Taimiyyah Zubair – Taleem al Quran 2021 J01-006C Tafsir Al-Baqarah 21-22

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The speakers discuss the importance of worshiping one's Lord and the creator in Islam, as it means protecting and being saved from struggles and stress. They emphasize the need for individuals to show gratitude and respect their roots, and warn against setting up equal to Allah and not dedicating worship to anyone other than him. The speakers also touch on the benefits of worshipping Allah's teachings, including helping people overcome mental health disorders and achieving their dreams, and the importance of creating a mat and carpet for worship.

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			Aurora bIllahi min ash shaytani R rajim Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim Yeah, a Johan Nasser Buddha Euro
back home. Or badura Baku Milady halacha Kong. One levena mencoba li comme la isla come that cocoon.
All mankind, worship your Lord who created you, and those before you worship him why? So that you
may become righteous, you may safeguard yourselves. Here we can see that now the subject is changing
from the beginning of Surah Al Baqarah. We saw first of all, how Allah subhanaw taala mentions that
the Quran is a guidance for people of Taqwa it is a book in which there is no doubt. And then the
people of Taqwa are described, they're the people who believe they're the people who will be
		
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			successful. They're the people who are upon guidance. And then we learned about the people who
disbelieve who reject the Quran, that they don't benefit at all from anything that is mentioned to
them, and for them is a great punishment. And then we learned about another category of people the
mafia clone, those who pretend to believe those who display false or fake belief in reality in their
hearts, they are not believers. So their reality is exposed and then to examples are given why so
that all of us reflect on ourselves and become sincere in our faith and become honest with Allah
subhanaw taala because Allah knows our internal and external, now the subject is changing Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala is addressing all people and this is known as Lt. Fat LT fat is when the subject kind
of changes. And this is something that is very common in the Quran. Sometimes you will see the shift
the transition, even within an IRA within a verse, sometimes you will see after a number of verses,
so it's important to know who is being addressed what the context is. So here, Allah subhanaw taala
is addressing all people that yeah, uh, you have NASA, all mankind. This is an invitation. This is
an address in which all people are being addressed. And like I mentioned earlier, a NAS includes all
people, so people of all ages, people of all backgrounds, people of all ethnicities, it doesn't
		
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			matter whether they are men or woman, every single person is being invited over here being addressed
over here by Allah azza wa jal, and what is it that Allah is telling people to do? That are Buddhu
rubber comb that all of you should worship your Lord, worship, the one who made you worship the one
who owns you worship the one who sent you to this world, and you have to return to Him. So worship
your Lord, Allah is your Lord, not just the lord of some people, He is the Lord of all of you
people. So are Buddhu Raava Khan, and this means that worship only your Lord. So obudu doesn't just
mean yes, you should worship Allah. And if you worship someone else, also, that's fine, no, or Boo
		
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			who only rubber comb your rub. Now, if you think about it, Allah subhanaw taala has many attributes,
many perfect names and qualities. But the attribute that is mentioned over here is the fact that he
is our Rob Right, so worship your Rob and I mentioned to earlier and Soto Fatiha, that Rob is the
one who is the creator, the one who is the owner, and also the one who is the muda bit right, the
one who regulates and manages the affairs off the creation, the one whose command prevails over
them, the one who nurtures His creatures, meaning if he did not provide them with the appropriate
protection and sustenance and provision, then they would not be able to grow they would not be able
		
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			to survive, they would not be able to exist, so worship your Lord. Why is this said that worship
your Lord, not or Buddha, Allah, right, of course, or would Allah worship Allah, but it has been
specified over here that worship your Lord, because the thing is, that you would not exist. If your
Lord did not create you, you would not exist if he did not provide you with the sustenance that you
need. You would not be alive
		
