Ibraheem Menk – Gems from Surah Yusuf

			And he was on the edge Marine. Allahu Malissa Illa Masha Allah Who Salah into Jianjun Husna either
she Tessa or BSC to Allah to assess water mean Bill higher will be canister in we thank Allah who
believes that you will JLL for having gathered us here once again and we ask Allah subhanahu wa
taala to surround us with the mullah ICA and to cause his mercy and his Sakeena to descend upon us
and to raise us with the MBR Allahi wa Salatu was Salam and those whom he has mentioned with them, I
mean,
		

			in the story of use of filing your salat wa salam, O Allah subhanho wa taala. He tells us that it is
either use of or it is the lady who attempted to seduce him that says Daddy Kelly Yara, Lemma and
Neelam a phone who believe Awa and Allah Allah de que de l'homme in Him. That is, so Allah Aziz will
know that I did not betray him in his absence, and that Allah does not guide the plan of the
betrayers. So now, the thing is, there's a dispute amongst them of Assyrian as to who is the person
that is speaking here. And the more popular view is that it is the lady in volatilizes. It is the
wife of a disease that is speaking here. But the opinion that we went with last week was that it is
		

			useful for other use salatu salam speaking. Now, if you take a look at the eye, afterwards, you will
come to realize that it is most likely it is most likely the wife of Aziz that is speaking. And this
is because you see that she says Walmart will better be on FC, and I do not acquit myself. I'm
blaming myself, I'm saying that I am to blame. Walmart will better UFC in the NITSA let Amara tune
be Sue. Indeed the knifes is constantly commanding a person to commit evil
		

			illa ma Hemara be except for that which my Lord has had mercy upon.
		

			In our beautiful Rahim indeed my Lord is Most Merciful, the Most Forgiving and most Merciful.
		

			You see, the use of Aditya salatu salam had no need to acquit himself of evil or wrongdoing or to
blame his soul etc. Yes, of course. All human beings are prone to mistakes. The MBR alayhi wa Salatu
was Salam never committed sins, but when they made a mistake, Allah subhanho wa Taala forgave them,
but here in this context, one that will better be one FC. He has, he was actually seeking to clear
his name. So why would he then go out and say, I am not, you know free of blame as well. I am not
free of blame as well. The context doesn't suit it to be the speech of use of others salat wa salam
and Allah subhanahu wa to Allah knows best. But regardless, we'll not worry you will never see in
		

			enough Salah Amara tune be true. Indeed the nafs is constantly commanding a person to do evil in
llama Rahim Allah be except for that which my Lord has had mercy upon. Now, you see, this is a
lesson to all of us, your neffs is not free of evil, universe is also blameworthy universe can
actually do something against you, without your knowledge Did you realize Do you realize that
sometimes your knifes lies to you, your nafs lies to you. So it tells you that you are doing this
for this sincere cause. But in reality, you are doing it for your ego. And this is the knifes of a
human being. Secondly, we you know, we realize that if in the case that this was useful for Iranian
		

			salatu salam, and he's actually saying of himself, that woman who bet of UFC I do not declare myself
free. I do not acquit myself.
		

			Then this is a newbie of Allah subhanahu wa taala telling us that he does not acquit himself. So who
are we to acquit ourselves? Who are we to say we are free of sin, we are not evil intended, we will
never have any evil intention. You see a person who constantly checks his heart and checks his
intention is the one who most likely will be sincere. And this is why
		

			we have to
		

			constantly renew that intention in our Malou beneath yet indeed actions are judged by their
intentions. It is very easy for many of us to do good deeds. But how many of us will come on the day
of am with those good deeds preserved intact? Mangia Bill has sanity fella who are short on 30 am
the one who comes with a good deed on the day of piano, he will have 10 fold of that good deed 10
fold, but it is the one who comes with it preserved intact on the day of piano. So, it is important
for us to realize and understand that the intention is the most important thing in an act of worship
to begin with. And then and then the correctness in which that action is performed. Because you can
		

