Understanding the vocabulary of salah
REFERING TO ALLAH THIRD PERSON
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- Bu səhifədəki naviqasiya:
- USING PLURAL WE WORSHIP YOU
- FIRST HALF ESTABLISHED OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ALLAH, THE SECOND HALF IS SUPPLICATION IHDINAA SIRAATAL MUSTAQEEM
- SIRATALADHEENA AN AMTA ALAYHIM
- IMPORTANCE OF ROLE MODELS
- THE FIRST LESSON IN ARABIC CLASSES
- Jannata Yatasaaa Aloon
- WAJANLAA LILTMUKEENA IMMAMA
REFERING TO ALLAH THIRD PERSON So the sequence here is important THE BEST WAY TO SEEK ASSITANCE FROM ALLAH IS TO APPROACH HIM WITH WORSHIP
Allah separates them by the repetition of IYAKAA So that NO ONE will get the idea that you MUST worship Allah to get Allahs assistance because some people may have lost their way, they stop praying and dhikr, they find themselves in tough situation, where they want to ask Allah for help but they don’t think they are entitled to it- I haven’t been praying I cant ask.
Alhudmullahrabialameen (All praise is for Allah) we are talking ABOUT Allah. When you say their name its 3rd person Arahmaan nirahiim maaaliki yowmideen We are praising Allah by TALKING ABOUT HIM. To show how low we are and how high Allah is, he is way beyond us. But as SOON as we talk about worship and seeking assistance we talk TO Allah! In the beginning Allah is way beyond you, but as soon as you engage in worship and ibaadah, you become close to him! USING PLURAL WE WORSHIP YOU Only you do WE worship That is plural, All of us What if I praying salah by myself? Can I say “I” worship?- NO Remember Fatiha is the ESSENCE, the CORE of the concepts in the Quran One of THE most important concepts we have in the Quran is UNITY Its very important! Here, when we talk about worshiping Allah , its WE, not I to remind you of unity What is that unity connected to? WORSHIP, IBAADAH
We focus on EVERYTHING else except ibaadah Lets have picnic, get together, diner etc, But NOTHING unifies us like salah! It removes all the barriers It doesn’t matter color, culture, language, rich poor, nothing matters anymore young, old EVERYONE lines up. Everyone follows imam together, goes into sujood together Unity is focused mainly on community Unity is also WIHTIN the family! One very basic solution is performing salah together at home,. It sounds simple but it begins and starts here.
HE IS THE ONE that puts the companionship and unity within our hearts RESTABLISH YOUR CONNECTION WITH ALLAH iyaka Allah responds again HA THAA BAYNI ADBI- “THIS relationship, this bond, this connection, IS BETWEEN ME AND MY SLAVE The means 2 things -When someone has a problem with someone and a third person steps in and its said to that person “don’t worry its just between him and me”, that mean I have things taken cared of, Allah is saying “this is between me and my slave, everything else is taken cared of” 2nd implication 2 people are having conversation, and 3rd person comes in and you say get out, this is between me and him. This shows PRIVACY, INTIMICY, this is an INTIMATE relationship, close, near, private, unique, individual relationship with Me and my slave. WA LI ABDI MA SA AL- 2nd time we see this! Climax is building, it is coming, building suspense “And for my slave is what ever he has asked for” – still doesn’t explain what that means, it will come.
Comes from the word HIDAYA- (origin means walk with someone along, show them the way) If you have seen a blind person, his walking stick is HAADIYA because it shows person the way)
IHDI NAA (naa means US, guide us, show us the way) What do we want to be guided to? ASIRAAT-
It means PATH (siraat) but it means a SPECIFIC type of path, there are other words for path SABEEL (path) SIRAAT (path) The difference is siraat has NO PLURAL in the Arabic language! Sabeel has plural (subul) but siraat has no plural! When ever imaan is talked about in the Quran, faith and belief, Allah uses SIRAAT because there is ONLY ONE PATH OF GUIDANCE, ONLY ONE PATH OF IMAAN, singular, one The concept of unity is continuing. Everyone is one line, one path Singular path of guidance, following way of prophet, and it unites us When Allah talked about spending in the way of way Allah, Allah used SABEEL! Fi sabee lilah! Because there are A LOT of ways to give in the way of Allah!!! Give to the masjid, humanitarian relief, Islamic school, etc so there are many many paths.
