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Sunday, 23 January 2011

7 Tips for Improving your Relationship with the, Qur'aan


by *A WAY TO PARADISE on Monday, 15 November 2010 at 21:44
 

Bismillah ir Rahman ir RahimInnal-Hamdalillah was-Salaatu was-Salaam 'alaa RasoolillahAs-Salaamu alaikum wa-Rahmatullahi wa-Barakatuhu





7 Tips for Improving your Relationship with the, Qur'aan

1. Before you touch it, check your heart.

The key to really benefiting from the Quran is to check your heart first, beforeyou even touch Allah's book. Ask yourself, honestly, why you are reading it. Is it to just get some information and to let it drift awayfrom you later? Remember that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessingsbe upon him) was described by his wife as a "walking Quran": in otherwords, he didn't just read and recite the Quran, he lived it.




2. Do your Wudu (ablution).
Doingyour Wudu is good physical and mental preparation to remind you you'renot reading just another book. You are about to interact with God, sobeing clean should be a priority when communicating with Him.


3. Start with reading only 5 minutes everyday.
Too often, we think we should read Quran for at least one whole hour. If you aren't in the habit of reading regularly, this is too much. Start off with just five minutes daily. If you took care of step one, InshaAllah (God willing), you will notice that those five minutes willbecome ten, then half an hour, then an hour, and maybe even more!


4. Make sure you understand what you've read.Fiveminutes of reading the Quran in Arabic is good, but you need to understand what you're reading. Make sure you have a good translationof the Quran in the language you understand best. Always try to read the translation of what you've read that day.


5. Remember, the Quran is more interactive than a CD.
Inan age of "interactive" CD-Roms and computer programs, a number of people think books are passive and boring. But the Quran is not like that. Remember that when you read Quran, you are interacting with Allah. He is talking to you, so pay attention.


6. Don't just read, listen too.
There are now many audio cassettes and CDs of the Quran, a number of them with translations as well. This is great to put on your walkman or your car's CD or st
ereo as you drive to and from work. Use this in addition to your daily Quran reading, not as a replacement for it.



7. Make Dua (supplication).
Ask Allah to guide you when you read the Quran. Your aim is to sincerely,for the love of Allah, interact with Him by reading, understanding and applying His blessed words. Making Dua to Allah

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Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Khatam Al-Quran dalam Ramadhan, Insya-Allah Mudah Jika Konsisten

Khatam Al-Quran dalam Ramadhan, Insya-Allah Mudah Jika Konsisten

by 'Abdullah Mustaghfir on Friday, 20 August 2010 at 22:45
 
 
'Ibadah membaca Al-Quran merupakan 'ibadah yang sangat mulia. Banyak kelebihan tersedia bagi mereka yang sentiasa mendampingi al-Quran.

Ada pernah dikhabarkan kepada kita: "Hati yang berkarat boleh dibersihkan, dirawat dengan bacaan Al-Quran."

Al-Quran merupakan kalamullah yang terjamin dipelihara hingga hari kiamat. Setiap satu huruf yang dibaca daripadanya insya-Allah akan memberikan pahala kepada pembacanya daripada serendah-rendah 10 pahala hingga ke 700 pahala ataupun lebih. (kerana sifat Maha Kaya Allah, Maha Memberi Allah, kekayaan Allah tidak pernah berkurangan, Dia berhak memberikan sesuatu kurniaan kepada hamba-Nya tanpa hitungan).

Oleh sebab yang demikian, dari kaca mata sebagai seorang yang beriman kepada Allah dan Rasul-Nya, terbukti perkara ini menjadi satu tawaran hebat yang tidak boleh dilepaskan begitu sahaja. Tambahan pula, bulan Ramadhan merupakan bulan penurunan Al-Quran. Ibadah membaca Al-Quran sepanjang waktu ini pasti memberikan ganjaran pahala berganda-ganda dan keberkatan yang banyak.

Apa sasaran kita dalam ibadah membaca Al-Quran sepanjang Ramadhan?

Insya-Allah kita nak habiskan (khatam) keseluruhan Al-Quran pada bulan mulia ini.

Nampak macam susah nak tamatkan kesemuanya?

Ya, benda yang banyak jika nak dibuat sekali gus memang terasa sangat berat dan susah. Di sinilah datang petua 'divide and conquer' (bahagi dan kuasai) yang sedikit sebanyak membantu memudahkan usaha kita.

Insya-Allah, bulan Ramadhan pada kebiasaannya ada sebanyak 30 hari. Maka setiap hari kita peruntukkan satu juzuk (keseluruhan al-Quran ada 30 juzuk).

Jika menggunakan teks yang guna rasm Utsmani, satu juzuk ada dalam 20 muka surat. Maka kita bahagikan lagi kepada lima waktu solat yang ada dalam sehari. Jadi, kita perlu baca 4 muka surat untuk setiap waktu solat fardhu.

Nak ringan lagi?

Kita pecahkan lagi kepada sebelum dan selepas setiap solat fardhu kita baca dua muka surat.

Insya-Allah, sama-sama kita sentiasa menyucikan niat dalam hati, ditujukan semata-mata untuk keredhaan Allah Ta'ala.

Pada masa yang sama, kita sentiasa berdoa semoga Allah memberikan kepada kita kemudahan, kekuatan dan keberkatan dalam beribadah kepada-Nya.

Mudah-mudahan setiap 'amalan kita diterima oleh Allah. Insya-Allah, kita akan khatam bacaan al-Quran sekurang-kurangnya sekali dalam bulan Ramadhan ini.

* Apa yang lebih baik untuk dilaksanakan?

- Membaca al-Quran dalam keadaan disemak oleh sahabat-rakan yang lain, untuk memastikan kesalahan dan kesilapan dapat dibetulkan.

- Cuba sedikit sebanyak mengambil tahu terjemahan, pengajaran dan penghayatan mana-mana ayat Al-Quran bagi setiap juzuk.

Selamat beramal kerana Allah,

Al-Faqir wal Haqir ilaLlah,

'Abdullah Mustaghfir
Adelaide, Australia.

DUNIA


by Ali Muhtar Ghozali Full on Sunday, 22 August 2010 at 13:20

Dunia itu keruh maka kita jangan janggal  atau ganjil terhadap kekeruhan tersebut selagi kita masih berada dalam dunia yang fana' ini. Jadi selamanya kita masih berada didunia, kekeruhan-kekeruhan sedikit banyak moral maupun materiil, langsung atau tidak langsung pasti akan ditemui. Sebab memang kekeruhan itu adalah pembawaan dari dunia. Hidup didunia ya kekeruhan itu, bila tidak mau mengalami kekeruhan, itu tidak mungkin terjadi.

Beliau Sayyidina Ja'far Shodiq beliau juga dhurriyah sayyidina Ali KW mengatakan:
    "Barangsiapa mencari barang yang tidak diciptakan, tidak dibuat oleh Allah SWT, itu hanya menyusahkan membuat dirinya capek dan tidak akan berhasil".

