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0:15Dear viewers, peace be upon you and the
0:17mercy of God and His blessings. In this
0:20episode, we will talk about the Isra,
0:23because. In the previous episode, we
0:25talked about the Mi'raj. It is our duty
0:27to also talk about the Isra. We will do
0:31as we did in the previous episode, and
0:33as we always do, we will rely only on
0:36the Book of God Almighty. Because it is
0:40the truth. As for people, many of them
0:43mix truth with falsehood. But we will
0:46remove this falsehood so that the truth
0:48may become clear to us. And we will
0:51know if the Isra, as we learned from
0:54our ancestors, is truly what happened.
0:58Meaning that our Messenger was taken by
1:02night from the mosque in Mecca to the
1:05mosque in Jerusalem. And he prayed with
1:08the messengers and these things. This
1:10is what we will clarify in this episode
1:12. Because there are things we might
1:14believe in that could lead us to Hell.
1:18And there are things that, if they are
1:20in the Quran and we disbelieve in them,
1:22might lead to Hell. That is why, in
1:25this episode, we will show whether
1:26these things are actually in the Quran
1:28or not. So that a person may pay
1:30attention to himself. And know that
1:32tomorrow, before God, neither a sheikh,
1:35nor an imam, nor messengers, nor
1:37companions will benefit him. What will
1:40benefit is the Quran that God sent down
1:42as guidance for mankind. And it is what
1:45he will be judged by, not any other
1:48book. This is what we will show, God
1:50willing, in this episode, in the way
1:52God has ordered—the Book—and
1:54according to the rules He, the Almighty
1:56, has set. So that we do not say about
1:59God what He did not say, or say about
2:01God or His Messenger what we do not
2:03know. The first thing I want to clarify
2:13are some matters. I have already
2:14clarified some of them before. It is
2:16that there are things, whether we know
2:18them from the Quran or not, that do not
2:21change our state in the least tomorrow
2:23on the Day of Resurrection. But
2:26religion, if we do not know it in its
2:29reality as God ordained it, this may
2:31lead us to dire consequences. As for
2:34what we will discuss in this episode,
2:37it relates to stories and not to
2:39religion. Meaning, whether we know it
2:41or not, it will not affect us tomorrow
2:44on the Day of Resurrection. But what
2:47will affect us is that these things.
2:51Might not be present in the Quran, yet
2:54we believe in them. This is called
2:56conjecture (Dhan). And many people will
2:58be held accountable for conjecture. And
3:01they have no. Knowledge of it; they
3:03follow nothing but conjecture, and
3:05conjecture avails nothing against the
3:07truth, because conjecture is to claim
3:09things while you have no evidence for
3:12them from the Quran, as we are talking
3:14about what relates to the Book of God
3:16Almighty. This is conjecture. And as I
3:19said, this conjecture will lead many
3:21people to dire consequences. So, in
3:24order not to follow this conjecture, we
3:26must search for the truth. Because if
3:29we say things and believe them and
3:31attribute them. to Allah Almighty or
3:33His Messenger, while not present in the
3:36Quran, this will affect us tomorrow on
3:38the Day of Judgment. If these things
3:41are in the Quran and we disbelieved in
3:43them, then we have disbelieved in the
3:45verses of Allah. Allah Almighty said: "
3:49Those who disbelieved in Our verses, We
3:51will cast them into a fire," not those
3:53who disbelieved in the narratives of
3:55the predecessors, in Prophetic hadiths,
3:57or in what the masses said, but rather
3:59in the verses of Allah Almighty.
4:02Therefore, we will clarify the verses
4:04of Allah. There is another thing I want
4:06to point out: every nation went to
4:09extremes regarding their messengers,
4:11and some of us have also gone to
4:13extremes regarding him, and there are
4:15still people going to extremes
4:17regarding the Messenger. This extremism
4:20regarding the messengers, in the
4:21general sense, may lead some people to
4:24dire consequences. For this reason, we
4:26will give examples of what happened to
4:29those before us. Allah Almighty told us
4:33: "In their stories, there was a lesson
4:34," so that we may take heed. But
4:37unfortunately, some of us have not
4:39learned from these stories. That is why
4:43some of them did as the predecessors
4:44did. Allah Almighty said in Surah
4:49Al-Ma'idah: "Certainly, those who say
4:51that Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary,
4:55have disbelieved." Pay attention, sir.
4:59Allah said: "Those who said have
5:01disbelieved," not "those who say." No,
5:06those who said have disbelieved. Why?
