Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Reflect on the Quran #17 Surah Al Masad P2
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Bismillah Alhamdulillah wa salatu salam ala Rasulillah ala alihi wa
sahbihi woman wala
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wala open the hearing channels of our hearts to your remembrance
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who Allah make us among those
who listen to the admonition of what is being said
and help us to follow the best of that advice.
We ask Allah subhanaw taala to accept this gathering of ours
to have weighed on our scales on the day of judgment
and we ask Allah subhanaw taala to make us sincere in seeking Him. I
mean,
our
scheduled Surah for today is the surah number 111 which is towards
the end which is called Al masjid, also known as a lab. Okay, and I'm
sure all of our youngsters probably know and that's, that's
why I recited it in the Asia Salah okay, if you don't know you will
learn by next in two weeks inshallah otherwise we will hold
your mother accountable.
So this is a Surah, which is one of the early makin Surah has
revealed to the Prophet sallallaahu Salam, there is an
occasion of revelation many of you may know about it, that Allah
subhanaw taala revealed.
After the initial Revelation, there was a gap and then he was
ordered to start conveying the message and to his family. And
then Allah subhanaw taala revealed an IR which says well under a
Shara tackle a carabin and warn your near and dear relatives,
those who are close to you. So the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam
gathered all the Quraysh they're related to each other. He gathered
them in a place called in Bogota, which is sort of a plane with a
little mountain. And he called them that all of you have to come
and the way he would call is
sabaha, which means people come at once like if it's an emergency,
they call you just like we had an emergency alert today because of
amber alert during salah. This was like an Amber Alert of the time
everyone come. So everybody left whatever they were doing. And they
came the Prophet salallahu alayhi salam climbed up on this mountain
a little bit so that everybody could see him. And he said,
or so and so also and so so and so. If I were to tell you that
there is an enemy behind this mountain that's drawing near, and
that will attack you tomorrow morning or tomorrow evening. Will
you believe me?
Guess what they all said? Absolutely. Because he was a mean,
the most truthful never known to lie, said if you were to say
there's an enemy that's behind you that yes, we would believe you.
So after establishing his credentials with them that okay,
I'm telling I tell the truth. He said Well Then listen to me.
For in in the rule of thumb baina your day should eat. Therefore I
warn you of Allah's punishment that is near.
In other words, if you do not give up what you're doing, and come to
sow hate worship of Allah subhanaw taala and to accept the message
that I'm giving you after heat, then Allah's punishment, and his
torment is very close. The moment he said this, his paternal uncle,
his paternal uncle,
whose name was
Abu Lahab
whose actual name was Abdullah Oza Ibn Abdul Mutallab. He said he
became very angry. He said Tom Baluch.
This is what you have called us for the bollock is a curse,
telling the prophets Allah Allah Allah. So
imagine telling the Prophet Tomba luck, may you be destroyed
where you perish
I mean, that's such a serious thing to say. And he stomped off.
And in some other narration, he he stood up when he was sitting down
shaking his head, he said, Damn you all day long.
The Baluch Coolio
and we will talk about his history of what his opposition was. So in
response to those words, Allah subhanaw taala revealed the surah.
Okay, so before we start that
this man was one of the arch enemies. Now, if you have an enemy
who is unknown, that's one thing, but an enemy who is related to you
by blood and is so close to you, and then opposes you. How much
more does that hurt you? Okay? So for example, your own son, or your
own father, or your own uncle, or your first cousin,
was one of his staunchest opponents.
There is a narration that the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam
used to go there was a market where a lot of people used to come
from elsewhere and don't majaz and he used to say, yeah, you hadn't
you had nas kulula in a lot of all mankind, c'est la la lala and you
will be successful.
And the narrator said that I saw men going around from one place to
another from 110 to another one merchant to another, saying this,
and behind him there was a red faced bright face man with a
squint in his eye. Who would tell everybody, don't listen to him. He
is crazy. He's my nephew. He is a liar. Everywhere behind him. His
uncle would go around and do that. And the uncle did carry some
weight because he was in charge of the cab. Okay, so this is what was
going on.
The moment the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam invited him.
The two eldest daughters of Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam are
the Allahu anhu, who were married to two of the sons of Ebola.
The moment he gave the message of lai lai La Jolla, one of the most
difficult situation was for a parent is to have your daughter
divorced. He forced his son's divorce both of them, so they both
came home.
