Al-Furqan 21-34 Word-Analysis and Tafsir 30-34
Taimiyyah Zubair – Taleem al-Quran 2010 – Juz 19 – L187E
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What color was Zulu? The messenger will say there are two opinions about this that first of all, the messenger will say on the Day of Judgment, complaining to Allah witnessing against his people, that my people abandon the Quran and obviously which messenger is this Muhammad Sallallahu sallam.
Secondly, it is also said that we're kind of a Zulu in the dunya. The Prophet sallallahu Sallam said this while complaining to his Lord about his people, that in nakagami, my people and who does my people refer to the Quran they
call Anima joola. They took this Koran as something that is forsaken abandoned. modules on the left is hygiene hygiene hijra. What does it mean?
What does it mean? To leave something right to immigrate, to give up, avoid some module is something that is abandoned, something that is deserted.
So my people have taken this on as that which is to be shunned. That is to be disregarded. moto conville Kalia they completely abandoned it, how they turned away from it. they disbelieved in it. They didn't even bother looking at it. They didn't even bother reflecting on it. Secondly, the word module is from cordial with a domanda. And what does it mean? Do you remember we did this earlier as well, was stuck between a V Samuel and de Rouen
to speak ill about something to speak negatively about something inappropriate speech for her stock.
And so what does it mean by this, that in nicomachea, how to handle it, Maduro, that they have made this foreign as a mark of mockery,
that they market it, they make fun of it, some call it magic, others got a chair, they call it nonsense.
So on the Day of Judgment, the profits on a lot of them will witness against some people.
And on the other hand, he will witness in favor of some people over here, what do we learn that he will witness against some people and the first people that you will witness against her who the courage his own people, that I brought the Quran to them, but they shunned it, they disregarded it. They poke fun at it. They spoke evil about it.
Now remember, that when it comes to forsaking the Quran, when it comes to abandoning the Quran, there are different levels. There are different levels of abandoning the Quran.
One is that a person completely abandons it totally abandons it. He doesn't look at it. He doesn't believe in it. He doesn't read it. He doesn't pay any attention to what he doesn't give any importance to this is what? completely abandoned.
There is another level. What is that? that a person says that he believes in it. But he doesn't care to read it.
He doesn't care to understand it. He doesn't care to implement it. He doesn't care to recite it.
It's right there before him. He doesn't pay any attention to it, he will read many other things. He will read one email after the other. He will read one book after the other one article after the other.
One message after the other one Facebook message after the other one tweet after the other. But when it comes to the Quran, you will not read.
You understand.
another level of abandoning the Quran is that a person reads it. But only at the level of recitation.
He only focuses on the recitation, he doesn't care to reflect on the meaning. He doesn't care to study it. He doesn't care to understand it, he doesn't care to extract any lessons from it. He does not make it a full con for himself.
So this is also another level of abandoned.
There is another level that a person believes in it, he understands it. He studies it, he reads it. But after understanding after reading, after reflecting, he leaves it.
You understand?
It's just like a person reads a particular book, to give an exam. He studies it. Studies every page of it highlights it makes a lot of notes, attends all the lectures. And then when he gives a test when he gets a result what happens that's it, put the book away, put it in recycling, donate it to the library, throw it away. This is what he does.
Because that phase of his life is over.
If you ask him five years after he took the exam, so what was, you know one of the things that you studied in the book, tell me five things that you studied who might not be able to recall.
If you ask him about something that he actually wrote in his exam, he will not be able to recall why he never revised it.
This is another level of abandoning the Quran. that a person studies a person reads a person understands he reflects, but after some time, he leaves the Quran. He leaves the Quran.
We learn intersil quarterly, it is mentioned that anessa Dillard who said that the Prophet sallallahu Sallam said, whoever reads the Quran, and then he closes it, and he leaves it in his home, neither reciting it, nor reflecting on its commands.
I'll repeat it, whoever reads the Quran, and then closes it and leaves it in his home, neither reciting it nor reflecting on its commands. Then on the Day of Judgment, the Quran will be around his neck, and it will complain to Allah, this slave of yours had left me. So judge between us.
