# Juz 16: Can You Be Patient With Allah? | Ust. Lobna Mulla

**Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman
**Series:** Qur’an 30 for 30 | Season 7
**Published:** 2026-03-05
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/5yTp-40iEOQ
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-16
**Topics:** Faith, Quran

## Summary
In this episode of Quran 30 for 30, Ustadhah Lubna Mulla and Sheikh Abdullah discuss Juz' 16, which spans portions of Surah Al-Kahf, Surah Maryam, and Surah Taha. The central theme is Allah as the 'merciful teacher,' guiding believers through a series of 'nervous journeys' experienced by various prophets. The juz' opens mid-conversation between Musa (عليه السلام) and al-Khidr (عليه السلام), with al-Khidr reminding Musa of his impatience — not impatience with pain, but isti'jal, a hastiness to receive answers. This theme of sabr (patience) bookends the juz', concluding with Allah commanding the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) to be patient, glorify Allah, and say 'Rabbi zidni 'ilma' (My Lord, increase me in knowledge) [Taha 20:114]. Allah's name al-Malik al-Haqq is highlighted to affirm that nothing in creation happens without purpose or truth. The discussion also explores Musa's du'a asking for his brother Harun as a supporter [Taha 20:29-35], affirming Allah as al-Basir (the All-Seeing), and Ibrahim's (عليه السلام) gentle da'wah to his idol-worshipping father, who threatened to stone him, to which Ibrahim responded with 'Salamun 'alayk' and invoked Allah as al-Hafiyy — the attentive, gracious, and deeply kind. Maryam's (عليها السلام) use of 'A'udhu bil-Rahman' when approached by Jibreel is also examined as a model of eloquent reliance on Allah's names. The speakers emphasize that calling upon Allah by His names in du'a, maintaining patience, and trusting in His all-encompassing sight and mercy are essential practices for believers navigating hardship.

## Key Points
- Juz' 16 is characterized as a series of 'nervous journeys' in which Allah acts as the merciful teacher, guiding prophets and believers through uncertainty and fear.
- The juz' opens with al-Khidr reminding Musa (عليه السلام) of his impatience — specifically isti'jal (hastiness for answers), not a lack of pain tolerance, highlighting two distinct types of sabr required of believers.
- Allah's name al-Malik al-Haqq affirms that He governs all things in truth and that nothing in creation happens without purpose (batil).
- The Quranic command 'Rabbi zidni 'ilma' (My Lord, increase me in knowledge) [Taha 20:114] is the only du'a in the Quran where Allah directly instructs the Prophet to ask Him for something, pairing patience with the pursuit of knowledge.
- Musa's du'a for his brother Harun as a partner in prophethood [Taha 20:29-35] demonstrates the power of calling upon Allah with confidence, tawakkul, and praise of His attributes.
- Allah's name al-Hafiyy, meaning deeply attentive, gracious, and kind, is illustrated through Ibrahim's (عليه السلام) response to his father's threats — responding with peace and seeking forgiveness rather than retaliation.
- Maryam's (عليها السلام) use of 'A'udhu bil-Rahman' when approached by a stranger demonstrates how the prophets used Allah's names eloquently and comprehensively in moments of vulnerability.
- People who struggle to maintain du'a often give up due to impatience when they do not see immediate results; trusting in Allah's timing and the multiple ways du'a can be answered is essential.
- Allah being al-Basir (All-Seeing) and al-Sami' (All-Hearing) provides deep consolation for those who suffer silently, reminding believers that they are always seen and heard by Allah even when others cannot perceive their struggles.
- Calling upon Allah by His names and attributes in du'a activates a deeper connection with those names in the heart, transforming theoretical knowledge into lived spiritual experience.

## Chapters
- 0:00 Introduction
- 1:18 Musa (as) and al-Khidr
- 4:02 Allah, the Merciful Teacher
- 7:46 When Sh. Abdullah Oduro reverted to Islam
- 10:15 Importance of patience
- 12:50 Musa’s (as) trust in Allah
- 14:23 Ust. Lobna Mulla stuck in a riptide
- 17:05 Ibrahim (as) affirms a trait of Allah
- 20:33 Navigating unsupportive parents as a new Muslim

## Transcript
**[0:05]** The very interesting thing about this juz' is that it's Allah speaking to you the whole time, just through different mediums. This juz', if I was to summarize it, it's a bunch of nervous journeys. Allah (عز وجل) taking you along those nervous journeys and how Allah (عز وجل) is mercifully teaching,

**[0:22]** guiding throughout the entire process. He says, "Be patient, but then at the same time ask Him for knowledge." So you're patient even though you ask, and you may have certain expectations of when it comes, but know that Allah is al-Malik; He is in control of all things. Musa (عليه السلام), he doesn't know necessarily how

**[0:39]** to confront the biggest tyrant. He doesn't, and it's very scary, and he's afraid, and he makes so much du'a, and he asks for all of this support. He trusts in Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), so he takes the means by asking Him for help.

