Abu Bakr Zoud – The Quran, A Guidance For Mankind

			hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa salatu salam ala Rasulillah where Allah Allah He was sabe ash mine.
All Praise and thanks belongs to Allah subhanho wa Taala May the peace and blessings of Allah be
upon His servant and final messenger Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam as to what follows My dear
respected Brothers and Sisters in Islam, a Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
		

			And indeed, the greatest gatherings on Earth are the gatherings in which the book of Allah subhanho
wa Taala is studied. So we ask Allah subhanahu wa taala to accept from us all. We ask Allah azza wa
jal to reward the organizers of this event and I ask Allah azza wa jal to grant you all success and
goodness in this life and in the afterlife. My Brothers and Sisters in Islam, as the world prepares
		

			to celebrate a new ye our commitment to Allah subhanho wa Taala is that at the end of this year, we
want to start a new beginning, a beginning in where we renew our relationship with the word of Allah
subhanahu wa taala. And in tonight's lecture, I want to share with you why do we read the Quran? Why
does the Muslim read the Quran? Why do we have to develop a connection and a deep relationship with
the Quran? That Bismillah heeta Allah will be the topic. But first and foremost, I want you to
understand what kind of deep connection and relationship the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had
with the Quran because he's our role model. And we if we understand and know his relationship with
		

			the Quran, it helps us understand the importance of developing a strong connection and a
relationship with the Quran. My Brothers and Sisters in Islam have been above solid the Allahu Anhu
narrates he says that in the the sallallahu alayhi wa sallam once he asked he believed and he said
to him mana aka Anta Zhu, Radha Thora me Metis Rana and in the race sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he
wants it to Gibreel what prevents you from visiting us more than you already visit us? You see the
relationship of envy sallallahu alayhi wa sallam with the Quran. You build comes down with the Quran
and Gibreel is coming from the heavens with from Allah subhanho wa Taala very frequently, every
		

			second day every third day he's coming down with new fresh air. When Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam says to him, why don't you visit us more? That's the lovin Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
had with the word of Allah azza wa jal, he seen him come more. I want to listen to the message of
Allah more. I wanted to be recited to be more and more. So then Allah subhanahu wa taala reveals and
Gibreel would come and Satan to be sallallahu alayhi wa sallam one Zulu Ellerbee umbrella big you
believe is Salam says to him, as Allah azza wa jal says in Surah Maryam that we the angels, we only
come down and we descend by the permission of Allah subhanahu wa Donna, my brothers and sisters in
		

			Islam.
		

			The deep relationship and the the sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had with the Quran is also explained
by his beloved Wi Fi You shall not be Allah Juana. When she described the NABI sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam she said, Can Quran. His character was the Quran cannot Quran and yam she, he was a Quran
that would walk when I read this hadith, I had a hard time understanding it. What does it mean that
in the salAllahu alayhi wa sallam was a Quran that is walking, meaning the instructions that were in
the Quran, he emulated them in his life, he behaved in the manner that Allah azza wa jal told us to
behave in the Quran. cannot Quran and the MC the Tao he was, that's the relationship you had with
		

			the Quran, you would see him and you wanted to summarize his life. You'd see that's the Quran. That
is the Quran and Debbie's sallallahu alayhi wa sallam walking Allah He my brothers and sisters in
Islam, if you cannot be a Quran that works, at least they are full of the blocks be an area that
works have something of the Quran in your life that you work in your present yourself in society
with my brothers and sisters in Islam. Look at this and a seven Malik Krabi Allahu Anhu he narrates
the wolf, the wolf, a tribe of teeth. They came to visit the NABI sallallahu alayhi wa sallam at
night. These are people that came, some of them want to accept Islam. Some of them have very
		

			important questions and they need answers and guidance for their questions. So Nabi SallAllahu,
alayhi wa sallam above him. He was delayed in coming out
		

