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Love Stories from Quran
107 pages, Unknown Binding
Published June 1, 2019
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May 30, 2021
This is basically a collection of speech from the author, Yahya Ibrahim, packaged in such a way that would appeal to casual readers who's in the mood for spiritually uplifting stories and discussion. It's a bit outside of my usual reading preference, but a generous pollyanna who's "always in the mood for love" lent it to me, so I gave this a whirl.
The title and cover design are a bit clickbaity (particularly to Muslim women :v), but it's not all about romantic love—though there are references to how loyal Adam was to Hawa, and the devotion of Ayub's wife as her husband hit rock bottom, for instance. The stories drew from the Qur'an, particularly the life stories of Muslim prophets, covering the subjects of relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children, and primarily, human and Allah. Overall, it's appealing to anyone who enjoys reading fables and drawing moral lessons from them. The book assumed its readers to have certain familiarity with the tale of prophets (e.g. Ayub, Nuh, and Musa), so the stories aren't really presented in full; instead, they mostly focus on certain aspects that are relatable and applicable to our daily lives.
As a kid, I really enjoyed reading about the 25 renowned Islam prophets. There's just so much excitement and intrigue from their tales, whether it's about Adam's exile from the heaven, Nuh's shipbuilding, or Ayub's struggle as he's being severely tested. These stories are still fresh in my mind, so I was able to jump right into this book. It can be a bit too pedagogic for my taste, and doesn't always have a good flow between the ideas and paragraphs in each chapter, but most of the time it's a pretty insightful read that preaches to treat your spouse and parents with utmost respect, debunks the stigma of Islam placing women as the inferior gender, and cautions about how toxic and self-destructive loving excessively can be.
There were some parts that resonated with me, such as:
Sometimes, we reinforce the wrong things with our children, seeking a proper practice of faith. You come home and say to our son, "Did you pray 'Asr?" Because they fear you so much, they will lie to you and say, "Yes." But between them and Allah, it is a "No". And you reinforce a negative behavior. Rather than saying "Did you pray 'Asr?", you can say, "If you have not prayed 'Asr', you can join me, I have not yet prayed." It is a completely different way of presenting what you seek from Allah and not make yourself as a person who is to be feared.
I always disagree with the reward-and-punishment style parenting when you're teaching your kids about faith (or about anything, really), so this idea of presenting yourself as equals highly appeals to me.
Also, this sobering line from the Prophet sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam:
Do not love anything that if it is taken away from you, would destroy you in that sense.
No matter your faith, belief, or the God that you worship, that line has a universal ring of truth in it. We casually say things like "it's mine" or "I want her/him to be mine" and may actually meant it, but in such a fragile existence, nothing and no one can truly be ours.
The title and cover design are a bit clickbaity (particularly to Muslim women :v), but it's not all about romantic love—though there are references to how loyal Adam was to Hawa, and the devotion of Ayub's wife as her husband hit rock bottom, for instance. The stories drew from the Qur'an, particularly the life stories of Muslim prophets, covering the subjects of relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children, and primarily, human and Allah. Overall, it's appealing to anyone who enjoys reading fables and drawing moral lessons from them. The book assumed its readers to have certain familiarity with the tale of prophets (e.g. Ayub, Nuh, and Musa), so the stories aren't really presented in full; instead, they mostly focus on certain aspects that are relatable and applicable to our daily lives.
As a kid, I really enjoyed reading about the 25 renowned Islam prophets. There's just so much excitement and intrigue from their tales, whether it's about Adam's exile from the heaven, Nuh's shipbuilding, or Ayub's struggle as he's being severely tested. These stories are still fresh in my mind, so I was able to jump right into this book. It can be a bit too pedagogic for my taste, and doesn't always have a good flow between the ideas and paragraphs in each chapter, but most of the time it's a pretty insightful read that preaches to treat your spouse and parents with utmost respect, debunks the stigma of Islam placing women as the inferior gender, and cautions about how toxic and self-destructive loving excessively can be.
There were some parts that resonated with me, such as:
Sometimes, we reinforce the wrong things with our children, seeking a proper practice of faith. You come home and say to our son, "Did you pray 'Asr?" Because they fear you so much, they will lie to you and say, "Yes." But between them and Allah, it is a "No". And you reinforce a negative behavior. Rather than saying "Did you pray 'Asr?", you can say, "If you have not prayed 'Asr', you can join me, I have not yet prayed." It is a completely different way of presenting what you seek from Allah and not make yourself as a person who is to be feared.
