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Lessons in the Holy Quran

by Mr. Naseer Ahmad Faruqui

Cabinet Secretary, Government of Pakistan, 1950s
and Principal Secretary to the President of Pakistan in the early 1960s

Translated from the book Mu‘arif-ul-Qur’an
by Dr. Mohammad Ahmad, Columbus, Ohio

Read the revised, printed version of these lessons under the title Light from the Holy Quran.


Contents

Chapter 1: Al-Fatiha (The Opening)

  • Lesson 1:
  • “In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.”  

  • Lesson 2:
  • “All Praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.” v. 1

  • Lesson 3:
  • “All Praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.” v. 1

  • Lesson 4:
  • “The Beneficent, the Merciful.” v. 2

  • Lesson 5:
  • “Master of the Day of Requital. Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.” v. 3 - 4

  • Lesson 6:
  • “Guide us on the right path.” v. 5

  • Lesson 7:
  • “The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favours, not those upon whom wrath is brought down, nor those who go astray.” v. 6 - 7

    Chapter 2: Al-Baqara (The Cow)

  • Lesson 8:
  • “I, Allah, am the best Knower. This Book, there is no doubt in it, is a guide to those who keep their duty.” v. 1 - 2

  • Lesson 9:
  • “I, Allah, am the best Knower. This Book, there is no doubt in it, is a guide to those who keep their duty.” v. 1 - 2

  • Lesson 10:
  • “Who believe in the Unseen and keep up prayer and spend out of what We have given them.” v. 3

  • Lesson 11:
  • “Who believe in the Unseen and keep up prayer and spend out of what We have given them.” v. 3

  • Lesson 12:
  • “Who believe in the Unseen and keep up prayer and spend out of what We have given them.” v. 3

  • Lesson 13:
  • “Who believe in the Unseen and keep up prayer and spend out of what We have given them.” v. 3

  • Lesson 14:
  • “and spend out of what We have given them. And who believe in that which has been revealed to thee and that which was revealed before thee, and of the Hereafter they are sure.” v. 3 - 4

  • Lesson 15:
  • “O men, serve your Lord Who created you and those before you, so that you may guard against evil.” v. 21

  • Lesson 16:
  • “O men, serve your Lord Who created you, and those before you, so that you may guard against evil.” v. 21

  • Lesson 17:
  • “Who made the earth a resting place for you and the heaven a structure, ... And if you are in doubt as to that which We have revealed to Our servant, then produce a chapter like it ... .” v. 22 - 23

  • Lesson 18:
  • “And if you are in doubt as to that which We have revealed to Our servant, then produce a chapter like it ... And give good news to those who believe and do good deeds, that for them are Gardens in which rivers flow ....” v. 23 - 25

  • Lesson 19:
  • “Surely Allah disdains not to set forth any parable -- a gnat or anything above that. ... .” v. 26 - 29

  • Lesson 20:
  • “And when thy Lord said to the angels, I am going to place a ruler in the earth, ....” v. 30 - 32

  • Lesson 21:
  • “And when thy Lord said to the angels, I am going to place a ruler in the earth, ....” v. 30 - 32

  • Lesson 22:
  • “And He taught Adam all the names, then presented them to the angels; ....” v. 31 - 39

  • Lesson 23:
  • “O Children of Israel, call to mind My favor which I bestowed on you ... to Him they will return.” v. 40 - 46

  • Lesson 24:
  • “And the Jews say, the Christians follow nothing (good) .... Surely Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.” v. 113 - 115

  • Lesson 25:
  • “O you who believe, seek assistance through patience and prayer;....” v. 153 - 157

  • Lesson 26:
  • “In the creation of the heavens and the earth ... there are surely signs for a people who understand.” v. 164

  • Lesson 27:
  • “Yet there are some men who take for themselves objects of worship besides Allah, ... and they will not escape from the Fire.” v. 165 - 167

  • Lesson 28:
  • “O men, eat the lawful and good things from what is in the earth.” v. 168

  • Lesson 29:
  • “It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards the East and the West, ... and these are they who keep their duty.” v. 177

  • Lesson 30:
  • “It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards the East and the West, ... and these are they who keep their duty.” v. 177

  • Lesson 31:
  • “It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards the East and the West, ... and these are they who keep their duty.” v. 177

