 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا ونبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم يا ربنا لك الحمد كبانية من ضغيل جلال وجهك وعظيم سلطانك بطحانينا افتوح العالي في النياء الرحمن الرحيمين مشا الله today we will be talking about سورة الطارق and insha Allah we will be talking about سورة الأعلى and insha Allah then the last سورة will be سورة الغاشية بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أسفر سورة الطارق سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم I used to recite this Sura and he wanted to emphasize on the day after and on building and encouraging in making the faith of the newcomers of the Muslims to increase their faith so سبحان الله he starts بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وسلمة والطارق so the the Sura is named a Tariq after the first the second word in the Sura in the first ayah وسلمة والطارق so what is a Tariq so Allah first of all Allah is giving an oath he is swearing by the heavens and by a Tariq a Tariq is the visitant by night so what is this what's going on Allah is swearing by the heavens and what he has placed in it so the word السماء has been mentioned in the Quran 310 places between singular and plural and between identified and unidentified so what we see and that that is seen in the word السماء or سماء سماءوات and السماءوات so what we see of the سماء of the skies of the heaven is the lower heaven السماء الدنيا actually if if we look at well no Einstein the physicist he at the end of his at the last part of his life he wrote a book entitled out of my later days يامل أخير so he in his book he mentioned he mentioned that so it's if we are looking at the skies then it's actually darkness at night but what we can realize out behind this darkness is beauty that no beauty is like it and perfection that no perfection is like it and power that no power is like it and if a person who is living and who could not see this beauty and this greatness then he is a dead living person so the skies which Allah SWT has given the oath in is something magnificent and Allah SWT always swears with magnificent things so imagine the greatness of the skies it's a proof of the oneness of Allah SWT it's a proof of how Allah SWT has created and perfection and we saw earlier in the previous source that we have been explaining so far how Allah SWT talks about the skies now if we ask what is a tariq this is what Allah SWT is asking وما أدرى كما طارق oh Muhammad what do you know of this visitant at night what do you know of the night comer so who is what is a tariq a tariq is answered in the following ayah it's the star the illuminating star it's the pulsating star so stars appear at night and they disappear during the day and stars are created from smoke in the sky so when Allah SWT would annihilate them they will turn to smoke into the skies but when at some point their density gets so high that they get to turn so quickly around themselves that they would produce radiation that will be as if it is mucking on the sky so this star it's out of its density its continuous radiation as we mentioned from the mercy of Allah SWT is that he made it away from us so that the sound of knocking does not hurt us so Allah is swearing by something magnificent what is he swearing about إن كل لبس لنبع عليها حاثيل each soul each human being has guardians who record their deeds whether bad or evil whether good or evil and each and every person will be held accountable for their deeds life is not just chaos but it's big responsibility everyone is going to be for what he says for what he does and for everything so how man is created now is that this is a proof of Allah's ability to return him to return man to resurrect man that's the same way that he has created him so Allah says فاليانور الإنسان وميمة خلق then let man think of what he is created of contemplate about his starting point خلق من ما أم دافق he has been creating from the sexual fluid of the man of the man and of the dad this fluid خلق من ما أم دافق this fluid is gushing he is created from gushing forth water where does this fluid come from يخرج من بين صلبي والترائب proceeding from between the backbone of the man and the ribs of the woman so the fetus will not be created except from the merging of the two fluids together إنه على رجعه لقادر really he is able الله سبحانه وتعالى is able to get him back for resurrection and for reckoning he has created him from something very from almost nothing just water gushing water but he is able to get him back so on the day of judgment man will have no power man will have no assistance except what he has prepared and except what he has worked on and what he has brought with him to meet Allah سبحانه وتعالى on that day where all secrets will be exposed and made manifest all the secrets all the intentions everything it will be exposed the hidden secrets will be made open and will be known no one can hide anything no one can build anything فما له من قوة ولا ناصر then he will not have he will have no power or any helper he will not be able to save himself from the torment of Allah سبحانه وتعالى if Allah decides to punish him or according to his deeds and no one will be able to save him so this is the first oath that Allah has given in this surah now Allah will give another oath وَسَّمَا إِذَا تِرْرَجَرْ بَيْدَسْكَيْ which gives rain again and again so one of the meanings of the word رَجَرْ is the rain that comes back again and again on and on and we know that the sun because of the heat the water of the sea, the ocean will evaporate clouds will form and rain will