Lessons on the Koran - Suratul Baqara - V. 33 Part 2- 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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[0:14]mustafa in our last lesson we shed light on verse 33 of

[1:00]surat al-baqarah we mentioned that we started with this series of lectures

[1:05]concerning adam alaihi salaam last year and we set the main focus

[1:10]right now our main goal is to shed light on the verses

[1:17]that speak about adam's disobedience what was that disobedience and how does

[1:22]it not contradict his infallibility nor the infallibility of other prophets we

[1:28]said in order to understand this point it's essential to look at

[1:32]what happened to adam alaihissalam before he approached the tree in the

[1:39]garden of his and what happened after by looking at what happened

[1:46]before and what happened after that incident and what happened when he

[1:50]actually approached the tree will have a good understanding of what did

[1:56]adam do and why he did it so we started off with

[2:02]what with verses in surat al-baqarah which mention how allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala

[2:08]planned on placing a caliph on earth the caliph obviously was and

[2:17]selected selected people from his progeny who were destined to be prophets

[2:23]or successors of prophets so when allah speaks about the caliph and

[2:30]placing a caliph on earth he's referring to who to adam and

[2:37]all the uh proofs of god subhanahu wata'ala from adam's time till

[2:45]the day of judgment we mentioned that allah wa'ta'ala revealed adam's superiority

[2:55]to the angels by revealing his knowledge we mentioned that allah taught

[3:04]adam the names of specific creations we mentioned what were those names

[3:10]we mentioned two traditions uh true traditions that the imams was regarding

[3:19]this issue according to one tradition he was taught the names of

[3:26]uh the proofs of god from the first proof being adam to

[3:33]the last proof a second tradition said that allah taught him the

[3:39]names of creations not only the proofs of god but the creations

[3:42]of god in this universe such as mountains volcanoes fires stones deserts

[3:48]etc and we mentioned that based on this interpretation wasn't merely taught

[3:58]the names or the nouns or the words pertaining to those creations

[4:03]rather he was taught secrets secrets and benefits that are derived or

[4:14]that stem from those creations bottom line is allah revealed adam's superiority

[4:21]to the angels through what through his knowledge so we shed light

[4:27]on verse 33 which said he said o adam informed them of

[4:35]their names then when he had informed them of their names he

[4:46]said did i not say to you that i surely know what

[4:50]is rabe in the heavens and the earth the unseen pertaining to

[4:53]the heavens meaning the skies and the earth we mentioned the relationship

[5:02]between between the word and between the names that adam alaihi salam

[5:08]was taught why would allah mention the fact that he knows uh

[5:13]all of the unseen whether it's an unseen pertaining to the heavens

[5:20]or an unseen pertaining to the earth everything for allah is witness

[5:27]by allah azzawajal so there is no unseen for god why would

[5:34]he mention we said because allah the angels to mention the names

[5:44]to inform him of the names of the creations that were displayed

[5:51]to them and the angels were not able to do so they

[5:56]didn't know what did they say you are exalted we do not

[6:04]know anything other than what you taught us whereas inform them of

[6:14]their names what did he do he actually informed them he informed

[6:17]the angels of what they did not know so he informed them

[6:24]of what was part of to the angels hence allah tells them

[6:42]he knows all of the unseen subhanallah the last point we mentioned

[6:52]the last point we mentioned last week is that there's another um

[6:58]meaning we can derive from and that meaning is what that meaning

[7:10]is that meaning is allah knows everything his knowledge is unlimited as

[7:23]a result the angels in fact all creations must trust in allah's

[7:33]decisions sometimes allah might decide on doing something that we might not

