Friday, October 24, 2008

Surat AlikhlasS

Surat Al-Ikhlass or purity of faith:

*Here we are taught to avoid the pitfalls in which men and nations have fallen at various times in trying to understand Allah.

Transliteration:
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Bismillahi rrahmani-rraheem

Qul huwa llahu ahad.
Allahu-Ssamad.
Lam yalid walam youlad.
Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad.

Meanings of words:
-Qul = say (O Muhammad)
-huwa = He
-llahu= Allah(I wrote a hyphen instead of the a because it has to be read this way to be joined to huwa,this is called idgham in the art of reading the quran.)
-ahad = The One
-Ssamad= the Eternal,the Absolute
-lam = not
-yalid= beget(a son)
-wa= and
-youlad = begotten
-yakun= was
-lahu=unto Him
-kufuwan= kufuu equal,or like (an is added as two fat-has on the last letter a of the word).
-Ahad= one

*1)The first thing we learn is that Allahs nature is so sublime,so far beyond our limited conceptions.The best way that we can realise Him is to feel that He is a personality,and not a mere abstract conception of philosophy.He is near us,cares for us,we owe our existence to Him.
2) He is the One and only God ,the only One to whom worship is due.
All other beings or things that we can think of are His creatures and in no way comparable to Him.
3)He is eternal,without beginning or end,absoulte,not limited by space nor circumstance,the Reality.
4)We must not think of Him as having a son or a father,for that would be to import animal qualities into our conception of Him.
5)He is not like any other person or thing that we know or can imagine.His qualities and nature are unique.


wallahu a'alam

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