Seerah of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم - Why Study the Seerah?

Why Study the Seerah?

• Allah has put this obligation on us. Over 50 verses command us to take the Prophet SAWW as an example. Indeed there is for you in the Prophet SAWW an exemplary character. We look at this example for all spheres of life and deen.
• It is the best way to increase our love for the Prophet SAWW and it is also a demonstration of our love for the Prophet SAWW. A sign of loving someone is the desire to know more about the person.
• It helps us to understand the Quran because the Quran has to be understood in its context. Every Surah has a shaan e nuzool and a context of revelation which is understood through the seerah.
• The seerah lifts our spirits and gives us optimism. It helps us to practise Islam in this age of fitnah. The persecution we face is not even close to the persecution the sahaba RAS faced so it gives us a lot of strength. Allah also used to tell stories of the prophets to the Prophet SAWW to give him hope.
• The biggest of his miracles is his seerah. His seerah and the transformation of arabs through his seerah is a beautiful proof of his prophethood SAWW.
• Seerah lays out a methodology for the revival of the Ummah. We should follow his methodology if we want to revive the ummah. He SAWW began from scratch and built an Islamic state. Studying seerah gives us insight into the best generation that ever lived(RadiAllahu anhum wa Radhu anh). The Prophet SAWW said the best ummah is by ummah. Allah chose the purest heart for prophethood and other pure hearts for sahabah.
• Studying the seerah will arm us to defend the Prophet SAWW against false claims of the kuffaar and the atheists. It will allow us to understand many things that are misused to create controversy.

The Prophet SAWW is the leader and the Sayyid of mankind. He is the best person to live on Earth.

Where to study the seerah from?
1-The Quran
2-All of the ahadith
3-Books about seerah(starting from the sahaba and tabaeen, but the earliest sources are not saved because of the lack of resources for printing. Ibn e Ishaq and Ibn e Hisham are one of the earliest sources. Ibn e Ishaq wrote huge volumes and with their isnaad and chain of narrators. Ibn e Hisham made a summarized version of the seerah. Now we cannot find Ibn e Ishaq's book. The seerah was summarized by Ibn e Hisham because it was hard to make copies of the extremely lengthy book by hand. Ibn e Ishaq's book was just hundred years after the death of Prophet SAWW which is even before the books of ahadith.
4-Shamails are books about the specialties and characters of Prophet SAWW e.g. shamail e tirmidhi
5- Miracles of the prophethood e.g. Dalail e Nabuwwah of Bayhiqi

PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA

Most Arabs have become Arabs through culture and not pure ancestry.
Arab al Baiyda(extinct Arabs): Earliest civilizations that lived in Arabia thousands of years ago e.g. Aad and Samood. They lived in the land which was later called Arabia. Samood is the earliest humanity in Arabia.

Arab al Baqiyah(remaining Arabs) have two categories:
Two tribes: Qahtan and Adnan
QAHTAN is the father of Arabs. His son was Yarab from which Arab comes. Arabic language is traced to Yarab. Majority opinion says that Qahtan goes back to one of the sons of Nooh AS(Saam). Semites are the descendants of Saam and they are Hebrews. Nooh AS had three sons but this is not completely authentic but one of his sons led to African lineage, one to Caucasian lineage,and one led to Qahtan and Arabs. Another minority opinion is that Qahtan is the son of Ibrahim and an even weak opinion is that Qahtan is the son of Hud AS. Qahtanis lived in Southern Arabia and had a number of dynasties e.g. Sabaa, Aus and Khazraj

ADNAN is the ancestor of our Prophet SWS. Adnan is one of the descendants of the Prophet Ismael AS. Eventually they go back to the same son of Nooh AS. Ismael AS is Iraqi. Ismael AS married into Qahtanis and began speaking their language Arabic and his children are a merger. All of the Arab tribes e.g. Quraysh are from Adnan. Adnan was the 20th grandfather of Prophet SWS. The followers are called Arab al mustaraba because they learnt Arabic and they became even more eloquent than Arab al Aariba.

RELIGIOUS STATUS OF THE WORLD BEFORE ISLAM
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Quran for Young Adults 16,17 - Surah Nisaa 66-70, Surah Tahreem 1-12

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But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission.

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And if We had decreed upon them, "Kill yourselves" or "Leave your homes," they would not have done it, except for a few of them. But if they had done what they were instructed, it would have been better for them and a firmer position [for them in faith].

