 لا أشرف الأمبياء والمرسلين حبيب إله العالمين أب القاسم المصطفى محمد وعلى أهل بيتها الطيبين الطاهرين الذين أذهب الله عنهم الرجسة وطهرهم تطهيرا أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألف لا تلك آيات الكتاب الحكيم هدى ورحمة للمحسنين الذين يقيمون الصلاة ويؤتون الزكاة وهم بالآخرة هم يقنون صل على محمد وآلي محمد أريد أن أبدأ بالتعامل لكم all on the beginning of the holy month of Ramadhan the month of blessing, the month of mercy, the month of forgiveness, the month of turning to Allah one of the most important features that makes the month of Ramadhan stand out and makes it the best of all of the months is that the month of Ramadhan is the month of the Quran الله says in the Quran شهر رمضان الذي انزل فيه القرآن the month of Ramadhan what makes it so great is that the Quran was revealed during the month of Ramadhan شهر رمضان الذي انزل فيه القرآن هدى للناس وبيينات من الهدى والفرقان it is a book of guidance for mankind and it has clear proofs of guidance and it is a criterion it decipheres between right and wrong my dear brothers and sisters we have to make the Quran a part of our lives we have to live the life of the Quran this is how رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله was when his wife was asked to describe رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله she would say his manners were the Quran the Quran is a book of life the Quran is a book of lessons the Quran is a book of teachings and we have to make the Quran be a part of our lives the Quran is considered to be the greatest miracle in the life of رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله every prophet came with miracles once they left this life their miracles died with them رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله his miracle is still with us and that is the holy Quran so my dear brothers and sisters we have to keep the Quran close to us and we have to recite the Quran and we have to ponder upon the verses of the Quran الله سبحانه وتعالى states in the Quran أفلا يتدبرون القرآن أم على قلوب أقفالها do they not ponder and think and realize about the Quran about the Quran or are their hearts locked for many of us the Quran is just a book that's sitting on the shelf we don't even go to the Quran or we have the app of the Quran on our phones but we don't go to that app we don't check up on that app the screen time on that app is very little we have to strengthen our ties with the Quran we have to recite the Quran and we have to begin to contemplate and wonder and think about the verses of الله سبحانه وتعالى in the Quran today my dear brothers and sisters we begin the commentary of one of the beautiful chapters in the Quran Chapter 31 which is Surat Luqman Chapter of Luqman now what makes Luqman unique is that he was a man who used to contemplate he was a man who used to think he was a man who used to observe life around him and that's what made him Luqman الحكيم Luqman the wise Luqman he was not a prophet of Allah but he is at the same tier and at the same rank of the prophets where the prophets are mentioned in the Quran the stories of the prophets are mentioned in the Quran Luqman is also mentioned alongside the prophets what did Luqman do in order to reach such a high rank where he is compared with the prophets many people ask is Luqman a prophet Luqman was not a prophet according to the hadith of Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم however Luqman was given something that the prophets had and that was wisdom Allah says in the Quran و لقد آتينا Luqman الحكمة الله سبحانه وتعالى blessed Luqman with a gift that only the luckiest people receive one of the greatest gifts from Allah سبحانه وتعالى for someone to receive is wisdom after faith after having the gift of Iman the gift of believing in Allah سبحانه وتعالى the second greatest gift that anyone should ask for before asking for money before asking for wealth before asking for power before asking for children or anything ask for wisdom ask so Allah سبحانه وتعالى makes you maximize your intellectual capacity and that is through the blessings of Allah سبحانه وتعالى Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the one who will give you and instill that wisdom in your heart Allah says in the Quran يقتل حكمة من يشاء و من يقتل حكمة فقد أوتية خيرا كثيرة Allah سبحانه وتعالى gives the knowledge and the wisdom to whoever Allah سبحانه وتعالى wills and then Allah says و من يقتل حكمة فقد أوتية خيرا كثيرة whoever has been gifted the wisdom this person has been given the greatest خير the greatest gift so one of the du'as that we should always ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى for is to increase our intellectual capacity to have us make sound judgments correct judgments وقل رب زدني علما ask Allah to increase your knowledge some of us we have the knowledge there are some people out there they're geniuses but they don't have wisdom you have to have the knowledge you have to seek knowledge and you have to make wise decisions and wise