Taimiyyah Zubair – Taleem al Quran 2012 – P01 003C Tafsir Al-Baqarah 6-7

			So in these two verses, we learn that the disbelievers, whether they're given a warning, or they're
not given a warning, they will not believe. And the reason behind that is that their hearts and
their hearing and their eyes are sealed veiled. So that even if they see the truth, they hear the
truth. It doesn't benefit them. And for such people is a painful punishment.
		

			There is a question, why is it that Allah subhanaw taala has sealed their hearts and their hearing?
And why is it that he has placed Alicia avail on their eyes? A person may question that this is not
fair. Allah Himself has heard from Allah Who so is it really that person's fault? If Allah has put a
seal on him? And as a result, he does not believe? Is it really his fault? Yes, it is his fault.
Why? Because Allah subhanaw taala will not do something like this without a reason. So what's the
reason? There are different reasons that have been given? First of all, remember, first reason is
that the sealing of their hearts and their vision and their hearing, this is a natural consequence,
		

			a natural consequence of what of their disbelief? Think about it. If you have something like a
machine, and if you don't use it for a very long time, if you pull it out, you plug it in? Is it
gonna work? No. Well, why? Because it has become rusted from inside.
		

			It needs to be fixed from inside, it was not used for a very long time, therefore, it does not
function properly anymore.
		

			Similarly, if you don't walk, as much as you shouldn't be walking, if you don't move around as much
as you should be moving around, if you do not exercise as much as you should be exercising, and one
day you go on a marathon, you try to walk a little bit, even from one street to the other, from your
street to the main road. Will that exhaust you? Will that tire you out? Yes. Will it affect your
knees? Yes, if you don't use your body, what's going to happen to your body, it's going to become
weaker and weaker and weaker. So similarly, if a person does not use his heart, if a person does not
use his hearing, and his eyes when the truth is presented before him, then what's going to happen,
		

			eventually your point is going to come where his eyes are not going to work. Even if he sees the
truth, he's not going to benefit. Even if he hears the truth, he's not going to benefit. Even if
he's presented a warning, he's not going to be affected by it. Why? Because he has not used his
heart properly, he is not used his hearing or his vision. So remember that this is a natural
consequence. And Allah subhanaw taala only facilitates for a person, what he is inclined to meaning
if a person is inclined to do in good, Allah will facilitate that way for him. If a person is
inclined to doing evil Allah who will make that way easy for him. So why is it that their hearts are
		

			sealed because in the Lavina Kafo they disbelieve themselves. So when a person disbelieves he does
not accept the truth, then he will only get worse and worse and his golfer he will intensify in his
school for he will become a staunch disbeliever eventually, that even if the hub is presented, he
will not accept it. Allah subhanaw taala tells us in the Quran, Fela Mirza who observe Allahu kuruva
home when they themselves deviated Allah cause their hearts to deviate further.
		

			What's the lesson in this for us? We're talking about Alladhina Cafaro. But let's look at ourselves.
What's the lesson in this for us? What should we do then? That these abilities that Allah subhanaw
taala has given to us of hearing of seeing a feeling of reasoning, understanding, we must use these
abilities. We must use them because if we don't, they will get rested, they will not function
properly.
		

			Another reason as to why kata Mala who are now Karoubi him is because of their following their
desires. That Alladhina Cafaro those people who disbelieve What did they do, they follow their
desires. They do whatever they wish they do whatever pleases them. And when they're just following
their own desires, then what happens even if the truth is presented, they don't accept, they don't
accept. For example, if a person has told you better become careful about your diet, if you don't,
you're going to become diabetic. If the doctor warns the person you better become careful about the
intake of you know, high cholesterol foods because you already have a cholesterol problem. And if
		

			you don't take care of yourself, you're gonna suffer a lot. You could have a remark tech.
		

			So a person who is concerned about himself what will you do? The next time he sees a very buttery
		

			If, you know, let's say, pi or something like that, what is he going to do? He's not going to touch
it. He's going to stay away from it. And a person who does not care, he is going to like forget it.
Forget what the doctor has said these doctors don't know anything anyway, I'm just going to eat this
muffin and this cake and this piece of bread that's layered with butter. I'm going to have it
because I love it.
		

