Karim Abuzaid – 7 Divine Echos In Surat Maryam
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The history of Islam is discussed, including the origins of the title of Jesus and the use of the holy name for him. The importance of learning to be a good person and not compromising the message is emphasized. The discussion also touches on the history of Islam, including the 3rd echo, brothers and sisters in Islam, the 4th, and the world of Israel. It is emphasized that having a son and the holy spirit is crucial to achieving spiritual health and respect.
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Brothers and sisters in Islam,
a statement
by
'Abdullah ibn Masood
1
of the
companions, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
instructed the Ummah
to learn the Quran from him.
Muslim Quran,
I mean Arba,
learn the Quran from 4. Number 1 on
that list is Abdullah ibn Mas'ud.
So Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
says
the following chapters.
Bani Israel
which has another name called Al Isra.
Al
were amongst
the first
chapters
revealed
in the Quran,
in the Mus'haf.
And one explanation of the term Taladi,
they are like treasure
or
another meaning that
the first chapters I learned
from Rasulullah
Brothers and sisters in Islam,
there are certain chapters in the Quran
which has significance
because of the condition
we live in as Muslims.
And we can throw the
analogy here.
We
living amongst
predominantly
Christian community
are always
confronted
with the subject
of Aissa alaihis salatu wassalam
and his status.
Islam
is crystal
clear
regarding the subject,
and the subject has to do with your
aqidah,
your belief system.
Therefore,
Surat Mariam
has
that significance.
And the analogy here,
the early Muslims
when they were
persecuted
in Mecca
and Rasulullah
salallahu alaihi wa sallam
instructed them
to migrate to the Christian land
of
Abyssinia
at the time.
So they went as Muslims
and they lived
there in Abyssinia.
The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
confirmed through revelation
that there is a just ruler
there
who will protect you and who will grant
you religious freedom.
Of course,
the polytheist of Makkah, Mushriqi Makkah,
being uncertain
regarding the motive
of the immigrants,
the early immigrants of from
to from the Muslims to Abyssinia,
they sent an envoy
to of the noble companions of the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam who were not Muslims
at the time but they became Muslims later
on.
Amr ibn al-'as
and Abdullah ibn Abi Rabi'ah
in order
to bribe
the cabinet of this
ruler,
the king or the nagas in Najashi, that's
his title,
and bring these Muslims back.
When they presented these briberies
to their
to his cabinet, he assumed that he will
just
send them off.
But this man
was truthful
to his position.
He refused to give up the Muslims without
hearing their case.
So
he heard them.
Ja'far
ibn
Ali Allahu Anhu
presented the case in a very eloquent way
that we mean no harm here.
Those people are not granting us
the liberty and the freedom to worship Allah
and they are persecuting us and that is
why we came here.
Right away
in Najashi
refused
the Christian
king at the time, refused to give them
up.
Now they thought
of a trick.
So they went to
this devout
Christian
ruler
and
they
told him
that these individuals
whom you're protecting
do not respect
Jesus.
They call him a slave.
They do not believe
what you believe
regarding him.
Of course,
Najashi,
the Christian leader,
the ruler of Abyssinia,
decided to bring
them back to his court
and questioned them
regarding
their beliefs in Jesus.
Put yourself
in the shoe
of Jafar,
and you're not being threatened.
As a Muslim
living in America,
nobody can force you
to compromise
your beliefs regarding Jesus.
But many of us,
for the sake of appeasing people
at the expense of the displeasure of Allah
were willing to compromise.
Ja'far, can you imagine
the threat here that he is to be
shipped back
to the enemies of Islam,
again to be persecuted.
When he was asked,
what do you say about Jesus?
He made it crystal clear,
we say what Allah and his messenger told
us.
He is a slave of Allah,
he is a messenger of Allah
and he is a word
of from Allah that given to
the virgin Maryam.
