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इस शांतिपूर्ण पॉडकास्ट एपिसोड में, जिसका शीर्षक है "Sleep Duaa & Tasbeeh & Quran. Relaxing. Soothing | دعاء النوم وتسبيح فاطمة الزهراء والمعوذات," हम अपने श्रोताओं को एक सुखदायक ध्वनि परिदृश्य में ले जाते हैं जो मन को शांत करने और आत्मा को सुख देने के लिए डिज़ाइन किया गया है। इस एपिसोड में चुनिंदा दुआ (प्रार्थनाओं), फातिमा अल-ज़हरा की तस्बीह (भक्ति संबंधी जप) और कुरान के मु'अव्विदात (सुरक्षा के छंद) के सुखदायक पाठ प्रस्तुत किए गए हैं, जो रात्रि में आध्यात्मिक आराम के लिए आदर्श साथी हैं। जैसे ही आप रात को सोने के लिए तैयार होते हैं, इन पवित्र ग्रंथों की कोमल, गूंजती हुई ध्वनियों को आपको शांति और तनावमुक्ति में लिपटने दें, जिससे आध्यात्मिक शांति में लिपटी एक आरामदायक नींद फोस्टर हो। चाहे आप लंबे दिन के बाद विश्राम की तलाश में हों या सोने से पहले शांति का क्षण चाहते हों, इस एपिसोड को आपकी आरामदायक रात के लिए आध्यात्मिक सुख के सुखद आलिंगन में आपका मार्गदर्शक होने दें।

In this tranquil episode of our podcast titled "Sleep Duaa & Tasbeeh & Quran. Relaxing. Soothing | دعاء النوم وتسبيح فاطمة الزهراء والمعوذات," we immerse our listeners in a serene soundscape designed to calm the mind and soothe the soul before sleep. Featuring a curated selection of Duas (prayers), Tasbeeh (devotional chants) of Fatimah al-Zahra, and soothing recitations of the Quranic Mu'awwidhat (verses of protection), this episode is a perfect spiritual companion for nighttime relaxation. As you settle in for the night, allow the gentle, reverberating sounds of these sacred texts to envelop you in peace and tranquility, fostering a restful sleep enveloped in spiritual well-being. Whether you're looking to unwind after a long day or seeking a moment of peace before drifting into slumber, let this episode be your guide to a restful night enveloped in the comforting embrace of spiritual serenity.

May Allah bring light to every heart carrying hidden pain, grief, fear, loneliness, guilt, or hardship.

Please remember the oppressed, the imprisoned, the forgotten, and those separated from their loved ones in your duaa.

فَكُنْ لَهُمْ عَوْنَهُمْ وَسَنَدَهُمْ يَا لَطِيفُ يَا جَبَّارُ،
وَاجْبُرْ كَسْرَهُمْ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا غَفَّارُ،
وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَىٰ غَيْرِكَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ.

Read Alfurqan by Hashem Nabil

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Website: https://blog.for-allah.com/
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Quran Recitation by Hashem Nabil on Podcast

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1526025373

इस शांतिपूर्ण पॉडकास्ट एपिसोड में, जिसका शीर्षक है "Sleep Duaa & Tasbeeh & Quran. Relaxing. Soothing | دعاء النوم وتسبيح فاطمة الزهراء والمعوذات," हम अपने श्रोताओं को एक सुखदायक ध्वनि परिदृश्य में ले जाते हैं जो मन को शांत करने और आत्मा को सुख देने के लिए डिज़ाइन किया गया है। इस एपिसोड में चुनिंदा दुआ (प्रार्थनाओं), फातिमा अल-ज़हरा की तस्बीह (भक्ति संबंधी जप) और कुरान के मु'अव्विदात (सुरक्षा के छंद) के सुखदायक पाठ प्रस्तुत किए गए हैं, जो रात्रि में आध्यात्मिक आराम के लिए आदर्श साथी हैं। जैसे ही आप रात को सोने के लिए तैयार होते हैं, इन पवित्र ग्रंथों की कोमल, गूंजती हुई ध्वनियों को आपको शांति और तनावमुक्ति में लिपटने दें, जिससे आध्यात्मिक शांति में लिपटी एक आरामदायक नींद फोस्टर हो। चाहे आप लंबे दिन के बाद विश्राम की तलाश में हों या सोने से पहले शांति का क्षण चाहते हों, इस एपिसोड को आपकी आरामदायक रात के लिए आध्यात्मिक सुख के सुखद आलिंगन में आपका मार्गदर्शक होने दें।

In this tranquil episode of our podcast titled "Sleep Duaa & Tasbeeh & Quran. Relaxing. Soothing | دعاء النوم وتسبيح فاطمة الزهراء والمعوذات," we immerse our listeners in a serene soundscape designed to calm the mind and soothe the soul before sleep. Featuring a curated selection of Duas (prayers), Tasbeeh (devotional chants) of Fatimah al-Zahra, and soothing recitations of the Quranic Mu'awwidhat (verses of protection), this episode is a perfect spiritual companion for nighttime relaxation. As you settle in for the night, allow the gentle, reverberating sounds of these sacred texts to envelop you in peace and tranquility, fostering a restful sleep enveloped in spiritual well-being. Whether you're looking to unwind after a long day or seeking a moment of peace before drifting into slumber, let this episode be your guide to a restful night enveloped in the comforting embrace of spiritual serenity.

