The Interruptions to Speakers

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Abid

The Interruptions to Speakers

The verse 082:002 provides a principle of public etiquette. Anyone addressing public to deliver some important or complicated speech when interrupted, nuisance-questioned or hackled knows the value of this Prohibition. It highlights this rule as of a Universal Application.

It was revealed after the Holy Prophet s.a.w was talking to disbelieving leaders of the Quraish tribe. He was interrupted by a blind person named Abdullah bin Omme Makhtum by asking a question. He ignored the interruption, continued talking and received the important lesson in this revelation. This Soorah quelled all possible criticism although the blind man could not see himself ignored.

M Zafrulla Khan applied this verse to “The Prophet’s visitor” and not to the Holy Prophet s.a.w, and added, “Grieve not over his having turned away for how couldst thou have known that the one with whom thou wast engaged would purify himself.” Malik Ghulam Farid in his Note 3250 wrote that the he s.a.w “and, in reality, through him, his followers” were provided a great rule for the human village and all were taught to “have regard for the tender susceptibilities of the poor and humble” among them.

The critics have claimed that it was the Holy Prophet s.a.w who had frowned and turned aside. They implied that this Soorah was a ‘divine reproach or rebuke’ administered to the Holy Prophet s.a.w. Innuendos suggested in translating this section far exceeded than what actually had taken place there. Insinuations on the underlying facts reflect the fertility of the minds of those who have criticized. “(The Prophet) frowned and turned away.” Many others have said much the same. “And how would you know? He might have sought to purify himself. Or he might have received admonition.” – “And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?”- Examples of could’a should’a would’a include the following.
 He (s.a.w) “Should have repented.”
 He (s.a.w) “Should have recalled him and treated him more gently.”
 He (s.a.w) “Did not chide the intruder but just disliked.”
And although approval-clad but really a back-handed criticism added the following also.
 He (s.a.w) “Would be the last person to give permanence to a reproval of his own act. ”
 ‘The source of his (s.a.w) revelation was other than his own mind.”

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The Callers To Allah

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Abid

The Callers To Allah

The seven (079:002 to 008) verses about The Callers To Allah have been translated by referring them to the beings, angels, companions, snatchers, planets, stars and horses as follows.

1. The Holy Qor-aan has used a phrase that means “who invited, called or drew attention to Allah” (041:034). That whole phrase appears to be pretty close to if not the nearest to the meanings of one word النّٰزِعٰتِ used in verse 079:002. That is why we have placed at number 1 the translation which states about those “Groups of beings, who perform their duties (towards their Lord and mankind and themselves) with intense zeal and to the best of their capacity” as interpreted by Allamah Nooruddin.

2. Angels. — A Yusuf Ali wrote: By the angels who “Tear out the souls of the wicked with violence .. Gently draw out the souls of the blessed .. Glid along on errands .. Then press forward as in a race .. Arrange to do the Commands of their Lord .. One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion … oft-repeated Commotions.”
— M Muhammad Ali wrote: “Commentators generally” have said so.
— M M Pickthall quoted “Who console the spirit (of the righteous) tenderly” and “Come floating down from heaven.”
— Dr Khan and Dr Al-Hilali stated the angels who “pull out the souls of the disbelievers and the wicked with great violence .. Gently take out the souls of the believers .. Swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits) .. That press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses) .. Arrange to do the Commands of their Lord (so you disbelievers will be called to account .. On the Day (when the first .. Trumpet is blown) the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die) .. The second blowing of the Trumpet .. (and everybody will be resurrected).”
— But Malik Ghulam Farid disagreed with them all by saying that “the evidence of the angels is beyond human knowledge or comprehension.”

3. Companions of the Holy Prophet s.a.w as these verses “MAY BE taken as embodying a prophecy about the spread of Islam … through their selfless and vigorous efforts ..and a “further prophecy that they would be entrusted with the responsibility of conducting and administering public affairs of great importance with ability and justice” – Malik Ghulam Farid although such view would limit these verses to the life-span of the companions.

4. Snatchers who “violently snatch away men’s soul” … “And those who gently release them; by those who float at will and those who speed headlong.” – N J Dawood

5. Whatever is meant by the following since any reader can deduce from what was said.
a. By those “Who drag forth to destruction .. meteors rushing .. lone stars floating .. angels hastening .. who govern the event .. “First trump resoundeth .. And the second followeth it.” — M M Pickthall.
b. By those “Who pluck out vehemently .. that move forward rapidly .. that swim vigorously .. that outstrip suddenly .. who conduct a certain affair. On the Day when earth shall quake; followed soon afterwards by the sky.” — Ahmad Zidan

6. The procedure to keep recurring in applying to mankind as long as they are on earth.

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080:001 to 005

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Abid

The Holy Qor-aan           080:001 to 005

Verses of the Holy Qor-aan are quoted on this site with the numbers, the first set of three being the number of Soorah (Chapter) followed by the last set of three being the number of the verse. The numbers include بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ‏‏ as the verse #1 in every Soorah except the Soorah #9. The original Arabic word is shown first, or in Col #1. The phonetic transliteration in English is shown next, or in Col #2, and is based upon words commonly pronounced like bat, cat, sat → fate, gate, hate → bait, trait → bay, nay, say → be, he, she → bet, pet, wet → bit, fit, sit → cot, dot, rot → boot, hoot, root → bout, rout → but, cut, hut, ultimatum. The English equivalent to the Arabic words (shown first, or in Col #1) are provided next, or in Col #3. Some other alternates in English used in other translations are given last, or in Col #4.

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Chapter # 80                                     Soora-to-Aa-Ba-Sa                                            سُوۡرَةُ عَبَسَ

بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلّٰٓى ۙ ○   اَنۡ جَآءَهُ الۡاَعۡمٰى ؕ‏ ○   وَمَا يُدۡرِيۡكَ لَعَلَّهٗ يَزَّكّٰٓى ۙ‏ ○   اَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنۡفَعَهُ الذِّكۡرٰى ؕ‏ ○   اَمَّا مَنِ اسۡتَغۡنٰى ۙ‏ ○    فَاَنۡتَ لَهٗ تَصَدّٰى ؕ○‏   وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ اَلَّا يَزَّكّٰٓى ؕ‏ ○   وَاَمَّا مَنۡ جَآءَكَ يَسۡعٰى ۙ‏ ○    وَهُوَ يَخۡشٰى ۙ‏ ○   فَاَنۡتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهّٰى ۚ‏ ○   كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٌ ۚ‏ ○   فَمَنۡ شَآءَ ذَكَرَهٗ ○‌ۘ‏    فِىۡ صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۙ‏ ○   مَّرۡفُوۡعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ ۙ ○   بِاَيۡدِىۡ سَفَرَةٍۙ ○   كِرَامٍۢ بَرَرَةٍؕ‏ ○   قُتِلَ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مَاۤ اَكۡفَرَهٗ ؕ‏ ○   مِنۡ اَىِّ شَىۡءٍ خَلَقَهٗؕ‏ ○    مِنۡ نُّطۡفَةٍؕ خَلَقَهٗ فَقَدَّرَهٗ ۙ‏ ○  ثُمَّ السَّبِيۡلَ يَسَّرَهٗ ۙ‏ ○   ثُمَّ اَمَاتَهٗ فَاَقۡبَرَهٗۙ ○   ‏ ثُمَّ اِذَا شَآءَ اَنۡشَرَهٗؕ‏ ○   كَلَّا لَـمَّا يَقۡضِ مَاۤ اَمَرَهٗؕ‏ ○ فَلۡيَنۡظُرِ الۡاِنۡسَانُ اِلٰى طَعَامِهٖۤۙ‏ ○  اَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا الۡمَآءَ صَبًّا ۙ ○ ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا الۡاَرۡضَ شَقًّا
فَاَنۡۢبَتۡنَا فِيۡهَا حَبًّا ۙ ○ وَّ عِنَبًا وَّقَضۡبًا ۙ‏○  وَّزَيۡتُوۡنًا وَّنَخۡلًا ؕ‏ ○ وَحَدَآٮِٕقَ غُلۡبًا ۙ‏○ وَّفَاكِهَةً وَّاَبًّا ۙ‏ ○ مَّتَاعًا لَّـكُمۡ وَلِاَنۡعَامِكُمۡ ؕ ○ فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الصَّآخَّة ُ○  يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ الۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ اَخِيۡهِ ۙ‏ ○  وَاُمِّهٖ وَاَبِيۡهِ ۙ‏ ○ وَصَاحِبَتِهٖ وَبَنِيۡهِ ؕ‏○  لِكُلِّ امۡرِیءٍ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ شَاۡنٌ يُّغۡنِيۡهِ ؕ‏ ○ وُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَٮِٕذٍ مُّسۡفِرَةٌ ۙ‏ ○ ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٌ ۚ‏ ○ وَوُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَٮِٕذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٌ ۙ‏○  تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ؕ‏ ○ اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ الۡكَفَرَةُ الۡفَجَرَةُ‏