Now here is the relevance
and that is why
a lot of the scholars mentioned that if
you live in the west,
you should master Surat Mariam. And this is
the subject of my Khutba today.
So he asked him to recite
some of the Quran
about Jesus.
Jafar
recited the
beautiful verses
which narrate
the nativity, the Quranic version of the nativity,
which is
the conception and the birth of prophet
and we know that later on
he accepted Islam.
Rasulullah
at one time in Madinah,
he called upon his companions
and the hadith in al Bukhari, you Muslim,
And he said, Allah has commanded me
to observe
the
of a righteous man who passed away, who
passed, who died yesterday.
Referring to the Christian ruler who became a
Muslim, who accepted Islam,
And they
performed actually
on
him led by Rasulullah
Fasurat Mariam,
brothers and sisters in Islam,
has a lot
of lessons
for us Muslims
living
in a broad dominant
Christian community
so that we can engage
with them
without
compromising
in a respectful manner. It doesn't have to
be
a mean way or abusive,
but you shouldn't be
compromising.
Inshallah, in the time I have, I have
7,
I call them
divine echoes from Surat Mariam.
I will share them with you as time
allows.
The first of which brothers and sisters in
Islam and subhanAllah,
as I come here and, you know, wanting
to present this subject and my mind and
my soul
is so absorbed
with my brothers and sisters in Gaza and
what they are going through. And I wasn't
sure if I can actually deliver this, but
I thought this is the time
when jingle all the way, all the place
and
I gotta remind my brothers and sisters
about steadfastness
and passing on that firmness and steadfastness to
their children,
explaining to
them that they don't have to jingle
all the way.
They can
stay on monotheism
insha'Allah.
But subhanAllah, I as I'm driving here, I
found some relevance.
Can you imagine
what I'm about to share with you
is the ancestor of these Zionists,
Bani
Israel,
and that shows you
how
Iman,
faith, when it touches the heart,
when it touches the soul,
it turns you into a good person, a
decent person.
I'm gonna share with you stories
from the children of Israel,
what we would call Jews now.
But, of course, they were Muslims.
That's how we,
relay,
to them Insha'Allah.
Look at the beginning,
brothers and sisters in Islam,
of Surat Mariam
begins with a story
of a man who made a sincere
dua
sincere dua.
Although,
the supplication he made
doesn't
really
suit him,
he's asking for something impossible.
Look.
My
bones are feeble.
Weak.
And my
head, the hair
is
gray,
all white.
And my wife has been barren
all along.
Now
I want a child.
That is why some of you may ask,
why did he make
this dua,
hafiyyah?
Because
if anybody would hear someone
with these conditions making this dua,
come on man, what what are you saying?
Ask something possible.
But with Allah
when you are sincere
and truthful
and truthful,
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala can deliver the impossible
to you.
But
what's
inside him
to make this dua?
What?
I'm about to die. I'm 99 years old.
This is Israelites.
No reference
in the sunnah regarding his age, but this
is what we read.
Israel that he was actually 99 years old.
And I'm about to die
and all what I'm seeing corrupt
scholars
of many Israel around me.
The people who are teaching the religion
to the people are corrupt.
They are using it to make a living.
They are giving fatwa to the people to
appease them, to make them happy.
They don't tell them the truth.
They don't.
And they are employing the religion as an
income
as an income.
Now,
what is gonna happen when I die?
Who's gonna teach the truth after me?
Have you as a father
had this worry at all?
You know, one of the most needed
job in America
is actually Imams.
We don't have Imams
and I mean Imams,
not bobbits,
not people that the shura runs, kicks around.
No imams, people who can lead communities
and make a change, impact the community. We
don't have those.
We don't have.
You see, that's what motivated Zakaria.
He wanted to leave someone
behind him who can
hold
hold the banner.
This is what the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam revealed to the people of Gaza.
The best
of those who will guard
the boundaries of this religion
is in
Ascalan.
