11th-12th Grade Qur’an Packet 9

Ms. Yasmine

October 22-24

Name ______________________________________Iman Academy SE 2014-2015

What are we learning this week?

Write reflections on three selections from the Qur’an Develop the habit of reading/memorizing the Qur’an daily Review memorization of Suwar from Juz’ ‘Amma (If you’re

done, move on.) Review common words found in the Qur’an and their

grammatical functions (Kaana and family) Review History and Approaches to Tafsir for next week’s

test. Answer questions about Surat ‘Abasa 1-16 Correct recitation of Al-Ma’un & Al-Kawthar Memorize Ayat 1-8 of Surat al-Ahqaf.

Qur’an Journal

Monday, Ocober 20th: Al-Baqarah 152

So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me.

Does Allah “forget”? What does this Ayah mean? Write your thoughts before discussion and after.

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Wednesday, October 22nd :

O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.

We all lose our patience from time to time. What are some situations in which you get frustrated and lose your patience? Do these situations more often involve things or people? In which situations are you MOST patient? LEAST patient? What factors seem to be present/absent when are patient VS when you are impatient? What can you do to help display more patience at those times you have more difficulty with it?

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Friday. October 24th: Al-Baqarah 155

And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to

the patient.

Do you think that patience comes naturally, i.e. you have it as a child, or is it something that is learned as you get older and more mature? Share your thoughts on whether being patient is more of a genetic trait or an acquired one, and comment on how patience may be developed.

OR… Does today's society and way of living encourage one to be patient? Why or why not? Share your thoughts on this issue.

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Memorization Plan

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Weekly Qur’an Log

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Vocabulary: Kaana and Family

English Meaning

Arabic Word Extra Notes

أخواتها و كانكان

بات

ظل

أصبح

أضحى

أمسى

زال ما

دام ما

صار

ليس

All of these words are similar to the “to be” verbs, however what they describe ARE occurs at different times.

Translate the following Ayat with your teacher. Examine the grammatical function of Kaana and family.

1) ا كاة ما دمت حي وأوصاني بالصالة والز2) وأصبح فؤاد أم موسى فارغا3) ر أحدهم باألنثى ظل وجهه مسودا وإذا بش

وهو كظيم4) اس تكونوا شهداء على الن  ل5) وال يزالون مختلفين6) ه بأحكم الحاكمين أليس الل7) ذين آمنوا كونوا قوامين بالقسط ها ال يا أي

ه شهداء لل8) وكان حقا علينا نصر المؤمنين

Go to Qur’an.com. Search for two Ayat with “kaana” or any of its cojugations. Write them here with their translations. Underline the meaning of kaana in each translation.

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Surah Abasa [80] - Dream Tafseer Notes - Nouman Ali Khan

Ayah 11:

ها تذكرة كال إنNo! Indeed, these verses are a reminder.kal-laa inahaa tadhkirah

Kal-laa - No! Not at all! Scolding (Zajr)- No!

No, (O Muhammad) they are not worth spending time on. He should spend his time on the one who fears and wants to purify himself.

No doubt about it.

Innaha tadhkirah. (Surely this is a tadhkirah.)

Truly it is an incredible reminder.

dhikra (mentioned and explained in Ayah 5) - A beneficial reminder which Allah's Messenger was going to give to Abdullah ibn al Maktoom.

tadhkeer (Same pattern as taf'eel) - A powerful form of a reminder, but less

than tadhkirah.

tadhkirah (Hyperbolised) - The highest form of a reminder. This Qur'an is a powerfully incredible reminder. Can't help but to remember it.

How is the Qur'an a Reminder when it’s a new revelation or something you’re hearing for the first time? 

Because it attracts the human fitrah [natural disposition of a human], Allah made us bear witness that He is One and that we should ask Him for help.

تهم ي ك من بني آدم من ظهورهم ذر وإذ أخذ ربكم قالوا بلى وأشهدهم على أنفسهم ألست بربا عن هذا غافلين ا كن شهدنا أن تقولوا يوم القيامة إنAnd [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware."[al A'raf 7:172]

When you receive the Message, if you have any good fitrah left with you, it will be a light which guides you to the truthful religion which the soul is originally inclined to. It reminds you of what’s already embedded in you.

Who will benefit from the reminder? 

The ones who have even a little amount of fitrah intact left within them. Since the fitrah [which is from Allah] inclines to the wahy/revelation [which is also

from Allah].

