 بالله من شر الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ربش رحلي صدري ويسر لي أمر وحل العقدة من لساني يفقه قولي بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبل قاسم محمد وعلى أل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لاسيما بقية الله روحي وأرواح العالمين لتراب مقدمه الفداء ومع بعد رسفة ألوين وخلواتهم السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته شاء الله كتباته من يسدي نهاية في محاولة للحقوق وفي محاولة للحقوق وفي محاولة للحقوق وفي محاولة الله سبحانه وتعالى وعلى ألوين وخلقهم والمسؤول للمحمد للهر العالمين لوحجج على الأرض وما أحدثنا أولئا يتحدثوا عن نامه greatest and we went into detail about Allah's greatest name As a quick recap we stated that Allah's greatest name consist of 73 letters of which Abraham had 8 Moses aleyhe galdas salati wassalam had 3 Asa had 2 and we finalized by saying that out of the 73 letters of Allah's greatest name our prophet صلى الله عليه و آله و سلم had 72 ومن ثم نتحدث عن العليم النبي طالب ونعرف أنه كان في مجال that we gave yesterday that we said that Alimi طالب also had the 72 letters that the Prophet of Islam had now just to go into detail first and foremost tonight we're going to look at the particular verse we stated at the end of yesterday which we want to refer in the Holy Quran who is mentioned that has knowledge from the book and on the second level who has knowledge of the book what's the capabilities of this person that has knowledge from the book and what are the capabilities of the person that has knowledge of the complete book or what can we expect from someone that has the knowledge of the complete book and we look at it in particular stories and in reference with the Holy Quran and in reference to the أحادي that we have and the stories that we learn from and on the second level we'd like to look at the idea behind miracles because there's a fine line in the discussion yesterday there's a fine line between when we believe in the Quran when we believe in what stories are written in the Quran wholeheartedly without question but when it comes towards our Prophet when it comes towards our Imam when miracles are mentioned even though they do not compare in some aspects it might mean a miracle in comparison to the miracles stated in the Quran some people may find themselves questioning the fact some people may come and say well how is it that this particular person has these capabilities and insha'Allah that's the thing we're going to look at on the second level and on the third level once we've discussed this and insha'Allah we'll continue tomorrow we want to look at the aspect of bravery first on formers of Ali ibn Abi Talib because that's the man we're going to be discussing tonight the bravery of Ali ibn Abi Talib because there's one thing being brave on a general level but there's a second level which was Ali ibn Abi Talib he had bravery with yaqeen with what we like to refer to as certainty or yaqeen much more of an in-depth analogy when we look at the battle of khandaq and how this refers to the bravery and what Allah is looking for and insha'Allah we'll conclude with this note but insha'Allah we'll start off tonight so please help me with reciting in the chapter of the Quran chapter 27 of the Quran referred to as the chapter of the Ant or the Nemil in it it states when Suleiman he refers and we stated it yesterday that who can get me the throne of Velqis let's first and foremost put it into context I know it's going to be a little bit of a repetition from yesterday because we talked it in a very very brief manner but I want to put more emphasis on it so we analyze what kind of power a person that has knowledge from the book has and in reference to the person that has knowledge of the book so we can put it into context and this is a story where we can look at the Holy Quran and say to ourselves this is one of the most extraordinary stories in reference to miracles if we want to look at it because to us it's out of the norm it's that much out of normality that it's looked at as a major miracle but to them it could be something very normal now Suleiman asks the people that were sitting he says who can bring me the throne of Velqis and we discussed yesterday and the sheikh discussed as well in the nights prior to that that the throne of Velqis is looked at at two different perspectives the first it's saying that the throne was something that resembles the poverty I'm sitting on just the throne in which you sit other narrations which are the more famous ones the throne of Velqis consists of an entire palace with levels, with rooms with dungeons and on top of all those levels there was one particular room which was open towards the sun and remember Velqis the queen I think they refer to as the queen of Sheba Velqis is one of the people that used to prostrate towards the sun and they would think or be of the people that think that the sun is their god so the way it was positioned this throne at the top it was open towards the sun so the sun would come in at all angles and that's how she had the palace on the top so when Suleiman says to the people who can bring me the throne of Velqis who can bring me this throne what do we say verse 39 suggests that a jinn stands and he says I will bring it for you before you stand from your place قبل أن تقوم من before you stand from your place before you stand