Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2013 – Pearls of Peace – 21 of 27

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
		

			smilla rahmanir rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was Salam O Allah Muhammad Ali Al
amin Nabina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sahbihi normanby ambi San elijo Medina.
		

			We praise Allah subhanho wa Taala we send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam, his entire household and all his companions, we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to bless them
all and to bless every single one of us, and to make us from amongst those who achieved forgiveness.
These are the last few nights of the month of Ramadan, as we just heard this evening, the odd night
or the first of the odd nights of the month of Ramadan. And it's up to us in sha Allah to make an
effort to achieve the forgiveness of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Brothers and sisters in Islam, when we
say we are Muslim, we are not allowed to do that which would earn the anger of Allah subhanho wa
		

			Taala claiming that this is permissible. So when a person commits a sin and they know it is a sin,
they stand a far greater chance of earning the forgiveness of Allah subhanho wa Taala than a person
who commits a sin trying to justify that it is actually not a sin. May Allah subhanho wa Taala
forgive us may make us conscious of our deeds may make us from those who realize the law of Allah
subhanho wa Taala. And this is why Allah has made it very clear in the Quran. That it is not up to a
person who claims to believe that when Allah and the messenger salallahu alayhi wa sallam have
declared something or have instructed something that they feel in their hearts that they still have
		

			a choice about it. If we are believers, as soon as we hear the instruction from Allah subhanho wa
Taala, all from Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, we will feel in our hearts that we do not have
a choice about if we must surrender. That is the true believer. So Allah says, Allah service number
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			it is not for a believing male or female. That when Allah subhanho wa Taala or his messenger
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, have instructed something that they feel that they still have a choice
regarding that instruction. No. true believers feel that they must surrender. Even if the weakness
of an individual makes them engage in something sinful. The fact that they recognize that it is a
sin is inshallah better than a person who goes out to justify their wrongdoing and say, there's
nothing wrong with it. This is something we must understand. And this is actually the whole concept
of surrendering to Allah subhanho wa Taala Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was sent for us to
		

			obey the instruction that he has come with. And what is the point of us claiming to be elitist
claiming to be followers of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam when we don't actually follow if we
move on the same Surah Surah verse number 70 Allah subhanho wa Taala warns us once again, regarding
our tongues and he's worded it so beautifully. Yeah.
		

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			of you who believe be conscious of Allah subhanho wa Taala and utter only that which is upright only
speak that which is studied, studied means straight, that which is the truth, that which is upright,
that which is free from any form of vulgarity and abuse, that which will result in a person's
genuine and paradise or goodness in this world as well as the next when we speak that which is
truthful, when we are careful of how we say what we want to say. And by the will of Allah subhanho
wa Taala he says you submit
		

			your deeds that you've been engaging in, he will purify them or he will make them correct or Good,
good enough to be accepted by Allah. And why this is the case. There are so many examples of
explanations. One of them is
		

			when we've done a lot of good deeds, but we are not bothered about what we say we lie, we cheat, we
deceive we slander, we spread rumors, we engage in very bad words with our mouths we scream and yell
we abuse people. In that case all the acts of worship we've engaging shall be wasted because they
will be paid as a payment to those whom we have wronged with our tongue. This is why we need to be
careful if we are careful with what we say. Then our deeds that we engage in we will protect them we
will look after them when we come on the Day of Judgment.
		

