Yasir Qadhi – Pearls From The Quran 10 – Ramadan 2017

			smilla smell al hamdu Lillah wa Salatu was Salam ala rasulillah he will be here woman while we are
doing sorted out off and sorted out off is a unique surah in that it is perhaps in fact it is the
longest surah in the Quran, whose primary focus is nothing but stories more than eight prophets are
mentioned in explicit detail their stories one after the other beginning with Prophet Adam alayhis
salaam, going through no and sure even all of them until Prophet Musa and the bulk of the story is
about Prophet Musa alayhis salaam. So today's short, hotter I'm going to remind myself and all of
you have the wisdom of the Quranic stories. Some of our scholars have said that one third of the
		

			Quran is theology, one third is stories and one third is laws. One third is theology Allah and the
angels in heaven and *, one third is stories of the past. And one third is laws. It's a bit of an
exaggeration. Nonetheless, it is something that is mentioned in our books of Tafseer. So if one
third of the Quran is about stories, then the question arises, why, and what is the purpose and
wisdom of these stories? The holonic term for story is Bissau. And Chris are means from the word
costs from the word casa, which means to retrace your steps steps means to go back and cover the
ground you've already covered. So when we say a crystal, it's as if we're going back and doing the
		

			events all over again. And therefore there's a wisdom for us to retrace the history of the previous
generations. And Allah subhanho wa Taala mentions many adjectives about Quranic stories of them.
Allah says the Quranic stories are accidental costs, the best of all stories. So every story in the
Quran is the best story of them is that Allah subhana wa tada says, in the heart, Allah who will
cost us will help. These are the true stories. So every story in the Quran is verbatim it is true.
Now obviously, by verbatim we don't mean when Allah says Adam says he's speaking Arabic or musetti
speaking Arabic, but it means that happened. And you can tell a story by meaning you don't have to
		

			tell a story about quoting the exact words and this explains why sometimes the same incident has
different wordings. Adam says this here and Adam says that there but the gist or the meaning is the
same. So Allah says in the huddle of all apostles will have every story is true. Allah subhana wa
tada also says that the Hotronix stories Nakata can have your kasasa him Ebola in the Quranic
stories, there is a bra and a bra means morals wisdoms lessons. So these are some of the adjectives
that Allah subhana wa tada uses to describe stories. Stories, by the way, are something that are
intrinsically things that humans love. What do we tell our children all the time stories? In fact,
		

			what are the entertainment the people that watch dramas in Hollywood and books? What is it other
than stories and every good speaker you take any speaking class, they will say have a story in your
lecture stories or something Allah created us to love we pay attention to stories, so it's not
surprising that a lot chooses the best of all stories, and a lot chooses true stories and a lot of
chooses the stories that have morals and wisdoms in them and of the wisdoms of why there are so many
stories in the Quran, Allah subhanho wa Taala mentions in the Quran wakulla nakasu alikum Mr. Russo,
the man with a b2b for other and we will tell you all of the stories of the previous prophets so
		

			that your chest or your heart meaning your Eman will be strengthened. Now, this ayah is addressed
directly to the Prophet sallallahu Sallam Allah speaking to him in the singular. I'm going to tell
you these stories to make your Eman stronger. So if the man of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam is intended to become stronger through these Quranic stories, how about us? How
should it affect us? And so one of the main wisdoms of these stories is to strengthen our Eman by
showing us universal laws across every culture, society, time and place. These universal laws a law
calls them sooner and Allah or soon not allow him to be healthy. There are universal historical laws
		

			of them. People who speak the truth will be mocked and rejected of them. The powerful and elite will
always want to reject the message of submission to a lot of them is that in the beginning, the
rejection will be there. But in the end, always the righteous will be the winners, the crown and the
Pharaonic followers will always fail in the long run. So these are of the wisdoms of the Quranic
stories that we extract universal laws that transcend any one time and you
		

			One place and one civilization of the universal laws as well is warning signs for those who reject a
lot and the worship of Allah subhana wa Tada. We benefit as well from the truthfulness of the
prophetic message. Every Prophet came with the same message. every prophet was ridiculed and
rejected. And eventually it was the Prophet and his followers who were successful of the wisdoms as
well of Quranic stories and with this inshallah, we will conclude on this long point of the wisdoms
of Quranic stories, especially for us is that every story, we can derive practical manifestations of
Islamic principles that we apply in our lives. It is one thing to read about the blessings of
		

			patience, great. Then we read the story of Prophet a tube, and we see how Allah tested prophet au.
And all of a sudden patience takes on a new meaning. We see the Prophet yaku, and how Allah tested
Yaqoob. and patience takes on a new meaning. It's one thing to read about jealousy. It's another
thing to see the effects of jealousy in the brothers of Yusuf and how blinded made them that they
were almost willing to kill their blood brother, and these are overall righteous people. In the end,
Allah forgives them. So if jealousy can drive even a semi righteous person so mad, that they're
gonna kill somebody, how about me and you how much more cautious we have to be. So it's one thing to
		

			read jealousy. It's another thing to read the story of use of and understand jealousy, forgiveness
as well. Forgiveness of allies origin and of others use of alayhis salaam, how he forgives his
brothers at the end. Once again, it's one thing to read stories, to read the blessings of
forgiveness, it's another thing to see its manifestation. And it is not a coincidence, therefore,
that when the profitsystem conquers, makup and he is at the most powerful stage of his life, and his
enemies, his enemies who persecuted him are literally groveling for their lives. At that point in
time. It's not a coincidence. He quotes them the story of use of alayhis salam, and he plucks the
		

			very idea from the Quran. And he quotes what use have said to his brothers, that la de la chameleon,
there's not even going to be criticism from now on, forget forgiveness. It's not even going to be a
criticism, I have wiped the slate the slate clean, so panela the impact of the story of use of even
on our profits alone. How about us then, when we study these stories, look as well at for example,
arrogance. Look at the arrogance of at least the ayat we recited in the beginning of today's section
of the Quran, the ayat where it believes is so arrogant. He blames a law for his own misguidance
caught up the bema attorney. Oh my lord, you're the one who misguided me the height of arrogance.
		

			And look at Adam. When he commits a sin. He also committed a sin. What did Adam say? Robin of alumna
and fusina. It's my fault or law I'm sorry, I made a mistake. When we read these stories, how can we
not be impacted by the difference in beliefs on the one hand and other on the other and examples can
go on and on and on. The point is brothers and sisters, these are authentic stories. They are not
just fables, they are not just assault, you don't have one in there. They are not just legends. They
are true. And they are meant for a reason. And Allah azzawajal wants us to think about the stories
now how they kind of feel able to live above in these stories is able to what is it April, April
		

			comes from the Arabic word Bara which means to go further to go over to go further. It's as if the
morals from the stories will help you proceed more in life. There are a bra helps you go further in
your life. So the stories in the Quran will give you the motivational tools that you will need to go
further in your life. naka de Cana kasasa maryborough to Alba Allah tells us to think about these
stories to reflect upon these stories and to benefit from them. May Allah subhana wa tada make us of
those who ponder over the Quran the way that it deserves to be pondered over May Allah make us of
those who benefit from these stories and who implement the lessons in our daily lives was sent out
		

			to LA he wabarakatuh