Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2007 – Day 1

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			excellence presents jewels from the Holy Quran a series of lectures by Mufti Ismail Ibn Musa menke.
		

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			in complete blessings and salutations be upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and all his
companions and all those who have followed him, those who are following him and shall follow him up
to the day of piano. Honor the roula beloved brothers and sisters dearest listeners, we have rolled
into the month of Ramadan by the grace of Allah azza wa jal, we need to thank Allah subhanho wa
Taala because upon citing the moon, each one of us feels the Baraka, we come into gear
automatically, like an automatic motor vehicle as soon as you stop it, it gets into first without
anyone trying anything May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us the ability to comprehend the Baraka, we
		

			feel it but at times we don't realize that we are moving through it and it is moving so quick that
before we know it, it will be completed. We don't want to complete the month of Ramadan without
softening our hearts without earning the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala without standing in
Salatu tarawih for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah subhanho wa Taala commences the Quran
with Surah Al Fatiha this Quran has been revealed through Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in
a different order. But it was in the know him muffled under preserve the tablet in a specific order
and that is the order that we have today. Allah subhanho wa Taala starts off with the most beautiful
		

			verses one can ever dream of Alhamdulillah hear
		

			me in All praise is due to Allah subhanho wa Taala we praise him on every condition. He is the
Creator. He's the one who made us he's the one who made everything around us. We praise Him we thank
him when goodness comes to us we think Allah subhanho wa Taala when something we regard as evil
befalls us we seek the protection of Allah subhanho wa Taala that is the phrase Alhamdulillah Allah,
Allah Allah, may Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us complete and total protection at all times. Then
Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about his mercy
		

			urashima neurotomy Most Beneficent, most forgiving, Most Merciful because myself and yourselves we
need to understand the mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala that is what will bring us even closer and
closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala we all know that this man he man obey an unhealthy one. Raja Eman
is a balance between the fear of Allah subhanho wa Taala and the hope in the mercy of Allah subhanho
wa Taala voila he I guarantee you that this is the month of mercy. Let us all turn to Allah subhanho
wa Taala and seek His forgiveness for indeed he is forgiving wholesale in the month of Ramadan. a
loser is the one who has passed the month of Ramadan and has not been forgiven. why women adric
		

			Ramadan, Allah will be upon the one who has witnessed the month of Ramadan and he has not been
forgiven. It is as though Allah subhanho wa Taala is saying look, I am ready to forgive everybody,
but it is us who sometime don't want that. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us in this month of
Ramadan a turning point every one of us needs to make an intention tonight that this Ramadan will be
a Ramadan with a difference in Ramadan whereby we will make sure that we struggle to earn the
pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala. He says regarding the book in the next surah in Surah Al
Baqarah and obviously I'm not going through every single verse because we don't have the time to do
		

			that. I have just selected certain verses. Obviously it is very difficult to select verses because
every single verse is of great importance. But here we have Surah Al Fatiha, the opening surah I've
mentioned the fact of the mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala in fact one very interesting point before
I go to sudo to makara Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks to us in a hadith known as adid could see
where Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says Carlota barakaatuh Allah, Allah subhanho wa Taala
tells us
		

			Come to sala sabini wahba in Aberdeen is fain. I have split Surah Fatiha between myself and my
worshiper into two halves. So when the worshiper says al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen All praise is
due to Allah subhanho wa Taala, Lord of the world's I say meaning I respond to him. My worship has
praised me. So every time we say Alhamdulillah Allah mean we should know that that rapala al amin is
responding that he loves it when we say that we should increase that particular statement and all
these statements of the outcome and the remembrance of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Then if a worshiper
says Rahmani Raheem, Allah subhanho wa Taala says my worship has glorified me and when he says
		

			Maliki only Deen, he says, Allah subhanho wa Taala responds, my worshiper has exalted me and then
when he says a cannot go do what he can a stirring you alone, we worship you alone, we seek help
from then Allah subhanho wa Taala says, that is between me and my worshiper, and for my worship it
is whatever he asks thereafter, the first hour we make in the Quran, in Dino Sera, Stephanie, Guide
us to the straight path, may Allah soften our hearts and May Allah make us all on the straight path
and may He keep us on that straight path. Then let me move on to Surah Al Baqarah, Allah subhanho wa
Taala in the opening verses of Surah Al Baqarah speaks of the authenticity of the Quran. Why?
		

