then she heard the voice. She said, "You have caused me to hear you. Can you help me?" Then she saw an Angel was at the place where the Zamzam well would be dug.: (to be continued).
Until we meet again in the nest session, see you all Quran Lovers soon.
والسلام عليكم ورلاحمة الله وبركاته
Abdul Hamid Mohd Yusof.


 
  

Recitation 281

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:
(128) رَبَّنَا وَاُجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَآ أُمَّةً لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَآ صلى إِنَّكَ أَنتَ اُلتَّوَّابُ اُلرَّحِيمُ
رَبَّنَا وَاُجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ = "Rob-ba Na~ Wajj-'al Na~ Mus-li-mai-ni La Ka",  "Rob-ba" = Lord, "Na~" = our, "Wa" = and, "ijj-'al" = make, "Na~" = us, "Mus-li-mai-ni" = two Muslim/submissive, "La" = to, "Ka" = You,
وَمِن ذُرِّيَتِنَآ أُمَّةً لَّكَ = "Wa Mindz~DZur-riy-ya-ti Na~~ Um~ma-tal-La Ka",  "Wa" = and, "Min" = of, "DZur-riy-ya-ti" = descendants, "Na~" = our, "Um~ma-tan" = a people, nation, "La" = to, "Ka" = You,
وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَآ = "Wa A-ri Na~ Ma-na~si-ka Na~ Wa Tubb 'A-lai Na~".  "Wa" = and, "A-ri" = show, "Na~" = us, "Ma-na~si-ka" = the rites of Hajj, "Na~" = us, "Wa" = and, "Tubb" = turn from sin, " 'A-lai" = on, "Na~" = us.
"Rob-ba Na~ Wajj-'al Na~ Mus-li-mai-ni La Ka Wa Mindz~DZur-riy-ya-ti Na~~ Um~ma-tal-La Ka Wa A-ri Na~ Ma-na~si-ka Na~ Wa Tubb 'A-lai Na~".  = Our Lord! Make both of us two Muslimin submissive to You, and our descendants a people who submissive to You. And show us the rites of, and the place for the Hajj/pilgrimage. And turn us from our sins.
صلى = a Waqof Jaiz sign.
إِنَّكَ أَنتَ اُلتَّوَّابُ اُلرَّحِيمُ = "In~na Ka Ant~tat-Taw-wa~bur-Ro-hi~~m". "In~na" = Truly, "Ka" = You, "Ant~ta" = you are, "At-Taw-wa~bu" = the Relenting, "Ar-Ro-hi~mu" = the Merciful.
"In~na Ka Ant~tat-Taw-wa~bur-Ro-hi~~m". = Truly You are the Most Relenting, the Most Merciful.
(This verse is the continuation of the prayers Prophets Abraham a.s. and his son Ismail a.s. made in verse 127, "Our Lord make us both Muslimain (duo) who submit to You and will never ascribe partner to You in our fidelity and in our devotion to You. And also make our descendants, including the Arabs and the Children of Israel, a people submissive to You. [If we wish our children to be obedient to Allah, to the Prophet s.a.w. and to us, their parents, entreat this verse after each Solat. Thence, we need not shout at nor cane 
them].
Then, both of them, entreated Allah to show them how to perform the rites of the Hajj and the places where sacrifice of animal to be made. 
Ibnu 'Abbas said, "When Abraham was shown some of the decrees in the Hajj, he was obstructed by the Satan when he was at the place of Sa'i. He defeated the Satan. Then Gabriel took him to Mina, said, "This is where mankind will gather". When they were at the Jumrotul-'Aqobah, the Satan came back to block him, he then threw seven small stones at the Satan till he, the Satan left. Then he was taken to the Jumrotul-Wusto, again, the Satan obstructed him. And he again threw seven small stones at the Satan until he left. When at the Jumrotul-Qushwa, the Satan came and blocked him, and again he threw seven stones at the Satan which made him leave. Then Gabriel took Abraham to the place of gathering/Muz-dalifah, Gabriel said, "This is Masy'aril-Harom". Then he was brought to 'Arafah. Gabriel asked, "Do you know and understand all these?".).
(129) (to be continued).
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Let us look into the Ten Signs Of The Doomsday:
  (i) The "Ad-Dukhon"/the Fume:
  Allah says in surah 44 Ad-Dukhon, verses 10 & 11, "Wait and watch (O Muhammad and mankind) for the day when the sky will bring forth a patent fume/smoke. It will be enveloping all mankind. This is a painful torment."
  (ii) The Dajjal/evil Cyclops: (to be continued).
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Let us take a look into the chronicle of Prophet Ismail a.s. son of Prophet Abraham a.s.
  In the English dictionaries, they give the meaning of the word Ishmael as "Outcast, one at war with the society. (ii) a. son of Abraham and Hagar, driven to the wilderness by Sarah (Gen. xvi). b. outcast.", such are the clear proofs that the Scholars and the Priests of the Jews and the Christians lied, and changed and distorted the true facts in their Scriptures. 
  Prophet Abraham a.s. had left Babylon for Egypt where he married Siti Sarah. After many years of marriage, they were not having any child. When the Egyptian king presented Sarah with a slave girl, a princess of an African tribe he conquered. Seeing that she was not going to produce any child, Sara presented the slave girl, Siti Hajar/Hagar to Prophet Abraham a.s. With Hagar, they had a son, Ismail/Ishmael a.s. One day, Prophet Abraham a.s. took his wife, Hagar and their baby, Ishmael a.s. out of Egypt. Ibnu 'Abbas said, "The first woman who made a waist belt was Hagar, so that their foot-prints would not be seen by Sara. (If Hagar and her baby son, Prophet Ismail/Ishmael a.s. were being driven away by Sara, why should Hagar covered up their foot-prints so that Sara could not know where they went and could not find them?). Prophet Abraham a.s took his wife, Hagar and their suckling baby to a place, now called Mecca, Peninsular of Arabia. He left them near now Baitullah beside a large tree on the now Zamzam well and the Masjul-Harom. At that time, there was no one, and there was no water. He a.s. left them both after leaving a bag full of date fruits and a water bag full of water. Hagar followed him a.s. and asked, "O Abraham, where are you going? Are you leaving us/me and the baby in this barren land where there is no people nor anything?". Hagar kept on asking while Prophet Abraham a.s. kept on walking without looking at her. Then Hagar asked, "Was it Allah who had commanded you to do this?" Prophet Abraham a.s. answered, "Yes." Hagar said, "If such is the case, then He/Allah will not abandon us/me and my baby". Hagar turned and walked back happily to the large tree (such was a very strong Faith she had in Allah). And Prophet Abraham a.s. walked on. When he a.s. was at a hill side, where Hagar and the baby could not see him a.s. , he a.s. turned towards the Baitullah. He put up his hands and prayed: (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.  