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			If Allah subhanaw taala did not make you did not nurture you. So worship your Lord, because he is
the only one who deserves worship. And then in a specified that your Rob is a levy halacha Khan, He
is the One who created all of you. He didn't just create one nation, or one race. No, he created all
of you human beings, and let the Halacha come. And Hulk is to bring something into existence to
originate, that you all did not exist before. He is the one who has brought you into existence. And
he hasn't just created you who are alive who are listening, who are being addressed by the spire,
but also Allah is the One who created what Lavina meant Kubla Khan, he is also the one who created
		
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			the people who came before you. So Islam is not something new. The Quran is not giving us a new
message. No, Allah subhanaw taala is the creator of all creatures, those who existed before the
Quran was revealed. And those who have come into existence after the Quran was revealed, because
Allah is the Creator of all people, He created you and he created the people, the nations that
existed before you. So worship your Lord, why worship your Lord Laurel, Lakota, Dakota in order that
you may become righteous. Now the thing is that there are many people who admit that Allah is the
Holic, that there is a Creator, that there is someone who has brought this world into existence,
		
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			they believe in some higher being in the Divine. And this is something that is, you know, very
common, you will see this as a very common belief in many people, that they believe in some creator.
Now, at the time of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam we learned that even the pagan Arabs, they
believe that there is a Creator. So for example, in Surah, uncovered by a 61 it is mentioned well it
insert Elta home, man holla kasama wa T will Alba was Sahara shumsa. Will camara Leia coluna Allah
that if you were to ask them, Who is it that created the skies and the earth and subjected the sun
in the moon? They will say it is Allah, right that Allah is the One who created the skies in the
		
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			earth in sudut. Look, man, I have 25 also it is mentioned well into Elta home, man holla customer wa
T will Aldo Leia Kowloon, Allah, if you were to ask them, Who created the skies and the earth, they
will say, Allah created the skies on the earth into the zone of i 87. Also, something similar is
mentioned. So many people, yes, they believe that there is a higher power, that there is a Creator.
But then what happens is that they don't worship that creator. They don't worship, that higher
being. And this is a huge mistake, that the One who created you who brought you into existence. And
you know, you acknowledge the fact that he made you, you acknowledge the fact that he has power and
		
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			control over the universe. But then why is it that you forget about him, and you don't pay attention
to him and you don't seek His approval? And you don't show thanks to him? Why is it that you live as
you please, and you do whatever you want. And you keep saying that there's a higher power but then
you don't show any servitude to him. So we're a Buddha, calm, don't just say that there is a God,
there is a Creator actually show servitude to him or a Buddha or have become a lady halacha calm
Well, Lavina when cobbly Calm. And you see the gift of creation is mentioned over here. You see as
people we all have benefactors people benefit us in different ways. It's possible that your boss has
		
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			been very kind to you. Maybe your boss was very generous with you help to pay off your student loan.
Your parents have been very good to you. There are people who have benefited you in different ways.
Maybe your spouse, maybe your friend, you know someone in your life. People you know, people you
don't even know you know, you hear such beautiful stories of, you know, people just coming together
and raising funds to help someone in need, or you know, people coming together forming a human chain
literally to help save someone's life. He we have a lot of people who benefit us in different ways.
But the thing is, that no one has given us the gift of creation except Allah subhanaw taala none
		
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			other than Allah has given us the gift of life. So Allah the color cocoon, your Rob is the One who
created you. He created you one
		
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			What a huge gift that says he made you. He gave you life He brought you into existence. So aren't
you going to worship him? Aren't you going to show servitude to him? Aren't you going to show
respect to Him and DO what He wants you to do? And then you see or Budo Roberto, Allah the Halacha
can worship your Lord, He created you. Any when someone makes something, of course, there is some
purpose behind it. Right? Like for example, even if you were to make some art, draw something, paint
something beautiful. You don't just make things randomly. There's some purpose and benefit behind
what you're doing. So when Allah subhanaw taala has created you, He didn't create you in vain. He
		
