# Juz 29: Your Spiritual Report Card  | Dr. Nazir Khan

**Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman
**Series:** Qur’an 30 for 30 | Season 7
**Published:** 2026-03-18
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/u6CXUeQ-goY
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-juz-29
**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 Dr. Nazir Khan’s book on Surah al-Fatihah
- 4:36 Al-Fattah and advocating for Gaza
- 6:12 Overview of Juz 29
- 12:11 Your book of deeds on the Day of Judgment
- 14:23 Hold yourself to account before you’re held accountable
- 16:26 Have you duly recognized Allah’s greatness?
- 23:40 Healthy guilt
- 26:23 Do you see your sins as a fly or a mountain?

## Transcript
**[0:00]** When you regard Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as great, no challenge is insurmountable. No outcome is improbable. Anything can happen by the will of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and you focus on whatever deeds you can do to earn Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's pleasure.

**[0:19]** The believer sees the sin as a mountain about to crush him, whereas the hypocrite or the disbeliever sees it like a bug or a mosquito just shoot away, like on the nose, doesn't really bother me, you know. And then you're confronted on the Day of Judgment with those deeds and like, whoa, this was a big deal.

**[0:36]** Hold yourself accountable by weighing your deeds. And Ramadan, insha'Allah, can serve as a catalyst for all of us for some new deed to do and some bad deed to leave off. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, everyone.

**[0:52]** Welcome back to Qur'an 30 for 30. We are in Juz 29 now. We are right at the end of Ramadan, the last of the odd nights. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala accept from all of you, all of us, may Allah azza wa jal grant us the reward of Ramadan, the reward of Laylatul Qadr.

**[1:08]** Allahumma ameen. A reminder to all of you, insha'Allah ta'ala, tonight could very well be Laylatul Qadr. This is maybe your last chance to really weigh in with your good deeds, insha'Allah ta'ala, as much as you can. And bid the night away. We hope that of those good deeds will be to support the work of Yaqeen, insha'Allah ta'ala,

**[1:23]** to continue reaching people around the world with no financial barrier whatsoever, insha'Allah ta'ala, to invest in people's connection to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So even if you've donated already, donate again if you can. Bid the night away. Make Yaqeen one of your good deeds, insha'Allah ta'ala, as well as all of the great causes that you could be donating to.

**[1:41]** Alhamdulillah wa ameen. We are blessed to have with us Dr. Nader Khan. How are you, Sheikh? I'm good, alhamdulillah. We have the book that you wrote, which subhanAllah, I'm not exaggerating, this book, the amount of feedback that I've gotten from it across the board is so profound

**[1:58]** because it's not just academics that connect to it. What I love about this book, The Straight Path, is it takes Surat al-Fatihah, you think about Qur'an 30 for 30, it takes Surat al-Fatihah and then breaks down every modern ideology, or many of the modern ideologies, right, through Surat al-Fatihah.

**[2:14]** Masha'Allah. It kind of just, not only reaffirms your belief in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the Qur'an itself as the ultimate truth, but it really guides you in the most relevant of ways through the major ideologies of the day and the isms and how Allah azza wa jal handles those. I know you put a lot of heart and soul into this book, alhamdulillah,

**[2:32]** and enlightenment is not some elitist concept in Islam, right? Anyone can connect with this, and that's the beauty of it, the Qur'an, anyone can connect with it. And just like sometimes you don't know, you can't name the isms, you can't name the ideologies that are all around you, but you're being affected by them,

**[2:49]** sometimes you can't go deep into the tafsir of the Qur'an, but if you're connecting with it from a place of tadabbur and reflection, you can withstand the impact. So this is a very, I don't want to say high level in the sense of inaccessible, because it's not inaccessible, but it puts the ideas of the Qur'an in conversation

**[3:10]** and then in domination of all the ideas that are out there in the public realm. So can you tell us a little bit about this book, insha'Allah ta'ala, how long did it take you to write it? Two weeks, three weeks? Jazakallah khair, Sheikh, for your comments and feedback.

