Episode 2 - Allah | A Life with Allah Series — Transcript

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1. 0:00picture in your mind the example of a
2. 0:03worker within a palace
3. 0:05serving many different people who not
4. 0:08only have their own requirements but
5. 0:10their requirements are at odds with the
6. 0:13requirements of the others
7. 0:15so he's called by one of them
8. 0:18to fulfill a duty but no sooner does he
9. 0:21make his way to fulfill it then another
10. 0:23calls him for a second task that
11. 0:26conflicts with the first
12. 0:27so he tries to accomplish it soon after
13. 0:31he's called over by a third who requests
14. 0:34something that clashes with the previous
15. 0:36two
16. 0:37can this person ever rest in this torn
17. 0:41state
18. 0:43now think about the second example
19. 0:45another worker within one Palace who's
20. 0:47at the service of only one person who is
21. 0:50kind and loving and sympathetic and
22. 0:52generous the tasks are doable the
23. 0:55rewards are great and ultimately his
24. 0:57mind and his efforts are gathered upon
25. 0:59one
26. 1:01and with all of that said
27. 1:03to Allah belongs the greatest examples
28. 1:07the first example is in reference to
29. 1:09those who worship many different gods
30. 1:12each God has its own interest its own
31. 1:16requirements and this God can be an idol
32. 1:19false god but it can also be a business
33. 1:21it could be a mirror reflection online
34. 1:24following a cigarette the pursuit for
35. 1:26fame where each has a demand that is not
36. 1:30only impossible to satisfy but it
37. 1:32contradicts with other demands as well
38. 1:34as for the second example the second
39. 1:36analogy it's the example of a Muslim
40. 1:39whose obedience and worship and
41. 1:40attention and submission is on one for
42. 1:42Allah the master whereby everything else
43. 1:45is secondary and tertiary fitting them
44. 1:47around his duty to Allah his soul
45. 1:50ambition
46. 1:57and that's why when Hussein was asked by
47. 2:00the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
48. 2:02wasallam
49. 2:06also saying how many gods do you worship
50. 2:09these days
51. 2:11and house line he responded by saying
52. 2:13I'm worshiping seven gods
53. 2:15six of them are on the earth and one of
54. 2:19them
55. 2:19he's in the heavens
56. 2:22Prophet Muhammad
57. 2:23he asked him a remarkable question
58. 2:27he said to him foreign
59. 2:31which of them
60. 2:34do you focus on during your times of
61. 2:37Hope and fear
62. 2:38he said the one in the heavens
63. 2:41after this conversation he knew exactly
64. 2:44what the prophet sallallahu alaihi
65. 2:45wasallam was getting at
66. 2:47leave the ones on the Earth
67. 2:49and single out the one in the heavens
68. 2:52the Hussein would Embrace Islam after
69. 2:55this conversation the name of the Lord
70. 2:58in the heavens who was to be singled out
71. 3:00in Hope and fear and love and reliance
72. 3:02is the greatest name to have ever
73. 3:05resonated within the ear of man
74. 3:07his name is Allah Allah
75. 3:12so profound is this name that towards
76. 3:14the end of time when the very last soul
77. 3:16of the Believers would have been taken
78. 3:18away from planet Earth leaving only the
79. 3:21worst of creation on earth and the most
80. 3:23corrupt
81. 3:25during that time the name Allah will
82. 3:28also be lifted because the name of this
83. 3:30Purity and Perfection can never be left
84. 3:32in the hands of such people
85. 3:34and that is why the prophet Muhammad he
86. 3:37said
87. 3:41the hour will not come to pass upon
88. 3:44anyone who says Allah Allah
89. 3:48foreign
90. 3:50what are the origins of this perfect and
91. 3:53Majestic name Allah
92. 3:55I share with you a few opinions
93. 3:57and I will elaborate on each of them to
94. 3:59help transform that daily experience of
95. 4:03hearing this Majestic name Allah
96. 4:07some of the scholars they say that the
97. 4:09name Allah is derived from the word
98. 4:11which means worshiped
99. 4:15he worshiped making Allah
100. 4:17the one who is worshiped
101. 4:20and yes everything within the heavens
102. 4:23and the Earth whether we realize it or
103. 4:25not frustrates to Allah
104. 4:29Allah Almighty asks
105. 4:35do you not see
106. 4:37that to Allah
107. 4:39prostrates whoever is in the heavens and
108. 4:42whoever is on the Earth
109. 4:47and so does the Sun
110. 4:49and so does the moon
111. 4:56and so do the stars and so do the
