Kiss Mila rahmani Rahi in the name of Allah, the most gracious, the
most merciful. Heard low excellence presents lessens from the stories of the prophets by
Mufti Ismail even Mursa mankoud Ali, his Salam, would peace be upon him
Bilailamin or Salah to a Salam muhal mabu rahmata lila ai lamin no bien a
Muhammad in no alah Earli he was happy here jamahina Aabad. All praise is
due to a loss of hannahuata Alah. Blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sala lah
Ah is seldam. We ask alas of hannahuata Alah, to bless all his
companions as well, and to bless every single one of us, and to
make us from his true followers, beloved brothers and sisters in Islam. Yesterday
we heard how the nation of Noah, may peace be upon him no Alaihi
Salah to us Salam was destroyed, and we heard the very vivid descriptions within
the Kurana. If you looked at the duah made by n Alaihi Salah to
as Salam, it was very detailed. We are Las sub hanahuata Alah makes
mention of all the description that the prophet Noah may Alas of Hannah hauwat Alah's
peace be upon him had made right at the end of the story alasub Hannah
huata Alah reminds Mohammed sa Alam and us all with a reminder alas Hannah Alas
is in surat Hood. At the end of Hala Salam story, he says,
Dali came in ba eloib he like Wama coo Taladi is agamah rahahumy In
fact, there is a verse right at the end of Surah Yusuf, but
the verse that is in surah Hood. Then he came in ba eloibin he
Elai Kamkam Makola Mohamu came in cob false in a likely telling. Allah says
to Muhammad Salalah, and you sell them this that we have related to you
the stories of the unseen, which you have not seen. We have revealed
it to you. Prior to this. Neither did you know anything about Noah,
nor did those around you know about these stories. It is us who
told you Sumhana nah so Allah is making mention of the favor upon us that
we have revelation that is a favor. We are sitting and reading a story.
So authentic is the Quran that none of us have a speck of doubt
as to the authenticity of the Quran in comparison with the other books. What
a gift of all is that suhanahua ta alah. Today we are reading the
Quran. I'm sure they are haufa. There are people so many from amongst
us who have memorized it cover to cover. It is your right to correct
anybody who makes a mistake because we want to protect the book. We need
to protect us for an alas subhanahatala grant us a deep understanding. After that,
alas is the moral of the mentioning of the story of Noah to you,
Oh Muhammad Salah al Salam is as follows. Thus, be bad patience
subhana nah, which means, these people in Mecca, they're going to trouble
you. The Kufar of the time are going to hassle you. They're going
to harass you, they're going to try and fight with you. They're going
to do this and do that, and it's not going to be an easy
task. It's uphill, so Alas Subhannah Hotalyas is here we've related to you
a story of one of your brothers, whom we had appointed as a messenger,
who was there for nine hundred and fifty years as a dai, which
means as in the bee he called his people for nine hundred and fifty years.
He lived well beyond that, he lived for more than a thousand years,
because it is reported that even after they came off the ark, he
lived for another one hundred and fifty odd years, according to some narrations,
so which means he lived for a long long time. One narration says two
hundred and fifty years. Those were people who had life, not like us,
not even a quarter of that. Lahu Akbar alasub Hanahaua to Allah grant
us goodness. Speaking about proportions and quarters, do you realize that one third
of the Koran is already completed? Ramaban just started now? Then the other
day, one third of the Koran has been recited and we've listened to it.
Subhanah lah. Before we know it, Ramaban will be over. So
let us make the most of this beautiful month that alas Subanahaa to Alah has
given us. Now as time passed and the children of no Hanah is Salah
to a Salam, generations began to pass. They were talking to their children
of how lucky they were as being from amongst those who were saved in the
ark with no Haleeh is Salah to a Salam. And then there came Chipan
again and the same plan. Once again, he began to show the people
the worship of those besides the loss of Hannahuatlah, and a loss of Hannahuatala
had given the people a lot. There was a lot of wealth, there
was a lot of physical power and strength. But they began to worship eithers.
Once again, they began to worship stones and statues. And this is
why in Islam we are not allowed to have any statues, anything animates that
is made up to put into our houses and so on, because the angels
of mercy do not enter the house where there are these animate items hanging or
statues and so on. The reason is from the very beginning, Chapan used
that plan to deviate men. We have somebody's frame up there. Our children
might not realize who this person was, and what will happen. They might
start bowing their heads, and their children might start prostrating, and we won't
be there to tell them. You know what, we only put it because
of X, Y and z, a loss of hanah Houatala said gods.