**[3:25]** So, subhanAllah, the journey with this book, I was giving a number of lectures and workshops on Islam and modern ideologies, modern isms, because university students are finding that these different things are affecting them, liberalism, secularism, atheism, materialism, and then we need to have our Islamic framework of how we respond to that,

**[3:43]** and our Islamic worldview, we need to understand it. And so I was asked the question of, well, what resources do you recommend on this topic? And I told people, well, I'm summarizing from so many different sources, I'm not aware of a resource, and that's what gave me the motivation

**[4:00]** to put the time in and actually create something. And I thought, if I'm going to do a Qur'anic framework with dealing with this, it's all there in Surat al-Fatihah. And the amazing thing about Surat al-Fatihah, everybody knows Surat al-Fatihah, we recite it 17 times a day, and yet it has this inexhaustible moral guidance within it,

**[4:21]** like scholars have written books on Surat al-Fatihah, they've talked about how Surat al-Fatihah gives us a lens to respond to every form of confusion and misguidance. And what really gave me the impetus to kind of complete the book, because you asked how long it took me to do it,

**[4:37]** SubhanAllah, when the genocide in Gaza began, and people were talking about how the mask has fallen, we see the reality of these ideologies, we see how they've contributed to the moral deterioration of our world, we're witnessing a crisis of humanity,

**[4:52]** that's when it became so clear, we need to go back to our Islamic values and the Qur'anic guidance. So I completed it in Ramadan, the two Ramadans previous, but alhamdulillah it's finally now in printed form. Alhamdulillah.

**[5:07]** So you can look up The Straight Path, How Surat al-Fatihah Addresses Modern Ideologies, insha'Allah I will put it as well in the description, so people can go straight to it, bid'na naitana, and access it, may Allah reward you. Two really quick things, we've got to get into the juz, but what's your favorite name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in this moment?

**[5:24]** The name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that I always reflect on is Al-Fattah, the name that is the Opener, and one of the things that I always derive from this name is, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gives us openings and opportunities in every single moment of our lives,

**[5:39]** to come closer to Him, and when the believer puts their trust in Al-Fattah, they'll always be victorious. SubhanAllah, I think that was Dr. Jinan's too, right? SubhanAllah, Al-Fattah, amazing. The last thing before we get started insha'Allah,

**[5:55]** can you, if you're comfortable, talk about your mom's contribution to Gaza, the work on Gaza, because I feel like that's actually amazing, may Allah bless her. SubhanAllah, my parents have been my role model from the start, and everything that I've internalized about how iman is qawlun wa amal,

**[6:10]** it's statements and actions, I've internalized that from the upbringing that I received from my parents, my mom, raising me as a child, always emphasized that, Islam has to be something that applies to our actions as well,

**[6:25]** and throughout the genocide in Gaza, she's used her platform as a medical professor, as somebody who is involved on the front lines of research in healthcare, using that to start talking about, hey, why are we not talking about the destruction of the healthcare system in Gaza?

**[6:43]** Why are we not talking about sending aid to Gaza? Why is that political pressure on people in government? Allah bless you. May Allah preserve them and reward them, and make you one of their good deeds. Allahumma ameen. So alhamdulillah, we're in Juz Tabarak, we're in Juz 29.

**[6:59]** To summarize these shorter ajza' in terms of the shorter surahs is very hard. Obviously, we know it starts with Surat al-Mulk, and it goes to al-Mursalat, but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala opens up this juz with, He declares that in His hand is all dominion,

**[7:17]** blessed is He in whose hand is all dominion, and He has power over all things. Al-Qadir is not in response to a specific, but it's indicative of the whole. One of the blessings, or one of the gems that the ulama mention of tafsir,

**[7:32]** is that when Allah azza wa jal uses al-qadir, He's usually responding to a specific claim. Like in this juz as well, Surat al-Qiyamah, alaysa dhalika biqadirin ala an yuhya al-mawta. Isn't He able to give life to the dead?

