Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh everyone. Welcome back to Qur'an 30 for 30, alhamdulillahi warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. It's the last one. It is our Eid Mubarak special. Shaykh Abdullah decided to occupy my office, though he knows my sensitivities to that as a Palestinian. But you know, there are three Palestinians here, by the way, and Shaykh Abdullah just walked into this office and just took it. He claimed it. That's okay, though, alhamdulillah. We know about you in offices. You know, there's another Jordanian, Palestinian imam. There's an office issue, alaysa kadhalik, isn't that so? Last name Birjes. I think the world knows about it. That man doesn't. I guess he does exist. I may be dreaming. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah, we're very happy to have you all here. Very sad it's our last one, subhanAllah, but you know, as Ramadan is coming to an end, we ask Allah subhanAllah to accept it from all of us, allahumma ameen. We're joined with an incredible slate of guests, two guests, alhamdulillah, we are with Shaykh Majid and Ustadh Dania, ahla wa sahla, we're happy to have you both. How are you both doing? Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah, Allah yabarik fikum yarab. Jazakum Allah khair. Fikum al baraka. I found out, subhanAllah, before actually, just when we were logging on, that you both are from the same community, subhanAllah, and that was actually not planned on our end. It just so happened that as the slots fell, you're both from Windsor, Canada. Alhamdulillah. And we both left eventually. Yeah, we both left. I found our ways other places, alhamdulillah. Okay, so we should apologize to our Windsor community. I think Shaykh Yusuf Wahab also left there too, right? Oh! Shaykh Yusuf Wahab left. What's going on with Windsor? We love you, Al Windsor. We apologize. It has nothing
to do with Yaqeen. What a way to start. Welcome, welcome, our guests, our lovely guests, by the way. From Windsor, Canada, yes. And we have nothing but love for the Canadians here. There's never been any disrespect to Canada on this show that I can recall. We can all agree, right? I feel it's the complete opposite for some reason. For what it's worth, I remember, subhanAllah, have you been to Windsor, Shaykh? No. I remember going to Windsor and it was one of the warmest communities, mashAllah. It was such an amazing experience. MashAllah. I remember, Shaykh Majid, were you there at that time? Yeah, Malcolm X seminar. The Malcolm X seminar, subhanAllah. So it was right across Detroit, Windsor, drove over to Windsor. I taught Malcolm X. And I remember when I was coming back, in fact, to the U.S. side, the guy at customs, you know, he looks at me, he goes, was there some kind of Muslim thing happening today? Because they're like the people driving back to Detroit. And I said, yeah, you know, I was teaching a class. He was like, what were you teaching about? I told him I was, you know, teaching a class on Malcolm X. He actually came out of the booth and like had a whole conversation with me about why he loves Malcolm X. So it became like a dawah opportunity. The best customs experience I ever had in the U.S. Unfortunately, usually it's not a pleasant experience coming back to the States, but that was the best one. It starts talking about how much he loves Malcolm and Detroit, you know, claims Malcolm. He's always a part of Detroit. It was pretty amazing. And Sheikh Majid, subhanAllah, I remember, in fact, the first, before I met you, I'd seen all these videos of you. You were in Windsor. You were giving your first halaqas in Windsor, mashaAllah. You still look the same, by the way, mashaAllah. I remember, Sheikh Majid, you were holding papers before I met you. I remember you always had your papers in your hands and you were going around and you were getting really excited with
your papers in your hand. And I thought, what a beautiful brother, mashaAllah. What an enthusiastic brother, mashaAllah. He used to give us khutbas on Jum'ah in my high school. SubhanAllah, Sheikh Majid, mashaAllah. Very consistent. I've seen you over the years too, man. You had a du'a series and your seerah series is like none other, mashaAllah. Second to none, mashaAllah. Very consistent and, you said, very energetic. You see that, mashaAllah, as you all see, inshaAllah, if you haven't. Alhamdulillah. And Ustadh Adania, you wrote for us on al-Aqsa. You covered the concept of al-Aqsa with us, and subhanAllah, this has been something very passionate, that you've been very passionate about. And we even see the art on the wall, alhamdulillah. It's a research interest of yours. Just in a quick minute, before we get started, obviously, our brothers and sisters from al-Aqsa have been, mashaAllah, as always, alhamdulillah, they've been holding down the fort while the rest of the ummah, unfortunately, watches on. SubhanAllah, why al-Aqsa? Why are you so passionate about al-Aqsa? SubhanAllah, being raised, obviously, Palestinian, that's a huge factor. And in the household that I came from, al-Aqsa was the first, the first words my mom told us to write was al-Quds and al-Aqsa. So it's something that we're very, we learn, and not from a nationalistic point of view, but it's, it's, it's part of our aqeedah, the same way that we learn about Mecca and Medina, we oftentimes forget Masjid al-Aqsa, which is the third Masjid and the first Qibla. And so it's, it's, it's a point in our faith that we oftentimes forget, but inshaAllah, it's still is part of our faith. And, and that's why it's something that I hold dear to my heart. I reward you and may Allah Azawajal allow us all to return to al-Aqsa and allow us to pray in it while it is liberated. No, I have not. InshaAllah, we'll all get to go soon.