1. Bis-mil-laa-hir-rah-maa-nir-ra-heem
2. Aa-ba-sa-wa-ta-wul-la
3. Un-jaa-aa-hool-au-maa
4. Wa-maa-yood-ree-ka-la-ul-la-hoo-yuz-zuk-ka
5. Auo-yuz-zuk-ka-ro-fa-tun-fa-o-hooz-zik-raa
6. Um-maa-ma-nis-tugh-naa
7. Fa-un-ta-la-hoo-ta-sud-daa
8. Wa-maa-alai-ka-ul-laa-yuz-zuk-ka
9. Wa-um-maa-mun-jaa-a-ka-yus-aa
10. Wa-ho-wa-yukh-shaa
11. Fa-un-ta-un-ho-ta-lauh-haa
12. Kul-laa-in-na-haa-tuz-kay-rauh
13. Fa-mun-shaa-aa-za-ka-rauh
14. Fee-so-ho-finm-mo-kur-ra-ma-tin
15. Mur-foo-aa-tinm-mo-tauh-ra-tin
16. Bay-ai-dee-sa-fa-ra-tin
17. Ke-raa-minb-ba-ra-rauh
18. Quo-tay-lul-in-saa-no-maa-uk-fa-ra-hoo
19. Min-auy-yay-shai-in-kha-la-qa-hoo
20. Min-noot-fa-tin-kha-la-qa-hoo-fa-qud-da-ra-hoo
21. Thoom-mus-sa-bee-la-yus-sa-ra-hoo
22. Thoom-ma-aa-maa-ta-hoo-fa-uk-ba-ra-hoo
23. Thoom-ma-ezaa-shaa-aa-un-sha-ra-hoo
24. Kul-laa-lum-maa-yuk-dzay-maa-aa-ma-ra-hoo
25. Ful-yun-zo-ril-in-saa-no-elaa-ta-aa-may-he
26. Un-naa-sa-bub-nul-maa-aa-sub-bun
27. Thoom-ma-sha-quq-nul-ur-dza-shuq-qun
28. Fa-un-but-naa-fee-haa-hub-bun
29. Wa-aay-na-bun-wa-qudz-bun
30. Wa-zai-too-nun-wa-nukh-lun
31. Wa-ha-daa-eka-ghool-bun
32. Wa-faa-kay-ha-tunw-wa-ub-bun
33. Ma-taa-un-la-koom-wa-lay-un-aa-may-koom
34. Fa-ezaa-jaa-aa-tiss-saa-kha-to
35. Yao-ma-ya-fer-rool-mur-o-min-aa-khee-hay
36. Wa-oom-may-he-wa-abee-hay
37. Wa-saa-heba-tay-he-wa-ba-nee-hay
38. Lay-kool-lim-ray-im-min-hoom-yao-ma-e-zin-shau-noon-yoogh-nee-hay
39. Wo-joo-hoon-yao-ma-e-zinm-moos-fay-ra-toon
40. Dzaa-heka-toonm-moos-tub-shay-ra-toon
41. Wa-wo-joo-hoon-yao-ma-zin-alai-haa-gha-ba-ra-toon
42. Tur-ha-qo-haa-qa-ta-rauh
43. Olaa-eka-ho-mool-ka-fa-ra-tool-fa-ja-rauh

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1. With the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful I begin.
2. He frowned and turned away
3. Because the blind man come to him
4. And who could tell you that he would cleanse
5. Or he would pay attention so that the attention could benefit him.
6. As far him who is indifferent
7. Then you have all the attention for him
8. And it is not up to you that he won’t cleanse.
9. And as far him who came to you making special effort
10. And he was fearing God
11. Then you forget about him.
12. The fact is that this indeed is a reminder
13. Then whoever chose paid it attention
14. Written in Scriptures honored
15. Exalted, Sanctified
16. Written with the hands of the scribes
17. Respected, Righteous.
18. Woe unto man; how ungrateful he is
19. From what thing He created him?
20. Out of a sperm-drop He created him. Then He proportioned him in good measures
21. Then the right road He smoothes for him
22. Then He caused his death. Then He put him in a grave.
23. Then when He chose He resurrected him.
24. The fact is that he (man) has not yet fully done what He had commanded him
25. So man certainly should look at his food
26. We surely poured down water in abundance
27. Then we split the earth with real plowing
28. Then we grew in it a seed
29. And grapes and vegetables
30. And olives and dates
31. And gardens in dense growth
32. And fruits and fodder
33. As a provision for you and for your cattle.
34. So when the Loud Scream has come
35. That day man will run from his brother
36. And his mother and his father
37. And his mate and his sons
38. For everyone among them that day would be a concern to make him indifferent
39. Some faces that day glowing
40. Laughing, joyous
41. And some faces that day with dust all over them
42. Darkness covering them
43. They all are the disbelievers, the wicked

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:001                                  ○بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ‏‏

Bis-mil-laa-hir-rah-maa-nir-ra-heem

With the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful I begin

(Beginning, commencing, starting)

  • بِ — B…(is) — With (= This Arabic word literally means ‘with’. Its translation in English is more accurate with ‘with’ than with ‘in’)
  • سۡمِ — Ism…(il) — The name of (= The way to be addressed or called)
  • اللهِ — Laa-h…(ir) — Allah (= The Almighty God; the One Only worthy of worship)
  • الرَّحۡمٰنِ — Rah-maa-n(ir) — The Most Beneficent (= The One who fully, totally and wholly benefits all, to the maximum, with no condition, limitation or restriction. Compassionate. Gracious)
  • الرَّحِيۡمِ — Ra-heem — The Most Merciful (= The One who fully, totally and wholly showers mercy, to the maximum, again and again, continually, indefinitely and perpetually like the endlessly incoming waves from the oceans)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:002                                                  عَبَسَ وَتَوَلّٰٓى             
Aa-ba-sa-wa-ta-wul-la

                He frowned and turned away

  • عَبَسَ — Aa-ba-sa — He frowned (= Dislike; showed displeasure)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • تَوَلّٰٓى — Ta-wul-laa — Turned away (= v.,  Detoured to a different, opposite or wrong direction,  path, road or way;  diverted from or ignored the truth;  fell in error;  paid or gave no heed;  rejected;  slid  back;  side-stepped;  turned back;  took another  road;  turned aside or backward;  was averse; went back; withdrew)

* Note 080:002.   This chapter elaborates a rule of social etiquette which has Universal Application.   It was revealed after the Holy Prophet s.a.w was talking to disbelieving leaders of the Quraish tribe.   He was interrupted by a blind person named Abdullah bin Omme Makhtum by asking a question.   He ignored the interruption, continued talking and received the important lesson in this revelation.   This Soorah quelled any possible criticism although the blind man did not see himself as ignored.   Read our Commentary The Interruptions to a Speaker on this issue.