5:09Because disbelief is related to one who
5:12knows the truth. They change it,
5:15distort it, reject it, or turn away
5:17from it. This is disbelief. Disbelief
5:21is based on knowledge. Meaning, for a
5:24person to be among the disbelievers,
5:27they must first know the truth. And
5:30then they might change it, conceal it,
5:32distort it, and so on. That is why
5:35Allah said: "Those who said have
5:36disbelieved." And He did not say: "
5:38Those who said have associated partners
5:40." Because polytheism is related to
5:43ignorance, meaning misguidance, not
5:45disbelief. That is why He said: "Those
5:48who said have disbelieved," not "those
5:50who say." Who were those who lived with
5:53Jesus? Peace be upon him. They knew the
5:56truth. They knew he was not the son of
5:58God, but the messenger of God. But they
6:02changed this truth. That is why He said
6:05: "Certainly, those who said have
6:07disbelieved." And Allah Almighty said,
6:11again in Surah Al-Ma'idah: "Certainly,
6:13those who said have disbelieved"–
6:15always– "that Allah is the third of
6:17three." Meaning they were with Jesus
6:21and knew the truth. And some of them
6:25changed this truth. And those who came
6:29after them, until the Day of Judgment,
6:32are misguided, not disbelieving.
6:35Misguided means they are among the
6:36polytheists, those who associated
6:38others with Allah without authority.
6:40Authority, as is the case with many of
6:42the nation of the Quran. They believe
6:44what the predecessors said without
6:46examining the Book of Allah. Likewise,
6:49those believed in the Gospel of Luke,
6:51the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel of
6:54Mark, and such things. And they did not
6:56return to the original Gospel, which is
6:59in Aramaic, and says something else.
7:03That is why Allah said: "Those who said
7:05." And when they said it, those others
7:08followed them. That is why a lie starts
7:12with one person. But this lie may
7:14spread, and millions of people believe
7:17in it. And they say what they said.
7:22That is why Allah said: "Those who said
7:24have disbelieved." Likewise, we have
7:27those who distorted truths after the
7:30death of the Messenger. Because during
7:32the era of the Messenger, no one dared
7:34to do so. That is why the hadiths were
7:36recorded more than 100 years after the
7:38death of the Messenger. Satan entered
7:41through this door and the door of
7:43narrations. We have become among those
7:46who follow what the predecessors said,
7:48without returning to the Book of God.
7:52But we will return to the Book of God
7:53Almighty. That is why we will clarify
7:55what our forefathers said regarding
7:57these things. And we will verify these
7:59matters so that we do not wrong. The
8:01Messenger out of ignorance, and wrong
8:03ourselves with dire consequences.
8:07Regarding the definition of the Isra:
8:10They define the Isra as the Prophet’s
8:13transition with Gabriel by night from
8:16the Sacred House in Mecca to the
8:18Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on the
8:21mount Buraq. I swear by God, I have not
8:25found any trace of these things in the
8:28Book of God Almighty. I have not found
8:30it. And I do not know if our
8:32forefathers received some other
8:34revelation besides the Quran, because
8:35these things have no relation to the
8:37Book of God. And I explained in the
8:41previous episode, if the Messenger were
8:43in our days and this news reached us,
8:46we would say he traveled via a
8:48high-speed train, a fast plane, or
8:50things like that. But back then, the
8:53fastest thing to transport a person
8:55from place to place was a horse, and
8:58that is why they called it Buraq,
9:00meaning like lightning. Then they
9:03stated the reason for this miracle.
9:06They said it was to alleviate his pain
9:08and sorrows, meaning the Prophet’s,
9:10due to the harm he received from his
9:12people. To elevate the Prophet’s
9:16status and honor him, meaning God made
9:18this miracle to raise his rank. And
9:21these things and his situation were a
9:23matter of comfort and solace for the
9:25Prophet. Imagine a miracle just for God
9:29to console the Prophet, peace be upon
9:31him, and to define his status and worth
9:33before God. Since a new phase of his
9:36mission began afterward. In addition to
9:40it being a great favor to the Prophet,
9:41compensating him for what he
9:42encountered from the people of Taif and
9:44their rejection of him. And the
9:47Almighty said—they cited the verse: "
9:49That is the bounty from God, and God is
9:51sufficient as All-Knowing." First, this
9:53is a distortion of God’s words.
9:55Because this verse has nothing to do
9:57with the Messenger. Because it appeared
10:00in Surah An-Nisa after His saying: "And
10:02whoever obeys God and the Messenger—
10:04those will be with the ones upon whom
10:05God has bestowed favor of the prophets,
10:07the steadfast affirmers of truth, the
10:09martyrs and the righteous. And
10:11excellent are those as companions.""
