Qur'an by Sheikh Gabriel Keresztes No. 28

Today I learned about the Qur'an: 

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Which of [our] two parties is best in position and best in association?"

The non-Muslims most of the time try to put doubts in our hearts.

And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance? (edited)

Say, "Whoever is in error - let the Most Merciful extend for him an extension [in wealth and time] until, when they see that which they were promised - either punishment [in this world] or the Hour [of resurrection] - they will come to know who is worst in position and weaker in soldiers."

Allah extends our life to let us go astray, it is a test if we want to follow the right path.

And Allah increases those who were guided, in guidance, and the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for recourse.

If you have patience, endurance, it is patience is better than having lots of money.

Then, have you seen he who disbelieved in Our verses and said, "I will surely be given wealth and children [in the next life]?"

Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?

He is talking about people who disbelief, Allah is showing us forgiveness, no one should say "I will go to heaven when I die," you don't know if we are going to Jannah or not.

And We will inherit him [in] what he mentions, and he will come to Us alone.

Everyone will face Allah Alone.

And they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor.

Some people pray to other gods other than Allah, for the sake of Prophet Muhammad.

No! Those "gods" will deny their worship of them and will be against them opponents [on the Day of Judgement].

Do you not see that We have sent the devils upon the disbelievers, inciting them to [evil] with [constant] incitement?

When they go astray Allah will lead them further astray.

So be not impatient over them. We only count out to them a [limited] number.

And will drive the criminals to Hell in thirst

They will drive the people into Hell when they are thirty.

None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant.

No one can ask for healing other than Prophet Muhammad.

And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son." (edited)

Allah just forgives.

You have done an atrocious thing.

The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation

When the non-muslims say "Jesus is the son of God" the mountains break when they hear these words, Allah does not need a son, he forgives.

And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son.

There is no one in the heavens and earth but that he comes to the Most Merciful as a servant.

Everything come to Allah has a servent.

He has enumerated them and counted them a [full] counting.

Everything is counted by Allah.

And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone.

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - the Most Merciful will appoint for them affection.

Allah loves us when we submit to him.

And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?

This is a strong surah. (And that is the end of surah Maryam)

Qur'an by Sheikh Gabriel Keresztes No. 27

 Today I learned about the Qur'an:     

 

It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

[Jesus said], "And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path."

Isa is saying "worship Allah Not me."

Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day.

The people have split because of Prophet Isa.

How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.

It is better to die a Muslim than a Christian.

And warn them, [O Muhammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe.

The day of regret is when people who are non-Muslims are asking for forgiveness.

Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned.

Everyone will finish.

[Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all? (This is an edited version because I encountered problems with the website).

Ibrahim's father was an idol maker, Ibrahim is advising his father, his father was in on the wrong path so Ibrahim advised him.

O my father, indeed I fear that there will touch you a punishment from the Most Merciful so you would be to Satan a companion [in Hellfire]."

He is afraid for his father to be following Iblis.

[His father] said, "Have you no desire for my gods, O Abraham? If you do not desist, I will surely stone you, so avoid me a prolonged time.

Ibrahim's father is angry because Ibrahim told him to stop making idols.

[Abraham] said, "Peace will be upon you. I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me.

We can dua for non-Muslims when they are alive for Allah to guide them, but you can't ask for them to go to Jannah when they are dead, and they died on another religion other than Islam then you can't dua for them. 

So when he had left them and those they worshipped other than Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each [of them] We made a prophet.

Ibrahim lost his father.

And We gave them of Our mercy, and we made for them a reputation of high honor.

Ibrahim lost his father on the right path.

And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron as a prophet.

And mention in the Book, Ishmael. Indeed, he was true to his promise, and he was a messenger and a prophet.

Ishmael is the lineage of the Arabs.

And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakah and was to his Lord pleasing.

Praying and Zakah (giving food or money) is a way to please Allah.

Those were the ones upon whom Allah bestowed favor from among the prophets of the descendants of Adam and of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel, and of those whom We guided and chose. When the verses of the Most Merciful were recited to them, they fell in prostration and weeping.

It is good to make Sujud when saying or hearing this Verse.

But there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -

They followed their passions and ignored solat and Allah is going to give them a wicked end

Except those who repent, believe and do righteousness; for those will enter Paradise and will not be wronged at all.

Ask for forgiveness from Allah.

[Therein are] gardens of perpetual residence which the Most Merciful has promised His servants in the unseen. Indeed, His promise has ever been coming.

They will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon.

No bad talk (swearing), only good words.

That is Paradise, which We give as an inheritance to those of Our servants who were fearing of Allah.

[Gabriel said], "And we [angels] descend not except by the order of your Lord. To Him belongs that before us and that behind us and what is in between. And never is your Lord forgetful -

Nothing can NOT be seen by Allah.

Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them - so worship Him and have patience for His worship. Do you know of any similarity to Him?"

Take your time when making Solat.

And the disbeliever says, "When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?"

People deny Resurrection.

So by your Lord, We will surely gather them and the devils; then We will bring them to be present around Hell upon their knees.

Then We will surely extract from every sect those of them who were worst against the Most Merciful in insolence.

Then, surely it is We who are most knowing of those most worthy of burning therein.

Then We will save those who feared Allah and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees.

 

Qur'an by Sheikh Gabriel Keresztes No. 26

 Today I learned about the Qur'an:     

Adam is our forefather all of us are from Adam, Adam had no father or mother, but he was created.

When a baby is born, Ablis pinches their nose, but Isa was born without his nose pinched. 

Kaf, Ha, Ya, 'Ayn, Sad.

[This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah.

When he called to his Lord a private supplication.

We sometimes make our dua alone. (If you see the Qur'an verses you will know that most of the verses in this surah ends with laa.)

He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy.

And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

Zechariah is praying for family members for him to teach how to be a prophet.

Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]."

The concern of Zechariah is about this Dunya and after it.

[He was told], "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name."

His dua was answered by Allah directly and gives him a boy.

He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"

How can I have a child?

[An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.' "

If Allah can make Adam, then he can make an elderly woman have a baby.

[Zechariah] said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights, [being] sound."

From this day you will be mute that is the sign, but you will be able to speak after three nights.

So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [ Allah ] in the morning and afternoon.

The Qur'an is talking about sign language.

[ Allah ] said, "O John, take the Scripture with determination." And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy

Between the mute verse and this verse, Yahya has grown up.

And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allah

Yahya has no sin.

And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant.

Yahya was not disobedient to his parents, try to be kind to your parents.

And peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive.

And mention, [O Muhammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.

Now it is switching from Yahya to Maryam, Maryan is the aunt of Yahya, she was facing Jerusalem.

And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel, and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man.

Girls need to wear their Hijabs, a Hijab is something that coves from top to toe.

She said, "Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allah ."

He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."

She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"

She is confused like Zechariah.

He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.' "

And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."

She was in so much pain, you can't repay your debt to their mother.

But he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.

And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates.

Allah made Her move to shake the tree, Allah made the tree drop the dates with her help.

So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.' "

Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.

They accuse her of being a bad woman.

O sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."

So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"

She was not going to defend her self, she points to Isa, Isa was a few days old and.

[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah . He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet.

Do YOU know other babies spoke when they were born a few days ago?

And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant.

It is the same as Yahya but the BIG difference is that Isa had a mother.