1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:12,519 Kiss Mila rahmani Rahi in the name of Allah, the most gracious, the 2 00:00:12,599 --> 00:00:37,159 most merciful. Heard low excellence presents lessens from the stories of the prophets by 3 00:00:37,240 --> 00:01:00,000 Mufti Ismail even Mursa mankoud Ali, his Salam, would peace be upon him 4 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,879 Bilailamin or Salah to a Salam muhal mabu rahmata lila ai lamin no bien a 5 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,599 Muhammad in no alah Earli he was happy here jamahina Aabad. All praise is 6 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,959 due to a loss of hannahuata Alah. Blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sala lah 7 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:18,040 Ah is seldam. We ask alas of hannahuata Alah, to bless all his 8 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,000 companions as well, and to bless every single one of us, and to 9 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:27,799 make us from his true followers, beloved brothers and sisters in Islam. Yesterday 10 00:01:27,879 --> 00:01:33,439 we heard how the nation of Noah, may peace be upon him no Alaihi 11 00:01:33,519 --> 00:01:38,840 Salah to us Salam was destroyed, and we heard the very vivid descriptions within 12 00:01:38,879 --> 00:01:44,040 the Kurana. If you looked at the duah made by n Alaihi Salah to 13 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:48,159 as Salam, it was very detailed. We are Las sub hanahuata Alah makes 14 00:01:48,239 --> 00:01:53,959 mention of all the description that the prophet Noah may Alas of Hannah hauwat Alah's 15 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:57,680 peace be upon him had made right at the end of the story alasub Hannah 16 00:01:57,719 --> 00:02:07,879 huata Alah reminds Mohammed sa Alam and us all with a reminder alas Hannah Alas 17 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:13,759 is in surat Hood. At the end of Hala Salam story, he says, 18 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:31,879 Dali came in ba eloib he like Wama coo Taladi is agamah rahahumy In 19 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:36,360 fact, there is a verse right at the end of Surah Yusuf, but 20 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:43,240 the verse that is in surah Hood. Then he came in ba eloibin he 21 00:02:45,240 --> 00:03:07,520 Elai Kamkam Makola Mohamu came in cob false in a likely telling. Allah says 22 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:13,520 to Muhammad Salalah, and you sell them this that we have related to you 23 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,879 the stories of the unseen, which you have not seen. We have revealed 24 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:24,360 it to you. Prior to this. Neither did you know anything about Noah, 25 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:30,000 nor did those around you know about these stories. It is us who 26 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:36,560 told you Sumhana nah so Allah is making mention of the favor upon us that 27 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,080 we have revelation that is a favor. We are sitting and reading a story. 28 00:03:40,599 --> 00:03:46,080 So authentic is the Quran that none of us have a speck of doubt 29 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:52,159 as to the authenticity of the Quran in comparison with the other books. What 30 00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:54,680 a gift of all is that suhanahua ta alah. Today we are reading the 31 00:03:54,759 --> 00:03:59,479 Quran. I'm sure they are haufa. There are people so many from amongst 32 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,919 us who have memorized it cover to cover. It is your right to correct 33 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:08,840 anybody who makes a mistake because we want to protect the book. We need 34 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:14,240 to protect us for an alas subhanahatala grant us a deep understanding. After that, 35 00:04:14,879 --> 00:04:18,959 alas is the moral of the mentioning of the story of Noah to you, 36 00:04:19,199 --> 00:04:26,240 Oh Muhammad Salah al Salam is as follows. Thus, be bad patience 37 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,000 subhana nah, which means, these people in Mecca, they're going to trouble 38 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,720 you. The Kufar of the time are going to hassle you. They're going 39 00:04:32,759 --> 00:04:35,879 to harass you, they're going to try and fight with you. They're going 40 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,240 to do this and do that, and it's not going to be an easy 41 00:04:39,399 --> 00:04:43,759 task. It's uphill, so Alas Subhannah Hotalyas is here we've related to you 42 00:04:43,879 --> 00:04:46,279 a story of one of your brothers, whom we had appointed as a messenger, 43 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,639 who was there for nine hundred and fifty years as a dai, which 44 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:55,319 means as in the bee he called his people for nine hundred and fifty years. 45 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,839 He lived well beyond that, he lived for more than a thousand years, 46 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,360 because it is reported that even after they came off the ark, he 47 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:06,000 lived for another one hundred and fifty odd years, according to some narrations, 48 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:10,160 so which means he lived for a long long time. One narration says two 49 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,879 hundred and fifty years. Those were people who had life, not like us, 50 00:05:14,519 --> 00:05:17,639 not even a quarter of that. Lahu Akbar alasub Hanahaua to Allah grant 51 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:23,279 us goodness. Speaking about proportions and quarters, do you realize that one third 52 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:28,600 of the Koran is already completed? Ramaban just started now? Then the other 53 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,439 day, one third of the Koran has been recited and we've listened to it. 54 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,839 Subhanah lah. Before we know it, Ramaban will be over. So 55 00:05:34,959 --> 00:05:39,879 let us make the most of this beautiful month that alas Subanahaa to Alah has 56 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:44,000 given us. Now as time passed and the children of no Hanah is Salah 57 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,720 to a Salam, generations began to pass. They were talking to their children 58 00:05:46,759 --> 00:05:51,560 of how lucky they were as being from amongst those who were saved in the 59 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:57,040 ark with no Haleeh is Salah to a Salam. And then there came Chipan 60 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,560 again and the same plan. Once again, he began to show the people 61 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:05,560 the worship of those besides the loss of Hannahuatlah, and a loss of Hannahuatala 62 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:10,360 had given the people a lot. There was a lot of wealth, there 63 00:06:10,439 --> 00:06:15,160 was a lot of physical power and strength. But they began to worship eithers. 64 00:06:15,199 --> 00:06:18,480 Once again, they began to worship stones and statues. And this is 65 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:24,600 why in Islam we are not allowed to have any statues, anything animates that 66 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,600 is made up to put into our houses and so on, because the angels 67 00:06:28,639 --> 00:06:32,040 of mercy do not enter the house where there are these animate items hanging or 68 00:06:32,399 --> 00:06:36,480 statues and so on. The reason is from the very beginning, Chapan used 69 00:06:36,519 --> 00:06:43,079 that plan to deviate men. We have somebody's frame up there. Our children 70 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,639 might not realize who this person was, and what will happen. They might 71 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,639 start bowing their heads, and their children might start prostrating, and we won't 72 00:06:49,639 --> 00:06:53,120 be there to tell them. You know what, we only put it because 73 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,319 of X, Y and z, a loss of hanah Houatala said gods. 74 00:06:56,519 --> 00:07:00,399 So it's important for us to know when the Islamic rulings come. Other than 75 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,959 try and say I don't understand them, and I'm not going to adopt them 76 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,279 until I don't understand or until I understand. We'd rather say, look, 77 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:10,920 I surrender to it, whether I know or not. Why it is there, 78 00:07:10,959 --> 00:07:14,439 the fact that it is a solid verse of the Koran Hadeth, of 79 00:07:14,439 --> 00:07:17,199 the prophets allamah Adeh sudden no of the Shariah. We surrender to it. 80 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,879 So now we find the children at the time they were, as they were 81 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:27,120 growing, they were growing bigger in size. They were growing bigger in size 82 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,600 than those before them. Allahu Akamar reminds me of some of the youngsters today. 