Hosam Helal – Quran Journey Ep. 5 Surat alMuddathir [Ayat 131] Context, Methodology, & Number 19
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bye Bismillah Alhamdulillah wa salatu salam ala Rasulillah who
Allah he will be woman while we are discussing. So rotten wood
desert. And we mentioned the solar thermal desert. If we're going to
look at it from a structural point of view from a thematic point of
view,
we can say that the solar is divided into six main sections one
all the way to iOS seven. And this is talking to Ross. Law. His law
says it's a direct initiating him from prophethood into messenger
Hood. So Rasulullah saw Salam one surah is revealed. He's now
transitioning from a prophet who's just given some knowledge a call
out this Mirabella the HELOC into now a messenger who's given the
responsibility to teach,
educate, share, warn and give the glad tidings and the news. So
that's the first section of the surah and those are the first
seven
As the second introduces the Day of Resurrection, so get up and
warning about his warning about the Day of Resurrection, which
raises a very important question here. Why is Rasool Allah Azza wa
sallam warning before he's giving good news? Usually you want to
build a rapport, you want to have a good conversation before you
jump straight into difficult parts of the commission. But Rasulullah
sellin had already built the rapport his people know him, his
people trust him. He's known as the most honest, the most
trustworthy. So from the very beginning, the focus is on acting
quickly. And the focus is on what's urgent, this needs to be a
sense of urgency in the way that you deliver and teach and educate.
So going straight into warning people about the Day of
Resurrection. The fourth section is a commentary is or the third
section is a direct address to Al Waleed in lira, according to the
commentaries, and this section is from if you look at the Surah,
it's from 811 to 3811 to 30. This is from the ordinary woman Holika
to a Haider all the way to LA to Santa Asha. So the section here is
focusing on elderly didn't the mobile era, and we really didn't
know where we're going to discuss Inshallah, just to remind from
what we discussed last time, he is one of those people who is very
unique amongst kurush very powerful, very rich, and he was in
a position where he had to make a public statement about the Quran
at its time in which the Arabs were visiting during the
pilgrimage season. So we had to make that statement about the
Quran in that very sensitive time in a very sensitive time. So that
Surah that section, the third section focuses on an addressed to
him. The fourth section is a commentary on the fitna of the
number 19. And we're going to come to that Inshallah, what is the
number 19 mean? is referring to the word as Overhill and how did
the people react to it and why does Allah Subhana Allah mentioned
the number 19 in the Quran and how did the Muslim communities early
and now react to that number? So that is the fourth section I have
31 Very long area. And if you look at this area, gonna Janos have a
net Illa Mala, it gets an homage and I don't mean the fitna to
Liliana Cafaro. This is very long area. This is why many of the
scholars actually say it's not a Mexican, if it is not revealed in
Mecca, it is perhaps revealed later on in Medina, because the
Mexican Aya tend to be very small, tend to be very, you know, very
concise, very dense in the meanings focusing on to hate. But
this is, again, a very long area for it to be a Makinia. It's it's
mentioning al Kitab, the people of the book, it's mentioning things
that would usually be mentioned in Medina, because the community in
Mecca did not encounter too many people from the people of the
book. So this is a longer and that's why many of y'all might
consider this to be Mr. Dean. And now the rest of the song goes back
to the same structure, very small, quick, concise, yet very small,
quick, concise, I add. And that leads us to the sixth and final
section, which is from sore from area 54 from area where the fifth
sorry, fifth section, there's a sixth check section. The fifth
section talks about * and heaven, and how the real and it
gives us a glimpse into some of the actions that qualify people
for Johanna, why do some people make it to jahannam? And what is
Jahannam some of the early discussions for the Meconopsis and
for the primary audience of the Quran. And then finally, the sixth
section from 54 to 56 is going to be a respond to a religion and
religious claim that the Quran is just magic because it divides
between people. So this section is going to assert that know the
Quran is a reminder that allows the human being to achieve their
full potential terminal. So let's just go back a little bit and
focus on the context focus on the context a little bit as much as
possible. And I'm gonna see again, if I can, yes, if I can just make
this a little bit bigger. So that you can see here at sha Allah
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the surah the surah according to some like Javelin Abdullah, he
says that the solar thermal death is actually the first Surah to be
revealed. So he is under the impression that it was the first
Surah to be revealed. So how does that make sense? Why is it that
some of the companions longevity, Abdullah, saying that this surah
is the first Sybil revealed even though we know that the first sort
of that was revealed is surah Allah Allah and Allah met respond
here that what what debitum Abdullah perhaps meant and others
like him, is the sort of death is the first Surah to be revealed.
After the gap in Revelation for a period of 40 or so days. Remember
that there was a gap that took place after the revelation of
sorbitol Allah, and then sort of dealing with death it was
revealed. So what the mean is that this is the first Surah to be
revealed after the gap. It's also possible when you look at the
narrations. We have two main narrations and this is again, a
little bit of context important because we want to understand the
methodology through which we're able to
To make sense of the IRS and when they reveal, if you look at the
revelation or the Hadith, the narration by Aisha Isha tells us
clearly that the first of the Quran to be revealed is Surah
TelaDoc. Aisha is the Prophet Mohammed Salim is wife. She knows
the intimate details of how the Prophet Muhammad Salam received it
in Navarre of Hara and how he received good dreams, good visions
that were coming true for a period of six months before. So we see
that actually knows a lot more detail about the revelation.
Whereas if you look at the narration itself of Jabra Magdala
it's important to look at the details. Jab Jab, didn't Abdullah
he tells us here is the Hadith Javid and Abdullah Al Ansari
Jabeen. Abdullah was a young man. He was not available in Mecca.
He's an adult, he's a Medina and he's one of the people of Medina.
