Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Some Reflections on the First Juz’ of the Qur’an
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Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi wa Salatu was Salam
o Allah say you didn't want saline what he was taught me he he
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The first Jews of the Quran
you guys had about one quarter or something. Yeah, the first Jews of
the Quran of course the skeletal Fatiha certain Fatiha. I'm not
going to spend too much time on it because whenever people do have
see they do tafsir Surah Fatiha. I don't want to neglect it. But a
lot of people understand Surah Fatiha. Certain Fatiha is
obviously the special specially chosen Surah which was not
revealed first, a corrupt bismi you hold McDuffie they were
revealed earlier. But sorbitol Fatiha is chosen to be in the
beginning. It has many many names. It's called the Fatiha which means
the opening surah is called Surah to Shiva. Because when you read
it, there's a Shiva that Allah subhanaw taala provides with it.
It's curvier, it Shafia there's so many names that it has for it. But
the fact that Allah has used it at the beginning gives it its
significance, huge significance. Why? Because it has a huge praise
for Allah subhanaw taala Alhamdulillah Europe behind me,
Allah loves to be praised. So Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen.
So it has a praise of Allah subhanaw taala it's the one in
which whether we know it or not, we're actually declaring that we
have lost, at least we're saying it with our tongue. Because we're
saying, Oh Allah, only you do we worship. That's exactly what
sincerity is to dedicate your worship purely for the sake of
Allah. And number two,
Allah Allah Allah, that we only seek assistance from him, nobody
else so it's includes that and then the third biggest thing in
there is it's a dua every time when you say Allahu Akbar Subhana
Allah more behandling and then Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen
Rahmani Raheem MADI Kiyomi, the ear canal boudoir ear can Stein, a
dino Serato Musa team, you're starting a dua every time so many
times a day, we're doing a dua to Allah subhanho wa Taala for the
straight path. And for steadfastness, the straight path
is the steadfast path, no wavering here and there. If only we can put
a bit of emotion in there by knowing that we're saying, guide
us to the straight path in a Serato stocking Sirata Lavina and
AMDA him make us also on the path of those who.
So there's this path and there's this path. This path is the one
where all of your light, and your mercy and your blessings and your
gifts are showering upon, oh Allah put us on that path. Because we
can't physically see it. It's one that you do by effort. Then we say
oh Allah don't put us on that dark path.
Don't put us on that dark path.
The one that your anger is showering upon the people who go
there, they keep slipping off. They keep slipping away, they
don't stay on. It's a very slippery path. And your anger is
upon that one. It has all the hail and the snow and the ice and
whatever else is on there. We're making that the army Allah
subhanaw taala except that
they're after that we start off with so little buckle
we started with so little Bacara which is the longest surah in the
Quran. Now the assumption is that in January the the Saudis do start
with the longest and they go to the shortest, but Claudia Robbins
is not the shortest surah in the Quran in Athena Kolkata is right.
So it's give or take, you know, it's not exactly in order of exact
length, it's give or take, preferably mostly the biggest
sources at the beginning. And so the bucket is without doubt the
longest story in the Quran how many verses in Surah Baqarah
206
Right. So and then they're not all short short. Have you noticed
towards the end of the Quran is Johan with the theory comfort and
develop Africa bear with you, they all short short short verses and
other verses, the longer verse would have less verses sorry
longer sort of less verses because the verses are longer Allah
subhanaw taala system to do that.
Now what is what would you say is one of the big themes of Surah Al
Baqarah. Now sweater Bucha is going to last for more than two
years. Right? What is the main theme of the sweater Bacara in in
the first just the portion that is covered in the first years until
say a corner sofa Amina Nassima will law home. It's preparing the
hearts of the believers. What it means to be a believer because it
starts off with showing three categories of people, the
believers, the disbelievers and then a special group of
disbelievers. The monarchy in the worst of them, who are going to be
in the seventh, the lowest portion of hellfire in nomina 15 If it
doesn't kill us, Philomena now that's how it starts.
