Ihab Saad – Day 19 Al Muminun and Al Noor

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The title of the Quran is the Surah's light and its use in relation to marriage, religion, and laws. The importance of the light is discussed, including its use in laws, criminal cases, and religious topics. The transcript also touches on the use of the word "has been" in Islam, including its meaning in relation to marriage, and the importance of finding the light of Islam in the homes of Islamist community. The transcript provides examples of successful Islamers who have followed the same message.

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			Salaam Alaikum, warahmatullahi,
Barakatuh. Welcome back to another
		
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			visit to the Quran through our
journey with the Quran from the
		
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			beginning of the month of Ramadan.
And the night, tonight inshallah
		
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			is going to be the night of the
20th of Ramadan.
		
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			We are one one night behind in our
discussion right now, but
		
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			tonight is the night of the 20th
of Ramadan. So I'm reminding
		
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			myself and my brothers and sisters
that the next 10 days, with the
		
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			next 10 nights starting tomorrow,
is going to be the start of the
		
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			last 10 nights of Ramadan, we ask
Allah subhana wa Taala to accept
		
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			from us anew what we have done in
the past
		
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			20 days. Almost 20 days. Today is
the 19th of Ramadan, and in the
		
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			remaining 10 days of Ramadan
inshaAllah, we ask Allah subhana
		
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			wa Taala to accept from us and to
grant us emancipation from the
		
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			Hellfire by the end of the month,
and to look at us with a glance of
		
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			satisfaction that he Subhana wa
Taala would not punish us after
		
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			that. Tonight, today, Inshallah,
we are going to visit two of the
		
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			beautiful Surah of the Quran,
surat al mumin and surat al nur al
		
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			munun, the believers. The title of
the surah is quite clear. And the
		
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			surah starts by explaining who are
these believers. After ALLAH
		
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			SubhanA wa Taala declares at the
beginning of the surah a general
		
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			statement, qadaf Minun, the Al
munun, have been successful. And
		
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			then Allah subhana wa Taala so
that no one can be would be
		
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			confused. Allah, Subhanahu wa
explains to us, who are these
		
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			Minun.
		
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			We know that there is Islam, there
is Iman and there is Ihsan.
		
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			Whenever these three words are
combined in the same Hadith or the
		
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			same context. It means three
different levels. Islam is
		
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			declaration of submission to
Allah, Subhanahu wa and that's
		
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			true. La Ilaha, illallah, Muhammad
Abu Asmaa Iman is a higher level
		
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			that not only someone declared
these words, but acted upon them.
		
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			And that's why we find, for
example, in Surat Al horat, Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa making that
distinction. Colonel Arab,
		
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			Emmanuel
		
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			minu wala can pull Islam. Wala
May, at Holy man of yahu, become
		
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			that some of the Bedouins
		
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			claim that we are true believers,
and Allah subhanahu wa tells them,
		
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			do not say that you are true
believers, just say that you are
		
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			Muslims. Because faith, the true
faith, has not settled yet in your
		
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			hearts. If it had settled or had
it settled in your heart, it would
		
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			have been obvious from the outer
reflection through your actions
		
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			and your deeds from the very
beautiful Hadith that is narrated
		
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			by Sayyidina Umar of the Allahu
anhu, which is one of the
		
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			foundational Hadith, foundational
Hadith in Islam, the hadith of
		
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			Sayyidina Jibreel Ali Salam, when
he came in disguise in the form of
		
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			a man, a stranger, and he started
asking the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam, different
questions, one about Islam, one
		
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			about Iman, what about Ihsan? And
then about the signs of the Day of
		
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			Judgment? And Rasulullah Sallam
responded to these queries, and
		
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			that stranger confirmed what the
the answer of the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Later
on, the Prophet saw them, would
		
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			tell the Companions, this is your
brother, Jibreel, who came to
		
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			teach you about your religion,
your faith.
		
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			And in this we see the three
different grades, or three
		
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			different levels. Islam is the
minimum acceptable threshold. Iman
		
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			is higher, and then Ihsan
excellence, or perfection, that is
		
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			the highest level. When someone is
always connected to Allah, subhana
		
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			wa taala, and they always feel the
presence of Allah subhanahu wa and
		
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			the oversight of ALLAH SubhanA wa
taala. Allah subhana wa Taala is
		
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			overseeing what they are doing,
and Ta Abu Allah doing whatever we
		
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			do, feeling that ALLAH SubhanA wa
Taala is seeing us all the time,
		
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			and we are seeing Allah subhanahu
wa all the time. For if we cannot
		
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			see Allah subhanahu wa always sees
us. So in this surah, it is
		
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			taught, and if each one of them is
mentioned separately without the
		
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			mention of the other two, it means
the other two combined. So the
		
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			word Iman, if it's mentioned by
itself, it includes Islam and
		
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			Ihsan. Ihsan, if it's mentioned by
itself, it includes Iman and Islam
		
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			and so on and so forth. So here
Allah subhanahu wa study us about
		
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			Al mumin, who are al mumin, and we
find the description by Allah
		
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			subhanahu is talking about.
		