10:14That is the bounty from God"—what is
10:16it? It is admitting all of them into
10:18Paradise, and God is sufficient as
10:20All-Knowing. It has no relation to the
10:23Messenger alone, nor to a specific
10:25group of believers, but to all the
10:27righteous. So when we cite verses that
10:30are out of place, know that there is a
10:33flaw in the subject matter. That is why
10:36we will point out the flaw, but we must
10:38know that God indeed mentioned. The
10:39Almighty, what happened to the Prophet?
10:41And the sadness that afflicted him due
10:43to these things. But He never said that
10:45He would take him on an Isra. No. The
10:48Almighty said in Surah Yusuf: "Until,
10:51when the messengers despaired." All the
10:53messengers, not just our Messenger. And
10:56thought that they had been denied. As
10:58happened to our Prophet, peace be upon
11:00him. "Our victory came to them.""And We
11:02saved whom We willed.""And Our
11:04punishment cannot be repelled from the
11:06criminal people." He did not take them
11:08up to the sky. He did not go to them.
11:10No. He punished the people who were
11:13rejecting them. And some of them He
11:15destroyed. Likewise, the Almighty said
11:17in Surah Al-Ahqaf: "So be patient, as
11:19were those of determination among the
11:21messengers.""And do not be impatient
11:23for them.""On the day they see what
11:25they are promised.""They will not
11:28remain except an hour of a day." Here,
11:30likewise, it did not speak of a
11:31person's transition from one place to
11:33another, from the earth to the sky.
11:35These things, no. He tells them to be
11:38patient until the victory comes. Either
11:40by conquest or by the destruction of
11:42these deniers. This is what he said.
11:45But do you know why our ancestors
11:47needed the matter of the Isra and
11:50Mi'raj? Because they wanted to prove to
11:53the people that the Prophet was indeed
11:55the Messenger of God. They would bring
11:57up miracles. And I always say that only
11:59those ignorant of the Quran need this.
12:02Because when you understand the Quran,
12:04study the Quran, and learn the Quran,
12:06it is enough for you, for example, His
12:07saying, Almighty and Majestic: "God
12:09takes the souls at the time of their
12:11death, and those that do not die in
12:12their sleep. He retains those for which
12:15He has decreed death and releases the
12:16others for a specified term." It is
12:18enough for you to know this verse.
12:20Because why? Because to understand this
12:23verse, you must study the entire Quran.
12:26And when you study all the Quran, you
12:29will see that this verse has no other
12:31verse in the Quran that contradicts or
12:34refutes it. Rather, it is a summary of
12:37everything God, Almighty and Majestic,
12:39has said. Regarding the term, the
12:41specified term, the dead, death, sleep,
12:43and taking the souls, all of it. It is
12:46a summary. So, for me, this verse is
12:49enough to know that the Quran is from
12:51God. And if the Quran is from God, then
12:54this is proof that the person who
12:56delivered it to us is truly the
12:57Messenger of God. And he is not a liar,
13:00not a magician, and not crazy. Nor any
13:02of these things. It makes you
13:03independent of God's creation. Because
13:05God in His Book shows that the earth
13:07rotates, that God created the heavens
13:09before the earth, and that He gave the
13:11earth gravity inside and around it. But
13:14our ancestors did not know these things
13:16, and since we relied on the
13:18interpretations of our ancestors,
13:19atheism arose because they found in our
13:21ancestors 'interpretations things that
13:23contradicted science and all these
13:25matters. Therefore, we always return
13:28directly to the Book of God and not to
13:29the interpretations. They said about
13:32Al-Aqsa Mosque that it is one of the
13:34largest mosques in the world and one of
13:36the three mosques to which Muslims
13:37travel, as the Prophet of Islam,
13:39Muhammad, said. I, by God, do not know
13:42where they got this expression; what
13:44does the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad,
13:45have to do with it? Islam does not have
13:48a prophet. Islam, O servants of God,
13:50does not have a prophet. And Islam is
13:51not Muhammad, O servants of God. God.
13:53By God, our ancestors' exaggeration
13:56regarding our Messenger made them say
13:58things. By God, it is enough for you to
14:00grasp the meaning of the Prophet and
14:02Islam and these things, and you will
14:03say, what is this talk? But never mind.
14:05The important thing is what we will
14:07come to next. So when they said, as he
14:09said. The Prophet of Islam, Muhammad,
14:11they said, and it is also the first of
14:13the two qiblas in Islam. By God, I do
14:17not know how, to this day, people say
14:19that Al-Aqsa Mosque is the first of the
14:22two qiblas. This, by God, I find
14:24strange. To this day, I say these
14:27things, O servants of God. The first
14:29qibla is the one we are facing, the
14:32Noble Kaaba. The first qibla is this
14:35qibla; it is where Abraham, peace be
14:37upon him, was. And it is the place that
14:40Abraham, peace be upon him, purified.
