Mustafa Khattab – Taraweeh Gems 4 Greatest Verse
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The speaker discusses the importance of the verse "will be rewarded by the creator." They explain that the verse in the Quran is the greatest and most preciousest of all, and that it is a unique verse in the century before it. The speaker also discusses the importance of providing for oneself and others, as well as denying oneself and others.
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So we cannot leave Surah Al Baqarah without
talking about Ayat al Kursi, the greatest Ayat
in the Quran.
There are several hadith that talk about the
greatness and the value of this,
ayat.
And we know that the ulama'u tafsir, they
say if there is a verse from the
Quran. We know that
Surahs in the Quran have names. Right? But
if there is a verse inside the Surah
that has a special name, then this means
that this verse is so great.
Yeah. You say for example,
Ayatil Mujadil.
Like at the beginning of Surat al Mujadalah.
This is how the Ayat is called, Ayat
al Mujadalah.
Also, if you have Ayat al Dayin, the
Ayat about deaths at the end of Surat
al Baqarah, it means it's a very important
and precious,
verse.
Also this Ayah, Ayatul Kursi, the verse of
Al Kursi. Right? So if it has a
special name, it means it's a very unique
verse in the Quran.
The prophet SAWSAW Alaihi Wa Salam asked
So in this authentic Hadith, the prophet
asked Ubayy ibnika
about the greatest
verse in the Quran and Ubayi Radi Luh
who says without hesitation, Ayatul Kursi.
This Ayat in Suratul Baqarah. So the Prophet
SAW Alaihi Wasallam commended him for his great
knowledge.
There is another Hadith from the Prophet SAW
Alaihi Wasallam that's also authentic.
The prophet says, whoever recites Ayatul Kursi after
every fard, namaz, or salah,
the only thing
standing between them and Jannah is death. As
soon as they die, they go to Jannah.
This shows you how important this verse is.
A couple of linguistic,
things about this Ayah before we get into,
some details.
The most frequently mentioned
letters in Ayatul Kursi, Al Khuruf, Aqthar Khuruf,
the Qur'an Al fee Ayatul Kursi,
Bia,
Alif, Walam,
Wameel.
The first Ayatul Surah, Alif, Laam, Meel. These
are the most frequently mentioned letters in this
verse.
Number 2,
the ayah has 9 verses.
If you compare the first
ayah to ayah number 9, they match very,
perfectly. Like, Allah
It talks about the qualities of Allah. Al
hayyum Qayyum. And at the end,
2 qualities of Allah, Al hayyum Al
hayyum. The second,
sentence in the Ayat matches
verse number 8 at the end. Right?
He
doesn't fall asleep, no slumber overtakes him, and
at the end he never gets tired.
So it matches perfectly.
The third
Ayat,
everything in the heavens and the earth belongs
to him. It matches with Ayat number
verse number, or actually sentence number 7 at
the end.
His Kursi
encompasses everything in the heavens and the earth.
So
sentence 1 with sentence number 9, sentence number
2 with sentence number 8 and 7, and
actually 3 with 7 and so on and
so forth. The one in the middle at
the center,
sentence number 5, it says, You Alam Mumma
Bayna Aidim Mumma Khalfaan. He knows whatever comes
before and whatever comes after. Right? So it
matches perfectly, it's like a mirror. You know,
the the first half is repeated and the
second half in a slightly different style, but
it is used for emphasis. Right?
So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala knows what comes
before and what comes after.
So why does Allah
in this ayah talk about His power and
His greatness?
Because the ayah before him, He says, You
you all laveena a manu unfikumim marazatinakum.
Oh you believe, provide or spend, donate
from what Allah has given you, He doesn't
need you anyway. This is what he is
saying in Aat al Kursi, that everything in
this world belongs to Him.
Your money, your car, you, yourself belong to
Allah. So if you provide, if you donate,
you help yourself. You're not helping him in
any way.
So this is why he talks about his
power, and his wealth, and greatness.
The Ayah after, he's talking about, la ikhraafideen.
There's no need to push people to accept
Islam. He's saying,
the truth stands out clearly from falsehood.
Right? So you don't have to push anyone
to accept Islam. If Allah wanted all people
to take Shahadah, he would have made them
believers by default.
I remember asking a sister,
we send the the pamphlet to, Willand City,
and she came and I asked her why
did you, accept Islam? She said, as soon
as she read the pamphlet,
she decided that this was the truth. And
she said one thing,
that no one would read something like this,
and no one would see the truth clearly
in front of their eyes and ignore it
except a fool.
And I told her, this is what Allah
says in the Quran,
Only a fool will ignore the millah of
Ibrahim alaihis salam.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala describes him himself in
this ayah as Al Hayy,
the ever living.
There was nothing before him, there's nothing after
him. He was before time and he is
after time.
Okay. If we are described in Jannah as
Khaledun, we'll be in Jannah forever. What makes
our what eternity,
our eternity different from his? His eternity
has no beginning or end. When we go
to Jannah to stay forever,
our eternity has a beginning because we're dead
before he raised us from the dead, then
he gave a Jannah forever. So our eternity
is not complete, his eternity is complete.
Al Qayyum,
he is the all sustaining. He's providing for
everyone. He doesn't need us, but he's providing
for us. Even those who deny him, even
those who worship someone else, those who worship
animals, those who worship other human beings, he's
still providing for him. Even those who denies
existence,
like call marks and others, Allah
out of His mercy,
He's providing for them. He's not denying them
food or provision, and this is out of
His rahma for His creation.
On the day of judgment, everyone will be
accountable,
and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will reward everyone
according to decisions and their choices in this
life. We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to
give us the best in this life and
the best in the life to come. The
question for last night