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:003                                             اَنۡ جَآءَهُ الۡاَعۡمٰى ؕ‏

                 Un-jaa-aa-hool-au-maa

                Because the blind man had come to him

  • اَنۡ — Un — Because (= Due to; for the reason or purpose; since; that; when)
  • جَآءَ — Jaa-aa –Had come (= v., past., Achieved; arrived; reached; become manifest in the fulfillment of the divine prophecies)
  • هُ — Ho..(ol) — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the Holy Prophet s.a.w
  • الۡاَعۡمٰى — Au-maa — Blind man (= Who with impaired eyesight or inability could not see)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:004                                     وَمَا يُدۡرِيۡكَ لَعَلَّهٗ يَزَّكّٰٓى ۙ‏

                   Wa-maa-yood-ree-ka-la-ul-la-hoo-yuz-zuk-ka

                 And who could tell you that he would cleanse

  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • مَاۤ — Maa — Who / what (= 1. Whoever; whoso. 2. What; whatever; whatsoever)
  • يُدۡرِيۡ — Yood-ree — Could tell * (= Inform; make it known)
  • ك — Ka — You (= pro., s., m., 2nd person. Also, Your or Yours)
  • لَعَلَّ — La-ul-la — Would (= Haply; hopefully; maybe; might; perchance; perhaps; possibly; so that; wishing and hoping for something)
  • هٗ — Hoo — He (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid ‘blind man’)
  • يَزَّكّٰٓى — Yuz-zuk-ka — Cleanse (= 1. Clean; purify; sanctify.  2. Make someone develop and grow by the process of cleansing and removing impurities, shortcomings and weaknesses.  3. Increase someone in spiritual understanding)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        080:005                                    اَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنۡفَعَهُ الذِّكۡرٰى ؕ‏

                   Auo-yuz-zuk-ka-ro-fa-tun-fa-o-hooz-zik-raa

                 Or heeds so that the attention could benefit him

  • اَوۡ — Auo  — Or (= Alternatively; in substitution)
  • يَذَّ كَّرُ — Yuz-zuk-ka-ro — Heeds (= v., Bears in mind.  Calls to mind.  Comprehends. Gets admonished, forewarned or reminded.  Grasps the meanings.  Pays attention.  Ponders.  Recalls.  Receives admonition.  Recollects.  Reflects.  Remembers.  Takes heed.  Thinks about.  Understands. Undertakes to analyze, celebrate, discuss, dissect, elaborate, extol, extrapolate, grasp, glorify, interpret, join, mention, participate, remember, share, talk, translate, teach or tutor in academic discussions,  community prayer groups, congregational gatherings and similar situations of invocations that follow the famous Hadeeth (quotation of the Holy Prophet, s.a.w) to the effect that Angels invoke prayers for those who sit in the gatherings convened to glorify the name of Allah)
  • فَ — Fa So — that (= Consequently; as a result; so; thereafter; therefore; yet)
  • تَنۡفَعَ — Tun-fa-o — Benefit (= Avail; do some good; help, of any use or value; show profit or good results)
  • هُ — Ho..(oz) — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid ‘blind man’)
  • الذِّكۡرٰى — Zik-raa — The attention (= Admonishing. Heeding. Helping someone recall and remember things he may have forgotten. Pondering.. Recalling. Reflecting. Refreshing the memory. Remembrance. Remembering. Reminding. Reminder. Thinking about. Warning)

* Note 080:005.   This and the prior verse can be translated together in a simple sentence. Who could tell you that he would cleanse himself (080:004) or pay attention that could benefit him (080:005).   However, different meanings are also assigned in some other translations.

Continued: See 080:006 to 012

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080:006 to 012

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Abid

Continued from 080:001 to 005

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:006                                             اَمَّا مَنِ اسۡتَغۡنٰى ۙ‏

                Um-maa-ma-nis-tugh-naa

                As far him who is indifferent

  • اَمَّا — Um-maa — As far as (= Combination of two words. The first word اَن means ‘that.’ The second word مَا means ‘all that or whatever.’ Joined together they mean ‘whatever’, ‘as regards’, etc)
  • مَنِ — Ma-n..(is) — Who (= Anyone; whoever; whom; whomever; whoso)
  • اسۡتَغۡنٰى — Is-tugh-naa — Indifferent * (= Acted arrogantly, proudly and disdainfully indifferent. Considered, construed, deemed, demented, thought or took himself to be too independent and self-sufficient. The ‘rich wealthy and self-sufficient who needed no one’ or as Ahmad Zidan put it had “no need of you.”

* Note 080:006. In summary the verses 080:006 to 012 can be translated as follows. It is strange that he who is indifferent, you fret for him and it is not up to you to cleanse him. But he who came to you making special effort and really feared Allah, then you neglect him. By no means it could be so. M Zafrulla Khan served an excellent translation of these verses. “How could it be that” is his translation of the word اَمَّا . Others summarized this section as if it were a Prohibition, and they verbalized the warning with the words “Do not do like this.”

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:007                                              فَاَنۡتَ لَهٗ تَصَدّٰى ؕ‏

                Fa-un-ta-la-hoo-ta-sud-daa

               Then you have all the attention for him

  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; so; thereafter; therefore; yet)
  • أَنتَ — Un-ta — You (= pro., s., m., 2nd person. You single male. The addressee of this divine message is initially the Holy Prophet s.a.w and secondarily every Moslem, in fact every human being. See the Note under 002:005)
  • لَ — La — For (= For the attention, benefit, purpose or reason of. With intent to. With the object of)
  • هٗ — Hoo — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the ‘Indifferent’ person)
  • تَصَدّٰى — Ta-sud-daa — Attention (= v., Attach importance. Become attentive. Fret. Go all over. Have concern or regard. Pay attention. Worry)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                          080:008                                         وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ اَلَّا يَزَّكّٰٓى ؕ‏

                 Wa-maa-alai-ka-ul-laa-yuz-zuk-ka

                 And it is not up to you that he won’t cleanse.