[7:38]understand in fact we might kind of question what allah did we

[7:46]might ask ourselves why would allah do this right when he reminds

[7:52]us that he is that he knows all of the unseen indirectly

[7:57]he's reminding us that everything he does has a wisdom behind it

[8:02]whether we know the wisdom or not if we look at the

[8:08]dialogue that allah had with the angels before bringing adam down to

[8:16]earth when he told them will understand that uh will understand that

[8:25]allah [Music] he is indirectly telling the angels and telling us that

[8:39]there is wisdom behind the existence of every human being even if

[8:44]that human being turns out to be evil allah created adam and

[8:52]his progeny and he knew that some of them will be kophar

[8:55]will be disbelievers he knew some of them will be for they

[9:00]will be disobedient and they won't care about god's laws subhana even

[9:05]then he created them with the intention of what with the intention

[9:12]of uh guiding them of bringing out the true potential that lies

[9:16]within the human beings the potential we shall mention today in sha

[9:22]allah wanted everyone to be good but unfortunately some humans in fact

[9:29]many humans choose to turn evil hence one might ask why would

[9:36]he create them subhana wa when he says he's reminding the angels

[9:45]and reminding us that there is a wisdom there is a wisdom

[9:48]we might not know the wisdom at the moment we might not

[9:51]know it at the moment but there is a wisdom we should

[9:56]have trust in the almighty for surely he is wise he is

[10:00]the all wise and one who is all wise always has a

[10:06]wise reason behind his action in better terms whenever the all-wise does

[10:11]a particular deed there is definitely a good reason a wise reason

[10:17]behind that action or that all of this was mentioned last week

[10:23]now inshaallah will continue with uh verse 33 and inshallah enter verse

[10:28]34 of surah [Music] did i not say to you that i

[10:48]surely know what is rave in the heavens and the earth and

[10:51]that i know what you manifest and what you hide so for

[10:57]allah as we said last week there is no difference between uh

[11:02]there is there is no unseen the actions that we reveal through

[11:12]our tongues or our uh body parts are witnessed by god just

[11:17]as the actions that we hide from people such as actions we

[11:23]commit through our souls not through our bodies uh those actions are

[11:29]also witnessed by god so allah witnesses the actions that we the

[11:34]words that we utter and the actions that we physically practice just

[11:42]as he witnesses the actions that we hide such as the actions

[11:47]performed by our soul you might ask what kind of actions are

[11:52]performed by the soul think of uh metaphysical actions like hating and

[12:01]loving hate and love that's an action performed by what by the

[12:05]by the heart meaning the the soul of the human yes when

[12:10]you love someone your love will be expressed through your words for

[12:16]example you tell him i love you right or through your actions

[12:20]you'll bring him flowers you'll make sure to behave in a way

[12:23]that satisfies that person or makes them happy but ultimately love the

[12:29]love that you have for that person lies where in your heart

[12:31]that's an action done by the soul the same applies to hating

[12:39]the same applies to feeling envy feeling envy towards someone or holding

[12:46]a grudge against someone or believing in a particular idea believing in

[12:54]allah believing in all of that all of these actions are actions

[13:00]of the soul yes they may be translated through your actions through

[13:05]your physical actions and your words but ultimately they're essentially their actions

[13:11]of the soul so when he says he's reminding the angels he's

[13:22]reminding the angels that ultimately everything is uh everything is witnessed by

[13:34]him everything is witnessed by god however a question comes to mind

[13:42]here is allah subhanahu wa when he says i know what you

[13:47]manifest all my angels and what you used to conceal is he

[13:55]referring to a specific deed that the angels revealed and a specific

[14:01]deed that the angels concealed or not that's a question the mufasirin

[14:08]the commentators on the holy quran said that yes he is referring

[14:16]subhanahu wa to a specific deed that was manifested by the angels

[14:25]and a specific deed which was concealed by the angels what are

[14:29]those deeds let us look at what the mufasserian say for example

[14:36]here you have uh he says that when allah says i know

[14:49]what you reveal he's saying what you said when you said will

[14:54]you place in it a creation who will cause corruption in it

[14:59]so when he says he is referring to what the angels said

[15:03]when they asked allah subhanahu wa tahana are you going to place

[15:12]on earth someone who will cause corruption and shed blood this was

[15:17]uttered by the angels so was a deed that they manifested what

[15:21]was the deed that they concealed or that a specific somebody amongst

[15:30]the angels concealed says when he says uh sorry when he says

[15:40]and i know what you used to conceal he is referring to

[15:46]iblis shaitaan may allah curse him he's referring to what iblis had

[15:50]concealed what did he conceal he concealed his intention on disobeying allah

[16:00]shaitaan before being ordered by allah to prostrate for adam had already

[16:11]made his intention as we shall see when we read the traditions

[16:17]so the traditions of alabama confirmed this point shaitaan had already set

