Taimiyyah Zubair – Taleem al Quran 2012 – P20 203C Tafsir Al-Ankabut 5-7

			Allah says Nankana whoever should young Jew, he hopes for meaning whoever hopes for Luca, Allah, the
meeting with Allah, whoever believes in the meeting with Allah, whoever is looking forward to it,
striving towards it, desiring it, waiting for it, preparing for it. He wants to meet Allah that is
his ultimate goal. Because that is what will eventually cool and comfort a person's eyes seeing
Allah meeting Allah. So whoever wants to meet Allah, for in Agile Allah He left.
		

			Then indeed the agile, the term of Allah when the term decreed by Allah is shortly coming to Yama is
not far death is closer than once shoelaces, even Wahoo was semi will Eileen and Allah is the
hearing the knowing so don't be impatient. This test is temporary. Just watch what you say. Watch
what you do. Be careful. So in this aisle, is comfort that this fixture that you're suffering from
in the way of Allah, this ordeal will be over soon. You wonder when the health of Allah hookah it
will come you wonder when the Spain when the suffering will end? Well remember that the end is near
for in a gel Allah He looked at such beautiful words. You see when you are suffering from something,
		

			what motivates you to keep going is what you're going to get at the end
		

			is like for example, you're working really, really hard to prepare some food to clean your house to
do laundry. Why? Because very important guests are coming. Alright, so even when you're tired,
you're working, working. And then what happens when you meet the person when they come over? The 100
Allah, right? So you're writing an exam, you're studying all night? Why are you studying all night?
Why aren't you watching baseball? Why?
		

			Why? What's the hope? What's keeping you going is the end. Right? So in this life, also when a
believer is going through difficulties, what keeps him going? Is this realization that at the end of
this is Allah's pleasure? At the end of this is the meeting with Allah Murghab
		

			it's the meeting with Allah. Allah says in total in Chicago is six year a U haul in San in the
Coachella the homie La Vega Callaghan formula. Hello, man, you're going through this life difficulty
upon difficulty, and eventually you're going to meet him. This hope makes a person firm. So he keeps
going, he keeps driving, because he knows that everything has its end. Every problem. Every
difficulty has its end. It seems impossibly long. Right now that present. When you're going through
that trial, it seems so long you wonder what is it going to be over? You reflect on your life and
you think I've been suffering from this difficulty for the past 10 years, for the past five years.
		

			For the past two years, for a whole week. Now. It seems so long, but the seemingly long life full of
problems. What will it feel like on the Day of Judgment, like an hour, like a part of a day, just
one day?
		

			This is why Allah subhanaw taala tells us and sort of CalFire 110 from Encana Yatta Julio call a
biggie phillium and I'm an unsightly one. Are you sick, very bad to be here. Whoever wants to meet
his Lord and he must keep trying. He must keep trying, he must do righteousness and He was never
associate any partner with Allah.
		

			And when a person is facing all these difficulties in his life because of email, Allah says, Woman,
Jehovah, and whoever strives whoever strives jihad.
		

			Whoever strives with all his might, with all his strength, he endeavors he struggled in obedience to
Allah instinct, Sam on the path, whether his struggle is against eternal obstacles or external ones,
whoever is striving in the way of Allah. Like for example, waking up, for example, you know, forcing
yourself to read around forcing yourself to do your lesson. This is a striving. And for some people,
it takes a whole lot of energy
		

			to do this, right, takes a whole lot of energy. So well, Mojo had that and every person striving is
different.
		

			Another person's driving could be wearing the hijab every day.
		

			So whoever strives in the way of Allah for Inshallah, then indeed only Yuja he dolina
		

			See, he strives for himself for the benefit of himself.
		

			Meaning eventually he is going to succeed eventually he's benefiting only himself with his struggle
on the spot. Therefore strive through your tests reaching out to Allah, begging him imploring him
asking Him for help in the law her indeed Allah Lohani Yun surely rich free of need, and an iron
Amin from the world's meaning Allah doesn't need our striving, if we give up. If we stop, we're only
going to harm ourselves. If a person loses out if a person loses himself in this way, and he says, I
quote, The news is, Allah doesn't lose anything. So if a person strives in his obedience to Allah
subhanaw taala he is striving for his meeting with who? with Allah. Right? So for in Malaysia,
		

			hidden loveseat all of us going to benefit. Allah doesn't need it. Who needs the striving? Who needs
it? We need it. You know, for example, parents tell you,
		

			study, study, well work hard. You know, we don't want anything from you. We just want you to live a
good life.
		

