Muhammad West – Heart of the Quran #22

			I was relying on the check on our resumes we know Amanda Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil aalameen.
Also that was Ramallah I should have been saving them how many know Allah and he was happier
Jemaine, my beloved brothers and sisters in Islam salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. Just
like Luffy thank you so much for joining us tonight, number 22 of the season, I'm a woman. So behind
Allah only a week to go basically for this year. And I pray that Allah subhanaw taala blesses us in
these last few nights. I likes it from us all the bidat that we've done so far, I pray that
inshallah we increasing in Nevada, as we are going towards the end of the Ramadan. And I know it's
		

			difficult, I'm feeling it as well, you know, we have kids, we have work, and it's difficult to spend
as much time as we want in the act of worship. And many people have emailed me and said, You know, I
just don't feel like I'm doing enough, I'd love to make more Salah because of work because of kids,
you know, I'm deprived of that time, or the sisters, for example, it mentioned that in the hide,
they're not able to stand as they want to. And so we always feel like we're not doing enough and
hamdulillah that's a good thing. that's a that's a sign of a man. And remember that, as we saw
seldom said to the Sahaba, especially those who wanted to exert themselves, the profitsystem
		

			reminded them and reminds us that we're not going to get to gender, based on our actions, we will
never do enough to attain gender, the reward of gender far exceeds whatever deeds we could do.
Rather, it is a trophy, a mercy, it is a lesson from Allah, that He rewards us and that reward is
based on sincerity. It's based on consistency, it's based on doing as much as we can, what is within
our ability to do and putting in as much effort as we can and Allah subhanaw taala remember, he's a
shocker, meaning he's most appreciative, the little that we do, he appreciated more than than we
deserve. And so never ever believe or feel that our good deeds are inferior or insignificant. Allah
		

			subhanaw taala bit Neela he accepts them and he multiplies them many many times over especially in
Ramadan. And so even the smallest we do has a greater he will be will we continue in sha Allah
without I've seen and I'm hungry last two days ago, we finished autopsy of surah Yaseen and I'm
really humbled and overwhelmed by the the amount of emails we receive, and messages of gratitude,
you know, people appreciating the deceit and Alhamdulillah It is only a blessing from Allah subhanaw
taala that myself and the team have put on Islam. And I always like to mention that is not just
myself, it's a whole bunch of people that that contribute every evening to push these lectures out.
		

			And for us to know that many people that have really decided to write Yes, in all your lives are
being able to connect with the surah on a much deeper level, what hamdullah there is a great
blessing for us and it humbles us an awful lot to accept from us, and hamdullah than we did last
night the Tafseer of total color. As we know the night of laser color is upon us one of these nights
in Sharla is that very special night. Now this evening, and hopefully as we get through to the end
of Ramadan, and Allah grant us the ability to do so we are going to start and complete the Tafseer
of Surah Surah tabarrok, as some of us call it, the 67th surah of the Quran and we will find it in
		

			the second last Jews in the 29th Jews are section of the Quran is the first surah of the 29th Jews
and in fact it begins a new section. So the Quran is divided into groupings of chapters and surah.
Barak is the first of the last grouping, which goes from put at the bottom and Tokelau to grow up in
us. And as we sit with surah Yaseen, it's always good to understand the context of His revelation.
When was it revealed what time in the Prophetic Mission did the solo come down, because this will
give a bigger hint as to the subject matter of the soraa the theme, we can derive a lot of it
knowing when it was revealed, because of the miraculous nature of the Quran, the minute hegira took
		

			place, the way the code and the style of the revelation changes, as panelists just shows you that
the author of the Quran could not have been a human being rather it is it is divine, because a human
would not be able to change the the message and change the theme so easily as the audience change.
It's regarded as an early makansutra. So very early in the mission of the Dow. And we know at the
beginning stages of the Dow and the early Mac consumers and in fact most of them are consumers. What
do we expect to find in a suit or like this, we expect that Allah subhanaw taala would focus on the
concept of Eman the pillars of a man, you won't find many rules. There's not much low security find
		

