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I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

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And may Allah bless Muhammad and his pure people.

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May Allah bless them all.

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Peace and mercy of Allah be upon you, everyone.

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And I hope you remember where we left the surah.

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We have to continue with the verse,

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لَتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أُنذِرَ أَبَاؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَافِلُونَ

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So the surah read as,

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

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يا سين والقرآن الحكيم

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إِن مَكَلَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

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You are from the prophets, from the messengers,

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على صراط المستقيم

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on the right path.

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تنزيل العزيز الرحيم

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This is a descending of revelation

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from the most powerful, the most merciful.

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To do what?

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لَتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أُنذِرَ أَبَاؤُكُمْ فَهُمْ غَافِلُونَ

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To warn a people whose fathers are not warned.

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So they are heedless, they are ignorant of these teachings of revelation.

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Well, this word,

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انذار, لَتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا

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to warn people,

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is used very frequently in the Qur'an.

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In fact, the prophet is told to be

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بَشِيرًا وَنَزِيرًا

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someone who brings good tidings and who warns.

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So the warning is about what comes afterwards.

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The warning is not about this world.

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We are given actually a kind of information

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about what is coming next after this life.

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Of course, the knowledge of it is inside us,

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otherwise we wouldn't have understood it.

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But we need reminders.

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And this reminder comes in form of a warning to us

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that there is going to be something afterwards.

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So take heed, be careful.

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This is what the prophet actually does.

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He just warns.

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And this warning, as I said,

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is not something that we are completely unaware of.

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Otherwise, you wouldn't have understood anything of it.

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It's just a reminder to what we already know.

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The prophet is a muzaqir.

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He only reminds us.

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He doesn't teach us these things, these very basic elements.

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But the very basic elements of faith is inside ourselves.

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to make it fresh for us.

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So the prophet warns us about it.

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And of course, it is told here that you have to warn a people

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whose fathers are not warned.

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Now, there is a problem here.

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And that is, will any prophet in the descendants of the Arab nation

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so that Allah tells us that their fathers are not warned?

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Their fathers are not warned?

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We have many Arab prophets mentioned in the Qur'an.

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And of course, many other Arab prophets who are not mentioned in the Qur'an.

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We have Hud and Saleh.

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And Shuaib, it is actually controversial whether he was an Arab prophet or not.

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which of course were from the other descendants of Ibrahim from Ishaq.

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who was a few centuries before the prophet, maybe well, even before Isa, alaihi salam.

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And he was warning the Arabs while Isa and the Jew prophets were warning the Israelites.

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We have a name of other prophets called Qus ibn Sa'idah,

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who was of course an Arab prophet in the descendants of Ismail.

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These are names mentioned in Hadith for us, who were prophets warning the fathers of Arabs,

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of Quraysh and other Arabs living at the time of the prophet.

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لَتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أُنذِرَ أَبَاؤُهُمْ

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then we have to see what really this means.

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do we not regard them as prophets who had warned all nations, including Arabs?

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Of course, we could say about the prophets of Bani Israel that their language was different from the language of Arabs, of course.

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And since we have in the Qur'an that, وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَسُولٍ إِلَّا بِلِسَانِ قَوْمِهُ

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We haven't sent any prophet, but with the language of their own people.

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We could say that, okay, Musa and Isa, alaihi salam, were not to warn Arabs because they didn't understand their language.

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because Allah has ended this kind of national and multilingual warning to people.

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The translations could have been done. You know, before Islam there was no translation of the Bible.

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You have now, the Qur'an is translated in more than 50 languages.

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The Bible is translated in more than 2,000 languages and dialects and so on.

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But before that, we didn't have that. So we couldn't say that Isa or Musa, alaihi salam, had warned Arabs.

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So in a sense, if we regard, if we are talking about non-Arab prophets, we could say, okay, the Arabs were not warned by them.

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And the verse saying, letun zira qawman ma unzira aba'ukum, you are warning a people whose fathers are not warned,

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The Arabs, well, didn't have it written. So their fathers were not warned.

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four, five, six centuries before the prophet, how about that?

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or if they were written, they were distorted, then we couldn't say that a nation whose, well,

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fathers in a few generations ago, past generations, a few centuries ago, they were warned.

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no messenger at all, and that was about 600 years, six centuries.

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the period of sleeping and slumber.

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So, well, we could say that the fathers of the Arabs to whom the message was sent were not warned.

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If a few centuries has passed, a warning has come and it is not written down.

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just hear that what was his message.

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This bayan which is talked about in the Quran, that we would not punish any nation

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unless we have expressed very, very, very lucidly for them.

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We are not going to punish anyone unless this bayan has come for them.

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This expressive kind of clarification.

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and then we say, okay, so they are now obliged to follow the message of Islam

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since Islam, the word of Islam is spread everywhere.

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Everyone knows about Muslims.

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The warning should be very lucid so that Allah would punish people about it,

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would actually take to task and question them about it.

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but they are excused because they didn't know what is the warning.

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are they going to be punished for it?

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the only thing they know about Islam are Taliban or Saddam Hussein

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as the leader of Muslims or terrorists to be Muslims.

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The good tidings should come, the warning should be clear,

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لَتُنْذِرَ غَوْمًا مَّا أُنْذِرَ أَبَاوْهُمْ

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This has come to you to warn a people whose fathers are not warned,

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and therefore they are غافلون, they are heedless.

