# Juz 24: Candid Conversations with Allah | Mufti Abdul Rahman Waheed

**Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman
**Series:** Qur’an 30 for 30 | Season 7
**Published:** 2026-03-13
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/uMBUm3EyLwU
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-24
**Topics:** Faith, Quran

## Summary
This episode of Qur'an 30 for 30 covers Juz 19, featuring Ustadh Roohi Tahir alongside Shaykh Omar and Shaykh Abdullah. The discussion centers on the profound question of what gives a person value in the sight of Allah, anchored by the verse from Surah Al-Furqan: 'Say, what would my Lord care for you if not for your du'a?' [Al-Furqan 25:77]. The speakers explain that du'a is the outward manifestation of iman, and Ibn Abbas interpreted this verse to mean that it is one's faith that gives them worth before Allah. A key distinction is drawn between Allah's general love for all of creation and His specific love reserved for the believers — with iman being a gift Allah grants only to those He loves. The episode also explores Surah Al-Furqan's description of 'ibadur-Rahman (servants of the Most Merciful) and the verse 'Sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper' [Al-Furqan 25:31], emphasizing that hidayah (guidance) and nusrah (divine support) together empower believers to withstand any opposition. The discussion transitions to Surah An-Naml and the example of Prophet Sulayman (عليه السلام), who recognized his extraordinary blessings as a test and responded with gratitude, acknowledging 'whoever is grateful, is grateful for their own good, and whoever is ungrateful, my Lord is Self-Sufficient and Most Generous' [An-Naml 27:40]. The speakers connect these themes to contemporary suffering, particularly in Gaza and Palestine, affirming that Allah is with the believers in their hardship, and encouraging those in positions of privilege to reflect on how they use their blessings in service of others.

## Key Points
- Du'a is the manifestation of iman — you would not call upon Allah if you did not believe in Him, and it is what gives a person value in Allah's sight.
- Ibn Abbas interpreted 'if not for your du'a' [Al-Furqan 25:77] as meaning 'if not for your iman,' equating supplication with faith.
- Allah gives worldly blessings to both those He loves and those He does not love, but He grants iman only to those He loves — making faith the true marker of divine love.
- There is a general love of Allah for all creation and a specific, elevated love earned through faith and righteous action.
- The combination of Allah's hidayah (guidance) and nusrah (support) together is what empowers and protects believers against all forms of resistance and oppression.
- Every prophet faced enemies and tyrants — this is a universal principle — but Allah's guidance and help are always sufficient to overcome that resistance.
- Prophet Sulayman (عليه السلام) exemplifies the correct response to immense blessing: recognizing it as a test and responding with gratitude rather than arrogance or tyranny.
- Those in positions of privilege should reflect on how they use their blessings, knowing that even small sincere efforts are not wasted by Allah (Al-Karim).
- The steadfastness and resilience of those suffering the most intense oppression, such as in Gaza, is itself a sign of their connection to Allah through du'a and iman.
- Gratitude to Allah is ultimately for one's own benefit — 'whoever is grateful, is grateful for their own good' [An-Naml 27:40].

## Chapters
- 0:00 Introduction
- 2:40 Mufti Abdul-Rahman Waheed’s favorite name of Allah
- 5:00 Summary of Juz 24
- 6:41 Most hopeful verse in the Qur’an
- 9:28 One of the meanings of Laylatul Qadr
- 11:50 The beauty of tawheed
- 18:03 Disbelievers’ reaction to Allah’s mention

## Transcript
**[0:00]** Is there any human being in the world that you would forgive for anything that they did to you? There is something that is always greater than you, but you will not fully understand it.

**[0:15]** What's most important is to know that He is a creator. The fact is Allah took care of you then, so Allah will take care of you in the future. So don't get so zoomed in into your problem right now. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, everyone.

**[0:30]** Welcome back to Quran 30 for 30. Alhamdulillah, we are in the last 10 nights, 24th juz, and we ask Allah to accept from us and to grant us all the ajr of Laylatul Qadr, Allahumma ameen. A reminder to everyone to please inshallah ta'ala support Yaqeen.

**[0:46]** It's especially in these last 10 nights that we get the greatest support from you, both with your du'as and your donations. So if you can inshallah ta'ala give automatically over the remaining nights, or you can manually give, bi idhnillahi ta'ala, seeking Laylatul Qadr, and of course, hoping to inspire great work, then bi idhnillahi ta'ala,

**[1:03]** we invite you to continue to be a part of this, but we count on you. And inshallah ta'ala, we know that you will deliver. And of course, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the one who opens, and Allah azza wa jal is the one who enables. So may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala facilitate more khair, Allahumma ameen. We're blessed to have Mufti Abdur Rahman Waheed,

**[1:20]** Mufti with a capital M, Mufti Abdur Rahman Waheed, from Michigan. I mean, just like we got to like emphasize, man, like... From Michigan, where else? From Michigan. Does he want to know? We're from Michigan, I don't know. I know nothing else, man. Michigan. Warren, Warren, Michigan.