This comes from the root for the word TO STAND (qiyam)- Means to stand MUSTAQEEM means (to make something stand, to make something upright) then it is STRAIGHT, that’s where the translation of straight comes from. The translation gets to the point. Make someone stand and upright and stand
It carries 2 implications- It’s the MOST APPROPRIATE WAY a person can walk through this life If Allah was to say IHDINAS SIRAATAL MUSTAKEEM, it conveys a point- But that kind of leaves a question People want to live upright lives, people want to be ethical and moral BUT what humanity struggles with is the issue of HOW DO YOU DEFINE THAT? WHAT IS THAT? Everyone tries to come up with their own idea, and their own definition Humanity struggles with this ALLAH PROVIDES US WITH AN ANSWER FOR THAT. When Allah give us hidayah, Allah lights the way You know EXACTYL where you are going Allah defines that path, what is that path of guidance
AN AMTA comes from the root word for BLESSING The path of those people whom YOU HAVE BLESSED, whom you have sent your blessing upon
AL MAGHDOOB (its passive, means THEY HAVE INCURRED THE WRATH UPON THEMSELVES! They themselves, have brought upon the anger upon themselves!! WALADHAALEEN Not the path of those people who are wandering around lost, doesn’t know his or her way Allah identifies path of guidance BY the people whom He has blessed GUIDANCE IS A BLESSING OF ALLAH NO ONE IS ENTITLED TO IT, NO ONE CAN CLAIM IT FOR THEMSELVES We need to constantly be thankful to Allah for the great blessing we have! WE WOULDNT BE ABLE TO GET HERE OURSELVES We ATTTRIBUTE this blessing to Allah, YOU have given it to me Ya Allah Allah then talks about EVIL, Evil is the ABCENCE OF GUIDACNE, darkness is the absence of light. EVIL is manifested in 2 different ways Either people become DISOBEDIENT, rebellious, “Im going to do what ever I feel like doing” OR It manifests itself in the form of APATHY, they just don’t care, lost, clueless, they don’t even know they don’t care! WE SEEK PROTECTION FROM ALLAH GHAYRIL (doesn’t say “people who you are angry upon” don’t attribute it to Allah- When we talk about anger, we don’t say Allah sent the anger, THEY brought it upon themselves! Allah identifies what is guidance by pointing out the people before us When he tells us the opposite of that he ONCE AGAIN points out people IMPORTANCE OF ROLE MODELS The innate need of someone is to seek out role model IT’S A NEED people have Everyone looks up to SOMEONE Everyone EMULATES SOMEONE! Whether athlete, parents, celebrity, or friend
We need to teach about the prophets, his family, his personality, We need to teach about the great scholors and sahabah We as parents, as older brothers, we need to BECOME BETTER ROLE MODELS! we need to live up to the standard where they can lookup to us We don’t do that SO ITS NO SURPRISE THE ROLE MODELS THE YOUTH FOLLOW today. They talk like them, they dress like them, they walk like them, Its something to think about and this surah teaches us that WA LADHAALEEEN Allah responds HA DHA LI ABDI “THIS IS FOR MY SLAVE” THIS IS THE Explanation for the teaser that was given twice, (my slave will get what he asks for) THIS is what he has been asking for What is the GREATEST blessing from Allah? - GUIDANCE, That is why we pray for it, ask for it many times in every single salah There is NO OTHER BLESSING BETTER, MORE SIGNIFICANT Allah says THIS IS GIVEN TO HIM! What the slave had asked for Take special note at the beginning of the hadith THE UNDERLINED WORD IS SALAH The beginning of the hadith, we started off by saying “I HAVE DIVIDED THE PRAYER” Then the hadith goes on, The hadith talks about what? Salah? – NO
Then why did Allah say I have dived the salah? When the hadith talks about fatiha? ALLAH IS REFERRING TO A PORTION OF SOMETHING BY MENTIOING THE WHOLE! Fatiha is part of salah, salah is whole, and portion is surah fatiha! When I say my car is broken but the wheels are fine, the body is fine, the steering, the seats, everything is fine, only the engine is busted- I STILL say the “the CAR is broken”.
