Allah and His Creation.pdf

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Multi-Media

Edition


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2008 Mawlawi Jahangir Mahmud

[email protected]


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Himself

Relationshipwith HisCreation

Relationshipwith His

Messengers

We shall studythree

basic themesof the

Quranicverses


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LETS BEGIN THE

QURANIC PASSAGES


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ALLAH & HIS CREATION


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Allahs Relationshipwith

His Creation


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Key Features of Allahs

relationship with His creation He is most Gracious &

Merciful.

All Praise is due to Allah

He is the Lord of the

Worlds,

Master of the Day ofJudgment

Will reward / punish as

per deeds Only He is to be

worshipped

He is to be feared

He grants Guidance

Those who followguidance get Grace

Those who dont, earn

His anger

He is the Creator of all,us & all around us; ofGood & Evil

We Should not set uprivals with Him

He gave us knowledge

His refuge should besought from evil


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Surah Al-Fatiha 1:1-7

In the name of Allah, mostGracious, most Merciful.

Praise be to Allah, the Lord ofthe Worlds,

Most Gracious, most Merciful,

Master of the Day ofJudgment.

You alone we worship, andYour aid we seek.

Show us the straight way,

The way of those on whomYou have bestowed YourGrace,

those whose portion is notwrath, and who go not

astray.


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(i)

Teachings Lessons

Beliefs

Theme

(ii)

How does the Quranexplain it

What examples etc ituses

How similar themes arementioned in the HQ

Example from the Quranor the Ahadith

The Main

Theme(s)

The

Presentation of

the Theme


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The Main Theme(s)

This is the opening Surah of the Quran its theme is Tauheed or absolute oneness

of Allah, and man's relationship with Allah It tells us that Allah alone deserves

worship because He has power to ensuresustenance of all, extend mercy to all anddispense ultimate justice

We need to seek His guidance in order to

earn His favour and avoid the ill fate ofmisguided communities This guidance is contained in the Quran

and the Prophet's Sunnah.


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The Presentation of the Theme. The focal point of the Surah is the guidance in the

light of which man can guarantee success for himself

in this world and the Hereafter This guarantee lies in treading the path of

righteousness designed and shown by Allah ascontained in the Quran and the Sunnah of the HolyProphet

This path has been given the name in 3:103 as theRope of Allah that ensures collective survival of thebelievers

The Surah also stresses on seeking Allah's help andcompassion in all affairs of life because Allah alone is

the source of help He maintains all forms of life including those that are

beyond our imagination The last two Surahs of the Quran (al-Muawwazatain)

provide similar guarantee by asking the believers to

seek Allah's refuge against all evils.


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Surah Baqara 2: 21-22

21. O people! Adore your Guardian-Lord, who created you andthose who came before you, so that you may have thechance to learn righteousness

22. Who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens yourcanopy; and sent down rain from the heavens; and by itbrought forth fruits for your sustenance; then do not set uprivals to Allah, when you know.


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21. O people! Adore yourGuardian-Lord, who created

you and those who camebefore you, so that you mayhave the chance to learnrighteousness

22. Who has made the earthyour couch, and theheavens your canopy; andsent down rain from the

heavens; and by it broughtforth fruits for yoursustenance; then do not setup rivals to Allah, when you

know.


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Teachings Lessons

Beliefs

Theme

(ii)





The Main

Theme(s)

The

Presentation of

the Theme


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The Main Theme(s)

These two verses describe some of Allah'sspecial bounties for the whole mankindthat provide certain essential means ofsustenance

The verses particularly mention the Productivity of the earth Protective shield provided by the heavens Virtue of rain to activate the process of

production of variety of fruits The main purpose of mentioning these

visible favours of Allah remind themankind to worship Allah and to lead a

righteous life.


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The Presentation of the Theme.

Man needs to acknowledge bounties of Allah byway of expressing gratitude to Him and bybowing down before Him

The whole mankind, the heavens and the earthwith their respective roles of serving mankind arethe greatest signs of Allah's creative power andHis relation with His creatures

Now it is man's duty to identify his Lord byworshipping none but Him, by praising Himthrough regular prayers and by obeying the rulesof conduct determined by Him

This is the greatest benefit of belief in Tawhid -developing Taqwa or piety and refuting shirk

Surah ar-Rahman repeatedly asks mankind toacknowledge the countless blessings of Allah.


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Surah Al Alaq 96; 1-5

1. Read! in the name of your Lord, who created

2. Created man out of a clot of congealed blood

3.Proclaim! And your Lord is most bountiful

4. He who taught by the pen

5. Taught man what he did not know.


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1. Read! in the name of yourLord, who created

2. Created man out of a clotof congealed blood

3.Proclaim! And your Lord ismost bountiful

4. He who taught by the pen5. Taught man what he did

not know.


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Teachings Lessons

Beliefs

Theme

(ii)





The Main

Theme(s)

The

Presentation of

the Theme


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The Main Theme(s)

This is part of the first ever revelation sent to theProphet

It mentions two of Allah's most importantattributes and these are

His creating man bestowing knowledge upon him

Man has been asked by Allah to acknowledge Hisgreat favours that make man superior to all othercreations

Allah perfected man through various stages ofdevelopment

and enabled him to read and write with the helpof pen.


