Yahya Rhodus – Reflections on Surah Ya Sin #4 of 19
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to terms with reality, and the reality is, there are people of
Eman and there are people of color. There are people of belief,
and there are people of disbelief. And this is important for us to
know the way things really are. Because if we don't approach life,
understanding that things are a certain way, you're going to get
burnt, and you're going to get yourself in trouble. It's like
someone who naively enters into the corporate world and starts a
job and thinking that everyone is going to be very nice and
friendly, and just help them out. And all these types of things
until that co worker of theirs was vying for the same position
stabs them when they can, in order to get that position is just one
little example. But the archetypal person, the vast a good portion of
people, sometimes even family members,
that's the last thing I'm gonna ask you will do the most
unimaginable things. And it could be out of jealousy, it could be
out of India could be for a number of reasons, it could be out of
greed. But it's important for us to understand the world in the way
that it really is, is that there is evil out there. There are
archetypal people out there that will harm us, there are people out
there, no matter what happens is that they are not going to believe
there's always going to build the V disbelievers. At the same time.
Allah to Allah has made it a way of our showing servitude to him,
to what guidance from everyone, for everyone, rather, we should
want guidance for everyone, and do everything we can in those
meanings of little data in order that you may warn is that first
and foremost, we live up to the reality of these teachings. And we
take all of those steps starting with mercy and gentleness and that
moving up in all of the different degrees until that there's a
degree of firmness at the end. And so even though Allah to Allah
mentions here about warning, it doesn't negate that whole process
that you go through with each individual. But again, most
importantly, how we carry our own selves. And the secret of the
general we lie this in the heart of every believer. And this
specific rely, if someone reaches that rank, is that this is what
unlocks people's hearts. And yes, it could be from a book for some
people, yes, it could be without even a means outwardly. But the
vast majority of people this is how it works is that they're
affected by people that they come across. And as a result of the
interactions, it unlocks the heart is a means to open them up for
hedaya. So when I knew him, and and I'm talking to him, now, you
know, whether you want them or you want them not it is the same to
them, they do not believe
and that there is a narration in the de la Ave ame on even the sort
of an abbess is that the Prophet sallallahu Sallam is that he was
reciting the Quran near a and he was he was reciting the Quran, and
then he went into such depth. And when he would that recite the
Quran, that in the early stages of Assam is that many of those who
would hear him amongst the distributors of Koresh will get
bothered by this. And one of them at one point that was so bothered
that he came to that harm the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, and that when he was coming to do this, is that this
what was mentioned in the previous verse of his hands, being that
chained to his neck, this happened to him, where his hands were
miraculously that drawn to his neck and he was unable to move.
And that then they realized that this was a state and that he that
remained like that, until another person tried to do something and
then that he couldn't see the Prophet sallallahu Sena. So the
barrier before in the very behind, and then that they realized that
something had happened. So they came to the Prophet sallallahu
sallam, and that non shidduch Allah ROM, basically, we are
petitioning you that by virtue of your kin, that can you do
something or just pray. So this does this, that is condition is
removed from these people and the prophesy centum did, and then that
the person's hands came free, and then the person was able to see
properly and then that Allah to Allah that revealed the first
verses of surah. Yaseen, up until this verse, Anton Did you know
that and even though these people witnessed a miracle, even though
they set out to harm the prophesy center, and one of them, his hands
were changed, the other was blinded so that he could hear the
prophet but he couldn't see him is that they never actually came to
believe. And that's really, if you think about that Subhanallah
someone could actually
witness a miracle right before their eyes. But they don't believe
other people is that even without a miracle? Is it Allah to Allah
casts faith into their heart. And so we ask Allah to honor that any
situation that we're putting in is that we respond to that situation
in a way that is pleasing to Him. And this is the danger, because
it's very easy to become veiled from people. And that especially
when people have a humanity, and it is even, that the elect of the
elect of the elect of the inheritors of the Prophet
salallahu Alaihe Salam is that they're still human beings, they
still have a human side to them. And sometimes people have
expectations of people that they expect them to almost be like an
angel, where we're human beings. There was one of our teachers,
teachers home.
