Bee Like The Bee -Nouman Ali Khan

Lessons from Bees:

Why do we need to know about Bees?
1) It is described in Quran.
2) Prophet Muhammad SAW has mentioned "I swear by him who owns my soul ,that mu'min (believers) are like bees"

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1) Bees eat only from pure flowers, goes for the best ones.

Lessons:
-Look for halal rizq.
-Look for best job etc.

2) Bees seats well in the flower. Hence, it gives alot more (pollen grains) before it takes its nectar.

Lesson for us:
-It is indicating our relationship with people etc. We should take in little and give people more. .

3) Bees does not deteriorate the flower while taking the nectar as it seats well .
-Imagine, Bees are heavy creatures compared to flowers.  If, it puts its entire weight, it can break the petals of the flowers. So, it keeps on hovering so that it doesn't put its entire weight on it.

Lesson for us:
-If, we have relationship but we keep on demanding, there will come a time when the people who love you, can break.
-Take it easy when you are expecting something from people.

Time to think:
-Whether I am putting too much pressure/asking from my employees, children,parents, friends etc.

If you want something from people
★Give people more
★And, then demand (but it should be minimum)



Part 2| Lesson from Bees

4) The bees does not drink the nectar which was used previously by another bee . It senses that by smelling the flower or seeing another Bee drinking from it.

Lesson For Us:
*While, we do the opposite when it comes to business.  We will try to ruin the other people business by opening the same kind of shop , spoiling their customer etc. *

*We should understand that Allah’s rizq is so vast. We do not need to spoil other people rizq for our own rizq.*

5) Unity
-Allah has taught them a special dance, it is called Bee dance.
-The purpose of it is to share their rizq. They will call others so that they could share their food and build more food.
-And, from there, they will build a community together.

Lesson for us:
-We need to share our rizq to get recognised as a community.
-Don't be jealous over other people rizq as you are receiving benefits as well .
-Do not hide your rizq, share it with others.

6) It follows Allah's path humbly.
-Every turn that it takes, it is guided by Allah.
-Allah says that it moves humbly. 

Lesson for us:
-When we are starting to earn rizq, we should not be arrogant!
-Don't say things like "I don't have time" ,"I am so busy"

7) Be a productive community.
-The hive that all the bees build together has a cure for the whole of humanity.  .

-Honey is a Prophetic medicine.
-It doesn't cause any corruption to the environment.
-Instead, it benefits everybody.

Lesson for us:
-Let's became a community that heals the humanity just like the honey bees.
-And, do not be like people who are building factories, causing pollution etc.
-Don't make the future generations suffer because of your acts.
-Be like the bees- "Benefit yourself and benefit others more"

Something to think about:
-One of the greatest ayah of Allah is disappearing (Honey Bees) as we are destroying the environment.

Lecture 2 Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW Mufti Menk

Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW

Lecture 1: 

Lecture 2: 

Lecture 3: 

Youtube link https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RNH7dIzKq_g



Lecture 2.1 ,Life Of Prophet Muhammad PBUH Mufti Menk:

Darkness surrounding the Arabian Penisula& the globe just before the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW:

In India, we can see how the women used to be treated...
-If, a woman dies, there was no such of marrying again. Most of them will burn themselves to death. They were brainwashed to believe their system.

They believed in reincarnation(some of them believe it, up to day) ...
If a person dies, the person reappears in the form of a bird or snake etc, depending whether they had good / bad life.

Mufti's experience:
One of the sister from his community told him that they visited the death of their hindu relatives. And, when they were walking out, they saw a dove sitting on , one of the branches of a tree. When, they looked at the dove, they said "This must be the dead person".
-Mufti mentioned that if the dove was alive before the death of the person, but how can it be the dead person.
-Look , at how their mind is surrounded by darkness.

During the time of Prophet Muhammad SAW, if we look at Arabian Penisula...

-As, we have mentioned before, they used to worship idols. They did until they have made the idols out of stone. And, when they have found a better stone, they will throw away of what they used to worship for so many years.

-And, if they have a big problem , they will go to someone who had bigger stone and they will ask permission to borrow their stone( which they claim as god) to resolve their bigger issue.
- Imagine how they used to think...

Funny story:
-Omer Ibn Khattab( ra) says (as intelligent he was) , " We made God out of dates, so that we can shape it better than shaping stones. And, one day I was very hungry, I was asking for food from the God, but there was no food coming. Hence, I ate the God"

This was their mentality at that period of time.

To be continued, In Shaa Allah.

 Lectuee 2.2- Life of Prophet Muhammad SAW|Mufti Menk

As,× we have discussed previously , they believed in superstition. For example: if somebody is having hiccup/ if you sneeze once, they will believe that someone is remembering them.
All, these superstitious comes from that time and it has seeped through the globe. Some of us are guilty in doing  some of these superstitious things.

Look at one of their habits:
1) They will go to the fortune teller.They let him/her solve their matter.  These fortune tellers were powerful in terms of studying the lives of people.  And,they had contact with the spirits,Jinn. As, discussed earlier, having a contact with Jinns, spirits , it is not impossible.  However, it is prohibited.

May Allah swt grant us the ability to recite the verses of Quran that are relevant . They are
1) Ayatul Qursi
2) Verses of Surah Baqarah, the more powerful of them.
3)The last two Surahs of Quran.
*All of these are more powerful , it should be read every morning & evening with the intention of dua & protection.*

And, we can find that in one of their habits, they do not believe in a life after death...
They will say " who is going to give life to this bones which is decomposed completely,and that have became like a dust."

And , Allah says "Say, he will give those bones life who gave them life in the first place"
-If Allah swt is able to give men life . It will be much more  easier to resurrect them.
-If, you do not have BMW car and you have to make one, it will be far more genius than a person who is able to fix the BMW car.
-This is a simple logic. May Allah swt grant us the deeper understanding.

Lecture 2.3 , Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW, Mufti Menk

Allah swt mentions that they will call as " May the one who created me, help me in this..."

They will call the one who has created them, and it is when?
-when, they have difficulties

When, they were on ship, it rocks a little bit, they will call out to Allah alone. As soon they have came back from sea, what will happen?
-They would immediately start to engage in  polytheism, worshipping other false deities.

As for politics,
At,that particular time, people were divided into 2 major groups.
1) People of desert , rural areas
2) The people of cities

Up till today, we may find people who live in smaller town, have greater hearts, & far better qualities than those are in  cities who do not have even time to greet each other.  They do not even have time to be hospitable.

However, they had something in common, they will divide themselves based on lineage, tribe. They literally stood up for one another. They would fight with other tribe because of a problem happened with one particular person.

Once a camel went missing, they doubt the other group or someone was caught from the group, and the war continued for 40 years. People died & the next generation did not even know why they were fighting, but they continued fighting.

They had tribalism within them. They stuck to their clans. Sometime, it is used for good things while sometime used for bad things.

So, Allah swt blessed them by sending the messenger.

But, if we take look at leadership of these clans, it will always be with certain person, family.  Usually, it fell from father to child, brother.  This is how it worked.  When, the chief has passed away, his son/relative took over.

However, but there was something could raise a person from nothing. What is that?

They can come with some poetry which was so powerful linguistically, full of meaning.  And, this will instantly raise the rank of individual to the point of leadership.

Why?

They were crazy about eloquence.  They were the most powerful when it comes to speech. In fact, bulk of them were unlettered, almost 100% of them could not ready & write.

However, linguistically, they were powerful & they hardly used slang. And, PBUH when he grew up, he never used slang.

* It was reported that PBUH never ever made any linguistic errors in his life. *

And, this was the gift given by Allah swt. And, this is why we can see how they look, listened & mesmerised by what PBUH said. They were completely astonished till that Arabic language began took it rules , correct itself through the Quran.

 Up to today, the kuffar , the Christian Arabs ,& the non-Muslims among Arabs, uses Quran when it comes to linguistics in order to correct their language, & to explain what is right & wrong.

Lecture-2.4 -Life-of-Prophet-Muhammad-PBUH-Mufti-Menk

If you take look at their wealth, economically, they had nothing much to offer.  It hardly rained, even if it is, it is no use as it is a desert.

However, at certain places, they had date palms, and few other things. Many of their trading is based  on livestock that they had , they had alot of camels,donkeys, goats & sheeps. We wiill not be able to count donkeys as livestock because it is not edible. However, they had alot goats & sheeps.

There was a difference between those who had camels & goats,sheeps.

Up to today, the ones who are having camels, they have noses high up in the air. They consider it as being wealthy if they had camels. It is like someone who driving latest motor vehicle. The red camels had more value than the BMW cars, today.
*Clarification*
*If, you have wealth , you can buy the most sophisticated, expensive vehicle, as long that it doesn't make you arrogant.  *

The ones who had camels, they had wrong pride while the ones who had goats,sheeps were much more humble. And, Subhan'Allah, Allah swt has kept in such as that every nabi, they started from early age looking after goats, sheeps. And, it was never mentioned that they look after camels, it was always goats, sheeps.
-Prophet Muhammad SAW said "There was no Prophet except that he started off by looking after sheep"

Hence, Allah swt gave them a gift by sending Prophet Muhammad SAW to remove them from darkness of arrogance & to spend in a good cause.

Another, aspect of their economic life, they had alot of caravans towards the north( during summer), & south ( during winter). The winter was too cold for them to handle , hence they will go down to South( Yemen). That is why Quran speaks about this journeys.

Quraish : 1

لِإِيلٰفِ قُرَيْشٍ

For the accustomed security of the Quraysh -

Quraish : 2

إِۦلٰفِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ الشِّتَآءِ وَالصَّيْفِ

Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer -

Allah is speaking about their gift that was given to them during the winter & summer. There were hijackers who came to the Highlands in order to rob goods from them.  And, people used to have weapons with them in order to defend themselves.  And, most of their economic is based on how powerful they were as there were wars taking place. If, there were weak tribes, they will join with stronger tribe by signing treaty, so that they could look after weaker tribes. The reason is that the stronger tribe will keep on having goods if they do not have this system

We can see this even today, the stronger one will eat the money of the weaker ones. And, the weak ones are not able to do anything unless if you know someone (who is better than you).

Lesson:
-May Allah protect us from thinking that we are powerful. We should know that no matter , how powerful we are, Allah is more powerful than us

Lecture 2.5, Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW, Mufti MENK

So, Allah swt says, that Quraysh were given a gift, they used to travel North & South, very calm without anyone harming them.
-This is an ayat to indicate that Quraysh is a chosen clan.

