Taimiyyah Zubair – Taleem al Quran 2012 – P01 010B Tafsir Al-Baqarah 49

			Are the biller in the shed wine rajim Bismillah AR Rahman Rahim.
		

			In the previous verses we learned that Allah subhanaw taala addresses the Bani Israel in particular,
reminding them of the blessings that were bestowed upon them in order to invite them to the worship
of Allah subhanaw taala alone and to the belief in who the Prophet sallallahu wasallam as well as
the Quran. Why are the Bani Israel especially address because they were the previous OMA, they were
the chosen people before this Oma. They were the ones who Allah subhanaw taala had bestowed many
favors on and had given them the responsibility to follow the guidance that Allah had sent and also
to tell the rest of mankind about it. But unfortunately, they had fallen short in fulfilling it. So
		

			Allah subhanaw taala took that responsibility that favor away from them eventually. Now in these I
add, that we will study today, more favours have been mentioned in the previous versus what was said
with guru near Mati. Remember my blessings. In these verses, we're going to learn about what those
blessings were, what were those near? And what were those blessings that Allah subhanaw taala
bestowed upon them.
		

			But before we study them, a little bit of background is necessary. Who are the bunny is about you?
They're the descendants of your Cobra listener. I told you earlier that your Cobra Listen, um, how
many sons did he have 12 sons. And one of them was who use of early salaam who was also a prophet of
Allah.
		

			He's a brazen was very special. He was very different from the rest of his brothers. And his father,
as a result had a very different kind of love and attachment with him. And his brothers felt jealous
of him. They did not like him at all out of that jealousy that threw him into a well, to get rid of
him to get the attention of their father. What happened to us earlier salaam he was picked up by a
trade caravan travelers were passing by, they picked him up, they found him they felt Oh, how lucky
we are. They took him to Egypt, and they sold him there as a slave. And when he was sold as a slave,
what happened? He was in the house of the minister of Egypt. It is said that he was a financial
		

			minister, Allah who are not who he actually was. But anyway, use of artisan I was in his house as a
slave. And we know about his story as to how he was sent to jail unjustly and how he remained there
for so long. And eventually, when the King had a dream use of Ellis Island was the one who
interpreted it. And he also gave the king a solution as to how to save the people of Egypt. And the
people around Egypt from a seven year long famine, drought that was to strike that area. So in use
of restaurant gave that suggestion that king was very impressed. And he appointed him as the one who
was responsible of taking care of the food supplies of Egypt. So use of early salaam, he was sold as
		

			a slave in Egypt. And now he was up in the government, a very high position he had, when he had that
position, what happened eventually, his brothers also came to Egypt to buy food from there. And we
know about how they came several times. And eventually he disclosed them as to who he was. And he
called his family to Egypt to live there. Why? Because you can understand Palestine like a village,
no worldly success, very backward, in a way. And Egypt, on the other hand, was very successful in
worldly terms. This is why he invited his family to come and stay with him. And besides, he had a
very good position in Egypt. He was in Egypt, his 11 brothers and his father, as well as the rest of
		

			his relatives. They came and joined him in Egypt. So what was the original? Palestine? How did they
end up in Egypt? When you stubborness Allah invited them. Now in Egypt, they stayed there for many,
many decades, for many generations, they live there. And obviously, since there were brothers of the
prophets use of our listener. So as a result, the locals had a lot of respect for the Bani Israel.
		

			But eventually what happened to the Bani Israel, they drifted away from the religion, they just felt
proud about being those on the right path. They just felt proud about being the children of the
prophets, and they did not follow the teachings of the religion. And remember that when religious
people become corrupt, their corruption is much more severe, is much more worse than the corruption
of people who do not have knowledge who do not have religion. So when they got corrupted, what
happened, the people of Egypt, they wanted to get rid of them. They had had enough of them. And we
can also understand this in another way that when a people only take from a society, from a city
		

			from a people, meaning they're just benefiting but they're not really giving anything in return than
the rest of the people get sick and tired of them. They become like a parasite community just
		

