Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Reflect on the Quran #53 Surah Al Abasa P1
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The transcript describes the Surah of Islam, including common themes like the belief that Islam is a sin and the responsibility given to individuals to act according to the Prophet's guidance. The responsibility is given to individuals, including guidance of all humanity, guidance of all humanity, and guidance of all humanity. The history behind Islam is discussed, including the use of the Prophet's name for deeds and the importance of speaking up when facing challenges. The message is not a war, but rather a war against the enemy. The Prophet Alaihi Alaihi Alaihi is the only person who would call for the unsney of "hello" and the Sears of Medina. The Prophet is the only person who would call for the unsney of "hello" and the Sears of Medina.
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Sit down with equal Marsh Matala here Barakatuh Bismillah
Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam ala Rasulillah Allah Allah He was
savvy woman with
a llama Zinnia Halima
your Allah open the hearing channels of our hearts and
increase us in useful knowledge, knowledge which grants us greater
recognition of you, brings us closer to you and provides a means
of success in this life and in the hereafter. I mean, we send peace
and blessings on our beloved, the most noble of Allah's creation of
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa Salam is Beit is Sahaba and his
descendants and companions
in the best way that Allah grants his blessings.
We beseech Allah subhanaw taala to grant him that
and to grant him the best of what He has granted to any messenger on
behalf of his Oma. I mean,
we're going to talk about Rasulullah sallallahu. He was
salam today, because we have chosen the 80th chapter
surah of the Quran, which is Surah Abba.
And as you know, Abba comes from oboes which means to frown, just
show a little displeasure, not by words, not by any thing other than
the slightest crease of the forehead, which is Abba. And in
this form, that is presented in the Arabic language, it means in
the third person masculine singular, he frowned. This is the
title of our Surah today,
some other names have been given to the surah
some have called it a saw half, which is comes later in the Surah
which means the piercing cry, and it has also been called a
sufferer.
The scribes the angels who write in this is another word that comes
later in the Surah.
So as we've been covering the early makin period, this is
another Surah from the early McCain period.
And many of you might know the background of this.
And the surah starts with somewhat of a rebuke of reprimand from
Allah subhanaw taala
to our Surah masala values.
Actually, this is a Surah that honors Rasul allah sallallahu
alayhi salam, if we look at it properly, and it highlights his
status with Allah subhanaw taala.
It highlights his status, in that Allah subhanaw taala has elevated
him above all other of his creation. And when you are given
that status,
with that, comes certain expectations, certain standards
that Allah expects from the best of creation. So any action which
is not the best, Allah subhanaw taala may take him to task for
that. So, we will look at that. And in this surah Allah subhanaw
taala has also honored the Sahaba of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
salam, particularly one who was blind by the name of say the now
habit Allah ibn Al Maktoum.
So, this surah starts the first part of it the first denials are
so, they are directly related to an incident that occurred in the
early McCunn period, the incident of Abdullah Ibni only Maktoum and
we will talk about that in a few minutes. The next portion of the
of the Surah, from ir 11 to 16. Talks about the grandiose the
status, the glory of the Quran, the revelation and the angels who,
who got it to carry it to who's crow who write it, and who who
bring it. And then the the surah talks about in general
The ingratitude of humanity. And this is the verses between 17 and
22. Allah swamp Allah gives a blanket sort of condemnation of
humanity in general of how ungrateful they're
and then on the next portion, it enjoins and that you recall the
bounties of Allah Subhana Allah how He created you how he is
things so it talks about the Rubia of Allah subhanaw taala to hate,
and the last part has to do with with the hereafter. Allah subhanaw
taala mentions the disparate ends of the two groups of people, the
believers and the disbelievers.
This surah has a lot of common themes and it's a continuity of
the surah that comes before it which is 79 which is a Nazjatar,
which we haven't covered, but when we cover it, we will look at the
links of the two sewers.
Before we we go into depth in this surah I'd like to to remind myself
and you about the status of Rasulullah sallallahu sunnah.
It's universally agreed that Allah subhanaw taala has protected the
Gambia and particularly Rasulullah sallallahu, whenever salam
from any sin, they are Massoud, they are sinless.
They do not commit sin, Allah has purified their hearts, their
actions and all of that. So we should never
think about when we hear about something Allah Subhana Allah,
saying something to Musa alayhis salam, or to universalis or to any
of the Gambia, that it is a sin that they committed.
What it means is Allah if Allah subhanaw taala is showing
displeasure with some of their action. It is that Allah subhanaw
taala wants them to be at that standard. So he calls them to task
for the slightest thing.
So if we remember, but
the higher the rank,
the higher the rank and status,
the greater the expectations, and this is the same in the dunya.
