 الله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أشرف الأنبياء والمرسلين حبيبي إله العالمين بالقاسم المصطفى محمد وعلى أهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين الذين أذهب الله عنهم الرجسة وطهرهم تطهيرا قال الله تعالى في كتابه الكريم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم خلق السماوات بغير عمد ترونها وألقى في الأرض رواسيا أن تميد بكم وبث فيها من كل دابة وأنزلنا من السماء ماء فأمبتنا فيها من كل زوج كريم هذا خلق الله فأروني ماذا خلق الذين من دونه بل الظالمون في ظلال مبين أبناء أبناء والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته إن شاء الله ننزل مع التفسير of سورة لقمان chapter 31 في القرآن وما كنا نتكلم سورة لقمان was revealed in Makkah والسناوات التي were revealed in Makkah they are different from the chapters that were revealed in Medina and that the chapters that were revealed in Makkah focus more on ideology focus more on the belief system proving the Prophet of رسول الله proving God and convincing the community of idol worshipers to let go of the idols and turn to Allah to start believing in God so this is one of the major differences between the Meccan chapters and the Medina chapters the ones that were revealed in Makkah they focus more on the belief system so here we see that the verses have moved on to talk about the creation of Allah and using the creation as a means to convince people to let go of the idols who have not created anything who the idols they are created by the people and let go of these idols and believe and worship in Allah believe in God and worship Allah الله سبحانه وتعالى in these verses in the Qur'an and several places in the Qur'an points out that not only did God create but Allah knows about the intricate details of his creation a lot of things that the Qur'an points out to that science just discovered in the last century or two centuries so the Qur'an discusses certain things that even the people at that time they had no idea about but الله سبحانه وتعالى knows his creation الله is the creator and الله سبحانه وتعالى knows the creation the best so we see that throughout the Qur'an especially in the Makkah chapters the Qur'an uses many ways and methods of convincing people to believe in God and worship Allah سبحانه وتعالى and let go of their idol worship one of the most important arguments that the Qur'an uses to convince people to come back to God and worship Allah سبحانه وتعالى and let go of the idols is the argument of creation الله سبحانه وتعالى throughout the Qur'an tells us finding God and discovering God shouldn't be something very difficult all that you have to do is look at the signs of الله سبحانه وتعالى look at the traces of God what are the traces of God the traces of God is the creation itself the creation itself that is the trace of God if you know if you want to know whether a builder was in a place you go and you see there's going to be signs the builder was building a farmer was farming someone who a cook was cooking you're going to go and see that there's food ready and then you're going to say someone must have cooked this food you're not going to assume that this just came out of nowhere you're not going to assume that anything in life just randomly appeared so why is it that some people they reject الله سبحانه وتعالى and they assume that this creation just came and this creation it's not just something that just you know happened it's so complex there's so much intricate details in the creation of الله سبحانه وتعالى and الله سبحانه وتعالى tells us all i want you to do is look just open your eyes and look at the creation of الله سنرىهم اياتنا في الافاق وفي امفسهم حتى يتبيّن لهم أنه الحق and we shall show you سنرىهم you will see these signs of god في الافاق in the horizons وفي امفسهم and within yourselves حتى يتبيّن لهم أنه الحق you will see it until you come to the point where you will be convinced some people their whole life they're looking they travel they look at the signs of god the wonders of god they reject not because their eyes are not amused with what they see because of their arrogance because of their pride but الله سبحانه وتعالى says we will show you until you see that it is the truth some people they decide to accept in the beginning of their life some people in the middle of their lives some people in the end of their lives and some people they reject until the angel of death that's when they see one of the signs of god one of the one of the um laws of الله سبحانه وتعالى as that everyone dies at that point the non-believer will believe but at that point it's too late so الله سبحانه وتعالى throughout the Quran in many verses tells us to contemplate the creation of Allah go travel look look at the beautiful signs of Allah look at the seasons how they change how the spring starts look at the space look at the sun the moon the stars look at yourself look at your children look at the universe these are all signs that lead us to الله سبحانه وتعالى الله says in the that time during the time of the revelation of the Quran the camel was the was very important very important for the sustenance of life for sustaining their life they needed a camel in order to travel in order to eat in order to go long distances in order to find water so الله says in the Quran this creation that you love that you adore so much do they not ponder and look how did this come into creation where it helps them travel it gives them milk it gives them meat it gives them it finds them water even if in times of in times of extreme thirst they could kill