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And then We would have given them from Us a great reward.

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And We would have guided them to a straight path.

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And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger - those will be with the ones upon whom Allah has bestowed favor of the prophets, the steadfast affirmers of truth, the martyrs and the righteous. And excellent are those as companions.

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That is the bounty from Allah , and sufficient is Allah as Knower.

If Allah had told you to even kill yourself or become homeless which  makes absolutely no sense, do it and there would be khayr and goodness in it. We NEED to have the confidence that EVERYTHING Allah revealed to us no matter how little sense it makes, is for our own good. We need to stand by what we believe and believe it with absolute conviction.

 Intellectual confidence is not equal to emotional confidence. Intellectual confidence means knowing in your head that it is the right thing. Emotional confidence means acting upon it without fear and not being lazy about it. Intellectual confidence has to do with aql and emotional confidence has to do with the heart. True confidence is translated into actions. True confidence means that we do not doubt the sunnah and seerah of the Prophet SAWW, and we stand by it, even if people call you crazy. Being called crazy for following the sunnah is also a sunnah of the Prophet SAWW. Islam does not mean to fit into the crowd. Islam is not for fitting into the crowd and going with the flow. We have lost both intellectual and emotional confidence. To develop intellectual confidence, read the seerah of Prophet SAWW.
Allah will give a great reward and an easy road when we stand up for Allah.
Obey Allah AND the messenger. There is no OR. It is AND. It means whoever obeys Allah i.e. the messenger, Then Allah mentions the 4 categories of people who will be in Jannah. Nabiyyen Siddiqeen Shuhada and Saliheen. We cannot be from amongst the Nabiyyen and Siddiqeen but the remaining categories are open. Rafeeq are those friends we hang out and chill out with. When we lose companions by following deen, Allah will replace them with beautiful companions.

We live in 2015. We are used to certain things around us. When we see something over and over again, we become used to them. When we follow Islam, we stand out. Islam is strange for the majority. Even if the vast majority is going opposite to you, you have to rethink for yourself: what you are used to VS. Islam. e.g. people are fighting for gay rights/gay marriages and if you raise your voice, then they will call you judgmental and inhumane. You need intellectual confidence and emotional confidence to fight these new phenomena. Don't worry about getting into trouble for speaking the truth. Every Prophet also faced a lot of opposition for speaking the truth. This their sunnah.
Allah has also made some things halaal, but that does not make it fardh and binding upon us e.g. eating peanuts is halaal, but it is not fardh. We have the right to not eat it. It is fine as long as you do not criticize it and do not criticize those who consume it. It is your personal decision. e.g. polygamy is also halaal in Islam, as long as you treat wives equally. That does not make it binding. Most cultures in the muslim world are not used to polygamy and it is not binding and you can be uncomfortable with it. But it is allowed as long as you meet the requirements. Our messenger SAWW also had multiple wives but he was the best towards them. We should not have any discomfort towards this idea and they are all the mothers of the believers! RA. They are Ummuhaat ul Momineen and we have to respect them and take care of them like our own mothers. Islam means SUBMISSION. You have to submit to Allah SWT and Prophet SAWW and believe that it is the best. You need to love everything they do and believe in it. Do not even let the thought cross your mind that these ideas are strange and unacceptable for you.

We have to understand what Prophet SAWW did. We should know it clearly and that will increase our faith, If somebody comes up to us and says something about the Prophet SAWW, we should first make sure it is authentic and the moment we are sure, we should LOVE it and not let second thoughts cross our mind and we should understand the context in which it was done. e.g. some people manipulate an incident and say that the Prophet SAWW asked to cut somebody's tongue off.  A tribal leader became a muslim and he was used to getting the major share of the spoils of war. When he became a muslim, he got an equal share so he began to make poetry that Islam humiliated him. So Prophet SAWW ordered Umar RA to cut his tongue off(which meant that Umar RA give him money to shut him up because he was demoralizing the whole army).
We need to understand everything because we want to understand how he dealt with everything with hikmat and wisdom. He does not owe an explanation to us. We are not trying to judge his actions. He SAWW is only answerable before Allah SWT. We should understand with humility. Learn to understand everything in the right context.

The more we learn Islam, the angrier we get as a people and the more hate we spread. Islam teaches us to hate the sin but never the sinner.

