بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
BSM ALL’H Al-R’HM’N, Al-R’HÏM
(B(y)NAME ALL’H THE BI-MERCIFUL, THE MERCIFUL)
-NB: “BSM ALL’H Al-R’HM’N, Al-R’HÏM”, the 1st v. of the Qur’an, being composed of 19 letters, and of prime importance that its initial number of letters be respected, is the most important verse. Not only the foundation of the mathematical coding of the Qur’an is Based on it; but in this one verse is gathered THE WHOLE EXISTENCE: The Creator, all His creatures and the two kind of His Blessings towards them.
The reason of “B(i)SM” (/B(y))Name) being unusually in one word; the reason of “All’h” being the Name of God; the reason of adj. names of “R(a)hm(a)n” and the “R(a)heem », are for the first time explained in the « FurQan/ the Discernment of the Qur’an », which I hope to be able to put at the disposal of all seekers of the Truth, and those eager to connect to their Only Lord, the Creator .
This is an urgent communiqué of warning the Believers against false human “commandments” of so called (by themselves) “messengers…”, who are changing, manipulating, substituting and mingling with the Word & Commandment of the Almighty God, nowadays.
My reason for taking such step, is due to numerous attempts of some people who, (knowingly or unknowingly), through ego or poor study of the Qur’an and misinterpretation of the verses, are subverting some believers (no matter how few) from the Word of the Creator, the Qur’an.
My point and message to these believers (after 30 years of study and research of the Qur’an) is, that the Word of God does not need to be changed with time. But rather the Time that brings equivalent discernment & interpretation for the Word, without changing the Word.
SO BE AWARE. WE CANNOT CHANGE ANYTHING FROM THE QUR’AN, BE IT A WORD, LETTER OR EVEN A PUNCTUATION. ESPECIALLY CONCERNING THE RITUALS OF WORSHIP, IF THE CHANGES HAVE NOT BEEN ALREADY SPECIFIED IN THE QUR’AN. IF ANYONE DOES SO, THEY WILL ONLY DEVIATE FROM THE WORD AND ADMONITION OF THE ALMIGHTY LORD.
*5:48: “And We Sent down to you the Scripture (containing) the Truth, confirming the Scriptures that came before It, and Supervising over It; so rule among them in accordance with what All’h Has Sent, and do not follow their vain desires, diverging from the Truth that came to you.For each of you We Have Appointed a Law and a clear Way. Had All’h Willed, He Would Have made you one single community, but it is to Test you in what He Has Given to each of you (communities); so, race towards righteousness. To All’h you shall all return, then He Will Inform you about the matters in which you dispute;”
*5:49: “And thus rule among them according to what All’h Has Sent without following their vain desires, and beware of them lest they beguile you from some of that (Teaching) which All’h Has Sent down to you. And if they turn away, be assured that it is All’h’s Purpose that they be afflicted by some of their sins. And in fact, most men are (actually) debauchees.”
-NB: In the second verse above, the words of the first verse are nearly repeated; this only shows the importance of the Commandment: that we should only follow the Teaching of God and His Law, according to what we have been Sent in the Book. We are Warned against following the passion and desires of some who either through ego, or lack of knowledge, (by adding or changing the words Taught by God) are in fact diverging us, and preventing us from the total benefit of our worshipping procedures.-
As mentioned in my previous writings on this blog, apart from the Commandments and Teachings of God in our own Book, the Qur’an, if we are to carry on with any Commandments of the past, brought in the precedent Book by the precedent Prophet (e.g.: Salat, Fasting, Zakat and Hadj, that were brought by Abraham, before Muhammad), then we should find it to be mentioned in the Qur’an; and if, there are any changes in these Commandments for us the new generations, also it would be mentioned in our Book (e.g.: the fasting, in which God Brought some changes from the time of Abraham in the Qur’an). Otherwise, we are to follow as it is, and NO CHANGE can we make by ourselves in Gods Commandments.
