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0:00 [Music] this week I'm continuing with as I mentioned before it's from the again signs of miraculousness and in this chapter he mainly focuses on uh the fa you know the the Surah that we recite opening the Surah that we recite in
0:47 every prayer minimum of 40 times a day and uh he's going to uh do an analysis of fa inshallah alul that's fa uh there are reports that fa is Quran meaning that the mother of the Quran uh Scholars say the in entire
1:34 Quran is squeezed into fa concentrated into FAA and they further suggest that the entire fa is concentrated squeezed into and as we were before talking about the mystery of 19 that some people are working on contains 19 letters so inshallah we'll start let's see what says about fa so know firstly that our aim from these indications is a commentary on several of the symbols of the quran's word order because Quran has a certain word order
2:23 Quran was not revealed in the order that we recited now as you know it took 23 years for the Quran to be revealed as a book of 2 three years but some people you know misunderstand some things and I see that in the social media you know people are talking about it as well they think that the Quran was written after the noble Prophet there's no such a thing the Quran was written right from the beginning and we have evidence of that we have even archaeological evidence you know pieces of the Quran have been discovered you know you can check on on the internet you can have a look the Sana scripts uh the Quran Sana
3:08 mus you can have a look at Tuan Musa and you can look at the Birmingham Pages as well and and they all been dated you know and they they are all around the time of the Prophet you know and and so the Quran was written at the time of prophet but also we know from the Hadith reports that right from the beginning was uh the Quran was uh written on various materials there were ktips scribes that had the duty of taking it down writing it down and there are incidents that show us that it was written as well all the way if we go to Mech era you know the famous incident when you know the
3:56 mushr they wanted him to assassinate the prophet he was a too then and and and uh he decided to do it and he was on his way to to he was looking for the prophet and the prophet was at the house of that's where they used to gather uh but on the way he runs into another person and he says first you should go and speak to your own sister Fatima and her husband they embraced Islam already as you know he goes to their house from outside he hears them reciting the Quran so as I remember is also present in their house and he rushes in and and uh
4:42 he hits his own sister uh and also uh bashes his brother-in-law as well Omar with anger with rage you know and his sisters I think mouth starts bleeding and then he feels compassion he feels bad about it you know and then he said bring that to me I want to read it as well what does that mean bring that to me it means that there's something written you know uh it usually they used to use animal skins you know to write things on and then uh his sister FAA says you cannot touch it that's another evidence that it's something written you know you have to go and take full ablution a very famous
5:29 incident uh there is another incident when uh Prophet Muhammad some blessings be up when him sends some of the Muslims who who were being oppressed in Mecca you know they were the weer people or the poor people he sends them to habashan you know ABIA uh to take refuge there you know because there was a Christian kingdom there and he was a just man Nashi there neus they call him in English so when they went there they actually actually took the whole chapter of maram with them written Surah maram because they going to a Christian land so they took chapter maram written version of it so there are
6:14 many indications that the Quran was written through out the life of prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him after the migration to Medina uh his head scribe uh was Z binit he would record everything whenever a wor came down and he would you know write it down but other people too they wrote it down too and they also memorized it and uh when the prophet passed away at the time of Abu beak I think just one year into his you know khood Omar he said you know there are a lot of people who memorized it but these written things also scattered he said we should
7:03 put put all of these thing into a book format and at first Abu beak said you know how can I do something that the prophet didn't do then he realized that Omar was right because when the prophet was alive the Revelation was continuing so you could not put into uh at the time of Abu be a year after Prophet Muhammad they gathered all the written materials they brought everyone you know who met memorized the Quran and s b z bin sabit was the thing you know the head of the committee and they actually put it into a book format and then they gave it to Omar's daughter the prophet's wife
7:50 HSA so it was written at that time and the quran's word order he says for one of the aspects of its miraculousness is manifested in its word order because the Quran has as we were talking about it before there's a mathematical sequence there there's cryptology in there there is uh you know uh eloquence the Quran has a eloquence style there is in there which means me miracle and and then also can you turn your mics off please someone was talking because it's being recorded as well let me do this just a
8:36 second okay and uh yes so it was preserved very well but the Quran has this miraculousness even if you if you wanted to try to change it you wouldn't be able to uh people would notice it straight away straight away and currently there are different views on this but according to one scholar he says there there there are about uh 200 million thing halfers in the world it sounds very big to me you know uh but we know it is it is around 202 20 to 50 million we are quite sure of that numbers but they are sort of collecting information from different uh
