responsibility of being witness to humanity
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Responsibility of ''Being Witness to Humanity''
Middle of Surah Baqara
Ayat 142 14!
"rophet ##SAW$$ has mo%ed to madinah and no& his audiene is different ( the
mushri)oon of Arabia &ere different audiene and no& He ##SAW$$ has ome into
ontat &ith a *hristian and +e&ish ommunity more so there &as interation before
but it &as indiret and %ery minimal( but no& there is an diret interation &ith
*hristian and +e&ish ommunity and in partiular the +e&ish ommunity Allah
A,,a&a-al hose to address first and you &ill find an interesting thing a long address
&ith the *hristian ommunity is found in the ne.t surah Ale/mran and a longinteration &ith the +e&ish ommunity is found in Albaqara0
ne of the fundamental reason that the +e&ish ommunity of Arabia deided to
re-et Muhammad r Rasool Allah ##SAW$$ by large is that He ##SAW$$ did not
belong to the family( He ##SAW$$ &as not from the hildren of /shaq #A S$( He #SAW$
&as from the hildren of /smail#A S$ so he &as not from the 3hosen group (He
##SAW$$ &as not one of them0
When Allah A,,a&a--al re%ealed the 5uran and he re%ealed instrutions( a lot of
instrutions &ere same &hih Allah ga%e to Musa #A S$ 06he sharia &e follo& a lot ofit is a ontinuation of the sharia of Musa #A S$0So as part of it Muhammad ##SAW$$
used to fast on the same days as the +e&s( he used to pray in the same diretion as
the +e&s did and e%en laimed the day of ashura the day of %itory of Musa #A S $ as
the day of fasting and elebration for the Muslims so there is a lot of parallel 0
Allah A,,a&a--al e.poses in surah baqarah that there &as a )no&ledgeable group
among the +e&ish ommunity of Madinah that ha%e atually done their home &or)
and they loo)ed to this messenger#S AW$ and they found that e%ery single
desription that they &ere gi%en about him in there boo)s (so they ame to the
onlusion that in fat this 3/S 6H7 Messenger of Allah#S A W$ 30 And at the sametime they ame to a %ery strange onlusion also that 38 MA667R WHA6 W7
W/99 86 :99W H/M( W7 W/99 86 A**7"6 H/M AS A M7SS78;7R :
A99AH0 Beause they &ere )ind of mad at ;od #naaou,obillah$ that ho& an he sent
a messenger at the &rong address0
So in this surah &hat Allah A,,a&a-al does is that he e.posed them( they atually
start blaming +ibreel #A S$ that he must ha%e gone to the &rong address0
Allah defends +ibreel#A S$ in this surah
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Say: Whoever is the enemy of Jibreel -- for surely he revealed it to your heart by
Allah's command, verifying that which is before it and guidance and good news for
the believers.
Whoever is the enemy of Allah and His angels and His apostles and ibreel and
!ee"aeel, so surely Allah is the enemy of the unbelievers.
And Allah reminds them that if there is any oune of sinerity that He##SAW$$ is not
from another family you ome from the same father /brahim0 So the ayat of baqarah
started reminding the +e&ish ommunity about the legay of /brahim #A S$0
6here is a on%ersation bet&een /brahim #A S$ and his hildren
When /brahim #A S$ as)ed his hildren a question and this is the same question
as)ed by
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/brahim #A S$ left a &ill for his hildren he ga%e them parting ad%ie and so did
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But no& Allah a,,a &a-al is about to lose the doors0 6hose &ho )ne& that
Muhammad #S A W$ is in fat the final messenger( but they still said
3but =mon He#S A W$ still prays in the same diretion as us( He #S A W$ still fast in
the same days as &e do ( so Allah is still )ind @f on our side0
What does Allah do? He hanges the qibla
And no& muslims mo%ed to the madinah (before the prophet #S A W$ mo%ed He used
to pray to the )aaba in a &ay that the )aaba is in front of
Him#S A W$ and Alaqsa is in front of Him#S A W$ (they are lined up together0
Although original instrution &as to pray to Alaqsa(He #S A W$ still has the house
built by His father /brahim #A S$ in front of Him#S A W$0
When He goes to madina that is impossible beause &hen he prays to&ards alAqsa
His ba) is to&ard Ma))ah0
Allah gi%es Him #S A W$ the instrution to turn His ba) and remar)ably you )no&
&ho is really offended by this ??? Bani /srael the -e&s of the madina0
Ayaat are
0he fools among the people will say: )What hath turned them from the 3ibla to
which they were used2) Say: 0o Allah belong both east and West: He guideth whom
He will to a Way that is straight.
