Mohammed Faqih – Tafseer Surah Ad-Duhaa – Touched By An Angel
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Tonight we're going to, inshaAllah,
have part 1 of
reflections in tafsir of Surat Al Duha. InshaAllah
the first one of the Isar al Sur.
And we'll do part 2 day after tomorrow.
InshaAllah tomorrow,
is the graduation of, one of my children,
so I won't be able to make it
back.
So inshaAllah ta'ala join us. In my opinion
one of the most, if not the most
relevant surah of the Qisar of Surah.
A surah that should, inshaAllah will talk about
it.
After the sunnah be in the lab, we'll
begin
at
8:30.
It's important that in a tafsir gathering that
I well, most yeah.
That I would be sitting,
but I'm I'm a little excited today
about this Surah.
And
if it's up to me, I would actually
just spend, like, a month discussing the Surah.
And, no, This is one of the most
relevant Surah of the Quran.
So welcome to the series, Insha Allah,
which we will begin tonight,
without any further delay.
Wonder,
you know,
well, what I wanted to say is, remember,
the prophet
said, anytime a group of people get together
in any of the houses of Allah to
recite the book of Allah and discuss it
amongst themselves, prophet
says 4 things happen.
Tranquility and serenity descends upon them. Tranquility
and and Sakeena descends upon them.
And they will be showered or covered with
Allah Azza Wa Jal's mercy.
The angels surround them. In in one narration
it says that the angels surround a gathering
where people are discussing the Quran in circles.
In circles, one layers after another on top
of each other,
all the way to the to the heavens.
Players of angels.
They will
And the best of all,
That Allah
mentions
those who are present sitting, taking the time
to discuss the book of Allah
The the intended, you
know, objective of this particular series is to
discuss
Pisar a Sur, the short Suras.
What are Pisar of Sur?
The scholars
divide the Quran into different sections.
Atiwal,
like the long, you know, Al Me'en, and
you know, Muhaqqal.
And then Al Mufasal. Al Mufasal is from
Surat Qaf all the way to the end
of the Quran. And then Al Mufasal is
divided into 3 sections.
Right?
The the long surahs of Al Mufasal,
these are 2 to 3 pages.
And then
the the middle or the the medium sized
Suras,
these are about a page, half a page,
a page and a half. And then Qisar
al Sur.
Qisar al Mufasal.
They they may call them Qisar al Sur,
the short Surahs, or they may call
them Qisar al Mufasal.
The shortest of the last section of the
Quran.
And these surahs begin with Surah Al Duha.
So that's what we're going to be focusing
on. The series was was titled
touched by an angel, because
these Suras were revealed in the early Mecca,
you know,
era when the prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam interacted
with Jibreel for the first time, and he
was literally touched by an angel. He was
literally hugged and embraced by Jibreel alaihi wasalam.
Also in
we're not trying to sound like,
someone said well I you know it sounded
like a a title from a a church
gathering or from a no. No. It's it's
really to remember a dear friend and and
brother of our Sheikh Mohammed Sharif who was
the first one to use that title in
the in his famous about 20 years ago,
in his famous series,
of Tafsir Juz'amma
known as touched by an angel, Rahimahullah. So
it was just we borrowed that from him
just to remember him, Alayhi, Rahimahullah.
So insha'Allah ta'ala, the intention is to cover
Surah Duha this week and then few Surah's
the next couple of weeks
before, I break for Hajj inshaAllah.
Surah to Duha is a Meccan Surah,
and it's agreed upon that it's a Meccan
Surah.
It was
one of the earliest
revelations
to come down.
Perhaps according to some scholars it was the
3rd Surah to be revealed.
It's a Surah that came to to to
console the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
And there's a,
you know, a context behind the revelation.
There is
you know an incident.
So they said basically,
the the scholars of tafsir say
that after the revelation came down to the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam there was a
pause.
The,
Polytheists or the pagans of Mecca they
said,
Allah has forsaken him and Allah has abandoned
him.
In another narration it says that, Mujameel
hamalatulhatab,
the wife of Abu Lahab, She's the one
that came to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam, and she said to him to his
face, oh Muhammad,
you know people are saying that your your
your thing or your companion meaning Jibril
is not coming to you.
And this means that your
forsaken you. You're no longer you're not good
enough. You're not qualified.
It's over.
And that caused the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam great level of
distress.
The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam started to
question himself. Was I not good enough? Did
I not do my best? So
tahazin Nabi sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. In some
narrations it says that it's it there was
a pause for 40 days.
In in another narration
it said that it went up to 6
months.
So the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam went
to Khadija according to one narration.
He went to Khadija and he said, I
think my Lord has
disqualified me, has abandoned me,
and and it's over for me.
So they say that Khadija said to him,
no.
So
again I currently this narration,
which is not the strongest narration.
Khadija for the second time she she reassures
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam.
And she said Allah There's no way Allah
would choose you and then
drop you.
Be patient.
Right?
So again this narration is questioned by the
scholars. They said it's it's a weak narration.
Not because of what Khadija said, but because
of
what is claimed to have been said by
the prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam. The point
here is that the prophet shalallahu alaihi wa
sallam was indeed didn't know.
What does this mean? What does this pause
mean? He wasn't used to this.
And this in and of itself
is one of the clear
indications and evidence
evidences
early on that this is what?