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			didn't create you for no reason for no benefit. He created you for a purpose. And what is that
purpose in suited to that yet I have 56 Allah subhanaw taala tells us that purpose and that is one a
HELOC tool Gina will insert a Lallier balloon that I have not created the jinn and the men human
beings except so that they should worship Me, meaning the only reason why Allah subhanaw taala
created us is so that we worship Him. That is the purpose of our existence. So how ungrateful and
how rude and how arrogant it would be for any creature to go on living their life, ignoring Allah
subhanaw taala not worshiping Allah subhanaw taala any have some humility, recognize your roots,
		
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			your origin, where did you come from? Someone made you and the one who made you designed you brought
you into existence for a specific purpose. So don't ignore that purpose. Don't neglect it, or Buddha
or Akbar Khan, worship your Lord Allah de Halacha, calm, well, Lavina Min cobbly calm and the fact
that he created you, it means that you must show thanks to him, that you must be loyal to him, that
you must obey Him. Because if Allah subhanaw taala did not create us, we wouldn't exist. So he
created us and that by definition means that he has bestowed so many blessings upon us, blessings
that are visible to us blessings that are hidden to us any things that we cannot even count. So
		
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			worship your Lord who created you and also created the people before you why worship Allah? Why?
What's in it for us? Allah subhanaw taala gives us the reason and he does not have to give us a
reason, by the way, he does not have to, but he tells us the reason anyway. And what is that reason?
Lara law Comdata Cohn, in order that you may safeguard yourselves in order that you may become
righteous law Allah gives us the meaning of that this is the expected result. Right? This is what is
hoped that if you do this, if you worship your Lord, then you will be that the cone. Now what does
it mean by this, that you will get the cone. The cone means two things over here. First of all, it
		
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			means that you safeguard yourselves, this is how you will be protected. When you worship Allah, you
are protected, you are saved, how are you saved? You are saved from difficulty in this world and
distress in the hereafter. Think about it. When you're surrounded by when you're being overwhelmed
by some, you know, difficulty in your life, some illness, some stress because of your work, or
because of your circumstances because of your family situation. You know, these are things that feel
very heavy on our hearts. And when we worship Allah, so for example, we pray Salah, we make dua, we
call out to Allah subhanaw taala we asked him for help, doesn't that protect us? Doesn't that bring
		
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			us out of hardship? You know, the prophets of Allah who are using them once passed by some people
who were in great hardship and he said, Why do they not ask Allah for raffia for wellbeing for
safety? Meaning they should ask Allah for raffia for wellbeing, right? So worship your Lord Lara,
Allah Contacta Khun. Now I did not say that it gets rid of mental health disorders. I did not even
use the word disorder. All right. What I meant to say was that in general, and every human being
does not have a disorder. All right, but in general, worship is something that brings us relief.
Okay. Allah subhanaw taala tells us that Allah be the killer. He taught my inner co loop that with
		
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			the remembrance of Allah do hearts find contentment, and even when it comes to mental health
disorders, you know, yes, you need different forms of treatment. And one of the most
		
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			effective forms of treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy right CBT and what is done in that you
are supposed to correct your thoughts through therapy and you are exposed to things that you know
for example, you may have a phobia towards but you are you know, through exposure therapy, you are
allowed to face your fears and things like that. The point is that worship when you worship Allah
subhanaw taala you connect with Allah subhanaw taala What are you doing? Essentially, you are
correcting your thoughts you are allowing yourself to practice gratitude, you are allowing yourself
to feel blessed to feel that Allah cares about you, that Allah is there for you that you are not
		
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			alone. Allah subhanaw taala has helped is there, right. So, we have over here or Buddha bacame y la
la Contacta Khun, so that you all are safeguarded, right you safeguard yourself and a bother any
think about it. We learned in a hadith that when a person does not pray for budget, okay, they do
not pray for budget. They are not in the protection of Allah rasool Allah and for that day, so your
Salah, for example, is a means of protection in this life. Also, in Hadith, we learned that in the
morning when you say Bismillah Hilah De Lisle buruma Smithy che on Phil Irby? Well, if it's summer,
you will, who was Samir Aleem three times in the morning, then you are protected all day long. So
		
