Abdul Nasir Jangda – Stories of the Prophets #20 Purpose
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The speaker discusses the story of the prophet S pain AlayIFis, which is a part of his mission to protect and bring back his mother to death. The importance of fulfilling God's priorities and not being deterred by negative behavior is emphasized, particularly in addressing the need to live a Christian's life of submission to the creator. The speaker also provides a lesson on balancing one's needs and purpose, emphasizing the importance of fulfilling God's priorities and not losing his purpose in life.
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Inshallah, continuing with our series here in the
month of Ramadan, the stories of the prophets
from the Quran.
We are talking about the prophet Musa, alayhis
salaam.
The story of prophet Musa, alayhis salaam, as
I mentioned in the previous session,
it is the most frequently
mentioned story within the Quran. And Allah
tells us about different events from the life
of Musa alayhis salam.
Yesterday, we talked about or we've talked about
2 things from the life of Musa Alaihi
Salam. The story about the Tawakkul,
the trust and reliance of Musa alaihis salam's
mother
upon Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala that Allah would
protect
Musa
and bring him back to her.
Then in the previous session, we talked about
how Musa
desperate situation,
and Allah
provided for him
even in the most desperate of circumstances.
The story of Musa Alaihi Salam, the part
of the story of Musa Alaihi Salam we're
going to talk about today
is the part of his story where Allah
gives him his mission.
And what we've been doing these stories is
we try to extract
practical
lessons that we can apply in our own
lives.
And so the particular lesson from the life
of Musa alaihi salam that we are going
to be focused on today
is the lesson of purpose.
What does it mean to have purpose?
What does purpose look like?
And then how do we go about in
realizing and actualizing and fulfilling
our purpose?
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala tells us in the
previous session, we talked about Musa Alaihi Salam
was given a family,
was given a home, was given a job.
And now where we pick up,
Musa alaihi salam is traveling with his family.
Allah tells us in surah number 20, Surah
Taha,
Look at the story of Musa.
He was traveling with his family and he
said to them, he said, y'all wait here.
They were trying to stop on their journey.
There weren't hotels and places where they could
comfortably stay. They had to just kinda camp
out in the wilderness. So he said, why
don't you stay here?
I think I see a fire in distance,
and maybe I can bring some fire back
from there or maybe I can find
I can find some directions
there at that fire.
So when Musa Alaihi Salam came close to
the fire,
he heard his name being called, oh, Moses.
Oh, Musa.
And Allah said,
I am your Lord addressing you, remove your
shoes, you are in a sacred valley.
And I have chosen you.
I have chosen you.
So listen very attentively and carefully
to what is being revealed.
And what's fascinating about this Allah saying that
I have chosen you, Allah addresses us in
the Quran
in Surah Al Hajj,
in surah number 22,
where Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala tells us
who watch tobacco.
Allah tells us in the Quran,
God chose all of you.
You have been chosen.
You have been chosen.
So Allah is saying Musa alaihi salam, you're
not just or some ordinary
traveler,
but you have a purpose.
So I've chosen you. So pay attention,
listen very carefully. And then Allah tells him,
and Allah,
I and only I
am Allah and God, the only one worthy
of worship.
No one is worthy of worship except for
me Allah says.
So Allah tells us worship only him.
And Allah says establish the prayer to remember
me,
fulfill your purpose. Allah tells us in the
Quran
that we were only created for to for
the worship of Allah, to obey Allah,
to live a life of submission to Allah.
That is our purpose.
Everything else that we do in this life
and sometimes the things that we do might
be
necessary for survival,
but there's a big difference between doing something
that needs to be done, a need, and
a purpose.
I don't need to give the very basic
simple analogies. Everyone here is intelligent
but we have to go to the Russian
But that's not our purpose.
We even joke when we talk with one
another,
do we eat to live or live to
eat?
And what makes that so ironic
is that again, we have to eat to
survive, to live,
but that's not our purpose.
Allah says,
You don't have forever.
This world will end.
Every single persons.
When a person dies, their has started. And
And then collectively for all of humanity and
all of creation, this world will inevitably end.
And then there's the afterlife.
And then we will face
reckoning,
accounting
for whether or not we fulfilled
our purse.
And then Allah also tells us that by
the way,
there will be people, there will be things
that will distract us from our purpose.
Do not be distracted by them. Do not
be deterred by them. Do not be confused
by
them. Remember your purse.
And then Allah
through Musa alaihi salam teaches us this very
beautiful and remarkable lesson.
What's in your right hand?
Musa Islam responds.
It's my stop.
I'm a shepherd.
That's your job, not your purpose.
And the stick, he says, has a function.
It might have a function,
but that's not its purpose.
That I knocked down leaves from the trees,
I use it to shepherd my animals,
a function.
But he describes it as
this is what this stick is for.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, no, everything in
existence
is
Every single thing in this world is a
sign.
A sign of the greatness and the oneness
of Allah. That's its purpose.
While it might have many functions,
but we can't confuse function with purpose.
And then Allah tells Musa alaihis salam,
throw the stuff down.
When he threw it down, it became a
huge snake, a serpent.
It became a serpent
moving rapidly.
Now again, a
snake has a function.
But Allah
says focus on the purpose here.
Grab the live snake,
the serpent.
And don't be afraid.
We'll return it back to its original form
and state.
And that's exactly what happened. Musa alaihi wa
sallam grabs the snake by the head.
Mentions that he grabs it by the head
and immediately becomes a staff again.
And then Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, take
your hand and place it
under your
arm and then pull it out and it
was glowing
miraculously.
Another sign.
We are showing you our remarkable miraculous signs.
Why?
So that you understand and then you can
take signs
to go fulfill your purpose.
That go to
because he has crossed the line. He has
lost his mind
and go check him.
Preach to him. Call him. And if all
else fails, then you check him. That's your
purpose.
Our purpose
is great.
It's noble.
It's remarkable.
It just can't simply be. I'm talking to
myself here. My purpose can't just simply be
that I earn a few dollars and I
spend that.
My purpose can't just simply be
even relationships.
They are sacred. Allah mentions in the Quran
But again, it's not a relationship for the
sake of a relationship.
It is Allah's
right and his command that we see in
the relationship.
We honor our father why?
Because the father has been made the middle
gate of paradise and the pleasure of my
Lord is in the pleasure of my father.
We honor our we cherish our mothers.
Why?
Because paradise lies under their feet.
We fulfill the rights of our spouse.
Why?
Because the prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam said, every
act of kindness towards one spouse is a
sadaqah that brings you the reward and the
pleasure of Allah.
We raise and nurture our children. Why?
Because
every single thing that we do for our
children,
and a perpetual reward that will bring us
and earn us the pleasure of Allah,
purpose.
And so
from the story of Musa alaihi wasalam, we're
inspired to understand
that we need to live for a higher
purpose
To obey Allah, to worship Allah,
to serve Allah,
to believe in Allah,
to fulfill to to uplift humanity,
to show them the beauty of Islam,
to demonstrate
how remarkable
this way of life is,
to achieve justice
and help the oppressed.
This is what we call purpose. And Allah
reminds us of that purpose here.
So we ask and we pray and we
beg that may Allah allow us to live
a life of purpose.
And may Allah
forgive us for our negligence in the past.
And may
Allah never allow us to lose our purpose
in life.