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ASU UAM
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mamah
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a
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allahar alhamdulillah
mam for
all Praises are due to Allah subhanahu
wa'ta'ala we thank him we praise him and
we recognize that no matter how much we
praise him and no matter how much we
thank him it will never be equivalent to
that which is deserved and we ask Allah
subhanahu wa taala to send his peace and
blessings upon his messenger Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam his family
his companions and those that follow
until the day of judgment and we ask
Allah subhanahu wa taala to make us
amongst them and to join us with them in
the highest level of J in the
companionship
ofam and to make us amongst those who
witnessed the face of our lordel the
greatest Bounty that could ever be given
on a daily basis we ask Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala to Grant us that
pleasure dear brothers and
sisters as we sit here today in
this as every single lecture in every
single Islamic Gathering it's always the
case that you have a variety of people
all of us are sitting here together with
the intention of fulfilling our
obligation
of but at the same time within this very
room if there is 300 or 400 or 5 500
people here there is 800 or a thousand
thoughts that are going through our
heads and each person has come here with
a different mindset some of us are here
and we're still thinking about our jobs
we're still thinking about that that
which we left behind and that which we
will go to after Salat some of us are
here looking for a wow effect what's the
IM going to say this week what's going
to impress me this week what's going to
change my heart this week some of us are
just here because we have to be here
some of us put our D on the on the Shelf
with our shoes some of us have come here
and we are waiting for something to come
from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
completely change our hearts and dear
brothers and sisters I want us to
imagine the
ofam for a
moment wasallam would not stand on the
men and wow the sahab with some new fact
that they've never heard bring some sort
of you know idea or some sort of concept
that they've never heard of
before wasam did not come on the men and
come and and say something new to the
sahab in fact the Messenger s wasam
hisas were extremely precise hisas were
short and as the say most of it was
from and it was as Allah subhah wa tala
referred to it in the Quran nothing but
this
a reminder a reminder to the S and a
reminder in its nature is not something
that you've never heard before it's
something that reminds you of something
that you've heard before and it brings
out the best in you the hearts were
ready to receive it that's why in the
time
of wasallam although hisas were simple
and to the point and they were reminders
in their nature
as says whenever the sah would leave the
mid
after they would leave behind puddles
from their tears think about that for a
moment the same words that we started
off our with today more or
less were the same words
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that when he came from the physician so
it's not because he was someone who was
so simple-minded he was intelligent he
was the doctor of his tribe he was the
one
who would accept Islam on his hand cuz
he was from his
tribe he was someone who was at such a
class who belonged to such an
intellectual
group that the people from his tribe
were afraid that whenever he went and he
heard the words
of wasallam something might happen to
him they knew how intelligent he was but
this
man who was advis to ignore wasam to
place cotton in his ears to not listen
to a word that he said would accept
Islam based
on the same words that we start off
every single with that everyone looks at
the IM blankly when he's saying them
like okay when's he going to get to the
real topic it was the same words and
dear brothers and sisters this is what I
want to do today I want all of us to
think about this why is it that our
hearts do not have the capacity that the
hearts of the sahab had why is it that
our hearts do not reflect upon the Quran
the way that the sahabah reflected on
the Quran what is it about the words
that they were hearing that was
different from the words that we're
hearing except that it was from a
different mouth and it was from the most
honor honorable mouth of Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam but it was
the same words that they would hear
Friday every single Friday it was the
same Quran that we recite the same Quran
that we rush through that our hearts do
not become affected by at all it's the
same exact reminder it was nothing but
VI and in order to truly illustrate this
dear brothers and
sisters we go to the life
of and I know everyone has heard the
story
of and we all love
and your mid is named
after so I can't really tell you
anything new but the story
of illustrates something magnificent it
illustrates how one man if he does not
want to be moved can be as stubborn as
can be but once he allows himself to be
moved can be the most influential person
in the world and an unbelievable change
can take place in him the story
of's exposure to the Quran does not come
from the story of's exposure to Quran
comes way before that the same words we
recite was someone who was constantly
drunk we all know the story of
of someone who would bury his daughter
alive imagine how hard he had to be to
do that someone who was so deep in his
ignorance of Allah subhanahu waala that
when he reflects on his story of worship
before Allah he talks about when he used
to come to their version of H and he
didn't find a God so he takes dates and
he puts them on a palm on on a branch
and he puts that Branch together and he
starts to worship that and then he eats
his own God that's that's what was like
before Islam that's what the second most
influential person after the prophets in
our Dean was like that's what the man
whoam
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said that if there was to be a prophet
after me it would have been Omar was
like that's what the man who wasallam
says that there were people in the um
that came before you the Nations that
came before you that were spoken to by
the Angels they had some sort of
instinct that was magnificent that no
other people would have and if there is
anyone in my um that's like that it's
he was a person who used to get drunk
every single night do away with his
every single night his intellect every
