Surah Summaries #09 At-Tawbah – Allah & His Messenger Comes Before Everything
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The speaker discusses the history and importance of the Surah, including the importance of fear and the heat conditions during Tabuk time. They stress the need to not give preference to 8 things above 3 things and to avoid hesitantly following Prophet's instructions. The speaker also shares a story about Ka'aba Malik's lack of communication with his cousin and encourages listeners to be mindful of his actions.AI Generated Transcript ©
Continuing with our series,
go through every single Surah in order inshallah.
Today we are going through,
Surah Tawba or Surah Surah Bara'ah.
And last time we talked about that Surah
Anfal. Surah Anfal was revealed after the Battle
of Badr, which was the very first battle.
And according to Maniur Lamah, Surah Tawba Surah
Bara'ah
was revealed after the last battle, which was
the battle or the expedition
of Tabuk.
And this happened at the very end of
the life of the prophet
The of course, I talked about last time
that why is there not a
at the beginning of the surah I shared
with you about a quote of Uthma Ibn
Affan
By in addition to that, one person asked,
Ali
the same question. That why is there no
at the beginning of Surah Tawba, or Surah
Bara'ah?
To which Ali
said,
that in this Surah, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
he expresses his anger
upon the
and
the And when we talk about
the idea of
is rahma, compassion,
mercy,
and the ada of Allah, and the compassion
of Allah do not go hand in hand.
And hence, therefore,
at the beginning of the surah, we don't
find
This surah in itself, brothers and sisters, is
from beginning to end, talking about that how
we as a Muslim community Because once again,
this was one of the very last surahs
to be revealed.
Allah is informing us and telling us that
what was the traits of the
What were the traits of the
What were the traits of the mushrikoon,
in Makkah?
And more extensively Allah
talks about the and
their characteristics.
Why? So that we as a Muslim community,
we make sure that in our own personal
lives, in our communal lives, there's nothing that
we are doing that is similar to the
Now, in addition to that, Allah
he makes very strong warnings
when it comes to the Muslim community. He
tells us that if you give preference to
8 things above 3 things, then that is
when the wrath of
will come. Allah says,
Allah is telling us that if we want
to succeed as a community too, we have
to make sure that when it comes to
Allah and his prophet
there is nothing in the world.
There is absolutely nothing in this world. There
is no relationship in this world. There is
no money, no wealth that can come above
Allah and his prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
And the minute
the Muslim Ummah puts their The love of
their parents,
the love of their brothers, their love of
their of their,
relatives, the love of their wealth above Allah
and his
then
that is when we will see the wrath
of Allah
And this is not just an idea that
Allah is sharing with us. But then Allah
he shared with us stories
in the same surah to help us understand
the same concept.
In the very next ayah, Allah talks about
what? The battle of Hunayn. Where the Muslims,
they put their number.
They thought that because they had the numbers,
now they don't need to be focused on
Allah and his
They thought that their numbers is gonna give
them the victory, rather than Allah and his
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam are gonna give them
that victory. And that is why in the
beginning of Hunayn,
they suffered a major
setback.
It was then later on that some people
had already fled the scene, but the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam, he was able to regather,
recoup everyone,
and again
give them a very strong pep talk, and
then they were able to go and defeat
the army, and defeat their opposition.
But the battle of Hunain taught us a
very important lesson, that if we put our
numbers, if we think that our numbers are
so great that we don't need Allah, and
his prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam, Baru Khunain is
a very perfect example.
Then we also learn in the same surah,
that when it comes to fear, when you
have Allah on your side, you have nothing
to worry about. When Rasulullah
salallahu alaihi wasallam and Ubaka radhiallahu anhu, they're
in the cave.
Do not be afraid. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
he tells us the story about 2 people,
the Prophet and Ubaka radiAllahu anhu in the
cave. And one of them said, Ubaka radhiallahu
anhu said to the prophet sallallahu alaihiallahu alaihiallahu
alaihiallahu alaihiallahu anhu that if they were to
just look down, they will see us, and
we will be caught. But Allah Subhanahu wa
ta'ala inspired Rasul wa sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
and he informed Ubakar,
Brothers and sisters, when we have Allah on
our side, we have to put our
in Allah that we have no one to
be afraid of. And if there's only one
that we have to be afraid of, it
is Allah And this is what we learn
also once again in the same surah. And
the same surah, going back to those 8
3 8 things, above 3 things. We learn
in the battle of Tabuk, Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala. It was a time where the muslims
were waiting
to, you know, to harvest their crops. This
was a one time of the year they
used to make money. Not like you and
I, we get a paycheck sometimes after 2
weeks or after a month. But this was
only one season
annually
where they would make money. And during that
same time,
they were forced to put the love of
Allah,
and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam above
the love of their dunya. And so the
So that Allah
informed them, you have to go for the
battle of Tabuk. And no matter what, no
matter how harsh
these circumstances are, they were saying that it
was extremely hot. Allah
The heat conditions were severe.
Allah is telling them, is reminding them, if
you think this is severe,
The fire at Jahannam, in terms of its
heat, is even more intensified.