This slave of yours abandoned me. So judge between us.
The Prophet sallallahu Sallam said, honor her Judah laka overlake
each and every one of us as a Muslim, we have a relationship with a colon, it might be strong, it might be weak.
It might be that we spend a lot of time with the Quran, it might be that we don't spend a lot of time with
we have to see what kind of a connection? What kind of relationship do we have with the Quran?
Is it very weak? Or do we really call it strong?
Is it that we're just concerned about reading and writing and taking notes? Or are we concerned about reciting it in the morning, reciting it in the night? opening it up when we're lonely? opening it when we are alone? When we want an answer, when we're concerned when we're confused instead of talking to people instead of sending long emails to them? Do we open the Koran? Or do we do other things?
So each and every one of us has to see what kind of relationship do we have with the Quran.
The Prophet sallallahu Sallam said that the fasting and the Quran a song as well as the Quran, they shall come as intercessors on the Day of Resurrection.
The first will say, oh my lord, I prevented him from his food and drink during the day. I did not let him eat. I did not let him drink during the day Why? He was fasting. So let me intercede for him.
And the Quran will say I kept him from sleep during the night. So let me intercede for him, then they will be allowed to intercede. But if a person does not recite the Quran, if a person does not study the Quran, then we'll look for uncom to intercede for him.
Think about it. You know sometimes when we have to do our homework, when we have to do the lesson seven times what happens? We feel so overwhelmed. We think, oh, we have to spend so much time with the Koran we don't get time to do other things, isn't it?
Think about it realistically, when you have to do your lesson when you have to take your notes when you have to read your notes when you have to do your practice. When you have to memorize them, I add what happens. It takes your time away from other things.
Now sometimes we feel frustrated, this is not fair. This is too much work. But look at it this way. The more time you spend with the Quran.
On the day of judgment, the Quran will come saying to Allah Oh Allah, I prevented him from going to his friends. I prevented him from talking on the phone. I prevented him from cooking a lot of meals. I prevented her from cleaning, you know every single day keeping everything speaking Spanish every single day. I prevented her from many, many things.
Go on. So let me intercede for her. Let me intercede for him.
Isn't that so honorable?
never feel sad that never feel lonely then never feel that your life has become so lonely and boring. That you have to spend so much time with a colon you don't have time for other things. You don't have time for other people. Because the more time you spend with the Quran, the more valuable it is.
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in the previous ayah What do we learn that the prophet will complain on the day of judgment that these people they abandoned the Quran these people they spoke ill of
Koran. So the people who speak ill of the Quran Allah subhanaw taala comforts the Prophet sort of odd isn't that just as you have enemies? Remember that work at Attica giannelli colina Vienna I do one for every prophet, there were enemies and Who were those enemies may not want you to me from those who are guilty. But despite all their opposition despite all their efforts, remember that what a fabulous week ahead the and when you're an artist sufficient as a handy endlessly. Heidi meaning one to guide you. He will guide you as to how you should overcome them. He will be your guide. And had he also that He will guide people to you despite their opposition that they can spread as many
rumors as they want about you. They can spread as many objections as they want. But still, Allah will guide people to you when a sealer and he is your helper, he will give you victory over
this mission will reach its completion. They cannot cause defeat
wakad alladhina cafaro and the disbeliever say lowlanders Zilla alagille and Joomla tanwar Haider, why was the Quran not revealed to him all at once? How come the Quran has not been revealed in one go like the previous scriptures that the toa it was revealed? It was given to musasa but one go, he went for 14 nights he came back with a folder,
the Injeel all the other books that were given in one go, but the Quran, how come it has not been given to him at once? How come today he receives one revelation tomorrow he receives another then after five days he receives another? What is this?
Now why did the machine raise this objection?
Because by saying this, they were trying to prove that Mohammed Salam is inventing.
Because every other day he comes up with a new idea. He thinks hard. He researches he talks to people. And then when he comes up with an idea, he comes up with a story he comes and presents it to us as revelation. This is an evidence as it's called and is not from God because if it was from God, then it would come all at once.