come down so weren't not for this people will be destroyed there will be drought so Allah سبحانه وتعالى is swearing of the skies that has the rain coming down and down again and again وَالْأَرْضِ ذَا تِسْصَدَرْ and by the Earth which splits because why so that this splitting is to bring forth plant and growth وَالْأَرْضِ ذَا تِسْصَدَرْ so what's the oath now إِنَّهُ لَقَولٌ فَسْلِ Allah is swearing to the truthfulness of the Quran and to the failure of those who oppose it إِنَّهُ لَقَولٌ فَسْلِ it's a true word it's the words of Allah سبحانه وتعالى وما هو بالهزل and it's not a thing for amusement no rather it is serious and true so this is the words of Allah سبحانه وتعالى إِنَّهُ مِيَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا verily the non-believers the non-believers of Mecca were plotting always إِنَّهُ مِيَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا they were devising a plan they were plotting you can see محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم they were plotting to candle to blow the candle of this religion they were plotting to hinder the people from getting into Islam they were plotting of hurting the Muslims they were plotting of so many bad things إِنَّهُ مِيَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا and I am plotting also a lot that they will not succeed and they will not be and they will not get to their point but they will be defeated the life which they are trying to to put out will spread far and wide فَمَهِلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيدًا so just leave them for a while to have what they want do not hasten الله سبحانه وتعالى says he's telling us that no matter how those non-believers how those people who deny those people no matter how long they live no matter how great their life is but just leave them and do not hasten their punishment they will be punished at the end they will come back to الله سبحانه وتعالى at the end they will see their punishment they will face their destiny الله سبحانه وتعالى إن الله يومهل ولا يومهل الله leaves for a while but he would never neglect and this is a lesson for us to to practice patience so many things might be very difficult but at the end there will be a result and الله سبحانه وتعالى would never neglect anything فما يعمل مثقان ذرة خيرا يرا وما يعمل مثقان ذرة شرا يرا so each and every person will have their deeds records this is what the ayah starts with and this is how the the surah and this is how the surah ends with there will be an end and everyone will have his record either in his right hand or in his left hand according to their deeds according to what they have done in this dunya so we move now and سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم liked to read this surah and the surah after surat al ghashia during aid prayer and in juma prayer and if it happens that aid and juma if it happens that the aid comes on the day of juma then he would read these two surahs once for aid prayer and he would repeat it for juma prayer so surat al qala this is one of the early surahs that was revealed to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the the proof for that is the ayah ayah number 6 in this surah which says سنقرئك فلا تنسى we shall enable you to recite then you shall not forget and we will come to this to this later we we see that Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم was not accustomed to receive revelation and he was afraid that he would forget its words so Allah سبحانه وتعالى starts the surah by saying سبه اسم ربك الأعلى glorify or purify the name of your lord the most high normally تسبيح is a way of respecting Allah سبحانه وتعالى a way of showing greatness to Allah سبحانه وتعالى when we see something something so beautiful the first word that we say سبحان الله سبحان الله glory to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and whenever say the Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم used to read this ayah سبه اسم ربك الأعلى he used to say سبحانه وتعالى and he he asked us to say this ayah to make this phrase سبحانه وتعالى in our sujood he said اجعلوها في sujoodكم when we do sujood we say سبحانه ربك الأعلى and he used to say في الركور when we make a qur سبحانه ربك العظيم and he asked us اجعلوها في رقوعكم so glorifying الله سبحانه وتعالى and there are so many hadiths in the narrations that assures the importance of تسبيح and for example one of the hadith كلمتاني حبيبتاني إلى الرحمن خفيفتاني على الليسان فقيلتاني في الميزان سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم so just two short phrases which are so easy for the tongue to say but they are so loved by Allah سبحان وتعالى and they have a lot of weight in this scale سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم to say it, keep repeating it سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم and we know that البقيات الصالحات سبحان الله و الحمد لله إلا إلا الله و أكبر so just سبحان الله تسبيح الله سبحان وتعالى is one of the ways of glorifying سبحانه وتعالى سبح اسم ربك الأعلى الذي خلق فسبوى الله سبحان وتعالى is the one who created and he purportioned he created all in heaven, all in earth all in between, he created the universe created everything and he fashioned every creation in the best form he gave a balance to everything beauty, order, coherence لا ترى في خلق الله الله عوجا ولا نقصا you never see that there is something wrong in the creation of الله سبحان وتعالى you never see that oh this needs to be adjusted لا ترى في خلق الرحمن من تفاوت nothing needs to be adjusted everything is created perfectly والذي قدر فهدا الله سبحان