Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Knowing Allah through the Qur’an
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The importance of learning the Quran and the meaning of "the source of light" to increase one's understanding of Islam is emphasized in a series of conversations and emphasizing the need for practice and respect for Allah. The speakers stress the importance of reading and researching the Quran, while also emphasizing the need for more practice in practicing and reading. The importance of reading and researching the Quran is also highlighted, as it is crucial to reflect on the message. The conversation then shifts to reciting the Prophet's words and the importance of listening to the Bible.
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One of our great Muhaddith, one of our great Hadith scholars, he says
that mercy does not come faster to anyone as it does to the one who
listens to the Quran. If you listen to the Quran, Allah
subhanaw taala sends down mercy because there's another Hadith
which says that when people sit and discuss the Quran, the angels
surround them. There's Sakina which comes upon them and Allah
mentioned them. So anyway in this particular lady Prasad is saying
that mercy if you want mercy from Allah, listen to the Quran.
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her moon, so my dear brothers and dear listeners hamdulillah so we
speak a lot about reading the Quran, and people know the virtues
of Li of reading the Quran. Today what I want to speak to you about
is the virtues of listening to the Quran, and how to listen to the
Quran. What is the other way of listening to the Quran or the
etiquette of listening to the Quran? How the Sahaba used to
listen to the Quran and what their states used to be. All of this is
discussed by Sheikh Mohammed Khalid al Husseini, who was one of
the great corpora of Egypt in his book called Mile Quran Al Karim,
which is with the Quran with the Noble Quran. So
Imam Latham new Sadd Imam Latham Messiah was one of our great,
great debate in
and one of our great Muhaddith one of our great Hadith scholars, he
says that mercy does not come faster to anyone as it does to the
one who listens to the Quran. If you listen to the Quran, Allah
subhanho wa Taala sends down mercy because there's another Hadith
which says that when people sit and discuss the Quran, the angels
surround them. There's so Sakina which comes upon them and Allah
mentioned them. So anyway, in this particular laypeople, Saudis
saying that mercy, if you want mercy from Allah, listen to the
Quran.
Why?
He takes this from a verse that I recited at the beginning Allah
subhanho wa Taala says in Surah, two Raf 204 He says, when the
Quran is recited, listen attentively, and be silent so that
you may be given Merci, that's where he takes it from whenever
the Quran is being recited. If the Imams OB is reciting the Quran, or
anywhere else, so you're listening to Quran at home or in your car.
Make sure you listen carefully.
And if you can learn the meaning and really understand and reflect
over that, then you will be given mercy. There's mercy that descends
because of that. Now, there's another verse in spiritual unfurl
the second verse of sorbitol and fall Allah subhanaw taala says, in
mineral arena either Akira Allahu wa Jalla Kulu whom were either
totally at adding him to who's the tomb Iman Oh Allah or be him yet
our karoun true believers are those whose hearts tremble
with or when Allah is mentioned.
Whenever Allah is mentioned, the true believers are those whose
hearts become they start trembling with respect. You know, whenever
you see, and you come across something that you respect,
whether it be an individual, whether it be a great scholar,
there's a change that overcomes a person. If you've got respect, if
you have respect for that person, then you suddenly feel humble. And
you're in all that's what's supposed to happen when the Quran
is being recited and when Allah is mentioned, because Allah is
awesome. Then Allah says, and true believers, those whose faith
increases when his revelations are recited to them whenever the Quran
is recited, our Eman increases, and then they put their trust in
Allah. How do you put your trust in Allah by listening to the
Quran? If you lack trust in Allah or you don't know how to trust
Allah, it's because we don't know Allah. When we read the Quran with
meaning, then what happens is that we learn about Allah, we learn
more about Allah, who Allah is, how he's in control of everything,
and how everything is in his power, how he is the only one who
can do whatever. And he can. He's the only one who can give us
whatever we want. Then we have our code.