So it's important for us to know when the Islamic rulings come. Other than
try and say I don't understand them, and I'm not going to adopt them
until I don't understand or until I understand. We'd rather say, look,
I surrender to it, whether I know or not. Why it is there,
the fact that it is a solid verse of the Koran Hadeth, of
the prophets allamah Adeh sudden no of the Shariah. We surrender to it.
So now we find the children at the time they were, as they were
growing, they were growing bigger in size. They were growing bigger in size
than those before them. Allahu Akamar reminds me of some of the youngsters today.
Fifteen years and you're looking at him like this. You know, you
got to greet him Salam aleiklas of annahwat Alah grant us goodness. But at
that time they were tall, huge. Alamis mentions from Anahwat Alah that these
people were granted greater size than the people of Nu. They were given more
power than the first people, and they were granted gardens. They had so
much alamis mention of it in the Koran. These were the people of had
Odd. Where is it? It is the name of a place between Oman
and Adan, between Oman and Yemen, close to Havamot, that area in
the southern Arabian Peninsula, middle Eastern region. These were the first Arabs,
according to one narration. And what happened. They were so happy because Allah
gave them wealth. Allah gave them strength, and they began to indulge.
Over and above indulging. They forgot a loss of Hannahuatlah and they started worshiping
things, stones and items, chill, engaging in shin. So let's listen
to what a loss of Hannah howat alas is. In fact, very important
point that I've jotted down to make mention today is there are two surahs in
the Quran named after these people. No other nation do you have two whole
sauras named after them. One is you have Surah Hood. Now Hood is
the messenger. Allah was not going to say surat ad No, not at
all, because we don't want to men name the sura after people who were
destroyed. No par alasu anahawa. Talah has revealed the Sura, and we've
been given the name as Sura to Hood, the sura where the story of
Hood ali Salam is mentioned. And this is why these stories of Hood and
Saleh and so on, they are not mentioned in the Old Testaments, because
these are Arabian prophets. Arab prophets, sometimes you won't find these names in
the Old Testament and so on. However, the lesson is for us.
All the other Sura is Sura to Ahkaf Ahkaf, meaning the sand dunes.
They had sand dunes in that area, beautiful sand dunes, lovely area they
enjoyed. And they were people who built houses. We were going to come
to see how they were building their own houses and what happened and how much
extravagance there was. Remember, as Allah gives you more sustenance, you need
to become more charitable. When Allah gives you more, you need to give
out more. And as you get more, you need to come closer to
the earth. You need to become down to the ground. People must not
be able to say this man is the richest man and then he walks past.
He doesn't greet. Nobody greets and there is like an a and a
gap, a loss of hannahwat Ala not do that to us. We need
to be people when Alas provided us. If we want to know that it
is good, we will be people who come down to earth. And alaso
Hanna huwat Ala says about these people iramada tilarimad in Latin lamh la or myth
no hafil being Iramo that til Imad is referring to either the height of the
people as though they were tall pillars lamuhla to mithluha wiil belad like them were
not created prior on land, which means they were so huge. Alas is,
we didn't make anyone like that before. Number one. Number two is
the homes they used to make were also huge, like large pillars like that
there was never before on earth. So both there stature their structure and what
they used to make and build in terms of homes, and both of those
are correct because for a tall person, you need a tall home with a
ceiling that is very very high because he needs to be covered. He's not
going to come bending into his home. So Alas subhanahuat Ala speaks of that
verse. Whenever you read that verse, and I'm sure we read it regularly,
you should think of these people of Ards and how tall they were,
and alas of hanahuata Alah. After making mention of how they used to worship
as nam as nam meaning idols and a loss, sup hanahuwat Ala makes mention
of the story. Firstly in Sahra straight alas is ella add in ahahumhoda and
to the people of Ard we sent their brother hood Ali is Alam. Why
does alas Ah hom because he was from amongst them, He was one of
them. And this is why nearly all the nations that were sent profits that
prophet was one from amongst them, whom they knew from the time he was
born, so that they could not say, this is an outsider, he's
a foreigner, he's a stranger, and so on. They knew this person,
and he came up and then he warned as a messenger, and he
was always known as truthful and honest and all the good qualities and so on.
So alas is he says, who Alam said carlaya CoMIR godun la malakum
min ilah in Rayo in a ha ha inkum calaa kamirdun lah malakum min ilah
h rayro a halak two different verses. Both of these verses, Alas says
he told his people, Oh, my people, worship Allah alone without associating
partners. For indeed, there is no deity worthy of worship, no one,
none worthy of worship besides Alas of Hannah taanah malakum in la hin rayro,
you don't have anyone you can worship besides Allah. This shows us that
the issue of qualify and shil is the prime issue that all the profits of
Alas subanahat Allah dealt with, because that was the trap of Chaipan. The
biggest thing he wanted to deviate man with is the issue of association of partnership
with Alas subhanah hot Alah. Then he would laugh at the man, and
he would laugh at Allah Subhanah Atala to say, you see, I told
you they won't worship you. They will either worship someone else or they will
worship with you other things. So this is why all the messengers you opened
the pages of the Quran, they all said, malakum ela h, you
don't have anyone worthy of worship besides him, the one who made you af
ala tatank Do you not fear? Do you not not have any consciousness in
you? So what did they say, karl al malau ladina kamimi in kafin
sefa, well in iman and ca first things first, the the disbelievers and
the haughty from amongst his community. They were all powerful people, wealthy.