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			Up, not only something that's deep
in the heart, but something also
		
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			that's reflected on the outside
that people can see and can gage.
		
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			Rasulullah send them says in the
meaning of the Hadith, either
		
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			raidu rajula ya Atul masajid,
hashadu, Abu Iman. If you see an
		
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			individual frequenting the masajid
for the regular Salawat testify
		
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			that he is a moment. So again,
it's based on the reflection, the
		
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			outer reflection, of their
actions. How did Allah subhana wa
		
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			Taala describe al mumin, first and
foremost, the foundation, the
		
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			core, the pole of the tent of
Islam, which is a sale a la Dina
		
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			humphy, solid the those who are
serene and focusing and
		
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			concentrating and connecting to
Allah, subhana wa Taala through
		
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			their prayer. When ladeena Hum,
Ali murdoon, they do not indulge
		
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			in idle talk. They stay away from
it. When ladina hum this zakat, if
		
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			Arun, they do an action of giving
a zakah, the ALMS or the right of
		
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			Allah, Subhanahu wa in their
money. Wala, Dina hum, LIFO hum,
		
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			haul as well. Ji mahome America,
follow those who guard their
		
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			chastity and their honor and their
dignity by protecting their body
		
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			from indulging in something that's
indecent or improper
		
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			when ladeena Hum le amenati him
Wah behemola. And those who, when
		
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			entrusted with something, they
would discharge that trust in the
		
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			best possible way. And those who,
when they pledge or make a
		
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			promise, they fulfill that promise
when ladeena Um Allah, not only
		
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			performing the prayer in a very
serene and focusing manner, but
		
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			also they do it regularly all the
time. When it comes the time of
		
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			the prayer, they do it at the
proper time in the proper form,
		
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			Uli, a ritual led in a ritual,
these are the true heirs, the ones
		
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			who inherit paradise and they're
gonna live there eternally.
		
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			Allah subhana wa Taala tells us
that, since we mentioned yesterday
		
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			that the dwellers of the Hellfire,
according to one of the narrations
		
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			of the Hadith, are 99% of the
Creation Allah subhanahu wa, when
		
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			he created each and every
individual, Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			created their seat in paradise and
stand their seat in the elf fire.
		
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			So basically, it's up to the
individual to decide which one
		
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			they want to pursue. Allah
subhanahu wa knew beforehand what
		
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			every individual is going to do,
Yet Allah subhana wa Taala did not
		
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			force them to do that otherwise
the where is the free will, but
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa knew in advance
who will go to Paradise and who
		
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			will go to the hellfire.
		
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			Therefore every believer who goes
to Paradise, not only is he or she
		
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			going to occupy their designated
place in paradise, but they're
		
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			also gonna inherit an additional
99 places, because these places
		
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			were vacant by the people who
chose to go the other way. So
		
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			paradise is going to be quite
vast, and there's going to be a
		
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			lot of space for the believers in
paradise, whereas the Hellfire is
		
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			going to be a 99% occupancy,
because there are the 1% that
		
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			ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala has spared
because of their obedience to
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa and the mercy
of Allah subhanahu wa accepting
		
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			their deeds. And then there are
the 99 who are going to occupy
		
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			their reserved places in the
alfier. That's why Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa calls these Minun.
		
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			They inherit paradise. They
inherit these additional 99 places
		
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			Allah Allah subhanaw taala, and
again today, we're going to try to
		
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			be a little bit brief, because I
noticed that we are taking, I am
		
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			taking, actually, a long time
dwelling on every ayah. So we're
		
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			going to try to be a little bit
more brief than than before. Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa tells us about the
stages of the creation of the
		
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			human being, from mud to the
different phases of the
		
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			development of the fetus until it
becomes a human being, and then
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa, as soon as
that newborn is born. And Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa says, Fati Barak,
Allahu Akshay, Glory is to Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa, the best shaper and
the best creator, subhanAllah, the
		
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			only creator Subhanallah,
		
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			after these detailed phases of the
creation, we come abruptly to
		
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			Summa in nakumba, the daily
Kalama, yitun. And then after
		
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			that, you are going to die, as if
this life between the birth.
		
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			And ask him, what's what's going
on here? There is something that
		
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			does not add up. Can you explain
to me, I see that you are a good
		
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			man. Why are these things
happening to you and not to any
		
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			other person, and that companion
as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wa sallam, he told the prophet,
saw Ya Rasulullah, I made this
		
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			application to Allah subhana wa
taala, if he is gonna punish me
		
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			for any bad deed that I did, that
he would punish me in this life so
		
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			that on the Day of Judgment I
would come back completely clean.
		