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And those who accepted, of course, would gain the utmost reward of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Now, we come to one of the most difficult verses of the Qur'an.

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And believe me, it is going to be very painstaking to explain the meaning of this verse.

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so that we are not confused by what we are going to say here about this verse.

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لَقَدْ حَقَّلْ قَوْلُ عَلَى أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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and I'm going to explain this verse for the rest of this session.

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لَقَدْ حَقَّلْ قَوْلُ عَلَى أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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but a statement is realized, has proved to be true for most of them, therefore they do not believe.

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to take a deterministic kind of path for explaining this verse,

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because it says, Allah says, why they do not believe, because the word is realized,

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has proven to be true about them, about most of them, and this is why they don't believe.

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then of course we have no choice.

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in the case of different people, then they shouldn't be well asked about it.

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He would realize His words on some people and He would punish them, and who can question Him?

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Tabari, for example, explaining this verse.

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What do you mean by the word?

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which has been proved for most of them.

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There should be some other statement.

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the statement has proven to be true.

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Because Allah has determined in Ummul-Kitab that they should not believe.

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so the statement of adab, punishment, says, of course, He doesn't say statement of adab.

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He says the punishment has become necessary for them.

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Because in the Ummul-Kitab, Allah has written that they would not believe.

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Laqad wajab al-adhabu ala aqsaram.

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The punishment has become necessary, is necessitated for most of them.

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Because it has been predestined in the knowledge of God that they are going to die while they are kafirs.

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And He has written it in His knowledge previously.

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So they do not believe now, so they have to.

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There is no witness from the Quran to support this kind of explanation of the verse.

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Because, I mean, this predeterministic kind of explanation does not go, does not conform with Shia ideology,

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with Shia kind of creed, belief that everyone has a free will to choose.

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So he says, it is said, though he doesn't say himself,

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that it is said that it is predestined for most of them,

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that they should not believe, therefore they do not believe.

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OK, so he just said this is what has been told about this verse, what has been written.

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And, well, how it is predestined?

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It is predestined in the way that Allah has informed his angels that these people are not going to believe.

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And this word is realized for most of them, has proved to be true, and therefore they do not believe.

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OK, what do you think?

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I think the problem is that what is the knowledge of Allah, predestined by what Allah has taught us.

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How do we know what Allah has taught us?

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Then the poor people are going to have to suffer.

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This is where the problem is there.

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I think to understand this concept, what is knowledge of Allah,

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and what is predetermined is the crux of where this concept lies, as to how we...

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But the point is, Allah actually in the Quran does not confuse us with his knowledge,

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and with what is going to happen later on, due to our free will, of course.

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Well, we shouldn't bring knowledge of Allah in because his knowledge has no time.

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OK, but the point is,

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means of course, with these explanations, that there was something predestined for them,

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and that has been realized.

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OK, now the point is, there might have been something predestined,

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but does it necessarily, should it necessarily contradict our free will or not?

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This is the point.

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Now, to understand this, we have to realize what is this statement.

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This is very, very important.

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And this statement is mentioned not only in this verse,

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in many, many different verses in the Quran,

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that there was a statement right from the beginning, from Allah,

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and that statement has proved true for some people.

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And that statement certainly is not that these people should not believe,

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because that would have been actually contrary to free will.

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It should have been another statement, something which does not contradict our free will,

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and as well something which is very important that we are informed about it in many, many verses in the Quran.

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Now, let's see what other verses tell us about this statement.

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Well, this statement sometimes is mentioned as qaul,

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qaul, which means a statement, sometimes as kalima, which means words.

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Well, they could be used interchangeably.

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In Surah Yunus, verse number 33, we have a verse,

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كذلك حقت كلمة ربك على الذين فسقوا أنهم لا يؤمنون

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In this way, the kalima of your Lord is realized, has proved to be true for those for the fasqeen.

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Okay, not for everyone, of course, for the fasqeen, for the disobedient, that they would not believe.

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أنهم لا يؤمنون This is a realization of a statement.

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Now, we have to see what is that statement, but I want you to see how this concept is used in different places in the Quran.

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Again, in Surah Yunus, in verse 96, it says, well, more clearly,

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إن الذين حقت عليهم كلمة ربك لا يؤمنون

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Those about whom the statement of your Lord is realized, they are not going to believe.

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So we get a kind of knowledge about why some people believe and some people do not believe.

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It's not just the sheer reasoning argument.

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There is something said just in the beginning of our creation, long, long time ago.

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And if that thing is realized, we are not going to believe.

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If it does not realize, we are going to believe.

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Okay, so it says those upon whom the statement of your Lord is realized, they are not going to believe.

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Well, it's exactly the same as what we have here.

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لَقَدْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَى أَكْثَرَهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَؤْمِنُونَ

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The statement of your Lord is realized about most of them, so they are not believing.

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They do not believe.

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And he says, ولو جاءتهم كل آيه

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Even if all the signs of God come to them, they are not going to believe.

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حَبْتَى يَرَوْ الْأَذَابَ الْعَلِمُ

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Until they see the painful punishment of Allah.

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Then they would believe, of course.