  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • مَاۤ — Maa — Not * (= Absolutely none; not; never)
  • عَلَيۡ — Alai — Up to (= Against; for; upon; on; over; up to. A/t/a No blame, duty or responsibility on you)
  • كَ — Ka — You (= pro., s., m., 2nd person. Yours. See أَنتَ above)
  • اَلَّا — Ul-laa — That he won’t (= Combination of two word. اَنۡ (un) means ‘that.’ لَا (laa) means ‘never, no, not at all.’)
  • يَزَّكّٰٓى — Yuz-zuk-kaa — Cleanse (= 1. Clean; purify; sanctify; 2. Make someone develop and grow by the process of cleansing and removing impurities, shortcomings and weaknesses. 3. Increase someone in spiritual understanding)

* Note 080:008. Other translations are as follows. “No blame on you if he chooses to remain impure.” “What does it matter to you if he will not become pure (from disbelief? – you are only a Messenger , your duty is to convey the Message of Allah”

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:009                                      وَاَمَّا مَنۡ جَآءَكَ يَسۡعٰى ۙ‏

                Wa-um-maa-mun-jaa-a-ka-yus-aa

                And as far him who came to you making special effort

  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • اَمَّا — Um-maa — As far as (= Combination of two words. The first word اَن means ‘that.’ The second word مَا means ‘all that or whatever.’ Joined together they mean ‘whatever’, ‘as regards’, etc)
  • مَنۡ — Mun — Who (= Anyone; whoever; whom; whomever; whoso)
  • جَآءَ — Jaa-a — Came (= Arrived; positioned; reached; settled. Brought, gave or delivered himself to ‘you’)
  • كَ — Ka — You (= pro., s., m., 2nd person. You single male. The addressee of this divine message is initially the Holy Prophet s.a.w and secondarily every Moslem, in fact every human being. See the Note under 002:005)
  • يَسۡعٰى — Yus-aa — Making effort (= Came eagerly, earnestly, purposefully and zealously. Came running, huffing and puffing, striving; struggling . Hastening; hurrying; making real hard special effort)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:010                                                   وَهُوَ يَخۡشٰى ۙ‏

                  Wa-ho-wa-yukh-shaa

                 And he was fearing God

  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • هُو — Ho-wa — He (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid ‘blind person)
  • يَخۡشٰى — Yukh-shaa — Was fearing (= Afraid of God’s punishment; in his heart stands in awe)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:011                                              فَاَنۡتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهّٰى ۚ‏

                 Fa-un-ta-un-ho-ta-lauh-haa

                Then you forget about him

  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; so; thereafter; therefore; yet)
  • أَنتَ — Un-ta — You (= pro., s., m., 2nd person. You single male. The addressee of this divine message is initially the Holy Prophet s.a.w and secondarily every Moslem, in fact every human being. See the Note under 002:005)
  • عَنۡ — Un — About (= About; concerning; from regarding; relative to)
  • هُ — Ho — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid striver)
  • تَلَهّٰى — Ta-lauh-haa — Forget (= Are neglectful and unmindful. Distracted. Ignore.. Have little regard neglect. Pay no attention no heed)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:012                                              كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٌ ۚ‏

                  Kul-laa-in-na-haa-tuz-kay-rauh

                The fact is that this indeed is a reminder

  • كَلَّا — Kul-laa — The fact is (= Absolutely not; fact is; in effect; indeed; instead; like it was never; nay; the reality is. See Note 078:005).
  • اِنَّ — In-na — Indeed (= Absolutely; certainly definitely; doubtlessly; earnestly; positively; really; seriously; surely; truly; verily)
  • هَا — Haa — This (= pro., s., f., 3rd person. Refers to ‘the aforesaid’)
  • تَذۡكِرَةٌ — Tuz-kay-rauh — Reminder (= Admonition; instruction; message; remembrance; reminding. One way to rise to eminence. A collection of many good things put in one event, time or place)

Continued. See 080:013 to 023

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080:013 to 023

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Abid

Continued from 080:006 to 012

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The Holy Qor-aan                                          080:013                                              ۘ‏ ‏ فَمَنۡ شَآءَ ذَكَرَهٗ

                 Fa-mun-shaa-aa-za-ka-rauh

                Then whoever chose paid it attention

  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; so; thereafter; therefore; yet)
  • مَنۡ — Mun — Whoever (= Anyone; what; whatsoever; who; whoso; whomever)
  • شَآءَ — Shaa-a — Chose (= Decided; decreed; desired; dictated; enforced; liked; pleased; preferred; willed; wished)
  • ذَكَرَ — Za-ka-rauh — Paid attention (= v., Born in mind; paid heed; pondered over; recalled what was entrusted; reflected; refreshed memory; remembered; rose to eminence; took advantage of the admonition; thought of the deeds done)
  • هٗ — Hoo — It (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the Holy Qor-aan)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:014                                        فِىۡ صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۙ‏     

                Fee-so-ho-finm-mo-kur-ra-ma-tin

               Written in Scriptures honored

  • فِىۡ — Fee — In (= Set down, written and well-preserved in)
  • صُحُفٍ — So-ho-fin(m) — Scriptures (= Divine revelations written down so they can be read. Holy revelation from God Almighty to his apostles.
    Leaves or pages held in honor, kept pure and sanctified. Penned down parts, pages and portions of the Book. Pages. Scrolls. Sheets. The Code)
  • مُّكَرَّمَةٍۙ — Mo-kur-ra-ma-tin — Honored (= Respected; revered; held in honor)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                          080:015                                            مَّرۡفُوۡعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ

                 Mur-foo-aa-tinm-mo-tauh-ra-tin

                Exalted, Sanctified

  • مَّرۡفُوۡعَةٍ — Mur-foo-aa-tin — Exalted (= Elevated; honored; raised; respected; revered in dignity)
  • مُّطَهَّرَةٍ — Mo-tauh-ra-tin — Sanctified (= Kept Holy, purified and without impurities)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:016                                                  بِاَيۡدِىۡ سَفَرَةٍ

                 Bay-ai-dee-sa-fa-ra-tin

                Written with the hands of the scribes

  • بِ — Bay — With (= The Arabic word بِ literally means ‘with’ in English)
  • اَيۡدِيۡ — Ai-dee — Hands (= The terminal part of the arm below the wrist. In Arabic
    the expression refers to things which are ahead, before
    in front or in immediate presence. Both hands)
  • سَفَرَةٍ — Sa-fa-ra-tin — Scribes (= Writers.  A/t/a Angels)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:017                                                     كِرَامٍۢ بَرَرَةٍ ؕ‏

                   Ke-raa-minb-ba-ra-rauh

                 Respected, Righteous.

  • كِرَامٍۢ — Ke-raa-min — Respected (= Devout; extremely exalted, greatly gentle; noble)
  • بَرَرَةٍ — Ba-ra-rauh — Righteous (= Gracious; holy; obedient; pious; virtuous)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                          080:018                                       قُتِلَ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مَاۤ اَكۡفَرَهٗؕ‏

                Quo-tay-lul-in-saa-no-maa-uk-fa-ra-hoo

                Woe unto man; how ungrateful he is

  • قُتِل — Quo-tay-la — Woe unto (= 1. Buried; deprived of life; destroyed; killed; murdered; perished; ruined; seized by ruin. 2. Bewildered, cursed and confounded as he is, let him reflect)
  • الۡاِنۡسَانُ — In-saa-no — Man (= The human being; mankind; includes men and woman)
  • مَاۤ — Maa — How (= What; whatever; any time; at such time; when)
  • اَكۡفَرَ — Uk-fa-ra — Ungrateful (= Thankless; unappreciative)
  • هٗ — Hoo — He (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the ‘ungrateful man’)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:019                                           مِنۡ اَىِّ شَىۡءٍ خَلَقَه

                  Min-auy-yay-shai-in-kha-la-qa-hoo

                 From what thing He created him?

