Ali Dawah - July 26, 2017


REACTING TO QURAN - WHO DO YOU WORSHIP？


Episode Stats

Length

13 minutes

Words per Minute

186.9108

Word Count

2,518

Sentence Count

209

Misogynist Sentences

2

Hate Speech Sentences

32


Summary

In this episode, we talk about the rhetorical question Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala asks in Surah Al-Najm: "Have they knowledge of the unseen? Or do they intend a plot against you?"


Transcript

00:00:00.000 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, brothers and sisters, dear friends, hope you guys are doing well.
00:00:15.500 I'm here with Musa Adnan and myself, Ali Dawa.
00:00:19.660 He's here with himself.
00:00:21.060 Not myself, yes.
00:00:22.400 Before I start, I want to praise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the most merciful, the most just.
00:00:25.980 All praises, glory and gratitude belong to him.
00:00:27.620 We are here at Iman Channel, brand new episode as you guys know, new show, reacting to the Quran.
00:00:34.060 What do we do, Musa? What's react to the Quran?
00:00:36.220 So reacting to the Quran is basically, react to the Quran rather, the show name.
00:00:40.920 We open up the Quran to a random page, we pick a random ayah and we react to it, we ponder upon it.
00:00:47.760 Inshallah guys, feel free to join in with us, inshallah.
00:00:51.260 Get your Quran, get the translation as well, inshallah.
00:00:55.120 And let's get straight into it.
00:00:56.580 Exactly. Some verses might relate directly with you guys, you know, you might say, you know, subhanAllah, actually, this is what I was going through today.
00:01:02.200 Or whatever it may be.
00:01:03.200 So, yes, Musa, I'm going to give you the honours today.
00:01:07.200 As always, Bismillah.
00:01:09.260 Let's do this, let's pick, let's go right.
00:01:13.740 Oh!
00:01:15.240 There you go.
00:01:15.920 Okay, alright.
00:01:16.580 So, Surah Al-Najm.
00:01:23.200 No, we are in between Surah Al-Tur and Surah Al-Najm.
00:01:27.540 So, okay.
00:01:31.000 Which one?
00:01:32.720 Which one?
00:01:33.360 You're going to do it or me?
00:01:37.320 I think you should pick.
00:01:38.600 Okay.
00:01:38.980 And choose one of the Arabic.
00:01:40.500 Don't look, don't read.
00:01:42.080 I'm not reading it.
00:01:42.880 I'm genuinely not reading it, yeah?
00:01:45.960 Okay, I'm going to go with this, this verse right here.
00:01:51.020 Surah number, sorry, ayah number 41.
00:01:54.320 So, that's over here.
00:01:56.140 Okay.
00:01:57.080 Or have they knowledge of the unseen so that they write it down?
00:02:01.280 Or do they intend a plot against you, O Muhammad?
00:02:04.200 But those who disbelieve are themselves the victims of the plot.
00:02:07.840 Amen.
00:02:08.240 Or have they a God other than Allah, transcendent?
00:02:12.380 Is he beyond what they associate?
00:02:14.840 If they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling,
00:02:18.140 they would say a heap of clouds.
00:02:21.520 Then leave them alone until they encounter the day
00:02:24.700 in which they will be thunder-stricken.
00:02:27.140 A day in which their plot will avail them nothing
00:02:29.780 and none will help them.
00:02:32.480 Should I carry on?
00:02:33.980 Keep going.
00:02:34.760 And verily, because it's a small verse.
00:02:36.500 And verily for the unjust, there is a torment before that.
00:02:39.840 But most of them do not know.
00:02:41.720 So wait patiently, O Muhammad, for your Lord's decree.
00:02:44.700 For verily you are in our sight.
00:02:47.100 And extol the praises of your Lord when you awake.
