Taimiyyah Zubair – Taleem al Quran 2021 J02-022C Tafsir Al-Baqarah 164

			Now what are the evidences that there is only one God? Well look at the next idea. Allah subhanaw
taala says in a few hulky summer, what you will, indeed in the creation of the skies and the earth,
walk to laffy Layli, one AHA and in the alternation of the night and the day, and then the ships,
and then the rain, and then the revival of the earth, and then how Allah has scattered creatures all
over the earth, and how Allah causes the wind to change, and the clouds that are suspended between
the sky and the earth, there are in all of this is the Comey Yorklyn look at the end of the eye,
there are signs for a people who use reason, meaning people who use reason, people who use their
		

			mind, who make the connections, right, who observe these things, who reflect on them, they are able
to make that connection that all of these things exist, because there is only one God, if there were
multiple gods, this would not be possible, if divine attributes were divided, okay, or there was a
being that is not all powerful, and all evil and all knowing, then all of this would not exist, it
would not be possible for all of this to exist. So basically, in this verse, we are being invited to
reflect, to not just look at the creation around us, but to stop and reflect, to do to fucker, enter
the bush, right? And to reflect on the verses of the Quran or to reflect on the signs of the
		

			creation. Remember that this is actually an act of worship for which we are rewarded. And every
single one of us deserves to reflect on the creation, any This is not just for people who are
studying to become doctors or to become researchers or to become geologists or, you know, to study
different sciences, etc. To become climate activists. This is for every believer, every believer
must have a share in difficult enter the Buddha. Okay, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
before prophethood, what do we learn, he would go to the cave, and he would get to Hannahs for
multiple nights, meaning he would just remain in devotion and contemplation, and he would dedicate
		

			worship to the Creator. And he would do this for multiple nights in a row. You know, Khadija de la
hora, and how would prepare food for him and he would take it, and he would stay in the cave away
from people. Because reflection is something that you cannot always do with people around you. You
need time alone. You need time away from people in order to reflect. Because when you're with
people, what happens? First of all, you're conscious of the fact that you're not alone. People are
there. And when people are around you, that means they might need you. You might need them they
might say something that will interrupt your thoughts. So every single believer deserves to spend
		

			time contemplating, we see about Ibrahim alayhis salam in Surah Maria Maya 48 He said what our
Thursday LUCAM he said I will leave you all meaning his family, right in Soto and Jeremiah 75. We
learn what Canary Canary Ibrahima Mallacoota Sarwat you will. Allah subhanaw taala showed Ibrahim
alayhi salam, different signs within the dominion of the skies in the earth. So he saw the sun he
saw the moon he saw the star, etcetera. And he reflected, we learn about Medea or his salaam
insolate Maria Maria 16 Even tuber that mean Alia McCann and Sharqiya that she also retreated away
from her family to an Eastern place so that she would be alone. And there was a screen between her
		

			and the rest of the people. So she would be alone in contemplation and in worship. And the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam his example is the best. How did he teach us to reflect on these things?
And to you know, spend that time in introspection, and in reflection, you do that, especially when
you worship Allah subhanaw taala because when you're praying Salah you don't talk to people, people
don't talk to you. You don't look here, you don't look there. You cannot check your email. You
cannot be watching anything on mute. Right? It's just you and your thoughts. Right? You're talking
to Allah. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam so often in a he would be found praying in the
		

			night, especially after his family would go to sleep. And he would be making Dora Allah who will
fiddly Allah forgive me. And we learned that once I shall deliver on her she mentioned how the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was with her and then she woke up and he wasn't there. So she
went to look for him in the night. Or rather she found him late.
		

			Leaving. So she followed him. She went after him. And where did the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam go, he went to Alba Pierre, the graveyard. And he was making dua for the deceased that were
buried over there. So the prophets of Allah who Ernie he was salam, he would spend time alone, in
reflection in prayer. And this is something that we also need to do, we need to exercise that as
well. This doesn't mean that we cut off from people and for days, we are gone on a retreat, we're
locked up in our room. We don't talk to people know, every day, five times a day, you get a chance
to spend time alone with Allah subhanaw taala. So honor that time and use that time well, and allow
		

