ALLAH IS ALL-KNOWING, ALL-SEEING PDF

# ALLAH IS ALL-KNOWING, ALL-SEEING ## Questions: 1. Do we know everything? 2. Can we see everything? 3. Who has complete knowledge of everything - the seen and the unseen? ## Allah is All-Knowing: - Allah knows what is in the Heavens. - He knows the secrets and what is more deeply hidden. - He...

# ALLAH IS ALL-KNOWING, ALL-SEEING ## Questions: 1. Do we know everything? 2. Can we see everything? 3. Who has complete knowledge of everything - the seen and the unseen? ## Allah is All-Knowing: - Allah knows what is in the Heavens. - He knows the secrets and what is more deeply hidden. - He knows what is in our hearts. - He is the Creator. How should He not know? - He knows what is in the Seven Heavens and what is between them. - He knows what is beneath them. - He knows what is beneath the surface of the land. - He knows what is in the depths of the oceans. - He knows the point of growth of every tree and every tree that grows. - He knows where and when every leave will fall and all the grains of sand. - He knows the weights of all the mountains. - He knows the measures of all the oceans. - He knows the actions of His servants and their secret thoughts. - He knows the breaths they breathe and the words they speak. - He knows everything. - Nothing of this is hidden from Him. - Allah knows what is in our hearts. - He knows our secrets. - Allah knows what we do in the day. - He knows what we do at night. ## Allah's Knowledge covers everything. ## Allah is All-Seeing: - He sees the things we do. - Allah sees His servants at all times. - He is aware of everything. ## A COLOUR THE HEART AND THE BRAIN - "We think with our brain. It tells us the Good and the Bad. Allah knows it all!..." - "OUR THOUGHTS AFFECT OUR FEELINGS AND ULTIMATELY OUR DEEDS" - "We feel with our heart. It helps us like the good and dislike the bad. Allah sees it all!" # THE BOOKS OF ALLAH - An important pillar of our faith is believing that Allah sent down (or revealed) books to His messengers. - The messengers used the books to teach their nations and guide them to the right path. - Allah commands us to believe in His books. - "O you who believe, believe in Allah, His Messenger, the Book that He revealed to His Messenger, and the books that He revealed before." (An-Nisaa: 136) - The books that Allah sent down are part of His "revelations". - In Arabic, "revelation" means "wahy". - The revelations are sometimes in the form of books or sheets, which are also called "scriptures". - After the messengers received the revelations from Allah, their followers wrote them down and made them into books or sheets. - But sometimes, the messengers received them already written, as in the case of Moosaa () who received the Tawraah from Allaah written on little Boards. - Not all of the revelations that Allah sent to His Messengers were in the form of written scriptures. - Sometimes, they were instructions (or teachings) that Allah inspired (or taught) directly to the prophets. - Inspirations are teachings that are put into the hearts of the prophets, but not in book-form. - For example, Allah revealed to his Last Messenger, Muhammad (), the Book called the Qur'an. - He also inspired him with other things that are not part of the Book. - They are called the Sunnah. - Sunnah is everything that the Prophet () ordered, practised or approved. - The Sunnah consists of everything that the Prophet () said or did. ## Teachings of the Revelations - Allah's revelations carried the most useful knowledge to people. - For example, they contained: - Instructions from Allah telling the people what to do in this life: How to have good manners, perform correct worship and avoid sins. - Stories about the previous nations and prophets, showing how Allah rewarded the righteous and punished the disobedient. - Information about the next life: resurrection, judgment, Paradise, and Hell-fire. - The only way for us to truly know about Allah's Books is through what He tells us in His Last Book, the Qur'an and in the Sunnah of His Last Prophet Muhammad(). # THE FIVE DAILY PRAYERS (1) ## A List some of the ways in which Salah Benefits you - Five times a day, the mu'adh-dhin (caller to prayer) calls Muslims to worship Allah alone. - Facing the qiblah, the direction of