it and take water out of it they would they would need a camel for for survival so الله says do they not see how it came into creation وإلى السماء كيف روفعت and in the skies in the heavens what is holding the skies what's holding the sun and the moon and the stars and the skies and the clouds what's holding them in place وإلى السماء كيف روفعت what raised them وإلى الجبال كيف نصيبت and the mountains what placed them stationed in their place on the earth how it was flattened for you how الله سبحانه وتعالى made parts of the earth flat for you to settle on it's not we can't live on mountains not everyone could live on mountains so الله سبحانه وتعالى made the earth in a way that is that we can live in it so here وإلى الارضي كيف سطحات فذكر إنما أنت مذكر لست عليهم بمسيطر here the task of the prophets and the messengers and رسول الله صلى الله عليه وعاله is just to show people the way we're not we're not we're not الله didn't send prophets and messengers to force people to believe if someone was forced to believe in God then what's the value of that belief that belief has no value because this person is forced to believe الله سبحانه وتعالى sends messengers to show us the way to remind people to guide people to the right path because every single person they have that innate purity الله خلالنا مع ذلك تحدي that will take us to الله سبحانه وتعالى that innate consciousness that fitrah that the Quran refers to that's what leads you to الله سبحانه وتعالى all you have to do is look at the signs all you have to do is use the gifts that الله سبحانه وتعالى has given you they will lead you to الله سبحانه وتعالى الله gave you the eyes with these eyes you could see all of the beauty of الله you could see the beauty that will bring you closer to الله سبحانه وتعالى when you see something beautiful who created that some people they travel thousands of miles they pay thousands of dollars to go and look at an ocean to go and look at a mountain to go and look at a waterfall this is beautiful because our eyes and our souls are innately attracted to beauty we're attracted to beauty okay so when you see the beauty go a step further and ask yourself who created this beauty if this beauty is a creation of the creator then how beautiful is the creator الله جميل يحب الجمال الله is beautiful and الله loves the beauty if you are attracted to the beauty outside then that will definitely it should definitely lead you to الله سبحانه وتعالى or your ears we go and we want to listen to beautiful sounds who is the creator of all sounds who is the creator of all sound waves there are some sounds that we could hear there are some sounds that we can't hear الله is the creator of them the eyes our eyes only see certain colors there are some colors that our eyes do not see الله is the creator of light and color he's the creator of sound الله is the creator of texture anything that you feel use your hands to touch things you feel some things they're soft some things they're rough this is the creation of الله سبحانه وتعالى so الله orders us in the quran to use what he has given us these gifts will lead us to الله سبحانه وتعالى in another verse الله says in the quran قل سيروا في الأرض go and travel in the land there's nothing wrong with traveling go and travel and look at the creation of الله how did God bring all of this creation into existence if this creation is here someone must have created it just as your food your iftar who prepared it for you someone must have prepared it for you your house that you live in someone must have built it built it for you your car that you're driving someone must have you know put it together the watch you see a watch with its details every person with comments says that there must have been a watchmaker to make this why is it that we don't apply this law when it comes to الله سبحانه وتعالى so this is one of the oldest arguments of God proving God is the law of creation and this it has said that the one of the first who used this argument with socrates the philosopher socrates he says that the precision and the order in the creation it leads people to accept that there is not only a designer but an intelligent designer the precision in your in in the creation the precision in the universe in the solar system and everything that has been created Imam صادق he also uses this argument there was an atheist there was a man who did not believe in God so he comes to the Imam عليه السلام and the Imam صادق he brings out a piece of he brings out an egg and he tells him look at this egg that man his name was at day sani he tells him look at this egg don't you see it has a shell this shell it stops anything from going out and anything from coming in but beneath that shell there is a layer a white layer and beneath that is the yolk the yellow this is something that nothing comes out of it and nothing comes in it but after a time it brings out a creation that has such beautiful colors with the colors of the peacock who created this do you see the Imam he tells him do you see that this just came by itself who created this that man when he saw this argument from the Imam عليه السلام he believed he believed because that man he allowed his heart to see the truth but there are some people despite the fact that they see the creation of Allah despite the fact that they see the signs of Allah سبحانه وتعالى but their biases and their their perspective is flawed where they don't their arrogance and their pride stops them from accepting Allah سبحانه وتعالى and accepting