Waseem Hendricks – Gems From The Quran. Juz 13

I Muhammad

Sallallahu, alayhi wa

Allah subhanahu, beautiful greeting, the greeting of Islam,

as well as the greeting of Jannah, Asmaa, Allah, Barakatu,

Alhamdulillah, Ramin, all praises due to Allah, Subhanahu wa taala,

we have absolutely no praise, as All praise belongs to Him, subhanu

wa taala. And by praising him, Allah subhanahu wa does not raise

in any way his rank. Whether Allah subhanahu wa can raise our rank in

order for us to encourage us to praise him, subhanAllah, he is the

Lord of the Worlds. He is the Lord of all creation. Everything that

exists can't exist, but only with the permission of Allah subhanahu

wa and that is why all praise belong to him, SubhanAllah. And

all praise has given us a beautiful opportunity, an

opportunity of a lifetime, which comes around once a year, the

month of Ramadan. It is by us. It is with us. What have we

contributed? Inshallah, where Allah grant us to be amongst those

who are successful, as we know that this is in one month whereby

every single day Allah subhanahu wa setting free from his slaves

and his creation from the hellfire. And may Allah grant us

to be from amongst those, and may we be amongst those whom the

Prophet salallahu sallam said amen to the DUA whereby Jibreel

arisalat was salam descended upon Him and said that the one who is

not forgiven by Allah subhanahu wa in this time, the month of

Ramadan, he is, he is cursed by Allah subhanahu wa in order for us

to reap the benefit of istita. For this is the middle part of the

month that time where we should, should engage so much in istifada

May Allah subhanahu wa 13 mashaAllah, one of the most

beautiful Surah of the Quran is Surah to Yusuf. And one of the

things that Nabi Yusuf Alayhi Salatu was salami mentioned is

kulhadi sabili Abu il Allah SubhanAllah. Nabi Yusuf alaihi

salatu wa salami mentions to his people. He said, This is my way. I

invite to Allah subhana wa Taala with inside, and this is where we

can take listen. How do we call to Allah subhanahu wa salaam was

there in illallah, in me, he called to Allah subhanahu wa

in a way which is with

wisdom, he did not call people to Allah subhanho wa Taala by forcing

them. Is Allah subhanahu wa makes it clear in the Quran that LA Iqra

deem that no, there's no compulsion in this deen of Allah

subhanho wa taala, you need to come if you want to enter into it,

you need to enter into into it. In totality, as Allah subhana wa

Taala speaks to the people of faith, that if you enter into this

faith, how should you enter with the kafa, with your entirety, with

your body, with your soul, with everything, with your knowledge,

you should hand yourself over to Allah subhana wa taala. And yeah,

similarly, Nabi Yusuf Araya Salah to assalamu mentions, and he says

that this is my way. I invite to Allah with insight. So when we

call to the path of Allah subhanahu wa, we need to think,

how are we going to impress somebody to see the Haq, the Haqq

of Islam, the Haqq of Allah subhanahu wa. So how do we do

this, Allah subhanahu wa, as we've mentioned, now, says that how

should we call to the path of Allah subhanahu wa, Sabil, Rabbi,

Kum Bill hikma, well, more idum Hasan, so we call with total

wisdom and haikma and with a proper way our conduct should be

correct and a beautiful conduct and character that we should

portray the way that the messengers of Allah used to do it.

Rasul sahab never thought thought bad about any human being, whether

it was who even his opponents, whether they were Abuja, whether

they were the lowest of the low of the kofar who made it very

difficult for us. He always had that yearning in his heart that

they should, should see the truth, and this should be our conduct. We

should always look at anybody with the potential of that person

looking at me and trying to see the truth through me. That is

extremely important in sha Allah, so let us be, let us take

cognizance of the fact, and Inshallah, let us be perfect in a

way, how we contact conduct ourselves, in order for others to

see the beauty of the deen of Allah subhanahu wa through our

actions. And then it is where Allah subhanahu wa mentions, and

this is an extremely beautiful ayah, masha Allah.