**[0:57]** السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته everyone. Welcome back to Quran 30 for 30. الحمد لله رب العالمين, we're now in juz' 16. الحمد لله رب العالمين, we're blessed to have with us Ustadhah Lubna Mulla. May Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) bless you and reward you. MashaAllah, you've served in so many roles at Yaqeen: board member, at some point Tarbiya

**[1:14]** director. You did the series "Upheld by Allah," which subhanAllah is actually very useful to today. "Upheld by Allah" was about women in the Quran, and there are quite a few of them that we come through in this juz', in fact. So may Allah bless you, and definitely everyone, check out that series, inshaAllah ta'ala,

**[1:30]** the playlist on Yaqeen's channel, "Upheld by Allah." So welcome to the show once again. Happy to be here. Jazakum Allah khayran. Barak Allahu feekum. Abdullah, as always, Allah yahfazak. May Allah bless you and elevate you and preserve you. Allahumma amin.

**[1:45]** SubhanAllah, the very beginning of this juz' is قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا It actually starts off mid-conversation with Musa (عليه السلام) and al-Khidr (عليه السلام) in their journey, and al-Khidr saying to Musa (عليه السلام), "Didn't I tell you that you

**[2:02]** would not be able to be patient with me?" And subhanAllah, the fact that that's the very beginning of the juz' is very interesting, especially building on the conversation yesterday, right? The Prophet (ﷺ) was patient with Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) in Ta'if, and Allah showed him what was after Ta'if and al-Isra' wal-Mi'raj

**[2:19]** and the journeys that come. And of course, the type of sabr that Allah is talking about here with Musa (عليه السلام) is not the sabr with pain. Musa (عليه السلام) was extraordinarily patient with pain, but it was the hastiness of wanting to get the answers. Okay, what next? What next? What next? Right? What's this about? And

**[2:37]** so that's the isti'jal that Allah (عز وجل) is talking about, the hastiness of Musa (عليه السلام), not the pain tolerance of Musa (عليه السلام). And those are two different types of patience that are required of the believer. But it's really interesting because the beginning of the juz' is, "Didn't I tell

**[2:52]** you that you won't be patient with me?" The end of the juz' is actually the beginning of the da'wah of Musa (عليه السلام) in Surah Taha, where Musa (عليه السلام) is being spoken to not by al-Khidr, but directly by Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) with very precise guidance, right? So Musa (عليه السلام) is like, "What's

**[3:09]** happening here? What's happening there with al-Khidr?" But then at the end of this juz', it's وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ giving all the specifications of his stick and Allah telling giving all the specifications of his stick and Allah telling

**[3:25]** him, "Do this, and then pick it up, and then do this, and do this, and do that." And so the details and the guidance is very precise, and it's Allah speaking to him directly. Now, because the focus of this particular series of Quran 30 for 30 is how is

**[3:41]** Allah speaking about Himself, the very interesting thing about this juz' is that it's Allah speaking to you the whole time, just through different mediums. So Musa is Kalimullah because Allah was speaking to him directly in the case of Surah Taha when Allah called him to the valley.

**[3:59]** But Allah is also speaking—right now I'm putting quotation marks here for those that will be listening to this and not watching it—right, speaking to Musa (عليه السلام) through al-Khidr (عليه السلام), through the signs that are all around him. And all of us as believers, Allah is giving us His ayat, right? These signs are means

**[4:16]** of communication to us and to the Prophets in the most emphasized of ways. And so the way that Allah talks about Himself in this juz' that I found is the merciful teacher, the merciful teacher. Allah guiding you all along. And this juz', if I was to summarize

**[4:34]** it, it's a bunch of nervous journeys, nervous journeys. So how does it start off with, you know, obviously past Musa and al-Khidr? It's the people of Dhul-Qarnayn that are looking at Ya'juj and Ma'juj and like, "What are we going to do with these people? What are we going to do with these monsters?" Right?

