2. In the Name of Allah,
the Most Gracious, the
Most Merciful (1:1)
3. Our Lord! And make us submissive unto You and
of our offspring a nation submissive unto You, and
show us our Manasik (all the ceremonies of
pilgrimage - Hajjand 'Umrah), and accept our
repentance. Truly, You are the One Who accepts
repentance, the Most Merciful) , Al-Baqara,
Chapter #2, Verse #128)
4. Thus We have made you [true Muslims - real believers of
Islâmic Monotheism, true followers of Prophet
Muhammad and his Sunnah (legal ways)], a Wasat (just)
(and the best) nation, that you be witnesses over mankind
and the Messenger (Muhammad) be a witness over you.
And We made the Qiblah (prayer direction towards
Jerusalem) which you used to face, only to test those who
followed the Messenger (Muhammad) from those who
would turn on their heels (i.e. disobey the Messenger).
Indeed it was great (heavy) except for those whom Allâh
guided. And Allâh would never make your faith (prayers) to
be lost (i.e. your prayers offered towards Jerusalem). Truly,
Allâh is full of kindness, the Most Merciful towards
mankind. (Al-Baqarah 2:143)
5. They are those on whom are the
Salawât (i.e. blessings, etc.) (i.e. who
are blessed and will be forgiven) from
their Lord, and (they are those who)
receive His Mercy, and it is they who
are the guided-ones. (Al-Baqarah 2:157)
6. And to Allah belongs all that is in
the heavens and all that is in the
earth. He forgives whom He wills,
and punishes whom He wills. And
Allah is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. (3:129)
7. And it is He Who sends the
winds as heralds of glad
tidings, going before
His Mercy (rain). Till when
they have carried a heavy
laden cloud, We drive it to a
land that is dead, then We
cause water (rain) to
descend thereon. Then We
produce every kind of fruit
therewith. Similarly, We shall
raise up the dead, so that
you may remember or take
heed. (Al-A'raf 7:57)
8. So, as for those who believed in Allâh
and held fast to Him, He will admit
them to His Mercy and Grace (i.e.
Paradise), and guide them to Himself
by a Straight Path. (An-Nisa 4:175)
9. Certainly, We have brought to them
a Book (the Qur'ân) which We have
explained in detail with knowledge,
- a guidance and a Mercy to a
people who believe. (Al-A'raf 7:52
)
10. And ordain for us good in this world, and in the Hereafter. Certainly we
have turned unto You." He said: (As to) My Punishment I afflict therewith
whom I will and My Mercy embraces all things. That (Mercy) I shall ordain
for those who are the Muttaqûn (pious - see V.2:2), and give Zakât; and
those who believe in Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs
and revelations, etc.); (Al-A'raf 7:156)
11. So, when the
Qur'ân is recited,
listen to it, and
be silent that
you may
receive Mercy.
[i.e. during the
compulsory
congregational
prayers when
the Imâm (of a
mosque) is
leading the
prayer (except
Sûrat Al-Fâtiha),
and also when
he is delivering
the Friday-prayer
Khutbah]. [Tafsir
At-Tabari, Vol.9,
Pages 162-4] (Al-
A'raf 7:204)
12. And if We give man a taste of Mercy from Us, and
then withdraw it from him, verily! He is despairing,
ungrateful. (Hud 11:9)
13. And lower unto
them the wing
of submission
and humility
through Mercy,
and say: "My
Lord! Bestow on
them
Your Mercy as
they did bring
me up when I
was small." (Al-
Isra 17:24)
14. And We have sent you
(O Muhammad SAW)
not but as a Mercy for
the 'Alamîn (mankind,
jinns and all that exists).
(Al-Anbiya 21:107)
15. And say (O Muhammad
SAW): "My Lord! Forgive and
have Mercy, for You are the
Best of those who
show Mercy!" (Al-Mu'minun
23:118)
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