Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Reflect on the Quran #12 Surah Qalam Ayah 1 to 7
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Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim hamdulillah Salatu was Salam ala
Rasulillah well Allahi wa sahbihi wa and
so we go to the next makansutra early makan Surah which is Surah
Al Kalam known when column.
This is surah number 68. And we will cover what we can have this
today, time permitting. So this is also an early McCann surah. And
some commentators have said that perhaps this was the second one to
be revealed. But that does not seem to be the case. Okay.
Studying everything we believe that Al Madatha and Al Muzammil
were revealed before this surah for the simple reason that the
first if it starts in a certain way, and firstly, is that give us
an indication that it was after at least three years.
So, it's an early makansutra, probably, you know, in the first
three years of the data from Accra, and with the search to
stand and warn, the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam started
doing private Dawa to his family,
you know, small groups of people till Allah subhanaw taala ordered
him to go and proclaim the message of Islam to everyone,
which is called the public data. And most of the historians have
said public data started after almost three years.
So once that public data was started, then the people who
rejected the message started to
gang together and to badmouth the Prophet sallallahu Sallam calling
him a liar calling Mr. Shah era poet calling him a magician
calling him all of those and calling him a madman, Majnoon.
So,
obviously, the context of the surah is that that opposition to
Islamic
Dawa had already started when the surah was revealed because the
first three is talking about the people who are opposing the
Prophet sallallahu Sallam and calling him a madman. So it
couldn't have been right from the beginning because nobody is
calling him a madman. Okay.
So
this surah is the first one in the revelation that starts with an
alphabet it's it's known while Carla me were my yes total loan.
Know known is what is known.
It's an alphabet in the Arabic language, right?
How many alphabets in the Arabic language?
Yes.
Six is English data, so don't feel bad the adults are having trouble.
28 How many alphabets occupy 28 alphabets? So there are several
Surah how many Surahs in the Quran?
114 Most people know that. So 29 of the 114 Surahs start with these
disconnected letters which are called rueful Maka chat or
disconnected letters. They also called the firewall the openers,
okay. So 29 Surah start with things like Alif Lam Meem Alif Lam
Meem Ra, ya seen pa noon off sod? You know? So, between one and five
alphabets start the iron
the surah
Now, if you look at these all except for when the surahs are to
the 29 where it starts
after the hydrophone Hakata it talks about the Quran
excepting for surahs which is Surah Maryam, known well Kalam
Anka Bhutan room were the first it doesn't talk about the Quran all
the other 25 After Alif Lam Meem the helical Kitab hula and if
Lammi Allah Allah Allahu Allah Nasrallah necessarily talking
about the Quran, everyone starts with reference to the Quran,
because the Quran is essentially the kalam is alphabets put
together. So this
these alphabets these disconnected alphabets are awful no PATA at
they are among the MATA Shabbat, which means
the meaning is not clear to anyone that only Allah subhanaw taala
truly knows why he
As put them there, it's not by accident. It's by design. Okay.
It's interesting that the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam never
explained.
And there is no narration of some Sahabi asking jasola What is LF
Lammy? Which also suggests that in that context, in the language,
this may have been also a style where some words or some alphabets
were there in the beginning because nobody asked. But so all
said and done just remember
that it is a part of the Quran. Each of these alphabet is there,
out of Allah's wisdom, we believe in it. This is revelation. And
reading each one of them gets your reward because the hadith of
Abdullah bin Massoud or the Allah on which who said that Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi salam said that for every letter of the Quran,
there is a reward. And I don't say Alif Lam meme is one LF is one
lamb is one name is one. So, whenever you read you say no tone,
you get a reward.
Okay. So, this is what I wanted to just mention about the rueful
Nakata art. Now, there are many theories and interpretations that
go with these things. Now, just to remember these are just
reflections of some of our, of our upright scholars in certain
spiritual states of reflecting on it and some Allah smart Allah
opened something for them.
And we'll talk about some of the reflections of some of our
spiritual
scholars have said about noon itself. Okay, but don't take it
literally because as we said, the true meaning is not known except
to Allah. Okay, but it's interesting to go over them so
Allah subhanaw taala starts the surah noon while Kalami were Maya
stone, so noon, while Calamy by the pen, this is an oath. Okay,
this is a custom.
