Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The most beloved people to Allah are those who are most beneficial to people. The most beloved deed to Allah is to make a Muslim happy, or remove one of his troubles, or forgive his debt, or feed his hunger. That I walk with a brother regarding a need is more beloved to me than that I seclude myself in this mosque in Medina for a month. Whoever swallows his anger, then Allah will conceal his faults. Whoever suppresses his rage, even though he could fulfill his anger if he wished, then Allah will secure his heart on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever walks with his brother regarding a need until he secures it for him, then Allah Almighty will make his footing firm across the bridge on the day when the footings are shaken.”
Source: al-Mu’jam al-Awsaṭ lil-Ṭabarānī 6026; Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani
Mua’wiyyah ibn al-Hakam reported: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, among us are men who write by script.” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There was a prophet among the prophets who wrote by script. Whoever writes according to his way is correct.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 537; Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim
Al-Qurtubi said, “Idris, upon him be peace, was the first to write with the pen, the first to sew and stitch his clothing, and the first to study knowledge of the stars, their calculations, and their movements.” Source: Tafsīr al-Qurṭubī 11/117
عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمِنَّا رِجَالٌ يَخُطُّونَ قَالَ كَانَ نَبِيٌّ مِنْ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ يَخُطُّ فَمَنْ وَافَقَ خَطَّهُ فَذَاكَ; 537 صحيح مسلم كتاب السلام باب تحريم الكهانة وإتيان الكهان
قال القرطبي إِدْرِيسُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ خَطَّ بِالْقَلَمِ وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ خَاطَ الثِّيَابَ وَلَبِسَ الْمَخِيطَ وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ نَظَرَ فِي عِلْمِ النُّجُومِ وَالْحِسَابِ وَسَيْرِهَا; 19:56 الجامع لأحكام القرآن سورة مريم قوله تعالى واذكر في الكتاب إدري
PEN – AL QALAM & BEGINNING OF CREATION
‘Ubadah ibn al-Samit reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, the first to be created by Allah was the pen. Allah told it to write, so it wrote all that will exist until forever.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3319; Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani
عن عبادة بن الصامت عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْقَلَمَ فَقَالَ لَهُ اكْتُبْ فَجَرَى بِمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلَى الْأَبَدِ
3319 سنن الترمذي كتاب تفسير القرآن باب ومن سورة ن والقلم
3319 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح في صحيح الترمذي
SURAH ALAQ – THE PEN In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
1. Read/ Recite: In the Name of your Lord who created.
the Prophet said: “Jibril (peace be upon him) led me (in Salat) twice at the House. So he prayed Zuhr the first time when the shadow was similar to (the length of) the strap a sandal. Then he prayed Asr when everything was similar (to the length of) its shadow. Then he prayedMaghrib when the sun had set and the fasting person breaks fast. Then he prayedIsha when the twilight had vanished. Then he prayed Fajr when Fajr (dawn) began, and when eating is prohibited for the fasting person. The second time he prayed Zuhr when the shadow of everything was similar to (the length of) it, at the time of Asr the day before. Then he prayed Asr when the shadow of everything was about twice as long as it. Then he prayed Maghrib at the same time as he did the first time. Then he prayed Isha, the later one, when a third of the night had gone. Then he prayed Subh when the land glowed. Then Jibril turned towards me and said: “O Muhammad! These are the times of the Prophets before you, and the (best) time is what is between these two times.” ( : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 149);
Angel Jibril (Gabriel) visited the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon them) over two consecutive days at the Kaaba to demonstrate and establish the exact timings for the five daily prayers. He led the prayers at their earliest times on day one, and their latest permissible times on day two.
The starting and ending bounds of these prayer periods are defined as follows:
Fajr (Subh): Begins at the break of dawn (when the first true horizontal light appears) and ends just before the sun rises.
Dhuhr (Noon): Begins immediately after the sun passes its highest zenith.
Asr (Afternoon): Begins when an object’s shadow is equal to its own length, and ends before the sun turns yellow or sets.
Maghrib (Sunset): Begins immediately after the sun has completely set and ends when the red twilight disappears.
Isha (Night): Begins when the red twilight disappears and lasts until the middle or two-thirds of the night.
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The word يحيى mentioned in Quran. Quranic Verses about Yahya/ John
Surah Maryam/ Mary 19:15
وسلام عليه يوم ولد ويوم يموت ويوم يبعث حيا ١٥
ﱢPeace be upon him the day he was born, and the day of his death, and the day he will be raised back to life!
