Abdelrahman Badawy – The stories of the Qur’an

10 November 2023

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The speaker discusses the multiple stories of Islam and highlights the importance of understanding the historical context of them. They mention various examples such as Ashabil Fil's story of the elephants, Moqud's story of the overwhelming army, Goliath's army of water, and Al Hazab's battle of Al Hazab. The speaker emphasizes the value of knowing the historical context of these stories for future learning.

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Why do you think Allah puts these stories

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in the Quran in so many different forms?

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The story of Ashabil Fil, the elephants who

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came to destroy the Kaaba. The story of

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Firaun. What destroyed him? It wasn't a bigger

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army than his. It was a bunch of

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water. What destroyed Goliath? The big huge army

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that Dawood alaihis salam with the slingshot as

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the big army and the and the tanks

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and the and this and that, and it

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was a rock that killed him. It shows

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you some parallels today, doesn't it? What destroyed

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a Nimrud? Mosquito. The battle of Al Hazab.

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The biggest battle Arabia had ever seen. They

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came and surrounded the Muslims. What destroyed them?

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Wind. Wind and one soldier of the believers

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who had just become Muslim. It was one

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of the most beautiful stories from our prophet's

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life, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. And this pattern

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repeats and repeats and repeats and repeats. If

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you are wise

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and if you spend time with the book

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of Allah, you say, wait a second. There's

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gotta be a reason why Allah repeats this

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type of story.

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It's not just this bedtime story you tell

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your kids. There's value in this. Right?

"I really think this is one of the greatest causes one could support"

Mufti Ismail Menk