My Gems.
Sheliza Hyder
Following are some of my gems which I obtained while learning the Tafsir of Quran. Since I believe that there's Barakah in sharing every precious thing that we possess so I would really like to share these gems over here.
🌹 My Gem: In the course of my learning I've realized the generiosity of al Fatir (the creator). The ONE Absolute being WHO has created me, promises me to help me be on the path of truth through HIS guidance in the form of Quran. The guidance of the Quran is in itself inherent in nature. It can not become obsolete in any era. It is the universal book. There's no doubt in it. It has a miraculous nature that despite of being revealed into a language which was common to all Arabs nothing similar could ever be produced until now even not from works of language experts.
We see that Islam is a spritual religion but one can not attain spirituality untill he satisfies his worldly instincts and worldly deeds. So praying to Allah. Performig Saleh (that is the ritual form of prayer), paying zakat, is essential because we are in physical state so in order to feel our humility towards Allah we need to put our physical body in sujood. Form is essential to practice the serenity of spiritual faith.
🌹 My Gem: When a loving and most sensible parent wants to keep away his beloved child from the evil, he comprehensively describes to his child about the minor and major ways through which an evil could delude oneself. While learning the verses of Quran on hypocrites in Surah Baqarah I felt the same warmth of love that Allah has bestowed upon the ones who seek HIM. The love of Allah towards HIS followers is that much intense that HE precisely describes about every single characteristic of munafiqeen in HIS guidance so that the followers, al mutaqi, those who have taqwa, those who want to be on the rightly guided quest must not delude themselves, must not lead themselves astray with acquiring any of the smallest characteristic of munafiq.
🌹 My Gem: What have personaly inspired me alot is that a single word of Arabic could be used to denote several things at a particular time. As for e.g. when I learned about the word 'Kaafir', I got to knew that it means to hide something. And hence the farmer and the night is also refered to as kaafir in the Arabic. Previously we used to denote the word kaafir negatively to the people who belong to other religions. Without referring to the connotation of the word we have abused the word alot. This had made me realized the significance of learning Quran with word analysis.
I also realized that in these two years I have changed alot and progressed alot in many different aspects by grace of Allah but I was so busy in complaining I didn't offer Shukran for these blessings. My complains never made me think once that these smaller progresses that I'm able to make with the help of Allah is actually, in long run, is a way to prepare myself for the lofty achievement for which I was praying since two years. Allah never leaves us. It's our intensity of Iman that leads us away from our Lord.
(Here with the term prayer I mean the personal prayers not the Saleh)
🌹 My Gem: I've learned that there are two basic elements that must be balanced in order to learn Quran whole heartedly and devotedly. These elements are: The Revealed Truth, and The Sacred Presence. Without making an attempt to comprehend and reflect upon the Truth that Allah has revealed upon us as our guidance, the sacred Presence will only have an unintelligible impact. And without the element of Sacred Presence the Truth of the revelation will not go beyond the level of conceptual understanding. However when the Truth is joined to Presence, then the learning of Quran makes an impact on the soul, the meaning then penetrates into both, in our intellect as well as in our heart.
(This idea of Sacred Presence is also expressed by Reza Shah Kazemi in his book The Spiritual Quest)
Following are some of my gems which I obtained while learning the Tafsir of Quran. Since I believe that there's Barakah in sharing every precious thing that we possess so I would really like to share these gems over here.
🌹 My Gem: In the course of my learning I've realized the generiosity of al Fatir (the creator). The ONE Absolute being WHO has created me, promises me to help me be on the path of truth through HIS guidance in the form of Quran. The guidance of the Quran is in itself inherent in nature. It can not become obsolete in any era. It is the universal book. There's no doubt in it. It has a miraculous nature that despite of being revealed into a language which was common to all Arabs nothing similar could ever be produced until now even not from works of language experts.
Allah reminds us that HE is the entirely merciful and the especially merciful so at any time with any background we just need to return to Allah's guidance whatever may be our previous deeds if we crave to be on the right path Allah will definitely be proud of us and will shower the rehma upon us. When our intentions became good and strong, no obstacle then can prevent us from walking on the path of having taqwa (the shield from the punishment of Allah). Having taqwa keeps us balance our life between this physical form and the spiritual journey. It regulates our temporal matters of world in an ethical and moral aspect and it also enables us to spiritually uplift ourselves in our personal quest.
We see that Islam is a spritual religion but one can not attain spirituality untill he satisfies his worldly instincts and worldly deeds. So praying to Allah. Performig Saleh (that is the ritual form of prayer), paying zakat, is essential because we are in physical state so in order to feel our humility towards Allah we need to put our physical body in sujood. Form is essential to practice the serenity of spiritual faith.
🌹 My Gem: When a loving and most sensible parent wants to keep away his beloved child from the evil, he comprehensively describes to his child about the minor and major ways through which an evil could delude oneself. While learning the verses of Quran on hypocrites in Surah Baqarah I felt the same warmth of love that Allah has bestowed upon the ones who seek HIM. The love of Allah towards HIS followers is that much intense that HE precisely describes about every single characteristic of munafiqeen in HIS guidance so that the followers, al mutaqi, those who have taqwa, those who want to be on the rightly guided quest must not delude themselves, must not lead themselves astray with acquiring any of the smallest characteristic of munafiq.
🌹 My Gem: What have personaly inspired me alot is that a single word of Arabic could be used to denote several things at a particular time. As for e.g. when I learned about the word 'Kaafir', I got to knew that it means to hide something. And hence the farmer and the night is also refered to as kaafir in the Arabic. Previously we used to denote the word kaafir negatively to the people who belong to other religions. Without referring to the connotation of the word we have abused the word alot. This had made me realized the significance of learning Quran with word analysis.
🌹 My Gem: So far I've reached, I always realized one thing from the lessons which I would like to share here. Previously I always used to thought why my prayers aren't being answered. It's been two years and I'm stuck to a halt. My life isn't moving forward. The process of waiting is not easy to survive with and when will my perfect time will arrive, when my prayers will be answered. My Iman was not that strong and this was the reason my prayers then usually didn't contain the original spark which it used to had. Even then, I spent my days without praying. These Quranic lessons made me realized that it's not the test of Allah being my protector and guider, rather it's the test of my iman on Allah. My tone towards my prayers wasn't the tone of a believer. And the instant I felt this mistake my attitude towards my prayers changed. I then started to pray again and with a different tone. A tone which made me feel submissive. My reason was vanished somewhere and I extremely felt the state of being nothing.
I also realized that in these two years I have changed alot and progressed alot in many different aspects by grace of Allah but I was so busy in complaining I didn't offer Shukran for these blessings. My complains never made me think once that these smaller progresses that I'm able to make with the help of Allah is actually, in long run, is a way to prepare myself for the lofty achievement for which I was praying since two years. Allah never leaves us. It's our intensity of Iman that leads us away from our Lord.
(Here with the term prayer I mean the personal prayers not the Saleh)
🌹 My Gem: I've learned that there are two basic elements that must be balanced in order to learn Quran whole heartedly and devotedly. These elements are: The Revealed Truth, and The Sacred Presence. Without making an attempt to comprehend and reflect upon the Truth that Allah has revealed upon us as our guidance, the sacred Presence will only have an unintelligible impact. And without the element of Sacred Presence the Truth of the revelation will not go beyond the level of conceptual understanding. However when the Truth is joined to Presence, then the learning of Quran makes an impact on the soul, the meaning then penetrates into both, in our intellect as well as in our heart.
(This idea of Sacred Presence is also expressed by Reza Shah Kazemi in his book The Spiritual Quest)
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