Islam has set beautiful laws. But they are often manipulated by people and misused. That does NOT make the law wrong. The person manipulating it is wrong. Allah says Wattaqullah(Be conscious of Allah) so that you do not misuse it. Allah is watching you! e.g. people misuse divorce laws,polygamy laws

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O Prophet, why do you prohibit [yourself from] what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking the approval of your wives? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

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Allah has already ordained for you [Muslims] the dissolution of your oaths. And Allah is your protector, and He is the Knowing, the Wise.

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And [remember] when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a statement; and when she informed [another] of it and Allah showed it to him, he made known part of it and ignored a part. And when he informed her about it, she said, "Who told you this?" He said, "I was informed by the Knowing, the Acquainted."

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If you two [wives] repent to Allah , [it is best], for your hearts have deviated. But if you cooperate against him - then indeed Allah is his protector, and Gabriel and the righteous of the believers and the angels, moreover, are [his] assistants.

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Perhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you - submitting [to Allah ], believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshipping, and traveling - [ones] previously married and virgins.

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O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.

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O you who have disbelieved, make no excuses that Day. You will only be recompensed for what you used to do.

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O you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent."

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O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.

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Allah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so those prophets did not avail them from Allah at all, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who enter."

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And Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people."

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And [the example of] Mary, the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity, so We blew into [her garment] through Our angel, and she believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly obedient.

The background of this ayah is that the Prophet SAWW used to spend a part of his day with each of his wives and he gave them equal time. Every wife tried to get some extra time from him SAWW. One of the wives brought some honey and the Prophet SAWW used to eat it so it would take some extra time. The next wife said that I don't like the smell of this honey so the Prophet SAWW decided to not eat it anymore. SO Allah sent down these ayahs:Why do you make haraam what Allah has made halaal? The prophet SAWW's actions have great repercussions because he is a role model for the whole ummah, so Allah made sure to point this out. Allah has forgiven it already and is just pointing it out. Allah did this so that the Prophet SAWW's personal preferences do not get confused with Islam. So even in this age, the people who are doing work of dawah and are scholars should make sure their personal preferences stay separate from Islam. Only Prophet SAWW was complete and perfect and all other scholars have certain specializations and they do not know or do everything perfectly. We raise the status of our scholars and public speakers so much that we think they know everything and we even turn to them for guidance on those things that are beyond their understanding. The Prophet SAWW is the only man who carried the burden of the whole ummah on his shoulders, and after him the WHOLE ummah and millions of people carry the same burden and they are still unable to do it.

The Prophet SAWW learned a secret and told it to one of his wives RA. She told somebody else and said do not tell anyone. We also do the same when we share a secret. Everyone ends up knowing it and everyone thinks it is still a secret. Allah revealed that she had let the secret out. These passages are about protecting the trust and not having any competition/jealousy. Such problems even happened in the Prophet SAWW's household so it can also happen in our homes so we need to take guidamcme from Quran on these issues. Then Allah says if you try to defend yourself in front of the Prophet SAWW, then Allah and the angels and the righteous believers are behind him. All these domestic problems are guidance for the whole of humanity. Allah sent this ayah to warn the wives that they are the role model for women and if they do not realize their position, Allah can replace them with better wives. Both sides need to become clear and open in their conversations. Jealousy and breaking the trust can ruin the communication. If you keep things inside, they keep boiling until you explode like a volcano.

It is a Madni Surah but Allah calls out to Kuffaar in ayah 7. In the ayah before and after this, Allah calls out to the Momineen. The answer is that these ayahs are ABOUT believers but Allah calls the believers as kuffaar because they will be from those who did kufr on the day of judgement because they did not follow Allah's advice. If they learn the lesson and internalize it then they are called believers as in ayah 8. Allah often shifts from the future to the past and back again to the present just like they do in movies. Allah often gives us a picture of the future.

Allah begins by telling the momineen to protect themselves from A fire. Allah does not say THE fire. And Allah pinpoints the momineen so even they are in danger. Allah chose to say A fire because the people had been so careless and reckless in their lifestyle as if they are not even aware that there is a fire prepared for them. So Allah reintroduces the fire as A fire. Because they were living their lives as if they do not know about THE fire. Imagine your house is on fire. You will run for safety and protect your family next. You cannot help others if you are not in a safe position yourself. We need to understand that we are in danger and we need to protect ourselves from the fire. We need to be concerned about ourselves.