May Allah bring light to every heart carrying hidden pain, grief, fear, loneliness, guilt, or hardship.

Please remember the oppressed, the imprisoned, the forgotten, and those separated from their loved ones in your duaa.

فَكُنْ لَهُمْ عَوْنَهُمْ وَسَنَدَهُمْ يَا لَطِيفُ يَا جَبَّارُ،
وَاجْبُرْ كَسْرَهُمْ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا غَفَّارُ،
وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَىٰ غَيْرِكَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ.

Read Alfurqan by Hashem Nabil

E-mail: read.alfurqan@gmail.com
Website: https://blog.for-allah.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGex6VI3d_7eR3QL8gieDA
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Quran Recitation by Hashem Nabil on Podcast

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The thirty-eighth chapter of the Quran was revealed in Mecca and like all Meccan chapters it emphasizes the fundamentals and basic concepts of Islam.  Sad’s eighty-eight short verses discuss the Oneness of God, the Day of Judgment, and the previous prophets.  It compares the arrogance of the unbelievers of Mecca to the arrogance found in previously destroyed nations, and with the arrogance of Satan.

This chapter begins with the Arabic letter sad.  The use of one or more Arabic letters at the beginning of a chapter is a narrative device used in this and 28 other chapters of Quran.  The reason and the meaning of this is the subject of much speculation, however the answer is known only to God.  God swears an oath by the Quran, the book that serves a reminder to all of humankind.  Those who disbelieve are occupied with nothing but arrogance and defiance.  God has destroyed many generations before them for such arrogance and every one of them cried out in despair but it was too late.  A warner has come to them (Meccan disbelievers) from among themselves but they do not accept this, and call him a liar or a magician.  Why would the message be sent to him (Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him) they think to themselves and say, did he turn all the gods into One God? Don’t believe him, hold fast to your religion, the religion of our forefathers.

They doubt because they have not yet tasted the punishment.  Do the disbelievers possess God’s treasures or have control over the heavens and the earth?  If so let them ascend and dictate to God.  They are just an armed alliance that will be crushed.  The people of Noah, and Aad and Pharaoh denied their messengers.   The people of Thamud, and Lot and Midian formed alliances against their messengers.  They all called their messengers liars; God’s punishment was justified.  They wait for nothing but a single blast heralding the Day of Judgement and they will wish that they could have their punishment in this life.  Prophet Muhammad is advised to bear their words and be patient.

Remember God’s servant David, who sang the praises of God.  He was joined by both the mountains and the birds.  God strengthened his kingdom and gave him wisdom, sound judgment and discerning speech.  There is a story of two litigants who climbed over a wall alarming David in his prayer chamber.  They asked him to judge between them.  David passed judgment and realized that he had been put into this position as a test from God.  He sought forgiveness for any errors, such as fear and suspicion of the two men at the outset, and any mistakes in judgement he might have made, such as not being impartial in his judgement. God forgave David and reminded that he was a vicegerent on earth, who should rule with justice and not follow his own desires.  Those who stray will face a severe punishment.  The heavens and earth and all that is in between were not created without a purpose.  Those who do well are not treated the same as the ones who do mischief.  The blessed Quran has been sent down so that humankind can ponder its verses and learn a lesson from it.

God gave David a son, Solomon; he was an excellent servant to God.   He became obsessed with his beautiful racehorses and became distracted from remembering God.  He realized his mistake and sent the horses from his sight.  (Some scholars say that he slaughtered them).   Solomon was tested and he became so ill that he was like a walking skeleton.  Solomon repented and turned back to God.  Solomon asked for forgiveness and more power than anyone else would ever have.  God gave him power over the wind and the jinn.

And remember God’s servant Job when he called out in distress because Satan had afflicted him with suffering.  God gave him cool water and restored and multiplied the family members that had deserted him.  God relieved Job of the oath he made to beat his wife by instructing him to strike her with blades of grass.[1] God’s servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were men of vision; Ishmael, Elisha and Dhul Khifl were outstanding among men. 

This is a reminder, the gates of Paradise will open to the righteous and their provision will never end.  In contrast, the rebellious and wrongdoers will burn in Hell with other punishments of various kinds.  The followers will be thrown in after their leaders.  Some will pray that their leaders be doubly punished and they will all wonder why the ones they used to ridicule were not there with them.  The people of the Hellfire will continue to argue and blame one another.

Prophet Muhammad must tell them that he is only a warner and that there is no deity but God.  He delivers a mighty message which they choose to ignore, and he has no knowledge of what is discussed in the heavens.  Prophet Muhammad knows only what is revealed to him.  The discussion was between God, the angels, and Satan.  God told the angels that He was going to make a human being out of clay and that when he was done they should bow down before it.  They did, all of them except Satan (sometimes called Iblees), because he was arrogant.  Satan thought himself better than Adam (the human being) because he was made from fire rather than clay, so God banished and cursed him until the Day of Judgment.  Satan asked for respite until that Day and he was granted.   He swore to God that he would use the time to mislead all human beings except the ones that are sincerely devoted to Him.  God told Satan to listen to the truth; He intended to fill Hell with Satan and all of his followers.

