Wisdoms in the Quran #22 Everyone Has Their Own Superpowers
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The theory of theological context is discussed, including the importance of personal and professional growth, diversity in society, and worshiper's actions. The speakers emphasize the need for people to take advantage of others and not let anyone take advantage of them. The theory of theological shapings is also discussed, including the worshiper's actions leading to a worshiper's death.AI Generated Transcript ©
The countdown has begun, brothers and sisters. This
is our final week of
tarawih. 1 week from today, there will be
no tarawih. So, these are the final nights.
Make sure we do our best in them.
Today's
Qur'anic wisdom,
Surat Isra, verse 84.
Surat Isra, also known as Bani Israel,
verse 84.
Say,
everybody
does deeds in accordance
with his own predisposition.
Everybody does deeds according to his own, in
Arabic, mizaj,
according to how he has been programmed to
do them. Now, this ayah, once again, as
with all of our maxims, it has multiple
levels, multiple layers of understanding. And today, we
will delineate 4 of them. At the first
level,
everybody does what he wants in accordance with
his own shakil,
his own mechanism.
The actual context of the verse
is theological.
Because Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, right before He
mentions,
whenever good comes down to a person,
you find that many of them become stingy.
And whenever bad happens, they become complaining.
They're never happy. If it's good, they're not
doing what they're supposed to do. And if
it's bad, they're not doing what they're supposed
to do. Then Allah says, kul kullun yamalu
alla shakilatihi.
Everybody
deals with situations
in accordance with how they themselves are. And
so if you are good, you will deal
with the situation in a good manner. And
if you are
mummin
will respond in a positive manner, and the
kafir will respond in a negative manner. So
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying the same
situation,
the same scenario,
if it happens to a good person because
he or she is good, they will take
good from this. And if it happens to
a bad person, then because they are bad,
they will respond to in bad. This is
one meaning of it. Another meaning,
the secondary meaning is that Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala
has created people differently,
and each person has different akhlaq that the
other person does not have. And so, some
people are tested with being too impatient.
Some people are tested with a quick temper.
Some people are tested with cowardice.
Some people are tested with stinginess.
So Allah is saying
everybody
has different predispositions
that they have to deal with. And so
Allah is testing everybody in a different manner,
and each one has their own shakil, their
own, you know, mizaaj, their own spiritual DNA.
And this is proven in a beautiful hadith
where a man came to the Prophet salallahu
alaihi wasallam by the name of Al Ashaj
ibn al Qais. And the Prophet salallahu alaihi
wasallam said, Oh, Ashaj, you have 2 characteristics
Allah loves. Al hilmu walana,
and that is to control your anger and
to think before you act. So he said,
You Rasulullah,
these 2,
did I learn them?
Did I train myself to get them, Or
did Allah bless me with them and I
was born with them? So the Prophet, salallahu
alaihi wa sallam said, No, Allah blessed you
with them. This is how you were when
you were born. So he said, Alhamdulillah,
Allah blessed me with these two characteristics
that He loves. And this is the reality.
Every one of us, we have certain akhlaq
that
we take it for easy. It's not that
difficult. And the same issue, our brother, our
cousin, our friend is not able to deal
with it, and vice versa.
We have problems in certain things, and our
friend, our cousin, our relative does not have
problem with that. So Allah is saying,
We have different
psychologies.
We have different mizaaj. This is another deeper
layer of the ayah.
A third meaning of the ayah,
Now, we can also apply it, as Ibn
Qayyib and others do, to our
worldly professions,
our jobs, our careers, our interests.
Allah is saying, I did not create all
of you on the same shakil.
I didn't create all of you to think
the same, look the same, act the same,
and I created you with a healthy
variety
that is the spice of life, that allows
the dunya to run. Allah says in the
Quran,
Are they the ones assigning Allah's rizq? Do
they assign salaries? Do they assign who gets
what? Do they assign who does what for
life?
We are the ones.
We assign for each person how they shall
get their risk.
We assign their jobs, their careers, their professions.
Risk. And in doing so, we have preferred
some over others
so that
each group can take advantage of others and
what they need. This is a profound ayah,
and I've spoken about the concept multiple times.
Imagine if every single person in society had
the same career.
Society would cease to function.
Imagine if everybody had the same personality.