Syaikh Ja'far Shodiq ditanya:
    "Apakah itu barang yang tidak dicipta oleh Allah SWT?". Jawabnya:"Ar-Rohah fiddunnya". Ingin enak dan kepenak didunia.

Jadi orang hidup di dunia, hanya ingin enak kepenak saja itu tidak mungkin, mustahil. Dan usaha barang yang mustahil, hanya membuang-buang waktu dan tenaga dengan percuma, tidak ada gunanya sama sekali. Kalau begitu, seharusnya, kita tidak boleh hanya memperhatikan ingin enak dan kepanak saja didunia, tapi harus terus berjalan. Jalan terus melalui kekeruhan-kekeruhan hidup, melalui lika-liku suka dan duka melalui.... Bermacam-macam rintangan dan kesulitan.

Jalan terus maju Fafirruu Ilallah wa Rasulihi SAW. Kalau kita sudah dapat sowan kehadirat Allah SWT wa Rasulihi SAW, atau sudah berada di hadratullah, disana akan lenyap kebutekan-kebutekan, akan menjadi hilang kekeruhan-kekeruhan, berganti dengan suasana cemerlang dengan memperoleh sinar cahaya "Matahari ma'rifat kesadaran". Adanya kita senantiasa dalam suasana Syuhud, sowan dihadapan Allah SWT yang mempunyai sifat Maha Luhur, Maha Ghoffar, Maha Pengampun dosa-dosa dll. Apabila kita sudah senantiasa berada dihadapan Allah SWT, maka hilanglah segala kekeruhan dan kesulitan-kesulitan dalam hidup di dunia ini, mengapa tidak?. Karena orang yang senantiasa berada dihadapan Allah SWT akan senantiasa, merasa puas, ridho kepada Allah SWT. Dia sebagai hamba dan Allah Tuhanya. Segala, sesuatu yang dibuat oleh Tuhanya terhadap Hamba-Nya, jika dia seorang hamba yang sungguh-sungguh, otomatis senantiasa puas, gembira, diperbuat apa saja. Bahkan dirugikan sekalipun, justru yang memperbuat itu Tuhanya yang Rouf Rohim, dia senantiasa ridha dan puas.

Tapi kalau orang yang belum bisa sowan dihadapan Allah SWT,sekalipun disisinya serba ada, serba otomatis serba lux, serba berlimpah, serba..... serba...  yang lain, tapi justru makin banyak serba-serba itu tadi justru makin banyak mendatangkan kekeruhan-kekeruhan, kenapa demikian?. Karena orang mungkin banyak bertanya, makin banyak dunianya, makin pusinglah dia memikirkan akan hartanya agar supaya terus-menerus bertambah lagi. Agar hartanya aman dan selamat dari gangguan-gangguan, agar usahanya makin lancar. Dia memikirkan bagaimana agar pegawai dan para pembantu-pembantunya tidak menyalah gunakan tidak menyeleweng. Disamping itu semua otomatis senantiasa menginginkan keadaan yang lebih tinggi lagi. Ngongso-ngongso (jawa).  Ingin memiliki apa-apa yang lebih atas dari apa yang sudah dimiliki sekarang, itu pasti. Meributkan pikiranya pokoknya makin banyak dunianya, makin repot lahiriyahnya,maupun batiniyahnya, banyak lamunan-lamunanya yang justru membikin makin repot makin keruhnya diri sendiri.

Jadi orang yang sudah sadar otomatis  segala kekeruhan-kekeruhan itu hilang dengan seidzin Allah SWT. Otomatis kalau diberi oleh Allah SWT dia merasa puas sekali. Bukan karena memperoleh  peparin gpemberian Allah itu, tetapi dia puas karena diberi oleh Tuhanya yang senantiasa dirindukanya. Tuhanya yang senantiasa kasih sayang kepada hamba-Nya. Kalau dia melakukan sesuatu perbuatan atau mengalami keadaan-keadaan yang tidak diinginkan, kalau dia dicoba menghadapi keadaan-keadaan yang tidak diinginkan. Dia tetap gembira, sebab yang mencoba yang menguji adalah Tuhanya. Tuhanya yang selalu dia cintai. Otomatis senantiasa ayem tentrem. Tidak ada sama sekali yang di takuti dan yang dikhawatirkan. Sebab dia selalu menyadari dan gembira bahwa semuanya di tanganTuhan.

    "Barangsiapa, yang mau masuk ke maqamIbrahim, yang sesungguhnya bukan maqam yang ada didekat ka'bah itu, tetapi yangsesungguhnya adalah dihadirat Ilahi Rabbi." 
     
Tempat yang didekat Ka'bah itu adalah suatu gambaran atau suatu tanda. Tapi maqam yang sesungguhnya adalah maqam kekasih Tuhan"Kaana aaminan", dia pasti aman.
Pasti aman mengapa?, karena dia dikasih sayang oleh AllahS WT. Dengan segala sesuatu dari Allah SWT, baik itu aman atau tidak adalah ditangan Allah SWT.

Juga pada akhir-akhir ini, soal ekonomi banyak diributkan, secara lahiriyah maupun batiniyah, ya inilah dunia. Kalau kita tidak ingin kalang-kabut, kita harus cepat-cepat Fafirruu Ilallah wa Rasulihi SAW, sowan dihadapan Allah SWT, sekalipun orang lain memandang lahiriyah kita jungkir balik, saking repotnya tapi kalau mau sowan senantiasa kehadirat Allah SWT. Pasti kita akan ayem tentrem aman dunia dan akhirat.
Orang didunia yang masih senantiasa terpengaruh oleh keruhnya dunia lalu merasa sudah tidak mampu menahan deritanya, tapi kalau dia tidak capat-cepat mengungsi ditempat yang aman, yaitu"Hadratullah". Apalagi kalau sudah didatangi Malaika tIzra'il jauh lebih keruh. Oleh karena itu kita harus capat-cepat sowan dihadapan Allah SWT, kita mengikuti masuk kedalam "Maqam Nabi Ibrahim" yaitu maqam kekasih Allah SWT.

Seseorang tidak akan mengalami jalan buntu, tidak akan mengalami hambatan lebih-lebih kegagalan seseorang yang memperjuangkan apa yang dia perjuangkan. Selama dia di dalam memperjuangkan atau mengusahakan senantiasa Fafirruu Ilallah wa Rasulihi SAW. Senantiasa berdepe-depe memohonkepada Allah SWT.

