14- Dhul Qurnayn, Part 3 - Sheikh Wael

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[20:27]for [Music] [Music] m [Music] um still waiting on the she while

[21:18]he'll be here in a minute um so just quick reminders before

[21:21]he comes in um tonight we have the brothers sah night our

[21:28]youth brothers are um having some um sah with the say that

[21:33]would include uh discussions gaming eating praying that sounds fun so uh

[21:41]this is for 13 years old and up uh if you did

[21:45]not uh plan to come please do so uh also our youth

[21:52]have another uh program on Wednesday March 27 burgers with Sayed inallah

[21:59]a lot of uh programs around eating and having fun and stuff

[22:06]like that so this is on um famous burger um this would

[22:10]be on Wednesday March 27 starting at 11:30 p.m.

[22:14]it will beur and discussion with the youth with say k say

[22:18]Salah will be back inshallah on Tuesday and also uh next Tuesday

[22:23]uh we have a birth of IM IM alassan it will would

[22:33]be um uh a program with some um lectures and a Sheed

[22:37]cake goodie bags Refreshments uh and some fun so finally we get

[22:42]to have some fun um also reminders that we still uh have

[22:49]couple of tables if I'm not mistaken um that we would like

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[23:13]inshallah and one last announcements we have the toy drive there's a

[23:19]box out there that we are accepting uh new and unwrapped toys

[23:22]that would go to people in need uh toward the end of

[23:26]the month of Ramadan inshallah okay so this is uh night 14

[23:34]if I'm not mistaken this is the um uh the night before

[23:39]sorry sponsors um I did not get the list yet but uh

[23:44]will inshallah mention the names um right after the lecture but since

[23:48]brother Hassan has mentioned it uh let's recite the Surah for the

[23:54]uh soul of the of the sponsors for tonight okay so um

[24:09]as I said this is night 14 we still have one more

[24:14]night with uh she W um um and since I won't be

[24:20]here probably tomorrow uh I want to take the uh opportunity tonight

[24:24]to on behalf of Mecca and on behalf of the board and

[24:27]everyone and all the everyone attended here to thank uh she wa

[24:33]for um everything you've done for us in the last two weeks

[24:37]the beautiful uh lectures and the informative um lectures so um we

[24:46]ask Allah to accept oural and your Amal and inshallah we'll see

[24:50]you again in the future uh now meca is your uh second

[24:54]home every time you're in town please make sure you stop in

[24:59]and stay in touch uh we hope we have been good hosts

[25:02]um we I don't know if you liked our food but um

[25:10]we enjoyed uh having you with us um so that being said

[25:13]uh well we're going to feel sad that you're leaving but at

[25:18]the same time we're very excited we're very happy because our beloved

[25:21]say is coming back to continue uh the good lectures for the

[25:24]remaining of of the month inshallah on Tuesday and we're lucky this

[25:30]year to have two great Scholars uh in in in the month

[25:32]of Ramadan that being said I would like to welcome she wa

[25:37]with muhmad I request to recite Surah Al Fat please ald m

[27:39]to hasten the reappearance of our awaited IM our request we recite

[27:47]three salawat with the loudest of our voices respected brothers and sisters

[28:07]in Islam the verses that we start the verse that we started

[28:15]with tonight is in Surah alasas verse number four when we look

[28:18]into the reason of the revelation of Surah alasas we would notice

[28:22]that it is related to a historical incident alas was Muhammad Muhammad

[28:33]Al was mainly revealed during the migration of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi

[28:38]wasallam from meca to Medina as many of you may know that

[28:44]the situation on of the Muslims inside the Society of quray became

[28:47]very critical is that many of the Muslims were complaining to the

[28:50]prophet sallallahu alaih Al wasallam due to the torture that they were

[28:56]being under from the ruling class of quray and Allah subhanahu wa

[28:58]tala wanted to almost Comfort the heart of the new converts of

[29:01]the religion of Islam trying to set the example and the parable

[29:06]of the Israelites under the reign of Faron telling them that adopting

[29:10]the path of truth will indeed will result in certain struggle yet

[29:14]as a conclusion Allah subhanahu wa tala always promises the victory of

[29:18]the righteous ones in society the same way that the Israelites were

[29:22]waiting for the Savior na mus Alam and he did return to

[29:27]them and save saved them from Faron the same way will happen

[29:29]with the Muslims under the uh who were being tortured under the

[29:34]reign of the ruling class of quray and there upon the result

[29:36]will be the victory of the religion of Islam and thereupon the

[29:40]migration occurred and the Muslims formed a capital in the in the

[29:47]Society of Medina as the inhabitants of Medina accepted the message of

[29:50]the Prophet sallallahu alai wasallam embraced the message of the religion of

[29:55]Islam and thereupon fought for it Allah subhana tala here sets an

[29:59]example by he says that that the first thing that he described

[30:04]with by saying is what Pharaoh indeed tyrannized over the land is

[30:10]that he um identified far as being a tyrant over the land

[30:16]and remember what we spoke about last night when we spoke about

[30:18]that that one of the characteristics that was given to was that

[30:22]he was indeed given T by Allah subhanahu wa tala there's a

[30:25]similarity between those two verses is that in the first verse Allah

[30:31]subh in Al when he speaks about he said that we granted

[30:33]him power in the land in this verse Allah is describing Fon

[30:39]by being a a person who was a tyrant in the land

[30:41]meaning what meaning that there are two types of rulers according to

[30:46]the Holy Quran and it as if Allah subhana tal is setting

[30:48]for us an example in this regard is that one can be

[30:54]granted power yet this person could be either um uh given that

[30:57]power by Allah subhana and thereupon will act justly and he will

[31:01]rule according to the Divine Law of Allah subhana wa tala or

[31:06]it could be a person like f that sure he was given

[31:08]power that he was given that power not from Allah subhana tala

[31:13]but therefore he and rather than actually ruling with Justice he ended

[31:18]up tyrannizing his own people and that's why Allah says what indeed

[31:25]tyrannized over the land reducing its people into factions and therefore if

