 Today's Khutba is about a theme that's a central theme in the Qur'an And we shall take a look at a Surah where this central theme is mentioned And this central theme that runs through the Qur'an is also one of the articles of faith It's Rok Non Min Arkani Il Iman And it depicts an event One of the most significant events Yet this event seems to us to be so far away Because it's so far and remote from our daily lives We sleep, we wake up, we go to work, we sleep, we go up, we go to work We meet friends, we meet families And this event is not constantly on our mind or on our thoughts So this event seems to be far remote from what we're accustomed to From the way we live our life But this event is actually the event that we are preparing for throughout our life Everything we do in our life is in preparation for that event It's the event where we're going to meet our Lord It's the event of the Day of Judgment We shall take a look at a Surah that talks about this event All of our existence revolves around it Our life, our work, our provision, our striving, our intellect, our thoughts Our passions and desires The Qur'an is trying to orient everything we do toward that event Toward that central theme that is going to be our end Everything we do is in preparation for meeting our Creator Our Creator on that Day The Day of Resurrection In the next 10 minutes or so, we'll take a look at one Surah That many of us memorize Many of us recite all the time And we'll take a look at what Allah SWT talked about in that Surah about that event But throughout the Qur'an, Allah SWT talked about the Day of Judgment And one may say, like, why? Why is it so emphasized throughout the Qur'an? Hundreds of places It's not just one or two places It's hundreds of places During 13 years, the first 13 years of the Prophet's mission There is constant reminder of the Day of Judgment And the audience at that time were the disbelievers And some of the believers But the message started with only one man And everyone around him was disbelievers And this event is mentioned so many times And Allah SWT talked about this event in so many ways Sometimes it talks about events to bring to our attention How ridicule the way the disbelievers think about it It's like we hear in Surah Maryam و يقول الإنسان و إذا ما مدتو لسوفة أخرى جحية Man say, when I am dead And I am reduced to dust And I am reduced to rubbles And my bones are crushed What? Will I then be brought again alive? This doesn't make any sense My life ends when I die And that's it To think that there is another life after our life Our existence, our existing life is unthinkable Is inconceivable Allah SWT emphasized that event When he says الله لا إله لاه لا يجمعنكم إلى يوم القيامة لا رب فيه و من أصدق من الله حديثة He says, Allah there is no God but Him He will gather you, all of you He will gather you all together On the day of resurrection About which there is no doubt And whose word can be truer than God's word Than Allah's word Allah SWT emphasized this And then The Quran makes an argument Whenever you read the Quran There is an argument that's been made And when Allah SWT is talking to every human being Including the disbelievers He's also making an argument with them Trying to awaken them Trying to shake them So sometimes the argument will take the form Of repeating their claim As to say that their claim is ridiculous As we read, as we heard In Surat Maryam What إذا ما ميتو لصوفة أخرى جحية After I die I'm going to be brought again to life That's inconceivable Sometimes The argument that's made with the disbelievers Is an argument of تخويف Is an argument of warning Is an argument of A scary argument Sometimes the argument that's made With the disbelievers Is an argument of تشويق Is an argument of attracting them To the beauty That they can enjoy on the day of judgment Sometimes Allah SWT talks with the disbelievers Because they're different people And you have to talk with people According to the circumstances that you are You are faced with And in one instant Allah SWT is talking to the disbelievers As if they're children in a classroom He says, come here, come here Sit down I'm going to explain to you As to why this event is plausible Not only plausible It's possible Not only possible It's most likely Not only most likely It's certain In سورة الحج We read When Allah SWT says يا أيها الناس Oh people إن كنتم في ريب من البعس Oh people If you doubt the resurrection Sit down Let me