It was narrated from Aisha that the Messenger of Allah ( )ﷺsaid:
“The one who is proficient with the Qur’an will be with the
noble and righteous scribes (the angels), and the one who
reads it and stumbles over it, finding it difficult, will have a
double reward.” Grade: Sahih
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 3779 In-book reference: Book 33,
Hadith 124
Allah says "the month of Ramadan in which the Qur'an was
revealed." (2:185) It is honoured by the recitation of Qur'an,
dhikr, fasting, praying, sadaqa, and other acts of worship. It is
disliked to esteem it by decorations and delegations and the
like.
Imam Ibn Abi Zayd al Maliki says in his Risala and the
commentary from ath-Thamr ad-Dani by Imam al-Azhari :
The Tarawih Prayer
The reward for praying at night
If you stand up in prayer during the night, to the extent that
you able to do so, you can expect great good from it and
pardon for your wrong actions.
[The reward for standing in prayer is not limited to all the night,
but is obtained by anyone who stands
for part of it according to his state without limit.]
Tarawih are performed with an Imam in a group
These night prayers are done with an imam in mosques
where the prayer is normally done in jama'a.
[It is permitted to do these prayers in the mosque in groups
with an Imam. This is an exception from the dislike of praying
the nafila in group which is indicated by the words of Shaykh
Khalil, added to the dislike of gathering for nafila or in a known
place since the action to gather for them continued from the
time of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab. Part of his sunan is to do this and
the time they are done is after 'Isha' ]
They can be done at home
If you want to you can do these night prayers at home.
Indeed this is considered better if your intention is strong
enough for you to do them by yourself.
[It is considered better to do them at home on if you are not
too lazy.]
How the Salaf first did them
The righteous people of the first community used to do these
prayers in the mosque. They did twenty rak'as followed by
three rak'as - two for shaf'i and one for witr with a salam in
between.
[These are the Companions, peace be upon all of them. They
did them in the time of 'Umar ibn al- Khattab in the mosque
with 20 rak'ats. That is preferred by a group, including, Abu
Hanifa, ash-Shafi'I and Ahmad, and the action now does that
followed by the shaf'i and witr. Abu Hanifa says that there is no
salam between the two, and ash-Shafi'i says that there is a
choice.]
The later practice of the Salaf
Later they began praying thirty-six rak'as not including the
shaf'i and witr. Both of these are acceptable.
[Then the Salaf other than the first Salaf, namely the Tabi'un,
increased it. 'Umar ibn 'Abdu'l-'Aziz commanded that to do
that since it contained benefit because they were making the
recitation long which caused boredom and weariness, and so
he commanded them to shorten the recitation and increase
the rak'ats. That which 'Umar ibn 'Abdu'l-'Aziz did was
approved by Malik in the Mudawwana.]
Taraweeh is done in two rak'ats at a time.
You say the salam after each two rak'as.
Less than 20 Raka’ats
'A'isha, may Allah be pleased with her, said that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
never did more than twelve rak'as followed by a single rak'a
of witr, either in Ramadan or out of it.
{ My Comment: In this difficult and exceptional conditions,
where assembly at masjids are in many places not possible due
to lockdown procedures, taraweeh at home, and with lesser
that twenty raka’at is permissible. More than that is also
permissible.}
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This book presents a collection of short surah’s to aid the
Muslim in upholding the practice of Taraweeh Salaah in the
month of Ramadan while under the unusual situation of
Lockdown due to the Covid 19 Pandemic.
These surahs have been selected as easy to memorise, but for
those who have difficulty, the pages can be printed or a
Mushaf of Quran used to read from.
According to Imam Malik, it is permitted to read from Mushaf
or selected pages in Nafl and Tarawih prayers. ( Al-Majmu’ of
Imam Nawawi and Kasshaf al-Qina’ of Bahuti 1/361)
The proof is the report recorded by Imam al-Bukhari in his
Sahih without a chain of transmission (mu’allaqan) that
“Sayyida A’isha (may Allah be pleased with her) would pray
behind her slave Zakwan, who would recite from a Mushaf.”