14:42And God said, "Take the Station of
14:43Abraham as a place of prayer." And it
14:45is the one. Abraham, peace be upon him,
14:48established prayer in it and performed
14:50the Hajj rituals for the first time. As
14:54for the Qibla of the Jews and
14:56Christians, it came later, as God
14:57Almighty stated in Surah Yunus. Because
15:01Moses, Joseph, Job, and all the
15:03messengers and prophets before Moses
15:05were performing prayer after Abraham,
15:08yet they did not know where Al-Aqsa
15:10Mosque was. God Almighty said in Surah
15:14Yunus: "And We inspired Moses and his
15:16brother, 'Settle your people in Egypt
15:19in houses and make your houses a Qibla
15:21and establish prayer and give good
15:23tidings to the believers.'" Why?
15:27Because when they left Jerusalem, they
15:29departed. So they had to establish
15:32prayer. God said, "Make your houses a
15:34Qibla," meaning the place where Al-Aqsa
15:37Mosque is. That is why they turned in
15:40this direction and left the Kaaba. This
15:43is where it changed; this is where the
15:45second Qibla came. That is why, when
15:48God Almighty changed the Qibla during
15:50the time of our Messenger, He said in
15:52Surah Al-Baqarah: "We have certainly
15:54seen the turning of your face, [O
15:55Muhammad], toward the heaven, and We
15:57will surely turn you to a Qibla with
15:59which you will be pleased. So turn your
16:01face...""...toward Al-Masjid Al-Haram."
16:04"And wherever you [believers] are, turn
16:06your faces toward it.""And those who
16:09were given the Scripture," meaning they
16:11know. The Torah and the Gospel. He said
16:14: "And those who were given the
16:16Scripture know it is the truth from
16:19their Lord." How do they know it is the
16:21truth when they do not know how to read
16:24the Quran? Because they know that the
16:27first Qibla was the honored Kaaba, not
16:29Al-Aqsa Mosque. That is why God
16:31Almighty said. "And those who were
16:33given the Scripture." It does not mean
16:34the Jews and Christians. It speaks
16:35about those who know. The truth from
16:37their books. So He said, "They know it
16:39is the truth from their Lord.""And God
16:41is not unaware of what they do." We
16:46will put all these things aside. And we
16:49will return to the Book of God Almighty
16:52. And we will clarify some facts. A
16:55human being is free to believe or
16:57disbelieve. If he believes, it will not
17:01change things. And if he disbelieves,
17:04it will not change any of these stories
17:06. We are just trying to reason and
17:09understand. So that we do not say.
17:11Things and believe in things that have
17:14no evidence from the Quran. God
17:16Almighty said in Surah Al-Isra: "
17:18Exalted is He who took His Servant by
17:20night from Al-Masjid Al-Haram to
17:22Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, whose surroundings
17:25We have blessed, to show him of Our
17:27signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the
17:29Seeing." Immediately after that, He
17:32said: "And We gave Moses the Scripture.
17:34""And We made it a guidance for the
17:36Children of Israel." I do not know why
17:38we interpret His saying "His Servant"
17:39at that point. Is he our Messenger? He
17:43is not just our Messenger. He is the
17:45servant of God. Almighty. Not God. He
17:48mentioned other verses. God Almighty
17:49said in Surah Al-Kahf: "All praise is
17:51due to God, who has sent down upon His
17:53Servant, our Messenger, the Book.""And
17:55has not made therein any deviance." But
17:57He also said in Surah Maryam. The
17:59Almighty said: "A mention of the mercy
18:01of your Lord to His servant Zechariah."
18:04Here He specified Zechariah for us. God
18:07Almighty said in Surah Taha: "And We
18:09had already inspired Moses, 'Travel by
18:11night with My servants [the Children of
18:13Israel].'""And strike for them a path
18:15through the sea." Dry land. So why in
18:17this verse did we say "His servant"? It
18:19is that he is our Messenger, one who
18:21knows God directly. After that, He said
18:23: "And We gave Moses the Scripture."
18:25And He did not say: "And We gave
18:26Muhammad the Scripture." This is the
18:29first thing we must pay attention to.
18:32To clarify other things that we must
18:34also pay attention to. And that is His
18:36saying, Almighty, "by night from
18:38Al-Masjid Al-Haram to Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa
18:40." When God here says "Al-Masjid
18:42Al-Aqsa," He does not mean the mosque
18:45that. We know. We call it Al-Masjid
18:47Al-Aqsa. No, we call it by this name
18:50because our forefathers are the ones
18:52who applied this name to this sign.
18:55Just as we say, for example, "Caesarean
18:57." Was the Caesarean section named so
19:01because Caesar was born in this way?
