Kiss Mila rahmani Rahim in the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the
most merciful heard low excellence presents lessens from the stories of the prophets by Mufti
Ismail even Musa mank his Salam Noah, Peace be upon him, Skatula ram
Alamin or Salah to us Sarah Muhala al health, Jamain Nabi and a Mohammad
Ina Alah Alihi or Sabih Tabin woman Tabi Ahmi san in Ilayomid did. All
praise is due to a loss of Hannahua to Allah. Blessings and salutations upon
Muhammad Salah Alihi was seldom. We ask a loss of Hannahua to Alah to
bless him and all his companions, and we ask a loss of Hannahua to
Alah to bless every single one of us. We thank a loss of hannahua
to Allah for giving us another opportunity to meet in order to go through some
of the reminders that He has placed within the book that he has sent to
us. So we thank a loss of Hannahua to Allah for this opportunity,
and we ask him to accept it from us, and we ask him to
make us from those who take heed whenever they are reminded. This evening,
I must commence by sharing some verses that we recited in the recitation that brought
tears to the eyes. We are lost of Hannahua to Allah. In Surat
Araf makes mention of a discussion of the people of Paradise with the people of
Hell, and Allah is using the past tense, which means this is as
good as done. Alas hanahwatalysis. The people of Heaven called out to the
people of Hell. Listen to what he says. One das habun Janti Oshabandi
Godjama bona hal care for hell uajatungarad bukum help call. The people of Heaven
called out to the people of Hell whilst they were burning in the fire of
Hell. The people of Heaven asked them, we have found what Allah has
promised us to be true. We are sitting in so much goodness. We
have whatever we wish. What about you people? Have you found what Allah
promised you to be true? What was the response, na'am? They said,
yes, we did. We found it to be true. For amo
adenobaina hum a learnt long alahlime So. A caller from amongst them called out
the curse of Allah be upon the oppressors anahwat alan of makers from the oppressors.
And sometime later, a few verses down the line, Alas of Panahwat
Alah makes mention of yet another call. This time it was the other way
around. These people were bubbling in the hell fire. When I say bubbling,
the bubbling is made mention of in various ahadith of the prophets of allaho
Ada he was seldom. And the condition of the skin is made mention of
in the Qur'an that the people burning in hell fire kuna manabijatjo do but dla
juno dan loyalialloula. Every time their skins are burnt, they will be renewed
in order that they may taste the punishment afresh Allah protect us. The Hadid
speaks about how they will be roasting in hell fire, and the flesh will
be burning, dripping passe and blood, and they will be so thirsty they
won't have anything to drink. They will be heat, they will be fire,
they will be burning. And Alas says wuana ours harmburn our hair Belgian
anti and a field alina I mean and aumi maaza kankhumu law. The people
of hell fire in that condition will scream out to the people of heaven,
and they will say, please, can you pour on us a little bit
of water or any liquid that you have, Just pour it on us,
and the people of Heaven will respond, gone in allah harama Huma n caf
Allah has prohibited anything of that nature for those who disbelieved, for those who
denied, for those who turned away. Alas Hannahuataly says, it's prohibited.
You're not allowed to pour anything. So what will they be forced to drink?
The same extract that was released when they were roasted the pass and the
blood and so on. The Hadith uses the word trinatul kabalah water filthy drink
alas of Hannah Allah protect us. So one might ask immediately, how what
do we do to protect ourselves from this? Well, let's listen, Alas
says in the Koran. Immediately after that, a ladinada hum la hua laibau
hum will higher to dunya fel yauman sahum comasuni call ayaomi him warm can be
a tinajahadu. Those who did not take their religion seriously, those who did
not take their religion seriously, meaning those who took it as an amusement and
a pastime, and they did whatever they desired. Alasses, they forgot us,
Alasses, on this day, we will forget them in the same way
that when we sent them reminder after reminder they decided to ignore. Last month,
I was having a discussion with a person who claimed that there was no
life after death. So he tells me, you prove to me or say
something to me that will convince me that I need to believe that there's a
life after death. And Alas hannahwat Alah put something in my mind and I
want to share it with you. I told him, Okay, you don't
believe in revelation, do you? He said no, So we need to
speak now with the brain with common sense. We need to talk without revelation.
Put it on one side. I told him, brother, if you
are going to Japan and you know what has happened in Japan, and I
were to give you a uniform, I were to give you a suit like
a space suit, and I were to tell you, look, you're traveling
to Japan, take this because there is a nuclear leak there. Take it.
There is a nuclear leak there, you might need it. In fact,
if I were to tell you you're definitely going to need it, what
would you do? He said, I'd take it along. I said,
but what if you went there and there was no nuclear leak? He says,
well, then at least I didn't take it for nothing, because I
saved myself. I said, Okay, remember what you said. There are
people like you who are saying that you're going to die and all that's going
to happen is you're going to rot, and that's it. It's the end.
