Moutasem al-Hameedy – The Monumental Tafsir #83 Surah At Tur
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The segment discusses the complexities of Islam, including its use in various fields and the history of its use. It also touches on the use of shayateen and the danger it pose to people. The segment emphasizes the importance of proving the truth and showing the truth in clear language. The segment also discusses the use of kibr and humility in learning. The segment ends with a discussion of the importance of humility and humility in learning.
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Why is he not here today?
We've got his gift.
Mashallah, he answered a couple of times very
good questions.
Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen.
As-salatu was-salamu ala ashrafil mursaleen nabiyyina
Muhammadin wa ala alihi wa ashabihi ajma'een
wa ba'du.
So we continue with Surat At-Tur.
And we have seen, subhanAllah, although Surat At
-Tur is actually not long, but the things
that Allah addresses in the Surah are so
beautiful and it sort of takes you on
a journey.
And here we get to verse number 29
to verse 43, where Allah starts to address
the doubts, the objections, the accusations of the
people of Quraysh.
And Allah is going to refute them.
Allah is going to show the logical inconsistency
in what those people used to say.
Because they claimed logic to themselves here.
Imam Al-Sa'di, may Allah have mercy on
him, said, I seek refuge with Allah from
the accursed Satan, So remind, for you are
not, by the grace of your Lord, a
soothsayer or a madman.
Or do they say, A poet by whom
we are waiting in anticipation.
Say, Wait, for I am with you among
those who wait.
Or do their dreams command them to do
this?
Or are they a people who are transgressors?
Or do they say, He has imagined it.
No, they do not believe.
So let them bring a hadith like this,
if they are truthful.
Or were they created from nothing?
Or are they the creators?
Or did they create the heavens and the
earth?
No, they do not believe.
Or do they have the treasures of your
Lord?
Or are they the controllers?
Or do they have a ladder in which
they can listen?
So let their listener bring a clear authority.
Or do they have daughters, and you have
sons?
Or do you ask them for a reward,
because they are of a heavy load?
Or do they have the unseen, because they
write?
Or do they want a plot, because those
who disbelieve are the plotters?
Or do they have a god other than
Allah?
Glory be to Allah for what they associate
with Him.
If the sisters can close the door, I
would appreciate it.
JazakAllah khairah.
يأمر تعالى رسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم أن
يذكر الناس مسلمهم وكافرهم لتقوم حجة الله I
need someone to clear the hallways of any
distractions.
يأمر تعالى رسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم أن
يذكر الناس مسلمهم وكافرهم لتقوم حجة الله على
الظالمين ويحتدي بتذكيره الموفقون وأنه لا يبالي بقول
المشركين المكذبين وأذيتهم وأقوالهم التي يصدون بها الناس
عن اتباعه مع علمهم أنه أبعد الناس عنها
ولهذا نفى عنه كل نقص رموه به فقال
ما أنت بنعمة ربك أي منه ولطفه بكاهن
أي له رأي من الجن يأتيه بأخبار بعض
الغيوب التي يضم إليها مئة كذبة ولا مجنون
فاقد للعقل بل أنت أكمل الناس عقلا وأبعدهم
عن الشياطين وأعظمهم قصدا وأجلهم وأكملهم وتارة يقولون
فيه أنه شاعر يقول الشعر والذي جاء به
شعر والله يقول وما علمناه الشعر وما ينبغي
له نتربص به ريب المنون أي ننتظر به
الموت فسيبطل أمره ونستريح منه قل لهم جوابا
لهذا الكلام السخيف تربصوا أي انتظروا به الموت
فإني معكم من المتربصين نتربص بكم أن يصيبكم
الله بعذاب من عنده أو بأي دين أم
تأمرهم أحلامهم بهذا أم هم قوم طاغون أي
هذا التكذيب لك والأقوال التي قالوها هل صدرت
عن عقولهم وأحلامهم فبئس العقول والأحلام التي أثرت
ما أثرت وصدر منها ما صدر فإن عقولا
جعلت أكمل الخلق عقلا مجنونا وأصدق الصدق وأحق
الحق كذبا وباطلا لهي العقول التي ينزه المجانين
عنها أم الذي حملهم على ذلك ظلمهم وطغيانهم
وهو الواقع فالطغيان ليس له حد يقف عليه
فلا يستغرب من الطاغي المتجاوز الحد كل قول
وفعل صدر منه فالطاغيين
يحصلون على تقديمات جديدة وفي بعض الأحيان يحصلون
على طعام مختلف وطعام طبيعي أو طعام قديم
وليس هناك شيء علمي عنهم وليس هناك شيء
صحيح عنهم في بعض الأحيان يكون لديهم فائدات
مثل نقاط المساعدة ونقاط الضغط في الجسد ويمكن
أن يكون لديهم بعض الأشياء التي تساعد في
تحسين الخلاة في الوضع ولكن الكثير من هذه
الأشياء مثل المساعدة والضغط والماذا أخر ساعدني أسميهم
لأني أعرف أن الكثير من المسلمين أصبحت لهذا
and you might see results but a lot
of these are actually practices that have their
tradition in Kahana, which is dealing with jinn
and jinn have very profound knowledge of medicine
jinn have very profound knowledge of medicine and
they affect the human body and they know
the human anatomy even better than humans they've
been working on humans for thousands of years
so help me out with some of those
modern yoga right reiki acupuncture again there are
some versions that have been stripped of many
things and maybe some of the medical physiological
components have been used but how could you
know?