From Allah. And that Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam is the messenger of Allah. And that
Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam has to wait
for revelation to come from Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala. He is not the author or the
person producing this. Why would anyone do this?
If they say If they say You know
some people say that for 40 years he
was plotting, and planning, and preparing, and authoring,
and putting together this Quran, and then he
started producing it. Why would anyone do that?
Why would anyone allow people for 6 months
to to mock him
and come and, you know, make fun of
him, especially Umu Jamil, his neighbor,
after what she has done, him and his
uncle? Why would anyone, you know why would
he do that? Why would he allow the
Meccans to spread rumors about him, and about
him being dropped or being forgotten by Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala? Why? Why go through that?
Yeah? I mean why would he do that
salallahu alayhi wa sallam. But
So you know And then the scholars discuss
what's what was the Hikma? Why did Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala pause the revelation for this
for this long?
We we can discuss that insha'Allahahu ta'ala
later.
So what does the Surah
actually talk about?
The Surah begins,
the Surah which is of made of 11
verses. The Surah begins with
a Qasam.
Qasam is an oath,
and it's an amazing Qasem actually. Qasem is
an oath. Tabbeda Usur of your Qasem. And
this is very common especially what?
Where do we find Qasem?
In Meccan Meccan revelations.
So the Surah begins with
a Qasem or an oath
by the Abduha.
So
2 oaths or 2 objects
of
to this, you know, for this oath.
One is
'Abduha'.
And 'Abduha' scholars say,
you know, it means
one of 2
things
or both.
1, it means the whole the entire
day.
The entire day. Daylight time.
From
yeah. From sunrise all the way to sunset.
This whole day when the day is
bright.
In the in the Arabic language, and when
we talk about,
you know, the, you know,
you use a portion of an object in
reference to the whole object.
Right? So for instance,
you say so and so came
or Rasuh.
You'll you'll refer to a person by using
his head.
Right?
You you may say,
or unfortunately America use they use some other
body parts.
Right?
So you will say, you know,
I have this many heads.
People even when referring to cattle they say
this person has this many heads.
Not only the head. Yeah. The whole nobody.
So they said because this is the the
the brightest
portion of the day,
it is it refers to the whole day.
And some scholars say there is an indication
in the following
that says that that's what's intended.
The other
and most obvious and most popular opinion is
that no, it's a portion of a day.
It's a it's one it's a particular period
within the day, and that is what is
known as the forenoon,
like the
the beginning of the day. When the sun
rises
above the horizon,
and before
the sun
reaches the zenith.
What the well known,
you know,
time period that we know
as Duha. So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
swears by it. And Allah doesn't say anything
about Duha. So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala just
swears by Duha, what Duha.
The following Qasam
is
a little more
complex. It's not just
No.
So we're gonna come to that.
So now
the question here is, okay, when Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala uses something as an oath, it's
intended in and of itself.
And it's connected to the Joab. Because Qasam
in Arabic
or in in Bilava,
the linguists
say that when there is Qasem there is
always Jawab Qasem. Okay. So when there is
an oath there is something that the oath
was was made for,
And you need to look for that.
So
so there has to be a connection
between the Qasem
and the statement of fact that you're stating.
There has to be some sort of connection.
It's not just random.
So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
doesn't just choose anything. And scholars also say
said that when Allah Azzawajal generally speaking about
Qasam, when Allah Azzawajal use any
object, be it like a celestial body or
a a time of, you know, something that
is abstract or something that is,
you
It actually
shows the significance and the importance of that
element
that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is using for
in his Qasr. And Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
says basically he's telling us pay attention to
it.
So
and then the scholars talk about, you know,
okay, Luhaha. What is why Luhaha? What's but
one of the most amazing
is is one of the most amazing beautiful
insights
regarding Abuha.
They said this Surah came to console the
prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam,
comfort the prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam,
provide positive reinforcement,
and to reassure the prophet salallahu alaihi wa
sallam and strengthen his resolve.
Because now the Meccan mocked him to the
point where he started second guessing himself.
Not Allah but himself. Was I not good
enough? Did I not do a good job?
So Allah wanted to
re energize,
reassure
the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Salam. And then
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
uses a
Duha. So what's with Duha?
They said that's when
light comes up and
light spreads.
It's the brightest day. And you Muhammad
and whatever is coming to you, this revelation,
you are that.
You signify that.
You and the guidance you're bringing is going
to be the light that is going to
dismantle
the darkness
of of misguidance.
Now,
they said also because that period
carries a very
significant
value
in the history
history of the struggle between
guidance and misguidance,
between light and darkness.
And they said
Musa alaihis salam in Egypt, when
he was challenged by the magicians in the
in Firaun,
Musa said to them,
So Musa said to them, no the best
time, okay, our appointment is the Umazin at
the day of the festival,
and bring people up. Because we want people
to see clearly. We bring people up at
that time, the duha time,
so they can see clearly.
They said that's the hour of the day
when Allah Wa Ta'ala gave victory to Musa
alaihi salam over the Kuffar and defeated
Sahlah,
the magicians.
So there is no ambiguity there is no
doubt about
it. That that's also that appeals also to
be the hour when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
saved Musa and Banu Israeel and destroyed Fir'awn,
Right? Perhaps that's also the hour when many
great things, great victories,
and breakthroughs happen.