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			All of my sins have been expiated
in my life, and I have nothing but
		
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			good deeds. That's a way of
thinking. Rasulallah taught him
		
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			something better. He told him,
shouldn't I tell you about
		
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			something better? And the young
man said, Please, O Messenger,
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, tell
me. And rasulallah told him about
		
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			the last ayah in Surah Al munun
waq Ram WA and say, Oh Allah ILF,
		
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			forgive Warham, have mercy Wan
Tahir lubrahime, and you are the
		
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			best merciful SubhanAllah. So this
should be one of the adaya that we
		
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			should memorize. And we say quite
often, like the DUA that we
		
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			mentioned, or the adaya that we
mentioned yesterday in Surat Al
		
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			abiya,
		
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			anima Sanyal Bureau and our
hammer, Rahim in Robbie, lettering
		
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			all of these three beautiful
adaya. Let's add to our arsenal of
		
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			supplicating to Allah subhanahu wa
this beautiful dwya Rabbi Warham
		
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			WA and Tahir Rahi. Mean, this is
very briefly, going over quickly,
		
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			over some of the main aspects of
Surat al mumin now going to surat
		
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			al Nur. And surat al nur is a
Surah madaniyah revealed to the
		
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			messenger sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam in Al Madin al munawwarah.
		
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			And the name of the surah is Anur,
the light.
		
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			And you notice that in the Quran,
Anur always comes in a singular
		
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			form. Anur the light, not the
lights, but the light. Whereas
		
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			abulum, the darknesses, they come
in the plural form because there
		
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			are multiple sources of volume at
of darknesses, different ways
		
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			where people can disobey Allah
subhanahu wa different ways they
		
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			can be away from the path of Allah
subhana wa taala. But there is
		
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			only one path leading to Allah
subhanahu wa, there is only one
		
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			way to Allah subhanahu wa. That
path is lit by An Noor himself,
		
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			subhanAllah, ALLAH SubhanA wa
Taala is putting the light on that
		
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			path so that people can find their
way easily, reaching to the
		
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			pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa and
his forgiveness. Surat al nur is
		
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			actually talking about multiple
events or multiple aspects of that
		
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			light. But the greatest aspect of
that light is the light of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa. As Allah subhanahu
wa describes himself Subhana wa
		
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			Taala as the light allahun Salah
ati wadaat,
		
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			but before getting to this area,
the surah is also talking about
		
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			the light that should illuminate
the lives of the believers, the
		
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			light of dignity, the light of
chastity, the light of innocence,
		
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			the light of charity, the light of
asking for permission. All of
		
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			these are different aspects of the
life, that of the light that in
		
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			enlighten the light of the
believer. Let's see them one by
		
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			one. So Allah, subhana wa Taala
starts the surah with Surat and
		
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			zaliha offered Neha well, and then
if he netted Allah come to that
		
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			car. The
		
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			Sura starts in a very strange way,
as an IT is a Surah that was
		
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			revealed by Allah subhana wa Taala
and prescribed.
		
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			And in it, in the Surah, there are
clear ayat, Clear Signs for those
		
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			who want to ponder and remember,
then, what's the next area? It's
		
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			talking about sanctions. It's
talking about forms of punishment
		
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			as any it was any fatigue. Allah
had him in home, Amy
		
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			at a child combining. Well, yes,
nominee, the surah starts talking
		
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			about people who commit a major
sin, adultery, the male and the
		
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			female and Allah. Subhanaw taala
puts equal blame on the two of
		
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			them, not on one without the
other, but on both of them,
		
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			because they are partners in that
crime. A.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa tells us that
the proper punishment for them is
		
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			if they are not married, if that's
their first offense and they are
		
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			not married, they should be
whipped 100 times in public. Why
		
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			in public and not in private?
Because this is a very heinous
		
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			crime that results in a collapse
of the social fabric of the
		
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			society. If Zina becomes
predominant within a certain
		
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			society, no one would know who's
who's whose son or daughter, and
		
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			the lineage and the ancestry is
going to be completely confused,
		
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			and that's not a sign of a proper,
decent, respectable, solid
		
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			community or society. So Allah
subhanaw taala makes that sin one
		
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			of the major sins, and gives a
clear punishment for that sin. Now
		
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			here I'm going to take a side
tangent talking about,
		
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			unfortunately, when you ask
people, even many Muslims today,
		
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			about Sharia,
		
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			and you're gonna find many Muslims
in Muslim majority countries
		
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			saying that we do not want the
rule of Sharia.
		
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			And you ask them, so what is
Sharia? In your understanding?
		
