Mufti Menk – What Did You Do?
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Allah says: <> in Surah al-Ankabut also Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says,
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yutrakooo any yaqoolooo aamannaa wa hum la..
yuftanoon>> [Q,29:2], this man thinks that it's sufficient for him to say, "we believe and then he's not tested."
Allah says, <
qablihim fala ya'lamannal laahul lazeena sadaqoo wa la ya'lamannal kaazibeen>> [Q,29:3]: We have indeed tested them
before you.
before before man before us Allah says we tested all of the people. I mean before this Quran was revealed
at the time of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Allah says even before you we tested
everyone, in order to distinguish between who is really truthful, and who is a liar. Subhanallah, one
might wonder what was the truth and the lie? Well, Allah says, before we created you, we created
within you a fitr, nature, naturally, you would think, and you would come back to believing there
is a deity, someone made me when I die, I cannot just disappear into thin air, I have to go back to
he who made me and I'm going to give my record of deeds, I'm going to say how I did and so on, you
know, you go out in the morning from your house, you come back in the evening, and your parents
asked you, how was your day? What did you do and why did you do this? And why didn't you do that?
And well done for this. And that? Well, Allah's example is far higher. He released you into the
earth. And when you go back, He's gonna say what did you do? And how did you do it? Did you worship
Me? Did you remember Me? Because Allah says,
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ghaafileen>> [Q,7:172]. Amazing verse, Allah says, you know, do you remember that time when we removed all of the
souls from the back of Adam alayhis salaam and all of you were there? And we asked you, who is your
Lord? Am I not your Lord? And you all answered, Yes, you are. And Allah says, Don't forget this. You
don't come back on the day of Qiyamah and judgment and say I don't remember and I don't know. And guess
what; we don't remember. But fitrah and the nature makes us go back to it. Ask questions. So don't
take risks when it comes to worship.