Mustafa Abu Rayyan – 24 Tafseer Surah alBaqarah Verses 130133
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Brothers and sisters, welcome to our regular tafsir
class where we are going through the tafsir
of Surah Al Baqarah.
I ask Allah to bless this gathering.
It's really a nirma to be able to
come to the masajid and have these types
of gatherings and to remind ourselves of,
the Quran and the Sunnah. May Allah make
us among those that just not only listen
to it, but also act upon it.
We were in the middle of Surat Al
Baqarah,
and we were speaking about prophet Ibrahim quite
a lot. These ayats are all about prophet
Ibrahim alayhi salam.
And we mentioned how significant of a figure
he is for us as Muslims.
He is the only individual that our prophet,
sallallahu alaihi wasallam, is told to specifically follow.
The prophet is generally told to follow the
guidance that came before.
When Allah mentions many prophets in Suratul An'am,
Allah says to the prophet and of course
by extension to us,
Those messengers and those prophets are those whom
Allah guided, so follow them in their guidance.
But prophet Ibrahim specifically, Allah Allah said to
him, to to prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam,
wawhayna ilaik anitabi'amillata
Ibrahim.
Allah mentioned to follow the way of Ibrahim
Alaihi Wasallam.
And what makes Prophet Ibrahim such a central
figure is that Allah promised him that he
will be an imam.
We mentioned in in
verse 100 and 24 where Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala said, this is a promise from Allah
to Prophet Ibrahim.
I
will make you an imam to all people.
And you can see that in how many
faiths
they
claim Ibrahim alaihis salam. This is why you
have the term Abrahamic religions. Right? Many many
faiths, they
know of his greatness. They want they claim
to be. And one of the main messages
you'll find in the Quran regarding prophet Ibrahim
alaihi salam is
to, ensure that,
to to to refute that claim. No. Not
all faiths follow Ibrahim. Absolutely not.
Specifically,
Judaism and Christianity
who have a strong connection to prophet Ibrahim
are being told that is absolutely not the
case.
Ibrahim wasn't a yahudi, he wasn't a nasrani,
but but he was Hanif,
one that turned away. The word Hanif always
mentioned regarding Ibrahim Alaihi Salam. Hanif. Milat Ibrahim
Hanifa.
Right?
Which is to turn away from all
and only towards Allah.
To turn away.
This is why
the word
or
it comes from the person,
the Arab used to call the person whose
legs when they are walking their legs are,
turned outward or inwardly.
They call him
They are turned away. Right?
So what is Ibrahim turning away from?
Everything that is false. Everything that is not
Haqq. Towards all that is Haqq. Turning away
from all false deities
only towards Allah. So this is what Hanif
is and Ibrahim truly was a Hanif.
So now
the claim of the yahud and the nasaara
to Ibrahim is being refuted in many different
ways.
Number 1, Allah tells about the message of
Ibrahim is a message of Tawhid,
which is not present in the and the
Another thing Allah tells is this, the Kaaba.
Does the Kaaba have any importance to Christianity?
Does the Kaaba have any importance to the
Yehud?
No.
Who built the Kaaba?
Ibrahim alaihis salam. So
you are ignoring such a monumental
part of his legacy,
don't you dare claim to be a follower
of his? Which is why Allah is telling
us, you wanna follow Ibrahim? Ibrahim stood for
Tawhid. You wanna follow Ibrahim? Ibrahim built a
Kaaba. You wanna follow Ibrahim?
Ibrahim made dua for Allah to send a
messenger to the people of Makkah, which is
prophet Muhammad, so follow prophet Muhammad salallahu alayhi
wasalam.
And also,
think about the word that is being used
here.
Ibrahim and Ismail are making dua,
and they said in verse 128 last we
mentioned that, in our last lesson. They said
Oh Allah, make us 2 Muslims.
Look at the wording.
Muslims.
And then Allah subhanahu wa'ala
says, and make our offspring
and our progeny
a that is Muslim to you, oh Allah.
And we cover the word Muslim means. Muslim
is one that does what?
Submits to Allah
This is what the dua Ibrahim comes to.
Submit yourself to Allah through Tawhid.
