Summary: Qur'an Juzz 15

Summary of JUZ"15"

From Surah Banni israel Ayah 1-111 and Surah Al Kahf Ayah 1-74

CONTENT:
Surah Bani Israeel

▪Allah (swt) took the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) on a miraculous journey (field trip to strength his faith)
▪Different nations were tested (to teach them humility) and punished (as a result of their arrogance before Allah) through various trials
▪The intended audience of the Qur’an is humanity

▪Who are the ibaadi?
▪ Reciting the Qur’an after fajr, the benefits of reciting the Qur’an at any given time
▪The beautiful Names of Allah

Surah Kahf
▪Description of the Qur’an and the qualities of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w)

▪What should be our priority?
▪Allah tests individuals with 4 things: faith (people of the cave who were persecuted because of their faith), wealth (the man with 2 gardens who became arrogant), knowledge (the assumption of Musa a.s that he knows everything) and power (the exercise of power and authority by Dhul Qarnain)

▪Allah Speaks

Brief Summary of JUZ"15"

Ayah1: Allah introduced the Prophet (s.a.w) to the Bani Israel with a unique miracle of ascension in the night, which was only given to him (s.a.w). Taking him to Jerusalem and having him lead behind all the previous Prophets further establishes his Messengership and the conclusiveness the revelation given to him (i.e. he is the leader of all the Messengers as he led them in Salah and the revelation given to him concludes everything that Allah revealed in the past)

Ayah 3-8: Israel disobeyed Laws of Allah swt out of arrogance and caused distress and violence upon the earth because of which Allah sent against them enemy forces (militaries) that uprooted and destroyed their entire civilization. Should the Muslims exercise the same level of arrogance and haughtiness against Allah, Allah will establish military forces against us as a form of punishment to destroy our homes and Masajid.

Ayah 11: A person is more likely to make duaa against himself out of anger.

Ayah 18-19: Allah will give you whatever you have worked hard for (working hard is a condition): dunya or akhirah

Ayah 23: Allah has decreed that parents should be treated with ehsaan (extra goodness).

-This is not a matter of personal choice: just as we worship Allah consistently because He is our Rabb whether He gives us blessings or tests us, in the same way parents should be handled with extra kindness regardless to whether or not they respect you, love you or are fair to you etc.

-lower yourself them physically, and soften your voice when speaking to them: don’t intimidate them with your size, speak to them in a dignified manner.

Ayah 25: Allah knows the type of people we are in public and private

-instead of being worrying about what people will think of you, think about how Allah feels about you after knowing all your ugliness

Ayah 27-28: wasteful are the brothers of shaytan

Ayah 30-33: Do not kill your children (abortion) out of fear of provision (Allah provides for you and will provide for them).

Ayah 34-38: Do not give children money until they understand its value (how to spend it)

Ayah 39: Wisdom is taking the right decision at the right time

Ayah 40-44: Everything in the heavens and the earth is doing Tasbeeh of Allah. There is nothing that is equal to him.  

Ayah 53: Shaytan sows the seeds of dissension among people by making us misconstrue what the other person has said

-shaytan will breaks your relations with people and make you argue with others by making you feel that they have said something wrong about you (disrespected you, backbitted about you etc)

-do not base your feelings about other people on what you “think” they have said about you, this is trap. Just go clarify your issue with the concerned person. If they did not insult you or put you down, then take it on face value. Do not over interpret  

-the Prophet (s.a.w) said on one hadith that shaytan comes to you at night in your bed before your family/spouse and throws things at you (thoughts) to make you angry with your family. So if you find yourself getting angry at night with your family, do not act upon that anger as it is from Shaytan.

Ayah 62: Shaytan’s personal mission is to consume our children

-this world is a battle ground for shaytan, his targets are children

-kids especially need to be protected from Shaytan through proper knowledge of Islam

Ayah 83: When Allah gives you goodness, you become proud but when Allah takes away the blessing you fall into depression

-it is necessary to have a balanced personality: do not be sensitive to material things, you are not defined by material things that Allah gives you. Your entire life is a story between you and Allah, everything is secondary. Stay focused on Allah.

