Saif Morad – Simple Tafsir, Episode 7 Sura Infitar, What Made You Careless of Your Lord

Assalamu Alaikum everyone. What's going on? Hope you

guys are doing good. Welcome to another episode

of Simple Tafsir. In this episode, we're gonna

be looking at Suratul Infittal,

the cleaving.

When the sky will split apart because of

the angels descending from it.

When the stars fall 1 after the other

and are scattered.

When the seas are open into one another

and they merge.

When the soil of graves is turned over

to resurrect the dead in

them.

At that time, every soul will know the

actions it sent forward and those it left

behind and did not

do. O man who has rejected his Lord,

what has made you go against the instruction

of your Lord when he gave you respite

and did not punish you quickly as a

favor from him?

The one who gave you existence after you

were non existent and who proportioned and balanced

your limbs.

In whatever form he wished to create you,

he created you. He favored you as he

did not create you in the form of

a donkey,

monkey, dog, or another form.

O you who are deceived, the matter is

not as you think.

In fact, you deny the day of judgment

and do not work towards it.

Over you are angels who record your deeds.

Noble in Allah's sight scribes who write down

your deeds.

They know of every action you do and

they write it down.

Those who do abundant acts of good and

obedience will be in everlasting

bliss on the day of judgment.

Those who were evil and wicked will be

in a fire that will be burned over

them.

They will enter it on the day of

judgment and suffer from its heat.

They will never be absent from it. Instead,

they will remain in it forever.

Oh messenger,

what will make you know what the day

of judgment is?

Again, what will make you know what the

day of judgment is?

A day when no one will be able

to benefit

anyone.

The entire matter on that day will belong

to Allah alone

to deal as He wishes and not to

anyone besides Him.

Allah

is telling us that when these events happen

and they're gonna happen, that's when we're gonna

know exactly what we put forth.

And also those things that we left behind,

the projects that we invested in,

the continuous charity that we left behind, did

we spread beneficial knowledge?

When we invest in these kind of projects

that will benefit us in the hereafter, only

Allah knows the impact it will have.

A masjid, a community center, even a person,

a certain project that we invest in,

imagine the impact it could have, how many

people would benefit,

and the reward comes back to us

because we decided to invest in our.

We had a positive impact,

and then Allah asks a question,

says, oh man, oh person, oh human being,

what has made you careless about your Lord

the most generous?

And this is such a powerful question and

to really appreciate this question we need to

understand the two names that Allah referred to

himself as.

Firstly, he said Arlabb.

And Arlabb,

the Lord means

a Sayyid,

the master,

al kharik, the creator, al muddabbir, the one

who runs the affairs.

It also means al munaim, the one who

bestows favors, and also al rubi,

the one who nurtures. Allah

nurtures every single person.

Every single thing is dependent on Allah,

and He is the independent, the one who

needs nobody,

and He has special nurturing for the believers

by giving them faith and taking care of

their needs. This is Arrab.

This is who Arrab is,

and this name comes in the Quran over

900 times

because when we utilize this name to call

upon Allah,

we're asking him for his special nurturing to

take care of our affairs.

And we

say

that I'm pleased with Allah as my Lord.

Do we understand what we're saying?

That as long as Allah

is taking care of our affairs, we're happy

with it. Are we truly pleased with this?

And then Allah says not only that, he's

also Al Kareem,

the most generous.

His generosity has no limits.

He gives us in spite of our disobedience

towards him. He never holds back,

and he gives to everyone.

And this is who Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

is the one who we should ask for

any and everything.

It is narrated that Musa alaihi salaam, he

said that, you know, I have these small

needs that comes up sometimes. I feel ashamed

to ask you of it because you are

Allah. You know, we usually ask Allah for

the big things,

marriage, job,

business, and all these kind of things.

But Allah told Musa

that don't be shy to ask me even

for the little things. Everything you should ask

me because everything is easy for Allah.

All he's gotta do is say, boom, it

happens.

And even the most difficult thing is easy

for Allah.

So if this is who Allah is,

the one who takes care of us, nurtures

us, gives us, is kind towards us,

doesn't punish us for the mistakes we make,

but he gives us time to turn back

to him.

So we ask ourselves, what made us careless

towards this lord of ours?

And Allah is rebuking the disbelievers. Not only

that, also the believers who have shortcomings.

Because if this is who Allah is and

he takes care of us in such an

amazing

way, then we should reciprocate and be obedient

and try our best

so that when we meet him,

we are happy and we get our book

of deeds in our right hand.

Until next time.