So how traumatic it must have been for the Prophet cellulitis.
And he lived. This is in the early part of Naboo. He lived till
shortly after the Battle of brother in the second year of
Egypt, which makes it about 13 years of Mecca. And two years,
almost 15 years, 14 or 15 years, he lived in complete opposition of
Rasulullah Salallahu Salam and the message of Allah subhanaw taala.
And he died ultimately because he was hit on the head by his sister
in law on McFadden, the wife of a bachelor, the Alana, because one
of her servants had become a Muslim.
And he Abul have found out and he
tortured him bashed him around when she found out just how deadly
she went and she hit him on the head wound develop which then it
got infected and ultimately he died from that
and he died as a castle.
Now,
this surah also talks about one other person who
his wife
who was known as OMA Jamil
then she was also an arch enemy of Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, Jill
the very end.
What do we know about her? She also came from noble lineage. So
lineage means nothing. Her name was Atewa been tad Ibni Ommaya she
was the sister of Abu Sophia,
the leader of Makkah.
And she was the wife of of Abu Lahab
What did she do? out of her hatred for Rasulullah sallallahu sternums
you should sometimes used to go and find Thornybush bushes and
trees, got them. And in the night she knew where the Prophet
salallahu Salam would be going she would scattered them on the way so
that it would hurt him.
too. We didn't have street satelitte there used to be like
horseshoe lainnya lowlights. So you can see the thorns, right. Can
see the thorns. Now you got nothing to do. He's minding his
own business. You just want
too, this is what she used to do carry wood and porns to
scattering.
So Allah subhanaw taala addressed her also in this
and the surah starts elderly let him in a shape on your rajim
Bismillah.
The budget yada biller view what tab, the same words, the but
perish, destroy. The first part of it is the budget yada yada means
the two hands. Two hands is metaphorical, which means May the
person and all his actions be destroyed, may become worthless.
May they perish, may they be ruined, and the first part is
made. In other words, it's almost like a DUA, you know, like you
make a dog and somebody, it's almost like that it's a
supplication, may he be destroyed,
who Abu Lahab named, he is named in the Surah. What tab, what tab
the means, and he is destroyed. This is past tense. Now one of the
ways in which Allah subhanaw taala shows us certainty is by making
future
tense into past tense. Because past tense means something has
already happened. In future may happen. But when you say it, it's
happened means there is certainty. So he said maybe destroyed and he
is destroyed, his hands are destroyed is destroyed. Now we'll
talk about what that means in a minute. Then he says my other now
and who Marlo who were my cousin, Matt, Elena, for, from Rena from,
from being of benefit from being independent, that his man his
wealth, and well, my Casa what his hands have earned. And the
scholars say what is hand earned primarily here means his offspring
and his children. Okay? Because there is a narration that when
people invited him to Islam, he said, Even if my if what my nephew
says comes true. So first of all, it's never going to happen. I
don't believe any of this. But even if it is true, I can buy
myself out of it with my wealth because he was a wealthy man, he
was the wealthiest of the prophets, Uncle salatu salam, and
with my children, I'll ransom myself. So Allah subhanaw taala
saying again, in the past tense, my governor, I knew his wealth,
and his children and everything he has earned, was of no benefit to
him. The two things you can say on the Day of Judgment,
carried no weight. Number two, even in this earth, it did not
benefit him because if they did benefit him, he would have come
into Islam. Okay, so Allah subhanaw taala is telling us that
none of that if it doesn't take you closer to Allah subhanaw taala
is benefit elsewhere in the Quran, Allah subhanaw taala reminds us is
enamel and why LUCAM Allah Dooku fitna? What does it mean? Indeed,
your wealth and your children are a trial for you.
Trial again, same challenge.
Do you come closer to Allah subhanaw taala because of them, or
because of them, you start doing haram and you go away from an
asthma attack? So it's a trial? Okay. So we should always remember
that, that even in this
world, and again, we're talking about Abu Lahab, we have to look
at the Abu Lahab within does my wealth, or my having children? Or
am I having position? Or am I having connections? Or am I having
recognition? Or am I having leadership? Or am I having power
makes me a tyrant away from Allah arrogant or makes me more humble
and more obedient to Allah subhanaw taala because if all of
that, that Allah has given me of wealth and children and
recognition
does not help me to make the right choices in this life,
then
they're useless, they did not benefit me. But on the other hand,
if they did, I did my best with my children. I did my best of how to
spend my wealth, how to how I earned it and spent it, then
that's of benefit. I made the right choices.