Begitu sebaliknya, tidak akan lancar senantiasa menemui jalan buntu atau kegagalan apabila didalam usaha atau berjuang apa yang diperjuangkanitu hanya mengandalkan kemampuan dan kekuatanya sendiri tanpa menyerahkan dan memohon pertolongan kepada Tuhanya.
Orang yang memperjuangkan apa saja yang diperjuangkan, selama dia senantiasa"tawakkal" senantiasa menyerah bongko'an kepada Allah SWT pasti akan lancar usahanya dia tidak akan mengalami jalan buntu. Sekalipu nmisalnya, dalam segi lahiriyah kelihatan dia buntu tidak berhasil, tapi justru itu yang paling menguntungkan dia. 'indallah dan fii yaumil qiyamah terutama.Tapi sebaliknya, berjuang atau usaha apa saja lalu hanya mengandalkan ,membanggakan kemampuanya, tidak akan menemui jalan lancar, senantiasa buntu, kandas ditengah jalan. Sekalipun pada lahiriyahnya kelihatan lancar dan berhasil, apa yang ia usahakan dan perjuangkan, sukses, tapi justru sukses dan lancarnya ini menjerumuskan membahayakan dirinya. Terutama diyaumil qiyamah nanti.

Dengan keterngan tersebut sudah jelas, kita tinggal pilih satu diantara dua, yang menguntungkan atau merugikan. Kita diberi kemampuan tinggal pilih yang mana, memilih ini buahnya begini, memilih itu buahnya begitu. Hal tersebut kita sudah tahu, maka terserah masing-masing. Tapi kita sebagai manusia yang berakal, tentunya memilih yang menguntungkan dan menyelamatkan serta membahagiakan dunia akhirat. Andaikan kita tidak mau memilih, hal tersebut tidak akan terjadi dari kedua soal tersebut. Sebab kalau tidak ditempat yang selamat dan bahagia pasti ditempat yang satunya yaitu celaka dan sengsara dunia akhiratnya. Kita tidak bisa menyelamatkan diri kedua-duanya.Kita harus menempuh satu diantara dua soal tersebut. Hal tersebut barang yang sudah pasti, kita tidak akan bisa menolak, harus melaksanakan. Oleh karena itu ,harus kita pilih yang paling menguntungkan pada diri kita sendiri, keluarga dan masyarakat pada umumnya serta yang paling bermanfaat dan diridhai Allah SWT wa Rasulihi SAW.

Barangsiapa mendasarkan bermacam-macam hajatnya (Billah) kepada Allah SWT dan senantiasa berdepe-depe mengharap Rahmat karunianya dan dengan tawakkal menyerah bongko'an kepada Allah segala persoalannya, past iAllah mendatangkan ketenangan dan ketentraman, mendekatkan apa-apa yang jauh dan memudahkan apa-apa yang sukar.

Jadi siapa saja yang berjuang atau usaha, baik perjuangan secara, umum atau perseorangan dia disamping menggunakan kemampuan lahiriyahnya dia harus senantiasa menyerah bongko'an kepada Allah SWT. Senantiasa merintih, berdepe-depe kehadirat Allah SWT, otomatis pasti di jangkung oleh Allah. Sehingga didalam usaha atau berjuang tadi mengalami lancar dan gampang, sukses bermanfaat. Sekalipun pada suatu ketika menemui macet atau buntu. Tapi justru ini yang paling bermanfaat bagi dia. Terutama besok diyaumil Qiyamah, begitu juga sebaliknya, orang yang mengandalkan kemampuanya, fikiranya, keahlianya, itu sama sekali kosong, vacum. Hubungan dia dengan Allah SWT yang sesungguhnya dia senantiasa membutuhkan sekali dari Allah SWT, tapi oleh dia di putusi sendiri. Otomatis mengalami buntu dan gagal total. Sekalipun pada suatu ketika atau senantiasa sukses dan lancar. Tapi suksesnya itu sesungguhnya mengakibatkan kerugian besar bagi dirinya sendiri, terutama pada yaumilqiyamah.

Ini semua kita tinggal pilih. Yang sehat dan normal tentunya kita memilih yang pertama tadi, jalan selamat membahagiakan dunia akhirat. Tapi kalau kita glonjom, kita sendiri yang akan mengalami kerugian dunia akhirat.
Bahkan keluarga  yang tidak tahu-menahu persoalanya ikut merasakan pahit getirnya kekeruhan akibat perbuatan kita. Oleh karena itu sebagai koreksi, kita sudah tepat atau belum. Mana yang sudah tepat kita pelihara, dan usaha menyempurnakan dan meningkatkannya. Kita hidup didunia  hanya sekali ini dan hanya sekejab saja dibanding dengan hidup di akhirat kelak. Sebab kalau sudah terlanjur pindah ke alam akhirat, sudah didatangi Izra'il, tidak bisa lagi kembali kedunia. Kalau kita meleset ya akan meleset terus selama-lamanya. Kalau pada waktu itu kita jatuh terjerumus kemudian tahu-tahu Izra'il datang maka kita juga akan terjerumus selama-lamanya.

Oleh karena itu kita harus menaruh perhatian yang sungguh-sungguh. Malaikat Izra'il datangnya tidak ada pemberitahuan sebelumnya. Segar-bugar tahu-tahu mati, banyak. Lebih-lebih ketika sakit. Masih kanak-kanak banyak juga yang mati, lebih-lebih yang sudah tua. Kalau kita terlanjur keluar dari dunia tidak akan bisa kembali lagi. Di jagad mana saja baik di barat maupun ditimur, di Rusia, Amerika atau dimana saja orang yang sudah mati tidak akan hidup kembali. Mulai Nabi Adam AS sampai besok Qiyamat tidak ada orang yang mati hidup kembali, kecuali ketika zaman Nabi Isa AS. Kemudian dia bertobat.Tapi inipun tidak lama. Tapi untung dia sudah keadaan diampuni dosa-dosanya oleh Allah SWT. Tapi ya itu sejagad hanya satu itu yang bisa hidup sesudah mati lantaran dihidupkan Nabi Isa AS. Setelah dia mengalami yang mati pertama tadi, dia mengalami betapa beratnya disiksa di dalam kubur lalu dia beruntung sekali karena dihidupkan oleh Nabi Isa AS. Kemudian segala kemampuanya digunakan sungguh-sungguh untuk Fafirruu Ilallah. Jadi kalau kita tidak sungguh-sungguh karena ragu-ragu, sebab tidak konsekuen dengan keyakinanya. Percaya tapi tidak konsekuen itu berarti ragu? Orang sudah pindah ke alam akhirat tidak bisakembali kedunia. Allahu a'lam.


Warning against forgetting the Qur'an

Warning against forgetting the Qur'an


Imam Al-Nawawi's Riyad-us-Saliheen

Chapter 181

Warning against forgetting the Qur'an



"The best amongst you is the one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it.''
[Al-Bukhari].

1002. Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said,

"Read the Qur'an regularly. By the One in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, it escapes from memory faster than a camel does from its tying ropes.''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Commentary: To safeguard the Qur'an means to recite it regularly, because if one fails to do so, he tends to forget it quickly. In the absence of regular recitation, one is bound to forget it more quickly than a camel breaks loose bound with. The breaking loose by the camel to liberate itself is a simile for the quick process of forgetting.
1003. Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:

"The parable of one who knows the Qur'an by heart is as the parable of an owner of hobbled camel. If he remains vigilant, he will retain it; and if he neglects it, it will go away.''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Commentary: This Hadith repeats the subject mentioned above. The person who memorizes the entire Qur'an or a portion of it, if he recites it regularly, he will retain it; otherwise, it will start slipping from his memory.