And then he makes a dua for a
messenger to be sent, and that message of
course was prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
Rabbanawbaathrihim
Rasoolan, o Allah sent among them a messenger,
yidlu'alayim
ayatika, reciting upon them your verses,
teaching them the book, wal hikmatah
and the sunnah, wazakihim,
and purifying them through this learning and giving
them tarbia innaqah and al-'Aziz,
oh Allah you are the mighty, Al Hakim,
the all wise.
So there is a strong connection
between Islam and Ibrahim, between from Muhammad and
Ibrahim Alaihi Salafi. He is the Khaleel of
Allah. Now Allah poses a question. This is
where our lesson starts today. Allah poses a
question. In verse
130.
Allah mentions
Ibrahim.
And who is the one that will reject
the way of Ibrahim?
Who is the one that will deny and
reject the way of Ibrahim?
Except the one who fools himself.
How could you?
How could you reject the way of Ibrahim?
No one should and no one,
except the one who is fooling himself.
Because it is through the way of Ibrahim
that you will find salvation and guidance. The
word
is used here.
Interesting, the, the Arab language is very interesting.
It's very,
could mean to like, it also could mean
to dislike.
Who whoever dislikes.
If I say,
Muhammad, it means I like Muhammad.
Muhammad. I dislike Muhammad.
So it's meaning you will only understand with
the word that is followed.
Ibrahim, and whoever dislikes the way of Ibrahim
rejects it,
who would do something like that? Allah is
asking who and the the the the question
here isn't a question of trying to find
information because Allah is all knowing. This question
is called
it is who dares?
Ibrahim who dares
to,
reject and to dislike the way of Ibrahim
alaihi salam. Illam and saffiha nafsah, except the
one who is a saffi, fools himself. A
saffi is a fool.
And you'll find the word saffi come in
the Quran a few times in in later
chapters, actually in a few lessons from this
one, will come say and
the Safi will say, the fools will say.
Right? And we mentioned already in the beginning
of Surat Baqarah,
When we're talking about the the conversation between
the hypocrites,
where they would claim to be Muslims and
then go back to the people and say,
oh, we're just messing about.
We think the companions are sufaha. Allah said,
no. They are the fools.
Right?
So a a Safi is also
someone,
and it's used in in fiqh, for example,
that there are certain types of people
who are not allowed to be in charge
of their own wealth.
Right? Certain types of people who are not
allowed to be in charge of their own
wealth.
And that is,
they, they are also called,
this person, the ruling they are giving is
that they are they are a with
regards to their wealth. An example of that
would be, let's say,
a brother,
he is borrowing money from a lot of
people and not paying them back.
And whatever money he's earning, he's wasting it
in things that are not appropriate.
Now this person,
the the the the this concept is called
Hajar.
Not Hajar the Rock, but Hajar is to
stop the person
from using his wealth. So that a government,
if there was an Islamic government, would intervene
and take over his wealth, and pay the
people
that he owes,
because this person is too much of a
tzafiz to do with himself. Does that make
sense? This is also so it's also used
as a legal term, tzafiz. So, this is
the person that whose wealth must be someone
else must be in charge of,
because they can't do themselves either. An example
of that would be people that now have
gambling issues. Right? That would be a clear
example of that. Or and there could be
other examples as well.
Ayb.
Allah says, woman who dares to reject, to
dislike the way of Ibrahim alayhi salam, ilaman
safi nafsa? Who is this conversation being held
with? Who's Allah, talking about? The yihud and
the nasara mainly. The yuhud and the nasaara
mainly.
Because a lot of the,
Qissa of Banu Sur'il was being spoken about,
and then we got to prophet Ibrahim alayhi
salam. And now Allah
and and a lot more detail actually in
Surat Al Imran. In Surat Al Imran, Allah
speaks about it in a lot more detail.
The most, the closest people to Ibrahim, the
most deserving people of being called the followers
of Ibrahim are those who followed him.
And this prophet, prophet Muhammad
and those who believed. So Allah destroyed the
claim
of saying we are the followers of Ibrahim.