Prophet Muhammad must tell the people that the Quran is a reminder and that he does not ask for any payment, nor does he pretend to be something other than a man with a message and a warning.  In time, everyone will know that he speaks the truth.
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By Aisha Stacey (© 2017 IslamReligion.com)
Copyright © 2006 - 2021 IslamReligion.com. All rights reserved.
Used with permission.
The source of this article is: www.IslamReligion.com

May Allah bring light to every heart carrying hidden pain, grief, fear, loneliness, guilt, or hardship.

Please remember the oppressed, the imprisoned, the forgotten, and those separated from their loved ones in your duaa.

فَكُنْ لَهُمْ عَوْنَهُمْ وَسَنَدَهُمْ يَا لَطِيفُ يَا جَبَّارُ،
وَاجْبُرْ كَسْرَهُمْ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا غَفَّارُ،
وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَىٰ غَيْرِكَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ.

Read Alfurqan by Hashem Nabil

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Website: https://blog.for-allah.com/
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This is the final chapter of Quran and it is the second in a pair of chapters that were revealed at the same time.  These six short verses and the previous chapter are generally thought to have been revealed in Mecca, although there is some scholarly dispute about this.  Their subject matter and themes are similar, and they are known together as the ‘chapters of refuge'. Both the final two chapters are used as invocations against evil.  The title of this chapter is ‘The People’.  It is named for the last word in the first verse where God refers to Himself as the Lord of all the people. 

At the end of chapter 113, we sought refuge from the harm caused by envy and jealousy and thus we move straight to chapter 114 where we are urged to seek refuge from the one who is the most jealous and causes the most jealousy and envy in the hearts of the people—Satan.  The evils mentioned in the previous chapter are those that are out of our control.  However, in this chapter, the evils are such that we are liable for them ourselves thus to a certain extent these are the greater evils.

The final chapter begins with the same word as the two chapters before it.  That word is ‘say’ or in the Arabic language Qul.    Together chapters 112, 113, and 114 are known as the ‘three quls’.  There are many authentic traditions from Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, and his companions that recommend saying the final three chapters when seeking God’s protection throughout the day or the night.  Thus in chapter 114, God says, when you seek refuge in Me say these words.

God is telling us to humble ourselves and ask Him for help.  The word say is a command.  Seek refuge, God says, in Me, the Lord, Master, and Protector of all the people, of all humankind.  Seek refuge in the King, or Ruler of all the people.  Here God is saying that He is the One with all the authority, therefore go straight to Him.  There is no need for an intercessor or a person who can only solve a little bit of the problem.  Go straight to the top.

People tend to leave seeking the protection of God until the very last resort.  That is not the way God intended.  He is saying to us that He is the source of all protection and He is your first and only line of defence.  He is the Master, the King and the God of all humankind.  Seek your refuge with Him.  God alone is the One who has all control, the only Ruler and the only Deity; there is no one apart from Him in which to seek refuge.  Ask Him.

In the first three verses, God mentions three of His attributes, the Lord, the King and the God (or Deity).   The word Nas meaning all of the people, is also mentioned three times, this contributes to the rhythm of the chapter, stressing each point.    One of the root words of the word nas is nasiyya - to be forgetful.  One of the inherent traits of people is to be forgetful; thus this powerful and rhythmic chapter is a reminder to those of us who forget that God is our only refuge.  In addition to this, God has given Satan the power to make people forgetful.  Therefore God commands us to seek refuge in Him and then tells us who we are seeking refuge from. 

God tells us quite clearly the identity of this slinking whisperer so that we are alerted and ever watchful.  Satan is the one who is continually performing his role.  He is obsessed with it and will not stop.  We therefore need to be on our guard and ever vigilant because Satan will not cease his whispering and he is sneaky.  He operates secretly, hidden away, whispering into the dark, and the dark recesses of our minds.   We have however been warned; we know that the only way to overpower this threat is to seek refuge with God.  This is a most powerful weapon.   The only way to defeat Satan is to remember God and know that it is our faith that will strike down this whispering threat.

Describing Satan as slinking is very significant because it indicates the intrinsic feebleness of Satan.  He meekly withdraws when he is openly confronted.  Satan places himself close to the heart of the believer and whispers but when the believer remembers God and seeks His protection, Satan steps back, he retreats.   Satan can also transfer this task of distracting and whispering to others.  God tells us in the last verse that evil whisperings can come from people as well as Satan and his ilk.  The harmful thoughts, suggestions and whispers need not always be Satan; they can come through other people, other jinn and from evil circumstances that might commonly surround us.

Thus this chapter not only protects us from the whispers of Satan, but also from the evil suggestions of our fellow humans.  If you feel the whisperings of Satan or feel tempted by the actions of those around you calling you to evil, harmful or disobedient acts—recite this chapter, obey God and seek His protection. 
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By Aisha Stacey (© 2017 IslamReligion.com)
Copyright © 2006 - 2021 IslamReligion.com. All rights reserved.
Used with permission.
The source of this article is: www.IslamReligion.com

May Allah bring light to every heart carrying hidden pain, grief, fear, loneliness, guilt, or hardship.

Please remember the oppressed, the imprisoned, the forgotten, and those separated from their loved ones in your duaa.

فَكُنْ لَهُمْ عَوْنَهُمْ وَسَنَدَهُمْ يَا لَطِيفُ يَا جَبَّارُ،
وَاجْبُرْ كَسْرَهُمْ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا غَفَّارُ،
وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَىٰ غَيْرِكَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ.

