Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Paradise is Only Through His Mercy [Hikam 170]
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this. It requires a bit of exposition to understand it
better. But this is what he says. He says, Allah knew the servants
would anticipate the emergence of the mystery of providence in
themselves. He knew that servants would anticipate the emergence of
the mystery of providence in themselves. So then he said, he
chooses whom He pleases for His mercy in the Quran. That's what
Allah said. And he knew that had he left them at that, they would
have abandoned all efforts by relying on the eternal. So he
said, Surely the Mercy of Allah is close to the doers of good that
for is complicated, it's not so easy to understand that.
So essentially, what's happening here is that Allah subhanaw taala,
knows in his infinite knowledge from before, who is going to be
receiving His mercy, and who's not going to be receiving His mercy.
And he knows that because his knowledge encompasses everything
that will occur,
that has occurred, and that will occur in the future. For him, it's
all the same. For us, it happens in time, we have a past and
there's a future to come. And there's a present for Allah
subhanho wa taala, he sees it all,
from eternity. And that's something we're never going to
understand. Just like, if I'm to try to listen to two people at
once, I can listen to I can concentrate on one person, if
there's two people trying to speak to me, it's going to be very
difficult for me to concentrate on both of them at once. If there's
three people trying to say something to me, I'm gonna get
lost. But Allah subhanaw taala, he hears
everything at this point that's being said.
And if you were to take it further, from eternity, he can
hear everything that has ever been said. And that will ever be said,
including what's being said now, at once. It's just this motor is
just we can't even understand we can't even comprehend that. That's
Allah subhanaw. Taala has infinite self. So Allah knows what we're
going to do with our free will, we're going to end up either
receiving is Rama, or either not receiving Rama, may Allah not make
us of those based on our choices, everybody makes their own choices,
and thus, they're rewarded, and they could be punished, and so on.
So it relates to that aspect. Now, the idea here in general is saying
that if people were to know that, I'm just giving you a brief
example, I'm just going to give you a brief summary of this if
people to were to know that they are of this group,
the ones who are going to receive the bounty of Allah subhanaw
taala, then they could become complacent, or I'm gonna get there
anyway. It makes no difference.
For example, there's a statement which say is that Allah loved
aroma Radi Allahu Anhu even when he had not yet become a Muslim,
because Allah knew his ending, that eventually he will become a
Muslim with his choice, and that's what he's going to be. So Allah
subhanaw taala had love from him from from eternity, that way Allah
subhanaw taala deals with thing because time applies to us, but
not to Allah subhanaw taala so had we known about what's going to
happen and that we are going to be the fortunate ones. We're going to
be under the Mercy of Allah. Then we'd say well, there's not really
much sometimes we'd get lazy and just say we don't we're gonna go
there anyway, we've got a ticket anyway, why do you have to bother
about it? We
Got a ticket anyway, we know he's going to pass us anyway. That kind
of a thing you know, when you know that somebody's going to, don't
worry, I'll do something for you so you don't make enough of an
effort.
So that will lead to complacency.
So then what should we do? Should we just keep focusing on deeds
deeds deeds, said No, that's wrong as well. You shouldn't just focus
on doing deeds. That's not good enough, either. That's a bit
strange. Why should we focus on deeds? Isn't that what we've been
told that you must focus on deeds, that you should focus on doing as
many good deeds as possible, because good deeds, they bring
reward with them, they, they, they they essentially have reward that
comes with them, and they please Allah subhanaw taala now that's
not good enough, don't focus just on the deeds, do the deeds, for
sure, do the deeds, but also focus on the mercy of Allah subhanaw
taala
the deeds are just a sign that Allah subhanaw taala
That's the sign that Allah subhanaw taala has good things in
store, that if we are doing good, and we're interested in good and
we are inclined towards the good, and we're willing to spend time
for the good, then that's just a sign that we are, it looks like
we're going in that right direction, but deeds on their own,
don't do anything. It's Allah subhanaw taala has mercy and His
choice and his benevolence and his gift that takes a person into
paradise.
Now, of course, if Allah subhanaw taala didn't have a grace on
anyone, they would not do the deeds. So what do you mean them?
