Yahya Rhodus – Our Relationship the Quran #14
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Salah more ALLAH because
ALLAH more Allah Smilla Rahmanir Rahim Al hamdu lillah wa salatu
salam ala Rasulillah while early here or soccer me here woman why
Allah may Allah subhanaw taala buses all with a strong
relationship with his book Subhana wa Tada and boost us up to move up
in the degrees of reflection and contemplation and may Allah
subhanaw taala remove the lock from our hearts is preventing us
from greater understanding of his book Tabata go Tada.
We are have now reached the sixth interact of Quranic recitation.
And we'll get right into it today we like to add and the beginning
of next class we'll review all six that we've discussed before.
Inshallah we finished number six today. Move on to number seven.
Number six is to Hallie and Melania and firm
and this can be translated as avoiding the preventatives of
understanding
ridding yourself bypassing the various obstacles that come in
your way that prevent you from understanding and so even more as
it introduces this concept and then he's going to list for four
different preventatives that you and I need to be aware of, so that
we can focus on our recitation, contemplate and receive its
blessings. So it says For enacted UNECE monument Mohammed Quran Yes,
Babin will heard you have been asked Alicia Tanana kuruva him.
The vast majority of people have been prevented from accessing
understanding the meanings of the Quran. Due to certain causes in
veils that shippon has placed over their hearts
for Amiata, Aleem Ijebu Surah Al Quran they've been unable to see,
and they've been blinded from the wonders of the secrets of the
Quran as a result. And then he quotes again the hadith of our
Prophet satellites. And he quotes this in more than one place in his
book, The Halal Medina, Lola in a shelter in your hormone adequate
of any Adam, or not to be that the shale teen, the demons are
circling around the heart of the son of Adam, none of the
elemental, Kuta Summit, they would have looked at the dominion of the
heavens.
And then he says what my added Koran min Joomla 10 meta quotes,
the meanings of the Quran can be considered to be from the medical
route, he's going to explain what the medical says. So you have the
milk and the metal coat. And in this sense, you could juxtapose
one to the other the milk is the Dominion the scene realm was the
medical route is the unseen realm. And this is what he says could
Luma haba and how us everything that is beyond the realm of the
sensory that your senses aren't able to perceive. Willem EudracT
Illa we know that was zero, and it is not perceived except with the
light of inner sight for whom in a minute quote, that is what we say
is from the Melkote. Or you could just simply say the unseen realm.
So he says we're 100 fell out of ah, there are four veils of
understanding hindrances, obstacles preventatives.
What Aloha. The first is going to relate to how it is that we recite
the Quran. He says in your corner and Hamlin study, find it at
Delphi get a hold of the raja mean Mahadasha is that one's concern.
And here he means one is overly concerned about pronouncing the
letters correctly, and making sure that each one has emanated from
its Makara. From its point of articulation. No doubt this is a
great thing. No doubt this is one of the ways the Quran has been
preserved. The way that we know in great detail exactly where every
letter is articulated in our mouth, and sometimes even down
into the throat. However, to overly focus on it to be so
preoccupied with that, that someone does not reflect upon the
meanings of what it is that they're reciting. This, of course,
is blameworthy. And so he says, to have your concern solely be how
you are pronouncing Allah's book. And to Overleaf focus upon that.
This is the first hijab affirm the first veil of understanding. Now I
will say when someone learns how to
recite, and one is still, for instance, for non auto learning
how to read the Arabic language. At first, there's going to be
difficulty you're going to actually have to focus on the
actual reading portion. But the hope is if you place enough energy
in and you try hard enough that eventually you'll be able to read
relatively easily. And then once that's the case, you can focus
more upon the meaning as opposed to your the recitation of the
actual that how you're reading. So he says here what How'd they get
the well they have the whole ship on Wilkie level Cora Lea sort of
them and for him only can amela. And so Siobhan is the one who is
preoccupying them with this, getting them to focus on this. And
this is one of the primary problems of the Cora, which is the
plural of a cada which is a Quran reciter. So the Quran reciters
might fall into this more than other people. But in reality,
everyone could fall into this, where we place overly focus upon
how it is that we recite outwardly.
And we say overly focused, because we'd already spoken about the
memos that he himself said that we should recite with toteal. He
already told us that we should adorn our recitation. So he's not
against that. But we have to put everything in its proper place.
So this diverts them from the meanings of the Quran, the more
the outward way that the Quran is recited is focused on. So then he
says for Elias Allah minimum at a 30 They'll have the shape and
we'll get them to repeat a letter multiple times you how you lay
him, making them imagine no lamb Yahushua and Maharaja may getting
them to imagine that Oh, he didn't pronounce that letter correctly.
