Nadim Bashir – Conversations In The Quran #6 Story Of The Cow
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The transcript discusses the confusion surrounding Islam's use of "arrogant behavior" and the importance of praying five times a day. It also describes a Surah with a recitation and a woman trying to convince people to buy a cow worth more than three gold coins. The story also highlights the importance of not questioning who is the father of the cow and not giving up wealth if the mother is not blessed.
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Learn is that there's never a point that where we should
question Allah's orders. You see the ayah that I shared with you
before AM turidu. This is why Allah mentioned this. Because
these people were so arrogant in their nature. Instead of saying
aman nawasa, takana, they kept on. They kept on having you know, they
would exhibit arrogant behaviors. So Allah subhanahu saying that
this is not your position. Your position is I'm telling you to do
something, and you do it. And this is why, for all of us in the ummah
of Rasulullah, sallAllahu, alayhi, wa sallam, we do not have to
question everything we're told to do. If Allah says to us, you pray
five times a day. I had a young man came to me. He said that, why
is it if Allah wants us to pray five times a day? Halas, I'll pray
five times a day. I'll wake up in the morning and I'll pray my fajr
in my heart, in my Assad, in my mother. Ibn Isha, khalas, in 10
minutes, or like in 1520 minutes, I'll finish all my five times, my
five daily prayers, because that's what Allah wants, right? And I
said, No, there is, as Allah says in the Salat Canada, meaning
there's a time fixed, a time that is specified for every single
prayer you have to pray, the Salawat in those times. Now, why
those times? We don't know. Now we may say that Allah subhanahu wa
told us to do such and such. Perhaps this is the Heckman behind
it, but to say that this is why Allah told us, this is not the
position of ours, we need to say that because Allah told us and
that is it. Why do you pray five times a day? Because Allah told us
to do so? I went to an interfaith gathering one time. They said, Why
does a woman have to wear hijab? Because Allah said, so simple as
that. Now some people say that, well, because Maryam Ali Islam
used to wear it, and all the nuns wear it, and this wear it. And if
you look in the past, all religious people, women would
always cover their hair and so forth. Yes, you can probably give
that explanation. But specifically, why do do we, I
mean, why do Muslim women have to cover because Allah said so simple
as that, because our deen tells us that it is not our place to apply
logic and say that. I think I know better you understand. And this is
why, you know, there's a very beautiful point here. I want to
share with you some many people have asked, why this surah, the
longest surah in the Quran. Think about it for a moment. The longest
surah in the Quran is called sutil Baqarah. Why? Because in this same
Surah, there is stories about there is a story, or there is
mention about the qibla, right, the change of the qibla in Sudan,
Baqarah. There is mention about Siam instead of Baqarah. There is
mention about Hajj instead of Bakra. There is mention about
marriage and divorce in Sud Bakra, there is mention about spending
money, what is considered as riba when you take a loan. What are the
adab? What are the etiquettes? It makes you wonder why this entire
surah was named after one story.
And the Ulama, they gave a very beautiful explanation. And they
say, when a person reads sulfatiha And a person and in suratiha, we
recite and we read a surat al mustaqim Ya Allah guide us to the
right path. In the next Surah, Allah, subhana wa taala, he says,
Dali Kalki, Tabu la Roy, bafi, Huda, Lim takin, this is a book
you're asking for guidance. I'm giving you this book. This book
has all the guidance that you need in your life. HUD Lil muttaqin,
but the very first criteria when it comes to Iman is that you
cannot question ALLAH SubhanA wa taala. And perhaps this entire
Surah has been named sudra Baqarah, because the most
important lesson to be learned from Surat Baqarah is that you can
never question ALLAH SubhanA wa taala. This is why Allah says
Allah minoona bin LA, you have to believe in the unseen. The world
is telling us to believe in the scene, to believe in what's in
front of you. Do not believe in something that is beyond us, but
our deen has taught us that no our deen is that we we believe in
Allah. We don't ever question ALLAH SubhanA wa taala. We can ask
a question, but we cannot question ALLAH SubhanA wa taala. This is
perhaps the very first thing that Allah wants us to learn from sudar
Baqarah. Hence the story this whole Surah has been mentioned, or
has been named, Surat Al Baqarah, because the most important lesson
to be learned from Musa in the cow is never to question ALLAH SubhanA
wa taala. So now Allah subhana wa Taala says they kept on engaging,
engaging Musa Ali Islam. What kind of a cow is it? And what kind of a
color is it? Fati or lonu hat? A certain Ali in Allah, subhana wa
Taala says it has to be yellow. Not not the type of yellow that
you look at it and you grim, but a type of yellow that you look at it
and it's appealing. And then Allah, and then they kept on
asking. Now, interestingly, here.