single night and the only time that he
would consider worship is whenever he
had no one to get drunk with when he
looks for people to get drunk with him
and he finds that his buddies are not
there he says well you know what let me
go consider some right now let me go
consider an act of worship let me go to
the Kaa and do some some TA or something
like that I don't have anything to get
drunk with tonight the same way that we
think if there's a Lakers game I don't
think the Masjid is as full as it is
when there isn't a Lakers game or for
for the older generation when Cricket's
going on although everyone's awake at
4:00 in the morning Salat I'm sure is
not as packed as it should be but you
know what when there is no cricket and
there is no Lakers game let's go to the
Masjid let's benefit let's do some so we
can feel good about ourselves it's not
priority but let's Infuse some in there
so decides to go to the
KA and this is where he
finds alone reciting Quran in the middle
of the night what a perfect opportunity
to do away with him sallallah alaihi
wasallam but you know what he's
curious I wonder what he's reciting so
he says that I crept under the cloth of
the Kaa and I went around the ca to
where s Al wasallam was reciting until I
was face to face with him Subhan Allah
think about this I was face to face with
him the only thing between them was that
thin cloth of the KA and I was listening
to the words that he was reciting this
is his first exposure to Quran what is
wasallam
reciting and he's listening to these
beautiful
words but you know what his heart
doesn't have the capacity to accept
these words yet so he says he must be a
poet he must be a poet these words are
too incredible he must be a poet he
didn't think to himself this must be
Revelation he must be a poet
then wasam
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recited these are not the words of a
poet little do you
believe so he's astonished and he says
well in that case he must be a suser how
does he know what I'm thinking he's
reading my thoughts this can't possibly
be Revelation he must be a Suiter
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and these are not the words of a suser
either little do you
remember but these are the this is the
Revelation from the most high what is
his response the first time he got sick
he was so affected that he got sick that
he went to his house and he was
confused what is it that just happened
but the way he reacts to his confusion
the first time is not that let me
consider that this might be Revelation
he says you know what this whole thing
is getting me so bundled up inside let
me just go
kill wasallam if I kill him I won't be
confused anymore Subhan Allah look at
his mindset his
mentality and we all know what happens
there and I'm going to fast forward a
bit to the second exposure of
to
thean after he realizes how Reckless of
a person he is when he slaps his own
sister when he has beaten a noble man
and he sees the blood from his own
sister and he realizes that this is not
something that's befitting of a man and
he says let me read what you guys are
reading this time he has the
capacity this time he wants to read and
he opens the he reads from that Quran
from that sheet
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listen to how beautiful these words
are we did not reveal this Quran on
you to cause you
distress except for a person a
reminder for a person at this point who
has the capacity at this point who has
some fear of Allah at this point has
some
humility this is a revelation from the
one who created the heavens and the
Earth and everything that is in between
them the most merciful ascended the
throne everything around us the heavens
and the Earth and everything that is
within and between belongs to
Alman and
Subhan from that moment on you have a
man who's willing to go
toam who not only is considering this
might be Revelation although I want you
to really think about this dear brothers
and sisters which one was a more
powerful experience think about this is
a
beautiful but if I'm standing in front
of a person who's responding to all of
my thoughts that's a more powerful
experience
than but listen to his reaction this
time he goes
to wasallam and he wants to take this
Dean out to the public
asdah says the Islam of Omar was a
victory for this Dean the Islam of Omar
was was honor and glory and he goes and
he's looking for people to Proclaim his
no new Faith to he's looking for Abu
jahal and he knocks on Abu jal's door
I'm a Muslim now and Abu jahal tells him
something that I really can't mention in
the I guess right may Allah curse you
may your lord curse you and he's looking
for someone to Spill the the news he's
looking for the Fox News and the CNN and
all these people of Mecca now so that
they can get the word out so he can
stand firm on his faith although this
experience was not as powerful as the
first one in a matter of 24 hours
Omar had completely taken this Dean and
his own spirituality to a new level
and Islam was being proclaimed in the
streets of Mecca and he was fighting for
it and he was sacrificing for it what's
the difference dear brothers and sisters
the second time around his his heart had
the capacity to accept that which was
being recited
as says
in a matter of a
moment just a few words
of and he was more
beautiful than the sun whenever the sun
has risen and he was more beautiful than
the full moon he was clearer in his
Islam than the full moon he lit this um
up he brought this um to its
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Glory entered into paradise and he
greeted and it greeted him but it all
came from a few words but his heart had
the capacity to accept it now I want you
to think about these two incidents and
the incident
of and consider this one Ayah from the
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Quran don't they contemplate the Quran
or are their hearts
locked are their hearts locked and I
want you to think very very profoundly
about the difference between those men
and us and the difference between Omar
part one and Omar part
two if you are already reading the Quran
and you don't have the capacity to
listen to what the Quran is telling you
you don't have the capacity to listen
to these words are nothing to you these
words are routine for you then there's a
problem there and many of will sit and
think why is it that the Quran doesn't
affect me many of us complain all of us
have this problem we're definitely not
like the where we leave the mass then we
put tears all over the place we're
definitely not like that and we all
complain we're all sad about this if