explain to you Allah SWT is teaching us Educating us He says He's reminding us Of the The most specific attribute That God has It's the attribute of creation He is the creator of everything Creator X nihilo From nothingness فأنا خلقناكو And it's something that we see And it's something that we see And it's something that we see فأنا خلقناكو من نطفة فأنا خلقناكو من ترابين ثم من نطفة ثم من علاقتن ثم من مدغة مخلقتن وغير مخلق And this is something we see We experience Doctors see this When women go into labor They see this They see the stages of creation Allah SWT is reminding them Reminding us That يقول أنه مثل هذا يقول أنه سيارة وقت الجميع إذا كنت تعتقد أنه من مرور نعلم أن نجعلك من المرور ثم من أسلطة فرد من قبول ثم من أسلطة حقية ثم من أسلطة فرد فقط أسلطة فرد قد تنسى إلى أسلطة فرد فهذا قلت أعلم أن هذا السلطة فرد يمكن أن يكون أسلطة فرم yet unformed so we make things clear to you don't you get it oh students he's talking to the disbelievers and talking to mankind as if they're students in a classroom can't you get it think observe this this is something that you witness in the next few minutes let's take a look at one sura sura صورة النبأ صورة number 78 it's a large user of the Quran it's a user many of our children memorized first many of us read all the time and in this sura الله سبحانه وتعالى is talking about the disbelievers whenever we make تفسير of the Quran and the ulema always think of the big picture and they always think of what they call مناسبة it is how is the sura connected with other suras how is the topic of the sura is connected with other suras of the Quran with other themes how are a yet connected usually in every sura the beginning of the sura and the end of the sura closes the loop there's always a connection between the beginning of the sura and the end of the sura and there are themes going within the sura because each sura is not like a chapter it's more like a buffet it's more like it's more like a classroom or more like a city where many things are taking place at the same time it's not just one central ideal that you read about in a chapter in a book on physics or a book or a book on chemistry and so on and so forth you have multiple themes running in this sura الله سبحانه وتعالى is talking about the day of resurrection and the day of judgment from one angles or two angles it depicts first of all it begin with a question عما يتساءلون عما يتساءلون what do they question عنين نبق العظيم الذيهم فيه مختلفون كلا سيعلم ثم كلا سيعلم and then the sura changes begins ألم نجعلي الأرضة ميهادة now الله سبحانه وتعالى is making an argument and educating us and telling us to compare what we do with what الله سبحانه وتعالى الله's favors on us and he mentions nine ayat nine signs nine favors that if we were to think about it this is an argument or a proof for Allah's power and Allah's capability and the day of resurrection is just another thing الله سبحانه وتعالى can do but the sura began with a question عما يتساءلون it's not that عما يتساءلون they're not just asking they're asking each other when the Prophet ﷺ came into into Makkah he didn't come with a passive mission or a passive message he became he came with a proactive active message and it's a message that became the talk of town it became عما يتساءلون whenever they meet that's what they talk about so the impact of Islam on society at that time is that it became the talk of town it became the talk of the hour it became that whenever they meet did you hear what Muhammad says did you hear what Muhammad says he's making such a crazy claim that there is a day of judgment and there is this and there is that and if we don't do well we're going to end up in in half fire and so on and so forth did you hear what he says and at the same time they're not asking to know because when you ask a question in Arabic there are five types of questioning one type of questioning is something you don't know and you ask please teach me and other forms of questioning are like metaphorical questions like this is a rhetorical questions it's called إستفامون إنكتاري it's you're asking them but you're actually scolding them عما يتساءلون it became the only thing they talk about when they meet and that's the impact Islam should make on society that we shouldn't make an impact that they talk the worst about us but we should be the talk of town and the talk of the hour when they talk about the best about us look what the Muslims are doing they're good people عما يتساءلون