# Juz 25: God Is Not A Mystery | Sh. Ibrahim Hindy

**Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman
**Series:** Qur’an 30 for 30 | Season 7
**Published:** 2026-03-14
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/Z8PlvICmEbs
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-25
**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
- 1:54 Allah is not like us, but He’s with us
- 7:18 Investing in your akhirah
- 10:47 The Qur’an reflects the greatness of Allah
- 16:06 Don’t turn Allah into a mystery
- 23:27 Delving too much into qadr is like staring into the sun
- 27:47 The Qur’an beautifies Ramadan

## Transcript
**[0:00]** They suppress our da'wah, and they turn their algorithms against us, and they try to extinguish the words of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, this Qur'an is going to be, this light is going

**[0:15]** to be extended. It doesn't matter what they do. And when we align ourselves with the words of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, we gain some of this power as well. There's going to be numerous times when you hear the names of Allah, subconsciously we may think, well, how can He do that? Because we're thinking from a human paradigm.

**[0:31]** But for Allah, that's not even an issue, right? Because there's nothing like Him. There is nothing like Him. When someone wraps the concept of God in so much mystery, and they use that as an excuse, right?

**[0:46]** To say like, I can never understand God. I can never, so why even try? I can never come close. What do you say to people like that? As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Welcome back to Qur'an 30 for 30.

**[1:03]** We are in Juz 25, as tonight is an odd night, and it could possibly be Laylatul Qadr. We encourage you to please donate to Yaqeen, support the work that we're doing, as well as the many noble causes that are out there, and keep us in your du'a as well.

**[1:19]** We really do hope that you've benefited from all the work that's been put out there, and insha'Allah ta'ala, with your support, after the help of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, we'll continue to generate more resources to the benefit of the world, bi'idhnillahi ta'ala, to show them the beauty of their Lord, of this religion, of our noble Prophet, sallallahu

**[1:36]** alayhi wa sallam. So may Allah azza wa jal accept it from you all, and grant us all the ajr of Laylatul Qadr. Please do click the link below, and give at least what you've given in previous years, insha'Allah ta'ala. If it's your first time, then insha'Allah ta'ala it won't be the last time. Plug in whatever you can, bi'idhnillahi ta'ala.

**[1:52]** May Allah bless you all. We're blessed, alhamdulillah, to have with us Shaykh Ibrahim Hindy, walhamdulillah. How are you Shaykh? Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Shaykh, where do people think you're from, man? People think I'm from anywhere, from India, first of all, because of Hindy, and then,

**[2:11]** of course, I'm Canadian, but people might think I'm American at times, because I talk about U.S. politics a little bit. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. I like to say I'm from the Ummah, insha'Allah. Also, I always think you're Palestinian, because Dar Hindy is like a huge family in Palestine.

**[2:30]** We have a relationship, a few generations between us, so alhamdulillah, but of course, we are family first in iman, before everything else. Absolutely. Allahu Akbar. May Allah bless you, Shaykh. I wanted to ask you, before we get started, in this very moment, what's your favorite

**[2:49]** name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? Subhanallah. I would say that Allah is al-Kareem. Allah is generous. Subhanallah, how many times in life, things are up and down, and you just remember that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is being generous to you, and often in ways that we're not even

**[3:08]** thinking about. So, alhamdulillah, in sickness and health, and difficulties in life, you just remember Allah al-Kareem, and I remember Shaykh Muhammad al-Arifi, he mentioned once, he's in a taxi cab, and the driver is not Muslim, and he keeps saying Allah Kareem, Allah Kareem, he's like,

**[3:25]** why are you saying this? And he said, I keep hearing it from the Muslims, he said, but it's so true, every time in life there's a problem, I just remember Allah Kareem, Allah is generous. So beautiful. Masha'Allah. So beautiful. Masha'Allah. So, alhamdulillah, we are in Juz 25, sometimes there's just a sentence that I feel like summarizes,

**[3:46]** we're kind of doing an exploration of how Allah azza wa jal talks about Himself in the Juz, and this one is, I'm not like you, but I'm with you. That's what I got. This particular ayah, Surah al-Shura, لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ

**[4:01]** Right, it's one of the most famous ayahs where we talk about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, that there is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. And so, this is actually incredible, because Allah azza wa jal, in the same short verse, affirms His transcendence and His awareness.

**[4:18]** So, nothing is like Him, but by the way, He's fully acquainted with everything. Because hearing and seeing are the greatest forms of acquaintance. So, I hear you, and I see you. I'm not like any of you, but I hear and see all of you.

