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All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. To Him is all praise, all good, and all praise is due to Him, the Most Beautiful.
وَأَشْهَدُ أَن لَا إِلَٰهِ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ يَقُولُ الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ يَهْدِي السَّبِيلِ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ صَلَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ وَالتَّابِعِينَ لَهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الدِّينَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ
My brothers and sisters, Insha'Allah, I wanted to give this lecture, this reminder related to a topic or a thought that actually came to my mind. SubhanAllah, as you all know, what we're witnessing around us, on a global scale as well, is SubhanAllah, this concept of the mix of what is true from what is false.
We're living at a time when what is real and what is fake, we're made to believe what is real is fake and what is fake is real. And there's confusion. And by the way, this is something Nabiullah Muhammad, alayhi salatu was salam, prophesized, told us already.
There's going to come a time when the truth is made to look like falsehood and the falsehood is made to look like the truth. That's something the Prophet told us, alayhi salatu was salam. This word al-haqq, the truth, by the way, is khilafu al-baatil, as Sahib al-Sihah says.
The word al-haqq is the opposite to baatil, falsehood. And the word al-haqq is one, is a singular word. And the plural is huqooq. وَالْحِقَّةُ أَخَصُّ مِنْهُ He says.
This word al-haqq, it comes in the Qur'an in many different meanings and this is a side benefit. Sometimes the word al-haqq means in the Qur'an Allah Azza wa Jalla Himself. As Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in surah al-mu'minun.
وَلَوْ اِتَّبَعَ الْحَقُ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ لَا فَسَدَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيهِنْ بَلْ أَتَيْنَاهُمْ بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَن ذِكْرِهِمْ مُعْرِضُونَ
So Allah says وَلَوْ اِتَّبَعَ الْحَقُ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ يَعْنِي اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّهُ. Also, the second meaning that the word al-haqq means in the Qur'an is the Prophet ﷺ himself. As Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in surah al-Baqarah
الَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِّنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
So وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِّنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ. It is the Messenger ﷺ. And also the word al-haqq comes as the Qur'an.
The word al-haqq comes as the Qur'an. As Allah ta'ala says, فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيهِمْ أَنْبَاءُ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ in surah al-An'am.
So what does it mean? فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا بِالْحَقِّ i.e. بالقرآن. Also, the word al-haqq means al-Islam, the religion of al-Islam in its entirety. As Allah ta'ala says, لِيُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ وَيُبْطِلَ الْبَاطِلَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ i.e. لِيُعِزَّ الْإِسْلَامَ.
So Allah honors subhanahu wa ta'ala, that's what it means. لِيُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ i.e. لِيُعِزَّ الْإِسْلَامَ. So the word al-haqq here means al-Islam. It also means al-'adl, justice.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in surah al-Sa'd إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَىٰ دَاوُودَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضُ فَحْكُمْ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ i.e. بالعَدْل. Judge between us with justice. بالعَدْل.
Also the word al-haqq sometimes means al-tawhid in the Quran. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in surah al-mu'minun أَمْ يَقُولُونَ بِهِ جِنَّةً بَلْ جَاءَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَارِهُونَ.
Surah al-mu'minun أَمْ يَقُولُونَ بِهِ جِنَّةً بَلْ جَاءَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ i.e. Nabil ibn al-Muhammad came to them with the truth i.e. al-tawhid وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَارِهُونَ and the majority of them do not like the truth i.e. they don't like tawhid.
Also the word al-haq sometimes means al-wujud, obligation as Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in surah al-ghafir وَكَذَلِكَ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ وَكَذَلِكَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ means what? i.e. wajabat it has become mandate and it's been prescribed onto them as Allah is saying subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Sometimes the word al-haq means al-haja, need as Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in surah Hud قَالُوا لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا لَنَا فِي بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقِّ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا نُرِيدُ قَالُوا لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ you know مَا لَنَا فِي بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقِّ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا لَنَا فِي بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقِّ.
Haja... you know there is no need that we have regarding قَالُوا لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا لَنَا فِي بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقِّ وَإِنَّكْ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا لَنَا فِي بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقِّ.