**[7:47]** Here, Allah has power over all things, and the most obvious thing that only God can do, is give life and death. rabbi alladhi yuhyi wa yumit. What Ibrahim alayhi salam said, He's the one who gives life and death.

**[8:02]** And so Allah azza wa jal says, alladhi khalaqa al-mawta wal-hayata liyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu amala. He's the one who created life and death, why? The purpose of life and death is to test you, to see who will put forth the best deeds. That's the whole purpose. The purpose of life was not life,

**[8:18]** the purpose of death is not death. The purpose is to put you through the test. You come into this realm for the short period of time, you have your deeds, Allah azza wa jal knows, is acquainted, with what's happening within that creation. ala ya'lamu man khalaqa wa huwa al-latiful khabir.

**[8:35]** He knows who He created, He knows their motives, He knows their intentions, He knows the deeds that they do. Allah azza wa jal is very well acquainted. And at the same time, this was your purpose. And subhanAllah, you'll find that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, as He sort of lays out this foundation in this juz,

**[8:53]** that He created everything, all dominion belongs to Him. And of the things that He created were life and death, so that He could see your deeds. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then starts to mention the calling of the higher self,

**[9:08]** and those that responded to the lower self, and ended up with their consequences. So just a few things that came to mind as I was going through this juz. You have Surat al-Ma'arij, right? And Allah azza wa jal mentions, minallahi dhil ma'arij, right?

**[9:24]** Which is a very hard verse to translate, to Allah azza wa jal belong, the ascending ways. I always tell people like the easiest way to have an association, isra wal mi'raj, right? So that way you don't forget the ascension. So to Allah belong the ascending ways. When you think about like the last 10 nights of Ramadan,

**[9:40]** you're trying to put forth your deeds. You're trying to have your deeds ascend to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. The angels are descending and ascending with your deeds, carrying them to Allah azza wa jal, carrying your mention, carrying your remembrance. That's one of the fawa'id of this verse.

**[9:55]** This verse alone could be the whole episode, right? minallahi dhil ma'arij. But the idea of things going up, what are you sending up to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala while you're here? And one of the things subhanAllah I was just thinking about is like, then it comes to al-haqqah, the reality, the reality. And this is actually incredible,

**[10:11]** if you think about it. Allah azza wa jal says, He brought you here, gave you life and death. And He was acquainted with everything that you were doing and everything that you thought you were doing and all of your motives and all of your intentions and everything in between. You're here for the short period of time. You have these ascending ways.

**[10:26]** Like think of the visual of ladders that have been sent down, ropes, that have been sent down, right? It's all being sent down, now ascend, ascend with your deeds. Al-haqqah is now consequence, right? Al-haqqah brings you to the other side of that, right?

**[10:42]** And it starts off with, like big picture, Thamud and Aad and those oppressing peoples, they denied this reality. But then what it comes down to, subhanAllah, this is one of the most elaborate

**[10:59]** and poetic portions of the Qur'an where Allah azza wa jal mentions, Those who are granted their books in their right hands and those that are granted their books in their left hand behind their back,

**[11:14]** chained behind their back. And the shame of the ones that received their books in their left hand and behind their back and the celebration, the relief, the joy of those who now see the deeds that they were sending up and then in their books in their right hands.

