Ayahs 142 – 152
Ayah 142
The foolish among the people will say,
"What has turned them away from their
qiblah, which they used to face?" Say, "To
Allah belongs the east and the west. He
guides whom He wills to a straight path."
Context
• In Makkah, the Prophet SAW faced the Kaabah
and Baitul Maqdas (Masjid al Aqsa) in
Jerusalem
• But in Madinah when they faced Jerusalem,
then their backs were towards the Kaabah.
The Prophet SAW knew that he would be told
to face the Kaabah eventually
The Foolish Ones
•
•
•
•
Includes:
1. The munafiqeen
2. The yahud
3. The mushrikeen
Roots
• Seen – (it has 3 functions)
• 1. it specifies the meaning of the word as
future or near future
• 2. certainty of the event, that this is definitely
going to happen
• 3. its an advance warning
• Sayaqoolu – the foolishness is being expressed
through their words; these people are
objecting because of their foolishness
Roots
• Qaaf baal laam – what you face is in front of
you  the reason for their foolishness is lack
of intellect not lack of knowledge; Allah SWT is
telling the Prophet SAW to ignore the foolish
people’s objections
• Saawd Raaw Taaw – an open and easy path to
follow
QIBLAH CHANGE
One who
Objects on
Decree of
Allah
Foolish
One who
Objects on
Commands
of Allah
Lessons
• Allah owns everything, so its not all about just
facing one direction or another (we have to
face the Kaabah but don’t get caught up in the
degrees or angles)
• Allah knows what the people were going to
say (Past, Present and Future)
• Ignore foolish people and their comments
Ayah 143
And thus we have made you a just community
that you will be witnesses over the people and
the Messenger will be a witness over you. And
We did not make the qiblah which you used to
face except that We might make evident who
would follow the Messenger from who would
turn back on his heels. And indeed, it is difficult
except for those whom Allah has guided. And
never would Allah have caused you to lose your
faith. Indeed Allah is, to the people, Kind and
Merciful.
Context
• Just as the Kaabah is a means of
guidance, the Ummah is a means of
guiding others
• With the changing of the Qiblah,
leadership was being given to the
Muslims
• But with Privilege comes Responsibility
‫ُأ َّمةً َو َسط‬
Moderate One
Middle Link
Moderate Nation – How?
• 1. An ummah that is mid-most in its time of
existence
• 2. When it comes to the laws, the commands of
this ummah are the most moderate (neither
exceed the bounds in worldly matters nor
abandon the deen)
• 3. Best ummah compared to others; Bani Israel
killed prophets while Nasaara worshipped the
Prophets
• 4. Sunnah passed on to the Ummah and now we
have to pass it on and convey the message
You witness
over the truth
Muslim Ummah will
witness that Previous
messengers conveyed
the message to their
nations.
‫ول عَلَ ْي ًُْك َشهِيدا‬
ًُ ‫ون َّالر ُس‬
ًَ ‫َويَ ُك‬
Muhammad
(s.a.w)
Against Our
Actions
Conveyed the
Message
Why the Change in Qiblah?
• Li’naa’lama – 1. so that we can show the
people; so that they know; 2. so that we
distinguish between sincere and insincere and
3. so that we can establish recompense
• It was a test for the believers to see if they
would follow the Prophet SAW
Roots
• Taa Baa Aain – follow in tangible and
intangible ways; sayings and actions
• Why is the Name of the Prophet SAW NOT
Mentioned?
• A) He was the final messenger
• B) He is indeed a messenger; his title is only
mentioned
• C) Encourages us to follow him
Roots
• Aain Qaaf Baa –when you turn your heels;
you completely turn away
• The one who refuses to follow the messenger;
this was a test to expose the sincerity of the
people
• The Muslim ummah were tested through
change in Qiblah; before this, they were told
to face Jerusalem in Madinah, which was
difficult for some
Roots
• Kaaf Baa Raaw – difficult and troublesome
• Haa Daal Yaa – guidance; when you accept
something, it becomes easy
Commands of Allah are not hard for the
Ones Guided!
Guidance Check!!
•
Roots
• Daawd yaa aain – Allah will not waste your
iman by not rewarding you for your previous
prayers, even though they were in a different
direction
•  because that command was also from Allah
SWT (Muslims prayed in that direction for 1617 months and some died during this)
• Imaan’nakum – prayers that the Muslims
prayed while facing Jerusalem
Roots
• Raaw hamza faa – kindness/intense mercy; to
be kind to someone and to remove some
affliction
LESSONS
• The commands that Allah gives are difficult for
some; when you are guided and have ilm,
then they become easy
• Following the right path becomes easy; the
difference is in the imaan
• We have to recognize our role as the Muslim
Ummah
Test for the Believers
Leadership Shift made Obvious
Honor for the Believers
O our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate (from
the truth) after You have Guided us, and
Grant us mercy from You. Truly, You are the
One who bestow.
