Lesson 14: Al-Hijr - An-Nahl. PART-A Al-Hijr 1-27 يح ع ه ل ح صد ح يح ح أ ك هم ح ي.2

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1 هل Lesson 14: Al-Hijr - An-Nahl PART-A Al-Hijr 1-27 السالم عليمك و رمة هللا و رباكته د ي ي ع ص ل مده ون هر هم أ ر هل هه ال ن شي ط هن هجي فأع ذ ه بهلل ه ه م ال ي ي ر ال ه ن ال ري هي هم هم هللاه ال ي ر م هبس هم ر هبي ا ش ه ل صد هري وي ه س ي ه ل أ دة ه م هلي ي س ه ن ف قه ا ق هري وا ل ل ع ق ه ل SURAT-UL-HIJR RECITAION (1-5) هبس هم اللي هه ال ي ر م ه ن ال ي ر هم هي In the name of Allah, the entirely Merciful, the especially Merciful. هبي.1 وق ر أن ي ال ه ت هب أ يت الر هتل ك هم ي.2 اك نا س ي فر وا ل ي ر ب ي ي د ال هذني ك 3. ل ل ه ه ه هم ال ت ي مت ا و ا و أ ك ف س ل م ن ذر ه Qur an. These are the verses of the book and a clear الر 1. Page 1 ربنا تقبل منا

2 2. Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims. Today they reject, but soon there will be a time when they will repeatedly regret and they will repeatedly wish, that they had been Muslim, that they had accepted Islam. ا 3. ك أ. Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for ذر ه they are going to know. [What they had been doing] Allah سبانه و تعال ى has created us and He has sent us in this world and given us freedom for a limited time also so that we may do whatever we want. If we want we can do good and if we want we can do bad. If we want we can surrender to Allah and if we want we can remain stubborn on disbelief. But remember, this freedom of choice is for a test and it is for a limited time. This freedom will expire very soon! Many among people do not take this life as a test and instead they are lost in heedlessness, enjoying their freedom and when death will come before them, they will realize what this life was really about! And then regrets will begin... When? When all the freedom is going to be snatched away! When the angel of death comes before a person and he comes to know how he has spent his entire life. At the time of death a person will realize how he spent his life and he will remember all those times in his life when Islam was evident to him yet he did not accept it. When the truth of Allah the Almighty was evident yet he did not accept it. When he was advised to do right but he ignored. When رمضان came and he did not avail the opportunity, when it was time to repent but he did not benefit from that, he did not repent and instead he followed the voice of his desire. So what will happen then; when death will come? What will happen when a person is put in his grave? What will happen when the trumpet is blown? What will happen when the people are gathered for?ساب This person will wish... will wish not just once, but over and over again if only he had accepted, if only he had been Muslim, if only he had been obedient to Allah! So never ever be deceived by the freedom that Allah سبانه و تعال ى has given us here because this freedom is for a very short amount of time, it is going to expire very soon. So if we manage to disobey Allah because we can, let's not exult in that. Let's not be fooled by that because this freedom is very, very short, it's very temporary. We know exactly how, how very quickly, death can come to a person. How quickly a person can go from being perfectly fine to being completely disabled, dependent on others, in a coma, unable to even respond to pain. This is how life is. But what happens; because we have freedom here, because we CAN leave our prayer we leave it, because we CAN lie, we lie, because we CAN leave an opportunity to do good we leave it, without thinking that this time, this freedom is very, very little, I am going to die one day and I am going to be answerable to Allah for what I have done. And at the same time what this ية آ teaches us is that we should never be impressed by people who are busy in disobeying Allah because we tend to admire them, we tend to feel jealous of them that they're so lucky; they can do this, they can do that... NO, never feel jealous, they're worth pity! Page 2 ربنا تقبل منا

3 ه ي ي ي ي Because right now they're enjoying disobeying Allah but there will come a time when they will regret it all! Especially when the believers will be taken out of the hell fire!!! Because we know that if a person has even the slightest amount of ايمان in his heart and he has committed many sins... OK... he's punished in the hellfire but eventually he will be taken out of the hell fire and when the believers will be taken out of the hell fire then the disbelievers will regret, they will wish they had been believers, at least they had said the,كلمة at least they had said that Allah is One. Had they done that, then perhaps they too would have been taken out of the fire. So they will be in eternal regret. So we should use this freedom today very carefully and we should make use of this time, of this life that Allah has given over here so that we can reap the rewards in the Hereafter. Let's use this world as a place of work. Let's use the workplace as a workplace. This world is a work place and the real home, is which one? The home of!جنة So let's leave the comforts and pleasures and delights for where? For,جنة the home of comfort! This دنيا is a workplace. So let's treat it like a workplace. م 4. ب ي ل أ ه ل ن و له ه م قر ة ها ل كهت for it was a known decree....and We did not destroy any city but that و This is for both individuals and communities, nations also that each person, he can only live until his time of expiry. For each person is an amount of time that he can live in this world and eventually that time will expire, eventually it will come to an end. Every person who is born, one day he is buried, one day he dies, his soul leaves the body. Likewise, nations also, communities also, empires also. Look at history, what happens?? They rise and then eventually they fall. They enjoy their freedom up to a certain amount of time and then what happens? Their time comes to an end and they are wiped off from the face of the earth. 5. No nation will proceed its term, nor will they remain thereafter. ن.6 عل ي هه ال ي هذ ك ر ال هذي ي نل ه ان ي ك ل مج ن ا ي أ ل...And they say, "O you upon whom وق the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad. This madness, even the Prophet ﷺ was accused of. So what if we are accused of some madness for the little work that we do for the sake of Allah? They said: 7. Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?" Meaning, show us. Page 3 ربنا تقبل منا