that there is a creator there's an intelligent designer yes there are some people they come and they say this argument of creationism this is not a very solid argument because don't you see the plagues don't you see people dying don't you see the natural disasters this is not a perfect universe if it was a perfect universe then we would be living a perfect lifestyle we wouldn't have diseases we wouldn't have a virus we wouldn't have all of these things the answer is Allah سبحانه وتعالى created the universe the earth it's not perfect for me am i the one who gets to decide whether it's good or not Allah سبحانه وتعالى has created a system i'm not at the center of the universe to come and judge whether the creation of god is good or bad everything that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has created has its own رحمة has its own blessings we say for example why does why does an earthquake have to happen earthquake happens because the the geology of the of this creation this is this is the system that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has created maybe it's not good for me but maybe the the earthquakes happening have a positive impact maybe something that i didn't notice some people they don't want it to rain other people they want it to rain if it's not raining some people say why does god do this to me if it is raining for the one that doesn't want to rain it they'll say why does god do this to me everything has its own purpose everything because Allah سبحانه وتعالى says ورحمة وسعة كل شيء and the mercy of god has encompassed everything there's a system i'm not at the center of the universe to come and because everything is relative maybe something is good for me but it's not good for someone else maybe sometimes it's not good for me but it's good for other people right now this virus we're stuck at home for us it's not a good thing but there's a lot of good that might come out of it maybe the planet needs some time to breathe maybe the planet needs some time we're always hearing about you know the global warming and how people are you know destroying the planet and destroying life other other animals maybe now us being home maybe this is a mercy for others even something as bad as death everyone hates death but even in death there is some type of mercy imagine if people they lived forever there will come a time where they were they will wish that death comes so Allah سبحانه وتعالى has created this universe in a system i'm not someone who comes and judges why does this have to happen and why does that have to happen the system is running the system is functioning properly and since it's functioning properly then that means there's a creator and that is الله سبحانه وتعالى now the Quran it constantly takes us back to look at the creation and to look at the signs of الله سبحانه وتعالى because it's the signs of God that will lead us to God and these signs of God that الله سبحانه وتعالى discusses in the Quran sometimes these are you know some of the signs that people have just discovered right now maybe there are certain things that the Quran is talking about that we have not even discovered right now when the Quran was revealed 1400 years ago people didn't know the law of gravity people didn't know about the expansion of the universe people didn't know of many things that now they're they're being proven by science and by technology and the advancement in science الله سبحانه وتعالى talks about these the Quran talks about the pairing of the male and the female سبحان الذي خلق الأزواج كلها الله سبحانه وتعالى talks about the expansion of the universe how the universe is constantly expanding in 1929 a ساينتس by the name of Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding الله سبحانه وتعالى mentioned this 1400 years ago in the Quran و السماء بنيناها بايدن و إنه لموسعون and it is constantly expanding and so on and so forth there are many books and articles that will point out many of the technical miracles in the Quran that prove that الله سبحانه وتعالى not only created but he's a creator who knows what he created so here in this verse and verse 10 of Surat Luqman الله سبحانه وتعالى goes on to talk about the creation of Allah and Allah points out five signs of the creation and these are things that only if we just sit and think about let us just contemplate them for a few moments الله says خلق السماوات بغير عمد ترونها الله سبحانه وتعالى created the heavens without pillars that you see بغير عمد ترونها و ألقى في الأرض رواسيا أن تميد بكم و بث فيها من كل دابة و أنزلنا من السماء فأمبتنا فيها من كل زوجا كريم الله سبحانه وتعالى He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains lest it should shift with you and disperse therein from every creature and we sat down rain from the sky and made grow therein plants of every noble kind here الله talks about five of the signs of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and we have all seen these signs but we sometimes we look at them and we don't think الله says think افلا يتفكرون افلا ينظرون so الله wants us to think one is خلق السماوات بغير عمد ترونها الله says he created the skies without a pillar holding it without you seeing a pillar holding it what does this mean that means that there's something holding the skies there's something holding the clouds there's something holding the universe together the sun is being held together in place by something there's a pillar that you don't see the moon is being held by something that you don't see