A Muslimah And Her Home

A Muslimah And Her Home

by Islam – The Religion of Peace on Saturday, 21 August 2010 at 00:13
 
 
The Prophet (Sallallaahu aayhi wa sallam) said "The deen is naseehah (Sincere advice)." [Muslim, Abu Dawud & Nisa'e] ...and this is simply some naseeha.

A woman is closest to Allaah when she is in her home.
Proof:
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Woman is 'awrah, and if she goes out, the shaytaan raises his hopes (of misguiding her). She is never closer to Allaah than when she stays in her house." [Narrated by Ibn Hibbaan and Ibn Khuzaymah; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Shaheehah, no. 2688]

Why? Because she is a fitna.
Proof:
The Prophet (Saw) said, "I did not leave any fitna more harmful than the fitna of women upon men." [Bukhari & Muslim]

Even in her home, she must not be alone with a non-mahram.
Proof:
Umar (ra) reported that the Prophet said, "A man shall never keep alone with a woman except that the third between them is the Shayton." [Tirmidhi]

When times call for it, and a women needs to go out, she should stay far away from men as possible, closely clinging onto the sides of the wall, not in the open.
Proof:
Hamza bin Abu Usaid Ansari transmitted through his father that the Prophet was coming out of the Masjid when he found that the men and women had got mixed up. He asked the women to go behind and said, "It is not proper for you to walk in the middle of the street. You should walk on the edge of the street." After this command, women walked so near the walls of the houses that their long sheets (over-garments) sometimes got stuck into the walls. [Abu Dawud]

In the masjid, the last row is the best for her. Why? Because this way she is away from men.
Proof:
Abu Hurayrah said that the Prophet (May peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of the men's rows is the first and the worst is the last, and the best of the women's rows is the last and the worst in the first." Narrated by Muslim under No. 664. (Because they are away from men)

However their houses are better for them.
Proof:
And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said concerning a woman's prayer in the mosque: "Their houses are better for them." Narrated by Abu Dawood (567) and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood. "
And the prayer in the masjid is rewarded, yet still their homes are better for them, so what about going out for less important things?

In the corner of her room is the best place for her (in her home).
Proof:
Umm Humaid Sa'idiyya(raa) reported, She asked, "Oh Prophet of Allah, I desire to offer prayers under your leadership."
The Holy Prophet said, "I know that, but your offering the prayer in a corner is better than your offering it in you closet and your offering the prayer in your closet is better than offering it in the courtyard of your house, and your offering the prayer in the courtyard is better than offering it in the neighboring Masjid, and your offering it in the neighboring Masjid is better than your offering it in the biggest Masjid of the town." [Ahmad & Tabarani]

Even if she is next door to the ka'bah, her home is still better for her.
Proof:
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen said:
The Sunnah indicates that it is better for a woman to pray at home, no matter where she is, whether she is in Makkah or elsewhere. Hence the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Do not prevent the female slaves of Allaah from coming to the mosques of Allaah, but their houses are better for them."
He said that when he was in Madeenah, even though prayer in the Prophet's Mosque brings more reward, because a woman's prayer in her own house is more covering for her and farther removed from temptation (fitnah), so if she is in her house then this is preferable and is better.
[See Fataawa al-Jaami'ah li'l-Mar'ah al-Muslimah, vol. 1, p. 207. See also Question # 3457.]

When a woman does go out, Shaytaan beautifies her (in the eyes of men)
Proof:
Abu Ahwas from Abdullaah who said that the Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: "The women is object of concealment, when she leaves the house, Shaytaan (the Devil) beautifies her" [Tirmidhi 1173, Ibn Khuzaymah 1685-1687, Tabaraani 10/132, Abdur-Razaak 5116, authenticated Sahih by Shaykh Al-Albaani in Sunan of At-Tirmidhi 1173]

She is an adulteress if she wears perfume out of the house.
Proof:
Abu Moosa Al-Ash'ari reported that Allaah's Messenger said, "Every eye commits zina (fornication). And when a woman wears perume and then passes by a gathering of men (so they smell her perfume), she is an adulteress (by that)." [Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasaa'i and Ahmad. Classified saheeh by Shyakh Al-Albaani]

Dont even ask about a woman who beautifies herself for other than her husband!
Proof:
Fadala Ibn Ubayd reported that the Messenger of Allaah said, "Do not ask about three; ... (and third) A woman whose husband is absent and who has suficient provisions and then she displays her adornment to strangers and mixes freely." [Ahmad, Al-Haakim and others. Classified saheeh by Shaykh AL-Albaani and Imam Muqbil]

A woman's real responsibility is in her home.
Proof:
From 'Umar (radiyallaahu 'anhu) who said that Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: "Each of you is a guardian and is responsible for those whom he is in charge of.
So the ruler is a guardian and is responsible for his subjects;
a man is the guardian of his family and is responsible for those under his care;
a woman is a guardian of her husband's home and is responsible for those under her care;
a servant is the guardian of his master's wealth and is responsible for that which he is entrusted with;
and a man is the guardian of his father's wealth and is responsible fore what is under his care.
So each one of you is a guardian and is responsible for what he is entrusted with."
[Reported by al-Bukharee (Eng. Trans. 9/189/no.252) and Muslim (Eng. Trans. 3/1017/no.4496)]

The basic principle is that a woman should remain at home, and not go out except for necessary purposes.
Proof:
"And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance" [al-Ahzaab 33:33].

Although this is addressed to the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), it also applies to the believing women. It is only addressed to the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) because of their honour and status with the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and because they are examples for the believing women.

Sehingga mereka mengubah keadaan yang ada pada diri mereka sendiri

Sehingga mereka mengubah keadaan yang ada pada diri mereka sendiri

by KESEMPURNAAN AL-QUR'AN on Thursday, 26 August 2010 at 23:24
 
 
“Allah tidak mengubah kondisi suatu kaum sampai mereka mengubahnya sendiri” (Al-Ra`d 11)…
Apakah Anda pernah berpikir suatu ketika untuk mengubah hidup Anda? Mengapa kita semua memimpikan perubahan tapi tidak berhasil? Dan mengapa situasi tetap seperti itu? Semua peneliti menekankan adanya kekuatan yang tersembunyi dalam diri kita untuk suatu perubahan, tetapi kebanyakan dari kita tidak mengetahuinya.
Kekuatan ini terdapat dalam setiap diri kita. Anda harus benar-benar yakin bahwa Anda akan memperoleh kekuatan ini. Jika Anda telah memiliki keyakinan yang sangat kuat bahwa Anda akan memperoleh kekuatan ini, maka Anda telah menempuh separoh perjalanan menuju perubahan. Anda bisa mendapatkan kepercayaan diri untuk meyakinkan diri sendiri bahwa Anda akan berubah karena Allah meminta Anda melakukan hal itu, demikian juga keluarga Anda dan kehidupan yang mengharuskan Anda untuk melakukan hal itu! Allah Ta`ala berfirman:
(إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ) [الرعد: 11]