Allah wants to make it crystal clear. So that's Wi Fi Karoubi him
marathon. Allah mentions why these people say they believe to benefit
from the interaction with Muslims because the Muslims were mashallah
established in Madina Munawwara. You didn't have manavi Kenan,
Makka Kurama you're only going to have monarchy in in a place where
Islam is more reigning supreme. Or you're going to have a monarchy
who may be a spy. It because why else would you need to hide your
faith? Or pretend sorry not hide your faith but pretend to be a
believer in Allah subhanho wa taala. So it was in Medina to
Medina. phenomenon happened in Madina Munawwara because
mashallah, the Muslims had settled themselves they the two big
tribes, right, who are the strongest tribes, they were all
Muslim. Now, the Osen huzzah Raj, the bonobo Taylor. So now that's
what it was. So you had to be part of them, you join the team. It's
like people today they give lip service to America or wherever
Britain or whatever it is. But, you know, inside, they don't like
them. You just stay with the superpower type of thing.
But it's a really the problem with this is how do you live in anybody
who lives this kind of life is going to struggle, it's not good
for your psychology, it's not good for your health.
They say that there are many stress, creating factors, right,
stress creating factors, one of them is if you're part of a setup
that you disagree with, for example, you work somewhere you
disagree with the morality at the work, or the ethics of the place.
Right? You can't do it. I've heard so many people, they live in a
certain area and there's a certain Masjid there, I mean, it goes down
to this level. Right? That it's not a masjid that they can relate
to they have a different message. They don't enjoy it.
It that's, that's human behavior.
That's why even the Jewish community and Muslims try to stay
together, even the Jewish community, even the very secular
Jews, a lot of them actually like to be in a Jewish community. I've,
I've had interactions with a lot of Jewish guys. And there's some
who don't even believe in God.
But traditionally, they want to be in a Jewish area. Why? Why do you
want to be in, you know, wherever that is, because that's where we
get everything we get our foods we get, you know, there's an
interaction with people and so on. Of course, those who you know, who
are haters have their own tradition, among any tradition,
they're not, they're going to want to go far away and trying to be a
different tradition.
That's different. So remember, in life, if you want, if you if you
want to have harmony, and balance in your life, or things around you
should be harmonious as well. That's why in marriages, the
reason why marriages get upset and derailed and problematic. All the
cases I hear it's because of disharmony. There's no harmony
between the husband and wife, even that will have an effect on the
bringing up of the children, which is one of the main one huge
objective of marriage. One of the worst things and one of the most
detrimental things upon children in the tarbiyah and SOTL. Bacara
is about 30 of the believer
is being on different wavelengths. The father is too permissive. The
mother is too restrictive, for good reason. The father is trying
to get the kids on their side by saying it's okay, you can do this
no problem, no problem, I'll buy that for you. No problem, you can
go to the house, you can have the sleepover. Right, I'll buy you the
next PlayStation or whatever it says that is going on. Or
sometimes it's the other way. And subhanAllah This is what starts
happening when they split up in order to try to attract the
children to them. The parents especially if they split up then
who gets custody, it's the children get spoiled in that
because each side is trying to show a better face which is at the
detriment of the child.
So it's cognitive dissonance you call that it's a very, very bad
idea to be in a place to act out something. So can you imagine
living your whole life trying to say you're a believer that you're
not going and worshiping or I don't know if your worship
anything or pretending to worship ajeeb Subhanallah that's why they
can't be you'd rather be an open GFI, then I'm going AFIC that's
essentially what we're getting from this. So Allah subhanaw taala
says stay away from that this is pure Iman this is your Alladhina
amanu holo facil mica for this is later on, Allah will say in Surah
Bacara. enter into Islam wholly and fully while at the W Hotel
quality shaytaan the shaytaan who is going to take you step by step
away. Don't follow the footsteps of the shaytaan don't follow the
steps of the shaytaan why shaytaan never grabs you and like just
makes you jump into something straightaway. It's always step by
step by giving you a an inkling of something, a whisper of something
a bit of a desire for something and then slowly
It's a taboo and then you start doing it. Now one of the main
points in Surah Baqarah is to also show you a group who succeeded as
role models. Mashallah. And one of the, this is, Allah's finally says
at the end of circle Bucher, not in the sort of the, the first
Jews, Allah says for in Arma no be Miss Lima and don't be fucka
datadot If you believe or if they believed in the way you have
believed in the Sahaba This is similar to Allah. This is the
color of Allah subhanaw taala Sahaba fully took it on. So after
mentioning all of these different categories, Allah subhanho wa
Taala spoke about the Sahaba to give people a role model then the
prophets of Allah has mentioned it as well, that whichever one you
follow you you will be on the right course, and Masha Allah
among the Sahaba you have different types of Sahaba with
different behaviors, they were human beings. So you have some who
are mashallah very harsh, very hard, some who are very soft, some
who like to do a lot of extra some, you know, who may have even
committed sins. So you have an experience in all that, for
example, you've got that one sahabi, who used to drink.
