6 - Islamic Beliefs Crash Course - Prophethood - Sayed Saleh Qazwini

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[0:00]foreign as we continue with this course we are in the sixth

[0:18]session so far and in the previous sessions we established the need

[0:23]to believe in a higher power and then we went on to

[0:32]discuss the attributes of this higher power and we discussed that this

[0:37]higher power is knowledgeable omnipotent omniscient omnipresent [Music] and we also discussed

[0:50]the Allah does not do things for no reason there's a reason

[0:56]for God's creation maybe I might do something for no reason because

[1:00]my knowledge is limited but Allah that power that is able to

[1:08]create everything that power that is able to have authority over everything

[1:12]does not do things for no reason and there's a reason for

[1:17]our creation and we mentioned three reasons mentioned in the Quran but

[1:22]they all go back to one the first is to ultimately reach

[1:27]the mercy of God because God is Mercy God is full of

[1:33]mercy and love and compassion and by Essence Allah wants to give

[1:37]Mercy not because God has a need but because God is the

[1:43]merciful so he gives Mercy to others so so this is the

[1:50]reason of creation and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created us for this

[1:57]reason but then how do we reach the mercy of Allah you

[2:01]reach the mercy of Allah in two ways according to the Quran

[2:03]one is Allah says in the Quran ends verily the Jinn and

[2:17]the human they were created to worship Allah so you reach the

[2:25]mercy of Allah through worship through obedience through reaching your higher potential

[2:32]in life that is how you reach the mercy of Allah and

[2:35]the second is we mentioned that there are tests in this life

[2:50]so the ultimate goal is to reach the mercy of God you

[2:55]reach that through worship through through being tested in life so we

[3:05]know that our purpose in life is to achieve something it's to

[3:08]do something now Allah also says in the Quran that this life

[3:12]and everything in this life was not created in vain Allah does

[3:21]not do something for no reason so now this is what has

[3:26]been already established in the previous sessions now we're going to move

[3:31]on to the third of the osun for the Shia or five

[3:35]you have first the tawheed believing in the Oneness of Allah subhanahu

[3:42]ta'ala establishing the existence of God the necessity of the existence of

[3:46]God and the monotheism there's only one God second we discuss the

[3:51]attributes of Allah and one of the most important attributes of Allah

[3:55]that the Shia's take as a part of the Deen While others

[4:00]don't as what Justice now what is the third nabua nabua this

[4:11]is prophethood and then you have after nabua imama and then you

[4:15]have so this is how we are going to go with this

[4:21]course so prophethood believing in a prophet believing in Messengers believing in

[4:29]a Divine representative that Allah has sent this is one of the

[4:37]main pillars and foundations of our faith we all have to believe

[4:44]in the prophets of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and we believe that

