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			assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh Welcome to another segment of conversations where we
reflect on the conversations and dialogues that have taken place in the Quran and we try to
understand it and take lessons from it. Today a passage that I've chosen is from Soto an arm. Now
before I get into the passage, what exactly is sort of an arm so an arm is the sixth surah in the
Quran, and it is one of the very first long sutras that were revealed in Makkah. So, so tell me that
that comes before this is a Madani Surah sootel An arm is a mucky surah and is probably one of the
first long sutras revealed in the time of Macau. When you study the entire story or the entire Sutra
		

			of Soto and its main goal and main theme is one, it is the toe hate in the Oneness of Allah subhana
wa Tada. It highlights the importance of monotheism, the claims of those who does shit with Allah
subhanho wa taala. And this is a sutra that does not talk about so much about Africa and because the
whole thing is about the Oneness of Allah subhanho wa taala. Now, in the sutra, there the passage
that I've chosen today, in the conversation that I've chosen today, from sutra, starts off in is
number 74. Now as I've said before, there are many ayat and many you know yet of each sutra that
they are grooved and there is one primary objective. So here in Iet, number 74 and onward for
		

			approximately 21 If there's a very strong emphasis again on Tawheed of ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala and
not only that, but the one person that you and I will always refer back to as Allah subhanho wa
Taala says he is a honey if he was a Muslim, who was that our forefather Ibrahim, Allah has set up a
lot of talks about his story is sort of an arm that what brought him and how did the reflection and
reflecting upon what is going on around him. How did this bring him to the Oneness of Allah subhanho
wa Taala so this is what we find in these are yet so first of all, is that Allah subhanho wa Taala
he says, What if Allah Ibrahim Ali I be zero?
		

			Cinnamon? Leah in the Urraca Wako McAfee Veralyn movie here in this ayah Allah subhanho wa Taala he
says, Remember when Ibrahim alayhi salam said to his father, Azhar that do you take these idols as
gods, meaning that you worship them, you put your hope and your trust in them, you believe that they
are the ones who will save you, they are the ones that you go to? Because this is exactly what an
Ila means. That whenever we have challenges, whenever we have problems, the one that resort to, at
the most difficult times. Just imagine, just imagine that imagine that we are like, for example, in
the airplane, you know, when the the pilot says, you know, ladies and gentlemen, we're gonna go
		

			through some turbulence at that time, because you know, you are in the air, who do you call out to
at that time, even though someone who does not believe in Allah, they're gonna call her at that
time? That is your either. That is the one that you resort to. So here, Ibrahim alayhi salam is
telling his father as and there's a lot of laugh about this in the books of the Pharisee which I
don't want to mention right now. That was his name truly as they are not that irrelevant here. But
he says to his father, that do you worship and do you allow these rocks to be your either, he says
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			Feel automobile? And I certainly see. And he says in the mean that most certainly I see you. And I
see this nation, the people who worship these idols in clear and in a manifest error in misguidance.
Now the very first thing that I want to ask, as all of you watching this video is just think about
this. Allah could have mentioned anyone else's story. But Why did Allah mention Ibrahim's story
here? And I have said this before that if you truly reflect, there's always a reason behind every
single thing. For example, even when we study the story of Israel in marriage, you know, the story
that the Prophet sallallahu it was some he ascended. And as he went to every single heaven, he met
		

			every single one of those prophets. And there are only few prophets that he saw. The question is why
those prophets in particular? There's a reason behind that too. Why did Allah mentioned the story of
Musa in some sutras and not in some sutras? There's a reason question again is, Why did Allah
mentioned Ibrahim story here? And he could have mentioned anyone else's story. This is the beauty of
the Quran. The first reason is that because Ibraheem Alehissalaam is giving Dawa to the one who is
close to him, his own father, likewise, you O Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, you're giving
Dawa in Makkah, to those people who are close to you. That's the first similarity. The second
		

			similarity is that Ibrahim was giving Dawa to people who are worshipping idols. Likewise, you owe
Muhammad you're giving Dawa to people who are worshipping idols. And thirdly, the third similarity.
And why the Allah mentioned the story of Ibrahim here when talking to Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam that just like you revere Ibrahim alayhis salam, and these people in Mecca, they also Revere
and the see up, they look up to a Brahim as a father figure. Likewise, here in this case, the best
person that I can relate to you is your forefather Ibrahim alayhis salam, and you know, subhanAllah,
just think about this. They imagine if you and I are we're talking to our kids. And we're giving
		

