[Slideshare] akhlaq-course (august-2013-batch) -lesson# 9b -guidance-from-al-qur;an-(20-november-2013)

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH,
MOST COMPASSIONATE,
MOST MERCIFUL.

“INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY
OF ‘ILM -AL-AKHLAQ ”
Intermediate Level Islamic course in English for Adults
conducted by Ustaz Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail

LESSON # 9 [b] –

“GUIDANCE FROM THE QUR’AN”
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF
‘ILM AL-AKHLAQ
“Verily! You (Muhammad) are upon the
most exalted (Khuluq) disposition.”

Using text & curriculum he has developed especially for
Muslim converts and young Adult English-speaking Muslims.

“To seek knowledge is obligatory upon every Muslim (male & female)”
All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2013)
)

UPDATED 20 NOVEMBER 2013

FROM PREVIOUS LESSON # 6 –


TASAWWUR ISLAM

LEVELS OF ATTAINMENT
TOWARDS HGHEST STATE OF

MUTTAQEEN

TAQWA

God-consciousness or Piety

MUKHLISWEEN
Sincerity

MUHSEEN
Best or righteous conduct

MU’MEEN
Believer

MUSLIM
Submission

TASAWWUR ISLAM

LEVELS OF ATTAINMENT
TOWARDS HGHEST STATE OF

MUTTAQEEN

TAQWA

God-consciousness or Piety
MAQOM AL-’ARIFEEN

MUKHLISWEEN
Sincerity

MUHSEEN

MAQOM AZ-ZUHUD

Best or righteous conduct

MU’MEEN

MAQOM AL-WARA’

Believer

MUSLIM

MAQOM AT-TAUBAH

Submission
MAQOM AL-ISLAM

FROM PREVIOUS LESSON # 7 a –


FROM PREVIOUS LESSON # 7 b –


“ You have indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Prophet
Muhammad s.a.w.) a beautiful pattern (of conduct) for
anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who
engages much in the praise of Allah. “
(Qur’an: al-Ahzab: 33: 21)


(When) ‘A-isha r.a. was asked as to the Prophet’s
s.a.a.w. disposition (akhlaq) she replied:
“(His nature or disposition) is the Qur’an”.
(Hadith narrated by Abu Dawud and Muslim)
Muslim


“Whenever any one of you wish to speak (converse) with
His Robb (Lord Sustainer), let him read the Qur’an”
(Hadith reported by Dailamy and Baihaqy)


LESSONS FROM SURAH AL-HUJURAT


“O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not put yourselves
forward in the presence of [what] Allah and His Messenger
[may have ordained], but remain conscious of [and fear] Allah:
for, verily, Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing!”
(Qur’an: Hujurat: 49: 1)

Points for discussion and reflection
Islamic education stress much upon 'Adab' (knowledge of the
order of things and putting everything, or dealing with things
according to its proper place in their hierarchy of existence).
Thus when we approach the Qur'an, remember it is not an
ordinary Book - but direct revelations from Allah s.w.t. His Words
are perfected and expounded, containing profound Wisdom: more
so when He addresses us specifically by "O You who Believe (who
have attained to Faith)!" - we must respond : "LabbaykAllah!" (Here
I am O Allah! - am ready to heed & obey).


“O YOU who have attained to faith! If any iniquitous person comes to
you with a [slanderous] tale, use your discernment (FATABAYANU),
lest you hurt people unwittingly and afterwards be filled with
remorse for what you have done.”


YAA – AIYU – HAL – LADZEE-NA – AA –MA-NUU
O YOU who have attained to faith

IN-JAA- AKUM – FAA – SI - QUN
If any iniquitous person comes to you

BI – NA – BA – IM – FA –TA – BAI –YA - NUU
with a [slanderous] tale, use your discernment (check),

AN – TU SWEE-BUU – QAU - MAN
lest you hurt people

BI – JA – HAA – LA- TIN
Unwittingly (by your ignorance)

FA – TUSW – BI –HUU – ‘ALAA – MAA – FA-’AL -TUM – NAA-DI- MEEN
and afterwards be filled with remorse for what
you have done.

As Muslims, we are to hold all our brothers and sisters with
equal respect, without harbouring any ill-thoughts concerning them.
Their honour and dignity has to be safeguarded, as Islam guarantees
it.
But how often, our attitude towards our brother or sister would
easily be affected because of news that is maliciously disseminated
to disparage him/her.


