Ali Dawah - December 25, 2023


SANTA HEARS THE QURAN & ACCEPTS IS -


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In this episode, we talk about Santa Claus and his relationship with God. Is he a Christian or an Atheist? What does he believe in? And does he agree with the Qur'an? We find out in this episode.

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00:00:00.000 قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدُ
00:00:01.640 اللَّهُ السَّمَدْ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُلْ لَهُ كُفْ وَنَحَدُ
00:00:07.020 Would you not agree with that?
00:00:08.460 I wouldn't disagree with that.
00:00:09.520 He's also agreeing with the Qur'an.
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00:00:44.840 Alright, As-salamu alaykum guys.
00:00:46.300 As you guys know, it's Christmas,
00:00:48.120 and I came across Santa Claus.
00:00:50.040 Yeah, Santa, how you been?
00:00:51.880 Not too bad, thank you, and I hope that all's well with you.
00:00:54.200 How you doing?
00:00:55.040 My name is Ali.
00:00:56.080 Right.
00:00:56.360 What's your name?
00:00:56.960 Nice to meet you, Ali.
00:00:57.540 My name's Ed.
00:00:58.560 Ed?
00:00:58.920 Ed, yeah.
00:00:59.500 Nice to meet you, Ed.
00:01:00.620 Uh-huh.
00:01:01.160 Looking solid.
00:01:02.700 Well, hopefully.
00:01:03.620 If you don't mind me asking, how will do you?
00:01:05.020 Well, you can ask, but you won't get an answer.
00:01:08.340 55?
00:01:09.160 Well, that's a good guess.
00:01:11.560 Maximum.
00:01:12.940 Okay, so what are you doing today?
00:01:14.880 Just mooching around, you know.
00:01:16.820 I often come here to Speaker's Corner,
00:01:19.260 to hear what people are saying and so on,
00:01:21.920 and to meet people,
00:01:23.240 to get interaction,
00:01:24.820 know what's going on in the world around you.
00:01:26.620 Absolutely.
00:01:26.840 Good.
00:01:27.280 Okay, interesting.
00:01:28.280 So you're in this outfit.
00:01:29.640 Yeah.
00:01:30.020 Is it just Christmas season?
00:01:31.840 I don't know.
00:01:32.080 What else did you do?
00:01:33.020 Yeah, it's just a bit of fun.
00:01:35.420 Do you get kids taking pictures with you?
00:01:37.200 Oh, yeah.
00:01:37.720 Look, I mean, not just kids,
00:01:38.960 but you may have seen around here,
00:01:40.940 but lots of people are coming up.
00:01:41.680 Is that your purpose today,
00:01:42.900 just to come and maybe take pictures with the kids and just...
00:01:45.340 Yeah, yeah.
00:01:46.240 Is it?
00:01:46.620 I mean, it's a joyous thing, really.
00:01:48.820 You know?
00:01:49.080 Okay.
00:01:49.420 It creates a bit of fun for everybody, you know?
00:01:52.940 It is.
00:01:53.400 So Santa, I mean, the word on the street is,
00:01:56.180 is Santa Claus an atheist?
00:01:57.680 Does he believe in God?
00:01:59.400 What's your belief?
00:02:01.460 Well, I certainly would think that any Santa Claus would believe in God.
00:02:05.140 I think it's based, as you may know, on St. Nicholas.
00:02:09.240 Yes.
00:02:09.680 I think he was from Turkey, if I'm not mistaken.
00:02:11.220 I think so.
00:02:11.820 Yes, yes, yes.
00:02:12.980 I'm from Turkey.
00:02:13.860 Oh, right.
00:02:14.340 There you are.
00:02:14.820 Maybe Santa Claus is my great-great-granddad.
00:02:16.660 Well, who knows?
00:02:17.380 Yeah.
00:02:17.720 So I think that's what it originates from,
00:02:20.140 and I guess he must have been a guy who was...
00:02:22.020 Yeah, yeah.
00:02:23.100 ...giving out presents to children and things like that.
00:02:25.120 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:02:25.700 He must have, you know...
00:02:27.160 Exactly, but you as the other Santa Claus...
00:02:30.140 Yeah.
00:02:30.660 What's your belief?
00:02:31.440 Do you believe in God?
00:02:32.340 Oh, absolutely, yeah.
00:02:33.240 Okay, are you a Christian?
00:02:35.320 Well, I'm loathe to label myself, if you know what I mean.
00:02:42.860 Okay.