4 8. We do not send down the angels except with truth;[meaning, with the punishment] and the disbelievers would not then be reprieved. 9. Indeed it is We who sent down the Qur an and indeed, We will be its Guardian. ﷺ Allah will guard this Qur an. At the time when the Qur an was being revealed, the Prophet's life was in danger, constantly in danger. The صابة could not even recite the Qur an out openly. Once a companion recited الر من. سورة what a beautiful سورة it is, even if you don't understand what it means, it just sounds so beautiful, if anything just appreciate the melody. And that,صابي he was reciting سورة الر من and the people attacked him, they attacked him to the point that they almost killed him. But what does Allah say? Allah will preserve this Qur an. And so when the Qur an was being revealed, Allah preserved it from those who tried to stop its revelation and those who try to stop its propagation, Allah سبانه و تعال ى preserved the Qur an despite all the efforts against the Qur an. And even when the Qur an was revealed, we learn that,شياطين they go up to the skies in order to listen to the conversations of the angels so that they can find out about what is to happen. But when the Qur an was being revealed, the skies were very well guarded so that شياطين could not و ها ني له ل هفظ ن - near even come And this was not just in the life of the Prophet ;ﷺ even after his death Allah Himself has taken the responsibility of protecting this Qur an from getting lost, from being forgotten, from being changed, from being altered, from being revised, from being edited. It will forever remain perfect as it is... How?...The word of Allah... the word of Allah. Allah is perfect, His word is perfect. So what we need to think about is that if Allah has revealed this Qur an and has promised to preserve it, why do you think he has promised to preserve it? Why? Because we are in need of it! This is just like water. Are there huge supplies of water in this world? Yes, whether it is in the form of underground reservoirs or icebergs, whatever it may be, Allah has preserved water. Why? Because water is essential for life! For our spiritual life, for our eternal life, what is essential? The Qur an is essential. Without it we cannot live spiritually. We cannot survive. So if Allah has promised to protect this Qur an, the question is how much am I benefiting from the Qur an? If Allah has honoured His speech so much, how much do I honour the book of Allah by reciting it, by reflecting upon it, by studying its meanings, by acting upon it, what am I doing with the كالم of Allah? This is something that each and every one of us needs to question ourselves. Ask yourself; What am I doing with the book of Allah? How much of the book of Allah did I recite today? Do I plan to recite today? How much of the book of Allah do I reflect upon? Do I?رب العالمين really act upon realizing that this is the word of 10. And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Prophet], among the sects of the former peoples. Page 4 ربنا تقبل منا

5 11. And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him. 12. Thus do We insert denial into the hearts of the criminals. Meaning when they hear the Qur an, when they hear the truth, they only get annoyed, they only go.كفرtheir deeper in 13. They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples. 14. And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continue there in to ascend, 15. They would say, Our eyes have been dazzled. Rather we are a people affected by magic. Meaning no matter what they are shown, no matter what proof, what miracle they are shown, those who don't want to believe, they will not believe. And sadly, those who don't want to benefit from the Qur an, then no matter how much of it they learn, no matter how much of it they memorize, they don't benefit. Why? Because that love, that yearning, that need is not there. We only take from the Qur an as much as we love and appreciate the Qur an. And our love and appreciation for the Qur an should not just be in the form of memorizing its word to word translation and just writing tests and assignments or marking them or listening to other people or just teaching it. No, this is not love. Even a person who is working somewhere he could do this kind of a job. His heart is not in it, he is not passionate about it. A person could be making coffee, giving cups of coffee one after the other all day and he doesn't even drink coffee himself, Right? But he's doing it, why? He's is getting paid, he's doing it for the sake of doing it, it's a job for him. But then there are other people who are passionate about coffee. They're passionate; when you talk to them they'll inspire you. They will put the love and appreciation of coffee in your heart. You know when they decorate the froth on top with their art, why do they do that? It shows that they're passionate about what they do. So we need to think; I am coming, I'm sitting with the book of Allah, is it just something that is a chore? Is it just something that I'm doing for the sake of doing it because I just want to spend my time doing something, I couldn't find anything else from doing this so I'm teaching the Qur an? Or I'm listening to it or I am marking test papers or I am writing test papers... Whatever it may be we need to really question ourselves and really look into our hearts that what love for the book of Allah do I have in my heart because if that love is not there, if that thirst is not there then the Qur an will come but it will not enter the heart, it will enter the mind and then it will leave. It will not go into the heart, it will not penetrate. And if it doesn't go into the heart, the actions will not change, then this work will be a burden. It will be a burden, it will be a chore. Page 5 ربنا تقبل منا