And as if he's saying this this time
carries a special
importance and significance
even in you in the future of your
dawah and your Ummah, O Muhammad.
This is why it's one of the most
blessed hours of the day.
And the prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam says,
Barakallahu li ummatifibukuriha.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
blessed the early hours of the day for
my Ummah.
Even modern day,
you know,
experts and
lead figures in the time in life managements
and success,
they say they they call them the golden
hours.
It's part of that the golden hours.
It is also the time when
victory came later on for the Muslims.
In Badr, it was that time.
Adithan, you know, normally
when victory or breakthrough or Fath comes it's
that time of the day.
No.
So Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala says,
Then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gives us a
contrast.
Now daytime
or the brightness of duha was was used
for the Qasem, and then Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala says, walayliida
sajal.
Also
by the night
when
it Now this
particular
Qasem
is not by just the object or the
element of the night, no.
The element of the night,
in,
when it's when it's when it's
when it's going through a particular,
you know, transition.
And
the night when it
sajjad. So what does sajjad mean? Sajjad has
three meanings.
Obviously again translations
focus usually on what?
One particular meaning because you cannot possibly
have all the meanings,
you know mentioned. That is why, you know,
majalis or gatherings of Tafakkur and Tidabur are
good because you you get to reflect and
ponder and consider
these other,
you know, fine
meanings,
that usually are forgotten or dropped or lost
in the translation.
So
means
3 things
according
at least 3 things.
It means
to
settle.
To settle.
Right?
And
and when the when the night settles,
that means it's what?
No. No. What what does the night settle
you know, settling mean? I mean this this
may not be
by the way, this may not be fully
appreciated nowadays because we have artificial light and
stuff like that. But if you go to
rural areas or you go to, you know,
some countries where people are still living according
to the primitive ways. I remember one time
we went for for for
for Dawah
in a very remote area where they had
no electricity.
You know when after Maghrib?
After Maghrib,
gradually
things settle down. Everyone calms down. There is
sukoon.
There is settlement. There is sukoon.
And khalas. It's complete darkness. You start hearing
the crickets and stuff like that, and everyone
is calm. Everyone is quiet.
And that the darker it gets, the more
the more quiet people become, and eventually people
fall asleep.
And obviously, doctor Damani, you can, you know,
weigh in on this one. That is a
healthy practice for people to do that.
Right? For their,
you know, for their biological well-being and all
of that. I mean that's that's the best
That's how Allah Subhaqqai Wa Ta'ala created us.
What did we do? No. Because we need
to make more money, we need to work
overnight, and because we need, you know we
created not only just artificial light to study
and read, but
to to stay up all night. Some people
some people actually
become more active at night.
Yeah.
Their their whole
There are There's an entire industry. There are
industries
that actually
thrive
during the night.
And by the way, of these industries
is the most
evil, dark,
partners
who occupy this planet with us known as
djinn and shaalti.
Night time is supposed to be a time
where human beings and abilities settle and, you
know,
rest and they they they find, you know.
And Shai'atil and the jinn,
rice.
Right? Even by the way, there are certain
animals that just rest at night, and there
are other animals that
get up at night. Right?
But human beings are supposed to settle at
night, but, you know And that is why
by the way, Nabi salallahu alaihi wa sallam
told us, told families
that when the sun sets
One of the things I don't like And
Sameer take a note of this. One of
the things I don't like at sunset
and after sunset for an hour when kids
are running around all over the place and
playing and stuff like that. We're not supposed
to do that. The walsiyyah, the sunnah, the
practice is that when the sun sets in
about an hour after the sunset,
we should be indoors.
Especially children. The prophet said pull your children
indoors
and remain indoors.
Right? Settle.
And then after that if you need to
do some activities and programs, that's
that's
that's okay.
So that's one meaning
of sajyah, when the when the night settles.
The
Oh, also they said
when the night settles people also settle. So
there is sukoon. The night itself
rests and settles,
and people, human beings, it causes people to
settle. Qalu wassukoonu layl wassukoonu
nas.
So there is a a second meaning for
it, which is an obvious meaning.
And Sajah means Sajah Shey. Sajah Shey.
To cover.
To cover.
When you take a blanket and you cover
yourself,
this is in the Arabic language can be
referred
to as Sajjad,
like the person basically
covered himself.
So when the night covers
Covers what? Covers everything.
With with The third meaning is is they're
all connected is
when the darkness
intensifies.
The intensity of the When the when the
night
moves in,
settles,
people settle,
covers everything,
and the darkness
becomes so intense.
And they said this has been
this is part of the beautiful imageries that
we find in the Quran. The contrast duha
and then the opposite of it. In
the previous Surah Allah
says, when the night covers,
and when the day
opens things up and becomes bright and exposes
things.
Razi
says something very beautiful. He says, Suratul Layl
which is a Surah in the in the
order of the Quran that comes before Surat
Al Bu'a
talks primarily about who?
About who?
Abu Bakr.
I mean we're not gonna cover it but
it talks about There is reference to Abu
Bakr in the Surah. They say They call
that Surah
the Surah of Abu Bakr.
And Surah Al Duha is the Surah of
who?
Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam because he talks
about the prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam.