[31:31]we were to reflect on this verse you would notice that when

[31:33]you look back into the history of the Israelites under the reign

[31:38]of far you would notice that far followed a certain strategy in

[31:41]his rulership so what he did is that the first strategy is

[31:46]that he separated the society into two different classes he separated the

[31:51]society into factions the first class was considered the upper class which

[31:55]were the cops who were believe believe it or not the original

[31:58]native people of the land and then he put them above the

[32:03]second class of society which were who the immigrants that consisted of

[32:06]the 12 tribes 12 tribes of Israel he would give privileges to

[32:10]the ruling class he would give privileges to the cops and then

[32:16]he would abase he would oppress the 12 uh tribes of Israel

[32:19]they would be living in extreme conditions of poverty and therefore you

[32:23]would notice that in every society a society that consists of two

[32:27]different class that are so far away from each other creating a

[32:31]gap between an upper class and a lower class is a society

[32:37]that will never flourish it is a society that will never advance

[32:39]and even if it did for a certain period of time that

[32:43]that Civilization or that Society in particular will indeed Clash it will

[32:47]deteriorate simply because Allah subhana wa tala is telling us that a

[32:53]just ruler is the one that is able to apply Justice amongst

[32:55]the society and Rule equally over the society and when we look

[33:00]into the life of Al wasallam we've mentioned this before and then

[33:03]we'll repeat it again is that the ruling class of qur were

[33:06]willing to embrace the message of wasallam yet under the condition of

[33:12]what is that they would stay in power they would not be

[33:14]equal to the rest is that the Privileges that they've always had

[33:17]in the Arabian society would stay the same and therefore many of

[33:22]them would complain saying what that Muhammad wants us to embrace a

[33:26]religion that makes us equal to the low class of society let

[33:29]alone our own slaves and that is something that they could not

[33:34]accept in reality that the pride and the arrogance that they had

[33:37]in their hearts was not able to accept that that they might

[33:41]be equal with the rest of society whereas Ali wasallam came to

[33:45]spread equity and equality in the Arabian society and therefore you will

[33:50]notice that one of the main accomplishments ofas s wasallam upon arriving

[33:54]to Medina after Hijra was what to create that sense of Brotherhood

[33:58]between the Muslim Society is that be the lower class the slave

[34:03]and the freed ones the new converts and whatnot many of them

[34:06]made he made them brothers to even to the Nobles of the

[34:10]society in Medina creating that sense of Brotherhood so going back to

[34:15]the first he says what so the first strategy was to separate

[34:17]the society into two different social classes the second strategy the Quran

[34:22]continues saying abasing one group of them which were what the Israelites

[34:32]the 12 tribes of Israel slaughtering their sons and sparing their women

[34:39]so then he took the strategy to a different level is that

[34:42]not only separating the society into two different classes because if you

[34:49]were to be able to oppress the society then you need to

[34:51]create gaps in that Society separate them as much as you can

[34:57]and therefore the second strategy he took it one step further is

[35:00]that no now he would actually Slaughter the newborn children of Israel

[35:03]and we all know why simply because he was informed of the

[35:08]Savior that shall be born from the 12 tribes of Israel and

[35:10]therefore what he did is that he applied that strategy in and

[35:16]then at the end Allah subh says what he was indeed one

[35:20]of the Agents of corruption the beautiful thing about Surah alasas is

[35:24]that Allah subhana wa tala begins in verse number four by saying

[35:30]indeed Pharaoh indeed terized over the land if we open Surah Al

[35:36]in verse number 83 Allah subhana wa T says what but at

[35:38]the end of the Surah after he narrates the story of M

[35:43]and he says in verse number three F this is the Abode

[35:55]of the Hereafter which we shall Grant to those who do not

[35:58]desire to domineer to tyrannize in this earth nor to cause corruption

[36:02]so there's a similarity between those two verses it is as if

[36:05]Allah subhana wa tala is telling me that just like far aimed

[36:10]to terize over this land a person that wants to wish for

[36:15]the he rafter is the he rafter is safe for who for

[36:16]the ones who do not wish to tyrannize over the land who

[36:20]do not wish to dominate over the land and I remember in

[36:22]the Q&A last night one of the questions is that what is

[36:25]the reason of our creation is that the reason is to always

[36:28]look at the Hereafter understand that the absolute eternal life will occur

[36:33]only in the Hereafter the point that I was trying to make

[36:36]that I want to make from this introduction is what it is

[36:38]as I said in the beginning it's as if Allah subhana tala

[36:41]is telling me what is that there is an example Allah sets

[36:47]an example of a ruler that had all that power yet rather

[36:50]than using that power to please Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala rather that

[36:54]rather than using that power to spread Justice on Earth because when

[36:58]you are given a power it is considered a form of blessing

[37:02]but it is the responsibility upon you whether to use it properly

[37:05]or to abuse it that power was abused by F and thereupon

[37:11]it ended with what with the destruction of f with the simplest

[37:13]means if you were to reflect upon it is that that huge

[37:16]Dynasty that Empire that is absolutely great that until this day historians