(Sahih al-Bukhari 1/245 and Fath al-Bari 2/239)
LEARN SURAH AL KAAFIROON
Transliteration:
1. Qul yaa-ai yuhal kaafiroon
2. Laa a’budu ma ta’budoon
3. Wa laa antum ‘aabidoona maa a’bud
4. Wa laa ana ‘abidum maa ‘abattum
5. Wa laa antum ‘aabidoona ma a’bud
6. Lakum deenukum wa liya deen.
Translation:
The Disbelievers
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[109:1]
Say, .O disbelievers,
[109:2]
I do not worship that which you worship,
[109:3]
nor do you worship the One whom I worship.
[109:4]
And neither I am going to worship that which you have worshipped,
[109:5]
nor will you worship the One whom I worship.
[109:6]
For you is your faith, and for me, my faith
LEARN SURAH AL FATH
Transliteration:
1. Itha jaa-a nas rullahi walfath
2. Waraayta annasa yadkhuloonafee deeni Allahi afwaja
3. Fa sab bih bihamdi rabbika was taghfir, innahu kaana
tawwaaba
Translation:
The Succour With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the
Very-Merciful.
[110:1]
(O Prophet,) When there comes Allah‘s help and the Victory,
[110:2]
and you see people entering Allah‘s approve) religion in multitudes,
[110:3]
then pronounce the purity and praise of your Lord, and seek forgiveness
from Him. Surely He is Ever-Relenting.
LEARN SURAH AL-MASAD
Transliteration:
1. Tab bat yadaa abee Lahabinw-wa tabb
2. Maa aghna ‘anhu maaluhu wa ma kasab
3. Sa yas laa naran thaata lahab
4. Wam ra-atuhu hamma latal-hatab
5. Fee jeediha hab lum mim-masad
Translation:
Palm Fibre
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[111:1]
Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab, and perish he!
[111:2]
Neither his wealth benefited him, nor what he earned.
[111:3]
He will soon enter a Fire, full of flames,
[111:4]
and his wife as well,__the wicked carrier of firewood.
[111:5]
Around her neck, there is (a collar of iron, like) a well-twisted rope.
LEARN SURAH QURAISH
Transliteration:
1. Li-eelafi quraysh
2. Eelafihim rihlata ashshita-iwassayf
3. Fal y’abudu rabba haath al-bait
4. Allath i at’amahum min ju’inw-wa-aamana hum min khawf
Translation:
Qureysh
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[106:1]
Because of the familiarity of the Quraish,
[106:2]
that is, their familiarity with the trips of winter and summer,
[106:3]
they must worship the Lord of this House,
[106:4]
who gave them food against hunger, and gave them security against fear.
LEARN SURAH AL-MA’OON
Transliteration:
1. Ara-aytal lathee yu kathibu bid deen
2. Fa thaalikal lathi yadu’ul-yateem
3. Wa la ya huddu ‘alaa ta’amil miskeen
4. Fa wai lul-lil mu salleen
5. Al lath eena hum ‘an salaatihim sahoon
6. Al lath eena hum yuraa-oon
7. Wa yamna’oonal ma’oon
Translation:
Small Kindnesses
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[107:1]
Have you seen him who denies the Requital?
[107:2]
So, he is the one who pushes away the orphan,
[107:3]
and does not persuade (others) to feed the needy.
[107:4]
So, Woe to those performers of Salah ,
[107:5]
who are neglectful of their Salah,
[107:6]
who (do good only to) show off,
[107:7]
and refuse (to give even) small gifts.
LEARN SURAH AL-KAWTHAR
Transliteration:
1. Inna aAAtayna kaal kawthar
2. Fa salli li rabbika wanhar
3. Inna shani-aka huwa al-abtar
Translation:
Abundance
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[108:1]
(O Prophet,) surely We have given to you Al-Kauthar.
