Mufti Menk – Tafseer Romans V8

			inshallah we will be reading from verse number eight of surah to room which inshallah will be from
page number 540. of the Noble Quran that we're using our will to Bill him in a Shantanu rajim
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			waka Anika to Flo Jo
		

			smilla rahmanir rahim
		

			al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa salatu salam ala
		

			nabina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa
		

			salam ala Medina.
		

			We praise Allah subhanho wa Taala Send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam his household all his companions May Allah bless every single one of us as well. My dearest
mothers and sisters in Islam, we heard regarding the Romans in the opening verses of this particular
surah last week. And this week, Allah subhanho wa Taala is asking us to see what has happened to the
people before us. And he is drawing our attention to the fact that they have had more than us they
were more powerful than us and still, when they belied they were destroyed. Ultimately, I have to go
You have to go but those who go whilst Allah is displeased with them have everything
		

			to be upset about or have lost everything. And those who go whilst Allah is pleased with them, even
if they go at an early age have actually won. So we need to understand this very, very carefully.
Because nobody knows the date of death. At the same time, each one of us knows that we have to earn
the pleasure of Allah so if we die whilst earning the pleasure of Allah, good news, may Allah make
us from amongst those. And if we die whilst earning the Wrath of Allah, then obviously we stand to
lose May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us from this. This is why Allah says,
		

			Do they not think deeply in their own selves about themselves how Allah created them from nothing,
and similarly he will resurrect him. So that's point number one. Allah says resurrection cannot be
doubted by anyone who has a brain anyone who
		

			Saying, Allah created you from the beginning? Don't you look into yourself? Did you just appear here
out of nothing? The Blackboard we see in this room? Did it appear here just like that. And the
ceiling we have was it here suddenly the paint on the walls or the walls themselves or the floor? Or
the carpet or the curtain? Whatever it is the phone you have? Did it just pitch up there? Well, man
is a much more sophisticated creature than all of the things we just mentioned. So if these things
could not have just come up like that, remember men definitely did not just come up like that. May
Allah Subhana Allah Allah grant a sound intellect, and may He make us realize and understand. So
		

			Allah says,
		

			Do they not see within themselves and think deeply? That the same way we have created them from
nothing, we will be able to resurrect them, it's even easier. So Allah says, Allah has created not
the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them except with truth. And for an appointed
term, everything is going to come to an end. And indeed, many of mankind deny the meeting with
Allah. Many people deny that they are going to meet Allah. in two ways this denial occurs. One is
denial, really within the heart, where people disbelieve in the ACA, you know, What is surprising is
when the atheist or agnostic approaches death, he knows that I'm going to a to a place. I don't know
		

			where exactly, but I'm going some way he knows he's going some way, he won't be able to give you a
defined answer. The only people who have a definite answer are those who believe in the scriptures
that were revealed. So this is why we realize that even those who disbelieve
		

			and meaning they disbelieve in all forms of
		

			deity, they have absolutely no belief in anything whatsoever. They think that everything is
completely natural. It happened by nature, we're going to be perhaps reincarnated and so on, they
have great doubts in their hearts, where are we going to go? It is a movement who is very certain,
they know they are going to meet with Allah. So there are two types of disbelief in the meeting with
Allah. One is, as I just mentioned, this believing properly or really in the meeting with Allah and
two is claiming to believe in the meeting with Allah. But the life is led in a direction which shows
otherwise, or which is heading in a different angle, or in a different way in a different direction.
		

			Because some of us claim, yes, we're going to meet with Allah, what did you do? What's your deeds
all about? Have you prepared for the meeting? Do you really believe that you're going to meet with
Allah? Or are you just saying it by tongue? So we ask Allah Subhana Allah to Allah to grant the
tongue and the heart conformity and to make them in one track One Direction? May Allah subhanahu wa
taala, open our doors and grant us ease. Then Allah says, Well, those who disbelief and those who
think that they're going to go nowhere?
		

