And you're smart enough to have heard
about Zed bin Fav. You know very very
well why there's one version of the
Quran. I hope okay you know what man
did. Khalifman did.
This has been documented by who? That
that event actually took place.
I don't have the footnote on that one.
That's a good question Patrick. Um I can
get that for you though.
Once again you saw what he did. He went
right to his great miracle the book the
Quran. And he said, "Look at the Quran
is so much more reliable than the Bible
because the Bible has errors in it."
People of course call the gospel books
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Well,
they call them Matthew, Mark, Luke, and
John because we don't know who wrote
these books. And there's no point
calling them Sam, Fred, Jerry, and
Harry. I mean, they're they're written
by people. We don't know who they were
written by.
And the Quran doesn't. It's a perfect
book. Even if you burn every Quran on
earth, we will bring it back,
cover to cover,
page for page.
You're looking at one of the oldest
fragments of the Quran ever discovered.
When I was ready to talk about it, I
would only talk to I was explaining how
much respect I have for the faith of
Islam.
Welcome to the Dean Show. The Dean Show.
Asalam alaikum.
Greetings. How are you?
So, we're bringing on a expert in this
area of the Quran. Someone who's
dedicated their life to the Quran,
memorized the Quran. He's an expert of
exesus of the Quran, the taps of the
Quran. And you have someone out there uh
who's caught up in a lie.
I don't have the footnote on that one.
It's a good question, Patrick. in many
lies. And we're going to uh go ahead and
uh for this truth seekers out there,
we're going to clear up much of the um
misinformation.
Individual that did this. Is this the
person you were talking about, Zed?
Yes. Yes.
He has a big platform that he's on this
PBD podcast and he's a very well-known
preacher. And so he says that
Zahed bin Thabat did a great job
and yet there were different versions
that came out of it and the third Khalif
Khalif Uman
said Zahed bin Tabat I'm hiring you
we're going to destroy all these
variants of the Quran and you're going
to put together the one true Quran and
that's what Zed bin Taba did. So that's
why we have just one particular thing.
Khalif Oman, what he did was he
destroyed all the Qurans that disagreed
with the one that he chose. So he's got
his own that he chose and all these
other ones that are out there, they make
it see there's all these other versions.
And then
he he wants everyone to go by his. So he
destroys everything else. So he hires,
you know, pays Zadabin Thabit.
The the individual that did this. Is
this the person you were talking about?
Zed. So who was he?
He was a guy who Muhammad trusted
to go ahead and help him with this. He
all the different Qurans that were
identical and you have Zade to decide
what's the real thing now. So this is uh
how would you answer the sh
after I say that they get together and
they say yeah that it did happen that
way and so we we don't have an argument.
But I I should get the footnote. That's
a very good point Patrick.
First, it's very important to uh point
out that the Quran being the final
revelation from Allah subhana wa ta'ala,
the way that it's been compiled, it's
completely different than what human
beings they even perceive of how
compilation should be. It's the highest
level of preserving any book and there's
no like of it. There's no book on the
face of earth that has been compiled
like the Quran. When I'm saying the
highest level of authenticity because
it's in the hearts of men which is comes
before anything that is written if
someone would write anything uh you can
ask all kinds of questions what what's
the proof that this is really that
person wrote this but rather if it's in
the hearts of the people and this is how
the Quran when Allahh this is the speech
of Allah Allahh revealed it to the
prophetatam
the prophetatam whenever the revelation
comes he would recite recite the Quran.
He would recite it and the scribers they
were ordered to write what the prophetat
was recited. So the writing comes as a
secondary thing. The recitation is
what's first and this Quran was recited
in the salawat in the prayers whether
it's obligatory prayers optional prayers
the prophetatam
he would lead the salah with bakar and I
as one sahabi would pray behind the
prophetatam so it was not bits and
pieces verses that somebody might forget
or so many people of the sahab they
would memorize the Quran in their hearts
and this is what Allahh stated clearly
completely in the Quran,
but rather the ayat of the Quran, the
verses of the Quran are in the hearts,
in the breasts of men, the people of
knowledge. So this is how the the Quran
was revealed to the prophetat this is
how it was preserved. So it was already
preserved. Plus of course the fact that
Allah subhanaa says
we are the ones that would protect and
guard the Quran. When the prophetat
wasallam turned to Allahh died then at
the time of Abu Bakr this was the first
compilation physically as far as the
text is concerned this was not commanded
by the prophetatam
because really this is not a mandatory
thing because again it's in the hearts
of the people so but Abu Bakr he
collected the Quran to be in a text when
many people have been dying in the
battles and so on to make sure that even
that mean of making sure that everything
is preserved is to be written but not
that the Quran how it you know came to
the prophet was just in a form of a book
and people have to go to the book and
that's the only book that they finally
discovered that they would recite the
Quran it's already in their lives
they're implementing it they're reciting
it and they would so many narrations so
the companions of reciting the Quran in
their homes they would finish it was
well well known among the companions of
the prophetat wasallam that they would
finish reciting recitation of the Quran
every seven days.
Every seven days.
This is a well-known
as they call it where a person would
recite the Quran from the beginning to
the end.
The entire book by without a without a
book without a book by heart. This is an
oral tradition
right or if someone wants to read from
it they would read but this is was as
they call it this isma that is well
known not by one individual. Even us as
Muslims when someone askked how long I
should recite the Quran it's one month
two month. If someone is able to recite
the Quran, they would say one month is
good, two months is max as some of the
he said. But when they talk about this
subject, they say that the companions of
it was well known among them that they
would finish the recitation of the Quran
every seven days. So something like this
during the life of the prophetat
there's no significance of of writing it
down having as a as a text. There's no
like of the book of the Quran. But this
is again to show how Allahh preserved it
with all means. One of which that Abu
Bakr he said let's bring it all together
physically so that you know to make sure
that we have we're taking all of the
means for it.
