Tafseer Surah Al-Kahf | Ep 1 | Introduction & Detailed Look at Ayat 1-12 | Shaykh Abdullahi Hussein
概要
TLDRThe speaker expresses joy in gathering and emphasizes the importance of community and spirituality through Quranic learning. They announce a six-week course to memorize a specific Surah, encouraging participation and reflection. The speech highlights the virtues of gatherings centered around remembrance of Allah, referencing Hadith about angels and mercy. The Surah serves as a guide for facing life’s challenges, addressing themes of persecution, wealth, knowledge, and power. A critical point is made about the need for actions to accompany faith to attain true belief and reward.
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- 📖 Engage in community for spiritual growth.
- 🕌 Prioritize weekly Quranic studies.
- 💪 Memorize a Surah within six weeks.
- 👼 Remember Allah brings divine mercy.
- 🎓 Reflect on each verse learned.
- ⚖️ Real belief includes righteous actions.
- 💡 Trust Allah for guidance in trials.
- 🛡️ Protection through Surah recitation.
- 🙏 Appreciate the blessing of knowledge.
- 🔗 Faith must be action-oriented.
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- 00:00:00 - 00:05:00
The speaker expresses joy in being with the audience, reflecting on the journey of establishing a community center aimed at fostering spiritual connection and understanding of the Quran. Emphasis is placed on the importance of community development and bonding through religious teachings.
- 00:05:00 - 00:10:00
The speaker conveys a sense of love for the audience for the sake of Allah and discusses preliminary points before beginning the class, including practical considerations like parking and bringing prayer mats. A challenge is introduced for participants to memorize Surah Al-Kahf during the course.
- 00:10:00 - 00:15:00
Acknowledgment is given to the group for choosing to study the book of Allah, highlighting the blessings of this gathering, as it is believed to attract divine mercy and tranquility. The significance of shared remembrance of Allah is stressed, along with a hadith that emphasizes the value of such gatherings.
- 00:15:00 - 00:20:00
The speaker references another hadith regarding angels seeking out gatherings remembering Allah and how they report to Allah, showcasing the intimate connection between humans and the divine through prayer and remembrance. He emphasizes the importance of intentions in gatherings, even when attendance might not be solely for religious reasons.
- 00:20:00 - 00:25:00
The discussion shifts to the importance of Surah Al-Kahf, highlighting its merits and the Prophet's recommendations to recite it weekly. The goal of the course is presented: study and reflect upon this Surah to deepen participants' spiritual engagement with it and understand its meanings better.
- 00:25:00 - 00:30:00
The participant is introduced to the Maki Surah Al-Kahf, its historical context, and the virtues associated with memorizing its verses. The blessings of reciting its verses on Fridays and the protection it offers against trials are elaborated upon, emphasizing why this Surah has been selected for study.
- 00:30:00 - 00:35:00
The speaker explains the themes covered in Surah Al-Kahf, including the trials of faith, wealth, knowledge, and power, comparing these with the greater trials faced by Muslims today, particularly the trials of Dajjal as a significant test.
- 00:35:00 - 00:40:00
The audience learns about the relationship between Surah Al-Kahf and the broader message of the Quran, underscoring the need for adherence to its teachings amidst worldly distractions, connecting back to personal faith and communal responsibilities.
- 00:40:00 - 00:45:00
The narrative of the people of the cave is briefly introduced, highlighting their perseverance in faith despite persecution. The emphasis lies on trusting Allah while taking necessary steps to seek refuge, showcasing the balance between dependence on divine support and personal effort in hardship.
- 00:45:00 - 00:52:24
Finally, the session concludes with reflections on the mercy of Allah and the importance of understanding His plan, encouraging trust in divine wisdom while continuing the journey through faith, sociability, and constructive actions. The speaker anticipates the next meeting, urging continued engagement with the lessons learned.
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ビデオQ&A
What is the main focus of the speech?
The speech focuses on building community and spiritual connection through learning and memorizing the Quran.
How long is the course mentioned in the speech?
The course lasts for six weeks.
What is being encouraged to memorize during the course?
Participants are encouraged to memorize a specific Surah from the Quran.
What are the stories mentioned in the Surah about?
The stories tackle themes like persecution, wealth, knowledge, and power.
What does the speaker say about gatherings for remembering Allah?
The speaker states that such gatherings are virtuous and surrounded by angels, bringing mercy and tranquility.
What is the importance of intention in learning?
Even those who come for other reasons but are with the group will benefit from the gathering.
What is the significance of Surah Kahf according to the speaker?
It contains important lessons and provides protection from trials when recited.
How does the speaker relate faith and actions?
Faith must be accompanied by righteous actions to be considered complete.
What is the main message about trials in the speech?
Believers are advised to hold onto their faith to navigate life's trials.
What does the speaker say about the Quran as a manual for life?
The Quran is presented as the manual for understanding how to live righteously and closer to Allah.