Read Alfurqan by Hashem Nabil

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Chapter 113 is the penultimate chapter in Quran and is the first in a pair of chapters that were revealed at the same time. Their subject matter and themes are similar and they are known together as the ‘chapters of refuge’.

When Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, was spreading the message of Islam, the opposition against him was becoming more and more intense. The disbelievers of Mecca were trying to disrupt the mission in any way they could including devising plots to harm and even kill Prophet Muhammad. God therefore instructs Prophet Muhammad specifically and the believers in general to seek refuge in Him from any source of fear, hidden or visible, known or unknown.

The Daybreak is a very short chapter of just five verses. Its title is taken from the last word of the first verse. Al-falaq means a lengthwise division, fissure or cleft. When it is used with the word dawn it means the break of dawn.

The chapter begins with the same word as the chapter before it and the one after it. That word is "say" or in the Arabic language Qul.   Together chapter 112, 113, and 114 are known as the ‘three quls’. From the traditions of Prophet Muhammad, we know that there are many authentic sayings that recommend reciting these three chapters to seek God’s protection throughout the day or the night. Thus, in chapter 113 God begins, when you seek refuge in Me say these words.

A deeper meaning of the word falaq is to create, or to bring into being. With reference to the fissure or the split it denotes that God is the one who splits the seed, bringing forth the living from the dead. God, the Lord of all creation brings light out of darkness. The sun, as it rises splits through the darkness of the night. Refuge is sought from the One who exposes everything hidden in the darkness and bestows safety by kindling the light of day.

Seeking refuge in God is seeking refuge in the Supreme Power whom no evil can fight or oppose. It is refuge from not only the evils of the world but also the evils of the Hereafter.

In some of the translations to English of this chapter you will find the following words, ‘from the evil of what He has created’. Some more modern translations have changed this to from the evil of created things in order to clarify that the evil is attributed to the created being who did it and not to God’s creative act, which is of course free from evil from all perspectives. Evil or that which contains evil is however a by-product of God’s creative act because He is the Creator of everything.

Verse two was seeking protection from evil in general, now in verse three it becomes more specific. Particular types of evil come out from the darkness of the night. Criminals and the perpetrators of wickedness, wild animals, raiders and bandits, who plunder and destroy, all use the darkness to cover their approach. God commands us to seek refuge with Him from the evils and calamities which descend at night. We seek refuge with the Lord of the breaking dawn from the evils of the dark night.

God mentions this as the next great source of evil. It includes all forms of witchcraft and sorcery whereby they are deceived into acting or thinking in an unnatural way.  There are many forms of witchcraft throughout the world and it almost always includes a belief that some people can influence others by certain rites, formulas or actions. The verse particularly refers to a form of witchcraft carried out by the women of Arabia at the time, tying knots in cords and blowing on them to cast spells.  God is the ultimate Protector; no power is able to cancel His authority.

The evil of the envier is the third source of evil mentioned.  Envy is the begrudging reaction a person feels towards another who has received blessings and bounties from God. It is a baseless grudge often accompanied by the wish that the favours cease. The Arabic word used here for envy is hasad which means destructive or malicious envy and it is one of the most destructive emotions a person can have towards his fellow human beings and can cause untold damage.

This chapter covers the three most dreadful things that are able to harm people. The most important lesson that it teaches us is that if a person encounters these evils they must seek protection, but only from one place; from God Himself. 
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By Aisha Stacey (© 2017 IslamReligion.com)
Copyright © 2006 - 2021 IslamReligion.com. All rights reserved.
Used with permission.
The source of this article is: www.IslamReligion.com

May Allah bring light to every heart carrying hidden pain, grief, fear, loneliness, guilt, or hardship.

Please remember the oppressed, the imprisoned, the forgotten, and those separated from their loved ones in your duaa.

فَكُنْ لَهُمْ عَوْنَهُمْ وَسَنَدَهُمْ يَا لَطِيفُ يَا جَبَّارُ،
وَاجْبُرْ كَسْرَهُمْ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا غَفَّارُ،
وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَىٰ غَيْرِكَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ.

Read Alfurqan by Hashem Nabil

E-mail: read.alfurqan@gmail.com
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1.  Say: “He is Allah, the Unique.”

2.  “Allah, the Self-Sufficient.”

3.  “He does not give birth, nor was He born.”

4.  “And there is none equal to Him.”

(1)  Say: “He is Allah, the Unique.” This verse represents Allah’s own affirmation of His unique Monotheism, His inimitable Oneness.  Thus, the first verse is a command to the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, and whoever reads or recites this verse to affirm Allah’s Unique Oneness.  He is one like whom there is no other.  There are many unities in this world, but they all are not unique as each unity has others similar to them.  For example, there is one Mount Everest, but there are other tall mountains similar to it.  In the case of Allah, there is no other unity similar to Him.  All other unities can be divided into parts, while Allah is unique in His Oneness and is as such indivisible.

(2)  Allah, the Self-Sufficient.  Allah’s uniqueness is realized in His self-sufficiency.  On the other hand, all created beings have ne eds and are dependent on others to fulfill their needs.  Allah is not in need of any of His creation in any way, as nothing they can do can better or benefit His already perfect state.  This attribute of self-sufficiency invites the believers to reflect on the purpose and the goals of their worship.  Most people worship as if they are doing God a favor.  The purpose of human creation is to worship Allah because all human beings have a need to worship Him.  He has no need for or from them.  Human beings need to worship and glorify God because obedience to divine law is the key to their success in both this life and the next.