00:02:44.460 But certainly I believe in God, there's no question about that.
00:02:47.580 Okay.
00:02:49.160 There are these various stories, and I'm sure you'll not be unfamiliar here.
00:02:53.940 Okay.
00:02:54.160 You've got people like Christians, Muslims, and a few Jews as well.
00:02:57.840 Yeah.
00:02:58.020 And they'll all say, I'm right, no, no, you're right.
00:03:01.280 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:03:01.940 And it goes on for, you know, every week.
00:03:04.940 Okay.
00:03:05.180 So you've got to, you know, it's hard to know which stories are true, which stories are not true.
00:03:12.000 Okay.
00:03:12.340 So let me tell you, as a Muslim, our perspective.
00:03:14.860 Sure.
00:03:15.080 And then we can decide what is your belief system.
00:03:18.100 Yeah.
00:03:18.360 For example, you believe in God.
00:03:20.640 Yeah.
00:03:20.900 When did you start believing in God?
00:03:22.160 Has it been always since you were a child?
00:03:23.900 Is it something you came to know?
00:03:25.240 Have you ever been an atheist?
00:03:26.080 No, I've always had the belief that there is a God.
00:03:30.900 Always.
00:03:31.380 Simply because it would be irrational not to.
00:03:35.940 Thank you.
00:03:36.220 Because everything that we see around us is created in intricate design.
00:03:43.640 And as we all know, that if we take some sand or whatever, throw it on the floor, it will scatter into nothing.
00:03:51.940 Yes.
00:03:52.400 Maybe if we get that same sand and we can mold it into a shape of an animal and we can present something.
00:03:58.240 Yeah.
00:03:58.360 But we had to have an intelligent thought to make that happen.
00:04:02.120 Okay.
00:04:02.260 The sand wouldn't form itself into like a rabbit.
00:04:05.480 You're of its own accord.
00:04:06.720 You're just...
00:04:07.660 Ed, you're a very intelligent man.
00:04:09.040 Well.
00:04:09.500 It's very simple.
00:04:10.480 It's very intelligent.
00:04:11.160 Some people say it, but others tell the truth.
00:04:12.720 Many people, yes.
00:04:13.580 You're speaking the truth and you've got intelligence.
00:04:15.600 And it's simple.
00:04:16.420 I've spoken here to atheists who will come and tell me that the universe came from nothing. 1.00
00:04:21.300 Or it was a trance.
00:04:22.100 And to me, it's preposterous.
00:04:23.100 Actually, to me, it's an intelligent.
00:04:25.420 And for you to come and just say simply what you said is as Muslims, we 100% agree with that.
00:04:30.580 Yeah.
00:04:30.720 So now, do you believe God is a man?
00:04:33.880 Do you believe he's in the creation?
00:04:35.820 What's your thought process of God?
00:04:37.640 What do you think God is?
00:04:38.640 Do you believe he can be a man?
00:04:39.900 Well, I would be inclined to think, number one, why would he be a man?
00:04:45.740 A man is part of reproduction. 1.00
00:04:48.400 Thank you.
00:04:49.080 You see my point?
00:04:49.820 And also, I would reason that if God were to be a man, he is lacking something.
00:04:58.660 Because I'm lacking something, I'm a man, but I don't have the attributes of a woman.
00:05:04.600 So, a woman has qualities that I don't have. 1.00
00:05:08.540 Exactly.
00:05:09.020 Surely God would have all qualities.
00:05:11.280 God would lack for no quality.
00:05:13.760 So, I don't think he would, again, like labelling, I don't think God would label himself with this or that.
00:05:20.220 I mean, I think probably people get the idea that God is a man because they think that, well, you know, the masculine side of the world is, it dominates and gets things done.
00:05:35.000 And I think, well, that must be what God is, you know.
00:05:37.740 But, okay, look, you're getting more intelligent as you're speaking.
00:05:42.360 I have to, I admire that.
00:05:44.320 You know why?
00:05:44.640 Because you're speaking from reason and rationality and logic.
00:05:47.860 And as Muslims, we believe that every person is born a Muslim.
00:05:53.080 Do you know why we say that?
00:05:54.540 Because of the stuff you just uttered.
00:05:56.460 Why?
00:05:57.040 Because nobody had to come and tell you that God is not a man.
00:06:01.540 Like, I don't need to come here and tell you, by the way, Ed, God is not a man.
00:06:04.980 You'd be like, well, duh, of course I know that.
00:06:07.020 Or, by the way, Ed, there is no God.
