Musleh Khan – Tafseer Surat-ul Mulk – V24-25

			So as we continue, Allah subhanho wa Taala. As we mentioned, we're talking about three different
concepts here hearing, seeing and pondering or thinking. So, another benefit of why Allah azza wa
jal brings this three different concepts in this particular order, is of course, as we mentioned
briefly is that not always a person is going to hear the truth, but we will always be able to see
the truth. Not always will a person understand the miracles of Allah azza wa jal, but they will
always be a witness to it. Allah azza wa jal here
		

			by mentioning even seeing first, but mentioning it in the singular form, it doesn't add much
strength to it as opposed to putting something in the plural form and this is a constant theme in
the poor end. Every time you see something in plural mentioned in the Quran, it adds strength and
affirmation to that particular concept that Allah azza wa jal is talking about. So let me give you
another example. So till Cafiero, Allah azza wa jal concludes that the prophecy seven will say to
the machinery cool luck home Dino comb, Walia, Jean. You have your Dino comb, Allah uses the plural
form, what does that automatically entail that that the the prophecy I sent him is saying to the
		

			disbelievers. You have your own religions, your own ways, your own forms of worshipping? From that
plural form alone? It affirms and it confirms that the machinery can have various ways on how they
can show to Allah azza wa jal, you don't just have to be bowing down to one idol and that's the only
form of shelter when it says locum Dino calm using the plural form. Obviously, there are many forms
to it. But then the idea concludes and says, Walia, Dean, but as for me, tells the prophesy seven s
for me, Walia, Dean, he uses the singular form. As for me, I just have one path and one path only.
And there is no other path than this one particular path. So the same idea is what we see here in
		

			this particular verse, or seminar what have Assad. Now what's interesting is that the last one is an
effetre, which is referring to the limbs, and especially here in this context, it's referring to the
hearts, the hearts of those who ponder and think about Allah azzawajal and his creation. Now,
there's a standard way of looking at this verse. And that is you look at the trees, you look at the
birds, you look at the sky, you look at all of these different things, and you think about them, and
you ponder about them. And you say, some panelo has 100. Below this is the creation of a large, so
that's a standard way of looking at it. But then there's a deeper way of how you can practice this.
		

			A lot of people they ask, How do I practice on pondering on the creation of Allah? How do you even
implement a concept like that in your Amen, and in your lifestyle, it's very simple, actually. It's
very simple. In practice, it is extremely profound in reward. And it's basically, when you ponder on
Allah's creation, what you have to be doing is constantly constantly thinking about how fortunate
you are, as opposed to the individuals around you. That's what it means when we say, think about the
creation of a lot. Think about how fortunate and you are that Allah gave you certain things that
others don't have, or Allah azza wa jal gave you access to certain things that other nations and
		

			other countries or other people don't have access to that. So now it gets a little bit deeper. Now
you're going to start to think on a personal level, you know, here in Canada, or at least in this
part of the world, we almost never ever run out of water here. I mean, how many people do you know,
you know, have water issues wherever they live. And if they do, it's because there's like a reason
for their doing repairs, you know about it, it's posted in the building in it and they let you know.
But other than that,
		

			other than that, it's really not a major problem here in this part of the world, as opposed to other
parts of the world. It's just part of the lifestyle that every other day, water would be shut off,
and people will just have to deal and live with that. I remember when I was in Medina, there's a
small area in in the heart of Medina itself, where they get water once every week on Sundays. That's
it. And people, some of them some of the people who were there have been living there for 11 and 12
years, but they live for 11 and 12 years and Subhanallah they get water once a week. So once a week,
they just have to prepare to survive for the next seven days period. Now, whenever
		

			what's what's amazing about that is these individuals that you meet living in that area, were some
of the most humble individuals you will meet up ahead of Medina, most humble people you will find,
you'll find them being amongst the most poorest or the most unfortunate of them. So that's how you
ponder on when you when you think about Alice creation, how you access that creation and how you
utilize it in your life and how it benefits you. How do you get from point A to point B, and how you
just basically live a comfortable lifestyle in and of itself.
		

