 وأقول في القرآن ما جاءت به آياته فهو الكاريم المنزاله وأقول قال الله جل جلاله والمصطف الهادي ولا أتأوّاله الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على عبد الله ورسوله نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته وبركاته من قرآن لله ملك السماوات والأرض من قرآن لله ملك السماوات والأرض يخلق ما يشاء يهاب لما يشاء إناثا ويهاب لما يشاء الذكور أو يزوجهم ذكرانا وإناثا ويجعلوما يشاء عقيما إنه عليم قدير صورة الشورة بين آية number 49 و آية number 50 نمبر 50 كل شيء في الارض والأرض يجب على الله عز وجل الله عز وجل هو الملك الله عز وجل هو مالكي يوم الدين الله سبحانه وتعالى كل شيء في الارض والأرض يجب علىه لذلك ما نرى من الملعب are gifts from الله سبحانه وتعالى لذلك الله يجب على كل شيء في الارض الله يجب على الله الله يجب على الله whatever He wants He gives male children to whoever He wants and He gives female children to whoever He wants or He brings them together and gives male and female children and whoever He wants He makes them barren He gives them no children at all indeed He is عليم قدير He is knowing of everything and He is able to do everything this ayah is one of the most fundamental proofs that our children are a gift from Allah عز وجل because Allah سبحانه وتعالى said يهب يهب يهب الله يجب على كل شيء من الملعب to whoever He wants and He gives the gift of female children to whoever He wants and He gives the gift of putting together male and female children by a mix of boys and girls to whoever He wants and whoever He wants He leaves them without any children at all and that's the nature of a gift right so Allah سبحانه وتعالى He gives this gift of children and to some people He gives only boys to some He gives only girls to some He gives a mix of boys and girls and to some He makes them without or He makes it that they are without children at all and He gives them a mix of boys and girls and He gives them without children at all and that is from the علم of Allah سبحانه وتعالى from the knowledge of Allah and from His قدرة from His immense and perfect ability and perfect knowledge that He distributes children in this way and Subhan Allah in Islam there is no there is no kind of stigma attached to any of these situations when Allah سبحانه وتعالى recognizes that this situation came from Allah it came from Allah سبحانه وتعالى that you have only boys and don't have any girls and you see the family that has only boys and Subhan Allah they would wish for a girl and there are some families that have only girls and perhaps they would wish for a boy and there are some families that don't have any they don't have any children at all and we know how much that how much a person wishes to have so all of this is a gift from Allah سبحانه وتعالى and also this why I brought this ayah here is to emphasize to you and to make you think about the situation of the one that doesn't have any children and He makes whoever He wishes barren without children Subhan Allah perhaps there would be a rich person from the richest of the people on this earth and they would give everything on the earth جميع and all of it to be able to have a child but Allah سبحانه وتعالى He made them the situation that they don't have any children that's from the knowledge of Allah and His ability and the fact that Allah سبحانه وتعالى distributes the risk to whoever He wants some people He gives money some people He doesn't give money some people He gives children and Allah سبحانه وتعالى gives and distributes His risk however He wants so I brought this ayah for two reasons number one to establish that children are a gift from Allah and when you have a gift you should always be grateful it's a gift Allah سبحانه وتعالى He spoke about it using the word يهابو to give a gift Allah سبحانه وتعالى then whenever you're given a gift you should be grateful and when the gift is something that people crave for and people would spend all the money that they have to achieve and people try and they go for medical treatments and they go for all kinds of things which are both draining upon health and upon financial resources only so that they can get this gift from Allah سبحانه وتعالى so what is the situation like how grateful should we be for the gift of children for the gift of children and just remember those who don't have any children and how hard it is for them to be appreciative of this gift that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has given you and every gift you are given deserves gratitude and that shows us that we have to be grateful to Allah سبحانه وتعالى for everything that He has given us and it also shows you that if you are from those people who are not able to have any children until now you haven't been able to have any children but it also shows you that you need to seek this blessing from the one who has it you can't ask a gift from the person that doesn't have that gift to give it to you so like the people run around maybe perhaps you see some of the people that even go to the grave and they pray and they ask the person in the grave to give them children or they go to the magician or they go to the healer