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			rabada is something that protects you, it saves you. Now it doesn't mean that people who don't
worship Allah always in danger, because we see people who don't even believe in Allah who don't even
worship Allah and they're perfectly fine. They're healthy in their bodies. So this is one benefit.
All right that riba protects you in this world. But the main benefit, the main benefit is that it
safeguards you, it protects you, from what, from the anger from the disapproval from the punishment
of Allah, meaning it will protect you in the Hereafter, it will put a shield between you and the
fire of *. You know, there's a hadith in which we learn that people who will fall into *
		
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			because of some major sins of theirs, you know, how they will be recognized that they are still
worshipers of Allah, that the fire will not consume the parts of the body that are involved in
making such though. What does that mean? That the forehead, the hands, alright, the knees, the feet,
also the nose, these parts will not be consumed by the fire. So you see how it will become a source
of protection for them. There's such there will be a source of protection for them, and then they
will be brought out of hellfire. So you see how riba becomes a protection between you and our love.
All right, the consequences of your own wrongdoing. Because yes, we're not perfect, but everybody
		
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			becomes a shield. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam explained that a CMO, Juna fasting is a
shield. How is it a shield? Yes, It shields you from doing wrong things in the world. That's the
purpose, but also it shields you from punishment in the hereafter. Any the punishment that we bring
upon ourselves because of our own wrongdoing. Fasting becomes a shield between us and punishment. So
what's the message that is being given over here? worship your Lord, so that you may have Taqwa you
may be safeguarded. What's the point over here, that when you worship Allah, it actually benefits
you. Allah does not need your worship. You need to worship Allah, to protect yourself to help
		
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			yourself. It is a need that you have, right that you must fulfill for your own benefit. And you
know, a lot of women share this with me about how the days that they're not praying salah they feel
so distant, they feel so weird, right? And this is why it's essential that you know, when a person
is not able to pray, they're not able to fast. You know, sometimes a person is not able to fast
because of some health condition. It doesn't mean that you do nothing. You still have different ways
of worshipping Allah subhanaw taala, that you can still make vicar. You can still you know, give
sadaqa you can still think good thoughts about Allah, you can still listen to the Quran. So worship
		
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			Allah why? So that you safeguard yourselves?
		
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			And secondly, learn the content. The cone also means worship Allah so that you become righteous. You
become people of taqwa, you become people who are mindful people who are conscious of Allah, people
who are aware of Allah, people who remember Allah. Because when you remember Allah you're mindful of
Allah, in your thoughts in your speech in your behavior. That is when you become a truly good
person. How that when you're mindful of Allah, then you're not going to lie. When you're mindful of
Allah. Then in your conversations also, you will not humiliate someone because you will remember
that Allah is watching you. You will be truthful, you will be respectful. So worship your Lord Lila
		
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			contact upon and the more a person worships Allah, the more conscious they become, the more mindful
of Allah they become. So for example, when you pray Salah five times a day, you begin your day with
Salah and then during your workday, you take a break, you pray the hood, and then again, you pray
asleep and then you pray Maghrib and then you pray Risha. So when you worship Allah throughout the
day, it helps you connect with the last panel target over and over and over again to keep thinking
about Allah to become more mindful of Allah. Now worship your Lord in order that you may become
righteous. You may develop Taqwa. Why is the core so important? We learned earlier in solitude
		
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			Bacara that the people of Taqwa are the people who are upon guidance, and they are the people who
will be successful. Right? Allah Akbar Allah who the mirror be him what Allah ecoman monthly Hoan so
if we want to be successful, then we have to have Taqwa. How do we have Taqwa? By increasing in our
worship? Why should we worship because we remember the favours of Allah? Right? We recognize that we
exist because Allah created us. I am here because Allah put me here. And then we see that Dakhla is
also something that leads a person to Jana. We learned in sort of earlier Imran i 133 Allah subhanaw
taala says was Sadhguru Illa Mo Farah t mira become what genetic I'll do her Samoa to while we're in
		
