Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Reflect On The QurAn – Surah Al Kahaf – Ayah 27 To 28
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The importance of working with the Q Hyundai is discussed, as it should transform relationships and create a "heraldic storylines." The speakers emphasize the need for guidance and solutions for difficult experiences, while also discussing the characteristics of a true spirit and the importance of finding one's own success. The segment ends with a request for continued discussion and mention of a meeting.
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Tilawa means to read, to internalize it in
our hearts, and to implement and act upon
it, okay?
It's not just reading.
So, we need to have a working relationship
with the Qur'an.
We have to ask ourselves, what is my
relationship with the Qur'an?
Because it should be transformational, it should make
me into a true abd of Allah, okay?
What Allah created before.
Now, some have said that if you're reading
your tilawa of the Qur'an does not
stop you from what Allah has not liked
for you, then you are really not doing
tilawa of the Qur'an.
So, remember when we do tilawa of the
Qur'an, we are talking about the words
of Allah, we are reflecting on the words
of Allah, and when we remember Allah, as
we said in the beginning, Allah remembers you.
And the people of the Qur'an, in
some of the narrations, have been called like
Allah has no family, but like a family
of Allah, because they are so close to
Him.
And there are many, many fadail of reading,
reflecting on the Qur'an, and all of
you know, the simplest, easiest one, that every
alphabet that you read has ten hasanat, it's
just the rewards, and I don't say that
alif, laam, meem is one, alif is one,
laam is one, and meem is one.
Things like, there are many that the Qur
'an has a lot of blessings, the ultimate
goal is hidayah, or guidance.
Ibn Abbas has said that someone who is
regular in their Qur'an will be safe
from the state that Allah has talked about,
people in old age when they forget everything,
Alzheimer's disease.
And this has been tested, so all those
who are trying to prevent Alzheimer's disease with
extra sleep and exercise and all of those,
regular recitation of the Qur'an, memorizing the
Qur'an has special things that are going
on, so please do that.
And as we know, it is, Allah has
called it a shifa, it's a cure, a
healing from many diseases, especially the spiritual ones.
So here Allah talks about multahada, the refuge
is with Allah alone.
And as we said earlier, Qur'an is
the source of refuge for all calamities, whether
they are of the dunya or whether in
your matters of deen.
And therefore whenever you are faced with the
calamity, what should you rush to?
Open the Qur'an, and you will find
relief in every hardship.
Seeking protection in his words is the same
as rushing to Allah himself, because the Qur
'an is not his creation.
These are the words of Allah, as he
manifests himself through his words, okay?
And then when we rush to the Qur
'an and we open the Qur'an, depending
on the states of our hearts, the degree
of clarity, you know, the safa or the
murkiness, which is called or, you know, how
cloudy our hearts are, we will find answers
according to that from the Qur'an.
So if you have a great deal of
clarity in your heart of iman and obedience
and all of that which has cleansed your
heart with tazkiyah, you will find clear answers
and solutions for problems of this life and
unfolding of many of the realities.
The next ayah, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
says, So
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling the
Prophet ﷺ, وَصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَعْدُونَ رَبُّهُمْ
بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْأَشْيَاءِ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهًا A command from Rasulullah
ﷺ to Rasulullah ﷺ that you force yourself
to be in the company of those who
call on Allah, on their Lord, morning and
evening, which means constantly.
For what purpose?
With the goal of seeking the wajh, the
countenance of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And when we talk about the wajh of
Allah means seeking only Allah.
It's not saying seeking His rahmah, seeking His
guidance because when you seek Allah, all of
that comes with that.
His rahmah comes with that, His guidance comes
with that, His protection comes with all of
that.
So they are there seeking Allah.
Should we seek Jannah?
Yes.
Should we seek protection from Nahr?
Yes.
But who is in charge of all of
that?
Allah.
So we seek the source.
All of that comes as part of that.
Okay.
So these are people who Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala talks about and this ayah according
to some of the Mufassirun.
Mufassirun was revealed on a special thing that
the Quraysh, the leaders of the Quraysh came
to Rasulullah ﷺ and said we are willing
to sit with you and we are willing
to talk to you and all of that
but it's against our, you know, nobility to
sit with this riffraff that you've gathered around.
This slave Bilal, this slave Khabbar, this Abdullah
ibn Mas'ud, this Salman, this so and
so, Abu Sa'id.
These are low-class people.
They are poor people.
We can't sit with them.
You get rid of them and we will
give you our audience.
So they make this proposal to Rasulullah ﷺ.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala answers Be with
these people, these poor people.
Why?
Because Allah has enriched them and elevated them
through their faith.
These are the people, the earliest Muslims and
they say get rid of them.
Who embraced Islam?
Other than one or two rich people like
Sayyidina Abu Bakr Siddiq and Sayyidina Uthman.
All of these people were poor.
