 As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, wa salatu wa salamu ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa salim. Ya Rabbana ala kalhamdu kama yin bagheel l-jalali wa jita wa adheemi sultani. Bismillah. Now today insha'Allah we will be resuming our first session after Ramadan and insha'Allah Now we will go for eight more sessions once a week insha'Allah to finish Jaze'amma, the Tafsir of Jaze'amma insha'Allah. So last time we stopped at the beginning of Surat An-Nazi'at. We talked about how people will be resurrected after the quake shall happen. So today insha'Allah we will be starting with the story of Sayyidina Musa alayhi salam and that will be ayah 15. So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will mention the story of Sayyidina Musa alayhi salam for a reason. We know that the non-believers belied Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and they did not believe in him and even though Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam wanted everyone to be a believer because he tasted the beauty he tasted the good taste of faith and he wanted everybody to taste it. So and that's why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said to him in Surat Al-Kahf al-A'la Ka Ba'fi'a An-Nafsaka ala aatharihin illam yu'minu bihaadal hadithi asafa. Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them or Muhammad if they don't believe in this message. This was out of Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam love and mercy to his ummah. He wanted everybody to be a way to be saved from torture, from punishment in the day after. He wanted everybody to enjoy what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has prepared for the winners. So he presented us this story to give an example, a live example of what happened to one of the prophets. So it's not only a story. There is a moral. There is a lesson out of this story. So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, And now when we are going to read this story, we are not going to read the whole thing. How Sayyidina Musa, what happened to him? How he met his wife? What happened? How he got met? No. We're going to have just a very short portion of the story to support the purpose why this story was mentioned here. So Allah said, subhanahu wa ta'ala, has there come to you, Muhammad, the story of Musa? So why are these people opposing him? Why are they exaggerating and belying Musa? Musa Farahun reached the top place of transgression. He said, I am your Lord, the highest. He said, I never witnessed there is any other God for you than myself. This is transgression. What type of this person is that? So that belying of Farahun, that transgression of Farahun, was way much more than what Quraish used to do for Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did not let down or put down Sayyidina Musa. No, what he did to him, he gave him victory. So torment is not only in the day of judgment, but also in dunya, when he drowned Musa Farahun and all those who followed him. That was the punishment in this dunya, but all the way from the time they witnessed this punishment until the day after, until eternity, forever this will be their punishment. So Muhammad know and be sure that whatever the non-believers have reached, whatever degree they did, and whatever harm they did to the believers, be sure that we will give you victory. Be sure that we will save you. Let them think of the story of Farahun. So when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned this story here, it has a way of warning the non-believers of hitting their hearts, hard to have some fear that there will be punishment no matter how powerful that person was. And on the other hand, it's a kind of mercy to the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, to calm him down and to assure him that the messengers of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala are always winners. So Allah has sent Prophet Musa to Farahun and aided him with miracles. What did Farahun do? Farahun did not believe he continued in his disbelief and transgression until Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala seized him with a mighty and powerful punishment. So the story goes, has there come to you, Muhammad, the story of Musa? Is nadaahu rabbuhu bilwadi al-muqaddas yutua. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has spoken to Prophet Musa on the holy sacred valley of Tua. This mountain, this valley is in Egypt. So he told him, when he talked to him, he said, ishaab ila Farahun, inna huqaa. Go to Farahun. And barely, he has transgressed all bounds. He became arrogant, he became moat, he became super proud, superior. He considered himself above every person. So why, why to go to him? Faqul helaka ila antazaka. Say to him, would you purify yourself? Would you purify yourself from the transgression that you practiced? From killing people, from torturing people? Just repent to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So look at the form of the way that he is ordered by Allah to talk to him. That Musa alaihi salam was ordered to talk. He did not ask him to give orders to him. To order him to believe. No, he was just talking to his mind. It's not, it's not an order, but he was presenting that to him. Because you know the reason for that, Farahun claimed to be God. He would never, his ear would never get an order from anybody. He was always the one who gives orders. So if there is someone to order him, that person will be tortured and he will get rid of him in a second. So just tell him, will you respond to the path that will purify you? In Surah Taha verse 44, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Speak to him with gentle speech, that perhaps he may be reminded or have fear. So I guide you to your Lord so that your heart becomes humble and you fear Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So if this guidance happens, then fear will start to be practiced. When someone fears Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, then he will feel that he is humiliated in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. He