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Thursday, 15 Rabi'ul Thani 1431 H/ 1 April 2010

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SURAH Al-Muzzammil 73: (The Wrapped up one)
This Surah is Makki, and it has 20 verses and 2 Sections.
With the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Very-Merciful

(And remember the name of your Lord, and devote yourself to Him with exclusive devotion... 73:8).

COMMENTARY: The word Tabattul, literally, means 'to cut off oneself from entire creation to focus attention solely on the Creator to detach oneself from worldly things and devote oneself exclusively and sincerely to the service of Allah'.

The sentence: "And remember the name of your Lord"... 73:8) is grammatically conjoined to the sentence: (Stand at night [for prayer]... 73:2) which enjoins upon the Holy prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa sallam) to perform the night-prayer, and incidentally his attention is drawn in the following verse to special devotional activities in the course of the day. 'Surely, in daytime, you have a lengthy work to do. [73:7]

But verse 8 enjoins a devotional activity (remembering Allah) that can be performed at any time of day or night. In fact, it can be performed at all times and under all circumstances. Since it is inconceivable that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa sallam) would never remember Allah, the purport of enjoining Dhikr (Remembrance of Allah) is to emphasise ' keeping to it consistently' in the sense that there should be no laxity in it. [Mazhari]

This is possible only if 'remembering Allah' is taken in its widest possible sense to include 'Reciting His name with tongue', 'Remembrance by heart' and also 'keeping one's body engaged in complying with the commands of Allah'. A narration of Sayyidah 'Aishah Siddiqah RA, reports the following:

"The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa sallam) used to remember Allah at all times." This Hadith is correct in terms of the wider concept of 'rememberance of Allah' just explained above. Obviously, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa sallam) did not make dhikr by his tongue when answering the call of nature as Ahadith distinctly confirm this, but Dhikr by heart is possible at all times. There are, however, two types of Dhikr by heart: [1] It may be done through 'imagined words'; [2] by reflecting and pondering on the Divine attributes of perfection. [Shaikh Thanawi]

~ MA'AARIFUL QUR'AN ~
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Filling
500g chicken fillet
1 large Onion diced
2 tomatoes grated
2 tsp garlic
¼ cup oil
¼ cup vinegar
1½ tsp salt
1 tsp chilli
1 tsp paprika
½ tsp black pepper
¼ cup chopped spring onions
1 bunch fresh dhana chopped

Cup chicken into large cubes and boil with 1cups water and ½ tsp salt, cook until very tender, then shred the chicken into small pieces. Braize onions in oil until soft, add vinegar and chicken, cook for few minutes then add all other ingredients. Mix well and cool. If preferred add 2 tblsp of tomato sauce, add the spring onions and dhana when cold. Roll out dough 4mm thick, cut into palm size circles and put filling in centre. Brush edges with lai and over to seal edges and pinch with finger tips. Brush with egg and freeze until needed or place on greased tray and bake at 200*C until light brown. If frozen, bake while still frozen or defrost. Make 40 pies.

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