Ammar Alshukry – Two Standards of Measurements and Justice- Surat Al-Mutafifeen
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Inna alhamdulillah, nahmaduhu wa nastaeenuhu wa nastaghfiruhu wa
na'udhu billahi min shururi anfusina wa min
sayyi'ati a'malina man yahdihi allahu fa laa
mudhilla lah, wa man yudhlih fa laa hadiya
lah wa ashhadu an laa ilaaha illa allah
wahdahu laa shariika lah wa ashhadu anna muhammadan
abduhu wa rasuluh wa safeehu min khalqihi wa
khaliluh ballagha alrisala wa adda al amana wa
nasaha al umma tarakuhum ala al mahajja al
baydaa layluha ka nahariha laa yazeeghu anhaa illa
halik salatu rabbi wa salamuhu alayhi Ibadallah, yaqulu
Allah azza wajal fi kitabihi al kareem ba'da
audhu billahi min al shaytan al rajeem ya
ayyuhal lazeena aamanu ittaqullaha haqqa tuqatih wa laa
tamutunna illa wa antum muslimoon wa qala ta
'ala ya ayyuhal nasu ittaqu rabbakum allathee khalaqakum
min nafsin wahida wa khalaqa minha zawjaha wa
battha minhuma rijalan kathira wa nisaa wa ittaqullaha
allathee tisaaluna bihi wal arhaam inna allaha kaana
alaykum raqeeba wa qala ta'ala ya ayyuhal
lazeena aamanu ittaqullaha wa quloo qawlan sadeeda yuslih
lakum a'malakum wa yakhfir lakum dhunubakum wa min
yuta'il laahu wa rasoolaahu faqad faaza fawzan
azeema Amma ba'd All praise is due to
Allah.
We seek His guidance and His forgiveness and
we seek refuge in Allah from the evil
of ourselves and the whispering of our desires.
Whom Allah guides, no one can misguide and
whom He allows to be misled, no one
can guide and I bear witness that there
is nothing worthy of worship except Allah alone
having no partners and that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi
wasallam is His slave and His messenger.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
Qur'an O you who believe, fear Allah
as He deserves to be feared and do
not die except in a state of Islam.
And Allah says, O mankind, fear your Lord
who created you from a single soul and
produced from that soul its mate and made
from their combination many men and women so
fear your Lord whom you ask each other
by and by the ties of kinship verily
Allah is ever watchful over you.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says O
you who believe, fear Allah and say that
which is correct He will correct for you
your deeds and forgive you your sins and
whoever obeys Allah and His messenger then they
are indeed victorious.
To proceed, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when
you study the Meccan Qur'an you'll find
that the concepts of the chapters of the
Qur'an that were revealed before the Hijrah
revolve around calling people to the worship of
God alone establishing that there is a hereafter
there is a day of judgment that there
is the establishment of the messengership of Muhammad
ﷺ and the finality of that message and
yet among these chapters that many of us
are very familiar with especially in that 30th
juz' you'll find interestingly enough a chapter that
deals with a particular element of character a
specific element of character when Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala says وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ Woe be to
those who cheat the scales Woe be to
them and here Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is talking about those who when they sell
الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ they receive
all of their payment or when they buy
from people they get their weight in full
but when they sell to people they play
with the scale they play with the measurement
so that they can sell them less while
still receiving payment in full this idea is
one that is manifested not just in buying
and selling but also anytime when you have
two different sets of scales when you have
two different scales of justice when you have
two different scales for outreach for outrage when
you have two different scales for outrage when
you have two different scales for what you
view to be a human being and who
is deserving of your support and your defense
when you have two different scales for what
you believe to be acceptable who has the
right to speak who has the right to
share and who doesn't and I believe all
of us are quite familiar with this because
we have been experiencing it our whole lives
and witnessing it our whole lives we see
it play out on the most dangerous of
territories when we see that the children of
Gaza are not given the same outrage that
the children of Ukraine receive we see it
even in sporting events when we see the
western world not broadcast the opening ceremony of
Qatar which is highlighting the culture of the
Muslims that which is beautiful of our culture
but broadcast the opening ceremonies of Paris, the
Olympics that were highly criticized Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala when speaking of these scales and
those who play around with the measurements and
the weights and standards Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala says أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَبْعُوثُونَ لِيَوْمٍ
عَظِيمٍ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala says do those people not
think that they are going to be resurrected
for a great day when all of mankind
stands in front of the Lord of the
worlds on that day the scales will be
perfect and on that day there will be
no oppression and on that day the scales
will be the scales of truth now when
you experience the bitterness of oppression how does
a person have resilience how does a person
absorb everything that we continue to absorb Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala says as we continue
in surah Al-Mutaffifin Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala says كَلَّا بَرَّانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا
يَكْسِبُونَ when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
describing the personality and the traits of those
people who play with the scales Allah calls
them Al-Mutaffifin at the beginning of the
surah but then He calls them the Fujjar
كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابُ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينَ He calls
them the Fujjar the transgressors and Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala says rather there is a
paint that has been placed over their heart
there is a stain over their heart and
the Prophet ﷺ he tells us that تُعَرَضُ
الْفِتَنَ عَلَىٰ الْقُلُوبِ كَعَرَضِ الْحَصِيرِ عُودًا عُودًا the
Prophet ﷺ says that trials are presented to
a person's heart like straws one after the
other so when a person's heart is presented
with a trial it could be any test
in a person's life you've got two choices
this is what you know Allah loves and
this is what you know is forbidden but
when a person absorbs that which is wrong
then that stain comes on to their heart
and that person who rejects that trial a
white spot is placed on their heart until
the Prophet ﷺ said the hearts of people
become like two hearts completely different one is
like an overturned vessel in Sahih Muslim one
of them is like an overturned vessel when
you have a cup and you flip it
over no light can come into that cup
anymore and so it becomes like an overturned
vessel not recognizing right or wrong إِلَّا مَا
أُشْرِبَ مِنْ هَوَاهِ except what it absorbs of
its own hawa except what it likes and
then another heart becomes white smooth like a
rock it is not afflicted by trials as
long as the heavens and the earth stay
that person is not afflicted by trials anymore
but the point here is that there are
people and I want you to understand that
there are two types of people there are
those who recognize the truth they recognize what
is wrong those people are pharaonic they still
reject it though Allah ﷻ says about Firaun
and his people وَجَحَدُوا بِهَا وَاسْتَيقَنَتْهَا أَنفُسُهُمْ ظُلْمًا
وَعُلُوًّا they recognize the signs of Moses they
still rejected it as they were certain of
it ظُلْمًا out of oppression and arrogance but
then there are those who truly simply see
their way as the right way no matter
how wrong it is Allah ﷻ He says
Allah ﷻ He says أَفَمَنْ كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ
مِّنْ رَبِّهِ كَمَنْ زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُؤُ عَمَلِهِ وَاتَّبَعُوا
أَهْوَاءَهُمْ Allah ﷻ says so is he who
is on clear evidence from his word like
him who the evil of his work has
been made attractive and they follow their own
desires these people follow their own desires or
Allah ﷻ says أَفَمَنْ زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُؤُ عَمَلِهِ
فَرَآهُ حَسَنًا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي
مَنْ يَشَاءُ as for the person who his
actions have been beautified for them their evil
actions have been beautified there are people who
have sin colored glasses they just see everything
that they do no matter how wrong it
is they see it as right and that
is from Allah ﷻ that is from Allah
ﷻ misguiding them not protecting them and so
we ask Allah ﷻ to guide us always
but when we see everything that we continue
to see play out whether it's on the
world stage or whether it's locally here one
of the feelings that I believe a person
is inspired to have is gratitude that I
am not like them I am not somebody
who distinguishes between the dignity of any human
being I find them to all be worthy
of protection I am not someone who defends
the killing of anybody who is supposed to
be protected no matter their race no matter
their ethnicity no matter their religion no matter
their creed and what I am following when
these systems continue to fail I seek comfort
in that I am following a book that
is eternal in its truth Allah ﷻ says
إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَهْدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقْوَمُ Allah
ﷻ says this Qur'an guides to that
which is best so we ask Allah ﷻ
to make us of those who follow this
Qur'an that we be guided to that
which is most upright and that which is
best أَقُولُوا مَا سِمِعْتُمْ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللَّهَ إِلَيْهِ وَلَكُمْ
فَاسْتَغْفِرُوا إِنَّهُ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام
على رسول الله one of the elements that
a person has to have is they have
to have resilience they have to have resilience
you have to recognize that if you speak
truth then not everybody is going to like
you the prophets were not loved by their
people once they called them to Allah ﷻ
they were mocked, they were ridiculed Allah ﷻ
says وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا شَيَاطِينَ الْإِنسِ
وَالْجِنِّ Allah ﷻ also says وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ
نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا مِّنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ Allah says we made
for every prophet enemies when the Prophet ﷺ
came to Waraqa ibn Nawfal the first day
he had received his revelation the first person
that he met after his wife Khadija brought
him he said I hope that I am
with you when they kick you out and
the Prophet ﷺ said are they gonna expel
me?
that's never happened before they lived in a
tribal system you were born into your tribe
you were never exiled from your tribe and
so he said yes nobody comes with the
message that you came with إِلَّا عُوْدِ except
that they made enemies they made enemies and
so a person recognizing that this is something
that comes with the territory whenever you are
working for truth whenever you are calling for
truth there are going to be people who
you are ruffling their feathers and you are
stepping on their toes and they are going
to react like someone who is being stepped
on on their toes are being stepped on
and so Allah ﷻ says and I conclude
with this Allah ﷻ says in Surah Ali
Imran he says كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمُوتِ every
soul shall taste death وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّى أُجُورُكُمْ يَوْمَ
الْقِيَامَةِ your reward إِنَّمَا تُفِيدُ الحَصْرِ إِنَّمَا means
only this your reward will only be fulfilled
on the day of judgment what is the
reward that I'm seeking فَمَنْ زُحْزِحْ عَنِ النَّارِ
وَأُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةِ فَقَدْ فَاسْ وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا
مَتَاعُ الْغُرُّ if I enter Jannah at 20
years old no matter what crime was committed
against me or 30 years old or 15
years old or 7 years old or 60
years old no matter what difficulty I go
through Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says whoever
is shifted is just to be shifted a
little bit from the hellfire to Jannah that
person has won and this world that we
are so attached to is simply مَتَاعُ الْغُرُّ
it is simply a delusion of enjoyment and
then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says and
this is expectation لَتُبْلَوُنَّ you will be tested
فِي أَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنفُسِكُمْ in your wealth and in
yourselves وَلَا تَسْمَعُنَّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ
قَبْلِكُمْ and you will hear from those who
were given the book from before you وَمِنَ
الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا أَذًا كَثِيرًا you're going to hear
a lot of hate you're going to hear
a lot of harm you're going to hear
you're going to hear that which grieves you
that which harms you when we see the
news being manipulated that harms us, it grieves
us when we see the truth being distorted
that grieves us, that harms us when we
hear the message and the beauty of Islam
being manipulated and distorted that hurts us as
well and so Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
says you will see that and you will
experience that and then he says وَإِن تَصْبِرُوا
وَتَتَّقُوا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِ if you
endure if you persevere if you have sabr
and if you have taqwa if you have
the fear of God that is a resolve
to aspire to so we ask Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala to grant us sabr we
ask Allah to grant us taqwa we ask
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to accept our
actions اللهم إِنَّ نَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَ
مِنْ قَوْلٍ وَعَمَلٍ وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْنَّارُ مَا
قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَ مِنْ قَوْلٍ وَعَمَلٍ اللهم آتِ نُفُوسَنَا
تَقْوَاهَا زَكِّهَا أَنتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا أَنتَ وَلِيُّهَا
وَمَوْلَاهَا رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبِّيَانِ سَغِيرَا اللهم ارحمك
بأهلنا المستضعفين في غزة اللهم كن لهم ناصر
يوم قلّى الناصر وكن لهم معينا يوم قلّى
المعينة اللهم داوي جرحاهم وتقبّى شهداءهم وأرحم موتاهم
وفك أسراهم اللهم يا مجري السحاب يا منزل
الكتاب يا هازم الأحزاب اللهم أهزم أعداءك أعداء
الدين اللهم أرمى فيهم عجائب قدرتك اللهم إنهم
لا يعجزونك اللهم صلي على سيدنا محمد وقوموا
إلى صلاتكم ورحمة الله