[16:22]his intention he had told himself if allah commands me to prostrate

[16:31]for adam i will not do so the intention was set before

[16:36]the test was actually presented before the command of god subhanallah was

[16:45]presented to the angels here you might say you might say but

[16:56]the ibis is not in an angel was a jinn he was

[17:07]a jinn but he was amongst the angels so being amongst them

[17:14]being amongst them when allah commanded the angels to prostrate for adam

[17:20]that command was also directed to him so he was amongst the

[17:28]angels he was considered to be one of them when he was

[17:32]not really an angel rather he was in let me give you

[17:40]a slight example a small example before we continue take the example

[17:48]of a group of believers who are friends these friends hang out

[17:53]with each other day and night and they have a friend with

[18:01]them who's a disbeliever so you have a group of believers who

[18:05]have a friend who's a disbeliever and all of them hang out

[18:09]with each other ultimately they consider that disbeliever to be one of

[18:15]them right he's a friend of theirs and they are friends of

[18:19]his so they consider themselves to be one group but in reality

[18:22]they're not one group these are believers who will enter heaven on

[18:27]the day of judgment and that individual is a disbeliever who will

[18:31]enter hell fire if he persists at what at disbelieving until he

[18:36]dies so although they consider him to be part of them part

[18:42]of their group in reality he's not that was the case for

[18:50]iblis he was amongst the angels but was not a true angel

[18:54]he was a jinn the author of al-amsan tafsir al-amfan he says

[19:13]that some commentators said that the thing the angels were concealing was

[19:18]the pride of iblis so this is a a um an interpretation

[19:28]that's similar it's similar to what shaykh tabarashi said it's not the

[19:33]same but somewhat similar they say it was the pride of iblis

[19:38]again because he was amongst the angels and he was concealing his

[19:44]pride allah told the angels he addressed them and informed them that

[19:48]there was something they were what they were hiding obviously he's not

[19:52]he doesn't mean to say subhana wa ta'ala based on its interpretation

[19:57]that all of them were hiding something no he's addressing all of

[20:01]them but allah in reality is pointing to one of them a

[20:10]second or a third interpretation this is also found in tafsir is

[20:15]that uh he says possibly it is the belief the angels held

[20:20]which was that they were more worthy of being gods called gods

[20:27]caliphs on earth the angels thought that they were more worthy of

[20:35]being caliphs allah's representatives on earth until of course adam's superiority was

[20:39]manifested to them so possibly allah is referring to that belief as

[20:46]well when he says do we have a question before i move

[21:02]on no questions before we delve into verse 34 of surah al-baqarah

[21:24]let us read a few traditions that tell us exactly what happened

[21:31]before uh the angels were commanded to prostrate for adam and what

[21:38]happened when they were commanded to prostrate for adam let me copy

[21:44]the tradition for you and paste it in the uh chat section

[21:51]and then we'll read it together this tradition is [Music] of imam

[22:54]al-sadr says imam sadiq was asked a question he was asked about

[23:02]allah's message and allah's commands obviously when allah presents commands in the

[23:12]quran or through rasulullah these commands are directed towards the believers correct

[23:19]towards the muslims the question is are those commands also directed towards

[23:25]disbelievers people who are not muslim for example are those commands also

[23:35]directed towards towards hypocrites people who reveal that they're muslim when in

[23:40]reality they're not that was the question that was posed to imam

[23:47]assad the person asking the question asked the imam about allah's commands

[24:04]he said that are his commands directed at those who are misguided

[24:11]or not imam sadiq answered directs his commands to those who are

[24:24]misguided in fact he directs his commands towards the disbelievers as well

[24:31]so when allah says for example in the holy quran when he

[24:36]says uphold prayer it's a command directed at everyone at muslims and

[24:44]non-muslims even non-muslims are responsible of praying yes in order to pray

[24:52]they need to do what they need to become muslim once they

[24:57]become muslim then they'll they'll start praying correct and the view the

[25:07]beautiful thing is when they actually become muslim um they won't be

[25:14]required of performing for all the years they have not prayed so

[25:18]they won't have to make up all the salawat that they missed

[25:22]however the known shia belief the known belief amongst our scholars is

[25:30]that the commands of god subhanahu wata'ala in the holy quran or

[25:37]the traditions of these commands pertain to everyone they're directed at everyone

[25:41]this tradition might be used to support this belief imam salvik is

[25:47]saying yes allah's commands are directed at those who are misguided in

[25:53]fact they're directed at the kuffar as well at the disbelievers then

[25:57]imam assad alaihissalam mentioned ibis's issue to clarify how allah might command

[26:08]a non-believer commanded the angels to prostrate for adam now when he

[26:38]commanded them to prostrate for adam that command was directed at who

[26:40]at the angels and at iblis then he said with the angels

[27:06]in the sky and he would worship allah subhanahu wa he was

[27:12]part of the group of the angels now in a bit will

[27:17]understand what the imam means to say when he says he's part

[27:20]of the group of the angels he says the angels assumed they

[27:27]used to assume that iblis is one of them however he wasn't

[27:32]really the angels to prostrate for adam this command the command of

[27:55]allah brought out the envy which lied in iblis's heart which lied

[28:02]in iblis's soul based on this tradition we can understand that shaitaan

[28:08]was not only afflicted with kiber he wasn't only afflicted with pride

[28:15]this is something known right we all know that he was afflicted

[28:18]with arrogance and pride imam sadiq says he was afflicted with hassan

[28:24]with envy he envied adam iblees iblisa's envy was revealed the angels

[28:50]at that point knew that iblis was not one of them so

[28:56]they realized that he wasn't an angel he was amongst the angels

[29:02]but he wasn't one of them here the imam was asked a

[29:09]question before i mention the second question which was answered the imam

[29:14]al-salam we need to understand why imam sadiq is mentioning this imam

[29:17]salvik is mentioning the issue of iblis in order to clarify how

[29:23]allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala might present a command in the holy quran which