a lot of the practitioners in these fields
are actually people who deal with jinn and
can get you in so much trouble and
there have been many people personal stories of
people once they go into these facilities they
start having dreams, weird dreams they start seeing
things, they start hearing sounds okay, some of
them get hallucinations some of them leave the
religion yes, some of them start having doubts
about Islam and they leave the religion so
this is not a joke, don't trust anything
just because it's trendy be careful about these
things, so give me names of other things
I must have, the list must be longer
than that give me some of the names
huh I don't know that one Shiatsu Shiatsu,
yeah the chakras clearing the chakras that's what
they say, clearing the chakras don't get into
that don't get into that huh seijin oh
yeah yeah definitely, from the looks of it,
I don't know what it is but from
the looks of it, yes yeah, anything else?
meditation?
hot stones?
hot stones, I'm not sure of hot stones
is there anything physiological?
but, again, anything that has its roots in
those traditions most likely, it's a mix so
be very cautious someone said meditation so meditation
meditation is found in so many traditions, the
problem meditation has become so elaborate has been
has been changed and modified so so some
forms of psychology have taken meditation as relaxation
and literally, it's just mainly breathing and relaxing
okay, so that's relaxation but, a lot of
like the spiritual practices of meditation, whether in
yoga or in Buddhism and Taoism and in
Zen right, transcendental meditation okay a lot of
these, yes they open your space for shayateen
they open your space for shayateen, and a
lot of those famous people in the field
when they tell you about their personal accounts
when it comes to meditation, apparently they are
telling you some interaction with Jin it's obvious
it is obvious, okay so, this is why
I would not a Muslim does not really
need meditation and one of the absurdest things
that we have is, that they call something
Islamic meditation Islamic meditation where do you find
meditation in Islam?
oh, the prophet كان يتحنث في الغار it's
not meditation that's not meditation يتحنث يتحنث تحنث
يعني تعبد the prophet used to search for
answers the prophet knew Allah the Arabs knew
Allah and they would call upon Allah what's
the name of the prophet's father?
Abdullah they worshipped Allah they used to worship
the idols as something that brings them closer
to Allah مَا نَعْبُدُهُمْ إِلَّا لِيُقَرِّبُونَهِ مِدْيَرِيز middle
people or middle creatures bring them closer to
Allah سُبْحَانَهُمْ وَتَعَالَى so so the prophet did
not do meditation and the problem now, meditation
has become very elastic even if you are
just sitting by yourself and breathing somebody says,
oh you are meditating no, but a Muslim
doesn't need meditation as they practice it we
don't need meditation just pray just pray, it's
way better than that and there are Muslim
sects who practiced meditation, yes some mystic Muslim
groups practiced meditation and they called it what?
تَجْرِيدُ البَاطِن like what you find with the
Hindus and some of the eastern religions basically
empty your inner space تَجْرِيدُ البَاطِن it's like
you leave nothing within you you leave nothing
within you, right empty your mind that's what
they say the scholars of Islam like Ibn
Taymiyyah, he says there is no virtue in
this the virtue is engaging your heart with
true meanings about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
and about the hereafter but leaving the inner
screen empty, there is no virtue in this
whatsoever there is no religious virtue and there
is always a danger of shayateen getting into
you and there are many accounts of people,
actually there is in New York City, there
is a big center for therapy for people
who suffer from the consequences, the negative consequences
of meditation because there is a percentage of
people who start hearing sounds they start having
suicidal thoughts, they start hearing threats in their
meditation sessions, like I'll kill you I'll destroy
you I'll come after you, things like that
yes, who is speaking they'll tell you, oh
these are like past memories no, these are
devils speaking inside of you because you've opened
the space for them you've opened the space,
and you'll find most of these people, what
do they believe in people who practice meditation,
what do they believe in they believe in
wahdat al wujud wahdat al wujud, the unity
of being, which is they say there is
nothing in existence but Allah they say there
is nothing in existence but Allah and you'll
hear them, many of those gurus of those
who practice meditation they'll say, you are God
you are a piece of God and things
like that and you have to return you
are a piece of God and you have
to return to God and things like that
open your inner space to God, to the
bigger piece because you are a smaller piece,
and things like that all of this is
kufr, this is wahdat al wujud this is
the religion of Daoism and Buddhism and even
Hinduism this is what their philosophy boils down
to, eventually that there is nothing in existence
but God and what you call creation is
a manifestation of God so you'll find the
people who practice this, and this is again
known as wahdat al wujud, also the philosophy
behind it is known as al aql al
kulli the universal mind you'll hear this word
from many of those who practice this so
all of this about energy positive energy, negative
energy, channel your energy, clear your energy and
all of that stuff, all of this comes
from pagan religions they have nothing to do
with Islam in Islam we don't need meditation,
we have prayer we have prayer because meditation
originally, it is prayer to the shayateen you
open your space up to the shayateen, we
open our space up to Allah subhana wa
ta'ala and his rahma ok so be
careful, don't approach these things and the problem
is when you find Muslims practicing these things,
and they say Muslim coach healing, Muslim healing
coach so you've noticed probably we have a
lot of these copycats, and they just put
Islam, right, Islamic such and such, and we're
just copying the problem is that we're not
copying any let's say medicine or we're copying
some form of, I don't know physiological training
or anything, no these people are getting what?