Second, another person were my yes to rune and what they write, I
swear by the pen, and I swear by what they write.
And you might say, Ben is singular. What day right. What
does that mean? Yes, Tarun means what day right.
Now, going back there is there are multiple opinions that the known
itself is a cousin.
Kanoon wild Calamy So some have said the known as a person is that
Allah takes an oath on the alphabet noon, and he takes a
custom of the pen and he takes a cut some of what they write, we'll
come to that.
So,
this look at some of the scholars have looked at the shape of this
word noon, and what is coming after that is column. Now if we
look in our, the way we are, in the old ways, when we had a
column, how did you write with it,
you had what is called $1 parliament dollar, you dipped it
in there took the ink and you wrote with it.
The shape of that if you could cut a cross section is like a known
it's a container, okay. So some have said
that, the, the pen and the ink, that it was dipped in the
container.
Now, everything that's created, everything in creation is the
product of a command of Allah which is what
can command is going for your queen means is whatever command is
going, everything came into being could
care was not sufficient to bring bring things into creation. What
completed the command?
No.
Couldn't the command was completed with the noon
Allah said can with that terminal known, everything came into me
also,
the Rama of Allah subhanaw taala, the Merciful Love or loving mercy
of Allah, the ultimate expression that the Mercy of Allah is not
complete, except with his CIFAR Tov, our raw man
that all of the merciful love of Allah is completed with the known
these again
These are reflections of some people but they are beautiful to
think about, but don't take it that this is how why Allah put it
there, okay? I just want to stress that.
So some have said therefore all knowledge is encompassed in one
alphabet which is the known
because everything came into creation, we can.
So Allah subhanaw taala then takes the oath on the pen.
And the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam said in a Willa Maha Allah
Allah, Allah Allah, the first thing that Allah created was Al
Kalam now don't think of it as this spin a column in a different
dimension.
And all Kalam was created. And Allah subhanaw taala has ordered
the columnar imagine there's nothing no Jibreel no space, no
time no dimensions nothing
except Allah Samantha Landy creates and column and the orders
the column he says October right?
What you're going to write there's nothing has ever been written
before. What does writing mean? Is it being written in ink it's being
written on what it's being written with, nor what said, We have no
idea.
Allah said
write a book to Bill cover wama who are cut in noon in an Abbott
right down the codon, the destiny of everything and everything
that's going to happen till eternity write it down.
And this is 50,000 years before the creation of the universe.
So, there is that column keep that in mind because Allah has taken an
oath we are thinking that column but Allah when he says column, it
also means every column every mode of writing and recording of
everything is by the column whether you call it a computer
today whether you call it whatever it is, right?
So Allah subhanaw taala
swears by this by the kalam and then he says were my yes to run
the math in Arabic means ma'am means it's open everything yes to
ruin everything that day, right? What is this day right? Are they
draw your students determines to draw the lines that they draw
everything that the angels record.
And the angels record many things including your unmei, deeds,
everything they record, everything that human beings have ever
recorded, whether they're hieroglyphics on the walls on the
rocks and 5000 years ago, everything that I've fanciest
computers, right today what will be written, everything that's
written in the genetic code, everything that is written
which means all knowledge, everything written, read or
recorded. And if you remember the first in the first revelation,
Allah Swanton Allameh Bill Kalam, Allah Merlin's silent in Santa
Malam Jana, by the pen he taught you. So this includes the words of
ALLAH and it recruits it includes of what they write is the words of
the best of human beings. Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam who
was given a special gift with his speech was so eloquent that in a
few words, he could portray an ocean worth of meaning. They were
so precise and beautiful and full of meaning. This was a gift Sadat.
So Allah subhanaw taala, has honored the pen, with the task and
as a vehicle of all knowledge for ever, even the divine Word and the
divine cover.
So Allah subhanaw taala has taken an oath on these things, every
thing that's ever written, all knowledge depends every kind of
things, and possibly the pen of, of destiny. So this is one of the
greatest person that Allah has taken in the whole Quran, because
sometimes he's sweating by the sun, which is a part of the
creation here is everything.
So
Great and Powerful, Assam, of all knowledge of all other of all
records why, why such a great customer. And as you know, after
every custom comes something important
because this person is on behalf of someone very special.