So he is now privy to information at a much later time. So when he's
thinking about the first of the Quran, is imagine here that the
hadith is that he's asked, he's asked, What was the first of the
Quran to be revealed? So what does he say? What does he say? He says,
All that I can tell you is what Rasul Salam told us. And what he
says is that that is that he received surah. Al would differ
with the beginning couple of eight of swords ailment deficit, that's
all I can tell you. And he received this after coming back
from hot Hara, or somewhere in hot Hara. So Jabra Abdullah here is
suggesting that again, I don't know exactly what was the first to
be revealed. But what I know is that also salam saw, look at this,
he says that he was walking and he heard a voice from the sky. And he
raised his head, and he saw the angel who came to me in Herat
sitting on a throne between the heaven and the earth. And I was so
I was so struck, I was very, very shocked. And then finally, he
revealed to me or he, like I ran off to sell him ran to his house,
and then debrief says, Yeah, I'm the third contender. So we can we
can, how can we make sense of those two, we can say that I
should have Delana is more privy to more information. So here's the
narration of Asha, she makes it very clear that the first to be
revealed is this Mirabella, the HELOC right here. And then he ran
to his wife. And then after that, finally after going to work, and
after a while, he received Surah Al Madatha. So Jabra Abdullah, He
is later he's a later companion, he is now coming to Islam in
Medina. And he is one of the earliest of people in Medina to
come to Islam. So when he answered the question of what's the first
revelation, he has less detail, less access to information, then
the information that I share with the law and had because she was
very close, much closer to the Prophet Muhammad SAW said, so is
there a contradiction between those two? No, it's just one of
them is saying, based on what I know, the first of the Quran to be
revealed is in more depth. And now what he is what he's making, what
he's trying to make sense of his level, Salam said, after her Hara,
there was a period of gap and then finally sort of in depth it was
revealed. So to make sense of it all we can summarize by saying
Surah Surah, Allah was the first to be revealed, there was a period
of gap there was a period of pause, and then after that, with
death, it was revealed. So what I did was death, it was revealed
Excellent.
Let me just take this so you can see.
Perfect. Now, the question that comes after that is how long was
this period of gap? How long was this period of absence? And then
you sell them was looking for Jabril, but could not find
jewelry. And half of the Mohajer he says that the fedora was was
there's two different there are two different gaps of Revelation.
Listen to this carefully. The first gap of revelation happens
right after sort of the dialogue. And that gap is a long gap lasted
for days. But then there was a second gap after sort of aloha.
And that gap only took place for two nights or three nights. So
there was a gap in Revelation, the first gap after sort of adult
Alak, the second gap after sort of aloha and the the the first gap
would be to Qatar and Whitefield feta en una Cara herbarium
International says, the first gap of revelation after slaughter
Allah was actually 40 days, Razi and ECFC says what tele fulfill
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can be Hamsa Dasha, Yeoman local anambas from solar shuru. Naomi
Law Call Us Today you are the Runa Yeoman so the companions have
different opinions in the theory regarding the length of the first
pause after slaughter Allah.
The like some of them say that it was 12 days Others say that it was
15 days. Others like it numbers or an opinion attributed to Numbers
says it was 25 days. So they did say it was 40 days. Why is this
important? It's important to know that there is a discussion
happening. That is not just one opinion. There's no real way of
finding out but the strongest opinion is that it was probably 40
days, because then the museum receives all of that. And then he
came back and then some of the contents of certain would death
suggests that this is happening and taking place right before the
head season.
When the Arabs gathered to make sense of what should we say or to
decide what to say to those coming from all over the peninsula, who
are asking who is this Muhammad we heard some Allah masala said
America Muhammad, we heard some things about him. What is he is he
What do you have to say? So they wanted one thing to say so that
they don't have again differences and creates intrigue creates
excitement people will ask, okay, everybody's saying something
different Mohammed let me discover and find out for myself by
accident. Now there are those who say it could have been Seward Elmo
Del Sol museum, or Sorek noon. So the column that will revealed
before certain will differ. This is again, a little bit difficult
to, to really accept, because certain Muslim men,
there are a few things that would make it seem that it comes much
much later on. For example, there are some a hadith by Aisha, let's
say when sort of the museum and was revealed, she was wearing a
garment that was usually worn by the people of Medina. And so she
was there around the revelation of sort of museum, it could be the
sort of museum and was revealed in Medina. And it could be the sort
of thing was Emma was revered, revealed earlier, but it was
revealed to her and she found out about it in in Medina when the
Prophet Muhammad Salam recited it. In addition to that column, a
column is a little bit different because it begins with a cousin,
it begins with a cousin, and the cousin is a much much later like
noon, we'll call him your milestone, that custom that oath
is a feature of mine, it's a feature of later mech and Quran,
not this early makin Quran. So we can suggest that certain would
resemble came later at least later makin, if not in Medina
altogether, at least a part of it in Medina, that long section at
the end of the surah. And then, of course, sort of the column itself
came later, then sort of element deferred, because there are some
things in the Surah that would make sense for it to come much,
much later. For example, the you know, the the sort of the column,
for example, addresses the denial of Pradesh. But how can they deny
you Oh, Muhammad, when there's very little revelation already, if
it's just sort of ad hoc analysis method, it's too early for there
to be denial, send a similar article boom in Atlanta, and
Cameroon has hydrogen and we have a very long story. And that story,
usually stories come at a later section of makin Quran. So you can
imagine that the work that the mfc are doing is like the work of
archaeologists, they're trying to look at different features of the
Quran and ask, where does this feature fit in? Is it Mexican? Is
it Medina to the best of their ability, there's not one way to
look at it. And that's why the work that we're doing is
difficult, but it allows us at least to get a broad general
timeline that allows us to make sense of the revelation as it
develops to the best of our ability for you. Let's do a very
quick recap Inshallah, to Allah do a quick recap, and by the way,
Inshallah, if we if we need more time, we're going to finish
inshallah Tada the surah tonight, so we might break after the hour
and then resume again, launch a broadcast again, calling it the
sixth episode. So take your time with an insha Allah. But we do
want to finish the surah in the later Allah tonight, if Allah
Subhana Allah gives us health. All right, so let's go back again and
just do a little bit of summary and look at the things that we we
did not address in right detail. Allah subhanaw taala begins the
surah by saying, Yeah, your new death, oh, one who's covered, or
one who's covered. And we said that this coverage could be Allah
subhanaw taala, covering Rasulo Salam in privilege and prestige,
or he's covered out of anxiety, out of stress out of fear, or he
couldn't be covered out of being cold. And now he's being initiated
and told by Allah subhanaw taala get up, get up. Allah Subhana