[4:47]as long as there is a creation then there must be a

[4:53]purpose for that creation so if there's a purpose for creation and

[4:56]that is guidance and that is reaching completion that is worshiping that

[5:01]is reaching the mercy of Allah then there has to be a

[5:08]Divine representative that will show us the way there has to be

[5:11]a Divine representative that's like saying as long as there's a school

[5:14]there has to be a teacher if there is a school then

[5:19]there has to be a teacher to teach otherwise what's the point

[5:22]of the school as long as there's a hospital there has to

[5:25]be a doctor to treat people so as long as there's a

[5:31]career so this is we also understand it from a logical reason

[5:34]we don't yeah we're not using any Hadith we're not using Quran

[5:40]to believe in the necessity of prophethood to believe in the necessity

[5:44]of a Divine representative as long as we believe that this Lord

[5:49]he is the omnipotent he is the omnipresent he is the omniscient

[5:53]the all-knowledgeable the wise then he created us he didn't create us

[5:56]for no reason there's a reason so does it make sense that

[6:01]God created me to reach a reason so that I worship him

[6:05]so that I get closer to him but he doesn't show me

[6:09]how does that make sense is that wise is that just is

[6:13]that compassion it's not so therefore the the the attributes of God

[6:18]and this is why we focused on the attributes of Allah we

[6:22]didn't just say there's a God we focused on the attributes of

[6:26]God because once you know the attributes of God you know God

[6:31]is merciful so this brings us you know God is just and

[6:35]these two main attributes of Allah they lead us to believe in

[6:39]many of the other things such as believing in the day of

[6:44]judgment which we will get to later belief in the day of

[6:45]judgment we don't believe in the day of judgment just because the

[6:49]Quran says or just because the prophet says but because our mind

[6:52]led us to believe in God that Lord is just therefore there

[6:55]has to be Justice our Lord our mind leads us to believe

[7:01]in Allah that Lord is merciful and compassionate therefore he has to

[7:05]have sent teachers and guides to show us the way so what

[7:08]are the proofs of prophets and Messengers the first is what they

[7:16]refer to as the principle of Grace means the proof that the

[7:27]principle Grace is love we believe that God is Latif we believe

[7:30]that God is merciful we believe that God is compassionate because if

[7:36]he was not compassionate and merciful then he would be an oppressor

[7:39]it would lead to oppression and Allah does not do oppression Allah

[7:43]does not oppress so God should be kind to his servants because

[7:48]God is the creator because God created us for a reason for

[7:55]a purpose then it only makes sense for Allah the justice of

[7:58]God and the mercy of Allah dictates the Allah has to Grace

[8:05]us with teachers and guides that's like someone making a system of

[8:09]a school but then they put an exam for the students without

[8:15]teaching them is that is that fair is that compassionate is that

[8:21]merciful it's not Allah is the merciful Allah so this it is

[8:29]one of the principles that lead us to believe in prophethood and

[8:34]later on we're going to talk about imama that same principle leads

[8:39]us to believe that there's an Imam because who said that this

[8:43]whole principle should stop after the death of the Prophet there has

[8:45]to be a Divine representative now this is accepted by the imamiya

[8:52]and by the mortezilla remember we said in the Sunni school of

[8:56]thought in terms of not in terms of in terms of silk

[9:01]they have the Maliki but in terms of there's the ashara they

[9:11]reject this principle but the martezalites and the imami US the imamiya

[9:18]we believe in the principle of Grace why don't the accept it

[9:26]they refuse it they say because this this would mean that we

[9:32]the mind and the intellect of the human being is forcing God

[9:35]to do certain things we're forcing God to be merciful we're forcing

[9:41]God to be just God could do whatever he wants remember we

[9:44]said that for them earlier we said that for them they say

[9:48]that whatever God does if God wants to take a good person

[9:51]and throw them in the hell fire then this is justice but

[9:55]the martes we said that no there is the there's the akal

[9:59]the intellect is able to tell between right and wrong to an

[10:06]extent and it goes in line with what Allah has ordered for

[10:09]us to do so they say they say to say that God

[10:14]is compassionate this would force God to be compassionate this would force

[10:18]God to be just and this is wrong you can't force God

[10:23]to do anything we say we're not we're not forcing Allah to

[10:27]do anything but Allah is compassionate by default Allah is just by

[10:34]default if he was not just he would not be God anymore

[10:38]if he was not merciful this would limit him from being the

[10:41]Lord and therefore he would not be Lord any questions regarding what

[10:48]has been said so far yes brother they don't so they use

[10:57]the same principle the principle of Grace to apply it to prophethood

[11:01]but they don't apply it to imama and we're gonna later on

[11:03]when we talk about the imama we the followers of the admit

[11:07]we use the same principles that prove the necessity for a prophet

[11:11]we say let this continue to the Imam as well they say

[11:15]no but they use the same one to apply it for prophethood

[11:17]yes yes sister yes of course Allah doesn't do anything for no

[11:36]reason we mentioned the reason for creation is that Allah has a

[11:43]purpose there's a purpose Allah says we're not playing there's a reason

[11:50]for your creation and the reason is for you to be tested

[11:55]the reason is for you to reach your Highest Potential and through

[11:58]the test through worship which reaches your Highest Potential you will reach