00:02:49.840 And in the night time also exalt his praise
00:02:53.360 and at the setting of the stars.
00:02:54.800 Extol, extol.
00:02:55.900 Extol.
00:02:56.340 I think they meant exalt.
00:02:57.840 Maybe exalt.
00:02:58.680 Yeah, maybe.
00:02:58.940 We might be in a typo here.
00:03:00.240 Okay, so we start from which verse?
00:03:01.840 40?
00:03:02.660 41.
00:03:03.340 Okay.
00:03:04.640 So here Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:03:06.160 is basically...
00:03:09.020 You see, one of the things that you'll notice
00:03:10.480 that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala does is
00:03:11.940 He mentions, like He questions.
00:03:15.540 Yeah, so He makes...
00:03:16.260 And what does questioning do?
00:03:17.480 It makes you think.
00:03:18.260 Yeah, Allah does that a lot.
00:03:19.920 So for example, Allah is asking.
00:03:21.960 Oh, have they knowledge of the unseen?
00:03:23.940 So they write it down.
00:03:24.740 So Allah is asking.
00:03:26.220 He knows.
00:03:26.860 It's a rhetorical.
00:03:28.000 You see, what we have to understand is
00:03:29.060 it's a rhetorical question.
00:03:30.440 Yes.
00:03:30.680 So for example, let's say
00:03:31.660 I know about something.
00:03:33.400 And I'm like, like you know.
00:03:35.020 Do you know?
00:03:35.840 Really?
00:03:36.460 Okay.
00:03:37.160 Do you understand?
00:03:37.960 So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala...
00:03:39.260 He says, oh, have they a God other than Allah?
00:03:42.680 So Allah is asking a rhetorical question here
00:03:45.400 to make us think.
00:03:46.740 Yeah.
00:03:47.320 So subhanAllah,
00:03:48.600 if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling,
00:03:51.180 they would say a heap of clouds.
00:03:53.100 So subhanAllah,
00:03:53.940 even if they were to see something
00:03:55.160 as miraculous as a heaven falling,
00:03:57.240 they would just make an excuse for it.
00:03:59.360 Yes.
00:03:59.480 So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:04:00.380 is basically questions
00:04:01.600 and then He makes a point from that.
00:04:04.260 Yeah.
00:04:04.400 So I think we should see
00:04:05.380 what Tafseer ibn Kathira has to say
00:04:07.020 about this inshaAllah.
00:04:07.740 So we can get some context.
00:04:08.940 But before you go to that,
00:04:11.160 and verily for the unjust,
00:04:12.600 there is torment before that.
00:04:14.180 When you hear the words unjust,
00:04:15.780 what comes to your mind?
00:04:18.140 Unjust.
00:04:18.740 Yes.
00:04:19.200 Injustice.
00:04:19.760 You know, someone being oppressed.
00:04:21.860 You know?
00:04:22.920 Okay.
00:04:23.680 You see, a lot of times
00:04:24.380 when we hear like unjust,
00:04:26.980 we think like you said,
00:04:28.760 like, you know,
00:04:29.820 someone that's being unjust,
00:04:31.320 oppression, etc.
00:04:33.200 But one of the biggest oppressions
00:04:36.180 that a human being does
00:04:38.320 or an injustice that they do
00:04:40.780 is actually committing shirk.
00:04:42.840 Yeah.
00:04:43.140 This is the biggest injustice
00:04:44.720 that you're doing, you know?
00:04:46.660 Because if you think about it,
00:04:47.880 you know,
00:04:48.500 when you're unjust to somebody,
00:04:50.860 somebody did you a favor,
00:04:51.820 Musa did me a favor,
00:04:53.120 if I'm unjust to him,
00:04:54.740 then obviously I feel bad, you know?
00:04:56.520 Some people don't, you know?
00:04:57.600 But however I feel bad,
00:04:58.880 you know,
00:04:59.260 that, you know,
00:04:59.880 that I was unjust to him,
00:05:01.780 I should have not done that, etc.