will humiliate himself. Who am I to transgress? He will know for sure the power of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So he will obey Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and he will have the fear in him. So when Moses went there, went to Farahun, he showed him the great sign. Moses showed him a strong evidence and a clear proof of the truthfulness of what he had come up with from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. He showed him the stick that was changed to a snake when he threw it. He showed him how his hand became white after he put it under his arm. But what happened to Moses? Moses continued to deny, he denied and disobeyed. Sorry, Farahun. So Moses showed the signs but Farahun denied and disobeyed. He rejected the truth. Recognition is the knowledge of the heart and normally faith is its action. When you recognize something, then you recognize it first of all by your heart and then you do what goes along with that feeling. So faith is to comply with the truth and submit to it. But Farahun refused the truth. He not only refused the truth, then he turned back, striving and plotting. Yes, in Arabic means he was working so hard to oppose Moses, to prove him wrong, to confront him and to try to punish him. So what did he do? Fahashar of Anada. So he gathered his people and called out, proclaiming, saying, claiming that I am your Lord, the highest, the most high. So first he belied Moses, then he assured that he is the Lord, the most high. What did Allah SWT do? Consequently, Allah SWT seized him with a punishing example for the hereafter and for this life. Allah SWT punished him severely and made an example of him for all rebellious people. Beware, this will be the result. Allah punished him for the first sin that he committed when he claimed to be the Lord, the most high, and also for the following sin when he belied Moses, the most high, and for plotting against him. Allah SWT says indeed there is a lesson in this for all the people who fear, who obey. So this is not to be considered just as a story that is mentioned for entertainment. No, each and every story in the Quran was told to get the wisdom out of it, to get the lesson out of it. Then Allah SWT, he says, are you harder to create or are the heavens harder to create or to be constructed? In Surah Yasin, Allah SWT says, isn't he who created the heavens and the earth able to create the likes of them? The one who created the heavens can create humans, can create everything else. Wasn't difficult for him to do that. He raised it high, it's height, and he has perfected it. If you look at the skies, perfect. There is not a single crack in the sky. So Allah SWT raised it with no poles to hold it. Any building needs poles to hold the roof. But these skies are raised up high without any poles. He made it high, vast in its space. And what did he do to these skies? He decorated them with stars and plants, planets. So these planets, these stars shine at night. So Allah SWT created and perfected how these skies look. He made its night dark in black. And he made its day bright, luminous, and shining. He didn't make it dark all the time. And he didn't make it light all the time. This is one sign of perfection. So Allah SWT is showing people how powerful he is. After he created the earth, he spread it out. So he created everything on earth just to make sure that you would live in a way that everything he has created will help you. He prepared the earth to make it ready for man to live on it. What did he do on it? And from within it, from within earth, he brought out its water and its metals. And the mountains, he has fixed firmly. We read in Surah An-Nabab how Allah SWT has created the mountains, the role of the mountains in getting the earth fixed. So he settled the mountains firmly and established them in place. So he created the earth, he spread it out, he brought out water, he made with metals, and he put the mountains firmly. Why? And that was a sustenance as provision and benefit for you and your cattle. So rain will provide provision for people and cattle. Summer comes, land dries, no more, no more rain until next winter. Rain will bring fruits again, food again, leaves, trees, and life again. So life will come back again. Now think, what does this mean? What does this remind us of? This is similar to resurrection. Something which is life, life died and then came back again. So this life, this is exactly as life after death. This is the day of judgment. So this assures the fact of life after death. This assures that people are going to be resurrected after they die. When this idea gets deeper in mind, then faith gets deeper in a person. Subhanallah. So now Allah is going to talk about the day after. So you see how well connected the ayahs are between each other. One story that leads to another, one thing that would lead to another. Subhanallah. So Allah says, but when the great frightening event befalls, what's that? It's the frightening day. It's the frightful and horrifying day of judgment. In surat al-Hajj, Allah swt says, different images of what's going to happen in the day of judgment. You would feel that people are drunk, but they are not. It's the day of judgment. It's a horrifying day. It's a frightful day. So now people know those who not believe earlier, they would know that this is reality. The believers will know, will be sure that what they believed in is truth. So the day when man shall remember what he has striven for. Man will remember all his deeds, good and evil. That's why it is called the day of remembrance. So man will start to view a video of all his deeds. Everything will be presented for him. This is the day when I lied. This is the day when I cheated. This is the day when I heard the feelings of so and so. This is the day when I did that. This is the day when I did not follow the orders. This is the day when this is the day when... So what makes a human being transgress? This is an important question. So what is it that makes a human being transgress and do bad and evil deeds? It's his love to gaining as much