Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Reflect on the Quran #55 Surah Al Abasa P3
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The importance of the Prophet salall associating himself with blind men and not being labels as blind is emphasized. The natural fit of Islam is emphasized, and the importance of positive encouragement for staying alive is emphasized. The use of "back-to-you" and "back-to-you" to encourage people to take control of actions is discussed, as well as the importance of sugar and fruit in the culture of man.
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Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. Bismillah Alhamdulillah
wa Salatu was Salam ala Rasulillah while alihi wa sahbihi wa Manuela
Allahumma Zinnia Halima Allah mufti, my Samia alumina, the
Crick, your Allah, open the hearing channels of our hearts, to
your remembrance to your words, help us to understand them as you
meant them to be, help us to understand them. In light of how
the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam, explain them and how the
Sahaba understood them, and make them
a guiding light for our lives so that we implement them in our
lives, we actualize the teachings of the Quran, not just for
learning what it says. So, we will continue inshallah with Surah
Hubba, which is surah number 80. And we said this is one of the
early makin Surahs which starts with a particular incident, as we
said, of a blind man, Abdullah adenoma Maktoum, who came to the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam while he was giving Dawa, to the
elite leaders of Quraysh and the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam,
looking for the spread of Islam was focusing more on them. So he
frowned. And he turned away because he was a little irritated
that this man was interrupting him at this important time. And of
course, as you know, that frown, and that turning away, was not
seen by Abdullah Adnan macdon Because he was blind. So it wasn't
like the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam insulted him, because he
couldn't see, Yet Allah on the harsh. Notice the frown a little
Pharaoh, and the fact that the Prophet sallallaahu Salam turned
away from him. And immediately in a gentle reprimand to the Prophet
salallahu Alaihe Salam, he said that you turn away from this man,
and you turn your focus to these elite people of position of, of
wealth and status. And you don't know
that perhaps this man could be purified, who is nobody in
society, he is a blind man. And you are focusing on those who
think they are everything instead of Allah, who think that they are
not in need of anything.
Yet, out of
honoring the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam, this reprimand
doesn't come as you know, you frowned and you turned away, it
comes in the third person, he frowned. Abasa water Wallah, and
he turned away. So it's a gentler way of saying, How dare you do
they don't say? He said, That man turned away. But then Allah smart
Allah goes on in the next I have to say, How did you know that what
was going to happen? In other words, finds an excuse for the
Prophet sallallahu. So we start with that. And I didn't mention
that this. These ideas are a proof of the fact that the entire Quran
is a divine word. Because if it was the Prophet sallallahu Lisara
himself, what is the first thing he would do? He wouldn't be
reprimanding himself. He wouldn't be saying that, Oh, I made a
mistake or he made a mistake. So and if the Prophet salallahu
alayhi salam was going to hide any ayat of the Quran, he would have
hidden this idea that my Lord is reprimanding me. So it tells us
that the Prophet sallallaahu listen had no authority
to ignore anything. And not to say it out, even though it was a
reprimand in a way to him. Okay. Now also to understand that
reprimand is because he wasn't doing anything really wrong. He
was doing his best for this day. Yet, Allah subhanaw taala expects
from the best of creation, the best of action and Allah in His
infinite knowledge, Allah subhanaw taala would have liked the Prophet
sallallaahu wisdom to focus on the blind man rather than on the
leaders.
So the condemnation is not of Rasulullah sallallahu so it's a
condemnation of these people, that these people are bad, and it's not
your responsibility. There is no blame on you. If they don't,
listen, if they don't convert. Don't lower yourself. Don't lower
don't kill yourself as extra last month, Allah says in surah can
have Will you kill yourself? Or because they don't listen. Don't
lower the Quran for them. Let them come up with
So Allah subhanaw taala is actually condemning and the the
Quraysh who were rejecting the message, and here Allah subhanaw
taala is telling us what is the value of a believer compared to a
disbeliever value in the sight of Allah subhanaw taala is not based
on social status it is not based on positions and possessions, but
it is based on belief and actions on sincerity on authenticity.
And Allah subhanaw taala elevates the message in the next few is
talking about this is an it's so fun Makara marfo wachten
mocha Malta hora, we aid in Bella Kiran Kurama in Barra we are in
Sephora, that this is a message that's elevated that's honored
with the honored angels This is not something that you just throw
at somebody okay? If he doesn't want and that's also tells us how
we should treat the Quran and pages of the Quran or anywhere
where the where the name of Allah and Iots are written that they're
not to be scattered around okay exam is over we live it anyway.
They have to be properly taken care of.