			sucking the blood out of the community taking all the benefits and not giving anything back. And
this is what became of the Bani Israel in Egypt. They were very proud of being the religious people.
However, they did not benefit the people fit our own and his nation. What did they do? They enslaved
them. They subjected them to slave labor. They were not the free people anymore. They were not
respectable anymore. Nobody had any respect for them anymore. So as a result, they were enslaved.
And you can compare this to our state today, as Muslims. We are very proud of being on the straight
path. We are very proud of being Muslim. And we say, and we believe that we are the ones on the
		

			truth. But what do we give to people? We look down on the rest of humanity. But What benefit do we
give to them? If we don't benefit the people around us? They're going to get sick of us. They're
going to get tired of us. And they're going to take their revenge against us. In this society that
we're living in today as well, in this city, only the rest of the communities rest of the religious
communities, how active are they? They have soup kitchens, they have so many different services to
offer to everybody. And what do we do? We only serve Muslims. That is if we serve Muslims, we don't
even serve our own Muslim brothers and sisters. We don't even help one another.
		

			We benefit but we don't give back. And when people become like this, the rest of the people take
them as a burden. They don't like them anymore. The same thing happened to the Bani Israel. Then
what happened when for the owner and his people had enslaved them? Allah subhanaw taala sent moosari
sunnah for the rescue, as well as their guidance to guide the Bani Israel as well as to rescue them
from Pharaoh. And Inshallah, in the verses that we're going to study. Today, we're going to study
about how Allah subhanaw taala saved them, how he guided them and what was the response of the Bani
Israel in return. And as we study these verses, we should continuously examine ourselves, look at
		

			our actions, our behavior, what do we do in return to the favours of Allah that He has bestowed upon
us? So let's study this Mala had a hand over him? We're in the J now coming early fit our own and
when we rescued you, from the people of their own, what is is gives the meaning of all Kuru is
meaning or Bani Israel. All of you remember recall, recall when we bestowed this huge favor upon
you, with Caronia Mati what is the huge favor that We bestowed upon you that net Jaina calm we
rescued you? We saved you from who from the people of their own? The word net Jaina is from the root
letters known Jean well from the word Najat. And what does the jack mean to rescue to save someone
		

			from a trouble that they're in from some difficulty that they're in? That they're suffering from? So
you are suffering? What slavery hardship oppression at the hands of who fit our own and his people
and we saved you? We rescued you. Isn't Egina calm? From who Minh Le fit her own from the people of
their own? Are you familiar with the word L? What does the word l mean? Followers family, we say
this word a lot and perhaps we don't realize Aloma suddenly Allah, Muhammad Anwar Allah, Ali
Mohammed in Gaza later Allah Ibrahim, why Allah Ali Ibrahim
		

			applies to the family of a person, but not just the family. It also applies to the followers, the
people of, for example, the Al of Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam who are the Justice family know his
companions, those who believe in Him, those who follow Him until today until the end of time. So
I'll fit our own, who are the Al of their own, they were the people of fit our own the nation of fit
our own, fit our own himself, his royal family included as well as his armies, as well as his
people. And what was their name? They are known as the Coptics that clipped off Bella, who is found,
by the way, is this the actual name of a person for our own is the title, title of who, ancient
		

			Egyptian kings, the ancient Egyptians, what were the what religion did they have? They worshipped
idols. They were polytheistic people and they believed that their king that our own was not just
their political ruler, but also their religious ruler. They considered him to be God or
manifestation of
		

			God or incarnation or something like that. They believed that he had some divine attributes as well.
So men and if an urn, we know that for their own claim to be, Lord hon como Arla, this is what he
said, that I am your greatest Lord. Allah subhanaw taala says over here that we saved you from the
people of your own.
		

