Taleem al Quran 2012 – P21 218D Tafsir Al-Ahzab 20-21

So these verses are about which battle, the battle of a hijab, which is also known as a battle of hundreds. And the first few if they vividly describe the atmosphere that was created in the city of Medina, the state that the Muslims were in that how the enemy came from above and from below, they joined forces, in order to gather come against the Muslims and destroy them once and for all. And the Muslims, they were overcome with so much fear that their eyes, their vision was shifting, they weren't able to focus on one thing, why out of extreme fear, and their hearts were as if going to come out of their mouths, they were up to their throats. And this shows the fear that the Muslims

were experiencing. And this went on for at least 20 to 30 days, minimum 20 up to a month, at least this is how long the siege was. And then Allah subhanaw taala, he let the storm happen. And he also made it fast. And this whole time, what is it that was happening, the believers were being dusted because it is through tests, through difficulties through trials, that our realities, they are exposed, that what is hidden, what is inside, rises to the surface, it comes out, you know, for example, if there is garbage on the ground, and that place gets flooded, what is going to rise to the top garbage, isn't it? So Allah subhanaw taala puts us in difficulties and in difficult

situations in our personal lives and also as communities as families at a greater level. Why so that we become more familiar with ourselves? Because really, if each and every one of us was to ask ourselves, Am I honest, am I committed? We would say yes, of course. I'm very nice, right? I'm very polite. I'm very committed. I'm very sweet. When it comes to talking to people. I'm very forgiving. All check mark, check mark, check mark, right. But it is in difficult situations that we really become familiar with who we truly are. So we see that Allah subhanaw taala says at the beginning, that what can Allah who be math are maluna, bossa nova, he was watching whatever that you were

doing. And then we see that different reactions are mentioned over here. First of all, there's a whole group of verses about the reaction of the hypocrites or those with weak faith. How was their reaction to this whole battle to this whole incident? How is it that they reacted? Tell me specific points that we learned in the Surah? So raise your hand? What was the reaction of the hypocrites or those with weak faith? At this crucial time? Go ahead.

Okay, they told the Muslims to leave their positions and go back to their homes. Okay, what else did they do?

Okay, they doubted Allah. Okay.

Okay, they said that their houses, their properties or families were exposed. They were worried about their own welfare, their own safety, at the cost of the safety, the welfare of all of the Muslims, what else?

Okay, they immediately distanced themselves from Islam. How and why is it that they do that they distance themselves from Islam from Muslims. So that just in case Muslims do suffer over here, because the Azov war, of course do many, right. So if the Muslims were to be defeated at this time, they distance themselves from Islam so that they wouldn't suffer. All right. How did they do that? they distance themselves from Islam by calling Medina as yesterday. Okay, what else did they do?

Exactly? They said that Allah and His Messenger have promised us nothing except delusion, meaning it's all false promises.

Did they discouraged the Muslims in general, Allah subhanaw taala describes them as more are within

that those who hindered others, that they weren't doing anything good themselves, but at the same time, they were discouraging others also. You know, for instance, if we are not able to do something good ourselves, at least we should encourage others, right? Or at least those who are doing it, we should let them do it in peace. So we see that all of these verses, they show that there are some people who appear to be Muslim, but their loyalties are not really with Islam. They're not truly committed with Islam. They're not really committed because if they weren't committed, then at these times of hardship, what would they do? They will defend Islam like they will defend themselves. You

know, at the time when the Muslims pledged allegiance to the Prophet salallahu Salam at Aqaba, right, the Tsar those were inviting the Prophet sallallahu Sallam to Medina. They said that what are we supposed to do? Right, that what is it that we have to promise about it?

To the Prophet salallahu Salam, one of the things that he mentioned was that you defend me the way you defend your own selves or your own families. All right, and defending the Prophet salallahu Salam, what did that mean defending Islam? Right? And then they asked that what is it that we will get in return? And the Prophet sallallahu sallam said Jana. So they had promised that they would defend the cause of Islam, the way they defend who themselves their own properties, their own families, just like a person cares about their own things. They care about their own image, they care about their own reputation. They would care about Islam the same way. Why? Because they're

identified with Islam, isn't it? So if we let for example, Islam get attacked the religion of Islam, the book of Allah if we let that get attacked, and we distance ourselves from it, saying that Oh, no, no, no, we don't read the Quran. Oh, no, no, no, you know, it's just the words, you know, you don't really have to go deep into it. we distance ourselves from it just to please other people. This is hypocrisy. All right. So the Muslims, they had promised the Prophet salallahu Salam, to defend Islam to defend Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and at this time at the Battle of Zab, what was their reaction? The true believers? They're the ones who defended the Prophet

salallahu Salam to the best of their ability. So a whole lot of verses over here are about them when I feel alone and Allah subhanaw taala says, in a number 20 That yes, sir Gunilla? Zabba, yes, Guna. They think? Who Who thinks the hypocrites those with weak faith, they are so cowardly, they are so afraid on the inside, that they think that zarbor the Confederates lumea the Hubble they have not gone, they have not yet left.