the Ka'bah in Makkah, the holy city and centre of Islam, Muslims perform their salah. - They can perform their salah individually or in groups. - jamaa'ah. Jamaa'ah is an Arabic word. It means congregation. - Muslims can perform salah wherever they may be - in a masjid, at home, at work or in a garden. - The Prophet () said, 'If there is a river at the door of any one of you in which he washes himself five times a day, would any dirt remain on his body?' When his companions replied, 'None at all,' the Prophet )ﷺ( said, 'That is like the five prayers by which Allah removes sins.' - After the affirmation of His Oneness, no duty that Allah has imposed on His servants is dearer to Him, than the five daily prayers. - If someone makes his ablution well, then sets out for the masjid with the intention of performing salah, he is already in a state of prayer while on his way to it. - With each step he takes, a good deed is added to his record and a bad deed is erased from it. - So do not linger when you hear the call to prayer. - The person walks farthest towards the masjid, will get the greatest reward. - Prayer is one of the pillars of Islam. - The merit of congregational prayer surpasses that of the individual prayer by twenty-seven degrees! - The five daily prayers are: - Fajr - Dhuhr - Asr - Maghrib - Ishaa - A Muslim should try to make sure that he always prays at the right time. # THE FIVE DAILY PRAYERS (2) ## A Write the name of the salah corresponding to the pictures given below: - Each prayer has its particular time. - Each salah must be performed during its proper time. - The Qur'an has pointed to these various times. - The salah is prescribed for the believers at specific times. ## The Times of the Prayers: - **Fajr**: From dawn until the sky starts to become bright yellowish. The time for Fajr Prayer lasts until sunrise. - **Dhuhr**: From after midday, until an object's shadow is about the same length as the object itself. - **Asr**: From the time when the length of one's shadow is equal to one's height, and lasts until the sun begins to change colour before sunset. The time for Asr Prayer lasts until just before sunset. - **Maghrib**: Immediately after sunset. The time for Maghrib prayer lasts until the twilight disappears. The twilight is the soft glowing light from the sky when the sun has already set. - **Isha**: From the time the twilight disappears after sunset, until half the night has passed. ## Number of rak'ahs of the five daily prayers: - Fajr - Two rak'ahs - Dhuhr - Four rak'ahs - Asr - Four rak'ahs - Maghrib - Three rak'ahs - Isha - Four rak'ahs - Each of the five salawaat (plural of salah) must be offered at the right time or during its proper time. - Fortunately, nowadays, printed timetables and calendars showing the times of salah are easily available. - You can look into them to find out the time of a particular salah, or you can ask your parents to help you. - When the time of any of these salawaat comes, you will hear the mu'adh-dhin in the masjid call out the adhan. - Muslims will then make wudhu and go out for salah. - Facing the qiblah, a Muslim makes the intention of the prayer he is going to perform, in his heart. - He raises his hands to the level of his ears or his shoulders and says: - Allaahu Akbar - Allah is The Most Great - His prayer (salah) has started. His first rak'ah has started. ## Rak'ah: What is a rak'ah? - A rak'ah is a set of recitations and movements. - A rak'ah consists of the following things: 1. Recitation of Surat al-Fatihah while standing. 2. Recitation of another surah (in the first two rak'ahs). 3. Ruku': Bowing (while holding both the knees and keeping the back straight.) 4. Rising and standing straight from bowing. 5. Sujud: Prostration - done twice (by placing the hands, the knees, the toes, the forehead and the nose on the ground) 6. Sitting between the two prostrations. 