  • مِنۡ — Min — From (= Among, from or out of the class, category, count, kind or several persons or things)
  • اَىِّ — Auy-yay — What (= Whatever; whatsoever)
  • شَىۡءٍ — Sha-in — Thing (= Article, item, object; material; matter; stuff; thing)
  • خَلَقَ — Kha-la-qa — He created (= Brought into being. Created in due proportions. Designed from a scratch out of nothing. Fashioned. Formed. Gave forms and faces. Produced. Shaped. Universe bestowed with the mystery of the creation)
  • هٗ — Hoo – Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the ‘ungrateful’ man)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:020                                        مِنۡ نُّطۡفَةٍؕ خَلَقَهٗ فَقَدَّرَهٗ ۙ‏

                 Min-noot-fa-tin-kha-la-qa-hoo-fa-qud-da-ra-hoo

                Out of a sperm-drop He created him. Then He proportioned him in good measures

  • مِنۡ — Min — Out of (= Among, from or out of the class, category, count, kind or several persons or things)
  • نُّطۡفَةٍؕ — Noot-fa-tin — Sperm drop * (= Drop of a seed; life-germ; little germ; seedling; semen; little bit of fluid. A/t/a Mixed drops of male and female sexual discharge)
  • خَلَقَ — Kha-la-qa — He created (= Brought into being. Created in due proportions. Designed from a scratch out of nothing. Fashioned. Formed. Gave forms and faces. Produced. Shaped. Universe bestowed with the mystery of the creation)
  • هٗ — Hoo — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the ‘ungrateful’ man)
  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; so; thereafter; therefore; yet)
  • قَدَّرَ — Qud-da-ra — Proportioned (= Destined good proportions; gave good measure; endowed with infinite capacity to make progress; molded in excellent form; ordained his fate)
  • هٗ — Hoo –Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the ‘ungrateful’ man)

* Note 080:020. Other places where man’s creation from a sperm-drop is mentioned include 022:006, 023:014 and 075:038,  and from a gushing fluid in 086:007.

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The Holy Qor-aan                                          080:021                                            ثُمَّ السَّبِيۡلَ يَسَّرَهٗ ۙ‏

                 Thoom-mus-sa-bee-la-yus-sa-ra-hoo

                Then the right road He smooths for him

  • ثُمَّ — Thoom-ma — Then (= After that; further more; subsequently; thereafter)
  • السَّبِيۡلِ — Sa-bee-lay — The right road (= Appropriate, correct, proper, right or straight course, direction, highway, line, passage, path, road, route or way to traverse in conducting affairs of this life)
  • يَسَّرَ — Yus-sa-ra — He smooths (= Eases accessibility. Facilitates the way to success. Provides easy access and every facility to do more of the same kind of deeds he had been doing. Smooths his way to comfort, ease and goodness)
  • هٗ — Hoo — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the ‘ungrateful’ man)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:022                                                 ثُمَّ اَمَاتَهٗ فَاَقۡبَرَهٗ

                Thoom-ma-aa-maa-ta-hoo-fa-uk-ba-ra-hoo

               Then He caused his death. Then He put him in a grave.

  • ثُمَّ — Thoom-ma — Then (= After that; further more; subsequently; thereafter)
  • اَمَاتَ — Amaa-ta — Caused death (= In due course brought his death to retrieve his soul to Himself)
  • هٗ — Hoo — His (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the ‘ungrateful’ man)
  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; so; thereafter; therefore; yet)
  • اَقۡبَرَه — Uk-ba-ra — Put in grave (= Assigned a grave-site; buried; caused his burial; puts in the interim state of a grave; stows in a grave; entombs)
  • هٗ — Hoo — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the ‘ungrateful’ man)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                          080:023                                           ثُمَّ اِذَا شَآءَ اَنۡشَرَهٗؕ‏

                 Thoom-ma-ezaa-shaa-aa-un-sha-ra-hoo

                Then when He chose He resurrected him

  • ثُمَّ — Thoom-ma — Then (= After that; further more; subsequently; thereafter)
  • اِ ذَ ا — Ezaa — When (= Any time or event; now that; when)
  • شَآءَ — Shaa-a — He chose (= Decided; decreed; desired; dictated; enforced; liked; pleased; preferred; willed; wished)
  • اَنۡشَرَ — Un-sha-ra — Resurrected (= Brought him back to life; raised to life; reincarnated)
  • هٗ — Hoo — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the ‘ungrateful’ man)

Continued. See 080:024 to 033

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080:024 to 033

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Abid

Continued from 080:013 to 023

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        080:024                                       كَلَّا لَـمَّا يَقۡضِ مَاۤ اَمَرَهٗ ؕ‏

                Kul-laa-lum-maa-yuk-dzay-maa-aa-ma-ra-hoo

               The fact is that he (man) has not yet fully done what He had commanded him

  • كَلَّا — Kul-laa — The fact is (= Absolutely not; fact is; in effect; indeed; instead; like it was never; nay; the reality is. See Note 078:005)
  • لَّمَّا — Lum-maa — Not (= This is a combination of two words. The first word is لم (lum) meaning ‘absolutely, certainly, definitely, positively, surely, truly or verily. The second word is ما (maa) meaning ‘no, never, absolutely not; not all. Joined together لَّمَّا (lum-maa) means ‘Certainly not’, ‘definitely never’, ‘never ever’)
  • يَقۡضِ — Yuk-dzay — Has fully done (= Accomplish; carry out; complete; decide; execute; fulfill)
  • مَاۤ — Maa — Not (= Absolutely not; no; never)
  • اَمَرَ — Ama-ra — Commanded (= v., Assigned; bid; decreed; dictated; directed; enjoined; instructed; laid down; mandated; ordained; ordered; prescribed; told)
  • هٗ — Hoo — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to ‘man’)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        080:025                                 فَلۡيَنۡظُرِ الۡاِنۡسَانُ اِلٰى طَعَامِهٖۤۙ‏

                Ful-yun-zo-ril-in-saa-no-elaa-ta-aa-may-he

               So man certainly should look at his food

  • فَ — Fa…(ul) — So (= Consequently; as a result; so; thereafter; therefore; yet)
  • لۡ — Ul — Certainly (= Absolutely; definitely; doubtlessly; earnestly; indeed; positively; really; seriously; surely; truly; verily)
  • يَنۡظُرِ —   Yun-zo-r..(il) — Look (= v., Consider; gaze; have regard for; reflect; see; take notice of; watch)
  • الۡاِنۡسَانُ –In-saa-no — Man (= The human being; mankind; includes both man and woman)
  • اِلٰٓى — E-laa — At (= To; towards; in the direction)
  • طَعَامٍ — Ta-aa-may — Food (= Consumable; diet; eating; eatable; consumable stuff necessary for subsistence; feeding; food)
  • هٖ — He — His (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the aforesaid ‘man’)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:026                                          اَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا الۡمَآءَ صَبًّا

                Un-naa-sa-bub-nul-maa-aa-sub-bun

               We surely poured down water in abundance

  • اَنَّ — Un — Surely (= Absolutely; certainly; definitely; doubtlessly; indeed; earnestly; positively; really; seriously; truly; verily)
  • نَآ — Naa — We (= pro., pl., 1st person. Us. Used with God’s name it is the authoritative way a higher-up talks to a subordinate)
  • صَبَبۡ — Sa-bub — Poured (= v., Laid down upon; let loose; loosened; lowered on; sent down torrential downpour; showered rain showers)
  • نَآ — Na…(ul) — We (= pro., pl., 1st person. Us. Used with God’s name it is the authoritative way a higher-up talks to a subordinate)
  • الۡمَآءَ — Maa-aa — Water (= H2O; moisture; rain)
  • صَبًّا — Sub-bun — Abundance (= Hard pouring rain; heavy down pour;. hit hard with, laid down, let loose, loosened or lowered a very heavily downpour; torrents)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        080:027                                          ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا الۡاَرۡضَ شَقًّا

