Asim Khan – Tafsir Surah Fatiha – Part 7

Asim Khan

RIC brings to you an 8 part in-depth intensive Tafsir, Linguistic analysis and lessons learnt from Surah Fatiha with Ustadh Asim Khan

Share Page

AI: Summary ©

The speakers discuss the importance of guidance in Islam, including praise and thanks for one person and guidance for others. They stress the need for guidance to avoid confusion and misunderstandings, and the importance of following a specific path in life. The speakers also discuss the negative consequences of not being able to follow guidance and the importance of being calm in life. The importance of guidance is emphasized, and the conversation ends with a discussion of the church's guidance and the importance of showing one's love for Islam.

AI: Summary ©

00:00:01 --> 00:00:06
			Alhamdulillah de Lyonne me in Ottawa
		
00:00:11 --> 00:00:14
			Monica woman de
		
00:00:18 --> 00:00:23
			todo gonna study
		
00:00:34 --> 00:00:35
			him
		
00:00:37 --> 00:00:44
			Elaine mana on
		
00:00:55 --> 00:01:16
			wa salatu salam ala VR mursaleen Nabina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi arginine to mama bang
Somalia graft line with regard to all my dearest brothers and sisters. And welcome to this second
last lesson of the course to see that they have reached reach the verse in a sort of Mr. Kane.
		
00:01:17 --> 00:02:06
			We've reached the verse in the pain. And we wanted to just first of all recap on last week's lesson
and then also add a few more points to the previous was ear canal with the way you're gonna stand.
As for the recap, we said that last week, that was was a declaration, the slave Allah is declaring
two things, the first thing he is declaring is that there is no one that he would enslave himself
to, or worship, except the loss of power is declared that I only worship you and only enslave myself
to you, meaning only obey one person ultimately, and that is you. The second declaration he can
establish is that the only person who I seek help in is a loss of power. These are two declaration
		
00:02:06 --> 00:02:25
			every time I travel I said that the entire message of the religion revolves around the meaning
encapsulated, encapsulated in this one verse. So he said that the first statement, the first
decoration he can ever do is like the well known statement, either in the law
		
00:02:27 --> 00:02:30
			the second declaration where he kind of staring
		
00:02:31 --> 00:02:36
			you alone do we seek help in is what one known statement.
		
00:02:39 --> 00:02:42
			What do you think? So one last thing we say all the time
		
00:02:48 --> 00:02:50
			talking over No, this is a
		
00:02:51 --> 00:02:54
			it's not like a religious statement that's been talked to us about the process.
		
00:02:57 --> 00:03:07
			We're talking about believing that there's no one out there that can help us there was no one out
there that has any power to do anything except for Allah, Allah.
		
00:03:09 --> 00:03:54
			Allah Allah, Allah Allah, he said, the second declaration is like a well known statement, how
khaolak it is a soup way of saying, Hola, hola, quwata, Illa Illa. These two statements is basically
what the religion revolves around, that the person feels that there's only one that he should
worship, and stick himself to. And moreover, there's only one out there who can have any power to do
anything. Okay, and that is bla bla bla bla, then he goes on to make an a point of analysis. He said
that if there are two things, therefore, first is believing that there is no one except for luck.
And secondly, believe it is no one that can have any power to assist or help except Allah. If there
		
00:03:54 --> 00:04:03
			are two things that you need to do to become the slave of Allah. Then what that means is that when
it comes to people, there are actually four possibilities.
		
00:04:05 --> 00:04:17
			Because there's two options. You can either be someone who takes both those boxes, takes none of
those boxes, or takes one of them and not the other. Yeah, so he breaks it down, he says.
		
00:04:18 --> 00:04:44
			So the first type of person, it is a type of person he neither he worshipped a lot, nor does he ever
seek his help. And that is something that is very rare to find, amongst the Muslim vote, a person
who doesn't worship Allah doesn't ever ask for his help. The other the other side of the spectrum is
someone who does worship a lot alone and does seek to stop law makers from that category. But then
he said As for the other two categories,
		
00:04:46 --> 00:04:59
			is number one, the person who worship on loss of power with Allah alone, but he doesn't actually ask
for his help. Rather, he seeks that help from other people. And he said, this happens.
		
00:05:00 --> 00:05:43
			Very often in religious people, that they worship Allah, but then they ask others for help. And he
explained, he said, these people, you find that they, their hearts are humbled before those people
who provide them the wage, who give them assistance to give them guidance. He said those people
could be the Kings could be the rich could be the scholars, ie, the ones that they feel like this
towards only one help from an ask for help from other rich people, or the scholars or the kings,
they worship Allah or when it comes to needing assistance and asking the ask others, okay, I think
about that when you reflect on your own self.
		
00:05:46 --> 00:06:02
			What's the last category, someone who doesn't worship Allah, but yet, ask for his help? And you want
to think who does that right? He's homeownership alone? Why would you have asked me so he said, this
is also very common amongst people in authority.
		
00:06:03 --> 00:06:30
			He said, there are many kings and tyrants out there, they don't worship Allah obey his commandments,
but they asked for his help. When they want to win, they want to continue the power. Yeah, they ask
for God's help when they want to continue their authority, their ring and their power. And he said
that this is yet another category of people and you find them many times that happens with people in
authority. Now, I found that really interesting because
		
00:06:32 --> 00:06:48
			you don't wish to Allah, or you don't want to worship Allah, but you still want his help. And you
know, sometimes that happens in us, isn't it? You don't want to do things what Allah wants you to do
it on a worship can can't be bothered to pray. But when it comes to needing something
		
00:06:49 --> 00:07:02
			like exam time, what do you do? Start asking a lot to help, isn't it? So let us not be from this
country, any of us carry, let us be from the category of those that both worship and obey Allah and
also ask for his help as well.
		
00:07:04 --> 00:07:59
			Right, okay. Now, the next hire, you see what's called a change in theme, something changes now. And
this change is reflected in the heavy metal right at the beginning, we lost sales. How do you fix
it? Muslim? salata, veiny ouabain. Abdi, this finger, I have divided the prayer to two parts between
myself and my slave. When we add the master, and then the last things and for my slave is whatever
you asked for. Then when I say slave says, the learner of the item in a law says, my slave has
thanked me. When the slave says, a rush man over him, a law says, my slave has praised me. The one
the slave says Maliki Ahmed Deen. Allah says Majid any Abdi, my slave has magnified me. Then when
		
00:07:59 --> 00:08:00
			you get to
		
00:08:02 --> 00:08:10
			understand what does Allah say, Allah says, Now this is an affair between me and myself. Then the
slave says,
		
00:08:13 --> 00:08:19
			Allah says, Now whatever my seven asked for, you will be given.
		
00:08:20 --> 00:08:34
			Yeah. Now that is amazing. Because now the theme changes you actually ask for something. This is the
first two are in the Quran, isn't it? This is the first supplication in the Koran.
		
00:08:36 --> 00:08:40
			What are you asking for? Now, if you were to think about the Hadith, Allah says
		
00:08:41 --> 00:08:48
			when he Abdullah son, and for my slavers, whatever he asked for, that is like someone coming to you
and saying,
		
00:08:49 --> 00:09:00
			You have one wish? Whatever you want. You're guaranteed to get it. What would you ask for? Isn't it
if someone said to you got one wish? Would you want would you ask for
		
00:09:03 --> 00:09:06
			different answers? Right? Would you How would you
		
00:09:09 --> 00:09:09
			get
		
00:09:11 --> 00:09:11
			one of those?
		
00:09:14 --> 00:09:15
			So Hello, yes.
		
00:09:19 --> 00:09:19
			No.
		
00:09:21 --> 00:09:25
			Money. Yeah. Money.
		
00:09:29 --> 00:09:30
			Power.
		
00:09:31 --> 00:09:32
			Wall more money.
		
00:09:34 --> 00:09:41
			Yeah, baby brother struggling trying to get my wife, one which has the wife. That's the one.
		
00:09:43 --> 00:09:45
			People also things of the dunya, isn't it?
		
00:09:46 --> 00:10:00
			Yeah. But he also had a lot of the first thing that your slave should ask for is what he Daya
guidance. Okay, that's the first thing you should ask another question.
		
00:10:00 --> 00:10:10
			The thing about this is that Allah, the King of kings, tells you what to ask for, and how to ask for
as well,
		
00:10:11 --> 00:10:20
			isn't it? Allah is taking care of us in such an amazing way and sort of factor is telling us what
you need in your life to make you successful is something called Hidayat.
		
00:10:21 --> 00:11:11
			And you need to ask me for it, and I will teach you how to ask me say these words. And then the
supplication comes somewhere further down. In those words are something to reflect about as though
why is it that a minister often has to pee in which translates to guide us to the straight path?
This application? Why does it come here in the verse? I mean, this is verse six, right? Why did it
come like verse one? verse two, verse three? Like why is it coming? bright at the end? Why? What's
happened before? Or what is said before, which makes it better? For you to ask Allah for what you
need the most. Now, and not before? What do you think?
		
00:11:13 --> 00:11:17
			Why now? Why did I swallow screen now? Why not in the beginning?
		
00:11:18 --> 00:11:20
			Why wait? What do you think?
		
00:11:27 --> 00:11:28
			Yes.
		
00:11:33 --> 00:11:40
			Okay, very good. So the first part, Ally's talking about himself, then it's your turn. Right? So
		
00:11:42 --> 00:11:43
			what does that mean then?
		
00:11:45 --> 00:11:47
			Why do you ask now why don't you go first and ask
		
00:11:53 --> 00:11:53
			Think about it.
		
00:11:56 --> 00:11:58
			You're nearly there. You're nearly there. Yes.
		
00:12:02 --> 00:12:02
			Yes.
		
00:12:04 --> 00:12:05
			Yes.
		
00:12:08 --> 00:12:08
			Right.
		
00:12:11 --> 00:12:13
			Okay, Mashallah, this is businessman.
		
00:12:15 --> 00:12:24
			The rest is not any when you go to me, someone you want something to start the conversation by, by
the way, I need x, y, and Zed. And how you doing?
		
00:12:25 --> 00:12:48
			You start with me. If you wanted something big, maybe you start by saying good things about the
person, making them happy. When you're happy with it, and you say By the way, I need something from
you. Yeah. This is the same type of rationale, weird indicate irrational expense. He said, this is
the best way to ask
		
00:12:50 --> 00:13:20
			that first, you praise the one you're asking. Then you present your harder you'll, you'll need. So
Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah. When you praised Allah, you said Allah, all praise and thanks. You
know, what is for you all credit goes to your love for everything you do everything you are, you're
the master of everything. You have the Most Merciful. You're going to be merciful to the believers,
even after they die in the archaea. You're the king of the Day of Resurrection And The Kingdom every
single day, the owner everyday.
		
00:13:21 --> 00:13:22
			Allah
		
00:13:23 --> 00:13:26
			I'm your slave. I'm your slave.
		
00:13:27 --> 00:13:29
			I don't want help from anyone except for me.
		
00:13:30 --> 00:13:43
			Now you say guide me, guide me, this is what I need from you. I need guidance. Okay. And then we'll
continue so this is also reflected in the prophetic glaube Eunice nslm anyone know the Dr. Yunus
Elisa?
		
00:13:44 --> 00:13:47
			What he's saying the belly of the whale. Do you know
		
00:13:52 --> 00:14:01
			the anticipation in the continental body mean? reflect this my brothers, you yourself Imagine you
are stranded somewhere.
		
00:14:02 --> 00:14:18
			quite difficult to imagine the same situation. Imagine you are in the belly of a whale. You're
staring death in the face. You're gonna get no reception in the belly of a whale. You got No wonder
you're gonna die then. Then you think about asking Allah to save you.
		
00:14:19 --> 00:14:25
			What would you say to Allah? If you're making a dog? You'd say Allah saving? Isn't it?
		
00:14:27 --> 00:14:40
			unison Islam. He doesn't say Allah saying. He says there is no date he worthy of worship except for
you. Glory be to You. I was of those that were wrong to us.
		
00:14:42 --> 00:14:46
			He hasn't mentioned that he needs to be saved. As if
		
00:14:48 --> 00:14:59
			he's only mentioned that he'd done something wrong. And even that he mentioned second. What is he
mentioned first words that Allah loves to hear. Isn't it
		
00:15:00 --> 00:15:22
			Allah loves to hear a person say Allah, there is no one out there that is or two wishes for you.
This is the same thing. you present your case to Allah by praising Allah with the most beautiful
words. Then you ask them, then you ask a lower unit. So the one wish that you should ask for is
Allah give me he died. Right. But his ways he died.
		
00:15:26 --> 00:15:33
			guidance, guidance is good does a translation about what kind of guidance? I mean, the GPRS is
guidance, isn't it for the driver?
		
00:15:36 --> 00:15:43
			Google Maps guidance, isn't it? So what is HIPAA? Tell me what is it that you're asking for? And why
is it
		
00:15:46 --> 00:15:47
			okay.
		
00:15:50 --> 00:15:53
			guidance to Jenna. Okay. To get closer.
		
00:15:55 --> 00:15:56
			Guidance Oh, all
		
00:15:57 --> 00:15:59
			of this religion, okay. is
		
00:16:00 --> 00:16:03
			the guidance of Allah. Allah is guidance.
		
00:16:04 --> 00:16:06
			closer? Yes.
		
00:16:21 --> 00:16:27
			You're asking guidance in a religious sense. In a religious sense, you want to know how to live
according to our laws religion?
		
00:16:28 --> 00:16:30
			No. Anything else?
		
00:16:31 --> 00:16:31
			Yes.
		
00:16:35 --> 00:16:38
			Of course of laundry from gardens. Yes. Right.
		
00:16:46 --> 00:16:57
			Okay, the brother said to put on his guidance, no one disputes that. And he's saying that therefore
guidance is you're asking a lot. Give us an understanding of the Quran. Right? Let me ask you a
question. Okay.
		
00:16:59 --> 00:17:06
			You know, orientalists Yeah, many of whom try their best to attain Islam or to
		
00:17:08 --> 00:17:15
			make specious arguments against Islam. What do you think in terms of their knowledge and
understanding of the Quran?
		
00:17:16 --> 00:17:19
			Someone did a PhD in the Quran, for example.
		
00:17:21 --> 00:17:24
			Then knowledge and understanding of Quran is quite high up there, isn't it?
		
00:17:26 --> 00:17:31
			So hedaya must be more than just knowing the truth isn't it?
		
00:17:33 --> 00:17:33
			Do you agree?
		
00:17:34 --> 00:17:35
			wiser than
		
00:17:43 --> 00:17:47
			acting upon God's will? Do you think brothers better?
		
00:17:48 --> 00:18:03
			Yes. You see, the once upon a time, and that group, perhaps its philosophy is to exist today came
about in the second century of Islam called the mortar Zilla. Okay, me to remember that name, but
just the idea,
		
00:18:05 --> 00:18:07
			the account with the philosophy
		
00:18:08 --> 00:18:19
			that man has been given an intellect by God, and that intellect suffices for him to know what to do
in his life, to reach paradise.
		
00:18:20 --> 00:18:30
			independent of Revelation, the revelation comes, and it helps. The idea is that it's all here. If
you know what to do.
		
00:18:32 --> 00:18:32
			You do.
		
00:18:34 --> 00:18:45
			If you don't know what to do, you won't do it. So when they read in a Serato, Mr. Team, the
understanding was Oh God, allow us to use our intellect to see the truth.
		
00:18:46 --> 00:18:55
			Right. Now some of you might listen to I think he was wrong about this way. Yeah, that's fine.
However, what about
		
00:18:56 --> 00:19:39
			that? What about the sniper someone knows the truth but doesn't do it? I mean, you can add the
enemies of Islam. They may know more about Islam they knew like certain orientalist. What does that
mean? They mean something is missing. What is missing something called trophy? Yeah, don't forget to
say this good. Mashallah. applicator Allah says la de una. He die in this context in this verse
means in a shot with tofield it is shared with tofi earshot means direction and guidance. Don't feed
me means that Allah helps you to do the right thing.
		
00:19:40 --> 00:19:54
			Allah helps you to do the right thing. Both of them together. That's what makes up hedaya as
mentioned in sort of Fatiha so regarding the first spot is shot, you find that
		
00:19:55 --> 00:19:59
			you find in the Quran, the last panel says what are they now who Najmuddin
		
00:20:00 --> 00:20:01
			This verse
		
00:20:02 --> 00:20:11
			What are they now that we guided them to the two paths, okay? So our balance of emotional is gonna
get something for them.
		
00:20:12 --> 00:20:15
			So balance verse number 10 sort of balance.
		
00:20:16 --> 00:20:32
			Allah says we got them to both parts, right the path of good and the path about meaning what it
means they have within them and around them. direction to show them this is good and that is bad.
Okay.
		
00:20:33 --> 00:20:39
			But then in another place in the Quran, Allah says to the professor sudden in Mecca, lotta demon,
but
		
00:20:41 --> 00:20:58
			indeed you you cannot guide the one that you love. You know who's talking about his uncle? I will
find it because he was trying so hard to invite him to embrace Islam, but he wouldn't. Okay, so
Allah Subhana says you can't guide who you love.
		
00:21:00 --> 00:21:05
			But the process Allah is the one who showed us what guidance is
		
00:21:06 --> 00:21:16
			what that means that he died. It has two connotation. The first is just the direction. This is the
truth that is false. The second is
		
00:21:17 --> 00:21:28
			Allah, helping you to live by that. And to act by that. This is what he does. This is what you're
asking Allah for you ask Allah to show you
		
00:21:29 --> 00:21:40
			the truth, and also to make you act on the truth. Does that make sense? Yeah, just the other day is
upon one of my friends.
		
00:21:41 --> 00:21:56
			Mashallah his wife. She had a baby. And he said, You won't get up in the day after the day after all
my family came around my house, congratulate me and my sister. She's thinking about 20 years old.
She had an asthma attack.
		
00:21:57 --> 00:22:03
			Now she started to wheeze. They call the ambulance ambulance comes he comes in, he jumps in the
ambulance with his sister.
		
00:22:04 --> 00:22:20
			And the situation goes from bad to worse, he starts to wheeze more than she starts to go quiet. Her
skin begins to change color. She becomes purple, blue. He goes we couldn't recognize at this point.
And then she passes out and goes into slips into a coma.
		
00:22:22 --> 00:22:33
			And then in the hospital, she's put in last hamdulillah she has now recovered. But he told me that
just before she went unconscious, he shouted out to say the kalama.
		
00:22:34 --> 00:22:35
			And she said
		
00:22:37 --> 00:22:56
			now just imagine my brothers and sisters. In that moment where you are in excruciating pain, you
think you're gonna die? Can't breathe? There are so many thoughts in your mind, isn't it? So many
things going through your mind? What is it that's going to make you pick out that one thing and say
on your tongue
		
00:22:57 --> 00:23:20
			that is unlocked? isn't only allowed allow a person to do that. And you have many other stories of
others. I know friend of mine, Dr. Ed be told many times. Many patients on their deathbed we say to
them, c'est la. vie. They Arabs, Egyptian, some of them say nothing. Some of them say be quiet Get
away from me. This is what's happening firsthand.
		
00:23:22 --> 00:23:28
			same person, you may think they know what you're saying. One chooses to one chooses not to.
		
00:23:29 --> 00:23:48
			So the question what begs my brothers and sisters? is why would Allah grant you tofi Why would he
give you guidance? Why would Allah give you guidance? And not somebody else? What is it? Is it
favoritism Allah said oh god this one I'll miss god This one
		
00:23:51 --> 00:23:57
			is it that the person he decides himself now I'm going to be guided is down to me.
		
00:23:58 --> 00:24:00
			I can say Well, what do I want
		
00:24:02 --> 00:24:04
			and whatever I want will happen
		
00:24:06 --> 00:24:07
			or is it something else?
		
00:24:09 --> 00:24:12
			Why would Allah guide a person my brothers and sisters What do you think?
		
00:24:13 --> 00:24:14
			Why
		
00:24:15 --> 00:24:16
			okay
		
00:24:19 --> 00:24:21
			Mashallah, I gotta give you something for that Mr. Sharma.
		
00:24:23 --> 00:24:25
			What do you say you start with the heart and then
		
00:24:32 --> 00:24:57
			very good. The brother said a lot looks towards your heart. In your heart you really desire guidance
will give you girls if you don't want to follow or not give it to you. And this power law is
beautifully encapsulated in one of these in a hurry footsie again. So he was saying we have a lot of
policies and you may have a reflected over this today. From this way. I must say that
		
00:24:59 --> 00:24:59
			and
		
00:25:00 --> 00:25:03
			My slave, he continues to draw close to me
		
00:25:04 --> 00:25:14
			until he comes close to me by one hand span. When he does, I come closer to him by one arm span.
		
00:25:16 --> 00:25:17
			Here, he starts on
		
00:25:19 --> 00:25:44
			the shipment rather ship with one hand, and then I come closer to him by one arm's length. Okay.
Then if he comes close to be by one arm's length, I come close to him by one factor, which is like
three meters. And then if he comes to me walking, I come to him in haste to power question, Who is
the first one?
		
00:25:45 --> 00:25:48
			who acted?
		
00:25:49 --> 00:25:53
			Was it a law that came close to the seventh or the descending, I came close to a lovefest.
		
00:25:56 --> 00:26:09
			What is amazing is talking about not just a person who wants guidance is how bad you want it, isn't
it? The more you want it, the more alone give it to you. And conversely,
		
00:26:10 --> 00:26:14
			the less you want it, the less you will get.
		
00:26:15 --> 00:26:50
			So my brothers sisters, it is a law that guys, but he guides one who wants guidance. That is why the
person was trying to pull up a pilot to become Muslim. He didn't want to. That's why I say you can't
make him become Muslim. I know he doesn't want to so he will never become Muslim. Do you see? And
that really does. As they say, put the ball in our court, isn't it? It's all about us. And if we
reflect over our lives, we think how is our relationship with Allah? How close are we to Allah, the
kind of
		
00:26:52 --> 00:26:55
			relationship we have Allah the kind of lifestyle we live,
		
00:26:56 --> 00:27:30
			it really does boil down to what we want, isn't it? Yes, what was not if you really wanted to be
close to Allah, if you really didn't want to, for example, work in a haram place if you really
didn't want you know, to have bad habits. And you wanted Allah to guide you away from the Lord guide
you away from nothing stopping a lot about the only thing stopping a person is himself. And that is
unfortunately the reality that is up to the person. So okay, so this is a die shot with tofield
		
00:27:31 --> 00:27:33
			The next point is
		
00:27:36 --> 00:27:55
			if this is the first application of neuron and the first thing that Ally's teaching us to ask was
hedaya it means that this is the most important thing in your life isn't it? It's the most important
thing there's nothing more important this because I'm telling you this is the first thing you need
to say if you have this then has everything else you have. Everything else will have.
		
00:27:57 --> 00:28:11
			So what do you think that my brother is? What we're standing in salah and saying he can do what he
can to stay in here kind of staying means were seeking your home after trying a say a dinner?
		
00:28:16 --> 00:28:17
			How does that look?
		
00:28:21 --> 00:28:30
			exact opposite of what you're supposed to be behaving like you're supposed to be behaving a lot I
need this so bad. I'm begging you Allah guidance
		
00:28:31 --> 00:28:33
			but your behaviors like
		
00:28:39 --> 00:28:49
			it just sounds really bad. It looks really bad. Yeah, it looks really bad. So my brothers and
sisters Jani we can talk about the heart. But at the end of the day, what the heart wants is what
the tongue speaks.
		
00:28:51 --> 00:29:03
			What the heart wants is whether and the limbs follow, isn't it whatever you want really, truly,
that's what you go after isn't in your life. So we need to reflect over our behavior. Do you really
want guidance? Are we behaving like we do?
		
00:29:04 --> 00:29:07
			Right. Now, the second the second part, so you say
		
00:29:09 --> 00:29:20
			you say guide us again, you don't say guide me is a guide in the collective and it has the meaning
of unity that the Muslim is asking not just for himself, he wants everyone to be guided around him
as well.
		
00:29:22 --> 00:29:25
			Then he says a Surat Mr.
		
00:29:26 --> 00:29:38
			Assad was the cane is like asking Allah what hedaya and this hidayah comes in the form of a path and
that path is Mr. P. Okay the path Mr. P.
		
00:29:39 --> 00:29:56
			Let me reflect over this. You are describing the path because a Surat means path and then you
describe the path as Mr. Clean. Now property rational law said the scholars have put on all agree
that a Seraph most appealing means what?
		
00:29:57 --> 00:29:59
			It is a clay road with no
		
00:30:00 --> 00:30:13
			keenness for deviation. All the scholars have put on he said the greatest fundamental meaning of
Serato Mr. Clean, he said is a path, a clear road with openness or deviation.
		
00:30:14 --> 00:30:40
			But then, you know, if you really want to get to grips with the beauty of the meaning, you have to
look at the roots of the worse what is called a strip off. Yeah, Rosie rahimullah said that, he said
the way that you find the connotations of the words and the inference is, is you look towards the
edge of the cop and the cop means the root meanings. So if a word in Arabic
		
00:30:41 --> 00:31:10
			would have a root meaning, that would meaning give you so much more layers of meaning. So the word
Surat let us look at that. Firstly, the word Surat can be recited as a slot as Sirat with the scene,
and ziraat with a zap. If you go around the world listen to different recitals you'd hear them say
they now still are stepping and Dana's zero tolerance.
		
00:31:11 --> 00:31:16
			They're making a mistake. So don't correct is another word reciting it. Okay.
		
00:31:17 --> 00:31:58
			Now the word Islam, Allah does a wonderful job of breaking the word down. First of all, he says that
the word Surat means a person means a path, but not just any path a path he says that is Mattia
dude, it is clearly demarcated the signs of a path if you imagine a road the signs of that road are
clearly laid out. What that means is that the road and the path is very clear fervency, there's a
path over there, okay. Then he said, it has another connotation, which is to work and at the
		
00:31:59 --> 00:32:12
			estiva an eternal means to be raised and to be upwards meaning the path is not flat, it is inclined
such that a person needs to walk at speed in order to traverse it.
		
00:32:13 --> 00:32:43
			Another meaning another connotation, he said, is that the pathway is vast, vast, okay, you seem to
reflect over the meaning because you're asked not to guide you to the path and the web for the path
is a powerful any path, a path that is vast, clearly laid out and going up roots. Okay, so you know,
I think it was the connection between the meaning and the route. He said the root of the word.
		
00:32:44 --> 00:32:54
			Okay, is Sarita seen a ba, ba, ba, and certipur Sultan means intellect to swallow.
		
00:32:55 --> 00:33:40
			And he said the link between the root of to swallow and the word of Surat path is that when someone
swallows something, it goes down their throat quickly down a defined route. Okay, so focus when it
goes down this defined route and it goes down very fast. And then he said he had the saying in
Arabic, don't be too sweet. Fellas, 30 to 40 do people will swallow you up. Don't be too bitter.
Otherwise people will spit you out. Okay, so the word for swallow the use in that ancient saying is
fire started to connect it to the word of Surat. Okay, so this is how the Arab would use it.
		
00:33:41 --> 00:33:44
			Now, He then said something interesting.
		
00:33:45 --> 00:34:15
			He said so the path of Surat is something which is vast something which is clearly laid out and
something which is going upwards. He said a line the Quran always refers to his path as a Surat.
Yeah, sometimes you find the word Sabine as well. But a lot also talks about sheep barn. But Allah
never say sheep barn has a slot. But Allah says that chiffon has a severe and severe also means
		
00:34:18 --> 00:34:38
			there's one other thing I missed. He said a syrup also has a meaning of a part that has a desired
goal. A desired goal, which means it's a path it leads to a place where you want to be okay, so why
do you think that in the Quran we don't find Allah mentioning shavon having a slot
		
00:34:39 --> 00:34:42
			while the ship often is referred to as having a Sabine,
		
00:34:43 --> 00:34:44
			not Surat.
		
00:34:45 --> 00:34:51
			Any ideas if you reflect on all those nuances of the word, might see something here
		
00:34:53 --> 00:34:54
			is
		
00:34:58 --> 00:34:59
			a law much
		
00:35:00 --> 00:35:00
			Allah
		
00:35:02 --> 00:35:02
			Allah
		
00:35:05 --> 00:35:13
			He said a Surat one of the connotations meaning is that it leads to a desired destination,
		
00:35:14 --> 00:35:17
			I suppose upon his path leads to Jannah
		
00:35:18 --> 00:35:23
			not a desired destination for anyone. Yeah, this is true. This is true.
		
00:35:25 --> 00:35:42
			Other reflection is that Sabine means path, it doesn't mean it's a path which is clearly laid out
and vast and moreover that goes up. Yeah, for the path that goes up leads to a loss of powder, isn't
it? But the Sabine doesn't necessarily have to go up.
		
00:36:00 --> 00:36:12
			No, good point the brother mentioned a very good point in the Quran Allah sponsored Satan will
attack you from in front from behind from each side. And even from below.
		
00:36:14 --> 00:36:16
			By law, the law doesn't say we'll take you from above.
		
00:36:19 --> 00:36:41
			And there's a number of reasonings why that that is the case. One of the perhaps is that his path
cannot come from the top. Okay, his path is a lonely path and the Surat is a hyper Milan perhaps. So
this is a salon. Okay. One of the other two other interesting things about the weather surah Allah,
Allah didn't say Surat Allah said
		
00:36:42 --> 00:36:50
			he made it proper. He didn't say a party said verkauf. When you say their policy means there's only
one path isn't.
		
00:36:52 --> 00:36:55
			The major thing about the word slot is that in Arabic, it has no plural.
		
00:36:57 --> 00:37:16
			It's got no plural. The word itself doesn't allow itself to be thought of in a multiple way. The
word itself is singular and it has no pro which is amazing. Allah chose one word to describe his
path. A word that doesn't even allow you to think about different paths. Yeah, so
		
00:37:17 --> 00:38:00
			then he said the syrup is almost a pain. And Mr. Kane comes route of karma. Karma means to stand is
the means to seek to stand the most appealing is the one who is standing upright. So the meaning of
being upright. And some of the scholars they said that Mr. Clean, you know, the balance to the
scale. You know, the road in the middle, that metal rods that hold everything upright, that's called
Mr. pin. Okay, was he no Billings, Mr. Bill pyspark. Mr. P Manasa. Esra. Mr. Cream is that right in
the middle of the balance. So the idea then is that the path which is clear, which is white, which
is going up,
		
00:38:01 --> 00:38:25
			has no bent no crookedness. No other ways that it is going it is going straight. Now if you are
going for example, from here to Scotland a journey that will take you what five hours five, six
hours well that's the one of the reasons that takes you that long is because of travel and other
reasons because the motorways are not straight, isn't it?
		
00:38:27 --> 00:38:29
			If you want a straight motorway, it will take you less time right
		
00:38:30 --> 00:39:14
			there is idea a Surat I almost took me straight. So it takes you to the destination in the quickest
possible time. Yeah, it is the shortest route to the destination. What is the destination? It is a
lost power. Yeah, that is pleasure. And that is why my brothers and sisters the sort of the
companions of the president and those that came out to describe the service team in various ways.
All these different words that they use in terms they all reflect upon the same meaning. So are you
not the amount said that the Serb Mr team is happy to lie in the team? It is the firm rope of the
last panel.
		
00:39:15 --> 00:39:31
			Other said no it is L kita. The Quran others said no it is Islam and other sedative de la the
religion of Allah. In the Quran velocities are the same in meaning because first of all, how to love
the rope of Allah is what?
		
00:39:33 --> 00:39:48
			The Quran Yeah. What does the Quran teach us? Islam versus Islam, the deen of Allah. So, there there
are different interpretations of the same interpretation just being explained in different words,
they being explained in different words, and
		
00:39:50 --> 00:39:59
			altogether then you say in a sort of stopping you asking a loss of powder to guide me guide us all
to a path which is the quickest shortest path
		
00:40:00 --> 00:40:06
			leading to a loss of power is the most important thing and just reflecting over this my brothers
		
00:40:08 --> 00:40:11
			You know, when a person is guided How do you know someone is guide? How do you know
		
00:40:13 --> 00:40:13
			we are guided
		
00:40:15 --> 00:40:33
			the way you know you're guided or moments in your life where you are guided, is that you make a
decision to do something which you know, Allah loves, or you make a decision to stay away from
something which you know, Allah doesn't like. So for example, 730 we were here praying, Alicia.
		
00:40:34 --> 00:40:36
			Yeah, 730
		
00:40:37 --> 00:41:11
			you could say with some confidence that you know what? The thing which alone would be most happy
with me doing at 730 today in my life is what? praying Asia in general through non physical is
anything else? It could be something I'll be happier with? Me, you know? Okay. So when you're here
730 with your head to the ground, frustrating to Allah and this Salah, you can say hamdulillah this
moment of my life, who is guiding me, isn't it? Okay? And this is the way you analyze your life
		
00:41:12 --> 00:41:43
			is about what decisions you make in your life. So the family are getting together and they're
discussing Where should we go for holiday? Okay, many ideas. Someone says okay, why don't we use the
money and go for our money we've never been brought up before. The if they made the decision to go
for Amarok that decision of what holiday to go was a decision impacted by hida. See, there are other
factors like enjoyment, like tourism, etc, etc. But the overriding factor became he died.
		
00:41:44 --> 00:41:54
			So that's the moment of discussion where they say the same thing like you're arguing with someone
maybe found in your wife, you have an argument kids are their own, you say to yourself, you know
what?
		
00:41:56 --> 00:42:28
			I'm not gonna argue I'm going to step away, I'm going to calm myself down. I don't want to shut in
front of the children. It's not good. Alone, not be happy with that. Let me take a moment to step
away and come back and speak about this time we are more calm. That is a moment of guidance. Look at
the Quran, my brothers and sisters look at the stories and upon we have a story about a man who was
being almost forced into doing Zina who is a person useful so
		
00:42:30 --> 00:42:41
			he ends up in a point in his life, which is unbelievable. that either you do this misdeed of Xena or
what?
		
00:42:42 --> 00:42:43
			Or you go to prison
		
00:42:45 --> 00:42:56
			What does he say? A CG hub boo La Jolla prison is more beloved to me than doing that thing.
Unbelievable. That is a moment of
		
00:42:57 --> 00:43:15
			decision that you made in your life is being impacted by the religion of a loss parameter. This is
how you know when you are upon guidance when you are not upon a balance when you're actually doing
those things that Allah loves you can send him the law you know what this moment in time allows
guiding him Allah guide to be more.
		
00:43:17 --> 00:43:29
			Okay, rather This brings us to the end of this how there was a loss of the mother had been hammered
while he was a happy family. But of love equally deserving of him. Any questions? Yes.
		
00:43:42 --> 00:43:43
			Yes.
		
00:43:47 --> 00:43:47
			Okay.
		
00:43:52 --> 00:43:52
			Yes.
		
00:43:54 --> 00:43:56
			Okay, why would Allah give you tofu?
		
00:43:57 --> 00:44:08
			Yeah, this what we're saying Allah would give a person tofield because the person shows Allah, I
want guidance. Yeah. So once a person shows Allah,
		
00:44:09 --> 00:44:43
			Allah gives him and the more he shows a lot, the more like gives him now in the beginning, alone, he
gave you enough to realize that I need to do this. I don't need to do that. However, and that is the
two things you have fitrah inside of you, the apple as well as the signs of Allah. So the whole
environment is set up for you to do the right thing. But are you gonna do? This is a question you
need to show a lot that you want to do. You might know what to do. You might see everything around
you telling you what to do, but are you going to do it? That depends on whether you show online you
want to do
		
00:44:45 --> 00:44:47
			and the more you show a lot the more he will enable you to
		
00:44:48 --> 00:44:49
			make sense.
		
00:44:55 --> 00:44:56
			Yes.
		
00:45:03 --> 00:45:18
			Okay, good question the brother said Allah says in some places on that he has placed a seal on the
house right? How long Allah Allah sealed up the house is hard to see them how would they ever be
guided? Right?
		
00:45:20 --> 00:45:24
			This isn't mean that'd be hard to see is a sealed forever
		
00:45:26 --> 00:45:35
			what it means is that their hearts have neglected a laws guidance so much that their hearts are
completely closed.
		
00:45:37 --> 00:46:10
			However, there's always a chance for someone to turn his life around. Yeah. And if he wants to do
that if he was to one day say you know what, this is so messed up. I need to change myself. Last
part that will reopen his heart isn't the last one to reopen his heart so the sealing of of a heart?
Does it reflect an eternal damnation on that person rather it reflects how far away he is from
Allah. Yeah. And you're never too far away from Allah to come back from now that's how you would
respond to
		
00:46:11 --> 00:46:16
			us no more questions sisters when asked questions. No. Adnan is good.
		
00:46:18 --> 00:46:19
			Okay Baraka