6 قد ج ل ن ول ه ف ال ي س م هء رب وج وز ي ني ه ي هظ هر ني.16 هللن great stars and have beautified it for the observers....and We have placed within the sky Stars have always been of interest to people but sadly people have not learnt from them what they should have learnt and instead, like many other things in this world, the stars have increased people in their error, in their misguidance that we forget that these stars are Allah's creation and instead, what is it that people do? They think that their fate is determined by these stars, by the movement, by the paths of these stars. The Prophet ﷺ warned us, he said: If any one acquires any knowledge of astrology he has acquired a branch of magic.! كفر magic? He has acquired a branch of magic! And what is.of which he gets more as long as he continues to do so. Meaning the more a person indulges in astrology, takes interest in it, the more disbelief he is committing. So what we see from this is that the stars are there, we look at them, however we should not take interest in astrology. The Prophet ﷺ said: When the stars are mentioned then refrain. Meaning when the people start talking about stars that this particular star determines this in your life... Then refrain, and do not believe that they have any effect. The Prophet ﷺ said: things: are three أمة What I fear the most for the latter part of my Believing in the stars, denying Divine Decree and the oppression of the rulers. These three things the Prophet ﷺ feared most for his أمة to come in the later times. So we should not even take interest in any such thing. You know, we should get over these questions like what is your star, horoscope, right, and the traits of that star, reading about it,!ايمان listening to it etc. We should avoid anything like this. Why? Because it contradicts هجيم.17 هفظ ن ه شي ط ن ي ر ه م ه ي ك expelled [from the mercy of Allah]... And We have protected it from every devil و 18. Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame. Page 6 ربنا تقبل منا

7 Like I mentioned to you earlier that the,شياطين they go up to the skies in order to listen to the conversations of the angels in order to get some information about what is to happen in the future... Why? So that they can go and give that information to their human counterparts, right? Who are the so-called the soothsayers, the astrologers and people who know the knowledge of the future; so they go and give them this information. But when the شياطين go up there in order to listen, what happens? Allah says: هبي ي ب ه هشه فأت ب...Then he is pursued by a clear burning flame. Why? So that he may be killed. Just imagine, I mean, the شيطان goes up to the sky, he knows he is putting his life at risk but he does it anyway... He does it anyway. So many die in this process but they do it anyway. There have been so many casualties but they do it anyway. The question is, What am I doing for the,ق for the truth? How eager am I? How desperate am I for reward that Allah has? So that I will also fast even though I know I'll be hungry, even though I know my blood pressure will go down and I'll get tired by the end of the day. But still, how eager am I for the promise that Allah has made with me? 19. And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing. 20. And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] whom you are not providers. Meaning we provide for you in this earth and there're so many other creatures living on the earth that you do not provide for. Who provides for them? Allah provides for them. 21. And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories... Its خزائن so no need to despair, no need to feel jealous if someone else has been given something that you wanted and your turn has not come yet. Why? Because Allah has the treasures of everything! So if someone has been given something and our turn has not yet come, should we feel envious? No, why? Because Allah's treasures have not been exhausted! You know, for example if I have two cookies and you really want one cookie. If I give both the cookies to your friend, yes, you have a reason to be upset that you didn't get anything. Why? Because I can't even give you a cookie because I have run out of cookies, both are gone. خزائن But Allah و تعالى,سبانه what does he have?. He has depositories, treasures, endless boundless treasures, so why worry? Why fear if someone has been given something that we wanted? We want it too, fine, ask Allah, Allah will give us when He wants. Allah will give it to us also. If somebody's turn has come for receiving a particular blessing and we are still waiting, don't worry, don't despair, Allah's treasures have not ended, they have not been exhausted. Then how come we haven't received it yet? Page 7 ربنا تقبل منا

8 ي ي ن نل ه ه ي ي ها ل م ه ق در ي ل measure....and We do not send it down except according to a known و Meaning Allah only sends down His Blessings according to a certain measure. So what does it mean? If Allah has given me something in my life right now, that is something that is enough for me right now because if I needed more, Allah would have given me more. And when I will need something, then Allah will provide it for me. This is something that we need to have conviction about! You know, because sometimes we are always thinking about what we don't have, what we're still waiting for. Well, you know what? Allah has decided, Allah sends everything according to a certain measure. He has decreed when we need something and when we need it He will send it. He WILL send it! You know, for example, every child, every child that is born, with the child the رزق also comes, the provision also comes. You know that for example in this country every child receives a certain amount of money from the government, right? I mean regardless of what your financial situation is, every child receives it. Now the same amount of money, could the parents receive it before the child was born? No way. What happens? The moment child is born that same month that money starts coming in. Why? Because now that money is needed. I mean this is just an example of how the systems of this world even function. Allah و تعال ى,سبانه His system is perfect. When we need something, there is no way that He will not give it. He will certainly give it... و م ن ن ل ه ها ل ه ق در ي ل ه ي What we need to do is trust Allah's decision and accept that, YES... right now I desire something but perhaps I don't need it this is why Allah has not given it to me yet. Perhaps I don't need it right now. I desire it, I like it, I'd love to have it but I can do without it and the moment I cannot do without it, Allah will give it to me. Because: و م ن ن ل ه ها ل ه ق در ي ل ه ي And every decision of Allah is according to His wisdom and His wisdom is greater than my knowledge and my desires. 22. ل ن وأ ر...And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent on water from the ال هر ي ي sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers. We are not ones to retain water, we are not ones to control rain, how much rain should fall, where it...سبانه و تعال ى should fall. No, we don't control that. Who controls that? Allah So just as we don't have control over rain, we don't have control over other provisions. And if we were given the control over the rain then what would happen? This world would be dead today, there would be no life because we cannot manage these things. Can we manage a jug of water in our room? Like seriously, I mean these days you want to sleep with some water next to you in case you wake up late for.سور What happens? At night-time, as you are lying down you look at your jug, it's empty, and you re like Oh, I forgot again. I forgot again. Because we forget. We cannot manage all these things. Page 8 ربنا تقبل منا