                Thoom-ma-sha-quq-nul-ur-dza-shuq-qun

               Then we split the earth with real plowing

  • ثُمَّ — Thoom-ma — Then (= After that; further more; subsequently; thereafter)
  • شَقَقۡ — Sha-quq — Split (= v., Cleave; cleaving; cleft; pierced; plowed)
  • نَآ — Na…(ul) — We (= pro., pl., 1st person. Us. Used with God’s name it is the authoritative way a higher-up talks to a subordinate)
  • الۡاَرۡضَ — Ur-dza — Earth (= Earth; ground; land; soil. A/t/a Area; country territory)
  • شَقًّا — Shaq-qun — Real plowing (= Complete, proper, real, thorough or total breaking up, cleaving asunder, fissures, piercing, plowing, split in clefts or turned into fragments)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:028                                               فَاَنۡۢبَتۡنَا فِيۡهَا حَبًّا            
                 Fa-un-but-naa-fee-haa-hub-bun

               Then we grew in it a seed

  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; then; thereafter; therefore; yet
  • اَنۡۢبَتۡ — Un-but — Grew (= Developed; produced)
  • نَآ — Naa — We (= pro., pl., 1st person. Us. Used with God’s name it is the authoritative way a higher-up talks to a subordinate)
  • فِىۡ — Fee — In (= Amidst, among, contained or inside a duration, event time, place, period, thing or situation)
  • هَا — Haa — It (= pro., s., f., 3rd person. Refers to the ‘earth’)
  • حَبًّا — Hub-bun — A seed (= Corn; grain; kernel)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:029                                               وَّ عِنَبًا وَّقَضۡبًا ۙ‏

                  Wa-aay-na-bun-wa-qudz-bun

                 And grapes and vegetables

  • وَّ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • عِنَبًا — Aay-na-bun — Grapes (= Vineyards)
  • وَّ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَّ above)
  • قَضۡبًا — Qudz-bun — Vegetables (= Clover; fresh veggies; green fodder; herbs; nutritious eatables grown out of earth. Food that comes from at least five kinds of greens (002:062) that the Israelites asked Moses to get them from God)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        080:030                                                وَّزَيۡتُوۡنًا وَّنَخۡلًا ؕ‏

                 Wa-zai-too-nun- wa-nukh-lun

                 And olives and dates

  • وَّ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَّ above)
  • زَيۡتُوۡنًا — Zai-too-nun — Olives (= Olive-tree; olive fruit)
  • وَّ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَّ above)
  • نَخۡلًا — Nukh-lun — Dates (= Date-palms; palm-trees that bear dates)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:031                                                   وَحَدَآٮِٕقَ غُلۡبًا ۙ‏

                  Wa-ha-daa-eka-ghool-bun

                 And gardens in dense growth

  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; See وَّ above)
  • حَدَآٮِٕقَ — Ha-daa-eka — Orchards (= Enclosed, walled, preserved and protected gardens; garden-closes
  • غُلۡبًا — Ghool-bun — Dense growth (= Dense forestry; lofty trees; lush; thick foliage; thickly planted with lots of trees; thickets)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:032                                                  وَّفَاكِهَةً وَّاَبًّا ۙ‏

                 Wa-faa-kay-ha-tunw-wa-ub-bun

                And fruits and fodder

  • وَّ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَّ above)
  • فَاكِهَةً — Faa-keha-toon — Fruits (= Fruits of all kinds; fruit trees)
  • وَّ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • اَبًّا — Ub-bun — Fodder (= Grasses; green pastures; herbage; herbs)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        080:033                                        ؕ مَّتَاعًا لَّـكُمۡ وَلِاَنۡعَامِكُمۡ

                 Ma-taa-un-la-koom-wa-lay-un-aa-may-koom

                As a provision for you and for your cattle

  • مَّتَاعًا — Ma-taa-un — Provisions (= 1. Ample, great and lots of goodly provisions; benefit; bountiful thing; comfort; decent means of living; event, place or opportunity of enjoyment; grant of worldly assets and valuable; little fun; sustenance; temporary fun; use and convenience. 2. Break; reprieve; respite; temporary stay)
  • لَ — La — For (= For the benefit, object, purpose or reason of; intended for; with intent to)
  • کُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person. You men. Generally this way the Holy Qor-aan addresses both men and women)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; See وَّ above)
  • لِ — Lay — For (= For the benefit, object, purpose or reason of; intended for; with intent to)
  • اَنۡعَامِ — Un-aa-may — Cattle (= Quadrupeds)
  • کُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person. You men. Generally this way the Holy Qor-aan addresses both men and women)

Continued. See 080:034 to 043

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080:034 to 043

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Abid

Continued from 080:024 to 033

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        080:034                                         فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الصَّآخَّة

                Fa-ezaa-jaa-aa-tiss-saa-kha-to

               So when the Loud Scream has come

  • فَ — Fa — So (= Consequently; as a result; so; thereafter; therefore; yet)
  • اِذَاۤ — Ezaa — When (= Any time or event; now that; whenever)
  • جَآءَتۡ — Jaa-aa-t..(iss) — Has come (= Arrived; delivered, given, reached, settled, sounded)
  • الصَّآخَّة — Saa-kha-to — Loud scream (= Blast. Calamity. Deafening cry, noise, scream or shout. Dreadful, ear-splitting, nerve-shattering, piercing or stunning sound. “Second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection” DK/AH)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        080:035 يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ الۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ اَخِيۡهِ                                     ‏

                Yao-ma-ya-fer-rool-mur-o-min-aa-khee-hay

               That day man will run from his brother

  • يَوۡمَ — Yao-ma — Day (= s., A time, term or period that ends; juncture)
  • يَفِرُّ — Ya-fer-ro(ol) — Will run (= v., Flee; forsake; part with; run away; separate)
  • الۡمَرۡءُ — Mur-o — Man (= Individual; person)
  • مِنۡ — Min — From (= Among, from or out of a class, category, count, kind, lot or out of several persons or things)
  • اَخِيۡ — Aa-khee — Brother (= Sibling)
  • هِ — Hay — His (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the aforesaid person)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        080:036 وَاُمِّهٖ وَاَبِيۡهِ                                                     ‏

                   Wa-oom-may-he-wa-abee-hay

                 And his mother and his father

  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ above)
  • اُمِّ — Oom-may — Mother (= n., s., Ma; mom)
  • هٖ — He — His (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the aforesaid person)
  • اَبِيۡ — Abee — Father (= n., s., Dad; Pa)
  • هِ — Hay — His (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the aforesaid person)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        080:037                                                 ‏ وَصَاحِبَتِهٖ وَبَنِيۡهِ

                Wa-saa-heba-tay-he-wa-ba-nee-hay

                And his mate and his sons

  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ above)
  • صَاحِبَتِ — Saa-heba-tay — Mate (= n., s., Wife; life-companion; spouse)
  • هٖ — He — His (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the aforesaid person)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ above)
  • بَنِيۡ — Ba-nee — Sons (= n., pl., Children; off-spring; progeny)
  • هِ — Hay — His (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the aforesaid person)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:038 لِكُلِّ امۡرِیءٍ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ شَاۡنٌ يُّغۡنِيۡهِ                     ‏

                Lay-kool-lim-ray-im-min-hoom-yao-ma-e-zin-shau-noon-yoogh-nee-hay

               For everyone among them that day would be a concern to make him indifferent

  • لِ — Lay — For (= For the benefit, object, purpose or reason of; intended for; regarding; relative to; with intent to)
  • كُلِّ — Kool-l..(im) — Every (= All; altogether; each and everyone; entirely; everything without exception; totally; very much; wholly)
  • امۡرِیءٍ — M-ray-i(m) — One * (= Individual; man; person)
  • مِنۡ — Min — Among (= Among, from or out of a class, category, count, kind, lot or out of several persons or things)
  • هُمۡ‌ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3 rd person. Refers to all aforesaid persons)
  • يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ — Yao-ma-e-zin — That day (= Judgment Day; Day of Accounting and Settlement)
  • شَاۡنٌ — Shau-noon — Concern (= Matter of importance; sorrow of his own)
  • يُّغۡنِي — Yoogh-nee — Indifferent (= Dispense with, get rid of, provide release or satisfaction. Show or be of little avail, benefit, help, use or profit. Make heedless, independent, indifferent and oblivious to all else.
  • هِ — Hay — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the aforesaid person)