83 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,399 Fifteen years and you're looking at him like this. You know, you 84 00:07:33,519 --> 00:07:39,639 got to greet him Salam aleiklas of annahwat Alah grant us goodness. But at 85 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:44,319 that time they were tall, huge. Alamis mentions from Anahwat Alah that these 86 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,279 people were granted greater size than the people of Nu. They were given more 87 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:51,399 power than the first people, and they were granted gardens. They had so 88 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:56,680 much alamis mention of it in the Koran. These were the people of had 89 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:03,839 Odd. Where is it? It is the name of a place between Oman 90 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:09,279 and Adan, between Oman and Yemen, close to Havamot, that area in 91 00:08:09,399 --> 00:08:15,040 the southern Arabian Peninsula, middle Eastern region. These were the first Arabs, 92 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:20,600 according to one narration. And what happened. They were so happy because Allah 93 00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:24,839 gave them wealth. Allah gave them strength, and they began to indulge. 94 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:31,079 Over and above indulging. They forgot a loss of Hannahuatlah and they started worshiping 95 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:37,360 things, stones and items, chill, engaging in shin. So let's listen 96 00:08:37,399 --> 00:08:39,879 to what a loss of Hannah howat alas is. In fact, very important 97 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:45,559 point that I've jotted down to make mention today is there are two surahs in 98 00:08:45,639 --> 00:08:50,120 the Quran named after these people. No other nation do you have two whole 99 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:54,840 sauras named after them. One is you have Surah Hood. Now Hood is 100 00:08:54,919 --> 00:08:56,879 the messenger. Allah was not going to say surat ad No, not at 101 00:08:56,919 --> 00:09:01,279 all, because we don't want to men name the sura after people who were 102 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:05,279 destroyed. No par alasu anahawa. Talah has revealed the Sura, and we've 103 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,639 been given the name as Sura to Hood, the sura where the story of 104 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:15,200 Hood ali Salam is mentioned. And this is why these stories of Hood and 105 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,159 Saleh and so on, they are not mentioned in the Old Testaments, because 106 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,879 these are Arabian prophets. Arab prophets, sometimes you won't find these names in 107 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,559 the Old Testament and so on. However, the lesson is for us. 108 00:09:26,639 --> 00:09:31,519 All the other Sura is Sura to Ahkaf Ahkaf, meaning the sand dunes. 109 00:09:31,919 --> 00:09:37,960 They had sand dunes in that area, beautiful sand dunes, lovely area they 110 00:09:37,159 --> 00:09:41,559 enjoyed. And they were people who built houses. We were going to come 111 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,559 to see how they were building their own houses and what happened and how much 112 00:09:45,639 --> 00:09:50,679 extravagance there was. Remember, as Allah gives you more sustenance, you need 113 00:09:50,759 --> 00:09:54,360 to become more charitable. When Allah gives you more, you need to give 114 00:09:54,399 --> 00:09:56,639 out more. And as you get more, you need to come closer to 115 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,360 the earth. You need to become down to the ground. People must not 116 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:05,039 be able to say this man is the richest man and then he walks past. 117 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,360 He doesn't greet. Nobody greets and there is like an a and a 118 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:11,000 gap, a loss of hannahwat Ala not do that to us. We need 119 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,919 to be people when Alas provided us. If we want to know that it 120 00:10:15,039 --> 00:10:18,360 is good, we will be people who come down to earth. And alaso 121 00:10:18,399 --> 00:10:26,120 Hanna huwat Ala says about these people iramada tilarimad in Latin lamh la or myth 122 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:35,399 no hafil being Iramo that til Imad is referring to either the height of the 123 00:10:35,519 --> 00:10:43,360 people as though they were tall pillars lamuhla to mithluha wiil belad like them were 124 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,919 not created prior on land, which means they were so huge. Alas is, 125 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,240 we didn't make anyone like that before. Number one. Number two is 126 00:10:50,639 --> 00:10:56,120 the homes they used to make were also huge, like large pillars like that 127 00:10:56,639 --> 00:11:01,320 there was never before on earth. So both there stature their structure and what 128 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,320 they used to make and build in terms of homes, and both of those 129 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,919 are correct because for a tall person, you need a tall home with a 130 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,840 ceiling that is very very high because he needs to be covered. He's not 131 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:16,360 going to come bending into his home. So Alas subhanahuat Ala speaks of that 132 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,440 verse. Whenever you read that verse, and I'm sure we read it regularly, 133 00:11:20,919 --> 00:11:24,080 you should think of these people of Ards and how tall they were, 134 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,960 and alas of hanahuata Alah. After making mention of how they used to worship 135 00:11:28,399 --> 00:11:33,240 as nam as nam meaning idols and a loss, sup hanahuwat Ala makes mention 136 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:39,279 of the story. Firstly in Sahra straight alas is ella add in ahahumhoda and 137 00:11:39,399 --> 00:11:45,360 to the people of Ard we sent their brother hood Ali is Alam. Why 138 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,600 does alas Ah hom because he was from amongst them, He was one of 139 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:54,840 them. And this is why nearly all the nations that were sent profits that 140 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,200 prophet was one from amongst them, whom they knew from the time he was 141 00:11:58,279 --> 00:12:00,960 born, so that they could not say, this is an outsider, he's 142 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,679 a foreigner, he's a stranger, and so on. They knew this person, 143 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:05,799 and he came up and then he warned as a messenger, and he 144 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,519 was always known as truthful and honest and all the good qualities and so on. 145 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:18,080 So alas is he says, who Alam said carlaya CoMIR godun la malakum 146 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:28,720 min ilah in Rayo in a ha ha inkum calaa kamirdun lah malakum min ilah 147 00:12:28,879 --> 00:12:35,919 h rayro a halak two different verses. Both of these verses, Alas says 148 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,720 he told his people, Oh, my people, worship Allah alone without associating 149 00:12:41,879 --> 00:12:46,799 partners. For indeed, there is no deity worthy of worship, no one, 150 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:54,320 none worthy of worship besides Alas of Hannah taanah malakum in la hin rayro, 151 00:12:54,759 --> 00:12:58,720 you don't have anyone you can worship besides Allah. This shows us that 152 00:12:58,879 --> 00:13:03,200 the issue of qualify and shil is the prime issue that all the profits of 153 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,559 Alas subanahat Allah dealt with, because that was the trap of Chaipan. The 154 00:13:07,639 --> 00:13:13,360 biggest thing he wanted to deviate man with is the issue of association of partnership 155 00:13:13,399 --> 00:13:16,600 with Alas subhanah hot Alah. Then he would laugh at the man, and 156 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,879 he would laugh at Allah Subhanah Atala to say, you see, I told 157 00:13:20,919 --> 00:13:24,480 you they won't worship you. They will either worship someone else or they will 158 00:13:24,519 --> 00:13:30,039 worship with you other things. So this is why all the messengers you opened 159 00:13:30,039 --> 00:13:35,240 the pages of the Quran, they all said, malakum ela h, you 160 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:41,240 don't have anyone worthy of worship besides him, the one who made you af 161 00:13:41,279 --> 00:13:46,559 ala tatank Do you not fear? Do you not not have any consciousness in 162 00:13:46,639 --> 00:13:56,240 you? So what did they say, karl al malau ladina kamimi in kafin 163 00:13:56,360 --> 00:14:05,600 sefa, well in iman and ca first things first, the the disbelievers and 164 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:11,879 the haughty from amongst his community. They were all powerful people, wealthy. 