			Allah subhanaw taala would enforce the concept as to who is Allah, his lordship over the creation
and the purpose of life being that of worshipping of Allah, Allah subhanaw taala would also like in
Surah Yasin through our attention to certain signs that are all around us, that will be evidences
for for Allah and evidences for the afterlife, Allah subhanaw taala would of course confirm and
reinforce the concepts of prophethood the messengers of Allah subhanaw taala, the angels or the
pillars of human right will be confirmed in the makansutra. And we expect this also in throughout
the barrack. They will also be mentioned on the day of karma and the consequences of not following
		

			the guidance and of course, that you would for those who do follow the guidance. So as we went
through surah Yaseen, we noted that the tone was quite severe. The verdict is quite imminent against
the kurush and they are on the brink of a punishment, the stone of surah Yasin is a lot more
threatening, it's a lot more serious. surah tarraco surah mulk is earlier than Surya seen and so
therefore, we also expect that it will be of a softer tone, and more of a dialogue and reflection
rather than a threat. And of course, this is how the hour progresses and it's beautiful when you
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			tafsir you can see how the Quran progresses in its message as the time and the audience changed. So
we begin in sha Allah before we get into the tafsir. Let's discuss some of the virtues. So like we
say that surah Yaseen, of any narrations Is there anything that the prophets of Salaam or from the
actions of the Sahaba that we could know, that could tell us with a serum which is special in any
way, I'm sure I decided daily is a special time like sort of calf that we recite on a Friday is the
only thing in the tradition that speaks to it. 100 there are there are a number of authentic
narrations about surah milk and some weak narrations as well. And we'll go through some of them in
		

			sha Allah before we begin the surah. In the mystery Mohammed Hadith narrated by Abu Ghraib. And he
said that the prophets also said that visually in the Quran, there is a chapter, which contains 30.
ayat, now you'll know that the barracks amok has that the ayat and also the fact that the resource
alum mentions the number of is the reason why inspired a lot at the time. Of course, in the
terminal, we certainly didn't have the concept of minutes and seconds they didn't have kilometres.
So, one of the ways in which they would denote time would be if they will say, you know, between
Sahaja, basically and the Adana fudger would be about 50. If, for example, in fact, they would even
		

			say between Abu Bhansali will have very close to the house of an abyssal Salam delta between him and
the prophets house was Kuru Allah had meaning if you just had to recycle Allah Allah is very close.
So the original salami saying Surah tabarrok was the surah is a surah. In the Quran, which has 30
ayat, meaning it's a very short surah which contains the the ayat that will intercede on behalf of
its reciter until he is forgiven. And it is the Baraka Libya, Iraq and southern province from st is
reciting the first verse of surah mod. So the surah the Prophet is saying it will intercede it is an
intersystems one of the names of surah movies, it is this intercessor. The surah is going to be one
		

			of the witnesses for the one who recited the companion the person who recited surah MK regularly, it
was part of his daily routine, the surah will stand up as a defender and an intercessor in the grave
on the deaf gamma, and many, many junctions, this one will be the one that will come in your defense
in times of hardship, and it is for the one that he cited regularly. In a bubble Ronnie, it's also
mentioned in the problem said there is a chapter in the Quran that will argue on behalf of its
reciter until it causes him to enter into Jannah. So in the previous Hadith it was the surah will
keep on interceding, meaning it won't stop interceding, until Allah forgives that person. And in the
		

			next generation, it is the surah will be main attached to this person until he is taken to gender
spatola. So we have this imagery that these this person to a MOOC was his companion throughout your
lives of the everyday through ease through hardship, when you are busy, when you are free, you made
a point that every single day I will decide ceramic, and ceramic was with you. Now when you pass
away, sure a mock is going to be with you in your cover. And when you resurrected and stand before
Allah subhanaw taala. So the MOOC will be there. And every time the person is in hardships, who will
stand up as an intercessor. And in fact, the next release, it will argue it will actually defend you
		

			until you get to the gates of Jannah. And that's where a MOOC will separate from you. And now you're
in general, you're no longer in need. So basically also on this panel, it is an amazing narration
about the virtues of this very short surah in another longer hiraeth. And this is perhaps one of the
most authentic narrations about Surah mulk. Even was, Oh, it was reported in a testimony. I mean, he
says that when the angels will come to a man in his grave, they will come to his feet. And these are
the angels of other angels of punishment. And they would want to punish him and his feet will say
you have no power over us for us to decide surah mulk and so Ramapo basically defend him, when they
		