9:23 countries that produce halfes every year and they came to that conclusion it is a big number but when you think about it you know I read few articles it could be close to that I don't know but from my perspective there are at at least you know 20 to 50 million people who knows the Quran you know by memorization the entire Quran so how how you going to play around with the Quran you know if you if you change one letter they going to know so it is miraculous in many ways and know secondly that the fundamental aims of the Quran and its essential elements are forau Divine Unity so if we say what are
10:12 the fundamental uh of the Quran what is the main themes that are mentioned in the Quran we can come up uh with four major themes that sort of uh goes throughout the Quran permeates through the Quran we should say so it what one of them the first one is divine Unity which is the other one is Prophet we call it the resurrection of the Dead which is life after we call that esy Islamic eschatology and Justice which is adala so four themes if someone asks you what are the main four themes of the Quran
10:58 it's life after death you can call it too or adal and adal sorry so there are four themes and under adal the fourth theme worship is included worldly matters are included you know our transactions you know all the laws and everything goes under adal so four major themes in the Quran for when mankind Humanity like a successive Caravan of uh procession depends from The Valleys of the past sorry departs from The Valleys of the past and its lands travels in the desert
11:43 of existence and life and proceeds towards the heights of the future facing towards its Gardens events Shake humans and the universe turns its face towards them so it is like he says Humanity is like a huge you know Caravan in the old days you know they people used to travel through the desert where they used to call it Caravans you know like camels and things like that humanity is like that too the journey he says it starts all the way from The Valleys of the past because you know our souls first they were the first things that were created and then it lands travels in the deserts of the existence of this life
12:30 and then proceed leads towards the heights of the future and we all really face towards the the that Eternal Gardens of Jenna that's where we want to go anyway but when the time comes yes we you know we are affected by many events we tremble by them and also when the time comes a end comes as well but end is not the end and the universe itself uh in reality has turned its face to towards that as well so everything will in time will disappear or or will be destroyed but there is life after death and that is like one/ fourth of the Quran as we mentioned
13:17 before it is as though the government of creation sends natural uh philosophy or science which we called in Arabic you know when we say philosophy and science you know in a modern sense they are actually that's a very interesting term it means signs of wisdom because no matter what you study in nature there's wisdom behind it you will find the wisdom there if you truly study so he says it is as though the government of creation you know Allah is the one who governs the creation sends natural philosophy and science to interrogate
14:02 and question them humanity and says all mankind or all you human beings where are you from where do you come from where are you going what are you doing who is your ruler and who is your spokesman everyone asks this these are the most mysterious questions of philosophy as well you know where do we come from why do we exist what are we doing in this world and where are we heading who is our rep representative and who a ruler at one time during this
14:47 conversation they stood up one from among mankind as did those like him of the prophets with authority the honor of mankind Muhammad Al hashimi s alai was am our beloved prophet and said through the emerging emerging by the power of the pre-eternal I just skipped one sentence there he said through the tongue of the Quran all philosophy all science all philosophy all Logic the prophet is saying all of us come forth emerging by the power of the pre-eternal ruler Allah subhana wa ta'ala pre eternal R because
15:34 he's got the attribute of Allah is Beginnings that is why usually you know people do use the term Allah always existed it's a very famous you heard it all the time I don't use that term much because always again indicates to time but Allah is free of time so instead I look at the direct meaning of theat which is attribute it is kadam Kem means Beginnings had no beginning so he is the pre-eternal ruler from the darkness of non-existence to the light of existence and all of us
16:19 we the sons of Adam and the daughters of Adam all together were sent as officials privileged above our brother creatures in bearing the trust we are on our way journeying on the road of the Resurrection towards Eternal Felicity happiness and we are busy in this world in preparation of that Felicity we all want to be happy for eternity no human being would say I don't want to be happy there's no such a thing but we need to be prepared for that and the development of the potentialities because every human being is created with potential you know when the Quran
17:05 says we have created Humans Beings in the best of form pattern it indicates to a potential potential it's a potential that we can reach if we don't use that potential then it says they can fall to a level lowest of the law in fact another words says below the level of animals human beings can fall to that level too so it is a potential we should not be brag about it you know boast about it and say oh we're the best of creation no if you reach your potential then you are the best of