9 ي ه So the matter of our رزق has not been left to us. Allah has kept it in His hand. So what do we need to do? Just accept it. You know just like your father says sometimes or your husband says, This is the amount of money that I can give you for this month. That's it. Figure out how you're going to use it but that's all you're going to get. You don t need to care about the bills or anything, this is just your spending money. You re like, OK yeah, I don't need to know how much insurance, how much rent, how much water, whatever, bills, I can t manage everything Just give me what I can spend. Why? It's easier. Allah سبانه و تعال ى has done the same thing with us. He's taken the management away from us and He's giving us what we need, when we need, according to a certain measure. و ن ن ال ن.23 ا هر ث death, and We are the Inheritor. ه و ن يت ل ن ن ن ه ي...And indeed, it is We who give life and cause و ها ن So if someone is born then be grateful. And when someone dies then be patient, beautifully. Why? Because nothing of this happens except with Allah's decision. And: We are the Inheritor. Meaning all will die ultimately and the time will come when only Allah shall be there. را هم وج ه ر ي ك ذ و ا ل ال هل ه وا لك ب ق و 24. And we have certainly known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come]. 25. And indeed your Lord will gather them; indeed He is Wise and Knowing. ن of And We did certainly create man out ي ه م م ي س ن...We created man صل ص ل out of clay, from an altered black mud. BLACK MUD...What does it mean? Mud that has been wet too long and so it has become sticky... It has started to smell... This is the kind of mud that Allah has created us from. So let's remember our origin in order that we may remain humble. 27. And the jinn We created before from scorching fire. Page 9 ربنا تقبل منا

10 PART-B Al-Hijr And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud. 29. And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration." 30. So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely, 31. Except,ا ليس he refused to be with those who prostrated. 32. [Allah] said, O,ا ليس what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?" 33. He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud." 34. [Allah] said, "Then get out of it, for indeed, you are expelled. 35. And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense." Meaning forever you shall be deprived of Allah's mercy. 36. He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected." Meaning let me live until the Day of Judgement. 37. [Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved Meaning yes, you will not die until the Day of Judgement, 38. Until the Day of the time well-known." Meaning the Day of Judgement whose time is known to Allah. Page 10 ربنا تقبل منا

11 ... error, said, "My Lord, because You have put me in [ا ليس] 39. "You have put me in error", he blames Allah......I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all I will mislead them all This شيطانis 's goal! هللني هس says: Allah 52) - this is a message for all people. (Ibrahim # ه ذا الغ And شيطان also has a goal for all people. What is s 'شيطان goal? To take everybody to the fire with him, make everybody go astray and for that, what is the strategy? ال ر ض ه ف ي له م ز ه ي ن - I will surely make things attractive to them on Earth ل So what is the strategy? What is the main way of شيط ن to misguide people? Making this world attractive, so attractive that a person does not even look forward to.جنة He gets so lost enjoying this life, the food here, the clothes here, the freedom here, the friends here, the actions, the pleasures over here that he cannot even think about what is beyond this life. This is the tool of ن,شيط the strategy of making this world attractive so that a person pursues the pleasures of this world only. His,شيط ن ultimate goal is to be happy here, now, and so he does not want to compromise on anything for the sake of the آخرة, for the sake of obeying Allah و تعالى.سبانه He doesn't want to give up anything to obey Allah: No I cannot fast because I get hungry, I have to eat... I can't do without my sleep, so I can't go in the night to pray, I need my sleep... So you see sleep is made attractive because of which a ركعا person does not even pray two from Allah. What great deprivation!!!!, a heap of reward قنطار even so that he can get a آيات which is ten ة This is what? The trick of ن,شيط he has made the earth attractive and not just the earth but even sinning attractive. He makes sin attractive so a person does wrong. He's doing something wrong but he comes up with various justifications and excuses that I have to do this because of such and such.شيط ن reason, and I have to do this because of such and such reason, this is all a trick of When a sin looks good, remember that is شيط ن playing with you. When yelling, answering back to your parents looks good, like a good option, شيط ن has really got you under control because he has made a sin attractive. When رام food, when رام money looks attractive, appealing, tempting; that هم Allah: is on your case. So seek refuge with شيط ن means هجي ي شي ط هن ال ي ر أ ع ذ ه بهلل ه ه م ال Because when the world is made attractive to a person then he will become blind to what is beyond this world. Has that ever happened with you that you're sitting in a small car and right in front of you is a huge truck, huge truck in front of you, what does that truck do? Does it obstruct your view? Page 11 ربنا تقبل منا