			will come to his chest and his stomach from on top of him. And again, it will be saying that you
have no power over this person, you cannot harm this man, because you decided to remote and so
remote is a defender when you will come to his head. And similarly it will say that he decided to
remote and you have no power over him. So then I also said, it is a manual, meaning a preventer, a
protector, that protects him against the punishment of the grave, and is referred to in the Torah,
as certainly milk wherever reciting by night has done a great deal and has done well. So again, we
know that in other narrations, then abyssal solemn tells us that the two big intercessors for us on
		

			piano, there'll be many of them, but two of our deeds that will have a weight in terms of indecision
would be our fasting and our Quran. And the fasting will say to Allah that this person he gave up
his drink and his pleasure during the day on my account. So because of me he didn't enjoy himself
during the day. And in the Quran would say I kept him busy at night, I kept him out of his sleep by
reciting and so now I'm here for him. I'm just I'm vouching for him. And so particularly in the
grave, you know, there's no one else to assist us. This is when the Quran will stand up as a light
and as an intercessor. And especially surah MK When the angels of punishment would want to come from
		

			different angles so that our mock will defend as a man as a barrier and as a protector. Also,
interestingly, in this in this Hadith, the Prophet autonomies saying that Surah makos actually
mentioned in the Torah, that there is this amazing surah that protects you from from the punishment
of the grave and it is it's going to come and the Hadith also talks about reciting
		

			At night, there seems to be consensus that really it is best to decide to remove before we go to
sleep is one of those bedtime routines that we do, especially because we don't know if we're gonna
wake up in the morning, we continue another police. Most of our beloved Miss road, whoever decides
to lock the bar every night Allah will protect him V by for the punishment of the grave. And at the
time of the messenger salsa lamb used to call it a man. So this goes back to the previous Hadith M
is a hadith of jabil. And this is weak this Hadith, it says that obeso salam would recite Surah Al
Islami and sajida and he would recite to Surah tabarrok as part of his nighttime routine. So every
		

			evening before he went to bed, he will recite Surah mulk. There's a few other Sahaba that mentions
or sentiment also mentions that then a result Sonam will recite this before you incubate. And so the
surah In summary, what we can say is undoubtably the this consensus from the narrations that surah
MOOC is one of the most powerful intercessors for a person, especially in the grave, and to be
forgiven. And as a predictor from the punishment of the grave, there is a question What is the
difference between the value of the cover and the thickness of the cover. So you need to understand
the difference between these two things that are that of the cover is the punishment of the cover.
		

			So for certain sins for certain people, the punishment, mela protectors will begin in the cover. And
it could be that the cover is the place the person is punished, and then he's purified and he does
not get punished in the athlete or it could be that someone's punishment begins in the cover. And he
continues all the way into Japan and Allah, Allah protect us. And of course, each stage of the
punishment gets more and more severe. So the cover is lesser than the AMA and kiama is lesser than
Jana, and somewhat ridiculous. And so he saw like milk is one of those things that protects you from
the either of the copper, the fitna of copper is the questioning of the copper, and the or different
		

			things that protects you from the questioning of the copper. For example, for a good person who dies
on a Friday, one of the rewards is that he is exempted from the questioning. So the questioning is a
test. And obviously the test is difficult but not as bad as the punishment of copper. And so Sora
mock is coming as a protector from the punishment of a copper and we also see here that there seems
to be some kind of consensus that it should be recited in the evenings and preferably inshallah,
before we go to bed one of those nighttime routines Allah knows best. So they asked beginning Sharla
without FC on the balance sheet Allah rajim Bismillah R Rahman Rahim tabarrok Allah Vbn e muku Allah
		

			coalition Cody, Allah begins the surah using the word tabarrok and tabarrok. Look at the translation
it is bliss, it is He, the word tabarrok comes from the word Baraka meaning blessings are goodness.
And if we dive deeper into this word, the word Baraka comes from something having an unnatural
increase more than what is supposed to be so you have a cup that is maybe a measure of grain that is
half a kilo, it should last you basically a week. But Subhanallah this, this cup has gone more than
a week. So there was some kind of special blessings or goodness inside of it, something which has
Baraka in it. It is something which Allah has endured, he has put some goodness in it. And so it's
		

