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We shall study
three Himself

basic themes
of the
Quranic Relationship
with His

verses
Creation

Relationship
with His
Messengers
 LETS BEGIN THE
QURANIC PASSAGES
ALLAH & HIS CREATION
Allah’s Relationship
with
His Creation
 Key Features of Allah’s
relationship with His creation
 He is most Gracious &
Merciful.
 All Praise is due to Allah
 He is the Lord of the
Worlds,
 Master of the Day of
Judgment
 Will reward / punish as
per deeds
 Only He is to be
worshipped
 He is to be feared
 He grants Guidance
 Those who follow
guidance get Grace
 Those who don’t, earn
His anger
 He is the Creator of all,
us & all around us; of
Good & Evil
 We Should not set up
rivals with Him
 He gave us knowledge
 His refuge should be
sought from evil
 Surah Al-Fatiha 1:1-7
In the name of Allah, most
Gracious, most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of
the Worlds,
Most Gracious, most Merciful,
Master of the Day of
Judgment.
You alone we worship, and
Your aid we seek.
Show us the straight way,
The way of those on whom
You have bestowed Your
Grace,
those whose portion is not
wrath, and who go not
astray.
The Main The
Presentation of
Theme(s)
the Theme
(ii)
(i)
 Teachings  How does the Quran
 Lessons explain it
 Beliefs  What examples etc it
 Theme uses
 How similar themes are
mentioned in the HQ
 Example from the Quran
or the Ahadith
 The Main Theme(s)
 This is the opening Surah of the Quran
 its theme is Tauheed or absolute oneness
of Allah, and man's relationship with Allah
 It tells us that Allah alone deserves
worship because He has power to ensure
sustenance of all, extend mercy to all and
dispense ultimate justice
 We need to seek His guidance in order to
earn His favour and avoid the ill fate of
misguided communities
 This guidance is contained in the Quran
and the Prophet's Sunnah.
 The Presentation of the Theme.
 The focal point of the Surah is the guidance in the
light of which man can guarantee success for himself
in this world and the Hereafter
 This guarantee lies in treading the path of
righteousness designed and shown by Allah as
contained in the Quran and the Sunnah of the Holy
Prophet
 This path has been given the name in 3:103 as “the
Rope of Allah” that ensures collective survival of the
believers
 The Surah also stresses on seeking Allah's help and
compassion in all affairs of life because Allah alone is
the source of help
 He maintains all forms of life including those that are
beyond our imagination
 The last two Surahs of the Quran (al-Muawwazatain)
provide similar guarantee by asking the believers to
seek Allah's refuge against all evils.
 Surah Baqara 2: 21-22

21. O people! Adore your Guardian-Lord, who created you and

those who came before you, so that you may have the
chance to learn righteousness
22. Who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your
canopy; and sent down rain from the heavens; and by it
brought forth fruits for your sustenance; then do not set up
rivals to Allah, when you know.
21. O people! Adore your
Guardian-Lord, who created
you and those who came
before you, so that you may
have the chance to learn
righteousness
22. Who has made the earth
your couch, and the
heavens your canopy; and
sent down rain from the
heavens; and by it brought
forth fruits for your
sustenance; then do not set
up rivals to Allah, when you
know.
The Main The
Presentation of
Theme(s)
the Theme
(ii)
(i)
 Teachings  How does the Quran
 Lessons explain it
 Beliefs  What examples etc it
 Theme uses
 How similar themes are
mentioned in the HQ
 Example from the Quran
or the Ahadith
 The Main Theme(s)
 These two verses describe some of Allah's
special bounties for the whole mankind
that provide certain essential means of
sustenance
 The verses particularly mention the
 Productivity of the earth
 Protective shield provided by the heavens
 Virtue of rain to activate the process of
production of variety of fruits
 The main purpose of mentioning these
visible favours of Allah remind the
mankind to worship Allah and to lead a
righteous life.
 The Presentation of the Theme.

 Man needs to acknowledge bounties of Allah by

way of expressing gratitude to Him and by
bowing down before Him
 The whole mankind, the heavens and the earth
with their respective roles of serving mankind are
the greatest signs of Allah's creative power and
His relation with His creatures
 Now it is man's duty to identify his Lord by
worshipping none but Him, by praising Him
through regular prayers and by obeying the rules
of conduct determined by Him
 This is the greatest benefit of belief in Tawhid -
developing Taqwa or piety and refuting shirk
 Surah ar-Rahman repeatedly asks mankind to
acknowledge the countless blessings of Allah.
 Surah Al Alaq 96; 1-5

1. Read! in the name of your Lord, who created

2. Created man out of a clot of congealed blood
3.Proclaim! And your Lord is most bountiful
4. He who taught by the pen
5. Taught man what he did not know.
1. Read! in the name of your
Lord, who created
2. Created man out of a clot
of congealed blood
3.Proclaim! And your Lord is
most bountiful
4. He who taught by the pen
5. Taught man what he did
not know.
The Main The
Presentation of
Theme(s)
the Theme
(ii)
(i)
 Teachings  How does the Quran
 Lessons explain it
 Beliefs  What examples etc it
 Theme uses
 How similar themes are
mentioned in the HQ
 Example from the Quran
or the Ahadith
 The Main Theme(s)
 This is part of the first ever revelation sent to the
Prophet
 It mentions two of Allah's most important
attributes and these are
 His creating man
 bestowing knowledge upon him
 Man has been asked by Allah to acknowledge His
great favours that make man superior to all other
creations
 Allah perfected man through various stages of
development
 and enabled him to read and write with the help
of pen.
 The Presentation of the Theme
 These verses address the Holy Prophet and
remind him of the exclusive favour of Allah
by creating Adam and then granting him
the faculty of knowledge that elevated his
status even above angels
 This superiority of Adam was due to
awarding him specially designed body and
mind
 Allah created man
 Shaped him
 Taught him
 HE is the source of all Knowledge : Ayat al
Kursi
 Man should worship HIM alone
 Surah ZilZal 99; 1-8

