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remember just remember Allah sees it all
alhamd
all Praises due to Allah and may Allah's
peace and blessings be on the last
prophet Muhammad s. wasallam and on all
those who follow the path of
righteousness until the last
day I'd like to welcome you dear viewers
to another in our
Series in the names of
Allah this
series which helps the Believers to find
through the names of Allah ways to
worship
Him the names which were revealed for
our guidance for us to know who is
Allah to
be clearly on the right path these names
were revealed to us in the books of
Revelation and in the final Revelation
in particular in the
Quran it were revealed also on the lips
of the prophets but especially for us on
the lips of the last of the prophets
Muhammad sallallah alaihi
wasallam from these two sources we have
extracted names of Allah and in this
segment the 11th name aliz will be
looked
at Al a the
mighty which is mentioned some 92 times
in the
Quran one of the most commonly mentioned
names in Surah
Yin Allah says
there that is a decree of the almighty
the all knowing that's verse 38
just one example of
many the meaning of the word
aliz this name of Allah subhana wa
ta'ala is derived
from which means
power
strength
dominance relative to Allah it refers to
his ability to take revenge against his
enemies and the in ability of anyone or
anything to defeat
him it also
means that Allah cannot be forced to do
anything it is the description of
Allah's Essence and not his
act it's a description of Allah's
Essence and not his
act we mentioned
before that some of the descriptions are
description of Allah's Essence we
saidman this was a description of
Allah's
Essence was a description of Allah's
act his Essence is one of mercy of
infinite mercy and he is merciful to the
Believers that's
Al what we find when we look in the
Quran concerning this name aliz is that
Allah links it with other names most
often that you find it in the Quran it
is linked with another name the mighty
we find for
example Allah's power linked with his
Mercy in
Surah verse
9 indeed your lord is mighty and
merciful Allah has linked his might with
his
Mercy he is
mighty but while being mighty he is also
merciful in his
mightiness in being the
almighty he is Merc merciful in
it and at the same time in being the all
merciful he is mighty in that Mercy
he's not merciful
because he is not able to do otherwise
because you can find people who are
merciful because the forces around them
are too strong for them to resist so
they're
merciful but being
merciful when one is mighty when one
doesn't have to be merciful that is the
Perfection of
Mercy as it is the Perfection of Might
that one is merciful in the the might
because people may have that might but
when they have the might they're not
merciful they become merciless and their
might they become vicious and they
destroy and they crush and they
devastate because there is no mercy in
their might similarly we find Allah
linking with his might wisdom as in
Surah
verse
260 know that Allah is mighty and wise
he is wise in his might and his
mighty this quality of of Might and
mightiness he is wise he uses that might
wisely and this is a part of the
Perfection of the quality found in the
name aliz so Allah links that name with
other names to bring out other aspects
which
confirm the absolute
perfection of Allah's
might he is Al
aiz now in terms of the effect of this
name on the believer
first and
foremost it should encourage and give
courage to the
believer as well as
confidence
that Allah's commands cannot be
repelled whatever he
wishes will be even if people don't like
it and don't wish it and whatever he
doesn't wish will not be even if people
wish it and want
it this is the quality in aliz that we
have to be conscious of the might of
Allah that there is nothing greater than
him in this regards whatever he wishes
is going to
happen so it should give us confidence
to do the right thing to do as Allah has
commanded
and this we can see clearly in the
stories of the prophets for example if
we look into the story of prophet Musa
Prophet Moses Pharaoh tried to prevent
his existence by slaying all of the
children of the Israelites
newborn he received knowledge that a
child would be born amongst them who
would grow up and snatch away his own
power so to stop that he gave the
command to slaughter all of the newborn
Children of the
Israelites this was his attempt but
Allah did not permit
him instead Allah made him raise the
very child who would take his power away
from
him that is
disease
also look in the story of prophet
Yousef his half Brothers wanted to kill
him that would have been the end of
it but Allah had one of the half
Brothers say no don't kill him throw him
in the well
instead throw him in the well don't put
the blood on our own
hands so they threw him in a well and
from that well he came back ruling
over the stores of grain so much so
that the family had to come back to
him this is Allah Al
aiz there was no stopping him once he
had decided a thing nothing could repel
it similarly if we look into the life of
Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wasallam the qur tried to stop his
conveying of the message they tried
everything talk to his uncles try to
discourage him they offered him wealth