Allah also shows that those who have heard the tadhkirah/greatest reminder and still don't benefit from its guidance, there’s no help left for them, since they don't fear. They don't want to purify themselves, so leave them alone.

Don't think that there is something missing in your Message, there is nothing wrong its conveyance since this is the greatest and clearest of messages, it’s up to them if they will take benefit in this reminder and internalize it, or if they will reject it.

It is not a human tadhkirah, but a Divine one from Allah.

Ayah 12:

فمن شاء ذكرهSo whoever wills may remember it.fa man shaa'a dhakarahU

Then whoever wants may take remembrance from it 

Hu (masculine)- it (the entire Qur'an)

ر بالقرآن من يخاف وعيد  فذكRemind by the Qur'an whoever fears My threat.[al Qaf 50:45]

Whoever wants will take remembrance from it, so (O Muhammad), your duty is only to convey the Message and it is up to the people if they will remember or benefit from it.

Ayah 13:

مة في صحف مكر[It is recorded] in honored sheets,fee suhufin mukarramahThis reminder is in Suhuf - scriptures/sheets/scrolls.

Suhuf (saheefah)- spread out like paper scrolls and written on it.

Mukarramah (takreem) - honoredThis Qur'an is preserved so high in the Lawh al Mahfoodh (The Guarded Tablet) with Allah, containing information of EVERYTHING.

Mukarramah- Exalted in status and noble.

Then don't feel saddened/put down [dhillah] that these people aren't benefitting from its Reminder. They are the ones in loss, not this lofty noble Book which is guarded so highly with Allah.

adh-dhillah - This feeling of humbleness after exhaustion in Da'wah (calling to Islam) should not be shown to those who reject Islam. Rather, it should only be with other Muslim believers.

We should be meek when dealing with Muslims, and we should show strength, confidence, integrity and self-respect when dealing with those opposing Islam.

Ayah 14:

مرفوعة مطهرةExalted and purified, marfoo'atin muttaharah

marfoo'atin - raised/elevated

mutahharah - purified

Description of the scrolls with Allah, the Lawh al Mahfoodh, where the Revelations are protected.

The disbelievers are listening to this Makkan Qur'an too. So the fact that you can hear this secure and high ranked message is great enough for a human, but if this message isn't going to have an effect on you, then what will?

This is honoring the Message and belittling their disbelief.

Before, they would casually reject it and Allah's Messenger would be desperate for them to accept it. Now Allah is honoring the Messenger and the Message, while belittling those who reject it.

Ayah 15:

بأيدي سفرة[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels, bi aydee safarah

In the hands/disposal of safarah/scribes.

Safarah (sifr)- book that unveils things.

Scribes that take record from the Lawh al Mahfoodh and unveil it to the Messengers through revelation, others say it refers to the scribes of the Messenger of Allah, his companions, who hear the Qur'an from Allah's Messenger and transcribe it.

Majority view is that it refers to Angels, based on the next Ayah.

Ayah 16:

كرام بررةNoble and dutifulkiraamin bararah

Bararah - goodness and ones who are extremely good

Baarr بار  with alif in the middle - someone who is good.

The plural بررة shows strength.The more often used plural of baarr بار is abraar ابرار.The more powerful plural of baarr- bararah بررة.

bararah  jam'u kathrah (a lot) - بررةabraar ابرار - jam'u qillah (a few).

The Angels are grouped as bararah, and humans as abraar because there are a lot more angels who are good in comparison to a few good humans.

Angels are entirely righteous. The most noble and righteous of angels are the Qur'ans’ scribes. This is the same Message [Qur'an] you [disbelievers] hear, and if you don't benefit from it, you are in loss, not those who are better than you.

This is a reply of Allah to His Messenger who is in extreme grief because they do not believe. Allah is continuously ensuring him that if they don't want to believe, they are the ones at loss.

After giving the upper hand to the Message itself, we will return back to the matter of the human being in the next set of Ayat.

Questions:

1. Provide the connotations for each of the three word forms taken from the root ( - ر- ك .referring to a reminder (ذ

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2. Describe the position and status of al-Lawh al-Mahfoodh in these Ayat.

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3. What is the evidence provided that Angels are being referred to in Ayah 15?

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4. Write two practical reflections/lessons that you derive from these Ayat.

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