Mufti Menk – Lessons from the Story of Jesus PBUH

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
		

			smilla rahmanir rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was Salam ala
		

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			All praise is due to Allah subhanho wa Taala blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, all the prophets of Allah subhanho wa Taala, who were sent before him as well. May
the blessings of Allah subhanho wa Taala be upon all of their companions, as well as the companions
of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and Allah subhanho wa Taala bless every single one of us,
may he bless humanity at large. I mean,
		

			my brothers and sisters, we all love Jesus May peace be upon him. The Arabic term used to refer to
him his visa, and we say alayhis salam, which means May peace be upon him. So when you hear the term
Isa alayhi salam, it actually means in the English language, Jesus May peace be upon him. The reason
why today I will use the term Jesus May peace be upon him is because those who do not know the
Arabic language or the non Muslims who may hear or who may be here, or who may listen to this later
on, would perhaps understand it better if we were to say Jesus May peace be upon him? What is it
about Jesus May peace be upon him to start with? He was one of the five top messengers of Allah
		

			subhanho wa Taala, one of the greatest of the messengers of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Who were these
five? Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of them in a verse and we can understand from that, that
their level was the highest Allah says tilicho sunova.
		

			Babu mala about the messengers we have indeed favorite some above the others we have raised in rank
some above the others, not all of them are on the same level in terms of rank and closeness to Allah
subhanho wa Taala. So the highest and most noble of all messages is indeed Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, the highest of all the creatures of Allah subhanho wa Taala Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, Allah says in the Quran, what is
		

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			Misa oni wa remember when Allah subhanho wa Taala took the covenant
		

			from the messengers of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And he took it from you, or Mohamed Salah, Salah,
that's one and from Noah, Noah is the second or should I say Noah is one of the five as well in
terms of the highest in ranking of the messengers of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So he is one of the
five Noah, who had a salatu salam May peace be upon him. And Ibrahim alayhi salatu salam, the
prophet Abraham May peace be upon him. Some ranked him as the second he is the father of all those
who came after him. If you look at the order, in this particular verse, you will find it very
interesting Allah makes mention of the Prophet Noah before the Prophet Ibrahim alayhis salam.
		

			According to the timeline of history, new Halle Salam came before Ibrahim alayhi salatu salam. Then
Allah says,
		

			And Moses, and Jesus May peace be upon them. So these are the five the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, the Prophet Noah May peace be upon him, the Prophet Ibrahim May peace be upon him.
The Prophet Moses May peace be upon him and the Prophet Jesus May peace be upon him. You cannot be a
Muslim unless you believe in Jesus Christ, may peace be upon him. You cannot be a Muslim unless you
believe that is Ali salam, O Jesus made peace be upon him is alive and returning to the earth. May
Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us an understanding. So what happened? If we take a look at his life,
we will find that his birth was a miracle. This miracle was from Allah subhanho wa Taala. Allah
		

			creates men in four ways. He chose to create Adam May peace be upon him without the involvement of a
male or a female from dust. And from soil we spoke about it yesterday. And at the same time, he it
is the word of Allah subhanho wa Taala that came into play when we say the word of Allah, we are not
referring to the same thing the Christians are speaking about. We are referring to the word of
Allah. The word is caf and noon Quran it means be that is the word
		

			When Allah says that when anything he wants to be becomes. So Allah says Be that is the word and it
is I'm sure you've all heard the term can fire Kuhn which means B and it is Allah says in the Quran.
So when Allah says it is the word of Allah, he is referring to the term be all the instruction of
Allah subhanho wa Taala.
		

			So Allah subhanho wa Taala instructed that Adam alayhis salam Be and he was Allah subhanho wa Taala
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			fire coo amazing verse, Allah says the example of Jesus is similar to the example of Adam May peace
be upon them both. Allah says as for Adam, he was created from dust and soil and Allah said Be and
he was similarly with Jesus May peace be upon him, Allah subhanho wa Taala his word was Be and he
was Subhana Allah so that is the similarity it was unique. Allah created Adam without the
involvement of a male or female, Allah created Eve through a male without the involvement of a
female also the word of Allah. Allah subhanho wa Taala created Jesus May peace be upon him without
the involvement of a male also by the word of Allah subhanho wa Taala by his instruction, and then
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala creates you and B through male and female also his word is instruction. He
blows in the soul, by his instruction and at the same time Jesus May peace be upon him is referred
to as the one who is has the rule or his rule, his soul was blown by Allah subhanho wa Taala. So
when the term rule of law is used, it refers to the soul from Allah subhanho wa Taala. It was blown
in and some might say, well, the law means the soul of Allah. When Allah uses that term when he
refers to certain great items. For example, by to law, you say the house of Allah What do you mean
is a Masjid a place where Allah is wishing you For example, we would say out of the law, the earth
		