			Because as soon as you open that Koran The first thing one needs to be convinced about is the
authenticity of that book. When you open the previous scriptures that we find today. Automatically
we find differences and discrepancies in the scriptures. So the authenticity is questioned and that
automatically drops the value of the book. When it comes to the Quran. Allah says that he can kita
buena Eva See, there is no doubt in that book. No doubt there is guidance in it for those who
believe let us be from amongst those who believe. And let us not just pay lip service to that
because Allah subhanho wa Taala describes several categories of people. The first are those who
		

			believe as he says, If you believe in Allah, then the Quran will be a form of guidance for you. But
if you do not believe in Allah subhanho wa Taala that Quran will not even touch your heart. Allah
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			fennekin luigia to do Kazuma Allah speaks of some of the hearts and he says some of the hearts
become so solid, that they become hard. They don't tremble and trimmer with the fear of Allah
subhanho wa Taala no matter what you attach to certain hearts, it doesn't stick in the hearts
because those hearts have become hard. Allah says they are harder than rock some rocks, they will
explode in some rocks, you will find that water will gush out of them. But some of the hearts are
even harder than that. May Allah soften our hearts every single one of us needs to ask himself or
herself the question Am I from amongst those whose hearts have been hardened? Because if our hearts
		

			have been hardened, then we are wasting our time reading the Quran. We are wasting our time when
Allah tells us something and we deny it or we don't want it or we don't like it. Then obviously we
need to first deal with our own Eman. Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks of the meaning and he says
those are the ones who will achieve goodness and guidance from the Quran. Allah subhanho wa Taala
speaks of the kuffaar in levena cafo.
		

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			The kuffaar are those whom, whether you want them or you don't want them, it's all the same for
them. Now, why not make us that? Who are the Kufa two types of Kufa one are disbelievers from
amongst those who do not even claim to be more meaning and muslimeen and submit as unbelievers and
the other those who might be believers but they are so ungrateful. A person who has no form of
gratitude in him for his own creator is also known as a kafir because Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks
about it in the Quran.
		

			He uses the term gopher for the one who does not acknowledge the gifts of Allah subhanho wa Taala
it's not enough to just say I thank you Oh Allah by Tang, yes, that is part and parcel of it. But
what is much more important is that we utter the words and over and above that we practice upon what
Allah wants us to practice upon. And obviously, not all of us can become Pope's overnight so to
speak. Not all of us can become so pious.
		

			Hold overnight, but each one of us needs to ask ourselves, am I heading in the right direction at
least am I moving on the right path? I might be five steps up the ladder which has 100 steps on it.
If I've moved to six by the end of Ramadan, I've achieved a lot. If I've moved to seven and 10 and
40 and 50 I've achieved a large amount May Allah grant that to us. But if I've gone down the ladder
and back to the ground, then we have lost May Allah not make us from amongst those. Then Allah
subhanho wa Taala speaks of the hypocrites and he speaks of those who with their tongues, they utter
the words that you know, we believe we are there we are meaning, but inside they are not believers,
		

			and sometimes people utter by tongue, but they do not practice. So there are two types of that ninja
Ninja icardi and Ninja family, that ninja where a person is not a Muslim, but he pretends or she
pretends that he or she is a Muslim, that inshallah We ask Allah to protect us from that that is
very dangerous. But the type where we all tend to fall is we say we are meaning but when the law and
the command of Allah comes to us, we then think we have a choice in that regard. No Salah I will see
about it. I'm not yet ready to read it. Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us from those type of
statements. We should acknowledge what's right and wrong. If we are weak we can tell Allah subhanho
		

			wa Taala Allah I acknowledge that what I'm doing is not right. But at the same time Yeah, Allah make
me strong so that I can continue May Allah subhanahu Allah grant that to us. So Allah says wamena
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			There are some people who utter the words we believe in Allah we believe in the last day, but yet
they do not believe they feel that they are cheating Allah and they are cheating the believers but
they are cheating men other than themselves. May Allah protect us. So we must be allies. We need to
choose are we believers are we confer or are we in between the hypocrites and in fact, Allah says in
another place in the Quran regarding the hypocrites in almora, Filipina fedorko kill as Ballymena.
		