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- 00:00:19first and foremost it brings me great
- 00:00:20joy and pleasure to be sat in front of
- 00:00:22you all and it has been a journey one of
- 00:00:25ups and downs uh since we've launched
- 00:00:28this beautiful Center and alhamdulillah
- 00:00:31we are able to finally get the ball
- 00:00:33rolling with the grassroot work the
- 00:00:36Community Development the weekly classes
- 00:00:38the hi programs all to foster a
- 00:00:41community that has a strong spiritual
- 00:00:44connection with Allah subhanahu wa taal
- 00:00:46and a strong connection with the book of
- 00:00:48Allah subhanahu waala
- 00:00:51secondly I love you all for the sake of
- 00:00:53Allah and ask Allah just as he United us
- 00:00:57here today to unite us in the highest
- 00:01:00rank of Jenna and we can reminisce these
- 00:01:03beautiful Gatherings inshallah tal but
- 00:01:06before we start this class I like to
- 00:01:08mention um two
- 00:01:11points number one inshah as you know
- 00:01:13this area there isn't many parking
- 00:01:15spaces so please park sensibly inshallah
- 00:01:17and appropriately secondly please bring
- 00:01:20your mus with you so inshallah you can
- 00:01:22uh follow along the third point is not a
- 00:01:25point but it's a challenge that I want
- 00:01:27to put out there and as insh as we go
- 00:01:30through this course this six week course
- 00:01:33of I want to put the challenge out there
- 00:01:36which is to memorize this Surah and I
- 00:01:39want as those brothers who haven't
- 00:01:41memorized the Surah by the end of this
- 00:01:43six weeks to have memorized the Surah
- 00:01:45because the prophet sallallahu alaihi
- 00:01:47wasallam the way he used to teach the
- 00:01:48the sahabah they would memorize 10
- 00:01:51verses and they would reflect on those
- 00:01:53verses act upon those verses and then
- 00:01:55start the next 10 verses so as we go
- 00:01:58week in week out inallah try to make it
- 00:02:01a point to memorize these verses and by
- 00:02:03the end inshallah tal I want you to I
- 00:02:06want you all to have
- 00:02:09memorized that being said I want you to
- 00:02:12understand first and foremost how
- 00:02:14fortunate you are that Allah subhanahu
- 00:02:17wa'ta'ala has favored you over thousands
- 00:02:19of people and made you uh and made you
- 00:02:23come to this Center to study the book of
- 00:02:26Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
- 00:02:27and to ponder upon his verses you left
- 00:02:31the comfort of your home on a week day
- 00:02:35to connect with the book of Allah subhah
- 00:02:36wa ta'ala and certainly this is a great
- 00:02:39blessing and a great in of itself Allah
- 00:02:42he
- 00:02:45said if you show gratitude to him
- 00:02:47subhanahu he will increase in your
- 00:02:49blessing so all these blessings that we
- 00:02:52talk about what makes this Gathering a
- 00:02:55virtuous Gathering it's a question that
- 00:02:58we should answer these Gatherings of
- 00:03:00knowledge these gatherings of what makes
- 00:03:02it virtuous the prophet sallallah alai
- 00:03:05wasam he said in a that was narrated by
- 00:03:07AB he
- 00:03:11said no group gather and no group sit
- 00:03:15down to remember
- 00:03:19Allah except that the angels surround
- 00:03:24them and mercy will engulf them
- 00:03:30and Tranquility will descend upon
- 00:03:34them and Allah makes mention of them to
- 00:03:38those in his close
- 00:03:40proximity and this is a Hadith of
- 00:03:42tremendous benefit but the Hadith that I
- 00:03:45want to ponder upon is a Hadith that
- 00:03:46elaborates this Hadith that we've just
- 00:03:48mentioned and it takes it a further to
- 00:03:53the point that we want to drive home it
- 00:03:55is theith
- 00:03:57of and I want you to pay close attention
- 00:03:59to this Hadith the prophet sallallah
- 00:04:02alai wasam has said in in in aith
- 00:04:04narrated by
- 00:04:08AB Allah has angels and these angels go
- 00:04:14around searching for Gatherings of and
- 00:04:17they go around the streets looking for
- 00:04:19Gatherings of and remembrance of Allah
- 00:04:21subhanahu wa
- 00:04:26tala when they find a group of people
- 00:04:29who gather to remember Allah subhanahu
- 00:04:33waala one of them shouts out and he
- 00:04:37says come Rush towards this Gathering
- 00:04:41and come to your
- 00:04:46Affair and they gather around with their
- 00:04:49wings until they reach the the the
- 00:04:51lowest
- 00:04:55Heaven
- 00:04:57asks and he already know knows the
- 00:05:00affair of his servants that have
- 00:05:01gathered and so he asks those
- 00:05:05angels what are my servants talking
- 00:05:08about what are my servants
- 00:05:12saying the angels will
- 00:05:18respond they are glorifying you Ya Allah
- 00:05:21and they are praising you and they are
- 00:05:22worshiping
- 00:05:26you have they seen me before the Angels
- 00:05:32respond no by Allah they have never seen
- 00:05:35you then Allah asks
- 00:05:40them what would the case be what would
- 00:05:42their situation be if they were to see
- 00:05:44me then the Angels
- 00:05:52respond they would have strived to your
- 00:05:55and they would worshiped you a lot more
- 00:05:57and they would have intensified in their
- 00:05:59worship
- 00:06:01ship Allah
- 00:06:03says what are they asking for what are
- 00:06:06they hoping for these Servants of mine
- 00:06:08who've gathered what are they hoping
- 00:06:10for then the Angels they
- 00:06:13say they are hoping for
- 00:06:16paradise and Allah says to
- 00:06:19them have they seen this
- 00:06:22paradise the Angels
- 00:06:25respond no by Allah they have never seen
- 00:06:28this this paradise of yours
- 00:06:30then Allah then then the Angels respond
