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- Sayqal's own ideas are labeled
When something is Sayqal's suggestion and not in the ayah, the app says so.
The ayah doesn't name SubhanAllah. That's Sayqal's suggestion, as one way to remember Allah in your heart.
Editions
- Quran textquran.com
- English translationAbdel Haleem
- Urdu translationJalandhari · Dr Israr Ahmad (59:19)
- TafsirAl-Sa'di · Ma'arif al-Qur'an
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Door 1 · Ghaflah
Every source it uses
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Ash-Shu'ara 26:88–89
Quran · The end of the road (Qalb-e-Saleem), on the Road screen
يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ
the Day when neither wealth nor children can help, when the only one who will be saved is the one who comes before God with a heart devoted to Him.’ (Abdel Haleem)
جس دن نہ مال ہی کچھ فائدہ دے سکے گا اور نہ بیٹے ہاں جو شخص خدا کے پاس پاک دل لے کر آیا (وہ بچ جائے گا) (جالندھری)
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Al-Anbiya 21:1
Quran · Onboarding (the name screen) · Door 1, Day 1
ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ
Ever closer to people draws their reckoning, while they turn away, heedless. (Abdel Haleem)
لوگوں کا حساب (اعمال کا وقت) نزدیک آپہنچا ہے اور وہ غفلت میں (پڑے اس سے) منہ پھیر رہے ہیں (جالندھری)
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Al-A'raf 7:205
Quran · Door 1, Day 1 (Why this?) · Day 6 (Morning and evening)
وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِى نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعًا وَخِيفَةً وَدُونَ ٱلْجَهْرِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ وَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ
[Prophet], remember your Lord inwardly, in all humility and awe, without raising your voice, in the mornings and in the evenings- do not be one of the heedless- (Abdel Haleem)
اور اپنے پروردگار کو دل ہی دل میں عاجزی اور خوف سے اور پست آواز سے صبح وشام یاد کرتے رہو اور (دیکھنا) غافل نہ ہونا (جالندھری)
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Al-Sa'di on 21:1
Tafsir · al-Sa'di · Door 1, Day 2 (What for?)
غفلة عما خلقوا له، وإعراض عما زجروا به. كأنهم للدنيا خلقوا، وللتمتع بها ولدوا
Heedless of what they were created for, turning away from what they were warned against, as if they were created for this world and born only to enjoy it.
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Al-Hashr 59:19
Quran · Door 1, Day 3 (Forgetting yourself), read in three parts
وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَأَنسَىٰهُمْ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ
Do not be like those who forget God, so God causes them to forget their own souls: they are the rebellious ones- (Abdel Haleem)
اور (اے مسلمانو دیکھنا !) تم ان لوگوں کی طرح نہ ہوجانا جنہوں نے اللہ کو بھلا دیا تو اللہ نے انہیں اپنے آپ سے غافل کردیا۔ یہی لوگ ہیں جو فاسق ہیں۔ (ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد، بیان القرآن)
quran.com, Abdel Haleem · quran.com, Bayan ul-Quran (Dr Israr Ahmad)
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Ma'arif al-Qur'an on 59:19
Tafsir · Ma'arif al-Qur'an · Door 1, Day 3 (What does forgetting yourself mean?)
“It means they did not forget Allah but themselves, because they are unaware of their own loss and gain.”
Day 3 uses only the last part: they no longer know what is a loss for them and what is a gain.
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Al-A'raf 7:179
Quran · Door 1, Day 4 (A heart, unused), full ayah
وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ ءَاذَانٌ لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَآ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ
We have created many jinn and people who are destined for Hell, with hearts they do not use for comprehension, eyes they do not use for sight, ears they do not use for hearing. They are like cattle, no, even further astray: these are the ones who are entirely heedless. (Abdel Haleem)
اور ہم نے بہت سے جن اور انسان دوزخ کے لیے پیدا کیے ہیں۔ ان کے دل ہیں لیکن ان سے سمجھتے نہیں اور ان کی آنکھیں ہیں مگر ان سے دیکھتے نہیں اور ان کے کان ہیں پر ان سے سنتے نہیں۔ یہ لوگ بالکل چارپایوں کی طرح ہیں بلکہ ان سے بھی بھٹکے ہوئے۔ یہی وہ ہیں جو غفلت میں پڑے ہوئے ہیں (جالندھری)
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Al-Sa'di on 7:179
Tafsir · al-Sa'di · Door 1, Day 4 (What does “not use for hearing” mean?)
