ALI 270: Methodology and Practice of Qur anic Tadabbur Madrasah Az-Zahraa, Richmond, BC Session 2: April 13, 2104/ Jumaadi II 13, 1435 ALI 270:Tadabbur Method & Practice 1
Learning of the Holy Qur an Amirul Mu minin Imam Ali (a): وتعلموا القرآن فإنه ربيع القلوب واستشفوا بنوره فإنه شفاء الصدور وأحسنوا تالوته فإنه أنفع )أحسن( القصص Learn the Qur an for it the spring of the hearts seek a cure through its light for it is a cure for the hearts and recite it well for it is the most beneficial /best of stories. (Nahj) ALI 270:Tadabbur Method & Practice 2
Qur an encourages Tadabbur أ ن ز ل ن اه ك ت اب إ ل ي ك م ب ار ك ل ي د ب ر وا آي ات ه األل ب ا ب أ ول و و ل ي ت ذ ك ر A blessed Book that We have revealed to you So they may ponder upon its verses so that those who have understood may be mindful. (38:29) ا ف ال ي ت د ب ر ون ال ق ر آن أ م ع ل ى ق ل وب أ ق ف ا ل ا Will they not then ponder over the Qur an or do they have locks on the hearts (47:24) ALI 270:Tadabbur Method & Practice 3
Du a before the Tilawah by Imam al-sadiq (a) ب س م الل ه الر ح من الر ح ي م* ا لل ه م ص ل ع لى م ح م د و آل م ح م د* ا لل ه م ا ى ن ا ش ه د ا ن هذ ا ك ت اب ك ال م ن ز ل م ن ع ن د ك ع لى ر س و ل ك م م د ب ن ع ب د الل ه ص ل ى الل ه ع ل ي ه و آل ه و ك ال م ك الن اط ق ع لى ل س ان ن بيىك ج ع ل ت ه ه اد ي ا م ن ك ا ىل خ ل ق ك و ح ب ال م ت ص ال ف ي م ا ب ي ن ك و ب ي ع ب اد ك ا لل ه م ف اج ع ل ن ظ ر ي ف ي ه ع ب اد ة و ق رآئ ت ي ف ي ه م ن ات ع ظ ب ب ي ان م و اع ظ ك ف ي ه ف ك ر ا و ف ك ر ي ف ي ه اع ت ب ار ا و اج ع ل ن و اج ت ن ب م ع اص ي ك و ال ت ط ب ع ع ن د ق رآئ ت ع لى س ع ي و ال ت ع ل ع لى ب ص ر ي غ ش او ة و ال ت ج ع ل ق رآئ ت ى ق رآئ ة ال ت د ب ر ف ي ه ا ب ل اج ع ل ن ي ا ت د ب ر آي ات ه و ا ح ك ام ه آخ ذ ا ب ش ر اي ع د ي ن ك و ال ت ع ل ن ظ ر ي ف ي ه غ ف ل ة و ال ق رآئ ت ه ذ ر ا ا ن ك ا ن ت الر ؤ ف الر ح ي م (Makārim al-akhlāq, p. 343) ALI 270:Tadabbur Method & Practice 4
Translation of the Du a In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful. O Allah bless Muhammad and his family. O Allah I bear witness that this is Your Revealed Book from You, to Your messenger Muhammad son of Abdullah - Blessings of Allah be on him and his family. And it is Your Spoken Words, through the tongue of Your Prophet. You have made it a guide from You to Your creation. And a connecting rope between You and Your servants. O Allah I have opened Your Covenant and Your Book. O Allah, so make my looking at it worship, and my reciting it a pondering, And my pondering over it, a way to derive lessons. Make me from those who are advised by the narrations of its advices, and to avoid Your disobedience. Do not seal my ears when I m reciting it, and do not place a curtain over my sight. Do not make my recitation a recitation with no pondering in it, rather make me from among those who ponder over its verses and its rules, following the code of Your religion. Do not make me heedless when I m looking at it, nor make my reciting a waste. Surely You are the Most Gentle, the Most Merciful. 5