12 Completely! You don't know if there's a traffic light coming up ahead, you don't know if there is a car ahead, you can't tell. So what is the first thing that people do when there's a truck in front of them? Change lanes, isn't it? This is how دنيا is, once it comes before you, it blinds you about the.آخرة It doesn't let you see, it doesn't let you appreciate, look forward to, strive for, work for the reward that Allah has placed in.جنة So what do we need to do? Change the lane! How do you do that? هم Say: هجي ي شي ط هن ال ي ر aside دنيا and put that أ ع ذ ه بهلل ه ه م ال هع ب دك ه ن م ال م خ ل هص ي.40 ي servants."...except, among them, Your chosen ها ل Meaning those chosen servants of Yours, O Allah, I cannot trick them, I cannot deceive them. Why? Because they know what the reality of this life is. No matter how much دنيا comes before them, it doesn't seem appealing to them. They can always sacrifice it, they can always give a part of it, some of.جنة it, they can always leave it so that they can get to So what do we see that there are two types of people; those who are,غاوين those who are under the effect of شيطان and secondly those who are not under the effect of.شيطان So we need to see where do I stand? The Prophet ﷺ said: The devil flows in a person like his blood" [Abu Dawud] Like his blood... meaning it doesn't separate from a person and he is constantly working, working, شيطان working. You know like blood with its movement, with its flowing, you are alive, isn't that? So with his activity, with his constant,وسوسة he keeps our sinning alive, he keeps making us disobey Allah سبانه و تعالى and this is why we need to be careful and this is a fact whether it is our food, or our children, home, whatever it may be شيطان is constantly trying to attack us; interfere, take a share of these blessings, destroy these good things for us, creating problems for us through our actions, through our words, through our gestures. The Prophet ﷺ said that: 1 The throne of Iblis is upon the ocean and he sends detachments (to different parts) in order to put people to trial... اس Why? to different places on earth. شياطين Meaning he sends groups of فتنة - To create ف ي فت ن ون الن for the people, trials for the people. What?فتنة This دنيا is made to look very attractive....and the most important figure in his eyes is one who is most notorious in sowing the seed of ن ج ع 1 ظ م ه م ع م ه م ع ن د ه أ ظ ع أ ر ش إ ب ل يس ع لى ال ب ر ف ي ب ع ث س ر اي اه ف ي فت ن ون الن اس ف اب ر ق ال س م ع ت الن ب ى ﷺ ي ق ول إ ن ع ة ف ت ن صي مسلم: 3827 Page 12 ربنا تقبل منا

13 ي dissension. [Muslim] Meaning the one who is most problematic, the one who causes the worst,فتنة that شيطان is the best in the eyes of.ابليس But, what do we learn here? No matter how many detachments ابليس sends, there are some people who are safe from.شيطان Who are they? They are Allah's sincere, chosen servants: هصي ها ل هع ب دك ه ن م ال م خ ل Who are these chosen, sincere people, so that we can also enter that category, so that we can also be?شيطان protected from 2 The Prophet ﷺ said about Hazrat Umar (r.a.) that: Indeed I see شياطين from among men and jinn running away from Umer. [Tirmidhi] Meaning when they see Umer they run away, they don't go close to him, they are afraid of him. Why were they afraid of Umer (r.a.)? Because Umer feared Allah, he feared Allah and when he feared Allah, شيطان was afraid of him. When we fear Allah the way we should fear Him, then remember your شيطان will be afraid of you, he will avoid you because he knows he won't be able to find any comfort in being with you. You know in ديث we've learned that a believer, because of his good deeds, his constant remembrance of Allah, what happens is, the,شيطان he gets exhausted. He gets exhausted trying to persuade him to do something wrong but he's not able to, so شيطان gets tired and so he has to change his shift with somebody else because he's tired. بسم هللا Like for example when a person goes into their house and he says, can شيطان enter that house? No. When a person is eating, he says هللا,بسم can شيطان share that food? No, not at all. He's failed again. When you lock the door and you say, شيطان cannot open that door. So شيطان is trying, بسم هللا he's there. Imagine somebody is trying to come with you and when you open the door, you close the door on them and they're left outside and they're just like, what am I supposed to do, what am I supposed to do? And they're sitting next to you eating food and you eat the whole thing and you don't give them anything, right, and then you're going to sleep and then you don't let them lie down on the bed at all. Aren't they going to get frustrated eventually and leave? Aren't they going to get frustrated? But شيطان doesn't give up. He just gets tired and exhausted, he doesn't give up. But how is it that you keep yourself safe from?شيطان By fearing Allah! Remembering Allah! بسم هللا Remember, the name of Allah, this is the barrier between us and.شيطان It is the barrier. It is.شيطان our protection against ق ال 2 ر وا م ن ع ى ش ي اط ين لا ن س و ال ج ن ق د ف ر إ ل م ر ظ ي ه و س ل م إ ن ي ل ن ل ر س ول الل ه ص لى الل ه ع سنن الترمذي: 7963 Page 13 ربنا تقبل منا

