29th - in chapter 71, verse 10-12, story of nuh a.s.,
Nuh asked Allah to forgive him.
So besides being forgiven, He also give other things. Other worldly blessings..
1) Rain comes and falls on the dry land that Nuh are on. So whenever we require rains, such as the water crisis that are hitting sgor, the people there should do a lots of istighfar, He will then send down the rain from the sky above,
2) extend the means when it comes to money & children. So our life will be full of blessings if we continuously truly ask for His forgiveness
3)gardens & rivers will be given to us
28th - in each calamity that falls upon us, are not accidental. Each musibah is actually really targeted upon us. And do know, there has to be reasons why He picked us to face the challenge. In chapter 64, verse 11, He clearly statd that the calamities which befalls on us are meant for us. These are to test us, after each calamity, will our faith grow with Him grew stronger or we'll question Him.. if we accept of His test on us, therr will be great reward await for us..
27th - has it not the time for us to be affected of his signs, reminders...? Is our hearts has hardened till the signs could not touch our hearts..?are we just like those before us who were arrogant when they were kept on being reminded..?
Becoz of this, we are advised to avoid major sins & avoid doing things shamlessnes to prevent our hearts to be hardened.
(Refer chapter 57, verse 16-17)
26th - its said that we should respect & honor rasuluklah as he was given to us for us to be as a witness, a giver of good news & as a warner. Rasulullah is to be seen as a grand personality,thus action that portrayed his teachings should be taken care of greatly
(tzkh chapter 48, verse 8-9)
25th - whatever we has in this world, are just temporary.. whatever He has, it'll last forever.. such as we might now has children & soon they'llngrow bigger & get built their own family ad well.. so at each momenr, w'll keep on remembring those moments when they we small & could be cuddled with..
So, if we want that moments back, only Allah can hive it, & it'll last forever
Its the trust in Him that'll hold us from doing major sins & shamelessness.. wallahu'alam..
(Tazk from chapter 42, verse37 by NAK)
24th - when we are to deliver the message of islam, we are at the same time delivering the message of hope
To those who had gone overboard;i.e doing all kind of sinsm yet Allah still call them as His, 'my slaves'..
He said to these people, not to cut themselves from Him, don't loose hope. Allah's Mercy are there in abundance, so never to think He has cut us out, if we've once been part of the group who has done trumendous sins. He still care & concern on His slaves to give us hope by giving us chance to repent & turn back to Him.
How many people have you witness with this miracle..
Where one was once a person with great sins, yet, then one day it turn over a new leave, life..and after it, then only Allah take its life away, to Him.. see Allah really ever Merciful
(Refer chapter 39:verse 53)
23rd - in chapter 38, story of dawud. Whrere its said to teach of being justice. Never rush to judgement. Like in the court, both parties will have their say to defend itself
22nd - always be aware of His prescence in whatever we do. As if we're always aware that He's watching will avoid anger Him.. and 1 of the it is to say, truthful, honest even though it might hurt us. Even though we're just making jokes, but it must not be a lie. Another thing is that, we're encourage to give 'salam' to one another..give salam in a respectful way..it will vanish the grudges we've might have witu one onether
(reference:chapter 33)
21st - in chapter 30, verse 22, He describes His creations of the heavens (sky) & the earth, there are signd of thendiversity in the languages & colors among human.. so, if the sky & earth can live along together, why can't we..?
20th - there comes a time when moses a.s. was being float away by hus mother to save him fromg being killed by pharaoh. And she almost gave upnhis secrets thatbit was her child who pharoah's came across with, but Allah had firmed her heart, preventing her to leak her secrets away.. and this shows that whenever He wishes it to be, He'll enablevitbto be.. as we know, in the case of moses a.s. mum, a mum wilk never be able to be spart from her children unwillingly, but He had assist her in doing it.. (refer ak-qasas, chapter 28)
19th - there will come a day where a certain group of people who'll regret.. wishing if he/she had taken a path alongside of the messenger.. the love, respect, revear is simply not enough.. it'll have to lead his life. At that moment, all blame will be pointed toward a 'friend' which had 'caused' him/her not to walk alongside prophet's (peace be upon him) path.