He said, yes, and there are people like us who are telling
you that there is something to come. So if we were good and we
abstained from bad, and we sought forgiveness and we did everything that we believe
the Creator has instructed us to do, one of two things is going to
happen to us. According to you, Either, if what we've said is
true, we will go to heaven. And if what you've said is true,
we haven't lost anything. We just carried the suit with us. We
haven't lost anything. But for you, you don't want to take the suit.
So it's better for you to fulfill what we are saying, so that
when you get there. If you are going to rot, you haven't lost
anything. But if you're not going to rot, oh, then this is
the call las suhnah howat alas is. And well, lie, this man
told me. You the first person who's given me something to think. I
said, no, you promised me moments ago tell me something convincing. Don't
you agree it's convincing? He said, yeah, it is. But I
still believe that may alasu hanahawa t alah open our doors. We are Musli
mean we have the ki tab. We've come to the musket in order to
earn the pleasure of a lassunnahuwa ta allah. We have it with us.
Still sometimes we ignore it. So alas is, you want to ignore it?
Wait, we are We are not. We are warning you that you
might just be ignored on another day. Hannah Alan not do that to us.
And this brings tears to the eyes. The other verses that also brought
tears. When a loss of Hannah alas is, I mean tea sooner by
emo, I mean sooner how I mean o ConL p li ConL lie in
Look, do the people of the towns feel secure against a punishment that might
overtake them? At night, whilst they are sleeping do they feel secure?
And the next question alas is do the people of the towns feel secure against
a punishment that might overtake them in the afternoon whilst they are playing lahu akaba
and alasis? Do they feel secure against the punishment of Allah? Nobody?
Besides, the losers can feel secure against the punishment of a loss. Supanaha
to Allah, Yeah, Allah protect us yea, Allah, do not punish
us. When we hear the winds blowing, and when we hear the strong
winds, and when we see the rains, and when we feel the strong
rain, we ask a loss su hannah to Allah's protection, it could be
punishment. Let's move to the verses we were speaking about yesterday. We had
ended where the prophet Noah, may peace be upon him, no Hanah his
Salah to us Salam had made a dua to Alas sup hannahaa to Allah.
We said, for so long he was just praying for guidance, and after
so many years, he one day decided, now it's time to raise my
hands. After they threatened him, and after they wanted to stone him to
death, now he raised his hands and the dua he made. He says,
before he made this dua, he is telling Allah, look ya,
Allah, you instructed me to do this. I want to tell you what
I've done. Now. Allah knows, but this is just so that he
bears witness against his own people. All the messengers of a loss of hannahata
allah, they have asked a question to their people and they've received the response.
Have I conveyed the message? And they were told yes. Even Muhammad
Salalah, he was seldom in the final hadj, he asked a question all
his companions. He says, hall Bellah too, Have I conveyed the message?
They said, Bellah na'am, yes you have. He looked up and
he said, Allah hummafash had oh Allah bear witness. Look at what they've
said. They've said that I've conveyed the message because they were messengers. So
Hannah nah so no the prophet Noah. He says, halaab in dat collum
naa nahara, oh my rob. I have called my people by night,
and I called them at daytime palamasidoumda in laugha. As I called them,
it increased them in running away from the message. They ran no further away
every time I called them, they went further away. Every time I called
them, they went further away. May we not be from amongst those whom
the more we are reminded, the further away we go from a loss of
Hannah. Howat Aala, remember the lessons we are drawing. We need to
currentize these verses and apply them to our lives. Current So what does this
have for me in it? If nuhale is salat a Salam is complaining that
the more I read for them the verses and the more I called them,
the further they went away. We should not be from amongst those. Then
a loss of Hannah. Howatala says he continued, well, in kul lama
daautumlahum jaanu asabirahum mom a bahum, what a sorrow? What tak bamus think
about? Oh Allah? Every time I called them so that you could forgive
them, I called them towards seeking forgiveness, so that you could forgive them.
They put their fingers into their ears. Imagine adults when you're talking to
them and they put their fingers into their ears. How foolish would that be?
Looking And this was a message of Allah, a messenger of a lass
Annah. Allah the alasays that nhlah Salam complained, saying, oh Allah,
whenever I gave them the message, they put their fingers into their ears.
Whenever the message comes to us, Let's never ever put our fingers into our
ears. Let's never turn away. This is why tonight we read a verse
at the end of ara alases or either for or anas damio oh se to
lcome to Uham. When the Koran is being recited, be silent, listen
to it carefully, so that you may be overtaken by mercy, or Allah
may have mercy on you. So if we'd like mercy when the Koran is
being recited, listen, try to understand the message, and you will achieve
the mercy of alasu hannah at alah. So no haalai Salam says, whenever
I called them, and in order that you may forgive them, they put
their fingers into their ears. And over and above that, they covered themselves
with their clothes. Imagine, if we try to picture it, You're talking
to someone and he's put his fingers in his ears, and when you're talking
to them a little bit more, he tries and cover himself with his clothes.
