Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Reflect on the Quran #31 Surah Al Fatiha P2
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Salam alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
Bismillah Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam ala Rasulillah Bala
Allahi wa sahbihi wa Manuela
for busy dunya Halima Allah whom after my Samia beluga alumina
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we praise and we glorify Allah subhanaw taala has he deserves and
we send peace and blessings on his Noble Messenger, the Seal of
Prophethood our beloved prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, his noble family and descendants and his companions.
And we pray that Allah subhanaw taala bless our meeting with his
acceptance, and making it a means of opening our hearts to his
remembrance, and to make the opening of his Kitab al Fatiha
an opening to our hearts, to His words,
to his Kalam and to his orders and to his prohibitions, and that
Allah subhanaw taala increased us in useful knowledge, which is
knowledge that helps us to come closer to Allah subhanaw taala
I mean,
so, we covered last week, the
introduction to the opening chapter al Fatiha
and today we are going to actually start with Al Fatiha.
No, that's wild guests, but incorrect.
So, I'm not going to tell you but if you remember, last month, and
we have made guards over the Hellfire 19 And we've made the
number as a trial for the people remember, and as a strength for
the believers and reassurance for the people of the book. But you
know, they said why 19
So you can go back on your notes and see where it is.
Yes,
there's like a locker.
So there are 19 Zabadani, Allah smart Allah has made
nothing to do with COVID-19. That's also 19. Now, do you know
how many alphabets there are in Bismillah?
Yes, I'm asking you 19.
So, the scholars have said that each letter of Bismillah becomes a
shield against the 19th urbania. So, this is your protection
against Jana. So, there are scholars who have numerically
looked at many things and you know in our ethical if I had given some
our people in Attica hint about that within embedded within
the surah.
In Nansel now, who feel a little cover, there is a hint that it is
the 27th night and I said please ask me and nobody asked who I let
it go. But this is also for those who are interested look in there,
there is a hint
of the
27th. So people will look at the numerical analysis. And maybe we
can talk about it another time.
Also, that every letter of Bismillah
is the opening to one of the names of attributes of Allah subhanaw
taala for example, bat for the seer scene for Samir mean for
Malik. I live for Allah Lam for Latif her for hottie RA for Raza
Cora Zack ha for Helene, and noon for Nora. You say Bismillah AR
Rahman AR Rahim. Each of those alphabets opens into a whole world
of the names of Allah subhana wa.
Now, when we decide Bismillah R Rahman Rahim, as we mentioned last
time, some some people that are both ways, it can be decided loud
or it can be decided silently. And there are two ways if it's recited
loudly
Bismillah AR Rahman AR Rahim stop Al hamdu lillahi rabbil aalameen
That's one way that is reported from Rasulullah sallallaahu Salam,
our mother almost Selim, I believe, reported this hadith.
There is other narrations that when it is recited without
stopping it
there is agreement on this also. Then it is recited as Bismillah AR
Rahman AR Rahim Al Hamdulillah. So it becomes a casserole. So those
are some of the modes of recitation of this Bismillah.
So after this after the business comes a law, which is the greatest
and most comprehensive of all the names of Allah that He has
identified himself with, because that is the Possessor of all the
other attributes. And in the Arabic language, many of them have
plurals and duels. Allah has no dual and no plural.
So it is the proper name. You know when you say Allah, it's not like
God because you can have different gods Allah very clear, Allah is
the proper name of the true self existent Creator, who has all the
divine attributes the Lord the rub, the one and only God, the One
Only who should be worshipped.
So,
the majority opinion is that it is a unique designation of the divine
essence the data of Allah Subhana Allah since we have no clue of the
data of Allah subhanaw taala, this name Allah subhanaw taala, this
name
encompasses that that of Allah subhanaw taala gives you
who he is that this is a proper name that it is not derived, you
know in Arabic language, their words are derived from other root.
Most of the roots can be three or four or even five. But again,
there are differences of opinion.
There are some scholars that have said that perhaps it is derived
from Illa and olive lamb or added to exalted Allah, because Allah
uses the word Allah in the Quran means the one who is worshipped
Allah Allah, Allah, though one
Some have said that it is derived from what is called La or wala,
which means the one who bewilders
wildly bewilders means when you think about him, you are just
bewildered, you cannot comprehend.
