Major Themes of the Quran
1.0 Lesson Objectives
- The basic concept of the themes
- Allah in Himself
1.1 Basic Concept
- The Holy Quran presents multiple major themes, out of which a few of the most important ones are in our syllabus
- Each theme is supported by certain Surah and Ayats
- The difficult part
- In examination, sometime question 2 comes from these themes
- For example, from the selected passages, mention the main ideas of Allah’s relationship with his messengers
- It is MUST that you remember
- The names of each of the selected passage in the syllabus
- REMEMBER BY HEART the main ideas presented in each passage
- You do not need to remember the Arabic or the translation of the passage.
- Main focus in Question 1
- Mentioned in Demo-class
- 2 parts for each passage
- Total 2 passages to be done in paper 1
- 4 will be given in the paper – along with their translations
- Part 1
- The trick for part (a) of question 1 for both the passages you select
- Just explain the translation in your own words
- Part (b) tricks
- Link those passages to the inner meanings and how those meanings connect to human lives
- You can memorize these from here as well
- Answer would be in paragraph form.
- No points form
- The trick for part (a) of question 1 for both the passages you select
1.2 Allah in Himself
- Sura 2.225
- Also known as Ayat Ul Kursi
- Answer information for part (a)
- Oneness of Allah
- Eternal:
- He has been living for ever and will always live
- Self-subsisting
- He does not need food or sleep
- No sleep
- He constantly watches over everything
- Does not get tired
- Everything belongs to him
- No one can intercede in his knowledge
- All knowledge that humans have is with the permission of Allah
- No palmist can tell knowledge of the Ghaib
- He knows all that has occurred before us and that will occur after us.
- He gives his knowledge by his choice
- Hazrat Isa used to bring people back to life ONLY by the will of Allah
- Everything that the Holy Prophet PBUH knew was by the will of Allah
- He is the ruler of everything
- He never gets tired guarding everything
- He is the only being from whom we should ask for security
- No one can harm us if we are under his security
- He has power over all
- Answer for (b)
- Muslims should not pray to any other fake god
- Muslims should not believe that Allah needs anything to eat or sleep
- No person who claims that he has Ghaib’s knowledge is true
- All knowledge is with Allah and no one can intercede except he wills
- It is wrong to say that Prophet’s knew things themselves
- It was what Allah told them
- No saint of palmist can tell Ilm-Al-Ghaib
- Allah knows everything so we should refrain from evils
- He can guard us the best
- We should ask for his protection only
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- Only he should be worshiped
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- Surah 6 101-103
- Surah An’aam
- Answer to part (a)
- He is the One who created heavens and Earth
- He has no wife
- No son possible without a wife
- He has complete knowledge of all creation
- He is the only God worthy of worship
- He is the only Being who can correct any issue that occurs in our lives
- He can do anything
- Human mind cannot understand what God looks like
- Allah looks over everything and He can see everything all the time.
- His blessings are a way of understanding Him
- BUT He does NOT look like or is like anything that human mind can comprehend
- Answer to part (b)
- He is the only one worthy of worship
- We should not believe that Jesus is the son of God
- We should refrain from evil deeds as Allah knows all that we do.
- We should ask for Allah’s help when we are in trouble.
- If human mind can understand anything or see anything
- Such thing is not God
- God cannot be comprehended by human mind
- We should thank Allah for his blessings.
- Answer to part (a)
- Surah An’aam
- Sura 41.37
- Surah Fussilat
- Answer (a)
- Allah’s creations are his signs
- Night and day
- Sun and moon
- Muslims should praise Allah for these creations
- Instead of praising the creations
- Allah created everyting
- It is Allah Muslims must serve
- Not the creation like sun and moon
- Allah’s creations are his signs
- Answer (b)
- Muslims should not pray or worship created things
- We should praise Allah when we see some spectacular creation
- We should serve Allah only
- Answer (a)
- Surah Fussilat
- Sura 42. 4-5
- Surah Shura
- Answer (a)
- Everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to Allah
- Allah is the greatest
- 2 meanings of rent asunder
- Allah’s wrath and anger is so much that skies are about to burst
- The weight of the angels above the skies worshiping Allah is very high
- Angels are Allah’s creation and worship Him only
- Angels pray for forgiveness of Muslims
- Allah is the most forgiving and merciful
- Answer (b)
- We should worship Allah only
- No one is greater than Allah
- No saint is greater than Allah
- Human beings should not commit sins as Allah’s wrath is even felt by the skies
- Angels should not be worshiped
- They are creations of Allah
- Muslims should do Taubah as Allah is most forgiving
- Answer (a)
- Surah Shura
- Surah 112
- Surah Ikhlas
- Answer (a)
- Allah is only one
- There are no multiple Gods
- He has been living forever
- He will never die
- He is not the son of anyone
- He is not the father of anyone
- Nothing is like Allah
- Answer (b)
- It presents a 4 step test to check if someone claiming to be Allah is Allah or not
- Test one: There must only be one of Him
- Humans are many so human cant be Allah
- There are many trees so tree can’t be Allah
- Test two: Must be eternal
- Anything or anyone that dies cannot be Allah
- Test three: Must not produce or be produced
- Humans are born from humans, and they produce humans
- So no human is Allah
- Plants are born from seeds
- No plant is Allah
- Test four: No attribute of any other thing must match with Allah
- Humans have nose, animals have nose as well
- So no human can be Allah
- Humans have nose, animals have nose as well
- Answer (a)
- Surah Ikhlas
2.1 Allah’s Relationship with the created World
- Surah Fatiha
- Â Part (a)
- The Holy Book itself starts with the name of Allah
- Allah is the most giving and provides the most blessings
- Allah sustains that worlds
- No one can sustain himself until Allah sustains them
- Muslims ask for the guidance of Allah
- Muslims pray to Allah only
- Only Allah can show the correct path
- The correct path is of people who received the blessings of Allah
- It is not the path of people who went astray
- Part (b)
- Every good deed must be started with the name of Allah
- Human should ask for forgiveness and blessings from Allah
- Muslims should NOT believe that some Peer can sustain them.