6hey said 3What happened &hy you guys are praying in a different diretion no&
Here is %ery simple question if you belie%e that these muslims are not on the truth(
then &hether they pray east &est north south &hy do you are???
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muslims to a straight path and he has -ust guided them to the aaba He has already
dropped the hint that / &ill send you ba) to )aaba and you &ill be leaning up that
house ( that &ill be the ompletion of your guidane beause / am guiding you ba)
to that house0
6his beame the apital of the ummah &hih is Al Ma))ah( the plae &eon%erge(our faes on%erge e%ery fe& hours aross this &orld( it=s a symbol of us
beoming a ne& mmah0
and then Allah added another salt on the &ound after these ayat ne.t ayaat are
ء ق ٱ أنزل فيه ٱذ رمضا ش ى ہ
0he month of 4amadhan is that/ in which was revealed the 3uran
6hat is the guidane for you
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a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever
sights the new moon of/ the month, let him fast it5
So the month of fast of Bani israel stopped( so it ompletely )no&n that one ummahthat had that status #bani /srael$ is gone and no& a ne& ummah is being inaugurated
by t&o ma-or things
10 6he hange of the aaba0
20 6he instillation of the month of Ramadan 0
6hese t&o things are identifying us as a distint ne& nation ompletely separate from
Bani /srael0
Subhan Allah ho& Allah sets us apart and as a statement of setting us apart Hehonored us &ith the follo&ing ayah
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د ! & as We ha%e appointed you a middle nation( that ye may be &itnesses against
man)ind( and that the messenger may be a &itness against you
6hat is ho& &e made you a balaned nation a middle nation 00 &hat is the mean of
being the middle nation /t=s a %ery important thing for us to understand0 6here are
t&o nations that Allah alludes to in surah :atiha ( &hen &e are told to stay a&ay
from t&o paths that an go in the &rong &ay &e are told to stay a&ay from
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%F ضٱ :# $ (2 G9 ض ٱ H! & ' & not of those who have evo"ed our/ anger or of those who are astray
and / &ill gi%e you one of the simplest e.planation that in sha Allah
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here is another problem there is person &ho really &ants to at 0&ants to do good
things but you )no& &hat the problem is He does not )no& muh so he is doing
things as best as his imagination tells him
/t=s not really based on )no&ledge0
So you ha%e t&o problems before you either you ha%e )no&ledge &ithout ations or
you ha%e ations &ithout )no&ledge0
8o& if you pay attention to +e&s and the *hristians that Allah tal)s about e.tensi%ely
in the 5uran the problem of the /sraelites &as that they ha%e a lot of )no&ledge(
Allah testifies to their )no&ledge( they understood the boo)
0hose to whom We gave the Scripture "now him as they "now their own sons. 6ut
indeed, a party of them conceal the truth while they "now it/.
6hey e%en reogni,e this messenger ##SAW$$ li)e they &ould their o&n hildren 0if a
)id starts rying in the ba) during the )hutba you &ould )no& it=s mine that=s ho&
&ell they reogni,e messenger ##SAW$$ (Allah testify their )no&ledge but their
)no&ledge unfortunately did not transform into ations0
What happened to the *hristian side of things( Allah tal)s about them meaning &ell (
doing good things and yet &hen it omes to e%en the most fundamental of )no&ledge
the doors are losed( they are refusing to thin)( refusing to &ant to learn (that
beomes a problem on the other hand0
We &ere made the middle nation( the nation that find the balane bet&een t&o sides(
the side of )no&ledge and the side of ations(
that=s one of the many benefits of Allah alling us the middle nation 0
8o& &hy &ere &e made the middle nation( you &ould thin) that this is ause for
elebrations( you are finally made a middle nation yes thats A&esome but Allah ne%er
gi%es an honor( He ne%er gi%es a position e.ept that He brings it &ith a lot of
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responsibility ( so in the same ayah it=s not ne.t ayah ( you annot e%en finish this
ayah &ithout getting to the responsibility( this ayah is not -ust about the honor
1# أم ك 0C D #Eذد
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but Allah did not stop at the honor then He piled on us the responsibility the burden
that omes &ith being an mmah 0
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&ill testify on -udgment day that this Muslim &ho &as my friend ( my o &or)er ( my
