Yasir Qadhi – The Competitive Life We Are Living

			Shall long short Hatha today about one of the verses in the Quran that ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada uses to
describe this dunya and this verse is Surah Al Hadith verse 20. Allah subhana wa Tada says it or the
mu animal higher to dunya ly Boone wala Hoon was in tune with alpha hormone Boehner calm what's a
Catherine feel unworthy will Allah Allah says five things about this dunya it are no more be aware
no realize have this certain knowledge and normal higher to dunya that this world is nothing but a
NEMA here means Allah azza wa jal is saying this whole world is one of these five things. This whole
world is one of these five categories. Now, our scholars say, this doesn't mean that every single
		

			aspect of this dunya is one of these five, because no doubt good deeds do not come under these five
categories. Rather, what Allah is saying the majority of what mankind does is these five categories.
The bulk, or the default is that mankind involves themselves in these five categories. What are
these five categories, number one, are normal and normal hair to dunya, Lerab life, what is life, we
all know what life means to play. And playing is something you do to bring comfort to the body, to
bring comfort to the body, to spend some time to pass the hours away. But generally speaking, the
benefit is not as much as the time invested. This is what life is. And that is the reality of
		

			playing right? That's what we call playing on our games playing on our we or the Xbox, right playing
playing outside. Generally speaking, the amount of time you invest, what is the main purpose of it
to pass the time, you want to cut some hours away, right to find some merriment in the body? And
what do you gain back from the play, you gain some benefit, there's a little bit of either, but
generally speaking, the benefit is not worth the time invested especially when the playing becomes
long, this is life. Number two is law who law who means that which wastes your time, what is the
difference between life and law who lie generally speaking, it is permissible even though what you
		

			gain is not worth the time invested. And if you spend too much time in life, then it becomes a type
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			law who is a waste of time there is no benefit. Now if you do it a little bit there is some benefit
is that clear? And law who is a complete waste of time and the purpose you do law who is to stall
yourself from doing that which is a benefit and importance right? Scrolling down the Facebook and
internet is not live this is low. Okay? Just tick tock videos that's not live that is low, just
wasting time with no value that is not live. That is the hope. So Allah says know that this higher
to dunya is live and love who and number three, Xena, Xena, glittering, beautiful, shiny, that's
what Xena is, you know, like a child has given a toys, Xena, right? Something that is shiny and
		

			beautiful. It looks nice. But once again very little value to you. So Xena, it's something that the
eyes find comfort in. But the value is not worth the pleasure given to your eyes. There's an outer
layer of beauty and then not much benefit to this glitter, Xena. Number three, number four, to fall
hold on Boehner come boasting, who has the more to follow her who has the more the better job, the
better car, the better spouse the better house and number five to Catherine Phil Anwar, he will Oh
lot. So tuffa who is boast to MacArthur you want to have the largest quantity of wealth and
children. And there's elements of both and these ones. Now before we move on to the second half.
		

			This is half of the verse, one of the great move a stone of the last century, a thought he had been
assured a very great any intellectual, a genius. He commented on this verse in a very powerful
manner. He said these five descriptions are actually the stages of life of the average person.
		

			These five descriptions are actually the stages of life. How so? When you're a child, what do you
mostly do?
		

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			play? What does the child do? Go outside and play games? Actually, as you say, when I was a child,
we will go outside and play games.
		

			gyms as for our children, what do they do? Stay inside and play games right? When I was a kid we
take our bikes the BMX, go and do this and that you go play hide and seek you actually go do
physical activities. That's live, right? When you become a young man, a teenager, then you become
engrossed in low, wasting time. It's not even live anymore. You have so much you need to do when
you're 17 1819. Right, you have to establish so much but what do most of the people at that stage do
complete waste of their time level. So law who becomes the teenage years or the young boy and girl
face right now who number three is what remembers Xena, when you get to the Prime 2122 23. Now you
		

			dress you show off, you have to impress Dress to Impress right? You have the Xena ladies at their
prime 1920 21 That Xena men at their prime right going to the gym working out they have to boast
about who they are, they have to have that outer glitter that Xena is there right then when they
move on to their late 20s early 30s The career becomes established the money comes starting in now
what do you have to do? I have to have the best career the best job to Falkor I need to establish my
you know area my domain I need to be number one, everybody should be speaking about me. Then as you
grow older and older 40s 50s Right. And now you have done all of this. Now it has to be who really
		

			has the greatest amount of wealth tocopherol who has the greatest the largest now when you come
close to the older age of retirement now it is about Takata so Allah azza wa jal now by the way, all
five occur at every stage of your life, right? But if and I should point out that these five they're
actually the most predominant at each one of these stages when you're young, the most is here. Then
as you grow older, this this this until it is all over. And of course, Allah subhanho wa Taala
mentions all five of these descriptions. Allah mentioned them in different places in the Quran,
multiple times Allah says in Nevada how to do their law one will live and live one will have
		