			goodness is increased, or its goodness indoors, or it is protected from loss. So if Allah puts
Baraka in your car, it saves it from getting into accidents. If you put Baraka in your fuel, it
means that tank of Bethel goes a lot longer than it would normally do. And sometimes Baraka can be
taken out of something that would should last you a week or you don't you don't know how but the
money is gone after two, three days. And we find that Subhanallah there is a lack of Baraka in time
you think how did the time go I only get a few things and my entire day went by sometimes the other
side is through you look at how much you've achieved in one day, maybe especially if you're doing
		

			some form of Ebola, or live recited so much today. And I found it so easy. So Allah subhanho wa
Taala induce certain things with blessings and Baraka and certain times and places and people. Allah
subhanho wa Taala makes them conduits. They are not the source of the Baraka or the Baraka comes
from Allah, but you are able to access this extra blessing. So for example, Ramadan is a time that
is more blessing than other times and so by doing good deeds in Ramadan, it increases in goodness,
certain places like the harems, you make sure that in the harem, it gives you more blessings, the
prophets of Allah and these are the only people that the body is has Baraka inside of it. Of course,
		

			they themselves are not Mubarak or other they themselves are not the source of the Barak the Baraka,
they are more Baraka by virtue of Allah subhanho wa Taala, placing that goodness in them. So,
anything that Allah subhanaw taala has put Baraka inside of it becomes mobarak it becomes a
blessing, in other words, tabarrok it is the exaggerated form of Baraka with more Baraka inside of
it. So, Allah is saying that he is tabarrok that he is the source of all Baraka, he is the one that
has infinite amount of blessings that all goodness that you find in creation comes from is the
ultimate source of Baraka. And then Allah subhanaw taala says, The Baraka, Lady via the hill milk,
		

			so blessing is the one who hasn't mentioned his name yet also Melissa is He who holds all of
creation within his hand he has dominion within his hand over all of creation. malkia is Ms whether
the name sort of milk comes from milk is he has ownership, it denotes sovereignity. He owns
everything in all of creation. And when all this is really within his hand or within his
		

			It shows of course power. When Allah mentions his hand It signifies might and power and control,
that Allah exerts complete influence over all of creation, or well acquisition causes, and he is
over everything cool. The shame is absolutely everything, every atom, every molecule, every drop
every grain of sand, he has control other means destiny, we said and power, he decrees and he has
power over every single thing in all of creation. So this is a very powerful beginning verse, Allah
begins by saying, the one who controls all of creation, he is imbued with all of Baraka. And so if
we link the to Allah is showing in this verse, that yes, he controls everything, and he has power
		

			over all things. But he begins by saying, he has blessed everything. And he turns to his creation,
with a form of blessing and goodness that from him, extends his goodness upon all of his creation.
And so on Allah, just this verse alone, if we take a moment to think about it is being revealed at
the beginning phases of the dour. When the believers are quite few in number, they're being
persecuted, they can't defend themselves. And this idea comes out with such power, that all power
and might lies in the hands of Allah Who controls everything, and he is all goodness in him. And so
Subhanallah we're doing a series parallel to this, the miracles of Quran one of the things we needed
		

			today on this Jamal was how the Quran could not have been written by then abyssal Salam. And so you
wouldn't expect someone who was at a very low position in the Dawa is being persecuted, would come
out with such a powerful statement. Also what we learned from the surah Oh, this verse alone, as we
make into our now and we are upon us in the light of destiny, who Allah is going to declare things.
Remember, this verse is telling you when he decrees something, he wants to declare with goodness,
Allah subhana wa Taala wants to extend that Baraka and everything in your health in your children,
in your money. In our email, Allah is a source of endless goodness and blessings, if we were to only
		

			access it through to our and to besieging for that. And so as we're making sure nothing is beyond
the control of Allah, and nothing is out of the reach of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So whatever you
need, it is to ask Allah and he is the source of all goodness. Our handler then continues, and levy
holla call moto Hyatt, the one who has control over all of creation, as mentioned in the previous
verse, who is all Blizzard, he is the one that created a moat while higher death and life Leah Balu
welcome, Amara. So as a test to see who of you are based in in actions, or who will Azizullah food
and he's Almighty and oft forgiving. None of them were sitting have ever discussed around this
		