So it did not help him in the dunya. He didn't make the right
choices and it will, it is going to do nothing in the Sahara. Say
yes la Neron that I'll help so
Sir seen anything starts with seeing is for the near future so
far means in the future and set means in the immediate in means in
the near future. Allah subhanaw taala saying in the near future
and near for Allah and for you and me is different, okay.
For us near means tomorrow for Allah's mantra near could be 1000
years or a million years right because time is different, say US
law soon he will be exposed to
lab.
Lab means flames not on fire that has flames. Okay, there are
different kinds of fires you can see fire with just embers, no
flame, but he will be exposed to flames because flames have a
special searing effect. As we know when we look at the surface of the
sun, that there are flames, which which are millions of miles long.
They said if the earth could come anywhere near any of those flames,
it would just evaporate. So Allah subhanaw taala saying soon he will
be exposed he will be dumped into a fire full of flames. And then he
says this is the state of Abu Lahab.
Then Allah subhanaw taala separates and says, One Murata who
and his wife Amala tell hottub the carrier of Hattab means firewood.
So, she
is the carrier of firewood What does carrier firewood do? When you
put firewood into the fire what happens? It makes it grow more.
So there can be many meanings one, that the fire of enmity against
the message of Islam and of fire of hatred of the Prophet salallahu
Alaihe Salam Abu Lahab she used to put more firewood interested yeah,
we should do more. This is this is what she used to do. The other
meaning is he is now in LA in in the novel in the fire. Allah
subhanaw taala will give assignment of this to this woman
in the Hellfire put more firewood to make it even worse for your
husband.
Hum Mala ham mela means who carries hottub means firewood.
And this is because she used to carry those wood pieces and thorns
to try and torture us.
So,
this is who Allah subhanaw taala says In other words, Allah
subhanaw taala is telling us that she is also in the fire, but
separating them but not saying she and her wife are in this. He is
like this. And she possibly implying that maybe her punishment
is maybe a degree less than is
okay, doesn't matter. They're all essentially the same.
Fiji they have Lumi Merced Fiji, which is her neck is a Hubble.
Hubble is a rope knot Hubble telescope, in Arabic Hubble means
rope hablo Minar law which means, you know, the rope of Allah
of masa, masa, this palm fiber. So in other words, a twisted rope is
around a neck just like you carry. You pull a animal with you. This
is how she's going to be pulled and dragged. Some commentators
said that it means that there's be a collar on her neck, and chains
pulling around in hellfire. And some have said that this implies
because she was known to have this very valuable necklace that she
took pride in. In fact, she said or she did. I'm not sure from the
readings that she wanted to sell it or sold it and said I'm going
to use all the proceeds to oppose the messenger Islam. This is the
level of hatred. So Allah subhanaw taala says and in the fire, in
other words, every action of this dunya has a consequence in the
sometimes matching.
Okay, so Allah subhanaw taala says this about
when this was revealed and the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam
recited it to people to his companions, this message got to
Umoja me.
Now imagine when she heard this about her husband and herself,
what must have happened to her temperature. So she became so mad,
she picked up some big rocks
and she went looking for a swing massage.
Who at that moment was sitting near the curb in that motif area.
With his companion Rasul Allah with this companion Oh Buckers to
declare the alarm. So because the Decra the Allah sees homage I
mean, who knows she knows who she is and her hatred and she's coming
very sort of purposefully with these big rocks in her head. She's
Yara sola,
OMA Jamil is coming, you know means I'm afraid. The Prophet
salallahu Alaihe Salam says in the Hotlanta Ronnie, she will never
see me
and then you decided some Quran
Okay, and there is reference of this in elsewhere in the Quran.
Allah subhanaw taala says we're either caught up tell Khurana
Jalna Binaca ouabain Aladdin Allah Allah Munna Bill accurate, he
Jabon mistura
when you recite the Quran, we put a hijab between you and those who
do not believe.
So he she came and they were sitting just like this, and he she
comes directly to our workers, addicts as well as your companion,
and he looks at
if I were to see him, I will break these rocks on his face and on his
head. He is saying this about me and he said this and she went on
and on and on. No, Booker said that told her no, he didn't say
anything bad about it, this that sort of calmed her down and
centered away.
