Tafsir Thoughts Archive

  • Sura Al Kahf : Week Eight

    Sura Al Kahf : Week Eight

    Musa (as) had experienced similar circumstances in his earlier life. He had also killed a Coptic man (by mistake) before...

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  • Sura Al Kahf : Week Seven

    Sura Al Kahf : Week Seven

    The place where the dead fish escaped was where Khidr was found. This signifies two things. Firstly, the nature of...

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  • Sura Al Kahf : Week Six

    Sura Al Kahf : Week Six

    A saint once calculated his sins @ one per day for sixty years that he lived which measured up to...

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  • Sura Al Kahf : Week Five

    Sura Al Kahf : Week Five

    Garments in paradise are grown on the trees there. It would take pride on the people who wear it. The...

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  • Sura Al Kahf : Week Four

    Sura Al Kahf : Week Four

    The Seven sleepers appointing one of them is a proof of permission for delegating one among a group to act...

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  • Sura Al Kahf : Week Three

    Sura Al Kahf : Week Three

    Spread of faith has not much to do with political authority. Despite centuries of Mughal rule in India, the proportionate...

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  • Sura Al Kahf : Week Two

    Sura Al Kahf : Week Two

    A hadith states that a time would arrive when all forms of earning livelihood would become possible only by committing...

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  • Sura Al Kahf : Week One

    Sura Al Kahf : Week One

    The incident of the people of the cave refers to the trials faced in one’s deen. This can be overcome...

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  • Sura Mulk : Week Three

    Sura Mulk : Week Three

    The waves ask God every late night ‘Shall we punish man sinners for their sins’. His reply would be, ‘Had...

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  • Sura Mulk : Week Two

    Sura Mulk : Week Two

    Jaihoon’s thoughts & notes during Holy Quran commentary lectures by Simsarul Haq Hudawi November 28 2008 • The challenge of faith is...

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  • Sura Mulk : Week one

    Sura Mulk : Week one

    Jaihoon’s thoughts & notes during Holy Quran commentary lectures by Simsarul Haq Hudawi November 21 2008 “There is a Surah which will...

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  • Sura Sajda : Week three

    Sura Sajda : Week three

    07 November 2008 Paradise isn’t merely a barter in return for good deeds. One’s actions are alone not enough to lead...

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  • Sura Sajda : Week one & two

    Sura Sajda : Week one & two

    Jaihoon’s thoughts & notes during Holy Quran commentary lectures by Simsarul Haq Hudawi Oct 24 2008 Reading this Sura along with Sura...

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