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			that little mood Ducane that rushed to forgiveness of your Lord and rushed to Jana. Right, which is
so huge, and Jana has been prepared for who it has been prepared for the people of Taqwa. When a
person is mindful of Allah. When a person has taqwa, they also receive the help of Allah. In surah,
two Nahal Iowan 28 Allah says in Allah hamara Allah Nina taco. Indeed Allah is with those who have
Taqwa, those who are mindful. When a person is mindful of Allah. When they have Taqwa of Allah into
the Talaq I afore we learn well my yet tequila yadgir Allahumma kraja, Allah subhanaw taala makes a
way out for them, meaning from whatever is troubling them, whatever they feel trapped in Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala will certainly make a way out for them. Decoy is a source of relief. The core is a
source of sustenance, and Taqwa is ultimately a condition for success. So worship your Lord, Who
created you, and also created the people before you in order that you may safeguard yourselves in
order that you may become righteous. And remember the meaning of Ibadah the meaning of worship, that
worship doesn't just include ritual worship, yes, it does include specific worship, meaning ritual
worship, like salah, and the recitation of the Quran, fasting, you know, giving sadaqa going for
Hajj, making dua, et cetera. All of these are forms of worship. But then there's also the everyday
		
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			things that a believer does in the right way, that also count as worship. Meaning as a believer when
you believe in Allah, and you are doing things in the right way, in the ways that are permissible in
the ways that Allah subhanaw taala has commanded us to do, like for example, your eating food,
right? You can eat with your left hand or your right hand, you can do that. But when you choose to
eat with your right hand, that itself is an act of worship. Because the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam told us to eat with the right hand. You go to the grocery store, you can buy any food
product, you know, when you go to pay for their food, no one is going to tell you hey, this is
		
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			haram. Why are you buying this? I mean, nobody's going to say that to you. You can buy food which is
haram but you don't, right. You choose to buy lawful food. That itself is an act of worship, you are
rewarded for that. When you are paying for the food. You could have stolen that money. You could
have been used
		
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			thing you know stolen credit card, but you are using your lawfully earned money, right? You earn
that money in a lawful way then that is also rewardable that is also worship. So remember the
definition of Riba. I mentioned this to you in Surah Fatiha that Riba is a term which comprises
everything that Allah subhanaw taala loves, and Allah subhanaw taala approves off, whether these
actions are external or internal meaning it also includes intentions, and it can be words, and it
can also be actions. Right? So, there are things that you do, like for example, you eat with the
right hand, now, every time you eat with the right hand, you don't think, well, this is the Sunnah,
		
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			right? You don't actively think like that. It's a good habit that you have developed. Because this
is the Sunnah because the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said so. So even though you don't have
that intention, every single time, Allah subhanaw taala knows why you're doing it like that. So even
when you do the daily things in the right way, without having a very conscious intention, you're
still rewarded. But if you have that intention, then of course, your reward will be increased. So
we're Buddhu rockbottom. Now, who is Allah subhanaw taala. Of course, he's the one who created you,
he created the people before you, but he didn't just create the human beings. Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			Your love is also the one who created the earth and the sky, the universe that you live in the world
that you live in, he's also the creator of that, because you see in different belief in different
religions, people have different concepts of God. So here we believe in toe heat and what this no
hate mean that Allah alone is the creator, right? That Allah alone is the one who deserves to
worship. So when he is the creator, what does that mean that he is the creator of all that exists?
So he is the one who Allah de jaren hola como Allah fie Russia next ayah. Allah is the one who made
for you the earth for you Jarl Allah Ko, notice over here for you all meaning for you people, he has
		
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			made the earth as a frosh. Now if you think about it, the earth any is not just for people in the
sense that, yes, human beings live on the earth, but there's also so many other creatures that live
on the earth. Why is it specified that he has made the earth for you, as a flush? Why do think you
have been specified that he has made this for your benefit? Because if you think about it, even the
other creatures that exist, right? Yes, Allah subhanaw taala has well although Allah halal and M
that Allah has laid out the earth for all the creatures, but as we will learn later on that
ultimately, it is human beings that are benefiting the most from the earth, any everything is kind
		