			verse. And of course, the most interesting part of this verse is Allah says that he created death
and life as a test for for who will do the best in deeds. So the fact that death was mentioned
First, we know the cycle of life is you're born, you live and then you die. And then you already
selected again, while Allah mentioned the first Why did he say I created death? Well, remember, moat
also doesn't mean death mode could mean non existence. So it could be one time series that Allah
mentions the state of lifelessness before we were created, that he is the one who created us without
any life in it basically did not be Adam, we know stood as a statue for a long period of time
		

			without any life in him. So he was basically lifeless, when Allah created life in him, and so that
he would live on this earth as it is, and that is one Tafseer. The other half series also to say,
the death is talking about after we die, you know, when we leave our body, and in the life often it
is a test. So Allah is testing us with the afterlife Do we believe in it, we cannot see it. We don't
know anyone who has come back to tell us about it. So always think he created death and the life of
the death as a test for us to see who would do the most in good deeds in this world. We also note
here that Allah is saying that life is is a test meaning a Bella Bella is not something easy, it is
		

			something you will be tired by it, it is something that will be a form of hardship upon you. And so
always saying life is a taste and death is a taste and in fact, the fact maybe the death is
mentioned first because this is perhaps the most difficulties that we can experience is that of
losing a loved one or when we die, there is no test greater than that. So Allah says it is us with
death, it is us with life to see who will respond in the best of in the best of ways. The
competition here also is the nebula welcome. So as it is to see who of you are based Indeed, indeed,
this is not a competition between me and you, and one person and another person. Rather, it is a
		

			competition with yourself. Allah subhanaw taala if you will only one person on earth, you will also
be in the state you're being tested to see who of you will make the best versions of yourself who
will bring to Allah the best deeds on the day of karma. It also shows us then, that each and every
one of us we all have the potential to pass this test. There's no one so bad that he's going to fail
by virtue of himself. And there is no one so good that cannot fail this exam. Every single one of us
we are being tested against ourselves. We are being confronted in our life with a daily piece of
life. We are confronted with death to see who of us will bring to Allah the beast of deeds, and he
		

			is exalted in mighty Allah is reminding us again his power and his greatness and as is a very
powerful name, but he has power over all
		

			things we're all full of meaning that he is also the most merciful, that he can hold us to account
for what we do. And many of us fail this test continuously. He can reprimand us instantly, but he's
here for meaning that he tempers his might with his mercy and His forgiveness. A mirror is a shield,
meaning Allah says, I protect you from Allah's punishment that you incur upon yourself. He is that
protector. And so these are beautiful verses who are told what Allah says they will three Sahaba
they've made a mistake and they realize there is no malaria, there is no escaping Allah except to
Allah, the only way to save yourself from Allah is to flee towards Allah subhanaw taala. And so
		

			Allah is the one yes, that can hold us to account. And he's also the only one that can defend us
from those misdeeds that we do also have the continuous allele he's also the one I love the
Holocaust. Saba somehow I think dibaca he created the heavens seven of them tilaka stacked one upon
the other layer, like you know, like you have plates on one on top of the other or cakes, you know,
spinal I'm recording this just before we started, so maybe cakes are on my mind, seven layers
stacked one on top of the other. Somehow what is interesting, we need to discuss what's the
difference between the somehow what the sky's the heavens, Jenna, what is what are all these things?
		

			So the word Samadhi refers to anything that is above us, it could be the sky of this world, I mean,
this planet, the atmosphere of this planet, it could be the the universe and in the end in fact,
when we talk about the summer, when I was speaks about the things in the summer, so what's in the
summer, you would find that the clouds are between the heavens and the earth, you will find all
speaks about the summer what what's inside of it all the sun is in the summer, the moon is in the
summer, the stars are in the summer. And so the summer when almost speaks about the skies or the
heavens, you're talking about the universe that is above us, that which is above our heads that is
		

			this summer, so always saying as much as we see the summer, there are seven more of them, or six
more of them, stacked one upon the other. And in a Hadith of the Prophet peace of animals in the
likeness of this summer with this universe, if we will, to the universe. above it. The next layer is
like that of a ring thrown into the desert with a ring is this summer or this universe in the desert
is the next one. And so two from the next one to the next is like getting thrown in the desert. So
this universe which we call the summer adonia, the lowest summer. This one is the smallest of it.
And as I will mention, when we look at the universe that the known universe that we've only been
		

