Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Reflect On The QurAn – Session 122 Tafsir Surah Az-Zumar – Part 10

As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

Wa alaikum assalam.

Bismillah wal hamdulillah.

Hamdan katheeran tayyaban mubarakan feeh.

Hamdan ya leequ bi jalali wajhihi wa bi

azzeem sultani.

Wa sallallahu ala khairi khalqihi Muhammadin al-sadiq

al-ameen.

Al-mab'uthi rahmatan lil'alameen.

Wa ala alihi al-tayyabin al-tahireen.

Wa ala ashabihi al-ghurri al-mayameen.

wa man tabi'ahum bi ahsani ila yawm

al-deen.

Allahumma kutubna minhum.

Ameen.

Allahumma zidna ilma wa la tuziq qulubna ba'da

idh hadaytana wa hablana min ladunka rahma.

Inna kanta al-wahhab.

Allahumma arina al-haqqa haqqun wa rizukna ittiba

'a wa arina al-ba'tila ba'tila wa rizukna

itjtinaaba.

Allahumma aftah masamiya qulubina li dhikrik.

We ask Allah subhana wa ta'ala to

open our hearts to his remembrance, to his

kalam, to his verses, to his ayat, and

to help us to put them in action

in our lives.

As-salamu alaykum.

Can the people on Zoom please put themselves

on mute?

We are going to start surah Zumar, continue

where we were, which is ayah number 53.

And just a quick reminder, as you all

know, surah Zumar is a Makki surah, and

we've had three sessions on it.

It talks about tawheed and akhira and ikhlas

and now we come to some ayats that

are very very special.

Every ayah is special, but the ayah that

we are starting with today, ayah number 53,

has some special significance.

So we're going to get started with that.

Allah subhana wa ta'ala tells our beloved

Prophet ﷺ, say to them, as we know

all of the Qur'an is to be

declared, but when Allah subhana wa ta'ala

puts a special Qul, that is to stress

something even more important, because everything he has

to say, but he's saying Qul, it's a

command.

What is the command?

Now what has happened, Allah subhana wa ta

'ala has addressed the Prophet ﷺ, say this,

but then he doesn't say, say on behalf

of me.

Allah subhana wa ta'ala directly addresses his

servants.

O my slaves, O my servants, O my

Ibad.

Which Ibad?

The ones who have done israf against themselves.

Don't despair.

Allah subhana wa ta'ala forgives all sins.

Innahu huwal ghafoorur raheem.

So we'll translate that, but some of our

scholars, including Imam Hassan al-Basri, have said

that this particular ayah is the most hopeful

ayah, that gives more hope than any other

ayah in the Qur'an, because of what

Allah subhana wa ta'ala says here.

Hope for everyone.

And there has been a debate, the scholars

have said, which is the most hopeful ayah

in the Qur'an?

And they have their own versions of it.

And they're very, very interesting.

For example, people have said, yes.

Your voice and the video is broken over

the internet.

As-salamu alaykum, Dr. Ali.

I was just saying like, you know, internet

connection for some reason.

So Allah subhana wa ta'ala says, as

we were saying, this is, some of the

scholars have said, a lot of the scholars,

that this is the most hopeful ayah, the

ayah that gives most hope in the Qur

'an.

And some of the scholars have come up

with interesting ayats.

For example, some have said that the ayah

where Allah subhana wa ta'ala tells the

Shaytan, Iblis, to get out of Jannah, and

then Iblis asks Allah subhana wa ta'ala,

Ya Allah, give me respite till the day

they are raised.

And Allah subhana wa ta'ala says, go,

you are given respite.

Some say this is the most hopeful ayah,

because Iblis, who directly disobeyed Allah subhana wa

ta'ala, Allah subhana wa ta'ala still

granted him what he wanted.

Some have said that the ayah where Allah

subhana wa ta'ala says, the one who

have caused a lot of trouble and fitna

for the believers, and did not do tawbah,

they will be in Jahannam.

So even for those who have done all

the problems for Muslims, Allah subhana wa ta

'ala has kept the door of tawbah open.

So that's great hope.

Then in the ayah, which is really significant,

which is the ayah of Surah Wadduha, which

one?

And indeed, your Rab will give you till

you are satisfied, till you are happy, telling

Rasulullah ﷺ.

