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Beautiful Qur’an Recitation: Ayat Al Kursi – by Ahmed al Ajami (Audio)
One who recites Ayatul Kursi every morning will be in the protection, safety of Allah until the night. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) has said: These things increase ones memory; sweets, meat of an animal near the neck, Adas(Lentils), cold bread
and recitation of Ayatul Kursi. Imam Ali (AS) was told by our Holy Prophet: Qur’an is a great word, and Surah Baqarah is the leader of the Qur’an and Ayatul Kursi is the leader of Surae Baqarah. In Ayatul Kursi there are 50 words and for each word there are 50 blessings and good in it.
Translation:
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What Are the Inner Dimensions of Fasting?
Source: http://www.onislam.net/
By: Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
It should be known that there are three grades of fasting: ordinary, special and extra-special.
Ordinary fasting means abstaining from food, drink and sexual satisfaction.
Special fasting means keeping one’s ears, eyes, tongue, hands and feet-and all other organs-free from sin.
Extra-special fasting means fasting of the heart from unworthy concerns and worldly thoughts, in total disregard of everything but God.
See Not What Displeases God
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A chaste regard, restrained from viewing anything that is blameworthy or reprehensible, or which distracts the heart and diverts it from the remembrance of God. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
“The furtive glance is one of the poisoned arrows of Satan, on him be God’s curse. Whoever forsakes it for fear of God, will receive from Him, great and gracious is He, a faith the sweetness of which he will find within his heart.” (Al-Mundhiri)
Jabir relates from Anas that Prophet Muhammad said:
“Five things break a man’s fast: lying, backbiting, scandal mongering, perjury and a lustful gaze.” (Al-Albani)
Speak No Evil
Guarding one’s tongue from twaddle, lying, backbiting, scandal mongering, obscenity, rudeness, wrangling and controversy; making it observe silence and occupying it with remembrance of God and with recitation of the Quran.
The Prophet said:“Fasting is a shield; so when one of you is fasting he should not use foul or foolish talk. If someone attacks him or insults him, let him say: “I am fasting, I am fasting!” (Muslim)
Hear No Evil
Closing one’s ears to everything reprehensible; for everything unlawful to utter is likewise unlawful to listen to. That is why God equated the eavesdropper with the profiteer “(They like to) listen to falsehood, to devour anything forbidden:
{Listeners to calumny and consumers of unlawful gain. If they come to you, then judge between them or turn away from them. If you turn away from them, they cannot harm you at all; and if you judge, then judge justly between them; God loves the just.} (Al-Maidah 5: 42)
Do No Evil
“It is meaningless to fast, to abstain from lawful food, only to break one’s Fast on what is unlawful“
Keeping all limbs and organs away from sin: keeping the hands and feet from reprehensible deeds, and the stomach from questionable food at the time for breaking fast.
It is meaningless to fast, to abstain from lawful food, only to break one’s Fast on what is unlawful.
The object of Fasting is to induce moderation. The Prophet said:
“How many of those who fast, get nothing from it but hunger and thirst!” (Al-Albani)
Avoid Overeating
Of what use is the fast as a means of conquering God’s enemy and abating appetite, if at the time of breaking it not only makes up for all one has missed during the daytime, but perhaps also indulges in a variety of extra food?
It has even become the custom to stock up for Ramadan with all kinds of foodstuffs, so that more is consumed during that time than in the course of several other months put together.
It is well known that the object of fasting is to experience hunger and to check desire, in order to reinforce the soul in piety.
If the stomach is starved from early morning till evening, so that its appetite is aroused and its craving intensified, and it is then offered delicacies and allowed to eat its fill, its taste for pleasure is increased and its force exaggerated; passions are activated which would have lain dormant under normal conditions.
It is therefore essential to cut down one’s intake of what one would consume on a normal night, when not fasting. No benefit is derived from the fast if one consumes as much as he or she would usually take during the day and night combined.
Look to God with Fear and Hope
After the fast has been broken, the heart should swing like a pendulum between fear and hope. For one does not know if one’s fast will be accepted, so that one will find favor with God, or whether it will be rejected, leaving one among those He abhors. This is how one should be at the end of any act of worship one performs.
The truth is like an alarm clock, you might not want to hear it, but it can wake you up from your dreams and bring you back to reality.
The truth is like an alarm clock, you might not want to hear it, but it can wake you up from your dreams and bring you back to reality.
La verdad es como un reloj de alarma, es posible que no quiere oír, pero que puede despertarte de tus sueños y traer de vuelta a la realidad.
De waarheid is als een wekker, zou je niet wilt horen, maar het kan je wakker uit je dromen en brengen u terug naar de realiteit.
La vérité est comme un réveil, vous voudrez peut-être de ne pas l’entendre, mais il peut vous réveiller de vos rêves et vous ramener à la réalité.
Die Wahrheit ist wie ein Wecker, könnten Sie nicht hören wollen, aber es kann Sie aufwachen aus Ihren Träumen und bringen Sie wieder zurück in die Realität.
Shìshí shì, jiù xiàng yīgè nàozhōng, nǐ kěnéng bù xīwàng tīngdào tā, dàn tā kěyǐ huànxǐng nǐ cóng nǐ de mèngxiǎng, bǎ nǐ lā huí xiànshí.
Sanningen är som en väckarklocka, kanske du inte vill höra det, men det kan väcka dig från dina drömmar och ta dig tillbaka till verkligheten.
Pravda v tom, kak budil’nik , vy ne mozhete uslyshat’ eto , no eto mozhet razbudit’ vas ot vashey mechty, i vernut’ vas k real’nosti.
Gerçek şu ki, bir çalar saat gibi, bunu duymak istemeyebilirsiniz, ama sizin rüyalardan uyanmak ve gerçeğe geri getirebilir.
La verità è come una sveglia, non si potrebbe desiderare di sentirlo, ma puoi svegliarti dai vostri sogni e vi riporterà alla realtà.
Yang benar adalah seperti jam alarm, Anda mungkin tidak ingin mendengarnya, tetapi dapat membangunkan Anda dari mimpi Anda dan membawa Anda kembali ke kenyataan.
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