Taimiyyah Zubair – Taleem al Quran 2021 J01-013E Tafsir Al-Baqarah 78-82

			then it is said women home, oh Miyun and among them are unlettered ones, who are such that Leia
Lemuel kita, but Illa Amani who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking. So, among the
People of the Book are those who are unlettered. Okay. Now this is strange because if there are
people of the book What does it mean there are people have knowledge, yet the irony is that the vast
majority of them do not know the Book. So, how are they people have the book if they don't even know
the book. Now, yes, this is talking about, you know, the Bani Israel. But we will need to think
about ourselves also, that we claim to be people in the Quran, may Allah subhanaw taala count is
		

			among the people of the Quran. But we need to honestly ask ourselves that how much Quran do I really
know? Any? We have read so many books in our lives? Think about it, if you have a basic college
degree, any you have read a lot of articles, you have read a lot of books, right? A lot of texts of
different subjects, right? You know, there are things that you read because you you enjoy them. And
there are things that you read because you just have to you don't have a choice, right? So think
about all of the words that we have read. Have we read the Quran in the same way? You know, when you
reach the end of a semester, and you look at your book highlighted, there's notes there's posted, it
		

			looks like yes, this book has been studied. Well, what about our almost half? What is that? Like?
Are there parts which, you know, we have marked so that we don't forget, or they're, you know, parts
where, you know, we have written reflections and notes and meanings and things like that, so that we
remember we don't forget any how is it that we have studied the Quran and how is it that we have
studied other things? So among the People of the Book are those who are unlettered and their
illiteracy is the fact that they don't know the Scripture. They have no idea about what is in the
Scripture. And Alhamdulillah there are among Muslims, many people who actually don't know how to
		

			read and write, but they have memorized the Quran. Isn't that amazing? They don't know even how to
read Arabic but they have memorized the Quran. Right? You see this in children especially that they
still don't know how to read, but they have memorized their Fatiha, they've memorized certain Moloch
they have memorized sort of man, they have memorized the 30 Adjust. And this is the miracle of the
Quran, the blessing that Allah subhanaw taala has blessed the Muslims with so we see over here that
real illiteracy is that a person does not know the Book, okay. And knowing the book is of different
levels. One is that you know, the text of the book, right? And then another is that you know, the
		

			meaning of that text, the application of that text. So the Bani Israel either being criticized over
here, that they're supposed to be people of the book yet they don't know what their own book says.
We need to think about ourselves here that how much of the Quran do I know? And even if I don't know
how to read and write, do I at least try to learn the Quran by listening to it because that is
definitely possible. So Leila, Muna al Kitab, and all they have is just a mani Illa Amani, what does
this mean? This means that all they know about their religion is just wishful thinking. Okay,
wishful thoughts, and Onya. The singular of the word Imani. IMANI means a Calib. Okay, lies,
		

			invented things basically. All right. So these are, you know, wishful thoughts, which are also you
know, hearsay. Okay. They're not truths, these are actually lies. So, for example, they don't know
what the scripture actually says. What they know about the religion is just wishful thoughts.
They've never read the text. They've never understood it. They have never known it. And all they
know is stories they have heard from their scholars, they rely on their scholars, so they have
formed certain, you know, false concepts, invented beliefs that actually don't have any basis in the
Scripture. Okay. And especially, you know, this is true for people who claim to be adherence of the
		

			first and second testament, the Christians, any there are so many beliefs within Christian theology
that came about hundreds of years after he started his sunnah. And there is no real basis for that
theology within the text of the Scripture, even any these are just interpretations.
		

			They have heard from, you know, different people and they have formed that belief. And this is also
so true for the Muslims. Any you will see Muslims quoting things talking about things, you know
stories and things like that which have no basis in the Hadith, or in the Quran concepts which are
not true at all. You know, for example, yesterday someone was asking me that they were eating a
burger once and somebody criticized them that don't eat like this when you don't eat by biting the
food, you have to take a morsel of food in your hand, and then you put that in your mouth. And she
said, why? I mean, why is it wrong to eat like this? And they said that, you know, basically to use
		

			some analogy, they said dogs eat like this, right? So it's not a good thing. Islamically to eat in
this manner. So she was asking me that, okay, how do I eat a burger then? I'm like, Look, the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he used to eat meat by biting the meat off of the bone. We
learn about how I shall de la horn has said that she would take a piece of meat, all right, and she
would eat from it directly by biting. All right, and she would put it down and the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would pick up the same piece of meat, that same bone and then he would
eat, he would bite from the same place that I shall deliver more in her head, you know, taken a bite
		

