Mustafa Khattab – Ramadan Special Quran Gems 7
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The speakers discuss various examples of behavior and events in the world, including cutting a knife, giving things to someone, and not wanting to do something. They stress the importance of trusting oneself and acknowledging actions. They also touch on various stories and events, including a woman who was born with a baby and her language was bad, and a woman who experienced language weaknesses and difficulty with her English. The speakers emphasize the importance of trusting oneself and rewarding one's efforts.
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And your heart relies entirely on Allah
Knowing that no one can do something for
you, and no one can take something away
from you except Allah
Why? Because Allah
is in control.
The laws of physics don't govern him, and
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala governs
all laws.
So for example, a few I give you
a few examples. If Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
wants something to happen, it will happen even
if it doesn't make sense to us. And
if Allah Subhanahu Wa'ala Alaa'ala doesn't want to
something to happen, it will not happen even
if it doesn't make sense to us. Few
examples.
Does anyone have a lighter?
A lighter.
Tonight maybe I'll No. Masha'Allah, they quit smoking.
Alhamdulillah.
So,
Masha'Allah had
so what is the job of this?
To burn. Right? But in the story of
Ibrahim alaihis salam, this didn't burn. They threw
him in the fire, and it didn't burn
him, because Allah said don't do it, and
it didn't happen.
Does anyone have a final award? Yeah, there's
some here.
So what is the function of this? Like
if we throw you in the ocean,
so this would drown you.
In the story of Musa alaihis salaam and
Bani Israel Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala told this,
don't drown them. They didn't drown. When Musa
alaihi wasalam hit the sea with his staff,
and it split, they didn't drown because Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala didn't want it to happen.
Now, does anyone have a knife? No?
Yeah, I know.
So the function of a knife is to
cut. You know in the story of Ismail,
Ibrahim Alaihi Salaam wanted to sacrifice his son,
you know this story. And Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala told the knife, don't cut. Didn't cut.
Why? Because everything follows the command of Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
So, now these are things that happen in
a certain way, and Allah
didn't want them to happen that way, so
they didn't work that way.
Now, there are some certain things that work
the other way, and Allah
wanted them to work some other way, and
it worked His way.
How?
If you look at the, story of Isa
alayhis salam, every one of us is born
from a father and a mother, the male
factor and the female factor.
In the case of Isa alayhis salam, there
was no male factor. There's no man in
the story. It's Maryam alayhis salam. For us,
it doesn't make sense, because you have to
have the sperm and the egg, fertilization,
and so on and so forth, but in
the story of Isa alayhi salam, it didn't
work that way, because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
wanted it to happen that way.
In the story of Yahya alaihis salam, who
was related to Risa alaihis salam, it's the
opposite,
because we have Zakariyah alaihis salam, and you
have the wife of Zakariyah,
who was not only 80 years old, she
was also buried.
So if you have a woman who was
18
years old, not 80, 18 years old, and
she is barren,
no babies. But she was 80 years old,
and she was barren. She cannot produce babies.
We're not talking about monopose, someone who was,
like, 35, 40 years old. We're talking about
monostop
completely.
Nothing. No igs. No igs whatsoever.
What's even more difficult is the is the
story of Ishaq alayhis salam. His mother, not
only was she barren, but she was 90
years old. 90 years old. Even in today's
terms,
where we have a lot of advancements in
science and technology,
it doesn't make sense. If you see a
woman who's 90 years old with a baby,
this is something astonishing.
And what is even more astonishing than this
is the story of Adam alaihis salaam. No
father, no mother.
So if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants something
to happen, it would happen.
And if it doesn't make sense to us,
and if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala doesn't want
something to happen, it will not happen even
if it doesn't make sense to us.
So what does that tell you?
It tells you, you've always put your trust
in Allah, you know that Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala is running the show, Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala is in control. He is the provider.
If you need something,
say, Yeah Allah give me.
Why? Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala loves it
when you say, Yeah Allah. Just You Allah.
Why? Number 1.
When you say Allah, you acknowledge that Allah
is alive because we don't call someone who
is dead.
When you say You Allah, you acknowledge that
Allah is 1 because you're not calling more
than 1. When you say You Allah, you
acknowledge that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala hears and
sees,
and you acknowledge the qualities of hearing and
seeing.