He had a number of students, and one time one of his students saw
him walking out of the washroom
and he said, Have you ever Hain uses the washroom?
He's I can't believe he very uses the washroom.
And he saw him walk out of a washroom. And he just he couldn't
believe that. Have you heard him? Use the washroom? Of course, how
do you ever use this a washroom? All human beings that use a
washroom. But sometimes that happens where that you have such a
high opinion of someone that you forget that they're actually a
human being. And then on the other hand, is that sometimes is that
people are blinded by the other people's humanity? Is it where
they're so preoccupied with their humanity, or a mistake or a fault
that they have is that they don't allow themselves to benefit from
that person. So these are two extremes. One of them is
excessive, and this way, the other is excessive. And the other way,
what we want is balance. The way we view Prophets and Messengers is
different than the way we view other people. The way we view the
Sahaba is different than the way we view other people. The way that
we view the elect Imams of this Deen in the extremely pious people
across the centuries, is different than the way that we view people
that aren't at that degree of knowledge or at that degree of
piety, it differs, and even in our time, is it part of religious
maturity. And this is something that we have to talk about time
and time again, because there's so many problems about this,
especially in the present time, is that we have to recognize where
people are in the hierarchy of knowledge, because there is a
hierarchy. And we can't put things in there in proper places. Because
what that does is it harms us in one way or another. If we think
too highly, or take think that we can take more than we can really
take from someone, we can get ourselves in trouble. And then
we'll block ourselves from good if we become so preoccupied with the
human side of them or even some of their faults. And what happens is
when people have these extremely high expectations and people and
then somehow they get burned or something happens where they lose
their trust or confidence in that person, it really harms their Deen
it really harms their Deen. And that could you could protect
yourself from that to begin with, by having a degree of religious
and spiritual maturity where you put things in their proper place,
and you know what to take from whom, so you have realistic
expectations. And unfortunately, we live in a time where just
because someone knows how to speak a little bit of Arabic, they can
quote a verse of the Quran or Hadith of the prophesy centum and
have basic oratory skills. People think that that's the shape of a
song. And while I'm the first person to say that everyone should
be involved in the Dawa, everyone should do what they can to serve
and to help and we want to have a type of community whereby which we
empower individuals, but part of that requires is that the
individual himself or herself knows his or her limits, and the
community has the maturity of knows to what to take from each
particular person.
And that what you might take a general point of the have some
general understanding of the deen from one person, right doesn't
mean that you're going to take effectful from them doesn't mean
that you're going to be able to ask them about a verse in the
Quran. And what it means doesn't mean that you're going to be able
to ask them, one of these extremely difficult what you could
call civilization or generational questions that would require that
teams have the greatest aroma, right in the world to get together
and really deliberate for an extended period of time. And
sometimes people want microwavable answers for these huge issues. And
it's one of the way that you actually really determine that the
true people have knowledge
What do they talk about? And what do they not talk about? And that a
true person of knowledge is very comfortable in knowing where
they're at in the hierarchy? Are they just in the very beginning
stages of learning? Or are they that a seasoned student of
knowledge? Or have they studied such that they've reached a basic
level of scholarship? Or are they a seasoned scholar? Who has years
of teaching experience in his research? And has that read a lot
of that different books on different topics in both Islamic
sciences and others? Or are they scholars scholars, all of them are
different. And we have to put everything in its proper place and
or in relation to someone's piety. What we take in relation is
someone's piety doesn't mean that we necessarily take in relation to
some outward definition of the deen is that you could benefit
from someone's piety. But if they give you advice, it might actually
not be the best advice. And they might or might not be a person of
kashfian unveiling, that no, you have to put everything in its
proper place. And generally speaking, is that safety is in the
outward.