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			They would say it's cutting the
hand of the thief. It's the
		
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			stoning of the adulterer, if
they're married, and the whipping
		
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			of this, and doing this and doing
that according to what Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa revealed in the
Quran,
		
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			as if they are abridging or they
are cutting or concatenating or or
		
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			briefing
		
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			the whole of Islam and the whole
of the law of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			into delete the penal code. So if
you talk about the US law, for
		
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			example, if the understanding of
someone that the US law, the legal
		
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			system is imprisoning,
imprisonment for such and such
		
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			crime for such and such duration
and so on. That's a very distorted
		
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			and limited and incomplete
understanding of the legal system.
		
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			The legal system, the role of any
legal system, is to provide
		
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			justice and fairness
		
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			and retribution for the ones who
have been oppressed or injured by
		
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			others. So that's the general
sense. The moral sense of the
		
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			legal system, again, is fairness
and justice. That's the objective
		
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			of that legal system. Some of the
elements of that legal system
		
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			would be the penal code for anyone
who selects voluntarily to break
		
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			the law, there's got to be a
punishment. Otherwise, where's the
		
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			reward for those who respect the
law? If everyone is going to be
		
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			equal, Those who abide and those
who do not abide, again, that
		
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			would be unfair to those who abide
by the law.
		
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			A Sharia by itself, is not even
the law. A Sharia is faith. A
		
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			Sharia, in the classical meaning
in the Arabic language, is the
		
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			path to water. Water is the source
of life, as Allah subhana wa Taala
		
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			told us in the Quran wa jal namin
al maqula Shay in high so the path
		
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			to water is the path to life.
Allah subhanahu wa is telling us
		
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			that He has revealed this faith to
us, this comprehensive way of life
		
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			to us, so that we can lead decent
lives, reaching the pleasure of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa and the mercy
of Allah subhana wa taala. So
		
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			sometimes here in the in the West,
they say Sharia law, that's,
		
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			that's, that's a misconception or
a mistranslation. Sharia is a way
		
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			of life. Sharia is Al Islam. Allah
subhana wa Taala says, Shara ALA,
		
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			kumina Deen. So ALLAH SubhanA wa
Taala is a Sharia, or al musharra.
		
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			He is the one who sent us this
Sharia, therefore saying that I do
		
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			not want Sharia means, indirectly,
I do want, do not want the rule of
		
00:29:06 --> 00:29:11
			Allah subhanahu wa. And again, we
cannot expect anyone to claim to
		
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			be a believer when they say, I do
not accept, or I do not want the
		
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			rule of Allah subhanahu wa, and I
can, can accept the rule of
		
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			someone else, so they are equating
with Allah subhanahu wa.
		
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			Maybe in another discussion, we're
going to talk about the objectives
		
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			of Sharia and so on and so forth.
But here I'm just trying to say
		
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			that the penal code or the
punishments or the sanctions are
		
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			just a tiny, tiny, important
fraction of the whole system,
		
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			which is called Sharia, and that
we as believers, as Allah subhana
		
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			wa Taala tells us, in the Surah by
the end of the Surah, Surat nor in
		
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			namah om miniakuru sa.
		
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			Festo something that I didn't do.
And she kept crying, looking at
		
00:40:04 --> 00:40:07
			her parents, aren't you going to
defend me? And they said, We don't
		
00:40:07 --> 00:40:10
			know what to say. And then Allah
subhanahu wa revealed to the
		
00:40:10 --> 00:40:14
			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam the innocence of a Sayyida
		
00:40:14 --> 00:40:17
			ishall. You can't imagine the
happiness of the Prophet
		
00:40:17 --> 00:40:21
			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and
especially the happiness of
		
00:40:21 --> 00:40:24
			Sayyidina, Abu Bakr, RadiAllahu,
Anhu and umuru man his wife,
		
00:40:24 --> 00:40:28
			radiAllahu anha, the innocence of
their daughter. And then
		
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			Sayyidina, Abu Bakr Al yah, as the
Prophet saw them. Is it from Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala and the Sayyid
Aisha asked the same question, is
		
00:40:36 --> 00:40:40
			it from you this forgiveness? Or
is it from Allah subhanahu wa and
		
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			rasulallah said it is from Allah
Subhanallah and Sayyida Asha who
		
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			was so sad. She said, then the
praise is to Allah Subhanallah, as
		
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			if Yani, she's not accepting that
coming from the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam. The Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam loved
		
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			her so much, and she loved the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
00:41:00 --> 00:41:02
			sallam so much roti Allah.
		