[108:2]
So, offer Salah (prayer) to your Lord, and sacrifice.
[108:3]
Surely it is your enemy whose traces are cut off.
LEARN SURAH AL-ASR
Transliteration:
1. Wal Asr
2. Innal insaana lafee khusr
3. Illa allatheena aamanu wa ‘amilus saali haati wa tawa saw
bil haqqi wa tawa saw bissabr
Translation:
The Declining Day
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[103:1]
(I swear) by the Time,
[103:2]
man is in a state of loss indeed,
[103:3]
except those who believed and did righteous deeds, and exhorted each
other to follow truth, and exhorted each other to observe patience.
LEARN SURAH HUMAZAH
Transliteration:
1. Wai lul-li kulli hu mazatil-lumaza
2. Al-lath i jama’a maalaw wa’addadah
3. Yahsabu anna maalahu akhladah
4. Kalla layum ba th anna fil hutamah
5. Wa maa adraaka mal-hutamah
6. Narul laahil-mooqada
7. Al latee tat tali’u ‘alalafidah
8. Innaha ‘alaihim moosada
9. Fee ‘amadim-mu mad dadah
Translation:
The Traducer
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[104:1] Woe to every backbiter, derider
[104:2] who accumulates wealth and counts it.
[104:3] He thinks that his wealth has made him eternal.
[104:4] Never! He will certainly be thrown into the Crushing Fire.
[104:5] And what may let you know what the Crushing Fire is?
[104:6] It is Allah‘s kindled fire
[104:7] that will peep into the hearts.
[104:8] It will be closed on them,
[104:9] in outstretched columns.
LEARN SURAH AL-FEEL
Transliteration:
1. Alam tara kaifa fa’ala rabbuka bi ashaabil feel
2. Alam yaj’al kai dahum fee tad leel
3. Wa arsala ‘alaihim tairan abaabeel
4. Tar meehim bi hi jaaratim min sij jeel
5. Faja ‘alahum ka’asfim m’akool
Translation:
The Elephant
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[105:1]
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the People of the
Elephant?
[105:2]
Has He not turned their plan into nullity?
[105:3]
And He sent upon them flying birds in flocks,
[105:4]
throwing upon them stones of baked clay,
[105:5]
and thus He turned them into an eaten-up chaff.
…
LEARN SURAH AT-TEEN
.Transliteration:
1. Wat teeni waz zaitoon
2. Wa toori sineen
3. Wa haath al balad-il ameen
4. Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee ahsani taqweem
5. Thumma ra dad naahu asfala saafileen
6. Ill-lal lath eena aamanoo wa ‘amilus saalihaati; falahum
ajrun ghairu mamnoon
7. Fama yu kath th ibuka b’adu bid deen
8. Alai sal laahu bi-ahkamil haakimeen
Translation:
The Fig
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[95:1] I swear by the Fig and the Olive,
[95:2] and by Tur, the mount of Sinai,
[95:3] and by this peaceful city,
[95:4] We have created man in the best composition,
[95:5] then We turned him into the lowest of the low,
[95:6] except those who believed and did righteous deeds, because for
them there is a reward never ending.
[95:7] So, what can make you, after all this, to deny the Requital?
[95:8] Is Allah not the Greatest Ruler of all the rulers?
LEARN SURAH AL-QADR
Transliteration:
1. Innaa anzalnaahu fee lailatil qadr
2. Wa maa adraaka ma lailatul qadr
3. Lailatul qadri khairum min alfee shahr
4. Tanaz zalul malaa-ikatu war roohu feeha bi ithni-rab
bihim min kulli amr
5. Salaamun hiya hattaa mat la’il fajr
Translation:
Power
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[97:1]
We have sent it (the Qur‘an) down in the Night of Qadr.