[37:22]have not been able to determine exactly as how were the Pyramids

[37:27]built no one has has an answer for this the whole empire

[37:30]that whole civilization Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala destroyed it with the simplest

[37:35]means which was what a wooden staff given by to on the

[37:41]other hand Allah also wants to set for me an example of

[37:47]a powerful leader that has been granted Power by Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala

[37:52]not necessarily an Imam not necessarily an infallible nor a prophet neither

[37:57]a me neither a messenger nor a Prophet yet Allah subhanahu wa

[38:01]ta'ala AIDS him and provides him with the means why because he

[38:04]was able to be a just ruler so the best thing that

[38:09]we need to reflect upon in this regard is that it is

[38:14]possible to rule and be a dominant leader yet ruling under the

[38:17]Justice or ruling with the justice of Allah subhana wa taala spreading

[38:21]the Divine Law of Allah subhana wa tala just like what was

[38:27]given to we mentioned in the previous nights that when the mus

[38:30]ofr came to wasallam and asked them about the accomplishments of the

[38:34]and not the identity of which tells me what which tells me

[38:40]is that they were familiar with the story of the because they

[38:42]were given that question to ask by who by the Jewish and

[38:46]the Christian Community in Nan yet they wanted to understand further the

[38:49]accomplishments of the Allah subh replies back by saying they ask you

[38:58]about say I will relate to you an account of him and

[39:04]we said that one of the main uh compliments given in the

[39:08]Quran by to is what is that it is Allah subhanahu wa

[39:11]tala himself that shall narrate his biography so not a prophet not

[39:19]a messenger and it is not even confirmed that he was granted

[39:23]even infallibility or Asma yet he was granted guidance from Allah subhah

[39:26]wa taala simply because of the attributes that he possessed in his

[39:30]NS so it is possible to be a leader it is possible

[39:35]to be a powerful leader in society and to even form an

[39:41]Empire but rule according to what pleases Allah subhana wa tala and

[39:45]if you were to reflect on the biography of the Prophet sallallahu

[39:47]alaihi alhi wasallam you would notice that the prophet sallallahu alaih alh

[39:50]wasallam upon the beginning of his message what did he do he

[39:55]sent messages to the Emperors and the Kings who lived around the

[39:59]Arabian peninsula in those messages he did not tell them that you

[40:02]need to let go of your power no but in reality he

[40:07]told them convert to the religion of Islam and Rule under the

[40:09]guidance of Allah subhana T and stay in your positions did you

[40:13]get that and therefore believe it or not remember when we spoke

[40:16]about if I'm not mistaken within the previous nights we spoke about

[40:19]the difference even within the Shia school of thought of is it

[40:25]possible to rule under uh to rule with politics and religion together

[40:28]together and some sh and and there is a split we did

[40:31]say that we have to admit that there is a split in

[40:32]theit school of thought even amongst the sh between different Scholars some

[40:37]say that no a government by Allah shall only be ruled by

[40:43]an infallible Imam where others say yes an an absolute perfect government

[40:45]can be Ru of course has to be ruled by an infallible

[40:48]Imam but it is worthy for us to try and establish a

[40:54]foundation for our awaited IM is the perfect example example of that

[40:58]IM in his book ethics and politics where he refutes the theory

[41:05]that says that it is impossible to be a political leader yet

[41:07]rule with ethics he actually refutes it genius book in fact if

[41:12]you want to have a have a look at it and he

[41:13]gives different proofs and different examples uses the example of in this

[41:18]regard and therefore we started with the story of couple of nights

[41:22]ago and what I would like to do tonight is to further

[41:24]dissect the story of and reflect the Journey of mainly the two

[41:30]the one to the west and the one to the east we've

[41:32]mentioned before that conquered the Earth and he went to three different

[41:37]places on Earth tonight inshallah what I would like to do is

[41:43]that to further dissect the story of the and try to understand

[41:46]and learn from the morals in this story and I would like

[41:50]to do so depending on the following points the first one is

[41:53]that let us examine the Journey of the to the west and

[41:57]how he dealt with the people that he found there the second

[42:00]one let us examine the Journey of to the East and see

[42:06]how he resolve the issues of the people that he found there

[42:09]and the third let's reflect on the morals that we can learn

[42:14]from the first two journeys of before we dissect the third and

[42:20]the most complicated journey of tomorrow night inshallah where he was met

[42:26]with Gog and Magog so before I proceed inshallah I would like

[42:29]you to provide me with a loud salawat the first point we

[42:41]said as that Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala provided the with all the means

[42:48]and therefore he directed A means and then he reaches to the

[42:51]west and we said last night that the fact that he reached

[42:55]to the West meaning that it is almost the Quran is trying

[42:57]to tell us that the beginning of his journey was from the

[43:00]East hence he directed his army to the West Allah says when

[43:12]he reached the place where the sun sets he found it setting

[43:17]over a warm sea and we gave an ethical point from that

[43:20]last night so that's the first destination that he reached meaning some

[43:24]suggest that it was the farthest point of the western side of

[43:29]the earth so then he said and by it he found a

[43:36]people so basically there was a nation that was living in that

[43:39]very far point and then we said you see some commentators of

[43:47]the Holy Quran they come and they suggest that the fact that

[43:50]the Quran says we said it is almost as if they said

[43:55]that that's why might have been a prophet or a messenger of

[43:58]Allah where other commentators come and say no the fact that you

[44:01]might receive an inspiration from Allah subhana wa tala does not necessarily

[44:04]mean that you're either a prophet or a messenger or even an

[44:07]apostle why because if we look at the Quran we notice that

[44:13]Allah subhah wa tala revealed to the mother of M Allah says

[44:18]and we revealed to the mother of M nurse him and then

[44:23]he continues by saying like three different Revelations only to the mother

[44:29]of mus.