17:50 creation it has a different meaning yeah so and Prophet Muhammad says so we are here to develop our potentials which are a capital it is like a capital when you do a business you have a capital if you don't use it wisely it will collapse you will bankrupt our life is our Capital isn't it so we we got to invest it really good and Prophet Muhammad says peace and blessings be upon and I am their master and their sponsor so Allah says you know with the Quran the prophet is saying this but in with the tongue of the Quran so on behalf of
18:37 Allah so now we're going into FAA so it Go step by step it's like an introduction since B that is the first thing first verse of f is it's actually a verse of fa because it has one next to it in other suras with the there is no numbering it start with the worse after it but in FA the first verse is was revealed in order to instruct the Allah's servants say is implicit in it and essentially it
19:22 is implied by the world all the words of the Quran so you know in some verses of the Quran there is that term called K means say like yeah say Allah is one and so is used what he's saying that is also in bah but it is implicit it is not directly mentioned but it is suggested it is suggested it means Say bah that's what he's saying and essentially it is implied by all the words of the Quran so everything you can add to it say because the Quran is addressing
20:07 Prophet Muhammad so you can add say to everything in the Quran really so according to this there is in say which is cool an indication to prophethood and in bah assign to Allah and in the prefixing of the preposition which is B you know when we say B B at the beginning it is a sign to Divine Unity B and the mer merciful Rahman an illusion to the order of the universe and therefore to Justice and beneficence beneficience and in the most compassionate which is Alim which is
20:54 mentioned in FA again a hint to the resurrection if there is Rahim there it means there is resurrection so that he can forgive you there um a hint to the resurrection of the Dead likewise in all praise be to Allah when we say alhamdulillah alhamdulillah there is an indication to the godhead which means of Allah subhana tala and in the lamb you know of ification the is you know when you say assign to Divine Unity because it
21:44 means one Allah one God very interestingly if you break break the term the name Allah into pieces it always refers to Allah did you know that you know Allah if you tell the if you take the you know it go because at the end there's who there it goes all the way down to her and who means him as well so every word sorry every how do you say syllable syllable yeah you separate it always says Allah Allah Allah all the way to
22:30 the who at the end so he says Le so is a sign of divine Unity Oneness of Allah and in Lord and the sustainer of the world which is alhamdulillah is a hint to Justice there is a hint to Justice there he is the sustainer of the world and also to prophit hood for the education of humanity because it's given to the prophets and in the master of the Judgment day which is is an explicit statement of
23:16 Resurrection means that there will be Resurrection as you can see the four themes that we talked about all of them are in FA they're all the Oneness of Allah yeah Prophet Hood there's life after death they're all in there and ad as well so in the name of Allah which is bah is like the sun which illuminates itself as well as others and it is self-sufficient thus the be in bah is related to the verb that is implicit in its name in its meaning there is I seek help from it that is why the B is there when you say B you're actually saying
24:02 with the B I seek help from it and B represents Allah as well or the meaning usually associated with it there is I swear by it or it is related to the implicit as mentioned before say which is which means Say bah no matter what you do Say bah as long as you're not committing a sin everything else you do you should start with bismah in the name of Allah which necessitates a subsequent recite or read meaning ik to denote sincerity and divine Unity
24:48 again two things like bismah everything should be done with bismah and I learned another thing which is very very important and I've been doing it for many many years whenever I say to someone you know I'll be there tomorrow I'll be there in half an hour I always say inshah I I never use you know yeah five minutes I'll see I never say that because there's a verse in the Quran don't say I will do this tomorrow say insh the Quran says it in and they say that the reason for Revelation for that it's called es that when the people came the the qures they learned certain things from
25:34 the Jews you know to questions to ask the prophet to test whether he's a prophet or not and and the Jewish rabbis gave them some ideas free questions and they came and they asked those questions to the prophet about the r Spirit about zul and the people of the cave as and the prophet did not know at that time because he acts upon the and he said I'll give you the answer tomorrow and he forgot to say inshallah that's when that wor came then uh but before that worse 15 days the Revelation stopped
26:20 because of that 15 days see so inshallah we should say inshallah at all times as for the name Al is because there's a term there name is means name nor that Allah has names pertaining to his Essence himself and names pertaining to various sorts of actions such as forgiving providing Giver of Life dealer of death Yak yeah so these are active names and there are names that is that
27:06 are pertaining to his Essence indicate to his Essence himself and so on they are various and numerous because of the multiplicity of the relations of his pre-eternal power with the different kinds of beings so he has relationship with all kinds of beings not just humans throughout the Universe Angels Gins other creatures animals perhaps many other creatures as well we don't know but he has you know relationship with all of them they are all his creation so his his names manifest on different Creations in a different way therefore bis is an
