Musleh Khan – Quranic verses that change your life #07 How The Quran Reminds Us Of Death

			So don't want an equal marginal to lucky robot of care to at hamdu Lillah wa Salatu was salam, ala
rasulillah, well buried. So before I begin, something really interesting happened at the mall
yesterday, you know, I'm going to the mall, and I wanted to return something at a shoe store. And as
I'm standing in line, there's a dude in front of me that's getting really irritated, not at me just
like the whole process that he has to stand outside, follow social distancing, and capacity in the
stores, and so on. So and it finally came to his turn, he went inside, and he just went ballistic on
everyone, especially the cashier, he was actually returning something at least that's what it looked
		

			like. So I'm also in the line, I can see a few people ahead of me that this guy is just screaming,
and he's like, I don't like this. And I should be able to just come in and return something and bla
bla bla bla bla, by the time I got to the cashier, I could see that the cashier, although she had
her mask on, I could see tears in her eyes. So I asked her, I said, You look upset. That is it,
because same guy. And then she was just saying that he was so unfair, he was so unfair. And it turns
out that that guy was returning something, and then he was also buying something as well. And he
demanded that, you know, he gets some kind of compensation or discount or something like that, just
		

			so happened that even at that same moment, the manager of the store wasn't even there. So by the
time all of this was sorted out, that cashier actually gave him a discount on one of the items. And
she paid for that discount out of her own pocket. And that's what Yeah, and you know, when I was
hearing like listening to her, she was saying that, you know, I just decided just whatever, you
know, he was getting so irate that she just paid him 15% out of her own pocket. So I looked at this
as an opportunity from Allah subhana wa tada to do something good now again for somebody else. So
when it came for my turn to pay for my things, I gave her 15% extra, just so that she knows that
		

			look, we appreciate these, these acts of kindness, these acts of righteousness. And we look for it
as an opportunity for ourselves as well that we could do something good for people who do good for
others. So the point is now hold that thought after I've told you that story. This is going to lead
into today's reminder, today's reminder is not just about death in the sense that Okay, we're all
going to die. We have to be accountable for our actions, etc. That's a separate conversation. I want
to share with you just one of the ways of how, and reminds us of death. It's easy for the poor and
to just say we're all going to die. And here's the thing, there are three verses in the entire poor
		

			end that explicitly tell us that we are all going to pass away kulu Neff sin, the impact will melt.
Now you all know this, these verses This is mentioned three times in the entire poor end in three
separate sources. The first source is sort of Andy and Milan The second is suited to the NBA and the
third is sorbitol amicable, but they all are connected in a really interesting way that helps us to
understand how the poor and reminds us of death. The first one and sort of earlier in Milan, Allah
said could lunasin that equal to remote every soul shall taste death. What intimate to a felony,
Judo communal piano. So then Allah subhanaw taala shifts the attention now from death to the day of
		

			judgment and accountability is talking about actions. It's talking about deeds. Allah subhanho wa
Taala is reminding us in this verse, that all the edge and the reward that you're seeking, while
compensation now for that is going to happen on the Day of Judgment. Now keep in mind, you have the
mention of death, the day of judgment and and deeds. Here's the second verse in Surah, two NBN Allah
subhanaw taala says kulu Neff sin the input will not one who can be Shall we will highly fitna. What
Elena total geryon we are going to test you and put you through trials with the good and the bad of
fitna. In this world again, what is it referring to? it's referring to actions again. Then Allah
		

			says, What Elena total geralyn you'll eventually return to us. So what is the law referring to here
the day of judgment? Do you see a pattern now? So the first verse versus the second one, here's the
third one in sort of, uncoupled Kowloon F's in that it will melt Thelma Elena to geralyn. Every soul
shall taste that death, but instead, Uncle bucola just jumps to the gun and says, and all of you
will eventually return to me, again, the day of judgment, accountability, everything about the Day
of Judgment captured here. So what's the point of all of this and the verse that we've put for
today's reminder
		

			is not equal to Mt. It's actually the last verse of sort of look, man, we've talked about this verse
before about what Matt tended enough. So meta tech civil of other women tended to be a little
determined a lot. So we don't tells us You don't know with what you are going to be able to do
tomorrow in terms of deed and righteousness. So act now, don't think about what am I going to do?
And what am I going to be able to do tomorrow and just concentrate all of your focus and attention
on that, but actually think about the present. Think about now because why you could die today.
That's the point we could pass away today. Allahumma sorry, May Allah give a strength? So let tells
		

			us and in addition to that, women tend enough some be a Adlington would you have no idea what spot
you're going to be standing on and death will find you now put all of this together. One of the ways
the Quran teaches us that we're reminded about death is through our actions. And this is one of the
patterns that we saw in those first three verses of kulu nevsun, that you put them out. But I want
to bring your attention also to how this a a begins kulu nefs. Allah says, Every so not everybody,
or every person, every soul is going to taste death, meaning every soul is going to experience the
transition of leaving this world on to the next world or the afterlife. So when people say that,
		