In in other words,
the word Abrahamic faith and Abrahamic religion is
a nice word and I guess people use
it, but there's only one Abrahamic faith, and
that is Islam. There's only one Abrahamic
faith if you wanna be very,
accurate. Accurate.
Because there is no Abrahamic faith without Tawhid.
Pure monotheism.
There's no Abrahamic faith without, for example, the
whole concept of Kaaba or Hajj. All of
these. Does that make sense?
But I guess that term is used,
it's due I'm not,
denying or discussing its usage, but if you
wanna be really accurate, deenul
like the prophet said. And this is why
there's actually
a statement that is used quite often which
is the at, ma'am I actually remember I
went I was at a Khudda once and
the hadith said
There is no faith
among the faiths
that came from the heavens, that came from
Allah. There's no deen
among all the deen that came from Allah
except it prohibited
adultery and fornication.
Now, there's a problem in that statement, and
that problem is there's only one deen that
came from Allah. There's only one deen. Right?
Now there's a difference between the deen
and the legislation,
the details.
The details are different based on 1 Umma
and the other Umma. But the Dean of
Prophet Musa is the same Dean as Prophet.
Aisha is the same deen as prophet Muhammad.
What's the evidence for that? The prophet said,
Hadith.
This is why,
I've I've seen a statement that's used by
some people.
It's called they say, when they when they're
done with you, they say, let's brother leave
me alone, man.
Leave me alone. And it's like leave me
they they I've seen people that use that
statement. As long as Musa and Esai have
the same deen. Right? The deen of the
prophet is 1.
So there can't be many Abrahamic religions. There's
only one truly Abrahamic faith, which is Islam.
But some people use that term, and Allah
knows best Ayb.
Allah asked the question,
except for anyone who fools himself. And then
Allah mentions why Ibrahim is so special. Allah
says,
indeed we have chosen him in this dunya.
The word Istafa,
it means to choose. Mustafa is the chosen
one. That's why among the prophets names is
Al Mustafa, the chosen one. The word Mujtaba
means the same thing.
Istafaynaahu
wajtabaynaahu.
Istafayna we chose. Istafina we chose.
So Allah chose Wafid Ibrahim Fidunya in this
world. What did Allah choose him for?
Allah chose him to be his Khalil.
Allah chose him to be an imam.
Allah chose him to be the one that
raises the foundations of the Kaaba. Allah chose
him for the rituals of Hajj that is
done by the Umrah of Muhammad to
be started with him. Allah chose him for
many many things.
He was chosen by Allah in this world.
And in the hereafter he will be among
the righteous. Of course he will be among
the righteous. He's among the most righteous people
to have to have ever lived.
There is a hadith in Muslim where the
prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, one of the
companions says to him, yakhir albariyah, oh the
best of creation. And they said, lataqulhada.
Fidaq Ibrahim. The best of creation is Ibrahim.
The prophet was being humble. The prophet is
the best of creation. But Ibrahim is a
very close
second. And the scholars generally generally say it's
prophet Ibrahim is right there next to Prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. The only two
people whom we know are the Khalils of
Allah. The Khaleels of Allah.
And how do we know that prophet Ibrahim
was a Khalil? A close companion and beloved
of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. It's mentioned in
the Quran.
Is that he will be the first to
be clothed on the day of judgement.
As everyone is, uncle naked,
on the day of judgement,
And one would argue, when people be looking
at each other. But Aisha
asked that question for us to the prophet.
And the prophet said,
The situation is a lot worse than that.
It's a lot worse than that.
May Allah,
save us and make us among and make
it easy on us. Bayyeb. So one more
time, umayar Gabu Amilat Ibrahim who dares to
reject, to dislike the way of Ibrahim. Except
except one who fools himself his nafs. Walakaddistafaynaahu
fidunya. Indeed we have chosen him in this
world.
And indeed Ibrahim is in the hereafter. Laminal
salihin among the righteous. And how did he
earn that righteousness?
How did Ibrahim earn that righteousness? It's a
question we have to ask ourselves because we
also wanna be among the righteous. Allah tells
us, Allah says, idqaalallahu
rabbuh
And when his lord said to him,
submit.
Ibrahim said, aslim too, I submit myself.