			them an example. What example is going to hit them the most, which example is going to hit home. If
I give an example of a stranger, or if I give an example of you know, myself, if imagine a parent is
talking to their own child and telling them that do you know what happened to your father, imagine
what happened to your own mother, giving them examples that is close to them really hits home. This
is why Allah is telling them the story of Ibrahim, because not only does he not only does Muhammad
Sallallahu Sallam revere Ibrahim, the people of Makkah, they also revere Ibrahim. So now that
Ibrahim alayhis salam, he's now starting to use his intellect. And he's trying to come to his common
		

			sense that you know, first of all, is that anyone who truly thinks, who truly clears their mind, and
when I say Clear, clear their mind, what I mean by that is that, you know, people who don't worship
Allah, people who don't believe in Allah subhanho wa taala, their, their judgment is clouded. They
have been taught that you have to worship such as such. So now they are not they have never been put
in a situation where they can think rationally, in most cases. But when a person who really clears
up their mind, and they start to think rationally, and they begin to reflect, and they begin to
think, very deeply, this is why they're probably some says that each one of us we are born on
		

			fitrah. And that means that innate human nature and what is that innate human nature, it is the
Oneness of Allah subhana wa Tada. Then that is why the Prophet Psalm says, From Abba, who you holy
that and he, oh, you know, Serani Oh, you must Giussani that, then his parents would either make him
a believer in some other faith besides Islam, it will either make them Jew or Christian, or
		

			as arresting or anything of that type, or they will make them worship someone else. Meaning that a
human being is born on the fitrah to believe in when Allah subhanho wa taala. So when a person is
able to clear they're conscious, and they think rationally, and they think deeply, this brings them
to the Oneness of Allah subhanho wa taala. This is why I think about this, when every person becomes
a Muslim, or when they convert to Islam. When you talk to them, and you ask them their conversion
stories. What do they say? They say that when we began to read our book, we began to realize that
there is something wrong, because that is the problem with Schick is that when you do show
		

			Look with Allah subhanho wa Taala you feel there is an emptiness in your heart, you cannot there is
no way that you can worship so many idols. And this is why Allah subhanho wa Taala very beautifully
in the Quran and Sunnah Zomer He gives us a parallel, that imagine if one person was worshipping
one, you know, one God. And on the other hand, you have a person who's worshipping many gods. Now,
if you worship one the other one can get upset that his Huck was not fulfilled. How many masters?
Are you going to how you're going to try to please? On the other hand, to please one Allah, it is
more simple and as more idealistic. That's why schicke when a person does shit, there is a void in
		

			their life. And that's why when people were they convert to Islam, they would say that it makes more
sense to believe in one Allah, and to believe in monotheism, than believing in so many in so many
healers, and to believe in so many different theories that may exist out there. And this is exactly
what happened to Ibrahima Islam. He's thinking rationally that these rocks and stones that my
father, first of all, he carves out and this is a profession of his. And not only that, but everyone
is worshipping them. They don't have the ability to benefit nor harm. Even if a person comes with a
DUA or with a supplication, what benefit can they do? So Ibrahim is thinking to himself that this
		

			there's something wrong over here. And this is why he told his father, that you know, this is
something wrong over here. Now that the fact that Ibrahim is starting to think rationally, Allah is
going to begin to guide him And subhanAllah This happens all the time. When a person truly is
looking for the truth. Allah will always guide him to the truth. When a person is looking to for
that one Allah, Allah does not say Get away from me. Allah subhanho wa Taala will say, This person
is looking for me. I'm going to come to Him. And this is why I don't want to go into this long
story. But there's a there's a very beautiful story, I want you to look it up. It is a story of zeta
		

			Munna Amara. And by the way, this is a div and Ahmed happens to be the same father, he has to be the
same zayde of sight even as a who was one of the ashram Bashara. So save even Ahmed is mentioned
about his story that, you know, and quickly in short, in summary, that he was looking for Allah
subhanho wa taala, he realized and he began to tell the people of Makkah, he will used to be a
resident of Makkah, he began to tell them that how can you first of all, you take a sheep or a goat,
and it is there is some other power that has given it has given it life is nourishing it taking care
of it is feeding it and giving it water to drink. And you on the other hand, the people of Makkah,
		

			when the time comes to slaughter and the the animal, you are slaughtering it on the name of these
idols, there is suddenly wrong over here. Now he was heavily criticized and he was told to leave, he
eventually left. And he began to look for the truth. And then he came across a Jew and he says that,
you know, what is that religion out there? And he says that, well if you want to become Jew than you
know the Wrath of Allah, so Allah may come upon you for every thought, every run that you have done.
So this story is getting long over here. I don't want to go into long story. But eventually what
happened was that he was told about Ibrahim Ali Hassan, he was told by Ibrahim he was told about
		