choices in life so لقمان was a wise man and he is eternalized in the Quran because of what he has done the narrations mentioned that لقمان lived during the time of Prophet Dawood عليه السلام and he was from the relatives of Prophet a Yub job so لقمان he was given the wisdom and the wisdom and the wisdom and the wisdom and the story of how he was given the wisdom is narrated to us by رسول الله صلى الله عليه وعاله scholars of Tafseer one of them اللانة طبرسي in his Tafseer he mentions this hadith he says that رسول الله صلى الله عليه وعاله he tells the Muslims حقا أقول لكم لم يكن لقمان نبيا سأخبركم أن لقمان لم يكن لقمان لقمان لم يكن لقمان الله صلى الله عليه وعاله لكن ولكن كان عبدا كثيرا تفكر one of the qualities that he had was first of all he was an Abd he was a slave of Allah not a slave of other people he was a slave of Allah and this is the greatest honor for anyone to have in life this is why even رسول الله صلى الله عليه وعاله the most complete creation of Allah we say in our prayers وأشهد أن محمدا عبده ورسوله before being a messenger رسول الله was a slave and servant of Allah so لقمان he was a servant a slave of Allah ولكن كان عبدا كثيرا تفكر he was a man who would constantly contemplate and think حسن اليقين he had strong positive certainty some people are thinking but they're shaky they don't have certainty in إيمان they don't have certainty in Allah certainty in times of difficulties when they're being tested لقمان he had that strong certainty أحب الله فأحبه he loved his Lord so his Lord loved him and when you love God God will love you and when God loves you الله سبحانه وتعالى will give you gifts so what did Allah سبحانه وتعالى give لقمان ومن عليه بالحكمة الله سبحانه وتعالى gave him the greatest gift and that is wisdom the power of wisdom making sound decisions making positive good healthy decisions in life this is لقمان رسول الله in the same hadith he continues he says لقمان was sleeping one day and he had a dream in his dream he heard a caller telling him الله سبحانه وتعالى has given you the option to become a leader to become a powerful leader a king someone who has strong authority and strong power do you wish to be a leader لقمان here is where wisdom his wisdom kicks in لقمان he answers the angels he tells them if it is الله سبحانه وتعالى ordering me and commanding me to be a leader then I will accept whatever الله سبحانه وتعالى commands I will follow the commandment and the orders of Allah because I know if God is ordering me to do something then God will support me and God will help me withstand the challenges however if Allah سبحانه وتعالى has given me the option of becoming a leader or not becoming a leader then I will choose العافية I will rid myself of the calamity I don't want to have the بلاء here the angels they ask لقمان they tell him what do you mean he says being in a position of power is not necessarily a good thing today a lot of us we think that if I have money if I have wealth if I have power then God is blessing me and the ones who do not have then that means God is punishing them God is taking away from them لقمان he was a wise man and he says the exact opposite he says I would rather not have a position of power because with a position of power comes great responsibilities and with responsibilities comes great risks and the risk is not only falling in this life it's failing the جنة losing the afterlife so then he tells the angels I would rather be عزيز in the afterlife have honor and glory in the afterlife and not have it in this life and I would not want to have glory in this life where I'm going to miss out on it in the afterlife this was supposedly in a dream according to the حديث of رسول الله a dream that لقمان was having he wakes up and suddenly he has the wisdom anything he says he speaks wisdom he talks wisdom anything that he says now he becomes a wise man and الله سبحانه وتعالى has given him one of the greatest gifts يؤت الحكمة من يشاء وما يؤت الحكمة فقد أوتي خيرا كثيرة whoever has been given the wisdom this person has been given a great gift this is why my dear brothers and sisters one of your دعاء during this month of Ramadan ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to help you make sound decisions in life ask Allah to support you in your decision making ask Allah to be there for you to guide you and to show you the path of guidance even رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم even though he's the most complete and he has the most knowledge رسول الله never would be arrogant and make independent decisions this is the one who makes decisions on their own quick decisions hasty decisions this is not a sign of wisdom رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم his wife says I heard him in his sujud he's crying and in his sujud he's asking Allah he's saying إلهي لا تكلني إلا نفسي طرفة عين النبدا oh Allah don't leave me independent on my own not even for a blink of an eye meaning oh Allah I'm in need of your guidance oh Allah you helped me make decisions in