And you'd be surprised how many people that base, important life
decisions off of a dream, one dream, and they base all of their
life decisions off of a dream. Not that it can't happen, it can. But
you have to put a dream in its proper place, and understand what
that dream potentially means. And how to that that relates to other
things that you do when you go about making decisions. And in
general, is that the vast majority of is the hardest, even that are
answered, or not through dreams. It's actually through another
process of divine facilitation where you see what doors Allah is
open, you're 14, what doors are closing for you. Anyhow, this is a
very detailed topic, we went a little bit of a tangent, but it's
important, and that we went on a tangent because is that we were
talking about the importance of understanding that the time in
which we live specifically, but understanding that the same human
tendencies that have been there, from the beginning of time will
always remain true every time to Shabba headcode over whom is that
their hearts are similar, the same archetypes will repeat themselves
over the course of history. And they're repeating themselves as we
speak to this very day, all around us. And for us not to think that
there are different archetypes out there, you have disbelievers, you
have your pain that you have believers, you have various
degrees within that very righteous people, but then you have people
who weren't good, but then hurting you without realizing all of these
different archetypes. And when Allah loves you, he'll put you in
a situation where you're around other people, you start to learn
about them. And even though sometimes it's better, and
sometimes it hurts, as we experience these archetypes
through our interactions with other people is that you learn.
And that's really key. And that there's something that I've been
introduced to recently that I think is very beautiful and very,
very important. There's actually a book about it called mindset, by
her name is Carol Dweck. And that she talks about what is called a
growth mindset versus a fixed mindset. And the idea of the
growth mindset is, is that every experience that you go through in
life, you turn it into a learning opportunity, instead of the fixed
mindset where you really don't believe that you can actually
grow, and you use your experiences in life, whatever they may be,
whether it be a job or a test to confirm what it is that you
already feel about yourself, you're going to limit yourself by
having this perspective, it doesn't mean that people like that
can't have some relative degree of success, primarily worldly. But
the growth mindset is much closer to the teachings of our dean, is
it every situation that you go through, is that you approach it
from the standpoint of what can I learn from that? Because as we go
through tribulation that will respond in different ways. But if
we approach it as such, is that it will strengthen us. And part of
maturity is reaching the point where you know how to deal with
the people and you know, the way that people really are, or the way
that people could potentially be, and then it's a balance
ultimately, of knowing how to understand reality, but also
maintain your personal lung. Because normally we only speak
right, because no one having a good opinion. And we don't speak
about any of this, and that you're conflating two different religious
concepts. you're conflating the two, we absolutely have to have
her stolen, but hosts no one relates to judging an individual's
intentions.
It doesn't mean that you don't protect yourself. It doesn't mean
that you don't understand potential harm that could come to
you from a particular individual or person.
so people know you put everything in its proper place. And the
classic example that they mentioned of that is, you don't
walk out to the store and see some shady people on the side of the
road and be like, I'm gonna have a good opinion of them. They're not
going to take anything in my car, I'm going to leave my car open.
Know, whether there's people there or not, is that those interactions
are based upon Sue have learned and what is meant is that you
actually assume the worst, you always lock your car in so that
you can protect yourself from people that would potentially that
want to that take something from your car or whatever else. So we
put everything in its proper place. But we have to understand
is that in every time, there's always going to be disbelievers.
This is part of the Kabbalah, in the Kabbalah. This is a part of
the Divine Decree, in divine destiny, there will always be
disbelievers in every time. And at the same time when you know that.
And this is confirmed, obviously, by the world in which we live,
which is roughly 75% non Muslim, is that you understand we have a
job. And the job that we have as believers is to share our faith
and to live its realities. That so that the people that we interact
with can experience the beauty of Layla, Allah, Muhammad Rasul
Allah, just as we do. And in that regard, there will be different
ways people respond, there'll be some people like, that's great,
I'm so happy for you, but I'm not interested, there will be people
that are saying, like, a little bit more firmer that okay, that,
you know, I don't think what you're doing is a really good
thing. And then there will be people who that do will demonize
you. And then there'll be people that want to physically harm you.
