Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2006 – Durban – Day 23

			salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
		

			smilla rahmanir rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was Salam ala nabina Muhammad Allah
Allah He was happy to mine.
		

			All praise is due to Allah subhanho wa Taala blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam and blessings upon all of us. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us, and may He
have mercy on us in these blessed days of the month of Ramadan, may Allah subhanahu wa taala accept
the listening of the Holy Quran. And may Allah subhanho wa Taala make us from amongst those who can
learn a lesson from the Quran and put into practice and teach others I mean,
		

			we are moving on with the verses that were recited last night.
		

			In surah, two Saba we Allah subhanho wa Taala has named the surah after a nation who were found in
Yemen. And Allah subhanho wa Taala
		

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			gratitude and in gratitude in Surah Saba, where Allah subhanho wa Taala says he had given the people
of Sabah a lot and they were told to sink him. That is the only commandment they had was to thank
Allah Subhana who was Allah for what they had. And unfortunately, they did not send colossal anahola
to Allah. So Allah subhanho wa Taala, destroyed whatever they had, and converted all the orchards
that they had into worthless land, whatever grew on that land was always not fit for human
consumption, because of their ingratitude. So May Allah not make us from amongst those who are
ungrateful. And as I've said, in the past, gratitude is divided into two, firstly, to thank Allah
		

			through our tongues, and we need to constantly thank Allah for whatever he has given us. And
secondly, to find ourselves on the right side of the law of Allah subhanho wa Taala is also
gratitude to get our force Allah is also gratitude, to give out our Zakah is also gratitude, to
engage in that which we have been commanded is also gratitude and to abstain from that which Allah
subhanho wa Taala has prohibited is in gratitude. And Allah subhanho wa Taala may just punish those
who are ungrateful, in the same way that He punished the people of Sabah. In fact, in Surah, Sabah,
Allah subhanho wa Taala draws a comparison and he has done this in many suitors of the Quran. One is
		

			the people of Sabah and how Allah destroyed their crop and their plantations and their land. And the
other is de la Salatu. Was Salam. Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of what Kingdom Allah had
given de la Salim and Sulaiman alayhi salatu was Salam. In surah, Sabah, Allah subhanho wa Taala
says, What Allah, Allah who Heidi, we made soft steel, for Tao Danny salatu wa sallam, the iron and
steel was made very soft for him, he could move it with his hands. And according to one narration,
he could communicate with it, and it would become soft whenever he touched it. And Allah says, We
also made sure all we gave out his salat wa salam as a gift. The fact that he could communicate with
		

			mountains, and he could speak with the birds and whenever he used to engage in this via Allah had
commanded the mountains and the birds and other creatures to engage in a collective, just be with
God, Allah salatu salam, and Allah subhanho wa Taala commands, the family of download, and the
lesson is for all of us, here Malou
		

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			anybody ashampoo family of the woods, and we know Sulaiman Allah salatu wa sallam was a child of
doubt and a Salah. And Allah says oh family of doubt, Allah is salat wa salam, engage in sugar, make
my sugar, be grateful for what I have given you. And Allah continues to say very few of my worship
is actually grateful. So many of us are guilty of being given everything by Allah subhanho wa Taala.
And still we have
		

			second thoughts when it comes to Salah May Allah subhanho wa Taala make a steadfast on Salah.
Believe me Salah is the most important pillar of this Deen as is mentioned by Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, and I spoke about that last night. And Allah subhanho wa Taala also makes mention
of a clarification in this surah where
		

			there was a rumor that had spread regarding the jinn. And the fact that the jinn know the unseen,
the jinn know the unseen and Allah subhanho wa Taala says it clearly in another place in the Quran,
that he is the only one who knows the answer.
		

			cien Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam knew whatever Allah had informed him and definitely he was
the greatest of all Allah subhanho wa Taala his creation so Allah subhanho wa Taala had informed him
much more than he had informed others. But Allah subhanho wa Taala says, Allah Allah is watching.
		

