Islamic Institute of Toronto

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This is second part of the Surah Al-Imran ( Continuation of the previous course 'Thematic Journey through the Qur'an - Winter 2018')

In Al-Imran, the idea of choice is taken further. On the one hand there is choice, but on the other hand there is a profound amount of hope that is being granted inside of this Surah.

This sura takes us back to the story of Jesus, peace be upon him, and retells the story.

In this Surah the word Islam is repeated several times, where Islam is the outward manifestation of the faith, whereas Iman is the inward manifestation of the faith. We will study this sura and its implications of these 2 principals in detail.

This Surah explains the clash will intensify now that the Ummah is chosen as the Ummah that represents the truth of God to all of humanity, clashes with disbelievers also intensify.

So the battle of Badr and the battle of Uhud are mentioned to explain to Muslims how they are supposed to deal with victory, and how they are supposed to deal with loss.

– Finally in this surah you will find a merger, a strange merger, as He told the believers: {So do not weaken and do not grieve, and you will be superior if you are [true] believers.} (3:139)

There is an ideological conversation with the Jewish and the Christian communities, predominantly the Christian group which came and met with the Prophet, peace be upon him.

The student will also study this suras depiction of those who have truly disbelieved is actually a depiction of people who after knowing the Truth inside and out reject it.

Allah also gives good qualities for some of the People of the Book who pray, who have taqwa, who compete in doing good deeds and its relevance to us Muslims.

When the student gets to the end of this amazing Surah, which is the Surah to recite when Muslims are in tough times, especially the ayat of what happened in Uhud, we have one of the most spiritually profound prayers in the entire Qur’an.

This prayer actually becomes a twin to the prayer which is at the end of Surah Al-Baqarah.