When you say you Allah, you you're acknowledging
that Allah
will respond to you,
and He is the provider, He is the
razat, and He will give you. So when
you actually make dua, one word Allah, You
Allah, or Allahumma,
you are recognizing
the different names or the beautiful names of
Allah, and this is the beauty of Dua.
Now as usual, I got only 2 more
minutes. I'm gonna tell you a story. I
told it before, but I I never get
tired of telling that story to show you
the power of Dua'a and the power of
putting your trust in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
The story happened in Egypt many years back,
about 20 years ago.
This brother,
I know him, He's from Egypt. He's grad
he graduated from Al Azhar. He studied Islamic
Studies in Arabic. Now he graduated high school.
He went to Islamic Studies in English.
His English was in the basement because they
didn't, you know, the those who taught them
in the in high school, they were not
qualified.
They didn't study English, so they got everyone
anyone off the street to teach them English.
So the examples I like to give from
that period when he made it to college,
everyone was making fun of that brother every
time he tried to read.
They they were telling, you know, they were
making fun of him. The teachers were telling
him to give his maschat because his English
was so bad.
So,
for example,
the word he used, based on what they
taught him,
for this, it's stoo much.
Stoo much, this. Not stomach, they told him,
stoo much.
If the food is delicious, they call him
to say the food is deliquis.
Okay, whatever.
I speak languegdi.
Language.
Right? So his English was miserable. Right? So
one time he decided to improve his spoken
English,
so he spoke to the, top student who
was, you know, top student in the whole
of the government in in, you know, the
of Egypt, the country of Egypt. So he
spoke to him, and I remember this story
because it happened about this time in Ramadan,
about 20 years ago, back in 1997.
So this brother that I'm talking about told
the taught student, can I talk to you
in English so I can improve my English?
So the brother told him, no. No. No.
Your English is so bad. That brother, his
name is Mohammed. He said, your English is
so bad. If I talk to you in
English, my English will you know, you're gonna
spoil my English, and this is too bad
for me. So the brother felt sorry for
him that he is trying to prove himself,
and he's putting his trust on this guy,
and and this guy is not helping him.
So that night, that brother that I'm talking
about prayed salatul Isha, prayed with, and he
made Dua to Allah. He said, You Allah,
antarqul alameen, you are in control of everything.
You can help me learn English. And I
promise you, I made a promise to you
right now, if you if you help me
improve my English, and I speak good English,
then I'm gonna use my English for Dawah,
fisavirila.
So the brother started to work hard, started
to read and study and watch,
videos to learn English. 3 years later, that
brother that I'm talking about, he graduated top
of his class. He was the 1st student,
top student in the whole department,
2nd student in the whole of the faculty
of, translation.
Brother Mohammed failed in the last year. So
that brother that I'm talking about was appointed
as a professor at Al Azhar Islamic Studies
in English.
He got his master's, his PhD in English,
and he moved to North America about 10
years ago, and he has been doing Dawah
ever since. Hundreds of people have taken Shahada
at his hands, and he has done a
fantastic translation of the Quran. It's called the
Clear Quran,
and he's giving Dawah and giving Shahadas.
I've known this brother my whole life,
and when this brother was born I was
there with him, when he got married I
was there for him, and every morning when
I look at the mirror I see this
brother, because this brother is me.
So I'm telling you my story. It's not
impossible. If you put your trust in Allah,
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, you can learn anything. Urdu,
Turkish, whatever language you would like to learn.
No one can stop you from achieving your
goal in life. If you put your trust
in Allah, no one can stop you except
you. So we ask Allah
to make things easy for us and give
us the best in this life and the
best in the life to come. So the
question for last night,
was, there was a baby in the Quran.
Allah
made something Haram for him, and the answer
is wa haramna alayhiil mararaba.
Musa alayhi salam. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made
nursing from other women Haram for him, except
through his mother. And this is for a
reason. And the winner is brother Mahmoud Rashid.
Mahmoud Rashid, mashaAllah.
Been trying every night, finally.
I thought if he doesn't win tonight, he's
gonna kidnap me or something. But I gotta
just give him some prize.
But I've been lucky. So
So,
we're gonna do 2 rakashaf
and 1 rakashaf
Pray 2 rakashaf salaam, then I'll pray 1
rakashaf.
So Yes.