00:05:04.140 Now, imagine,
00:05:05.220 imagine,
00:05:05.560 imagine the injustice
00:05:09.180 that's done,
00:05:10.760 the highest form of injustice,
00:05:12.740 the highest form of sin,
00:05:14.340 you know,
00:05:14.820 that is being done
00:05:15.900 is that people are living
00:05:18.360 their day-to-day lives
00:05:19.560 and going about their business
00:05:21.320 with no acknowledgement,
00:05:23.060 with no praise,
00:05:24.420 with no understanding
00:05:25.960 of the blessing
00:05:26.780 that they have around them.
00:05:28.020 It's like totally blindfolded,
00:05:30.180 you know?
00:05:30.540 You know,
00:05:30.960 it's like,
00:05:32.460 imagine waking up to us,
00:05:34.360 like we said before
00:05:35.260 in other episodes,
00:05:36.460 signs are not just reading the Quran,
00:05:38.080 signs are all around us.
00:05:39.300 So for me to wake up
00:05:40.560 and just brush my teeth,
00:05:42.860 look in the mirror,
00:05:43.680 brush my hair,
00:05:44.360 you know,
00:05:44.580 I love my chair,
00:05:45.680 for me to get ready,
00:05:46.860 walk outside,
00:05:48.220 do my business,
00:05:49.200 whatever it may be,
00:05:50.480 come back home,
00:05:51.460 go to sleep,
00:05:52.380 see my family,
00:05:53.200 and the biggest injustice
00:05:55.880 that you can do is
00:05:56.740 not acknowledge Allah
00:05:58.520 in the least.
00:06:00.420 Not in the least.
00:06:01.400 You are just going about your life
00:06:02.880 and somebody came to,
00:06:04.660 let's say somebody came
00:06:05.560 and gave Dawah to a person
00:06:06.800 who doesn't acknowledge
00:06:07.380 and said,
00:06:08.080 look,
00:06:08.200 don't you reflect upon,
00:06:09.540 you know,
00:06:09.800 your eye and the way you're crazy.
00:06:11.000 Is that?
00:06:11.220 No.
00:06:12.020 What's there to reflect?
00:06:13.100 You know,
00:06:13.520 this is really important
00:06:14.200 because imagine
00:06:15.520 you're going about your whole,
00:06:16.580 forget this is one day,
00:06:17.980 yeah?
00:06:18.320 We're talking one day.
00:06:19.720 Imagine your entire life,
00:06:23.480 some portions of your life,
00:06:25.280 you haven't acknowledged
00:06:26.720 Allah in the least.
00:06:29.140 What greater oppression
00:06:30.620 is there than this?
00:06:32.360 Imagine this,
00:06:33.120 wallahi,
00:06:33.960 the trees,
00:06:34.720 the animals,
00:06:35.360 everything praises Allah.
00:06:37.140 They see the might
00:06:38.200 and the power
00:06:38.720 of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
00:06:39.740 Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
00:06:40.140 But there's some people
00:06:40.980 that's living their life,
00:06:42.160 no acknowledgement,
00:06:43.140 nothing.
00:06:44.140 You know on that,
00:06:44.760 yeah?
00:06:45.180 Iblis,
00:06:46.200 Iblis in the Quran,
00:06:47.420 what does Iblis say
00:06:48.260 to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?
00:06:49.140 I swear by your might.
00:06:50.900 He says,
00:06:51.360 he says,
00:06:51.760 Ya Rabbi,
00:06:52.700 yeah?
00:06:52.960 Yes.
00:06:53.400 He calls Allah by Rabbi.
00:06:55.360 Rabbi is not,
00:06:56.380 oh Allah,
00:06:57.180 Rabbi is like,
00:06:58.420 you know when you're saying Rabbi,
00:06:59.560 it's like an emotional thing as well,
00:07:01.080 you're saying my Lord,
00:07:02.620 yeah?
00:07:03.000 My Lord.
00:07:04.320 Iblis,
00:07:05.380 Shaitan,
00:07:06.160 is saying to Allah,
00:07:07.660 my Lord.
00:07:08.640 And then we have some people,
00:07:09.760 even Iblis is calling Allah his Lord.
00:07:11.880 Yes.
