Surah Al Hujrat Verse 13-18 | Quranic Guidance | Mufti Abu Layth

I want to share these verses with you that are from verse 13 to 18. of so let's bring this up okay Bismillah beginning with foreign

people indeed we created you from a single Pier a male and a female and and there is this you know there is this binary that people need to understand that they and I feel I'll come on to this discussion later on but Allah is showing that through this harmony of let's say metaphorical opposites

what we've got here and we made you settlements We Made You Abe which is plural of a settled people cities towns folks civilization rural people farmers hunter gatherers foragers we made you these different people spread out in the Earth but then Allah tells us a secret

behind that why why you know why these so that you may come to know one another the experiences the stories the Legacy of each other then reminding you that keep in mind Allah that the most noble not amongst yourselves not the king not the

politicians not the celebrities that they they may be Noble amongst you ain't the law according to God those who are most mindful of God that have that have god-consciousness now there's some interesting verses that come straight after this

that from this teaching us about almost our one could say in origin story but the trajectory of insania that we may come to know one another we are dependent we are interdependent species and then reminding us that look get it's there's such a joy and a pleasure in getting to know one another but always in doing so you might end up becoming arrogant you might end up harming people oppressing people

remember that God consciousness and here this is what matters according to God not how much money you make not how many followers you have not how much influence you have not how many sports cars or Mansions or properties what matters to God is your taqwa your mindfulness of God

from that it takes us straight to okay so when speaking of God what is our relationship with God and here's an example these people these kind of hardened they were here it's using the example of Bedouins just as a this is a placeholder for people whose hearts are still they're developing they're on the journey yet foreign

but it's being said in a way that as if we have arrived this is this is what these people are thinking this they are on the journey but they're saying we have arrived you've got sorry let's let the plane go past

that Allah you have not see here it's not Allah it's not negating that they don't have faith but what it means is in terms foreign [Music]

that when you use an action a verb are you using it in terms of its completion or in terms of its beginning Inception so this is a principle in if we said um so if I said oh yesterday at eight o'clock I ate so does that mean I began to eat I eat or does it mean I finished eating at it so there's a debate amongst the usury so here when Allah is saying

this is not about see because the same way you could speak about an action eating is obviously a you know relatively rapid action but let's say there's something about excellence something about faith there is a beginning and a TR and an ending just as Allah says in the Quran about Jesus they did not kill him they did not crucify him now one of the understanding one of the ways to look at that is that doesn't negate that he was put on a cross

and crucified it means they did not successfully in terms of the ma'al the ma'al is the consequence the end result of that action that was not accomplished not the beginning of it so if I let's say I began a degree but if I did not complete the degree I don't have the degree regardless of whether I did one and a half years or I did two years if I don't complete it I'm not considered as somebody who has it so similarly in with verbs in usul you have

this issue so Lam told me no you do not have faith in terms of its completion you do not have it now but say we have submitted why is this being said because to submit is to begin the journey and that is where you are you you are just at the beginning

I mean there's a long way to go yet but it's a beautiful Journey it's a mesmerizing but yours but it's still a journey ahead of you this Lama means not yet okay it's an archaic use not used in Modern Standard Arabic

an Iman but you know in terms of the ending end result has not yet entered your heart it is not to say these people weren't Muslim but this is what it's addressing Allah

see this there is a and if you follow if you obey if you listen if you have this love for God for his messenger this isn't going to decrease you in any harm it decrease you in any in anything from what you're doing your project continues you know it's interesting people they say well people struggle with faith and they say well you know faith ah you know if I believe what is the purpose of this what does this do what

does that do what you don't let if you do it you only that you will see all people with faith recover from illnesses much sooner they cope with tragedies in life much in a much more healthier way they overcome many hurdles and challenges in life they find meaning in life foreign

you know it's there was that debate we an atheist uh in this case Susan Blackmore where she was saying well nothing really means anything because everything is just random and coincidental and so nothing means anything and by that admission everything she is doing or or we are doing means nothing either so by that admission it can't be wrong since wrong is even if a person did

believe it can't in a meaningful way be wrong because wrong is not a meaning it is simply the coherence or the incoherent alleged incoherence within a structure of which there is ultimately no coherence you're just saying that this is this oh this is just something within this game but none of this game means anything anyway so so how does even by that argument Faith you may in a very small relational

aspect you may say well oh this doesn't make sense but since meaning holds no meaning there are no meta meanings so what difference does anything make ultimately you see from your actions the things you do does not take away will only add meaning flavor in Allah for all right

from this from this this scene this landscape of people now this portrait of some people who are beginning this journey of faith they're mistaken they think oh I'm at some I'm at some height some Summit Allah is reminding them humble yourselves [Laughter] that you know it's quite a it's quite a track yet it's quite a track I mean enjoy but it's quite a drag that so

what's the what's the um remains quite far but it's it's quite a trick enjoy yourself but it's quite from here one may ask the question well what is how does faith truly integrate in one's life

you're given a description that sure complete faith Carmel as close to Perfection as one may possibly attain is that one has faith in Allah in his messenger

they are not perturbed they are not Disturbed by these wavering doubts or by these things that they have this they have their story they strived be unworldly him what I'm forcing him

and this Jihad is of all its manifestations he writes that as well that the struggle is of all kinds of the ego of countless any thing that brings a person closer to God and it has it he mentions that it has its military manifestation and that may have been in a particular time the most Salient feature and in another time there may be a different Salient feature of it