Allah says, Yeah, you're home for and there, were up back Alpha
Kappa. So get up and teach, get up and warm, make Allah great. It's
very difficult to stand up for truth. But when Allah Subhana
Allah is very great in your heart, you can stand up to the greatest
injustice, you nobody is going to be able to intimidate you, when
Allah subhanaw taala is great in your heart. So what are the
effects there and then finally, with the Arabic or next with the
Arabic alphabet to make your repetition beautiful, let your
repetition shine with the Arabic alphabet. And we did have a
discussion on the importance of wearing and dressing well wearing
and dressing well, and the notes are gonna have some detail that I
would like for you to look at. But it's important to remember the
following. And the businesses had a beautiful core, you know, some
of them have a saloon say with the Abacha photo here, that Allah
subhanaw taala first purified the internal heart of Rasulullah
sallallahu through the years of development and through him being
an orphan and through him, you know, meditating or doing handles
in the law. And then finally, Allah subhanaw taala unveils and
gives him that now that your core is beautiful dress well so dress
to match what Allah Subhana Allah is giving you on the inside. Now
this is very important in Islam. It's not the uniform that makes
you but the uniform should confirm
Learn what you have within. So for example, my like if I, if somebody
is a physician, it's not the uniform that makes them a
physician, but the uniform helps them identify helps them be
identified as physicians, similar with the Muslim, the Muslim should
dress the part. But it's not the clothes that make you it's the
clothes confirm the commitment that you have internally. So yes,
I'm committed to cleanliness. Yes, I'm committed to purity. Yes, I'm
committed to demonstrating the best serving and being again, a
source of blessing for everybody around me and standing up for
injustice as well. So that is what we should be focusing on the
internal. Now what's interesting here, one of the one of the really
beautiful poems here what you need to hamdulillah here so the third
year in the visto, while I'm in Nevada, Ratan Tata for now, which
you can translate as it is through the grace of Allah Subhana Allah
than the clothing of a transgressor I never wore, nor did
I hide myself through clothing from deception. You know,
sometimes people will hide their own insecurities through the
clothing that they should that they wear. And of course, dogs
also say layers to sell Giesemann. And in higher Itakura, the
clothing will not beautify a body that is not already closed with
honor. Meaning that is not the clothes that make you it's not the
clothes that make you the clothes just represent what is what is
already within. And of course, the other man will tell us that if our
clothing become such a focus, if our fashion becomes such a focus,
that we begin to really, really tunnel down on and spend a lot of
time on it and obsess over it, then it becomes problematic. And
the proof for that is an abuse of Selim forbade combing the hair
except every second day. Even though an abuse of self in a
hadith is authentic. He says men can no Shaolin fellow Korean, or
if you crema, whoever has here, let them take care of it, take
good care of it, you should take care of yourself. But if you have
hair and you're taking good care of it, don't comb it so many times
so often that you actually want the you actually obsess that you
obsess over your looks. So to summarize, our looks, our
appearance, our marketing, our overall outward.
image should be beautiful, but it should represent the beauty that
is shining within what a tournament is tech fair we discuss
with Yeah, because we're rouge is a federal overreach is a federal,
so avoid, avoid ridges, avoid any idols, avoid eating anything that
is not mentioned that has did not have the name of Allah subhanaw
taala mentioned, refrain from sitting with people or talking and
vain talk. So basically, avoid any dirty conversations any
unnecessary filth, any distractions, focus, focus, well,
rouge is a federal and federal he literally means migrates from it,
abandon it completely altogether. So if you're going to take this
and make this a strong focus for yourself, then make sure that
you're abandoning anything that could ruin your reputation. So
purify your core dress well, and also your reputation. A fellow can
also mean reputation should be beautiful. There should be no dirt
that anybody has on you should be committed, you shouldn't be saying
things to people, and then doing the opposite. And then of course,
most importantly,
don't put yourself in any situation where you're anywhere
near any ridges, any roaches. So it's not a question of oh, is it
halal or haram? It's a question and I have to say, yes, it could
be halal. But is it the best is this where I want to be seen? So
sometimes you're going to have to avoid things that are halal,
because they are potentially closer to gray or they may open up
the doors for gray. So you have to hold yourself to a very very high
level of accountability and a high level of standardization mmm chef,
he says, Hold yourself to a higher level and a higher standard but
don't enforce the same upon others don't enforce the same upon
others. And then we talked about what a terminal dissected what a
terminal perspective this year. And this means do not. Do not
basically think that you've done enough or don't hold what you've
done against people don't go to people and say, Look, I've done
this for you and I've done this for you. So don't expect anything
from people don't expect anything from people and Allah subhanaw
taala reminds us in the Quran, when the cathedral Manila Hola,
ba, ba ba ba whom Allah Tao, the inland, LM No, I'm not sorry, I
had to call you do my home that many people, many partners where
the business partners, many partners even in marriage will
oppress one another, so one will transgress against the other
except those who believe and do righteous deeds, and indeed there
are very few May Allah Subhana Allah makers among them, so we
shouldn't be doing this. We shouldn't be looking for
opportunities to transgress against others. No, we shouldn't
be doing things for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala and we
shouldn't be doing things for the sake of karma. You know, I'll be
good to people so that they're good back to me. No, we should be
doing things for the sake of Allah Subhana Allah as highlighted here
in the beautiful and salted incense in nemmeno, Karima come
Luigi, la la Nudelman Condesa and well as you call it, indeed we
feed you and we give you food and we give you we give you whatever
we have, seeking no reward from you know even
Thank you. We're doing it for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala and
then a half and Rabina, Yeoman Agusan Cambodia. So we're doing it
because we care for you. Yes. But we're not doing it so that you can
say thank you back to us. We're not doing it so that you can do us
a favor back as Bilal Radi Allahu Allah. And when he was freed by
Abu Bakar, his father will work his father came to him and said,
Why are you freeing a man who's so weak when you could be freeing
someone with a little bit stronger, so they could actually
do a favor back for you? And then the ending of solitary Lane would
reveal to highlight that, no, he's not doing it for people. He's
doing it for the sake of Allah subhanho wa taala. And we'll come
back to that inshallah Tada when we're speaking about, so, la,
excellent. And here we give examples of how you can actually
do men against Allah Subhana Allah, you can say, Oh, I prayed
the whole night. And I'm so proud of myself rather say, Allah has
given me the opportunity to pray the whole night. And it asked him
to be pleased with me and allow me to be consistent. Instead of
saying, I recited the Quran so beautifully, and I'm so good at
it. Allah must be pleased say Allah has given me health and time
and strength and energy and the opportunity to pray the whole
night I pray to Him hoping that my prayers sincere and I have to
continue working harder to be consistent in my worship to Him.
