Muhammad West – Heart of the Quran #11

			out of alignment if you don't know Jim's Reno Amanda Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu
was Salam ala Sayidina Muhammad Ali, he was happy to remain a beloved brothers and sisters in Islam
cinematic martial law he obrigado Alhamdulillah has been to Allah, we have reached the 11th Night of
the month of Ramadan and zpanel. I don't know if it's just myself, but it seems like this the season
I'm on is going really, really quickly. We're almost up to the halfway mark of Ramadan and we plead
to Allah subhanaw taala that we attained the benefits of the blessings of this month, we know that
we are entering the second third of the month of Ramadan, which is the third of forgiveness, every
		

			evening that resources every evening or every day in the month of Ramadan. The people who were
destined to go to Jannah or they're on the list basically of janam and Allah subhanaw taala
exonerates them in this month that so many people they are sick, free, they are poor, or they are
set free, saved from the fires of gentlemen, we pray with me to Allah subhanaw taala and we are
saved from Pfizer jr number if we are on that listing, let us be saved. And it has to be set free by
His mercy in his case. Meanwhile, Family Law, we also now continue without the serious reaction. And
so we were in the second section of the solo. And this section was the story of the people of the
		

			town. And we said this unique town where Allah subhanaw taala seemed to them to profits. And then
they rejected the messengers and saw a lot but as is known as Allah assisted them with a third
messenger. These messengers were ridiculed and they were abused. And we mentioned some of the false
arguments these people made against the MBA, not to not to follow them. And then Allah subhana wa
Taala tells us in the story, there was a countryman one from amongst them that came to speak to this
these people so we have a city, you have the Gambia preaching, you have the community rejecting the
Gambia, I mean, one of the townsmen from far outside of the town, Madhya I mean, Axl Medina from
		

			outside of the town, basically the end of the town, he comes running to the city center, and you can
imagine he means not speaking to a crowd of people. In spawn Allah Allah mentions more about this
man's story than that of the Gambia. And what this man was Wali of Allah subhanho, wa Taala, this
unknown person whose words are immortalized in the Quran, Al qiyamah. He really summarizes our
theology and beliefs very beautifully. And he gives the Dow in a very beautiful way. And he says,
you know, the arguments he makes is simple. He says, You believe that there is a father with a
father who is more unique than Hanukkah holidays to create, but to further our means to originate
		

			meaning from nothing. So he says, If you believe that there is one who created all of this from
nothing, and that in the end, we will all go back to that same that same origin later. And most
people in the world believe in such an entity, then is it not? Is it not logical that we should only
worship Him? And that what benefit is it to ask anyone for assistance to turn to anyone in pray in
worship, or looking for Baraka looking for a sec looking for protection? What benefit is it to go to
any other entity besides this originated Allah subhanaw taala. And he says that if I he doesn't
mention them, he doesn't curse them, he doesn't abuse them. He says, If I were to do that, if I were
		

			to come and check, then surely I would have made a clear mistake, and I would be in error. So follow
me and follow the Gambia, these people on guidance. And of course, in response, these people
unfortunately, not only they reject him, but they killed him. And so Allah jumps to the afterlife.
And Allah says in a beautiful idea what level of religion Nate was saying to him. And so in the
agenda, he gets Jenna, how amazing and how lucky How fortunate is for him that he passed this test
and Allah subhanaw taala directly sent him sent him to Jana is a few verses that are very beautiful
in the sawed off some of my favorite verses. One of them is with this message called aelita, homie.
		

			He says, Oh, how I wish basically is he still feeling any great for his people. He says How I wish
my people could see how Allah has forgiven me and see what Allah has made me amongst the marami
meaning could see this Jana, and it's a beautiful thing to think about many of us in the month of
Ramadan, we think about those of our loved ones who have passed away. parents, grandparents, Mama,
Grandma, all of them are a blessing gentlemen, Allah forgive the shortcomings. And the month of
Ramadan is the month of forgiveness, such as for us alone, also forgive them as well might be that
someone who has died, the names on the list of punishment and it's through your door, that they are
		

			exonerated and saved. I mean, so those reports the way we think about them, and we will usually mean
Ramadan, how nice it would be with us to be maybe around the fourth table, they are missing. But at
the same time, a nicer thought would be that they are looking at the agenda. They are sitting there
looking and enjoying themselves and they are thinking of us and say yeah, later how we wish our sons
and our daughters, our grandkids can be with us and see what Allah has prepared for us of a reward
and how we wish they have joined us and they can, you know, leave the world quickly and can join us
in January we'll all be together. United. One of the great blessings of going to Gen Neff is that we
		

			will not intergender alone, we will intergender together and so we will appreciate Jana as families.
I mean, may that be the case soon for all of us. I mean, and so this man dies and now Allah subhana
wa tada jumps back to the town. So after we've concluded with the death of this valley of Allah,
Allah now speaks about the consequences of the town. Allah is looking to leave
		