وتعالى is the one who sets a destiny and showed the way ربنا الذي أعطى كل شيء انخلقه ثم هذا الله سبحان وتعالى our lord is the one who gave to each thing its form so he gave form for everything he gave it form a nature and then he guided it الله سبحان وتعالى made certain distance specific distance between sky and earth between the sun and earth if this distance gets closer or further then disasters will happen speeds densities orbits everything is created perfectly الله سبحان وتعالى سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم says الله قدر مقادير الخلاق قبل أن يخلق السماوات والأرض بخمسين ألف سنة وكان عرشه على الماء الله سبحان وتعالى ordained the measure of all creation 50,000 years before he created the heavens and the earth everything is ordained perfectly this is one example of the perfection of creation he brought out all kinds of vegetation and crops so you see that it's the same water that irrigates the flowers but each flower has special color aroma everything even the fruits you will see different fruits different tastes different things so الله سبحان وتعالى created and perfected فجعله so الله created everything and all kinds of vegetation all kinds of plants فجعله غوثاء الأحوى and whatever gets out of earth the plants everything so at one point then الله will meet these plants these things that he has he brought out they will be dry then their color will darken and they will be blown away by winds and swept away swept away by floods فجعله غوثاء غوثاء is something that's so useless something that's trivial you don't even spend a single second just by looking at it it's worthless so الله سبحان وتعالى خلق he created he perfected but this ayah tells us that no matter how nice everything will is all if you look outside you will see all the greenery all the the nice few things that الله has created but he also tells us that at one point there will be dark and there will be dry and there will be worthless so this as if it's a picture for us that will emphasize that everything in this dunya is going to vanish nothing is staying forever and this is what الله سبحان وتعالى wants us to get from inside the words from between the lines hey man focus on your focus on the day of judgment focus on your deeds because nothing is going and nothing is going forever and everything will have an end الله سبحان وتعالى now if we go to the first ayah then الله says so glorify Allah سبحان وتعالى and we mentioned that this is one of the surahs that was revealed at the very beginnings of the revelation so now الله says so we shall enable you to recite then you shall not forget when Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم was receiving the revelation when جبريل عليه السلام used to come down in the Quran sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم used to repeat whatever he hears after he used to repeat it after جبريل عليه السلام he was just afraid that he might forget it but Allah سبحان وتعالى says listen and you will not forget سنقرئك فلا تنسى you just listen then you shall not forget it إلا ما شاء الله except what Allah wants you to forget what does this mean once Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم was praying he was leaving a prayer and he forgot to say an ayah and one of the Sahaba said يا رسول الله did you forget this ayah or was it obligated and he said هل هل أبا يبن قاب here and he he said yes يا رسول الله he said did I forget to say this ayah because sayyidina obey was the best in memorizing and knowing the Quran after his Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم one of the best actually so he said yes يا رسول الله you forgot to mention this ayah well this tells us that this is الإنسان من ينسى a human being forgets and this happened also if you remember with previous prophets when Sayyidina Musa عليه السلام was going on the board just to meet Sayyidina الخضر and Sayyidina Yousha forgot the fish and the fish went away what did Sayyidina Yousha say I forgot but the shaitan made me forget it الله سبحانه وتعالى سنقرئك فلا تنسى you will not forget the Quran you will not forget to work by the Quran and this is why we see Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم كان قرآن يمشي he was just a alive Quran he was he was following the Quran in every aspect so we know that الله سبحانه وتعالى when he says except what Allah wills this gives us connects us to another آية الله سبحانه وتعالى says we do not obligate a verse or cause it to be forgotten except that we bring forth one better than it or similar to it and we know that الله سبحانه وتعالى was very merciful with the new Muslims at that time at the time of Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم one of the examples we can say they used to drink wine but الله سبحانه وتعالى stopped them from doing that on phases he didn't say just throw the wine and you are not going to do it no, the first I said they will ask you Muhammad about wine so say that there is there is a big sin in doing it and also there are some benefits of it then there was another آية was revealed later yeah oh people who believe do not pray after you drunk wine after you got drunk and the last آية so the second آية obligated the first one now the last آية which obligated both of the both previous آية when the alcohol, the wine, the wine the wine, the wine the wine the wine is something an evil something an act of shaitan so stop it so this is how الله سبحانه وتعالى makes a prophet makes people forget some just because it was obligated so now الله سبحانه وتعالى says so Allah only he knows what's apparent and what's