So by listening to the Quran and learning the Quran, the Tawakkol
increases. So as I as I've mentioned before, what we
encourage people to do especially in
Ramadan is that you're reading Quran, but at least at least one
page a day, read with meaning so that you can reflect over it. You
could read your Jews to Jews, five Jews, however much you want
hamdulillah but at least read one or two pages with meaning. Because
then you get an access to what Allah is telling you. And then you
get all of these additional benefits. Because when you listen
all of these things will happen to you learn about Allah, your love
will increase, you will get to know Allah you can only love
someone if you know more about them. And the reason we don't know
enough about Allah and thus we can't love Allah more than
anything else is because we sometimes don't know what we're
reading. So keep on reading, but also read with the meaning at
least a bit.
So that insha Allah this can happen and believe me the Quran is
such that it will make your heart tremble if you know what it means
you will be standing in salah the Imam will be reading and they will
be crying you can't help it. Once you know the meaning and you focus
the the meaning share Khalil who said he says that the meaning of
hearts trembling what does that mean? It means that they have fear
and they become agitated. Which moves them to then act because
they feel like okay, after Salat, I'm going to do that I've been
doing wrong.
Allah is telling me not to do it. So Allah is telling me to do this.
I'm going to do this inspires you to do these things and you will
find peace in it. Allah subhanho wa Taala in Surah Zoomer, Allah
says in verse 23, Allah Hoonah Zilla accidental Hadith Nikita
moto shabby hum Metha Annie, taco share a room in who julu la Rena
Yaksha Hoonah rob the home. So Magdaleno julu Houma, Kulu, whom
ala the Quran,
Allah has sent down the most beautiful of all teachings,
a scripture a book that is consistent, meaning you're not not
going to find any conflicts in the Quran. If you read here or read
there is nothing conflicting with one another. And it draws many
comparisons. Allah provides multiple comparisons in the Quran
gives you many examples to make us understand things. For example, He
says, haven't you seen the rain? When Allah showers the rain down,
there was a land that was totally desolate and barren. Allah sends
down the rain and suddenly you see mashallah, this amazing crops and
field down there afterwards. And then Allah subhanaw taala mentions
how Allah will get your heart to become inspired, and multiple
examples like that. And we need to learn from these examples. Then
Allah says that
Allah has sent down the scripture that is consistent and draws
comparison that causes the skins of those who are in awe of the
Lord to quiver. That's our same does our skin quiver when we
listen to the Quran? If it does, then it means that we are the
people that Allah subhanaw taala is talking about that means we
have respect for Allah, the due respect how much it should be,
then their skins and their heart soften a dimension of Allah.
Does anybody think that they are hard hearted, that they are harsh?
There's a lot of people that actually proud of the fact they
said, This is how I'm born. This is how my family is. I can't
change and they take pride in their harshness. It's okay to be
strategically harsh or hard when you're when you're trying to get
work done. But to be harsh by nature, is a problem. Gentleness
is what Allah wants. And the Hadith mentions that anybody who's
deprived of gentleness, they've been deprived of all good. So a
lot of people are narcissists. They are arrogant people they
always heard and they always think they're right. And how do they
change? Well, volunteer voluntarily, they can change by
reflecting on the Quran. I've seen people who are very hard, may
Allah protect us. They didn't change. And then what made them
change was a illness. They became very sick. Now, because of that,
you see, suddenly they start being so humble with everyone.
Totally changed person for 50 years, 40 years of their life.
They're hard. Like, you know that they're hard people, you just
can't deal with them. They make everything difficult, stubborn,
arrogant, and then suddenly they stop being very humble. What
happened? Illness, we don't want that. We don't want illness to
wake us up. We want the Quran to wake us up. So start reading the
Quran all of us whether you're hard or soft, it makes we need to
read the Quran.
Now even though I Buster the Allahu Allah narrates that the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said A multiplied reward
meaning multiple rewards.