[44:30]and she was obviously neither a prophet or a messenger of Allah

[44:33]subhana tala but it is possible to be guided by an inspiration

[44:37]from Allah subhana wa tala as we mentioned earlier when I think

[44:42]in the first night when we spoke about the attributes that possessed

[44:46]in himself as a we said you will either punish them or

[45:02]treat them with kindness and we said that it is Allah subhana

[45:05]t almost giving a an option for meaning we trust in your

[45:08]wisdom o to take the right decision when it comes to those

[45:14]people when we look into the narrations um that dissect these verses

[45:18]we basically come to a conclusion that was was met with people

[45:21]that were on polytheism that they were not mu they didn't understand

[45:27]they didn't know the Oneness of Allah subhana wa T they did

[45:30]not worship the only one God and therefore their society was a

[45:33]society that was also uh suffering from many issues and one of

[45:39]them was many injustices and thereupon that there was a group of

[45:42]people there was a uh a class of the of that society

[45:45]that was oppressed and there was a class that were considered the

[45:48]oppressors and therefore Allah subhana T said you know what that you

[45:52]have an option which tells me also what which also tells me

[45:56]that it is almost Allah subhana wa ta'ala um trying to convey

[46:01]a message to us that when he arrived to those people he

[46:04]offered themed is that he preached to them theed the Oneness of

[46:09]Allah subhana wa tala yet the society that Society will split into

[46:13]two groups one group will embrace the message of and the other

[46:20]group will insist on not embracing the message of they will reject

[46:23]the message of and thereupon Allah said that you know what the

[46:27]choice is yours whether you do punish or you treat them with

[46:33]kindness the second point that I would like to make here is

[46:35]the fact that Allah subhana wa T gave him a choice meaning

[46:39]what meaning that there's a group of people that are worthy of

[46:43]punishment right because they were the oppressors so there's a group of

[46:48]people in that society that were worthy of punishment but there's another

[46:50]group of people in that society that they're worthy of what of

[46:55]preaching to them with kindness and therefore he says and then here

[47:05]replied saying what meaning that he preached to that Society he was

[47:10]given the authority he has the power to be able to implement

[47:16]the teachings and we said that one of the means that was

[47:18]given was what was the military power the military force CU in

[47:21]some cases you do need that military force in order for you

[47:27]to implement Justice and that's why the law there's something called law

[47:31]enforcement isn't it is that the police has the authority to what

[47:34]to enforce the law meaning what meaning that there are certain bylaws

[47:37]that cannot be broken and have to be spread by force why

[47:42]because some people might are refer to as criminals they go outside

[47:45]the law they're Outlaws isn't it so therefore here Allah subh saying

[47:51]what repli by saying what he said as for him he is

[47:57]who is a wrongdoer we will punish him here refers to a

[48:08]to a person um who is on as what as and we

[48:12]said that in the beginning of the series that Quran explains Quran

[48:17]if we were to open surahman and I want you to reflect

[48:20]on this Surah lman verse number three 13 one of the advice

[48:27]that lman gives his son is what as you know that surahman

[48:29]is very famous with the advice given from a father to his

[48:34]son he tells him what when lman said to his son as

[48:48]he advised him oh my son do not ascribe any Partners to

[48:50]God why polytheism is indeed a great Injustice polytheism is indeed a

[48:55]great what wrong doing here says what we as for him who's

[49:06]a wrongdoer so therefore the commentaries of the Holy Quran derive the

[49:10]meaning of here the type of wrongdoing is what is sh associating

[49:13]to a partner with Allah subhana T why you see associating a

[49:16]partner with Allah subhana wa taala is a form ofum of Oppression

[49:21]that the mush himself the person who's a polytheist would commit against

[49:25]his own naps it is almost subh T is telling you that

[49:30]your NFS your soul is inclined towards the Oneness of Allah subhana

[49:33]wa tala but when you do not accept the Oneness of Allah

[49:35]subh when you ascribe a partner with Allah tala what you're doing

[49:39]is that you're doing a great Injustice to your naps first let

[49:43]alone to others if you were to spread shik and therefore he

[49:46]said what as for those as for him who is a wrongdoer

[49:50]we will punish him then he shall be return to his Lord

[49:58]and He will punish him with a dire punishment see here there's

[50:05]a beautiful point to to be made an ethical point to be

[50:07]made in this regard the said what is that the wrongdoer we

[50:12]shall punish him and then he shall be returned to his Lord

[50:17]so after he gets punished on this Earth he shall be returned

[50:19]to his Lord and He will be and he will uh and

[50:23]he will punish him with a dire punishment he refers to that

[50:25]type of punishment that the mus will get who does not accept

[50:29]and we we'll come to know in the following verses as the

[50:31]the time frame that the gave forba in fact the Quran refers

[50:36]to it in only one letter and that's the miraculous thing about

[50:40]the Quran it is so wonderful when it comes to um reflecting

[50:45]certain Expressions where the details lie in those very simple letters that

