A Concise Summary Juz 1 Part 1 Hizb 1

Surah Al Baqarah

الم

• These are the separated letters
• It is a Ism Mafool
• It is scattered throughout the Quran
• Only Allah knows what they mean
• In Fatihah we asked for Guidance
• This is the first response to that request
• It teaches us intellectual humility
• We do not know anything only Allah knows
• We only know that which Allah teaches us
• Allah only allows you to know some things
• This ayah is the subject of the sentence
• These are names of letters
• Our Messenger did not know how to read and write
• Only those who know how to read and write know names of letters
• When Prophet recites these letters it baffles the people
• Who taught him how to read and write
• Allah taught him through divine means

ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

• That is the book about which there is no room for any doubt in it
• A book that is etched and carved in and documented
• The actual Quran is in the highest Heaven
• That book is with Allah
• It is far away
• We asked for guidance and Allah responds this is the guidance
• It is a guidance and no doubt for the Mutaqeen
• Those who want to protect themselves
• ALM is that book
• ALM is like a name of the Quran
• This ayah is the predicate of the sentence
• Mutaqeen are those who are genuinely concerned about their guidance
• Mutaqeen are those who are looking to protect themselves
• Mutaqeen are those who fear disappointing Allah
• Those who fear the punishment of Allah

الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ

• Those who believe and have the potential in believing in the unseen
• They establish a connection with Allah
• Protecting yourself from the seen world is easy
• Protecting yourself from the unseen world is harder
• The starting point of Taqwa is fear of punishment
• Then it develops to fear of disappointing Allah
• If someone backbites and one says fear Allah and they stop right away
• Another may stop themselves if they see the person coming
• A guard gets tired and sleepy
• They keep their salah as a guard to keep them in check
• Salah means connection and it connects us to Allah
• When you are connected with someone all the time you think about them all the time
• Out of sight out of mind
• When there is a constant connection then you feel the loss
• So Allah gave us salah so our Iman stays fresh
• The dangers of the unseen takes extra effort
• Especially from what we provided them they spend
• What you see is the food and what you don’t see is that Allah provided it
• You give a child a candy and when you ask for it back they say no its mine
• Allah gives and gives and he asks back and we say why it was mine
• These people never forget Allah provided them

وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَبِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ

• And those who believe and have the potential in believing in what was sent to you
• And what was sent before you
• And in the hereafter they have absolute conviction
• There are three parts of iman belief in Allah, Message, and Afterlife
• This surah focuses on believe in the message
• This is a privilege and we have been gifted with the Quran
• No one else was gifted with it
• These people are convinced like they seen it with your own eyes
• The kind of believe that can never be shaken
• Because you experienced it
• The danger of the unseen is the akhira

أُولَٰئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًى مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

• Those are upon right guidance from their Master
• Those are the successful
• Allah points out to them as far away
• Allah is saying you should be like them
• Like saying we have a long way to go
• Allah mentions guidance then guidance again
• Only these people are truly committed to guidance and successful
• There are two qualities given to the people of guidance
• Mutaqeen and Muflihoon