Allah swt indicates that they are able to travel in peace, nobody touched their caraven.

Allah swt gave them the gift to be in peace.

1) Dealing with interest:
However, they mixed with Jews, dealing with Jewish people who taught them how to do dealings with interest.  This is why , people of Quraysh started to charge interest. And, many Arabs started to do that.
Why is it wrong?
-It is considered right for them at that point of time.
-However, when Islam emerged, it banned the interest so that it can protect the poor.
-The reason is that interests make rich,richer & poor, poorer . This is what happens if you borrow money.

2)Haram Festivals & Hajj
They also had festivals.  They celebrated it after the month of Shawwal & other months.  They used to gather around Arafah for any festivals.

And, they used to fulfill Hajj. However, what kind of Hajj was that?
-Hajj came down from Ibrahim(as). However, the Quraish mixed it till they started to worship the idols. They worshipped the idols on morning & evening.

-They would remember Allah .However,they only do it in the times of need.
*We do this as well. We sin everyday . When, we have a big problem, we will raise our hand to make dua as though we are the most deserving of mercy from Allah.

But, where were you when Allah swt favoured you? When, you are in goodness, you turned away from Allah swt. And, when you are in difficulty, you want to turn to Allah swt. However, Allah swt still gives us.

*But, the winner is the one as mentioned in Hadith:
"If you are close to Allah swt in times of ease, Allah swt will be close to when you are at the times of difficulty.  "

So, this people used to have Hajj, festivals at specific times.

3) Social Life
When, you take a look at their social life, it was prevalent during the time of Quraish &  around the birth of  Prophet Muhammad SAW that they were used to be very proud of their lineage.  They were proud of their lineage based on their father.
-However, now we can see that father works so hard, & the son can be the laziest person in the world.  And, some of them will say "I am alright, my daddy has a shop". If, your father has a shop, Alhamdullilah.  He sweated daily to build it.

And, you with few actions , you can bring it to the ground just because you have haram habits.
-What does it mean?
-To be continued, In Shaa Allah.

Lecture 2.6, Life Of Prophet Muhammad PBUH -Mufti Menk.

When, the person is involved in haram habits, gambling, drinking & any other bad habits, the sustenance crashes.
-A man is blocked from sustenance due to his sins.
-You can never achieve sustenance by the displeasure of the owner of sustenance.

They were very eloquent.  If, a man comes with a poetry that is full of meaning, they will listen to it and be excited. Furthermore, they will raise his ranks & make him wealthy.

The treatment of women:

Women were treated like commodities.
-Nikkah or marriage was very absurd at that time.
-One category of people used to marry correctly.  They will go to the guardian of the bride, ask for permission.  And, this custom remains till now(after Islam).

However, some of them will marry in a strange way. A man would have owe money from someone & in return , he will pass his own wife & child to a stranger.  He will allow his wife to become pregnant with a stranger. And, he will name the child to the stranger's name.  Audhubillah, what kind of ignorance.
-It is even happening now with ignorant Muslims. They will swap their wives. And, this is exactly happening now & in pre-Islamic period.
-They are conning the women saying that this custom is interesting etc.

Another way of marriage
-A woman who needs wealth, she will place a flag at her house. It was like a prostitution.  If, she becomes pregnant, she will point someone as the father for her child, and nobody can say no to this. She will choose the most honoured man so that the child will be brought up in a guardianship of some strange man.

*Mentioning about these things is not relevant. However, some of us are returning back to the same Jahilliyah with different names.  And, we should understand that this Jahilliyah is darkest era . May Allah swt take us out from this darkness.*

Divorce:
-A man will just divorce a woman and then ,he will just take her again.
-Nobody was there to defend this women, as there were afraid even to bear female children.
-Whenever, a female child is born, their face will be blackened.  And, they will become angry, they will want to hide behind the wall due to the bad news that they have received.
-A Sahabah , he said that during his period of ignorance , he buried his own beautiful child. She was so beautiful that she asked her father "Daddy, what are you doing". The sand hit his face as she waa struggling & kicking the sand off. He then covered her completely with sand & let her die.
-And, then Prophet Muhammad SAW  said to him " Didn't you feel  in your heart a little bit of mercy".
-The heart would have felt mercy but it is due people pressure.
-Some of us  will even feel embrassed when our children shouts in public, and we want to stop them by beating them in public.  Why? We want to show the public that we are disciplining our child but that is not the time to admonish children
Lecture 2.7| Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW

Admonishing a child in public:
-As, discussed earlier, it is wrong to admonish your child in public. It is like how you do not want to be admonished in public.  The children will feel embarrassed and it will make them lose their confidence.

They used to divorce their wives & take them back at any time.
-Hence, Allah swt revealed the ayat

"You can only divorce thrice"-The moment you have said talaq, the third time,you are not allowed to take back until
"She marries again".

Why is it like this?
-Most of us don't know why the divorce system works this way and we think by shouting 3 times, we can just walk away.
- We should never ever do/think like this. It is worse than hooligan and it is more like an animal.
-It is simple to shout.
-But , we need to be calm & relaxed.
-Some people will say, "I have divorced my wife in anger"-May Allah swt never make us foolish. Whenever, we are angry,we should watch our tongue, calm ourselves.
-If, you really want to divorce, you can just say it one time which is more than enough . Hence, from there if you want to get back, you can get back and you do not need to marry someone else.

Why is it the third time , that wife can't back to husband? -Wisdom behind it.
-Three whole times, you tried so hard, & he/she couldn't appreciate their spouse, which means that she could never live with the husband.
-Unless, she goes & live with someone else, & has opportunity to compare her husband with someone else & then she is not able to Iive with that person.
-So, she divorces the person, and get back to her husband.  Then, she will realise to appreciate & there is a chance for the marriage to work again.

Mufti's encounter with a man....

"I used to know a man from Britain who used to do halala. Do you know what is halala? It is actually haram.  Allah swt is cursed the one who has been done with halala & the one who is doing it.  They will marry their wives & the will divorce them. They will then ask their friend to marry for one night & to divorce the next day so that when she finished the iddah, she can come to them again. And , the British man said that he used to do this. Until, he saw one day such a princess & then he refused to divorce her. He, then said to me that she is my wife and I have so many children with her"

Subhan'Allah. May Allah protect us from this Jahilliyah.  And, Allah curses those who do that. Why can't we control our tongues? Why do we have to be so foolish & then later on run to Ulamah for help?. Why do, we have to use our own tongue to destroy ourselves?.
-Ignorance before Jahilliyah, they divorced their wives & took them back anytime.
-Hence, the woman was lost & she did not know what to do.
-And, Allah swt blessed & protected women folks by sending Prophet Muhammad SAW.

Lecture 2.8|Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW|Mufti Menk

★Good Qualities of what Quraish had★
-They were very intelligent & their memories were very powerful.  They were able to tell the lineage of their camels.
-Nowdays, we don't even know the lineage of our own families.
-To fulfill your duties to your relatives is not possible unless we know how we are related.  Most of us, don't know how we are related.

◇They were honoring towards their guests
-They were very generous, and used to clear debt of ppl.
-One man used to be very poor and then because of Allah's help, he was able to become rich. He used this wealth to clear people's debts & help people financially.

If there were any guests coming to their house,
-They will slaughter their animals.
-They will even cut their riding camel if they don't have food for their guests.

While, nowdays,
-When, we call someone to be their guest, they don't even answer the phone.

◇They used to be very courageous.
-They would fight for the cause of their own tribes.
-If, their fathers, relatives died in a battle, they would be very proud because of their relatives died in protecting their tribe.
-May Allah swt give us some courage .
-We don't even have courage, to kill a fly.
-And, sometime, we tend to be silent, & ×watch the oppression . But remember, if we don't say anything to oppression for the first time, it will repeat itself.

Hadith Of Prophet Muhammad SAW:
-We should stop oppression when we see it. If, we don't, we will start to make dua and Allah swt will not respond to our dua.  Why? The reason is that we did not help the oppressing people.

◇They love to fulfill their promise:
-In most cases,  they will fulfill it. If, they don't, the whole community will team up against them.

◇They were content.
-They were happy with the little things that they had.
-They were happy even with the small amounts of food that they had.
-They were always excited and content but they worshipped idols

◇They were strong:
-They had strong bodies, & used to be muscular.  They used to compete with one another.  They used to protect one another as well.
-They only fight with other clans. Within, their own clans, they tried their best, not to allow disunity to take over them.

Lecture 2.9|Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW

It is important to talk about 2 important incidents
occured just before the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW

The story of zam-zam:

The grandfather of Prophet Muhammad SAW, his name is Abdul Muttalib. Abdullah Mutallib is one of the leaders of Quraysh and he is one of the top key personnel during that time.  He was strong, beautiful man , people look up to him & listen to him as well because he was eloquent in his sppech.  His place was right in the middle of shade of Kabbah.  They had a special place for him to sit. And, nobody dares to sit on that mat. He will sit and tell people of any instructions.  SubhanAllah, he also had 11 children, son.

Among, his sons, Abdullah , the father of Prophet Muhammad SAW.

One day,he says I waa sleeping in the Al-Hijr...

What is Hijr?
-It is a part of Kabbah.  Nowdays, we can find crescent sort of structure.  It used to be within Kabbah itself & when they did not halal funds to build in the same shape. , they left it like a cube.  And, that part used to be in Kabbah and now it is not, there. If you reading Salah there , it is like you are reading Salah in Kabbah.

So,the man was resting there, and he saw a dream, in his dream , he was to told to dig.
And, he ask, "what am I supposed to dig". But, the dream ended.

The next day, he was in the same place & he had the same dream and he was told to dig Barra. And, he ask again "what is Barrah?". And, the dream ended.

On, third day, he saw another dream. Historians says/always mentioned this, he was told to dig madhuluna.
And, he ask again "what is madhuluna" . And, the dream ended .

On, fourth day, he saw a dream and he was told to dig, Zam-Zam. He inquired what is it. He was told that it is a well that will never deplete & everyone can drink from it. He was told where it is situates and its history.

So, he got up in the morning and with one of his children. One of the narration says, the child that he brought along is Al-Harith.  And, two of them began to dig. And, the Quraish was watching this.