THE DANGER IS THAT THROUGH LACK OF REPETITIVE AND METICULOUS STUDY, THESE PEOPLE IGNORE THE FACT THAT TWO DIFFERENT WORDS (in the Arabic text of the Qur’an), NEVER HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME MEANING**, AND EACH STAND FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE.
IN RESULT, THEY HAVE OVERLOOKED INADVERTENTLY THE MEANING OF DIFFERENT WORDS FOR DEFINING THE “GREATNESS” OF GOD IN THE QUR’AN, AND THE REASON OF EACH.
** “PAULI Exclusion Principle”:- PAULI, the Swiss physician and 1945 Nobel laureate, who elaborated the quantum theory of nuclear magnetism and the existence of neutrons-” whereby In essence of Existence, no two identical particles can occupy the same space”
Some years ago, first, a certain Mr. “A. Fazely”, from Baton Rouge in Louisiana, announced that he is a “messenger” of God… And the proof/miracle he presented for such claim, was the “message” to change the statement of… : (quoting their own translation)
“Allaho Akbar ‘God is Great’ — in the performance of Salat — into Allaho al-Kabeer ‘God is the most Great.’” (Unquote)
It is a fact that Fazely & Eric …, in continuing the line of mathematical coding Miracle of the Qur’an, brought by Dr. Rashad Khalifa, had found high math. in the Qur’an… But to give this as a proof for allowing himself to change a Statement of a Commandment of God… , considering that NO MENTION of such change is found in the Qur’an, is a blasphemy and quite unacceptable.
I wrote to him, that nothing gives the authority to anyone to change the Word of God; and warned him about the DANGER of it, after explaining clearly the use and reason for these statements (as below, for your own judgment). And still I don’t know whether he has rectified his error after that, or he becomes of those “turning away” in verse 5:49 mentioned above.
Obviously Mr. Fazely has completely misunderstood the use and reason of these two statements…Thinking, I presume, we should favor God by giving Him a higher ranking
NB: First of all the error lays in the exact translation of these two statements:
“All’h -o- Akbar” = All’h Is Above/ Superior/ Greater;
“All’h- o- al-Kabïr” = All’h the High, the Elevated (in Greatness)
Now, I would like to call your attention on the verses below: God Almighty, Being Aware of what we all do down here, He Reveals the ambition of such people, Confirming by Mentioning the same word (Akbar/Greater) that “Fazely” pretends we should change …. (40:56-57):
*40:56 “Those who argue in verses of All’h without any authority bestowed on them; in fact there is not but (ambition) of greatness in their chest, which they shall never attain to; seek refuge then in All’h, He Is the One Who Hears, Who Sees (everything)“.
*40:57 “Certainly Creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than creation of men but then most men do not know it.”
-NB: In verses above, first, God Reveals the ambition of such people, ironically Using the same word of “greatness”; and Brings Confirmation for the word “Greater”, that in the Creation actually some are “greater” than some … thus, Showing the necessity of the use of such word as “Akbar/Greater or Above” in some places…. Then, the fact that God’s Creativity (be it for words) is “Greater” than whatever man can fabricate (in words)… and yet most men do not know it. ”
As said before, everything should be confirmed or mentioned in the Book.
I repeat, not only there is no mention of changing the statement of (All’h -o- Akbar) in Salat; but it is most important that these words (Akbar & Kabïr) be rightly translated, and this goes also for those translators of the Qur’an that have translated: “All’h-o- Akbar” as: “God is Greatest” or “God is Great”…This indicates that they too, have not understood the reason for the use of the word “Akbar” in Salat, and thus the importance of its correct translation, which is: “Greater” and not great.
The Reason of the word “Greater/ Akbar” in Salat:
“All’h -o- Akbar” means: “All’h is Above/Higher/ Greater”; and it is a statement of:
“zikr ذکر /Reminder/ Recall”.
“All’h is Greater”, is a “reminding statement” used for “Azan”, that is announcing the time and calling people to daily “Salat”; as well as in the “Salat”/(Code’ words for Connecting to the Light of God).