neighbor( / ne%er #SAW$ a glimpse of /slam in him ( he ne%er brought it up it=s not my
fault0 6hey &ill ha%e a ase against us0
e%en though they ha%e their o&n responsibility but &e also supposed to be &itnesses
against them beause if &e are not &itness against them they &ill be &itness againstus( it=s either one or the other( &e going to ourt either &ay ( &e ha%e to deide &hih
side &e are going to stand on 0 And if this is not bad enough( Allah A,,a&a-al adds
another responsibility S A W the messenger is mentioned He #SW6$ said #,ك 9 ي
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! & 6he messenger #SAW$ &ill be a &itness against you the ayah is stillnot done but / &ant to fous on this part of the ayah ( it=s a %ery hea%y part of the
ayah0 Similar ayat ha%e ourred in the similar plaes in 5uran ne of the poets of
Muhammad #SAW$ among his ompanions Hassan /bn e Sabit ( beautiful %oie(He
#SAW$ used to ha%e Hassan ibn e sabit reite poetry to fire the troops up &hen they
&ill go on military e.pedition0 He #SAW$ used to lo%e him so muh that one time He#SAW$ alled Hassan ibn e sabit and said 3Hassan reite 5uran to me0Hassan ibn e
sabit &as sho)ed 3messenger of Allah you &ant me to reite 5uran to you it &as
re%ealed to you( He #SAW$ said but / lo%e to listen and so he starts reiting 5uran
he starts reiting surat un 8isa the forth surah and he is reiting and Messenger
#SAW$ is en-oying the reitation and he gets to an ayah
Ho& &ill it be &hen &e bring a &itness against e%ery nation( &e &ill bring
you#meaning Muhammad #SAW$$ as a &itness against these nation# meaning
Muslims$
Hassan loo)s up ( he loo)ed at the fae of the messenger #SAW$ His fae &as
drenhed &ith tears and He #SAW$ saying stop stop / an't ta)e any more0
What does it means that messenger &ill be a &itness against us ? you )no& &hat that
means ? it means the messenger of Allah #SAW$ before he left this &orld ( &hen His &orldly life that omponent of His life ame to an end He too) a &itness from all of
us( did i deli%er the message?? Did / do my -ob? And &e all testified as an mmah 00
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6hese people / left them a -ob( they )ne& this boo) and they did not arry it( it did
not reflet in our personality ?? 6he mouth opened but it ne%er had the &ord of Allah
on it0
ne of the sariest plaes in the 5uran Allah A,,a &a--al tal)s about His messenger
##SAW$$ and
6he Messenger &ill say on that day My Master this nation of mine abandoned 5uran0
8o& / &ant you to appreiate the &eight of these &ords so / am going to s)ip a little
bit and go on ne.t ayah and share something &ith you( you )no& the qibla -ust
hanged right 8o one here &ill thin) it is a small e%ent( billion of people on the
earth for generations to ome from that time no& &ill be praying in different
diretion beause of that one deision and no& loo) &hat Allah says
We have certainly seen the turning of your face, * !uhammad/, toward
the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a (iblah with which you will be
pleased. So turn your face toward al-!as&id al-Haram. And wherever you
believers/ are, turn your faces toward it in prayer/. $ndeed, those who
have been given the Scripture well "now that it is the truth from their
7ord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
We #SAW$ your fae turned to the s)y
6he Messenger##SAW$$ is in madinah He is still praying to&ards Al aqsa his ba) is
to&ards Ma))ah and He misses the house that his father built( it hurts Him that He
has to turn his ba) to&ards the house built by /brahim AS0 /t hurts His feelings but
He does not omplain to Allah ( you )no& &hat He does he loo)s at s)y that=s all He
does0 And Allah re%eals the ayah &hih says
We #SAW$ you fae turning to the s)y
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8otie lo%ed one among eah other( &hen you go home( if somebody really lo%es you(
your mother really lo%es you (your &ife really lo%es you #sometimes$0/f there is an
e.pression your fae that is a little bit different your mother &ill say something is
&rong (you &ill say nothing maa nothing( she &ill say no no something is &rong (/
an see it in your eyes0 And you &ould say / see in the mirror / see my eyes( / don=tsee anything &hat do you see?? But that=s the nature of someone &ho truly lo%es0
6he messenger #SAW$ did not omplain ( did not ma)e dua all He did &as loo) at s)y
and the ayah is re%ealed of the 5uran that We #SAW$ your fae turning to the s)y
then for sure We s&ear by it( there is no doubt &hat so e%er that &e are turning your