How do you feel now like if someone's a
prof you're a professor in this area
this is your expertise. How do you feel
like what goes through your mind? What
when you're hearing someone like this
trying to represent the Quran in this
way being someone who imagine someone is
a university professor and he's teaching
a p he's an expert in math or he's an
expert in science and you know it's a
consensus among scientists that
something or it's a consensus in math or
whatever subject that this is the way
they all the professors know there's no
disagreement in this area but now you
have this person layman comes up and he
starts to you know uh butcher uh what do
you what goes to your This is an example
right is when someone have already
different mindset and then they try to
explain things from their own
perspective. And again as I said you
know when people look at the Bible for
examp
Greek scholars is going to say how art
thou when was the last time Patrick
someone came up to you and said how art
thou?
People of course call the gospel books
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Well, they
call them Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
because we don't know who wrote these
books. And there's no point calling them
Sam, Fred, Jerry, and Harry. I mean,
they're they're written by people. We
don't know who they were written by.
They are anonymous. You might not think
so because they have the title, the
Gospel according to Matthew. Whoever put
that title on it was an editor. Later,
the followers of Jesus were
Aramaicspeaking
peasants from Galilee, lowerass men who
were not educated. In fact, Peter and
John in Acts 4:13 are literally said to
be illiterate. They couldn't read and
write. Of course not. They were
fishermen. They didn't go to school. The
vast majority of people in the ancient
world never learn to read, let alone
write. And their native language was
Aramaic. These books are written in
Greek by highly educated, rhetorically
trained writers who are skilled in Greek
composition. example, nobody memorized
the Bible from the beginning to the end.
So the way they look at the Bible is
through the manuscripts when it comes to
the Quran and that's why things have
been changed and altered. But Allah
subhana wa ta'ala decreed that this
final book is going to be preserved from
the beginning to the end. So the way
it's preserved is completely different
than what people think. It's like for
example when someone look at the
religion of Islam from a Christianity
point of view. It doesn't work that way
you know because you know things has to
be looked into from the perspective of
how things were. So there's no doubt and
this is consensus among the and that's
why when you see east and the west a
small child would have the same Quran
recited as an older one not just now but
from the time of the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam and you have companions
of the prophetam
when even at the time of
when he made a a committee to make sure
not it's already been compiled Abu Bakr
physically compiled it at the time of
nothing of that happened there was no
need at the time of
the subject of the different style of
recitation and people would recite in
their own way of accents and dialect and
things like this which is already been
revealed. The Quran has this flexibility
in it by the revelation from Allah. So
he he was worried that people now with
the increase of people embracing the de
of Islam that people will say things
from their own. So that's why the this
the second compilation is not compiling
the Quran again. It's already been
compiled. It's the different styles of
recitation. So to bring it back on the
speech of the people of Quraysh and the
evidence of that they're all authentic
is what the prophetat was when he said
in the authentic hadith that the Quran
has been revealed in seven or seven
letters seven styles and he said and
each one and then every recitation is
sufficient is perfect there's no there's
nothing missing from one recitation
versus the other. So one is sufficient
and that's why when he brought it
together on the tongue or the style of
the people of Quraysh so that people
would not start to do things with
different recitation. There's so many
examples but again it's difficult to
explain to someone when they don't know
even the Arabic language and I will give
you one example if you don't mind.
Yes please.
There's for example one word in the
Quran. There are many like this like the
word
right and this is mentioned by
when he said that he would slaughter the
the bird the hoopo.
Yes,
right if he does not bring the
information from the queen of Sheba. So
the word when it's written in Arabic
right it says which means I would
slaughter him. But if there's another
style of writing it that would separate
the the lamb from the alif. So if
someone today would read it, they would
read it. I would not slaughter him. But
it's already one of the one of the ways
of or the styles of writing Arabic and
the Arabs they would understand before
they read. And this is a unique thing
for the Arabic language that many people
do not know. If you read English, what
happens? You read and then you try to
understand. Correct?
Yes. In Arabic, it's not the same. In
Arabic, you have to understand before
you read so that you read correctly. You
have to look at the sentence and you
have to understand what is being said
before you read it. You understand what
I'm saying? So the words and the context
and how even the vowels and things like
this.
So that's why even when they wrote it
like this, they understood that the
Arabs would not say it wrong because
it's clearly the the word means that he
would slaughter and no one would have
differences in this this consensus. But
again the style of writing that's why
there was no dots and then they put dots
and so these types of things people
might not understand if they don't
comprehend the Arabic language and
that's what
he just made it to be under one style of
writing so that the recitation comes
first and this is another important
point the Quran is preserved in its
recitation so it's recited first and
then the writing is a secondary thing so
we write based on what we here not the
opposite not that we have a manuscript
and we recite it based on what the
manuscript is nowadays everything is is
printed so if someone doesn't know what
the Quran what's in the Quran he opens
the Quran and he reads it wasn't
preserved like this nothing is written
and it's in the hearts of the people
recited and from the recitation they
would write which is the highest level
of authenticity no one can question that
whatsoever
people can do a test right now they can
go on YouTube and type in Mecca Quran
recitation and see all the people
praying there in Mecca. You have
millions of people coming through Mecca
and then you have the imam there leading
the prayer. Um if somebody had any
objections, if somebody's doing
something wrong, they'd correct them
right away, wouldn't they? They stop
them. There's none of that. Everything
that there's people, you've memorized
the Quran. We have kids as young as what
six, seven, eight years old have
memorized this entire book.