How foolish does it look Alas says, look no Halla, Salam says,
look at what they were doing. Well, are sorrow. And they
continued, They remained on that mischief that they were engaged in. It did
not help them at all. Was ta kamarus think varah. And they were
arrogance, great haughtiness, arrogance meaning they rejected the truth. And they were
despising the people. They were despising Nu himself. Um in a tou la
um ronald tu la mum is uh, he says the verse just before this
one I read now, he says, oh Allah. Then I called them
openly directly. I called them in the masses, and I called them in
private, and I called them openly, and I called them in secret.
I went to them one by one, and I also spoke to them publicly.
But it didn't help them. What did I tell them? Let me
tell you ya allah Alam is saying, yeah lah, this is what I
said to them. Fakultustauvi ram bakum in hu ka. I said, seek
forgiven of your maker, who ever made you your rub. And I told
you the meaning of rub is the one who created creator. Narisha cherish sustainer,
provider, protector cura. The one in absolute control of every aspect of
existence is known as rab Bun. So he says, seek the forgiveness of
your rub for indeed he is most forgiving. Inhukana affara, he is most
forgiving. That's the lesson for all of us. Every time we are told,
seek the forgiveness of Allah. Allah is most forgiving. This is the
month of Ramadan, month of forgiveness. Seek the forgiveness of Allah. This
is a blessed day, a blessed moment. Seek the forgiveness of Allah.
Leave your bad ways, leave your bad habits. Seek the forgiveness of Allah.
He is most forgiving, most merciful. We hear it in Salah a
rahman rahe most beneficent, most merciful. We hear it every day. We
read it every day subhana lah. But the rejected one is the one who
doesn't turn alas is he is merciful. Yes, But if you if I
alasu hannah howa to Alah beyond a certain point, then his punishment overtakes that
au hanah to ala. Not do that to us. So he says,
all llah, I told them that seek forgiveness. Allah is most forgiving,
And I even made it clear what you revealed to me. I told them
clearly that when you seek forgiveness, these are the benefits. Do you want
to hear the benefits of seeking forgiveness? Do you want to hear the benefits
of still far no? Halai Salam told his people your seeing is some alncome
mida. Firstly, when you seek forgiveness, Allah will forgive you, and
he will send rain that is beneficial for you, which means your crop.
The economy of any country today is based mainly on rainfall. If there is
drought, there is a problem. When the rainfalls and there is no drought
and the crop has grown marcia Allah, the economy flourishes. But when there
is a shortage of water, when there is rain, no rain, there
is a punishment of alas sudhna hawat alah. So the first thing that will
happen when any one of us engages in seeking the forgiveness of Allah sudhnahwat alah,
is that he will forgive us. And one of the signs is the
rainfall will come. Correct rainfall, because too much of it is punishment or
a test, and too little of it is also either a test or punishment.
But when it is just right. It shows that Allah is forgiving us,
and he has forgiven us wayum dii decomi amali abanina, and he will
grant you sustenance that you are content with. He will increase your wealth.
So those who want increase in wealth, Allahu akhbar lahu akaba. There is
no point in going and seeking wealth by haram means and trying to go and
gamble and think that you know what I want. I tried with ten rants
and I got sixty rants. Now let me put ten millions so I can
get sixty million. When you put in the ten million, you come back
with the same six that you started with. Then what happened? You lose
your house, you lose your car, you lose your business, you lose
your family. But moments ago you were a loaded person. It's greed alas
is Sikh forgiveness. We will grant you contentment with the six rands you had.
You will spend it through the day and you'll still have two rands change.
Wow, So this is what is still far will do for you.
No haleehi Salam told his people. It will grant you wealth. It will
open your doors of sustenance. So if you want sustenance, ask the owner
of sustenance. Don't go to anyone else. Ajib to limnpala ba dunyam in
redri maliki hair. I'm amazed and surprised at the one who seeks sustenance from
those who don't own it. Who is the owner of sustenance? Allah,
you want sustenance, it's a Llah who will provide, not anybody else.
May Alasuhanaha Allah open our doors. And that wealth that has come to us
via clandestine and prohibited means, it will be used in a destructive manner.
It will result in our children being so disobedient because they are eating that which
is prohibited by a loss of Hannah Howata Allah, Safe Goddess. It will
bring with it lots of harm and curse and turbulence rather than goodness, prosperity
and contentment. So it's better for us to ask Allah and to try our
best and be happy with what we have. And then he says, if
you seek forgiveness, Allah will purify your offspring for you. First me he
will grant you the offspring, and secondly he will make them also from amongst
the good by your instead of harm by your repentance. When you repent,
then there is a greater likelihood that your children will also in shallah follow suits.
