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Peace and blessings of Allah to all of you. Ladies and gentlemen welcome
I seek refuge in Allah from the Satan, the ***.
With the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
The topic is what Al-Quran says about Al-Kitab, the Book, translated.
Before I discuss the ayaats,
I would like to share these two words,
Al-Quran and Al-Kitab.
They are Arabic words which usually are not translated.
So to understand the lecture,
we must understand the meanings of the words.
Al-Quran means the reading,
Al-Quran the reading
and Al-Kitab means the book.
Generally in the world
Muslims and non-Muslims
have Latinized this word Al-Quran in all language of the world.
Al-Quran, Quran, Quran whether he is a german, he uses the word Quran,
whether he is Urdu speaking person or English speaking person, he says Quran
and it has become a proper noun.
Of course it is a proper noun,
but at the same time we must know the meanings
because it is an Arabic word.
So Al-Quran means the reading,
and Al-Kitab means the book, the written one.
We must understand the difference, the meaning itself.
So the topic is what Al-Quran
translated as the reading says about the book or the Al-Kitab, the book,
this is the topic.
You are hearing two words, Al-Quran, the reading,
what I will read to you
and the book that is given in your hand is the book, the written one.
What I will read is the Quran,
ayaats, that I read is the Quran,
and what you have in your booklet is a book.
So the reading or the Al-Quran the reading
when I read the booklet given to you is the booklet
or the ayaats written down,
it will be explained.
So in other words the Quran, the reading,
what the Quran, the reading says about the Al-Kitab, the book.
This is the topic.
These two words have occurred in the whole of the Quran if you want to note it down in the booklet, you can take it with you.
The Quran has occurred in the Quran 67 times the word Quran itself,
and Al-Kitab, the book, has occurred 230 times.
The book, Al-Kitab, the book, the book in continuation
number of times.
How they are similar and what is the difference when I read the ayaats you will come to know.
Similarly there is a word taurah.
Taurah is an Arabic word not translated,
taurah means the law.
Injeel means the good news.
Zaboor means the peace, and so on.
You see why I am telling you because generally in the whole world,
the concept is that Allah has revealed four books.
That is the prevailing concept in the whole world,
whether we are Muslims, whether we are non-Muslims,
all parts of the world
this is the concept prevailing that Jesus brought the Injeel,
the Gospel, evangel, the taurah, the law was given to Moses
and to Daud A.S., the David they call it was given Zaboor and translated as Psalms and the Quran, the reading given to Mohammad p.b.u.h.
This is the prevailing concept.
The oncoming lecture is what the Quran says about the taurah and injeel.
So I will not discuss the word, the taurah, injeel today.
I am just trying to tell you what we already know
that there are four books revealed to different prophets
and finally Mohammad s.a.w.
This is the prevailing concept.
The lecture that you are going to hear
is the word, the Quran speaks about the book, the book means the singular in Arabic, Al-Kitab.
So if I hold in my hand this Quran,
we call it the Quran, it has become a proper noun, I told you,
but basically it is written on a piece of paper is a book,
Al-Kitab means the book.
When I read the ayaats of this book is the Quran.
If anybody has got any book like for example this Bible,
this Bible is also a book.
If I read the bible in Arabic it will be Quran.
You must understand.
Quran, iqra, read.
So Arabs know whether he is a Muslim or a Christian, or Jew arab
know this the Quran means reading,
reading of what.
If you are reading the Bible, you are doing qiraa of the Bible,
you are reading the Bible, if you are reading this Kitab Allah,
Kitab of Allah, the book of Allah, Al-Kitab of Allah,
you are reading the Quran,
the book of Allah, the reading.
So we must know the difference.
This is how it goes on.
But in this book,
there are many attributes of the book
or the names of the book.
Like for example we know Allah by the name Allah,
but if somebody asks you who is Allah,
so you have to know his attributes, the qualities, what is He.
He is Al-Rahman,
meaning of Al-Rahman is Most Gracious,
that is the personality of Allah, Most Gracious.
Raheem, Most Merciful.
Wudood, loving. He loves people.
This is the personality of Allah.
Then the word is As-Salam, he is source of peace,
provider of peace, salam is also a name of Allah.
Then there is Khaliq, the creator,
and then there is Aziz, The Mighty,
Al-Hakeem, the Wise.
There are more than 99 names of Allah.
In that 99 names are the description or the attributes how Allah is.
So we Muslims believe in Allah with his attributes
or the names of Allah.
They are the meaningful names of Allah.
Similarly the book of Allah
contains certain names
and we know that Muslims do not say that there are 99 Gods
or above 99 Allahs,
we say there is one Allah with above 100-99 attributes, names given to him,
they are the names, the quality or the descriptive names
by which we can describe and understand Allah
that is the description of Allah.
similarly this book has got different names
and these different names, they are contained in the book of Allah.