“Allah tidak mengubah kondisi suatu kaum sampai mereka mengubahnya sendiri” (Al-Ra`d 11)
Jadi, berusahalah membuat keputusan yang tepat dengan bertawakal kepada Allah dan bacalah ayat ini tujuh kali setiap hari:
(فَإِذَا عَزَمْتَ فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ) [آل عمران: 159]
“kemudian apabila kamu telah membulatkan tekad, maka bertawakallah kepada Allah. Sesungguhnya Allah menyukai orang-orang yang bertawakal kepada-Nya”.
Dengan bertawakal ini tidak akan ada satu keputusan pun yang salah ambil. Anda akan menemukan semua keputusan Anda benar, dan membawa Anda sukses, karena Allah Maha Kuasa adalah satu-satunya yang mengatakan hal itu. Maka orang yang bergantung pada Allah dan bertawakal padanya, Dia akan memberinya keputusan yang benar. Firman-nya:
(وَمَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ) [الطلاق: 3]!
“dan barangsiapa yang bertawakal kepada Allah niscaya Dia akan mencukupkan (keperluan)nya. (Al-Talaq 3)

Explanation of the First Verse in Soorah al-Hujuraat

Explanation of the First Verse in Soorah al-Hujuraat

by Muslims come first! on Friday, 20 August 2010 at 21:19
 Explanation of the First Verse in Soorah al-Hujuraat

O Believers, do not be hasty and forward in Allaah and His Messenger's presence but instead fear Allaah; for verily, Allaah is Hearer and Knower. [Soorah al-Hujurat (49):1]
This Soorah opens with Allaah's command to the Believers not to interrupt the Prophet's ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) conversations or obstinately contradict him. Instead, they are advised to fear Allaah by being patient and to obey the Prophet ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) by following him in all their affairs. Respect for the Prophet ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and what he had to say is portrayed as an expression of the fear of Allaah because the Prophet ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) did not speak of his own accord. He was guided by Allaah, the Most High; therefore, his statements and actions should be looked at as divine guidance from Allaah. The Prophet Muhammad ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) was the means by which Allaah chose to convey His last message to mankind. This vital point was emphasized and immortalized by Allaah in the following verse, "And, he (the Prophet) does not speak from his desires; verily, what he says is revelation from(God)" [Soorah an-Najm (53):3] We are required to revere the Qur'aan and quietly listen to its message based on Allaah's statement "When the Qur'aan isbeing recited, listen to it attentively and be quiet." [Soorah al-A'raaf (7):204]We are also required to revere the Prophet ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and listen attentively to his pronouncements. Ibn 'Abbaas, the greatest Qur'anic commentator among the Sahaba, added another dimension to the meaning of this verse and similar verses by interpreting it to mean that the Believers should not say anything which goes against the Qur'aan and Sunnah [Quoted by lbn Katheer in Tafseer al-Qur'aan, al-'AdHeem, vol. 4, p. 315]. Figuratively speaking, one is in Allaah's presence when he or she reads the Qur'aan, and likewise when the Hadeeths which describe the Prophet's Sunnah [the sayings and actions of the Prophet ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) intended as law for all Muslims] are studied, one also enters into the presence of the Prophet ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam). Hence "Allaah and His Prophet's presence" can be said to refer today to the Qur'aan and Sunnah. Forwardness and haste in Allaah's and His Prophet's presence could then be interpreted to mean the making of snap judgements based on superficial reading or making unauthorized and unfounded interpretations of the Qur'aan and the Sunnah. Giving one's personal opinions or cultural habits
O Believers, do not be hasty and forward in Allaah and His Messenger's presence but instead fear Allaah; for verily, Allaah is Hearer and Knower. [Soorah al-Hujurat (49):1]
This Soorah opens with Allaah's command to the Believers not to interrupt the Prophet's ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) conversations or obstinately contradict him. Instead, they are advised to fear Allaah by being patient and to obey the Prophet ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) by following him in all their affairs. Respect for the Prophet ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and what he had to say is portrayed as an expression of the fear of Allaah because the Prophet ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) did not speak of his own accord. He was guided by Allaah, the Most High; therefore, his statements and actions should be looked at as divine guidance from Allaah. The Prophet Muhammad ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) was the means by which Allaah chose to convey His last message to mankind. This vital point was emphasized and immortalized by Allaah in the following verse, "And, he (the Prophet) does not speak from his desires; verily, what he says is revelation from(God)" [Soorah an-Najm (53):3] We are required to revere the Qur'aan and quietly listen to its message based on Allaah's statement "When the Qur'aan isbeing recited, listen to it attentively and be quiet." [Soorah al-A'raaf (7):204]We are also required to revere the Prophet ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and listen attentively to his pronouncements. Ibn 'Abbaas, the greatest Qur'anic commentator among the Sahaba, added another dimension to the meaning of this verse and similar verses by interpreting it to mean that the Believers should not say anything which goes against the Qur'aan and Sunnah [Quoted by lbn Katheer in Tafseer al-Qur'aan, al-'AdHeem, vol. 4, p. 315]. Figuratively speaking, one is in Allaah's presence when he or she reads the Qur'aan, and likewise when the Hadeeths which describe the Prophet's Sunnah [the sayings and actions of the Prophet ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) intended as law for all Muslims] are studied, one also enters into the presence of the Prophet ( sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam). Hence "Allaah and His Prophet's presence" can be said to refer today to the Qur'aan and Sunnah. Forwardness and haste in Allaah's and His Prophet's presence could then be interpreted to mean the making of snap judgements based on superficial reading or making unauthorized and unfounded interpretations of the Qur'aan and the Sunnah. Giving one's personal opinions or cultural habits

Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips

Tafsir Ayat: Ganjaran percepat qada puasa ringan penanggungan umat


by Muhammad Hafiz on Thursday, 16 September 2010 at 13:17
FIRMAN Allah bermaksud: “Oleh itu barang siapa di antara kamu melihat anak bulan Ramadan, maka hendaklah ia berpuasa di bulan itu dan barang siapa yang sakit atau dalam musafir, maka wajiblah ia berpuasa (qada sebanyak hari yang ditinggalkan itu) pada hari yang lain.” (Surah al-Baqarah, ayat 185)

Syeikh al-Sabuni menafsirkan Allah mensyariatkan ibadat puasa pada Ramadan kerana bulan itu diturunkan rahmat kepada segenap hamba-Nya yang bertakwa. Pada masa sama, Allah tidak mengkehendaki kepada hamba-Nya kecuali kemudahan.

Oleh itu, Allah memberikan kelonggaran yang mengharuskan orang sakit dan musafir berbuka puasa pada Ramadan dan Allah memerintahkan mereka menggantinya (qada) sebanyak hari yang ditinggalkan, sehingga sempurna bilangan satu bulan iaitu 29 atau 30 hari.