You might have one, you might have someone. After you have fulfilled
all your duties and they have now arrived at adulthood, they might be made
here and there that is between them and a loss of Hannah hoa to For
as long as you have fulfilled your duty, and for as long as you
have been exemplary, and for as long as you were their role model in
sha Allah, then by the will of alaunahwat Alah, there is no blame
upon us. Alasu hanahoa Allah grant us understanding. So he says yum dii
de kobi amali abani nowaya jaal l kum janatiya jael lakum, and over and
above that he will grant you gardens, and he will grant you rivers that
flow. This is also speaking about the life after death. When you increase
your repentance, Allah will open your doors in this life as well as in
the life after death. And this is why the Hadid says Tuba Limanuji Sahifeti
Hisstivar and Kathira give good news of paradise. To the one in whose books
or on whose papers, on whose records there is a lot of histevar.
That's a clean kat hadid. It makes so much sense if in my book
or in your book there is a lot of repentance on the deal of Tihama,
it's going to come home and a loss of hanah. Howatalah is going
to see and everybody is going to see that there is so much repentance here
and a loss of Hannah. Houwat Alah has told us through the blessed lips
of Muhammed salahah a he seldom give good news to that person. May Allah
make us from those who can engage in repentance on a daily basis constantly,
because that will help us. Then no hadeh is Salah to as salam continue,
He asks them. He says, Mala come later, junia. What
is wrong with you people? How can you not have hope in a loss
of Hannah? Howat Alah's mercy? How come you are not hopeful of anything
good coming from Allah? I am telling you if you do this, the
goodness will come to you. You're still not doing it. Look at that.
So, on one hand, he warned them of a punishment and told
them, when you do evil, this is the bad that will come in
your direction. And on the other hand, he told them, if you
seek forgiveness, this is the good that will come in your direction. So
he's saying, you're neither taking the warning nor do you want to have hope
in the goodness. So what is it that's going to move you people?
Now? No, hala is Salam is telling Allah ya Allah, I have
depleted absolutely everything. I've told them everything. I gave them this example,
and I gave them that example. They still don't want to turn. And
then he says, there was one more thing that I told them about.
What was it? Alam tarau kaif halaklah saba samawatia comar of h wajashan sasia.
Don't you see how Allah has created the skies above you, the seven
heavens. Don't you see how He has created the moon that shines and the
sun that gives off light. Wallah a batman all in abata thum maorido comfi
comeraja. It is Allah that created you from the soil, and he will
return you to the same soil. Don't you see you burying your dead returning
to the soil and Allah says, we will resurrect you from that soil.
Wallah la hold on missa the tesino Kumin sna. Don't you see that Allah
has created gravity. Allah has laid the earth in such a way that you
can walk on it. Imagine if there was no gravity on earth, what
would happen to us. We would have to be tied to something and we
would have to be floating around. And alas Hannah Alan laid it down.
He laid it for us, Bisathan, he actually laid it, and he
says, you can walk on that, and you can make roads. But
no, they didn't want to listen. They were interested in their own thing.
As we said yesterday, very few people accepted the message. May lass
of Hannah Hawa to Alah make us from amongst those who can see his signs
and turn to him. In this message prior to Ramavan, I spoke about
the greatness of a loss of hannahuata Alah with an example of the stars and
that star subhana Lah. The closest star is four and a half light years
away from us, which means when we look outside, we only seeing a
star that was there four and a half years ago, and we still think
it's there, Subhana Lah. There are other stars that are fifteen light years
twenty light years away, which means we're looking at it, and if there
is a shooting star, we're reading the duar for it. But we don't
realize this happened before I was born. I'm only seeing it now because light
travels at so many light years. The distance between me and that star is
so much. This is the greatness of Allah. We are so insignificant,
Oh man, you are small, insignificant in comparison to the rest of the
creatures of Allah. Subhanahwat alah la han ku samawati wan ordi akbau min hanqinsi
huana qing akanasinayala mu. The creation of the skies and the earth is far
greater than the creation of man. But Man, many men do not know.
So Alla subhannahwa Ala says, then knu hana is salah toua Salama.
After that, he says, klabi in Nahuma sonia tabauman lamyazid humanau in Navasara.
After I told them everything, they still went against what I said,
and they followed the paths that resulted in destruction against their wealth, and their
own children. Those are the paths that they chose to follow. Wama Karumakumbara.
And they were plotting huge plots not only against me and against the believers,
but even against one another Wakannata darun ali takum. And each time they
had children, they continued telling their children, don't leave your gods, these
stones and statues that you have here Wuala ta daruna wan da alasuaav Hawaiian tawanash
these statues that we have. They warned their children, don't leave these statues.
So their children were even more venomous than them. Their children became more
dangerous than them. Imagine how bad they must be. The prophet is there.
They are related to him because they're not very far off from Adam Alihisala
to a Sala, and he is warning them. And as he is warning
them, even their children are becoming worse than them. May Allah, protectors
of hannah houa to Allah protect us. If a person is evil, you
find his children will overtake him in evil, unless with the miracle of a
loss of Hannahua to Allah. They are guided. And when a person is
on the right path and has sacrificed and dedicated for the sake of a lassu
hanaha to Allah by the will of Allah, from his offspring will be those
who have also come out on a similar path alasu hanahua to Allah Granta's goodness.