**[11:29]** So like one thing I was thinking about, subhanAllah, like what will your Ramadan in your book look like? What will the deeds you're sending up right now look like on your scroll? How beautiful do you think the page will be? The qiyam that you're praying,

**[11:44]** the Qur'an that you're reading, how will it look with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala who writes down everything and He's generous to those that are trying. And so He extols these small deeds and magnifies them. What does that look like on your page? Right now you have these ascending ways

**[12:00]** to Allah azza wa jal, alladhi biyadihil mulk, to Him who belongs all dominion. And then you'll have that moment where you get to go and you're either celebrating, enjoy, this is it,

**[12:15]** this is my Laylatul Qadr this year, this is my Ramadan this year, this is my Qur'an this year. Or you have that shame behind your back and Allah azza wa jal was always acquainted the entire time. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala brings you back to life and He will bring back those deeds. wajadu ma'amilu hadhira

**[12:31]** He will bring back those deeds to where they are present in front of you, replay. How do you deal with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala who is able, who is in control, who is recording, and may Allah azza wa jal make our reality, our haqqah, to be a good reality on the Day of Judgment.

**[12:46]** Allahumma ameen. So I want to open it up Sheikh Abdullah and Sheikh Nader to kind of give us your thoughts on the overview of the juz and then we'll go into insha'Allah ta'ala the specific section for tonight. Yes, subhanAllah. A lot of these scenes that are painted you know from Ma'arij and Al-Haqqah. Ya'ni ta'ruju al-mala'ikatu

**[13:02]** wa al-ruhu ilayhi fi yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamsina alfa sana the angels and the spirit being Jibril. Ya'ni it will go up to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the time frame is that which lam yakun fi husbanina ya'ni it's not going to be with our immediate perception of time. I mean Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

**[13:17]** even talks about time. It's not what you would think it is. It's far beyond your perception and your control of thought when it comes to what the reality will be on that day. Allah is painting that picture for you and also the fact that there will be people that did not act accordingly.

**[13:33]** You know the people that did not they acted in disobedience to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So you think about the fact of okay all this punishment will take place from al-Malik you know from the owner or the king. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as was mentioned previously Dr. Jinnah was mentioning how he's al-Muhaymin

**[13:49]** the one that has authority but you would think his mulk and his dominion and his power and his greatness that we will talk about his 'adamah right his magnificence that there may be some form of oppression if we were to do qiyas on creation but the Creator is a different reality.

**[14:04]** And that's all when you know Allah mentioned his names in the previous juz mentioning all of these names is for us to think that he is far beyond his creation. So when he talks about the unseen that which will eventually be seen and encountered that's where subhanAllah particularly in this month of Ramadan

**[14:19]** I mean when you're reciting Surah al-Fatihah you're saying maliki yawm al-deen this yawm al-deen this day that will take place you know as some mention al-deen who ordained Allah has given you all of these favors and with these favors what are you going to do with these favors

**[14:34]** because there will be a day where you have to read that book and hopefully the 'afuw of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Allahumma anta 'afuwwun karim tuhibbu al-'afwa fa'fu 'anna this is the du'a that we will make in the last 10 days of Ramadan you know with the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam we will make Allah you are the one that pardons you pardon from the sins that we may have committed so when it comes to this

**[14:52]** beautiful day of Ramadan and hopefully if it's Laylat al-Qadr this night or these last 10 nights that we may look for the last 10 moments that we may look for that allow a pardon us to where that day comes and we read our book we think of these unseen times and that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgives us for any of our shortcomings inshallah the thing that came to mind just listening to what both

**[15:11]** of you shared is the connection that runs throughout this juz between theology and ethics right our relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and our relationship with the creation of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so you think about for example in Surat Al-Qalam right the story of the people going to their

**[15:31]** garden right and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is mentioning what what are they saying la yadkhulannaha al-yawma 'alaykum miskeen right don't let any poor person enter in upon you we have this wealth but we don't want to share with others you think about the qualities that are mentioned in Surat Al-Ma'arij of

**[15:48]** the believers yes there's the salah that's mentioned the connection with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala but also walladheena fee amwalihim haqqun ma'loom li sa'ili wal mahroom those in whose wealth there is a known right for the beggar the one who is deprived and subhanAllah the other thing that's