All the Quraysh were related to one another, somehow.  They just had different clans like how we related with different brothers.

And, then he shouted Allahu Akhbar
-They used to worship other false deities, but they still worshipped Allah during their difficult/need times.
-And, they used all these terminologies.
-It also happens in our times where we worship Allah& sometime we might be worshipping the graves, sticks etc.
-But, do remember, the purpose of Prophet Muhammad SAW risala is to remove people from worshipping the creations of Allah to the creator, Allah. . So, we should not lose focus on that.

Then, all of them saw the water. And, they started to debate on whom it belongs to....

Part 3 | Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW | Mufti Menk

Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW

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Lecture 3.0| Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW

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Continuation of the story of Zam-Zam...

Their forefather is Ismayl (as). And, thus Quraish told Abdul Muttalib that Zam Zam  belongs to everyone.  While, Abdul Muttalib claimed that the Zam-Zam belongs to him as it was he who dream about it.

So, in order to resolve the dispute, they went to someone who is in Bani Saad. Bani Saad is further away from them, it is close to Ash-Shams. However, it is very far from Arabian Peninsula.

And, group of leaders went there , bringing their food. Then, during their journey, they get to the point where they ran out of food & water.  And, all of them were preparing for death.

Abdul Muttalib and all his clans were actually planning to go to one fortune teller in Bani Saaad. But, they came to point in realising that they are going to die, so they thought of something noble to do before they die. They planned to dig their graves, and the one who dies first will be buried by others and so on.  In that way, everyone will be able to get buried except for one person. But, even that person, will be able to get to his own grave & prepare for his own death.  Allahu Akhbar, this was their plan..

So, when they were digging, Abdul Muttalib walked to his camel. And, suddenly water started to gush miraculously from the feet of the camel.  And, the camel belongs to Abdul Mutallib.

From, the distance that everyone were in , they were all immediately shocked. And, they said to Abdul Muttalib that he should be the owner of Zam-Zam.
-it is not like only Abdul Muttalib will be having Zam-Zam.
-Others, will quench their thirst from it as well.
-However, the leader/owner of Zam-Zam well will be Abdul Muttalib.

All of them acknowledged that Abdul Muttalib should be leader, they came to a conclusion to go back to Mecca without proceeding any further.

And, Abdul Muttalib was the owner, and he used to give Hajjis water. That Hajj was the pagant Hajj as mentioned before.

And, everyone is drinking from that water till today. And, most of us have Zam-Zam in our homes.

Prophet Muhammad SAW later said
"The water of Zam-Zam is whatever that intention that is drunk for"
-If, your intention is to be cured, you will be cured.
-If, your intention is to pass your exam, you will pass your exams.
-And, for all your intentions as long it is noble & Allah accepts that.

May Allah swt allow us to have Zam-Zam all the time as it even protect us from devil.
Levture 3.1| Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW-Mufti Menk

This was the sign as Abdul Mutallib was already informed by the king of Yemen, one of the Jewish people, some of the fortune tellers that something big is going to happen from his lineage.

And, he was been informed that one of his grandchildren is going to be the top leader who will be changing everything.  Abdul Muttalib was constantly informed about this by various people.

This is a sign that he his a chosen man. Allah swt chose him to be the grandfather of Prophet Muhammad SAW.

Furthermore, Abdul Muttalib look after Prophet Muhammad SAW.

The next story that is worth mentioning:

It is the story of an Abysinnian man who became as a King in Yemen, and his name is Abraha. He was a Christian man who built a church in Yemen , & he wanted people to flock there. There are many reasons for that such as to worship in that place, business purpose.

However, he was told that there is a house in Mecca where everyone goes & he was told to deal with them if he wants people to come to his place. He informed them that he had one big elephant and he will walk with his armies to Mecca.
*Majority of the narration says that there was only one big,vast elephant. * And, the rest were camels &so on.  *However, some historians says that there were many elephants.
 *However, Quran states that there was only one elephant:

Al-Fil : 1

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحٰبِ الْفِيلِ

Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?

★Al Fil الْفِيلِ
-Which means only one elephant
-So, it called as the people of the elephant
-It was a big huge elephant and armies came along wih it.

And, they were walking towards Makkah Al-Mukkaramah..
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Lecture 3.3|Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW

Abraha & his army came marching towards Kabbah.

The elephant refused to go any further.  It actually stopped moving. When, they beat it up & made it turn so that the elephant will move, it still didn't move. Subhan'Allah, Allah stopped the elephant from moving.

However, they still proceed to move towards Kabbah. Out of nowhere, birds flew above them . The birds has 3 pebbles , which is the size of a pea or even smaller.  The pebbles were made of clay. And, they released those pebbles from a very high altitude.

The pebbles came down with a huge force.
-We have learnt about gravity, Newton laws etc.
-If, we take a look at this example(Al-Fil) : Due to the altitude of this pebbles, when it is released from a great height, it went straight to the men & killed them on the spot.

People were watching all these. Didn't, Abdul Muttalib said that house has its lord who will protect it?

We should always remember that Kabbah is protected by Allah swt.

Lecture 3.4|Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW| Mufti Menk

Al-Fil : 1

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحٰبِ الْفِيلِ

Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?

Allah swt destroyed them.

For, some of them, the pebbles did not get through them. However,  they were injured & inflicted with disease.

And, Abraha himself, his fingers started to drop. And, as they were proceeding to their homes, Abraha's hands,leg fell off.  And, he eventually died.

This happened before the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW.

Then, came the blessed birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW on which the whole world changed .

If, you look at us and when we look at Prophet Muhammad SAW life as mentioned we need to understand who was he in order to understand the revelation.

His name is
Mohamed ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul Muttalib ibn Hashim

Prophet Muhammad SAW was from the clan of Hashim . And, Hashim belongs to one of the clan from Quraysh.

His father's name was Abdullah and his grandfather's name is Abdul Muttalib.

Prophet Muhammad SAW was born in Mecca.

It was in the house of Abdul Muttalib that he was born. And, Prophet Muhammad SAW father passed away when Prophet Muhammad SAW was  in the womb of his mother(7 months).

Prophet Muhammad's SAW father was 25 years old.

The historians says that Allah swt took the father's life away as soon as his seed was planted on Prophet Muhammad's mother . And, his job in this dunya was over.

Lecture 3.5|Life Of Prophet Muhammad SAW|Mufti Menk

And, Prophet Muhammad's SAW mother was from similar clan of Prophet Muhammad's SAW father.

She stated,  "It was the easiest period( pregnancy)". She meant that she did not feel any pain during the childbirth. She further mentioned that "I felt my childbirth like I am never giving childbirth".

The most blessed soul was then born.

Allah swt caused the death of the father of Prophet Muhammad SAW in Medinah.  Prophet Muhammad's SAW father went to Al-Shams,then he visited his relatives in Al-Medinah.  And, on his way , he passed away in Medinah.  Prophet Muhammad SAW at later stage of his life,he went back there.

Prophet Muhammad SAW unlike all the children, the narration mentions that he came with his hands down & face was looking up at the sky. He was already circumcised & his umbilical cord was already seperated.

-This is being mentioned in most of the narration.

Some of them says that the circumcision was already done while some says Abdul Muttalib did it after 7 days , and he fed people due to happiness that a grandson  is born. Furthermore, Abdul Muttalib already knows that in his mind that this child is going to be great as many people told him about it. They did not know that he is going to be nabi but they knew that something great is going to happen due to Prophet Muhammad SAW.

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The mother of Prophet Muhammad SAW says :
"When, I am expecting Prophet Muhammad SAW to deliver, I saw a light that is coming out from my belly, that even palaces of Al-Shams lit and I knew that is something is going to happen"

And, it is reported that the fire worshipped by the Persians, in Iran was extinguished and they had to rekindle it.

And, it is further reported that the idols that were in Kabbah, dropped down on that day. The Palace of Kisra(Persia) , part of the structure,balcony was dropped on that day, and they had to re-build it.

These were all the signs which was then interpreted that Prophet Muhammad SAW message is going to spread everywhere.

We may have encountered, just before someone dies,they might have informed us that he/she is not going to see us again. And, they might have died after that.
★It is not his sixth sense that enabled him to say that.
★ It is Allah who enabled him to make such statements as a lesson for those who are coming later on.

However, we busy engross ourselves om pondering that how he knows about it or did he just guessed.
-it is not important to know whether he knows about his time of death or not.
-We are supposed to question ourselves on whether we are prepared to be in that condition.

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In a narration, it is stated that Prophet Muhammad SAW was born with his finger(the pointing finger, the finger of Shahadah) pointing upwards.
-This is to depict to worship Allah alone .

Prophet Muhammad's SAW mother says that
"Abdul Muttalib, his grandfather loved him so much. During the time of his( Propphet Muhammad(SAW)) birth, Abdul Muttalib was sitting in Kabbah. While, I covered him with utensil and sent for Abdul Muttalib to be called so that he would be first one to see him. When, Abdul Muttalib came back, the utensil that was covering him was broken into two pieces, while he was perfectly fine.  The grandfather was very delighted to see him"

Prophet Muhammad SAW was extremely close with Abdul Muttalib as his father has passed away.

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Many people have fabricated miracles about Prophet Muhammad's SAW birth.  It is not use to fabricate narrations about him. In his Seerah, we can find the miracles & the true value of Prophet Muhammad SAW.  By, making fabrication, it only makes the Seerah to drop its value.

Some of the false narrations are:
1) During the time of Prophet Muhammad SAW birth, the minara of Haram made Sajda

2) The golden stand (Maqame Ibrahim) got up and made sajda

-But, we need to know there was no minar or golden stand during that time.

Part 3 | Surah Kahf | Speaking false about Allah

Part-3.1 -Speaking-false-about-Allah---Dr-Yasir-Qadhi--11th-July-2013

Youtube  link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rRwfuN9Y6po

Al-Kahf : 4

وَيُنذِرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ وَلَدًا

And to warn those who say, "Allah has taken a son."

Al-Kahf : 5

مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِءَابَآئِهِمْ ۚ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوٰهِهِمْ ۚ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبًا

They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.


This Quran and the messenger warn those people who claim that Allah swt has a child. They do not have knowledge of this, neither them nor their forefathers.  What kind atrocity coming from their mouth/ What an evil lie comes from their mouth. They are saying nothing but lie.

