SURAH AN NAHL

النحل سورة

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Ruku No 1:• Three meanings of Word “Rooh” ---- spirit in every living being, angel, message from Allah

• For our physical survival, universe and its resources are created but for spiritual survival

messenger were sent to guide us.

• Harmonization in universe is proof of Tauheed.

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• Animals as pleasing possession --- Quantity, quality, meat, wool, skin, carrier --- Our cars (sense of

beauty and embellishment)

• Allah’s blessing to show us right path , forced guidance is not Allah’s will.

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Ruku No 2:• The blessing of water and its advantages ---- Ponder

• Sun and moon/ day and night --- ر� خ� Use reason to understand ---- س�

• Various colors of numerous things ---- ر� خ� Take heed / accept advice ---- س�

• Benefits of oceans --- ر� خ� Be grateful to Him ---- س�

• Benefits of mountains, rivers, tracks, landmarks and stars --- to find our way

• We cannot count Allah’s blessings.

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Ruku No 3:• Denial of Hereafter --- Arrogance --- Rejecting Truth and degrading others

• Calling Quran tales of olden times --- Ignorance --- Misleading due to lack

of knowledge --- burdens of themselves and whom they mislead

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Ruku No 4:• Plots against Truth --- Allah uprooted them from their foundation --- Disgrace and punishments

Here and Here after.

• The world of Barzakh ---- Proofs from Quran and Hadith

• Quran is best (excellence) --- Good fortune of Here and Hereafter both are in it.

• Comparison of life of believer and non believer in Barzakh.

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Ruku No 5:• Making lawful forbidden and the forbidden lawful is a form of Shirk.

• Difference between Allah’s will and His pleasure ---- Making Allah’s will an excuse for covering up

one owns crime.

• Taghut is everything which makes human being disobedient to Allah and instead being obeyed e.g.

King, government, Satan, ones own soul or desires.

• Lessons from Human history --- Punishment on unbelievers

• Rational and moral requirement of Here after --- Revelation of reality & accountability

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Ruku No 6:• Merits of Migration ---- Migration from evil towards good ---- Journey of moral self correction

• Patience and Tawakul Ilallah ---- Good abode in Here and Hereafter

• Ayah 44 ---- Rasolallah was expositor of Quran ---- Hadith is necessary to understand Quran

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• Three kinds of punishments in three Ayahs ---- Torment from earth or skies, punishments during

travel, punishment which act slowly & effect whole society

• Prostration of everything in this universe --- physical laws --- Obedience of Allah(SWT) ,

humbleness, avoiding arrogance, fear of Allah(Taqwa).

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Ruku No 7:• Do not take two Gods ---- Zoroastrians( goodness/light, evil/darkness)

• Shirk = Ingratitude to Allah(SWT)

• Feelings on the birth of daughters --- What are we doing? --- Allah is Most

Mighty, Most Wise.

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Ruku No 8:• If Allah seize people for their transgression, no creature on earth will be spared ---- Allah’s will not

to wipe out unbelievers and polytheists.

• Assigning things to Allah which even they dislike for themselves.

• Satan make our evil deeds attractive to us.

• Remove the disunity/ contradictions through Quran and Sunnah ---- Guidance and mercy

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Ruku No 9:• How milk is produced ? ---- Transformation of food into blood and then milk.

• A hint to the prohibition of wine.

http://www.dairy.edu.au/discoverdairy/Teachers/Games-Interactives/How-do-Dairy-Cows-make-milk-

interactive.aspx

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• Honey bee -- Discipline, Obedience, Collectiveness, Altruism--- Haroon Yahya’s documentary ----

Benefits of Honey ---- Shifa

• Abject of old age -- How it gradually occurs? --- Supplication for seeking refuge from evil of age

http://www.miracleofthehoneybee.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNaJLTJzrPo

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Performance5. Skin Care6. Soar throat, Stomach Ache

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Ruku No 10:• Distribution of Rizq --- The difference in degrees of economic status is mercy for Mankind.

• Divine arrangements for survival of Human race.

• Shirk = Ingratitude ---- Owner & slave are not equal/ Creator & creation are Incomparable

• Comparison of authorities and then attributes.

Rizq is what has been apportioned for you which benefits you. (Material & spiritual) 

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Ruku No 11:• Allah’s blessings ---- Human child, Abilities of our eyes, ears and heart.

