Monday, August 26, 2013

Day of Judgment



















And the Day that the Trumpet
Will be sounded - then will be
Smitten with terror those
Who are in the heavens,
And those who are on earth,
Except such as Allah will please
(To exempt): and all shall come
To Him in utter humility.

Thou seest the mountains
And thinkest them firmly fixed:
But they shall pass away
As the clouds pass away:
(Such is) the artistry of God,
Who disposes of all things
In perfect order: for He is
Well acquainted with all that ye do.

(The Holy Quran, Chapter: 27, Verses: 87,88)

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Grace Unbounded



And know ye
That your possessions
And your progeny
Are but a trial:
And that it is God
With whom lies
Your highest reward.

O ye who believe!
If ye fear God,
He will grant you a Criterion
(To judge between right and wrong),
Remove from you (all) evil deeds
And forgive you:
For God is the Lord
Of grace unbounded.

Remember how the Unbelievers
Plotted against thee, to keep
Thee in bonds, or slay thee,
Or get thee out (of thy home).
They plot and plan,
And God too plans,
But the best of planners
Is God.

(The Holy Quran, Chapter: 8, Verses: 28,29,30)

Monday, August 5, 2013

Ramadan Reading
























How many are the creatures
That carry not their own
sustenance? It is God
Who feeds (both) them and you:
For He hears and knows
(All things).

(Holy Quran Chapter 29, Verse 60)

What is the life of this world
But amusement and play?
But verily the Home
of the Hereafter, - that is
Life indeed, if they but knew.

(Holy Quran Chapter 29, Verse 64)

It is God Who sends
The Winds, and they raise
The Clouds: then does He
Spread them in the sky
As He wills, and break them
Into fragments, until thou seest
Rain-drops issue from the midst
Thereof: then when He has
Made them reach such
Of His servants as He wills,
Behold, they do rejoice!

(Holy Quran Chapter 30, Verse 48)

It is God Who
Created you in a state
Of (helpless) weakness, then
Gave (you) strength after weakness,
Then, after strength, gave (you)
Weakness and a hoary head:
He creates whatever He wills,
And it is He Who has
All knowledge and power.

(Holy Quran Chapter 30, Verse 54)