-In this two verses, Allah swt mentions one of the main purpos of Quran, which is to negect false accusations about Allah & to affirm on what we believe about Allah.
-We have no knowledge on who is Allah except through Quran.
-Allah swt criticises anybody who claims that Allah swt has a child.

This verse came down in Mecca. And, in Mecca , there weren't any Christians or Jews. Therefore, the addressee were the Quraish & Quraish used to claim that Allah has daughters.
*And, walad does not specifically means son. It means his child(which can be a daughter or son)*

Hence, Allah swt explains that he has revealed the Quran to warn to not to say this & anyone who says Allah has a child/children, this is not true.

Allah swt asks -How do you know this? If, you know this, where did you get it from?
-And, their excuse were, our forefathers,culture, tradition said this.
-Hence, Allah says neither you nor your forefathers,  do not know anything.

Lesson for us:
-This shows that , one of the greatest calamities, sins in Islam, it is to speak about Allah without knowledge.  And, speak about Islam without knowledge.  Allah challenges those who tell lies about Islam, where did you get this? -
-And, explains that neither him nor their fathers have no knowledge about this.

-Quran tells us that they are telling lies about Allah& Islam because it is one of the plots of Shaytan,
1) Shaytan commands you to associate partner with Allah
2) You speak about Allah without knowledge.
-This is one of the biggest problem.  You cannot deviate from the truth except if you think about falsehood/lie about Allah/Islam/True Tawheed/True Risala.

Where do these lies come from?
-Shaytan tells Allah that he will command them to do this& lie to them about this. And, anybody speaks without knowledge about Allah, messenger,Quran,Islam- this person is getting information from Shaytaan.

This is what Quran tells us...

Part-3.2-Speaking-false-about-Allah---Dr-Yasir-Qadhi--11th-July-2013

Al-Kahf : 5

مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِءَابَآئِهِمْ ۚ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوٰهِهِمْ ۚ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبًا

They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.

Alllah swt negect any falsehood.  Allah is saying that they are saying nothing but lies.

No person in this world like to hear slander about himself/herself.  It is ingrained in us , we despise falsehood,lies.  When, we are being slandered, we want to defend ourselves.  And, this quality comes from Allah swt, he is the one who put it for us.

Prophet Muhammad SAW clarifies this"
"There is no being more patient,forbearing than Allah. They slander & accused him having children, and he still provide for them."

If, your enemy lied about you, could you be generous with that enemy?
If , your enemy accused of crime of falsehood, could you be generous with that enemy?
You will not be able to do it.  Yet, our Prophet Muhammad SAW said there is no being who is more patient, forbearing than Allah. People accused , rejected,attributed children to him, while he continues to give rizq, sustenance.
And, look at what Allah says,
"What a lie that comes from their mouth?"

It is because saying that Allah has a child, it cannot come from intellect, knowledge,book. They literally invented from their mouth. It is just a word and does not have basis,intellect, scripture.

And, to affirm how evil it is,
"They are saying that is not true & it is a lie"
◇Lying about Allah swt is the greatest crime.
◇And, Quran talk about this in Surah Maryam:
-when the creation around us , the heavens , earth & mountains hear certain beings attributes that Allah has a child, the mountains want to crumble.

And, they say "How dare , that they have claimed Ar-Rahman has a child.  And, it is not befitting,appropriate for Ar-Rahman to beget a child.."

So, Allah says one of the purpose of the Quran is to correct the misinformation about him(swt).

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In verse 6 & 7,

Al-Kahf : 6

فَلَعَلَّكَ بٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلٰىٓ ءَاثٰرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا

Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muhammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.


فَلَعَلَّكَ :
FalaAlluka -For surely

َ بٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَك:
Baghi'un Nafsaka- kill yourself

َ بٰخِعٌ
Baghi'un
-It literally means die from depression.
- Allah says to Messenger of Allah SAW that if you continue to be in a state of grief, you will kill yourself due to that.

Where is that grief /sadness coming from?

َ عَلٰىٓ ءَاثٰرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا:
A'la atharihim, in lam , yu'minouna bihadhal hadiyithi asafa:
-due to their footsteps
-if they do not believe in this message.

This ayats teaches us some lessons:

1) Sheer eloquence of the ayat
-They are turning away, walking away.
-And, our Prophet Muhammad SAW is going after them (following their footsteps) due to that he is feeling depressed.

Why does he feeling depressed? Is it because they have rejected him?
-No, it is because they have rejected Allah.
-It also shows the sincerity of Prophet Muhammad SAW.
-Most of us, when we preach, we preach to our own ego &self.

When we are in an argument, we want to win, & not the truth to win.
-While, our Prophet Muhammad SAW wanted the truth to win.

And, Allah swt clarifies this by saying
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ْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا:
"Yu minouna bidhal hadiyithi asafa"
-You are feeling sad because they have rejected Quran, Allah( and not because they have rejected you. )

You can also notice that Allah mentions about Prophet Muhammad SAW before mentioning about rejectors.
-Allah swt talks about Quran & the role of Quran.
-Hence, from here in response, Allah  did not say, they have rejected the Quran .
-Rather, he addreses Prophet Muhammad SAW in singular & says

"calm your grief down, yourself. Don't take it to this level.  If, you continue to do this, you will cause destruction & harm to yourself if they don't believe"

Our lord did not blame the Quraish for rejecting Prophet Muhammad SAW.  Instead, he addresses, Prophet Muhammad SAW for the grief that having been rejected.

So, who does Allah cares, the rejectors or Prophet Muhammad SAW ?

- Our lord does not even addresses kafir here. Our lord is concerned about the grief that our Prophet Muhammad SAW is felt when the Quraish rejected him.

-And, our lord, consoles our Prophet Muhammad SAW.

-And, this happens multiple times( at least half of dozen times) that Allah swt calms Prophet Muhammad SAW.

-This shows the maqamah of Prophet Muhammad SAW, status of our nabi. And, that even Allah swt is consoling him.

Furthermore , it shows....

Part 3.4 |Tafseer-Surah-Al-Kahf--Speaking-false-about-Allah---Dr-Yasir-Qadhi--11th-July-2013

Al-Kahf : 6

فَلَعَلَّكَ بٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلٰىٓ ءَاثٰرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا

Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muhammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.

It shows the status of Prophet Muhammad SAW as Allah swt is consoling him .
And, it shows that Allah swt cares infinitely more about the one who is in his path rather than the one who rejects his path. And, Allah swt only shows concern about the one who is in his path.

It shows that our lord consoles Prophet Muhammad SAW, and from here we can derive a simple sunnah. When, we see someone in a deprive situation, we should give consolation/word of comfort.  We should give word of comfort when somoeone is in museebat/calamity/loves one died/financial crisis , anything that happened that will make heart grieve.

What can be done?
Allah consoles Prophet Muhammad SAW.  What about us? We need that consolation more.
That is why our Prophet Muhammad SAW made it a sunnah when he finds someone is in distress, he will give words of comfort.

When Jaffir, his cousin died, Prophet Muhammad SAW visited his house, physically placed his hand on the children of Jaffir, and made dua for them. He praised the women/wives of Jaffir. All these are words of consolation.

Allah swt consoled Prophet Muhammad SAW.  Prophet Muhammad SAW consoled the Sahabas.  And, if we find anybody in distress, legitimate stress, we should give them words of wisdom.

We can notice from here that concern of Prophet Muhammad SAW is so much that Allah swt used a very harsh word.

َ بٰخِع:ٌ
-Baghi'e:
Abbas ra says Baghie literally means , "you will kill yourself due to the grief "/ "the grief will consume you".Prophet Muhammad SAW loved his people so much.
And, anybody who is calling people to Islam, you should have the genuine love for the people, you will want the people to love Allah & his religion like you.  It is not for your ego, but for the sake of Allah swt.

No doubt, this love can go extreme from you living normally.  Hence, in the beginning of Dawah, Allah swt teaches Prophet Muhammad SAW to check that grief that much.

َ عَلٰىٓ ءَاثٰرِهِمْ
Ala atharihim:
-Going in their footsteps if they do not believe in this book.

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And, then Allah says,in two more verses

Al-Kahf : 7

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا

Indeed, We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it that We may test them [as to] which of them is best in deed.

ِ زِينَةً لَّهَا :
:Ziyanatallah
-Everything on top of earth is made beautiful.
What is that?
☆Men & Women
★Palaces
☆Tress, Oceans
★Everything, we see on Earth , it is the beautification .
☆It is not for Allah . It is for us.
★Allah does not need this world. This is not a permanent place.

Allah says everything on top of the Earth is the beautification.  Why?

 لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ :
:Linabuluhum
-We are going to test them

ْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا:
:Ayuhun ahsanu amala
☆On who does the best deeds.
★Not the one who does MOST deeds but rather BEST deeds.
☆Allah swt is not looking for quantity but rather looking for quality.

Everything on the earth is a test for them. Their money, children, women, possession & all of that they have owned on this Earth.Allah says it is a test for them to see who can do the best. (Take note: it is not the most but the best)

This shows the quality is important. For example: A person can be giving million of dollars, and then another person gives 10 dollars.  And, it is possible that, a person who gives million of dollars is nothing to Allah while another person who gives only 10 dollars, is worth millions of millions to Allah.
☆All goes back to the intention.

Or, a person who prays only 2 rakaah, it can be more precious than everything on those on Earth compared to someone who prayed 200 rakaah, which will be thrown back to him as his intention might not be right.

ْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا
Ayhuhum Ahsana Amala -
What is the reason that this verses comes after the previous verse?

It is natural for someone to feel that on why Quraysh reject Allah who are in the pinnacle of civilisation.
Why do they have control? And, why we do not have this?
-In earlier period of Mecca, the Quraysh had the power, Izzah but Muslims were the ones who were persecuted.

So, what does Allah says?
-All of these that they have , it is a test for them.
-And, do not put hard on this.
-Because, next verse clarifies....

Part-3.6-Speaking-false-about-Allah---Dr-Yasir-Qadhi--11th-July-2013

Continuation from last week....
Because, next verse clarifies (the reason for believers to go through hardships & for non-believers to be in power)

Al-Kahf : 8

وَإِنَّا لَجٰعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيدًا جُرُزًا

And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.

