Maryam Amir – When youre feeling far from Allah
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The speaker discusses the Arabic language and its origins, including a verse that references the presence of Allah and a culture of war. They also mention a woman who recites the Quran and talks about the effect of her actions on others. The speaker emphasizes the importance of reading the Quran in English for clarification.
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Are you feeling far from Allah?
Listen to this.
I had Quran class with Sheikh Abdullah Deeb
yesterday and I was in tears when he
stopped me at a verse.
The verse included in it said to the
prophet, peace be upon him, you are only
a warner, you are only but a warner.
Sheikh Abdullah is one of the foremost Quran
scholars in the world.
He's one of the shortest sanads in the
world and I had stopped here because there
is a part that you can stop in
this ayah and he told me some salawa
on the prophet because this verse is referencing
the prophet being a warner.
And then he told me about a Quran
scholar in history who had different intentions for
the moments that he did the khatm of
the Quran.
He said he had a khatm for Allah,
a khatm for the prophet, peace be upon
him, and a khatm for the anbiya, the
prophets.
I didn't understand what he meant.
What does it mean to have a khatm
for a completion of the Quran for the
sake of Allah?
Of course we always recite for the sake
of Allah, but what does it mean to
intend that it's going to be for Allah?
And he shared with me that every single
time this scholar would recite the Quran, he
would stop at a name of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
And I want you to think about how
many names of Allah there are in the
Quran.
Every time he would stop at a name
of Allah, he would just start making dhikr,
praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
It would take him months to complete that
reading of the Quran and then he would
start with another one with the intention that
every time he passes a verse that has
to do with the prophet that's talking to
or referencing the prophet, peace be upon him,
he would stop at the appropriate spot and
send salawa on the prophet.
And then there was a third intention that
every time he read and there was a
name of another prophet or the prophets that
he would send peace upon them.
I want you to think about the effect
of your heart.
How does that affect your interaction with the
Quran?
You are interacting with the He asked me
a question and he said, what if you
didn't respond?
What if you ignored my question and you
just kept reciting?
He said, wouldn't that be so rude for
you to just keep talking and ignore what
I've asked you?
Then what about when Allah talks to you?
Why aren't we responding when the verses are
asking us?
It's a conversation between you and Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
This scholar, when he was passing away, his
son narrates what he saw.
He said his father suddenly looked up and
he said, welcome, oh prophet, peace be upon
him.
Welcome, oh prophet Ibrahim, peace be upon him.
Welcome, oh granddaughter of the prophet, peace be
upon him, Zaynab.
He said, welcome, am I deserving of all
of this?
Am I deserving of all of this?
Whatever he was seeing, subhanAllah.
And then he made the shahada and he
passed away.
You may feel very distant from Allah.
What I want to remind you is that
the Quran was sent to you because Allah
loves you.
It's a conversation with you.
So respond to the conversation.
And if you don't understand the Arabic, begin
reading it in the English translation.
When you talk to Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala in dua, He responds to you with
the Quran.