**[1:35]** Mufti Abdur Rahman, who is not Shaykh Abdullah Waheed, who is not Mufti Abdur Rahman Waheed, who is not, you know. But no, alhamdulillah. How have you been? Alhamdulillah. It's amazing seeing you and Shaykh Abdullah, and I appreciate us being a little closer together this time. Last time it was, we're too far apart.

**[1:51]** Too far apart. Too far apart. MashaAllah. Shaykh, alhamdulillah, you're always, you're a feature of this series, alhamdulillah, but I mean, you always make an attempt and do everything that you can to be a part of it. I don't know the condition of your heart, but I do feel like I'm the only one that wears a turban,

**[2:06]** so you got to bring a token turban on here. Look, I looked at all the last many years, I was the only one with a turban. One year you had Mufti Muntasir on once. Look, it's like a DEI requirement. Even though technically that's over in America,

**[2:23]** you still kind of check some boxes for us. You got to keep the desis happy too. I got you, I know how it works. Hold on, hold on. We have plenty, plenty of desis, but we don't have many people that wear turbans. So that's what I'm talking about, the DEI requirement. By the way, I brought another turban today. How about two? He doesn't change his clothes, Shaykh, but he changes his turban.

**[2:39]** It's actually funny. He's packed one turban and packed another outfit for the trip tomorrow. Wallahi, that's true. He's just packing it. Wallahi, that's true. That's okay, Shaykh, I love you guys, and I appreciate you guys inviting me down and talking to me. Wa alaykum. Alhamdulillah, I mean, there's too much to cite

**[2:56]** in terms of the work that you guys do, but Shaykh, like to start off on a personal level, what's the name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala you find yourself connecting to most these days? These days, Hannan. Okay, explain. You know, it's just, I feel like,

**[3:13]** wa hananan min ladunna wa zakaa. This is the most important characteristic to have if you want to help somebody. Like, we can go to college, we can learn all these books and sciences of trying to help and empower and coach, but wa hananan min ladunna wa zakaa,

**[3:30]** you have to have affection for people. Can you translate? Hannan means affectionate, love, care. You know, it literally comes from, the word where it comes from is beautiful. Ya'tahinu ilayhi al-jidhar. It's like when a mother gets separated from her child,

**[3:46]** that inner voice that comes out. You know, if you ever see a mother cat, this is actually for a mother, a naqah. And that inner, it's not even words, but it's just that voice that comes and that affection that Allah has for us. And if you want to,

**[4:02]** so for me, you know, we run a boarding school, we have students, and it's sometimes hard to be affectionate to these kids. It's like, but that is the number one requirement, Shaykh, to help somebody. You have to love them, you have to be affectionate towards them, you have to love, you have to cry when they cry,

**[4:18]** you have to like, you literally, you have to be with them. And so for me, Allah is Hannan, even though we go through difficulties, but He is affectionate with us. He loves us, you know, so the difficulties should not shape our thoughts about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. It shouldn't. Absolutely.

**[4:34]** SubhanAllah, man, like truly that, there are so many words and there are so many expressions of the attributes of Allah azza wa jal in regards to His mercy and compassion. And each one of them is just so rich and so deeply layered. Your inability to show compassion

**[4:52]** to your boarding school students, I guess we should bring up that Shaykh Abdullah's son was a student at your boarding school. Maybe we should talk about that, you know. Shaykh Abdullah knows how much I love his son. Oh, yeah, no, no, there's nothing but love there, MashaAllah. You see the camaraderie with the young boys there.

**[5:07]** It's amazing. Oh, it was needed. It was needed for my son and that woman. Yeah, MashaAllah, it's beautiful. Alhamdulillah. Tayyib, Shaykh, inshallah ta'ala, we are now in juz 24. And obviously in juz 24, you have Surah Az-Zumar and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has highlighted in Surah Az-Zumar

**[5:24]** a very particular element of His mercy. But this is a juz that goes from Az-Zumar, verse 32, and then it goes into Fussilat. And Allah azza wa jalla starts off this juz by saying, fa man adhlamu mimman kadhaba ala Allahi wa kadhaba bis-sidqi idh ja'ahu,

**[5:41]** alaysa fee jahannama mathwan lil-kafireen. We talk about how Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala talks about Himself. Allah says, who is more unjust than the one who lies about Allah and then denies the truth when it has come to him, is there not in hell a residence for the disbelievers?

**[5:56]** It's very interesting here in terms of how Allah azza wa jalla extols Himself in this particular juz. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala extols things that human beings would never be able to grasp, right? We're talking about Hannan, like things that we could never appreciate,

**[6:11]** we could never compare to, we could never understand. And the fact that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala starts off this juz by saying, what a wrongdoer you are when you lie about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. You know, when you lie about someone good, let's just talk about human beings, right?

