Lessons on the holy Koran- Exegesis of Suratul Ikhlas- Part 25- Hamam Nassereddine

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This is part of a series of lectures given by Hamam Nassereddine that shed light on the holy Koran and explain its verses. These lectures were given at Mahad Imam Ridha in Imam Hussain Foundation.

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[0:02]alhamd [Music] in our last lesson we finished the narration of IM

[0:56]husam the one in which he speaks about uh the meaning of

[0:59]Allah and how he and the the narration in which he dissects

[1:04]the the meaning of uh the narration led us to the topic

[1:11]of Justice because we were talking about Allah's knowledge and we explained

[1:20]how um when we say Allah subhana wa taala knows what we

[1:23]will perform what we will do before we actually do it this

[1:31]does not imply that that we are compelled to do whatever we

[1:35]do in a why because Allah tal knows what we shall perform

[1:39]what we shall do based on the Free Will that he will

[1:44]give us so there's no contradiction between believing in Free Will meaning

[1:52]believing that we humans have free will with Allah's permission and at

[1:59]the same time believing that Allah knows what people will do what

[2:04]the Believers and what the disbelievers will do before they actually do

[2:08]it there's no contradiction between the two finally we looked at a

[2:13]narration by narration that mention the dialogue between abif and IM in

[2:24]that narration Abu hanifah asked the IM uh who basically commits the

[2:34]sin who's responsible of sinning does the sin come from Allah subhana

[2:39]wa tala or does it come from the slaves of Godel so

[2:41]the IM gave him what three possibilities and we understood from the

[2:46]narration that there was not a fourth possibility and he proved that

[2:54]two were incorrect which means that the last one had to be

[2:58]the correct possibility the right possibility so the Imam proved to him

[3:02]that sins solely come from human beings solely come from the slaves

[3:10]of Allah subhana wa tala and Allah is not responsible of the

[3:14]sins committed by his slaves this is a summary of what we

[3:21]took last week today inshallah we're gonna look at a few Traditions

[3:25]speaking about we looked at the lengthy tradition of IM Hussein but

[3:30]we have also a few short traditions in which the imams commented

[3:33]on the the verse and then we'll look at the last verse

[3:39]inah uh today might be the last lesson regarding this beautiful Surah

[3:45]if it is then inallah in the upcoming lesson we will start

[3:49]with a new chapter or we'll take uh we'll take lessons on

[3:55]particular verses in alquran so let me start by sharing with you

[4:00]a few Traditions found in the book which is a secondary source

[4:09]of Hadith the author cites primary sources of Hadith mkma is a

[4:18]beautiful book very well organized the author will mention a specific topic

[4:27]and then we'll bring the quranic verses and the narrations that speak

[4:31]about that topic and in you will find Sunni Traditions as well

[4:34]so he doesn't mention Shia Traditions he does mention also some Sunni

[4:39]Traditions especially from the book known as Kel in all cases we

[4:46]find the following narrations in is narrated to have said what do

[5:05]we realize here we realize that the IM recites the verse or

[5:11]part of the verse in and then he mentions a result a

[5:17]result of what a result or an outcome or a consequence use

[5:21]any word you want um a result of what the chapter is

[5:29]mentioned and what would have taken place if Allah subhana wa ta'ala

[5:37]did originate from something or something originated from him meaning something came

[5:44]out of Allah subhanahu waala so he says meaning Allah subhah wa

[5:53]tala does not have a parent Allah did not originate from anything

[5:58]and because he did not originate from anything he has no sh

[6:08]no partner in his meaning he does not have a partner who

[6:14]shares Allah's strength subhana waala so here IM aliam is telling us

[6:21]if someone believes that God has a father or has a parent

[6:29]or originated from something then he has to believe that obviously God's

[6:35]parent or whatever he originated from should possess what the same power

[6:44]same strength if not say that if not uh more power than

[6:48]Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala but when you possess the same power as