			Why? Why did we save you from them? Because they tortured you. They had enslaved you. They had
humiliated the Bani Israel, they would use them for slave labor for very hard work. It is said that
for our own head, a great desire for grid architecture. So he used the Bani Israel to construct
these huge buildings that were very, very difficult to construct. And if you think about it, the
pyramids and not just the pyramids, but the rest of the architecture that also exists still today,
the remnants are there until today, all of that fit our own had built with the use of who the Bani
Israel so an ally for their own Allah subhanaw taala save them from the people of their own from
		

			their torture from their oppression. And besides Allah subhanaw taala also saved them from the
people of Iran. Why? Because he assumed Munna calm, so another day we're afflicting on you the most
evil type of torment. He Asuna Camilla Simona is from the root letter scene while meme sound. And so
literally means a very, what does a very mean to take animals for grazing to take animals to a field
do an open space why so that they can graze they can eat? from the same root is the word Saima? Sir
Emma? Is anyone named Siva? This name what does it mean? rara? Yeah, meaning the one who is a
shepherd, the one who looks after the one who takes care of who grazing livestock, and in particular
		

			takes them for what grazing so that they can eat so that they can feed the word. So the first being
I told you it is to take animals for pasture. So from this, the word Psalm is used for pursuing
something, to pursue something in order to get it. Similarly, the word Psalm is also used for
imposing a very hard and difficult task about someone. Have you ever seen animals working in a farm?
Not grazing in a very nice green field? No working? Have you ever seen them? Like, for example, an
oxen or bull a huge animal, what they would do is that in order to grind, like, for example, wheat
or anything like that, they would make a bull walk around the bowl or whatever, that it was tied to
		

			see that the gears would move. And as a result, the wheat would be crushed as a mill. So they would
make bowls walk around. And imagine the bull is walking and walking, and walking and walking for
hours and hours and hours. Similarly, to get water out, they will do the same thing. Because as the
ball would walk, the bucket would fall and they would set it up in such a way that they would
basically work as machines. Have you ever seen small animals like even donkeys carrying a whole lot
of stuff on their backs. I remember once I was in Pakistan, we were traveling, and we happen to pass
by a village and there was a huge cart that was full of stuff full. And there was a donkey right in
		

			front of it and he was trying to pull that cart. It got lifted up into the air. Why? Because that
cart behind him was so heavy, that he could not walk anymore. Just imagine that poor donkey was
hanging up in the air. Why? Because the way that it was falling was too much for it. He cannot carry
it anymore. Animals are used, abused. They're made to do a lot of hard work in the heat of the sun
against the world. Perhaps you assume Munna consew or the likewise you were being treated? You were
like their animals, their cattle, their livestock that they abused, and they made you graze on
nothing. But what evil torture. This is all that they made you eat, consume what evil torture. So
		

			from the root letter scene, well Hamza and Sue is anything that could upset a person, anything that
makes him sad, whether it causes some financial loss, some tangible loss or intangible loss,
anything that upsets the person and or that we have done this word earlier. I envy Alba, what does
that mean? Punishment? What is a punishment? A punishment is a difficult task or difficult
experience that is imposed on the person for a crime that he has committed, but or thereof in the
Arabic language is not just punishment also applies to torture. And what's the difference between
torture and punishment that torture is given to even an innocent person even a person who has not
		

			committed a crime so they imposed on you evil torture the most horrible torture me
		

			meaning, it was very, very painful for you to live in that way. And what was his evil torture they
inflicted on you hard work, slave labor. And on top of that, besides that, what did they do? You the
behavior of
		

			you the behavior there? Have they? Have you heard of the word, the beha? What does it mean the
animal that has been slaughtered? So vivid is to slaughter and the Baha you the Bihu 10. B is to
slaughter, but how brutally because notice the word there's a Shiva. So it shows that the slaughter
was not ordinary. How was it? It was brutal, it was terrible. First of all, it gives the meaning of
how terrible it was. And secondly, it also shows that the slaughter was at a large scale. So in
other words, they massacred they killed the massacred at a large scale you the beholder. But who are
they slaughtering? Who are they killing? Who are they massacring animals? No, a banana comb your
		

			son's a banana is a poor enough. Even we read the word bunny earlier. Bunny is also a plural. And a
banana is also exploring and what's a singular form? Even for both of them. So they were killing
they were slaughtering your sons. They were killing them how? By cutting off their necks, just as
animals are slaughtered. This is how your boys were being slaughtered. Elsewhere in the Quran, we
learn you got DeLuna which shows that they killed them perhaps through some other means as well.
Some they slaughtered and others they killed through some other means you the beholder Obinna accom,
and at the same time, Western Union Nyssa calm and they were keeping alive your women? Yes, the
		