			Ibrahim from a Jew from a Christian. And eventually he realized that Ibrahim Allah who sounds Mila
and how he came to Allah subhanho wa Taala and how he believed in the Oneness of Allah, this is the
right path. And this is why he would go back to Makkah, and he would tell these people that you
believe that you are on the path of Ibrahim, you are not on the path of Ibrahim. I am on the other
hand on the path of Ibrahim, and he will tell the people that do this. So this is why when Ibrahim
alayhis salam began to realize that there is another power out there, Allah decided to bring him
closer by how so this is the next idea where Allah subhanho wa Taala he says in the Quran, what
		

			Kedah the canary Ibrahima Mallacoota summer wa T without when he Hakuna Mian walking in Allah
subhanho wa Taala he says
		

			and thus we did show Ibrahim alayhi salam, the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And not only
that, but he will be the ones who will be one of those who have faith in with certainty. Now here
Allah subhanaw taala saying that now we're going to begin and we're going to take Ibrahim out as I'm
here on a journey, and we're going to show him about the different creations of Allah subhanho wa
Taala and here we're talking about a kingdom. So the sky in itself is like a kingdom of Allah
subhanho wa Taala and within this kingdom they are
		

			are creations of Allah subhanho wa taala. So now, it's not that Ibrahim does not know about what
it's about take place. He sees all these things that he sees what he's about to see on this journey.
He has seen these things every single day. But now he's going to see them. He's going to see them
with a different lens. He's gonna see them very differently. So this is what Allah subhanaw taala he
mentioned. So the next ayah says Furnham Jana Allah He Laolu Rocco kabbah. Allah had Robbie phenom
of Allah, Allah Allah or April 15, Allah subhana wa Taala He says, When the night covered, when the
night covered him over with darkness, he saw a star, he saw a star, he said that this is my Rob, but
		

			when it said he said, I like I like not those that set. Now this is what he brought, he might use
some he mentions here. Now what this is actually says is that now Ibrahim, he starts on this
journey. And there are three phases to this journey. The first phase is that he begins to see stars.
Now I do want to mention here that while the people of Ibrahim and his poem, while they were not
only that, while they were worshipping idols, they used to worship the stars. They used to worship
you know, the different planets that did exist. So this is why Ibrahim Ali get some he's thinking to
himself, that first of all these idols they don't make sense. Now let me try to make some sense out
		

			of this too. So this is why he's going outside and the Quran says philam JANA Allah He laid when the
night covered him. So mean that when you cover and you are, let's say, your imaginary you're under a
blanket, the only thing you see is that blanket. The night is covering Ibraheem Alehissalaam the
only thing he sees now is just the stars. So he's thinking to himself, could this be my Rob? Because
he's trying to come close to Allah subhanaw taala and he's isolating himself from everyone around
and now he's looking at the stars with a different lens. So then the Quran says, when it said for
Lama Fela, when it said, he said law or herbal ATHLEAN I don't like those things that set. Now what
		

			is Ibrahim saying over here? He's basically saying that anything that sets then what how will it
take care of the other creations of Allah subhanho wa Taala This is why Allah subhanho wa Taala when
we learn about Allah, He never takes a break. Allah Subhan Allah never gets tired. Like, you know,
as human beings when we work, work, work, we get tired, when we eat, when we don't eat, we get we
have fatigue, when it comes to Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah says Letta who sienten when I know
Allah never takes a break. So here Ibrahim Ali is I'm sticking to himself, that if this is Allah,
and this is God, the stars and his sets, that how he's going to take care of the creation. That
		

			means that I don't believe in this, then this brings them to the next step for them. Jana, ALLAH
SubhanA says phala Mara, camara bears Johan Paula hada Robbie, when he saw the moon rising up and he
said, This is my Lord fella, fella, but when that also said, he said the Ilam yeah howdini Robbie
Hakuna Murakami vollem. He says that if Allah does not guide me, I will be far amongst those who are
misguided. And I'll be from amongst those who are astray. Now here he's looking and see once again
notice this one is a star. One is the moon which one is more brighter, the moon so now he sees
something that is more brighter. And he thinks that this could be Allah this could be my Arab. But
		

