{"id":219,"date":"2020-11-29T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iqralaan.wordpress.com\/?p=219"},"modified":"2022-12-30T09:27:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T05:27:30","slug":"welcome-friends-day-15-hq-2-187-196-pages-2930","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/welcome-friends-day-15-hq-2-187-196-pages-2930\/","title":{"rendered":"HQ 2: 187-196; pages 29+30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome Friends:  Ahlan wa sahlan<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our previous Reading had an important statement at the center of Verse 185.  A statement indeed central to God\u2019s Message and our interaction with it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026.God wills every facility\/ease for you and does not will hardship…\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides being a source of comfort to Believers, this statement helps us realize our great responsibility.  As Cognizant Humans, we can choose to fulfill His purpose in an area He defined, or we can choose not to.  This verse tells us that everything He mentions in the Qur\u2019an is for our benefit, to provide us ease, not hardship.  Indeed, if we were to pin-point the \u2018hardships\u2019 we encounter as Muslims, we would notice that they are mostly of our own doing.  Also in HQ: 4:28:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGod wills to lighten your burden, and the Human is created weak.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This beautiful concept assures us that the easing of difficulties (often  self-imposed) and the lightening of burdens IS indeed part of God\u2019s purpose in sending us His Final Message, and what God wills for us is the best, were we only to \u2018be\u2019 and \u2018do\u2019 the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. This is the first time the spousal relationship is mentioned. From a Qur\u2019anic viewpoint, husbands and wives are \u2018garments\u2019 for one another, as explained by Yusuf Ali, note 195.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    FURTHERMORE: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In HQ 7:26 the Qur’an shows us the THREE types of garments bestowed upon us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A. Essential garments that protect us from hurt or harm by covering our vulnerabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    B. Non-essential garments, \u2018rich\/\u0631\u064a\u0634\u2019,[1]<\/a> literally \u2018luxuries\u2019 in Arabic that embellish or adorn us.[2]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    C. The garment that radiates from our Awareness, ‘Taqwa,’ referred to as “that is best, that is of the signs of God.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “O children of Adam We have bestowed upon you garments to conceal your vulnerabilities <\/strong>\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0633\u0627\u064b \u064a\u0648\u0627\u0631\u064a \u0633\u0648\u0621\u0627\u062a\u0643\u0645<\/strong> and as adornment “<\/strong>\u0631\u064a\u0634\u0627<\/strong>” but the garment of Awareness (Taqwa) that is best, that is of the signs of God that they may remember\/reflect.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There is great significance in the Qur’anic description of mates ideally being ‘garments’ each to the other, describing a healthy spousal relationship which would generate self-fulfillment on physical, spiritual, and social levels for the spouses and their dependents.   As always, there is interdependence<\/em> between our Physical and our Spiritual well-being, a balance well-maintained throughout the Qur\u2019an.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The parallel is therefore quite literal, seeing that the togetherness of compatible mates is a garment that: A. Protects each other physically and emotionally; B. Embellishes each other’s lives on this earth; C. Creates an atmosphere of calmness (sakeena) which generates Awareness\u2013\u2026 all leading to a fulfillment of their physical, psychological and spiritual potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. But Verse 187 is about Fasting (spousal relationship was mentioned in passing) and so it continues, setting the time for abstention from food, drink and sexual relations, from before dawn till nightfall.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      The purpose for Fasting is again mentioned: Awareness; Taqwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The rewards of Awareness are manifold, as mentioned in other verses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cO you Who have attained Faith!