112. 4:59mountains and so do the trees and so do
113. 5:01the moving creatures and so do many
114. 5:04people
115. 5:05he is the one who is worshiped in the
116. 5:08heavens and the Earth whether we realize
117. 5:10it or not and whether man chooses to
118. 5:13prostrate to Allah or not
119. 5:15his very shadow
120. 5:17has not consulted him and falls into
121. 5:19prostration to Allah Allah said
122. 5:26to Allah prostrate whatever is in the
123. 5:29heavens and whatever is on the earth
124. 5:31willingly or by compulsion he then said
125. 5:36and so do with our shadows
126. 5:40so do their shadows in the morning and
127. 5:43in the and in the afternoons
128. 5:46he is the worshiped one
129. 5:48in this universe
130. 5:50he is the one who is worshiped Beyond it
131. 5:53all the prophet Muhammad
132. 5:55he said
133. 6:02I see what you do not see and I hear
134. 6:06what you do not hear
135. 6:08he said
136. 6:11he said the sky is creaking
137. 6:15it has every right to Creek why is the
138. 6:18sky creaking he said
139. 6:28because there isn't even the space of
140. 6:30four fingers in the heavens
141. 6:33except that there is an angel who has
142. 6:36occupied that space lowering his head in
143. 6:40prostration to Allah
144. 6:43so that's one meaning the one who is
145. 6:45worshiped some Scholars they say that
146. 6:48the word Allah
147. 6:50is derived from the root word meaning
148. 6:55in reference to one being Bedazzled
149. 6:58or losing his mind
150. 7:00as a result of extreme happiness or
151. 7:03extreme grief
152. 7:05and yes bedazzlement amazement
153. 7:09and sheer all are Perfectly Natural
154. 7:12experiences in the lives of those who
155. 7:14know Allah
156. 7:15no mind can Encompass his perfection
157. 7:18no words can capture his majesty Allah
158. 7:22said
159. 7:24they will never Encompass him in
160. 7:26knowledge
161. 7:36those who know him in amazement and or
162. 7:40just as he bedazzles in misery those who
163. 7:44choose to lead their lives away from him
164. 7:48be dazzled in anguish
165. 7:50swept off their feet in misery this is
166. 7:52the outcome of not knowing Allah a
167. 7:54sweeping sense of misery because our
168. 7:56need for him in our lives is greater
169. 7:59than our need for food and drink and
170. 8:00oxygen man cannot do without him for
171. 8:04even a single second of his day even if
172. 8:07he arrogantly claims otherwise
173. 8:10so this is a second meaning
174. 8:13other Scholars hold that the perfect
175. 8:15name Allah is derived from the root
176. 8:17aliha like the one before it we
177. 8:20mentioned but this time with the meaning
178. 8:22of to seek Refuge
179. 8:25So when you say it means you have no
180. 8:28Escape but to Allah it's one of the most
181. 8:31comforting realities of life to know
182. 8:34that your retreat and your Refuge
183. 8:37is Allah because who is it
184. 8:40who forgives sins other other than Allah
185. 8:43who amends broken hearts other than him
186. 8:46who holds the cure to Ill souls and
187. 8:48bodies but him who can guard The
188. 8:50Believer from the chastisement and
189. 8:52harassment of shaytan other than him who
190. 8:55compensates people for lost
191. 8:57opportunities in life other than him
192. 9:00he is Allah
193. 9:02the Eternal Escape for the believer
194. 9:04and he is the greatest refugee
195. 9:08this is precisely why at times Allah
196. 9:10releases difficulties upon you
197. 9:13to help refresh your appreciation of
198. 9:16this Majestic name Allah The Refuge
199. 9:19a name that may have suffered some wear
200. 9:21and tear in your life in the last couple
201. 9:24of months and years and it's at that
202. 9:26moment of difficulty when you come to
203. 9:28realize that every other rope in life
204. 9:30had been cut
205. 9:31that the only remaining rope was that of
206. 9:34Allah so you grab onto it and you beg
207. 9:37for help
208. 9:38like you've never done before and you
209. 9:40implore him for forgiveness having
210. 9:43turned for having turned to other than
211. 9:45him in your life
212. 9:46and it's at that phenomenal moment where
213. 9:49you finally experience a brand new level
214. 9:51of Iman and warmth
215. 9:54and an unmatched attachment to Allah all
216. 9:57of which become dearer to you than the
217. 9:59removal of the difficulty itself
218. 10:01and that's what Allah wanted the entire
219. 10:03time from that difficulty he sent you
220. 10:05didn't want your hardship