00:07:12.140 And we have some people,
00:07:13.240 yes,
00:07:13.860 who don't even do that,
00:07:14.840 subhanallah.
00:07:15.420 Are you worse than Iblis?
00:07:17.060 Yes.
00:07:18.020 Subhanallah.
00:07:18.580 Yes.
00:07:19.140 Subhanallah,
00:07:19.520 imagine,
00:07:19.880 imagine,
00:07:20.300 yeah?
00:07:20.640 Because what they do,
00:07:21.780 they take their own desires as God.
00:07:23.360 Because if you think about it,
00:07:24.080 some people say,
00:07:24.560 some people say,
00:07:25.600 ah,
00:07:25.740 I don't believe in God.
00:07:26.660 We're like,
00:07:26.920 no,
00:07:27.400 you do,
00:07:28.440 you do,
00:07:29.120 but what do you define as God?
00:07:30.640 What are you worshipping?
00:07:31.620 Because every single one of us
00:07:32.800 are worshipping something.
00:07:34.020 It's very clear.
00:07:35.000 We are worshipping something.
00:07:35.940 Some people are worshipping their money,
00:07:37.600 some people are worshipping their lifestyle,
00:07:39.500 some people are worshipping a woman,
00:07:41.420 or a man,
00:07:41.820 or whatever it may be.
00:07:42.580 What we're seeing is true freedom is found in the one,
00:07:44.660 when you worship the one that created you.
00:07:46.640 Just to summarise it quickly,
00:07:48.000 it's just that,
00:07:49.300 brothers and sisters,
00:07:50.020 when we get up,
00:07:51.060 we should acknowledge that Allah has given us,
00:07:53.600 we should say,
00:07:53.720 alhamdulillah,
00:07:54.080 look at this,
00:07:54.440 subhanallah.
00:07:55.320 I've got food to eat,
00:07:57.180 I've got a house to live in,
00:07:58.520 I've got everything.
00:07:59.940 Do you get what I'm trying to say?
00:08:01.080 And it's quite profound.
00:08:02.520 I want to read it again.
00:08:03.660 And verily for the unjust,
00:08:05.040 there is a torment before that,
00:08:06.700 but most of them do not know.
00:08:08.540 It just shows to you,
00:08:09.660 Allah,
00:08:10.040 because some people come and say,
00:08:10.740 oh,
00:08:10.860 Allah is just going to find me to help
00:08:11.780 because I was just unjust.
00:08:13.200 Because you don't grasp what unjust is.
00:08:14.960 Biggest one of what unjust is,
00:08:15.800 you didn't acknowledge nothing about Allah.
00:08:17.840 What was you wanting?
00:08:19.120 Imagine if you guys sit in an exam,
00:08:21.280 and you didn't revise,
00:08:22.440 you didn't even acknowledge the teacher,
00:08:23.700 nothing.
00:08:24.840 And then when you fail the exam,
00:08:25.940 are you going to be upset?
00:08:26.580 Are you going to cry?
00:08:27.020 No,
00:08:27.240 you're going to know,
00:08:27.700 I did this,
00:08:28.260 I brought this to myself.
00:08:29.820 So this is my reaction to this,
00:08:31.340 and it's quite profound,
00:08:32.640 brothers and sisters.
00:08:33.380 Let's go straight to Tafsir ibn Kathir,
00:08:35.300 inshallah,
00:08:35.920 from Ayah 41.
00:08:37.340 Tafsir ibn Kathir,
00:08:38.260 for anyone that doesn't know,
00:08:39.200 is basically an explanation of the Quran.
00:08:42.000 So,
00:08:42.780 from Ayah 41,
00:08:44.000 repeating the meaning,
00:08:45.540 or that the unseen is with them,
00:08:47.300 and they write it down.
00:08:49.220 Means,
00:08:49.760 they do not have knowledge of the unseen,
00:08:51.940 for none in the heavens or the earth
00:08:53.600 knows the unseen,
00:08:54.660 except Allah.
00:08:56.120 42,
00:08:58.020 or do they intend a plot,
00:08:59.700 but those who disbelieve are themselves plotted against?
00:09:02.660 And when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
00:09:04.060 when they're saying,
00:09:05.260 or do they intend a plot,
00:09:06.380 it's against the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
00:09:08.300 Allah the Exalted is asking,
00:09:10.240 do these people who utter such statements about the messenger and his religion,
00:09:14.120 seek to deceive the people,
00:09:15.720 and plot against the messenger and his companions?
00:09:17.940 If they do,
00:09:19.040 then let them know,
00:09:20.360 that their plots will only harm them.
00:09:22.860 Therefore,
00:09:23.260 all they are being plotted against,
00:09:24.660 rather than being a plotter.
00:09:25.940 This is quite profound.
00:09:26.720 This is where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
00:09:28.120 if I'm,
00:09:28.960 I don't know if it's Surah Nisa,
00:09:29.700 I can't remember,
00:09:30.200 but it says,
00:09:31.000 they plan and Allah plans,
00:09:32.200 and Allah is the best of planners.
00:09:33.720 Meaning,
00:09:34.140 look,
00:09:34.440 brothers and sisters,
00:09:35.280 what we need to understand is this,
00:09:36.760 we have laws in our universe,
00:09:39.240 yeah?
00:09:39.600 If I pick a book up and leave it,
00:09:41.260 it drops.
00:09:41.840 Why?
00:09:42.120 It's a law Allah has set,
00:09:43.700 it's a physical law that we see.
00:09:45.840 And there's metaphysical laws.
00:09:48.720 Meaning,
00:09:49.340 when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
00:09:50.900 indeed with my remembrance do hearts find peace,
00:09:52.840 meaning that means that our hearts are programmed
00:09:54.840 to only find peace in the remembrance of Allah.
00:09:57.380 That's another law.
00:09:58.060 Here it's saying,
00:09:59.200 those who disbelieve,
00:10:00.760 when you are plotting and planning against Allah,
00:10:04.000 you're actually going against the law.
00:10:05.640 Meaning,
00:10:06.160 Allah is saying,
00:10:06.620 look,
00:10:07.080 if you read it again,
00:10:07.900 it was from here,
00:10:09.260 or do they intend to plot,
00:10:11.520 but those who disbelieve,
00:10:13.040 are themselves plotted against.
00:10:14.280 Meaning,
00:10:15.540 it's a law where,
00:10:16.900 if I get a ball and hit it against the wall,
00:10:19.140 yeah?
00:10:19.640 It's going to bounce back and knock me out.
00:10:21.400 You get what I'm trying to say?
00:10:21.840 It's going to come back to my face.
00:10:23.320 That is a metaphysical,
00:10:24.300 that's actually a physical law,
00:10:25.280 which summarizes what I'm trying to say here.
00:10:27.960 Meaning,
00:10:28.460 that if you go against Allah and His messenger,
00:10:31.220 you basically,
00:10:31.920 what you're doing is,
00:10:32.380 you're plotting and planning to destroy someone,
00:10:34.680 but in case,
00:10:35.740 instead,
00:10:36.800 you're plotting and planning your own destruction.
00:10:39.140 That's what's happening.
00:10:40.120 Yes.
00:10:40.460 Subhanallah,
00:10:40.960 that is profound,
00:10:42.660 and I've learned a lot from that today.
00:10:44.860 I don't know about you,
00:10:45.480 but that was very amazing.
00:10:46.920 Very,
00:10:47.040 very,
00:10:47.540 very amazing.
00:10:49.180 We can maybe move on.
00:10:50.800 Yeah,
00:10:51.000 let's go to verse number 48.
00:10:53.240 Yeah?
00:10:53.540 Yeah,
00:10:53.760 sure.
00:10:53.960 So wait patiently,
00:10:55.300 O Muhammad,
00:10:55.900 for your Lord's decree,
00:10:57.240 for verily,
00:10:57.880 you are in our sight,
00:10:59.500 and exalt the praises of your Lord
00:11:01.680 when you awake.
00:11:02.380 Yes.
00:11:02.840 So subhanallah,
00:11:03.640 this is something that's very,