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Recitation 280

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
(127) وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَهِيمُ اُلْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ اُلْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّآ صلى إِنَّكَ أَنتَ اُلسَّمِيعُ اُلْعَلِيمُ
وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَهِيمُ اُلْقَوَاعِدَ = "Wa Idz Yarr-fa-'u Ibb-ro~hi~mul-Qo-wa~'i-da",  "Wa" = And, "Idz" = when, "Yarr-fa-'u" = he elevated, lifted up, "Ibb-ro~hi~mu" = Abraham, "al-Qo-wa~'i-da" = the foundation,
مِنَ اُلْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّآ = "Mi-nal-Bai-ti Wa Is-ma~'i~lu Rob-ba Na~ Ta-qob-bal Min~Na~".  "Mi-na" = of, "al-Bai-ti" = the House, "Wa Is-ma~'i~lu" = and Ishmael, "Rob-ba" = Lord, "Na~" = our, "Ta-qob-bal" = accept, "Min" = from, "Na~" = us.
"Wa Idz Yarr-fa-'u Ibb-ro~hi~mul-Qo-wa~'i-da Mi-nal-Bai-ti Wa Is-ma~'i~lu Rob-ba Na~ Ta-qob-bal Min~Na~".  = And (remember) when Abraham and Ishmael were elevating/lifting up the foundation of the House, they said, "Our Lord! Accept (this deed) from us.
صلى = a Waqof Jaiz sign. 

