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In this ayah Allah says to mankind
that they should be, children should
be nice and beautiful with his parents.
. His mother carried him, was pregnant
dislikingly and placed/gave birth dislikingly.
It is a difficult task that the mother goes
through. So Allah is reminding the
children that this is very important to
understand. And she carried/pregnancy
with him and separation/weaning is
thirty months. Until he reaches his
maturity/strength and he reaches forty
years. Now I would like to just discuss
another ayah which you can note down reference
One surrounding is in the motherís womb
. One surrounding for the child is in the
motherís womb. The other surrounding
is outside the womb, that is breast-feeding.
So both of these surroundings should be
completed and that month is listed as 30 months
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That they have to complete the
two surroundings, one is the inner
surrounding and one is the outer
surrounding, total becomes 30 months
. So now you see if the child is born of
nine months, how much the breast-feeding
would be? 21 months. It is not 2 years.
It all depends upon the child. If the child
is born of 10 months, it would be 20 months
If a child is born of 8 months, it would be
23 months. Because you have to make 30.
30 months is the number given. So it is not
a fixed amount or number, it all varies
according to the birth of the child because Allah says
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They have to complete two
surroundings. Now when he reaches 40
years, imagine, this is very important.
Before that, heís not understanding anything,
what and how to respect their mothers.
When he reaches 40 years,
the same person says
After 40 years he was not listening,
but Allah said in the ayat after forty
years he understood, he said O my Lord,
allocate/assign me that I am thankful
for Your blessings that You blessed
over me and over my parents and that
I do correction. You are pleased with it
and correct for me in my offspringss.
Now heís asking Allah that to correct
from my offsprings also. That you
correct from my offsprings, because
the offsprings are not in my control.
Descendants. So return/repent towards
You. and surely I among the Muslims
/submitters. So this ayah is explaining
us that people that, when they reach
maturity age, 40 years where the downfall
starts of every human being, then he
realizes all this moral consciousness of
Allahís ayahs. You see, when we are
young we listen to the talks, and
intellectually understand things. And
sincerely we do not perceive as it should
be perceive. We may understand but we
donít implement or practice because
we are too young to understand all these
things. Because there is always some,
because there are exceptions, but
generally Allah says, in 40 years, they
realize now is the time to understand.
Now we should correct ourselves, we
have realized that you have blessed my
parents, and further I have do correction,
You are pleased with it, and I correct
for me and my offsprings, descendants
, I repent towards You, I say sorry towards
you, I am from the Muslim
submitters. Now this ayah,
who take the liberty of not practicing it.
Now in this ayah Allah is informing
both the children and the fathers.
Everybody is being informed overall.
O who believe take not your fathers/
ancestors or your brothers as protectors
if they seek to love rejection over belief,
the judgment of Islam/to attain peace.
So if you people find out, look you
cannot cut off, suppose Iíve got the
knowledge of the ayahs and I see my
family members are ignorant of it, I
just cut off. No. I have to make sure I
keep on delivering the message and
practicing myself. People think that
they are right so they cut off. That is
not right approach. The right approach is
, you make sure whenever situation arises
you discuss. In this ayah it does not say
you just cut off. You do not make them
as your protectors. You do not have
them with intimate talks. You keep a
distance and have a dialogue or discuss
with them. So protectors means you
do not take as protectors your fathers
and brothers and sons if they seek love
to rejection over belief. And whosoever
turns, whosoever from you take them as
protectors they are oppressors. And if
your fathers/ancestors and your son and
your brothers and your pair or wives and
your relatives and the wealth to which you
are committed and the business in which
you fear a slump and the residence in which
you are pleased, yon have more love
towards them than Allah and His messenger
and jihad/to strive in His wayÖYou see,
these categories we mankind in all times,
they are the most dearest things for us.
Every man. Number 1, father is a bondage
that can never be breakable. Ancestor,
your sons, your brothers, your pairs/wives
and your relatives and the wealth you
have which you have committed and the
business in you fear a
slump and the residences
in which you delight or you are pleased,
you have more love towards them than
Allah and His messenger and jihad/strive
in His way, then you wait until Allah comes
with His order. So these, in this you will
see the son and the father both of them
are mentioned and the rest of all the things
that are to be loved, people love. Who
donít love? Loving them is not wrong
but not beyond the orders of Allah. You
can love all these things. But it says if
you love more than what Allah has said
in the ayats of the Quraían, meaning you
are surpassing the orders of Allah then
itís dangerous for you and the children
, for the family and everythingÖeverything
. So you can love them but you cannot
surpass the laws of God. That is what
it say. You have more love towards them
than Allah and His messenger and to jihad
/to strive in His way then wait until Allah
comes with His order of destruction. And
Allah does not guide the people who are
liberals, taking the liberty of not practicing
it. So we must understand why I am
talking about this ayat, that all the
emotional attachment to your fathers,
brothers, sisters, ancestors, businesses,
the residences, everything Allah has made
not below what you have to have,
more love. You see, as you love your
father you must have more love to God.