Effect of Tadabbur story Jubayr bin Mut eem, who was amongst the emirs of Quraysh, describes about is conversion: The Messenger of Allah was reciting surat Tur in maghrib salāt. I happened to be passing by him, and stopped to listen to him. When the Messenger of Allah reached: ;( 52:35 )أ م خ ل ق وا م ن غ ي ش ي ء أ م ه م ا ل ال ق ون my heart was filled with fear and awe, and my body began to shiver. I immediately went to him and accepted Islam. Tafsir by Agha Puya: The fundamental rule of all sciences that there is no effect if there is no cause. Nothing can come into being out of nothing or by itself. ALI 270:Tadabbur Method & Practice 6
Now let us define Tadabbur ALI 270:Tadabbur Method & Practice 7
Rendering by various translators ل ي د ب ر وا آي ات ه - 38:29 The phrase in Pickthal: that they may ponder its revelations Qarai: that they may contemplate its signs Shaheen: that they might reflect upon its verses Shakir: that they may ponder over its verses Yusufali: that they may mediate on its Signs ي ت د ب ر ون ال ق ر آن - 47:24 The Phrase in Pickthal: meditate on the Qur'an Qarai: contemplate the Qur an Shaheen: reflect upon the Qur'an Shakir: reflect on the Quran Yusufali: earnestly seek to understand the Qur'an, ALI 270:Tadabbur Method & Practice 8
Let us Reflect: Al-Zumar, 39: 18-21 ال ذ ين ي س ت م ع ون ال ق و ل ف ي ت ب ع ون أ ح س ن ه أ ول ئ ك ال ذ ين ١٨ الل ه و أ ول ئ ك ه م أ ول و األ ل ب اب أ ف م ن ح ق ه د اه م ١٩ ال ع ذ اب أ ف أ نت ت نق ذ م ن ف الن ار ل ك ن ع ل ي ه ك ل م ة ال ذ ين ات ق و ا ر ب ه م ل م غ ر ف ىمن ف و ق ه ا غ ر ف م ب ن ي ة ت ر ي م ن ت ت ه ا األ ن ه ار و ع د الل ه ال ي ل ف الل ه ٢٠ أ ل ت ر أ ن الل ه أ نز ل م ن الس م اء م اء ف س ل ك ه ال م يع اد ي ن اب يع ف األ ر ض ث ي ر ج ب ه ز ر ع ا م ت ل ف ا أ ل و ان ه ث ي ه يج ف ت ر اه م ص ف ر ا ث ي ع ل ه ح ط ام ا إ ن ف ذ ل ك ل ذ ك ر ى أل و ل األ ل ب اب ٢١ ALI 270:Tadabbur Method & Practice 9
Translation passage 39: 18-21 Who listen to speech and follow the best of it. Those are the ones Allah has guided, and those are people of understanding. (18) Then, is one who has deserved the decree of punishment [to be guided]? Then, can you save one who is in the Fire? (19) But those who have feared their Lord - for them are chambers, above them chambers built high, beneath which rivers flow. [This is] the promise of Allah. Allah does not fail in [His] promise. (20) Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky and makes it flow as springs [and rivers] in the earth; then He produces thereby crops of varying colors; then they dry and you see them turned yellow; then He makes them [scattered] debris. Indeed in that is a reminder for those of understanding.(21) ALI 270:Tadabbur Method & Practice 10
Open the Qur an and Read 39:18-21 Questions for Reflection 1) Read verse No. 18. What is the Word that the people listen to? Divide the verse into three parts. What is the connection between the parts? 2) In verse 20, Allah refers to those who have feared God, ( ات ق و ا ر ب ه م.(ال ذ ين Who are these? 3) Verse 21 is also a reminder for a people with understanding. What is the reminder in this verse? ALI 270:Tadabbur Method & Practice 11
From the Tafsir of the Passage Following the Best Believers listen to things but use their intelligence to sift out what is wrong. They not only follow what is good, but they choose what is best to follow Wisdom is the lost property of the believer, so take it from wherever you get it. Imam Ali (a) ALI 270:Tadabbur Method & Practice 12