			We won't have to pay them to anyone and give them as a penalty. So this is why Allah says when you
are careful regarding what comes out from your mouth, we will make your other deeds inshallah we
will make your other deeds good enough or pure or acceptable, and we will forgive your sins. And he
ends the verses by saying whoever follows a law from Hanoi to Allah and His Messenger, they have
indeed succeeded, they are victorious in a very, very great way. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala granted
succession victory. The next for his name is true, etc. It is named Seurat, Saba Saba, meaning
Shiva. Shiva is a place I'm sure we've all heard of the Queen of Sheba at the time of Musa Suleiman
		

			la Salatu was salam, the lady who was there, commonly known as Bill keys, and the fact that she was
the leader and so on of a nation, that place known as Saba, in the southern part of the Arabian
Peninsula, Allah subhanho wa Taala, has named the surah after it. And if you look carefully at the
story of that particular place in the surah, you will learn a lot. Let's take a quick look at it.
They were granted so much in terms of crop and the rain they had was so good, and the gardens were
plush, they were green, they really bow lots of fruits and they had so much in terms of not only
beauty, but even what to eat, and what they had a lot of bless them with so much, but their sin was
		

			one thing, in gratitude. That's all in gratitude. They were not grateful of what Allah had bestowed
upon them. So Allah gives us we'd better be grateful by the will of Allah, search for the gifts of
Allah upon you. It is important for us to look into our lives and ask ourselves what are the gifts
of Allah upon me, I've got my eyes, I've got my nose I've got my hair Mashallah I've got a handler,
you know, so many other gifts of Allah the ears, we have the hands we can walk. This is not even
starting but Allah has bestowed us with wealth, we've got food, we've got a we've got clothing,
we've got shoes, we've got a little dwelling, whether it's rented or whether we only we've got so
		

			much now Allah Subhana Allah Allah bless us, the weakness with us, we concentrate on the few things
that Allah has chosen not to give us and can I tell you, every one of us there has to be certain
things we are not given as a test. So you are not given some things someone else is not given a few
different things. So don't become upset because of what you are not given because there are others
who have not been given what you have a love of Allah subhanho wa Taala make us happy people who
really can concentrate on positives. So Allah says, Lakota can Elisa famous Can you him? First
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			Allah says in Sabah there is an example for for you to learn
		

			in that dwellings. What is the example Allah says they had two gardens, they had lots and lots of
produce and Allah gave them the gardens that were Mashallah watered with beautiful rain just enough
and as it came down Mashallah the fruit and the crop came up, Allah told him, You know what, just be
thankful for what you're up has given you. Indeed he is most forgiving. And Allah says,
		

			They turned away, they did not listen to just that much for ourselves.
		

			So we sent them a flood, we sent them the floods that came through and wiped out whatever they had
and after that, whatever rain they had resulted in the produce becoming rotten and it was not fit
for consumption.
		

			Remember, rain is a gift of Allah too much of it is a problem too little of it is a problem. So
Allah gives it exactly enough the right amount of rain and that is a blessing of Allah. May Allah
grant us just enough for us.
		

			So Allah says, that
		

			no, Jazzy, Kung Fu, that is the recompense because of their ingratitude, and do we give such a
recompense to any besides those who are in gratitude, which means mean, which we who are ungrateful,
which means if anyone shows in gratitude, they are the ones who will achieve a similar punishment
from Allah subhanho wa Taala. May we be from amongst those who can realize like I said, search
without searching, you won't pick up the gifts of Allah, you need to look for them. You need to hunt
for them in your life. ask Allah What is it I have, and see you will have a whole list and that list
will not deplete until the day you die. May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us and grant us ease and
		

			goodness. I mean, and this is made mention of in the next few verses where people
		

			defying the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and even their messengers.
		

			But when it comes to Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the co founder of Qureshi used to ask him,
this promise of Allah, when is he going to come? You telling us that Allah is going to do this and
do that? When is it coming? And Allah subhanho wa Taala responds, verse number 29. So that's another
way of going Oh, no matter how
		

			they mean, they say, when is this promised time of the punishment? If you are truthful, we want to
know. So Allah responds in a powerful way, very powerful way. He says, verse number 50, of sulak
Subbu tell them tell them Hola. Me, I do.
		

			You have an appointed time. You have been given an appointed time for that it will not be brought
forward by a minute nor will it be delayed by a moment. Allah says the fixed time is there.
		