14 ي هقيم.41 straight. اط ه ذا ه ص ل ي س ت ع is]...[allah] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that ق And what is that path? The path of اخالص, the way of sincerity, believing in Allah, relying upon Him, seeking Him, worshipping Him, striving towards Him. 42. Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators. شيطان So one group of mankind is of those who follow Allah and another group is of those who follow has control over them and those who follow Allah, who شيطان,شيطان Those who follow ;غاوين remember Allah, then شيطان does not have control over them. 43. And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all. Meaning no matter how many they are,,غاوين they will all end up in hell fire. So there's only two groups, we better decide where we want to go. له ب ة أ ب اب.44 designated."... It جهنم] - Hell] has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion You know when there's a huge fire, it is difficult to even look at it. Imagine this fire of Hell is so huge that this place has seven gates, seven places of entry. And in Hell fire there's flames that are shooting out, it's noisy, smoke that is emerging! From ديث we also learned about an emerging neck, a neck that will emerge out of it, merciless guards, this is Hell with seven gates, noisy... You know we are afraid of many things in this world, a lizard, a lion, a bug, a fly, a bee, wasp; these are things that we are afraid of. We scream when we even see them from far. This جهنم is what we should really be afraid of because those who follow,شيطان they will end up here. Disobedience to Allah is like taking a share of the fire. ال م تي ي هق ي ه ف جن ت وع ي ن.45 springs....indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and هان Who are the?متقين Those who lived carefully 46. [Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]." 47. And We will remove whatever is in their hearts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, Page 14 ربنا تقبل منا

15 on thrones facing each other. Meaning when they will be in جنة before they enter,جنة their hearts will be cleaned. Why? So that when they are in جنة there is no resentment for one another; no ill feeling, no misunderstandings, nothing at all. You see in this world, in this life, we come across people who might be really nice but what happens? You just don't click with them. Does it happen? You just don't get along with them. They say one thing and it bothers you. They say it in a nice way and it irritates you. They're trying to be funny and you don't find it funny at all. They're trying to apologize and you're like, please be quiet. They're trying to talk to you and you want to avoid them. It's not that they're very bad person, they're nice, they're nice people but you're just very different from them, very different. Your temperament is different and sometimes, means despite you interact with somebody and misunderstandings happen between you and them, miscommunication, misunderstanding. So when you live like this at home with a relative or even a spouse or even children, is it hurtful, day in and day out? Is it hurtful? It's very heavy on the heart. If you have to work with somebody like this, is that annoying? Very annoying! People would change jobs just because they can't get along with their co-workers. Your classroom, if you have people in your class that you don't get along with, you want to switch classes? How many of you asked your parents I want to change my school because I don't like the people in my school? Happens right? I don't like this class, I don't like the people in my school, I don't like this teacher, I don't like the Principal... Well, they're qualified to be a Principal, they're qualified to be a teacher, what's the matter? You just don't get along with them. Life becomes difficult when you have to be around people that you don't get along with. Now the thing is that in this world it's not possible that people get along with each other, why? Because you have your heart, they have their hearts. You have your own likes and they have their own likes, right? And Allah says that we have created some of you as a فتنة for others so we are a test for each other, but how will جنة be جنة if these resentments enter جنة with us? If this baggage comes along with us, how would it be?جنة So what will happen?? 3 The Prophet ﷺ said: "The believers after being saved from the fire will be stopped at a bridge between جنة and Hell fire..." Meaning every person will have to cross the bridge. And where is the bridge?? It's over hell fire. So when the believers will manage to cross the bridge safely, they'll be safe from the hellfire, they won't fall in it, they won't be thrown into it, they will make it to the other side; then what will happen? قنطرة bridge? again they will be stopped at a bridge. And what is the name of this جنة Before they enter And here, the Prophet ﷺ said that:..." matters, will be established among them regarding their قصاص..." 3 ة و الن ار ف ي ق ص ر ة ب ي ن ال جن ط ن ار ف ي ب س ون ع لى ق ؤ م ن ون م ن الن ي ا ان ت ب ي ن ه م ف ي الدن ع ض م ظ ال م ك ي خ ل ص ا ل م م ن ب ل ب ع ض ه ة ذ ن ل ه م ف ي د خ ول ال جن إ ذا ه ذ ب وا ون قوا أ ]صي البخاري: 5656 ى ت Page 15 ربنا تقبل منا

16 ي Meaning if a person was unjust to someone, unfair to someone then fairness will be established over here so that when people go in, their hearts are clean. You see, sometimes you have a disagreement with someone and you've never even spoken about it. You don't even talk about it. Why is it that you don't even talk about it? Because you know that if you touch that topic it's going to turn into an argument or it's too awkward talking about that with someone whom you disagree with but people cannot enter جنة like that. All of these feelings will come out, they will be resolved so there's no misunderstanding at all. Hearts will be washed and then they will be cleansed, the Prophet ﷺ said. ". جنة "...And after they are cleansed and purified, then they will be admitted into [Bukhari] So what do we have to do right now? Keep these grudges and resentments and ill feelings and leave it to be taken out later? If we're not willing to let go, if we don't want to let go of these ill feelings, then why would they be taken away from us? We have to be willing at least to forgive someone. We have to be willing at least to try and get along with others and then our hearts will also be cleansed and then because there's nothing to bother you, nothing to جنة and this is the true pleasure of جنة will be جنة bother. 48. No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed. 49. هيم أ ن ه ن غف ر ال ي ر ال am the Forgiving, the Merciful. ي ه ب هع ب هدي أ...[O Muhammad], inform My servants that it is I who ن 50. And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment. Allah forgives and He also punishes so never persist in sin thinking that Allah will forgive and never despair due to your sins thinking that Allah will never forgive. No, He punishes and He also forgives. Abu Darda (r.a.) reported, the Prophet ﷺ said that: 4 "There will come people amongst the Muslims on the day of resurrection with as heavy sins as a mountain and Allah will forgive them" And Allah will forgive them! So Allah is غف رالريم but at the same time His punishment is severe so we need to be between hope and fear. ون م ع ضي هف هارب ا ههي م.51 هب ي ئ Who was Ibrahim? Allah's chosen servant....and inform them about the guests of Ibrahim, 4 ال ج ب ال ف ي غ ف ر ال وب أ م ث س ل م ين ب ذن ي ه ود و الن ص ار ى «. ]صي ه ا الل ه ل ه م و ي ض ع ه ا ع لى ال ي ج ىء ي و م ال ق ي ام ة ن اس م ن ا ل مسلم: 0917 Page 16 ربنا تقبل منا