Remember I mentioned to you earlier that after a while when the siege was prolonged, what happened the morale of the enemy that also went low. So eventually, with the extreme weather, Abu Sufyan, he got up, he left and many other people they also left and eventually all of the ZURB they had left the borders of Medina. But even after they had left, the hypocrites were so afraid that Allah subhanaw taala says yes of guna they think that Al Aqsa, the various confederates, let me add hobble they have still not gone. Why do they feel like this? Out of their extreme fear and cowardice? You know, for example, if we're really afraid of something, if we're really afraid of something, like

for instance, if you're really afraid of having ants in your kitchen, in your house, okay, inside your house anywhere in your house. What happens? You make sure that they're gone, right? You call somebody into pest control or something. All right. And then afterwards, you keep checking any black thing, any black spot on the ground? What is it that you do? You keep checking? Is it an end? Or is it lint from somebody's feet hit home? You keep checking, why do you keep checking because you're paranoid? You don't want those ants in your house all over again. Right? And this is because your extreme fear. I'm not saying that this fear is wrong. In this particular case. Everybody's

different. So yes, sir. Guna has Alba lumea the Habu the hypocrites are still so afraid after this whole episode is over, that they still think that the enemy is right there.

We're in and if yet dill Zaboo if the Confederates would come again and by the way, the word Hazem is deplore love his alright and his means group has ever had zabor has literally means to befall to happen to occur you know what Hadees we learn the Prophet sallallahu Sallam either has a BA who am that when an affair when a matter would befall him, what would he do he would rush towards Salah right. So has to happen to occur from this the word has herbal armor has herbal Umbra is when the matter becomes serious. So has it been omitted the matter became serious has Zabba has ever is to rally to form a party Okay. When is it that people rally they go out in the streets and they form

groups and and all of that when when something becomes too serious? Right over little issues people want rally, but on major issues and serious issues. That is when they will form groups rally, take sides join forces make a common cause. All right. So from this is the word his accompany of people assembling themselves on account of an event that has befallen them on account of an event that is too serious to them. That is

is very important to them. All right, so these were different different Zab and what is it that brought them together? Outside of Medina? What is it that brought them together? Their hatred, their enmity for Islam? So they all formed a coalition over here. So, yes, Ubuntu Zabba lumea taboo. The hypocrites think that the companies the Confederates have not yet withdrawn what ie the Zaboo and if the companies should come again if they would come back again after a month after two years, what the hypocrites do your what do they would wish your what do from well dial dial would to love and from this to desperately want something? So yeah, what do they would wish low under home? If indeed

they're bad Duna Phil are up. They were bad dune they would wish that they would be bad Dune by Dune is a plural of the word bad in bad then. All right, meaning bad. I live with a doll. And under the doll you have to Casa All right. Bad in is from the word but who? Have you heard of the word burden? All right. But that literally means to be visible. All right now in the desert, everything's visible. Everything's clear. You can't hide in the desert, can you? If something is really far also it will be visible? All right, because there's nothing to hide under. So by Duna, meaning that they would be desert dwellers.

Okay.

That they were nowhere near the city of Medina. They were desert dwellers fill our love amongst the Bedouins. Our OB is a plural of our alabi. All right. Yes, Aluna. They would ask an Ico about your news. What does it mean by this?

That even though the ZAP have left, the Battle of Assad is over, the Confederates have gone. Still, the hypocrites are so afraid that after this episode, they still think that the enemy is right there. This shows the fear they have of the enemy. They're so terrified.

And if Allah subhanaw taala says if ever in the future, the Confederates Do come again, if they do join forces again to fight the Muslims. What would these hypocrites want, at that time for themselves? They would want to be somewhere in the desert living amongst the Bedouins. All right, living like hermits, their private, isolated lives far, far from the Muslims, far from the city of Medina, just finding out from afar, the news of the Muslims that what's going on? Is there any update?