[29:28]is directed at believers hypocrites and disbelievers it has you think about

[29:34]the command pertaining to prostrating for adam it was directed at believers

[29:42]such as the angels and it was directed towards a disbeliever which

[29:48]was iblis so just as that happened before it can happen now

[29:55]that's what the imam is trying to say now he was asked

[30:01]a question he was asked um how was allah's command directed at

[30:19]iblees when allah solely commanded the angels to prostrate frat realize when

[30:25]you read the quran does allah say for example he doesn't right

[30:32]by the way his his name is according to traditions iblis is

[30:38]a title his name is nonetheless he doesn't say that allah addresses

[30:45]the angels so here it seems that the the person asking the

[30:50]imam alayhi salaam hadn't yet digested this issue that allah commanded iblees

[30:57]to prostrate when he directed his command at the angels so the

[31:03]imam went on explaining further he said [Music] he told him that

[31:22]iblis was not an actual angel he wasn't an angel but he

[31:29]was treated like an angel he was treated like an angel by

[31:39]allah so it's as if allah tells iblees i understand and i

[31:48]know that you are amongst my angels since you are amongst them

[31:51]since you are amongst these great creations and you worship me like

[31:56]them then the commands i direct to my angels are also directed

[32:03]to you so he wasn't a real angel rather he was living

[32:08]amongst them and allah considered that the rulings or the laws that

[32:19]apply to the angels apply to iblis as well at least some

[32:23]laws at least some laws he said allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala created certain

[32:48]creations before adam and iblees was amongst them in fact he was

[32:54]their chief he was the ruler amongst them where were they residing

[32:58]the imam says falado they were on earth i believe most of

[33:05]you if not all know by now that our traditions confirm the

[33:09]existence of creations before adam adam was not the first creation to

[33:17]come down to earth there were creations living on earth before adam

[33:22]this is wide and clear in the traditions of it and it

[33:28]goes hand in hand with what with what modern science says when

[33:32]it tells you that there were certain creations yes uh before adam

[33:39]before human beings and that the earth existed before human beings i'm

[33:52]not saying that we confirm the theory of evolution no that's not

[33:56]what i'm saying but i'm saying that these traditions go hand in

[34:04]hand with the scientific facts indicating that the earth existed for a

[34:10]long time before human beings existed and the scientific facts indicating that

[34:14]there are creations or beings who existed before humans nonetheless so iblis

[34:23]was what he was the hakim he was the ruler over these

[34:26]creations on earth what did they do the imam says those creations

[34:33]uh they became arrogant and they caused corruption and they shed blood

[34:40]subhanallah just as human beings do later on angels what did they

[35:07]do they killed the the the creations who were causing mischief who

[35:11]were causing corruption and who were shedding blood so basically they purified

[35:15]the earth for god subhanallah but iblis had not become corrupt yet

[35:20]so what did the angels do they captured him and they took

[35:28]him to the sky so um he says when the angels took

[35:46]iblis to the sky he would worship allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala with the

[35:51]angels and he maintained that state until allah created adam so we

[35:59]understand from this tradition that number one iblis was not a real

[36:04]angel yes angels considered him to be part of them and they

[36:09]thought that he was allah clarified for them that he wasn't a

[36:14]real angel when he was tested and they were tested with adam

[36:21]and when iblees envy towards adam was manifested in reality he was

[36:27]a jinn who was good he was worshiping allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala but