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Now they are not going to believe.

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Until they see the punishment, they are not going to believe.

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Now, in Surah Yaseen, you would see in following verses that he says

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وَسَوَعَوْنَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَنْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يَوْنَهُمْ

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It is equal to them.

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Warn them or do not warn them.

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So it's not the question of warning.

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Having been satisfied with arguments and reasonings.

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There is something there which bars us from believing.

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And that is a statement.

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Well, we have to see what a statement means actually.

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It is a rule. It is a regulation.

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It is something laid down by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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And that is where we have to find the crossroad.

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Where the crossroad is.

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Where they will believe or do not believe.

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So, the same thing in Surah Yunus.

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Now, the interesting thing is in Surah Muqn.

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There is a history of people who believe and who do not believe.

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Surah number 40 verses number 5 and 6.

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قَذَبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَلَا عَحْسَابُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ

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Before them, before your people.

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The people of Nuh denied the revelation.

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And many parties after them, they denied the revelation.

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وَحَمَّدْ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَعْخُذُوهُ

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And every nation targeted their messenger to capture them, to contain them.

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So that they do not warn.

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وَجَادَلُوا بِالْبَاطِلْ لِيُتْحَذُو بِهَ الْحَقْ

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And they argued with Batil to refute and debat Haqq.

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This is what they did in all nations from Nuh onwards.

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فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ أَنْ أَيْسِيزْتَمْ

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فَكَيْفَ كَانَ أَقَابْ

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How was my retribution?

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وَكَذَالِكْ

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Now, this was the history.

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وَكَذَالِكْ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكُ

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حَقَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا

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And in this way, the statement of your Lord was realized

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about those who do not believe that they are the people of hell.

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أَنَّهُمْ أَسْحَابُ الْنَارِ

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So the statement is something to do with Jahannam and with disbelief.

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And there are many other verses.

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Okay, we leave this because if you want to bring all these verses,

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I just wanted to say that this is a prevailing concept in the Qur'an.

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There is a statement, that statement is realized about some people,

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and it is because the realization of that statement that they are not believing,

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that they are rejecting the revelation, and then they end up in fire.

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Now, what do you think that the statement is?

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Any idea? Yes?

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You said it was something probably in the beginning.

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There were the conversations, you know, like shaytan or shaytan felt about,

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I'll misguide your people, these men that you've created,

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and Allah says, except the mukhlaseen.

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Yeah.

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Could that be it?

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That he's saying that you will not misguide the mukhlaseen,

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and conversely, if you're not mukhlaseen, then you will be misguided.

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Yeah, this could be the statement.

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Any other idea?

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Okay, let's go to this story.

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I said it is right in the beginning, something had passed,

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something has been decreed,

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and we are actually moving according to that statement and that decree of Allah.

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Now, in surah Sa'd, we have exactly the mention of statements by the shaytan

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and a statement by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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These are true statements, and the first statement by the shaytan,

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as well as approved and signed by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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it is sealed that this is going to happen, and I will let it to happen,

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I will proceed according to what I have stated in the beginning.

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we have the conversation between shaytan and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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and Allah, shaytan says that give me respite until they are resurrected.

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As I said before, right from the beginning, before Adam was put in his garden,

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every angel and shaytan, including shaytan who was a jinn,

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they knew that these people are going to die,

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they are not going to live on this earth forever,

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and they are going to be resurrected,

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and so shaytan asked Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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give me respite until they are resurrected.

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Allah said, you have given the respite,

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قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِينَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْوَقْتَ الْمَعْلُوبُ

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until a determined day.

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قَالَ فَبِعَزَّتِكَ لَأُخُوْيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَيْنَةً

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He said, I swear by your power and magnificence

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that I am going to astray all of them.

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Since we have given you respite,

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and shaytan knew that Allah's word doesn't change.

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Seeing he has said, I have given you respite, that's it.

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He has the respite, and after receiving that statement from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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he said, okay, now that you have given me the time,

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I am going to lead them astray all.

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إِلَّا إِبَاتَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

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But a few who are really purified for you.

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Now Allah says, قَالَ الْحَقَّ

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He said, this is just, you try to do that.

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والحق أقول

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And I say the justice statement, just the statement.

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والحق أقول

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And I say a justice, a just statement.

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لَأَمْ لَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنْكَ وَمِمَّنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَيْةً

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I will fill the Jahannam with you,

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and with whomever who follows you.

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This is just, isn't it?

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Since Adam and his progeny, of course,

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were given preference over shaytan, and over all angels.

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So shaytan said, is this the one you have preferred over me?

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Give me respite and you will see what I will do.

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How your creatures who you have preferred over us would act, would behave.

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Allah said, I will give you respite.

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He said, so I will read them astray.

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He said, this is just, if you could do it,

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and whoever follows you would go to hell with you.

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So the hell is initially created for shaytan only.

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And of course, whoever follows him will go to hell with him.

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Hell is not created for us.

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It is us who follow shaytan to hell.

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This is a very important issue.

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We have to realize that we are not created for hell.

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We are created for Jannah.

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But with our free will, unfortunately, we follow shaytan to hell.

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Now, this statement is more clearly stated in surah Sajjah, surah 32, ayahs number 13 and 14.

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If we wished, you would have given the guidance to every soul.