kufr they're getting forms of kufr that have
been modernized and they have been repackaged we
don't see what's in them we take them
and the kufr in them as one package,
and then we just you know engage in
them, and after a few months, the person
has become a coach, they have a website,
they have a page on TikTok and Facebook,
and they're getting subscribers and they're making videos,
and they solve the world's problems they have
solutions to the world's problems apparently that's going
to be a very dark side, a very
dark phase in the history of Muslim communities
in the west and the east ok he
said he said so these were accusations that
they had against the prophet and Allah showed
how absurd and foolish they are they don't
need any kind of refutation Allah says ayy
ayy yeah, let's read this bit or do
they say he has made the Quran up
himself that is, do they say that Muhammad
s.a.w. has made up the Quran
of his own accord rather, they are not
willing to believe for if they believed, they
would not say such things then let them
produce a discourse like it if they are
telling the truth when they say that he
made it up for you are eloquent and
well-spoken Arabs, and you have been challenged
to produce something like it thus, you will
either prove your point or if you fail,
you will confirm that it is the truth,
and that even if you all came together,
humans and jinn, you would not be able
to produce the like of it, therefore you
are left with two choices either you may
believe in it and follow its guidance, or
you can stubbornly persist in following what you
know of falsehood ok, very simple, straightforward logic
that cornered them so, because one of their
claims is that Muhammad made up the Quran
he just invented the Quran so Allah says,
ok, you are the most eloquent of all
of the creation you have such a mastery
of the language and you have the best
poets, and the best speakers, so go ahead
produce it, and not only one of you
so you are claiming that Muhammad produced all
of this Quran by himself so you have
poets who are known for their eloquence more
than Prophet Muhammad all of you gather together
and come up with one surah like it
if your claim is true, then you should
produce something better than Muhammad and obviously you
couldn't, the only possible conclusion is that you
are just, you know, rejecting and you are
being obstinate you are obstinately rejecting the message
from the Prophet peace and blessings be upon
him he said Quran
Quran Quran
Quran
Quran Quran Quran Quran
Quran Quran Quran Quran Quran Quran Quran Quran
Quran Quran وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَهُمْ عِلْمٌ تَامٌ وَيَقِينٌ يُوْجِبُ
لَهُمُ الْإِنْتِفَاعَ بِالْأَدِلَّةِ الشَّرْعِيَّةِ وَالْعَقْلِيَّةِ Were they
created by nothing, or were they themselves the
creators?
This is an argument against them, by presenting
an argument that leaves them with no choice
but to submit to it, or to go
beyond the framework of reason and religious teachings,
and thus demonstrate how lost they are.
To explain further, they deny the oneness of
Allah and reject His Messenger, which leads to
denying that Allah created them.
But it is well established on the basis
of reason, as well as religious teaching, with
regard to the issue of creation, that only
one of three scenarios may apply.
Either they were created by nothing, in other
words, there is no creator who created them,
rather they came into existence without anyone to
bring them into existence, which is impossible.
Or they created themselves, which is also impossible,
because it cannot be imagined that they brought
themselves into existence.
Having ruled out these two scenarios, it is
clear that they are impossible.
It becomes clear that the only answer is
the third scenario, which is that it is
Allah who created them.
Once that is established, it is known that
Allah is the only one who is deserving
of worship, the only one to whom worship
should be devoted, and it is not right
or proper to worship any except Him.
Or did they create the heavens and the
earth?
This is a question which indicates that they
did not do that.
In other words, they did not create the
heavens and the earth, because in that case
they would be partners with Allah.
This is very clear, because the disbelievers lack
certainty of faith, that is, they do not
have proper knowledge or any certainty that would
make them benefit from the textual and rational
evidence.
Again, so Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala here
is laying out their arguments and showing that
the arguments will, by necessity, lead to impossible
answers.
Impossible answers.
So Allah says, because the argument of Prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the argument in
the Quran is that Allah created you, since
He created you and gave you everything, and
He owns you and He controls you, then
you owe Him worship.
Simple conclusion.
He created, so you ought to seek Him.
He started you, and you ought to make
your way back to Him.
Right?
So that's the only conclusion.
So Allah says, if you are not willing
to worship Allah, that means you have to
deny that He created you.
You have to deny.
Because if you agree that He created you,
that means you owe Him worship.
He created you, He designed you, He brought
you into existence, He provided for you, and
you're dependent on Him, so you need Him.
That's what worship is.
You need Allah, so you seek Him.
So there's no way they could argue against
this.
So Allah says, if you are denying this
obligation of worship, then you have to deny
the fact that He created you.
Right?
So if He did not create you, how
did you come into existence?
Let's look at the possibilities.
Either you were created from nothing, which obviously
everyone knows that.
There is nothing that comes, that you can't
bring anything out of nothing.
Right?
Nothing does not produce something.
That's number one.
أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ
Or you created yourselves.
You produced your own selves.
But the thing is, before producing yourself, you
were nothing.
So these two, the only possible conclusions, other
than Allah is your creator, are illogical.