But Allah subhanaw taala says that gallica It is like that what is like that the revelation of the Quran has come gradually, why Lino sub better be further so that we can make firm by this revelation, your heart that when the Quran comes gradually to you, your heart becomes firm.
What does it mean by that,
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and to add for others use for heart and fat other literally means to sear meat on fire, to braise or to see or to cook meat, lamb alpha it is such meat that has been seared
and basically, it gives the meaning of heat, isn't it? When you have to sear meat when you have to barbecue it when you have to boil it when you have to raise it, what do you need a lot of heat. So for add from the same root is used for a heart that is emotionally charged.
A lot of emotions anger, fear, love, worry concern. You understand. There is another word that is used for heart called But there is another word for ad for ad is used for a heart that is full of emotions.
So Lino sabitha behavioral adeq, that, for example, when your heart is burning, when your heart is not at rest, because of the opposition of people, because of the criticism of people, you're angry, you're frustrated, you're sad, you're depressed, what happens? revelation comes, eases your heart. There, you're at comfort, you're at ease, it cools you.
This is just like, if you are thirsty, and you drink water all at once in one go. at one go at that time, okay? It will quench your thirst but after some time, you will feel upset you'll feel sick,
isn't it?
Whereas if you drink sip after sip, then what happens? Every time you take a sip. It cools you isn't it? Every time you take a sip it reaches every part of your body, your head your mind, and it cools you it comfort you. Similarly, every time where he comes, it was a source of comfort for the profits analyzer.
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That for us has been understood as your memorization that we make your memorization and your understanding firm and solid.
That if the Quran was revealed all at once, it would be very difficult for the prophets that allowed Islam to memorize it.
Because remember, he could not read the other scriptures. They were written down. Like, for example, the total How is that given? I was given on the tablets It was written down, but the Koran, it was delivered through oral communication. The prophets on a lot of time was to memorize it. If it was revealed all at once, you would not be able to memorize it.
solina submittable e Fu adeq there's a wisdom behind the gradual revelation of the Quran.
Now, same thing with medicine, how do you consume it gradually, isn't it so you have to take the particular dose in the morning in the evening before going to bed. One dose One day, the other is the other day. If you say I want to get better quickly, I'll take the entire bottle at once. It will have a poisonous effect on your body,
isn't it? So?
What do you have to do in order for the medication to work, you have to take the medication in doses, one part after the other for it to be effective.
And this is how the Quran was also affected.
Just the other day I was having a discussion with someone that there are people who want to start studying the Quran, they want to complete they want to finish it.
And there is a particular course going on in which there are classes only once a week. So when the people were told it will take 14 years for you to complete the course, as at 14 years. Oh my God, we want to complete it, we want to finish it.
You see when you have that mentality that you want to finish it, you want to complete it, then you don't benefit as much.
But if you have that mentality that I want to absorb it, I want to internalize it, I want to understand it then what happens? You take a graduating
you don't think that this time when you're studying the Quran, this is the only time this is not the only time if you want to benefit from the Quran, you have to continuously learn it continuously. Because I see some people getting frustrated that if they don't get, you know 90% on their test, if they don't get to do they're less than seven times because of some genuine reason they get frustrated. They say okay, fine, I'm going to quit. This is not for me, this is too difficult for me. Understand, realize this is not the only time you're studying the Quran. Yes, you should give it your best, because the Quran deserves that you give it its help. However, you also have to see what
is within your capacity. This is not the only time this is a life long process. Believe me, every time you study the Quran, you will learn something, it will benefit you it will comfort your heart. The prophet SAW the listener was not given the Quran in one go 23 years.
And how much time do we want to give less than 23 months, we want to give only 18 months, obviously there is going to be a difference,
isn't it?
So to truly grasp the Quran, to truly benefit from the Quran, a person has to give time.
And right now when you're studying the Quran, you might feel that you're not being able to give time. But remember, this is not the only time this is just the beginning. This is just an overview of the Quran. This is just one time you're going through the Quran. As you go through life, you will go through the Quran again and again you can never leave it you can ever be of those who that the prophet will see on the Day of Judgment. And the committee who has an Anima joola that you study the Quran you leave it No, this is a lifelong thing now, you can never abandon it.