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Everyone would have been guided by me.

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Well, not with free will.

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I would have guided them to Jannah without them even willing it.

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I could have done it.

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But I didn't want to do this.

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But there was a just statement from me, from Allah.

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I will fill Jannah from jinn who are shayateen and from human beings.

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I will fill it with them.

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This is a just statement. Why is it just?

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Because I wanted to take shaytan to hell.

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He said, these creatures of you are like me.

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I told them justice.

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If they are like you, they should be with you.

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And this justice statement is passed by me.

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That whoever follows shaytan should go to hell with him.

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And then those people who go to hell, they might ask, why have you brought us here?

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And this is a kind of answer to them.

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You have to taste this just statement because you forgot that you are going to meet one day.

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And now you have met me and you have been a follower of shaytan.

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Now, it's not clear yet.

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I'm sure it's not very clear yet.

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Now, let's see what Allah says in surah Isra about this statement.

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Surah Isra, ayat number 61 to 65, number 17.

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When we told angels to prostrate before Adam, everyone prostrated but Iblis.

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What did he say?

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Should I prostrate to one whom you have created out of clay?

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Well, the silly argument is, fire is better than clay.

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He said silly argument, isn't it?

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And then he said,

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00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:13,000
He said, tell me, is this he whom you have honored above me?

435
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:21,000
Well, Adam, of course, was a very small creature compared to shaytan and compared to Jibreel and other creatures of Allah.

436
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:25,000
He said, is this he whom you have honored above me?

437
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:35,000
If you should respite me to the day of judgment, I will most certainly master his progeny, except a few.

438
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,000
I will rule over them.

439
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:43,000
I will reign them and I will harness them, all of them.

440
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:48,000
I will harness all of them if you give me respite.

441
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,000
Allah said, this is his statement.

442
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,000
This is a very, very important statement.

443
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:54,000
Depart.

444
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,000
He said, go.

445
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:09,000
Depart for whoever of them will follow you.

446
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:15,000
Then surely hell is your recompense, a full retribution.

447
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:25,000
Now, shaytan, what he wanted to do, he wanted to confuse Allah with his justice, so to speak.

448
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:29,000
And of course, he didn't know that Allah is not going to be confused.

449
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:35,000
He wanted to confuse him with his justice, saying that you have put this above me.

450
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,000
Give me respite.

451
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,000
I know this creature of you.

452
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,000
I have tested it.

453
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:47,000
I have looked at it from every side and I know that I can deliver them to hell.

454
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,000
And Allah said, OK, do it.

455
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,000
This is justice.

456
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,000
This is justice.

457
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:58,000
OK, now, and then Allah said something else to shaytan.

458
00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,000
Go.

459
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:22,000
Beguile whosoever of them, you can with your voice and collect your forces against them, riding and on foot.

460
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:28,000
And share with them in wealth and children and hold out promises to them.

461
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,000
So do whatever you can do.

462
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:34,000
I will give you full authority over them.

463
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,000
Do whatever you want.

464
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:41,000
And of course, shaytan's promises are notes, but delusion.

465
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:45,000
Inna ibadilay salaka alayhim sulfa.

466
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:49,000
You cannot overcome my servants.

467
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,000
And these are the human beings that I have created.

468
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,000
You will see it.

469
00:37:53,000 --> 00:38:07,000
Now, the statement is that Allah has decreed that shaytan would have authority over us with us having free will of this.

470
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:18,000
And the statement is that whoever would follow shaytan would go to hell with him because that is his about his abode, his place of dwelling.

471
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:23,000
And whoever follows him would go to his place of dwelling.

472
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,000
That is the statement passed.

473
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:30,000
Now, laqad haqqal qawlo ala aqtarihim.

474
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,000
The world is realized about most of them.

475
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,000
What does this mean?

476
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,000
It means most of them have followed shaytan, isn't it?

477
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:42,000
Allah decreed that they could follow you.

478
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,000
That's the statement.

479
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:48,000
And this statement is realized for most of them.

480
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,000
That is why they don't believe.

481
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,000
So it is nothing to do with our free will.

482
00:38:53,000 --> 00:39:03,000
We have free will, but there was a statement that shaytan could be given authority to lead astray anyone who wishes to follow him.

483
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:07,000
And that word actually is realized about most of them.

484
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,000
That is why they don't believe.

485
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:13,000
They are following shaytan, not you.

486
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,000
And that's so.

487
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:25,000
Now, if someone wants to follow shaytan, whatsoever, howsoever you want them, they are not going to believe because they are believing in something else.

488
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,000
They are following someone else.

489
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:31,000
Someone could not follow the prophet and shaytan at the same time.

490
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,000
It is not possible.

491
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:42,000
And that is statement which has gone past us right in the beginning of creation is realized for most of the people.

492
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,000
So they do not believe.

493
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:55,000
Now, we have a very interesting verse in Surah Saba number 34, surah number 34, verse 20.

494
00:39:55,000 --> 00:40:08,000
When Allah talks about the people of Saba or Sheba and how he had bestowed his favors upon them and how they rejected his prophets and his warnings,

495
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,000
he says,

496
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:17,000
وَلَقَدْ سَتَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيثُ صَنَّهُ فَاتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِيقًا مِّنَ المُؤْمِنِينَ

497
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:21,000
Iblis proved through his opinion over them.

