Wisdoms in the Quran #23 The Secret To Attaining Peace

Today's Quranic wisdom,

Surat Rad verse 23.

We've all heard this verse,

but without a doubt, it is one of

the most important

Quranic wisdoms and Quranic maxims.

The word Allah is rarely used in the

Quran,

and it has a unique function. There's no

equivalent in English.

Allah is a 3 letter word, alif lam

alif,

that is meant to draw attention

to what is to follow. It is called

harufutambi.

You wanna draw attention.

You know, the kids have their expressions. Hey,

y'all, listen up. Like, that's the attention. So

many of the kids looked up when I

said that. Right? So that's exactly what Allah

means.

Allah

is an Arabic word that is rarely used

in the Quran, maybe a half a dozen

or less in the Quran.

And the purpose is

pay attention,

listen up. Allah wants to drive a point

home. Allah is telling us to listen to

this. Allah, what is Allah wanting us to

listen

to?

Through the dhikr of Allah

shall the hearts find tranquility. Now another interesting

grammatical point

is that whenever in the Arabic language,

the object is placed before the verb,

in Arabic, this implies

exclusivity.

I'll give you an example.

You can say, We

worship you. But when you take the object

and you put before the verb,

you imply

exclusivity

that will not be implied if you use

the default na abudukah. Na abudukah means we

worship you, O Allah.

Iyaka na abud means what?

We only

worship you, O Allah. This is, again, the

Arabic language, as you know, is very profound.

And that's why if you don't know grammar

and you haven't studied grammar, you will never

fully understand the eloquence of the Quran and

the sunnah. There is no language that is

as beautiful and profound and frankly philosophical as

Arabic. And these are simple examples. So when

Allah says, Allah bi dhikrillaahi

tatmainlulquloob,

what is the message being given?

Only through

the dhikr of Allah will your hearts ever

find peace.

Only.

You will not find tranquility

in anything else, oh, believer.

You will not find comfort,

spiritual

happiness.

It will not be found

except through the dhikr of Allah.

All of this dunya and all that is

in it

will not make you happy.

All of the pleasures,

and all of the shahawats,

and all of the eating, and drinking, and

sensual desires of this dunya,

it will never ever

satisfy

your internal happiness.

That's only going to be satisfied with one

thing.

And that is why the Quran has so

many verses, and the hadith are full of

the blessings of dhikr. Time is limited, but

just to remind us because we are now

on the 25th night, and Ramadan is about

to finish. And, oh, believers, the sad reality,

wallahi, it pains me to say, but in

5 days, this masjid will be half empty.

But my advice to myself and all of

you,

don't stop the zikr of Allah just because

Ramadan is over.

Don't stop the Ibadat and the tilawat the

tilawat just because this month is finished,

Because these maxims, and gems, and rules will

apply after the month as they're applying right

now. And that is why Allah commands us

in the Quran. You yayuhalladinaamanoooothgrullahha.

How much?

The Quran?

Kathira.

There's hardly any command like this in the

Quran.

There's hardly any commandment that is encouraging this

type of worship.

Constantly remember Allah. Praise Him morning evening. And

you know in that famous long verse,

the 15 adjectives and and descriptions,

the last

women who are constantly doing dhikr of Allah,

and that's why Allah describes those who do

dhikr as being the intelligent people. It is

a sign of intelligence

to do dhikr. Allah says in the Quran

that,

There are signs for the people of intelligence

in the creation. Who are the people of

intelligence?

The number one description.

They're the ones constantly doing dhikr when they're

standing, when they're sitting, when they're lying down.

Wherever they are, they're waiting for a meeting,

they're driving their cars, they're in between Zoom

calls, whatever it is, just the tongue is

moving with dhikr. This is how Allah describes

the people of intelligence,

and that is why we are told in

the Quran that one of the biggest desires

of shaitan

is to stop us from doing dhikr. One

of the strongest

mechanisms of shaitan, and by the way, if

that is not social media and that is

not television, then what is? That is the

stopping of doing dhikr. Allah says in the

Quran that, Oh, people, oh, people

of

iman,

Shaitan is enticing you with gambling,

and he's enticing you with drinking, and his

real goal is not gambling and drinking. The

real goal, to stop you from doing the

dhikr of Allah. Notice how Allah says, actually,

yes, gambling is bad, and and drinking is

bad, but there is a more malicious goal,

and that malicious goal is what?