Some said this is it, because Rasulullah ﷺ

would not be satisfied till the last of

his ummah is taken out of Jahannam.

So Allah will give and give and give,

say, okay, take.

And some said, this is the ayah.

So Allah subhana wa ta'ala addresses, now

in this it says, if you look at

this ayah, it is for all of mankind,

because believers and non-believers are all abd

of Allah subhana wa ta'ala, ibad of

Allah subhana wa ta'ala, they are all

slaves of Allah.

If you take it the other way, it's

also for the believers, because from abudia, the

ones who worship Allah, Allah subhana wa ta

'ala is addressing them and saying whether you

are a believer, whether you are a disbeliever.

And asrafu ala, who have exceeded all bounds

in committing sins, every possible kind of major

sin you have done.

And then Allah subhana wa ta'ala, ala

anfusihim, which you have done to harm yourself,

because the sins do not harm Allah subhana

wa ta'ala in the least.

So every sin that we commit is a

violation against ourselves, wronging ourselves.

So Allah subhana wa ta'ala saying, oh

my servants who have exceeded all bounds, who've

committed murder, who've stolen, who've done committed riba,

who've done zina, everything you can think of,

including shirk.

If you do tawbah, if you are a

kafir and you do tawbah and come into

Islam, Allah subhana wa ta'ala forgives all

of that.

And he did, because all of the people

at the time of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa

sallam, for the longest time, the kuffar of

Mecca rejected till then Allah forgave all of

them in spite of all of that.

So Allah subhana wa ta'ala saying don't

have which means despair, means hopelessness from the

rahma of Allah subhana wa ta'ala.

Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says in one

hadith that the two biggest sins are shirk

and losing hope in Allah subhana wa ta

'ala.

He's equated that to shirk.

Why is that?

Because if you lose hope in Allah subhana

wa ta'ala, you are devaluing who Allah

subhana wa ta'ala is.

You are saying that Allah subhana wa ta

'ala is cheap, he cannot forgive.

And that means you are limiting his rahma.

So Allah subhana wa ta'ala is telling

us no matter what you have done, after

this ayah, there is no excuse for anybody.

Because sometimes you keep hearing or you are

committing this and you are going to go

to jahannam, you are this, you are this,

and you are doing bid'ah, you are

doing this, you are all, all you hear

is everybody's going to jahannam.

Okay.

Allah subhana wa ta'ala and what happens

to people like that, they lose hope.

They said okay then if I'm going to

jahannam, let me enjoy myself, whatever I want

to do.

Allah subhana wa ta'ala saying this is

not an excuse because no matter what you

have done, I, my rahma, I can forgive

you.

So this is one.

Then Allah subhana wa ta'ala says in

the same ayah, Allah subhana wa ta'ala

is telling you about his sifat.

He said that is ta'qeed, certainly, indeed

Allah, he forgives sins, unlimited in

severity, how serious they are and in quantity.

All sins, this means Allah forgives all sins.

So nobody can have, you know, I've committed

murder.

Remember the hadith in Bukhari about the man

who committed 100 murders.

Even he was forgiven.

So there is no limit to Allah's forgiveness.

Then Allah subhana wa ta'ala doesn't end

there.

Then he says and to make more, huwa,

he again, he, he, he, this is the

way of stressing.

He is ghafoor and rahim.

Ghafoor means, ghafara means to cover something.

Allah subhana wa ta'ala protects you.

The helmet is called a mighfar.

Allah protects you from the harm of your

own sins.

Allah is forgiving everything and so ghafoor is

like exceedingly forgiving, ar-rahim and he is

always merciful.

Manifestation of his rahim, of his rahma, is

that he forgives and he leaves the door

of forgiveness open till certain time limits.

Time limits for most of us is till

our soul has reached our throat and we

are in our death rattle.

At that moment, no more tawbah is accepted

or the yawmul qiyamah is established or the

sun rises from the west, which is the

last final signs.

So till such time, Allah subhana wa ta

'ala is waiting for his servants to turn

to him in tawbah.

Now if you remember, there is a hadith

about Jibreel alaihissalam telling Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam

that when the most evil of people, which

is Fir'aun was drowning, Jibreel alaihissalam said,

I was so worried that I picked up

sand and stuffed it in his mouth because

I hated him so much.