			We'd like that. That is the the pious man has gone to Jana. But now these people have crossed the
line. Remember the NBS is the UI people must must recall that you are crossing a line and now
they've crossed the Red Line they've actually killed a believer. And so now almost final dollar is
going to take any tribution Allah says our political regime was 28 where my hands are now Allah call
me he mean by the heme. In June de Mina summer he moondream. Allah says, and we did not sit down
upon his people, meaning the man who died, we've not seen upon his people off the meaning of the he
was killed any soldiers from the heavens, no would we have done so Allah saying you as a retribution
		

			as a way to punish these people, there was not a need for Allah to send down one of these he
soldiers meaning one of the angels, or one of the elite of Allah creations, Allah says, These people
are not worthy even for me to send, like special forces against them. I imagined maybe one country
threatening, you know, a very small, tiny country threatening a big country and says, You know what,
send us your your special forces send your most advanced weapons, and then as a response, you know,
the strong countries and it is not even befitting for you to even seen our most advanced technology.
We don't need to even send you one of our powerful weapons, you are so insignificant, so inferior,
		

			all it takes is something really simple to destroy you. So Allah says, For them, they will not even
deserving of Allah sending down an angel upon them to destroy them. Some cities Allah subhanho wa
Taala punish them by sending an angel for example, the people of north of Los Angeles realizes that
I'm down and he lifted the city completely upside down. Almost is for these people. There was no
need for me even to send my angels and my soldiers against them in Canada Illa say hotton wahida for
either home huami doing all it took is just one loud scream one loud shout for either whom hominin
Allah says a single one screaming it's sort of it is to mention here the how easy it was to to
		

			destroy them. All it took was a single shout loud scream for either whom harm anyone and then they
were completely extinguished. So some points of this is the wording Allah Subhana use so again, a
say ha, Allah the street a number of cities with the sky with a scream that people have Thamud with
a stone with a say the people of nimisha muddy and they will also destroyed with us loud sound that
shook the city and even cause earthquakes in it so it's a matter of vibration. It's something which
happens suddenly without any warning you hear the scream and mean everyone in that is as if though,
you know they fell down and died. Allah mentions actually the word Yeah, he doesn't say destroyed.
		

			Allah uses the word mcma when my home very interesting what's election Yeah, and mcmanamon is the
word you use when you stomp out a fire completely. So there's a fire and you smother eat and he dies
instantly, and not even a single image is live in is completely dead. And so Allah subhanaw taala
mentions how Not a single one of them remained after the scheme was was upon them, of course,
besides for the believers, and I'll also use the analogy of a fire because the fire is dangerous,
and it can cause harm to others. So if you remember these people, it wasn't that they disbelieved
that Allah subhanaw taala is destroying them. It was now that they disbelieve is actually harming
		

			the believers like this via that is not springing out of control, as a mercy actually to the rest of
creation. They are they are completely extinguished. Another way is to think of him as a cancer, the
cancer harms any sort of body and So now Allah subhanaw taala as a mercy is extracting them from the
creation and removing them completely. So he is ending the harm and with this one single shout, they
will complete the foul and they were they were extinguished Allah subhanaw taala protectors. Then
the next I and again this is one of my favorite is of the of the soul. And it shows you really Allah
subhanaw taala his desire for us to want to be successful. Allah subhanho wa Taala of the years
		

			destroy this nation. Allah doesn't want us to think that he is one that is looking to destroy or
he's looking to sin, anyone's agenda. Rather Allah wants us to succeed. And Allah wants us to take
heed and use the blessings He's given us so that we can get to Jenna. So in the next iotus Yeah,
Hassan al a bad Hassan is actually a regret, it is more intense than another. The word nerdom in
Arabic means to be remorseful or regretful hustla is even more than that is we someone has so much
regret that he lost all hope. So Allah says, How are we grateful for the bad How will the great fall
sorrowful and some of us he actually mentioned Allah Himself is saying this, some say to the angels,
		