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			of functioning. Why so that people can exist. For example, when you think about bees, alright, when
children look at bees, they think it's a nuisance, that they're a nuisance that they'll bite us,
they'll bother us, they'll sting us, etc. But we know that bees don't just fly around for no reason.
Right? They play a very important role in pollination, right? And when they go from flower to
flower, yes, they're making that food for themselves to survive the winter. But in the process, what
else are they doing, they're doing something that will benefit us, we will have food to live
exactly, very important part of the food chain. Even when it comes to fish, fish in the ocean, that
		
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			are constantly moving, you know, from one place to the other birds that are migrating constantly
from one place to the other, any in one way or another. They are helping sustain life on Earth.
Right? And who is the final benefactor, you can say it's the human beings, which is why whenever we
disturb the system that Allah subhanaw taala has created in any way. Like for example, if we
overfish if we you know cause damage to any kind of population of any creature on Earth. It
eventually impacts us. We are the ones who lose out. So a lady Geralyn let cool Have you Russia?
Allah subhanaw taala has made for you the earth and specifically he has made the earth as a flash.
		
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			Now what is philosophy? Losch is basically a thing that is spread on the ground to sit on
		
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			Where to lay down on? Okay? Like, for example, a carpet or a mat, and something like that. Now, why
would you put that on the ground to make sure that the ground is, you know, smooth, comfortable to
sit on. It's flattened to some extent. So even when you flattened sand, like you smooth it out that
also is called frosh. So what is meant is that Allah has made the earth for you, like a spread like
something that has been spread out for you like something that is stable beneath your feet. So you
are able to live on it, you're able to, you know, walk on it, you are able to build, you're able to
dig, you can, you know, survive, you can establish yourselves. And if that was not the case, if the
		
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			earth was not such that you could establish ourselves on it, you wouldn't be able to live here.
Imagine if we felt the earth moving constantly. Yes, it is moving. But imagine if we felt it,
constantly moving. We wouldn't be able to stand still. We would be feeling nauseated all the time.
We would have motion sickness, we wouldn't be able to focus. And if that was the case, we wouldn't
be able to live we wouldn't be able to survive. So Eleni Jarrell Allah Karim will have a few Russia.
He has made the earth for you as a bed as something that is spread out as an expanse. Something that
you can live on stable was summer abena. And he has made the sky as a Bina. Now what is Bina? Bina
		
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			is you can see in the running translation, it's translated as a ceiling. Bina is basically a raised
structure. Okay. Bina is to put a brick on another brick. Why would you do that because you're
building something. So Binette is a construction, something that is built. And it also means a roof
because the roof is built, it's made, it's constructed, it's solid. Now Subhan, Allah, when we look
up at the sky, we think it's just empty space, right? It's just empty space. And you just keep going
up and up and up. And it's just empty space, right? You'll see some stars, some planets on the way,
eventually you leave the galaxy, etcetera. But it's just empty space. But it is far from being an
		
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			empty space. For example, when it comes to gravity, isn't that amazing? That how this force is
keeping you on the ground. And then even within the space, the universe, how stars and especially
planets, they're on their orbits, they are on their paths, Allahu Akbar, if we start talking about
space, and how Allah subhanaw taala has constructed it literally, with forces that we cannot see
with our eyes, that will take a really long time. And that's frankly, beyond my ability. The point
over here is that the sky that Allah subhanaw taala has given us is like a roof, like a dome, like a
canopy that is solid and secure. It's not just empty space. You know, it's not that you are
		