**[4:49]** And then it transitions to Zakariya (عليه السلام) alone looking around and, "What am I going to do? I don't have a successor," right? There's no successor to Prophethood, so what's next? And then it's Maryam (عليها السلام) holding a baby. "What am I going to do? How am I going to explain this baby to my people?" And then it's Ibrahim (عليه السلام). "How am I going to talk to my father and tell

**[5:05]** him to stop worshiping these idols?" So it's like nervous journeys, subhanAllah, like Allah taking you along those nervous journeys and how Allah is mercifully teaching, guiding throughout the entire process. And then He says to the Prophet (ﷺ) at the end of this juz', فَاصْبِرْ عَلَى مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ

**[5:23]** رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا until the end of the verse, which is verse 130 of Surah Taha [Taha 20:130]. So you be patient, O Prophet of Allah, and focus on the praising of your Lord and glorifying your Lord throughout the day and throughout the night, لَعَلَّكَ تَرْضَى so that you may be pleased. It's coming

**[5:40]** to you. And then finally, one verse that's connected to this where Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says, فَتَعَالَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ Exalted is Allah, al-Malik al-Haqq, the King in truth, al-Malik al-Haqq. And Allah

**[5:57]** says, وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِالْقُرْآنِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يُقْضَىٰ إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُ ۖ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا and do not hasten with the Quran, with the recitation of the Quran before it has been properly conveyed to you, and say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge." This is powerful, and I'll move on from this, inshaAllah ta'ala,

**[6:14]** but al-Malik al-Haqq, Allah, the King in truth, that He is governing this entire time, and everything that's happening is not happening bi-batil. It's not happening in falsehood. One of the words of batil or meanings of batil in the Arabic language is things happening without purpose.

**[6:30]** Nothing is happening without purpose. Not the delay to Zakariya (عليه السلام) or the case of all of those people in the story of Musa and al-Khidr or the existence of Ya'juj and Ma'juj who will be felt later on and, you know, centuries later or, you know, what's happening with Ibrahim (عليه السلام) and the rejection of his father. تَعَالَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ Allah (عز وجل) judges and

**[6:49]** rules and owns in truth, and He is the true King. And don't rush, Ya Rasulallah. Let the Quran come to you. Let it unveil itself to you. Be patient and instead just say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge." And the Prophet (ﷺ) when he talked

**[7:05]** about the story of Musa and al-Khidr, he said, "May Allah have mercy on Musa. I wish he would have been a bit more patient because we would have had even more knowledge that would have come from that journey," right? Don't hasten. Let it unveil itself. Let it unfold. You have a merciful teacher in Allah (سبحانه وتعالى),

**[7:20]** the ultimate teacher, the ultimate King that is guiding you throughout the journey. So inshaAllah, first any reflections on the juz' and how Allah is talking about Himself in this regard? No, subhanAllah, I like that last verse of فَتَعَالَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ ۖ Allah (سبحانه

**[7:36]** وتعالى) is establishing that He is in control of all things and that He is the truth. So the fact that He has control of everything, we have to remember He is the one that everything that He says and what He does via the manifestation of what happens in the world from His af'al, af'al Allah, what happens fi al-kawn, what happens with all of the creation and how

**[7:52]** we can ponder over it and remember that He is in control of all of it and He has authority over what happens to it. And also whatever He says via the Prophets is truth. So when we combine those, subhanAllah, you want to know so much about it and more.

**[8:09]** I mean, I remember when I became a Muslim and somebody told me that, "Look, the Quran is the word of Allah, what you're trying to recite this alif ba ta. You can recite it what you just heard after, you know, the salah. That's the word of God." When I firmly believed that that was the word of God, my only concern was I want to know what He's

**[8:25]** telling me. And when I finally found out that there were people that memorized it, that was okay. Nothing else matters. And that's why I left everything. I went to Medina. I know that's with a lot of people around the world that this Quran is the word of Allah. You know, subhanAllah, this word of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) is 'azim, which would cause the person

**[8:41]** to want to get it all. Mm-hmm. And they may not be patient with it, especially in this society where we have, you know, Sheikh Google, right? We have this Sheikh ChatGPT that can tell us everything. Sheikh Google, right? Sheikh Google. That was really good. That's Ghibti, honey. Allah al-Musta'an. Didn't even think of that. You know, but I

**[8:57]** mean, it's, it's, you know, at the push of a button we start our car. At the push of a button we get a meal. At the push of a button other things happen that are, you know, Allah al-Musta'an. But you see that it can affect us because when this knowledge, it is not something that comes at the push of a button. I think it was

**[9:12]** Wahb ibn Munabbih, one of the scholars, Imam Malik, he said, من رام العلم جملة ذهب عنه جملة He said, "Whoever gets this knowledge all wholesale, it will leave him wholesale." إنما العلم يأتي بالأيام والليالي That this knowledge comes day after day, time after time. You have to be patient. وما كانوا يتجاوزون الآيات عشر

