Mustafa Abu Rayyan – 12 Tafseer Surah alBaqarah Verses 8387
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The speaker discusses a weekly tafsir class on Iran, emphasizing the importance of following the commandments of worship and following the prophets. They stress the importance of being kind to one's parents and siblings, setting rules and boundaries, and learning and following the sun bill. The conflict between the two cultures is discussed, including actions of different leaders and the reward for the winner, as well as punishment for people who take the whole Quran and leave the rest of the book. The speaker provides a brief recap of the messages conveyed by Allah to people who take the whole Quran and leave the rest of the book.
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This is a continuation
of our, weekly tafsir class.
I apologize for last week.
We were supposed to have a lesson but,
something came up.
Last time we left off,
we are still going through the beginning of
Surah Al Baqarah.
And, we were going through the story of
Banu Israel.
The story of Banu Israel.
And we mentioned why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is telling us about the Israel.
And that the beginning of the surah, as
Allah
sought the surah,
he taught us or told us about
who we are
as human beings
and how we are either Muslims
or kafirs
or munafiqs.
Those who believe in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
Those who claim to believe in Allah but
lie about it. And those who disbelieve in
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
And Allah then mentioned where each one of
them would end up, what their characteristics are.
Then Allah
told us about in the beginning of the
surah those that are successful and those that
aren't and Allah gave many examples of that.
Starting with the best example that Allah gave
us in the beginning which was prophet Adam
himself, the first human being and
his story. And you learned
some of the mistakes that the prophet made,
but also how he repented. You learned about
our enemy the shaytan. Then Allah
told us about the whole nation that failed.
And that was the nation of Banu Israel.
The nation of Banu Israel. And Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala started by telling us all the
good things that happened to them.
All the blessings and the good things that
were going for them. Allah mentioned that he
that he preferred them over the other other
people. How Allah gave them so many prophets.
How Allah subhanahu wa'ala saved them from Firoun.
How Allah subhanahu wa'ala gave them the book
of Tawrat. How Allah blessed them in so
many different ways, forgave them on so many
different instances, and they kept on sinning and
going back. Why is Allah telling us this?
A number of reasons. Number 1,
they failed.
They were given a prophet and a book.
They failed to follow the prophet and act
upon the book, don't do the same.
What what is the other reason Allah is
telling us about them? Because while the Surat
Al Baqarah is being revealed,
while Surat Al Baqarah is being revealed, the
prophet is coming into contact for the first
time
with other yahud,
the people of the book. In Mecca, the
prophet wasn't in contact with the people of
the book. He was dealing with polytheists,
the Qurays, the Meccanists, the world, idol worshipers.
The prophet when he made the migration to
Medina he comes into contact with the people
of the book, the yahood.
And
they claim to follow a book. They claim
to have profit and this beautiful legacy.
But
if that is true, if you truly followed
Musa alaihi salam, if you truly follow the
Torah, then you have no choice. No choice
but to follow prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi salam
as well. Why?
Because prophet Muhammad
was mentioned in their books and they were
expecting a final prophet, but when they realized
that he was a Qurayshi man, a Arab,
they couldn't follow him and they decided that
they were going to reject him. So, this
is the story that's happening and Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala is teaching us more about them.
Now Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala in verse, 83
which is where we're going to start today,
Allah says,
Here Allah
is telling us,
a covenant,
a promise
that the made. When Allah says, when we
took from them the covenant, the mithaq. This
word, we came across the 3 times already.
A mithaq
is
a promise, a oath, a promise that is
made with an oath.
So, this is something that you cannot go
back on.
And whenever a mithaqaqaqaqaqaal
Israel, it means the following things. It could
mean a the
the promise, the oath,
the covenant that we all took as human
beings
with Allah before
we even created.
Now, before we even created Allah
when he created Adam, all of the descendants
of Adam, all of the duri of Adam,
including ourselves, were brought forth. And then Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala
asked us, am I not your Lord? And
everyone said, oh Allah, you are. So everything
that we do in worship and in following
the prophets
is it is a keeping
that promise that you made to Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala. One might ask, well, we don't
even remember that promise, but you actually do
because that promise in essence is the fitrah
that you have. Your natural inclination to believe,
to worship, to,
this is in everyone. This fitrah is in
everyone.
