Whats your favourite verse or chapter from the Quran, the Bible, or any other Religous Text.. and why?
Mine is Chapter18 Surah-Al-Kahf (The Cave), theres so much wisdom in it, not that other surahs dont but this one is just different..
Surah thakathur chapter 102.. is great too, it’s just Bham! in ur face… excellent reminder…
Mine is:
On the authority of Omar bin Al-Khattab, who said : I heared the messenger of Allah salla Allah u alihi wa sallam say :
"Actions are but by intention and every man shall have but that which he intended. Thus he whose migration was for Allah and His messenger, his migration was for Allah and His messenger, and he whose migration was to achieve some worldly benefit or to take some woman in marriage, his migration was for that for which he migrated."
related by Bukhari and Muslim
Hymn of Creation from Rg Veda
Then even nothingness was not, nor existence.
There was no air then, nor the heavens beyond it.
What covered it? Where was it? In whose keeping?
Was there then cosmic water, in depths unfathomed?
Then there were neither death nor immortality,
nor was there then the torch of night and day.
The One breathed windlessly and self-sustaining.
There was that One then, and there was no other.
At first there was only darkness wrapped in darkness.
All this was only unillumined water.
That One which came to be, enclosed in nothing,
arose at last, born of the power of heat.
In the beginning desire descended on it -
that was the primal seed, born of the mind.
The sages who have searched their hearts with wisdom
know that which is is kin to that which is not.
And they have stretched their cord across the void,
and know what was above, and what below.
Seminal powers made fertile mighty forces.
Below was strength, and over it was impulse.
But, after all, who knows, and who can say
whence it all came, and how creation happened?
The gods themselves are later than creation,
so who knows truly whence it has arisen?
Whence all creation had its origin,
he, whether he fashioned it or whether he did not,
he, who surveys it all from highest heaven,
he knows - or maybe even he does not know.
rally,that is a beautiful Hadith! one of the best.
rvikz, love this line..
'There was that One then, and there was no other'..
Hard to pick one "favourite" but this one means many things to me:
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Those who believe, and whose hearts find satisfaction in the remembrance of Allah: for without doubt in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find satisfaction. {xiii.28}
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the verse repeated so many times in Surah Rehman (Chapter 55)....
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
All of Quran is the Word of God, and the words of one's beloved are always near & dear without favoritism.
59:25 - *He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner, His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise. *
I received the following verse with my first Bible from my parents:
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart
Built my life on it.
my favorite... its not a verse or hadith... sorry
Saying by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
*Knowledge of God in my Capital
Reason is the Root of my Faith
Love is my Foundation
Enthusiasm is my Horse
Remembrance of God is my Friend
Firmness is my Treasure
Sorrow is my Companion
Science is my Instrument
Patience is my Mantle
Contentment in my Prize
Poverty is my Pride
Devotion is my Art
Conviction is my Power
Truth is m Redeemer
Obedience in my Sufficiency
Struggle is my Manner, and
My Pleasure is my Prayers.
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*Originally posted by sadzzz: *
my favorite... its not a verse or hadith... sorry
Saying by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
*Knowledge of God in my Capital
Reason is the Root of my Faith
Love is my Foundation
Enthusiasm is my Horse
Remembrance of God is my Friend
Firmness is my Treasure
Sorrow is my Companion
Science is my Instrument
Patience is my Mantle
Contentment in my Prize
Poverty is my Pride
Devotion is my Art
Conviction is my Power
Truth is m Redeemer
Obedience in my Sufficiency
Struggle is my Manner, and
My Pleasure is my Prayers.
*
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any source/reference????
i am highly doubtful that these r Prophet's sayings....
I think there should be no favourates umang st the hadith s or the verses of quran becauce each describe a different or may b same part of the islamic faith and with out believing even one of these the IIslamic faith would now b complete... :)
And u cant say this saying of Allah Almigghty is better than the other one and same eith the saying of Holy Prophet BPUUH
^^Still, there are some verses in the Quran and there some words of our Holy Prophet :saw: that touch everyone’s soul differently, intimately and emotionally…
They being part of our faith, hold special meaning for us and through which we evolve for the better…
Although I agree, the whole of Quran and the words of our Holy Prophet :saw: are sublime, yet some words have a special place in every Muslim’s heart yet all follow it…
Lajawab and armughal, can you stay on topic please..
edited to say yes armughal.,,the question did come to my mind too.
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*Originally posted by MyStiCaL_MisS: *
Lajawab and armughal, can you stay on topic please..
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post 1: i post my favorite verse....
post 2: someone posts his/her favorite verse and i question whether the words mentioned r actually what he/she said....
now where did i go off topic????
^sorry yea, it was not off topic, but just dint want arguments :)..
On the authority of Anas, who said: I heard the messenger of Allah say:
Allah the Almighty has said: "O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as its."
This Hadith really moves me everytime I read it. It makes me nearly cry with joy and love of Allah SWT.
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*Originally posted by rvikz: *
Hymn of Creation from Rg Veda
Then even nothingness was not, nor existence.
There was no air then, nor the heavens beyond it.
What covered it? Where was it? In whose keeping?
Was there then cosmic water, in depths unfathomed?
Then there were neither death nor immortality,
nor was there then the torch of night and day.
The One breathed windlessly and self-sustaining.
There was that One then, and there was no other.
At first there was only darkness wrapped in darkness.
All this was only unillumined water.
That One which came to be, enclosed in nothing,
arose at last, born of the power of heat.
In the beginning desire descended on it -
that was the primal seed, born of the mind.
The sages who have searched their hearts with wisdom
know that which is is kin to that which is not.
And they have stretched their cord across the void,
and know what was above, and what below.
Seminal powers made fertile mighty forces.
Below was strength, and over it was impulse.
But, after all, who knows, and who can say
whence it all came, and how creation happened?
The gods themselves are later than creation,
so who knows truly whence it has arisen?
Whence all creation had its origin,
he, whether he fashioned it or whether he did not,
he, who surveys it all from highest heaven,
he knows - or maybe even he does not know.
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beautiful...i admire vedic aryans for composing "rg veda", this great philosophic poem occupies a unique position among world literature...
this pearl is form upanishad, my all-time favourite...
that is the infinite...this is the infinite...from the infinity emerges this infinity...infinity taken from infinity...infinity still remains
I have never read the complete translation of the Quran yet (shame-shame-shame), but I"m working on it.
Hard to choose, but maybe this:
The Expansion (Surah 94 Al_Inshirah)
064.001
Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, doth declare the Praises and Glory of Allah: to Him belongs dominion, and to Him belongs praise: and He has power over all things.
064.002
It is He Who has created you; and of you are some that are Unbelievers, and some that are Believers: and Allah sees well all that ye do.
064.003
He has created the heavens and the earth in just proportions, and has given you shape, and made your shapes beautiful: and to Him is the final Goal.
064.004
He knows what is in the heavens and on earth; and He knows what ye conceal and what ye reveal: yea, Allah knows well the (secrets) of (all) hearts.
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*Originally posted by The Old Man: *
I received the following verse with my first Bible from my parents:
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart
Built my life on it.
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Beautiful.