**[9:29]** آيات إلا أن يعملوا فيها. They studied it when the, you know, it was mentioned about the companions that they would not go past 10 verses until they understood it and acted upon it. So in looking at this beautiful verse, it reminds us to be patient with Allah. And it's beautiful here because He says, you

**[9:44]** know, be patient, but then at the same time ask Him for knowledge. So you're patient even though you ask, and you may have certain expectations of when it comes, but know that Allah is al-Malik. He is in control of all things. So that middle course keeps us patient. This is the only du'a, by the way,

**[10:00]** where, you know, Allah told him to ask Him was for knowledge. So may Allah make us of those that increase ourselves in knowledge, inshaAllah. Ameen. Ameen, subhanAllah. I was reflecting, Sheikh, when you were mentioning how the juz' started with sabr and then, you know, ended, uh, close to ending on, uh,

**[10:17]** the whole juz' on sabr also. It's interesting when, you know, when we're thinking about the names of Allah in this series and we're thinking about how can we also, uh, use, uh, call upon Allah by those names when we're making du'a. Sabr here is important too because I often,

**[10:35]** you know, talk to youth and I talk to other people, and the thing that makes them give up on making du'a in the first place is the fact that maybe in some of their du'a earlier, they didn't see a result. But we know the ways in which du'as can be answered. And so because they're not patient, they're not waiting, they're not trusting in Allah (سبحانه وتعالى),

**[10:52]** and so they're like, "What's the point? Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) already knows what I want." So subhanAllah, that call for patience is so important for us when we think about, you know, trying to make it through this life in a way that's pleasing Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) through, um, making du'a and being,

**[11:07]** being patient for the results. Yeah, subhanAllah. So with that being said, um, let's get into some specifics, inshaAllah ta'ala, some flashpoints, um, that speak to this concept, right? And what gives you patience? So at some point, Musa (عليه السلام) in the journey asks Allah (سبحانه

**[11:24]** وتعالى), وَاجْعَل لِّي وَزِيرًا مِّنْ أَهْلِي هَارُونَ أَخِي اشْدُدْ بِهِ أَزْرِي وَأَشْرِكْهُ فِي أَمْرِي كَيْ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيرًا وَنَذْكُرُكَ كَثِيرًا إِنَّكَ كُنْتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا So Musa (عليه السلام) asks Allah to grant him Harun (عليه السلام) as a partner, as someone who can

**[11:40]** also be granted prophethood, that can share in the burden of this journey, um, as well, and in the mission as well. And he says so that we can glorify you together and we can remember you together, which, by the way, subhanAllah, another rabt, another connection is

**[11:55]** that's what Allah tells the Prophet (ﷺ) to do: be patient and glorify and remember Allah (سبحانه وتعالى). So he's saying we want to do that together, right? كَيْ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيرًا وَنَذْكُرَكَ كَثِيرًا إِنَّكَ كُنْتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا And what's different here about like saying إِنَّهُ كَانَ بَصِيرًا that Allah is al-Basir or that Allah

**[12:12]** sees or Allah is the all-seeing. It's an affirmation of a Prophet. Verily, you are always seeing us. إِنَّكَ كُنْتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا So Ustadhah Lubna, what are your reflections on this verse? SubhanAllah, I think it's really powerful in a couple of ways. You know, first,

**[12:30]** the fact that Prophet Musa (عليه السلام), that he had, uh, the insight to call upon Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) in that way. He asked for everything he wanted, and he says with yaqeen, "You are all-seeing." With that confidence, with that tawakkul, with that trust in Allah (سبحانه

**[12:46]** وتعالى), it just, you know, attaching thana', attaching praise of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), acknowledging His traits while asking in du'a, it just makes it that much more powerful. Every step of the way, uh, Prophet Musa (عليه السلام), he says, "I'm afraid."