[36:31]at a certain point he turned evil may allah curse him any

[36:39]questions actually we have one here by brother ahmed why doesn't allah

[36:46]make the devil suffer and die his death is pacified he will

[36:56]die but allah subhanahu wa allah granted him a long life and

[37:02]he shaitan when he was cursed by allah he asked allah azzawajal

[37:11]to grant him respite to delay his punishment until the day of

[37:16]resurrection allah answered his call but he told him that you won't

[37:23]be delayed till the day of resurrection rather you'll be delayed to

[37:28]a specific time he said so allah mentioning the the meaning of

[37:43]the the verses if if this is not the exact wording so

[37:51]he granted him respite until the day of the specified time which

[37:59]means he dies before the day of resurrection even then allah granted

[38:06]him a long life why in a bit inshallah we're going to

[38:09]see in a bit we're going to read a tradition which will

[38:13]explain why allah granted him a long life why doesn't he make

[38:21]him suffer who said he doesn't suffer he's living right now but

[38:26]it doesn't mean that his life is you know the best types

[38:30]of life and that he doesn't suffer on the contrary shaitaan does

[38:35]feel pain even when he's living right now and he does suffer

[38:40]especially when he sees the likes of you worshiping allah subhanahu wa

[38:44]when he sees us praying he gets really disturbed this is based

[38:50]on a hadith not based on my own opinions a hadith tell

[38:57]us that when we pray he gets very disturbed and when we

[39:00]do sujood when we prostrate for allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala he feels a

[39:05]lot of pain a lot of pain similarly when we fast when

[39:10]we pay sadaqah when we pay charity and when we do other

[39:14]forms of good deeds all of these good deeds actually hurt him

[39:17]if you want i'll bring you a tradition uh maybe next week

[39:23]or the weeks after mentioning this issue we have a beautiful tradition

[39:29]that mentions what fasting does to him what paying charity does to

[39:33]him what for example certain forms of good deeds do to him

[39:37]etc so even though he's living it doesn't mean he's not suffering

[39:42]yes he he is definitely enjoying his time or let's say part

[39:48]of his time but there is also um there is also suffering

[39:54]he does experience an amount of of suffer an amount of suffering

[40:10]other questions but the second tradition we want to read today is

[40:34]also in bihar anwar and alain as you see again cites the

[40:39]book let me just copy and paste the tradition for you me

[41:06]it is mentioned that i think the first part of the tradition

[41:14]was not copied hold on one second let me copy it again

[41:22]uh actually i have a question yes it's regarding allah so i

[41:27]asked my mom every time uh this question and she doesn't really

[41:33]know okay i asked her um why does allah make us live

[41:36]if he already knows what's going to happen in the future why

[41:40]does allah make us live when he knows what's what's going to

[41:44]happen in the future yes that's a deep question it's a very

[41:52]deep question um let me try to answer it quickly um yeah

[41:58]firstly firstly even if he knows what's going to happen no one

[42:04]said that he was testing us subhanahu wata'ala to find out whether

[42:09]we'll be good people or bad people he already knows but is

[42:18]a merciful lord and he is the all-generous he loves giving so

[42:26]he decreed he decided to give all humans the chance to become

[42:34]impeccable creations every human being has a lot of potential in him

[42:42]or her each human being has the potential to become god's greatest

[42:46]creation how do we know this from surah allah says surely those

[43:01]who believe and perform good deeds are the best of god's creations

[43:06]realize they didn't say they're the best of people they're the best

[43:11]of god's creations so the human beings who believe in allah who

[43:16]believe in the day of judgment who believe in the truth and

[43:20]implement the excuse me they implement that belief they actually obey allah

[43:25]refrain from disobedience those people reach a point in which they exceed

[43:31]the angels and all other creations and all other creations so allah

[43:40]gives every human being the potential sorry the chance the chance to

[43:50]actually reach that position this is one main reason why he tests

[43:56]us in this world because the only way to reach that position

[44:00]is by being tested in this world you cannot reach that position

[44:06]you cannot reach a position in which you're higher than the angels

[44:10]unless you're tested here unless you're tested through your desire and your

[44:18]anger through different temptations etc for when he puts us through the

[44:25]test it's not to know whether we'll be good or bad because

[44:27]he already knows the outcome of this task rather it's to give

[44:31]us the chance to reach that point here one will say but

[44:39]if he already knows what's gonna happen doesn't that mean that we're

[44:46]all forced into being good or bad people we say no it

[44:49]doesn't mean that because he knows and i hope you're paying close

[44:55]attention he knows what's going to happen based on our free will

[44:59]based on the choices we will take so allah decrees that he

[45:05]will give every joe harry moussa issa jafar larry to go to

[45:12]give every human being free will now that human will have the

[45:19]option of using his free will correctly or using it incorrectly as

[45:28]in he'll have the option of following the right path and being

[45:32]a good human being or following the wrong path and being an

[45:37]evil a human being here allah subhanahu wa ta'ala have one ah

[45:42]nothing i was just saying yes here allah cannot be blamed for

[45:47]the human being's actions he can't be blamed because ultimately allah shows