(3)  “He does not give birth, nor was He born.” This verse describes another aspect of Allah’s Unique Oneness.  False religions generally represent God in human terms by either giving Him human characteristics and or human form.  This verse deals primarily with two distinct characteristics of human beings and other living creatures in general: coming into existence by being born and procreating by giving birth.  “He (Allah) does not give birth,” because there is nothing similar to him.  A child is made from portions (sperm and ovum) of the bodies of its parents which is why it is similar to its parents in form and characteristics.  If God gave birth, there would be another god like Him, which His uniqueness has already negated.  The Almighty also rejected the concept of having a child from the perspective that bearing offspring usually requires a female partner similar in form to the male.  Allah also rejected offspring from the general perspective that it is not befitting, since to have a child would reduce him to the status of His creatures.  This answers the question of those who claim that since it is agreed that God can do anything, He should be able to have a son if He wished.  It is not befitting because it would make God like His creatures.  Furthermore people have children out of a need for help to survive in this material world or out of the need for continued existence through one’s progeny.[1]  By describing Himself as self-sufficient, Allah also negated this possibility. 

“Nor was He born” subtly rejects the notion that Jesus was God, because he was born.  For God to be born, He must first have not existed, which contradicts the basic unique divine attribute of eternal existence.

(4)  “And there is nothing equal to Him.” Allah closes the chapter with a restatement of the opening verse.  If God is unique, nothing can be equal to Him.  If nothing is equal to Him, then He alone is unique.  If He alone is Self-Sufficient and all creation is in need of Him, nothing in creation can be equal to Him.  If He does not bear offspring, nor did anyone or anything give birth to Him, nothing or no one can be equal to Him as every created being came into existence after a period of non-existence.  Every created being has something similar to it, called its pair, or something resembling it, called its equal.  If the Creator were from one or other of these species He would have an equal and a similitude. 

Thus, this chapter contains the genealogy and description of God, the Most Merciful.  It was revealed by Allah to refute beliefs attributed to Him by misguided people concerning His similitude, form, origin and offspring.  For example, those who paint pictures or make statues of Allah are claiming similitude, those who worship others besides Him claim similitude, and those who attribute some parts of His creation to others besides Him claim similitude.  However, nothing is similar to Him in His Attributes, His Dominion or His Divinity.  Therefore, only He alone deserves to be worshipped by His creatures.

Say (O Muhammad): “He is Allah (God), (the) One.  (1)

“Allah-us-Samad [Allah (God) the Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, (He neither eats nor drinks)].  (2)

“He begets not, nor was He begotten.  (3)

“And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.” (4)

(Quran 112:1-4)

(1)  “Say” a decisive statement which you believe in and be aware of, “He is Allah (God), (the) One” which means, the oneness is confined to Him, He is the one who alone possesses perfection, Who has the most beautiful names and perfect supreme attributes,.  He is unparalleled and matchless.

(2)  “Allah-us-Samad” [Allah the Self-Sufficient Master] whom all creatures need. All the inhabitants of the upper and lower world are in utmost need of Him.  They ask Him for their needs, and seek Him for their concerns, because He is perfect in his attributes, He is the all-knowing whose knowledge is perfect, He is the most-forbearing whose forbearance is perfect, the most-merciful whose mercy is perfect.

(3)  And of his perfection that “He begets not, nor was He begotten” due to the perfection of his opulence [freedom of all needs]

(4)  “And there is none comparable to Him.” Neither in His names and attributes nor in His deeds.  Far removed is He from every imperfection.

So this Chapter establishes the oneness of God.
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May Allah bring light to every heart carrying hidden pain, grief, fear, loneliness, guilt, or hardship.

Please remember the oppressed, the imprisoned, the forgotten, and those separated from their loved ones in your duaa.

فَكُنْ لَهُمْ عَوْنَهُمْ وَسَنَدَهُمْ يَا لَطِيفُ يَا جَبَّارُ،
وَاجْبُرْ كَسْرَهُمْ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا غَفَّارُ،
وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَىٰ غَيْرِكَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ.

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Abu Lahab was the uncle of Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.  Lahab means flames and hence he was nicknamed so because of the radiant look on his face.  Together with his wife, Abu Lahab was one of the most hostile opponents of God’s Messenger and the ideas he propagated.

Rabi`ah, son of `Abbad, recalls, "When I was young, I once watched, with my father, God’s Messenger preaching Islam to the Arab tribes, saying ‘O sons of...  (calling their respective tribal names), I am God’s Messenger sent to order you to submit to, and worship Him alone, invoking nothing else beside Him, and to believe in me and protect me until I carry out what God has entrusted to me.’ A cross-eyed, bright-faced man was behind him, who used to say, after he had finished, ‘O sons of...  this man wants you to forsake al-Laat and al-`Uzza (two idols worshipped by the pagan Arabs) and your allies of the jinn, the children of Malik ibn Aqmas, and to substitute for them these innovations and nonsense he has come up with.  Do not listen to him, nor follow what he preaches.’ I asked my father who that man was and he told me that it was Abu Lahab, the Prophet’s uncle."

