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Principles and Practices of Almighty Allah 1 MIN-AL QUR-AAN š For Class Nine ‡ By Prof. Dr. Masood A.A Quraishi 2 ä ~ ð3Š çW ì à zV ƒ0+Z Æ ‘ ä ~ ð° Ó uZ ì Å { LZ D E D I C A T I O N This effort is meant for all good natured children and youngesters who are destined to fulfil their responsibilities towards welfare of all humans and their R E N A I S S A N C E as prescribed by Glorious Qur-aan in the coming years of their lives 3 [138:3] ô ^Œ $×ß ù eønø^áºÖô ] ø âF„ THIS IS A PLAIN STATEMENT FOR THE GUIDANCE OF PEOPLE [17:54] ? Òô†û ‚$ Ú% àû Úô û ãøØ Êø IS THERE ANY ONE WHO SHALL LEARN ANY LESSON? 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My respected parents, family members and numerous friends and colleagues have liberally offered their sincere and dedicated cooperation, advice and prayers in the preparation of Min-al-Quraan. But that particular person who drew my attention to the basic concept of Min-al-Quraan for the first time and who brought home its urgency and its potential role and who kept on inspiring me during long drawn out years of its formulation and sequencing, he is MUHAMMAD AKRAM ZIA , a friend and colleague of mine. I am grateful to all of them with my utmost sincerity and I pray for their best herein as well as hereafter. 5 Œ P R E F A C E Qur-aan is the Divine text book for all the people. Mankind has yet to grow to its zenith by developing its potentials and making use of its nearly infinite authority in the light of Quran. It has yet to fulfil the pupose of its creation by establishing a strong universal, fair , just caring, loving,and respecting socio-economic-political system on this globe. It is in view of these noble targets that the responsibility of spreading the message of Quraan in a scientific manner to every corner of this world lies on each and every one of us. Min-al-Qur-aan is a unique series of books compiled according to the latest scientific principles of effective communication of teaching Quraan to the teaming millions of children and youngsters. These are 13 volumes starting from Prep to Pre-Univ. class. The message of Qur-aan has been presented in Qur-aan's own words. The beauty and captivating qualities of divine language of Quraan have been retained as such. The most peculiar feature of these volumes is perhaps that the divine message has been selected, sequenced and organized according to natural temperament, intellectual level, environmental awareness, level of knowledge and specific needs of the youth. The underlying idea is that the divine message may reach the souls and minds of the youth with maximum ease and comfort in minimum time. The sole purpose of this effort is that both youth as well as grown ups may learn this, vital message with smiling faces and having greatest of liking and enjoyment. It is only through this approach that Qur-aan will ultimately perform its long awaited miracle of triggering the awakening process of immense hidden dynamic forces of mankind. The Quraan will thus not only keep him on right track during one's strenuous and complicated struggle of life but will no doubt lead such person ahead of all in no time. Min-al-Qur-aan will be printed in colour. Appropriate pictures, sketches, cartoons and maps are being provided for most components of the divine message for enhancing, accelerating and facilitating their understanding and increasing their effectiveness. Moreover, it is planned to be translated in all modern languages of the world in order to make it easy, accessible and understandable to each and every one on this globe. In order to further facilitate the learning of Qur-aan by western Muslims in particular, it is proposed to bring all the European languages in comformity and in unison to Qur-anic language by printing the pronounciation and word for word meaning of Qur-aanic words in mirror reflection of their normal writing i.e. from right to left. In this way Qur-aanic words(text), their pronounciation and their word for word meaning will march hand in hand in unison to each other and the reader will learn and imbibe the message and its spirit in a very natural and easy way. In the end all readers are requested to kindly convey their valuable suggestions and share their experiences for making Min-al-Qur-an more attractive and effective and progamatic. May Allah accept this effort. Dr. Masood