Surah Baqarah Verse 231

And when you divorce women and they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or release them according to acceptable terms, and do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them]. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself. And do not take the verses ofAllāh in jest. And remember the favor of Allāhupon you and what has been revealed to you of the Book and wisdom by which He instructs you. And fear Allāh and know that Allāh is Knowing of all things.

And when you divorce women and they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or release them according to acceptable terms, and do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them]. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself. And do not take the verses of Allah in jest. And remember the favor of Allah upon you and what has been revealed to you of the Book and wisdom by which He instructs you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is Knowing of all things.

Allah tells us that the Quran and the sunnah are blessings. But do we treat them like blessings? Or do we skim the translation, copy/paste a hadith, and feel as if we have accomplished a big thing? When we think of blessings, we think of cars, homes, families, ipods, etc. Don't we cherish these things? These temporary things? Why, then, do we not cherish the words of our Master? The words of our CREATOR? The feeling of learning each individual word of the Quran is indescribable. Until we do this, how can we expect to cherish this wonderful blessing Allah has given us?

Zara Tariq

Online Student
Taleem Al Quran 2010