			Have you heard these statements? Right?
		

			Metaphor law, you know, the right they keep telling their children, you know, well, my child to
study to study. And you're made to feel bad that Oh, we didn't get to study in western universities
and look at how much we have paid and how many expenses and how much we've suffered to get here, how
much we have left back home to go come here so that you can have a good education so that you can
have a good life. So please study.
		

			Why are they after you to study? Why? Because it's for your own good? Are they going to benefit? In
the sometimes this is what children think my parents want me to become a doctor so that they can
live an easy life? Why should I bother?
		

			I'm happy being a comedian. Right? So your parents want you to study work hard, because they want
you to live a good life. Not because they have some hidden motive over there. Hi. So same thing over
here.
		

			Allah subhanaw taala is encouraging us to keep going, keep going. Don't give up because you're gonna
benefit. Imagine the rewards you're gonna get into hereafter. And if you stop if you caught, you're
only going to harm yourself into the Izaiah seven Allah says in a sentence or sentence The
unphysical if you do good you do good for your own self until it was too late. I have 46 Allah says
Minami la sala handful enough see whoever does good then it's for him self when Medina Alma No, and
those who believe why middle Sally Howard and the dual righteousness lanoka Feel anon whom surely we
will definitely remove from them. So he add to him there since Lemuel kufuor on what is Luca Fionna,
		

			from from the root letters Kafala. Right. And Cafaro literally means
		

			to cover.
		

			And whenever you think of Kapha thing cover
		

			to cover, okay? This is how I remembered and cover to cover. And it's also to erase a sin in such a
way that it was never there. Okay, to erase a sin in such a way that it was never there was never
done. You know, for example, sometimes certain things are covered in such a way that you cannot even
tell. They were there.
		

			Like, for example, in a house, all the dirt is follow garbage, everything is just put in one room
that said the laundry room when the door is closed, and people come in and they're like, Oh, what a
nice, neat, proper house.
		

			So wait until you open the door. So go, Farah. Hi, you just covered everything, as if there's no
problems. Right? No problems at all. So let me come home, we will remove from them. So he had him
there since those who believe and do good deeds. When they go through hardships in life, these
hardships they become a means of erasing our sins, as if they were never there. Like literally in
reality, Allah removes them. We just hide things right? Allah removes the sins when an exam no harm
ensuring you will definitely reward them acts on Allah, the canary Yamalube the best of what they
used to do. The theory is that
		

			when a person believes and, you know, in general terms when a person is in hardship, is it easy to
make a mistake then?
		

			Like for example, when you're fasting, you're hungry, you're thirsty, is it easy to snap out at
somebody?
		

			Is it it's very easy.
		

			Very easy, right? When you're worried about your exam, what's your translation test knowing
		

			that you haven't done any of the lessons. How are you the morning of the test? And your children
come to you for breakfast?
		

			How are you? How are you the night before?
		

			You know what I mean? Right? So, difficulty when you're stressed out because of all that you're
facing all the difficulties that are in your life, you end up making mistakes, you end up making
mistakes. You say something to you as well. You're like stuff that Allah what's wrong with me here I
am studying the Quran and here I am lashing out at him what's wrong with me? You know, it's not
right. And then you correct yourself and you apologize to him. Not I mean, it happens, or the other
way and you're not polite with your parents. It happens, mistakes happen. All because of your Quran
lesson. You're rushing through your Salah.
		

			Seriously,
		

			right? We're compromising the quality of our Salah because of our test. You understand what mistakes
happen. Now this doesn't mean that because you're in a difficult situation, you have a license to do
whatever you want. This means that when you are in difficulty, because of Allah Osteen because of
Allah's Quran,
		

			right, and you believe, and you keep doing righteous deeds, you keep trying, you keep working hard,
you keep repenting, you keep seeking forgiveness, you keep fixing up the mess that you make, to keep
striving but as his life is basically what's driving, right? He kept doing that, then what will
happen, Allah will erase your sins.
		

			In sha, Allah will erase your sins because he knows where you're coming from long enough sunny LA
Sera.
		