Whether, in the first place, is it right or wrong to spread such
news, or whether the story is true or lies, seemed unimportant because we would have allowed the poison to affect our opinion of
the person concerned.
How easily we give credence to it. We are quick to accuse, even
though we may not be uttering it? The honour we held for our
brother/sister quickly dissipate, and every actions done by him/her
is scrutinised as though to implicate or rather with a view to confirm
what we had already concluded in our minds. In fact we have
already judged him/her unjustly.

Seldom, if ever, do we seek to verify from the person concerned,
but we feel satisfied just with this news, although one-sided,
unverified, and we shamelessly feel no qualms about acting
prejudicially.
Sometimes, we began to behave pretentiously in front of the
poor brother/sister as though we are not aware of the news. Why
pretend? .... it is because we felt ashamed for ourselves for not
defending his/her honour in his/her absence.


Spreading news negatively about somebody to others is a
cowardly act!
To condone it, would be to implicate oneself with this same guilt
as the one who started it. Rumour-mongering (spreading untruth
about others) is indeed, not only a very dangerous and despicable
social ill, it is amongst the list of forbidden acts called "kaba-ir"
(major sins).
Alas for us who may inadvertently been exposed to these, we
must guard ourselves from believing in it, and we must not allow
such unverified assertion to draw us into sinning against our
brother/sister concerned.


Yet why do our nafs (desire or self) likes or is inclines to listen to
such news concerning others? News of scandals and 'juicy' gossips of
an acquaintance is welcomed or even sought. Perhaps we are merely
pampering to our self-conceit which wants assurance of its own
‘superiority' over others; that feeling of "holier than thou!" attitude
which gives us 'satisfaction'.
Thus our pre-occupation with the alleged "faults" of others,
makes us forget that we are the ones that is at fault, nay, clearly the
ones who are guilty of a grave sin.


In this day and age, with information technology advancing and
dissemination of news becoming easy, the pertinent moral question
of - "is spreading negativity (even, if it is true) of a person to the
general public, a sin or not?" is never even asked by Muslims!
Those who are without religion may use ‘press-freedom’ or
'public interest', as justification - but can Muslims use this excuse?
What does Islam has to say regarding this?


And those Muslims who are in journalism should ask: "Are all the
codes of modern journalism compatible with Islamic ethics?" What
kind of news about people can be disseminated, and how should it
be presented as public knowledge, as education, without us falling
foul to the strict Islamic rule for safeguarding personal honour &
dignity of individuals?
This warning similarly applies to those who are active on the
“social media” , as well as authors, script writers, bloggers, etc.
Sinning against a person is indeed serious and may not be easily
forgiven by Allah, unless the person concerned is willing to forgive.

And Allah's forgiveness depends upon our repentance ( taubah) And it does not constitute (taubah) repentance, unless there is the
feeling of remorse (nadaam) in us and accompanied with the earnest
efforts towards seeking forgiveness and making correction or
reparation (kifaarat).


Tale-bearing is often a characteristic of those inclined to iniquity
(faasiq) precisely because the very act of spreading unsubstantiated
rumours affecting the reputations of other persons itself, is a
spiritual offence - albeit a grave & serious one.
Such person do not have any qualms to harm others, yet they do
not dare to confront directly those whom they harbour ill-will. They
cowardly 'oppresses' using this diabolical 'tale-bearing' that can
'whisper into the hearts' of other people, as described by Allah in
which He commands us to seek His refuge from them.


SAY: "I seek refuge with the Sustainer of men, the Sovereign
of men, the God of men, from the evil of the whispering,
elusive tempter who whispers in the hearts of men, from all
[temptation to evil by] invisible forces as well as men,“
(Qur’an: an-Naas: 114: 1-6)

If we encounter such tale-bearers, we should hold to doubting
them unless it comes with unequivocal & substantiated proof; and
thus we must not allow any of what they convey concerning other
people to be irresponsibly disseminated. This should stop with us.
Yet, many of us even became the very channel for many unverified
news about others to spread!
Especially today in the virtual internet world where such
'forward-ings' seems so easy on a mere click. Some have no
qualms to even post on their websites, FB’s , Twitters such
malicious tales, photos, etc. casting aspersion upon people who
may be unaware of it or are unable to respond or defend
themselves .

Those guilty of such despicable act should stop and seek
reparation, if not they are actually indulging, constantly and
repeatedly in this sin of 'defamation' from the time they put it up
for others to access. They are in fact slandering continuously
without having to even speak. They are in fact chalking up sins, at
a tremendous pace daily - nay, each time whenever there are
people reading their postings and harbouring negative thoughts on
the person being maligned.
And they think Allah s.w.t. will not judge them - that their book
of record is not constantly being kept updated? Ever wonder how
would such wrong done could ever be undone?! Yet, it persists!