			law say that there is none in the skies or on Earth, who knows the unseen besides Allah subhanho wa
Taala. So there was a rumor that had spread that the jinn also know the unseen. And Allah subhanho
wa Taala clear this at the time of Sulaiman alayhi salatu was Salam. He was granted so much power,
even in sort of sad, a surah that we read tonight, Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of how
Sulayman Allah is Salatu was Salam power and kingdom was so vast, he had Jean who worked for him and
Jean who built buildings for him and castles and they would work whenever he was there. I think that
is a habit of a lot of us, where the boss is there we all work when the boss goes we all tend to
		

			play May Allah subhanho wa Taala not make us from amongst those type of people. If we have a duty,
we need to fulfill it whether people are watching us or not. Because ultimately we owe the accounts
to Allah subhanho wa Taala every minute of time is a who shall be taken account of by Allah subhanho
wa Taala we should not cheat in work and at work. So the jinn were working and Sulaiman Allahu
Salatu. Salam was watching them, he was standing with a stick, leaning on the stick, and he passed
away in that condition whilst standing with his eyes open. That is what the Quran says. And the gym
continued working thinking that this man is watching us. And after some time, when the ends ate the
		

			stick of Suleiman Allahu Salatu was Salam. And he fell on the ground. It's mentioned very clearly in
the Quran in surah, Sabah, Allah subhanho wa Taala says, that is when the Jim realized that he has
died and that is when it became clear to everyone that the jinn do not know the unseen had they
known the unseen, they would definitely have known, even if they'd known that which was in front of
them, they would have picked up that this man is not alive. But Allah created or caused the
miraculous death of Sulaiman Allahu salatu salam, whilst he was standing with his stick, and he
balanced like that with his eyes opened for as long as Allah wanted him to balance in order to prove
		

			that none knows the unseen besides Allah subhanho wa Taala and those verses are mentioned in Surah
Saba Allah subhanho wa Taala says,
		

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			up in those verses in a nutshell. What I just mentioned moments ago regarding Philemon alayhi salatu
wa sallam having been caused or made to die by Allah subhanho wa Taala in the position of standing
once the jinn kind were all working. And when the little ants ate the stick, that is when he fell
and that is when everyone knew or it became clear that the jinn do not know the unseen. Then we
moved on to Seurat far last night, and alfalfa is one of the names of Allah subhanho wa Taala. The
one who creates the Creator, the originator of creation is alpha. And Allah opens the verses of
surah telepathic or surah started by saying al hamdu lillahi
		

			wa T one, mentioning the greatness of the creation of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Praise be to Allah
who has originated the creation of the earth, the skies and everything and he has made the angels
with wings 234 and more. Allah subhanho wa Taala has created jabril Allahu salatu wa sallam with 600
wings, each wing from the east to the west.
		

			It is reported that the people of Luth la salatu salam when they were punished gibreel Allah His
Salatu was Salam had actually put his wing one of his wings under the ground and lifted the entire
nation right up to the skies and turn them upside down and that is how they were punished. May Allah
subhanho wa Taala protect us just one of those wings look at the power that this wing was given,
then we men think we are significant and we think we are a big deal so to speak. Now Allah subhanho
wa Taala says goddess and May Allah make us conscious of the fact that we are definitely going to
meet him very, very soon. And we need to prepare for the day we meet Allah subhanho wa Taala he is
		

			most merciful. He is looking for any excuse to forgive me and to forgive you. And therefore let us
give him
		

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			Toba and by turning to Allah subhanho wa Taala constantly, nobody is perfect. At the moment on the
globe, no one is perfect. And we all need to engage in Toba. We need to constantly turn to Allah
subhanho wa Taala the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who was a perfect student to Allah
subhanho wa Taala. Yet he did not need it. That is a lesson for all of us. And Allah subhanho wa
Taala then has a loud loud message in Surah Fatiha after making mention of his power and after
making mention of his messages, and after making mention of those who have denied the message Allah
makes it very clear that we are indeed so insignificant. He says, Yeah, I
		

