Surah 10 (Yûnus), Verses 21-40 (Y6)

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Summary

Today’s selection is from Surah 10, Yûnus or Jonah, verses 21-40. These verses speak of how people call upon God only when they are suffering but do not do so when they are comfortable and safe. Examples of this worldly life are given. The deities worshiped by the mushrikeen are not even aware they are being worshiped. Lastly, reason and truth about Allah are pitted against these so-called Gods and the Qur’an is the basis for Allah’s revelation.

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Surah 10 (Yûnus), Verses 1-20 (Y6)

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Today’s selection is from Surah 10, Yûnus or Jonah, verses 1-20. These verses set up Allah as the supreme being who created the universe in six days or periods of time. There are many signs of His manifestation in the heavens and earth. Next, the behaviors of the wrongdoers towards Allah and the revelations are detailed and lastly, it is mankind which was one undivided nation until they themselves invented different creeds.

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Surah 25 (Al-Furqân), Verses 21-44 (Y6)

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Today’s selection is from Surah 25, Al-Furqân or The Criterion, verses 21-44. Topics in this selection include: The unbelievers who ask for angels today but will tomorrow ask for a stone barrier between them and the angels of punishment. Next, an explanation of the wisdom behind revealing the Qur’an piecemeal rather than all at once. Futhermore, all nations which rejected Allah’s revelations and his Messengers were destroyed. Finally, those who take their desires as their Gods are nothing but animals.

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Surah 25 (Al-Furqân), Verses 1-20 (Y6)

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Today’s selection is from Surah 25, Al-Furqân or The Criterion, verses 1-20.

These verses discuss the criterion for distinguishing between right and wrong, and the wrongdoers who refuse to believe the Messengers of God simply because the Messengers themselves are human. It is told that on the day of Judgment, these disbelievers will be held accountable for associating others with God.

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Surah 20 (Tâ-Hâ), Verses 25-54 (Y6)

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Today’s 17 Verses episode is from Surah 20, Tâ-Hâ, Verses 25-54. These verses tell the story of Prophet Moses’ prayer to God to open his heart and remove his speech impediment so that he could communicate with the people and then of Moses and Pharaoh’s confrontation.

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Surah 20 (Tâ-Hâ), Verses 1-24 (Y6)

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Today’s selection is from Surah 20, Tâ-Hâ, verses 1-24. These verses remind us that the Qur’an is for those who fear God. It tells the story of Prophet Moses, when he went to the valley of ‘Tuwa’ at Mt Tur and was chosen as a Messenger of God to confront the Pharaoh of Egypt.

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Surah 3 (Âli-‘Imrân), Verses 21-41 (Y6)

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Today’s selection is from Surah 3, Âli-‘Imrân or the Family of Imran, verses 21-41. These verses warns Jews and Christians of being deceived by their own self-invented beliefs. It prohibits taking disbelievers as protectors and commands the people to follow and obey Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). It recounts the birth and life of Maryam, mother of Prophet Jesus and the prayers of Prophet Zakkariyah to grant him a son, who was then named Yahya (or John).

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Surah 3 (Âli-‘Imrân), Verses 1-20 (Y6)

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Today’s selection is from Surah 3, Âli-‘Imrân,or the Family of Imran, verses 1-20. It deals with the revelation of the Torah, the Gospels and the Qur’an. It talks about the decisive and allegorcial nature of the verses. It also discusses the excuses which people feel will save them from the hell-fire, the Battle of Badr as one of the main signs of Allah’s favor, and the comforts of this life vs the Al-Akhirah or the Hereafter. Lastly, the view of God that Islam is the true religion.

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BONUS: Milad-un-Nabi – The Prophet’s Last Sermon

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Summary

This is a bonus episode of the 17 Verses Podcast. Today is Milad-un-Nabi or Prophet Muhammad’s birthday (pbuh). The Prophet’s birthday is celebrated with varying degrees throughout the Muslim world so I thought it would be fitting to relay to you the Last Sermon of Prophet Muhammad.

By Morgan Phoenix (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

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Hadith – Doing Good No Matter What

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In light of the terrorist attacks in New Zealand and Sri Lanka, it behooves us to remember that doing good is not optional. Nor is it conditional on others doing good to you.

"Do not be the people without minds of your own; saying that if others treat you well, you will treat them well; and that if they do wrong, you will do wrong to them. Instead, accustom yourself to do good if people do good, and not to do wrong, even if they do evil." - Prophet Muhammad, quoted by Al Tirmidhi

“Do not be the people without minds of your own; saying that if others treat you well, you will treat them well; and that if they do wrong, you will do wrong to them. Instead, accustom yourself to do good if people do good, and not to do wrong, even if they do evil.”
– Prophet Muhammad, quoted by Al Tirmidhi