Yasir Qadhi – Pearls From The Quran 08 – Ramadan 2017

			Bill Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam ala rasulillah who Allah Allah He was happy woman wa
Hammarberg uncertain Nisa, verse 147. Allah subhana wa tada says, My final law will be either become
in Chicago to momentum, what kind of law? Who shall Kiran alima? What will Allah gain by punishing
you now your fellow law vi though? It's a rhetorical question, why do you think Allah will punish
you? What's the purpose of Allah punishing you? If you are thankful? And you believe in Him, and
indeed Allah azza wa jal is shackle. Allah is the one who returns more for no matter how little you
have done, and Allah is on him. Now this beautiful verse, it lays for us the foundation of why this
		

			world is a world of pain and suffering. The concept of us suffering in this world is something that
has puzzled mankind from the beginning of time. All theologians, all scholars, all philosophers,
they wonder, why is there pain? Why is there suffering? Why do bad things happen in this world? And
this question has led many millions of people to reject God. The number one reason why people are
turning away from God in our times, becoming atheist in our times, is because they say How could a
God allow suffering? Why is there pain there should be no pain, and others, religious folks,
sometimes even Muslims, they have a very bizarre understanding of religion, and they will only be
		

			religious when they are in good situation. When the negative happens when pain happens, they become
irritated. Why should I worship Allah then Allah mentions in the Quran woman, a nasty man? Yeah,
Abdullah Allah. There are people they worship along with a condition final Saba, who hired if he's
in good, it's never he's happy. Why not Saba to fitna. But if he's in a bad situation, then he turns
around and he leaves a lot and he has left and casilla dunia what after he's lost dystonia, he's
lost the Acura. So this ayah illustrates for us that every single suffering that takes place to us
is in fact because of a higher wisdom, there is a reason Nothing happens without any cause or
		

			reason. And the wisdom is outlined in this verse. What will Allah gain by punishing you, if you are
thankful, and you believe in Him? So this ayah tells us that there are reasons why we are in
suffering and pain. And of these reasons from this verse. And for many other verses. Number one, one
of the biggest problems that people who reject religion have is they assume that this world should
be gender. They want a world with no pain, with no suffering with no calamity, with no death, they
want to world with no famine, with nothing at all negative. That world they describe it is called
gender. And they want to be given gender free of charge, just because they have been created. They
		

			want to be in gender immediately. And when they're not in gender, it will cause them to reject a lot
of our data. And that is arrogance that is nonsensical, this world is a stepping stone to gender,
you want that world of peace, you can earn it in this world, you want that world of no pain of no
suffering, excellent, you will be able to get it by combating the pain and suffering in this world
in the appropriate number no manner. Number two Allah subhana wa tada mentions of the causes that
were in pain and suffering is we are not thankful Maya follow the eye that become in Shackleton.
When we are in pain. When we are suffering, what happens we appreciate the blessing how we are
		

			brothers and sisters, that we don't appreciate a blessing until it is taken away from us. We don't
appreciate how fortunate we are until that fortune is taken away from us. We don't appreciate our
health until we fall sick. We don't appreciate our time until we get busy. We don't appreciate our
wealth until our wealth becomes constricted on us. And so of the wisdoms of little bit of pain, a
little bit of suffering, it jolts us It makes us awake, it makes us understand that this is a
blessing that Allah has given us and we need to thank Allah for those blessings of the wisdoms as
well is to remove arrogance. We are so weak brothers and sisters just because we have a little bit
		

			our hearts become so big as if we are a little off semi divine and Allah subhana wa tada will show
us we are more tools. We are the abbot and there is a Rob above us. And every one amongst us has to
come to that point in our lives where we have to humble ourselves in front of Allah subhanho wa
Taala even Iblees even shake on he had to ask Allah subhana wa to Allah and he said, Oh Allah allow
me to live until Judgment Day in that humility is
		

			Our saving, of course at least only asked that one thing and that's it he turned away, but in
humbling ourselves to Allah is our salvation of the wisdoms as well. Is that in that humbling? We
discover the importance and the necessity of the law of prayer. Allah says in the Quran, fellow
Allah is the sooner tadagra Why didn't they call out to us when they tasted our punishment? Why
didn't they call out to us when they tasted our punishment, what I can asset guru boom, but their
hearts became hard. So Allah is wanting you to make up at times of calamity of the wisdoms of
calamity is you raise your hands up to Allah, you rediscover the sweetness of believing in a lot of
		

			making dua to Allah subhanho wa Taala. It is not a problem to make dua at times of calamity. The
problem is, after the calamity is over, you forget a lot. That's a problem. But Alan never
criticizes, making drop when you're in suffering or in pain. In fact, this is a part of human
nature. Allah says in the Quran, that mankind when any calamity befalls him, he makes drop call him
and okarito whether he's standing or sitting or lying down, he's gonna make drop, Allah doesn't
criticize that Allah then criticizes, once I remove the calamity, then he forgets about me that is
the problem, but to think of a lot of times of stress, this is the essence of a man and it is the
		

