Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2021 – Verses of Hope and Healing #26 – Hope from Prophets Stories

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			my brothers and sisters, if we would like to take a look at hope and healing, we must look at the
stories of the previous prophets, those who were sent to us by Allah Almighty as mankind, Allah
chose them. He has so many we don't know the exact number, but he has mentioned some of them and
some of their stories in Revelation, in order for us to take a lesson. Some of these stories are in
the Quran. Some detail is found in the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and some
from the previous nations. If they do not contradict what is in the Quran, or in the teachings of
the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, we would still take lessons from these stories. So today, I
		

			would like to go through some of these only for us to look at what exactly happened. Number one, who
were these messengers, they were chosen by Allah as Muslims, we believe they will always the best of
the time, Allah would never choose sinful people to leave the communities. Allah would never choose
those who were not loved by him the most in order to be
		

			carrying his message to the rest of us. So Allah Almighty, has chosen these people, Allah who is
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			a beautiful verse where Allah says, Allah has selected carefully chosen His messengers from the
angels and from the people. So he's chosen them. So at the money he sent him when he actually was
created by Allah, there is discussion as to whether he was over and above being the first of the
species. Was he actually a messenger or a prophet? If you look at it from the aspect of him, having
taught his children what Allah wanted from them, then indeed, he did have that. But remember, right
at the beginning, there was something that happened in his life, that was really a great lesson for
all of us, when Allah told him not to do something not to eat from a particular tree, and that being
		

			almost the only prohibition for him. That's exactly what he ended up doing. And from this, what we
learn is as human beings we may falter, we may go exactly into what Allah told us not to quickly
come out of it. So in Surah, RF first number 23, Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about the words that
were used by Adam and his wife, his or her what may peace be on them in order to attain the
forgiveness of Allah after they had sinned? All by now. volumn
		

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			Lana coonan, Amina hos et, the two of them said, Oh our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. And if you
don't forgive us and have mercy on us, we will be from among the losers. Allah says, We forgave him.
And then Allah appointed him on earth. And Allah gave him children and asked him to guide his
children and Allah promised we're going to be sending messenger upon messenger. Each time a
messenger came, he had issues with his community, the community rather had issues with him. And each
time the messenger was belied, each time the messenger was harassed. Each time the messenger was
actually troubled. And they sometimes even murdered some of these messengers. Now, why do I talk
		

			about this when we speak about hope? Because weren't those the most loved done to Allah? If people
are against you, it doesn't mean Allah doesn't love you. Maybe you're more loved than all of them.
It's possible. So it depends on your relationship with Allah. So my brothers and sisters, remember
this new the Prophet Noah May peace be upon him. How many people accepted his message, they laughed
at him. They scoffed, they actually made a mockery of him. But he was right. He was very calm
because he knew I know something that you guys don't know. He kept on with a great calmness calling
towards Allah. So when you know something, and you're No, you're right, there is no need to get
		

			angry and upset. You can continue expressing what you know and what you believe and what you
actually are confident about.
		

			And you don't need to become depressed and saddened because of what others are saying there are
people more love than to Allah than you and I who went through worse things than you and I, they
were still happy. They were hopeful. And Mashallah they did a lot of good. Let's look at who the
alayhis salam he went through the same although we are who do magic Tana Bibiana you know the way
his people spoke to him, you haven't brought any science to us. You are this. You're a cheap person.
You know, you're just you just want fame. Look at Saleh Ali Salaam. He went to samode, who la Salaam
went to a nation called add. He was sent to them. They didn't listen. They were destroyed. What
		

			happened to him he was saved. But right at the end, sila Halle Salam Same applies. They didn't
listen to him. There was a she camel that had come in as a sign. They harmed the camel they were
punished. What happened to him he was successful. But right at the end, it was a great, great many
years of hardship and difficulty, but he was the Messenger of Allah. When you're close to Allah, you
will be tested. Look at schreib alayhis salam, he told his people not to cheat in business not to
deceive each other. They continued what happened to them they were destroyed. What happened to him?
He was saved. But did he struggle? Yes. Look at Musa alayhis salam, the Prophet Moses May peace be
		

			upon him from the very beginning. Look at his mother, how she had to lay her trust in Allah
completely in order to put the baby into this little basket and put the basket into the river. She
laid her trust in Allah and Allah took care of the child. We must know there is a limited amount we
can do as human beings, but Allah will take care of the rest. Lay your trust in Allah, do your best.
Don't leave a stone unturned. Your God given capacity is something you need to utilize. Then you lay
your trust in Allah and you do what you have to. Don't worry after that whatever happens was always
part of the plan of Allah. Musa alayhis salam then was brought up by the Pharaoh. One day the
		

			pharaoh turned against him. The Pharaoh was a tyrant. And in he actually harmed the people have been
we saw in the children of jacoba alayhis salam, they were harmed, what what happened to them?
Subhana Allah, look at those magicians that had come in, they were executed. But were they
		

			in the pleasure of Allah? The answer is yes. They earned the pleasure of Allah, they told the
Pharaoh, you might be able to harm us in this life. But you know what, in the hereafter were
successful, you've lost it. That's what happened. So these difficulties and hardships, they were
tremendous. But these prophets all went through the hardship and they were okay. What did they do?
They kept on praying, they kept on bearing patients, they, they were convinced they had conviction
in their hearts. They knew that Allah loves them and Allah is going to grant them because they were
the messengers of Allah. Look at the Prophet Yusuf, for Joseph May peace be upon him and his father,
		

			iacob Jacob, may peace be upon them all. How he struggled. One thing bad happened, another thing bad
happened. A third thing bad happened. Firstly, they plan to kill him. Then they threw him in the
world and people picked him up and sold him. Then people asked him to do something bad, then they
jailed him, they falsely accused him one after the other, everything went wrong, we would have gone
crazy. Allah says no, Allah will never waste your patience, never. Allah will never wasted the
goodness that you have spent for for whatever good cause it was Subhan Allah. So then later on, the
doors opened, he became
		

			a minister. And he went further and further and Subhanallah it was just amazing. So in sort of use
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			sinning indeed the one who is going to be conscious of Allah and bear patients we will never waste
the reward of those who do good. So those are the two beautiful good days we could do. And Allah
gave him victory at the end. Go through the story of the Prophet use of alayhis salam, look at the
hope we are instilled with just by reading that story. Amazing. Look at Sulaiman the Prophet
Sulaiman alayhis salam, he was a king. He was a great man Allah blessed him with so much but Allah
Almighty granted him a dua he made he says
		

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			Allah forgive me and grant making them that you're not going to give anyone after me. You are the
giver. Allah gave him Allah says
		

			The wind moved at his instruction he spoke to the animals, the insects and so many other creatures
and so much the mountains and so much more. So these are the people Allah chose, let's understand if
they went through hardship. And all of that was part of the plan of Allah. Who are we? We're going
to go through much more. Doesn't mean Allah's not pleased with you. Take it in your stride. Their
patients suffer and taqwa consciousness of Allah continue going, develop a better relationship with
Allah and the patients. May Allah grant us ease and comfort. Apolo kolyada was Salam aleikum wa
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