165 00:14:11,279 --> 00:14:15,559 They began to say, you are foolish. We see that you are a 166 00:14:15,639 --> 00:14:18,559 foolish man. You're a fool. You're telling us not to indulge. What's 167 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:22,559 wrong. It's our wealth, we are living, it's our life. Let 168 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,559 us do what we want with whatever we want, and we'll build us we 169 00:14:24,679 --> 00:14:30,879 want and do what we want. So alas subanah howat alas is. They 170 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:35,600 were also amazed. Then how can a man come to us? If Allah 171 00:14:35,679 --> 00:14:37,960 wanted to send a messenger, he could have sent an angel. Why did 172 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:43,679 he have to send a human being? And so this is why minoon alas 173 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:50,639 subhanahwat Alam makes mention of how they said, Maha the ina basha if nokum 174 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:56,840 yeah, kolon mi ma colon I mean no, why yes, Shaabu ma 175 00:14:56,159 --> 00:15:01,200 ta shaabu. This is just a human being like all of you. He 176 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:05,679 eats whatever you people are eating, and he drinks whatever you are drinking. 177 00:15:05,879 --> 00:15:09,320 There's no virtue for him over the others, my beloved brothers and sisters. 178 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,720 When the message of truth comes to you, even if it comes to you 179 00:15:13,879 --> 00:15:18,679 from a child who is probably from a much poorer background, for as long 180 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,879 as what he is saying is right, you shall listen. That is the 181 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,000 message. When we become arrogant and think, no, we're not going to 182 00:15:26,039 --> 00:15:28,759 listen to him because no, no, no, he's from another clique, 183 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:33,480 or for example, he doesn't have enough money, or for example he's from 184 00:15:33,559 --> 00:15:35,840 a poor background, then we are losers. Because this is the same thing 185 00:15:35,879 --> 00:15:41,480 that happened to the messengers. They were not from loaded backgrounds. No, 186 00:15:41,159 --> 00:15:45,480 they had good lineage, and at the same time, they were known and 187 00:15:45,559 --> 00:15:48,759 they came with a message. So these people said, look, how can 188 00:15:48,879 --> 00:15:52,039 this person come to us? Yet he eats what we eat and he drinks 189 00:15:52,039 --> 00:15:56,200 what we drink. And they continued saying, while in our part, basharam 190 00:15:56,559 --> 00:16:03,919 if na kum in nakum i even a hoss. If you are going to 191 00:16:03,039 --> 00:16:07,960 follow a human being just like you, then you will be losers. Look 192 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:12,320 at how foolish. The statement is now there is something important in the story 193 00:16:12,399 --> 00:16:18,679 of art. They debated a lot with Hudad Islam, and also they always 194 00:16:18,759 --> 00:16:22,080 went back to their cronies and their people, and they began to tell them, 195 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,200 Look, we told him this, we said this, we said that, 196 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:27,919 and he doesn't have an answer. Not that he doesn't have an answer. 197 00:16:29,279 --> 00:16:32,159 Common sense is an answer. You know what else? They said, 198 00:16:33,639 --> 00:16:41,279 Ayai, do come and uncome? Either metumuacome tumtava? Are you armen and 199 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:56,200 uncomraju hei hat hi hat alima to a do? Is he promising you that 200 00:16:56,360 --> 00:17:02,720 when you die and you have become decomposed, that you are then going to 201 00:17:02,799 --> 00:17:07,440 be resurrected? Far, very far is that which you are being promised. 202 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:14,160 It cannot be a reality. Imagine they are saying, how can he tell 203 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:18,759 you that when you go down and you're going to be decomposed, that you're 204 00:17:18,799 --> 00:17:22,519 going to come up? My beloved brothers and sisters, the lesson I learn 205 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:27,079 and you learn from this. Sometimes we claim and we know we believe that 206 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,400 we are going to be resurrected. But the way we operate in our lives 207 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:36,119 as though there's no day of judgment. The way we carry on with all 208 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:40,240 our bad ways. We never bat an eyelid. Sometimes we never sit back 209 00:17:40,319 --> 00:17:45,720 to think. But I'm drinking, I'm clubbing, I'm committing adultry. I've 210 00:17:45,759 --> 00:17:48,200 got all these bad habits. And at the same time, I'm claiming that 211 00:17:48,279 --> 00:17:53,200 there's a life after death. How on earth can that happen? So sometimes 212 00:17:53,279 --> 00:17:57,079 we join the ranks of these people without knowing. But then Allah has mercy 213 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,279 upon us. He sends to us the month of our he sends to us 214 00:18:00,319 --> 00:18:04,160 blessed days. He gives us a jumorah. It is compulsory for you to 215 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:08,359 attend and try and listen to the message. Why because the message will be 216 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,480 uttered to soften the hearts, to soften the hearts. So whenever we read 217 00:18:12,559 --> 00:18:15,960 these stories, let's not just think that those people they said, how will 218 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,480 we be resurrected? We believe in resurrection, but sometimes our lives are proving 219 00:18:21,519 --> 00:18:26,640 otherwise. The way we lead them. Subhana Hotela grant is a lesson then 220 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:32,759 alas Subhana howat Ala speaks about what else they said in here in la hi 221 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:41,279 tunaahiama. Both they told each other, Look, this is just a life. 222 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,720 Enjoy it as much as you can we are alive and we will die 223 00:18:44,759 --> 00:18:52,359 and that's it. There's no resurrection in who are in lajo behinging same accusation 224 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:56,799 as those who accused the prophet Noel, May peace be upon him. They 225 00:18:56,839 --> 00:19:00,160 said, this man has a jinnah, has a gina? What is the 226 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:07,240 meaning of gin? He's possessed, so don't listen to him. Another verse, 227 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:15,119 do you know what they said in a coolo in la taraka earlihatina. 228 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:23,160 So we are not uttering anything except that some of our gods have caused this 229 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:30,079 man to become mad because he's gone against our gods. So the gods have 230 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,119 become angry with him. These stones have become upset with him, and therefore 231 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:37,799 they have inflicted him with a mental disease. And now he's a mental case. 232 00:19:38,279 --> 00:19:41,799 That's what they're saying. Why were all these statements, Let me tell 233 00:19:41,799 --> 00:19:47,119 you why. Because these rich, wealthy people who had lots, who are 234 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:51,480 big, huge, no sickness, They were massive people. They used to 235 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,880 dwell in huge dwellings. We're going to get to the type of dwellings they 236 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:59,599 had. They were scared that we are going to have to change our whole 237 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:03,119 life style because one man is telling us something. So rather than changing their 238 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:08,480 lifestyle and securing the Ahra, they decided to secure the dunya and lose the 239 00:20:08,559 --> 00:20:15,799 Ahra. Now with us, sometimes we are sitting comfortable in our bad habits 240 00:20:15,839 --> 00:20:18,680 and so many things, and there comes a man and he starts reminding us. 241 00:20:18,839 --> 00:20:22,960 Leave your drinking, leave your drugs, leave your gambling, leave your 242 00:20:22,079 --> 00:20:26,680 this, leave your womanizing, Leave your bad habits, leave your lying. 