This person is on behalf of someone very special, very beloved
to Allah subhanaw taala in support of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe
Salam because people had started the people who opposed his
message, but calling him that he's gone crazy. He's a madman. He is a
mage noon.
So
Last month Allah takes this oath. Now he's taking an oath. Now when
you take an oath, it's usually take an oath about something else.
Here Allah subhanaw taala is taking an oath and addressing the
oath to the prophets of Allah listen. Now think of it this way.
He says, My answer Benevity Rob beaker be Majnoon. Allah is taking
oath, that your profits are alone. By the grace of your Lord, You are
not much known. So he is reassuring the Prophet sallallahu
Sallam that this is all nonsense what they say. And who is
reassuring the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam, Allah Himself, Allah
subhanaw taala could have just but he takes the oath of all of this,
to tell the Prophet normally you take an oath for people who are
denying you know,
I swear, you know because they doubt your integrity, Allah, Allah
subhanaw taala is reassuring the prophets are in the most
what would you say impactful way
that there is no doubt about who you are.
Now, there is another interesting thing in this is Matt Anta B namah
T Rebecca B Majnoon. One meaning is, you may enter you are not by
the grace of your Lord, as a favor of your Lord
Vishnu.
However, B is also used as the Assam
that is one of the words and the structures be now mighty, are a
big. So, this is all a fourth custom Allah saying He, Allah
subhanaw taala could have said you are not imagining he's taking I
swear by my favor on you that you are not imagining this is a fourth
custom Did you understand that there is a direct meaning and
there is this meaning that if you take this as the fourth customer,
okay.
Majnoon as you know, comes from Junoon. And from gin because of,
of possession by the gin that's one way means insane and as you
know the other
accusations are false propaganda against the Prophet salallahu
Alaihe Salam, calling him Sahar as we know but in previous means
magician are Shire Kahin sorcerer, a mage known what was the reason
for all of this opposition to this message early on, number one,
because he was calling to tell hate which oppose the ship which
existed, he was calling to equality of humans, as opposed to
the class system that existed of you know, the masters and the
slaves. He was calling for morality when there was an immoral
society. And he there was a social structure that was being changed.
So there is a story, that when the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam
used to go and reset at the Kaaba used to recite the Quran
in the night,
one night what happened?
After the Prophet salallahu Alaihe, Salam finished, he left
and three people in the dark streets of Makkah going and they
met each other, they turned out to be Abuja, *, the enemy,
Abu Sufian,
who was
an opposite an opponent of Islam. And
I snuck Ben sheriff, who was also a leader who opposed the prophets.
So all of them knew that we had together opposing the Prophet
sallallahu Sallam so the night they meet each other they said,
Where did you go
to try to make make excuses and it turned out that all three of them
had gone to secretly listen to the recitation of the Quran of the
Prophet survives. So when they realize that this look, you know,
we can't afford to do this because if everybody in Makkah finds out
that we who are the biggest opponents of this message are
secretly listening to the Quran and enjoying it, then they will
all become Muslim so we can not never going to do this again. You
agree? I agree. I wish the fiancee I will never come back. Abuja said
I will never come back. I should have been should accept I will
never come back. Next night the Prophet salallahu Salam is
reciting the Quran the night and guess who turns up there? Abu
Jamal thinks the other two are not coming. Let me go and enjoy the
Quran. I will see and thinks the other two are not coming. Let me
go and enjoy. I shall share shapes because they're all three hands up
and they find each other there. And again this age and you know,
what are we doing? We shouldn't do this. We shouldn't. We will never
come back third night they came back again.
After this, I should not mention it asked about Sofia, what do you
think of this Kalam that we enjoy so much this Words of Allah
He said, You know, it's beautiful, but I will never accept it said
why? He said because this is from the descendants of abdomen north.
You know, this is the lineage of that when abdomen F started to
feed the people of Hajj. We started providing water because he
was from the muck Zone Branch of of Koresh. When they started to do
this we used to take we had the they started to clean the
hospitality we had the keys of the Kaaba. Now one of them has claimed
that he is a prophet of Allah, we can produce that. So I will never
accept. So these are the social kinds of structures because of
which this opposition was there.