And sometimes this fitrah is corrupted which is
why Allah sends prophets to remind the people.
Or the mithaq, this promise could literally mean
the promise
that
that the Baru Israel made
to prophet Musa and to Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala to adhere to the book, to adhere
to the book of the Torah, and to
follow the prophets, Not just prophet Musa, but
all the other prophets as well, and even
prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Here Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions some details of the
covenant.
What is it that they were asked to
do?
What is it that they didn't do but
were asked to do? Allah says,
And remember I mentioned when we took the
covenant from Bani Israel. What was it? Number
1.
That you will not worship anyone except Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala.
What was the first commandment?
That you will not worship anyone except Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala. Did they break this? Yes,
they did. When? When instead of worshiping Allah,
they created a car for a car when
they worshiped it. Right? That was the first
one they broke.
When instead of worshiping Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
they worshiped the golden cow.
So that was one of the promises.
Is this specific to them? Or is it
to all of the prophets? The message is
This is a universal message. What is our
first commandment?
Literally, when you read Surat Al Baqarah,
and I mentioned this in previous when you
open the Quran,
a a person that wants to open the
Quran for the first time, someone that is
reading the Quran, where do you start? It
starts from Fatihah, you start from this side.
When we're learning the Quran we start from
the bottom. Right?
That's just for our memorization. These sur, surahs
are, are short. But, the Quran actually goes
this way. So, what's the first surah in
the Quran? Surah Atul? Fatiha. And, what surah
follows that Surah Atul? Baqarah. That's the 2nd
surah. So, when someone opens the Quran and
they start reading Surah al Fatiha.
And then they start reading Surah al Fatiha.
So the Fatiha, there's no command in it.
There's nothing Allah asks to do in Surah
Al Fatiha.
Allah tells us a lot but there's no
command. There's no do this. Then you go
to Surah Al Baqarah in the beginning, there
is no command.
Literally, the first command,
the first
you come across is
verse 21. O mankind
worship your Lord alone.
So if someone were to ask what is
the first commandment you'll come across in the
Quran? What is it? It is to hid.
It is to worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
alone.
Here Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling us
that the mithaq, the covenant,
the promise that they were supposed to uphold.
Number 1 was,
that you will not worship except Allah
My brothers and sisters,
the
all of our deen and everything that we
do, it comes back to this one thing.
Direct your worship to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And And that doesn't mean just your salah.
It means literally everything that you do. Your
fear, your love, your hope, your devotion.
Directed to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Put your
trust in Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Rely only
on Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Fear Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala. When you need something, raise your
hand and ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. When
you are sick, seek help from Allah.
Connect yourself to your creator.
That you will not worship it to Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala.
What was the second thing?
And be especially good and kind to your
parents.
These are the covenants of Banu Israel. Do
they sound similar? Of course you do because
these are the same thing Allah wants us
to do. In fact in Surat Al Nisa
you will find a this ayat is very
similar to this one where it lists the
things that we are supposed to do, our
covenant. And that shows you the similarities between
the religions, between the people of Prophet Musa
and the people of Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam. In fact, what we will cover
in this verse
is known
as
is known as is known as islam or
These are the foundations of our deen. Not
and the the deen of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala. So,
the fact that you have to worship Allah
alone was present in the time of Noor,
it was his dawah.
It was a dawah of Yunus and and
Yusuf and Yaquba and all of the prophets.
So that's a universal message.
And be especially kind to your parents. A
universal message. Not just for us. It was
also for the the people that came before
them. And it's beautiful that Allah
always connects the parents with himself,
who's showing you that from Allah's creation, the
ones who have the most right upon you
are your parents. Not your children, not your
spouse, not your friends, not your neighbors, not
your family members, your mother and father.
And then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says
and your relatives.
Literally comes on the word those who are
close to you.