**[16:06]** connected with this is you know the theology ethics connection we find in Surat Al-Qiyamah right right at the beginning la uqsimu bi yawm al-qiyamah wa la uqsimu bin nafs al-lawwamah I always used to think about this what's the connection between these two things I swear nay I swear by the day of

**[16:24]** judgment and I swear by the soul that blames itself the self-reproaching soul what's the connection between these two the day of judgment is the external court on the you know on that day when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will judge each and every human being based on how they follow the guidance of Allah

**[16:40]** subhanahu wa ta'ala based on how they upheld the rights of Allah and the rights of his creation so the consequence of that what does that theology lead us to we need to undergo that ethical introspection wa la uqsimu bin nafs al-lawwamah we need to have that internal courthouse so

**[16:56]** 'Umar ibn al-Khattab radiyAllahu 'anhu in his statement hasibu anfusakum qabla an tuhasibu right hold yourself to account before your held to account on the day of judgment before your hisab is done on the day of judgment hold yourself to account in this world so I'm gonna actually let's

**[17:12]** stick to that point inshallah but in the context of Surat Al-Haqqah which is an amazing subhan Allah connection with Allah's name al-'Azim the great the greatest the Almighty of course I'm sure you can speak to that inshallah what this name actually suggests here but in the context of describing the

**[17:30]** punishment of those who are given their record in their left hand Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions innahu kana la yu'minu billahi al-'Azim that really they never had faith in Allah al-'Azim at the end of the surah fasabbih bismi rabbika al- 'Azim so glorify the name of your Lord al-'Azim so what is the connection here

**[17:47]** why is greatness being mentioned here in this context yeah subhan Allah the name al-'Azim is a very profound and comprehensive name if you think about it this is also the name that appears at the end of ayat al-kursi right wa huwa al-'aliyy al-'Azim the most high the most great al-'Azim is the one who is the

**[18:08]** greatest the incomparably magnificent the powerful the supreme and this is a name that is descriptive of all of Allah's beautiful names and attributes but it's also an important theological foundation for us as believers now in this verse that you highlighted from Surat Al-Haqqah it's

**[18:27]** so interesting because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala could have just said about the person who receives the record in their left hand you know innahu kana la yu'minu billah right he didn't believe in Allah subhan ta'ala why is the name al-'Azim attached to this he didn't believe in Allah subhan ta'ala al-'Azim

**[18:45]** and what I want to point out is that this concept of ta'zim of regarding something as great this sits at the root of the difference between guidance and misguidance the difference between iman and kufr you know faith and disbelief

**[19:02]** it's not a question of you know how many deductive proofs for God's existence have you memorized what philosophical riddle have you solved to know about God's existence the difference is what have you regarded as great in your life do you regard as great and internalize the understanding of Allah subhan ta'ala's

**[19:22]** greatness and everything in the world around you points you back to the greatness of Allah subhan ta'ala or is if you don't make ta'zim of Allah subhan ta'ala what are you making ta'zim of are you making ta'zim of your nafs your ego your desires are you making ta'zim of the entertainment

**[19:39]** industry the icons of the entertainment industry celebrity worship social media influencers social media likes you know fame popularity power wealth all these different things that people make ta'zim of so the problem of people

**[19:56]** choosing kufr it's not a cognitive deficit it's not an intellectual puzzle it is an ethical failure that comes from a spiritual failure that comes from this inability this refusal this moral refusal to appreciate and internalize

**[20:14]** the greatness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and you know that has so many different ramifications subhanAllah when you think about that aspect we talked about theology and ethics again in this verse you see those two paralleled right so the one who recognizes the greatness of Allah subhan ta'ala well how does

**[20:34]** that transform them as an individual versus the one who makes ta'zim of themselves right Allah subhan ta'ala follows that up with wa la yahuddu 'ala ta'am al-miskeen they don't even encourage the feeding of the poor because the poor is someone that you don't expect any benefit from so if