He used to drink, he was beaten for it. He was punished by the
Prophet sallallahu sallam, and he drank again. And subhanAllah what
an amazing relationship. What an amazing relationship. So the
second or third time that he was being penalized for that. Some
people decided that they're going to criticize him and curse him. So
the voice said, Don't this guy loves Allah and His messenger.
He drinks and he's loves Allah and His messenger. This is a big
lesson for us.
We all practice our faith. Right? And you could be a sinner, but you
could still have love for Allah and His messenger. This is not to
say that your sin and just claim this is the Prophet sallallahu I'm
giving him this guarantee.
That he's got it in his heart, he will stop eventually. And such
people eventually stop anybody who continues forever. I don't think
he can be a lover proper lover. I got a call from a woman and
Subhanallah
when emotion overcomes you, it's a very difficult one. She was saying
that she was not a very good person. She said but she got
married to a Willie of Allah. She this is her words, is Allah Allah.
Allah Allah Allah. Diwali right. is Allah's wali
and he was so close to Allah, He loves Allah and everything. But
what happened is that we both got into drugs.
I mean, initially you think, okay, even a woody of Allah can make a
mistake. He's not a prophet, only prophets cannot make mistakes.
Only prophets are infallible. Only prophets are divinely protected,
biggest worry of Allah, they can mess up.
But if he's a truly of Allah, if they fall, they dust themselves,
they stand up again, they're fine. People can make mistakes. This
goes on and says, Oh, then we got into * and everything.
So it got really bad. Her family wants her away.
And
she wants to stay with him because he's already of Allah. I said, How
is God of Allah? Please explain to me now this is getting me really
complicated. What knew what style of one is this? Is that, you know,
we've had we have sometimes we have, you know, where we read
something, and there's just this wonderful feeling. And it can't be
anything else. It must be we're so close to Allah. And that said, but
how does all of this happen? This is shaytaan shaytaan is making you
feel whatever light you're experiencing? No, no, no, she just
refused. Until finally maybe after 510 minutes. I hope I convinced
her that look, this is not good for you. This is somebody's
deceiving you here. Somebody is deceiving you hear?
You have to be very careful of emotions. That's why doesn't
matter what you feel. What is really important is what is
correct according to the Quran and Sunnah.
There's another person recently.
She did a wrong deed. She said she did a sin. I said, Allah will
forgive you. She said, No, I saw the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
salam in my dream, and he's telling me that you are becoming
far. I said, Yeah, that's fine because you were doing the sin. So
now you make Toba and you start worrying because no but I've lost
my Iman said how did you lose your iman? So because I did the sin I
said you do not lose Iman because of sin.
And even if you did lose the man even if you said, Cofer, if you
say La Ilaha illa Allah and you make Toba? You're fine, but she
was not willing to accept it because shaytaan was making her
misjudge her dream. She just kept on going about the same thing over
and over and over again. I said then why you calling me for? If
you don't want to listen to me, it's the Sharia What matters now
you feel shaytan has his ways of overcoming our Mo
motions and they're the toughest ones. The emotion when shaytaan
overtakes your emotion when you feel like something is some way
and is going against the beam, that is the most detrimental one
because you are self deluded, in that case, Allah is Allah. Allah
subhana wa Taala wants to guide us, but we're self
deluding ourselves. Allah protect us because people who are deluded
like that it's very because they don't know they're doing wrong.