			of Allah, it belongs to Allah so the roof belongs to Allah subhanho wa Taala. The highest in terms
of rent is Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. One might argue that why is it in the Quran, Jesus
May peace be upon him as mentioned more than 20 times and Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is
only mentioned a few times. Remember, that does not show any degradation for a messenger of Allah
subhanho wa Taala. It is only because of the requirement of the clarification regarding the Prophet
Jesus, that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam came with that clarification so many times. So it
is not to say that Jesus May peace be upon him was higher than Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		

			In fact, it was Mohammed salatu salam himself who came with the Koran, that alone is the rank and it
shows that when a person blows their own trumpet, it reduces their value. If you and I were to say
how great I am, it reduces your value. But if people are to bear witness how good you are, that is
your true worth Subhanallah if people bear witness how good you are, that's your true worth. But if
you blow your own trumpet, perhaps it could actually be a means of people pointing at you, claiming
that you are arrogant or you are self conceited. So Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam his name
not being mentioned as many times as the name of Jesus peace be upon him does not reduce the rank of
		

			either of them. In fact, it only confirms that the Quran is from Allah subhanho wa Taala. That's it.
It confirms that the Quran is from Allah subhanho wa Taala. Similarly, the fact that the sutras or
the chapters that are named in the Quran, you will not find the name of a woman in the Quran.
Besides that of the Prophet, the Prophet Jesus May peace be upon him, his mother, Mary, she was
innocent, she was a virgin, she delivered without the involvement of a male by the miracle of Allah
subhanho wa Taala. If you take a look at that, you will come to realize the importance given to this
woman is such that even the Bible does not name a chapter after her so Han Allah. This is why we
		

			revere these prophets such that if cartoons were to be drawn, not regarding Muhammad Sallallahu
Sallam alone, but regarding any one of those profits, we would be hurt. We would be insulted, it
would be considered blasphemous and it would be considered wrong. May Allah subhanho wa Taala
protect us And may Allah subhanaw taala guide us all. So these are the messengers of Allah, we love
Jesus May peace be upon him. That is what makes us Muslim. Do not be confused. Don't think for a
moment that in Islam, we don't believe in Jesus may be spirit
		

			upon Him, we also believe that his mother never married. She was actually never involved with a male
May peace be upon her. She was chaste. She was pure, she was clean, she found herself one day
expecting, one might say how? Well let me explain to you at that time medicine was at its peak,
where those who are experts of medicine used to boast and brag about how they could do things and
how they could kill people. And Allah subhanho wa Taala has Divine Wisdom is such that every
messenger who was sent by Allah subhanho, wa Taala, was actually sent with miracles connected to
that particular time. At the time of the Prophet Moses May peace be upon him, engineering was at its
		

			peak. So here you look at the way he struck the ocean, or the sea, and it made these highways, this
path. This was a medical, this was engineering at its peak, even greater than the pyramids that were
there. You follow what I'm saying? They will put him as it was an episode. It was, in fact, a
powerful example of engineering. And here you have a messenger coming with his little stick, and he
touches or hits strikes at the water, and suddenly there are 12 highways to Panama. 12 highways
ready for the people to cross onto the other side technology, should I say engineering at its peak?
May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us grant us an understanding. So
		

			let's take a look at Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam when he was sent.
		

			linguists were boasting with one another because as much as they were Unlimited, the Quraysh the
bulk of them. They were very eloquent, they were highly educated. Remember, when you say Unlimited,
you are not referring to illiterate, you are referring to one who did not read or write. And at the
same time, they were highly educated. But at the same time you find when Mohammed salatu salam
spoke, they were silenced, complete silence. They had nothing to match what he said. They were asked
to come up with a single verse single word similar to that of the Quran. They couldn't, not one
verse. So he saw his lamb Jesus May peace be upon him when he came, he was given the power to cure
		

			the sick as the Quran says, so many times he put his hand on the leper and the leper was cured after
medicine had failed. How did this happen? He makes it very clear it happened by the will of Allah,
the permission of Allah, the power of Allah subhana wa jal, he never ever claimed this was my power,
it was power given to him by Allah subhanho wa Taala. If you were to get up from your seat today, or
you are to breathe, you cannot claim that I am the one by my power I am breathing, you need to say
Allah has given me the power. Ultimately it's the power of Allah if he wants, he can stop it right
here right now.
		