**[4:33]** You also see in the same surah, Allah azza wa jal says, اللَّهُ لَطِيفٌ بِعِبَادِهِ Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is gentle with His servants. يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَاءُ He provides for whom He wills. وَهُوَ الْقَوِيُّ الْعَزِيزُ And He is the Strong, the Mighty.

**[4:48]** You don't typically think of لطيف and قوي in the same sentence. Like لطف is gentleness, and then قوة is strength. And Allah azza wa jal, once again, He puts them in the same ayah. So, it's very tender in the pairing.

**[5:06]** Like that gentleness does not cancel His power, His power does not cancel His gentleness. Just like transcendence does not cancel awareness. Awareness does not cancel transcendence. And this is who He is subhanahu wa ta'ala. And then He says in al-Zukhruf, وَهُوَ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ إِلَٰهٌ وَفِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَٰهٌ

**[5:22]** So, He is the one who is God in the heavens and God in the earth. So, He is the one who encompasses all realms. The seen and the unseen. وَهُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ وَتَبَارَكَ الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ

**[5:37]** وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَعِندَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ Every one of these words, subhanAllah, is so profound. So, He is the Wise, He is the Knowing. Blessed is the One to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth

**[5:52]** and whatever is between them. So, وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا in and of itself. There is so much to talk about there. And then on top of that, وَعِندَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ He has the knowledge of the Hour. No one else has the knowledge of the Hour. Not a single one of His creations.

**[6:08]** وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ And in that process, all of you will come back to Him. سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ And then just the name of the surah, al-Jathiyah You know, the nations are on their knees. Everyone is before Allah, subhanAllah, on their knees.

**[6:23]** al-Jathiyah فَلِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَرَبِّ الْأَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ To Allah belongs all praise. Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, Lord of the worlds.

**[6:38]** So it's just constantly putting it out there. And then how does He end this particular part? وَلَهُ الْكِبْرِيَاءُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ Like every word, I just want to sit there and ponder upon it. To Him belongs, how do you even translate كبرياء? Like majesty, power, you can't.

**[6:54]** It's such a profound word, subhanAllah, with everything else that's there. To Him belongs the glory, the majesty, the power, the honor in the heavens and the earth. And He is وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ Once again, He is Exalted in Might, exalted in His wisdom.

**[7:09]** So Allah praises Himself, which happens in many of these ayat. But He praises Himself for His majesty and the power that doesn't remove Him. The power that we're all accountable to.

**[7:25]** The power by which He's still acquainted with all that we're doing now. And ultimately, the power to forgive and to show mercy. And no one else can interfere. So it's such an incredible Juz. And of course, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions His being beyond your imagination.

**[7:42]** But He also mentions how close He is to you. He's closer to you than your jugular vein. Even though He is as removed from you in terms of His names and His attributes and His essence as can be. SubhanAllah.

**[7:59]** So we ask Allah to allow us to not fail in that acquaintance and in that awareness. And to connect to that majesty and to not be punished by that majesty. Allahumma ameen. Shaykh Abdullah, any thoughts you have on this? SubhanAllah, I mean that verse is foundational.

**[8:14]** لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ And you mentioned it very eloquently how it's a foundational verse. That when you study names and attributes of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, this is one of the pillars. And your introduction to approaching how you properly understand a name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and His attribute. And I like how you mentioned Latif and Qawi because sometimes we as human beings, as soon as we hear these two,

**[8:35]** our subconscious says, wait, they're polar opposites for creation. Go back to that verse. لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ There's going to be numerous times when you hear the names of Allah. Not only when you hear them, but when you think of His actualization in your life,

**[8:51]** subconsciously we may think, well, how can He do that? Because we're thinking from a human paradigm, a created form. How can creation be both of these things together? It would probably be difficult for a human being to manifest that simultaneously. But for Allah, that's not even an issue.

**[9:09]** Right? Because there's nothing like Him. There is nothing like Him. And that's what's so beautiful here. There's a verse right after that, وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ It's very beautiful. مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الْآخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهُ فِي حَرْثِهِ وَمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِن نَصِيبٍ

**[9:26]** Whoever wants the harth of the akhirah. And harth is like, the harth is like the farmer. The one that invests and his investment is planting for something, putting a seed in the ground and waiting for something to happen.