			We have given you that appointed time, when the punishment comes, nothing will stop it. May Allah
bless us all the lesson we have to learn from this brothers and sisters, Allah gives us chances but
he knows when those chances are going to come to an end. So every time you need to know you have a
fixed number of chances, a fixed number of days or time, a fixed number of time that you have been
given to turn to Allah, after which the punishment will start coming one after the other.
		

			So if you've heard for example, reminders, maybe in your destiny, you are allowed to hear 23,525
reminders before the punishment descends. Who knows. We might have already clocked 23,000
		

			Allah protect us. It's being ticked off. Did we did you send the reminder? Yes. Another reminder?
Yes. Did he turn? No, he didn't. Another reminder. Yes. Did he turn? No, he didn't know the
reminder. Did she turn? No, she didn't. Have she dressed appropriately. No, she didn't. Another
reminder. Okay. Did she hear the radio program? Yes. Did she attend that talk? Yes. Has she heard
that CD? Yes. All these reminders. Has she read the book? Yes. Did it cross her eyes? Yes. Did she
see those people? Did he see them? Yes. everything after that to my left. Has that happened? Yes.
Before the last one comes let's say Masha Allah. Allah subhanho wa Taala. Grant us a turning point.
		

			We don't want rarely we don't we cannot afford to let the last one come Believe me. We can't. We
need to tell it's being ticked off right now as we are speaking. There are ticks next to our name.
This is being given. That's why what came to your ears was never meant to miss you. It's supposed to
come to your ears. May Allah subhanho wa Taala. Grant us goodness. So Intuit Fatima, Allah subhanho
wa Taala warns us in verse number six, in the shavon, Allah Kumar,
		

			in his Babylonia, Konami.
		

			Indeed, shaman is your declared enemy. So consider him an enemy, for indeed he calls his group
towards the punishment of the Fire. Now, Allah subhanho wa Taala protectors.
		

			A lot of us we know that shape. And he's planning and he's trying and he tries to divert us, but we
don't consider him an enemy. Because we allow ourselves to get diverted. You know, shaytan makes you
sleep over Frederick, when if you slept over fudger for one day, then you cannot be planning to
sleep over for God for the next day. Because you would know that you've had a law, the shepherd has
come to me in this direction. Let me get up. And let me make sure I don't allow him in. If a thief
comes into your house from that window, tomorrow morning, there'll be a guard standing in that
window. Do you agree? Why? Because you know, I don't want him to come back from here. But shaytan
		

			makes us commit adultery, and we do it again and again. And again. Where's the God? Love aka
Shepherd makes us engage in * and we do it again and again and again. In fact, we become
so much that shipment goes away but we still would that phone Allah protect us really. Now he's gone
to someone else and we still engaging in it. And these are live examples. Sometimes good people have
hidden sins that really are a disaster. May Allah not expose us and Allah subhanho wa Taala forgive
us May he make us from amongst those who can tell my brothers and sisters you know, the devil is
your enemy. When he comes in your direction, make sure that you do not allow him to repeat the same
		

			thing again. He is a criminal. He's taking away from you something more valuable than anything
material you own yet, if something valuable was to be stolen from you, you do something about it. If
your Rolls Royce was stolen the following time you bought a vehicle a Range Rover or whatever it
was, you would make sure you have vehicle tracking in if you've got a state of the art alarm.
Nowadays they've got a new alarm which which has cameras around the vehicle which is 24 seven CCTV
May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us Yes.
		

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			Allah subhanho wa Taala goodness. I'm just thinking don't come and ask me for it. Allah subhanho wa
Taala grant us ease and goodness. So Allah says, verse number 15.
		

			A law people, you are the ones who are totally dependent on Allah. So everything you depend on your
maker, don't forget that Allah says you are in absolute need of Allah. Oh man, you are in complete
need of Allah fukada faqeer is a person who has nothing. So you we have nothing besides that which
Allah has provided for us, Allah Akbar. This is why in another narration, Allah says, and this is a
variation of a hadith bootsy Allah subhanho wa Taala says, caloocan
		

			la Mancha Soto, every one of you is naked, besides those whom I have closed, so ask for me and I
will kill you. Every one of you is hungry besides those who have gone to food to to ask me and I
will give you now Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us.
		

			Sometimes people are wearing the best of clothing, but they think that this clothing is enough for
them. No. Sometimes we become people who are ashamed of walking out because Allah has exposed our
shamelessness. Yet we are clothed with proper clothing.
		

			So it's not only to do with what you wear, it's to do with the type of a person you are beautifying
yourself with good character and conduct and with obedience to Allah subhanho wa Taala May Allah
bless us and grant us ease. So Allah says, well, Allahu Allah, me that you need to know Allah is
absolutely independent of you. He needs nothing from you. He doesn't need your worship, nor does he
need the praise that you engage in. It will only benefit you. If you praise Allah, The benefit is
yours. If you engage in Salah the benefit is yours. If you want to turn away You're still going to
return to Allah without anything just like the day you will make you will return to Allah no money,
		

			no meaning nothing, absolutely nothing, not even the clothing that you're wearing. Now Allah
subhanho wa Taala forgive us and help us prepare for the day we meet him.
		

			So Allah subhanho wa Taala says he is totally independent. And then he shows his power. First number
16 sort of Father, Allah subhanho wa Taala says, He shot the heebie jeebies, JD de
		

			la hibiya Z's. If he wants, he can do away with you and replace you with others. And that's not
difficult for him. Not at all. He can replace people he has replaced people aren't we people who
have come about after other generations who are gone before us. Allah says if we want we can take
you away now or we will take you away as time passes, there will come a time when a whole generation
will change. Those who are before will not even be known. I can ask you a question. How many of us
here can mean 20 people who lived in this city 200 years ago? Very few of us. What are the chances
of me and you being named 200 years after today by people who might sit in the same spot in the
		

			house of Allah subhanho wa Taala the chances are almost new. That's the reality. Almost know Allah
subhanho wa Taala grant us goodness, we still think we have a big deal and we can get away with
transgressing against the one whom when we get into the grave, it's only his mercy that can make
that journey easy. May Allah subhanho wa Taala make it easy for us.
		

			So Allah subhanho wa Taala then gives us some really, really hot, you know, heartwarming, verse,
verses he says, Subhana Allah, that there is a business that people engage in. There is a certain
type of business that people engage in, that will never deplete the reward of it the profit of it
will keep on coming. It will not stop. What is the business Listen, Allah says verse number 29, same
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			they are people who will be reciting reading the Quran the verses of Allah subhanho wa Taala. The
Book of Allah subhanho wa Taala they establish their prayer and they spend from that which Allah has
provided them in secret as well as perhaps in open and Allah says they are. They are, they can
expect a deal that will never deplete. Imagine only three things are made mention of here. read the
Quran. Try and understand the book of Allah subhanho wa Taala it is the book fulfill your Salah and
give you your second give alms to the poor reach out to others. And Allah subhanho wa Taala says the
deal that you are striking with us, you will definitely have
		

			Have a profit that does not deplete. May Allah bless us imagine it seems and sounds so easy but
sometimes with us we become weak to establish our Salah to read the book of Allah subhanho wa Taala
to try and understand its meaning it's not difficult.
		

			You know how what it takes from us nowadays, a little CD we can put into the vehicle whilst we're
going to work and coming back we can learn about the word of Allah subhanho wa Taala. But no, we
choose to put in something else that will really liven up the energies within us that are heading in
the direction of sin. That's what happens. You get hit the middle and everything else the car is
moving so badly that at the traffic light you wondering if there's an earthquake, you know, for on
the Richter scale, you look next door and as a young man doing this, you know, and the whole suite
is shaking, you know some Corolla, they told me that some of the boys have sound systems better than
		

			some of our messages. It's a reality. young boy tells me I spent 50,000 rounds on my sound and I
looked at him and he
		

			just got a loud hailer Allahu Akbar.
		