So it's not that's the the the framework
has to be corrected. It's an oral
tradition
and that is the miracle right there. And
to add to this even with with that point
of the Quran being preserved with the
way that people recited and they would
make correction that it's it's not just
that it happened at the time of the of
the prophet and Abu Bakr but this is a
miraculous thing that Allah subhana t
preserved it in such a way that people
would uh would even make sure that they
understand what everything is is said
and recited at the time of the
prophetatam and not afterwards.
So, these are clear lies then. I mean,
he's just lying.
I don't have the footnote on that one.
That's a good question, Patrick. Um, I
can get that for you, though.
He said here again, Oman, Zade did a
great job. Yet, there were different
versions that came out from it. Oman
told Zade, "I'm hiring you. We are going
to destroy all these variants and you're
going to put together the one true
Quran." This is a statement that is
mentioned in the in the traditions. But
what are the different variants again
when it comes to what's written. So now
we have something written and the
different styles of writing and some of
the recitation you would have a letter
here different than the letter there. So
for example
they then they believed versus they
believed you know just letters that
which is actually one of the miraculous
things about the Quran with the
different style of recitation that it
gives you enriches the meaning right so
therefore
they would see versus they you know they
would see or meaning the second person
would in the plural tense versus in the
third person. So the meaning is not
changed and this is all revealed to the
prophetat wasam and recited to the
prophetat wasam in these styles of
recitation. So that's why when it's
written whether it's the the style of
writing that can be different from one
era to the other versus the different
letters that might be changed according
to the revelation not that it's people
would make a mistake. No, it's already
part of the revelation that it would
have the same word in different uh
styles so that it gives more meanings
and it riches the meanings. And this is
how how some of the recitation of the
Quran that people study now and you
would find even children they would
memorize the Quran in the different
styles of recitation. It's not adding a
chapter or taking a verse out or
something like this. It's the word
slightly changes to enrich the meaning.
And again the important point here is
with the Quran being present today if
someone says well it changed at the time
of course it didn't but the miraculous
nature of the Quran no one can bring the
like of a surah of it and it's still
valid till today because Allahh
challenged humanity if this is what you
think it's the words of human beings
then bring not the like of the entire
Quran bring the like of one chapter of
the Quran and no one can and no one
would be able to. So this is a very
clear even with what we have today which
is the same as what we had at the time
of the prophetat.
Now when we say different versions you
have for instance now contrasting that
with all due respect to our Christian
viewers out there um you have Bible
scholars. Do you have Quran scholars
saying that different ver verses ayats
are taken out of the Quran as you do
have say the um duray version of the
Quran the Catholic version of Quran has
certain amount of books and then the
Protestant version has those books
thrown out and then you have orthodox
also have their version and you have
chunks and chunks in these different
versions of passages are taken out here
and in here they're not there and it's
like hold on Is that what you have with
the Quran? So then we say cuz he was
trying to paint it like a version is
just a translation
but that's not the case.
It's not it's the exact words that were
revealed to the prophetat
the miraculous.
So how many versions of the Quran are
there? just one
right the different styles which is
called way of reciting the style of
reciting the Quran
that can again as I said if it's if it's
a one word whether it's in the passive
tense or in the past tense the meaning
is the same
but who's the one that would decide that
this is passive or past it's already in
the revelation not someone that
introduced it to the revelation
so what they try to do is they try to
say okay gotcha here look but you're
burning Qurans Why are you burning
Qurans?
Here's the thing. Every one individual
people from the east and the west and
that's why he ordered for the copies
that people have personal copies to
bring all of these things to him. It's
not like an authentic organization
printing the Quran. This is an
individual at his home. He writes
whatever he recites. Right? So a person
might write in the right way, might
write in a different way for him to
understand. But it's not the the the the
the stable way or or the one that is
consistent with everybody to understand.
Like for example, if I if I'm writing
something, you might not be able to read
my handwriting and someone else might
and I might make my own signs while I'm
writing because it's a personal thing, a
personal copy for myself. So this is
where he basically collected all of the
personal copies that people have and he
burned them so that they all according
to one style. Now the the many Muslims
and many people are embracing in the
deen of Islam and it's going to the east
and the west and the area is so
expanding. So these personal preferences
in writing it's to destroy all of that.
It's like the same thing is practiced
till today when we have an old musf
Quran that is old and things like that
we burn it. It's a way to honor the
Quran to burn it so that nobody would
tamper with it or nobody would take from
it what it's not there. the physical
copies torn and things like this in any
part of the world if one page of the
Quran is missing you know somebody cut
it for example or it get cut then we
need to burn that copy so that nobody
would read it wrong and this is how
things are so it's to honor the Quran
when he burned the Quran it's to honor
the Quran to make sure that the style of
writing is consistent then he sent it to
the Egypt one and Kufa one so that
people would always refer to the same
style of writing that did not change
anything to what's in the hearts of the
people again like the all can senses
it's the same Quran that they recite
when this went to Egypt and and Iraq and
things and Hashem it's already been
people thousands and millions of people
are reciting the Quran the same Quran
every day in their prayers you know
unlike for example the Bible and things
like this we recite the Quran Muslims
they hear the Quran every
and prayer and the prophetat wasallam In
prayers, especially the morning one, he
would recite average of 60 verses in the
prayer. And sometimes
for example, the prophetat recited
in its entirety.
