Divine Methodology for Monthly Recitation of the Qur'an
ANSARI MEMORIAL SERIES
THE QUR'AN
AND THE MOON
Divine Methodology for
Monthly Recitation of the Qur'an
by
IMRAN N. HOSEIN
IMRAN N. HOSEIN PUBLICATIONS
Published by
Imran N. Hosein Publications
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Copyright: © Imran N. Hosein 1441 (H); 2020 (G)
Cover design is by my very dear Moroccan student,
Nadir Abu Ismail.
A NOTE FOR THE GENTLE READER!
‘Knowing’ Truth and ‘tasting’ Truth are not the same! Unless and until you fly on the wings of time, swim in the ocean of time, lose consciousness of time in a timeless world, you have not as yet ‘tasted’ Truth! The Qur’an must be recited with the ‘moon’, and then studied like the ‘stars’, precisely for that excitement—to ‘taste’ Truth! Those whose moon is located in Saudi Arabia or Morocco, even though they are in London, do not know that, and perhaps will never know it. But you, our gentle readers, now know it; so, travel on with the Qur’an, and one day, perhaps, you may be blessed with an exciting experience of timelessness, —and, eventually, the ‘taste’ of Truth!
Qur’an, al-Inshiqaq, 84:16-9
BUT NAY! I take an oath (by time) as it witnesses the setting sun, then passes on to the unfolding night, and then to the moon as it grows to its fullness, - you will most certainly (be able) to travel from stage to stage (in time).”
Qur’an, al-Qiyamah, 75:17-19
Behold, it is for Us to gather all the revelations together to make them a whole, and it is for us to cause it to be recited as it ought to be recited. Thus, when We recite it, you must follow that way of recitation; and then, behold, it will be for Us to explain it.
[Allah Most High recited the Qur’an through the Angel Gabriel who came down with that Divine recitation to the blessed Prophet (pbuh) every night of Ramadan, and who completed the recitation of the whole Qur’an in that one lunar month.]
Qur’an, al-Isra’, 17:106
This is a Qur’an which We have divided into parts, i.e., as Suwar. (plural of Surah). We have done so in order that you might recite it to the people at intervals, and in conformity with those divisions as Suwar. We also sent it down part-by-part.
[A Surah is a wall. Since Allah Most High has already built the walls within the Qur’an, it follows that no one is authorized to build more walls in the Qur’an!]
[This writer is of the view that the miraculous Qur’an cannot be translated to any other language; hence, he restricts himself in this book to offering an explanation and commentary of verses of the Qur’an quoted in the book. Whenever a verse of the blessed Qur’an is quoted, we provide the name of the Surah and the number of the verse directly beneath the Arabic text; and below that, we provide an explanation, rather than a translation, of the verse.]
Dedicated to my dear students in blessed Mombasa
Amani Chifwete &
Abu Muhammad Jeilani
They stood beside me in the rain, as well as in the sunshine!
Contents
Preface
1. The Word ‘Qur’an’ means a ‘Recitation’
2. Why are the longest Surahs at the very beginning of the Qur’an and the shortest at the very end?
3. Chopping the Qur’an
4. Divinely-Ordained Method of Reciting the Qur’an during the Month of Ramadan
5. Reciting the Qur’an and living with the Moon
6. Dajjal the Moon and the System of Time in Islam
7.Benefit of reciting the Qur’an as it ought to be recited
Conclusion
Index
Preface
This book on the topic of ‘The Qur’an and the Moon — Methodology for Monthly Recitation of the Qur’an’, is a companion volume to my previous book entitled ‘Methodology for Study of the Qur’an’; but which will now be renamed: ‘The Qur’an and the Stars—Methodology for Study of the Qur’an’.
I was in London on the evening of 29th day of Shaban 1440(H) when it became known that the moon of Ramadan was not seen anywhere in UK, and yet schoolboys in the Muslim community declared that Ramadan had commenced in UK. The ‘sheep’ and the ‘cattle’ then followed them blindly! The same mistake was repeated in 1441(H) when they again commenced fasting one day early on the basis of a plea that they had arrived at the 30th day of Shaban. The ‘sheep’ and the ‘cattle’ again followed them blindly!