Well, when we do the deeds, we do it for the sake of Allah. But we
always hope that is Allah who is going to forgive us we had wisdom,
one of the previous wisdoms that it is he who is constantly veiling
us from the defects. And He's forgiving so much more than had he
wanted to deal with us with justice for every little mistake,
then we will not survive. Our prayers are deficient, because we
don't, I mean, it's difficult to remember Allah subhanaw taala
throughout the prayer in every second of that prayer.
So this is now the way it is explained in more detail briefly.
That's essentially what he says. This is how he, this is how it has
been explained. So when Allah subhanho wa Taala has mentioned,
both in the Quran
and through the messages, that the basis for success
is
the basis for success and everything. And that Allah
subhanaw taala knows what we're going to end up doing and end up
reaching which state we're going to end up reaching. So Allah
subhanaw taala has had that he's has all of this written. So
essentially, everything that we do, goes in accordance to what is
written, and what Allah has written. He's written it in a
descriptive fashion because he knows what we're going to do. So
he wrote, Musa is going to do X, Y and Zed things. And Zubair is
going to be doing this and Helios is going to be doing this with his
freewill. So what we do now goes in accordance to what he wrote
because he knew what we were going to do. He's not prescribing upon
us. It's not prescriptive, it's actually descriptive. Right? So
now, whoever,
whoever has been written to be of the fortunate ones,
Furman sever, Kotla, who Inaya whoever Allah subhanaw taala has
special grace will be upon because he's going to do good deeds
eventually, right?
He may start, he may end up doing some sins.
Those sins are then not harmful.
Don't get this wrong, it doesn't mean that he can do sins because
he doesn't know that he's going to be one of the lucky ones. So how
can you do sins and say, I'm one of the lucky ones. It's okay, I
can do this since just saying this is actually giving hope to those
people who have sinned, but want to turn their life around and want
to be of those who will receive the special bounties of Allah and
the grace and go to paradise.
Right now, none of us know that. We can only hope for it, and
there's enough room there.
There's enough room in paradise, there's enough room under the
Grace of Allah. So there is nothing stopping anyone except
one's own self, except one's own limitation for whatever reason. So
this is to say that if you have done wrong, that wrong will not
harm you, because then you would make Toba, you would repent, and
then you'd be of the good people.
So it's in the long run. It's the discussion is there. Allah
subhanaw taala makes it very clear that this is not for everyone. You
mentioned many verses in the Quran, Allah subhanho wa Taala
says that if Allah willed, He could have made everybody on the
same thought, same ideology, same belief, worshipping Allah subhanaw
taala
That could have been a different design of this world though.
That's where you have to understand why didn't Allah do
that? There's people who ask, Why didn't Allah just let everybody
stay in paradise? I mean, why don't we just go back there?
You know, if you want to ask these questions, why is there this in
this world? Why is it that in this world, why don't we just say, Why
didn't Allah subhanho wa Taala Liva? The mighty salmon, how are
you? I'm in paradise. Now we could have been there by now. That's
where we would have been. In fact, that's where we would have been.
That's not what he wanted to do. He decided to do it differently.
For whatever reason, I'm not going to go on questioning why he did
that, because this is our reality. Now, how can you change that?
So Allah subhanho wa Taala has mentioned that look, some of you
are going to be successful. If you make your effort and some of you
are going to fail, if you don't make an effort, some people, Allah
subhanaw taala chooses them for that because Allah says in surah
Ali Imran verse 74, Yata subarea Rahmatullahi Mejia SHA, Allah
particularize. This particularly singles out some people for His
mercy. So now people know that there's going to be some people
who there's a special club, whom Allah subhanaw taala is going to
give a special gifts to special bounties to I want to be part of
that. Well, if you want to be part of that, then you have to do X, Y
and Zed and you have to avoid X, Y and Zed.
All of it is clear, isn't it? Now if Allah subhanaw taala had told
us of it, they would and we would know for some reason that oh, we
are going to be in that special in that special area. And among that
special group, that is possible that we may just not do any deeds.
Do you think the prophets Allah loves them, he was the most
special of people.
And he was actually told clearly, healthier Allah Kamata, cardamom
in the MC palmata. For you, everything has been forgiven. Like
even if you did commit a sin, it's forgiven. Even if you did commit a
sin and were to commit a sin, it would be forgiven of the Prophet
Solomon was told that, but did his state change. His state didn't
change. In fact, he even tried more to be thankful. That's what
you call a grateful servant. You have some people who when you give
them what they're looking for, then they basically just enjoy
that thing, and they forget about you. Whereas there's others who
are so thankful that actually you can tell that they're thankful.