Qada’ puasa Ramadan bermaksud menggantikan puasa yang terbatal pada Ramadan atas sebab diharuskan berbuka oleh syarak. Hukum qada puasa adalah wajib dan waktunya bermula selepas Ramadan sehingga Ramadan berikutnya.

Walau bagaimanapun, qada puasa yang dilakukan pada masa dilarang berpuasa adalah tidak sah seperti hari raya.

Jika musafir, orang sakit, perempuan kedatangan haid dan nifas tidak berpuasa pada Ramadan, mereka wajib mengqada puasa dan tidak dikenakan fidyah.

Fidyah ialah denda memberi makan seorang miskin secupak bagi setiap satu hari yang tidak dikerjakan puasa dengan sebab tertentu atau melewatkan qada puasa Ramadan tanpa uzur sehingga masuk Ramadan berikutnya. Jika seseorang masih melewatkan qada puasanya sehingga masuk Ramadan seterusnya, maka bayaran fidyah meningkat dua cupak iaitu satu hari puasa ditinggalkan dengan dua cupak. Begitu juga jika melengahkan qada puasa hingga masuk Ramadan ketiga, dikehendaki membayar fidyah tiga cupak bagi satu hari puasa ditinggalkan dan begitulah seterusnya.

Sebagai Islam yang mengaku beriman, maka kita janganlah lalai mengqada puasa yang ditinggalkan. Lagi cepat kita qada lagi besar faedahnya dan ringan penanggungan terhadap Allah SWT.

Sebab wajib fidyah adalah:

  • Tidak mampu melakukan ibadah puasa seperti orang tua dan orang sakit yang tiada harapan sembuh, dia boleh berbuka atau tidak berpuasa dengan tidak perlu mengqada puasanya dan hanya membayar fidyah saja. 

  • Orang yang melewatkan qada puasa tanpa uzur sehingga masuk Ramadan berikutnya, maka dia wajib mengqada puasa dan membayar fidyah. 

  • Perempuan mengandung dan perempuan menyusu bayinya, ada perbezaan pendapat dalam kalangan ulama fikah.
    Ibnu Kathir dalam tafsirnya mengemukakan beberapa pandangan ulama, ada berpendapat mereka harus berbuka dan wajib mengqada puasa yang ditinggal serta membayar fidyah.
    Sesetengah ulama menyatakan, mereka hendaklah membayar fidyah saja tanpa diwajib mengqada puasanya, ada juga menyatakan mereka hanya diwajibkan qada tanpa fidyah dan yang lain pula berpendapat, harus berbuka, tanpa sebarang tindakan susulan sama ada qada dan fidyah.
    Berkaitan puasa orang musafir, Prof Dr Yusof al-Qaradawi menjelaskan, dibolehkan melakukan safar (pemusafiran) dengan kereta api, kapal laut, kapal terbang, termasuk apa juga alat pengangkutan menyenangkan, yang sedia ada pada zaman sekarang ini.
    Alat pengangkutan itu tidak menggugurkan kemudahan hukum yang ditetapkan Islam. Ia adalah sadaqah (hadiah) Allah yang dilimpahkan kepada kita, oleh itu tidak memadai menolaknya.
    Sebahagian yang tidak faham fiqh berpendapat safar (pemusafiran) di zaman moden tidak sama dengan zaman dulu. Mereka tidak menganggap perjalanan dilakukan dengan alat pengangkutan moden adalah musafir, sehingga membolehkan si pelakunya mendapat kemudahan hukum.
    Penulis ialah Timbalan Dekan (Akademik dan Hal Ehwal Pelajar) Fakulti Pengajian Kontemporari Islam, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin

  • Wednesday, 5 January 2011

    “Zionis Ada di Belakang Rencana Pembakaran Al Quran”

     
     
     “Zionis Ada di Belakang Rencana Pembakaran Al Quran”


     Rencana pembakaran Quran dan tindakan-tindakan serupa di AS dan negara-negara Barat untuk menodai kesucian Islam "diatur oleh Zionis," kata salah seorang anggota parlemen Iran, dikutip Press TV pada Senin (13/9/2010).

    "Setiap kali Zionis ingin menutupi kekejaman mereka di Palestina, mereka mencoba untuk memicu sentimen anti-Islam di seluruh Amerika Serikat dan Barat untuk mengalihkan perhatian publik global dari kebrutalan mereka terhadap Palestina," kantor berita Fars mengutip Ketua Anggota Dewan, Mohammad Dehqan, pada hari Minggu (12/9).

    Dalam sebuah aksi yang provokatif, pendeta Amerika Terry Jones telah resmi menyatakan bahwa ia akan membakar kitab suci umat Islam, Al Quran, pada tanggal 11 September, sebagai tanda kebencian terhadap umat Islam.

    Jones kemudian terpaksa membatalkan rencananya setelah rencananya itu menuai banyak kecaman di dalam dan di luar AS, yang membawa jutaan umat Islam turun ke jalan di seluruh dunia.

    Terlepas dari pembatalan rencana itu, dua penginjil radikal AS lainnya dilaporkan membakar salinan kitab suci Al Quran di gereja-gereja mereka.

    Dehqan lebih lanjut mengkritik 'Zionis' karena mencoba untuk mencitraburukkan Islam di kalangan pengikut agama lain yang akan mencegah mereka dari memeluk Islam.

    Menurut data resmi Amerika, banyak warga Amerika masuk Islam setiap tahunnya, yang kecewa terhadap kebijakan Washington, lanjut Dehqan.

    Ia pun mendesak umat Islam dunia untuk tetap bersatu menghentikan berulangnya tragedi serupa.

    Tanpa adanya Khilafah. Kaum kuffar terus menghinakan kaum muslimin. Karena tidak ada lagi kekuatan yang mampu menggetarkan mereka. Kaum muslim terus dihinakan. Mari kita bersama berjuang demi hadirnya kembali Khilafah yang akan menjaga kemuliaan Al Qur'an. Allahu Akbar !!

    sumber : arrahmah.com





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    DEALING WITH THE DESECRATION OF AL-QUR`AN


    by Allhumdulilah For Everything! on Tuesday, 14 September 2010 at 13:32
    (Based on a Friday Khutbah delivered on May 27, 2005)