It didn't it wasn't it did not emanate from its points of
articulation. For her the owner to Amana homak surah Allah Maha haruf
This person doesn't have to unload. They don't ponder upon the
meaning because they are solely focused upon the outward for
Annette and cash of non money. How could meanings be unveiled to him
when this is his state? Well, I'll get the Nishan shaytaan min Kana
multi any method you had little beasts that this is from the
greatest of people that ship on laughs at the one who that follows
his best brains in relation to this way of deception.
So the first one is overly focusing on how it is that we
recite and again, what we want is a balanced course of action where
we learn how to recite, we put energy in, but then when it comes
to the actual recitation, while yes, we still try to recite
correctly. Of course, you don't place too much focus upon that.
You tried to move from your outward recitation to the meaning.
And then he mentioned the second one that he had, and your corner
more Khalida animal heaven similar with Jacqueline WA, Gemma de la.
And here he was speaking about someone who has learned a
particular way of doing things, I'm going to take a bit of poetic
license and how I translate this.
He's learned things in a very particular way. And what he means
here is a person of knowledge, they've learned that this is the
correct position for something, this is the way that you do
something. And he says that this way of doing things has become
firmly rooted within him.
And he becomes fanatical about it.
And he refuses to even consider that there's another way of doing
things. And it's not possible to even have crossed his mind that
there's another valid particular way.
And even if it crosses his mind, very quickly, he gets back to his
initial way of seeing things. Now, while in some ways there is safety
in this because someone can remain firm, whatever it is that they're
on, hopefully, it's something of that relates to the truth.
However, it does prevent someone from understanding and as we will
see, knows, it will speak up the heart as a mere. And this
fanaticism and unwillingness to understand that there is a way to
understand what it is that we understand beyond the way that we
understand presently, it can value and for you to think that there's
only this outward dimension of it. This is the only way to understand
it. If we're so fixated on that, that we don't allow for an
unveiling to take place that will never experience what is actually
possible to experience at the level of the heart.
So this is obviously something that is blameworthy. And he said
is for this reason some of the righteous said, in a job, that
knowledge can be a veil. Knowledge, of course, is of the
utmost importance. He memos that he began his very work that he's
quoting the statement in with the book of knowledge. But knowledge
can also avail someone, if they are not careful. It can veil them
from a higher reality. And what he meant was that he says here
specifically, he means in relation to belief that someone is taken
through tuck lead.
And they've heard their teachers speak about it, that becomes their
belief, and they refuse to think that somehow, there could be
another way. And they refuse to think that somehow there could be
a another way of even viewing something or some other reality.
So this is one of the veils. And he says about that.
mL mL hochiki. True Knowledge is what led the whole cash, one Moshe
had been audible Sera. It is real knowledge, true knowledge
is unveiling and witnessed with the light of inner sight.
And so it's good for us to know this, even if we're not
experiencing it.
And it's better for us to frequent the company of those who are
experiencing it. And better yet, we take a path whereby which we
work on ourselves and put the Sharia into practice so that we
experience it. May Allah to Allah, bless us to always be one of four
people.
You either want to be someone teaching the dean, or you want to
be someone learning the dean, or you want to be someone helping
those who are teaching and learning. And if you're unable to
do any of those three, you're not a teacher, you're not a student,
and you're not someone that can help them either with your wealth,
or volunteer or in some other way.
Don't go beyond the fourth, which is to love them. Love people who
are teaching the deen love people who are learning the deen love
people who are supporting those who are teaching and learning the
deen. And Allah to add has given everyone an opportunity to enter
into one of those four, everyone can do at least one of those four.
And better yet, we can do two of them or even three of them. And so
that the more that we move up in those ranks, the more reward that
we receive from Allah subhanho wa taala. So he says, for k for your
corner, hijab and woman to hand Mattila
waha, the targeted cardio cone vaulting. And so then he goes into
say that how this blind imitation, where you learn directly from your
teachers, and that's it, you don't allow yourself to even think about
anything else, it could be false, or it could even be true.
And both could be veils, even when that totally is true. And you're
not misguided. So misguidance, of course, if one is based upon duck
laid is obviously a problem, and it will fail you.
But even if one believes is true,
and unfortunately, you still find this in the Muslim community. And
I think oftentimes it stems from someone who's not secure in what
they're in. If you're secure in your faith, you won't feel a need
to speak bad about other people or refute other people.
To prove to yourself that you're on the truth, if you're that
confident of the truth, yes, that there might be times where you
correct wrong. And you explain to people that have misunderstood,
but you you don't feel the need to do so. And you only do so when you
need to do so. But there are some people that are insecure
internally. And the only way they feel comfortable is if they bash
other people. And that could be within their deen or they can be
beyond their Deen
Are you and I have to be firm in our faith and recognize we have a
higher purpose. In and of ourselves. We should be seeking
closest to Allah to Allah and we should be helping people around us
to do the same. We have purpose, and we should be living with
purpose while we are here on Earth. So even if it's a true
belief that we've taken from our teachers, why are you denying that
there's other ways of doing things? And why are you denying
that there's a possibility of something higher?