They began to say, you are foolish. We see that you are a
foolish man. You're a fool. You're telling us not to indulge. What's
wrong. It's our wealth, we are living, it's our life. Let
us do what we want with whatever we want, and we'll build us we
want and do what we want. So alas subanah howat alas is. They
were also amazed. Then how can a man come to us? If Allah
wanted to send a messenger, he could have sent an angel. Why did
he have to send a human being? And so this is why minoon alas
subhanahwat Alam makes mention of how they said, Maha the ina basha if nokum
yeah, kolon mi ma colon I mean no, why yes, Shaabu ma
ta shaabu. This is just a human being like all of you. He
eats whatever you people are eating, and he drinks whatever you are drinking.
There's no virtue for him over the others, my beloved brothers and sisters.
When the message of truth comes to you, even if it comes to you
from a child who is probably from a much poorer background, for as long
as what he is saying is right, you shall listen. That is the
message. When we become arrogant and think, no, we're not going to
listen to him because no, no, no, he's from another clique,
or for example, he doesn't have enough money, or for example he's from
a poor background, then we are losers. Because this is the same thing
that happened to the messengers. They were not from loaded backgrounds. No,
they had good lineage, and at the same time, they were known and
they came with a message. So these people said, look, how can
this person come to us? Yet he eats what we eat and he drinks
what we drink. And they continued saying, while in our part, basharam
if na kum in nakum i even a hoss. If you are going to
follow a human being just like you, then you will be losers. Look
at how foolish. The statement is now there is something important in the story
of art. They debated a lot with Hudad Islam, and also they always
went back to their cronies and their people, and they began to tell them,
Look, we told him this, we said this, we said that,
and he doesn't have an answer. Not that he doesn't have an answer.
Common sense is an answer. You know what else? They said,
Ayai, do come and uncome? Either metumuacome tumtava? Are you armen and
uncomraju hei hat hi hat alima to a do? Is he promising you that
when you die and you have become decomposed, that you are then going to
be resurrected? Far, very far is that which you are being promised.
It cannot be a reality. Imagine they are saying, how can he tell
you that when you go down and you're going to be decomposed, that you're
going to come up? My beloved brothers and sisters, the lesson I learn
and you learn from this. Sometimes we claim and we know we believe that
we are going to be resurrected. But the way we operate in our lives
as though there's no day of judgment. The way we carry on with all
our bad ways. We never bat an eyelid. Sometimes we never sit back
to think. But I'm drinking, I'm clubbing, I'm committing adultry. I've
got all these bad habits. And at the same time, I'm claiming that
there's a life after death. How on earth can that happen? So sometimes
we join the ranks of these people without knowing. But then Allah has mercy
upon us. He sends to us the month of our he sends to us
blessed days. He gives us a jumorah. It is compulsory for you to
attend and try and listen to the message. Why because the message will be
uttered to soften the hearts, to soften the hearts. So whenever we read
these stories, let's not just think that those people they said, how will
we be resurrected? We believe in resurrection, but sometimes our lives are proving
otherwise. The way we lead them. Subhana Hotela grant is a lesson then
alas Subhana howat Ala speaks about what else they said in here in la hi
tunaahiama. Both they told each other, Look, this is just a life.
Enjoy it as much as you can we are alive and we will die
and that's it. There's no resurrection in who are in lajo behinging same accusation
as those who accused the prophet Noel, May peace be upon him. They
said, this man has a jinnah, has a gina? What is the
meaning of gin? He's possessed, so don't listen to him. Another verse,
do you know what they said in a coolo in la taraka earlihatina.
So we are not uttering anything except that some of our gods have caused this
man to become mad because he's gone against our gods. So the gods have
become angry with him. These stones have become upset with him, and therefore
they have inflicted him with a mental disease. And now he's a mental case.
That's what they're saying. Why were all these statements, Let me tell
you why. Because these rich, wealthy people who had lots, who are
big, huge, no sickness, They were massive people. They used to
dwell in huge dwellings. We're going to get to the type of dwellings they
had. They were scared that we are going to have to change our whole
life style because one man is telling us something. So rather than changing their
lifestyle and securing the Ahra, they decided to secure the dunya and lose the
Ahra. Now with us, sometimes we are sitting comfortable in our bad habits
and so many things, and there comes a man and he starts reminding us.
