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The Miracle of Prophet Abraham (a.s.) and the Returning Birds -Mufti Abu Layth
muftis iman imaan eemaan eeman qiyamah qiyama qiyamat yawm al-qiyamah yawm al-qiyama resurrection sura soorah suwar soora chapter ayah aya ayat ayaat aayah aayat insha'allah in shaa allah insha allah inshaa allah as-salamu alaykum assalamu alaikum assalamualaikum salaam salaams salam alaykum wa alaykum as-salam peace greeting ikhlas ikhlaasvideo · 7:52 · 7,700 views · 9 Jun 2018 · Open on YouTube
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machineauto-transcribed, may contain errors · source: youtube auto · click a time to seek · dotted terms open the glossaryI want to bring our attention to this verse in Surat al-baqarah and it is also a verse that many people have asked me about because they contemplated and maybe struggled with some of its meaning it's to do with ibraheem alehissalaam and he said an except then it reads what if all I ever are him or Rob be our unique effort to heal Malta and when Ibrahim said o my lord show me how you bring the lad the dead to life holla holla l'm told me allah said do you not have faith are LaBella what I can Lea playing Napoli he said indeed but - so
that my heart may find serenity and tranquility left mine that will be all our hood our bottom may not be for sehun a lake and then Allah instructs him to collect full birds so much ila Allah eligible in Minho nitrous on and then placed them on these distant hilltops or mountain what is described as mountaintops but mainly on mounts some whether or not then call them yeah Tina Kazarian how they will come to you
running while Imanol AHA seasoned hockey and know that Allah is indeed almighty and divine with wisdom Allah many people have understood this verse and they've read it just about miracles what many people have understood here is that Allah tells Ibrahim alayhi Salam to collect these birds and chop like to cut them into pieces and then to place these pieces spread them out and then call them and the birds will come together
that's how many people have understood this some people disagreed with that understanding now me I wasn't I've never really read that in that I've never understood that in that way I'll share with you my understanding as so you can read many of the classical to receive it comes back to the definition of this word force or Runa awake what does soul here mean and it has been read mainly as soul and by some I believe Hamza ready as self 798 but generally from Soria sorrow and people have said many of the toughest here in
both transmissions are from it not bus as well some people have said it means to cut cut their Hoonah but what's interesting is the other meaning the other meaning is that a mill owner that inclined them affectionately towards you hence Allah follows it up by saying II Laker alayka that force or wanna alayka if it meant to cut them why - would you cut them towards you it doesn't make much sense and this may have some
connection with the word in arabic surah is also used for the whistling done by by sparrows and birds luckily make them mine it'll make them inclined with affection with affinity to you why why these birds why make them do that because why not get other animals why not get creatures of rabbit or get something else because birds are so difficult to get hold on and they are so free in this theory a bird just flying
for mine has forever kind of gazed upon birds with wonder that how that the freedom the majesty in which they kind of fly and soar through the skies that something's so evasive as a bird get for birds get them take your time nurture them to some extent grow a bond with a milliner Lake force or Nothing incline them towards you with affection then place
them far and wide through mataron now call them without affection that you have they come flying towards you and yet the souls have a greater affinity to Allah Allah that when Allah on the day of judgement calls the souls that they come to him with a much greater affinity
with a bond that is inseparable well in a lillahi wa inna ilayhi Roger that from Allah we came when a fauna this blowing into Adam this whatever this was was Ilayaraja and on to him we shall return so this understanding this affinity that we have to mean this verse makes it it gives a much greater explanation in saying that you see you're simply asking
about the body you're asking about how the Dead will be brought back what is this body let me answer it from a much greater perspective that you are far under estimating the bond of the soul inshallah so with that I just wanted to share some of these words with you this is an amazing time and amazing month to reconnect with the book of allah may allah subhanaw taala multiply our rewards may he grant us
that sincerity may he really allow us to reconnect with his book and may he give us the tophi to turn away from any dark morbid narratives of this theme the truly compassionate understanding of Islam that that Allah has really bestowed upon us Shahla with that people all or just I'll just finish with a word that Allah Himself follows on from this verse just two verses later saying follow my often one month era that indeed saying a kind word and sometimes overseeing and
forgiving people and being compassionate theorem means other party yet bahasa is much better than sometimes being very charitable but following it by harsh words or acting all proud about it wa llahu of any unhappy indeed Allah is most-forbearing with us and incredibly rich so people may allah subhanaw taala keep us all forever upon this firm and firmly founded and this true understanding may keep you all forever smiling and happy in sha allah have an awesome time I thought I'd share some of
those words with you take very good care of yourselves people stay awesome stay in touch stay blessed you shall our over and our faults salam-o-alaikum wife mental eye to eye level butter cut
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