So this is why no aaleh is Salatasaram is now complaining about even the
children. So he says, alvaloka jila tanzidvani mean in love Malallah, they
have led so many astray, so many. He now raised his hands and
he says, we call an me later laimin al caffinina dama. What a
powerful dua. Imagine for a messenger to make such a solid dua of destruction
against his own people. What must have happened? He says, oh Allah,
now that I've told you everything and I've explained it one after the other,
do not leave a single one of them on this earth. And do
you know what alas is? We read the verse, the last verse yesterday,
and there is another verse I'd like to read alas is wu Hanna dam
cobberlofstejabanala in Satulambia alassies and knu haleehi Salam called out to us a long time
ago. We answered him immediately. We answered him immediately because it took him
so long to make this dua. The point we raised yesterday is remember those
who are friends of Allah, those who are close to a loss of Hannah
Houa to Allah, the Musliman, those who are trying to earn the pleasure
of a loss of Hannah. Howa to Allah never harmed them. If they
raise their hands, they won't do so immediately. They will make do ay
Allah guide this person. They Allah have mercy on this person. Ya Allah
bless this person. But when we engage in their lives negatively, they may
come a point in their lives when they will say ya Allah destroy this person.
That's the end. Then we are wondering why is my life a mess?
I usually like to tell people. If your life is in total chaos,
is there anyone who is serving the cause of Allah, any scholar of
Islam that you've ever harmed? That's the first question you should ask yourself.
If you have, whether you have spread rumor about him, or harmed him,
or attacked him, or blocked him, or did whatever. Your life
is doomed, doomed? Why because he works for Allah, his boss will
sort you out? Love Love, Love, what co love ak. It's
a powerful statement. Think about it. Sometimes our lives are in a mess.
We don't know what we've done against one of the friends of Allah sudhanahwat
al, and we're trying to find the button that went wrong, and we're
trying to press the right button, and we don't know. Our lives are
upside down. Remember, if you cannot benefit someone minimum, don't harm them.
Love what man. If you cannot benefit someone minimum, don't harm them.
And those who are friends of Allah Suhanah howat Allah. If negative thought
goes through your mind, remember something, you better block it very quickly and
don't allow it to continue. Who knows they might be closer to Allah Suhanah
howat Ala than anyone else. And the day they say, yeah, Allah,
this person is now troubling me, destroy them. Believe me, If
not today, in a few years time, it's coming. Before you die,
you taste it, not after death. Before you die, you taste
it, and then after the death it will continue alas subhanah to Alah safeguards.
So no halae Salam says raila and kafa yah lah, don't even keep
one of them on this earth. Inham you didn't know Ima dhaka while I
alido in fagi kavara. If you leave them on this earth, ya Allah,
you know what will happen. They will be leading people astray, that's
all they know. And they are not giving birth to anyone except those who
are worse than them, which means their children. Yare Llah they are that's
the same, if not worse. So yeah, Allah, there's no hope
even for their children. Allah. When he made this, do our Allah
su hanahu Alah responded and in sort of huda lasses after that, Oh,
here in him and I mean aman komika in amamen fella is Mima khan haven
We revealed immediately to know Halah is salam. Oh no, we've heard your
Doah, We've heard what you said. Now we want to tell you that
we have sealed. We have sealed the hearts of the people. At this
point, nobody from today will accept your message. It's over. Whoever is
with you is with you now. We have crossed to a new level.
Laho akhbur so No, Halah is Alam stopped calling people towards Allah at that
point, why because Allah told him from this moment, no new people are
going to accept your message. It's over. We gave them a chance.
My beloved brothers and sisters. I learn a lesson from this, and so
should you. What is the lesson? Allah gives you one chance to turn,
two chances to turn, ten chances to turn, a thousand chances to
turn. After that, he might throw you right out. Akbar. May
he not do that to me, and may he not do that to you.
We need to turn now, because I don't know if this is going
to be the last chance that all us giving me. Who can guarantee that
they are going to stand up from here alive? Anyone we can put up
our hands a llahu akbar Allas of Hannah, Allah say, Goddess, death
is a whisker away. We are fortunate in a Llah to Alaia to be
able to tell al abd mala the prophets are allow slam says Allah will accept
the repentance of a worshipper for as long as their soul is not being taken
out of their throats. We Allah open our doors and gaunt us acceptance.
Remember, it is not difficult to turn to Allah. It requires will power,
It requires iman and belief, and we have that in Shallah. By
the will of a loss of Hannah at Allah, so Alas is wasna in
full kabi anina aina alass We want you, oh no to create or to
make an akh. We want you to build an akh. Amazing this nohala
Islam was not a carpenter. He was not a builder. He didn't know
anything about building. And Alas says, we want you to do something.
We will help you, We will guide you. We will be watching and
we will instruct you what to do. So what happened amazingly. The tree
would grow. He would cut it down, take it to the top of
the mountain, because Allah instructed him to build that arc at the top of
the mountain. And when he took it and laid it there, he was
granted dusul. He was granted nails, and he would nail one into the
other. When he went back, there was another tree ready for him.
