Interpreting the Qur’an

Every Messenger “spoke the tongue of his people.” The purpose, as the Quran Majeed expresses, is so that they can explain, clarify and communicate to the people with clear bayaan (liyubayyina lahum). Rasulullah SA, our Nabi, spoke Arabic, the language of the people of Makkah al-Mukarramah and the Arabian Peninsula. He encapsulated and expressed the revelation (wahy) he received...

In the first chapter, Mukasir-ud-Da'wat Syedi Husain Bhaisaheb Burhanuddin AAB elaborates on the meaning of the Quranic ayats that narrate Nabi Musa’s SA questioning of a learned man who killed a young person because he felt that, in the future, the boy would betray his parents. He explains why this zahir meaning is not applicable, and therefore the ayats’ true meaning is in its taawil.

Mukasir-ud-Da'wat Syedi Husain Bhaisaheb Burhanuddin AAB explains the motivation behind the Qur’an series and what it endeavors to accomplish. First, he emphasizes and explains the fundamental importance of the Qur’an Majeed. He then quotes Quranic ayats that demonstrate the Qur’an Majeed’s all encompassing nature and its critical role in every day and age for guidance...

In the context of the creation of the Heavens and the Earth, the Quran describes Allah Ta’ala’s throne resting on water. “It is He who created the Heavens and the earth in six Days - and His Throne was on water” (Surat Hud: 7). To imagine that there is actually a physical throne that somehow rests physically on water is indeed a stretch of the imagination.

The text of the Quran is timeless - it is applicable even today, fourteen hundred years later. The same applies to the Shari’at that was revealed to Rasulullah SA. How does it apply today? The differences that have arisen over the years have been primarily due to diverging interpretations of the Quran and by extension, the intent of Shar’iat stipulations.

All Muslims believe in one qibla, one Rasul, and one Quran. Given this basic unity, why do they disagree in their interpretation of Islam?

As we publish the 99th issue of Sijill we take the opportunity to present a calligraphic presentation of the 99 names of Allah Ta’ala as per our Mawali Tahereen SA, with English translation.

It gives us great pleasure to present on this last Friday of Shehrullah the entire 30th Sipara recited in tarteel by Mukasir-o-Dawatil-Haqqil-Mubeen Syedi wa Maulaya Husain Bhaisaheb Burhanuddin AAB. Syedi Mukasir Saheb AAB is Haafizul Qur’an and with raza and doa of Syedna Burhanuddin RA spent many years in Cairo, where he learned tarteel from some of the most stalwart and well-known reciters

Our belief is that in every day and age a living Imam must be present to guide mumineen to Siraat-e-Mustaqeem. In the time of seclusion, his Dai must be known and present to guide mumineen to the Imam and the Straight Path

Many times in bayaan during these last months Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin TUS has quoted a part of the above mentioned Qur’anic ayat: you are in [front of] our eyes (innaka bi a’yunina). In the context of this ayat, Syedna beseeches Imam-uz-zaman SA, and asserts that the Imam is the successor to Rasulullah SA