Mohammad Ali Hazratji – Tafseer Surah AlLayl.
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Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
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We praise and glorify Allah subhanaw taala as is deserving His
divine glory and majesty, and we send
the best of Salah and Salam on our beloved, the beloved of Allah
Habibollah or sort of allah sallallahu alayhi wa aalihi wa
salam.
And we ask Allah subhanaw taala we plead to Allah subhanaw taala to
open our hearts to his remembrance, to His words, to
understanding to guidance, to obedience,
to effortless and seductive truthfulness.
And
may Allah subhanaw taala help us to internalize what we learn
together of his words, and to put them in action, because as we keep
reminding each other always that it is not sufficient to know.
It is essential to know. But the requirement is to act on what we
know, action Ahmed, not just the helm or knowledge.
We ask Allah subhanaw taala to show us truth, the ultimate truth
is the Quran as Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam said as
the calcula the most truthful of of words is kitab.
So we ask Allah subhanaw taala to show us truth as the truth and
help us to follow it in the best possible way that we can and to
show us battle to show us falsehood as falsehood and to keep
away from it. And we ask Allah subhanaw taala to help us to do
the best we can at all times.
So, today, we
are going to be studying together inshallah surah number 92, which
is a lane
and as you know, this is closely linked to the surah before it
which is a shrimps, which we have covered in the past. And there are
many parallels and and some contrast between the two Surahs as
we remember from Shilpa Surah shoves that it started with 11 of
Oxfam of oats that Allah took, and then the job of the custom and the
consequences of people who have gotten the message people who have
rejected it. So, keeping that framework in mind, we will start
with this surah which is also considered by most of the
amorphous room as one of the early McCunn sutras.
When we finish with the surah and please remind me if I forget to
cover that is we should have a clear understanding of the
heartbreaker of wealth of man.
What is the reality of money
that we all hanker for that we all spend a lot of time after that we
all desire, what is the real kicker, what does it get you and
what does it lead you to and we will talk about that in the
reflection at the end of
the surah.
So, Elaine, as all of you know, means the night so Allah subhanaw
taala starts the surah with some upper Assam Assam is an oath as we
have said before that Allah subhanaw taala takes to bring our
attention to something and Allah subhanaw taala swears by what she
has created. And in this case, Allah subhanaw taala uses some
opposites in his creation and the wisdom of what opposites highlight
is that it brings one thing in contrast with another so it makes
both of them clear. So if there was only good in the dunya we
wouldn't appreciate it without seeing evil
When you see evil, it makes you appreciate good. Similarly, if it
was all day,
we wouldn't we will know as Allah subhanaw taala says if I were to
make it day without night, what would you do and if I were to make
a night, endless, you know, so the contrasts are there to highlight
each one. So Allah subhanaw taala starts the surah will Lili either
Yahushua So, it starts with the oath of Allah subhanaw taala on
the night, Allah subhanaw taala says, I swear by the night Yaksha
when it covers when it envelops.
So, the night as you know, as we see sometimes, when we are
traveling overseas, when they show you on the screen, you see the
darkness coming and coming like an envelope to cover the earth. So
the same thing, it's not a switch, like the night comes on, it
gradually comes on as a cover and covers everything. Here Allah
subhanaw taala says, well Laylee either Yaksha
what does it cover is not mentioned in the previous sewer
Yasha everything. So here Allah subhanaw taala has left the
answers open. The literally the iron means by the night, as it
covers the darkness, as it covers covers what
that's left to us. And as we know, in the physical sense, it covers
everything, everything becomes dark, the earth becomes dark, what
we can see clearly, things become many things come out in the night
that are not in the day.
So Allah subhanaw taala, saying that the night covers everything,
he swears by it. And then he says, In contrast, the opposite one
hurry either the agenda, and by the day,
when it brightens when it becomes full of clarity. Because when the
sun comes out fully, everything becomes clear. Just the opposite
of what the night does, where everything becomes hidden. You can
see anything, the night makes everything clear.
The day makes everything clear. So now in our life, what is our
experience we are either in the day, or we are in the night. So
that essentially covers our whole existence. So there is another way
of saying that here Allah subhanaw taala is also swearing by time,
because day and night is what time is. It's what life is. Allah
subhanaw taala is also taking an oath indirectly, on all the
astronomical events that occur in the universe, which brings Day,
which brings night and of course, when we think of all of that,
which is so fantastic and so complex and complicated, it should
bring our heart immediately to wow and how about the One who created
all of this. So we keep that in mind that these oats should also
bring us in all in in feel the Alima the greatness of Allah
subhanaw taala
then Allah subhanaw taala takes the third Casa he says while ma
halacha dakara Well,
now, there are two understandings or two interpretations from the
Mufasa rune of what this man means. Because there are different
the wurden MA in Arabic has diff multiple meanings, sometimes used
for denial. But there is something called Ma Ma schooler and MA must
Daria
if we assume that this is Matt of Missoula which means it is to be
used as the one as man the one who that Allah smart Allah saying and
I swear by the one color car, who create the car made while
concerned and female.
That Allah subhanaw taala here is taking an oath on himself because
who created males and females? Allah Subhana Allah says
elsewhere, that we have created everything in pairs.
The only one unpaired with no partners, no associates, no
spouse, no children is Allah subhanaw taala everything else is
in pairs. So Allah subhanaw taala is taking an oath on himself and
by the one who created the male and the female.
