Omar Suleiman – Servants of the Most Merciful #1

			Almost Oliver cinematic and avocado, silica, Mohammed and Salalah when he was telling me he was like
me, he was the Olympus him and Kafeel. So I figured for this series inshallah Tada, I'm kind of sick
of sitting at my desk. And I think you guys are probably sick of seeing me at my desk too. So I
figured I'd just sit on the floor and talk from here until lunchtime and just reflect the way that
we would in the last few nights in the masjid where we'd all kind of gather around and we'd have our
late night reflection, so
		

			I didn't bother making it pretty I just decided I'll just sit on the floor and just literally moved
everything down here. So I hope you all don't mind and shout out a little bit of a change.
		

			But this is something I'm looking forward to. And my recommendation to you in sha Allah tada would
be to situate this you know, 20 minutes every night just between your your prayers, inshallah Tada,
so, I'm going to try to keep myself too short, you know, 15 2025 minutes max, per night, inshallah
Tada, and just reflect on these traits. So, we get to about the white man, the servants of the Most
Merciful, the worshipers of the Most Merciful, and what the qualities of the servants of the Most
Merciful are. And this is one of the most beautiful portions of the poll, and that sort of describe
a manual for how the believer is to live their lives. And it encompasses multiple elements and
		

			encompasses dimensions of worship, dimensions of family life, dimensions of character, dimensions of
community, everything from how you would deal with prayer at night, Fiamma lived in the corner of
your room to how you would deal with testimony in a courtroom to how you would deal with someone
mocking you or someone being rude to you, as you're driving. Everything is really encompassed in
these verses, and it's very beautiful for that reason. However, I wanted to actually start off with
something that I feel like people gloss over when they're doing the Tafseer of these verses. So
there are 11 or 12 qualities and total that are mentioned here in shelter, which we'll cover over
		

			the next two nights. But you know, typically what ends up happening is why bother why Mandela Dini?
I'm sure wanna come out of the hole now either Holloman j Dona Carlos allama people will start with
verse 63. And they will glance over the fact that Allah subhana wa tada calls these people a bother
Rama. And so what is the significance of being called the servants of the Most Merciful? And so even
when you read the classical tested, you'll almost immediately get into alidium Shona for
		

			those who walk humbly on the earth or out of the hole Now, those who walk humbly on the earth, and
what that means, right, so I want to start with a battle right, not just this concept of being
called a battle, man and what that actually means. So all of us of course, by birth, by virtue of
our existence are the rebar the velocity on earth or the slaves of Allah subhana wa Tada. And
whether we are conscious or not,
		

			you know, we are in that slavery and obedience to Allah subhanaw taala but obviously, there are
those that willingly embrace the position of servitude to Allah subhanaw taala and exert themselves
to their Lord and demonstrating to him the way that they want to be in accordance with how he wants
them to be. And so he bowed the rock man are the people that are mentioned here and of course,
previous sort of sorts from what we know in the first part certainly won't be known matches up the
first few hours of shooting let me know in the description of the believers there matches up with
the last part of super full con here and then the same chapter of the Quran. So, what are the
		

			characteristics and what are what how is it that Allah subhana wa tada classifies us as a bad little
hang on here? What's the significance of that? Well, for one, Eliza that here cites the prominent
observable characteristics of the believer, a lot of sites, the observable characteristics of the
believer in a manner of saying look at the way that the believers carry themselves versus the way
that the disbelievers and hypocrites carry themselves right. So the impact of being servants of
servants of the Most Merciful on the observable behavior and of course, as we said, the ultimate
servant of the Most Merciful is Mohammed Saleh. It was known as the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon
		

			him, the way that he carries himself with such dignity is is inspiring and it shows the effect of
revelation on the person of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam and that is to say that
		

			the character of the prophets lie Selim should be enough to warrant an investigation and so what's
making him so spectacular gornergrat and lo anthem Swami tune is on the line who said that your
callers to a lie
		

			Even as your quiet hot how, with your good character, right? So people should see the qualities of
the believer and should want to investigate what they believe in just by that in a way that would
that would help them discover how pristine this guidance is. So, some of the scholars say, you know,
Eliza lists the most prominent characteristics, the outward characteristics of these people, so that
every, you know, objective, I can easily discern the difference in the character between the Prophet
sallallahu Sallam and his followers and the other journalists in the labs of the world, and their
followers and then you make up your mind right, you can see the difference between the two. But I
		

			want to start with a man what it means to be servants of the Most Merciful before we get into any of
the qualities just why are you valuable, man? A lot could have said about the law. A lot could have
said, you know, are you bad have any one of his names? Why the servants of the Most Merciful man is
a very special name of Allah subhanho wa Taala they're all special, but our man has certain
connotations that other names do not have one of them Eliza judgments and attack them Allah who
Samia, do you know if anyone else named that the idolaters did not have an idol that was named of
Lenin, no one was using the name of a man it is a name that was only reserved for a loss of habitat
		