We need to know how to differentiate culture from religion. We begin to think that our own culture=Islam. We need to know the difference. We mix them up. We are just born into our religion and we never contemplate or choose our religion for our ownselves by going through an intellectual and spiritual process. We sometimes lose deen in when we blend in a culture. Islam does not forbid us from celebrating our own cultures but we just need to make sure nothing is against the spirit of deen. Deen should be OVER culture. We should hold on to our own celebrations, and not celebrate the festivals of other religions. e.g. we wish one another merry christmas although this festival is based upon shirk and shirk is so offensive to Allah SWT that the earth and skies might split open because this is so severe. We will keep losing chunks of our deen with every generation if we get lost in culture.

The fuel of this fire is people and stones. Idols were made of stones. Stone turns into lava when it burns. It is like a volcanic eruption. This is a fire which will never extinguish and we will never die in it. We will be given fresh skins and fresh pain. Nauzubillah. The prison guards are angels. People will beg the guards for mercy but they will only do what Allah commands them to do. These guards are intense and harsh in their punishment. Can you imagine your family in such a prison? They will never get used to the pain. This fire is FOR the believer who rejects Allah's commands. It is for yaa ayyahulazeena aamanoo. Empty kalimah does not matter if we do not believe it with our heart or act accordingly. We can only judge one another by what is apparent. Allah knows truly what is inside us. Allah will address them as disbelievers on that day. Don't make excuses today. The people were asked to believe in the fire but they refuted it. If we do not believe, then there is no accountability.

Turn back to Allah in a way that is pure and sweet. Allah wants us to turn back to Him with love. It does not count if our tawbah is not from the heart and is superficial. We live in a culture where we have to act tough and we have to fight our emotions. We cannot cry in front of others or show any emotion otherwise we will be made fun of. We can't show respect to seniors. We have to put others down to prove ourselves. Our entertainment is so violent now. We become stripped of our emotions and we stop feeling human anymore, and then we get into crimes and violence. We don't own our problems anymore and we blame others because we have to appear perfect. Our culture has beautified bad morals and sensationalized them. Being respectful and decent is considered uncool and dumb now. We need to make tawbah again and again. There is no end to it. We can never be confident. Allah will not disgrace the Prophet SAWW because people are responsible for their own actions and they will not even be called momineen in front of the Prophet SAWW.

There will be a light for those who believe on their right, because of their good deeds. Everybody will have to walk over hellfire,whether believer or disbeliever. When we see it, we do shukr. It will be pitch dark. Even the fire of hell will be pitch dark. We will only be able to see our own light and nobody else's light. The light will be proportion to our good deeds. Some people will have light in which they can barely see. You kept putting yourself in difficult situations displeasing to Allah and you kept delaying change. You kept procrastinating and getting into questionable things. You thought you had time. You started thinking to yourself that it is not that bad. You did not consider your sin bad enough. Shaytaan got to you by making you think like that. A wall will be dropped in front of the one who did sin and they will not get anybody else's light, but if somebody had a scrape of faith, a wall will be dropped for them with a door and they will eventually get out.

Ya Allah, complete our light for us and covers our mistakes. Sins prevent the light from shining brightly.

Allah then presents the example of the wives of Nooh AS and Loot AS, their wives did not believe. This proves that change comes from Allah and not from you and me. They cannot go to Jannah just because they are the wives of the Prophets; We have to save our families from the fire but even after we do our best, if they don't turn back to Allah, we are not going to be answerable for that. We should just do our best and never give up on them.

Then Allah gives the example of the wife of Firawn who could have anything in the world she wanted. She could have all the palaces, all the material things. She is not like the women of today who don't care where the husband gets the money from as long as he pays the bills, and women who don't question where the money is being earned from. We don't care about halaal or haraam anymore. But Firawn's wife had nothing to do with this wealth and she wanted a house near Allah, the King of kings. She had no authority to turn to in dunya because Firawn had all the authority. Rescue me from him and HIS deeds(I do not endorse his deeds and want nothing to do with them).

Then Allah mentions Maryam AS, Hazrat Isa AS spoke in her defence the day he was born when people accused Maryam AS. Hazrat Isa AS was born a hafiz of the Torah of Musa AS whose original form had been lost by then. His birth was a miracle by Allah SWT.

Quran for Young Adults - Day 14 - Surah Mominoon 1-12

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Certainly will the believers have succeeded:

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They who are during their prayer humbly submissive

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And they who turn away from ill speech

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And they who are observant of zakah

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And they who guard their private parts

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Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed -

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But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors -

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And they who are to their trusts and their promises attentive

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And they who carefully maintain their prayers -

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Those are the inheritors

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Who will inherit al-Firdaus. They will abide therein eternally.