These women the word al-haq also means al-bayat to clarify something as Allah says in surahul baqarah as well Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala قَالُوا الْآنَ جِئْتَ بِالْحَقِّ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَ ay bayyanat lana now you have made clear to us the cow that we need to slaughter قَالُوا الْآنَ جِئْتَ بِالْحَقِّ now you have come with clarity ay bayyanta lana you have clarified for us.
Sometimes the word al haq means la ilaha illallah as well as Allah says subhanahu wa ta'ala in surah al ra'd له دعوة الحق والذين يدعون من دونه لا يستجيبون لهم بشيء إلا كباسط كفيه إلى الماء ليبلغ فاه وما هو ببالغه وما دعاء الكافرين إلا في الظلام.
It means la ilaha illallah. So the word al haq my brothers and sisters has all of those different meanings. If you want to look more into this issue you can buy and read the book نُزْهَةُ الْأَعْيُنِ النَّوَاظِرِ you can get that kitab and inshallah ta'ala and read it.
He tells you the different meanings that words in the Quran come in ibn al jarir of tabri's tafsir you'll find a lot of it. Abu la abu abdillah al qurtubi rahimahullah you'll find it hatta ibn al jawzi he also has another kitab called zaad al masir you can find it in there where he points out rahimahullah ta'ala.
But that was a side benefit. What is it that I want to talk about inshallah ta'ala today? That term al haq truth. There are factors my brothers and sisters or there's things that prevent us from seeing the truth for it being the truth. The haq is hidden from us, it's made for us not to understand the truth.
We're living in a world of propaganda, we're living in a world of fake news. Just say something and people believe it and the person who's telling the truth will not be believed. And subhanallah this has played a role in people rejecting the truth.
So I want to talk about my brothers and sisters factors that have caused us not to follow the truth because when I look at my brothers and sisters what's happening in the world I'm thinking to myself some things are clear. I'm sure all of you are thinking the same as well. Some things are just crystal clear.
These things are the reality. How can someone come and say this is not the truth? Those things can be religious matters and it can also sometimes be reality in front of us. We can see a particular thing happening in front of our eyes, everyone can see it but then each person or other people are saying different things regarding what we can see with our own two eyes and we're turning away from that or we're all coming out with different views regarding what's taking place in that particular situation.
Why would that happen if it's an objective reality? So I want inshallah my brothers and sisters shed some light on what causes human beings to not follow through with what is true, what is an objective reality, what is a fact, what prevents a human being not to follow through with it.
The facts or the reasons are two. There is al-asbaab al-kharijiya which is what I'm going to talk about today inshallah, some of them inshallah al-asbaab al-kharijiya, external factors. That's what the word al-asbaab al-kharijiya means, external factors.
There are things from the out which are causing us not to really follow the truth my brothers and sisters. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created the creation. This creation what you see here is all created by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. That's number one I want you to all understand that.
Also Allah guided us, He placed inside us subhanahu wa ta'ala something known as the fitrah. You have this natural inclination Allah placed inside us subhanahu wa ta'ala as Allah says in the Quran there is a natural disposition that Allah has placed within us subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Every single one of us, yes there are things that come and tamper with it, things that come and they dilute it but Allah placed that subhanahu wa ta'ala in us. There is not a child that is born, there is no baby born except that he is born upon the fitrah.
Okay, so point number one that I mentioned is Allah created the creation, that's one. Two, Allah placed inside the creation a fitrah, that's number two. Point number two I want you to understand this.
And then on top of that which is point number three Allah clarified for the humans the path of khair, the path of good. Allah clarified it for us subhanahu wa ta'ala and He also clarified for us the path of evil subhanahu wa ta'ala.
He clarified it for us subhanahu wa ta'ala. If you look at surah al-insan, it's actually the surah of humans al-insan. Allah says subhanahu wa ta'ala Allah said we guided them subhanahu wa ta'ala to the path and the people are two types: one who shows gratitude, one who shows gratitude to his lord Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and there is one who is kafur, negligent towards his lord, does not show any gratitude to the blessings Allah has bestowed upon him subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Al-Allama Abdur Rahman Nasir al-Saadi he says regarding that ayah in surah al-insan he says Allah sent to the people messengers and those prophets or those messengers what was sent on them was books to guide them. Allah guided them to the path to reach him subhanahu wa ta'ala ورغبه فيها where Allah placed him subhanahu wa ta'ala and engaged or put in these prophets as well is the desire to want to get to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
و أخبره و أخبره Allah informed us subhanahu wa ta'ala بما له عند الوصول إليه that if we reach him subhanahu wa ta'ala in the way that we should what is it that's waiting for us if we do good, what is it that's waiting for us? What is if we go astray, if we go against that path, the destruction that is waiting for us.