      If you are aware of God, He will grant you a criterion (to judge between right and wrong), erase (all record of) your misdeeds and forgive you, for God is the Lord of grace unbounded.\u201d
      HQ: 8:29
      \u201cO ye who believe! Heed God, <\/strong>and believe in His Messenger: He will give you two portions of His mercy, and provide for you a light by which you will walk, and forgive you, and God is Forgiving, Merciful.\u201d<\/strong>
      HQ: 57:28<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Since we are both body and soul, Fasting is designed as an exercise to help raise our spiritual awareness.  As we focus on our spiritual well-being, we temporarily put our physical needs aside.  This gives us greater strength to face decision-making, besides providing a boost to self-esteem.  It therefore comes as no surprise that Ramadan is the time when many Muslims make their grand self-improvement decisions, whether by attempting to lose bad habits, or by gaining good ones.  Children practice \u2018Fasting\u2019 too when they really want to, in a \u2018make-believe\u2019 exercise we call \u2018Steps up the Minaret.\u2019  They usually have a full meal during the day, then \u2018fast\u2019 till Sunset.  This teaches them the value of delayed gratification.  It also brings people together at \u2018Iftar\u2019 tables all over the Muslim world; hardly anyone is left by friends, family, or caretakers to break their fast completely alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      A note to the novice:  Adults who have not fasted growing up, may find it quite difficult at first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Verse 188 gives the community the responsibility of safe-guarding each other\u2019s wealth and property, telling them to uphold what they know is just, and deny themselves what they know rightfully belongs to someone else –even when they can obtain it by legal judgment<\/em>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        1. And there is mention in this verse of the word \u2018Ithm,\u2019 which literally means \u2018hindrance; delay,\u2019[3]<\/a> and is of great significance in today\u2019s legal process.  People should not unjustly drown one another in matters that could take years to be resolved. Moral responsibility guiding the legalities\u2026 how wonderful is that? (See Y. Ali\u2019s note 201.) <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Verse 189 is well-explained by both M. Asad and Y. Ali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          1. Verses 190-194 discuss self-defense as justification for war, prohibiting aggression, for indeed God does not love aggressors. Read M. Asad\u2019s notes 167-172. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            We find in these verses a partial statement that is often taken out of context and misquoted thus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cAnd slay them wherever you may come upon them..\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            It is often misquoted (as seen above) by people whose intention it is to prove that aggression is ordained in the Qur\u2019an.  Check out the amazing TEDxRainier talk given by Lesley Hazleton<\/a> on this very topic. Such misquoting goes on, despite the fact that the preceding verse has 3 anti-aggression indicators which are mostly overlooked, while the rest of the same verse makes it absolutely clear that, in response to driving people out of their land, oppressors deserve to be killed or driven out from where they do not belong; land must return to its rightful owners.  Fitnah is literally a \u2018trial by fire\u2019 which causes the separation of ores,[4]<\/a> here probably related to the separation of people from one another and from their own land.  We can see this today all around us, where many displaced persons say they wish they had died with their loved ones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

             \u201cAnd kill them wherever you may come upon them and drive them out of where they drove you out, for displacement is even worse than killing, and do not fight them at the Holy Mosque until\/(so as not to happen that they) fight you in it, but if they fight against you, kill them,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            such shall be the recompense of the Deniers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            1. Verse 195 is about spending in God\u2019s cause, but most Muslims will recognize this verse when it is partially quoted as follows:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              \u201c\u2026 let not your own hands throw you into destruction..\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              If you ask anyone what it means, they\u2019d say that God is telling you not to put yourself in harm\u2019s way.  Many do not realize that the statement is an excerpt from a longer verse, and that right before<\/em> these familiar words is a call to spend freely in God\u2019s cause. Furthermore, right after<\/em> these words is a call to persevere in bountiful conduct. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Unfortunately, with partial quoting, a verse loses much of its meaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Misquoting, or partial quoting, has serious ramifications.  