For calling to Salat: It is a reminder or recall for people, that it is time for Salat that they should leave what they are doing and rush to Salat, because Connecting to All’h is Above/Greater/ more important, than everything else.
And In Salat, especially in congregational Salat, in which this statement is pronounced loudly: It is a “recall” back to concentration on All’h, in case our mind has slipped away on other matters: “that concentrating on God is Greater and brings a greater benefit to our meditation/salat; and that bringing back the concentration from all other deeds and matters occupying our mind.”
Moreover, “All’h Is Greater” is pronounced for every change of position in Salat; and as in these different positions we claim statements concerning the “Greatness and Highness” of God, we should be reminded that still “God Is Above”.
So, in all these cases, the (er) at the end of (great), standing for (more/higher), is the more appropriate and significant word to be used.
As mentioned before, everything we advance and propose concerning the Qur’an should be confirmed in the Qur’an; and the word (Akbar) being a “Reminder”/ (Zikr) for “Salat”, confirmed in:
*29:45: “Recite what is Revealed to you of the Book’; and establish the Salat, as the Salat restrains from shameful and unjust deeds; and the recalling of All’h Is Above/Greater; and All’h Is Aware of what you fabricate.”
NB:
a) The word “fabricate”… thus the proof that we cannot “fabricate” word, or change any statement, be it “All’h -o- Akbar/ All’h Is Greater”, which is confirmed being a “reminder,” and belonging to Salat.
b) Most translators have translated this verse: “…. But, remembrance of God is Greater …”, as though the remembrance of God is greater than Salat….This does not make sense. Then why Would God Admonish the performance of Salat so often in the Qur’an, when His Remembrance is Greater than Salat? Then why not just remembering God and forget the Salat ?. Some other translators that have sensed the danger… they have opened a parenthesis, saying: “Remembrance of All’h is the greatest (thing in life) without doubt”, making a general statement about it by dissociating this statement in particular with Salat….
Wrong again.
The verse 29:45 is a Command to the Messenger; that he should recite what is Revealed to him of the Book and establish the Salat. Then, explaining the beneficence of Salat; and the recall to “All’h” (in case the mind has slipped away to other thoughts, while performing the Salat) that its beneficence is Akbar/ Greater”. Thus it is a statement of recall to bring your attention and meditation back to All’h while performing the Salat. Meanwhile the Command for the recall of “All’h-o-Akbar”.
So with all the above reasons, which other “greater …” statement do they think they should use instead of God’s own Statement?
And yet they claim they believe the Qur’an is “fully detailed”.
But then, if they believe It is fully detailed, they should also know, that not one word, explanation, example, nor confirmation, is in vain or superfluous in the Qur’an, and EVERY WORD is standing for a special reason and a special purpose.
Trespassing on God’s Word is the highest crime.
And now as to the secret meaning and purpose of the statement:
“All’h ol-Kabïr” = “All’h the Elevated/the High”
As every word in the Qur’an is detailed, the adjective “Kabïr”, is expressing: “Greatness, Highness of God” in Universes of ‘High Above’ our World, the abode of all angels, the “Gardens of Eden”, and all existence in states of High Above our universe.
The word “Great” for God on Earth and in our World, is Expressed as: “Azïm”.
In this way it has been simplified for the readers of the Qur’an to distinguish whether the subject concerns this World, or the Universes of High Above , and the hereafter.
This fact is achieved by looking up all the uses of the words “Azïm” and “Kabïr” in their Qur’anic contexts (if they only do it, before rushing to change the Commandment of God.)
Sometime after Mr. Fazely, there came up a certain: Hussein Kowsari, of San Francisco, (again as a “messenger” or not..?), only he wants to do “greater”…!
Making no bones about it… he simply declares we should cut off the number of daily Salat to (3), instead of the usual (5)… Pretending that only three (3) Salat is mentioned in the Qur’an….