And
when the prophet wasallam condemned an
act that he did is because that he would
go to his people and lead them in the
salah. And one time he recited Bakar
inah, the longest surah in the Quran
from the beginning to the end. The
prophet wasallam he said to him
you're making fa you're causing people
to be you're in in a trial behind you in
the salah because they want to leave the
salah and one of them left the salah the
prayers because it's too long bakar
would take an hour recitation so he told
him not to make a long salah like this
the obligatory salah but the fact here
the point that I'm trying to make here
is this is at the time of the
prophetatam the revelation is not over
yet and a sahabi a companion at ease
reciting the longest surah of the Quran
from the beginning to the end in one in
one unit of the salah and this is one
example. So you have different
companions um of the last and final
messenger sent to mankind. Prophan peace
and blessings be upon him who wrote down
the Quran and they might have had some
footnotes like you were saying their
handwriting. This person might not be
able to read yours as he does his. And
now to avoid any confusion they call
everybody who had any thing of their
own. And was there rioting? Was there a
protest? Was there was there was there
people like uh you know schism like half
uh objective because they're going to
leave out certain vers ayas from the
Quran.
This is a good point because again it's
it was consensus.
So nobody protested. None of the
companions they said no this is wrong.
Uh this is they
100% they all agreed. I mean that's
and when some of the narrations that
says some of the companions that at at
first they kind of didn't like for this
to happen. They were worried that
they're doing something the prophetat
wasallam didn't do. But then after it
was done, they they felt pleased that
this is what happened. And not just the
issue of handwriting, even the styles of
the dialect of the different tribes,
which is also part of the revelation to
avoid any misunderstanding of things
like this. You know, this is what what
happened.
Uh I mean, this is brilliant. I mean, it
just uh shows the authenticity how the
preservation of it and there's nothing
matched to it. It's just amazing
and it's still a living miracle.
And then to hear someone come and just
blunder and just outright, you know,
just uh it's like kind of um someone's h
they have some facts there, some truth,
but then they twist it and they take it
away from the consensus of how Muslim
scholars understand it and he's making
his own opinion and he's leaving off the
professors and the university and
everybody there and just coming up with
his own
stuff out of his pocket. You cannot feel
for such a thing because this is how
things are with the previous books.
Yeah.
You know, look for example for the
Bible.
Yeah. So, so the the argument is what is
he making the argument that there's King
James version, NIV, New International
Version, there's this. Is that what the
argument that the fellow was making?
They are anonymous. You might not think
so because they have the title, the
Gospel according to Matthew. Whoever put
that title on it was an editor later.
The followers of Jesus were Aramaic
peasants from Galilee.
lower class men who were not educated.
Was it recited in every home, memorized
in every home, the way that the Quran
is? Of course not. So that's why again
with the Quran writing or not writing is
not a significant thing. And that's why
when for example with this physical copy
that in England, Birmingham or whatever.
Yeah. The Birmingham copy of the Quran.
Yes.
You're looking at one of the oldest
fragments of the Quran ever discovered.
It's written on parchment most likely
made from sheep or goat skin. And it's
been dated by experts as being more than
1300 years old. And that makes it among
the earliest known fragments of the
Quran anywhere in the world. And it's
here in the University of Birmingham.
The person who actually wrote it may
well have known the Prophet Muhammad. He
would have seen him probably. He would
maybe have heard him preach. Um he may
have known him personally.
That is not a significant thing for us
as Muslims. is not something to say,
"Wow, look at this." Sure, no problem.
It doesn't change anything. It doesn't
make us have extra belief or faith
because it's already been in the hearts
of men and women from one generation to
the other you know all the way to the
prophetat was till today when people
even take the jazz or the certificate
that they memorize the Quran you will
have a senate a chain of narration that
mention all of the names all the way to
the prophetat because someone recited
the entire Quran and the one that is
listening to the recitation he would not
give that certific certificate unless he
had heard it, not wrote it, heard it
from the reciter exactly the same way,
the same style, the same even stretching
of things from the same way that he
heard it from his teacher and the
teacher, you know, he heard it from his
teacher and it goes on like this all the
way to the prophet.
Is it true? You have um a famous example
that we often say and this is for the
people out there who never heard this. I
want them to imagine like every book on
earth if you went and threw it away,
burned it, locked it up, the only book
that you can actually bring back because
it's based on what you're this oral
tradition of memorization, the only
religious text that you can actually
bring back is the Quran.
Correct. Definitely. And this is a
challenge that nobody can deny. And you
add to that is one important point I
want to mention. Sometimes as human
beings we overlook the reality
how human beings like govern in the life
for example nobody question for example
a book that is written by Shakespeare
for example
right they don't really strictly
following is he really wrote this or
someone else maybe was in the room with
him
human beings they don't act like this
you see what I'm saying so what I'm
saying is that when it comes to the
Quran even though human beings if the
Quran the way that we have it now this
is sufficient and this is how human
beings they act with things but but
since this is the final revelation from
Allah so the way that it's authenticated
is beyond what human beings would do
normally so that nobody would have any
doubt whatsoever so there's no room for
even questioning this because again the
the level of the level of consensus from
one generation to the other does not
leave any whatsoever doubt in this
this is very important because we now we
expose this caught in a lie situation I
don't have the footnote on that one.
That's a good question, Patrick.
And hopefully other people can learn
from this. I want to switch over now to
some of the proofs and evidences some
for somebody who now like an expert like
yourself and others and people when
they're even layman reading the Quran
sincerely and they see certain things
passages in the Quran that they might
overlook or that will bring up like why
question that you might raise yourself.
If Pro Muhammad peace and blessings be
upon him, he's writing this book a
question is why would he be rebuking
himself?