So if I just refer to this page,
open the first page,
is Al-Quran, the read, al-taurah, the law,
al-injeel the good news,
al-zaboor, the peace,
al-furqan, the criterion,
burhan, the proof,
sultan, the authority,
al-hikmah, the wisdom,
hudan, the guidance,
nazil, the revelation,
wahiun is inspiration,
kalaam, speech or word,
basaer, insight, ayaats, signs, al-majeed, glorious, ajeeb, amazing,
al-noor, the light,
ahsan alhadees, the beautiful incident or event.
Ahsan alqasas, the most beautiful relationship,
al-amsal, the examples,
moeda, the sermon,
al-zikr, the remembrance,
alwah, the tablets,
zeyan, shine, bayyenat, clarification or clarity,
risalat, messages, al-anba, the prophecies,
al-qaol, the saying,
suhuf, pages, sharia, the way,
al-amr-e-Allah, the order of Allah,
al-haq, the truth,
al-ilm, the knowledge.
These words that I have read,
have occurred in this book.
And I have also gave the meanings.
So if you will note,
that there are above…..these are not the complete….
I have just given you example, for example there are 33 names
of the same book,
like there were above 99 names of Allah,
we know they are the 99 attributes or the qualities or the description of Allah.
similarly these words have occurred or written in Al-Kitab, the book,
so they are the names or the qualities or the attributes of the same book.
They are written in the same book.
They are not different books in the world.
They are the names of the book.
When I read the book,
it is Quran, I am giving example.
When I read an ayah that contains the law,
it is the taurah,
when I read the ayah it contains the injeel, the good news is injeel.
When I read the ayah and it is providing an evidence,
it is the burhan.
So similarly all the ayaats that are in the book of Allah
are used and that the ayah contains at that particular time
it is accordingly.
If you ask it is written in the pages,
you can say suhuf,
the ayaats that are written in the pages,
means they are written in the suhuf,
so that does not mean they are different books. It is one book.
We have to verify now.
Just I am telling you when we read the ayahs, we can check up that what I will read for you,
you can check it up as well,
but at the moment I have read so many names
and all the scholars of the world
agree that all these names that I read to you
are the qualities or the attributes of the book of Allah,
there is no argument or difference, distinction between any one of the scholar
except, they say the taurah and the injeel
and the zaboor is contained in the Bible.
Listen to me very carefully
there is no contradiction, the nazil is…when you ask them where is the nazil,
where is the furqan, they say in the book of Quran,
where is the burhan or the sultan or the authority,
they say it is in the Quran, it is in the Quran, it is in the Quran.
Then where is the taurah, it is in the Bible,
where is the injeel, they say it is in the Bible,
where is the zaboor, it is in the bible.
So these three different words, only these three different words
have been attributed to the bible.
The other attributes the names that I read
is to be found in the Quran and the book of Allah.
It is written down, no difference.
So I am telling you today, it is the one book of Allah
containing all these attributes,
but my saying will not give you the proof.
We have to read the ayaats and understand how it goes on.
So now I will read ayaats for you
so that you can confirm that whatever I am saying is the truth or not.
So first of all again this staple page I will read for you,
Now if you look at the ayah in the Arabic.
You will see those two words
Arabic
you see the word the Quran in the Arabic,
right, you can see this Arabic, the Quran
and further it says
Arabic
the Kitab word.
In one ayah, in the very same one ayah, you see the two words, Al-Quran and Al-Kitab in Arabic.
So what we understand, look at the ayat
Arabic
and this Quran, the reading, that what I am reading
is from the book, the written one in front of you.
The book that you hold in your hand is the book, the written one.
So Allah says and this Quran the reading,
is not that can be produced from other than Allah.
But it is a confirmation that is between his two hands.
What I am reading is Quran
and what you are confirming is in your two hands,
between his two hands,
so any one can when he confirms
the book is given to you
for you to confirm
what I am reading is from this book or not,
so you are reading it and it says it is a confirmation between his two hands
and explanation of the book,
the written one, the Quran, the reading
explains what is written, what is written in the book.
There is no doubt in it
from the Lord of the Worlds,
meaning you have been provided a book
and in that book, the reference is surah Younus 10 and ayah 37,
it is already recorded earlier
and when I read the ayah
so that reading becomes the Quran.
And what I read, you verified the book in your hands
it is a confirmation.
The Quran or the reading is a confirmation of Al-Kitab,
the book or the written one.
To understand this is very simple to understand.
In any school from the childhood, you have been given booklets
or books have been provided to you.
The teacher reads the same book
and explains to you the book that is written already
and when the examination comes near to you,
he questions you and he expects you to answer near to that text book
already that was there given to you before.
