Suhaib Webb – The Thirty Second Wisdom Start here!

We're reaching out the 32nd

hikm,

and this one is really heavy because it

gets to kind of like the first hikm,

the deeper underlying

reasons

why we do things.

And it touches on something which is very

subtle

in our emergent religiosity.

He says,

The show wuf here means like your interest

or you seeking or wanting or hoping for.

What has been,

what is in you,

deep in you from mistakes.

In other words,

and why he says is because usually

they're hidden from who? From the one who

is carrying them.

So Allah is

right, the subtle.

So

is something that's hidden but

it's very subtle, it's very difficult to find

it.

So, You longing to uncover and discover

what has been, what is

discreetly hidden in you from mistakes.

Khayrun is better.

Is better for you than longing and seeking

to uncover those things that have been hidden

for you from you in the unseen.

And what he means here is kalamat,

the gifts of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

So, he's touching on something very profound and

we talk about this also in the 40

Hadith under the 9th Hadith in the second

part.

That Islam

encourages us to start with

removing bad and harm before acquiring good.

And of course, it's not like this binary

like this or that, but we should be

focused on our evil,

more than focused on

like secondary good, foundational good of course, like

salah, fasting, all that we have to do.

What the Sheikh is saying is that oftentimes

people don't wanna get down and get their

hands dirty,

and address their own ratchetness,

and instead they wanna chase, oh, Allah is

gonna bless me with this, I have this

spiritual experience, I saw lights, I saw this,

I had this experience, I felt this way,

blah blah blah blah

blah

blah blah.' Sheikh he said, 'That's not a

good thing.'

He

says, to long and desire to uncover what

has been discreetly hidden in you from mistakes

and errors.

Is better for you than to

iliama'a'ujiba'ankamiluhu

yub,

than uncovering

like karama'at and gifts and this and this

and this. So So instead of seeing my

relationship with Allah as one that has commodified

and what I'm always getting and always achieving,

let me reorient and this is the theme

of these last few hicum,

my approach and my relationship with Allah. How

do I become a wal siluna ilayi? How

do I become a sairuna

ilayi?

Is by limiting my luggage and what is

my luggage? My sins, my evil and my

mistakes.

Let me work on that so I can

lighten my load and that makes the path

and

the travel easier.

And also it shows I'm sincere because the

Sheikh he says something here.

He says,

He says something really nice.

He says,

that you are able to

with great discernment,

look into yourself

and find what has been kafi'fikmina'yu,

what has been hidden from you of mistakes,

And the the diseases of the heart,

like

arrogance,

hatred,

being amazed by myself,

showing off,

you know, ostentationalism,

lying and flattering people and being a hypocrite,

loving power,

and loving to be, you know, held in

high esteem,

Focusing on those things,

the diseases of the heart

and the inner illnesses

is better than looking at the external, like

what is Allah giving me from the gifts,

the karamat.

A what has been hidden from you in

this world.

The secrets that Allah unveils to those who

know him of his knowledge.

And the gifts that Allah can give us

in this life.

Listen to what he says.

Because that is something that's for your soul,

like it's something that your soul wants. We

all wanna graduate, we all wanna grow. Right?

Allah.

He says that the nafs, they they look

for karamat. They look for these gifts.

But Allah has demanded obedience and consistent obedience

regardless.

Because as he says in the first hokum,

when things are going my way in the

what's called a wujud

in the world around me,

do I do I waiver? Then that's a

sign that my trust isn't in the right

place. So that's what he's getting at here.

That

the best way to go about this, is

to just work on ourselves.

And that's better than trying to find

the secrets of creation,

the light of People get into this weird

stuff, right?

Just work on ourselves.

Again, the statement is so beautiful,

You Allah, it should be written in gold,

man.

Your nafs seek gifts,

but Allah demands consistency.

And it's better that you establish what Allah

has obligated upon you than seeking what is

going to please

and align with the desires of your soul,

even though it's looking for Karamat.

Because oftentimes when people are looking for those

kind of good things, they get deceived.

They get deceived. But by sticking to the

Sharia

and limiting my sin, and addressing my evil,

I'm now doing that bare bones work.

Said, this is the foundation

of the orthodox Sunni Sufis.

And he says that, you know, work on

yourself and work on those bad qualities

before you and I become blameworthy. Ask Allah

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to protect us. Because if

I'm looking for good, but I'm steeped in

evil and sin,

that's a problem. Because the good should inspire

me to stop sinning in the first place.

The gifts of Allah should be a means

of inspiration.

Remembering, I remember you, that in shakaratumoni,

Azidun Nakum, if you are thankful to me,

I will increase you.

So the Sheikh again is talking about switching

how we see things and switching our approach

to life.

We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala wa