To the Lord of the Alameen. All of
the alims, the worlds, mankind, and all that
exists.
So the key to Ibrahim
being the best
is his submitting to Allah. What does it
mean to be submitting to Allah? It means
to be a Muslim.
To be a Muslim.
And Ibrahim was a true Muslim.
The word aslamah is to surrender and submit.
As Muslims, we surrender our will to Allah.
Our free will back to Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
We have been given the choice. You can
pray, not pray.
You can drink or not drink. Right? You
can fast and not fast. You have that
choice. Allah gave you that.
For whoever wants and whoever wants and disbelieve.
So that choice
you, is been given to you by who?
By Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
This is a nirma. So now you have
agency. You can choose.
Now then Allah asks us
to give back that choice.
To give back this free will that you
have and don't live by your own desires
and your own whims, but live by the
law Allah gives you.
Why? Because this is what it means to
be a true servant to Allah.
Another reason because this is how you will
live the best life possible.
Following the law sent by Allah,
it ensures we live the most,
the best experience in this world.
And we will also ensure that we are
true servants to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
So Ibrahim was the epitome. He was the
example of that.
Nothing
that he was asked to do did he
even hesitate.
He was told to give dawah to his
people. He started with his father. His father
says, if you don't leave me, Laar Jumannech,
I will stone you to death.
He kept on giving his dawah. He went
to his people, he gave them dawah. They
tried to burn him alive. It didn't stop
him. And throughout his journey you see Ibrahim
facing adversity after adversity, difficult times to to
the point where Allah keeps on testing him.
And we mentioned those tests. What did Allah
say about Ibrahim and his tests? If you
go back to verse 100
and
24,
Ibrahim When Allah tested, when Allah tried, when
Allah tested Ibrahim
with commandments, and he fulfilled them all.
He passed with flying colors. This is why
he is
such an
essential figure in Islam because he shows you.
Okay? You're struggling with your 5 daily prayers.
You're struggling with the Hidab. You're struggling with
being a practicing Muslim.
Look at Ibrahim alaihi salam, he wasn't asked
to play fight on a day, he was
asked to slaughter his son.
That was his test. He wasn't asked to
fast 1 month of Ramadan, he was asked
to leave and leave his baby and Hajar
in the desert.
Allah was testing his trust in Allah. Allah
was testing his submission.
Ibrahim
who did Khitan on himself.
Khitan on himself. 1st to circumcise himself.
Ibrahim
who
every single test Allah put forth would do
it.
What is the the the the the base
upon this?
Why would he why was he doing all
of this? Very simple. He understood what it
meant to be a Muslim.
And Allah is telling us Ibrahim was chosen
in this world to be an imam. Ibrahim
was among the righteous in the hereafter.
Why?
When his lord said to him submit? What
was his answer?
Yeah, but actually it's
difficult. No.
I submit myself to the lord of the
worlds. That's what it means to be a
Muslim. Something that that should perhaps mention is
that the word Muslim,
it means to submit,
and the word mummin, it means to believe.
Of course Ibrahim was a Muslim and a
Mu'min, but when we use those two terms,
Mu'min and Muslim, they have different meanings.
They have different and actually they are, one
is a higher level than the
other. Muslim,
of course the Islam of
of,
Ibrahim Al Islam was of the highest level,
But to initially submit yourself and to enter
into Islam you become a Muslim.
A Mu'min
is a higher level. A Mu'min is a
higher level.
And, this is why Allah subhanahu wa'ala is
in the Quran. And this is actually the
belief of all, of the of of Ahlus
Sunnah. There's 2 groups that say Muslim and
mumin are exactly the same. The Qadri and
the Khawarij. They say Muslim and mumin are
exactly the same. But the overwhelming majority of
Ahlus Sun the rest of the actual Ahlus
Sunnah, they say they're not the same. They
have different meanings. And what is the evidence
for this in the Quran?
Allah says about the Bedouins.
The Bedouins. These were people that came into
Islam. They accepted Islam. They said,
we believe. We have faith. We are believers.
Allah said, don't say this.
But say we have submitted.
Iman is it requires work. You can't just
say I am a Mu'min. It requires work.