So there's great wisdom behind the gradual revelation of the Quran, graduate study of the Quran, that a person is comforted by it, he is put at ease, he receives guidance, and he understands better. He learns better he memorizes better
what the length of data, and we have spaced it distinctly meaning in its revelation, we have spaced a distinctly Ouattara euro truth of the law, the Lamb platina means to be in a good order. When something is ordered. Well, when it's even. Like for example, if you have books, and you put them on a shelf. What is that you put one book here, another book there another book up there another book down there? This is not a good order. Or for example, you put a big book here and a very small book right next to it. Another big book next to it. Is that a good order? No. How should you arrange books in an orderly fashion so that when you look at it, it looks nice.
So Rotella is what when something is in a good order, even
and then it's also used for the beauty of something because when something is ordered properly when something is put in a good order, it looks beautiful. Isn't it
From this is what lol can rattle off column of speech, what does it mean?
that a person puts together the components of speech, and he arranges them very nicely.
You understand? Like, for example, if you're writing something,
if you're writing an email, if you're writing an article if you're writing an a long answer to a question, one is that you have hazard Li put down everything that's in your mind. But the other is what that you arrange the sentences properly, you arrange the words properly, you arrange your thoughts properly.
So, let's look Alam is to put together the components of speech in a very nice manner.
And when it comes to speaking, when it comes to column that is verbal, then what does it mean? that a person pronounces the words in a clear fashion, each word is distinct from the other.
And the kurama, such that wherever a person needs to emphasize the emphasis is visible. And wherever there is no need to emphasize as much, you know, there's no unnecessary the color of the sun, nor that the column seems to be so heavy.
You understand? So 13 is also of course on isn't it? So? What are the local authority law? What does it mean that, that a person resides in a way that each word is clear, each letter is clear. You know, sometimes when you're reciting, we eat up certain letters. We eat up certain hellcats, the mud, the Elif, the while, right? We don't give it a talk, it disappears. And the other person who's listening to you, they say, you know, where did that letter go? Where did that have a cargo, and only someone who's good at the tweet can point out those mistakes.
So 30 is that when a person recites the Quran, he recites in a way that each letter, each halaqa, each health, each word is distinct, it's clear. And it's read in a way that a person pauses at the appropriate places, that a person stops at the appropriate places, and he picks up from the appropriate place.
And then he raises the voice at an appropriate place, and he lowers his voice at an appropriate pace.
So let the level of dealer What does it mean over here, that we have arranged it distinctly, we have gradually recited it over 23 years, we have spaced distinctly that each revelation that has come has been spaced out from the other for a genuine reason, for a good reason. That it's not that randomly, pseudo to observe was revealed. No, there was a particular reason, a particular incident. And then in the light of that some is were revealed, and in the light of another incident, other is revealed. So this distinction, the separation in the revelation, there's great wisdom behind that.
Or at the length of the law, we have spaced it out distinctly.
Similarly, when a person continues to study the Quran, then what happens?
This is how he benefits that he's going through something in life. And when he opens up the Quran, there are so many answers that he finds so much guidance that he finds. When will that be when a person continuously studies the Quran? When he doesn't think that this is only for 18 months? No, this is for 23 years, more than 23 years lifelong.
While I do McCabe methylene and they do not come to you with an argument, method. Method means example. And over here example gives a sense of any example any description to invalidate your mission to raise an objection.
So any objection, any argument, any unique argument that come up with what happens? a legit NACA will help except that we come to you with the truth, meaning we send the truth which refutes their objection.
If you look at it in the surah so far, so many objections against the Prophet sallallahu wasallam against the Koran have been mentioned.