you're not sad that's even a greater
indication that you need to be scared
we're all sad over this how come I
cannot have the same amount of as those
men why doesn't my heart get affected
like them because if you read the Quran
dear brothers and sisters and if you
listen to the if you listen to all these
words praising Allah subhanahu wa taala
if your heart does not have the capacity
to absorb it if your heart is already
full of something else other than Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala if your heart has
holes in it from the sins that you've
committed there is no way that you're
going to be able to accept it the way
that those men accepted it and Allah
tells us very very very in a very
profound manner the reason why the kufar
did not want to listen to the Quran the
reason why the Quran had no effect on
the
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Quran if you recite the ayat of Allah on
them
means to reject kuur means to reject
kuur means to conceal they were
concealing the truth they were
concealing everything that they knew to
be true they said to the truth when it
came to them and this is not the
traditional way of composing a sentence
but Allah already mentioned their
attribute of kuur before he mentioned
why they were rejecting the
Quran they said whenever the truth came
to
them they're constantly making excuses
up he made this all up why is it that
Allah is saying that this is their
problem cuz Allah also tells us whenever
the aat are recited upon
them there is a stain on their hearts
their heart s are covered because of
that which they used to do and they
already had an ulterior motive they
already had an agenda to reject the
Quran when you read the Quran dear
brothers and sisters are you ready to
accept what it tells you are you ready
to accept its rulings are you ready to
do as it tells you to do or are you
reading it already with some hesitation
I want to read because it makes me feel
good I want to read one of the nice
suras that don't talk about hell too
much you know I'm not too comfortable
with that one's not Progressive enough
for me you're already reading it with a
motive to push it away and you wonder
why it's not affecting your heart and
the second thing dear brothers and
sisters how many sins have you committed
that already blacken your heart so that
you cannot appreciate what's being said
how do you expect Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala
to allow you to absorb this gift of the
Quran when whenever you came to the
Masjid you were involved in Haram and
when you leave the Masid you're involved
in Haram how do we expect Allah
subhanahu wa taala to grant us this
beautiful gift when we have already
convinced ourselves that whenever we
leave this Masjid I'm going to text
message someone I shouldn't be text
messaging in the first place I'm
involved in a Haram relationship my
money is Haram I'm already planning the
sins for today while I'm in the what's
my sin going to be today how can we
expect Allah subhana wa tala to
Enlighten our hearts and illuminate our
hearts when we've already filled it with
so much garbage and junk when we are
disobedient to our parents when we are
oppressive towards our
families how can we expect these things
to happen so before you can accept the
Quran before I can accept the Quran
before we can be brought to Tears by it
before we can accept it our heart has to
have the capacity or else we're nothing
more than Omar number one with a nice
cover we ask Allah subhanahu wa tala to
make us amongst those who recite the aat
of Allah and who are affected by them
and who do as are commanded from Allah
sub and the
messenger alhamd
s dear brothers and sisters as I move on
to the Salah I just want to mention one
more incident
with because this is an incident that
truly puts us all to
shame imagine this sitting and this
Gathering and may Allah be pleased with
them all and they're reflecting on the
torture that they used to go through for
the sake of Allah subhanahu wa taala now
they're sitting at the Times where Islam
has reached its peak they're reflecting
on the days that they used to be
harm showing his back his skinless
back because his master used to pour the
coal down his
back reflecting on the torture that he
went through
and
asks a very simple question he says yeah
when they were torturing you I want you
to think about this how did bil hear
Islam bil heard Islam B accepted Islam
on the basis of the attacks on Al
wasallam not hearing a word from the
Messenger s wasallam himself not hearing
a single Ayah or letter of Quran not
hearing a single Hadith not hearing a
she YF Estus or IM s or someone who's
going to you know all of a sudden
Enlighten them he didn't hear any of
that it's literally like someone sitting
in his house watching Fox News or
watching whatever that Council woman's
name is that was attack debah PA
attacking Islam and saying wow I want to
be Muslim and I'm ready to die for it
it's something that doesn't make much
sense but is ready to die for it
and asks him a simple
question how come when you were being
tortured the only thing you were saying
was one
one you know what he
says he
says had I known anything other than
then I would have said
it Subhan Allah think about how powerful
of a statement that is we recite all the
time all he knew was one God one God one
God and that was enough for him to ready
to be ready to die for his de we have
people coming all over the world people
that are accepting Islam we have sister
Lauren boo who's coming Tony Blair's
sister-in-law there's the banket
tomorrow that she's going to be at you
have all of these different people
coming to Islam you have people that are
brought to Tears by
muhamed in my own Masjid I saw with my
own two eyes a young sister who was so
overcome by tears that she could not
even pronounce the shahada and a
65-year-old woman crying after that and
saying I've been
saying my entire life and I never once
cried over it what's the difference
between me and her the capacity of the
heart is different dear brothers and
sisters eliminate the poisons that are
not allowing you to appreciate this
Quran and eliminate all of those things
the ulterior motives that cause you to
be hesitant when reciting certain
chapters of the Quran we ask Allah
subhanahu wa'ta'ala to make us from
Quran we ask Allah subhana wa tala to
bless us with the capacity to appreciate
the Quran and we ask Allah subhana tala
to raise us on the day of judgment
reciting his words and
saying Muhammed we ask Allah subhana
that those are our last words in this we
live by it and we die by it
Allah for