Salah Mahmoud – Fortress Of The Muslim

In

the name of Allah, the

Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious,

the Most Merciful.

Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Master of the Day of Judgment.

It is You we worship and You we

ask for help.

Guide us to the straight path.

The path of those You have blessed.

Not of those who have incurred Your wrath.

Nor of those who have gone astray.

And when Abraham said to his father Azarah,

Take idols as gods.

Indeed, I see you and your people in

manifest error.

And thus did We show Abraham the kingdom

of the heavens and the earth, and that

he might be of the believers.

And when the night descended upon him, he

saw a star.

He said, This is my Lord.

And thus did We show Abraham the kingdom

of the heavens and the earth, and that

he might be of the believers.

And when the night descended upon him, he

saw a star.

He said, This is my Lord.

And when it set, he said, I do

not love the heedless.

And when he saw the moon rising, he

said, This is my Lord.

And when it set, he said, If my

Lord does not guide me, I will surely

be of the people who are astray.

So when he saw the sun rising, he

said, This is my Lord, this is greater.

So when it set, he said, O my

people, I am innocent of what you associate

with Allah.

Indeed, I have turned my face to Him

who created the heavens and the earth, turning

away, and I am not of the polytheists.

And his people argued with him.

He said, Do you argue with me about

Allah while He has guided me?

And I am not afraid of what you

associate with Him, except that my Lord wills

a thing, and the price of my Lord

is all things in knowledge.

Will you not then remember?

And how can I be afraid of what

you associate with Him?

And do you not fear that you associate

with Allah that which He has not sent

down to you as authority?

So which of the two groups is more

worthy of security, if you know?

Those who believe and do not wear their

veil in injustice, for them is

security, and they are

guided.

Allah is the Greatest.

Allah hears those who praise Him.

Allah is the Greatest.

Allah is the Greatest.

Allah is the

Greatest.

Peace and mercy of Allah be upon you.

Peace and mercy of Allah be upon you.

Peace and mercy of Allah be upon you.

Surah Al-An'am.

This is the surah we are reciting.

Nowadays, it should be finished by next week.

It should be done with Surah Al-An

'am.

And throughout the whole entire surah, Allah SWT

focuses on one theme and one idea, which

is the Qudra of Allah SWT.

Today, the first ayah recited, Allah SWT beautifully

speaks about something that is very relevant to

what we've been discussing here, which is Dua

Al-Istikharah or Salat Al-Istikharah.

Allah SWT says, وَعِندَهُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا

إِلَّاهُ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْبَرْءِ وَالْبَحْرِ وَمَا تَسْكُتُ

مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ

الْأَرْضِ وَلَا رَطِبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ

مُبِينٍ Very descriptive, SubhanAllah, language, very descriptive and

beautiful ayah where Allah SWT describes His Qudrah

and His Power SWT and His Knowledge of

the Ghayb.

He says, and with Him are the keys

of the Ghayb, the unseen.

With Him are the keys of the unseen.

The keys, this is like definite.

All the keys, everything related to the Ghayb

or the unseen, Allah SWT has knowledge of

it.

Including what is going to happen to you

and I, including whether the Istikhara that you're

making or the job you're seeking or the

business that you're seeking is good for you

or not, Allah SWT knows it all.

So if that is the case, who else

should you actually resort or should, you know,

you should ask for guidance and for hidayah?

Only Allah SWT.

وَعِنْدَهُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا هُوَ None

knows them but He.

He knows whatever there is on earth and

in the sea.

Look, this is ba'da al-dhikr al-khaas

ba'da al-'aam.

You know, Allah mentions something very general and

now He's going very detailed and very specific.

If He says or had He said only

the keys of the unseen, then we know.

But then He says, سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى وَيَعْلَوْ مَا

فِي الْبَرْ وَالْبَحْرِ Anything that is on earth

or in the sea, you see, in the

sea, it's a whole different world.

From the top, from the surface, you feel

like it's just calm.

But when you go down, it's a whole

different experience.

Last time I was in Egypt and I

posted some videos about it, I went diving.

And subhanAllah, you see, it's alive.

I took also one of those submarines, not

the real one, just a fake one.

You see, subhanAllah, the sea is a whole

different world.

So Allah knows each and every fish, what

it looks like, how long it was created,

when is it going to die, and what

kind of food it eats.

You can think of this, subhanAllah.

وَيَعْلَوْ مَا فِي الْبَرْ وَالْبَحْرِ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ

وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا

يَعْلَمُهَا You see, in the fall, the leaves,

when they fall, Allah says, any leaves that

falls, Allah knows everything about it, and what

is going to happen after that.

Can you imagine that?

These small, tiny things.

Who thinks about the leaves, subhanAllah, amongst us?

Where is it going to go?

You just look at it, it's yellow, it's

green, yellow, and that's it.

But for Allah, it's a whole different perspective.

And he says, going more specific, subhanAllah, and

he says, there is not a grain in

the darkness of the earth.

A grain in the darkness of the earth.

Right?

SubhanAllah.

Nor anything fresh or dry, but it is

written in a clear record.

Everything is documented.

Even these things, subhanAllah, somebody might ask, why

would Allah document all of these things?

Because He, subhanAllah, is all-powerful.

That's His universe.

He knows every single little, small detail.

Even if there is an ant in the

middle of a dark rock, in the dark

night, Allah subhanAllah provides with the ant.

With that being said, you are the most

honoured or honourable creation of Allah.

We know that.

All of these creations Allah subhanAllah is talking

about, Allah subhanAllah, He honoured us.

So I created everything, but you are very

special to Allah subhanAllah.

So now the question is, do you think

that Allah subhanAllah does not have a record

of each and every one of us?

Before you came to this country, you went

to the consulate, they have your record.

Wallah, you will be surprised.

Everything, this is what you said, and this

is the day you visited, and everything is

just flash drive.

Do you think Allah subhanAllah wouldn't know this?

So with dua al-istikhara, Ya Allah, I

am confused.

I don't know what is best for me,

because you are the one who has the

keys of the unseen.

Choose for me.

Select the best for me, Ya Allah.

So I just wanted to kind of tie

in this, the ayah that I recited with

the dua al-istikhara, or salat al-istikhara,

and inshAllah we will continue further with this.

Recite surah al-an'am.

It's a beautiful surah, and there is a

lot of, subhanAllah, a lot of things mentioned

about the Qudra of Allah subhanAllah wa ta

'ala in surah al-an'am.

I ask Allah subhanAllah wa ta'ala to

make us from those who recite the Quran

and understand the Quran.

Ya Rabb al-alameen, Allahumma ameen.

Aqoolu qawli hadha wa astaghfirullah li walakum.

Jazakumullahu khayran.

BarakAllahu feekum.