I was afraid that in those moments when

he's pleading to Allah that I believe in

the Rab of Harun and Musa that Allah

will forgive him.

So I wanted to shut his mouth up

so that Jibreel alaihissalam knows how forgiving Allah

subhana wa ta'ala is.

He was concerned that Allah will even forgive

Fir'aun.

Forget about the rest of us.

So this ayah gives all of us great

hope that no matter what we do, and

there are plenty of hadith about it, that

Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam says that Allah says

that if my servants come to me with

sins that fill the space between the earth

and the heavens, now who would have that

kind of sins?

He said, but you come to me sincerely

without having committed shirk and you ask for

forgiveness, I will meet you with greater forgiveness.

So there is no limit.

So this is my Rab.

Now, however, this is conditional.

What is the condition?

You want to be forgiven?

Next ayah.

And turn back.

Inaba is the ultimate tawbah.

Tawbah means to turn back to Allah.

When we are sinning, we are running away

from Allah subhana wa ta'ala.

Tawbah means to turn around, go back towards

Allah subhana wa ta'ala.

And inaba means that level of tawbah from

which a person does not deviate again.

Because normally you do tawbah, sometimes you go

back into the same sin, you do tawbah

again and you can keep doing.

Inaba means steady state, you're back with Allah.

Allah subhana wa ta'ala says turn back.

Anibu ila rabbikum.

The one who nurtures you.

Rabb.

He doesn't say ila Allah.

Allah is giving that closeness.

Rabbikum, your Lord, the one who nurtures you,

the one who created you and sustains you.

So one, turn back to Allah.

And show that by submitting to Allah.

What does that mean?

Islam means now you act by obeying Allah

subhana wa ta'ala.

Submit yourself.

Okay.

Don't again be that arrogant person who rejects

You want that forgiveness?

Then submit to Allah subhana wa ta'ala.

Before the adab of Allah comes.

So Allah subhana wa ta'ala giving us

a time limit.

Okay.

You need to do it on time.

And because after that you will not be

helped.

Then don't come at that time saying yeah

Allah give me another chance.

Allah subhana wa ta'ala is giving us.

Now one is so how do we show

that?

Inaba and Islam, two things.

Turn back and do Islam.

And follow.

Follow what?

The best of what has been revealed to

you.

What is the best of all revelations?

The Quran.

Follow what the Quran tells you.

The other thing is in the Quran, Ahsanu

means follow it in the best way.

Again, before the punishment of Allah subhana wa

ta'ala comes.

Once that punishment is released, that's the end

of it.

At that time there is no more.

The only one time Allah subhana wa ta

'ala reversed a punishment that was coming was

for the Qawm of Yunus alayhis salaam.

That's the only time.

Otherwise when Allah has given the command, that's

it.

So Allah subhana wa ta'ala is saying

do that.

Because that adab will come suddenly.

You will have no clue from where it

came suddenly.

Okay.

So Allah subhana wa ta'ala is telling

us how to gain his forgiveness.

One, never to lose hope in it.

But to show that we are turning back

to him by submitting and following in the

best way the commandments and the prohibitions of

the Quran.

Then Allah subhana wa ta'ala is telling

us that those who did not repent and

who did not do that, who are then

destined for jahannam on the day of judgment.

Now we are going fast forward to a

scene of of the day of judgment.

That a soul on that day will say,

it's a statement of oh what I have

done.

What have I done?

You know it's a regret.

What have I done?

Because I've messed up badly.

Because the person on the day of judgment

will now realize what they have done.

And they will say, one first person will

say, a soul will say, that I neglected

what?

The rights of Allah.

Okay.

Rights of Allah means somebody who's right next

to, on your side.

Okay.

The rights of Allah, whatever the duties were,

I neglected.

And I made a joke of everything.

I was very light, light-hearted, you know.

Oh made fun of people who were trying

to follow the deen.

Oh these are the mullahs, these are the

fundamentalists, these are the this and the labels.

And so anyone who tried to follow the

deen, I made fun.

If they talked about some ayah, I made

a joke about it.

Okay.

I used to mock.

I used to make fun of it.

So this is one person when he sees

this, the punishment of that will say.

Another person.