Ma'ariful Qur'an: Blessings – The tangible and intangible

Food, wealth, health, family, security.

Honour, happiness, intelligence, wisdom, guidance.

The joys of this world

The joys of this world

joys they are indeed

joys no doubt

tainted as they are

tinged as they are

with fear, with worry, with grief,

of decrease, of protection, of loss.

Such, is the life of this world.

Ma'ariful Qur'an: The Prophet's Miracle

To celebrate the start of Ramadhan - the month of Qur'an - let's have a think to enumerate some of the Qur'an's distinctive qualities:

1. When listened to with even the slightest courtesy, the recitation of the Qur'an - the melody and rhythm alone - takes a hold of the heart of the listener – Muslim or non-Muslim, Arab or non-Arab – in a strange, undeniable, incomparable manner.
2. The more one recites, studies and ponders a passage of the Qur'an – any passage of the Qur'an – the more eager one becomes to recite it and to understand it in yet greater depth. Few other books – if any – can retain their charm beyond a fourth or fifth reading for even the most fervent admirer.
3. No other book or comprehensive collection of teachings is so easy to memorise and memorised by so many people.

The distinguished few

If you love those who love you,
what reward have you?
Do not all men do the same?

And if you salute those who salute you,
what reward have you?
Do not all men do the same?

And if you bless those who curse you,
have heart for those who hate you,
pray for those who persecute you,
few are those who do the same.

Desire

Obeying desire
you'll see
is like watering a plant
or feeding a pet.
It grows!!

No alcoholic,
no gambler,
no banker,
ever had his fill,
ever consumed his want.

Consumed he was.

Yaqeen

Certainty.
Confidence.
Certainty carried in Confidence.

You alone our Lord

To You alone we direct our worship.
Free we are from submission
to any beside You.

From You alone we seek our help.
Free we are from dependence
on any beside You.

In Your hand we are our Lord.