Surah al Baqarah

1. Surah al Baqarah Ayahs 74 – 82

2. AYAH 74 Then your hearts became hardened after that, being like stones or even harder. For indeed, there are stones from which rivers burst forth, and there are some of them that split open and water comes out, and there are some of them that fall down for fear of Allah . And Allah is not unaware of what you do.

3. Hearts • Softened • HeartsHardened

6. What causes Hardness of Heart

7. Cure for Hardness of Heart IbnHajar Al-Asqalaanee’s advice on cure of Heart

8. Lessons Some people have hearts that are harder than rocks. Our Actions show our Status of Heart Our Delay in obedience of Allah, makes our hearts harder We should keep checking our hearts!

9. Du’a of Rasool Allah (s.a.w)

10. Rocks have some sort of life in them! لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُ خَاشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ If We had sent down this Qur’ān upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and coming apart from fear of Allāh. [al-Hashr: 21] Before the Prophethood of the Prophet(s.a.w.), rocks would also say salaam to him. On the day of judgement - these rocks would give testimony as well. Black Stone will testify on the Day of Judgement.

11. AYAH 75 Do you covet [the hope, O believers], that they would believe for you while a party of them used to hear the words of Allah and then distort the Torah after they had understood it while they were knowing?

13. Lessons Not Respecting the Speech of Allah is a Crime Allah is comforting believers and Rasool Allah (s.a.w) Guidance is in the hands of Allah alone Knowledge Alone is not equivalent to Guidance We should not change the words of Allah, but change ourselves Changing Kalam of Allah is worst than disobeying Allah

14. AYAH 76 And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We have believed"; but when they are alone with one another, they say, "Do you talk to them about what Allah has revealed to you so they can argue with you about it before your Lord?" Then will you not reason?

15. Lessons Hiding the Truth, Doesn’t change the Truth Our Ego should not come in the way of our belief They knew that Rasool Allah (s.a.w) was the messenger they were waiting for

16. Du’a of Rasool Allah (s.a.w) O Allah! Purify my heart from hypocrisy, my deeds from any kind of Ria (boasting), my tongue from lying and my eye from treachery. For indeed only You know the treachery of the eyes and what lays hidden in the breasts.

17. AYAH 77 But do they not know that Allah knows what they conceal and what they declare?

18. Lessons Allah can reveal any secret at any time Our Denial of Truth, wont change the Truth Intelligence is not in deceiving others

19. AYAH 78 And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.

20. This is the Right of the Book

21. What are some of our Amani? Didn’t we make up some shortcuts to Jannah?

22. Gate of Heavens? The urs (death anniversary) of Saint Baba Farid is observed every year in Islamic/lunar month of Muharram, that lasts for ten days. Hundreds of thousands pilgrims and visitors come every year to pay homage to this great Saint. The principal event of urs is crossing of gate that called BahishtiDarwaza (Gate of Heavens). Followers believe by crossing this gate all of your sins are pardoned and one becomes neat and clean again. Some critics say it is unholy to cross this gate with this intention but believe its sanctity. Critics argue it is good to cross this gate with resolution not to do sins in future life. This "Gate To Heavens' remains open ten consecutive nights after sunset to sunrise and padlocked during the day time. This gate is padlocked all the year except these ten days.[1]

23. Lessons Further from Qur’an, Deeper in Wishful Thinking By day dreaming, we can’t achieve our goals Criteria of being Educated = Knowledge of Qur’an To Know the Qur’an is not only the job of scholars, its a Guidance for All Mankind

24. AYAH 79 So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allah ," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.

25. Lessons Don’t say ‘its in Qur’an’ or ‘its from Hadith’ , if you are not sure Don’t Use Deen to Acquire Dunya Writing Something Misguiding is a Source of Destruction Whatever you write, Check if it is helping Deen or Harming Deen Inventing Things in Deen is a Great Sin

26. AYAH 80 And they say, "Never will the Fire touch us, except for a few days." Say, "Have you taken a covenant with Allah ? For Allah will never break His covenant. Or do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"

27. Lessons We should know what exactly is Deen To Say What You Hear is enough for you to be a liar Don’t say anything before checking its authenticity Don’t label things Halal or Haram without knowledge

28. AYAH 81 Yes, whoever earns evil and his sin has encompassed him - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

30. Lessons Allah is clearing up our concept One sin leads to another Good deeds can be erased by our sins We are accountable for the sins we commit

31. AYAH 82 But they who believe and do righteous deeds - those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.

32. Lessons Along with iman, Amal is required By Hoping for Jannah, won’t get us there Allah will never go against from His Promise If Allah promised Hell on certain actions, He will not go against that promise either