**[9:44]** But even with that, he waits on Allah to irrigate, to provide this plant, this seed. So Allah says, حَرْثَ الْآخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهُ فِي حَرْثِهِ Whoever wants it and desires it from Allah,

**[9:59]** We will increase him. But then He said, whoever wants harth al-dunya, whoever wants this worldly life, نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا Which is interesting here. نَزِدْ لَهُ We'll increase him and then نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا We'll give him this dunya.

**[10:14]** But that is kind of scary at the same time because if whatever you use in this dunya is not for the akhirah, then you need to beware. If you do not make a connection from what I am trying to get in this life, the faculties that Allah has given me, how am I using these faculties? Am I aware that there's a connection on what I have and what I use it for

**[10:30]** and what I obtain from what I've been given? Am I making that connection and that all this is from Allah and I'm trying to give it back to Allah and the different avenues and ways that He has furnished for me from sadaqah, from righteousness, from being good to people,

**[10:45]** from forgiving people, from overlooking people's faults and from giving charity and things of that nature. And you just do it for something temporary, Allah is going to give it to you. And that's why the term of istidraj always comes to my mind. It's like when Allah will give and grant people that want the dunya

**[11:01]** and they're heedless, they're not even thinking about God to where they reach a point of belying the message, belying God and being totally ungrateful and then being mutakabbir, they reach the element of Shaytan to where they're very arrogant with what they have

**[11:17]** and it increases them in wanting more of the dunya. And that is the chain reaction that if we don't watch ourselves, if we don't remember the greatness of Allah, the profundity of Allah's names and attributes and that they are not like His creation,

**[11:32]** we can fall victim to just relying on what we see in front of us. SubhanAllah, that's so true that Allah is telling you if you want the akhirah and you're harvesting for the akhirah, He will give you more, meaning He'll give you dunya too.

**[11:49]** But if your heart is in the dunya, He'll give you dunya, no problem. But don't expect the akhirah. SubhanAllah, it's just a reminder for all of us to keep our intentions clear. And Allah will give you a good life insha'Allah in this world and in the next world. Like you said Shaykh, when we talk about the greatness of Allah,

**[12:06]** one of the beautiful things about this shows Allah mentions two of His names, but He refers them to the Qur'an. That this book, this Qur'an, in our master record,

**[12:22]** it is the Most High, it has the great highness in it, the most esteemed, the most wise. And so Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, through the Qur'an, He is reminding us of Himself subhanahu wa ta'ala. And He is reminding us to look to the greatness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

**[12:39]** by looking at the Qur'an itself. And I think sometimes, subhanAllah, we feel a bit removed from understanding the real power of the Qur'an. And if you understood the power of the Qur'an, you understand the power of its Author. And I think sometimes, if we don't speak Arabic,

**[12:54]** or even if we do speak Arabic, those of us who speak Arabic, sometimes we're a bit divorced from the original Arabic. And I'll give you an example. This is something that happens pre-Islam. Two poets, one poet says a line of poetry,

**[13:10]** and the other one hears it. So the first poet says, That we have the white platters that shine in the morning, and blood drips from our swords with our valor.

**[13:25]** This is pre-Islamic poetry, our tribe is the best, we're the most generous, we have the platters, we're great warriors, we fight. The other poet, she hears this, and she says, you made eight mistakes in what you said. He said, one line.

**[13:40]** She said, you made eight mistakes. He said, how did I make eight mistakes? She said, you said, we have the platters. But janafat is plural, but it means like five or six. She said, you should have said, the many, the tens, and twenties, and thirties. And then she said, you said that the plates are white.

**[13:56]** She said, if it's white, it means it's brand new. It means you haven't been serving people for a long time. It should be stained with food, so it should be red. And then she said, you said, which is to shine. These plates are so amazing, these platters, they shine. But it's like a quick shine.

**[14:13]** You should have said, It's a shine that fills the horizon, east to west. And she goes through one by one, and she picks all of these mistakes that he makes. These two poets, by the way, are Sahaba. They accept Islam later on. Hassan Ibn Thabit, and al-Khansa radiAllahu anha.

**[14:28]** But my point is, look at how she hears one line. She said, you made eight mistakes. These are the people who heard the Qur'an. And sometimes, you know, we tell our kids, you know, when the Prophet, peace be upon him, would teach people and recite Qur'an,

**[14:44]** they would tell them, put your fingers in your ears. And we think, you know, we hear that story, we're like, maybe this is exaggeration. No, it's because when they heard the Qur'an, they knew this is not human. This is divine. And, you know, al-Waleed Ibn al-Mughirah, one of the leaders of Quraysh,

**[15:00]** they went to him, they said, you are a master of poetry. Go talk to the Prophet and hear his Qur'an and tell us what do we say about this? and tell us what do we say about this? Or give us poetry better than it. And he goes and he hears the Qur'an from the Prophet. He comes back, he said, you know,

**[15:16]** no one is more knowledgeable of language, of poetry than me. And what he said is not from a human. وله حلاوة وعليه طلاوة He says that it has a sweetness, it has a freshness to it. And then he says, وإنه يعلو ولا يعلى عليه That it has an aboveness, it rises above and nothing can come above it.