			To them, he was in his house, and they were waiting for him in a masjid another week. And this is
unusual. He's never late. He's always out on time. But this time he was delayed. So then eventually
he came out. And everyone's wondering, why did the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam delay in
coming out? Why was he late? You know, today in our situation, if a friend of yours is waiting for
you in his car outside your house, most of us what delayed us. Maybe you're brushing your teeth,
maybe you're changing your clothes, maybe you're in the bathroom, whatever worldly related matter.
Watch this, and maybe sallallahu alayhi wa sallam comes out and he's going to explain to them what
		

			believed him and see, have you ever had this reason in your life? He said to them in
		

			his be mean and Quran in the whole Bara Allah? Yeah, he's been on Quran, forget it. Lucia la come
clear who he said to them. It has occurred to me that I had not recited my daily portion of the
Quran. So I disliked to come out to you, having not completed it yet. Allahu Akbar. He had a portion
of the Quran that he reads. And he hadn't read it yet. So he said I need to finish it. He used the
word
		

			and the word from the word poetic emergency, he declared a state of emergency. I am not allowed to
leave the house until I finished my portion of the Quran. When he finished it, he came out to them
and I told you these are people waiting to accept Islam, people waiting for to seek advice and
answers for their questions. That's the deep relationship and Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had
with the Quran. And he also gave this kind of motivation and spirit and connection to his
companions. If you're to see the situation of the companions with the Quran, that Allah subhanho wa
Taala says, Wait, on Zillow, to atone for pneumonia, who are you comes to he mana. Allah on social
		

			describes the situation of the companions. He says whenever a foreigner was to be revealed, whenever
any part of the Quran was to be revealed, the Companions would go to one another. And they would ask
each other you can to have he matter. Who among you was increased in his Eman because of the ayah
that came down? That's the excitement. They used to say to one another did this increasing email?
Which one increased you an email? Have you ever asked yourself after you read Quran or you heard
Quran? Which of these increased my Eman which of these increased my love to Allah? Which of these I
increased my reliance upon Allah? This is what we're supposed to be doing. Allah azza wa jal said
		

			family Lavina Amano as for those who believe for the Eman and welcome yesterday, Sharon, it
increased them in Eman and they were rejoicing and celebrating and they are happy. Why the believers
are happy and they are rejoicing when Allah reveals an iron. Why? Because that gives them
confirmation that Allah is pleased with them. And Allah is still talking to them. He hasn't cut them
off and neglected them and abandoned them. So long as you're reading the Quran. That is an
acknowledgement from Allah, that I still am bestowing my love and pleasure upon you. And I'm still
directing you and guiding you to that which is good for you in this life and in the afterlife. Well
		

			whom your steps you don't take a deep look, take a deep look at the situation of alignment of the
Allahu anha one of the caretakers of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, long after the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had died. Abu Bakr Radi Allahu Anhu and Omar Radi Allahu Anhu decided to
go to Amon to visit her because it Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to visit her during his
life. So they went to visit her and then she began to cry profusely, so they asked her, now you
Kiki? Why are you crying? They thought that she's crying because she misses a Nabi sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam, and these are his best two friends. So they reminded often that he salAllahu alayhi wa
		

			sallam, so Abu Bakr Umar Radi Allahu Anhu has said to Omar Amen. What is with what is with Allah is
better for the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and they tried to comfort her. So she said to
them, I'm not crying because he has died. However, I'm crying.
		

			Kappa Amina Sana, I am crying
		

			Because the revelation has ceased, nothing is coming down from the skies anymore. And as a result
they began to cry as well.
		

			The idea is
		

			to hammer home Allah they said, it is permissible to cry just for the me thought that the wire has
cut off, and it will never come down ever again until we meet Allah azza wa jal, it is permissible.
If this fault was to cross your mind, you're encouraged to cry
		

			by Brothers and Sisters in Islam. Imagine the one who reads the Quran every day is encouraged to cry
because no Quran comes down. Imagine the one who has cut himself off from the Quran. He's cut
himself off. He doesn't read any part of the Quran. No he does. Nor does he listen to anything of
the Quran. How much more should he be crying? How sad should he be? How worried should he be that he
has cut himself off? From the words of the Most Merciful from the words of our mica and our Creator?
From the words of Allah subhanho wa Taala Indeed, it is a huge calamity to be disconnected from the
Quran. My Brothers and Sisters in Islam.
		