The Birth of the Boy and His Characteristics
This also implies what is not mentioned, that this promised boy was born and he was Yahya. There is also the implication that Allah taught him the Book, the Tawrah which they used to study among themselves. The Prophets who were sent to the Jews used to rule according to the Tawrah, as did the scholars and rabbis among them. He was still young in age when Allah gave him this knowledge. This is the reason that Allah mentioned it. Because of how Allah favored him and his parents, He says,
ييَحْيَى خُذِ الْكِتَـبَ بِقُوَّةٍ
(O Yahya! Hold fast to the Scripture the Tawrah.) Means, “Learn the Book with strength.” In other words, learn it well, with zeal and studious effort.
وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْحُكْمَ صَبِيّاً
(And We gave him wisdom while yet a child.) This means he was given understanding, knowledge, fortitude, diligence and zeal for good and the pursuit of good. He was blessed with these characteristics even though he was young. Allah said,
وَحَنَانًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا
(And (made him) Hananan from Us,) 19:13 Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said,
وَحَنَانًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا
(And Hananan from Us, ) “This means mercy from Us.” `Ikrimah, Qatadah and Ad-Dahhak all said the same. Ad-Dahhak added, “Mercy that no one would be able to give except Us.” Qatadah added, “With it, Allah had mercy upon Zakariyya.” Mujahid said,
وَحَنَانًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا
(And Hananan from Us,) “This was gentleness from His Lord upon him.” The apparent meaning is that Allah’s statement Hananan (affection, compassion) is directly related to His statement,
وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْحُكْمَ صَبِيّاً
(and We gave him wisdom while yet a child.) meaning, “We gave him wisdom, compassion and purity.” This means that he was a compassionate man, who was righteous. Hanan means the love for affection and tenderness (towards others). Concerning Allah’s statement,
وَزَكَوةً
(and Zakatan,) This is related to His statement,
وَحَنَانًا
(And Hananan) The word Zakah means purity from filth, wickedness and sins. Qatadah said, “The word Zakah means the righteous deed.” Ad-Dahhak and Ibn Jurayj both said, “The righteous deed is the pure (Zakah) deed.” Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said, وَزَكَوةً
(and Zakatan,) “This means that he was a blessing.” وَكَانَ تَقِيًّا
(and he was pious.)19:13 meaning that he was pure and had no inclination to do sins. Allah said;
(And dutiful to his parents, and he was not arrogant or disobedient.) After Allah mentioned Yahya’s obedience to his Lord and that Allah created him full of mercy, purity and piety, He attached to it his obedience to his parents and his good treatment of them. Allah mentioned that he refrained from disobeying them in speech, actions, commands and prohibitions. Due to this Allah says,
وَلَمْ يَكُن جَبَّاراً عَصِيّاً
(and he was not arrogant or disobedient.) Then, after mentioning these beautiful characteristics, Allah mentions his reward for this,
(And Salam (peace) be on him the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he will be raised up to life (again)!) This means that he had security and safety in these three circumstances. Sufyan bin `Uyaynah said, “The loneliest that a man will ever feel is in three situations. The first situation is on the day that he is born, when he sees himself coming out of what he was in. The second situation is on the day that he dies, when he sees people that he will not see anymore. The third situation is on the day when he is resurrected, when he sees himself in the great gathering. Allah has exclusively honored Yahya, the son of Zakariyya, by granting him peace in these situations. Allah says,
(And Salam (peace) be on him the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he will be raised up to life (again)!) This narration was reported by Ibn Jarir, from Ahmad bin Mansur Al-Marwazi, from Sadaqah bin Al-Fadl, from Sufyan bin `Uyaynah.
The word Yahya يحيى (Her shall Live – John) mentioned 05 times in Quran in 05 verses. (3:39)
So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, “Indeed, Allah gives you good tidings of John, confirming a word from Allah and [who will be] honorable, abstaining [from women], and a prophet from among the righteous. (6:85)
[He was told], “O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name. -(19:12)
So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.
About John Masefield
John Masefield (1878-1967) served as Great Britain’s Poet Laureate from 1930 to 1967. He loved the sea and wrote many poems about it. He also wrote novels and children’s books.
If the sea is calling you, what are you waiting for?
The oldest university in the world is the University of Al Quaraouiyine, in Fez, Morocco. It was originally founded as a mosque in 859, before developing into one of the leading spiritual and educational centres of the Islamic Golden Age.
Founded in 859 A.D. by Tunisian-born Fatima al-Fihri in Morocco’s Fez, the university is not only the oldest higher education institution on Earth but also the first to be founded by a woman, and a Muslim one at that. Fatima used her inheritance from her merchant father’s wealth to found the university which started as an associated school – known as a madrasa – and a mosque that eventually grew into a place of higher education. It also introduced the system of awarding degrees according to different levels of study in a range of fields, such as religious studies, grammar and rhetoric. Though the university first focused on religious instruction, its fields of study quickly expanded to include logic, medicine, mathematics and astronomy, among many others.
In 1963, it officially became a part of Morocco’s modern state university system, and is now widely known for being the oldest continuously operating university in the world.