وَلَهُمْ آذَانٌ لا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا سماعا يصل معناه إلى قلوبهم … خلقت لهم الأفئدة والأسماع والأبصار، لتكون عونا لهم على القيام بأوامر اللّه وحقوقه، فاستعانوا بها على ضد هذا المقصود
“Ears they do not use for hearing”: a hearing whose meaning reaches their hearts. … Hearts, ears and eyes were created for them to help them carry out Allah's commands and His rights, and they used them for the opposite of that purpose.
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Ma'arif al-Qur'an on 7:205
Tafsir · Ma'arif al-Qur'an · Door 1, Day 5 (the comfort) · Day 6 (Why only two times?)
Day 5: “The constant utterance of the tongue starts affecting the heart as well. In case that does not materialize, no less is the satisfaction that there is at least one part of the body busy with the Dhikr of Allah. … Therefore, people who fail to experience peace, attention and sense of presence in their Dhikr and Tasbih … should not abandon it as something useless. They should, rather, continue with it.” Day 6: “It could also mean that one should be busy with the remembrance of Allah at least twice a day in the morning and the evening. And it is also possible that by saying mornings and evenings, the reference is to all timings of the day and night on the analogy of saying East and West and thereby meaning the whole world.”
Sayqal's version keeps these points only. “One part of the body” is shown as “your tongue”. The tafsir also quotes a couplet of Rumi just before this; Sayqal leaves it out.
Scholars
Who Sayqal quotes
The tafsir Sayqal reads with you, and the translations you can choose under any ayah.
Tafsir
- Shaykh Abdur-Rahman as-Sa'di1889–1956 · Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman (Tafsir al-Sa'di)
A scholar from Unayzah, in central Arabia. He taught there all his life, and Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen was among his students.
His tafsir is short and clear. For each ayah he asks what it means for how a person lives, which is why Sayqal reads it with you.
Not to be confused with Sheikh Saadi Shirazi, the Persian poet of Gulistan and Bostan.
- Mufti Muhammad Shafi1897–1976 · Ma'arif al-Qur'an
Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband. After 1947 he moved to Pakistan and founded Darul Uloom Karachi.
Ma'arif al-Qur'an began as his talks on Radio Pakistan and became an eight-volume tafsir in Urdu. He was the father of Mufti Taqi Usmani.
- Dr Israr Ahmad1932–2010 · Bayan-ul-Quran
A medical doctor, based in Lahore, who gave his life to teaching the Quran. He founded Tanzeem-e-Islami in 1975.
Bayan-ul-Quran is his Urdu translation and commentary, from decades of Quran lessons. Many Pakistanis know his voice from television.
Translations
- M.A.S. Abdel Haleemborn 1930 · The Qur'an (Oxford, 2004)
Born in Egypt, he memorised the Quran as a child and later taught Arabic and Islamic studies at SOAS, University of London.
His translation is in plain modern English, easy to read aloud.
- Sahih International1997 · The Qur'an: Sahih International
Translated in Jeddah by three American Muslim women.
It stays close to the Arabic and is one of the most read English translations online.
- Mufti Taqi Usmaniborn 1943 · The Meanings of the Noble Qur'an
He teaches at Darul Uloom Karachi, and for twenty years was a judge on the Shariat Bench of Pakistan's Supreme Court.
Son of Mufti Muhammad Shafi. He translated the Quran into both Urdu and English.
- Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi1903–1979 · Tafheem-ul-Quran
A writer and scholar who founded Jamaat-e-Islami in 1941.
Tafheem-ul-Quran, his Urdu translation and commentary, took him about thirty years. It is also used in English.
- Marmaduke Pickthall1875–1936 · The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930)
An English novelist who became Muslim in 1917.
His 1930 translation was one of the first into English by a Muslim. Its English is old and formal.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali1872–1953 · The Holy Qur'an (1934)
A scholar from British India who studied in England.
His 1934 translation, with long notes, was for decades the best-known English Quran in the world.
- Fateh Muhammad Jalandhari1880–1960 · Urdu translation
A scholar from Jalandhar, Punjab.
His Urdu is smooth and simple. It is the translation printed in many Qurans in Pakistan.
- Maulana Muhammad Junagarhi1890–1941 · Urdu translation
A scholar from Junagadh, India.
His Urdu translation is printed by the King Fahd Quran Complex in Madinah and given to pilgrims.
- Maulana Wahiduddin Khan1925–2021 · Urdu and English translations
An Indian scholar who wrote about peace, patience and the inner life.
His translation uses everyday language.
What Sayqal is not
Sayqal does not give fatwas. It does not replace a scholar, an imam or a therapist.
If something serious is going on, please talk to a qualified person.