Good Deeds

Good Deed #308 – Sacrifice – Reflect on Surah Kauthar – Abundance

SURA 108. Kauthar, or Abundance 1. To thee have We granted the Fount [of Abundance]. 2. Therefore to thy Lord turn in Prayer and Sacrifice. 3. For he who hateth thee, he will be cut off [from Future Hope]. 8 Productivity Lessons From Surah Al-Kawthar Ayah 1: Verily (innaa) we gave you ( ‘ataynaakal) the […]

Good Deed #307 Be Kind – reflect on surah Maun – small kindness

SURA 107. Maun, or Neighborly Needs 1. Seest thou one who denies the Judgment [to come]? 2. Then such is the [man] who repulses the orphan [with harshness], 3. And encourages not the feeding of the indigent. 4. So woe to the worshippers 5. Who are neglectful of their prayers, 6. Those who [want but] […]

Good Deed 306 – Thank Allah Reflect on Surah Quraish

SURA 106. Quraish or The Quraish, (Custodians ofthe Kaba) 1. For the covenants [of security and safeguard enjoyed] by the Quraish, 2. Their covenants [covering] journeys by winter and summer,- 3. Let them adore the Lord of this House, 4. Who provides them with food against hunger, and with security against fear [of danger]. 1.This […]

Good Deed: #305 – Seek Allah help – reflect on Surah feel – The elephant

SURA 105. Fil, or The Elephant 1. Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant? 2. Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray? 3. And He sent against them Flights of Birds, 4. Striking them with stones of baked clay. 5. Then did He make them like an […]

Good Deed: #304 Stop Hoarding, Reflect on Surah Al-Humazah – The Slanderer

SURA 104. Humaza, or the Slanderer 1. Woe to every [kind of] slanderer and-backbiter, 2. Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by, 3. Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever! 4. By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces, 5. And what will […]

Good Deed: #303 Do Good Deeds, Reflect on Surah Al Asr – Time through ages

SURA 103. Asr, or Time through the Ages 1. By [the Token of] Time [through the ages], 2. Verily Man is in loss, 3. Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and [join together] in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy. Reflect 1. This very short sūrah outlines a […]

Good Deed: 302 Stop petty concerns, Reflect Surah Takathur – Piling Up

SURA 102. Takathur, or Piling Up 1. The mutual rivalry for piling up [the good things of this world] diverts you [from the more serious things], 2. Until ye visit the graves. 3. But nay, ye soon shall know [the reality]. 4. Again, ye soon shall know! 5. Nay, were ye to know with certainty […]

Good Deed #301 – Find Satisfaction – Read Surah Al Qaria – The Day of Noise

SURA 101. Al Qaria, or The Day of Noise and Clamor 1. The [Day] of Noise and Clamour: 2. What is the [Day] of Noise and Clamour? 3. And what will explain to thee what the [Day] of Noise and Clamour is? 4. [It is] a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about, […]

Good Deed: #300 Be Thankful, Reflect Surah Adiyat, or Those That Run

SURA 100. Adiyat, or Those That Run 1. By the [Steeds] that run, with panting [breath], 2. And strike sparks of fire, 3. And push home the charge in the morning, 4. And raise the dust in clouds the while, 5. And penetrate forthwith into the midst [of the foe] en masse;- 6. Truly man […]

Good Deed: #299 Catch a Wake up call, Reflect on Surah Zilzal, or The EarthQuake

SURA 99. Zilzal, or The Convulsion/The Earthquake 1. When the earth is shaken to her [utmost] convulsion, 2. And the earth throws up her burdens [from within], 3. And man cries [distressed]: ‘What is the matter with her?’- 4. On that Day will she declare her tidings 5. For that thy Lord will have given […]