• Flight of birds and their structure --- Pondering increases our Iman.

• Tawakul Ilallah of birds.

• Allah’ s blessing which protect us from external influence --- shade, mountain, houses.

http://www.miracleintheeye.com/

The miracle in the auditory system (Harun Yahya) www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMYCxPTfAeE

The miracle in birdswww.youtube.com/watch?v=TLNrCQas_zc

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• Protection from dress.

• Allah makes provision for the minutest needs and necessities of every aspect of human life. He

perfects his blessings for us. ---- We have to submit and obey Him.

• Using and understanding all the blessings Allah provide us but forget at the time of obedience ----

Ingratitude = Not submitting = Kufr

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Ruku No 12:• Scene from the day of judgment --- dialogues b/w polytheist against each other

• A witness against every community ---- Rasolallah as witness.

• The Qur'an makes manifest everything on which depends guidance or deviation, success or

failure: whose knowledge is essential for following the Right Way: which clearly distinguishes

Truth from false hood.

• Quran = guidance = mercy = glad tidings for those who submit

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Ruku No 13:• Three do’s 7 don'ts ---- enjoins justice, kindness & the doing of good to kith & kin, & forbids all that is

shameful, evil & oppressive.

• Justice( Adl)- Maintaining the balance, fulfilling rights of others. Equitable dispensation of rights

• Ihsan --- Best work, excellence, giving more than its rights, good, generous, sympathetic, tolerant,

forgiving, polite, cooperative and selfless

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• Difference between Adl and Ihsan ---- Effects of Ihsan on society.

• Rights of family ---- Do not bypass your relatives.

• Fahsh ---- immodest, immoral or obscene or nasty or dirty or vulgar, not fit to be seen or heard --

adultery, fornication, homo-sexuality, nakedness, nudity, theft, robbery, drinking, gambling,

begging, abusive language etc.

• Munkar ---- evils which have always been universally regarded as evils and have been forbidden

by all divine systems of law.

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• Baghy ---- vices that transgress the proper limits of decency and violate the rights of others,

whether those of the Creator or His Creation. 

• Enjoin covenants --- Three types of covenants ---- Avoid opportunism

• Breaking pledge is forbidden --- Example of woman who untwist yarn which she had spun.

• Importance of Taooz.

• The way of faith and trust in Allah is the way of freedom from the power and control of the Satan.

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Ruku No 14:• Hikmah of Abrogated Ayahs ---- Allah IS All Knowing, All Wise.

• Benefits of gradual revelation of Quran ---- firmness in believe, steadfastness, patience during

hardships, consolation and glad tidings of Paradise.

• Permission to utter words of disbelief if one is forced to save his/her life -- Examples of Sahabah

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• Rukhsah or Azimah ---- What do we choose?

• When did Allah set a seal on hearts, hearing and eyes -- When love the life of this world is more

than the Hereafter.

• Migration, Jihad and Patience ---- Trials

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Ruku No 15:• At the day of judgment every body will only be worried about themselves.

• Afflicted with hunger and fear ---- Example of a town whom Allah provide security, ease and

sustenance in abundance but they were ungrateful.

• Serving Allah = thankfulness(avoid disobedience), Halal provision and avoid Haram

• Conditions for acceptance of repentance ( ignorance/ forgetfulness) --- Repent, correction

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Ruku No 16:• Attributes of Ibrahim(AS) ----- Community himself, Hanif , disassociate Himself from Polytheists,

Thankful.

• Order to call to the way of Lord ;Do Dawa -- 3 principles & etiquettes of Dawa.

1. Goodly exhortation ---- convincing the addressee with reasonable & appealing arguments

showing sincere concern for & the welfare of the addressee.

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2. Hikmah --- Wisdom --- Keep in view the intelligence,

capability & circumstances of the addressees and convey the Message in

accordance with the requirements of the occasion.

3. Refrain from indulging in argumentation and controversies --- Listen

addressee carefully, purpose shouldn’t be defeating others, avoid accusation

and taunts, softness and good morals.

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• Retribution is permissible but only in proportion to the wrong done to you.

• Patience is better than retribution --- Patience is bestowed by Allah alone.

• Forgiveness is the key principle of Dawa --- do not grieve or feel distressed by their evil plans.

• Allah is with those who hold Him in fear and do good --- Tawakul Ilallah