So while we're wishing everyone a Eid Mubarak, the Yaqeen team handed Sheikh Abdullah and I gifts, and they asked us to open on camera before we start. So we're going to say Eid Mubarak to everyone. So instead of a dad joke today, unless Sheikh Abdullah wants to give a Eid dad joke, we're going to open our gifts. InshaAllah, do you want to go first? We'll open at the same time. What are we opening first? Gold or white? Gold, I guess. All right, so we're going to open these. Sheikh Majid and Ustadh Daniel, we'll send you something. So dad jokes. And then for me, so that's the good, the bad, the terrible. Hold on, can you show the book, Sheikh? Why, I got to show it. Why don't you show it at the same time? Exceptionally bad dad jokes. So rightfully awful, yet wonderfully spiffing. So the Yaqeen team is trolling us. This is great. So maybe we'll have to read the first one of each. So I'm going to read the, let's see if it's halal. Bismillah, yeah, I'm assuming they purchased one, they did their review. I don't know, man. Some of this already looks a little, a little, not, not Quran 30 for 30, age appropriate. All right, I'll just do the first one. How does a penguin build its house? Flopping boards. He's tired. It's a last day of fasting. It, it glues it together. That's the first one there. I can't read the second one. All right, Sheikh, your turn. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field. A lot, a lot, a lot of fun. Not bad. So we're going to come prep for season five next year, inshallah, like with some seriously, seriously.
What's going on? Like we were that bad or that good? The ultimate dad joke book, 501 hilarious jokes and puns. The little book of dad jokes, so bad, they're good. Wow, look at this. So I think, I think we should do just, Sheikh, I think every day we should just log on and just do a dad joke. All right. Well, in all seriousness, Jazakumullah khair team. We appreciate it. Clearly you all went on Amazon and just, you know, searched dad jokes books and just bought the first four ones, but still very thoughtful gifts, you know, we accept and we're grateful. Alhamdulillah. I mean, and I'll probably donate my two books to Sheikh Abdullah, because he needs all the help he can get for next year, you know, so we can, we can get this right, inshallah. I just want to make a shout out to all of those that are behind the screen, the cameras, every single Islamic organization, everyone that's starting out as an organization, trying to do their best in Ramadan, raise money for the organization. May Allah bless you all, because you are the ones, mashaAllah, you're not mentioned, but I think it's a healthy mention, you know, that every occasion, may Allah reward you, because it's not just myself and Sheikh Omar. There's a whole team behind this. This is part of the team, mashaAllah, to radical law. You know, we walked in and there were books there and they said, open them. And they came with the strategy. You know, a lot of this is impromptu for myself and Sheikh Omar. So may Allah reward the Akeem family, mashaAllah, and all of the families out there. And I say families because that's what it is. And that's what we hope to be for all the workers, any type of work, Islamic work, and spreading the word of Allah, may Allah reward you all. People just don't know, like, they don't know how much goes into every single one of these episodes and every single one of these series and everything that operates behind the scenes.
I know Sheikh Majid, you know the same at Al-Maghrib Institute too, mashaAllah, like everyone behind the scenes that makes it happen. But may Allah reward them all and their families. And if you go to the last Jannah series episode that actually went out today, you go to the credit screen at the end. Please read the credit screen at the end and make dua for everyone that was involved with the creation of that series as well. All of those effects, everything that was there and everyone that has been with us, like Quran 30 for 30 has become a family of Quran, alhamdulillah. So this is now four years in, alhamdulillah, like a couple of weeks before COVID 2020, we thought, hey, let's experiment with this. And then now, subhanAllah, it's a staple for many of you. So jazakumullahu khayran to all of you who attend and who make dua for us and who engage and have been a part of this. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make us a people of Quran and to allow us to be raised as people of Quran with the greatest manifestation of the Quran ever being our beloved messenger, salallahu alayhi wa sallam. Dhikr al-daws al-a'la, Ya Rabb al-alamin, Allahumma ameen. InshaAllah, we still have a juz to cover today, and it is the most frequently recited juz. So because Sheikh Abdullah and I are in the same office, we're going to go ahead and do our part inshaAllah, then open it up to our wonderful guests today. And then bismillah ta'ala, as always, have inshaAllah ta'ala a rich discussion at the end. So Sheikh Majid, Ustada Dania, we're looking forward to hearing your words, bismillah ta'ala, inshaAllah ta'ala, we'll go ahead and get started. Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim, alhamdulillahi wa salatu wa salamu ala Rasulullah, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa man wala, I forgot to push the chair out of the way, see, there we go. That was my chair. I did that so that Sheikh Abdullah doesn't, you know, so we're not, we're on the same, we're on the same chair level. Same level, yes, I'm thankful, I'm thankful.