So be kind to those who are close
to you, your relatives.
And that will include your cousins and and
upwards. Right? And, the scholars say that that
your karaba, your relatives, the one who have
right over you
are the ones
who go you go upwards for generations.
So,
your father's children are your brothers and sisters.
Your,
grandfather's
children are your uncles and your and then
their cousins. Right? And then you go one
more. And that is your distant family. Right?
So your cousins, even your second cousins have
rights over you. So you need to be,
connected
and aware of what's happening even to somewhat
distant relatives,
if you will. They they aren't really that
distance. But you should try your best to
keep tight. It's an act of worship. If
you have a cousin that lives in the
same city and you don't,
visit them, you don't
call them, you don't see how they're doing,
then you're lacking in your worship. You're lacking
in your Ibadah.
This is among the usul.
And if you want to know a general
good principle is the closer they are to
you, the more rights they have.
So your brothers of course have has more
right than your cousin. Your cousin has more
right than your second cousin. And it goes
like that.
So we spoke about Allah's rights,
the parents.
We spoke about the Oh, Allah mentions the
the the the relatives.
And the orphans.
The orphans.
Who's an orphan?
An orphan, when from an Islamic perspective,
is the one who lost his father.
The one who lost his father.
Is the one who lost his father, not
the mother. Why?
Because,
most of the time, the one who loses
his father, they lose the one who is
gonna provide for them, take care of them,
etcetera. Right?
They say from the human beings the one
who loses their father is considered a and
and and from the from the animals
the one who loses her mother is considered
because the the the animals, they're a lot
more closely connected to their mothers. Right?
But it's opposite. But when it comes to
connection and love and taking care, it's your
mother, Lasek.
But when it comes to provision and protection,
that's the father's role.
And if the father is gone, society has
to fill that, which is why we all
have a collective responsibility
to take care of the orphans. To ensure
they are well taken care of.
And the needy.
Now
look at what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
telling the Bel Israil. This was the covenant.
This was the covenant. This is what they
were supposed to do. Worship Allah alone. Be
especially good to your parents,
the relatives.
Take care of the orphans and the needy.
Here you learn the basics of Islam. It
is the rights of Allah
and the rights of Allah's slaves.
As a Muslim, this is what your life
revolves around.
Give Allah what what's owed to Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala and to Allah's creation and Allah
saves what they're owed. Right? It's a responsibility
upon you.
Now who is a miskin?
Who Now who who is the miskin? When
we say take care of the and the
needy,
who fits that category? Quite interesting because sometimes
we see
the word fakir. Have you guys heard of
the word fakir before? You have a fakir
and a muskin. What's the difference? Right? And
there is a difference.
Scholars and if in fact when we are
talking about the people that are deserving of
the zakat, when we connect the zakat, the
people that are deserving of it, they are
called,
8 categories. There are 8 categories. 8 types
of people that are given the zakat that
is collected. It's Allah
says
indeed the sadaqa, the child is collected is
for who?
The
poor.
And the needy.
So poor and needy. So they are mentioned,
so there must be a difference.
Scholars, they say the mesquite is the one
that has something, but it's not enough.
And the faqir is the one that has
nothing.
So the has something, but it's not enough.
So they require support,
the has nothing. And what is the evidence
for this? If you go to Surat Al
Kahf, and the story of Musa and Khadir,
a very beautiful story, Musa and Khadir.
The men that were on the boat.
So Musa and Khadir,
they go and travel on a boat together
or a ship and then,
the Khadir starts breaking the ship.
Right? And then these men that owned this
boat, this ship, they were called Mesakin.
So they own a they they own a,
they own something, they're
not completely
in poverty, but yet they were considered as
masakin and Allah was best. Al Muhim,
when maskeen is mentioned by itself, the fakir
is also included.
When they are mentioned together, then there is
the asaporation. And there are many things like
that. It's like iman and Islam.