			have a sincere person constantly doing something wrong. That means that that person would have not
rendered an act of worship in the first place. May Allah subhanahu wata Allah protect us from this.
And this is why you hear people saying, Sheikh be the sheikh with why why do they focus on these, we
don't even like to come close to these words today, because people have got a negative attitude
towards them. But the reason is simple. The reason is that number one, be sincere with Allah
subhanahu Attallah ensure that that is only for a bull is that you will Gelatt shaitan wants to keep
you away from Allah subhanahu Attallah altogether and in totality, he wants to keep you on the path
		

			of misguidance he wants to keep you not remembering rock bullets that you will Jellal at all. But if
he can achieve this, and he's seen you are going to Allah, He will come on the path. And he will
tell you, you know, in this direction for a short while, or go through this path to Allah subhanho
wa Taala yet that diversion doesn't lead to Allah at all. And this is the danger of what we term
schicke and Vidin because he is actually averting you away from the pot path to begin with. And if
he can't achieve this, then what he will do is
		

			he'll say, Look, you are sincere. I want you to perform something extraordinary, something that
other people don't do something that nobody has ever done, do something special for your Maker. So
he comes to you from that door. Yet we know that there is nothing better that that we can perform
than that which Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam did so go to the Sunnah, go to the Quran,
see, check your actions are correct. Ensure that what you are doing is right and ensure that your
heart is sincerely four bullets that you will learn. Today it is very easy for us to actually get
onto the wrong path especially when we have access to the world in our mobile phones. So you find
		

			the person at the cab and what they're doing Hey, look at where I am. Hey, come on guys. Here I am.
Here's the selfie ego a check. I met the Kaabah Allahu Akbar SubhanAllah. Are you really decree
declaring that for Melissa Tian Jalon? What are you declaring it for Instagram, and Facebook? Are
you declaring it for the various social media apps out there? This is a question we've got to ask.
Because a person's intention is of utmost importance when it comes to calling out to a place that
you are jealous when it comes to calling out to Allah subhanahu wa Tada. I'm not saying everybody
that goes out there and puts a picture of muckety muck aroma of Madina Munawwara of the industry and
		

			sending it to the family is insincere. I'm not saying that at all. But check your intention. And
perhaps if you do have a few moments where you've put your visit
		

			out in the public high, and then take some moments, to sneak out of your hotel room and to leave
when nobody knows that you're leaving, and to go to Allah subhanho wa Taala and to worship Him and
to sincerely seek forgiveness from him and to pour your heart out to him. You know, when you're in
these places, it's very important for you to ensure that you're sincere. Nevermind that wherever you
are. It's important but it's of utmost importance when you there. Why? Because you are at the
gushing point of the way with the way he actually sprang forth from so you're at a place where your
heart is softened. Your eyes to yo your hands tremble your hair stands on the on end. This is a
		

			days in which you've got to really meet you make a you've got to really attend to him. So don't
declare your soul free of sin don't declare your soul free of evil intention. Don't ever think that,
you know, I'm just talking about her. But you know what? I want goodness for her? Or I want goodness
for him. Think about why you're saying it. Are you really saying it because you want reform? Are you
really saying it because you want to hide that? Which is good? Or are you saying it because you're
knifes finds that juicy? And you know, if you really get down to the bottom of it and ask yourself,
why you enjoy it so much. There is really no logical explanation. There is no logical explanation,
		

			the only logical explanation that you can come up with is this is shaper.
		

			This is shapen. Because what do you achieve from it, it doesn't benefit you dunya it doesn't benefit
you akhira. In fact, it will most likely cause you harm in this world and in the earth here. So be
very, very careful of your neffs have this constant dialogue with yourself. You know, it's not wrong
for you to sometimes sit and talk to yourself. Just make sure nobody sees you doing it. You know,
because the last thing you want is them to think you're gone mental, but sit and talk to yourself
and tell yourself that Hey, am I really sincere with Allah? Am I really Are you are you really
sincere? Look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself Who are you? And oftentimes you'll tell
		

			yourself that you're a hypocrite man. This is what you do behind closed doors. And this is how you
face the people. So ask yourself these yourself these questions and there is no examiner for
yourself better than yourself.
		