			human hair? Yeah, yeah, we have read the word yesterday, don't get confused between the two. That
word yesterday is from the word higher on and what does higher mean? shyness. This word, although it
appears to be the same is from a different word. It has been derived from a different word. And what
does that word had? What does that mean? Life? What is life? So it's the here is to try to keep
someone alive? To spare them to let them live. So yes, the Hyuna they were keeping alive who Nyssa?
Comb your women? Why were they keeping the women alive? Because the women did not seem to be a
threat to them. And besides, when the men are killed, and the women remain, then what's going to
		

			happen? Are they going to be protected? men participate in warfare. Men are the ones who protect
their people. So when the men are gone, who's left women? And just imagine the women are
unprotected? What kind of evils can be committed with how vulnerable they are? Just think about it.
And they kept the women alive? Why? In order to keep them as servants in their houses. They kept the
women as servants were in their houses to serve them. So they were like slave women, and also
servants. And this is a great humiliation for people that their race is being wiped out. Their
nation is being annihilated how? By the killing of the men and the keeping of the women because
		

			women cannot defend themselves and even when women have children, whose children are they going to
be? The Coptic? The 10th not the Israelis.
		

			In this way, they were annihilating the entire race, the entire nation, the entire comb of the Bani
Israel. Why was their own doing that? Why did he want to finish the Bani Israel eel? Because it has
been said that our own had a dream in which we saw that an Israeli would destroy his kingdom would
overcome him would defeat him. So in other words, he would lose his power and authority at the hands
of who and Israelis. So he decided, Okay, finish the race. If I finish them, they cannot do anything
to me. So this is the reason why he enslaved them. This is the reason why he inflicted great torture
on them. And this is why he killed their sons and get their women alive. He wanted to finish them
		

			because he felt their presence as a threat. Another reason is like I told you earlier that when the
Bani Israel were there, they became corrupted. And when a religious people get corrupt, they're much
worse than non religious people getting corrupt. The Bani Israel their scholars what were they told
that what a clonal kita you know, the book, you read the book, and yet you don't follow it yet to
commit these crimes, because a person who has knowledge and still he does not follow it, his crime
is greater than the one who does not have knowledge, then he becomes much much worse than
		

			Many other people, he goes farther astray.
		

			This is why when the Bani Israel became extremely corrupt, he wanted to get rid of them. He wanted
to finish them. And another reason has given us to why Finland was trying to finish them as a
punishment, why punishment for their believing and Musala Sanam, when he came, when Musa listen and
came as a messenger, the Bani Israel obviously believed in Him, they demanded their freedom. But for
their own we learned in through to Iraq, I want 27 That will call our mela woman call me for owner,
a tener Musa will como who leaves you to fill up the way that acha were early Hajduk the people of
their own they said to him are you going to leave Musa just like that one has people are spreading
		

			corruption. And on top of that they don't even believe in you, nor do they believe in your gods. So
all of your own sets and you are gonna want to start he said that we're going to kill their sons and
we're gonna keep their women alive. So as a punishment to show that he had absolute control over
Bani Israel, because he had power. He could do whatever he wanted to do Bani, Israel could not
defend themselves. He abused that power, just because he could kill them. He killed them, just
because he could oppress them. He oppressed them. And many times it happens that just because people
have some authority, what do they do? They oppress other people. For example, there is a little
		

			child, can he fight against you? If you slap him? Can he slap you back? No. If you yell at him, you
scare him. Can he take revenge from you? So many times people they abused children just because they
can just because a child cannot do anything in return. And this is exactly what founded he was proud
of the position that he had of the power that he had. Allah says wolfy Valley calm and in that or
you all Valley calm what does that equal refer to? That it refers to the torture that the suffered
at the hands of fear own what was a torture you assume gonna come soon, or that you the behavior of
an outcome, whereas the human Hisako in that, or you all was what banana on a trial, a test. It was
		

			a great test from who may or may not be come from your Lord, or Lehman. Very great. Or Lehman over
here is a description of Bella on meaning. It was a great, great trial for you all, what was a great
trial, the torture, the oppression of their own. The word Bella is from the root letters, Bella.
Wow. And Bella is used for a test a trial that is very, very severe, meaning it's very difficult.
It's very intense. And secondly, the word biller is also used for a trial that could be through
difficulty. And it could also be through ease. It could be through something evil, and it could also
be something good. Have you ever heard money is a test? Money is a big test. But isn't money good?
		