Iman and Islam, when they are mentioned together,
they mean different things. This is why the
hadith of Jibril mentions Islam and explains it
in a certain way, then mentions iman and
it explains it in another way. Right? Iman
is the faith that we have and Islam
is the actions that we do. But when
they are mentioned separately,
it includes together. So when we say you
have to be a good Muslim it includes
your belief and it also includes the actions.
If I tell you you have to be
a good mumin it includes your belief but
it also includes your actions. So there are
certain statements that when they are together, if
I say take care of the masakin,
it includes the faqir.
Right?
Taib.
So now we have
those that we are supposed to take care
of, parents,
relatives,
orphans,
and the poor and the needy.
Then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, now that
you know the actions you're supposed to do,
also
and say to the people a good speech.
Don't only take care of the what you
do, don't ensure that what you do is
good, but also what you say is good.
And Allah did not say,
Say good to the believers. What did Allah
say
to the people?
It doesn't matter what faith they are, what
background they are. They are Muslim and non
Muslim. Always
speak well. Speak good. Say what is better.
Right?
And
when the mufasirun,
and the, some of the Salaf like Hassan
Al Basi was asked, what does this Ayah
mean? Say good. And he said it means,
Hassan Al Basi mentioned it means
command command the good and forbid the evil.
Command the good and forbid the evil. Do
you wanna be among those that say good
and say good speech?
Be courageous enough.
Be
God conscious enough that when you see evil
you speak against it. And when you want
and command the good as well.
So it's all of the above. Say
call towards good, forbid evil,
speak nice words,
use the best of words. This is what
the covenant of Banu Israel was. And then
they were also told
and establish
the prayer. How do you establish the prayer?
You establish the prayer.
Take note, it is Allah doesn't say pray.
You won't, rarely will you find the Quran
pray. It's always
establish the prayer.
How do you establish the prayer? By praying
it the best way you can. The best
way you possibly can. Right? So,
do your wudu the best way. Right? Have
in your salah.
It means
that attend the masjid.
It means that when you're praying,
try to follow the sunnah of the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Don't do it quick.
Bring do all of the sunun, all of
the hayat. This is what it means to
establish the prayer.
And give the and
give the earlier, take care of the needy
generally.
Give charity. This was the obligations of course.
So
these were the things Allah asked by Israel
to do.
And each one of them you recognize. Right?
These are the things that Allah asked us
to do. So what happened to them? Did
they do it?
Again, one more time.
And when you took the covenant from
lataabudun ill Allah that they would not worship
except Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Ubilwailayin
ihsanal and they are especially kind and good
towards their parents
and their relatives,
the orphans,
and the best of speech,
and establish the prayer.
And give the charity.
After all of the
then you turned away.
So what did the Banus Sur'il do? Instead
of acting upon this day, turned away
all of them? Literally all of them? No.
Of course not.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is just
except for a few among you. So the
majority of the turned away, they didn't act
upon it, But were there some good ones?
Yes. There were. It was last week or
our last lesson that the brother here said,
said were all the Beren Israel bad? Sometimes
you might assume that because you hear all
of the negative stuff but here Allah is
saying no, a small group among you, they
did it but most of you didn't.
For a small group among you
while you were going away and and turning
the cheek, and this means Allah mentioned this
twice. So you turned away not intending to
even look back.
So someone might turn away thinking you know
I will repent
maybe later. This is not the case of
Bayezra. They didn't wanna have anything to do
with this covenant. Whether it was worshiping Allah,
being kind to your parents, none of that.
Again, why is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala teaching
us this? Why is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
telling us this? This is a few reasons.
Last time when we hear Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala was telling the believers
in Madinah,
don't
bank too much on the believers believing.
They are not those kind of people.
A lot of the Medina, the the Sahaba,
they were eager. Our brothers from the Al
Kitab, they're going to believe, let's call them
to Islam, but they were extremely proud people,
extremely arrogant people that weren't going to listen,
that weren't going to follow prophet Muhammad sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam although they know it was
the truth. So Allah
mentioned that they they they shouldn't
expect much from them.
Don't expect much from them.