If we take this man which is the other interpret
nation has what is called Mama's Daria. It has to do with the
creation itself that that Allah subhanaw taala is creating is
swearing on the creation of the male and female, that look at how
amazing this creation is that everything has a male and a female
and they have a purpose of
reproduction a purpose for
life to continue in all forms, there is male and female in the
plants there is male and female in the fish, there is F birds,
everything there is a male and female.
So Allah subhanaw taala has brought our attention to now we
can go and reflect on each one of these items. That how Allah
subhanaw taala created the male and female complementary to each
other. If we just take men and woman, they complement each other,
they complete each other. That's why rasool Allah salAllahu Alaihe
Salam said, you know, Nick is like half of your deen take care of the
other half because, you know, you they complement each other they
one has strength, in one way, one has strength in a different way.
So one is more emotional one is more logical. So if you put the
two together between male and female, that makes a perfect unit,
which is the family. So if we go into all of those, Allah subhanaw
taala is taking an oath. Look, how wonderful is what he has created.
The other interpretation look, how great is the one who created
so these are the three exam or the the odds that come and Allah
subhanaw taala by taking the oath of that time is also reminding us
indirectly, that time is valuable, be mindful of your time, don't
waste your time because as we noticed these days, we were just
talking yesterday, one Salah after another one day after another goes
by so fast, you don't know it goes by it all blurs into one yet these
are units which would make a huge difference in the ACA.
So after taking these, these oats, this duality of opposites, Allah
subhanaw taala now
brings us to what is this all about? This is the bottom line of
this. This is the main crux of this, of the surah Allah subhanaw
taala says in cycle Lusha
indeed, saya como se is endeavor to make effort to work hard to
run, you know, to not to run, but to like pace very quickly like we
do say in in
at hudge. You know, we walk briskly, any effort, what we want
to do, what motivates us to do that Allah subhanaw taala is
saying your efforts, saya Kuhn, and there are different meanings.
Is this for? Was this addressed to the kuffaar? Or was it addressed
to the believers to the Muslims it can be addressed because again,
it's open for everyone, that the believers are making their
efforts, their endeavors, their hastening to do certain things,
which hopefully are for the pleasure of Allah, whereas the
opposite the kuffaar are making efforts to oppose the deen. So
rasool Allah SallAllahu Sallam and his companions at this time of in
the early McKinna, making effort to present the deen for the deen
to prevail, and the opposite is coming because that's how you see.
So when we when we are faced with opposition, we shouldn't feel
badly about it because this is how Allah subhanaw taala has
constructed the system that there will be good there will be bad. So
there is a push from here there is a push from the other side, fair
versus sharp, this struggle will go on. So there will always be
believers and disbelievers that will be struggling against each
other sometimes one gets the upper hand sometimes the other gets the
depending on their commitment. So Allah subhanaw taala saying that
your efforts whether it's Muslim, but that scarf, less shirt ties,
indeed shutter shutter mean something that's scattered,
that's divergent and generally it means that something that was
together which is now split into many, many different directions.
So, Allah subhanaw taala is telling us that each one of us is
making a has a different goal.
Each one of us wants something different. Even
those who want Janna may want some may wanted more and make more
effort some less and so on so forth in the dunya someone to make
an effort in this
Whereas some in other words that all your efforts in the dunya
Allah subhanaw taala saying are scattered they are in different
directions, okay. Why is he telling us that so that we can
know which direction what effort we should be making. So after this
key idea of what the reality is that everyone individually is
making a different three children same family, each one has a
different goal is shown as different each one has a different
level of enthusiasm, a different level of effort, something else
becomes more dear to one as opposed to the other. So, Allah
subhanaw taala then takes us to two opposite paths to opposite
efforts from all these efforts, that all these efforts can be
condensed into two general ones. So, first Allah subhanaw taala
will give us three characteristics of one way, then he will give us
three characteristics of the opposite way, just the opposites.
So, the first one Allah subhanaw taala says
m Emerman Appa, what taka was sought DACA bill.
So, then Allah subhanaw taala says m Amma is a condition of health
that's conditional means Allah it's a shot.
So Allah subhanaw taala saying as for the one in other words, the
one who does this will have this. And whenever Amma comes
frequently, it is followed by another Amma, which is the
opposite as for the other one, if he does this, this is the
consequence. So Allah subhanaw taala is giving a condition that
the one who does these three things will have certain things in
return. So what are those three things?
He says, and my man the one Appa Athan means who gives
and the word atta generally means who gives in abundance as opposed
to utter
it, so Appa
he gives an abundance now Allah subhanaw taala doesn't define,
again, leaves it open.
gives what?
Because it's understood. And that's the style of the Quran. In
the previous Surah Surah Shams, Allah subhanaw taala actually
tells you that the one who takes care of the orphan the one who
takes care of the you know, previous Surah, as it has, it has
been mentioned.
as to
where to give. So that's known.
Here, Allah subhanaw taala leaves it as one characteristic that the
one who gives, now giving can be your wealth, which is commonly
what's understood. Now, how about the ones who don't have wealth,
who give of their time who gave up the talent to give up the effort,
who helped people in any way. So who is giving is not one who's
risk taking and withholding one who gives?