			So ask yourself, yourselves these questions it is absolutely important, important and you will
benefit from it a lot
		

			in llama Rahima rugby except for that which my Lord has mercy upon. Now, you see how he attributes
in Amara Hemara except for that which my Lord has mercy upon. He attributes the goodness to Allah
subhanho wa Taala or she attributes the goodness to Allah subhanahu Uttara Illa na Rahim Allah
except for that which my Lord has mercy upon. So when it comes to the evil, he attributes it to
himself, when it comes to the goodness, he attributes it to his makeup, he attributes it to Rob will
is that you will Jalil and this is something that we can take lesson from, we never ever attribute
goodness to ourselves, we should attribute it to our maker because ultimately had he not made us we
		

			wouldn't have had that opportunity to perform that good deed had he not had had mercy upon us. Then
we would have not been able to do that while metal fealty lab Allah Allah He tell Cal to
		

			Why don't you fail yet? What can you limit our karoun that mitofit My ability is not from anyone
except from Allah subhanho wa Taala it is only from Allah subhanaw taala Amato Via de La Villa, or
they eat our country upon him. I place my trust in him, I will pray place my trust and upon him
should those who trust placed they trust. So always trust in Allah subhanho wa Taala and know that
any goodness that comes to you is from Rubble is that you will Gela any goodness that comes to you
attribute it to rubble is that you Angela? Subhan Allah Masha Allah Al Hamdulillah La Ilaha illa
Allah, we ask Allah subhanahu wa taala for Baraka in this, we ask Allah subhanahu wa taala to bless
		

			it. We thank Allah subhanho wa Taala for what He has given us. These are statements of a believer,
whereas the person who doesn't have much trust in Rubble is that you will gel much belief in Rubble
is that you will general Hey, look at what I did, guys. Hey, look at what I'm doing. Look at what
I've achieved. Look at how far I've gone in life. That is not the attitude of a believer, that is
the attitude of those who are weak of faith, or those who are disbelievers in their makeup. In not
beautiful Rahim despite all of this, my Lord is Most forgiving, Most Merciful. I know that yes, my
soul will sometimes command me to do wrong but when I turned to him, I know he's most forgiving. I
		

			know he is most Merciful. And this is one of the things that one of the greatest aspects that we can
focus on about Allah subhanho wa Taala he's the greatest and all of his qualities are great, but you
find this recurring throughout the Quran in all
		

			On behalf of Rahim Ye, you find this recurring throughout the Quran because Allah subhanho wa Taala
is emphasizing to us how merciful he is and how forgiving he is. And in this context, you notice
that Allah subhanahu wa taala says it upon the tongue of use of Allah in salatu salam or the wife of
Allah disease, and he says he constantly uses the word or be my rob my maker, he will fashion me, He
who brought me into existence from nothing. I have this intimate relationship with him. You know,
I'm very, very close to him in the sense that he made me He fashioned me, he made this heart of
mine. My heart is in his control. I asked him to forgive me, I asked him to have mercy upon me. And
		

			he's telling you that I am most merciful, I am most forgiving. So you've got to actually turn to
that make a you've got to raise your hands. And never lose hope never lose hope. In that mercy of
rubble is that your Jalon shape one wants to get you the shape. One wants you to think that your
Lord won't forgive you and he won't have mercy upon you. But he is telling you otherwise he's
telling you I will forgive you. I will have mercy upon you. But turned to me. All you've got to do
is ask of me all you've got to do is beg of me and do be sincere and do that which is correct and
right. What Carl medical Tony be stuck LIS only enough. See, the Kingdom said that bring this man to
		

			me. I want him to be exclusively for me. Allama Kalama, who Allah in Oklahoma lead, amen are keen on
Amin. And when he spoke to him, he said, Indeed, today, you are established and trusted with us. You
are established and trusted with us. Now, there are some profound lessons that we can learn.
		