243 00:20:26,759 --> 00:20:29,359 You're cheating, your hatred, your deception, your so on and so on 244 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:33,160 and so forth. And then we become upset. People who eat interest. 245 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,000 You find a man saying leave your interest, and they say, no, 246 00:20:36,039 --> 00:20:37,480 no, no, no, block that man. Stop that man, kick 247 00:20:37,559 --> 00:20:41,440 him out, throw him away. Well, to be honest, that's exactly 248 00:20:41,519 --> 00:20:45,759 what they did in all the previous nations, and Allah gave them a respite 249 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,799 up to a certain time after that destruction was total. So we must not 250 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:55,119 become upset when someone touches the button. No, we must be happy. 251 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,799 What is meant by touching the button? Exactly what's wrong with us? They're 252 00:20:57,839 --> 00:21:02,480 mentioning it. Don't say this man is attacking me or attacking this one. 253 00:21:02,559 --> 00:21:06,519 Nobody is attacking anyone. We need to realize it is a last message, 254 00:21:06,799 --> 00:21:10,079 just like all the others. The messengers were sent. They were direct, 255 00:21:10,559 --> 00:21:14,119 as we said. So now they started saying this man is a madman, 256 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,799 and this man is like this, and he is possessed only so that the 257 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:22,559 others would not listen to him. Because if one, two, five, 258 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:26,079 ten, twenty fifty people started listening, he would start getting a base and 259 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,920 he would be able to attack. He would be able to become victorious over 260 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,480 these No, so what did they decide to do? Alla speaks about them 261 00:21:33,519 --> 00:21:45,559 in the Koran Alas says either baposhtum baposhtum jump bad in fatapu la aun hu. 262 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:49,319 Dadi Salam told them that when you seize, when you want to punish 263 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,519 someone, you you destroy them totally. You seize so powerfully as though you 264 00:21:53,599 --> 00:21:57,759 are tyrants. A jabbar is a person who's killed a few people, he's 265 00:21:57,799 --> 00:22:03,160 known as a jabbab. Someone who's killed more than one or someone who's killed 266 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,200 more than two is known as a jabbab, which means they used to kill 267 00:22:07,319 --> 00:22:11,319 off those who were weak and those who tried to go towards the message. 268 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,880 They used to kill off those whom they considered a threat. Nobody could tell 269 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,119 them anything. Why they were huge, powerful people and they were in the 270 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:25,000 majority lahu Akama, So Alas of anahuata Alah warns them, and Alas of 271 00:22:25,039 --> 00:22:29,200 anahuata Allah warned them through the prophethood. But now I want to spend a 272 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:37,119 few moments describing to you their houses. Alas is at tabanona bi kuniri in 273 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:47,680 a at a tabathun what a takevna masan ala a la kuntnod? Are you 274 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:52,839 those who used to build on the mountains, on every high place you had 275 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:59,640 your monumental home and palace. What is a monumental home and palace? They 276 00:23:00,319 --> 00:23:04,720 palaces on top of the mountains, huge palaces which they did not live in. 277 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,200 It was only known that mountains. That house is for this man, 278 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,440 That house is for that man. That houses for this man. Those were 279 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,920 all on sand dunes and on the little mounds that they had. They were 280 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:22,519 not living in them. So alas is, are you building extravagantly these homes 281 00:23:22,559 --> 00:23:25,720 that you're not living in. You're not going to stay in them, and 282 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:32,960 you becoming so indulged that you're forgetting a lost suhannahuatla akaba. And on top 283 00:23:33,039 --> 00:23:37,440 of that, the next verse says, and then in the valleys you build 284 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,599 the little houses that you are going to live in, in such a manner 285 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:47,839 that you think you're going to live forever. What a tarna marsani a la 286 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:55,920 a la kum tarnod. You have taken these fine homes for yourselves as though 287 00:23:55,960 --> 00:24:00,559 you are going to live forever. Akbar. So imagine the houses these people, 288 00:24:00,799 --> 00:24:04,599 they own, the mountains, they carved up at the top of the 289 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:08,200 mountains, a place for them to live, and not for them to live 290 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,319 in fact, for them to boast, to brag, that's my home, 291 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,440 that one's my house, that one's the other one's house, that's the uncle's 292 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:19,559 house, and so on. Lahu Akbar, Look, my beloved brothers and 293 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:23,720 sisters. There is nothing wrong with owning a lot. There is nothing wrong 294 00:24:23,759 --> 00:24:29,680 with being wealthy. But the lesson is the wealthier we become, the more 295 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,400 down to earth we should be, the more we should be found in the 296 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:37,039 mischief, the more we should be found giving charities subhanah lah. That is 297 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:42,200 when we will save ourselves from torment and from pain. And the lesson is 298 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,119 for the rest as well. When you don't have much, there is a 299 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,319 greater likelihood that you will be saved. May Alas of Hanaho to Alah, 300 00:24:48,319 --> 00:24:52,039 grant a savior. May ALUs of Hanaho to Alah, make us content with 301 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:56,839 what we have. So alass of Hannah to Alah speaks about their size, 302 00:24:56,279 --> 00:25:06,680 and alss of Hanahoa to Alas is wal koro in ja'la Kumhu na faami bard 303 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:15,240 koniu hisada kumal kish remember hu dale Sam is telling his people, remember that 304 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:22,799 Allah has made you the successes of the people of Noah. Allah has made 305 00:25:22,839 --> 00:25:26,599 you the successes of the people of Noah. May peace be upon him who 306 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:33,039 were destroyed completely. You are the successes, and Allah has given you greater 307 00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:41,200 physical strength than them. Sofia a la supannahwatana thereafter Allah Supannah. Howat Ala 308 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,559 says. They started spreading a rumor that this man here, he's doing it 309 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:49,119 for some ulterior motive. He won some money, and this happened all the 310 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,319 time. When someone came with goodness and related the message, they said, 311 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,680 this guy must be making a lot of money out of this, that's why 312 00:25:56,759 --> 00:26:03,200 he's there. Alla akaba. Why why lay lay accusations? So who alaia 313 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:10,440 Salam says, yeah, tell me la alo Kumara Agiona in Aigeria, in 314 