    By
    Dr. Ahmad Shafaat




    The desecration of the Qur`an that recently took place in the American torture chambers of Guantanamo Bay is not the only incident of its kind. Similar insults of Islam and its holy Book took place in some American prisons ofIraq and Afghanistan. And we do not known what goes on in the numerous secret prisons that the American army has built thoughout the world.
    The USA’s racist ally “Israel” also practices desecration of the Holy Qur`an in its Megiddo Prison. In fact it is quite probable that the idea of such desecration came from the Zionist land usurpers. The USA army often avails itself of the long experience the Zionists have acquired in suppressing legitimate Palestinian aspirations and efforts to regain at least some of their usurped land.
    The desecration of the Qur`an is not limited to prisons. In the USA a Muslim sister ordered a Qur`an from a non-Muslim company and received a copy with obscenities written on it. Such things have pleased some Americans to the extent that they have put at least one sign supporting the desecration. Put in front of a church on one of the most traveled highways in America a sign reads: “The Koran needs to be flushed” (down the toilets) na a‘udhu bi allah. Some Muslim and non-Muslim Americans protested and the sign was taken down, but too many Americans either like this type of hate or tolerate it in the name of “freedom of speech”, although if a Muslim expressed certain views, such as a praise of Usamah bin Ladin, his freedom of speech probably will not be respected. There is a positive chance that he will end up in some torture chamber.
    As an expression of hate and hostility towards Islam, desecration of the written Qur`an may be new in form but not in substance. Similar insults have been hurled against Islam’s book and the Prophet from the earliest days of Islam.
    As we all know the disbelievers of Makkah used to call the Prophet a mad man or a magician who had fabricated the Qur`an with the help of some others. It is reported that some of them also used to throw garbage at him. InTayf the Arabs threw stones at him and wounded him. Later, in Madinah the people of the book, that is the Jews of Madinah used to insult the call to prayers (adhan), as mentioned in the following verse: 
    And when you raise a call to prayer they take it as a mockery and fun. That is because they are a people who do not understand.  (5:58) 
    But nowhere the Prophet and the Qur`an were insulted more than in the Christian West, especially during and after the Crusades. The Prophet was called devil, anti-Christ, liar, impostor, promiscuous, and was pictured as burning in hell. 
    After the enlightenment and the coming of learning and education in Europe under the influence of Muslims this very slowly began to change. But still there is an appreciable minority in the West who hate Islam and Muslims and repeat the insults coined in the Middle Ages. On the Internet numerous websites present the Prophet in a way that brings us back to the Middle Ages. And prominent Christian leaders and TV evangelists with influence in the White House continuously attack Islam and the Prophet on their TV programs, watched with appreciation by tens of millions of viewers. Some describe the Prophet as terrorist; some describe Islam as evil and so on. 
    This hate and hostility in many cases is not limited to verbal insults. It extends to actual plans and activities against Islam and the Muslim world. We need to be very conscious that there are people in the West, especially in the English speaking countries of the USA, Britain, and Australia, who, along with the Zionists are engaged in a war against us. These people are in a minority – about 20 % -- but 20% determined people in a population of hundreds of millions can do a lot of damage. Muslims must not bury their heads in the sand and behave as if such enemies do not exist. 
    What is the reason behind all this hate and hostility and how can Muslims deal with it? Let us examine these questions in the light of the Qur`an itself.

    The reasons behind the insults

    One reason behind insults against Islam, its holy book and the Prophet is a feeling of being threatened by Islam. The threat felt may be to one’s belief system and/or to one’s own power or the power of one’s group. Insults are a way to prevent oneself or others from paying attention to the threatening message of Islam. The kuffar of Makkah tried many ways to prevent people from paying attention to that message. In addition to insulting the Prophet they used to tell people to make noise when the Qur`an was read: 
    And those who disbelieve say, Do not listen to this Qur`an and make noise during its recitation so that you may dominate. (41:26) 
    Both the feeling of being threatened and the disbelievers’ way of dealing with the threat is irrational. In the verse quoted above (5:58), the Qur`an gives an explanation of why the people of the book used to insult the Muslim call to prayer: 
    “That is because they are a people who do not reason or understand (ya‘qilun).” 
    This principle is applicable generally, so that one reason non-believers insult Islam, its scripture and its Prophet is that they lack understanding or ‘aql. Here ‘aql is used in a general sense as well as in the particular sense of understanding of Islam. Many people who insult Islam do so out of irrational hate and prejudice. They know very little about Islam, its holy book and the Prophet. This is clearly against ‘aql, which demands that we first know what we are hating and insulting. Many other people know a great deal about Islam and still hate and insult it. They may even have some “intelligent” purpose behind the insults, e.g., preventing fellow Christians/Jews from reading about Islam with an open mind, or proving themselves to be faithful Christians/Jews, or getting attention and then using that attention to promote their brand of Christianity/Judaism, or, in case of torturers at Guantanamo Bay/Megiddo Prison, to extract information from Muslim prisoners. These well-informed people lack ‘aql in a more particular sense: Despite all their information about Islam they are not able to see that the Qur`an and the Prophet, far from posing any danger to them, are in fact a source of God’s mercy for them and a healing of what is in their breasts.


    The Power of the Qur`an 
    But Islam’s holy Book and Prophet do pose a real danger to the powerful who use their power to oppress others. The Holy Qur`an is a mighty expression of that freedom which comes with faith in the one true God and the hereafter and with submission to the Almighty. Its message is capable of shaking the existing powers to their very core. At the very least it prevents Muslims from submitting to them. British colonial governor, after experiencing Muslim resistance in India went back to his country and spoke in the Parliament. Lifting a copy of the Holy Qur`an in his hand, he said to the ruling class: “As long as this book rules the Muslims, you cannot rule them.” It is said that soon after this, orientalist studies of the Qur`an started or intensified so that the message of the Qur`an may be undermined. Now once again the powers of the world are threatened by the Qur`an. 
    The Holy Qur`an refers to its power: 
    And if there had been a Qur`an with which mountains are moved or the earth is cloven asunder, or the dead are made to speak (it would have been this one[i]). In any case all command is with God. Have not then the believers yet stopped hoping (too much for the conversion of the unbelievers by accepting) that if God so willed he would have guided all people. And disaster will not cease to strike those who disbelieve or to settle close to their homes until the promise of God (for their destruction) comes to pass. God certainly does not go back on his promise. (13:31). 
    In another verse the power of the Qur`an is illustrated as follows: 
    Had We sent down this Qur`an on a mountain, you (O Prophet) would certainly have seen it humbling itself and tear apart for fear of God. These are examples that we put forward for the people that they may think. (59:21) 
    An idea of the power of the Qur`an can be obtained by the fact that it dislodged the idols in the Ka‘bah and turned it into a masjid dedicated to the worship of the one true God. We are so used to hearing this fact that we do not realize the power that was needed to achieve it. How difficult was the task can be understood if in our time we think of turning the USA into an Islamic state with a muslim leader sitting in the white house or turning the Vatican into a masjid. Today even some Muslims cannot imagine the possibility of any of these events happening, even though global victory of Islam is prophesied in the Islamic sources. Well, one man succeeding in turning the Ka‘bah into a masjid for the one God was similar. It was like moving mountains. 
    The Qur`an is more powerful than all the atom and hydrogen bombs in the whole world. That is because the Qur`an changes the hearts and minds of people and the heart and mind of man is more powerful than anything we know on earth and also because human beings can produce these bombs but they cannot produce anything like the Qur`an. 
    Say: "If the whole of humankind and the Jinn were to gather together to produce the like of this Qur`an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed up each other with help and support. (17:88) 
    And how do we know that human beings cannot produce anything like the Qur`an? Because if that were possible, the British colonialists, the American "hegemonists", and the Zionist usurpers would have done it to neutralize the Qur`an!