So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is elevating
them through this and again what is importance?
Sohbah.
Rasulullah ﷺ is being advised be a sahib
to them, be in the sohbah of these
people because of their faith and it's a
command from Allah Therefore in our deen, sohbatul
fuqara is considered a blessing of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala to be with the poor
people.
Now we have to look at ourselves.
We have to look at ourselves.
The Prophet ﷺ said that there will be
people who are, you know, look like beggars,
their hair is disheveled and they come and
knock on the door and people will turn
them away but should they raise their hands
and aksin billah, Allah will grant whatever they
want.
There are people like that.
The Prophet ﷺ told us that the poor
and poverty is not a virtue in itself
but these fuqara are people who have nobility,
who have faith, who have all of that
yet they are poor.
That they will enter paradise 500 years before
the wealthy because they have less hisaab to
go, to give, less temptations to go astray
with all the wealth that is given to
them.
I am a murid, seeker of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala, okay.
So what is the character?
Who wants to be a murid of Allah,
to be seeking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?
There are certain characteristics of a true murid
of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala which our
scholars have enumerated.
Not in any particular order, to become a
beloved of Allah by a lot of nawafil.
Remember the hadith that no servant of mine
comes closer to me than what I have
made fard for him and then he keeps
coming closer to me with nawafil till I
love him.
So one who is seeking Allah will do
a lot of nawafil till he becomes the
beloved of Allah.
Number two, to be pure, khalis in giving
nasiha to the ummah, to people.
Nasiha, advice, nasiha has to come from concern
for somebody.
That should be the fact.
I am concerned about you, I'm concerned about
you.
Therefore, based on my concern, I give you
advice.
I'm not giving you advice because there is
something in it for me, looking for my
advantage, okay.
That is khulus in giving nasiha.
If we have genuine concern for somebody, the
advice that we will give them is going
to be the best of advice.
Uns, which is intimate, solace, comfort in khalwa
by yourself because you're finding that pleasure, that
in internal peace in khalwa because there's no
one there you can think of Allah.
Sabr, in dealing with the ahkam, that you
are persevering and steadfast in the commands of
Allah, ahkam, hukum, okay.
The ahkam, the hukum, what is called hukum
taklifi, which Allah has made you responsible for.
Like, you know, you do this, don't do
that.
And there is, there are ahkam, which are
takweeni, which is that Allah subhanaw taala sends
you away certain things.
That under all of those circumstances, you have
perseverance and sabr.
And that you give preference to Allah's commands
and not to what you want or what
you like.
That a person who is a true murid
of Allah, seeking Allah, has haya in front
of Allah.
Haya, that modesty, that shyness, that Allah is
watching me, I need to do things in
a certain way.
At all times, in all places, whether we
are alone or in company.
And to spend all of one's efforts in
pleasing the beloved, which is Allah subhanaw taala.
And then opening oneself to avail of every
opportunity, every path that leads to Allah subhanaw
taala, okay.
Now, some of us may have one area
that we have expertise in.
Somebody is very generous, okay.
You hold on to that.
But just don't hold on to that.
Somebody finds it very easy to fast, fasting
all the time.
Somebody finds a lot of Quran, all of
that.
So all of that, but person should look
for every sunnah.
Because every sunnah leads to Allah subhanaw taala.
So you look for every road that leads
to Allah.
Let me fulfill my goal.
I perform every sunnah at least once in
my life.
And then I, whatever Allah has made easy
for me, I continue with that.
And then an important one, it's called being
content with being an unknown.
Not looking for name and fame.
We should not be servants of fame.
How many likes do I have?
How many followers do I have?
What hashtag?
We should worry about the celestial hashtag.
How many likes did Allah give me?
And have a heart that does not find
comfort and remains agitated till it reaches its
Lord.
In other words, never resting with what I
have done till you reach your Lord.
That's a true murid, who has reached his
destination.
And that destination remains always in front of
you.
Suleiman alayhi salam, we're talking about the poor
people that Allah subhanaw talks about.
Suleiman alayhi salam, you know, was a prophet
and a king.
Nabi and a malik.
So when he used to come out, all
the wealthy people said come sit with us,
come sit with us, come sit with us.
He used to go past all of them
and he used to go and sit as
a king.
He used to sit with the poorest of
people and said that I am a miskeen
among the masakin.
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was offered.
Jibreel alayhi salam came.
Allah wants to know, you want to be
Nabi al malik or Nabi al abd?
You want to be a Nabi who is
a king or a Nabi who is a
slave?
What did he choose?
He said I am a slave.
I eat like a slave.
I sit like a slave.
So being poor is an attitude.
This is, there's no praise, nothing praiseworthy about
being poor, but it's being humble.
So these are people who call on their
Lord.
When they say call on their Lord morning
and evening, what is that meaning of call?