			Don't you like it? Don't you benefit from it? Yes. So Bella is a test through something evil as well
as something good through difficulty as well as through ease. So what does it mean by banana? Then?
How was this torture a great test? understood the torture was evil. So it was a very difficult test.
But the good meaning where does that come in? How do we understand that? Some scholars have said
that Wolfie Valley con VALIC does not only refer to the torture the oppression of their own, but
secondly, it refers to Allah subhanaw taala saving the Bani Israel that in their saving in their
Najat when Allah save them, that was a great test. How can your rescue and your saving be a great
		

			test? How are you grateful? Or are you ungrateful? When Allah subhanaw taala? Save them from fit our
own? That was a great test. Because of Bani Israel. We're being tested. Now. What do you do? are you
grateful to Allah? Or do you forget the favorite that Allah has bestowed upon you, with the valley
Kampala on Mira become early?
		

			What do we learn from this verse? That we are being tested all the time when a difficulty comes in?
And when a difficulty goes out? When we're suffering from a difficulty, and when the difficulty has
passed us at the time of difficulty, what's the test? Do we remain steadfast? Do we remain hopeful?
Do we have trust on Allah? Do we seek His help or not? And when the difficulty has gone when the
difficulty has been taken away? What's the test? Are we grateful? Are we thankful? Do we thank Allah
for his saving us for His protecting us? Or do we forget his failures? A very important lesson that
we learned from this verse is that being saved, being saved from the torture and persecution of an
		

			enemy? Is that a favor of Allah it
		

			Is that a Nirmal of Allah, it's a huge, huge blessing that Allah has saved a person from the torture
that he was suffering from the oppression of other people on him. It's quite possible that the
oppression that a person faces today is not at the same level as that of Bani Israel, which they
suffered at the hands of their own, any other oppression that a person faces at the hands of others,
other people not giving rights to him, other people being rude and harsh to him. You know, for
example, it's quite possible that you go to a school and you have that very mean counselor, or very
harsh teacher, that the moment you see that counselor, the woman you see them, you start getting
		

			nervous. It's quite possible you have faced that bias, that hostility, that you go to work
somewhere, and every time you walk in, you know that they treat you differently, because of your
hijab. If Allah saves you from them, if Allah protects you from them, takes you away from that
situation. That's a huge blessing. For many of us, before we came to this country, perhaps we were
in a country in a place where our lives were in danger. If we remain there, we wouldn't know we were
going to see the next morning or not, we perhaps feared the safety of our lives, the safety of our
children, the safety of our wealth, but Allah subhanaw taala out of his favorite took us out from
		

			there and brought us to a place that is safe, where we are secure.
		

			So being saved is what a huge blessing of Allah, and we must never, ever forget that.
		

			We must never forget that we must remember our past and be grateful for our present. Because it
happens to us that as soon as our situation becomes better, it's as though nothing happened
yesterday. It's as though we forget the favor of Allah and we become very arrogant and we become
boastful as if it wasn't Allah's favor on us, but our own achievement. Another very important lesson
that we learned from this is that Allah is the One who takes us out of difficulties. Allah alone is
the one who takes us out of problems. Think about it, a person could be in difficulty for only a day
or two a week or two. Allah subhanaw taala takes him out. And another person in a similar difficulty
		

			is stuck there for how long? Two years, three years, five years, 10 years. So if you got out of that
trouble before the other person, Allah is the one who saved you. The bunny is like you when they
were enslaved. And when they were being persecuted, it was as though there was no hope. In a country
in a place where there's democracy in a place where people can stand up for their rights where they
can advocate their rights, their human rights groups, okay, if a person is suffering, can he at
least voice his concern or his rights? Can he do that? Yes, he can. But for the Bani Israel eel, who
is going to lobby for them, who's going to advocate their problems, who is going to go seek revenge
		

			for them from amongst people? Nobody was even the wealthy amongst the Bani Israel had turned against
them. For example, Tharun was from the Bani Israel and he was very wealthy. He was very powerful.
But you know what he did, he left the Bani Israel, he didn't care for them at all. Instead, he was
very oppressive. So Allah alone is the one who takes us out of problems.
		

