Short Course Begin to Understand Qur’an & Salah – The Easy Way Lesson No. 10

1. Short Course Begin to Understand Qur’an & Salah – The Easy Way Lesson No. 10 www.understandquran.com (Advance to the next slide when you hear “Allahu-Akbar” in the video/audio) Make sure you download the fonts sent with the email or visit the website and download them.

2. In this lesson…

3. DPPR Ask Propagate Understand I+G Evaluate Plan Check Surah An-Naas Memorize the meanings of each word thoroughly.

4. DPPR Ask Propagate Understand I+G Evaluate Plan Check سُورَۃُ النَّاس 248 قُلْأَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ {1} مَلِكِ النَّاسِ {2} إِلَهِ النَّاسِ {3} 34*

5. DPPR Ask Propagate Understand I+G Evaluate Plan Check سُورَۃُ النَّاس مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ {4} الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ {5} مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَ النَّاسِ {6} 304

6. The 2 meanings of شَرّ شَرّ Evil Anything that leads to evil (even if it appears to be good)

7. Shaitan is always in one of the two States وَسْوَاس خَنَّاس or When you FORGET Allah When you REMEMBER Allah

8. First Step وَسْوَسة نِيَّة عَمَل And then such a person becomes “human Shaitan” too! Repetition leads to habit – and habit leads to destiny

9. Shaitaan is.. • Not stupid! Could even whisper Adam (uwbp – upon whom be peace) to eat the fruit • Very experienced (from the time of Adam, uwbp); has misled perhaps billions of people.

10. صُدُور Chests • Shaitaan tries to whisper in the chests Chest is the entry region for the ‘heart’. • If heart is ‘alive’ and ‘sound’ with the Zikr of Allah, then the whisper attacks of Shaitaan fail and he withdraws.

11. An-Naas … at the end of Qur’an? • Even if you have knowledge, you have to continuously fight the whispering of Shaitaan TILL DEATH. • You can not hit Shaitaan, you can not kill him, you can’t even see him. You can’t convince him either. • The only COMPLETE and PERFECT solution is: Take refuge in Allah thru His Zikr.

12. DPPR Ask Propagate Understand I+G Evaluate Plan Check Interacting with Surah An-Naas; Bringing it into Life Let people know the dangers, the fatal strokes and entry points of Shaitaan. We should recite Surah An-Naas or say “A’oozu billah…” very often. Plan to avoid. Make group plan too, at family and society level to avoid the attacks of Shaitaan. And work on them! How many times did we fall into Shaitaan’s trap? Why? Bad friends? gadgets? Lack of knowledge?

13. Notice a fine point of difference between… Al-Falaq: One attribute of Allah; 3 areas of protection (in addition to general). An-Naas: Three attribute of Allah (Stronger supplication); One area of protection أَعُوذُ • بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ • مَلِكِ النَّاسِ • إِلَهِ النَّاسِ مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ ... أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ. مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَمِن شَرِّ... غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ Damages limited to this world, in general Fatal stroke – affects Aakhirah.

14. قواعد – Grammar Take a deep breath now and do all the exercises with TPI.

15. فِعْل مَاضِي Perfect Tense Almost 5000 words have come in the Qur’an on these patterns Flowers are chosen here to represent good deeds; somebody did the good work. InshaAllah we all did some good and beg Allah to accept them. Keep this in mind while doing the ‘fa’ala’ exercises. He did (good work); They did (good work), … َ -ُوْاتَتُمْتُ نَا

16. Arabic has only Two Tenses(Thank God!!!) فِعْل مَاضِي : That which is done فِعْل مُضَارِع : That which is not done yet. - It is being done - Or will be done Perfect tense Imperfect tense

17. فِعْل مُضَارِعImperfect Tense Almost 5000 words have come in the Qur’an on these patterns Flowers are chosen here to represent good deeds; somebody did the good work. InshaAllah we all did some good and beg Allah to accept them. Keep this in mind while doing the ‘fa’ala’ exercises. He did (good work); They did (good work), …

18. - وْاتَتُمْتُ نَا Almost 10,000 words have come in the Qur’an on these patterns When practicing in Arabic, say it as if you are talking to Arabs يَتَأَنَ

19. Why are planes flying? • If you are standing near the middle of an airstrip, you can see only the ending part of the plane that has gone (ماضي). • You see only the front part of the plane that is coming (مضارع).

20. Learning Tip

21. Earlier Tips • Brain has huge capacity, largely unused • Create as many flashes as possible • Take a deep breath • 95% retention if we read, write, say, see, and do • Think big and colorful • Learn with love and enthusiasm • Learn the meanings with an example • Revise next hour, day, week, month,...

22. First 2 of the 7 Homeworks • Two on recitation • Recite 5 min. at least from Mushaf • Recite 5 min. at least from memory

23. What have we learnt? Study the material thoroughly, and then fill up the work sheet in the .pdf file sent with the email.

24. Be ready for the next lesson! If you stop learning or are not regular, then you are fulfilling the goals of Shaitaan to keep you away from Qur’an. Pray to Allah, take His refuge Allah and continue. Don’t give up! سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ نَشْهَدُ أَن لاَّ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