REFLECTIONS?
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ayah 144
We have certainly seen the turning of your face,
[O Muhammad], toward the heaven, and We will
surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will
be pleased. So turn your face toward al-Masjid
al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] are, turn
your faces toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those
who have been given the Scripture well know
that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allah is
not unaware of what they do.
Ayah 144 - Roots
• Hamza Raaw Yaa – present; when Qad comes
before it, it gives the meaning of repitition
• The Prophet SAW would repeatedly look
towards the sky: he longed to face the
Kaabah; looked up in the hope for the
command
• Each time he looked up, Allah SWT saw him
•  shows that the Prophet SAW didn’t make
up anything in the deen; always waited for the
command
Command to Follow Qiblah!
Points about Facing Qiblah
• In a plane, you can face any direction the
plane is in
• For fardh salah, you MUST face qiblah; its part
of establishing salah
• For nafl salah, its not mandatory (i.e. on a
vehicle)
• During salah, if you’re praying in the wrong
direction, and someone corrects you, then you
can turn during salah
Qibla Locator
[http://www.qiblalocator.com]
Ayah 145
And if you brought to those who were given the
Scripture every sign, they would not follow your
qiblah. Nor will you be a follower of their qiblah.
Nor would they be followers of one another's
qiblah. So if you were to follow their desires after
what has come to you of knowledge, indeed, you
would then be among the wrongdoers.
Ayah 145 - Roots
• Haa Waaw Yaa – their desires of you following
their religion and leaving your own religion
• You will be abandoning knowledge if you
compromise the deen just to please people
• Many times, knowledge means going against
ones desires or sacrificing them
Abandoning
Allah’s
Commands
To
Please
People
To Get
their
Approval
Zulm
Ayah 146
Those to whom We gave the Scripture
know him as they know their own sons.
But indeed, a party of them conceal the
truth while they know [it].
Ayah 146 - Roots
• Aain Raaw Faa – to recognize something by its
signs, knowledge and realization; knowing
why and how something should be done
• The people of the Book recognized the
Prophet SAW really well and were aware of
the signs of the last messenger
• Ibn – includes daughters too
• Leaders would deliberately hide the truth
Ayah 147
The truth is from your Lord, so
never be among the doubters.
Ayah 147 - Roots
• Meem Raaw Yaa – one who has doubt; doubt
about a fact; is this really from Allah?
• Vs. Raaib (doubt that makes you restless)
• Mumtareen – don’t doubt about the facts of
Allah; when the commands come, don’t be of
those who doubt and put other people in to
doubt as well
WELCOME BACK!
• Class Objectives
– To learn the word for word translation of the
Qu’ran with basic root words
– To understand a brief exegesis/tafseer of the
Qu’ran
– To reflect on the ayahs of the Qu’ran and extract
lessons
– To be able to practically implement lessons into
our everyday lives
Reward of Learning & Teaching
– Duas for learning knowledge
– Hadith about the reward of learning
knowledge; going in the path of Allah for
the sake of knowledge
– Intention: Importance of intention and
renewing our intentions for every class
– Every action is based upon intention
CLASS ETIQUETTES
• Class etiquettes
– Talking
– Asking relevant questions, disclaimer that not all
questions would be answered by teacher, but
research can be done to look up the answers
– NO FIQH QUESTIONS/PERSONAL QUESTIONS
– Eating/drinking
– Laptop use, phone use
– Juz 2 Books
RESOURCES
• www.journeytothequran.com
• www.alhudacanada.com
Root words
Form the main part of a
word, provide the basic
meaning of the word
Joined along with some other letters to
form different words which have related
meanings
Arabic words have three letter roots and
rarely four or five letter roots
Always maintain their order / specific
arrangement.
Why know the Roots ?
To know the translation of the word
 To analyze the word
To use the Arabic dictionary one must know
the root of the word
 TO Pass the tests 
Eat
eating
eats
eaten
eatable
branching
words
Masdar
Root
Topic : 2
Huroof Illat
(Missing/Chilling
Letters) 
Huroof Illat
•
•
•
Alif
Waaw
Yaa
Huroof Illat
 You can call them sick letters - weak letters
 They get tired easily
 So when they appear in Roots , they may
Be Present
Or Absent
Or send another weak letter in their
place
‫ قَال‬He said
Changed
‫قول‬
dropped
speech
‫ قل‬Say !
Present
‫ل‬
َ ‫يقَو‬He says
Can there be more than
one defective letters in
one Root?
Yes there can be 
ۡ
َّ
َ‫لِّلمت ِقين‬

‫و ق ي‬
Example : Surah Al Baqarah : 2
Meat of the matter is
• Normal Root words  You just
need to recognize them
• Root words with defective letters 
You have to learn them 
The Double Lettered Root
word….