And this is one of many many things that
people when they see in the Quran one of
which is you said there is verses surah
was revealed to blame the prophetatam
in a way that the prophet peace be upon
him Allahh protected him from sins but
sometimes there's two choices he might
make the choice of the lesser of two
good choices for the benefit of the
religion of course but the revelation
comes and correct the prophetatam Not
that he committed a sin but to make that
perfect correction. And this is when for
example the prophet peace be upon him
when he frowned at one of the
companions. He was asking the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam something and
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
was hoping for some of the chiefs of the
tribe of Quraysh to embrace Islam and he
was addressing them and this company is
already one of his people coming and he
asked him something. So he told him as
you normally would say not now I'm busy
with something. Yeah. So just the fact
that he you know frowned at his face
Allahh revealed verses in the Quran
saying
that why did you do that to this blind
companion of the prophetat wasam and he
was even blind. So this is to perfect
the prophetat that he's already perfect
and to make sure that things are done in
the right way and this is again if the
Quran is something that you know people
they get together to do it with where
they don't have the capacity because
it's miraculous.
Yeah. Yeah. So not only I mean we it's
built on the whole message of Islam.
We'll get to that towards the end of the
pure absolute monotheism like nothing
else out there purely worshiping one and
only one god being morally upright and
you have miracles upon miracles in the
Quran.
Embryo in the Quran cannot be based on
scientific knowledge in the seventh 7th
century.
Muhammad could not have known these
facts about human development in the 7th
century because most of them were not
discovered until the 20th century. These
facts could only have been revealed to
Muhammad by the one known who knows all
about us.
For anyone who sincere looks at it, we
talked to one of the miracles is
preservation. You have the signs that
are in there about the human
development. Uh the mountains acting as
stabilizers, the barrier between the
seas. I mean just countless proofs.
There's no way that he could have known
all these things. Now these are details
for any person like we just mentioned.
There's another one interesting that he
didn't say inshallah
and then what happened
right when the prophet was he did not
say inshallah in an incident that means
god willing
right god willing then surah was
revealed
the surah the entire surah was revealed
do not say for anything that I would do
tomorrow or in the future unless you say
inshallah
what's the context of that so people are
approaching him and asking him questions
and then he was excited to give the
answer. He said, "I'll tell you
tomorrow." But he didn't say, "God
willing."
Right? And that's what Allahh revealed
to the prophet.
Right. And subhan Allah even even more
when you have major incidents that
happens in the life of the prophetatam
and none of that is mentioned in the
Quran. You know usually as a human being
if you get affected by something major
happen in your life you know and the
Quran is being revealed you would
mention something in there. No names are
mentioned in the Quran. The only time
the the tribe of Quraysh that were in in
war against the prophetat wasam their
mention is only one time in the Quran.
the word Quraysh that's the only time
Abu Jahal is not mentioned there the
chief of Quraysh that would try to hurt
the prophetatam the only one with his
name that is mentioned for example is
Abu Hab one time only the uncle of the
prophetat wasam which is a miraculous
thing in itself when the verses were
revealed that he is from among the
people of the as some of the scholars
they say if Abuahab the uncle of the
prophet want to destroy the entire
religion of Islam he could have just
lying
come out to the people and say
I'm a Muslim now. That means what? That
means the Quran is wrong because the
Quran says that he will die as a
disbeliever while he was still alive. So
he can simply come and say well I'm a
Muslim now. So that means the Quran is
is not correct and that didn't happen.
Allahh sealed his heart and this is the
end of his life. if he died as a
disbeliever and many many things you
know the characteristics of the people
the Quran is valid at all times for
every individual every corner of of this
of this earth people can benefit from it
because it talks about human beings the
characteristics of the believers the
characteristics of the disbelievers the
characteristics of the hypocrites even
the stories in the Quran is for people
today to learn from it it's not a
personal journal that a person is
writing affecting affected by the things
that happens in his
It's universal at all times, at all
places. Fits perfectly the the nature of
the human being.
One thing I I love about you is uh
you're very academic. You're very
authentic. So if I ever um say anything,
you're our teacher. You can adjust and
help us. And I wish uh this uh pastor,
minister, he would come learn from
people like yourself, from the Muslim
scholars and and others now who are
looking for the truth. There is a
situation here and we just had recently
the assassination attempt on former
President Donald Trump. And I was
thinking, I said, "Wow." I mean, you
have answers to why one person died and
who wasn't planning on that happening to
him and he re death reached him at the
at the um the rally there but the former
president he just got his ear uh the
bullet was going for him and he just got
scratched but another person died and I
was reflecting over this ayah from the
Quran because atheist doesn't have
answers to this but the Quran does. It
says, "And it is not possible," this is
in chapter 3, 145 of the Quran, "and is
not possible for one to die except by
the permission of Allah God at a decreed
time."
This is amazing. So Islam gives the
answers to that. And um I was talking
about also how the prophet Muhammad
wasallam at his time he had his um
secret service or his bodyguards, his
companions right in the beginning. And
then this ayah from the Quran came down
chapter 5:6 saying, "Oh messenger,
convey everything revealed to you from
your Lord. And if you do not, then you
have not delivered the message." Allah,
this is the point here. Allah is the
creator of the heavens and earth will
certainly protect you from the people. I
make this example. Imagine if Trump
said, "Look, God will protect me." And
he let go of his secret service. He
wouldn't last long. So Pro Muhammad he
had about um the scholars of the Sira
history of his life some have calculated
about 30 assassination attempts on his
life
but when this ayah is it true that when
this verse was ayah was revealed he told
him to go home
right that's that's correct
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
used to have people by his door
wow
you know and then once the verse was
revealed and by the way the Arabs they
did not have physical wooden doors for
their homes Sometimes it's a curtain
something like this.
So once that verse was revealed
which means Allah will protect you from
the people he said to them go Allahh
mindblowing this is like this is uh just
unbelievable
same thing as one of the people when the
prophetat was the companions coming back
from from one of the battles and the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam was
sleeping under a tree.