This is nothing. This is the heat of
this dunya. Compared to the akhirah, it is
absolutely nothing.
So then we also find that in the
same expedition,
there were 3 people who stayed behind.
And because they stayed behind, not because that
they have love for this duniya over the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, but because of
procrastination.
Because
of tomorrow I will go, tomorrow I will
go. As we find in the story of
Ka'b al Malik
That he said that I will go, I
will go. And tomorrow eventually never came for
him. And the time came that Rasulullah
alaihi wasallam, he came back to Madinah. And
think about it, at that time the the
Munafiqun
were going, and they were lying to the
prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam. They thought they're getting
away. They're lying to the prophet
And they told Ka'b, just lie to the
prophet.
He does not know. Just lie and you'll
get away with it. But see here once
again, a very valuable lesson. That when it
comes to Allah and his prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam, we cannot disobey them. We cannot
go against their commands. We have to follow
what they have told us to do. And
not only that, but we cannot try to
even deceive Allah and and his Prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam. Ka'bim Malik is saying, I
have decided that I will not deceive the
Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. And that is
why at the end of the surah, Allah
said,
Oh people, all believers,
be with those who speak the truth. And
not only that, but the story of Kaaba
Malik is very long. I don't want to
go into the whole story, but there is
one point in that story that I want
to share with you which is very important.
In the story
of
try to understand,
and try to put yourselves in the shoes
of
The entire
community
is revolving around Rasulullah
If the prophet is happy with you, you're
a happy man. If the prophet is upset
with you, there's no way you can even
survive in that community.
Imagine coming to the masjid,
and no one wants to talk to you.
Imagine coming to the masjid, and no one
wants to see you.
This was the case with Ka'aba Malik
Why? Because Allah had ordered the Muslims to
boycott these three people
for an for an extensive period of time.
And during that time, Qabi Malik says, I
would come inside the masjid.
And I would sit down and pray.
And while I'm praying, I'm looking from the
corner of my eye, and I see Rasulullah
salallahu alaihi wasallam looking at me.
But when I look towards Rasulullah
the prophet would turn his face turn his
face away.
He says that I would go to everyone
else, and I would try to communicate,
but no one would communicate with me.
Think about the situation of Gabbi Malik
He goes to his cousin, and he begins
to ask him that, Do you really believe?
Do you really believe that I would betray,
that I don't like Allah and his prophet
And his cousin did not respond to the
question.
Why? Because they were given strict orders by
the prophet
Because the orders ultimately came from Allah
that no one is to communicate with them.
The entire world is collapsing upon them. And
not only that, but Ka'bim Malik says, that
one day I was in the marketplace.
Once again, put your shoe We put ourselves
in the shoes of
Imagine being betrayed by everyone. No one wants
to talk to us. And if there's anyone
who gives us any kind of hope, any
kind of attention as human beings, we would
take that attention.
Qabi Malik
is given a letter
by a,
another kingdom, by the king of another kingdom,
telling Qabi Malik
that your people,
your Prophet has left you. They don't wanna
talk to you. We have heard how you
get treated in Madinah.
Come to
us, we will give your izzah.
Come to us,
we will give your izzah. Just like today
there are so many kuffar who are telling
Muslims, come to us, we will give you
their izzah. And at that time, Qa'ab Malik
says, that
this was a very difficult decision, but I
saw a a burning fire. I took that
letter and I burnt it, and I I
completely
got that idea out of my mind that
I would leave Allah and his prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam. And this was a very
difficult time, but the point from the story
is that no matter what the situation was,
no matter if everyone felt If he felt
like everyone was boycotting him, and it got
to the point, brothers and sisters,
that the prophet
even told these three people that you are
to stay away from your wife. Meaning not
Imagine
not having your spouse, not having your children,
not having your community members, and more importantly,
not having
And you're going to the masjid every single
day. But
even with thin all these difficult circumstances,
they never left Allah and his
And
they stuck with Allah and
his And Allah
forgave
at
the very end of the story. So the
point is, from all these stories, whether it's
Tabuk, whether it's Hunain, whether it's the story
of Kaabi Malik and
so forth, is that brothers and sisters,
we should never ever
We never ever leave Allah and his prophet
shalallahu alaihi wa sallam.
Never give preference to duniya
above Allah, his prophet The
minute we give preference to our relationships,
above Allah, his prophet we
are doomed. The minute we give preference to
our wealth above Allah and his prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam, we are doomed. The minute
we doubt Allah and his prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam, just like in the case of
the cave, they never doubted. Rasul alaihi wa
sallam never doubted. The minute we doubt Allah
and his prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, we
are doomed. So these are things that we
learn from this story. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
expresses His anger when it comes to the
Quraysh, when it comes to the Alkitab,
when it comes to the when it comes
to the
and on the other hand, Allah is telling
us, the Muslim community, that all Muslims,
be mindful about these kind of things. Be
cognizant
about these kind of things. And if you
want to succeed,
Allah and his prophet
they come above everything. I ask Allah
to grant us the tawfiq to put Allah
above all of our matters.
above all of our matters.