			multiple times right? And Allah azza wa jal says Allah will build a z that will hire to dunya
multiple times Allah talks about this world one at a time with the nine aka lemma Medina be as ye
German home Zara, tell HYAH to dunya, the flowering of this world. So multiple times Allah describes
this world as live this world as LA who this world as Xena and this world as to follow her MacArthur
and how can we take Arthur right? This competition has destroyed you. This one verse combines all
five of them. That's why it's unique in the Quran. But other verses mentioned every one of these in
separate areas of the Quran. Then Allah concludes this verse with an example that is once again
		

			found throughout the Quran, an example that is found in at least half a dozen different locations
right come after the lathe in algebra Kuffar on about two who, so the example of this world so
first, Allah uses five adjectives, then Allah gives a parable. Allah gives a metaphor, Allah gives
us symbolism, something we see He wants us to compare it to this World Cup method. The lathe in this
world is like rain. Life is like rain come with heavy life and that this rain comes down that Nebat
comes out that the trees and the flowers and the greenery comes out right, and the kuffar here, the
kuffaar are amazed at it. Now here kuffaar does not necessarily imply the one who rejects Islam. A
		

			number of scholars said In fact, they've been most rude said, the kuffaar of this verse means the
farmer, believe it or not, don't laugh here, a calf that is called a farmer and a farmer is called a
cafe. Right? Every farmer can be called a cafe, but not the cafe opposite of iman. Because there's a
linguistic meaning of kufra Kufa linguistically means to cover, Guevara linguistically means to
cover from the linguistic meaning we have the woofer, who rejects Iman because he's covered his
fitrah he's covered his soul. So the calf is called Kaffir because the kaffir covers what should be
coming out right. And the farmer is called Kaffir not because he rejects Allah. Linguistically. The
		

			former is called the cover here because he has covered what has he covered the seat, he plants the
seed and he covers it. So come up here the lathe him. As the example of the lathe. That's your job
was the commentarial lathe in Jebel, co founder and Abba to who, so Maya Haeju. So the kuffaar are
amazed at it is sprouting forth. Now. Ibn Massoud said the kuffaar here is the farmer but all
		

			Also, Allah intends the kuffaar double entendre, as it's called the pun is intended here, right?
Because the kaffir is diluted more with this dunya than the Muslim. So Allah uses a term that
implies both meanings here, right? So you're a dribble ko Farah number two thumb Mejia Haeju then it
becomes dry. For Tara homos for run that it becomes yellow for my corner Hill tama, then it becomes
dead and hey, the cycle of grass, the cycle of the crops, no crops lasts more than a few months.
Every single crop, it sprouts fourth gives its fruits, then the next cycle begins. And this is a
reality that every human being knows. Allah azza wa jal says, this is like the world. When the crops
		

			are growing, when it's fertile. There's so much hope and optimism. You're looking forward to it. But
it's only a matter of time. Firstly, our scholars say there's the metaphor of fragility, you know,
the seed that comes forth, how fragile is it right? No seed, when it comes out is strong. It's so
fragile so to life is fragile, so to anything can destroy it. Secondly, temporary, how long will
that last few weeks few months. That's it and then a new batch comes for the next season. So Allah
azza wa jal is saying the cycle of life, you come forth, you're young, you're strong, you sprout
forth you give your seed then you wither away, then you become weak like elderly age, literally you
		

			become weak and elderly age just like the stock goes down. So to the elderly person goes down, just
like the stock becomes weak. So to an old person becomes weak, just like the cycle of the plant.
Allah is saying the cycle of the human being and then what happens then somebody a coroner, Otama,
there is no life anymore, and it becomes lifeless, hey, the corpse goes into the ground literally
fed back in to the soil, right? And that Allah says, within Irati either Bucha Do you don't wanna
fit Ottoman Allah what you'd want and the hereafter there's only two and results, either punishment,
or forgiveness from Allah and His pleasure. And Allah says woman higher to dunya in meta road know
		

			that this world is nothing other than Metalla and hood. This is a common phrase again, a common
phrase in the Quran. Matar means a temporary pleasure Matok temporary pleasure hold or the temporary
pleasure of deception is not even a temporary pleasure of permanency. It is a temporary pleasure of
deception. This is a pleasure that deceives you if you become too involved, you will lose track of
the higher purpose. So Allah subhanaw taala keeps on reminding us this world is temporary. This
world is fragile. This world is not forever. This world is live and Allah Who this world is Xena to
follow her to catheter. So how then and why she will become so involved in this world that we forget
		

			the Hereafter. This is a common theme of the Quran over and over again. Brothers and sisters Allah
keeps on telling us Falada Horan common HYAH to dunya wala Johanna Camilla Hello hellhole. Let not
this world deceive you. Don't be fooled by this world. We have a world after this one. And don't be
deceived by the deceiver. We ask Allah subhana wa Tada to always allow us to look through the the
temporary nature of this world to allow us to see the permanence of the hereafter. We ask Allah azza
wa jal to never allow the love of this dunya to become deep seated in our hearts, we ask Allah
subhana wa Taala to allow us to be travelers in this world looking forward to our permanent place in
		

			the hereafter. We ask Allah to allow us to utilize this world to attain our righteous place in the
Hereafter, which is Aqua Mala who later on was set on YT Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh.
		

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