498
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,000
What was the opinion of Iblis?

499
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:28,000
That he would lead all of them astray, all human beings.

500
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000
It was his guess.

501
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,000
Of course, his guess was not true.

502
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,000
And forget about Mokhlasun.

503
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,000
They are different people.

504
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:42,000
But even us, he's not going to lead all of us astray.

505
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,000
It was his guess.

506
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,000
And he will be disappointed on the day of judgment, inshallah,

507
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:52,000
seeing that many, many people are going to Jannah rather than following him to Jahannam.

508
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:56,000
Of course, the more people go to Jannah, the more shaitan is disappointed.

509
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,000
And the more they go to hell, the more he is happy.

510
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:05,000
You remember at the end of Surah, at the end of the Du'a Abu Hamza,

511
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:12,000
Imam Sajjad brings his final argument to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that why she should forgive him.

512
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:17,000
He says, if you punish me, your enemy shaitan will be happy.

513
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:20,000
And if you forgive me, your prophet will be happy.

514
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:24,000
And I'm sure you prefer the happiness of your prophet over the happiness of your enemy.

515
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,000
So please forgive me.

516
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:33,000
This is the final argument of Imam Zain al-Abeddin actually put to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that why he should forgive him.

517
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:37,000
So the more people go to hell, the more shaitan gets happy.

518
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:43,000
And if they go to Jannah, it means that his world is not realized.

519
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,000
His hope is not fulfilled.

520
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:57,000
Okay, so although he knew that there are some very, very chosen, pure people that he could not get near and he could not lead astray,

521
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,000
and he said right from the beginning, I don't go near them.

522
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,000
Okay, I'm going to lead all of them astray.

523
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:08,000
But I select a few select the chosen ones.

524
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,000
This is not going to become true.

525
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:19,000
This is not going to be fulfilled because there are many, many people who would follow those Mokhlasun and who would go to Jannah.

526
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:27,000
Now, this is why what Iblis said in the beginning is mentioned in the Quran as a guess, as an opinion.

527
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:31,000
He was of the opinion that he's going to lead all of them astray.

528
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:34,000
And Allah said about some people that

529
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:41,000
that, well, I got said that I am a Blythe who's done now a Blythe proved through his opinion over them.

530
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,000
Not over everyone.

531
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:48,000
Those who follow him, Iblis has proved his opinion over them.

532
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,000
Therefore, they followed them.

533
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,000
They followed him.

534
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:59,000
Allah, but even in a moment, what a few, a small party of the believers.

535
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:03,000
So those small parts of the believers were not from Mokhlasun, of course.

536
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,000
But they did not follow.

537
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,000
They did not.

538
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:11,000
Actually, the opinion of Shaytan was not proved to be true about them.

539
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:18,000
So this is what's the what is realized actually about many people.

540
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,000
And therefore they do not believe.

541
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:23,000
If you follow Shaytan, you are not going to believe in Allah.

542
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:32,000
Whenever you see someone talks about disbelief, talks about something which opposes the message of Allah,

543
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,000
open your eyes.

544
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:36,000
You have to see a Shaytan sitting beside them.

545
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:40,000
And this is what clearly we had in the Quran.

546
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:44,000
Well, Shayateen are so numerous, maybe more than us.

547
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:52,000
OK, the progeny of Shaytan, of Iblis, maybe more numerous than the progeny of Adam, alayhi salam.

548
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,000
And they are everywhere.

549
00:43:54,000 --> 00:44:02,000
And we have a Hadith by Imam Bahr, alayhi salam, that a mu'min whose heart is firm,

550
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:14,000
if you look, clearly you will see Shayateen like bees around their honey.

551
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,000
They are around the heart of mu'min.

552
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:20,000
They want to deceive him, but they can't, of course.

553
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,000
They come, they can't.

554
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:30,000
Now, anywhere you see a disbelief, a word of disbelief,

555
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:36,000
something which would not actually, which creates doubt about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

556
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:40,000
you have to see a Shaytan because human being is very clean, very pure.

557
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:47,000
The fitrah of human being is towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala directly and completely.

558
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:51,000
So if something comes, it is because they have followed Shaytan.

559
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:57,000
And Shaytan has sat beside them, has harnessed them.

560
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,000
And this is what we have in many other verses.

561
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:09,000
Now, this statement is realized when someone follows Iblis.

562
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,000
This is now clear, I hope.

563
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:17,000
Now, about Iblis, we have in Surah Hajj, this is a very, very interesting verse,

564
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:22,000
Surah number 22, verse number four, kutiba alayhi.

565
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:25,000
And this is again a kind of decree, a statement.

566
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:32,000
An hu man tawallahu fa innahu yuzilluhu wayahdihi ila adhabu s-sahiyyat.

567
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:39,000
It is written for Shaytan that whoever follows him, he would lead them astray.

568
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:46,000
He would deviate them from the path of Allah and would lead them to the fire of hell.

569
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:49,000
This is what Shaytan does.

570
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:55,000
And if what he guesses is realized and if the statement of Allah is realized,

571
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:58,000
that okay, whoever followed you, they go to hell,

572
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:04,000
then of course whatever sign of Allah comes, then people are not going to believe.