So my the ability to worship him as a gift itself, they can take
away from me, I aced my math term, therefore I can relax for the
final No, Allah gave me the opportunity, energy resources, and
Allah has allowed me to manage my time in a way that I'm able to
attain through his blessing in Greece success in the first
midterm. Therefore, I have to be grateful by taking advantage and
finishing off with a solid grade. So this is again taken from the
opinion that while attendant perspective could also mean don't
look at what you've done as enough. Don't say that I've done
enough. No, keep going keep going. This is very important because
sometimes when you look at the good that you've done, shut down
can get come to you and tell you Okay, you've done enough to take a
break, relax, nobody shouldn't be the case. While attendant
distracted is don't stop investing in Allah Subhana Allah because
Allah Subhana Allah mil had to interview Allah will not stop
giving you until you stop
giving yourself ALLAH SubhanA there's no limit with Allah
Subhana Allah is mercy. Allah Subhana Allah stops when you stop
Allah sanitary stops when you stop. Another beautiful, beautiful
poem here that I wanted to highlight. Is what you knew when
you couldn't hold a hero, the man who will add him the man lamp is
terrible away it is very important. So let's look at this.
When you encounter a hero. Let me see if I can get this somewhat
bigger. Perfect. I think this might work. Perfect. Yes. When you
uncle to Fira, the man who will act in beam LM facilitator will
await you. Which means even if our to reach the last ends, meaning if
I were to achieve the best achievements, the man eventually
time will bring ones that will do better than what I've done. So
time will bring those who will do better than what I have done.
Which means don't think that you've done great now what I've
what I've done is limited it's by the blessing of Allah subhanaw
taala. So this is all highlighted under men. So don't do men with
people don't want to feel like I've done this for you. I've done
it. I've done this for you know, do it for the sake of Allah and
forget about it. One of the biggest blessing and one of the
biggest ways that Allah can really give you a good beautiful position
with other people is that you do things and you forget about them.
You do things and you forget about them. That's a good habit. And
it's a habit of Rasulullah solemnise, sunnah, Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and at the same time, you should be
doing the opposite with people. Like if anybody does you a favor
or someone that does a favor for you always remember it, write it
down, and make sure you give them back the same and more. You give
them back the same and more. And there's a beautiful, there's a
beautiful poem here. Let's see if I can if I can find it.
Let's see.
It's in the notes here somewhere.
Okay, yes, it's somewhere somewhere in the notes. But the
poem The meaning of the poem is, the meaning of the poem is ALLAH
SubhanA. Allah has blessed me, ALLAH SubhanA. Allah has blessed
me with the ability to be independent to a point where I
always like to give, but I never like to take an epistle Sanlam
taught us that the hand that gives is better than the hand that
thinks not to say that there are positions and a times that we're
we might be vulnerable, and we need help. And we are social
beings that should receive help. And that's part of being humbled.
But always remember the favors that people do for you and do them
back, especially if you're or give them back and then also sell them
as we mentioned in the situation before in the story before when
that woman came in, gave him a plate of like a meal of some kind.
He accepted it, but then he gave back a piece of gold, he gave back
a piece of gold. And this is important because sometimes we
were living such busy lives, that sometimes somebody will come and
give you a plate of food, but then you look at that thing and okay,
I'm busy. I'll do it eventually, one day, and it never gets done.
But you don't want to be you don't want to do that. You don't want to
take things from people and just
to order them and forget about them and undermine the value
because sometimes it may seem trivial for you, but that could be
someone's heart that could be someone's way of expressing their
love that could be someone's love language. So always appreciate
appreciate what people do. Be present, be humble, be accepting,
take, but give back whenever you can give back the man and he will
sell them at the end of his life. He took aboubaker Or he pointed at
Abu Bakr is everybody that has done me a favor, I gave you back
the favor but a book that I can never pay him because so on MSA,
perhaps he was referring to Aisha, the Prophet Muhammad Salim his
wife and I will look at his daughter and how being married to
her was a big gift he could never repay, you could never repay. But
what we take from this is that anytime someone does us a favor,
we shouldn't be we shouldn't be doing our best to pay it back. We
should be doing our best to pay back and we should be doing we
should be again, giving for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala not
to be recognized not to be recognized. And when it comes to
also people remember the poem that we mentioned, letter of urbanism
annual a topo rendition of Mojave Bucha, Robert
L. L. L will have him with me, which means don't have too much
expectation and people don't expect that people will be able to
give you a remember, people have busy lives and they will forget do
things for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala and forget about
it. And of course the other poem, which is very beautiful letters,
ln Benny Adam handwritten was selling lady at work, who led to
Jabu Allahu Yaga will interact as well, who were Bonilla Adam, he
and I use your double, don't bother asking the son or the
daughter of Adam for much. Rather turn to the one whose gates are
never shut. Allah is upset or angry in the way that befits His
Majesty, when you neglect to ask him, where's the son of Adam or
the daughter of Adam, when you ask becomes angry. So you have a human
being that will become upset when you keep asking and everybody has
the limits, okay, you've done too much. But Allah subhanaw taala
never has that, you know, doesn't doesn't manifest anger. When you
keep asking as a matter of fact, the more that you asked him, Allah
Subhana Allah, the more that He is pleased, and the more that he's
happy, because it shows that you are in full knowledge that he's
very capable, that he's very capable them. And then we talked
about, let's go quickly here, we talked about the Day of
Resurrection, and we talked about and we're leading the movie era,
and these are the second parts of the Surah, where Allah subhanaw
taala is addressing the conversation directly to the lead.