-Allah says we have made the world as zina and we will make this world as:

 صَعِيدًا
1) Sa'iyda:
-Flat land


 جُرُزًا
2) Jurouza:
-Infertile without any greenery.

So, Allah is saying all of this beauty that we see ,it is temporary. And, a time will come which is Yawmul Qiyamah where this world will be substituted with an another world.

Hence, Allah is saying do not be deceived by this greenery,  by the power that they all have . As, there will come time where it will be
 صَعِيدًاSa'iyda -flat land


 صَعِيدًا
More explanation of Sa'iyda by Quran:
-The mountains will crumble.
-And, everything that human beings enjoyed will be destroyed.

So, Allah is saying "just wait, and all of this world will be flat & infertile(juruz) جُرُزًا

Conclusion:

Allah is saying to us through Prophet Muhammad SAW that not to be deceived by illusion as this world is beautiful only here. However, the real beauty , will be in next world.

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Part 1 Surah Inshirah/Ash-Sharh-Nouman Ali Khan

Abdullah Ibn Masud used to recite Ad-Dhuha and Inshirah together in one rakaah without even breaking for Bismillah /Basmallah during Salah. He has mentioned that both these Surahs are one, and is having the same discussion.

This is also the opinion of Abdullah ibn Abbas.

Similarities between Surah Ad-Dhua and Inshirah:

1) Both are addressing exclusively, Prophet Muhammad SAW.

-Allah swt talks about believers/disbelievers in some parts of Quran.. However, the main target audience for this Surah is Prophet Muhammad SAW.

-The pronoun 'ka' that is being used in both these Surahs,both are addressing Prophet Muhammad SAW exclusively.

2) Both are one of the shortest Surahs , yet contains the heaviest contents.

-The content on appreciating and loving Prophet Muhammad SAW.

3) Both are ending with advices to Prophet Muhammad SAW.

-When something has been addressed as an advice to Prophet Muhammad SAW, it doesn't means that Prophet Muhammad SAW is not doing it!

-It is a general advice to everyone. Why?
It is like Allah saying since Prophet Muhammad SAW is supposed to do it, everyone who follows him(SAW) also has to do it.

-One of the advice that is more exclusive to Prophet Muhammad SAW is

Ad-Dhuhaa : 11

وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ

But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].

Dawah is being mentioned as favour.

Dawah:
We will think it is beneficial for others. However, in this Surah, we will learn how Dawah is beneficial for you.

4)
In linguistic point of view:
We have a sentence structures where it being questioned negatively.  For example: like saying "Didn't I tell you not to do that?". What it means? It means that sentence is implying that "For sure,I told you not to do that. "

Another example:

"Didn't I tell you to worry about that?" , which  can be implied as "For sure, I did not tell you to worry about that"

Ad-Dhuhaa : 6

أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَـَٔاوٰى

Did He not find you an orphan and give [you] refuge?

This ayat follows this following format of rhetorical question.

Ad-Dhuhaa : 7

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدٰى

And He found you lost and guided [you],

-This is a reply
-And,it is in past tense.

Ash-Sharh : 1

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast
?

-This is also a rhetorical question.

And, the three ayats following it have the past tense format just like the previous surah.

Ash-Sharh : 2

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ

And We removed from you your burden

Ash-Sharh : 3

الَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ

Which had weighed upon your back

Ash-Sharh : 4

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ

And raised high for you your repute.

Both these Surahs starts with a question format , and replying with past tense.
And, thus in terms of structure & language, they are very similar.

Part 2, to be continued, In Shaa Allah.


Part 2, Surah Inshirah/Ash-Sharh-Nouman Ali Khan

Continuing the similarities between Surah Inshirah and Surah Dhuha:

5)
Ad-Dhuhaa : 4

وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ الْأُولٰى

And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life].

-This is a consolation given to Prophet Muhammad SAW by Allah swt.

Ash-Sharh : 5

فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

Ash-Sharh : 6

إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

-In this Surah, another consolation given to Prophet Muhammad SAW.
-Not only, it is being mentioned it will be BETTER but it is also mentioned that it will be EASIER.

There may be times in this world where it can be BETTER for you but does not necessarily needs to EASIER for you. However,for  Prophet Muhammad SAW, Allah swt is saying that in hereafter, it will be EASIER & BETTER.  This is being stated in both the surahs.

6)
Ad-Dhuhaa : 7

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدٰى

And He found you lost and guided [you],

When you know somebody is lost, they will be disturbed, not in rest , not being calm. And, when they found something, they will become calm.

And, in this Surah, we can see that Allah swt is giving guidance by....

Ash-Sharh : 1

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?

-when the chest is being expanded means, to put things in ease, calm. Allah is saying like "Didn't we give you ease, relaxation to your chest".

-This is explaining the guidance that Allah swt gave to Prophet Muhammad SAW .

7)
Ad-Dhuhaa : 5

وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضٰىٓ

And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.

And, in this surah we will see on what Allah will be giving,

Ash-Sharh : 4

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ

And raised high for you your repute.

What does it mean elevating the status? And, why is it so important? -Will be discussed later...

8) We can see external & internal work of a believer.

This is going to be the main theme of this surah.

-Acts like dawah, standing up for people were things that Messenger of Allah always did.
-You will say that all of these acts are done for the people.
-However, there is a another dimension where you cut things off from people. You will just worship Allah swt.
-Da'ee has the following two dimensions.

For example:

Ad-Dhuhaa : 11

وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ

But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].

*Allah swt is asking Messenger of Allah to connect to with the humanity.

Ash-Sharh : 8

وَإِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

*Now, Allah swt is saying to cut himself off from the humanity

Now, Prophet Muhammad SAW has to manage these two. In Shaa Allah, this (balancing) will be covered in this Surah.

Here are the following parallels/similarities provided by the scholars.  And, it is mentioned by the scholars on the connection between these two surahs are more obvious as  the Sun.

Part 3, will be continued, In Shaa Allah.



Part 3, Surah Inshirah/Ash-Sharh Nouman Ali Khan

Ash-Sharh : 1

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?

Why Sharh is being used?
-It is being used to describe the opening the book etc
-It can be defined as opening/explaining something that is complex.

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One of the Salaf has mentioned that there is two meanings for this word 'Sharh'

1) Open/expand something
2) Clarify something

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In Arabic idiom, when we study figure of speech....

When Allah says that he expand the chest of Prophet Muhammad SAW,
1) it means that he(swt ) put the  mind of Prophet Muhammad SAW in ease.

*And, Sharh does not necessarily means chest, it could also means as mind. *

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Scholarly Commentary:

1) When someone's chest is being open, they will be happy for whatever situation/object that they were given. They used to be unhappy about it previously, and now, they are happy about it .

So, when Allah says ,

Ash-Sharh : 1

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast
?

-Prophet Muhammad SAW is enormously content,completely satisfied with what he has given. And, there is no want for more, no more void left.

2) Opening of chest could also imply that
-Any barrier for the true meaning of the message that Allah has given him, it has been removed.

-And, this is a very important concept.  The reason is that when you give someone dictation, it doesn't not necessarily that they understand everything.

-For example, when the teacher is in the class,he asks them to write down something,and the students write it down. However , it doesn't not necessarily means that they have understood on what they have wrote.

-Receiving message doesn't necessarily means that you
understand it.

-Hence, by receiving & understanding the message, your chest will be open.

-Prophet Muhammad SAW not only only receive the message, but he made the best to understand it.

-Allah swt made it easier for him to understand it & any barrier to understand the revelation has been removed.

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3) When you put a question on a negative statement,
This is a means to emphasise on the statement that has been made.

-Allah is saying , "For sure, I have expanded your chest".
-It is reminding the favour that Allah swt has given to Prophet Muhammad SAW, for example : "Didn't I do this to you?" rather than saying "I did this to you".
-The intend of it is to make the person whom you are talking  , to make them even more grateful.
-This gives the tone for this Surah.
-We will know that Allah swt is going to give consolation to Prophet Muhammad SAW till the end.
- Allah swt is supporting Prophet Muhammad SAW psychologically & spiritually.

4) Why Sadr is being used?
-Some scholars have pointed out this ayat( expanding of chest) is referring to Prophet Muhammad SAW childhood event, where his heart has been opened and cleaned by the angels.
-While, another occasion where the heart of Prophet Muhammad SAW is being cleaned is during Israa Mi'raj.

Part 4 to be continued, In Shaa Allah.


Part 4 Surah Inshirah/Ash-Sharh-Nouman Ali Khan

Ash-Sharh : 1

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?

5) Why the word "we" is being used?
-In the previous Surah, Allah swt introduce himself as a third person.
-While, in this Surah, Allah swt introduce directly(first person) to Prophet Muhammad SAW.
-In terms of language, speaking directly implies that you are closer to the person. Hence, this is a major difference between the previous surah and this surah.
-It shows that Prophet Muhammad SAW and Allah swt is very close.

What does expansion of chest means?
-It occurs in the Quran × x4.

Expanding of your chest means putting your mind in ease, to make comfortable with something.

For example:
There is a group of people who know what is haram, halal. And, they are following the commandments.  However, they do not understand what they are doing. And, they are not finding any comfort in it as they do not find any logic . Their mind is not put in the ease.

*Take note: We are not supposed to find logic in the commandments of Allah swt, as we may or not find wisdom in it. As a believer, we should believe in the commandments of Allah without finding any logic in it.*

There will be some who may be in confused about 2.5% zakaat, inheritance law, riba( loan interests) .

While,  among the believers , there will be some who will be comfortable with the commandments. There could be 2 reasons for it

1)They may find & appreciate wisdom in it.

2) The fact that is it from Allah swt is sufficient for them to convince about the commandments.  They are totally satisfied as the commandments are from Allah swt and they are grateful for it. Even, if it is difficult, they will find  it like a medication, and they would happily take it.

"Whoever Allah swt intends to guide them , he expands their chest for Islam"

-Allah swt did not expand the chest for Eeman but to Islam.

What is the difference between Eeman & Islam?

-Eeman is the faith. Believing in -Allah is being one , Prophet Muhammad SAW as being the Messenger of Allah..

-Islam is the obedience.

And, discomfort comes in the obedience.  Allah is saying whoever wants true guidance, he (swt) puts relaxation on them to be obedient to the commandments. Allah swt expands their chest for Islam.

"As for the one whose chest has been expanded for Islam , it is like he is from light"

-Like, he has light. Allah swt has given him the light.