Are illogical.
So, definitely the conclusion is Allah is your
creator.
So if Allah is your creator, then you
have to worship Him.
That was basically the simple argument.
Then Allah says, أَمْ خَلَقُوا السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بَلْ
لَا يُوَقِمُونَ And this is not a question.
Allah says, obviously they did not create themselves,
they did not create the heavens and the
earth.
The reality of their argument, and this is
a very helpful point.
Allah says, بَلْ لَا يُوَقِمُونَ They refuse to
accept the truth.
The truth is obvious.
So there is no point arguing with someone
whose conclusion is not based on neutrality.
So if someone is searching for the truth,
you can argue with them, you can reach
somewhere.
But if someone already has a conclusion, you
can't have a proper argument with them.
Why?
Because they've already made their mind up, and
they are just going to find any way,
they're going to escape to any argument that
seems to help them, even if it's illogical.
Even when you refute this, they will come
up with another argument.
You refute the second argument, they will come
up with a third argument.
It won't be a proper argument, but nonetheless,
it would seem like an escape to them.
But the reality is, they're not seeking the
truth, they've already made their minds up, they
have their conclusion, they're holding on to their
way of life, and this is why.
They don't want to change it.
So they know, if they accept your da
'wah, O Muhammad, they will have to change
all of this, and they are not willing
to do that.
So they are laa yuqinoon.
That's it.
That's their stance.
They don't want to accept, they don't want
to believe, they don't want to be convinced.
And this is helpful, because, you know, we
humans have a fascination to get into arguments,
and to get into debates.
We like to prove others wrong.
We like to win a debate.
It's a matter of power as well.
It's a power struggle.
It's a very powerful dynamic.
So, when you debate with someone, or when
you have an argument with someone, for your
own sake, for the health of your heart,
it's very important to know and to recognize
if this person is searching for the truth
or not.
Because if this person is just arguing for
the sake of argument, they are going to
poison your heart.
They are going to poison your heart.
You know Al-Ja'ad Ibn Darham?
Who knows Al-Ja'ad Ibn Darham?
Al-Ja'ad Ibn Darham.
You know how this whole problem started with
understanding the names and attributes of Allah?
The companions, they were Arabs, they understood the
names and attributes of Allah as the Arabs
understand them.
That's it.
The first one to bring issues with understanding
the names and attributes of Allah and he
was, you can say he was like the
forefather of the Mu'tazila and all of the
all of the subsequent groups that started having
issues with the names and attributes of Allah.
This is why scholars call them Al-Jahmiyyah.
Referring to Al-Jahm Ibn Safwan.
Al-Jahm Ibn Safwan, he was a Muslim
but he had a love for arguments and
he did not study Islam properly but he
went and he had a debate with a
group from India, Summaniyah.
As-Summaniyah.
He had a debate with them and he
wanted to prove them wrong and show them
how the concept of Allah, of God in
Islam is better than their concept of the
Divine.
So he had a long argument with them.
When the argument was over, seems to be
over days, he came back confused.
And he started a whole cascade of deviation
and issues with Aqidah, with understanding the names
and attributes of Allah.
So when you argue with someone, oh sorry,
when you have a discussion with someone, make
sure that they are sincere.
Try to look for the signs.
If you can't tell, I would say it's
better not to get engaged.
To save your faith has more priority in
Islam than taking a chance and trying to
guide someone that you don't know whether they
are looking for the truth or not.
So argument with arguments, debates in Islam are
something that is warned against for the most
part.
They are warned against more.
You can lose, you can actually lose the
argument even if you are on the truth.
Scholars have recognized this.
Shaykh al-Islam al-Tamiyyah says, Not
everyone who knows the truth can express it
in words.
Some people know the truth but they don't
have the capacity to express it in clear
words.
One of the early generations, if I'm not
mistaken, it was Imam Malik he said, Is
it that if someone comes and they are
more eloquent they are better in debate than
the first person, we start changing our religion
for what he says?
One of the Tabi'een I believe he
says, Whoever exposes their religion to a lot
of debates then he would start he would
he would hop from one methodology or one
Madhab to the other so often.
You keep jumping from one Madhab to another.
Why?
Because you bring your heart and you expose
it to people's arguments.
Don't do that.
Don't do that.
So the early generations would only engage in
debate in extreme cases.
A man came to Imam Malik Imam Malik,
Rahim Allah Ta'ala He came to Imam
Malik and he said, He said, I want
to debate with you over an issue.
If I'm not mistaken, it was Imam Malik.
I hope I'm right.
So he insists.
Imam Malik says no.
He comes close and he wants to start
a debate.
Imam Malik puts his fingers in his ears.
The man says just one word, Kalima.
So Imam Malik catches this and he says,
Not even a quarter of a word.
He puts his fingers back.
That's Imam Malik.
Imam Al-Madina.
One of the great Imams of the Muslims.
Was he afraid of debate?
Yes, he was concerned for his heart.
So don't get into debates.
Debates are only as we said, in extreme
cases when it's most likely to expose the
truth.