And Allah Subhana Allah says not only woman Hala Koutou Wahida so
who was worried and worried, as we mentioned, was very rich. It was
so rich, that during the construction of the cab, he by
himself finance the rebuilding of an entire corner by himself. And
he used to slaughter 10 days 10 camels a day during the 40 day
Hajj season every year. And his caravan would cross the city with
100 camels each full in its content. And it's reported that
the people of Mecca called him Wahid, which means unique or one
of a kind, because he used to close the cabin all by himself. So
he was very unique and a unique financial position. And he was
among the first of courage to advocate against the drinking of
alcohol. So this is a leader who was respected a leader who was
very generous, a leader who had the capacity to think and
articulate a leader who was, you know, very exposed to poetry and a
leader who knew the language of the Arabs who had so much going
for him and Allah Subhana Allah mentions he was again unique, he
was unique in a position of power and a position of privilege. And
also the the owner Matt could say or do say that hate von Neumann
Halacha, to a Haider, where he could also mean alone, so doesn't
mean unique. But it also could mean you alone, that yes, you are
unique, but don't forget, that have created you alone, there was
nobody else with me when I created you. And also that you were
created a woman alone in the womb of your mother. And you came into
this world alone with no children, no wealth, no security, no
respect, all of that was given to you back or given to you from
Allah subhanho wa taala. So this is one of the examples of how the
Quran can sometimes have this dual meanings that one word could have
multiple meanings. And that's very powerful. Because we're here yes
to the Arabs, it means is unique. But also, it's like a double
meaning you're unique, but also remember that you are created
alone, and you will come back to me alone. So yes, you're unique,
but also remember that I am unique, and you may be unique, but
Allah is the One who is absolutely maximally unique, and he created
you alone. And you also were created alone, and you will go
back to him alone and he's the one and the only one that is worthy of
your worship, and that is worthy of your commitment. Allah subhanaw
taala reminds us withdrawal to the woman and men do the lots of
wealth, extensive wealth, met the mother that so this is wealth that
was not limited in some people have fixed assets and they never
grow. But and when its assets were always growing, there were large,
they were comprehensive and they were extended. You know some
people when we do the math, you know, he his net worth could have
been somewhere 34
You know, 34 million
are Canadian dollars and some actually say it's even more this
is just the fixed assets that he had. He had a lot of land, and he
had a lot of wealth. So what we take from this area is that where
it was very unique and he was very wealthy and his wealth continued
to grow. What Benny initial who the, the Quranic professor would
say that, yes, perhaps there's a little bit of exaggeration about
how many children and when he'd had, but we know that he had
somewhere between 10 Some say, 13, and some say even 17 sons, and
among those sons is highlighted and worried and worried and
worried. And Harlington Walid was, you know, given the title of safe
Allah, the sword of Allah subhanaw taala because he was very, very
good at being a general and he won many battles. And his legacy in
Islam as a commander is so powerful. It's to a point where
one of the holy FF one of the Fallen fat, I believe it was Rama
Rajan along annual who actually took Khalid away from the
battlefield. He says, Your you keep winning so much that the
Muslims are beginning to attach their success to you, they're
beginning to see their success as contingent upon you forgetting
that Allah subhanaw taala, or maybe subconsciously forgetting
that Allah Subhana Allah is the One who was absolutely the source
of power, and the source of success. So Omar actually pulled
he pulled Harley back to remind the muscles and eventually he put
him back in the in the, in the frontier in the Muslim frontier.
And this is incredible, because it shows you the kind of man that he
was, he had so many sons, some of them became Muslim, I call it
invalid. And they were always around Shuda, were Benina Shuda.