A.A. Quraishi December 12, 20005 F o r m e r l y P r o f e s s o r University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. King Abdul Aziz University,Jeddah University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi a n d p r e s e n t l y P r o f e s s o r GIFT University Gujranwala 6 CONTENTS SR. NO. LESSON PAGE 1 UNITY OF ALLAH 7 2 MESSENGERHOOD 44 3 THE MESSAGE OF ALLAH 56 4 PRINCIPLES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF 68 ALLAH 5 GOOD AND LOVABLE DEEDS 108 6 BAD AND EVIL DEEDS 148 7 ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUDGEMENT 198 8 PRAYERS AND REQUESTS 234 7 (1) UNITY OF ALMIGHTY ALLAH EVER ALIVE AND EVER PRESENT SINCE BEFORE ORIGIN OF CREATIONS EVER-LASTING BEYOND ETERNITY ORIGINATOR, DESIGNER AND CREATOR OF EACH AND EVERY THING OF THIS UNIVERSE NOURISHER, SUSTAINER AND GUARDIAN OF ALL HIS CREATIONS MOST KIND, MOST WISE, MOST LOVING MASTER , MOST CARING KING OF ALL HIS CREATIONS MAKER OF PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES, LAWS AND COROLLARIES , RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF HIS MASTER PIECE CREATION i.e. HUMAN A N D ONE WHO IS KING, MASTER, OWNER, THE ONLY CHIEF EXECUTIVE, GOVERNOR , RULER OF THIS UNIVERSE ENJOYING ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY FOR EVER AND EVER 8 9 ALMIGHTY ALLAH HAS NOT ONLY CREATED LONG LASTING AND VAST SECURE UNIVERSE BUT HE HAS ALSO CREATED ALL TYPES OF LIVING CREATIONS AND IN PARTICULAR MAN. REST ASSURE HE WILL REPEAT THIS ACTIVITY AGAIN ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION [32:21] ^÷çû¾ övûË Ú$ ^Ë÷û ‰øÏ Ûø«ðø$ ]ÖŠ ^ßøû qøÃø× æø MAH-FOOZA SAQFAM S-SAMAAA-A JA-ALNA WA WELL GUARDED A CANOPY THE HEAVENS HAVE MADE WE AND And O people ! Remember how skilfully and beautifully We have provided for you a secure canopy of heavens which protects you from all evil rays and evil bodies. [2:13] ãø^ø †øæûÞ iø ÂøÛø‚õ ônû† Çøeô ÛFçFlô$ ]ÖŠ Äø ø …øÊ „ôpû$]Ö äö#Ö× ø ] TARAUNA HAA AMADIN BI-GH AIRI S-SAMAA-WAATI RAFA-A LLA-ZEE ALLAA-HU YOU SEE THEM SUPPORT WITHOUT THE HEAVENS WHO HAS THE ONE ALLAH RAISED UP O People ! Allah is so masterly that He has raised up the heavens so high without any visible support. Do you consider all this wonderful creation as purposeless! Ü$$ö Ðø×ûíø û]Ö ]ö møfû‚ø¨ „ôpû$ ]Ö âöçø æø SUMMA L-KH ALQA YAB-DA-U L-LAA-ZEE HU-WA WA THEN CREATION WHO ORIGINATES THE ONE IT IS HE AND [27:30] nûäôøÂø× âûçøáöø ] âöçø æø möÃônû‚öåX ALAIH AH-WANU HUWA WA YU-EEDU-HOO UPON HIM VERY EASY IT IS AND HE WILL REPEAT And behold O people ! It is He (Allah) Who begins the process of creation; He will then repeat it on the day of resurrection for judging its performance; and remember this resurrection of the creation is a very easy task for Him. IT MAY BE RECALLED THAT CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH IS A TRUTHFUL REALITY WHICH HAS A GREAT PURPOSE [3:16] ôùvøÐ û^Ö eô šø…û ûø ]Ÿ æøÛFçFlô$ ]ÖŠ Ðø ×ø ìø BIL-HAQQ L-ARZA WA S-SAMAA-WAATI KH ALA-QA WITH TRUTH THE EARTH AND THE HEAVENS HE HAS CREATED 10 O people beware ! He Allah has created the heavens and the earth as a ''truthful reality with as sublime purpose which is to support and nourish human race so that He Allah may ultimately judge their performance. æøÛø«ðø$ ]ÖŠ ^ßøÏû×ø ìø Úø^ æø WA S-SAMAAA-A KH ALAQ-NA MAA WA AND THE HEAVEN HAVE CREATED WE NEVER AND [27:38] ÷ eø^›ô¡ ãöÛø^ø eønûß Úø^ æøšø …û ûø ]Ÿ BAATILA BAINA-HUMAA MAA WA L-ARZA IN VAIN IN BETWEEN THESE TWO WHATEVER AND THE EARTH O people behold ! Allah Almighty has never created the heaven and the earth and all that is in between these in vain; These are to support and nourish human race whose performance will be surely judged by Us one day. ÛFçFlô$ ]ÖŠ Ðø×ø ìø „ôpû$ ]Ö äø# ]Ö× á$ø ] S-SAMAA-WAATI KH ALA-QA L-LAZEE L-LAAHA ANNA THE HEAVENS WHO HAS CREATED THE ONE ALLAAH THAT à$ ôÏôã ×ûíø ôe møÃûoøÜûø æøÖ šø…û ûø ]Ÿ æø BI-KH AL-QI-HINNA YA''YA WA-LAM L-ARZA WA WITH CREATION GET WEARED AND NOT THE EARTH AND THEIR [33:46] oF Ûøçûi û]Ö cøoôvûn m% áûø ] o5 Âø× õ‚ô… ÏF eô L-MAUTAA YUH-YEE-YA ANYY ALAAA BI-QAADIRIN THE DEADS HE GIVES LIFE TO THAT UPON IS CAPABLE Have not People ever considered that Allah Almighty Who has already created the heavens and the earth and Who did not get weared by their creation is capable of giving life to the dead ones on the day of judgement for the purpose of their evaluation.
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