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All prophets had the same beliefs and morals, but laws were different for different ummahs
The Quran first discussed morals and toward the end of revelation, laws were revealed. We get introduced to laws before morals in this age. What's halaal haraam what's allowed/disallowed. The first generation of Quran learnt morals and beliefs first. Whatever Allah has given more priority in the Quran, we need to give more priority to while teaching our children.

Morals have more to do with the attitude with which we are doing things rather than the things themselves.

Those who have FAITH are indeed successful
Falaah is the person who cuts the harvest. Farmers get their paycheck once a year when the work's done. They have to sow the seed,till the soil,put fertilizer and instecticide and so on but all the hard work pays off only at the time of harvest. So Aflaha means to be successful after a long period of labour. This is a believer's attitude towards success.

Muslim is the one who does the bare minimum and follows the laws. Momin is one step higher than him and is strong in morals. Muhsin is the highest level. This is derived from Hadith Jibreel.
Consider the example of a student who just wants to pass and do the bare minimum. Then there is another student who wants to excel like a momin.There is a third student who puts his absolute level best out of the love of someone and to prove themselves to them and not just for grades. A Muhsin in Islam is the one who totally cares about Allah SWT and wants to do everything to please Him.

They are,during their prayers, fearful,humble,overpowered. Especially in their prayers but also outside their prayers. Our prayers are more like cardio exercises, a bird pecking on the ground, a hit and run. We are not concerned about the quality of our prayers. We just rush through them.

Tips for a better salaah:
Make wudu for every prayer
Make wudu slowly
Also pray the sunnah prayers before fard because it helps you warm up for fard and increases focus
Force yourself to recite slowly
Don't be so fast while going into ruku,sujood etc that you create a breeze but take your time
Space out your zikr while saying subhana rabbiyal azeem etc
Understand what you are reciting and APPRECIATE it
Feel your prayer

Now Allah describes the effect of prayer. These people stay away from useless talk and activity after they have heard the most beautiful message of Quran. Whatever input you give to yourself, similar output comes out. So it is really important what you expose yourself to. It's very important that you get busy and don't give yourself free time to kill. It makes you humble and disciplined. Most of us remain grownup babies and don't turn into adults. Turn into a man and take responsibility, start working! Stay busy.

They work on purifying themselves. Your personality is like an onion with a lot of layers. When you get into deen, you discover some flaw in yourself and then you manage to peel off that layer. Then you find another layer underneath and you work on that. This goes on and on and you keep fixing themselves. This is the process of cleansing.

Those who guard their privates.
Allah knows the stealing of the glances and what's inside your chest. Temptations are from the animal part of ourselves. And control of that temptations is from our rooh. When we let our animal instincts loose, we lose control. Don't be like those who forgot Allah so Allah made them forget themselves(their rooh). Sometimes people totally lose their human side. If you don't know how to control your eyes, forget the rest of you.
Don't be alone with your mobile devices and your internet. Whoever does not have haya/dignity, he may do whatever we like. It means haya is highly important and is the essence of good character.

Girls like to feel beautiful and to validate their beauty. They need to feel good about themselves. They dress up a certain way and display their beauty to get attention and validation. They lose dignity by doing this. Boys are like wolves and they say things just to make you feel good. You like them because they listen to you and give you compliments and pretend to understand you. He is not actually interested in you but he just wants to get his way with you and take advantage of you.
Girls need to toughen up and have a stern and firm voice when boys are around. The softer your voice, the more prolonged the conversation will be.
The people who hold themselves back,truly enjoy their marriage, The people who don't,destroy their dignity.

They constantly watch over their promises. Even protecting our own dignity and the dignity of our families is a trust. Protecting our parent's trust is also part of keeping promises. When you say yes to something, it is like a promise. Guard your commitments. Guard yourself when you are on your own. Trusts are different from promises. Promises are something you made yourself. Trust and amanah is something that was entrusted to you and you were supposed to do them. They don't require promises. E.g. following the laws or meeting deadlines, or fulfilling huqooq ul ibaad. Everything is an amanah. Even our time is an amanah. Amanah does not need to be spelled out like a promise. You should know how to fill in the blanks yourself. You should know what is expected of you.