fae (We are turning you in a diretion that pleases you 0Allah is telling His
messenger #SAW$ that this qibla has hanged se he #SAW$ ould be happy (that is
ho& muh He lo%es His messenger#SAW$0 and imagine that messenger #SAW$ (he
did not ha%e to as)( ompare this to Musa AS (read surah 6aha (read surah
Shu=araa(read them see ho& muh musa As As)s Allah
h Allah they ha%e got a rime against me ( they gonna go )ill me( gi%e me Haroon (
my tongue &on=t mo%e( he has got a list of omplaints( he has got a fe& problems
before he goes ba) to 7gypt( Allah ta)es all of those omplaints and addresses
them 0 But &ith His messenger #SAW$ it=s something different( He did not e%en ha%e
to open his mouth ( He -ust loo)ed up and billions of people &ill pray in a different
diretion( so this man #SAW$ &ill be pleased0 6hat=s the relationship Allah has &ith
His messenger #SAW$( and if that messenger omplains against you and me( &hat
la&yer you and / going to get?? &hat ase are &e going to ha%e ?? We ha%e no ase
left
so &hen he says
ش $ي ك (2 ٱ91 ل #,ك 9د
! &
6his -ob -ust beomes %ery serious
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And thus we have made you a &ust community that you will be witnesses
over the people and the !essenger will be a witness over you. And We did
not ma"e the (iblah which you used to face ecept that We might ma"e
evident who would follow the !essenger from who would turn bac" on his
heels. And indeed, it is difficult ecept for those whom Allah has guided. And never would Allah have caused you to lose your faith. $ndeed Allah is,
to the people, 8ind and !erciful.
And &e did not )eep you to&ards alaqsa e.ept to see &ho &ould really follo& the
messenger #SAW$( it &as a test of loyalty 0ho& it &as a test of loyalty?? 6he muslims
in madina &ere used to pray to&ards aqsa e%en before /slam( 8o& they ha%e toturn (it=s a test of their loyalty (6he muslims that &ere in ma))ah &ere used to pray in
&hat diretion? to&ards the qibla#)aaba$( but &hen they ame to madina they ha%e
to turn their ba) to&ards qibla ( it=s not -ust the prophet #SAW$ turned His ba) but
His ompanions ha%e to turn their ba) too0 but no& they ha%e to ma)e their hoie
bet&een &hat they ha%e been doing their entire li%es and follo&ing this man #SAW$
and Allah said / ha%e put this in plae so that / an test e%erybody 6he muha-iroon
and the Ansaar
/ -ust &anted to see &ho is loyal( and then Allah a,,aa&a--al finally adds( it=s so
beautiful
6he yahood &ere so offended that the qibla hanged (they ame up &ith taunts for
the muslims(so the say to the muslims ( Heyy you ha%e been praying in the &rong
diretion all these years han( all those prayers nothing ounted (and some muslims
&ho do not )no& any better they e%en started &orrying may be he is right (beause
you )no& these &ere the Ribai( the sholar that time so e%en if they are doing trash
tal)( it=s oming from a reputable soure( you &ould first assume may be there is
some &eight to it( maybe they are right (h my ;od all those prayers did not ount?? And Allah says in the same ayah
/ &ill translate Allah &ill ne%er &aste your prayers( but atually that is not &hat the
arabi says( the arabi says that Allah &ill ne%er &aste your faith0
and there is a onsensus among the ompanions of the prophet #SAW$( and the
onsensus among e%ery sholar that /man means prayers in this ayah( /man usually
means faith0 but the question is Allah ould ha%e said salat( Allah ould ha%e said
that Allah &ould not &aste your prayers but He said Allah &ould not &aste your
/man ( you )no& &hy ?? Beause to Allah your salat and your /man are one and the
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same thing ( thereisno differene ( /f there is no salat ho& an be there /man( that is
one and the same to Allah0
ertainly Allah is espeially &hen it omes to all people He is ompassionate and
meriful (Ra=auf in arabi is suh a beautiful &ord ( it means someone &ho )no&s
&hat you are going through( Allah says He )no&s &hat you are going through He)no&s the troubles you ha%e( you )no& &hen you try to tal) to somebody about your
problems the first thought that ome in your mind that he is not going to
understand ( he does not understand &hat / am going through (Allah lets you )no&
about himself that He is Ra=auf ( if there is no one &ho )no&s &hat you are going
through( He does He is Raa=uf (Raheem0 What a beautiful onlusion to us being
inaugurated as an ummah( but no& / &ant to share &ith you a onluding message0
What is the mean that &e ha%e beome an mmah and &e share this responsibility??