They acted on the basis of an announcement that the moon was sighted in Dajjal’s kingdom of Saudi Arabia, or that the month had commenced in Saudi Arabia, and in doing so they made both a silly as well as a dangerous mistake in departing from the system of time ordained by Allah Most High. This book explains that mistake. Those who took that wrong decision, as well as those who accepted and followed that decision, will be questioned on Judgement Day for what they did. Since they started Ramadan (or Shaban before Ramadan) on the wrong day, the implication is that they lost the greatest night of the whole year—namely Lailatul Qadr; and even more damage was done when they consequently lost the capacity to connect from lunar time to cosmic time and thence to Absolute time. Only lunar time can take us to a timeless world; we can climb even up a mountain to sit in a cave, in an effort to travel to other worlds of space and time, — but if we do not live in lunar time we will travel to nowhere!
They are probably unaware that only lunar time can take us to a timeless world, and that whoever has never tasted timelessness can eventually become a prisoner of the Dunyah.
The Imam of Purley Masjid in Croydon, London, made a tearful request that I address the subject of moon-sighting for the commencement of the lunar month in Islam so that Muslims might be better-guided on that subject. This book emerged in consequence of my attempt to respond to that request, and I am confident that our explanation of the subject of Dajjal and the System of Time in Islam would now deter such Muslims who have the capacity to ‘think’, from ever again following those who, even though they are in London, recklessly rush to embrace a Saudi or a Moroccan moon.
I am grateful for the numerous offers of help I received from so many to meet the cost of printing this book in several languages, so that, in addition to being sold on my online bookstore, www.imranhosein.com, large numbers of copies could be distributed free of charge in UK and elsewhere. May Allah Most Kind, bless them all. Amin! Those who read this book and would like to participate in the effort to print large numbers of copies for free distribution around the world, should kindly contact me by email.
If you would also like me to come in person to teach this subject to your community, do please send me an email and, if Allah so Wills, I will come to you.
INH
Email: inhosein@hotmail.com
Shawwal, 1441. In the Caribbean island of Trinidad
List of books – The INH Bookstore
www.imranhosein.com
1. Signs of the Last Day in the Modern Age;
2. Surah al-Kahf and the Modern Age;
3. An Islamic View of Gog and Magog in the Modern World;
4. Jerusalem in the Qur’an;
5. Dajjal the Qur’an and Awwal al-Zaman;
6. The Islamic Travelogue—2008;
7. The Strategic Importance of Dreams and Visions in Islam;
8. The Qur’an and the Stars - Methodology for Study of the Qur’an;
9. Islam and Buddhism in the Modern World;
10. The Caliphate the Hejaz and the Saudi-Wahhabi Nation-State;
11. The Qur’an Dajjal and the Jasad;
12. Surah al-Kahf Explanation and Commentary;
13. Constantinople in the Qur’an;
14. Fasting and Power;
15. The Qur’an the Great war and the West;
16. One Jamaat—One Ameer: The Organization of a Muslim Community in the Age of Fitan;
17. The Quranic Method of Curing Alcoholism and Drug Addiction;
18. Iqbal and Pakistan’s Moment of Truth;
19. Explaining Israel’s Mysterious Imperial Agenda;
20. The Gold Dinar and Silver Dirham—Islam and the Future of Money;
21. The Strategic Importance of the Isra and M’iraj;
22. The Importance of the Prohibition of Riba in Islam;
23. Madina returns to Center-Stage in Akhir al-Zaman;
24. George Bernard Shaw and the Islamic Scholar;
25. In Search of Khidr’s Footprints in Akhir al-Zaman;
26. A Muslim Response to the Attack on America;
27. The Islamic Travelogue—2003;
28. The Qur’an and the Moon—Methodology for Monthly Recitation of the Qur’an;
29. The Qur’anic Foundations and Structure of Muslim Society (in 2 vols). A master-piece written by Maulana Dr. Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari (ﷲ ﻪﻣﺣﺭ), the teacher of Imran N. Hosein.
[There are few older books missing from this list. They are waiting to be edited in order to be republished Insha’ Allah.]
to be continued . . . .
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