* Note 080:038. Simple translations are that everyone will ‘be occupied with himself’ and ‘have enough to make him care less for others’)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        080:039 وُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَٮِٕذٍ مُّسۡفِرَة ٌ‏                                       ‏

                Wo-joo-hoon-yao-ma-e-zinm-moos-fay-ra-toon

                Some faces that day glowing

  • وُجُوۡهٌ — Wo-joo-hoon — Faces (= n., pl. 1. Facial expression that no mask can hide. 2. The front top of the body of a person that is a tell-tale of what is behind that face and in the mind of the person. Countenance)
  • يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ — Yao-ma-e-zi(nm) — That day (= Judgment Day; Day of Accounting and Settlement)
  • مُّسۡفِرَة — Moos-fay-ra-toon — Glowing (= Beaming; bright as a dawn; happy; rejoicing; shining)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:040                                          ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٌ

               Dzaa-heka-toonm-moos-tub-shay-ra-toon

               Laughing, joyous

  • ضَاحِكَةٌ — Dzaa-heka-toon — Laughing (= Ecstatically giggling; shining with pleasure)
  • مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٌ — Moos-tub-shay-ra-toon — Joyous (= Joyful; very happy on the good news; rejoicing on receiving the good news of Paradise)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        080:041                                   وَوُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَٮِٕذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٌ

                Wa-wo-joo-hoon-yao-ma-zin-alai-haa-gha-ba-ra-toon

                And some faces that day with dust all over them

  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • وُجُوۡهٌ — Wo-joo-hoon — Faces (= n., pl. 1. Facial expression that no mask can hide. 2. The front top of the body of a person that is a tell-tale of what is behind that face and in the mind of the person. Countenance)
  • يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ — Yao-ma-e-zin — That day (= Judgment Day; Day of Accounting and Settlement)
  • عَلَيۡ — Alai — All over (= Above; against; before; for; on top of; over; upon)
  • هَا — Haa — Them (= pro., s., f., 3rd person. Refers to said category of ‘faces’)
  • غَبَرَةٌ — Gha-bara-toon — Dust (= Ash-faced; dust-stained; dusty doom and gloom all over them; dust upon them)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:042                                                   تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

                 Tur-ha-qo-haa-qa-ta-rauh

                Darkness covering them

  • تَرۡهَقُ — Tur-ha-qo — Covering (= Over-shadowing; veiled over with; wrapping all around)
  • هَا — Haa — Them (= pro., s., f., 3rd person. Refers to said category of ‘faces’)
  • قَتَرَةٌ — Qa-ta-rauh — Darkness (= Absence of light and brightness; blackness; doom and gloom)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         080:043                                     اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ الۡكَفَرَةُ الۡفَجَرَة

               Olaa-eka-ho-mool-ka-fa-ra-tool-fa-ja-rauh

               They all are the disbelievers, the wicked

  • اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ — Olaa-eka — All (= Aforesaid facts, persons or things. Here the reference is
    to the said folks, people; sinner; wrong-doers)
  • هُمُ — Ho-mo(ol) — They (= pro., pl., m., 3 rd person. Refers to all aforesaid persons)
  • الۡكَفَرَةُ — Ka-fara-to(ol) — Disbelievers (= n., pl., 1.Who deny, refuse or reject Faith or belief in Allah, the Holy Qor-aan and Islaam and be Moslems. 2. Faithless; heretic; infidels; disbelievers; unbelievers; non-believers; rejecters of, resistors to or unbelieving in the Almighty God. Rejecters of God. 3. Who act ungratefully and fail to appreciate, thank, use or utilize God-given abilities, blessings, capacities, capabilities, gifts, opportunities afforded and talents provided by abusing and misusing them)
  • الۡفَجَرَة — Faj-ja-rauh — Wicked (= n., pl., Bad; doers of the inequities; evil or vile persons; disbelievers; sinners; evil-doers; polytheists)
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Islam – 104 – The 5 Acts of worship – Pillars of Islam

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Abid

ISLAM – 104

The 5 Acts of worships or pillars of Islam

 

Verse 002:004 lays out three of the five Acts of worships – also called the pillars of Islam. The Holy Qor-aan mandates other worships elsewhere, often repeating them in several verses.

 

All Moslems are mandated to practice these worships, voluntarily, of their own accord, and are responsible for doing them to please God as a personal matter between them and the Almighty. 

 

1st worship — Practiced every moment = Proclamation of the belief in the Unseen that no human has physically seen.  Such Belief includes believing in the following Unseen and the Seen.

  1. The One and the Only One Almighty God – verse 002:178, 002:286 and many others.
  2. His Accounting laid in 002:178 and explained in the whole Chapters 078, 079, 080, 081, 082, 083, 084, 085, 088, 089 besides several other places as to what is the Hereafter, the Day of Judgment and when Hell or Heaven will be awarded.
  3. His Angels – verses 002:178 and 002:286.
  4. His Scriptures – verses 002:178 and 002:286.
  5. His Messengers – verses 002:178 and 002:286.

 

2nd worship — Practiced every day = Prayers many times daily mandated by verses 002:044, 017:079, 098:006 and others. The Holy Prophet s.a.w by his practice established the following pattern.

  1. Mandatory prayer Fajr offered before dawn.
  2. Mandatory prayer Zohr offered around noon.
  3. Mandatory prayer Asr offered late afternoon.
  4. Mandatory prayer Mugh-rib offered at sunset.
  5. Mandatory prayer Isha offered at early night.
  6. Highly recommended Ta-huj-jud offered about 1.5 hr before sunrise – 017:080
  7. Highly recommended Ish-raaq offered around two hours after the sunrise.

 

3rd  worship — Practiced every earnings = Paying Zakaat (see Commentary Islam – Zakaat) or contributing to charity in the causes of Almighty God is mandated by verses 002:044, 098:006 and at least 18 others verses.  A worker may receive wages daily, weekly or monthly and a farmer may harvest once a year but Zakaat is payable when earning is received.

 

4th worship — Practiced every year = Fasting during the month of Ramadhan every year as mandated by verses 002:184 to 002:188.

 

5th worship — Practiced every life = Performing Hujj or Haj  mandated by verse 002:197 and others.  This worship includes visiting and praying in the Kauba, Holy Mosque, Arafaat, Mush-aril-haraam, Mooz-da-le-faah, doing the To-waaf and Sa-ee, stoning the Satans and performing other prescribed rituals.

 

Besides the above, verse 002:178 gives a detailed account of other basic elements of the Faith.  Also, “Gratitude for God’s gifts is one form of worship” – Note 172 by A Yusuf Ali.

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The Righteous

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Abid

The Righteous

The verse 002:003 in the Holy Qor-aan tells of those who are مُتَّقِيۡنَ (Moot-ta-qeen). The singular of the word is مُتَّقِيۡ. Dozens of derivative words flow from the same one root.

The word  مُتَّقِي  in its meanings portrays “one who walks through thorny bushes taking all possible care that his clothes are not caught in and torn by their branches” – Ubayy bin K’ab, a distinguished companion of the Holy Prophet, s.a.w.