			okay, we're all gonna die, our bodies will die, our, the physical, the physical, I guess you could
say, outer shell of our soul, which you and I see and touch and we take care of that's going to go
away, but our souls will remain alive forever. So when the a is talking about every soul shall taste
death, meaning every soul shall experience the transition of worldly life to efeito life. Here's the
second point, Alice palatinus says, taste death. That's not how we remind each other about death, I
don't go to you and you don't come to me and be like, you're going to taste death one day, you know,
Brother, you are going to taste this death, it's going to happen to you like, and that kind of
		

			language is is really unusual, when we're talking about a subject as serious as this. And the
scholars tell us that the word that's used here that imply that apart from the vilka zylka literally
means to taste something, but it's something that you would never taste, you would never desire to
taste it. So it could be the worst flavor, the worst item, the worst drink or food item, you would
never taste it because it's just not edible. Allah is saying that at the end of the day, most if not
generally speaking, all of mankind will not look forward to leaving this world, it will be a reality
that will we'll accept, because we have no choice, it will be a reality that we're constantly
		

			reminded of because people die every day, all day all the time. And we hear about it. And we
experienced that through other people's realities. But the point here is, is that Allah subhanaw
taala is as if Allah is saying, no matter what you say, no matter what you do, no matter what you
think, don't worry, you'll start to taste the flavor of it's, first it's going to be a fragrance. In
other words, you're going to start seeing people dying around you, then alone, add another layer,
then you'll go to your first funeral, then a low will add another layer, then you'll touch your
first dead body, you know, you're part of the whole soul, or the washing process. So you see a real
		

			dead body in front of you for the first time of your life. Then Allah will add another layer your
prayer first janessa, you go to your first funeral, you do all of these things. And before you know,
somebody dear or close to you, whether it be a friend or family or relative passes away, and before
you know it, that's how the reminders happen. So what does this all have to do with how these verses
continue? They continue about righteous deeds. Here's the point everybody, righteous deeds, doing
good deeds is our constant, daily reminder that we are going to pass away. Because what other
incentive? Does anybody have to perform righteous deeds? We want gentlemen, we want to let them be
		

			pleased with but for all of that to happen, where do we have to go? What has to happen to all of us,
we have to pass away. You know, I can sit here and talk about this stuff, but in the back of my
mind, in my heart, yet, it is a very, very sensitive topic. It's not easy to talk about subjects
like this. So you might see strength on the person's reminding you of death. But deep down inside
there is an element of fear that we all have because why death is the last step before we confront
our Creator. It's after death. Then it's the day of judgment, Star resurrection and we're brought
untried in front of our Creator suppressible entirely subjective.
		

			Very sensitive subject. And most, if not all, people in general, when we think about that death,
when we think about our time to go, all of the memories, everything that we've done in our lives,
the families and friends that we can potentially leave behind all of these things start crashing
down. And so death is not something that we want to think about or dwell on too much. And so what
Allah subhanho wa Taala is helping us to do here is yes, you are going to pass away, yes, death is
inevitable. But what's important here that as long as you are alive, it's all about doing the right
thing. And every time that you do good deeds, there are challenges in that it's not easy to do good
		

			deeds all the time, all day, every single day. And so this is helping us to understand that the end
of the day, when you do righteousness, the motivation that all of us need to keep us going even on
those tough days, even when we face resistance when people you know, just discourage us or insult or
critique us in any way. At the end of the day, the motivation is, look, I am doing all of this
because I know I'm going to leave this world and I want to leave this world in the best way
possible. I don't want to confront my Creator, the best way possible. So kulu neffs, in that equal
to melt three workplaces, it's mentioned in the poor end, and each of them end off with righteous
		

			deeds or deeds in general and the Day of Judgment, you will return back to your greater simpatico
with our Allah. And that at least gives us a good indication of how the poor and reminds us of
death. It reminds us that as you think about your time to leave, as you remember death, at the same
token, allow your life to reflect that remember that remember, it's by doing the righteous deeds and
the good things that we're supposed to do. This is one of many ways how the poor end teaches us or
at least encourages us to live. And this is of course, definitely one of the poor ethnic verses that
hopefully will change your life always for the better. So May Allah subhanho wa Taala continue to
		

			give us the strength, the health, the knowledge and the wisdom that we continue to do our very best
to perform righteous deeds. It's not easy, we're going to make tons of mistakes, we're going to do a
lot of things that we're not supposed to do metal luffs Pamela Tyler forgive us of those mistakes,
the shortcomings, the errors, the misunderstandings all of the floss that we have as human beings
May Allah subhanho wa Taala accept from us our efforts and forgive us of our shortcomings in our
mistakes. May Allah bless you guys wherever you are until we meet again for another reminder just
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