			The hypocrites are in the lowest of the fire and we all know the fire. The hottest is at the lowest
point. May Allah subhanahu Allah protect us from the fire.
		

			Then Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about such people and he says, Do you know what they have done?
They have bought misguidance and paid for it guidance they have bought and Allah says it again in
another place in the same surah and we read the verses tonight. Hola.
		

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			there are people who have purchased the pleasures of this dunya and paid for it as a payment the
whole of the alpha male or not do that to us. Let me give you one example to bring it closer to our
brains and minds. If a person has a house in Cape Town here, and he happens to be walking from say
strand or somewhere and he is working on a hot hot day, no one's giving him a lift. How long is it
if you walk one or two hours, possibly three or four hours. But if you were to move by motor
vehicle, it would be half an hour. So you are asking for a lift, and no one is there to give you a
lift one man stops. It's very, very hot. You don't have food, you don't have anything. And one man
		

			says I will give you a lift but sign me your title deeds for your house in Cape Town. One would be
foolish to sign his house, you'd say I'd rather walk. Why? Because you know that I'm making a
payment far more expensive, far more valuable than what I'm getting in return what we do every day
we signing the title deeds of our houses in Cape Town, but we don't realize we're doing it. How do
we do it? Because Allah subhanho wa Taala has kept the art here which is large and massive and we
cannot describe it we don't we cannot speak about its value. But every day we come at her on we do
that which is displeases Allah subhanho wa Taala by doing that we signing away the rooms that Allah
		

			is preparing for us in the era, just like the other example I've given think about it tonight. may
or may not be from amongst those when it comes to walking and signing a house of the dunya it's very
simple to comprehend. But when it comes to the era, we need to think and think a lot. Then Allah
subhanho wa Taala says you know people who have hard hearts, people who are moon African people who
are hypocrites, Allah says some
		

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			they are deaf, Deaf to what? Deaf to anything that is good. Anything that is bad, they are all ears.
You tell them something bad they will listen to you. They are deaf, they are dumb, dumb forward,
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			Good, they can speak but only bad and they are blinded Allah subhanho wa Taala says they do not see
a thing that is good. They can only see bad May Allah subhanahu wa taala grant us understanding.
When we see haram when we see the nightclubs when we see places where there are women who are
dressed in a haram way, our eyes turn very fast. But when we see the masjid, how many of us are
guilty of not allowing our eyes to turn there and reading the DA May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant
us the acceptance to enter the houses of Allah subhanho wa Taala and to achieve the coolness of our
eyes, the minute we see a menorah and the mithuna one of these long towers that we all know the
		

			menorah, the minute we see it, our eyes should be cooled then inshallah we will be from amongst
those who will be successful in the dunya and the Hara. Allah subhanho wa Taala says, if you are in
doubt, with the authenticity of this particular book, come forth with one surah. Let's see the
kuffar tried it and we all know that they failed dismally, may Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us.
So there again Allah subhanho wa Taala is speaking of the authenticity of that particular book or
the Quran, and Allah subhanho wa Taala says, If you are unable to do that, then be careful and be
warned of a grievous punishment for ilam de facto
		

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			Ninja, if you are not going to do that, if you are incapable of coming with a verse or with a surah
of the Quran similar to it, and you will never be able to do that. Then Allah says, Be conscious of
the fire. Why be conscious of the fire, the fuel of that fire shall be rocks and mankind.
		