hidden nothing is concealed or hidden from Allah سبحانه وتعالى he knows everything whether deeds, statements and anything when we see when we see and what is hidden where will be hidden and we will الله سبحانه وتعالى say we will guide you to that what is easy الله made it easy for our master Muhammad to remember the Quran our master Muhammad says I have been sent with the Hanafiyah The Hanafiyah is the legacy of Ibrahim هذا يوجد الكثير من رلاقسة. الدين ويوسر. الشريعة الإسلام لا تكون سهل. والله سبحانه وتعالى يقول إنما مع العصر يوسر. يوسر يوسر. أذكر هذا في صورة الشرح. فكذلك العصر مقدر بأل. ول يعني ذا. والأمر يبدأ بذا. يجب أنه يكون one. إنما مع العصر يوسر. يوسر which is ease has no definite article before it. لذا it's not counted here as the same. لأنه يشاهدت لأخر أية. إنما مع العصر يسرًا، إنما مع العصر يسرًا فالعصر إبوس آيس is the same thing but because it has that at the beginning قلبي while the word يسرًا has nothing so it's two different things وَلَنْ يَعْلِبَ عصرٌ يُسْرَيْنَ and this is what Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ says وَلَنْ يَعْلِبَ so one difficulty will not overcome two eases and Prophet Muhammad ﷺ whenever he was he was given the choice to get to choose anything any of two things then he would choose the easier one and of his Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ of his advice is always يسر ولا تُعَسرُ give ease and don't make it hard for people فذكر إنفاعته الذكرة and therefore remind in case the reminder prophets whenever you see something a person who is in need of an advice and you will see that he has some خير in him then give your advice سيذكر ومن يخشى the reminder will be received by those who fear so if your words are sincere to Allah and if they get out of your heart then they will get immediately to the heart of the listener and they will affect him because he believes in Allah and he fears the day after one word might guide him might get him back to the right track ويتجنبه الأشقى الذي يصل النار الكبرى ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيا but it will not be avoided by the wretched who will enter the great fire he will neither die or live his torment will be eternal so that person will not get benefit of your good words of your good نصيحة قد أفلح من تزكى وذكر اسم ربه فصله indeed whoever purifies himself shall achieve success so he purifies himself from despised characteristics he follows Allah's orders he follows Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم he remembers always that المرء مع من أحمد so this is the shortcut a person will be resurrected with the person whom he loves this is what he has in mind always قد أفلح من تزكى he will not permit Shaytan to whisper for him and he remembers the name of his lord and he will perform prayers and while he is performing his prayer then what will happen he is focusing on his prayer he is present in his prayer he is present he knows that when he makes sujood then he is making sujood to Allah سبحانه وتعالى he feels that he is as if he is in front of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and making sujood for him when he says he knows exactly that he is greeting Allah سبحانه وتعالى so how can he be how can his mind be working or be engaged in something other than Allah سبحانه وتعالى he wants to be present so he memorizes new verses and he reads them while praying that will make him focus more on his prayer he will not be thinking of this and that and this and that no, it's praying time one of the righteous ladies was performing was making wudu before event time a little bit before event time and her son stopped by and he said is it the prayer in and she says no, I like to go to Allah سبحانه وتعالى before he calls me these are the people who have presence who want to be with Allah سبحانه وتعالى who want to have strong ties with Allah سبحانه وتعالى strong bonds with Allah سبحانه وتعالى those are the people who love Akhira they know that the world is worthless in comparison to the hereafter but those who don't recognize this Allah says about them بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا rather you prefer this life the life of this world you prefer this life and what it contains this life makes you keeps you away from Allah سبحانه وتعالى but remember no one is going to take anything with him a person will die will leave everything behind no money, no jewelry, no nothing and he will take only his deeds I say that Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم says if this world is worth a wing just a wing of a mosquito then Allah will not give one sip of water to a non-believer but the believers know والآخرة تخيروا وأبقى the reward of the hereafter is better and more lasting how can you be with Allah if this world is worth a wing how can a wise man give his focus to this dunya to the vanishing dunya and neglects the importance of the life after إن هذا لف الصحوف الأولى so all of this which هذا here means قد أفلح من تزكى refers back to that ayah at the beginning قد أفلح من تزكى و ذت رسم ربه فصله do you remember when we talked when we said this word قد أفلح من تزكى this is verse 14 if you want to go back indeed whoever purifies himself shall achieve success so what is this this has been mentioned in the previous scriptures إن هذا لف الصحوف الأولى this is mentioned in the former scriptures صحف إبراهيم الموسى the scriptures of mousa and ibrahim so what is that it's one message for all prophets Allah is one there is life, there is death there is resurrection there is reckoning there is heaven there is hellfire so the message is the same since