    Some people of the book are bound to insult the Qur`an

    (O Prophet) say: O people of the book! You are on nothing till you establish the Tawrah and the Injil and what (else) has been sent down to you from your Lord. But surely what has been sent down to you (O Prophet) will increase in most them obstinate rebellion and disbelief. So be not sorrowful over the people who disbelieve. (5:68) 
    The first part of this verse tells the Jews and Christians that they need to establish the Tawrah and the Injil. This and many other verses give respect to the Jewish and the Christian scriptures despite the fact that both the Qur`an and objective scholarship show these scriptures not to be entirely faithful to the prophets whose teachings they purport to present. If those who desecrate the book of God had read the Qur`an before insulting it they would have discovered that while they insult this book, this book gives respect and honor to their scriptures. But unfortunately most of them do not want to read it. They insist on hating it without knowing what it is. 
    The second part of the verse tells us that (until the final global victory of Islam) this Qur`an is bound to increase rebellion and disbelief in the Jews and Christians. This is a theme that is repeated often in the Qur`an about the disbelievers in general. The Qur`an came as an advice of mercy and healing but many people become hostile to it. 
    O humankind! There has come to you a good advice from your Lord and a healing for that which is in your breasts and a guidance and a mercy for the believers. (10:57) 
    We have explained in this Qur`an (everything) that they may take heed, but it only increases their aversion! (17:41) 
    It may at first surprise us that people hate what comes to them as healing and mercy. But if we examine our own experiences we can think of many occasions when we give advice to our friends or relatives or our sons and daughters that is for their own good but they hate not only the advice but also the one who gives it. Among psychologists and psychiatrists it is well known that patients have not onle a strong subconscious resistance to the treatment but also some hostility towards the doctor. This is the case with those who go to a doctor and therefore are probably willing to accept at least the fact that something is wrong with them. The hostility to cure is much greater in case of those who do not want to admit that they need treatment. 
    Now if a person rejects a good advice or if a patient rejects the treatment, he does so at his own loss. Thus God says: 
    We send down in the Qur`an that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe while to the unjust it increases nothing but loss. (17:82) 
    If aversion or obstinate rebellion is the reaction that the Qur`an excites in most of the disbelievers, at least in the beginning, then some at least of the disbelievers are bound to resort to insults to the Prophet and the Qur`an. This is stated more explicitly in the following verse: 
    You shall certainly be tried and tested in your possessions and in your persons and you shall certainly hear much that will grieve you, from those who were given the book before you and from the mushrikin. But if you persevere patiently, and guard against evil, then that is a determining factor in all affairs (or that is among things to be pursued with determination). (3:186) 
    Here verbal attacks and insults from the disbelievers are mentioned as a part of the trials and tribulations that the believers must inevitably face in order for their faith to be tested. We should face these trials with sabr and taqwa.Sabr means steadfastness and does not exclude action against verbal attacks and insults and other trials. Taqwa means guarding against what is wrong. The meaning is that in responding to verbal attacks and insults we should not cross the limits of what is just and should not fall into wrong ourselves. For example, we should not attack or insult what they hold sacred except by way of a fair rational and objective criticism.

    Insults should be countered by protests and da‘wah 
    There are two things that we should do in the face of insults that are hurled against Islam’s book. 
    First, we must protest. The Qur`an says: 
    He has already sent down to you in the Book (the instruction) that when you hear the signs of God [i.e. verses of the Qur`an] denied and ridiculed, do not sit with them unless they engage in a different conversation. (If you kept sitting with them), you would be like them. God will surely collect the hypocrites and disbelievers all together in hell (4:140) 
    Standing up when we hear the verses of the Qur`an being blasphemed or ridiculed and ready to leave is a strong form of protest. In case of desecration that is not taking place in our presence we should adopt other forms of protests, e.g., speaking out in public, writing letters to the media, and demonstrating as the people in some countries like Afghanistan did. 
    Second, we need to increase our efforts to spread the message of the Qur`an or support others’ efforts in this direction. In 6:69, just after instructing that we should protest when the verses of the Qur`an are blasphemed and ridiculed, God says: 
    On those who are mindful (of God) there is no responsibility at all for them (those who insult the verses of the Qur`an). But (it is their duty to convey to them the) message that they (too) may be mindful (of God). (6:69)[ii] 
    As noted earlier, one reason some Christians/Jews insult Islam’s holy book and its Prophet is that they want to prevent people from hearing and positively responding to it. Through increasing our da‘wah activity and spreading the message of the Qur`an, we can partly defeat this purpose.

    We should not let the insults get to us

    The last part of the verse, 5:68, tells the Prophet and through him all of us not to sorrow over what the disbelievers say and do. We should not sorrow because: 
    1)      It is only to be expected that many Christians/Jews are bound to hate the Qur`an and insult this book or the Prophet. We should accept this reality and find ways to deal with it rather than to feel hurt by it.
    2)      God has promised that ultimately the insulters of the Prophet and the divine message he brought will be cut off: 
    Surely, he who hates or insults you (O Prophet) will be the one cut off. (108:3) 
    One day those who desecrated the Qur`an in the torture chambers of Guantanamo Bay and the Megiddo Prison and others like them would be forgotten or remembered only as we today remember Abu Jahl, Abu Lahab and other Makkan Arabs who died insulting and fighting the Prophet, often torturing helpless Muslims. Similarly the current American president himself along with the Islam-hating advisers, secretaries, and generals he has gathered around himself will be gone except in the books of history. But the Holy Qur`an that they desecrate will still be heard recited in the whole world in the masajid and from the cars and on the radios and TV sets. 

    [i] Another way of completing the phrase is: “And if there had been a Qur`an with which mountains are moved or the earth is cloven asunder, or the dead are made to speak, what then? Would they have then believed?” This is also consistent with what is stated elsewhere in the Qur`an, e.g., in the verse: 
    And even if We had sent down unto them angels, and the dead had spoken unto them, and We had gathered together all things before their very eyes, they would not have believed unless God willed, but most of them live in ignorance. (6:111) 
    It is likely that both interpretations are intended.

    [ii] One can understand the verse in two other ways: 
    1)       “If those who are mindful of God do sit with them, they are not responsible for their ridicule of the verses of the Qur`an, but leaving them has been recommended as a form of a reminder for the disbelievers to be more mindful.” Those who adopt this interpretation consider the verse abrogated by 4:140 where no choice about leaving the gathering is allowed, since anyone who keeps sitting in the gathering is said to become “like” the disbelievers.
    2)       “The command to leave a gathering that insists on ridiculing the Qur`an is not given because the believers are responsible for what the disbelievers say, but as a way of conveying the massage to them in the hope that they pay attention to the Qur`an and thus learn taqwa.” In this interpretation standing to leave the gathering itself is the message. This interpretation recommends itself because “leaving” a gathering and conveying the “message” cannot go together, unless “leaving” itself is the message or we assume that the message is to be conveyed at some other occasion.