			And this also teaches is a very, very important lesson, that no matter what difficulty we're in,
never, ever give up hope. Never, ever lose trust in the power of Allah Subhana.
		

			Allah can save you, Allah can rescue you, he can take you out of your trouble, anytime, even if it
seems impossible. Think about the money in Australia, their sons being killed, women are alive,
families are torn apart, enslaved, tortured, humiliated, no rights, no safety, no security. Allah
says we're even Egina. So we must also expect help from WHO? Allah subhanaw taala and never ever
lose trust in him. A very important lesson that we learned from this verse is that when people are
suffering from some difficulty, this is in fact what a trial from Allah soprano.
		

			When we are going through some difficulty, what do we do? We blame other people. See the Muslims are
being treated in this way. It's a conspiracy. All of these people are turning against Muslims. This
is what we say we blame other people. We blame individuals. We blame governments and we say, oh,
it's conspiracy. It's this. It's that, but we never think about it. Why is this happening? Who
allowed this to happen?
		

			Any difficulty? Any test we're going through is in fact a test from WHO? Allah subhanaw taala even
if it appears to be coming at the hands of the people who are in front of us. For example, a person
might say my mother in law is the most horrible woman in the planet. She's very harsh with me. She's
very tough with me. She never spares me, okay. But think about it. Why? When we're in a
		

			problem, you know what we do? We just focus on other people. It's because of her only if she could
be out of my life, only if I could move away. Only if something would happen to her and my life
would be so much better. But you know what, this is happening to you for a reason. Someone allowed
this to happen who have lots of hands, because apparently it was for their own who was torturing the
Bani Israel, isn't it? But Allah says in this was a great trial from who Allah put you in this test?
at the hands of your own question, why are we tested? Why are we put in difficult situations? Why?
For many reasons, for various reasons. First of all, remember that life is a test. Allah subhanaw
		

			taala told us in the Quran that Allah the Huracan moto will Hayato li yerba Lu welcome a ucommerce.
And wherever Allah, Allah has created death and life so that he may test you as to which of you are
good in their deeds, every moment is a test. If it's not one test, it's going to be another.
Remember that? If it's not one test, it's going to be another. If it's not one trial, it's going to
be another ask any person in this world, are they free of problems? Are they free of challenges? No,
even the most happiest person faces challenges. Even the most comfortable person faces difficulties,
the most wealthiest people face difficulties as well. The person who could be the fifth richest, or
		

			the fourth richest man on this planet could also suffer from cancer, every person, every single
human being, so it's a part of life, accept that difficulties are a part of life. This is why we are
testing and why they are part of life. Because we learn from our difficulties. We learn from the
trials that we go through, it makes us a better person. And besides, it's an opportunity for us to
gain reward. If you didn't have a headache, and you weren't patient, would you get reward? If
somebody wasn't mean to you and you did not forgive them? Would you get reward? Would you get the
same reward without going through that experience? No. So difficulties are a part of life. Why? So
		

			that we can gain reward, so that we can do something to prepare for our hereafter? Secondly, another
reason why we are tested. Sometimes it is because of the crimes that we have committed the sins that
we have committed the mistakes that we have made the errors that we have made. Allah subhanaw taala
told us in the Quran in surah Assura I number 30. That wama Asaba can be mostly variety from Bhima,
cassava ad,
		

			if you have a stomach upset, you wonder, what did I eat? Isn't it you don't say, Oh Allah, why is
this happening to me?
		