			when that sets he's saying that Hakuna Nemea Coronavirus clean. Now he's making dua to Allah and
Allah ma they say here that this is a this is Ibraheem Alehissalaam asking Allah for guidance. This
is why we see even a certain Fatiha Royden mo Dubya alayhi wa Lin, Allah subhanho wa Taala he talks
about those people who are astray. So here Ibrahim is also making dua, that oh Allah guide me to the
right path, otherwise I will be amongst those who are misguided and who are astray. Then Allah
subhanho wa taala. He says in the next idea for the Mara shumsa bezzie Houghton, Allah has Robbie
had Akbar. He says that it when he saw the sun rising up, then he said that this is greater. Now
		

			look at all these three things, all these creations of Allah, the star, the moon, and then the sun,
and each one of them is greater in terms of brightness in terms of light. The sun is the brightest
here. And we see that we know how bright the sun is now Ibrahim is thinking to himself probably
		

			This is my Rob. But Allah subhanho wa Taala says from afar that now also the sun will also set and
when the sunset, he says in need but he will mumma to Shikun first of all I understand these idols
they cannot help out so he rejected the idols, they will worship the stars, he said when the star is
set, he said, I cannot worship this because Allah cannot set Allah is the One who takes care of his
creation all times that he saw the moon that you would worship the moon at times, when he saw that
set, he goes, this cannot be it either. Then he continues to journey when he sees a sun. But the
Quran says when the sun also said, then he realized that my Rob in my ILA that I am looking for, and
		

			I'm seeking, he is above and beyond all this, and when the sun actually said he began to realize,
that there is there is an ILA that in a guard and one that is worthy of worship, that we cannot see.
And this is true when it comes to Allah subhanho wa Taala that we cannot see. This is why even when
bunny is saw even they wanted to see Allah subhanho wa Taala they said Musa is something you cannot
see Allah subhana wa Tada. So, this is why he realizes that Allah, there is an Allah there, there is
an ILA there, that we cannot see. And that is the one I worship. Go back to the story of zeta and
Ahmed, he was a same exact thing. He said that there is another ILA out there. And this is why, by
		

			the way, regarding Xavier and Ahmed, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that he saw him in
Jannah. CZ live in the ALMA he never accepted Islam. But at the same time, he did come to the
conclusion that there is one Allah subhanho wa taala. And this is, this is exactly what it is to
come close to Allah subhanho wa taala. And this is what it means that when we try to come close to
Allah, Allah will never just let us go. And this is why in the Hadith could say, it is mentioned
we're in a tiny yum she attained to Hawala. When a person when a human being comes walking to Allah,
Allah says, I come running to him, mean that when we take steps to come close to Allah, Allah will
		

			do everything to come close to us. Then Allah subhana wa Taala says about Ibrahim Alayhi Salam.
After realizing this, he says in ni wa jal towards you here the lady for the rasa tea will either
Hanifa and warmer and Amir mushy Qin. He says, Verily, I have turned my face towards Allah, meaning
that I have now my focus is only Allah subhana wa Taala Who has created the skies in the earth. By
the way, Fatah means that this Allah is so amazing, who has created everything from scratch. Fatah
means to create something from scratch, and you have nothing there and Allah out of nothing, Allah
created something. So this is what he says. And then he says, Why am I Anna menial? Mushrikeen and
		

			I'm not from amongst those who who does share with Allah subhanho wa taala. Then Allah says waha
jeho como. Now this is where this conversation begins to take place between him and his communist
nation. They his people dispute it and dispute it with him. Well, hi, Joe como, and then he says
Ibrahim alayhis, salam to Ha Joon nee Fila he Wakata hudon Are you go you Do you dispute me dispute
with me concerning Allah, while he has guided me, and I fear not those whom you associate with ALLAH
SubhanA wa Taala in worship? So basically what happened was that when he said this to his people,
then they came to him and they said, that if you don't believe if you don't believe in these idols,
		