He would cut it down and bring it. When he brought it, it
would fit like a jigsaw with the other one, and he would nail it
in. Amazing and his people wakulla mamal laimla omi callmi sasim I mean every
time, the cronies mala mala, meaning the chiefs, the big boys in
community when they passed him, they used to laugh at him. Hah hah,
Yeah, I know, Sultanadjar and Bada and kunt Ennabe, you've now
become a carpenter. We see you used to be a prophet. You stopped
calling us at least, but now you're becoming a carpenter. But we want
to give you a piece of advice. Scoffing at him, they said,
you want to build an ark or a ship, you'd rather do it on
the coasts, because how are you going to take it from here? Today?
Is a jin gonna come and carry it for you all the way there?
And he kept quiet. He says, that's home in for in as
Ham, Come, come aus home. You want to laugh at us today,
don't worry. A day is going to come when we will be laughing
at you. No Halley is Salatus Salama, the prophet Noah, May peace
be upon him. So it is reported that that ark. Now what I'm
about to say, now, Allah knows best. We've got it in a
narration that we've taken from the people of the book. As I explained yesterday,
the Israeli Wayat and the Kuran neither agrees with it, nor rejects it,
so we're just making mention of it. They say the ship or the
arc was nine hundred meters long. Now the people were also very very tall.
Remember we spoke about them being eighteen meters tall. So it was nine
hundred meters long, and it was one hundred and fifty meters wide and ninety
meters high. Because it was more like a submarine, he covered the top
as well. It was not a ship with the top opened. It was
covered as well, more like a submarine ready to go. And Allah Suhanahuatlah
taught knew how to build this state of the art peace only by him coming
back cutting the tree and it fits. Coming back cutting the tree and it
fits. Imagine what must have happened, subhanah Lah subhana vah love akbar.
Just think of a jigsaw, very difficult one, and you're looking that way,
and someone gives you the right piece, you fit it in. You're
looking the other way. They give you a right piece, you fit it
in. How happy you are. Wow, we completed this whole map of
effort in a little while. So banaaah aah grant us an understanding. So
here no hallala to a Salam was now ready. It is reported also another
israeliliineration that it took almost one hundred years to build that up. Allah knows
best. Then a last of hannahata Ala says hata ether amrnawafa coulah milfikul,
like in Lama Saba call woman Amen, woman Manama in a phony. We
gave him a sign new halle his salam that when you see the sign,
and the sign was that the earth and oven would gosh forth with water.
When you see water coming up from the ground around, then you start preparing
by taking twos of all the animals and twos of all the creatures of alas
subhanahawa talah and your family besides the one whom Allah has rejected. And we
will get to that in Shahlah, and take with you those who have believed.
And Allah is telling us Amaama ahu i la khalid. We want you
to know that those who believed with him were very very few khalil khalil means
very few. I told you either between eleven or from eleven to eighty people.
The narration that makes mention of the smallest number speaks of eleven, and
the narration that makes mention of the highest number is eighty, but there is
little For nine hundred and fifty years of Daur, only eighty people accepted.
And from this we learn something that the majority is not always correct. So
Bhanama the Koran speaks about it well in totter ak Karama fin Aldi, come
savil in. Not always is the majority correct. When you follow the majority
of those on earth, they may lead you astray from the path of a
loss of Hannah Ala. So not always what is right is right, even
if the whole globe is telling you it's wrong and you're the only one left.
And what is wrong is wrong, even if the whole globe is engaging
in it and they see nothing wrong with it, even if you're the only
one left. Akaballa, keep us on the straight path. So a loss
of Hannah to alyas is. We then told him, carry these people with
you and get into the ark. Then a lossom Hannah to alyas is walk
lakai ha bis milna image eh one alosaha in. He said to them,
come, let's ride in this ark. We're all inside now, and we
want to make a dua. And this dua to this day we make it,
and we are taught to make it when we are on journey. One
of the duas, that is a sunna of the prophets of Llah, Allah
was seldom bismila hi majereha omur Saha. In the name of Allah, it
will move and it will stop. You know, we hear about those Lexus
motor vehicles that have a defect with the breaks. I hope those people did
not forget to read the Dua because it goes with Allah's instruction and with his
name, and it should stop with it as well. So don't think that
it's going to stop just by pressing the break. It's a Llah who grants
that break whatever it is, whatever is needed for it to catch. And
Llah, there are people. I read a story that in one of the
highways of Saudi Arabia three days ago. It was in the Arab News newspaper.
They said there was a man whose breaks failed at two hundred kilometers per
hour and he phoned. Luckily he had a phone and it was on the
highway between Rabi and did that and he phoned the traffic police and he told
them this is who I am, this is where I am, and this
is what has happened. I'm on cruise control and it's not coming off and
my brakes have failed. You can actually google it. You'll find the story
and what happened. They escorted him at that speed, and they opened up
all the road blocks for him until his fuel ran out. Allahu Akbar,
look at Allah's gift on this man. Imagine if it was here. I
don't think we would have had that long roads for the fuel to run out.