[12:03]the mercy of God how are you going to reach the mercy

[12:06]of God you need an instruction book you need a manual you

[12:08]need someone to show you the way who are those those are

[12:12]the prophets so the the justice of God and the same the

[12:18]the knowledge of God and the mercy of God dictates the Allah

[12:21]will send you prophets and Messengers yes yes God I we don't

[12:38]agree with that we don't agree with that I said some people

[12:41]say that say that yes yeah some people that are not everyone

[12:56]that's in the Hellfire will be there forever some people they get

[13:01]out yes Allah Allah's Mercy will will have some people get up

[13:04]okay so the first reason we said the principle of Grace that

[13:10]is one of the reasons and the principles that drives us to

[13:14]believe in the day of that drives us to believe in prophethood

[13:19]in the imama later on we're going to say we're going to

[13:22]prove the infallibility of the prophets and the imams also using this

[13:24]principle this you will you always refer to it you're going to

[13:28]hear this God that's a lot for the principality the principle of

[13:33]Grace now another reason is the justice of Allah God when when

[13:38]Allah is holding you accountable when God is holding you accountable you

[13:43]have to pray five times a day you have to fast you

[13:46]have to go to hide you have to do this you have

[13:49]to do that would it be fair if Allah is holding me

[13:52]accountable without showing me sending me someone to show me the way

[13:56]it's not fair so the first it's from a compassionate graceful reason

[14:01]this one it's the justice of God dictates that there has to

[14:07]be a prophet the justice of God dictates that there has to

[14:09]be a messenger there has to be a hajja of Allah on

[14:17]Earth there has to be a Allah does not hold me accountable

[14:20]for something that is out of my control could could Allah expect

[14:25]me to fly no Allah can't expect me to do that because

[14:28]this would mean God is not being just with me Allah this

[14:33]is a general rule now same same rule we use it to

[14:40]say the Allah also if he's holding me accountable if he's telling

[14:43]me there's Heaven and Hell there's adab and there's reward and there's

[14:48]punishment that means God has to send a teacher everyone realizes the

[14:52]brain the mind the intellect realizes that if a teacher is going

[14:55]to test you they have to show you they have to teach

[14:59]you before they test you they can't test you without showing you

[15:02]that's not fair and the imams and the prophets they are the

[15:09]Allah on Earth one of the companions of Imam he narrates from

[15:15]Imam he says a man asks the Imam he tells him [Music]