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			me. Oh people, you are indeed in need of Allah, you are beggars to Allah subhanho wa Taala. You are
in need of Allah subhanho wa Taala at all times. And Allah is independent, the most powerful, the
Praiseworthy, that is Allah subhanho wa Taala. And Allah continues to mention his might, and he is
warning us in the very next verse after he tells us we are in need of him and he is not in need of
us. He then says, He assured us
		

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			God, if Allah wills he can cause you to become extinct, and he can bring others in your place. if
Allah wills he can do that. And in the Quran, he has told us to look at those in the past who he has
done that to take a look at the people of all the previous ambia Allah salatu salam who were served
with severe punishments, may Allah subhanho wa Taala not punish us And may Allah subhanho wa Taala
Have mercy on us at all times. Then Allah subhanho wa Taala drawing a comparison of those who would
like to listen with those who do not want to listen there is a message. The Quran has a loud and
clear message in a nutshell that messages obey Allah and obey His Messenger and you shall find
		

			success and if you disobey, then you shall lose and Allah subhanho wa Taala then says there is no
similarity between the one who listens to the message and answers and the one who does not listen to
the message there is no similarity the two are so different. Allah subhanho wa Taala says the
difference of those two are as follows. And Allah gives more similarities. One is
		

			the one who can see or the one who is blind and the one who can see are not the same. And a lot
continues to say while Aloma to
		

			the darkness is the plural is used here, the darkness and the light, the two are not the same,
totally opposite, while
		

			the shade and the heat of the sun are different, totally different and I'm sure we all know now that
it is Ramadan when there is the scorching sun outside how a little bit of shade does us so much
good. That is Allah subhanho wa Taala drawing our attention to the fact that those who respond to
the call of the Quran and the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam and learn this Deen
truth Allah, Allah subhanho wa Taala says they are equivalent to those who can see they are
equivalent to the light, they are equivalent to the shade. And as for those who do not want to take
heed of the warnings of the Quran, they are just like those who are blind. They are just like the
		

			darkness and they are just like the scorching burning sun in comparison to the shake. May Allah
subhanahu Allah grant us all understanding, then Allah subhanho wa Taala tells Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam
		

			that you are just a warner. Your duty is to convey the message and whether they listen or whether
they take heed or not that is their own business which means they will be responsible for their
		

			behavior and attitude towards the message. May Allah subhanho wa Taala make us from amongst those
whom when we listen to the message, we can surrender to it. And may Allah subhanahu Allah grant us
all upliftment in the next surah Allah subhanho wa Taala and I'm sure it's a beautiful tool which we
all have memorized most of us inshallah sumati has seen Allah subhanho wa Taala has named that surah
after these letters which are separated heroes Macaca the meaning of which only Allah subhanho wa
Taala knows, but it is reported that he has seen is the name of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
wasallam. And where did that
		

			come from. It came from the next verses. Allah subhanho wa Taala says, ya see,
		

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			And Allah is taking an Assam by the Koran that is full of wisdom. And Allah says, indeed you are
from amongst those who have been sent, who is from amongst those who have been sent Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So if one takes the term yeah seen as the person who is being spoken to,
in these verses, they would then arrive at the conclusion that that is one of the names of Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wasallam yacine. Well, Quran Al Hakim ineta definitely you are from amongst the
messengers, and Allah subhanho wa Taala in Surah. Yaseen makes mention of those who are blind, those
who do not want to see and Allah says that there are some whom we have placed a bar behind them and
		

			a bar in front of them a barrier, a curtain, they cannot see
		

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			describing the losers Allah subhanho wa Taala says regarding those who are just believing that we
have placed a bar in front of them a barrier and a barrier behind them and covered them. So they
cannot see and it is equivalent for them, whether you want them or you do not want them, they shall
not believe the question I have is a we from amongst those who when we are told,
		

			it is equivalent. Whether we are told or not, we still do not want to believe we still do not take
heed. We read Soraya seen on a daily basis Alhamdulillah almost on a daily basis. But do we know the
message that Allah subhanho wa Taala is warning us when the messenger comes to you with a message
when the warning comes to you leave the evil you are extent you are engaging in abstain from it and
engage in that goodness that will lead you to gender Do not be like those whom Allah subhanho wa
Taala cursed them to the degree that they could not even listen when those with the message came to
them. May Allah make us from amongst those who can take heed whenever the message message comes to
		

			us. Then Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks of his power.
		

