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You may have heard of Bayyinah Institute and some of the lectures by brother Nouman Ali Khan, for example, his lecture on eloquence in the Qur’an or the importance of learning Arabic.
They are famous for their traveling 10-day courses on Arabic, Tajweed, [...]

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I read an amazing authentic hadeeth the other day that I’ve never heard before:
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ رَضِيَ الله عَنْهُمَا، أَنَّهُمَا شَهِدَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: “إِذَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ“، [...]

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Alhamdulillahil lathi bi ni’matihi tatimu saalihaat.
I wanted to share this awesome new initiative that Bayyinah Institute is doing:
http://www.bayyinah.com/dream/
And tune in tonight (and every wednesday night) after Maghrib (eastern time) for a tafseer session with br Nouman, live from Maryland, on juz ‘amma.

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Alhamdulillah, the Bayyinah course was an awesome three weeks of being immersed in the remembrance of Allah ta’ala and the language of His Book. I hope this compilation of the gems have been beneficial inshaAllah. To see everything that was shared again, check out the Bayyinah Gems category. May Allah ta’ala grant Bayyinah Institute success, [...]

Bismillah, walhamdulilah.
In the Qur’an, the only place where the story of Aadam alayhi salaam occurs twice consecutively back-to-back is suratul Israa (17) and suratul Kahf (18). The story of Aadam alayhi salaam is mentioned in other surahs such as A’raaf and Baqarah, but here in these two surahs, his story is mentioned in the middle [...]

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In Arabic, there are means in which you can empower a statement and also weaken it in degrees. Allah ta’ala says:
وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
“And if a breath of the Torment of your Rabb touches them, they will surely cry: “Woe unto us! Indeed we have [...]

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walhamdulillah,
One of the powerful means that the Qur’an spreads its teachings is by dialogue. In many surahs in the Qur’an, Allah ta’ala displays to us the conversations between people: Allah ta’ala and the Angels, Ibrahim alayhi salaam and his father, Musa alayhi salaam and Khidr, the two men of the garden (surah Kahf), and Musa [...]

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walhamdulillah
Allah ta’ala mentions this statement many times in the Qur’an:
إِنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِ
Certainly that is from the noble tasks.
When this statement occurs, it is always in reference to sabr (patience).
However, when this statement appears in Surah Shoora (42), something different occurs that does not in all the other ayaat….Allah azza wa jal states:
إِنَّ [...]

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walhamdulillah, we received another double gem session last night, but since they are different topics inshaAllah I will post them separately.
So here is Qur’anic gem # seven:
In surah Shu’ara (26), Allah ta’ala mentions the stories of many Prophets, and He says:
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ
When their brother Nuh (alayhi salaam) said to them, and [...]

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May Allah ta’ala make us companions of the Qur’an. Ameen.
I’ve been realizing how true the statement “the more you learn, the less you know” is. SubhanAllah as many Qur’an classes you or myself have taken, the bottom line is that we can never finish studying the Qur’an; there is always something to learn.
On Wednesday [...]