What does it means?

A person who says/believes "I don't really understand on what it means, but I will just do it anyway".
-While , other person who will truly understand the message & accepts it.
-The first person is walking in the dark while the other one has the light in his path.

Part 5 to be continued, In Shaa Allah.


Part 5, Surah Inshirah/ Ash-Sharh-Nouman Ali Khan

Ash-Sharh : 1

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?

Who is the other messenger whose chest has been expanded?

It is Musa(AS)
"My master has expanded my chest for me"

Let's ponder on expansion of chest for Musa(as)...

Musa(as) has a very strong temper so when he goes before Firawn , and he hears ridiculous,abnoxious lies,falsehood, insult against the truth, he(as) will be offended. And,  Musa(as) will go to Allah swt and says
"My chest has become tightened, and my tongue doesn't move"

Musa(as) is complaining about tightening of his chest.  In other words, tightening has got to do with his mission. When, he(as) goes in a mission to deliver the message of Allah, he will hear things that will make him cringe. And, at this point of time , his heart will become tightened.

So, when your chest has become tightened & uncomfortable
-You will not be able to do your  mission properly, will not be able to do your best.And, then Musa(as) will start stuttering.

-And, then ,Musa(as) is making dua to expand his chest.

So,what does this mean?
-There is kind of expansion of chest, that will be applicable to Messengers only.
-It is due to the work that they are doing. It is emotionally a draining work. And, thus they need Allah’s divine gift for relaxation in what they are doing.

What is the difficulty in the task?
-In case of Prophet Muhammad SAW , he received message given to the humanity.  And, this is the greatest honour that any human being will be bestowed upon.

-On, the other hand,he (SAW) takes the message and goes to the kuffar,the people of the book. The people were curseing ,spitting him& they are insulting him.

-Let's talk about da'ees or just yourself...
*if you are doing job, and someone comes and insult you, yelling at you in public, do you think that effect of it will last the whole day?
-Of course, it will if you are the dignified human being . You will be affected.  And, this is the normal scenario.
*it will take a toil on your chest, you will feel it. And, you will feel your chest getting tight.
(However, there are some people who are used to being cursed,insulted and that is different. )

Part 6 to be continued,In Shaa Allah.

Part 6 Surah Inshirah/Ash-Sharh-Nouman Ali Khan

Effects of tightening of your chest( continuation)

-If you are affected by a person's words, it will take a toil in your heart. Some people will not be able to talk properly to the same person even after some years.Or, they will totally avoid that person. 

Prophet Muhammad SAW has to face the insults on daily basis. 

Isn't it something hard to think about?

And, Allah swt has divinely states that "didn't we open your chest for you" 

-This is to inform us about the difficult task that Prophet Muhammad SAW has to handle. 

If this Quran was sent to the mountains, they would have been exploded out of fear.

-Mountains are supposed to be hard . However, due to the fear of Allah,they would have been exploded completely. 

Yet ,the same Quran was sent to  Prophet Muhammad SAW through Jibreel(as). So, if this Quran was hold by Prophet Muhammad SAW , isn't it needs to be properly aligned?. 

Hence, Allah swt says that he expands the chest because it contains the Quran. It is not something easy for Quran to be revealed on Prophet Muhammad SAW.  This is a very heavy thing. And, even Allah swt declares it. 

"We are going to come in contact to you with heavy words".

So,this is the favour that Allah swt has bestowed upon Prophet Muhammad SAW.  

If, you compare the previous favours that Allah swt has bestowed upon....

Ad-Dhuhaa : 6

أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَـَٔاوٰى

Did He not find you an orphan and give [you] refuge?

Ad-Dhuhaa : 7

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدٰى

And He found you lost and guided [you],

Ad-Dhuhaa : 8

وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًا فَأَغْنٰى

And He found you poor and made [you] self-sufficient.

All of these favours are preparatory for the task being messenger of Allah. 

And, the above ayats talks about pre-Islamic period. 

While, this Surah motivates Prophet Muhammad SAW to be in the mission as expanding of chest will be the greatest gift that Allah can bestow on Prophet Muhammad SAW now.

Musa(as) had to ask Allah for his heart to be expanded.  While, in this surah, Allah swt says "didn’t we expanded your chest", which implies that Prophet Muhammad's SAW heart has already been expanded

Part 7 to be continued, In Shaa Allah

Part 7 Surah Inshirah/Ash-Sharh-Nouman Ali Khan

Let's take a look at the vocabulary:

Ash-Sharh : 2

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ

And We removed from you your burden

Wawadahna:

1)Something that is placed above and then you place it below.

For example: You pick an object from table and place  below it. 

2)It is also used when a mother gives birth to a child. When, Maryam (as) give birth , she used the same word. 

3) Similarly, it is used in Quran when removing your clothes, dropping load of your clothes. 

So, Allah says he could relieve them from the shackles that they are experiencing.  

Wizraqa:

Allah swt removed their burdens

Wizr:

Wizr in English translation is burden. 

So, what is the difference between this burden(Wizr)?

1) It is heavier

-Hence, from here we will learn that Prophet Muhammad SAW had a very heavy burden to carry.

2) It is so hard to carry that you will crush due to its weight. 

Allah swt is saying that he has removed the overwhelming, crushing wizr from you. 

Ash-Sharh : 1

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?

Normally LAKA is being used at the end. This is the preposition that is normally used. 

By, placing the LAKA at the front, it is being implied as only for you we have expanded the chest.  In other words, the way Allah swt has expanded the chest, it is uniquely for him. Some people may have experienced expansion of heart but it is nothing compared to Prophet Muhammad SAW.  It is a gift from Allah to Prophet Muhammad SAW.  

Similarly,

Ash-Sharh : 2

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ

And We removed from you your burden

Anka:

This is being used in front of the sentence compared to last as this is unique to Prophet Muhammad SAW , like the previous ayat. 

Part 8 to be continued, In Shaa Allah.  

Part 8, Surah Inshirah/Ash-Sharh-Nouman Ali Khan. 

Ash-Sharh : 3

الَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ

Which had weighed upon your back.

Naqadha:

It has multiple meanings:

- it is used to indicate something for 'break' 

-Untie a rope

-break a bone

-break a contract

Anqadha(This is used in the ayat):

-To place a burdern on someone until you hear cracks from them.

-For example , if you have a table and you pile something more than it can handle, and you will start to hear cracks before it breaks

-Similarly, it is used for people who are getting old, they will hear cracks from their knees when they are getting up from sujood. 

Dha'hrak

- It is your back .

-Allah Is saying to messenger(saw) that the burden is so heavy in the back that you can start to hear cracks. And, Allah swt is saying if it was staying any longer, the back would have snapped.  

-Of course, this is not indicating that there was a physical burden placed inside Messenger(saw). 

This is something else... 

So, what is this wizr that was so heavy on his back that it will make him collapse?

There are 6 to 7 opinions from Tafasiroon:

1) We are living in a materialistic world and we are becoming very shallow as human beings- This is not even indicating about being religious but the people generally.  

Our concern, rarely goes beyond ourselves.  We only think about what we are going to eat today, what movie to watch, what video games that we are going to play, etc. Our entire life revolves around us. While, others could be , their family & children. 

-For, some people their concerns is little bit more. They are concerned about their neighbourhood.  They are socially active. They are concerned about themselves and the society. 

-While, there will be some people who is concerned more , ,they are concerned about politics, animal rights.  These are the people who are politically active and they want to do something humanitarian. 

-All of these is materialistic as all of them are concerned about this world.  

-And, there used to be some people in the pre-modern world who are not only concerned about this world, but they are worried about what is going to happen after they leave this world. 

-They will be pondering with questions such as:

Why am here? Where am I headed after this? As , I am not the only who was here, my forefathers have came here and they are gone , so where will I go?

-They will ask deeper questions. 

"How do I find justice in the society? How I should Iive my life?

-An average person, they will not ask these deeper questions and they do not even think about it. They are not that kind of people. 

-We will be thinking that only philosophy lecturers will be pondering about these deeper questions, or  they are the ones who will thinking about abstract , groovy things.

However...(will be continued in Part 9, In Shaa Allah)

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However, you should think about this...

When you don't have food , you will start to feel unrest.  And, when you are concerned about your neighbourhood, you will lose your sleep. 

When, you are concerned about something in your life, it becomes an obsession and you want to fix it. 

There is some people in the humanity(not necessarily means only messengers) , generally, human beings will think about all these, and when they do , they will not be able to sleep. 

They will think about all these questions..

"Why am I here?" "Is there anyone who created me?" "Do I owe him anything?"

And, they will try to find answers in church , temple or even with philosophers.  And, they will keep getting answers that they are not satisfied upon. And, this unrest will become burden for them and it will take over their lives.  

Again, most people are not at this level. However, there are some people like that.

Historical example....

Salman Al Farsi(RA)

-He was born in a fire worshipping family, well-to-do , had a good life but his family worships fire. And, he is one of the big chief in the temple.  And, he cannot absorb this idea of him putting the fuel in fire and asking fire to do something.  He thinks about this and he is not satisfied. 

Due to not being satisfied, he tries to find answers. Long story to be short-how many sacrifices Salman Al Farsi is willing to go through even before Islam? It is not for the needs for his stomach, or his nation or his country. Not for anything, but for the truth or purpose of this life. That is what he is seeking. And, this man is amazing as we say the thirsty goes to the well. But, in his case, the well comes to him. When, Messenger (saw) moves to medinah,  Salman Al Farasi was anxiously waiting to meet him.

And, these are the average human beings who are deep thinkers.

Now, lets take look at the messengers,

-Allah swt has selected the purest of the people to be the messengers. 

-And, the purest of them all is Messenger(saw)

-Do you think that he is concerned with worldly things even before Islam or he is concerned about higher things?

-The answer for this is captured in the previous surah.

Ad-Dhuhaa : 7

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدٰى

And He found you lost and guided [you],

 

Found you in seeking what?

-Messenger(saw) was not satisfied with what his society is doing. The truth of unseen is unsatisfactory to him.

-We know that he doesn't like to play games , or entertained and he doesn't goes to any musical types of gathering. Even, when he wantes to pass by them, Allah swt put sleep on him. And, he will wake up after the gathering. 