19:04No. Rather, Caesar is the one who took
19:06the name of this procedure. Since he
19:09was born via a Caesarean section, he
19:12was called Caesar, not the other way
19:14around. It is the same here. The
19:17evidence is His saying, Almighty and
19:19Exalted is He, in Surah Al-Qasas: "And
19:22a man came from the farthest part of
19:24the city." He used the word "Aqsa," and
19:27it is always with an elongated Alif,
19:29not a broken one. I do not know why,
19:31because I have not pondered it. But
19:33there is evidence for that, and I do
19:35not know it. So He said: "And a man
19:38came from the farthest part of the city
19:39, running; he said, 'O Moses, the elite
19:41are conspiring against you.'" What does
19:44"Aqsa" mean? It means the distant place
19:46. The far one, the farthest place, the
19:48farthest limit of a place from the city
19:51. So when God said "Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa,"
19:54He means the distant mosque. Why?
19:57Because there is a mosque in Jerusalem
20:00and a mosque in Mecca. He was in Mecca
20:04and went to that mosque, the farthest
20:08mosque. That is why God named Al-Masjid
20:11Al-Aqsa the farthest one. Just as God,
20:15the Almighty and Exalted, when He uses
20:17the word "Misr"(Egypt), He does not
20:19mean the Egyptian state. No, "Misr" is
20:21the verb "Masara." And we say "Masara"
20:23a place, meaning he filled it with
20:25people, and trade and such things took
20:27place there. That is why God, the
20:28Almighty and Exalted, said: "Go down
20:30into Misr." Because they were in the
20:31desert. So they said, if you want these
20:34plants and vegetables, you must go to
20:36the place where there is farming,
20:37agriculture, and people. Because the
20:40desert does not have these things, so
20:42that is it. So when God said "Al-Masjid
20:44Al-Aqsa," He means the farthest mosque,
20:47not the name of that mosque. And the
20:50Almighty and Exalted said: "Whose
20:52surroundings We have blessed, [to show
20:54him] of Our signs. Indeed, He is the
20:57Hearing, the Seeing." If these signs
21:00were the ones people talk about, the
21:02beast and the Buraq. God would have had
21:05to show them to us because they are
21:07signs. And this would have proven to
21:10people that the Prophet is truly a
21:12messenger from God. Just as they used
21:14to ask him for miracles. That is why
21:18the Almighty and Exalted said: "Or do
21:20you intend to ask your Messenger as
21:22Moses was asked before?" And whoever
21:26exchanges faith for disbelief has
21:27certainly strayed from the straight
21:29path. So God should have said to them:
21:32Did you not see that we took him by
21:34night from the Sacred Mosque to the
21:35Farthest Mosque via the beast, and we
21:37ascended with him? He told them: Do not
21:41ask him. For God will not give him any
21:43miracle. The only miracle that our
21:46Messenger had was that Quran, which God
21:49named the Great Quran. It is a mercy to
21:52the worlds, not like the Torah, which
21:54is a mercy to the Children of Israel
21:56and a guidance to the Children of
21:58Israel. And when the Almighty and
22:00Exalted said: "Whose surroundings We
22:02have blessed, to show him of Our signs.
22:03" The Almighty and Exalted said in
22:06Surah Al-A'raf: "And We caused the
22:08people who had been oppressed to
22:09inherit." In the era of Pharaoh.
22:12Because after drowning Pharaoh, God
22:13made them inherit that land. So He said
22:15: "We caused the people who had been
22:16oppressed to inherit the eastern
22:17regions of the land and the western
22:18ones, which We have blessed." When He
22:20says the eastern regions of the land
22:21and its western ones, He does not mean
22:22the entire Earth. But that land where
22:24they used to live with Pharaoh. Meaning
22:26the whole of the land, its east and its
22:29west. The Almighty said in Surat
22:31Al-Anbiya: "And We delivered him and
22:33Lot to the land which We have blessed
22:35for the worlds," which is Mecca. For
22:38the worlds, not just for the Children
22:40of Israel. Mecca, and proclaim to the
22:43people the Hajj, not just to the
22:44Children of Israel or the Arabs, but to
22:46all the worlds. The Almighty also said
22:49in Surat Al-Qasas: "And when he came to
22:51it, he was called from the right side
22:52of the valley." In the blessed spot
22:56where the mosque we call Al-Aqsa Mosque
22:59is located, Jerusalem, meaning
23:01Ur-Shalim at that time, in the blessed
23:04spot by the tree. "O Moses, indeed I am
23:08Allah, Lord of the worlds." And now we
23:11shall. Clarify who is being addressed
23:14by the word "His servant," and why the
23:16Almighty said "Asra"(took by night),
23:19because many people do not pay
23:21attention to this word. "Asra," not "
23:24Asra"(made captive); why? Because Allah
23:26said in Surat Taha: "Has there reached
23:29you the story of Moses? When he saw a
23:32fire and said to his family, 'Stay here
23:35; indeed, I have perceived a fire;
23:37perhaps I can bring you a brand from it
23:39or find at the fire some guidance.'"