The engine is the ESSENCE of the car, there is no point to the car without the engine The ESSENCE OF THE SALAH IS SURAH FATIHA, there is no point of salah without FATIHA!!! (hadith) We also think its a FIQH issue (whether or not surah Faitha is needed for salah or notetc), but we missed the point! The prophet is saying FATIHA IS THE CORE OF SALAH, IT’S THE ESSENSE OF FATIH After studying the Fatiha we find how it’s the core The word NISFAYN in the hadith We said it means TWO EQUAL HALVES From the beginning of Surah Fatiha to the end of the first half (NASTEEN) there are 63 letters. The second half from ihdinaa to waladhaaleeen,- there are 63 letters. When Allah says he has divided Fatiha into 2 equal halves look at how the words of Allah ARE SO PRECISE THERE ARE LITTERALLY TWO EQUAL HALVES! It’s the beauty and accuracy of Surah Fatiha. When was the LAST TIME YOU EXPERIENCED SALAH, not prayed salah, or performed salah, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU EXPERIENCED SALAH!! When was the last time you LOST YOURSELF IN SALAH!?? Like kids playing video games, for HOURS they cant hear you or see you.
When you talk on the cellphone look a time counter, JUST the phone conversation When you sit down at night you know you should pray isha, I just need to check my email for 5 minutes which turns into hours. When was the last time you lost track of time in Salah? When we go out to the mall or shopping we spend hours and hours there without even realizing it. When it comes to salah WE COUNT THE MINUTES AND SECONDS OF SALAH! Experience it Feel it
Get lost in it! THE FIRST LESSON IN ARABIC CLASSES This was the FIRST LESSON IN ARABIC DAY 1 The words ILMOON and AA MA LUN They are the same 3 letters shifted around These words are intimately related ILMOON- means knowledge AA MA LOON- means action, to implement that knowledge These little vowels, we call them HARKAAAT (fatha, kusra, damma)
Because they move sounds But middle guy on top of LAAM is SUKOON- its means ABSENCE OF MOVEMENT (opposite of movement) The teacher said In the midle of knowlde, in the middle of the word is sukoon To seek knowdle ABSCENCE OF MOVEMENT IS NEEDED YOU CANNOT GET KNOWLEDGE MOVING AROUND, YOU NEED TO TAKE TIME OUT, YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN AND LEARN ONCE YOU HAVE ACQUIRED THAT KNOWLEDGE then comes the next step- AML
THE THING THAT CAN IMPROVE ALL AREAS OF YOUR LIFE IT’S A SPECIAL BLESSING TO HAVE THE OPPOTUNITY TO BETTER OUR SALAH
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Hadith INSERT HADITH AWALUU “ THE VERY FIRST THING that the slave will be ACCOUNTED for on the day of judgment is SALAH.” If the prayer was good, correct, established, was taken care of, ALL OF HIS ACTIONS will also be correct. (One thing is to understand is that salah is the foundation of our deen, the basis for our relationship with Allah, and also the foundation with OTHER aspects of lives, family, friends, etc. WHEN YOU HAVE A SOLID FOUNDATION, WHAT EVER YOU BUILD ON THAT IS SOLID. Foundation is IMPRTANT. The Prophet pbuh is saying if someones salah is solid, EVERYTHING else is solid. BUT IF HIS SALAH IS CURRUPTED then all other of his actions will be corrupted because they won’t be built upon salah!. The Prophet pbuh said the FIRST thing is salah.