The Prophet ﷺ and he's the Prophet ﷺ
He said, يَأْتِينِ أَحَدُكُمْ فَيَكُونُ أَلْحَنَ بِحُجَّتِهِ مِنْ
أَخِيهِ فَأَحْكُمُ لَهُ بِحَقِّ أَخِيهِ فَلَا يَأْخُذْ هَا
فَإِنَّمَا يَأْخُذُ قِطْعَةً يَأْتِينِ أَحْكُمُ لَهُ بِحَقِّ أَخِيهِ
Some of you come with a debate you're
debating over something and you come to meet,
to arbitrate to judge between you and one
of you is well spoken speaks better than
the other person right, so I'm convinced so
I make a judgement in his favour and
if it's not and it might be the
right of his brother don't take it in
this case, because it's a piece of the
fire and that's the Prophet ﷺ and here
the Prophet ﷺ said إِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ لَسِحْرَةٌ
some speech is like magic some speech is
mesmerizing and it confuses you so don't expose
your religion and your mind to debates you
might say what about online debates a minority
of them is good a minority of them
is good and some brothers, mashaAllah these days
some, actually I would say mainly one or
two are doing good debates, but a lot
of the other debates are actually not good
and they confuse you about your religion and
some debates are good and they will confuse
you about your religion don't learn your religion
from debates if you learn your religion from
debates you will have a very inconsistent knowledge
about Islam don't learn from debates da'wah
is not debates sometimes you will need it
sometimes or sometimes some of us a minority
will need it but it's best to avoid
it and some people quote scholars because they
used to study things and among them was
al-munathara al-munathara among the scholars although
today we call debates munathara it did not
mean debates it was discussions among the fuqaha
so they would bring an issue a question
and they would bring the different opinions about
it and this scholar would take this stance
and the other one would take the other
stance and they would present the proofs to
see how they weigh against each other if
they could find a flaw in that so
it was a discussion, it was not a
debate so people take that and say scholars
used to debate all the time no, it
was discussions it was discussions they would bring
the evidence and they would weigh it against
each other everyone would try to show the
flaw in the other person's understanding it's not
a debate, it's a discussion to find exactly
what's wrong with the argument but in debates
there's a lot of psychology, there's a lot
of power, you know, tacit power tactics ok
let's continue or do they have the treasures
of your Lord or are they the controllers
i.e. do these liars have the treasures
of your Lord's mercy so they give what
they want and prevent what they want i
.e. that's why they stopped Allah from giving
the prophethood to his servant and his messenger
Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him as
if they are the guardians who control the
treasures of Allah's mercy and they are lower
than that so they have no benefit or
harm no death, no life, no resurrection do
they share the mercy of your Lord we
have shared among them their life in the
life of this world or are they the
controllers i.e. those who control the creation
of Allah and His kingdom by oppression and
* it's not like that, but they are
the weak, the poor or do they have
a ladder to listen to i.e. do
they have the knowledge of the unseen and
listening to it among the highest so they
tell us about things that no one else
knows so let their listener come to that
with a clear authority and how is that
possible and Allah knows the unseen and the
witnessed so He doesn't reveal to anyone the
unseen except the one who is pleased with
the messenger and tells him what he wants
from his knowledge and if Muhammad peace and
blessings be upon him is the best of
the messengers and the best of their leaders
and he is the one who tells what
he has been told from the oneness of
Allah and his promise and his promise and
other truthful news and the liars are the
people of ignorance and misguidance and stubbornness and
stubbornness so O informers, you have the right
to accept his news especially when the messenger
peace and blessings be upon him has established
from the evidences and the proofs on what
he has been told what must be his
news the eye of certainty and the most
complete truth and they did not establish on
what they called it a suspicion or do
they possess the treasuries of your lord or
do they rule supreme that is, do these
disbelievers possess the treasuries of your lord's mercy
so that they may give it to whomever
they wish and withhold it from whomever they
want so that is why they wanted to
prevent Allah from bestowing the prophethood upon his
slave and messenger Muhammad peace and blessings be
upon him as if they were in charge
of the treasuries of Allah's mercy when they
are too insignificant for that for they have
no power to benefit or harm themselves or
to cause death, give life or resurrect is
it they who distribute the blessings of your
lord it is we who distribute their livelihood
among them in the life of this world
or do they rule supreme that is, do
they have authority over the creation and dominion
of Allah by means of force and strength
that is not so rather they are helpless
and weak do they have a means of
ascending to heaven in order to listen to
those on high that is, do they have
the ability to find out about the unseen
and listen to those on high so that
they are told about matters that no one
else knows then let their listener who makes
that claim produce clear proof but where will
he get that from Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala is the knower of the unseen and
the seen and he does not allow anyone
to learn about the unseen except the messengers
with whom he is pleased whom he tells
whatever he wills because Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam is the best and most knowledgeable of
the messengers and their leader and is the
one who conveyed whatever he was told about
the oneness of Allah his promise and warning
and other matters of truth whereas the deniers
are the people of ignorance, misguidance, transgression and
stubbornness then which of the two parties is
more deserving of having their word accepted especially
since the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has
established proof and evidence for what he said
which makes what he said something very certain
and most truthful whereas they have not established
any argument for their claims let alone clear
proof ok, I guess this is obvious Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala is just saying again,
they are trying to dictate who should get
the message and who should not get the
message they feel entitled that they should choose
as they said in another, Allah talks about
them in another verse وَقَالُوا لَوْ لَا أُنزِلَ
هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنَ الْقَرِّيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٌ this
is what Allah says أَهُمْ يَغْصِمُونَ رَحْمَةً رَبِّكَ
they said, the Quran should have been revealed
or sent down on a man from the
two cities, right Mecca and Al-Taif, because
they were like twin cities a man from
these two cities who is great, why Muhammad?
