Moutasem al-Hameedy – The Monumental Tafsir #67 Surah Ar Rahman
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The speaker discusses the meaning of Islam and how it is designed to serve a purpose. The main point is that everything is designed for a purpose and that everything is pur in the creation. The speaker emphasizes that everything is designed for a purpose and that the ultimate goal is to fulfill it. The speaker also warns against looking at things independently and suggests that the ultimate goal is to be held accountable and rewarded.
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We continue with Surat
Ar Rahman.
And,
again, keep in mind that the main theme
of the Surah is the name of Allah
and the attribute of Allah, Ar Rahman.
Ar Rahman.
Ar Rahman. I think we explained the meaning
in detail,
and we said that mercy
really captures a very
tiny bit of the meaning of al Rahman.
It's much more than
just mercy. It's a profound
meaning. One of the greatest names of Allah
Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala.
So I think we reached,
no,
verse number 31, 30
That is we shall attend to your reckoning
and requite you for the deeds that you
did in the previous world.
That is when Allah gathers them on the
day of resurrection. He will tell them of
their helplessness and weakness, and of the perfect
nature of his power and how his will
is always done.
Then he will say, highlighting their helplessness,
oh jinn and humans,
if you are able to pass beyond the
confines of the heavens and the earth, that
is, if you can find a way by
means of which you can pass beyond the
dominion and power of Allah,
then do so. But you cannot pass beyond
them unless you have power.
You can never pass beyond them unless
that
or to cause death, give life or resurrect?
In that place of standing, no one will
speak except by Allah's leave, and nothing will
be heard except whispers.
In that place of standing kings and slaves,
leaders and followers,
rich and poor will all be equal.
So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala here starts talking
about the Day of Judgment. So the conversation
changes
from the signs of Allah's Rahmah in the
creation
and His blessings
and also His,
His might and His power to
the Day of Judgment conversation on the Day
of Judgment. And this is one of the
types
in, in rhetoric. This is called an Iltifat.
An Iltifat, which is a switch
or a change
in speech.
So there is different types of Iltifat in
the Arabic language.
You either change from the first person to
the third person
or you are speaking about a topic then
you shift to another topic.
And sometimes an 'ltifat' 'ltifat' means to turn
your head somewhere.
To turn to the left or to the
right. That's an 'ltifat'.
It would say, tafata.
He turned and looked. Right? That's Iltifat. Linguistically,
in in in in
rhetorically,
what that means
is that there is a shift
in the language.
Sometimes it's abrupt
and sometimes it's smooth. Here it's
pretty,
I would say smooth. It's a conclusion. Logically
it's a conclusion. Of all of this being
put together, part of Allah's rahmah
is that everything is purposeful.
Everything is pur is purposeful. So the the
the perfection that you see in the creation
is not just for its own sake.
Whole.
And that is to serve as a setting
or as an environment, as a home for
you until you are tested.
And when that test comes to an end,
the world would cease will cease to exist.
Has has done its job.
So what about the wonders
and the miracles in it? They've done they've
run their course. They did their job. There's
no need for them.
When the earth and the heavens will be
turned into another earth and the heavens.
Okay? It's a different creation from now on.
So So Allah says here,
and subhanAllah, this kind of transition in the
language is suitable because Allah is speaking throughout
the surah to humans and jinn.
Right? Allah is talking addressing 2.
The ins and jinn.
Allah is saying which of the signs or
the miracles of Allah are you denying?
Then Allah says to him after counting his
glory and the blessings that that he offered
them out of his rahma, Allah says,
don't think that's that's gonna run forever.
There will come a time
when we will engage with your reckoning,
with your hisaab. We will hold you accountable.
So we will set the stage for that
and when we will hold you accountable.
The time will come.
So this perfection in the creation
leads and is designed for this purpose.
So don't see the world out of context.
Don't ever develop a world view that is
void of the purpose.
And that's the difference between
Islam
and
any other ways of life.
In Islam, everything
cannot be seen independently.
Anything in the world, the world view in
Islam is that nothing stands alone.
Things are designed for a purpose.
An end.
A purpose.
An end purpose.
And that is
holding you accountable on the day of judgment.
Cause you are given a mission to fulfill
in this world a test that is to
worship Allah, to be the slaves and the
servants of Allah.
So if you see anything in the world
without it being attached
to the ultimate purpose, you're going to see
it wrong. Your perception will be skewed.
This is why when people ask, you know,
is wealth good or bad?
Is looking good
good or bad?
Is
being rich or poor good or bad?
This job, is it good or bad?
This situation, is it good or bad?
It's always
part of a context.
Don't look at it independently. So people say,
oh, wealth is always good.' No.
Wealth could lead you to the hellfire
and wealth could lead you
to paradise.
But Muslims today who are so much focused
on success, they're unanimously, no, no. Will leads
you to Jannah.'
Allah says,
that Allah spreads and opens, expands the provision
to some
and He limits
it to others.
From Abdullah ibn Mas'ukh radiAllahu anhu,
it's from his statement,
he says that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and
obviously, Mas'ukh radiAllahu could not have said this
from himself but it is meaning
it's attributed to Abdullah ibn Mas'ud. He doesn't
say the prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam said
it but again we know and this is
a rule with the scholars of hadith.
This is something that cannot be said out
of own, like, understanding. It must be something
that he took from the Prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam. He said
that,
a servant or a believer
engages in a transaction
or a business.
Allah says to the Angels,
deter him from that business or that transaction.
Don't let it work out for him.
If he gets
it, I'll punish him in the hellfire.
We need to understand this intelligently.
Allah is saying, if this person gets this
business or gets this transaction, it's going to
spoil him.
It's going to corrupt him, and he will
end up being punished by Me in the
hellfire.
So the servant says, why this and why
that? Why it doesn't happen? Why it doesn't
work out for me?'
And he doesn't know that. And
he doesn't know that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is pushing him away from the hellfire.
So we can't see anything
in as an independent or stand alone reality.
Everything for the believer.
That extension is always present. It's the hereafter.
So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
says You have to see everything in existence
in relation to that end goal which is
You're going to be held accountable and then
you will be recompensed.
So we will engage with your reckoning.
Then Allah says to him, He says to
the, again humans and jinn,