life and this is what لقمان had إمام صادق عليه السلام he says أمو الله ما أتي لقمان الحكمة بحسب ولا مال ولا أهل ولا بصطن في الجسم ولا جمال إمام صادق says لقمان was not given the wisdom because of his because of his family his lineage he's from this community he's from this village he's from this country ولا مال not because of his wealth ولا أهل not because of his family ولا بصطن في الجسم not because of his strength his strong body ولا جمال not because of his beauty we tend to measure people their success in these issues in their wealth their family their last name their beauty their strength these are the things that we look at الله سبحانه وتعالى looks deeper الله سبحانه وتعالى looks in your heart and that is when الله سبحانه وتعالى will decide whether you are deserving of his mercy or not whether you are deserving of his blessings or not so لقمان he didn't have these things he didn't have a family he didn't have a strong known family he wasn't strong he wasn't very good looking he didn't have all these things what did he have that made him be chosen by الله سبحانه وتعالى ولكنه كان رجلا قويا في أمر الله what made لقمان stand out and what the reason why الله سبحانه وتعالى gave him wisdom لأنه كان كان رجلا قويا في أمر الله he was strong in the matters of God how strong am I when it comes to matters of God when Allah سبحانه وتعالى tells me to pray when God tells me to recite the Quran when God tells me to recite dua when God tells me to fast some of us as soon as Allah سبحانه وتعالى orders me something or something that has to do with God giving charity helping out people we start making up excuses here and there but if someone tells me you have to go and play a game you have to go and stay up all night you have to watch a boxing match you have to do this we're up we have no problem with that our strength is for this dunya and our weakness is when it comes to Allah سبحانه وتعالى it should be the other way the other way around ولكنه كان رجلا قويا في أمر الله متورعا في الله it has ورع ورع means you're very very careful that you don't do anything which will be an act of oppression an act of injustice disobeying Allah سبحانه وتعالى أمير المؤمنين he asks what is the greatest deed during the month of Ramadan he tells him الورع عن محارم الله be very careful not to fall in the sin if you have two options either you protect yourself from not falling in the sin or you do extra salah extra charity extra عبادات if you can choose one of them choose not to sin that is greater than doing all of the عمال doing all of the عبادات and then coming and wiping it all out with one sin with one act of disobedience so he says متورعا عن في الله ساكتا he was quiet he wasn't always talking some people they have to always talk they have to always say something one of the qualities of a wise person is someone who is quiet only talk when you have to مستكينا he has that sense of tranquility that sense of سكون عميط النظر he is farsighted he is able to see deep and طويل الفكرة he has long thoughts حديد النظر شارب vision مستغنن بالعبار he takes lessons from past experiences you have to have farsight and hindsight farsight is you have to make proper decisions for your future and hindsight is very important that you making proper decisions based off of experiences that you have before if someone they made a mistake and the wise person does not make the same mistake twice only a foolish person will make the same mistake more than once so these are the qualities in لقمان and this is why Allah سبحانه وتعالى increased the wisdom for لقمان now سورة لقمان chapter 31 in the Quran is considered to be a مكن verse a مكن سورة a مكن chapter you find in the beginning of the Quran it will tell you this verse is from مكة or in the end of the Quran this verse is a مكن verse or a مدينة verse this is because رسول الله سبحانه وتعالى the Quran was being revealed on رسول الله for 23 years the first 13 years were when رسول الله was in مكة and then رسول الله migrated to مدينة so some of the verses the verses that were revealed in مكة they are described as مكن verses and the verses that were revealed in مدينة they are described as verses that were revealed in مدينة now each verse each سورة in the Quran whether it's مكن or مدينة you could tell if it's a verse that was revealed in مكة or a verse that was revealed in مدينة not only through the verses that were revealed in مكة the سورة that were revealed in مكة they're mainly focused on ideology on the day of judgment on توحيد and the belief in الله سبحانه وتعالى and building the foundation of the faith because the people in مكة the majority of them they were idol worshippers so now in the early stages the Quran has to first build the foundations and establish the توحيد of the belief in the day of judgment the belief in the prophet رسول الله سبحانه وتعالى have people accept the Quran and then once رسول الله migrated to مدينة the rhetoric changed now in مدينة رسول الله doesn't have to deal with مشركين I don't worshipers anymore now رسول الله is