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			So that's another light. Another
light also is the light of who
		
00:41:09 --> 00:41:15
			should what should appear from a
believer, male or female, and how
		
00:41:15 --> 00:41:20
			should a believer look around him
or her, male or female? Kullimo in
		
00:41:20 --> 00:41:32
			Abu wa jahum, the believers, the
men, to lower their gaze and to
		
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			protect their private parts. This
is better for them. This is
		
00:41:36 --> 00:41:41
			cleaner for them. Allah subhana wa
Taala really knows what they are
		
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			doing and to the female believers,
Wakulla, minati, the same command,
		
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			wakul minati, abud namin, absari,
hin nawad, nafo ujaun also to
		
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			lower their gaze and to protect
their dignity and their chastity
		
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			and do not expose their bodies,
which means, as Rasulullah
		
00:42:01 --> 00:42:07
			instructed his sister in law as
Sayyida Asmaa, the Allah when she
		
00:42:07 --> 00:42:13
			reached puberty, when the Prophet
told her Yes, Ma, either Balat in
		
00:42:14 --> 00:42:19
			Bala Abu Asmaa, hidea, wahada, oh,
and when are you? A woman reaches
		
00:42:19 --> 00:42:24
			puberty only her face and the
palms of her hands should be
		
00:42:25 --> 00:42:29
			visible other than that is going
to be covered. And however,
		
00:42:30 --> 00:42:34
			whoever who can see her without
that cover, Allah subhanahu wa
		
00:42:34 --> 00:42:39
			gave the list her father, her
father in law, her brothers, her
		
00:42:39 --> 00:42:46
			nephews, her sons, her sons in law
and and so on and so forth. So
		
00:42:46 --> 00:42:49
			Allah subhanahu wa gave the
exception from that rule of
		
00:42:50 --> 00:42:55
			coverage, apart from that no one
should be able to distinguish the
		
00:42:55 --> 00:43:00
			detail, the details of the beauty
or the body of that woman that
		
00:43:00 --> 00:43:04
			should be kept within her
household, for those close
		
00:43:04 --> 00:43:07
			relative relatives, and especially
for her husband.
		
00:43:09 --> 00:43:17
			Allah subhanahu wa gives another
rule about trying to marry those
		
00:43:17 --> 00:43:21
			who need marriage to help them
marry, because that's that's gonna
		
00:43:21 --> 00:43:26
			be a certain kind of protection
for them and for the society as
		
00:43:26 --> 00:43:30
			well. When kill well and careful I
am. I mean, come was slightly
		
00:43:30 --> 00:43:31
			American.
		
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			Fs, alpha, you need a Mullah who
		
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			in a Kuna for Kara, you need him.
Allah, mean, totally evil. Allahu.
		
00:43:40 --> 00:43:44
			AKB, that try to make that a
common
		
00:43:45 --> 00:43:50
			practice. Whenever people reach
adulthood and they are in the age
		
00:43:50 --> 00:43:55
			of marriage, if they cannot
support themselves, try to help
		
00:43:55 --> 00:43:59
			them so that they can establish
that practice of the Prophet
		
00:43:59 --> 00:44:02
			sallallahu, alayhi wa sallam,
which is married the Sunnah of the
		
00:44:02 --> 00:44:04
			Prophet sallallahu, alayhi wa
sallam.
		
00:44:05 --> 00:44:09
			And then comes the area that comes
as the core of the surah Allahu,
		
00:44:09 --> 00:44:14
			nursama Ati alert ALLAH SubhanA wa
Taala is the Light of the heavens
		
00:44:14 --> 00:44:29
			and the earth. Beluka mishket In
fiha almas bahuja As Allah is the
		
00:44:33 --> 00:44:45
			light of the Light of the heavens
and the earth. The simile or the
		
00:44:45 --> 00:44:49
			parable of the light of Allah
subhanahu wa, in the heart of a
		
00:44:49 --> 00:44:58
			believer, is like a lamp that that
is made out of transparent glass
		
00:44:58 --> 00:44:59
			and it's fed or.
		
00:45:00 --> 00:45:05
			Ignited by transparent oil that
comes from an olive tree that's
		
00:45:05 --> 00:45:09
			not Eastern nor Western. So it's
very translucent
		
00:45:10 --> 00:45:16
			oil, very pure oil. And that lamp
is put for protection inside a
		
00:45:16 --> 00:45:20
			sort of a pocket inside the wall
so that it can shine its light
		
00:45:20 --> 00:45:21
			directly.
		
00:45:26 --> 00:45:33
			So the oil by itself is almost
lit, then the lamp is lit and the
		
00:45:33 --> 00:45:37
			light is focused. Allah subhana wa
Taala describes that nuruna and
		
00:45:37 --> 00:45:39
			more a light, Light upon light,
		
00:45:42 --> 00:45:46
			and that, where are we gonna find
that light? Where can someone seek
		
00:45:46 --> 00:45:47
			that light?
		