And that's the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to stand for
those long periods of nightmare, Allah give us some kind of Tofik
to do something similar to that. So that's the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, he never just relied on the fact that he was to
be forgiven, and that he was going to be successful. But he actually
then made himself out to be properly the slave of Allah,
because he knows that that's why he's getting it. He is the
greatest slave of Allah, that's where he's going to have the
greatest reward. And that's why he's been also actually told and
informed and given a guarantee and security. None of us are given
that that security I mean, imagine if any of us are told that for you
is all forgiveness. You are forgiven anyway.
I mean, the shaytaan comes in tell some people that so Abdul Qadir
jeelani Rahim Allah, once he saw a light, it says, He saw a vision.
And it said, Your Abdulkadir I am your Lord. And I am saying that I
have absorbed all the prayers of you. You don't have to pray
anymore.
Now imagine if you heard that. Imagine if we heard that.
Like, okay, that's not bad. Must be special. What's going on? Now?
He's an alum. And you know that this doesn't happen.
There is no I mean, only women get praise absolved of them during
their monthly cycles. Men do not get that. It's only if you for 24
hours or over. If you're in a coma or something, then your prayers
are forgiven. Otherwise, men do not get that. It's only women who
get that. Right. But not forever. Obviously. He said, You're a liar.
You are shaytaan he immediately figured out how can that happen?
It hasn't happened to anybody else. Why would it happen to
before he wasn't deluded?
So then the shaytaan turns around and says, or whatever this thing
was, it says, you have been saved by your knowledge.
Now that was a second
return.
You've been saved by your knowledge that sounds good. He is
saved by his knowledge. But no, his thought is higher than that.
Says No, Allah save me not my knowledge.
It's Allah who saved me because at the end of the day, that knowledge
is from Allah. And to make that knowledge work. Allah can only
make
At work, you may have knowledge but you may forget it at that
point you justify something so many times it's people with
knowledge who justify a deed, justify wrong deed even though
they've got Oh, it's because of this I'm justified to do it
because I'm in this
specific situation or there's a justification for it. No, Allah
subhanaw taala saved me and then that thing fizzled out and
whatever it was, that that is why Allah subhanaw taala says in
Naramata Allah He Kariba Middlemore sinning Allah's Mercy
is always close to the doers of good.
Allah's Mercy is always close to to do so good. Now let's move on.
The mercy that is discussed here, some Allah ma say that what this
refers to this mercy is the fact that Allah subhanaw taala knows
these people to be the successful ones, the fortunate ones, that
eventually they're gonna go to Paradise because of the good deeds
that will overcome the good deeds that will dominate their life.
Mashallah, some people are good deeds have dominated their life
throughout, right? Like, there's some scholars and he said that
I've never committed a sin. Like some scholars can actually even
say that it was such a protected, they were in such a protected
environment, they were very particular, they were brought up
in that way that they could actually say that I've never
committed a sin. That is so difficult. That is so difficult
for us to say, right today, right? Allahu Akbar. So this mercy
according to some Allah, ma say, the mercy which is always close to
those people who are the doers of good, this is referring to the
mercy that Allah subhanaw taala knows they're going to be good.
And thus, he has already designated Paradise, and Rama and
gifts and bounties and everything for him.
So these people, they continue to do good deeds, they don't get
deluded, they try their best, like the Prophet sallallahu Sallam is
the biggest example. So really strange idea, that this mercy,
which is that Allah has written that person to be among the doers
of good in the here, you know, and the successful ones in the
Hereafter, the Mercy means that this person will continue to do
good deeds.
He won't slack in the good deeds, that's the mercy.
So if Allah subhanaw taala knows that we're going to be doing that
Allah gives us that special mercy as well. Essentially, what that
means to me is that if I make an effort in the right direction,
Allah is going to assist me with his mercy.
That's the good part. You know, the difference between a manual
bike the normal bike that we've had for decades, and the new
electric bikes is that even in the electric ones, you have to pedal,
right a bit. The other ones, you pedal a lot, and the only pedal
and there's nothing else that happens. But in the electric
bikes, if you've ridden them, you pedal a bit, and then it just
starts going by itself. And I think that's the same thing here.