Leave your drinking, leave your drugs, leave your gambling, leave your
this, leave your womanizing, Leave your bad habits, leave your lying.
You're cheating, your hatred, your deception, your so on and so on
and so forth. And then we become upset. People who eat interest.
You find a man saying leave your interest, and they say, no,
no, no, no, block that man. Stop that man, kick
him out, throw him away. Well, to be honest, that's exactly
what they did in all the previous nations, and Allah gave them a respite
up to a certain time after that destruction was total. So we must not
become upset when someone touches the button. No, we must be happy.
What is meant by touching the button? Exactly what's wrong with us? They're
mentioning it. Don't say this man is attacking me or attacking this one.
Nobody is attacking anyone. We need to realize it is a last message,
just like all the others. The messengers were sent. They were direct,
as we said. So now they started saying this man is a madman,
and this man is like this, and he is possessed only so that the
others would not listen to him. Because if one, two, five,
ten, twenty fifty people started listening, he would start getting a base and
he would be able to attack. He would be able to become victorious over
these No, so what did they decide to do? Alla speaks about them
in the Koran Alas says either baposhtum baposhtum jump bad in fatapu la aun hu.
Dadi Salam told them that when you seize, when you want to punish
someone, you you destroy them totally. You seize so powerfully as though you
are tyrants. A jabbar is a person who's killed a few people, he's
known as a jabbab. Someone who's killed more than one or someone who's killed
more than two is known as a jabbab, which means they used to kill
off those who were weak and those who tried to go towards the message.
They used to kill off those whom they considered a threat. Nobody could tell
them anything. Why they were huge, powerful people and they were in the
majority lahu Akama, So Alas of anahuata Alah warns them, and Alas of
anahuata Allah warned them through the prophethood. But now I want to spend a
few moments describing to you their houses. Alas is at tabanona bi kuniri in
a at a tabathun what a takevna masan ala a la kuntnod? Are you
those who used to build on the mountains, on every high place you had
your monumental home and palace. What is a monumental home and palace? They
palaces on top of the mountains, huge palaces which they did not live in.
It was only known that mountains. That house is for this man,
That house is for that man. That houses for this man. Those were
all on sand dunes and on the little mounds that they had. They were
not living in them. So alas is, are you building extravagantly these homes
that you're not living in. You're not going to stay in them, and
you becoming so indulged that you're forgetting a lost suhannahuatla akaba. And on top
of that, the next verse says, and then in the valleys you build
the little houses that you are going to live in, in such a manner
that you think you're going to live forever. What a tarna marsani a la
a la kum tarnod. You have taken these fine homes for yourselves as though
you are going to live forever. Akbar. So imagine the houses these people,
they own, the mountains, they carved up at the top of the
mountains, a place for them to live, and not for them to live
in fact, for them to boast, to brag, that's my home,
that one's my house, that one's the other one's house, that's the uncle's
house, and so on. Lahu Akbar, Look, my beloved brothers and
sisters. There is nothing wrong with owning a lot. There is nothing wrong
with being wealthy. But the lesson is the wealthier we become, the more
down to earth we should be, the more we should be found in the
mischief, the more we should be found giving charities subhanah lah. That is
when we will save ourselves from torment and from pain. And the lesson is
for the rest as well. When you don't have much, there is a
greater likelihood that you will be saved. May Alas of Hanaho to Alah,
grant a savior. May ALUs of Hanaho to Alah, make us content with
what we have. So alass of Hannah to Alah speaks about their size,
and alss of Hanahoa to Alas is wal koro in ja'la Kumhu na faami bard
koniu hisada kumal kish remember hu dale Sam is telling his people, remember that
Allah has made you the successes of the people of Noah. Allah has made
you the successes of the people of Noah. May peace be upon him who
were destroyed completely. You are the successes, and Allah has given you greater
physical strength than them. Sofia a la supannahwatana thereafter Allah Supannah. Howat Ala
says. They started spreading a rumor that this man here, he's doing it
for some ulterior motive. He won some money, and this happened all the
time. When someone came with goodness and related the message, they said,
this guy must be making a lot of money out of this, that's why
he's there. Alla akaba. Why why lay lay accusations? So who alaia
Salam says, yeah, tell me la alo Kumara Agiona in Aigeria, in
LADRONI have had a attack clean on Oh my people, I'm not asking you
to recompense me in any way whatsoever. My reward lies with the one who
made me. Notice he didn't say al a Lahi. He didn't say my
reward is with Allah. He says, my reward is with the one who
made me, because he was calling his people to worshiping the one who made
them, who is a law. But when you use the term my maker,
nobody has an answer. Worship your maker, Worship your creator, Worship
the one you are going to return to. What do we call him?