Yes. under the shade of a tree and a man
came and the prophetat was all of a
sudden he woke up and this man has the
sword in his hand and he's saying to the
prophet and he's he's standing and the
prophet is laying down. So he said
who now will protect you from me. So the
prophetat wasallam call me he said Allah
Allah subhana t the sword fell from the
hand of this man. So this is something
like that. You know what a person would
do in that situation with all of his
enemies. And there are many examples of
this.
You break right there. Right there your
real side comes off. You're an
imposttor. You're like please my life
spare me. How much money you need? No.
He's like Allah God will protect me.
Allah the almighty will protect me.
And then God Allahhana promised that
this religion will be completed. You
know when the when one of the last
verses were revealed when the prophet
peace be upon him was in the farewell
pilgrimage when the ayah was revealed
on that day I had completed your
religion perfected my favor upon you and
pleased for you to have the religion of
Islam as your religion. So the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam did not die
till the entire revelation was completed
perfected everything that is needed till
the day of judgment is comprehensively
established no missing in it whatsoever
I want people to really reflect over
this at any time look he's saying go
this ayah verse comes down Allah God
will protect you Allah will protect you
from the people at any time if he died
we wouldn't have Islam today is that
right the Quran wouldn't be here today
and And you're just giving an example.
You had this is one assassination
attempt. The guy comes to kill him.
There's they got 29 more to go. We we'll
go over a few more of those. I mean this
is profound because this is divine
protection. This is a prediction that
he's not going to die be killed by his
enemies. And then Shay is it right that
to stress really what was happening at
that time and how dire the situation was
after him the three other caiff the
predecessors uh Omaron he died during
fudger prayer is that right assassinated
um with Ali on his way to uh the masid
he was assassinated they were all
assassinated
I mean just imagine that now
right and right and then again the ease
of things and the accessibility that
people had at that time you know and
with all of that it's just a matter it's
not in the human capacity and this is
basically what the religion of Islam
teaches us is to rely upon Allah
let's go about I got another one another
assassination attempt when the tribes
came together and he just got the green
light to migrate to Medina that's
another assassination attempt could we
discuss go ahead
this is the event of hij when the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
migrated from Mecca to Al Medina and the
companions they migrated before him and
the prophet peace be upon him would not
leave till he's given the permission by
almighty god to leave. So then when the
permission came and he informed Abu Bakr
to be his companion in the migration
and he made
to stay in his position for what reason?
So that he can give the money that
people entrusted the prophetat
that they keep with him.
It's unbelievable. Can we stop right
there? I mean this is unbelievable. I I
I don't for people hearing this for the
first time. I mean, these people are
coming to assassinate you and he's
leaving his companion to give back
because they didn't have banks at that
time. They used to leave their uh
possessions with him, money and whatever
their things of worth with him. He's
given it back. He didn't have to do
that.
Another very amazing thing that I'm not
sure if you can find the like of it
whatsoever. His enemies that they would
do all these types of things and try to
kill him, they would call him. They
would call him the most truthful and
he's the most honest and trustworthy
person. and for your enemy to say that
about you and they would keep their
valuables with him so that that would
they would be secure that nobody will
take it and he did not want to leave
unless it's guaranteed that they would
get back their valuables that they left
with him. This is the trust and the
truthfulness that he has and that's why
he left alib behind and that's why when
they surrounded the house and they
decided that they would kill him. The
only concern that they had is that
because of the tribal issues that if one
individual killed the prophet peace be
upon him maybe his tribe will seek
revenge from that tribe. So to figure
that out and it was al shan idea that
all of the tribes all of them they bring
a man from every tribe and they all hit
him one hit so that basically his blood
will be spread all over that means no
one will his tribe would not go after
all of the tribes of course so that's
what they did and when they surrounded
the house and this is mentioned in seen
how Allahh protected the prophetatam and
he commanded him to leave the house and
he left the house when they're all
freezing
standing. Allahh made them not see the
prophetat and even took some dust
handful of dust and he would throw it on
their faces like this while he walked
through them and went in his journey of
Alhra to Al Medina and then after he
left all of a sudden their senses came
back to them and when they entered and
they uncovered the the cover and they
found the prophet.
You're walking out of your house and you
got gangsters there ready to take your
life. You're running back in. You're
going to crack right there. Same thing
with the guy under the tree where he's
taking a rest. You crack. That's it. But
he's again, he's got divine protection
and he's doing what you're saying in
this authentic uh narration. This is
profound.
The only man that you would find
everything preserved about his life, his
speech, his actions doing one is the
like of the prophet sallall alaihi
wasallam. And he's the perfect man ever
walked on the face of earth. and how he
relied upon Allah and how his actions,
how his manners with his enemies, with
his friends. It's something that really
uh it's it's a shameful thing that human
beings are not researching enough to to
look at the life of the final messenger
of Allah because he's the messenger of
all.
He's a p he's a messenger for Patrick
and David for this Christian preacher.
They can reject, but it's just like
people who reject Jesus. If we reject
Jesus, we can go to the hellfire.
Correct.
That's the truth. You're I mean, you're
the scholar here. Look, if you reject
Jesus as a Muslim, you say any
derogatory thing, this can land you a
ticket in hellfire.
If a Muslim says anything that is less
than praise and perfect to any of the
prophets of Allah, including Jesus, the
son of Mary, this is an act of
disbelief, blasphemy, that takes the
Muslim outside the full devil Islam. And
therefore, every messenger was sent to
his people. And the final messenger,
Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam, he
was sent to all mankind. And when it
comes to being sent to all mankind or
sent to the people, there's no coercion
in matters of religion inviting them. If
they believe, it's good for them. If
they don't believe, no one is going to
go after them. But the message becomes
very clear that if they continue to be
in that state in the hereafter, then
this is the justice of Allah subhana wa
tala. Allahh revealed clearly what's
going to happen to the disbelievers in
the day of judgment.