women
power boycotted
him but even when they boycotted him
trying to starve him and his clan the
hashimite
clan
Allah caused it to fell then they
gathered to kill
him and he escaped after he went to
Medina they still came after him the
Hypocrites of
Medina as along with the Jews
conspiring but Allah caused it all to
fail Mecca fell Mecca is conquered and
Islam spreads over Arabia and to the
rest of the
world Allah is aliz
the
mighty and this is what the believer
should
absorb should feel that might of Allah
tala in the world around him and give
him or her the courage to do the right
thing regardless of what is going on
because of course there are forces all
around us trying to prevent us from
doing what Allah has commanded in our
lives
whether it is people making
excuses or whether it is
parents
relatives Society trying to force and
enforce Customs which are against Islam
and we know they're against
Islam but we're try they're forcing us
to conform this gives us the courage not
to
conform to practice Islam which was
revealed to Prophet Muhammad sallallah
alaihi wasallam because this is where
success lies ultimately it lies in
practicing Islam as it was revealed not
Islam that we
inherit Customs
Traditions people uh have been doing it
for how
long that's not the real Islam because
those people that have been doing it
whether it's parents or grandparents
they didn't learn it from Prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam so
therefore it is on us to know what the
Real Islam is and then this name Al aiz
gives us the power the internal
confidence courage to stick with it and
do Islam as it was revealed to Prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam
1,000 400 years ago with that dear
viewers we're going to take a short
break and we'll be back after the break
to continue our reflection on the name
Al aiz the
mighty when you are weak and the road
seems long remember just remember seek
strength from the strong
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the Deeds are bound by its
intentions the Deeds that we do we have
to have a sincere intentions that we're
doing it only for the sake of Allah
subhana wa
tala we have the best definitions of
things the right Vision the criteria in
which we would get to know what is right
and what is wrong through the Quran and
the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu
alaihi
wasallam the T of the Quran
is to
explain is to interpret the best words
the words of Allah subhana wa
tala when you are weak and the road
seems long remember just remember seek
strength from the strong
alhamdulillah all praise is due to Allah
and may Allah's peace and blessings
beyond the last messenger of Allah we'
like to welcome you back from the break
uh from our program in the names of
Allah and in this segment of the program
we're looking at the name
aliz the
almighty prior to the break we were
looking at how this name should impact
on us and we said that it should give us
courage we should feel in that
name a sense of
empowerment to want to live Islam as it
is as we reflect into the lives of the
prophets and pro that of prophet
Muhammad s alh wasallam himself we see
Allah his might operating in their lives
in such a way that none of the forces
around that sought to stop those
prophets from fulfilling their mission
none of these forces were were capable
or able to stop them so even Prophet
Jesus for example the Jews conspired to
finish him off but they were
unable Allah lifted him up they could
not reach him and he's coming back as
one of the signs of the last day so that
is the Great of allaha in this attribute
of being
aliz
secondly understanding that Allah has
might and power over this life and the
next it means that the believer who
desires power influence might for
himself or
herself then they have to seek it from
the legitimate
Source because the source of power and
might is Allah subh
himself as Allah said in
Surah 10th
verse whoever desires might all might
belongs to Allah whoever desires might
all might belongs to Allah so it means
that in practical
terms we have to seek the might from
Allah through obeying
him because he gives this this is to
those who are closest to
him he might give it as a test to those
who are far from him but if we seek it
legitimately in a way that is going to
benefit us in this life and the next
then it must be through through the
legitimate channels and that is
through obeying Allah living lives which
are pleasing to Allah subhana
tala so with regards to seeking isza we
don't turn to illegitimate
sources some people rely on and depend
on the disbelievers to get Isa so
they compromise Islam and its teachings
for the sake of
pleasing their non-muslim allies but
this is not the way which we have been
commanded if we see in uh verse 139 of
Surah Allah says there
those do those who take the disbelievers
as allies instead of the believer seek
strength from them indeed all strength
belongs to Allah so this is the
legitimate source to turn to Islam to
turn to the Believers through practices
of Islam to get the might and the
strength for us to do Allah's work in
this world of course if we're seeking
that might and strength for corruption
that's a whole another
story then obviously one is not going to
turn to Allah because Allah is not going