- Only Allah can sustain them
- Only Allah should be worshipped
- If Muslims face any problem, they should ask Allah only for help.
- The path of those who went astray is not the guided path of Allah
- Â Part (a)
- Surah Baqarah (2:21-22)
- Part (a)
- Everyone has been created by Allah
- The current generation and the generations before
- Believing this aspect is important to become righteous in front of Allah.
- Allah has made Earth as the dwelling place for humans
- Allah has made the sky a cover/ shelter over humans
- We know that the skies protect us from the asteroids and other things entering in the world from space
- Allah has created the fruits and other things that grow from Earth to sustain the human beings
- Allah has no rivals
- All these things prove that Allah has no rivals.
- Everyone has been created by Allah
- Part (b)
- No idol or stone can be the creator as Allah is the only creator
- We must believe that Allah has created us and everyone before us to stay righteous
- Earth has been given to humans by Allah
- We should thanks Allah for giving us the skies that protect us
- We should thank Allah only for the fruits and vegetables that sustain us
- We should not thank any peer for it
- Muslims must not set rivals with Allah, as he has no rivals.
- Part (a)
- Surah Alaq (96: 1-5)
- Part (a)
- Allah has created everyone
- The process of birth is summarized in the Quran
- Humans are created from a small clot of congealed blood
- Leach-like appearance of the fetus in early days
- Allah is the most merciful
- Allah has taught humans all knowledge and understanding
- Humans did not know anything by themselves, it was the blessing of Allah that he taught them knowledge
- Humans are created from a small clot of congealed blood
- Part (b)
- We should say Bismillah before reading
- Muslims should believe that it is Allah who has created them
- It is a miracle of the Quran that it summarized the internal condition of fetus long before medical science proved it.
- Muslims should only ask for blessings from Allah
- All knowledge is from Allah
- No one else knew Ilm-E-Ghaib
- Only Allah knows Ilm-E-Ghaib
- Part (a)
- Surah Zilzaal (99)
- Part (a)
- This Surah describes a scene of the day of Judgement
- The earth will be shaken completely
- Whatever is inside the Earth will come out
- One meaning is that everything inside the Earth will burst forth like lava etc.
- Second meaning is that all the secrets that the Earth has will become visible
- Humans would be startled
- Earth will spill forth all secrets regarding what humans did
- Allah will tell it to do so
- Humans will all gather to get their verdict
- Any smallest good deed will be recorded and shown to them
- Every smallest bad deed will be recorded and shown to them
- Part (b)
- Muslims should prepare themselves for the day of Judgement
- Everything is being recorded
- Even the Earth will bear witness to what the humans had done while on Earth
- Muslims should not do bad deeds
- Only Allah has the power to cause the day of Judgement
- Allah knows all secrets
- We should do the smallest good deeds even because they will be shown to us on Day of Judgement
- We should avoid the smallest bad deeds because they will be against us on the Day of Judgement.
- Part (a)
- Surah Nas (114)
- Part (a)
- It tells 3 major attributes of Allah
- Allah is the Lord of maakind
- He is the King and God of mankind
- No other being should be considered as such except him
- The satan whispers in the hearts of humans to do the wrong deeds
- The whisper comes and goes and results in people becoming prey to evil
- These whisperers are from among the Jinn and humans
- Part(b)
- As Allah is the Lord, God and King
- Only he should be prayed
- Only his help and refuge should be sought against evil
- Muslims should understand that the evil thoughts in their mind and hearts are from Shaitan
- Muslims should protect them from evil human beings
- Allah protection is must for safety
- Only Allah can save people against magic
- As Allah is the Lord, God and King
- Part (a)
2.2 Allah’s Relationship with His Messengers
- Surah Baqarah (2: 30-37)
- Part (a)
- It tells the story of Hazrat Adam (AS) creation
- Angels asked why human was Allah’s Khalifa on Earth when humans are trouble causing
- Allah mentioned that He has granted knowledge to Hazrat Adam (AS) that the angels don’t know
- Angels were asked names of stuff but testified that they only have limited knowledge as told by Allah
- Adam AS was taught these names and so he was able to answer
- Allah ordered angels to bow before Adam (AS)
- Angels followed the order but Iblees did not
- He became proud
- Adam AS was stopped from eating a certain fruit, along with his wife
- However, Iblees misguided them
- Adam and Eve (AS) were sent to Earth to spend the rest of their days
- Part (b)
- Man is Allah’s creation so only worship Allah
- Angels have less knowledge compared to humans
- Do not worship angels
- All knowledge that humans know has been taught by Allah
- Muslims should never become haughty
- Haughtiness takes away faith
- Muslims should pray to be Allah to be saved from the misguiding of Iblees.
