Ismail Kamdar – Surah Baqarah 2185 – The Verse of Ramadan

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			Hamdulillah we are just a week, just over a week away from the month of Ramadan. So today I wanted
to share with you some reflections on the verses of Ramadan in the Quran. Allah subhanho wa Taala in
Surah Al Baqarah from verse 183, all the way to verse
		

			187. He discusses the month of Ramadan, and some of the acts of worship and rulings and benefits of
the month of Ramadan.
		

			And today specifically, I want to focus on verse 185. And verse 186. We will just go through the
verses and do some reflections on what we can learn from these verses and how they can apply to our
lives.
		

			And so verse 185, Allah subhanho wa Taala begins this verse by saying Schelotto Ramadan and the goon
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			the month of Ramadan in which the Quran was revealed as a guidance for mankind and as a proof of
guidance and a full on a separation between right ignore.
		

			So in this verse, Allah Subhana Allah begins by telling us that shuffle Ramadan and the noon Zilla
video Quran the month of Ramadan in which the Quran was revealed
		

			is a few powerful and important things in these verses number one, Allah mentions the month of
Ramadan by name it is very rare for Allah subhanho wa Taala to mention any month by name in the
Quran. But Ramadan is mentioned by name in the Quran was the Shah who Ramadan the month of Ramadan.
So this makes it an extra special Nanda Allah singled out and mentioned the by name in the Quran.
		

			Allah mentions the most important benefit of virtue of Ramadan. What makes Ramadan special? He says
it is the month
		

			before mentioning fasting, Allah links Ramadan to the Quran, the month in which the Quran was
revealed.
		

			Now what does he mean that the Quran was revealed in Ramadan is many different opinions because we
know the Quran was revealed over a long period of 23 years. In fact, this verse specifically wasn't
revealed in Ramadan this verse was revealed in the second year of after Hijra. So what is it Allah
Swami may say the Quran was revealed in Ramadan? There's two main opinions. The first opinion it was
sent down to the angel G Broyhill. In the month of Ramadan.
		

			The second opinion, the first revelation in Quran that took place in the month of Ramadan, and both
opinions could be correct, right. It is possible that both of these things happen in the month of
Ramadan. It does not mean that the Quran as a collective whole was revealed to the Prophet salallahu
Alaihe Salam in the month of Ramadan because it was revealed in pieces. But Allah subhanaw taala
immediately establishes a link between Ramadan and the Quran, making this the month of the Quran.
And then he tells us why he said the Quran. Why isn't it Allah subhanho wa Taala send us the Quran,
who doesn't need us, to guide mankind to guide humanity. The purpose of the Quran is for the
		

			guidance of humanity.
		

			Now again, there's a subtle Syria. You link this verse to the second verse of Surah Baqarah. This is
verse one, a 108 divided Surah Baqarah you link it to verse number two of pseudo Baqarah in verse
number two Allah Subhana Allah says that the Quran is who doesn't need a monkey in a guidance for
those who fear Allah, a guidance for the righteous.
		

			Your Allah says it is hidden in us. It is guidance for mankind
		

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			In this verse, Allah is telling us who is the message of the Quran for. In the other verse, Allah is
telling us who is going to benefit from that message. So the Quran is for everybody, but who's going
to benefit from it the most those who fear Allah.
		

			And so the message as a whole is for all of mankind. But the people who will take most benefit from
the Quran, who will absorb this message both most and benefit from it the most, or the most taboo
and the people of that world. How do you gain Taqwa? Interestingly go back to verses 183. Allah
Samantha says that fasting is compulsory upon you lunga Contacta code said you can gain Duckworth.
Again all these verses work together. Right? Allah says the Quran is guidance for mankind. But he
told us the Quran is guidance for those who have Taqwa. Then he tells us fasting is what increases
Taqwa. So you have to fast gain Taqwa. And you need that word to benefit from the Quran.
		

			It all goes together.
		

			So we already learned from this verse, we only in the beginning of the verse, it's a long verse, we
really learned from this verse, that the month of Ramadan is a virtuous month, mentioned by name in
the Quran. And that is a matter of the Quran, and that the Quran was revealed to be a guidance for
us.
		