			You know that your stomach is upset as a consequence of something wrong that you ate. Similarly, if
you're having a problem with someone, it's quite possible that it's a consequence. It's a result of
something that you did do them something that you said to them.
		

			If you do bad on a test, it's a consequence of what perhaps you're not studying property. So,
difficulties trials, what are they a consequence of our own bad actions?
		

			Third reason why Allah subhanaw taala tests us why he makes us go through difficulty in life, to
shake us to wake us up to make us realize our reality, to make us reflect on our actions on our
behavior, so that we made change ourselves before the final day comes before the last day comes.
Allah subhanaw taala tells us in the Quran that Whelan who the econo hoomin are double Adena. dooner
Ardabil Akbari la Allah who get to the Quran, certainly we will definitely afflict on them minor
punishment before the major punishment. Why? So that they can take a lesson they can check
themselves, they can analyze themselves, doesn't happen with you. You fall ill you hurt yourself and
		

			you wonder, what did I do? Did I say something wrong? Did I do something wrong? Why did I fail this
test? I studied hard. How can this happen to me? Why did I hit my car? What did I do? Was I arrogant
when I was driving? Immediately what happens? You begin to reflect on your actions. So Allah puts us
in difficulty. Why? To shake us to wake us up. Realize what you're doing. seek forgiveness for the
wrongs that you have done. Fourthly, the fourth reason why we are tested
		

			to elevate our ranks.
		

			Allah subhanaw taala tests us so that he may elevate our ranks, he may give us a higher rank in his
sight, in the hereafter in paradise. If you think about it, all of the prophets of Allah were they
tested? Yes. We know about the life of prophets that a lot is said and he suffered so much
persecution in Makkah and in Medina also so many difficulties. Any kind of difficulty you can
imagine he had it. Similarly, Rahim or Hassan
		

			He had to slaughter his own son. He had to leave his infant child in the middle of the desert where
there was no water, no grass, no trees, no people. Use of esalaam he was thrown in the well. You're
over listen and was deprived of his son, a YouTuber, listen, he had wealth. He had family. He had a
healthy body. All of that changed his wealth. He lost his family, he lost his health, he lost all
the prophets of Allah, they were tested through difficulties. Why? Is it because they were sinful?
We cannot even imagine that. Why is it that Allah subhanaw taala tested them, because they were
patient, when they were patient, Allah rewarded them when he rewarded them. They're the law jet were
		

			higher.
		

			The Prophet sallallahu sallam said the most in there suffering among the people are the prophets,
then the best and then the next best. In other words, people are tested according to the level of
their righteousness. Sometimes they're tested according to the level of their righteousness. So
difficulties, trials, tests in life. They're not for no reason. They're always for a reason. Any
difficulty you're going through, reflect on your life, reflect on your actions reflect on your
thinking, am I grateful? Am I ungrateful? And my obedient? Am I disobedient? Do I give the rights of
people? Or do I deprive them? Do I obey Allah? Or do I disregard His commands? Do I submit or do I
		

			object? What do I do? I need to change my ways, if I want my life to be better.
		

			And the thing is that improving yourself does not mean that the problems will go away. improving
yourself means that it will be easier for you to deal with the problems. jacobellis and I'm use of
our listener, we can imagine that they did something terribly wrong. So this is why Allah subhanaw
taala punished them. But what happened? They were able to cope with the situation. Imagine use of
artisanal he was sold as a slave. If you and I something like this happened to us, what would we do?
What would we do? Think about it. We would rebel. We would scream we would shout. We would fight
with other people. We would hit them and we would try to escape we would do one thing after the
		

			other. We display impatience but use of an SLR What did he do? He displayed patience. He became a
more sin when something bad happens to us we do more bad saying or bad was done to me. So this is
why I am doing it. Use of artists and I'm the people in the prison with him. You know what they
called him a Morrison, someone who is very very good and kind and nice. Can you imagine someone in
the prison is being described as a person?
		

			So when we're going through a difficulty, what do we need to do? Reflect on ourselves and fix
ourselves which will inshallah result in either ease or acceptance that will make the problem easier
to deal with, with either alikhan biller on Mira become or lean