We shall notice a lot of that throughout our study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              1. With Verse 196 we begin a section that discusses the Hajj and Omra to Mecca (Pilgrimage and Visit), well-explained by both Yusuf Ali (notes 212-216) and Muhammad Asad (notes 174-179). There will be more on Hajj tomorrow.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                But before we leave, we must note that the end of our section today says that God is “\u0634\u062f\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0642\u0627\u0628”  -the word \u2018iqaab\u2019 translated by Asad as retribution and by Ali as punishment, both correctly reflecting the common understanding of the word. The common understanding of the word \u2018Iqaab\/ \u0639\u0642\u0627\u0628\u2019 as punishment however, is not accurate.  A better way to understand that verse would be to say that God is \u2018Severe in (meting out) consequence.\u2019<\/em> That is because the word in all its forms  (\u0639\u0627\u0642\u0628\u0629\/\u0639\u0642\u0627\u0628)is about something that comes literally at the \u2018heels\/\u0639\u0642\u0628\u2019  of something else, like night and day, each \u2018in sequence\u2019 after the other.[5]<\/a>  In fact, all our deeds have a \u2018aaqibah\u2019 which could be negative for negative deeds (see HQ7:103),  and could also be positive (see HQ7:128). Each is followed by its own \u2018consequence.\u2019  That is a much better word to use as we raise our children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                E<\/strong>nough said!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Tomorrow\u2019s reading is from verse <\/strong>197-210<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Peace unto all!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                \n\n\n\n

                [1]<\/a> ” \u0631\u064e\u064a\u064e\u0634\u064e: \u064a\u064e\u062f\u064f\u0644\u064f\u0651 \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0649 \u062d\u064f\u0633\u0652\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u062d\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0650\u060c \u0648\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u064a\u064e\u0643\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0633\u0650\u0628\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0625\u0650\u0646\u0652\u0633\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064f \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u062e\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0631\u064d. \u0641\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0650\u0651\u064a\u0634\u064f: \u0627\u0644\u0652\u062e\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0631\u064f. \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0650\u0651\u064a\u064e\u0627\u0634\u064f: \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                \u0648\u064e\u0645\u0650\u0646\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0628\u064e\u0627\u0628\u0650 \u0631\u0650\u064a\u0634\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0637\u064e\u0651\u0627\u0626\u0650\u0631\u0650. \u0648\u064e\u064a\u064f\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064f \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652\u0647\u064f \u0631\u0650\u0634\u0652\u062a\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064e\u0651\u0647\u0652\u0645\u064e \u0623\u064e\u0631\u0650\u064a\u0634\u064f\u0647\u064f \u0631\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0634\u064b\u0627. \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0631\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0627\u0634\u064e \u0641\u064f\u0644\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064c\u060c \u0625\u0650\u0630\u064e\u0627 \u062d\u064e\u0633\u064f\u0646\u064e\u062a\u0652 \u062d\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064f\u0647\u064f.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                [2]<\/a> Here too, we find English Etymology, which traces the development of words since earliest record, referring the word \u2018rich\u2019 back to sources such as Old High German, Norse, Celtic, adding: \u201cThe form of the word was influenced in Middle English by Old French riche “wealthy, magnificent, sumptuous\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                It seems to me that the complete disregard of Arabic cannot be justified seeing that the French \u2018riche\u2019 and the Arabic \u2018reesh\/\u0631\u064a\u0634\u2019 are of identical pronunciation and meaning;  the word \u2018rich\u2019 is obviously of Arabic source, unless one seeks to overlook the history of Islam in Europe.  I hope and pray that the recoveries shown in this study will interest our youth and open a field of research to be pursued, if only for the sake of \u2018truth.\u2019 They could start by highlighting the fact that the word \u2018Etymology\u2019 itself comes from the Greek word \u2018etymos,\u2019 which means \u2018true.\u2019 It is time for the truth to be told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                [3]<\/a> \u0623\u062b\u0645: \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0637\u0621 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0623\u062e\u064f\u0651\u0631. \u064a\u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0646\u0627\u0642\u0629 \u0622\u062b\u0650\u0645\u0629\u064c \u0623\u064a \u0645\u062a\u0623\u062e\u0650\u0651\u0631\u0629… \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0625\u062b\u0645 \u0645\u0634\u062a\u0642\u064c\u0651 \u0645\u0646 \u0630\u0644\u0643\u060c \u0644\u0623\u0646\u064e\u0651 \u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u062b\u0645\u0650 \u0628\u0637\u064a\u0621\u064c \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u062a\u0623\u062e\u0651\u0631 \u0639\u0646\u0647.