			yourself to just you know, sometimes look out the window, look at the sky, look at the trees, look
at the effect of the wind, the rain, and reflect. Because if we don't reflect, we will remain
superficial and shallow. We won't be people of depth. So here specifically signs are mentioned signs
and what first of all, he Hulk is somewhat evil in the creation of the skies in the earth, meaning
how Allah subhanaw taala has brought them into existence. And think about it any there's so many
planets that exist so many stars that exist within the universe, but from what we know life exists
only on the earth, any different planets that are within our galaxy that we can't live there, and
		

			how obsessed we are with space travel, that we want to explore life beyond the Earth. And we're not
paying attention to how we are damaging this beautiful earth that ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada has created
for us. So think about how the skies and the earth were brought into existence, how they function,
what their contents are, what their form is, and how beautiful their appearance is, in total mbi 30
Allah subhanaw taala says I welcome your Latina Kufa who Anisimova fuel opera Canada retcon FurFur
takuna Houma that Have those who disbelieved not seen that the skies in the earth were one entity
and then we separated them both we separated them and that is how we brought the skies in the earth
		

			into existence, which are aluminum, equalise che in high and made from water every living thing, a
follow up, no will they not believe. So reflect on the origin of the skies in the earth, how Allah
subhanaw taala brought them into existence, the fact that there was a time when they did not exist,
Allah brought them into existence, and how the Earth is ever changing and the sky is ever changing.
And then look at the vastness of the sky. Right, it's layers. And remember, there are seven skies,
in certain Mulk Ayah three and four most print artist says Allah the Halacha savara cMoy Tim Tebow
balca, the one who has created seven skies in layers, and we are only able to perceive and have
		

			access to the first or rather the lowest sky. Okay, because in order to go beyond this level, you
have to go through a gateway, we learned that when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam went for
the Night Journey slot when Mara Lodge, he was taken to a gate. All right. And then, you know, there
was an angel appointed at that gate. And that angel asked Who is it Gibreel responded, it is Jabril.
And the angel asked who is with you? He said Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has he been
called? He said yes. And then the gate was opened. So we're not able to go beyond the first or
rather the lowest sky that summer or dunya without going through that gate. So imagine now that how
		

			vast how vast space this universe is. And this is literally just the first sky, just the first sky.
And then there's actually seven skies. How massive is this creation? how huge it is? Any Allah is
the maker, the creator of a summer worth you will earth this is no ordinary thing. And then the
creation of the skies in the earth, you need the way that they have been created. It's not random.
It's not random. Anything about how within the sky within space in either so many great stars was
somehow either through BlueJ and the stars, the sun, the moon, galaxies, even what's happening,
they're moving into there yet I have seven Allah's puntata says was summer either till hubback The
		

			sky containing pathways and those pathways we cannot see. But what
		

			What that means is that whatever is moving within space is not moving at random. It's going on each
entity each celestial body is going on its designated path. Right as we learn that coulomb fee fell
akin yes but whom that each is going on its orbit. In surah trc nya 40 We learned that each is going
on its orbit and they don't collide with one another. So for example, let's shim so yum Bella and to
decal Kumar, what Elena Saba could not, it is not possible for the sun to catch up with the moon, in
the sense that to collide with the moon, any there is a time when each of these things will cease to
exist, right what Jumeirah shumsa will cover the sun and the moon will be combined together will be
		

			brought together. And yes, there are times when you know certain stars or certain galaxies, they do
come to an end. We learned in pseudo duckweed, I have 15 and 16 about Unharness, el Jawaharlal
Kunis, the retreating stars, those that run their courses, and then disappear, the black holes in it
think about firstly, how massive they are. And then the fact that they're not moving within space at
random. All of this is a sign that there is a being that brought them into existence. And then he
knows about them, he knows about them, he is looking after them. He has created them in a very
specific way to study anything about space, anything about stars, and you need knowledge of physics.
		

			And what is that numbers, formulas, any very specific things. So when everything is so specific, how
could all of this exist without a creator? How? And how could all of this exist without someone who
is closely watching over them and taking care of them? And if there is a being, and there's
definitely a being who has made all of this news, carefully watching over all of this, controlling
all of this, imagine his knowledge, his power, and His mercy, His mercy? He, what is the function of
the sun? For example? How is it benefiting planet Venus or Mars or Jupiter or any other planet
within the galaxy, and there is no life over there. Life is on earth, we are the ones who are
		