			While Carl, many could only be as Douglasville enough, see, the king saw that this man was hard
working trustworthy. This man was an honest man, first and foremost, very, very honest. As for hard
working, we can see in the sense that he actually helped his partners in the prison. And he helped
the people even though he didn't have to, even though he could have used it as leverage, he was
extremely sincere. So what did the king do, he immediately says, Bring him here, I want to keeping
it keep him exclusively for myself. And the lesson that we learned is that when you see a sincere
person, when you've noticed a sincere person,
		

			if you can keep that person in your life, do as much as you can, whatever you can to keep that
person. And this when it comes to business is of utmost importance, because it is very difficult
today, and especially in today's times to find those who are trustworthy. When you find a person
who's trustworthy, hold him close, hold him close, draw him even closer look after him, hold her
close look after her why? Because he or she, whoever it may be, has got a quality that is extremely
rare to find today. You know, we always give the example of the diamond who found a diamond,
		

			pick it up, polish it, look after it, nobody needs to tell you that these people are more rare than
diamonds, just mean diamonds are not even that array. So they pick that person, hold them close to
you keep them ensure you look after them. Because you will not find a person like that in a rush.
And the value that person provides to you or provides you with you cannot compare with anything
else. What kind of medical Dooney be aesthetically schooling I've seen, especially when you are in a
position of leadership. You see,
		

			many of us sit and think that well. I'm not in a position of leadership. I don't have much I don't
have
		

			much power much say but each one of us Allah subhanahu wa taala has accorded to us some form of
leadership. And we've got to understand that we ever we put in this situation. We need to remember
these principles. People who are honest, sincere, and you've seen their track record for years. Look
at use of Alayhi Salatu wa sallam he was in the prison for how long? You've got witness from so many
people that are honest people to say that this is an honest man. He's now been declared free of any
wrongdoing for the crime that he was placed in prison for. So it doesn't matter what that person
		

			Since past maybe, because so long as he has been declared clear of wrongdoing in the past, and he is
good today you have good witnesses with regards to what he has done. He has service to community for
free, that he has done for the people for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa taala or perhaps he has
sincerely worked for somebody else. didn't hire such a person and hold them close. Furama Kalama
Karla inner Cal Yahoomail Adelina MacKinnon. I mean, so when he spoke to him,
		

			he said, Indeed you today are with us established and trusted. You see, he took time to talk to him.
He took time to discuss with him. And Allah subhanahu Attallah says that when he spoke to him, when
the King spoke to him, he said, In Kaleo mela de Namur Keenum I mean, perhaps, perhaps, and this is
just in furtherance, that perhaps we can, you know, infer from this, that a person should still talk
to, the person that they want to engage with, they should interact with them, they should see for
themselves, don't just base on what others have said. But see for yourself, try to understand who
this person is, talk to them see from what is apparent. Allah subhanho wa Taala says that the king
		

			then told him today you with us are established and in a trusted position in a trusted position.
Now, when he was placed in this position, and you can only place a trustworthy person in a trust,
trusted position, you know,
		

			a person who's running a business, a person who's in a position of leadership, a person who will
understand this very, very clearly. In fact, even those of us who are leaders of our families, will
understand that some of your children you can trust, and you can actually hold them close to you and
say, you know, This child of mine will look after the rest of them, This child of mine will ensure
that everything's taken care of, we all No, have children that are such. So this is amazing. Allah
subhanahu wa dialysis in Nikoli, OMA la Dana McKinnon, I mean, you can only put a trustworthy person
in a trusted position. Never put someone who's untrustworthy, or who has shown you and display to
		