The love for dress creates fear of its getting dirty and results in lifting it up. Love breeds  fear that spurs the result of avoiding wrong move. The word تَقۡوا  conveys an intense love of a lover that causes fear that his bad act will ignite anger, annoyance or antagonism in the beloved.

Author A Yusuf Ali’s Note 26 reads: “.. the fear of God which according to the writer of Proverbs (1.7) in the Old Testament ..” stems out of Bible. We won’t translate the Holy Qor-aan that way.

The word تَقۡوا means an act of nobility, piety and righteousness. مُتَّقِي  is one who preaches professes, practices and those acts. Translation of these words has varied in words, phrases and verbiages though reflect similar meanings. The best translation of اتَّقُوا is you love and as follows.

  • Avoid angering Allah
  • Act piously and righteously
  • Be good, noble, righteous and virtuous
  • Be mindful of what to do towards other people
  • Become God-fearing, dutiful, honorable and righteous
  • Become a practitioner of appropriate, right and proper conduct
  • Cleansing one’s inner self by getting rid of all bad and dishonest practices
  • Cleansing one’s inner soul by guarding against and warding off all evil acts and ideas
  • Do all duties owed to the Almighty God by professing, preaching and practicing them
  • Developing self-control, self-restraint and other non-selfish characteristics.
  • Fear standing before and being answerable to the Almighty God
  • Guard against, protect from and purge oneself of all evil acts
  • Heed to the warnings, become aware of and shun all evil
  • Love so much as to avoid angering Allah to the least
  • Mind, observe or perform the duties owed to Allah
  • Please the Almighty God by performing the well-known inherently good deeds
  • Please the Almighty God by discarding the well-recognized bad conduct in all actions
  • Respect, revere, honor, keep, observe and perform all duties imposed by God Almighty – appropriately, diligently; faithfully, fearfully, humbly, loyally, properly and sincerely
  • Rescue oneself out of the evil that causes heart-burns in this life to himself and others
  • Revere, be in the awe of, hold in the highest regard, admire, look up to or venerate Him
  • Safeguard against moral and spiritual ills that mess up life here and ruin the Hereafter
  • Save oneself from doings evil things that will lead to burning in Hell in the Hereafter
  • Take the Almighty Allah as the Protector and Shield for protection against all evil
  • Take precaution against all suffering of the Judgment Day by guarding against evil
  • Take God as the shield for protection against all bad, evil and Satanic influences
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021:113

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Abid

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                            021:113

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قَـٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحۡكُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ‌ۗ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ ٱلۡمُسۡتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

 

               Qaa-la-rub-beh-koom-bil-huq-qay-wa-rub-bo-nur                                                                       Raah-maa-nool-moos-ta-aa-no                                                                                                           Alaa-maa-ta-say-foo-n

 

               He said, “God! please decide in Truth.” “And our God                                                   The Most Beneficent is whose help and guidance                                                           Is sought against what you allege.”

 

  • قَا لَ — Qaa-la — He prayed (= v., s., m., 3rd person. Said; begged; beseeched; invoked; implored; requested; supplicated)
  • رَبِّ — Rub-b…(eh) — God (= The Almighty Allah who fills needs of all creatures;
    Cherisher; Creator; Guardian; Master; Lord Provident. The Only One Who provides all that sustains life. The Ultimate Provider of air, water, food and whatever we and all other creatures need to live and subsist)
  • ٱحۡكُم — Eh-koom — Decide (= v., m/f., s., 2nd person. Adjudicate; judge; make judgment. Announce a verdict after determining facts and finalizing the conclusions)
  • بِ — Bay — With (= The Arabic word بِ literally means ‘with’ in English. Based upon. In accordance with)
  • الۡحَـقِّ — Huq-qay — The Truth (= Appropriate; appropriateness; equitable; in equity. In justice; just cause; justified conduct; justification. Fair; in fairness and propriety. In suitability. Suitably. Reasonableness; solid good reason. Right; right Faith; exact particulars; total truth; precise truth; truthfulness)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • رَبُّ — Rub-bo — God (= The Almighty Allah who fills needs of all creatures;
    Cherisher; Creator; Guardian; Master; Lord Provident. The Only One Who provides all that sustains life. The Ultimate Provider of air, water, food and whatever we and all other creatures need to live and subsist)
  • نَآ — Na…(ur) — Our (= pro., pl., 1st person. Us. Used with God’s name it reflects the authoritative way a higher-up talks to a subordinate)
  • الرَّحۡمٰنِ — Raah-maan — Beneficent (= superlative form indicates the greatest, the highest, the most. and highlights that none more than Him is … The One who fully, totally and wholly benefits all, to the maximum, with no condition, limitation or restriction. Compassionate. Gracious)
  • ٱلۡمُسۡتَعَانُ — Moos-ta-aa-no — Sought * (= Is, can and will be … asked, beseeched, implored and sought for help and guidance)
  • عَلٰى — Alaa — Against (= Against; for; on; on top of; over; regarding; to; upon)
  • مَا — Maa — What (= 1. All that; whatever; whatsoever. 2. Which; whichever)
  • تَصِفُونَ — Ta-say-foon — You allege ** (= Accuse; ascribe; assert; attribute; blame; describe; state

* Note 021:113a. Translators have mostly applied this prayer to the spiritual side; see our Commentary titled as “The Holy Qor-aan – Spiritual Guidance Book.” One example is the translation of ‘Blasphemies you, the infidels, utter.’

Dr Khan and Dr Al-Hilali wrote, “Help is to be sought against which you attribute (unto Allah that He has offspring, and unto Muhammad s.a.w that he is a sorcerer and unto the Qur’an that that it is poetry).”

The Note #1928 by Malik Ghulam Farid explained this verse as following [Italicized words are for emphasis]:
“The Holy Prophet is commanded to offer the prayer contained in this verse as a protection against the powers of evil that were to be let loose upon the world in the Latter Days in the form of Gog and Magog. It is clear from the Bible that in the time of Gog and Magog physical force will not be the only danger to Islam. There will be other factors which will constitute a far greater source of danger to it. The Holy Prophet may also be represented as praying in this verse that the duration of the possession of Palestine by the Jews may be the shortest possible and that it may revert to its legitimate heirs – the Muslims.”

** Note 021:113b. This is one of the prayers perpetually applicable and tremendously beneficial in hard times. Its application in the spiritual events stated above in some translations is indeed spectacular. But also its marvelous effectiveness in the worldly matters of the people is well-established. People have prayed that way for their personal, professional, health, fiscal or familial needs. Many groups have collectively sought help for their unique hardships by use of such prayers. We all need prayers like this for protection when faced with situations like the following — even in USA which undoubtedly is the most powerful nation on earth.

Clergy’s evangelical fear-mongering about next life ending in menacing demands to pay cash now. Political maneuvers to muster public support on the domestic issues and preemptive strikes overseas. Legislators, lobbyists and leisure-lovers developing money-grabbing schemes that go on multiplying. Patients seeking 2nd opinion for another chance at life after a quote for shyster-recommended surgery. Rampant broad daylight cheating, fraud and stealing covered under the blanket of Buyer-Beware. Banking camouflages, financial futures, hedge-funds and insurance webs eating locked-in pensions. Travel attractions and gaming opportunities set up in front of simpler citizens as traps they can’t see. Tempting money-making schemes targeting the unsophisticated low-income folks and senior citizens. Innocent defendants. Crime victims. The list goes on and on with no prevention except prayer. But the Prayers For Acceptance that the Holy Qor-aan has provided have always produced results. And the prayer in this verse has invariably delivered excellent consequences.

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