**[6:27]** Like backbiting should be offensive in general, slander should be offensive in general, insulting people, belittling them. All of these are things that are not befitting of a human being towards another. But when it's someone who's good, like it can offend the sensibilities of anyone.

**[6:44]** Like how can you be talking about this person that way? Right? So who is more unjust than the one who lies about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? And who is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? Allah azza wa jalla tells us in Surah Az-Zumar, arja ayah bi kitabillah,

**[6:59]** as many of the ulema mentioned, many of the companions mentioned, the most hopeful verse in the Qur'an, qul ya ibadiya allatheena asrafu ala anfusihim, la taqnatu min rahmatillah, inna Allaha yaghfiru al-dhunuba jamee'a, innahu huwa al-ghafur al-raheem. Right? Say, oh my servants who have transgressed against themselves,

**[7:15]** do not despair from the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Verily, Allah forgives all sins. Verily, He is the All-Forgiving and the Especially Merciful. SubhanAllah, this is something that as human beings, we would never be able to comprehend. We do not have that type of capacity

**[7:31]** for mercy and forgiveness. Like let's just focus on one element of this ayah. Is there any human being in the world that you would forgive for anything that they did to you? SubhanAllah, like any human being, right? There is a boundary that is crossed

**[7:47]** either because of the weight of the transgression or the limit of our compassion. At some point, there's always a boundary that's crossed. Even with the most precious and sacred relationships, right? There are certain elements of dhulm that could never be tolerated, right?

**[8:04]** Nor should they be tolerated. But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying, inna Allaha yaghfiru dhunuba jamee'a. Can you imagine like someone who had been cursing God for seven, eight decades, someone who had fought against his religion, someone who had said the worst things about Him,

**[8:19]** someone who had harmed and harmed and harmed and harmed, and one moment of istighfar, one moment of forgiveness and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's capacity to forgive is to completely remove the burden of that sin from that person. Not because who that person is,

**[8:34]** but because who the Forgiving One is, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is, right? Innahu huwa al-ghafur al-raheem, right? So it's not that you shouldn't despair from the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala because look, you still got some years because look, you still got this because you also did these good deeds. It's because Allah azza wa jal is capable

**[8:52]** in a way that we do not have capacity of overruling our despair with His mercy, right? Now on that same note, Allah azza wa jal says a few verses later, wa ma qadaru Allaha haqqa qadrihi, wal ardu jamee'an qabdatuhu yawmal qiyamah,

**[9:09]** was samawatu matwiyyatun biyameenihi, subhanahu wa ta'ala amma yushrikoon. That they did not give Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala his due estimation as he deserves to be appreciated. And the whole earth will be in his grasp on the day of judgment and the heavens will be folded in his right hand,

**[9:24]** glorified and exalted is He above what they associate with Him. So you could not give qadr, you could not properly understand or give due appreciation to His mercy. And here you can't give due appreciation to His majesty. You don't get it. You're not fully appreciating the Lord

**[9:42]** that you are interacting with. And subhanAllah, one of the signs of Laylatul Qadr or one of the meanings of Laylatul Qadr, right? Is that we are given a night of power, a night of due estimation, right? Through reward and things of that sort.

**[9:58]** So here's a deep connection to this, that the angels on the day of judgment, when they would see the mawazin, when they would see the scales, an angel that worshiped Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for its entire existence would say, subhanaka ma abadnaka haqqa ibadatik.

**[10:14]** All glory be to You, we did not worship You as You deserve to be worshiped. That angel who did nothing but worship for however thousands or millions of years or whatever from the beginning of existence until the end would say, we didn't worship You as much as You deserve to be worshiped. So there's a constant theme here

**[10:30]** of the qadr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. The qadr being like how you give Allah azza wa jal his due estimation, how you cannot appreciate it, but you can worship Him for it. Like you can appreciate it. You don't have the capacity to understand His capacity,

**[10:45]** but you can worship Him and adore Him and glorify Him for that capacity. And then finally, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, Allahu khaliqu kulli shay'in wa huwa ala kulli shay'in wakeel. That Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the creator of all things. And He is upon all things wakeel.

**[11:01]** So He's the trustee of all that He created. Again, His capacity, which you could never appreciate, which you could never understand. And that kind of brings us to a point like here we are swimming in the names of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, trying to appreciate, trying to understand Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

**[11:18]** But part of understanding Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is understanding that you can't fully understand. And I'm putting in quotation marks here, right? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, that there are certain limits that you have to be able to appreciate fully who he is and what he does that you can't do and that you aren't, right?

**[11:36]** How do we kind of allow that awe of Allah azza wa jal to inspire us towards good instead of just like cutting off and things of that sort, you know, shutting down because we're never gonna get there anyway. We're never going to be able to appreciate Allah azza wa jal fully anyway.

