Nadim Bashir – Khatira – The Example of the Spider Web

			Two days ago I talked about Souter cos we have covered this surah in the past few days. The sutra
that comes immediately after sutra classes, is a sutra that is very much worthy of our reflection.
And especially based on the curtain circumstances, where we see Muslims being tortured, Muslims
being persecuted because of their faith all over the world we see in light of everything that we see
it is very important that we focus on this Surah Surah Anca booth. Allah subhana wa Tada he begins a
surah by saying it flat meme. And in this tutorial if you want to summarize this entire sutra, what
is the head of the surah what is the goal of this entire sutra? If the goal is that there are going
		

			to be challenges that will come from Allah subhana wa Tada and those who are the believers, they
will endure these challenges and those who are not the believers, they will lose faith in these
challenges. These challenges will make them distant from ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada. So Allah because the
surah by saying it flat mean, and why the Allah subhanho wa Taala mentioned this of course we know
that we cannot we don't know the meaning of the photo.
		

			And if there are mean foreseen calf higher I thought, no, no, no one knows the true meaning of these
ayat. And the subtle meaning behind this is that just like you and I, we don't know the meaning of
Alif Lam Meem. We don't know the hikma behind Adfly meme. Likewise, challenges that come from Allah
subhanho wa Taala we don't know the heck about these challenges. We don't know why is ALLAH SubhanA
wa Taala sending us these challenges, but we have to simply accept them. And then Allah says, And if
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			go home. Now you afternoon? Do you really believe that you can say that you believe in Allah and you
will not be tested? Now let's try to understand that this surah was one of the last suitors to be
revealed in Makkah, when the last verse will be revealed mean that the persecution against the
Muslims have ramped up and already Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has sent a group a good
group a good you know a good group in terms of number two Abba singer and publisher yet their
persecution is growing in the Muslim community, and especially in Makkah, and this sutra is
revealed. So Allah subhanho wa taala, saying that you will be tested no doubt, there is no doubt
		

			that you can, there is no doubt in the fact and there is no way that you can say that you believe in
Allah, you will not be tested. However, all of our tests are going to be different. Right now for us
living in America. Our test is different than those living in India, those living in India is
different than those living in Palestine. Those living in Palestine is different than the ones that
are going on in China and every single person is gonna be tested in different ways. Allah subhanho
wa taala. What he wants to also tell us is that when it comes to a test of faith, you will have to
go through much more difficulty see this word fitna Allah you've done when the word fit now what is
		

			it in reference to is in reference to the process that gold goes through in order to become more
purified? See, if I were to take gold in itself, I would take gold in itself and I will try to scrub
it on the outside of it, it will never become clean. I cannot just take gold and rub it on the
outside. Gold usually when it when it comes to the filth that is associated with gold is usually
deeply penetrated in the middle of that gold. So what a person has to do is what the goldsmith does
is he takes that gold and he has to melt that entire gold and then remove the dirt the the particles
are not considered as gold and then the gold is separated from the rest. Likewise when we talk about
		

			eemaan Where is Iman Iman is not on the outside eemaan is where is on the inside just like fills in
that gold is on the inside and it has to go through a furnace and the whole thing has to break down
in order to remove that dirt. Likewise a person will have to go through a little more difficulty in
order to remove that filth from our iman and that is the cleansing process. Allah subhanho wa Taala
then says what are the Fontana Lavina Makaveli him there are people before you they went through
these challenges. You're not of the exception today we say Why did Allah put us through this? Well,
people people before us they also went through similar challenges. We'll look at the fact that none
		

			of them in public hola him Falaya alamin Hola. Hola. Vina Sadako wala Hola Mundo Academy and I'm
hassy bernadina Yama, Luna say You know, you know, those who are going through persecution, those
who are the victims of someone else's learning. We always say that we have to be patient and we have
to put our trust in Allah subhanho wa taala. But what happens to these people who are Divali Moon
who are what happens to these people who are committing the violence? Allah subhanho wa Taala says
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			Yamuna say those people who are committing this say at and these wounds, do they think that they
have gotten away from Allah subhanho wa Taala sir, yeah C'mon, Allah subhanaw taala is telling them
telling the telling the volley moon that your time will also come. And in this there's a lesson also
for the victims also for those who are the mudroom, that whenever and wherever Allah subhanho wa
Taala chooses, Allah will hold them accountable today we always say where is the help of Allah
subhanho wa Taala when will you have ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala come and this ayah tells us and that
Allah is telling us that your job is to be patient in these kinds of situations. And it is my job to
		