Then Allah subhanaw taala says, What in a laka Algerian *
Mamnoon and certainly in laka, for you is a reward that is never
ceasing, never seizing, never exhausted, for which there is no
reckoning that all Prophet salallahu Salam, you are not a
madman, elastics for exam, and then he says for you for the
effort that you are making and for everything, there is a great great
reward.
And then Allah subhanaw taala says this idea, which, you know, is a
famous idea, and then he says what INEC hola hola hola open or the WA
in NACA inna is something you do tell kids or stress something in
laka Lala, that lamb is Lamb of Tokido. So double stress Allah is
making that it's a confirmation that you are on the whole Opal
Avene Horlock is character behavior, manners of the means the
greatest, the most elevated, and who's giving this certificate
Allah subhanaw taala.
So if you could imagine that there was a throne of o'clock, Allah
subhanaw taala, saying, You are the King of that throne, oh
Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi salam, that there is no one with
better luck than you, you are the master of luck, that, by your
nature, by your character, by your conduct, by your disposition,
manners, you have the most exalted in the lofty and the most
magnificent, grand character, the character of the Quran, on the
character of Islam, that the exalted position of the Prophet
sallallahu sallam was by virtue besides Allah choosing him of his
exalted character, and there are many idols of the Quran that talk
about that.
And Allah subhanaw taala is telling us about that, so that we
may aspire as his followers to have the same characteristics to
develop the same characteristics in our lives. The Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa salam was easygoing. He took it easy,
easygoing, in what way? If there were two Halal ways of doing
something, he would choose the easier not for himself, but to
make it easy for the Ummah for himself. He took the harder way.
But anything to do with people he would find the easier make it easy
for the people. He was easygoing. But if it was something haram, he
would be the farthest from it. He was gentle, gentle, with little
kids, with all people with needy people. Every He was gentle. He
was kind he was the kindness. He was close to people. He didn't
have, you know, a little from people. He was with the people he
used to sit with the people he used to eat with them, whatever,
the poorest. So he was close to the hearts of people he shared
with them, he consulted with them, even though he's getting roughly
decisions, he would sit with them to make them feel and to teach us
that we should consult each other. We already know he was the most
truthful he was the most generous nobody turned away from him
without receiving something never said no. The most trustworthy he
was the most just never did any injustice, the most forgiving
especially when his own rights were violated. People attacked him
physically. He never took any any entertain. However, the rights of
Allah were violated, then he would be angry and he would
give the prescribed punishment. He was the most mild mannered, he was
the wisest, the most patient.
Grateful, grateful to Allah Swan, no matter what happened. Remember
that? I showed the Allahu Anhu said you're a sort of all your
sins have been forgiven? Why do you sort of essentially torture
yourself all night standing with your legs swollen and cracked? He
said should I not be outdone Shaco a grateful servant always showing
great gratitude for bearing modest he was full of higher very happy
And he was Shuja he was brave. When everybody got disconnected
and ran when they were ambushed. You know, after the conquest of
Makkah, they were going to thrive in the Battle of Hoonah. And they
were ambushed and everybody ran away. The professor alone on his
gamble moving for I am Abdullayev rasool Allah and he's going
forward, bravery and then everybody came around to his. So
he was brave.
How gentle was it?
And has been Malika the Allah Han was his mother was very smart. One
day in Medina, she brought a six year old to the Prophet salallahu
salam ala Rasulillah. I brought him as a gift to you, six years
old.
What's he going to do? Said he will serve you, whatever, whatever
it is. He'll he'll, if nothing else, he'll bring water for you
for your Whoo. Such a smart woman. So honest Ben Malik Ravi, Allah
from the age of six, he spent 24 hours David, the prophets of Allah
Islam. He said for 10 years I was with the Prophet salallahu Alaihe
Salam, and you know, kids what they do? He said, Not once did the
prophets of Allah al Islam say off to me? Not once we said, Why did
you do this? Not once did he ask why did you not do this when I
and there were times when the Prophet sallallahu Sallam told
them to do something, he said, I'm not going to do it. And he went
and started playing with that. And the Prophet said it didn't say
anything. So this is the gentleness of the character. And
this we have to remember with our own kids also, to be gentle, they
are children, they are growing up we don't have to discipline three
year old and four they don't understand the brains are not
mature enough. Just love and gentleness, they will learn
inshallah.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam never avenged for himself.
