Summary: Qur'an Juz 5

Summary of Juz 5

AN Nisaa continued:  Ayah 23-147

 Content:

▪Muhsinaat women

▪foundations of beautiful marital relations 

▪role of woman

▪Fiqh of Wudhu and Tayammun

▪How to handle a religious argument

▪Ulul Amr– the people of authority and their role

▪Asslamu aliakum – duaa of life

▪Two types of people: Proactive (those who get up and do something) and lazy (those who sit around and do nothing): Mujahadoo and Qaidoon

▪ Migrating for the sake of Allah and its rewards

▪Fiqh of Salah when traveling and when in danger

▪ Whispers of Shaitan

Brief Summary of Juz 5

·         Ayah 23-24 – description of Muharamaat, women who are forbidden for marriage

-Blood relations should be protected. Male relatives are the guardians of the women in their family.

-Secret relations outside of marriage are prohibited to protect the honour and emotional wellbeing of women.

·         Ayah 31:

Allah will wipe out our minor sins on condition that we abstain from major sins such as shirk, lies, backbiting, partaking in interest based transactions etc.

·         Ayah 32:

-Allah swt favors each person with a different blessing. We should not wish for what others have or be jealous of them. Accept this is Allah’s division and Will

-Ask Allah for His favor when we see something we like

-Gratitude to Allah incurs in more blessings from Allah. Ingratitude results in losing His blessings

·         Ayah 34: Qualities of great wives:

-Righteous (sincere to Allah and do good deeds),

-Obedient (devout and steadfast),

-Chaste

-Cooperate with their husbands

·         Ayah 36:

-Serve Allah, be on an excellent behaviour towards parents , relatives, orphans, needy, and neighbors

-Allah swt is never unfair

- Even if we do a small good deed with sincerity (for Allah), Allah will multiply the its reward and give us endless good

·         Ayah 43: Wudhu and Tayammum

-It is necessary to purify oneself before the Salah

-Pre-salah purification is an action of worship

-Allah is very lenient and looks to create conveniences for us

-It is important to understand what we are saying in Salah

·         Ayah 48:

-Shirt is a major sin – Giving the qualities of Allah to someone else and/or obeying someone other than Allah as much as Allah should be obeyed.

·         Ayah 56:

-Denying the ayaat of Allah = not acting upon them

·         Ayah 63 

-“Qaulam  Baligha”  = speak with wisdom and have patience over emotions, abstrain from negative confrontations which seek to humiliate and embarrass others

-How to handle negative situations: ignore, if you must confront – speak nicely, be a well wisher and say something that softens the hearts.

·         Ayah 66-68: 

-Benefits of following the Sunnah: faith is strengthened, guided towards the straight path and Ajar Adheem from Allah

·         Ayah 77: Do not fear anyone other than Allah. Allah controls all circumstances, not people

·         Ayah 78 :

-People use to blame the Prophet (s.a.w) for their problems.

-We are responsible for our own circumstances in life.

-We create our luck with our hands – if we do good, Allah will reward us with goodness in life. If we sin, we will suffer the negative consequences of our sin. Sins make our lives difficult, obedience to Allah makes our life easy and happy.

-Death is inevitable: eve if a person has an amazing life despite their sins, death will catch up to them and then they will be alone with Allah.

·         Ayah 79:

-Whatever good we have is from Allah and whatever problems we face in our lives is what we have brought upon ourselves / is our own doing.

its our own doing

·         Ayah 81:

-People plot and Allah also plans. Allah is fair and justice prevails no matter how much people try to scheme against each other.

·         Ayah82: Reflect upon the Qur’an

-Recite the Qur’an with meaning

-Bring the meaning into practice

·         Ayah 83:

-Investigate before you believe in rumours

-Do not disclose people’s faults

·         Ayah 85: When we make a recommendation for a good cause, we become a part of the cause. We get the same reward as someone working for the cause.

-encouraged to help people even if it is simply by showing someone the way/helping them find direction or recipe etc.

·         Ayah 86 :

-Assalamu aliakum warahmatullahi wabrakatuhu is a duaa in form of a greeting. This evidences the elevated character of a believer who is sincere, soft and a wellwisher  for others.

-We should greet others better than they have greeted us (compete to have better character than others – be more gentle, more lenient, more welcoming than the way others treat you).

-Allah keeps track of what we say  

·         Ayah 92:  Rules of punishment regarding intentional and unintentional murder

-Rules concerning blood money

·         Ayah 94: give benefit of doubt

·         Ayah 95:

-Minimizers - Allah has given them a lot, but they are slaves to their moods

-Maintainers: People who won’t use their potential, they do not work to advance their state

-Maximizers: use the utmost of all of their intelligence and available resources to gain the pleasure of Allah; they are consistent in the path of Allah, they are saabiqoon; role Models and leaders

·         Ayah 100: Rewards of Hijrah

·         Ayah 101-102: Shorten Salah when on a journey and war/ state of fear

·         Ayah 103 : remember Allah constantly in state of fear; increase dhikr

·         Ayah 104: A lot of stamina is required to the work of Deen. It is easy to lose hope and do a sloppy half-hearted job. Remember that you are doing this for Allah and He deserves the best (even if your team/masjid/family is not the best).

·         Ayah 114:

-Najwah/secret whisperings or private conversations in a gathering is disliked. Even making gestures with eyes to seclude or mock someone is discouraged.

-It is recommended to give sadaqah in secret.

·         Ayah 116: Shirk is an unforgiveable sin. You cannot do something more worst with your life than associate partners with Allah

·         Ayah131: Allah directs us to adopt Taqwa; be mindful, aware, conscious

·         Ayah : 133-134 : If Allah wants He could replace us with people who have more taqwa; We are privileged to have the opportunity to worship Allah

·         Ayah 140: Do not sit in the company of people who are making fun of Allah. It is possible that their jokes may change your heart can cause to you leave Allah.

·         Ayah 142: The hypocrites stand up for Salah with laziness

·         Ayah 147: Allah has no need to punish us if we are grateful.