			The doctor has said don't have sugary foods you have it anyone who will do this the person who
follows his desires. So when a person follows his desires, what happens he doesn't pay any heed to
any warning that is given to him. And when he does not pay any heat, then what happens? Allah
subhanaw taala also puts a smile on his heart. And Allah mentioned in Soto Jaffa is number 23, that
fo eight Amanita Illa, who Hawa who have you seen the one who has made his desire his God, he
worships his desire, he obeys His desire, he never refuses his desire whatever he wants to he does
it with Ebola Hola Hola. Hola ailment, and Allah has allowed him to go astray despite the fact this
		

			person has knowledge. What am Allah summary he will call me he and Allah has sealed his hearing and
his heart with Gianna Anna Basa EULA Shaohua and he has placed a veil on his buzzer. So what's the
second reason following the desires? What is it that Allah subhanaw taala puts a seal on the heart
of a person, the hearing of a person? We don't know. This is why we are not to judge. We don't know.
We are not to judge. We are responsible for conveying the message. All right. Which is why we see
that there were some people who at the time of the Prophet sallallahu sallam, they were
disbelievers, they opposed him, they fight against him. They killed the believers, but eventually
		

			what happened? They themselves accepted Islam.
		

			Look at the stories of Abu Sufyan, well, the lowering
		

			of Khalid even when he is really low on both of them, they were staunch opponents, but eventually
they became believers. So really, we don't know when and if Allah has set a seal on their hearts.
Why is this I revealed and why is Allah subhanaw taala telling us about such people then that we
learn from their behavior, that it's such people who do not accept any warning, who do not change
who do not act on what they know, do I want to be one of them? No. Another reason as to why Allah
subhanaw taala sets a seal on their hearts is because it's a punishment for them as punishment, as
punishment for what for their disbelief, for their committing sins, that when they continue in
		

			sinning. When they disbelieve, even if the truth is presented to them. Then what happens is Allah
subhanaw taala punishes them, and he sets a seed on their hearts and their ears. Allah subhanaw
taala tells us and sort of thing Matt either I remember 13 Febi manically him nice alcohol learn now
home, what your honor coolibah home Arsia that it's because of their breaking their covenant that we
curse them. And we also made their hearts hard. Their hearts were hardened. Why? Because of their
sins because of their breaking their promises with Allah subhanaw taala. So remember, that Allah
does not create people with sealed hearts. This is a consequence. It's a natural consequence. It's a
		

			result of a person following his desires. And it's also a punishment from Alosa primate.
		

			From a hadith we learn that could Lumo looting EULA Dr. Levitra every child that is born is born in
what been fitrah on Islam.
		

			Allah who you have with any Oh, you know surani Oh, you met Disseny it's a spirits. It's a society
that makes them into a Judeo Christian or image in a fire worshiper. So, Allah subhanaw taala did
not create people with sealed hearts. Allah has blessed us with these abilities with these
faculties. But if we don't use them, if we know what wrong is yet we do it. If we know what is
harmful, yet we do it. If we know what good is yet we don't do it, then who are we harming
ourselves?
		

			Then we are causing this upon ourselves? Because Allah subhanaw taala he is not at all unjust to His
servants.
		

			Allah is not volume.
		

			Primarily we see in this is that it's Alladhina Cafaro. But in other places of the Quran, we see
that there are people who claim to be believers as well who could be apparently believers yet, like
I mentioned to you that the verse in which a person was made his God his desires, so he follows his
desires. And Allah has set his heel on him as well. All right, so the thing is that this is a
characteristic of who of disbelievers sealed, heart sealed hearing. This is a characteristic of who
of a disbeliever. And what happens as a result, a person does not benefit from what he sees, hears
learns. And if a person who says he's a Muslim, yet he does not benefit from what he's easier as
		

			learns
		

			Who does he resemble then Alladhina Cafaro and in this is a great warning. So what to whom are there
when or leave for them is a great punishment. Now these verses remember that if you look at the i n
Zota, whom am lamingtons it whom you you overhear is referring to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, and these verses are mainly like a source of comfort for the Prophet sallallahu wasallam how
are they a source of comfort for him, we see that the buffets are a lot of Salam, He really really
wanted people to believe to accept, to the point that he would become extremely sad. He would feel
it when people would not believe he would become extremely sad. And this is mentioned right at the
		

			beginning of Soraka that fell on like a bow here on Neff. Sakala 30 him in LA mute me nobody heard
of her DTS other than you perhaps kill yourself out of this sadness that these people are not
believing. So over here, the Prophet salallahu Salam is being comforted that if these people don't
believe it's not your fault, it's not your fault. You are telling them but if they don't believe
it's their fault, so you don't need to worry too much. You don't need to become extremely sad and
upset over that. We listen to the recitation one more time and then we will discuss the lessons that
we learn from these verses
		