23:42Meaning, he was traveling by night. And
23:45the Almighty said: "And what.""Is that
23:47in your right hand, O Moses? He said, '
23:50It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I
23:52bring down leaves for my sheep, and I
23:55have therein other uses.' He said, '
23:57Throw it down, O Moses.' So he threw it
24:00down, and suddenly it was a snake,
24:02moving swiftly." This is a miracle; no
24:05magician could ever change this pen for
24:07you into something else. Without using
24:10tools. It is impossible to make you
24:14imagine that it changed. But in reality
24:18, it did not change. It was imagined to
24:21them by their magic that it was moving.
24:23Why? Because magic only beguiles the
24:26eyes. They tell you they will turn
24:28ordinary paper into money, and you
24:30think they actually changed it, but it
24:32is just a trick. Here, however, He
24:35actually changed that staff into a
24:37clear serpent, and that is why the
24:39magicians knew it was not a trick but
24:41was real. They knew that no magician,
24:44whoever they might be, could change
24:46things directly like that without using
24:49any machine, technology, or devices,
24:51like how we change iron into products
24:53we manufacture, but we have tools to
24:55change those things. That is why the
24:58Almighty said: "Throw it down, and
25:00suddenly it was a snake, moving swiftly
25:02. He said, 'Seize it and fear not; We
25:05will return it to its former state. And
25:07insert your hand into the opening of
25:10your garment; it will come out white,
25:12without disease'—another sign, in
25:14addition to the sign of the staff, a
25:17sign no other messenger had, a miracle
25:19indicating the existence of Allah and
25:22His greatness." That is why He said: "
25:25To show you of Our greater signs.""To
25:30show you of Our greater signs"—who is
25:34Moses? Peace be upon him. "Exalted is
25:38He who took His Servant by night from
25:41the Sacred Mosque to the Furthest
25:44Mosque whose surroundings We have
25:47blessed, to show him of Our signs." He
25:51saw great signs. What are they? When he
25:55moved to the region that contains the
25:57Sacred Mosque? Because Moses used to
26:00turn his face toward the Sacred Mosque.
26:02And this is written in the Torah. But
26:04when...he went to Ur-Shalim, Jerusalem.
26:07Then he departed from it. Allah told
26:09them: "Take your houses as a Qibla (
26:11direction of prayer)." He said that the
26:13Qibla changed for the Children of
26:14Israel. So their Qibla became the
26:16Al-Aqsa Mosque. So He said: "To show
26:19you of Our greater signs." But when He
26:21spoke about our own Messenger: "The
26:24heart did not lie about what it saw."
26:26As I said in the previous episode,
26:28Allah spoke about a vision. Because the
26:30heart sees in a dream, not in a waking
26:32state. In the waking state, one thinks
26:34and reasons. But in a dream, one sees.
26:36The Almighty said, when He spoke in
26:38Surah An-Najm, as explained in the
26:40previous episode: "At the Lote Tree of
26:42the Utmost Boundary, near it is the
26:43Garden of Abode. When the Lote Tree was
26:45covered by what covered it, his sight
26:47did not swerve, nor did it transgress;
26:49he saw some of the greatest signs of
26:51his Lord." Where did he see these signs
26:54? In a dream, Paradise, Hell, and what
26:57is to come—it relates to the future,
27:00not the present. But Moses saw the
27:03greatest sign. And to whom did he show
27:05this greatest sign? To Pharaoh. As the
27:08Almighty said in Surah An-Nazi'at: "Has
27:10the story of Moses reached you?""When
27:13he called his Lord in the sacred valley
27:15of Tuwa.""Go to Pharaoh, for he has
27:17transgressed.""And say, 'Would you
27:19purify yourself, and let me guide you
27:21to your Lord so you would fear Him?'"
27:23So he showed him the greatest sign: the
27:25staff. Because it was by means of the
27:27staff, which turned into a serpent,
27:29that the magicians believed. That is
27:31why God said: "Then he showed him the
27:33greatest sign, but he denied.""And
27:35disobeyed; then he turned his back,
27:37striving. He gathered and proclaimed,
27:40saying, 'I am your lord, the most high.