There are some who uses absurd qualifying phrase to
somewhat justify their behaviour, like "I know this is not confirm,
but do you know that so-and-so...."; or "actually I am not suppose
to tell anyone but,...." etc. If others were to do the same to us, cast
a slur upon our reputations, we would not have liked it, yet, why
aren't we careful when our own indulgence affect the reputations
of our other brothers/sisters?
Remember the ruling (hukm) against those who slander against
the honour of another brother/sister is indeed considered a grave
oppression - a "defamation" - against them. And they would have
a strong claim against those who wronged them by turning to
Allah.


“And [once again]: Why do you not say, whenever you
hear such [a rumour], “It does not behove us to speak of
this, O Thou who art limitless in Thy glory: this is an
awesome calumny (BUH-TAA-NUN- ‘AZEEM)”?
Allah admonishes you [hereby] lest you ever revert to the
like of this [sin], if you are [truly] believers; for Allah
makes [His] messages clear unto you - and Allah is allknowing, Wise!.”
(Qur’an:an-Nur: 24: 16-18)


“Verily, as for those who like [to hear] foul slander spread
against [any of] those who have attained to faith, grievous
suffering awaits them in this world and in the life to come:
for Allah knows [the full truth], whereas you know [it] not.”
(Qur’an: an-Nur: 24: 19)

“Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and backbiter, who
amasses wealth and counts it over and again. He thinks that
his wealth will immortalise him forever. Nay, he shall be
thrown into the Crusher. And what do you know what the
Crusher is? It is the Fire kindled by Allah, the Fire that shall
rise to the hearts (of criminals). Verily it will close in upon
them, in outstretched columns.”
(Qur’an: Humazah: 104: 1-9)


WAI-LUL – LI – KUL - LI – HU-MA-ZA-TIL –LU-MA-ZAH
Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and backbiter

AL-LA-DZEE – JA-MA-’A – MAA –LAU – WA - ’AD – DA - DAH
who amasses wealth and counts it over and again

YAH – SA-BU – AN-NA – MAA – LA-HU- AKH-LA-DAH
He thinks that his wealth will immortalise him forever

KAL-LAA – LA- YUM – BA-DZAN-NA – FIL – KHU-TWA -MAH
Nay, he shall be thrown into the Crusher

WA-MAA – AD-RAA – KA – MAL – KHU-TWA-MAH
And what do you know what the Crusher is?

NAA-RUL-LAA-HIL – MUU – QO-DAH
It is the Fire kindled by Allah,

AL-LA-TEE – TAT-TWA-LI – ‘U – ‘ALAL – AF – I - DAH
the Fire that shall rise to the hearts (of criminals)

IN – NA-HAA – ‘ALAI – HIM – MUɔ – SWO -DAH
Verily it will close in upon them

FEE – ‘AMA – DIM – MU- MAD – DA-DAH
Verily it will close in upon them, in outstretched columns.

Many of us, shamelessly entertain the thought that we are
perfect. Some even seek out Western motivational books &
courses that promote enhancement of their 'super-ego'.
Thus their attitude towards others will be affected by this
delusion, accentuated by seeing the faults in others, not in
themselves. Many of us may still be struggling with but still
controlled by our 'nafs al-amaa-rah' (our commanding self), which
makes us become pre-occupied with others to distract us from
looking at what is in us.


Our hands are quick to point at others, yet we forget that,
fingers in that same hand is in fact pointing back at us. We should
reflect and ask ourselves:
"Is this the behaviour and attitude of a Muslim?" are we not
ashamed! – IT-TAQIL-LAAH!
Remember what our Prophet s.a.w. said.


“Blessed is the one who is busy (addressing) with his own
shortcomings (faults) rather than getting involve with
(searching for) the shortcomings (faults) of other people.”
(Hadeeth)


"O You Muslim (who claim yourself as one) with your mouth!
But Faith (iiman) has not entered your hearts; do not cause
annoyance towards other Muslims by making fun of them
and searching for their faults. This is because whosoever
likes to search for the faults of his Muslim brother, Allah in
turn will search out his faults. When Allah searches out
someone's faults, He will expose whatever secrets that the
person has, even if it were (hidden) in his baggage."
(Hadeeth)