00:45:49 --> 00:45:53
			Rasulullah Sallam mentions in the
meaning of the Hadith, very
		
00:45:53 --> 00:45:59
			beautiful Hadith, Bashir in Masha
ina il messaged, philpo me Binu,
		
00:46:00 --> 00:46:07
			oh mash in Bashir in mashaina,
Binu Kama, Tala Sala, give the
		
00:46:07 --> 00:46:12
			good news. Give the glad tidings
to those who walk in the darkness,
		
00:46:12 --> 00:46:17
			to the masajid, especially at the
time and the Fajr time they walk
		
00:46:17 --> 00:46:21
			in the darkness. To the masajid,
they are seeking that light of
		
00:46:21 --> 00:46:25
			Allah subhanahu wa, because in
these houses of Allah subhanahu
		
00:46:25 --> 00:46:29
			wa, that's where the light is. And
Allah subhana wa Taala explains
		
00:46:29 --> 00:46:34
			that fibuy ut in a DIN Allahu and
turfa, wayud, qarafi Asmaa, you're
		
00:46:34 --> 00:46:37
			gonna find this light in the
houses that ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala
		
00:46:37 --> 00:46:41
			has authorized for them to be
raised, and where the name of
		
00:46:41 --> 00:46:46
			Allah, Subhanahu wa is mentioned
frequently in these houses. Who is
		
00:46:46 --> 00:46:50
			gonna inhabit these houses?
Rejection,
		
00:46:54 --> 00:47:02
			global absor, the law Asana, man
family, Allah, who are so many
		
00:47:02 --> 00:47:08
			inhabitants of these masajid. The
Frequenters of these masajid are
		
00:47:08 --> 00:47:14
			men, usually men who are not
distracted by trade or selling or
		
00:47:14 --> 00:47:20
			buying from the remembrance of
Allah subhanahu wa they rush to
		
00:47:20 --> 00:47:25
			the masajid and Rasulullah Sallam
mentions in his beautiful Hadith
		
00:47:25 --> 00:47:29
			about the seven categories of
people who are going to be shaded
		
00:47:29 --> 00:47:33
			by the shade of ALLAH SubhanA wa
taala, where on the Day of
		
00:47:33 --> 00:47:38
			Judgment, where there is no shade
but the shade provided by Allah
		
00:47:38 --> 00:47:46
			subhanahu wa man, whose heart is
attached and suspended in the
		
00:47:46 --> 00:47:49
			masjid. Each time he leaves the
masjid after the prayer, he is
		
00:47:49 --> 00:47:54
			longing to go back for the next
prayer. So that's his habit.
		
00:47:54 --> 00:47:57
			That's his frequency, going to the
masajid quite often.
		
00:47:58 --> 00:48:04
			And then Allah subhanahu wa gives
us the other side, those who do
		
00:48:04 --> 00:48:08
			not frequent these messages, those
who do not see that light of
		
00:48:08 --> 00:48:12
			Allah, Subhanahu wa, those who do
not believe in Allah subhanahu,
		
00:48:13 --> 00:48:16
			walajiah
		
00:48:19 --> 00:48:22
			wa jallah in the
		
00:48:26 --> 00:48:31
			and those who deny the existence
of Allah subhanahu wa, those who
		
00:48:31 --> 00:48:37
			do not believe in Allah subhanahu
wa, their deeds are like a mirage
		
00:48:37 --> 00:48:42
			in the desert on a hot Day, every
one of us has been probably
		
00:48:42 --> 00:48:45
			through that experience. When
you're driving on a summer day on
		
00:48:45 --> 00:48:49
			a paved road and in the far
distance you see what appears like
		
00:48:49 --> 00:48:54
			water. This is basically the
reflection and refraction of light
		
00:48:54 --> 00:48:58
			that it gives the appearance of
water at the horizon to a thirsty
		
00:48:58 --> 00:49:04
			person in the desert who's on the
verge of hallucination, the hot
		
00:49:04 --> 00:49:07
			air in the desert, and again, the
reflection and refraction of the
		
00:49:07 --> 00:49:12
			light would give the impression
that at the far distance there is
		
00:49:12 --> 00:49:16
			water. So the person would travel
as far as they can trying to get
		
00:49:16 --> 00:49:20
			to this water. And each time they
keep traveling, they find nothing
		
00:49:20 --> 00:49:24
			but more sand, and they perish in
the desert. That's the example of
		
00:49:24 --> 00:49:29
			the non believer that they're
they're chasing a mirage, a dream,
		
00:49:29 --> 00:49:33
			something that's not true, because
on the Day of Judgment, they will
		
00:49:33 --> 00:49:37
			not find anything. Wala Dina
kafaru, Ahmed rum Kasa rabiah Ya
		
00:49:37 --> 00:49:51
			saboltam and uma and then Allah
subhanaw taala gives another
		
00:49:51 --> 00:49:59
			example in nor I remember about.
		