As you love your brother, you have more
love to Allah. We, when Allah is not
known how can you love of nothing?
Can you love somebody which donít
even know? So you have to understand
how you love Allah. When you read an
ayah and it gives you peace of mind, when
Allah communicates you and when you
understand the ayahs essence, it is an
emotional attachment with that ayah.
That is how you start loving Allah. You
see, itís just words. How do you get
influenced by other people because the
father and the mother and the brother
and the sister or the business and everything
, they are, they speak words. Fathers
speak words, mothers speak words, sisters
speak words. They show their love and
affection. So Allah is also showing love
and affection to mankind, they are, you hear
the words. If you hear the words and if
you comprehend the words and you have
feelings and attached to the words, then
the love begins in you. Otherwise, how can
you love Allah. So one of the ayats says,
you love Allah, follow me, the messenger.
So if you love Allah, you cannot love
Allah when you donít know what Allah is.
How can you love something which you
donít understand.? You know your father,
you know your brother, you know the
businesses, you know the residences, what is
comforts, so similarly when you say I love
Allah, you must know how to love Allah.
And you cannot love Allah if itís an idol
in your mind. Idol means you just imagine
Allah that He loves you. - in your imagination,
not in real true sense. So now I am
ending this lecture with two examples
where Quraían, Allah says, that in parent-
children relationship it is not a must that
if the father is right the son is right. If the
son is right, the father should be right.
It is vice versa also in ÖThere are also
mention like in Ibraheem (pbuh) is
mentioned as the father, his son Ismaeel
(pbuh), Ishaq (pbuh), they were also prophets,
then Ishaq (pbuh) also has a son, Yaqaoob
(pbuh), he was a prophet and Yaqoob
(pbnuh) has a son, Yusuf (pbuh), heís
a prophet,. Ibraheemís wife also was
a righteous woman so whole family was
a righteous woman, righteous people,
and they are Ahl Bait, the last lecture I
explained and they are Family of the
House. But it is not necessary that it
will remain like this. Because in Surah
Nooh (pbuh) in Quraían is a messenger
of Allah and there was a situation in the
ayahs where he, Allah asked him to make
a boat. And in that boat believers
will sit so he was asking, Nooh (pbuh)
was asking his son to sit in the boat
because some punishment was going
to come. Now when he called, befor
e he said to his son he called Allah and
he said, Nooh (pbuh) said to Allah ,
surely my son is from my family. And
surely Your promise is true and you
are the best of the governor of governors
.. Now Nooh (pbuh) is a messenger of
God and his son is not righteous. And
it says, Allah in answer said, He said, O
Nooh surely your son is not from your
family. Surely his deed is not corrected
one. So do not question me what you
have not, what you do not have any
knowledge with it. Surely I sermon
you that you will become from the
ignorant one. Now can you imagine
that Nooh (pbuh), being the messenger
of God, his son is not from the righteous.
We people think if the messenger is right
the son will be right. His nor will be
transferred. Itís not so. Every individual
is separate. So his sonís deed was not
corrected one. So do not ask me what
you do not have any knowledge with it.
So I sermon you that you will become
from the ignorant one. Can you imagine,
can you people imagine your son to be
drowned in front of you if Allah has given
you guidance? Can you face it? Can
anyone in this world can face it? So these
are examples are given for what? Just
for enjoyment? These examples are
specifically given to take a lesson that
it might happen that you get the guidance.
And it might happen that your son doesnít
get guidance. You are hurt, I may not
get hurt so much. But when my son is hurt
I will get hurt. Thatís a natural process.
In the nearness of Allah heís getting hurt.