			benefiting from the light of the sun from the heat of the sun, the particular distance we are at
from the sun. What does that show the Mercy of Allah subhanaw taala on us on the inhabitants of the
earth. Right. So in the Hawker center were to well out. And now think about how Allah Subhana Allah
has created the earth. Look at how vast the earth is for us. Right even though the earth in
comparison to the universe is so tiny. But for us, it's so vast, we have long bucket lists, we have
dreams of places we want to visit just within our own country, or the province that we live in. And
we want to travel to all of these places. Allah subhanaw taala tells us and sort of cough is seven
		

			one of them other than air and the earth we have spread it out. And then within the earth, how Allah
subhanaw taala has created different types of soils, even different colors. So for example, in sort
of the word I have for Allah's Pantera says we'll fill out of the guitar Omata Jawi, rots in the
earth, there are neighboring pieces of land, and he they're different. They're continuous one next
to the other. But if you look at for example, sand, I remember I lived in Karachi Pakistan for many
years and we would visit different beaches, right? You'd go to one beach, the sand over there is
like light brown, almost orange, you go to another beach, the sand over there is gray. And then you
		

			see the same Arabian Sea alright but different beaches that it touches. The sand over there is of
different colors. So get on with the job a lot. And then the Earth is not all sand. There is also
mud and mud we know is not all the same color. You go to Africa different parts of Africa. Very
beautiful rich color. You go to Canada at least where I live, it's very dark in color. All right. So
with our Mocha Java dot there is soil that is so fertile soil that is not fertile. And Allah
subhanaw taala mentions about how you stop the mat in where hidden that you know the same water is
given to the earth. But then each part of the earth girls something different, wonderfully Lubar
		

			Allah Allah Berlin, Phil local, and we favor some plants over others in flavor in
		

			Taste you're growing basil for example in your backyard your brother's growing basil in his
backyard. Yours Masha Allah very fragrant, beautiful leaves very flavorful his not so much what's
the difference? Both of you give water alright both of you have planted in soil, but one the soil is
better the sun is better you know so overall the produce is better. So the variety the variation
that Allah subhanaw taala has kept within the earth and sort of the fact that I have 27 Allah
subhanaw taala mentions when we know the valley Judah don't build on our homegrown mock telephone
Alwan hoo ha Wahhabi will suit that even within the mountains right there are those mountains with
		

			you know white stripes or red and then some are very dark in color. And you go to Saudi if you
travel between Makkah and Medina you see mountains that are any so dark in color, and with nothing
on them just rock. So, this variation in the earth, and then the fact that the earth is such that we
can live on it, we can build on it we can cultivate, we can travel in surah Taha if 53 of us panel
Tara says Allah the Darla can will other than the one who has made the earth a cradle for you. And
if you think about a cradle a cradle is supposed to be a place where the baby safe. So just like
that the Earth you're safe in here in the sense that this is a place that allows parents Allah has
		

			made habitable for you you can survive over here you can live over here. Even though when you dig
deep into the earth, there's lava or around the earth there are so many dangerous things that could
destroy a life on Earth, but still the earth is habitable for you. Well, Seneca comfy has stolen and
Allah's pound Tata has inserted for you paths within the earth, so you can travel from place to
place. So in Nephi Holcus summer what you will help in the creation of the skies in the earth how
Allah subhanaw taala has raised the sky so high, how vast it is how organized and flawless perfect
it is, and the earth. Look at how it's so stable for us. And it allows life to exist and then it's
		

			also beautiful. And then secondly, walk the leveleleven Maha in the if the laugh of the night and
the day meaning in how they differ from one another. The night is dark, the day is bright the night
is for rest, the day is for work, darkness of the night, it causes you to become sleepy, the
brightness of the day causes you to feel alert in the night. The way that you can sleep in the night
is not even comparable to daytime sleep. There is a huge difference. If the laffy lejana hot and
each plays a different roles the night plays a different role the day plays a different role. Each
brings us a different benefit. The night is cool, the day is it can be hot, or vice versa, depending
		

			on the climate. And the place you are in. Also think about they're different in terms of length,
sometimes the night is long, the day is short, right? And that affects your mood, your temperament.
So if the laughing lejana hmm. And then if the laugh also means their succession, right there
alternation that how one goes in the other comes in sort of taquito 1718 Allah subhanaw taala says
we're Laylee either us us was super heavy that manifests and by the night as it closes in, and by
the dawn when it breeds the morning when it breeds any the night comes to an end and the day comes
in. In total hadith is six Allah subhanaw taala says you really do lay left in the hallway, you need
		