foreign anything that takes these paths that lead back to God are many you know manifold and here it mentions with their wealth they struggled him and their self they and this could mean it could mean from to the extent that they were prepared to where Islam was under attack where all these they were prepared to give their lives this is the utmost a person would do in this world from a worldly perspective or you

bring it back to the everyday and the nafs is what what I'm forcing him is the ego because that's the same word in Arabic nafsi him and the Eagles it begins right here as well this is also this is the everyday This concerns every single person this one and it's for all times and it's always happening so foreign

right now what's interesting is following that we go straight to the verse so you've got this a definition a description Okay so we've got that we've got an understanding this is what faith can look like in one of its one in its its complete manifestation remember this these are those people who are at the summit at the Pinnacle of faith okay that they are people prepared to you know give it all for God so

then Allah brings us back to reality with people we meet every day with ourselves Maybe This Is Us looking into a mirror now foreign [Laughter] do you teach God about your faith you know people sometimes they say

why me why is this happening to me why is God doing this to me I've done this I've done that you teaching God ly Moon Allah Allah says that these people are doing a favor unto you that they have embraced this this path this faith

and Islam that they are they claimed it's as though they are doing a favor unto God yeah yeah Allah I I prayed you know I used to pray and fast how could this happen to me you know Allah are you you doing a favor unto God yeah

they're doing a great favor you know the hubris sometimes we think ah you know where are we ha I'm such a great person I'm such a oh I'm so holy I'm so I'm doing all this for Islam I'm who ain't doing anything mate there's nothing going on whatever you're doing only for yourself

is Allah says tell them keep it [Laughter] you know yeah you're all right you can have it keep your faith the reality is truth be told God this is by giving you guiding you to Faith this is a favor unto you your life has become enriched your life

has found more meaning your journey has become easier you have found more of a narrative to extract strength from you you you this is all you foreign you see Allah is is is is is showing favor unto you that Allah brought you to this

Allah if you really think about this if you are truthful in your evaluation in your expression then yeah Allah by guiding you to this and sometimes you have been guided through adversity sometimes you've been guided through struggle sometimes your life is a mess sometimes there's all kinds you know you're at rock bottom so be it

you know do you why as a lot and why yourself up and get moving it is what it is your faith is for you God doesn't get anything out of us doing things you want your Jannah you want your blessings you want your you you you you you you you

have you ever did you do it just for God at what point did you worship solely just for God when wasn't it that I want this I want that I want an increase you know

give us give us give us give us there's always it began and ended with us so when we find ourselves in a dark spot when we find ourselves stuck in a rut when we've hit rock bottom when we're drowning in in tragedy we have to get up we have to swim out of it we have to keep moving forward Allah has given us that strength in in that Faith but

Allah that maybe this whatever is some are tested through blessings some are you know they they it's it's interesting that we some people they they only have privileges and they live in a in a you know in a Perpetual discontent you see all these celebrities all these social media influences all these people

are depressed I'm depressed I'm depressed I'm a drug addict I'm this I'm that I can't cope with reality that millions and millions of people adore them they've got Fame they've got money they live in you know making multi multi-millionaires but they have discontent that's there that's their struggle you see but Allah guides to Faith by various means see that's there Journey that's their

script let's see how they do let's see how they deliver on this stage of life Allah but it reminds us never to hold anyone in contempt don't EV everybody is fighting a difficult battle true some more difficult than others I can lie you can live alone so but we should never look down on people never think if we can't help them then if possible just say a kind a

fleeting kind to offer them Ya Allah help that person may Allah give that person more you know you want to come face to face with the ego I tell you this is the trickiest thing and I'm telling you try this sometimes you know sometimes when somebody has something and they're let's say they're a friend or or they're a person the friend is even easier but you'll see the ego at Play just on your own try to make it quickly although I say yeah Allah give them even more

[Laughter] person would be like uh um see this this isn't even really about the other person it's about yourself that if you can do it it's try it sometime you'll see how difficult this struggle is Allah ends this verse with reminding you see because how difficult is this

struggle in Allah foreign he sees the Unseen he knows it and Allah is indeed all seeing of that which you do that which you do in secrecy that which you do behind closed doors that you do when you make a little say a little prayer for someone that you don't even think needs it Allah's

old scene you see you say something like that remember a log when he see when one of the most seat how do I to to capture this we ask according to our

we ask and request in accordance with our status Allah gives in accordance to his soul truther and this is even in the Dunya as well that you see a person if they in fact there was a I was listening to this um this story of um um of this person this this beggar who comes to one of the Abbasid Kings and and he does something and he says

sure ask whatever you like and he asks um he asked for something so small and Petty he's just like some he says you know if I could just have he asked for something so small like if I could just have these a few a very small portion a tiny little thing of of rice or something something very small and the the the the king he says he kind of instructs for him to have he gives him this immense reward of all these he's obviously in in this story I mean this is at the end of the story he's he

he's giving him all this kind of these Dinars and all this kind of money and and his advisor says to him that what are you doing like he just asked you for a small a tiny portion of rice like not even a bowl a tiny portion he said yeah but he asked in accordance with his status and we gave in accordance to our own you know person so what keeping that in mind you see when a person making a prayer for someone else you will see the Baraka of this in your

own life you will see the floodgates of risk opening up there is not a see you can't ascribe a causal relationship to these things but you could Define it by what in jungian terms or some psychologists refer to a synchronicity coming together of events