His wife, Arwa bint Harb ibn Umayyah gave him unfailing support in his virulent, relentless campaign.

One day the Prophet went out to a large square in Mecca, climbed a hill and summoned the people of the Quraysh.  When they came to him, he addressed them, saying, ‘Were I to tell you that an enemy is drawing near and will attack you tomorrow morning or evening, would you believe me?’ ‘Yes,’ they replied.  ‘O listen to me,’ he went on, ‘I am warning you of (God’s) gruesome torment.’ Abu Lahab was there and snapped at him, ‘Damn you! For this have you called us?’ Then this chapter was revealed. 

Another instance was when the clan of Hashim, Prophet Muhammad’s own clan, under Abu Ţalib’s leadership, decided on grounds of tribal loyalty to protect the Prophet despite their rejection of the religion he preached.  Abu Lahab was the only one to take a different stand.  Even though he belonged to the same clan, he joined with the opposing Quraysh instead, and was with them in signing the document imposing a complete social and business boycott on the clan of Hashim to starve them out unless they delivered the Prophet to them.

Abu Lahab also ordered his two sons to renounce Muhammad’s two daughters to whom they had been engaged before Muhammad’s prophetic assignment.  His aim was to burden the Prophet with their living and welfare expenses.

Thus, Abu Lahab and his wife, Arwa, who was also called Umm Jameel, continued with their persistent onslaught against the Prophet and his message.  The fact that they were close neighbors of the Prophet made the situation worse.  We are told that Umm Jameel used to carry thorns and sharp wood and place them along the Prophet’s path.

This chapter was revealed as a counterattack against Abu Lahab’s and his wife’s hostile campaign.  God took it upon Himself to say the final word on behalf of His Messenger.

The Arabic term, tabba, rendered as ‘doomed’ also signifies failure and cutting off.  The term is used twice in two different senses.  It is used first as a prayer, while in the second instance it implies that the prayer has been already answered.  So, in one short verse, an action is realized which draws the curtains upon a battle scene.  What later follows is merely a description of what took place with the remark that "his wealth and his gains shall avail him nothing." (Verse 2) He can have no escape.  He is defeated, vanquished and damned.  This was his fate in this world, but in the Hereafter "he shall have to endure a flaming fire." (Verse 3) The fire is described as having flames in order to emphasize that it is raging.

"And his wife, the carrier of firewood," will reside there with him having "a rope of palm-fiber round her neck," with which, as it were, she is being dragged into Hell, or which she used for fastening wood bundles together, according to whether a literal or metaphorical interpretation of the text is adopted.

The language of this chapter achieves remarkable harmony between the subject matter and the atmosphere built around it.  Hell, with its fiercely burning lahab, or flames, will be inhabited by Abu Lahab.  At the same time his wife, who collects thorns and sharp woods, materials which can significantly increase the blaze, will be met with the same fire with a rope tied round her neck, bundled like firewood.  How perfectly matched are the words and the pictures portrayed: the punishment is presented as being of the same nature as the deed: wood, rope, fire and lahab!
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May Allah bring light to every heart carrying hidden pain, grief, fear, loneliness, guilt, or hardship.

Please remember the oppressed, the imprisoned, the forgotten, and those separated from their loved ones in your duaa.

فَكُنْ لَهُمْ عَوْنَهُمْ وَسَنَدَهُمْ يَا لَطِيفُ يَا جَبَّارُ،
وَاجْبُرْ كَسْرَهُمْ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا غَفَّارُ،
وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَىٰ غَيْرِكَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ.

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This chapter is believed to be one of the last revealed and thus the majority of Islamic scholars believe it to have been revealed in Medina.  Its title, The Help, is taken from the word ‘help’ (nasr) that occurs in the first of three verses.  When we read the chapters of the Quran chronologically we find that this chapter is directly connected to both the previous and the following chapters.  In the previous chapter ‘The Disbelievers’ (Al-Kafirun), Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, is told to separate completely from the people of Mecca who refused to embrace Islam.  In ‘The Help’ Prophet Muhammad and those who followed him are guaranteed victory.

The word deen in the previous chapter often translated to mean religion can also be translated to outcome.  The outcome will be that a person will experience the consequences of their actions.  The consequence for Prophet Muhammad and the fledgling Muslim nation, we are told in ‘The Help’, is victory, in this world and the next.  The chapter that follows ‘The Help’ is ‘The Palm Fibre’ where we see that the consequence for those who disbelieve is a flaming fire, quite a different outcome altogether.

In the Arabic language there are several words for help and they are used throughout the Quran.  They all have slightly different shades of meaning.  This particular word nasr (help) is used for the kind of help that is used to overpower an aggressor or oppressor.  It is not help moving furniture or digging a vegetable garden.  If we say the (nasr) help of God, we know that it is tremendous and incomparable.

This victory is usually believed to be the conquest of Mecca.  When Prophet Muhammad returns to Mecca as a conqueror it is a nonviolent conquest and thus a particularly amazing victory.  However, many scholars believe that the word victory here does not mean that one particular victory but many victories proving that God is the supreme power in Arabia and beyond. 

Interestingly many of the people of Mecca and the surrounds were waiting for the Prophet to achieve some victory before following him.  God prophesises victory in this chapter and thus those who hung back were now having second thoughts.  God is telling Prophet Muhammad that when His tremendous help arrives there is nothing that will be able to stop or over power him.