  • Lesson 32:
  • “It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards the East and the West, ... and these are they who keep their duty.” v. 177

  • Lesson 33:
  • “O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard against evil. ...” v. 183 - 184

  • Lesson 34:
  • “The month of Ramadan is that in which the Quran was revealed, ...” v. 185

  • Lesson 35:
  • “And when My servants ask thee concerning Me, surely I am Nigh. ...” v. 186

  • Lesson 36:
  • “And swallow not up your property among yourselves by false means, ...” v. 188

  • Lesson 37:
  • “And women have rights similar to those against them in a just manner, ...” v. 228

  • Lesson 38:
  • “And women have rights similar to those against them in a just manner, ...” v. 228

  • Lesson 39:
  • “And women have rights similar to those against them in a just manner, ...” v. 228

  • Lesson 40:
  • “Hast thou not thought of the leaders of the Children of Israel after Moses? When they said to a prophet of theirs:...” v. 246 - 250

  • Lesson 41:
  • “O you who believe, spend out of what We have given you before the day comes in which there is no bargaining, ...” v. 254 - 255

  • Lesson 42:
  • “Allah — there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist. ...” v. 255

  • Lesson 43:
  • “Allah — there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist. ...” v. 255

  • Lesson 44:
  • “There is no compulsion in religion — the right way is indeed clearly distinct from error. ...” v. 256 - 257

  • Lesson 45:
  • “There is no compulsion in religion — the right way is indeed clearly distinct from error. ...” v. 256 - 257

  • Lesson 46:
  • “To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. ... ” v. 284

  • Lesson 47:
  • “To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. ... ” v. 284

  • Lesson 48:
  • “To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. ... ” v. 284

  • Lesson 49:
  • “The Messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers. ...” v. 285

  • Lesson 50:
  • “And they say: We hear and obey; ... so grant us victory over the disbelieving people.” v. 285 - 286

  • Lesson 51:
  • “Allah imposes not on any soul a duty beyond its scope. ... so grant us victory over the disbelieving people.” v. 286

     

    Chapter 3: Aal Imran (Family of Imran)

  • Lesson 52:
  • “I, Allah, am the best Knower ... And Allah is Mighty, the Lord of retribution.” v. 1 - 3

  • Lesson 53:
  • “Surely nothing in the earth or in the heaven is hidden from Allah. ... And none mind except men of understanding.” v. 4 - 6

  • Lesson 54:
  • “Those who disbelieve, neither their wealth nor their children will avail them aught against Allah. ... There is a lesson in this for those who have eyes.” v. 9 - 12

  • Lesson 55:
  • “Fair-seeming to men is made the love of desires, ... There is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise.” v. 14 - 18

  • Lesson 56:
  • “Say: O Allah, Owner of the Kingdom, Thou givest the kingdom to whom Thou pleasest, ... Thou givest sustenance to whom Thou pleasest without measure.” v. 25 - 26

  • Lesson 57:
  • “Say: O Allah, Owner of the Kingdom, Thou givest the kingdom to whom Thou pleasest, ... Thou givest sustenance to whom Thou pleasest without measure.” v. 25 - 26

  • Lesson 58:
  • “Say: O Allah, Owner of the Kingdom, Thou givest the kingdom to whom Thou pleasest, ... Thou givest sustenance to whom Thou pleasest without measure.” v. 25 - 26

  • Lesson 59:
  • “Let not the believers take the disbelievers for friends rather than believers. ... And Allah is Compassionate to the servants.” v. 27 - 29

  • Lesson 60:
  • “O you who believe, keep your duty to Allah, as it ought to be kept, and die not unless you are Muslims. ... And these are they who are successful.” v. 101 - 103

  • Lesson 61:
  • “When two parties from among you thought of showing cowardice, and Allah was the Guardian of them both. And in Allah should the believers trust.” v. 121

  • Lesson 62:
  • “And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden, as wide as the heavens and the earth; it is prepared for those who keep their duty.” v. 132

  • Lesson 63:
  • “And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden, as wide as the heavens and the earth; ... And Allah loves the doers of good (to others).” v. 132 - 133

  • Lesson 64:
  • “And those who restrain (their) anger and pardon men. ... And they persist not knowingly in what they do.” v. 133 - 134

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