**[20:52]** you structure your worldview around gratification of your desires around pursuing pleasure there's no motivation there's no incentive to do something that is you know all of this kind of moral duty seem irrelevant to people and that's why you know when we talk about the genocide in Gaza right that's why

**[21:10]** people have this moral apathy it's like hey I'm just here to live my life to enjoy my life with and entertainment if I see this I just scroll past I see a headline I just turn the page I see a news report I change the channel why do people have that attitude because they've been conditioned by this

**[21:28]** hedonism they've been conditioned by this you know egotism making ta'zim of things that are not worthy of your ta'zim and so this moral foundation that we get from regarding Allah subhan ta'ala as the greatest it puts

**[21:43]** everything into perspective in our lives and that's why throughout the Qur'an you know we see other things that the believer is able to appreciate as great because of their iman and Allah subhan ta'ala's greatness right the day of judgment mentions Surat Al-Haqqah itself elsewhere in the Qur'an Allah subhan ta'ala says yawma yaqumu al-nas li rabbi al-'alamin the day that the great day the day when

**[22:05]** people will stand before Allah subhan ta'ala on the day of judgment so that's the immediate you know lesson that we take from those verses but you know even beyond the ethical transformation the spiritual transformation when you regard Allah subhan ta'ala as great no challenge is insurmountable no outcome

**[22:26]** is improbable anything can happen by the will of Allah subhan ta'ala and you focus on whatever deeds you can do to earn Allah subhan ta'ala's pleasure and that's why in times of calamity the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam taught us to say la ilaha illallah al-'Azim al-Halim right there's none worthy of

**[22:44]** worship except Allah subhan ta'ala the greatest al-'Azim al-Halim the one who's most forbearing because of his greatness he can save us and rescue us from any difficulty and because of his hilm his forbearance he cares about us has the

**[23:00]** concern for us in spite of all our shortcomings in spite of all our deficiencies so subhan Allah that is one aspect that ties it together you know the other thing that I wanted to mention you talked about that scene that this comes in in the context of people receiving their records on the

**[23:16]** Day of Judgment whenever I hear this verse being recited about the believer receiving their record in their right hand and they say haa u muqra'u kitabiya I always remember something I heard 20 years ago from Shaykh Muhammad Sharif Allah yarhamuh he

**[23:32]** had this captivating way of giving these examples and I remember he was standing there and he was saying you know just like a kid coming home with their report card right a kid has that excitement and they're like you know look at my report card look at my grades he said imagine on the Day of Judgment you're coming

**[23:49]** home you're coming back to your family and you're saying haa u muqra'u kitabiya and I can just remember his smile as he's explaining that example and I was just thinking subhan Allah like may Allah subhan ta'ala give us the opportunity to see him you know in that position that you know saying haa u muqra'u kitabiya on

**[24:08]** that day and subhan Allah the record of people's deeds Allah subhan ta'ala shows us you know role models in so many different ways and it's just something that may Allah subhan ta'ala enable us you know to be in that position of receiving the record in the right hand on the Day of Judgment yeah may Allah

**[24:25]** have mercy on him this the 'adhamah of Allah subhan ta'ala when mentioning you know I think Ibn al-Qayyim mentions in Al-Wabil al-Sayyib which can translate as the invocations of God or shower of good honor says how he mentions from the istiqamah to the qalb

**[24:41]** from the uprightness of the heart is ta'zim al-amr wa al-nahy is magnifying the one that is legislated ordered and prohibited and that's very very important because we have to take a step back and say okay what do I hold as magnificent in my life to it that's my rubric when we look on the flip side of

**[24:58]** guilt shame guilt is when you you know go against your own ways and rules you feel guilty but really whose rules are you following to it you feel guilty in doing that thing sometimes there's a realm of fitrah yeah we feel bad for doing something but what about with do we feel bad for not praying for example

**[25:17]** whose rules are we really following even from an aspect of shame it's when you're not you know on a communal level you feel shame of doing something wrong because other people may deem it as wrong but when there's that shame feel that towards Allah subhan wa ta'ala that you're obeying because of the greatness