Allah wants us to do that initial, He's given us an electric bike,
you guys tried an electric bike, you may not even have an idea.
Right? Essentially, in the other one, you have to like, try hard
and change the gears and but in electric bike, you just have to
pedal a bit and then it takes over. And you pay a pedal a bit,
and then it takes over and it just does most of the job. I think it's
about 20% Yours, your efforts and about 80% the battery in there as
long as the battery is charged. That's what he's saying. It's a
similar idea, right? If we try there's going to be an initial
struggle, but once you're on the road, then Allah will assist.
That's why the Hadith says very clearly if you come to Allah
walking Allah comes to you running he just wants an excuse to give he
wants an excuse to give.
Now we can't expect not to do anything and then the bounties
just showered upon us and we just become, you know, people who
performed the hedge every day there's an effort to make, there's
a mindset that has to be changed. May Allah subhanaw taala make that
easy for us. Anybody who thinks that they are written is good and
Subhanallah there are deluded there are absolutely deluded
people out there who think they're going to paradise.
They said they've seen signs, they've seen a dream. They've seen
some some crazy things once this woman called me and she she was
married to this guy who she said is like a woody of Allah said,
Okay, what's the problem? Then? I said, Well, the issue is that, you
know, we got into drugs. We got into a lot of other stuff, but
he's still only of Allah.
And he apparently it was a bit of a crazy story The family had
contacted me to say that our sister has been overcome by this
guy, and she's completely deluded and so on and the delusion there
was that she thought he's a big worry of Allah yet they're doing
drugs and all sorts of stuff. Like not just drugs, a lot of other
stuff. I don't even mention it. But she's a no he's so pious. He's
he sees this he sees that just absolute fascination and obsession
with something even though the apparent state is
Sending you something else? I hope I got through to him like this
cannot be a Willie of Allah. Yes What do you have Allah's can make
mistakes, but they don't make mistakes for too long. They fall
and they get up, people fall, but we get up you make a mistake. You
do Toba and you carry on, when you stay down for a very long time,
then that we lie it doesn't sound like we lie. To me. That doesn't
sound like friendship with Allah subhanaw taala.
That doesn't sound like friendship with Allah subhanaw taala. So
that's why you cannot think that I'm sorted and leave action that
is absolute deception. That doesn't work for anyone. On the
other hand, the person who just focuses on action without asking
Allah subhanaw taala assistance without hoping in Allah's mercy,
that person is also
ignorant of Allah. That person is ignorant of Allah. He doesn't
understand that that is not the way Allah wants it. He doesn't
Allah doesn't want us to just focus on action. Allah wants to
feel our attention to him, because that's really why we do the deeds
of Kimi Salah telepathically established prayer for my
remembrance, not for anything else not to show us proof that I've
done all I've done all of these prayers. Why can't you let me go
to paradise? The prayer was supposed to be for me that prayer
was supposed to get you closer to Allah.
And the beauty of this book is that that's what it does. Each of
these aphorisms, they help us to understand Allah subhanaw taala
better, they give us these little openings and these little secrets
as to how Allah subhanaw taala relates to us.
So that's why constantly remember Allah subhanaw taala Allah
subhanho wa Taala wants us to remember him when we have a
difficulty
that we're doing so but Allah subhanaw taala knows he's taking
care of me. And when we have prosperity
at home, when good things happen, you've got some new fruits, you've
got some good foods, you've just enjoyed a meal. Write some other
success. Tell the children as well, where did this come from?
Have you thanked Allah subhanaw taala
it's only when children start feeding these things in their
life, that Allah will become part of their life.
I give you an example. There's a family where pretty much everybody
has glasses. So the mother told the daughter because the mother
has glasses. The father has glasses, the older son has
glasses, told the daughter that just be become 1213 years old and
you're gonna have glasses. Well, that's what the mother said.
Right? Thinking just the norm. This daughter started to make dua.
Nobody knew that is she standing this later. So she makes she's now
the only one in that family who does not have glasses. her two
younger brothers after that have glasses as well, or need glasses.
She's the only one who doesn't mean the whole family. And she
said because when mum said this to me, when my mum said this to me, I
started making dua.