And then you will have the worst shale team that want to completely
eradicate you from the face of this earth. Because I think that
you are that the quintessential disease to humanity, there's
degrees, and all of them exist. And sometimes you don't know where
even your next door neighbor is, or the people who was working with
you at work. And sometimes people that say one thing to your face,
but behind your back is something different, in other words, is a
whole bunch of different archetypes, what Allah is teaching
us, and that what Allah is also that teaching the Prophet first
and foremost, and by extension us is that no matter what it is that
you do, these people are not going to believe. But one, it doesn't
mean that you don't still try. What it means is, is that you
don't that force yourself to be in a way that you shouldn't. And we
should remind ourselves that Allah described in two places no court
on our Prophet as almost killing himself out of grief, la Laker
back in soccer,
perhaps that you are about to kill yourself out of grief. And so that
for profit sometimes, and he was so concerned about people, is that
it was way very heavy on him when people didn't believe. And that
that's the ideal way that all of us should be
is that we realize the repercussions of disbelief, but we
are doing our job. And then so for the Prophet, these verses become a
type of Tesla, a type of bringing solace to him because he's
reminded solar lightyear center is that he doesn't guide whom He
pleases, as we know and sort of courses in Nikka Latta Hanuman
Hammond, indeed that you do not guide whom you want, when I can
Allah you had pneumonia Shah, but Allah guides whom He wants will
move in with the deen he has more knowledge of who truly is rightly
guided. So these verses remind the prophets of Life Center, that he
cannot guide those who Allah has not guided and by extension us, we
cannot guide anyone, even our own children. All we can do is do what
our parts and to show them the right way in the right direction.
And we hope is that they will be like the children of Abraham, and
that we fear that they will be like the children of the child of
nor
the child of nor is it he wanted to work out on himself is that I'm
gonna go to the top of the mountain and it's going to protect
me.
And that Subhan Allah that he just believed in so that the archetypes
are all there. And what we have to do then is to do our part and to
hope for the best. So is that what Allah to Allah is he's addressing
our Prophet slicin telling us about those who are persisting in
the state of disbelief is it no warning will benefit them and why
because in and of themselves, is that they are not ready
they're not prepared, or they're not going through a process
whereby which they are trying to accept truth. They are not people
that are willing to that have humility before Allah subhana wa
Tada. They don't have a desire to reflect upon the signs in
creation, or that the message of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
salam into that look and what is happening around them and all the
signs that indicate the existence and oneness of Allah subhana wa
Tada if you don't have that desire, or make that movement that
we've described in the heart, nothing that anyone can ever do
ever benefit you.
And there are other verses where that speak of the warnings and
guidance are of no benefit to the believers. I'd love to add to that
says in sort of that out off into the omitted Hooda lie it will come
in that even where you to call them to guidance is that they will
never follow you. So and I laid them
out to move them and interim semitone it is the same whether
you call them or whether you remain silent and then sort of
sharara called was around Elena was to numb to Coleman and what I
think it is the same for you it is the same for us whether it is that
we admonished them or that we admonished them not.
Inshallah, so whatsoever on him and on their home, you know.
And then Allah subhana wa Tada
that he says in, in the 11th verse in Emma Thunderdome in a tuber as
Accra will Hershey or Ramona the lady for best shit who BMO Minuten
What is your encoding, you can only warn those who follow the
reminder are either Quran, in fear, the All Merciful in the
unseen to him very good news of forgiveness, and a generous
reward. And so now that Allah is telling us who are going to be the
people that benefit from the Quran,
in NAMA, and this is Dr. Hassan, it restricts the meaning to that,
in this case, those that or that being referred to here in the
marathon little minute,
you can only warn those who follow the remainder who follow the
reminder. In other words, is that these are people that are that
actively trying to put this knowledge into practice, and
everything that following entails and the attachment of the heart
that is there in that everything that we do, also inwardly and even
outward D this idea of following a vicar, the reminder and the
reminder is one of the names of the Quran. The Koran's name is a
vicar one of its names. And then in sort of in chapter, verse 69,
of sort of Gesine is that will not I love now Chateau Nyan Mahela in
her Allah the Quran, Quran unmoving. So even in Surah Yaseen,
there's another reference to the Quran has been vicar in here, when
we speak about the Quran. As a reminder, there are three primary
meanings to the Quran. Vina reminder, first, as it is a
reminder of the pre earthly covenant that every single one of
us took with Allah, July July 2, it is a reminder of our purpose
here on Earth. Third, it is a reminder of what's going what's
going to happen in the next world, the hereafter, and the reality of
the two final votes.