			you that they are not to be trusted, don't put them in a trusted position. Because they will destroy
things. They will destroy things in a kolomela Dana McKinnon, I mean, other John Niada in in, in the
Harvey von Halleen. He said, position me place me upon the treasures of the land, the store houses
of the land. Indeed, I am knowing and a guardian meaning I have Hatfield means not only will I look
after it, Hatfield means from HIV, the word HIV, which means to look after, not only look after it,
but I'm also knowledgeable about it. So I will look after it. And I know about it, I'm a good
guardian. And I know about it. Now, only a person who has knowledge. Only a person who has knowledge
		

			about something can look after. If a person doesn't have knowledge of something, he will run it into
the ground. He may be sincere, he may be good. But if he has no knowledge, he'll run it into the
ground because he doesn't know what he's doing. And this is why
		

			coming back to the scenario or the example of our families, when you
		

			when you look after, when you look after your family, you've got to know what you're doing. You've
got to learn and you've got to understand nobody's saying you're insincere. But you've got to
understand how to bring up that family read a lot. Try to understand what you should do what you
shouldn't do, and you will inevitably go wrong. There's nothing wrong with that. You need to learn
from your mistakes from the past, and then move into tread into the future carefully. And you know,
someone may say that, hey, hold on. You're so young talking about this. Who are you to talk to us
about this. I'm not saying it from a position of experience, but I'm saying it from the position of
		

			what Allah subhanho wa Taala teaches us what Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us in the heavy humulene
Yusuf Alayhi Salatu was Salam is saying I'm knowledgeable about about it, so I will look after it.
		

			And I'm sincere you've already said I'm sincere. So put me in this position. And they actually
thrive done the use of Allah His salatu salam they did so well, there was prosperity. So this is the
value of those who know what they are doing and untrustworthy. Now, use of Iranian Salatu was Salam
actually mentioned this of himself. But if you notice, this is in the context where he is trying to
get to something. And that is a position of trustworthiness. He's already been declared trustworthy
by others by a person that is not him, you know, the king. So he's been declared trustworthy.
		

			And why raises this is because we can't go around saying, Hey, I'm trustworthy, a I'm like this,
Hey, I'm like that we never blow our own trumpet. So to say, we always ensure that we stay humble,
but in a position placed in a position where you have to speak for example, in a job interview, or
for example, at a place where you are about to be placed in leadership and you know, you write for
it, deep down in your heart of hearts, you know, between you and Allah subhanho wa taala, that this
position is for me, you are allowed to speak in praise of yourself. In New Zealand, Eileen, indeed,
I am a guardian and I am all knowing not all knowing sorry, that is only for Allah subhanahu wa
		

			taala. But I lean in this case means I know I have knowledge. So you are allowed to speak in praise
of yourself in certain situations. But don't blow your trumpet in front of everyone all the time.
That is just being you know, just bragging about yourself and this there is no goodness in that. You
actually take a knock. When you do that your ego is puffed up Shaban gets happy Allah subhanahu
Attallah displeased with you, and you take a knock when you do something like that. What Can daddy
can can tell us have a feel upbeat about what will mean hi to Yeshua. And in this manner, we
established use of Alia salatu, Salam on earth, He to settle there in wherever he willed, no sleep
		

			will be rotten, and now shall we touch with our Mercy who we will. And while I know the euro and
Euro martini, and we do not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good. You see, use of
alcohol Salatu was Salam was given authority over the land, to take possession of what he wanted to
do what he wanted to, he was allowed free rein, and this is the value of being trustworthy, people
will trust you. And they will extend to you that which they would not extend to others. And we say
this, to the youth especially today, you know, we find that the the older generation, the middle
aged and the elderly, they have absolutely or most of the time, they don't usually have this problem
		

			of trustworthiness. They trusted each other, you know, previously back in the day, and I'm sure most
of us resonate with this.
		