#refer surahtul Furqan (chapter 25), verse 27 onwards
18th - There are peple who'll love shamelessness, inappropiateness, and make certain indecenful act as a norm & these kind of behavior are not advisable.. this is stated in chapter 24, verse 19
17th - there are some kind of people who worship Him, in a dangling state...where these are people whose faith are at the edge of slipping, depending on the situation it'll face.. it'll turn to Islam when its convenient, and turn back when its not... these group of people are lost in dunya (this worl) & lost in akhirat (afterlife).. [refer chapter 22,verse 11]
16th - is describes / warning in this verse(19:59), where they will be a nation that 'deteriorates as generations pasess by and the prove of their deteriorations are based on soon (1)- they'll put solah at a waste, don't really care bout it (2)- they'll follow/fancy whatever they desire, temptations (3)- they'll soon be totally misguided
These are described for the bani israel.. but if we look at the deteriorat characteristics, muslims nowadays are following the same character.., to deteriorate
15th - in things that we've promise to do with soneone on something, do we utter the word 'with Allah wills' (insyaAllah)..? In chapter 18, verse23-24, He advised us to do so in daily activities..
However,as mentioned by NAK, muslims nowadays, often say that phrase, but with exactly the oppose meaning of it.. i, myself have come across these kind people.. they know, it'll never happen, but they still say 'insyaAllah'.. as if its a play, to say this word.
Do know, whenever we've said this word, we have actually promised to do our best to meet it..
Example: "will you able to submit the project by the coming mondsy", or can you come for this meeting by 8.30am, if you've said "insyaAllah", that meant you've promise to commit in finishing that project or trying the best to arrive on schedule..
not as an excuse for you to say,"Allah did not let me finish it",or "He did not let the road to be free of traffic", when in fact you didn't even tried to put effort in it or you've woken up late due to late night sleep coz by hanging out with friends..
14th - seek refuge in Allah from the shaitan in whatever we do, especially upon starting tonread / recite the quran..
Allah know the shaitan will always try to distract us, which is why, in chapter 15, verse 98, Allah advised us to seek His refuge,
13th - the act for being grateful to everyone, everything that we have is an act that He look upon. In chapter 14, verse7, if we are grateful, thankful to each His gifts, to our parents, to our teachers, to the well being we're in now, He'll give us more
12th - let us look at the story of Joseph (Yusuf).. Joseph faced a great challenge when he has attained his manhood. And the ordeal he experienced were from the inside the house he stayed.. from house owner's wife.. she tried to seduced him numerous times.. yet because Joseph was been given the wisdom by God together with his manhood, Joseph managed to restrain himself from falling into sin.. this story can be read at chapter 13, and highlighted in verse 22
So if we look at this Joseph incident, we might relate it to our daily life.. the relationship between men & women, how are the interaction between both genders.. do we want to fall among the men's wife behavior ...?
Can we sustain the act of Joseph, abilities to restrain itself from doing sinful act.. This story regarding Joseph, where the chapter is named after him, is not just a tale for us to enjoy reading it.., but there is a warning to all mankind if they'll to follow the same act as the wive of the house owner or as Joseph.. Something to ponder upon..
11th - in chapter 10, verse 65, The All Mighty God has 'advised' the prophet s.a.w. that 'don't let what musyrikun said hurt you as it will demoralised you. Just let them said whatever they have to say about Him & the deen, it will not cause any harm to Allah nor Islam..' ,only they will then paid it in hereafter..
10th - march forward, light or heavy in the cause of Allah. Each of us need to contribute in whatever way possible to this Deen.
Reference: chapter 9, verse 41
9th - whenever we come across with someone who are yet to accept islam as their way of life, regardless the person religion, have it ever come across in our mind, 'can i make doa(supplicate) for this person..?'