[15:23]he says why did God send prophets and Messengers to people so

[15:34]that there is no hajja so that people on the day of

[15:39]judgment they can't come and say oh God you didn't show us

[15:42]the way you didn't teach us how are you holding us accountable

[15:45]because if if Allah is going to hold people accountable he has

[15:50]to show them the way so that no one says you didn't

[16:06]guide us you didn't show us the way and this is this

[16:09]is why Allah sent prophets and Messengers he continues he says the

[16:17]people who are going to be thrown in the hell fire on

[16:18]the day of judgment what they're going to the angels they're going

[16:23]to tell them yet didn't Warners come to you Allah they're going

[16:37]everyone is going to say yes you did send us a reminder

[16:42]yes you did send us a Warner so this is the second

[16:45]reason yes so this is why we believe that from the time

[16:54]Allah created man from the time of Adam being the first representative

[17:02]of God until the day of judgment there has always been and

[17:05]there will always be a Hajj of Allah on Earth so from

[17:09]the time of Jesus to the time of rasulullah there's about a

[17:16]500 year period we believe that God may have God certainly God

[17:21]sends prophets not may have but do we know all of the

[17:26]prophets does the Quran need to tell us the name of every

[17:28]Prophet no the Quran mentions the names of about 40 prophets when

[17:34]our narrations tell us that there is over a hundred and twenty

[17:36]four thousand Prophets some prophets they came with a big message some

[17:40]prophets they were just prophets in themselves they didn't come in and

[17:43]preach so they were they were following the previous message before them

[17:46]so there was a prophet that was following the message of Jesus

[17:52]until rasulullah came yes love support yes everyone will see their book

[18:03]of deeds and that's the justice of Allah okay so we we

[18:09]understood the principle of Grace the justice of Allah a third reason

[18:15]can we see God can we speak to God can we connect

[18:22]with Allah no we can't so how was Allah going to connect

[18:28]with us shouldn't there be a bond between us and Allah right

[18:33]now when you're applying you when God has expectations from you how

[18:37]are you supposed to know what is expected of you there has

[18:43]to be a means of a connection there has to be an

[18:45]ambassador there has to be a messenger there has to be a

[18:51]rasool a prophet that connects us with Allah right now I'm applying

[18:55]for a university how am I supposed to know what does this

[18:59]University want from me can I just go to the university and

[19:04]say Hey I want to go in they're going to tell me

[19:05]no there's a specific way there's a specific pathway you have to

[19:08]fill out this application you have to write this letter you have

[19:12]to have this form you have to do that there's specific things

[19:15]that they want we know that Allah has specific expectations from us

[19:20]Allah has some expectations from us Allah says my path the path

[19:33]to God is One path follow it and don't follow the other

[19:37]Pathways this is why in Surat Al ham do we say guide

[19:42]us to the straight path not the other paths meaning there is

[19:47]one path that leads us to Allah okay so there's a path

[19:51]that leads me to God how am I supposed to know what

[19:56]that path is who is going to be the connector the bond

[19:58]between Allah who I cannot see who I can't hear who I

[20:04]am not connected with in a level in a way that I

[20:07]would want in a in a direct way how am I supposed

[20:11]to connect with Allah through the only way is through a prophet

[20:15]through a messenger through someone who is the ambassador of Allah and

[20:21]those are the prophets and the Hadith he narrates from Imam meaning

[20:37]a person who does not believe in God he asks the Imam

[20:41]how do I prove the prophets and The Messengers so the Imam

[20:44]he says [Music] once we prove that we have a creator and

[20:54]and here's the the maker but he is we he is not

[20:59]limited like us so God is not limited to space and time

[21:04]and place therefore I can't see God if God if I were

[21:06]to able to see God that means god is limited in space

[21:10]if I were to be able to to speak to God God

[21:14]would be limited to time to space to place all of these

[21:16]things but we know that Allah is not limited so but we

[21:20]also know that he is the Creator and we know that he's

[21:25]the wise one he's the Hakeem he's the knowledgeable and he has

[21:29]expectations from us and he does not do Injustice so therefore we

[21:30]know that there has to be a bond between God and us

[21:33]clear so here who are the bonds because I can't connect with

[21:42]God because God is not limited God is not in a place

[21:47]God is not in a time and God is not speaking to

[21:48]me directly so there has to be someone that Allah speaks to

[21:55]that is the bond with us how does Allah speak to people

[21:58]the verse in Surah uh verse 51 of ashara says God does

[22:23]not speak God does not speak to a human being except either

[22:29]through a revelation or there's a hijab there's a veil and Allah

[22:35]speaks to the person through that well like for example sends the

[22:47]angels that the Angels they come and they tell the prophets so

[22:50]this is how Allah speaks to people we cannot we cannot speak

[22:55]directly to Allah even Prophet Musa Allah but how did Musa speak

[23:03]to Allah so Allah would create sound just like right now you

[23:09]hear the lightning you hear the thunder you hear you hear the

[23:12]sounds this sound God would create it and he would speak to

[23:17]Musa through that way Allah would not speak directly to Prophet Musa

[23:20]Allah the verse says in the Quran God does not speak directly

[23:26]to a human because if God is speaking directly to someone then

[23:31]that would mean God is limited yes also a sound was created

[23:40]a sound was created Allah does not does not speak in the

[23:46]way you and I speak where I'm projecting a voice that's coming

[23:48]to you from me even when when Allah when Musa would hear

[23:53]God speaking to him the sound was was coming from all around

[23:55]him he was it was coming from all around him Allah would

[24:00]create that sound because the moment we say God the voice was

[24:02]coming from one particular direction then that means we would be limiting

[24:07]God would be limiting Allah to a body to a location to

[24:10]a time to a place and Allah is not limited so we

[24:14]said the first reason is the grace the second reason is the

[24:18]Justice the third reason is to have a bond with Allah and

[24:22]another reason why Allah sent prophets and Messengers is because of his

[24:27]guidance the guidance of Allah now yes Allah did create me and

[24:35]did put the internal navigation system within one of every single one

[24:39]of us what is that called Allah created us we all have

[24:46]that fitra but over time that fitra does not see clearly anymore

[24:50]just like a window when you're driving for such a long time

[24:55]the window gets dirty and dirty and dirty it gets distorted until

[24:58]you're not going to be able to see the reality anymore this

[25:03]Dunya distorts our perspective the running after the wealth running after desires

