 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم في نام الله سبحانه وتعالى رائعاً رائعاً رائعاً رائعاً الحمد لله كل محاولة بالنسبة لله لله سبحانه وتعالى أمام كل شيء في الحياة والصلاة والسلام على أفضل الخلق أجمعين نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين والتابعين ومن تبعهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين نرى بلسينا ومعاقباته على محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم حسنه ومعاقبه رائعاً رائعاً رائعاً رائعاً رائعاً جميعاً لنا ونقومنا برسائعنا نتكلم بخبرنا اللهم إنك عفوون تحبوا العفوة فعفو عننا يا الله أنت أفضل لله أنت أحبك أنت أفضل لذا أفضلنا يا الله أخي وخائقنا لقد نكملنا القرآن لنوات هذا سيكون أخي من السرية ساعدك إذا كنا نظرنا أبدأ last year لدينا ساعدك قرآن ونوات ساعدك قرآن هذا هو أخي ساعدنا الله سبحانه وتعالى لتتكلم مننا ونقومنا بشيء صحيح في حياتنا لأخي رائعاً ومعاقب ومعاقب أميد أخي وخائق القرآن لدينا كثيراً رائعاً ثلاثة رائعاً رائعاًمرrying تصبح أك saç which means that does not reduce the Quran to a book of أستغفر الله tell like some people say we need to word things very carefully it is a book that has in it the accurate details of what happened before us so when Allah سبحانه وتعالى mentions the story of adem عليه السلام the stories of the previous فهي يتكلمهم لأجلنا لأننا نحتاج لتعلم ما يحدث لهم ما يحدث لنا إذا كنتنا نتتبع بطريقة المخطل والذي هو لأن الله سبحانه وتعالى يتكلم مخصوصاً ويضعه مستقبل بشكل مخصوصاً that perhaps may not be exactly according to his divine knowledge of our relevance. لذا ماذا في القرآن؟ مهم بالطبع. ماذا يساعد من محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم؟ مهم بالطبع. إذا كان هناك أي شيء beyond that in terms of the stories of the past we actually do not need that detail we're not going to be asked about it. الله سبحانه وتعالى ليس going to ask you on the day of judgment tell me what happened to Adam for example عليه الصلاة وسلام. لكن ماذا في القرآن؟ it's our duty it's the word of Allah he has revealed it for a reason all the verses are actually valid the second type of verses the verses that have within them the predictions of what is going to happen in the future so you have for example the day of judgment the description of the end of times what will happen some of the signs etc these prophecies everything mentioned in the Quran these are a large number of verses in the Quran and we as مؤمنين and believers believe firmly that this is the absolute truth it will definitely happen the third type of verses which is extremely important verses that have what is known as حكومة بينا. they have rules and regulations regarding our living that which happens between us that which happens in our lives now in order to fulfill these rules and regulations we need to understand them when Allah speaks about صلاة صلاة is prayer you cannot choose to do what you want and substantiated by saying so I'm going to give one shoe away for example to the man who lives down the road and I'm going to for example perhaps hop on my feet for 10 minutes and then that's my prayer you cannot do that there is a method there is an understanding there are conditions for صلاة you need to have you need to learn about it from the سنة of محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم so the verses are all applicable it's not like it's not applicable but the method of application is where we need to understand we go back to the سنة we understand the context of revelation we look at what happened and we look at how to apply the rules and regulations what is فرد compulsory what is سنة what is نفل this is explained elsewhere not necessarily in the Quran سبحان الله how many صلاة they are where they are meant to be fulfilled how they are meant to be fulfilled where are you facing the conditions the rules and the regulations the same applies to زكا and for your information the same applies to جهد في سبيل الله many of us speak about جهد and unfortunately I have been misquoted and some out of mischief have said that I said that the verses of جهد are irrelevant inapplicable it does not matter anymore etc these were tales of the past اعود بالله may Allah SWT save God that is the furthest from the truth the reality is the verses are applicable but the application of those verses governed by strict conditions rules, regulations, do's and don'ts where, when, how etc if you don't look at it you cannot just kill those who are around you from among the non-muslims or those you disagree with or those whom it suits you to call them for example كفار and you start killing and harming and hitting and taking a verse of the Quran to substantiate your misbehavior and your unacceptable action and then you say this is جهد في سبيل الله it is not at all جهد that is not what the verses were revealed for these verses are indeed valid but let's not be confused the application of these verses are governed with very strict conditions rules, regulations just like صلاح there is a time there is وضو there is a place you have to face a certain direction you will start in a certain way you will do certain things there has to be all these conditions rules and regulations met and then your two units of prayer shall be accepted so the same applies let's not misconstrue when there were instructions that were issued to the صحابة رضي الله عنهم they were definitely for the صحابة رضي الله عنهم like I've always said the lesson is for every one of us to extract rules and