So So that he says so when you
go up from Surah Al Duha to Surah
from Surah Al Lehi to Surah Al Duha
because the night, you know, he says you
find Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam. If you
descend from Muhammad,
from the Surah of Muhammad that talks about
Muhammad to the Surah that talks about then
you find
They're always connected until the day of judgment.
No.
And he and he said from the mercy
of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the 2
Surah back to back, so that people understand
that what Abu Bakr was what?
Following the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. And
they're connected, there is no separation between them.
Okay.
Now
scholars also refer They say,
This is a reminder or this is to
cheer the prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam up.
Because the prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam was
down to begin with. He was feeling really,
you know, he he was he was sad,
he was in distress, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
so Allah azza wa jal. So it's it's
appropriate that the Qasam begins with something that
brightens, that cheers the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam up.
Yes, Muhammad. You are the source of guidance
and light. You are the source of light
and brightness, and this message that is coming
to you is that, is the duha
for this humanity. But you're still surrounded
by what?
Lots of darkness
around you.
Some scholars also said, no actually,
Walayli is because
the daytime is a time for the prophet
alaihi wasallam and for his dua to spread
and touch people's hearts,
and transform and bring people to the light
of Islam, and combat
the darkness of Kufr.
But night time is also a time for
him to what?
To settle,
to rest, and to engage with his Lord
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
Because shortly after this Surat Al Muzammil comes.
No. Night you see, he is his work
and they said
the day and the and the night are
mentioned just to refer to the 24 hour
cycle, that your work and Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala's care for you, Allah's guidance, Allah's protection
for you, is with you 247.
During during the duha, and even in the
darkness in the darkest of hours, we'll be
with you.
And in these dark hours you will get
up and you will stand before Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala. And Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says to him, Joab
al Qasam
is
Your Lord
has not
forsaken you.
And again, I'm just using any
rough translation,
or just very basic translation.
Waddaa' is much deeper than just,
forsaken or abandoned,
and we'll discuss that insha'Allah ta'ala. So Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala in the Joab of the
Qasem, Allah says,
not
this is a negation.
Right? You can negate by saying la.
There are many ways. In this particular context
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala uses the
Ma'am, which comes,
you know, to to imply
that,
hey, there is a misconception, there is a
misunderstanding,
there is
there's a wrong notion that has
been spreading around you, don't respond to you,
that's not true.
It's one of the most powerful ways to
negate something,
once and for all, forever.
Mawadaka.
And it's something that will never happen.
It's not something that didn't happen, no, it's
something that would never happen.
Is
to
forsaken or to part ways with someone.
But
in a permanent fashion.
So it's a permanent departure
from a place or from a relationship
or from
from a space.
Wawe?
Wada.
You say it there. However
wada' is Alwadha
Ubayinal Mut habin.
Wada'a
usually is between people who have a bond,
strong bond and have love for one another.
Mawad daaka.
And and and Allah Aja'u specifically says to
him, Mawad Da'aka,
you Muhammad, there is here what?
This what is lamir, daktazaman?
Lamir.
Lamir, kaf.
What is lamir in in grammar? What what
do they call it?
Allah is speaking to the Prophet in what?
In the
Second.
2nd person, right? Oh wait, 2nd person. So
the calf is what?
Pronoun?
Taweeb.
Pronoun.
Taweeb. So
in English to use, to use a word
to When you're talking to someone, what do
you, what do you
How do you refer to it? Your, Lord.
Right? So your Lord.
So Allah says, Your Lord, O Muhammad, has
not
depart had not departed, forsaken
or abandoned you,
O Muhammad.
You are not abandoned by your Lord.
You are not
abandoned by your Lord.
Rabbuka. Wamaaqala
nor
has He
done qalaqila is
to
disassociate
yourself or to cut yourself off from someone
that you have
something against.
Alkila yaqoonu bayinal mutanafi'i.
Right?
So the pro so Allah Azza wa Jal
because they came and they said that to
him. Jameel she said to him, your lord
or shaitaanuka she said they the the devil
referring to Jibril that used to come to
you has finally forsaken you
and said goodbye to you permanently,
once for all. So Allah responded to them,
Mawadaqa,
your lord has not
departed or has not
abandoned
you
nor has
he
dis you know, dis displeased or
has he,
you know,
what's that? Detest
or rejected or resent you?
Now
in when Allah mentions
Filah, Allah doesn't say you.
No. Allah did not say, Wamaqalaq.
Then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
and he did not
qala.
He didn't
And the scholars I tell you and you
can write pages and pages in terms of
why the scholars the scholars said Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala did not
specify. He did not put the pronoun
kaf.
Then it's alhamdulillah.
No. No. It will. It can work.
It would have been fine.
Some scholars said, well it's because so that
the verses will be succinct.
So that it will, like, any rhyme.
But Allah subhanahu wa'ala doesn't do things just
for that.
Then you find the scholars saying, no there's
great meanings here,
amazing meanings.
What this means
is Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
first of all one of the most beautiful
insights you'll find,
there's an author of a beautiful book about
Bayan al Quran,
doctor
doctor Fadil Samarahi,
a great an amazing great scholar. He said
this is from
the Allah subhanahu
wanted to honor the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam.
To honor the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
So he he says to him, Your lord
has not forsake
Your lord has not departed from you. Wadah.
Because Wadah is between
baynal mutahabbi.