[25:10]power all of these things different ideas here and there you start

[25:15]turning away from the Fatal but the Hadith says every person is

[25:20]born as a Muslim Muslim what does Muslim mean submit to God

[25:26]Muslim doesn't mean when Allah says Ibrahim was not a Jew or

[25:33]a Christian but he was a Muslim it doesn't mean that he

[25:37]was a Muslim in the sense that we are right now follower

[25:40]Muslim means submitting to Allah total submission to Allah so everyone is

[25:46]born as a Muslim but over time they turn away their their

[25:51]prospective gets distorted so here is the job of the prophets to

[25:58]come and guide people to come and show people the way he

[26:02]says Allah Sent His prophets and his Messengers foreign he says the

[26:33]job of the prophets it's not to create a new concept some

[26:38]people they come and they say the prophets are creating something new

[26:41]no they're not creating something new the prophet his his job is

[26:45]to just bring you back to your original state you come and

[26:50]you push the reset button you push the reset button so that

[26:52]you're you go back to your fitra go back to your pure

[26:57]self so that you could be able to see clearly this is

[27:00]the job of the prophets this is what they do uh he

[27:04]says they do admonishments and they bring out what is buried within

[27:13]the intellect is buried in it there are certain things right and

[27:22]wrong and belief in God and finding the truth that's buried within

[27:25]every single one of us the job of the prophets is to

[27:28]come and bring that out this is why Allah keeps telling rasulullah

[27:33]and the Quran your job is to just remind the prophet has

[27:42]to just give you just have to remind people your job is

[27:47]not to force people to be guided so this is where the

[27:49]job of the prophets to guide people back to morality and although

[27:57]we all have a sense of moral compass that guides us to

[28:00]the truth that guides us to morality but some people their Compass

[28:02]is distorted their Compass doesn't work anymore why because of for the

[28:09]sake of money it's compromised for the sake of sexuality for the

[28:13]sake of power people are willing to do many things people are

[28:15]willing to deviate away from the truth for the sake of these

[28:21]things this is the job of the prophets to guide people back

[28:23]to the truth and to strengthen the intellect okay so any question

[28:31]regarding what has been said so far yes yes mean you know

[29:05]through these teachings and all of a sudden I I didn't mean

[29:11]yes so Allah guides me through the prophets but also Allah has

[29:15]a specific way that he wants me to worship Him he told

[29:23]Allah don't allow me excuse me from worship from prostrating to Adam

[29:27]and I will worship you in a way that no one has

[29:29]worshiped you before what does Allah tell him Allah tells him worship

[29:36]me the way I want to be worshiped not the way you

[29:39]want to worship the problem is we there's a specific way and

[29:49]that is the Sarat that the Quran tells us there is the

[29:54]Surah that the prophets tell us so just like a college application

[29:56]you might be the most qualified student you might be a genius

[30:00]you might be the smartest student you come and you tell them

[30:05]please accept me I'm the smartest student they tell you no you

[30:07]have to go and fill out this form and this form and

[30:10]you need this letter of recommendation and you need this and you

[30:12]need this there's a specific way same with getting Allah getting closer

[30:15]to Allah there's a specific way how do we know the specific

[30:19]way through the Ambia and the rasul and the imams is that

[30:22]okay so now we proved the necessity of a prophet the before

[30:28]we even mentioned any Hadith any narration any verse in the Quran

[30:31]proves the necessity of a prophet if you believe in God to

[30:36]be just compassionate and merciful then these these features will bring you

[30:41]to accept us now another very important point which we will um

[30:46]later on we will talk about it when we talk about the

[30:51]Imam is that there has to always be a job Allah on

[30:57]Earth so after before rasulullah there were prophets and Messengers from the

[31:02]time of Jesus unto rasola there were prophets after rasulullah who's the

[31:07]representative of God on Earth so here's the difference here some people

[31:13]they come and they tell you that's it there's no more but

[31:18]this will go against the principles of faith you you so to

[31:22]believe in the willia of Imam Ali you don't need a Hadith

[31:26]or you don't need Hadith you don't need Quran you need to

[31:29]have believed in the necessity of God sending a Divine representative if

[31:33]you believed in that then you have to believe that there must

[31:36]be a Divine representative after rasulallah there must be a Divine representative

[31:41]after uh even now there has to be a Divine representative otherwise

[31:46]what happened how did we the sunnis and the shias they both

[31:52]used these principles to prove the necessity of having a prophet so

[31:55]when you applied it to the prophet how are you not applying

[31:59]it right now after the prophet there has to be a Divine

[32:01]and we have several Hadith if there was no then what's the

[32:10]purpose of life continuing what's the purpose there's no proof of God

[32:13]on Earth there's no reason for life to continue because someone could

[32:18]come and say you you you put us on Earth but there

[32:21]was no proof of God now when we talk about Matthew someone

[32:26]could come and say well I'm not connected with directly with Imam

[32:29]and Matthew right now you think you're not connected with Imam but

[32:32]there is a strong relationship and benefit that you have from the

[32:37]Imam just like you benefit from the Sun on a cloudy day

[32:39]according to the Hadith of the Imam himself so this principle that

[32:44]there has to be a Divine representative at all times this is

[32:50]even accepted in Sunni some Sunni Scholars for example there is Lucy

[32:54]a a scholar of uh tafsir of the qurani he says there's

[33:01]no point in continuation of life without a Divine representative if there's