So Allah subhanaw taala is telling the Prophet sallallaahu Salam
persist and persevere in your, in your, your task of preaching and
your Ibadah and in your character. Because you are the best of
character fossa, Toby, Saru, where you see rule be a year Komal
Maffetone. And I'm going to stop at that higher, Allah subhanaw
taala set for and then, sir, in the near future, over several you
will see when you have a saloon and they will see who make all
these accusations be a Who among you are the monotone Who among you
are the Mad madman who among you is the one who made the wrong
choices and who made the right choices? In other words, Allah
subhanaw taala is saying, in the near future, you are Prophet
salallahu Alaihe Salam and your enemies will see as the writing of
the pen of Qatar unfolds
and more things comes out of the known who made the right choices
and who made the wrong choices, who was deluded by their
arrogance, who was Maffetone halftone means put to trial, who
was crazy who was man mad Allah subhanaw taala is implying a
threat in this this soon you will find out who was right who was
wrong. So, we are going to
actually I will do one more I and then stop in Rebecca who are Alamo
B mandala and Sabine Heba who Alamo Bill moto Dean, and indeed
your Lord knows who has strayed from the right way, and who is
rightly guided. In other words, you may claim with your arguments,
you have smart arguments, that he is the madman, and he is wrong and
this message is wrong. The arguments Allah saying
there is a judge,
ultimate ultimately, is not going to be your decision, who your
arguments there is a judge who will decide who was right and who
was wrong. And that is your rub. And he already knows, who has
strayed, who has made the wrong choices, and who is on the right
path. So Allah subhanaw taala is telling us that he is best aware
of who is on the right thing, and who has lost his way. And
therefore, he as the judge will make the final decision. And it is
not about compelling arguments and smartness and this and that. So
Inshallah,
we will stop at this idea in the interest of time, and we will
continue from them. The next session is Neela. So we will stop
here, and then we will go into the q&a. And we ask Allah subhanaw
taala that he open our hearts to this beautiful Surah all of the
Quran is beautiful, which gives assurance to the Prophet salallahu
alayhi salam and gives assurance to us also, it was not just for
him, because today, what do people say? Oh, you're crazy. You're
dreaming of things in the heavens and you're talking about whole
rain and you're talking about gardens in the skies. And you
know, you guys are crazy, right?
We hear that you
are extremists your this your that
you will see and they will see this remember and be assured that
you are on the right path as long as you're holding on to the deen
and may Allah subhanaw taala help us to love rasool Allah SallAllahu
ala Salaam and know his or her pika with Allah his reality with
Allah, His honor with Allah subhanaw taala that Allah is
taking all of these exam the oats in support of him, to show us what
his status is and that He is the best of human beings. And not only
to feel proud that we are His followers, but we look like his
followers externally and especially internally internally
means with our own luck, too.
We will never be like Rasul masala, but we make our best
effort to be like him.
And this is all one package. These o'clock is one package. It's not
like, Okay, I'm truthful, but I'm not trustworthy. I am patient, but
I'm not grateful. It's all together. Every one of these is an
Islamic character. This is what gives this is Rasul Allah, Allah
Allah, we want to be like him. Now yes, we may have weaknesses in
some areas, and that's what we need to work with, to improve
ourselves. So may Allah subhanaw taala help us to give us the best
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to the best of luck and nobody guides to the best of o'clock
other than you and keep us away from bad luck. And nobody protects
from bad luck, except you. All good is in your hand. And nothing
that's not good is attributed to you. Yeah, Allah forgive us and
guide us and protect us and beautify us with the best of luck,
the yen, alumina, Bill personal Hoolock Allah beautify our insides
our hearts with the best of character and protect our hearts
from
bad traits and help us to get rid of them. And as your Prophet
salallahu Alaihe Salam has taught us that the heaviest on the day of
judgment on the scales is good Allah. And as he taught us, as we
remember from the Sierra, he said in one narration that those who
are closest to me on the day of luck will be the people with the
best character. So you want to be with them. Then that's what we
have to me.
Subhanak