Tag: Jonah’s Supplication Series
Jonah’s Supplication – Part 5
Jonah’s supplication is an example presented to us by the author to teach us how to read these types of narrations presented in the Quran. This is directly related to me right now presenting my current situation. I do not have to know who Jonah was, where he came from and what he did. What […]
Jonah’s Supplication – Part 4
The First Flash (continuation): Even if the entirety of creation had become his servant and helper, it would have been of no avail. For causes have no effect. Since Jonah saw with the eye of certainty that there was no refuge other than the Causer of the Causes, and unfolded to him was the meaning […]
Jonah’s Supplication – Part 3
The Third Flash (continuation): “Even if the entirety of creation had become his servants and helpers, it would have been of no avail. For causes have no effect. Since Jonah saw with the eye of certainty that there was no refuge other than the Causer of Causes, and unfolded to him was the meaning of […]
Jonah’s Supplication – Part 2
The available sources on Occasions of Revelation (OOR) or Asbab-ul-nuzool are weak in their mission to conveying the truth. During Prophet’s time (pbuh), the Companions did not make an issue with OOR i.e. on which occasion a verse is revealed. The Companions just applied the content within their own selves/lives. Later generations wanted to get […]
Jonah’s Supplication – Part 1
How can I benefit from the Quranic teachings? Every individual human being must train themselves with the teachings of the Quran. One has to see it as speaking to them where the reader is being addressed. Only then can one establish a relationship with everything that is internal and external to their being (society, family…). […]