A Concise Summary Juz 1 Part 2 Hizb 1

يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِي أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَإِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ

• O children of Israel mention the favor I have bestowed upon you
• Fulfill my convent to you and your covenant will be fulfilled from Me
• And fear Me and only Me
• Now societies have formed
• And from those societies Allah honored and chose one among the rest
• Allah would give them guidance over and over again
• They received Prophet after Prophet
• They would give them chance after chance
• So they could be a role model for all of humanity
• First the legacy of Adam then the legacy of Bani Israel
• The hypocrites took the qualities of Bani Israel
• The prominent community in Madinah were the Jews
• They disbelieved and lied about our Ayat
• The previous ayat was a warning especially to Bani Israel
• In the history of the Israelites they were filled with fear and grief
• Because they did not follow the guidance of Allah
• Bani Israel should be shaking with fear for what they have done

وَآمِنُوا بِمَا أَنْزَلْتُ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا مَعَكُمْ وَلَا تَكُونُوا أَوَّلَ كَافِرٍ بِهِ ۖ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا بِآيَاتِي ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا وَإِيَّايَ فَاتَّقُونِ

• And believe in what I have sent down
• Confirming what you already had from before
• And do not be from the first to disbelieve
• And do not sell my ayat for a small price
• And fear Me and only Me
• Believe in what was sent means believing in the Quran and in the Prophet Muhammad
• The Quran and the Messenger were one and the same
• The Quran came out from the mouth of the Prophet
• Israelites became arrogant like Iblis for rejecting the message

وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

• And do not mix or disguise the truth with falsehood
• As a result, hiding the truth altogether
• And you are the ones who truly know
• People who have knowledge have power
• Then they have the power to mix the truth with falsehood
• Like a car mechanic can take advantage of a customer
• They have knowledge the lay men do not have

وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ

• And establish the prayer and give the zakah
• And bow with those who bow in obedience and worship
• The Jews were not offering salah or giving zakah
• So they have to reestablish the salah
• Salah connects you to Allah and gives you taqwa
• Zakah purifies you
• Jews have their version of salah but now they have to pray like the Muslims
• Ruku means to be overwhelming humbled
• You recited the Quran and the words were so overwhelming you said Allah is Great
• Then you fell into Ruku and it humbled you
• When a person makes ruku he became bankrupt after he was rich
• He has nothing left
• All of his comforts went to decline
• Everything deteriorated in his life
• There is no room left for arrogance
• This is how we should come before Allah

أَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنْسَوْنَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

• Are you the people who tell people to do good
• Yet you do not do it yourself
• You forget about yourself
• Surround yourself with good friends that will keep you in check
• You are the ones who read the book and know it
• Why don’t you think and reflect
• Why don’t you understand
• How come your knowledge does not lead to understanding
• Your intellect should tie up your emotions
• So you can think clearly
• You must have restraint over your emotions
• You could have a lack of understanding or emotional bias

وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ ۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ

• And seek help through patience and prayer
• Emotional bias can be cured through patience and salah
• It is difficult except for those who have khushu
• Getting help from salah is very difficult
• The prayer that helps to better one’s life are those who have khushu
• A fear which overwhelms you and you are in awe
• Your muscles become numb

 الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُلَاقُو رَبِّهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

• Who are convinced that they will be meeting Allah
• And that they will return back to Him
• Every salah is a meeting with Allah
• The one who has khushu knows that they will meet Allah
• Salah is a practice drill for judgment day
• Something you are so convinced of and you don’t need to think twice about it
• They will return to Allah voluntarily and by their own chose
• Because they are already doing it in the duniya
• They are constant in their salah