Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2006 – Durban – Day 19

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
		

			Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil aalameen. All praise is due to Allah subhanho
wa Taala. Also Leo sallim ala Nabina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi as main blessings and
salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and upon all his companions and followers,
including ourselves and our offspring up to the day of pm on May Allah subhanho wa Taala keep us
steadfast
		

			to commence with inshallah, I will be completing the explanation of some of the verses that we had
read in last night's tarawih
		

			and I am referring here to subrata neuro, the surah that Allah subhanho wa Taala has named after his
own lights. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us some more in the dunya as well as in the in the
surah. Allah subhanho wa Taala shows us the contrast between light and darkness. And Allah subhanho
wa Taala gives us rules and regulations if we abide by them, we will achieve new in the dunya as
well as the Salah. And if we are to throw aside and disregard these rules and regulations, it will
result in our downfall and the darkness of our own selves in our day to day lives on our faces as
well as in the Sierra. And as I explained, a pseudo loss of Allahu alayhi wa sallam will be waiting
		

			to recognize every single member of his oma from the shining of the places that have been washed.
whilst they used to make Hulu in the dunya May Allah subhanho wa Taala make us from amongst those
who can concentrate when engaging in the great act of worship known as booboo. I mean, so Allah
subhanho wa Taala, as we had mentioned last night, makes mention of Xena and the fact that that is
the first sin that if someone engages in it, it will result in the snatching away of the note. And
it will result in the taking away of the contentment and happiness in their lives. May Allah grant
us all happy lives.
		

			It is no coincidence that Allah subhanho wa Taala commences sought to know, with the issue of Xena
and fornication and adultery. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us thereafter, Allah subhanho wa
Taala makes mention of something worse than adultery. something worse than fornication is to accuse
an innocent person of adultery and fornication that is worse than the crime itself. The reason is,
the minute someone accuses a person of committing such as sin, Allah subhanho wa Taala says in the
Koran, that it becomes incumbent upon that person to come up with four very good Muslim eyewitnesses
who have seen the act, if not such people should be flogged in public lashed in public. And they
		

			should be it should be announced that these people are in fact, liars. And if ever they were to bear
witness in any regard, it will be rejected. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us all. So today
when people utter the words, and I'm going to say the words because they are common. So and so is
going out with so and so do you realize how grave that statement is? Do you know what is meant by
going out in today's terminology? Do you know what it is referring to? Do you know how serious that
statement is? If it were in the form of a single drop of a different color, it would change the
color of the entire oceans according to one generation of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So
		

			let us try and concentrate on our own weaknesses. If we have seen people engaging in evil and evil,
try to speak to them in a positive manner. Do not go around spreading gossip because that does not
solve the problem that is an Islamic, even if they were engaged in the sin. By spreading tales about
them it becomes Riba the sin of that particular crime that they've committed will be shouldered by
the one who is spreading the story. May Allah subhanho wa Taala save goddess and for this reason,
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has warned us in many narrations that Be careful of your good
deeds being snatched away and taken away and given to others. As we've mentioned in previous night's
		

			then Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of the good people. And when rumor comes to the ears of
those who are good believers, what should they do? Allah makes mention of what happened to the wife
of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, Chateau de la and her when she was accused, now it will
be of the same act and it caused a lot of distress in Medina at the time. And Allah subhanho wa
Taala after almost a month, revealed verses which cleared her name and Allah clarified the various
categories of people some had missed and spoiled their tongues by accusing the most pure of women.
May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant a safe
		

			At times we today accuse women who might be secretly the friends of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And we
don't know, we might be accusing men who might be Allah, Allah subhanho wa Taala. And we don't
realize that the Hadees could see Allah subhanho wa Taala informs us through His Messenger, ma na da
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			two who have been harmed, Whosoever, Whosoever has harmed a single friend of mine, I declare war
against that person ally saying this. And for this reason, sometimes we have people not only
accusing others have Zina, but making the lives of some of the good Muslims a difficult life meaning
making their lives difficult. You will find that that person will never taste contentment in his or
her own life. Especially their own amount of this Deen. May Allah subhanho wa Taala use them to
serve this Deen and to uplift or to result in the upliftment of this Deen And may Allah subhanho wa
Taala not make us from amongst those who make their lives difficult because if someone is used by
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala to serve Deen in any way, then we come about and make their lives difficult,
we can rest assured that our lives will be even more difficult in return. May Allah subhanho wa
Taala not do that to us. So Allah says
		

