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Morning Bliss | Ramadan 2014 | June 29, 2014
Surah Al Muminoon DAY 1 – RAMADAN 1, 1435
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Introduction
Allah mentioned about those who will benefit from the Quran in Ayah 57 and 58 of Surah Yunus.
O mankind, there has to come to you instruction from your Lord and healing for what is in the
breasts and guidance and mercy for the believers.
This is an address to all mankind. The Quran is the biggest favor from Allah for which we need to thank and appreciate Him and we need to rejoice with the Ayat Al Quran. Allah is telling us that the Quran is an admonition, Shifa (cure) and mercy for the Mumineen (believers). Therefore we need to know who are the real believers. The best place to find out about the Mumineen (believers) is Surah Al Muminoon.
Say, "In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy -‐ in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate."
Allah says in Ayah 58 of Surah Yunus that the Ayat Al Quran that benefits the believers is a favor and mercy from Allah for which we need to rejoice. When we benefit from the Quran, we will rejoice and be happy.
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Surah Al Muminoon
We are told in the beginning of the Surah that believers are successful and they have succeeded. In Ayah 11, Allah mentions what is the success of the believers. We need to have the target in front of our eyes. Allah tells us that Al Muminoon (Believers) would inherit the highest place in Paradise Al Firdous under the throne of Allah. Al-‐Firdous is in the middle of Paradise. The supply for all the rivers in Paradise originates from Al-‐Firdous. The advantage of the people in Firdous is that they are nearest to Allah and they will enjoy looking at Allah, speaking to Allah and listening to His commands day and night.
The Surah Al Muminoon is in the 18th Chapter of the Quran. It was revealed in Makkah when believers were very weak and few. Allah encourages and motivates them. There is a big motivation in the Surah for the believers in Makkah who embraced and accepted Islam.
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Ayah 1
In this Ayah, though it is the first Ayah Allah mentions the result that Indeed, verily, surely the Muminoon have succeeded.
قد is used for affirmation. This means indeed, verily and surely.
The أأفلح word is derived from the word . فلح
فلح means شق
فالحح means “to Split”. The person who is digging and sowing the seeds is called the شقق
There is an addition of اا in أأفلح that means
1. To succeed 2. To reach to what he desires. 3. To win in a completion.
What is the resemblance between splitting and success?
The person who succeeds is the one who is striving as if he is digging the earth to reach to what he desires. Success comes with striving and struggling just like the farmer struggles and strives to dig the earth.
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Who succeeded? The believers.
• Sheikh Saadi mentions that this Ayah is a big motivation for everyone no matter what is the level of his or her belief. Those with high belief as well as those with low belief benefit from this Ayah.
• In this Ayah, Allah remembers His believers. Belief is the connection between Allah and us. Our value in front of Allah is with our belief.
• Allah mentions the success of the believers. The past tense is used here to indicate it is done already.
This .ااالسغررااقق is أألل The ٱٱلمؤمنونن means the believers are drowning and indulging in belief.
It is as if they are covered with the ink of belief. The belief means to believe in Allah and His
messengers This means to believe in ال االهھ ااال هللا محمدد ررسوولل هللا Those who do their deeds for Allah and follow the Sunnah of the Prophet.
When we talk about belief it is very abstract, as we don’t know how much is our belief. In Surah Al Muminoon we are told about the indicators of Al Muminoon (The believers). If we understand the characteristics of the believers we can understand and measure our scale of our faith.
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Ayah 2 Now we need to see the characteristics of the Al Muminoon i.e. the believers who have been guaranteed Al-‐Firdous. The believers mentioned in the Surah Al Muminoon are the ones with the highest level of belief. The first characteristics is as below:
FIRST CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AL MUMINOON:
All the characteristics mentioned are outside characteristics and not inner. If we have something in the hearts we can know it from the outside characteristics.
In the life how the believers pray is an indication of how much faith they have. This is the first characteristic of success. If the Salah is good then everything is good.
is ٱٱلذيین referring to the Al Muminoon.
is هھھھم for Affirmation
is فى indicating they are too much indulging in the prayer and they don’t feel anything on the outside.
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meaning صالتہم “their prayer”. It is as if the prayer is attached to them. They are fulfilling the conditions of acceptance of the prayer that is why the prayer is attached to them. All the good deeds i.e. fasting, praying are attached to a person and will be with them in the graves and will intercede for them on the Day of Judgment.
شعونن ـ خشوعع“ meaning خ in Salah”. The more we believe in Allah the more we have االخشوعع in Salah.
MEANING OF خشع IN LANGUAGE
1. Submitting 2. Humiliating and humble 3. To have peace and tranquility 4. Break down 5. Coming forward
There is no one-‐word translation in English. The above meaning is literal meaning of خشوعع in the language.
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MEANING OF خشع IN RELIGION
Shaikh Saadi mentioned the meaning of خشوعع in religion as below:
1. In the religion the خشوعع means to present the heart between the hands of Allah. This means our heart should be present in the prayer. What makes our heart to be present? The more we believe in Allah the more our heart will be present in prayer. The one who heart is present in prayer is praying in reality. They know they are standing in front of Allah and He is listening to them. They know this is standing in front of Allah in the Duniya and there will be another standing in front of Allah on the Day of Judgment.
2. We need to bring in our mind closeness to Allah. When a person starts praying and says Allah u Akbar then Allah gives him the honor and places His face in front of the praying person. Allah’s face remains in front of the praying person till he turns away. The turning is the turning of the body and the turning of the heart. We need to bring in our mind closeness of Allah. The result is our heart will be in peace and our Nafs will be tranquil. Our limbs will humble and will be silent as a result of which our turning will be less.
This is the first characteristic of the Muminoon. They are indulging in their prayer with خشوعع This is the essence and soul of the prayer
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خشوعع IN SALAH
خشوعع • is the soul and essence of prayer. Without the soul the prayer is dead.
• Allah prescribed the prayer for the .خشوعع Allah wants the خشوعع from our prayer. The
main goal and the outcome of the prayer is خشوعع • Allah will account a person for his prayer according to how much خشوعع he has. The
reward of our prayer is dependent on how much خشوعع we have.
The خشوعع is mentioned as a noun here so this is the characteristic of the Muminoon in the prayer.