			to know how often late Allah causes the night to enter into the day, and he causes the day to enter
into the night. Any you causes this succession to happen very gradually. It's not like a light
switch that all of a sudden, any second, okay, the sun has set now we're in pitch black. No, it
doesn't work like that. The light of the day gradually disappears, and the night comes in. And then
the darkness of the night also gradually disappears, and the day comes in. So the difference in the
night and the day the alternation of the night and the date and the fact that you know, this is
something that we expect this is a very reliable schedule. There is a routine over here and that
		

			also affects us. Even though any we know that the night is going to replace the day the day's going
to replace the night. They're not stagnant in this routine. The length of the night keeps changing
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			is changing throughout the year but that is also predictable so what the leveleleven haha this is
not happening at random and then willful killed at the third refill Buhari Bhima Yun Pharaoh NAS and
the ships that sail in the sea carrying what benefits people in total McMinnville, nya 22, Allah
subhanaw taala mentions where I lay her while full keto balloon upon the camels, and also upon the
ships, you all are carried. Alright, meaning you're able to travel over water on these ships. And
this is amazing, because water technically you put something on it, it's going to sink, but not
everything syncs. Right, there's things that float. So how amazing Allah subhanaw taala has made the
		

			water that yes, certain things will sink in it. Like for example, if you drop a needle, it's going
to sink. But if you have a massive ship, massive ship that is way heavier, that is way bigger than a
needle, it's not going to sink, it's going to float. And because it floats, we're able to travel far
off places. And for the longest time people relied on sea travel even now this is a luxury, right?
But you see what is mentioned over here specifically the ships carry what benefits people any food
equipment, building materials, clothing, fuel, books, any so many things are still transported
overseas because it's far more cost effective. Right? So who is enabling who is causing all of this,
		

			even today 90% of world trade is carried by sea because it's cheaper and it's faster. And then the
next thing is we're not under allah Hamina sama ima infer here because of our demo to the water that
Allah subhanaw taala sends down from the sky that revives the earth and this water comes in
different forms right and so to remove me noon I have 18 Last parenthesis and Zelda Amina sama EMA
and be covering for Eska now who fill up We sent down water from the sky in a certain measure
certain quantity any the amount of rain that falls again, that amount is not random, the place that
it falls that is not random. There is a certain measure first can now fill up and then we cause that
		

			water to stay in the earth in rivers and lakes in icebergs literally for us can now fill up we're in
our I love the heaven below called the rune and we are fully able to take that water away from you.
So water that falls down from the sky. And we think that we have such advanced ways of irrigation
having clean accessible water, but we still depend on rain a lot, a lot. Any there are so many parts
of the earth think about California in a way if it doesn't rain for long and yes, it does not rain
that often. Look at how beautiful that part of the Earth is. But still there are parts of it which
are struck by drought, trees are disappearing and then fire after fire. Allahu ukla any This is a
		

			sign. So the water that Allah sends down from the sky and then in particular that water which
revives the earth sometimes literally there is one rainfall and the land turns green in Surah to
Siena, 33. Last parenthesis what I had to learn will herbal Mehta to a hyena will originaire mean
her husband for men who yell cologne assigned for them is the dead land, which we bring back to
life. And then we cause to come out of it grain from which they eat. All right. So the revival of
the Earth is something that we depend on for our survival. And then the next thing is the creatures
that are spread all over the earth. Woba Fie, Hammond Kalida. And literally any part of the world
		

			you go to, there's something that lives over there, something that exists over there, any inspite of
how extremely hot it is, or how extremely cold it is, there is something or the other that lives
over there, in the coldest and the most hottest of places. It's amazing. I mean, think about how
penguins go all the way to the North Pole. They gather over there, they lay their eggs over there
and then they protect them they guard them and then Subhan Allah and he how in minus 80 degrees
Celsius. How astonishing that how Allah subhanaw taala provides for every creature in different
parts of the earth. In total and Jeremiah 38 Allah subhanaw taala says woman in DAB button fill all
		

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			Law in Euclid. rubiginosa, haihe illa amomum I'm salcombe that there is no moving creature on the
earth and no bird that flies with its wings. Except that these are all communities like you. Right
meaning just as Allah has created you, Allah has created them. Allah provides for you, Allah
provides for them into adulthood is six Allah Subhana Allah says we're mum and dad but in fill or
the Illa Allah, Allah He does owe her. There is no creature on the earth except that on Allah is the
duty to provide for it. So Allah subhanaw taala provides these creatures, how do they live? You
know, if you have a pet at home, sometimes you lose track of, you know, the food supply, right? All
		

			of a sudden you realize you're on the last packet, you're on the last can and then you have to run
to the grocery store, buy food. And you know, you have to feed it in the morning in the afternoon,
the evening. You have a schedule. It's exhausting. Exhausting, right? But look at how many creatures
there are on the earth. And Allah subhanaw taala provides for them.
		