That's the first condition number two, what dukkha and has taqwa and
we've talked about taqwa in many, many different ways before. So
what is taqwa? Generally as we said, taqwa is to be conscious,
aware of Allah subhanaw taala, to be in dhikr of Allah subhanaw
taala. A maraca of our own selves internally what thoughts we are
entertaining what our desires are, and externally, but what our limbs
body is doing, in the obedience of Allah. subhanaw taala so Taqwa is
an inner state as Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam said a
Taqwa. Hoonah is inside. But anybody can claim to have Taqwa it
has to have a translation in on the outside. So Taqwa has both.
Okay, so what does this Taqwa produced it produces that
obedience of Allah, what Allah has ordered, I will do what Allah has
prohibited he has made haram I will stay away from what Allah
loves. That is Musa hub. I will do my best. What Allah has made my
crew I will do my best to stay away from it. This is taqwa. Also
Taqwa is to be always aware of the namah of Allah, the name of Allah,
His blessings at all times, so that we can always be in a state
of shock
at all times, because a person who is not in sugar Allah subhanaw
taala says is, Gopher means he denies the blessings of Masada. So
that's what Taqwa is that the sperm
person spends gifts and then this person is always aware of Allah
subhanaw taala. He's fearful sometimes by giving why should he
be fearful? Because he may be fearful that I haven't given
enough. Maybe he's fearful that I haven't given maybe my class isn't
as heartless as it should be. That my sincerity, I my action lacked
sincerity. So he has Taqwa. And then the third characteristic was
sadaqa. Bill Hausner
does the means to confirm to believe in something and it's not
sufficient to say you believe but you confirm it by your actions.
Okay. So somebody says oh, I believe Lila heilala And then
doesn't pray that's not the stick Okay. Decades to obey every
commandment of Allah subhanaw taala was sadaqa built.
Now what is personal now there are different opinions of, of the
scholars the Mufasa rune of phocoena. In general, Husna is
like we say accent, her son means good accent
is the superlative. The best, but the word accent is is in Arabic
masculine. For something that's masculine, you will say accent. If
it's feminine, you say a house now. So hasna is the superlative
that
Allah subhanaw taala saying here that this person confirms what
does confirm a tsunami. So the opinions are, number one, some
professor will have said that personal means the confirmation of
la ilaha illAllah Muhammad Rasool Allah, what is the confirmation to
believe internally and to show it by our actions by obedience of
Allah subhanaw taala both for the rights of Allah subhanaw taala and
the rights of His creation? That's one opinion. The second opinion is
that he believes that if he gives, Allah will return it to him many
fold as a reward. That's also hasna one opinion
another opinion is that hustler is genuine
that for what this person is striving for the effort. Saya con
the shutter that particular one who is doing this is looking for
Allah's Jana. Another opinion is that this is the Quran, the
teachings of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam, the entire Deen
because the best of all things the personnel is the kalam of Allah
subhanaw taala. So these are the opinions of different scholars and
it doesn't mean that different because you can put it all
together I believe
Ashok Kenny has put it together that everything that a person does
to please Allah subhanaw taala under the envelope of la ilaha
illAllah Muhammad Rasool Allah would be called a husband.
So we confirm that by our actions and by the strength and sincere
belief that this is the truth.
So Allah subhanaw taala says that there is one person or one group
of people whose effort whose sorry, whose endeavor in this life
is to give to please Allah subhanaw taala to have Taqwa of
Allah subhanaw taala and to confirm all of this by their
actions. So, this is the condition to what happens as a result of
this. Allah subhanaw taala says, For therefore, as a consequence,
suddenly Yes, Soo Hoo, little useless as a consequence of that,
Allah subhanaw taala saying, sir, means in the near future, we will
make easy for him Yusra.
What is easy to do? We will smooth the path for this person for
certain things. Now, what are those certain things?
The deen of Allah.
As a general
Salah becomes not a burden, not difficult, can get up. It's
inconvenient. Let's get it all but becomes easy not only easy to do
at all times, no matter where you are, and how busy you are, it
becomes easy as a facilitation from Allah.
For Sano yesu, Allah Rantala has made it easy similarly, giving in
zakat, similarly telling the truth similarly being having beautiful
o'clock, all of that everything that
leads to Allah's pleasure, everything that leads to
confirmation of Lie, Lie Lie everything that leads to Jannah is
made easy for this person
by Allah subhanaw taala is grace. Why? Because he is doing those
things. So Allah subhanaw taala makes this person do that.
Now we have the opposite picture. First Amma was these three. Now
Allah Subhana Allah says what am the opposite and as for the one
mum Bakula was governor now we are going to opposite. The one was
atta, who was giving spending
now, but he'll backfill means buckle means stinginess.
He's greedy for himself. He doesn't want to give he cannot
give Bucky
that's characteristic of the other that what Allah has given because
ultimately everything belongs to Allah subhanaw taala. But he does
not give he keeps for himself. Now generally, what happens when you
keep for yourself? Allah subhanaw taala may allow it to accumulate.
When it accumulates, the wealth increases. And what does that
increase wealth produce Allah subhanaw taala says women Bucky
law was governor is Governor means to feel that I am self sufficient.
I don't need anybody.
And most of all, I don't need a loss.
