Islam: Questions And Answers - The Qur'aan and Its Sciences

276 Pages·2003·2.01 MB·English

by  Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman

ISLAM: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Qur'aan and
It's Sciences
Volume 3 of a Series of Islamic Books
by
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
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Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 3
The Qur'aan and its Sciences
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Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 3
The Qur'aan and its Sciences
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
B.Sc., DipHE
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© Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman, 2003
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Contents
Introduction ............................................................................11
General....................................................................................13
46088: Which is better, reading Qur’aan together
or individually?..................................................................13
34234: He claims that the Qur’aan is lacking in
eloquence and contains grammatical errors.......................14
32594: Is it better to recite Qur’aan from memory
or to read from the Mus-haf?.............................................19
33583: Are precious stones mentioned in the
Qur’aan? ............................................................................21
96: The Qur’aan and medicine...........................................23
31865: Were the heavens and the earth created
in six days or eight? ...........................................................33
10022: The meaning of the hadeeth “ ‘Qul Huwa
Allaahu Ahad” is equivalent to one-third of the
Qur’aan” ............................................................................37
10012: Who wrote the Qur’aan and how was it
put together? ......................................................................42
6577: The Qur’aan is a healing and a mercy to
the believers.......................................................................50
21500: Distortion of the Qur’aan by the Raafidis..............54
5105: Refutation of those who try to prove that
the Qur’aan is not true .......................................................58
5142: The revelation of the Qur’aan in seven
styles (ahruf, sing. harf) .....................................................62
23487: Claims that the Qur’aan has been distorted...........66
695: Can one celebrate completing the Qur’aan?..............74
2255: Entering the bathroom with a necklace with
Qur’aanic aayaat ................................................................75
3214: The order of Soorahs and Aayahs in the
Qur’aan ..............................................................................76
8177: If a person looks at the Mus-haf without
moving his lips, will he be rewarded for that?...................83
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10984: The times when it is permissible to
recite Qur’aan ....................................................................84
21182: A soorah in which the name of Allaah
is mentioned in every aayah...............................................86
20100: It is permissible to accept payment for
teaching Qur’aan................................................................86
8029: Ruling on reading Qur’aan in a house
where there is a dog ...........................................................87
4607: Is it true that there is no evidence of a
Qur’aan being written in the 7th century? .........................88
7198: Reciting Surahs and Aayahs in a different
order...................................................................................90
1505: They get together and each person reads
one juz’; will this be considered as a khutmah
(complete reading of the Qur’aan) for all of them?...........96
254: Ruling on hanging verses of the Qur’aan
on walls..............................................................................97
3465: Which is better, to recite Qur’aan from the
Mushaf or from memory?................................................100
5368: Rulings of al-Madd in Qur’aan recitation..............101
5126: Verses in the Qur’aan where we should
perform Sujood al-Tilaawah ............................................102
2915: What is the ruling on hanging up aayaat
for protection?..................................................................106
4039: Ruling on reciting the Qur’aan collectively...........108
4040: Will a person be rewarded for reading
Qur’aan even if he does not know the meaning
of what he reads? .............................................................109
2297: Listening to Qur’aan on car stereo speakers
that are by the feet of the passengers ...............................110
2273: The Ten Commandments.......................................111
2428: Warning about Internet sites that distort
the Qur’aan ......................................................................115
839: Abrogation of the verse ordering the
confinement of an adulteress in a house ..........................120
768: Arguing against the Qur’aan using
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archaeology......................................................................124
Virtues of Qur’aan................................................................126
22722: Ruling on gathering to make du’aa’
and recite Qur’aan............................................................126
20803: Reward for memorizing Qur’aan.........................128
6460: Memorizing Qur’aan and the virtue of
some soorahs....................................................................130
10700: When is the time for reciting Soorat
al-Kahf on Friday?...........................................................136
26240: Reading Soorat al-Mulk protects one
from the torment of the grave ..........................................138