**[11:52]** So that's just an overview of how Allah azza wa jal talks about himself in this juz. Love to hear your comments, dear mashaykh. And then insha'Allah, we'll go to our specific point of discussion for the day. No, subhanAllah. I mean, really when speaking about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and understanding his magnificence,

**[12:08]** I mean, that's the beauty of tawheed and the beauty of Islam and the beauty of it being a pillar of your existence. We can say the pillar of Islam, but see a pillar of your existence, meaning that your existence is founded in that. It's founded in the recognition, acknowledgement, acceptance,

**[12:23]** and struggle to uphold that acknowledgement of the oneness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the profound nature of these names and attributes. So when we're talking about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the fact that he says, wa ma qadru Allaha haqqa qadrihi, just understanding how amazing he is and his greatness.

**[12:41]** And then on top of that, as you mentioned, you do not have the capacity to understand his capacity. When you first understand, what was the saying? What did it say? Man 'arafa rabbahu, 'arafa nafsahu. Man 'arafa nafsahu, 'arafa rabbahu. The one that knows himself knows Allah, knows his Lord,

**[12:57]** because you know your capacity, you know your limitations. And then you say that there's someone that there must be greater than me. If I know these limitations, there has to be a creator of all of these things that have limitations. Throughout my life, I learn about them. When understanding that, subhanAllah, that is when the essence of tawheed

**[13:14]** and the manifestation of one worshiping God based on that knowledge. And that's what's so beautiful about always remembering your place and remembering who you are in this world and then recognizing that there is something that is always greater than you, but you will not fully understand it.

**[13:30]** What's most important is to know that he is the creator. And that's why it's amazing when the angel said, ma 'abadnaka haqqa 'ibadatik. la ya'suna Allaha ma amarahum. The angels, they do not disobey Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. But on top of that, subhanAllah,

**[13:48]** we as human beings, knowing our limitations also requests from us to call on the one that has no limitations. And that's what's important for that relationship. SubhanAllah, I mean, just thinking about that is, I think, yeah, we can never appreciate Allah

**[14:03]** the way he should be appreciated. However, you could be hasibu anfusakum qabla an tuhasibu. So in you understanding yourself and your own limitations, you know, you then recognize Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. For example, Imam Shafi'i, ya rabbi in 'azhumat dhunubi kathiratan.

**[14:20]** wa laqad 'alimtu bi anna 'afwaka a'zhamu. in kana la yarjuka illa muhsin. fa man dha alladhi yarjul musiul mujrimu. ma li waseelatun ilayka illa ar-raja wa jameelu 'afwika thumma anni muslimun. It's like a beautiful way of putting it like,

**[14:36]** ya rab, look, I know my sins are massive. They're abundant, they're huge. Put it in our own language. But I also know your forgiveness is much larger than that. Right, there's no comparison. And then he says, look, if,

**[14:52]** oh Allah, if only someone who worships you can seek your help, then where are people like me gonna go? Who sin? He said, oh Allah, honestly, I had nothing to present. You know, sometimes I think these candid conversations with Allah make you appreciate Allah even more and learning how they spoke to Allah.

**[15:09]** ma li waseelatun ilayka illa ar-raja I have nothing, like I literally have nothing to present in front of you except for what you just said in that ayah. Except for hope. I have good assumption about you, O Allah. wa jameelu, the second thing I have, I have three things.

**[15:24]** Hope in you. I have all the stories and verses and ahadith that are mentioned about your forgiveness. And the third is, I'm Muslim. Isn't that something we should be proud of? We're on the right side of history. Come on, that's, for me,

**[15:39]** that's the most beautiful thing in the world. Shaykh, like, can I just say one last thing with this? Yeah, you know, like Yahya ibn Mu'adh, he says the same thing. Ya Rabbi, kayfa afrahu wa qad 'asaytuk? Like, how can I be happy when I always disobey you? But, you know, we're from Michigan, so we have a ghetto way of speaking sometimes.

**[15:56]** But he's like, wa kayfa la afrahu wa qad 'araftuk? Well, why wouldn't I be happy? I know you. I mean, at least we can read these verses and understand them, you know. We can appreciate them, but at least, wa qad 'araftuk? Like, we're not reading some book that's been, you know,

**[16:13]** changed and manipulated over years. We're reading the Qur'an. Ya Rabbi, kayfa afrahu wa qad 'asaytuk? Wa kayfa la afrahu wa qad 'araftuk? Kayfa as'aluka wa ana khatir? Oh Allah, how can I ask you for something when every time I've asked you and promised you, I've always broken my promise? It's hard to ask someone you've broken your promise with.