Can you imagine the entire world
is trying to
drive out those 2,000,000
from Gaza
using food,
water,
electricity.
Did you read that they are eating grass?
No food.
Grass,
animals food.
They are eating it but they are standing.
I'm gonna hold my ground. At
one stage, brothers and sisters in Islam,
you gotta think this way.
You gotta think this way.
You you don't need to
win,
but hold.
Likewise,
Zakaria
didn't want
the entire
faith
to
be diluted after him.
And look look at the truthfulness.
You see, when you're truthful,
right away,
Allah
commanded the angels.
Right away, he just finished the dua.
Allah
is giving you the glad tidings of Yahya.
And look at the truthfulness,
Allah
made
the old father
see the fruit
of his son
while he's alive.
You know when you hold the Mus'haf like
that,
Not
miss. Read it carefully.
Understand it.
And we give him the glad tiding,
Well, we given him the wisdom,
the understanding
of the meanings
and the higher
objectives
of the revelation
in an age so that his father
would see
the fruit
of his truthfulness.
That one day he was walking to Masjid
Al Aqsa.
He's a child, he's a kid,
but the children called upon him,
come and play with us,
come have a good time with us. You
know what he told
them?
Allah did not create me to to play.
Allah did not make me to pray.
I have a mission.
Hello.
But that's the first
echo,
divine echo. Do you care about this religion?
Do you care about Islam?
Why not raise your child
to memorize the Quran?
Why not raise your child to memorize the
sunnah,
to study the deen? Maybe he can become
one of the
leaders
of this
community in the United States of America.
That's the first echo, brothers and sisters, in
Islam.
The second
echo
is
amazing
if you look at the story of birth,
the story of the nativity or the birth
of Jesus
in both
and
Mariam.
It's always
preloaded by the birth of Yahya.
So before Allah would present to you the
birth of Jesus which miraculous, no question about
it.
Miraculous
birth, a girl
coming carrying a baby,
miraculous. No husband, no
type. Always.
In Surat Al Imran
and in Surat
Mariam, always this story is introduced with the
story of Yahya, the birth of Yahya. Allah
is telling you,
why do you
attribute
the sonship
to Jesus, that Jesus is a son because
of this miraculous birth?
When you have Yahya
who was born to a 99 years old,
and I just described the condition a minute
ago, and the mother is barren.
Why not this one?
This is miraculous birth too.
Oh,
is it about
Jesus not having a father?
Here's
the analogy.
If
the analogy here
is having parents,
then the one who is more fit
to be called the sun.
So
Allah is above that.
That criteria would be more fitting to Adam.
Adam did not have a father
nor a mother.
As a matter of fact,
Adam was created by the divine hands of
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
Allah created him with his own hands,
breathed
in him.
Jesus there was a medium, Jibril.
Jibril was the medium.
So,
again, brothers and sisters in Islam, the subject,
I know it's a little bit sensitive
and we
when we address
Christians, we should do it in a respectful,
kind manner, but without compromising the message.
The 3rd echo brothers and sisters in Islam
for the sake of time here,
The
miraculous
utterance
of Jesus
in the cradle,
And I really wanna
contextualize this, give it this context.
You see,
there are 2
fundamental
obligations
upon every human being
in the face of this earth.
There you compromise them.
The first obligation
is the right of Allah upon you.
The second obligation
is the right of your parents upon you.
That is why Abdullah ibn Abbas
says,
There are 3 pairs in the Quran.
One of them is what?
Read the musaf,
right away.
Imagine Allah makes Jesus, peace be upon him,
to speak
as a baby
to protect those two rights,
the right of Allah.
Why?
Allah in his infinite knowledge
knew
that
they will attribute
him to Allah being the son or
now I think they they call him god,
lord,
or 1 of 3.
Look at the first words brothers and sisters
in Islam that came out of the mouth
prophet
Aisa
Look at the scene.
