Irshaad Sedick – 06 – Story of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) (Upon him be peace and blessings)

			Bismillah Al Rahman Rahim Al hamdu lillahi rabbil aalameen or salat wa salam ala sherfield
mousseline Sayidina whenever you know Maulana Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa salam ala alihi wa
sahbihi Germain As salam o Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh How does one build up Eman like that
of NaVi Brahim Alessandra Salaam? How does one gain courage to stand up to one's own family, to
one's own culture, one's own people, one's own tribe to face ostracization, alienation, even
potential death.
		

			Just because one believes in the truth. Where do you get such a resolve from?
		

			Is it that Allah Subhana Allah, Allah just makes you wake up one day and then there you go, you've
got it. Is it that some people are just naturally pious and other people just naturally are not?
		

			We get a glimpse of the training of NaVi Ibrahim Ali salat wa salam in the Quran. In Surah Al Anam
verse number 74 onwards. Allah Subhana Allah says, Allah bIllahi min ash shaytaan regime, wave color
Ibrahim Ali abi as teho SNAM and Lehighton in nee Iraq our CO McAfee Ebola Ali mobian. Remember when
Ebrahim cities for the Aza and we had a conversation about who as is and whether that's his real
name and whether that was his? Whether that was maybe Brian's real father or not. So if you missed
that one out, it's earlier on in this series, he asked his father
		

			are you taking idols as gods?
		

			Indeed I see you and your people, you are in manifest era
		

			and then it goes on. Now Allah subhanaw taala gives us the answer. How does one build Eman such as
that? How does one get that type of inspiration that type of motivation? Allah subhanaw taala says
work I barely can re Ibrahima Mallacoota sama YT. While
		

			while Yakou nominal mukuni unlike that, in other words, in this manner in this training in this line
in this trajectory. Nudie Ibrahima, we Allah we showed a B Brahim Mallacoota somehow it will erode
the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. This is not some unseen kingdom, you know, like Israel and
the mirage that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was exposed to No, this is the actual
kingdom of the heavens in the earth. This is not intricate sciences. This is not even physics or
biology at the high school level. This is looking at creation, looking at the sky, looking at our
own selves and seeing the magnificence of ALLAH SubhanA Dalis creation and then becoming li akuna
		

			minal mocking in becoming of the, of the of those with conviction of those with the Akin. This is
the training that NaVi Brahim Allah said that was salam has gone through.
		

			How often do we actually think about the creation of Allah subhana wa Tada. And not just by way of
taking photos and saying, Oh, it's so beautiful, but by really reflecting on the fact that this
creation is just a glimpse at the creative ability of Allah subhanho wa taala. The all knowing the
		

			omnipotent, the greatest, being, not economic, I can't even say imaginable because he's beyond our
imagination. Is Allah, Allah Who summit you the one who needs nothing and everything needs him? How
often do we actually look at creation? Look at nature.
		

			And that brings us closer to Allah subhanho wa taala. This is the training or part of the training
that can be Brahim Aleksa salaam received so we get an idea of the background and then Allah
subhanaw taala takes us through a bit of a journey in relation to that file I'm imagine Allah II
Lila Rocco kabang. Kala had Rob be now a specific situation. Allah says, When the night fell, in
other words, it became dark, or cold cabin, and we brought him so star paella, he said had Rob be
this is my Lord. Now somebody reading the Quran for the first time or listening to the story for the
first time. Maybe I'm shocked and saying Happy Brahimi saying this is my Lord, this is a star isn't
		

			that shake? So what we have to understand is that this is a bit of an act. This is a play. This is a
demonstration so that we can get to a certain conclusion without jumping straight day. But we get
sorry, we get to the conclusion by actually going on this journey with Nabil Ibrahim Ali salat wa
salam. So he doesn't really mean that this is his load. He wants to show the people he's
		

			People, this is the way you really should think about Allah subhanho wa Taala you look at the night
and you see this amazing star surely that must be powerful. Today we know so much more about the
stars than Nabil brought him and his people ever could at that time. But
		

			that's not that's not God. That's just magnificent. That's just beautiful. That's just amazing
sistine credo but it's not God. It's not divine. Unfortunately, people call everything divine which
is actually wrong because divine means godly. You can't say this cake is divine because the cake is
not godly. It's incorrect to speak like that. Be it as it may
		

			dilemma a fella when the star disappeared, color love or herbal feeling. Linda be Ibrahim Melissa it
was salam said I do not like I do not like the feeling. I do not like those things that disappear.
		

			So that's the beginning of the journey. And then it carries on he says for Lamoreaux al Kamara when
he saw the moon.
		

			Baz Johan beautiful, in all its splendor, the resplendent moon.
		