**[16:28]** Wa kayfa la as'aluka wa anta al-karim? But you're Karim. How, why shouldn't I ask you? You get happy when I ask you. So I think understanding Allah, you may not, wa ma qadru Allaha haqqa qadrihi. You may not ever appreciate Him. But I think diving into yourself,

**[16:43]** you appreciate Allah even more. JazakAllah khayr. I don't know where the ghetto part was in that verse. He's gonna get there. Does that come naturally? I'm sorry. All right, it's gonna happen, right? It's gonna happen. He's still, I think this is like a record where like 15 minutes in,

**[16:59]** and still no poetry from Iqbal. I only spoke for two minutes. When you look at the clock, I spoke for two minutes. I know it's coming, I know it's coming. It just comes, it just comes. Beautiful reflections.

**[17:14]** So with that, subhanAllah, there's, let's actually, can we break up these ayat into two? I think that's a good idea. Let's break up these ayat into two insha'Allah. So in az-Zumar, there's actually something really interesting. Allah azza wa jalla says, wa idha dhukira Allahu wahdahu, ishma'azzat qulubu alladhina la yu'minuna bil-akhira

**[17:31]** wa idha dhukira alladhina min dunihi, idha hum yastabshirun. It's very interesting, subhanAllah. Like all this beauty that you talk about Allah azza wa jalla within this particular juz. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying, but when Allah is mentioned, the hearts of those who disbelieve in the hereafter

**[17:47]** is filled with disgust, contempt. Like subhanAllah, we think of Allah, and you can imagine even the people that are watching this and listening to this, like, wow. Ma qadru Allaha haqqa qadrihi, like Allah's mercy, Allah's majesty, Allah's greatness. Like there's awe, right? These people had disgust, hate, repulsion

**[18:05]** when Allah azza wa jalla was mentioned, and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala doesn't stop there. Because if those who are min dunihi, and everyone is less than him, those who are less than him are mentioned, idha hum yastabshirun, then they're filled with joy and celebration. Like how in the world did they get there?

**[18:20]** So I guess let's kind of start there insha'Allah ta'ala. Why is it that the disbelievers have a negative reaction to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala being mentioned? SubhanAllah, you know, the word ishma'azzat, that's the root letter. It's only, this word only comes once in the Qur'an, shaykh. This word only comes once in the Qur'an.

**[18:36]** It's an interesting word to explain the disgust and, you know, aversion in the heart, which actually means that it shows on their faces. Just because the opposite is true. Yastabshirun is a word that you're so happy in your heart that the happiness shows on your face.

**[18:52]** Like the way when you saw me, I didn't see that in Shaykh Omar. Okay, that, you know, it was in his heart. Are you serious? I'm just. Oh, come on, man. I love you, shaykh. Okay, I love you too, man. Come on. Yastabshirun, I know I walk like, because I know you're going to bring some gifts and stuff.

**[19:09]** I'm just saying, I'm sorry. Yeah. So, it's in the ayah. It's in the ayah why that happens. Al-'Allamah al-Biqa'i, he says right there, la yu'minu bil-akhira, khalas. Like people, there's two, he says there's two meanings of this. The moment you don't have the awareness

**[19:24]** that you have to stand in front of Allah on the day of judgment, because your pride does not allow you to stand in front of someone greater than you. You know what? Someone's always the loudest person in the room. They don't want to be around someone who's smarter than them. Like they always say, if you're the best player on the court, you're on the wrong court.

**[19:39]** Like you should be in a court where someone plays better than you. If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room. But someone who has a little bit of ego and pride will not want to do that. So for them, it's like, when they speak about Allah's greatness, like, oh, someone's greater than me? No, I'm not going to stand in front of him. They're just going to refuse to even hear about him.

**[19:55]** And so that's where it starts. But you know what's interesting, shaykh, about this ayah, al-'Allamah al-Biqa'i, he says, yeah, this is, of course, in context of the kuffar of Makkah. But if you look at it in our time, he also says, la yu'minuna bil-akhira, is la yujaddidun al-iman. He says that those who don't continue

**[20:12]** to revive their iman, what happens with them is that you'll have people that are listening today, shaykh. You'll have people that will feel istibshar with things other than Allah. You'll feel the expression of their happiness and joy.

**[20:27]** But they will feel like, the word even cringe is the word for ishma'azzat, right? It's actually a very accurate word. It's a very accurate word. They will feel that when Allah is mentioned. Because ishma'azzat is the heart and the facial expression. That's right, it's both. It's like you come like,

**[20:42]** you know, you feel like you're locked and bottled in a masjid or when you're hearing the words of Allah. But when you're not, you feel like very happy. You're just a different person. And the reason for that is because one element is disbelief and one element is stagnation of your belief.

**[20:58]** Because you cannot... wa inni ra'aytu wuquf al-ma'i yufsiduh in saha taba wa illa min jilmi yatibi Imam Shafi'i says like, I see the stagnation of water corrupting the water. So iman, the same thing. So when you look at this verse, you see both elements of it. And another element

**[21:13]** 'Allamah ibn al-Qayyim speaks about is for us, you know, Sheikh, I'm going to say this very candidly. Sometimes this ayah, they mention it. Sometimes you speak about Allah's greatness, Allah's might, Allah will do this. But the guy is waiting for the next sentence, how?