Then Allah subhanaw taala says that this is it does Kira
in in this is it that Cara what is the third Kira is a reminder and
we said the reminder only means that you already know about this,
because you might say the Quraysh didn't know. But we mentioned last
time that this is a reminder because our role our Arwa have
already been given this message in in the in the realm of the souls
at the time of anomalies Salam and Allah subhanaw taala took all the
souls together from the side from this the back of Adam Mala salaam
itself, Allah stomata become, Am I not your Lord and we said all over
lush Edna so that reminded what's already there, the natural fitrah
of knowing the template of Allah is already there when we are born.
So therefore it's a reminder we already know and it is the most
the strongest form of reminder that once with this reminder comes
it will benefit those in whose hearts that there is still some
light of that natural fitrah of the template of Allah Subhana
Allah but not it will not benefit those who like the the example
here of the arrogant Koresh elite, the leaders.
Allah subhanaw taala. Then last time we mentioned Allah subhanaw
taala say, put Hillel in Sanu. Mac Farah, that man is cursed. He's
destroyed. This is Allah subhanaw taala because of this attitude
takes a very negative, you know, scolding attitude saying, Matt
Farah, this is actually man of the Agile that's what they say. But
it's saying like a surprise. It's amazing. That man is so arrogant.
And the other man is the man of a stiff hammer question. What is the
reason that he is so arrogant? Okay, man.
So what is the reason of this arrogance and rejection? Allah
Subhan Allah has mentioned it earlier, is still gonna, he thinks
he is free of all need. He has a false sense of self sufficiency.
And therefore he feels arrogant, that I don't need anybody's laws.
I don't need anybody's help. I am in charge. And this is the
prototype of this as mentioned in the Surah, before and as the
outfit down. And in this sutra, the prototype is the leaders of
the Koresh.
So after because of this arrogance, Allah subhanaw taala
then brings down the arrogant human being by a reminder of the
reality of the human being, what are you he says, from what were
you created? What was your origin? Allah subhanaw taala tells us, you
your origin was a base dirty fluid that you wash off clothes, and
your end is a stinking corpse that's going to write and it will
go back into dirt from which you will wash your hands again. And in
between that birth and that death. What are you you're just a
container of excrement. You're carrying nothing but foul, putrid
stuff. So why are you so bad? It's almost wanton brings down this
arrogant person. This is your reality.
Now, interestingly, after in when Allah subhanaw taala talks about
this origin, he's, as we mentioned last time, he said, some miss
Thumma sebelah Yes, Sara sama Amata. Who for akubra he says,
from that conception, it says sama Sabina Yes, Sarah, that we made
your path easy. And as we said the majority of commentators I said
this is talking about the birth
This big child comes out through such a narrow passage. Allah made
it easy. Okay, we mentioned that, then Allah Now the interesting
thing is Allah talks about birth. He says, Some thrombus Avila Yes,
Sarah, then he says, some matter who, then you die, immediately
after birth, Allah mentions death.
To hear there is an Ashara, there is an indication that between
birth and death is a very short time.
It's a very, very short time. So be careful and take good care of
that time.
If you remember when we are born, then is given in the right year.
And your karma is given in the left year
reminding each one of us at birth, that the karma has already been
called for the salah for which there will not be another than in
your karma. What Salah is that
Janessa there is no other one
that's already been caught.
Another reminder, how much time is left after a comma, but the salah
starts very quickly.
So these are mentioned also they are mentioned together because
there is a lot of similarities between birth and death.
What are those? If you think about?
We don't know who delivered us.
We know my information, but we don't know. Okay, this is given to
us.
And we don't know who buried us.
We don't know who gave us a cleansing bath when we were born.
And we don't know who gave us a cleansing bath
was sort of the Janessa
we don't know who received us and wrapped us up in the receiving
blankets.
And we don't know who wrapped us us wrapped us up in the sending
blankets, which is our government.
We don't know who was happy at birth
and who was sad and we don't know who is happy and who's sad at our
death. So life is so short this is just an indication that we should
look
at a coma for me has already been caught.
And then Allah subhanaw taala says sama is a share inshallah. After
acapella after making you putting you in the grave. Sama, then
either Asha insurer, this either is for certainty, it's not Insha
Allah, if Allah wants, he will bring you back. It's saying yes,
when he wants he will bring you back. And that in this era, there
is also the immediacy, the immediacy, that it's not going to
be a gradual growth, you're going to come back as an adult. Okay,
and you're not going to be
growing and maturing, like the first creation. And then Allah
subhanaw taala says Kela Lama yup Dima Amara and we said about this
lemma Allah subhanaw taala says, nay,
mankind has not fulfilled the responsibility that was given to
him.