Dua, good deeds, devotional means, supplication, devotion, submission,
all of those are means of calling on
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Desiring only Him, desiring only Him, seeing Him
in everything, which is, comes from love, from
muhabba.
Ultimately, muhabba, love, takes precedence over fear and
everything else.
So some of you who are older, there
used to be a song.
The song was, what's love got to do
with it?
Anybody remember that?
What's love got to do with it?
Everything.
Everything.
Because you will be, there
is one narration of Rasulullah ﷺ, a dua,
which says, Ya Allah, let me live like
the poor, like the miskeen.
Let me die like the poor.
And raise me, gather me in the company
of the misakeen.
He did not say, gather the misakeen in
my company, because he is the ultimate companionship.
But look at that, that poverty.
He's honoring them by saying, O Allah, they
are honored, gather me with them.
Then Allah says about this, then he confirms
that by saying, And don't let your two
eyes go beyond these poor people who are
in dhikr of Allah, to the ones who
have a lot of the dunya.
Don't look beyond them at the rich and
the powerful, seeking or being impressed by them.
What is our state?
We always look up to the rich and
the wealthy and the powerful.
And we take them as a model of
success.
Just remember, Allah gives dunya to the believers
and to the disbelievers, sometimes more to the
disbelievers.
Allah gives to the righteous and to the
evil, many times more to the evil.
And Allah gives to the one who he
loves, and he also gives it to the
one he does not love.
So giving of the dunya is not a
sign, a delusion that Allah is pleased with
me, he loves me.
And this is a fallacy that we frequently
are subjected.
If that wealth makes you heedless of Allah,
then it is a punishment.
It's a istidraj, it's a delusion.
And Allah says about these people, so don't
look at them for the zina tul hayat
al dunya, turidu, as if Rasulullah meant for
us, he had no desire for them, desiring
them.
Now the opposite, those who are remembering Allah
morning and evening, he says and those don't
follow.
Those whose hearts we have made heedless of
our remembrance, because they're too busy with their
wealth and plots and plans and whatever they
are doing, you know, trying to get more
for themselves, rightfully, wrongfully, oppressing others and cheating
and all of that.
The tyrants of the dunya who have all
of that, don't follow them.
These are the people who do ittiba, they
follow their hawa.
And hawa is those inner inclinations, inner desires
for things in an imbalanced way, intellectual and
others.
Allah subhana wa ta'ala says do not,
these people have been, they don't work out
of huda, out of guidance, but out of
hawa, their own desires and their own personal
inclination, intellectual and otherwise.
And their affairs have exceeded all bounds.
So sometimes wealth is what we call istidraj,
which is Allah is giving somebody who's doing
wrong more and more, gift after gift after
gift, to blind them and to increase them
in their delusion that oh, I'm doing great.
Because when you're blinded that way, you will
never do tawbah.
So that's a punishment from Allah.
Give them so they will never consider doing
tawbah.
And after this, we would come to the
next ayahs.
It's been a while.
What do you say?
Should we end here?
People are looking a little tired.
Inshallah, I think it's appropriate to end here,
which is the ayah number 29.
Inshallah, so next time we will continue from
ayah number 29.
I mean, I'm willing to continue, but people
look a little tired.
Right?
Everybody's tired?
How many think we should go away and
continue?
Raise your hands.
Three, four, five.
How many think it's enough?
You can raise your hand.
Don't be shy, you can raise your hand.
People have a lot of reflection and questions,
then we can stop here and do that
because it's Yeah, because Majid bhai always has
a lot of reflection, so I think we
should allow it.
So we'll stop here and inshallah we'll start
from 29 and then we'll do the second
story next time, which is the two friends,
one of whom was given a lot of
wealth, the trial of wealth.
So inshallah, as we said before, we study
this to internalize it, to derive lessons from
it.
And what we learn, we act on those.
It's not just, you know, oh, it was
an interesting exercise or it was, you know,
I learned something about their history.
It's about how it translates.
We've talked about what the characters of a
true murid of Allah should be.
We've talked about what the character of a
fatwa are.
All of those, we should think about them,
reflect, make notes on them, and then put
yourself in that, say, where do I fit
here?
And that's what's required.
So may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala help
us to achieve the status that he wants
from us, first of a true abd and
then of a special abd with him and
grant us all closeness to him.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gather us
with the poor, who will be gathered with
Sayyiduna Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and his
companions and his family.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive our
sins.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala illuminate our
hearts, illuminate our lives, and may Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala guide our families to that
which he loves.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless our
hosts and all those who helped in this
gathering, because whoever arranges it will get the
reward of everybody.
It's Allah's generosity.
And just remember that all this hour and
20 minutes that we spent, we were being
mentioned on the Arsh of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
So I was hopeful that you would say,
please continue, because I want my name to
be continued to be mentioned on the Arsh,
but it didn't happen.
We haven't reached that level of Jafar as
-Sadiq.
Insha'Allah.