Three Days of Prayer

THREE DAYS OF PRAYER & LIGHTNING FLASHES
Excerpted from Atom from the Sun of Knowledge by Lex Hixon

This selection of noble Quranic verses are not meant to be studied but prayed. These renderings are on the level of tafsir, or interpretation.

Holy Quran 2.82 (Al-Baqarah)

Those who cultivate profound faith, constantly demonstrating righteousness and sanctity, are true companions in the mystic Garden where they timelessly abide.   وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ ۖ... read more →

Holy Quran 2.115 (Al-Baqarah)

In whatever direction or dimension you may turn, there is only the essential Face of Allah.   وَلِلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ ۚ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَاسِعٌ... read more →

Holy Quran 3.48 (Al-Imran)

Allah Most High taught the Messiah Jesus both the Divine Book and Divine Wisdom, both Torah and Gospel.   وَيُعَلِّمُهُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَالتَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ     Wa yu'allimuhul... read more →

Holy Quran 8.64 (Al-Anfal)

O My noble Messenger, joyously sufficient unto you is Allah and unto those among the faithful who truly follow you.   يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ حَسْبُكَ اللَّهُ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ... read more →

Holy Quran 17.21 (Al-Israa)

Paradise is even more subtly differentiated into ranks and gradations of spiritual realization than temporal existence and is infinitely greater in excellence.   وَلَلْآخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَاتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًا   [audio... read more →

Holy Quran 17.43 (Al-Israa)

May glorious praises flow to Allah alone, Who is supremely exalted, supremely transcendent—high above whatever can be asserted or thought.   سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا   ... read more →

Holy Quran 17.108 (Al-Israa)

Joyfully proclaim, “Glorious praises be to our Lord Most High. Truly has the full promise of the Lord now been fulfilled.”   وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنْ كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًا... read more →

Holy Quran 24.56 (An-Nur)

Simply pray unceasingly, give generously, and assimilate the Messenger’s holy way of life completely. You will receive infinite Divine Mercy.   وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ  ... read more →

Holy Quran 31.30 (Luqman)

Allah alone is Reality. Whatever existence may be invoked apart from Him is mere empty falsehood. He is All-Encompassing, All-Transcending.   ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِنْ... read more →

Holy Quran 37.83 (As-Saffat)

Among those who devotedly followed Prophet Noah’s exalted spiritual way was the noble Abraham   وَإِنَّ مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ لَإِبْرَاهِيمَ     Wa inna min shee'atihee la Ibraaheem  

Holy Quran 38.18 (Sad)

At dawn and twilight, We miraculously caused hills and mountains to declare Our praises in joyful unison with the noble Prophet David.   إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا الْجِبَالَ مَعَهُ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْإِشْرَاقِ... read more →

Holy Quran 38.42 (Sad)

Strike with your foot precisely here, O noble Job. Cool water will flow forth miraculously, cleansing you and slaking your thirst.   ارْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ  ... read more →

Holy Quran 39.28 (Az-Zumar)

This is a perfectly pure Arabic Quran, free from the slightest human distortion, which provides most powerful protection against all negativity.   قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا غَيْرَ ذِي عِوَجٍ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ  ... read more →

Holy Quran 47.15 (Muhammad)

Rivers of mystic wine, sheer bliss for those who drink there …   وَأَنْهَارٌ مِنْ خَمْرٍ لَذَّةٍ لِلشَّارِبِينَ     wa anhaarum min khamril lazzatin li shaaribeena  

Holy Quran 55.1-4 (Al-Rahman)

O supremely compassionate Rahman, You ceaselessly transmit this Glorious Quran and create this exalted human form, revealing all possible meaning to purified human intelligence.   الرَّحْمَٰنُ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ... read more →

Holy Quran 56.10-12 (Al-Waqi’a)

Those who are ever transcending, who are foremost among ecstatic lovers, abide in the blissful Garden of Essence, intimate nearness with Allah.   وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ أُولَٰئِكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ... read more →

Holy Quran 57.3 (Al-Hadid)

He alone is First and Last, Manifest and Hidden, Immanent and Transcendent. He alone possesses full knowledge of all Being.   هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ... read more →

Holy Quran 67.4 (Al-Mulk)

Send forth your powerful spiritual gaze into the perfection of Divine Creation again and again, My beloved. It will return dazzled, amazed, enlightened.   ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنْقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ... read more →

Holy Quran 87.16-17 (Al-A’la)

Some persons irrationally prefer the fleeting life of this world, but Paradise is inconceivably more excellent and absolutely enduring.   بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ   ... read more →