[50:51]Allah subh use uses um in the form of the eloquence of

[50:56]the Arabic language uh here he says what is that the wrongdoer

[50:58]we will punishment he should be punished for wrongdoing or for oppressing

[51:03]others or even for oppressing himself in this regard and he will

[51:06]punish and and when he returns to his Lord he will punish

[51:10]him with a dire punishment when he says comes from the word

[51:17]isn't it when we say see you notice that in the expression

[51:21]in Islam we have that every sin is cons referred to as

[51:28]what M what does the word mkar mean mkar meaning something strange

[51:32]something that you do not acknowledge something unfamiliar and that's why they

[51:36]say NRA it comes from the word the verb meaning what is

[51:42]that if a person will come to me right now let's say

[51:44]for example claiming that he's a relative of mine and I've never

[51:49]seen her before that act of me not being able to acknowledge

[51:51]this person is called NRA isn't it is that you know what

[51:56]I this person is strange to me I'm UNAM Amar to you

[51:57]who are you right on the other hand Allah subhana T refers

[52:01]to a sin in the perspective as what as meaning what meaning

[52:05]that when a person commits a sin it goes against his nature

[52:11]that Allah subhah wa tala created him with and it's as if

[52:14]Allah subhana T telling me what that when you bring a sin

[52:18]and you get your soul used to it the first time your

[52:20]soul rejects it it denies it it says I'm unfamiliar with this

[52:25]and therefore here when he says meaning that whatever punishment that shall

[52:31]be on the day ofy it is something that we are unfamiliar

[52:35]with it is in the hands of Allah subhana wa tala but

[52:37]in this Dunya is that that we shall punish him sure he

[52:41]did not assign he did not totally indicate that what what is

[52:44]the um type of punishment that he will punish them with but

[52:49]he just that he will punish them but in the day of

[52:52]it will be a different type of punishment that we're unfamiliar with

[52:55]who knows what would be the punishment of the same way we

[52:59]are unfamiliar with the type of rewards a person will get on

[53:03]the day of if they were to be righteous or virtuous and

[53:06]then he says what so the first group are the wrongdoers the

[53:12]second group and but as for him who has faith and acts

[53:23]righteously he shall have the best reward so here Allah is telling

[53:31]me that a just ruler does what he punishes a wrongdoer and

[53:35]what does he do he rewards the righteous and that is act

[53:41]actually ruling under the justice of Allah subhana wa tala this is

[53:45]a just system because the same way you need to reward The

[53:48]Virtuous you have to of course punish the wrongdoer in this regard

[53:54]they can never be equal and that's exactly what in his letter

[53:59]to Malik said what did he tell him he said a note

[54:02]Malik that a virtuous and the wrongdoer can never be equal under

[54:08]the justice of Allah subhanahu wa tala and that's something really interesting

[54:12]to reflect upon but as for him who has faith and acts

[54:19]righteously he shall have the best reward now we shall reward them

[54:28]and we will assign him easy tasks under our Command the first

[54:33]point that I want you to reflect upon is that the first

[54:35]time what does he say that's when it comes to who to

[54:46]the wrongdoer and then he says mean we shall reward him with

[54:54]the best reward and we will assign him easy task under our

[54:59]Command the beautiful thing in the Arabic language is that there's a

[55:03]difference between s and the letter sa so for example one one

[55:11]if a person comes to you and asks you for a favor

[55:17]it is different from saying meaning we will do this tomorrow and

[55:25]between saying what like right away we shall do it so when

[55:31]it comes the letter right before the word in Arabic language it

[55:36]means that the reward shall come right away on the spot whether

[55:39]was it uh sorry either the reward or the punishment sa meaning

[55:42]that it shall be later if we open to the the Quran

[55:47]in Surah yusu verses 92 and 95 let's reflect on verse 92

[55:52]when the brothers of Yousef came to him and finally recognized him

[55:57]yes Allah subhana speaks in the Quran saying what yes he said

[56:06]there shall be no reproach on you today speaking to his brothers

[56:10]when they finally organized him even though that they had oppressed yam

[56:14]after all the injustices that they've done toam said said I forgive

[56:20]you basically God will forgive you that I forgive you I just

[56:26]he forgave them on the right away and he is the most

[56:33]merciful of the merciful but then when they went to their father

[56:37]focus on the quranic expression here it says what they said father

[56:46]plead with God for forgiveness of our sins meaning they finally admitted

[56:51]their sin after all those years they finally admitted their sin to

[56:54]their father but then what did they ask him him he said

[56:58]you ask for forgiveness for us plead with God for forgiveness of

[57:03]our sins Subhan Allah you know and that's that's one of the

[57:05]proofs of taul right is that many come many people come and

[57:07]say like what is the proof of taul why don't you go

[57:10]directly to Allah why don't the brothers of Yousef go directly to

[57:12]Allah subhana tala no they actually went to their father and they

[57:16]asked him so meaning that we want to ask for forgiveness but

[57:19]by your sake so plead to God for uh plead to God

[57:23]for our for for forgiveness of our sins we have indeed been

[57:28]earring we did a lot of Injustice on our brother what did

[57:31]he say said he said I shall plead with my Lord to

[57:38]forgive you he didn't say meaning what it is as if the

[57:48]Quran wants to show me the type of pain that went through

[57:51]is that their their plot was to separate you from their father

[57:59]Y and he was the dearest son to his heart so did

[58:01]not say what Yousef said right away Allah will forgive you no

[58:11]he said said eventually I will but give me time I will

[58:14]need time to heal over that pain that you've caused me all

[58:19]those years to show you the attachment of a father towards his

[58:23]beloved children yes so didn't he didn't write away said yes no

[58:28]no he said isn't it and this by the way on a

[58:31]side note teaches us a very important lesson it is good to

[58:36]take your time to heal sometimes is that during our lives we

[58:39]go through many pains we th go through difficulties and hardships sometimes