			And prior to speaking of the earth, and the night, and speaking of how the ship moves at sea by the
power of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Prior to that, Allah makes mention of a man in Surah trc, a man
who told his people, a man who had a conversation with these people who were engaged in
transgression, and warned them regarding the messengers that was sent to them, that man was granted
gender in return. And Allah subhanho wa Taala says that the man told his people and I'm going to
just repeat one verse
		

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			on. Oh, my people, follows those who are seeking of you know, Recompense. They don't want anything
in return. They don't want money and wealth. They don't want to take anything away from you. They
just want to grant you goodness follow those who are asking nothing from you. They are the ones who
are rightly guided. And Allah subhanho wa Taala is obviously mentioning this for it to be a lesson
for all of us. Sometimes we have orlimar, who come to us who remind us sometimes in the form of
friends who remind us to abstain from eating interest to abstain from going to the casinos, to
abstain from immorality and illicit affairs to abstain from drinking, to abstain from drugs to
		

			abstain from all the various sins. Do we understand that they are not earning anything material by
telling us and the test is ours. The message came to us do we also just turn a blind eye to what
they are saying and do not want to listen? May Allah subhanho wa Taala make us from amongst those
who can take heed. If you notice in tonight's verses, we are mentioning those verses that are
connected to taking heed of the message whenever it comes. May Allah grant that to us. Then Allah
subhanho wa Taala makes mention of His signs and as I said, the sun and how great a sign it is of
the existence of Allah, the nightfall and what a sign the nightfall is of the Presence of Allah
		

			subhanho wa Taala and the seas and so on. Thereafter, Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks of the day of
Yama and Allah subhanho wa Taala describes the day of Yama in Surah Yaseen and Allah subhanho wa
Taala warns everybody telling them on that day, we won't need you to bear witness. We will have your
organs, the organs of your
		

			body that will bear witness for you or against you. And Leo Manistee. Mwah
		

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			Cebu nama de Allah will seal their mouths Allah says, Allah subhanho wa Taala will cause their hands
to speak to Allah and their legs and feet to bear witness Where did they go? What did they touch?
What did they take? What did they earn? How did they spend? Let us be mindful we look at our hands
five fingers, Mashallah we look after our hands. We all know have manicures and pedicures and so on
and hamdulillah but we don't realize that sometimes these legs and feet of ours and hands will
probably on the day of the Yama bear witness against us we alone admit let that happen to us. So let
us make sure where we walk. We are conscious of surah Yaseen, and where we touch we are conscious of
		

			surah DRC and whatever we earn we are conscious of surah Yaseen, and wherever we spend, we are
conscious of surah Yaseen, we don't want to be from amongst those who come on the day of the AMA
with these beautiful hands that we've been looking after all our lives and they say yeah, Allah I
stole your ally touched that which I was not meant to be touching your ally spent on something that
was haram and so on. I held a bottle and whatever may Allah subhana wa Taala protect us. It is very,
very serious. Allah makes mention at the end of surah Yaseen of people who had denied resurrection
and Allah says
		

			what they had said the question they asked May your Healy Varma here ami, who is going to give life
to these bones after they've become dust, and Allah says, say O Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, he helped me.
		

			Oh Allah Ma, say that the one who has given them or who has given those bones life in the very very
first place shall resurrect them after they are dust, for Allah subhanho wa Taala, to create from
nothing.
		