27:42'" All this has nothing to do with our
27:45Messenger. But I will clarify what is
27:48the most important word: "Asra"(He took
27:50by night). Why was this context used,
27:53always with the parables that God has
27:55set forth? God Almighty said in Surah
27:58Taha: "And We inspired Moses: 'Take My
28:01servants by night,'" and He did not say
28:04"walk"(sir) with them, but "take by
28:06night"(asri). Why? Because he is the
28:09one who would intend to travel with his
28:11servants. Traveling is on the path—we
28:15call it walking—whether you travel
28:17riding an animal, but always on the
28:19surface of the earth, not above the
28:21surface of the earth, and not by a
28:23horse with wings; these things do not
28:26travel on the surface of the earth. A
28:30beast, anything—always on the surface
28:32of the earth. And this is what Moses,
28:34peace be upon him, did with the
28:36Children of Israel. That is why God
28:39said to him: "asri"(take by night). It
28:41is an imperative verb, as we say "go to
28:44so-and-so.""Asri," but He said "take My
28:47servants by night." Meaning, Moses is
28:50the one who commanded the Children of
28:51Israel to travel with him. That is why
28:56God said: "Exalted is He who took His
28:59servant by night." The one traveling on
29:03the path is Moses, peace be upon him.
29:07Moses, peace be upon him, when he left
29:10that person to whom he married his
29:12daughter. After the period of time that
29:18the two had agreed upon for Moses to
29:21serve him ended. That period ended, and
29:24he traveled with his family by night.
29:26But who inspired him? The one who
29:30inspired him to travel with his family
29:33by night was God Almighty. That is why
29:36He said: "Exalted is He who took by
29:38night." God is the One who intended for
29:42Moses, peace be upon him, to travel by
29:44night. Why? To show him His signs. So
29:49he would know that he had become a
29:50Messenger. And to show him these signs.
29:53What are they? The staff that becomes a
29:55living thing? It moves and turns into a
29:58serpent. And the hand that emerges
30:02white. And these two signs are what he
30:05took to Pharaoh. Perhaps he might
30:07believe that he is truly a Messenger
30:10from God. And he must release the
30:12Children of Israel so they could
30:14accompany Moses, peace be upon him.
30:17That is why God said: "And We inspired
30:20Moses.""Take My servants by night.""
30:22Then strike for them a dry path through
30:24the sea." Always on the surface of the
30:26earth, dry. "You will not fear being
30:28overtaken, nor be afraid." And that is
30:30why, as I said, He said. The Almighty
30:33in Surah Al-Isra: "Exalted is He who
30:35took His servant by night," Moses,
30:37peace be upon him, from the Sacred
30:39Mosque to the Furthest Mosque—meaning
30:41the furthest mosque at that time. And
30:44this mosque, when they used to pray in
30:47it, they would turn toward the Sacred
30:49Mosque. That is why He told him: Go to
30:52that mosque which is in Jerusalem.
30:54Where the Children of Israel lived. And
30:56they had a mosque. They would establish
30:58prayer there, and turn their faces
31:00toward the Sacred Mosque. As I said,
31:02when Moses went to that place then.
31:05They left that place so that Moses
31:07could receive the revelation. God told
31:10them to turn your faces toward your
31:11houses. Those houses where they used to
31:14establish prayer. Because there was not
31:16just one mosque, but several mosques.
31:19The Children of Israel used to
31:21establish prayer, all turning their
31:23faces toward the Sacred Mosque. But as
31:26I said, when Moses left, they turned
31:29their faces toward the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
31:31So their Qibla changed until our
31:33Messenger came to us. Then they turned
31:36back to the Qibla that was there the
31:38first time. And he knew this. That is
31:42why the Almighty said: Those who were
31:44given the Book know it is the truth
31:46from their Lord. And this is it,
31:49servants of God, when He said. "Exalted
31:52is He who took His servant by night"—
31:54the Almighty is talking about Moses. I
31:56must point out some things: this Surah,
31:59at first, was not called Surah Al-Isra.
32:01No, servants of God, it was called
32:03Surah Bani Israel, not Surah Al-Isra.
32:07But later, people came who disliked
32:09that this Surah be named after the
32:11Children of Israel, so they changed its
32:13name to Surah Al-Isra, even though in
32:15the Quran we have a Surah named after
32:17the disbelievers (Al-Kafirun) even
32:19though they are disbelievers, and a
32:21Surah named after the hypocrites (
32:23Al-Munafiqun) even though they are
32:25hypocrites, and a Surah named "The Cow"
32:28(Al-Baqarah) and a Surah named "The Ant
32:30"(An-Naml), but they did not change the
32:32names of these Surahs, except the Surah
32:36that was called Bani Israel. And they
32:38changed it to Surah Al-Isra. When? When
32:41they created these narrations. They
32:42exaggerated regarding the Messenger,
32:44claiming this Surah talks about our
32:46Messenger. And that he was taken by
32:47night, meaning by way of the beast,
32:49Al-Buraq, to the mosque. He established
32:51prayer with all the messengers and
32:52prophets. Servants of God, "You have
32:54caused us to die twice and given us
32:56life twice." It is impossible for a
32:58person who died in this worldly life to
33:00return to life in this worldly life.