You are a Muslim first and then as
you work on your iman, as you do
your act acts of good deeds, as you
pray more, as you read more Quran, as
you build yourself up, you'll come you'll become
a believer. And if a higher level is
a muhsin. Right?
One time, one of the companions said,
give something.
Give such and such for he is a
Mu'min. The prophet said, oh Muslim.
Perhaps he's just a Muslim. Don't doesn't mean
don't give him, but don't throw throw the
title Mu'min,
giving giving it to everyone. A Mu'min is
actually, it requires work.
And there's a whole masala mentioned and studied
in Aqidah, which is can I say I
am a Mu'min? Can I say and claim
I am a mummin?
In the scholars they say it depends on
what you mean by that. Because you shouldn't
be giving tiziki to yourself. I am a
true believer. I I you know, it's it's
almost alluding that you have complete iman, which
this is why there are so many hadith.
And by the way, every hadith you come
across that says
none of you doesn't believe x unless who
can give me a Hadith? Who can finish
that? None of you doesn't believe unless?
He loves for your brother.
So what none of you doesn't believe here
means none of you doesn't believe a faith
that is complete.
That's what it means. Right? Can you get
come on. Anyone give me another example?
Right?
It's very good that hadith is
one of the last hadith in the 40
hadith of Imam Nawawi. There is some weakness
in the chain,
but it's it's a good hadith. It means
the meaning is perfect, by the way. The
meaning is good. Wani doesn't truly believe unless,
hadayukun hawaawutabiallimajitibi,
unless your own desires are following that which
I came with.
So there are many so when you come
in,
when you come across a hadith that says,
none of you truly believe.
The word truly is really important. It means
you do believe,
but your belief can increase. Right? So the
one who loves for his brother the way
he loves for himself, the one who this
is this is you working on your iman.
Does that make sense?
How do we come to the concept of
talking about iman? Because you were talking about
Islam. So Islam and iman.
All Mu'mins are Muslims,
but not every Muslim is a Mu'min.
Did that make sense? Why isn't every
Muslim a Mu'min? Because you work your way
towards being a true Moomin. But every person
that is a Mu'min is a Muslim. One
another thing you have to remember is, and
this is very important,
is that
that these two terms,
iman and Islam, or Muslim,
these two terms,
if they are mentioned together in a sentence
or in a conversation,
they mean different things.
If they are mentioned separately or or by
themselves,
it encompasses both. In other words,
in this verse,
it it means Muslim, all of it, because
it's mentioned separately.
But if you bring them together, they mean
different things. Like the hadith of Jibril.
Arkan Islam, Arkan Iman, they mean different things.
Like the hadith I mentioned earlier, when the
prophet said,
when he said give him because he's a
Mu'min, the prophet perhaps he's a Muslim. They
mentioned the same context, so the prophet is
distinguishing between the word Mu'min and Muslim in
the verses.
The Arab, the Bedouins said we are Mu'minists.
No. No. No. No. You are Muslims. They
mean different things. But if they're mentioned separately
they mean the same thing. Did that principle
make sense? Okay. So how question. How did
Ibrahim alayhi salam reach the level where he
is chosen by Allah in this world and
among the righteous?
When his lord said to him submit, he
submitted to the will of his lord, the
lord of all.
Then, in the following verses,
we see
why Ibrahim is such an important figure,
and how he wasn't only about himself. He
was very keen on guidance being passed down
and it being spread. Now this is very
interesting.
We mentioned the weeks that passed
that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
gave Ibrahim a gift and that was, I
will make you an imam. Who said that
who said that Allah Ibrahim, I will make
you an imam. Ibrahim didn't say that's amazing
you Rabbi, thank you and that's it. He
didn't say that. He wasn't he said,
what about my children? What about my offspring?
He wasn't only thinking about himself. He was
also thinking about, and by it means your
children and their children, everyone after.
And then Allah said,
my promise
will not reach the wrongdoers. Meaning what? The
wrongdoers among your offspring, they will not be
imams
but the good among them will be and
many of them were. Who can tell me
who who are among those Imams,
of guidance
or among the offspring of Ibrahim? Who comes
to mind?