Alhamdulillah, Sheikh, we're talking about Juz Amma, and obviously with Juz Amma, this is the Juz that more Muslims will be exposed to at every point than the entire rest of the 29 Hajjah of the Qur'an. And in the great wisdom of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, all of the themes of the Qur'an are found in Juz Amma. So there isn't a theme that you could pick, except that you find it being covered thoroughly, beautifully in Juz Amma. SubhanAllah, Sheikh Yasir was even sharing, you know, Imam Al-Shafi'i, rahimahullah, what he said about Surat Al-Asr, you think about Surat Al-Asr, Allah swears by time as it's disappearing, and particularly swears by the time of Asr, where people are usually most sluggish, least productive, most heedful, heedless, I'm sorry, of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. So that's not the time, that's a time of ghaflah that the scholars mentioned, a time of heedlessness for most people. It's a time of napping, it's a time of, you know, missed opportunities. And Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la says, except for those who believe that man is at loss, except for those who believe and who perform good deeds and enjoying one another in truth and in patience. And Imam Al-Shafi'i, rahimahullah said, if Allah did not reveal except for that surah, that would have been enough. SubhanAllah, like when you think about that, so what then of Juz Amma? Like if this was the only instruction manual that we had as believers, then it would be sufficient because there is so much that we find within Juz Amma, so many messages, so many themes. But I think the main theme that I want to cover is the theme of urgency. It starts off with Amma Yata Sa'aloon, Aani Al-Naba' Al-'Azim, what are they asking about? What is the news, right? So if you think about an announcement has just been made and everyone is checking to see what that announcement is.
Think about Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam standing on Safa the very first time and calling out and you yourself sitting in Mecca as the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam makes that first call. Amma Yata Sa'aloon, what are they talking about? What's the news on the street? What is what is this that that has suddenly sparked the interest of everyone? What's this message? We come back after our death to another life. What is this idea of one God? What is Ahadun Ahad La Ilaha Illallah? What is this? Right? And it is a Naba' Al-'Azim. It is an incredible piece of news, the most circum the most consequential news that has ever been revealed in the history of our existence. Right? And it requires a response. Naba' is news that requires an urgent response. You have to respond to it when you hear it. And so Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala starts to take us through this Amma Yata Sa'aloon Al-Naba' Al-'Azim Allatheem Fihi Mukhtarifoon Kalla Sayyalamoon Thumma Kalla Sayyalamoon Verily, they will come to know. Verily, they will come to know. Right? And Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says to us after that, right? Surah Naba' just look at the look at the pace of this Juz, like even the way the Juz moves. It moves so fast. You have the Surahs that come after Surah Naba' that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, whoever would like to see the Day of Judgment as if it's unfolding before their eyes, then they should read this set of Surahs. So you have it in Fitar, you have it in Shiqaq, you have it in Taqweed, you have these Surahs that are just talking about the unfolding of the Day of Judgment. So it's like you went from the initial announcement to the Day of Judgment. Right? The news is is incredibly relevant and consequential, and it requires an urgent response from you. And then you see the Day of Judgment happening. And SubhanAllah, Allah Azawajal says, Kalla Sayyalamoon Thumma Kalla Sayyalamoon They will come to know, they will come to know.
And what does Allah Azawajal say later on in the Juz? Ilm Al-Yaqeen, Ayn Al-Yaqeen You know that first you will have the knowledge of certainty and then you will see it in front of your own two eyes. So Ta'alamoon, either you will know it while it is still unseen because you would have heeded the message or you will certainly come to know when you can see it and it's happening right in front of you. So if you refuse to know now, if you refuse to know now, you will certainly know that. And so Allah Azawajal is saying some people choose to open their eyes. And again, the beginning of the Quran, Ya'minoona bilghayb, they believe in the unseen. So they choose to know now and some people will wait until the Day of Judgment to know. And at that point it will be too late for them. And that's that's a scary warning, right, that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la is giving to us. But then you have, again, the sense of urgency. So Allah Azawajal gives us good examples and bad examples throughout this Juz. Those that heed the message and those that hold back. So you have the example in Surah Al-Fajr of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, in Surah Al-Layl of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, who is spending in the way of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, right? And nothing is getting in the way of Abu Bakr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, spending in the way of Allah. But then you have, people that are amused by their horses and by their possessions and they're distracted by their dunya. And it all ends with what? You know, once again, it ends with the Tawheed of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, the declaring of the oneness of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, that refusal to compromise on the oneness of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la and that seeking refuge in Allah from anything that gets in the way.
If you really think about it, you know, Qul A'udhu Bi Rabb Al-Falaq, Qul A'udhu Bi Rabb Al-Nas, you're actually saying, Oh Allah, I seek refuge in you from anything that will take me away from you, from anything that will get in the way of my pursuit of you. And Al-Aqibatu, Al-Muttaqeen, victory belongs to the believers. Hence, Idha Ja'a Nasrullahi Wal-Fath, just like that, the victory came, you know, so in the beginning when the announcement is made, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is left alone when he announces this news, he's left left alone on Safa. In the end, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is declaring the victory of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, standing on Safa, surrounded by over 100,000 people that have come in submission to the Lord who sent Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. So it's urgency, urgency, urgency. That's really what I take from this Juz, or one of the main themes that I take from this Juz. Yes, so SubhanAllah, MashaAllah, JazakAllah Khayran, when speaking about this Juz Amma and that it's a great news and predominantly, you know, the Day of Judgment is talking about the Day of Judgment. And what's so beautiful, we have to remember about Islam is that it's the word of Allah and Allah is telling you about things that will happen to the degree that he tells you the dialogue, the monologue. What exactly will take place on this day or these days? What are the events that will take place? I mean, if we stop and think about that, we know that Allah is Al-Aleem, He's the All-Knowledgeable, He's the All-Wise, He's Well-Informed, He's Al-Khabir, He's aware of the daqa'iq, He's aware of the minutiae of what takes place within this whole cosmos and existence. And after our physical existence, what will take place in the next life? Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la is telling us about the Day of Judgment. This is why it is paramount for the Muslim to believe in the Day of Judgment. It's a part of our faith. It's from the fabric of our faith. It makes up our faith as well. So when Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la talks about this, there's a chapter that I really want to hone in on, actually a portion of it, where Allah is talking about the concept of the dunya.