And that one important point here
is that all of these meanings, that then we have this idea also
of the code in the sense of invocation. So the word Dakota
youth Kuro, can simultaneously mean to remember and to invoke,
and the to go hand in hand.
And the way they go hand in hand is is that the more that we
remember Allah the more that we invoke Allah, the more is that we
will be reminded of all of those meanings of being reminded of our
pre earthly covenant and the purpose here on Earth and where it
is that we what it is that we are returning to. So in other words,
is that of all the forms of worship is thicker, that allows us
ultimately to live a purposeful life here on Earth. So when you
say that, what is the purpose of life? Then if you go a little bit
deep
Trying to get beyond just a slogan, nice response to that,
that it's actually that gets back to the kicker about being in a
state where you are living meaning in every single moment, which
comes from a simultaneous process of seeing everything as being from
Allah and remembering him to vada Cortana that is the person so you
could have someone that believes there's meaning in life. And you
could say that there's someone that conducts their life to a
certain degree, such that you could say that they have meaning
in their life, but it's only the people that are constantly in the
remembrance of Allah Tada could you say is that that is a person
who is leading a meaningful life in all of his or her states. So
zikr is one of the names of the book of Allah Tada in Nema tonglu.
You can only warn minute Deborah as the Quran, this is the first
thing is that there's at bat, it conscious intention to follow to
put into practice to learn to make a reality in your life of what is
in the reminder ie the Quran. And then secondly, will hush your
Ramana believe these are the two streets streets is that they fear
the All Merciful in the unseen. Now again, if you look very
carefully, that every word in the Quran is perfectly placed. Asha is
roughly translated as fear, but it is a fear that is that accompanied
by deep reverence in all.
And this is why that it requires knowledge of Allah who he is
because Allah says in Nima sha Allah min Ebola, it is only the
learned that will truly have fear of Allah. Because it's only when
you truly know Allah is that you will FEAR Him, and that you will
have you will be in awe of him. And you will tremble that when you
mentioned his name. And
our Prophet Solomon I sent him that even though he was the most
beloved of all of creation to Allah had the most fear of Allah.
Why? Because he knew Allah better than anyone else. No one knew
Elijah legit Allah, like our Prophet. And once you understand
what that means, the implications of that the implications of the
Jalali attributes of our larger ledger data of His Majesty, in his
rigor in these names, and you're really aware, to the extent
humanly possible of those names. And you're witnessing at the heart
level? How could you have anything else other than that? How could
you have anything else? How else would you explain? Say, No, I'm
gonna have Bob, who is one of the 10 and I'm butchering the
Paradise, who's one of the closest companions to the prophets on the
Life Center. And you could go on and on and on, he was granted, he
was given Glad Tidings by the Prophet himself, that he was going
to paradise. At the same time, he would say things like, were the
mother of OMA never to have given birth to Omar, I can't you
understand that? How could you possibly explain that, that he
could have that degree of fear when he was guaranteed on the
tongue of the Prophet whom he believed in his that Glad Tidings
was going to Paradise, this is the way these people are with their
Lord, because they understand that the implications of the majestic
attributes of Allah to Allah, so fear is something as important why
because fear is a protection. Fear is a protection.
It is a it's biologically been placed in us to ward off harm from
us.
Just as desire, also as a protection, if you had no desire
to eat food,
and you didn't like certain types of food, it would be hard to
sustain yourself.
So Fear and Desire are two tools whereby which and you can even
call them faculties, that we simultaneously ward off harm and
bring about benefit. But here the discussion is one of fear and
fear, the All Merciful, now a lot to add is mentioning a Rockman
SubhanAllah. That he could have said here, Allah He could have
said any one of his other names. Normally when you think of fear,
you don't think of mercy.
