Juz 1 Allah is Our Teacher
05/06/19 • 7 min
Born in France, Ustadh Michael Wolfender accepted Islam in 2009 after earning his master's degree in engineering the previous year. In 2013, Brother Michael graduated at the top of his class from Bayyinah Dream, a full-year Arabic intensive program. Since then, he has been teaching at Good Tree Academy in north Texas, leading Arabic curriculum development as Hifz Department lead.
In this episode, Brother Michael recounts his first reading the Qur'an when he misunderstood a major point and was disappointed. He shares how he learned the Qur'an is a book of guidance on how to find answers. "Allah doesn't spoonfeed us," he says, sharing how Allah tells us "This is the book that has guidance" for those who have the right intentions.
In forthcoming episodes, Brother Michael provides highlights from each part or juz of the Qur'an.
In Ayah 30 of the second surah or chapter, we begin to understand the story of Allah guiding our first father and how Allah guides us to understand the creation of mankind through His teaching Adam with the guidance He provides. Adam, like all of his descendants, has the ability to learn. We are to balance acquired knowledge and revealed knowledge from Allah. Those who follow Allah's guidance will not grieve and will achieve worldly and eternal success.
Ayah 252 of Al-Baqarah (The Cow) underscores Allah is the source of all knowledge. And in Ayah 282, we learn connecting to Allah, being mindful of Him and He will teach us. We can learn from many sources, including teachers and books, but some knowledge we will only attain from Allah in the guidance He provides.
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Born in France, Ustadh Michael Wolfender accepted Islam in 2009 after earning his master's degree in engineering the previous year. In 2013, Brother Michael graduated at the top of his class from Bayyinah Dream, a full-year Arabic intensive program. Since then, he has been teaching at Good Tree Academy in north Texas, leading Arabic curriculum development as Hifz Department lead.
In this episode, Brother Michael recounts his first reading the Qur'an when he misunderstood a major point and was disappointed. He shares how he learned the Qur'an is a book of guidance on how to find answers. "Allah doesn't spoonfeed us," he says, sharing how Allah tells us "This is the book that has guidance" for those who have the right intentions.
In forthcoming episodes, Brother Michael provides highlights from each part or juz of the Qur'an.
In Ayah 30 of the second surah or chapter, we begin to understand the story of Allah guiding our first father and how Allah guides us to understand the creation of mankind through His teaching Adam with the guidance He provides. Adam, like all of his descendants, has the ability to learn. We are to balance acquired knowledge and revealed knowledge from Allah. Those who follow Allah's guidance will not grieve and will achieve worldly and eternal success.
Ayah 252 of Al-Baqarah (The Cow) underscores Allah is the source of all knowledge. And in Ayah 282, we learn connecting to Allah, being mindful of Him and He will teach us. We can learn from many sources, including teachers and books, but some knowledge we will only attain from Allah in the guidance He provides.
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Juz 2 Focusing on Success
In just over six minutes, Ustadh Michael covers instructions Allah provides in Surah Al-Baqarah which will bring believers the ultimate reward.
The second juz or part of the Holy Qur'an focuses on success. We receive instructions from Allah on actions for believers such as the pilgrimage (haj) and fasting during Ramadan.
In Ayah 156, Allah guides believers to be patient because He will test with trials and tribulations. A solution is to focus on the Hereafter when we will return to Him.
In Ayah 200, during instructions on Haj, we are provided a very profound and well-known seeking of blessing or dua: "Allah, give us the best in this world and the best of the Hereafter." Ayah 207 provides a solution on changing your focus to please Allah. He wants us to follow Him. Then, as Brother Michael relates, in Ayah 214, Allah asks whether believers think it will be easy to talk into Paradise. There will be difficulties and Allah is here to help us.
During the verse on instructions for marriage, we receive guidance for happiness in the home. Who you marry bears on your fate in the Hereafter. And we conclude with Ayah 238 on protecting prayer because this is our connection to Allah.
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