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Sheikh Maulana Abdus Sattar (DB) Imam and Khateeb, Masjid Bait-us-Salam, Karachi, Pakistan Translation: http://theheartopener.wordpress.com/
five minutes and the person sits for an hour, then you happily express, I asked only for five minutes and he sat for a whole 1 hr. And so if you come to Allahs house for few minutes and Allah made you sit for long, then what a great thing it is! The dearer the guest is, longer and more does Allah makes him sit.
this is why Allah made this to be heard and read repeatedly in every salah for the Muslims so the summary of the Quran remain afresh in their hearts and minds. When the summary of the whole Quran is in the Surah Fatiha, the summary of the Surah Fatiha is in the Ba of the Bismillaah. The Arabic meaning of Ba is to connect, which means the summary of the Quran is to connect the slave with his Allah .
Surat-ud-Duaa
O honorable ones! Let the good thing happen that we get to hear some tafsir of Quran that we hear and recite and let Allah so make it happen that this season becomes a means of our connection with Allah . And the one who gets connected to Allah will be protected from the arrows of all the distress, trials, worries and restlessness of this world. One of the names of the Surah Fatiha is also Surat-ud-Duaa in which Allah has showed the slave the method of requesting. Praise Allah , exalt Allah , place your humility in the presence of Allah and then present your maqsood (purpose) in the court of Allah . And what is that maqsood? Ya Allah! Grant me the guidance. If an employer tells you to bring a letter of request when you ask him for leave, then it means that the employer is willing to grant you leave and that is why he is giving you the instruction. Similarly Allah is showing the slave the method of request which means Allah is willing to offer His slave. O honorable ones! When a slave makes duaa to Allah with firm belief in his heart and placing trust in Allah , then Allah doesnt reject the duaa. Yes but Allah is Hakeem (wise). Even when a child asks the mother for ice cream, in place of ice cream she gives an apple. Allah too does like that. A slave asks for something and Allah grants him some other thing because Allah has more ilm (knowledge), wisdom and affection than the 3
mother. A slave asks something from his point of view and Allah grants him something from His own grandeur. O honorable ones! But there is one thing in the whole world which has no replacement to be given in Jannah or in the form of reward. If the slave asks for that thing with the real quest to Allah , then he will be definitely granted. If a person asks for a son, maybe he will get a replacement in Jannah, if he asks for wealth, maybe he will get a replacement in Jannah, is he asks for health, maybe he will get a replacement in Jannah, if he asks for his own house, maybe he will get a replacement in Jannah and if there is one thing that will be granted right in this world if a slave asks with true quest is hidaayat (guidance) from Allah because its replacement is only in dunya and not in the akhirat. So if anyone seeks guidance from Allah with true quest, then Allah will definitely grant him the guidance. Thus the other name of the Surah is Surat-udDuaa. Plead to Allah by praising Him , exalting Him , placing your inability, dependency and neediness before Allah . ihdinas siraatal mustaqeem Guide me to the straight path. Allah then shows the guidance. Siraatal-laziina 'an-'amta 'alay him Do you need guidance, then embrace the path of those who are on the straight path, upon whom is the inaam (favor) of Allah and those were the Prophets, siddiqeen, martyrs and the righteous Embrace them and Allah will guide you to the straight path. Gayril-magdhuubi 'alay him wa laz-zaaalliin. Who is maghdhuub (those who angered Allah ?)Maghdhood are those who had the ilm but no righteous deeds. Zaalleen are of that group who out of ignorance became astray. And saalih (righteous) is the one who is fortunate to have correct knowledge and also the amal (righteous deeds). If you got such people on the earth, then it is blessed for you got the guide, the path to paradise, the property and target of guidance. So just hold on to them, you will find it useful. When Allah has made them the means of guidance, Allah has also made the Allahs Book as the 4
means of guidance in addition to the people of Allah . Then comes Surah Baqarah, where in is the mention of the Book, the guide to those who fear Allah .
They wage war against the Muslims in a hidden way. This is the group that makes fun of the deen and the people of Allah saying they are fools and of backward when thinking themselves to be very intelligent and far sighted. This is the group whose religion and path tend to be the worldly benefits. If he gets worldly benefit through Islam, he raises the flag of Islam and whenever his worldly benefits fall in danger, he renounces Islam. The mention of these munaafiqeen is in many verses. After mentioning those, Allah gives couple of similitude regarding them that these people are blind, deaf and dumb and they remain in the darkness, and they cannot see or hear.
and put them in humiliation and disgrace. Allah mentions that the Jews and Christians can never be the well wishers of the Muslims and in fact they have worst hatred towards Muslims in their hearts and have worst racist attitude towards them in their hearts and they never want the Muslims to progress, to flourish, ascent and gain any honor. They have lots of things in their hearts which they may not express openly but they only wish the Muslims become Jews and Christians.
Allah but it is mainly the command of Allah that matters. The command was first to turn towards Bait-ul-Muqaddas and turning towards it was the ibaadat (worship) and now the command is to turn towards Bait-ul-Allah and turning now towards it was the ibaadat (worship). So the real thing is about the following the command of Allah and His obedience is the worship and this is calledthe servitude.
characteristics. See the governance of the world which is run solely by Allah and see Whose command runs in the wind and breeze of this world and see Who pegged the mountains on the earth and Who brought forth the fruits and grains from the earth. Everything invites towards Allahs tawheed and Power. Allah says, O people eat that is pure. Allah calls us towards righteousness while shaitaan calls towards evil. Allah then mentions about the forbidden things that pig is haram, the meat that is slaughtered in the name of other than Allah is haram, the flowing blood is haram and animals that are dead are haram to consume. Allah repeatedly mentions not to hide the truth for it is such a lowly act to buy the misguidance in place of few worthless pennies. It is a thing of great courage to have patience over the punishment of Allah for hiding the truth for worldly benefits. This is how Allah disapproves the act of hiding the truth for worldly benefits and this is the summary of the first juzz of Quran. Let Allah help us to act on what we hear, write and read. Ameen