But using the word llama as opposed to lamb leaves, open the
possibility that person may come so you might translate that is
that man has not yet fulfilled what he was ordered to do. In
other words, after all of this time, man still hasn't. But there
is still time there is still hope. But if Allah subhanaw taala said,
Love means is done.
So this is a last month Allah is still giving us a chance that we
wake up. So after this stern reminder.
Allah subhanaw taala
tell tells us that we don't have any control of anything. Now he
reminds us to a different strategy strategy of positive
encouragement, Allah subhanaw taala reminds us of His blessings,
so that out of gratitude, we should come into Islam we should
recognize a Muslim. How is that Allah subhanaw taala then says,
Well, young girl insane Illa Illa per army, fine young rural in sun
Illa army. Then let men look what Nadira means to stare intently
look at the food and carefully consider and reflect upon it.
On his
Food. Like when you have some food? Where did this come from?
Look at just oh, this is an orange, this is an apple. What are
the processes that went
into this apple? Where did the water come from? What was the
soil? What was the seed? How did it grow? How long did it grow?
Who? How did it get saved from diseases? How did it come to
becoming right? Who plucked it, who sent it, that it came to you?
All of this Allah subhanaw taala did for you it is part of your
risk. The word time, as you said Allah subhanaw taala says that man
look at his Bom Bom is used for human beings, the food of human
beings, whereas a girl is used for gender food, which could be animal
food also. So Allah subhanaw taala saying, reflect on your food, your
food, how it came, who provided it, and it should give you energy
because that's what you need to survive energy to Cobain.
And your first food, you know what your first food was? What was the
means of your first food.
It's called the umbilical cord. It wasn't coming as fruits and it
wasn't the milk of your mother. But it was the umbilical cord
which gets thrown away.
But now we are finding multiple benefits in the umbilical cord
with so called what? Stem cells stem cells. There's so much in
here that we don't even know about that that can reproduce a whole
human being out.
So Allah Samantha lesson think, then Allah Swatara Himself tells
us what is the process of this food that you have in your plate,
and we should when we say Bismillah Rahmani Raheem, before
we eat, should look at the food and reflect for a moment. Yeah
Allah From where have you prepared? This is not my wife or
my husband or my cook who prepared it. Allah prepared it for you and
sent it to you from whatever it took the complex means if
sometimes you should just sit and reflect, crease that food back all
the way unless one tell us telling us how to reflect he says an
suburban man is Sabah. He says and we poured forth water suburbanite
means to send a lot like buckets and buckets of water we poured
down buckets and buckets of water profusely
What is he talking about? Rain or last one because if there is no
rain, everything dries nothing you're gonna get nothing life
could end suburban man. Saba sama Shaka canal Al Bashir Chaka then
Allah subhanaw taala is saying Sherpa cannon we split we ripped
open the earth. Then clefts
ripped open the earth what does it mean? Now the word shakeup which
means to Taro is not used for normal things that are torn such
as a lot of paper or even skin sharpeners used for sharing things
that are not normally torn Allah subhanaw taala here is using it
that the earth is torn Allah subhanaw taala talks about the
summer
Sherpa Sherpa summer Allah subhanaw taala talks about the
hedger the mountains and rocks being torn
is talking about their cliffs, Allah subhanaw taala say rocks are
cleaved and water comes out they're torn. These are not things
that normally tell that Allah subhanaw taala is telling us that
the earth which is so hard in some places, sometimes cement sometimes
rocks that it is split open by what and what comes out is the
most fragile state of a plant a germinating little tiny little
green thing if you just do this little break yet it splits the
earth and comes out and sometimes you'll go hiking you will see big
trees on huge rocks. How did they split this how did this seed come
out of this stinks to reflect Allah subhanaw taala since we
split and we ripped open the earth plus for things to sprout
for Ember to Nephi her hub and n beta and beta means to germinate
to grow
to ensure that something grows properly Allah subhanaw taala
actually uses this in better word for Maria Malay Salah okay, that
she to make her grow properly. Okay. Here Allah subhanaw taala
saying hubba hubba means all grains, all forms of grain, rice,
wheat, barley, corn, all forms of grain embeds now
fie Habana is talking about the Earth that we cause in this earth
these cliffs that we have made, which are fed by the water that we
have poured down to grow. Sensual staple foods. Grain is the
essential staple foods or last one Tala starts with that. Okay?
