Quranic Passages:6-10

• This week's topic:

• Quranic Passages:6-10
• Theme :Allah’s relationship with His
creatures/mankind/human beings/His
created world.
 Paper 1,Question 1.
• 1 Choose any two of the following passages
from the Qur’an, and:
• (a) briefly describe the main theme(s) in each
passage [4]
• (b) briefly explain the importance of these
themes in a Muslim’s life today. [4] (i)
•
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• Sura Fatiha
• Sura 1
• 1. In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful. 2.
Praise be to Allah, the cherisher and
• sustainer of the worlds; 3. Most gracious, most
merciful; 4. Master of the day of judgement.
• 5.You we worship, and your aid we seek. 6. Show us
the straight way, 7. The way of those to
• whom You have given your grace, not those who earn
your anger, nor those who go astray.
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• The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa
sallam) said, "[The chapter commencing with]
'All praises and thanks are due to Allah the
Lord of the Universe' is the Mother of the
Qur'an, the Mother of the Book, the Seven Oft
Repeated Verses and the Great Qur'an."
• It was also said that it is called Umm Al-Kitab,
because it contains the meanings of the entire
Qur'an.
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• Sura Baqarah
• 21. “O people! Adore your Guardian-Lord,
who created you and those who came before
you, so that you may have the chance to learn
righteousness; 22. Who has made the earth
your couch, and the heavens your canopy; and
sent down rain from the heavens; and by it
brought forth fruits for your sustenance the do
not set up rivals to Allah, when you know.”
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• Sura Al Alaq
• 1“ Read! in the name of your Lord, who
created, 2. Created man out of a clot of
congealedblood: 3. Proclaim! And your Lord is
most bountiful, 4. He who taught by the pen,
5. Taught man what he did not know.”
Sura Al Alaq
Sura Al Alaq
 Sura Al Alaq
• This theme makes the Muslims responsible to
identify their link with Allah by acquiring
worldly knowledge through pen and by
seeking inspiration from the divine word
mentioned in the Qur’an as the Book and the
Wisdom.
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• Surah Zilzaal
• 1.When the earth is shaken to her utmost
convulsion, 2. And the earth throws up her burdens,
3. And man cries out: ‘What is the matter with her?’,
4. On that day will she declare her tidings: 5. For that
your Lord will have given her inspiration. 6. On that
day will men proceed in companies sorted out, to be
shown their deeds. 7. Then shall anyone who has
done an atom’s weight of good see it! 8. And anyone
who has done an atom’s weight of evil shall see it.
 Surah Al-Zilzal (99)

• (a)Theme of the passage is God‘s relation with the

created world. It elaborates the events and the
final outcome of the day of reckoning or end of
time. That day will be marked by the most intense
convulsions that will reverse all the normal physical
phenomena. Mankind will be shocked to see earth
emitting all its hidden contents, as mentioned
elsewhere in the Quran:
“and when the earth is flattened and casts forth what
is within it and becomes empty” (84:3-4).
 Sura Zilzaal
• (b) This passage asks Muslims to have strong faith in God’s power
to end time and make all stand accountable before Him for the
ultimate justice. With such a belief , Muslims will learn about the
worthlessness of this world and realize the value of true worlds by
saying: “Nay you prefer the life of this world, but the hereafter is
better and more enduring” (87:16, al-A’la). Genuine and sincere
faith in the hereafter shapes the conduct of Muslims. this belief
reminds them of God’s mercy justice and powers. The Quran
repeatedly talks of this theme by using several expressions that
include: “when the sun is folded up” (sura: 81) “when the sky splits
open” (sura 82-verse 1) and “when the earth is flattened out” (sura
84 ). The objective of this repetition is to remind Muslims of the
Hereafter so they do good deeds while they live on this Earth.
 Quranic Passage:10
• 1. Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind,
2. The King of mankind, 3. The God of
mankind, 4. From the mischief of the
whisperer who withdraws, 5. Who whispers
into the hearts of mankind, 6. Among jinns
and among mankind.
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• (a) This is Sura Al-Nas,the last Sura of the holy Qura’n, a Makki Sara.The main
themes are: God as Lord; God as refuge; God as ProtectorThis Surah describes
three Attributes of Allah the All-Mighty. He gives sustenance to mankind, He is
Sovereign and He is Worthy of worship. All things are created by Him,
possessed by Him, and subservient to Him. The three aspects in which Allah is
man’s refuge, i.e. as his Rabb, sovereign, and object of worship; and Satan’s
whisperings and how he tempts man. This sura teaches that Allah is the king
and Rabb. He is the only refuge who protects the Muslims from Satan and his
devil helper which may be from jinn and mankind. Satan entices people to
commit sins as he makes evil attractive to men. Only Allah can grant protection
from the evil of Satan. Allah says in Qur’an: "And so We appointed for every
Prophet an enemy - devils among mankind and jinn, inspiring one another with
adorned speech as a delusion ... " ( Al-Qur'an 6:112) According to a Hadith, the
Prophet said, "With everyone of you there is a devil." The Companions asked,
"Is there a devil even with you?" The Prophet said, "Yes, but Allah has granted
me protection against him.""
 Occasion of Revelation
• . Surah Nas was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad
(peace and blessings be upon him) at a time when His
health was affected and he “ started imagining that he
had done a thing he hadn’t really done” narrated Aisha
( may Allah be blessed with her) But the Holy
Prophet’s position as a Prophet remained wholly
unaffected by it.Only in his personal life, by black
magic which was done by a Jew called Labeed bin
Aasim. Labeed did the magic by a comb and the hairs
stuck to it and the skin of pollen of male date palm in
the well of Dharwaan.
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(b)The prophet Muhammad recited surah Al Nas before sleeping, after
each prayer and when the Muslims fall ill they can use it in Ruqyah.”
The benefits of surah Nas are that it lets the Muslims know about the
bad and right way of life. In this surah, the Muslims are informed that
Shaitan wants to apply many tricks to distract them from the way of
heaven. Therefore, the Muslims need the help of Allah to protect them
from Satan’s way. Therefore, the Muslims are exhorted to recite it after
every prayer. The Prophet also urged Muslims to read the Sura Al-Nas
and Al-Falaq three times in the morning and evening with Surat Al-
Ikhlas and that their reading suffices a person from everything. The
Prophet used to recite these two Suras when he went to bed, blow his
hands and wiped all his body. The Muslims believe that this Sura
protects them from devil eyes and magic.