Q: Could you please explain the Tafseer of Ayah 9 of Surah Al-Hujurat when Sayyiduna Ali (radhiyallahu anhu) was fighting in the battle of Siffin. Could you elaborate on that. Can you explain the word فَقَـٰتِلُوا۟ If the side of the oppressors does not stop, are they killed?
Q: Several years ago, my Qaari Saheb taught me proper, comprehensive tajweed principles along with their application. Eventually, I forgot the principles although if I am asked to recite something, I can Alhamdulillah recite it properly.
I wish to revise tajweed. Please suggest a book (in any language: English, Urdu, or Arabic) that explains the principles comprehensively.
Q: It is mentioned in the Quraan that there are five things which only Allah Ta'ala knows. The first is regarding when Qiyaamah will occur, the second is regarding when rain will fall, the third is regarding what is in a woman's womb, the fourth is regarding what a person will earn, and the last is regarding a person's time of death.
Nowadays, we can say when rain will fall by referring to weather forecasts. We can say whether a boy or girl is in the mother's womb by ultrasound. So when we have information regarding these things, then what does it mean when the Quraan says that only Allah Ta'ala has knowledge of these things?
Q: One interpretation of the meaning of Surah 18, Verse 110 reads:
“Say, ‘I am only a human being, like you, to whom it has been revealed that your God is One. Anyone who fears to meet his Lord should do good deeds and give no one a share in the worship due to his Lord.”
Another interpretation of the meaning reads: “Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I am only a man like you, ˹but˺ it has been revealed to me that your God is only One God. So whoever hopes for the meeting with their Lord, let them do good deeds and associate none in the worship of their Lord.”
When I shared the first interpretation, I later read it and saw the word “fears” used, so I told the group to focus on the Arabic as I thought the translation was wrong.
Then at one point I read: قد يكون الرَجْوُ والرَجاءُ بمعنى الخوف
I had a fear of falling into Kufr
Q: Based on the following Hadith, how should we recite the third verse in Surah Layl?
عن علقمة قال: قدمت الشأم فصليت ركعتين ثم قلت: اللهم يسر لي جليسا صالحا فأتيت قوما فجلست إليهم فإذا شيخ قد جاء حتى جلس إلى جنبي قلت: من هذا؟ قالوا: أبو الدرداء فقلت: إني دعوت الله أن ييسر لي جليسا صالحا فيسرك لي قال: ممن أنت؟ قلت من أهل الكوفة قال: أوليس عندكم ابن أم عبد صاحب النعلين والوساد والمطهرة وفيكم الذي أجاره الله من الشيطان يعني على لسان نبيه صلى الله عليه وسلم أوليس فيكم صاحب سر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم الذي لا يعلمه أحد غيره ثم قال: كيف يقرأ عبد الله: والليل إذا يغشى؟ فقرأت عليه: والليل إذا يغشى والنهار إذا تجلى والذكر والأنثى قال: والله لقد أقرأنيها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من فيه إلى في (صحيح البخاري، الرقم: 3742)
Q: What is the significance of the word وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ in the Quraan Majeed?
Q: What does it mean for believers to compete with each other to do more good deeds than others? Won't it result in showing off?
Q: As we know, there are various types of qiraat (I mean, reciting the Quraan in different dialects). Could we represent qiraat art as Islamic traditional art? I am using the word 'tradition' because this art is being delivered by centuries to the next generation.
Q:
1) If I am reading a sajdah tilaawah aayah repeatedly on the same spot, then only one sajdah is compulsory. However, if I am in a musjid and I am reading the same aayah while moving around, then how many sajdahs do I have to make? Does the distance I cover while moving around make a difference?
2) If I am reading the same sajdah aayah in madrasah in the same classroom but at different spots, then how many sajdahs do I have to make?
Q: Someone is trying to memorize Surah Yaseen and recite it like Omar Hisham al Arabi. But when she try's to recite it, she imagines that shes doing it in front of people and imagines that she will recite to others later. She feels sad thinking that she can't focus on the fact that it should be only for Allah.
Should she stop memorizing? Should she take an oath that she will never recite "like that" in front of people? She also thought that she would recite beautifuly like that in front of her future husband. Is there any duaa for this?