• In Some Root words the Second and
Third Radical are identical
• In Such cases the second radical will have
shaddah
• Example : The word ِّّ‫ َرب‬is from root ‫ب‬
‫رب‬
In other words…
• Shaddah means “The
Letter is twice”
‫‪Other Examples….‬‬
‫ضالّينَّ •‬
‫َي ُم ُّدهُمّ •‬
‫صمّ •‬
‫ُ‬
‫َربهّ •‬
Ayah 148
For each [religious following] is a
direction toward which it faces. So race
to [all that is] good. Wherever you may
be, Allah will bring you forth [for
judgement] all together. Indeed, Allah is
over all things competent.
Ayah 148 - Roots
• Waaw Jeem Haa – a direction one faces
(tangible) and a goal/purpose (intangible)
• Seen Baa Qaaf – to try to get ahead of other
people; to run towards a particular
goal/competing
• Khaaw Yaa Raaw – race towards something
that is good; beneficial for yourself, for others
and also pleases Allah SWT
Everyone has some goal
What are our goals?
What are my goals?
What is my center of life?
What is my top most priority?
What is that thing to which I
keep on returning to?
Ayah 149
So from wherever you go out [for prayer,
O Muhammad] turn your face toward alMasjid al-Haram, and indeed, it is the
truth from your Lord. And Allah is not
unaware of what you do.
Ayah 150
And from wherever you go out [for prayer],
turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram.
And wherever you [believers] may be, turn
your faces toward it in order that the people
will not have any argument against you,
except for those of them who commit wrong;
so fear them not but fear Me. And [it is] so I
may complete My favor upon you and that
you may be guided.
Wisdom behind
the emphasis
People won’t
have hujjah
Completion of
the Deen
For Guidance
Why 3 Repetitions?
• 1. to contradict the previous Qiblah
• 2. the command is for all places and all times
• 3. there should not be any deviation from the
Qiblah
Ayah 150 - Roots
• The people who do Dhulm will continue to
argue against you but do not fear them…
• Khaaw Sheen Yaa – fear out of knowledge;
realization of someone’s greatness
• Taa Meem Meem - The Kaabah was chosen so
that the deen may be completed for us, as a
favour
• Therefore, fear Allah and not the people
Ayah 151
Just as We have sent among you a
messenger from yourselves reciting to you
Our verses and purifying you and teaching
you the Book and wisdom and teaching
you that which you did not know.
Ayah 151 - Context
• Just as we sent amongst you a messenger, the
Kaabah was also a blessing
• 1. Tilawah is mentioned first; having
correction recitation & pronunciation
• 2. Tazkiyah: a) removing shirk from their lives
b) practically showing the knowledge
• 3. Hikmah – how to act upon a command;
sunnah
• 4. Teaches us whatever else we didn’t know
REFLECTION
• No one was born with the
knowledge of the deen, so we
have to learn it
Ayah 152
So remember Me; I will remember you.
And be grateful to Me and do not deny
Me.
Remember
Allah by
Obeying Allah
He will
Remember you
by Forgiving You
Ayah 152 - Roots
• Dhaal Kaaf Raaw – remember Allah for all the
blessings; remember by obeying Allah and He
will remember you by forgiving you
• Sheen Kaaf Raaw – be thankful for the Qiblah;
in contrast to kufr by disobeying in this matter
or hiding favours of Allah SWT
REFLECTIONS 
Ayahs 153 – 162
Ayah 153
O you who have believed, seek
help through patience and
prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the
patient.
Roots
• Aain Waaw Noon – General help
• Saawd Baa Raaw – to control oneself; 3 types:
• 1. At the time of difficulty, holding yourself
back from negativity (i.e. why me; I wish I
could die)
• 2. to hold oneself firm on the obedience of
Allah SWT
• 3. when a person holds oneself back from
doing what Allah dislikes
SABR
At the Time of
Calamity
Hold Oneself on
the Obedience of
Allah
Hold Oneself
back from
Disobedience of
Allah
‫َم ِعًَّية‬
Generic
Specific
Allah is with people
with His knowledge
Allah is with believers
with His Help & Support
O Allah! Make me one who is most
patient and grateful; and make me small
in my own eyes but great in the eyes of
others.
When the world pushes
you to your knees, your
are in the perfect
position to pray.
Unknown
The shortest distance between a
problem and its solution is the
distance between your knees and
the floor. The one who kneels to
Allah can stand up to anything.
Unknown
Psychology Connection
• DELAYED GRATIFICATION –
ability to resist the
temptation for an earlier
reward and wait for a
reward later on (SelfControl)
• In our brain, we have the
reward circuitry and when
we control ourselves from
acting on our emotions, this
benefits our behaviour in
life
LESSONS
• SABR does NOT mean being passive
• Be active, get help, keep doing what you’re
doing and ALSO ask for Allah’s help without
complaining or haste
• Patience is a sign of a person’s
imaan
• Don’t object to the decree
of Allah