Category: #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge

  • #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge – Day 5 Verse 6; The Destination for The Disbelievers

    #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge – Day 5 Verse 6; The Destination for The Disbelievers

    Today is the fifth day of the #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge and we are reading and memorizing verse 6 of Surah Al-Mulk.

    While verse 5 from Surah Al-Mulk coached us to looked for beauty and function in the creation of Allah s.w.t. like the sky above us, and have faith in Him. Verse 6 warns us of the fate of those who refuse to believe in Allah.

     

     

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    “And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is the destination.” Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 6

    Previous verse mentions that the Allah s.w.t. made the stars as missiles for the devils and He prepared for them the doom of flame. In this verse Allah warns us from following their footsteps. For those who disbelieve in Allah they will share the same fate and are going to the same destination.

    As believers we should be aware of our direction and emphasize on growing our Imaan and Ilm, faith and knowledge. A servant with strong Imaan and knowledge will not be easily misdirected. By reading, understanding and memorizing verses from the Quran we are increasing our faith and also our knowledge. Below is a hadith narrating the benefits of memorizing Surah Al-Mulk;

    Imam Ahmad recorded from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Allah’s Messenger (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said,

    “Verily, there is a chapter in the Qur’an which contains thirty Ayat that will intercede on behalf of its reciter until he is forgiven. (It is): ‘Blessed be He in Whose Hand is the dominion.’”

    [This Hadith was collected by At-Tirmidhi and the four Sunan Compilers. At-Tirmidhi said concerning it, “This is a Hasan Hadith.”]

    He (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) used to recite Surah As-Sajdah and Surah Al-Mulk (in Arabic) before sleeping.

    [Reference: At-Tirmithi, An-Nasa’i. See also Al-Albani, Sahihul-Jami ’ As-Saghir 4/255]

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    I hope this motivates you to read, understand and memorize verse 6 from Surah Al-Mulk.

    InsyaAllah if Allah wills, i see you tomorrow.

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  • #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge – Day 4 Verse 5; of Beauty, Function and System

    #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge – Day 4 Verse 5; of Beauty, Function and System

    Today is the fourth day of the #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge and we are reading and memorizing verse 5 of Surah Al-Mulk.

    While verse 4 from Surah Al-Mulk taught us that it is useless for us to look for imperfection in the creation of Allah s.w.t. because His creation is perfect and bears His Unchallenged Magnificence, verse 5 informs us that His creation bears both beauty and function. Taking the sky as an example, it has both beauty and function, Allah beautified the skies with stars during the night and with rainbow after the rain. This beauty Allah created is FOR US and as a symbol of HIS LOVE for us, to remind us that like the stars, His guidance is ready  to guide us in times of darkness, and like the rainbow His love is there during rainy days. The presence of Allah can be felt through His creations. As His servants, we just need to readily accept our position as His servant and the presence shall be felt, like the saying goes; when the student is ready the teacher appears.

    This verse also informs us that divine beauty is accompanied by function, together it creates a beautiful system. Taking the stars as an example, it beautifies the night sky but it is also used as something to be thrown to the devils.

    This verse taught us that the creation of Allah is both beautiful and purposeful. As observant believer, observing the wisdom of Allah in His creation increase our awareness of the presence is every creation and in any situation. An observant believer is then grateful in every situation.

    Today our challenge take us to reading, understanding and memorizing verse 5. Verse 5 of Surah Al-Mulk teaches us that the creation of Allah is both beautiful and purposeful. As an observant believer, we seek to notice the beauty and purpose of Allah in everything, increasing the feeling of the presence of Allah s.w.t in every creation and in any situation. An observant believer is then always remembers Allah and always grateful to Him.

     

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    “And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.” Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 5

    Noticing this beauty and acknowledging its sense of purposefulness put us in a state of gratefulness and drives us to be positive in every situation and to have the skills to turn any setback to a great come back.

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    I hope this motivates you to read, understand and memorize verse 5 from Surah Al-Mulk.

    InsyaAllah if Allah wills, i see you tomorrow.