**[21:29]** Not every time we have to say how. Sometimes speak about Allah and that's it, leave it at that. وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ مِن دُونِهِ Okay, now that makes sense. You know, sometimes... اعقلها وتوكل Like, you know, tie the camel and then trust Allah. But we tie the camel so much that it just dies on the way out. Like she choked to death.

**[21:45]** Like sometimes you... Sometimes just speak about Allah, that Allah will do this. Allah will do this. And sometimes that, you see that ishmi'nan in people when you're doing great projects, yaqeen. Like, well, this is the work of Allah. Allah will do it.

**[22:01]** And sometimes we should make a practice of just speaking about Allah alone without mentioning asbab. Not the fact that we can't use asbab, but you see that this ends, it's like a slippery slope. You keep doing it and then you end up like these people that whenever Allah is mentioned, they don't want to hear it.

**[22:17]** SubhanAllah, I'm so glad you mentioned that because, you know, even this, you know, you're speaking about, sometimes we as Muslims, you know, when we fall into this, sometimes, you know, when we hear the name of Allah when a trial or calamity happens, sometimes we don't want to hear isbir,

**[22:32]** you know, or Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is going to be with you. And hearing the name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala it's like, okay, something unseen. It's not telling me how to practically apply it. Now we're practically, it's very, very tricky at times. You know, especially when you're in organizations and meetings and stuff like that. And it's like, okay, this is not practical.

**[22:48]** No, but when we rely on Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, just mentioning Allah and then, you know, trusting in Him and ensuring that that is a condition for me to do what I'm doing. I don't rely on the asbab, you know, and talking about them. The scholars have been talking about that as well and relying on the sabab, relying on the means,

**[23:04]** you know, had fi qadr fi tawhid, as some scholars mentioned. That is a deficiency in your oneness of Allah and your practice of recognizing the oneness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, especially in a society where it's very advanced and people sometimes directly or indirectly rely on their faculties and forget the creator of the faculties.

**[23:19]** Rather, they do not turn to Him before even doing something, even making a decision in life. You know, you turn to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala really and not just saying it and giving it lip service. And also, subhanAllah, when thinking about this as well as, you know, role models. You know, sometimes when we hear things

**[23:35]** about the deen of Islam, it's like, yeah, I get it. But when someone else that we look up to, you know, or someone that's a sports figure, a movie star, whatever the case may be, when they show up on my computer screen or when I hear about them, I hear their voices, I light up, you know, we light up.

**[23:52]** And that's where it's very, very important with all of creation. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala should be preferred over all of creation to where when we hear His words, and it's a process, it's a process. And that's why when you look in the shari'ah, when you look in the deen of Islam, Allah gives us opportunities for spiritual renewal

**[24:08]** five times a day, one time a year, one time in a lifetime to renew your spirit and to put things in their proper perspective and to sit alone in your khalwa or in the middle of the night, you know, to always remind yourself, okay, I've been created for this purpose.

**[24:23]** And the word of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is supreme. And what am I doing to renew that? As you mentioned, tajdid al-iman. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us from them. Sheikh, I love what you said about light up, like they light up because, you know, like when you're with kids, sometimes, you know, you talk about, honestly, like, you know,

**[24:39]** you bring up, we got to do the religious part. We got to do the, okay, now's the time for the lesson. Like, we just want to play. Well, they're not mature enough yet to understand the gravity of Allah's reward and what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala offers and who Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is, right? But when you're an adult and you're still spiritually an infant, all right,

**[24:55]** to where it's like, you bring up like Allah and then like, oh man, like, talk about deen again, man. Like, can we just go do this now? Can we like, do we still got to talk about this? What is the diagnosis? And like you said, Sheikh Ihsan, la yu'minuna bil-akhirah. They don't believe in the hereafter. So then who is God to me if I don't believe in the hereafter?

**[25:10]** He's just disciplining me all the time. You're just trying to put restrictions on me because I don't expect a reward from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, right? So that's the problem. That's at the heart of it. And this is the incredible thing about the way the Qur'an speaks directly to this.

**[25:26]** I think it's important, Sheikh, just, you know, that's a message to parents as well. Like, do we light up in front of our children when the adhan goes off? Do we stop what we're doing? You know, when 'Aishah mentioned the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, that he would help, he would help, he would sew his garment,

**[25:41]** he would milk the camel. But when it was time for salah, that's it, everything else was secondary. Everything else. He didn't even recognize us. He did. It's very, very important, especially us as fathers. You know, are we setting that tone

**[25:57]** and providing that type of framework? And then as the mothers, you know, are we always maintaining that within our children when pops is not around? Is that when the name of Allah is mentioned, this is very, very important. I light up. I'm happy. When times are hard, I mention the name of Allah. You know, this is very important for children

**[26:12]** to see on a consistent basis because raising children is about consistency right now. I love how you said, spiritually an infant. Man, that hit. I mean, especially when you see, you know, brothers our age, you know what I'm saying? Starting with myself, you know, when you hear the name of Allah, sometimes it's Shaytan will play with you.