إٍِنَّكَ أَنتَ اُلسَّمِيعُ اُلْعَلِيمُ = "In~na Ka Ant~tas-Sa-mi~'ul-'A-li~~m".  "In~na" = Truly, "Ka" = You, "Ant~ta" = You are, "As-Sa-mi~'u" = the Hearer, "Al-'A-li~mu" = the Knower.
"In~na Ka Ant~tas-Sa-mi~'ul-'A-li~~m".  = Truly, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing".
(Ibnu 'Abbas r.a. said, "Prophet Abraham a.s. when was commanded by Allah, had left his beloved second wife, Siti Hajar and his a.s. only son then, Prophet Ismail a.s., who was a baby, under a large tree, in a barren land. Before leaving, he a.s. indirectly told Siti Hajar that Allah would take care of them. Siti Hajar consented and let her husband a.s. leave. After a number of years, he a.s. returned and found that that barren land had been developed and had become a settlement. He a.s. could not meet his son, Ismail a.s. because he, Ismail a.s. had gone to find food. He a.s. left. And when he a.s. returned, Ismail a.s. was not at home and had gone to search for food. Then he a.s. left again. After some time, he a.s. came and found Ismail a.s. was sitting under the large tree by the Zamzam well smoothering arrows. When Ismail a.s. saw him a.s., he a.s. got up and they a.s both did what people always do when they meet. Abraham a.s. said, "Will you help me?". Ismail a.s. replied, "Of course I will help you". "Allah had asked me to build a house here", pointing at a small hillock which was higher than the others. 
  Then they a.s. began to build the foundation for the Baitullah/ House of Allah. Ismail a.s. carried the stones and Abraham a.s. erected them until the building was very high, he, Abraham a.s. brought in a stone, put it beside the building and stood on it. He a.s. erected the building with the stones stretched out by Ismail a.s. His feet were wet that they left two foot prints on the stone. (This stone is called "Maqom Ibrohim"). When the building was completed, they a.s. both entreated, "Our Lord! Accept this deed from us. Truly You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.".
(128) (to be continued).
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Let us now continue to look into the Ten Signs Of The Doomsday/the end of the World:
  The Hadith from Huzaifah ibnu Asidi Al-Ghoffari r.a. said, "The Prophet s.a.w. came when we were discussing something. He s.a.w. asked, "What were you discussing about?" We said, "We were talking about the Doomsday.". He s.a.w. said, "Truly, the Doomsday will never happen before you see these ten signs: (i) Fume/gas/ vapour/smoke, (ii) the Dajjal/evil Cyclops, (iii) a large beast, (iv) the sun rises from its setting place/the West, (v) the descending of Jesus son of Mary a.s. [Prophet Jesus a.s. when coming down from the heavens will still be at his age when he a.s. was lifted up, he a.s. will be thirty three years of age and not 2,000 + or whatever!], (vi) Yaajuj and Maajuj/Gog and Magog, (vii, viii & ix) the occurrences of the earth immersed three times, once in the East, and another in the West, and the third in the Arabian Peninsular, (x) a blaze of fire from Yemen driving mankind to their gathering place." (narrated by Muslim).
   Abdullah r.a. reported that the Prophet s.a.w. said, "The time when the Doomsday happens, there are only evil people. (There will be no good people/soul left at that time)." (narrated by Muslim).
   A brief chronicle of Prophet Ismail a.s. son of Prophet Abraham a.s.: (to be continued).
Until we meet in the next session, see you all Quran Lovers later.
والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Abdul Hamid Mohd Yusof.
   