They think they're actually doing okay. Allah subhanaw taala speaks
about the hood quite a bit in the first Jesus as well, showing where
they went wrong. And why is that don't remember this is like an
introductory Surah to show how faith needs to be. So Allah
subhanaw taala speaks about the groups in Madina Munawwara so the
Jews were there as well. Now they've had a long history.
They've had many, many prophets. So Allah subhanaw taala goes
through and explains their challenges with the prophets. Were
they demanded from their prophet Musa the cylinder? No, no, we're
not going to believe until we see Allah No. had done another Allah
haidara That's when Allah subhanho wa Taala got angry for her to
Messiah.
Whereas Allah subhanaw taala is mentioning all of the bounties.
What if ferok gonna be Komal Bahasa and Jaina Khumba Aragona
airlift around, we gave you all of these mountains we separated the
ocean, the river for you.
Right we got rid of your enemy, but then this is what you wanted.
Allah subhanaw taala then speaks about the special incident when
there was a wrong that was done among the people. And they wanted
to find out who is the murderer. So Allah subhanaw taala says, is
Bihu Bacara go and take a cow and slaughter it. Now, when people are
overly pedantic, overly particular, you know what, what is
just any cow? It must be a special cow. What's the color of it? What
does it look like? What age you know all of these questions, and
they just restricted it and made it more difficult difficult
difficult until finally they found it. This teaches us a lesson that
don't be over the top for example. I mean,
another sister call me this is not about sisters, it could be a it
could be a brother as well.
And she's saying I've got an issue. I can't use any creams. I
can't use certain soaps I can't eat the same food as the rest of
my family there are religious family said why? Said because I'm
checking the greens, I can't see anything. Well, maybe it was
contaminated because I contacted Heinz beans.
I contacted Heinz beans, and they told me that we can't certify it
to be halal.
So that's why I don't eat them. I said I know forcing you to eat
beans, you know if you don't want to eat beans, but
them saying that we can't certify this to be halal is a totally
different idea. They don't even know what Halal is. They're
probably scared. Like if I say it's halal, it's not halal. It has
to be blessed by a priest or something. Because the kosher is
specially done in that way. They don't know they just don't want to
take liability. Just saying something is not halal doesn't
mean that it's haram. According to non Muslims, they just saying it's
not officially certified as halal. That's what they're saying.
And said, Oh, but they also make beans in which they add like
sausages and stuff.
So they could be cross contamination.
I said yes, they could be but I'm assuming that big companies are
it's not your local corner shop where they don't have any policies
in place where even on the Bombay mix, they might add something. All
right, this is big company, they have liabilities, this is all
machine, they wash this stuff. So my assumption is that I especially
when there's a huge vegan,
industry and vegan, you know, trend in this country, there's
going to be one of the employees there is going to be a wig and if
he sees that they're putting sausages in first and then then
making the plain baked beans. Logically you say that let's make
the plain baked beans first. And then after it's the same baked
beans as add the sausages, and then then we'll clean it up
afterwards. I would assume that but no, she's taken in the worst
case scenario. Are you supposed to do that? No. We're not supposed to
do that. Not to that level.
Yeah, we're supposed to be careful. Yeah, there's a meat
product in there is not halal avoided. There's gelatin you
avoided. But if everything is halal, no, you're like, Oh, is
there this or that? That's becomes more problematic. Yes, your local
corner shop, how they build on whether they wash their hands or
not. And you know that you could have a question about I can
understand that.
Not to say It's haram, but I'm just saying that you could have a
question about that. So don't do those kinds of things. There's a
balance in Islam with all of these things.
And today, mashallah our Jewish brothers, they are very
restrictive in what they can eat. I've said I've spent three
would you call them three residentials with seven Jewish
leaders, seven Christians and seven Muslims and I used to ask
all these questions, because they have special food and the food has
to be
shrink wrapped in double the foil, right vegetables they can we can
at least we can have vegetarian when we go out somewhere, they
can't even know their vegetables have to be specially prepared as
well, because any small insect has to be specially prepared. Very
careful then they can't have meat and dairy together. So if you've
had for example, salami in your in your breakfast, then you what is
the factor? They have two factors in terms of how long you need
between milk and meat. One fatwah is four hours. The other factor is
eight hours. That's the most strict
Subhanallah it's very difficult. It's very difficult. You know, you
think Muslims is difficult for us. It is difficult. You can't eat
from McDonald's, right?