We we can literally count how many of
them became Muslim. Here Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is telling us one of the reasons why
you can't expect much from them is that
they were always like this. When Allah took
the covenant from them to do all of
these things, they turned away except for a
few. Here Allah mentioned another example in the
following verse.
Now it's almost directly being spoken to them.
And remember, oh Banu Israel. Now I want
you to imagine the scene. This is now
in Madinah.
They are the in Madinah. They are proud.
They are boasting and saying we're not gonna
follow Muhammad. You're not our prophet. The some
of them saying you're all only a prophet
to the Arabs. Others saying you're not a
prophet at all. Right?
Allah is saying to them, and remember,
when you took the covenant
and the you made the promise
that you would not kill each other. So
this is another thing that they had to
do. They were told don't kill each other.
The same way as Muslims were told that
you can't kill each other. They were also
told you can't kill each other.
Nor can you expel each other from your
homes. So don't harm each other, don't kill
each other, don't expel each other or exile
each other.
Do you remember that?
And then after that, you agreed
to
while you were witnesses?
Allah then says, okay. So this is another
covenant, another worship that you were supposed to
do. Leave each other alone. Don't kill each
other.
So what did they do instead?
In verse 80,
5 Allah says,
and then after that, here you are
you are murdering each other.
And you are exiling
a group among you from their homes.
You are helping others
against them in sin and in transgression.
Now let me give the back story to
this verse because there is a for
this.
In Medina, there were 3 tribes of the
Ehud that lived there. In Medina, you had
the Arabs that lived there, and then you
had the Ehud that lived there, the Bel
Israeel.
The yahu were of 3 main tribes. There
were other tribes as well but they were
very small.
These those were the
and These 3.
And you had 2 main Arab tribes, Aus
and Khazraj. Now Aus and Khazraj will become
believers and they will be known as the
Ansar.
The They will become believers.
There was a long feud
and fight between Aus and Khazraj. They were
fighting each other for years.
Years to the point where children would grow
up in this war and die and then
that's all they knew.
So what did the that lived in Medina
do?
They each sided with one of these Arab
tribes. So you had the Banu Qaida,
they sided with Khazraj.
And you had the Banu Qa Abunazeel, they
sided with Aus. So whenever the Arabs fight
each other, the yahood will also be fighting
each other and they were backing,
the the the a particular tribe.
And this would happen.
So they were told in their book what
is their book?
The tawrat. They were told you can't kill
each other.
But they just did it anyway. Right? Just
so they they did that. They were also
told you can't exile one another, steal from
each other, all of these things. But they
didn't care they did that anyway. So whenever
a war would happen between the Arab tribes
the yahood would also be on to 2
opposing sides and they would fight each other
And when they are fighting each other,
they would steal from one another, they would
take each other's homes, they would exile each
other and do all sorts of transgressions.
Then
the custom was that some people would be
captured. Right? So when alz attacks Khazarij,
some of the Khazid men are are captured.
Some of the Jews here are also captured.
Right? So now you have captives.
The yahood that were fighting against them,
they would then pay for the ransom of
their enemies of the.
Do you know why would they pay the
ransom? Because they would say, well it's we
have a rule in Aqitab.
No matter what happens in the end of
the day, yes we will fight against each
other but we always have to pay the
ransom. So they would ransom their enemies of
among the yahood. Right? They would say, well
it's a rule. It's a Torah. We have
to follow it. So do you guys get
it? Let let me repeat it one more
time. So you have 2 warring factions
and 2 tribes of the yahood, the bar
Israel, are in these two factions.
When a fight happens, many people get killed,
homes are taken, and people are captured.
Whenever
the yahood are captured,
the enemies that were fighting them from the
will say, yeah, I know you were fighting
earlier, but now you're captured. I'm gonna pay
your ransom because you're my my Israel brother.
Right? So Allah is saying, and then when
the Arabs Arabs would the Arabs themselves would
be surprised,
you were just helping us kill them. Why
are you paying their ransom?
And they said, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's in
the It's
in the?
And Allah is asking them, but isn't it
also in the that you shouldn't kill each
other to begin with?