			able to see, and there's more to it, we become overwhelmed by its might bite size by its majesty and
Subhanallah This is some dunya This is the lowest summer so Allah Subhana Allah says he is the one
that created the seven heavens one puffs he also mentions that seven could also mean that yes, they
are physically seven, you can count them. It could also mean seven as an indication of unlimited
amount of creation seven times times, is used as a way for the elders would say seven meaning a lot.
The unknown number of humans that are lost panel data have created a loss prime data continues, and
he says Martha Rafi hockey Rahmani Minerva, who you will do not see in the creation of the Most
		

			Merciful. So Allah again affirms that he creates with mercy, that his interaction with his creation
is that of mercy He chose very specifically, the name of man which is the Most Merciful of his names
that he says, you will not see in the creation of the Most Merciful mindef out the fall with all in
consistencies of things that are out of sequence things there is no coordination. Allah says that if
you look into the summer, especially the summer what I was talking about the summer what you would
find perfect coordination and synchronization is panela. Like we spoken. Surah Yaseen, and like we
know now in our studies of the universe, everything is in a precise, perfect orbit. It is so precise
		

			that you can measure your calendars by you take your time, based on the motion of the Sun and the
moon's Pinilla. And so Allah says, if you were to analyze the summer, you would find no
inconsistency in it. And it's interesting Allah speaks about the summer and not the earth because in
the earth, where people are you find in consistencies you find things going out of order and that is
because of the doings of inside we as the head of evens are protected from us we don't you know, we
don't control it and therefore we find perfect synchronisation and harmony in the summer what so
Allah says photo gl basara look again for a second time outer amin for tourists Allah say when you
		

			look up, do you see any any inconsistencies? Now Allah directs our eyes look, again, you haven't
looked enough look to the sky one more time. Do you see any food any breaks? Any erupts? Any any any
mistakes in the heavens? Do you see anything of it? Allah subhana wa Taala is challenging us now in
this verse to go and look. And in the next verse, Allah continues this challenge Allah says, through
murgee l basara. return your eyesight. Again, it's a common look again, and this is also a powerful
evidence to show Allah is actually telling us to study astronomy. Allah wants us to look at the
heavens. Allah wants us to study deep into science because when you study in the depths of the
		

			oceans or the depths of space, it will lead you to the creator because there has to be someone of
power and might and knowledge and mercy behind the creation. So let's run system.
		

			So much in vassula look once again karate nikora means it's sort of like how military troops would
go and they would attack they would attack in waves Allah says, sin against us your eyesight again
and again and wave upon wave against us trying to see the heavens and the earth investigated again
and again. Young kaliba illegal buffalo haseo Whoa, whoa, whoa, see, your bus Are you looking you're
studying your observation would be returned to you it will be you know, it will be you know, like in
tennis, you send it forward and it is served back to you. And so Allah subhanaw taala says he will
send back he will return your vision. horsey anew. Ha See, humbled and fatigued after analyzing and
		

			inspecting the heavens again and again over and over and over. When we are done analyzing it, we
will return from this investigation, our eyesight would be our eyesight would be humbled, and we
will be tired, we would be completely spent exhausted. And SubhanAllah. One of the talks that I
mostly enjoy giving is a talk called the journey through the heavens. It's something that you can
find on our YouTube page, I highly recommend that you study it, it talks about the universe. And
when you start looking at the number of the stars and planets, you know, that's panel there are more
stars in space than there are grains of sand on Earth. When you begin to look at the numbers, 1
		

			million Earths can fit into the sun, and they are like trillions and trillions of suns out they
eventually your mind stops working. And Allah explains this is exactly what's going to happen. As
you study the heavens, the universe above you, you will stop looking you cannot analyze it anymore.
The more you you look and you observe this just more and more of it, you become so overwhelmed by
the greatness of the sky, that you stop looking and you feel a sense of, of humbleness, that you
realize how insignificant how small we are in the grand scheme of things and we are fatigued we are
completely exhausted from studying the heavens and this is a feeling that's panela Allah explains
		

			when you're looking to the heavens, my las panatela grant is the understanding we continue to
monitor challenged us and why