22366: Reciting Soorat al-Ikhlaas 10,000 times
for a sick person...............................................................140
14100: al-Zahrawaan .......................................................142
10197: The Holy Qur’aan................................................142
6092: Aayat al-Kursiy......................................................146
2589: Reward for reading the Qur’aan in
translation.........................................................................154
2241: The virtues of Soorat al-Ikhlaas, etc. .....................155
654: A weak hadeeth about Soorah Yaa-Seen..................161
Qur’aanic Exegesis...............................................................162
45365: How could Yoosuf have “inclined towards”
the wife of al-‘Azeez when he was chaste?.....................162
10243: Commentary on the verse “so wherever
you turn (yourselves or your faces) there is the
Face of Allaah” ................................................................164
22471: Repetition and word order in the Qur’aan
And commentary on the phrase “And fear a
Day (of Judgement) when a person shall not avail
another”............................................................................168
21916: The last soorah of the Qur’aan to be
revealed............................................................................177
39771: al-Saabooni and his book Safwat
al-Tafaaseer......................................................................180
38701: Enjoining what is good and forbidding
what is evil, and the verse, “Take care of your
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ownselves”.......................................................................185
20613: Why did Allaah create the heavens and
the
earth in six days when He is able to have created
it in less time?..................................................................188
36808: Meaning of the verse “then he should
not have sexual relations (with his wife), nor
commit sin, nor dispute unjustly during the Hajj”...........192
23397: Meaning of the verse “And raise the dust in
clouds the while” [al-‘Aadiyaat 100:4
– interpretation of the meaning].......................................195
26288: No contradiction between the two aayahs ...........200
22871: Meaning of the aayah “His is the highest
description”......................................................................201
21722: The meaning of the Basmalah, and the
ruling on staring with it when one reads Qur’aan............202
22899: Meanings of the word fitnah in the Qur’aan........208
22243: Delay in saying In sha Allaah ..............................213
20941: Tafseer of the aayah “And you might have
seen the sun, when it rose, declining…”..........................214
22241: What are the “good righteous deeds
that last”? .........................................................................215
22298: The benefit of the parables in the Qur’aan ..........216
13686: What is the point of mentioning the dog in
the story of the people of the Cave?.................................218
10251: Meanings of the word ummah in the
Qur’aan ............................................................................220
21811: The meaning of al-huroof al-muqatta’ah
in the Qur’aan ..................................................................222
21654: What is the Covenant in the aayah
“Those who break Allaah’s Covenant after
ratifying it…”?.................................................................223
21660: What is the meaning of the aayah
“It is prescribed for you, when death approaches
any of you…”...................................................................224
20940: How the people will be divided on the
Day of Resurrection .........................................................225
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21904: How the Shaytaan has a share in
people’s wealth ................................................................227
21946: How the Shaytaan has a share in
people’s children..............................................................230
13563: What is the meaning of the word
muhsanaat in the Qur’aan? ..............................................235
22351: Ruling on interpreting the Qur’aan
according to modern theories...........................................237
14403: Who is the “Holy Spirit”?....................................240
12191e: What is the meaning of the phrase
“they (think to) deceive Allaah” in the aayah
from Soorat al-Baqarah?..................................................243
7737: The name Iram/Erum.............................................245
11342: Tafseer of the aayah (interpretation
of the meaning) And Allaah will never lead a
people astray …” [al-Tawbah 9:115]..............................245
8399: Is there a difference between modern
tafseer of the Qur’aan and ancient tafseer?......................247
7002: What is al-lawh al-mahfooz?.................................248
4622: What are the things that Allaah taught
to Adam?..........................................................................250
606: The meaning of the pronoun “We”
as used in the Qur’an .......................................................252
1084: The Meaning of the Verse “And the
Moon, We have measured for it mansions ...”.................254
1028: The meaning of Verse 33, Al Rahmaan .................257
1024: The meaning of Verse 173, Al Baqarah .................258
Rulings on-Mus-hafs ............................................................260
6490: Can we read from a Mushaf that becomes
contaminated with najaasah and is then cleaned?............260
20620: Reciting Qur’aan in the bathroom .......................261
13483: Writing names on Mus-hafs is permissible..........263
1690: The Ruling of translating the Qur’an to
other Languages and Touching it by a disbeliever...........264
21792: Taking cell-phones on which Qur’aan
has been recorded into the washroom..............................264
10694: Giving the kuffaar a translation of the
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