And this is a true story. It happened three days ago, not
longer than that. So this is why it's important for us to read the
dua. Jump in the vehicle, don't just think right, jump in start.
I've got the latest milk and I'm going no this milahima amrsa. In
the name of Allah, it will go, and in the name of Allah
it will stop in him. Indeed, your rub is most forgiving most.
There is another du as well that we can read Subhana. It's a longer
du a with a similar meaning. These are the prayers. So now what
happened, Alas says what he tajiribimujin kanjiba. The ark is moving being guided
by Allah through waves which are like mountains, and no Halah is Salam is
looking out as they're closing listening here, and he sees his son, and
his son did not want to be with him. This is what we were
saying, that you take your family besides those whom Allah has rejected or turned
away. His son was a quiet boy. He didn't want to be with
his father, and he was with the other side. So his father says,
Juana dan kim zil, yeah, kamatakum malkafi no hala Islam calls out
to his son, saying, oh, my son, and ride with us.
Don't be with the disbelievers. Come come into the ark and his answer.
His answer was as follows, all A sa'ahi in la jabel yeah,
simon in Almah. He says, oh, my father, don't worry.
I'm a mountain climber. I'm going to climb the mountain and it will save
me from the water. Where Ever, have you heard that the floods have
reached even the top of the mountain. No, I will climb the top.
Don't worry, my dad, and Alas says no hala is Salam answered
him, la ah siman yaoma, I mean amri llai in lah ma lahim,
Oh, my son, I want to tell you today there is no
savior from the water for anyone besides the one whom Allah has had mercy upon.
So come come o, my son waharadl Maojua can I mean al Moaki.
As the discussion was pursuing, a huge wave came and he was drowned.
What do we learn from this? In the midst of a sin,
we are reminded not to commit that sin. It happens a person might have
come out from the bar and he's drunk on Thursday night, and then he
comes for Friday Jumorah, and the Imam, as I told you the other
day, doesn't know this man at all. But Allah inspires him to say
something that there are some people who drink on a Thursday night and Friday morning.
They're coming to the maschief. They'd better stop that. And he looks,
he says, what is he talking about me? But it's Allah.
Whilst you are involved in it, Allah sends you a message. If you
still do not turn, look at what happened to the son of Mohaleh is
Salah to Asadam. He drowned in it. There are certain people who are
drowning in sin, literally drowning in it. They don't want to come out
of it, and they are being warned by their family, by other people,
by Rolamah, by different people, leave it, stop this, stop
your hotines, stop your pride, stop deviating others, and so on,
and they don't want to learn a lesson. Allah says they will down in
that. Definitely, they would drown in it. So then a loss of
hanahuatalyases. Imagine I'd like to make mention of a verse where a loss of
hannahuat ala is describing the water. Imagine it came from the bottom and it
came from the top. A loss of hannah houatalysis in will come up fa
fata sammaibi maim Munhemid. We opened the doors of the sky completely with water
that poured down ma in Munhaemid. This word in himar is the greatest word
you could ever use to describe the density of water coming down mah in Munhamed.
On top of that, alassies, we didn't wait there to ensure that
destruction was total. Fajagnal alvaruna felta kalmaala God Cordid. We let the earth
gush its water, so it came out so much that it was enough to
flood them with only the water on the earth, but the water of the
sky and the water of the earth met at a distinct point that Allah wanted
it to meet. Imagine, take a tennis ball and put it into a
bucket and immerse it right in and think if that was the earth. What
has happened? Laho akabar Allah is saying. It didn't only rain, but
we instructed whatever the earth was holding in terms of water to get out.
So all the water in the earth came out on the land and it came
up. It rolls so high, and the water from the top came down
and the two waters met fell tatamah allaho akaba. Look at this. This
is such a vivid description in sa will come on. Then a last from
anahuata Ala says, as for the arc, we guided it, We guided
it. It went through with our guidance. And then Joaquin alim aq ansomeri
quarian amro. When Allah instructed the water to subside alasses, it was said
to the earth, swallow back your water. So the shows that it had
spat it out, swallow back your water. And the skies were told to
hold back their water. And the water subsided, and we guided this ark
and it rested on Mount Jude where exactly that is Alo's best. There are
a lot of statements. In fact, recently I seen someone said they discovered
an arc in Turkey somewhere, someone said they discovered something elsewhere only alanos.