[33:06]no representative of God then what's the point of life continuing there

[33:10]has to always be a Hajj of Allah so that life continues

[33:16]now when we when we move on to prove the Imam and

[33:21]talk about Imam we're going to focus more on this but just

[33:23]because we're establishing it we want to prove that there has to

[33:25]always be a Hajj of Allah now when a man comes and

[33:30]he says I'm a prophet of Allah how do I know he's

[33:36]a prophet of Allah Miracle this is number one so they say

[33:39]that there are two proofs for a person to prove that they're

[33:45]a prophet because we prove the necessity of a prophet now how

[33:48]do I prove that there is a prophet one is that there

[33:52]has to be a miracle that's number one and second there needs

[33:55]to be a collection of Clues and indicators which would suggest that

[34:02]this person is truthful so right so for example Maybe the prophet

[34:06]before him may be the leader before him he comes and he

[34:10]says this person is after me so since the prophethood of the

[34:14]original Prophet has been proven if he says that this Prophet after

[34:19]me is the prophet or this man after me is the Imam

[34:21]then we would accept that but let's go to the Miracles the

[34:26]first we said there has to be Miracles so all prophets they

[34:31]came with miracles what was the miracle of prophet Musa Prophet Musa

[34:40]had nine signs nine signs Allah mentions in the Quran but when

[34:44]Allah he saw him with two signs which ones were they the

[34:53]hand and what the Assad the cane the cane turns into a

[34:57]snake when he spoke with him in in and and and the

[35:03]second is that the hand he Allah tells them bring your hand

[35:08]out and it will be white without an illness and then there

[35:11]were many other there were many other signs that Allah sent Prophet

[35:16]Musa Prophet ayesa what were some of the Miracles of Asa curing

[35:21]of the ill raising the dead he would be able to tell

[35:25]them what they hide in their homes and what they have in

[35:27]their homes so he had the knowledge Ibrahim he was not burnt

[35:32]by the fire this is one of them now they have many

[35:35]just the Quran mentioned some what is the miracle of rasulullah the

[35:42]Holy Quran of course we believe that the prophet some Scholars they

[35:47]say that rasulullah he had the Miracles of all the prophets he

[35:50]was able like many things happened in the life of the Prophet

[35:53]but all of these things we don't talk about them much we

[35:58]talk about one miracle and that is the greatest Miracle which is

[36:02]the Holy Quran why why is it that we don't talk about

[36:07]the other miracles of the prophet and we only focus on the

[36:12]Quran it's the biggest but why is it the biggest there's a

[36:16]reason that the miracle of the Quran is different than the miracle

[36:20]of Asad and the Miracle of musad and the Miracle of Ibrahim

[36:24]and all the prophet yes words so that was how the Quran

[36:33]was proven to be a miracle but why is it the greatest

[36:34]until today exactly all the Miracles Musa he split the sea Musa

[36:43]he threw his Cane his staff it turned into a turned into

[36:49]a snake how do I know that I know that through the

[36:53]Quran how do I know the Quran is a miracle because the

[36:55]Quran is with me today I read the Quran and you could

[36:59]see the the miracle the living of that the Quran is a

[37:04]living Miracle until today and this is what makes the miracle of

[37:07]the Quran different from all other Miracles the sun turned back according

[37:15]or according to you know some narrations the Moon the Moon did

[37:19]things split the moon the Hasa was doing to speak there's so

[37:22]many things that happened for rasulullah we don't mention those very much

[37:25]because how am I going to prove those how right now how

[37:30]can I prove that Jesus how can a Christian person prove to

[37:35]me that Jesus raised the dead they can't they can't prove it

[37:40]anymore and we come and we tell them the Quran that you

[37:42]talk about not all Christians but those who criticize the Quran that

[37:45]you talk about proves that Jesus was used to raise the dead

[37:48]and this is why we believe in that the Quran that you

[37:50]talk about proves that Jesus he was born from a virgin birth

[37:54]this is why we respect the Quran so the Quran in itself

[37:57]is a living miracle and this is what makes it the greatest

[38:02]how is the Quran a miracle because I will go through this

[38:05]quickly because it did certain things that people would not be able

[38:11]to do and there's a Hadith from the Imam he says that

[38:15]Allah sent Prophet Musa with something that resembles magic because during the

[38:21]time of prophet Musa magic was very relevant magic was something that

[38:26]was very common this is why when when Musa confronted for aoun

[38:29]tells him I'm going to bring all the magicians he brought all

[38:34]The Magicians Isa came with medicine because during the time of Isa

[38:42]medicine was something that was common it was something that was practiced

[38:44]at that time it wasn't as sophisticated as it is now but

[38:48]it was something that was practiced he came with something that even

[38:52]the biggest doctors they could not achieve where he would be able

[38:56]to raise a dead person he would be able to cure the

[38:57]blind he will be able to cure the person with Leprosy during

[39:02]the time of rasulullah what was very common was poetry and they

[39:07]were very proud of their oratory skills Suddenly rasulullah at the age

[39:12]of 40 he comes and he starts reciting something that no one

[39:17]was able to copy no one was able to bring anything like

[39:19]until today no one is able to replicate the Quran you know

[39:23]it's very easy to replicate something but no one was able to

[39:27]replicate the Quran and that's why Allah says you say he made

[39:35]it up go and bring 10 10 chapters and you may come

[39:38]up and tell us it's made up these guys were top they

[39:44]were top in poetry they had on the Kappa hanging they had

[39:48]they had po words upon that were hanging on the Kaaba but

[39:52]the Quran is not poetry this is why they tried to accuse

[39:55]the prophet was saying they called him a poet the Quran comes

[40:04]it says they said he's a poet we'll wait for him to

[40:08]die tell them I am also waiting to die it comes in

[40:13]a way where where even it mesmerized the top minds of the

[40:17]time then later on the Quran says you this you say you

[40:25]guys say he made it up come and bring one Surah one

[40:30]Surah like the Quran and you come and you you try to

[40:33]repeat it finally they were not able to they keep saying he's

[40:36]mating he's making it up but they were not able to replicate

[40:42]it then finally Allah says if the Jinn and the human they

[40:55]come together combine combine their powers to make something like the Quran