			Don't choose to deprive yourself from the word of Allah subhanho wa Taala This is the greatest gift
Allah gave mankind. You all know, man, the most frequent Aya in the Quran is February a year. You're
a big man to get the ban. That's the frequent ayah in the Quran, the most repeated area and it's
speaking about Allah Allah, Allah fevers in the blessings of Allah subhanahu wa Donna slaughtered
the man. All of it is about the mercy and the fever of Allah upon mankind. What was the greatest
Mercy of Allah? What was the biggest Mercy of Allah ever revealed to mankind? It's mentioned in the
beginning of the I, in the beginning of the Surah, Allah azza wa jal you said, Man, I lemon.
		

			Even this is the greatest of Allah. That is the greatest mercy and blessing from Allah azza wa jal,
the Quran itself, then Allah azza wa jal said halacha insan he created the human being, but in
order, Allah created the human being, before he taught the Quran. So why did he say that he taught
the Quran then halacha in son, to teach you and I, my brothers and sisters in Islam,
		

			that the one who lives without the Quran is living without the purpose. A human being without the
Quran is not a human being. What are you without the Quran? Absolutely nothing. You're living
without a purpose. The one who lives with the Quran is leaving, and he's leaving for a purpose. And
this is why the Quran is the soul of the believer, as Allah azza wa jal you said, Because Aliko
Hanaa elago Wuhan mean Andrina Allah azza wa jal he said, We revealed unto you a rule, a soul from
our commandment, which is the Quran whoo Ha Min Amina, then Allah azza wa jal said not Quinta,
drymen kita Eman. Allah He seemed to the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, you have no clue
		

			what the Quran is. And you had no clue what the Eman was Imagine that. Without the Quran. You don't
know what the Eman is. You will never teach the sweetness of Eman, you will have absolutely no clue
about what it is. That's the state of Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Allah is telling him without
the Quran, you had no clue what Iman is, how do you expect? How do you expect to teach the sweetness
of Eman and to develop a relationship with Allah without this Quran in your life? This is why the
Quran is referred to as a soul as a euro. There is no life without the Quran, just like there is no
life without a physical soul inside of you. What relationship do you have with the Quran? My
		

			Brothers and Sisters in Islam Allah He, it is such a disturbing fact to know that the greatest the
greatest complaint of the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa Salam on the Day of Judgment will be as
Allah says in surah Al Furqan wakad was soon be in a coma. Who has Al Quran I'm a doula. On the Day
of Judgment, the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam will read the complete street to Allah social
look to you Do you know anyone else street Allah
		

			Oh, he'll see my lord in the comi fees people of mine, the people that I was sent to it to have who
have an Quran
		

			they had received this Quran with neglect the abandoned dis Quran, they abstain from it matura comes
from the word has your has your also has similar relationship with the word he's Euro. You know what
he's euro is, he's euro is to move from one land to another far away. The people have done his Euro
from the Quran. And how do the people abandon the Quran? They don't read it. They don't listen to
it. They don't ponder over its meaning. They don't study it. They don't seek its rule and justice in
their life. They've abandoned it. They don't apply its rule and it's judgment in their life. And
they don't seek treatment through the Quran. These are all relationships that we are supposed to
		

			have with the Quran. Imagine standing there being guilty of this complaint of the messenger
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, Allah He my brothers and sisters in the Quran in Islam, when I read
this ayah from the Quran.
		