			Imagine rock if you try to burn a rock, you won't be able to do that, unless there is a furnace
which is burning at a very, very high temperature. May Allah protect us. But now when everyone hears
about the fire, one of the secrets of the mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala is that immediately after
that he speaks about his mercy. He says well by sharing letting
		

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			give glad tidings to those who believe and do good deeds, they will not be from amongst those who
have who will be burning in the fire. They will be from amongst those who will be in cool gardens.
Those gardens will have whatever their eyes would like, whatever their hearts would like their minds
would like May Allah make us all from amongst them. And Allah subhanho wa Taala thereafter speaks of
our enemy, the enemy who makes us go astray shavon and the police. Allah speaks of the history of
it. And I'm sure we are all aware of that history. We all know how Adam alayhi salatu was Salam was
tricked into eating from a certain fruit. May Allah protect us all. And Allah subhanho wa Taala has
		

			mentioned this in the opening sutras. Why? Because he wants us to know from the very beginning that
look, there is an enemy don't ever please that enemy of yours. don't worship the enemy, isn't it
please Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah promised Allah subhanho wa Taala that Yeah, Allah I am definitely
going to lead all these people astray. And I'm going to show you
		

			I'm going to show you that they will worship Me and not you. And Allah subhanho wa Taala said,
anyone who follows you from amongst them will also have the same fate as you they will all be cast
in Hellfire, Allah says except those who turn to Me, so we need to turn to Allah subhanho wa Taala
one of the secrets Allah subhanho wa Taala says, Oh, my worshippers, don't ever lose hope in my
mercy no matter what you have done. That means anyone who loses hope in the mercy of Allah subhanho
wa Taala has automatically worshipped Chopin, because Chopin is the one who makes us lose hope in
the mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala This is the month of the turning to Allah May Allah granted to
		

			me and you may Allah soften our hearts remember the month is too long ahead. But before we know it,
we will be in our closing session if Allah gives us the life to see that may Allah subhanahu wa
taala make that easy for us. So Allah subhanho wa Taala after that speaks about Vanessa, Vanessa in
the children of yaku Malaya salatu wa salam, O Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of them. Why?
Because they were given so many gifts from Allah, but they were a lot of them were ungrateful, and
Allah speaks about what the outcome was after their ungratefulness and Allah mentions that because
he doesn't want us to be like that. You know, Allah speaks about when Musa alayhis salam wa sallam
		

			told them to slaughter a cow.
		

			They should have just listened and they they know the Nabhi was there and then to be told them
slaughter the cow. What would happen is Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam stood in front of us
today and said, Everyone stop eating interest. What would we do? Would we be like Balu Israel
arguing with that? No.
		

			Be musala is salat wa salam No, it can't be Haram. There must be something wrong with it, man. It
can't today it's something else. It's it's unavoidable. We can't do that. That is what Israel did
and they were cast as a result. They told Musa alayhis salam, what type of a cow Come on, there's
lots and lots of cows and so on. And they went on and on. And the story is they in Surah Baqarah,
and Allah subhanho wa Taala says, For that reason, their hearts became hard because they argued with
those who came with the correct information to them with the commands of their created to them. Let
us all ask ourselves, do we debate and argue with those who come to us with the truth with the hack?
		

			If we debate and argue with those who come to us with hack, then surely wouldn't we then fall into
the bracket of those who debated with the mBiA masala salon? So let's not do that. If we are weak,
we can say look, I'm weak. I'm not yet capable, or I don't yet have the strength but I know I'm
wrong. Admit it. But don't argue and don't justify evil, that I am engaged you know, you are engaged
in May Allah subhanho wa Taala safeguard all of us. Then Allah subhanho wa Taala
		

			speaks about the dua of Ibrahim alayhi salaatu wa Salaam. And it's very important that we realize
that Rahim Allah is salatu wa sallam, he worshipped Allah subhanho wa Taala and Allah tested him
subhanho wa Taala so much and after he completed building the Kaaba, he raised his hands and the do
as I mentioned, we read them tonight. He says robina min Allah accepted from us. So every time we
engage in an act of worship, ask Allah as acceptance because sometimes shaytan creeps in and he
makes us want to do something to show off, may Allah protect us or sometimes shaytan creeps in and
he makes us feel that we are better than everybody else. We better watch that. So because of that we
		