			Kala had the Arab bee, this is my Lord. He said. Allah ma fella. And when the moon when the way
disappeared. Carla, you said that Illa Mia howdini rugby. if my Lord does not guide me, lacuna,
phenomenal cow milk, dollar lean, and it will be of the losing people. And we have to think about
what he's actually doing. There is a physical observations that is he showing the people because to
the people, the nicer the it looks, the better it looks, the more expensive the idol is, the greater
God it is. So here we have nature, look at these amazing things in nature. Does that mean that this
is God? And he's showing it? No, no, a God is not one who raised a God is not one who has something
		

			more superior? Because the star was nice, but in the Moon game, and of course, you know, in terms of
distance and how it looks to us, a full moon is much more resplendent than a distant star. So maybe
that's Allah and then okay. He says, no, no, that's not. But then who is my Lord?
		

			Notice also the intrinsic inclination towards believing in a god. Atheism is a very new phenomenon
as far as human history is concerned.
		

			Humans have always inclined to believing in some higher power, always, only in recent times, the
last couple of 100 years, where as atheism really become a thing where people deliberately not
believe that they don't, they don't only have absence of faith, they just have a faith against
faith. So they believe that there is no God, that's a new thing. It's a brand new thing.
		

			But the journey continues, he says Vilamoura Shamsa when he saw the sun. Now, of course, the sun
outshines the moon by far outshines the stars. Of course, all I had rugby Sierra, this is my Lord,
hi, the Akbar, this is the greatest meaning of all the things that have pointed out the sun seems to
be the greatest phylum AlFalah. When to sit, of course, the sunsets every day, right? But just
because of his demonstration, now it said, he said, here call me oh my people, anybody or me my
tertiary cone, I am free of that which you are ascribing partners with Allah subhanho wa taala, I'm
free.
		

			Now, this type of thinking, or what is it really, what is it really demonstrating? And we brought
him and he said to Salam is demonstrating, by divine order, that Allah subhana, Allah has given us
rational faculties, right? We are rational creatures, and that we are absolutely responsible for
using our faculties, our rational faculties to think about where we come from, where life comes
from. What's the purpose of life? Was all of this just the big accident? So all of this just
		

			coincidental? Is there really no life after death? Is there divine power? Is there a higher power?
What is the nature of that higher power? Is God everywhere all over the place inside of you and me
inside of all of us? Is he a three in one one in three? God is your only one God if he's only one,
how do we really understand him being one?
		

			What are the qualities of this god? Can we see this guy? How do we know that he exists? Now we
brought him Alexa to Salaam is showing us not even quoting any scripture to his people. He's taking
them on a rational journey to discover that God in fact exists. This type of rational exploration
rational
		

			reason
		

			friction has been built into our tradition over many, many, many centuries. And it remains a part of
our tradition, even though to varying degrees. Some scholars shun any form of rational approaches,
while others have gotten far too deep down into rational approaches. We, you know, they, I my
teachers had a very funny way of saying this with a jackal, which is your, your your traditional
capability becomes a backhoe, which is an Afrikaans way of saying that it becomes a lopsided askew
and this happens when it is not balanced in divine revelation. But when applied within divine
revelation as Nabil Brahim Felicita Salam is certainly a prophet of Allah, getting ye from Allah
		

			subhanaw taala. But at the same time, he's also a rational human being, when the two merge in a
coherent, cohesive manner. This is supportive of one's faith. And this is encouraged in the Quran.
This is why Allah subhanho wa Taala practically instructs us to think, to reflect, to look to
observe, he look at Surah to molk is the is the is the pinnacle of this, where Allah subhana wa
Taala tells us look, look again, look again, did you see any mistakes look again, and you know, your
gaze will come back to you and you will be completely tired of looking? And you will find no mistake
in the creation of Allah subhanho wa Taala how often do we actually think about Allah's creation?
		

			How often do we think about the nature of of the world and existence? It's always astounding, when
you see documentaries that show, you know, what we know of the living world, the universe and how
far out we have seen and how far out we know that to be and yet beyond that, we have no clue.
		

			And yet Allah subhanaw taala is in is in control of all of that. Now, the next statement that Nabil
Brahim illustrator Sinha makes is a profound statement. It's the type of statement that you say,
should be written in stone except this one. Now this one should be written in the low homophobe. And
in fact it was it easy to thin in the local microphone. And it's written in the hearts of believing
men and believing women from the time of Nabil Brahim, Melissa to CERAM, arguably, but definitely
since the time of Rasulullah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and even you and I, we committed this
statement. It's like a mission statement for life. What is that statement? We'll discuss that in the
		

			next segment in sha Allah Allah tomorrow evening, Giselle como la hora was Allah Allahu ala Sayidina
Muhammad Subhanallah Omni Subhanak Aloha Morbihan Nick Nisha to Allah ilaha illa and there's still a
few Luca one or two really, like I said Mr. aleikum wa