			Do they not travel in the land? And see what was the end of those before them? They were superior to
them in strength.
		

			And they tilled the land and populated it in greater numbers than these pagans. Then these people of
Makkah, have done. And the lesson is for everyone.
		

			And they came to them. They are messengers, with clear proofs, with verses with signs with warnings.
Surely Allah wrong them not that they used to run themselves. So Allah is warning us all. Yes, the
lesson might have been directed to the pagans of Makkah at the time. But Allah subhanho wa Taala is
wanting us all with this verse to say, look at the people before you. The warnings came to them, the
messengers came to them, the verses came to them, everything came to them reminders came to them,
but they didn't turn. And when and they were larger in number they were more powerful. They tilled
the land more, they had more children, they had more power, more wealth, and Allah says we still
		

			destroyed them. And Allah says who wronged who they? Did we wrong them. No, we didn't we want them
we told them. If someone want you to say you know what, there is something coming in this direction.
And if you didn't take a warning, then it's your fault. Allah protect us.
		

			So Allah says in the next verse, an evil was the end of those who did evil, those who did bad, how
was their ending?
		

			It was definitely a bad ending. Because they belied the verses, the proofs, the evidences, the
lessons, the signs, the revelations, the messengers of Allah subhanho wa Taala and made a mockery of
them. So those who want to make a mockery of the verses of Allah, the warnings of Allah, the
messengers of Allah Subhana, Allah to Allah. Allah says, they will be leading an evil life and they
will die according to the life they have laid
		

			This is why Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam has told us that you die according to the manner in which you
live. You live as a Muslim, you die as a Muslim. You live as an obedient person, you die in
obedience, you live sinful Allah forgive us, one would not like to die in the condition of sin, and
one would not like to be resurrected upon the condition of their death if they've died in the wrong
way. This is why I say and I constantly say my mothers and sisters, take your time in Salah,
		

			read every Salah as though it is the final Salah that you are going to read that is the warning or
the reminder of Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam to us and take your time in sajida. Take your time
relax, spend a little bit more time in your sujood Can I tell you one of the positive points of that
would be you are increasing the chances of dying in the condition of such depth.
		

			And if you die in that condition, you're resurrected in that condition. May Allah subhanho wa Taala
granted to us and may He make us from those really, who can have a good death and we can be
resurrected upon a good condition with the right people, not with those who are wrong. Like the
Hadith says you are resurrected with those whom you loved and imitated and tried to be with. So one
wonders how those who try and impress and imitate, you know the pops of the world may Allah protect
us and those who are evil, those who are satanic. It we have Muslim men who try and follow them
imitate them in every single way. How will they die and how will they be resurrected? May Allah save
		

			us in our offspring, may he save humanity at large me. So Allah says, Allah alone originates the
creation and he will repeat it, then to him, you will be returned, which means Allah is the only
creator. Allah is the one who made entire creation right from the beginning. And he will repeat the
whole process again, in whatever way he wishes to resurrect every single one. And Allah says, you
will be returned to him.
		

			Allahu Akbar,
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala says, well, Yama takamasa you beliefs will move to the moon, you know the
criminals. Allah describes what will be their condition on that day, on the day when the hour will
be established. The Day of Resurrection, the day of judgment, the disbelievers, the sinners, the
criminals, the polytheists,
		

			will be plunged into destruction with deep regrets and sorrows and dispay. They will be plunged into
the sadness because they will be seeing reality. And Allah says wollombi akula homing Shoraka him
schufa no intercessors will they have from those whom they used to worship with Allah or besides
Allah, the partners whom they associated with Allah will not be able to help them.
		

			And they will themselves reject and deny their partners. On that day, they will speak out to Allah
saying what we did was wrong. Or they will try to call out, Allah will say to them, call out those
partners whom you used to ascribe with me. Let's see what they do for you today. Those partners will
be divided into two groups, those who themselves will be in disarray, and those who are totally free
from this type of worship. And they will say yeah, Allah, we never ever told these people to worship
as such as Jesus May peace be upon him, he will be free from the association that the others have
engaged in after his time, and placed him upon a pedestal that was on par with Allah, He will say
		

			Allah, I did not tell them to do this, they did it, I am free from all this. So he will be upon
goodness, and those who associated him as a partner with the maker, will be upon loss.
		