regulations from those verses is not the job of everyone it is the job of the specialists those who know those who are the jurists and the jurisprudence experts they will look into those verses and they will translate they will explain this is how you derive a ruling this is when it is applicable this is what was meant by this verse here is another verse explaining this verse and I explained yesterday when I was talking about the صورة الممتحينة and I explained about the relationship of the Muslims with the كفار and I told you that verse number 9 Allah says that He does not prohibit you from having a relationship with those from among the كفار who have not fought you they have not harmed you they have not driven you out of your homes Subhanallah and here comes a wise crack taking a verse of the Quran saying all the non-Muslims need to be killed أستغفر الله how did he get that this is what we say when we say be careful the application of these verses is very, very strictly governed by rules, regulations and conditions we need to understand them إسلام is definitely a religion of peace in this masjid perhaps 10 years back I had said that Islam is a religion of peace it stands for peace it promotes peace it will mean peace when you practice it you will achieve the peace in the dunya and the akhirah may Allah SWT grant us an understanding I felt it important to clarify this because there are so many people out there on social media and elsewhere who put words into your mouth and they make you say things that أستغفر الله you never meant and you never ever said but it suits them and their agenda to do that therefore they try and tarnish not just you but the message of the deen and they try and con the unsuspecting masses into believing that Islam promotes the haphazard killing of anyone you disagree with may Allah SWT forgive us that is definitely something that I felt in my heart needed clarification and I'm thankful to Allah for giving me this opportunity to clarify this my brothers and sisters we move on to Surah Tuddahr where Allah SWT says in Surah Tuddahr many factors and I'm going to pick up a few points from a few of the surahs that we've read as you know we read a lot of surahs in Surah Tuddahr Allah reminds us of the beginning there was a time before you were born before your father was born before you ever existed when you were not in existence at all Allah put you into existence in soul form He blew that soul into a body and then you became known as a person so Allah says in the opening verse هل أتا على الإنسان حين من الدهر لم يكن شيئا مذكورا showing the insignificance of man had a time not passed during which man was nothing to be mentioned of not at all today people refer to you and me with our names there was a time when perhaps or those who don't know our names they might say he or she we were at a certain stage neither referred to by our names because we didn't exist nor he nor she nor it Subhanallah and did you know something very interesting when you die you go back to that think about it what's your name so say your name in your mind okay and then try and remember a day when you were in the presence of people who had perhaps a deceased person of their family with them what did they refer to that person as when they had to carry say for example a person whose name was Abdullah did they say brothers bring Abdullah here no they said bring the body here you became known as the body why? because your name was no longer relevant you are gone it's your body your body needs to go into the grave if you take a careful look at this it goes to show you that this identity of yours is relevant while you're alive for the dunya in the akhirah you will be known by the name but that is only when you are giving the hisab and thereafter but between now and then when you are buried bring the body here lower the body into the grave no one uses your name at that stage may Allah SWT grant us an understanding let's save ourselves from the torment of the grave by realizing that we were so insignificant and we will be returned into insignificance except for those who've done good deeds and who believe so let's believe in the Almighty and in the last day and in Rasool Allah S.A.W and whatever we are required to believe in and let's try our best by doing the best of deeds and by seeking the forgiveness of Allah S.A.W so Allah says in verse number 27 of the same surah surah to دهر is surah number 76 of the Quran Allah SWT says speaking about the evil people the hypocrites those who follow their woms and fancies Allah says those people they love that which is right here right now and they are forgetting about a day behind them which is going to come that will be يوم and تقيل a very heavy day those who commit sin and forget Allah S.A.W and follow their woms and fancies Allah says they are forgetting a very heavy day that's going to come for them at some stage so from this verse Allah is reminding us turn to me S.A.W turn to me no matter what you've done seek my forgiveness that is why I have reminders in the Quran S.A.W may Allah SWT grant us ease the same applies in surah we hear it so many times don't we I'm sure we hear it a lot it's a sunnah to be read sometimes in salat al-witr sometimes in salat al-jumu'a it's a sunnah beautiful surah number 16 that makes mention of the same thing بل تؤثيرون الحياة الدنيا