Guard your prayers. Schedule your life around your prayers. The prayers are the pillars and not an inconvenience. Pillars never move. The walls and the furniture around can be moved, but the pillars stay where they are. You cannot purposefully leave prayers and then make up for them together at the end of the day. Don't sleep late and miss Fajr. Sleep on time or don't sleep at all. Don't risk missing salaah. Take the necessary precautions. Take a stand for your prayers at work. Do not be embarrassed to pray in front of others. Do not be afraid of others. Praying in public is very liberating and empowering.

These people will inherit Jannah tul firdous. Allah created a house in jannah for every single human being.  Allah hopes that all human beings will reach the highest level of Jannah. The believers who enter Paradise will inherit those homes that belonged to them or to others who never showed up.

QUR'AN for Young Adults - (Surah Taghabun) - Nouman Ali Khan - Ramadaan 2014 Day 9

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Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth is exalting Allah . To Him belongs dominion, and to Him belongs [all] praise, and He is over all things competent.

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It is He who created you, and among you is the disbeliever, and among you is the believer. And Allah , of what you do, is Seeing.

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He created the heavens and earth in truth and formed you and perfected your forms; and to Him is the [final] destination.

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He knows what is within the heavens and earth and knows what you conceal and what you declare. And Allah is Knowing of that within the breasts.

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Has there not come to you the news of those who disbelieved before? So they tasted the bad consequence of their affair, and they will have a painful punishment.

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That is because their messengers used to come to them with clear evidences, but they said, "Shall human beings guide us?" and disbelieved and turned away. And Allah dispensed [with them]; and Allah is Free of need and Praiseworthy.

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Those who disbelieve have claimed that they will never be resurrected. Say, "Yes, by my Lord, you will surely be resurrected; then you will surely be informed of what you did. And that, for Allah , is easy."

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So believe in Allah and His Messenger and the Qur'an which We have sent down. And Allah is Acquainted with what you do.

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The Day He will assemble you for the Day of Assembly - that is the Day of Deprivation. And whoever believes in Allah and does righteousness - He will remove from him his misdeeds and admit him to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. That is the great attainment.

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But the ones who disbelieved and denied Our verses - those are the companions of the Fire, abiding eternally therein; and wretched is the destination.

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No disaster strikes except by permission of Allah . And whoever believes in Allah - He will guide his heart. And Allah is Knowing of all things.

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And obey Allah and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon Our Messenger is only [the duty of] clear notification.

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Allah - there is no deity except Him. And upon Allah let the believers rely.

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O you who have believed, indeed, among your wives and your children are enemies to you, so beware of them. But if you pardon and overlook and forgive - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

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Your wealth and your children are but a trial, and Allah has with Him a great reward.

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So fear Allah as much as you are able and listen and obey and spend [in the way of Allah ]; it is better for your selves. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful.

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If you loan Allah a goodly loan, He will multiply it for you and forgive you. And Allah is Most Appreciative and Forbearing.

64:18

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Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

This Surah is Madni, after the state of Madinah was established. Some of the people of Madinah did not realize the challenges they would face after becoming Muslim. The makkans had been through A LOT after accepting Islam so they fully knew the value of Islam. But new muslims had a different perspective of Islam.
Its just like people who were born into Islam and who converted to Islam, they have different perspectives of Islam.

These Surahs were revaled to refresh the faith of Muslims and remind them of their true purpose.

Everything in the world and every atom declares Allahs perfection. Evem the subatomic particles are doing Tawaf. Everything is doing their own form of tasbeeh. It is a reminder for US to do tasbeeh, looking at the creation should remind us to do Tasbeeh.

There is a comparison between us and the dunya. According to Allah we are the best creation, yet the Universe is constantly doing what Allah asked it to do. But we the perfect ones are the only creature not doing what Allah asked from us.All of the creation and WE most importantly are Allahs craft. We need to appreciate the way Allah made us. Allah is PROUD of the way he made us. But the world teaches us to be unhappy with our appearance.Allah teaches us to be HAPPY with ourselves.

Allah compares the Universe with US repeatedly. Why? All the creation who is LESS amazing than you does all these things, Why dont you do it who is the most perfect of all creation?

Allah knows EVERYTHING in the heavens and the Earth. NOTHING escapes Him. Dont think you can hide things from Allah.