After the conquest of Mecca, the Arab tribes that had resisted embracing Islam, the ones that were waiting for a victory, began to flock to Prophet Muhammad to pledge allegiance to God and to the religion of Islam.  Up until this time Prophet Muhammad was often filled with grief and emotional pain.  Although God had assured him otherwise Prophet Muhammad always felt as if he was responsible for everybody.  If they refused to believe and ended their lives in that state, he was sad and wished he had done more to save them. 

In this chapter God is assuring Prophet Muhammad that he will see crowds of people accepting Islam.  God is saying that he will see these large groups in his lifetime.  Not just one person here and there but whole extended families and tribes, and not just a couple of tribes but many.  Prophet Muhammad seeing crowds of people entering Islam is not restricted to only those who entered Islam during his lifetime.  We know from many of his traditions that he saw the large number of believers that will stand gathered behind him on the Day of Judgment.  This verse however reassured Prophet Muhammad, eased his grief and had a very deep and profound impact on his personal life. 

Prophet Muhammad and his followers are told to feel reassured, be calm, glorify and praise God.  The victory is God’s Alone.  There was never any doubt that it would end this way.  Stay close to God, glorify Him, then praise Him and after this, seek His forgiveness because He is always ready to forgive.  It is well reported in the traditions of Prophet Muhammad that after this chapter was revealed he increased his worship of God by spending longer hours praying, glorifying and praising Him, and seeking forgiveness many times a day.  His personal habits changed because of this verse.  Following the instructions in this chapter and emulating the behaviour of Prophet Muhammad is the key to making supplication to God.

It is also related in numerous authentic traditions that this chapter had great personal impact on many of the companions of Prophet Muhammad.  Many of them recognised that this revelation meant that Prophet Muhammad had completed his mission.  Throughout the stories of the prophets it is clear that once the mission is completed, the lifetime of the prophet is at an end.  Many of the companions were profoundly affected and this chapter reduced them to tears of grief.  These three short verses hold a wealth of information and knowledge that we have only just touched on in this summary.
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May Allah bring light to every heart carrying hidden pain, grief, fear, loneliness, guilt, or hardship.

Please remember the oppressed, the imprisoned, the forgotten, and those separated from their loved ones in your duaa.

فَكُنْ لَهُمْ عَوْنَهُمْ وَسَنَدَهُمْ يَا لَطِيفُ يَا جَبَّارُ،
وَاجْبُرْ كَسْرَهُمْ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا غَفَّارُ،
وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَىٰ غَيْرِكَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ.

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Although the Arabs before Islam did not deny God altogether, they did not know Him by His identity as the One and the Eternal.  They neither showed any true understanding of God, nor worshipped Him properly.  On the contrary, they ascribed to Him, as partners, idols that were supposed to represent their great and pious ancestors or, in some cases, the angels whom they claimed to be God’s daughters.  Moreover, they alleged a kinship between Him and the jinn.  In spite of their belief in God, the polytheism they entertained fouled their concepts, traditions and rites to the extent that they assigned to their alleged deities a portion of their earnings and possessions, and even their offspring.

When Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, declared his religion to be that of Abraham, they argued that there was no reason for them to forsake their beliefs and follow his instead, since they too were of the same religion.  In the meantime, they sought a sort of compromise with him proposing that he should prostrate himself before their deities in return for their prostration to his God, and that he should cease denouncing their deities and their manner of worship in reciprocation for whatever he demanded of them!

This confusion in their concepts, vividly illustrated by their worship of various deities while acknowledging God, was perhaps what led them to believe that the gulf between them and Prophet Muhammad was not unbridgeable.  They thought an agreement was somehow possible by allowing the two camps to co-exist in the region and by granting him some personal concessions!

To clear up this muddle, to cut all arguments short and to firmly distinguish between one form of worship and the other, and indeed between one faith and the other, this chapter was revealed in such a decisive, assertive tone.

Following one form of negation, assertion and emphasis after another, the chapter sets its message in absolute clarity.  It starts with the word, ‘Say,’ which denotes a clear divine order stressing the fact that the whole affair of religion belongs exclusively to God.  Nothing of it belongs to Prophet Muhammad himself.  Moreover, it implies that God is the only One to order and decide.  Address them, Prophet Muhammad, by their actual and true identity: "Say: Unbelievers!" (Verse 1).  They follow no prescribed religion, nor do they believe in you.  No meeting point exists between you and them anywhere.  Thus, the beginning of the chapter brings to mind the reality of difference which cannot be ignored or overlooked.

The verses make it as clear as the shining sun that no comprise is possible in any way or form, with the disbelievers, in matters of worship.  According to some scholars, the repetition in these verses is for emphasis.  Others say that the repetition serves to negate the repeated propositions from the leaders of the Quraysh that the Prophet mix his religion with theirs (Quran 39:64).  Another opinion is that the different statements refer to the present and the future, as if to say, "I do not now worship what you worship; nor are you now worshippers of what I worship; nor will I ever be a worshipper of what you worship; nor will you ever be worshippers of what I worship."