as he can in this dunya. It's the love of achieving the goals and desires. But wait, not every desire we have should be fulfilled. So we have to be careful what we are thinking of, what we are saying, what we are doing. One day everything will be presented before Allah SWT in our presence. We need him to be pleased with us. So what happens now? When man realizes that he is back to his Lord and that his deeds are presented before Allah SWT, he will know for sure that... Allah has kept a record of everything. But they did forget that there will be a day of reckoning. And hell shall be made apparent for whoever sees. Everyone, everyone will see hell fire. Verse 71 And there is none of you except that he will come to it. So everyone will view hell and will view its blazing fire. Everyone, good or bad, believer, non-believer, righteous or not righteous. Every single person will view the hell fire. So when they see it and they don't enter in it, they don't feel that that's their place, when they are saved from it, then that itself is a great blessing. That itself is a big reward. But when they are placed in heavens, that is a different type of reward. So... Everyone is going to see the hell fire. So then for those who transgressed, what will happen? Those who rebuilt, those who opposed, those who did not believe that there will be a punishment. But why would people transgress? Because they would think that they are powerful, that they're powerful is eternal, that their people are below them, that they are proud, so they did not believe or they forgot that there is even a power that's more powerful, way more powerful than their power. That their power is nothing in comparison to the real power. So that person transgressed and preferred this life over the day after and the life after death. So he did not believe in anything except of his pleasure, his fortune, everything that would please him in this dunya, and he made it. He transgressed beyond all bounds. So what will happen to him? Verily hell will be home, hell will be the final destination, hell will be the place, their eternal place, that they will be in. Punishment will not decrease, punishment will not end, punishment will be on and on and on and on eternally. They would call the people of Jannah and they will ask them, give us something, give us some water, give us some food, give us something that will make our hardship, that will make our life just a little less miserable. They would say, no, you will be forgotten the same way as you forgot Allah in this dunya and the same way as you disobeyed Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the dunya. What's the other picture? But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, who feared standing before Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and restrained himself in dunya from desire, from evil, from doing anything bad, he who feared Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he who feared his judgment in the day after, he who obeyed him, he who followed the rules, he who prevented his soul from following its desire. So this person, verily heaven will be his home, heaven will be his final destination. He will be a winner, whoever does good will be rewarded, he will be rewarded. They ask you, when will the day of judgment be? And this question has been asked over and over and over in the Qur'an. So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, What do you know to mention of it? Only Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows when it will be. So when Sayyidina Jibril alayhi salam came to Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam when he was sitting with his companions, so he asked him several questions about Islam, Iman, Ihsan, one of the other questions he asked him, What is the hour? When is the day of judgment? The answer of Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says, The one who is questioned about it knows no more than the questioner, than the one who asked the question. But Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, even though he doesn't know about it, even though if nobody knows when it will be, he gave us hints that it's very close. But what did Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says? The only thing you do is you are only a warner for those who feel it, for those who fear this day. I sent you to warn mankind and caution them to be aware, to be aware of the torment and punishment of Allah. So, prepare yourself for it. May he fear Allah, he will fear standing before him. Imagine that someone does something evil, he would feel so bad if anyone would know that he is the one who did that thing. This is dunya, imagine the day after. So, we have to get ourselves all prepared to stand before Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. It will be on the day they see it as if they think that they had not remained in the world except for an afternoon or a morning or between them. Their whole life as if it were between a sunrise and a sunset. So, if life is so short, we have to be aware why we are in this dunya. We have to be aware that we have to be forgiving, that we have to practice mercy, that we have to be honest, that we have to be righteous, that we have to be good. We have to prepare ourselves for the day after. The stories go on and we will move to Surah Abasa, inshallah. So, this Surah, Surah Abasa is designated after the word the Abasa, with which it opens. So, it says, Abasa wa tawalla. So, what's the story here? One time, Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was addressing some people, the leaders, one of the leaders of Quraish, Ubayy ibn Khalaf. So, he was talking to him. He was trying to get him to enter into Islam. So, a man, a poor man, a blind man came to Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and he wanted to talk to him. He wanted some advice from him. So, the man said, guide me, Ya Rasulallah, to the straight path. He wanted to get more information from Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. But Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was in the middle of a very important talk with that person, with that non-believer. So, what happened? Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam frowned in the face of that poor man and he just frowned at him and turned away to continue talking with that leader of Quraish. So, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala revealed these these ayas as a way to show Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that what he did is not accepted. That Allah reprimanded Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in a gentle matter. One way this this surah is one of the ways to prove that the Qur'an is not brought by Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. So, he, subhanahu wa ta'ala, he, Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam did not bring the Qur'an, he did not create the Qur'an. So, what he did mentioning when it was revealed, of course, it will be given to everybody. So, what happened is that Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, of course, is the trustworthy, he is the amin, of course, he said it to everybody. He wouldn't hide it. So, Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, says, Habasahu wa ta'walla. So, the surah is, so this ayah Habasahu wa ta'walla, he frowned and turned away and ja'ahu al-a'ma because there came to him the blind man. The blind man approached him for something. And how would you know? He may attain purification. But for all you know, he might attain this purification. So, his soul, he was asking Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam for some guidance. He might adorn himself with good manners. Or if he was reminded, he would benefit from the reminder. He might receive abomination, which might profit him. So, Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, mentioned these ayes, Habasahu wa ta'walla, and ja'ahu al-a'ma, wa ma yudrika la'allahu yazzakka, or yazzakkaru, fa'tanfa'ahu al-thikra. Amma man istaghna, fa'anta lahoo tasaddah. But whoever considered himself beyond need, that was the non-believer who did not believe in Sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, fa'anta lahoo tasaddah. You paid all attention to him. So, as for him who thinks himself self-sufficient, he doesn't need you, to him you attend. You attend to that person who is uninterested, so that he may convert to Islam. Though you would not be all responsible if he did not attempt purification, if he did not purify himself, if he did not accept the message, you are not responsible for him. But as for him who came to you serious and sincere, fearful of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, fearful of the day of judgment, to him you are neglectful, and you were inattentive, you were too busy, you did not pay attention to him. So what's the wisdom of this? Sometimes something known should not be left for something possible. One should be more attentive to a student of knowledge who desires of knowledge, who is serious of getting knowledge and who is in need for it than any other person. So Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, commands his messenger, subhanahu wa ta'ala, to be equal. So he should equally warn the noble and the weak, the rich and the poor, the master and the slave. Then Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, will guide to the right path whoever he chooses. He has the profound wisdom, Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. So as we mentioned earlier, this is a surah that is a proof that the Qur'an is not from Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, is not written by Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, but it's revealed by Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, and it's an amana of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. It's his trustfulness. It's his trustworthy that he revealed that he passed all the words of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, without any single change, without anything. Subhanallah. Indeed, it's a reminder. Allah reminds his servants through his book. So whoever wants, whoever wishes, can remember him. If you wish, you can remember Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, in all your affairs. Whatever you are doing, just remember Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. Remember Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, just do dhikr while you are working every day throughout your day. Just keep remembering Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. If you wish, you can read the Qur'an and remember Allah's orders and work accordingly. In records held in honor, exalted, purified, Qur'an is honored, elevated in status. Qur'an's ayahs are connected and the meanings are related to each other. So the Qur'an explains itself. So you can read the Qur'an. You can remember Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala by reading the Qur'an. And we ask Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, to purify our hearts through the Qur'an and to make us of those of the people of Qur'an who always have the connection with Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, through His words, through His book. Wa sallallahu ala Sayyidina Muhammad. We will stop here, insha'Allah. And we are at ayah 14 of Surat Abasa. So insha'Allah we'll continue next week, same time, insha'Allah. Wa sallallahu ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa salim. Ya Rabbana laka alhamdu kama yin bagheeli jalali wa jika wa adhimi sultanik. Allahumma yinna nas'aluka min khayri maa sallaka min hu'abdu kawana biyuka muhammadun sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Wa na'awudu bika min sharlima asta'ataka min hu'abdu kawana biyuka muhammadun sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Allahumma ja'alil Qur'an al-kareem arabi'a kulubina wa manara darbina. Ya Allah, guide us, guide us with your words, guide us with your Qur'an. Guide our hearts and purify it. Wa sallallahu ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa salim. Thank you so much for attending. Wa sallam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.