			from. And she mentioned this to show that even when she was menstruating, the Prophet salallahu
Alaihe Salam would do that, which means that a menstruating woman Her body is clean, okay? Her mouth
is clean, her saliva is clean, because when you take a bite from somewhere, of course, your saliva
would be there, your mouth has touched it. So if the Prophet salallahu alayhi salam ate meat in that
way, that he's literally taking a big piece of meat and then he's taking a bite off of it. That
means you can eat a burger as well. So you see, there are false concepts within Muslims also, which
have no basis, no basis in the Quran, no basis in the Sunnah. And people think that, you know, by
		

			not eating a burger in that way, they're being righteous, right? Or by criticizing people who are
eating burgers, they're being righteous and there is no piety in that. Right, real piety is in doing
things which Allah and His Messenger have actually taught us. So we need to really question
ourselves that the beliefs that we hold, what are they rooted in? Just things we have heard, or
actual fact. So lie on ammonal Kitab Illa Amani, their religion is based on what wishful thoughts
that you know, we are the People of the Book, we are the children of the prophets. God loves us. And
so we can do whatever we want. Wishful thoughts and hearsay. Were in hum li alo known and they're
		

			only assuming they don't have conviction. They don't have your clean. And another interpretation of
the word Imani. IMANI also means tilava. Okay, recitation, in certain hedge. You know, it has
mentioned about how Alka Shaitan houfy Omni Yeti that Chopin attempts to interfere in the recitation
of the Prophet. Okay, so Omnia over there means recitation. So, Imani means recitations. All right.
Meaning all that they know about the book is just recitations. They only read the book, they only
recite the Scripture. They don't take it practically they don't apply to their lives. Why? Because
they don't really understand it. So there are people who will be dedicated to just the recitation of
		

			the Scripture. Okay, just the reading of the Scripture, but they're reading without any
understanding. And this is something again, we need to reflect over that, you know, sometimes we set
these targets for ourselves that I have to recite urges I have to recite to Jews, I have to recite
Surah Baqarah have to recite it or not, okay, recite, set those targets for yourself. But don't just
recite, mindlessly recite and reflect. And of course, you know, there are times when you just need
to, you know, for example, recite for the purpose of reviewing what you have memorized. So if you
start reflecting on every idea, every word, you will not be able to reach the end of the aisle even.
		

			So, in that case, at least, reflect over one or two things on each page. Okay, pause in your
recitation, and make the offer yourself related to what the IRS are saying. So just recitation
without reflection without comprehension is being criticized over here. And we need to be careful as
well. What inhome Ilayaraja known, they only assume for Wailer LilLah DNA Actonel Kitabi ad him so
what are those who write the Scripture with their own hands? Now, of course you write with your
hands, but when it's said that they're right with their own hands, this is emphasizing the fact that
they're forging the fact that they're fabricating. Right and then somebody
		

			coluna had me here in the lab and they say this is from Allah. Why do they do that leash, there will
be feminine Cadila in order to exchange it for a small price in order to gain some worldly petty
gain. Now, we learned that at the time of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe, salam, there was a
particular incident. There was a case of Xena. All right, and then what happened is that they wanted
the legal punishment for it. They came to the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam, he said, bring the
total out. What does the total I'd say? And they said something different to what the Torah actually
says. Meaning they gave a lighter punishment. So our beloved salaam Radi Allahu anhu, you know, he
		

			interjected over there. And he said, No, bring the total. Let's see what the total actually says
because he knew the Torah. Right. And then when they began reading it, the words which you know,
gave the exact punishment, they covered those words, they skipped over them. Okay. And then Abdullah
bin Salam, al de la Mourinho again, he interjected. And, you know, he made them read those words,
and so the truth was exposed. So the point is that, you know, they would attempt to change the
Scripture, alter the words, hide the words, and specifically what is meant by kitab. Over here, some
say that this is referring to the fatawa, the legal verdicts that they would give to their people in
		

			order to save them from legal punishments for the crimes that they were convicted off, because the
legal punishments in the Mosaic law are actually very, very severe, very severe, any, there is death
penalty for the person who violates the sanctity of the Sabbath, I read to you a few verses in our
previous class that show that, you know, the punishment for the person who violates the Sabbath is
death. Right? So think about it any the Mosaic Law is actually very, very strict. When they worship
the calf, they had to kill each other. Right? The punishment was death. For so many crimes, the
punishment is actually death. And if you read especially the book of Deuteronomy 20, it's kind of
		