[6:54]God or you possess more power than God then God is not

[6:57]really God right God is not really God we've mentioned before that

[7:02]if someone has a good understanding of who God is he'll understand

[7:10]that there can only be one God not more he says that

[7:27]Allah subhana wa tala does not have a child nothing comes out

[7:35]of him and had anything came out of Allah if he actually

[7:40]had a child number one he would be inherited by that child

[7:44]or by that thing which makes sense if you think about it

[7:50]well if if something is coming out of Allah subhana wa tala

[7:54]then it should have what it should have the the the traits

[7:57]of God subhanahu wa ta'ala right so it should inherit the traits

[8:04]of God and that thing would not only inherit God but on

[8:13]top of that God would be helik mean meaning he would be

[8:17]a being that that dies a being that perishes so here Imam

[8:24]is telling us that if someone believes that Allah subhana wa tala

[8:28]that God has a son or daughter or something comes out of

[8:34]God subhanahu wa ta'ala that person is basically implying that God can

[8:39]die God can perish one might say how like what's the relationship

[8:54]between the two well if something comes out of God then that

[8:59]makes God what limited correct and if he's limited subhanahu wa ta'ala

[9:07]then he cannot be the necessary being the necessary being cannot have

[9:15]any limits if he's limited he's not the necessary being and if

[9:19]he's not the necessary being then at any point he can perish

[9:22]at any point he can die so again in case the idea

[9:31]is not clear if someone believes that something comes out of God

[9:34]for example he has a child the same way we have children

[9:39]then he's technically saying Allah T is what is m is limited

[9:43]when you say he's limited then he's no no longer he's no

[9:49]longer God he's no longer the the the necessary being and if

[9:53]he's not the necessary being what does that make him makes him

[9:55]a possible being if he's a possible being it means he can

[10:00]he can perish he can die any questions on this narration no

[10:13]questions no in a second narration by says so his statement here

[10:31]is similar to IM Ali's statement but a little bit different as

[10:35]well he says Allah T does not have a child nothing came

[10:41]out of him had that been the case he would be inherited

[10:47]his child would inherit him right now think about this Allah is

[10:56]what is Immortal correct Immortal in what in the sense that he'll

[11:00]never die right perhaps the word is not the best word to

[11:06]use to describe Allah but I'm just using it to make us

[11:09]understand that Allah Never Dies and can never die he's the all

[11:16]living that does not die beautiful when someone says that God has

[11:23]a child for example all do respected the Christians when they say

[11:30]for examplea is the Son of God then technically Isa should be

[11:34]what should be immortal as well right he should be a being

[11:40]that does not die but they also believe that Isa was crucified

[11:48]and killed so how does that work how can God be killed

[11:53]yes they said that you're saying that God is limited because he

[11:59]can't create himself in a limited yeah so here that person is

[12:09]not understanding the difference between uh saying that Allah T cannot perform

[12:14]a particular thing and saying that a particular thing cannot even exist

[12:19]because of itself meaning that thing that we're thinking about that idea

[12:25]that we're thinking about is self-contradicting it cannot come into existence hence

[12:32]it will not be done by Allah subhanahu waala yes further so

[12:38]let me explain with a with a Hadith with a narration um

[12:45]once IM aliam was asked can Allah subhana wa tala place the

[12:51]whole world inside an egg without changing the size of the egg

[12:56]and without changing the size of the world now this question was

[13:03]posed to multiple imams and each Imam each Imam obviously gave a

[13:08]correct answer there's a beautiful story uh pertaining to when he asked

[13:20]IM this question so nonetheless what did IM Ali say said the

[13:25]following he said he said one cannot say that Allah T is

[13:38]weak meaning you cannot attribute weakness to God Allah T is all

[13:47]powerful he's able to do anything but whatever you asked cannot happen

[13:52]whatever you asked me about cannot take place the person was saying

[13:58]can God place the whole world inside an egg without changing the

[14:03]size of the world and without changing the size of the egg

[14:08]that in itself is what is impossible it cannot happen right IM

[14:15]said it cannot take place meaning you cannot physically place the whole

[14:22]world inside the egg without changing the size of the world and

[14:24]the size of the end you can't the idea itself is self-contradicting

[14:30]it cannot happen so the said whatever you ask me about cannot

[14:35]take place but the problem does not lie in Allah tal for

[14:40]us to say Allah cannot do it Allah tal is weak no

[14:45]no no the problem lies in the idea itself would then the

[14:53]person be correct saying that Allah is by that logic dictates cannot

[15:01]do the question is a bit tricky logic is our Del it's

[15:11]our guide which leads us to Allah subhana wa tala and helps

[15:15]us understand Allah by understanding the verses in the Quran or the

[15:19]narrations of that speak about God now this logic has been created

[15:27]by who by God so Allah created the intellect and placed what

[15:31]I like to call statements in the intellect call them principles no

[15:36]problem logical principles logical statements inside of our intellects these statements are