33:02Otherwise, we would have to say: "Our
33:04Lord, You have caused us to die three
33:05times and given us life three times."
33:06This is not possible, my lady and my
33:08sir. So why do we believe that the
33:11Messenger went and established prayer
33:12with all the messengers, that God
33:14brought them back to life to establish
33:15prayer? I said if anyone were to
33:19establish prayer with all the
33:20messengers, it would be Abraham, peace
33:23be upon him. Because he is the one whom
33:25God made an Imam for the people. And he
33:26was the first to establish prayer. That
33:29is why we all follow the creed of
33:31Abraham, not the creed of Muhammad. And
33:34our Messenger also follows the creed of
33:36Abraham. "Then We revealed to you:
33:39follow the creed of Abraham," meaning
33:41the method of establishing prayer and
33:43how to perform the rituals of Hajj. So
33:46people must know. I do not want to tell
33:49people: you must disbelieve or not
33:51believe. No, you only need to pay
33:53attention to what is being said.
33:56Because tomorrow everyone will stand
33:59before their Lord alone. And everyone
34:02will come to Him on the Day of
34:03Resurrection alone. And what the
34:05narrations have brought will not
34:07benefit you. Nor what the Hadiths have
34:09brought. Nor what the masses have said.
34:12Nor what our forefathers have said.
34:13Rather, this can mislead many people.
34:16And lead them to the punishment. That
34:19is why the Almighty said: "If we had
34:21been listening or reasoning through the
34:23Quran, we would not be among the
34:25companions of the Blaze." The Almighty
34:29said: "When those who were followed
34:31disown those who followed them, and
34:34they see the torment, then all their
34:36relations will be cut off." Imagine,
34:40sir, that you are driving your car. You
34:42have a judge with you, and there is a
34:43red light. The judge tells you that you
34:46can go through the red light. And you
34:49say, "I have the judge with me; he will
34:50protect me." And when you went through
34:53the red light, you hit someone and
34:55killed him. Will the judge defend you?
35:00No, by God, he will disown you. He will
35:03tell you, "You should not have followed
35:05what I said." This is what will happen
35:08tomorrow on the Day of Resurrection.
35:10Those who were followed will disown
35:13those who followed them when they see
35:15the torment and all ties are severed.
35:18By God, the Prophet, the Companions,
35:20the predecessors, and the imams will
35:23disown us. And all those who came after
35:27them will disown us. When they stand
35:30before God, they will say, "We only
35:32said what we knew.""And we did not
35:34force anyone to follow us.""We have
35:38minds, and they have minds." God
35:41honored the children of Adam and
35:43granted every human being their own
35:44mind. Because each will be held
35:46accountable for their own understanding
35:47. It is lighter before God for you to
35:50ponder the Quran and make a mistake.
35:52Because the fundamental thing is to
35:54ponder the Quran. If you make a mistake
35:56, God will overlook that mistake. But
35:59what is graver before God is to listen
36:02to the words of people. And not verify
36:05those words against the Quran. This is
36:09what God will not forgive. That is why
36:11many people will never seek forgiveness
36:13from their Lord. Why? Because they
36:16think they are doing well. Why? Because
36:19they follow the words of sheikhs, imams
36:22, and hadiths. And they think that is
36:25what will get them into Paradise. That
36:27is why we have reached a point where we
36:29say the Sunnah is the believer and the
36:31Quran is the disbeliever. Imagine how
36:34things have turned upside down. The one
36:36who follows hadiths, Bukhari, and
36:38Muslim has become the believer. And the
36:41one who follows the Quran is a
36:43disbeliever. And always, when they use
36:46the term "Quranists," they say it means
36:48denying the Sunnah. It always implies
36:51that the Quran denies the Sunnah. So if
36:54the Quran denies the Sunnah, then we
36:56welcome this disbelief. And we take
37:00pride in this disbelief. Because
37:02tomorrow, before God, we will be held
37:04accountable for this Quran. These are
37:06the verses of God, which We recite to
37:08you in truth. Then in what statement
37:11after God and His verses will they
37:13believe? We may fall into errors in our
37:16pondering of the Quran. But this is not
37:19like following the whims of people.
37:23Following the words of people while
37:25knowing nothing about the Quran. And
37:28God is the All-Knowing, the Wise, the
37:29Acquainted. Peace be upon you, and the
37:32mercy of God and His blessings.

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