			But here's the thing, if you never make an attempt to understand the Quran, to understand his
message, how is it going to be a guidance for you, every Muslim? And really I will say every non
Muslim as well, must at some point in their life, try to understand the message of the Quran.
Because the message for you
		

			then, or was it the handle data gets into the thick of fasting. So first, Allah subhanho don't have
this about the virtues of the month. There is a month of Ramadan, the month of the Quran, the month
of guidance. Then he goes into the fate of fasting for one Shahida Winco Bucha for a while, yes,
whoever witnesses the month must fast. In this verse, fasting the month of Ramadan becomes an
obligation. In the month of Ramadan, it becomes an obligation fully assume is a command. Allah is
commanding us to fast the month of Ramadan. And there's consensus amongst all of the schools of
thought in Islam, that fasting the month of Ramadan is an obligation. It's not just an obligation is
		

			one of the five pillars of Islam. And we know all the pillars of Islam are obligations.
		

			What's beautiful about this verse is Allah Subhana Allah tells us for us in the month of Ramadan is
an obligation, and immediately he gives us an exception. Immediately He lets us know that for every
obligation, there are exceptions, because the voice continues and says, Woman Garda Meridian Oh
ALLAH suffering for the Domina Yamanaka. If you are sick or traveling, you can make it up later.
Same verse, Immediately. Allah says, if you want this the month of Ramadan, you must first and then
immediately after he says, but if you're sick or traveling, you can make it up later. And this shows
us the dynamic and flexible nature of Vic of Islamic law. Allah subhanho wa Taala has built into
		

			Islamic law a series of exemptions that we all have obligations. But when the obligations become too
difficult, there's usually an exemption. For example, you're supposed to have we do when you pray.
If there is no water, you do the young. You are supposed to stand and pray. You can't stand you sit
and pray.
		

			Likewise, you're supposed to fast the month of Ramadan. But if you fall into certain categories, you
can make it up later. Now the verse of the Quran mentions two categories. The scholars have been
extracted from this other categories as well.
		

			So for example, the verse says a traveler, and the person who is sick can make up the fast later.
Adding to this we know from the books are fake, that a woman who is pregnant or breastfeeding, if
she's worried that is going to affect the child, she can also make up the fast later. Right. We also
know that the elderly person who is chronically ill, and that fasting would have would adversely
affect their health. Not only do they not have to fast for they don't have to make it up later.
Instead they do something called Vidya right which means that they feed a poor person. For every
fast a person as you mentioned in the West before this, it was 184
		

			We are watching harnesses Freedia to TA will be skin that you pay a video of feeding a poor person,
		

			right, as you mentioned in verse one before. So there's a series of exceptions to the rule.
		

			Why are the exceptions?
		

			So this is something deep about thinking about our Lord that many people don't understand that he's
mentioned in this verse
		

			of Allah wanted, he could have made his religion very difficult. If Allah wanted, he could have said
everybody needs to stand and pray no exception. Everybody needs to do no exceptions. Everybody needs
to fast, no exceptions. Why did Allah make the law so flexible? Why the Allah trades always
exceptions and, you know, flexibility in the law?
		

			Why did he do this? He tells us in the next part of the verse, Allah says, if you are sick or
traveling, you can make it up later. And then Allah subhanaw taala says, you read a wall will be
good, we'll use Ravana you need to be comatose. Allah wants things to be easy for you. He doesn't
want to make things hard through
		

			this path of the bus. To read this is the most important part of the verse. Because this part of the
verse does not just explain why the vast thing or the sick person can make up the vast later. It is
a principle that applies to all of Islamic law
		

			that form the principles of Islamic law. Estacio Allah wants to make things easy for you.
		

			Allah wants to make things easy for you. Our laws are not meant to be so difficult that people can't
practice it. Our laws not meant to be so difficult that the average person looks and says I can't do
this. It's meant to be practical. It's meant to be simple, is meant to be something that anyone can
do. And if there's specific things you can't do that usually an exception.
		

			It's meant to be simple religion. And I say this essays many, many times. Allah made Islam simple.
We made it complicated. Allah made Islam simple. We made it complicated. Allah azza wa jal, he was
very few obligations. We went and asked 1000 Christians and made many other things obligatory. Allah
made very few prohibitions, but we go around asking for every little thing is this Haram is this
McGrew and we ended up making more things prohibited. If you actually follow the Quran and Sunnah
and the early books are fake and fake of, of the form without him as they were in the early years,
you will find very few things are prohibited. Very few things are obligatory, and there are many
		

			exceptions to the rule, because they seal is, is built into the Sharia. It is built into the Sharia.
When the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam would send the Sahaba to do Dawa and to teach people
Islam, he would command them and he would tell them, Yes, zero Allah to zero, make things easy for
the people don't make it difficult for the people. Today, we do the opposite. Somebody wants to
start practicing Islam, we make things difficult for them. From day one, we give them 1000 things to
do. And they don't do one of those things. We call them a classic and we lose hope in them. We
ourselves don't live up to the standards.
		

