Nouman Ali Khan – How Allah Describes Wisdom Ep 5 – Hikmah in the Quran Dhul Hijjah Series

			I want to know what wisdom means according to the Quran, one of the most important places you will
go to is going to be Sultan Israa is number 23 to 40. Here Allah will make a list of things. And at
the end of that list of things he will say that he come in. Oh Ha, la cara boo Kameena and hikma.
That is what your master revealed to you from hikma, meaning this list of stuff is all what hikma
according to the Quran.
		

			This new short series is based on the findings of Dr. Sokka was seen in his PhD thesis wisdom in the
Quran, which was summarized and presented by iostat doorman in front of a live audience. The link to
the full paper is in the description
		

			so there's two people I talked about that kind of had wisdom that wasn't revelation based wisdom. Of
course the old is a Prophet alayhi salam but the wisdom that Allah talked about was experienced
based, not revelation based. And wisdom of Lachman is also in a sense life experience and
contemplation based, not revelation based. What's really interesting is it before Islam Luqman was a
famous person that was referenced among among the Arabs, you know, how like, when you talk about a
genius, you're like, oh, look, Einstein or rare. You know, how we say that? And the Einstein became
kind of a word for a genius, right? Or somebody speaks really good English. Oh, look at as
		

			Shakespeare, you know, so when we do that, we take these people and we make them coined phrases like
that, when someone's super wise or really well spoken among the Arabs. They be like, oh, whoa, look
at that. Look, man, huh? Like that's, that's what they would do. Look, man was like an expression
for someone who's really wise. Really well spoken. A really good judge in the story about Lachman
among them. According to some, he's from odd. They would make poetry about him, and they would make
references to him, he was a king, and he was also very wise, right, and he will solve a lot of
disputes. What's interesting is that story of Donald in the Quran has some connection to how the
		

			Arabs used to think about Laquan why, because Tao is also a king and milkman was also a king. Now it
is also wise according to the Quran, and look, man, according to the Arabs is also wise and then
they will the eldest son dealt with groups of people that we're arguing with each other Hussam. And
in poetry you find mine is dealing with people that have arguments with each other and he's helping
make judgments between them with Hassan same word in poetry in Arabic before Islam. And similarly,
he he's described those are they Sam was described with really powerful speech festival and hip hop.
And even before Islam, firstly, Fatah V. Hill Hakima, was used to describe milkman Look, man was
		

			really powerful in the way he expressed himself, almost the same expression that the Quran used was
already used for who for Look, man. And finally, we see hikma being used for the elderly, salaam,
and Akuma, another word for wisdom being used in poetry for Luqman. Now, the reason I'm saying that
is, it's interesting that the Quran already knows that the Arabs, when they hear these words, they
know famous poems about Lookman. And so Allah wants to make a connection between doweled and who?
Tao, then look, man, and it's pretty cool that later on when Allah talks about Lookman, there's a
connection also between doubt and McMahon in the Quran. So what Allah is doing is he's acknowledging
		

			the culture of the Arabs, the poetry of the Arabs, the art of the Arabs, the storytelling of the
Arabs, and he's using that, to communicate with them. And this is an important wisdom of the Quran.
If you want to communicate with someone, you should know something about their culture. If you want
to effectively get through to somebody, you should know something about their history, something
about, you know, how their what they're like, you know, what they are, what their language is, like,
and language changes so quickly, right? So the language of you know, my language, apparently English
is not the same as Gen Z language. No cap is not the same. Okay, is there's that's a different
		

			language altogether if when I was in high school, and somebody said no cap, I said it's not allowed
in school. I don't know what you want me to do. You know that I thought they're talking about a
goofy or something else, but the language and expression changes. So if you like, you want to talk
to the youth, or you want to talk to this group or that group, you need to know something about
their culture, is there's something about them and something about the way they communicate with
each other. Right? And that's, again, kind of an embedded wisdom that we're being taught. Okay,
let's move on. Now we're gonna get to the juicy part. I promised you juicy parts today. So little
		

			extra, so to the slicer number 17. This is a place in the Quran. That's very important. If you're a
student of the subject, I want to know what wisdom means. I want to know what wisdom means according
to the Quran, one of the most important places you will go to is going to be suitable.
		