It's much more difficult for them.
Much more diverse. They can't even eat in normal vegetarian places.
So Allah tells us no, you don't have to be like that. So you might
be thinking then why not make it just easy eat anything? Well,
that's not right either. Is he in the Bible? He actually mentions
dietary requirements that the swine is haram.
But I can't remember which year the Christians decided that the
dietary requirements will not be effective.
It's in the it's in the Bible. It's still there. But they just
decided they will be no dietary restrictions.
Just a decision
La ilaha illAllah. Then finally the surah ends with Amina Rasool
will be my own Zilla Ilima Robbie, he will manana Kowloon and a
biller who am Allah Iike de wakatobi hero, so it's a very
wholesome surah if you study from the beginning to the end, I just
mentioned some of the big points. The other major stories in here is
the story of the Genesis.
The story of the beginning of other Maristella how he was
created, while lemma Adam Smith Aquila, from out of the home
island melodica and the G and the angels complaining that why you
creating this, this new creation, and Allah says I know what you do
not know. And then the whole story of other Muslim sorry, the angels
being told to prostrate and they do it but shaytan IBLEES doesn't
and then he believes becomes a rejected one. It's the beginning
Surah of the Quran that major beginning Surah of the Quran. So
all of this introductory stuff is in here you will find
and then after a discusses the enmity that started from that time
until the end of time will remain like that. Then Allah subhanaw
taala speaks about
the importance of the masjid and not to prevent people from the
house of Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about the hood when they
did that and that was not good that what they did. Allah subhana
wa Tada also says that my honour will only be received by the good
people and not by the oppressors lie in early lionello Abdulhadi
moon
then we have
you know, I said it's a terrible year right. So now we have a
specific instance of training of a father training his children. Does
anybody know which verse that is in sort of their Bacara the father
training his child?
It's yeah, Jacoba is Uncle Tom Shuhada Helldorado yaku Bill mode
is called anybody he Mirtha Abu Bakr the verse 133. This is when
when you witness where you then present when Jaco vajrasana was
about to die when death was about to overcome him. And he said to
his children, what are you going to worship after me?
Now we'll do it.
And then he explains all of that. So he gives us an instance where
it's a parent's responsibility to do that. This whole new modern
trend of let them choose, let's get them gender neutral clothing,
until they're seven, eight years old, and then we let them choose.
Allahu Akbar Al Hamdulillah. There was that case that they just went
against that one clinic where they were the judgment was that
children cannot choose stop going on about this. It's such an abuse
on children. It's an abuse on children.
You won't let them take you know,
alcohol or something like that, but you're allowing to put
poisonous chemicals down you're down their throat to change the
hormones. It's a rich man's game. In the poor countries, nobody can
do this. Because all of this that you take, right it's a difficult
one. It's you know, people in poor countries can't do this. It's only
a wealthy people who can afford the chemical that the medicines
and the hormone blockers and whatever they are, to consume this
for as long as they want and then, you know,
let's not abuse our children, let them grow up.
Allah subhanho wa Taala says, Finally, verse 141, felucca
Mattoon called harlot la Maka Sabbath. Welcome Monica septum
wala to Sedona and
I currently am going to this how the Jews and not the sort of this
how the first US ends, that that that was an ummah that has
finished for them is they've gone for them is what they earned and
for you is what you earn. So look, they've done what they are now you
have to worry about yourself. We've given you enough examples
and enough guidance and role models. It's up to you and you're
not going to be asked about them. So now you worry about yourself.
And that's how the surah ends May Allah subhanho wa Taala blesses to
the Quran illuminate us through the Quran. That was a whirlwind
tour of the first Jews may Allah subhanaw taala bless despite
working with Allah and hamdulillah
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