and perhaps some of them put complete faith in the doctor and they ask the doctor to give them children not in the sense of just going for medical treatment and believing that the blessing comes from Allah but actually believing and having complete trust and hope that the doctor can give them children and ultimately you need to realize that none of those people this gift is not in their hands they don't own it they're not from the people or they're not the one that Allah said اللك السماوات والأرض to Allah belongs everything in the heavens and the earth Allah creates what he wants Allah gives this gift to whoever he wants so if you're from those people who haven't been able to have children until now and I say until now because there is no reason why Allah سبحانه وتعالى will not decree for you to have children at a time that he knows سبحانه وتعالى we're going to talk about the story of Zakaria and likewise إبراهيم إبراهيم والسلام إبراهيم their children and having children late in life this is in the hands of Allah سبحانه وتعالى but you need to seek this gift from the one who controls it and the one who possesses it and that is Allah سبحانه وتعالى he's the one that controls this he's the one that possesses it so if you haven't been able to have children and you are one of those people who want to have children are trying to have children but you couldn't then make sure it is Allah that you are asking and that doesn't mean that you can't seek a medical course or a medical treatment or you can't seek a means that is from the means that Allah has placed in this earth in order to be able to have children but ultimately it is from Allah سبحانه وتعالى so attach your heart to Allah and make your dua towards Allah and put your worship and your effort towards Allah سبحانه وتعالى and then take the causes and the means that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has placed and that's a principle in everything that we have in this world and everything that we want in this world whatever it is, whether it is of wealth or children or anything from the زينة الحياة الدنيا from the adornment of this world is that we ask it from Allah سبحانه وتعالى and we put our heart and attach our heart to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and then we take whatever means Allah سبحانه وتعالى has made permissible for us to take on that topic Allah سبحانه وتعالى و البنون زينة الحياة الدنيا و الباقيات الصالحات خير عند ربك ثواب و خير أملا سورة الكهف آية number 46 الله عز وجل said wealth and children are the adornment of the life of this world and the باقيات الصالحات باقيا it means something that remains and obviously صالحة is something which is righteous the righteous remains or the remaining righteous things are better in the sight of your Lord in reward and better in hope سبحانه وتعالى think about this آية what a beautiful آية and we can definitely take a benefit from this in terms of our children are in نعمة that Allah عز وجل he described wealth and children as the adornment of this world the adornment of this worldly life it's like they are an adornment something that makes this worldly life beautiful decorates it and makes it beautiful and makes it pleasing is that you have wealth and children and we said this is an evidence that wealth and children are both from the provision of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and the things that Allah عز وجل gives to people as a gift he gives it to some people and to some he gives very few and to some he doesn't give any at all سبحانه وتعالى but Allah عز وجل said والباقيات والصالحات the righteous remaining the things that are righteous that remain so this is an interesting question what are the باقيات والصالحات what are these righteous things which remain that are better in reward and better in better in hope what are these things like hoping for money how many live their life hoping for children seeking the rewards the worldly rewards of having children like someone continuing your lineage like someone who is going to serve you when you are older like someone who is going to provide income for you when your income has ceased and so on these are things that people seek from the rewards of the worldly life from the matters of the worldly life from the day they wish for for children so what are the باقيات والصالحات the scholars of Tafsir they have a lot of different opinions but here all of their different opinions they come back to one thing and that are the باقيات والصالحات refer to the righteous good deeds the righteous good deeds and that could be the Salawat the five daily prayers the things that the scholars mentioned but ultimately all of their opinions generally speaking can be summarized in the sentence that are the righteous good deeds the righteous good deeds those are more important than what Allah has given you from wealth and children and this gives us a principle and that is that Allah gives the dunya to those whom He loves and those whom He doesn't but He only gives the آخرة to those whom He loves Allah عز وجل gives