4.05 PURITY OF FAITH (AL- IKHLAS)

Hundred-twelfth Surah

In The Name Of God, The Ever Graceful, The Most Gracious:

God Says

Say: “He is One God: (1)

“God the Eternal, the Uncaused Cause of all being. (2)

“He begets not, and neither is He begotten; (3)

“and there is nothing that could be compared with Him.” (4)

Prophet Said

1.   “ ‘Qul Huwallahu Ahad…’ is equal to one third of the Qur’an” -- H: Bukhari and Muslim.

2.   A man asked the Messenger of God: Which is the greatest surah of the Qur’an? He said: “Qul Huwallahu Ahad…” -- Mu’ariful Hadees.

3. A man said: I have a special fondness for this surah.  The Prophet said:

“This fondness of yours has taken you to paradise.” -- H: Tirmizi and Ahmed.

4. To one, who recites in his bed (before sleep) surah ‘Qul Huwallahu Ahad…’  one hundred times, God will say on the Resurrection Day: ‘Go, my servant, to Paradise on your right ’”-- H: Tirmizi. N: Anas

Number 3 and 4 are not instead of but, naturally, in addition to obeying God and His Apostle during the day before sleep.

4.04. DENIERS OF THE TRUTH (AL-KAFIROON)

Hundred-ninth Surah

In The Name Of God, The Ever Graceful, The Most Gracious:

God says

Say: “O you who deny the truth! (1)
“I do not worship that which you worship, (2)
and neither do you worship that which I worship. (3)
“And I will not worship that which you have (ever) worshipped, (4)
and neither will you (ever) worship that which I worship (5)
“Unto you, your moral law, and unto me mine!” (6)


Prophet said

“Surah ‘AL-KAFIROON’ is one fourth of the Qur’an” -- H: Tirmizi. N: Anus.

“Let me tell you the words which would save you from associating with God: recite (surah) ‘ QUL YA AYYUHAL KAFIROON…’ while going to sleep” -- H: Abul Ali. N: Abdullah-b-Abbas.

4.04. DENIERS OF THE TRUTH (AL-KAFIROON)

Hundred-ninth Surah

In The Name Of God, The Ever Graceful, The Most Gracious:


God says

Say: “O you who deny the truth! (1)
“I do not worship that which you worship, (2)
and neither do you worship that which I worship. (3)
“And I will not worship that which you have (ever) worshipped, (4)
and neither will you (ever) worship that
which I worship (5)
“Unto you, your moral law, and unto me mine!” (6)


Prophet said

“Surah ‘AL-KAFIROON’ is one fourth of the Qur’an” -- H: Tirmizi. N: Anus.

“Let me tell you the words which would save you from associating with God: recite (surah) ‘ QUL YA AYYUHAL KAFIROON…’ while going to sleep” -- H: Abul Ali. N: Abdullah-b-Abbas.

4.03. THE PILING UP (AT-TAKATHUR)

Hundred-second Surah

In The Name Of God, The Ever Graceful, The Most Gracious:

God says

You are obsessed by greed for more and more (1)
Until you go down to your graves. (2)
Nay, in time you will come to understand! (3)
And once again: Nay, in time you will come to understand! (4)
Nay, if you could but understand [it] with an understanding (born) of certainly, (5)
You would indeed, most surely, behold the blazing fire [of hell]! (6)
In the end you will indeed, most surely, behold it with the eye of certainly: (7)
And on that Day you will most surely be called to account for (what you did with) the boon of life! (8)


Prophet said

“Can anyone of you recite 1000 Qur’anic ayaat(signs) everyday?”, the Prophet continued, “Read surah “AL-HAKU MUT TAKASUR( surah 102, its equivalent.)”
-- H: Hakim. N: Abdullah-b-Omer

4.02. THE CONVULSION (AL-ZALZALAH)

Ninety-ninth Surah


IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE EVER GRACEFUL, THE MOST GRACIOUS:

God says

When the earth is shaken to her (utmost) convulsion, (1)
and [when] the earth throws up her burdens (from within) (2)
and man cries out (in distress): ‘what has happened to her?’-- (3)
on that Day will she declare all her tidings: (4)
as thy Sustainer will have inspired her to do. ( 5)
On that day all men will proceed, cut off from one another,
to be shown their [past] deeds. (6)
Then, he who shall have done an atom’s weight of good, shall behold it; (7)
and he who shall have done an atom’s weight of evil, shall behold it. (8)


Prophet said

“Whoever recites IZA ZUL ZALAT… gets award of reciting half the Qur’an”
-- H: Tirmizi. N: Anas.

4.01. THE OPENING (AL- FATIHAH)

First Surah


God says

IN THE NAME OF GOD THE EVER GRACEFUL, THE MOST GRACIOUS: (1)

All praise is due to God alone the Sustainer of all the worlds, (2)
the Most Graceful, the Most Gracious; (3)
Lord of the Day of Judgment! (4)
Thee alone do we worship and unto Thee alone do we turn for aid. (5)
Guide us the straight way -- (6)
the way of those upon whom Thou has bestowed Thy blessings, those whose (portion) is not (Thy) wrath and who go not astray! (7)


Prophet said

1. “The most distinguished surah in the Qur’an is AL HAMDU LIL LAHI RABBIL AALAMEEN (The Opening) …” -- Hadis: Bukhari. Narrator: Abu Saeed-b-Ali.

2. “God did not reveal in the Taorah and the Bible anything like UMMUL QUR’AN (Mother of the Qur’an: another title for this surah)” – H: Tirmizi, Nisai and Hakim. N: Ubi-b-K’ab.

3. “In Surah AL-FATIHAH there is remedy for every disease.”-- H: Baihaqi. N:Jabir.

SHARIA IS PART OF FAITH

God says

“… there has come to you from God a light, and a clear divine writ (Quran), through which God shows unto all that seek His good pleasure the paths leading to salvation (spiritual peace and fulfillment) and, by His grace, brings them out of the depths of darkness into the light and guides them onto a straight way.” (Q.5:15)


Prophet said

“None of you can be a believer unless his ego-self
becomes desirous of (guidance) that I have brought”
--- H:Mishkat-ul-Masabih. N: Abdullah-b-Omer-b-al Aas.

Faith(Imaan) does not materialize till one sincerely accepts the instructions of Sharia – what is enjoined and what is forbidden -- which the Prophet has conveyed to us through the Qur’an and the Sunnah and until one’s ego-self is thoroughly disciplined to become desirous of the same.

Section 4 begins by His grace, with a few short chapters of the Qur’an followed by some verses, showing through Prophet’s Traditions, their special significance:
high-rewards-with-least effort when practiced with understanding.

PLEASE DO REMEMBER TO USE
THE HONORIFICS GIVEN BELOW.

After name or title of the Prophet say:
“Sal-lal- lahu ‘Alaihi wa Sal-lam”;
(peace and blessings be upon him)
After the name or the title of every
prophet (nabi) and apostle (rasul) say:
“ ‘Alai hissalaam” (peace be upon him or them)
After the name of their family member,
as well as a companion, say:
“Radi Allahu ‘Anhu—or ‘Anha—or ‘Anhum ”
(may God be pleased with him--or her--or them)
And for others, say: “Rahmat-Allah-e-‘Alaih”
(God’s mercy be upon him)