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			These verses speak about Alladhina Cafaro. Those who disbelieve, remember that kufr disbelief is of
different levels, and is also of different types.
		

			Every disbeliever is not at the same level of comfort. Just as every believer is not at the same
level of email. There are different levels of email, email increases or decreases, right. There are
some people who are stronger in their faith, others who are weaker the similarity when it comes to
coffee, coffee is also of different levels and have different types. These verses are talking about
pure disbelievers staunch disbelievers, those who are firm on their disbelief,
		

			who when the truth is even presented to them, it's made very, very clear to them. Imagine the
Prophet salallahu Salam warns them a clear warning is given. They don't change they don't accept.
What does it mean? They know, yet they don't accept? Because there are many people out there today.
Yes, they're not Muslim, they are disbelievers. But do they know?
		

			Not everybody?
		

			Everybody does not know. They may know a little bit but they do not know a lot. So can you just see
a disbeliever and say, oh, yeah, Allah has had a seal on his heart on his hearing, he will not
benefit. So there is no point of me talking to him. I'm not going to do that to them. Is that what
we should do? No. This idea does not mean that we generalize the statement. And we say every
disbelievers heart is sealed. So there's no point in talking to them. They're doomed to go to
hellfire. So forget about them. No, this is not how we should think. We don't know if somebody's
heart is sealed. Even our responsibility is to convey, isn't it? So? The prophets are authoritarian?
		

			Also, what was it all that your responsibility is to convey in America below where Elena herself. So
similarly, we must also do the same thing, that when we come across people who do not believe, don't
just say that, Oh, they choose to disbelieve, so let them stay like this, or they're disbelievers.
They're not going to change No, do your best in conveying the message. And we see how the Prophet
sallallahu Sallam used to convey that if people did not accept he would be hurt, he wanted everybody
to accept. Because the hereafter is a matter that is extremely serious, it's about eternity. It's
about are they're gonna leave a great punishment. If you don't want to go there. You don't want to
		

			be there. You want to save yourself and your family from there. You better want to save other people
from there as well. So this well wishing this sincerity we must have for all people. All right, so
this is something that we must understand from these verses. Then another thing that we learned from
these verses is that if Allah subhanaw taala has opened up a person's heart for Islam, then this is
a huge blessing of Allah. There are some people whose hearts are closed, their hearts are sealed.
They're told again and again, they're shown again
		

			And again, yet they don't accept they don't change. And there is another person who when they learn
something in the Quran, they try to bring a change in their actions is this their own achievement?
This is a blessing of who? Allah subhanaw taala because many times it happens that when we learn
about the characteristics of let's say the Magdalene, we become very happy that yes, I do this,
this, this, this this, so I took the animal muffler and look at her, she still hasn't changed. How
said, Don't think like this, because if you changed if you have improved, this is whose favor on
you, Allah subhanaw taala has huge favor on you. And it should not lead us to arrogance, it should
		

			not lead us to looking down on people. It should lead us to caring more about other people. Allah
subhanaw taala tells us and total an arm I want 25 That for me, you read the law, who is the hook
yesterday, sadhana who didn't Islam, that whoever Allah wishes to guide, he opens up his heart to
Islam. He opens up his heart to Islam, so he accepts it. Whatever Allah commands, he accepts it. So
it's a huge blessing of Allah subhanaw taala.
		

			Another huge lesson that we learned from these verses is that a person should be open to the truth.
		

			What does it mean by this, that a person should be open to the truth? That if somebody tells you
about what right is, then what should we do?
		