So they were always around. And surely they can also mean, they
were always witnessing, they were witnessing so of an initiative. So
that is very powerful, because it means his children were witnessing
big events, like when things went down, they were there, big
meetings, big Entourage is big decisions, his whole family was
there, and we're building a shoe, that could also mean that his
children are always with him. You know, sometimes you can have a
large family, but your children are never with you. Why? Because
this one is busy here and this one has been busy there. So this is
again, a good example of a double meaning that his children were
present, engaged in big decisions always with him. And that shows
you that you have so much financial flexibility and
independence that we could afford to be together, no hustling, no
one is in this side. And that side, Allah subhanaw taala gives
us again, descriptions of how life was easy for him, and how
privileged he was on my head to know to me that and I spread
everything before him easing his life. To almost have that gave
everything man literally refers to the cradle as like he was a baby
that was taken care of. He was a baby that was privileged he was a
baby, they just continue to receive him privilege after
privilege. So Allah subhanaw taala holds everybody to a different
level of expectation based on the privilege that they have. So here
in the Quran, we're given an example of somebody to summarize,
that had a lot of privilege, a lot of privilege, wealth, financial
position, powerful socioeconomic status, all of these things
decision making respect, acceptance from people he was
given the title unique. Imagine someone be called Matt like he is
one of a kind. So what happened to him through mountain Mountain is
either in Canada or is in Canada, and he thinks that Allah is gonna
give him more you know, sometimes people get used to privilege
forgetting that Allah has given you so that you can give and Allah
may take it back. And Allah can test you by taking an Allah can
test you by giving. So he forgets that, yes, I have a duty. And he
starts to think I have this and it's going to be with me. Allah
says no, because he was to our signs, very stubborn, very
stubborn. And either. So when he's when the size of a las Panatela
came, we know that he was considering the eventually he was
so close, but Quraysh played on the weakness played on the
insecurity by coming to him and saying, We see you spending a lot
of time with Abu Bakr, it can't be because you're interested in the
religion of Islam, it must be because you are poor, let us help
you out financially, and then that's when he had to make a
decision. And he's like, No, absolutely not to have enough
money to buy you and buy your family. And he got very, very
angered. So the play on his ego played on his emotions. And that's
when he had to basically assert his position like oh man, I might
be actually losing my position if I follow Muhammad. So even though
he admitted these words are attributed to him, that the Quran
wait and then over the Hello, one other he lapada The hello and now
they will follow our well know who they are, I do want to say that
the Quran is has its sweetness, it has its elegance, its elevated and
rise above everything, but nothing rises above it. So this is someone
who was familiar with the poetry and familiar with the language and
familiar with the words. And this is what he has to say the Quran,
excuse me is very unique. But eventually when Quraysh got to
him, he had to make a public statement. And in the public
statement we'll discuss last time you can review the video, he
basically came to the conclusion that yes, this is indeed magic.
And he put that out there playing on the words by saying what do we
call a magician? He's someone who devise between families between
husband and wife and this is what Muhammad sallallahu alayhi
wasallam has done. And we talked about he put on this show up so
Lesson format borrows textbook coil and her the illustration on
Thorin had a Lakota Bishop. So obviously a soccer woman and rock
and a soccer lead to play. Well whatever Lavoie had tunnel vision,
and he heard this Arthur Ashe or so last fantasy Allah warns him
that he will be punished in this big punishment in soccer. And
Allah Subhana Allah gives us these descriptions of how terrible this
punishment is. And then he mentions the over Jahannam over
help, there are 90 and from here inshallah we pick up and we'll
finish the sort of in the letter. So let's look at this section,
then 19 ones above this aleja these are the ASHA above this, or
on top of this or guarding this garden garden, it here refers to
your hand in * 19 What is the 19 groups of commanders is a 19
types right 19 ranks of angels is in 1900 Is it 19,000 is a 19
wardens. The commentators understood that this is referring
to 19 Angels and the serve as wardens over help and the led by
one of them called medics with the angel that leads those guardians
of Jahannam those wardens of gentlemen is called Malik. Now
Allah Subhana Allah tells us in the next day at the very long as
well my Janos habit not in America, and from that area we can
infer we can infer that the machinery keen marked this the
machine you can mark this and look at the narrations here, Abuja
according to Katella, poverty and others, what did he say? He came
to coalition said Mohammed has 19 soldiers, and he claims they are
the guardians of *. Is he trying to intimidate you with 19
soldiers? While you are so many, will you or ever will every 100 of
you fail to take one of them down? Freeing all the residents of
Johanna. So do you see that his mark in the Quran? He's saying,
really? Are we going to be intimidated by 1919 Angels, or 19
beings? And I will actually die and actually look at the marker
here what he didn't What does he say? He lived and his name
literally means the father of the two forces because he was very
bold, and he was very assertive, he says, I will take care of 17 of
them. I will carry 10 of them on my back and seven on my chest. And
I'll leave two of them for you. So look at the mockery here. I'll
take care of them. Don't worry about Mohammed. Easy stuff, I got
this. Right. So they're marking the area they're marking the
Quran, dinner, and of course Subhan Allah. The problem here is
that we are assuming the angels share the same attributes and
limitations as the human beings. So like I can take the angels down
the struggle to understand that Allah subhanaw taala can create
powerful beings and the Quran and much later revelation would
describe these angels and the Sunnah would describe these angels
as very powerful. So rather than focusing on the most the core
concept, which is that the * you can't escape, Johanna, it's
not like you can, you can escape it. And there are guardians that a
lot has put in place to keep those people from escaping not that not
because he needs them, but because that is by convention when he is
designed as by convention. While he is designed demand you have to
look familiar. Shortly after he creates however he wills and he
chooses and selects, however he wills and Allah subhanaw taala
describes the angels, yet you will live in Amman, who unphysical
Maliko now Ranma who do and that's what he Jarrah
ecotone, read 11 She did lie arson Allah Anna Emraan where if I do an
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oh believers protect yourselves and your family, from Jahannam
from a fire whose fuel is people and stones. And as for secrets,
overseen by formidable and severe angels, very powerful angels who
never disobey Allah never disobey the orders of Allah. And they
always do as commanded. And this shows us that the angels actually
get comfort and pleasure by obedience of Allah subhanaw taala
and in sort of falter, we are given again, we're given the idea
that the angels Rasul Allah, they some of them perform the role of
messengers who the engineer had, they have wings, methanol, they
have wings, some of them where are we here?
Oh,
let's go back up. So some of those angels have already actually had
Messner, with hula, we're all there is to feel healthy nyesha
that some of those angels have wings and those swings can be two
or three, two or three or four years he developed a measure that
Allah has found that increases however he wills and then if you
send them in the Hadith that is narrated by Abdullah, he says that
Rasulullah Selim saw Gibreel when he went during Israel and Mirage
during the trip of ascension, he saw Jabril is actual form and he
had 600 wings 600 wings, so we're not supposed to take the angels
lightly. But what happens what happens when this is revealed? And
the kurush mark this mark and say, Oh, I'll take seven you take this
I'll take some of my back some of my front when we're gonna get out
of Johanna you Mohamed you're you know, you're you're threatening us
an intimidating us with this ain't
Jews, we have no interest we can take them down. So the Quran comes
back. And it's very profound. Allah Subhana Allah says and
remember, this is much later this is perhaps a Medina and or later
Mexican area, but we're doing the full Surah together so we can, you
know, complete the surah as a whole. Allah Subhana Allah says
we're manager and now let's have a nerdy in America.