			need to do things for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala over and above that, ask Allah subhanho wa
Taala to accept it. Then he says, Oh Allah not only me, but what about my offspring robina was
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			Yala from my offspring, my progeny. Keep a complete nation submitted unto you at all times. Allah
answered that do and Allah says yeah, Brahim every Nabhi that will come after you shall definitely
be from your progeny. And that's what happened. May Allah subhanho wa Taala make us long sighted
don't only make dua for yourself and your own children yeah Allah seven generations 10 generations
20 generations Daniela keep our progeny on being Yala to the degree that when Isa Allahu salatu
salam comes, let members of our families be from amongst those who will fight together with him
against the judge. have our minds ever gone as far as that if not, here is the Tao Ebrahim Allah is
		

			salat wa salam, which is really really very deep. May Allah grant us also foresight.
		

			Then Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about magic. And Allah speaks about Sulayman Allah His salatu wa
sallam one verse one, Guevara Suleiman wanqi King Shailene aka fou, Wiley moonen. See here, Suleiman
Allahu Salatu was Salam did not become a disbeliever because he didn't teach people magic, and he
didn't be rich people. But the shape on this believed by teaching people see and magic. This is the
verse which takes a person who's engaging in witchcraft, and the person who teaches it and learns
it. It takes them out of the fold of Islam. Allah says goddess, but worse than that is to accuse
innocent women of being witches, that is worse and innocent men of being of engaging in that
		

			particular Act, which we have absolutely nothing to substantiate that is even worse, Xena is a
crime. But worse than Xena is to accuse innocent people of that act, may Allah grant us the ability
to zip our mouths and rather make dua than to accuse innocent people because we suddenly and
automatically become even worse than them. And finally, Allah subhanho wa Taala, in fact, to issues
Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about the fact that he is going to test every single one of us, I
need to die or those closest to me need to die before me one of us some way somehow needs to die.
Allah is gonna test us with the desk with the death of those who are closest to us. And Allah will
		

			test us with hunger. Allah will test us with lack of the sense of security, allow a test us with
drought and so on. He promises and he guarantees not because he wants to punish us, but because he
wants to see do these people.
		

			Pass the tests are not do they realize that I am the one in control. Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam was the best of creation. He was the highest of all. He knew that and they were all other
creation is supposed to know that as well. But he suffered so much that he sucked the roots of trees
in order to quench his thirst. At times, Allah tested him with that first solely because Allah
wanted his level to be even higher and higher, and that we as his oma, who followed him later on,
could learn lessons from that. We will never ever get to that stage. May Allah grant us the
understanding, he was the most beloved so he was tested more than I can ever be tested, and more
		

			than you can ever be tested. So we need to know how will we pass these tests? Allah says
		

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			two things are you who believe, seek assistance through patience, forbearance, and through Salah.
Salah is the founding pillar of dnn inshallah, in the next few days, when the verses when more
verses are repeated about Salah we will enter some of the issues regarding Salah Allah subhanho wa
Taala caps by telling us about halal and haram, be careful. Watch out what you eat, watch what goes
into your mouth, watch your earnings, make sure they are halal.
		

			Do you know that if I put in a morsel of Haram in my mouth, whether it is haram because it has not
been slotted properly, or whether it is haram because it was earned through haram means the first
thing that kisses me my teeth, then my tongue, then my throat, then the esophagus going down the
small colon, the big colon right to the back until it comes out. Everything is kissing me. Why did
you put this Haram in me? It's filthy, it's bad. I don't want it. But every single one of us cannot
feel that. We don't realize it, but it contaminates all our organs. And they all curse us to the
degree that they will bear witness against us on the day of piano. We don't want that to happen.
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks through Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam telling us that that
portion of flesh which has been built or which has been made through haram will never ever enter
Jannah and narrow lobby because it needs to go into the fire to be built out only pure things can
enter. For that reason, it is of utmost importance. We'd rather lose money and rents and property
and what have you then to even have a little bit of harm in our income. May Allah forgive us all and
May Allah subhanahu wa taala grant us the full benefit of the month of Ramadan May Allah subhanho wa
Taala accept us all masala Allahu wa Sallim wa barik ala nabina Muhammad