-Ayisha(ra) is telling us that when he reaches the age of maturity( the age of 40), this is Sunnah of Allah when he choses the messengers to give the message.  And , at this age,even before the revelation , he is going to the cave.

More to be continued in Part 10, In Shaa Allah

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Why do someone goes to the cave?

-Nowdays, people are going there to check the view etc, but it is not used to be like that. 

Why do you originally go to the cave & leave the society?

-The reason is that whatever that is putting in society is letting you to be unrest.  You have food in your stomach ,however there is something in your chest that doesn't sit well. The burden keeps on getting heavier to seek the truth.  

And, Allah swt brought PBUH to this point.

-Ayisha (ra) narrates that PBUH told her that he used to go for days.

 If you see any average person in the society, they are going for camping for days, weeks. What the family will be start thinking?

-They will start to get worried about him and they will try to find out on what is happening to him as this person can snap at any time.

-Prophet Muhammad SAW was desperately seeking the truth, and he came to a desperate point where he even abandoned the society.  

What Prophet Muhammad SAW was doing in the cave?

-He was deeply thinking.  

What was he deeply thinking about?

-Hence, Allah swt alleviated by giving him the answers.

-Allah swt sent the Jibreel (as) to Prophet Muhammad SAW. 

-This is the first step for the burden to be alleviated and chest to be expanded.

2) It is about society.  Any decent human being is not concerned only about truth, higher purpose, they are also concerned about their fellow human beings.  The Messenger of Allah(PBUH) was concerned about his fellow human beings even before the revelation came. He (PBUH) is trying to help the oppressed, orphans etc. 

But , do you know there is something about helping others?

-Even today , we have humanitarian causes. If you give something to humanitarian cause, the charitable organisation will give you chart on how much they have fed people. And, it will look cool as you can see they are feeding more people every single year. 

Now, let's make a chart on how many people were hungry last year , this year, next year.

-Which year will be exponentially increasing? The hunger or the effort.  The hunger will be increasing. 

" I am trying to help the ones who are hungry, the oppressed but I can't.  I am trying to be just but I can't find the justice.  "

-If, you know the answers for these questions, the burden will be removed

 

Allah swt gave the moral codes as he was not able to live with the society due to its problems.

Allah swt says to PBUH that you are an enormous ethical character.  What does it implies?

-PBUH has such beautiful morals and the society has terrible  morals.

-PBUH was pondering on what he should do so that he can change their morals & behavior. 

-Then, Allah swt removed this burden . 

3)  

Ad-Dhuhaa : 3

مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلٰى

Your Lord has not taken leave of you, [O Muhammad], nor has He detested [you].

PBUH was in the cave and he came in contact with the revelation.  Ayats of Allah came to him through Jibreel. When PBUH was in salah , he was in a direct communication with Allah azwajal. 

PBUH gains his strength here, he uses this 

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Ash-Sharh : 2

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ

And We removed from you your burden

For a long period of time, the revelation stopped coming.  Do you think he (PBUH) stop giving dawah?

-No, he was still making dawah. However, now the revelation has stopped coming. And, the burden is getting heavier for him and Allah relieves the burden by giving the revelation. 

-This contributed to his expansion of chest.  

-The period when the revelation stopped coming , his chest became tightened.  

This is another meaning of removal of burden

Why?

-When the messenger makes dawah, he hears things that are very insulting . And, we have heard PBUH is a very sensitive person. 

-When , we make dawah and someone insults us publicly, what will happen to our motivation? 

-We will lose our motivation and we will say things like "This is too much to handle, I don't want to do this anymore".

While, PBUH has to keep on doing this , and every day it is not getting easier but harder. The same people who were nasty yesterday, they would be nasty twice now. 

Allah relieves him from this pain.

-If your job is like this, you will lose your spirit.  And, by the day, you will be less motivated to do it. 

-If you are less motivated, you will do your job in a worse level. 

-Hence, it is critical for PBUH that the toil of Dawah takes on him, it should not affect his morals.

The burden that he carry on the day, should be shed off by the night. It should be cleansed up. 

How it would be cleansed up?

-It is the Qiyammulail.

One of the mufasiroon gave beautiful parallel/ example. He compared the work of messenger pbuh....

To be continued, In Shaa Allah. 

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One of the mufasiroon compared the work of PBUH to rain. 

Rain comes from the sky and it is pure.  And, it touches on the plants that have dirt on them & it cleans other things.  

By the time, it comes to the ground, it becomes dirty again. Hence, it has to be cleansed , go back & cleanse again.  And, it will engage in this process again. This is necessary for the world to be cleansed. 

And, this is the same as Prophet Muhammad SAW work. He pbuh gets the purest revelation & he is in pure relationship with Allah swt. However, he can't just keep on learning it from Allah.  After, he has learnt, he has the dirty task which is to deal with nasty people. And,this is what Prophet Muhammad SAW has engaged in and Allah swt relieves this burden in a daily basis.  

Another burden that was relieved...

It is similar to his chest gets tightened, and Allah knows it, hence he swt opened the chest of Prophet Muhammad SAW.  

Prophet Muhammad SAW when he received the final revelation , he understood that he is the final messenger which means that there is no more messengers coming. This means that the entire responsibility of human race falls on his shoulder.  And, the time is the essence because he( saw) doesn't have time, he has only few days to deliver this message.  When, he sees the people are not accepting the message, the burden is starting to feel heavier.  And, Allah swt relieves him by telling 

"Remind , and you are nothing more than a mean to remind"

-"Dont worry about them getting accepting Islam and just do your part (remind) . Do not take a burden upon yourself &we will relieve it from you."

-"Allah swt will take care of their affairs. And, you are here to just deliver the message.  "

-"You have nothing more than communicating the message."

 -"Are you going to kill yourself with grief?"

-"Leave them & just deliver the message"

Hence, this is a great relief from the burden.

The final interpretation is the removal of burden(wizr):

-Allah swt is forgiving the actions of Prophet Muhammad SAW. 

-We should be very careful to use the word sins for Prophet Muhammad SAW.

Allah swt allowed Prophet Muhammad SAW engaged in certain tasks on his own without giving revelation. Allah swt could have revealed "Don't frown at the blind man" before Prophet Muhammad saw did it. However, Allah swt did not do it. All of these , is a part of Allah’s plan. It is not a sin at all. 

But, the Messenger SAW feels like it is a sin because Allah swt is correcting it. And, Allah swt says that even that burden has been shed & it is not a burden upon you anymore. This fortifies more in madni Quran..

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Allah swt forgiving the actions of PBUH.  This fortifies more in madni Quran,

"Any actions that PBUH might feels as mistakes, even those have been forgiven"

(Using words such as sins , errors for messenger PBUH is dangerous.  So, we have to be careful when interpreting those ayats)

Ash-Sharh : 4

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ

And raised high for you your repute.

Allah says to messenger especially for you & for the sake of you, we have elevated your mention . 

What is this got to do with his burden being relieved? What is the connection between Prophet being elevated &   his burden being relieved?

-This is the first critical thing that we need to understand. 

Nouman Ali Khan's commentary:

-Prophet Muhammad SAW task is to deliver this message.  And, if alot of people are mentioning that Prophet Muhammad is the messenger, isn't that what Prophet Muhammad SAW wants?

-By, elevating his message, it is already a guarantee of victory of Islam.  And, that concern is being relieved from Prophet Muhammad SAW. 

Beautiful Hadith:

 Messenger says that Jibreel came to me & said:

"Your master has asked you, do you know how I elevated your mention?"

-Jibreel is asking on behalf of Allah to Prophet Muhammad SAW

And , Prophet Muhammad SAW says

"Allah who has elevated knows the best, I don't know"

Jibreel continues,

"Whenever I (Allah) being mentioned, you (Prophet Muhammad SAW ) are being mentioned"

La illaha illa la, Muhammadan rasullalah. 

Ashadu anna la illaha illa la,wa ashadhu an rasullalah. 

Similarly, 

Asslamu Alaika ayuhanu nabiyu Warahamatullahi nabi

Hence, whenever Allah swt is being mentioned, Prophet Muhammad SAW is being mentioned.  

Beautifully the word rafat( elevate) is the opposite for the word wada'a, (which is to take off) .So,both these words come together for the rhetoric beauty. 

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Ash-Sharh : 4

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ

And raised high for you your repute.

Dhikr in Arabic has two meanings:

1) Something that is present in your tongue. -you are uttering something. 

2) Something that is present in you heart-you are remembering something.  

Explanation for the ayat:

1)We have elevated you for your sake

-Allah is showing the love for Messenger here. 

Allah is saying...

-The reason is that you will be mentioned & remembered by the people-is for your sake (by the word used laka)

2) Only for you

-This kind of elevation has happened only for you. 

This is the miracle of Quran. 

The Sun rises slowly, which means the time of Fajr is at one point in a Town while it will be Fajr, & in another Town at another time.  And, everytime, during Fajr, what is going on?

-It is the adhan. 

-And, the cycle continues.  And, every time, when people hear adhan, they will mention Prophet Muhammad SAW.  

Allah has made it such as following messenger & following Allah.  This is the elevation for Prophet Muhammad SAW by Allah swt. And, Allah swt has sent the salawat to him by sending the angels & telling them to do it. Not, only Allah swt commanded the angels to send the salawat but he commanded the believers to do the same thing. 

And, when Allah swt addresses Prophet Muhammad SAW , he address him by loving names " Ya rasul" "Ya nabi" etc.  While, for other messengers, we can see Allah swt address them by saying "Ya Zackaria" " Ya Musa" . -We will see that for other messengers, Allah swt address them by using their first name. 

However, we do not see that for Prophet Muhammad SAW in Quran. 

-Subhan'Allah, look at the way Allah swt has elevated the status of Prophet Muhammad SAW.  Allah does not call him by name but by mentioning his title. 

In military, if there is a general, would we call him as general or by call him with his name? This is how it works here. 

Allah swt has given Prophet Muhammad SAW an amazing respect by this. 

Similarly, the only time rasul is not being mentioned is in Surah Muhammad.  In it , the name is being mentioned.  Hence, whenever , Prophet Muhammad SAW is being mentioned, rasul is being mentioned.  

Furthermore, Allah swt talks about Prophet Muhammad SAW in earlier scriptures & an agreement with all the messengers that they must believe in Prophet Muhammad SAW. And, their nations should believe Prophet Muhammad SAW when they see & come in contact with him. 