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			bu when the true believers listen to such accusation which was leveled against Sharia law, and even
accusation that may be leveled against any other believers, because of their goodness, they will
compare that sin to themselves and they will ask themselves as good meaning could we ever do that?
If we cannot, then definitely the story is alive. It is a fabrication. It is something totally
unacceptable. And those who have come up with that story should bring up for witnesses if they don't
bring up for good witnesses. They are in the eyes of Allah subhanho wa Taala, the biggest of liars
and Allah subhanho wa Taala continues to say while
		

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			if such stories of accusation come to you, whether they are concerning a shot of your loved one, or
anyone else, the best is to say let us not miss our tongues with such filth and such dirty speech.
We are not meant to be speaking this type of speech. And definitely we should say that this is a
lie. It is something fabricated. May Allah subhanho wa Taala make us steadfast and May Allah save us
from rumors being spread about ourselves. Remember, as we've been mentioning, almost every night the
sword is double edged. One is those committing this crime should stop committing it inshallah,
meaning the crime of Zina and those committing the crime of accusation should also stop committing
		

			it. And may Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us from others making our lives difficult. And may He
also protect us from making others lives difficult. I mean, and remember, the surah is named Seurat,
no because if a person abstains from immorality and evil of the nature that is described in the
surah inshallah, they will be shining with the new that Allah will bless them within the dunya as
well as in the alpha and the new of Allah subhanho wa Taala includes contentment, contentment itself
is no and happiness, prosperity in the dunya as well as in the alpha, then Allah subhanho wa Taala
makes mention of the those men folk whom the women may lift their job in their presence, which means
		

			those who those who are maharam those who are so close, so closely related to the females, that they
do not have to engage in a job in their presence. And once again, after mentioning this, it is very
clear as to what more would mean that Allah subhanho wa Taala will grant new to those who observe
these rules notice almost all the regulations in Surah Noor are connected to the private pass, they
are connected to the segregation and separation of sexes, they are connected to the reproductive
system. Almost all the rules and regulations are connected to the social conduct of a Muslim when it
comes to his or her relation with the other family members.
		

			And the male and female of the family. May Allah subhanho wa Taala save goddess. So this should
teach us something that Allah subhanho wa Taala mentions this in Surah two No, because those who are
not interested in his rules and regulations will definitely become darker and the darkest, they will
lose contentment, they will live every day in anxiety and they will be depressed so much so that
there is a guarantee from Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam in La Jolla, la you have more risk
than boo boo, a person will definitely be prohibited sustenance and contentment and prosperity in
sustenance because of a sin that that person may be engaged in, especially when it comes to Zina.
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala has taught us so beautifully through Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
that a person who is involved in all sorts of
		

			illicit affairs, will probably not know where his or her money was spent. They may have learned so
much and they won't realize that why is it that this money is gone? Where is it that this money is
gone? They probably would never understand it, unless someone had to show them that Do you know what
you are engaged in haram? If you give that up? Allah subhanho wa Taala will grant you know in your
sustenance in sha Allah, may Allah grant that to us. Thereafter, Allah subhanho wa Taala makes
mention of a very, very, very important verse.
		

			This shows us the level of modesty in Islam.
		

			Allah says, addressing the women, while I have driven abbiamo Julie in an ER llama yo feen Amina
Xena T.
		

			V a job that should be the ideal job should be to the degree that the women folk are conscious of
the manner in which their feet would stamp the ground when they are walking on the ground, because
those feet should not be standing on the ground in a manner that would make known their hidden
beauty or that would attract people to their hidden beauty. And this applies to the type of footwear
we actually would wear. So ideally, Java includes being concerned of what type of footwear we have,
if that footwear is making noise that would attract the opposite *, Allah subhanho wa Taala is
saying it may just result in darkness, and it may just result in the loss of new metal or not do
		

			that to us. And may our women folk become so strong, and may they be according to the teachings of
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam may they be from amongst the best of women on this earth at
the time? May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us all protection at the end of the Surah Surah. Allah
subhanho wa Taala issued a stern warning to anyone who wants to go against the command of Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wasallam and Allah says in very clear words,
		