So any book cannot be understood until and unless you read the book.
If I have got library of books in my house
and they are lying down in my house,
it does not give me any benefit,
when I read the book
then I understand the book.
So any reading of any book is explanation,
reading becomes reading itself becomes an explanation of the book.
Reading, reading of a book becomes an explanation of that book,
then you understand.
So Allah is not saying unusual things, they are saying very simple.
Arabic
and this Quran is not
Arabic
that can be produced from other than Allah
Arabic
and it is a confirmation or verification between his two hands,
Arabic
an explanation of the book
Arabic
and there is no doubt it is coming from the Lord of the Worlds.
So means Quran, the reading,
readings is the confirmation of Al-Kitab, the written one.
So this book I hold in my hand is the book.
When I read it, the understanding comes to me, it becomes the explanation
and a confirmation of the book.
So this is how these two words is the same and similar difference.
So the book in front of you is the book,
and what I read is the Quran,
that is the difference, but it is the same.
You can check it up and you can verify.
So Quran, the reading becomes a verification and explanation of the written one, the book.
So this is what we have understood.
Now the topic was what the Quran has to say about the book,
this book.
So the difference I have explained by the ayah,
the Quran and the book.
Now we will how the ayah,
the book, what Allah says about the book.
Now you see this complete ayah
we will discuss this ayah in portions.
For example the first little portion I read again
Arabic
it is he who has revealed over you the book.
So I have already explained to you the meaning, the book.
So the book is the written one.
So Allah is telling us it is He who has revealed over you, the messenger, the book, the written one, this book.
So the book was revealed on him,
the written one was revealed on him.
Arabic
it is He who has revealed Al-Kitab, the book over you.
Arabic
in the book, from the book, from the book are ayaats,
the verses, the signs, mahkumaat, governing ayaats,
in the book, from the book,
there are ayaats, signs that are mahkumaat, governing ayaats,
Arabic
they are the mother of the book
Arabic
and the others are resembling ayaats.
And here I pause, I will not go into further, first we discuss this portion.
There are in this book that I hold in my hand,
you see there are….Allah is saying this is the book that Allah has revealed over you
and in the book within the book there are two types of ayaats,
two type of ayaats or the verses.
One aspect of the ayaat is they are they mahkumaat ayaat,
menaing the governing ayaats,
the ayahs that governs us.
The ayaahs that we have to take guidance or govern us.
They are the mahkumat ayaat.
Arabic
and the other are resembling ayaats.
The other two types of ayaat.
So first we will in this book,
for example if you look into this there are two types of ayaats,
the mahkumaat ayaat, the governing ayaats and the other ayah the mutashabihat or resembling ayaats.
So we will see what are the mahkumat ayaats first and then we will see what are the resembling ayaats,
what are the mahkumaat ayaat, the governing ayaats and what are the mutashabihat or resembling ayaats.
To understand we go to the next page, we come back again but we first go to the next page
and we see what are the mahkumaat ayaats.
Now the word you see here is Allah says how can they govern you
that the al-taurah, the law is near them, they have got the law with them,
in the law, in the taurah, in the law, in the law or the taurah,
Arabic
so in the taurah, the law, Allah says is the hokum of Allah,
the government of Allah,
that the governing ayaats of Allah, the government of Allah.
So we come to know from this ayat
that the ayahs that are contained,
the orders or the governing ayaats is the government of Allah, hokum Allah
in the taurah, taurah means the law.
Taurah means the law, in the taurah, the law
contains the hokum, the governing ayaats.
So here we have understood that the taurah,
Arabic
near them is the taurah,
Arabic
in the taurah, the law, is the hokum or the governing ayaats or government of Allah.
The taurah, the law.
So all this book is Allah’s book
and in the ayaats of Allah’s book
that governs the ayaats, the ayaats that are the governing ayaats
are the mahkumat ayaat meaning they are the governing ayahs.
They are the taurah.
What is a taurah, I repeat again.
Taurah means the law, and the taurah means the law
and in the taurah, the law are the governing ayaats,
the mahkumaat ayaats, which governs us.
We have to govern ourselves
and in the taurah is the hokum of Allah,
so hokum of Allah is in the book of Allah
and it is referred as taurah
so all the ayaats that contains the hokum of Allah
are the mahkumaat or the governing ayaats.
All the ayahs that contain the governance,
that we have to govern ourselves
are referred as the mahkumaat ayaat
translated as governing ayaats
and Allah has referred as the taurah the law of the book,
taurah of Al-Kitab.
Kitab is book, contains the taurah, the law.
The law is book of this book.
So the taurah is the law and in that law is the governing ayaats
and in this governing ayaats is the mahkumaat ayaats, governing ayaats.
So all the ayaats that are governing is the taurah or the law.
And Allah says in the previous ayah,