Summaries of Nouman Ali Khan Series: Surah Yusuf

لَقَدْ كَانَ فِى قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ ۗ مَا كَانَ حَدِيثًا يُفْتَرَىٰ وَلَٰكِن تَصْدِيقَ ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْ هِ وَتَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ In their stories, there is truly a lesson for people of reason. This message cannot be a fabrication, rather a confirmation of previous revelation, a detailed explanation of all things, a guide, and a mercy for people of faith.   Surah Yusuf, Ayah 111.   1. The fifth and the last pre-requisite/condition to contemplate the Qur'an according to Sheikh Amin Ahsan Islahi is that Allah shows that the pathway to get guidance is by contemplating on the Qur'an. 2. Contemplating the Qur'an is different from being a scholar. 3. A scholar does interpretation and research and studies the Qur'an while contemplating the Qur'an means to think deeply about it and you may not understand some things which will raise serious questions for you. 4. The attitude of paying attention, listen...

  لَقَدْ كَانَ فِى قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ ۗ مَا كَانَ حَدِيثًا يُفْتَرَىٰ وَلَٰكِن تَصْدِيقَ ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْ هِ وَتَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ In their stories, there is truly a lesson for people of reason. This message cannot be a fabrication, rather a confirmation of previous revelation, a detailed explanation of all things, a guide, and a mercy for people of faith. Surah Yusuf, Ayah 111. 1. All the descriptions of the Qur'an are in the "NASB" form. This is because they are the "KHABR" of the verb "KAANA". 2. The description of something is usually done by adjectives. However, Allah is describing the speech using ideas. Instead of saying "Confirmer, Explainer", Allah uses ideas and says "Confirmation, Explanation". 3. Ideas are infinite. Allah uses ideas to emphasize the infinity of the Qur'an. Like the Qur'an is not just a confirmer, it is confirmation itself. ...

  لَقَدْ كَانَ فِى قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ ۗ مَا كَانَ حَدِيثًا يُفْتَرَىٰ وَلَٰكِن تَصْدِيقَ ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْ هِ وَتَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ In their stories, there is truly a lesson for people of reason. This message cannot be a fabrication, rather a confirmation of previous revelation, a detailed explanation of all things, a guide, and a mercy for people of faith.   Surah Yusuf, Ayah 111. 1.  The word "HADEES" is one of the ways Arabs address speech. Allah also addresses His speech using this word. When that happens, it becomes sacred but if it is about someone else's speech, then it is not sacred. 2. In this Ayah, "HADEES" can be interpreted in two ways. The first way is that it is "speech". In this interpretation, the word "HADEES" is sacred. 3. The phrase "HADEESAN YUFTARA" seems to be a complex "MOWSOOF SIFA" (Noun and Adjective).  4. Stories are associa...

لَقَدْ كَانَ فِى قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ ۗ مَا كَانَ حَدِيثًا يُفْتَرَىٰ وَلَٰكِن تَصْدِيقَ ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ   In their stories, there is truly a lesson for people of reason. This message cannot be a fabrication, rather a confirmation of previous revelation, a detailed explanation of all things, a guide, and a mercy for people of faith. Surah 12, Ayah 111.   The singular form of “ALBAAB” is “LUB”. In Arabic, the essence of something  or the purest part of something is called its “LUB”. The inside of something like fruit is the purest part of it and also it is the softest part of it. So, core, pure, and soft are the three main ideas that come under the word “LUB”.   An uncorrupted/pure mind is called “LUB”.  Every pure mind is “LUB”, but every mind may not necessarily be “LUB”. Some scholars say that “LUB” is only used for intellect because it is a unique power of h...

  لَقَدْ كَانَ فِى قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ ۗ مَا كَانَ حَدِيثًا يُفْتَرَىٰ وَلَٰكِن تَصْدِيقَ ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ     In their stories, there is truly a lesson for people of reason. This message cannot be a fabrication, rather a confirmation of previous revelation, a detailed explanation of all things, a guide, and a mercy for people of faith. Surah 12, Ayah 111.   1. The word “QASASIHIM” means “ their story”. There is a wide range of possibilities as to whom this “their” refers to. 2. It could refer to Yusuf(AS), Yaqub(AS), and that story. It could also refer to the stories of the messengers, the Ayahs before this suggest it. The third is that “their story” is the story of the disbelievers and what happened to them. 3. Allah used the singular form for “story” - “QASSAS”. This suggests that Allah put all the stories under one umbrella and called them one single story. 4. All of ...