			and that is only reserved for a loss of friends. So hello, Tottenham Allahu Samia. Some of the
scholars say is have you ever heard of any name like a black man or anyone that calls upon him the
most merciful the way that the believers call upon him the most merciful? And some of the scholars
they mentioned here semia his likeness, right? Is there anyone like him some kind of attack like a
white man? Now anytime a lot of attributes you to him, that is a means of honoring you, the greatest
honor is to be asked of Allah subhanaw taala to be a slave of Allah. That's how Allah subhanaw taala
elevates you. But to be Abdul Rahman is another level. Okay? So what's the difference between a
		

			Walkman and the other names? Well, for one, it's one of those names that cannot be given to anyone
but him. So there are names of Allah subhanaw taala, like an ad that could hold a lot of solid, the
unique the self sufficient Master, whom all creatures need, who, who does not have any human
likeness, these are names and I had a solid that can only be given to a loss of parents on their
names that are like and with a character.
		

			That the the, the one full of majesty, in the human connotation with the cupboard is horrible. It's
someone who's boastful, right, but it's a name that only belongs to Allah subhanaw taala, and only
has certain connotations with its name, as it's attributed to a loss of Hannah Montana. I don't know
man is one of those names. We it's inappropriate to say to someone or a man, okay, or to call
someone with non without having it in front of it. That's not the case. For example, with names like
khadim generous, or Hakeem someone who's who's wise or someone who's guided in their actions. And
these are names that belong to Allah subhana wa Tada. But at the same time, we are allowed to name
		

			ourselves with these names. Man is Batman is one of those special names, that only belongs to a loss
of Hannah Montana, not because we're not capable of having mercy, and I'll get to that in a minute.
But because the mercy of the loss of Hannah Montana or the connotations of his being a white man,
are completely removed from anything that human beings could ever be capable of. And the scholars
talk about this from from numerous perspectives. One of them is that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam.
		

			He said, I have a smart ILA ahead, well, it's not yet aligned to Hana. I'm the low abdomen, the most
beloved of names to Allah subhanho wa Taala, or Abdullah, and Abdullah, these are the most beloved
two names to Allah subhanaw taala. And obviously, we only name our children in a certain way, so
that they can aspire to have those qualities and so on the prophets lie some says these are the two
most beloved names to Allah subhana wa, Tada. That's special. Another thing that the scholars
mentioned as a benefit is that everything that is going to be defined as the qualities of a man of
the servants of the Most Merciful is an implementation of mercy within that particular domain. So
		

			merciful in your relationships merciful in the way that you treat others merciful and not having a
heavy presence or making people feel like they have to serve you merciful and that people don't fear
the harm of your tongue. They don't fear the harm of your hand, or your bad luck merciful and that
people can trust you, right. These are all qualities of a bottle of wine.
		

			So every one of the qualities is laced with the Rama of Allah subhana wa tada in some way. And the
prophets Allah lahardee was a walking wounded Hamamoto among those who have mercy, the Most Merciful
man shows mercy to them in a humble man with a hammock in Memphis and that show mercy to those on
the earth. And a black man in the heavens, the Most Merciful in the heavens will show mercy to you
why man is all encompassing.
		

			And this is why it's not something that human beings can have. Okay? a white man encompasses the
believer and the disbeliever, the seen and the unseen. It encompasses this dunya and the ARCA Rahim
is a specific type of mercy that is exclusive. Okay. So heinous acts allows exclusive mercy that
only belongs to some man is the mercy that encompasses everyone in some capacity. So a lot is a
common to people that believe in Him, and people that disbelieve in him, he's like man to the one
who rejects him by delaying his punishment and giving him a chance to repent. His being a rock, man,
the connotations of that in this world are the way that animals treat one another. Or when an animal
		

			shows mercy to another animal, when a bird shows mercy to her, to her baby, all of the all of the
all of the mercy that we have that which we attribute to him, and not all of it is from the
implications of his being a black man. So that's something that belongs to him somehow to Montana.
And from our perspective, to have like not to have mercy. It's important for us to think about in
any one of our interactions, what does it mean, to be a merciful person? Okay, what does it mean to
bring mercy to a discussion or to a domain? And that if there were no qualities that were listed
here, okay, and the I had to follow if a person was just to take and to do to the board, which is
		