We call him the worshiped one. Translated in arabicas Allah from ali haya ala
grand is understanding. So sometimes when you use the word Allah, people think
you're referring to a human. You're referring to an idol. I read an
article once, not very long time ago, where people were trying to spread
this rumor that Allah is actually Nahudu Billah, one idol that was remaining in
the Kaba at the time, and they call him Allah, and that's who
the Muslims believe, and that's why they they prostrate to the cab. No,
we don't. We do not worship the black box at all, not
at all. The only reason why we face that direction is to create uniformity.
Allah decided that this is where you will face. And the Quran says
virtue and righteousness is not achieved by which direction you face, whether you face
the east or the west. So first in the Quran, but if you
believe in Allah, then you've arrived. Then you have achieved righteousness and so
on. Alas subnahuata ala grant has goodness. So remember there are people who
intentionally try to misguide others. We should be careful, and we should also
convey the message to as many people as possible. So Alas subnahwat Alah speaks
about this Nabi, great Nabi who was being taught as well. He was
being sworn at. He was being told so many things. One of the
things he was told, he says, he was told that our forefathers did
not come with what you have come with. So why should we listen to
you? How can you go against your forefathers same thing? Calo ajauda lahdad
rama khana. Are you telling us to worship one Allah and to leave these
things that our forefathers used to worship. What lesson do we have in that?
My beloved brothers and sisters. We've said it and we will repeat it.
This is why Allah has repeated it in the Quran. Whatever we are
doing, if it is right, and hamdolillah, if it is wrong,
no matter how many generations of our forefathers have been doing it, it will
be wrong. So we should know when the truth comes to us, even
if generals before us have been indulged in wrong, we should surrender to the
truth. We will be securing our ahara. Like k Ibrahim adah is Salah
to a Salam told his father. He says, oh, my father,
knowledge has come to me which hasn't come to you. So follow me.
I will guide you. Laho Akubar. His father was too arrogant. He
says, no, I'm not. Firstly, I'm making money from these idols.
And secondly, who do you think you are? You? My son?
How can you tell that to me? Lahu Akabar. Sometimes our children
will go far beyond us in religion and in studies. They will come and
they will tell us Dad, you're wrong. Mom. Why don't you cover
your hey? Do you know that that? Hey continues cursing you for as
long as it is open in public, my beloved mother, cover it.
This is the day of Ramavano. Make a decision for a loss of hanahua
to Allah, and the mother says, hey, how can you talk to
your mom like that? What is that? That is rejection from a loss
of hannahua to Allah. The poor son is coming, He's learnt a lot
more and he is coming to now obey the commands of our and to teach
others the same commands. How can we reject it? This is why we
always say that whenever your children have shown greater spirituality and they move further than
you encourage them, that will be a point of your encouragement as well.
I have seen cases where the mother is semi naked and the daughter is in
full agia mashalla. Now, if we are going to be feeling what word
can we use? If we are going to be feeling bad or embarrassed,
that's the word embarrassed. To walk with our own daughter somewhere just because she's
dressed appropriately, or walk with your son who's got a huge beard mashallah in
the streets of New York. Why should we be embarrassed that's our child,
that's our son. If Allah has given them the courage to do that,
alhamdulillah. If Allah has given them the courage greater than us, why must
we pull them down to our level. Try and get up to their level.
And if you haven't had the strength to get right up there, at
least you support them and encourage them and cheer them on. Now. Alasuhannahu
at ala Grande's goodness and mella open our doors. So who that is?
Sah to a Salama? He warns his people, and he tells them what
takul lady Amanda kombi matalamuna Ahmed dakm be an army abani. Fear the one
who has blessed you with so much, He has blessed you with what you
know? You know what he has blessed you with. Fear him, Be
conscious of him, appreciate those blessings. What were these blessings? You have
so much cattle, and you have so many children who are powerful, huge
children. Imagine they had hundreds of children each, not just like us,
because they lived for an average of a thousand years. Imagine if every year
there was a birth, how many children do you think they would have had
lau akaba. So Allah speaks about it in the Koran. He says,
we have blessed you with offspring, with children in abundant So thank a love
for that well, Jenny. And Allah has blessed you with so many beautiful
gardens and so many springs that are gushing forth. It's like paradise here.
So be thankful to Allah, my beloved brothers and sisters. When Allah has
given you, it is not a sign that he is happy with you.
