In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

What can the

Qur’an
give me?
(For Students of high school; WAMY – Jan 05)
The Ultimate Questions…
– Suppose you wake up tomorrow in a
nice new place with all the facilities
– Questions…
 Qur’an & Youth
– The same questions are valid for this
world too!!!
– Get the answers directly from the
Creator
– QUR’AN GIVES ME THE ANSWERS
DIRECTLY FROM THE CREATOR!!! IT
IS CREATOR’S BOOK!
 Qur’an & Youth
– Can we neglect this? No!
– Who are we?
 Qur’an & Youth
– Suppose you bring a computer. Plug it
in 220V
– Did you read the manual?
– THE QUR’AN GIVES ME THE
AUTHENTIC ANSWERS!
What happens when you open
Qur’an?
– How is the relationship between this
book and Allah?
– How is that different from other books?
– Allah starts talking to you!
 My Main Enemy?
– Who is enemy? Shaitaan. His plan: To
take us to hellfire.
– His strategy (step by step)
 Shaitaan’s strategy
– Most Important Aspect: Don’t get
attached to the book of Allah.
– Example: For a future doctor/engr/mgr,
‘kill’ his/her education at school
– Alim vs. Abid?
 Qur’an & Shaitaan?
– Al-Qur’an helps us in taking refuge in
Allah from Shaitaan
– Al-QURAN SHOWS ME all kinds of
attacks of Shaitaan and also as to how I
can save myself
WHAT DO WE WANT IN THIS
LIFE?
– Peace & Happiness!
– Means?... Success?
– To get the success, whom will you
follow?
– And what did he (pbuh) have?
– Qur’an guided him (pbuh) throughout his
life.
Qur’an – the Ultimate
Possession!
– People take so much pride in having
precious items
– Qur’an is the ultimate possession, only if
you realize it!!!
The Ultimate Possession
– A noble laureate writes a letter to YOU..
how to be successful. You will read it 10
times.
– Here is a book … Preserved 1400 years.
– IT IS FOR ME… He sent M pbuh for
me. Suppose everyone goes to Jannah
and if I go to hellfire (may Allah protect
me), then I am loser
The Ultimate Possession!
– According to a research in Harvard
University, when a person gets a job or
promotion, 85% of the time it is because
of ATTITUDE, and only 15% of the time
because of intelligence and knowledge
of specific facts and figures.
– It applies everywhere
– Any task: Either you don’t know how to
accomplish or don’t want to do the work
 For Teenagers
– Teenage
is the most unstable part of your life
Bustling with energy
 For Teenagers
– Youth / Teenagers
– After this age, you will be making many
critical decisions of your life..
job;
new friends/colleagues at job
new settlements (countries, cities,
..)
settling in a new place; new city;
new environment; settle in life
Have a New Look at the Qur’an!
– Don’t look at it from the abusive history –
– Old book! What has it got for me in this
21st century?
– It is the most powerful Book authored by
the Most Knowledgeable and the Most
Powerful
Qur’an’s role in History
– Most important / influential (statement in
the British parliament: as long as
Muslims have Kaabah and Qur’an, we
can not defeat them).
– Those who do not believe say that EB
(Koran).
– In HUMAN HISTORY.. has created
wonderful people. Who changed the
history of the world.
– Even today.. it is the issue. Why?
 Qur’an and History
– People are so blinded with the west!
– Think/live/act…
– but US is superpower for only 100 years.

– And Muslims… for more than 1000

years.
– And why are they not powerful today?
Because they have left it. yarfa’oo
bihaadhal kitaabi…
 Ideology rules!
– It is not the tech., not the gadgets, not money,
and not power. It is the idealogy that rules.
– Leaders of powerful countries are not
engineers / doctors but social scientists.
– Why are we suffering.. In Indopak context.. bad
leaders
– Qur’an will give you the vision of leadership; the
ideology
– You can be the leaders with Al-Qur’an, the true
guidance
 Qur’an & Youth
Some of you will
– invent things;
– will be leaders;
– For success you need positive attitude &
Self-confidence.
– Qur’an fills in enormous positive attitude.
Ibn-Taimiyah
 How does it guide?
– Chandelier
– Space & time
 How does it guide?
– You don’t need lectures
– 1 verse is enough to turn you on.
– Remember 1 verse of Allah > 1000
lectures (if received with open heart)
– The actual challenge is: Mood and
resources
 How does it guide?
– You don’t have to be Hafiz
– You don’t have to wait till you know full
Qur’an to get the Guidance
– Just keep pondering on what you know
– Ask Allah to guide (Ihdinassiraa…) and
he can open your heart
– Example: Surah al-Fatihah
– Remember the hadith
 Ultimate…
– Attitude
– Qualities of interaction (Hujarat)
– Confidence
– Hope
– Character
 The Signs
– Qur’an : the revealed Book
– Universe: An open ‘Book’ of Allah
– Qur’an is not ‘colorful’ but when you link
it with the Universe, every thing of the
Universe confirms the message of the
Qur’an.
– History becomes meaningful!
– Space and Time become completely
integrated and speak about Qur’anic
signs
 Examples
– Upset about friends/teachers/brothers
or sisters/assets:
Liyabluakum…
Ja’alna ba’dakum fauqa ba’d
– Impressed by creation
Wa-la asghara min zaalika..
Tusabbihu lahu..
Impressed by Inventions
Wa-laa yuheetoona bishay…
 Models of Success
– Quran gives me inspiration from true
models of success
– to become strong spiritually
– to enjoy continuing spiritual and
intellectual growth
 Qur’an & Me
– Qur’an is for Musilms.
– But what is imp. is whether I follow it or
not
– If I end up in paradise.. Successful; if all
end up in paradise except me (may
Allah forgive me).. It is a complete loss
for me.
 For the Hereafter
– How precious each word, line, .. A line
may give some point which may prompt
you to do something which will improve
your status… (difference in grades of
Jannah). All of us given the same paper.
The only reason …
 Start now…
– SO START BUILDING YOURSELF
FROM NOW.
– ALLAH WILL BRING BACK ISLAM TO
THIS WORLD. WILL DO IT WITH OR
WITHOUT US, IN SPITE OF US.. We
will be lucky to ourselves… Let us
therefore follow it.
 How can it give?
– Understand it first!!!
Qur’an can give a lot… but
– We don’t know how to read Qur’an
(French newspaper?)
– Example: Dad and son
– Last example. Why are you studying?
Future of 40 years?
– What about Eternal Future
 Qur’an & Youth
– What is the relationship of the Qur’an
with Ibraheem (a)?
– QUR’AN is what Ibrahim (a) had asked
for me (among other things)!!!
 Examples
– Tell me an incident in your life where a
verse has affected you
– If it is in the area of worship, how did
your worship change
– It is not the info that you get (perhaps
you already know it) but did your heart
get affected