just an average person should be someone noble
among them someone like from the elite right,
Allah says it's Allah who knows where to
put his message and Allah knows by the
way where to put his blessings Allah knows
where to put wealth Allah knows where to
put poverty Allah knows where to put ease
Allah knows where to put hardship Allah knows
where to put intelligence Allah knows where to
put dumbness everything there is the Qadar of
Allah and Allah puts everything in the best
place and Allah knows where to put guidance
and where to put misguidance so all of
that is by the will of Allah which
runs according to his knowledge wisdom and rahmah
let's continue وَقَوْلُهُ أَمْ لَهُ الْبَنَاتُ أَيْ كَمَا
زَعَمْتُمْ وَلَكُمُ الْبَنُونَ فَتَجْمَعُونَ بَيْنَ الْمَحْذُورَينَ جَعْلُكُمْ
لَهُ الْوَلَدُ وَاخْتِيَارُكُمْ لَهُ أَنْقَصَ الصِّنْفَيْنَ فَهَلْ بَعْدَ
هَذَا التَّنَقُصِ لَرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ غَايةٌ أَوْ دُونَهُ نِهَايَةٌ
أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ أَجْرًا عَلَى تَبْلِيغِ
الرِّسَالَةِ فَهُمْ مِّن مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَ أي ليس الأمر
كذلك بل أنت الحريص على تعليمهم تبرعا من
غير شيء بل تبذل لهم الأموال الجزيلة على
قبول رسالتك والاستجابة لأمريكا ودعوتك وتعطي المؤلفة قلوبهم
ليتمكن العلم والإيمان من قلوبهم أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ
فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ أي ما كانوا يعلمونه من الغيوب
فيكونون قد اطلعوا على ما لم يطلع عليه
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فَعَارَضُوهُ وَعَانَدُوهُ
بِمَا عِنْدَهُمْ مِنْ عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ وَقَدْ عُلِمَ أَنَّهُمُ
الْأُمَّةُ الْأُمِّيَّةُ الْجُهَالُ الضَّالُونَ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله
عليه وسلم هو الذي عنده من العلم أعظم
من غيره وأنبأه الله من علم الغيب على
ما لم يطلع عليه أحدا من الخلق وهذا
كله الزام لهم بالطرق العقلية والنقلية على فساد
عقولهم على فساد قولهم وتصوير بطلانه بأحسن الطرق
وأوضحها وأسلمها من الاعتراض وقوله أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
بِقَدْحِهِمْ فِيكَ وَفِي مَا جِئْتَهُمْ بِهِ أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ
كَيْدًا يُبْطِلُونَ بِهِ دِينَكَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ بِهِ أَمْرَكَ فَالَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوهُمُ الْمَكِيدُونَ أي كيدهم في نحورهم وما ضرته
عائدة إليهم وقد فعل الله ذلك ولله الحمد
فلم يبقي الكفار على مقدوره من المكر شيئا
إلا فعلوه فنصر الله نبيه ودينه عليهم وخذلهم
وانتصر منهم Okay,
so these are some of the arguments and
possible arguments that some of them, or someone
who is not fully aware of the situation
might think they have a weight on why
they are rejecting the message of Prophet Muhammad
ﷺ.
First, their entitlement.
They always thought that they were the nobles,
that they are better than others, so they
deserve more.
They deserve the wealth, they deserve to have
lots of kids and children and progeny, which
is obviously a lot of power, a source
of a lot of power and strength.
And also status.
And they ascribed to Allah ﷻ to have
daughters, because some of them claimed that the
angels are females.
وَجَعَلُوا الْمَلَائِكَةَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَادُ الرَّحْمَٰنِ إِنَاثًا That's
what Allah says about them.
Some of them claimed that the angels were
females and that they were the daughters of
Allah ﷻ.
They say, we have the strong guys, we
have boys, we have lots of boys who
can fight in war and things like that.
So how does this relate to our times?
It's entitlement.
Supremacy.
A sense of supremacy.
Either because of wealth, either because of lineage,
or because of color, or because of ethnicity,
or because of the family, or because of
the caste or the class that you belong
to, and so on and so forth.
And this is a common disease among humans.
I am from this tribe.
I am from this ethnicity.
We speak this dialect, right?
So we are better than others.
All of that is kibr, is arrogance and
pride that Allah ﷻ dislikes.
One of the reasons that it is distasteful
is that it blinds people to the truth.
Because one of the most important conditions for
learning is humility.
A person who is not humble cannot learn.
They cannot learn.
Because what you know is like a mountain
in front of you.
You can't see what's beyond it.
So humility is key for learning.
Most people fail to learn because they are
too arrogant to do the things that would
facilitate knowledge for them.
And you know, today we say ego.
Again, we borrow this concept from Christianity.
And then we stop talking about al-kibr.
This is al-kibr.
Then all of us start using ego.
I myself am guilty of this.