ثم أخبر بالطريق الموصلة إلى الهلاك. Also Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the path to destruction and He warned us against it و رهبه منها. He said don't take that path, don't follow that path و أخبر بما له إذا سلكها and if we tread that path and we don't listen what is it that's waiting for us? The destruction that is waiting for us.
Allah tested us subhanahu wa ta'ala then He tested us subhanahu wa ta'ala by putting on those paths things to see who is going to make it through. Also Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala He said in surah al-balad و هديناه النجدين و هديناه النجدين. What does it mean? We guided them to al-najdeen. What does al-najdeen mean? It means طريقي الخير والشر.
So guide it either to the straight path and the right path or the wrong path. So this is the point I want to mention inshallah wa ta'ala as a muqaddimah which is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created the creation number one.
Also Allah placed inside the human being a fitrah, you're inclined to the truth. You see my brothers and sisters when somebody embraces Islam there you see them crying, weeping. It's because the fitrah has been awoken, it's yearning for its lord Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. That's the fitrah.
That's point number two. Point number three is that Allah showed us the path subhanahu wa ta'ala by sending a messenger to us. That messenger came with a book and that book is what we read after that prophet passes away and dies.
So Allah did not leave us subhanahu wa ta'ala upon confusion and loss but there are things that are going to prevent us from seeing that truth. There are things and that's what I want to focus on today inshallah wa ta'ala.
The first one is shaytan. Shaytan is the first to work, exert every effort subhanahu wa ta'ala. Shaytan alayhi da'ayinullah, he is the first to exert every effort possible to stop you from reaching that path of guidance.
And this has been making me think so much subhanallah, all of the atrocities, the genocide, the killing, the murdering, the slander, the backbite, the rape, all the crimes that we're seeing taking place on this earth. Imagine this, he's playing a role in it. Iblis shaytan, he is the one that is enjoying this, he's the one pushing for this.
So the first inshallah wa ta'ala is shaytan I want to talk about and I'm going to focus on him in this episode and the upcoming episodes inshallah wa ta'ala. I will speak about the other factors which affect us following through with following and adhering to the truth.
When it comes to us my brothers and sisters, we hear this word a lot shaytan, shaytan, shaytan and what does the word shaytan actually mean? The scholars disputed one another what is this word taken from? The word shaytan, where is it taken from?
Some of the scholars they said it comes from the word shaytan. Shaytan is where it comes from and they said it means when something becomes distant and the word shaytan comes from the word shatana when something becomes very far from us.
And they mentioned that the noun in shatana they say it's asliya and they say the Arabs whenever his house is far they say his house is far, his house is very far. They also say what do they mean by bi'run shatoon? Shatoon is the word shaytan comes from, right?
Is that this well is very deep, very deep, very far. So that's the first meaning of the word of the word shaytan. There's another view, another qawl of some of the scholars which is that it comes from the word so then based on that it means when you're destroyed and the noun so if you say where's the noun then?
They said that the noun in it shaytan they said it's not asliya, it's not min binyatil kalima, it's not the root, it's not part of the word, it's zaida, it's additional, it was added in it but the actual word is whereas the first view it was what? It's the word shatana it comes from and the noun is asliya.
The second view is that the noun is not asliya, that the noun fihi is zaida and it comes from the word when something burns or gets destroyed. So these are the two views in which it comes from. Ibn Atiyah he says what comes towards this view is that Sibawayhi mentioned.
Sibawayhi rahimahu Allah and Sibawayhi is the sheikh of grammar Abu Bishr Amr ibn Uthman Ibn Qandar Al-Farisi Thumma al-Basri he sought hadith at the beginning of his life and fiqh and then he turned towards the Arabic language until he became the leader of the Arabic language of his time.