Now,
that is the presence of Allah in your mind. That's the Presence of
Allah in your life that worked for you, Allah worked for you. I just
had a discussion with this 1718 year old girl who has issues
brought up in a Muslim family but has issues. Question is, why do
you believe? Like, because I felt Allah so many times. I feel Allah,
why should I go anywhere else? Why should I go and check out another
religion? Because I'm getting everything that I want. So almost
like they should be an inquiry you should check. Why should you
check? Why put yourself up to confusion? You're happy with what
you have. It's working for you.
Somebody called me from California once said that. My father, he's
had to be in he had some issue. He had to be in prison. Now he's out.
But he can't get a job because
it's, you know, his because of his conviction. He's finding it tough
to get a job. In fact, what happens is that he sometimes goes
for interview. And
so on the phone, it's fine. When they have a phone interview, when
he goes in, then he loses the job because he also has a big beard.
Right He also has a decent beard. So now this poor daughter of his
the adults they're asking that can can easily allow the asking the
question as we have that is he allowed to trim his beard to a
short. So I don't know I just said no, you can't. Right You shouldn't
do that. That's not that's really against the understanding of the
jurist of how a beard should be. And I said, do this. I gave him
something to read this many times.
and left it to Allah, I get an email from her about. I didn't
expect this from you know, people call you a few weeks later, just
wanted to mention to you that
that's what my father did, we started reading that, and he got a
job and a very good job. Very soon afterwards, then we had a relative
who had immigration issues, we gave them that thing, they pass
that that formula on to them. And he said, The immigration thing was
just sorted. Cycle hamdulillah that's nicer, these people are
going to be very strong in their faith.
Because they've used these things to for it is worked for them. That
doesn't mean that you know, because sometimes Allah may not
give you, right, but Allah will give you when you try, Allah gives
you if you do the right things, and everything comes in motion,
that experience is the best experience with Allah subhanaw
taala.
But Allah, you have to show the effort, right? He, he carried on
and he persevered. He persevered. And he carried on. And there's so
many stories like this, I mean, there's numerous stories like
this.
And another person just contacted me said that they had a video of
that of their child.
They took a like a memorable video and it was like the most beloved
video to them. It's like the most liked video, like you know, when
you take a certain picture or video or whatever you have, like,
wow, that's really good. That came up very good, you know, you're
very emotionally attached to it, basically lost it. So they
couldn't find it. It was just gone.
And said suddenly, two years later, I think it was two or four
years later, my sister she says, sent me a WhatsApp message. And he
said, I found this video in an external hard drive or external
memory I had, you know, maybe you'll remember this and she said
that was the exact same video. I had not told anybody that I would.
I was really looking forward to that.
And Allah subhanaw taala brought it there for me.
Allah subhanho wa Taala works in some amazing ways, always behind
the veil, though, nothing will pop up. Right just out of nothing. It
always happen. But that's the Presence of Allah subhanho wa
taala.
And we really, really need to bring this home, we really need to
speak about Allah subhanaw taala in the house, in everything,
attribute everything to him. Tell the children to ask Allah subhanaw
taala that's the only way we're going to make Allah a reality. And
that's the only way our children in sha Allah will feel ALLAH
SubhanA wa Tada and grow up with that idea with the love of Allah
subhanho wa Taala it is completely wrong just to keep focusing on
action. Yes, we must do the action while we're doing the action.
We're doing it for the sake of Allah. Allah has to be part of the
action. actions cannot be without Allah subhanaw taala there's no
they're empty, they're devoid. It's the real spirit of an action
is the sincerity the focus on Allah and the purpose for Allah
subhanaw taala that's why he says, Well minister the ill Amel
doing nothing real Qudra tea will machete Serbia kafir hija, hidden,
buried, and in hydrati Raffin. Whoever relies upon his deeds,
without even focusing on the Quran of Allah, or Allah is choice Allah
has previous decisions, Allah has knowledge and so on. Then that
person is absolutely ignorant and very far from the presence of
Allah and completely
clueless woman Gemma Sabina, Huma, but the one who combines between
the two who does the deeds, his gaze is on Allah. And he knows
that Allah knows everything and he hopes for the best from Allah.