He's talking about the reality of the dunya. He talks about what people do in this dunya. Being that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la tells us about our reality as well. You know, have you ever been around someone that's a mentor of yours? They're older than you or more experienced than you in the field? And they say, look, you're going to do this and you're going to do this. Just go through it. Right. And you're thinking, wow, they must really know what's going on. Or I don't know if that's going to happen, but I trust because they've been there, done that. Wa lillahi al-mathlul a'la. Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la is a much greater example, a much greater example in this regard. So when we look at the chapter of Takathur. Now, this chapter is so profound, particularly for me when becoming a Muslim, because I always used to think of, OK, why do people follow each other? You know, what is the reason that people do something because someone else that just is famous has done it? For example, when we know that we all have sins and we all have our shortcomings. Yes, it is great to be inspired. But taking every single thing from one person except Mohammed Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is that which was, you know, I used to question that reality. And, you know, being the fact that, you know, in this life, we know that we're going to die. We know that there is something else or that there must be some reason and some purpose, as opposed to saying that life has no meaning. Which is basically nihilism, saying that there's no meaning to this life. It has no purpose. Ultimately, when looking at Takathur, Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la tells you, look, this is something that you as human beings naturally will do. After Audhu Billahi Minash Shaitanir Rajeem, Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhaakum attakathur. You have been distracted by gathering things in abundance. Allah uses the past tense verb here. And sometimes when Allah uses the past tense verb, it's to show the reality of something that will come. Ata'amrullahi falatasta'ajiloo. That the situation, the affair of Allah has come. It has come in the past, meaning that it is very close in proximity, in time, that that day of judgment will come.
Or He's showing you something that is prevalent and that will continue, that has been there before and will always be there. So He uses the past tense verse, verb. Alhaakum attakathur. You have been diverted and distracted by gathering things in abundance. Now, takathur from kathir means a lot. Gathering things in abundance amongst each other. You're challenging one another to see who has most of it, whatever it may be, whether it's jah, whether it's your reputation, whether it's money, whether it's status, whether it's lineage as Allah used to do it during that time. You're gathering all these things and it's taking you away from your purpose, because when you gather things in abundance, shaitan can come in and make you want to brag, make you want to say even to yourself, OK, as long as I'm one up on that person, I'm good. I have more than that person. I'm good. I have more likes than that person. I'm good. I have more followers than that person. I'm good. If I have that, that is my main what? And that's the problem. What are you going to fill in the blank with? What my main purpose, my main goal, what is it? That is why we have to remember when Allah says you have been diverted or distracted by gathering things in abundance. And then look what he says after that. Hatta zultum al maqabir. And this verse is amazing, actually. Allah says you have been distracted by gathering things in abundance until you visit the grave. Which is a deal, which is a proof that the grave is not the all is not the end. There is something after that, which brings another pillar of our belief, which is to believe in the bath, to believe in resurrection, because the grave is only a place that you visit. It is something temporary, that day of judgment. We will all rise up in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. We'll be risen up without without clothes and without shoes.
And then also the places of wudu will be illuminated. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us among them and make us of those that he is pleased with when he asks us. This is the time that we will only be there temporarily. So know that there is something after that. Another confirmation that there is something after this life. There is something after death. Even there's something after the grave. Then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioning the fact that you'll be distracted by gathering things in abundance. I want to stop here again, because subhanAllah, it's very, very important for us to look at what are the things that we aspire to be or aspire to obtain? And are we are we of those individuals that constantly remind ourselves of Allah while we are getting this initially realizing that Allah is one that has given it to us while we're obtaining it to make sure that we don't go beyond the bounds in whatever we are gathering and obtaining. Even with children, with children, we may say, OK, I have more children and it's a fakhr for me. It's something that is a bragging rights for me. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala even mentions that in another version of the Quran. He says, know that this life is taqathirun mutafakhirun baynakum fil amwali wal awdad that gathering things in abundance is bragging and it's gathering. This life is gathering things in abundance and bragging about it. We have to stop and ask ourselves, are there times that we brag about the things that we have? And bragging is not from the bad, not from the aspect of fa amma biniyat mati rabbika fahaddi It's not from from the bounties of your Lord, then speak about it. Now, when one speaks about the blessings, this is a great thing. But your intention is to praise Allah in front of that person or people to where they remember their blessings that they've been given in abundance or even a little and thank Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for it. So let's not be distracted by gathering these things in abundance until we visit the graves, because the graves is a temporary place. No, brothers and sisters, Allah is confirming death here
and Allah is confirming the fact that there is something after death. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us of those that when we gather these things in abundance, wherever it is, it's from the tawfiq of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and our tongues should be wet with the dhikr and remembrance of Allah, thanking him through our tongues and in our actions. Radikal Afiq. Ameen. JazakAllah khair. Sheikh Majid, we're going to pass it over to you. Tell the Sheikh. JazakAllah khair. Allah barak bikum. May Allah bless you all and salamu alaikum to all of you watching and a big thank you to the whole Yaqeen team. May Allah grant them all the highest levels of Jannah, ya rabbal alameen. So alhamdulillah, we're reaching the last episode and the last juz' of the Quran. And interestingly enough, with the Yaqeen series about Jannah, I just, subhanAllah, as I was hearing Sheikh Abdullah and Sheikh Omar speaking, I did the connection of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam in the authentic narration in al-Tirmidhi, where he says that people will go to Jannah with no facial hair, no beards, right, no hair on the body. There will be hair on the head, inshallah, but also there will be the ages of thalathin aw thalathin wa thalathin. They'll be 30 years old or 33 years old in Jannah. So may Allah make us all of the people of Jannah, ya rabbal alameen. Also, as we approach the last juz' in the Quran, and I'm sure many people that are watching perhaps are finishing up their qira'ah, just to make sure that you finish strong, finish with high motivation, finish with high expectations, finish with high hopes and iman level that Allah will reward you, inshallah, for all what you've done. Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wa sallam, he does say a hadith that is very famous across all ages. Innamal a'malu binniyat. Actions are judged by their intentions, which is correct. But also there's another hadith that is authentic, where the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam emphasizes not just the beginning, but also the ending by him saying innamal a'malu bil khawateen.
