this idea of
ah one there's one of the great writers
on uh Islamic theology in Pakistan
actually uh ra Dr Ra commenting on the
Surah said something amazing and I I
really appreciated it because I think
for modern audiences this kind of stuff
needs to be said and heard Allah created
the human being with the knowledge of
himself the human being knew already
there is this highest ideal Allah and
not just that there is a God and he
created us and now we can do whatever we
want no he's the he's the master he's
the my goal in life is to do what he
wants this is my highest ideal my
greatest accomplishment ever can be that
I become his slave that would be the
greatest honor I can have the messenger
of Allah sallallah alaihi wasallam his
greatest honor
sub he becomes of Allah the slave of
Allah is a great honor that's the goal
in life and Allah pre-programmed that
goal inside every single human being but
if you lose sight of that goal it is
like this you know you have this uh
thirst this hunger inside you to fulfill
that goal Allah created you with that
but when your appetite is not filled
with healthy food what do you fill it
with if you don't get the right meal are
you going to say I'm not going to eat at
all no when a person is starving and
there's no food of their preference or
there's there's no healthy food there's
even filth barks of trees will the human
being still start chewing on that when
he's when it comes to that they will
when you lose sight of Allah and that no
longer is your
goal then necessarily you will find a
replacement necessarily it is necessary
to have something you Aspire towards
that is the mission of your life the one
who has found Allah what becom what
happens to them
it's very simple for them the one who
has really found Allah their Sal for
Allah their sacrifices for Allah their
life and their death is now for Allah
the way they live the way they eat the
way they sleep what they want to do with
their life their long-term goals their
short-term goals what are they going to
do with their kids why are they getting
an education where are they going to
work everything is now for Allah that is
their goal but for the one who doesn't
have that goal they have to find another
goal and in old times they used to be
Idols there used to be other religions
you find some other God but in our times
it's become far more
pathetic far more pathetic now you have
someone who's obsessed with their body
and they're working out 18 hours a day
and they're only goal in life their only
goal in life is to just keep getting
buffer and buffer it's the only goal
take St and look sh stay on top keep in
shape or there's this goal they set with
their trainer I got to do this many reps
or I got to do this many push-ups or I
got to get bench press this many pounds
Etc that's their goal that has become
their IL for a person that their life
has become about money there have you
met people they cannot talk about
anything except their work they can't
yeah I work at this company I do this
this this this this and the moment they
lose their job they become suicidal
because that's all they ever thought
about that's all they ever did with
their life that's all they ever did that
becomes their goal for some people it's
their children they live for their
children they do everything for their
children day and night they think about
their children there is no other thought
running in their mind there is no other
goal before them than their children
that is all they run after when you
don't find him you will find something
else you will find something else and
you will run after it and you will give
your life to it and this is there is no
exception among human beings and today
it could be even a slacker you and you
could ask me what about a slacker you
know those kids that play 20 hours of
video games a day and don't get off the
couch well what is their goal it is to
entertain themselves it is to fry their
brain cells behind the screen that is
their ultimate goal that is what they
want to reach and they're they're
working hard to attain it every day
right that's what it becomes these are
the psychological implications of
understanding it is easy to say Allah is
one but is he one in my life is is he is
he the one for me or do I have some
other one that I'm running after or some
other thing that I put before myself
Allah asks this question rhetorically he
says what deluded you from your gracious
Master what was so important to you that
you ran after that you couldn't come
after this Subhan Allah Subhan Allah so
when he uses this
word its psychological implications its
implications on our attitude towards
Allah and how we think about our life
completely changes now there is nothing
more important to me than making him
happy nothing more important to me than
him being pleased with me nothing more
important to me than he forgiving me
nothing more important than me that he
would talk to me on the day of judgment
telling me that I'm successful he will
look towards me I will not be from the
ones he turns away
from Allah will not talk to them on the
day of judgment may Allah not make us
from those people these are some of the
psychological implications of just
internalizing just that word what Allah
is saying this is who Allah is this is
what he's supposed to do and I want to
conclude because it's time for Salah
with the following this is the I can't
quote because I'm terrible at uru but
I'll tell you the meaning of the the
verse okay although I like the verse
myself it's poetry but he says what used
to be he's talking about it's a poem
about it's a poem abouted and he says
what used to be something that burned in
the hearts of men what burned in the
hearts of men is now a subject of
abstract philosophical debate
that's what he says now what is to us
today debates discussions abstract
discussions in you know in theology that
have no end to them no end to them but
what it used to be was something that
burned inside the hearts am I fulfilling
the rights of yet am I doing Justice to
that yet may Allah make us of the people
of may Allah give us in our hearts what
burn the likes of which burned in the
heart of ibraim and the messenger of
Allah and the sah
we'll continue the D on