You understand? So basically, in the future, they don't want to have anything to do with the Muslims.

Because they're afraid. This is how the hypocrites work. Well, Okano Fico. Allah says and if they were among you, if in the future, an incident like this happens again, if these hypocrites would be among you, Mao, Pata Lu Illa, kalila, they would not fight except for a little, just like this time, they didn't really participate much, even the future, don't expect much participation from them, they would only show up out of fear of being condemned, they would only participate a little bit out of fear of being condemned. So really, these people, they are not your friends, so do not expect them to support you. So Allah subhanaw taala is telling the believers over here, that these people

will not help you, they will not support you, they will not work with you, they will leave you to struggle alone. So you should not be like them. Rather, who is it that you should be like, like the messenger of allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who is an excellent example for you, as mentioned in the following If

now, what do we learn from it? Number 20? What lesson can we extract for ourselves?

What lesson can we extract for ourselves? Think about it.

How can we make this is a source of inspiration for us.

Anything you learned for yourself?

Yes, there always needs to be a sense of unity and support within the Muslim community. If another brother or sister of ours is going through something, we can't leave them, you know, suffer this on their own. So we have to be there to support each other. So like, I mean, the hypocrites wanted to run away and then separate themselves from the Muslims. We can't do that we have to go and support them. Exactly. That if any of our you know, acquaintances, any Muslim brother or sister we know that they are struggling in their life, any kind of struggled you're facing what is our obligation as someone who's related to them through faith, abandon them at that time? No, be a source of support

for them, be a source of assistance for them. Because when we come

Come Together we are stronger, we are stronger and if we leave each other

then we are weaker. Alright. So this is again shows us the importance of unity for the believers. Next if Allah subhanaw taala says look at the cannula calm Laqad certainly Cana there is local for you feel Rasul Allah He in the messenger of allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Also atone has an atone. Also atone and example has an atone. Excellent, beautiful. Your role model is who? The messenger of allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, but look at the word that is used, for example, it's the word Osa and the word OSA is from the root letters Hamza seen well. Alright, it's a beautiful word, ESA, or s one. All right, so Elif Senia or so. And if seen, well, it means to nurse or to

dress a wound

to nurse or to dress a wound.

Have you ever had any wound of yours

dressed or taken care of by somebody, I remember as a child once I fell, and I cut my knee really bad. And as I was looking at the knee, I actually widened the cut. Alright, so basically, I had to get stitches done. So recall any time like that when you had stitches on your skin, or somebody cleaning up all the blood and you know, applying some ointment or something like that. This is a suit. All right? Does it require patients from the person who is being treated? Of course, because you can't even move your leg? Can you? You can't even move your hand, you want to just pull your hand away. But you can't do that, isn't it you can bite your other hand in pain, but you can't pull

that hand away the hand that is being dressed? Correct. So it requires a lot of sub.

And when you are being treated than the person who is treating you do they console you?

Do they console you they do right. It's almost over just a minute just a second you're so brave, you're so strong, you know they keep talking to you so that you don't even think about the pain isn't it. So, as a suit to nurse to dress a wound and found this the word is used for being patient or to console the SCB he, the SE b He it is said he was patient, that person was patient. So you take example from him and be consoled,

all right, that you are in pain, but think about the other person who was in pain before you and they were so patient. So if they could be patient Inshallah, you can also be patient. The answer is he took patience, he got sober, he took example, how, by the example of another who had suffered in like manner, and had been patient.

You know, for example, if you are suffering in any way, right? If you are in some physical pain, emotional pain, any kind of pain that you're going through, how is it that you get sub over there, by thinking about what various thoughts one could be, inshallah it'll be over. Another is, oh, somebody else I know, went through the exact same thing.

Right, they survived in sha Allah, I can also survive,

isn't it you get hope, you get sober by taking others as example, but who as an example, someone who has gone through the same thing, that you are going through someone who has suffered in the same way that you are suffering from and you learn that they did suffer. So then you also get sober

All right. So from this the word allswell is used for an object of imitation, an example a pattern, a person by whom one takes example, this is who and whoosah is someone whom you take as an example, why because your condition and their condition is similar. How is it similar in grief in suffering in mourning? You understand? So when you take them as an example, because they suffered in the same way that brings you Sabra

so Allah subhanaw taala is telling us over here that Luca the cannula confy rasool Allah He also worked on Hassan, for you in the Messenger of Allah is an excellent example. Because no matter what test you suffer from in your life, you will always find that the prophets Allah Allah Salam suffered more, isn't it? Like for example, a terrible terrible headache even

