Saif Morad – The First Command Of Allah In The Quran Surah AlBaqarah 2122

My dear brothers and sisters. What's going on?

May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless us with

the best in this world and the next.

In this video, we're gonna be talking about

the first command

that comes in the Quran and the first

prohibition.

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and Surah Al Baqarah.

The first five verses talk about the believers.

The next two verses talk about the non

believers.

And then the next

13 verses talk about the hypocrites.

And after Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala describes all

of these individuals and what their characteristics

are and what their reward is,

The first commandment

comes in the Quran.

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,

Allah says, oh, mankind,

worship your lord. Allah

is calling all of mankind,

the believers to continue in their obedience to

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and the ones who

don't believe to submit and to worship Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala alone

and uses the word

the one who owns us, the one who

takes care of us, the one who has

given us everything that we have and that

we need,

reminding us of the favor of Allah subhanahu

wa ta'ala over us. And if a person

thinks about Allah

and the tremendous

mercy and bounty and gifts that Allah

has given a person, they can't help but

submit to Allah

And then he says,

your lord, the one who created you

and created the ones before you. So who

is Allah

Why should we worship him?

He is our lord, the one who created

us, and there is no ability

greater than the ability to create

and to create something from nothing.

Allah

is the only one who can create,

and he tells us to worship him so

that

so that we can achieve taqwa.

So worship is what leads to taqwa.

Because if a person achieves taqwa, then they've

succeeded.

Guidance and success is for them.

Jannah will be their end result.

So we need to worship Allah

We need to be patient upon it. We

need to be continuous upon it so that

we can get to taqwa.

And then Allah

says,

Allah

spread out the earth for us to go

and do what we need to do.

And he made the sky a ceiling over

us, and he sent down the rain which

causes fruits to grow as a provision for

us.

Allah He is the one who takes care

of us. He is the one who created

us. He is the one

who

allowed us to live in this world. He

is the one who provides for us. He

is the one who takes care of everything

in the heavens and the earth.

And then comes the first prohibition.

Allah says, do not associate

any partners for him. Do not make anyone

equal to Allah

He is the sole creator. He is the

sole lord. He is the only one who

can benefit and harm.

And this is the meaning of

which is to worship Allah

but that's not enough. There's a second component

to it, which is to negate

worship for anyone other than Allah

Worship belongs to Allah

alone

for all the reasons that is mentioned in

this ayah,

that we affirm worship for Allah

and we negate

worship for anyone else.

And this is the key to salvation. This

is our ticket to jannah. If a person

establishes

faith, establishes then

their end result is jannah.

Said, that one day I was writing behind

the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and he

said, Oh Mu'adh,

do you know the right of Allah subhanahu

wa ta'ala over his slaves

and the right of his slaves over Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala?

SubhanAllah,

who are we that we have

a right over Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? And

Mu'ad said that Allah and his messenger know

best.

The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said the

right of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala over his

slave is

that he worships Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala alone

without associating

any partner with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

And the right of his slave over Allah

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is, and Allah Subhanahu Wa

Ta'ala will not punish the person

who sincerely worships Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala without

any partner.

So Mu'adh said that should I not give

glad tidings to the people? The prophet sallallahu

alaihi wa sallam said no

because then they will depend upon this only.

They won't take action.

So Mu'adh radhiallahu anhu actually revealed this hadith

on his deathbed

because to conceal knowledge is a sin. So

because of that fear of sinning, Mu'adh

revealed this hadith

so that we could understand

the greatness of La ilaha illallah.

So we need to understand

what is faith in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

What is true to hear? What does it

mean to worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala alone

so that we don't fall into anything that

can negate our faith?

So today's exercise

is to ponder over these 2 ayahs,

to reflect over it,

and to see the example that Allah subhanahu

wa ta'ala is putting forth

in establishing

who he is.

If we ponder over these and what Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala is talking about the heavens

and the earth, we see that this is

a system. How can this exist without a

creator?

And a person's certainty in Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala will increase.

So may Allah

make us amongst those who establish true faith

and those who die

with on their tongues.

Until next time.