There might be varies opinion on this..and 1 of the reason is due to the misconception where the prophet s.a.w was asked by Allah to no longer pray for his uncle, Abu Lahab. However, we need to take note, all the prophets & messengers have continuously supplicate for their people until Allah has descend the command to stop doing so.. such as the ibrahim a.s. whom keep on supplicating for his dad, who are strightly against islam. However, since now in our times, we will no longer able to receive His direct decree, it is said that we should just suppkicate for the non-muslim,with the desire for his/her to open to accept islam..
8th - as portrayed in chapter 6, verse 151, Allah has council us on the impermissible things that we shoul not do :-
don't do shirik to Allah, don't kill children because of bankruptcy, stay away from any form of shamelessness, don't kill a person without justification
Yet, in the prohibitions list, it has highlighted that we should do the best to both parents.. anything short of the best to our parents, we should not do. There's nothing stated in the quran on the things we should do, but not the best is considered as sins except if we do not do the best to our parents.. if its not the best, it'll be considered as sinful. So it has to always be the best.
7th - it was being said that whenever we've done a sin, we'll no doubt try to do whatever things to make-up of the wrong doings.
As moses a.s. condition where he accidently killed a man, which has forced him to fleed without able to bring enough supplies for the surprise journey. So moses a.s. has to go without money nor food. And becouse of that, moses has supplicate to God, "my Lord, truly i am in need ofwhatever good that You bestoe on me"
In our daily life nowadays, whenever we know we've did wrongful things, we'll always try on how to make-up for it. So, if it follows or make us stumble upon an event or situation that we've not expecting, we should take it to be as an opportunity that Allah is giving us, to make-up for the wrong doings. If we want to help someone, let us ensure no strings are attached to it
6th - in chapter 4, verse 145-148, it is said about the hypocrites / hypocracy where they will be placed in the lowest depths of the hell-fire. why do He created the hell fire.. & why are the hypocrites are group to be among those who will be placed at most lowest level to the hell-fire..Allah answer it in verse 148 by questioning us.. how hard was it to be thankful to Him for His gifts...? If we repent from the hypocrisy & start bing grateful to Him for all His gifts..as Allah Himself are Appreciative, so why can't we..? Once a hypocrites repent for all the once hypocrite it used to be, turn around & started to be grateful for all His blessings, he or she will then taken out of the hypocrites group & be placed as the 'mukminun'. So, here with these few verse, it shows that we have to start by being grateful to Him
5th - one of the main principle of ethics in islam in chapter 4,verse 29.. Allah has highlighted us that living in a community, society, the thing that will break the relation among us are when we consume other people wealth..
This doesn't refer to the orphanages receiving the charities..which is no doubt wrong..
But its more on to us... taking other people money whether upfront or just by simply our daily work at the office.
Example, we came to work really late but go back home early.. but we got the salary for the work time of certain hours.. so part of the payment is actually not for us to take..
Unless its being agreed with the head of the company for us to do so, the salary we're given is considered as taking other people wealth..
4th - it it stated in such that if we're travelling on the sea, we'll always felt insecure until we've landed safely on the ground.. if we understand arabic language, it is said that He has conveyed the land ground as the 'reward'.. this corresponds to verse 92 of chapter 3, the beginning of juz 4. Thus, for us to gain the 'reward', we should first give what we'll love & desire.
Thus, the parable that showed it to the land meant that as we're on a bot, and it somehow because of its overloaded, its started to sink.. and the land is still far off to be reach..
so the only way we can prevent it from sinking is by throwing out some of out things on the boat where the things are our beloved..
3rd - each test that are burden upon us are custom tailored, to suit each of our capability which varies between individuals.
Not to under etimate the weight of the burden that is placed upon us & don't under estimate the sin we've might have done
2nd - the 30 days of fasting in ramadhan should have trained us to be keep on continously declare & be aware of Allah greatness, the Oneness of Allah even as He has guided us in the month of ramadhan
1st - to take seriously on each of Allah command. Based on the scholars, sunnah & hadiths, we should never question on Allah decision.
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Note: these are my understanding on the short tadabur by NAK