I always disagree with the reward-and-punishment style parenting when you're teaching your kids about faith (or about anything, really), so this idea of presenting yourself as equals highly appeals to me.
Also, this sobering line from the Prophet sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam:
Do not love anything that if it is taken away from you, would destroy you in that sense.
No matter your faith, belief, or the God that you worship, that line has a universal ring of truth in it. We casually say things like "it's mine" or "I want her/him to be mine" and may actually meant it, but in such a fragile existence, nothing and no one can truly be ours.
December 11, 2019
Love Stories from the Quran aims to connect us to the Quran and to Allah by the extension of Love. Several forms of love are discussed in the book, and the life lessons we can get from them.
2019 is coming to a full circle. Reflecting on my reading journey this year I see areas that I need to improve and also a pattern of me, searching. Perhaps that is why what impacts me the most from the book is:
“We as human beings are taught by Allah by the study of the pen, and we have to evolve in our learning and knowledge. One of the first principles of anthropology is that human beings began to mimic animals. How do we bury our dead? Allah tells you. It is not that it was revealed, and Jibril came and told him to dig the earth and put it six feet. No. Allah sent a crow, and the son of Adam looked, and then he said he is going to do what the crow did.”
So much to learn from around us, and animals deserve both our love and respect.
2019 is coming to a full circle. Reflecting on my reading journey this year I see areas that I need to improve and also a pattern of me, searching. Perhaps that is why what impacts me the most from the book is:
“We as human beings are taught by Allah by the study of the pen, and we have to evolve in our learning and knowledge. One of the first principles of anthropology is that human beings began to mimic animals. How do we bury our dead? Allah tells you. It is not that it was revealed, and Jibril came and told him to dig the earth and put it six feet. No. Allah sent a crow, and the son of Adam looked, and then he said he is going to do what the crow did.”
So much to learn from around us, and animals deserve both our love and respect.
April 1, 2021
You should get a copy of this! Love it so much 😍
April 3, 2020
Inspirational and made me reflect back on how little that I knew of the stories of the Prophets. Truly for everyone, there's a story directed to each one of us. Major love.
May 22, 2021
This book reminds me of the stories that I already knew and stories that I never heard of.
Imam Ibn al-Qayyim says, "The one who looks at a person and mocks them for a sin, their punishment in the dunya is that they will fall into that sin." May Allah protects us.
Imam Ibn al-Qayyim says, "The one who looks at a person and mocks them for a sin, their punishment in the dunya is that they will fall into that sin." May Allah protects us.
March 21, 2021
3.5 stars
July 17, 2021
LOVE STORIES FROM THE QURAN - This book is thin but impactful and insightful. I can assure you that at the end of every chapter you will discover new perspectives of the story. It compiles the love stories that were narrated in the Quran and dissects what love actually means. I do find myself taken aback after reading the explanation of love by the author. When Syaykh Yahya said that the utmost level of love is our relationship with Allah SWT, I started to ponder. What was the purpose of my existence again? When you read or see the word stories, what do you expect and understand from it?
In this book, Syaykh Yahya invites you to go through the meaning of the story and why the stories in the Quran are different from the one that we narrate or tell others. This is crucial in Islam as misunderstanding the meaning of a word can lead towards the misunderstand of the whole concept. The whole message will become vague if the definition was corrupted already.
One of the beautiful messages from the book; message > stories. This is portrayed beautifully as you won’t find complete stories of the Prophet but only on certain scenes or occurrences. Why? Because it wasn't about the story, it was about the message of the story. Why were we encouraged to know about only 25 Prophets when there were actually more than that? This is because the 25 Prophets’ stories already covered all the messages that Allah SWT wants to tell
us. There is no use at all if you can memorize all of the stories but you don't understand the message. The main purpose is not achieved.
I do recommend this book to deepen our knowledge of the Prophets and reflect on the message that was delivered from each stories. There is always a room for new perspectives as it helps to broaden our way of thinking and makes us understand Islam better in shaa Allah.
In this book, Syaykh Yahya invites you to go through the meaning of the story and why the stories in the Quran are different from the one that we narrate or tell others. This is crucial in Islam as misunderstanding the meaning of a word can lead towards the misunderstand of the whole concept. The whole message will become vague if the definition was corrupted already.