00:06:09.520 You'd be like, of course.
00:06:10.840 Or if I said there is God, you're going to say, of course there is God.
00:06:13.240 What you're doing is we call the fitra in Islam.
00:06:16.800 So what we call that is called the fitra.
00:06:18.660 What the fitra means is you are innately programmed to acknowledge God exists, to acknowledge he is one, to acknowledge he is not the creation, but rather the creator.
00:06:30.020 The stuff you've just said to me is things a Muslim says. 0.99
00:06:34.000 Ed, are you a secret Muslim? 0.98
00:06:35.320 Well, tell me. 0.97
00:06:36.380 Tell me.
00:06:37.060 Who knows?
00:06:38.540 So, Ed, jokes aside, you are uttering the words a Muslim would say. 1.00
00:06:43.220 Sure.
00:06:43.700 God, there is God that exists.
00:06:45.380 Good, you're not an atheist anymore.
00:06:46.840 God is not a man.
00:06:48.400 He is unlike us.
00:06:49.880 This is the definition that we give to God Almighty.
00:06:53.700 Sure.
00:06:54.320 Like, I'll recite a verse in the Quran for you.
00:06:56.120 Have you heard the Quran before?
00:06:57.180 Yeah.
00:06:57.640 Okay, I'll recite it for you, yeah?
00:06:59.500 So, Allah says in the Quran,
00:07:00.880 Say he, God is one.
00:07:10.200 Right.
00:07:11.360 Self-sufficient.
00:07:12.520 Sure.
00:07:12.960 He does not beget, nor is he begotten, and there is nothing like him.
00:07:18.920 Yes.
00:07:19.260 Would you not agree with that?
00:07:20.260 I wouldn't disagree with that.
00:07:21.320 He's also agreeing with the Quran.
00:07:22.580 We're getting there, guys.
00:07:23.260 He's going to become a Muslim today. 0.79
00:07:24.640 I'm joking. 0.64
00:07:25.500 Now, the point is this, though.
00:07:27.640 Yes, our perception of God is that we believe God has attributes.
00:07:31.420 We believe God is the all-knowing.
00:07:33.160 He's the most powerful.
00:07:34.360 He's the all-wise.
00:07:35.080 He has a will that he will the universe and us to come be.
00:07:39.300 Now, what God Almighty wants as Muslims from us is what?
00:07:42.640 That you have a relationship with him.
00:07:45.460 That you have a connection with him.
00:07:47.460 Because we in this world will be lost.
00:07:50.280 Yes.
00:07:50.500 So, is there anything about Islam that you don't know?
00:07:54.540 Because you already believe in the fundamental, which is who God is.
00:07:58.200 Would you accept that God has to be all-knowing?
00:08:00.820 Yes.
00:08:01.220 All-powerful?
00:08:02.000 Absolutely.
00:08:02.500 All-wise?
00:08:03.200 Yes.
00:08:03.640 Good.
00:08:04.260 Good.
00:08:04.740 So, there's certain things that you believe in.
00:08:06.620 Now, is there anything you don't know about Islam that you had a question mark about?
00:08:10.360 Well, like I say, there are so many things in stories.
00:08:15.840 Yes.
00:08:16.060 People put one perspective and the other side put, oh, that's wrong.
00:08:19.100 This is the other perspective.
00:08:20.420 It's very hard to really, I mean, you will appreciate the Christians. 1.00
00:08:28.160 Yes.
00:08:29.040 They will say that, you know, Jesus is, and I know that you regard Jesus as a prophet.
00:08:35.060 He's a prophet, mighty prophet.
00:08:36.400 Yeah.
00:08:36.640 But the Christians will say that Jesus is actually the son of Christ.
00:08:40.900 Exactly.
00:08:41.420 Or God.
00:08:42.180 Or, yeah.
00:08:42.880 Well, effectively, it's sort of, you know.
00:08:45.020 Exactly.
00:08:45.540 God's coming down as a...
00:08:47.400 Exactly.
00:08:48.020 Yeah.
00:08:48.320 But you, as a person who's not a Christian or a Muslim, logically, does that make sense?
00:08:53.860 Logically.
00:08:54.260 From one perspective, you could argue that it doesn't make sense.
00:09:00.040 Yes.
00:09:00.260 From another perspective, you can argue that it does make sense if you are prepared to accept these steps that you'll be presented with.
00:09:09.380 But that requires faith.
00:09:11.140 Yes.
00:09:11.480 Now, putting faith aside and using logic and rationality, you said God cannot be a man.