[45:53]him the way he shows him the way and gives him countless

[45:58]chances to be good he brings down profits divine books he places

[46:09]different reminders here and there to keep us awake and to wake

[46:16]us up before it is too late such as for example graves

[46:20]the graves of believers or disbelievers are a reminder that o people

[46:26]you're going to die and once you die you will meet your

[46:29]lord are you ready such as for example the different incidents of

[46:35]death that takes place you know every once in a while you

[46:42]hear and nalallah you hear that x y and z passed away

[46:46]x y and z passed away these are reminders by allah it's

[46:51]like a phone call that melakil mouth is sending us telling us

[46:56]remember your time is coming as well it's only a matter of

[47:02]time it's only a matter of time before all of you leave

[47:04]so allah grants people different chances and he gives them uh multiple

[47:15]sources of guidance prophets imams divine books scholars etc all of that

[47:23]for what all of that for the sake of guiding the human

[47:27]being even then allah tells the human being tells him what he

[47:31]doesn't listen even if you act incorrectly even if you disobey me

[47:43]for 20 30 40 50 years i'm ready to accept you as

[47:48]long as you turn to me before it's too late look at

[47:54]the mercy of god he tells you subhana even if you've committed

[47:58]all the sins in the book i'm ready to accept you but

[48:06]you must repent you must repent before it is too late what

[48:11]kind of mercy is that it is the mercy of the all-merciful

[48:20]subhana yes we can't misuse his mercy we can't take advantage of

[48:24]it by saying if that's the case then all sin day and

[48:28]night and inshallah before death all repent you can't do that why

[48:33]because number one we don't know when we're going to die right

[48:36]death is unknown we don't know when it's going to happen the

[48:40]time of death is unknown possibly we might die in a minute

[48:44]or an hour or in 20 years we don't know so it's

[48:49]kind of foolish to say you know what all uh have fun

[48:53]right now unlawful fun until you know the time of death comes

[48:58]then i'll repent we can't fool allah grants us the chance to

[49:08]come back to him at any point as long as we come

[49:11]back to him before it's too late as long as we come

[49:15]back to him before our time is up however however sins have

[49:22]an effect on the human being's soul sometimes a person might sin

[49:28]so much or might commit one grave sin that's so grave he'll

[49:35]completely contaminate his soul his soul will be drenched in spiritual pollution

[49:42]as a result will happen when that happens when that happens the

[49:50]person will never return to god subhanallah they'll never return to the

[49:55]path of goodness so if we keep these points in mind we'll

[49:59]understand that yes allah's mercy is impeccable it's wider than all things

[50:10]as the quran says but we can't misuse or take advantage of

[50:16]his mercy so to summarize the answer and as i told your

[50:19]question is quite deep it requires at least one lecture if not

[50:22]a series of lectures if we remember the following points then we'll

[50:28]understand why allah created us and why he's testing us even though

[50:33]he knows the result we said number one he created us so

[50:41]that we reach a very high position a position higher than the

[50:45]positions of the angels and he wants to give every human being

[50:52]whether it's a he or a she whether he's white or black

[50:57]or yellow or red he wants to give every human being that

[51:01]chance secondly he grants us free will he doesn't oblige us to

[51:10]sin on the contrary he aids us in obeying him but he

[51:15]doesn't aid us in sinning thirdly he granted us countless chances to

[51:23]return to him before it's too late fourthly he granted us multiple

[51:29]sources of of uh guidance to ensure that the human being does

[51:33]not have an excuse on a day of judgment when allah tells

[51:36]them why did you deviate why didn't you follow my path after

[51:40]understanding all these points we can understand that ultimately those who end

[51:47]up in hell fire they end up in hell fire because of

[51:54]their own sins and their own wrong decisions it's because of them

[51:58]and this is actually confirmed in the quran the quran speaks about

[52:03]the dwellers of hellfire allah tells you that they admit it was

[52:10]their fault for example in surat what do the dwellers of hellfire

[52:15]say they say they say if we actually would hear the message

[52:40]of god by hearing the message they they mean if we actually

[52:45]gave our ears to the prophets or to the imams and accepted

[52:50]what they said or had we been people who made use of

[52:56]their intellects we wouldn't be from the dwellers of hellfire so they

[53:05]realized it was their fault had they actually heard what the prophets

[53:11]or the imams said or had they used their intellects they wouldn't

[53:17]be in hell fight they don't say uh it's your fault ya

[53:22]allah because they understand it's their fault but this is one short

[53:26]answer regarding your question uh again there are multiple answers to um

[53:34]to that specific question but i think for for today that should

[53:39]be enough inshallah what do you think we have another question here

[53:49]from brother ali what sin is so bad that it prevents repentance

[53:55]that's also an interesting question and a deep one too uh we

[54:00]don't have much time left in fact our time is up but

[54:05]i'll i'll conclude with this one question inshallah next week will read

[54:09]the the second hadith that i pasted on the chat section and

[54:17]will uh we'll start with verse 34 of surah baqarah insha allah

[54:24]whenever a person sins whenever a person sins he shouldn't lose hope

[54:29]in god there is no sin there is no sin that is

[54:36]greater than allah or that is that cannot be forgiven by allah

[54:50]azzawajal so whenever we sin whenever we disobey allah whether we're committing