    #‎SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge‬ ‪#‎OneVerseADay‬

  • #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge – Day 3 Verse 4; A Servant’s Humility

    #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge – Day 3 Verse 4; A Servant’s Humility

    Today is the third day of the #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge and we are reading and memorizing verse 4 of Surah Al-Mulk.

    Verse 3 from Surah Al-Mulk also teaches us how to observe Allah’s creation. It teaches us to observe Allah’s creation
    using the lense of Ar-Rahman. The phrase “ma tara fi khalqir Rahmani min tafawut” implies that when we view
    Allah’s creation using the lense of Ar-Rahman we shall see the signs of His Mighty Magnificence and seamless perfection
    in everything.

    Today our challenge take us to reading, understanding and memorizing verse 4. Verse 4 of Surah Al-Mulk teaches us that
    it is useless and tiresome affair to find the fault or imperfection in the creation of Allah. The Might of His Magnificence
    can be felt in the heart of a servant when looking at His creation. And when the Might of Allah’s Magnificence is felt,
    it shall leave the servant in a state of humility.

     

     

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    “Then return [your] vision twice again. [Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued.” Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 4

    This state of humility drives us to look within our own shortcomings and invest more on improving ourselves
    rather then looking externally at others; it will only makes us tired and waste our time. But if we direct our effort on
    our growing our imaan, our amaal. In due time we ourselves will reap the benefits. A servant’s humility is his zeal,
    it is what giving spirit to his amaal grows it.

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    I hope this motivates you to read, understand and memorize verse 3 from Surah Al-Mulk.

    InsyaAllah if Allah wills, i see you tomorrow.

    #‎SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge‬ ‪#‎OneVerseADay‬

  • #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge – Day 2 Verse 3; The Magnificence of Allah’s Creation

    #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge – Day 2 Verse 3; The Magnificence of Allah’s Creation

    Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.

    Yesterday I extended an invitation for us to read, understand and memorize the verses 1-2 from Surah Al-Mulk. Today Let’s read, understand and memorize verse 3 from the surah.

    Here are some of my reflections you may want to note about these verses:

    1- The first verse implies that abundance materialize when we live in the Kingdom of Allah, He is very powerful over everything, nothing is impossible for Him.

    2- The second verse teaches us that even death and life along with their magnificence are created by Allah s.w.t. the Magnificent. And the wisdom behind it is to observe which of us are most beautiful in our deed. Not most, not greatest, but beautiful in our deed.

    3- The third verse which we are reading, understanding and memorizing today teaches us that the Kingdom of Allah is beautiful as it is perfect. The verse also challenges us to find imperfection in it. There is none. The imperfection that we see is the imperfection within our own self. For in His magnificent creation there is perfection in its imperfection which we do not yet have grasp the wisdom to understand all.

    This verse also invites us to see within ourselves, to look for our own imperfection, the imperfection in our deed and in our conduct. The imperfection we see in others are signals inviting us to improve our own deed and beautify our own conduct. If we can understand this, then true beauty is truly within, – not without.

    I hope this motivates you to read, understand and memorize verse 3 from Surah Al-Mulk.

    InsyaAllah if Allah wills i see you tomorrow.

    Until then please read, understand and memorize verse 3 today.

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  • #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge – Day 1

    #SurahAlMulk30DayChallenge – Day 1

    Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.

    On FB we always get invitation to play games everyday.
    From today onwards allow me to extend an invitation everyday
    To read, understand and memorize verses from the Quran.

    Today lets read, understand and memorize verse 1 and 2
    From Surah Al-Mulk. In total there are only 30 verses
    In this blessed surah.

    ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ood (r.a.) said:

    “Whoever reads ‘al-Mulk every night, Allaah will protect him from the torment of the grave. At the time of the Messenger of Allaah (p.b.u.h.), we used to call it al-mani’ah (that which protects). In the book of Allah, there is a chapter [and] whoever recites it every night has done very well.”

    Last night during Quran MasterClass session a challenge was made; for us to memorize surah Al-Mulk in 30 days. We started memorizing verse 1 last night. InsyaAllah by next monday we will have memorized 8 verses.

    You can do it too!

    Please read, understand and memorize these 2 verses today.

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