Ayah 84: Do not blame your actions on others

-you do whatever that is inside of you, no one makes you do anything except whatever is inside of you comes out.

Ayah 85: Only Allah complete knowledge of the soul

-we are not allowed to make predictions or maintain theories outside of what Allah has revealed  

-the soul is from outside of this world, there is no way we can scientifically measure or mathematically explain it

Ayah 86: Qur’an will flee from us like a camel runs away from its owner if it is not tied down

Ayah 107-109: When people hear the Qur’an they fall on their faces in sujood.

-What is my relationship with the Qur’an?

Ayah 110-111: Learn the Names of Allah

Surah Al-Kahf

Ayah 1:  Allah gave the perfect Book to the perfect Slave

-Qur’an is not ordinary and the people who live it become extra ordinary

Ayah 6-8: The Prophet (s.a.w) was so sad over the people who did not become Muslim that it was near that the sadness would kill him.

Ayah 9-18: Story of the people of the cave

Ayah 10: Duaa of the people of the cave

Ayah 19-20: the purpose of resurrecting the People of the Cave was to strengthen the resolve of the nations at the time. They were questioning life after death so Allah gave them a visual presentation to repel their doubts. But people fell into another fitnah. They started arguing about the number of the people in the cave and the number of years they were dead. This was entirely useless and completely miss the point behind the miracle.

-some people argue more about the signs of Layl al Qadr (the size and colour of the moon and the sun etc) instead of worshipping Allah during the odd nights

-some people go too deep into the various fiqh opinions about Salah, Wudu and eating halal that they miss the essence of the act of worship.

Ayah 21: the nation wanted to construct a monument over their grave and make it a historic site.

-again reflection over the purpose of the miracle was completely lost, their live and death become a means of amusement and festivity for the people

-So many Muslims go for Umrah and Hajj, however all they do when they arrive in Makkah is eat and shop and take pictures. The value of the Holy Mosque is reduced to a tourist spot where people go for fun and vacation.

Ayah 23-24: Say “inshaAllah”

Ayah 28: What to look for in a friend

-Don’t be impressed by people who have a lot of material wealth: they neither deserve it nor have their earned it by their own accord. The luxuries in their life deludes them away from Allah

-choose someone who is righteous (good personality, an overall good person who does a lot of good)

-believes in Allah

-leaves sins out of respect for Allah

-remembers Allah morning and evening

Ayah 32: Wealth is a test, it deceives a person about Allah

- self righteous, holier than thou attitude

-say, “MashaAllah . la quwatta illa billah” (Allah has willed it , there is no power or might except Allah) whenever you experience or see a person with a lot of blessings

-a person who takes the favours of Allah and then forgets Allah is the worst slave

Ayah 45: Allah made the world really appealing, and this is what makes the test really hard.

Ayah 55: What prevents you from seeking forgiveness? Arrogance?

Ayah 58 Allah is still forgiving, you should repent some time.

Ayah 60-82

-Do not judge any given situation, Allah knows best – you do not

-humility and respect of teacher/seeking knowledge – ask questions at the end of class, do not disturb the teacher (cut them off) during class

-to learn great things, you need to dismiss what you already know (have an open mind) and patience

Ayah 83-98: Story of Dhul Qarnain and Yajooj Majooj.

-despite having a huge kingdom, a lot of wealth and armies, he did not frivolously sit around enjoying his life. He traversed to the ends of the earth helping people.

-we try to maximize our comforts while he employed everything he had to help people.

Ayah 109: If all the trees turned into pen and all the oceans turned into ink (many time over), we still would not be able to record the Speech of Allah

Ayah 110: The Prophet (s.a.w.) is human (granted his is perfect, but he does not share in any of he divine qualities of Allah, neither is he an angel), the only difference is that he receives revelation from Allah