So that's the name Hola.
In my personal opinion, for whatever it's worth, I think it's
not derived from anything. Because
all the languages came after Allah always existed. And he was always
Allah. So that name didn't have to be derived from some language that
he created.
Then comes the next name, which is our ramen.
Again, this is another specific name that exclusively belongs to
Allah subhanaw taala.
And it has another unique thing that the name Allah has that are
Rockman does not have a dual and does not have a plural.
Rahim has dual and plural Rockman does not have.
So
man, the way it's structured it is sort of in what we would call the
intensive form in Arabic or several mobile.
That it's then all encompassing, it's it's a general meaning around
man which encompasses all aspects of mercy, of Rama, of loving mercy
of merciful love or compassion, whatever you want to call all of
those,
to the extent that no one else possesses it,
and the prophets are nihilism tells us that Allah subhanaw taala
sir Rama of Rahman is, he gave us an example is 100 parts and all
the Rama that you see anywhere
in the human beings in the animal kingdom, anywhere you see any Rama
is one out of those 100 parts that Allah has given to his creation
and he has kept 99 parts a portion of that Rama for himself to be
used on the day of judgment and that's to give us hope, of His
mercy and His forgiveness.
So, this rock the word rock man, the name rock man has a wide
meaning and a general impact means that his as a rock man is merciful
love covers everything every possible thing, including
disbelievers
because Allah is merciful, He provides for them.
He sends message
Just to them, he feeds them, he lets them prosper in the dunya. So
Allah subhanaw taala is Rockman for his entire creation.
So just like the word the name Allah
scholar said that this is again part of his that of his essence of
his being. And Allah subhanaw taala uses the names
interchangeably he says, well yeah the Allah, a widow or rock man,
say oh Muhammad sallallahu alayhi salam invoke with Allah whether
you invoke Allah with or rock man or you invoke or rock man,
I am
a murderer, the fella who a smell has now whichever of those you
use, it is his name. Okay To Him belongs the boss, the best names.
So, when we think of the word Rama and remember that this mercy This
is such an overwhelming Mercy of Allah subhanaw taala that it is
for all creation. Even those who reject even the atheists, even the
rejects the sinners, everyone is covered by this mercy.
Some others have said that perhaps Ramadan is also derived from Rama,
which is mercy.
Now,
when the Prophet sallallaahu Salam first introduced this name to the
to the kuffaar of Maccha, because it's among the early revelation.
He started with Bismillah Rahmani Raheem. They recognized Allah,
what did they say? Who is this Rahman
including, if you remember that letter, that agreement of who they
BIA where Allah Allah, Allah was instructed by the Prophet
salallahu Alaihe Salam that this is agreement between Muhammad ibn
Abdullah and starting with this Mila Rahmani Raheem, what did the
Kurdish representative say to that? We know Allah, we don't know
this, it is this.
And also, when he said this, some of them ridicule the Prophet
sallallahu sallam, because you know, there was a false prophet at
the time in Yemen, man by the name of Musa al Qaeda, the liar as his,
that's his title, because he used to call himself a Rahman of
Yamama.
And that's why it's called the liar because no one can be around.
Now, the other name that Allah subhanaw taala uses here is Rahim,
which is a more general name, but it has a specific meaning and a
particular action. And what is is that this is an exclusive Rama of
Allah subhanaw taala for the believers is not for everybody.
Some have said for the believers on the day of judgment, but others
have said no, for believers in the dunya and on the Day of Judgment,
so the disbelievers get only what comes as Allah being Ramadan, but
the believers get that general Rama of Ramadan, but they get the
specific intimate Rama of Rahim, such as their protection, their
guidance, the kindness that Allah shows them in the dunya and the
Accra and this is especially for believers.
Allah subhanaw taala says,
Who will LADEE you suddenly aleikum wa Mala Ekata who they
your courage lay your Khadija calm? Minalima Mattila knew what
cannot build me Nina Rahim. Then he is for the believers, Rahim.
This word Rahim can be used for other than Allah subhanaw taala it
can be a name that you give to your child. But you cannot give
the name man to anyone because this is an exclusive name.
And, you know, we have to be very careful with that because it is
forbidden to use that by itself. Abdurrahman
is the best of names.