This again, is due to misunderstanding the verses from his part, besides being a maneuver of satan, to prevent some from receiving the Light of God, through the correct way of Connecting to Him….
(As I have already written concerning “Salat” in detail, on this same blog, bringing the verses of the Qur’an for each statement forwarded; to avoid repetition, please refer to “Salat/Connecting, Vital Commandment.” Therefore, in here I just mark the number of Chapters and verses; and just the necessary words of the Qur’an as proof against Mr. Kowsari’s argument. Hoping, God Willing, this would be of help for some, from falling into the trap, that Mr. Kowsari has dug for himself and his followers.)
I draw your attention to the fact, that they are all attacking the “Salat”, be it changing the number of sections or the words…Now, why Salat?
Because: “Salat” happens to be one of the most important rituals in the worshipping process, hence one of the first targets of satan.
Because: the Creation of the “man” &“Jinn”, thus their survival, is Based under the system of worshipping the Creator (51:56):
*51:56: “I did not Create the Jinn and the man (basically), but that they worship Me”.
This verse, wrongly understood hitherto, is the Most important indications for humankind.
1- It tells us that the “immunity system” and survival of Jinn and man, bodily & mentally, is based and Programmed upon: Worshipping All’h (the God Creator).
2- Worshiping only and solely the Creator; the Only One Who Has Created and Programmed our Creation under such system.
Anyone else beside the Creator, or associated with the Creator in the Worship, the system does not recognize it and rejects it. Therefore, the system if not charged through the Spirit of God in the way that originally has been Programmed, weakens, losing all its “Energy” and force of protection against “Danger”(pollution of mind and body), and eventually reduces Jinn & man to annihilation.
-NB: Those who do not believe, misunderstanding totally this verse, criticize it by saying:
“Why should God need us to worship and bend over for Him so many times a day…?”
And the Response from God, is right away in the two following verses: (51:57-58):
51:57 “No sustenance do I Require from them, nor do I Require they should feed Me (ego wise),”
51:58 “For All’h is He Who Gives sustenance, He is Possessor (and Commander) of the Perpetual Power.”
If we are to worship All’h, it is not that He Needs maintenance or feeding ego from us.
He Has no need, as He is the Possessor of “Perpetual Energy….”
But we need to worship Him, through which we get our share of Spiritual Energy, vital for our life, mentally & bodily, in here and the hereafter.
Thus, the worshipping rituals serve as Energizing and purification of the soul and body from pollution or burdens (sins) of this life.
So you see how important and vital the worshipping rituals are for us humans.
But then, it is vital that they have to be performed under the “Strict Teaching of the Creator”, as everything in this World is “Coded”. And today through science, we know that the coding system (e.g.: for opening doors), be it by numbers, sound or “magnetic cards”, have to be EXACTLY and PRECISELY as they have been programmed to be effective, or “open” the way.
Thus, falsifying the coding system of our Connection with God (/Salat) certainly is the first target of satan…. And for this reason, he will try in every way, to mingle, change, cut, or add things into our Salat to prevent “the door of Light” Opening on us….
The effect of the worshipping process:
Salat = daily purification; “zakat” = monthly one ; “fasting” = Yearly one; “Hadj” = once a lifetime.
God is “Light” (24:35); His Light is bifurcated (two branched) “Light upon Light” (24:35): “Light of life/ Creation”; and Light of Spirit / Guiding Light.
Some of the Spiritual Light has been “Entrusted” to Man (33:72).
The purpose of worship rituals is to “Energize” and “charge up” the (Guiding/Spiritual) Light inside of us to promote our “Capital/Spirit’ Light”.
Thus, if we neglect to “re-charge”, or do not use the right way for charging our Spiritual Light, we drain off our Capital’ Light; and thus, at the end of our lives, our spirit lacks the necessary Energy to go High Up, joining the Source of Energy, All’h (the God Creator) (51:56 mentioned above).