But it was put there on purpose, of course, and emammal Foucauldian
raazi that he says here What has your ramen fee Latif? Ah, there's
a subtle meaning that when you look at this, he says well here
under Rama tourism it decal Rajat is that mercy could lead someone
to
To rely upon their actions and to have excessive hope for Karla no
Rahman and Rahim so he said, even though he is the Rahman and Rahim
Phil aka lion body and yet Luca Harsha then Aquila man candidate
men candidate Mehta who be Saba remedy excited and hopeful men who
attempt Maha fattening Dr. Antonia minimoto Atira. He said so that he
mentioned here fear in then he mentioned the name of Allah Tala
rough man, is that so that we can know is that anyone's who's
blessings come to them as a result of mercy. That is that, that his
his fear of those blessings is that more complete, because it
will preserve him, that from having those blessings being taken
away from him. So you have hope. But you also when you receive
blessings, having a little bit of fear that you receive blessing is
an important thing, because you might do something to have that
blessing taken away. So you have to have hope. And you have to have
fear in all of your different states. And you have to give
thanks. Of course, all of these virtues are intertwined, and they
go one with another. But the vast majority of people who receive
blessings don't have a component of fear there. If we have
blessings, we should have a bit of fear, not a type of fear that is
related to a dunya we that put in a worldly type thing of losing it
merely. But that being having the divine favor taken from us, is
really what is mentioned here. So it's to indicate
is that even though that Allah is Allah man, is that we still have
to have fear of the Rama. Because we can't have so much hope such
that we think that oh, there's nothing that I have to do, we
balance the two. So there's fear, and there's hope, and that there's
fear and understanding the majestic attributes of Allah and
there is hope and understanding the merciful attributes of Allah
will hush your raw mana belaid.
And so that, that he says here, the Allah Allah says, Is it in
fear, the URL merciful in the unseen. And what is meant by that
is, is that when we worship Allah to Allah, that we don't see Allah
to Allah with our physical art
is that he is so apparent that he has hidden supernova data,
however, is that we don't see Allah with the physical eye. But
we know that he exists because of everything he's brought into
existence. It is fitrah, that it is, for us to come to the
conclusion is impossible for any of us to be here, in and of itself
without having a cause. It's so obvious is that for someone to
deny that there's no other explanation, then sheer cover
sheer disbelief. And then when it gets into compound ignorance, and
people try all of these crafty ways where even now that there
have found a way to that even prove this scientifically, because
the Big Bang, it's very simple, that this was the a means for all
of this to happen, if that's really how it did happen. And all
of these very crafty ways that they're trying to go back into
talk about parallel universes, and all these other types of things
that are very difficult to even understand, to somehow get out of
what everybody knows, is wired into their basic fitrah, that
every effect has a cause.
And it gets into very complicated forms of compound enrich, where
that's the amazing thing is that some of these people have been
trained in the world's best institutions, and that you have a
child that has a higher degree of intellect than they do from the
standpoint.
Because if that someone doesn't come to believe in the existence
of Allah, with their intellect, no matter what it is, that they know,
by way of knowledge is that they've missed the most important
thing that they're supposed to use their intellect for, which is to
take you to the existence of God and to believe in His Oneness. And
then leads you to treading the path of actually that following up
on the dictates of that belief which is to have practice that
leads to that and knowledge of Allah Tabata, Kota Allah
What has your nana been laid?
Is that we worship Allah even though that we do not see him and
so we should always remember that the rave is what is in the unseen
and it is a station to believe what is in the unseen
and what does a lot to say about the Moto pain and Ladino Yamuna
willhave there are those who believe in the unseen
So some people will present this as oh, this person believes in
something that he can't see. But this is precisely a station to
believe in something you can't see. And that how do we affirm the
realities of what we can't see? It's through who?