			some actually say Allah is saying that how sorry he feels basically for that humanity, you know, in
a manner which befits almost majesty, Allah is saying that he feels a sense of regret for the
creation for his a bad for these and the slaves, even though they rejected him. They didn't obey Him
but not worship Him. They stole his creation, Maya t mira Sunil Academy yesterday when Allah says
they did not come to the meaning any group of people in the history of mankind, whenever he seems to
them a Rasulullah a messenger. He's giving them this amazing gift of prophethood except that they
will ridicule and they will mock and they will insult me sambia was giving you this gift, and
		

			instead of learning from it, you're benefiting
		

			You actually turn against the the messenger and so Allah saying, Yeah, how certain about how how
regretful it is for the for the slaves. And we'll have to do this. And it's a theme that sadly it is
that most people follow. And again, we should not think of ourselves external to these nations that
before, it is most likely that he DC always tends to repeat itself, even always talking about
nations that came many, many 100 years 1000s of years ago, it could be as it could be me we should
all consider ourselves in the story. When we listen to the story of the Gambia, maybe you listen to
the story of Nomi Moosa and Iran and who are you in the story, you must be one of the characters
		

			either you or the Navy Musab the story or the fit of the story. You're those who follow Nabi Musa,
Oh, those are following. And so this is the same in this story, who are we have these are these
people, we hope and we pray that Allah subhanaw taala. This has to be of the only and the successful
ones. But remember, it couldn't be we are those who do not take all those words, seriously, we do
not take his messenger seriously. And so a lot also mentions your ridicule, because the first step
to crossing that line is when we don't take the message seriously, we think it likely we are
forgetful. And once we start, you know this, respecting the message and the guidance realizing that
		

			the next step is to disobey it, and invest the first step into the progression and tolls panel or
some even cross that line where they are liable for the punishment in the dunya and akhira. Again,
we need to reflect like you're in Cape Town not so long ago, Allah sent a drought upon us and then
Allah remove that drought, that drought, certainly we take note that these things happen with
reason. So these are message for us maybe we have cross certain lines, we have done something wrong
in terms of our relationship with Allah or our relationship with one another. And if we crossed
those lines, it is for us to reflect and contemplate and to come back and to be humble. Now we have
		

			a new pandemic a new situation upon us and this is these are reminders for each of us to fix
ourselves my last pilot Allah grant us to fix ourselves on loving continuous over that and he says
yeah, Hassan a bad mad at me rasulillah kind of BS as he won't allow me to come I like nakaba
hormonal curonian homie let him lie or join a lie. Now since a warning to the Quraysh. And to all of
us these people that were destroyed are just one of many Allah says Allah Miro Do you not see come a
hillock? Now how many nations have we destroyed before them in the past, meaning if we look through
history and to analyze till today, we are discovering throughout the world, civilizations that just
		

			were wiped off the map, we didn't even know they existed, we find the ruins Are they gone? We don't
know why they were destroyed. What happened to them, South America, so many nations, throughout the
Middle East, you find so many cities that were completely destroyed, either through floods, or
volcano, or even sometimes we don't even know what happened to them. They just disappeared
completely. It could be like this, the Sahaba scream, and they were gone. So Allah says Have they
not considered how many generations we know current generations are saying we have destroyed before
them. And now let him lay out a john. And so they will never ever return meaning they have become
		

			completely extinct. Like we see the dinosaurs, they are gone. Not only is it not to die is one
thing, but for the entire species to be wiped out, and they will never come back. Allah says how
many nations or have they been and the word The reason I was come? It's obviously a rhetorical
question, meaning you cannot count how many. And so it should make us worried that this is a general
theme of what happens to civilizations, we receive the reminders and they don't may turn away from
it, and then they become liable for the for the punishment. And again, it is not that Allah is
saying that he wants to punish or although it is their own doings, that they live a certain life and
		