building a community now there are Muslims and there are also مشركين how to establish themselves how to deal with personal problems that the Muslims had with one another the verses dealing with hypocrisy rise at that time the verses of battles are spoken at that time now سورة لقمان chapter 31 was revealed in مكة and you will notice that through the language of the that is used in the in the in the chapter and the context you will understand that this is a verse that was revealed in مكة one of the differences you will notice is that and this is for you while you're reading the Qur'an if a time when Allah says يا أيها الناس oh people typically that is when Allah is speaking in مكة to all people but when Allah says يا أيها المؤمن oh believers مدينة آمنو oh ones who have believed typically these are the verses that are revealed in مدينة because Allah is speaking to people who have already believed now before we conclude and insha'Allah tomorrow we will begin explaining the verses verse by verse however سورة لقمان is not a very long chapter in the Qur'an and it is highly recommended to recite this chapter for the sake of protection we have several حديث that say for someone to recite سورة لقمان for protection and to have wisdom to strengthen your wisdom and a حديث from رسول الله صلى الله عليه و عليه وسلم he says من قرأ سورة لقمان كان له لقمان رفيق اليوم القيامة whoever recites سورة لقمان لقمان will be your partner on the day of judgment meaning that لقمان will be your friend لقمان will be there to help you and to support you do you want to be with ones who Allah سبحانه و تعالى describes as wise individuals or do you want to be with ones who are not so wise of course everyone wants to be with the wise person and being with لقمان is a great honor and then recite سورة لقمان وأعطي من الحسناة عشرا عشرا بعدد من عمل بالمعروف ونهى على المنكر الله سبحانه و تعالى will give the person who recite سورة لقمان the blessings tenfold tenfold like the ones who do أمر بالمعروف ونهي على المنكر and joining the good and forbidding the blessings and the blessings and the blessings and hope and joining the good and forbidding the evil Why? Because لقمان as we will read we will of course this versus this chapters name سورة لقمان because it's going to mention some of the some of the words of wisdom of لقمان The whole chapter doesn't have to do with لقمان but the name is لقمان because several times in the chapter the name of لقمان is mentioned and when he's mentioned إنه يعطي الوصول له. يخبره يابوني لا تشغلك بالله إن الشركة لظن من عظيم. اوه my son do not associate a partner with Allah because associating a partner with Allah is the greatest act of injustice. And he keeps giving his son pieces of wisdom. So if you want to have wisdom and if you want to have the reward of someone who is enjoining the good and forbidding the evil the same way Luqman was then you recite Surat Luqman. In another Habib from Imam Al-Baqar عليه السلام. Imam Muhammad Al-Baqar the fifth Imam of Ahl al-Bait. He says The one who recites Surat Luqman at night before you sleep. Allah سبحانه وتعالى will send 30 angels that will protect you from Iblis until the moment you wake up. So these angels they will be there to protect you from shaitan and from the army of shaitan until you wake up. And then he says And the one who recites it in the morning Allah سبحانه وتعالى will protect you and keep those angels there to protect you from Iblis and his army until that night. So it's a verse of protection. It's a surah of protection and it's a surah that will increase your wisdom and it will make you be with Luqman. My dear brothers and sisters I will conclude here. Insha'Allah tomorrow we will begin looking at the beginning several verses of this chapter. And if لا ميم we will explain what are these letters in the Qur'an. What do these letters mean? These حروف المقطع, these unconnected letters. What do they mean? What do they symbolize? And then تلك آيات الكتاب الحكيم talking about the Qur'an and the signs of the Qur'an. We ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to protect you and to bless you all by the blessings of the holy month of Ramadhan this holy month even though we are in our homes we have to take advantage of this month and we should not miss out on any opportunity we have of increasing our wisdom increasing our knowledge and getting closer to Allah سبحانه وتعالى I will conclude by the recitation of one of the blessed du'as that is recommended a short du'a that is recommended to be recited during these nights the days and nights of the month of Ramadhan and this is supposed to be recited after each prayer وهذا شهر عظمته وكرمته وشرفته وفضلته على الشهور وهو الشهر الذي فرفت صيامه علي وهو شهر رمضان الذي أنزلت فيها القرآن هدى للناس وبينات من الهدى والفرقان وجعلت فيه ليلة القادر وجعلتها خيرا من الف شهر فياذا المني ولا يمنوا عليك منا علي بفكاك رقبتي من النار في من تمنوا عليه واتخل الجنة برحمتك يا أرحم الرحمين وإلى أرواح المؤمنين والمؤمنات نهدي ثوابا فأاتح مع الصلوات اللهم صلى الله عليه وسلم