One of the beautiful messages from the book; message > stories. This is portrayed beautifully as you won’t find complete stories of the Prophet but only on certain scenes or occurrences. Why? Because it wasn't about the story, it was about the message of the story. Why were we encouraged to know about only 25 Prophets when there were actually more than that? This is because the 25 Prophets’ stories already covered all the messages that Allah SWT wants to tell
us. There is no use at all if you can memorize all of the stories but you don't understand the message. The main purpose is not achieved.
I do recommend this book to deepen our knowledge of the Prophets and reflect on the message that was delivered from each stories. There is always a room for new perspectives as it helps to broaden our way of thinking and makes us understand Islam better in shaa Allah.
January 20, 2021
There are 2 types of love as according to
Imam Ibn al-Qayyam
1. Love that is pleasing to Allah
2. Ish (Masquerading love, sinful love, infatuated love)
These 2 aspects of love are beautifully discussed in the book while using the most wonderful love stories in The Quran as examples.
The Quran is neither a romantic novel nor a wondrous tale or ancient fables that distance from the reality. The Quran is a book of guidance, every story and even every letter has meaning & message.
The book take us back to the journey of Prophet Adam AS first love story, Prophet Ayyub AS Love & Sacrifice, Prophet Daud AS love and test, just to name a few. It also addresses the love of mothers in the story of Prophet Musa AS and his 2 mothers. The love between a father & son in the story of Prophet Ibrahim & Luqman Al Hakim. The sinful love ‘ishq’ also being discussed in the story of Prophet Yusuf and Qabil & Habil.
Yes, we’ve heard most of the Prophets’ stories before but this book bring us closer to the concept of love not just in the Prophets’ perspectives towards their loved ones but also vice versa. It’s very refreshing & i love that the writer addresses each story and relates it to our very own love story. The purpose is to connect us to the Quran and Allah by the extension of Love. ❤️
Fun Fact: The writer has quoted extensive amount of Quran verses in the book, but he only mentioned the Surah where it is quoted without mentioning the exact verses. I feel frustrated in the beginning but i see the wisdom eventually. The writer encourages us to get up & pick up the Quran, turn the page of the Surah mentioned and dig up to find which verses is he talking about 😅😅😅
June 9, 2021
This book is the epitome of short and sweet. It does not discuss the complete stories of the sirah but you get the gist of it. Some of the stories are not foreign to us, but the whole point that the author is trying to relay is the value of love in every story. This is the book of love, and I hope whoever reads this will discover love in every way, the way our prophets and ulul amri' discovered theirs.
July 24, 2020
Love stories, often associated with the love between lovers. But in this book, the author let us see not just between lovers kind of love, but the other ways of love as well as portrayed in the Quran - between parents and child, between brothers, between Allah and his slaves, between a prophet with his ummah.
Love the way that its writing is not extravagant, but simple is best ❤️
Love the way that its writing is not extravagant, but simple is best ❤️
October 4, 2021
Menceritakan semula kisah-kisah cinta dalam Al Quran tentang para Nabi dan Luqman al-Hakim. Setiap kisah akan disertakan dengan nasihat-nasihat yang boleh diambil dari kisah-kisah berikut. Sangat seronok dan menyembuhkan hati yang dalam kesedihan.
July 23, 2023
Nice little collection of Quranic stories. I liked that it wasn’t just about romantic love but also familial love etc.
The writer included good lessons from each story.
There were some grammar issues and it was quite short, so it’s 3 stars.
The writer included good lessons from each story.
There were some grammar issues and it was quite short, so it’s 3 stars.
February 23, 2020
Love between all walk of life from a different perspective .
October 11, 2020
With love, we should be the righteous rain of barakah into the heart and mind of those who are distant from Allah, not cause them further away from Allah.
June 1, 2021
First, I fall in love with the cover...and then also the content :')
August 19, 2022
First,
I fall in love with the cover 🌹 & the contents as well.
Stories heard childhood ni, legend ♥
I fall in love with the cover 🌹 & the contents as well.
Stories heard childhood ni, legend ♥
January 29, 2023
Stories from Quran that we have read and learned since young but still surprise us with the lessons when they are analysed and interpreted as in this book
April 11, 2025
Absolutely loved reading this book.
Jazak'Allah for the efforts you put in this book.
Jazak'Allah for the efforts you put in this book.
April 26, 2024
Beautiful book every chapter of this book give amazing lesson.. everyone should read this 💜❤️
February 19, 2021
Birrul Walidain. There are many love stories inside Al-Quran that we can learn, appreciate and used in our life. Good and nice treat to people around us.
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