			scary, can hate the penal law is very, very harsh. So of course, when you are applying that, you
know, it's going to be hard, people are not going to take that easily. So what would they do? They
would change it in order to please people and by pleasing people, right, when they would give them
an easy punishment, what would they gain some monetary gain some monetary benefit? All right. And
this is referring to the feminine kalila is referring to, you know, the income that they would make
the bride basically, right. So for awhile, Allahu Midmar Ketubot ad him wore to them for what their
hands have written well, while you look on my xe bone and woe to them for what they earn, any their
		

			crime is double. One is the fact that they've fabricate and second is the unlawful earning the bribe
the money that they have earned. So here in this aisle, we see that people who alter the religion of
Allah are being criticized people who change the word of Allah in order to please people in order to
please others in order to gain some worldly benefit. And they invent things in their religion, they
attribute that to God to make that more legitimate. And this has been criticized over here. Now one
thing that is really something we need to pay attention to water them for what their hands have
written, okay? If Allah subhanaw taala has given you the ability to write, be very, very careful,
		

			you are responsible for what you write, and be careful about what you write, what kind of words are
coming out of your hands, what kind of words is your pen writing? Is it you know, words that are
respectful, that are appropriate that Allah subhanaw taala that are acceptable before Allah or words
which are not acceptable before Allah? I remember once I had to write an assignment, which was on
the second testament, the book of Mark, and basically, you know, you had to show that Jesus is the
Son of God, okay. And of course, I do not believe that. And I did not want to establish that
argument. But you know, that, you know, in an academic setting, you can write for something against
		

			something as long as you, you know, present your argument, you present your proof, it will be
accepted. Now, the way that, you know, the essay was supposed to be structured, the instructions
that were given, if I, you know, established that Jesus is the Son of God, I could have written that
essay in half an hour, literally, it was not that difficult. But I did not want to write that.
Because, you know, this is Schick. Right? You know, I had to access so many different articles and
so many different, you know, explanations of that particular book of Mark, and, you know, it was
very challenging and Alhamdulillah
		

			I did manage to finally establish that Jesus is not the Son of God, even from the lens off the
gospel, it was hard, it was really difficult. It required a lot of effort, but I did not want to
write those words with my hand which some people wanted me to write, I did not want to write those
words. So we need to be careful about what we are writing, okay? Sometimes, you know, in a text
message, right, we will write things which are horrible, which are very, very rude. So be careful
when Allah subhanaw taala gives you a skill when Allah subhanaw taala gives you a certain strength,
a certain privilege, you have to use it responsibly. And teach this to your children as well to your
		

			siblings as well because you know, sometimes children will write things on the wall. They will write
things on the table. Sometimes children will write things in the washrooms stuff that hola and these
words are dirty words are inappropriate. We have to be careful because some people are being
punished for what their hands have written for whale oil and whale remember, one of the
interpretations is that it's referring to a certain place in jahannam. Kenny we have to be careful
about what we say with our mouths and also what we write with our hands will call to learn to
Messina now to enter a Jamar Duda. Now, remember their wishful thinking. Part of their wishful
		

			thinking is that they say that Never will the Fire touches except for a few days. So their false
belief is now being criticized, so called se ne respond to them that at the customer in the law here
I had done have you taken a covenant with Allah anywheres that evidence that you will not be
punished with * except for a few days follow up for Allah who are either if that is the case that
Allah has promised you then Allah will never break his covenant Allah will never go against he will
never go back on His covenant and Topo Luna and Allah He may Allah Tala moon or do you say about
Allah that which you do not know. So this is an example of how they would ascribe to Allah when he
		

			did not see what Allah did not reveal what Allah did not promise and they ascribe to Allah what they
do not know. And this assumption is also found in many Muslims. They say that because I'm a Muslim,
I'm from the home of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam Jana is for me Jana is guaranteed. Well,
yes, we should be hopeful. We should be hopeful but this does not mean that we go on committing sin
after sin and justifying it you know thinking that it's okay to you know, commit these sins that is
not correct. Bella min cassava ye attend what a helper to be huddly a two for Hola, Erica us halben
Na, Bella Yes, Min cassava say attend whoever earns evil, what a how to be healthy, and his sin has
		

