At many places in the Qur'an the polytheistic Arabian belief about AIIah has been expressed, thus: The Ka`bah also was called Bait-Allah by them and not Bait-ilahs after their self-made gods. In other words, they knew in their hearts of hearts that no ilah could help them on that critical occasion except Allah. At that time there existed 360 idols of gods (ilahs) in and around the Ka`bah, but the polytheists forsaking all of them had invoked only Allah for protection. Then their beliefs about Allah had become fully manifest at the time Abraha invaded Makkah. For the other gods they used the word ilah. They had been using this very word for the Creator of the universe since the earliest times, and they did not apply this word to any of their other gods. *2) That is, "My Lord to Whom you want to be introduced is none but Allah." This is the first answer to the questions, and it means: "I have not introduced a new lord who I want you to worship beside all other gods, but it is the same Being you know by the name of Allah." "Allah" was not an unfamiliar word for the Arabs. He too should say what the Holy Prophet had been commanded to say. But after him every believer is its addressee. *1) The first addressee of this Command is the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) himself for it was he who was asked: "Who is your Lord and what is He like? Again it was he who was commanded to answer the question in the following words. (112:1) Say: *1 'He is Allah, *2 the One and Unique *3 Qul huwal laahu ahad Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi □ Lastly, if you want to take it one step further you can go to the individual ayat pages where you’ll find the Quranic commentaries by Ibn Katheer and Abul Ala Maududi which expound on each verse in detail.قل هو الله أحد سورة: الإخلاص - آية: ( 1 ) - جزء: ( 30 ) You can turn off this feature in the settings if you please. □ You will notice once you press play it will automatically scroll to the correct verse giving a hands-free experience so you can just focus on reading and don’t need to scroll. □ We’ve recently finished developing the media player so that you may listen to the audio of Surah Maun with the beautiful recitation by Mishary Al-Alfasy. Currently, we’ve expanded to include Hindi, Urdu, and Malay. We’re also in the process of including more languages to help people understand the verses of the Qur’an in their native tongue. □ For the knowledge seekers, we’ve also incorporated various respected English translations to help interpret the meaning of each verse. □ Here you will find Surah Maun in Arabic text, but for those not strong in reading Arabic, we’ve included the roman transliteration to help you with the pronunciation. Our mission is to make it easy to read and understand the Qur’an. It also warns those who may be neglectful during their prayer or those who make a show of their prayer for some political gain by showing off their piousness or religious commitment. The Surah outlines behavior that should not be tolerated in Islam like insulting orphans or refusing to feed the hungry if Allah has given them the means to do so. Indeed among the good is to meet your brother with a smiling face, and to pour what is left in your bucket into the vessel of your brother.” (Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1970) We can see the same sentiment passed along in the hadith, Jabir bin Abdullah relayed that the Messenger of Allah encouraged good behavior no matter how small, “Every good is charity. The last verse of the Surah mentions, woe to those who refuse any small act of kindness, referring either to zakat which is a small portion of one’s wealth (2.5%), or could be referring to the denial of small acts of kindness that on surface value seem negligible or inconsequential. The message of this Surah is pure, the title itself Ma’un refers to acts of kindness, charity, or any kind of small help. For that reason some consider this Surah to be from the Medinan period, however, many Quran exegetes maintain that Surah Maun remains an early Meccan surah. The Surah serves as an indication that hypocrisy was becoming an issue for the Muslim ummah. “So woe to those who pray who are heedless of their prayer – Those who make show ”
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