			And he will also avoid a person the best reward because of what he used to do. So what's the benefit
of continuing almost solid despite hardship, sins are removed, and a person is promised excellent
reward from Allah, a show called when an Adze in the home as soon as any reverse of the reward, the
reward will be excellent, best, and it also refers to we will reward them according to the best of
their deeds.
		

			So, the ultimate reward will not be based on the deeds that were of poor quality, but the best
deeds, that is what the reward will be determined by.
		

			Now, sometimes the person faces difficulties in the path of Allah from those who are
		

			from those who are closest to him. Like for example, one's own family, one's own parents, one's own
spouse. So how to deal with that, that is mentioned in the following verses which inshallah we will
study in our next lesson. But in these verses, what are some of the lessons that you've taken for
yourself?
		

			Don't expect life to be easy. Does this mean that you should always expect life to be difficult?
		

			Then
		

			when difficulties happen and difficulties come? Don't be surprised over there?
		

			Yes.
		

			The worst possible
		

			that is a way of correcting yourself that whenever something difficult happens, or there is some
form of pain or anything, you always think that it could have been worse. Allah subhanaw taala has
protected you from what was worse.
		

			Exactly, if you are able to say
		

			it could have been worse than you have not reached your lowest point yet.
		

			Right. So this means you can keep going. You can keep striving.
		

			Yes, the only place where success comes before work is in the
		

			dictionary. Yes.
		

			That is right. Because success does come before work. I was just thinking actually, because success
is from S. Right. And work is fun. w this is true.
		

			This is true. Because we want things to be so easy, so simple. And it's not like that. No. Have you
ever wondered why? Every time you open up you're just you gotta get a headache.
		

			Like, seriously, you sit down to study, and that is when everybody's hungry.
		

			You understand? It happens right? Why are you being put on the situation?
		

			Why? Because it's meant to happen unless there is going to test you how sincere are you to the book
of Allah, how you're going to handle this situation? How is your clock going to be? How determined
Are you that still you will do what you have to do despite the ordeal that you're suffering from. So
what do we
		

			really enabled us to keep striving is the end goal. Keep your eyes fixed on the end goal. And then
things become easier. May Allah subhanaw taala give us this vision let's listen to the recitation My
		

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people think that they will be left to say we believe and then they will not be tried, they will not
be tested. They should not think like this, because Eman is not a way out of worldly problems. Eman
in fact becomes a source of many worldly problems. It is quite possible that life before Islam life
before becoming religious was quite easy, free of problems. And then life after hijab, life after
Quran, life after Islam becomes more difficult, more challenging. Why? Because it is the way of
Allah to test those who claim to love him to test those who claim to believe in Him to test those
		

			who say that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allah that is a just a lip service, or is it
something that you believe with all your heart and all your soul? That if something or someone
becomes an obstacle for you on this path to Allah, then what is it that you do? Do you give up? Or
do you stay firm? So those who believe will certainly be tested, one person will be tested through
his family, another person will be tested through loss of lives of those who are closest mother,
father, children, spouse, another person will be tested through physical health. Another person will
be tested in the social situation that he's in. Another person could be tested financially. There's
		

			so many different ways in which Allah subhanaw taala tests his beloved servants, and what is the
reason for this test? Allah says what are called fatten Alladhina min Cobley him Fana Yara lemon
Allahu Allah Deena Sadako wala Yara lemon nilka. The bean that certainly we tried those before them
from the very beginning, people have been tested on them or they have Sena Allah subhanaw taala made
him with his hands. Allah subhanaw taala made the angel to do so due to him. Allah subhanaw taala
created for Adam, our listener, a spouse Hawa so that he's not alone. Allah subhanaw taala put Adam
and Hawa in Jana, and told them eat whatever you want. But was that it? No, there was also a test.
		

			And what was that test? eat anything, just don't eat the fruit of this one tree. That's it. That was
the test. So from the first man, human beings have been tested, Our father was tested, every single
person was tested, and so we too will be tested. Why? So that Allah who will shortly make evident
those who are truthful, and he will surely make evident the liars. Who is it that is truthful in his
claim of believing in Allah, in his claim of loving Allah, in his claim of saying that my life my
death, my sacrifice my prayer, everything is for Allah who is truthful in that and who is it that is
just lying, pretending this belief on the inside, he's hollow? Um, hessie, ballerina Yama, Luna,
		

			sejati. And yes, be Kona than those who oppress others. Those who are creating hurdles for the
believers making their lives difficult. Do they think that they can outrun us? Do they think that
they can get away with their crimes that Allah subhanaw taala will not seize them, he will not hold
them accountable, he will not make them suffer the consequences of their evil. No, Allah satsa
Amelia comun evil is what they judge because whoever does evil shall see its results even in this
world. Whoever does evil shall see its results its consequences in this life and
		