But when he mentions pilah, which is usually
between people who have some some disagreement,
Allah didn't
didn't mention the kaf, the the dameer.
Let's say you say to me, oh, did
you forget me?
And if you're someone that I shouldn't be
forgetting
and I want to be Yani, I'll say,
I will never forget.
I'm not gonna say I will never forget
you,
I can't even say it. I wouldn't even
say it. Instead I will say, I will
never forget.
Which is more powerful? In classical Arabic,
the second one is very powerful.
I will never forget
forget you. I will never forget your memory.
I will never forget your value. I will
never forget so so it encompasses a wide
range of things.
Yeah. Fahiyaashmalwaam.
You get my my point?
So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, no. You're
not.
You're not detested.
You're not rejected.
But it doesn't say you are not.
Wanted to honor the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Mawada Aqar Abu Qa Maqala. There is something
else that some scholars said.
One of the most beautiful insights is one
of the scholars said,
when Allah didn't when when Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala did not,
you know, add the pronoun,
and he left it open,
that means it applies to the Prophet.
And it applies to everything
connected and associated with the Prophet.
And this is why they say this Surah
is relevant to every believer that follows
that believes,
follows, and loves prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam. And in it you're going to find
comfort, and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is consoling
not only Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, but
the family of Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam,
the companions of Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam,
the Ansar of Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam,
the you know, the followers of Muhammad sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam, the lovers of Muhammad, the
defenders of Muhammad, anyone who's associated with Muhammad,
this applies to all of
them. Allah will not forsaken you
or anyone that preserves
and and and keeps your memory alive.
They said if if you want Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala to love you, love Muhammad Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam, and do not abandon Muhammad Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam, and Allah will never abandon you.
And this is why scholars there are scholars.
I mean there is no any clear authentic
hadith, but scholars say if you are if
you're feeling down,
if you're if you're if you feel,
you know, if you're depressed,
if you feel hopeless,
recite the surah.
Remind yourself of this. Allah has not so
long you are holding on to the sunnah,
and the deen, and the memory, and the
honor of Muhammad salallahu alaihi wasallam. How could
you fall into this? And this is why
I believe it's one of the most relevant
surahs for our time right now.
Because Allah will not abandon those people
who are standing up for the Deen of
Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
The army of Muhammad
will not be defeated,
will not be forsaken, will not be let
down.
And we are living now in a time
where we see people who are preserving this
holding on to this, and Allah will not
forsaken them. If you wonder why they're still
standing their ground until this day
while all the powers in the world are
conspiring against them, you know that they are
they are people meant in the Surah.
There's even something more powerful to come
that reassures us
that
the people of the truth, that the believers,
that the followers of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam will not be defeated, will not be
annihilated. Uqsimu billahiil adi.
I have no doubt whatsoever.
They cannot be defeated.
They can be hurt, they can be killed
but they cannot be defeated.
What? Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala in the following
ayah, Allah says, O
Muhammad,
in your case what is to come is
better than what has passed.
Don't be upset. Don't be depressed. Don't listen
to them.
Do not second guess yourself.
Laal
Akhira.
Akhira does not only mean Akhira, the hereafter.
No. No. Akhira means what is yet to
come.
The last chapter, the final chapter, the future.
Your future, the future of your Ummah. When
is Allah telling him this? When the prophet
shalallahu alaihi wa sallam is still being very
secretive
about his dawah.
Allah is promising the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam that what is yet to come is
better.
Don't don't let it, you know, get to
you. Lal akhirato, the hereafter,
the future, what is yet to come, the
your future, the future of your family, the
future of your ummah, the future of your
deen, and your community, and your sunnah is
greater and is better than what has passed.
It's better for you
from the first.
And ever since Allah said this to the
prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, the prophet salallahu
alaihi wa sallam became what?
He's no longer fixated on anything around him.
The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam vision, the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's hope, the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's
focus was became that of Aqirah.
And this was very important early on in
his dua salallahu alaihi wa sallam that he
becomes focused. And that is
why That is By the way from this
moment
on, when the Sahaba came to him, Khabab
al-'Arat came to him and said, You
His companions were being slaughtered.
We're being killed. We're being tortured.
Yeah.
And and there's nothing more painful than seeing
your own companions
who are being tortured. And the only reason
they're being tortured is because they chose to
follow you. And the prophet salallahu alaihi wa
sallam would say in one particular case,
I promise you our our appointment,
our meeting,
the promise is Jannah.
Yani, the prophet was saying goodbye to them.
He knew they were not going to be
able to survive it.
Yani,
the the the parents. Ammar
Ammar did survive.
And the prophet said he was alive, told
the Sahaba he's going to live until the
time where Taqduluhulfi atulbaghi.
But the prophet gives him and his parents
the promise.
Bilal
and the companions, Suhaib, they came to the
prophet, Masjid of Allah make du'a for us,
ala. And the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
told them don't be too hasty.
A time will come.
Allah has promised me a time will come.
It's very close. Don't worry. 10 years, 20
years,
you know, you may think that it's when
is, when is it, when is it gonna
happen? It will happen. A time will come
where
you will be able to or a woman
will be able to travel from Sam'a,
from from the capital of Yemen all the
way to Halghormot, or all the way to
the northern parts of the Arabian Peninsula
without fearing anyone under the safety,
the protection, and the rule of Islam.
