Ramadan Session – EP02 The Month of Quran

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			Salam Alaikum Quran Weekly, below salatu salam O Allah so Allah Allah and he was it is my second
reflection I wanted to share with you guys about Ramadan. Continuing with our conversation about the
word La La is in the shadow of Milan and living in Zilla feel Quran who the Lyndsey avenatti middle
hotel for con Herman shahida mushara for the awesome woman cannot believe and elyda phi determine a
woman or you need to let her become looser whether you need to become a nurse, when he took me to
the wedding talk a bit Allah Allah, Allah Allah come touch Quran, Allah azza wa jal in this ayah
ends the long injunction with La La Quinta Kuru, hopefully, perhaps, and so that you will be
		

			grateful that all of you will become grateful. So whatever Allah has said, in this sutra, or in this
ayah, particularly, the point of it is to make you and me grateful. Last time I talked to you about
the point of fasting being that we develop taqwa and how that's kind of related what the logical
connection there is. But here I want to highlight what is it that Allah wants us to be grateful for
in Ramadan, the sooner begins, you know, and when the way it begins to me is remarkable. When we
think of Ramadan at least me the way I was raised and the way our society and community is when you
think of Ramadan first thing that goes in your mind is fasting. If thought parties thought are we
		

			you know, there's a sequence of events and probably the biggest thing is fasting before anything
else you think of fasting, a lot of rearranges our thinking about Ramadan. When he introduces us to
Ramadan and decide this is the eye of Ramadan in the Quran, there is no other eye on Ramadan in the
Quran, Shadow Ramadan and the unzila female Quran the month of Ramadan is the one in which the Quran
was sent down. And this is actually rhetorically it's a really beautiful expression. Eliza that's a
shout out on Madonna Levy, Angela who Angela for the month of Ramadan is the one in which we sent
the Quran down. He didn't mention himself he says Lindsey, Latvia or Anu the Quran was sent down in
		

			it. The difference between saying we sent it down and it was sent down is huge rhetorically in
Arabic We won't we don't really notice the difference in English. The idea is Allah is highlighting
the Quran, so much so that he doesn't even mention himself. He highlights the Koran to that extent
in this ayah to show us the role and the importance of the Quran. If Allah had said einzelner feel
like Angela, we sat down water from the sky, Allah highlights himself and what does he send down
water? Of course Allah is the one who sends the Quran down. But he highlights its importance by
making the verb passive and just alluding to the Quran directly saying this is the month in which
		

			the Quran came down. So the first thing you should be thinking about in Ramadan is the Quran. So you
should be the month of Quran. It's the month in which the celebration of the whole month the entire
ceremony of fasting and celebrating the need at the end all of it has to do with the Koran. So going
into Ramadan, you and I should be thinking, how am I going to come out of Ramadan, truly having
gotten closer to the Quran, because the entire spirit of Ramadan, according to the ayah is the Quran
itself, Shahada, Milan and the sila feel for on. Two things happen here that I've talked about in
other lectures, that in from a historical point of view, you know, Jews used to have their own days
		

			of fasting, and they had their own revelation. And Allah azzawajal made us a distinct nation. And
part of our distinction is that we have our own revelation. And part of another part of our
distinction is that we have our own month of fasting. Another part of our distinction is that we
have our own direction of prayer, we used to pray in the same direction as the Jewish community
before until the revelation came. This surah makes us distinct in every way like a few IOD before
this ayah in the same surah we were just reading about the changing of the Qibla why we've been made
a distinct nation now we're reading what else makes you a distinct nation, the revelation and the
		

			month you should celebrate that revelation that to Subhan. Allah shall hold on hold on let the Koran
is the celebration of Muslim identity, the fact that we're a new nation, the fact that we are now
the nation that Allah chose to give guidance to, it's you know how nations have like the Fourth of
July their independence, or people celebrate you know, the day that the day in which their nation
was formed or their constitution was passed, etc, etc. For us, our day of our month of
constitutional celebration, when we were inaugurated as a nation, that is our month, the month of
the month of Ramadan. So Panama. Then he says something beautiful, he says suddenly not guidance for
		

			all people. You know, the previous nation believe that guidance is just for them. everybody else's
less than them. They don't deserve
		