			Make things easy for the people. Allah wants is for you. It does not want difficulty for you.
		

			This principle is found throughout our religion. It's a consistent principle. Imam Buhari, named one
of the chapters in his Hadees book, The chapter of in the dino Usul, the chapter of the religion
being easy. The chapter of the religion being easy, we can just take this one statement about
fasting and well the whole point.
		

			I want us to reflect on this I want us to reflect on is Allah tells us first the month of Ramadan if
you can't because he's sick of traveling make it up later. Why? Because Allah wants things to be
easy for you. I want us to reflect are we making religion difficult unnecessarily? Are we making
haram things that Allah left Hello? Are we making obligatory things that Allah left sunnah? Are we
unnecessarily burdening ourselves and our families with things Allah left up to choice? If we are
doing so, we are going against the goals of the Sharia law. Because the goals of the Sharia is to
make life simple and practical for people. We have a few obligations, we have a few prohibitions and
		

			beyond that, and let people live their lives.
		

			So the worse ends by giving us some of the goals of Ramadan and Eid, he mentioned it and then you
mentioned the goals. How does he mention it? Allah says well, he took me to India, you need to
complete this period of fasting meaning the month of Ramadan, or the the computer Allah Allah wa
Hidalgo, and then you need to make the bill
		

			which is the day when you make that meal in. It is the day of the period, right? After a month of
fasting, we have the day off, everyone says Allahu Akbar. Right. And so scholars say that this part
of the budget, Allah says you need to make the beer. This part of the verse is talking about the day
of Eid. So what is the goal of all of this? What is the goal of fasting and eat and all of these
things? Allah ends the
		

			verse by saying, that our Buddhist guru, so that you may perhaps become grateful. Perhaps you will
learn sugar, you will learn to be grateful to Allah subhanho wa Taala It is sometimes we get so
caught up in the letter of the law we forget about the goals of the law. What is the purpose of
fasting longer contact the moon so that your taqwa increases? What is the goal of Ramadan and Eid as
a whole lagoon dash karoun Perhaps you will become grateful you will attain the level of sugar or
being grateful to Allah.
		

			Let us this Ramadan heavy Ramadan that increases our Taqwa. Let us have a Ramadan that brings us
closer to Allah that makes us grateful servants of Allah that makes us people have sugar,
		

			which is the highest level of worship.
		

			There are many levels of worship, right? We all on a different level in our journey. To know what
level of worship is you worshiping Allah because you don't want to go to Johanna. Right? That's the
lowest level is still good. You at least worshiping Allah and you want to go to Johanna. But these
higher levels is the desire for Paradise, this love of Allah, there is the fear of disappointing
Allah. But the highest level is the head of the devil of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
when his wife Aisha radiAllahu asked him that you already guarantee Jana wife doing so much worship.
What did he reply? He said, Should I not be grateful? Should I not be a grateful servant, meaning he
		

			was shipped purely out of gratitude and Ramadan is a time to reach that level of gratitude. So let
us enter this Ramadan with the correct mindset. It is the month of the Quran. It is the month of
fasting. It is the month it's meant to make things easy for us not difficult for us. It's a matter
of increasing our Taqwa. It's a matter of becoming grateful to Allah subhanho wa taala. All of this
we take for one verse of the Quran. Imagine if we spend time reflecting on every verse of the Quran,
we ask Allah to allow us to reach the month of Ramadan if the benefit from it well after Dawa and
you'll have to rely on
		

			him to do that one that was Salatu Salam on them and let them be about the Ummah but for all Allah
Who Darla we could argue the majority are either Salafi by the onion for any Korean or jif without
don't want to die either. The irony for yesterday, bullied while you're going live out of the room,
y'all should do.
		