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                [4]<\/a> The definition of fitnah is the smelting of minerals by fire to extract gold from lesser ores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                [5]<\/a> \u0639\u0642\u0628:<\/strong> \u0623\u0635\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0650 \u0635\u062d\u064a\u062d\u0627\u0646: \u0623\u062d\u062f\u064f\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u064a\u062f\u0644\u064f\u0651 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u062a\u0623\u062e\u064a\u0631 \u0634\u064a\u0621 \u0648\u0625\u062a\u064a\u0627\u0646\u0650\u0647 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u063a\u064a\u0631\u0647. \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0635\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0622\u062e\u064e\u0631 \u064a\u062f\u0644\u064f\u0651 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0631\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0639\u064d \u0648\u0634\u062f\u0651\u0629 \u0648\u0635\u064f\u0639\u0648\u0628\u0629.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                \u0643\u0644\u064f\u0651 \u0634\u064a\u0621 \u064a\u064e\u0639\u0642\u064f\u0628\u064f \u0634\u064a\u0626\u0627\u064b \u0641\u0647\u0648 \u0639\u064e\u0642\u064a\u0628\u064f\u0647 \u2026\u0628\u0645\u0646\u0632\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064e\u0651\u064a\u0644 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0647\u0627\u0631 \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0645\u0636\u0649 \u0623\u062d\u062f\u064f\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0639\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0628\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0622\u062e\u064e\u0631.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                \u0639\u0627\u0642\u0628\u0629\u064f \u0643\u0644\u0650\u0651 \u0634\u064a\u0621\u064d: \u0622\u062e\u0631\u0647\u060c \u0648\u064a\u0642\u0627\u0644: \u0627\u0633\u062a\u0639\u0642\u064e\u0628\u064e \u0641\u0644\u0627\u0646\u064c \u0645\u0646 \u0641\u0650\u0639\u0644\u0647\u0650 \u062e\u064a\u0631\u0627\u064b \u0623\u0648 \u0634\u0631\u064e\u0651\u0627\u064b\u2026. \u0648\u064a\u0642\u0648\u0644\u0648\u0646: \u0633\u062a\u064e\u062c\u0650\u062f \u0639\u0642\u0650\u0628\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0631 \u0643\u062e\u064a\u0631\u064d \u0623\u0648 \u0643\u0634\u0631\u064d\u0651\u060c \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0642\u0628\u0629.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                 \u0648\u0623\u0645\u0651\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0635\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0622\u062e\u0631 \u0641\u0627\u0644\u0639\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0628\u0629: \u0637\u0631\u064a\u0642\u064c \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0628\u0644\u060c \u0648\u062c\u0645\u0639\u0647\u0627 \u0639\u0650\u0642\u0627\u0628\u064c. \u062b\u0645\u0651 \u0631\u064f\u062f\u0651 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0643\u0644\u064f\u0651 \u0634\u064a\u0621\u064d \u0641\u064a\u0647 \u0639\u064f\u0644\u0648\u064c\u0651 \u0623\u0648 \u0634\u062f\u0651\u0629. \u0648\u0643\u0644\u064f\u0651 \u0637\u0631\u064a\u0642\u064d \u064a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0628\u0639\u0636\u064f\u0647 \u0641\u0648\u0642\u064e \u0628\u0639\u0636 \u0641\u0647\u064a \u0623\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0642\u0627\u0628.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                \u0648\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0628: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u064f\u0642\u0627\u0628 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u064e\u0651\u064a\u0631\u060c \u0633\u0645\u0650\u0651\u064a\u062a \u0628\u0630\u0644\u0643 \u0644\u0634\u062f\u064e\u0651\u062a\u0647\u0627 \u0648\u0642\u064f\u0648\u0651\u062a\u0647\u0627\u060c \u0648\u062c\u0645\u0639\u0647 \u0623\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0642\u064f\u0628\u064c \u0648\u0639\u0650\u0642\u0628\u0627\u0646\u064c\u060c \u0648\u0647\u064a \u0645\u0646 \u062c\u0648\u0627\u0631\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0637\u064e\u0651\u064a\u0631. \u062b\u0645\u0651 \u0634\u064f\u0628\u0650\u0651\u0647\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u0647\u0630\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u064f\u0642\u0627\u0628\u060c \u0643\u0623\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0647\u0627 \u062a\u0637\u064a\u0631 \u0643\u0645\u0627 \u062a\u064e\u0637\u064a\u0631. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Welcome Friends:  Ahlan wa sahlan! Our previous Reading had an important statement at the center of Verse 185.  A statement indeed central to God\u2019s Message and our interaction with it: \u201c\u2026.God wills every facility\/ease for you and does not will hardship…\u201d Besides being a source of comfort to Believers, this statement helps us realize our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quran-blog"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1490,"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions\/1490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}