**[15:40]** SubhanAllah. And that's how Allah refers to the Qur'an. That it is العلي, that it is the high, it rises up above everything, subhanAllah. And I think there's a lot we can take from that, subhanAllah, even from the perspective of how they try to silence us and silence our speech and silence our da'wah and they suppress, I'm sure Sheikh Omar,

**[16:00]** they suppress your Twitter account and they suppress our words and they suppress our da'wah and they turn their algorithms against us. And they try to extinguish the words of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and they increase all the accounts that are speaking against the Qur'an and insulting the Qur'an. والله متم نوره ولو كره الكافرون

**[16:17]** And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, this Qur'an is going to be, this light is going to be extended. It doesn't matter what they do. And when we align ourselves with the words of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, we gain some of this power as well. As we see, subhanAllah, with our brothers and sisters in Gaza, so much of their strength comes from the Qur'an.

**[16:33]** And when you are a huffadh of the Qur'an, as there are so many in Gaza, you are ahlullah, you are the people of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala because you are people of the Qur'an. And this gives you a highness, this attributes you to something that is so great and so high, subhanAllah.

**[16:48]** And this is what allows them to survive no matter how difficult things are because you are attached to the words of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. You know on that note Shaykh, like

**[17:04]** there's something really interesting here, right, which is the fact that Allah azza wa jal is unlike any of his creation and also his word is unlike the word of any other creation and du'a to him is unlike du'a to anyone else and revelation is unlike anything else and some of that is obvious to someone who

**[17:23]** doesn't speak any Arabic or whatever it may be, right, that God is unique. There's a fitrah element to that, right, like recognizing that. And that's why you'll see many people who embrace Islam and they'll say, you know, I just knew that God couldn't be this and couldn't be that, right. It never sat right with me, you know, this never sat right with me,

**[17:42]** this never sat right with me. It just always made sense, one God, like Islam was so intuitive in that sense. And Allah azza wa jal says also in Surat ash-Shura, وما كان لبشر أن يكلمه الله إلا وحيا أو من وراء حجاب أو يرسل رسولا, right. So Allah azza wa jal gives these three possibilities that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, it's not for Allah azza wa jal to

**[18:02]** or for anyone to be spoken to by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala except for revelation or Allah azza wa jal speaks to them from behind a veil or Allah azza wa jal sends a messenger, right, that even the idea like how come, you know, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala doesn't just speak to all of us the same way, right.

**[18:19]** How come we don't have these things? And by the way, this particular ayah also ends with إنه عليٌّ حكيم, the same names that we just spoke about, right, that verily he is 'Aliyyun Hakim. How come Allah azza wa jal doesn't just talk to all of us this way? How come Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala doesn't just appoint all of us in a particular,

**[18:35]** you know, distinction? Why this? Why that? I guess I'll pose this question to both of you insha'Allah ta'ala to maybe reflect upon when someone wraps the concept of God in so much mystery and they use that as an excuse,

**[18:51]** right, to say like I can never understand God. I can never, so why even try? I can never come close. What do you say to someone who like wraps God and wraps religion in so much philosophy and

**[19:07]** language, right, in order to distance people, like what do you say to people like that? And how do you kind of reflect on that in this, in the capacity of this juz' and beyond? I think, you know, there is a capacity that God gives you. I mean the fact that he created you with these faculties to be able to

**[19:24]** ponder over his creation. Firstly, knowing the fact that he is a creator and that he has created everything. But then on top of that, he says he doesn't do it 'abathan and understanding that 'abathan means haphazardly or I mean just for no apparent reason. There is a purpose.

**[19:41]** So when totally cutting that off and saying okay, as a result of you saying, you know, there's so many things we cannot understand or it's beyond our understanding or it's beyond our comprehension, therefore what though? What is that really requesting from you? Because Islam is for you to know Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

**[19:57]** but then that requests from you something. It requests from you to act. So what is your action? What do you want from this? Is it for you to do i'tizal? Is it for you to just to rest and not to do anything? What is the result of that? And the ultimate result of it Islamically is for you to submit to him knowing that you will not fully

**[20:14]** you will not be able to totally encounter and encompass every single intricacy of those names and attributes but the generalities of some of them you can understand which should promote or should provoke you to do actions of worship and submission to him.

