Asalamualaykum,
Bismillah
Day 40
Class: Word Analysis/Tafsir
Focus: Surah Al Baqarah ayah 231
And when you divorce women and they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or release them according to acceptable terms, and do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them]. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself. And do not take the verses of Allah in jest. And remember the favor of Allah upon you and what has been revealed to you of the Book and wisdom by which He instructs you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is Knowing of all things.
This verse is about divorce, however, to go into detail about this matter would make an extremely long blog post! So, I selected a part of the ayah: the part in which Allah has called the Quran and the Sunnah blessing. This is the blessing of knowledge.
When we think of a blessing, what comes to mind? Our cars, homes, families, ipods, laptops, etc. But do we look at the Quran and the Sunnah, our guide to life, as a blessing? When you know something is a blessing, you value it. But how much do we value these blessings given to us by our Lord? Sadly, we take the Quran and Sunnah as a burden. If we took them as blessings, we’d implement and apply them. But what do we do? We skim over a translation and feel that it is sufficient. We read a hadith and start copy/pasting it everywhere without even thinking about the meaning behind it. Without even reflecting upon it. Yet our Lord says that the Quran and the Sunnah are blessings. Is this how we’re supposed to treat our blessings?!
Anyways, why does Allah mention this in the middle of the rulings of talaq? He is reminding us that we should apply the rulings of the Quran in situations even when our emotions are overwhelming us.
We can’t have peaceful personal and family lives unless we implement the Quran and the Sunnah.
Hold on to the Quran. Make an effort to learn it. I can’t put into words how much of a difference it makes to actually learn the meanings of each word in the Quran.
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