to Grant if he does Grant it it is a
trial and a
punishment so Allah if we're seeking
power and strength for a good purpose
for the sake of Allah's pleasure we want
to do the right thing for the sake of
Allah Allah has put us in a position of
responsibility and power then we have to
know that the closer one comes to Allah
the more strength that one will gain
because those who are most pleasing to
Allah will be those who Allah supports
the most that is the natural consequence
that's the natural way and that's why
when Allah lists those who he has given
his Isa where the ISA is is to be found
he starts off with himself goes to the
messengers then to the Believers
inah verse eight Allah says
there but all might belongs to Allah to
his Messengers and to the Believers so
this is where the might
lies might in this world to do good to
do the right thing not might for
corruption and
destruction the third point or
principle that we can extract from this
attribute of Allah being the most Mighty
the
almighty is that belief in this Divine
name should lead the Believers to the
high moral characteristic
of what is known as AF that is excusing
others when one is in a position to take
one's rights or to take
revenge as Allah's might is
displayed by his not taking people to
account immediately if Allah will as he
said in different places in the Quran
were he to take people to account right
away there would not remain a living
thing on the face of the
Earth but Allah in his might
he gives people
time so some people are just given time
that they will meet the consequence of
the acts later and other people he has
just excused he let them
go this excusing of others when one is
in a position to take one's rightfully
this is what is known as
AF in Arabic which means a kind of
forgiveness
or uh a kind of you could say gentleness
with others this is among the high moral
characteristics which we are encouraged
to develop Prophet Muhammad Sall
wasallam had
said in an authentic
Hadith charity does not decrease wealth
and Allah only increases a servants
might for excusing
people furthermore Allah will Elevate
whoever humbles himself for
him that is the promise of Allah
that
one if he is excusing to
others when he's
able to take his
right
to take
revenge he excuses them then Allah
raises him elevates him in power and
might elevates him in the sight of
people and he's elevated in the sight of
allaha
like when Prophet Muhammad sallu alaihi
wasallam came into Mecca Mecca which had
driven him out he and his followers
tortured his
followers tried to kill him and
everything
else yet when he came back as the
Conqueror and Mecca fell without a
battle the meccans surrendered
fled and when he came into
Mecca and they were coming to him and
asking him what are you going to do with
us because what did the armies normally
do when the armies came in to a city or
a town which had resisted which had
fought and had killed members of that
Army then they wiped those people out
that's the norm decimate
them they didn't know what to
expect they were hoping for
ease and kindness and the prophet Salli
wasallam gave it to them saying you are
free he left them free to go they were
not forced to accept
Islam they were given a blank slate of
freedom to go their way that was AFU
that was a classical
example and that has been the
tradition of Muslims when they're
engaged
in battle Omar when he came into
Jerusalem after a
struggle Muslims had lost their lives
but when he came
in he let the people free free to
worship even when they wanted him to
pray in a part of one of the churches he
refused to do it so that in future time
that church wouldn't be destroyed to
establish a Muslim uh
presence he let the people go and when
Salah
came and took Jerusalem back from the
Crusaders Crusaders who when they
entered they slaughtered everybody
Muslims Christians and Jews they
slaughtered everybody because even the
Christians didn't practice the same
Christianity which they practiced so
they slaughtered them along with the
Muslims when Muslims conquered
Jerusalem they let the people go Salah
was magnanimous in his
victory that was the example left for
history that was the example the legacy
of magnam minity and this quality known
as AFU which the prophet Sall wasallam
held so high because really that is the
real display of Might when one has all
all of that might in his hands which he
could use to devastate but he holds it
back and he lets the people
go that is the
demonstration known from
al-aziz and that is Allah tala and
that's what we should learn that element
of that mighty name the almighty should
be reflected in our lives and in our
dealings with people around us whether
it's in our families with our children
at the workplace wherever we are we'll
find ourselves time and time again in
that position where we can take revenge
we can get back at people
retribution but the greater state is to
let them
go with that dear viewers we'd like to
thank you for being with us in this
program this episode of the series in
the names of
Allah and we hope that inshallah you
will continue to watch this program and
follow the series benefiting from it as
we have benefited in preparing
it with that I bid you
farewell when you are weak the road
seems long remember just remember seek
strength from the