			goal and one of the main goals. Sometimes life becomes so sweet, we forget about Allah. So a
calamity takes place, almost an affliction and we are forced to rediscover a lot that rediscovering
a lot is the wisdom of the calamity. Am says any disaster that causes you to come closer to Allah is
not a disaster, it is a blessing. Because anything that brings you closer to Allah is worth any
costs. Nothing is more precious than a relationship with Allah and Allah He brothers and sisters, I
asked every one of you to think about when you were the closest to Allah, and I guarantee it will be
at a time of great stress in your life. At a time of great calamity. When the situation was very
		

			tough. You had to have a strong relationship with a law, that relationship is the purpose of the
calamity. A law does not take pleasure in punishing Maya follow law Have you either become a law as
originalism merciful God, but just like a parent at times has to inflict pain on the child for a
greater good, we take our children to the doctor for shots, we discipline our children, but we love
our children for their greater good what in law his methodology to Allah belongs the better example
than this one. Just like a loving parent at times has to inflict a little bit of pain for a greater
good, infinitely more. Allah's wisdom dictates that there is small amounts of suffering for a much
		

			greater good of the wisdoms as well for that pain and suffering is that we have to earn our place in
gender and by earn I don't mean a tit for tat because our deeds will never earn genda rather, what I
mean is we need to demonstrate to Allah with whatever meager results that we do, that we are worthy
of Allah's mercy to enter agenda, our deeds will never earn genda in and of themselves. The Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, There is no one amongst you who will enter Jannah just because of
his deeds, they said not even you O Messenger of Allah, He said not even me. unless Allah envelopes
me in his little hammer. So we don't earn Jenna However, what we do is we earn Allah Rama and then
		

			Allah will give us gender and we earn a lot Rama by demonstrating whatever meager good that we can
do. And that's why Allah says what kind of law who shall give a lot is shocking of the names of
Allah is shocking, shocking means you do a little bit and Allah will give you much more than what
you have earned. Because if Allah gave you what you have earned, you would get nothing of Jenna, you
do a little bit and Allah is shocking. So of the wisdom of the pain and suffering is that we combat
that pain, we combat that evil with good, there could be no good unless there was evil, we need evil
and to combat it, we need to demonstrate our good simple question. How will you be charitable? How
		

			will you give food to the hungry when there are no hungry people? How will you sponsor the orphan
when there are no offers to sponsor? How will you feed the needy when there are no needy. So there
the wisdom of evil is not the evil it is to bring the good it is to show the goodness and in that
goodness is our salvation. And the final point will mention and obviously there's so much more. This
is a very deep philosophical and theological talk, but I just wanted to remind myself and all of you
of some of the wisdom. The final point that we'll mention is that of the wisdoms of this pain and
suffering is to alleviate the real pain of the hero. This pain of this world is bearable. The pain
		

			of this world is bearable, the pain of the Hereafter is not variable and the righteous the good
Muslim, will embrace this pain, he won't want it. But once it happens, he will thank Allah that
okay, this is going to be a means of cofounder, a means of forgiveness so that I don't have to face
the real pain of the ark here. Our Prophet sallallahu I said said do not curse the fever, do not
curse when you're in fever, don't curse it for that is going to eliminate the height the fire of
jahannam. The fever for the believer will eliminate the fire of jahannam. And the fever is a
terrible thing. Nobody likes it. But the President said don't curse it. Because when you have that
		

			fever, if you're patient and you expect a large reward, it will eliminate for you the the fire of
jahannam. So, in these pains and sufferings, Allah azza wa jal is testing us testing our faith,
testing our patience, testing our Eman And in those tests, we shall rise up ranks, the end The end
result brothers and sisters Simply put, there is no pure evil for the believer, there is no negative
for the believer, any negative any pain, any suffering can be converted by the believer to be
infinitely more good it is in your attitude and your response. It is in how you react to that
negative. If you react with that positive if you have a positive attitude, you are patient, you put
		

			your trust in Allah, then there's never going to be negative and evil, you will get much more out of
that negative so much. So our Prophet sallallahu wasallam said that there will be people on judgment
day they have suffered so much when they see the rewards of their suffering on Judgement Day. They
will wish they would have suffered more in this world to get that reward in the era. So do not take
a negative as something that is evil for you. Lotta Sabu Shara Lacan Bell who highroller come, don't
take a negative as something bad, it will be for your betterment. Yes, you make do out to lift the
knee evil, we don't like pain. But when it happens, we have to stand up like Muslims, we have to put
		

			our trust in Allah have Subhan Allah have yaqeen and Allah and yes we make dua to Allah to alleviate
but we always have a positive attitude with a law we have the firm faith that this is simply a
stumbling block to test me and in sha Allah who tada I will rise up to the test. I'll answer the
challenge and at the end I shall be a better person, a higher believer my reward agenda will go up
because of the response to this test. May Allah subhanahu wa tada make us of those who are able to
pass each and every test with the highest of colors and inshallah we'll resume later on