Abstract:
This article presents excerpts from Muhsen
Qara’ati’s Qur’anic Themes in Minutes,1 a concise version of his
renowned and award-winning Tafsir Noor – a 12-volume exegesis
of the Qur’an. Qur’anic Themes in Minutes is a compilation of 200
subjects for readers to familiarize themselves with short-and-sweet
subjects pertaining to morality in the Qur’an. The following topics
were specially selected, some of which include subjects on sincerity
(ikhlaas) and its signs; factors of peacefulness, anxiety, deviation;
the hearts of the believer and unbeliever; arrogance and the
arrogant; and humbleness.
Machine summary:
"If we take note of the fact that all beings are created according to God’s will and through it, everything will perish, and if we know that He is the cause, while at the same time He can stop any cause He chooses,2 we would not intercede to other than Him. Hundreds of verses and stories in the Qur’an have invited people to God so that people might abandon other than Him and sincerely move toward Him. 2.
If we know that the hearts of the people are in God’s hands and He is the ‘Turner of hearts,’ we will perform our deeds only for Him, and when we are in need of the people’s protection, we ask God to protect us.
How many of us burden ourselves in order to satisfy the people though they still do not like us or remain unimpressed; and how many of us who, without expectations from people, entrust our hearts to God and sincerely perform our duties and while simultaneously have a great and special dignity in the eyes of the people?
Elements of deviation On the day that He will muster them and those whom they worship besides Allah, He will say, ‘Was it you who led astray these servants of Mine, or did they themselves stray from the way?’ (Furqan, 17) The factors which cause misdirection and deviation have been introduced in the Qur’an in the following manner: 1.
"78 73 Nisa, 77 74 Takathur, 1 75 Jumu’ah, 11 76 Tahrim, 8 77 Shura, 25 • God not only accepts repentance; he also likes those who repent a great deal: "Allah loves the penitent."