Because I have comfort I have enough wealth, I know in my heart
times I can always look at my bank account at my investments at my
and I should be all set. So this person in terms of the need does
not look towards Allah subhanaw taala but looks at their
possessions, which they have accumulated by withholding and
withholding without having given the one who Allah gives, who have
given are not included here because there is certain rights on
the wealth that was given and then Allah subhanaw taala gives them on
top of that superfluous. That's okay because that's what Allah has
written. But the one who withholds illegally by not giving by being
stingy, keeping for themselves Allah subhanaw taala says that as
a consequence of that it gives them is still enough, he feels
self sufficient, I don't need anyone, which is a worse disease
backfill is bad because nobody else is going to enter Jannah but
to have to feel is still gonna, that I don't need anything. I
don't need anybody because I have everything. I don't need guidance.
So this person rejects that too. And he rejects Allah subhanaw
taala because there is only one running. So this person feels he
is funny, but he's not. He's nothing.
Allah subhanaw taala is the only one who is free of all needs of
any
one you will help me.
So Allah subhanaw taala is telling us the opposite characteristics.
The second the opposite path. This person withholds doesn't spend and
feels he's independent, he doesn't need and the third, the first one
was Sundar carbon who snow confirmed this one, what can the
bobbin hasna and he denies all good things he denies and rejects
La ilaha illAllah.
He denies and says that I need to do good said no, this is mine.
I'll do what I want. I will spend the money the way I want because
this is mine.
So all the good things that he could have used his wealth and his
talent everything he denied or cut the Bible. Now one person who has
these three traits that Allah subhanaw taala has mentioned the
opposite. What is the consequence the shirt was who does this for
seven years sudo who Lillas Allah subhanaw taala says that we will
ease for Him we will smoothen the way to answer her Surah means
affliction to difficulty and the ultimate apostle is the difficulty
a person faces in Jannah the difficulty the person faces in the
cupboard and even in this life, Allah subhanaw taala makes his
heart die yet. You're not constricted, he has in spite of
having all worldly possessions. He cannot find peace and tranquility.
So Allah subhanaw taala says we will ease his way to that. And it
also means that Allah will then because he's doing all of this is
his way to doing evil
He will have more opportunities of evil open to him.
He will have more opportunities of disobedience open to him just like
for the other group, Allah subhanaw taala opens obedience
opens ways of higher. Allah opens ways of shadow for these people
that's the law because of what they did.
Now, there are several Hadith
regarding this
one day, this is in Sahih Bukhari Sayidina Ali Ali vie Alon Karim
Allah who was reports that Rasulullah sallallahu sallam was
with us in genital Bucky Arpad in the cemetery and Rasul allah
sallallahu sallam said the following
You said ma'am, income mean, I hadn't Illa work at katiba Mikado
who Minal Jana, among other who Manana. You said there is no one
among you, except that his place has already been written.
Either a seat a place in paradise or a seat in general.
It's already been written.
So, the Sahaba, who were with him said, Yasser Allah, should we just
depend on this? In other words, then we don't need to do anything
else. So Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam said,
yeah, man, you know, do actions.
For colon Musa urine, Lima Haleakala, because everyone will
have made easy for him those deeds that lead to what was written for
him by the Paradise was written for him, then the ways of getting
to Paradise will be made easy for him. And if Jana was written for a
person, that would be those actions will be made easy for
there are other narrations of our workers are different, the Alon
asking Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam you said, O Messenger
of Allah sallallahu alayhi. Salam, do we act according to what has
already been decided by Allah subhanaw taala or is the matter up
to us, and then the results come and Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
salam said, Indeed, it is according to what has already been
decided. So when Allah subhanaw taala, in his wisdom, created each
one of us, he had already assigned. In another narration,
the Rasulullah sallallahu listen tells us when the angels come that
you know, for months to
put the roof or breed the roof into the fetus, in the womb,
certain things are written, but there is going to be you know,
where his destination is going to be, whether he is going to be
happy and sad and distressed and all of the miserable life, all of
those things are already written for him. So Allah subhanaw taala
has written those things, based on his four knowledge of each
individual.
So each one of us already has a place assigned, except we don't
know. Now how can we get a hint of it, if we find if you find that
Allah subhanaw taala is opening up
channels of goodness to do good things. One after the other more
and more more people are appealing for funds, more people looking for
help from you more people, you know, doing making you do good
deeds, giving you Allah subhanaw taala giving you companionship of
good people finding a good teachers finding your good
companions finding a good spouse,
supplying them for you not finding that means Allah subhanaw taala is
in turn has intended her for you, this is a general we also know
that sometimes by our actions, things can change in the end
because we didn't know where we were going to go. So this is an
indication we should never if we feel those we shouldn't feel proud
we should take every opportunity of good was said that Pebble has
every opportunity of good if Allah gives us if 5000 People ask us for
the for money, and we have we should give to 5000 people and
look for more because we are investing
we are investing because the returns that will come are
greater, much greater. Just like in in the dunya what do we do?
Somebody who has some savings, they like to invest it so it grows
and generally the people who advise us, tell us dive to
diversify. Put some in real estate, hold some in cash, put
some in gold, put some in stocks put in all of those diversify
so that your chances of losing it is low, and your chances of
getting is more. Now if sometimes they say it will become double, or
it will become three or four fold. If you knew everything was going
to everybody would put it like that, but those are just sometimes
it happens. But here we have guaranteed return minimum, what
you give will be multiplied tenfold, there is nothing in the
dunya where there is a guarantee of even doubling. So, the smart
one diversifies his Astra portfolio by doing every kind of
good, of course, the fried first and then the neuropathy. I'm not
satisfied, but just doing my fault and my son, I want to do more
nothing, I want to do tahajjud, I want to do the half. I'm not just
satisfied by giving Zakah I want to give more sadaqa I want to do
more and more. I'm not satisfied by knowing a little bit I want to
know more. I'm not I want to do every opportunity so that that's
my investment and my return will be according to that. So Allah
subhanaw taala is telling us that we will see and we will have ease
in what we are doing. Similarly the opposite, that the person who
Allah's won't allow to his wisdom and out of His foreknowledge has
destined this person for Jahannam will have all kinds of worldly
things open for him, which lead to disobedience, one of which is
wealth.
Because wealth frequently makes people unconscious of Allah
subhanaw taala frequently when you have too much what do you do? You
spend it either in extravagance of buying and buying and buy, or for
sure which is disliked by Allah subhanaw taala or just to hold and
then it gives you the sense of arrogance I'm the wealthiest and
and today the society has become like the you know, the rich and
the famous and everybody's looking up to this, you know, who is the
richest today? This one is tomorrow that one. But what is it
internally? What is it doing? Are they satisfied? Are they happy?
Are they discontented? What is going on? So Allah subhanaw taala
for the one who is heading in that right path, gives them contentment
with what they have, even if they have nothing, they're happy
internally and they are in sukoon and they are in they have
tranquility and their peace of mind they sleep well. Whereas a
person may have a lot of wealth and be in complete misery.
And even after they die, that it may be means of misery. We saved
all of this and we see these examples. We just had an example.
People live millions of dollars worth of property now the children
are fighting and killing each other over it. Okay, so what did
it get you?
So that's what we have to understand that Allah subhanaw
taala saying
that you have to make effort because you don't know where your
end is. But if you find certain things becoming easy for you,
which is goodness hamdulillah it may be a Bashara and we should
also become very concerned, if we were doing good and we are doing
less and less and even worse, if we are now starting to disobey
Allah
disobey be missing our Salah disobey in lying disobey and
guarding our tongues, in guarding our eyes, guarding our private
parts, all of those things, if we are becoming lacks with that, that
may be a warning sign that I'm heading in the wrong direction
mice, my site is not where and Allah subhanaw taala is pleased
with with me. So now after describing these
three conditions of the of the second, Allah subhanaw taala talks
about this person who whose path in the dunya has been made easy
towards evil and wealth and he feels that he is a weenie is not
in need of anyone self sufficient. Allah subhanaw taala says, what my
yoga Nyan Humala who either terracotta
either Terada means when he is thrown down, Terada to be flung
down. So, this third the Mufasa rune have taken two meanings. One
is death, which means that the person is being thrown into his
load into his grave.
And the majority opinion is that this refers to Jan,
that this person reached the end of that path, which in the end
after the gravel Jen, so when this person who was denying
considerable Husna
who thought he was self sufficient, and all of that, most
of it stemming from all the wealth that he had, and the power and
connection
As Allah subhanaw taala say, none of that may have any, it will not
suffice in Malou.
All that he felt so comfortable with will be worth nothing, it
will come to no avail if anything, it will be questioned.
Just, you know this last week, I just heard this this morning that
one of the wealthy people of this area of Western Mass,
died at the age of 106. And most of his stuff is being given in
charity, because he's quoted as having said that I don't want to
be the richest person in the graveyard.
Now if we can understand that while we are alive, that's even
better. Okay, because after we die, it didn't belong to us
anyway, it will be divided according to what Allah has said.
So we have to give while we can. So Allah subhanaw taala saying
that which he feels so much comfort in that he feels so proud
of that which gives him the sense of stamina of self sufficiency, it
will count for zero, neither in the grave
nor in Japan, because it can save you in any way. There are many a
hadith and is of the Quran, Allah subhanaw taala says the person in
Jannah if he could give the whole world in gold, to ransom him out
of Jannah it would not be accepted. So this wealth will come
to nothing.
Then Allah subhanaw taala says in NA Lena al Huda
indeed
on us is Houda guidance
upon us is guidance. One understanding is that it is only
Allah who guides it is upon us who to guide
and as we know guidance is what to show the difference between right
and wrong
to show the difference between Tohei then ship, to show the
difference between good o'clock and bad o'clock, that Allah
subhanaw taala programmed in us as we have learned in previous Surah
that when He created us, he programmed in us the difference
between right and wrong.
So we already had that level of guidance genetically. Then once we
become arqule. When we become understanding Allah subhanaw taala
gives another level of guidance, which is the Quran which is the
result of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam and all previous
Ambia that Allah subhanaw taala did not leave people without
guidance, so that nobody can say that. So besides programming us
Allah subhanaw taala says, and we send to you guidance on us, what
is the guidance? To show you all what is right what is wrong? To
show you what Allah is pleased with? To show you what is halal,
what is halal.
The second understanding of Inaya Lena learned who that means, and
to us is the guidance. What does that mean? That the guidance,
again, is Allah subhanaw taala has
purview that he's the one who gives a lay not towards us. In
other words, the guidance Allah gives, what is the goal of that if
you know, when you ask for guidance, you have a goal you want
to reach somewhere where do you want to reach us means Allah smart
Allah Himself is the pastor sabe as he says, says elsewhere in the
Quran, that Allah subhanaw taala will show us that what is it my
goal is Allah subhanaw taala you can say, Well, my goal is Jana,
but ultimately what is
Janna product of Allah's pleasure because we don't even read all of
these things that we're supposed to do good deeds Amell will not
enter anyone into Jin as Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam
totters, it it said is only the Rama of Allah subhanaw taala even
for him so Allah Allah listen. So we are entered by the Rama for
last month Allah by the what he has already destined for us. But
we have to do this because it will give us different levels of Jana.
So, Allah subhanaw taala says, The Ultimate what is the ultimate
pleasure? ultimate pleasure in Jannah is what
the vision of Allah subhanaw taala that all of Jannah with all of its
infinite pleasures, will become meaningless and will fade once a
person says Allah.
And as some of our scholars have said, that there is a gender in
the dunya also, and the one who doesn't enter the gender in the
dunya will not enter the gender of the Afra what is the gender of the
dunya to feel that closeness to Allah subhanaw taala to feel that
wounds, that intimacy with Allah that awareness of Allah subhanaw
taala the peace and tranquility that comes under all challenges?
When we are in, in in in difficulty, we feel that nearness
of when we are in pleasure and plenty we feel so whether it's
positive whether it's plenty we have connection with Allah that is
the anchor that we're looking for. That gives removes all anxiety
removes all stress removes all depression removes all of those
things, which doesn't mean that you don't have emotions of sadness
and happiness, all of those are okay? But the person does not get
dislodged completely. Okay? Because he has that anchor, Allah
subhanaw taala. And that is the gender of the dunya. If he has
billions, he is still connected with Allah subhanaw taala. And
that's what he is. And if it all goes, is still connected with the
last one today, it doesn't matter.
The person may have nothing.
I was just reading the story, although
some few days ago about one of the people of the Morteza light who
was so poor that one day he ate mud because he had nothing
to do there have been people yet they are content with hola
Amara de Alon, Omar, Tog Rafi Allah Han.
What did he used to eat? Hard barley bread, which most people
would have trouble chewing and swallowing, that's what he had was
he content Was he happy, was pleased with the last one but of
course, so it is, what the contentment and happiness and
pleasure is what Allah gives as a taste of the contentment, pleasure
and happiness of the anchor of Jana.
So, the guidance to that Allah subhanaw taala says in NA Lena
Buddha, it is on us. And as Allah subhanaw taala told the Prophet
salallahu Salam in Nicola de manera bapta You cannot guide who
you want Allah. Yeah de mai Isha Illa Serratos Allah subhanaw taala
guides to whom he wants, so that Allah Swanton has kept with
himself.
And then Allah subhanaw taala says, we're in Atlanta.
And Allah has sovereignty, His kingdom, His Milk, milk here is
the Accra in the hula what came before which is the dunya.
Everything in the orchestra belongs to Allah smiled Allah he
will give an assigned what he wants to whom He will, in whatever
quantity he will, everything in the dunya belongs to Allah he will
give what he wants, how much he wants, when he wants as he wants.
Through means without means everything belongs to him. And
that is easy to understand. Now once we understand that everything
belongs to him, doesn't it then become useless is no let me give
it let me spend why because it's not mine to start with.
It's Allah Subhana Allah subhanaw taala gives us and then says,
give me a goodly Lord Cardin Hassan.
So this is how Allah subhanaw taala treats us after giving us he
asked us to spend something from
then Allah subhanaw taala as you know, Allah subhanaw taala send
the Prophet salallahu Salam as a Bashir and another one who gives
glad tidings of the Jana of Allah's pleasure and Allah's
reward and the who warns warns of his anger ones of his punishment
of his Jalon of the agenda, and so on so forth.
And so he used to I was told to warn people of the agenda. Okay.
Allah subhanaw taala has warned people now in this idea that's
coming for under token Now Ron love Allah subhanaw taala is not
warning through Rasul allah sallallahu. Listen, after telling
us all as the saying under the command I have warned you and
isn't passed and Allah subhanaw taala say, I have warned you about
the fire that is raging blazing Talador
so nobody can say I didn't get them. Hola Swanton I myself I
mean, imagine one message comes through a messenger which is good
enough. But here the one the king himself is giving the message.
Allah subhanaw taala saying, so this should be the ultimate Allah
saying the One who created that non Allah that I warn you. In
other words, don't take that path that we just talked about the
second of those path of denial of holding, you know, of doing evil.
Because after easing all of that, I am going to put you in that
Hellfire that is blazing and I am warning you in other
was don't take that.
Then Allah subhanaw taala tells us who are the people destined for
that he says La yes La ilaha illa Ashkar no one will enter it except
the Ashkar what is a Shiva? Shakti is the miserable who's who is bad.
And Ashkar is the superlative form of it. The worst, the most
wretched, the most evil Allah subhanaw taala saying no one will
enter it except that means the most evil people will enter it
will have to endure that fire.
What is the characteristic of this going back to previous reference?
A lady kept the bath water well, first of all get the bar he
denied. Before get the marble Husna. Here I let the kid just
said what did He die? He denied ly live. He denied Allah's existence.
He denied accountability. He denied Day of Judgment. He denied
Jana. He denied that there are rewards and punishments. He denied
that his life Life After Death. Godiva in his belief,
he didn't believe denied it. The message came to him the warning of
Allah came to him. The warning from the messenger came to him the
Bashara came to him the guidance came to deny and not only did he
deny inside in his belief, what well Tala means to turn away
action by his actions he denied. So not only did he not believe in
Sai he was not like the Munna avec, because when AFIC didn't
believe, but would do good deeds and would join in Salah. This one
denied and then turned away from all of that he rejected it by his
actions.