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			early so, let those Be warned or let the one who is going against the command of Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wasallam Be warned of a severe test or a severe punishment that will overtake that person.
May Allah make us from amongst those who can surrender to the command of Allah subhanho wa Taala
which comes to us through Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Allah, He Sumo Allah, We are so
fortunate to be from amongst the oma and still being from amongst the times. It takes us time to
actually think whether we want to do something that has been commanded in Islam, or whether we want
to abstain from a prohibition that has been prohibited from the seventh heaven by Allah subhanho wa
		

			Taala May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us steadfastness. The next surah is a very, very interesting
surah which we completed this evening, it is known as Surah Al Furqan. For Khan, which is referring
to the Quran actually means something that distinguishes between two issues, something that
distinguishes between the opposites, that is the meaning of gun, so that which distinguishes between
right and wrong, that which distinguishes between what is correct and what is incorrect. And that is
the foreign the ultimate distinguisher is the Koran for your information. Surah Al Furqan is so
interesting because almost every verse shows us a contrast and distinguishes for us two opposites.
		

			If you take a look at the surah Allah subhanho wa Taala starts off by mentioning the Quran, the
Baraka Latinas, for con Allah, how great and Glorified is the one Allah subhanho wa Taala who has
revealed the Book which distinguishes to his messenger to
		

			worshiper Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and Allah subhanho wa Taala in the surah makes
mention of some of the accusations which were leveled against Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam
and some of the accusations leveled against the Koran, or call Allah Zina cafaro in her in his
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			the co founder of the time said that this is a fabrication and there are other people who have
helped him to write down the Koran that was an accusation.
		

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			if this book was from Allah subhanho wa Taala why wasn't it revealed like how Moses May peace be
upon him musala his salatu salam book was revealed in one piece, why did it take so many years to
review? That was also a question that they posed. And they also said, South
		

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			They said, These are stories of the past, which have been dictated to this man and they are being
dictated day and night. And Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of the fact that this is a
revelation from Rob Boulez that he will jalon it is a revelation from Allah, it is not poetry, and
because one of the accusations was this Quran is poetry. And not coincidentally, the very next surah
is regarding the poet's and the fact that they to play a role and that role inshallah we will get to
just now.
		

			So Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mentioned in Surah 241 of the clarification, he says, pole,
		

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			See, this revelation, this is a revelation from the one who knows the secrets of the skies and the
earth, and that which lies between that and the one who knows the secrets of everything has revealed
the spawn. In another verse, Allah subhanho wa Taala says, and when making mention of the Quran
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			We will show mankind signs in the horizons and signs within themselves as time passes to prove to
man that this person is definitely the truth. How many scientific discoveries do we have that
confirmed that the Quran has indeed spoken the truth? May Allah grant a strength and Allah subhanho
wa Taala thereafter makes mention of that accusation that was leveled against a lot of the previous
MDR he makes mention of it first in order to be known, as we spoke about last night, and tonight in
the verses that we read Allah subhanho wa Taala or in the surah that was read, Allah makes mention
of the same accusation which was leveled against Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam walk on Oh
		

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			How can he be a prophet when he is eating and walking in the marketplaces, he should have an angel
with him who comes down and who provides whatever he wants, and there should be a garden from heaven
dropping from which are the fruits that this man should be eating all the angels should be eating
and so many accusations and Allah says
		

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			be comforted O Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, every single profit that we've sent before you
have been walking in the marketplaces, or has been walking in marketplaces, and every single profit
has been eating food. So don't worry. May Allah subhanho wa Taala make a steadfast and Allah makes
mention of in the beginning of the 19th chapter, the fact that a person who is in bad company will
never be able to distinguish between right and wrong. Remember, this is Sudoku con. Allah makes a
contrast. Why am I on both?
		

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			on the day of the AMA, the oppressor will come.
		

			The one who had been in bad company will come up and he will say no, I should have been with the
Prophet Why did I choose someone else as my friend? This proves to us that a person who does not
have the right company will not be able to know what is right and wrong in this world. May Allah
make us from amongst those who have the right company. It is no coincidence that Allah makes mention
of good company in Surah two photon because photon is the distinguisher between right and
		

			Wrong, and between good and bad, and so on. Then Allah subhanho wa Taala goes on, to make mention of
Musa alayhi salatu was Salam. And as I said, Every time the story of any messenger is repeated, it
is for a different reason. here Allah is making mention of the severity, the severe the the how
severe the punishment
		

			that was sent to these nations was and Allah says, well, Tina Moosa Wanaka attina musen kita Baba
Jana Ma, Who
		

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			When we sent to musala, his salatu wa salam, the book, and we sent his brother as an assister to
him. And Allah subhanho wa Taala says, For coolness haba levena caribou Biya Tina.
		