**[13:01]** Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says, وَلَا تَخَفْ and He shows them the signs and He gives them the tools. Later in the surah, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) tells him, uh, that I'm always with you. I'm seeing and I'm hearing. SubhanAllah, you know, the fact that Musa (عليه السلام), he doesn't know necessarily how to confront

**[13:17]** the biggest tyrant. Mm-hmm. He doesn't, and it's very scary, and he's afraid, and he makes so much du'a, and he asks for all of this support. He trusts in Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), so he takes the means by asking Him for help. And the fact that Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), you know, says that a

**[13:33]** few verses later than the one that you just mentioned, that Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) is with you, that I'm with you and that I'm seeing and I'm hearing, it's very powerful because it's telling him, "I know what's in your heart. I know you're afraid. I'm going to be with you, and I know everything that's going to happen

**[13:49]** to you." SubhanAllah, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى)'s insight is greater than humans, right? It's something we can't even imagine. So there's insight, there's wisdom. And that the pairing of those two names in, you know, later in that surah just affirms Prophet Musa (عليه السلام)'s

**[14:05]** belief that Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) will take care of it. I don't know exactly the plan, Mm-hmm, but this is how it's going to work out. SubhanAllah, I, in preparation for this episode, I was trying to implement the concept of making du'a and calling upon Allah (سبحانه وتعالى)'s name. SubhanAllah, I recently have a rare

**[14:22]** condition, but alhamdulillah, you know, I'm getting better. And one of the ways of healing is actually to swim in the ocean. So we're just talking about Californians and beachgoers. They're not all bad, Sheikh. The right intention is not all bad. SubhanAllah, I went out in the water

**[14:37]** and I was making a lot of du'a. As I get older, I'm getting a little bit more nervous as I get further out so that you can swim, right? You just like, you have to break through those waves. And I was making lots of du'a and I was saying, "Allah, only You can protect." And, you know, I was pondering Allah's creation. There were pelicans right in front of me, it's kind of Jurassic Park-like, you

**[14:53]** know, like the pterodactyls are huge, subhanAllah. And then, I mean, really enjoying, I'm out in the water and then all of a sudden I hear a whistle and there's two lifeguards behind, you know, off into the distance in the shore and they're waving me to come back. And there were no lifeguards, by the way,

**[15:08]** on duty at that point. And all of a sudden there were two lifeguards. And subhanAllah, I was like, "Okay, I know how to get out. I'm fine." I start trying to swim back and I can't. I'm getting stuck. Apparently it was a riptide. I didn't know that. I know that you have to kind of swim parallel to shore. I start swimming parallel and then trying to go back again. And I guess I didn't go far

**[15:25]** enough. And then I started to get a panic attack. And this is maybe the second time in my life, and you feel like you're going to die. It's a horrible feeling. Like, "Now I'm not going to need to get rescued because I can't swim. I need to get rescued because I'm going to die of a panic attack." But subhanAllah, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) ألهمني. He inspired me, "Relax. Just relax."

**[15:44]** I was really panicking and my heart was beating so fast. I just kind of submitted. I let the wave push me a couple of times, swam a little bit more, pushed me a couple of times, swam, and then alhamdulillah, I was able to get out of it. The lifeguard told me that, "Yeah, you're in a riptide, so don't go back in." But I,

**[16:00]** the seeing and the hearing, Allah heard my du'a, He saw me and He gave me that comfort because He saw and He heard. SubhanAllah, He gave me that comfort and that guidance that I would not have been able to do on my own. And I just think that's something we just need to be so cognizant of, you know, as

**[16:16]** we go about calling upon Allah (سبحانه وتعالى). It's really subhanAllah something powerful. MashaAllah, that's beautiful. That's beautiful when you're in those situations, ya'ni, نذكرك كثيرا إنك كنت بنا بصيرا. You know, He mentions كنت بنا بصيرا like the fi'l al-madi, like past tense. We know

**[16:33]** that you're always there watching. And there's a connection. You're remembering Him and so you know He's watching you. Exactly. So the connection between dhikr and al-Basir, right? Like na'am, jamil jamil jamil. In your most severe moments here in this situation, subhanAllah, brought you that inner peace. Yes. MashaAllah, that's beautiful. In water.

**[16:50]** Yeah, because you can easily, ya'ni, you can easily panic in water and, you know, subhanAllah, there's no mercy at that moment. Nope. SubhanAllah. I usually ask our guest in the beginning of the episode, "What's your favorite name?" So I forgot, subhanAllah, you brought it back anyway. So you brought like an amazing story, subhanAllah, to reward you for giving us

**[17:08]** that insight. May Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) bless you. Yeah. So let's move on to another verse. And it's also an affirmation of a prophet, a prophet who is not looking to a tyrant that is far, a prophet that is looking to the tyrant that's his actual father. And subhanAllah how these prophets

**[17:25]** all dealt with different challenges, right? Like all of them dealt with different challenges. Like for Ibrahim (عليه السلام), his Fir'awn is his dad. Like that's, that's another level, you know, uh, of trauma and hardship, right? How do I talk to? Because on the one