[97:2]
And what may let you know what the Night of Qadr is?
[97:3]
The Night of Qadr is much better than one thousand months.
[97:4]
The angels and the Spirit descend in it, with the leave of your Lord, along
with every command.
[97:5]
Peace it is till the debut of dawn.
LEARN SURAH BAYYINA
Transliteration:
1. Lam ya kunil lath eena kafaru min ahlil kitaabi wal mushri
keena mun fak keena hattaa ta-tiya humul bayyinah
2. Rasoolum minal laahi yatlu suhufam mutahharah
3. Feeha kutubun qaiyimah
4. Wa maa tafarraqal latheena ootul kitaaba il-la mim b’adi
ma jaa-at humul baiyyinah
5. Wa maa umiroo il-la liy’abu dul laaha mukhliseena
lahud-deena huna faa-a wa yuqeemus salaata wa yu-tuz
zakaata; wa th aalika deenul qaiyimah
6. Innal lath eena kafaru min ahlil kitaabi wal mushri keena
fee nari jahan nama khaali deena feeha; ulaa-ika hum shar
rul ba reeyah
7. Innal lath eena aamanu wa ‘amilus saalihaati ula-ika hum
khairul bareey yah
8. Jazaa-uhum inda rabbihim jan naatu ‘adnin tajree min
tahtihal an haaru khalideena feeha abada; radiy-yallaahu
‘anhum wa ra du ‘an thaalika liman khashiya rabbah.
Translation:
The Clear Proof With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the
Very-Merciful.
[98:1]
Those who disbelieved from among the People of the Book and the
polytheists were not (expected) to desist (from their wrong beliefs)
unless
there comes to them a clear proof,
[98:2]
a messenger from Allah who recites the purified scrolls
[98:3]
containing (right and) straight writings.
[98:4]
And those who were given the Book did not disagree but after the clear
proof came to them,
[98:5]
while they were not ordered but to worship Allah, making their
submission exclusive for him with no deviation, and to establish Salah and
pay Zakah . That is the way of the straight religion.
[98:6]
Surely those who disbelieved from among the People of the Book and the
polytheists will be in the fire of Jahannam , in which they will be living
forever. Those are the worst of all human beings.
[98:7]
As for those who believed and did righteous deeds, they are the best of
all human beings.
[98:8]
Their reward, with their Lord, is gardens of eternity beneath which rivers
flow, in which they will be abiding forever. Allah is well pleased with them,
and they are well pleased with Him. That (reward) is for him who has awe
of his Lord.
LEARN SURAH IKHLAS
Transliteration:
1. Qul huwa Allahu ahad
2. Allahu assamad
3. Lam yalid wa lam yoolad
4. Wa lam yakul-lahu kufuwan ahad
Translation:
The Unity
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[112:1]
Say, .The truth is that Allah is One.
[112:2]
Allah is Besought of all, needing none.
[112:3]
He neither begot anyone, nor was he begotten.
LEARN SURAH FALAQ
Transliteration:
1. Qul a’uth oo bi rabbil-falaq
2. Min sharri ma khalaq
3. Wa min sharri ghasiqin itha waqab
4. Wa min sharrin-naffaa-saati fil ‘uqad
5. Wa min shar ri haasidin itha hasad
Translation:
The Daybreak
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[113:1]
Say, .I seek refuge with the Lord of the daybreak
[113:2]
from the evil of everything He has created,
[113:3]
and from the evil of the dark night when it penetrates,
[113:4]
and from the evil of the women who blow on the knots,
[113:5]
and from the evil of an envier when he envies.