[58:45]Society has an expectation from us to just get over things on

[58:50]the spot right away is that if a person does wrong to

[58:54]you if a person does an injustice to you and they come

[58:56]and ask you for forgiveness is that many people sometimes Subhan Allah

[59:00]especially in these months of Ramadan they cause you a lot of

[59:03]pain look at our society unfortunately we slander people's reputation we assassinate

[59:10]them assassinate them socially yet come to the oh please ask for

[59:14]my please forgive me you know they come and ask for forgiveness

[59:17]forgiveness from what is that the Quran teaches us to first of

[59:21]all correct our mistakes if there's something that you need to correct

[59:24]then you should correct it's not a miracle that on the spot

[59:29]that a person who's been caused so much pain you just come

[59:30]to them on the spot and you ask them for forgiveness and

[59:33]you and you what you request from them to forgive you on

[59:35]the spot no the best thing is that when they're wrongdoing himself

[59:37]preaches to you Islam it's almost as if they transform into an

[59:42]all of a sudden is that no Islam asks you to forgive

[59:46]yes Islam asks me to forgive but after I attain my right

[59:48]and I did focus on this point if there is a right

[59:52]that was taken no first give me back that right that you

[59:55]took away from me and then inshallah I shall forgive he didn't

[60:03]tell them right away I forgive you unlike yfam why you see

[60:06]again another point to make in this regard that the relationship of

[60:10]Brotherhood is stronger than the parental relationship believe it or not the

[60:18]relationship of Brotherhood is softer stronger and that's why a brother towards