Then for her Mohawk pecan caramel, that person is the one who has it
right? He's reached the perfection May Allah give us that may Allah
give us that combination.
Some of the one of the scholars said he said Lisa coolamon Palava
nada, not everybody who will seek not everybody who seeks will
attain what are called Lumina, Allah wa Salah and neither Some
may attain something, but they may not reach the goal, they may
attain something but they may not reach the goal. Some people may
reach the goal, and they may comprehend the reality
and eventually they will become fortunate, but not everybody that
happens to it's an effort that we make to get to Allah subhanaw
taala
That's why they say, Come minhwa hidden hoody mominul Mina be Mina,
how many the who spend so much money and get to Mina
or Arafa for that matter, and then they lose Arafa Amina. They don't
get the benefit of it because they
They get involved in a fight with somebody, they get involved with
something else, they just not focused, yet they've got to Minar.
What it says is that we must make that efforts, and there's a
certain threshold you get to. And then it just becomes easier after
that. It just facilitates and just gets easier. I don't know if
you've had this experience with anything else as well, where it
was just so difficult, some worldly difficulty, right, it was
just so difficult to do this. And then suddenly, everything just
becomes easier the next day.
I've had these cases where there's a project I've got, whether that's
to do with publishing or something else, and it's just difficult. You
don't even feel like doing it. You know, sometimes, this is a
procrastination thing that people, they've got two tasks, one is
difficult one, one is easy, and they keep doing the easy ones.
They keep putting off the difficult tasks.
Now, one thing that I would suggest to people is that if
you've got a difficult task, make dua to Allah subhanaw taala. To
make it easy, you'd be surprised. Sometimes I'm banging my head
about something and I just can't figure it out. It's a really
complicated issue. You go for salad, like the last time you go
for salad, you make $1 make that easy. You come back and
Subhanallah it's so easy. Like, how did that resolve that? So
almost like, there's a knot that's just been untied and it becomes
easy.
Try it, do it experiences.
And it's amazing. May Allah subhanaw taala. Let's see what
Sheikh Abdullah can go. He says about this, see if it's, I mean,
does this make sense? Now I'm going to read it again. He knew
that servants would anticipate the emergence of the mystery of
providence in themselves. So he said he chooses whom He pleases
for His mercy. They were told that some people are going to be the
lucky ones. Right? So he chooses who he pleases for His mercy for
those lucky ones. And he knew that had he left them at that, if he
had told them about that, and left them at that, then they would have
abandoned all efforts by relying on the eternal decree. I'm sorted
anyway, I've got a I've got a place I've got a seat. So he said,
Surely the Mercy of Allah is close to the doers of good, which means
that as we continue to try that mercy will continue to be with us.
And the good deeds that we will do with a focus on Allah subhanaw
taala is part of the Mercy of Allah subhanho wa taala. This is
what Sheikh Abdullah can go, he says, The Mercy of Allah Most High
is of two kinds. The general mercy and the special mercy is the
general mercy that everybody gets. And there's a very special package
that some people get, right, there's a general package
everybody can have. And there's general mercy is for the entire
creation. That's a package anybody can have right? By virtue of this
general mercy, He bestowed existence on everyone and
everything. That's the mercy for Allah to be have mercy been
merciful. He's allowed everybody to be in this world, as well as
sustaining them until an appointed time.
Even the deny and the disbeliever they receive sustenance, food
drink. That's all from Allah subhanaw taala as general mercy,
this mercy is not restricted to any particular being but extends
to all things, animals, and everything else in the world. This
Allah Most it tells us that His mercy embraces all things. This is
the mercy of creation and sustenance, this is the general
mercy. The special mercy then is his proximity and grace. Is
closeness. Its basis is Divine Will, why does he do that? Who
does he give it to? It's his will, whoever he wants to give it to. He
bestows this special mercy on whomever he wills without any
intermediate cause.
I believe that if you do good, your children will benefit.
Right? That's an experience people have had. If our grandparents have
done good, I mean, I think I am what I am because of my
grandparents, my, my, my parents, my grandparents and somebody up
there. I think I've got some draw from someone. I'm sure you know,
there's a lot of people who feel that way. If there's goodness it's
because of something like that. So if there's not been if you can't
find any goodness in your family will be a creator of the goodness
for the next generations. Can we not do that?