7. The Tashahhud and Salaam. - If the first thing one will be questioned about on the Day of Resurrection is Salah; would you not like to please your Rabl with more of it?! - Have you heard that our beloved Prophet (ﷺ) told that the sunnah Salah compensate for the obligatory Salah. - Do you know that a house will be built for you in the middle of Jannah, if you offer 12 rakah Salah everyday. ## B Trace the number 12 and color it. Try to pray these 12 Sunnah Salah everyday - 2 at Fajr - 6 at Dhuhr - 2 at Maghrib - 2 at Isha # PROPHET MUHAMMAD (3) ## A Color the bricks that contain the qualities of Prophet Mohammad (ﷺ): - Quarrelsome - Good Habits - Truthful - Honest - Trader - Corrupt - Hardworking - Pious - Deceitful - Praiseworthy - Bad Manners - Patient - Polite - Dignified - Disgraceful - Shepherd - Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (), a noble lady of Banu Asad, was rich woman of the Quraysh. - Her husband had died. - She would send her goods for sale to Syria, Iraq and Yemen through her workers. - When she came to know of the honesty and trustworthiness of the Prophet (), she sent her nephew Qatimah with her wish that she wanted him to work for her and to go to Syria with her goods for sale. - The Prophet (ﷺ) asked Abu Talib for his opinion and advice. - He then accepted Khadijah's () offer. - Khadijah (*) fixed for him a fair payment. - Her slave Maysarah and a relative of hers called Khuzaymah, accompanied the Prophet (*). - The journey was successful. - The Prophet sold almost all that Khadijah had given him. - The Prophet () now headed the trade caravans of Khadijah () and came back successful every time. - The Prophet's () honesty, trustworthiness, good character and noble qualities were open before Khadijah (). - Every noble man of means in Makkah strongly desired to marry her. - But, she herself, sent the Prophet () her marriage proposal through a woman. - The Prophet )ﷺ( accepted the proposal and married her. - All the relatives of the Prophet (ﷺ) and of Khadijah () attended the marriage ceremony. - At the time of marriage, the Prophet () was 25 years of age and Khadijah () was 40. - She gave birth to two sons and four daughters. ## Rebuilding the Ka'bah - The Ka'bah once caught fire due to the carelessness of some people. - This caused deep cracks in its walls. - The Quraysh agreed to rebuild it. - When the building reached up to the point where the Hajar al-Aswad [the Black Stone] was to be placed, a serious dispute erupted. - The head of every tribe wanted to place the Black Stone in its place. - They prepared to fight and drew out their swords. - They began to argue fiercely among themselves. - The Quraysh remained in this sorry state for five days. - At last, the Quraysh tribes agreed that the first man to enter the gate of the masjid, should make the decision about putting the Black Stone in its place. - The first man to come in was Allah's Messenger (). 'This is Muhammad,' they said as soon as they saw him coming. - 'He is trustworthy, and we will all agree to his decision.' - Every tribe wanted and claimed the honour of putting the Black Stone in its place. - They were making a pledge to fight to death. - The situation was very tense. - Allah's Messenger )ﷺ( understood it well. - He asked them to bring a piece of cloth. - He took the Black Stone and placed it in the middle of the cloth. - He then asked the chief of each tribe to take hold of one end of the cloth and lift it to its position. - When the chiefs lifted the stone in the proper manner, the Prophet )ﷺ( placed it in its position with his own hands. - Every one was happy. - The Prophet (*) was 35 years old when he brought an end to the dispute over the Black Stone. # FASTING IN THE MONTH OF RAMADAN ## A Stick pictures of foodstuff that you have during Iftar at your home: - Sawm, or fasting in the month of Ramadan, is the fourth pillar of Islam. - Sawm is an Arabic word. - It means abstaining from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset. - Like the prayer and zakah, this act of worship is a part of Islam. - Abstaining from something means- something you want to do usually, you deliberately do not do it. - You do not eat and drink during the daytime; instead, you fast because Islam teaches you to do so. - The fast of Ramadan begins on the day following the sighting of the new moon of the month of Ramadan. - Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. - If it is confirmed that the new moon of the month of Ramadan has been sighted, a Muslim should begin his fast from dawn the following day. - As soon as the sun sets on that day, he should break his fast. - The breaking of the fast is called iftar in Arabic.