			We told them to go to those who had belied our science and thereafter we destroyed them. Totally
Allah says that word destroying totally is referring to fear. And how Allah subhanho wa Taala
destroys around the very next verse, Allah is showing how seriously he destroyed the people of North
		

			America.
		

			The people of New Orleans salatu salam, when they belied we drowned them totally all of them, and we
made them a sign for those to come. What was the sign? Do you know we say we are the children of
Adam alayhis salatu salam, but the closest of our forefathers that we guarantee that we are all the
progeny of his new Elijah salatu salam, all of us are the children of La Salatu was Salam because
Allah subhanho wa Taala says in the Quran, that after, after the floods, nobody's families gave
birth, besides New Orleans, salatu salam, everyone else died. He says in the Quran was Rita who whom
		

			we made sure that only the family of Noah was the family that remained in the progeny that remains
Subhana Allah. So every single one of us can guarantee that we are from the family of Noah alayhi
salatu was Salam Firstly, and then from the family of Adam alayhi salatu was Salam that was the sign
that was left for all of us. And may Allah subhanho wa Taala make a strong, then Allah makes mention
of something very, very strange. The distinguishing factor between the water even the water knows
what belongs to eat and what doesn't. What is meant by this, Allah says, or who will lead the Mirage
		

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			Allah says, He is the one who makes the ocean, the two oceans, but one side you will find will be
very sweet and the other side will be salty. And Allah says Raja Allah Bina Houma. barossa
		

			He is the one who has placed a distinguishing line between the two look surah Furqan no coincidence,
but this verse is here, then Allah makes mention of yet another distinguishing factor or who will
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			la he says that he is the one who created from water man. And this is referring to the * May
Allah subhanho wa Taala. Grant us all pious offspring. And Allah says and he is the one who has
created blood relations through birth, and relations through wedding and through marriage. Your in
laws are distinguished from your blood family. And Allah subhanho wa Taala says there is a line
between the amazing how Allah has distinguish the two. Again, no coincidence that Allah subhanho wa
Taala has made mention of this in Surah, two four and
		

			then Allah subhanho wa Taala continues to make mention of the day and the night as well clear
difference distinguished look at the Quran, it is showing us every difference the day and the night.
Allah subhanho wa Taala says, the sun and the moon the day and the night everything has been created
by Allah subhanho wa Taala and clearly distinguished clearly different from the other. So you should
understand the messages, understand what is right and wrong. Now comes the question after having
seen all this. So who is it that Allah subhanho wa Taala is going to grant the power to be able to
distinguish between right and wrong? The end of that surah many verses at the end of the surah
		

			explain the qualities of the true believers, who will be able to distinguish without any difficulty,
who is good, who is bad, who is good company who is evil, what is right what is wrong, what is
correct what is incorrect, when when you will have the following qualities
		

			And he makes mention of them. Why bad man 11am.
		

			The true worshipers of the Most Merciful and Compassionate are those whom when they walk on the
earth, they walk with humility. They are not proud and arrogant. That's the first quality you need
in you, if you want to distinguish between right and wrong, then Allah subhanho wa Taala continues.
		

			And he says, Those whom when the ignorant speak to them, they don't indulge and engage in lengthy
discussions with the ignorance they just greet them and carry on. Either haba homolka hironaka who
Salah when the ignorant greetham they just say peace to you, which means Don't worry, we are not at
war with you. We will carry on you carry on. It's difficult to explain to certain people what is
right and wrong. So Allah says, Don't be involved because they may just confuse you leave them carry
on the next quality Allah says those who are in such dire
		

			at all times those who are found establishing their Salah Allah subhanho wa Taala says
		

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			those who by night, they make lots of Salah for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala by night, in the
dark corners of the night in the dark hours of the night. Allah subhanho wa Taala his worship is
definitely of a different level.
		

			Then Allah says, Those who are not
		

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			Those who say, oh, our ABA, protect us from the fire of jahannam. Definitely the fire of jahannam is
very, very severe. Maybe we should also engage in this two as I've been mentioning several to us as
the evenings have been passing. This is also a dryer In fact, they are to us in tonight's versus the
first one, Rob banner three fan.
		