			what we do reflect and to say, what does that look like when someone owes me money? What does LACMA
look like? When I come across? Someone's someone's shame, something that people don't want to be
known about them? And I come across it. What does that person look like? What does the LACMA to a
setting look like? What does it look like when I walk into a community gathering? What does it look
like when I walk into my home? What does it look like? When I'm in a in a discussion? What does it
look like? When someone who I don't like or someone that's been abusive towards me shows an opening
and I have a way to pounce and i and i don't all of this is Lana Weidman your financial transactions
		

			like that and your societal transactions and everything right? So a lot of did not even list a bag
of Walkman, the qualities of a bad man just by a law saying they are a bag or whatnot, we should be
able to try to reflect on what it looks like in all of these different circumstances and situations.
And so the most comprehensive way that a lot refers to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam one
that all of a sudden NACA Illa Allah mean, we did not send you except as a mercy to the world's the
Prophet placement is a mercy, not just in the way that the Prophet slice and treated people he's a
mercy in the way that he smiled at people he's a he's a mercy in the way that he built up people's
		

			self esteem. He's a mercy and the way that he gave charity to whoever asked for him, and who did not
ask him, he's a mercy in the way that he treated his enemies. He's a mercy in the way that he
treated his family. And he's a mercy. And that a lot chose him to be a vehicle of clarity and
guidance to us that too is because it would be cruel for us to be left without guidance and clarity
and purpose. And so the profits why time is the channel of that. Revelation is that as well through
the prophets of Allah, how it was set up, and so as servants of man, and as followers of alignments
and Malala mean, and Allah subhanaw taala says, we did not send you except as a mercy to the world's
		

			meaning the entire mission of the prophets lie, some of them could be described as being a mercy.
Okay? All of it has an element of mercy, that everything about him His mercy flies on them a lot not
sent him except as a mercy to the world. And so, what do we do with ourselves? We ask ourselves in
every situation, how am I being merciful?
		

			How is my presence mercy? How am I interacting with people mercy? How do I how do I be Abdullah? How
do I be the most beloved person to Allah subhanaw taala because the implication of the Prophet
sallallahu Sallam saying the most beloved of names to Allah subhanaw taala, Abdullah and Abdul
Rahman is that I want to be that quality because the blessing of the name is the intention of the
quality that the person lives up to be of that caliber. And so how to lock in that situation. I
would then
		

			ask you, you know, what does it look like to show Lana in all of the initial interactions that
allows going to mention in the next set of verses without even telling you the way that Allah
subhanaw taala specifies how we respond in those situations, right just giving you the situation's
Why is this so important inshallah tada and I'll close with this and then tomorrow we'll start with
you know, the very specific qualities inshallah Tada, why is it so important? Because sometimes the
poor and does not give a situation that is exactly analogous to a situation or one that is
applicable to us. Now, sometimes you'll come across a situation in the Quran that is frozen in time.
		

			And Allah subhanaw taala praises the quality of a person or, or Allah subhana wa tada highlights a
negative quality of a person or a group of people in that situation.
		

			The goal of us as we're reading the Koran, and we extol what Allah extols, and these virtues and
these qualities of the Bhagavad man is not to come away from this and just to have a checklist and
say, this situation, this situation, this situation, I match this, I match this, I match this only.
The goal of it is for us to take those qualities, and to apply them to evolving situations, without
getting away from the identity of Obama, without getting away from the identity of mercy. And our
mercy does not just meet the standards, and this is the last implication of a bad luck, man, by the
way, we don't just meet the standards of mercy that other people start. Alright, so other people or
		

			our society, our culture says, This is what mercy looks like in this situation. We go above and
beyond because we're servants of the Most Merciful. And so the standard of Rama. The standard of
mercy that we show is beyond what other people define even as mercy. We go the next level, and
that's the prophets lie. Some of them right if you think about the prophets lie, Selim, he didn't
just meet excellence, as it was defined by people of his time he redefined excellence altogether. He
didn't just meet the standard of mercy. He redefined it by going to two lengths that other people
had never seen before. So it was completely unprecedented, and it fell outside. The first way that
		

			that's shown is in the quality of Allah veniam Shewanella, the hotel either hot Obama hiranyakashipu
Salama, it's the way that you deal with people that character, it's the way that you deal with
people have no mercy. It's the way that you deal with people who do not give you any worldly reason
whatsoever to be nice. Okay, but you still choose to show mercy and to demonstrate a higher level of
character higher standard for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So inshallah Tada, we'll go ahead
and we'll stop there.
		

			We'll get deep into these qualities and talents. I'm actually really looking forward to it. One of
the reasons why I didn't want to get into a Labine, I'm sure all the * no either hot woman Jade
on Apollo cinemas, because of how rich some of the stories of the seller of the pious predecessors
are in these particular ion. So, inshallah Tada. I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow in
Shaolin. Please keep us in your
		

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