			The guidance. And although said No, not this time, it is revealed to these people that are going to
observe the month of Ramadan and celebrate this book. But it's been sent as a guidance for people.
In other words, you get so close to the Koran in this month, and really make it like it's running
through your bloodstream, like that. And then now you're going to share it with the rest of humanity
hudl in us, well, you're not in mineral oil for corn, and it's got clear proofs and evidences from
guidance, and which distinguishes between right and wrong. So we're going to be the people. Once we
become people of Quran and Ramadan, we're going to carry its mission out we're going to be
		

			rejuvenated with its passage, and we're going to take it out to everybody else and show them the
clear proofs of the guidance and the criteria. The distinction between right or wrong, inspired by
this book. That's what the purpose of Ramadan is to get the oma back on its track. You know, now
compare that huge, enormous, amazing message to like, what we've reduced Ramadan to fried food, and
like, we were yawning, some arguing about eight versus 20. Which machines are we going to go to? I
think those guys recite fat faster, we should go there. Or we should just go maybe we'll take it
seriously when the 27th night or something. We've made it this into a cultural festivities type of
		

			thing. And that's all fine, but it's built upon a really grand spirit. It's got this huge identity.
You know, we talk about Muslims having an identity crisis. Ramadan is the month where we resolve our
identity crisis. That's what it's supposed to be a lady on the left who Koran who then Linda's
urbinati middle who's our procon and then gives us certain instructions, whoever fast this month and
you should you know, or whoever among you fast or witnesses this month, you should fast the entire
month, how the sick can make it up in future days, etc, etc. But the whole I remember how it ended
so that you can be grateful.
		

			The question then is what should you be grateful for? The first thing you should be grateful for
isn't Milan itself. you're grateful that you actually complete Liberty talk Milan de political para
la llamada con, La La conditional so that you must in order that you complete the count, you declare
a lot of greatness the way he guided you. And so you can be grateful that you got to complete the 30
days of fasting. You should also be grateful. Hopefully you'll become grateful for the Quran itself.
Hopefully you'll be grateful for being made a new nation, a distinct and honored nation that
received this revelation. Hopefully you'll be grateful that Allah give you an opportunity to cleanse
		

			all of your sins and start fresh with this month. There are so many reasons to appreciate Islam and
the Quran and this message and Allah all knew in Ramadan, the point of Ramadan so that you can be
hopefully you will become grateful. The point of fasting, you should get taqwa the point of Ramadan
is more grand, you should become grateful. You should just be you should appreciate what allies
origin has given you. So I pray sincerely that this is the month in which we truly show a lot that
we're grateful for having the Koran that we read more Koran that we've ever had before. We try to
understand it more than we've ever tried to understand it before. We memorize more of it than we've
		

			ever memorized before. We really become people of color on this coming month of Ramadan and that
perpetuates us inshallah Allah throughout the rest of the year barakallahu li walakum wa salaamu
alaikum Quran Weekly,
		

			Salaam Alaikum Quran Weekly. The prophets Isilon told us that lawndale high profile he the one who
points to something good is gets the same reward as the one who did the good itself. Do me a favor
and do all of yourselves a favor and sharing the goodness if you benefited from these talks in these
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awesome project I really really appreciate the effort hold on weekly folks have made and I pray that
Allah blesses them even more and brings even more and more good from them. These kinds of efforts
you know we law tells us whoever doesn't think that people hasn't thanked Allah, the prophet social
		

			and teaches is that so we should do that we should appreciate the effort that's being made here and
the best way to appreciate their effort is to help them get more award and get yourself more award
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