Allah subhanaw taala give this title of Rahim to our beloved
prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi salam also, Allah Subhan Allah
says in the Quran, la Khadija kumara su Ming and fusuma
Azizullah Hi Lee man. I need to hurry Sonali. Come Bill menina are
all for Rahim. Indeed there has come a profit from
amongst yourself and it is very difficult for him to see you
suffer.
When you have hardship and difficulty, it's hard for him to
bear that for the believers or owls.
and Rahim, full of mercy and love.
So it is said and remember this that it is by Rahim that you reach
a rock man.
What does that mean?
That if you take a Rahim as Allah, it is that special blessing that
Rahim has on believers that He guides you to reach a man.
If you take Rahim as the name of Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam
again, it is true Rahim. In other words by obeying, and following
the teachings and footsteps of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam,
you will reach a rock man which is our goal, which is unless Rana
Tala.
So this is in short, the Bismillah.
Now, we'll start with Al hamdu, Lillahi Rabbil Alameen. The word
unhemmed is a statement of gratitude.
Gratitude, it's a statement that Allah subhanaw taala directed
towards himself, he taught us that you want to show gratitude and you
want to thank me, say Alhamdulillah that's how you
should do it. So Allah taught us that you want to praise to glorify
to thank me on your own, this is you say Alhamdulillah so it's a
very, very special statement of, of, it should be volitional is not
a commandment that you you know, you feel from your own that you
want to thank a muscle and so, there is there are some
differences between sugar and Hamd. Sugar is also thankfulness.
But generally the word sugar is used when somebody does a favor to
you. So you do chakra you show gratitude. Now, Hamed is done for
a favor, but it can also be done without any favor. Just because of
who Allah subhanaw taala is, if you look at his magnificence, you
look at his greatness you look at the quality of his attributes, His
names and everything else, without perceiving even if you ignore that
he's done any favor, you say Alhamdulillah. But then if you
really go into it, you look at and analyze all the favors of Allah
subhanaw taala some that are obvious to you and many that are
not obvious. So we are never in a state where we are not covered by
the favors of Allah swans that we are not overwhelmed by His favors,
because there are things going on inside the body for which Hamed is
due. There was a famous from Allah subhanaw taala. But we are not
even aware of them. My kidney is working, I wasn't thinking about
it.
So,
sugar is in response to the favor hummed is both in response to a
favor and also spontaneously as a vicar as an expression of love of
gratitude of glorification. And it should be whenever you hear the
name of Allah in the Name of Allah, immediately the heart
should
propel itself into a state of hand. That feeling the first
feeling that shouldn't be aroused in the heart of the believer on
the mention of his name and his infinite grace, out of gratitude,
out of reverence out of love should be Alhamdulillah.
And Allah subhanaw taala is recorded in the Quran, hand on
hand from all the people from New Orleans and from Ibrahim Melissa
and from Tao Dallas or from Solomon Ali Salam. And he ordered
the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam we say, well Khalil hamdulillah
Hila de la Miyatake wallaga
and say Alhamdulillah to the one who did not take a son.
Every time you say I'll hand it's also not only Allah is pleased
with it, because Allah is very pleased with it. But it is
recorded for you as a Hassan as a good deed.
Allah subhanaw taala says Wahoo Allahu La ilaha illa who lol
Hammond Phil Gula Well, Accra hula hula hook Mu y la hitori Jarrell
Wahoo Allah and He is Allah La ilaha illa who there is no deity
no one worthy of worship except him.
La hula hemmed To Him belongs all praise all hand Phil Hola. Hola
Hola. And the beginning.
The first which means the world will Accra which means in the
hereafter and To Him belongs the whole hokhmah all decisions all
commands belong to Him and to Him you will be returned
and Allah subhanaw taala says
is that this hamlet does not end in this dunya he says this hunt
will be in the alpha and the people of Jannah Allah subhanaw
taala says, Thou whom fee has Subhana Allah Houma with the
higher to whom fee has Allah what a hero Tao whom Anil hamdulillahi
rabbil Alameen that in paradise, their call of the dwellers of
Paradise will be Subhana Allah subhana ik glory be to you or
Allah. And they're great greetings that Hyatt will be a salon and
acro Dhawan and the closing prayer will be Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil
Alameen. So, these are words that will continue into the Accra into
Jana. So, in general hamd is a more general term when it is done.