[40:57]they would not be able to even if they're working together so

[41:00]the Quran is a miracle in many aspects it would take us

[41:05]a much longer time to sit and talk about how the Quran

[41:07]is a miracle from one aspect it's a linguistic Miracle the language

[41:11]of the Quran this is why we insist on recitation and the

[41:16]prayer what language do you have to recite the Quran in Arabic

[41:20]and there's a debate among Scholars as a translated the Quran actually

[41:25]the Quran right now someone translates the Quran into English is that

[41:29]the actual Quran no it's not that's a commentary of the Quran

[41:33]yes you get talab you get reward for comprehending trying to learn

[41:39]but if you want to read the Quran you have to read

[41:40]it in Arabic this is why in the Salah it's read in

[41:44]Arabic now you could read it in another language if you don't

[41:47]speak Arabic but the Salah has to be recited in Arabic now

[41:53]why is that such a big deal because he was never educated

[41:59]in reading and writing for 40 years there's no recorded sermon of

[42:06]the Prophet there's no recorded speech of the Prophet there's no poem

[42:10]of the Prophet even his marriage with Khadijah it was done by

[42:14]his uncle Abu Talib Suddenly at the age of 40 he comes

[42:22][Music] these verses that were so great that mesmerized the minds of

[42:30]the greatest Poets of the time and the greatest of those who

[42:33]are in Arabic Allah says you never used to read or write

[42:44]before this if you did read or write then people would use

[42:49]that against you rasulullah never read or write or a role now

[42:54]here the prophet was taught by Allah so after that Allah gave

[43:01]him the knowledge and we don't call the prophet because some people

[43:04]they come and they Define the word um as the illiterate Prophet

[43:09]we say that is wrong that's a disrespectful derogatory uh term to

[43:14]use to the Prophet The Prophet was the Allah was the teacher

[43:20]of the Prophet but the prophet didn't learn Like You and I

[43:23]by going to school another they used to come and say that

[43:27]he is taking the Quran from the Christians and from the Jews

[43:33]and these rabbis and these others who are in the area so

[43:35]Allah says in the Quran we know that they say he's being

[43:46]taught from a Bashar from a human and then Allah says if

[43:56]I were to copy from someone who's a non-arab meaning the Christians

[44:02]and the Jews am I going to copy in the perfect Arabic

[44:06]way or am I going to also have errors in the way

[44:08]I copy there's going to be errors Allah says in the Quran

[44:14]they say that you're copying it from others but those others they

[44:17]don't speak Arabic how are you coming and speaking this eloquent Arabic

[44:20]that even the top Arabic Scholars and Arabic poets and experts in

[44:27]the language they they are mesmerized with other dialect language is ajami

[44:36]it's non-arab wahada and this is clear Arabic language so this is

[44:42]one another reason why the Quran is a miracle is because it

[44:47]spoke about events of the past it spoke about events of the

[44:50]present events of the future and I spoke about certain things for

[44:57]example the the um the Chris the quraish the people of Christ

[45:02]they go and they seek out some of the Jewish Scholars they

[45:05]tell they tell them what should we ask him to know if

[45:10]he's really a prophet or not so they tell them ask him

[45:12]about a group of people that slept for a long time no

[45:17]they didn't they never they didn't know about it ask them ask

[45:20]him about a man who conquered the East and the west and

[45:26]asked him about the rule and the Hadith says if he's able

[45:33]to answer to and does not answer one about the ruach he's

[45:36]a prophet so they come and they ask rasulullah they ask him

[45:39]the Hadith says he says I have to wait for Hawaii and

[45:44]this is a sign that he's a prophet he waited for a

[45:48]long time that he didn't come if he would have answered right

[45:54]away then that shows that he might be making it up or

[45:57]something Allah did not send down the wahi days passed and it

[46:02]made made rasulullah be uncomfortable because they asked him a question and

[46:05]he didn't have the answer he says I have to wait I

[46:09]don't I don't know it I'm waiting for the the answer to

[46:11]come from Allah so then was revealed Surat was revealed speaking about

[46:18]the Dwellers of the cave speaking about who conquered the East and

[46:25]the west and the the whereas they ask you about what do

[46:30]you say we don't have that knowledge he spoke about the the

[46:43]future things concerning the future the Quran speaks about it there was

[46:48]a battle going on while the Muslims are in Arabia at the

[46:53]same time as rasulullah there's a battle between the Roman and the

[46:57]Persian Empire what happens the Romans they were defeated but they're going