[60:23]his other brother would have a stronger connection ction than a son

[60:27]would have towards his parents and therefore you would notice what that

[60:32]said you caused me a lot of pain as the Quran is

[60:36]as if he's reflecting the pain of only in one word see

[60:39]how miraculous this book is how worthy it is to study the

[60:45]Quran how worthy it is to dissect the verses of the Quran

[60:47]reflect on the verses of the Quran such a miraculous book in

[60:54]one word reflected the years of pain that am and the patience

[60:57]he had to endure over separating from his beloved Son and that's

[61:02]why he didn't forgive them right away in the story of what

[61:06]does he say he says as for the wrong he used the

[61:15]term SAA meaning what meaning we give him a chance to repent

[61:18]and correct his mistakes meaning eventually we shall punish them do you

[61:24]understand that and that's to show you the of a just leader

[61:29]meaning that the wrongdoer sure he will be punished but if he

[61:32]if that's why when he used the term s meaning I'm giving

[61:36]him a time to repent and Allah subhana T indeed always gives

[61:39]us time to repent in this regard but it is from the

[61:43]of Allah subhana tal that if you perform a good deed he

[61:46]rewards you for it on the spot yet when you perform a

[61:51]sin or you commit a sin Allah subhana T gives you time

[61:55]to repent and that's from the of Allah subhana and then that's

[62:00]why he said then he shall be returned to his Lord if

[62:04]he does not repent then he shall return to his Lord meaning

[62:06]what meaning there's something called the Hereafter and it is worthy upon

[62:12]us as Muslims to reflect on that is the understanding that our

[62:15]actions are related to also the Hereafter and this is what distinguishes

[62:19]a person who's a Believer from an unbeliever is that you believe

[62:23]that at the end of the day there's what there's a Hereafter

[62:25]you will be judged you will be questioned one day you shall

[62:29]go six feet under and you will be questioned in your let

[62:31]alone in the day of in this regard and then he says

[62:36]then he shall be returned to his Lord and He will punish

[62:42]him with a dire punishment and then he says but as for

[62:47]him who has faith and acts righteously the first thing is that

[62:54]he shall be given is what he he shall have the best

[62:56]reward wward so that's the first thing is that on the spot

[63:01]he shall reward it and then here the verse continues saying and

[63:08]we will assign him easy tasks under our Command I would like

[63:15]to dissect this verse a bit you see arrived to a people

[63:20]to a nation and as the Quran reflects to us it is

[63:24]almost that that nation was or that Society in particular was separated

[63:27]into two groups the M the Believers and the non-believers punish the

[63:35]non-believers give them a chance to repent if not punish them and

[63:39]then the Believers reward them but then at after the reward he

[63:44]says what and we will assign him easy tasks under our Command

[63:49]why does the Quran insist on saying easy tasks why didn't the

[63:52]Quran just say and we will assign him tasks to show us

[63:58]what remember when we opened the story of we started with the

[64:01]concept of Da and the methods of Da isn't it and we

[64:06]said that we shall reflect on the life of the and the

[64:08]journeys of the and examine the types of the the different types

[64:13]of dawa the methods of dawa he used with every different Nation

[64:16]so even within the nation itself he used different methods of dawa

[64:20]to tell me what is that when he said asked for that

[64:25]the person who Embraces the Dean yes we will reward him for

[64:28]just embracing the dean but then the tasks that we shall assign

[64:33]them for them shall be easy tasks totally reflecting to us as

[64:37]reciters of the Holy Quran that a new convert to a religion

[64:41]or a person because a convert is not necessarily unfortunately we think

[64:45]always the convert is a person that comes from one religion to

[64:47]another or even a convert that comes from a western world to

[64:52]the religion of Islam but even you as a Muslim sometimes are

[64:54]in a constant state of conversion is that the more you learn

[64:57]how many of us let's say for example were born and raised

[65:02]in families that did not learn religion and then we immigrated to

[65:05]other societies and we learned religion we became more religious how many

[65:09]of you in fact when you travel back home your relatives are

[65:11]even shocked at the fact that what you are religious many of

[65:16]your own relatives sometimes it's really funny but people that might live

[65:20]in the Muslim Society in in Islamic countries might come and they

[65:22]they get shocked when they meet their relatives when they come let's

[65:26]say for example from the west or anywhere else in the world

[65:28]and they say well it's really astonishing is the fact the fact

[65:30]you guys live in the US you guys live in Canada or

[65:33]in the UK or so forth but then you uphold religion to

[65:37]that level right so the fact that many of us are converting

[65:40]even though we might be born into the religion of Islam so

[65:44]the Quran is telling me that that person that converts to the

[65:47]dean that new Muslim that just comes or a person that comes

[65:50]and Embraces aen make sure that the methods of dawa you used

[65:55]to them are easy methods of da isn't it I remember one

[65:58]time one of the interesting incident that occurred during I think my

[66:02]second year in haza is that there was a group of converts

[66:04]that came to the and they wanted and it was during the

[66:10]nights of power these people had only converted to the religion of

[66:14]Islam about a month before that so they're newcomers to religion and

[66:18]I remember that one of our teachers gave us a piece of

[66:22]an advice he said Do not sit them down and go through

[66:24]the whole with them because they might Rebel they say on the

[66:30]spot we're not used to this and therefore you need to be

[66:35]smart enough and wise enough to apply a very logical method of

[66:37]dawa to them you can't just come and just overburden them with

[66:40]everything and the Quran is telling me this clearly he's saying that

[66:46]this person that embraced the dean my da is a newcomer to

[66:48]that da therefore I cannot just come and give them heavy tasks

[66:53]and that's why the Quran says what and that we shall give

[66:58]them easy tasks that's the first point the second point I would

[67:01]like to make in this verse is that when a newcomer comes

[67:06]to the religion of Islam make sure that you involve them in

[67:10]activity because at the end of the day you notice that a

[67:14]convert to the religion on the spot they have a lot of

[67:16]fire in them they're so excited they're motivated they have a lot

[67:21]of encouragement they feel like they've been missing out for years and

[67:25]therefore they want to take Take A Part in activity so therefore

[67:28]what do you do is that involve them in activity make sure

[67:32]that they take a part in the community in this regard why

[67:36]so they can feel that they're useful they can feel that they're

[67:39]uh Translating that Dean that Iman into into activity right and that's

[67:44]exactly what did third point is the fact that since is a

[67:51]leader and not a boss is that he's teaching the nation that

[67:58]had just embraced a religion to do what to take a part

[68:02]in society and into spreading the da more and that's very important

[68:06]to do by the way because many of us sometimes might think

[68:11]that oh since they're newcomers to the religion or since people those

[68:15]people just converted their IM is just sufficient but when we reflect

[68:18]on the life of the Prophet sallallahu alai wasam what did he

[68:20]do the prophets one of the first accomplishments of the Prophet upon

[68:24]arriving to Medina is what is building a Masjid isn't it mjba

[68:29]MBA was the first Masjid in the in Islam alh wasallam what

[68:35]did he do did he hire people to build the Masjid no

[68:39]what he did is that he let the Muslim converts themselves and

[68:44]the ones who and the inhabitants of Medina to take a part

[68:48]in building the Masjid and even he himself took a part in

[68:53]the process of construction and that's why one of the famous famous

[68:56]Hadith says what is that y while everybody was carrying one brick

[69:00]to the Masjid Amar was carrying two bricks andhi wasallam said his

[69:07]famous Hadith saying what he said every person shall get one reward

[69:10]in the day of for building the Masjid except forar he shall

[69:14]get two rewards Amar at that point chanted a couplet of poetry

[69:19]he said those who Take A Part in building a Masjid are

[69:24]not equal to those who stand on the side and avoid avoid

[69:26]the dust a couple of the Poetry referring to who to some

[69:30]companions who were the Watchers you know in every activity you have

[69:35]the Watchers people that just love to watch and criticize mashallah right

[69:39]so we have people that are experts in critics and in and

[69:43]sorry in sorry in criticizing they're critics by nature is that when

[69:46]you come and tell them why don't you take a part in

[69:50]the process why don't you help out in the Masjid why don't

[69:54]you help out the community they say no I don't have time

[69:55]I'm very busy but Subhan Allah when it comes to criticizing they

[69:58]always have time they have the best of time they walk in

[70:02]they sit down and the first thing that they start thinking about

[70:04]is that how can I criticize what's going on right well then

[70:08]why don't you come and take a part since you have so

[70:10]much great ideas no they love to watch subh they love to

[70:14]watch at the end of the day they take the credit these

[70:17]are the ones you see them in the picture by the way

[70:18]they're the ones that stand in the front they always want to

[70:22]be in the picture right but they never want to get dirty

[70:24]they do do not want to work something with his hands and

[70:28]that's why I give an advice to every community and especially now

[70:31]that inshallah you will be building a new center inshallah and I'm

[70:34]really excited about this idea and hopefully it is and I said

[70:38]before that what distinguishes this community is diversity and that's absolutely important