00:09:16.960 Why?
00:09:17.340 Because you used your rationality and logic.
00:09:18.720 You didn't use faith.
00:09:19.460 Well, I can't say that God can't be a man, but logically, it wouldn't...
00:09:25.700 Exactly.
00:09:26.520 I'm sure God could be whatever God wants to be.
00:09:29.260 Okay.
00:09:29.500 So if God wants to be a man, I can't say, you know...
00:09:31.860 Okay, good.
00:09:32.400 What we say is God in his essence and nature.
00:09:35.000 Sure.
00:09:35.320 For example, can God lie?
00:09:36.800 Well, um...
00:09:41.800 Because it's kind of an attribute.
00:09:43.100 The only way I can answer that is, um, surely God could do whatever God wants to do.
00:09:49.440 Okay, we say God does whatever befits his majesty.
00:09:52.680 Yeah.
00:09:52.940 For example, can we say God can cease to exist?
00:09:55.600 Can God die?
00:09:57.300 Well, I suppose only by God's own will could that happen.
00:10:01.100 I don't know.
00:10:01.480 Okay, so we say he can't die because if he dies, then that would be against his nature because he's the ever-living.
00:10:06.500 So what we say is God cannot lie because lying is something that is not righteous.
00:10:13.460 It's not something that's an attribute of God.
00:10:15.800 That's why we say God will never be a man and cannot be a man.
00:10:19.620 This doesn't limit God.
00:10:20.640 It actually shows his majesty and who he is.
00:10:22.980 Now, have you read the Quran before?
00:10:24.080 No more, really, than little touches here and there in the...
00:10:31.340 I gave him one.
00:10:32.440 Yes, that's right.
00:10:33.460 Yeah, okay, yeah.
00:10:34.220 I have a touch here and there.
00:10:37.780 But that would apply the same with the Bible.
00:10:40.320 I haven't read the Bible.
00:10:41.220 I've got a little touches here and there.
00:10:42.860 But with the Bible, more I hear things.
00:10:47.920 Okay.
00:10:48.200 So I'll hear, and what I've done throughout growing up as a child, you know, you'll hear stories and so on.
00:10:53.900 Okay.
00:10:54.200 Or sayings.
00:10:55.280 Yeah.
00:10:55.580 You know, I've got a good thing from the Bible I can say.
00:11:00.620 Yeah.
00:11:00.760 And, you know, I can tell you, you're probably aware of it, in the fact that I think that Jesus, I think, said that, you know, on the last day or whatever, God will turn to you and say, you know, you did these bad things.
00:11:20.820 You did this and you did that.
00:11:22.380 Yeah.
00:11:23.560 And, you know, you did these things today.
00:11:26.240 Yeah.
00:11:26.420 And people will say, no, God, I didn't do these things to you.
00:11:30.080 And God will say to you, whenever you did these things to anyone, you did it to me.
00:11:37.820 Oh, yeah.
00:11:38.260 You visited a sick person.
00:11:39.500 God, you're talking about the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad, he said that when I was not well, you didn't visit me.
00:11:46.420 Yeah.
00:11:46.560 And he said, oh, God, you are the, you will never be unwell.
00:11:49.580 So he's talking about a person who was, my servant was ill.
00:11:52.100 Yes.
00:11:52.680 Of course, it's very important.
00:11:53.860 Yeah.
00:11:54.200 Now, I don't want to hold you that much.
00:11:55.340 I want to end on this.
00:11:56.000 Sure.
00:11:56.120 I've got the Quran on my phone.
00:11:57.620 Sure.
00:11:57.840 Can you maybe just do this like on a random chapter and a random verse and may, let's see if there's a message in the Quran for you.
00:12:06.280 So I'm going to go to that, inshallah.
00:12:09.500 Give me a second.
00:12:10.160 Sorry.
00:12:11.280 There we go.
00:12:12.020 So I want you to just pick a random chapter.
00:12:13.720 Just scroll and pick a random verse.
00:12:17.880 Upwards.
00:12:18.280 Yep.
00:12:19.280 Sorry.
00:12:19.720 Sorry.
00:12:19.880 Just like that.
00:12:21.740 Oh, I got it.
00:12:22.180 Yeah.
00:12:22.300 Sorry.
00:12:23.400 Yep.
00:12:23.720 And, okay.
00:12:26.200 And then pick a verse.
00:12:28.540 Any random.
00:12:29.420 Any random.
00:12:30.200 Okay.
