Friday, August 10, 2012

Tafseer Surah Al-Qadr By Ustadh Alomgir Ali

Tafseer Surah Al-Qadr By Ustadh Alomgir Ali



- usual translation (decree) - 01:05
- recent translation (glory) - 01:15
- common miss-translation (power) - 01:20
- surah is madani - 01:40




- two major themes - 04:30
1. how qur'an's to be attributed to allah - 04:35
2. time in which allah send down this qur'an - 04:55
- "it" - 05:35
- the believers don't need to question or ask what's allah referring to - 06:55
- "we" - 08:35
- "night" - 10:35
- "qadr" : 3 major views- 13:30
# " qadr" = having great honor/might/status/ - 13:40
- "there'll b as many angels on that night just as there're stones on the earth making du'a who're trying to stay awake on that night worshiping allah" - 14:50
# "qadar" = fate/predestination - 15:50
- "u o muhammad, even ur understanding of what لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ is, would never reach what's truly deserved to be understood of this verse, even thought u'r the most knowledgeable of mankind in therms of the virtue of the qur'an & of this night" - 17:55
- "no matter how great u think this night is, it'll always be greater of what u consider it to b" - 18:40
- يُدرَكَ = answer's never given - 19:25

- why  لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ is mentioned twice? - 20:40






- what's d significance of 1k months? - 23:20
1. in d past, an 'abid/worshiper won't really b called a worshiper unless he had worshiped allah for 83 yrs - 23:30
- 1k months = 83 yrs - 24:05
2. respect d honor of wishes of rasulullah s.a.w. (life span's shorter then d previous nations) - 25:00
*** SINNING ON THAT NIGHT'LL B EQUIVALENT TO SINNING OF 83 YRS - 25:50 ***
- "whoeva spends d night of lylatul qadr with eman & ihtisad, knowing the virtue of this night, also knowing it's virtue by anticipating it's reward, then all his previous sins will be forgiven" - 28:15



- when is lylatul qadr? - 31:10
- "i was about to come out & tell u when it was, but after seeing u disputing, this knowledge was taken away. so search for it in the last 10 nights" - 33:50
- virtue of this knowledge being taken away - 34:00
- the surah has 30 words (month has 30 days), 27th word is "هِيَ" (peaceful) - 34:55
- lailatul qadr has 9 letters - 35:25
- lailatul qadr's mentioned 3 times'n the surah - 35:30
- 9 X 3 = 27 - 35:35
- aour believe'n the angles should've an impact on our actions on our understanding on allah - 38:20
- why? the angels descend with barakah - 38:40
- when u say du'a, the angles say "ameen" to that du'a - 38:50
- they give salam to u - 39:05
- "even though u don't hear this call, this call influences ur behavior" - 40:10
- fasting's more difficult than praying. somehow ppl find energy to worship allah during that month & that could be a consequence of the angles calling out to the ppl - 40:30
- spirit = gibrail a.w.s. - 42:20
- tanazzalul lamaikatu "wa"-r ruhu = "&" doesn't necessarily mean that the ruh's different than angles - 42:50
- debate: actions are separate from iman = weak argument - 43:00



- what's the significance of mentioning "by the permission of their lord?" - 43:40
1. virtue arises from doing everything by the permission of allah - 43:50
2. reminds us of the source of these blessings - 44:00

- what command are we talking about? - 46:30




- everything was decreed 5k yrs ago before the creation was even made - 47:00
1. lauhe mahfuz (1st decree) - 47:20
2. decrees are send down to the lower heaven in order for angels to fulfill, providing provisions or assistance - 47:35
3. life time decrees: the angels blowing souls into the body - 47:45
4. lower level of decrees (positive things): protection from harms, provisions, safety - 48:15
- salam = peace, tranquility, free from war, greeting = free from harm, imperfection - 50:05
- salam = angels descending - 53:45
- our relationship with angels never stops, u interact with angels more than u interact with human beings - 54:00




- what're the things we'd be doing during that night? - 54:50
1. spending the entire night awake - 54:55
2. qiyamal layl - 55:40
3. du'a - 55:55
- اللْهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي - o allah u'r forgiving, u love forgiveness, so forgive me - 56:00
- اللْهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ - o allah u'r forgiving
- تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ - u love forgiveness
- فَاعْفُ عَنِّي - so forgive me
4. i'tikaf - 56:25

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