So I'm sure there's still questions that some people might
have in their mind. And this topic is an important one that would
require us to go into more detail, but we will suffice ourselves with
that, other than to finish
saw what he says here. So, even if it's true, it could still prevent
him from understanding the meanings and from having an
unveiling. Now, the NL haka did equally for Hellcat Ricardo Murata
with the Raj at the truth that
Allah subhanaw taala data has made us legally responsible to believe
there's degrees in it. And it has a map that and as a beginning
point, it has a large outward aspect and will hold on Balton and
it has inward depths to it as well.
And he says, well, Jamal, the company at allottee Yumna minute
well suited and Holden Walton
and restricting oneself to the outward dimension.
It prevents someone from reaching the inner depths. And he says that
just as we've mentioned, the difference between an InMail Lucha
and Balton outward knowledge and inner knowledge in the book of
Hakkoda which is the second book of the year on a machine
and so Jimbo, the topic some people aren't even open to even
considering that there might be something higher
and that will value
then the third Advil or the third preventative and your cotton mill
citizen under them may Allah to forgive us have mercy upon
us all yada but it mean is it someone persists in sin Omotoso if
and recover, or they are characterized with diseases of the
heart. They're diseased, they have a disease like anger. Oh, mob 10
and fill Joomla tin fill Joomla TB Hawa and dunya matar or someone
has a particular desire for something of this world that they
can't disobey it keeps calling them to that thing. fended Attica
Subbable limited cannibal Sada, they this is a means for darkness,
to overtake the heart and for the heart to become rusted.
So what are those things that is slowed on them.
Persistent sin we are the biller having a terrible disease of the
heart like arrogance, that prevents us from seeing or that
having an attachment to the world some desire that we can't rid
ourselves of that all three of those things will veil the heart,
and it will bring about darkness in it and cause it to rust.
Well, hello Kel hope the Alimera it is like dirt on a mirror. This
is where he mentioned to the mirror about the mirror. And he
already introduced
the metaphor of the mirror, in book 21 of the key taboo should
have I been called the book on the explanation of the wonders of the
heart.
And he says here, it's like having dirt on a mirror for you. I'm not
affiliated HAC. It prevents evident truth men and two digit
Luffy from manifesting in reflecting they're in while the
more hijab and this is the greatest veil for the heart will
be heard you but ExOne and the vessels have been veiled through
it. We'll call them a Huffer and your club has called the dunya,
Cordova to Jaleel Manaphy.
Today the degree that the heart is freed from the dross of this
world, everything limited it's heavy in it so to the degree that
it's freed from the clutches of this world from the dross of this
world will be to the degree that mat meanings manifest they're in.
And so this is why we have to always remember when we speak
about sacred knowledge,
the greatest way to attain sacred knowledge is to detach from this
world.
The greatest way to attain sacred knowledge is to purify your heart
and to be connected to the righteous and yes outward Do you
seek outward or you learn outward you struggle outward, you memorize
outward, you strive to understand and so far and so on. But the more
that we detach internally from this dunya
the more we sever its attachments, the more knowledge that will be
gifted by Allah subhanho wa Taala
so I'll miserable Mara, the heart is like a mere wish Schelotto
method of sada and the desires are like rust, will man and Koran
method also. And the meanings of the Quran are like the images
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Ah that are reflected in the mirror while the other two little
color be emitted to show what metadata scalar Gela lil Marie lil
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and so spiritual exercise whereby which we remove in sever the
attachment of these desires to the heart is like polishing a mirror
and allowing it to then shine. What do you think about us Allah I
sent him and he's going to quote a hadith to speak about this point,
either. I'll limit Almighty Adina What did him if my Alma exalt,
gold and silver coins, ie money. So if they have taught lien for
it, and they esteem it, and magnify, nausea, minha Hebrew
Islam, the all of Islam will be taken from it.
Nausea minha havior to listen, this lesson I'm gonna feel is that
the all of a sudden will be taken from it. We that Taraka Rama,
Rama, Rama and Hanuman called if they abandon calling to good and
forbidding evil Hosni Mubarak, that way, they will be prevented
the blessing of Revelation. And of course, it is done with wisdom.
And of course, there's a time and a place for everything and a way
of doing things and we have to adhere to a methodology. But this
is true. And we have to understand where we fit into it and to do our
part individually. And Al Fidel, you're gonna yell that he said,
Yeah, and you heard him over him and Koran what does it mean to be
prevented the blessing of Revelation, they will be prevented
understanding Allah's book.