			And in the next and then when a person is striving in the way of Allah when a person is hurting, in
the way of Allah, that with Eman his body is aching with Eman He's suffering from fear. Then Allah
subhanaw taala says that men can a yo Juliaca Allah for inna agile Allah healer. Whoever should hope
for the meeting with Allah, then indeed the term decreed by Allah is coming. Well who was Samir
Aleem and he is the hearing the knowing, because, like I mentioned this hadith to you earlier that a
believer throughout his life throughout her life, they're tested just like a crop, right? A crop or
grass or such fragile plants. What happens to them when wind blows they're constantly tossed from
		

			side to side. This is something that happens in a believers daily life, that it's possible that one
day he's struggling with himself, you know, your knifes becomes a fitna for you, your own doubts,
your own questions, your own desires can become a big fitna for you. Likewise, another day, another
individual could become a big fitna for you, your own children, your own children, your own spouse
can become a big source of trial for you. But what is it that makes a believer not give up hope
continue despite the difficulties, what is it that makes him continue? It is the hope in meeting
Allah subhanaw taala that all of the struggle will not go in vain. This patience, this driving this
		

			struggle, this endeavor, it's not going to be useless, it is going to bring me benefits and it will
be in sha Allah when I meet my Lord. So whoever is waiting, is seeking the meeting with Allah that
is his ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is not to live a happy married life, the ultimate goal is
not to become the most beautiful person is not to become the most well dressed individual is not to
become the most famous person, the ultimate goal is Li Ka Allah meeting with Allah, which is why
even if a marriage falls apart, even if beauty goes away, even if money goes away, even if fame
turns into the greatest problem, still a person will not give up. Why? Because Lika Allah is still
		

			coming, that is my goal. So I will keep going, I will not give up. Well, who has Samir or Eileen and
a person who is striving woman Jehoiada for in nama Yuja he duly enough See he and whoever strives
with all his might with all his effort, because sometimes you feel completely exhausted in these
trials in these tests. You know, for instance, a person despite their body ache, is still performing
the salah. It is very, very exhausting for them. One of my relatives is extremely old, right? And
recently they got a serious injury. And now you know, for this individual to pray a Salah even is
such a big struggle, in the sense that for her to even put her hijab on and for her to even, you
		

			know, sit and pray and recite those words is so exhausting, but it's amazing. Anytime you go visit
her, you will see that next to her bed is a stone for her to move.
		

			Okay, yes, sometimes you'll find water sometimes you'll find fruit, sometimes you'll find a snack,
sometimes you'll find the phone. But what is always there is a rock for her to move. It's always
there. And I can see the difficulty she goes through in praying. So sometimes really, the most basic
things can become such an exhaustive effort, it can really drain you of all your physical strength.
You know, for instance, to keep going seven days a week to keep coming every single weekend. You
know, it could tire a person out it could exhaust them, but woman Jaha for a nama Yuja he do lean up
see, whoever is striving in the way of Allah to meet Allah, then he is striving for himself. He's
		

			going again, because of believer for every step he takes for every moment of thirst and for every
moment of hunger that he experiences in the way of Allah, what is recorded for him or her. What is
recorded, a good deed is recorded. Isn't that what we learned in sort of the Toba? Right at the end
of sort of the Toba that lie you sleep with him llama on right, no thirst, no hunger, nothing at
all. They're suffering the way of Allah except that Illa kuti Bella Hoon? Be here I'm alone Salah
except that a good deed is recorded for them. So woman Jaha in nama Yuja huddling FC in Allaha
Lavanya Yun Arnall Alameen, Allah is Rich, he is free of need of all the worlds. You see sometimes
		

			when we're trying really hard. Okay.
		

			For example, you do your best to clean the house. Now you worked so hard, and then as your family
comes in, you're like, Hey, I'm so tired. And it's so much, right. It's as if they owe it to you.
Right? You did so much for them. So they must thank you, isn't it? You expect it from them. But the
thing is that when we do good when we strive in Allah's way, we're not doing Allah a favor.
		