Each of those objections seem to be very unique, seem to make a lot of sense. seem to you know, really make you doubtful make you question, but what happens? They come up with this medicine with this exemplary with this very unique question, Objection, but what happens a legit knack of unhealth? We come to you with the truth or accident of sila, and most beautiful explanation. We bring the truth and we give the most beautiful explanation which removes doubts which clarifies the truth of CDs from newsletters fascino Well,
first of all, you facilitate series to open up something that is hidden, to expound to expose to
interpret, to comment that something that is hidden, you reveal it, you expose it. So they raise an objection. And Allah subhanaw taala sends an explanation which puts an end to their dispute.
So whenever they say anything and attempt to oppose the truth, we respond to them with the truth. We respond to them with a better argument with a better explanation. But who are those people who raise such objections against the Quran? Their alladhina your Sharona Allah would you him? There are those people who will be gathered on their faces. Elijah had NEMA to Hellfire, those people who raise objections against the Quran against the messenger, what's going to be there and what's going to be there and they will be raised. They'll be dragged on their faces to Hellfire
will Akasha mccannon such people are worse in position with a looser Villa and more straightaway,
whose punishment is described over here. People who object to the truth who try to find faults in the Quran.
Normally, when people have this attitude, they have the audacity to raise objections against the Quran. We get very intimidated, isn't it? We feel they're so intellectual. They're so clever. They're so intelligent, and oh my god, they're saying this. I don't have an answer to this. I don't know how to explain this. Maybe they're right. What can we say? But what do we learn that when a person raises an objection against the Quran, this is not something small. There's something very serious, that such a person will be utterly humiliated in the hereafter how that on the Day of Judgment your Sharona Allah will Julian they will be raised up on their faces.
Hash rate is what gathered together so when people will be gathered on the Day of Judgment, how will these people be on their faces? Why? Because they use their faces to speak against the Quran.
And how is the pride of a person reflected the arrogance of a person from his face? So they had a lot of pride and that pride will be disgraced on the Day of Judgment.
In through the number 90 we learn woman job is to use it for comfort would you go home for now? And whoever comes with an evil deed, their faces will be overturned into the fire
into the coma if 48 we learn yoma use her buena fanatee or that would you eat him? Lou Masako, the day they are dragged into the fire on their faces and it will be sad days the touch of soccer of burning.
So repeatedly we see this in the Koran, that those people who stand up arrogantly against Allah against his messenger against his book. Such people will be humiliated.
They will be humiliated
and part of standing up against the Quran. Speaking evil about the Quran, abandoning the Quran through one's behavior. A person shows he doesn't need the Quran.
Through one's lifestyle. A person shows he doesn't need to refer to the Quran that he studies the Quran but he abandons it. He reads the Quran and then he leaves it, he learns it but he does not implement it. A person who is like this even he will be humiliated on the Day of Judgment into the Torah. I want 24 to 126 we learn one or another and Zicree for inilah humare shadow tanca one natural yamaki Amati Arma The one who turns away from the Quran, he will be raised a blind on the Day of Judgment color of Lima hash of Tawny Arma he will say Oh my Lord, why did you raise me blind? What are the controversy? Oh, I could see colloca Danica attacca tuna fantasy, my ayat came to you
but you forgot them work adequately and went on set and thus you will also be forgotten today.
So what do we learn?
In all of these is that we have studied today and yesterday. What do we learn that the Quran has?
The Quran is Furqan and Allah subhanaw taala did not just send it that we appreciate it words. We beautify our voices with the recitation and we gain praise because of some degrees that we have learned of this Hold on. No. This Quran has been sent as a forgone as a guide as something to implement in our lives.
And if we study we learn but we don't implement, then this is going to be very detrimental for us.
If we abandon this Quran, and we choose the friendship of those people who take us away from the Quran, again, this will be a source of great regret.
And a person who dares to speak up against the Quran in CELTA Quran, such a person will be insulted because Allah Himself defends his book. Whether we try to defend it or not, he will defend himself.
Whether we try to live up to it or not, his book is still honorable.
So whether we abandon or we live by it, whether we abandon the Quran or live by it, Allah subhanaw taala himself will raise the Quran, he will elevate the clock, because it is his words there is from the one who created everything, the one who is sublime.
So if we live by the Quran if we give time to the Quran, if we give a talk, we are the ones who benefit.