Finally, the whole argument is summed up in the last verse: "You have your own religion, and I have mine," meaning that you, unbelievers, and I, Muhammad, are very far apart, without any bridge to connect us.  This is a complete distinction and a precise, intelligible demarcation.  Such an attitude was essential then in order to expose the fundamental discrepancies in the essence, source and concepts of the two beliefs, i.e.  between monotheism and polytheism, faith and unbelief.  Faith is the way of life which directs man and the whole world towards God alone and determines for him the source of his religion, laws, values, criteria, ethics and morality.  That source is God.  Thus, life proceeds for the believer, devoid of any form of idolatry.  Idolatry on the other hand is the opposite of faith.  The two never meet.

On the one hand, this verse is a criticism, but on the other, it implies that believers should not argue with disbelievers, but simply leave them to their own devices, for God will deal with them accordingly.
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May Allah bring light to every heart carrying hidden pain, grief, fear, loneliness, guilt, or hardship.

Please remember the oppressed, the imprisoned, the forgotten, and those separated from their loved ones in your duaa.

فَكُنْ لَهُمْ عَوْنَهُمْ وَسَنَدَهُمْ يَا لَطِيفُ يَا جَبَّارُ،
وَاجْبُرْ كَسْرَهُمْ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا غَفَّارُ،
وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَىٰ غَيْرِكَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ.

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This chapter exclusively concerns Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, seeking to cheer him up and assure him of happier prospects in his struggle.  It represents a glimpse of his life and the course of his mission in the early period at Mecca.  In it God threatens his enemies with destruction while directing the Prophet to the path of thanksgiving.  It deals with the plots and insults directed against him and the divine message he conveys.  The chapter is an example of God’s protection of His servant, Prophet Muhammad, and the few who followed him and believed in God.

Among the people of the Quraysh, the Arab tribe which controlled Mecca, there were some folks who viewed the Prophet and his mission with a degree of antagonism.  They would resort to taunts against him to deter the people from listening to the divine message which he was trying to convey.  They said about the Prophet that he was a man with no posterity, referring to the death of his sons.  One of them once remarked, "Do not be bothered with him; he will die without descendants and that will be the end of his mission."

Such taunts had a wide impact on the Arab society of the time which set great premium on sons.  Such teasing delighted the Prophet’s enemies and undoubtedly was a source of sadness and irritation to his heart.  This chapter was therefore revealed to comfort the Prophet and assure him of the abiding and profuse goodness which God had chosen for him and of the deprivation and loss awaiting his persecutors.

The word used in the chapter and rendered as ‘abundance’ is derived from the stem word which signifies ‘a multitude’.  It indicates the opposite meaning to the one the impudent Quraysh tried to attach to the Prophet.  We have given you that which is plentiful, overflowing and rich, unstinting and unending.   

Having assured the Prophet of this munificent gift, which disproves what the calumniators and wicked schemers say, God directs the Prophet to be completely and sincerely thankful to Him for His bounty.  He is to devote himself to Him alone in worship and ritual slaughter, taking no heed whatsoever of any form of idolatry and refusing to participate in the worship rituals offered by idolaters, especially when they invoke anyone other than God in their offerings.

Islam frequently lays emphasis on the pronouncing of God’s name when slaughtering animals.  It prohibits anything that is consecrated to any other being, which indicates the importance Islam attaches to the purification of human life from all forms of idolatry and all that leads to it.  Because it is based on the principle of God’s oneness in its purest sense, Islam does not aim merely at purifying human imagination and conscience.  It pursues idolatry in all its manifestations, striving to eliminate its marks in man’s consciousness, worship rituals and general behavior.

Life, Islam says, is one indivisible entity and must be treated as such.  It must be cleansed inside out and completely oriented towards God, in all its aspects: worship, tradition and social behavior.

In the first verse, God specified that Muhammad was not the one who had no posterity but, on the contrary, was the one endowed with abundance.  In this verse, God throws back the taunt on those who hated and reviled the Prophet.  Indeed, God’s promise has come true, for the influence and legacy of Muhammad’s enemies were short-lived, while his impact on human life and history has grown and deepened.  Today we are witnessing the truth of this divine pronouncement as clearly as no one among those addressed by the Quran for the first time ever did or imagined.

Faith and goodness cannot be barren.  Their influence is both profound and deep-rooted.  By contrast, falsehood, error and evil may grow and spread quickly, but they ultimately come to nothing.

God’s criteria are different from the criteria laid down by man.  Men are often deceived when they vainly believe their sense of judgement to be the criterion.  Before us is the eloquent and enduring example of the Prophet.  Of what value or interest to humanity have Muhammad’s slanderers and foes been to anyone?

On the other hand, calling others to the religion of God, to truth and goodness, can never be called futile.  Neither can the righteous and the true be called deprived or cut off.  How can it be, when this message itself comes from, and is supported by, God, the Immortal, the Eternal? But deprived and sterile indeed are disbelief, error and evil as are their votaries, however strong and widespread they may appear to be at any moment.

God affirms the truth; wily opponents are but liars!
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May Allah bring light to every heart carrying hidden pain, grief, fear, loneliness, guilt, or hardship.

Please remember the oppressed, the imprisoned, the forgotten, and those separated from their loved ones in your duaa.

فَكُنْ لَهُمْ عَوْنَهُمْ وَسَنَدَهُمْ يَا لَطِيفُ يَا جَبَّارُ،
وَاجْبُرْ كَسْرَهُمْ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا غَفَّارُ،
وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَىٰ غَيْرِكَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ.

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