[15:43]what are what we call Common Sense any human being has these

[15:50]or these principles inside of his system right Allah created logic and

[15:55]placed these whatever I called statements or principles inside the intellect through

[16:04]logic Allah wants to tell you who he is all right so

[16:13]one might say that you know logic um determines what God can

[16:21]do or not do but that but the statement does not imply

[16:25]that logic chains Allah subhana or limits God no it implies that

[16:36]through logic we're able to understand Allah because he's the one who

[16:41]created it so Allah makes it an internal guide existing within the

[16:46]human being to help him understand who God is or who is

[16:52]God does that make sense so again when we say Allah subhanahu

[16:59]wa ta'ala will not perform certain actions because these actions are self-contradicting

[17:09]the deficiency does not lie in God it lies in the action

[17:13]itself it's like when someone tells me can God create a second

[17:17]God the answer is what yes or no what do you think

[17:25]no why no I give uned being okay you're on the right

[17:37]track exactly right the second being would not be God because part

[17:44]of the definition of God is to be a being that has

[17:47]no beginning that's part of being God if you're God then you

[17:55]have no beginning you always existed and you always will exist so

[17:59]the question itself is wrong can God create a second God if

[18:03]you say no then you're say you're limiting God hold on for

[18:06]a second right pull the brakes the the part of the meaning

[18:12]of God is not to have a beginning so the question is

[18:14]wrong so what you're asking will not take place not because Allah

[18:20]is weak but because whatever you're asking cannot exist it's what we

[18:27]call in philosophy an impossible being father um it's problematic to say

[18:47]he can for example create a second God but will not create

[18:50]the second God because that implies that the second God can exist

[18:54]but in reality the second God cannot exist it's impossible to have

[19:01]two gods and it's impossible to have a created God it's like

[19:06]saying I exist and not exist at the same time at the

[19:12]same time same place same same world I can exist somewhere and

[19:16]not exist somewhere else sure at the same time but to exist

[19:21]and not exist at the same place same time and same world

[19:25]that's impossible [Laughter] yeah so we have these these uh things these

[19:40]ideas that are self-contradicting um the idea itself cannot exist so the

[19:49]deficiency lies in the idea not in Allah subhanahu wa taala hence

[19:52]we've said before that we have to differentiate between what is logically

[19:58]imposs possible and what is naturally impossible there's a difference between the

[20:02]two there's a big difference when we say something is naturally impossible

[20:07]we're saying based on the laws of nature this cannot happen Okay

[20:14]when we're saying something is logically impossible we're saying based on the

[20:21]laws of logic it cannot happen Okay then what's the difference the

[20:26]difference is what's naturally impossible can be created by Allah why because

[20:32]he's the he's God he's the lawmaker he's the creator of nature

[20:36]so he can break the laws of nature whenever he wants he

[20:41]manipulates the laws of nature hence We Believe for example that with

[20:49]a simple you know gesture as he pointed to the Moon he

[20:56]split the moon if he's the rasool of Allah if he's the

[20:58]m messenger of God then yes he can do it because he's

[21:02]backed by who by Allah subhana wa tala Allah is the creator

[21:05]of the moon at any moment he can he can destroy the

[21:09]moon and then recreate it he can make it collapse he can

[21:11]split it into two into a million pieces it's up to him

[21:16]subhana wa tala we also believe that the son was brought back

[21:19]for IM aliam twice again Ali is he's backed by Allah subhana

[21:27]wa tala so the sun can return for IM Ali twice Thrice

[21:32]three million times no problem Allah tal can break the laws of

[21:36]nature whenever he wants because he's the he's the Creator he's the

[21:40]one who has full control over the laws of nature so whatever

[21:44]is naturally impossible can happen if Allah wants it to happen but

[21:48]if something is logically impossible then that means Allah tal through logic