But actually, al-kibr is one of the
biggest diseases of the heart, which was a
hallmark of shaitan, al-kibr.
So that blinds you to the truth.
You can't see.
If you have kibr, you can't see the
truth.
You won't accept the truth.
It becomes a threat to your status, to
your perceived greatness, to your imaginary glory.
So this is why it's important to be
humble.
And Imam al-Dhahabi, he warned the students
of knowledge against being someone with kibr.
Because knowledge gives you kibr.
Yes, when you learn something, it gives you
kibr.
You start to have an inflated sense of
self.
Why?
Because you know more than others, even if
it's little.
Sufyan al-Thawri, he said, إِنَّ لِلْعِلْمِ طُغْيَانًا
كَطُغْيَانِ الْمَالِ Knowledge gives you a sense of
transgression.
And tughyan here comes from kibr.
And a sense of arrogance.
You sense you are too big.
Knowledge gives you that sense.
Just like wealth gives you that sense.
This is why knowledge is dangerous.
Many scholars said, العِلْمُ بِلَى تَزْكِيَةٍ يُوْدِي بِكَ
إِلَى النَّارِ Knowledge without tazkiya takes you to
the hellfire.
And people are rushing to learn knowledge, learn
knowledge.
Tell them about tazkiya, Oh, some heart softeners
later on.
That's for guys who want to feel emotional,
soft-spoken, heart softeners, right?
We want to learn the solid knowledge.
We want to be strong believers, right?
That's not what the earlier generations did in
the past.
Because if you learn knowledge without proper treatment
of your heart, then it's going to give
you pride.
It's going to make you arrogant.
It's going to make you seek other than
Allah.
إِنَّ لِلْعِلْمِ طُغْيَانًا كَطُغْيَانِ الْمَالِ So this is
why Imam Al-Dhahabi, he used to say
to the students of knowledge, لا تَكُنْ أَبَا
شِبْر Do not be the man of the
first qubit.
He says, because knowledge is three levels.
First qubit, second qubit, third qubit.
He says, فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ الشِبْرَ الأَوَّلُ تَكَبَّرُ
When the student of knowledge enters the first
level of knowledge, and that first level of
knowledge, you stay in it for years, sometimes
10-15 years by the way.
So you don't think it's the first few
days in a course.
No.
This is like the first few, if you
are a very studious person, then we're talking
about the first 7-8 years.
You are in the first level.
قَالَ مَن دَخَلَ الشِبْرَ الأَوَّلُ تَكَبَّرُ Whoever enters
the first level, is going to become arrogant,
prideful, is going to see himself as something
big and important.
وَمَن دَخَلَ الشِبْرَ الثَّانِي تَوَضَعُ But who transitions
to the second level, level number two, intermediary
let's say, will become humble.
فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الشِبْرَ الثَّالِثُ If you get to
the highest level of knowledge, فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الشِبْرَ
الثَّالِثُ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا When you
get to the third level, the person knows
that he or she doesn't know anything.
Like what they know is very little.
That's wisdom.
Because in the first level, second level, you
still overestimate what you know.
And you don't know what you don't know,
you don't know how big what you don't
know is.
Only when you enter the third level, you
start to see that what you know is
so tiny, and you couldn't see what you
didn't know, and how big of a thing
it is.
And that's what made you arrogant in the
first place.
So, knowledge without tazkiyah leads you to the
hellfire.
And the scholars would call the hadith in
Sahih al-Bukhari by Abu Huraira.
Abu Huraira, when he narrated this hadith, he
used to fall on his knees.
Fall, collapse.
He used to collapse.
أَوَّلُ مَن تُسَعَرُ بِهِمُ النَّاثَ أَوْلَ مَن تُسَعَرُ
بِهِمُ النَّاثَ The hellfire will be started on
our three.
First one is Qari.
Someone who has learned the Qur'an, memorized
it, memorized its meanings, and its rulings, and
its sciences.
That's the first person to enter the hellfire.
Person of knowledge.
That's why it's very dangerous.
If you want to learn knowledge, then you
have to work on your heart first and
foremost.
You have to have a huge, like a
big share of tazkiyah.
So, another possible...
So, they were arrogant, right?
They were always felt entitled, and that they...
Basically, they always deserved the best than others,
automatically.
Without any explanation.
Then, Allah says, Oh, were you, O Prophet
Muhammad ﷺ, asking them for compensation?
And that's probably why they rejected the message,
because they don't want to incur a loss.
Or maybe they have access to the world
of the unseen, and they know more than
you know, O Muhammad.
So, they have a good reason not to
believe in you.
But Allah says, no, that they are just
plotting against the truth, and all their plots
will turn against them.
And this is a universal rule.
It's in the Qur'an.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ لِيَصُدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ
اللَّهِ فَسَيُنفِقُونَهَا ثُمَّ تَكُونُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَسْرَةً ثُمَّ يُغْلَبُونَ
Those who disbelieve, they spend their wealth to
push people against the way of Allah.
They will spend their money, and then it
will be a source of grief and sorrow
on them.
It will become a source of loss.
Their own investment will backfire, and then they
will be defeated.
Universal rule.
They'll spend trillions, trillions to push people away
from Allah, to destroy the believers, to misguide
the believers, to spread corruption, mischief, and immorality,
and so on and so forth.