What an interval we're talking about. Right now Allah subhanaw
taala was talking about grapes
were about Cuba is the green vegetables and plants that grow
under the earth and part of it is about such as, you know, carrots,
beets beads, you know, even cucumbers and you know, all of
those things radish the animal may eat the top and you eat what's
underneath. So this is Audubon was a to know when Natla this is well
known to the Arabs what is I don't the olives in the Nakhla which is
the date bar. So now our date palms and olives the essential
staple food No, these are luxury items. Now you can get very very
expensive
dates you can get very expensive Orleans, okay, so Allah subhanaw
taala is taking the range from everybody's food to the fruit of
the most luxurious that was a two No, we're not gonna We're hada a
cot the whole bar and hedonic gardens in the wool bath means
there. The whole bar is the female of a loved means so dense and so
overwhelming intertwine dense green foliage
thick and overpowering.
Well thank you head down
a bat.
What is fucking
fruits and Amba abayas pastures, green pastures, which is what?
Cattle green graze on grasses and those fodder for the animal. Okay.
Now interesting. The word fucka comes from faqeer sokkia means
something that gives you joy makes you happy.
Okay, last one that talks about people in Jana Vikki Hahn. Okay,
they are be overjoyed. So that's where the word Faqir again means
something that you eat that gives you joy. Okay, so Allah subhanaw
taala saying and we give you fruits for mankind for IKEA and
above for their cattle, okay.
So, here Allah subhanaw taala says, After that Metallica well
Anamika Medan provision. Okay, this is not the motto of enjoyment
all about video provision you enjoy, but provision for locker
room for you mankind, while Anamika and for your cattle.
Okay. Now you can also see here interestingly, that all the foods
that are mentioned first are eaten by human being. And the last thing
mentioned here Abba is for the cattle. So the 13 that Allah has
put here, after all of this is for the men what came first and for
the animal as he says what came last elsewhere in the Quran when
Allah subhanaw taala talks about your your, your animals and
cattles and then talks about you then he puts this era, the cattle
food first and human foods everywhere in the Quran, it's
matched, you don't have to think because this is a divine
revelation, nothing is going to be unmatched in its thing. So Allah
subhanaw taala is telling us all of this, which we already know,
but we ignore
so that it helps us to come closer to Allah subhanaw taala
to reflect on how all of these types of fruits and vegetables
coming out of the same earth with the same water and seeds that
frequently look similar, yet everyone is different. Everyone is
different in flavor and species and taste and even in the same
species. This apple is different from this this orange or last one
time is saying the same word produce them the same water. Why
has he given us this for us to recognize for us to show
gratitude.
So this is the positive reminder last one Tala reminds us of one of
his fingers, which is food which is so important for us. Because
you know people talk about money, money, money, suppose you had all
the money in the world, and there was no food to buy. Can you eat
your money, your gold or your dollar bills?
Ultimately, all of that is about food.
So Allah subhanaw taala talks about he doesn't talk about your
wealth, because wealth is of no value.
except for what it can buy.
So if you're a billionaire in place, whether it's feminine, no
food you can buy, you're just like anybody else. So Allah spandrel
takes us down to that. The final thing that we are looking for is
food
to survive. Now, if these two reminders, the harsh negative
reminder and this positive reminder of His favours, if these
are not sufficient, because Allah subhanaw taala mentioned that
they're in a Kapha he has denied why because he feels stuck on it,
he feels that he is not in need. Then Allah subhanaw taala ends the
surah with the final third and final warning. Okay, this is for
the seminar types, who did not listen to the first one who turned
a deaf ear to the second one. Now, he says, for either
this saw
then when the softcore soccer means a deafening sound, a blast,
that calamity and the Mufasa rune have said that this refers to the
second blowing of the trumpet is Seraphina lay salon first blowing
of the trumpet, everything will be destroyed. Then there is a gap,
everything dies, everyone dies and Allah subhanaw taala brings this
Rafeal back to life, and says blow the second trumpet. And this is
the soccer when that will, everybody will wake up. Okay. But
it's be so loud. It's a deafening thing. And it's interesting
because Glissant Allah is telling us that in the beginning, the
Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam is talking to the people. And when
the devil Kira the best of your mind, and they are turning
literally, a deaf ear to him.
So you won't be able to ignore this because this sound will come
and it will make your death.
So you will not ignore it. What is this going to bring? The second
blowing of the trumpet the saga will be the announcement for the
start of the Day of Judgment.
This is what it's all about.
So may Allah subhanaw taala help us to
internalize this beautiful surah and to take lessons from it and to
change our lives accordingly. So Halakha Lama with the Hindi
Kannada shadow Allah Allah,
Allah to a lake