- 00:06:34then Allah
- 00:06:35says what if they were to see Paradise
- 00:06:38what would their situation be then the
- 00:06:41Angels
- 00:06:46respond they would have strived for it
- 00:06:48even more their their love for it would
- 00:06:51have increased and they would have their
- 00:06:53their desire for it would
- 00:06:56intensify then Allah he says
- 00:07:01what are they seeking Refuge from then
- 00:07:03Allah then the Angels respond they
- 00:07:07say they are seeking Refuge from the
- 00:07:10Hellfire then Allah he says have they
- 00:07:13seen this
- 00:07:15Hellfire then the Angels
- 00:07:18respond they have never seen this
- 00:07:20Hellfire of
- 00:07:23yours what would their situation be if
- 00:07:26they were to see this
- 00:07:27Hellfire then then the angels respond
- 00:07:29and they
- 00:07:33say they would have run away away they
- 00:07:36would have run away from it and their
- 00:07:38fear of the Hellfire would
- 00:07:41intensify then Allah he
- 00:07:46says I testify that I have forgiven them
- 00:07:50all then one of the Angels speaks out
- 00:07:53and he
- 00:07:57says there is so and so who is amongst
- 00:08:05them he
- 00:08:08said that individual who is amongst them
- 00:08:11he did not intend to remember Allah he's
- 00:08:14intent his intention was not to remember
- 00:08:18Allah but rather he came for another
- 00:08:21purpose he came for another reason
- 00:08:23perhaps he wanted to meet a friend
- 00:08:24perhaps he wanted to connect with
- 00:08:26someone else then Allah he says
- 00:08:33these are people whose companions will
- 00:08:36not be reduced in misery because they
- 00:08:38were accompanying people of High status
- 00:08:41people who Allah forgave Allah gave
- 00:08:45those people who whose intentions were
- 00:08:47potentially not as
- 00:08:49pure So Glad Tidings to each and every
- 00:08:52single one of
- 00:08:53you that you made the effort to come to
- 00:08:55this Gathering and ask Allah that he
- 00:08:58pardons all of our our sins
- 00:09:01Allah
- 00:09:03soah why did we
- 00:09:06selectah there are obviously so many
- 00:09:08suras 113 114 chapters in the Quran what
- 00:09:11makes Surah so so uh what makes it
- 00:09:15special why did we
- 00:09:17selectah the reality
- 00:09:20isah the prophet sallallah alaihi
- 00:09:22wasallam encouraged us to recite it
- 00:09:24every single
- 00:09:26Friday and in it there are so many great
- 00:09:29lesons and benefits and the objective of
- 00:09:31this series inshallah it is to complete
- 00:09:35this within 6 weeks inshallah and I want
- 00:09:38us all to be able to reflect upon Surah
- 00:09:41when we recite it every
- 00:09:43Friday and inshallah before without
- 00:09:46further Ado I'd like to invite uh our
- 00:09:49brother Adan maid inshallah to recite
- 00:09:51the vers that we will ponder upon and
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- 00:10:28alhamd
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- 00:10:58for for
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- 00:11:34[Laughter]
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- 00:11:58in
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- 00:12:28for for
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- 00:13:13this chapter was revealed and is
- 00:13:16considered a Maki Surah and a Maki Surah
- 00:13:19are the suras that were revealed before
- 00:13:22the hij of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi
- 00:13:24wasallam before he migrated to al-
- 00:13:26Madina and it was considered from the
- 00:13:28chapters that were revealed early on in
- 00:13:30Islam alongside
- 00:13:33and and this
- 00:13:35chapter as the scholars have mentioned
- 00:13:39there are so many virtues of this
- 00:13:41chapter that the prophet sallallahu
- 00:13:42alaihi wasallam mentioned and from them
- 00:13:44is the
- 00:13:46of he
- 00:13:54said whosoever memorizes the first 10
- 00:13:58verses of Surah then he will be
- 00:14:01protected from The Trial of
- 00:14:03the and in another narration he
- 00:14:12said whoever recites the last 10 verses
- 00:14:15of he will be protected from The Trial
- 00:14:18of the and another Hadith the prophet
- 00:14:20sallallahu alai wasallam he
- 00:14:23said whosoever
- 00:14:27recites on the day of
- 00:14:33Friday will grant him a light that will
- 00:14:36shine for him until the next Friday and
- 00:14:40last but not least the prophet
- 00:14:41sallallahu wasallam also
- 00:14:47said whosoever
- 00:14:49recites on a Friday he will be protected
- 00:14:52for8
- 00:14:57days he said s alaihi wasallam that he
- 00:15:00will be protected from every single
- 00:15:03trial and even if the jail was to come
- 00:15:06out within those eight days he will be
- 00:15:07protected from those clearly we see that
- 00:15:11uh the prophet sallallahu alaihi
- 00:15:12wasallam mentioned the FNA ofal and it
- 00:15:14has a connection with the question is
- 00:15:17what is that connection does Allah talk
- 00:15:20about the F of theel
- 00:15:23inah the answer is no so what is the
- 00:15:26connection between Surah
- 00:15:30and the F of the we all know F of the
- 00:15:32the trial of the is the greatest FNA
- 00:15:35that will occur to this
- 00:15:37um right and the link between the two of
- 00:15:41them as you all know Surah talks about
- 00:15:44four main stories the first of them
- 00:15:47being the story of the people of the
- 00:15:50cave and the Second Story being the man
- 00:15:53with the two gardens and the third the
- 00:15:55third story being the story of M and and
- 00:15:59The Last Story being the story of and
- 00:16:02each of those stories cover four main
- 00:16:04themes the First theme being the fitna
- 00:16:08of persecution and escaping for your