All right, constant headaches or constant physical pain, fever. All right. What do you learn that the Prophet salallahu Salam, the pain that he experienced in illness was double, you know, once as a hobby went to visit the Prophet sallallahu sallam, and he had fever at that time. And when he touched the Prophet sallallahu Sallam the prophets of Allah was really, really warm. So he said, you had a suit Allah, you have very high fever, is it? Is it because you will have more reward? Because that kind of fever, for that's a hobby it was a kind of fever that he had never ever felt or seen before witnessed before? And the Prophet sallallahu sallam said, Yes, his suffering was double. His

fever was double compared to the fever of an average person. I mean, just think about the Battle of accept, could there be a difficulty, a trial

as worse as this, the Battle of Isaiah Can you imagine? It was extremely difficult. So Allah subhanaw taala is telling all the believers over here, take Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam as a role model for yourself. But this is for who Limon for the one who Ghana. He was young joola He has hope of Allah, yo, Zhu Raja to have hope. He has hope. Meaning his hope is in Allah, that my suffering is not going to go in vain. Allah will reward will Yeoman. And he also hopes the last day meaning he hopes for reward in the last day for forgiveness on the last day, whether God Allah cathedra and he remembers Allah much. So for a person whose goal is Allah, for a person whose goal

is the last day for a person who remembers Allah much because he loves Allah, he believes in Allah, then he will find the prophets of Allah to send them to be the perfect role model. Because the one who wants Allah the last day who remembers Allah much he will face trials in life, for sure.

And in those trials, through those trials, he will find solace and comfort by looking at who the example of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam. Because what was his goal? Allah? What was his goal the last day? What was his habit? That God Allah cathedra?

If we just look at the Battle of zap, how is it that the prophets have a lot of cinnamon was during this extreme difficulty? We see that the digging of the trench itself was a very difficult task. Right? Because think about it, they were digging, not with big machinery, they were digging with what? With tools that they had made with their own hands. Right. So what kind of tools do you think they had simple ones, and they were digging in carrying the mud out of the trench on their own backs. You know that? Because if you dig and you have a whole lot of mud, you have to take it out, how do you take it out, they would carry it themselves in their own hands on their own backs. And

they had to do this in a very short period of time. And the Prophet salallahu Salam himself participated in the digging of the trench. In a hadith in Bukhari, we learned that the low iron who he said, I saw the messenger of allah sallallahu Sallam on the day of the Battle of the Trench, carrying mud, carrying mud from where out of the trench, all right, and he was carrying mud, dill, the hair on his chest were covered in mud. The Prophet sallallahu Sallam he was carrying so much mud, repeatedly again and again. That Beloved said the Prophet sallallahu SERMs chest was covered in mud. And it made the skin off his abdomen out of my sight, meaning you couldn't even see his

stomach. You couldn't see it because it was covered in mud caked literally, he was working like a laborer, taking mud out himself physically on his back with his hands, carrying it with his arms. And the Prophet sallallahu Sallam at that time, he was reciting verses of Portree. He was saying Allahumma, Lola and DeMatha Dana, while others are darkness, while Elsa Lena for an Zeeland Sakeena XR Lena with a beetle Akadama Illa Cana in Florida called boho Elena, either or do fit Nitin Urbina. Oh Allah, were it not for you, we would not have been guided. You see the moon Africa in at this time. When the enemy came, what were they doing? They were afraid. They were complaining. They were

angry. They were upset with the prophets of a lot of time they were upset with Allah. They were discouraging the Muslims and look at the Prophet sallallahu sallam, what is he appreciating the blessing of Islam, that this difficulty has come upon us because of Islam. Well, Islam is such a huge blessing. It's okay. He said, Oh Allah, we're not

For you, we would not have been guided, nor would we have given in charity, nor would we have prayed. So bestow upon us calmness, when we meet the enemy, make our feet firm, for indeed, if they want to put us in affliction, meaning they want to fight us, then we would not flee.