Isn't also in the Torah that you shouldn't
help others to
harm? Isn't in the Torah that you shouldn't
exile people from their homes? So why are
you
doing whatever you want now, but when it
comes to that one rule,
pay the ransoms, you'll do it.
So this is what this verse is talking
about.
So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
and remember when you we took the covenant
from you,
That you would not kill each other.
And you would not exile one of them
from your homes.
And you agreed.
While your
witnesses. But then what happens?
And then here you are, you people, in
Madinatul in time, prophet
you are killing each other, siding with the
Arab tribes.
And you are exiling a group among you
from their homes.
You are helping others against them.
With sin and transgression.
Everything you were told not to do, you're
doing it.
And when captives come to you
to then you ransom them?
And then Allah says,
no one gets haram upon you to exile
them to begin with.
And then Allah asked a question,
or you see she's just gonna believe in
a portion of the
Torah? And deny the rest?
So
there were 4 main things that they were
told to do. They were told, don't kill.
They were told,
don't exile each other. They were told, don't
help others in transgression. And they were told,
that if someone is ransomed,
then, if someone is captured then ransom them
and ensure that they are free. So 3
of them you don't do and you just
do this one. Are you going to believe
in one portion of the Quran, the Torah,
and leave another?
And the reward for the one who does
that
is not accept is is
is a humiliation in this world. A humiliation
in the
duniya.
The life in the dunya.
Do you guys know why this world, the
life is called dunya? Why is it called
dunya?
Dunya,
you have dunya and akhir, right?
Dunya comes from, the scholars say,
2 words.
Comes from minidunu,
which is close,
That which is close, that which is near.
This world is near to us, and then
the hereafter comes later. Right? Or from
Dana'a means that which is lowly, has not
a lot of worth.
And a lot of scholars say this is
what it means. It's called a dunya because
it doesn't have a lot of worth. What
is the dunya compared to the
Right? What is a dunya compared to
the? So are you doing all of this?
And is
is the reward not for the one who
does this, Believes in one portion of the
kitab and leaves,
uh-uh, the other
to be humiliated in this world?
What about the next world?
And in the here they will be turned
back to the worst adab.
The most severe punishment.
And Allah is unaware.
I'm
of what you are doing. In fact, Allah
is very aware because Allah knows what you're
doing.
SubhanAllah.
The scary bit of this ayah is 2
things. 1,
Allah mentions
that their main sin was what?
That they would take one portion of the
qur of of the kitab and leave another.
How often do we see this today? People
that are like, yeah, we'll take this pair
of the Quran, but we will disagree with
this pair. You find people saying, you know
what? We don't have to,
do these laws.
This law is outdated. We don't need to
do it. We'll just have the good akhlaq.
Right? Good manners. That's the main thing. Or
they will say,
laws related to marriage, we don't need them.
Laws related to divorce, the penal code, everything
mentioned in the Quran, 1 ayah if you
deny it. 1 ayah if you deny, you're
not Muslim by the way. If you deny
1 ayah in the Quran, you're not Muslim.
If you disagree with one eye in the
Quran, you're not Muslim.
Because a believer is the one that believes
in the whole book. Now what is Allah
telling us if you take some portion of
the Quran and leave and and leave another?
And and think about this, let's say someone
prays, but chooses to not pay zakat.
Or they pay zakat,
but they don't pray. Or they fast, but
they don't pray. Or they do have the
ibaadat, but they have the worst
It's very We have to be very careful.
We have to be very careful in in
all of our actions. May Allah make us
among those that take the whole Quran, not
just a portion of it. Aamin.
What does Allah promise them? Allah says,
the the Bani Israel that were doing this,
Allah says
that their punishment is
the most severe adab.
There's only one other group in the Quran
that will promise
Do you guys know who those are?
The people of
They have the most severe punishment,
and here Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mention
for who?
For
the people that believe in one portion of
the book and then,
leave
the rest of the of the book. Of
course the book here was referring to the
Torah, but if you're treating the Torah like
that, you're probably gonna treat the Quran like
that as well. And Allah gives these people
another description and Allah subhanahu wa'ala says, those
who bought
this world.