			The next verse. Some people think it's not connected to Ramadan, but it's part of the series of
verses of Ramadan. So Allah tells us about fasting he tells us about Eid. And then he says, When my
servant asks about me, how am I am? Do I answer the dual eyes of those who call upon me. So respond
to me and believe in me so that you may be guided. And then Allah Subhana Allah goes on to talk
about more of the Vic of our sin in the next verse. Some of the scholars be reflected on this. Why
does Allah talk about Ramadan and fasting? And he had the verse about dua, and then more about
Ramadan and fasting. And the scholars he does do this verse about dua is not disconnected from
		

			Ramadan, it's also about Ramadan. Why? Because Ramadan is a month in which we increase in our doors.
Ramadan is a month in which our orders are more likely to be answered. Think about it. In Ramadan at
the time of Suguru, towards answered in Ramadan at the time of Tara was answered, the door of a
fasting person answered the DUA that we made the the tahajjud in the Kiambu, late at night, answered
the door of the pollut answered, it's a time in the dwarves are answered. So Allah is reminding us
as Ramadan enters, he reminds us that this is the time for dua. When my server asks of me, I am
near, I answered the Dewar's of those who call upon me. So what should we do? Increasing our block?
		

			So this Ramadan, let us increase in our door and I specifically want to point out one thing, right
now, as we all know, in Gaza, there is this genocide that is going on. Many of us know what happened
yesterday. We know what's been going on for the past few months. For many of us, this seems like a
hopeless situation. But the believer never loses hope. The believer never loses hope.
		

			And historically, Muslims have been through us
		

			the time of the Mongols, the time of the Crusaders, World War One. Muslims have been through worse
than this. And somehow Islam continues to thrive and he continues to grow and it will flourish
again, Muslim never loses hope. Now, many of us cannot physically do anything about what's happening
in Palestine. But we can at least use our Ramadan to us to ask Allah
		

			to help us to ask Allah to give them victory to this Ramadan when you wake up with the hydrogen and
make dua don't just make dua for yourself
		

			Don't just make dua for your family. Make dua for your brothers and sisters anywhere in the world
that are oppressed. Make dua for the Ummah as a whole make dua that Allah restores power to this
ummah. It's been 100 years 100 years without power. So only this is like the biggest blip of lack of
power in the history of Islam. We had the qualifier wash again, we had the Romanians, we had the
Abbas. Since then there was a period of struggle with the Mongols. But then after two we had the
Mamelukes, and the Safar wins and the Ottomans. And now for the past 99 years, this ummah has been
in a state of powerlessness. A binary the power vacuum was created for the State of Israel to come
		

			into existence, designers helped the British to defeat the Ottoman so they could establish Israel.
And perhaps the only way for that to end is for us to have you returned to true Islamic political
power. Because designers wanted that land back during the Ottoman times, and the Ottoman rulers,
specifically Sultan Abdul Hamid told him very clearly, as long as we are allowed to can't have that
land. That's why they voted to get rid of their beloved. So how do we revive Islam? There are times
I don't know, as a minority living far away from the Muslim world. I don't know what we could
physically do. 100 We live in a country with a government that is trying to do something that
		

			Hamdulillah we have the freedom to talk about it, we can give charity, we can help them in those
ways to get me to offer them. I don't have any answers what we could physically do for them. But I
do remind us all this Ramadan, when you are sitting for Iftar, make dua for the people of Palestine.
When you are sick of sitting first of all a dua for the people of Palestine. When you wake up for
Kiambu lane, make dua for the people of Palestine. And don't just make dua or love free Palestine.
It will all know grant victory to the Muslims, Grant political power to the Muslims, get rid of the
tyrants in that region. Be very specific in your DUA, ask for exactly what the Ummah needs to
		

			experience a true revival in our lifetime. And I am confident that we are in the beginning of the
revival phase of Islam, because history goes through ups and downs. And this might be going through
$1 For the past 150 years. Now it's time to upward swing. It's time for revival. And we have seen in
our lifetime, intellectual revival of Islam, spiritual revival of Islam, revival of some Muslim
economies, what's next in sha Allah, the political revival of Islam, so we can go back to being what
you were for the bulk of history, one of the leading political powers in the world. And that is
really the one of the only real solutions for what's happening in Palestine or restore ation of the
		

			true political power of the Muslim world. So we ended up asking ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada to have
victory to the squat or to the Warriors and the people of Palestine, and to grant them victory over
the enemies and to remove all of the islands from that region and to restore true Islamic leadership
to the Muslim world. And to grant this power once again to grant this combustibility once again, to
make this my once again the dominant force for this world, and the homeless and Mujahideen if you
finish the other reason was that Athena Villa Steen Allah Faisal Islam was Amina rapa Tina vinyasa
will will ask you to be Husna working with non superhard aerobic intimacy for yourself will sleep
		

			with home to dinner with yourself