Now, you heard that here on the Dean
Show. Clip that and send that to your
Christian friends and neighbors and to
this pastor and Patrick and David and
and the like. Very important. You
disrespect Jesus and Islam, you will end
up in the hellfire. Let's continue on.
They didn't have bullets at that time,
but they had boulders
since we're on the topic of now proofs
and evidences. He's got divine
protection. Is it true that they also
tried to assassinate him with a boulder
to try to drop it on his head? Right.
Can you talk about that? And the prophet
was invited to uh by a Jewish lady and
the people to eat
the and the prophet had some of his
companions with him and uh when he said
to eat and that's another thing the
prophet peace be upon him would not
reject any invitation his manners and
his kindness to the people so while he's
sitting and they have already plotted
the method that they would throw
something from above to crush the
prophetat was to kill So once he sat
down, Girel, angel Gabire came to him
and inspired him that this is what's the
plan is. So he left you know and all of
that plan was of course by the will of
Allahhana did not go through
another assassination attempt they tried
to poison him. You talk about that also
and that that also was foiled
and the animal spoke and warned the
prophet peace be upon him from this.
Wow.
Right. So again and the protection of
the prophet peace be upon him is to
convey the message. This is as a mercy
to mankind. You know it wasn't because
of the the prophetat wasam as a person
because the best for the prophet peace
be upon him is what's with Allah. That's
why at the moment of death when the
prophetat was given the choice every
prophet was given that choice whether to
go forward and die or to stay longer in
this life. And the prophetat was he
looked to the skies and he said
but rather the highest or the exalted
companionship he wanted then to return
to Allah subhana tala. So having you
know that the protection of the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam is to
preserve the religion. He has a mission.
It has to be fulfilled. And once the
mission was fulfilled, this is what even
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
he uh he he gave the companions the
condolences for his own self you know
with regards to the last surah that was
said was revealed.
So the prophet was he addressed the
companions
and only Abu Bakr understood and he
started weeping and he said you know
this is the sign that the prophetat was
life is ending. So the protection was to
make sure or of course Allahh is the
almighty is for the revelation to be
completed and perfected. So there's no
need for another messenger to come
because he's the final messenger of
Allah.
Wow. Um a few more. Let's um this is
very very interesting mind-blowing. I
mean it's an iman boost for those who
don't understand a faith boost because
it's evidence upon evidence. It's easy
to find an impostor, a con man. I mean
you can sniff that out. You can go
through the literature, but if you're
sincere, you'll see there's no way. He
He was offered the money, the women, the
power, all of these things to abandon
this call. And he kept persistently
calling people to what? To worship the
creator, not the creation. So much so,
there was a bounty hunter that he was an
expert now in catching people and he's
on his way. It was Abu Bakr Sadik, his
companion, and him. Can you talk about
that? Was it Saraka?
Yes.
Can you talk about the situation?
Yes. on the prophetat already was going
to the journey in the journey to Medina
after this assassination attempt that
was foiled the one you just went over
again and another person's on his tail
made a deal whoever capture him alive or
dead they he would get 100 camels and
all of these types of things
big money what is that equivalent today
millions
actually the camel was still today worth
lot of money so it's so it's it's
basically like million or something of
that
so he got a million plus bounty on him
right and that's why he he He kept on
tracing the footsteps till he saw the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam from
a distance. And when the prophetat was
used to whenever he would walk, he would
not look back. And this is another thing
you know when someone is scared
and no no protection whatsoever he keep
on looking back. And the prophetat was
whenever he would walk he would just
look forward. So and the and Abu Bakr
whenever they would walk he would
sometimes walk in front of him sometimes
behind him sometimes to his right
sometimes to his left he would walk in
front of him and then he would think
what if someone comes from behind he
would walk from and the prophet peace be
upon him walking in a calm way so anyway
so when saw them and all of a sudden
Allah
the bounty hunter now
yeah for bounty hunter season
and he's on his horse the horse just
sank in the sand you know stopped moving
And of course he fell from it and he
kept on pushing and for trying to get it
to move there's no way. He's later
testifying to this,
right? He became a Muslim afterwards
and he's he's narrating this with
authentic reports. He's telling us the
story.
Correct. And even the prophet peace be
upon him when he came and told him why
you're doing this and that. And then the
prophet peace be upon him he took from
him that guy that you know the hunter he
said I'm not going to say anything about
you. when he saw that miraculous thing
is happening but moreover which is an
amazing thing the prophet told him that
you will have the slogan um again which
is I'm not sure exactly what's in
English the golden uh stick bracelet of
the king of Persia
so he's telling him now some this is a
prophecy something's going to happen in
the future
right
and you will have this with you and he
is first of all he's going after the
prophet peace be upon him to kill him he
was not a Muslim
And the prophet peace be upon him
according to what people see physically
he's in the weakest state fleeing from
Mecca going to Medina to uncertainties
you know and all of these things and
he's telling him and he given a prophecy
that you will own you will have this
bracelet this golden bracelet of the
king of Persia and years afterwards at
the time of Omar
when they conquered the land of Persia
and that came to him and Saka held it in
his hand and he reminded the people of
this. So, so you know this is another
prophecy
it came true now. So he had at the end
the prophetam peace and blessings be
upon him he tells him this is going to
happen you're going to be uh this is a
prediction of conquest in this area
taking over uh and then the bracelets
you're going to be wearing them
right
and he got them
right
wow this is just so profound so so deep
Heracles
um is it true he's a Christian leader
of the Romans
he said that if I was with Pro Muhammad
I'd wash his feet.