			they have the power to harm you. So he brought him on as I'm saying that do you first of all, are
you disputing me or with me, and when it comes to Allah and he's the one who has guided me, and then
he says, Well I a half of my to shake want to be here in LA and your shadow be Shia. I do not feel
anything which you commission with Allah subhanho wa taala, these idols that you are threatening me
with? I have no fear of them. And this is what true Eman is, this is true Iman, that when you
believe in Allah subhana wa Taala and you stick to it. That means that when you when you fear Allah
subhana wa Taala more than anything else, then you know that Allah is always going to be on your
		

			side. But if we are fearing, and we don't have a true Yochanan Allah subhanaw taala that Allah will
put the fear of other things in our heart. This is why it's very important that when we believe in
Allah, we stick to Allah subhanho wa Taala and we don't fear anything else. Here. Ibrahim Al Assad
has been threatened. He does not fear here what we understand is that when we come under pressure as
Muslims here in America or anywhere else, and we are told
		

			If I stick to my religion, then there'll be some a phobia. If I am a Muslim, I can come, I can
become a victim of Islamophobia, then we have to remember that we cannot fear anything else. This is
what Abraham is anime is teaching us here and this idea that we cannot fear anything else. The
second thing that happens here and this idea Ibrahim is on is making it very clear, nothing can harm
me, unless Allah wills. And what we learned from this is that this is Ibrahim teaching them Iman
that only if Allah wills harm than a person can be harmed. And if a person wants a person to be
benefited, that a person can be benefited. Now Subhan Allah, look at the current situation that we
		

			all are going through this pandemic that we are going through Subhan Allah, Allah subhanho wa Taala
no matter all the scientists and all the doctors are coming together right now, the great minds are
coming right now together to try to create and develop a vaccine. But once again, go back to the
Hadith of the Prophet SAW Selim. If everyone got together, and they tried to benefit one person and
Allah does not want that person to be benefited, then that person cannot be benefited. This is the
power of Allah subhanho wa taala. So everything happens due to the will of Allah subhanho wa taala.
And then he says, we'll see Arabic militia in Elma. When it comes to Allah subhanho wa Taala his
		

			knowledge encompasses everything. You people, oh, my people, you believe that your your idols, they
encompass everything, but it is my Rob whose knowledge on encompasses everything. Then he says a
fella that karoun Will you not then remember, then Allah subhanho wa taala. And the next idea, he
says, and once again, this dialogue is going back and forth here. He says what key for a half a
short term, then how should I fear those whom you associate and worship with Allah subhanho wa Taala
though they can never Nick and neither benefit, no harm, while at the half a shock to while you do
not fear what you have joined in worship with Allah, things for which He has not sent down to you
		

			any authority. So he brought him on, as I'm saying, I am fearing Allah. Because Allah is our Rob,
he's my Rob and he's Europe. And on the other hand, you are trying to threatening me, you're trying
to threaten me with things that you worship, and you're not even afraid, like you feel secure, that
they will, they will protect you. Now, if you don't feel threatened, that something will happen to
you, and you feel secure under these idols, that I have a right to say that I feel secure under
Allah subhanho wa taala. What's the difference here? In fact, he's saying that I am the one who I'm
fearing Allah and the one who should be feared. But you on the other hand, you you feel that the one
		

			that you are worshipping your idols will save you, whereas you should be more fearful and you are
the ones who should be fearful, not me. So this is what he's saying to His people. And he says for a
human free, will Armin, just think about this the witch amongst the two groups amongst the two
parties, who has more right to be in sick insecurity meaning that I have more right to say that I am
secured You have no right to say that you are secured here. And then he says in quantum talamona
Only but if you knew then Allah subhanho wa Taala he says in the next idea, and levena What um
you'll be so Imana homebirth Ohlman Hola eikelboom? Well, I'm not well known. It is those who
		

			believe in Allah subhanho wa taala. And when they do not confuse their belief with volume, then
Allah subhanaw taala says Allah eCola whom will know what they're doing, then for them there is
security and they will be guided meaning that anyone who does not mix okay eemaan With kufr because
if someone does this, this is a volume. This is a an oppression. So anyone who does not mix Iman
with Cofer, Allah says there will be there will be secure and they will be guided. Then Allah
subhanho wa Taala he says in the next idea, he says what silica tuna? Tuna Ibrahim Allah told me not
to follow the raja Tieman Shah in Arabica hachimura Aleem that when and that and that was our proof,
		

			which we gave to Ibrahim Ali some against his people, we raise whom we will in degrees, certainly
your Rob and your Lord is always an all knowing here Allah subhanho wa Taala is saying that we
raised and we gave these proofs to Ibrahim alayhis salam to present to his people and this has come
only from us. Now here Subhanallah this ayah also tells us that you know imagine if you and I are
giving Dawa and you know at times when you are so you know engaged in giving Dawa. At times you
don't realize that Allah subhanho wa Taala he puts something
		