573
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:11,000
Now, we have many verses in the Qur'an saying that those people who choose to follow Shaytan,

574
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,000
Shaytan comes and sits beside them.

575
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:16,000
They will be the consort to them.

576
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:21,000
And whatever they think, whatever they say, it is not their statements.

577
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:24,000
It is not their thoughts. It is Shaytan's thoughts.

578
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:28,000
Have you ever heard about Shayateen coming and possessing people?

579
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:31,000
They say someone is possessed by jinn.

580
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:38,000
These are very extreme cases, of course, that a jinn could actually possess even the physics of a human being.

581
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:46,000
It might happen and it is very rare, very extreme and it's due to some kind of black magic or something that would happen.

582
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:52,000
But this is not something which is the only way Shaytan could possess a human being.

583
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:55,000
Shaytan could possess our mind.

584
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:59,000
And this is clearly seen with many, many people.

585
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:05,000
And they would actually redirect, deviate the whole kind of thinking.

586
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:09,000
Whatever we say is deviated.

587
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:12,000
Whatever we believe in is deviated.

588
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:17,000
And this is what mentioned in the Qur'an in...

589
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:22,000
Well, this is a very, very scary verse.

590
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:26,000
In Surah Zuhruf, verses number 34 to 38.

591
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:33,000
وَمَنْ يَعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرَ الرَّحْمَانَ نُقَيِّظْ لَهُ شَيْطَانًا فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِيمًا

592
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:42,000
Whoever turns away from remembrance of God, we would appoint a Shaytan for him, for them.

593
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:45,000
Of course, not for him only, for him and for her.

594
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:51,000
Don't think whatever I'm saying about these as-sleyt people are men, not women.

595
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:53,000
And we appoint a Shaytan for them.

596
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:59,000
And they are their companies, their consuls, they're all who they are.

597
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:02,000
And what they do? You don't see them.

598
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,000
Because they are not going to be seen by us.

599
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:05,000
What they do?

600
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:08,000
وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَسُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيلِ

601
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:11,000
They bar them from the right path.

602
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:14,000
وَيَحْسَبُونَ عَنَّهُمْ مُحْتَدُونَ

603
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:17,000
And they think that they are very guided, they are very rational people,

604
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,000
they are very, very knowledgeable people,

605
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:23,000
whatever they say is based on knowledge and experience and everything,

606
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:29,000
but they don't know whatever is said to them by that Shaytan.

607
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:32,000
حَتَّى إِلَى جَعَانَةٌ Until they come to us.

608
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:35,000
They both come to us together, and we have this in Surah Qaf as well,

609
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:40,000
and many other Surahs, that if Shaytan becomes a consul to a human being,

610
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:47,000
then they go together to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for trial,

611
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:52,000
and they would go together to hell, and they would be chained in one chain together.

612
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:57,000
And this is, of course, the most fearful kind of punishment

613
00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:03,000
that you are with someone who is your enemy all the time for the rest of your life, for eternity.

614
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:07,000
And he said, until they come to us, the human being says,

615
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:11,000
قَالَ يَعْلَيْتَ بَيْدِ وَبَيْنَةَ بُؤْدَ الْمَشْرِقِ

616
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:17,000
Oh, if I just had a distance from you, like a distance between East and West,

617
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:19,000
فَبِأْسَ الْقَرِيمِ

618
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:23,000
And this is a very, very bad kind of consort that you choose for yourselves.

619
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:29,000
So, and many other verses, okay, we don't go through it.

620
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:36,000
We just have to know that Shaytan comes sometimes and sits beside us and doesn't leave us.

621
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:40,000
If we let them to come, and if we deviate ourselves,

622
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:44,000
and how we let them to come?

623
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:49,000
By following the sign they put for us.

624
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:56,000
In Surah Nuur, we have a very, very nice metaphor.

625
00:49:56,000 --> 00:50:01,000
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّبْأُوا خُطواتِ الشَّيْطَانِ

626
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:03,000
Do not follow the footsteps of Shaytan.

627
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:08,000
They don't come right to us and say, do not believe in Allah. Allah is not there.

628
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:11,000
Because, I mean, this is obvious, we are not going to believe in this.

629
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:15,000
I mean, we see signs very clearly, we are not going to believe in this.

630
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:22,000
But what he does, he comes and tells us, okay, how good it was if you had done such a thing.

631
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,000
That was a footstep. He leaves for us.

632
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:29,000
Like someone who wants us to find them, and they leave some signs, some footsteps for us,

633
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:33,000
and he follows those footsteps, those signs, and we get there.

634
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:36,000
He leaves some footsteps for us.

635
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:40,000
لا تتبعوا خطوات الشَّيطان

636
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:42,000
وَمَن يَتَّبْأُ خُطواتِ الشَّيْطَانِ

637
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,000
Whoever follows these footsteps of Shaytan, what he does,

638
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:49,000
فَإِنَّهُ يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ

639
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:57,000
He tells you to do Fahsha' to something which is really violating the whole human conscience,

640
00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:03,000
and Munkar, and something which is denied by all people who are on Fitrah.

641
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:10,000
And then when you follow that, you become a Fasik, and then simply he tells you there is no God.

642
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:15,000
And you say, well, I either don't think there is a God.