			When you went for Hajj, you left your business to the people, you left your house to the people, you
left your belonging belongings to somebody that you trusted. And it was so easy to trust someone, it
was also easy to know that when you come back,
		

			everything will be exactly where it should be. Meaning this person wouldn't have done anything bad
to you today, it's very, very difficult to trust someone, it's very, very difficult to say, here are
my keys. I'm leaving them with you. It's only of the older generation that we find this quality of
trustworthiness. The youngsters today don't seem to understand this. They don't seem to value this.
And
		

			it's of utmost value. Even in business Subhanallah, you find I have a friend that was actually
telling me that we went under at one stage we went under. And we used to extend credit to people
with a million dollars, we give them a million dollars of credit because we got credit. So we got
credit from our creditors. And we extended this to our the people whom We gave the goods to as well.
And we gave them 30 days to pay. And it's so happened that the Zim dollar was devaluing again and
again, every now and then it devalued and it devalued. So by the time we got back credit, we didn't
realize that we were making a big loss. And we cut this short say, three, four months down the line.
		

			We stopped it and we said hold on, let's get everything that we were owed, and pay everybody that we
owe. And we were left with very little for ourselves. And we paid everybody every single penny that
we owed them
		

			And he says that Allah subhanahu Attallah. So great. You know, when I went back to those people,
they realized what I had done, they realized that I had taken the knock. So Allah put within the
hearts, for them to extend me credit with 5 million, no longer a million, but I'm not sitting with 5
million with credit, says, that's the value of trustworthiness and SubhanAllah. It resonates with
this idea. You see how Allah subhanahu wa taala gave Yusuf alayhi salatu salam establishment on the
land, how he preferred him over his brothers, how he helped him how the plot of those who are
planning and plotting against him was destroyed, and how he was raised up to a position of in
		

			society what Catholica can use to fulfill and in this manner, we established use of upon the land.
Now, when you look at the prison, and when you look at the well and when you look at how he was
punished, you know, apparently it was punishment, but use of alayhi salatu salam, Allah subhanahu
Attallah had planned for him or all along and whilst he was going through that, of course, he
wouldn't have understood exactly what Allah subhanho wa Taala was planning for him because he didn't
know the unseen he didn't know the future. But he realized that Allah has some sort of plan for him,
and he placed his trust in Allah subhanahu wa taala waited for it to come to fruition. And Allah
		

			subhanahu wa taala granted him at the end what karate can and cannot use of having a boa minha
hydrea SHA Nazim will be Rama Tina Manisha Allah subhanho wa Taala repeats this that we grant our
iman to whomsoever we wish, so constantly ask Allah for this. It is only Allah's wish and will that
will actually help you his well. There's Allah subhanahu wa taala does not wish so to say whatever
He wills comes to fruition whatever He wills come in, comes into existence. So
		

			it is only by the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa taala that we are granted Hidayat that we enter into
Jana Wallen Who do you agilely Marcin and we will never ever waste the reward of the good do as well
as you will hear it. Hallo Linda, Dina Amen. What can we own and the Agile of the Akira is better
for those who believe and those who are fearing of Allah subhanahu wa taala. You see the Agile of
the akhira is better. Even though in this world, Allah subhanahu wa taala has given you Allah
subhanho wa Taala has blessed you Allah subhana wa Taala will help you but the ADGER of the euro is
better for those who believe what can we attack goon and they were God fearing those who are
		

			conscious of Allah subhanho wa Taala those who aren't actually end up you know, focusing on this
dunya focusing on that which they will receive from Allah subhanahu wa taala here and now, but Allah
subhanho wa Taala talks about the earthhero being better for those who believe so they keep the
focus on that and that keeps them motivated that keeps them going no matter what happens. They
constantly think of Allah subhanahu wa taala His pleasure and the pleasure and the reward that is
awaiting them in the akhira May Allah subhanahu wa taala bless us with understanding and may Allah
subhanho wa Taala grant us the ability to practice practice upon that which he finds pleasing. Amin
		

			wa sallahu wa sallim wa barik ala Nabina Muhammad, what are the the he wants to be a Jemaine