[54:54]what we call a minor sin or a major sin we shouldn't

[55:01]lose hope there's a a long story which i'll summarize which says

[55:06]there was a man who was eating during the month of sha

[55:08]ramadan he was eating during the month of ramadan meaning during day

[55:18]time so someone saw him and he had a discussion with him

[55:22]why are you eating during the month of ramadan um long story

[55:25]short he told him the likes of me are destined for hellfire

[55:31]whatever i may do i cannot save myself so there's no point

[55:37]in fasting anymore why it seemed this person was hopeless long story

[55:41]short he told them on one specific night this man was living

[55:47]during harun abbasi's time and during imam al-qaeda's time he said one

[55:54]night harun abbasi summoned me and he sent me to um a

[56:03]prison or a dungeon so i went to the president and or

[56:07]the dungeon and on that night i was commanded to kill 60

[56:13]people who were sad sixty halloween sixty men who were from the

[56:19]progeny of ali and fatima so i killed each one of them

[56:26]i killed sixty sadder in one night hence this man says the

[56:30]man who's eating during the during the month of ramadan he says

[56:32]the lives of me won't be forgiven i am destined for a

[56:38]hellfire this story was taken to who to imam his story what

[56:48]did he say i'm paraphrasing the tradition but this is the meaning

[56:51]of the tradition he said that the yes the hopelessness that this

[56:59]man is feeling is worse or more grief than killing the 60

[57:09]sata in one night imagine how grave is it to kill a

[57:14]human being let alone killing someone who is a saeed who's who's

[57:18]from the progeny of ali even then the the imam says this

[57:25]yes this hopelessness the sense of hopelessness that the person is feeling

[57:29]that the person is feeling uh is worse than killing those sixty

[57:35]sada in one right or more grave than killing those sixty sixties

[57:42]that tells you a lot regarding losing hope in god indeed it's

[57:46]one of the major sins one of the deadly and major sins

[57:51]in the book it's a deadly sin that the shaitaan tries to

[57:55]lure us into because when he makes you believe that you can

[58:04]never be forgiven that allah will never forgive you whatever you may

[58:08]do he'll be indirectly convincing you into sinning as much as you

[58:19]want why because when you believe that whatever you may do you

[58:22]won't be forgiven you won't be uh saved from hell fire as

[58:30]shaitan himself will place the following thought in your head since you're

[58:35]destined for hellfire then you might as well have as much unlawful

[58:41]fun as possible before you die number one we should remember that

[58:48]although our sins are great allah ta'ala allah's essence and allah's mercy