-NB: SALAT IS NOT A “PRAYER”, BUT, “CONNECTING” (code) TO THE LIGHT (ELECTRICITY) OF THE LORD, FOR CHARGING OUR “CAPITAL LIGHT”, 33:43.-
The Commandment as to the time, quantity, manner, words, and movements used for these rituals, was Given to Abraham. And as they are of the Basic and Fundamental Commandments (Mohkamat), then the base never changes and stays the same for all generations.
This is the reason that from the time of Abraham until now, which is more than 5000 years, people have been performing the Salat, 5 times per day, and 17 (rok’at) /sections:
Salat of dawn/ (Fajr): 2 sections
Salat of noon/ (Zohr): 4 sections
Salat of afternoon/(Asr): 4 sections
Salat of sunset/ (Maghrib): 3 sections
Salat of night/ (Isha): 4 sections
Never, ever, during all these centuries, succeeding generations, has this regulation been changed or disputed, although only God Knows human’s capacity for dispute and revolt:
*18:54: “And We Have Explained in detail in this Qur’an for people every kind of similitude, and yet the man is controversial of most things.”
Consequently, if it has lasted so long, it could not be anything but the Will, Grace and Justice of the Lord, to Preserve the rituals for all generations.
And we know today that the Almighty Lord Has Based the construction of the World on mathematics. Thus Everything is numbered and preserved under a coding system.
(The preservation of the Qur’an also is due to Its mathematical coding system, discovered by Dr Rashad Khalifa of Tucson AZ, in 1974; and the key-code is the digit “19”).
So the best proof for the 5 times Salat per day, is the unit number of the ‘sections per day:
“2-4-4-3-4” (twenty-four thousand, four hundred and thirty-four”) which is multiple of “19”.
It may be argued that a quantity of “numbers” could be multiple of 19; but it so happens this particular series of sections for Salat, 2-4-4-3-4, was established nearly 5000 years ago, and is consistent and coherent with the generally accepted mathematical code’ key of 19 for the Qur’an.
Thus, at the time of Prophet Muhammad and the Revelation of the Qur’an, the followers had to continue with the same rituals, apart from their words of “Praises and Glorification” that each community has had its own (24:41).
So the first Chapter of the Qur’an, also known as the Chapter of: “The Praising (Al-Hamd)”, is Revealed, and becomes the “Qur’an’s” words of Praise for Salat/Connection (“Salat” on this blog).
The procedure of establishing the “Salat/Connection”, is Glorifying the Lord by repetitive Praising (tasbïh bi hamdihï).
Everyone and everything in this World connects and glorifies the Lord, because we all NEED His Light, but each with our own praising and glorifying (24:41).
And as we, the whole creatures, have to Connect and glorify; then naturally the “sun” (symbol of time) has been Chosen for the “Mission” of leading us to its 5 specified position for “Connecting time” (6:96).
This is the reason the “Connecting/Salat” cannot be less than 5 times, as there are 5 stations for the sun in 24 hours.
But as we said earlier, everything MUST be mentioned in the Qur’an as reference:
THE TIME and FREQUENCY OF “Salat” PER DAY (confirmed in the Qur’an):
The Salat of “dawn (/Fajr)”, and “night (/Isha’)” are clearly mentioned in:
*24:58 “O you who believe. your permission must be asked by your servants, and those (children) of yours who have not attained to puberty (before entering your rooms), on three occasions: before the (Fajr/) dawn’ Salat; the while you take off your clothe for the noonday heat; and after the night’ Salat, three times of your undressing’s….”
-NB: Mr. Kowsari has based his “commandment” on this verse…,presuming it is indication for the time of Salat per day…. And as the “noon Salat” is not Mentioned in here, he took it for granted that there is no “noon Salat”….
In fact if the Salat of noon is not mentioned here, it is for the following good reasons:
(1) This verse is indication for: “moral-code” and “principle of conduct” and politeness for people, children and the rest of your household…. Advising to respect the moments of your privacy & intimacy, “the times that you take off your clothes” for resting.