00:50:00 --> 00:50:05
			Almost 40 years ago. I was in
college at that time, probably a
		
00:50:05 --> 00:50:07
			freshman in college, and
		
00:50:08 --> 00:50:10
			little bit more than 40 years ago,
actually 4041,
		
00:50:12 --> 00:50:17
			years ago. And at that time, there
was a delegation of German Muslims
		
00:50:17 --> 00:50:22
			who came to visit Egypt, and
someone invited me to meet with
		
00:50:22 --> 00:50:26
			them at that time. And I noticed
that among them was mashallah, a
		
00:50:26 --> 00:50:32
			man who was so tall and wide, very
strong. And then I noticed at the
		
00:50:32 --> 00:50:37
			two on his arm, at the two that
showed that he was a sailor. From
		
00:50:37 --> 00:50:40
			that tattoo, I understood that he
was a sailor, so I was quite
		
00:50:40 --> 00:50:46
			interested, this German guy, how
did he come to Islam? So I asked
		
00:50:46 --> 00:50:51
			him, Do you mind telling me about
what brought you to Islam? And he
		
00:50:51 --> 00:50:57
			said, Well, you know, I was a
sailor on a trading ship, not a
		
00:50:57 --> 00:51:02
			military ship, but a merchant
traders ship carrying goods and
		
00:51:02 --> 00:51:05
			cargo from port to port and so on.
And there were other sailors from
		
00:51:05 --> 00:51:11
			different nationalities and
different ethnicities. And at one
		
00:51:11 --> 00:51:16
			night, there was a storm. It was
completely dark night, and there
		
00:51:16 --> 00:51:17
			was a storm. And
		
00:51:19 --> 00:51:24
			basically, I I couldn't see
anything in front of me. I
		
00:51:24 --> 00:51:27
			stretched my arm and I put my hand
in front of me, and I couldn't
		
00:51:27 --> 00:51:32
			even see my hand. That's how
completely dark it was. And then
		
00:51:32 --> 00:51:37
			later on, I was describing that to
one of my fellow sailors, and he
		
00:51:37 --> 00:51:41
			said, Well, we find that in our
Quran. He was a Muslim. He told
		
00:51:41 --> 00:51:44
			him, I we find that in the Quran.
He said, What are we talking
		
00:51:44 --> 00:51:49
			about? He said, Well, and he
recited the ayah in Surat Anur,
		
00:51:51 --> 00:51:56
			either, ah, let me akadi And Raha,
the extent of the darkness, the
		
00:51:56 --> 00:52:00
			complete darkness on that day or
that night, that if he takes his
		
00:52:00 --> 00:52:03
			hand out and tries to see it, he
wouldn't be able to see it. So the
		
00:52:03 --> 00:52:07
			sailor asked him, Who is the
sailor who wrote that book?
		
00:52:08 --> 00:52:12
			And the man told him actually, it
was not written by a sailor. The
		
00:52:12 --> 00:52:16
			man to whom this book was revealed
has never been on board of a ship,
		
00:52:17 --> 00:52:20
			has never been to the sea or to
the ocean. He said, Then, How come
		
00:52:20 --> 00:52:23
			did he know about that? This is
impossible, only a sailor, a
		
00:52:23 --> 00:52:26
			seasoned sailor, would relate to
that because they have been
		
00:52:26 --> 00:52:30
			exposed to such an event. And the
man told him, Well, the book is
		
00:52:30 --> 00:52:34
			from Allah subhanahu wa, and it
was revealed to Rasulullah Abu
		
00:52:34 --> 00:52:39
			Asmaa. This is when the sailor
started to get interest in Islam.
		
00:52:39 --> 00:52:42
			Started reading the Quran, and
after a short while,
		
00:52:43 --> 00:52:47
			Alhamdulillah, Allah subhanahu wa
guided him to his light, so he
		
00:52:47 --> 00:52:50
			embraced Islam and became a
Muslim, and he lived to tell the
		
00:52:50 --> 00:52:56
			story. This is Islam by touch. He
touched Islam. Not only he felt
		
00:52:56 --> 00:53:01
			Islam. He touched Islam. He could
really feel Islam from this
		
00:53:01 --> 00:53:03
			beautiful area, from Allah,
Subhanahu wa taala,
		
00:53:04 --> 00:53:07
			Allah, subhana wa Taala gives
another example of his message,
		
00:53:07 --> 00:53:14
			Majesty. Subhana wa taala, Alam
tara and Allah you said before
		
00:53:15 --> 00:53:18
			this beha Allah valued
		
00:53:20 --> 00:53:25
			what you wailallah in masir.
Haven't you seen that Allah
		
00:53:25 --> 00:53:28
			subhanahu wa has created the
heavens and the earth? Don't you
		
00:53:28 --> 00:53:34
			see to the birds spreading their
wings, soaring in the sky, only
		
00:53:34 --> 00:53:37
			Allah subhanahu wa will hold them
in that position without falling
		
00:53:37 --> 00:53:42
			from the sky again, anyone who
observes the motion of the birds?
		