When he was called to Allah subhanaw taala he says no, I'm
turning away when he was called for example by someone asking a
needy
give me something he turned away from his turn displays No, gave
him the back. He turned away from all good things
so this is the one who is going to be a shark the worst of the worse
will be in Jana.
Then Allah subhanaw taala says, was you Jenna boehle at CA That
was Ashkar the worst at comments. The one who has the most Taqwa
was say you Jen and we will soon move aways, move to the side or
save who the one who has who has the most Taqwa who is the most God
fearing who's the most Mottaki
he will be saved from that naran talaga.
Fortunately, Salah has mercy that this the way these wordings are,
it is not like the one who is going to be in Jannah because in
that one Allah subhanaw taala says, no one will enter it except
the ashcan. If the structure was the same, it would mean nobody
would be saved from it except the attacker. In other words, only the
most Motoki would be saved but this is not our last one on
palaces in the in this this is mercy he says
was so your Jana Jana boehle. At carmenes. The one word have most
Taqwa would certainly be saved. But it doesn't mean that who have
less Taqwa will go and Jana. Okay.
Anyone who's striving has any degree of Taqwa any degree,
doesn't have to be a TCA, but the goal is to be at
the most Taqwa will be saved from it would be turned away from it.
And what are the characteristic again of this? Because this
matches with the first the three that we talked about.
What does he do a lady you t Malla who yet is
he which shows his Taqwa by U T, by giving Milo his wealth
yet Zabka to purify himself to purify his wealth, give Zakka
Okay, here Allah subhanaw taala clearly mentioned about giving man
before one was outta spend, and can be everything. So, Allah
subhanaw taala, saying the characteristic of this person who
will be saved from non pallava is that he gives from his wealth to
purify, purify his own greed, his own attachment to the wealth
because wealth produces attachment, the more you have the
more attachment and once you get attachment and how
For man, that heart cannot have open attachment for last month
because there is Allah subhanaw taala doesn't exist in a heart
which is attached to other than Him.
So
we should remember that and what is it, to purify his intention is
to purify himself from that greed from that attachment and to purify
his wealth and make the rest of it halal. The minimum of which is to
give two and a half percent, one part out of 40
and then Allah subhanaw taala specifies a little bit about this
spending he says, well, Molly I hadn't under whom in Namath and
Tujunga that the one he is giving is not giving because that guy did
something for him in the past, so he is compensating him or he is
giving to someone expecting a Jazza from him later on that I
will get this in return. Allah is not doing it for these best
reason, you know, returning someone's favor, or expecting some
favor agenda from someone else. So what does he do it for?
In Liberty Hall horror words, you hear a bill
you only this does it for no other reason except seeking.
Looking for empathy,
longing for what means countenance rub, bail Allah
of His countenance, which means the pleasure of his Lord, the Most
High
and when a person thinks of his Lord is Most High, what does he
then feel himself, I am the lowest, he doesn't feel that is
still gonna, he feels humility and humbleness because he knows there
is only one who is an ADD, which is the last one. So he is giving
fun only with the sincere purpose that maybe my Rob will be pleased
with me. And this also comes in surah. Dara said that we don't
give you for anything in return. We are doing this only for Allah.
This comes in many places. So our intentions should always be to do
it, seeking the pleasure from us in love, Teva, YG, Rob Bell,
Allah, then Allah subhanaw taala concludes by saying, well as so
for young law,
and this normally the lamb is for Takis to stress and you know,
indeed,
so far means
in the future, your da he will be well pleased. But there is also a
what's called level Kasam. Then the scholars have said that's what
this is that Allah subhanaw taala saying, and I swear that he will
be well pleased, who is this He who has done all of these things?
What is well please means Allah subhanaw taala is not saying only
in the after.
Allah is one of the laws,
generosity extends throughout existence. Dunya and aka Allah
subhanaw taala say, and I swear that the one who does this, who
does Spence who was sincere for Allah's pleasure, who sought the
Kabul personnel and who confirms all of those things. Allah
subhanaw taala will make him so pleased with what he gets as a
compensation for what should we expect for return of his money?
For one, Allah subhanaw taala says he is looking for purification,
the Zakka Allah will purify him.
What else will Allah subhanaw taala do in this life, Allah
subhanaw taala will fill the believers heart and soul with
everything that
is beautiful that radiates that around him that helps people feel
that goodness, that is the reward. He will be satisfied and take
pleasure in his deen and the practices of his Deen Allah
subhanaw taala will remove doubts and shock and laziness and all of
those things that he will be pleased to have ready to be
liable. I am pleased to have Allah Asma Islam Medina wobm Hamedan
Salallahu Alaihe Salam wa Rasulullah is pleased with all of
that, that will be sincerely he will be pleased with the destiny
of Allah subhanaw taala in the dunya of what she goes through,
whether it's hardship, or whether it's ease, whether it's poverty,
whether it's plenty, he will be content in the dunya with Whatever
befalls him of comfort or discomfort, poor or wealthy, he
will be free of anxiety.
Hello will remove those feelings of depression and hopelessness. He
does not worry even if he has nothing where will my risk come
because Allah subhanaw taala says your risk
for summer. Mamata fitsum Iris Coco mama to adorn and in the
heavens is your risk and what you have been promised so and he
believes that Allah will provide for me, even though there is no
means I see where it is coming from.