/t means many things
but / &anna lea%e you &ith one ation item ( one thing
6he messenger deli%ered the message to us and that message in summary is Allah=s
boo)( He #SAW$ deli%ered that boo) (His #SAW$ life mission &as to deli%er this boo)
to the best of His ability and He did His -ob( He finished His -ob (you and / not only
ha%e to deli%er this boo) but to represent it=s teahing in our harater ( not only that
but to be loser to Allah &hat better &ay to get lose to Allah by uttering the &ords
that He himself ga%e you to utter 0 / an ome up &ith a &ay to praise Allah on my
o&n but / ll ne%er be able to ompete Ho& Allah praises himself( / an ome up &ith
my o&n &ays for as)ing Allah for things ( but / &ill ne%er teah myself a better &ay toas) that the &ay Allah told me to as)( as) li)e this0
if Allah says as) li)e this you )no& li)e Adam AS( deep trouble sent do&n to the
earth( he has got to as) for forgi%eness( but Allah says He is so meriful (Adam AS
might ome up &ith his o&n &ay of as)ing for forgi%eness( but you )no& &hat Allah
said that / &ill tell you the right &ords for as)ing forgi%eness
:irst he said say this( one you say this / &ill aept your tauba ( that=s Allah >s boo)0
6he bottom line / ha%e to share &ith you today( one of the big differene bet&een us
and Bani srael that they &ere nationalisti that )ept them from the truth( Allah made
this guidane for humanity you )no& &hat that means ( &hen you and / say 9A/9AH
/99A99AH there is nothing bet&een us stronger than this )alma( it is thi)er than
blood( it is thi)er than the olor of my s)in it is thi)er than the ountry of my
origin or the aent of my tongue it is thi)er than the origin of my anestors( none of
its rele%ant no& ( &hat is rele%ant no& is that you and / share 9A/9AH /99A99AH(
that is this ummah ( thats &hat that means( and the &ay in &e )eep our unity intat
and the &ay )eep that unity strong ( Allah a,,a&a-al gi%es us a system by &hih &e
an stand li)e a unified army e%ery fe& hours standing in a ro& not by ran) of age or
olor (-ust b 9A/9AH /99A99AH you stand in a ro&( you dont get ahead of the other brother ma)e straight line( and you do &hat &hen you get united you reite Allah=s
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&ord (so if you and / stand in salat and &e do not understand Allah=s &ord (&e listen
to the 5uran being and &e don't get it( it=s not our fault( &e are not arab(/ am not
arab either (it=s not our fault the %ast ma-ority of this ummah is not arab(so easy
argument is that Heyy / am not arab it=s not my fault (that=s &hy / don't )no& the
5uran that=s &hy / listen to it and sounds )ind of nie (but / don't )no& &hat that
means( / ll -ust read translations( honestly as) yourself this question
Who in the &orld is going to &rite a translation that &ill ompete &ith Allah=s &ord??