(2) Thus, obviously, we do not necessarily take off our clothes after the noon Salat. Besides, sometimes of the year the noon is at 11:30 and at other times is at 2 pm, and both times people could be at work.
But then you find the three other Salat Mentioned in (11:114):
11:114 “And establish the Salat at the two ends of the day, and at the approaches of the night …”
Day/ (Nahar), means = / “the diffusion of light”; / “making things visible”; / “breakfast”.
Therefore, the two ends of “the day”, are obviously, the end of “morning”, which is “noon”/Zohr, and the end of noon, that is “after- noon/Asr”;
-NB: For information: One of the two sides of “day” cannot be “fajr/daybreak”.
Because “day/nahar” starts with sunrise and the diffusion of light; “fajr/dawn”, is when you can see “the end” of the night; the break between “night” and “morning” (6:96).
Then there is the period between “Fajr/Dawn” and the sunrise: “Ishragh” (38:18).
Then, at the sunrise, starts the morning that is called “Sobh”, till noon.
In fact, everything is fully detailed in the Qur’an, and there is no reason for confusion.
11:114 “… And the approaches of the night …”
“The approaches of the night”, is the period of time that the sun approaches its setting. This Salat should be performed before sun-set (and if the word “approaches” is in plural, it is for the minutes in the marge of limit Given for the time of Salat before sun-set); thus, completing the quantity of daily Salat to 5 /day.
-NB: Never, in the Qur’an you see the word: “and”, as for “repetition”/ “confirmation” (as claimed by Kowsari for certain interpretations of the 11:114); but only as: in “addition”/ “continuation”.
(If so, why don’t they bring an “example” from the Qur’an, instead of their own?.)–
And here is in conclusion, God’s Response to those who intend to change your Salat….
The following verse clears up the whole thing; the number of Salat is confirmed to be (5) per day. (Either they have overlooked this clear verse or misunderstood the meaning of it…)
*20:130: “Thus be patient over what they say and Glorify by Praising your Lord before the rising of the sun, and before its setting, and of delay (postponement) of the night Glorify and at the ends of the day that you may have joy.”
Before sunrise = (Fajr/) Dawn; before sunset = (Maghrib); during the delay of the night = (Isha’), and the ends of the day = noon and afternoon.
–NB: The beginning of this verse is extremely prescient, because it shows precisely that “they” will try to change the order of the times for the Glorifying-Praising the Lord (Salat); but in vain.-
HERE IS THE TRAP that Mr. Kowsari has opened for himself, by citing the verse (2:238), as a “proof” for his wrong analytical interpretation…:
*2:238 “(The middle Salat} Preserve (protect) your Salats, and the Salat of the middle; and stand for All’h devoting (your worship) to Him totally. (That is without associating any other name in your worship.)”
This Salat, is specified as “middle Salat”; and it is in no way, “the middle of the day’ Salat” (as Kowsari’s interpretation.)
The “middle Salat”, is the Salat of the middle of 5 Salat. And, the reason for being Reminded in particular is because it is the only Salat that its time is not marked by a particular event (like the sun “rising” and “setting”, or the noon that is lunch hour, and the night by getting dark); but the afternoon is the only one that is not marked by any special event and thus, we have to watch out for its time, as it can be easily forgotten.
Mr. Kowsari wants to know, why the word “Salat”, in the verse above, is in plural.
This plural demonstrates that:
There are at least 3 or more additional Salat beside the middle Salat….
And if there were three Salat per day –as claimed by Kowsari-, the sentence would have been: “Salatayn / (precisely TWO Salat)”, in addition to the middle Salat”.
They intend complicating the Word of God, and yet:
*2:185: “All’h Intends every facility for you; He does not Want to put you in difficulties.”
(But Mr. Kowsari’s claim is not finished…and the “best” follows….)
As mentioned further above, that Salat is the first target of satan; now through these “good messengers…” he brings his “master piece” by declaring:
“Referring to (16:98), in Salat we should recite the statement of:
” We seek refuge in God, from the satan..”….