It is with a favor and even otherwise, when no favor is
perceived, even though we are always as I said, under His
favors, and hand is done by the tongue by saying it and it is felt
in the heart. Whereas the shocker another differences. Shaka is more
general with respect to how it is done. You we do sugar by the
tongue, we thank people, we do sugar by the limbs, for example,
using the limbs properly, that's the sugar that's not harmed.
Similarly with the heart by recognizing that sugar, and for
the bounties, you know, we have a bounty of water. So we use it
properly. That's a shocker. And after we finished for the bounty,
we thank him by saying Alhamdulillah.
So unhemmed includes all manners of praise that are specified to
Allah subhanaw taala, we don't generally use this word for anyone
other than for Allah subhanaw taala.
It's a beautiful statement very concise, but very comprehensive,
because it includes praise, and thanks for Allah subhanaw taala
due to his greatness, his unity is that he this perfection is
beautiful names and attributes, acknowledging all of that, and his
innumerable favors and blessings that no one can count or encompass
except him the file of Alhamdulillah, that number one,
Allah Subhana Allah is pleased when a person eats and says,
Alhamdulillah drink says Al Hamdulillah.
So much so that whenever you have a field from Allah subhanaw taala,
and you say, Alhamdulillah, your Alhamdulillah
is more virtuous than the blessing itself.
Because I had this blessing, which is water,
which I enjoyed, then I said, Alhamdulillah, that water is gone,
this Alhamdulillah is recorded forever. You don't know what that
Alhamdulillah is doing in the hereafter what it's doing in
paradise, what it's building over there. So alhamdulillah is better
and more virtuous than the blessing itself. But the blessing
is virtuous, because it leads you to say Alhamdulillah which is in
the Tofik for that is another favor of Allah subhanaw taala So
some have said that you can never say, Enough Alhamdulillah because
one favor comes, you say Alhamdulillah for the favor.
Now that Alhamdulillah was Tofik from Allah subhanaw taala to say,
so you say Alhamdulillah for this for this Alhamdulillah then that
Alhamdulillah requires another from that Allah And Alhamdulillah
and Allah so it's endless, because the favours of Allah subhanaw
taala are endless. So this is the beauty of Alhamdulillah and
thanking Allah subhanaw taala.
One one person the Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam once said
that a person said
Rob Bella can Handscomb Iam but really Jalali when Sheikh will be
a famous photonic Oh, my Lord,
to you, belongs hand that is befitting your majesty, and the
glory and splendor of your of your majesty. And the angels who record
has an ad
didn't know how to wear this and what kind of reward so the Hadith
says that they went back to Allah subhanaw taala who already knows
what and said, Yeah, Allah, your slave has said something that we
don't know how to record. And Allah SmartHalo already knowing
this, ask them What did they say? They said he said this, Rob Bella,
can him come? I am really Jalali when Jake will be at the mercy of
Allah subhanaw taala says, record it as he has said it.
And on the Day of Judgment, I will reward him for it.
There's a Hadith of the Prophet salallahu alayhi salam, where he
says the heart all purity is
shot through the man is half of Eman. And then he says
Alhamdulillah fills the scales. And he says Subhanallah Al
Hamdulillah fills the space between the heavens in the earth.
In other words, it's so great in reward, that even the space
between the heavens and the earth is not sufficient to contain you
Say Subhan Allah will be handy with this true meaning to impact
your sincerity. The reward of this is greater than what what what we
see around us.
There is another
Hadith that the most excellent of vicar is Lila Hale Allah, and the
most excellent of DA is Alhamdulillah as a DUA,
and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam said that the most excellent
or most beloved statements of Allah to Allah subhanaw taala are
for Subhan Allah, while hamdulillah Allah, Allah, Allah,
Allah, Allah, Allah.
So make the spot of your daily of God, doing a tsp of 100 of those
morning and evening whatever time permits, Subhan Allah Al
Hamdulillah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah Allah, feeling it every time
we say Alhamdulillah we should feel it.