Satan and we're having that Solon lie there I just said, you said
that much of our belief that is all of our belief that comes
through him the southern lights, and he's the one who teaches us
how to believe. But 1/3 of Akita relates to the summer yet, which
literally means the things hurt, you can translate it as
eschatology, but it's everything that will happen towards the end
of time in the grave, and everything in the afterlife. We
believe in that simply because our Prophet told us to believe in
that, because the human mind has no access to the knowledge because
it is beyond the realm of the intellect. So we established that
by our belief in the truthfulness of our prophesy centum. So how
could the Prophet not be central to this Deen? If so many things
are important, in relation to what we believe are established only
through him.
understanding who our Prophet is, in our connection to him, is
central to this theme. It's central to it is that all of the
details that we learn about it, that stemmed from our connection
to him? And it's only when we follow his way, and we follow his
sunnah? Are we even preparing ourselves to begin with, to be
able to that know Allah to have adequate data.
And when you see it as such, is that you understand why in so many
places in the Muslim world, throughout the centuries, there is
such a focus on Satan and Muhammad, sallAllahu, Samia,
Saddam, and loving him and singing his praises and learning about his
life. And all of these different ways that have developed
historically, they're so beautiful, because that this
really is a shortcut.
All of the details that go in that if you just focus on henselae
seven, and your connection to him, some of my sense is that it will
be not only a protection from you, but it will be a means for you to
attain the highest degrees of closeness to Allah subhanho wa
taala.
This also could mean is that these people have Hashem of the man or
mercy for that of actually what's going to happen in the next world
by way of punishment, even though that we haven't seen that, and
that they're even some say that this also that refers to that
worshipping in the state of seclusion.
Well, kachelle rock might have been an ad for best shit who be
MacGuffin written by Asian codeine to him very good news of
forgiveness, and a generous reward. So give glad tidings to
this person. So again, our prophet is not clear. And he's Bashir and
give that person glad tidings of not only Mo Farah, so all of the
mistakes that you made all of the sins one committed, there'll be
forgiveness, and then an edger ketene. And if you notice this,
it's not just an Azure, it would have been sufficient for reward
because any reward that comes from Allah Tada is going to be great,
but Azure ketene ketene Abdul Karim and that this is why when we
say one of the meanings of the when we say the Al Quran Al Karim.
Yes, the Quran is noble. But the Quran is also Karim it gives. It
gives jewels of wisdom, that time and time again, time and time
again to those who reflect upon it. Ramadan, Ramadan, Kadeem,
Ramadan is kidding, that everything is ultimately from
Allah. But Ramadan is the means once this month comes, is that
there are gifts that people receive, that they don't receive
outside of this month. Well as you're cutting, that if a Ezreal
is generous from Allah to have adequate data, what on earth could
that possibly be like, and it's not even on Earth, because we're
on Earth. And we have no really conception of what that's really
going to be other than the names. And that was the way we
experienced that though. If you've ever been to a generous host in
the Muslim world, or you have friends, and you know, people that
are true people of generosity,
there's something about the experience that you have with
them. You just love these people in a way that it's very difficult
to describe. And they're out there. They seem to be less than
the country in which we live, but they're out there.
Still, and there are people like that even here in the United
States of America, but especially when you go overseas, there are in
many of these traditional communities, people that are known
for extreme generosity.
And that I remember in the days of Mauritania, one of the students
are motivated. His name was Muhammad Z.
And he was known for extreme generosity. And people thought
that he was actually very wealthy. But he really wasn't that wealthy.
He would actually that go into debt to take care of his guests.
And it was more so than anything else, was the fact that he loved
guests so much, is that it's almost as if he's probably hasn't
eaten a meal that in the past 40 years of his life without a guest.
That's what they mentioned about Sydney and Rahim and a Santa is
that he would always eat with a guest and one of our teachers
teachers have you Mohamed
Saad, have you ever been on mute? I do stone has Have you started I
do those who passed away fairly recently no Hema hola that he
would that never eat lunch except for the guest. He would just wait.
And the vast majority people put his food is put down.
Right? We very quickly, but he would literally wait for our
guests to come to his home. And another one of my teachers I
remember one time visiting him in the morning time. And the
breakfast tables were was probably put out fairly early. And I went
in and it was untouched and he was sitting there and he was literally
waiting for someone to come. So he didn't have to eat by himself.