- 00:16:12religion the second FNA being the fitna
- 00:16:16of wealth and money the third the third
- 00:16:20the third FNA being the FNA of knowledge
- 00:16:23which could potentially lead to
- 00:16:24arrogance and the prophet M was humble
- 00:16:28enough to knowledge for someone who was
- 00:16:30not a prophet the third FNA being the
- 00:16:33FNA of power and
- 00:16:36Kingdom and all these
- 00:16:39fan they have a link with f of the the
- 00:16:43guide here the connection between and is
- 00:16:47Allah is teaching Us in this Surah that
- 00:16:50when you hold on to the Rope of Allah
- 00:16:53and you hold on to the religion of Allah
- 00:16:55whether it may be the fitna of women
- 00:16:58whether it may be the FNA of whether it
- 00:17:01may be the the FNA of wealth and power
- 00:17:04you hold on to that religion Allah will
- 00:17:07give you a way out so it is to equip
- 00:17:10ourselves to protect ourselves from the
- 00:17:12FNA the biggest FNA that will occur to
- 00:17:14this um which is the
- 00:17:18of he started theah he
- 00:17:22said all praises to Allah who sent
- 00:17:26down to his servant the book and this
- 00:17:30book being the
- 00:17:32Quran and he did not make this book a
- 00:17:35crooked book it is not a book that has
- 00:17:38no this is a book that has no
- 00:17:40contradictions no mistakes no errors it
- 00:17:43is the biggest blessing that Allah
- 00:17:45subhanahu wa ta'ala bestowed upon
- 00:17:48Mankind and in it in this Quran is how
- 00:17:52to attain the pleasure of Allah
- 00:17:54subhanahu wa'ta'ala and how to worship
- 00:17:56Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala it is the
- 00:17:59manual we follow in order to get closer
- 00:18:02to him subhanahu wa'ta'ala we all know
- 00:18:04when we purchase a product it comes with
- 00:18:07a manual and without this manual it is
- 00:18:10quite frustrating to assemble an item
- 00:18:13and the manual of our life our entire
- 00:18:17existence is the book of Allah subhanahu
- 00:18:20wa taala then Allah he said this book is
- 00:18:24a book that is upright
- 00:18:29it warns against and it warns of a
- 00:18:32severe punishment a severe torment from
- 00:18:35Allah subhanahu wa taala and this
- 00:18:37reminds me of the time when the prophet
- 00:18:39sallallahu alaihi wasallam was commanded
- 00:18:42to make or give the da publicly at first
- 00:18:46it was private and then he was
- 00:18:49told get up and warn the people and he
- 00:18:52stood on that mountain and he called out
- 00:18:53to the tribes of
- 00:18:55quray and he when he stood on that
- 00:18:57mountain he asked the people if I was to
- 00:19:01warn you of an army that was marching
- 00:19:05behind this mountain would you all
- 00:19:06believe me and they responded of course
- 00:19:09we do not know you to be a liar we know
- 00:19:12you as Muhammad al-
- 00:19:13Amin and the famous saying the prophet
- 00:19:15sallallahu alaihi wasallam he said at
- 00:19:17that point
- 00:19:20was I am warning you of a clear and a
- 00:19:25Severe punishment from Allah subhanahu
- 00:19:27wa ta'ala
- 00:19:31so he started off with a clear warning a
- 00:19:34warning of a severe torment to those who
- 00:19:37disobey to those who disbelieve in Allah
- 00:19:39subhanahu wa'ta'ala
- 00:19:42and unfortunately the situation the way
- 00:19:45it is is if we talk about punishment and
- 00:19:48hell and and the torment we we will be
- 00:19:52label as judgmental or some people's
- 00:19:55feelings will be hurt and this is a sad
- 00:19:58reality
- 00:19:59because Islam has both it has the glat
- 00:20:04Tiding of Jenna and the torment of
- 00:20:07Hellfire and we are not guaranteed
- 00:20:10Paradise then the prophet then Allah he
- 00:20:13continued and he
- 00:20:17said he he showed glad Tiding and this
- 00:20:21is a Glad Tidings to those who who
- 00:20:24believe who have attained Iman but not
- 00:20:27only did they come with
- 00:20:32they are those who came with IM and they
- 00:20:35followed it up with righteous actions
- 00:20:38and Iman and righteous hand righteous
- 00:20:40actions go hand in hand you have not
- 00:20:42attained true Iman until you until you
- 00:20:46carry out with your actions and those
- 00:20:49people who say I believe but I do not
- 00:20:52pray for example or I believe but I do
- 00:20:56not fast and my heart is good I have a
- 00:20:59good heart I have a pure heart and I
- 00:21:01have a good intention this is not the
- 00:21:03way of the Muslims every part whenever
- 00:21:06you look at the Quran you'll find Allah
- 00:21:11saying those who believe and do
- 00:21:13righteous
- 00:21:16actions except those who believe and
- 00:21:19follow the up with righteous
- 00:21:21actions I remember seeing a a funny post
- 00:21:25on Instagram someone said
- 00:21:29saying that I wake up in the morning
- 00:21:32without so you wake up early in the
- 00:21:34morning and you do not brush your teeth
- 00:21:37and you still think that your breath
- 00:21:38smells good it is the same equivalent to
- 00:21:41the one who says I believe in Allah but
- 00:21:43I do not do righteous actions and my
- 00:21:45intentions are pure and I have a pure
- 00:21:47heart we believe as
- 00:21:50Muslims they are of the opinion
- 00:21:52that that belief divides into three it
- 00:21:56is a statement of the tongue and it is a
- 00:21:59belief within the heart and it is an
- 00:22:01action done and carried with the
- 00:22:04limbs then Allah he continued and he
- 00:22:08said those believers who Allah gave Glad
- 00:22:12Tidings to he
- 00:22:14said they will remain in Paradise for
- 00:22:18forever for eternity once a Muslim
- 00:22:21enters Jenna he will never come out he
- 00:22:25will be blessed with eternal Bliss and I
- 00:22:28I want to ponder upon this verse the