			So this is why it's very important for us to realize this particular point. Never, ever render an
act of worship to anyone besides Allah. We can repeat this a million times and a billion times. It
is the whole purpose of entire creation, to worship Allah alone without associating partners with
him. That's my test. Whether it is a stick or a stone or a grave or a saint or a prophet. Never,
ever render an act of worship, to anyone who is created no one, the creator is totally separate from
the created, the creator is all on one side. Yes, there are certain creatures who are higher than
others with the highest being Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, by all means we respect by all means, we
		

			honor by all means we praise by all means, we have hope in the intercession of, there is no problem
with that. But there is a problem the minute we render an act of worship, to anything that is
created, no matter what level it is upon, we only worship Allah. Nothing, nothing can be worshipped
with Allah or besides Allah subhanho wa Taala
		

			mothers and sisters that statement can be repeated a million times and a billion times throughout
the day, every single day as a warning for all of us, because read the Quran open it, it is clear
cut. It is full of warnings of this regard. So this is why don't lose focus. Remember, worship Allah
alone, may Allah subhanho wa Taala grandma's Goodness, goodness comes to you from Allah.
		

			Everything comes to you from Allah. Allah is the controller of entire creation. And Allah is in
control of absolutely every aspect of creation. May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us, and May He
grant us goodness. So Allah says, On that day, no intercessors will they have from those whom they
used to make equal with Allah as partners, their so called associate gods, and they will themselves
reject and deny their partners. Thereafter, Allah says once again, and on that day, when the hour
will be established, that day, shall all men be separated, the disbelievers the believers will be
separated from the disbelievers and everyone will be on their own law cabal. And this is why Allah
		

			subhanho wa Taala says, We will judge you. The Hadith says every single person shall communicate
with Allah, no translator in the middle, no one in the middle to explain what you what you are
saying. Allah asks you, you're going to answer what did you do? Why did you do this? Why did you
associate partners with me? Why did you end the act of worship to someone to x, y and Zed? Why did
you not obey my instruction? Why did you not fulfill the obligations I placed on your shoulders? and
so on? You need to answer Allah. One of the good answers is to engage in repentance Allah I did
wrong, and I sought forgiveness. And here are my pages full full of seeking forgiveness. This is why
		

			the Hadith says give good news to he on whose pages a lot of repentance is found or on whose page a
lot of repentance is found. May Allah make us from those who repent regularly.
		

			Then Allah says,
		

			For a man Latina among these two will be separated the believers and the disbelievers. As for the
believers, as for those who believe in the oneness of Allah, and did righteous good deeds, such
shall be honored, and made to enjoy a luxurious life forever, in a garden of delight, known as
paradise Alfredo, dos, Allahu Akbar. So those who believe and did good deeds,
		

			they shall be honored, they shall be made to enjoy a luxurious life. Today, we brought our children
to work hard at school. We have extra tuition for our children, why? We want to see them doing well
when they win a prize. Wow, we're proud of them. hamdulillah why we worked hard, we encourage them,
we made them read books, we made them do this and do that. And we're so happy that they pass the
exams, they made their grades to go to university to become doctors were so excited. Why don't we
look within ourselves. Half that effort or a fraction of that effort would be required for you to
succeed with the grades that will result in the ability to pass into the garden of paradise. Allahu
		

			Akbar, Allahu Akbar, my mothers and sisters, what better message can they be? Besides the message of
Allah we always say, the words of Allah don't move you. Nothing will move you.
		

			Nothing can move you. If Allah is instruction, and these words don't move you you think my words can
move you. You think someone else's words can move you. The power of the word can only be that of the
word of Allah. So anyone who utters a powerful word, it is because they have either uttered the
words of Allah or explaining the words of Allah to you. Those are powerful words, the most powerful
words.
		