			So Jesus made peace be upon him an amazing example where he put his hand on the head of a blind
person, and they open their eyes. Similarly, he put or he created, he made a clay
		

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			So he had like a sculptured sort of a bird. And he blew in it and it began to fly. This was miracle
given to Jesus May peace be upon him. When medicine failed and declared someone did, if they called
him Jesus peace be upon him. He would put the hand on that person and the person would come alive by
the will of Allah 123 Gianni Mota be me Allah says and remember when you gave life to the dead by my
permission, so it was Allah giving the life but through Isa is salat wa salam, as a miracle given to
this powerful, great messenger, Jesus made peace be upon him.
		

			So what we learned from this, indeed, is that when it comes to the birth of Jesus Himself, it was
the most miraculous thing if he could give life to the dead by the will of Allah when he came to
life by the will of Allah, medicine was at its peak.
		

			Something that the doctors could not understand was how he gave birth, how he was born, and at the
same time, how he brought to life by the will of Allah by the power of Allah subhanho wa Taala those
who are dead. This is a miracle mentioned in the Quran in more than one place. It's amazing. So this
is a great ranking messenger of Allah subhanho wa Taala. It is something unique, and it is something
worth taking note of. So as he was born, there was another miracle that happened. People began to
accuse the mother of Jesus May peace be upon him, you need to know every time someone has been
blessed with virtue from Allah subhanho wa Taala. They will be people who will be for them and they
		

			will be others who become jealous of them. They are against them. They begin to fabricate things,
they begin to lie in order to try to drop
		

			The status of that particular person but Allah subhanho wa Taala comes to the rescue. You need to
know this. If people come to you or if people have lied about you trying to drop you and so on
trying to harm you in terms of your reputation, something you are not guilty of, remember, it is a
test from Allah subhanho wa Taala it happened to those who are better than you, it has to happen to
you it is a sign of acceptance from Allah subhanho wa Taala. Some of the scholars have taught us
saying that if you'd like to know whether you are successful or not, what you need to do is look
into how many people lie about you, when they have to lie about you in order to drop you then you
		

			need to know it's a sign that they are acknowledging the effect and the impact that you have had and
your status the status granted to you by Allah subhanho wa Taala so don't let that confuse you don't
let that deceive you don't let that sadden you. Take a look when he was when he came to life when he
was born by a miracle. What happened is as his mother was being accused, she was instructed to point
at the child. When he when she pointed at the child he spoke miraculously from the cradle, he said
is Salatu was Salam. This is a miracle that is not mentioned in the Bible. It is a miracle mentioned
in the Quran. What is this miracle? It is something that muslimeen have made clear that even the
		

			Christians don't have that Jesus May peace be upon him spoke from the cradle. He spoke from the
cradle Allah makes mention of it in Subramaniam Bala in Abu
		

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			He said I am indeed the worship of Allah, I am the slave of Allah. This was the first introduction
made by Jesus May peace be upon him. And he introduced himself to everyone as a little baby in the
cradle. And he says I am the slave of Allah in the Abdullah. So this had to clarify, he's not the
son of Allah, He is not part of the family of Allah. When the term hula is used, it does not mean
that he is a part of Allah because as I explained, the same applies to beta law, the same would
apply to Allah which means it is belonging to Allah subhanho wa Taala. All it comes from Allah
subhanho wa Taala or its status is so high that Allah connected to himself. So he says, I am the
		

			worshipper of Allah Abdullah, I am the worshiper or the slave of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Allah is
about to give me the book, Allah has given me in terms of what he is about to get the book, the
Injeel. And he says, he continues thereafter to say, he has made me a newbie, a prophet, this was
clarification from Jesus May peace be upon him, he clears it himself. And Allah repeats that
statement in the Quran for you and I to know and for all those who say he was the son of God, to
know that, indeed, he was born without the involvement of a male, but that does not make him the Son
of God. Similarly, Adam May peace be upon him was created, as we mentioned in the verse that I
		

			recited earlier. He was created without the involvement of a male or a female, if this one was the
Son of God, than that one is more deserving of being the son of God, if not the first of the sons,
may Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us from blasphemy, I mean, so this is why it is a beautiful
clarification in the Quran. When Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks of how he miraculously spoke when he
was a little child, I want to draw
		