- 00:22:30prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam told
- 00:22:32us in a Hadith that my umah the average
- 00:22:35age of my umah is what is between um 60
- 00:22:39and 70 years
- 00:22:48correct I just hold on to it like
- 00:22:52this now the prophet sallallahu alaihi
- 00:22:55wasallam informed us that the average
- 00:22:58age of this group is between 60 and 70
- 00:23:02years and we realize that is it worth
- 00:23:06risking 40 50 60 years for Eternal Bliss
- 00:23:12this is a question we should all ask
- 00:23:14ourselves this is a temporary life that
- 00:23:17we liveing and this is a temporary
- 00:23:19enjoyment an enjoyment that doesn't last
- 00:23:21long and eventually will bring about
- 00:23:25harm in this world before the Hereafter
- 00:23:27if I was to tell and this is to drive
- 00:23:29the point home if I was to tell you
- 00:23:32that that I will give you1 billion and
- 00:23:36that's with a be only if you were to
- 00:23:38serve 20 years in prison and this is not
- 00:23:42prison hmp or America I'm talking about
- 00:23:45those comfortable prisons in Finland or
- 00:23:49Denmark who would not have taken this
- 00:23:52opportunity I'm almost certain that
- 00:23:54every single one of us would take an
- 00:23:56opportunity like this because because
- 00:23:59this is the concept of delayed
- 00:24:02gratification we are told that this
- 00:24:04world is a short-term prison we are told
- 00:24:07carry out these Commandments stay away
- 00:24:09from these prohibitions and you will get
- 00:24:12Eternal Bliss from Allah subhanahu wa
- 00:24:15taala and we all know in Jen the prophet
- 00:24:18sallallahu wasallam said
- 00:24:23in he
- 00:24:26said I have prepared for my righteous
- 00:24:29servants not for any servant of his for
- 00:24:31my righteous
- 00:24:34servants that which have no eyes have
- 00:24:37ever
- 00:24:38seen and no ear has ever
- 00:24:42heard and not a single heart could ever
- 00:24:45fathom that which is in
- 00:24:51J also warns against those who have made
- 00:24:54this outrageous claim what is this
- 00:24:56outrageous claim that they've made they
- 00:25:00said has begotten a child and the people
- 00:25:03who made this statement is the Arabs the
- 00:25:06Pagan Arabs at the time of the Prophet
- 00:25:08sallallahu alaihi wasallam they said
- 00:25:10Allah has daughters and the daughters of
- 00:25:13Allah are the
- 00:25:17Angels then Allah he mentions and he
- 00:25:22says they do not have any knowledge of
- 00:25:25what they have just uttered nor do their
- 00:25:26forefathers have any knowledge of what
- 00:25:28they've just said basically what they've
- 00:25:30just uttered is not coming from a place
- 00:25:33of knowledge and it is not coming from
- 00:25:35an intellectual
- 00:25:40Place how Mighty of a statement it is
- 00:25:43that which they've just uttered What a
- 00:25:45Mighty thing it is to accuse of Allah
- 00:25:47subhanahu wa
- 00:25:50taala they have uttered nothing but
- 00:25:55lies and this is this leads me to
- 00:25:58the context of this Surah why Allah
- 00:26:02revealed this this Surah and
- 00:26:05context usually gives us an idea and it
- 00:26:08allows us to ponder upon the verses a
- 00:26:10lot deeper
- 00:26:13so he mentioned
- 00:26:16that sent two men to Alina and at the
- 00:26:20time it was
- 00:26:21called this story will give you an idea
- 00:26:24why Surah was revealed in the first
- 00:26:26place qu
- 00:26:29sent two men to Al Medina and those two
- 00:26:32men their names
- 00:26:34were
- 00:26:37and and these two men that the mission
- 00:26:41that they were carrying was to visit
- 00:26:43Medina and visit the Jews that were
- 00:26:45living there why because the Jews that
- 00:26:47lived in Medina they were familiar with
- 00:26:50the concept of prophethood they were
- 00:26:51people of scripture they understood
- 00:26:54prophethood and so these two men went to
- 00:26:57al-madina and they approached the Jews
- 00:26:59that lived in that City and they asked
- 00:27:01them give us something that we can
- 00:27:04authenticate the prophet Hood ofu alaih
- 00:27:08wasallam give us something that we could
- 00:27:09challenge Muhammad and either prove or
- 00:27:12disprove his
- 00:27:15prophethood so the Jews mentioned three
- 00:27:17questions they said ask
- 00:27:20him of the people of the cave what was
- 00:27:24their situation like they they had an
- 00:27:26interesting story they also said ask him
- 00:27:29about the man who reached the East and
- 00:27:32the west and that
- 00:27:33is and they also said ask him about the
- 00:27:37r the affair of the Soul so these two
- 00:27:40men went back to Medina they were
- 00:27:43excited and they approached they went
- 00:27:45back to qur and they informed them what
- 00:27:48what the Jews have mentioned so they all
- 00:27:51went to the prophet sallallahu alaihi
- 00:27:53wasallam trying to catch him out so they
- 00:27:55said to the prophet sallallahu alaihi
- 00:27:57wasallam and theyve asked him these
- 00:27:58three questions tell us about the people
- 00:28:00of the C tell us about the man who
- 00:28:03reached the East and the west and tell
- 00:28:05us about the the man or tell us about
- 00:28:07the affair of the
- 00:28:10Soul so the prophet sallallahu alaihi
- 00:28:12wasallam he responded to them and he
- 00:28:14said come back to me tomorrow and I
- 00:28:16shall give you a
- 00:28:18response he was on the assumption that
- 00:28:21he was going to meet
- 00:28:23jelam at a specific time a specific
- 00:28:25location and he did not say inshallah
- 00:28:29he forgot to say inshallah so the next
- 00:28:31day came and they approached him and
- 00:28:33they said to him huh do you have a
- 00:28:35response for us and the prophet