And that this Sheikh Mohammed Zayn is that when you go visit him
Subhan Allah and I keep in mind Mauritania, the food was very
simple. We were used to in two emeralds, eating plain rice.
Usually, they had black eyed peas. On a good day, that'd be dried me
in just enough oil to make the rice palatable and to be able to
get it down. It had it was virtually tasteless. And that's
it, no vegetables, nothing else. That's it, just a plate of rice.
And then dinner was even more difficult. It was just couscous,
and not like the fine white couscous that you get like in
Morocco with all the veggies and all that. It was just very thick
brown couscous, a little bit of dirt in it. And that's it. And a
little bit of butter. And breakfast wasn't much more of a
help. You have these very, I think that the plane is they are the
plainest biscuits I've ever tasted in my entire life, and maybe some
peanuts, and they compensate with their very sugary tea. If you ever
drink in the Mauritanian tea is much more sugar than the Moroccan
that find green tea with Nana anyhow, is that this is what
you're used to. And then you go visit Sheikh Mohammed Zayn Subhan
Allah, that he serves breakfast, like a proper breakfast, and then
a pre lunch, and then a lunch and then a pre dinner in a dinner five
meals a day. And then milk was very rare that you'd only really
get to drink milk in the fall because they're just the cat. The
cows didn't have our goats and how much to eat. So they didn't
produce them. No.
And he would, they had this what was called sheen sheen, which is
basically sour milk. He would serve you like milk milk, like
three times during the day, this other drink another three times in
a day in tea so many times from morning to evening, you forget,
like how many times you drink it. And I was the first time I'd seen
a camel slaughtered right when he started a camel for us. And he
would ask you what do you want to eat when you come? He said what do
you want to eat? Then he was serious he would insist upon what
do you want? Do you want to eat lamb? Do you want to go? Do you
want to eat? Right beef? Do you want to eat camel meat, like and
he would insist that you and then he would slaughter it right then
in there, then cook it for you and have this elaborate presentation.
And it's just like this is his life every day. He loves having
guests. And the amazing thing is his wife is even more generous
than he is, is that she loved it just as much in the times where
he's not there. She assumes the MACOM of that receiving all the
guests and cooking for everyone and Subhanallah and this is just
his life is just his life. In this day in and day out day in and day
out. That people are coming over and this is a family that has this
is their path to Allah. And the thing is there's fat there's
there's families like this whole throughout the Muslim world. And
it's amazing every place you go is that when you're exposed to these
type of people, you realize what it means to be cutting. And if
that's in the dunya
the whole point of mission all those details what about the aka
if that's the way you would
You experience you in the dunya? Then what about as you're just
cutting from Allah Subhan Allah data, it's unimaginable
ultimately, the way that we experienced this bliss. And all we
have to do is hang on for a very short period of time, a certain
number of years, most of us might live the average life expectancy
for man or woman, we might live to our 70s or early 80s. If that's
the case, the general Atmar of the prophesy son, the lifespans are 60
to 70. If we live a little bit longer than that, okay, we might
get closer to our 90s and maybe to live to 100. But in the end, it's
like walking through one door and going out the other in the end.
Atlanta Mahnomen. Okay, then Lindsey Lin, in Tel Aviv, have you
missing a lay of the Earth, I said, I said, it's like dreams of
someone who's sleeping, or a shadow that just is moving about
is that the intelligent one isn't deceived by this, we're going to
be here for a very short time. This is what we have to open up
our heart to the chronic message and to do what it is that we need
to do now so that we can reap the fruit in the next world. And that
we will speak about that the meanings of verse 12 And those
beyond and tomorrow midnight data relata to give us a tobique and
bring our heart to life through these lessons verses of the Quran.
When Allah Tala Versa of the close connection of our Prophet Salalah
insulin, it blessed to have Russia in a way that is pleasing to Him
like that of the aroma and the earlier and the sleight of hand
and not to how to fill the heart with Nora and with baraka and with
hair or some alojado seed into Muhammad and right earlier Sofia
Salam but hamdulillah he'll have the enemy