Actually, the people who are guarding Johanna, they're angels,
meaning they're not humans are humans. They're not beings like
you can relate to they're not beings that you can just overcome.
Well imagine how nice that'll elicit Natalie Lena CAFO. And we
made the number as a fitna like we mentioned the number as a fitna
for the unbelievers. What does that mean? What does that mean? So
let's let's break this down the number of reasons why Allah
Subhana Allah mentions, let's do here, the number of reasons why
Allah Subhana Allah mentions them is that they are a fitna and also
the second reason or a byproduct of the first reason, a byproduct
of the first reason let me just do this here.
Let's see. Hopefully this works.
Yes, a byproduct of that reason is that it creates certainty in the
People of the Book. Third, it increases Eman of the believers.
Fourth, it will not have or raise doubt for those who have been
given the gift of the book, meaning al Kitab, or the believers
or the believers. And then finally, fifth, fifth, if we want
to just break that down into stages, the people who have
disease in their hearts and the unbelievers will say what, what do
you Hulan Levine if you call Ruby Maldon will carefully rune mother
or the law will be heard the masala What did Allah intends by
this? What did Allah mentioned 19. And then Allah Subhana Allah says,
In this way he guides or he allows to work through whomever he wills,
and He guides whomever he wills, and no one knows the true soldiers
of Allah except him. And this indeed is a reminder for all of
humanity. So let's break this down. Allah Subhana Allah says
that they are stirred angels don't assume that you can overpower them
and escape them. They're stern angels, and we have made the
number as a fitna for you as a fitna for the disbelievers. So
what does it mean as a fitna for this believer, a fitna, let's
break this down here and look at this together. A fitna literally
means a test.
A test that reveals one's true core. refiners use fire to purify
gold that's called fitna, the process called fitna because it
gets rid of the filth and allows the pure core or the pure or to
stay behind. The Quran also describes the process of burning
in * as a fitna, either because it purifies a person by burning
away the filth, or because it also it also, it also subjects them to
an intense test, an intense test, and the fitna, and dunya can also
refer to refer to basically testing where people's limits are.
Let me let me give an example. You know, before, before a difficult
situation socially happens, everybody's kind of like
pretending to be yes, I'm on your side, kind of like you can't
really figure out where people stand. But when a really difficult
situation happens, and people are forced to make decisions, that's
when positions become clearer. I, for example, before the Arab
Spring before the Arab Spring, you have a lot of Chu who are talking
about justice and fairness and they talk about commitment to the
deed. And then when it comes to actually doing something, they're
silent. So it's easy to say it's easy to say I believe it is say I
am for justice, as you say I'm committed to truth. But when do we
actually see where you stand when you're subjected to an intense
position that is forced to make or forcing you to make a decision. So
why why is the last federal saying it's a fitna? Why is the mention
of the number 19, a fitna? Why it's a fitna because it forces the
person who doesn't believe in Allah. It's a fitna for the
unbeliever to actually realize the bad thinking and assumption that
they have Allah Subhana Allah, it brings the real core out. It shows
that they're super imposing their own finite abilities and
limitations onto Allah habitat and its creation. This is a problem
that many people have with Allah subhanaw taala, who struggled to
believe in Allah, you know, someone who says, I don't believe
in Allah, what do you say? Or someone says, I don't believe in
God, the responses. I don't believe in the God that you don't
believe in either. The God that you've imagined is so limited,
that it's difficult for you to believe or put trust in that God
that you've imagined. But the God that I am believing in and putting
faith in is much more powerful, much more capable. And that's why
I believe, so that it's fitna because it shows the core. It
brings the core out your assumptions, Oh, I'm so powerful.
I'm so great that I can overpower these angels. That's an
assumption. You're assuming that you're entitled, you're assuming
that you're great and you're assuming that Allah cannot create
is a greater being than you. And that an angel, you're assuming
you're imagining the angel to be just like you to be limited to
have finite abilities, and you're assuming 90 Oh, I can take that
easily, even if they're 100 times bigger than me, I have a big army
and a big group of people that will be able to overcome the
angel. So that's what why it's called the fitness because it
shows the limitations in our thinking and our assumptions about
Allah subhana data, and then almost kind of dialysis fitting
into militina CAFO Lea, Steve Bennett. So this is the byproduct
Leah stapling Alladhina, who took it up, so that it becomes a
catalyst towards certainty for the people of the book. So the people
of the book will become certain that this message is from
Muhammad, when he read this, why a poverty and others suggested the
scholars among the People of the Book had information that told
them that the number 19 refers to also the number of people or the
number of angels or the number of wardens or agenda. So this is
supposed to bring more people have a book to certainty that yes, if I
look at my own tradition, and what is mentioned, in my own books, I
will come to accept that. Now that is not the only way to read this.