**[20:30]** So the ultimate goal is submission to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So if you're submitting to him by the system he has given you, that's the goal and the system that he has given you these actions are a means to show that devotion to those

**[20:46]** abstract concepts that you are talking about. Sometimes we subconsciously think we have to know the how of everything and that's not upon us. What's upon us is to just know the what and then to submit to that through the descriptions that he's given us to entice us, to encourage us or to warn us.

**[21:03]** So ultimately the shari'ah is that which is there for us too. And I'll just do, I always mention this point My man Khalid when I embraced Islam, I used to ask him about, I used to believe in martial law in Area 51 and these types of things and new world order and when I became Muslim

**[21:18]** I was like what's gonna happen when big brother comes to us and the martial law and the aliens and he said I don't know what the aliens, he said the aliens better be making salah. So it doesn't even matter. If there's aliens, they're making salah. It doesn't matter all that. He said are they making salah? Because I know Allah is in control of all of that. You got a face you're gonna say something I can tell.

**[21:37]** He knows me too well. Because in my head right now E.T. is making adhan. He knows me too well. We've been doing this too long man. There's a

**[21:56]** Sheikh Abdullah will tell me after, like he'll actually tell me after we finish an episode. It's like you know, I read your face and I was like how did you know man? Masha'Allah man, we've been together that long. But Sheikh, let me let me throw something back at you. A serious note on da'wah, right? And of course Sheikh Ibrahim would love your feedback because this is something I'm sure you've heard.

**[22:15]** I'm sure you've heard as well. Anyone that's doing da'wah and talking to people. We need a God that looks like us. A God that suffers with us. God had to come in flesh and be man in order to get man, right? Like that idea and even in the Ramadan series

**[22:31]** I talk about this idea that similarity is not always comfort. Like I need a God I can relate to. Well, when you talk to a friend that has the same problems as you, they can only help you so much because they got their own set of problems, right? You actually need a God that is Ghani and Hamid and completely removed from problems, right?

**[22:48]** And not with your concerns in order to be able to solve your concerns, right? Acquainted, but not the same, you know? Like that's not comfort, you know? Like what do you say someone's like we need a God that could suffer, that we can see, that we can we can feel with, you know? So that we can we can actually relate. Like what would you say someone that comes up to you and says that?

**[23:06]** I mean exactly what you just said, you know? SubhanAllah is well acquainted, but he is not, you know, he you're going to, you're going to seek a solution from someone that can provide it for you. And that would require them to have a little more knowledge, a little more power, a little more authority, a

**[23:22]** little more of those characteristics that you can somewhat rely on. But when it comes to creation, even our own parents at times, there may be some things that you would expect for them to do, but you realize after they were not able to do it, they're not fully capable of doing it. I don't blame them, but now I realize they're not fully capable of doing it, right? When it comes to Allah,

**[23:41]** he is capable of all things. So therefore, someone that's like you, well, they're like you and their limitations as well. Maybe in this particular aspect, they may be able to help you because they have more experience, more knowledge, more years. But were they creator of that? So when we look at the creator of all of these things, his faculties,

**[23:58]** it's important for us to know that if they're like us, they're going to have similar limitations. Not to discount the fact that there may be someone that's like you, that can help you along the way in a particular aspect, but they will never be, as they say, the end result that will help you at all times, in all

**[24:15]** situations, in every encounter that you may face. So I would say it's, I don't know how to translate, it's maybe contingent upon their limited characteristics. So if you're relying on that person for everything, that's where it can be problematic. Do you all have da'wah booths in Canada? We do, yeah.

**[24:31]** So if someone came up to you at the da'wah booth and said that, Shaykh, what would you say? I think, you know, subhanAllah, like you mentioned, there's these two extremes, where it's the one extreme of like philosophizing God to the point of presenting God as because he's beyond our human understanding,

**[24:46]** it's so, so, so, you know, wrapped in mystery and sophisticated that they make the average person think you can't actually know God at all. And then the opposite extreme, which is like, we have to know God, in order for us to really know him, we have to, you know,

**[25:02]** you know, make him not a deity anymore, make him a human being, make him flesh and bones, make him have human experiences. And Islam is this perfect middle, this perfect wasat, that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reveals himself to us through his names and attributes, that we can understand him, that we can connect with him, that we can have an