221. 10:07he simply wanted to help you renew your
222. 10:09relationship with him
223. 10:11to refresh your connection to the name
224. 10:14Allah to realize that he is your only
225. 10:16true Refuge focus on him
226. 10:20other Scholars have argued that the
227. 10:22roots of this perfect name Allah is from
228. 10:24the word
229. 10:25meaning
230. 10:29he whom Hearts adore
231. 10:33Allahu Akbar
232. 10:35you see the closer you are to a person
233. 10:38that no longer your friendship is with
234. 10:40this individual the lower the level of
235. 10:43awe usually drops to and respect the
236. 10:47exception to this rule is Allah
237. 10:49the more he is realized the more he is
238. 10:52adored
239. 10:54also people are loved for things they do
240. 10:56or qualities that they may have as for
241. 10:59Allah he is adored and worshiped for who
242. 11:01he is
243. 11:02he is adored for his Limitless Mercy his
244. 11:06unbreakable might his unrivaled
245. 11:08ownership his infinite richness his
246. 11:11never-ending kindness his
247. 11:13all-encompassing knowledge he is adored
248. 11:16because creation cannot do without him
249. 11:18he is singled out in worship because
250. 11:20life is death without him he is adored
251. 11:23and so his servants obey him
252. 11:27willingly and lovingly and they resist
253. 11:31the prohibitions again willingly and
254. 11:35lovingly
255. 11:37if and when Allah is truly adored
256. 11:40then several matters come into effect
257. 11:42immediately in a person's life
258. 11:44automatically measure yourself against
259. 11:46these examples
260. 11:49when you're in worship your entire focus
261. 11:52is on him you stand before him whether
262. 11:54in Salah or Quran or any other act of
263. 11:58worship
264. 11:59and you've given him your undivided
265. 12:01attention
266. 12:02what else happens when he is truly
267. 12:04adored in your life
268. 12:06well when you find yourself alone
269. 12:09you seize the opportunity to call upon
270. 12:11him in ways which would have been a
271. 12:12little bit more challenging in the
272. 12:13public domain because you now crave
273. 12:15those known moments with Allah
274. 12:19what else happens
275. 12:21when Allah Almighty is truly adored in
276. 12:23your life when for example you use
277. 12:26social media or any other public
278. 12:28appearance of some sort you will ensure
279. 12:31that you never play a role in snatching
280. 12:34away adoration or Obsession from Allah
281. 12:37to yourself
282. 12:39for example you will never purposely
283. 12:41present yourself in a seductive way why
284. 12:44because you don't want to be the reason
285. 12:47why hearts and eyes are taken away from
286. 12:50Allah and redirected to yourself instead
287. 12:55achieving that would depress you it
288. 12:57wouldn't please you
289. 12:59you want Allah to be glorified
290. 13:02you want him to be thought of not
291. 13:04yourself that's because you've
292. 13:06experienced yourself the joy of adoring
293. 13:08Allah and you want others to do so as
294. 13:10well
295. 13:11and you hate the idea of being an
296. 13:13obstacle
297. 13:15in that in that endeavor what else
298. 13:18happens when Allah is truly adored
299. 13:21well when Disobedience takes place in
300. 13:23front of you
301. 13:24your heart tears in pain
302. 13:26and in confusion perplexion how Allah
303. 13:29was not glorified how Allah was not
304. 13:31honored at that moment
305. 13:34just as the prophet sallallahu alaihi
306. 13:36wasallam would feel when this would
307. 13:37happen when he heard a man who
308. 13:39accidentally spoke
309. 13:41inappropriately of Allah the prophet
310. 13:44said to him
311. 13:46Allah do you not know what Allah is
312. 13:51sad when the limits of Allah are
313. 13:53trampled upon that's a sign so the
314. 13:55result of knowing that Allah is the
315. 13:57adored one is a realization that
316. 14:00You Are by Allah and for Allah and to
317. 14:03Allah You Are by Allah because the
318. 14:06origins of existence were through him
319. 14:08you are for Allah because existence is
320. 14:11for him and you are to Allah because the
321. 14:14final return will be to him and that's
322. 14:16why the truest couplet of poetry that
323. 14:19has ever been uttered by any mortal was
324. 14:22according to the prophet Muhammad
325. 14:24sallallahu alaihi wasallam the words of
326. 14:26labid
327. 14:29foreign
328. 14:33indeed everything
329. 14:35other than Allah is false
330. 14:39foreign