Tag Archives: Tafsir

The benefit of remembering Allah a lot, from the tafseer of Ibn Kathir

Allah commands His believing servants to remember their Lord, who has bestowed upon them all kinds of blessings and favours, because this will bring them great reward and a wonderful destiny. Imam Ahmad narrated that ‘Abdullah bin Busr said: “Two Bedouins went to the Messenger of Allah and one of them said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which is the best …

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Qur’an Tafsir Class – Surat al Fatiha, Part 2 (audio)

Tafsir (commentary and explanation of the Qur’an) class, given by Ustad Hajj Abdel Ghani Melara, in which he explains the tafsir, based on several of the recognized commentators. (1) In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. (2) Praise to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. (3) The Merciful, the Compassionate. (4) King of the Day of Retribution. (5) …

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Qur’an Tafsir Class – Surat al Fatihah, Part 1 (Audio)

Tafsir class (commentary and explanation of the Qur’an), given by Imam Hajj Abdel Ghani Melara, in which he explains the tafsir, based on several of the recognized commentators. (1) In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. (2) Praise to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. (3) The Merciful, the Compassionate. (4) King of the Day of Retribution. (5) …

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Tafsir of Ibn Kathir on the Ayats Muhkamat and the Mutashabihat

It is He Who has sent down upon you the Book, in which there are precise signs (verses) that are the mother of the Book and other ambiguous ones. Those who have a deviation in their heart follow the ambiguous, in a spirit of discord and with the intention of interpreting it, but their interpretation is known only to Allah. …

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The balance between justice and mercy in the Qur’an

In recent political history, calls for justice have resounded with great urgency, especially in the United States, the United Kingdom, and throughout the Arab world. For example, in his remarkable primary campaign in the United States, Bernie Sanders repeated a call for social justice countless times, and he was able to do so in a country increasingly divided by inequality …

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Qur’an Tafsir Class – Ayat of Light (35:24) (Part 2) (Audio)

Tafsir class (commentary and explanation of the Qur’an), given by Imam Hajj Abdel Ghani Melara, in which he explains the tafsir, based on several of the recognized commentators. (35) Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth. Its light is like a niche in which there is a lamp; the lamp is inside a glass and the glass …

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