Eventually, it's all gonna backfire, and they will
be the losers.
Universal rule, but it's a matter of time.
It's a matter of time.
سُبْحَانَهُمْ أَمْلَهُمْ إِلَهُمْ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ Or do they
have a God other than Allah who created
them?
And this is why they are so confident,
because He can provide for them, He can
protect them, so they don't need Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
All of these are obviously futile arguments.
We'll stop here.
We can take a couple of questions or
a few inshaAllah.
Can we delay the adhan five, seven minutes?
Five, six, seven, six.
Okay, inshaAllah.
Yalla, bismillah.
Questions?
Yeah.
You mentioned anti-censorship.
Anti-censorship haram?
You mentioned anti-censorship haram.
Yeah, so all these healing mechanisms, whatever, they
have their roots in those traditions.
So they are a mix.
They are a mix.
So if you can be 100% sure
that the medical aspect, the physiological aspect has
been separated, right?
And it's been proven, it's been researched scientifically,
and it does work, and it does help,
and you know the practitioner has no connection
to the philosophy behind it, I would say
yes.
Okay?
But a lot of those who, now no
one markets it as something that has to
do with the past.
They say it's scientific now, right?
Alternative medicine.
So be careful.
Because I personally have seen people who left
Islam, who were in this, who really went
for that type of treatment, and they left
Islam.
So be careful.
Sisters?
Okay.
Brothers?
Yeah.
Last week you talked about the difference between
du'a al-ibad and du'a al
-mas'ala.
Yes.
Yeah, so you explained the difference of that.
I just wanted to know, how do you
classify, like for example, the supplication of the
prophet?
It's like a statement of truth, right?
It's that statement of tawheed.
And it's not really, it's not a request.
You call it a supplication.
And then also like for example, Yeah.
You know, it's just a statement of truth.
So I just wanted to know how would
you classify statements like, is it vicar, is
it, like what does it fall under?
Very good.
Actually, the classification of du'a al-mas
'ala and du'a al-ibadah is the
answer to this.
So the brother says, last week we said
du'a, there's du'a al-ibadah and
du'a al-mas'ala.
Du'a al-mas'ala is the du
'a of asking Allah directly for something.
Du'a al-ibadah is the acts of
worship that you do.
Why are they called du'a?
Because you, when you are worshipping Allah, you're
asking Him.
When you pray, you're asking Allah.
When you give charity, you are asking Allah.
These are means, right?
To an end that you want from Allah.
You want acceptance from Him.
You want forgiveness.
You want Jannah from Him.
You want His love, right?
So they are an act of asking, an
act of du'a, but not with speech.
With your attitude and your action.
With your heart.
Your heart is asking.
So the Prophet ﷺ in du'a of
Arafah, خَيْرُ مَا كُلْتُ أَنَا وَالنَّبِيُّونَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَى اللَّهُ وَهُدَاهُ وَلَا شَرِيْكَ لَا
أَحْلَمُهُ وَلَكُمْ أَحْمَدُهُ وَعَلَيْكُمْ شِيْئًا قَدِيرًا Then this
is du'a.
Because when you say these statements of truth,
you're asking Allah for acceptance.
You're asking Allah for forgiveness.
So they are, in this sense, what we
call dhikr, which is not supplication, is du
'a al-ibadah.
You're making ibadah, but you are asking Allah
bilisan al-hal.
Not bilisan al-maqal.
You're asking Allah through your state.
You're offering yourself to Allah and your actions
to Allah, and you are expecting something else.
You're hoping for something from Allah.
Acceptance, forgiveness, and jannah, right?
And the ridwan, Allah's contentment with you.
The same applies to the du'a.
And yes, many, subhanAllah, I think Ibn Taymiyyah,
rahim Allah, explained in detail the du'a
of Yunus alayhi salam.
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ
الظَّالِمِينَ Allah says, فَنَادَ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ He called
out in the darkness.
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ
الظَّالِمِينَ So Ibn Taymiyyah says, no one has
the right to be worshipped but you.
I am, I was, from the wrongdoers.
So Ibn Taymiyyah says, this statement, أَبْلَغُ مِنْ
سُؤَالِ اللَّهِ أَنْ يُنَجِّيَهُ مِنْ بَطْنِ الْحُوْتِ This
statement is more eloquent and more compelling in
this communication with Allah than asking directly, O
Allah, save me from the belly of the
whale.
Why?
Because he admits that the reason for his
predicament is his own wrongdoing.
So he's saying, O Allah, I am the
one who brought this upon myself.
It's my mistake and I deserve it.
Bless me with your favors.
You see, so it's even more powerful than
just the explicit du'a.
Sometimes, you know, when you are subtle in
your approach, it's way more powerful.
And the same thing applies here.
Okay?
Khair, inshaAllah.
Yeah, exactly six minutes.
JazakAllah khair, inshaAllah.
Again, maybe some of you got it wrong
or didn't hear the news that inshaAllah, this
halaqah is going to be at 6.45.
We have a soft start at 7.
It's a full swing, right?
But inshaAllah, like 6.45, bi-idhnillahi ta
'ala, I think it's more practical and convenient
for most people.
JazakAllah khairan.
Salallahu ala nabiyyina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa
ashabihi ajma'in.