			Islam is number 23 to 40. Here Allah will make a list of things. And at the end of that list of
things he will say that he come in my ohana in a Koran book. I mean and hikma that is what your
master revealed to you from hikma, meaning this list of stuff is all what hikma according to the
Quran, what I want. Have you ever heard of the 10 commandments? Okay, the Moses was given the 10
commandments, right? What you might not know is over the course of Jewish history, there were
different versions of the 10 commandments and went through different edits. So they didn't have
this. Well, you know, you have at least three different versions over the course of history of the
		

			of the same 10 commandments. These Ayat 23 to 40 is the Quran is a reconstruction of the 10
commandments given to Musa
		

			it's actually the Quran is version of the 10 commandments. So this these 10 commandments over time,
this is this is a statement I'm taking from his paper follows is he's a theologian, a philosopher, a
Jewish philosopher. His presentation of the law of Musa as both natural and wise, has been well
documented. There's a book that's about this subject, meaning they're saying that these 10
commandments in the Bible are wisdom, their wisdom, and Allah will say about that same passage, at
the end, he will say, This is what I have given to you from what wisdom so the Jews have been saying
this. And now the Quran is saying, by the way, what you have had all along, you had one version,
		

			then you edited it, then you edited it. By the way, you don't need any more edits. I'm giving you
the final version of what hikma is. So it's like it went through multiple evolutions, like you know
how software gets updated. This is the final update, and that's the Quran. So the Quran is not even
presenting itself as a new religion to the Jews. It's saying it's the final update to the revelation
that you've had all along. That's how it's presenting itself, which is pretty cool. Okay. Allah says
you should be the best to your parents in this passage, one of the wisdoms you should be the best
you can be to both your parents. And then he says, lower your wings of humility before them. That's
		

			what Allah says. So who is Allah comparing me to when he says lower your wings? He's comparing me to
a bird. And what's really interesting is in Proverbs, or in dialogue, this is the reference from
biblical literature. There's a huge parable of parents and children and the relationship to a bird
in the nest. What's a huge long paragraph and the Quran summarized all of it just by saying, lower
your wings of humility. And that this is what I've put here is a reference to the full text of that
parable. Now, similarly, something interesting happens in the Bible in the 10 commandment says, Thou
shalt not steal, you will not steal. But in this passage, Allah will not say don't steal. He won't
		

			say that there's no it's gone. But instead of not stealing, he says, Don't walk with arrogance in
the world.
		

			Don't so stealing got replaced with what? Arrogance, arrogance and society walk around with
arrogance. Walk around with arrogance means wherever you go, you're arrogant. What's really
interesting in the Bible is they talk about in this passage, they actually read it to you quickly,
the third commandment and the second, and the second five forbids stealing for who gapes after what
belongs to others is the common enemy of the state, willing to rob all but able only to Filch from
some, because while his covetousness covetousness extends indefinitely, his people capability cannot
keep pace with it, but restricted to a small campus, which is only to a few. Let me put that in
		

			normal English for you now because you understood nothing. Okay? What he's saying is thieves.
Thieves are so greedy and so arrogant. They don't care about anybody. They just take whatever they
want from whoever they want. But even thieves are weak, so they can only steal as far as their hands
can reach. But if their hands could reach more, they will do what they will steal more. And then
sometimes these people that have that thieving, arrogant mentality that doesn't care about anyone,
sometimes they become kings, and when they become kings, they steal and rob for millions of people
because their hand is more extended. So the Bible made a connection between why are people stealing?
		

			Because they are what? Arrogant. And what is the Quran do the Quran goes to the root problem and
says, Don't be arrogant? Because if you're not arrogant, then you'll never even think about
dismissing somebody else's right? And stealing. You won't even go in that direction. You see that?
So the Quran went to the root of the problem in doing that, okay. A similar thing that happens is
the Bible says you will not give false testimony. Like you're not going to lie in court, or you're
not going to say oh, yeah, that's really bad. Oh, I know about that. And you have no idea about
that. Right? You're not going to just hear something
		

			And then see presented as fact, you know? So what does the Quran do? It says Latok formulae Salah
cubby here LM don't follow something you don't have knowledge of. So instead of saying don't give
false testimony, in this passage, Allah says, Don't pursue something, don't follow something, if you
yourself don't have direct knowledge, where does false testimony come from? People testifying to
something that they actually don't know?
		

			Isn't that where it comes from? So he goes again to the root of the problem. And now here's a
summary of this passage, this is some this is a homework assignment for you. Because this is work is
not just me coming and giving a lecture, this is you engaging with your journey with the Quran, so
these ayat 1723, to 40, you are going to study them on your own, but I'll tell you one, one or two
quick things about them. The first most important teaching is do right by Allah. Be right when God
local darbuka Allah TAMIU Allah er who Allah declared that you will not worship anybody except him.
That's number one. Now let me tell you something you might may not have thought about. What is proof
		

			that someone worships God? Practical proof? You know, there's spiritual proof that's in your heart.
Practically, What's the proof?
		

			Prayer? Sure, prayers, proof that you worship only God. You take Shahada. That's true, that you
worship only when God you're you're dressed in hijab, it's proof you worship one God, it's visible
proof. People that hudge proving that they worship only one God. In this passage, Allah says, I want
you to worship only me. And then he gives us these instructions. What do these instructions become?
		

			Proof that we worship only one God. And if we don't follow these instructions, I'll let you fill in
those blanks yourself.
		

			There must be some someone else being worshipped or something else being worshipped. Now let's see
what these instructions are.
		

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