			Subhana Allah May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us and grant us ease and goodness. So Allah subhanho
wa Taala is telling us you want to do a deal. Remember, if you have a will, if there is a will,
there is a way the deal is dead, we open for it, you come let's see bring your product and here you
are, we will give you the reward you will see the profit and Allah subhanho wa Taala then warns us
different type of a warning.
		

			Where he tells us and this is obviously narrating that which will happen to the disbelievers those
who did not turn even though they were given old age, then death overtook them, they still didn't
turn. So Allah says they will be you know, words between the different factions and so on. They will
say why has this happened to us and so on and the answers will come about so Allah says we will tell
them first number 37 have the same sort of sort of trotting our
		

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			did we not give you life long enough for the one who wanted to take heed to take heed? And didn't we
sent the Warner to you? Who is the Warner? The Warner's are made up of so many categories. Firstly,
the people, the messengers, the verses and so on. And one of those scenes make mention of the gray
Hey, you grew old. You know you clocked 40 nowadays at the age of 1516 they've already got gray
hair.
		

			But Allah says that gray hair is a warning to tell you you come into us.
		

			Allah says the gray hair you have is a warning just to tell you anyone you know heading closer to
us. You'd better tell so Allah says you have had gray hair but you still didn't turn now what do you
want from us? May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us may make us from those who take heed. And if
you look at the next surah which I'm sure we would all know almost off by heart surah Yaseen. It's
read regularly Masha Allah, Allah subhanho wa Taala says in the beautiful sutra, which is powerful,
but I'm picking one verse from it verse number 65. Allah says regarding the Day of Judgment, and the
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			on the day we shall see their mouths
		

			we shall see you their mouths, their hands and their legs will bear witness against them as to what
they used to do.
		

			I'm serious brothers and sisters. Look at your hand for a moment well it without a joke, look at
your nails. See, Mashallah, you know, this hand will bear witness against you when you touch
something and you know, you quench your desire through the sense of touch. And your hand says hey,
why did you do that? I'm going to bear witness against
		

			effect.
		

			And in another place in the Quran, Allah says the skin will bear witness. Look at how beautiful you
look on your skin. You know, like we said, even if there is a zit or two on the face, people cover
it up with the foundation so
		

			it's a reality.
		

			That piece of skin will bear witness against you believe me, let it be such that our hands bear
witness for us. The hand will say every day I was put down in such that for you all along.
		

			On the face the head will say every day this piece of skin was down on the ground. This is why the
hubby says Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam inserted that sometimes used to say
		

			such as the lady Hanukkah who was a water who was
		

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			my head has frustrated on the ground for the one who created it for the one who caused a slip
		

			Were the eyes are so perfectly that they were flung open than I could see for the one who made the
rule in the air so perfect that when it opened up I could hear that is the one whom this entire head
is on the ground for
		

			so panela powerful powerful my brothers and sisters we put our head on the ground for who the one
who made it, no one else. So let us let our skin bear witness for us when you look at your hand and
you can say yeah Allah I have given charity with these hands y'all I've made our these hands Yeah,
live frustrated with these hands so many times a day Allah forgive me if I touched anything I was
not allowed to touch Allah. How do you know when a person touches a bottle or he touches a non
Muharram of the opposite * so on. The hands are actually yelling and screaming, please don't do
this. Don't do that. We can't hear it. We can't hear it and the hand will come and this is why Allah
		

			subhanho wa Taala says the person will ask his skin. Only God hemley Masha, Allah ina, bearing
witness against me. So they will say all the organs of the body will say you know what, we are given
the power to bear witness against you by Allah subhanho wa Taala he gave us the ability to speak out
today. This is why we say when your hair is uncovered and it is supposed to be covered, it is
actually cursing you to say please don't do this to me. It will be a witness against you to say I
wanted to be covered. And you know the messages came 50 times But still, she didn't cover Allahu
Akbar. Imagine we don't want that. Here. The Quran is telling you so that you are seen whenever you
		

