Welcome to Dr. Elzeiny Quran Class

1.     This is a site for translation of the Holy Quran using easy English.

2.     This is a site for Meaning of Quran in Pictures.

3.     Books about the Names of Allah [Book 1] [Book 2] [Brief Meanings]

Choose for yourself. Where would you like to live?

Lesson [1]: The Names of Allah Explain Life.

Click here to watch the video recording of the class.

Or Click here to listen to the audio recording of the class.

(Optional) Click here to see Dr. Qadhi lectures about why do we need to learn about the Names of Allah Part I.

(Optional) Click here to see Dr. Qadhi lectures about why do we need to learn about the Names of Allah Part II.

Homework:

[Part 1] If you have not done this already, send me an email to hw@zeiny.net telling me about yourself. What you want me to know about you. It is very confidential. I will not share it with anyone. If you are using your parent’s email, you may print it out and give to me in person. Please include a picture of yourself in the email. You can take a selfie picture of yourself and email it to me.

[Part 2] Memorize Ayat 22 from Surat Al-Hashir [59:22] by clicking here. 

[Part 3] Watch the video or listen to the audio recording of the class and answer the following questions thoroughly. Answer no less than fifteen questions. You get extra credit if you answer more than fifteen questions. Short answers are not accepted. You must email me the homework via email hw@zeiny.net. I prefer that the body of the email contains each question followed by its answers. I require that the subject line to show Qxx, where xx is the homework number. For example, Q04 is Quranic Homework number 4.

1)     How many Names Allah has? How many primary Names he has? Mention ten of them.

2)     What are the two kinds of names of Allah? Which kind represent the manners of Allah?

3)     Which names that Allah want us to imitate and which kind of names that we are forbidden from imitating? Give five examples of each kind with explanation of the meaning.

4)     What are the Tawhid of Quantity and the Tawhid of Quality?

5)     What did the Prophet saw not like about the Christian faith in terms of quantity and quality? How does the Christian faith violate Tawhid of Quantity?

6)     What did the Prophet saw not like about the Jewish faith in terms of quantity and quality? How does the Hewish faith violate Tawhid of quality?

7)     Why does Allah have so many Names?

8)     What is Shirk?

9)     What are the illegal names in the followings?

جبار، الجبار، عبد الجبار، كريم، الكريم، عبد الكريم، أمة الكريم، عبد النبي، عبد رب النبي، سعيد، السعيد، عبد السعيد.

10)            Can we swear in the name of other than Allah? Can Allah swear in the name other than himself? Explain.

11)            What is the meaning of Mushrik (مشرك)? How is this meaning related to the names of Allah?

12)            What are the middle Gods? Why did people worship them? Why is it offensive to Allah to believe in middle Gods?

13)            People are taken advantage of if they worship middle Gods. Explain and give examples.

14)            Who was the first person who brought idols as middle Gods to Kaba'a? What is his punishment?

15)            What are the three reasons for which we need to learn about the Names of Allah? Explain in details.

a)     Go to Jannah. Mention the Hadith about the Names of Allah.

b)     Use them in Dua’a. Give examples.

c)      Understanding and explaining life. Give examples

16)            Why did the Prophet saw went to a cave? What was the name of the cave? Mention two reasons.

17)            Why did the Prophet saw decided to observe the nature?

18)            What were the basic questions of life that the Prophet saw looking for an answer for?

19)            What happened to the Prophet saw in the cave?

20)            What was the first Ayat that were revealed to the Prophet saw?

21)            What is the theory of evolution?

22)            One of the principles of the theory of evolution conflicted with Islam. What is it and what is the conflict?

23)            Does Islam reject the entire theory of evolution?

24)            What are the principles of the Pagan religion? Why do people pray to dead objects or statues?

25)            In idol worshiping you will be taken advantage of. How? Explain in detail.

Notes:

How do you select which Names of Allah’s to use when making Du3a, i.e. to call Allah with?

It is based on the needs. For example,