The university has contributed significantly to global Islamic education, and has played a massive role in shaping intellectual and cultural traditions. The classes taught there concentrate heavily on the Islamic religious and legal sciences, with a particular focus on Classical Arabic grammar and linguistics and Maliki law.
The mosque building itself features elements from various periods of Moroccan history, becoming an important architectural landmark.
(NB: Although many scholars consider the University of Al Quaraouiyine to be the oldest university in the world, some scholars consider that it operated as an Islamic madrasa until after WWII and only became a university in 1963.)
The library currently hosts more than 4,000 valuable manuscripts in a range of fields, including historic copies of Islam’s holy book, the Quran. Some of these precious texts include the 14th-century work of “Al-Muqaddimah” and an original copy of “Al-‘Ibar” by the famous Muslim historian Ibn Khaldun, a pioneer in sociology. Other pieces such as the famous “Al-Muwatta” – the earliest collection of hadith texts (the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings) gathered by Malik, considered to be one of the first legal texts to incorporate both hadiths and fiqh, Islamic jurisprudence.
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“All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
There are three main copies of Hamlet: the First Quarto, also known as the “Bad Quarto”, published in 1603; the Second Quarto, or “Good Quarto” of 1604; and the version included in the First Folio, published in 1623. These texts are commonly abbreviated Q1, Q2 and F1.
Three additional early texts are known, John Smethwick‘s Q3, Q4, and Q5 (1611–37); these are regarded as reprints of Q2 with some alterations.
This version preserves most of the First Folio text with updated spelling, punctuation, and five common emendations introduced from the Second (“Good”) Quarto (italicised).[1]
TO BE OR NOT TO BE – HAMLET QUOTE
To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them: to die, to sleep No more; and by a sleep, to say we end The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks That Flesh is heir to? ‘Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep, To sleep, perchance to Dream; aye, there’s the rub, For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. There’s the respect That makes Calamity of so long life: For who would bear the Whips and Scorns of time, The Oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, [F: poore] The pangs of despised Love, the law’s delay, [F: dispriz’d] The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th’unworthy takes, When he himself might his Quietus make With a bare Bodkin? Who would Fardels bear, [F: these Fardels] To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of Resolution Is sicklied o’er, with the pale cast of Thought, And enterprises of great pitch and moment, [F: pith] With this regard their Currents turn awry, [F: away] And lose the name of Action. Soft you now, The fair Ophelia? Nymph, in thy Orisons Be all my sins remember’d.
Hamlet – William Shakespeare
Hamlet. (Act III scene 1)
“To Be Or Not To Be” The Soliloquy
Translation into modern English: – by William Bertrand
The question is: is it better to be alive or dead?
Is it nobler to put up with all the nasty things that luck throws your way, or to fight against all those troubles by simply putting an end to them once and for all?
Dying, sleeping—that’s all dying is—a sleep that ends all the heartache and shocks that life on earth gives us—that’s an achievement to wish for.
To die, to sleep—to sleep, maybe to dream. Ah, but there’s the catch: in death’s sleep who knows what kind of dreams might come, after we’ve put the noise and commotion of life behind us.
That’s certainly something to worry about. That’s the consideration that makes us stretch out our sufferings so long.
After all, who would put up with all life’s humiliations—the abuse from superiors, the insults of arrogant men, the pangs of unrequited love, the inefficiency of the legal system, the rudeness of people in office, and the mistreatment good people have to take from bad—when you could simply take out your knife and call it quits?
Who would choose to grunt and sweat through an exhausting life, unless they were afraid of something dreadful after death, the undiscovered country from which no visitor returns, which we wonder about without getting any answers from and which makes us stick to the evils we know rather than rush off to seek the ones we don’t?
Fear of death makes us all cowards, and our natural boldness becomes weak with too much thinking.
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Like Alhamdulillah, this phrase or expression is meant to be said in every situation. It is to acknowledge and be thankful to Allah (سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ) for the life you have, whichever way it unfolds. The exact meaning of Alhamdulillah ala kulli hal is, “All praise and thanks are only for Allah in all circumstances.”
Duah when Breaking Fast in Ramadan
Dua when Hosted with a Meal
The powerful supplication you are looking for is from the Sunnah (Prophetic traditions), highly recommended for seeking protection from all forms of evil. [1, 2]
Transliteration: A’oothu bikalimaatil-laahit-taammaati min sharri maa khalaq.1]Translation: “I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.”
When to Recite It:
Upon entering a new place:The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said that whoever stops at a place or enters a residence and recites this will be protected from all harm until they depart from that residence. [1, 2]
Morning and Evening:Reciting this three times in the evening is a known protection from harm, such as insect stings or poisonous creatures. [1, 2]
When you are feeling scared or uncomfortable: It is an excellent and comprehensive dua for anxiety, bad dreams, or entering unfamiliar environments