**[26:29]** And that's where you have to always mention the name of Allah subhanAllah and remind yourself and renew that iman. The next ayah, Sheikh, honestly is like, it gives us the remedy for this. Go ahead, bismillah, take this away. No, you tell, read the verse for us. No, you take it away, man. You read it, yeah. قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ

**[26:44]** أَنتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ This ayah, it's so powerful, look. So over here, Allah says, first he says, the Prophet faced rejection. This ayah before is rejection, problems in the society, like whatever you're going through in your life, right?

**[27:02]** So first Allah says, قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ. So he's telling, that energy, that brokenness that you have, the rejection that you felt, the problems that you're going through, well, learn how to heal yourself by saying Allahumma. Start speaking to Allah, right? So you even see that in kids.

**[27:18]** My father used to make us do that as children, that speak to Allah in your innocent way. Like before you sleep at night, just speak to Allah. Allah, you're the best. No one's better than you. Allah, you gave me this. No one else can give me this. So when you start speaking to someone, it becomes like you're speaking to Allah, you're conversating with Allah. Allahumma.

**[27:33]** And what's interesting, Sheikh, about this, I felt this so I can say it. Sheikh Omar felt this before. I'm sure you felt this before too, Sheikh. It's like, there's three things that make your du'a powerful. Zaman, makan, that's the first two, zaman. The power of your du'a,

**[27:49]** it also gets, it strengthens when you're in a certain place, in front of the Ka'bah. You know, strengthens in a certain place. Strengthens at a certain time. Certain times strengthen your du'a. You know what the third thing is? Hal. Allamah ar-Razi says, the third thing that strengthens your du'a

**[28:04]** is your hal. Sometimes you're so broken, like you hear, when we heard the message of my brother passing away, it's like, your hal is so broken. Like I'm 100%, like 100% sure that du'as that we made at that time, Allah is accepting right away.

**[28:20]** So you have to take advantage of that brokenness. Sometimes we get so broken and we don't channel. That pain is a gateway to Allah's pleasure. Exactly. That pain is. So Allah is saying, قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ. Right away, the Prophet is broken. He's like, he's never been rejected in his life.

**[28:35]** In this state, speak to Allah. And that's the three states that we are in. Then how do you speak to Allah? Inna ka'anahu. فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ. You're Allah, like you're فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ. فَاطِر has two meanings, right? فَاطِر is the originator.

**[28:51]** There's an establishment of a precedence. I love this one. Because this is what helps me anytime I go through difficulties now. Allah is establishing precedence. Like I'm the one who did this before. I'm the one who originated this. This is establishing precedence. You know what that means, Sheikh? For example, if I ask you, Sheikh Abdullah,

**[29:07]** can you hook me up with $50,000 loan? For example. And I'll give it back to you in a year. Don't get scared, I'm not asking you, okay? So, and so I'll give it back to you in a year. And after one year, I gave it back to you. Now, three, four years later, if I ever need it again, a precedence has been established.

**[29:23]** I can come ask you for it again. Correct, Sheikh Omar? Like Allah has said to the Prophet, when he was going through difficulties, Surah Ad-Duha. أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَأَوَى. Allah establishes precedence. I took care of you then, so zoom out of your issue that you're in right now. Zoom into a past issue that you were in,

**[29:39]** that Allah took you out of. Right? And then you'll see hope and solution in it. That's Fatir as-Samad. That's Fatir in action. Like that's Fatir in action, that Allah took you out of. Like when my brother passed away, the tears, the emotions that we're going through,

**[29:54]** the brokenness. But Allah took us out and we smiled again. Allah took us out and we ate again. Allah took us out, we enjoyed again. So the fact is Allah took care of you then, so Allah will take care of you in the future. So don't get so zoomed in into your problem right now. Like whatever the issues are in the world,

**[30:10]** that's Fatir as-Samad. Allah could do it. That's why, you know, like Allama Iqbal, he says. I was about to say, man, we hit the mark. We got five seconds and 30 minutes. Allama Iqbal, he says. And you finally bring it back. I was like, well, it's a piece of work. Yes, it's beautiful. It's Yaqeen. The word yaqeen.

**[30:25]** Yaqeen muhkam, amal paiham. Muhabbat fateh-e-zindagani. Sheikh Abdullah, translate that for me please. Jihad-e-zindagani mein hain yeh. Jihad-e-zindagani mein. So he says, yaqeen muhkam. He says, if you have firm conviction, right?