			You understand? We're not doing Allah a favor. We are doing a favor to who? ourselves, is Allah
going to become richer and more exalted by our worship? No, he is already running, he is already
exalted, our worship does not affect him, doesn't increase him in his status, our praise of him our
gratitude for him, our worshiping Him, it does not increase him in his status, because he's already
the highest of the high, he is already the best. He is already the most excellent one the most
supreme one. So then if we do good, then who is it that we are benefiting? ourselves? You know, for
example, many times it is that there's a big company, okay? And you're working for them? And
		

			somebody says to you, why are you working so hard to make somebody else richer? Right? You're
striving so hard, you get such little benefits, you get such little amount of money, right? And the
majority of the fruit of your effort is actually being reaped by somebody else, isn't it? So then
what happens? Do we enjoy our work, then? No, we find it as a burden, isn't it? And we think about
quitting, we think about switching jobs, we think about, you know, doing something else that's going
to bring us more benefit. Right? But the thing is that when a person is worshiping Allah, then he is
now making Allah richer. Who is he making rich? Only himself. So we can never ever do Allah a favor
		

			by reciting his column. We can never ever do Allah a favor by doing Dawa. Alright, by working for
the deen by doing anything for the service of Islam for the service of religion. We can never ever
do Allah a favor. In fact, we are only doing ourselves a favor. Because, you know, for example, if
there's a big company and 50 people, they go on strike, might they say increase our money, or we're
not working here anymore?
		

			Then what's gonna happen? It's possible that the company is gonna go bankrupt eventually, if people
are not working. If the business is not continuing, then it's going to collapse. If the whole world
quits if the entire creation quits, okay, if if every single human being quits and says, You know
what, I don't want to worship Allah anymore. Is that going to affect Allah? No way, because he can
finish us and replace us with a new creation. And in fact, even if there is no creation, to exalt
and glorify Allah, still that does not affect him because he is alcoholic, the independent one and
we are the most look the dependent one. He is the giver. And we are the receivers. He is the one who
		

			fulfills needs, and we are the ones whose needs have to be fulfilled. So in the law, Hello, honey,
Yuna Analy. El Amin, he is rich, free from the worlds and Allah says when Lavina Manu worm, it'll
slowly her but Allah subhanaw taala he's very appreciative. So if a person is striving in the way of
Allah, he believes, and he does righteous deeds. lanoka Phil anon whom say to him, we shall
definitely remove from them their sins, their evils, their mistakes, their shortcomings, which are,
of course part of the process. Any person who's struggling, who's striving, he ends up making
mistakes, every human being makes mistakes. So for such a believer who is striving, who's trying,
		

			who believes and who does good deeds, Allah who will remove his sins from him, while allegedly
unknown, us and Allah, He can or Yama alone, and we shall definitely recompense them with the best
of what they used to do, meaning the reward will be according to the most excellent deeds, their
good deeds, they're striving in the way of Allah is not going to be neglected. It is going to be
appreciated. They are going to be paid for their efforts, they are going to be rewarded for their
struggles.
		

			It's like at school, like, we can work really hard on an assignment or a project and it could like
turn out really bad and then the teacher just sees what they got right and the thing we gotta mark
based on that, but they don't see all the hard work we put behind, but in life like being a Muslim,
Allah sees our hard work and our intention and words every single part of our effort
		

			Exactly. It is said that, don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me what you've accomplished.
		

			I think that's such a harsh statement. Alright. Don't tell me about how hard you work. I don't want
to know if you were up all night. You've been working on this project for a whole week. I want to
know the results, I want to see the results. Right? This is how some people are. This is how some
employers are. Allah subhanaw taala? Does he just look at what we've accomplished? No. It's the
efforts from the very beginning, from the moment a person intends to do something from the moment a
person, you know, has this wish has this desire to do something good. From that point onwards, a
person is rewarded for even the knee that he makes, which is why sometimes it's amazing. You just
		

			have this wish in your heart. You know, I wish I could also do such and such. Right and then you
forget about it thinking that I don't think I'm deserving of it. I don't think I'm worthy of it. And
then Allah subhanaw taala brings that opportunity before you. So Allah, he is very, very
appreciative. So why not dedicate your life to him? Why not? Earn strive towards his pleasure? It's
100% worth it. Because Allah is the most appreciative, the most generous