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			keep away from us the punishment of jahannam the fire of jahannam for indeed that punishment is
very, very painful and severe. May Allah keep it away from us, then those whom when they spend, they
are neither too miserly, nor are they wasteful, well levena either.
		

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			those who mean they spend, they are not wasteful, nor are they miserly, but they strike the balance
between the two. That is also equality that is needed. If someone is very extravagant, they won't be
able to distinguish between right and wrong, someone very stingy, they won't be able to distinguish
between right and wrong. Then Allah continues to say those who do not call out to others besides
Allah, that is very, very serious crime. Those who associate partners with Allah will never see the
light. May Allah protect us. Then Allah says, Those who have killed other human beings for no
reason. they too will never see the light, they will never be able to distinguish between right and
		

			wrong. Sometimes we are very upset with people. Allah says, When I a journeyman commission, an omen
Allah Allah,
		

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			don't ever let your hatred for a nation lead you to be unjust never, always be just for It is Allah
subhanho wa Taala or in fact it is closest to toccoa it is closest to the consciousness of Allah
subhanho wa Taala. Thereafter, he makes mention of Xena. He says those who abstained from Xena, they
are the ones who will be able to distinguish between right and wrong. Those who do not abstain from
Xena would probably never be able to know what's right and wrong. They wouldn't even have the
ability to distinguish between good and bad, who are good people who are bad because they themselves
are
		

			dipped in sin. Allah subhanho wa Taala says goddess, then Allah says, Those who engage in those who
engage in constant Toba, constant Toba. Allah says what I will do for those who engage in constant
Toba their sin, I will convert into good deeds on the right side of the scale such that when they
come on the day of the AMA, they will be amazed and surprised Yeah, Allah, I did not engage in so
many good deeds and they will be told no operation on this day. Did I not promise you that if you
engaged in Toba, the weight of the sins would actually become weight of good deeds on the right side
of the scale. That is such an eye of mercy, that if we were to think about it, we'd be crying all
		

			night. May Allah subhanho wa Taala convert all the sin that we've committed into into good deeds on
the right side of the scale. May Allah grant us Toba then Allah says, Those who do not bear false
witness who do not deceive others who do not cheat others. Those are the ones who are the true
worshipers of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And those whom when they are passing unnecessary and vain
issues and vain talk, they pass very honorably and they do not engage in all that and
		

			Those whom when they are reminded of what is right and wrong, immediately they take heed and they
surrender. That is by far one of the most important qualities, those who, when they are reminded of
what is right and wrong, they immediately surrender. That is the quality that was found in this
harbor of the law. And that is why they were known as Sahaba. As I said in the past, just imagine if
we were Sahaba, diverse of interest would have come down and we would have said, No, it's slightly
different. The verse of Xena would have come down and we would have tried and justify something, the
verse of backbiting would have come down and we would have said something, and so on. The Sahaba did
		

			not even comment. Immediately they surrendered to the command of Allah subhanho wa Taala. That is
why they could distinguish between right and wrong.
		

			Then Allah says right at the end of the surah, those who make the following are Bana amin as why
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			those who say oh robber, make from amongst our wives and offspring, those who will be the coolness
of our eyes, yeah, Allah make my wife and our wives This is the make our wives the coolness of our
eyes and make our offspring also the coolest of our eyes and make us the leaders of those who are
conscious which means make us the most conscious of Allah Subhana Allah to Allah. And Allah says,
Allah encourages
		

			those are the people who will earn and who will achieve the highest ranks of gender, because of
their abstention from sin. And because of their restraint from that which we have prohibited. May
Allah subhanho wa Taala grant that to us and remember, I end with this note, if we are to really
fulfill what Allah subhanho wa Taala has asked us to fulfill. We will be able to distinguish between
right and wrong and we will be able to understand the Quran surrender to the truth. We will be able
to see the light we will be from amongst those who will be able to judge what type of company is
good for us and what is detrimental for us and we will know what is best for us. May Allah subhanho
		

			wa Taala grant us origin inshallah, tomorrow we shall continue also Allahu wa Sallim wa barik ala
nabina Muhammad, Allah Subhana Allah homovanillic the shadow Allah Allah Allah