17 52. When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Ibrahim] said, "Indeed, we are fearful of you." 53. [The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy." 54. He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?" What are you talking about? I have become so old how can I have a child? Have you ever heard people saying something similar? I'm too old for marriage. I'm too old to go to school. I'm too old for this, I'm too old for that... No; Ibrahim عليه السالم around a hundred years of age, he's being told you're going to have a child. It's never too late. Our problem is that the moment we hit like a certain age, we begin to think of ourselves as old; I'm now old No you're not old..تبوك in his sixty's he went for Hajj. In his late fifty's, he's doing Jihad, he is going to,ﷺ The Prophet You know the other day I was thinking the صابة went to تبوك hundreds of kilometres away, they didn't go in a plane, they didn't go in an air conditioned car; many of them were walking and the rest of them were on camels. Have you ever sat on a camel? Is it a smooth ride? It's painful. Have you ever done horse riding? How is that? Next day your body tells you how that was. Now imagine, the whole trip to تبوك was over thirty days, over thirty days. Constantly they're going on their camels, on their horses, or walking in the heat. I mean physically exhausting. They must be very strong people افطار and so much food at سور because what is wrong with us these days, we have so much food at and we want to nap the whole day and we want to come up with some excuse that will allow us to not fast. I mean we have turned into weaklings... Weaklings. We need to be a little stronger and strength is both physical and spiritual and emotional. So never give up hope, never think oh I'm too old for this, I'm too old for that. No you're not. 55. They said, "We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing." 56. He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?" Meaning I'm not despairing, I'm hopeful, I'm just surprised that how's this going to happen. 57. [Ibrahim] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?" Meaning you couldn t just come to give me the good news, what are you here for actually? 58. They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals, Why? In order to bring punishment upon them. Page 17 ربنا تقبل منا

18 59. Except the family of Lut; indeed, we will save them all 60. Except his wife." Allah decreed that she is of those who remain behind. 61. And when the messengers came to the family of Lut, 62. He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown." Neither Ibrahim (a.s.) recognized the angels nor did Lut (a.s.) recognize the angels. What does this tell us about the Prophets of Allah? They do not have knowledge of the unseen. 63. They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing, [meaning the punishment] 64. And we have come to you with truth,... Meaning for real we have brought the punishment...and indeed we are truthful. 65. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded." 66. And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning. 67. And the people of the city came rejoicing. Why? Because they saw some young men because these angels came in the form of men, human beings, so the people of the city, they came rejoicing. 68. [Lut] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me. 69. And fear Allah and do not disgrace me." 70. They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?" As if they're saying get out of our way, please don't bother to protect the whole world, don't stop us. 71. [Lut] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]." Page 18 ربنا تقبل منا

19 Meaning here's a الل option for you, why do you go to men to satisfy your sexual desire. Allah says: 72. ي م ل ها ن ه ف ر ه ته م مه ن their intoxication, wandering blindly. م ر ك...By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in ل Their lust was blinding and such is the case of the one who lives to fulfill his desires. He does not care about any harm, any benefit, he's just concerned about satisfying his desire gaining physical pleasure and that pleasure, it blinds him. He doesn't even think about what he's doing. 73. So the shriek seized them at sunrise. 74. And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay. Literally they were turned upside down. 75. Indeed in that are signs for those who discern. 76. And indeed, those cities are [situated] on an established road. Meaning their remains are still there today. 77. Indeed in that is a sign for the believers. 78. And the companions of the thicket were [also] wrongdoers. 79. So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway. 80. And certainly did the companions of Thamud الجر] [اصاب deny the messengers. 81. And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away. 82. And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure. In the mountains they carved out their houses feeling secure, because they said nothing will happen to us, no natural disaster can cause us disaster. If the wind blows, if there is a flood, we will be safe in these mountains. If there's a fire, whatever it may be, we are safe in these mountains; our homes are Page 19 ربنا تقبل منا