			they themselves are falling off a cliff. But um, they are trying to save them. And so salami gives a
beautiful example. He says I am like a man that is standing in front of a fire. And they are moths
an insect rushing into this fire. And I am coming to block them trying to save them from the fire.
But no matter how hard I try, many of them will dodge me and they will hit into the fire. So it
isn't that Allah push these people in the fire Rather, they were already on their way. And the
messenger was the last, you know, barrier to stop them. But they of course ridiculed they didn't
take him seriously. They didn't take the warning seriously. And so where you have to be left, they
		

			fell in that in that fire. And so Allah says they are completely extinct, they will never ever
return. Then Allah reminds us Subhana Allah how beautifully flows from one section to the next
section. Allah says we're in kulula gemi Allah Dana macaroon that even though we are many, many
countless generations that are extinct, some of them that have been destroyed for 1000s and 1000s of
years, they bones have become dust. Allah says we're in kulula jameela dana neuron, but indeed,
surely all of them will be presented before us they will all come back and they will be presented
before us. And of course, this is eluding to the day of the day of judgment when they have piano and
		

			that is now introducing the next section. well as for HANA data will give IR to enforce the concept
of of the after. So we said one of the things that the Qureshi Of course maybe didn't believe fully
in was the concept of an afterlife and Subhanallah many, many people today even they basically look
at this world and they say, there is no life after this life. And so Allah subhanho wa Taala will,
in the next section, give very simple examples to enforce
		

			The concept of the afterlife. And the most simple example he gives, just introducing the next
section is Allah gives an example of how we look at a land. And for us here in Cape Town, we saw it,
it was barren, it was dead. During the drought, nothing was growing, and all of a sudden rain was
put upon it. And out of it, Allah subhanaw taala brought life. And so Allah is reminding you, you
are seeing a resurrection happening, something we just completely did. Allah brings life to it. And
so do not be surprised that Allah will do the same with us. And in fact, we will be in the ground,
we are buried in the ground. And from it, we will come out we'll talk about that section in sha
		

			Allah tomorrow. So just to summarize, we did the second section of surah Yaseen, which enforces the
concepts of prophethood. It enforces the ideas of Revelation and the relationship we have with the
MBR, the warnings, and of course, the afterlife. And again, so if you look at the audience, so this
is number one, this the second section speaks to the Prophet also long it gives him a comfort that
look, you are not the first to be rejected. In fact, all the messages were rejected, all of them
were ridiculed, this is really the part this is part and parcel It comes with the territory, they've
already crossed the line meaning for you, this is what you want. When Allah in sinned upon them the
		

			other we know that a beautiful lamp was given the option, especially after the you went to five and
preach to him, Allah gave him the option if you want you gave the green light now to destroy them.
And then let me select the option and many of the ambia before they were destroyed, Allah subhana wa
tada gave the Amir the last choice, you make the decision. Now, if you feel that these people are
beyond fixing, and then the punishment is against him, but they are liable for it, of course, raw
material aluminium, me so solemn, never ever invoked upon his own people, that they be destroyed,
and he rather persevered and, you know, continuously took the hardship upon himself, and never did
		

			he make it work against his own his own people, even though they just believed in Him, then, of
course, is a beautiful message to the Sahaba. This is true in I imagined abubaker. And as well, and
you know, those are Sahaba that are being oppressed, they are learning that Allah is telling them
that look, it might be that you are going to be killed, it is very possible that your own people
might kill you like this while in the Quran. But in return, Allah is going to give you a great great
reward, persevere part of it is a human struggle. And in the end, Allah subhanaw taala is going to
do and then of course, the message the other audiences that have the courage that they are being
		

			one, they should go and look and see how many nations were destroyed before. And Allah is giving
them another example of a nation that was destroyed instantly, just with one sound and they were
gone. And this could very much happen to the Quraysh if they persevere on this, and then as we said,
Allah subhanaw taala will move into the next the next phase of the next phase of the surah is
talking about evidences that you can look in front of your eyes now wants to prove these these
concepts through logic and reasoning Allah introduced you know, the concept of resurrection, our
last panel that I explained to them on the word of this what he the concept of a creator. So now I
		

			was going to show them look at look at the natural world for evidences as to allowing the creator
and there will be a resurrection of this life and inshallah that is our third section. Allah
subhanaw taala blesses mama grant us to follow the guidance to take the reminders that Alessia they
gave the scene to us. And may Allah Spanish Allah grant us success I mean Sokka Hi, Sarawak,
Marbella.