To stop you from doing dhikr of Allah.

Fahalantumuntahoon.

Won't you wake up? Allah is asking in

the Quran. Won't you realize this is the

goal of shaitan?

And that is why Allah describes the believers

as those who nothing will stop them from

the dhikr of Allah, not even their jobs,

nothing.

Their tijara and their transactions

will never stop them from doing dhikr of

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Throughout the day, even

as they're buying and selling, even as they're

going through their work, they are always doing

dhikr of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala reminds us that it

is is through that we gain ultimate victory

even in the most difficult times, and that

is during war, during Qita. Allah says, oh,

you who believe when you meet an enemy,

When you're meeting an enemy, be firm in

your fighting. And as you are firm,

if you wanna be victorious,

even in the battlefield, as the

swords are moving, you better be doing zikr

if you wanna be successful. If you want

zikr to help you, if zikr will help

you even at times of war, then how

about throughout your daily life? How about through

your marriages? How about through your transactions? How

about forgetting barakah in your house? Allah is

saying, dhikr will help you win the battle,

the actual battle, not a metaphorical battle. So

then, how about the metaphorical battles? How about

the other battles that we do throughout the

day and night? Dhikr is what is going

to constantly help us, and that is why

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala mentions that the one

who turns away from the dhikr of Allah,

that person is gonna live a miserable life.

You're never going to attain happiness.

Whoever turns away from my dhikr

shall live a pathetic life. This is in

the Quran,

It's gonna be a dark miserable life. You

will not be happy without the dhikr of

Allah. And on the day of judgment, Allah

will resurrect you blind. And that is why

the one who does dhikr of Allah

that is the one who is going to

find ultimate happiness and ultimate sa'adah. Allah says

in the Quran,

What does this mean? There is nothing

bigger and better than the dhikr of Allah.

Whatever you can think of, whatever you can

imagine,

The dhikr of Allah is bigger and better

than anything else, and that's why when we

do dhikr of Allah,

Allah shall remember us in a way that

will protect us, in a way that will

guide us, in a way that will bless

us.

Alkurkum

fathkuruni

alkurkum.

You do my dhikr, and I will always

remember you. Of course, here, the dhikr of

Allah doesn't mean that Allah doesn't know us.

It means Allah will pay attention and care.

Allah's rahma, Allah's barakah, Allah's sakeena will come.

When we do dhikr of Allah, then all

of these blessings will come upon us. And

all Muslim, the dhikr of Allah is not

just the tongue moving with subhanallah and alhamdulillah

and la ilaha illa allallahu akbar. This is

one category of dhikr, and it is an

important category of dhikr. But the Quran is

also dhikr.

The Quran is the ultimate dhikr. Reading the

Quran, listening to the Quran, memorizing the Quran.

The salah is the dhikr.

The salah is the ultimate dhikr of Allah

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Hajj is a dhikr

Hajj is nothing but a dhikr. The siyam,

Allah says in the Quran, once you finish

the siyam, then

then do the dhikr on the day of

Eid as Allah has guided you. Every single

ritual of Allah is a dhikr. Every single

connection we have with Allah is a dhikr.

Dua is dhikr. Quran is dhikr, and our

moving of the tongues is dhikr. In fact,

it can be said, religiosity

is dhikr of Allah. Really, that's what it

is. Anything to do with the deen, that

is what is the dhikr of Allah. And

so, oh Muslim, The religiosity that you and

I have is the most important thing, and

you will not find happiness

except through this religiosity.

Ramadan is coming to an end. In 4

days, there is no more tarawih. That's it

for this year, but then the zikr of

Allah must continue. The religiosity

must remain. The connection we have with Allah,

with the religion, it must sustain, if only

because you wanna get

Muslim,

Allah

is

telling

us

there's

only all wanna be happy? Well, all Muslim,

Allah is telling us there's only one way

to actually achieve ultimate

spiritual happiness,

Allah

may

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala always make us of

those who are

Go ahead and try it.

Go ahead and try it.