			If they haven't shifted you, from bad to good, and from darkness to light, nothing else can do you
good. In fact, if anything else is shifting you it can only be shifting you to the wrong direction.
		

			If anything else, some people say you know this music is shifting me. They've got good lyrics and
good this and good that it can only be shifting you to the wrong direction. Now Allah subhanahu wa
taala bless us grant us ease and goodness me he opened our doors May He grant us ease my mothers and
sisters. We really need to do our best to try and earn the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
		

			So Allah subhanho wa Taala says, What Amala Dena cafaro aka the boo boo, Tina Juanita Akira, and as
for those who disbelieved and belied our verses are evidences are proves they belied our science our
revelations they belied the messengers they belied resurrection, Allah says,
		

			and those who belie the meeting of the hereafter such shall be brought forth to the torment of
hellfire. So those who did not believe
		

			what do they expect me Allah
		

			Allah to Allah protect us from this type of category. And may Allah subhanho wa Taala. Grant us ease
and goodness Allah says, For Subhana Allah, so glorify Allah to Allah wa Hina to beehoon. So glorify
Allah, above all that evil that they associate with him. Oh believers, glorify Allah alone. When you
come up to the evening,
		

			the sunset time, and when you enter the morning, may Allah subhanho wa Taala grant His goodness,
glorify Allah at night, and in the morning, at the daytime. Now, some people think that this verse
refers to
		

			a ruling, that means you only need to pray thrice a day. That is wrong. It's absolutely absurd.
Because the verse speaks about glorifying Allah, glorifying Allah in the evening and in the morning.
So some say the afternoon is not mentioned. This is the glorification of Allah. Allah has not said
that there are just three salads a day, five Salah are clearly explained.
		

			And there are other verses which explain the prayer of the afternoon. So let us never ever be struck
by those who say you've only got to play pray thrice. And this is the verse of the Quran Subhana
Allah Hina tsuna ye notice behold, one could say it means declare the great the greatness of Allah
or the praise of Allah subhanho wa Taala in the evenings and in the mornings, so declaring the
praise of Allah during the prayer or after prayer does not necessarily mean that it is referring
solely to the prayers. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us from wrong belief. Remember, we
believe in the Quran, and we believe that the sooner explains the Quran. We believe that the Hadith
		

			of the Prophet sallallahu Sallam explains it clarifies it, and makes it clear and in fact has in it
an explanation of all rules and regulations, which will clarify what the Quran has come with. May
Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us goodness this is why we are called 100. Suna all the people who not
only believe in the Quran, but they believe in the Summa and they believe in the Sahaba the group of
the Sahaba of the Allahu anhu and we believe that they will all do all of them will adjust they will
upright May Allah subhanahu wa taala bless us, unlike some deviant groups who believe that all the
Sahaba were hypocrites she as of today, they believe that all the Sahaba hypocrites and a lot of
		

			them exited the fold of Islam besides just six of them. Now this is the belief of the Shia Allah
subhanho wa Taala protect us from such deviant belief. And may Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us
respect of all the companions, whatever happened between them was between them, and we believe that
they were all better than us. And this is why the Prophet sallallahu Sallam says letter subrace
hobby for leadin fcbd Hello unfuckin hadoken Mila Hubba Marbella Rama, howdy molana seefeld. Do not
insult even a single companion of mine for indeed, if any one of you
		

			who came later were to spend the amount offered full of gold, it will never equate even the handful
of theirs or half a handful. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us the ability to utter the term
rhodiola and with every one of the sahabas names, may Allah be pleased with all of them, and may he
be pleased with us as well. So Allah says, Well, I will do this somewhat. He is the owner of pays,
he is the owner of all praise To Him belongs all praise Allahu Akbar, they belong to Allah subhanho
wa Taala. His, all the praises and thanks in the heavens and the earth, He created everything. So
All praise belongs to the one who made everything at all completely everything or praise belongs to
		

			Him, who created the skies and the earth. So Allah says, and he's all the praises, and thanks in the
heavens and the earth. The angels are glorifying him. The people are glorifying him. The creatures
are glorifying him, the trees, the stones, the stars, the skies, the heavens themselves, glorifying
him, to Him belong the praises, and thanks in the heavens and the earth
		

			and they glorify Him in the afternoon. So this is now the sort of prayer Look what Allah subhanho wa
Taala has said.
		

