Mufti Menk – One Of My Favorite Surahs
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The speakers discuss the meaning of surah in the Quran and emphasize the importance of not believing in a "naughty guy" and the power of the word "naughty guy" to teach one's life. They also mention a program called Chinta designed to teach people how to treat beggars and their surrounding population. The speakers emphasize respect and not abusing people, emphasizing the need to not promote scammers and not give people false hope. They also suggest not giving people a bigger false hope and not rebuking them.
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You see, if you look at the surah
in the Quran, which is very powerful, one
of my favorite surahs.
Amazing. I want you to go back this
evening
and read the meaning of the surah.
I want you to go back and read
the meaning of the surah and the next
one, surah the shara. This is Duha and
the next one is shara. Please go back
today on your phone. You can find on
Google or wherever you if you have an
app or whatever, you will find it. Read
the meaning of the surah because
Allah is explaining and telling us that
he will definitely give. He's telling Nabi Muhammad
Muhammad your hereafter is going to be better
than this life.
And don't think that Allah forsakes you just
because the goodness you wanted did not come
to you. Very
interesting.
Do not think that Allah has abandoned you
because the goodness you were expecting did not
come to you. Don't think Allah left you,
He did not leave you, and He will
not leave.
You come to Allah, Allah will come to
you even more.
You walk to Allah, Allah rushes to you.
In that surah, Allah Almighty
says towards the end,
I'm sure you know the verse. Most of
us know it, right?
Do we know it?
Come on, come on, come on. I used
to see one program long back. I don't
know if it still exist. There was a
friend of mine
who was managing this.
It was called Chinta Quran.
And first time I heard the meaning of
the word Chinta. It means,
La.
I said, chinta Allah, chinta Rasool, chinta Quran.
Muslim. I'm a Muslim, right?
May Allah grant us goodness.
Wa
ammasailla falaatanhar.
As for the one who is asking. Who
is the one asking? The beggar.
Allah is
Allah is guiding you
about
the beggar who you come across.
Allah says, When you come across a beggar,
a masa'il, a beggar, the one who comes
to you and he asks, now Allah is
telling you how to treat him,
how to treat the beggar.
What did Allah say? Look at how powerful
it is.
Allah knows every one of us is on
a different level. Right? Number 1. Number 2,
Allah knows that all the beggars are not
the same. Some of them are legit. Some
of them are a scam. Do you agree?
Some of them, you look at them and
say, there is a big,
sort of, you know, a network of these
people. They are more rich than you. At
night, they are driving Bugatti. And in the
morning they are Yeah. It it can happen.
In the daytime, they are standing in the
street, 1 rupiah, 1 rupiah, 1 rupiah.
See, only 1 rupiah. Only 1 rupiah. And
you know where you are going to give
1 rupiah when the rate to the US
dollar is almost 14,000.
I know. Right?
So, you will give them so much more.
They get it from Indonesia. What is the
population? 230,000,000?
235,000,000?
275,
280?
Oh, it's growing as I'm speaking. Masha'Allah.
Masha'Allah. Masha'Allah. Masha'Allah. Masha'Allah. Masha'Allah.
It's good. It's good. Alhamdulillah.
So, it's so beautiful because you might be
280, 300, maybe tomorrow morning will be a
little bit different. But
it's so beautiful because imagine how big the
population is. If you do goodness,
even 1 rupiah,
if everyone had to give 1 rupiah and
half the population or a quarter or a
third had to give, you would make a
100,000,000 rupiah in a minute. I'm just giving
you an example.
So, some beggars they know, big population, let's
go, let's do it. For you, as a
human being, you it's hard to tell. You
have to use your own discretion
while you want to help those who are
in need. You also do not want to
promote scammers.
So now it's very difficult because I see
someone
and to me he looks normal. Maybe I
don't want to give him, maybe I want
to give him. In Islam,
if you feel like you do not want
to give, you do not have to give.
If there is a doubt in your heart
that this man might use this for drugs,
or whatever else, or he doesn't need it,
or he's part of a scam, or whatever
else it may be, it's okay. You don't
have to give because Allah says,
Don't help people to do something which is
sinful or
wrong, enmity, and so on. Don't. So, it's
hard. I'm a human. I don't know what
to do. It's hard. So, Allah did not
say, As
for the beggar, give him. Allah didn't say
that.
Did Allah say, as for the beggar, give
him? No, he didn't. He only said,
latanhar.
Don't rebuke him.
Don't abuse him. Don't disrespect him. If you
want to give, give respectfully. You don't want
to give, don't give respectfully.
You know, my father,
long back, there was many, many years ago,
there was a beggar who used to stand
on the road, And in order to just
keep him quiet, I said
I looked at him from the window and
I said, tomorrow.
My father said, are you even going to
see this guy tomorrow?
Why you said tomorrow?
Maybe you can just excuse yourself or you
can say, maybe next time. But don't lie
to say, I'll give you tomorrow. When you
know you will not even see him maybe
tomorrow.
Don't give a bigger false hope. And worse
than that, don't rebuke him, abuse him. Hey,
you. You are a crook. Who said? How
do you know I'm a crook? I know
you are part of a scam. Today, sheikh
was telling us in the speech that there's
many scam.
Come on. Come on.
You're using my name also to do that.
So, we need to respect
everyone. Even those whom we are doubting sometimes,
give offer respect.
Allah says, you know what?
Your duty is to ensure that you did
not do something wrong. Even if they are
doing something wrong,
their wrong is against them. Your right will
be for you.
Allah says, wammasa ilafalatanhar.
Now my point is,
if Allah is telling you that as for
the beggar, the most important thing you can
give him is dignity and respect.
Tell me.
Dignity and respect is one of the most
important things you can give any human being,
including your spouse, your children, your parents, your
in laws, and whoever else it may be,
today we have lost that respect amongst each
other.
We don't respect.
So even if you treat me like how
Allah tells you to treat a beggar, we
would solve the problem. You see?
We would solve the problem. Look at how
beautiful Allah words it. Allah says, You know
what? It could've been you. It could've been
you. Right?
Things can change.
So, imagine it was you, and someone rebukes
you, they sway you. And so, you can
leave your You don't need to look in
that direction. I do it sometimes. People are
knocking the window, don't even look. Just keep
on staghfirullah. Oh Allah, help this person. Carry
on.
And if you are feeling, there are some
people you feel for them, you might talk
to them, they look like, okay, this person
looks decent. You might be making a mistake,
but if you made a genuine mistake, Allah
will reward you. Don't worry. Allah will reward
you because you tried.