- 00:28:37sallallahu alaihi wasallam told them
- 00:28:39come back the following day and I shall
- 00:28:41have a response for you they came back
- 00:28:43to him the next day and they asked him
- 00:28:45huh do you have an answer and the
- 00:28:48prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam told
- 00:28:49him come back to me the next day to come
- 00:28:52back to me tomorrow and I shall have a
- 00:28:53response for you and they came back a
- 00:28:56third day and a fourth day up until it
- 00:28:58reached the 15th day and when it reached
- 00:29:01the 15th day this was when they began
- 00:29:04celebrating finally we can
- 00:29:06intellectually disprove the prophethood
- 00:29:09of
- 00:29:11wasallam and you can imagine the
- 00:29:14conversations they were having it was
- 00:29:16like guys we got him we finally got him
- 00:29:20and they came to the prophet s
- 00:29:22celebrating and boasting and then Allah
- 00:29:26revealed
- 00:29:28in it in this Surah he addresses two of
- 00:29:31the three
- 00:29:33questions the story
- 00:29:35of and the people of the man who uh
- 00:29:40reached the East and the West as for the
- 00:29:42third question which was
- 00:29:48the which sah was that in
- 00:29:55we they ask you
- 00:29:58oh Muhammad they ask you regarding the
- 00:30:00affair of the
- 00:30:02Soul tell them that the affair of the
- 00:30:04soul is from
- 00:30:07Allah and we have not been given the
- 00:30:09knowledge or the affair of the Soul
- 00:30:11except a little so Allah addresses these
- 00:30:15topics inah and this is why the Surah
- 00:30:18was revealed so keep this context keep
- 00:30:21this story in mind right now Allah then
- 00:30:24says
- 00:30:31perhaps yeah Muhammad you will grieve
- 00:30:34yourself to
- 00:30:35death why
- 00:30:41because the fact that they rejected your
- 00:30:44your your message the fact that they
- 00:30:46didn't believe in the Quran that kills
- 00:30:48you that that Grieves you to your and
- 00:30:51and it Grieves you and every time a day
- 00:30:53went past the prophet sallallahu alaihi
- 00:30:56wasallam would feel really sad
- 00:30:58and as a result of this sorrow and this
- 00:31:00feeling that the prophet sallallahu
- 00:31:01alaihi wasallam was feeling at the time
- 00:31:03Allah revealed this verse and he rebukes
- 00:31:06him and he says to
- 00:31:12him meaning do not attach yourselves do
- 00:31:16not attach yourself to whether they
- 00:31:18believe or
- 00:31:21not and this was the greatest lesson
- 00:31:24that Allah was teaching the prophet
- 00:31:25sallallahu alaihi wasallam upon you oh
- 00:31:27Muhammad is to deliver the message that
- 00:31:30was your that's your mission and leave
- 00:31:32the rest to
- 00:31:34us and upon you is to preach and deliver
- 00:31:36this message he
- 00:31:38said wasallam he genuinely cared for his
- 00:31:42people he was someone who genuinely
- 00:31:45wanted and guidance for the Muslims and
- 00:31:48non-muslims Allah he
- 00:31:54mentioned a messenger has come from
- 00:31:57amongst yourselves
- 00:31:58and he is concerned by your by your
- 00:32:04suffering he is anxious for your
- 00:32:08well-being and he is merciful and he's
- 00:32:11gracious to the Believers we all know
- 00:32:13the Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu
- 00:32:15alaihi wasallam which goes which makes
- 00:32:16us all proud to be from the um of
- 00:32:19Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam and
- 00:32:21it is the Hadith
- 00:32:22of on the day of judgment that day that
- 00:32:26single day will be equival into 50,000
- 00:32:29years and so the people after standing
- 00:32:32for so long they will approach
- 00:32:37Adam and they will say to him Adam you
- 00:32:40are the first human being that Allah
- 00:32:44created intercede on behalf of us ask
- 00:32:47Allah just to get the ball rolling just
- 00:32:50to get the day of judgment let the ball
- 00:32:52roll and that's all they were asking for
- 00:32:55Adam responded he said said NF I'm
- 00:33:00worried about myself I have committed a
- 00:33:03sin and I have disobeyed
- 00:33:05Allah go to ibraim so they go to
- 00:33:10ibraim and they say to ibraim oh ibraim
- 00:33:13you
- 00:33:14are you are the close friend of
- 00:33:18Allah intercede on behalf of us and ask
- 00:33:21Allah to get the day of judgment get the
- 00:33:24Day of Reckoning beginning so ibraim
- 00:33:28Alam he responded and he
- 00:33:30said myself myself I'm worried about
- 00:33:33myself I have lied three times on three
- 00:33:36different occasions and the reality is
- 00:33:38my brothers and sisters he didn't lie he
- 00:33:41is so worried about those three
- 00:33:43occasions that he is not worried about
- 00:33:46saving the um or interceding on behalf
- 00:33:49of them so he says go to
- 00:33:51m they go to m and they say to him yeah
- 00:33:55M you you spoke to directly you are
- 00:33:59intercede on behalf of us and M will
- 00:34:03say I'm worried about myself I've killed
- 00:34:06someone go
- 00:34:08to so they go to and he doesn't mention
- 00:34:13a sin he says I'm worried about myself
- 00:34:17go to
- 00:34:18Muhammad they go to Muhammad s alai our
- 00:34:22messenger our
- 00:34:24Prophet they approach him and they say
- 00:34:28to
- 00:34:29him you are the best of creation
- 00:34:32intercede on behalf of us and so the
- 00:34:35prophet sallam will
- 00:34:38say it is for me it is for me and so he
- 00:34:41raises and he prostrates in front of
- 00:34:43Allah subhah
- 00:34:45waala and Allah says to
- 00:34:48him raise your
- 00:34:51head and ask and you shall be
- 00:34:55given and intercede and you your inter
- 00:34:57session will be accepted and the first
- 00:35:00thing that comes to his mind
- 00:35:03is my
- 00:35:07myam so he