[47:09]to defeat the Persians they used to consider around seven years and

[47:17]exactly seven years after this verse was revealed the the Romans defeated

[47:23]the Persians this is something that the Quran foretold there are technical

[47:26]miracles in the Quran we've mentioned this the gravity the ozone layer

[47:32]gender determination orbit of the sun embryonic development the rotation of the

[47:35]Moon and the Sun this is all you could find you could

[47:37]Google them you could find these in in books that talk about

[47:41]this and another very important point is that the Quran is independent

[47:45]from meaning the prophet is dead you read the Quran right now

[47:48]and you could still believe in the prophet because you believe in

[47:51]the Quran and because we believe in the Quran we believe in

[47:56]Musa and Risa and new and Ibrahim and all of the other

[47:58]prophets so this is one reason why you accept the prophet through

[48:02]a miracle and the greatest Miracle of rasulullah is the Quran any

[48:06]questions yes so that then started to many communities right yes so

[48:20]Allah why did the question is why did Allah send rasulullah to

[48:26]speak in the Arabic language and to the Arabs only if he

[48:29]would have sent him to the Persians the Arabs would have said

[48:32]why did he send him to the Persian if you were absentence

[48:34]in India people were upset why in India why not here at

[48:39]the end of the day Allah says in the Quran that prophets

[48:40]had been sent to other people but in quraish and that that

[48:47]group of people there has there had never been a prophet from

[48:51]them so this was what Allah sent to them so this this

[48:58]question would arise if he would have if the prophet were to

[49:02]be sent anywhere but the the thing is Islam is not a

[49:05]religion and the Quran is not a book only for the Arab

[49:10]it's a universal religion it's like right now for example Judaism they

[49:13]say you have to be born into Judaism or there is Hinduism

[49:18]which is Hindu like in India it's it's there's a even by

[49:20]the name but um Islam is a universal religion yes the language

[49:26]is in Arabic it just happened to be so that the language

[49:28]was in Arabic and perhaps it's because maybe the Arabic language is

[49:33]very um probably eloquent there's many words that could be used it's

[49:40]poetic so there's a there's a philosophy behind it there's a reason

[49:43]behind it that Allah sent it in that language but this this

[49:46]uh misconception if he were to be sent in the Roman language

[49:52]people would say why Roman why not this at the end of

[49:56]the day it's still a universal religion but it's just the language

[50:00]was sent for the Arabs yes or or in Arabic the other

[50:05]uh the other um points we said first the prophet needs to

[50:10]come with Miracle second Clues indicators to suggest that he's truthful for

[50:15]example the personality of a person the personality of rasulullah indicates that

[50:19]he was a honest truthful person or someone before him appointing him

[50:24]someone has prophesied his prophethood was the prophethood of rasulullah prophesies before

[50:30]him by who by Isa with color is Isa he said there's

[50:52]going to be a private after me his name is Ahmad once

[50:54]rasulullah came some accepted and some rejected and this is why why

[51:00]were there Jews and Christians living in the Arabian peninsula they were

[51:06]waiting for rasulallah and Allah says and the signs in the taurat

[51:21]and in the injeel what are they when so this is these

[51:34]are some of the signs this is why Allah says in the

[51:39]Quran that the Jews and the Christians those who are living around

[51:42]the Arabian Peninsula they knew very well the signs of rasulullah they

[51:54]know him rasulullah so well just like they know their kids just

[52:00]like right now how we sit and we talk about when Imam

[52:01]Almighty comes this is his description he has something on his face

[52:04]here he has this he has that this this is all mentioned

[52:08]the scholars they know this so that when they see him they're

[52:11]going to say this is the Imam according to our books the

[52:15]signs of rasulullah were all there there were many indicators of rasulullah

[52:19]so here every Prophet needs to either have a miracle or there's

[52:23]a prophet before him that comes and prophesizes and this does not

[52:26]only apply to the Prophet this applies to the Imam Imam Ali

[52:31]he didn't have a miracle in the sense of like the Miracles

[52:36]of rasulullah or the miracle of the of the karamats he had

[52:40]many things that were different they could be considered Miracles actually but

[52:47]um why do we believe in the Imam of Imam Ali the

[52:50]biggest proof do we go to Miracle or do we say the

[52:55]rasulullah said he's the Imam after me the Quran said is the

[52:57]Imam after me so this is this is um this is how

[53:02]we know someone is a Divine representative of Allah now inshallah in

[53:07]the next session we will talk about some of the signs of

[53:10]the prophets and the and the Divine representative the infallibility the knowledge

[53:17]of the Unseen the the knowledge in itself things that distinguish a

[53:23]Divine representative someone who's connected with Allah versus everyone else

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