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Tafsir Thoughts Archive
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Sura Al Asr Commentary
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsThe calculation of Time is a function of the movements of cosmic bodies. And none can move them except God. -
Sura Al Humaza Commentary
Posted on February 5, 2012 | No CommentsSlandering and backbiting are roadmaps to our spiritual destruction -
Sura Al Feel Commentary
Posted on February 1, 2012 | No CommentsTiny birds are enough to fight an army of elephants. Size doesn't matter in Allah's plan -
Sura Al Quraysh Commentary
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsIf one's food, health and roof is safe for today, then rest of the worries in life is waste of time. -
Sura Al Maoon Commentary
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsHypocrites existed during the very lifetime of the Holy Prophet. Why would they not in our times? -
Sura Al Masad Commentary (Pt – 1)
Posted on December 12, 2011 | No CommentsAbuLahab was a creative enemy of Islam. He even composed to ridicule the HolyProphet -
Sura Ikhlas (Tweets)
Posted on December 8, 2011 | No Comments"Allah is the proper noun of the deity. It is not a translation for the word God." Notes and Thoughts during Holy Quran commentary -
Sura Al Muminoon : Verse 50 (Tweets)
Posted on September 11, 2011 | No CommentsThe birth, life and ascent of #Jesus are all a miracle for humanity. Above all, he was the son of Mary and servant of GOD -
Sura Al Shams : Lecture notes
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsAllah has made Man as the parallel of cosmos in Man. Fujoor is the Night and Taqwa is the Daylight. -
Sura Al Bayyinah : Lecture Notes
Posted on March 24, 2011 | No CommentsThe paradise dwellers fear Allah, unseen and unheard. Paradise is the prize for those who believe WITHOUT seeing miracles -
Sura Al Asr: Lecture Notes
Posted on March 15, 2011 | No CommentsSearch for Truth is also the Search with Patience. Sabr is a medicine which does not have any overdose. -
Sura Al Kawthar : Lecture Notes
Posted on March 6, 2011 | No CommentsThe methodology of Quran in education is not spoon-feeding. It fascinates and stimulates without killing the scope of the topic. -
Sura Al Masad : Lecture Notes
Posted on February 28, 2011 | No CommentsQuran mentions certain incidents when it is least expected to happen. Past, Present and Future are all same for Allah. -
Sura Ikhlas : Lecture Notes
Posted on February 23, 2011 | No CommentsIt was only when humanity had entered the stage of intellectual maturity that the concepts of unity of God as outlined in Sura Ikhlas was revealed. -
Sura Al Kahf : Week Nine
Posted on August 15, 2009 | No Comments...Our Beloved Rasool (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) would appear near the Mizan (on which our deeds are weighed) and place a token which would increase the good deeds. -
Sura Al Kahf : Week Eight
Posted on July 15, 2009 | No CommentsMusa (as) had experienced similar circumstances in his earlier life. He had also killed a Coptic man (by mistake) before migrating to Madyan. When he reached Madyan, he offered to help the daughters of the old man and asked for nothing in return. While an infant, his mother had cast him in the river (placing in a basket) (Quran 28: 7). Musa’s experiences with Khidr were reminiscent of these earlier incidents in his life. -
Sura Al Kahf : Week Seven
Posted on July 12, 2009 | No CommentsThe place where the dead fish escaped was where Khidr was found. This signifies two things. Firstly, the nature of Khidr’s knowledge: the dead fish became alive in the rocky area where Khidr dwelled. Only true God-given knowledge can enliven dead hearts. Secondly, it was the also the place where they forgot: Man-made knowledge faints in the vicinity of knowledge given by Allah -
Sura Al Kahf : Week Six
Posted on July 12, 2009 | No CommentsA saint once calculated his sins @ one per day for sixty years that he lived which measured up to 21 thousand plus. Shocked at the number, he screamed and died the same time. Ibn Abbas said that small sins include the smile for a sinful cause. -
Sura Al Kahf : Week Five
Posted on April 26, 2009 | 2 CommentsGarments in paradise are grown on the trees there. It would take pride on the people who wear it. The interior and exterior parts of the garment would debate with each other. The interior would say that it is closer to the believer’s body while the exterior would say that can see his face -
Sura Al Kahf : Week Four
Posted on March 23, 2009 | No CommentsThe Seven sleepers appointing one of them is a proof of permission for delegating one among a group to act on their behalf -
Sura Al Kahf : Week Three
Posted on March 11, 2009 | No CommentsSpread of faith has not much to do with political authority. Despite centuries of Mughal rule in India, the proportionate increase in the number of Muslim conversions was high during the lifetime of saints like Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishti. -
Sura Al Kahf : Week Two
Posted on February 14, 2009 | No CommentsA hadith states that a time would arrive when all forms of earning livelihood would become possible only by committing haram and during such times celibacy would become permissible. A son would become fitna for father, wife for husband and neighbors and relatives when they would belittle his poor lifestyle and force him to earn through haram. -
Sura Al Kahf : Week One
Posted on January 22, 2009 | No CommentsThe incident of the people of the cave refers to the trials faced in one's deen. This can be overcome by virtuous friendship. Even the dog who accompanied the cave dwellers was counted among the inmates of the cave due to its companionship -
Sura Mulk : Week Three
Posted on January 12, 2009 | No CommentsThe waves ask God every late night 'Shall we punish man sinners for their sins'. His reply would be, 'Had you created them, you wouldn't say so'. Man is accountable for today's worship only, not tomorrow's. Similarly, Allah would give him today's sustenance, Man is not to worry over tomorrow's -
Sura Mulk : Week Two
Posted on January 10, 2009 | No CommentsJaihoon’s thoughts & notes during Holy Quran commentary lectures by Simsarul Haq Hudawi November 28 2008 • The challenge of faith is that it is based on a hidden aspect. Fearing Allah while He is... -
Sura Mulk : Week one
Posted on November 24, 2008 | No CommentsJaihoon’s thoughts & notes during Holy Quran commentary lectures by Simsarul Haq Hudawi November 21 2008 “There is a Surah which will plead for its reciter till it causes him to enter paradise” (Tabarakalladhi Biyadihil... -
Sura Sajda : Week three
Posted on November 16, 2008 | No Comments07 November 2008 Paradise isn’t merely a barter in return for good deeds. One’s actions are alone not enough to lead him or her to paradise. Allah’s mercy plays the most important role. 32:23 And... -
Sura Sajda : Week one & two
Posted on November 6, 2008 | No CommentsJaihoon’s thoughts & notes during Holy Quran commentary lectures by Simsarul Haq Hudawi Oct 24 2008 Reading this Sura along with Sura Al Mulk is as if he has enlivened lailathul Qadr (the blessed night...