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:17,759 LADRONI have had a attack clean on Oh my people, I'm not asking you 315 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,160 to recompense me in any way whatsoever. My reward lies with the one who 316 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:26,559 made me. Notice he didn't say al a Lahi. He didn't say my 317 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,759 reward is with Allah. He says, my reward is with the one who 318 00:26:29,839 --> 00:26:33,680 made me, because he was calling his people to worshiping the one who made 319 00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:38,519 them, who is a law. But when you use the term my maker, 320 00:26:41,039 --> 00:26:45,160 nobody has an answer. Worship your maker, Worship your creator, Worship 321 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,599 the one you are going to return to. What do we call him? 322 00:26:48,839 --> 00:26:55,559 We call him the worshiped one. Translated in arabicas Allah from ali haya ala 323 00:26:55,599 --> 00:26:59,640 grand is understanding. So sometimes when you use the word Allah, people think 324 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,799 you're referring to a human. You're referring to an idol. I read an 325 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,160 article once, not very long time ago, where people were trying to spread 326 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,880 this rumor that Allah is actually Nahudu Billah, one idol that was remaining in 327 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,279 the Kaba at the time, and they call him Allah, and that's who 328 00:27:11,319 --> 00:27:15,640 the Muslims believe, and that's why they they prostrate to the cab. No, 329 00:27:15,799 --> 00:27:19,200 we don't. We do not worship the black box at all, not 330 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:23,559 at all. The only reason why we face that direction is to create uniformity. 331 00:27:23,759 --> 00:27:27,160 Allah decided that this is where you will face. And the Quran says 332 00:27:27,839 --> 00:27:33,480 virtue and righteousness is not achieved by which direction you face, whether you face 333 00:27:33,559 --> 00:27:36,640 the east or the west. So first in the Quran, but if you 334 00:27:36,799 --> 00:27:41,359 believe in Allah, then you've arrived. Then you have achieved righteousness and so 335 00:27:41,519 --> 00:27:45,480 on. Alas subnahuata ala grant has goodness. So remember there are people who 336 00:27:45,839 --> 00:27:51,000 intentionally try to misguide others. We should be careful, and we should also 337 00:27:51,079 --> 00:27:55,079 convey the message to as many people as possible. So Alas subnahwat Alah speaks 338 00:27:55,119 --> 00:28:00,240 about this Nabi, great Nabi who was being taught as well. He was 339 00:28:00,319 --> 00:28:04,039 being sworn at. He was being told so many things. One of the 340 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:11,559 things he was told, he says, he was told that our forefathers did 341 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,559 not come with what you have come with. So why should we listen to 342 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:25,400 you? How can you go against your forefathers same thing? Calo ajauda lahdad 343 00:28:25,599 --> 00:28:34,000 rama khana. Are you telling us to worship one Allah and to leave these 344 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:38,240 things that our forefathers used to worship. What lesson do we have in that? 345 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,880 My beloved brothers and sisters. We've said it and we will repeat it. 346 00:28:42,319 --> 00:28:45,839 This is why Allah has repeated it in the Quran. Whatever we are 347 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,480 doing, if it is right, and hamdolillah, if it is wrong, 348 00:28:49,759 --> 00:28:53,920 no matter how many generations of our forefathers have been doing it, it will 349 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,480 be wrong. So we should know when the truth comes to us, even 350 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:03,480 if generals before us have been indulged in wrong, we should surrender to the 351 00:29:03,559 --> 00:29:07,039 truth. We will be securing our ahara. Like k Ibrahim adah is Salah 352 00:29:07,039 --> 00:29:10,400 to a Salam told his father. He says, oh, my father, 353 00:29:10,799 --> 00:29:12,920 knowledge has come to me which hasn't come to you. So follow me. 354 00:29:14,039 --> 00:29:17,440 I will guide you. Laho Akubar. His father was too arrogant. He 355 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,839 says, no, I'm not. Firstly, I'm making money from these idols. 356 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,880 And secondly, who do you think you are? You? My son? 357 00:29:22,079 --> 00:29:26,000 How can you tell that to me? Lahu Akabar. Sometimes our children 358 00:29:26,519 --> 00:29:30,960 will go far beyond us in religion and in studies. They will come and 359 00:29:32,039 --> 00:29:33,759 they will tell us Dad, you're wrong. Mom. Why don't you cover 360 00:29:33,839 --> 00:29:37,440 your hey? Do you know that that? Hey continues cursing you for as 361 00:29:37,519 --> 00:29:41,000 long as it is open in public, my beloved mother, cover it. 362 00:29:41,319 --> 00:29:45,519 This is the day of Ramavano. Make a decision for a loss of hanahua 363 00:29:45,599 --> 00:29:48,240 to Allah, and the mother says, hey, how can you talk to 364 00:29:48,279 --> 00:29:52,720 your mom like that? What is that? That is rejection from a loss 365 00:29:52,759 --> 00:29:56,680 of hannahua to Allah. The poor son is coming, He's learnt a lot 366 00:29:56,759 --> 00:30:00,599 more and he is coming to now obey the commands of our and to teach 367 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,279 others the same commands. How can we reject it? This is why we 368 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:08,839 always say that whenever your children have shown greater spirituality and they move further than 369 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,160 you encourage them, that will be a point of your encouragement as well. 370 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,880 I have seen cases where the mother is semi naked and the daughter is in 371 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:22,640 full agia mashalla. Now, if we are going to be feeling what word 372 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:27,400 can we use? If we are going to be feeling bad or embarrassed, 373 00:30:27,519 --> 00:30:32,680 that's the word embarrassed. To walk with our own daughter somewhere just because she's 374 00:30:32,759 --> 00:30:37,640 dressed appropriately, or walk with your son who's got a huge beard mashallah in 375 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:41,079 the streets of New York. Why should we be embarrassed that's our child, 376 00:30:41,559 --> 00:30:44,680 that's our son. If Allah has given them the courage to do that, 377 00:30:44,799 --> 00:30:48,160 alhamdulillah. If Allah has given them the courage greater than us, why must 378 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,200 we pull them down to our level. Try and get up to their level. 379 00:30:52,319 --> 00:30:55,000 And if you haven't had the strength to get right up there, at 380 00:30:55,079 --> 00:30:57,640 least you support them and encourage them and cheer them on. Now. Alasuhannahu 381 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:03,559 at ala Grande's goodness and mella open our doors. So who that is? 382 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:11,160 Sah to a Salama? He warns his people, and he tells them what 383 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:22,599 takul lady Amanda kombi matalamuna Ahmed dakm be an army abani. Fear the one 384 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,480 who has blessed you with so much, He has blessed you with what you 385 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:30,440 know? You know what he has blessed you with. Fear him, Be 386 00:31:30,559 --> 00:31:33,599 conscious of him, appreciate those blessings. What were these blessings? You have 387 00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:38,039 so much cattle, and you have so many children who are powerful, huge 388 00:31:38,119 --> 00:31:42,839 children. Imagine they had hundreds of children each, not just like us, 389 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,119 because they lived for an average of a thousand years. Imagine if every year 390 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:52,799 there was a birth, how many children do you think they would have had 391 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,759 lau akaba. So Allah speaks about it in the Koran. He says, 392 00:31:56,839 --> 00:32:00,000 we have blessed you with offspring, with children in abundant So thank a love 393 00:32:00,079 --> 00:32:07,079 for that well, Jenny. And Allah has blessed you with so many beautiful 394 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,839 gardens and so many springs that are gushing forth. It's like paradise here. 395 00:32:12,079 --> 00:32:15,519 So be thankful to Allah, my beloved brothers and sisters. When Allah has 396 00:32:15,599 --> 00:32:19,240 given you, it is not a sign that he is happy with you. 397 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,480 And when alasu hanahuwat Alah has taken away from you, it is not a 398 00:32:22,559 --> 00:32:25,920 sign that he is angry with you. No. It all depends on the 399 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:30,640 condition of your heart. You are a content person even if you don't have 400 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:34,200 anything. Allah as pleased with you. And if you have everything and you 401 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,559 are still content, then it is a sign of goodness malas of Hanah hawat 402 00:32:37,559 --> 00:32:42,319 Alah. Grant us more and keep us content. You see, man says 403 00:32:42,359 --> 00:32:45,839 a loud amen when you when you ask for more in terms of sustenance. 404 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:51,799 Together with baraka. It's nature, that is the nature of man. But 405 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,720 if anyone had to say, Allah grant us less with contentment, I don't 406 00:32:54,720 --> 00:33:00,759 think we would hear an amen quickly alasu hanahwat alah open outdoors. But it's 407 00:33:00,799 --> 00:33:05,319 good we should make that du yeah Allah, grant us increase in our sustenance 408 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,960 in a manner that it will be a means of our gaining closeness to you. 409 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:12,960 I mean, I mean my sham. Don't worry. You can say 410 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:17,799 I mean three times so a lots of hannah. Ala speaks about how who 411 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:22,200 that Salam warns his people. Then they told him. They started arguing, 412 00:33:22,319 --> 00:33:35,480 they started debating. They told him allosaura on alna at a lamdunk mean and 413 00:33:35,839 --> 00:33:50,200 worrying in her in an orb mov oh, who would stop wasting your time? 414 00:33:50,759 --> 00:33:53,720 Whether you want us or you don't want us, it will make no 415 00:33:54,039 --> 00:34:00,279 difference to us. Have you ever heard people say that tell us? So 416 00:34:00,319 --> 00:34:02,519 don't tell us. It doesn't make a difference. We're not bothered. Akaba. 417 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:07,440 So Ala says, these statements were uttered at that time, and you 418 00:34:07,519 --> 00:34:10,880 know what happened. They said, these tales that you are telling us about 419 00:34:12,039 --> 00:34:15,440 nuh because he told them that no haala Salam's people would destroyed just before you. 420 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:19,480 He says, these are tales of the people of the past. As 421 00:34:19,559 --> 00:34:22,559 for us, we are stronger than them. We have much more than them. 422 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:29,159 We cannot be destroyed, an Ada cannot come to us. No, 423 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:36,679 we are sitting comfortable. So alas hanahuata Alah speaks about another accusation. They 424 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:43,119 said in Hua in nah raj if al Allah, he can eba. Okay, 425 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:45,599 this man has come to us, but he's lying. He's a liar. 426 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:49,719 So one he's mad, Two he's possessed. Three he's a liar. 427 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,320 Four he's after money, he's after this. Look at all these accusations. 428 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:57,400 Why accused? Let me tell you and I repeat it, because instead of 429 00:34:57,559 --> 00:35:01,480 adjusting their entire lives and leaving all their bad ways, they wanted to be 430 00:35:01,679 --> 00:35:06,800 in dominance. They wanted to be in control, They wanted to have everything 431 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,159 in their hands, and they wanted to be the ones who were looked up 432 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:13,440 to. So a loss of Hannahuatalla says, you really want to be looked 433 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:16,039 up to, you need to come and obey. A loss of hannahat Hannah 434 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:22,239 manta ali lahi rafa Ahullah. The haditha of the prophet sa Lallah is Alam. 435 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:27,360 Whoever humbles himself for the sake of Allah Allah raises his status and makes 436 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:31,480 it shoot up for the sake of Allah. And whoever wants to be arrogant 437 00:35:31,519 --> 00:35:36,320 and haughty, Allah drops him down. Now a loss of Hannah. Howat 438 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,039 Ala never drop us down? Then a loss of Hannah. Howat Ala says 439 00:35:42,679 --> 00:35:49,639 Allah Akbar. They uttered one statement which was very blasphemous, very blasphemous. 440 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:55,280 Look at what alas of hanahuatalysis in Surat for Silat for your information, that's 441 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:59,599 Surat for silet. A few days ago, I made mention of it that 442 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:04,079 when I went to the prophets and seldom to say, please leave what you 443 00:36:04,159 --> 00:36:09,920 are saying. And he told them, he told Rabia that if you put 444 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:13,320 the sun in my right hand the moon in my left hand, I'm not 445 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,440 going to leave this. And he began to read the opening verses of Sa 446 00:36:15,519 --> 00:36:20,239 Fusilat until he got to the point where he made mention of ad and thamud 447 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:32,719 and this is the verse for am madu fa stakbaru man, I shall't do 448 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:39,559 meank ad. They were haughty, arrogant on this earth. They rejected the 449 00:36:39,639 --> 00:36:43,559 truth. They were despising those on the right path. And what did they 450 00:36:43,639 --> 00:36:47,960 say? They said, there is nobody more strong than us, no one 451 00:36:49,639 --> 00:36:52,000 who is there who has more power than us? This was a question they 452 00:36:52,039 --> 00:37:01,119 asked. So Allah responds immediately, aw a l amarou and Allah ah heladau 453 00:37:01,599 --> 00:37:07,320 hua, I shall domin. Do they not see simple calculation in their brains 454 00:37:07,679 --> 00:37:12,000 that the one who created them, that Allah, is more powerful than them. 455 00:37:12,199 --> 00:37:15,239 They're asking a question, who is there more powerful than us? Alla 456 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,000 says, can't they see that whoever made them is more powerful than them? 457 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:29,039 Imagine this is Hawaii. Sometimes when people are drowning in affluence and leisure and 458 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:34,599 extravagance, they tend to forget who is higher than them. You find a 459 00:37:34,639 --> 00:37:37,079 statement flying around a lot to say, we'll fix these people. Who do 460 00:37:37,159 --> 00:37:42,920 they think they are? Nobody can nobody can do anything to us, and 461 00:37:43,039 --> 00:37:45,440 so on. Well, lie he those statements are blasphemous. If Allah wants, 462 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:51,480 he can cause a mosquito, a mosquito to come and cause the death 463 00:37:51,519 --> 00:37:54,440 of anybody. Sobhanama, And we know that we know of diseases that are 464 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:59,920 spread via mosquito, whether it's malaria or anything else. One small little insect 465 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,920 and it will stop you your sleep. You can have a hole that is 466 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:07,880 as big as anything huge. Five hundred people can fit in there with the 467 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,000 bedding that ten people can sleep on. But you just have to hear that's 468 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:15,880 at night and it's over. Well, Lah hates a fact. You got 469 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:20,079 to hear that little sound and it's over. It's over. Imagine what happened. 470 00:38:21,079 --> 00:38:23,239 What happened there? La hu akbar. I know everyone is laughing because 471 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:28,239 we know the irritation of it. I think we've tasted it. Malas su 472 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,760 hanah to Ala, grant a sound sleep, and malass su hanah hot Allah 473 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:35,320 protect us from all these parasites and little bugs and so on, and mala 474 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,880 grand as cure from the diseases all those who are sick. Here a la 475 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:42,320 grande and cure. And she fell. So this is what happened then, 476 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,840 alas sud Hannah to Alah says, who the adahi salah to a salam. 477 00:38:46,159 --> 00:38:51,599 Now he after this challenge, they made a challenge, one more challenge, 478 00:38:51,599 --> 00:38:54,320 and they told him, bring what you are telling us. You told us 479 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,920 a punishment is coming. It can't come, bring it. We want it 480 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:01,880 come. So he says, look, Allah knows best. Allah will bring 481 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:05,199 it when the time is right. But they kept on challenging him. No, 482 00:39:05,559 --> 00:39:08,559 we want to see bring it. So now Alas of Hannah. What 483 00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:16,960 Ala says, He told his people kla in ushi do la how i sha 484 00:39:17,199 --> 00:39:36,559 do? And anybody umi tushi kuna mean doni thaki doni jeremi ah thummalatu who 485 00:39:36,679 --> 00:39:38,480 dadai is. Alam got up in front of all his people and he says, 486 00:39:38,519 --> 00:39:45,400 Oh, my people, I am making Allah bear witness, and I'm 487 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:51,320 making all of you bear witness that I am free from all that which you 488 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:55,719 have associated as partnership with Allah. So now if you want to plot against 489 00:39:55,840 --> 00:40:00,880 me, all of you get together and let's see what you're going to do 490 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,639 to me. Now, this was a challenge. The other way around, 491 00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,519 they told him we'll fix you up. So he says, okay, you 492 00:40:07,639 --> 00:40:12,400 fix me up, all of you. The first thing I want to tell 493 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:16,000 you is I am free from this polytheism that you are engaged in. And 494 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:20,320 now that I've told you that, I want you to bear witness. Now 495 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:24,559 do what you want. Let's see. Now this was a challenge the messengers 496 00:40:24,599 --> 00:40:29,440 never normally told the people. Look, come attack me. He says, 497 00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:31,639 Hey, do me, jemmy, and come plot against me. All of 498 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:37,079 you together. When you come, you will see what will happen. Allah 499 00:40:37,079 --> 00:40:39,920 will destroy you just as you come. This is what he said Latondon. 500 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:45,199 You won't be given with spite. So they didn't come. They didn't come 501 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,599 as big as they were. It was the first crack that appeared. First 502 00:40:47,679 --> 00:40:52,199 crack because they said, hey, you know what, something he must be 503 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:57,840 right. Maybe we don't know whatever. Loh Occord imagine they were frightened because 504 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,440 he says come. So that means deep they knew the truth Allah. He 505 00:41:00,519 --> 00:41:04,639 might beloved brothers and sisters. There are so many people in their hearts they 506 00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:07,000 know the truth, but something is stopping them from surrendering to it. That 507 00:41:07,159 --> 00:41:13,199 is Chepan. This afternoon I was speaking in Portland's in Fact in message the 508 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:16,280 Rabbi and Mitchell's plain, and I made mention of a beautiful discussion I had 509 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:22,519 with one of the youngsters, and in a nutshell he says, sometimes when 510 00:41:22,559 --> 00:41:25,760 I look at Chipan and I think to myself that you know, it's a 511 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:30,000 blessing that Allah has created Chapan. I looked at this youngster and I'm trying 512 00:41:30,039 --> 00:41:32,000 to think. Let me try and listen to what he's saying. Up to 513 00:41:32,079 --> 00:41:37,760 the end it might make sense to me. And he says, because for 514 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,840 all our problems and for all the enmity and everything that we've got between us, 515 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:45,639 we can at least blame Chapan. La hu akaba. What a powerful 516 00:41:45,679 --> 00:41:50,519 statement. So if I have a problem with you, I blame Chapan. 517 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:52,239 And I said, look, brother, sorry, man, that was Chapan. 518 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,239 Now don't hold it against me. And you look at me and you 519 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:58,840 say, look, brother, that was Chepan and my chahlah, that is 520 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,440 an acceptable excuse. Did you know that? So isn't that a gift? 521 00:42:01,599 --> 00:42:06,599 Imagine if Chipan wasn't there, who would we blame? Now, what I'm 522 00:42:06,639 --> 00:42:10,599 saying the moral of that little discussion is sort your problems out. At least 523 00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:15,760 blame Chapan and sort them out. Because sometimes you find brothers not talking to 524 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:20,440 each other for twenty years, you find relatives not speaking to each other for 525 00:42:20,559 --> 00:42:23,159 ten years. Why something minute, Well, Llahi, it is true. 526 00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:28,920 It's Chipan. It is Chaipan stopping proper. Chapan is the one that turns 527 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:30,920 and twists people. If he wasn't there, this would not have happened. 528 00:42:31,079 --> 00:42:36,159 Fact Lahoma, So it's good in a way we blame Chapan. That's the 529 00:42:36,199 --> 00:42:38,159 messy of a lass of hanahuata alah. And we come to the right path 530 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:42,800 now, Alas of Hannah Houa to Ala Granda's protection from Chaipan. So Alas 531 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:46,000 su Hanah Houa to Alah says that when he told them that they were quiet 532 00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:51,320 now he raised his hands to Allah Suhannah houat Alah. Remember no hala is 533 00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:54,800 Haddam made along to our whod ali is sardam a dua mentioned in the Quran 534 00:42:54,920 --> 00:43:02,599 one d a short, short is anything. He says, Colara besorib marcable. 535 00:43:05,639 --> 00:43:09,559 Oh, Allah, assist me because they have now belied me. That's 536 00:43:09,599 --> 00:43:14,519 all help me, Allah, That's all he said, and Allah responded immediately. 537 00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:22,960 Alas su Hannah Howatalyasis Carla and Ma Colleen in I used to be Hunanadimi, 538 00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:30,760 don't worry who very very soon they will regret everything. When that revelation 539 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:35,519 came, you find in a bees happy. Now he's okay. So what 540 00:43:35,639 --> 00:43:44,519 happened Allah sud Hannah hu Allah affected them with a drought. Now their gardens 541 00:43:44,599 --> 00:43:49,079 began to dry up. For some years there was a drought. And when 542 00:43:49,079 --> 00:43:52,639 their gardens began to dry up, they used to go to their gods, 543 00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:58,199 their stones and ask the stones we need rain, we need rain, And 544 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:07,360 Hood told them why camesa phero rob bakon thum matobo in ai. You're seeing 545 00:44:07,599 --> 00:44:17,920 sam alaikum mideraa. Why come and in a while, all my people, 546 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:22,079 if you really want rain, there's two things you need to do. Repent 547 00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:27,320 and turn to Allah. Is still far and toba? Yeah, call miss 548 00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:34,119 Tavu. Phero Still far means to seek forgiveness rob bakum thum matobo in ai 549 00:44:35,079 --> 00:44:38,280 and toba means to return to Allah. So when we say still far and 550 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:43,440 toba, the difference between the two is one is to ask allahs forgiveness and 551 00:44:43,599 --> 00:44:47,360 two is to now walk on that path and return to Allah. So who 552 00:44:47,639 --> 00:44:51,920 alai Salam says it's not good enough to say Allah forgive me, and you're 553 00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:54,280 still on the path, seek forgiveness and come on the path. You see 554 00:44:54,440 --> 00:45:00,159 the clouds will come immediately and there will be beneficial rain. You'll see this 555 00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:07,320 summer alaikum midharara, beautiful rain will fall for you. Why aside kum kulla 556 00:45:07,519 --> 00:45:10,760 kukum. And you know how strong you are, Allah will grant you more 557 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:15,800 strength over and above the strength you already have. They were already the strongest 558 00:45:16,039 --> 00:45:21,599 that were ever created by Allah, the strongest nation created by Allah, the 559 00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:24,320 nation of Ard. Just remember what I've said, because at the end we're 560 00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:30,119 going to need that statement. The strongest nation created by Allah was the nation 561 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:34,960 of Ard. And Alas says, I will grant you increase if you seek 562 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:37,000 forgiveness. But no, they went back to their gods and their idols. 563 00:45:37,119 --> 00:45:42,960 So Alas subhanahmat alyases, we sent them. What did we send them? 564 00:45:43,119 --> 00:45:45,880 A huge cloud? And when they saw it they were happy because they were 565 00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:58,920 healthy people. Phalam Aristo had the ariad to your own. When they saw 566 00:45:59,039 --> 00:46:04,400 this huge wind's cloud come towards their value, they were so happy. They 567 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:07,679 said, what did they say? Akabar? They said, wow, this 568 00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:12,239 is a beautiful cloud. At last, it's coming with rain, a dah 569 00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:22,519 cloud. They were happy. Alasses, bell who am a nay? This 570 00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:28,159 is in fact what they were asking for. It is the punishment of Allah 571 00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:31,559 coming with wind. No rain is going to fall. So it started, 572 00:46:32,159 --> 00:46:37,480 it came. The cloud came and the wind started blowing. What type of 573 00:46:37,519 --> 00:46:46,119 a wind was it? Alasses? For ourseli sor salw i yaman, he 574 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:51,840 said, these were the days of a bad omen. According to them, 575 00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:53,920 when the wind started blowing, they said, this is a bad omen so 576 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:57,960 Ala says, okay, days of bad omen, call it what you want, 577 00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:04,719 days of bad omen, hansar Saran, cold freezing ice, cold wind 578 00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:08,960 with a howling sound, a howling sound, and then as it came it 579 00:47:09,079 --> 00:47:20,679 started gaining strength and a loss of Hannah analysis for Amada for Onliku Biri sor 580 00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:38,159 Sarinati mani Usuma, fater sorahka and Jazuna Linha. Allah alasa is we sent 581 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:45,039 adri han sar Saran. We sent them such a powerful wind for eight days 582 00:47:45,159 --> 00:47:54,039 and seven nights, and that wind destroyed absolutely everything, complete destruction everything. 583 00:47:54,440 --> 00:48:02,000 Allah asks Mohammed was seldom a question. He says, for hell tarala Baki, 584 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:07,360 these were the most powerful people. Do you even see remnants of them? 585 00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:12,880 Pharaoh, there's signed to prove he was there. Madai and Saleh, 586 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,199 the people of the Mood, there is a sign to prove they were there. 587 00:48:15,519 --> 00:48:17,119 The others, the people of Noah, they may be signs that they 588 00:48:17,159 --> 00:48:22,199 were there. These people not a sign. Go and hunt the globe. 589 00:48:22,199 --> 00:48:25,960 If we were not told the story in the Qur'an, we would never even 590 00:48:27,079 --> 00:48:31,159 have archaeological evidence to prove that anything happened. Nothing And why did Allah do 591 00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:37,239 this some of the historians. Muslim historians explain, and the Aulama explained that 592 00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:39,960 one of the reasons is they were too big, too strong. Naela says, 593 00:48:40,039 --> 00:48:44,800 the stronger you were, when you defied us to think you were the 594 00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:51,000 strongest, we showed the rests that you are not only destroyed, but now 595 00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:55,400 vanished from the face of the earth. You know, the most powerful words 596 00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:59,360 are used when it comes to the destruction of art. Do we want to 597 00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:05,280 hear some of the words? A loss of Hannah howat alas is turns zero 598 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:14,760 asaka and nahum ah Jazunah line the wind came and plucked the people and shook 599 00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:17,360 them up, broke them, destroyed them and threw them as though they were 600 00:49:19,039 --> 00:49:25,280 rotting. Cut stumps of a burnt palm tree, then stumps of a palm 601 00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:30,119 tree. What can you do? Rolling back stamp of a palm tree, 602 00:49:30,519 --> 00:49:37,199 rotten, burnt out, uprooted akbar and then alas of hannahuatla uses even a 603 00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:40,440 more powerful word, alas of Hannah howat alas is in the Quran that he 604 00:49:40,519 --> 00:49:49,079 has destroyed them to smithereens complete destruction, total, complete destruction to them. 605 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:58,039 Miro Kulla be Emi Aum me. Everything was destroyed completely by the command of 606 00:49:58,079 --> 00:50:02,639 a loss of Hannahuatla and Alas of Hannah Houwat Alah speaks about how he saved 607 00:50:04,079 --> 00:50:07,960 had a meaning. He saved hud Ali Salah to Salam and those who believed 608 00:50:07,079 --> 00:50:16,280 alas is while am Maja am Runa and Jaina Huda Lavina man Omaha. When 609 00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:22,920 our command came, when our instruction came, we saved whod We saved those 610 00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:25,360 who believed with him, and then we destroyed the rest. And Alas of 611 00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:31,119 Hannahua to Alah tells us that they will have a punishment even in the Aha 612 00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:36,360 that is far greater than the punishment that they have tasted today. And Alas 613 00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:42,960 of hannahuata Alah tells us in the Koran in so many different places that he 614 00:50:43,079 --> 00:50:46,679 has kept these stories for us as a lesson. Do you know a verse 615 00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:52,440 we read this evening? Powerful verse we read this evening and another verse connected, 616 00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:58,599 which is also in Alas of Hannahuwat Alah tells the people of Koresh and 617 00:50:58,679 --> 00:51:09,519 Muhammed Salah Ali he was female i Macanumfi. We established those people of the 618 00:51:09,639 --> 00:51:15,800 sand dunes far more than we established you. We gave them that which we 619 00:51:16,039 --> 00:51:21,679 did not give you. We granted them so much more than we gave you, 620 00:51:22,079 --> 00:51:30,559 in terms of stature and power. Somehow, as we gave them the 621 00:51:30,599 --> 00:51:34,639 faculty of hearing, pure powerful faculty of hearing, faculty of sight, we 622 00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:42,880 gave them hearts. We gave them so much, but alasses. From as 623 00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:54,679 to hum I can in. Nothing helped them. Their eyesight didn't help them, 624 00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:59,400 Their hearing didn't help them, their hearts didn't help them. They still 625 00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:01,840 denied. And a loss of hanah, howatalysis Over and above that. Their 626 00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:06,199 stature did not help them, Their wealth didn't help them, their big, 627 00:52:06,239 --> 00:52:09,039 big homes nothing helped them. And a loss of hanah, howatalysis? Do 628 00:52:09,159 --> 00:52:15,920 you see any remnants of these people? So the lesson is we have eyes, 629 00:52:15,719 --> 00:52:21,119 we have the ears, we have the heart. When we hear a 630 00:52:21,199 --> 00:52:23,840 message, let us change our lives. What's all a lot who is selling 631 00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:30,920 mommed hanah handic it will come on into it