A punishment, eternal Fire. But when
Nooh, when Allah answered that if you
ask me youíll become of the rejecters
because his deeds or his amaal are not
other than what they should be. So and
do not become from the ignorant ones
because Nooh (pbuh) did not know that
his son was not righteous. And when
Allah answers that, He responded to him
so he came to know that his son was not
righteous. So further Nooh (pbuh) say,
Now, you know, the ayat that I read before,
he was asking forgiveness for his son.
And when Allah says, you so, his actions
are not according to the deeds that were
required for, Any human being can
get hurt. Instead of getting hurt, he says,
O my Lord, Nooh says, O my Lord,
surely I seek refuge with you that I
question You with what I do not have
any knowledge with it. If you do not
forgive me and do not have mercy on
me, Iíll be from the lost ones. Where
has love of son is gone? Gone, finished
., nothing. Iím telling you, if heís born
heís born alone. It is you alone to have
forgiveness. You were born alone, you
will die alone, you will face God alone.
No relative, no one. will intercede you.
Believe me. Not your father, not your
son, not your brother, not your mother,
not the messenger until youíre righteous.
So you must understand that the other
side you will have no feelings for your
son if heís burn in hell.
Here you may have. Not that side.
Because that is why he said, I am
sorry I Öforgive me and if you do
not have mercy , Iíll be from the lost
ones. Even asking this is wrong. Even
asking because I did not have the
knowledge that my son is not of my family
. His deeds was not correct in Your sight.
I asked you. but the moment he was
clarified he said Iím sorry. If you will
not forgive me, forgive me and do not
have mercy on me, Iíll be from the lost
ones. This is not a joke for people
who want to become believers, who
want to follow the messengers. Leave
that, throw that label out as a Muslim
submitter for Allah. You know, when
you say Iím a Muslim submitter for
Allah, it has a great weight. I only submit
to the Allah means it carries tremendous
amount of weight. That you have to
sacrifice everything for Allah. Submit
to Allah means that you submit to Him
only. All the relations, everything is
broken. This is submission. You say I
submit to Allah but you have love for
your father. You say I submit to Allah
but you have love to your mother, you
submit to Allah you listen to them. You
are a mushrik totally. How can you be
a Muslim for Allah? Only when you
only submit to Him and you listen to Him
only. That is the basic teaching of Allah,
that you listen to no one. Do not associate
anyone with me. Heís very, very possessive,
Allah. He can forgive anything but He
cannot forgive the shirk. Meaning youíre
associating your any more feelings towards
someone than God Almighty. And believe
me, we are stuck up in all these things.
We are stuck up. And further it says,
Now again, Nooh (pbuh) is praying
that first heís asking forgiveness for himself
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Forgive me, forgivefor me.
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And his parent
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And whoever enters my house as
believer. Now what is the house of
Nooh (pbuh)? Nooh (pbuhís) house
is not like a physical structure and people
are coming and sitting. No. Why?
Because it is described with momin.
Enter, whoever enters my house believer,
as a believer. For the believing men and
for the believing women. So this house
is representing the house of Allah.
Every messenger house of belief is the
house of Allah because that house of
Allah is for believers. Our first house.
Ahlal Bait. People of the House. Every
believer is Ahlal Bait in the nearness of
God if you are in true sense the believer
for that house as the first house. So
Nooh (pbuhís ) house is nothing bu
the house of - Allahís house. So
whoever enters in my house because
all the messengers represented Allah.
They were deputy of Allah. So when
they entered in the house of Allah or
you can say entered in the house of
Nooh house. You can say Nooh (pbuhís)
Book, Mooss Book or Allahís Book.
This is very clear. Allahís Book or
messenger Book. Because between
messenger and Allah you cannot differentiate
because they donít say of their own desire
except what they are commanded to
do so. So messenger Allah are saying
the same thing. So here the messenger
say my house as a believer and believing
men and women And do not increase
the oppressors except in destruction.
But the oppressors increase in destruction
when they listen to these things. This
very harsh religion, they say.. Now similar
narration is mentioned with this relationship
you saw Nooh (pbuh) as the messenger
of God but the son was not righteous. He
asked for forgiveness for his son or he
asked Allah to guide him or whatever but
Allah said, his works, his deeds are other
than correct, correct ones. So here if I
read it is the father beingÖbefore I read
the father was right but the son was wrong.
In this ayah the son is right in the nearness
of Allah and the father is wrong. These
examples is shown to you because you
should know what is your position. If
youíre a son you should know how to talk
to your father. If youíre a father then you
must know how to talk to your children.
This is why these two examples are given
in the Quraían - by the messengers, in
relation with messengers.