When you elevate somebody in a company or in a country, then you
have greater expectations and responsibilities. So imagine, what
is the expectation Allah subhanaw taala has, and he holds the
Prophet sallallahu Sallam accountable for as being the best
of creation, that none of his actions unless they are at the
level of sun, the best of all alternatives,
is approved by Allah so
that you could possibly be called to task or rebuked for those.
Now, going back to the status of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
salam, what was the responsibility given to him, the responsibility
that was given to the best of creation was the guidance of
entire humanity
till the Day of Judgment, because he was told he is cotterman, Nabi
Yin, the last of the prophets and messengers, that there is no other
prophet to come. There is no other message to come, there is no other
divine religion that will come. Therefore, the Prophet salallahu
Alaihe Salam had the task of conveying this message, and
preparing people in such a way that after him this message would
continue till the Day of Judgment, even though no other prophets
would come.
Look at the burden of this responsibility. He was carrying
the work the world on his shoulders,
the responsibility of guidance of all of humanity, we have 7 billion
people just living today. Think of all the people who have lived in
the last 1400 years think of all the people who will come to the
Day of Judgment, the guidance of all of that was put on the
shoulders of our Sora masala virus.
And with this in mind disfigured constantly he worked and you work
nonstop to achieve those ends, and to secure that Islam would be
preserved and be presented for every generation to come to the
day of judgment. And yet he was given only 23 years to fulfill
this responsibility when we compare to previous verse
Soldiers some 400 years, 60 years, 950 years 23 years to ensure that
this message remains pure and clear for all of mankind.
That's why Allah subhanaw taala in the Quran has addressed the
Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam in very intimate ways. He does not
call him anywhere in the Quran, yar Mohammed Salah Lagasse.
He says, Yeah,
he says, ya know, Allah Subhana Allah says in the Quran, yeah,
Ibrahim ja Musa. Yah, Isa yah, yah, yah, yah Zakariya, all of
them. He addresses by their names. Not once does he address him by
his name, but he says by his locker we said Yeah, even Nabi
Johan Rasul Yeah, evil Muslim mil, yeah, you will move that in such
ways which show greater intimacy, or you who are covered up all my
prophet or the messenger. This is a way of showing respect, just
like we don't call our parents by their names. So Allah subhanaw
taala has shown in his own divine way, the etiquette for us. So, we
should remember that Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam is
sinless. And if he is rebuked by Allah subhanaw taala, there is a
reason
and we don't take that as his having committed a sin
or even call it a mistake.
All we can say is Allah subhanaw taala expected something even
better from
so
we should not go to those extremes of saying Oh, he did this.
And on the other hand, we don't go to the other extremes of saying
raising him to the level of divinity because he is habit over
syndrome.
Similarly, there are people who don't want to recite Surah Abba,
they said we shouldn't recite this why? Or because there is a rebuke
to Rasul Allah. So this is the Quran.
If you look at it properly, it is an honor
for a surah loss of lies. Now in those early McCann days, people
used to call including some of the early Muslims Sahaba used to call
him young Mohamed
Salah Lila said, because Allah subhanaw taala had not taught them
the other which came in Medina of how to talk to Rasulullah
sallallahu sallam, they used to raise their voice in front of him.
They used to talk to him like they talk to anyone else. And
frequently you would hear if you read it will say yeah, Muhammad,
because this is how Abdullah Al Maktoum came to the province in
Colombo and listen He said, Yeah, Muhammad Ali, eliminate teach me
what Allah has taught you.
It is only in Medina that Allah subhanaw taala teaches the
etiquette to the Sahaba of how to even talk to Rasulullah sallallahu
sallam, Allah subhanaw taala teaches us the etiquette how to
talk to our parents. If you remember Allah smart Allah says,
and don't say to them, if they don't even show impatience, and
everything greater than that. This is how to talk to the parents and
Allah subhanaw taala says about Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam Surah
who jurati says
yeah, you will Adina Ave Latifah who are swatter can focus out in
Nabhi
or you who have attained to fate.
Don't raise your voice.
above what the Prophet is saying.
Speak softly
Wallah, touch her ruler who will call Nikka Jerry balcom, Liban.
And don't address him. Don't speak to him. The way you speak to each
other
is special. Otherwise, what will happen and better Malcolm into
latesh
Just by doing that, raising your voice talking to him without the
proper other, all your deeds would be voided. Nothing left and you
wouldn't even know what I did. All you did was disrespect.
In your speech, the prophet somebody's not obviously for us,
because we are not in his noble presence. We didn't have that
privilege. When we give our opinions about what Rasulullah
sallallahu some say. Somebody says this is what the Hadith says no,
but there is no but this is raising your
Voice above the voice of Rasul Allah supplies, all deeds will be
voided.
