Yasir Qadhi – Wisdoms of the Quran #15 Dawn Is Near
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The importance of procrastination and delay in the context of the Quran and the message of Al Qaeda is emphasized. It's important to act swiftly and not procrastinate, as punishment is coming soon. Procrastination is a consequence of procrastination, and staying at the pace is crucial to achieving success. The context of Islam's actions and promises is discussed using a hypothetical scenario, with emphasis on the importance of not losing hope and not giving up hope. The speakers also remind people of the difference between the Information and Agent, stressing the importance of not procrastinate and continuing to live a better life.
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What evening of Ramadan is it tonight?
Which means
half the month has gone.
Isn't the month almost over?
So today's aya is about the swiftness of
time.
Surah Hud verse 81,
Alayasasubuubuqarib.
Alayasasubuubuqarib.
This is such a powerful,
sweet, profound verse.
The context of the verse, of course, it
translates as isn't the dawn so close by?
It's the middle of the night, isn't the
dawn around the corner? Isn't it almost time
for the dawn? And the context of the
verse,
the angels visit Lut,
and they tell the Prophet Lut that Allah's
punishment is coming. At the crack of dawn,
the angels are gonna come, and they're gonna
turn Sodom and Gomorrah over, and the punishment
will come. And then they say to Lut,
alisasubhugukarib.
And of course, the primary meaning, hurry up,
get out. Hurry up, it's almost done. Alayasasubhubuqareeb.
But as usual,
this maxim, this Quranic wisdom,
this gem
has so much profundity.
And because of time, we are limited. But
I'm gonna extract 2 separate points.
1st and foremost,
alayasasubuubikari.
It is an encouragement
for us to act immediately
and swiftly,
to not procrastinate,
to not delay.
The Quran is full of commandments to act
immediately,
and the Quran
criticizes
delay.
Allah tells us in the Quran that when
the angel of death comes, Allah says,
make sure you're giving charity.
What?
Kharib. Give me just a little kharib time.
Just a little time give me. And Allah
says, no, that's not gonna happen. That's why
the Quran says,
rash to do good deeds. The Quran says,
win the race. Our Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
said, Badiru bil aamali
Be hasty to do good deeds. Our prophet,
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said, ikhtanim khamsan kablakhamsin.
Shababa k kabbalah Haramik.
Take advantage of 5 things
before
5 things will come that destroys them. Take
advantage of your youth before you become old.
Take advantage of your health before you fall
sick. Take advantage of your free time before
you become busy. And the hadith goes on.
Be quick, be hasty, do not procrastinate
and delay.
Even
evil deeds, when you commit them, Allah says,
do not delay in your tawba. Inna matawba
tu a'allallahi.
Lilatheena yamaloonasuabijahadatin
thumayatuboona
Allah will accept the tawba of anybody
who does a sin, and they did so.
They were jahil when they did it. They
were not good people when they did it.
But Allah says,
They repent
They repent immediately.
So the first thing we derive,
Isn't the dawn so close by? Isn't it
almost time for the dawn to come? Allah
is encouraging,
just like he's encouraging lut alayhis salaam. Don't
delay. Pack your bags, get your family, get
out of here. Don't delay. The punishment is
coming. So act swiftly,
act hastily, and do not procrastinate.
And in fact, we learn from some of
the statements of the sahaba. Some say it's
a hadith, but it's not a hadith. It's
a statement of a sahabi. Ataswifu
minashaytan.
Procrastination
is from shaytan. To delay something, it is
not from our sunnah. And this is every
effective leader, and every single
successful person will tell you the number one
thing, you take advantage of time. You do
not delay, you do not procrastinate.
You wanna be successful
in this dunya, much less the akhira. You
cannot procrastinate.
So we get this from this ayah, alayhisasubuubikari.
There's another profundity
in this ayah. There's another
deep meaning in this ayah, alasa subhububiqareem.
What is the context? The context is Allah's
punishment
upon evil people, and the context is Allah
saving
the righteous people. Remember, the righteous people are
being persecuted.
The righteous people are being mocked. The righteous
people are being physically harmed, and the evil
people are the Walimun and the tyrants. And
Allah says in that context,
alaysa subhubikareeb.
In other words, don't lose hope.
No matter how dark the night is, there
shall be a dawn that will cause the
sun to rise. No matter how bleak the
world looks, no matter how much
and oppression is taking place,
there shall be a change, and there shall
be an uplifting.
Oppression
will not be allowed to continue forever. There
shall be a day of reckoning, and there
shall be the crack of dawn that will
get rid of all of the evil and
the that exists. So there is a positive
news for those that are being oppressed, and
there is the threat of punishment for those
that are persisting
in the evil. And the Quran is full
of this motif of Allah's help being kareeb,
of Allah's rahma. Inna rahmatallahi
kareebun
minalmursinin
Allah's rahma is kareeb from those who want
to achieve piety. And Allah says, wakhurasuhibunaha
nasrumin Allahhi wa fathun
kareeb. Allah's fatha is kareeb. Allah's
Verily Allah's victory is kareeb. Do not lose
hope, oh people who are oppressed. Do not
lose hope, oh people of ghazah. Do not
lose hope, oh people who are being shown
unprecedented amount of lul. Allah's help is
kareeb, is kareeb,
Allah is inspiring optimism,
Allah is inspiring courage, that no matter how
bad the situation is, Allah's nazar, Allah's rahma,
Allah's fata is always kareem, and Allah reminds
us in the Quran
the difference between the kafir and the mumin.
Allah reminds us that when it comes to
Allah's help and victory, when it comes to
qiyama, Those who reject Allah, they think Allah's
help is never gonna come, or is very
far away. They think reckoning will never come.
And as for us,
We know Allah's help is close. We know
Allah's victory is close.
Isn't the dawn so close? It's not far
away. And so we put our trust in
Allah. We put our in Allah, Allah's help,
Allah's victory, Allah's nazar, Allah's rahma, all of
it is kareem, and how can it not
be kareem when Allah himself
is
kareem?
When Allah is kareem, then how can his
nazar not be kareem? How can his fatah
not kareeb? How can his rahma not be
kareeb?
Ibrahim says, my rab is kareeb, and my
rab hears the dua of the one who
is oppressed. So Allah is kareem, and his
help is kareem, and his naser is kareem.
So he reminds us, Alayasasubhubikareem.
O Muslim, do not procrastinate.
Turn back to Allah in repentance. Hasten to
do good deeds. Turn over to live a
better life. Alay sal subhubhuibikareem.
And all Muslim, do not give up hope
of Allah's mercy.
Never despair of Allah's rahmah and conquest. The
conquest of Allah, the naser of Allah is
always kareem because Allah himself is kareem. And
InshaAllah ta'ala will continue tomorrow.