[70:42]in the flourishing of every Community communities Thrive with diversity different races

[70:50]and different backgrounds and nationalities coming together under the banner of Islam

[70:54]as we expressed in the story of the companes of the cave

[70:57]isn't it and therefore I say given an advice that no you

[71:00]take a part in everything that shall happen in that new community

[71:02]center involve everyone uh in it and you find that Amarin Yas

[71:10]was referring to some Companions and believe it or not that companion

[71:13]I won't mention the name you know but obviously they all became

[71:16]after nevertheless you can go find yourself is that he even threatened

[71:21]Amar you know he came up to Amar and he raised a

[71:23]stick and he said I shall hit you with the Stick of

[71:28]on your nose and then wasallam heard and he teared and he

[71:32]said leave Amar alone Amar is the skin between my eye and

[71:38]my nose fing the status of Omar and then he said in

[71:40]particular that Hadith he shall be killed by the group of transgressors

[71:50]he shall be calling them to Heaven while they shall be calling

[71:57]him to Hell Fire so you would notice that therefore what did

[72:00]he say but ask for him who have faith and asks righteously

[72:02]we shall he shall have the best reward and we will assign

[72:07]him assign him easy tasks under our Command and also the last

[72:11]part is what under our Command why you see people in the

[72:17]beginning when they Embrace a new movement it is important that they

[72:21]have the right leader so they still need a form of command

[72:24]and we spoke about this and the notion of leadership in the

[72:28]previous nights and how important it is in the religion of Islam

[72:31]IM in a says that even if you were two people traveling

[72:38]for pleasure assign a leader amongst you there has to be a

[72:42]leader in every community in this regard and then Allah subhana T

[72:49]says what then he directed another means when he directed another means

[72:54]we explained before that made sure to use the means that were

[72:58]given to him from Allah subhanahu waala and then he tells me

[73:11]when he reached the place where the sun rises right so first

[73:18]he went to a place where the sun sets isn't it if

[73:22]you focus on what we said the first destination of the he

[73:25]reached he reached to the farthest place where the sun sets now

[73:28]it is almost the Quran is telling you that he went to

[73:32]the exact opposite direction on earth when he said what when he

[73:36]reached the place where the sun rises so he traveled East he

[73:41]found it Rising on a people from who for whom we had

[73:52]not provided any Shield against it so it was and so it

[73:57]was and we were fully aware of whatever means he had and

[74:01]I will end with this point meaning what see now reached to

[74:04]the east he found a nation the first issue that that nation

[74:08]was suffering from is that not being connected to to a Divine

[74:13]teaching and a Divine belief from Allah subhana wa tala solved that

[74:16]issue he spread the dawa the second issue is what when Allah

[74:23]is telling me that he found he found a rising on a

[74:25]people he found the sun sunrising on a people from whom we

[74:29]had not provided any Shield against s it's almost as if the

[74:31]Quran is telling me that the main issue that they suffered from

[74:33]is poverty many narrations suggest different things some say they were not

[74:38]aware of the process of constructing homes constructing homes they did not

[74:43]know how to even build homes to protect themselves from the Sun

[74:49]heat sunlight some say no they did yet in their libas the

[74:51]way they would dress is not in a way that would protect

[74:56]their skin from the sunlight there's an ethical point to make make

[75:00]in this regard the commentators of the Holy Quran they come and

[75:03]say that the main issue that they were suffering from is poverty

[75:07]be it in the way they would dress they lacked the understanding

[75:10]in how to cover themselves and this tells me what this tells

[75:15]me that the more a society advances the more it covers and

[75:20]the less the society is Advanced and civilized the less it would

[75:25]cover isn't it and that's why he said what is a cover

[75:35]you know Subhan Allah one of the um terms used about hijab

[75:42]is what isar meaning what sitar can also refer to a curtain

[75:46]so if someone is standing behind a curtain you can see that

[75:50]there is a body figure but are you able to recognize the

[75:55]de details of that body no and that's what hijab is about

[75:59]so hijab is to cover in a way not only to cover

[76:03]the skin but to cover in a way that even the body

[76:07]formation is not to be recognized do you understand that and that's

[76:10]why hijab in this regard is referred to as what AAR and

[76:16]it is considered a form of a civilized society that the more

[76:19]they cover unfortunately we live nowadays that the Le the less you

[76:22]cover the more civilized and advanced and cool you are isn't it

[76:28]yes and the more you cover the more you looked upon it's

[76:30]as if that you are ignorant you are a oppressed I mean

[76:36]look at the way a woman who covers in hijab is looked

[76:38]upon in society unfortunately and in many cases believe it or not

[76:42]the unfortunate reality the sad reality is that it is even from

[76:45]our own Muslim Society itself is that the more you cover you

[76:47]say why do you cover yourself this way why don't you wear

[76:50]makeup why don't you do this why don't you do that isn't

[76:52]it why so you can conform you can assimilate in society where

[76:57]the religion of Islam tells you that no the more you cover

[76:59]the more advanced you are in this regard and I took too

[77:05]long tonight but inshallah I will end at this point and tomorrow

[77:07]inshallah we will dissect the story of upon his arrival to the

[77:12]mountain Gorge where he met Gog and MOG and what happened with

[77:18]them along with assigning also the identity of and I end with

[77:25]the following Dua m

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