			In your heart, he puts something on your tongue, that you're able to really explain your matter. And
you're really able to make your case in a very beautiful way. And sometimes you're thinking
afterwards that, you know, I never thought about that. And Allah put it in my mind. This is exactly
what Allah Subhanallah is saying that when it comes to matters of giving Dawa, he prayers, he puts
it sometimes in our mind, and he puts it in our heart, and he raises the rings. And this tells us
very interesting very importantly, that when it comes to giving Dawa, we should never really just
depend on our own intellect, we should always ask Allah subhanho wa taala. So now having said that,
		

			there's finally I just want to conclude here by saying that there are some few important lessons.
First of all, the story tells us that Ibrahim went to his father said, This doesn't make any sense.
Then Ibrahim alayhis. Salam is on this journey of looking for the truth. He sees the stars, he sees
the moon, and he sees a son. And each one of them one is brighter than the other. And he says to all
of them, that they that this may be my Rob, when all them they set, he realized that there is only
one Allah subhanho wa taala. And that is when he went to his people, the people threatened him, that
if you do not come back, you don't worship these idols, you could be harmed. He said that I'm the
		

			one who's secure here, you're not the one who secured. In fact, you believe that they can provide
your security, you should feel more threatened here than than I am. And then he's telling them that
it is only Allah who can benefit and harm and you believe your idols have knowledge. It is my Allah
who has all the knowledge. And then Allah subhana wa Tada saying, It is Allah, who gave Ibrahim
alayhi salam, and he brought him to the Oneness of Allah subhanho wa taala. Of course, there's
always lessons to be learned and quickly I want to go through this. Number one is that we learn when
it comes to giving Dawa, that we should always start off with our own home. Here. Ibrahim is some
		

			started with his own father, we learn is yes, we start with our own family. You know, there are some
people that they focus only on their family, and they don't do Dawa outside. In my personal opinion,
you know that you can do more you can there's nothing wrong in doing that, by the way, but you can
go and give Dawa outside to because here, here we find even in the seed of the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam that he gave Dawa outside to he gave Dawa to his people. So what's important is
that we have a balance. We cannot neglect our family and just go outside and giving Dawa. Because we
find people like that, too, that their house is a complete, you know, there's complete chaos. There
		

			are people in their families that are running away from Dean. But people are outside giving Dawa so
much there has to be a balance. Even if we want to go outside and give Dawa, we have to first start
with our family. And our priority is our family. That's the very first thing that we learn from this
story. The second thing that we learned from this story is that it is important to know how to ask
questions. You have to ask questions, that is in a way that will create some curiosity and that will
make them think, imagine if I'm talking to someone who does not believe in Allah. I'm trying to give
them Dawa. You should not ask question that pleases to me very carefully. Do not ask questions, the
		

			questions that will corner them. You know, why do you believe in this, rather ask questions that
will spark their curiosity that will make them think about it later on. And that will hopefully
bring them to Allah subhanho wa taala. Because if you ask questions that come off disrespectful, or
you come off, are you asking questions that are that you are degrading their religion, they may not
come close to Allah subhanho wa taala. Here, Ibrahim Ali Hassan was never disrespectful. He's simply
just spark their curiosity. So this is something very important when it comes to giving Dawa, that
he that you ask questions in this way. Something else that we also learned from these stories is
		

			that Allah subhanho wa Taala created around us science for us to reflect upon. See, you know, when
you reflect upon something, and when you think about something, things really open up to you, you
know, when a person is in it, for example, when they first begin it, and they're coding and you
know, they are the the techy type it is, you know, you know, in the beginning, they're learning
everything. They're learning, coding, they're learning all these things. But the more they think
about it, the more it's on their mind. Eventually, eventually, they began to learn things that they
may not be able to explain to someone. This is what happens when you reflect upon things. Ibrahima
		