بغير عمد ترونها you don't see the pillar but there is a pillar today scientists have discovered that there are laws in nature there are certain things that are holding down the cloud they're holding the clouds in their place holding the moon in its place is it could be gravity and it could be others with you know with the cloud it could be other things that are holding it in place and allowing it to raise the small droplets of the water because they're so light they go up that's that's kind of like a bridge the heat it raises it raises the clouds up and it allows the the water to evaporate with regards to the moon with regards to the solar system with regards to everything there are laws that are holding things in place there are pillars that we do not see science has just discovered that there is something that's holding the moon in its place it's not just floating around nothing holding it at that time people they would look at the moon and they say that the moon is just floating but now we know that there's a law of the universe that's keeping the moon in its place that's keeping the sun in its place that's keeping the earth in its place and every planet it's being kept in its place and then الله says in the Quran وَأَلْقَا فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَا أنْ تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ and الله سبحانه وتعالى place down burdens on the earth that hold down the earth in its place that hold hold you down in your place so that you do not fall something that protects you if from earthquake from shaking now people they when we try to analyze the Quran a lot of people they say it could be this it could be that for hundreds of years thousands of years people have been trying to guess this could be the tectonic plates the tectonic plates they're very necessary even though scientists say that the tectonic plates when they move that causes earthquakes but why are they moving they're moving because beneath them beneath the tectonic plates is something that is unstable we would not be able to stand on it the tectonic plates they're on that thing which is unstable and it's liquid form in a fluid hot and fluid form the tectonic plates are on it so we are able to stand we're able to you know walk we're able to move around you would not be able to move on something fluid can you walk on water can you stand on water no so الله سبحانه وتعالى has placed something on earth these tectonic plates for you to move on for you for it to give you the stability now yes sometimes because of what's under it moves that causes earthquakes but that's the system that's the system that الله سبحانه وتعالى has created وَأَلْقَا فِي الْأَرْضِرَ وَاسِيَا أنْتَمِيدَ بِكُمْ of course another group of scholars they say this is الله talking about the law of gravity the law of gravity is what's holding you down without the law of gravity you're going to fall you're not going to be able to stand so الله is telling you i have placed something that's holding the skies up and the the heavens up and something that's holding you down isn't this something that you should be contemplating about and thinking about وَبَثَ فيها من كل دابة and الله سبحانه وتعالى created within the earth from all of the dabbah all of the creation what is dabbah dabbah is anything that walks anything that crawls anything that moves يدقب الأرض anything that walks on earth is called dabbah so we the humans could be a dabbah the animals anything that moves on the earth is a dabbah الله سبحانه وتعالى is telling us look at this creation even you yourself who created you who created all of these billions of animals of insects even an ant is a dabbah because it moves on the earth who created all of this did this just come by itself i'm surprised when i see some who claim that they are knowledgeable that they have studied the laws of the of the universe the laws on earth and then the laws of nature and then they come and they say you know what every every effect has a cause but then they they totally neglect this law when it comes to الله سبحانه وتعالى where's the common sense so الله says وَبَثَ فيها من كل دابة and these animals this creation a lot of it is is الله سبحانه وتعالى has even created types so it's not just one الله has created certain animals for us to eat certain animals for us to ride certain animals for us to that that we refrain from we can't eat them these are all the creation of الله سبحانه وتعالى and everything has its own purpose every animal every creation every insect has a purpose because الله سبحانه وتعالى does not create anything for no reason الله is wise الله is knowledgeable maybe i don't understand what's the purpose of a bat for example i don't know what's the purpose of an ant i don't know what's the purpose of a fly but every single creation of الله has its own purpose which makes this whole system complete i've seen i've read some studies it says that they introduced they introduced wolves to a forest they introduced a handful of wolves to a forest and they saw that everything changed the ecosystem changed as a result of several wolves introduced in a forest people if they want to if they want to look at it from me from their own perspective people might be scared of wolves they might say you know they come and they kill our sheep they eat our flocks i don't want a wolf but everything has its own purpose maybe we don't realize the purpose maybe we don't understand and comprehend the purpose but الله سبحانه وتعالى does not