			decide when I will hold them accountable. I may hold them accountable in this dunya I may hold them
accountable in the market up but then after this Allah subhana wa Tada he goes through different
stories and different things to show us how you and I we can be tested in this dunya Allah subhanho
wa Taala he first of all brings up the story of a brings up an idea in reference to size and build
up your castle, the Allahu ion, where he was emotionally blackmailed by his own mother. And she was
and she said to her own son, the fact that you have converted to Islam, I'm no longer going to eat
till you don't come back to your the religion of your forefathers. So in one way she's trying to
		

			emotionally, emotionally trying to get to her own son. So the Quran is telling us that sometimes
there going to be challenges that come our way in which our emotions are going to be played with
sometimes our emotions are going to be toyed with and as Muslims, we have to be strong we cannot
become emotional and we give in no we have to be strong. Allah subhanho wa Taala in the same Surah
talks about Ibraheem Alehissalaam why he brought him out of Islam because Ibrahim Allah his son's
challenge was what it was the fire but because he was he was steadfast upon his Yaqeen and Allah
subhanho wa Taala Allah subhanho wa Taala saved him in that same surah Allah mentioned the story of
		

			New Orleans Salaam. Why? Because during his time, what was the great deal at that time, the big
flood that came Allah subhanho wa Taala saved New otter usernames, and the believers and then Allah
subhanho wa Taala mentioned the story of lotano usana. And he says, we'll call it Nemo heard you
don't either Robbie, that I'm making Hijra to my Rob. And in essence, this is a hint to Rasulullah
sallallahu it was send them as I said, this is one of the last words to be revealed in Makkah. So
this is a hint to the province of salaam without when I'm saying I'm making hijra, you also are
going to be making Hijra to Medina and then after that Allah subhanho wa Taala in the same surah he
		

			talks about salaat that the challenges that will come our way also may be in the form of sins. Allah
says the how do you protect yourself from sins? How do we protect ourselves from immorality, this
immorality that we are seeing in our society, this immodesty that we are sitting seeing in society
that in itself attracts many people. It's a fitna. How do we protect ourselves from this fitna?
Allah subhanho wa Taala says, Oh Truma Oh, here in a Camila Kitabi were acquainted with Salah in NA
salata than her and fascia Yonker thus salon in itself has this powerful mechanism that it can
protect a person from from a lunatic and illicit illicit relationships and so forth. Anything that
		

			is considered as immorality Salaat will help prevent all these things. So Allah subhanho wa Taala he
mentioned all this and then finally at the end of the surah again, so the surah begins with making
sure that you understand that we will be tested, every one of us will be tested. But then at the end
Allah subhanaw taala says, One Lavina Jahad will fina than the unknown sunnah, that anyone who
strives for us and the striving our path, see the requirement first is that we have to strive
maintenance, we say that first of all, let the * of Allah subhanho wa Taala come and then I will
do something for Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah saying, No, it works the other way around. First you
		

			have to strive then they have Allah subhanaw taala welcome. Well, Lavina Jaha Delphina Lana de nom
Sabrina as a result of our dedication of our hard work being consistent on our deen despite what the
society is saying and what the society is doing, and all the Islamophobia and all the propaganda
that may be spreading all this but that might be spreading if a person remains committed to their
Deen, Allah says Lana, the unknown Cebu Lana, that Allah will open up not one path suitable many
paths as a result. Now, finally, finally, the most important thing is this, this surah is called
what sutra uncovered. Why? Because in the sutra, Allah subhanaw taala provides a parallel, the
		

			parallel of a spiderweb and what we have to understand is that there are many explanations
		

