The Light 2018 06 June

June 2018 The
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your believing Companions) who are with you.
And Allah determines the night and the day (-
sometime the nights are long and sometime they
are short and sometime the day and the night are
equal). He knows that you (- the Muslims in general)
will not be able to keep up so long a vigil (to
say Night Prayer). He has, therefore, turned to
you with mercy. Recite then, as much of the Quran
(in your Night Prayer) as is easily possible. He
knows that some of you may be taken ill and others
may be moving about in the land seeking Allah's
bounty, and still others who may be fighting
for the cause of Allah, so (O Muslims!) recite as
much of it (- the Quran) as is easily possible (for
you). You shall, however, observe Prayer (regularly
five times a day in all events). And go on presenting
Zakat and set apart a goodly portion (of
your possessions to give for (the sake of) Allah.
And whatever good you send on before for yourselves,
you will find it with Allah as the best of
things meriting the greatest reward. And seek
protection of Allah. Verily, Allah is All-Protecting,
Ever Merciful. 8
62:9-10. O you who believe! when the call is
made for (the Congregational) Prayer on Friday
then hasten to extol the name of Allah and leave
off all business. That is best for you if you only
knew. And when the Prayer is finished, disperse in
the land and seek Allah's grace and bounty (and
restart your business), and go on remembering
Allah much that you may achieve an all-round
success. 9
2:187. (Though during Fasting you must abstain
from all the urges of nature including the
sexual urge) it is made lawful for you on the
nights of the fasts to approach and lie with your
wives (for sexual relationship). They are (a sort
of) garment for you and you are (a sort of) garment
for them. Allah knows that you have been
doing injustice to yourselves (by restricting conjugal
relations with your wives even at night), so
He turned to you with mercy and provided you
relief; now enjoy their company (at night during
Ramadan) and seek what Allah has ordained for
you. Eat and drink till the white streak of the
dawn becomes distinct to you from the black
streak (of the darkness), then complete the fast
till nightfall. And you shall not lie with them (-
your wives) while you perform I`tikaf (- while you
are secluding in the mosque for prayer and devotion
to God). These are the limits (imposed) by Allah
so do not approach these (limits). Thus does
Allah explain His commandments for people that
they may become secure against evil. 10
25:67. And (the true servants of God are
those) who, when spending, are neither extravagant
nor niggardly, (but their spendings follow)
a middle course, ever moderate; 11
Any transgression of rituals and practices in
name of faith that we commonly see in Sufism,
has parallels in monastic inventions by the followers
of the Jesus, that Quran shuns:
57:27. Then We caused a series of Our Messengers
one after the other to follow them closely
in their footsteps, and we caused Jesus, son of
Mary, to follow them, and We gave him (- Jesus)
the Evangel. And We placed compassion and
mercy in the hearts of those who followed him,
but as for monasticism they invented it themselves,
We did not enjoin it upon them. (They
started monastic life) to seek Allah's pleasure,
but they did not observe it (as faithfully) as it
should have been observed. Yet We duly rewarded
such of them as (truly) believed but many of them
were transgressors. 12
Sufism, as commonly known for its style
and practices, is alleged to Prophet Muhammad.
It has parallels to a faith misconstrued to Jesus.
Quran outlines as follows, which implies that
the Prophet too will disavow himself from such
inventions by his followers:
5:116. AND when Allah said, ‘O Jesus, son of
Mary! Did you say to the people, “Take me and my
mother for two gods beside Allah?”’ He (-Jesus)
replied, ‘Glory be to You! It was not possible and
proper for me to say a thing to which I had no
right. If I had said it, you would indeed have
known it, (for) you know all that is in my mind
but I do not know what is in Yours. It is You alone
Who truly know all things unseen.
5:117. ‘I said nothing to them except that
what You had commanded me, “Worship Allah,
My Lord as well as your Lord”. I was a witness
8 Al-Muzzammil – He That Has Wrapped Himself Up:
Nooruddin
9 Al-Jumu`ah – The Congregation: Nooruddin
10 Al-Baqarah – The Cow: Nooruddin
I Shall Love All Mankind.
11 Al-Furqan – The Standard of True and False: Nooruddin
12 Al-Hadid – The Iron: Nooruddin