00:11:05.000 very amazing as well.
00:11:06.480 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:11:07.560 is coming to the defense of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
00:11:10.640 by saying what we just explained.
00:11:13.100 Yeah?
00:11:13.200 Where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:11:14.680 is basically refuting the idolaters,
00:11:17.220 He's speaking out against the idolaters,
00:11:19.500 et cetera,
00:11:20.180 and the people who do the biggest form of injustice.
00:11:23.160 And then,
00:11:24.060 by the way,
00:11:25.120 what did we say?
00:11:26.100 When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:11:27.280 is speaking about plotting,
00:11:29.960 them plotting,
00:11:30.540 who are they plotting against?
00:11:31.440 The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
00:11:32.840 Yes.
00:11:33.140 But here,
00:11:34.180 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:11:35.160 is actually comforting
00:11:36.660 Yes.
00:11:37.680 the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
00:11:38.820 So wait patiently,
00:11:39.640 O Muhammad.
00:11:39.800 By saying so wait patiently.
00:11:41.200 For your Lord's decree.
00:11:41.700 And we can all benefit from that as well.
00:11:44.720 Because some of us go through struggles,
00:11:47.100 et cetera,
00:11:47.340 whatever it may be.
00:11:48.400 So Allah is saying wait patiently.
00:11:49.960 And what does He say?
00:11:50.780 For verily you are in our sight
00:11:52.840 and exalt the praise of your Lord.
00:11:54.700 Allah can see everything.
00:11:56.220 Those who are going through struggles and tests
00:11:58.040 and whatever it may be,
00:11:58.900 or whatever oppression it may be,
00:12:00.160 whatever country you're in,
00:12:01.740 that Allah is saying,
00:12:02.680 look,
00:12:02.920 this is directly for you guys.
00:12:04.600 So wait patiently.
00:12:05.520 Here Allah says,
00:12:05.940 O Muhammad,
00:12:06.720 but we can say,
00:12:07.440 look,
00:12:07.820 Of course it's an example for us as well.
00:12:09.900 So wait patiently,
00:12:10.700 for your Lord's decree.
00:12:12.420 For verily you are in our sight.
00:12:14.160 Allah hasn't forgotten about you.
00:12:15.920 Don't ever think Allah has forgotten about you.
00:12:17.460 Allah has not forgotten about you.
00:12:19.180 And Allah knows your test.
00:12:20.540 Be patient.
00:12:21.680 Indeed,
00:12:22.620 the decree of Allah is promised.
00:12:26.040 So guys,
00:12:26.560 I don't think there's much to say about that.
00:12:27.820 It's very self-explanatory guys.
00:12:29.900 It's very self-explanatory.
00:12:31.280 I hope you guys have benefited.
00:12:32.240 It just goes to show you,
00:12:33.080 you know when you're on the side of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
00:12:35.460 when you are worshipping Allah,
00:12:37.060 and you are putting him first,
00:12:38.660 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will protect your izzah.
00:12:40.740 He will protect your respect.
00:12:41.880 He will look after you.
00:12:43.420 Just how the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
00:12:45.500 they may have been plotting against him,
00:12:47.840 but Allah defended his Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
00:12:50.780 So it just goes to show you,
00:12:51.740 you know.
00:12:51.960 And what better friend to have than Allah and his Messenger.
00:12:54.720 Very true.
00:12:55.620 That's it really.
00:12:56.340 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
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