And in this way, satan succeeds to associate his own name even in the most private connection of human with God….
Now please be Aware. Here again they are completely wrong; and here is the proof, please (specially Mr Kowsari) pay attention to the following:
*16:98: “When you read (/ghara’at) the Qur’an, then seek All’h’s Refuge from the satan, the rejected.”
*16:99: “In fact (satan) has no authority over those who believe and they put their trust in their Lord.”
a) In Salat we are not “reading” the Qur’an, we “recite/ talawat” from the Qur’an;
b) and as stated in the next verse (16:99), believers are not easily duped by him, and put their trust in their Lord.
THE FACT IS, WHEN ” READING” THE QUR’AN TO OUR SELVES WE SURELY NEED TO TAKE REFUGE IN GOD FROM SATAN’S ATTEMPTS TO DIVERT OUR CONCENTRATION, PREVENTING US FROM COMPREHENDING THE VERSES; OR, IN SALAT, THAT WE RECITE THE (code) WORDS OF CONNECTING TO GOD, AND THUS BEING IN CONNECTION WITH HIM, WE ARE UNDER HIS SHELTER AND PROTECTION. AND AS WE ARE FOLLOWING THE TEACHING OF GOD, THEN WE CAN TRUST GOD (16:99), BECAUSE: “GOD IS ABOVE”/ (All’h -o- Akbar). (So this statement goes for both these “messengers”… after all.)
SO BE AWARE, IN NO WAY SHOULD ANY NAME (and particularly satan’s….) BE MENTIONED IN SUCH A PERSONAL PRAISING & GLORIFICATION OF THE LORD.
SINCE “SALAT”, (besides being code-words) IS SOLELY A DIRECT CONNECTION WITH GOD, WITHOUT INTERMEDIARY OR IN BETWEEN PERSON (39:2);
*39:2: “In fact We Sent down to you the Book (containing in Justness) the Truth; so worship All’h, devoting the Religion to Him Only.”
The words of Glorification & Praise, particular for Salat, are some words of code as:
“The Opener”(/’Al-Fateha), for opening the “door” of Connection to the Light of The Creator. These code words, for us followers of the Qur’an, are contained in the first Chapter (Al-Fateha).
This is the ONLY Chapter that is Addressed to “All’h, Lord of the universal’ people”; the 113 others, are Addressed to human (and jinn).
And as this Chapter Addresses ONLY “the God”, then NO OTHER name ever must be pronounced in it, at ALL.
Another erroneous analytical interpretation:
The title of Chapter 62 does not mean: “Friday”;
It means: “The Gathering/ Meeting/ Assemblage”
The word of the title of this Sura is the verb “to Gather”; and not the noun “Friday”.
The word for “Friday” is: “Jum’ata”.
The word for “the Gathering”: “al-JumU’a”; as being the case of Ch.62.
This Commandment is for people of any community, to fix a day of “gathering” between themselves, for performing congregational Salat together, and reminding the Admonitions of God through the Qur’an to themselves and discuss them. In no way this Chapter forces people of today, on a “Friday” in particular (that is no more “week-end” for all the followers of the Qur’an…) , driving long distances (sometimes from one town to another to find a mosque and an “imam”….), for the noon Salat
Since Muslims have for thousands of years observed a one-day “week-end” holiday on “Friday”, the students of the Qur’an took it for granted that this Chapter 62 is about “Friday”….
The Prophet Muhammad having chosen the gathering day for a non-working day then, thus on “Fridays” people were gathering for noon’ Salat (62:10)*, and discussing the Qur’an; and those who still wanted to engage in business and work on that day, were called upon to stop their business until after the gathering session and the end of their Salat
So, regarding the weekend, and in order for people to have more time on their own and with their family, and to enjoy both the Qur’an and the Salat, they substituted half of the Salat by some teachings of the Qur’an (khotbeh).