			While I will handle this, somehow it will have the washi and so now the answer the prayers
mentioned. And this is why we say when you read a verse don't just think that that's the only verse
in the Quran. There are many other verses and the collectively they make up the Sharia together with
the explanation within the Sunnah, as well as the jurisprudence that is derived from the Quran and
the Sunnah. May Allah Subhana Allah Allah bless us all, and grant us ease. So here Allah says, offer
the sort of prayer. And when you come up to the time when the day begins to decline of the local
prayer, this is the interpretation of navbars or the long run. These are the five congregations
		

			Praise made up within these two verses.
		

			So verse number 17, speaking of three of them, and verse number 18, speaking of two of them, and
this is the interpretation of it now bustle of the long run, mentioned it of sera tabari, and the
bnab bustle of the law and was a Sahabi. And he was a great professor of the Quran, and he knows
better than I do, and you do, what exactly these verses were referring to. And they are opinions of
the others as well which make mention of the praising of Allah glorification of Allah throughout the
day, the night the afternoon Subhana Allah Al hamdu, lillah, Allahu Akbar, before and after the
prayers, the compulsory and obligatory prayers and even during those prayers, so these verses would
		

			mean fulfill your five daily prayers and they would also mean that praise Allah declare his praise
morning, afternoon, evening and night, Allahu Akbar, Allah make us from those who declare his
praise, not only by mouth, but even by our actions, whatever we do, whatever we say, Allah blessings
be upon us. So Allah says,
		

			You heard you'll hear me now. Remember, he brings out the living from the dead. Like he brought man
from, from dust from clay.
		

			And he brings out the dead from that which is living, Allahu Akbar, Allah gives so many examples.
And here Allah as examples are so great, you know, the egg that comes out of the chicken, for
example, at a stage it is considered dead, but it came out of something living and after that Allah
removed something living from that which is dead, so the chicken comes out of the egg again, when
asks what came first, the egg or the chicken? Do you know what's the Islamic answer? The chicken,
Allahu Akbar, why Allah created the chickens. And they are after he created the system, just like
men, Allah created men, and thereafter he created the reproductive system within men that gave rise
		

			to every single one of us. It's clear in the Quran. So the same applies the creatures of Allah that
give birth, or they lay eggs, the creatures were created, and the eggs were the result of the plan
of Allah that was in place for reproduction. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us the understanding
brilliant, brilliant, brilliant creatures that Allah created. Allah created men in a perfect posture
as Allah says, and this is why we constantly say,
		

			my dearest mothers and sisters, look at your posture. unluckily ated your feet, your hands, your
face, your lips, your eyes, your eyelashes, your eyebrows, your pupils, your iris. Allah created
your your fingertips, your nails, each one is in the proper place. Can you think of a better place
to put any organ of yours?
		

			Even the hair that grows? Can you think of a better place? To put it? That's a question. So Allah
says, la de la Canal in Santa Fe x. Anita, when we created mankind in the best of postures, wow.
Think of your toes. Would you like? Or do you think that there is a better place to place the toe?
Can the Toby in the middle? Think of it for a moment?
		

			Can the toe be on the sides? The big toe?
		

			What do you think? Can the thumb be where the baby finger is? Think of it. This is what Allah says
he created and he has perfected the creation according to what he wants. SubhanAllah he knows
		

			Allahu Akbar, for us and
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala has created in the best way he knows. So this is why we cannot compete with
Allah don't think it was just a coincidence. Your heart is in a specific place, they can be no
better place to have your heart.
		

