One Juz a Day. A summary of the Holy Quran. Condensed version. Sometimes a little more than a Juz is given. It will help us to get an idea of each Juz daily. May Allah help us to understand the Quran. IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, MOST BENEFICENT, MOST MERCIFUL It consists of Alif Lâm Mîm and the first quarter of Sayaqûl. The Sûrahs covered are Al-Fâtiha (The Opening), and the first two thirds of Al-Baqara (The Cow). The Qur’ân begins with the beautiful Sûrat al-Fâtiha, containing seven verses and rightly called the “Essence of the Book”. It has been called by this title for a very obvious reason. It shows the helplessness of man without the aid of Allah (SWT) and his continuous desire for Allah (SWT)’s assistance in all matters affecting his daily life. That is why, by means of this Sûrah, Allah (SWT) teaches us this perfect prayer and gives us some knowledge of Himself, i.e. He describes some of His qualities. Further He tells us about what His relation with us and to the rest of the creation is, from where we have come, what we are, and what goal we are heading for under Allah (SWT)’s guidance. We are to trust and commit ourselves to Allah (SWT) if we want to succeed in this life and in the Hereafter. The second is Sûrat al-Baqara, “The Cow”, revealed in Madina and containing 286 verses. It sums up the entire teachings of the Qur’ân. The reason for having this Sûrah second in the arrangement of Sûrahs is very logical. The essence of the first Sûrah is man, crying out to Allah (SWT): “O Allah (SWT)! Help Me”. In the second, Sûrah Allah (SWT) says: “Here is the help and guidance that you need”. This Sûrah begins with the example of three types of people and how they receive Allah (SWT)’s message. The creation of man is discussed, the high destiny that Allah (SWT) wanted him to reach, man’s fall (corruption), and the hope held out to him in spite of previous sins. The story of Banî Isrâ’îl is told: the favours they had and how they made wrong use of them to show again the general character of man. Reference is also made particularly to Mûsâ (AS) and ‘Isâ (AS). We learn how they had to deal with their corrupt people and how the Christians and Jews, who, despite having had Allah (SWT)’s prophets and books in their midst, rejected Muhammad (SAW) out of pride and jealousy. Because of their rejection it was inappropriate for them to claim the virtue of the righteous Imam, Ibrâhîm (AS) exclusively for themselves. Ibrâhîm (AS) was the forefather of the Arabs through Ismâ’îl (AS)’s descendants, and likewise with the Jews through Ishâq (AS)’s offspring. Ibrâhîm (AS), together with Ismâ’îl (AS) built the Ka’ba (mosque of Makka) and purified it, thus establishing the one and only true religion for all mankind, Islam. The Ka’ba was now to be the center of universal worship and stood for Islamic Unity (because all Muslims face towards it in prayer). The name of this Sûrah is gained from the parable of the Cow in verses 67 -71, which deals with hypocrisy. Once people lose faith, they try to put off obedience with various excuses, or they do things half- heartedly. It is then that, as Allah (SWT) says, “There is a disease in their hearts which Allah (SWT) increases” until they become spiritually “deaf dumb and blind”. Such people are spiritually dead even though they are physically alive. Life is movement, activity, striving and fighting against the evil of yourself (nafs) -this is the message of the Sûrah.
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