643
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:19,000
So this is how he does it, step by step.

644
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:27,000
And then after he has done this, then he sits inside you, possesses you.

645
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:32,000
And of course Allah says, وَمَن يَكُنِ الشَّيْطَانُ لَهُ قَرِيْنًا

646
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:38,000
Whoever for whom Shaytan is a console, is a Qareen,

647
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:41,000
what a bad Qareen he is.

648
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:46,000
Or many many other ways, for example Ibrahim tells to Azhar,

649
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:50,000
يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّ أَخَافُ أَن يَمَسَّكَ عَذَابٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَنَ

650
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:53,000
I really fear that a punishment from God comes to you.

651
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:55,000
And what is that punishment?

652
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:57,000
فَتَكُونَ لِلشَّيْطَانِ وَلِيَّا

653
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,000
You will become a friend of Shaytan.

654
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:02,000
Then he leads you wherever he wants.

655
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:10,000
So this statement is that Shaytan is going to possess us,

656
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:12,000
to harness us, to overcome.

657
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,000
استحوذ عليهم الشَّيْطَان

658
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,000
Shaytan has overcome them.

659
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:18,000
فَأَنْسَاهُمْ ذِكْرَ اللَّهِ

660
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:22,000
And have made them to forget the remembrance of God.

661
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:24,000
And whoever becomes like this,

662
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:26,000
ولاك حزب الشَّيْطَان

663
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:27,000
These are the party of Shaytan of course.

664
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:29,000
They would go with him to hell.

665
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:32,000
على إن حزب الشَّيْطَان هم الخاصرون

666
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:33,000
And they are the losers.

667
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:37,000
لَقَدْ حَقَّلْ قَوْلُ عَلَى عَكْسَرِهِمْ

668
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:40,000
The statement is realized for most of them.

669
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:44,000
Is the statement that God has signed, approved.

670
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:47,000
That Shaytan would have the power,

671
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:52,000
and whoever follows him would go with him to hell.

672
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:55,000
And of course, when someone would go to hell,

673
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:58,000
it is not the case that for example,

674
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:00,000
there is a very good person here,

675
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:02,000
and then on the Day of Judgment he would go to hell.

676
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:05,000
Or it is not possible that we are a very bad person here,

677
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:07,000
and on the Day of Judgment we go to Jannah.

678
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:12,000
No, the signs of it show itself here.

679
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:13,000
Okay?

680
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:16,000
I mean, if we are going to hell,

681
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:20,000
if a prophet or a prudent person just looks at us,

682
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:22,000
and at our behavior,

683
00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:25,000
they would know that whether we are going to hell or to Jannah.

684
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,000
Because the signs show itself here.

685
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:30,000
The way we behave shows whether we are going to hell,

686
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:32,000
or whether we are going to go to Jannah.

687
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:34,000
So the world is realized,

688
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:36,000
and this is why they are not going to believe.

689
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:40,000
And then there are other verses which of course confirm this.

690
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:44,000
In Surah Yasin, inshallah, we would continue.

691
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:48,000
Not next week again, because I'm going to Austria.

692
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:51,000
So inshallah, the week after,

693
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:53,000
we will continue with the verses.

694
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:58,000
Okay, brother and sister, now you've got about 15 minutes for questions.

695
00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,000
We've got mics on the gents side,

696
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:03,000
and if I can have one or two volunteers on the ladies side,

697
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,000
so they pass the mics along.

698
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:10,000
So brother and sister, please take the opportunity for...

699
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:11,000
Can you get the mic?

700
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:13,000
This is the last session.

701
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:16,000
Okay, can you just comment on this particular statement

702
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:19,000
with regards to the tense that's being used,

703
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:23,000
that it's proved.

704
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:27,000
So was that proved at that particular moment in time,

705
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:30,000
or is that true today as well?

706
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:32,000
Because the way the statement reads,

707
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:37,000
it would suggest that the proof had actually been established at that point in time.

708
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:43,000
No, no, it's not the proof in the sense that in the eternity it has been proved.

709
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:46,000
It means that through their behaviors,

710
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:50,000
the word has been realized, the statement has been realized upon them,

711
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:54,000
or has proved to be true because they are following Shaitaan,

712
00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:56,000
so it has proved to be true for them.

713
00:54:56,000 --> 00:55:00,000
So it is what we do which makes that word to become true,

714
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:03,000
to prove to be true or not.

715
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:08,000
So it's not something that has passed, has decreed in the past.

716
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:10,000
The statement itself is decreed in the past,

717
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:15,000
but whether we realize it, in fact, it is us who realize it for ourselves.

718
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:20,000
Whether we realize it for ourselves or not, it depends upon us.

719
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:23,000
And Allah says to His Prophet,

720
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:27,000
it is actually somehow surprising for the Prophet himself that

721
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:30,000
why I'm giving them very clear sign, very clear warning,

722
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:31,000
why they do not believe.

723
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:33,000
And Allah tells them, don't expect them to believe,

724
00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:36,000
because they have realized the word upon themselves,

725
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:40,000
and they have followed Shaitaan, so they are not going to believe.

726
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:44,000
From the lady's side now, please, we'll try to alternate.

727
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:47,000
If one of the young girl can get up and try to pass the mic,

728
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:49,000
that will be appreciated.