- 00:35:13says you are almost about to kill kill
- 00:35:16yourself out of sorrow and worry for uh
- 00:35:20the people who have rejected your
- 00:35:24message but before I go onto the next
- 00:35:26verse this is a question a trick
- 00:35:29question as we mentioned Allah mentioned
- 00:35:32in the beginning of the the
- 00:35:35Surah he did not make this book A book
- 00:35:38that has contradictions or it is not a
- 00:35:41book of of
- 00:35:44crookedness Allah mentioned in the
- 00:35:52Quran muhamad you guide to the straight
- 00:35:56path you guide
- 00:35:59and in another verse Allah he
- 00:36:05says you do not guide whom you love and
- 00:36:09this verse was talking about when his
- 00:36:11uncle Abu Talib was on his
- 00:36:14deathbed you do not guide whom you love
- 00:36:18it seems contradiction there there seems
- 00:36:21a a contradiction in these two verses
- 00:36:23but there is no contradiction in the
- 00:36:25book of Allah how do you reconcile
- 00:36:28between those two
- 00:36:33verses Muhammad you guide to the
- 00:36:35straight path and in another part of the
- 00:36:38Quran Allah he
- 00:36:41says you do not guide whom you love how
- 00:36:45do you reconcile between those two
- 00:36:48verses go on
- 00:36:52guidance what about the other one is
- 00:36:54half guidance
- 00:37:01okay go
- 00:37:12on
- 00:37:15okay so the first verse is referring to
- 00:37:18guidance as in in in the Arabic language
- 00:37:21hi could be understood as showing the
- 00:37:25way and that is how you explain the
- 00:37:28first
- 00:37:30verse mamad you guide and you show the
- 00:37:34people the right path the straight
- 00:37:39path how do we explain
- 00:37:43that okay what kind of hi is that what
- 00:37:46kind of
- 00:37:47guidance you you do not open people's
- 00:37:51hearts for them to accept Islam it is
- 00:37:54not in your control it is in the control
- 00:37:57of Allah subhah wa tala Allah selects
- 00:37:59whomsoever he
- 00:38:04Wills so through this
- 00:38:08verse isn't this a great lesson for us
- 00:38:10as well to when it comes to the projects
- 00:38:15that we Embark upon to not worry too
- 00:38:18much about those who support us and
- 00:38:20those who who encourage us and those who
- 00:38:22accept these these or those who support
- 00:38:25us but rather to fully focus on the the
- 00:38:29work that you're doing and Trust in
- 00:38:30Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala the prophet
- 00:38:33sallallahu alaihi wasallam at the time
- 00:38:35he was worried about who was accepting
- 00:38:37the message and he was told continue
- 00:38:41forward do not worry about them you
- 00:38:44spread the
- 00:38:45word deliver the message and continue
- 00:38:48and leave the rest to us
- 00:38:53subh then Allah he says we have made
- 00:38:57made everything that's on the earth Z
- 00:38:59and adornment
- 00:39:04why so that we may trial them and test
- 00:39:07them to see who from amongst them has
- 00:39:09the best of actions every adornment that
- 00:39:13you see on on the on the face of the
- 00:39:14Earth whether it is the flashy cars or
- 00:39:20luxury houses or women anything that you
- 00:39:24see know that it is a test from Allah
- 00:39:28subhah waala
- 00:39:30why to see who from amongst them is who
- 00:39:35has the best of
- 00:39:38deeds and know that after all of that
- 00:39:42Allah will take everything back and he
- 00:39:44will make this ground a Barren
- 00:39:47land which goes to show you that how
- 00:39:50temporary this world is Allah is
- 00:39:53informing the prophet sallallahu alaihi
- 00:39:55wasallam
- 00:39:57this world yeah Muhammad is temporary do
- 00:40:00not get attached to those who accept
- 00:40:03your message do not busy yourself who
- 00:40:05accepts and who rejects leave that to
- 00:40:07Allah subhanahu wa taala this world is
- 00:40:09temporary the focus is the
- 00:40:11Hereafter then Allah briefly speaks
- 00:40:14about the people of the cave and I say
- 00:40:16briefly because he expands on it later
- 00:40:20on the following page inshallah he
- 00:40:23briefly mentions the people of the cave
- 00:40:25and he says
- 00:40:32oh Muhammad did you think that the story
- 00:40:35of the people of the cave
- 00:40:38and is the Scrolls in which there their
- 00:40:40names and their story was was written on
- 00:40:44and it was a miracle in of itself then
- 00:40:46Allah is
- 00:40:48saying did you think oh Muhammad that
- 00:40:51the story of the people of the cave
- 00:40:56and do you think that it was one of the
- 00:40:58greatest of our wonders and our Miracles
- 00:41:01and our signs the answer is no the story
- 00:41:04of the C the people of the CF this
- 00:41:06wasn't the greatest Miracle ever there
- 00:41:09are so many signs right in front of us
- 00:41:12that are much greater than the story
- 00:41:14of you have the day and the night you
- 00:41:16have the heavens and the Earth you have
- 00:41:19the Sun and the Moon you have this book
- 00:41:22that has been revealed upon you all of
- 00:41:24these are Miracles that are greater that
- 00:41:27this miracle that the people of
- 00:41:35the remember the time when the people of
- 00:41:38the cave sought refuge in the cave and
- 00:41:42they
- 00:41:45said they asked Allah subhanahu wa taala
- 00:41:49oh Allah grant us
- 00:41:51Mercy in this cave and grant us Mercy
- 00:41:54from yourself
- 00:41:59and guide us rightly through this ordeal
- 00:42:02this difficult moment that we are in oh
- 00:42:04Allah guide us through
- 00:42:06it a Allah briefly talks about these men
- 00:42:11and then he expands on it the following
- 00:42:13page they escaped with their religion
- 00:42:17they were being persecuted and they left
- 00:42:19the Comforts of their homes and sought
- 00:42:21refuge in the cave and they didn't just