			I think that there is absolutely no choice for us. Except to develop a relationship with the Quran,
there is no choice. The difference between opening the most half and closing it is the difference
between the Paradise and the hellfire. The one who chooses to open it is leading the life to the
Paradise, the one who chooses to close it and abandon it and keep away from it. Such a person is
risking his life. He's risking where he ends up. And he's certainly on a path that leads to the
hellfire. We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to save us and to protect us, my brothers and sisters in
Islam, he comes to issue
		

			many of us perhaps now you're convinced that the Quran is virtuous in his great Allahu Akbar, we
need to develop a strong relationship with the Quran. But then a challenge comes and that is you
read the Quran. Okay, I've read Surah Fatiha once twice. I've read it over 1000 times in my life.
What else?
		

			On who? Allah who I've heard, I've read it 100 times 200 times? How many more times should I read
it? Why do I keep reading this book? This is what I want to answer with you in the remaining time
that I have with you. Why do we read the Quran? Number one, listen to me very carefully. Because if
you adopt this attitude, next time you read the Quran, Wallah, he, it will give you a completely
different experience with the Quran altogether. Your life and your relationship with the Quran will
change dramatically. But you need to pay attention.
		

			The first and foremost reason for why we read the Quran is to seek its guidance. Every time you read
the Quran, put the lens of guidance on
		

			I want to extract guidance for my life from this area. That's why I am reading. Forget the Hasakah
and 10 has an add on forget all this that's recorded, whether you intended or not, the reward is
given. You don't know him over love, they discuss another. They see if a person did a deed and he
didn't know what its reward was? Will he be given this reward on the day of judgment or not? The
answer is yes, you will be given the reward whether you knew about it or you did not know about it.
So don't worry about that focus on the main thing that will dramatically change your relationship
with the Quran. And that is every single time you read and I read it for guidance. And that kind of
		

			teaching is found from the very beginning of the Quran. You know, every single day we read Fullerton
Fatiha at least 17 times a day. And within this Fatiha, there is a great DUA
		

			and that is what what is it?
		

			Anyone knows?
		

			If you didn't fill out, Mr. Kim,
		

			if Allah didn't want to answer this dua, he would have never taught us to make this.
		

			We're saying oh Allah guide us to the straight path. You know that Allah actually answered this
door. How do you answer it? Do you know how he answered it? How? In the next solar solar ton Bacara
Allah azza wa jal he says Alif Lam Meem Valley Calcutta
		

			who then lil mata ki and Allah azza wa jal, he says this is the book. There is absolutely no doubt
in it. It is of great and
		

			Humans guidance for the pious even when we say eat dinner sloppily, Mr. Kim, Allah answered this dua
and gave us a Quran. This is the salata, Mr. Kim, this is it.
		

			Many years you've been reading it, you know, sloppily. Mr. Kim, did you ever once think, did you
ever once think that this guidance that Allah has given us is the Quran itself. There is no guidance
without the Quran. My Brothers and Sisters in Islam, when Adam Alayhis Salam ate from the tree, and
then he was expelled from the Paradise, Allahu Akbar, what a great disaster and calamity that is.
Imagine that the people now if they did, he showed off from one country to another. They're anxious,
they're sad, they're depressed. They're getting to know the new surroundings. Imagine Israel from
the paradise to the earth. Indeed, it is a depressing moment. This is where sickness begins, old age
		

			begins. This is where illnesses start. This is where oppression is. This is where transgression is,
this is where injustice is. This is where death is. It's the dark road. So imagine Adam, Allah has
Salam coming onto Earth, how dark and miserable and gloomy is it? Allah azza wa jal, he says,
		

			we said to Adam Hawa and the bliss come down all of you descend from the Paradise is the hope. It
seems to be full of darkness is there hope? Allah azza wa jal he says for in the near Kamini who the
if any guidance comes to you from me, Allahu Akbar, there is hope. This light admits the storms and
the many feet of darkness. Allah said team, if any guidance comes to you from me, family.
		

			Anyone who follows My guidance, fella, you'll be Louella Shah, he will never be led astray. And he
will never ever be miserable and sad.
		