والآخرة تخيرون أبقى the nature of man is such that he gives preference to this worldly life not realizing that the آخرة is actually better and everlasting so don't prefer this worldly life over the life of the hereafter you can enjoy this life on condition that you do not compromise the enjoyment of the hereafter how amazing is Allah he didn't tell you divorce yourself from this world he says live in the world enjoy it but with the rules and regulations every country has rules every place has rules and regulations subhanallah every religion has rules and regulations the same applies to Islam we may be stricter but that is because Allah wants you to be in a better place may Allah guide us and may Allah help us to save ourselves I mean when Allah describes in surat abas which is the 80th surah of the Quran the same day the last day subhanallah it's amazing how Allah says on that day man will be in such a big problem that he will be prepared to give as ransom his own family members take my son take my wife take my mother take my brother but don't punish me I ask forgiveness from Allah in fact Allah says man will run away will run away from his loved ones because he is worried about himself I don't want to carry the burdens of someone else subhanallah may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala grant us ease verse 34 to 37 Allah says يوم يفر المرء من أخي و أمه و أبي و صاحبته و بني لكل مرء منهم يوم إذن شأنوا يغني on that day man will run away from his brother his mother his father his wife his child each person Allah says will be worried with his own with his own issue with his own problem with his own matter may Allah make that day easy for us my brothers and sisters I want to inform you of something beautiful if you keep on asking Allah to make for you easy the day of judgment he will make it easy for you so ask him often if you ask Allah oh Allah help me in my grave when I'm all alone it will just be you and I have mercy on me on that day if you keep asking Allah that he will have mercy upon you in the grave because that dua you make the supplication it is registered when it is registered you are granted the dua by the will of Allah it is not gone to waste so take your time to make a dua ask Allah to help you in your grave ask Allah to help you in the hereafter ask him constantly to make it easy for you the day you've got a hand in your accounts and to forgive you I promise you you will save yourself from the calamity of that day may Allah SWT save us all سورة الإنفطار what a powerful surah in it that is surah number 82 verse number 6 Allah says oh man what has deceived you against your own maker that you've turned away from him يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم oh man what has deceived you away from Allah سبحانه وتعالى don't be deceived it is Allah the most honored the most honorable the most honoring he is your lord don't be deceived he made you you have no option but to worship him سبحان الله Allah says الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك it is he who made you he created you he formed you he gave you the form and he fashioned you he gave you your posture سبحان الله he gave you your identity Allah says and you are turning away from him don't turn away from Allah go back to Allah don't lose hope in the mercy of Allah no matter what happens go back to Allah worship him worship him constantly change your life seek his forgiveness this is a beautiful eve of Ramadan there are people whom Allah frees from hellfire every night of Ramadan including tonight may Allah write our names being from among those so my brothers and sisters what a powerful reminder then we have سورة المطففين المطففين is سورة number 83 of the Quran the opening verses remind us of those who cheat in business short change someone deceive someone lie to them sell them a product cheating them whatever else has happened but we've cheated in business do you know what Allah says do those people not think that they are going to be resurrected on a huge day and answerable for what they've done do they not think before they cheat before they rob people in business just because of a dollar just because of a rand something material you've now gained it in the dunya Allah says but hang on there is a heavy heavy heavy day that's going to come to you don't you think of it do those people who cheat not consider the fact that there is a day going to come when they will never get away with what they did so let's save ourselves let's not cheat in business be honest be upright be straight forward may Allah help all those in debt to pay their debts say Ameen and may Allah help every one of us in our businesses that we are granted profit that has barakah and blessings in it and may Allah make us happy with the profit that we have in a way that we are blessed rather than having so much but in a way that we've robbed and cheated forgive us in the next surah that I'm going to talk about is a powerful surah we read tonight in صورة الضحا this surah has in it comfort to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and to all those who perhaps may be saddened for some reason sometimes you call out to Allah and you think to yourself that perhaps Allah is upset with me sometimes you want Allah in your life so badly and you think maybe Allah is upset with me so Allah gives comfort in صورة الضحا it