Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2023 Boost #11- 300 Years in a Cave

			Smilla Rahmanir Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi wa sallahu wa salam ala Mallanna BIA by the who were early,
he was a big mine. My brothers and sisters we commenced the recitation of Surah Toluca have, which
is a Surah that is sunnah to recite on a Friday. And there are many lessons to be drawn from this
beautiful Surah, I want to spend five minutes explaining to you two of the aspects that we have
recited in the first units of our Tarawih prayer for this evening. Number one, the name of the sutra
is derived from a cave in which a certain group of youngsters went and they were running away from
the adverse environment and society and the tyrant rulers and so on, because they were unable to
		

			practice and fulfill and uphold their faith. So they decided to go to a place that would be safe for
them where they would be able to practice their faith at least.
		

			And so they went into this cave, not realizing that Allah had a an amazing plan, a plan that would
later be mentioned 1000s of years later to us. And we would learn a lesson from it, that when they
went in order to earn the Mercy of Allah and they made the dua to Allah Subhana Allah to Allah, to
grant them protection to have mercy on them. And Allah granted them that protection and Allah
Almighty had mercy on them. So you and I, when we ask Allah truly to have mercy on us, to protect us
to help us uplift and uphold the basics of our faith, Allah will grant that to you and I win and if
we are genuine and sincere, the same time if these young boys could actually make their way to a
		

			cave, that had hardly anything, if you look at the comparison between that and the lives that they
were leading, they left everything in order to be able to follow Allah's instruction.
		

			When they went there, they achieved that goodness, Allah subhanho wa Taala prolonged their sleep to
beyond 300 years. The Quran speaks of 300 years and nine. There is an amazing connection between the
lunar calendar and the solar calendar that every 300 years, there is nine years that you add on in
order to get the disparity between the lunar and the solar. That having been said, look at how Allah
Almighty restored them, bless them, gave them goodness, Mention them in Revelation up to Qiyamah.
May Allah Almighty grant us that goodness. The second story is that within
		

			those who are blessed by Allah subhanho wa Taala forgot to relate that to Allah. Rather they related
it to themselves and their own intellect and their own capacity. But Allah Almighty sent a friend to
remind the man who continued to say this is from me, and look at what I have to say that if you
connect this to Allah and you relate it to Allah and you realize no matter how intelligent you are,
and what type of intellect you think you have, you need to know that very intellect was given to you
by Allah subhanho wa taala. So if you think you're sharp, you think you're intelligent, and you
think because of my own brain I have achieved remember who gave you the brain in the first place.
		

			And this is why always when there is something good that you notice about yourself, that Allah has
blessed you with. It is important to relate it to Allah Masha Allah Baraka Allah, and in that way
you will achieve lots of goodness and lots of baraka and blessings in what Allah has bestowed upon
you