I'll bring you the throne and you will find me for this task strong and loyal that's the jinn now we want to get into too much detail of what type of jinn he was that's a totally different aspect altogether that needs a series by itself what's our jinn because they're living with us there's a narration that says every one person on this earth there's six jinn some narration says there's every person on this earth there's ten jinn if we have six billion how many jinn on this earth totally different thing we have to look at of the utmost importance but not the topic for tonight but food for thought so the jinn says this then verse 40 what does it say it says then a person stands and he says I will bring it for you he says to Salaman I will bring it for you what did we say yesterday before you blink before your eyelid touch or goes down قبل أن يرتد إليك therefore let's look at this because people might overlook it the other side of the world the other side of the world in less than a second less than a second he brings a palace less than a second can you imagine blinking and something's right in front of us right now it's a miracle the Quran states this everyone says without a shadow without this happened because it's mentioned in the Quran less than a second the whole palace is in front of Salaman this person what does the Quran refer to him as he had knowledge from the book he had one letter the prophet says he has one letter when he's asked who has knowledge from the book he says the person that has knowledge from the book is Asif bin Barghia which was the wasi of Salaman the person that was in charge after Salaman the Khalifa after Salaman was a prophet he's wasn't in charge was this person that had one letter of Allah's greatest name that's his capability now imagine that the prophet had 72 what kind of abilities did the prophet have just I want you just to ponder over it look at the miracles in the Quran Salaman what he could do miracles upon miracles upon miracles now in Surah Al-Ra'ad the last verse which is verse 43 it mentions to the prophet of Islam it says to him he says and those people that say that you are not a messenger look at this verse it says and say to those people that say you are not a messenger that it is sufficed that Allah is a witness and the person that has knowledge of the book not from the book of the book I want to know who is the person that has no knowledge and has no knowledge and has no knowledge and has no knowledge and has no knowledge or when you read and it says Allah is the greatest say what happened Allah is saying to the prophet tell them tell these people that say you are not a messenger that it's enough that Allah Subhanahu Wa ta'ala is a witness that you are a messenger من كان يفعيل المسؤول من الأمان ومن كان يفعيل المسؤول من الأمان؟ فهي يقول له .. يقول أن أمان هو فأخبار المسؤول من الأمان كما تقولنا أنه أسف بن برخي يك؟ المسؤول من السليمان يقول Then who is the person who has knowledge of the book? يقول أن أمان هو فأخبار المسؤول من الأمان لكن الله سبحانه وتعالى يقول أنه مستخدم أني أصدقائي أصدقائي و هذا الشخص لا يوجد أبنى علي ابنى أبي طالب صلى الله عليه وسلم المعرفة من المعرفة لذا عندما يأتي و يجدنا و هذه المعرفة تساعدها تذكر تساعدها من أحد الإمام إلى أخرى لتساعد الله Our religion just as a side note just as a side note Our religion if we want to look at perfection You can look at it in a very in-depth perspective We can research and research and look at logical perspectives But I want to give you just a small example that may be able to explain to people that think that the prophet isn't infallible because there's many religions that come forth or many schools of thought which is outside the school of thought of Ahl al-Bayt Which say that the prophet is fallible He may be infallible in an aspect of Shari'a law But everything else is fallible He makes a mistake like normal human beings When the Quran says وما ينطق عن الهواء The Quran says he does not act of his own accord He does not say something from his own accord Everything he says and he acts from Allah Quran You want to go against Quran If the Quran is perfect Is there anyone in any sect of Islam that disagrees that the Quran is perfect Everyone agrees that the Quran is made in so much perfection That's up from now from the start of time From when the Quran is revealed To the Imam عجل الله تعالى فرجه الشريف Comes You want to be able to analyze the depth The more science develops The more it becomes what Into twined وعليكم سلامة الله Which becomes more into twined Everything starts to become in more and more sense And you begin to realize who these people That Allah سبحانه وتعالى has entrusted You guys hand in hand with the Quran Because you need people of perfection To give you the correct Aspect of the Quran I'll give you one example and moving on To the side notes Two women come They gave birth to the same at the same time One gave birth to a male And the other gave birth to a female Same husband They came towards علي ابنة ابطالب At the end after the massive calamities happened And people were like Because the woman wanted the boy They both claimed that the boy's theirs But they gave birth at the same time Had they gonna differentiate Which mother had the boy Which mother had the girl So they go around علي ابنة ابطالب says I need the milk from both mothers It's interesting