Where Allah subhanahu wa says, in Allah alaihiru Mabi ATO bin hatta

yora Mabi am for see him, Allah subhanahu wa says that, indeed,

Allah subhana wa Taala will not change the condition of a people

until they change what is within themselves. And this is so

important. You know, sometimes we feel that we can't do anything

because we are but one person, but Allah subhana wa Taala gives us

that beautiful hope that if you make that change within yourself,

and others see that change within yourself, they will yearn

inshallah and that can change nations. Look at the messenger,

sallAllahu sab he wasn't alone. Allah subhanahu wa taala gave him

a task, a task which looked to him, impractically impossible. How

can you change a nation that bury their own children alive, a nation

that don't see what is halal from what is haram, a nation that did

what they so wish they regarded females as being absolutely the

lowest of the low. But here one person came, and Allah subhanahu

wa taala granted him through his character, through his beautiful

conduct, through his trustworthiness, through every

single action of himself. People used to love him so much that they

trusted him with the entire body, with the entire soul, with the

entire being, everything that they possess, they will put in his

hand, and they trusted him as much as that SubhanAllah. How many of

us can actually say that, if somebody look at me now, that they

will completely put their trust in me and know that I will not be of

those who will break their trust Allah subhanahu wa salaam being

the one Allahu Akbar that one day an elderly lady, she was going to

leave town because of who, because of this man, Rasulullah Muhammad,

sallAllahu sallam, who is now coming and teaching a new

religion. This lady is now leaving. She's leaving. She's

leaving the city. And now what happened? The Prophet Salla Salam

came across and asked her, Why are you leaving? And she said, I'm

leaving because of such and such a person. You know, he's preaching

all this, and I can't take this anymore. I'm going to leave the

city. And she she left, and the Prophet sallam was the one that

helped and aided because she had baggage, and he carried it for her

for the entire way. And imagine, for that entire way, his Salam is

yearning. And listening to the story which this lady is telling

about him, who is causing so much havoc in her community, in

society, and when they reach their point, subhanAllah the point of

destination. And she said, Yo, young man, you are so humble, and

I can see mashaAllah, you've got very good character and very good

ways. What is your name? And the Prophet Salla Salam, he then

approached her by saying that I am that very same person that you

were speaking about throughout this entire journey, and what

happened? SubhanAllah? She turned around and she changed her mind by

saying that, if you are that person and you are so humble and

you have such beautiful conduct

and character, then Muhammad, can we imagine, just through

character, he did not retaliate, he did not say anything bad, but

this woman was slighted in him and speaking ill about him, not

knowing him. Subhanallah, this is who we should be. This is our

conduct. We can make a change if we make a change within ourselves.

We're not selfish. We're not the one to to pass the brain to

anybody else but ourselves and inshaAllah. Through that conduct,

Allah will give us beautiful character. The Prophet sallallahu,

Islam came with the best commodity. And what is that? He

said, Boris tuli utami, mamakari malakah that I came to perfect

character to teach you how to manage character properly. And he

indeed is uswatu, hasana, Allah, subhana wa Taala mentioned to us

that he is the best and the greatest of examples. Let us

follow his example. Inshallah. And what will happen? We will have the

best, the best of lives. We will have contentment in our hearts. We

will have Subhanallah, that taste of sweetness on our tongue, but

our actions on our body. We will yearn to meet Allah subhanahu wa,

and I end up with this whereby Allah subhanahu wa is the one that

says in the Hadith, could see then the one who loves to meet me, man

AHA Balika, Allah, the One who loves to meet Allah subhanahu wa,

Allah subhanahu wa and whoever dislikes, who does not want to, he

tries to escape the ways of meeting Allah subhanahu wa.

Indeed, Allah subhanahu wa does not want to beat such a person as

well. May Allah protect us from this. It has been the lovers of

Allah. Our ultimate goal is to reach Allah. Our ultimate goal is

to witness Allah, Subhanahu wa in the best of abodes, which is

Jannah. May Allah grant us all Jannah to fit those who are

sacrifices, Amina, Rabbul, anim, and from now on, we'll make the

effort and that sacrifice in order to taste the sweetness of Imam. We

will try to make the change within ourselves inshallah and Allah

subhanahu wa, small, little change, change within ourselves.

Allah subhanahu wa, change nations, Inshallah, Barak, Allahu,

Akbar alhamdulillahi, assalamu, Alaikum.