**[30:42]** Number one. You know what's interesting? Okay. Sheikh Abdullah's face. I'm trying. Sheikh, one second. Sheikh Omar, just because of my imamah and the fact that I go three days, 10 days, 40 days. You go 40. Well, yeah, he basically, we have a stereotype that any hadith or Arabic quote that we say is not authentic.

**[30:59]** Okay, one second. One time, I was reciting a poem. Urdu. Wallahi, he had me recite it in ChatGPT to make sure it's authentic. Where? Stop it. And that's our methodology. Yaqeen 2026. Come on, Sheikh. He had me. He said, recite it again.

**[31:15]** And I said, why? He said, just recite it again. And then he made me like audio record in ChatGPT. He looked at it. Yeah, that is a poem. I'm like, yaar. Like, are we even authenticating our own? Hold on, I don't use ChatGPT to authenticate hadith. I use it to authenticate your Urdu. Come on. Whether you made up a poem or not. I want to make sure you're not doing zulm to Allama Iqbal.

**[31:32]** Look, man. See, it's only befitting that the one episode, we go over 30 minutes, right? There's the guy that can never do like five minutes after salah or that kind of stuff. Can you translate the poem now, Sheikh? Yaqeen muhkam. Yaqeen muhkam. Firm conviction. Okay. Amal paiham. Consistent action.

**[31:47]** Three things. Muhabbat. The third thing is love. Fateh. This is what will conquer the world. Because if you have firm conviction, you'll never lose hope. You consistently do something, you'll keep getting closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. You love everybody. You will conquer. Jihad is in the struggle of life.

**[32:04]** This is the sword. Hain yeh mardon ki shamsheerain. Shamsheer means this is the sword. This is what you fight with. These three things. So a person who believes in Fatir, and that's what the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to always make du'a with Fatir as-Samad. Morning and evening. So may Allah give us yaqeen in this. Allah will open up all the doors for us.

**[32:20]** All right. Jihad-e-zindagani. Jihad-e-zindagani. Zindagani. Jihad-e-zindagani. Hain yeh mardon ki shamsheerain. He tried to say jihad-e-zindagani. I know. I was like what? That's what I was doing. I knew that. All right. JazakAllah khair Mufti Saab. You took us over time, but it was worth it. Alhamdulillah.

**[32:35]** At least you brought in the symbolic Urdu. As usual, we have to give disclaimers with you. We do not promote animal cruelty at Yaqeen. Please do not tie your camel until it dies. So we have to go. I mean, you said that. I said people talk about it like so much. Tie your camel.

**[32:51]** I've never been around anyone that talked about tying their camel to death. Like I know a lot of, I have a lot of friends. I've never met a single person that talked about tying their camel to death. This is all, you got some weird friendships. I don't know where you've been going for khuruj. Some strange parts of the world

**[33:06]** where they tie their camels to death. Maybe those people do need da'wah. Okay. You know what I'm talking about when I said that. You don't look at me, Sheikh. You know what I'm talking about. When they talk about, do this and like, well, how about the tawakkul part?

**[33:22]** You know, like calm down. Okay. Sheikh, I love you, Sheikh. May Allah bless you. We love you back. May Allah azza wa jal love you as well. Ameen, ameen, ameen. JazakAllah khair. We went over time, but that's okay. It's on brand. JazakAllah khair. May Allah bless you. Insha'Allah ta'ala. May Allah azza wa jal accept everyone's ibadah. We will see you all tomorrow. Insha'Allah.

**[33:38]** Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

## 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 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)
- [Juz 17: When Allah Chooses You, How Will You Respond? | Sh. Yousef Wahb](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-17.md)
- [Juz 16: Can You Be Patient With Allah? | Ust. Lobna Mulla](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-16.md)
- [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)
- [Juz 13: What Is 1% of Allah’s Mercy? | Dr. Mohamed AbuTaleb](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-13.md)
- [Juz 12: Allah Is Not Far | Sh. Omar Hedroug](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-12.md)
- [Juz 11: Stop Playing Games | Dr. Ovamir Anjum](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-11.md)
- [Juz 10: When Allah Goes To War For You | Dr. Suleiman Hani](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-10.md)
- [Juz 9: How To Memorize Allah’s Names | Dr. Haifaa Younis](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-9.md)
- [Juz 8: Whose Validation Do You Need? | Sh. Shabbir Hassan](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-8.md)
- [Juz 7: They Know Al-Lateef in Gaza | Dr. Farhan Abdul Azeez](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-7.md)
- [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)
- [Juz 5: You Can’t Fight Fire with Fire | Ust. Fatima Lette](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-5.md)
- [Juz 4: The Final Moments of This Life | Ahmad Hraichie ( The Muslim Undertaker)](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-4.md)
- [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)
- [Juz 2: The Lord of Rituals | Mufti Menk](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-2.md)
- [Juz 1: Allah’s Names in the Qur’an | Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-1-mohammad-elshinawy.md)
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