When Allah says something so man Altana what Allah so Allah Allah
Allah Allah Islam says anything so Nana Otto and I hear and I, I
listen and I obey. I don't argue I don't give my opinion on top of
that.
I don't say batch.
So this is the etiquette that we have with Rasulullah sallallahu.
So I want you to make this point before we start. Now we come to
the story of this incident. As you know, we talked about the
responsibility the Prophet salallahu Alaihe. Salam had and he
is constantly thinking how can I make this Deen prevail?
So what would you think of today, we think you know if we can get
the important people, the leaders to come into Islam, everybody else
would fall. And this has been the example.
In the past, when a ruler accepted a fate, all of his nation would
accept the fate. Sort of scoreless and Allah and Islam is thinking
how to promote this Dean in those days in the early days of Makkah,
where there is only a handful.
So he gets an opportunity which he didn't frequent. To have an
audience with some of the leaders of Makkah, the leaders of Quraysh,
the important people, the decision makers, the people who everyone
looked up to.
And he figured, if I can convince them to accept Islam,
if I can make them support Islam,
the work will be done. And there will be a great boost to this
Dawa. And that's logical thinking. He's doing the right thing. Okay.
So he is busy. And for some reason, on this occasion, even
though in the past, they have ridiculed Him, they have, you
know, made jokes and so on. So, a few of them. We don't have the
names of all of them. Some have been mentioned, but I we don't
have confirmation so we limited that, that they give him time of
day fewer. They're sitting there listening to him. So this golden
opportunity to assume la sallallahu alayhi salam is trying
to present the message of Islam to convince these leaders in who
better than Rasulullah sallallahu listen present the message of
Islam. So he is talking to them.
And this blind Sahabi by the name of Abdullah ibn Al Maktoum comes
along. This is probably happening in the neighborhood of of the
Haram and he cannot see what is going on. Because he's blind. He
hears Rasul Allah salAllahu Salam. Now he has already accepted Islam.
He is one of the early Muslim one of the earliest Muslims, and he
hears Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam talking
and it must have gotten him really excited. Oh Rasul Allah salAllahu
Alaihe Salam is here. So wherever he was going, he rushes to where
he hears Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam, and he asked him he
says, I eliminate teach me or is any guide me, teach me what Allah
has taught you? So he's so eager to learn? Because he's a new
Muslim, he is a Muslim.
Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam is busy, this Sahabi cannot see who
he is busy with.
So Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam looks at him.
And he is slightly annoyed that he's interrupting me in my Dawa to
these important people who are finally listening to me.
Rasul Allah Salah sallallahu alayhi salam does not tell him be
quiet.
Also Allah salAllahu Alaihe Salam did not tell him. I will talk to
you later come back later. Rasool Allah salAllahu Alaihe Salam is
slightly annoyed inside that he is being interrupted because he kept
going and raising his voice he say, you're also yah, yah Muhammad
Alemany Alamy because he is not hearing a response from rasool
Allah supplies.
So surah Allah salAllahu Alaihe Salam in his displeasure,
just frowns.
Little follow on is and after looking at him, he turns back to
these importantly.
Now, is that the right thing to do?
In a way, yes.
He didn't scold Abdullah Al Maktoum. He just frowned and he
turned his face back towards those people to actions, neither of
which
were
Seen by Abdullah Nima to me he cannot see the frown on his face.
And you cannot see that he's doing this face.
That's all that was done. And he goes on talking to them and this
goes on a little bit.
Allah subhanaw taala from this OSH
comments about these two actions because when he was
showing his displeasure
that you turned away from the blind man when he came rushing to
you, because he was enthusiastic, he wanted to learn that then. And
you kept focusing your undivided attention on these people who you
thought were important but who think themselves as important,
they think they're still gonna they are without need.
And you wanted to purify himself, they will never purify themselves.
Okay? In other words, Allah subhanaw taala is telling him that
you should pay more attention to this one than those important
people. Now, how does Rasulullah sallallahu so know that that they
will not listen? This was his golden opportunity, yet in the
sight of Allah subhanaw taala
he is teaching Rasulullah sallallaahu Salam No,
your job is not to convince them you are just a warner convey this
message. This message is not such that you have to keep take the the
lower position and you're looking up to these people. No, this
message is too honorable you are too honorable to keep turning to
them to keep turning to them. If they don't want to listen, you
have presented the message there is no blame on you.
So
this In brief, is the story behind this. And since the name Allah is
one of the lead did not mention his name. He didn't say that. You
know that. Abdullah Al Maktoum came but our mother so yeah, I
shall the Allah Hannah narrates that this this is our about
Abdullah evening. Makoto.