And when alasu hanahuwat Alah has taken away from you, it is not a
sign that he is angry with you. No. It all depends on the
condition of your heart. You are a content person even if you don't have
anything. Allah as pleased with you. And if you have everything and you
are still content, then it is a sign of goodness malas of Hanah hawat
Alah. Grant us more and keep us content. You see, man says
a loud amen when you when you ask for more in terms of sustenance.
Together with baraka. It's nature, that is the nature of man. But
if anyone had to say, Allah grant us less with contentment, I don't
think we would hear an amen quickly alasu hanahwat alah open outdoors. But it's
good we should make that du yeah Allah, grant us increase in our sustenance
in a manner that it will be a means of our gaining closeness to you.
I mean, I mean my sham. Don't worry. You can say
I mean three times so a lots of hannah. Ala speaks about how who
that Salam warns his people. Then they told him. They started arguing,
they started debating. They told him allosaura on alna at a lamdunk mean and
worrying in her in an orb mov oh, who would stop wasting your time?
Whether you want us or you don't want us, it will make no
difference to us. Have you ever heard people say that tell us? So
don't tell us. It doesn't make a difference. We're not bothered. Akaba.
So Ala says, these statements were uttered at that time, and you
know what happened. They said, these tales that you are telling us about
nuh because he told them that no haala Salam's people would destroyed just before you.
He says, these are tales of the people of the past. As
for us, we are stronger than them. We have much more than them.
We cannot be destroyed, an Ada cannot come to us. No,
we are sitting comfortable. So alas hanahuata Alah speaks about another accusation. They
said in Hua in nah raj if al Allah, he can eba. Okay,
this man has come to us, but he's lying. He's a liar.
So one he's mad, Two he's possessed. Three he's a liar.
Four he's after money, he's after this. Look at all these accusations.
Why accused? Let me tell you and I repeat it, because instead of
adjusting their entire lives and leaving all their bad ways, they wanted to be
in dominance. They wanted to be in control, They wanted to have everything
in their hands, and they wanted to be the ones who were looked up
to. So a loss of Hannahuatalla says, you really want to be looked
up to, you need to come and obey. A loss of hannahat Hannah
manta ali lahi rafa Ahullah. The haditha of the prophet sa Lallah is Alam.
Whoever humbles himself for the sake of Allah Allah raises his status and makes
it shoot up for the sake of Allah. And whoever wants to be arrogant
and haughty, Allah drops him down. Now a loss of Hannah. Howat
Ala never drop us down? Then a loss of Hannah. Howat Ala says
Allah Akbar. They uttered one statement which was very blasphemous, very blasphemous.
Look at what alas of hanahuatalysis in Surat for Silat for your information, that's
Surat for silet. A few days ago, I made mention of it that
when I went to the prophets and seldom to say, please leave what you
are saying. And he told them, he told Rabia that if you put
the sun in my right hand the moon in my left hand, I'm not
going to leave this. And he began to read the opening verses of Sa
Fusilat until he got to the point where he made mention of ad and thamud
and this is the verse for am madu fa stakbaru man, I shall't do
meank ad. They were haughty, arrogant on this earth. They rejected the
truth. They were despising those on the right path. And what did they
say? They said, there is nobody more strong than us, no one
who is there who has more power than us? This was a question they
asked. So Allah responds immediately, aw a l amarou and Allah ah heladau
hua, I shall domin. Do they not see simple calculation in their brains
that the one who created them, that Allah, is more powerful than them.
They're asking a question, who is there more powerful than us? Alla
says, can't they see that whoever made them is more powerful than them?
Imagine this is Hawaii. Sometimes when people are drowning in affluence and leisure and
extravagance, they tend to forget who is higher than them. You find a
statement flying around a lot to say, we'll fix these people. Who do
they think they are? Nobody can nobody can do anything to us, and
so on. Well, lie he those statements are blasphemous. If Allah wants,
he can cause a mosquito, a mosquito to come and cause the death
of anybody. Sobhanama, And we know that we know of diseases that are
spread via mosquito, whether it's malaria or anything else. One small little insect
and it will stop you your sleep. You can have a hole that is
as big as anything huge. Five hundred people can fit in there with the
bedding that ten people can sleep on. But you just have to hear that's
at night and it's over. Well, Lah hates a fact. You got
to hear that little sound and it's over. It's over. Imagine what happened.
What happened there? La hu akbar. I know everyone is laughing because
we know the irritation of it. I think we've tasted it. Malas su
hanah to Ala, grant a sound sleep, and malass su hanah hot Allah
protect us from all these parasites and little bugs and so on, and mala
grand as cure from the diseases all those who are sick. Here a la
grande and cure. And she fell. So this is what happened then,
alas sud Hannah to Alah says, who the adahi salah to a salam.