27:56 invocation seeking the agency and connection of divine power there is connection that its connection might be a spirit for men humans and a help for him in his actions so you in a way you are establishing that connection with Allah through b by mentioning his name Allah is the proper name of Allah Allah is the proper name of Allah it is you know his personal name name because names differ in Islam if you look at names the definition of names uh you look at all the rest of the names like for example there are 99 Names there you
28:42 know Rahman Kim you know all of those names there are also names but they are like more titles you know indicating to a certain thing that Allah has but Allah is the personal name you we can give an example sometimes people confuse what is a name what is an attribute you know sometimes they refer to a name of Allah as an attribute whereas it's an attribute attribute is a different thing uh to clarify that you know you can take one human being for example all right uh the person's name let us say Ahmed Ahmed is a m Ahmed could be a father Ahmed could be a mechanic Ahmed
29:29 could be a professor see how many names titles that person have but the personal name is Ahmed and Allah is the name of the Creator no one else can have that name because it's not just a title it is it is his personal name and attribute is a different thing attribute is a complete SE set of skills that I say complete set of skills like I can give you one example one of his attributes is which means knowledge not Al Alim is a name Alim means all knowing one of the names of Allah it's a title but is knowledge there is an
30:18 attribute an Alim is the all knowing and Allah is the personal name and sometimes I use this anology you know during classes as well it gives everyone a better understanding if someone walks in here the person's name is let us say Hassan he's a professor he's a professor um and he has knowledge because he's a professor so uh Hassan is his personal name Professor is his title which is one of the like the names of Allah and knowledge is his attribute because if you have a title of Professor then you must have knowledge the connection is there so Allah is the proper name of
31:06 Allah uh there are different views among Scholars some Scholars says you know from the beginning of time it was always Allah that name you know since Adam they all use that name now we can confirm that because we know that in AR it's also Allah Isam used the same term Allah and before too so his proper name is Allah but some Scholars say it's if you separate it if you put l in Arabic l means the in English means god so the god The One and Only God so some interpret it like that but I'm in the view that it is one name
31:53 that you cannot separate because as we pulled it apart before it's always Allah Allah Allah so is a comprehensive summary of all the attributes of perfection so that name contributes all the attributes of perfection for it implies the essence unlike other proper nouns of Allah it describes implies the essence of Allah meaning himself when you say Allah it's him the others are his names the others are his attributes in which there is no necessary implication of the attributes so the most beautiful and all
32:42 compassionate Alman Al again we're continuing with fa the positioning just as the Divine Glory which is Jalal Allah is Jal he's Majestic that name Jalal points to Allah subhana tala and it's uh concominant are manifested manifested in SE sequence from the name of Allah because the the name Jalal manifest from the name of Allah so to Divine Beauty which is Jamal Jalal and Jamal Jamal is beauty also his name and its concominant appear in a sequence from the mer mer
33:29 merciful the all compassionate Alman and Alim so Jal because it's a majestic thing that name it comes from the name Allah directly and Jal which means Beauty another name of Allah they come from Rahman and rim Rahman and R since glory and Beauty are two sources they appear in sequence from them by virtue of their being manifest in the world in every world sorry in every realm branches like command and prohibition reward and Punishment
34:15 inducement and threat glorification and praise fear and hope so on those names he says those two names Jalal and Jamal manifest everywhere when it's someone you know needs something and Allah sends it to them you see Jamal is manifesting through Rahman and when is someone done something wrong being punished it's jamat but there are being manifested throughout the Universe also as the name of Allah indicates the attributes that are identical with his Essence and indicate his freedom from
35:02 defect so Allah cannot have defect we call this so Allah's spats Allah's attributes cannot have defect they are perfect cannot have defect so all compassionate which isim hints at the attributes that are other than his Essence and pertain to an action which means that certain attributes are directly relevant to his essence you know his majesty his Essence himself and certain attributes like the all compassionate which
35:48 isim they hint at the attributes that are other than his himself Essence which only pertain to action because he forgives because he he heals Shafi because he provides RIS they are all active attributes of Allah subhana tala and we they are called they to do with action safat of action active saats Okay we came to the end just in time again because the prior I heard the asan too we will go down but we might not make it to with them but we'll pray together
36:35 inshallah um thank you everyone online inshallah we'll see you all next week uh we got one more week before we stop inshallah so we can give a break for Ramadan uh we'll see you all next week and we will continue um from here as well from the same point [Music]