So this is Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen. And you're going to
stop with that. Rob, as you know, is literally means the master the
owner, the one who provides who protects and the word Rob is used
for other than Allah also, for example, Rumble bait in Surah use
of you know from the prison use of Elisa Lam tells the prisoner Go
tell your robber about my situation means your master. So
the word Rob can be used the master of the houses rubble bait,
but when you use a ROB, that is a loss
because He is the Creator, He is the provider, he is the sustainer
he is the Nourisher is the protector he nurtures.
He fulfills all the needs of every one of his creation.
So, when we say or Rob, we know we're talking about Allah subhanaw
taala, who sustains the general needs of creating of granting
provision of guiding people to benefit and keeping them from
harm.
And it also is specific because it as Rob, he gives a specific
sustenance to the faithful in keeping with their faith, which
includes completing and perfecting their acts of worship the hedaya
the guidance to that
repressing their negative inclinations, protecting them from
sinful
temptations,
exposure to things that will leave lead to evil, removing hindrances
and doing good so all of that is part of the robo BIA the rub.
Allah being the rub, that he protects us from evil and
misguidance and he helps us to move along the path of guidance.
And the word Al Amin is plural of alum and alum. The scholars have
said as we were mentioning last time is any thing that possesses
intellect. So the mankind is an island, Jin kind is an Allah
Allah, angels Island Shayateen, the evil Jin alum,
some have said that every race in the human being is an own alum.
And every generation is a non alum, every species is an alum.
And the general
meaning of Alameen which is commonly accepted is that a summer
what the heavens will out the earth will matter by no mind
whatever's in between this is all alum and what it contains, nobody
knows everything is Alameen is the rub of all of that is the creator,
the provider Sustainer everything is there by his command. So the
general understanding of Al Amin is all that is in existence
besides Allah subhanaw taala
so him now Basara the Allahumma says that the Al Amin is the
creation in its entirety, the heavens and the earth, all the
worlds and whosoever is in them, and whatsoever is between them,
and that which is known and unknown.
Allah.
So Allah is the absolute Godhead the law, without partners, an
active ever living authority without a beginning and end for
all of these, the Lord of the Worlds when you say, Rob Bella
Allah mean when you think of this, the word is Alan R, and he is the
one whose it engenders in you, all for Allah subhanaw taala or, and
fear.
So Allah subhanaw taala deserves to be praised simply because He is
Allah, due to his perfection, His names and attributes, His
nurturing and sustaining. That's why we say Alhamdulillah he or
Bella al Amin, and the blessings He has granted us for the
governance of our affairs and the affairs of the entire creation.
Therefore, it should give us all and reverence for him.
And through this, we also learn that Allah is distinct from his
creation, because everything other than him is his creation.
And he is outside of space, because space is his creation. So
after this hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen, which generates fear and
all
unless Montel again brings the same two attributes.
All right, man.
So he follows that again, because just in case the poor believers
and so much oil and fear, they're feeling
uncomfortable and scared to reassure them and to comfort them,
and to increase them and that desire for him. That he's, he's
right. He is Rabbil Alameen. But he's right man. And
there's a Hadith of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam, and I'm
going to end today's session with this.
The Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam said if the believers now listen
carefully, if the believers know the punishment of Allah, Maliki
Ahmed Deen rumble al Amin, Jabbar. kahar Moontak him Aziz mal Mateen.
What kind of punishment that would be when the if the believers know
the punishment of Allah, no one would have hoped for his Jana
there would be so scared.
Then he says, and if the unbelievers knew of the Mercy of
Allah, no one would despair or lose hope in gaining his Jana
the believers would be scared because of this, how can I get to
Jana? But knowing His mercy, even the disbelievers would have hope
in his gender.
So Allah subhanaw taala leaves us with that after talking about his
might are
the most commonly used names and attributes of Allah besides Allah
in the Quran, over and over again. So, we are going to end with that
today. And then we will start with the next idea Maliki or Medina
inshallah Bismillah next Wednesday. So, we hope that the
session has been somewhat useful. This is something that we should
reflect on each word, sit and reflect on how I have understood
these words. And also feel the impact of that. When you recite it
in your Fatiha 17 times a day. Recite the fact that has slowly
feeling that feeling the words feeling the fatter and if we feel
the Fatiha Allah Samantha will open our hearts to everything else
to all goodness. So may Allah smart Allah accept this and
inshallah we will end the session Subhanak Allahumma behenic Masha
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