Then Allah subhanaw taala will remove all of his burdens in this
life and make things goodness easy for him. He will give him
satisfaction, he will give him peace and tranquility. Allah
subhanaw taala will make his death on on Sabbath on the deen on the
caliber, Allah subhanaw taala will make the grave a place of pleasure
for this person. And ultimately Allah subhanaw taala will will
remove the hardships of the day of judgment Allah subhanaw taala
would give him honor and shade on the Day of Judgment, Allah
subhanaw taala will enter this person into Paradise which is the
ultimate and then the ultimate in Paradise is Allah subhanaw taala
saying I am pleased with you and I will never be displaced. So all of
those will be what pleases Allah smart Allah Allah so far yellow
bar, what I will give him he will be so pleased, there'll be nothing
that he will desire after
all this for what for what he did, how he treated which path which
side he took the path to alas pleasure. So that in summary tells
us because we need to be reminded because we live in a capitalistic
society where the focus is on wealth for non Muslims and for
Muslims. We are just as guilty you and me all of us that we want more
and more and more. If Allah were to make us, billionaire, what kind
of a fitna that would do. First of all, I can eat billions worth.
Number two, will that move me away from Allah? Will that give me
cable and arrogance? Will that make me show off to people call
people look what I have, look what I've achieved like our own.
Will that make me heedless of Allah?
Will that make me
perform shirk in the means of those things that now I am
comfortable? I don't need will. Or will it be that the first thing
that happens? Allah comes to my mind that Allah will provide.
So having wealth can be a blessing, but more often than not,
it is a challenge because Rasulullah salAllahu alayhi salam
told us he said for every Ummah, there is a fitna a trial and he
says a fitna to mighty al Mal, the fitna the trial is for my ummah,
the character is wealth, and we see Muslims behaving like
everybody else wants to come into money.
So Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam used to make dua, he said,
Yeah, Allah give to Allah and from
what should you give risk? What kind of risk Kuta just sufficient.
Not that it becomes a challenge. Not that it becomes something that
makes us further from Allah. Not that makes us feel forgetful of
Allah and mob Allah that makes us feel that I don't need
what is that kind of wealth, that is a recipe for disaster. So what
we have, if it is sufficient we should be, we don't ask the
Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam also sought refuge from fucker
that you don't have enough, then it leads you to another situation.
We are, we have sufficient and what Allah gives, I have Karna the
greatest wealth is to have Karna which is to feel content with what
we have that is the greatest wealth, because otherwise we can
have in numerical numbers and amounts, and yet we don't feel
satisfied. So we ask Allah subhanaw taala to give us a clear
understanding of the true worth of wealth and the wealth can be used
in many good things. That if Allah smart Allah has written for us a
lot of wealth, that we use it for His pleasure, that we spend a lot
of it and we know that we will get it back that we use it as an
opportunity for Allah's pleasure and for the rewards not for any
other not to look generous inside in front or not to expect rewards
from people recognition even a thank
So may Allah smart Allah give us that understanding my last month
will open our hearts to understand that what we have is belongs to
Allah and it's going to be left here. So why not use it as much as
possible? Minimum of which is to
Make sure that we full fully gives the cartons little more just as a
safety net and then give more insulin. And then Allah subhanaw
taala will ease that and that giving will start giving pleasure
to the person.
Like Salah for some people, it's a burden, it's a hardship, but for
Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihe Salam, what did he say? It is Carla time.
Joy, let it's Allah kura Toyne okay?
That for me, the salah has been made a pleasure for my eyes. So
everything good will become pleasurable. That's what we ask.
And doing that being aware of Allah's rights upon us at all
times, to him and to his creatures, and keeping this focus
that everybody's running in different direction, I don't need
to be distracted, I need to have one focus, I have one path, I ask
Allah subhanaw taala every day for that guidance. The goal at the end
of that path is Allah's pleasure is Allah Himself, my goal is
Allah,
not anything else. So we keep that focus. And we, if we see we are
doing good things, we thank Allah and do more. And if we see we are
doing something else, we do a lot of stuff far and turn away from
things that may be leading us to that.
So now Allah subhanaw taala help us to understand this and to to
implement this in our lives. And in sha Allah.
We ask Allah subhanaw taala to make us among those who are among
the Atka. Now some of the Mufasa rune have said that some of these
Iots were specifically revealed regarding acidic Abu Bakr, Siddiq,
Radi Allahu Anhu
because he was of those who did all of these things. You know,
when the early Muslims were being, and especially those who were
slaves or being tortured, he would buy them and released give them
freedom.
And in fact about a book Kochava his father said that I hear you by
all of these weeks lives and women and you you free them, why don't
you buy the strong ones so when you free them, they can defend you
they can be used for me said I'm not doing it for my benefit. I'm
doing it for Allah's pleasure. So he did all of these things. So
when it says are the most conscious of Allah subhanaw taala.
The general consensus is that the one with Atka in this Amaya is our
work and
so some have said that these some of these is because he did all of
those things, who are specifically for in the revelation was about
him to highlight his his
father is his
his
nobility, his goodness, but they are generous. Everybody should
aspire for that. They're not just for him. So that's another angle
that I had forgotten. So inshallah we will end with that and open it
up for comments and questions and answers so Hanukkah long No, no
shadow Allah Allah. Hi, Lana stockbroker on a taboo.