Your actions are judged on how they end. So if someone is watching or listening and they didn't have the best of Ramadan, just realize that the ending matters so much to Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. And we ask Allah to make this very easy upon us, Ya Rabbal Alameen. Innamal a'malu bil khawateen. Also, as we look at the surah and the juz' or ammah in general, you see the emphasis about talking about the ending, about the akhirah, in surah al-qalam, no, forgive me, surah al-qari'ah, al-qari'ah tum al-qari'ah, surah al-zalzalah, itha zilat al-ardhu zilzalaha. There's a lot of emphasis about the ending. May Allah make your last words and my last words la ilaha illa Allah. SubhanAllah, also in juz' al-ammah as well, it's such a special surah or juz' that Allah includes in it the beginning of revelation, iqra' bismi rabbika allathee khalaq, the first ayah that was revealed. And also Allah includes in that juz', itha ja'a nasru allahi wal fath, that the surah where Allah says when the victory comes and the conquest comes, itha ja'a nasru allahi wal fath, itha ja'a nasru allahi wal fath, wara'ayta an-nasa yadkhuluna fee deeni allahi afwaja, an ya muhammad salallahu alayhi wasalam, you see people coming in groups and large numbers into Islam, fasabbih bihamdi rabbika wastaghfirhu innahu kana tawwaba, so glorify Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and seek Allah's forgiveness. It's beautiful how Allah places it there, not just that, how this surah was like the farewell message to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam. And this surah actually indicated that the Prophet's mission on earth is pretty much complete. And Abu Bakr as-Siddiq and Ibn Abbas specifically, he knew the meaning behind it. And something to appreciate here brothers and sisters, in Islam, Allah told Muhammad salallahu alayhi wasalam to celebrate the success by glorifying Allah and seeking His forgiveness. And this is what also we do in our fasting in Ramadan. When Allah speaks about the ayat of fasting,
at the end you celebrate by doing what? Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, right? The takbir and the dhikr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Why do we do that? Because many times when people accomplish things in their lives, they attribute the success to their own effort. They attribute the success to their intelligence, to the strong team around them, etc. Which is at the means, but the actual source is Allah jalla jalaluhu. So when we end, we realize Allah is the greatest. If it was not for Allah, we would have never been able to read the Quran. If it was not for Allah, we would have never been able to memorize one ayah in Juz Amma. So you rely on Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, which is completely opposite to how people around us celebrate. Let's be kind of honest with that, right? You know, whether it were athletes, for example, not too long ago, some person, he won the Super Bowl and the NFL, right? And then the way he celebrated was so embarrassing of drinking alcohol and making a bad image of himself that he had to apologize after that. Actually, the way we celebrate, right? When we read the Quran, idha ja'a nasrullah wa al-fatiha, we go with full forgiveness and, Ya Allah, please forgive me for my shortcomings. We go back to the gym, subhanAllah. We go back to the training again. What Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wa sallam, he teaches us when we are done our salah, what do we do? As-salamu alaykum rahmatullah, as-salamu alaykum rahmatullah. Astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah. Why are we emphasizing that? Because when Ramadan ends, Allah knows how hard is it to wake up for Fajr on the day of Eid. It is one of the toughest, and I admit, I admit personally, it is one of the toughest Fajr prayers I ever pray in the whole year, is the Fajr of the day of Eid. Why? There's no motive to wake up for Suhoor, right? But we ask Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la to forgive us and to allow us to wake up for Fajr and celebrate the Ramadan that Allah allowed us to fast. And to end, inshaAllah, the thing that also we notice in Juz' Amma
is the emphasis and the focus on what? On ikhlas, on sincerity, being very sincere to Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. Allah said in Surah Al-Bayyinah, wa ma umiru illa liya'budu Allaha mukhlisina You were commanded to do nothing but to worship Allah sincerely, Allahu Akbar. Also in Juz' Amma, Allah said, qul ya ayyuhal kafiroon, O disbelievers, la a'budu ma ta'budoon I do not worship, I do not associate anyone with Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. I worship Allah alone. lakum deenakum waleedeen You have your own, I have my own. I'm not changing anything in it. I'm fully, fully focused on Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. And of course, the ultimate, the ultimate, the ultimate surah of sincerity and ikhlas is Surah Al-Ikhlas. qul huwa allahu ahad, allahu assamad lam yarid wa lam yoolad, wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad The surah, which is equivalent to one third of the Quran, though it's quite a short surah, but the value is magnificent. I ask Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la to bless you all, grant you a beautiful ending to this Ramadan, a beautiful ending to your life. rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqin wa akhrijni mukhraja sidqin Ya Allah, just like how we were motivated when we started, make us end with motivation and acceptance from you, Ya Allah. And once again, thank you so much to Yaqeen and the whole staff for the invite. May Allah grant us all success. may Allah grant us all success. Beautiful words. Sheikh Abdullah almost fell out of his chair when he said about Fajr on Eid. Because you're right, Eid Fajr is tough. That's really tough. So that's a challenge for everyone at the Quran 30 for 30 family is, pray Fajr in Jumara on Eid if you can, force yourself out there. It'll be our mujahida. By the way, in the case that Eid is on a Friday, the best salah of the week is the Fajr of Jumara. So inshallah, it's gonna be a little bit extra motivation for us inshallah beyond just finding ourselves to get out there inshallah ta'ala. Jazakumullah khair.