[58:56]is greater and if our sins are abundant in number his mercy

[59:06]subhanallah is also greater and it is wider than our sins it

[59:11]can encompass all of our sins that's one this is the first

[59:15]part of the answer second part of the answer is yes there

[59:19]are certain sins that if a person commits them he will lose

[59:26]his chance of repenting what do we mean by this what do

[59:32]the traditions they tell you that there are certain sins if committed

[59:38]the person won't be able to repent from those sins such as

[59:43]killing a prophet or killing the successor of a prophet we have

[59:48]a tradition about this that if a person kills a prophet or

[59:52]his successor he will not be uh able to repent we can

[59:59]understand from the tradition that the imam is saying when a person

[60:04]gets to the point where he kills a prophet but your screen

[60:12]glitch like it stopped okay can you still hear me yes okay

[60:17]so when a person kills a prophet or a successor of a

[60:28]prophet he has already reached a point in which he's so sunk

[60:33]into sins that he'll never come back ultimately killing prophets is not

[60:40]a game killing successors like amir it's not a game so when

[60:48]i actually reach a point where i kill the prophet or i

[60:55]killed the imam or i killed a successor that means i'm already

[61:01]drenched in sin to the point i'll never come back to god

[61:03]subhana thus if you see certain traditions indicating that you know yazid

[61:12]may allah curse him kind of felt guilty for what he did

[61:18]no that yazid was only pretending as he did not feel any

[61:25]guilt for what he had done he did not feel guilty for

[61:30]killing the imam ali the same applies to you know for example

[61:37]when he cries in front of sayida zainab on the day of

[61:43]ashura minutes or seconds before imam and hussain is killed on islam

[61:46]minutes or seconds what does he do he cries in front of

[61:51]sayyidah zainab what a soft heart who tells the the the soldiers

[61:59]of yazid to go and finish the imam alaihis himself so what

[62:06]are those tears they're tears of hypocrisy not real tears so bottom

[62:12]line is yes there are certain sins like killing a prophet or

[62:16]a successor of a prophet and other sins mentioned in the traditions

[62:23]of that will deprive a person from repentance but as i told

[62:30]you this is what we can understand from the traditions that if

[62:34]a person actually commits those sins it means he reached a point

[62:38]where he is uh so drenched into sin he'll never return to

[62:43]allah in general in general keep the following verse in mind say

[62:57]allah tells the prophet ya rasulallah address my slaves and tell them

[63:02]allah is telling you o my slaves who have crossed their limits

[63:10]and done injustice to themselves allah is the all-forgiving and the all-merciful

[63:32]the commentators on this verse especially they mentioned that here allah is

[63:42]referring to repentance he is telling you if you repent then i'm

[63:46]ready to forgive everything i'm ready to wipe out all of your

[63:52]sins but you have to come back to me before it's to

[63:59]me there is a lecture if you'd like that i can send

[64:05]you uh on youtube regarding this verse and um its meaning uh

[64:10]in it the the lecture dissects the verse thoroughly if you'd like

[64:18]to uh hear it in sha allah so if we see ourselves

[64:24]committing sin falling into sins never should we lose hope in allah

[64:28]but again let's not fool ourselves or take advantage of allah's mercy

[64:35]because ultimately you can't fool allah as imam ali says you can't

[64:40]fool allah and some somehow you know trick him and enter heaven

[64:46]on a day of judgment that does not happen uh whatsoever i

[64:52]have a question yes how do you stop the habit of like

[64:56]um listening to music or uh cussing or something listening to music

[65:05]or uh swearing yes yani um just give me one second uh

[65:12]say it will cut here sent the question before yours uh can

[65:14]you please tell us which surah and verse are we are going

[65:17]to recite next week for the recitation say it now we're going

[65:21]to recite verse 200 we're going to start with with verse 231

[65:28]of okay i'm not sure where we're going to stop because it

[65:31]depends on how many students we have but we'll definitely be reading

[65:36]at least two pages from that surah two or three pages inshallah

[65:42]starting with with verse 231 okay concerning listening to music understanding the

[66:03]the danger of listening to music what dangers does it hold what

[66:08]are you doing to yourself when when you're actually listening to music

[66:11]helps in in refraining from it also if you'd like there is

[66:16]a lecture about the danger of listening to songs or music i

[66:19]can send you the lecture so you can hear it out insha

[66:21]allah you can hear it and hopefully it will help you stop

[66:25]that habit uh not you but it will help the person stop

[66:28]that habit uh secondly what helps in this po in this regard

[66:32]is listening to something lawful all of us like to listen to

[66:38]something that soothes our ears now there are unlawful sounds like music

[66:42]and songs and then again there are lawful sounds like quran recitation

[66:51]or certain latmiyat right certain not me yet i'm not saying all

[66:55]of me yet but certainly yes they are definitely lawful or certain

[67:00]mawalid again not all mawali but certain or for example listening to

[67:07]dwaras etc um listening to ahaza majalis all of those um [Music]

[67:21]are lawful and you'll be hearing a melody when you're listening to

[67:31]quran recitation or to aza or to allah or to it a

[67:34]melody that is so that will insha allah help you refrain from

[67:38]the unlawful melodies and the unlawful sounds concerning swearing to be honest

[67:50]understanding also that every word you say is recorded by the angels

[67:55]and is present to allah understanding the dangers of having a having

[68:06]a you know filthy tongue that also helps in uh refraining from

[68:13]that deep on top of that instead of you know swearing or

[68:18]insulting people or saying vulgar words change the words into words that

[68:24]will actually give you hassanat for example when you let's say your

[68:30]cell phone falls down instead of saying a vulgar word say methane

[68:37]right you'll get a hasanah you mention allah when you see something

[68:43]nice something that amazes you instead of saying something and instead of

[68:46]saying a bad word say subhanallah masha'allah right so basically take the

[68:59]habit of changing uh your words again not you but the person

[69:03]let him take the habit of changing his words uh changing the

[69:08]bad words into actually good words into good words with time you

[69:17]will master that habit you will master that action insha allah all

[69:30]right we'll conclude our lesson for today as we said last uh

[69:34]next week inshallah we'll read the second tradition that we posted and

[69:39]we'll continue with with verse or actually we'll delve into verse 34

[69:43]of surah al-baqarah alhamdulillah okay no problem

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