Sunday, 9 March 2014

Recitation 279

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
(126) وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَهِيمُ رَبِّ اُجْعَلْ هَذَا بَلَدًا ءَامِنًا وَاُرْزُقْ أَهْلَهُو مِنَ اُلثَّمَرَاتِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ مِنْهُم بِاُللهِ وَبِاُلْيَوْمِ اُلأَخِرِ صلى قَالَ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَأُمَتِّعُهُو قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ أَضْطَرُّهُو~إِلَى عَذَابِ اُلنَّارِ صلى وَبِئْسَ اُلْمَصِيرُ
وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَهِيمُ رَبِّ اُجْعَلْ = "Wa Idz Qo~la Ibb-ro~hi~mu Rob-bijj-'al",  "Wa" = And, "Idz" = when, "Qo~la" = said, "Ibb-ro~hi~mu" = Abraham, "Rob-bi" = Lord, "ijj-'al" = make,
هَذَا بَلَدًا ءَامِنًا وَاُرْزُقْ أَهْلَهُو مِنَ اُلثَّمَرَاتِ = "Ha~dza~ Ba-la-dan A~mi-naw~Warr-zuqq Ah-la Hu~ Mi-nath-THa-ma-ro~ti",  "Ha~dza~" = this, "Ba-la-dan" = country, "A~mi-nan" = peaceful, "Wa" = and, "urr-zuqq" = provide, "Ah-la" = people, "Hu~" = its, "Min" = of, "ath-THa-ma-ro~ti" = the fruits,
مَن ءَامَنَ مِنهُم بِاُللهِ وَبِاُلْيَوْمِ اُلْأَخِرِ = "Man A~ma-na Min Hum~Bil-Lahi Wa Bil-Yaw-mil-A~khir".  "Man" = who, "A~ma-na" = believe, "Min Hum" = of them, "Bi" = in, "Al-Lahi" = Allah, "Wa" = and, "Bi" = in, "al-Yaw-mi" = the day, "al-A~khi-ri" = the last.
"Wa Idz Qo~la Ibb-ro~hi~mu Rob-bijj-'al Ha~dza~ Ba-la-dan A~mi-naw~Warr-zuqq Ah-la Hu~ Mi-nath-THa-ma-ro~ti Man A~ma-na Min Hum~Bil-Lahi Wa Bil-Yaw-mil-A~khir".  = And (remember) when Abraham entreated, "Lord! Make this country/Mecca a peaceful place, and provide fruits to its people of those who are Believers in Allah and in the Last Day".
صلى = a Waqof Jaiz sign.
وَمَن كَفَرَ فَأُمَتِّعُهُو قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ أَضْطَرُّهُو~ إِلَى عَذَابِ اُلنَّارِ = "Wa Mank~Ka-fa-ro Fa U-mat-ti-'u Hu~ Qo-li~lanth~THum~ma Adh-tor-ru Hu~~ I-la~ 'A-dza~bin~Na~~rr".  "Wa" = And, "Man" = who, "Ka-fa-ro" = disbelieve, "Fa" = then, "U-mat-ti-'u" = I give enjoyment to, "Hu~" = him, "Qo-li~lan" = a little while, "THum~ma" = then, "Adh-tor-ru" = to force, "Hu~" = him, "I-la~" = to, " 'A-dza~bi" = torment, "an~Na~ri" = the Hell Fire.
"Wa Mank~K-fa-ro Fa U-mat-ti-'u Hu~ Qo-li~lanth~THum~ma Adh-tor-ru Hu~~ I-la~ 'A-dza~bin~Na~~rr.". = And to the unberliever, I/Allah shall give him/the unbeliever temporary comfort, then I shall force him to undergo the torment of the Hell Fire.
صلى = a Waqof Jaiz sign.
وَبٍِئْسَ اُلْمَصِيرُ = "Wa Bii-sal-Ma-shi~~r".  "Wa" = And, "Bii-sa" = vile indeed, "al-Ma-shi~ru" = the outcome.
"Wa Bii-sal-Ma-shi~~r" =  And vile indeed is his ending/ destination.  
(Prophet Abraham a.s. had entreated that Mecca be a peaceful country, and Allah had fulfilled it that the country is called the "Harom"/forbidden land, that is, it is forbidden to shed blood, to oppress, to hunt, to pull out the grass or to cut down live trees there. Prophet Abraham also prayed for Mecca be provided with fruits, including wheat, barley and rice for its peoples' food.
  To those who disbelieve in Allah and His Prophet s.a.w. and in the Hereafter, Allah will give them temporary comfort on this world. Then in the Hereafter, they will be tormented in the Hell Fire, a vile place to be in.).
(127) (to be continued).
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Let us now continue to look into the brief chronicle of Prophet Jesus son of Mary a.s.:
   There are 4 Hadith reported by Abu Huroiroh r.a. and were narrated by (i) 2 by Bukhori, (ii) 2 by Ahmad, (b) From Nafii maula Abu Qotadah Al-Anshori, narrated by Bukhori, and (c) from Majmaa ibnu Jariyah narrated by Ahmad, reporting about the descending of Prophet Jesus son of Mary a.s. from the heavens to the earth at the end of time before the Doomsday/end of the world.
  From Abu Huroiroh r.a. reported that the Prophet s.a.w. said, "All Prophets are brothers of the same father, while their mothers are different, and their Religion is one. I/Muhammad am the nearest person to Jesus son of Mary because there was no other Prophet between him and me. And he will come down, he will descend with the help of two Angels. He will hold the wings of the two Angels, and will land on a white minaret in the East of Damascus. When all of you look at him, recognize him  by his medium height, fair and reddish complexion, he wears two yellowish coloured clothes, his head/hair will be as if there is water dripping from it while it is not wet. He will destroy all the Cross, will kill all pigs/swine, and will abolish all tax, and will call mankind to Islam. During that time, Allah will dissolve all religions on earth except the Religion of Islam, and Allah will also destroy the Messiah the Dajjal/the one-eyed evil Cyclops (who will be killed by Prophet Jesus a.s.). Thus the whole world will be peaceful that lions and camels can share the same pasture, so will the tigers and the cows, the wolves and the sheep, and children will be playing with snakes without any harm comes to them. He/Jesus will stay for forty years, then will pass away, and the Muslimin will perform Solat Janazah/Funeral rites for him". (narrated by Ahmad and Abu Daud).
   The Ten Signs Of The Doomsday/End of the World: (to be continued). 
Until we meet again in the next session, see you Quran Lovers soon.
والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Abdul Hamid Mohd Yusof.