			If that is what he could do, then obviously to create from dust and to create from the remains is
far easier. And Allah makes mention of this one Wiley, Allah says in another verse elsewhere in the
Quran, that it is easier to actually resurrect, than the initial creation, though for Allah subhanho
wa Taala everything is equal. But for the brain of men. He has mentioned that if you have just and
you want me to resurrect it, don't you realize that it is far simpler to do that? May Allah
subhanahu Allah grant us Eman? antiochene and then Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks in Surah. Us fat
and Salford are the group of angels who are arranged in rank the angels of Allah subhanho wa Taala
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks of his chosen worshipers, and he makes mention of the angels right at
the beginning. and thereafter he makes mention of new Allahu salatu salam, Ibrahim Alayhi Salam Musa
and Harun and Helios Allah, Allah, Allah and Allah subhanho wa Taala says, they were all good. We
tested all of them. And we found that they were true believers, we found that every single one of
them was actually true in their belief. And Allah says as a gift, we made sure that they were
remembered even after their death was goodness. What are
		

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			serien in the case of those ambia, who came singularly Allah subhanho wa Taala says, We have kept
for them a good name after their death. They were remembered with goodness with good words, may
Allah grant that to us as well. We would not like to be remembered as people who were bad, bad
mouthed evil. And as I always mentioned, we do not want to be from amongst those whom when we die,
the community says that person was such a big thing. He should have died many years ago. Had he died
years ago or he died years ago, we probably would have been saved from these problems. We don't want
to be those type of people. We want to be those inshallah, who can have died sacrificing for the
		

			sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala to uplift this Deen by assisting the community and spreading the
good word. May Allah make us from amongst those. And Allah says in gallica Nigel mazzini, in making
mention of the same point after having mentioned the stories of these ambia Allah He was salatu
salam in Surah two Safar Allah says that is how we grant recompense to those who are good. And the
same applies to all of us if we are good, Allah will definitely grant us in return for the goodness
no goodness will ever be wasted. Allah subhanho wa Taala does not oppress and Allah subhanho wa
Taala speaks about those ambia and says that, in who mean Riba Dena Lawson, meaning he was
		

			Speaking of the singular ambia after the end of every story, Allah says he was from amongst those
who will truly be from amongst the believers. And then in Surah Assad or surah, Saad, Allah subhanho
wa Taala speaks of the patience of the MBR. Once again and Allah says they were tested, every single
one of them was tested. And Allah says we found them. Turning to us often, Allah speaks uses the
word awaba. A word means the one who returns to Allah often in Toba, the one who remembers Allah at
every point of life. And Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks of
		

			Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam difficulties and he says his beer Allah yaku Be patient
regarding what they are saying the kuffaar of Makkah, what they are saying to you all Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Be patient and let us recite to you, let us inform you of the patience
of the patients of Sulayman the patience of a eweb the patience of us the patience of the others and
Allah subhanho wa Taala then repeats all the MB Allah salaatu wa Salaam stories, highlighting the
patience. And as I've mentioned in the past, every time the story of any ambia is repeated in the
Koran, it is repeated for a different reason. A Eubalaena salatu salam was tested with severe tests.
		

			And Allah subhanho wa Taala praises him verses that bring tears to the eyes. The Creator praising a
prophet, whom he has tested with difficulty if Allah says I put tests in such and such a person's
life, we should know that those tests were serious tests. And I invite everyone to read the story of
a uvala his salat wa salam. It is very comforting for those who are going through problems very
comforting.
		

			And he was in Nabhi of Allah and Allah says in
		

			Mousavi law, we definitely found him to be from amongst those who have patience. Allahu Akbar, for
Allah subhanho wa Taala to describe someone as patient, amazing what tests must you violate his
salatu salam have gone through and Allah says neat mela COVID regarding a yovani salatu wa sallam he
says, what a good worshiper for Allah to say what a good worshiper, may Allah say that about myself
and yourself. May Allah make us all good. And Allah says in Who?
		

			Definitely he was also from amongst those who constantly turned to me. He was in the beat. Allah
tested him and Allah says, We tested him with every test possible for him. And we found him to be
patient what a good worshiper, he he turns to us so often, may Allah make us also good and May Allah
make us from amongst those who can turn very often also Allah who was Mr. bata karlyn Athena
Mohammed Subhana Allah he'll be handy Hispanic alone will be handy to Allah Allah. Hi Lance.