			Then the alternation of the winds. What are three for Leah how sometimes the wind is a wind that
brings the Wrath of Allah, the punishment of Allah, it's destructive. And then there is wind that
brings the Mercy of Allah because it brings rain and relief into the rigid Ayah 22 Allah subhanaw
taala says we're out of seminary Yeah, hello, welcome. And we are the ones who send the fertilizing
winds into it more Surrett while Musella to rofa philosopher theosophy one Nash Latina Shara and how
the winds becoming gust after gust and how sometimes they've come so violently right into that yet
with that end that the winds that scattered fall, how melotti will crawl and the winds that carry
		

			heavy weight, any look at the heavy clouds that winds are transporting from one place to the other
for Algeria to use straw and the winds that blow so smoothly, so easily. into to that yet I have
4142 We learn about a Riehle Hakim, the Baron wind that literally brought death and destruction to
the people of odd that it wouldn't touch anything except that it made it like brittle bones, that it
destroyed everything in its path. So with the serif area, and then, you know, the wind, we depend so
much on it for trade for travel for, you know, weather reports Subhanallah with a serif India, and
then what's the haben Musa Hudy been a summer he will the clouds that are subjected within the sky
		

			and the earth, meaning they are suspended within the sky and the earth. They're not allowed to just
float away into the space and then the water just goes away? No, they remain within the range that
they're supposed to be in. And how these clouds come together. Allahu Akbar in surah. To note I have
43 Allah subhanaw taala mentions LM Tara and Allah her use G Sahaba. And some may you Ellie for
Boehner who so Maya Angelou, who will karma Do you not see that Allah drives the clouds, then he
brings them together. Then he makes them into a mass. And then you see the rain emerge from within
it. And He sends down from the sky, from mountains, any clouds that appear to be like mountains,
		

			they're so tall, and literally some of these clouds can be as tall as mountains. So what comes down
from these really tall clouds, hail, and that hill, Allah subhanaw taala causes it to fall wherever
he wants, and he protects whoever he wants from that hill. And with such storm clouds, sometimes
there's also lightning So with regard to lightning, you can do center burpee Yes, how will bill
absorb the flash of lightning would almost take away the vision of people in South Florida I have 12
We learned about a Sabbath the call that Allah subhanaw taala causes heavy clouds to be brought into
existence and to move from one part to the other. This is not happening at random. Was Sahaba Musa
		

			hurry bein a sama it will add in all of this there are a yachtie Not just one sign but many signs
many lessons become ERP alone. But these lessons can only be for people who understand who study
these things, reflect on these things, and who make the connection that there is someone behind all
of this in sort of cafe 38 Allah subhanaw taala mentions that he has created the skies in the earth
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			Teague even touched us, any Allah subhanaw taala did not get tired on creating the skies in the
earth. The Bible says that God rested on the seventh day. That is not true. Allah subhanaw taala
created the skies in the earth in six days as we learn, and will mama Santa may lube, we also
learned in another place where Lemuria resulting in a loss Panatela did not get tired on creating
them. So whether it is the upper world, the Higher World, within the skies, or beyond where the
angels are, and where paradise is, or it is the lower world, the earth where we are, and all of
these have been created by Allah, and he knows everything that's happening within them. And he's
		

			taking care of everything that exists within them, and he hears you and he knows you. He cares about
you, He is merciful to you. And he think about it, you in comparison to this whole universe are what
nothing, any nothing Subhan Allah, but Allah subhanaw taala hears you when you call upon him. He
answers you when you talk to him. So yes, he is a Rahman Rahim. He is the Most Merciful. So now when
we know this about Allah, that he is the only God he is the only one who has brought all of this
into existence. What does that mean? That means that we should dedicate all of our worship to Allah
alone. And that means that we should love Allah subhanaw taala the most