Beginning of Surah Muminoon. INSERT QURANIC AYAH Surah 23 and Ayah 1 to 11 Allah says “QAD AFLAHAMUMINOON- Most definitely success has been attained , achieved by the believers Then Allah tells us the qualifies of believers FIRST thing Allah says
THESE are the people, MOST DEFFFINITELY. THEY WILL INHERIT (what will they inherit?)…They will inherit JANATUL FIRDOUS! WHY INHERET? Inheritance implies THIS IS YOUR RIGHT FOR THIS NOT TO BE GIVEN TO YOU IS A CRIME, TO DENY INHERITENCE IS A CRIME TO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM IS A CRIME!
INSERT QURANIC AYAH SURAH MADDASSIR 29TH JUZ This is dialogue between people of jannah and the hell fire “ Jannata Yatasaaa Aloon” (they are in the garden of paradise), Ya ta saa aloon Then a conversion starts amongst themselves A Nil Mujrimeeen- (those criminals, what happened to those people? whats the story with those people?) Now they ask those people in jahanam Maa Sala A Fi Sakar- (You seem like intelligent people, you were there with me in the world, you seemed like normal people, you had a house, a nice car, a job, an education- WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT LED YOU DOWN TO THE LOWEST PITS IN THE FIRE OF HELL, WHAT LED YOU THERE?) THEY WILL REPSOND Lam Naku Minal Musaleen “WE DIDN’T USED TO PRAY”… Then they say “We didn’t feed the poor, the needy”, we didn’t fulfill our social obligations, we weren’t active in the community” We used to indulge in useless things, we indulged in them We wasted our time with them
WE WERE IN DENIAL Hataa Ataanal Yakeen UNTILL THE REALITY CAME (death), CONVICTION ARRIVED THEN WE REALIZED WE WERE WRONG
YOU SEE THE FATE OF A PERSON RESULTED FROM THE SALAH LESSON ON THE IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY IN PRAYER INSERT QURANIC AYAH 22:77 2#:1-2
Allah at the end of surah Ya Ayahaludeena A O YOU WHO BELIEVE, Its not even the title of a believer “it means O YOU WHO HAVE CLAIMED TO BELEIVE” you have called yourself a believer, but the TITTLE of MUIMEEN ISNT BESTEOWED HERE! ITS DIFF.NOUNS VS VERB O you who have claimed to believe Allah says
DO RUKU, DO SUJODD (means pray salah) Worship your Lord Do good things Lalakoouum Tuf LA-ALLA—MABYE, PPOSSIBLELY, YOU WILL TUFLIHOON- ROOT WORD meaning SUCCESS (PRESENT TENSE WORD/FUTURE TENSE!) It adds the element of uncertainty, MAYBE ONE DAY IN THE FTURE YOU WILL ATTAIN SUCCESS. Is that a guarantee? NO doesn’t sound like it LOOK AT THE NEXT AYAH Previous ayah said IF YOU JUST PRAY, MAYBE YOU MIGHT GET SUCCESS, NO GAURANTEE LOOKA T NEXT AYAH ALLAH CONNECTS WITH TOPIC OF SALAH Qad- when paired with past tense word When someone is talking and they slam on table MEANS BUSSINESS… YES It means CONFIRMING Something VERY POWERFUL.- you use it for something important, when you Really mean something Aflahaa- PAST TENSE, implies its SOMEITHING CONFIRMED, SEALED, SIGNED, DATED,DONE,GONE. When you go for job and at the end they say “we’ll contact you” – or YOU GOT THE JOB, past tense, MOST DEFINITELY THEY HAVE ALREADY ATTAINDED SUCCESS WHOOO? Al MuimiNoon THE FIRM BELEIVERS…. What is their characteristic? They also pray, BUT THEY PRAY WITH QUALITY IN THEIR PRAYER LOOK at the difference!!!! If you just pray, maybe possibly you might get success. Are you satisfied with that? Anyone say “I don’t need a lot, If I get a corner in jannah, I’m good to go” this is incorrect. Do we settle for that in dunya? NO Father sits down with son, what do you want to be? And he says I want to be garbage man You think he will be satisfied with that? Even if son says “I did research, pay is good, you get benefits as well as pension, etc
Allah teaches us in the Quran a beautiful dua-“ WAJANLAA LILTMUKEENA IMMAMA” Make us not just pious, but the LEADERS of the pious Allah says, just salah, - maybe But khushoo , quality in salah CONFIRMED THAT PERSON IS ALREADY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE HIS SALAH HAS QUALITY.
Lets look at some definitions When ever we discuss terms, there are LINGUSTICS and TECHNICAL (FIQH) definitions We will be more concerned with the linguistic definition of things The word SALAH is the most basic word in this course. We know it refers to the prayer we offer 5 times a day There are 4 possible options for the root meaning of the word salah, where the word originates form, (the etymology)
The hips of the body is called ASALAWAAN (it’s the connection between upper and lower part of the body) Athletes tell you the core of the body is the hips, mid section. Similarly in classical Arabic they would have saying “ASLATIL FALAS” when horses are racing each other, when one horse comes in first and another is close second, the head of the horse of the 2nd horse is aligned with the hips of the first horse so what they would say “THIS HORSE CAME IN A CLOSE SECOND”. This points to the congregational prayer. When we follow imam and do we go in sujood, we follow.
Which is closest to the truth? Allah knows best The truth is somewhere in between all of these opinions This just shows you the RICHNESS of the word; Shows how powerful and comprehensive it is.
There are a few things we need to get out of the way The way the packets have been organized, you will see a lot of Arabic
Translations do NOT do justice to them As a Musim community there needs to be GROWTH, we STARTED with translations, but it seems like we never got past that! It seems that the translations was a excuse for us not to do more!. We need to move past that. We try to inspire people to go PAST the translations to see the beauty of the Quran. Translation is provided so you can compare translation with its in depth meaning discussed in class. The second major disclaimer s that whenever we talk about salah, the first word that pops in someone mind is FIQH, oh okay, we will study fiqh-NO we wont. Theres nothing wrong with studying fiqh, but we focus on QUALITY over quantity. Its better to study 1 ayah with understanding than pages just reading it. We are focusing on ONE topic-not just fiqh. FIQH DEFINITION ON SALAH- by worshiping Allah by certain knowledge. Lets look in the book When you take the word salah and observe it in the Quran, its used as VERB, an action. The doer of the action many times is ALLAH himself! Can it mean worship then? NO, so we have to figure that out. If Allah is ever doing the action of salah in the Quran, then realize it means TO SEND SPECIAL MERCY AND SEPCIAL BLESSINGS - that’s what it means. 33:43, Allah says “He is the one who does the act of salah on you” 2:157 Allah says about patient people “Those are the people upon them are the salawaat from their Lord”- this means special blessings, mercy Some places in the Quran, the doer of the action of salah are the angels themselves, 33:56 “Most definitely Allah, and his angels, they “yasoolanah”, on the Prophet pbuh What does it mean- means TO PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS FOR SOMEONE 40:7 “Angels are all glorifying and singing praises of their Lord, and they are SEEKING FORGIVENESS ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO HAVE BELEIVED. The angels are seeking forgiveness ON OUR BEHALF! When the angels do the act of salah means they are seeking forgiveness for us If HUMANS are the doer of the action of salah- it means TO WORHISP. 4:103- Salah has most definitely been fixed 62:9 When the call is made for salah… Talking about JUMAM ASTHAAN Yüklə 405,54 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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