			For many who died, Allah did not say whoever reads my guidance. He said whoever follows My Guidance.
reading the Quran is only step on the ultimate relationship with the Quran is to follow the command
of that which you read. And that is seeking guidance from the Quran. That is exactly what it means
to seek guidance from the Quran. So I give you an example. You know, of course, we live in dark
times. Too many fit and sin and corruption is all around us. One very common problem we have on
Earth today is adult content online. Everyone who has a social media account, you cannot avoid it.
You're open and you see nakedness, lewdness, shamelessness, vulgarity, it's all there. And the
		

			Shavon pimps Alene son, he tempts him. So you're open, you open one profile to another, until a che
upon picks you to places where you shouldn't be.
		

			I am, let's say, someone has this disease, of desire and temptation.
		

			And it's bothering him. And it became an addiction in his life. And a cheat he's given up. He's
depressed, he's sad. He's about to commit suicide. How can the Quran guide such a person? Very easy,
Wallah he very simple one How often does the job but you need to read this is seeking guidance, not
just reading it, seeking guidance, which means to follow its command. So this person with this
disease in his heart, sits alone opens the book of Allah, He makes a dua Oh Allah guide me through
the Quran.
		

			Then you begin and you say, Oh, we let him in a shape on the regime. You seek protection in Allah
from a shape on because it is the shaytaan that wants to keep you away from the Quran. Then you say
Bismillah R Rahman Rahim, reminding yourself that this book of Allah is a garden of his mercy and
compassion and gentleness, or you will find Allah's mercy and guidance in here. Then you say what
little mini nail who boom in Uppsala him a little mini nail who boom in upside him? Allah, the Lord
of the heavens in the earth, the Lord of the Mighty Throne, the Lord of all creation on earth has
just revealed from the heavens and these words have passed by the House, and they've have gone past
		

			by through the paradise and through the seven heavens and come all the way until he passed by the
clouds and
		

			till it reached the heart of the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and Allah who would say to
him, pull an ounce, an ounce to mankind, make a public announcement, tell the believing men little
mini tell them all your hood booming up sorry him, lower your gaze.
		

			I read desire, If I am ever tempted to look at nakedness, I will say Allah said lower the gaze. So I
will lower my gaze, I'm following in desire, right now, the moment you move your eyes, you have been
guided by the Quran. That is it. That is a moment in how the Quran has guided you. You do it once,
twice, three four times, and Allah azza wa jal will break that cycle of addiction for you. Meaning
your whole boom in outside him, Allahu Akbar, Allah He my brothers and sisters in Islam. A few
months ago, I read a research that came out from the USA, because the world is discussing that there
is a severe problem. And that is adult content popping online. And it is appearing before young
		

			children as young as 678 year olds. So they're discussing this as an issue. How are we going to
resolve it? How are we going to fix this issue? So you know, millions of dollars went towards this
research millions and expertise, and scientists and psychologists and doctors, research money,
whatever you want was put into this many years later.
		

			The research concluded with a few points. But you know what the first two points were, number one,
the instructors and the teachers at school when they're teaching their children, they are supposed
to tell him whenever adult content appears online, that they should move their eyes away from the
screen. And they should speak to an adult about what they just experienced. That's in the Quran.
It's in the Quran for free 1400 years ago, the solution to a huge problem we have today is that all
we need to do is for many who died, not only read my guidance, followed my guidance, Allahu Akbar,
and you're alleviated from your problem, and you're free from this temptation, and this desire that
		

			has disabled and crippled your heart and your mind. Allahu Akbar, put a little mini nail hook boom
and upside him. When I follow follow Joan Valley cause gala home that is much purer for them. There
is goodness for you. It's goodness for you, Allah doesn't benefit. You're the one that benefit in
Allah abutilon Vmail SmartOne Verily, Allah knows what you're doing. So then how do you remain
motivated, to keep away from the filth, to always remember that Allah is watching over you. He's
lucky he watches you. And that's enough guidance. To break it away from this, see how the Quran, see
if you read it with the intention of guidance, how it guides you, my brothers and sisters in Islam.
		