I don't have any goodness in my family. My was this and my
grandfather, maybe somebody's gonna say well change the story.
Turn it around. Be the good one for your generations because you
have responsibility. Everybody that your children and
grandchildren are going to come from you you are going to be their
grandpa grandparents. So you can change it. Don't let it carry on
like that if you feel bad about it.
So he says that
He bestows this special mercy on whomever he was without any
intermediate cause by directing special mercy to a person He
bestows His proximity to his closest to him. The shakier refers
to this special mercy in his in Allah's eternal knowledge, Allah
Maha say was aware that people would be desirous of this special
mercy. They desire that the mysteries and secrets of this
special mercy be revealed to them. He is explaining it a bit
differently Subhanallah so that they can I attain his proximity,
they want to know that I am one of the special. Well, I am one of
those who have who are who Allah has a special attention for I,
they want to know this, they want to know that I am one of those who
Allah subhanho wa Taala has special grace for I mean, it'd be
nice to know.
But the problem is we may become complacent if we know that's what
he's saying. Motivated by this quest.
They practice righteous deeds, and supplicate for the realization of
this aim. They feel that on account of their virtuous deeds,
they have become deserving of Allah special mercy.
dismissing this baseless idea, though,
right, just because you do some good deeds, you think you're
sorted. That's the problem and you can't be guaranteed, dismissing
this baseless idea. Allah says in the Quran, Allah chooses whom He
pleases for His mercy.
That's absolutely Allah's prerogative. In other words, the
quest and righteous deeds of people are not the basis for the
acquisition of a special mercy. The basis is actually Allah's
will. And his mercy,
although righteous deeds, so that means Should we stop doing
righteous deeds. He's saying, although righteous deeds,
supplication efforts are not the cause for the acquisition of Allah
special mercy. They are undoubtfully signs of this special
eternal bounty. They just the sign of it, that Allah has an attention
if we're doing good deeds, it just shows that that is a sign that
Allah loves us. He's allowing us to do good deeds. But it's not a
guarantee that we're going to make it.
But it's something you hope for you hope in when by the Grace of
Allah must stay the seven practices righteousness, it
indicates that a servant might be one of those electrons.
The servant should understand and you see this, this is if I'm doing
good deeds, and I think I'm sorted I am one of those, then I'm going
to be it's going to lead to arrogance, it's going to lead to
complacence is going to lead to maybe looking down upon others is
going to be in may lead to me thinking I'm a chosen one, and so
on and so forth. Special. That's a problem. Humans can't deal with
that. That's a fitna for humans to think they're better than others.
That's why the way Allah has sought it out is very humbling.
Right? He says, The servant should understand that he must maintain
this practice of righteous deeds in the hope that he will be
delivered ultimately, into Allah special mercy.
If, however, the servant was not exalted to practice virtue, but
was left with only the belief that Allah Most High grants his special
mercy to whomever he wills, He would have simply placed his
reliance on Destiny, thus, risks refraining from righteous deeds.
Somebody mistook this and said, Oh, Allah has written for some
people to be in paradise. And some people have been held. I don't
know which one it is. What's the point? What's the point of even
trying is written anyway. He's not going to get anywhere. Because the
sign of being on the right side is the good deed.
I hope that makes it clear.
That's why he then says, hence Allah Most says, Show at the mercy
of Allah is close to the duties of good. If you are a doer of good,
you do good deeds, then the Mercy of Allah is close to you. So
there's every incentive to do good deeds. So don't have a look at the
fact that oh, it's up to Allah. So we're going to just leave it, do
the good deeds, but at the same time, think that that is a sign
that Allah subhanaw taala is good in store for us, and He allow us
to continue that. It is therefore improper, improper to abandon
righteousness,
along with righteousness, hope should be in Allah mostly, but not
in one's deeds.
Should one repose hope in one's deeds, it should be tantamount to
reliance on oneself. Let's put it this way. Right. This says that
say there's a project, somebody wants
to hire somebody capable of a certain thing that they have in
their company. So what they want is they set out a certain project
for you to do. So you do the project. They're gonna judge you
on what they feel when they see you demonstrate that project. Not
on the project, but the way they see you deal with that project.
Right. Now, it's happens all the time. Sometimes what happened is
that you think your project was better than the other guys, but
they got chosen.