			encompassed him. What does this mean? This is a very powerful description that is given over here.
First of all, Allah subhanaw taala is clarifying their false assumption. Right? They said that fire
will not touch us. Allah subhanaw taala says Bala No way can he what you believe is false. Because
men cassava say you attend whoever earns evil if someone earns evil and what is evil, a sin. Right
and even our basketball de la Mourinho and other Sahaba and other Mufasa rune they said This is shit
or Cofer. Right this is associating partners with Allah or disbelieving in something that one must
believe in. Like, for example, not believing in one of the books that Allah has revealed or not
		

			believing in one of the messengers of Allah. This is Cowfish. Right? So if someone has committed a
sin like this has earned an evil cassava, it's in his record, all right? And what the * that be
hotly to and his sin has encompassed him, because now that say that coffer will lead to what it will
lead to since all right, and the Sega specifically is sin, and shit will become a gateway coffer
will become a gateway to committing other sins, right? So because one thing leads to another, it
allows you to commit other sins. And what happens then is that the sin surrounds a person, it
encompasses him. And when a person is encompassed by something surrounded by something, what does it
		

			means they cannot escape? Right? They cannot escape. So what does it mean by this that their sin has
encompassed him? This means that first of all, their sin of Schick right off kufr has destroyed
their other good deeds, their good deeds will not be valid because of their schicke. Their good
deeds will not be valid because of their cover. You see where good deeds erase bad deeds. There are
certain sins
		

			Also that destroy good deeds. Remember this. So what are helpless to be healthy or to who his sin
has encompassed him? Meaning because of the Schick because of the cover, they will be trapped. Okay
on the Day of Judgment they will not be able to escape their good deeds will not rescue them. Their
good deeds will not save them their good deeds will not be enough for them because that one sin of
denying the messenger Sallallahu radiocentre is enough to destroy all of your good deeds. So what a
healthy healthy are two for all i cos Habana, they will be Companions of the Fire Humphrey holiday.
So this is talking about the Day of Judgment, okay, that on the Day of Judgment, literally their sin
		

			of Schick will encompass them. And secondly, this is understood as that in this world, okay? Their
sin has encompassed them, meaning they're surrounded by that sin, they're in that circle not coming
out. Because remember, the ship, the cover becomes a gateway for other sins. So one sin leads to
another which leads to another, meaning they're not repenting from it, okay? They're not repenting
from it. And if they're not repenting from it, then this means that they're not going to change,
they're not going to come out of it. And you see a helpless to be healthy or to who we can see this,
that one is that they do something wrong. And then they justify it, they are proud about it. Okay,
		

			they rejoice over it. And so they never repent, whatever, yeah, the villa. So such people will be
Companions of the Fire and they will be home for the holidays and they will abide there and
eternally. So wishful thinking will not save a person. And we really need to be honest with
ourselves because sometimes we justify our sins. Because we have wishful thinking. We think it's
okay. And we belittle since and then one thing leads to another, it leads to a greater sin, a much
more worse sin. And the Prophet sallallahu Ernest and warned us he said, Beware of the sins that are
belittled because they gather together right because when there are so many than what happens there
		

			enough to destroy a person and the Prophet salallahu oralism give an example. He said that the
example is like that of a people who camped somewhere, okay, and this land is empty, that's barren,
nothing is growing over there. And they want to light a fire. So each person goes and find some dry
piece of wood and when all of them returned, each person has brought in a one piece of wood so now
they have a pile of dry wood and that is enough to light a huge fire so just like that when a person
commits one sin well it's no big deal another sin no big deal another sin no big deal and now we're
worse in a worse in a greater sin. A healthier to be healthy. They're not repenting, they're not
		

			coming out of that trap. So for all i cos have been not homefree haha they don't well Larina ermine
who are middle Sally hurt but they who believe and do righteous deeds who like us? How will Jana
those are the people of Jana homefree her Holly don't they will abide there in eternally. So, what
is made clear over here that Amen needs to be proper right Eman means believing that all of the
prophets all of the books and then with Eman there should also be a masala there should also be
righteous action, not sin, righteous action. So, those people will be people of paradise and they
will abide there in eternally. So, Jana is not because or Salvation is not because you identify with
		

			a certain group you carry a certain label or you have certain assumptions paradise is with faith and
righteous action. May Allah subhanaw taala make us amongst the people of faith and people of
righteous action and Amin inshallah we'll conclude over here subclinical Lahoma behenic A shadow
Allah ilaha illa Anta Astok Furukawa to Lake wa salam or aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakato