This is Miler rahimani Rahim in the name of Allah, the most Gracious,
the most merciful, heard a lot par excellence, presents lessens from the stories
of the prophets by Mufti Ismail even Musa menk Son and in his Salam snip
peace be upon him sat allahhu is Aldah awabaraka alah ibad lao staff Awabad.
All praise is due to a loss sub Hannah. Howat Ailah, blessings and
salutations upon Muhammad salalahu areeh. He was seldom We ask Alas subhanahwa t Alah
to bless him and to bless every single one of us, and to grant
us every form of goodness a mean beloved brothers and sisters in Islam. Yesterday
we went through the story of the nation known as ad to whom Alas subpnahwat
Aialah had sent a nabe and a prophet known as who the Adehsalah to us
Salam. We heard that they were destroyed with a wind, a very very
powerful wind. And we heard that Alas Subphanah hauwat Alah destroyed them to the
degree that there was no remnants of them, nothing at all to this day,
there is nothing to prove to us that ad existed besides the verses in
the Quran. Unlike the pharaohs, whom we have pyramids to see that they
were there, when it comes to the other nations, there are some science
to prove that they were there. Yet these people were the most powerful.
They were large, huge people who were granted lots of wealth, They were
granted lots of power. They had made their homes in such sophisticated ways,
and they defied a loss of hannahuat Allah by saying, who is there that
can be more powerful than us? Today on the globe, we have forces
that claim to be the most powerful. We have nations that are the most
sophisticated. We have nations that are technologically the highest, and they are far
beyond everyone else. Take a look at the nation of Japan, for example.
May as of hanahuat Allah protect us, and may he protect humanity at
large. May he guide us all to the straight path. I recall a
few months back witnessing what happened in Japan, and I told myself, and
I'm sure we all did, that these are the most sophisticated brains in the
world. They have Sony and they have motor vehicles, and they have so
much in terms of electronic gadgets that when they want to get to their offices,
they look at the door, it looks at them and opens. And
believe me, this is what happens. It detects the eye and it opens
Laho Akamar. And yet when alas sub hanahuwat Ala in eight seconds decided to
destroy a whole portion, nobody could do anything. Nothing nothing, not a
soul, not a machine, not technology, not a man, not a
power, not a weapon, not their seats in the security council. Nothing
no. And that is the power of the creator A las Subphnahwatala safe goddess,
and may he make us from those who can learn a lesson. This
is why whenever the prophets or a Laho Allah he was seldom used to see
clouds come towards Madina till Munawara, his face would change and he would start
making duah and he would be worried. And Ai sharaday allahu Anha says that
I asked him, oh, messenger solallaho Allah, he was seldom. Why
do you look so worried? He responded, saying, these clouds have been
sent before as a punishment to destroy nations. Here they are, we should
make da to alla supnah to ala ya Allah grant us rainfall of mercy.
Let this cloud bring what is known as sukiya ahmat and lasukiya adar. Let
it bring the rain of mercy, not that of punishment. Alasupnah to Allah
grant us a lesson. So when we hear the lightning, when we hear
the howling of the wind, we should always seek the protection of alasu hanahua
to alah. Obviously, the nation of Islam will not be destroyed completely,
no, not at once, just like the previous nations, but the pockets
of people will be suffering depending on their connection with a Las supannahuata ala.
Alas supanna huatala grant us that plug in in such a way that we connect
to our las supannahuata ala. This evening, we'd like to go through the
story of Saleh haleehala toua Salama. These people were successors after Ad. They
were further up north. They were roughly in a place known as al Hijan
Alhejir, the place which was quite rocky. There were some rocky mountains and
so on and alas Suhanahuatla has named a whole sura in the Qur'an after them,
known as Sura Tuljijen, and their dwellings are still present up to now
roughly three hundred and eighty kilometers northwest of Madina Tulmunawara and Rasulu Las alaho Ah
Rasalam has been there, and so have some of his companions. And the
story is related to us in Challah. We will get to the end of
it. What the profits of allaho Ala? He was seldom said, But
let's take a look at what happened to these people. After add these people
were the remainders. They went further up north and so only settled, and
they had children and what have you, in generations, and they were in
the worship of Allah Subhanah howat Ala. They were thanking Allah that they were
saved and what have you. And after some time they also began to get
produced, they got gardens, they got power. They were large human beings.
When I say large, I'm talking of huge human beings, so huge
that Alas su Hanah howat Alah describes their size, and he describes their dwellings,
and he describes the gifts that he gave and alas sub haanah howa to
Alah says, from amongst them, there was so much wealth that after some
time they began to forget Allah Suhannah Howatana, they began to indulge, to
indulge. This is why we constantly say that alas sup Hannah howat Alah.
When he gives us good health, when he gives us wealth, when he
gives us happy conditions, don't forget him tarra il allah he feel rahi yeah
arif kahita. Get close to a loss of hannah huwat Alah. At times
of ease, when you are in difficulty, he will come to you soub
hanaha. But with us, what happens. Sometimes we forget a loss of
hannahuwa to Alah. So next thing we have a problem, and that problem
makes us lift our hands up to him for the first time in our lives.
Now, a loss of hannahua to Alah grant us the ability to turn
to him at all times. So these people, when they began to engage
in this type of behavior, they had lots and lots of wealth. They
also followed their forefathers, And what did their forefathers. Do you remember we
spoke about it yesterday. They had these houses on top of the mountains that
they did not really live in, and then they had their dwellings in the
valleys. These people did the same thing. They did exactly the same thing.
So Hannahwatala decided to send to them from amongst them a man. What
type of a man, A man who was also from a wealthy family,
A man who was also from a very well looked up to family. Not
just an ordinary person from the low caste of people. No, a person
who had very high standing in society and community, so much so that he
was a man whom they were preparing in order to appoint as their leader.
They wanted to appoint him as their leader because he was one of the most
intelligent from amongst them. S alihis Salah to a Salam for your information.
Once again, this story, just like the story of Ard, is not
made mention of in the Old Testament or the New Testament because these were Arab
prophets who came to the Arabian Peninsula. So for some reason, they are
not mentioned in the Jewish and Christian scriptures. Although the Qur'an says that Mussa
alehissalah to a Salam. The prophet Moses had warned his people of something similar
to what happened to Themud and the others. So mention is made of this
in the Quran. So Alas Subhanah huwat Alah says, w elahamuda aham Sali
to the people of Themmud, we sent to them their brother Saleh may Alas
peace be upon him. What is meant by their brother we explained yesterday when
Allah says we sent their brother, it means one from amongst them. It
means he was from amongst them. Klayah kumulm la kun in ela him royal.
He says, Oh, my people, worship Allah alone. You do
not have anyone worthy of worship besides Allah. Sobhanahwat Anah. Look, this
is the same message, the same message that Alas sup Hannah howat Alah sent
with every single messenger. This evening, we came across verses at the beginning
of surat Hood where Alas Subhana huwat Alah speaks about why he revealed the Qoran.
Listen to what Allah says, and these were verses we read inter We
have a few moments ago kitabun kim and a touna for say, led me
in ladun hankiim in hobby a latado in Allah. We have revealed this book
to you, oh Mohammad Salah. He was seldom from the most knowledgeable,
the one who knows absolutely everything the all wise in order that they may abstain
from wayshiping anything besides allahs of Hannahattan. So that's the reason why the Quran
was revealed to warn us all with the same warning that the previous messengers had
come and brought to their people. Be careful of shiri. That was the
main message, and that is the core message of the Quran. If you
are to associate partnership with Allah, you fell into the same trap that Chaipan
has been using for so long. It beats me that to cat you still
need the same trap that they used to use one hundred years ago. It
works. They have not become sophisticated. Lahu akaba. Have you ever come
across people or rats? Should I say that do not get ensnared in that
trap. Maybe fish are slightly cleverer, because now if you use the same
bait in one place, they see their brothers are getting caught. They won't
bite the fishermen from amongst us no akaba. So you've got to start thinking
of different type of bait. But Chaipan uses the same plan and he's hooking
man one after the other. They bite him, they biteing and alas sunahoatalas
is man. We've given you these stories of the previous nations for you to
abstain from it. Now when we talk about shir, some people start saying,
what everything is sure? How can you be saying that this is she
gratscher. Well, it's better to be on the safest side because then we'll
be saved. But the moment we are now entered in great territory. For
what the Quran is clear cut. Worship Allah alone now Ala suhanahat Allah ourdos
so alas of Hannah. Howat Alah says that Salah told his people, look
at the gifts of Allah upon you, who are shaku mean stanma kuni ha
a loss of Hannah. Howatala has established you on earth, and he has
granted you growth on this earth, and he has granted you multiplication. Festal
feel fu matobo in a. So seek forgiveness to Allah and return to him.
This is Yet another messenger who is making mention of both is still far
as well as Tealba to repent and to turn back to a loss of Hannah,
howat ala, And he says, then a loss of Hannah, Howatla
will answer your call. He will answer your duah in arabbikiboom mujib. Allah
is indeed very near, and he will respond. Many of us we may
ada. Then we say, Allah is not answering my da. Allah is
not answering my da. But there is a narration of the prophets a Lallah
who was seldom, which says, how can there be a man who is
raising his hands so high in the skies and asking Allah, Yeah rab Rabbi
warman Basu, Who haramon wama parana, Who haraman wahi haraami fanna ustadjabuli dalik.
His food is haram, his clothing is haram, He's drinking is haram.
He has been nourished with haram. How does he expect a response?
This is what the prophets Allah Allam is saying. So sometimes we need to
look into our own selves. When we call out to Allah. A true
more men will feel in his or her heart that Allah has hurt my dam,
he will feel it. And the prophets Allallah, who seldom says yustajabuli
ahadi kumala mystaja. All of you will be responded to by Allah. Suhanah
Allah for as long as you don't make haste. So the sahaba say,
woman is the ajia luya rasula la? What is it to make haste?
What is that? He says, anyapuna ahadukun daur too, fellow new stage.
I believe when you start saying that I have made a dua but I
still don't have a response, then you are trying to jump the gun.
So don't jump the gun. Don't make haste. Allah will respond, keep
on making that duar. When the messengers made dua, they made a dua.
Allah responded, but they sacrificed their whole lives for Alas subhanah houata Alah.
And there were some messengers we will get to them in shah Allah who
made duaa and repeated the dua until a day came when Allah responded. Sometimes
it was not almost spontaneous, but Alas Suhanna huwata Alah wanted to prove something.
So it's important for us never to lose hope. But remember, if
you want your dua to be accepted, we'd better engage in still far first.
When you engage in still far first and repent first, and then you
ask Allah whatever you want, there is a greater likelihood of that being answered
almost spontaneously. So alas Subhanahuatla says their houses were so big jakano yantu namin
aljibalibuyut amini. They used to carve out of the rocky mountains their homes that
they felt so secure in. Sobhanah Lah, imagine a rock, a boulder,
a mountain like a boulder, and here comes a man and with his
thumb as though this is the play dough let the children play with. And
he is just, you know, pushing it. And there is something just
like play dough, a cavity being created because of his thumb being pushed into
a rock. That's how powerful they were. And alas is when they made
their houses of rock at the top of the mountains, they felt so secure.
What did they begin to say? Nothing can harm us, not at
all. Remember those Titanics and those challenges that have been destroyed by a La
Suhanahuatala people need to learn a lesson across the globe. The minute you try
to defy the maker, it's no go area nothing, No matter how sophisticated
you are, no matter how high in technology you are. When you utter
words of blasphemy, it is the end of the road. Finished. The
chapter closed, Allahu Akaba, and Allah has shown us this in the past
and in the present. Whenever people have uttered words of this nature, they
have been destroyed. As we said yesterday, the word used was destruction.
To smithereens. You know what Allah says about the people of ah matadarami shai
in a tatalai inland Islan w came on the wind that blew that tornado,
the fierce wind. Every single thing that it touched, it destroyed it to
smithereens aramm meaning complete destruction, although as though it was already decomposed into the
ground. That's the wind. That's a lot Subhanna huata alah alas supannah hu
to Allah grant us a lesson, so alas is. These people had homes,
they felt so secure. What will destroy us? Nothing? The wind
will not destroy us because this is rock. Listen carefully, because at the
end we're going to need to remember what was said. Now. The wind
won't destroy us because this is rock. The water cannot destroy us because this
is at the top of the mountain. And what else can destroy us?
If the earth is going to shake, this is a rock. It will
remain in one piece. It can't destroy us. So they were happy.
Am mean, they felt very secure. So alas supannah huata alas is Salah
haleehi Salam who was also from a wealthy family. He was a very strong
man, extremely intelligent, very very bright, and they knew it because they
were preparing him to become a leader. He said, if pla a lahum
ahum sali hun alah tata he says, or their brother Salah told them,
are you not going to be fearing a las subnahu ada? Don't you fear
a punishment that will come to you in mila kum rasulun. And I have
been sent as an honest and trustworthy messenger unto you fatapu lah well out to
your own So fear Allah, fear your maker and follow what I have to
say because I have his message. Wama as Kumar alan him in Agile in
Aigeria. In Lahlah, I'm being m I'm not asking from you any sense,
nothing, no recompense at all. My reward will be with a llah.
Look we get to that point again. Every messenger is saying, I
don't want anything material from you. They did not to the degree that the
prophets are allaho Alai seldom says with us the prophets it is prohibited to eat
a charity. We're not allowed. You cannot give a charity to the messenger
or to his family members. No, because alas Supannah howat Alan makes mentioned
in the pan of how the religious folk of other faiths have made their religion
a money making rackets. Literally, you enter that church, for example,
you pay so much. The richest person there is the priests or the bishop
loaded marshal llah. That is why nowadays in our countries, if a person
doesn't have faith and belief and they want to become rich, first thing you
do open a churchho akaba. It's better than a touch shop, better than
anything else, believe me, better than dealing in the stock market laho akaba.
So for that reason, alas Supana howat Alah warns us to say that
true men of religion they will not be greedy. They will not be people
running after wealth. Allah will take care of them. Alas Supannah, howat
Alah grant us contentment. Then alas subhanahata Ala says thereafter that they looked at
him and they were shocked. Shocked while listen to what they said, Call
yeah, Sally, oh God Uncottaphine, Marjoua kabela atta Buddhamaya owner Akabani.
They said, oh Sally, we had so much hope in you. We
were busy preparing you to make you our leader. How can you now come
to us and stop us from what our forefathers have been doing. All along
we had hope in you. Now you decided to become a priest. You
decided to become someone who wants to preach to us. You're claiming to be
a messenger. So they lost hope in him, but they had hope moments
before he uttered those words. What happens to us, my beloved brothers and
sisters, listen to blynd. Sometimes you have an intelligent child, you send
him to become a doctor. Why he's too sharp? And then you have
one who struggling at school. Ah, he must become a chef. Let
him send him today, Oh love am I right. Let's be honest.
Let us face the facts and one lie. If you find an intelligent child
wanting to turn to become a chef, for example, people at in some
homes, they'll discourage, No, no, what you're gonna earn. I
know of cases myself of people who've been so fortunate, so fortunate in that
they were inclining towards studying the religion. Their parents stopped them and blocked them
and said, what you're gonna earn? Until they convinced them that you know
what, these molanas that are here, they don't have any money. Look
at their cars. They're all driving little Toyota Corollas of nineteen ninety six.
Yes, that's the statement being made, exactly what they told Sally hale Issalam.
Look at it being repeated again. Yeah, saleh ho father coll Telphine
nahmamojo kbanaha. Oh Sally, you had such good education, meaning you were
top you, so intelligent and so on. We had so much hope in
you. You want to choose this path, why don't you choose our path?
Will make you loaded? Laho akaba. Look at that. Look at
the statements. We need to learn to encourage our children and we need to
know that wealth is not everything. There are people who have reserved their places
in paradise who have never lived in a home. They've only spent their time
under the trees and intense because Jana and Paradise is not reserved for those who
had money in this world. No, Wi, you be happy with what
alas subhanahamat Al has given us. May alasu panahamat Allah grant us sustenance that
is good for us, and may he grant us in shallah a comfortable life
and a comfortable asherah. I see that I mean is loud Mashallah. We
said that yesterday, and well, it's a fact, and it's good.
It's very good that we say it loudly because we need it in shah.
From a loss of hannahwa to alah so a loss of Hannah. Howat Alah
says they told him, you telling us that we should leave what our forefathers
have been doing all along. We have doubts in what you're saying. You're
not telling us the truth. We have doubt in anlafisia kim him matad on
inlaihim MOORI, we are in doubt regarding that which you are calling us towards.
We are in cleaned dout. So he continued telling his people, Look,
my people, don't be in doubt. I am the messenger and I
am warning you that worship Allah alone. What are you going to lose?
What are you going to lose? I'm telling you, worship your maker.
You can enjoy what you have, but worship your maker. Stop worshiping idols,
stop worshiping people, and do not worship the rich from amongst you.
Because they had a problem. They used to worship the rich from amongst them,
and this is mentioned in n Quran. They used to worship the rich.
Whatever what the rich said. Everybody was running in that direction. Why
because they were loaded. I made mention of it a few days ago that
sometimes your business partner can control you as a human being because you're making money
through him. So let's be careful. When we're making money through someone,
they should not control you to the degree that you now earn the anger of
Allah and you are blinded religiously just because the man or the woman you've made
money through is now your big boss. As of Hanahuatlah grant us the understanding
that he is the supreme boss I mean, I mean so Ala Suhannah howat
Ala says. He reminded them what cor in Jama, I mean koum in
our messa what and he and Jimba father kor Allah HeLa in our old emove
cedy. Oh, my people, remember that Allah has made you successes after
the people of d whom he destroyed. And Allah Suhanna huat Allah has granted
you so much that He has given you abodes on this earth, such that
you have taken homes, you have built your castles in the valleys, and
on top of that you have these resorts or these huge palaces that are made
of a rock in the top of the mountains, on the tops of the
mountains. So my people remember, turned to Allah what he did to Art,
it is not impossible that he can do it to you. What was
the response? They began to say that you are a madman, you're a
magician, You're a madman. The same this man is mad, this man
is a magician. These were different people. But look as though they were
trained in the same varsity, as though they were trained in the same college.
Why because their lecturer was Chaipan, really Chapan, I believe what did
he do listen carefully because he does it to us. He seemed that this
plan works. Let me use it again, exactly the same plan, again
and again and again and again, and it kept on working, and it
is working to this day with many people around us. All say God the
Muslim omar, and may he grant he dire to those who don't see the
light. So let's never fall pray to Chaipan. Same plan used again.
This is why it's repeated in the Qoran. So alas subhanahmach Ala says,
call in a mataman almost a hurry. You are a person who's a magician.
You're doing you're casting spells on people. Because there were some people who
started listening to him. Few people started listening to him, and he started
having a following sally hallehsla to us salam. But who were they who followed
him? The poor, those who did not have authority. Because remember one
thing, when a person doesn't really have much, by him following the right
path, he knows he's not going to lose anything material as it is,
he doesn't have much. But when someone has a lot, a lot,
and he is being told to change his own lifestyle, he thinks to himself,
but I'm going to lose all this as it is. I'm sitting comfy
alhamdulillah. I'm very comfortable. Everything is okay here, So why should I
change? Remember that is when we should be changing for the sake of Allah.
We won't lose anything. We will in fact build our afia. So
then they told him abasha on mean tabio in even la fali, so a
man just like us, one of us, we should follow him. No,
this is a human being like us. What's the difference between us and
him? Same thing like the previous nations, the loss of Hannah howatch analysis.
On top of that, they said, ma t in la basham mis
nona, you are a human being just like us, and we want to
ask you something f tbi thin in tamino sadi. If you are truthful osaleh,
we want you to bring us a sign we want to sign. If
you're truthful, we want to sign what type of a sign. Well,
we will decide what sign and we're going to get back to you. Imagine
they wanted. According to them, we want to sign and we will get
back to you. So a loss of Hannah Howatch analysis. The themodo bind
the people of the mood. The mood is the name of the people the
tribe Alas is the mood they BELI like the warners, the word noddle is
used the warners. People came to warn them. The messenger was sent to
warn them, and as the messenger was warning them, those who followed the
messenger were also warning. There were discussions in this case between the followers of
Saleh and those who didn't follow him from the same community. So alas hanahuata
Ala says again he made mention of the gifts of all upon them, and
he says, look, Allah is the one who provided you a two trakona
femaaamani fijan nati was moreanaugh. How do what an hatona mean? Energy?
Balibu tell Feri Salih Salam says, oh, my people, do you think
that you're going to be left very safe and secure in your condition? You
have these gardens, you have these rivers and these springs that are gushing for
you, have all these crops. You have all these palms that I hear,
you have all these dwellings in the mountains that you have made with your
own hands. Allahs made them soft for you. Do you think you are
going to be secure in this from the one who has given it to you?
And they were very happy. They said, yes, we will be
very secure. Nobody can harm us. Who can harm USh Akma? They
went to Salah they told him, Oh Salleh, why should we follow you?
You must follow us. Look at the statement why should we follow you?
You must follow us. Leave your ways and come back to our ways.
And you see how you will be successful. Up to this moment,
whether it is on an international level or on a small scale within community,
you find wealthy people thinking that it is their right to dictate the pace to
the whole community as to how the religion should operate to this day. They
are none other than the army of Iblis. They are none other than those
who have not learned a lesson from the Koran. They probably don't even know
that the Koran exists. Alas Supannah howat Ala Granta's lessen. Remember, these
stories are not here as fairy tales. They are here for us to current
tie every verse and to put it into our lives. That's why these stories
are here. So Alas Supannahwatalya says, these are the people over and above
that they said, okay, we now know what we want. You see
this huge rock that's here. We want you to split it into two and
from the inside must come out a camera. The camera must be a female.
Look at this, now, you be honest with me. Something.
They believe that this is totally impossible. So salahala Sanam's listening to them.
As he's listening, they had a feeling this man might be thinking he's going
to come with this, So let's make it more difficult. The camel must
be pregnant. Not only that, it must be dark red in color,
rich red color. Not only that, it must have an appetite. It
must be bigger than all the camels we've ever seen. It must have an
appetite, it must come. It must be strong and solid, and it
must be a sign for us sign we want to see. Salahala Salam says,
okay, I will call Allah sabhanahua ta alah, and I'm going to
tell him. But there's one condition. Whenever people have asked for a sign
and Allah sends the sign, it's over. It's over, meaning whoever does
not believe after that, And this is mentioned in many places in the Quran.
When it came to the people of Jesus made peace be upon him.
He told them that, look, if I'm going to come with this laid
table cloth, then whoever doesn't believe after that they will be destroyed. The
same with Mohammad saladah Alahi was seldom The people of Korage told him lao la
za alai himalak. Why doesn't Allah send an angel with him to prove that
he's right? You know what, Allah says, Wailao sana mala can kobri
al amro. If we had sent an angel, we would have sorted the
matter out there, and then whoever didn't believe after they saw it it was
their sign they asking for it. After that, there's nothing left besides destruction.
Imagine someone tells you that if you do this, I will believe,
and they bring you something semi impossible, and you do it and they still
don't believe. Is there anything left? Is there anything left? Nothing?
That's according to Allah, I want to draw a very very different lesson from
this. We just came to my mind. Now it's important for us in
our own little levels. Whenever we promise our children something, fulfill it.
What does that mean when you tell your child, you do this, I'll
give you a sweet. If they do it, produce the sweet, sohama
lah. And that's why I don't tell them impossible things, because I'm only
main mentioning this because it's come to my mind now that sometimes we tend to
reduce the morale of our children my lying to them. You do this,
I take you for a ride. They do that so willingly, and then
you say no, the ki is not starting. Why why lie for what?
We need to be honest because it will encourage them to do more and
they will know that. You know, I'm aiming somewhere. Alas sunana howat
ala grantas a listen. This is not related to what we've said, but
it came to my mind and I decided to say so. Alas utana Huatlah
heard the dua and guess what happened. Lahu akabar lohu akaba ha hinakatu la
hila kumaya. Here is your sheep, Here is your camera. Here it
is the rock split they watching what a camera came out of it? What
they're looking at it huge, big, massive, the biggest camera ever to
be created. There Richard Red in color pregnant laho akaba, lahu akaba.
They're looking at it. The community was split into two, divided. The
majority of them just kept looking. What did they say? What would they
say? Now? Magic? Exactly magic Mashallah. You see we know how
they operated say, look, this is magic. But you asked me.
I made a dua. It came according to what you wanted. Now you
want to say magic. But what happened. Some of the people started accepting.
He said, no, we believe you are the messenger. All is
one. We don't want to worship anything beside them. So it started working.
Mashall La community divided into two. Now there was a debate because you
find one nabie. He was one nabee with very few people. The numbers
started increasing. When the numbers started increasing, these rich people, Alla says
in the Koran, they started debating. Karla Ladinas, tat baom In Callmi
Lila Ladinas, tod Refo liman Ahmanamin hum at Muna and asali hm Rusalum mirobi
carlu in Bima si nabi min. The Hohotea, the wealthy, the powerful
from amongst his people told those who were down troddle who had accepted his message,
do you know for certain that Salah is actually a messenger? They said,
yes, indeed, we believe in everything he has come with. We
believe. So they responded in having lady to be caf on. As for
us, we disbelieve in what you've believed in. We don't want. We're
still happy with what we're sitting with. This guy is a magician. Laho
akbar. Look, nothing could bring them. Why they're drowning in money.
They had wealth that they could live so many lives, and still they would
have changed. So to speak, It's like today, if you look at
the wealthy people in the world, they have enough wealth that if they gave
ten dollars to every inhabitant of the globe, they still have changed. Loaho
akabar, laho akabar. What are they going to do with it? Well,
if they don't worship their maker, they stand no chance, nothing,
no. And I hope anyone has heard this from amongst them in shallah via
whether it is the television or the radios or what have you. Now,
Alas of hanahuwat Alah use us always to be a means of the guidance of
people. Remember, the softening of the heart is in the hands of a
loss of hannahawat Alah. We need to ask a lot to soften the hearts.
Let's continue with this beautiful story. Alas of hannahawat Ala says, when
that nata, when that camel came down as they wanted it. He told
them, father, Kulfi arld in lahi while a ta'mas soon happy. So
in fair huda kumada bun ali, Oh my people, the camera has come,
leave it. Do not harm it at all. If you harm it,
Alas, punishment will overtake you immediately. And he warned them many times.
One verse Alas is a grave punishment will overtake you if you touch that
camera. Then a las sub hannahuat Allah says, as you people had requested,
it was a huge camel. It has an appetite. So what will
happen? It will drink from the spring one day and all your camels keep
them on one side, and it will drink whatever it can from the morning
to the evening. The next day, it will go out to graze when
your camels can drink. So we are sharing the days. Whom and ma
archisma to bay whom collusive motable inform them that the water will be split between
this one camera and the rest of the camels. One day this one and
the other day the rest of them. That's how it's going to be split.
Nobody is allowed to change that because they had asked for it. Now
they were happy, and they were also unhappy, happy because they'd seen the
sign and it was a living miracle. It is reported that because it was
there every day for them to see, it was living in their midst.
Every day, a few people were accepting. Every day, a few people
were accepting Saleh. Every day, a few people were coming onto the right
path because every day they're witnessing this camera. They're seeing it's huge, it's
powerful, and this is the camera. And a Lassu hannah Ala says that
when sally halea Is Salam came, the community split into two, and that
split was a split of mercy. When Muhammad Salaha Salam came to Khorash,
Khorash divided into two, those who accepted and those who didn't. That disunity
was a mercy. It was a split for the right reasons. And from
this, let's listen to the verse. While our father as Inamoda Aham Salibodullah
Fium feri Kani of Tsuimu. When we send Saleh to his people to the
mud with the message to worship Allah alone, behold immediately they were divided into
two groups, a group four and a group against. There you are,
they were arguing with one another, one saying no, he's wrong, the
other one saying no, he's right. And they had these debates, as
we made mentioned. From this, we learn that whenever there is a man
who comes to the community with justice and with the Qur'an and the Sunnah of
Muhammad, s adalah Ahi was seldom and the truth, and he reminds us
in a similar way that the previous prophets have reminded us. And if that
causes a division, that division is healthy. It's not unhealthy. Although we
are meant to be staying as one umah as far as possible, but at
times if all of us are astray, it's better that ten be on the
right path than everybody else be astray. May alasu Hannah hawatala, grant us
unity. May alas uh Hannah howatala unite the Muslim um upon la illah la
lah ahmadnasulu la s la lah a. That is one statement that will bring
us together. And that is one statement that we can come together for.
It is the unifying statement. It is the only statement that will unite us.
A loss of Hannah houa ta ala open our doors. Then alas of
Hannah Howat Alah says whereafter that, these people they got tired with this camel
because it was drinking. And now they were getting tired. Whenever the camera
was walking, their cameras ran away. Whenever the camera was walking, the
cattle ran away the cattle. So they started a rumor in the society,
in the community that now we need to sort this camel out. One man
decided that I want to do something here and we need to sort it out.
He managed to get support of another man. The two of them got
support of another seven people there were nine in total, and they decided,
we're going to kill this camera. And news started spreading that people are deciding
to kill the camera. So Salah Alam warned them again, you dare touch
the camera. If you touch the camera, there will be punishment coming.
It will overtake you. So it was a huge camera. Even the people
were slightly frightened, although they were huge themselves. So this one man goes
to the front of it. Alas is faaka wakata. Well, I'll tell
a many robbed him. What did he do? He threw an arrow into
the front leg of this camera, and the other man went in and he
slit its muscle, and a few of them went in when it dropped,
and they killed it. Lah, come on, they killed the camera.
They're killing the sign of Allah that they had asked for. They destroyed it.
And when they destroyed it, the rest of the people were cheering them
on happening that now our camels can drink every day way one day, one
day. Were tired of that our cameras can drink every day, and now
we've got rid of this. And Salah halla is Salam told them, In
fact, they told Sally. Once they killed it, they said, right,
come here, we want to tell you one thing. We want to
challenge you for a karao and amrira be him waka yeah Sali tina Habi mater
donna in ktamin almal sani. They said, oh, Saleh, here is
what we've done to this camel. Now bring the punishment that you were promising
us. So Alas Suhanna Ala revealed immediately to Saleh ca la tamatadi kalaa kawa.
Don ryomak remain in your houses for three days. That's it. It's
a promise of Allah. Not more than three days, you'll be destroyed.
Now they looked at their houses. They were happy. Remember what they said,
what is Allah going to send to us? What can he send flats?
We have something so high, so strong? Can he send to us?
When we have rock made of rock? And so on? They were
so happy, and sally Hala is Salam was instructed by Allah Subhannah howatala to
leave the place. He was instructed leave because now the punishment was going to
come. These people were happy they got rid of the man. Do you
see what happens when they were happy. They were happy for the wrong reasons
because they succeeded to chase the true leader that they had from their own community.
When they chased him away, they were excited. Now we can sit
and we can have our own party. There we are. The man is
gone. They did not realize that that is your destruction. You are,
at last, not him. He's going to go and be saved by Allah.
Subhanah, howat Aalah, may Allah say godess allas Suhnah howat Alah grant
us a direct lesson from that, and may allasu Hanah howat Alah open our
thinking. So the first day their color changed the color of their faces,
all of them, the whole community, all the faces. One narration says
they became yellow, and another one says they became red. Let's say they
became yellow. They started crying. Second day they became red. Third day
they became black. Faces became black. The whole community. They were crying.
They didn't know what to do. And what did they say? They
said, these are days of bad omen. These are days of bad omen.
But now there was something else that had happened just before sala Halleh his
Salam left. Something happened the evening before he went. These nine people got
together, and what did they do? Carutaka samuhila bay yet alla throm malanapali
he Marshahi dinner a mahalik who in alasadin pu. They swore an oath between
the nine of them. Tonight we want to kill Saleh and his whole family.
Tonight we want to kill him and his family. And in the morning
we will tell everybody that we don't know anything. We will pretend like we
are one of them. So alas is Wama karma, Karnama, Karnama kra
wahum lash. They planned their planning, and we planned our planning. Alas
is, we had our plan. They had their plan, and then Alasses
foul kaifa can ah ka back to mckinne him take a look at what was
the result of their own plot. They plotted the downfall of the one who
was bringing them towards goodness, and Alass says, we in return destroyed them
completely. How did the destruction come? Three days past? They still didn't
see the punishment, besides the fact that their faces were changing and they were
crying, and they knew something was happening. So they went into their dwellings.
Listen carefully. They went into their dwellings safe, secure, those rock
homes, and they were now secures. And Alas of Hannah to Ala sent
them something he's never sent before. Alas of Hannahoa to Ala says in the
Quran for Aha that Homos Sawyer had to almost behaved. We sent them a
sound wave in the morning. What was a sound wave? They started hearing
a sound The sound became louder louder louder, until each one of them were
curled up because of the loudness of the sound, and the sound started shaking
their whole community, the nation was shaking, and the sound itself was It
created a tremor, and that sound resulted in their hearts dropping and they died
on the spot with the sound. Just what sound? Imagine the flood didn't
come, the wind didn't come, just a sound. Alas is, we
destroyed them because the sound resulted in the tremor. And the tremor is a
rajivah, and the rajivah and the sound, they were destroyed completely amazing.
Do you know today this is a fact the powers of the world are studying
creating weapons out of sound. But I see someone nodding their heads. We
know this why because they've realized now that large sound it shakes. Have you
ever had someone blasting their beat right next to you in a motor vehicle?
What happens? Your car shakes? Yes? Did you ever think that sound
can shake the ground? Where did they get it from? Here? Alas
of hanah, howat Ala used it in the past. He destroyed them completely
again and a loss of hanahawata Allah uses some power of words. He says
in uh a sudden I had ahidaka hashim. We sent them one loud sound
wave and they became rubble. Do you know what is rubble? Something that
the builders use when they want to build a place, They use rubble.
That rubble completely destroyed, totally out into smithereens. Once again, another word,
and I think a lot of us would know the of by heart.
Alas is in cana bad them tamoud. They belied their messenger by being evil
and by engaging in all bad he asha. They sent the one cursed person
to go and kill that camera fatala lamasahala he was yeah. So the messenger
of Allah told them that is the camel of Allah. Don't touch it and
let it drink on its day of drinking. Fakabo fak ha. They belied
him and they killed that camera. Alas is for dam damma allah akbar.
Do you know what that means? Fa dam dama lai him rambo the being
first a wa alas as. We destroyed them totally as a result of that,
so that they were now destroyed in the same way that they destroyed the
camera. Destruction. Look at that word. I'm sure we've all heard it
dumb dumb. Now you know, dumb dam means complete destruction, total,
without any form of exception, nothing left. Then alas suhnahuatalysis fatil kabuyo to
hum jawi a bimala, there are their homes, Go and have a people
at their homes because of their oppression. Go and see empty homes as though
they'd never been lived in before. Nothing. So who was Allah saying this
to Muhammad Salaa? He says, the homes the dwellings of the mood,
They are still there now for your information, Sally hala is Salam. After
that went back, when everything was destroyed. He went back. These people
were dead, killed gon and Salah hala Is Slam looks at his people and
he says, yeah, tell me now they're gone, they dead, But
he's still addressing them. La caada ab laoto kum ri sala taran bi juannasahtu
la coum juaa ki lah to him born and say, oh, my people,
I conveyed the message to you of my rob He gave it to me
to give you. I gave you and I advised you. But very sadly
you do not like people who advise you. So now look at what has
happened Allah to hit boone and larsi hin. Anyone who corrects you you don't
like them, what lesson do we draw from them? My beloved brothers and
sisters. Whenever we are corrected, do not feel bad. Never, whether
it's in the home, whether it's at the madrasa, whether it's at school,
whether it's on a community level, Whenever and wherever. If someone corrects
you and they bring to your attention something where you have heard, you should
be happy because if you feel sad alas says, there were people before you
who used to dislike those who advised them. The result of it was destruction.
Now alasuhnahuatla safeguardess. The last point I'd like to mention this evening before
we actually close, is what should happen if we were to go there?
Are we allowed to go to Maday and Salah. It's not very far from
Madina Munoara. If you want to take a taxi there, it's only three
hours away or four maximum. Yes, we are allowed to go there.
The proper Sola Aslam passed there with his companions and this narration is in Sai
Albuhari and his companions. They looked at this the ruins of the people of
the mood, and there were some wells there. They took some water,
and they were making their dough, and they had made some bread with it.
And when they brought it to the prophets of a Salem, he instructed
them to take it back and throw it back. He says, not from
that well. No. They went a little bit further and there was a
well from which the camel used to drink. He asked them to take the
water from them subhan a lah. And this is why the prophet Salala Islam
says, do not go there or pass there accepting the condition of crying.
When you want to go there. You don't go there as a tourist,
you know, with your miniskirts and with your heavy sun hats, the hair
showing everything happening, sunglasses and me there taking photos smiling. You know,
behind in the background is this ruin of no, that's not allowed. The
prophet Salada seldom says no. When you pass by, it should be a
lesson. Do you know what the parancea is? If you go there,
it will seem that no one ever lived there. Yet those who lived there
were far more powerful than all of you put together. Listen, and really,
if you go there, you will notice it's empty, it's hollow,
It's it's like something subhanah lai. You might tell yourself, it's this just
a museum, Parallah says through the lips of Muhammad Salaha, and he was
sellen. You are allowed to go there to learn a lesson, nothing else.
You go and see it, Yes, it should shake you up.
You should be trembling. You should know the story. This is why with
us nowadays, Chetan comes and he makes us want to go to the Pyramids
as a tourist, not to learn anything. And we go then to Petra,
and what did we learn? I shallah? We enjoy ourselves. Hey,
it was a very nice holiday. We enjoyed it. And we go
to Madai and Saleh and we say we saw it. There's no good restaurants
there, because it's true, they aren't any You know, you must take
your lunch with you because there's no good restaurant. We didn't go there to
eat and drink and make fun. Now, we went there in order to
learn a lesson. Now alas sud hannah Ala open our doors until we meet
again. Tomorrow with another interesting story. We say it was a La La
who was selling Abaraklahammad dam Suhannah, lah Hamdi Subhanaha, Lahom Hamdick in La
Antanasa Kana to buy nik