And even after that he sought knowledge of the Arabic language from Isa ibn Umar and Yunus ibn Habib and Khalil ibn Hamid al-Farahidi. Those are his shuyukhs that he studied from and he learnt from Sibawayhi rahimahu Allah.
So Ibn Atiyah mentions what comes towards this view is that Sibawayhi mentioned aka anna al-araba taqulu the Arabs say the Arabs say this person what does he mean? This person is doing the actions of shaytan.
So this is clear what this is clear that the word comes in the form of what comes from the word which is the first view and if it was from the word they would have said what? That's what it would have become.
So the first view seems to be the strongest based on what Ibn Atiyah is saying rahimahu Allah. That's the view that Ibn Kathir also strengthened. Ibn Kathir rahimahu Allah in his tafsir he strengthens the opinion of that the word shaytan comes from the word shatana and not and he mentions that in his tafsir rahimahu Allah.
The word shaytan came in the Quran in four forms. The word shaytan has come in the Quran in four forms. The first one is those people who are leaders in kufr. Allah mentions this subhanahu wa ta'ala in surah al-baqarah.
Allah says those who are leaders in kufr. The second meaning that the word shaytan has been used in the Quran is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala used it as al-kahin which is another view of the ayah that I just mentioned that it's a fortune.
Also the word shaytan has been used for what? The human that has transgressed and exceeded his limits and the jinn that has also exceeded his limits and have gone astray and have refused to adhere to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala commandments and his messenger whether they be from the jinn or the ins.
Allah referred to them in surah al-an'am he says also the snake Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned in surah al-safat as Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he mentions.
So those are the usages in which we find its usage in the Quran. My brothers and sisters, this creation of Allah shaytan, his animosity towards us is very early and it starts the time Allah created Adam alayhi salam.
And the animosity of shaytan my brothers and sisters is it's deeply rooted, it's deeply rooted for shaytan and it is also deeply rooted for human beings. That's how it should be. When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he created the form of Adam alayhi salam and then Allah the soul was blown into Adam alayhi salam, what did Allah command?
Even actually even before the soul was blown into Adam, this is even before the sujood came. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he said when Allah created the form of Adam in Jannah, Allah left Adam's form as long as he wanted to leave it.
He looked at our creation, he observed us, he saw that we were empty from within. When he realised that we were empty inside, we had a stomach and all of that, he realised that we are a creation that cannot hold itself.
We are a creation, we need something, we need to consume, we need to take in. This animosity the Quran has pointed it out so many times. Allah says also Allah says in Surah Al Baqarah again and do not follow the footsteps of Satan for he is a clear enemy to you.
Also Allah says in Surah Al An'am. Also Allah says all of those verses that I mentioned my brothers and sisters you will find that the word Allah is using here subhanahu wa ta'ala is that he is an enemy, he is your enemy.
Take him as an enemy. Why are you bringing your enemy in? Why are you surrendering to your enemy? Why are you befriending your enemy? Why are you not studying and not learning about your enemy?
Wallahi my brothers and sisters the news that you are watching, the things that are happening in the Muslim world today, the killing, the massacring, Wallahi what is taking place in the world, the atrocities and the crimes, the sins that people are committing, it's coming all from this man or it's coming from this creation of Allah.
Shaitan, he is the one pushing, propagating it, whispering. We need to study him, we need to come back and learn where all of this started from. Do you not know my brothers and sisters it all started from Jannah?
We were in Jannah, there was no crimes, there was no sins, there was nothing. There was one creation who misguided our father. It was one creation who whispered to our father Adam a.s. and caused him to leave Jannah.
My brothers, we left Jannah and we were brought to this dunya as a punishment. Are we going to be pleased with a place that we are punished in? Are we going to take it as a place of residency and enjoy and not work for the place that we should have been in?
All of these verses my brothers and sisters clearly and categorically show us that the animosity of Shaytan, how much he hates us. Allah Ta'ala actually mentions in Surah Al-An'am he says وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ حَمُولَةً وَفَرْشًا قُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌ مُبِيءٌ.
You keep seeing that the word that keeps being used وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ. Don't follow the footsteps of Shaytan. Shaytan doesn't want to do things all at once, he wants to do it slowly.
Ibn Kathir, one of the things that he mentions in his Tafseer regarding this ayah وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ حَمُولَةً وَفَرْشًا قُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌ مُبِيءٌ.