So Mariam,
after delivering him,
she brought him
immediately.
Adultery was haram at the time.
Adultery, we're talking about
sexual * between a man and a woman
out of wedlock.
Just for you to compare.
They accused her of adultery
accused her of adultery.
Because she was instructed earlier
not to speak. We will defend you. She
didn't know, by the way,
how the defense
will
be exercised.
She pointed at him.
How can we speak to a newborn? Someone
who was just born now.
Look at the first words that came out
of his mouth,
we love Jesus,
the messenger of Allah.
Look at this.
Any
Abdullah.
I'm the slave of Allah.
Be careful. Whatever you wanna do out of
me on the feet, that's your business.
Look at this. He given me the book.
He made me a prophet.
Look at this, I need like you, I
need I have spiritual
needs like you.
I have to pray like you.
I have to purify myself,
madam.
SubhanAllah, the first day in his life, he's
defending the hate.
Also in the day of judgment,
the last day, the last scene,
Jesus is brought in the revelation.
In the land of gathering, he's standing in
front of those
who attributed
him to Allah being the son.
Allah will question him in front of them.
Look the 1st day and the last day.
The 1st day and the last day.
Allah will say, Aesir,
son of Mariam.
Did you instruct
your so called follower so called follower to
take you
or your mother
as 2 gods beside me.
Never.
Never. Would I have said that? You would
have known that.
What about
the defending of
upholding the kinship ties, the mother,
they accuse her of adultery
that stopped them.
This miracle stopped them. Furthermore,
Aissa
alaihis salatu wasalam also added to his mission
and he made me kind and beautiful to
my mother.
So this is
the 3rd echo,
brothers and sisters
in Islam.
The 4th,
which is really,
you know, amaze
amazes you.
No
other chapter in the Quran.
Brothers, can we please move forward so these
brothers standing in the back and sit down,
please? Brothers, close the gaps. Come closer.
Love one another. We we're straight.
We can touch one another for the sake
of Allah.
We're all straight here.
They're still standing in the back. So woohoo.
InshaAllah.
The name of Allah Al Rahman,
the most merciful,
was not mentioned
in any chapter
more than
the number of times it's mentioned in Surat
Mariam.
16
times. The name of Allah, Rahman,
16 times.
Why?
Why?
Because this chapter is centered
around
the 2 offensive,
the 2 offenses,
the human
perpetrate
against Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
They curse Allah,
they belay Allah.
And this is in the hadith.
Allah says what?
The
son of Adam insults me.
You you can tell you,
you
know, you you see this the the name
of Allah
in this world, you know, the loving.
Look, the son of Adam insults me. Allah
is talking like that, you know, and he
shouldn't do that.
Why would he do that?
Imagine your lord is speaking like that.
The son of Adam belies me,
and he shouldn't do that.
As for the son of Adam insulting me
when he says I have a son,
I have a son.
What what do I need a son for?
And as for the son of Adam belying
me
when he says I cannot raise him up
again after he dies.
And chapter,
Mariam,
the story of Jesus, obviously, the first subject,
but where is the reference to the second
subject?
Mankind says,
come on. After we die,
I don't think we're gonna be raised up
again.
Does a man remember that I created him
before when he was nothing?
Look at this oath.
But what is the relevance here with with
Ismullahir Rahman?
Has it been for the name of Allah
al Rahman? Allah would have punish those people.
Imagine
there are people
who insult Allah,
belay Allah
and Allah still provides for them
because of Allah's mercy,
because of Rahman.
He still gives them,
still blesses
them. But
there is a time
if they insist,
if they keep on their
polytheistic
words or actions,
there will be consequences, but not in this
world.
The following brothers and sisters in Islam
is
the majesty of Allah, why does he need
to take
a son?
In a human term,
human context,
why do we take children?
Why do we have children?
First of all, the biological
drive,
you know, that you end up having
* and
I'm Brooklyn.