isn't it علي ابنة ابطالب says Give me the milk from both mothers In the same cup So he weighs them Strange And you think to yourself What's going on But علي had knowledge from the Quran He is able to dissect the Quran He is able to look at the metaphorical aspects The inner beauty The inner truth of the Quran What does he say He weighs them And the people find that one cup Of milk weighs twice as much As the other Why? What's going on? He says the milk that weighs twice as much That mother Is the mother of the boy How? How did you come to that conclusion علي ابنة ابطالب Because in the Quran it states The right of the male Is like twice Of that of the female For the male it's as if For the two females He says therefore I've dissected that the milk will be twice as heavy That verse was referring to inheritance علي ابنة ابطالب dissected it And he says what no This is also referring to other particular issues Who will find that We need someone that Allah Injects knowledge into Reveals knowledge into to dissect this That's the side note So if we have In any logical perspective If Allah is perfect And everyone agrees At least the school of thought Of عهل البيت agrees That Allah is perfect and untangible He can't be objectified He can't be seen That's the school of thought Of عهل البيت That's توحيد Allah is perfect The Quran is perfect 100% Everyone agrees Now the school of thought Of عهل البيت Says that the prophet of Islam Which is the mediator Between the two Is perfect yes Other schools of thought Say no He's not a perfect character In every aspect Doesn't that leave a question Doesn't it leave a question If Allah is perfect The Quran is perfect But the person that's a mediator Isn't perfect Doesn't make him a hypocrite If he says Do this Do this Do this as the Quran And he doesn't do it Doesn't make him perfect Is he revealing the correct message Of course not It becomes And so many contradictions Fall into it Therefore The only logical perspective And the perspective Of the school of thought Of عهل البيت Is if Allah is perfect The Quran is perfect The mediator Without a shadow of doubt That is the link Between perfection and perfection Has to be perfect Has to be infallible Can't have any mistakes Otherwise If he says something And he doesn't do it He becomes a hypocrite Doesn't it He becomes a hypocrite That's why The school of thought Of عهل البيت He's infallible The imams that carry on their message And protect their message Are infallible It's not that they can't sin They can sin They're normal human beings But they choose not to sin Any normal person has the choice What do you think about the person That's elevated in ranks And Allah سبحانه وتعالى The more elevated they are The more they give them The more they give them You take one step towards Allah Allah comes 10 Steps towards you What do you say about that These people have quenched Have been quenched With the معرفة of Allah Have been quenched With the closeness towards Allah These people are not like us When I go towards my Salah I can't wait And Insha'Allah tomorrow we're going to be talking about the essence of Salah When I go towards Salah I'm thinking when am I going to finish And I'm happy I smile I'm finished Salah Now I can go do my normal activities These imams They would cry when Salah would finish Because they think I have to wait till the next Salah Until I can go towards a connection with my Lord That's the difference Perfection And perfection That's why we strive to be like them That's the side note And going back into the main aspect The power that's given to these people The responsibility given towards Ali ibn Abi Talib In these nights that we discuss Obviously the Prophet of Islam Is first and foremost Then the person that sees reflection is Ali ibn Abi Talib Then we have the imams that follow on after them Until Imam صاحب العصر والزمان But why do we find it hard in the Quran When we find these miracles When we have as an example I'll give you an example of a miracle And this one's One of the ones that's been ticked in history That's been narrated إمام رضع مام علي رضع عليه أفضل الصلاة والسلام It's narrated in the court of The ma'amoon He's invited And there's a magician there Look at this narration And tell me if you find it strange If you want to compare it With bringing a palace in a split second مام رضا stand there Remember what does Imam حسين say He says we will not be humiliated We will not be humiliated When he says I've been put into a comparison I have to choose one of two Either death Or humiliation I choose death Because no way will we be humiliated We will not be humiliated إمام رضع comes into the courtroom There was a magician there إمام رضع goes to pick up A bread The magician thinks he's playing around With a normal person He moves the bread Up to the Imam As he goes to take it The bread's up The Imam looks at him He goes again The bread's up He wants to hold it He brings it back down The Imam warns him He says you don't want to do that again Because we don't like to be humiliated We will not be humiliated The Imam warns people in the palace They are laughing The Imam is patient So don't do it again He's warned him So he goes again to take that bread The magician If it's funny again He puts the bread up Ali ibn Musa There was a painting behind this man Some people might have come across