#juz1

Please first see previous posts. 

(from footnotes) Ar-Rahman (adjectival) and ar-Raheem (verbal) are two names for Allah derived from ‘mercy’ (the latter of which, raheem, may be used to describe a person, but the former is reserved strictly for Allah).  I used to know a man called Rahim when I was little and every year we went to this place, I used to look out for him but until one time he just wasn’t there and I didn’t see him again.

Good and evil will be rewarded or punished accordingly 1:5

There are 14 opening letters which occur at the beginning of 29 surahs in the Qur’an (muqatta’at)

People disbelieve whether you warn them or not 2:6.  This particular message was an almost exact echo of the words I once said to a friend (also see (5) below).  Words of another person that say “Believe!” and the words of yourself that lie and say “I believe!” are nothing if you don’t believe.  I said to my friend, “Even if I lied right now and said that I believe in a higher power, that higher power would know that I’m lying and I can’t be a liar”.

If you lie and say that you believe, you will be punished 2:8-10, 2:18

Creation 2:22-38, 2:164

Turning away from Islam would be the worst thing 2:27

Iblees is Satan 2:34

Those who disbelieve will go to the Fire 2:39, 2:81

Only believing in what you see is wrong 2:55.  This was an especially important part for me to read because it captures the meaning of faith.

Be good to your parents 2:83

Do not kill each other or evict each other from your homes 2:84

Don’t believe in one part and not another 2:85

Try not to ask for miracles and have faith 2:108, 2:118

East and West 2:115

Disbelievers will be forced (by Allah) to the Fire 2:126

The Descendants (al-Asbat) - twelve tribes of Israel 2:136

Turn to Makkah and pray (qiblah) “straight path” 2:142-150

Most of what had the biggest impact on me in this chapter was discussed in my “Introduction” post, so I won’t write any more than my notes for this one.  Tomorrow there should be more to say about Juz 2.