**[25:32]** of the shari'ah the greatness of the legislative system that he has given us how much are we following that where do we feel guilt in leaving that and abandoning that and that's what's important I mean even in the month of Ramadan Ramadan itself is a system that Allah subhan ta'ala has created for us is that guilt within leaving off certain aspects of it of those that may not be

**[25:52]** fasting Ramadan there's still an opportunity but recognizing the profound the profundity of leaving that off abandoning it because we may have preferred our desires ittaba'a hawahu when that prefers their desires because their desires as you mentioned hedonism

**[26:07]** just living and doing what you please and not fearing any consequence not even holding that yourself accountable in that regard that's what the statement of 'Umar radiyAllahu 'anhu is so beautiful hold yourselves accountable to who before you're held accountable by who when you constantly remember that he gives you

**[26:23]** the solution wa zinu a'malakum hold yourself accountable by weighing your deeds and Ramadan inshallah can serve as a catalyst for all of us for some new deed to do and some bad deed to leave off internally from the way that we think about Allah the way that we think about each other and

**[26:39]** then externally how we exemplify or act out that particular belief or worldview on certain aspects of our life so the name al-'Azim like you mentioned it's couched within all the names and attributes and recognizing the greatness of Him and constantly doing muhasabah reviewing ourselves and what we

**[26:56]** think and how we feel and our emotions and how that ties into what we view and what we do amazing like even the idea of magnifying your deeds extolling your deeds

**[27:12]** what you're talking about here that statement of 'Umar radiyAllahu 'anhu incredible way to put it this idea of the sin and belittling your sin the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam mentioned like not to belittle your sins and he gave this example of a person

**[27:28]** that is with a bunch of people and they're putting sticks into a fire until eventually the fire consumes them these small sticks and he also said don't belittle good deeds why because at the end of the day it's how great you see Allah so you see the sin as small because you don't see Allah in his

**[27:45]** greatness and so when al-Shafi'i rahimahullah says don't look at the smallness of your sins look at the greatness of the one that you've disobeyed then suddenly that sin gets extolled likewise with these good deeds don't look at the smallness of the good deed look at who you're doing it for the greatness of the one that you're doing it for so Ibn Mas'ud radiyAllahu 'anhu

**[28:03]** says in practical terms he says that the believer sees the sin as a mountain about to crush him whereas the hypocrite or the disbeliever sees it like a bug or mosquito just shoo away you know like on the nose doesn't really bother me you know and then you're confronted on the day of judgment with these like

**[28:20]** well this was a big deal right this was a big deed this was a big deal and half and this is the reality of these things because of who you're dealing with not just what you're dealing with so jazakum Allahu khayran for the beautiful reflections Dr. Nader it was a blessing to have you I just noticed by the way the book somehow I was I was looking at the cover but interestingly

**[28:39]** enough like you can't before I can't really see it on the camera but you got all the isms on the side and then you have al-sirat al-mustaqim pointing upwards right the straight path to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so all these isms are kind of disappearing on the side and that's truly been a light that mashallah

**[28:55]** right the ascending ways phenomenal creative work by the team actually within the book as well every chapter has a diagram summarizing and kind of graphically displaying us to rise above our lowly ways and may Allah grant us

**[29:13]** the best of deeds may Allah grant us the highest level of Firdaws with our beloved Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam jazakum Allahu khayran Dr. Nader it was a pleasure to have you jazakum Allahu khayran for the beautiful insights inshallah ta'ala y'all keep us in your du'a on this 29th night once again please do donate inshallah ta'ala if you haven't already

**[29:29]** wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh 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 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)
- [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)
- [TRAILER | Qur’an 30 for 30 Season 7 | Dr. Omar Suleiman and Sh. Abdullah Oduro](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-7/quran-30-for-30-season-7-trailer.md)