[21:55]is telling us this cannot take place because the idea itself is

[22:05]uh self-contradicting as we said it cannot exist it's it's an impossible

[22:11]being so if we say Allah does not do it the deficiency

[22:15]does not lie in Allah it lies in the idea itself as

[22:22]we said like creating a God the idea is self-contradicting or like

[22:33]me or you existing at the same time in the same place

[22:39]in the same world and not existing existing and not existing at

[22:44]once it's impossible yes how does that work right Allah did not

[23:10]give birth to anyone nothing came out of him had that been

[23:15]the case he would be inherited and he did not come out

[23:22]of anything or anyone he has no parent had that been the

[23:25]case then he would have a partner he would have a shik

[23:29]a partner hence when you think for example of Greek uh mythology

[23:37]right you realize that uh they believed in what in multiple gods

[23:43]Zeus for example apparently he's he's God or a God and he

[23:47]has a son Hercules if I'm not mistaken or many sons but

[23:55]he's also a God or semi God right so you have sh

[23:58]it's obvious if if God is a parent then uh sorry if

[24:04]if God is is is a son of someone else then that

[24:08]someone else should also be God then there will be what multiple

[24:11]gods there will be shat partners for God subhana wa tala says

[24:26]he says Allah subhah he did not give birth to anything he

[24:34]does not have a child nothing came out of him had that

[24:39]been the case then he himself would be a child of something

[24:42]else he himself would have originated from something else and he did

[24:53]not originate from anything had he originated from something then had he

[25:00]originated from something then he would have been uh he would have

[25:04]been limited and as we said if he's limited then he's no

[25:13]longer the necessary being so he's no longer God subhana tala one

[25:19]might say why would he be limited well think about it if

[25:24]he's coming from something else before he comes out of that thing

[25:29]he doesn't exist so he has a beginning if he has a

[25:30]beginning that that's a limit you've limited Allah subhana wa tala so

[25:45]he uh he does not have a child nothing originated from him

[25:52]subhana wa taala like that nothing actually came out of Himel had

[25:56]that been the case then he would be M he would be

[26:01]the son or the child of someone else he would have originated

[26:05]from something else how do that how did that beat from the

[26:13]other like why why does it mean that if he originated from

[26:18]something he should originate you're talking about the first segment of IM

[26:30]Ali's correctly you said uh had he originated from something he would

[26:35]have originated no no how does one lead to the other how

[26:37]does one lead to the other Jade good question you can say

[26:58]that Technically when something is coming out of allaha that makes him

[27:04]what limited we said before Allah subhana wa ta'ala his his traits

[27:13]are his own self so if Allah has one deficiency has one

[27:20]has a drop of of of incompletion that makes him absolutely incomplete

[27:27]so if Allah has if Allah is limited from one one perspective

[27:34]from one angle that makes him absolutely limited it makes him basically

[27:38]limited from from all angles makes sense because his traits are what

[27:44]his own are his traits are his own Essence as a result

[27:51]what will that mean it will mean that um he did not

[27:54]always exist when we were saying that he has limits from all

[28:02]perspectives one of those perspectives would be um when did he come

[28:08]into existence he will have a beginning and he will have an

[28:11]end if he has a beginning then he has to do what

[28:17]he has to come from something else I think maybe I I

[28:23]didn't understand you or maybe I wasn't able to transer my question

[28:26]yes just the first he did not had he originated from something

[28:35]something would have originated from how does had he originated from something

[28:41]lead to something would have originated from now we said uh we

[28:49]said the opposite we said if he gave birth to something yeah

[28:52]if he if something came out of Allah then he technically would

[29:00]have to come out from something else yes yeah you're confused okay

[29:16]let's let's repeat the Hadith ahed do you have a comment yeah

[29:20]look at nature everything that is birth or has been given birth

[29:27]to is able to give birth and has been birth and that

[29:28]has not been birth can also not birth anything else nature so

[29:34]I think that example also I think yes like story the story

[29:45]exist before the story did not exist before but it doesn't mean

[29:54]what but their their question is is uh a bit different uh

[30:14]let me repeat the translation and then we'll go from there all

[30:20]right so theith says means nothing came out of Allah right he

[30:28]have a child and nothing came out of him the reason I'm

[30:33]I'm giving different translations is because as we said when we read

[30:38]the first interpretation that comes to mind is that Allah T has

[30:43]no child and has no parent that's a very basic interpretation IM

[30:48]Hussein's interpretation is much deeper he said means or indicates that Allah