the beginning until the end we have to be careful أم لن ينبأ بما في صحف موسى و إبراهيم الذي وفب إلا تزين وازيلة ووزر أخرى no one will bear the burden sin of another person و ألا يسل الإنسان إلا ما سعى فهي سيكون فقط سيقوم with what he does و ألا سعى هو سوف يراه سيكون will be revealed ثم يجزاه الجزاء الأوفا he will be recompensed with full recompense good, bad heaven, fire سبحان الله then in صورة الغاشية الله سبحانه ومتعالي أتاك حديث الغاشية do you know what will happen in the day after heaven fire reward, punishment وجوخ يوم إذن خاشعة some faces on that day will be humiliated because of what is waiting for them they will realize that they are losers they will be humiliated because of the sins that they have done عاملة الناصبة تصلا نارا محمية they will be working working hard in hellfire they used to work hard for the dunya and they exhausted themselves in dunya but now they will be working hard in the hellfire they will be pulling the the torment with them the calves they will be burned with they will be burned severely تصلا نارا محمية تسقى من عيني مانية then they will be given a drink from a boiling spring the heat has reached its maximum limit and boiling point so if they ask for water this is their drink boiling springs water ليس لهم فعاما إلا من درية for then there will be no food except from poisonous firmly plant this is the worst the most disgusting thing to eat لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوا لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوا this food will neither nourish nor avail from hunger against hunger so the intent in eating it will not be achieved how fearing a few focus images but Allah is so merciful He won't keep our hearts scared so He will talk about the the people the winners the people of heavens the people of paradise وجوهن يومئة النعمة some faces on that day will be joyful they show pleasure لسعيها راضية they are glad with their effort they will be pleased with their deeds Allah سبحانه وتعالى they will be pleased with them and they will be pleased with Him رضي الله عنهم ورضو عن في جنة عالية in an elevated paradise in a love to garden لا تسمعوا فيها لاضية there in in paradise you will not hear any foolish words any rubbish words any useless words لا لهم فيها ولا تأثيم nothing useless will be heard in paradise فيها عين جايا now let's see what Allah سبحانه وتعالى has prepared Allah says in one of the Hadith I have prepared for my righteous slaves that which I have seen مالا عين رأت ولا أزل سمعت ولا خطر على قلبي بشر and has never crossed the mind of any human being فيها سرون مرفوع the rain will be thrones rise high lofty, delightful numerous couches when someone wishes to sit then they will lower themselves for him he will sit and he will be elevated up وقواب الموضوع in cups set at hand cups are prepared cups are filled for whoever wants to drink they will be presented for everyone who wishes to have a sip for a drink when a matter comes forth and cushions will line up cushions are lined up to use for leaning reclining وزرابي يولب ثمثة and the carpets spread so they are placed here and there now, الله سبحانه و تعالى wants us to look at his creatures that prove his power and greatness so he gives us four different images so what are these images? why do they not contemplate the camels how they are created camels are very amazing creatures so الله a camel is extremely powerful and strong just if you just a little water will suffice him for a week camels if you want to look at them you will see that they teach us patience أفلا ينظرون إلى الابل كيف أخلقك وإلى السماء كيف رفعت what are they are they looking at the skies how they are raised high nothing to hold it look at it it's so nice and relaxing to look at the skies at night to enjoy the beauty of the skies they don't look at at the mountains how they are rooted we mentioned in صورة النبأ when جبالة أوتادة الله سبحانه وتعالى has created the mountains as pegs to hold the earth in place and make it stable and firm and we know that they are filled up with minerals وإلى الارب كيف سطحة look at the earth how it's spread out to walk on to extract and use what's inside so all these examples show that الله سبحانه وتعالى is the Lord he's the most great he's the only one to be worshipped فذكر إنما أنت مذكر now سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم this is his duty now the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم is only charged with delivering the message فذكر إنما أنت مذكر so remind them you are only reminder لاست عليهم بمصايد طير you are not a controller over them they might accept and they might deny إلا من تولى وكفر however those who turn away and disbelieve what will happen فيعزبه الله العذاب الأكبر الله will punish him إننا إلينا إيابهم indeed to us is their return everyone is resurrected everyone will come before الله سبحانه وتعالى ثم إن علينا حسابهم then verily for us will be their reckoning so this is the message that we are all going to be resurrected we are all going to be before الله سبحانه وتعالى our deeds are going to be scaled so if the deeds are good then there will be reward but if the deeds are bad then there will be severe punishments اللهم صلى الله عليه وسلم و بارك على سيدنا محمد اللهم يا أرحم الراحمين يا رب الهالمين يا الله we ask you to be pleased with us when we come back to you we ask you to resurrect us with sayidina محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم he is the one whom we love and he says يحشر المرء مع أمان أحد person will be resurrected with those whom he loves و صلى الله عليه وسلم will meet next week والسلام عليكم سلام عليكم