			Accept it. We shouldn't say no, no, I'm not going to accept it. Because you know, I've been doing
this for such a long time, I'm not going to change now. It's just my habit know, a person should be
open to the truth. Because it will happen that as you're learning the Quran, as you're studying the
Quran, you will come across many things that will be different from what you have been doing in your
past. So as these points we should not think, Oh, my family does not do this. In my culture. We
don't do this. No, don't look at your family, don't look at your culture. Look at what Allah wants
you to do, we should be open to the truth. Because it's the characteristic of who, that they are not
		

			open to the truth, Olivia Cafaro. And we don't want to be like that.
		

			Another huge lesson that we learned from these verses is that when we find out about something, when
we learn about something that we should do, then we should do it. We should accept the warning.
		

			And when we're told not to do something, then we should stay away from it.
		

			Rules are not given to that they are not followed. Why are rules given so that they are followed?
And is there some benefit in following the rules? Yes, there is. It's for your own good. For
example, in this classroom, if we have told you please sit at the designated spots, for example, in
the benches on the chairs and not in the pathway? Should we follow this rule? If we don't follow
this rule? If we go against it, who are we harming? ourselves?
		

			Because May Allah protect us in case something happens and we need clear poppers over here? Isn't it
so to seminary, the laws that Allah subhanaw taala has given us he has not given them to us so that
we go against them? No, he has given them to us so that we follow them, we live by them.
		

			So what's the lesson we learned that when we find out about what we should do, then just do it. And
when we find out about what we should not do then stay away from it. Another huge lesson that we
learned from these verses that we should use or remind we should use our eyes, our ears, because if
we don't use them, what will happen, these faculties will decay, they will become weak and weak and
we will not be able to benefit from them at all. For example, as we're sitting in at the dweet
class, and we are told to look at the text and recite and listen attentively, then what should we
do?
		

			We should use our hearing, we should use our heart we should use our eyes, isn't it because we don't
pay attention to what is being said what is being recited what is written can we benefit? No, there
are some people who have sat through the exact class that inshallah you will be sitting in this
class. And when they started they could barely recite the Quran, but when they ended when the course
ended for them that hamdulillah they became very very fluent, very fluent, why? Because they made
use of their faculties of the abilities that Allah subhanaw taala has given them but if we just sit
through that class, quiet, not moving our mouth teacher cannot hear me anyway. She cannot see me
		

			anyway. Then who are you harming yourself? So we must use the abilities that Allah subhanaw taala
has given us think about it, we use our tongue for example, for talking talking about what so many
things like what happened yesterday what happened a week before who went where? Who said what isn't
it but when it comes to Salah sometimes even praying to record becomes heavy on us using our mouth
becomes heavy. Why is it so? This is not right. This is not fair. Similarly, we love listening to so
many things. For example, a radio show
		

			or, for example, the news or perhaps a song, we love listening conversations of other people, but
why not listen to the book of Allah subhanaw taala listen to good things. Because if we don't use
these abilities in a good way, then they might be taken away from us. Because remember Allah Subhana
Allah says Allah insha Gato. Let us see that, if you're grateful for the blessings that Allah has
given Allah will increase those blessings for you while in Kazakhstan. But if you disbelieve in
netherby, Russia didn't My punishment is surely very severe, that the blessing will be taken away.
So we must use these blessings that Allah subhanaw taala has given to us, then we also learn from
		

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			if despite conveying the message, somebody does not accept?
		

			What should we do? Yes, make sure you're making dua for them yet they're not believing yet. They're
not accepting. They're not listening to you, what should you do? Give up despair, pass a verdict,
their heart is sealed? Is that what we should do? No.
		

			In these if the Prophet sallallahu sallam was being comforted, you are doing your job. It's not your
fault, that they're not listening. Because sometimes it happens, that you're trying to tell somebody
praise when they don't pray. You're trying to tell somebody, you know, wear proper clothing, for
example, or come to the class with me. They don't listen, they don't want to benefit. Should you be
so sad to the point that you are harming yourself and getting depressed? Should you know because at
the end of the day, each person is responsible for who, for himself, or lay come and full circle,
you are responsible for yourself. It doesn't mean you don't care for others, of course you care for
		

			them.
		

			But you don't become depressed and begin to harm yourself. Just because you're not listening. Then
we also learn from these verses that a person must keep conveying.
		

			He must keep warning other people because we don't know who might accept who might benefit. We are
not to judge who is sealed. Who is open, who is not open. We're not to judge. This is in the hands
of Allah soprano. Third.
		