Just give you a few other things before we go into this about him.
Say you're gonna have to live in a home in Mexico. As we said he was
one of the earliest Muslims to accept the message. He was blind.
He was related to our mother Omona, Hurriya or the hola Juan
Hawa. He was a relative.
And he was the second person to migrate to do Hijra to Medina.
And he taught
or an to the unsought of Medina.
He also was honored to be one of the two more than of Masjid Nabawi
along with SETNA, Bilal Abdullah, Omar moto. These were the two
people who would call the other end for Rasulullah sallallahu.
Not only that, because of his blindness, the Prophet salallahu
Alaihe Salam excused him from all expeditions. In fact, there is
there is some people said that the IRA that is revealed in the Quran
elsewhere, excusing people because of the disability from warfare,
refers to him
yet, so what Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam used to do in Medina
when he was to leave Medina for a reservoir taking all the able
bodied people with him. He would leave Abdullah iminium to as the
governor of Medina.
This was the responsibility that was given to you he was not
satisfied with that he was not content he came to Rasulullah
sallallahu Sallam he said Yara Sula, salallahu Salam, I do not
want to stay back because of my blindness. And then he presented
an argument. He said, Why don't you make me the standard bearer, I
will carry the flag between the two rows of your the cavalry and
infantry and I will carry it with you and I will protect it. And
since I am blind, I cannot run so I cannot run with the flag I will
protect
because of the Quran that was revealed on his behalf in wish
there was a slight reprimand of Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, the
Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam used to honor him after that, that
whenever he came, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam would say
Maha man. Welcome to the one on whose account my lord reprimanded
me. He used to say
welcome to the to him on whose account my lord reprimanded me. In
some narrations he used to stand up in some other times he actually
put his clock down
For Abdullah Ibni Makhdum to sit on
someone else, if they were rebuked because of someone, what would
they have reacted to?
Here? This is Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam ala
so you're gonna Abdullah,
even a human baktun was ultimately martyred in the Battle of Persia
at the time of the falafel so you're gonna have Omar, even a hot
tub. When the Army's Muslim armies under Saddam there we will pass,
fought and finally defeated the Sasanian empire of Persia in that
battle. Besides the Battle of Cardassia Abdullah ibn Al Maktoum
was the standard bearer of the Muslims.
And then last one that I accepted his Shahada. When, after the
battle, they found him in the battlefield, dead clutching the
standard of the Muslims.
So he got
what he wanted what he aspired for.
By describing him as the blind man, Allah subhanaw taala also
honors him by showing that there was an excuse that he couldn't see
what was going on. That's why he kept interrupting and the Prophet
sallallahu sallam was busy.
So,
now, we come to this, as we said, that yes, there is a rebuke of
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam or a reprimand.
But
it is done not because he made a mistake, he was doing the right
thing. It is that there was something better
that he could have done.
It was not to the standards that Allah has expected from him. Yet
the reprimand is done in a very different way. Now normally when
you reprimand somebody,
when you reprimand your child, you say you did this you did this,
when your your your employee or someone you said How dare you do
this, it is done in what we call the second person.
Last one, I thought I did not say to the prophets address this to
actions in the second person. Allah subhanaw taala says Aversa
water well, I Barsa as we said, means frown, what Allah to Allah
means to turn away.
This is done in the third person. So the actual translation of this
says he frowned and turned away.
Allah subhanaw taala honors the prophet by not saying you frown,
and you turned away, okay, this is a lesser gentler rebuke because
it's in the third person not in the second person.
And as we said, this was only perceived by Allah subhanaw taala
Abdullah now remember to did not know the Quraysh didn't who were
there didn't care because for them he was a lowlife. You know, a
blind man who's got no social status, no great nobility, so they
didn't care.
Yet Allah subhanaw taala addresses this.
He says and Jaya who am because they came to him, the blind man
interrupting him.
There are two words used in Arabic for coming Jah and atta
and the scholars have said that generally Jah is used for
something that is that has a huge impact like either Jaya or nostril
like when the help of Allah comes in Islam spread. You know, either
Zulu Zilla till are those ins Allah talking about piano? So,
big, big events are addressed with Jarrah
the coming and atta lesser, Yet Allah smart Allah has mentioned
this small incident with either an angel with Judah means this is
something big.
So May Allah help us to understand his words, to reflect on them to
internalize them and make them part of our character and be for
his pleasure not to show and impress people for His pleasure?
Only when
The class and we strive doing that till Allah subhanaw taala who has
already put Darren who has written for us, calls us back to him and
that he calls us back to him in a state where we are in that state
that He is pleased to be this mean so Chanukah Lama with him the
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