Now he after this challenge, they made a challenge, one more challenge,
and they told him, bring what you are telling us. You told us
a punishment is coming. It can't come, bring it. We want it
come. So he says, look, Allah knows best. Allah will bring
it when the time is right. But they kept on challenging him. No,
we want to see bring it. So now Alas of Hannah. What
Ala says, He told his people kla in ushi do la how i sha
do? And anybody umi tushi kuna mean doni thaki doni jeremi ah thummalatu who
dadai is. Alam got up in front of all his people and he says,
Oh, my people, I am making Allah bear witness, and I'm
making all of you bear witness that I am free from all that which you
have associated as partnership with Allah. So now if you want to plot against
me, all of you get together and let's see what you're going to do
to me. Now, this was a challenge. The other way around,
they told him we'll fix you up. So he says, okay, you
fix me up, all of you. The first thing I want to tell
you is I am free from this polytheism that you are engaged in. And
now that I've told you that, I want you to bear witness. Now
do what you want. Let's see. Now this was a challenge the messengers
never normally told the people. Look, come attack me. He says,
Hey, do me, jemmy, and come plot against me. All of
you together. When you come, you will see what will happen. Allah
will destroy you just as you come. This is what he said Latondon.
You won't be given with spite. So they didn't come. They didn't come
as big as they were. It was the first crack that appeared. First
crack because they said, hey, you know what, something he must be
right. Maybe we don't know whatever. Loh Occord imagine they were frightened because
he says come. So that means deep they knew the truth Allah. He
might beloved brothers and sisters. There are so many people in their hearts they
know the truth, but something is stopping them from surrendering to it. That
is Chepan. This afternoon I was speaking in Portland's in Fact in message the
Rabbi and Mitchell's plain, and I made mention of a beautiful discussion I had
with one of the youngsters, and in a nutshell he says, sometimes when
I look at Chipan and I think to myself that you know, it's a
blessing that Allah has created Chapan. I looked at this youngster and I'm trying
to think. Let me try and listen to what he's saying. Up to
the end it might make sense to me. And he says, because for
all our problems and for all the enmity and everything that we've got between us,
we can at least blame Chapan. La hu akaba. What a powerful
statement. So if I have a problem with you, I blame Chapan.
And I said, look, brother, sorry, man, that was Chapan.
Now don't hold it against me. And you look at me and you
say, look, brother, that was Chepan and my chahlah, that is
an acceptable excuse. Did you know that? So isn't that a gift?
Imagine if Chipan wasn't there, who would we blame? Now, what I'm
saying the moral of that little discussion is sort your problems out. At least
blame Chapan and sort them out. Because sometimes you find brothers not talking to
each other for twenty years, you find relatives not speaking to each other for
ten years. Why something minute, Well, Llahi, it is true.
It's Chipan. It is Chaipan stopping proper. Chapan is the one that turns
and twists people. If he wasn't there, this would not have happened.
Fact Lahoma, So it's good in a way we blame Chapan. That's the
messy of a lass of hanahuata alah. And we come to the right path
now, Alas of Hannah Houa to Ala Granda's protection from Chaipan. So Alas
su Hanah Houa to Alah says that when he told them that they were quiet
now he raised his hands to Allah Suhannah houat Alah. Remember no hala is
Haddam made along to our whod ali is sardam a dua mentioned in the Quran
one d a short, short is anything. He says, Colara besorib marcable.
Oh, Allah, assist me because they have now belied me. That's
all help me, Allah, That's all he said, and Allah responded immediately.
Alas su Hannah Howatalyasis Carla and Ma Colleen in I used to be Hunanadimi,
don't worry who very very soon they will regret everything. When that revelation
came, you find in a bees happy. Now he's okay. So what
happened Allah sud Hannah hu Allah affected them with a drought. Now their gardens
began to dry up. For some years there was a drought. And when
their gardens began to dry up, they used to go to their gods,
their stones and ask the stones we need rain, we need rain, And
Hood told them why camesa phero rob bakon thum matobo in ai. You're seeing
sam alaikum mideraa. Why come and in a while, all my people,
if you really want rain, there's two things you need to do. Repent
and turn to Allah. Is still far and toba? Yeah, call miss
Tavu. Phero Still far means to seek forgiveness rob bakum thum matobo in ai
and toba means to return to Allah. So when we say still far and
toba, the difference between the two is one is to ask allahs forgiveness and
two is to now walk on that path and return to Allah. So who
alai Salam says it's not good enough to say Allah forgive me, and you're
still on the path, seek forgiveness and come on the path. You see
the clouds will come immediately and there will be beneficial rain. You'll see this
summer alaikum midharara, beautiful rain will fall for you. Why aside kum kulla
kukum. And you know how strong you are, Allah will grant you more
strength over and above the strength you already have. They were already the strongest
that were ever created by Allah, the strongest nation created by Allah, the
nation of Ard. Just remember what I've said, because at the end we're
going to need that statement. The strongest nation created by Allah was the nation
of Ard. And Alas says, I will grant you increase if you seek
forgiveness. But no, they went back to their gods and their idols.