**[17:40]** hand, he loves his father, right? He has a lot of mercy in his heart, Ibrahim (عليه السلام), right, for, uh, his kids and future generations. And of course, that's also going to extend or rather be preceded by, be preceded by the mercy that he has for his parents

**[17:57]** and the generations that came before him. And so there's a lot of love for his father. He has a lot of, of guilt, right? Because he wants his father so badly to be guided. Mm-hmm. And he says to his father when he gives his father this beautiful da'wah in Surah Maryam, if you go to, uh,

**[18:16]** like verses 40 onwards, you'll start to see Ibrahim (عليه السلام) speaking to his father with the best of akhlaq, the best of manners. And then his father basically tells him, and I'm paraphrasing here, "Get out of my face, I'm going to kill you," right? "Out of my face, I'm going to kill you." أَرَاغِبٌ أَنتَ عَنْ آلِهَتِي يَا

**[18:31]** إِبْرَاهِيمُ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَ ۖ وَاهْجُرْنِي مَلِيًّا "Out of here, I'm going to kill you if you don't stop." And Ibrahim (عليه السلام) responds with سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ right? "Peace be unto you." سَأَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ رَبِّي "I will seek forgiveness from my Lord for you." إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِي حَفِيًّا And this is a very

**[18:49]** different, um, you know, attribute of Allah (عز وجل) that's being elaborated on here, very unique, that my Lord is Hafiyyan with me, very attentive, gracious, paying attention to me, right? So it's beautiful because in both of

**[19:04]** these situations, it's a prophet that's affirming the attribute, right, in the midst of their situation. Sheikh Abdullah, what can you tell us about إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِي حَفِيًّا this verse in particular and what it means for Allah (عز وجل) to be Hafiyyan? Yeah, I mean, subhanAllah, I mean, that you can say it's a

**[19:20]** level of disappointment, you know, maybe on both ends where the father's disappointed in his son and then the son has a level of disappointment that people aren't following them. وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ and the captain of them all is his father. It just reminds me of a lot of these brothers and sisters that, you know, they come back to the religion. They had an encounter with a

**[19:38]** friend that was Muslim, somebody became Muslim on their behalf in college or whatever the case may be. But then they themselves, they go to a family that's holding them back from practicing Islam. Yeah, I remember there was a brother, he was an Islamic school teacher, and he taught this 12-year-old how to pray. But the 12-year-old

**[19:55]** ended up telling him, "Look, when I go home, my parents don't want me to pray." So it's hard, and I know a lot of Islamic school teachers deal with that. Like you're dealing with a battle with the parents that are calling them away from Islam, but they're Muslim. So when you see this, subhanAllah, you know, that cultural challenge

**[20:12]** that a lot of these young men and women have when they try to practice their religion and their parents are telling them no, whether it's out of fear of what may happen politically or what may happen, you know, just in a particular society from acceptance of the other or from the majority in their society, you know, that

**[20:28]** challenge is there. And that's why it's important to read the, you know, the response of Ibrahim (عليه السلام) because Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) has chosen him to be his father and Allah that is al-Basir and is al-Hafiyy, the one that, as the scholars say, شِدَّةُ اللُّطْفِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ, the one that has the extent of mercy and kindness to you

**[20:47]** all that are watching and to Ibrahim (عليه السلام) at this moment when he is responding with kindness to the one that has raised him and the one that is disappointed in him. So when you're a young man or a woman and you're trying your best to practice your religion and you're doing it with lutf, you're doing it with ease, just remember that Allah

**[21:04]** (سبحانه وتعالى) has the most lutf and mercy to where you respond in a way with mercy to them. Even though he said, لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَ I'm going to stone you to death. وَاهْجُرْنِي مَلِيًّا Leave me and cast me. Now just think of the response of your parents when you've disappointed them because you started dressing a certain way, you started

**[21:20]** putting on the veil, you started praying, you started, you know, growing your beard or something along these lines. And you did it, you weren't, you know, breaking all the idols, but you were someone that was, look, I just want to practice my religion. What's happening in Gaza right now with our relatives, with my friends' relatives? I just want to show that I

**[21:37]** care about the religion that He's given all of us, but your parents may respond in that way. At that moment, remember this verse, سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ you know, peace be unto you, you know, that Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) is al-Hafiyy. He is the one that will protect you. But at the same moment, you have to think to yourself, Allah is al-Hafiyy. He is the one

**[21:54]** that will protect and be kind to me. He will be kind to me and have lutf with me even in the situations that I'm going through. You may have to tell yourself that internally when you're being cast down in a room at a family reunion where everyone's talking