But the lesson we know it's true. So Alas is that k was guided
and it rested Joaquin callm vlimi and it was said distance or destruction. B
woe be upon those who were valiman balimin meaning oppressors. They are not gone
completely. Then a loss of Hannah howat alas is when it had stopped,
no honey, is Alam called out to Allah nab no HeLa. Islam called
called out to a loss of Hannah. Aah. He says, yeah,
rall be in nebi in ahli what in now that can help ca What came
hanky me? Oh my rub my son was part of my family. You
promised me that you would save my family. Yeah, Rubby, you are
the one who decides. He didn't question a loss of Hannah howat alas degree,
but he wanted to understand. So Alas is, yeah, who in
now? Who is I mean? Ahlik in now huam sale fellahs Alah can
be here in avoka uh takuna mean and gerany oh. No, he was
not from your family. He had done deeds that were very very impure,
unacceptable, rejected. He was a criminal. In other words, he's not
a member of your family. From this, we learn that the bond of
shahada is far stronger than the bond of blood. When it comes to the
pleasure of Allah, we will have to seek that first, even if we
earn the displeasure of someone in the process who happens to be a family member.
And if we want to please a family member in the displeasure of a
loss of hanah HOAt allah, we won't do that because we don't want to
earn the wrath of a loss of hanah howat ala very important, and on
top of that, a loss of hanahawatalys is. He was not from your
family. Amazing, look at how powerful the word is. Yet biologically he
was alas of hanahawata al grant us a deep understanding. This afternoon, I
was speaking on the radio radio a Ansara, and I had made mention of
how sometimes the best gift we can do to our children is not to interfere
when they're in trouble Sometimes, What does that mean when you know your child
is on drugs, and you know you've tried the rehabs, and you know
that you've tried everything, and you've spent money, and one day he's arrested
for something related to that and he's jailed. It would not be in the
best of your interests to get him out of there. That probably would be
the best rehab. Why do we say this? If a child is a
criminal, he's a criminal. When we go and defend him, what happens
we defend him crime? Lahu akbar. We learn this from here. I
definitely do know that there are people in the prisons who are innocent. There
are some who have sent me a message with some of the brothers here who
say, we listen to you every night on radio Mashallah, we may do
our for you. We know that really a lot of those who are there,
many of them who are there, they may not They may have been
framed, they may have been blackmailed. I always believe that sometimes, as
we know from the story of the prophet Joseph, may peace be upon him,
the law is guilty of finding an innocent man guilty. It can happen
and it has happened from the very beginning. So we need to know that
as much as we pray for those people, sometimes when a person is guilty,
the best we have is when they're in the prison. It gives them
the time to think. It gives them the time to ponder, It cleanses
them. May Alas of Hannah, howat Alah elevate us all? And may
alass of Hannah, howat Alah is the sentences of those who've been sentenced,
And ma Alas of Hannah, howat Allah grant them goodness in such a way
that when they come out, they come out the best of people. And
may He make us from those whom when the inmates have served their sentences and
they've come out, we can now re accept them into society without that stigma.
Alas of Hannah, howat Alah granted to us? Then alasu Hannah.
Howat Alah makes mention of a beautiful verse in the Purana beautiful verse in La
Poran. This verse has the most memes. You know the alphabet Arabic alphabet,
there is one letter known as a meme. Listen to how many memes
in this verse seventeen to be precise, listen to them. In one verse,
kilaya beto di salah mi miwa barakat in alakaala omami mi ma mark oh
mammon sum mayamasommada ali sobhana. How many memes in this that's obviously just an
item of interest, not related to our subject as such, but a beautiful
verse alas is we said, Oh no, disembark in peace from this arc
you and your people, and from your people, disembark those whom we will
grant them goodness for a short period of time, and thereafter we will punish
them even after that. What does that verse mean? That verse means that,
oh no, we want you to know that now there's only believers with
you. When they come out and they're going to have their children and so
on, they will come a time when they will then deserve the punishment once
again. Alas Supanahua to Allah protect us and our offspring as well. Then
alas Supanahua to Allah gives a gift to no Ali Salah to usna alas is
in the puran Waja al Naduria tahu Humul backing those who are in the ship
with Nu or in the ark with Noah. May peace be upon him.
None of them had offspring besides Nuh. So every one of us here we
are the children of no not anyone who was with him Subhanah la alas is
the others. They were not granted children him. His progeny is what continued
him and his sons, and his sons sons and so on, And there
was continuation there. So we have a guarantee from the Quran that all of
us the common forefather that we do know after Adam was Noh for every single
one of us. So Hannah Nah, we know that. May ALUs from
Hanahua to Ala grant us understanding. Thereafter ALUs from Hannah howat Alah speaks about
how he has kept the signs and how he has kept all this in order
for us to take heed and in order for us who came later on to
learn a lesson. And alas su Hannah, howat alass is there anyone from
amongst you who's going to learn a lesson from the story of Noah? May
peace be upon him. May ALUs of Hannah Houa to Alah grant us a
deep understanding. Yes, we've spoken a little bit longer tonight, seeing that
the brothers have come from very very far, and seeing that Suhnaha it's a
Saturday evening. May ALUs of Hannah houwat Alah make us use these evenings in
his goodness and not in transgression until we meet again Oslalla, who was seldom
Abaraka Alan agin Humhammad Sohna. Maybe Hamdi is from Hannaka Lahomam in Antennastes will
come at a boy lack