And we see examples in Allah's book as he memos it says well
called shot autoload dad le NABBA fit for him to the in order for us
to really understand and to be aware of and to be mindful of the
reminders in the lessons of the Quran, we have to have this treat
of Inaba, which is to turn to Allah. So Allah to Allah says, tub
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it is a reminder in a lesson, a lesson and a Reminder for every
servant that turns back. We'll call it Adela. Tara says well,
Maya Kuru 11 you need. Only those who turn back to him will be
mindful and to be aware,
will caught us of Hanoi Dolla dolla also says in Nehemiah to the
Quran Allah Al Bab. Only the people of intellect will be
mindful about the people of the innermost core, funded the Athleta
Hodor dunya. Allah Neiman aka for the one who prefer who prefers the
delusions of this world, over the bliss of the afterlife. Felisa
means the will Al Bab. That person cannot be considered to be from
this noble category of people called Goulet Bab, the people of
intellect what he daddy collecting cashflow Estrada keytab, and it's
for this reason, the secrets of the book will not be unveiled to
him.
So that is the third preventative or the third veil. So to briefly
recap before we talk about the fourth, the first one is to overly
focus on how we recite the Quran outwardly and how we pronounce it,
learn it, do your best, don't intentionally make no mistake,
obviously do your best to say that pronounce correctly and the Quran
correctly to learn to read recite it with Tata Steel, and to the you
know, to make it beautiful, but the focus is on the meaning. So
the first is over the pacing, oh, too much focus on the outward
dimension of recitation. The second is to awesome fanaticism,
that sticking to one particular opinion that we've heard from our
teachers where we prevent ourselves from understanding then
there are higher degrees that we can attain. But if we just
stubbornly refuse to even consider that that might exist, it's going
to vellus and we're not going to have access to it. And then the
third is to be in a state of sin where we the biller, or to have
bad character traits, vices in the heart, and to have desires run
rampant, where we have attachments that we're unable to sever. These
are the first three that he mentions, and then he mentions
finally the fourth, what have you and your quote unquote, cut out of
Syria and law hidden? Well, I tucked that in Allah mountain
Alicante, Mata Quran elimite and our knuckle and even Ambassador
Mujahid him. And the next is where someone reads a tafsir and that is
their focus is only on the outer dimension of the meanings. And
this person comes to believe
There are no there's no meanings to the words of the Quran, except
those meanings that have been transmitted by even by some by
Mujahid and by others. And yes, that's the foundation of how we
come to understand Allah's book is what has been transmitted. But
there are other meanings that Allah data also inspires people
with. And there's also what are called is what's called tafsir II
shotty. There's elusive interpretations. And so, he then
says, What am I what are other kinds of student II, and anything
beyond what has been transmitted? This is considered to be a tough
sell Ravi, according to someone's scholarly opinion, and then they
associate that with the Hadith and non fossil record on verificar
Turbomeca iluminar. Weaver, explains the Quran in comments
upon it, according to his opinion, is that he has surely taken his
place of the fire for how the Illumina heard you, but all it
means is from the great veils, that hadith means someone that
explains the Quran without knowledge and mixed mistake. As
for someone that has studied the transmitted meanings of Tafseer
and knows the Arabic language and has the tools to comment on a lot
of articles book, and he has meanings that he's inspired with
in relation to that, as long as they don't contradict some of the
principles that tafsir is built upon. It's acceptable and it is
perfectly legitimate for someone to teach other people that
understanding with those conditions
was a little bit you know, mountain SFC about I feel babba
rabbit we're going to speak about commenting on the Quran with
scholarly based upon scholarly opinions in the fourth chapter,
one of that EagleEye Yonaka Nicola alira de la Lavon, who, and that
does not contradict the statement of saying it in your lower abdomen
feminine for the Quran, unless one of us was given an understanding
the Quran window, Locanda man who Allah had them and call them after
the furnace fee. So with that, he finishes his discussion of the six
interact aquatic recitation, which is avoiding the preventatives of
understanding overcoming them.
May Allah Tabata could give us Tofik and bless us with a strong
connection to his book out Hamid Amin to open up the meanings of
the book to us Yeah, little did it with a chrome where we have some
of the Quran we have ama be method Koran and to act upon what is in
the Quran. Yeah, I mean, it may we recite the Quran with open minds
and open hearts and muscles to be able to receive, it may change us
eternally out of but I mean for the good and be a means for us to
attain the highest levels of paradise and we will love the
Quran and be devoted to the Quran and recite the Quran with
reflection and contemplation, striving to understand its
meanings in a way that is pleasing Him subhanaw taala inwardly and
outwardly was solid as in Muhammad earlier Sobia Salam, what
hamdulillahi rabbil Alameen