This was unimaginable
back then. It was unfathomable.
But
the prophet promised.
He knew
that the future will be always better, that
they will be fixed. Yes?
The best is yes, yet to come. So
can you get me water?
Sorry.
By by the way this is consistent in
Islam. For the believers by the way,
for the believers,
what is yet to come is always better
until we what?
Enter Jannah. And even after the believers Allahumujana
minaha jannah. After the believers enter Jannah,
the believers think that they have gotten what?
Khalaf's everything. There's nothing better than this. There
is nothing that tops this.
Allah
tells them I'll give you something better.
His Rudwan.
And there is nothing that tops that. Khalaf.
That's it.
And and that pleasure
is unlike any other pleasure
because it's
there is no limit to it.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, there is no there
is no limit to his
to his majesty. There is no limit to
his
There is no limit to his ability. There
is no limit to his power. There is
no limit to his Rahmah. Likewise there is
no limit to the what?
To experiencing or to seeing him.
So that experience is unlike any other experience.
It's an experience that is limitless.
And for the believer will never be the
same after that.
It's unlike anything.
So
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam always used
to entice his companions.
He
used to entice them and remind them of
what?
Aqira.
That you have something better in Aqira.
And in any struggle, in any loss, in
any hardship that you go through, remember
Akhirah. Allahummainil Aishah
Aishul Akhirah. Oh Allah the true living is
the living of Akhirah. That's what the Sahaba
used to say. They were hungry, they were
starving, they were digging the the trench, and
they were saying and they were about to
be besieged
by the the largest army that they had
ever seen in Madinah.
And their chanting was
with the prophet,
Aqrafila Ansaril Majan. Oh Allah the true life
is the life of Aqir.
And when the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
anyone came to him was was basically struggling
or was was was having a conflict, an
internal conflict about doing the right thing, or
about doing something that is good, and they're
like you know the prophet would promise them,
you'll get something better for it in Jannah.
Give it up in this life,
do the right thing in this life, and
Allah will give you something better in this
life and in the hereafter. And and or
in the hereafter, for sure.
Always.
You know sometimes people
It's human By the way human nature
is to love
You
love this
this world,
and you abandon and you forget about Aqira.
And by the way especially
especially males are more prone to that
than females.
Yeah. And according to some studies,
you you know the donuts the donut,
the donut experiment?
You know, they brought a bunch of children.
They gave them doughnuts,
and
the failure amongst the boys was larger than
the girls by the way.
Right? So that, you know, and that is
why, you know, long term commitments are harder
for some some people.
So so basically the donut experiment was they
gave them donuts. They gave them donuts and
they said guard the donut, don't touch it,
don't eat it
until we come back.
We'll come back after 10 minutes or 15
minutes.
It's yours. You wanna eat it, you can
eat it. But if you wait until we
come back and you don't do anything alright.
We're going to what? Give you a second
one. We'll give you 2.
Zazaqallah here. Raith, araathakallaha.
So if you wait, what happened?
And by the way the the actually the
experiments, they they actually
proceeded
to follow-up with the subjects of this
to see to predict their future.
So the ones that obviously had more self
control and did not touch it, they they
you know,
in terms of their studies and their career,
they were much more successful than the ones
that couldn't couldn't couldn't control themselves,
right, Because they they had anyways a very
interesting experiment, you can read about it or
Google it, Insha'Allah.
Islam
and the Quranic message
wants
believers
to develop this ability.
Not be fixated on the moment. Do not,
do not be all about
this, you know, instant,
and immediate, and quick gratification.
Don't go after that.
It's it's intoxicating,
it's addictive,
and it's limiting.
And if your brain gets used to that,
right, anyone here, an expert in addiction, stuff
like that will tell you how bad that
is, and how that is a recipe for
disaster and failure.
To develop the ability
to work hard and to think of long
term consequences
that is better for the individual and better
for the society
and better for everyone.
Fa'allah Musaam. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
help us.
And no wonder,
you know, subhanallah.
One one of the consequences
of this is many of the, phenomena that
we see right now including
the destruction of the family,
you know, higher divorce rates,
you know,
and you name it. This is this is
not
not thinking of
or not developing the ability to just withstand
the pressures and the difficulties and the challenges
of the time being. Then
we will stop right here inshallahu ta'ala.
And this ayah, this coming ayah,
I
claim that this
ayah defies
the claims
of some
sects
that believe
the prophet
or the,
or the Ummah
or the Sahaba
or the family of the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam or the Muslims have failed.
And that we are, you know, we are
we are a failed Ummah, a failed community,
and that we are doomed.
This ayah says otherwise.
Not this ayah. The previous ayah,
and this ayah reinforces
that. If anyone comes and claims and says
Muslims are doomed
and after the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
look at us, we are just so pathetic.
And the Sahaba
Anyone. I don't care how large that sect
is or those people are or how intellectual
they may sound or even there are some
people from from within
the mainstream or
or, you know, of Islam
that
come and make these kind of claims, man.
The future is just worse. No. No. Never.
Why?
Because Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says to the prophet,
walassofa
not wassofa, walassofa.
And indeed and very soon and surely, oh
Muhammad,
your Atika will give you Rabuka, your Lord,
your Lord will give you.
And it doesn't say will give you what?
Will give you everything.