“And know that Allah’s Messenger is among you: were he to
comply with your inclinations in each and every case, you
would be bound to come to harm [as a community]. But as it
is, Allah has caused [your] faith to be dear to you, and has
given it beauty in your hearts, and has made hateful to you
all denial of the truth, and all iniquity, and all rebellion
[against what is good]. Such indeed are they who follow the
right course”


We ought to know better that as Muslims, we have the perfect
example of our Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. He would never act
based on unverified assertions, nor would he be inclined to
people's opinion but he would always seek the inspirations and
guidance of Allah s.w.t. :

"And know that among you is Allah's Messenger: were
he, in many matters, to follow your (wishes), ye would
certainly suffer"

Such was the nature of Muhammad s.a.w. and were the nature
of his close companions r.a. whose life he moulded. These pure
souls were instilled by the Grace of Allah with that characteristics
mentioned here as:


Such was the nature of Muhammad s.a.w. and were the nature
of his close companions r.a. whose life he moulded. These pure
souls were instilled by the Grace of Allah with that characteristics
mentioned here as:

“... but Allah has endeared the Faith to you, and has made
it beautiful in your hearts and He has made hateful to you
unbelief, wickedness and rebellion: such indeed are those
who walk in righteousness―"


[1] They see Faith (iiman) as something most dear and valuable; a
bestowal from Allah to them. They were very careful in striving to
preserve this. They indulge constantly in seeking forgiveness of
Allah s.w.t. seeking to remove any stain or blemishes upon their
Faith (iiman). Thus, any act or deeds which compromises this
would be rejected out right.
[2] Not only that, Faith (iiman) is adorned in their hearts. If the
''Qalb"(mind/heart) is the centre from which radiates all our
actions, then from such people will manifest everything which
such Faith (iiman) represents. They exude every goodness.


[3] When their hearts is filled with Faith (iiman), then it definitely
will react against any other values contrary to Faith (iiman). It
resent and is hateful towards "Kufr" (denial of Truth); "Fusuq"
(iniquities or sinful things) and "Isw-yaan" (rebellion against
goodness).
Such were the people whom Allah s.w.t, referred to as the Rightly
Guided (RAA-SYIDUUN) - May Allah make us to be like them too –
AAMIN


ALLAA-HUM-MAR – HAM-NI - BIL – QUR- ‘AA-N
WAJ- ‘AL – HU – LEE – IMAA-MAN - WA – NUU – RAN –
WA – HU-DAN WA RAH - MAH
“O Allah! Bestow mercy upon me through the Quran and
make it for me a leader (leading to Truth), a light, a Guide,
and a Mercy. O Allah! “


ALLAA-HUM-MA – DZAK – KIR – NEE – MIN-HU-MAA
NA –SEE –TU – WA – ‘AL –LIM – NEE
MIN – HU-MAA - JA – HIL -TU
“Remind me of that which I have forgotten, teach me those
(parts of the Quran) of which I am ignorant,”


WAR – ZUQ – NEE – TI – LAA – WA - TA – HU
AA – NA – AL – LAI – LI - WA – ATW
TRAA – FA - AN - NA - HAAR
“Grant me (ability for) Its recitation in the hours of the night
and different parts of the day,”


WAJ – ‘AL – HU – LEE – HUJ – JA-TAN
YAA – ROB – BAL – ‘AA – LA – MEE-N

“And make it as argument point in my favour,
O Lord of all the worlds.”


"Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have
forgotten or erred.
Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which
You laid upon those before us.
Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no
ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have
mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory
over the disbelieving people."


“O Allah, make my speech be guidance, inspire me with
reverential fear, give me success in that which is most
pure, and employ me in what is most pleasing to Thee!
O Allah, let me tread the most exemplary path and make
me live and die in Thy creed!
O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, give me to
enjoy moderation, make me into one of the people of
right behaviour, the proofs of right conduct, and the
servants of righteousness,"


O Allah! Make faith (iiman) dear to us and beautify it in our hearts
and make disbelief (Kufr), sinning (Fusuq) and rebelliousness (`isyan)
hateful to us, and make us among the rightly guided ( Raa-shi-duun).


O Allah! Allow us to die as Muslims, live as Muslims
and join us with the ranks of the righteous ones,
without tasting humiliation or turmoil.


‘And (may Allah send) salutations and prayers upon Muhammad
and upon the household and companions of Muhammad
(the pure ones of his family and all the loyal followers).


“Glory to thy Lord the Lord, of Honour and Power!
(He is free) from what they ascribe (to Him)!
And Peace on the Messengers!
And praise to Allah, the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds.”


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