**[22:10]** bad about you wanting to be, you know, a religious fanatic or, you know, some type of, what do they call it, mutawwi' or maulvi, you know, something that in regards to being religious. There's a term in every culture. There's a term in every culture, you know, which is

**[22:25]** very, very interesting. Yeah, but yeah, counterintuitive, Allah. Yes, yeah, but just remembering that name al-Hafiyy, you know, and remembering that Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) will have mercy and kindness with you throughout your journey. That's why responding to them with kindness, there will be that day, there will be that day where

**[22:40]** one of them may be, and it may be on their deathbed, and some of us have faced it in COVID, to where they reach out to you and they say, you know what, my older brother was religious, but you know, because we faced this, I didn't want you to be that, but I see that this is the way, this is the right way. And knowing that Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) is pleased with you is the most important

**[22:55]** thing, and constantly making du'a for them, that Allah will bring them back to the truth. Yes, is remembering this beautiful name of kindness and mercy, that He is like that with us, inshaAllah. Barak Allahu feekum. Ustadhah Lubna, do you have any comments on that? Yeah, you know, subhanAllah,

**[23:10]** when you were mentioning al-Hafiyy and attentiveness with that lutf, subhanAllah, it's so amazing. And then thinking about earlier, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), we're talking about the fact that He's all-seeing and all-hearing. You know, what do people crave most? SubhanAllah, one of the things that people crave most in

**[23:25]** relationships, whether it's at work or in their personal relationships, uh, uh, you know, different scenarios, people want to feel seen and heard. People want that attention. And look at that, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) is the ultimate source of all of that. You know, sometimes when somebody wrongs you or somebody does something, you want

**[23:43]** that acknowledgment. You want, like, just acknowledge what you did, right? Or when you do something, you want somebody to thank you or to acknowledge you. You want to feel seen and heard. When you're suffering, you know, sometimes it can be frustrating. A lot of people are suffering silently with their different struggles,

**[23:58]** whether it's health or finances or in different relationships. You know, a lot of people struggle, people can't see it necessarily. And so oftentimes what can be more painful than the trial itself is the fact that you feel alone and the fact that you feel nobody can

**[24:13]** see you or hear you in your struggle. But Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) is al-Hafiyy, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) is al-Basir, al-Sami'. So I think knowing that is really powerful and it can be really consoling when sometimes we're trying to seek that affirmation, acknowledgment outside. Remember,

**[24:28]** point it upward and ask Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) for that. You know what I think of subhanAllah with al-Hafiyy as well? Like I was just thinking about it with this verse, al-Hafiyy is the quality that's the opposite of the two responses that he got back from his father, right? So لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَ "I will stone you,"

**[24:44]** which is like cruelty. al-Hafiyy gives you reward instead, right? Grace instead. وَاهْجُرْنِي مَلِيًّا "Get out of my face." al-Hafiyy wants to see you, right? Attentiveness. So no, come back to me, come back to me and I'll give you a reward, as opposed to get out of my face or I'll kill you. You know, it's like

**[25:00]** subhanAllah, the opposite quality that he's mentioning to his father that I received from, uh, from my Lord. Yes, subhanAllah, subhanAllah. That's beautiful. You know, when it comes to the names and attributes of Allah, you know, many of us may know them, but they're in our, dare I say, subconscious. But these

**[25:17]** events serve as an opportunity to activate them in our hearts, right? And that's where the vulnerability is so important that you're vulnerable with Allah (سبحانه وتعالى). And sometimes you have to activate that vulnerability, or something may happen to you to where it's an opportunity to activate it, such as this situation with

**[25:34]** our, you know, his father or our fathers or mothers or whoever may show a level of trying to embarrass you or belittle you in front of people or maybe even alone. Sometimes when you're sitting alone with the person, they belittle you. When you're alone with them, it can even be worse. But that's an opportunity

**[25:51]** rather than— you know, we use that word to show, to have good thoughts about Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) and also to use it as a means to activate, okay, Allah is al-Hafiyy in this moment, let me respond with kindness. Let me kill them with kindness, as they say, right? Because hopefully they'll remember it one time in

**[26:07]** their life. And I know that Allah is going to protect me as long as I stay with Him. So I think that's important. One last thing I'll throw in here, inshaAllah, because we got a couple of minutes, is, um, you know, 'ibad al-Rahman, right? Like the servants of the Most Merciful. الذين يمشون على الأرض هونا وإذا خاطبهم

**[26:22]** جَاهِلُونَ قَالُوا سَلَامًا Those who tread the earth lightly, and if the ignorant apprehend them, they say salam, they respond with salam. Ibrahim (عليه السلام) is living that, right? But there is another usage of Allah (عز وجل)'s names in this juz', uh, which is Ar-Rahman,

**[26:39]** that Ibrahim (عليه السلام) was trying to remind his father about Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahman, right? إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَن يَمَسَّكَ عَذَابٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ You know, I don't want you to be punished by Ar-Rahman, subhanAllah. And one of the reasons why the scholars say he says Ar-Rahman is like, why would you disobey a merciful Lord? إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَصِيًّا Right?