Why did they get chosen for?
Is this like some kind of
exam
I'm where everybody must get the same marks. It's up to the
employer. He, he, his project might have been slightly
deficient, but the way they carried out their demeanor,
their interaction might have been superior. They might have seen,
okay, your project is better, but they might be threatened by you.
Allah is never threatened by anybody. But in a workplace,
sometimes you're overqualified. Do you understand? You're gonna take
somebody who's got the whole package. That's the kind of thing
here that you can't rely just on your project, you rely on the way
you carry the whole thing out. Like what you show what you think
you're going to bring to the company and whether you're going
to be able to interact. That's from a worldly perspective. Allah
subhanaw taala. He wants to see the sincerity. He wants to see
that we're doing something for him, not just the deeds, but the
deeds are necessary to show that's the vehicle that these are just
the vehicle. That's why
it is therefore improper to just abandon righteousness. But along
with righteousness, hope should be in Allah Most High and not in
one's deeds, should one
repose hope on one's deeds. It should be tantamount to reliance
on oneself. That's that's a really good point. If you think that your
deeds are going to carry you that means I'm going to carry myself
because the deeds are mine. That means I'm just relying on myself
I'm not ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada. It's for Allah, but Allah is going
to give us Tofik I think that makes it very, very clear.
Finally, what if nada, Allah says he has Sheikh Abdullah Ganga he
has actually clarified it, and may Allah subhanaw taala allow us to
have that balance of good deeds and attention to Allah subhanho wa
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Yeah Allah Ya Allah we ask you for your special mercy. Yeah Allah we
ask you for your special mercy of Allah grant us of your special
mercy of Allah from your generosity of Allah from your
benevolence of Allah makers of those who are close to you. And
Allah make us of those who love you. of Allah grant us your love
of Allah make our surrounding conducive for the practice of your
faith of Allah we have so many distractions so Allah we have so
many distractions, divergences of Allah we have, we have become
negligent of Allah we have committed sins that have brought
darkness in our lives in our hearts, that have caused friction
between people that have taken the blessing away. We ask you for
forgiveness from these things. Oh Allah, some sins have become so
common and so normal for us that they've become part of our life
and we don't even consider them sins anymore. of Allah the evil of
so many evils have left our heart and departed our hearts. Oh Allah
the goodness of so many goodnesses has departed the hearts and Allah
there is a skewed understanding of Allah grant us true understanding
grant is the correct understanding of Allah grant us the ability to
see the the right as the right and the wrong as the wrong and Allah
allow us to follow the right and to abstain from the wrong. Oh
Allah make your obedience Beloved to us and our Allah make your
disobedience hated in our hearts of Allah, whatever permissible
projects and desires we have on we asked you to fulfill them,
especially desires based on the hereafter of Allah make them easy
for us for you. It's easy to facilitate for you. It's just a
command of Allah for us. It's a lifelong toil. Make it easy for
us. Oh Allah, we sit here today. Oh Allah, many are sitting here
today they could have been so many other places of Allah. Grant them
a huge reward of Allah grant them huge grace and benevolence and
generosity and from your gifts from your abundant gifts from your
profound gifts of Allah. Bless our families and protect our families.
And Allah grant the love of you in the hearts of all of our progeny,
until the day of judgment of Allah, Allah, Allah make us of the
special servants make us of those who have written us fortunate. And
Allah make all of these things facilitated for us make your
obedience easy for us. Make our allow us to turn our gaze to you
in everything we do and grant sincerity, our life except to
whatever little deeds that we have done and forgive us our
shortcomings in that regard. And oh Allah bless us and grant cure
for those who are sick and ill and who are suffering and oh Allah
bless those and have your mercy especially on those who have
departed Our Allah they've departed Our Allah allow us to
prepare for our departure as well. Our Allah Oh Allah grant us the
Kadima La Ilaha illa Allah on our deathbed, allow us to whatever
journeys we have ahead of us, especially the journey of the
Hereafter may call
Have that easy for us. Oh Allah whatever business we may have
whatever work we may be doing. Our Allah give us blessings and Baraka
in that grant us general protection allow us to rise to the
demands of this time and to do things correctly. Subhan Allah
beggar Abdullah, is that the ILC phone, wa salam ala l Mursaleen.
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