			Then a concludes and it says quality lamb to school, very, very few people they thank and Allah azza
wa jal or they have gratitude in allies. So again, for blessings that Allah constantly gives them.
It is your fundamental duty. You and I as Muslims, every single day, we're always thanking Allah
azza wa jal for something. That's why we say Alhamdulillah we say Allahu Akbar. And we always praise
Allah for good things that happen. And this is also one of the ways that you prevent and you protect
yourself from evil. Iran has said and all of these other things as well. putty lamb matushka rune.
What's interesting is, there's another verse in Surah, two out of
		

			where he believes, he speaks to Allah azza wa jal and he says to Allah, from Allah, Etienne de
homonyms, Min benei ad him, woman confy him why a man him Warren Shama, Shama, eating him while I
told you to follow him, What is it? What is it please say Shakira in.
		

			So it believes is telling Allah, I'm going to come to each and every single human being, from on the
right side, from their left side, from the top, from, from the front, from the back in all different
directions. But then what's interesting is how the verse ends, it ends off by a belief saying to
Allah, while I teach you to accelerate shackling, you'll find that the majority of them or you won't
find that the majority of those people, they're not going to be people who are thankful and have
gratitude. What does that have to do with the verse? What does that have to do with a beliefs coming
from all different directions? Or is his soldiers and the Shelton coming from all different
		

			directions? What is giving thanks have to do with how that verse started in the context of that
verse? again, it goes back to all the exactly the same thing that we're talking about, is giving
Samson is to plant the seed of gratitude in your heart contentment, and that's when you start to
ponder on the greatness and the resources and the things that Allah azza wa jal gave, gave you
strength in and gave you access to, as opposed to other people who just simply don't have that. Then
the verse continues.
		

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			Now a lot so it just says there he is the one though Have you noticed so far, in almost all of the
verse, Allah is still referring to himself as a lazy, he's not referring himself to him by his name.
And we discussed this concept here as well. Lo wants you to focus on one thing and one thing only,
and he's already established himself and who he is. And as we continue, occasionally you will see
depending on the verse, how Allah refers to him and himself by his name, as opposed to other parts
of the surah called who Allah the thought of a cornfield, out of the way he lay, he talks scharoun
He is the one that created you from the soil from the ground that you're walking on, you've been
		

			created from the what he lay, he took a shovel and then of course, he is the one in which you will
return to. We've discussed this concept in previous verses as well. But now the next verse, verse
number 25, while kulu no matter has a lot to do in quantum saw the team now
		

			hear Allah subhanho wa Taala theme is about to change theme of the suta again, is about to change.
And here, the believers as well as the disbelievers are asking the question, why a coup loon? They
will ask meta hodel word when is this promise going to come in quantum inside your team? If you
happen to be truthful, if you happen to be people who are of the truth, so when is this all these
promises that we're going to be punished if we don't do this? Or don't do that? And we're going to
get paradise who would do this or do that? When is all of this going to happen? If you can really
prove your truthiness to to us. So here
		

			This verse actually is in various orders. It's found in Sula tillbaka. It's also found in Sudan
earlier in Milan sort of martyrdom and other suitors as well, this one particular verse, it's found
here many, many times in the Quran. First concept here is the desire for mankind to always want to
see evidences and proofs for everything. And this here in and of itself is a natural need and desire
for all of us. We need things to be shown to us so that we're convinced in its authenticity. If you
apply that concept in the right place at the right time, it makes perfect sense. The problem is, is
that that concept cannot always be implemented in each and every single moment of your entire life.
		

			Why? Because there are some things that we just simply won't understand. And then there are some
things that we simply cannot prove. But by being a Muslim, it's your faith, and amen is the
strongest delete or proof that that thing exists. That's why we have
		

			the knowledge of the unseen or the ailment.
		

			Why do we even have a concept like that? A lot of non Muslims, they'll ask you this question. And
it's a question they try to use to stump you that there is a problem in your religion, or there's a
mistake or a deficiency in the al Qaeda of Muslims, is that why would you have certain things
concealed from you like this? You know, this. So this shows like a discrepancy in your religion, so
they try to stump you on them. But like I said, part of being a Muslim, is that we also not only do
we have faith in the things that we actually can see, feel, touch and understand. But we also have
faith in the things that are told to us even though we can understand them, we can see them. That's
		

			why the Sahaba sometimes when they couldn't understand something, Allah revealed the verse in the
Quran, and quotes the sahabas themselves exactly how would they, how they would respond to things
that they didn't understand. And they would say to the prophets, I send them semolina, what are we
hear and we obey. And it just shows that there are certain concepts in the religion we just simply
cannot understand. And we will continue in sha Allah after the short pause.