20 ه ي inside the mountains but what happened? ذ ت م ال ي ص ي ة ص هب ه ي.83 They were destroyed by a sound, blast. morning....but the shriek seized them at early فأ خ 84. So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn. 85. And We have not created the heavens and earth and that between them except in truth. And indeed, the Hour is coming;... ا ل...so forgive with gracious ف ص ف ال ي ص ف forgiveness, [beautiful forgiveness] هميل Meaning when people bother you, then just forgive them beautifully. 86. Indeed, your Lord - He is هليم Creator. the Knowing ا ل الق ال 87. And We have certainly given you, [O Muhammad], seven of the often repeated [verses]. Which verses are these? The verses of,سورةالفاتة you cannot repeat them enough this is why for every raka h of every prayer, what do we have to recite?.سورةالفاتة You know it's amazing; you have to recite the whole سورة and if you don't recite it, your raka h is not complete even if you are praying eight raka t, twenty raka t, still for every raka h you have to recite.سورةالفاتة Why?? Because you cannot repeat these آيات enough. They are a treasure....and the Great Qur an. Now سورةالفاتة is the opening of the Qur an, if we cannot have enough of repeating the opening of the Qur an, then what about the rest of it? If the opening of the Qur an is so precious, it is so beautiful that no matter how much you read it, it is not enough. Then what about the rest of the Qur an? It's.خير only full of دي ني عي ني ك ت تي ن ها ل 88. واج ي ه ن م ه هه أز..."Do not extend your eyes toward that by ل which we have given enjoyment to certain categories of the disbelievers," Meaning the دنيا that other people have, don't look at it, don't stare at it, don't even waste a glance on it because if you do, then you will find it attractive. Its love will settle in your heart and if it settles in your heart, then the blessings which Allah has given you, you'll never be happy with them. The favours that Allah has bestowed you in, you'll never be satisfied with them so don't even look at what you do not have, don't even look at it. Why? Because then you'll be unhappy and especially if it's the things of this world, why waste a glance over it. Instead say سبان هللا so that you get twenty rewards Page 20 ربنا تقبل منا

21 and your twenty sins are erased. You know literally when it comes to window shopping, or just going for the sake of looking, I mean it's something so heavy on me. I can't go anywhere just to look. When you're serious about getting something, let's go get it. Sometimes you're dragged into these situations, that when your friend says I want to go get a jacket, can you come with me? And I'll say ok fine. She goes, ok let me check this store, let me check that store, oh I can't find it, let's go have some lunch, and let's go have a snack, and then let's go sit there, and what about this, what about that... what a waste of time. Allah says don't even look at these things which people have been given because then they will seem attractive to you. So when you're dragged in a situation like this what should you do? Busy yourself, busy your tongue in the remembrance of Allah, quietly, silently. ه م زن عل ي... them,...and do not grieve over و ل ت Meaning when they don't believe, don't grieve over them. جن ك هفض واخ هلل م ؤ ه هن ي...And lower your wing to the believers. This doesn't mean that if a person is not believing we don't care for them. You see the Prophet,ﷺ he cared too much for them. He grieved too much for the people and this is why he was told tone it down a little bit. What we need to do is we need to grieve for people. We need to grieve for people because we don't grieve for them. And واخفض جن اك ل لم ؤمن ين - lower your wing to the believers ; meaning be kind and merciful towards the believers. 89. And say, "Indeed I am the clear warner" 90. Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators Who are the separators? Those: 91. Who made the Qur an into portions, Those who separated the Book that was given to them. How did they separate it? 5 Ibne Abbas said: Those who have made their scripture into parts are the people of the Scripture who divided it into portions and believed in a part of it and disbelieved in the other. ي ال هذني ج ا ل ال ق ر أ ن هع هض ي (البخارى : 5076 ( 5 Page 21 ربنا تقبل منا

22 How? That they took parts of the book, believed in it and they rejected other parts of the book. They took from the book what they liked, what suited them and they left off the book which they did not like and which did not suit them. So what do we have to do? We have to believe in the entire scripture, cover to cover. Take it all seriously. Hold the Qur an in your hand right now, hold it in your hands. Look at the front of it and look at the back of it and tell yourself; This whole Book is for me, I believe in all of it... ALL OF IT, not one part of it. The entire Book is valuable, it is precious to me. And so I don't just have to believe in it, I have to learn it, reflect on it and improve myself by acting upon this Book. I'm not going to just take parts of it and follow them and leave parts of it and never follow them. No; this entire Book, entire Book, Allah said, this is all His speech. ه ي ك ل نس أ ي ل ن م أ ج ه ي.92 ر... So by your Lord, We will surely question them all ف 93. About what they used to do. 94. Then declare what you are commanded and turn away from the polytheists. 95. Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers 96. Who make [equal] with Allah another deity. But they are going to know. صد ر ك ن.97 ه ب ق ل هضيق constrained by what they say. قد ول ن ي ك...And We already know that your breast is ن ل م أ You feel very tight and uncomfortable in your heart because of what people say to you and generally what happens that when you're criticized for your,دين for your,عبادة for your reciting the Qur an, following the Qur an, then what happens. People make fun of you, people criticize you. They question you, they interrogate you and this is something that is very hurtful that you're trying to do something good. You're fighting against your own soul first of all and there's other people who are mocking at you. What are you meant to do? Allah says; We know, We know how you feel. We know exactly how you feel. I don't know about you but the first time I wore an Abaya, and first time I covered my face, I felt like I was going to die. Honestly, I felt like I was like sweating head to toe, I could not breathe. It was so difficult because it's the fear of people. The thing is that as soon as a person does something good, شيطان feels very insecure,very insecure and he starts to make you feel bad and question yourself and then he makes you fear people and then he knows that Ok you're out of his hand so he's going to send other people to discourage you. He's going to make them look at you. He's going to make them stare at you. You know sometimes I'm going with my kids, walking with both my kids and all of a sudden somebody is coming from the front and they're like they've seen an alien literally. One day I was at a store and one lady, she saw me and she went like[...] I think she was doing that cross sign. I don't know why she was doing that but she was like staring at me and walking and doing Page 22 ربنا تقبل منا