A very boring society.
Allah says,
Allah says,
ma'ishatahum.
Their ma'isha,
their jobs, their sustenance,
We distributed it. And so, no matter what
your career is, you need people in other
careers to help you live. No matter what
your profession is, you need to get the
expertise and the help of other people. And
so, the doctor needs the car mechanic, the
car mechanic needs the carpenter, the carpenter Everybody
needs everybody else. This is what Allah is
saying.
I'm the one who created this diversity, and
so I'm the one who has assigned each
one of you to do these professions. That
is another understanding of this ayah, the third
understanding. And a 4th understanding, and there are
even more, but because of time, we'll stop
at 4. The 4th understanding, this is also
mentioned by Imam Malik and others, this ayah.
Qullu nyaamanu allashakilatihi.
Is that
And this is very profound and very useful
for us.
Not everybody
will get to Jannah because of the same
deeds.
Not everybody
has the same path to Jannah, even if
they get to Jannah.
The path to Jannah,
how you get there with your specific good
deeds are gonna be different.
And some people,
Allah has made certain
acts an easier mechanism to get to Jannah.
And for other people, those same acts are
very difficult. It is mentioned in our books
of history that there was a worshiper
who was a great worshiper. He had secluded
himself from society. He would just be ibadah.
He was a friend of Imam Malik in
childhood. Imam Malik, you know, he took the
path of knowledge. He took the path of
halaqaat and rus, and a day came when
Imam Malik, his halaqa was the largest in
all of Madinah, and thousands of people would
come. So one day his friend heard about
this. He wrote him a letter, and he
said to him, Oh, Imam Malik, this is
not the way. Rather the way is you
seclude yourself, and you do ibadah, and you
pray tahajjud, and you give up public lectures.
So, Imam Malik wrote back to him.
Allah
has given different people different amal like he
has given different people different careers and jobs.
And for some people, this is Imam Malik
speaking, for some people,
Allah opened the door for them for fasting,
and for others fasting is difficult, but Allah
opened the door for salah. And for some
people, Allah opened the door for jihad against
the Romans and whatnot, and for others, Allah
opened the door for worship, like you, you're
worshiping,
and for others, Allah opened the door for
'ilm and preaching, and this is the door
Allah opened for me. Imam Malik is saying,
I find Ibadah, and I find my function
and role in studying and in preaching to
others, And I don't think what you are
doing is any lesser than what I'm doing.
And I hope you as well understand that
what I'm doing, I don't think is any
lesser than what you are doing.
Now, this is actually an inspiration for all
of us. Oh, Muslim, listen to me carefully.
Your own
personality is your competition. Not me, not you,
not anybody else, not the person next to
you. You look at yourself.
What can I do?
What am I qualified to do? What are
my talents?
You don't have to compare yourself with the
multimillionaire
who's building schools
as a single handed person. You don't have
to compare yourself with the shaykh that has
the spotlight on himself. You say, I don't
have I don't have the spotlight. You're not
in competition with near anybody else. You're in
competition with yourself. What can you do? What
are your qualifications?
What are your passions?
What door has opened to you?
What door has Allah opened to you that
He hasn't opened other people? For some people,
O Muslim, to take care, you might have
a sister who is unmarried, a widow with
children, for you to take care of her
and your nephews and nieces, That might be
your door to Firdaus.
You might have an elderly mother that you
can take care of. There's no limelight. There's
no fame and fanfare in that, but that
is your way to Jannatul Firdos. You might
have a chapter of charity that nobody knows
about, but you can do. You might be
able to help in some manner. You might
be able to volunteer in Sunday school, be
a mentor to the kids of our community.
I don't know. Only you know. So my
request to you, remember this ayah,
Everybody
does in accordance with his own predisposition.
And go back to Imam Malik, what is
your predisposition?
What is your shakil? And ask yourself, how
can I get to firdausil a'la? And your
path to get there might be different than
somebody else's. No problem. As long as it
is a path of good and a path
of khair and a path of barakah, if
Allah loves it, it is it is a
path to janitor for those. So ask yourself,
what are my talents? What are my passion?
And then exert yourself in that, so that,
Insha'Allah,
you can get to that same level as
well. And Insha'Allah, we'll continue tomorrow. Wassalamu alaykum
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