Prophet Muhammad and all the other prophets about
Israel, his son 2 sons, Ismael and Ishaq.
There's his son Yaqub, Yusuf Alaihi Salam, Musa,
All of Israel. Israel. Israel. Israel. Israel. Israel.
Can Israel live in Israel?
From his mother's side.
From his mother's side. Yes.
Mariamah, who's also
Mariamah or or Mariam been to Imran, he's
she's also among these leaders and these imams.
Right? She's also among these imams and these
leaders.
Daeib.
So Allah tells him you're an imam. He
immediately asks about his offspring. That's the point
I was going to make. So you don't
only think about yourself, you also think about
those that come after you. You make dua
for them. You think about them.
Then, later on,
when he makes dua for
Mecca. Ibrahim makes dua for Mecca. Oh, Allah
make this a blessed place with fruits and
and take care of its people. He's thinking
about others again.
Right?
Then he builds the Kaaba and he makes
dua with his son, oh Allah make us
Muslims. Just us know
And among our offspring an Ummah that is
Muslim.
Then he asked Allah to send them a
messenger. Who's that messenger?
Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. That's why
there's a hadith, a belief that a Muslim,
where the prophet said,
and I'm also the the the the the
the the dua of Ibrahim, and I'm also
the the Galah tiding
of Isa because Isa gave glad tidings to
a messenger that came after. And that's prophet
Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Salam, Bayib. So you have
Ibrahim always worried about the next generation, about
his children, about those who come after him,
to the point where he's constantly making dua
for them. Now
he's not only making dua for them. Now
he has them sitting in front of them.
Now he has his son, Ibrahim Ismail, and
his other son, Ishaq, and then he has
Yaqub.
Yaqub, his grandson.
So now he's giving them a wasiya. He's
advising them, instructing
Allah is teaching us the instructions that Ibrahim
gave to his children.
And Ibrahim enjoyed,
instructed, advised
this submission.
The same submission that grants them the rank
of being among the rights in the hereafter
and being an imam in this world, he's
advising that to his children.
His children.
His grandson.
Oh my children.
Allah has chosen for you this
Do not die.
Except while you are Muslims,
submitters, people that are following the laws of
Allah and his commandments.
Don't die as a Muslim.
Right? This is a beautiful advice,
that he is giving them. He's saying to
them,
oh my sons, Allah has chosen for you
the true religion.
The one true religion.
So do not die except in faith of
Islam, except upon this way.
Then
Allah poses a question because this was a
conversation
that was the the prophets being held with
the yahud and the nasaara.
Because
the, this is very important because
the yahud said that Yaqub
and Yaqub is very significant in the history
of the yahud. Why? He is their father.
He is Israel. Yaqub is Israel.
So the bani Israel, they look towards Yaqub.
Right? Allah calls them Israel in the Quran.
All food was halal for Israel
except that which Israel made haram for himself.
Who's Israel here? Prophet? Ya'qub.
So they said,
why are you why why are you upon
Judaism? Why are you upon Yehudia? Why are
you upon this? Because prophet Yaqub
advised us to be.
This was prophet Yaqub's
dying wish for us to be upon and
Allah
is refuting that.
How do you know that?
How How do you know that I was
dying English?
Were you witnesses?
When death came to Yako? Were you there?
Or were you witnesses when death approached.
Who was a witness when the.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So Allah's telling us
what happened, what really happened.
Were you witnesses
when death came upon
Yaqub.
When he said
to his children,
he posed a question.
What are you going to worship after me?
I want to pause here. A few things
to mention is, look at these great prophets.
They're about to die,
and the only thing on their mind is,
what do my children worship?
Who will they worship? Will they be Muslims
or not?
Often,
as we raise children,
we think about many things. Who would inherit
my business?
Please ensure that you take care of it.
How would we do with this investment or
that? Right? Who's gonna take care of my
my youngest son, ensure that he's well taken
care of, that he goes to the best
schools? This, that, or the other. That's where
our minds are at. Our minds are in
the denia.
Ibrahim
is speaking to Yaqub
and Ismael Al Ishaq, and he's worried about
he's mentioning them about
where do you stay Muslims?