this narration There was a painting of a lion Behind that man He looks at the painting Just looks at it The narration says The painting comes to life The lion jumps out of The picture It says The Ma'amun faints He says All that was left of that magician was his bones Now there's a strength of How it's narrated That it's saying in Arabic terminology That not only did he devour this magician He sucked the blood from his bones To give you a more in-depth Analogy of what happened to this man And the lion goes back into the painting And then he goes to the Ma'amun After he wakes up Ma'amun looks at him and says That just happened Imam smiles He says We'll not be humiliated And he walks out People might find that hard to believe People might come forth and say Well, it's a miracle But it's hard to comprehend What are we given? What honestly If we think to ourselves If we look at Suleiman The wasi of Suleiman had one letter I'm telling you these people had more than one You think if he can bring something from another Place on earth In a split second Allah سبحانه وتعالى Doesn't allow him For a painting to come to life Isa had two letters Two letters He had a sculpture In the Quran it narrates He makes a sculpture Out of clay Doesn't have any life The Quran what does he say? He says He blows on it It becomes a dove Clay Picture Becomes a lion Clay the Quran says He blew on it It says Allah سبحانه وتعالى Wanted And it becomes Blows on it Makes a clay sculpture Blows on it becomes a dove You think it's hard That's A lion comes out of a painting Who look at Ali ibn Abi Talib Miracles upon miracles I can't state them I'm afraid to state them on the pulpits And it's a shame Because we know the position People here everyone I know Knows the position of Ali ibn Abi Talib Knows what he's capable of Knows that Allah has instilled in him There's narrations that's honestly You will look at them and you're like I don't know how to explain these I was reading today I'm questioning myself Should I narrate this or not But I'll narrate it nonetheless If you want the The Masdar I'll have it with me In the book Of معاجز Ali ibn Abi Talib Or معاجز Imam Ali He narrates I think it's the 23rd Or the 33rd Miracle that he narrates In a book of 2400 miracles Of Ali ibn Abi Talib In reference to a jinn And I want you just to comprehend it Because we have in our narrations That Ali ibn Abi Talib Was given the rank Of أمير المؤمنين When Adam Was between clay and water And everyone agrees to this But do we comprehend it Do we understand it Do we ponder over it We don't How was it Ali ibn Abi Talib back then Allah سبحانه وتعالى Willed it to be How was it back then Now this narration goes as follows And insha'Allah tomorrow we'll continue With The bravery of Ali ibn Abi Talib And insha'Allah صلاح To look at what made him A great man And how we can achieve through Something as simple as Salah we can be great We can be grand We may overlook it But it has one of the most Important Pivotal positions As The follows of Ahl al-Bayt Salah, Salah, Salah I'm gonna narrate this And I'll let you ponder over it And there's so many like it The narration states I need you to focus with me When I'm mentioning this narration From the book I'm translating it to Arabic Book I'm translating it to English The Prophet of Islam Was sitting next to a jinn We all know jinn exist We can't say jinn doesn't exist He was sitting next to a jinn Ali ibn Abi Talib walks in The jinn becomes smaller And smaller And smaller until it becomes a bird Ali ibn Abi Talib comes in He talks with the Prophet of Islam Then he leaves As he leaves The jinn resumes his form Back to his aura His strength Then the Prophet looks at him He has a smile on his face He says what's happened He says I know that person Who is he So the Prophet begins And he says this is my cousin This is Ali ibn Abi Talib What do you know of him He says that we've met before He says I don't differentiate I can't mistake that face He says what do you mean you've met him before Jinn live for thousands of years What do you mean you've met him before He's a young man He says I was one of the jinn At the time of Nabi Allah نوح When the ark was being built I went to demolish that ark Ali Nabi Allah نوح What doesn't make sense He says I want to demolish that ark He says then what does Ali come into the picture He says by God that face is unmistakable I went to break the ark Or destroy the ark with a group of The jinn with me He says that person's face came towards me He cuts off my arm From that day I remember his face And he says I revealed my arm He says the jinn says I The Prophet says he revealed his arm And it was cuts He says that's the person that cut my arm صلى الله عليه وسلم That's the smallest one I don't want to get into too much detail into the other jinn's stories But just ponder over it I just want you to ponder over it If anyone wants the reference I'll give you the references But إن شاء الله we end on this manna Because I've taken much of your time And the sheikh is waiting For me my apologies And إن شاء الله we'll resume tomorrow By talking about Salah But on this note We'd like to pray to Allah سبحانه وتعالى To increase us in knowledge Increase us in معرفة Increase us in love And allow us to be firm On the message of Islam Allow us to be firm On the love Of محمد وقال محمد