			You see, it is said that Prophet it is very similar to motherhood.
		

			Prophets were given the responsibility of conveying the message to people. Right. And mothers, what
do they do? They're concerned about the well being of their children.
		

			If children don't listen to the mother, should the mother give up?
		

			No. There's one person I know, who has sat through her high school exams, I believe three or four
times already know.
		

			And she's come to the point that she's like, That's it, I'm not going to bother about it anymore. I
can't sit through them. I cannot pass. Forget it. But her mother is so persistent. She is so firm on
this. Every time she says Please sit again, please take the exams again. I'll do this for you. I'll
buy this for you. I'll buy that for you just get your high school diploma. The daughter is almost
given up but the mother is not giving up. This is how mothers are. And this is how prophets were.
		

			Just because somebody does not listen once, twice, thrice Do you give up, you don't give up.
		

			All of you must have experienced this in your childhood as well. And perhaps now you're experiencing
this, that sometimes you don't want to get up and have breakfast, but your mother keeps yelling at
you from the kitchen, wake up, come down breakfast getting cold. Perhaps you're working now perhaps
in university now. But still your mother doesn't leave you. Why? Because she cares about you. This
is how the prophets were they cared about their people. And this is how we should be as well, that
we should care about other people. When we look at people around us who don't believe don't look
down on them. Don't walk before them arrogantly thinking I'm so much better they're going to
		

			hellfire. Be concerned for them. Be concerned for yourself and be concerned for other people as
well. So in summary, what have we learned today? The characteristics of who Alladhina guffawed and
such people, whatever they know. They don't bring it in their action. You can tell them you don't
tell them it doesn't make a difference. Why? Because their hearts are sealed. They don't use their
mind they don't use their abilities anymore. So as a result for them is are there one or leave?
Earlier in South Dakota? We learned about the motor pain, what do they do different things that
Allah subhanaw taala wants him to do from EMA and to infer feasibly the law to select Yaqeen and
		

			there and is ultimately Hone so Alladhina Kafala was there and either one or leave.
		

			What does this teach us? If you do something, you will be successful. But if you don't do it, you
won't be successful.
		

			Any question that you have.
		

			You're trying to tell somebody about Islam you're trying to tell them about something good. They
become very abrupt in the sun.
		

			Instead they become rude and defensive. Okay? You stop at that time, you approach them another time
in a different way. Look at the seed of the Prophet salallahu Salam did the people not say to him
very openly stop what you're doing? We don't want to hear you. They said it many times. But did he
just give up over there? No, he did not give up.
		

			Try doing something different. Right? And the thing is that always make the offer them as well.
Okay, if a person knows that his heart is sealed, then what should he do? First of all, nobody knows
their heart is sealed.
		

			Okay, so just because for example, if you feel that you're not that good, don't just assume that
your heart is sealed. Okay? Always think positively about Allah subhanaw taala. Earlier we learned
through the Fatiha Allah subhanaw taala that he is a man of Rahim. All right, so we should have
positive thoughts about Allah subhanaw taala. But if a person feels that, you know, I know many
things, yet I don't do them. And this is exactly the state of who those people whose hearts are
sealed. They know but they don't do anything. Then what should a person do? He should start doing,
he should start doing that which he knows he should start bringing his knowledge into his action.
		

			All right, and also make dua to Allah subhanaw taala to open up your heart to give you the dough
field to act on what you know, because remember, what he did is real as well as Ahmed. So ask Allah
for hidayah when you stand in Salah and you say a dinner Serato Mr. King, you're asking Allah for
hidayah keep this in your mind that he or Allah, whatever I know, give me the ability to act on it.
		

			All right.
		

			What if you try to tell somebody but they ignore? Just imagine a mother, a mother studying her
child, get off the sofa, otherwise you will fall the child pretend as if he has not heard. What will
the mother do? Will she ignore the child? She's going to try harder to stop him. So you have to do
the same thing. You have to try harder in another way to talk to them. All right. Okay, Inshallah,
we will end over here. Remember your homework. You have to memorize the word to a translation of
both of these verses. How many times seven. Don't forget that number. Okay. Subhanak Allahu mobie
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			haven't Allah who would have gotten