Yaqub is with his children. Who is his
children? His 12 children, Yusuf and Binyamin and
the other 10.
And there is an efar that's mentioned by,
some of them of Hasidin,
like Al Barawi,
where he mentions that
when Yaqub entered into Egypt,
he worried because in Egypt there was a
lot of idolatry.
And there was a lot of,
the the
they because
and I think I mentioned this previously as
well,
that
the Berenu S'il ended up in Egypt through
the migration of Ya'qub to Yusuf.
And they then lived among the Copts and
the Egyptians,
which will result in the Hebrews or the
yahood living there, which will result in their,
enslavement,
which will be when Musa is sent among
them.
That's why they were in Egypt, and they
eventually go go go back.
Now,
so
Yaqub
saw the idolatry that was happening.
And he worried about that. He saw people
worshiping the sun and the fire. And you
can imagine
Egypt,
1400 years ago not 14 years ago, 1000
of years ago actually,
and what they were upon. So prophet Aqob
is ensuring stay upon Tohid, stay upon the
way of your forefathers.
And then he asked them this. So and
he's about to die. He's about to die.
Allah says, were you witnesses when death came
upon when he said to his children, for
who will you worship after me?
And what was their answer?
They said. Who said? His children.
We will worship.
Your lord.
Your and the lord and the god
of your fathers.
And who are your fathers?
Ibrahim.
In other words, you are upon the way
of?
Ibrahim. And your father, Ishmael.
And your father, Ishaq.
And what who are we going to worship?
Ilahaanwahid and one god. We're
going to be upon Tawhid.
We're going to be upon Tawhid? Just that?
No.
And we
will be submitted to him alone. Islam and
Tawhid was mentioned.
Islam and Tawhid.
This is what they answered.
This is the dawah
of prophet Ibrahim and subsequently the dua of
all the prophets and dua of Muhammad
They were all Muslims.
So their deen was Islam and their call
was Tawhid.
Another interesting point to mention is, they said,
we will follow the way of your fathers.
And who are they speaking to? Who's who's
about to die?
And who whose name
is? Yaqub.
And then they mention, it'll be upon the
religion of your fathers, Abaik. And who's the
first that they mention? Ibrahim, which is his
grandfather.
Right? And then is Ismail. Ismail isn't his
father.
What is Ismail's?
His uncle.
So why So from here you learn something
quite interesting. The Arabs used to call their
uncles fathers.
The Arabs used to call their uncles fathers.
Al lamtalem annalaim
sinualab,
like the prophet said. So this is you
find it quite often,
in the in the Quran,
or in the sunnah, where the the father
is being referred to as, the uncle is
being referred to as the father.
So Ismail, who's your uncle, and Ishaq, your
actual father. Right?
And they all worship Allah alone, and we
will also worship Allah alone, and
we will submit to him alone.
Then
there's another point that must be rectified
because
the yahud and the nasaara
would claim that we are the people of
Israel.
Therefore, we have some divine right to be
upon the Haqq.
And that was dealt with already in the
beginning of when Allah taught us when they
said,
we are the children and the chosen people.
Or when they said, we will go to
Jannah and we will not be punished
for a few days. Right? It's all thing.
Just because we are from the Belen Israel,
we are saved. Allah repeated that concept by
saying no. The only way you are saved
is
if you do righteous actions and have faith.
Right? It doesn't matter who your lineage is,
who you're connected with. So here, you someone
might be a little bit confused. Why? Because,
okay, you have Ibrahim and then his children
and then their children and and so is
this a family thing?
Is this a family thing?
And Allah saying, no. It's not.
You see those great prophets that were upon
to hid in Islam?
They are a nation
that is gone.
They will earn what they worked for.
And you will earn that which you work
for.
You will not be asked about what they
used to do.
So don't
hang on or cling on to the good
that these great prophets done.
That will not help you.
Know what you do help them.
It is everyone and their actions.
So from this verse we are being taught,
it is your responsibility to be upon Tawhid.
It is your responsibility to pee upon Islam
to be a true Muslim like they were.
Take them as an example, follow them, follow
their guidance, but in the end, it's gonna
be you and your own deeds.