Reciting the book, purification, teaching of book and wisdom
Assalamoalaekum
I am sharing an ayah that inspired me today, I seek forgiveness, guidance and help from Allah سبحان و تعالى
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
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Al-Baqara (البقرة) / 2:151
كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيكُمْ رَسُولًا مِّنكُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا وَيُزَكِّيكُمْ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَيُعَلِّمُكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْلَمُونَ
Just as We have sent among you a messenger from yourselves reciting to you Our verses and purifying you and teaching you the Book and wisdom and teaching you that which you did not know.
كَمَا As - أَرْسَلْنَا We sent - فِيكُمْ among you - رَسُولًا a Messenger - مِنْكُمْ from you - يَتْلُوا (who) recites - عَلَيْكُمْ to you - ءَايَاتِنَا Our verses - وَيُزَكِّيكُمْ and purifies you - وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ and teaches you - الْكِتَابَ the Book - وَالْحِكْمَةَ and the wisdom - وَيُعَلِّمُكُمْ and teaches you - مَا what - لَمْ not - تَكُونُوا you were - تَعْلَمُونَ knowing. -
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This ayah reminds me what Prophet Muhammad pbuh used to do. And it gives me an idea that I should have these things in my life in some way to keep my iman intact.
Prophet Muhammad pbuh used to
1. Recite the book
2. Purifies his companions
3. Teaches them book and wisdom.
I personally have experienced that when book is recited on me, it has an impact on me alhamdolillah and this impact is different from what I get when I recite the book myself.
Then the Prophet pbuh used to purify his companions. I feel the necessity of this because i can't purify myself on my own. I relate this to washing of a cloth. A cloth can't get clean by itself. It needs a second ingredient to be washed and sometimes we need color enhancer as well. So to purify our souls, we need some activity on ourselves as well. I want to remind myself that I need to make an active effort on daily basis to purify myself. This might include reading about the seerah and about the companions. And third is that the Prophet pbuh used to teach them the book and wisdom and we should also make sure that we are taught book and the wisdom on daily basis. If I am missing anyone of these 3 tasks, I am going to miss a lot.
I also want to share Prophet Ibrahim عليه السلام made duaa for a Prophet who repent it's the book, teach the book and wisdom and purify in ayah 129 of same Soorah and Allah heard that duaa.
That means Ibrahim عليه السلام knew what we needed and we got such a Prophet. Alhamdolillah.
I feel that in Ramadan my iman boosts because I get a chance to hear the recitation alhamdolillah, I get to hear short lessons for purification of soul and I also get the teaching of Quran and wisdom. On regular days, I feel I need to get them on daily basis inshaAllah.
Oh Allah give us the opportunity that Quran is recited to us on daily basis. Ameen. Oh Allah give us the guides who purify ourselves. Ameen. Oh Allah give us somebody who teach us the book and the wisdom on daily basis. Ameen.