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The Presentation of the Theme

These verses address the Holy Prophet andremind him of the exclusive favour of Allah

by creating Adam and then granting himthe faculty of knowledge that elevated hisstatus even above angels

This superiority of Adam was due to

awarding him specially designed body andmind Allah created man Shaped him

Taught him HE is the source of all Knowledge : Ayat al

Kursi Man should worship HIM alone


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Surah ZilZal 99; 1-8

1. When the earth is shaken to her utmost convulsion,2. And the earth throws up her burdens

3. And man cries out: 'What is the matter with her?4. On that day will she declare her tidings5. For that your Lord will have given her inspiration6. On that day will men proceed in companies sorted out, to be shown

their deeds7. Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of good see it

8. And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil shall see it.


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1. When the earth is shaken to herutmost convulsion,

2. And the earth throws up herburdens

3. And man cries out: 'What is thematter with her?

4. On that day will she declare hertidings

5. For that your Lord will have givenher inspiration6. On that day will men proceed in

companies sorted out, to be showntheir deeds

7. Then shall anyone who has donean atom's weight of good see it8. And anyone who has done an

atom's weight of evil shall see it.


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Teachings Lessons

Beliefs

Theme

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The Main

Theme(s)

The

Presentation of

the Theme


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The Main Theme(s)

The Surah narrates the signs of onset of the Dayof Judgement and the events unfolding in itsaftermath

The Day will mark the end of time and begin by anintense shaking of the earth that will lead to utter

chaos All this will be by the command of its Creator,

Allah Almighty By this command again, all humans will be

brought before Him to stand accountable for alltheir worldly deeds

Their fate will be determined on the basis of theirperformance in the worldly existence

This will be done by showing them all their deedsor misdeeds.


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The Presentation of the Theme Belief in the Hereafter is one of the fundamentals of

Islam

Allah has created this universe according to His ownplan and will bring it to an end on one particular day That day will begin by the blow of Trumpet by angel

Israfil and that will cause extremely violent shakingof earth which will eject all the dead in it

The next phase will be marked by all humansstanding answerable before their Creator Lord Then He will show the minutest details of each and

every deed of His creatures Now none can deny the divine justice The Quran presents many other signs of the Day of

Reckoning with reference to certain other aspects For example al-Infitar (The Cleaving Asunder), al-

Inshiqaq (The Rending Asunder) and al-Takwir (Thefolding up of the sun).


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The 7 in Allahs ShadeThe Prophet said, "Seven (people) will be shaded by Allah by His Shade

on the Day of Resurrection when there will be no shade except HisShade.(They will be),

1) A just ruler,

2) A young man who has been brought up in the worship of Allah,

3) A man who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are thenflooded with tears,

4) A man whose heart is attached to mosques,

5) Two Muslims who love each other only for Allah's Sake,

6) A man who is called by a charming lady of noble birth to commit sin

with her, and he refuses, saying, 'I am afraid of Allah,'7) And (finally), a man who gives in charity so secretly that his left

hand does not know what his right hand has given.

Allahhumma RabbanaJaalnaMin Hum May Allah include us amongstthem


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Surah Al-Nas 114: 1-6

In the name of Allah, most Gracious ,most Merciful.

1. Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of Mankind,2. the King of Mankind,

3. the Allah of Mankind,

4. from the evil of the whisperer who withdraws,

5. who whispers in the hearts of Mankind,

6. from Among Jinn and Mankind.


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Say: I seek refugewith the Lord ofMankind,

the King ofMankind,

the God of Mankind,

from the evil of the

whisperer whowithdraws,

who whispers in thehearts of

Mankind,from Among Jinnand Mankind.

Th


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Teachings Lessons

Beliefs

Theme

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The Main

Theme(s)

The

Presentation of

the Theme


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The Main Theme(s)

This is the last Surah of the Quran and is partnerto the preceding Surah (Al-Falaq)

Both Surahs teach the believers to find Allah'sprotection against all evil forces

This Surah focuses on three important aspects ofman's relation with Allah

Allah alone is to be acknowledged as the soleSustainer and Supreme over all humans

Therefore, He is only to be worshipped

Developing these bonds of association with Allahwill help a believer to guard against the incursionof Satan and his host of men and Jinnaat whoare bent upon attacking the faith of believers.


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The Presentation of the

Theme The Surah primarily addresses the Prophet to

seek protection of Allah Almighty against the evileffect of the magic spell cast on him

Through the Prophet, its teachings extend to allbelievers who are required to ward off all possible

evils that are aimed at distracting them from theRight Path

Believers are to remember that Allah alone is theMaster Lord and Monarch of all humans and,therefore, has full powers to undo all evil forces

crafted by Satan They should also remember that Satan may

attack their faith through his assistant jinnaatand men who accomplish their unholy mission by inspiring one another with adorned speech as a

delusion.


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