[30:54]subhana wa tala does not orig from anything doesn't come out of

[31:04]anything and nothing comes out of him subhana if we say that

[31:09]we originated from Allah then the only way to accept that statement

[31:12]would be to understand it in the following way we were created

[31:19]by God Allah made us he was our origin in the sense

[31:21]that he's our creator but not in the sense that we came

[31:26]out of him we literally or physically came out of God that

[31:30]doesn't happen so the IM says Allah subhana waa did not give

[31:36]birth to anything doesn't have a child nothing came out of him

[31:42]so if he had a child if something came out of him

[31:48]and he himself would be a mud a mud means he is

[31:54]a being that that has a parent or that came out of

[31:57]something and was was born basically is that you got it now

[32:28]so the explanation I gave here we have a by the is

[32:36]speaking the masum speaks you can simply take whatever he says even

[32:42]if you don't understand even if you don't understand the logic behind

[32:49]his statement the is saying if you don't understand why you can

[32:54]still accept the word of the Im so along that you've proved

[32:59]proven that he is an IM and that he's infallible make sense

[33:02]even if you don't understand why even if if you don't understand

[33:11]the uh the reasoning behind his his his word but the explanation

[33:17]I gave uh brings us closer let's say to understanding IM Ali's

[33:22]word of course I was speaking from um in the ex existence

[33:30]perspective if we're saying that Allah subhanahu waala if we say that

[33:37]Allah has a child or something literally or physically came out of

[33:41]him that would make him limited if he's limited then he has

[33:44]to have a beginning if he has a beginning then there has

[33:48]to be someone else who brings him into existence he's he will

[33:54]be dependent on someone else J so this is one conclusion that

[33:58]you can reach if you understand that him having a child makes

[34:04]him limited subhanahu waala but there's one last point that comes to

[34:13]mind or one last question the IM didn't simply say he said

[34:22]which implies that if Allah T had a child something came out

[34:29]of Allah then Allah T himself would also be a child or

[34:32]he would come out of something then he says Allah subhah waala

[35:04]uh does not have a parent or did not come out of

[35:11]anything had that been the case then he would be limited subhah

[35:15]this one is clear the last part of the Hadith is clear

[35:30]see how much time we have left now we have a bit

[35:56]of time left let's look at one last narration before we go

[36:10]into the last verse if we have enough time for that verse

[36:20]today also found in m says does not have a child Allah

[36:40]nothing came out of him or comes out of him why because

[36:42]the child resembles his father when you have a child your child

[36:47]will resemble you not necessarily in in his physical appearance although in

[36:54]many cases the child does resemble the the parent in his or

[36:58]her physical appearance but if that's not found then you will find

[37:02]other forms of uh resemblance existing between the child and the parent

[37:09]technically the child is a product of the parent so there will

[37:13]be what an amount of resemblance between the two but Allah T

[37:18]has no likes subhah wa tala so it's as if the IM

[37:21]is telling us if you understand that Allah T has no likes

[37:26]then you will know he cannot have children again the IM uses

[37:39]the issue of Shabah meaning having a match or having a like

[37:42]he says Allah tal does not have a parent or did not

[37:48]originate from something else not come out of something else because had

[37:51]in the case he would resemble whoever preceded him so we fall

[37:58]into to what the same issue the same problem Allah subhana T

[38:01]has what has a Shabah has a like there something something or

[38:08]someone that resembles him so the IM is telling us here if

[38:16]you understand that Allah has absolutely no likes then you understand that

[38:25]he is as he said in he has no children and no

[38:31]parents then he said meaning none of his Creations were a match

[38:49]for Allah subhanahu wa taala or a match of Allah none of

[38:55]his Creations are similar to him says that Allah subhana wa ta'ala

[39:07]is very different extremely different than his Creations there's a big difference

[39:16]between the Creator and the Creations such that the traits that his

[39:35]Creations possess do not resemble his traits there's a big difference a

[39:42]huge difference between the traits of Allah and our traits here we

[39:50]remember what we said perhaps last week or a few weeks ago

[39:53]which is when we think of our traits the tra of the

[39:58]Creations some traits belong solely to us you cannot attribute these traits

[40:06]to Allah like what like having a beginning having a child having

[40:12]a parent being weak being ignorant you can't even link those to

[40:15]Godel then again there are some traits that you can link to

[40:21]the Creator and the and the the creation like Mercy Allah is

[40:23]the all merciful and I can be merciful kindness Allah is is

[40:30]the the source of kindness he is kind he is loving but

[40:37]I can also be kind I can be loving Allah is the

[40:44]most generous and I can be generous even then there's a big

[40:48]difference a huge difference between his mercy and mine his generosity and

[40:54]mine so on so forth such that you really can't compare the

[40:57]the generosity of the creation to the generosity of the Creator or

[41:04]the mercy of the creation to the mercy of the Creator you

[41:08]can't compare the two yeah yeah course yes definitely yes definitely Allah

[41:30]no no yeah no no hence we have our ninth IM ASN

[41:41]as okay I thought we'll have enough time to uh shed light

[41:48]on the fourth verse but I guess we'll leave it for the

[41:52]next lesson

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