			Allahu Akbar, you know, sit and ponder over it. It isn't a bother to sit and think about these
things. Because sitting and thinking about the creation of Allah, which makes you say Suba Han Allah
and hamdu Lillah Allahu Akbar, that is in fact an instruction Allah instructs the believers to save
ponder over my creation, so that you can understand the greatness of the Creator Himself.
		

			So Allah says, your fridge will hire me now. As we said, he brings out the living from the dead.
		

			And he brings out the dead from the living, and he revives the earth after its death, and thus shall
you be brought out and resurrected. Let's pause there for a moment and give a few examples. Example
number one, like we said,
		

			you have the egg that comes out of the chicken and you have a chicken that comes out of the egg
number one, number two, you have what is known as the birth of a child when the mother lost its
life. We have had it we have had instances where an animal is born.
		

			From its mother who died, that's Allah qudra it is power.
		

			And you have sometimes the power of Allah subhanho wa Taala he creates how he wills and how he
wishes you have a stillbirth. So a living creature gave bow gave birth to a creature that was not
living. That's Allah. So Allah does what he wants as he wishes, and he knows his plan. All this is
included in this verse. And Allah subhanho wa Taala says,
		

			you look at what Allah does to the earth after its death. Take a look at this beautiful rainy
season, check the grass. When you're coming on an aircraft landing, you notice how green it is in
the season. And then come the season where there is no rain. In our case, the winter is dry.
		

			In the dry winter, you will notice Subhanallah
		

			that the land is all dry. Who gives life to that land later on and how Allah causes the rain to
fall. And suddenly it becomes green. The earth is given life once again. The grass grows so tall it
becomes a bush that we need to cut it in order to appreciate sometimes that's the will of Allah
Subhana Allah to Allah. So Allah says, that is how you will be resurrected. Don't think that now
that you have
		

			become decomposed into the soil and returned to it, that we are unable to resurrect you, my mothers
and sisters, you need to know that Allah subhanho wa Taala is the greatest and it's Allah really who
owns the heavens and the earth. Next week inshallah, we will go into the verses where Allah makes
mention of all the signs of Allah, part of His Signs He created you he created spouses for you. He
makes you sleep the dreams you have signs of Allah subhanho wa Taala the lightning and everything is
a sign of Allah. May Allah subhanahu wa taala bless us all. May He open our doors May He grant us
ease and goodness. And really,
		

			may he make us from those who realize and understand and may we be from amongst those who can learn
a lesson from his word. For indeed it is not easy to it is not easy to fight the devil who comes in
the path of us and listening to a good word. I always say that a good word comes from Allah. And the
devil would like to distract you from listening to the good word. Because when you listen to the
good word, you will recognize the devil and be able to stay away from him. So there will be many
distractions in the path between you and the good word. Only those who fight those distractions will
be deserving of hidayah and guidance like Allah says, When levina jahad rufina Lana Deanna home
		

			sabudana those who struggle and strive to come to us and for our cause, they are the ones whom we
shall open the doors of guidance for, we will open the paths that lead to us for those who struggle
and strive to come towards us. Recognizing the devil and his plan and the fact that he will
distract. They will always be distractions, people will tell you don't go don't listen, don't do
this, don't do that. Don't worry, you understand is this the word of Allah will then I deserve to
listen to it, I will fight shaytan and I will fight the distractions and I will make sure that I
will listen to what Allah subhanho wa Taala His Word is because that is how I will become a person
		

			who is motivated and spiritualized to turn to my maker alone, so that when I die I have no regrets.
May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us and may we not be from amongst those who are suffocated both
in this world as well as in the next May Allah forgive us all, until we meet again sallallahu
wasallam albaraka Allah Nabina Muhammad Mohammed Subhan Allah Subhana Allah homovanillic shadow
Allah Allah Allah and Mr. Furukawa tuberculate