the dunya to those who He loves there are people who Allah loves in this dunya who have children many children there are people whom Allah loves in this dunya that have lots of money there are people whom Allah عز وجل hates in this dunya that have many children and there are people whom Allah hates in this dunya that have lots of money ultimately you having children or having money and wealth doesn't make you beloved to Allah it doesn't make you from the people who will have a high standing in the آخرة what matters are the good deeds that you put forward by here there's an interesting subtle point a little subtlety or a little subtle point here and that is you can use your wealth and your children to be from the باقيات الصالحة you can make it from the deeds that remain by putting that effort in and by thanking Allah for that blessing and using that blessing to please Allah the مال and the بانون the wealth and the children that are the زينة the decoration of this worldly life can become from the باقيات الصالحة from the righteous good deeds that really matter by using the blessings you have been given by Allah if Allah has given you that blessing if Allah has given you the blessing whether it be wealth whether it be children or anything else from the blessings health or free time or knowledge either knowledge of the worldly life or knowledge of the religion which is even more important whatever Allah has given you use it and make it from the باقيات الصالحة don't make it from something which is nothing more than باقيات الصالحة nothing more than the decoration of this world because that doesn't distinguish the righteous from the people who are not righteous because Allah gives this dunya to those who he loves or those whom he loves and those whom he doesn't love but Allah only gives the آخر to those whom he loves so use and this is again another emphasis upon the blessing of your children use the blessing of children to get near to Allah don't make it something that just decorates your worldly life for you that just makes your life look beautiful but make it something that really remains يوم القيامة and is something which is worth it and you have really shown gratitude to Allah عز وجل for that particular blessing Allah عز وجل said that that people are people زينا للناس people have it's been made beautiful to people the love of الشهوات the love of their desires people's desires love that they have for those desires have been made beautiful for them whether it be women children piles of gold and silver branded horses cattle or land these are all from the things that have been made beautiful to people and I brought this because it is a نعمة of Allah عز وجل all of these things are from the نعم of Allah سبحانه و تعالى all of these things are from the blessings of Allah عز وجل and نساء to have a righteous wife البنين to have children القاناء طير المقنطرتي من الذهبي والفضة gold and silver in piles upon piles horses cattle land all of these are from the نعمة of Allah عز وجل but ultimately they are from the things that can be used for good or for evil and can be used to please Allah or can be used to anger Allah or can become from the things which are just neutral which don't benefit you anything deny the benefit you know they harmed you so again it's about seeing the blessing of children look at how Allah عز وجل mentioned this the children he mentioned it second in the list of these things that people love to have so if you've been given something people love to have you have to use it in a way that is pleasing to Allah عز وجل this is the مطاعر الحياة الدنيا it is the provision and the temporary enjoyment of this life but Allah عز وجل the final destination and the beauty and the amazing nature of the آخرة this is what is with Allah سبحانه وتعالى and we said the hadith in which the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said الدنيا مطاع this world is nothing but a temporary enjoyment and the best temporary enjoyment is المرأة والصالحة a righteous wife and Allah عز وجل mentioned after the righteous wife Allah عز وجل mentioned from the مطاعر الدنيا from the adornment and the temporary enjoyment of the dunya is children and so children are a blessing and a gift from Allah عز وجل who controls everything in the heavens and everything in the earth that's all we have time for in this episode إن شاء الله تعالى we're going to be continuing with the theme that our children are a gift in the next episode but we're also going to look at the fact that our children are a test and a trial and so it's not just that our children are a gift and a blessing but they're also a test and a trial and we're going to look at that also in the next episode إن شاء الله تعالى that's what Allah made easy for me to mention in the time that I have and Allah عز وجل knows best والصالحة والسلام على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين السلام عليكم if you're enjoying these videos and you'd like to keep up to date with all of the courses we're going to be running make sure you head over to amauathome.com