Ramadan Gems: Daily Meditations on the Meanings of the Quran’s 30 Ajiza The Second Juz: Surat Al-Baqarah, 2:142-252 Assalamu alaykum brothers and sisters. The second juz is a further explanation of Allah’s commands. It emphasizes the urgency of obedience to Him alone. What does this mean for the ummah? Simply that we are a unique nation, made up of those who fear Allah (swt) and who live in submission to the guidance He gave to the prophets. This guidance is explained more thoroughly in Surat Al-Baqarah than in any other surat; it’s the only surat that details all of the five pillars of Islam: prayer, fasting, charity, declaration of belief, and pilgrimage. These are the actions that organize our belief and behavior. Today let’s give careful thought to the pillars of our faith. What do they mean to us? And how can we better fulfill our promise to keep them? 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. [Quran 2:143] [Every day during Ramadan in shaa Allah we will be sharing insights into the message of each juz in the Quran. We pray that you’ll make it your goal to contemplate each one and to use them to launch further research and life changes on your own. Alhamdulillah, we owe a large debt of thanks to Amr Khalid— much of the inspiration for these gems came from Khawatir Quraniyyah (“Reflections from the Quran”).] Wassalam, Abdulazeez Abdulraheem
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