is a powerful surah to read when you are sad read it with its meaning and find out why it is so powerful الله says ما ودعك ربك وما قال Allah has not forsaken you no easy upset with you سبحان الله there was a time when revelation had stopped for a while and Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم was looking forward to it and he thought for a moment perhaps Allah might be upset with me Allah revealed verses no Allah has not forsaken you no easy upset with you سبحان الله وَالَّا سَوْنْ فَا يُعْطِيكَ رَبُكَ فَا تَرْضَى الله أكبر very soon الله will give you so much until you become absolutely happy that's what Allah says so in this worldly life Allah might not have given you that but Allah says hang on soon we're going to give you in such quantity that you will be absolutely happy so don't worry my brothers my sisters Allah will give you he knows when it is right for you to get what you want may Allah سبحانه و تعالى make us happy so that surah we should be going through it Insha Allah when we go through the entire surah but please take your translated Qur'an and look into the meanings of it and see what it's all about it will give you lots of comfort especially when you're sad the next surah as well called سورة الشرح أو ألم نشرح surah number 94 of the Qur'an الله سبحانه و تعالى says in that surah إنما العسري يسرن إنما العسري يسرار do you know what that actually means indeed with every difficulty there are two points of ease with every difficulty there is ease and with the same difficulty there is another point of ease if you look at the linguistics of this particular surah so magnificent that Allah is telling us when you have hardship search for the ease in your hardship you will find that ease in your hardship there will be two consolations for you in every hardship but you need to search for it you need to understand what is it I can tell you one right here right now most hardship that we have in our lives the first ease is it draws us closer to Allah amazing the first point of ease for the hardship is it draws us closer to Allah as soon as Allah puts a disaster in your life what do you do your surah falls in place you make tauba quickly you start dressing properly you cut your sins you actually come for tahajjud you reading surah what is that it's a beautiful point of ease Allah says well we love you that's why we testing you إن الله إذا أحب عبدن إبتلاه when Allah loves His worshipper He puts a test in his life more and more why to keep you occupied with worship because if Allah blesses you with everything you want you might forget and you might become lazy you might become too comfortable may Allah سبحانه وتعالى grant us from His mercy أمين then in surah to teen what teen was Zaitun we hear the surah often in it Allah says I have created man in the best posture لقد خلقنا الإنسان في أحسن تقويم I have created man in the best possible posture now when Allah says the best it is a challenge challenge for everyone try and come up with something better than man try and put any organ of mankind in a place where you think it's better for that organ to be you'll never ever come up with it so much so that today we have people who've created robots you know the robots they want the robots to take over from human beings what did they do the robot also has two legs two hands the head the face, the side the videos that they see by the cameras right here everything why is it posture exactly like man for what because man is the best posture you cannot come up with anything better than what Allah did look at your five fingers can you replace anyone in any other place imagine the thumb in the center look at your eyes can you imagine them anywhere else imagine breathing from the back subhan Allah I wonder what would happen in the front here you probably have a hairstyle that's what would happen you cannot imagine anything anywhere else your ear where your eyes are and your eyes on the side I don't know I'd be saying I can't even imagine this so Allah promises us why does Allah say this Allah says we created you in such a beautiful posture honor the posture honor Allah who created that by being a person who is upright because Allah says in the very next verse besides those who believe and do good deeds the rest are dropped to a very low level how can you be given something by Allah you don't worship Him you have no idea you don't worship He who made you you are not appreciative of such an elegant respectable posture that Allah gave you subhan Allah what type of respect did Allah give you when people see you they see the most beautiful part of you your face subhan Allah may Allah subhanahu و-ta'ala guide us so let's save ourselves by becoming people who honor that duty that we have unto Allah subhanahu و-ta'ala in the Surah that follows that is Suratu Al-Alaq I just want to speak about the first verse إقارة subhan Allah what does it mean read read now that is an instruction given to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and you and I know that Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم was the most highly educated ever without a doubt but he was unlettered that's why we should not be using the word illiterate because illiterate is a cheap word we use the word unlettered in the sense that Allah did not want him to recognize the letters for a purpose because when he brought what