Zia Sheikh – Ramadan Khatira Day 22

Many of you may be aware that the

Old Testament, the Bible, it talks about the

previous مِعَالِمُ صلى الله عليه وسلم, sometimes in

a very derogatory way, something which is not

appropriate when it comes to even regular human

beings, let alone the Prophets.

So, you will find, for example, the story

of Nuh a.s. that he became drunk

and he committed, نَعُذُ بِاللَّهِ, you know, you

shudder even talking about these things and thinking

about these things, that he committed * with

his own daughter so that the progeny could

increase, either him or Lut a.s., one

of the two.

And things of that nature you find these

stories.

One of those stories is something related to

Dawud a.s. Dawud a.s., according to

the story mentioned in the Old Testament, he

saw a woman, and again, this is relating

a story that is found in the Old

Testament, related by the previous bearers of the

religion, Jews and Christians.

And what is our response to that, and

what does the Qur'an say about that,

this is what we are going to talk

about today, inshallah.

So Dawud a.s., according to that story,

he saw a woman who was married, he

saw her bathing, and he fell in love

with her.

He fell in love with her, he beckoned

her to the palace, and then committed adultery

with her, and then from that adultery that

took place, she became pregnant, and she had

from that pregnancy, Suleiman a.s., a prophet.

If you can imagine, this is a prophet,

the son of a prophet that we are

talking about, that he, Suleiman a.s., is

the son of an illicit relationship, and Dawud

a.s. is engaging in an illicit relationship.

So this is the story that is mentioned.

In addition to that, the husband of that

wife, Suleiman a.s., or Dawud a.s.,

sends him into battle, his name was Uriah,

Uriah the Hittite, according to the story in

the Bible.

So he sends him into battle, so that

he gets killed, so that he can marry

this woman.

So this is the story, according to the

previous religions, meaning Judaism and Christianity, and of

course, as Muslims, this is something that we

cannot accept about our prophet.

So, what does the Quran say about this

issue?

It is, it talks about something in very

vague terms, but which the Mufassireen have explained

as to what actually happened.

So Dawud a.s., one day, he is

in his house, or he is in his

place of worship, when suddenly, what happens, two

men, or two angels in the shape of

men, they jump over the wall, they encroach

into his property, which was well protected and

well secured, and they enter into his room,

and they start an argument in front of

him.

They present a case as litigants, as plaintiff

and defendant, in front of Dawud a.s.

So Allah s.w.t. says, وَهَلْ أَتَاكَ

نَبَأُ الْخَصْمُ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابِ Did the story

of the litigants come to you, O Prophet

of Allah, meaning talking to the Prophet Muhammad

s.a.w., when they climbed over the

wall, تَسَوَّرُوا, from the word سُور, when they

climbed over the wall and entered المحراب, المحراب

can mean the mihrab that we have here,

or it can mean just a room in

which Dawud a.s. was worshipping, so they

came into the mihrab while he was alone,

there was nobody else with him.

إِذْ تَخَضُوا عَلَىٰ دَاوُودٍ When they entered upon

Dawud فَفَزِعْ مِنْهُمْ, he was surprised by them,

he got astonished because of a couple of

reasons the Mufasirin have mentioned, that they came

in at a time when normally people would

not enter, maybe in the middle of the

night, or a time when people were taking

a nap, but not a time usually where

people would come to see him, so he

got surprised, and on top of that they

came into a place which was very well

secured, and there was no possibility of people

trespassing into that area, so he was surprised.

قَالُوا لَا تَخَفُوا, they said, don't be afraid.

خَسْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضُ فَحْكُمْ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ

These are two litigants, litigants meaning they have

presented a case, they want to present a

case to you, and one of them has

transgressed over the other.

فَحْكُمْ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ Oh Dawud, judge between us

with the truth, meaning do not do any

wrong.

وَلَا تُشْتِطْ وَهْدِنَا إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الصِّرَاطِ And do

not, تُشْتِطْ means, وَلَا تُشْتِطْ means do not

oppress and do not make a wrong decision,

be just in your decision.

وَلَا تُشْتِطْ وَهْدِنَا إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الصِّرَاطِ And guide

us to the straight path.

So we've come to present a case to

you, you have to guide us as to

what the correct way is.

إِنَّ تُشْتِطْ

وَهْدِنَا إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الصِّرَاطِ And guide us to

the straight path.

وَقَلِيلٌ مَّا هُمْ