Ustada Dania, bismillah, tafadhali. Bismillah, wa salatu wa salam wa rasool Allah. Jazakumullah khair for all your efforts, of course, and being the last day of Quran for 30 for 30 is a bit bittersweet, but inshallah, we can take all the gems that we've learned this month and pull through the year until the next 30 for 30, inshallah. I'm gonna focus on more of a story. It's in Surat Al-Buruj, the 85th surah in the Quran. And as we've seen and heard, this juz'a is filled with essentials of faith, even though it's the short surahs that we learn when we're young, but subhanAllah, it really instills the faith in us. The surah, like many other surahs in Juz'a Amma starts with an oath. Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Was-sama'ithat al-buruj, Allah takes an oath by the heaven and the sky. And the oath here in Arabic, it's the letter of wow. So it's called wow al-qasam, the wow is an oath. Wal-yawm al-maw'ud, Allah takes an oath by the day of judgment. Washahidin wa mashhood, Allah takes an oath by every witness and everything being witness. And the fourth ayah, Qutila ashab al-uqtud. So this is the story that we're gonna talk about. The people of the trench or the people on the ditch that were destroyed. And this is really fast forwarding to end of the story. But the theme of the story, subhanAllah, in one verse, you will see a whole story unravel, showing us again the power of the Quran. And the story is not obvious from the translation, but if you delve in tafsir, you will really understand the details of the story. And the theme might feel very familiar to us. If you've ever felt torn between two worlds, two different situations, for example, you attend the halaqa, you go to the masjid and you feel completely serene and at peace in that environment. But then when you go back to your old ways or a different environment, that lacks God consciousness or Iman, or you're surrounded by people that are more dunya oriented than you wish. And you find yourself yearning for that more than the masjid environment.
Or you're struggling between two realities. The theme of the story is struggling between two worlds. The story really resonate with you. So it takes place in Najran, which is an area in Yemen. And this story takes place between Isa Alayhi Salatu Wasalam and our Prophet Muhammad Alayhi Salatu Wasalam. So the believers at the time were believing in Isa's teachings, which was monotheism, which is Tawheed. And at the time there was a king, a very powerful king, and kings usually had magicians at that time. And you can think of magicians, to put it into context, there are people that were so powerful, kind of like journalism and social media in our time. So they had a huge influence on the people around them. And it was really important that this position was always filled by someone loyal and powerful to the king. And here comes in our protagonist. As Tafsir Qurtubi mentions, they mentioned al-ghulam. And al-ghulam in Arabic means a young boy. So someone in his youth age. And as the magician grew old, it was really important that the person that was handpicked by the king to fill in this position and to learn under the magician and to be his apprentice. So interestingly on the ghulam's journey, to learning under the magician, he stumbled upon a monk who was still learning and teaching the ways of Isa Alayhi Salatu Wasalam, which was Tawheed. So here starts kind of the swinging between the two worlds. The boy started going to the monk, and then he'd go to the magician. And he was learning and everything that he was taught by the monk made so much sense to him in his heart. But the sorcerer was offering him halawat al-dunya. He was teaching him all these beautiful things and glamor of the world and status and power. And so one day he encounters a beast, an animal on the road, and he made dua. And he said, if the monk is better than the magician, then allow the stone that I'm about to throw overcome the beast so that the people can continue on this road. And sure enough, the stone killed the beast
and the boy felt like his dua was answered. And let's reflect upon this for a minute. Youthhood is when we're exploring our different worldviews, adapting our personality, which makes the youth very influenceful but also very vulnerable. And the youth can really relate to this tug and pull of the world, al-dunya, al-hayat, al-dunya, wal-akhira. And maybe at home, you're feeling all the sakina and inshallah an Islamic upbringing, but then you go back to the real world and it's a non-Islamic environment. And there's an attraction to certain glorified aspects of that. So as adults, raising the youth, we wanna instill, we wanna really be mindful of those feelings and reassure like doubts are real and humanize the struggle that the youth go through because we know it's not just the youth. This is something that continues in life, whether it be college, workplace, we're always battling the fitna between the two worlds, the two realities that we live. And like Imam Ahmed, when he was on his deathbed, he was in a coma like state and he kept saying, not yet, not yet. And his children asked him when he woke up, why were you saying not yet? And he said, Iblis came to me and told me, you got away from me. And he told him not yet, not until I get to Jannah. You know, this is the point here is the common theme that no matter where you are, there's gonna be two poles and inshallah may Allah make our hearts steadfast upon his deen. So after the beast was killed, the boy comes back to his monk, to his teacher and he tells him what had happened. And the monk told him, my son, you are greater than me, you are better than me, but you will be tested. And when you're tested, do not reveal my identity. So the boy became known to the people and similar to Isa Alayhi Salatu Wasalam by the permission of Allah, he was able to cure the blind and leprosy. And one advisor of the king was a blind man and he came to him, pleading him to cure him. And he gave him gifts and everything. And the boy told him, I will cure you under one condition
that you believe in Allah and to know that Allah cures, not me. And so the man believed and surely the boy made dua for him and he was cured. And when the advisor goes back to the king, the king sees that he's not blind anymore and he asks him, who cured you? And he told him, Allah. The king was furious. Do you have a Lord other than me? And he told him and he was tortured until the advisor revealed the identity of the boy. And when the boy was brought, he told him, the king commented the boy and the boy told him that I didn't learn this through magic. This is truly through dua and Allah is the one who cured. So the boy was tortured until he gave up the identity of the monk. When the monk was brought in and he was told to relieve his religion, he refused. And so he was tortured and killed. And so was the advisor who also refused to leave his religion. And when it came to the point that they wanted to kill the boy and he, because he refused to leave his religion, the boy, the king took the boy and ordered the troops to take the boy to a mountain and to be thrown. And when he got to this mountain, he made a sincere dua talking about sincerity and intentions. He said, Allahumma ikfinihim bima shet. Oh Allah, save me from them in any manner you wish. SubhanAllah. Pure form of tawakkul here. And the mountain shakes, the troops fall and the boy comes back unharmed. Again, he was taken to the sea to be thrown. He made the same dua. Allahumma ikfinihim bima shet. Oh Allah, save me from them in any manner you wish. And as the king schemes up another way to take the boy down, he couldn't. The boy told him, listen, if you want to kill me, I'll tell you how. Gather all the people of the town and take me to an elevated place and take an arrow from my quiver and say in the name of Allah, the Lord of the boy. The king did so and the boy was killed. But what the king didn't foresee was everybody witnessing now proclaim their iman. They all said, we believe in the Lord of this boy.
And this is where the ayah comes in, the fourth ayah of Surah Al-Guruj. The khdud means the ditch. So the king ordered a ditch to be made and kindled with fire and anyone who believes to be thrown in it. And a particular painful story and like a scene is a breastfeeding mother holding her child, looking at her son thinking, she was hesitant of course, and her son looked up to her and told her, be patient for you're upon the truth. And this is one of the rare instances that a child speaks in infancy. And that here is where the story ends. But I wanna reflect upon a few themes that you can gather from the story. The first thing that we see is tawakkul and you know, this is a very powerful lesson for our youth. And if you're involved in teaching the youth or raising them, you know, you really wanna instill the story. And again, it's not a very common story that we know because if you read Surah al-Buruj, you maybe not know it through, but you read the tafsir and the details of it. And SubhanAllah, like the level of tawakkul a boy had at a young age, again, was very profound. You know, we talk about tawakkul sometimes in a very black and white kind of concept, but it's a journey. And he didn't just wake up with yaqeen and have this from day one. No, he went through it gradually. You know, from day one, he was kind of hesitant, but he went back and forth. And at the climax of the story where the monk is killed, it kind of reaffirmed that, reaffirmed his faith. And he, through his tawakkul, he had these miracle-like events happen where Allah continued to save him. And Allah did not allow his life to go into vain. And we see from that du'a that he made, which is a beautiful du'a, and it was actually mentioned in the seerah of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, made this du'a, Allahumma ikfinehim bima shaytan. And we see a lot of people in distressed areas making this du'a. It's a very simple du'a, but very, very strong, putting your full tawakkul in Allah in that moment.