Then he turned to Rasulullah sallallahu was sitting right next
to the show. This is one of the if you want to call Marchesa, the
miracles that happened at the time of Rasulullah sallallahu sallam.
And these things happen all the time. If Allah wants to protect
someone, he doesn't have to put any means.
So he protected Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam from the
vicious intent of this woman without anything another time
people want you to come and kill him. What did the prophets of
Allah Listen What was He protected with?
Web of spider, how much protection does that provide?
Allah Santa can protect with nothing he can protect with a
spider web we can protect with an army can protect with what he
wants. And if he takes his protection, you can have your
whole army and you're going to drown like Pharaoh, okay. So just
remember.
So, we said, this is
one of the miracles that happened here. Now, there is another
miracle.
As we said, this, from the time this surah was revealed till Abu
Lahab died
was about 12 or 13 years.
What is the surah saying? The surah is saying indirectly or
directly that Abu Lahab is going to die in a state of Kafir. He
will never accept Islam, because he is going in Jannah. That's what
it said right?
He lived for 13 years after that, whose only purpose was to prove
that the Quran is wrong and the Prophet sallallahu Sallam is a
lie.
What could he have done?
Not even accept, just say with your tongue, a shadow lie Lila,
just say it don't believe in your heart. And if he said that
he could prove how can it be the Quran is wrong because I hate
saying the shadow How can I be in the hellfire.
This is the miracle of the Quran, that knowing all of this, unless
wanted to seal them not being able to say even as a hypocrite Lila
and there are other examples of this. So
this in brief is surah.
Al masjid or lab, this is the story of people, a prototype of
people who oppose the message who deny the message, who become
enemies of Allah and His Rasul. And anyone who takes this attitude
against Islam, whether it was back then whether it's today, and there
are plenty of opponents and enemies of Islam to try to do the
same thing that we want to wipe out Islam, we want to wipe out
Islam, whoever does this will meet
the same fate because this is the son of a Muslim.
Every one of them no matter what power they have, they will be in
Jannah if they die in a state of opposing Allah and His messenger I
mean where can you go if you oppose Allah Swami
so we should have no fear.
Islam cannot be erased, okay? Because they know
Last,
the fear I should have is, Do I have any characteristics of Ebola,
even though I say lai lai Lama
do I, because he used to deny he used to say
these are lies, this is poetry, I have doubt about it.
I have doubt, what was how did he express his doubt? Well, if it is
true, then I will run some myself. Now, today we are Muslims, and
sometimes you hear from people,
statements that put doubt about the Quran.
You know, there are different versions of the Quran. We don't
know if this is the Quran, or if a Muslim says we don't know if these
are the words of ALLAH, or these are the words that were revealed.
That's
it
treading on the territory of Abu Lahab.
It's very serious,
to cast doubts about the authenticity of the Quran, the
words of Allah who Allah Himself says, known as Elena Decra in
Allahu Allah have done we have revealed it and we will protect
and safeguard it. And then I said, Well, I don't know if this is
authentic. We don't know which which Quran there is no which
Quran there is only one Quran, but somebody who says that is treading
on very thin ice.
So these are things where you're going to take away a message for
me from this sore eyes, to have absolute certainty in Allah
subhanaw taala in his messenger in his book, in the meeting of
certainty in Janam, knowing certainty that if Jana more to be
shown to me, I would see Ebola
being punished, and his wife doing what she has been told to do.
All of that power all of that wealth
wasted.
So that is the end of this surah, which is relatively brief.
How tired are you? We can take? You want me to go to the next one?
Or do you want to postpone that? Because we took a
long time with the introduction, it is entirely up to
our audience, what you want to do is next Surah that I was going to
start as soon as the queer surah number 81. Should we start that or
should we end here? If you're going to end here, I'm going to
have my buddy here had read the English translation just as a
review, which we should do probably do anyway. So let's read
that and then you can decide if we should start at least the next two
please read.
Cherish the hands of Abu Lahab and perish she never shall his wealth
avail him nor all that he has earned. He saw roast in a flaming
fire and help ash tell his wife, the stealthy carrier of thorny
firewood on her neck shall be a prickly rope of palm fiber.
Dr. Mateen What is your
the law? Are you tired? Should we stop here? I think because people
have work tomorrow and the finished an hour.
I would like to ask you if you can make a synopsis of the next one.
Maybe in 10 minutes a synopsis so that we understand what it is,
then we will work on it by reading this yesterday, as if it's
possible