he brought no one could say he read it from somewhere else he studied it somewhere it was revelation from Allah done subhan Allah so Allah says to him read and he said that time I can't read and then he says Allah told him إقارة بسمي ربك اللذي خالق read in the name of Allah who has created why do I raise this point many of us in life we think certain things are impossible I teach you something today nothing is impossible for Allah in the name of Allah everything is possible it's a matter of time Allah tells Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم when he was saying I can't read or I'm not a reader actually he says ما أنا بقاري which means I'm not a reader Allah says read in the name of Allah everything happened he became the Nabi of Allah سبحانه وتعالى the most highly educated nothing is impossible for Allah save yourself from thinking bad about Allah by using the name of Allah whenever you want to do things بسمي الله have hope in Allah there is nothing impossible for Allah he can turn any situation he can give you that which you wish for and you want even if it seems impossible to man nothing is impossible for Allah سبحانه وتعالى have that faith and have the conviction we move on to سورة الفيل there is سورة القدر in the middle which speaks about the night of decree I've spoken about it already so I'm not going to go into it but سورة الفيل why I want to talk about it for a minute is because it is the سورة number 105 where Allah makes mention of Abraha who came from Yemen to try and destroy the Ka'ba which was the house of Allah he came with the elephant and it was virtually impossible to destroy that elephant but Allah doesn't know that that elephant but Allah destroyed it with a bird and some little pebbles from that bird you know the whole سورة short one mentions how Allah destroyed that whole elephant and the whole army was gone Allah says we made them perish in no time Allah will defend whatever belongs to him سبحان الله no matter what what belongs to Allah will continue you have a masjid for example this masjid is run by funds people donate if you decide one day I don't want to donate do not think that the work of Allah is going to stop the only thing that happened you jumped off the train the train carried on سبحان الله that's a powerful point think about it Allah kicked you out because he didn't want you in such blessed work that's why in your heart you said I'm not going to give you see this is why keep on giving have your own cause that you always give for quietly in your own way sometimes if people know as a point of encouragement there's no harm but keep on giving don't ever withdraw from good work no matter what because the work of Allah will continue Allah will protect His Deen and if you want to harm the work of Allah Allah will destroy you look at what Allah did you want to harm the work of Allah it's a matter of time before destruction comes may Allah SWT grant us ease I moved to the last two suras of the Quran and I want to end with this صورة الفلق and صورة النس we need to go home tonight and look at the meanings of these two suras in it Allah SWT makes mention of verses of protection of mankind from the devil from the jinn from the evil human beings from jealousy and from the evil that might affect man in the darkness of the night etc. so we are taught that if you want to be protected from jinn kind from evil evil eye from those who intend to plot against you and so on you must read the last two suras of the Quran كل أعوذ برب الفلق كل أعوذ برب النس those two suras every morning and every evening thrice that's the minimum if you want to read them after every salah it's a bonus but if you read them morning and evening so we read what is known as آيات الكرسي thrice in the morning after صلاة الفجر and we read these two suras and we add on to it صورة الاخلاس so what we call the three last suras they all start with كل right? thrice in the morning thrice in the evening each I promise you you will place around you a metal armor of protection against the jinn against the evil eye against black magic against people who intend to harm you against jealousy and if you don't read these you are the only one to blame when some of this affects you الله سبحانه وتعالى to help us the reason I end this way to save ourselves from the black magic from the evil eye from jealousy from the jinn and from being harmed in such different ways we need to read this so let's save ourselves by taking a moment it doesn't take more than five to ten minutes it does not take more than five to ten minutes invest in those five ten minutes every morning and evening after صلاة الفجر after صلاة المغرب after صلاة المغرب sit and read this آية الكرسي these three suras الإخلاص فلق and nas read them thrice each there are a few other very short du'as if you can learn them learn them بسم الله الذي لا يضر معاسمه شيء في الأرض ولا في السماء وهو السميع العليم أعوذ بكلمات الله التام مات من شر ما خلق إن شاء الله we will be protected by Allah and we will save ourselves in the dunya and in the akhira my brothers and sisters we pray for each other that Allah grant us those in the same way He has gathered us here may Allah gather us in the gardens of jannah may He save us from jahannam may He save us from the evil of this world in the next أقول قولي هذا وصلى الله وسلم وبارك على نبينا محمد سبحان الله بحمده سبحانك الله وبحمد