Juz 15 consists of two surahs, Surah Al-Isra which has 111 ayahs, and the primary 74 ayahs of Surah Kahf (which has a complete of 110 ayahs). Each surahs had been revealed earlier than the Prophet Muhammad SAWS migrated to Madinah and comprise a number of necessary commandments and classes that we need to contact upon for immediately’s #MuslimGirlRamadanBookClub reflections of Juz 15.
Following Allah’s instructions and in search of his forgiveness
Sura Al-Isra alludes to the Bani Israel, and the start of the surah briefly mentions the miraculous journey of Al-Isra Wal-Mi’raj (the night time journey to Masjid Al-Aqsa and the heavens) that the Prophet Muhammad SAWS made. The surah incorporates ayahs of warning to the disbelievers and believers, admonition, and instructions. Allah SWT tells the kuffar to take heed of the tales of the Israelites and their mischievous methods, giving us examples of their misdeeds in ayahs two to eight. After which in verses 9 and 10, Allah SWT highlights, as soon as once more, the true that means behind the revelation of the Quran: to information us on the straight path, to guarantee these of us who worship Allah of an attractive reward and a painful punishment for individuals who disbelieve.
In lots of the surahs that we’ve checked out beforehand, and in Surah Al-Isra, the format of the surahs is extraordinarily comparable and so is the general message. Allah SWT is warning these of us who selected to disbelieve, regardless of having all of the indicators given to us, of an unbelievably horrible life in Jahannam. However Allah SWT additionally guarantees those that have finished good on this world and obeyed His command of fantastic gardens in paradise.
In ayah 11, Allah SWT says:
And people ˹swiftly˺ pray for evil as they pray for good. For humankind is ever hasty.
— Quran (17:11)
This ayah reveals us that people are hasty, that they’re on the lookout for immediate gratification and outcomes. If issues don’t go our approach, we pray that our lives finish and when issues occur in a great way, we overlook about Allah SWT. Because of this, in ayah 23 to 37, Allah SWT has given us virtually a dozen commandments that assist us obtain goodness, peace, and piety on this world. These commandments embrace:
Worshiping Allah SWT alone, by no means associating companions with Him
Be dutiful to our mother and father
Give our family and kinship their rights and preserve ties with them
To not be wasteful and indulgent
To be reasonable with our spending
Prohibited from killing youngsters
Keep away from zina
Prohibited from killing any human
At all times deal with the wealth of an orphan accurately and with good intent
To be trustworthy when weighing and measuring
By no means converse with out information
At all times be humble and by no means strut (be smug)
My favourite ayah from Surah Al-Isra needs to be one of many commandment ayahs. In ayahs 23 to 25, Allah SWT tells us to honor our mother and father, to take care of them of their outdated age, to make dua for them after they cross away, and to make an apology on their behalf. There are various verses within the Quran that talk concerning the significance of fogeys and the standing they maintain in our lives. If our mother and father weren’t necessary, then Allah SWT wouldn’t point out them in the identical precise verse as His personal self. We must always attempt to comply with these ayahs and honor our mother and father as a result of lots of our mother and father have sacrificed their total lives to offer us higher ones.
In your Lord has decreed that you just worship none however Him. And honour your mother and father. If one or each of them attain outdated age in your care, by no means say to them ˹even˺ ‘ugh,’ nor yell at them. Relatively, tackle them respectfully. And be humble with them out of mercy, and pray, “My Lord! Be merciful to them as they raised me after I was younger.
— Quran (17:23-24)
Acknowledging Allah’s favors and thanking Him
Surah Kahf, which has a complete of 110 Ayahs, 74 of them in Juz 15. This surah was additionally revealed in Makkah and is a solution to 3 questions the disbelievers had for the Prophet Muhammad SAWS. These questions had been concerning the story of the sleepers of the cave, the story of Prophet Musa and Khidhr, and the story of Dhul-Qarnayn.
Juz 15 addresses the primary query and a little bit of the second query. The true story of the sleepers within the cave is just recognized by Allah SWT and in Surah Kahf, we discover out the minor particulars of the story. The principle level of the story is that the sleepers in that cave had full and utter religion in Allah SWT, a lot in order that they hid in that collapse worry of being forcefully transformed to a different faith by the emperor. Allah SWT makes use of this story to guarantee us that if we put our religion in Him alone, then He’ll shield us it doesn’t matter what. This additionally proves to be one other signal of the magnificence of Allah SWT, that He can do no matter He wills.
Allah SWT continues on to inform the Prophet to make use of one other parable to reply the disbelievers with the story of two males and their gardens of vines and date palm bushes. One neighbour grew to become too smug with the abundance of his backyard and started boasting about it, claiming himself and nobody else as the only real being behind his success. Whereas the opposite man knew the reality about Allah and was grateful to His Lord and the bounties He had bestowed upon him. This parable additionally reveals us to not solely be grateful to Allah SWT, as a result of each success we obtain is from Him, however to bear in mind that our vanity will likely be our downfall.
My favourite ayah from the primary 74 ayahs in Surah Kahf needs to be the next as a result of, on this ayah, Allah SWT as soon as once more reiterates the truth that nobody can ever change the phrase of the Quran. It’s the phrase of Allah SWT, nobody has ever modified it and nobody will ever be capable to change it.
Recite what has been revealed to you from the E book of your Lord. None can change His Phrases, nor can you discover any refuge in addition to Him.
— Quran (18:27)
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