			you Sam the Quran says Ibrahim Ali some has seen the stars every night. He saw the moon every night
he saw the sun every day. But this time when he saw it with a different lens, he was able to draw
some conclusions from it. When you know when we reflect upon something, we always are going to learn
something when we reflect on the Quran. Most certainly we will learn something you when you when we
reflect upon the things around us. Like for example, this pen
		

			endemic, if I just sit there, I just look at it I say, and I stay home. I never gonna learn from it
by sit down. And I think and I think and I ponder, most certainly, we will come away with lessons.
The other thing that we learned from this story also is that when it comes when we learn that when a
person leaves something for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala, Allah will never forsake and forsake
them. Here, Ibrahim is Psalm He knows the criticism that will come. And we also learn from this
story to from this from this point, that when you do something good, remember that you will also get
criticized, see, logically speaking, you think that if I'm doing something right, why would I be
		

			criticized, but that's the world that we live in, unfortunately, that we will always be criticized.
You know, I always tell people, especially when it comes to our youth, I always tell them this too,
because you know, when it comes to youth, they're always very concerned about what people will think
of them, or what people will say to them. And I always told my youth that remember that there's two
things that you have no control over and none of us have any control over what people will think of
you and what people will say about you. You cannot be worried about that. You just have to do what
is right here you brought him out at some do is doing what is right. He's not worried about the
		

			backlash. So this is why it's very important that first of all, when we leave something Allah will
never forsake us. Allah left evaluating Islam, he left his family in Makkah, Allah never and Allah
never let him down. Maria Maria, some give up her youth, worshipping Allah Subhana Allah Allah,
Allah, Allah never let her go. Allah gave her a child who was so revered and not only that, but
Allah subhanho wa Taala made her mentioned in the Quran. She is the only woman only woman who is
mentioned by name in the Quran. Allah never forsakes his people, we have to be the ones who have to
have the European Allah subhanho wa taala. The next thing that we learn is, though heed makes us
		

			confident Ibrahim is the more he came closer to Allah the more he became confident. If you and I we
don't know our deen, we don't know Allah subhanho wa Taala then this will make us less confident
when it comes to Allah. When someone asks us a very difficult question when it comes to our deen.
Then at that time, our iman may waver. But if you and I were strong in our toe hate in our
monotheism to Allah subhanho wa Taala nothing can shake us and Tohei the more we learn about our
deen the more we learn about Allah subhanho wa Taala then it will eventually it will make us
confident. And finally, the last thing that we learned is that the last thing that we learned from
		

			this is, the more the more we come close to Allah subhanho wa Taala the more we try to come close to
Allah, see at times we feel and I've met you know, subhanAllah I've talked to a lot of youth to who
are on this journey of coming close to Allah. But we have to realize that see, look at look at the
story we brought him he first saw the stars, then the moon, then the sun and then eventually he came
to the Oneness of Allah subhana wa Taala you know, when it comes to Allah and when it comes to this
journey that we take to come close to Allah is not always going to be easy, Allah is going to test
sometimes a test us too. So when first of all we want to, I want to I want all of us to understand
		

			here, there is a journey, it will take some it might take some difficulty. But at the same time,
Allah subhanho wa Taala will come to us. If you and I are committed, there's no way that Allah will
leave us hanging. So that's why it's always very important that if you know we want to change our
life around, we want to come back to Allah. Now just think about this. It cannot be that simple,
where you have a life of sin. And then one day you start praying to Allah subhanaw taala and your
iman will go from here to here. It doesn't work like that overnight. You have to build that up. And
you have to come close to Allah subhanho wa Taala every single day. But remember that the more we
		

			try to everything to come close to Allah, Allah will challenge us remember, Allah will challenge us.
Just to give you a simple example. Imagine we are an Earth. Imagine I'm going high into the
atmosphere. Think about it, the more I go up, does it become easy to does it become easy to read? Or
does it become more difficult to breathe, obviously becomes more difficult to breathe. Likewise, the
more we get, the more we go up and we try to get close to Allah subhanaw taala the more there are
going to be challenges. But remember that when it comes time that we need Allah, Allah will always
be there on our side. I ask Allah subhana wa Taala that he gives us the ability to worship Him the
		

			way He used to be worshipped, to believe in Him the way He used to be worshipped, to truly have
Yochanan him the way we should be having nothing. And once again from the stories Abraham
Alehissalaam we would the lessons that we learn, we ask Allah subhana wa Taala to learn from the
stories of the Quran and to implement them in our life and mirabile Alameen does akmola hide a salam
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