Ibn Kathir in he said بَيِّنٌ ظَاهِرُ الْعَدَاوَةِ. His animosity and hate for us my brothers and sisters it's clear, it's out there. Even in Surah Al-A'raf Allah mentions يَا بَنِ آدَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ.
O the children of Adam, do not let Shaytan be a fitna to you. How so? كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ الْجَنَّةِ. The way that he took your fathers, your father Adam عليه السلام from Jannah.
الله أكبر connecting us to that day, that moment he took our father out of Jannah. He was the cause for it. He would have been in Jannah my brothers and sisters.
Ibn Kathir رحمه الله he said يَقُولُ تَعَالَى مُحَذَّرًا بَنِ آدَمَ مِنْ إِبْلِيسَ وَقَبِيلِهِ. Allah is warning us from Iblis and his troops and his followers and the people who work for him.
There are people who work for Shaytan and Iblis, they worship him as Allah said in the verse that I read before in Surah Yasin أَلَمْ أَعْحَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَا بَنِ آدَمَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا الشَّيْطَانِ.
Don't worship Shaytan. There are people who are worshipping him أَلَمْ أَعْحَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَا بَنِ آدَمَ. The children of Adam, it makes no sense for you to worship the one that took you out of Jannah.
They are your enemy. How are you worshipping your enemy? How are you going to surrender to your enemy? How are you going to give in to your enemy? Allah says did I not take a covenant with you أَلَمْ أَعْحَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَا بَنِ آدَمَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا الشَّيْطَانِ that you do not worship Shaytan.
إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌ مُبِينٌ. He is a clear enemy to you. How are you going to take your enemy, your friend? He said this ayah اِبْنُ كَثِيرٍ يَا بَنِ آدَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ.
Do not let Shaytan be a fitna to you كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ. The way he took your father Adam and Hawwa from Jannah. اِبْنُ كَثِيرٍ يَا بَنِ آدَمَ مُحَذِّرًا بَنِ آدَمَ مِنْ إِبْلِيسَ وَقَبِيلِهِ.
Allah is warning us, us the children of Adam from Iblis and his followers and his tribe وَمُبَيِّنًا لَهُمْ عَدَوَتَهُ الْقَدِيمَ لِأَبِي الْبَشَرِ آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامِ.
And Allah is clarifying to us in this verse كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ. The old animosity that was there that he had towards Adam. Adam didn't do anything to him.
Even before Adam was the soul was blown into him, he was showing animosity and hate towards him. And of course when he was told to prostrate, the arrogance and the pride came out and so he worked towards Ibn Kathir and he said وَمُبَيِّنًا لَهُمْ عَدَوَتَهُ الْقَدِيمَ لِأَبِي الْبَشَرِ آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامِ.
فِي سَعِيهِ فِي إِخْرَاجِهِ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ الَّتِي هِيَ دَارُ النَّعِيمِ. He wanted to take Adam out of جنة الفردو, the jannah that Adam was in enjoying himself. He wanted to take him out of that blessing and take him where my brothers and sisters?
To which place? إِلَى الدَّارِ التَّعَبِ وَالْعَنَائِمِ. This land of tiredness and stress and pain and suffering. This is where we've been brought subhanAllah.
I was thinking about this point very deeply. If someone, their land is taken from them or someone is the cause of them leaving their land, what do you consider that person?
Who tries to take your land from you, tries to take your house? You consider that person an enemy. Shaytan was the one that caused us to leave our land, Jannah. Not only that, he was the cause for our aura to show.
وَالتَّسَبُّ بِفِي هَكِ عَوْرَتِهِ بَعْدَ مَا كَانَتْ مَسْتُورَةً عَنْهُ. Shaytan was the reason why Adam and Hawa, their aura started to show. يعني they were in jannah and so they ate from the tree and so what happened? Their aura showed.
Their aura showed and he was the one that was the cause for that. My brothers and sisters, please listen to this. When Adam ate from the tree, when Adam ate from the tree and Hawa, what was the punishment?
The punishment was their aura was showed, their aura was made visible. How is it possible my brothers and sisters? Ask yourself this question and this goes to all the brothers and sisters.