LEARN SURAH NAS
Transliteration:
1. Qul a’uthu birabbin naas
2. Malikin naas
3. Ilaahin naas
4. Min sharril was waasil khannaas
5. Al lathee yuwas wisu fee sudoorin naas
6. Minal jinnati wan naas
Translation:
Mankind
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[114:1]
Say, .I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind,
[114:2]
the King of mankind,
[114:3]
the God of mankind,
[114:4]
from the evil of the whisperer who withdraws (when Allah‘s
name is pronounced),
[114:5]
the one who whispers in the hearts of people,
[114:6]
LEARN SURAH AZ-ZALZALA
Transliteration:
1. Ithaa zul zilatil ardu zil zaalaha
2. Wa akh rajatil ardu athqaalaha
3. Wa qaalal insaanu ma laha
4. Yawmaa ithin tuhad dithu akhbaaraha
5. Bi-anna rabbaka awhaa laha
6. Yawma ithiny yas durun naasu ash tatal liyuraw
a’maalahum
7. Famaiy ya’mal mithqala tharratin khai raiy-yarah
8. Wa maiy-y’amal mithqala tharratin sharraiy-yarah
Translation:
The Earthquake
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[99:1]
When the earth will be trembled with its quake,
[99:2]
and the earth will bring forth its burdens,
[99:3]
and man will say, .What has happened to it?.
[99:4]
That day it will describe all its happenings,
[99:5]
because its Lord will have so commanded it.
[99:6]
That day the people will come back (from the place of reckoning) in
different groups, so that they may be shown (the fruits of) their deeds.
[99:7]
So, whoever does any good act (even) to the weight of a particle will
see it.
[99:8]
And whoever does evil (even) to the weight of a particle will see it.
LEARN SURAH AT-TAKATHUR
Transliteration:
1. Al haaku mut takathur
2. Hatta zurtumul-maqaabir
3. Kalla sawfa ta’lamoon
4. Thumma kalla sawfa ta’lamoon
5. Kalla law ta’lamoona ‘ilmal yaqeen
6. Latara-wun nal jaheem
7. Thumma latara wunnaha ‘ainal yaqeen
8. Thumma latus alunna yauma-ithin ‘anin na’eem
Translation:
Rivalry in Worldly Increase
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[102:1]
You are distracted by mutual competition in amassing (worldly
benefits),
[102:2]
until you reach the graves.
[102:3]
No! (This is not a correct attitude.) You will soon know (the reality).
[102:4]
Again, you will soon know.
[102:5]
No! Only if you knew (it) with a sure knowledge!
[102:6]
You will certainly see the Hell,
[102:7]
then you will see it with full certitude.
[102:8]
Then you will be asked about all the pleasures (you enjoyed in the
world).
LEARN SURAH ASH-SHARH
Transliteration:
1. Alam nashrah laka sadrak
2. Wa wa d’ana ‘anka wizrak
3. Allathee anqada dhahrak
4. Wa raf ‘ana laka dhikrak
5. Fa inna ma’al usri yusra
6. Inna ma’al ‘usri yusra
7. Fa itha faragh ta fansab
8. Wa ilaa rabbika far ghab
Translation:
Solace
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.
[94:1]
Have We not caused your bosom to be wide open for you?
[94:2]
And We removed from you your burden
[94:3]
that had (almost) broken your back,
[94:4]
and We raised high your name.
[94:5]
So, undoubtedly, along with the hardship there is ease.
[94:6]
Undoubtedly, along with the hardship there is ease.
[94:7]
So, when you are free (from collective services), toil hard (in worship),
[94:8]
and towards your Lord turn with eagerness.
In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful, O Allah bless
Muhammad and his family O Allah
, I have recited what You have decreed from Your Book, That which You
sent down to Your Prophet, the Truthful One - May Allah’s blessings be
on him and his family. So to You belongs all praises my Lord. O Allah,
Make me from among those who Enforce its obligations, and disallow
its forbidden acts, Believe in its clear and its ambiguous verses. And
make it a companion for me in my grave, And a companion in my rising,
And make me among those who rise, for every verse recited, a rank of
the most Elevated, Aameen, Lord of the Worlds.