And, you know, the tawakkul we see in other people in the story, the blind man, the monk, the people, they all had a form, they hold to their ground, you know, they hold to their tawheed. And another beautiful lesson you can think about here for the youth is the value of leaving a legacy and being intentional. As Ustadh Majid was talking about intentions, you know, from the beginning, his intentions, inshallah, were sincere, and that's why the masses believed after him. And he, you know, not only was he a leader, but he sanctified his life, and he tried the best not to be killed. But when he saw that the king was gonna kill him, and see, as Ustadh Majid said, the last, his last actions, he left a powerful legacy behind, and the legacy of tawheed. And this is very powerful, subhanAllah. You know, tying back to shahid wa shahidin wa mashhood, where Allah says everything is being witnessed. You know, we understand that Allah witnessed all the torture, but he also witnessed the legacy that the boy kind of understood that Allah was witnessing that. And the second theme of apprenticeship, and this is more geared towards the adults, or people who are dealing with, you know, children or the youth. We notice here that the monk had this firasa, like this vision in the boy. You know, he saw that he was intelligent, and he saw that he might have leadership qualities, but he also saw that he could be a potential believer, and he mentored him, and he provided a safe space for him. And it's, subhanAllah, it's true tarbiyah, being gentle and, you know, continuing to see the hope in our kids. And from that, you know, this is a crucial in the culture of education in Islam. You know, we don't view Islamic knowledge as, you know, just texts and facts. Let's suppose something to transform your life and transform your relationship with Allah. And, you know, alhamdulillah, we have great imams and shuyukh that we try to learn under,
and they embody these good characters, inshaAllah, and it's very different than secular knowledge where someone could be praised for all their knowledge but have terrible manners. And this idea of apprenticeship that's very important that we see from the monk, you know, it's crucial in our culture and education of Islam that we don't view Islamic knowledge as something that's just texts and facts, but rather it's something that transforms your life. And it's starkly different than the secular knowledge where it's, you know, someone is revered for their knowledge, but they don't have good character, and that doesn't work in Islam. You know, it's a pure type of rizq from Allah to have good teachers. And ending with that was, inshaAllah, your perspectives on here in the West, how the youth and adults, inshaAllah, can still live this meaning of apprenticeship and find teachers. You know, everything is very available online, alhamdulillah. A lot of times we don't know our teachers and they don't know us. Allahumma ahfazal shababana wa shababal muslimeen walhamdulillahi rabbal alameen. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Ustadh Dania, for the powerful reflections. SubhanAllah, the story is really, it's at the heart of Juz Amma because it captures, as you said, so many different themes. Shaykh Majid, I'd love to hear your reflections, any thoughts that you have, inshaAllah, to close us out, and then we'll close out on this. Alhamdulillah. Walaikum as-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. One reflection is how the student beat the teacher. So the walam eventually had the aspect of being, intermingling with the community. And his legacy lasted all the way till our day, alhamdulillah, though it came at a cost. So with that being said, when Allah says, when Luqman told his son, wa'mur bil ma'rufi wanha anil munkar, then he told him, wasbira alama asabak. Just be patient, because any time you're gonna speak good, you're not gonna be in that monk situation and he's starting to talk to the people,
be prepared to face a harm. So may Allah protect us, especially when the devils will be unleashed after Ramadan, so wasbira. You know, I'll say this, Shaykh, to that last point that you just mentioned. The devils are chained in Ramadan, and we always talk about that in a reduced effect. But subhanAllah, you can really see, I think, every year, how some of our bad habits as a community continue even into Ramadan, which is very scary, right? And that's, I think, a manifestation, once again, of the fact that, look, the shaitan can only whisper, but if you allow this stuff to take root inside of you, you're doing his dirty work throughout the year, even in Ramadan. And so the fitna doesn't stop in Ramadan. The, unfortunately, trials and tribulation, things that were just like basic decency that used to kind of be put on pause, at least when Ramadan comes around. Even the Arabs had some kind of concept of like the sacred months and like putting your weapons down and people just keep on going. So we ask Allah for protection. That's kind of why it's important for us, or one of the main reasons why it becomes so important for us to always be people of Quran and to always try to manifest these lessons in the most beautiful of ways. Sheikh, I want to give you a chance if you want to say some concluding words and also say goodbye to our audience, inshAllah. No, alhamdulillah, I'm just grateful to be a part of this beautiful gathering of Iman and alhamdulillah, what I mean, over the Quran, which is asking Allah to forgive us for any of our shortcomings and to make us the people of Quran, inshAllah. JazakAllah khair, Sheikh, I appreciate you. I want to give you these books I just bought, you know, some books, I'm just going to freshly wrap it up, you know, as a gift for you, you know, our A gift for you, Sheikh, you know. JazakAllah khair, Sheikh. I have four now. You have four. No, no, I'm going to study my two, Sheikh. We're going to come back with our A game. JazakAllah khair, Sheikh Abdullah. MashaAllah, always coming with such enthusiasm and just so much wisdom and hikmah, mashaAllah. And even on the road, man,
like Sheikh Abdullah travels on Ramadan, I don't. So alhamdulillah, I was logging in from hotels in different parts. I feel like you went to all seven continents, including the continent of Canada. I feel like you've been everywhere, you know, but alhamdulillah, despite that, Sheikh was always with us, alhamdulillah. We're grateful to all of our guests, Sheikh Majid, Mr. Adedanya today, and everyone that has joined us, alhamdulillah. You know, we've, we have probably 50 guests over this Quran 30 to 30, alhamdulillah, just reflecting on the Quran. And we're grateful to every single one of you. May Allah make us people of Quran. May Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la allow us to be people who manifest the Quran in the most beautiful of ways. We ask Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la to make the Quran the spring of our chests, to make it the light of our hearts. We ask Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la to make it the reliever of our distress. We ask Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la to make it the reliever of our concerns and our anxiety. We ask Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la to not make us amongst those about whom the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam would complain about abandoning the Quran, but rather to make us amongst those who recite it, who memorize it, who act upon it, and are elevated to a place where we see our Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, and he is proud of us. We ask Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la to send his peace and blessings upon him, for he was the vehicle that was chosen to deliver this message. May Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la send his peace and blessings upon him, his family, his companions, and allow us to be joined with them. Allahumma ameen. Jazakumullahu khair, and Eid Mubarak to you all once again. For the last time this year, but InshaAllah Ta'ala, we'll see you all next week anyway, but we'll still have some, we'll still be going InshaAllah Ta'ala. But for the last time, at least for Quran 30 for 30 this year InshaAllah. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.