Give giving is a transitive
verb.
Allah didn't say what what he will give
you give him.
Right? Allah says your Lord will give you
give you what? Everything.
Everything.
And you will be to your satisfaction, you
will be satisfied. You will be pleased.
So Allah Azzawajal
mentions,
doesn't say what it is that Allah will
give him, but Allah Allah mentions
the outcome of it. Or
you know
Or the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's
status or state.
So Allah will give you everything and anything
that will please you.
In in a hadith the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam said
that Jibril came to him that Allah Azzawajal
says, oh Muhammad.
That the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam was making
dua.
And Allah sent Jibril and said tell Muhammad
He doesn't have to worry about about anything.
We will surely we will surely satisfy you
and please you, oh Muhammad, with regards to
your Umma, and we will not
you you will not see anything
or experience or anything that will actually dissatisfy
you. Allah promised the prophet salallahu alaihi wa
sallam. The prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam begged
Allah Azzuja for his Umma. He begged him
for us
to spare us, not to destroy us, not
to annihilate us, to make us the the
largest, and the most thriving, and the most
prosperous,
and the greatest Ummah of all. And Allah
gave him that promise.
And I have never read anywhere
that Allah breaks his promise after he has
given it to someone, let alone to the
most beloved Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
So if anyone comes to you and tells
you this Ummah is doomed, tell him no
you're doomed.
The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, Anyone
that comes and claims that people are doomed,
then he is the most doomed. He is
the doomed person. Because the person basically is
projecting their own,
failure on other people. This Ummah is never
going to be Yes individuals may be replaced.
But
the Ummah as a whole will not be
defeated,
will not be annihilated,
will not be destroyed. Atahadda
I, I you know, I will actually give
up my life for it.
We are part of it if Okay. We
are part of it as long as we
are holding on to this.
You give up on this that you don't
want to be part of the ummah. The
ummah doesn't need you, Aslaniyani.
The ummah doesn't need you. So what? It's
your loss.
So anyone that comes and says,
anyone that comes and says the family of
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam failed or
was failed,
After him salallahu alaihi wa sallam will say
no.
Allah says, Allah promised the prophet that he
will give him to his satisfaction. You think
failing the family of the prophet, or killing
his daughter or torturing his,
his his family
is something that will please the prophet?
Allah will allow that to happen?
You think the Sahaba would fail
collectively?
Collective failure?
You think that would please the Prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam? Allah says, Allah will give
you to your satisfaction.
If you tell me that after his departure
somehow everyone failed,
then then you're really
you're saying this this verse doesn't apply. Allah
did not fulfill his promise.
And that is why this Umma Yes. There
will be times where the Umma declines. There
will be times where we will be We
will suffer the consequences
of our departure from the guidance of the
prophet
for our own good. Allah Azzawajal will let
us get a taste of our own failures
in this life, so that we would come
back to Allah Azzawajal. But eventually the Ummah
recovers.
Eventually the Ummah
rises again,
but it will never die.
It will never die.
You Jama'ah, you know, sometimes when when we
were, you know
you know my father, Rahimahullah,
radiAllahu an.
I noticed the last 3 years of his
life,
every time before salah he would raise his
hand and make du'a for the ummah.
And he came up with this du'a that
I had never heard from anyone except him.
Yeah. And he had the Qabbal Alikaam. Obviously
it's not a Sunnah. It's just something that
he did. He was someone deeply in tuned
with with with the Ummah.
And his own struggle in East Africa, and
in Harar and stuff like that, and then
Ummah. And I remember when I was young
my father will scream Allahu Akbar. And then
I'm running I'm like what? And he's like
the Afghans
took down
a a make like, a Russian Russian plane.
I was like, who are the Afghans? I'm
like, these people, they're Muslim.
I'm like, wow. They're like, who are they?
Freedom fighters. I was like, he was so
in tuned with the Ummah everywhere.
By the way to the point that he
actually was very sad and he mourned the
death of Jamal Abdul Nasr because he thought
in it. Yeah? Yeah.
So what happened is in 2000 after 2,000
2,003
and until his death, Rahimahullah,
he used to make this duaq and it
never registered. Why?
It turns out that because of what?
What happened to Iraq?
After the Iraq invasion, the destruction of Iraq,
my father was really distraught. He was really
sad.
He was
and every salah he used to make dua
out loud, raise his hand and make dua.
And he in his dua he will say,
oh Allah, the Ummah is is under siege,
the Ummah is you know, there are plots
against it. Oh, and he will make dua
for Philistine, he will make dua for you
know.
And I'm like,
wow.
So so that kind of just inspired me
to also remain, you know. And when SubhanAllah
when 2010
2011 came, and what happened in, you know
the in Egypt, and then what happened in
Syria,
as as sad as I I was for
losing my father in 2,006,
I was like Alhamdulillah he departed because had
he lived through the Syrian
crisis,
that would have killed him for sure.
Because that's his
that's his family. That's his people. That's that's
where my
that's it.
But even then,
as sad as distress as, you know, the
is most likely it was the stress of
the Ummah that, you know,
he
always even before he passed away, he's like
the future is for this deen.
He was you know, we're not we may
not witness it, we may not live it,
we may not experience it, but this this
deen will be victorious.
Do not do not give up.
When you if you give up, you're giving
up on yourself.
