Mufti Abu Layth Archive: quran/tafsir/short-surahsAnswers on quran/tafsir/short-surahs, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/quran-tafsir-short-surahs.atom.xml2021-02-16T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyWhy does Surah al-Kafirun say 'ma' (what) instead of 'man' (who) for God?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/24/2021-02-16T00:00:00Z2021-02-16T00:00:00ZWhy does Surah al-Kafirun say 'ma' (what) instead of 'man' (who) for God?
Mufti Abu Layth thinks ma is used because it qualifies how God is perceived, since the Meccans also worshipped Allah through others, though he says this is his own understanding. Mufti Abu Layth says that, as he assumes and understands it, God knowing best, ma in 109:2-5 qualifies not just God but how God is to be perceived.
Answer from 16 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:17:25)
A more recent answer on quran/arabic-language exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/13/
Watch on YouTube at 1:18:37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=4717s<p><b>Why does Surah al-Kafirun say 'ma' (what) instead of 'man' (who) for God?</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth thinks ma is used because it qualifies how God is perceived, since the Meccans also worshipped Allah through others, though he says this is his own understanding. Mufti Abu Layth says that, as he assumes and understands it, God knowing best, ma in 109:2-5 qualifies not just God but how God is to be perceived.</p>
<p>Answer from 16 February 2021 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 馃槈 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:17:25)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on quran/arabic-language exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/13/">Is the 'light' that came with the clear book in 5:15 the Prophet or the Quran itself?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=4717s">Watch on YouTube at 1:18:37</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/24/">Open the segment</a></p>Is Surat al-Falaq about protection from the evil eye?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mnpgdvjs2nk/s/9/2020-11-15T00:00:00Z2020-11-15T00:00:00ZIs Surat al-Falaq about protection from the evil eye?
No: it seeks refuge from the harm envious people act out and from the superstitious culture around magic, not from an evil eye. The Quran's silence on the evil eye is, to him, a sign of its truth. Mufti Abu Layth says that in Surat al-Falaq one seeks refuge from the harm envious people act out, not from an evil eye.
Answer from 15 November 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: There is NO evil eye in Islam (Detailed Overview) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:08:18)
A more recent answer on quran/tafsir/short-surahs exists (16 February 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/24/
Watch on YouTube at 1:08:18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnpGDvjs2nk&t=4098s<p><b>Is Surat al-Falaq about protection from the evil eye?</b></p>
<p>No: it seeks refuge from the harm envious people act out and from the superstitious culture around magic, not from an evil eye. The Quran's silence on the evil eye is, to him, a sign of its truth. Mufti Abu Layth says that in Surat al-Falaq one seeks refuge from the harm envious people act out, not from an evil eye.</p>
<p>Answer from 15 November 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: There is NO evil eye in Islam (Detailed Overview) | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:08:18)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on quran/tafsir/short-surahs exists</b> (16 February 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/24/">Why does Surah al-Kafirun say 'ma' (what) instead of 'man' (who) for God?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnpGDvjs2nk&t=4098s">Watch on YouTube at 1:08:18</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mnpgdvjs2nk/s/9/">Open the segment</a></p>Does Surat al-Falaq confirm that black magic is real?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ksqksrxndnw/s/21/2020-04-22T00:00:00Z2020-04-22T00:00:00ZDoes Surat al-Falaq confirm that black magic is real?
The verse about those who blow on knots does not establish that magic is effective: the guest says it asks protection from the fear such practices create, and Mufti Abu Layth says the surah names things not harmful in themselves but the superstitions attached to them. The question whether Islam is feudal went unanswered.
Answer from 22 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 1:40:04)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 1:40:04: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsQKsrXndNw&t=6004s<p><b>Does Surat al-Falaq confirm that black magic is real?</b></p>
<p>The verse about those who blow on knots does not establish that magic is effective: the guest says it asks protection from the fear such practices create, and Mufti Abu Layth says the surah names things not harmful in themselves but the superstitions attached to them. The question whether Islam is feudal went unanswered.</p>
<p>Answer from 22 April 2020 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 1:40:04)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsQKsrXndNw&t=6004s">Watch on YouTube at 1:40:04</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ksqksrxndnw/s/21/">Open the segment</a></p>Did someone really do magic on the Prophet?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/yd3ehw0vtls/s/2/2018-02-13T00:00:00Z2018-02-13T00:00:00ZDid someone really do magic on the Prophet?
No: he calls the report of magic on the Prophet falsely attributed and an affront to his honour, and says the Quls were revealed years earlier in Makkah. Mufti Abu Layth says the incident of magic being done on the Prophet in Madinah is falsely attributed.
Answer from 13 February 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: The Evil Eye has no reality in Islam - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 6:50)
A more recent answer on hadith/false-and-fabricated/about-the-prophet exists (19 August 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/21/
Watch on YouTube at 6:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd3ehW0VTls&t=410s<p><b>Did someone really do magic on the Prophet?</b></p>
<p>No: he calls the report of magic on the Prophet falsely attributed and an affront to his honour, and says the Quls were revealed years earlier in Makkah. Mufti Abu Layth says the incident of magic being done on the Prophet in Madinah is falsely attributed.</p>
<p>Answer from 13 February 2018 路 auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: The Evil Eye has no reality in Islam - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 6:50)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on hadith/false-and-fabricated/about-the-prophet exists</b> (19 August 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/21/">Recap: the novel, insult versus critique, and the false story summarised</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd3ehW0VTls&t=410s">Watch on YouTube at 6:50</a> 路 <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/yd3ehw0vtls/s/2/">Open the segment</a></p>