Today, not everybody’s weekend is “Friday”, besides the fact that distances between people of the same community is great. Today people, the followers of the Qur’an, are all over the world (in different countries & towns); obviously God is Aware of that, as the Qur’an is going to be a “Reminder” for all the people of the World (81:27).
The “Title”, or the word used in this Chapter, is the “verb of gathering”, which has been misunderstood.
It follows that each community, people of the same neighborhood, etc., should program a day between themselves, convenient to everyone, to gather for the reading of the Qur’an and performing the Salat together; since congregational Salat and discussion on verses of the Qur’an, produce a lot of “Energy”, apart from their many other social & personal beneficial sides. So, let us go over some of the verses to clarify this fact:
-B(y)Name All’h, the bi-Merciful, the Merciful-
*62:1: “Glorifying All’h is everything in the heavens and everything in the earth, the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Omnipotence, the Wise.”
This first verse tells us that the subject concerns “Glorifying God” (that is the “Salat), His Sovereignty & Holiness, His Omnipotence and Wisdom (the Book).
*62:2: “It is He Who Raised amongst pagans (people that had not received Book of God), a Messenger from among themselves to recite to them His verses and to purify them and teach them the Book and the Wisdom, previously they had been in manifest error;”
62:3: “As well as the last (generations) of them when they join them; and He is the Omnipotent, the Wise.”
This verse is about us, the last generations that benefit from the second Opening of the Qur’an, joining the first generations of the first Opening of the Qur’an; and this is easy for God as He is Omnipotent & Wise.
*62:4: “This being the Bounty of All’h, Bestowing It to whom He Wills; and All’h Possesses “the Great Bounty” (worldly bounties).”
This “Great Bounty” being Given to us; we have to be thankful and take heed from the example of (62:5), which is an example not to follow: becoming like beasts of burden, carrying learning and wisdom without really UNDERSTANDING or BENEFITING from it.
*62:9: “O you who believe”, when the call for the Salat of (the gathering day) is announced, then hasten to remembrance of All’h and leave off business; this is better for you if you but knew.”
*62:10: “Then, the Salat being finished, disperse through the land and seek the Bounty of All’h and remember All’h frequently that you may succeed.”
Now please pay attention to the following:
Satan will adorn our bad deeds to make them look good; he persuades us that we do not need to “Connect/Salat”, if we do not harm anyone, or if we are doing other good deeds in this life. Many people have an arrogant attitude towards the Salat, even those who believe in God, because they think they don’t need it
*35:10: “Anyone seeking the potentiality, the potentiality belongs to All’h altogether; to Him ascends “the Pure Word”, and the good deed exalts It; and those who plot evil, there is severe retribution for them and the plotting of such will be void.”
In this verse, He Informs us that all potency & potentiality is by the Energy of God. As we Connect to Him, “the Pure Word” (God’s Word), which we recite, is mounted to Him, and the good deed exalts it. So, Salat should be accompanied by good deeds. And for those who think that by performing the Salat just as show off, they can trick God and the people, they will be terribly penalized and their plotting nullified.
Just a few remarks here about “Fasting” and the month of Ramadan:
As some other people are now trying to change the rules and duration of “Fasting”.
In the Qur’an, it is clearly stipulated that fasting is Prescribed for us, as for those before us (2:183). It should be in the month of “Ramadan”, and for the whole month (2:185); and, (2:186) ends the limit set by All’h concerning the fasting. That is all.
Now for your information, -Ramada’- means: “intense heat”.
But it concerns the heat of the moon (and not of the sun.).
Put in another way, this month – the 9th month of the year – is the month of the utmost “energy” of the moon during the year; and its 26th-27th night, is the most energetic night of the year, the night of “power”. So, the Qur’an being Revealed in such month, and on such night, is quite logical.
And here is the verse to recite against wrong or evil suggestions:
*23:97 “And say: ‘O my Lord, I seek refuge with you from the suggestions of the evil ones”.
-NB: The verse above is in: Chapter 23: “The Believers”. THUS, BE AWARE. Some “believers” also can have wrong or evil suggestions….