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June 19, 2017 Quran Talk Blog

Crucial Advice (17:36 – 17:38)

Crucial Advice [17:36] You shall not accept any information, unless you verify it for yourself. I have given you the hearing, the eyesight, and the brain, and you are responsible for using them. [17:37] You shall not walk proudly on earth —you cannot bore through the earth, nor can you be as tall as the … Continue reading Crucial Advice (17:36 – 17:38)

June 12, 2017 Quran Talk Blog

2017 Submitter Charity Water Campaign

Peace be upon you and welcome to the 2017 Submitter campaign for Charity Water. May God bless and reward you for your striving. [2:272] You are not responsible for guiding anyone. GOD is the only one who guides whoever chooses (to be guided). Any charity you give is for your own good. Any charity you … Continue reading 2017 Submitter Charity Water Campaign

June 12, 2017 Quran Talk Blog

Abortion is Murder (17:31 – 17:35)

Abortion is Murder [17:31] You shall not kill your children due to fear of poverty. We provide for them, as well as for you. Killing them is a gross offense. [17:32] You shall not commit adultery; it is a gross sin, and an evil behavior. [17:33] You shall not kill any person—for GOD has made … Continue reading Abortion is Murder (17:31 – 17:35)

June 12, 2017June 12, 2017 Quran Talk Blog

Stinginess Condemned (17:29 – 17:30)

Stinginess Condemned [17:29] You shall not keep your hand stingily tied to your neck, nor shall you foolishly open it up, lest you end up blamed and sorry. [17:30] For your Lord increases the provision for anyone He chooses, and reduces it. He is fully Cognizant of His creatures, Seer.

June 12, 2017 Quran Talk Blog

Major Commandments (17:22 – 17:28)

Major Commandments [17:22] You shall not set up any other god beside GOD, lest you end up despised and disgraced. [17:23] Your Lord has decreed that you shall not worship except Him, and your parents shall be honored. As long as one or both of them live, you shall never say to them, "Uff" (the slightest gesture … Continue reading Major Commandments (17:22 – 17:28)

June 5, 2017June 5, 2017 Quran Talk Blog

The Hereafter (17:19 – 17:21)

The Hereafter [17:19] As for those who choose the Hereafter as their priority, and work righteousness, while believing, their efforts will be appreciated. [17:20] For each one of them we provide; we provide those and these from your Lord's bounties. Your Lord's bounties are inexhaustible. [17:21] Note how we preferred some people above others (in this … Continue reading The Hereafter (17:19 – 17:21)

June 5, 2017June 5, 2017 Quran Talk Blog

Choose Your Priorities Carefully This Life (17:18)

Choose Your Priorities Carefully This Life [17:18] Anyone who chooses this fleeting life as his priority, we will rush to him what we decide to give him, then we commit him to Gehenna, where he suffers forever, despised and defeated. [16:77] To GOD belongs the future of the heavens and the earth. As far as … Continue reading Choose Your Priorities Carefully This Life (17:18)

June 5, 2017 Quran Talk Blog

The Video Tape (17:13 – 17:17)

The Video Tape* [17:13] We have recorded the fate of every human being; it is tied to his neck. On the Day of Resurrection we will hand him a record that is accessible. *17:13 Your life is already recorded, as if on a video tape, from birth to death. This same record will be made … Continue reading The Video Tape (17:13 – 17:17)

May 29, 2017May 29, 2017 Quran Talk Blog

Benefits of Fasting

Eat, Fast & Live Longer BBC Documentary HD Why fasting bolsters brain power: Mark Mattson at TEDxJohnsHopkinsUniversity Fasting: A Path To Mental And Physical Transcendence | Phil Sanderson | TEDxBeaconStreet

May 29, 2017May 29, 2017 Quran Talk Blog

Quran: Our Means to Salvation (17:9 – 17:12)

[17:9] This Quran guides to the best path, and brings good news to the believers who lead a righteous life, that they have deserved a great recompense. [17:10] As for those who disbelieve in the Hereafter, we have prepared for them a painful retribution. [17:11] The human being often prays for something that may hurt … Continue reading Quran: Our Means to Salvation (17:9 – 17:12)

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