So Alas subhanahmat alyases, we sent them. What did we send them?
A huge cloud? And when they saw it they were happy because they were
healthy people. Phalam Aristo had the ariad to your own. When they saw
this huge wind's cloud come towards their value, they were so happy. They
said, what did they say? Akabar? They said, wow, this
is a beautiful cloud. At last, it's coming with rain, a dah
cloud. They were happy. Alasses, bell who am a nay? This
is in fact what they were asking for. It is the punishment of Allah
coming with wind. No rain is going to fall. So it started,
it came. The cloud came and the wind started blowing. What type of
a wind was it? Alasses? For ourseli sor salw i yaman, he
said, these were the days of a bad omen. According to them,
when the wind started blowing, they said, this is a bad omen so
Ala says, okay, days of bad omen, call it what you want,
days of bad omen, hansar Saran, cold freezing ice, cold wind
with a howling sound, a howling sound, and then as it came it
started gaining strength and a loss of Hannah analysis for Amada for Onliku Biri sor
Sarinati mani Usuma, fater sorahka and Jazuna Linha. Allah alasa is we sent
adri han sar Saran. We sent them such a powerful wind for eight days
and seven nights, and that wind destroyed absolutely everything, complete destruction everything.
Allah asks Mohammed was seldom a question. He says, for hell tarala Baki,
these were the most powerful people. Do you even see remnants of them?
Pharaoh, there's signed to prove he was there. Madai and Saleh,
the people of the Mood, there is a sign to prove they were there.
The others, the people of Noah, they may be signs that they
were there. These people not a sign. Go and hunt the globe.
If we were not told the story in the Qur'an, we would never even
have archaeological evidence to prove that anything happened. Nothing And why did Allah do
this some of the historians. Muslim historians explain, and the Aulama explained that
one of the reasons is they were too big, too strong. Naela says,
the stronger you were, when you defied us to think you were the
strongest, we showed the rests that you are not only destroyed, but now
vanished from the face of the earth. You know, the most powerful words
are used when it comes to the destruction of art. Do we want to
hear some of the words? A loss of Hannah howat alas is turns zero
asaka and nahum ah Jazunah line the wind came and plucked the people and shook
them up, broke them, destroyed them and threw them as though they were
rotting. Cut stumps of a burnt palm tree, then stumps of a palm
tree. What can you do? Rolling back stamp of a palm tree,
rotten, burnt out, uprooted akbar and then alas of hannahuatla uses even a
more powerful word, alas of Hannah howat alas is in the Quran that he
has destroyed them to smithereens complete destruction, total, complete destruction to them.
Miro Kulla be Emi Aum me. Everything was destroyed completely by the command of
a loss of Hannahuatla and Alas of Hannah Houwat Alah speaks about how he saved
had a meaning. He saved hud Ali Salah to Salam and those who believed
alas is while am Maja am Runa and Jaina Huda Lavina man Omaha. When
our command came, when our instruction came, we saved whod We saved those
who believed with him, and then we destroyed the rest. And Alas of
Hannahua to Alah tells us that they will have a punishment even in the Aha
that is far greater than the punishment that they have tasted today. And Alas
of hannahuata Alah tells us in the Koran in so many different places that he
has kept these stories for us as a lesson. Do you know a verse
we read this evening? Powerful verse we read this evening and another verse connected,
which is also in Alas of Hannahuwat Alah tells the people of Koresh and
Muhammed Salah Ali he was female i Macanumfi. We established those people of the
sand dunes far more than we established you. We gave them that which we
did not give you. We granted them so much more than we gave you,
in terms of stature and power. Somehow, as we gave them the
faculty of hearing, pure powerful faculty of hearing, faculty of sight, we
gave them hearts. We gave them so much, but alasses. From as
to hum I can in. Nothing helped them. Their eyesight didn't help them,
Their hearing didn't help them, their hearts didn't help them. They still
denied. And a loss of hanah, howatalysis Over and above that. Their
stature did not help them, Their wealth didn't help them, their big,
big homes nothing helped them. And a loss of hanah, howatalysis? Do
you see any remnants of these people? So the lesson is we have eyes,
we have the ears, we have the heart. When we hear a
message, let us change our lives. What's all a lot who is selling
mommed hanah handic it will come on into it