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			unprotected from above. No, Allah subhanaw taala has protected you from above, by making the sky a
certain way in solitude. MBI a 32. Allah subhanaw taala says Would your illness sama Asakawa
mouthful LA and we have made the sky a protected ceiling. And it is something that protects us from
above. And if you think about it, there is so much out there in space. Imagine if constantly you
know things were falling, or we were colliding into other planets and different stars and things
like that, again, the Earth would not exist, we would not exist Subhanallah even against the sun's
rays. There are certain things that we need from the sun and certain things which are dangerous, but
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala has created the sky in such a way that whatever is dangerous for us, is kept
away from us. The ozone layer Allahu Akbar. So what's sama abena? He What a beautiful home what a
safe space Allah subhanaw taala has put you in that the earth you can live on, you can walk on, you
can sit on, you find it comfortable, and from above also, Allah subhanaw taala has protected you and
then what M Zilla, Amina sama EMA and Allah subhanaw taala has sent down from the sky water. Okay,
now from the sky, the word sky when you read this in the Quran, don't just think it's the blue sky.
Okay, the word Osama also applies to anything that is above you. It is said Kanuma Alka for Hua
		
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			summer, anything that is above you then it is called Summer. Okay, so here of course we know that
rain does not fall
		
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			Now from the blue sky comes down from the clouds. So what is meant by summer is sahab clouds because
they are in the sky. So he has sent down water from the sky, meaning rain in Surah to never I have
14 Allah's penalty dimensions were unzila mean and mostly lots any clouds are described as more
sloth and he heavily laden that are being squeezed and he so much water coming down from the sky.
Why rain? Why there's, you know, rivers on the earth there are, you know, different forms of water
sources. why has Allah subhanaw taala created rain, because rain has a completely different effect,
compared to the water that is in rivers. Rain is something that makes the water more accessible
		
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			because now rain is falling everywhere. River water can only reach certain places, right? It needs
irrigation, et cetera. And then the other thing is that, you know, the way rain falls Subhanallah,
especially these days, where I live, it's been raining, you know, very consistently over the past
two, three weeks. And you see that the color of the grass is different. The color of the trees and
the flowers is different. It doesn't just bring water, it cleans out the air, it brings out a
certain freshness. Right. So he sent down water from the sky for a Hajah beaming with Emirati this.
And then through that water, Allah subhanaw taala produces for you, different types of fruits, all
		
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			kinds of fruits as sustenance for you, Allahu Akbar, any different colors, different varieties of
you know, food for you, this color combs so that you may benefit, you may live, you may exist. So
what's mentioned in this is the Earth, the ground that is stable, the sky, which is like a
protective roof, and then water, right that's coming down from above. And the fruit, the food that
grows from the earth, any blessings coming from all sides, how Allah subhanaw taala has fulfilled
all of your needs. So worship Him, worship Him because He is your Mersin he has bestowed so many
blessings upon you, giving you a perfect lodging provided you with everything that you need, Allahu
		
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			Akbar, so worship Him. And then it is said filata ger Lula he and dad and we're unten tharla Moon,
so do not attribute to Allah equals while you know, meaning do not set up equals with Allah. While
you know that Allah has no equals, that Allah alone has created all of this, he alone created you,
he alone provides you. So when you know this, then do not set up equal to Allah. Now NID is the
singular of the word and that an ID is someone who is equal to another. Okay, someone who is similar
to another in terms of their characteristics in terms of their power in terms of their, you know,
actions in terms of their status. So flattered you're alula He underdone. Do not set up any form of
		
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			equal to Allah. Do not say that Allah has a child that Allah has a partner, that there's someone
else who created someone else who has power over you do not do that. And what does this mean? This
means that do not worship anyone besides Allah. So do not call upon anyone other than Allah. Do not
dedicate worship to anyone other than Allah. Do not even slaughter an animal in the name of anyone
other than Allah. And remember that to set up an equal to Allah is actually a crime. We learn in a
hadith and Behati the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was asked that au them be our alum which
sin is the greatest and the prophets Allah who earlier said and replied, and Kajal Allah He needed
		
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			then wahala that you set up an equal to Allah while He is the One who created you. Any This is so
unfair, that Allah alone created you and you dedicate worship to someone else. How strange how
unfair