00:12:31.220 Let's see what verse that is.
00:12:32.300 Yeah.
00:12:32.380 Okay.
00:12:32.880 So this is Surah Tur.
00:12:34.520 Yeah.
00:12:34.880 Yeah.
00:12:35.880 Okay.
00:12:36.240 Okay.
00:12:36.680 Allah says in the Quran,
00:13:07.720 He says in the Quran,
00:13:21.040 Enter it.
00:13:21.720 Now, whether you endure it patiently or impatiently, it is all the same for you.
00:13:26.400 You are merrily rewarded for what you used to do.
00:13:29.340 Of course, the God-fearing will be in gardens of bliss, enjoying what their Lord will have given to them,
00:13:35.220 and their Lord will have saved them from the punishment of hell.
00:13:41.300 Yeah.
00:13:42.000 It will be said to them, eat, drink pleasantly because of what you used to do.
00:13:45.820 Now, this is talking about the people of hellfire, the people of paradise.
00:13:48.980 Sure.
00:13:49.320 We want to enter paradise.
00:13:50.720 We want you to enter paradise as well.
00:13:52.360 Sure.
00:13:52.620 And we say that that could only happen with our relationship with God Almighty.
00:13:56.880 So can you maybe, when you go home today,
00:13:59.240 Yeah.
00:13:59.480 Why don't you call out to God?
00:14:00.880 I did this about 13 years ago.
00:14:02.680 13.
00:14:03.240 I came to Islam 10 years ago.
00:14:04.760 Oh, yeah.
00:14:05.160 13 years ago, I was embarking on my journey of finding the true faith.
00:14:09.160 Right.
00:14:09.340 You were brought up in Islam?
00:14:11.340 No.
00:14:11.680 Oh, you were?
00:14:12.180 I was not.
00:14:12.700 My dad is like an atheist.
00:14:14.600 I see.
00:14:14.820 So, yeah.
00:14:15.440 So, to me, I prayed to God and said,
00:14:17.980 God, whatever's the truth, guide me to it.
00:14:21.220 I found Islam, not only does the Quran preserve, hasn't been changed.
00:14:24.920 There are many miracles in it.
00:14:27.080 Historical miracles, linguistic miracles, the prophecies.
00:14:30.240 So I would just ask you, pray to God and ask Him and say,
00:14:33.980 God, I believe you're there.
00:14:35.560 Please guide me to the truth.
00:14:37.020 Because in the Quran, it's talking about the people of the fire who denied the hell fire. 0.89
00:14:41.340 You must accept that if God exists, there must be a reason He put us here.
00:14:46.360 Because there has to be a purpose.
00:14:48.120 Why would God just put us here and leave us on our own?
00:14:50.260 He must communicate with us.
00:14:51.760 He wants good for us.
00:14:53.280 So, therefore, I want to, inshallah, see you in paradise.
00:14:55.920 So, I would say, when you get home, just do a prayer and say,
00:14:59.660 God, if you are there, please guide me.
00:15:02.080 And you've already been given a Quran.
00:15:03.780 And that's it.
00:15:04.600 If you have any other questions for me, anything else?
00:15:07.560 That's very good advice you've just given me.
00:15:09.100 I appreciate it.
00:15:09.700 I will take that.
00:15:10.480 Take that, please.
00:15:11.100 Thank you.
00:15:11.340 You're a sincere man.
00:15:12.240 God bless.
00:15:12.620 And I ask God Almighty to guide you and myself.
00:15:14.900 Thank you.
00:15:15.200 It was a pleasure.
00:15:15.900 You're a lovely person and gentleman.
00:15:17.520 Santa Claus, it's been a pleasure.
00:15:18.720 And Merry Christmas to everybody.
00:15:20.240 Thank you very much.
00:15:21.120 Thank you.
00:15:21.520 Take care.
00:15:21.980 Thank you.
00:15:22.480 Thank you very much.
00:15:22.980 Take care.
00:15:24.080 I mean, that's it, guys.
00:15:25.100 It was very interesting speaking to Santa Claus.
00:15:27.540 I've been looking for him for the past 15 years.
00:15:29.780 I finally found him.
00:15:31.300 You know.
00:15:32.180 But anyways, I'm not sure, bro.
00:15:33.360 My sisters, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala guide him to Islam. 0.71
00:15:36.960 He seems like a very nice person.
00:15:38.580 And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will guide those who have good heart, inshallah.
00:15:42.380 Till next time, from Sabina's Corner.
00:15:43.940 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.