			an example for every one of us a lesson in our lives. In the Koran you will find on two occasions
Allah subhanho wa Taala instructs people to be silent, and to do something in the in the case of
money, or may peace be upon her, she was instructed to be silent, not to say anything. Although
there were accusations leveled against her, she was told to just point that's it, I can point this
problem is too big for me to solve. Allah will solve it for you, you just point at the child and
that's it. And we will do the rest. When she did that you heard what happened child's phone, but at
the same time, what you need to know so panela is that the similar thing happened to the Prophet
		

			zecharia May peace be upon him.
		

			When he found that his wife was expecting at an old age, he was shy, he felt perhaps people might
have a lot to say. So Allah subhanho wa Jalla told him, remain silent. Keep quiet three days, don't
say anything besides by silence. Don't say a word why this problem is so big. It's so large, it is
up to us to sort it out for you. You are working for us. You know, in our term, we would say
perhaps, you know, this man is my boss. I'm working for him in the case of the prophets and those
who do the work of Allah subhanho wa Taala melas peace and blessings be upon them all. Sometimes
they need to remain silent in order
		

			For Allah subhanho wa Taala, to clear for them something that is very big, it's so big that they may
not be able to do it themselves. Here is the example Jesus made peace be upon him, his mother,
similarly zekeriya la salatu salam, Allah says, I
		

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			decide we're going to give you the instruction of Allah subhanaw taala. Don't speak to people for
three days. And in another verse, or in this verse, three nights, three days, three nights, don't
speak to them, leave them, things will happen, they will clarify they will clear don't make matters
worse. So para la What a beautiful example, in our lives, whatever you can do, you should do but
remember the rest of it, leave it in the hands of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So what you have to have
a few people who don't like you, you have to have a few, a few people who accuse you of something
that you're not guilty of look at what happened to Sally Sarah, look at what happened to his mother
		

			may peace be upon her the purest of the pure of the time, and she was a virgin Mary May peace be
upon her. Allah honored her in such a beautiful way that some centuries later, an entire chapter of
the Quran was named after her among users. But it came to us through Nabina Muhammad the Prophet
Mohammed May peace be upon we recite it, we repeat it in fact, her name is the V female name in the
Quran that is made mention of what an honor, as we said, that does not reduce the value of the
Sahabi yet or the female companions of Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, nor does it reduce the value of
any other of those who are close to Allah subhanho wa Taala. It is simply a clarification and the
		

			divine decision of Allah subhanho wa Taala. To do that, the same applies to the number of times
Jesus made peace be upon him as mentioned in the Quran. As I said, it does not increase or decrease
his value. It is for divine reasons to clarify because Allah knows that there are people and there
will be people who will continue saying that he was the son of God and he saw on one hand and on the
other hand, there will be people who say, and who will continue to say that he was the child of
adultery. Now the villa May Allah protect us from such statements. And here we are in the middle of
saying he was neither this nor that he was a slave of Allah born miraculously through the miracle of
		

			the word of Allah subhanho wa Taala the Sol blown by Allah subhanho wa Taala it was Allah subhanho
wa Taala. So this is something unique and it is something really great. If we were to take a look at
		

			some of the miracles that were given to Jesus May peace be upon him, we would find that Allah
subhanho wa Taala granted him so much Allah subhanho wa Taala blessed him firstly with the speech
that we spoke about. Secondly, Allah gave him the Injeel Allah gave him the book a lot taught him
that Torah that which was revealed before him as well. He knew it, he knew it very well. And at the
same time, he gave the message of a prophet that was to come after him. He warned the people what if
		

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			Allah makes mention of how the Prophet Jesus May peace be upon him told the children of yaku the
children of Jacob, may peace be upon him, also known as the children of Israel, because that was
another name to iacobelli Salatu was salam o jacobellis. salatu salam. And Allah says, Remember the
favor upon you. That's what Jesus made peace be upon him, told them and then he tells them, I am
giving you glad tidings or news of a prophet that is to come later on his name being admin, the
Comforter, the one who is to come later on the praised one. And what happened when he came when the
messenger Muhammad salatu salam came, they denied the bulk of them denied they said this is magic
		

			and so on, as mentioned in the plan. So Jesus May peace be upon him fulfilled his duty to inform the
masses that there is a messenger coming after me his name is Ahmed Mohammed meaning the praised one,
it is the same route the same name and what happened, they covered it, they changed it, they altered
it and so on when he came, yes, some of those with sound knowledge accepted the message, but the
bulk of them did not. Similarly, Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of something extremely
interesting. And that is a question that will be asked to Jesus May peace be upon him on the day of
judgment or in the hereafter. What is the question? Allah subhanho wa Taala says, What if call
		