**[26:58]** He was, Shaytan was exceedingly disobedient to Ar-Rahman. He gave him no reason to disobey him. He was so merciful with him. And Maryam (عليها السلام), when she's approached by Jibreel (عليه السلام) in the form of a man, right, initially, she said, أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنكَ إِن كُنتَ تَقِيًّا

**[27:16]** I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, if you have any decency, basically, any God-consciousness. And some of the mufassirun say that she would say that because, or she said that perhaps, uh, because she only has a few words to get to this man if she thinks he's going to, he wishes her evil.

**[27:32]** And so, like, turn back to Ar-Rahman, right? Like he'll show you mercy. Just turn around and pretend this never happened. Get away from me, right? And, you know, أعوذ بالرحمن منك, right? I seek refuge in Ar-Rahman from you. So go back to Him, make tawbah

**[27:48]** to Ar-Rahman, and He is Ar-Rahman with me because He's going to protect me from you. He's Ar-Rahman with you because He's going to give you a chance to repent if you turn around. So it's like the prophets were so eloquent. They had a few words to say and a few words to refer to Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) with, and they would, you know, do it as

**[28:03]** quickly and as beautifully and as comprehensively as they possibly could. Any last words, inshaAllah ta'ala? We got a minute and a half, inshaAllah ta'ala. Last comments. You know, just as you were reflecting on the use of Ar-Rahman and even,

**[28:19]** you know, in ways of, uh, that the prophets were reminded, subhanAllah. May Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) make us of those people that call upon Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) in thinking of His different attributes, uh, and really increase us in our gratitude and remembrance of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى). I'm seeing that later in life, how powerful that can be. You know,

**[28:35]** not all of us were taught that at an early age. And, um, I, you know, I really encourage everybody to really start that practice. It's amazing. Absolutely. Anything else, Sheikh Abdullah? Jazak Allah khayran, Ustadhah Lubna. Thank you so much for joining us. May Allah (عز وجل) bless you and increase you. And may Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) give you the best of this

**[28:52]** life and the next. Jazak Allah khayran, Barak Allahu feekum everyone. We'll see you all tomorrow, inshaAllah. السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته.

## Other Episodes in "Qur’an 30 for 30 | Season 7"
- [Juz 30: Love Al-Razzaq More Than Rizq | Sh. Navaid Aziz](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-30.md)
- [Juz 29: Your Spiritual Report Card  | Dr. Nazir Khan](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-29.md)
- [Juz 28: How To Truly Be Conscious of Allah | Dr. Jinan Yousef](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-28.md)
- [Juz 27: The Night You Give Everything | Sh. Abu Bakr Zoud](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-27.md)
- [Juz 26: Don’t Run From Struggle | Sh. Mikaeel Smith](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-26.md)
- [Juz 25: God Is Not A Mystery | Sh. Ibrahim Hindy](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-25.md)
- [Juz 24: Candid Conversations with Allah | Mufti Abdul Rahman Waheed](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-24.md)
- [Juz 23: Facing Your Trials With Honor | Dr. Farah Islam](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-23.md)
- [Juz 22: Appreciating Muhammad ﷺ | Sh. Omar Hajjaj](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-22.md)
- [Juz 21: Allah Is The Author of History | Sr. Sarah Sultan](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-21.md)
- [Juz 20: Allah’s Loud and Silent Revelations | Sh. Hisham Abu Yusuf](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-20.md)
- [Juz 19: What Makes You Valuable to Allah? | Ust. Roohi Tahir](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-19.md)
- [Juz 18: The Qur’an Is A Cure | Dr. Tesneem Alkiek](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-18.md)
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- [Juz 15: Join the Heavens in Glorifying Allah | Sh. Mohamud Mohamed](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-15.md)
- [Juz 14: The Surah of Blessings | Ust. Taimiyyah Zubair](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-14.md)
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- [Juz 6: Signs of A Hypocrite | Sh. Asim Khan](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-6.md)
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- [Juz 3: How The Qur’an Makes You Rich | Dr. Tahir Wyatt](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-3.md)
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