Zakariyya Harnekar – Sacred Sanctuary Series 3 P1 discusses, Returning, before our Return

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let's get into it.

As per the instructions I've been given,

I'm introduce myself. My name is Zakaria Anika.

I'm a, student of

Islamiyah,

currently teaching at the same institute,

under the supervision and

of. Before that, I studied at,

under

the tutelage of,

as well as I did a BSC degree

at UCT

some years ago. And

studies are continuing.

Yeah. But

that's besides the point.

Let's get into what we have for tonight,

and that is, to engage with the Quran.

The nia of this program that that's being

hosted by, Light Upon Light is,

is that in this time of lockdown,

in this time of,

confining ourselves to our homes, that we make

the best of it.

We we want to encourage hope in people,

inspire hope in people rather than becoming,

depressed or feeling claustrophobic

and that that we find ourselves in,

in dire straits, etcetera. Rather, we want to

increase our connection with Allah

because an increased connection with Allah

it naturally leads

to one feeling full of hope, one feeling

inspired, one feeling, you know, content.

And that's what we're trying to build

through this program, bi'uminu alayhta'ala. In addition to

that also, we just,

one of the intentions of this program is

to encourage people to use this period of

time,

to prepare for the month of Ramadan. Ramadan

is the month of the Quran. Quran. So

what better way can we prepare for that

month by actually engaging with some passages of

the Quran by the grace of Allah Subhanahu

Wa Ta'ala.

SubhanAllah, tomorrow night I think is, Laylatun Nussum

In Shaaban. So we just have half a

month left before before Ramadan. You know, Allah

alone knows

what situation we'll find ourselves in then, but,

may Allah

remove from us this,

this difficult situation

and may Allah

replace it with,

with ease and moments in which we can

come together

as, as a Muslim Ummah. Again, we can

be in each other's company.

It's difficult for me,

teaching

across online without engaging with anybody in front

of me. There's something special that is in,

the bonds, the physical bonds of people and

how their souls connect in that space. But

we ask that Allah

replicate that,

in the situation via the means that we

have available to us. We are trying our

best.

So

the section of the Quran that I intend

to focus on tonight,

is a section from Surah Turum.

Surah Turum is a Makkan Surah,

and it gets its name from a passage

at the very beginning

where Allah

predicted

that, that the Romans would conquer the Persians.

In fact,

okay, this doesn't really relate to the the

passage and the lessons I want to derive,

but just for for some background information,

The, the Mushrikin of Mecca, the polytheists of

Christians of Rome were overpowered by the,

the fire worshippers. The priests of Mecca then

used this as an opportunity to, like,

Allah

in prophecy

that

I hope, joy for the believers presiding with

Polytheists.

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is in 41. Then

word translation of the verse of the verse

on these verses,

difficulty, adversity,

what do they do?

They

are ones who repent or they call upon

him whilst

turning back to you. And then Allah says,

again

on the 4th Ba'am, on the first Ba'am

it means that something.

When Allah causes them adversity

when Allah causes them to taste

what happens then?

So when adversity befell, then when Allah causes

them to taste,

Allah says,

Behold.

I'm just going to go over that verse

again. Allah says whilst repenting to him, behold

a party of them ascribed partners to their

law.

Uses that Allah subhanahu said and Nasrul.

A little bit of adversity befalls them.

But in the one case,

then what do they do? Now they start

ascribing partners to. Allah

says,

that word that lamb can be understood,

So that

or or they are in ungrateful.

Means

so this is result of that or via

gave them in the first place that rahma

that he allowed them to taste.

So in joy, Allah

says, if Allah's come on.

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having a technical problem.