- Part (a)
- Surah An’aam (6: 75-79)
- Part (a)
- Tells the story of how Hazrat Abraham AS learned who is real God
- He first saw a star but when the star set, he mentioned that God cannot be one who sets
- Then he saw the moon
- When the moon set, he realized that only the guidance of the real God can stop him from going astray
- Then he saw the Sun and considered it to be God
- The sun also set
- He then mentioned to his people that he will never join partners with Allah
- He realized that it is Allah who has created the Earth and the Heavens
- Part (b)
- Created things are not Allah
- No star, moon, sun or any other created being should be worshiped
- Worship is to Allah only
- No partners should be attached with Allah
- Allah has created everything
- He has no rivals
- Part (a)
- Surah Maidah (5: 110)
- Part (a)
- It mentions another scene from the Day of Judgement
- Allah will call Hazrat Isa (AS) Oh Isa, son of Maryam
- Not Isa ibn Allah
- Allah reminds Hazrat Isa (AS) and through him his people about his countless blessings and signs
- Hazrat Isa was provided the support of Hazrat Jibrael AS
- He was able to speak since childhood as a favor of Allah on him
- He was given the Injeel and the deen of that time as well
- Hazrat Isa (AS) did many miracles but only by the will of Allah
- Made clay birds and then made them alive
- Bring dead back to life
- Give vision to people blind by birth
- Heal lepers
- Bani Israel still did not accept these aspects as signs of Allah
- Allah protected Hazrat Isa (AS) from the people of Israel
- Bani Israel called all these aspects magic
- Part (b)
- Allah clarified that Isa AS is not the son of Allah
- Allah protects his blessed ones
- All miracles that prophets do are by the Will of Allah only
- The unbelievers still don’t accept the truth because their hearts get sealed from the Truth
- Prophets do miracles by the Will of Allah, not magic
- Part (a)
- Surah Duha (93)
- Part (a)
- Allah takes two opposing aspects to show the importance of the matter
- Morning light after which all activity begins
- Late night when everything is still
- Background story
- Revelation stopped for sometime
- Quraish said that Allah (NAOOZOBILLAH) abandoned the Holy Prophet PBUH
- Prophet PBUH was concerned that Allah is displeased due to some reason
- Allah says he is not displeased
- He has not abandoned the Holy Prophet PBUH
- The hereafter is better for Holy Prophet PBUH than current situation
- Two meanings
- The life after death is better than earthly life
- The time in Madinah was better than Makkah
- Allah will give so much to the Holy Prophet PBUH that he will become very happy
- Allah reminds Holy Prophet PBUH how when he was an orphan Allah protected him by giving him the shelter of Hazrat Abu Talib
- Allah reminds Holy Prophet PBUH that when he started preaching, he became independent as Hazrat Khadija RA gave everything in the way of Allah
- Allah tells the Holy Prophet PBUH to take care of orphans
- The beggars should not be turned away
- Instead, they should be told about Allah’s countless blessings
- Two meanings
- Allah takes two opposing aspects to show the importance of the matter
- Part (b)
- Allah is most forgiving
- He loves his real followers
- Muslims should believe that if there is any difficulty, better time is coming ahead
- Orphans should be treated with respect
- Beggars should be told about blessings of Allah so they feel better
- Allah is most forgiving
- Part (a)
- Surah Kausar (108)
- Part (a)
- Allah has given the Holy Prophet (PBUH) Kausar
- Means given a lot
- Also means given Hoz e Kausar for the Day of Judgement
- Allah commands Holy Prophet PBUH to sacrifice in the way of Allah and pray to Him
- Background story
- Quraish called Holy Prophet PBUH “abtar” after the death of his son
- Abtar means a person who will have no male heirs to carry his name and after his death his name would end from Earth
- Allah said that the haters of Prophet PBUH are abtar instead
- Proven today
- No one calls himself the Son of Abu Jahl or Abu Lahb
- Everyone calls himself the ummati of the Holy Prophet PBUH
- Thus, the haters became abtar
- Allah has given the Holy Prophet (PBUH) Kausar
- Part (b)
- Muslims are given a lot in the form of eemaan than the kafirs
- Muslims should pray only to Allah
- Sacrifice should be made only to Allah
- People against Islam are destroyed in the best, long-term way by Allah so we should trust him
- Part (a)
Lesson Tags
Allah in Himself | Allah’s Relationship With The Created World | Allah’s Messengers | Detailed Notes For Preparation & Revision | O Level Islamiyat 2058 and IGCSE Islamiyat 0493 |
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