Any Muslim, any person that comes and says,
takes it out on his or her relationship
with Allah, it's like I'm done with this
ummah. I'm done with this religion. I'm thus
I'm done with these people. I'm done with
the The Ummah is not going to lose
anything. It's just your your loss. Allah promised
the prophet
So believe firmly in this. And this is
why
they're going to win, Insha'Allah.
Sooner or later
they will not be defeated.
Because Allah 'Azza wa Jalal would not dissatisfy
the prophet.
And the prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam said
especially about Baytul Maqdis and the Sham region
in in general.
There will remain to be
a group of my Ummah.
Fighting for the truth, holding on to it.
The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam indicated that
they will be abandoned and failed by people.
He said, But that is not going to
harm them, they're going to be alone.
Until Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala's promise, you know,
comes.
So the Sahaba some of the Sahaba asked
the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, Where are
they? Where are they going to be? The
prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam said what?
Baytul Maqdis waqnafi Baytul Maqdis.
This is not a hadith that we just
produced last last,
last year
or you know few years ago. No no
no. Or 75 years ago. This hadith has
been in the books
for 1400 years. It was there.
And every time that region was you know
went through
crisis,
the Ummah came together, it brought the Ummah
together. We have history. There is a track
record from the time of the Sahaba, it
brought the Ummah back together. Salahuddin, it brought
the ummah back together. The Mamluks, it brought
the ummah back together. Every time that region
reaches a very low point, the ummah comes
back together
and the ummah, you know, rises again.
And that is what they're afraid of, but
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave us his promise
and we believe in the promise of Allah.
We may see it, we may experience it,
we may not.
It doesn't it doesn't make a difference.
We believe in it.
Glad Tidings and,
We just have to do our part
and, and and and keep keep on,
you know, standing
for the truth, living upon the truth.
Any questions?
We have
3 minutes InshaAllah of q and a.
Yes. Okay.
I will call the other
to have a second.
It is the graduation ceremony for PBS, including
my one of my children is graduating tomorrow.
I don't think we're gonna be able to
make it. So Inshallah, part 2 of
be
on,
SubhanAllah. The verses I recited in Salah
reminded me again, we we kind of mentioned
him in the lecture of Abu Bakr radiallahu
an, the companion of the prophet
whom the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam by the
way chose as his best friend.
Now,
when you choose a friend, you you need
you have to make sure that you choose
someone
who is as good, if not better than
you. You should choose someone who's better than
you. Someone who's go going to help
bring
the best out of you.
Someone that you can look up to.
But when you are the best well not
you. When Muhammad since Muhammad is the best
sallallahu alaihi wasallam there's no one better than
him but the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam chose
the best.
Now the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam didn't necessarily
choose his companions. He did not choose who's
going to follow him and who's not going
to follow him. He invited everyone.
But Abu Bakr was his friend before Islam
and he was his friend after Islam. So
the prophet chose him before and after.
But it was Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that
guided the hearts and chose his companions
for him. Out of these companions, the prophet
took Abu Bakr
as his own personal intimate friend.
And he said,
If I was to take any human being
as Khalil,
Khalil is the, like, highest
level of
friendship and and connection between 2 individuals. Let
takab to Ababaq Khalilah.
I would have taken Abu Bakr as Makkah.
However, Huwata Islam, we're brothers in Islam and
he's my best friend.
And he told his companions leave my companion.
He used to call refer to him as
my companion, my friend. Leave him alone.
And Allah in the Quran
Allah also established this special bond between him
when they were in the cave by themselves.
And what caught my attention is at the
end of surah, is doctor Samana still here
or he left?
You know what caught my attention? Jema. We
were talking about the verse
That's what Allah said to the prophet. Allah
promised the prophet that he will be, he
will have rida, he will be satisfied and
pleased.
In the previous Surah, the Surah ends with
Walasawf I Aruba.
A reference to who?
To Ubakr.
So Allah says will asaf Ubakr will indeed
be pleased and Allah will be pleased with
him and he will be pleased.
Back to
back.
May Allah
make us of those who are inspired by
their examples. Lessons for us, choose your friends
or your close friends carefully
and make sure that they are the ones
that really bring the best out of you.
And if Allah has blessed you with a
very sincere dedicated friend
and that is really
a gift,
that you don't want to lose. May Allah
make our friendship,
based upon his love and for his sake.
Allahumujal.
Just 2 announcements for a week, this weekend
InshaAllah, we have the Hajj workshop
on Saturday, May 25th, and that's gonna be
after Maghrib prayer InshaAllah.
And then the following weekend, we have the
weekend,
which is gonna go over the theme of
the conference from before, which is a fick
of contemporary medical issues.
And so we have different guests coming, doctor
Hatemal Hajj, doctor Bassam
Hamid,
doctor Ahmed Khater, and doctor Sala Hal Sawi.
And so that's gonna be Friday night. We
have a free session from 8:30 to 10,
which is a preview. And then Saturday is
a full workshop, which is from 10:30 AM
to 5 PM.
So this weekend Hajj workshop and then the
following weekend we have the AMJA,
conference Insha'Allah workshop.
On a sweet note, there is baklava and
cake on the south hallway. There's some graduation
that happened. So take some with you, enjoy
some, inshallah. Baklava and cake, south hole, samawai.