			This is why we read the Quran. And there are many examples to give. And I'm going to conclude with
two more reasons for why we read the Quran. We read the Quran also for a reminder, because the human
being his nature is that we forget. So we need to be reminded. That's why we need to read the Quran
over and over and over and over again. Because we forgot. And if you forget, you're supposed to be
reminded, I tell you something.
		

			Today, the big tech, the giant tech, like Apple and Samsung, they find the need to put millions and
millions of dollars to always advertise their product. Wherever you go around the world. There are
billboards massive, and just an iPhone sitting there on the Billboard. No words no nothing, just an
iPhone, and a Samsung. That's all it is. Right? That's the world. And they they this company is
spending millions of dollars. I ask why? Who's gonna forget iPhone? Who's gonna forget this Apple or
Samsung, it's always with you. If you're at home and you left the house and it's not in your pocket,
you will remember in less than two seconds, that your phone's not with you. So why do you need to
		

			put billboards? You see the thing is because human beings forget if Apple found the need to spend
millions to keep it in your face to remind you imagine then the message of the Quran, how easily
would we forget this? So Allah azza wa jal, you said was a gear for in a secret and found meaning
remind, remind for verily the reminder benefits the believers. So we read the Quran to remember I
tell you something. Allah azza wa jal For example, He says in the Quran Nihil filming Colin Illa de
he'll keep on our teeth, every word you utter there
		

			is our key but it there is an angel that is recording and writing every word you sing. And every
comment you comment, there is an angel that is writing. The one who read this air today or a week
ago, will be careful when he talks and comments, as opposed to someone who read this idea one year
ago. Because it's fresh in his mind. He's reminded himself, so he'll hold himself back in control
and watch his tongue. But someone who read this als Ramadan had these forgotten the reality, he's
forgotten, even those that have memorized the Quran, I suppose to be reviewing the Quran to remember
the message of Allah.
		

			So this is why we read the Quran for guidance to remember. And finally, we read the Quran from many
points I share with you this is the last one for purification to purify our souls to clean ourself
in the beasts Allah Allahu alayhi wa sallam he said, In Nell Kaluga letter to sow Boca Mata for
Hadith, Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he said that the hearts the rust, just like metal rusts so
then they asked the NABI sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, one man Sheila Oh Ha, how do we polish it? How
do we cleanse the heart? He said to them, delay our tongue Quran with remote by reciting the Quran.
Yet through Allah Him He will use a key him read the Quran, it will purify your soul, it'll purify
		

			your heart, it will purifying you from bad actions and bad character. It will purify it from all
this, and I share with you at the end a story.
		

			There was a scholar,
		

			a student walked and entered upon a scholar and the scholar. He saw the student very worried and
concerned. The signs of stress and worry were apparent on his face. So he said to him, my son, go
and pray and read some Quran. So the student went, he prayed to God, and he sat and he began to
recite the word of Allah. After a while, he got up and went back to the shack to his scholar. And
the scholar witnessed that the signs of stress and calamity and difficulty had been erased and faded
away from his face. So he said to him, my son, your soul was hungry for the Word of Allah subhanho
wa Taala your soul was hungry for the Word of Allah subhanahu wa Tirana. So try it next time. When
		

			you are distressed when you've come back from a long day of difficulty and stress and misery, and
whatever it is that you're going through, sit down at the end of the day just before you sleep, pray
to look at and read the message of your Lord and try to understand it, use the field Assadi buy a
copy for yourself and read an explanation and a commentary on the IR theory on 2345. Whatever Allah
azza wa jal allows you to read and see how this would be the greatest cell therapy for the wounded
soul. We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to accept from us all. I ask Allah azza wa jal that he bless
you all, and he instilled within us the love of the Quran and the Sunnah of the messenger sallallahu
		

			alayhi wa sallam in the Julio delicado Ali or SallAllahu wasallam Opelika ala Nabina Muhammad Ali he
also be as Marian was Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh