Haifaa Younis – What does Dunya mean in the Quran
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The speaker discusses the importance of learning and practicing in boosting one's life, citing examples such as the birth of Islam, the portrayal of women and children, and the importance of forgiveness. They stress the importance of showing interest in other people and their levels of success, rather than just looking at things from a distance. The speaker emphasizes the importance of boosting one's life by showing interest in other people and their levels of success.
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What I want to share with you today
is what did Allah says about the dunya
in the Quran.
This dunya that we fight for, that we
hate each other for, we disobey Allah for.
What did he say about it?
There's two verses when he say, وَضُرِبْ لَهُمْ
مَثَلَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَةِ There was only two.
One is in Surah Al-An'am, the
cattle, and one is Al-Kahf.
In Al-An'am, وَضُرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلَ الْحَيَاةِ
الدُّنْيَةِ وَمَا الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَةِ إِلَّا لَعِبٌ وَلَهُ In
Al-An'am, in the cattle, he said,
what is this dunya?
وَمَا He negate.
What is this dunya?
The creator of it.
He said, وَمَا الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَةِ إِلَّا لَعِبٌ وَلَهُ
This all world, this all dunya is but.
But meaning, whatever is going to come is
the reality.
And in the Arabic language, إِلَّا, same thing.
لَعِبٌ وَلَهُ What's لَعِب?
Play.
And what is لَهُ?
Amusement.
And they say لَهُ everything that distracts you
from reality.
And لَعِب is everything that makes you happy.
This is all life.
Is all life is in the sight of
Allah is لَعِبٌ وَلَهُ And Allah in Yunus
said the same thing.
إِنَّمَا مَثَلُوا الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَةِ The parable of this
dunya.
Same detail of الكهف.
The rain came down from the sky.
اختَلَطَ بِهِنَ بَعْتِ الْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُوا الْنَّاسُ وَالْأَنْعَامِ
Now a little bit more detail.
This is what I want you to do.
SubhanAllah, there was one of the teachers who
taught me, and he was a man, very
few men taught me in Jeddah.
He used to read Taraweeh by the meanings.
He does not read Taraweeh by sequence.
Like one day is all about dunya.
See how much he knows about the Quran.
One day is all about Sayyidina Musa.
Yeah, amazing, and he amazing reading.
And one day is all about Sayyidina Ibrahim.
And one day is all about like Sayyidina
Muhammad, it's only five.
But whatever, even if not his name, but
whatever comes to it.
So if you come, and this is something
I want you all to start learning, to
move from the casual learning to the little
bit deeper learning, go by subject.
So literally, I did this for you today.
I was like, okay, what did Allah say
about hayat al-dunya in the Quran?
These two words, I just did a, there
is a beautiful app called Ayah.
Literally, the app is called Ayah.
Just write it down, write al-hayat al
-dunya, comes everything.
And basically, two is parables that Allah gave.
The one in Kahaf, and one in Yunus.
Same idea, rain comes in, mixed with vegetation
is beautiful, people are very happy, and then
something comes in and die.
The one I want to focus on is
the Ayah of al-Hadeed.
This Ayah, they said, this is the explanation
of everything in this life that people love
and like.
And Allah starts by saying, and I love
the starting of it.
And actually, I put the number here.
It's actually al-Hadeed, which is the chapter
is 57, and the Ayah is 20, right?
When you want to tell someone something very
important, what do you tell them?
Know that.
Know.
Your friend, your teacher, somebody says, know, meaning
you better know.
Or in another way, how can you not
know?
It's so obvious.
And it came in plural, so it applies
to everybody.
Verily, this life is the following, and now
he gives you way more details.
What is it, ya Allah?
Same story.
Play and enjoyment come to the next ones.
And I want each one of you literally
write it down and say, which one of
these is me?
Don't tell me you're not.
I'm not going to tell you I'm not.
Then I'm not real.
Then I am literally fake.
And he knows I'm fake, right?
So he said, no, I'm taking it very
serious.
I don't even have time to sleep.
Okay, fine.
This part doesn't apply to me.
Now, what is zina?
What is zina?
Beauty.
This is what I loved about the Quran.
He gives me reality.
He's not going to say that dunya is
ugly, because I'm not seeing it ugly.
Is this where we are living is ugly?
It's beautiful.
Wherever you turn, beauty is around you.
The weather, the creation of Allah, everything was
zina.
Now comes to reality.
What happens between us?
Boostfulness between you.
And he didn't say, who's you?
Men and men, women, women, youth with youth.
And each one of you, myself, number one,
and each, everybody on online.
What do you boost about?
And boostfulness has to be with other people,
whether virtual or reality.
What do you boost about?
Each one according to their life, their level,
their interest.
And this is one of the reasons we
get angry and upset with people.
Why she has more than I do.
Why her husband is this and mine is
not.
Why her children, why she's married, I'm not.
Why she has children, I am not.
So, and even people at different levels.
I mean, it's not only the wealthy does
that.
I'm telling you children, you know, oh, what
did you score?
Oh, I scored that.
This is all boostfulness.
And then, what a catheter, collection, more, more
money, more wealth, and more children.
And then Allah gives the same parable, same
thing.
It's always about rain, but this time he
called it Ghaith.
Meaning, this is one of the names of
rain in the Quran.
Ghaith, meaning something comes to save us.
Those who are ungrateful, they will love what
they see, but then will change.
Same, the same thing.
Then it will change, becomes yellow, then it
becomes ashes.
Immediately, this is why the beauty of this
verse, because he gives you the parable of
the Akhira.
How many of you and me think of
Al-Akhira every single day?
Every single day.
I'm not saying you think ill.
Think of Al-Akhira, where is my place?
Which part of Jannah I will be?
Who's going to be my neighbor?
How does Jannah look like?
What is going to happen on the Day
of Judgment?
Any of these, not necessarily something bad, but
just the Akhira is in my mind.
Why?
Because Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, when he
put the dunya, especially in this one, he
gave exactly what Al-Akhira, now gives you
two roads.
There is one road, it is dunya.
Collect more, compete with each other, boost.
In the Akhira, you have two choices.
There's a fork.
And he said it here.
وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ عَدَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضُواً
In the Akhira, you have two options.
Severe punishment, again, not my word.
I'm translating the verse.
وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ Another beauty, forgiveness from Allah.
العذاب, he didn't say it from him.
SubhanAllah, he said عَدَابٌ شَدِيدٌ, severe punishment.
Where it's coming from, that's not the issue.
But مَغْفِرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ Then he summarized everything.
And why we are not thinking of Akhira?
Why we boost with each other?
Why do we focus on dunya?
وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ And this
life is but a place of deception.
Place of deception.
If I think every single day, just for
five minutes, about this.
And where am I going in my life?
Where am I in this journey?
I'm going to be completely different.
Doesn't mean I look down at people.
I'm just, my focus will be different than
the others.
And this is why I love this in
the middle of Surah Al-Kahf.
And that's why Allah keep reminding me.
Every Friday, read it.
Remember, this is what is the dunya.