**[25:20]** emotional relationship with him, while remaining the deity, remaining high above us, remaining in all of his glory and all of his greatness. And subhanAllah, like that's the perfect balance, because when you make him a human, as some people do, you lose his 'adhamah, you lose the greatness, right? All of a sudden he becomes a human being,

**[25:38]** well, then he has the deficiencies of a human being. And if you make him so wrapped in mystery, that's ununderstandable, then people no longer have a relationship with him. So Islam gives us this beautiful understanding of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, while telling us, yes, there are certain things beyond our human capacity to understand about Allah azza wa jal,

**[25:54]** but we still know that he's ar-Rahman, and he's ar-Rahim, and he is al-Karim, and he is al-Latif, and he has all of these beautiful, amazing attributes of mercy, and kindness, and generosity, and power, and greatness. And like Sheikh Abdullah said, you know, yes, you can you can turn God into a human, to say look how loving he is, and look how close he is to you.

**[26:13]** Okay, my mother is very loving, and she loves me, but she's not necessarily somebody I trust all the time, even though she loves me, because she doesn't have the capacity to help me in everything, even though she loves me so much, and is so merciful. And on the same time, like if I have a problem, I might go to a lawyer, and he's capable to help me, but he might not love me.

**[26:31]** He might not have his interest, you know, my interests at heart. I want the one who has the perfect love and mercy for me, and also the perfect capacity and power for me. So that's the person who's worthy of my tawakkul, worthy of my trust, worthy of my saying,

**[26:46]** I leave everything with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and whatever he wants for me, I'm happy with. There's a stanza that the Salaf used to say, الخائض في القدر كالناظر في الشمس Like the one that delves too much into the qadr and predestination, is like the one that looks at the sun, and it covers numerous aspects. The sun, you know it's there,

**[27:05]** you know you rely on it, and you know it has an effect on you, but you know you don't know all the intricacies of it, but it does have an effect on you. And if you were to stare in the sun too long, it could harm you. So when it comes to delving into these issues too long, it could possibly harm you. Just what you see, you know that it's there, it can affect you,

**[27:23]** you trust in that, and subhanAllah, I think that's what's important. Sheikh, just to clarify, so your mom doesn't get mad at you. You trust your mom. Not her power. I trust her, just not, yeah. There you go, just making sure, man. I'm not trying to have any issues with your mom.

**[27:41]** You know, we don't want your mom in the comments to say that, like, you know. She's my son. We look forward to welcoming you as the 51st state. If you wanted to be American, be part of the Ummah, be part of America too, you know.

**[27:59]** The American Ummah, I don't know. Insha'Allah you guys can be our 12th province. 11th province. 12th territory. Sheikh Abdel, you want to be Canadian? Why are you going to be, you're the one that wrote them, not me.

**[28:14]** I'm out of this. I'm out of here. Before the cameras were on, what were you saying? There's a reason why the cameras were still off. Allah bless you.

**[28:29]** JazakAllah khair for your valuable insight. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow you and all of us to accept, to be accepted and to attain the reward of Laylatul Qadr. Allahumma ameen. We got one minute, just 30 seconds each insha'Allah, like what's your take-home advice last four or five nights of Ramadan?

**[28:46]** You know subhanAllah, this you know where I was talking about the Qur'an and the greatness of the Qur'an, one thing that we should never lose sight of, Ramadan, how amazing it is, how it's full of mercy and full of barakah and full of closeness to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. This month is only this month because of the Qur'an.

**[29:06]** So this month is a reflection of the greatness of the Qur'an. And the Qur'an of course is for us the whole year, but especially in this month, we should be connecting to it because realize every beautiful thing about Ramadan is only here because of the Qur'an itself.

**[29:21]** And so we don't want to be people, like imagine you get invited to a party and you have no idea or occasion, you have no idea what it's for. So you walk into a funeral, but you think it's a birthday party. You walk into a birthday party, you think it's a funeral, right? We don't want to be in Ramadan.

**[29:39]** Birthday parties and funerals, man. Is that what happened when you walked into this, am I in the right place? I thought this was the right place at the wrong time.

**[29:58]** I'm good. I'm just thinking about it. You're still thinking about ET making adhan? ET making adhan. What's ET? People will look it up. Someone's going to AI it. AI ET.

**[30:13]** That's interesting. Making adhan. 30 for 30 session. JazakumAllah khair. We'll see you all tomorrow.

**[30:37]** you

## 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 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)
- [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)
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