1. When the earth is shaken to her utmost convulsion,

2. And the earth throws up her burdens
3. And man cries out: 'What is the matter with her?
4. On that day will she declare her tidings
5. For that your Lord will have given her inspiration
6. On that day will men proceed in companies sorted out, to be shown
their deeds
7. Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of good see it
8. And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil shall see it.
1. When the earth is shaken to her
utmost convulsion,
2. And the earth throws up her
burdens
3. And man cries out: 'What is the
matter with her?
4. On that day will she declare her
tidings
5. For that your Lord will have given
her inspiration
6. On that day will men proceed in
companies sorted out, to be shown
their deeds
7. Then shall anyone who has done
an atom's weight of good see it
8. And anyone who has done an
atom's weight of evil shall see it.
The Main The
Presentation of
Theme(s)
the Theme
(ii)
(i)
 Teachings  How does the Quran
 Lessons explain it
 Beliefs  What examples etc it
 Theme uses
 How similar themes are
mentioned in the HQ
 Example from the Quran
or the Ahadith
 The Main Theme(s)
 The Surah narrates the signs of onset of the Day
of Judgement and the events unfolding in its
aftermath
 The Day will mark the end of time and begin by an
intense shaking of the earth that will lead to utter
chaos
 All this will be by the command of its Creator,
Allah Almighty
 By this command again, all humans will be
brought before Him to stand accountable for all
their worldly deeds
 Their fate will be determined on the basis of their
performance in the worldly existence
 This will be done by showing them all their deeds
or misdeeds.
 The Presentation of the Theme
 Belief in the Hereafter is one of the fundamentals of
Islam
 Allah has created this universe according to His own
plan and will bring it to an end on one particular day
 That day will begin by the blow of Trumpet by angel
Israfil and that will cause extremely violent shaking
of earth which will eject all the dead in it
 The next phase will be marked by all humans
standing answerable before their Creator Lord
 Then He will show the minutest details of each and
every deed of His creatures
 Now none can deny the divine justice
 The Quran presents many other signs of the Day of
Reckoning with reference to certain other aspects
 For example al-Infitar (The Cleaving Asunder), al-
Inshiqaq (The Rending Asunder) and al-Takwir (The
folding up of the sun).
 The 7 in Allah’s Shade
The Prophet said, "Seven (people) will be shaded by Allah by His Shade
on the Day of Resurrection when there will be no shade except His
Shade.(They will be),
1) A just ruler,
2) A young man who has been brought up in the worship of Allah,
3) A man who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are then
flooded with tears,
4) A man whose heart is attached to mosques,
5) Two Muslims who love each other only for Allah's Sake,
6) A man who is called by a charming lady of noble birth to commit sin
with her, and he refuses, saying, 'I am afraid of Allah,'
7) And (finally), a man who gives in charity so secretly that his left
hand does not know what his right hand has given.“
“Allahhumma Rabbana Ja’alna Min Hum” May Allah include us amongst
them
 Surah Al-Nas 114: 1-6

In the name of Allah, most Gracious ,most Merciful.

1. Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of Mankind,
2. the King of Mankind,
3. the Allah of Mankind,
4. from the evil of the whisperer who withdraws,
5. who whispers in the hearts of Mankind,
6. from Among Jinn and Mankind.
Say: I seek refuge
with the Lord of
Mankind,
the King of
Mankind,
the God of Mankind,
from the evil of the
whisperer who
withdraws,
who whispers in the
hearts of
Mankind,
from Among Jinn
and Mankind.
The Main The
Presentation of
Theme(s)
the Theme
(ii)
(i)
 Teachings  How does the Quran
 Lessons explain it
 Beliefs  What examples etc it
 Theme uses
 How similar themes are
mentioned in the HQ
 Example from the Quran
or the Ahadith
 The Main Theme(s)
 This is the last Surah of the Quran and is partner
to the preceding Surah (Al-Falaq)
 Both Surahs teach the believers to find Allah's
protection against all evil forces
 This Surah focuses on three important aspects of
man's relation with Allah
 Allah alone is to be acknowledged as the sole
Sustainer and Supreme over all humans
 Therefore, He is only to be worshipped
 Developing these bonds of association with Allah
will help a believer to guard against the incursion
of Satan and his host of men and “Jinnaat” who
are bent upon attacking the faith of believers.
 The Presentation of the
Theme
 The Surah primarily addresses the Prophet to
seek protection of Allah Almighty against the evil
effect of the magic spell cast on him
 Through the Prophet, its teachings extend to all
believers who are required to ward off all possible
evils that are aimed at distracting them from the
Right Path
 Believers are to remember that Allah alone is the
Master Lord and Monarch of all humans and,
therefore, has full powers to undo all evil forces
crafted by Satan
 They should also remember that Satan may
attack their faith through his assistant jinnaat
and men who accomplish their unholy mission by
“ inspiring one another with adorned speech as a
delusion”.
Some of the Books authored by Maulvi Jahangir Mahmud
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