Meaning if these people are coming to fight us, we're not going to run away. So Oh Allah, you give us the strength, and the Prophet sallallahu Sallam would keep repeating these verses motivating the Companions also, so have been saddled alone who said that we were with the Messenger of Allah salAllahu Salam in the trench. And some people were digging the trench while we were carrying the earth on our shoulders. So the mud some people were digging it out, and others were carrying it on their shoulders out of the trench, and the Prophet sallallahu sallam. When he saw the state of the companions, he said, Allahu Allah, Aisha Illa Aisha Akira folfiri, Lil mohajir. Ina will unsought or

Allah there is no life except the life of the hereafter. Because the trials of this world What do they teach you? What do they teach you? The imperfection of Estonia? Isn't it? Because you want to live in peace? But other people, they don't want to let you live in peace? Right? You want to forget about the problems but they keep bringing the problems, isn't it? You have no intention to bother other people, but other people that just get bothered by your existence. Right. So the people of Makkah they weren't letting the Muslims live. They kept coming. So these trials in life, what do they teach us the imperfection of this dunya to the prophets of Allah Islam. He said at that time,

Oh Allah, there is no life except the life of the hereafter that is real life. In another Hadith we learn Jabil below Arn who he said, we were digging the trench on the day of conduct. And we came across a big solid rock and they tried really hard to break it to get it to come out, and they weren't able to. So they went to the Prophet sallallahu Sallam and they said Ya rasool Allah hears a rock appearing across the trench and we cannot get it out. So the prophets of Allah Islam said, I am coming Javid, although Arne who said the Prophet sallallahu Sallam got up, and when he got up his shirt, you know, it kind of moved a little bit. So, Javid, Abdullah warned who saw the stomach of

the Prophet sallallahu sallam, and he said, I saw that a stone was tied to his belly.

He had put a stone on his stomach, and then tied it around his stomach. Why? Why would people do that? In extreme hunger, and extreme hunger. So Jabara below I knew, he said, the Prophet sallallahu sallam, he came and he basically broke the rock, he moved it, and that shows the strength of the Prophet sallallahu Sallam also. And then Jabil de la when he asked the prophets of Allah said, and please excuse me, I would like to go home for some time. The Prophet sallallahu Sallam allowed him dabit of the lower and who went quickly and Jabba the lower No, by the way, he was a teenager, okay. And he was married at this time. And we went home, he asked his wife, do we have anything to eat?

And she said, very little. So he said, prepared, and I will go call Rasulullah sallallahu. And she said, Don't embarrass me, meaning only call the Prophet sallallahu Sallam don't get a whole lot of people because you're going to embarrass me, because this is all I have. So Jabil glow on who went to the Prophet sallallahu sallam, and he said, very quietly, I have some food if you would like to come and eat and bring along a few people. And the prophets of Allah said and made an announcement he said, all people have the trench. Come. And the Prophet sallallahu Sallam took so many companions with him to the house of Jabil. When they got there, the wife of Javid alone, she got so upset with

him. She said, What have you done deny warranty, you? Don't I tell you and he said, I didn't do this. The prophets Allah zone did that.

Then the Prophet salallahu Salam, he helped prepare the food, in fact, and when the food was prepared, he took the bread himself, he would break it, and he would put some meat on it, and he would pass it himself. All right, he gave it to the sahaba. Over there, they all ate and Jabba the Longhorn, who said, there were at least 80 people that ate from that food. And when everybody had eaten they had left the Prophet sallallahu Sallam told the wife of Jabba, people are hungry. People are hungry, so don't keep the food just to yourself.

He was encouraging her that even though you have very little, don't keep adjust yourself, give it to others. This is one of the miracles of the Prophet salallahu Salam, in fact, this is the baraka the blessing that Allah subhanaw taala gave at that time, but first and foremost to chose to us the hardship, the prophets of Allah where he was himself went through of hunger of hard work of fear.

He didn't back

off. He was there at the forefront. He was a source of inspiration for the companions. He was a source of strength for them.

And over here Allah subhanaw taala tells us that God can Allah confy rasool Allah, He also had an Hassan, any difficulty, whether its financial or it's physical, it's emotional, it's social, any kind of difficulty you're going through, take inspiration from Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam, but only the one who wants Allah, Allah's pleasure, the one who wants a jewel in the Hereafter, the one who remembers Allah, He will find Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam as a perfect example. Because that is who the Prophet sallallahu sallam was.

He himself strove for Allah's pleasure, he himself strove for the home of the Hereafter, he himself remembered Allah much. So if we have similar goals, then Rasul Allah salAllahu Salam will be an ideal example for us. But if our goals are different than Rasulullah sallallahu Soames, life will not be an example for us, then his suffering will not be an example for us. So we really have to ask ourselves, what is it that I want in my life? What is it that I'm striving towards? Because he's an example for Lehmann Khanna yo joola while young man here with a Corolla Kathira presentation, yes sir Munna.

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