create in vain just like الله did not create the animals and the insects in vain الله did not create you and i in vain we have a purpose here and our purpose is to use our intellect which brings us closer to الله سبحانه وتعالى and then الله continues and says we have brought down from the skies water we are all in need of water water is so crucial for our living for our lives الله سبحانه وتعالى has given us water we use water to drink we use water to live water is very important for life and الله سبحانه وتعالى blesses us و لقد كرمنا بني آدم الله doesn't send us salt water الله doesn't send us dirty water الله sends us pure filtered water from the heavens from the skies clean water for you to be able to drink for you to be able to live and nourish your body this is from الله سبحانه وتعالى God creates in the perfect form humans destroy why do the people of flint and why do people here and there don't have water it's because of the misdoings of people otherwise الله سبحانه وتعالى has created but some people when their life is not going well they they try to blame it on God they try to blame it on الله سبحانه وتعالى الله says just imagine if you didn't have water imagine if your water was too deep in earth and unreachable who is it that can bring you water isn't it الله سبحانه وتعالى isn't it الله that brings water for you when it rains الله has placed springs in the ground springs on earth for you to drink from that water for you to benefit for you to grow for you to feed your crops to you know grow crops for you to feed your animals water is necessary for life of course here just a side point the imams of the Ahl al-Bayt they use this verse this is in surat al-mulk water is symbolic to life water equates to life if your water is unreachable who gives you water الله if life is unlivable who is it that's going to fix your life of course الله but through Imam al-Mahdi عجل الله تعالى فرجه الشريف and the imams of the Ahl al-Bayt they they point us to Imam al-Mahdi when life is unlivable when people the human race has destroyed life when they have killed the ecosystem when they have destroyed everything when they have spread viruses everywhere who is it that can fix everything it is الله through Imam al-Mahdi the savior the promise savior so this is one point and then the fifth point that الله سبحانه وتعالى wants us to look at is فأنبتنا فيها من كل زوج كريم and we as a result of the water raining down then الله سبحانه وتعالى says and we made grow therein on earth plants زوج pairs of plants of every noble and generous kind how many types of plants are there how many types of trees are there how many types of fruits and vegetables are there that we eat from that we enjoy when we eat this let us say who created this let us thank the one who created this let us start our meal by appreciating and end our meal by appreciating the one who created this for us and then الله says the plants are not just plants the the plants are also in pairs they have the pollen and the egg this is something that the Quran was talking about 1400 years ago and here من كل زوج كريم scholars say why does the Quran use the word كريم to describe plants and vegetation because plants are truly generous plants when they give you they don't ask for anything in return they keep giving you every year and every year الله sends them the rain and they they grow in their own they pollinate and or the wind pollinates it and that's also a sign that's mentioned in the Quran و أرسلنا الرياح لواقح we have sent the wind to pollinate the plants الله talks about this so they give you they give you food they give you oxygen they give you greenery they give you beauty they give you everything من كل زوج كريم and then الله says pondr about these five and then الله says in the Quran هذا خلق الله فأروني ماذا خلق الذين من دونه بل الظالمون في ظلال مبين this is the creation of God now show me what those others who you claim to be gods who you worship and you claim to be gods what have they created what have your idols created the idols you create them what have they created الله سبحانه وتعالى he's the one who created you and he knows everything about you and he has he sustains you and he gives you everything that you have so this is the creation of الله سبحانه وتعالى and then الله says in the Quran بل الظالمون في ظلال مبين the wrongdoers the wrongdoers they are misled they are astray and who are the wrongdoers the greatest act of injustice as the following verses will point out in سورة لقمان is associating a partner with الله سبحانه وتعالى so here the verse the سورة is setting the foundation look at the creation these are the creation of الله now don't associate a partner with God believe in God and the next verses they will go into detail regarding this matter والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على محمد وعلى آله الطاهرين نسألك اللهما وندعوك باسمك العظيم الأعظم لا عزل أجل الأكرم يا الله يا الله يا رحمان يا رحيم يا مقلب القلوب ثبت قلوبنا على دينك اللهما اغفر للمؤمنين والمؤمنات الاحياء منهم والأموات تابع لهم بيننا وبينهم بالخيرات إنك مجيب الدعوات إنك غافر الخطيئات إنك على كل شيء قدير اللهما تخل على أهل القبور السرور اللهما أغني كل فقير اللهما أشبع كل جائع اللهما كسو كل عريان اللهما قضي دينا كل مدين اللهما فرج عن كل مكروب اللهما ردا كل غريب اللهما فكا كل أسير اللهما أصلح كل فاسد من أمور المسلمين اللهما شفي كل مريض اللهما سد فقرنا بغناك اللهما غير سوء حالنا بحسن حالك اللهما قضي عن الدين وأغننا من الفاقر إنك على كل شيء قدير وإلى أرواح المؤمنين والمؤمنات نهدي ثواب الفاتح مع الصلوات