عن النبأ العظيم the word نبأ and from this word نبأ the word نبي comes the word نبأ means the news but not any news it's a tremendous news it's a momentous news in news we have another word in Arabic called خبر for it but نبأ is a magnificent news and then this magnificent news is described by عظيم so it's not just عظيم it's not خبر عظيم it's خبر عظيم square to the power of two it's a momentous announcement what are they questioning about what are they questioning each other about what are they discussing amongst each other about about the momentous announcement and the word نبأ in it also most of the time it has an invitation to action so the word نبي for example he came because we have to respond to him and this momentous announcement has it's like action is requested when we hear about the day of judgment and action is requested on our behalf on our part what is it we're going to do in order to be ready for that day if we hear that there's an earthquake that's a momentous announcement and you can't just sit still you have to do something you have to run away you have to when we hear about the fires in California you have to do something that's نبأ that's not just news that's like a day of judgment for some people اللذي هم فيه مخدلي فون as said and the structure of the Arabic language is like when you tell somebody do you know about you know how to construct a building and he will say أنا في هذا الأمر أنا الخبيرو في هذا الأمر I am the one who is the expert about these things it's like that's the only thing they do is اختلاف is disagreeing about this momentous announcement and not only they are مخدلي فون amongst each other some of them are also مخدلي فون inside but because they have to go with the flow they cannot show the other disbelievers that they're disagreeing with them they may go with the flow but within themselves they're doubtful they're disagreeing with their own selves now the answer to this these questions should be ذالك اليوم الحق ذالك اليوم الحق came at the end of the Surah so when people are in doubt to the point that they're mocking you because this is the question they're questioning and they're mocking the Prophet they're making sarcasm of the message of the Prophet ﷺ when people are like this you can't just give them a straight answer first you have to shake them you say truly this event will take place and then you shake them again and then you make an argument and you put them in their place and once they're put in their place and they're ready to listen you say and it's a day of fossil it's a day of separation it's a day of clear distinction you get separated from everything from your family from your life from your wealth everything and then it talks about what happens on that day both to the disbelievers and to the believers and at the end it says ذالك اليوم الحق and all of you are free you can choose whatever you want فمن شاءة تخزأ إلى ربه مأب you can make your own choices but make sure that you make a choice that you will never regret on the day of judgment أقولوا هذا القول وأستخفوا الحمد لله حمدًا كسيرًا كما أمر وأشهدوا الله إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهدوا أن سيدنا ونبينا محمدًا عبده ورسوله صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم كلما تمتعت عينهم بنظور وععت أذنهم بخبر عباد الله اتقوا الله فيما أمر وانتهوا عمانها عنه وزجر وأخرج حب الدنيا من قلوبكم فإنه إذا استولى أسر وعلموا أن الله عز وجل أمركم بأمر عميم بدأ فيه بنفسه وسن بملائكة قدسه فقال عز من قائل عليمه إن الله وملائكته صلونا على النبي يا أيها الذين آمنوا صلوا عليه وسلموا تسليمه اللهم فصل وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله سيدنا محمد صلاةً وسلاماً دائمين متلازمين إلى يوم الدين ورضي الله عن الخلفائر راشدين أبي بكرن وعمر وعوسمان وعلي وعن سائر الصحابة والقرابة والتابعين ومن تبيعهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين اللهم أنصر الإسلام والمسلمين وأعلى يا مولانا كلمة الإيمان والحق والدين اللهم من أراد بالإسلام والمسلمين وخيراً فوفقوا لكل خير ومن أراد بالإسلام والمسلمين غير ذلك فخزوا أخذ عزيز مقتدر تولى المسلمين في هذه البلدة وسائر بلاد الإسلام بعين عنايتك وبأتمر عايتك وأبدل عسرنا يا مولانا يسرا عاجلاً غير آجلاً يا رب العالمين وفرج القربة عن المكروبين ونفس الهم عن المهمومين وردنا إلى دينك رداً جميلاً كريماً يا أكرم الأكرمين يغفر للمسلمين والمسلمات والمؤمنين والمؤمنات الأحياء منهم والأموات إنك يا مولانا سميع قريب مجيب الدعوات عباد الله إن الله يأمر بالعدل والإحسان وإيطائذ القربة وينهى عن الفحشاء والمكر والبغي يعيز قم لعلكم تذكرون وأقيم الصلاة