So our little brothers you guys listen to the Quran, right? Do you
know what reward you get for listening to the Quran? Do you
enjoy listening to certain carries? Have you got a call?
On cube, okay, so, if you listen, a multiplied reward is recorded
for whoever listens to even a verse of the book of Allah.
Whoever recites a verse from the book of Allah, it will become a
light for them on the Day of Resurrection. Imam Muhammad has
related this Abdullah Gomez ruder the Allahu Anhu says the messenger
of allah sallallahu alayhi salam said.
So once I do live demos, so these are Sahabi are the Allah Juan, the
Prophet sallahu Salam is there and he says to him read. He told
Abdullah Abdul Masuda Dion to read the Quran. This is really amazing.
So are the lawsuit said
your Rasul Allah, you want me to recite, even though it was
revealed to you? Why do you want me to recite for
the Prophet sallallahu sallam said, Yes, I love to listen to it
from someone other than myself. ajeeb that the Prophet SAW Selim
is receiving the Quran recited he gives it to everyone now he wants
to listen to it from someone because he said that's what I
want. So then, Abdullah Masuda the Allah and said I recited Surah
Nisa, Allahu Akbar i started reciting Surah Nisa until I
reached the verse for K for either jitna mu.
Misha he didn't watch it, because
Isha he, this is relevant to the Prophet salallahu Salam, how will
it be when we bring a witness from each community, each OMA and we
bring you as a witness against these people. Now the prophets are
awesome. He said, That's enough. That's enough. When I looked up at
him,
I saw that his eyes were flowing with tears.
The Prophet Salas and became overwhelmed he said that's enough
he started crying at listening to someone as this is a Hadith of
Bukhari and Muslim
imam No, we can't comment on this hadith he says, what we can learn
from this one Hadith is simple Hadith, right? Is there are many
teachings here. One is the recommendation of listening
attentively to the Quran. Why did the Prophet saw some cry because
he was listening attentively. He knew the meaning he understood
what was going on.
Number two to cry when you listen to the ground. This is a sunnah
the Prophet saw some cried when listening to the Quran, it's a
sunnah to cry, may Allah allow us to cry, and then to reflect upon
it. Because this verse was relevant to the verse on that the
prophecy last time is going to be brought as a witness. So that's
when he he started crying. It also indicates the recommendations of
others to recite so that you can listen to it. So one is you they
say that reciting the Quran is superior to listening to it.
Because you're reading, you're hearing, right? It's more now when
you listen, you only hear, but sometimes they say that when you
listen, you can reflect more than when you're reading, because when
you're reading, you have to be focused on what you're reading. Am
I reading correctly? And you know, am I getting it right? When you're
listening, you just relax and just listen and just absorb and be
inspired. That's why some say that's better. But the other view
is that reading is better, because it includes listening as well,
however, to listen is more easy to reflect that if you know the
meaning, Before, we used to have these recordings with the Arabic
plus translation, Arabic and translation. Now you can get this
on the screen. So it's a good idea. If you want to listen to a
query that the translation is playing there as well. There's
lots of ways to do it. Of course, if you know Arabic, it's even
better because when you understand it directly, that's the most
superior thing.
The point of a lecture is to encourage people to act to get
further an inspiration, and encouragement, persuasion. The
next step is to actually start learning seriously, to read books
to take on a subject of Islam and to understand all the subjects of
Islam at least at the basic level, so that we can become more aware
of what our deen wants from us. And that's why we started Rayyan
courses so that you can actually take organize lectures on demand
whenever you have free time, especially for example, the
Islamic essentials course that we have on there, the Islamic
essentials certificate which you take 20 Short modules and at the
end of that inshallah you will have gotten the basics of most of
the most important topics in Islam and you will feel a lot more
confident. You don't have to leave lectures behind you can continue
to live, you know to listen to lectures, but you need to have
this more sustained study as well as local law here and Salam
aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.