Is that correct?
There's a Christian saying, "I would
wash Pro Muhammad's feet,
the king of the Romans at the time,
Hira. And the one that narrated this was
Abu Sufyan. He was not a Muslim and he
was one of the enemies of the prophet."
So you're saying the companion that he
brought to kind of interrogate him,
Prophet Muhammad, he's narrating this
later when he came became
he was then a disbeliever.
Break this down.
Right. And it's a long hadith in Bkari
where Heracles he asked him questions
because every the entire humanity at the
time they were waiting for the prophet
to come.
They're already waiting for someone to
come
right in their books all of the
descriptions.
The the Jews came to Medina. Why?
Because they were waiting for
for the prophet and the same thing with
the Christians. So when he asked
questions and he asked specifically that
individual because he's an enemy to him
you know and he would know better for
him and he made sure that he would not
lie Abu Sufyen when he said that this is
the the became the companion he said I
wanted to lie but I will be it's a
shameful thing for someone to lie and
the Arabs they used to consider if you
catch someone with one lie he's
stigmatized with this for the rest of
his life
you've got a rap sheet of being a liar
Even they I mean held to that.
He was so much afraid of his image to be
corrupted like this integity
right and and someone behind him
Heracles was having someone to to make
sure that to authenticate what he says.
So he asked him questions and the only
thing that you know he said that he
might I might get a pass on it or
something like this that when he asked
him uh does he you guys does he he's
saying the truth he says as for now this
is what he is saying but we don't we
don't know what's what's going to happen
in the future. So as if he's trying to
get some words of justification. But the
point here after he mentioned this and
he asked him about his followers and
what does he call the people to. So, and
it's a it's a really a long detailed
hadith or narration that with every
question and then afterwards he
responded back to him with every
question that he asked and he told him
why he asked him these questions and
showing the way of the of Allah subhana
ta on earth that they were waiting for
such a prophet and then at the end he
says that he is the messenger of Allah
he believed but he did not believe
meaning that he knew that he's the
messenger of Allah he said if I was with
him I would wash under his feet and he
even kind of tested the people around
him. So when they made an uproar he says
no I was just testing you.
Yeah.
So he died as a disbeliever but he
realized testified to the fact that he's
the final messenger of Allah.
This this is a important point for
people to reflect over already. They're
waiting the Jews there came to Medina
specifically around the area waiting.
The Christians are waiting again for a
prophet to come. Right.
Uh so to this day where is he? But he
came already. You missed the boat. He's
there. And all these evidence we're
giving, it's just common sense. Just
look at evidence upon evidence upon
evidence. It's just mind-blowing.
And again, it's for human beings. Allah
gave us the ability as intellectual
beings to look at things. And again,
whoever look into the Quran, look into
the message of the prophet, you won't
find the like of it whatsoever. And this
is where there's no like of it. There's
no like of such a revelation,
comprehensive revelation with matters of
belief, matters of worship. If you want
to be the most righteous person, you
have it there. The best stories are in
the Quran. Everything that you would
need in the previous revelations and add
to it what humanity is in need of it
universally till the day of judgment is
all perfectly explained.
Let's go ahead and just wrap it up with
the message. What is this message of
Islam?
The message of Islam is very easy and
simple that fits the simplest human
being and the most sophisticated which
we are created. We're all human beings.
We're all from Adam and Adam from dust.
There's no superiority of one human
being over the other based on the color
of his skin or his nationality or
anything like this. We're all equal in
the eyes of God. And the purpose of our
creation is to worship the creator of
the heavens and earth. the Lord of
Jesus, the Lord of Moses, the Lord of
Abraham, the Lord of all of the prophets
and the Lord of Muhammad sallallahu
alaihi wasallam to worship him alone.
And if you read the Quran and this is an
invitation, read the Quran.
One one of the human rights to us as
Muslims is for others to read. You have
a right to read the Quran. Read it from
the beginning to the end and see how the
Quran would explain to you clearly that
this is the purpose of our life. the
consistency in this message. You won't
find any ambiguity in it whatsoever. We
don't worship human beings. We do not do
anything except the worship of God alone
and then the perfect way of life in
manners in deeds done even by the hearts
and dealing with many individuals in our
life. There's no walk of life unless you
would have a principle and things to be
followed in the example of the prophet
peace be upon him.
Beautiful. So we went from uh picking
apart a lie to explaining how the Quran
was compiled. the miracle of the Quran
memorized. It's not built on the
manuscripts even though we have that but
oral tradition memorized by millions
living today. And then how many would
you say during the prophet Muhammad's
peace and bless be his time until now
that'd be how many millions upon
millions? Is it billions? I mean since
that time to now have memorized the
Quran,
right?
Countless countless right until today we
have it. Then we went over the
assassination attempts, the uh verses
coming down that God will protect you
from the from the people. At any time
that could have been broken, we wouldn't
have have it. That's something for you
to think about. It's really profound.
And then now you got the message
delivered to you worshiping one and only
one God. This is absolute pure
monotheism. Nothing like it.
May Allahh guide us and guide everyone.
And that's one of the message of the one
of the beautiful verses that Allahh
ordered the prophet. He says and say to
say to the people
either us or you upon guidance or clear
astray. We cannot be both guided. One is
guided and one is misguided. So this is
a serious matter for a person to search.
That's why in every prayer in every
standing in the prayer we say
oh God guide us to the straight path. If
that sincerity is in the heart and we
ask God alone to guide us to the
straight path and we take the means then
the guidance is by his will and it's
easy.
Thank you very much for sharing some
time with us and helping to deliver this
uh to the people.
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