And how much time should a person spend with the Quran? How much times really dedicated to the Quran? A few hours? A few years, a few months? No, this is a lifelong thing.
A lifelong thing once you've begun your journey with the Quran, it doesn't come to an end. And every moment spent with the Quran is an investment. Because the Quran will be the companion in the grave, and it will come interceding for its people on the Day of Judgment
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Sometimes when a person is even studying the Quran, he has such friends so distract him from what is more important, making him feel negative, making him feel it's not that important to the work spreading negative feelings about the people who are teaching the Quran and what happens then such friends have been linear and a decree brother his journey the Quran is right in front of me. Still I cannot benefit from it. Because of this negativity that is put in your heart in your mind that is instilled. Its bad influence.
Do yourself a favor. Do your friends a favor when they talk negative when they spread this negativity. Don't let them talk as we learned and select a note
that when there's anything negative being spoken about, we cannot let it go we have to speak up against it. Because when the Quran is being read when the Quran is being taught and how can we feel negative and how can we spread negativity? Remember that every person goes through challenges and difficulties every single person
especially when you study the Quran, you will face challenges. What did we learn what you're unaware of the complete burden fitna that has been on or not? Are you going to have someone or not if you don't do something you're going to suffer.
There's one more thing that I felt during the recitation that we'll call it was soulier rugby in the cometa huddle huddle.
If you just think about how much pain the profits are, a lot of them would experience when he received the revelation
that if he wasn't a camel, the camel would sit down.
If it was winter, he would start sweating. If his knee was in somebody else's knee, they would feel their knees gonna break. Imagine the pain. Imagine the heaviness that he experienced on receiving the Quran. And imagine the struggle that he went through in delivering the
hearing recited the whole on so much the point that his feet would swell.
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So many companions when there is
To the Quran, they were beaten up to the point of death.
And here we have the Quran right before us, right before us. But what is our behavior module, we are leaving it, we are abandoning it
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Just imagine the prophets that a lot of them will complain in cometa, who has Matura left it?
Imagine you go through so much struggle to make something to prepare something to deliver something, and the other person, he doesn't care. He doesn't even look at it.
And that struggle was for 23 years. 23 not do not 123 years. That's an entire lifetime. And the Quran is before us. But we don't listen, we don't read. We don't study we don't reflect we don't implement.
we abandon it. This is not fair. This is in gratitude.
Despite the opposition and difficulty that he was facing in delivering the Quran, he still did it. He still did it. But when we are going through the Quran, if we face a bit of difficulty, if we face a little bit of challenges, then we begin to threat other people. We're not coming. We're not doing this. We're not going to cooperate. This is not right.
Just imagine the struggle to the profits or losses that have went through. They're much more than the struggles that we're going through. He went through hunger, he went through boycott, he went through hijra, he went through days of hunger, he went through the share of bizarrely, he went through the Battle of conduct, he went through the book, he went through by the end Oh, had he lost his family, he lost his friends for the sake of the Quran.
And if we just got a headache, if we just get a bad mark, if we just get some reminders, we get so annoyed, we begin to threaten other people who is going to suffer ultimately we because Always remember, whenever you're doing something with the Quran, you're doing a favor only to yourself, not to anybody else. It's a favorite yourself.
Therefore Don't threaten other people. Don't tell other people you're going to leave and you're not going to do what you're supposed to do. Because you're gonna suffer. Nobody's benefiting nobody's making money. Nobody's family, businesses prospering because of you are coming in, you're studying the Quran. No, you are benefiting.
Therefore, do yourself a favor. And keep with this, hold on to it. do suffer. And just remember, life is difficult.
Write this down.
I remember my mother had this written down. Life is difficult, accepted. accepted, it's difficult.
When children go to school, they spent so many years JK SK then all the way to high school and then they go to university and then they're able to apply that knowledge somewhere, isn't it?
Similarly, when we are studying the Quran, this is the first time we're doing it. Then remember that this is just the beginning. This is just JK, this is just SK and there are many, many years ahead. A lot of things to learn a lot of things to practice. So when you find it difficult, just remember this is just the beginning. It will get easier. And Shall
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