It's not the only way to read this, some have suggested that the
number 19 is significant in Hebrew numerics, or biblical Numerix. for
other reasons, you know, for example, some people say 19, one
refers to the first nine refers to the last because it's the number
two representation of the Alpha and Omega, or it's a
representation of Allah Subhana Allah or God's perfect order, in
regard to his judgment, Allah Subhana Allah knows best. Why, but
the idea here suggested that people who book would have been
would have been,
would have been able to relate to this somehow would have been able
to connect with this somehow, at least the people the book around
some of the Prophet Muhammad Salam, and they would have
understood that the Quran is coming from Allah Subhana Allah,
it is not the authored word of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, it's not the authored word of Rasulullah sallallahu sallam,
and also it's an increase for the faith of the believer. What he has
done Lavina Ehrman way as the lead in mo Imana. Why is it good to
mention why is the mention of the number 19 going to increase the
man of the believer? Because as a believer, you're sitting down and
you think to yourself 19 Yeah, it's what Allah says, whether it's
19 or 20, or 100, or 1000, it doesn't matter. What my focus
should be on is trying to escape Johanna through Allah subhanaw
taala is grace. So when I think this way, and I don't focus too
much on the number 19 I'm just focusing on the implication of
that, how it's relevant for me, then this is this shows me It
allows me to realize that I have, amen. So you may be thinking and
maybe reading up on the first thing that comes to mind 90, okay,
could have been 20 could have been 25. It's just what Allah chose out
of convention. And even if Allah's Pentagon has a 20,000, they would
have still had a dispute. So if Allah use the small number, they
would have said, Oh, is Allah so weak that or is Allah Subhana
Allah?
So if you use the small number, they would have said, that's all
Allah has.
We can easily take them down. And if Allah use a large number that
like, Is God so weak that he needs that many. So the problem is not
with the number the problem is with the attitude. So the believer
in not reacting in that way to the number comes to realize that
they're a believer hamdulillah handle and react in this way. And
hamdullah the Quran is saying that this is a sign of Eman and
Hamdulillah. This is my fault. So hamdulillah happy man. I hope that
ALEKS sets and then increases my Eman. So the Quran is saying this
was a reaction. You have Eman? It's a confirmation from Allah
says Allah Subhana Allah is letting you know that what you
have is a sign of human ministry struggle as a believer he's my
Eman accepted, am I even believing is my attitude acceptable Allah
subhanaw taala so this comes as a reason for you man to be elevated
and a confirmation from Allah Subhana Allah to be that usually
you'll be accepted. When I have turban Latina or to GitHub.
And this fitna will not raise any doubt for the believer and the
people of the book, who will not say things like Oh Why does Allah
Subhana Allah have angels and need angels? No, no, Allah doesn't need
anyone just like he doesn't need us is just out of convention Allah
could have chosen any number. What are your Kunal Levine if you're
Peruvian model do McAfee Runa Mata or the law via the method and
those who have disease in their hearts and the unbelievers will
say, What is Allah intending by this wise Allah using this
example? Allah subhanaw taala is reminding us here, Cara Lee k will
be Lulu homea shirt we had even your shirt. So in in setting those
in giving those examples, Allah Subhana Allah allows the reality
of the person to come out. I can be sitting I'm like, Yeah, but
even Allah, you say that but is it real?
Or has it been so do Turaco in your pool and then no home life to
noon? Do people think that they want to be left behind or left to
say we believe in Allah without being tested without being
subjected to fitna? Well, I could fit on the linen probably and
filet mignon Allahu livina. Ehrman las Panatela. As we tested the
people before them, and Allah will come to realize and show Allah
will allow you to come to realize and Allah will show you which of
you is a believer in Allah Subhana Allah And which of you is not a
believer. So the difficult moments come to show us what works
only made out of because we easily overestimate our capacity and
overestimate our belief. And these signs come, these tests come to
show us how weak how limited, we are. Now it's important to mention
and maybe Inshallah, in the discussions, if you don't have
access to the telegram, I do recommend that you join the
telegram inshallah. So they were able to have the discussions and
share some of those videos. Others say no, the number 19 actually has
a mathematical significance. So they say that number 19, has a
mathematical significance. And they say, for example, that this
guy has 57 words, which is a product of 1919 times three. And
they say that the first, the first 38 Compromise of 95 words, which
is 19, times five. And they say that if you count the letters from
the beginning of the Surah, just before the mention of 19, you will
see that there are 361 letters, which is 19 times 19. And some
also just the 19. Number 19, as we mentioned, focuses are included
the first number and the last number, which is Allah is the
first the alpha, the omega, and a well, we'll ask you, and I will
place a couple of who che will lace up and O'Shea. And also some
of them get into a lot of debates and Allahu Allah. If somebody has
those mathematical inclinations and those mathematical capacities.
You can discuss it, but to say this is what Allah intended, is
perhaps a little far fetched. And there are many claims that are
made under the banner of mathematical significance and
mathematics in the Quran. Is it interesting, we'll share some
videos on the discussion so we can, you know, discuss it back and
forth. But at the end of the day, Allah straddle makes it clear that
we shouldn't be so focused on the numbers, we should be focused on
the idea that the number itself is a litmus test because it tests and
that reveals my true attitudes about Allah subhanaw taala you are
believed do I submit do I commit? Is it irrelevant to me or am I
going to make a big deal out of it and focus on irrelevant things
irrelevant things like for example, sort of get say a Furuta
telethon? LaBianca Lumia kulula from certain service from Cal boom
Rajim and Mulleavy where Khurana satin with Eminem caribou for
rugby animal with the team, my animal me luckily, they will say
the dogs and the dog and the Companions regarding the people of
the of the cave, the companions of the cave, they were three and with
the dog they were four or they were four and the dog five they
were five and six or they were seven and eight and you focus so
much on the number that they forget the big message which is
Allah subhanaw taala can resurrect. So sometimes we as
Muslims do that we focus on the subtle details that we forget the
big picture
the man so we should we should think about both. We should focus
on the big picture have conversations about the details
inshallah intellectually but not be distracted by the small details
and lose sight of the bigger picture Allah Subhana Allah
forgive us all right, it is 635 we have been speaking for an hour and
five minutes so let's take a break inshallah to Allah we will finish
inshallah this you know this session and then when Allah to
Allah will pick up after the break we'll pick up after the break,
when the latter and continue and finish the solar desert Kamala
Heron to panicle on Hamdi leisure to Allah Allah, Allah and nesto if
you look at one or two Woodlake so again, the same links will come
back again with Episode Six who just give you inshAllah 10 minutes
to break and then we'll continue sha Allah Zack Mulhern Santa
Monica de la Monica.