Biological.
But does Allah
have that?
In your human term,
you must have a wife. A wife.
Now anybody else, a wife to have a
child. You're
saying he has a son. Where is his
wife?
Weird.
Allah says that.
2nd,
we want children to
carry on our
family name.
I
don't want this to die,
right? Because what? I'm gonna die.
Does Allah die? Subhanah.
Come on. Subhanah. No. He doesn't.
I remember these days back in the farm
where I came from,
you know, the parents would produce a lot
of children to help them in the farm,
to help them, you know, take care of
business,
run business.
Why why would you
do that?
Why
would you do that?
His
divine
majestic
status
doesn't suit him.
That is why brothers and sisters in Islam,
look at the Quran.
Every time
there is a mention that Allah has a
son, it's always
followed with
subhanah.
You know what subhanah means? He's above that.
That's what means. He's above that.
Don't say that. He's above that. Come on.
He he's not a human.
You see,
one of the root causes of deviation
in mankind
is having the wrong
perception about Allah. Who's Allah?
Who's Allah?
That
normally lead people to do crazy things. Like
in a human term, you know, when you
say something to me that I don't like.
Brother, I think you misunderstood me.
I I don't think you you understood me
right. You you do Yeah. That's not what
I meant. Exactly with Allah.
Why would the Jews
Why would they say
that Allah is poor?
Why would they say that Allah created the
heavens and the earth in 6 days, then
he rested
in the 7th day?
Because they given Allah
a human attributes.
They humanized Allah. They given him human attributes.
No.
Allah is divine.
He doesn't get
tired for him to rest.
Again, brothers and sisters in Islam,
the right perception about Allah
likewise, the Christians
And by the way, I wanna say the
Christians because we we also have the, you
know, not affirming
a divine essence of for Allah is a
problem in Islam.
Yeah. You understand? Where is the issue?
Ask an average Muslim now,
where is Allah?
He's gonna tell you Allah is everywhere.
Then you what you did now is you
I understand, by the way, a lot of
these layman Muslims, I
exactly what they mean. They mean that Allah
knows everything.
But
who said that Allah is is above the
throne and he knows everything?
His highness does not dismiss his nearness.
He's up there, but he hears, he sees.
But when you say that he's he's then
he's a spirit, then you're condoning and endorsing
the beliefs of the Christians
that
the divine can come in the flesh.
Allah has a divine essence
Divine essence. One of the names of Allah,
As Samad.
You may hear this for the first time.
One of the meaning of As Samad,
nothing goes through.
Nothing goes through.
Nothing. That's why he's above the creation.
He is not
part
of his creation in any form or shape.
When you say he's everywhere,
then he can go inside you, inside him,
inside.
Dangerous
beliefs. And we have extreme sufis who believe
that
who entertain.
I wrote a blog
a blog about this subject,
7 divine
echoes.
Maybe we'll send it to you, inshallah, for
the sake of time because
the time ran out. But let me share
with you
something very interesting in Surah Maryam
and go home and and open it.
If you read the chapter from Bismillah
Rahman Al Raheem,
then Allah is talking about
different
caliber of people.
It's like
people capturing you did.
It's it's the best of humanity,
you know.
Then comes in the
but look at the split now.
Then those noble people
were succeeded
with generations
who neglected
the salah,
And then Allah would talk about
then they deny resurrection,
then they go to *, then then then
then then
a whole different tone.
What is the split here is a salah.
How are you
doing with your salah?
That's the line
And by the way, none of the scholars,
I wanna tell you this, none of the
scholars of tafsir explained this verse that they
did not pray.
None.
2 things,
they delayed it
or
they did not have Khosur when they performed
it.
None of them said that mean
that they didn't know they prayed,
but
they would delay it.
Or,
you know, like a lot of people you
can tell them go back and pray because
they have not prayed.
Watch out for your salah.
Let's make dua for our brothers and sisters
in