00:53:42 --> 00:53:46
			You would find that especially the
birds of prey, the Eagles, the
		
00:53:46 --> 00:53:50
			Hawks, the vultures, they do not
move their wings quite often. They
		
00:53:50 --> 00:53:54
			move them very briefly, and then
they keep soaring in the sky, just
		
00:53:54 --> 00:53:58
			spreading their wings, following
the currents in the air that can
		
00:53:58 --> 00:54:02
			carry them up or down with very
little motion for direction, left
		
00:54:02 --> 00:54:07
			or right. But they keep soaring in
the sky. Allah subhanahu wa is
		
00:54:07 --> 00:54:09
			holding them in that position.
		
00:54:10 --> 00:54:16
			Again, not to dwell on each and
every individual area. We get to
		
00:54:16 --> 00:54:20
			this area that we mentioned at the
beginning in NAMA, Kenna Kawal,
		
00:54:20 --> 00:54:23
			minnina, Idaho, illallah, he wa
rasulli, that
		
00:54:30 --> 00:54:38
			a true believer, male or female,
whenever they invited to Allah,
		
00:54:38 --> 00:54:41
			subhana wa Taala to rule in their
affairs and His Messenger,
		
00:54:41 --> 00:54:43
			sallAllahu, Abu Asana, to rule in
their affairs. They would say
		
00:54:43 --> 00:54:48
			samyama, ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala
describes these as Al muffon, the
		
00:54:48 --> 00:54:52
			successful ones. Remember what we
mentioned at the beginning of
		
00:54:52 --> 00:54:58
			Surat al mumin called a Helmut
Minun. Here is Al mufli hoon. So
		
00:54:58 --> 00:54:59
			these are the successful ones,
because.
		
00:55:00 --> 00:55:03
			As they believed in Allah subhana
wa Taala and followed his
		
00:55:03 --> 00:55:10
			messenger, sallallahu alaihi
wasallam, wama UTA Ella Rasulullah
		
00:55:11 --> 00:55:15
			obeys Allah subhanahu wa and His
Messenger, sallallahu alaihi
		
00:55:15 --> 00:55:18
			wasallam and fears Allah subhana
wa Taala and protects themselves
		
00:55:19 --> 00:55:23
			from ALLAH SubhanA wa taala. These
are the winners, another example.
		
00:55:23 --> 00:55:27
			So move the horn and fayzun, two
different beautiful attributes for
		
00:55:27 --> 00:55:28
			the believers,
		
00:55:30 --> 00:55:36
			the promise from Allah, Subhanahu
wa dinam and Kumba Amiri
		
00:55:36 --> 00:55:44
			salihatta, level him, whether you
can handle it. Wa Taala promised
		
00:55:44 --> 00:55:51
			those who established the rule of
ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala that ALLAH
		
00:55:51 --> 00:55:56
			SubhanA wa Taala will give them
empowerment in this on this earth,
		
00:55:56 --> 00:55:59
			as people before them were
empowered, and ALLAH SubhanA wa
		
00:55:59 --> 00:56:04
			Taala will accomplish their faith
for them and give it supremacy on
		
00:56:04 --> 00:56:10
			this earth, and would exchange
their fear into comfort and safety
		
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			and security from Allah subhanahu
wa the condition is Ya Abu Nani,
		
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			Laish, Buddha, bishayah. The
condition is they worship Allah
		
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			subhana wa Taala without
associating with him again.
		
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			Another light is the light of
seeking permission within the
		
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			household. If the parents are in
the room and the children just
		
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			open the door and get in without
asking for permission, that might
		
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			not be the right thing to do, so
ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala teaches us
		
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			how to seek that permission at
what times of the day and so on
		
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			and so forth. And then to conclude
the surah Inshallah,
		
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			during the Battle of Al hazab, the
Battle of Al hamdak, when
		
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			Rasulullah Sallam and his
companions were digging the trench
		
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			to defend al Madin al Munawwara,
some of the hypocrites would go to
		
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			the prophesied saying that we have
some affairs. We need to go back
		
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			home because we don't feel safe at
home, so please give us a
		
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			permission, or they even leave
without seeking permission from
		
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			Rasulullah Sallam and Allah
subhanahu wa is talking about
		
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			these. Only those who believe in
Allah subhanahu wa would seek
		
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			permission if there is a necessity
for them to go home and leave the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam and his companions doing
		
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			the hard work, hard work. But the
true believers are the ones who
		
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			sustained and supported the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam in everything that he was
doing. InshaAllah, we're gonna
		
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			pause here, or we're gonna stop
here, and tomorrow, Inshallah,
		
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			we're gonna start with surat al
for Khan, and which is another
		
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			very beautiful surah in the Quran
so until tomorrow inshallah as
		
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			salaam Alaihi Kumar Rahmatullah.