In other words, they sold their in favor
of this lowly world.
So what is their punishment?
Allah will not ease or or or the
the adab from them.
Nor would they be helped.
Then Allah
mentions,
And indeed Allah says we gave Musa the
book, Al Kitab. By the way, a general
rule,
if Al Kitab is mentioned,
Al Kitab usually in the Quran is referring
to Torah.
Sometimes it's referring to the Quran, sometimes to
other books. But,
most of the time when you have Al
Kitab
it's referring to the Torah.
And
indeed we have given
Musa
the Torah.
And we followed him with him after many
messengers.
So after prophet Musa, there were many messengers,
one after the other for Barisrael. Here Allah
is telling us the kind of life Barisal'il
lived. Right? Prophet Musa died, immediately there was
prophet Yusha.
And then he died and then there were
other prophets as well. So you had Dawud
and Suleyman and Zakaria and Yahya and Risa
and many, many others. Right? So prophet after
prophet after prophet after prophet,
then who was the final prophet?
With the holy,
spirit which is who? Angel Jibril. So prophet
the Isa was specifically supported the Angel Jibril.
And then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala asks a
question.
Every time a prophet comes to you, every
time a messenger comes to you from Musa
to Yusha to Dawood to Soleiman to Zakaria
to Yahya to Issa, every time a messenger
comes to you over Israel,
Israel, from something you guys don't like.
Right? So you're told to do something. Earlier,
where did you go? Be
good to your parents. Give the sadaqa.
Something that your nafs doesn't like.
You become proud. You become arrogant.
Indeed
a portion of these messengers you denied. You
didn't believe in. You called liars.
Some of them you killed.
So
among their worst sins were that they actually
murdered prophets.
Like who?
Like prophet Yahya and
prophet Zakariyah.
And they tried to kill a prophet or
Allah saved them. Which one was that?
Prophet Isa, alayhis salam. Whom they tried to
kill, but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala saved.
And this was who they were.
Again,
and indeed we gave Musa the book. Which
book is that? The Torah.
And followed him after with him, with many
messengers.
Those messengers, by the way, they were the
rule by the Torah. So after prophet Musa,
until prophet Isa, the main book that was
used was the Tawat.
Right? This is very important. So Dawud and
Suleyman, what was the law that they were
using? It was the Torah,
and and the prophets like Yusha and those
prophets.
Then you had,
Isa,
Allah gave him the Injil. What's interesting about
the Injil is, it was the first book
that would change many of the laws in
the Torah.
You'll find in Surat Al Maidah when one
of the things that happened was prophet
Isa, when he came he changed many of
the laws, made a lot of the things
that were haram halal.
Right?
And there was a bad reaction to that,
but Allah
gave him many signs to show he was
a prophet such as the miraculous things that
you will come across in Surat Imran and
Suratul Maidah, such as reviving the dead with
the permission of Allah, healing the blind and,
with the permission of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
If,
fashioning from clay a bird and then blow
again it and they would fly, with the
permission of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So all
of these things. I'm gonna conclude there,
So what did it do? Allah says, every
time these messengers would come with something
that your your nafs, yourselves
don't enjoy, don't like,
don't want to do,
then you will be proud and arrogant and
you will deny it. And there is no
better example
than the fact that they knew that prophet
Muhammad was a prophet but they didn't like
it. So what did they do? Istek bartum.
They became proud and arrogant and they completely
denied him because the description of prophet Muhammad
salallahu alayhi wasalam was in the Torah. And
when he came, the 1st day they saw
him in Medina, they their scholars,
they knew he was the final messenger but
they couldn't take it. They couldn't handle it.
They were too proud and they said listen,
if we accept him as a prophet, he'll
be the leader of Madinah and we will
just be regular folks.
Allah says,
your nature, Obinu Isra'el, is that you denied
many of these prophets, a group of them,
and
another group you've killed, like you mentioned, Yahya,
and they they tried to kill Prophet Isa,
but Allah
saved him. We're gonna conclude here.