Wallahi, think about this. How is it possible that that punishment for Adam and Hawa is a fashion today? You to show your aura, you to dress the way that you are making your body parts visible?
That was a punishment. Our mother Hawa and our father Adam when their aura showed, Allah told us subhanahu wa ta'ala what they did. Allah says وَطَفِّقَ يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِّنْ وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ.
They started to rip off the leaves from jannah so they can conceal their aura. ايوه الله, they didn't want their aura to show and here we have our brothers and our sisters' aura is out, public. That's what shaitan wants: to humiliate you, he wants to degrade you, he wants to make you like the animals and the cattle.
He could not follow Allah's command and honour you and respect you. Adam, Allah respected him. Allah respected human beings subhanahu wa ta'ala raised them. وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِ آدَمَ. Allah honoured subhanahu wa ta'ala the children of Adam, honoured them subhanahu wa ta'ala.
How did He honour us? The first thing Allah honoured us by is our father was told, our father was one that the angels and shaitan were all commanded to prostrate to. That is an honour my brothers and sisters.
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ سْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا. All the angels were commanded, they were instructed to prostrate to Adam. فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمِرِ رَبِّهِ.
Except Iblis, he rejected the statements of his lord Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and he chose not to follow through. فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمِرِ رَبِّهِ. He was a fasiq, he transgressed, exceeded his limits, stubborn, hard-headed, arrogant.
Allah then says أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُ. That one who could not prostrate for you whilst he was in Jannah, Iblis was with the angels, he had Jannah, he had everything.
He could not bear himself, his head down and prostrate to you. Couldn't give you that. Allah says أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ أَوْلِيَءَ عَلَيْسُ مِنْ دُونِي بِسَيْدِ اللَّهِ وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌ.
And he's your enemy, are you بِئْسَ لِلظَّالِمِينَ بَدَلَى. بِئْسَ لِلظَّالِمِينَ بَدَلَى. Wallahi, you've exchanged good for the worst of worst.
Ja'ani when you look at the Quran my brothers, it warns us of this enemy, the fitna, the degrading, the misguidance, the plotting, the planning that he has and he does for us all the time.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he says in suratul nisa إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌ فَاتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوًّا. In suratul fatir Allah says in suratul nisa Allah says وَمَنْ يَتَّخِذِ الشَّيْطَانَ وَلِيًّا مِّنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ anyone who takes shaytan as an ally, a close friend besides Allah وَمَنْ يَتَّخِذِ الشَّيْطَانَ وَلِيًّا مِّنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ خَسِرًا خُسْرًا مُبِينًا.
You are clearly, clearly lost, you've lost the plot and what's going to wait for you the day of judgment is not going to be pleasant my brothers and sisters.
His animosity has been consistent since the day Adam he refused to prostrate and that he made the promise to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala where he said لَأُوِّيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ.
He looked at Allah and he said I'm going to misguide them all. I'm telling you this, look at the arrogance. Think about this my brothers and sisters, he's in Jannah, he's got everything.
He can be with the angels, the best of creation. He doesn't want to be with them. Why does he not want to be with them? Because he doesn't want to prostrate to you.
He couldn't give you that. Allah says أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ أَوْلِيَءَ عَلَيْسُ مِنْ دُونِي بِسَيْدِ اللَّهِ وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌ. Are you going to take him and his progeny as allies instead of Allah?
This is a grave mistake, my brothers and sisters. The animosity of Shaytan is not just a historical fact; it is a present reality that we must confront daily. He is relentless in his pursuit to lead us astray, to make us forget our purpose, and to distract us from the truth.
The Quran serves as a guide, reminding us of the dangers posed by Shaytan. Allah has made it clear that he is our enemy, and we must treat him as such. We must be vigilant, aware of his tactics, and steadfast in our faith.
In our next session, we will delve deeper into the external factors that hinder our ability to see the truth clearly. We will explore how societal influences, cultural norms, and personal desires can cloud our judgment and lead us away from the path of righteousness.
May Allah grant us the strength to resist the whispers of Shaytan and to seek the truth with sincerity and determination. Anything I have said that is incorrect is from me and Shaytan, and Allah and His Messenger are free from it.
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَوَّ بِحَمْدِكَ أَشَدُ أَلَّا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ لَكَ.