Part of what I just said earlier about when Allah tells us to do
something, we don't ask why, but we do. You see this story, by the
way, if you look at this entire story of Sud Baqarah, I mean the
story of Baqarah in sudd Baqarah, Allah mentioned the huqam first.
Pay attention. If you want to go back home, you can go back and
read the ayat. It starts off from it starts off from ayah number 67
and it goes further ahead for, I'm probably for another 10 verses. If
you read the entire Surah, Allah did not mention the story first
and say, This is why I'm telling you to do this. Allah is telling
us what to do first. Our job is not to know what the story behind
is. Allah is telling us to do something. We do it. Allah is
telling anybody is sail that you do what you have to do. Worry
about the story later on. But see, this is what submission is. This
is exactly what submission and Iman is at the end of the story,
at the end of all these ayat, then Allah, subhana wa Taala mentions
what is Qatal to nothing fat daratum, fiha, faulad, rebuhdi ha
Allah is telling them at the end, you take a cow, slaughter the cow,
and take a portion of that cow, and you strike it on the dead
person, and the person will reveal the name. And this is exactly what
they did. But you see, they made their life difficult when they
transgressed. Allah made their life difficult. Now, a second
lesson to be learned from all this. When these people were
looking for this cow, they came across across. They came across a
young child and a mother, and this, they came to the mother, and
they said that, what is the price of this cow? Because this is the
cow they've been looking for. And that time the mother, she said,
there is no price on this cow. I don't want to sell this cow. The
child said that, you know, I don't want to sell this cow right now
and so forth. When they insisted, they pushed the mother very hard.
The mother said, Okay, fine. I'll give it for three gold coins. I'll
give it for three gold coins. They gave they they were about to,
actually, the child, probably, the child said, three gold coins. The
mother said, no, no, this, this cow is, you know, once again, the
demand is very high, the supply is very low, so that what happens to
their price, it goes really high. So you want this cow so bad. And
this is, this is a one of a kind cow that you're looking for the
price is more than three gold coins. So they went back and
forth. And the child just said that even if you give us a skin
worth a skin filled meaning that as big as this cow is, you take
this entire the skin of the cow and you fill it up with gold
coins, probably, then I'll think about it. And the mother said
that, you know what? Actually, I agree with my son. I agree with my
son. If you give us a skin filled of gold coins, then we'll sell you
this cow. They had to pull in all the resources just to get this
lady a skin filled of gold coins. But the question is, what's the
story behind this? The story behind this is that their father
was a very religious man. He was a God fearing man, and he made dua
to Allah subhana wa taala. Before this is mentioned in some books of
tafa, that he made dua to Allah subhana wa taala, that Ya Allah, I
have served you my entire life, and all I have, all I have is this
one son I leave behind, this one wife, and the only wealth I have,
the only asset I have, is this one cow and Ya Allah, I'm putting all
this in your hands. I'm dying. Ya Allah, you take care of them. Now,
how did Allah subhana, take care of them, brought them so much gold
to them as a result of this man's dua, which, what we learn from
this, from this, is that a parent who is righteous, a person who is
righteous, and they leave behind, is not like this. Now let me say
this. It is. It doesn't mean that a person cannot leave behind
assets for their children. That's not what I'm saying. But this man,
that's all that he had, that's all that he could afford, that's all
that Allah gave him. So he's leaving that behind and saying,
Ya, Allah, you take care of my family. And subhanAllah, lo and
behold, Allah did take care of his family by bringing in so much gold
to this family. And the lesson learned from this is when a man is
truly when, when a mother and a father are truly righteous towards
Allah, subhana wa taala, Allah will help, help take care of them.
Allah will look after them. Allah is, once again, Al wakin. He is Al
Hafid. He is the one who's going to look after the family. And
there's a lesson to be learned in this, for all of us, even in the
story of Musa and Khadr, when, when Khadr, he was making sure
that the wall will remain straight. What did he say? He says
that because underneath this wall, Wakan at a Huma Wakan Abu Huma
saliha, their father was righteous, and that is why I want
to make sure that if this wealth is.
Is exposed to the people of the city, they will take it away. I
want to make sure that this wealth is preserved for their children.
So the second lesson to be learned from this story is, just like the
first lesson is, we don't ever question Allah. The second lesson
to be learned is, if we are righteous towards Allah, Subhanahu
wa something that we all are always worried about that, what's
going to happen to our children afterwards, if I, God forbid, die,
what's going to happen to my children? If you, if you are
righteous, then inshaAllah, ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala will take care of
your children. I ask Allah subhana wa Taala to make us amongst those
who will learn from the Quran and apply the Quran in Our life. Amir,
Rabil, Alameen, What is akumala? Salaam, Alaikum,
Furu