Ibraheem Menk – The Reality Of The Unseen World
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The importance of witnessing and following Allah's teachings, including physical and metaphysical aspects of life, is emphasized. The devil is not the only affected person, and everyone has a chance to commit immorality. The price of the deal is around $60 to $90, and practicing upon what has been said is crucial. The price is not fixed, but can be paid over time.
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In life,
we need to bear in mind that there
are 2 aspects.
1 is the physical
and the other is
the spiritual and the metaphysical.
1 is seen by the eye
that which we witness.
When we meet a human being,
we see
their faces.
We see their eyes, and their nose, and
their features, and everything else.
But there is an aspect to the human
being
and to our surroundings as well that we
don't see with our physical eye.
And when it comes to the human being,
that is the soul.
The soul is present within the person.
And we know and acknowledge that this person
is alive due to that soul within him.
But we don't actually witness it. We know
it is there.
And the same goes for intellect.
If a person were to cut
the brain or the head open,
we would be able to see the brain.
And we know that there are thoughts that
run within that brain,
but we don't actually see those thoughts, and
we don't see the intellect.
The way we know that that intellect exists
is because of the speech that this person
has
and the speech that this person engages in.
So when they talk to us, then we
know that this person's this person has intellect.
They have a brain. They have thoughts that
are going through that brain.
And in reality, even in our lives
there are angels around us.
There are demons around us.
There In fact, every single person has an
angel and a demon appointed
to him.
And that angel
and those demons,
they command them
to do good and to do evil
respectively.
So
we know that this exists but we don't
actually pay attention to it simply because
it is not in the physical
sight.
But when it comes to the believer,
we realize
that there is 1
ultimate
and particular
point of the unseen
that we should be aware of
as much as possible if not at all
times. And that is Allah
So, the hijab,
the veil
between us and Allah
is simply the life that is within us.
It is simply the breath that we take.
And if we are to stand at a
grave and look at that grave,
the only difference between us and that person
is that
our blood
is still running through our veins. Our heart
is still pumping. Our
lungs are still taking air in.
And the believer realizes
that it is only for that to stop.
And I will be from amongst these people.
So, dear brothers and sisters in Islam,
none of us are free from the influence
of the devil.
Rasulullah salallahu alaihi wa sallam
told us that there is nobody
that is not affected by the devil. And
there is nobody
that does not have
except that he has a devil with him
commanding him to do evil, telling him and
influencing him to do bad.
And Allah
tells us the attitude of a believer when
he is commanded
by the devil.
And when
the devil pokes you, when he influences you,
when he commands you to do evil,
then seek the protection
of Allah.
Indeed, Allah is all hearing and all knowing.
Indeed, Allah is all hearing and all knowing.
Meaning, he hears you when you say,
I seek refuge in Allah, almighty, the most
powerful from shaitan,
the accursed.
So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala hears that and
he is aware of what you are doing
and what is going on. And whether you
will listen
to the devil
or you will listen to Allah
Whether you will obey the devil or you
will
obey Allah
Indeed those
who fear Allah
they have the consciousness
of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. They remember. So
there they are fully aware. They are able
to see.
The word that is used in the ayah
is sight. All of a sudden,
they have that sight.
What is that sight? That is the ability
to know and remember that Allah
is watching.
That Allah
knows. That Allah
hears and that
he is watching me as I make this
decision so I better choose right.
So there they are fully aware
of Allah
So remember
that the promises of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
have a reward,
and the promises of shaitan
have a consequence.
He promises you poverty
and he commands you to do immorality.
And Allah, he promises you forgiveness
and he promises you increment and more.
You know what these are? Promises of the
devil and promises of
shaitan.
When a person is about to commit immorality,
oftentimes the thought that hits their mind is
this is my opportunity.
Let me take it. This person is in
front of me. You know what? They're inviting
me.
So let me go ahead and commit that
is this immorality. It's good.
When will I get the chance again to
commit immorality with this person? And ever more
so, when the phone and our devices in
our, in our hands and we are all
alone in our rooms. And the devil's invite
is there.
The devil's invite is there. He's calling us.
Come. Come. Come.
You never know when you'll get this chance
again.
He's commanding you to evil and he's promising
you poverty. He's promising you perhaps you will
not get this opportunity again.
But remember at that point,
Allah promises you
Allah promises you forgiveness
that turn to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Seek
the forgiveness of Allah
And you will receive not only that forgiveness,
but you will receive
x
extra, more from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. What
is that extra and more from Allah
It is the blessing and the barakah
from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. You find yourself
at peace in your life. You find yourself
adhering to the command of Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala. You find yourself moving towards goodness. You
find blessing in your family. When you go
home, things are okay. People are smiling, joyous
and happy.
And
you find that you are completely at peace.
And
Allah gives you more.
He gives you his favor. What happens
when you have a haram deal in front
of you?
You begin to think,
you know what?
Let me just take this this once
and let me do it just this once
because
there is too much money here.
But there is an interest factor involved. There
is Riba involved.
So
Shaitan is telling you take it. You will
lose. You will become poor. You won't be
able to get anything. This is a deal
of a lifetime
but that is where the believers consciousness
kicks in.
That is where he realizes
that veil between me
and Allah is simply that breath that I
take. It stops and I'm with Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala. I can do this deal now.
And I can walk out from here and
a bus eats me and I'm gone. And
there I am with Allah
That is the believer's reality.
He doesn't only see the physical.
He doesn't only see that which is in
front of him. The money that is sitting
on the table. Let me just take it.
No.
He knows that above him and that person
and the money and everything there is Allah
He is watching. He knows. And if I
leave this for Allah
The 1 who leaves something for Allah,
Allah will give him better than that. Better
than that. Better than that 10, 000, 20,
000, 1, 000, 000 that is on the
table. Allah will give you better. Let's put
the same scenario.
And say you leave that deal and you
walk out and you drop dead.
You are with Allah
with a good deed knowing
that I was conscious of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
And the noor hits you, the light hits
you, and the peace hits you, and the
mercy hits you, and you are now
in Jannah,
and you are at peace with Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala, you see how
the believer has a different perspective. He is
aware of the angels, the demons, and everything
around him. Everything else. And ultimately
and
most importantly, he's a he is aware of
Allah
And similarly,
you find that when there is an instance
of fear
and someone is threatening you, someone is telling
you, we will do this to you. We
will fix you up. Hey. If you speak
up, this is what will happen to you.
What remember What does he remember?
He remembers
that ultimately, it is 60 to 70 years.
That is the average age of the Ummah
of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Even if I am to live up to
70, 80, 90, 100,
110,
I have to go to Allah
And he remembers,
And remember the day that you will return
to Allah.
And then every soul shall receive that which
it has
harvested.
That which it has worked towards
and they will not be oppressed in any
way. You will receive the goodness that you
have done. The bad and the evil that
you have done will be present if you
didn't seek the forgiveness of Allah.
If Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did not forgive
you for that, so the believer remembers this
and does the right thing. That decision and
that moment
influences
the next decision that you will take and
the following
and the 1 after that. So try to
make your decisions
fearful
of Allah conscious
of Allah
and hoping for his reward as well. May
Allah
grant us the ability to practice upon what
has been said.