			Even first of all, this is a must. I don't mean don't lie. Oh Leah karma Selena Anika Bucha Allah
subhanho wa Taala is giving a very simple concept over here, that people who worship people who call
out to other deities besides Allah subhanho wa taala, their deities is as weak as a spider web, just
like a spider web is so weak, you can a strong wind can blow it away. Likewise, their their deities
are that weak. Why? Because today they are worshipping these deities, and these gods and false gods
and so forth. But these false gods don't have the power to do anything. In fact, when they will show
up in appear on the day of judgment, and they need help Allah subhanho wa Taala will tell these
		

			people that you use to worship all these idols, now go and ask them for help. And of course, we know
that these idols will not be able to help them on the Day of Judgment. But within this ayah in this
parallel, there are some other subtle, you know, important messages in this, first of all, is that
when we come across challenges in our life, many times we try to go towards other options in life.
besides Allah subhanho wa Taala many times people leave Allah and they tried to take other options,
Allah subhanaw taala through this parallel, he's saying that just like a spider web is weak, okay,
the spider web is weak. Likewise, all these other things that we may go to in times of crisis,
		

			whether it's anything besides Allah subhanho wa Taala if we're leaving Allah and we're going towards
them, they are as weak as a spider web. This is why Allah subhanaw taala has mentioned this. Second
thing that's very important is that if you look at a spider web, I remember when I was a kid, we did
a lot of like projects and so forth. The way a spider hunts, okay, the way a spider hunts is, it
puts his web out, okay. And a lot of times, you can even see that web and a fly will come will come
and is just flying around and it gets stuck into that web, the spider comes it takes a sweet time,
it will come it will wrap it around, and it will keep it stored for if thought Okay, later on. Okay,
		

			we'll have it we'll have it later on. Okay, the point is this, when we talk about fitness, fitness
are such that just like a fly when a fly gets into that spider web, there is this substance on the
spider web, that it gets stuck on to the spider web and he cannot get out it's like a bluish
substance on the spider web, and he cannot get away. And that spider comes and has this it has this
meal, the fitness that we live with our around there are such that if we get caught into them, we
will not be able to escape them just like a fly when it gets stuck into the spiderweb is not able to
save itself. Likewise these fitness that we you and I are surrounded with on a daily basis, they are
		

			such so dangerous that we should not take them ever lightly. That if we get called into them, many
times we can get so caught up to them that then we become devoured by our society, we get devoured
by other things. So this is why Allah subhanaw taala is giving this parallel of the spider web. And
just like a spider web, you can see from far unless you get so close and you get caught into it.
Likewise fitness that we are surrounded by there are there but we as Muslims, we have to protect
ourselves. We have to always be on guard when it comes to our iman and these fitness could be
lurking around us and they're invisible and they can come to us at any time. This is why Allah
		

			subhanho wa Taala when he gives the parallel of a spider web, this is a message that Allah subhanaw
taala is trying to get across to us that they are fitness that we are surrounded by beware of those
fitness. Don't get caught up into those fitness. If you get caught up into those fitness and your
iman is weak, you will be devoured, you will be devoured you will get caught up and there is no
escape from that. So that is why we have these kinds of sutras to remind us and once again, what is
the whole goal? Allah subhanho wa Taala because you hear people all the time saying that well if
Allah subhanaw taala is there the wise Allah subhana allowing all this once again because the our
		

			belief as movements and as believers is that Allah subhanaw taala puts every person through a person
through a test and this is a test for us. And today many times we don't we have trouble
understanding this. I had a girl one time coming to my office, and she's like, I don't believe in
Allah anymore. Why? Because I don't understand this concept. Why is ALLAH SubhanA putting us to a
test and I told her I'm like, well there is a prize at the end of the at the end of the road.
There's a prize in the hereafter when we strive hard, there is a price you cannot get a price and do
nothing for that price. You have to work hard for that price. And this is that duniya that data will
		

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			This is that this is the place where Allah subhanaw taala, test us, and then we get the prize at the
end. So a believer in all these challenges, they become even stronger, like we find in the Surah and
all the stories that we find in this surah. So keep in mind going forward, that each one of us we're
going to be tested sometimes in regards to our family, sometimes in regards to our finances.
Sometimes in regards to health, we're going to be tested in different ways. But each one of us we
have to always remember that this is temporary. It's not forever Allah subhanaw is testing us. And
if we remain committed, and I remain thankful to Allah subhanho wa Taala and all the prophets we
		

			find this story in the Surah all of them they went through their challenges too, we Inshallah, if we
remain committed, there is a greater goal at the end, which is once again at the end of the surah
Allah says, I will open up many paths for for you. So ask ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala that going forward
and sha Allah may Allah keep us committed, whenever there are challenges may Allah subhanaw taala
never make us fall into fitness. And if we ever fall into a fifth time and Allah subhanaw taala give
it give us an escape route from it and ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to protect us our iman our faith
and the upcoming generation inshallah May Allah Swan protect their Iman and faith immunoblot Allah
		

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