			read the surah look at your hand and tell yourself this hand You must not be a witness against you,
then you've benefited from Surah Yaseen
		

			we have seen so often and a lot of us, we love the tune of it. It's not just a tune, go and see the
meaning of it. You want peace, you need to make sure that the peace is not only for the dunya when
you follow your desires, if that's the case, you lose the peace here but bigger than that you lose
the peace in the life after death. So brothers and sisters, this is the gift of Allah.
		

			And Allah subhanho wa Taala has warned us and it's such a perfect reminder to say you know what your
eyes when you start looking at things that are wrong, your eyes will bear witness against you. May
Allah subhanho wa Taala never do that to us. But I want to give you the good news my brothers and
sisters engage in repentance and allow wipes it out completely. Your hands will forget what bad was
done.
		

			Your feet will be made to forget the bad places you walk to.
		

			Allah protect us imagine the ground the earth upon which a sin was committed. We'll get up and start
talking. Yes, this is what happened.
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us forgiveness and grant us the ability to turn to him. The next year
I saw lots of fat
		

			in it. The opening versus rest number six Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks of a beautiful gift of his,
he says in ASEAN a sama dunia busy in a teeny kawaki Bay. We have indeed beautified the sky of this
world with the beauty of the stars. The beauty of the stars. I want to pause there for a moment. My
brothers and sisters if you want peace, go out at night and look at the stars. You have so much
comfort think of the power of Allah look at how they are read about the stars check how many light
years away they are, what does that mean? Look at the distance see the light how much light is
coming to us yet that light was there perhaps four or five years ago maybe more in some cases 1000s
		

			of years back and we're only seeing it now We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to bless us So from this
we learn that Allah has created for us so many things that just by looking at them we achieve peace
you know the greenery go out and see here in Cape Town we have some of the most beautiful scenes go
out to simonstown perhaps to hot Bay perhaps somewhere else down there. You know, and take a drive
and look at the scenery. Don't just look at it and say wow, say Alhamdulillah Subhana Allah, look at
the camera of Allah the mountains, take a look at what they look like the waves, the ocean, all
these creatures of Allah, they are there to bring about peace and serenity to your heart and mind
		

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			to relate it to Allah. That's all. You look at it and related to Allah, it will bring about a
soothing feeling. Look at the sky. Look at the sunrise, the sunset, all this beloved creatures of
Allah is for you and me to look at and consider the greatness of Allah and achieve inner peace to
say that is my maker for Kabbalah Kabbalah
		

			what the greatest of creators who can Allah, the creator, the only creator, yet he is the best and
he has made in a perfect way. Imagine today. When you look at your own little child, you achieve a
lot of coolness and comfort in your heart related to Allah Allah you bestow this child upon me.
Y'all know you may take that
		

			Anyway at any time, look at the trees, look at the oceans, look at the animals look at anything
around you. If you relate it to Allah, you achieve a lot of comfort. This is why some people just go
out and look at the scenery and they enjoy it so much whether it's the ocean or the greenery or the
beautiful grass or the bush or whatever it is different people enjoy different things. You know,
some people are into this bonsai, you know, the little trees that you have years old and they're
fascinated by they achieved so much comfort through it related to Allah, it will develop your Eman
as well. You become a strong woman just by looking at the creation of Allah the stars, the moon, the
		

			sun and everything else. Allah subhanho wa Taala is recognized to his creation. How great is he? If
he would, if he had has already created something so big? Imagine the Creator Himself La ilaha illa
Allah, Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us and he opened the doors of goodness for us all until we meet
again tomorrow we say well Allahu wa Sallim wa barik ala nabina Muhammad, so kind of look at him the
use of panic alarm will be handy.