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			When Allah will ask Jesus peace be upon him. Did you instruct the people to worship you and your
mother besides Allah? And the answer will come, Allah says he will say no way How could I have
instructed them with something that I had no authority over I had, it is something invalid,
something incorrect, something I was not instructed, I would never issue an instruction. I was not
instructed to dish out basically, to give I would never.
		

			So this is a clarification made in the Quran once again, we also find nowhere in the Bible is it
stated that Jesus Himself said, worship Me alone in an entire verse, we will not find where he
called people to abandon Allah subhanho wa Taala to worship him or his mother. This is something
very interesting. It is something we learn from the Quran and from the story of Jesus May peace be
upon him. We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to bestow upon us His mercy, I want to end with one
beautiful story towards or within the life of Jesus May peace be upon him what we find an incident
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			he had instructed his followers to fast for an entire month.
		

			And they fasted for the month according to one of the narrations. And at the end of the month, they
asked him they said, Look, we want a happy day, we want the day of joy, you know, you and I, and
Allah, we fast for the month of Ramadan, at the end of that Allah gives us a day of joy of
happiness, it's known as even the day of happiness connected to the fact that we are we are not, we
are not fasting anymore, we have actually broken out of us. So in this particular case, Allah
subhanho wa Taala
		

			was asked by Jesus May peace be upon him.
		

			The question
		

			would you send down for us a table cloth laid with food? Why was the question asked Allah makes
mention of it in the Quran, that these disciples that told Jesus May peace be upon him?
		

			Can you ask Allah subhanho wa Taala?
		

			Is it possible that you're up can send down from the heavens? A Marie de la tablecloth Subhana Allah
so that we can, in fact immediately enrolled in a fear Allah you know, people are asking for
something ridiculous. Imagine if we were to ask
		

			a man who comes to us to remind us about Allah subhanho wa Taala we say look, I won't believe in you
until 2000 gold coins of you know drop from the ceiling in my home.
		

			You look at them and you say okay, it's fine. I'll make you out for you may Allah subhanho wa Taala
grant us goodness oh, we might want to talk to them in a slightly different way. We would consider
it absurd. I don't think people would actually say that today. But at that time, like I told you
these miracles were at the peak at their peak.
		

			So they see an alum makes mention of it in the salon
		

			is gone. How are you?
		

			Remember when the disciples said to Jesus May peace be upon him is your up able to sit down for us a
lay tablecloth from the heavens? And immediately he says
		

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			me, he said, Fear Allah if you are truly believes you don't need that fear Allah subhanho wa Taala
you want to connect your belief to this particular item? They made it clear No, no, no, we are not
connecting our belief to this item but
		

			newari to an coolamon ha we simply want to eat from it. You know the food from heaven.
		

			In Abu buena and we just want our hearts to be at ease. We want our hearts to be at ease and knowing
that you have actually been truthful Subhana Allah
		

			and we can be from amongst those who are grateful to Allah subhanho wa Taala. So he sadly Salam
raises his hands and he asks Allah subhanho wa Taala for that, and Allah says, I will send it down
to you, but anyone who rejects thereafter who turns away that after they will taste a very painful
punishments, they will taste a very painful punishment. So when Allah subhanho wa Taala sends the
signs to you, you need to know that these signs are such that if I were to reject them thereafter, I
would be deserving of the punishment of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Still, by the mercy of Allah, He
does not punish us. He gives us time, my brothers and sisters, let's turn to Allah
		

			How many signs have we seen in our lives? We've seen so many signs, how much has Allah bestowed upon
us so much? We have our health, we have our wealth, we have sustenance, we have so much more than
most of the people on earth. We have so much panela We are blessed in 1,000,001 ways, countless
ways. Let us turn to Allah subhanho wa Taala let us not become from among those who deserves the
Wrath of Allah subhanho wa Taala as I said, still through the mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala he
does not inflict us with punishment, he gives us chance upon chance, please let's seize one of these
chances and turn to Allah subhanho wa Taala May Allah bless us all.
		

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