Why to praise Allah and accept Him? Because Messengers came with clear proofs about Allah. Humans cannot stand authority and they dont like the fact that the Messenger came from among them. They dont like to listen to other people like themselves. But dont forget, the Prophet SAWW may be a human being but he speaks on behalf of Allah! It is easy for us to belief in the Prophet SAWW because for us, his sunnah and his life is preserved as a consitution. But for people in that time it was really difficult to believe because for 40 years, he led a NORMAL life and was just a regular human being. And then he suddenly claimed to be a Prophet. His friends and family could not believe it or accept it or obey him blindly. Imagine if your friend or nephew or husband etc claim to be a Prophet, wont it be difficult to accept? They had to change the way they looked at him, and accept and obey him as the MESSENGER of Allah.Allah says here that turning away from Prophets means turning away from Allah. If you turn away from the Prophets, Allah says He does NOT need you. This Surah is about having the right attitudes.

The fact that I have a Master, is proof that I will be raised. Just like in this world if our master asks us to do something it necessarily means that a time will come when he will ask us if we finished our work.

Believe in the light we sent down, the light of Quran and the light within us (Its Anzalnaa, not Anzalnaahu, so its tawassau fil maani and not just limited to light of Quran). So its light upon light.

Day of gathering- Tagaabun( when people will find what winning means and what losing means, and Tagaabun means losing and winning go hand in hand, So we are supposed to help one another. Even Firaun was a means for Musa AS to gain Jannah). For us everything is supposed to be an opportunity. Good and bad people both are opportunities for us.

Saua means a corpse, so bad deeds are like a corpse with a stench. And Allah will bury that away from us if we obey Him.

The disbeliever says Why do bad things happen.
Museeba=the arrow that hit bulls eye(hit exactly its target).Allah describes museebat as something that is absolutely meant to happen. It was never meant to miss you. Allah never misses his target. Everything that happens to us is supposed to happen to us. Muslims are never supposed to say, I wish that never happened. And whoever truly believes Allah, Allah will guide His heart. He will be at ease and heart will be at rest no matter what the situation. We will only be rattled temporarily. We will be FINE. Allah lets us move on.
e.g. theres a story of one my teachers. They had only one son and he was graduating and while he was coming back for graduation, his son had an accident and died. And the mother and father were at home waiting for Him and had invited guests over and then they received this news and were shattered. For few months, they could not speak to each other normally. our faith was rattled.Allah gave us this beautiful toy and let us play with it 18 years and then He took it back as it was his, and now we are complaining. We should be grateful that Allah gave us this beautiful toy.
 Thats the attitude of the believer. Because of Allah, they will be able to bear anything.

The Prophet SAWW used to get sad when people did not accept faith. So Allah tells him your job is only to convey the message. Now its their responsbility to act.True believers should only and only trust Allah. They should not question Allah but trust Him.

From within your spouses and children, there may be enemies. Something within your wives and children can become an enemy for you. So far Allah has talked about believing Him and trusting and obeying Him. If our wives and children take us away from this, they become enemies. e.g. A family lives in an apartment and the father earns decent money, If his wife and children and inlaws etc force him to get them a house although he cannot afford it. What will he need to do? He will take loan and interest. Now his family is an enemy for him. He builds a house here but he loses a house in Jannah. This animosity will not be apparent in this world but will actually show on Day of Judgement when you will blame them for leading you to the wrong path. On judgement day, we will be more selfish than anything we can imagine. If you dont give in and stand up for whats right, they will thank you in the Hereafter. Even if your family says terrible things to you in return, cover for them and forgive them.

Both money and children are a fitna. A person relies on both for the future, they are the retirement plan. Allah says watch out, they are a fitna for us.We think our money and children will help us in future years. But Allah is teaching us that we need to take care of our eternal years. So we need to invest our money for Jannah and we need to raise our children such that they become a Sadaqah Jariyah for us.Kids will only give us what we give them. We will be humiliated because of our children on Day of Judgement if we did not raise them properly.

Then Allah says just do as much as you can. Just give your best. Just like when we are given an assignment and we do a half baked effort because you were too lazy, our teacher who cares about us says Is is the best you can do, because I know you can do much more? Allah knows us better than we know ourselves. We cant fool Allah into thinking we did our best.

Spend not just out of your money but also out of your time, your talents, your energies.
Shuh means the disease of greed and want inside ourselves. That urge that keeps us way from good deeds. Inability to control urges.
Lend Allah a loan, give Him your youth, your time,your life, your money, and Allah will multiply it unimaginable for you.And I will cover for you your faults. And Allah is extremely appreciative of your effortss. Haleem means someone who knows what you are going through and sympathises..