- 00:42:24rely on their intelligence
- 00:42:27by running to a cave and hiding there
- 00:42:30they didn't rely on their intelligence
- 00:42:32as soon as they took the necessary means
- 00:42:35and this is a lesson that Allah is
- 00:42:36teaching us take the necessary means and
- 00:42:39rely upon Allah subhanahu wa taala these
- 00:42:41young men they took the necessary means
- 00:42:44they went to the cave they sought refuge
- 00:42:46in the cave and then they
- 00:42:49said they asked Allah to give grant them
- 00:42:53Mercy in this difficult moment
- 00:42:57and guide us through this this difficult
- 00:42:59moment and guide us through this ordeal
- 00:43:02and so in this verse there there's this
- 00:43:07benefit every Muslim whenever we go
- 00:43:10through a difficult
- 00:43:12moment whether that may be a difficult
- 00:43:14exam that we are facing take the
- 00:43:16necessary means study for it put the
- 00:43:19effort in it and then rely upon Allah
- 00:43:21subhanahu wa
- 00:43:23taala if you're trying to attain
- 00:43:25financial success wake up early in the
- 00:43:27morning strive for it invest start a
- 00:43:31business take the necessary means and
- 00:43:33rely upon Allah subhah wa taala if you
- 00:43:35want to get married don't just be at
- 00:43:38home and say oh Allah grant me a
- 00:43:39righteous spouse take the necessary
- 00:43:42means ask your friends and family and
- 00:43:45then ask Allah to Grant you a righteous
- 00:43:49spouse this is called taking the
- 00:43:52necessary means so these men didn't rely
- 00:43:55on their intelligence but they not only
- 00:43:58did they rely on their intelligence they
- 00:44:00also sought and they also asked Allah to
- 00:44:03guide them through this difficult moment
- 00:44:06then Allah he
- 00:44:10said then Allah answered their their Dua
- 00:44:16and he caused them to fall asleep for
- 00:44:18many
- 00:44:20years they slept for many
- 00:44:22years sometimes you don't understand how
- 00:44:26Allah subhah
- 00:44:28accepts the Dua you just have to trust
- 00:44:30the
- 00:44:31process you just have to trust the
- 00:44:33process you ask Allah Allah is the best
- 00:44:36of planners they didn't expect to sleep
- 00:44:39for so many years they weren't even
- 00:44:41expecting to to be sleeping for that
- 00:44:43many years when we ask
- 00:44:45Allah ask him and Trust the
- 00:44:48outcome some of us unfortunately when we
- 00:44:50ask Allah we want Allah to accept the
- 00:44:54Dua the way we want at the time that we
- 00:44:58want in the manner in which we want and
- 00:45:00that is the biggest the biggest form of
- 00:45:03arrogance that one could could have one
- 00:45:07day s Ali wasallam he saw a woman and
- 00:45:11this was after the battle
- 00:45:13of uh a battle that occurred
- 00:45:16near and she saw this these she saw
- 00:45:20these kids wondering around these
- 00:45:22infants and she ran towards them and
- 00:45:24picked them up and hugged them so tight
- 00:45:26and she fed them due to her intense love
- 00:45:29for these kids
- 00:45:32soam said to the sah do you think that
- 00:45:36this woman is capable of throwing her
- 00:45:40child in the
- 00:45:42Hellfire the sahaba understood straight
- 00:45:45away these kids were not her kids yet we
- 00:45:48clearly see how much she loves these
- 00:45:51kids and we can only imagine and wonder
- 00:45:55how much she loves her own children
- 00:45:57her Flesh and Blood
- 00:46:02soam he asked the sah do you think this
- 00:46:05woman is capable of throwing her child
- 00:46:08in the Hellfire her own flesh and blood
- 00:46:12they responded they said no by
- 00:46:15Allah
- 00:46:17andam he
- 00:46:21said Allah is more merciful to his
- 00:46:25servants than this woman is to her own
- 00:46:28child and so when we ask Allah Allah is
- 00:46:32the best of planners he knows what's in
- 00:46:34what's what's good for
- 00:46:40us perhaps you may love a thing and it
- 00:46:43is bad for you and perhaps you may love
- 00:46:46a thing and perhaps you may hate a thing
- 00:46:49and it is good for
- 00:46:53you it is Allah who knows what's good
- 00:46:56for you and it is Allah who knows what's
- 00:46:58not good for you so trust him subhah wa
- 00:47:01taala so after they slept for many years
- 00:47:06Allah he raised them from their
- 00:47:16sleep Allah he raised them from their
- 00:47:19sleep so that he may show
- 00:47:22them which one of the two groups were
- 00:47:26were more accurate in their estimation
- 00:47:28of how long they were sleeping for and
- 00:47:30they differed the young men they divided
- 00:47:33into two groups some of them said we
- 00:47:35were sleeping for a day and a night and
- 00:47:37other group had a different opinion and
- 00:47:39this will be expanded on the next next
- 00:47:41page
- 00:47:43in Allah he raised them from their sleep
- 00:47:46so that he may show them as a sign which
- 00:47:49one of them were more accurate in terms
- 00:47:51of their estimation of how long they
- 00:47:52were sleeping
- 00:47:54for and insh tala we will conclude here
- 00:47:59next week inshallah we will continue
- 00:48:01with the story
- 00:48:02of in a more expanded uh version and
- 00:48:07insh ask ad to reite the verses that
- 00:48:11we've just covered perhaps inshallah
- 00:48:13this time around you may you may recite
- 00:48:16it and listen to it uh whilst you are
- 00:48:19pondering upon these verses
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- 00:49:25for
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- 00:49:55for for
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- 00:51:44beneficial one and that he makes us of
- 00:51:46those who Ponder upon his verses
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