Ihab Saad – Day 19 Al Muminun and Al Noor

Ihab Saad
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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

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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

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her parents, aren't you going to defend me? And they said, We don't

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know what to say. And then Allah subhanahu wa revealed to the

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Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the innocence of a Sayyida

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ishall. You can't imagine the happiness of the Prophet

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sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and especially the happiness of

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Sayyidina, Abu Bakr, RadiAllahu, Anhu and umuru man his wife,

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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

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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

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sallam so much roti Allah.

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So that's another light. Another light also is the light of who

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should what should appear from a believer, male or female, and how

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should a believer look around him or her, male or female? Kullimo in

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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

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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

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instructed his sister in law as Sayyida Asmaa, the Allah when she

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reached puberty, when the Prophet told her Yes, Ma, either Balat in

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Bala Abu Asmaa, hidea, wahada, oh, and when are you? A woman reaches

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puberty only her face and the palms of her hands should be

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visible other than that is going to be covered. And however,

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whoever who can see her without that cover, Allah subhanahu wa

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gave the list her father, her father in law, her brothers, her

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nephews, her sons, her sons in law and and so on and so forth. So

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Allah subhanahu wa gave the exception from that rule of

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coverage, apart from that no one should be able to distinguish the

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detail, the details of the beauty or the body of that woman that

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should be kept within her household, for those close

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relative relatives, and especially for her husband.

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Allah subhanahu wa gives another rule about trying to marry those

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who need marriage to help them marry, because that's that's gonna

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be a certain kind of protection for them and for the society as

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well. When kill well and careful I am. I mean, come was slightly

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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

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practice. Whenever people reach adulthood and they are in the age

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of marriage, if they cannot support themselves, try to help

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them so that they can establish that practice of the Prophet

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sallallahu, alayhi wa sallam, which is married the Sunnah of the

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Prophet sallallahu, alayhi wa sallam.

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And then comes the area that comes as the core of the surah Allahu,

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nursama Ati alert ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala is the Light of the heavens

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and the earth. Beluka mishket In fiha almas bahuja As Allah is the

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light of the Light of the heavens and the earth. The simile or the

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parable of the light of Allah subhanahu wa, in the heart of a

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believer, is like a lamp that that is made out of transparent glass

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and it's fed or.

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Ignited by transparent oil that comes from an olive tree that's

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not Eastern nor Western. So it's very translucent

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oil, very pure oil. And that lamp is put for protection inside a

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sort of a pocket inside the wall so that it can shine its light

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directly.

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So the oil by itself is almost lit, then the lamp is lit and the

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light is focused. Allah subhana wa Taala describes that nuruna and

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more a light, Light upon light,

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and that, where are we gonna find that light? Where can someone seek

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that light?

00:45:49 --> 00:45:53

Rasulullah Sallam mentions in the meaning of the Hadith, very

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beautiful Hadith, Bashir in Masha ina il messaged, philpo me Binu,

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oh mash in Bashir in mashaina, Binu Kama, Tala Sala, give the

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good news. Give the glad tidings to those who walk in the darkness,

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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

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that fibuy ut in a DIN Allahu and turfa, wayud, qarafi Asmaa, you're

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gonna find this light in the houses that ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala

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has authorized for them to be raised, and where the name of

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Allah, Subhanahu wa is mentioned frequently in these houses. Who is

00:46:46 --> 00:46:50

gonna inhabit these houses? Rejection,

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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

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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

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by the shade of ALLAH SubhanA wa taala, where on the Day of

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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.

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And then Allah subhanahu wa gives us the other side, those who do

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not frequent these messages, those who do not see that light of

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Allah, Subhanahu wa, those who do not believe in Allah subhanahu,

00:48:13 --> 00:48:16

walajiah

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wa jallah in the

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and those who deny the existence of Allah subhanahu wa, those who

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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

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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

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example in nor I remember about.

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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

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them at that time. And I noticed that among them was mashallah, a

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man who was so tall and wide, very strong. And then I noticed at the

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two on his arm, at the two that showed that he was a sailor. From

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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

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said, Well, you know, I was a sailor on a trading ship, not a

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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

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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,

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either, ah, let me akadi And Raha, the extent of the darkness, the

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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,

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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.

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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,

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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

00:56:10 --> 00:56:15

and security from Allah subhanahu wa the condition is Ya Abu Nani,

00:56:15 --> 00:56:19

Laish, Buddha, bishayah. The condition is they worship Allah

00:56:19 --> 00:56:23

subhana wa Taala without associating with him again.

00:56:23 --> 00:56:26

Another light is the light of seeking permission within the

00:56:26 --> 00:56:31

household. If the parents are in the room and the children just

00:56:31 --> 00:56:34

open the door and get in without asking for permission, that might

00:56:34 --> 00:56:38

not be the right thing to do, so ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala teaches us

00:56:38 --> 00:56:42

how to seek that permission at what times of the day and so on

00:56:42 --> 00:56:46

and so forth. And then to conclude the surah Inshallah,

00:56:47 --> 00:56:51

during the Battle of Al hazab, the Battle of Al hamdak, when

00:56:51 --> 00:56:55

Rasulullah Sallam and his companions were digging the trench

00:56:55 --> 00:56:59

to defend al Madin al Munawwara, some of the hypocrites would go to

00:56:59 --> 00:57:03

the prophesied saying that we have some affairs. We need to go back

00:57:03 --> 00:57:07

home because we don't feel safe at home, so please give us a

00:57:07 --> 00:57:11

permission, or they even leave without seeking permission from

00:57:11 --> 00:57:15

Rasulullah Sallam and Allah subhanahu wa is talking about

00:57:15 --> 00:57:19

these. Only those who believe in Allah subhanahu wa would seek

00:57:19 --> 00:57:23

permission if there is a necessity for them to go home and leave the

00:57:23 --> 00:57:25

Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and his companions doing

00:57:25 --> 00:57:29

the hard work, hard work. But the true believers are the ones who

00:57:29 --> 00:57:32

sustained and supported the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa

00:57:32 --> 00:57:36

sallam in everything that he was doing. InshaAllah, we're gonna

00:57:36 --> 00:57:39

pause here, or we're gonna stop here, and tomorrow, Inshallah,

00:57:39 --> 00:57:43

we're gonna start with surat al for Khan, and which is another

00:57:44 --> 00:57:47

very beautiful surah in the Quran so until tomorrow inshallah as

00:57:48 --> 00:57:50

salaam Alaihi Kumar Rahmatullah.

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