Who is going to do that?? &ho is going to translate the beauty( the perfetion ( the
guidane ( the strength?? the effet of Allah=s &ord(these are Allah=s &ord( there are
no alternati%es( / am trying to translate the ayat for you but you got to taste that
s&eetness yourself( &hen that omes to mind and &e all understand that learning
this language for the sa)e of being able to say to Allah (/ didn=t learn this language so
/ an hit hat &ith /mam sometimes (/ didn=t learn this language so / an order the
sh&arma in the moroan restaurant(/ learn this language so &hen / ma)e salat then/ an tal) to you (that you are tal)ing to me( that there is a on%ersation bet&een us(
and that on%ersation you )no& &hen the 5uran is in our heart(it=s effeting us and
&e are understanding it( then unity beomes easy(you are already physially together
no& your hearts are together you are unified by the same message (right no& that=s
not same message &e are understanding in salat(it=s a tragedy (it=s a atastrophe &e
need to &or) on this(and / gi%e you some historial ba)drop and / am done0
/ tell you that the greatest ontribution to the study of arabi language &as made by
non arabs( you )no& the first ompilation of arabi &ord &as done by a man
Seeba&ay( He ompile arabi grammar as &e study it today &as non arab( thegreatest mufasiroon &ho tal)ed about the linguisti beauty and perfetion of the
5uran ( they &ere non arabs( the %ast ma-ority of this ummah population &ise is non
arab and the ma-ority of sholarship of this ummah is non arab -ust by statistis (
some of our greatest sholars are sitting far from arabia to this day( &hat Allah did is
remar)able He too) arabi language and instead of ma)ing it the language of the
people from a ertain rae from a ertain ba)ground ( He made it the language of
His o&n(the language of His boo)( so messenger #SAW$ &as as)ed on one oasion
&ho is an arab? you &ould say people from yaman sham syria -ordan these are arabs(
the arabi is -ust a language Sohaib ar romi omes from Rome he is roman( Salman al
farsi omes from "ersia( Bilal al Habshi is from Abyssinia ( but &hen they spea)
arabi( &hen the understand 5uran (by the prophet=s #SAW$ definition they are arab(
and / am emphasi,ing on the arabi not that &e should get rid of the language &e
ha%e ( no no thats not our history( buts it=s the ommon seond language of all
muslims( it=s a fundamental of all muslims ( at least at the le%el that you an en-oy
your salat ( you an )no& &hat's going on bet&een you and Allah=s &ord at least that
muh( then you as) yourself and question omes to mind it=s going to be hard( /
annot do it ( it=s too muh / tried on time and as soon as / did rafa nasb and -arr /
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3/ annot do it( / am bad at 7nglish grammar Ho& / am going to do that ( it=s &ay too
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:irst thing is the promise of the messenger #SAW$ it ours in Bu)hari
“The expert in the Quran is ranked among the highest angels”.
36he e.perts not you and me ( He is &ay up there among the highest angels ( these
are the angels that reord re%elations by the &ay CC 6op Angels0
and the one &ho reads the 5uran and stumbles in it He read and an=t get the A=ain
out of his throat( ta-&eed teahers say 5aaf He says aaf( A=ain he says Ain0/t=s not
&or)ing( and it=s %ery hard on him it does not ome easy for him( He has got t&ie(
the e.perts got ran) among the top angels and the one &ho is struggling is t&ie that0
6hat=s the prophets #SAW$ promise0
so if you are ha%ing a hard time learning arabi C ongratulations
So -ust don=t gi%e up you are -ust eating up the re&ard0
And here is the seond promise that is from Allah0
He repeats his promise three times ( you )no& &hy 5uran repeats something
multiple times( &hen someone needs to hear something more than one ( Allah says
that more than one 0maybe it=s did not hit you the first time ( he says that again (
maybe it did not hit you the seond time he says that again (-ust li)e your mother 00
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8o& He did not say &hat about the 5uran ? is it memori,ation of the 5uran? is it the
ta-&eed of the 5uran ? is it tafseer of the 5uran ? is it the language of the 5uran ??
He did not restrit it to any one of these things0 &hih means &hat C 7%erything
7%erything about the 5uran Who made it easy ? not me not you not your
teaher not a urriulum not a boo)
A99AH made it easy00 But then He put a ondition on it0
/t=s easy but &ith one ondition( &ith the intent of remembering Allah0
/f you really really &ant to remember Allah( and you say to Allah that you ga%e that
salah so that / an remember you 0
Allah says to musa AS establish salah so that you an remember me0
and if you really &ant to remember Allah li)e He deser%es to be remembered andthat is your moti%ation for learning anything about the 5uran ( if that=s your
moti%ation then Allah=s guarantee that He &ill ma)e it easy not anybody else=s 0 that
is His promise and you all on Him on this promise
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&hen &e hold do&n the same rope &e do not ha%e a hoie but to be ne.t to eah
other beause it=s the same rope ( that rope of Allah is the 5uran 06he more &e are
tied to the 5uran ( the more &e are tied to eah other it=s the glue that bonds us0
/ sinerely pray to Allah that He opens up opportunity for you to beome a student of
this boo)( to learn more of this boo) ( to memori,e more of this boo) ( to en-oy this
boo) being reited in e%ery single salat( / pray to Allah that He ma)es it easy for you
to learn and He )eeps your intention sinere and your moti%ation High(
/ pray that He gi%es you the ability to lead your family to learn Allah= boo) and
ontinually gro&ing in their )no&ledge and their lo%e of this &onderful &ords of
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