Mentioning Prophet Muhammad SAW in:

The Salah, Kalimah, Khutbah, history, the angels , Allah, the salawat- Both, the quantity & quality has been elevated . 

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The first four ayats focuses on the gifts that Allah swt has bestowed upon messenger.  

And, the last 4 ayats will be the consolation. 

Ash-Sharh : 5

فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

Fa:

Why Fa is indicated in the ayat? 

-Allah swt is saying since we have bestowed favours upon you as a result...

Ma'a -It is used to put things together, in company of each other. And, to indicate thing that are combined & always together.  

Allah says,

U'sur:

-It means difficulty -difficult situation or difficult time. 

Yusur

-Something that is easy & can be done easily. 

The common translation:

Indeed, for every difficulty there comes ease

When, you say,

Inama( with Alif & Lam) Usur- This is to indicate only ONE difficulty

*With "Al" being used, we can see that it only ONE difficulty*

Yusuran-There is a tanween at the end which indicates that there is an amazing, tremendous ease.

Which is more Usur(difficulty) or Yusur(ease)?

-Since, there is no Al in the Yusur , we can conclude that Yusur is more. 

Ash-Sharh : 6

إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

Since, Al-usur is used in both ayats, we can conclude that both the ayats are talking about the same , ONE difficulty. 

Since, yusuran does not have Alif Lam, we  know that it is not singular. 

From 2 ayats we can conclude:

Hence, with every ONE difficulty= there is two ease

And, this ease is more powerful than the difficulty. 

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Ash-Sharh : 5

فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

Inna

-Inna means its like saying "for sure"

-It has noun that comes after it.

-Yusran is the actual noun associated with Inna.

Why is it important to take note?

-In English, if someone says "for sure, this masjid...", and the person stop saying anymore .And, we all know that person is talking about masjid .

-Or, if someone says "for sure, the imaam of this masjid" & the voice cut off, we will know that the topic is about the imam of the masjid. 

In Arabic, it the ism/topic of "Inna" is ease and not the  difficulty.  It changes the whole perspective of the ayat. 

"Incredible ease will only follow difficulty"

"Amazing ease will only arrive if you are in a difficulty."

The actual topic is now , ease. Allah is talking to his messenger about ease, "I am going to give this, amazing ease . However, in order to receive it ,you need to go through some difficulty". 

-Allah swt is making the difficulty ,minute. It's like Allah saying "Difficulty is not a big deal."

Ash-Sharh : 5

فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

Ash-Sharh : 6

إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

What is the benefit of repeating it twice?

1) One is for the past & other one is for future. 

With amazing difficulty, there comes ease. 

Hence, one of the ayats is talking about the Prophet’s past. While, another one is Prophet's future.  

2)One for this life & another one for next life.

3) Repetition is for love & affection. 

-In other words, if your relatives are sad/not feeling well, you will comfort them by saying "It will be okay, It will.be okay." Or "Don't touch that, don't touch that" , Or "Please don't, please don't.  

-Allah swt is consoling Prophet Muhammad SAW.  Hence,there is no room left to think that there is no ease. 

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This the hardest part of the Surah.  

Ash-Sharh : 7

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ

So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].

Ash-Sharh : 8

وَإِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

*This is so heavy.  And, when you learn about this ayats, you will have much more appreciation to Prophet Muhammad SAW.  *

Allah says when you are free, worship me. 

When, he is relieved...

Ash-Sharh : 7

Fahnsab-َ فَانصَبْ

-Means beg . Also means exhaust yourself by standing. 

-This is Qiyammulail

Ash-Sharh : 7

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ Faidha Farghta 

-Means when you are free. 

In order to understand this, we need to draw parallel between Musa(AS) & messenger. 

Musa(as) engages himself with conversation to Allah.  Allah commands him to take his shoes off, & the conversation begins.

Allah asks...

"What is in your right hand?"

-Allah knows what's in his right hand.  But, he still asks. 

And, Musa could have replied,

"You know best". However, Musa replied

"This is my stick, and I will cut trees with it , walk with it etc"

-And, Musa(as) also knows that Allah knows about it.

So,why Musa (as) is doing this?

-He wants to prolongs the conversation.  Can you imagine, you have gotten chance to communicate with Allah, don't you want to prolong the conversation?

-Musa(as) is taking every opportunity to prolong it.

And, this is one of the amazing event in human history.  Human is being in a conversation directly with Allah.  

What does Allah says to Musa(as) in the middle of conversation?

-"Go to Firawn" . 

-Musa (as) was talking to Allah & Allah says to go and talk to Firawn.  

-After,you have talked to Allah, and one person  that you will not want to talk to,  will be Firawn.  

-However, you are being instructed to talk to Allah. 

This is the work of messenger:

-On hand he is communicating with Allah while in other hand , he needs to communicate with vile people. 

-Who could be more vicious than those who reject the messengers.

-All the messengers especially our messenger, Prophet Muhammad SAW has to go through this.

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Messenger of Allah:

He has two parts of communication.  One is the amazing conversation that you could have while other one is the ugliest conversation that you can have. 

Which one do you think he wants to have?

Obviously,he wants the conversation with Allah. However, Allah swt commands him to be in conversation with the people.

Surah Muzzammil covers conversation with Allah while Surah Muddaththir covers about conversation with people. 

Messenger of Allah, he has to make dawah to the people the whole day. He would rather converse with Allah. Hence, Allah swt tells him, when you are relieved from the work that you were doing then you can do what you like to do most .(which is to pray)

Ash-Sharh : 7

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ

So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].

Think abour your Salah, my Salah & our messenger's Salah. He is desperate to go back & stand long till his feet swells  like how our mothers narrates. He is desperate to do this . 

Prophet Muhammad SAW said , 

"his coolness of his eyes is Salah". 

-He(saw) mentioned that is what he enjoyed doing the most. 

And, then Allah swt adds,

Ash-Sharh : 8

وَإِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

Only to your master that you give attention too.

َ رْغَب

:Ra'iba

-to love or run away from someone. 

So, this indicates the day activity of the messenger, & calling the Qiyammulail as a vacation by 

 فَرَغْتَ  faraghata

Why do people take a vacation?

-So, that they could come back to work strong. 

What is the work of Prophet Muhammad SAW?

-He needs to make dawah to people .

Where he will get the strength from?

-When, he is making Dhikr with Allah swt in the middle of nights. 

-And, this is his vacation

These are the first things.

 فَرَغْتَ ْ

Faragha:

-It means, its a relieve from one task. 

-Allah swt says your task will never be done,  so be focused. 

-For messenger of Allah, whenever, he is relieved from one burden ,he needs to exhaust himself to  next task. And, there is no such thing as free moment for Messenger of Allah(saw).

Its like Allah saying,

Since, I know there is no breaks. So, continue to be connected to your lord. And, even if you are talking to people , be connected with Allah. 

Our rasoul, was connected to Allah even during his sleep, that is his status. 

To be continued, In Shaa Allah.  

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Ash-Sharh : 7

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ

So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].

Ash-Sharh : 8

وَإِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

We have come to the last part.

As, mentioned before, Prophet Muhammad SAW was relieved at night and engaged with people in the day. 

There is a another aspect for this. It is when you are speaking about his entire life, Prophet Muhammad SAW.  

The task of Prophet Muhammad SAW was to bring victory to Allah’s deen , establish Allah’s laws so that deen of Allah will overcome all the areas of life. 

-When, he is done with that task, he could do what he wanted to do all along.

-That is dedicate only to & stand before Allah swt 

وَإِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب

-(Ila rabika) Farghab

وَإِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب

(Illa rabika Farghab)

-Dedicate yourself only to your lord. 

-Allah swt informed messenger of Allah to do that after he has been relieved from the task given. 

By permission of Allah, messenger of Allah conquers Meca, deen has been established, shirk has been destroyed. 

Read, the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad's SAW last 80 days. 

What is he doing? 

-it is like almost he can't wait to meet Allah swt. 

-In his final days, you have Abbas (ra), Ali(ra) , they pick him because he is so sick. And, his hands on their shoulders.  -Abu Bakr Siddique before he went to lead the prayer, he stood back but Prophet Muhammad SAW told him to lead anyway.

-Some narration says he takes the lead from Prophet Muhammad SAW, which means people will be following Prophet Muhammad SAW.  

-When, he is done, he says something that is so powerful & beautiful

"Slave was given a choice , to stay in this world or to be with the master. And, the slave chose to be with the master"

When, Abu Bakr Siddique heard this, he started crying, he knew what the messenger meant.

What is the only concern with the Messenger now?

-His worldy task is done. Hence, his only concern is to meet & be connected with his master.  

This is what the last two ayats is talking about.  

This Surah is talking about

-love of Allah for the messenger

-the elevation of his status.

Two Last comments:

1) We live in a time where people try to insult the messenger of Allah(saw) openly. 

-The cartoon, etc. 

-But , know  one thing that insulting Prophet Muhammad SAW is useless as like spitting on the sun,   it will come back to your face. 

-Are they the first peope to insult Prophet Muhammad SAW?-No. People insulted him much more worse to his face.

-Even, then Allah told him , your chest has became tight because of they have said. And, Allah swt has loosened his chest & no matter what they say, messenger of Allah has been elevated by the Dhikr . 

-Their insults will be nothing compared to how much Prophet Muhammad SAW has been elevated. 

-The honour of Prophet Muhammad SAW can never be destroyed, no matter what anyone can do . 

-But, it will only increase the faith to honour Prophet Muhammad SAW by their attempts.

-And, it shows how much we love our Prophet Muhammad SAW.  

The second thing is that as we study juz amma, we will see two surahs are connected to this Surah. 

2 Yusr  يُسْرًا was shown:

In Al-Kauthar & An-Nasr

An-Nasr-even in victory, Allah swt commanded Prophet Muhammad SAW to make dhikr of Allah like how it has ended here. 

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May Allah swt make us a balance of these two things. 

 In today's times, we have two kinds of Muslims

1) Concerned only about dhikr, Ibadah to Allah.

2) Concerned only about Dawah.

-Like making Dawah , distribute pamphlets etc. 

What is the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad SAW?

-By day, it is dawah

-By night, it is making Dhikr to Allah

-So, he is perfectly balanced with these two things. 

May Allah swt help us to revive this Sunnah again. 

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