729
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:55,000
Mariam, do you want to pass the mic, please, or any other?

730
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:58,000
Ladies, while you're well, are you ready?

731
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:03,000
I think there is a question from the lady's side.

732
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:09,000
If you are ready, please ask the question.

733
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:11,000
Okay, I think whilst they are thinking,

734
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:14,000
I'll pass it from the gentleman's side, please.

735
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:20,000
Okay, yeah.

736
00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:23,000
Sheikh, just to go back to your earlier statement,

737
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:26,000
unless I misunderstood,

738
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:29,000
you made a couple of statements to the effect that

739
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:34,000
if the non-Muslims have not been warned about Islam

740
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:36,000
and do not know about it,

741
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:40,000
then it would be unjust for Allah to punish them.

742
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:43,000
Can one then extend that argument further,

743
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:46,000
that if the Sunnis don't know about the Shia madhhab,

744
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:50,000
some of them, then it would be unjust for Allah to punish them?

745
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:53,000
Can one then extend that argument further,

746
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:55,000
that within the Shia community,

747
00:56:55,000 --> 00:56:58,000
there is a different levels of knowledge base,

748
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:01,000
and those who are on the periphery,

749
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:03,000
who do not know much about Shiism,

750
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:06,000
can one extend that argument the same to them?

751
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:08,000
Then the corollary of that would be,

752
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:11,000
if they are more centrist and know more about Islam,

753
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:13,000
they are probably in the worst position,

754
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:16,000
because they will be the true Islam, the Shia original,

755
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:18,000
the Islam original,

756
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:21,000
that they will be in a position where they will be questioned most.

757
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:30,000
So the more central you are in your acquisition of true knowledge,

758
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:34,000
then you are putting yourself into the most difficult situation.

759
00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:38,000
The President of the Bush, yeah, that's true.

760
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:41,000
If you are a president, you are always asked by people,

761
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:43,000
why did you do this, why did you do that,

762
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:45,000
because you have the authority.

763
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:47,000
If you are an ordinary person,

764
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:50,000
well, you are only asked about your own affairs.

765
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:55,000
And about religion also, the more knowledgeable you are,

766
00:57:55,000 --> 00:58:00,000
because through that knowledge you could reach higher status.

767
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:02,000
If you don't use it properly,

768
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:04,000
you are asked by Allah and punished more.

769
00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:09,000
Yes, actually, why the Jews were cursed by Allah and not other nations?

770
00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:15,000
Because they were given the most articulate kind of revelation,

771
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:20,000
and they actually rejected it, they denied it, they just played with it.

772
00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:24,000
So Allah says that they have the most fearful chastisement under the judgment,

773
00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:31,000
I mean those of them who actually knew about it and rejected it.

774
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:36,000
So the more you have knowledge, the more you are at peril,

775
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:40,000
and of course the more you are liable to reach higher status.

776
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:44,000
It just equals itself out, yes.

777
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:48,000
You can rest on my lady's back.

778
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:52,000
Then you go to the dock, get to bed, and then you go to the junkie,

779
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:55,000
you throw a fire, then you throw it here.

780
00:58:55,000 --> 00:59:02,000
Lady, now I don't know if that bent up.

781
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:11,000
Sheikh, I just wanted to point out, forgive me for pointing out this, obviously,

782
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:16,000
we are here to learn from you, just to point out about a language point of view,

783
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:19,000
about al-qawl.

784
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:26,000
I think one of the meanings of al-qawl is judgment, probably.

785
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:31,000
So like when you say al-qawl al-haqq or al-qawl al-fasl,

786
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:40,000
which means that Allah had made the judgment that the majority of the people will go astray.

787
00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:47,000
And this is probably one of the indications that the Quran is miraculous,

788
00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:54,000
because it told us before the end of humanity that this is what will happen to humanity,

789
00:59:54,000 --> 01:00:03,000
similar to what it told us about Abu Lahab, for example, which proved to be true.

790
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:10,000
This will be proved to be true that the majority of humanity will go astray.

791
01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:16,000
Yeah, well, literally it doesn't mean judgment, but its implications might be,

792
01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:23,000
for example, al-qawl al-fasl, which is the statement which separates between haqq and batil,

793
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:29,000
or between false and true. Its implication is a judgment, of course.

794
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:33,000
And there might be any judgment that would involve a statement.

795
01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:38,000
So that statement would be a judgment, but literally it doesn't mean judgment.

796
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:42,000
It means a statement. And some statements are judgments as well.

797
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:53,000
Whether this statement is a judgment or not, I think we have to judge it by comparing it with other verses of the Quran.

798
01:00:53,000 --> 01:01:00,000
And well, I think it was a decree, a kind of rule that Allah laid down in the beginning.

799
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:10,000
And it might, well, its implication that it is a kind of statement according to which Allah is going to judge us.

800
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:17,000
Yeah, in this sense, we could say that it's a judgment, but literally it means it doesn't mean judgment, I think.

801
01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:22,000
Salamu alaikum.

802
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:31,000
You know, I feel that if Allah has given this authority, which is quite a negative thing for us,

803
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:38,000
He must have given another positive authority as well to pull us into His way, to guide us into His way as well.

804
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:41,000
Yeah. But we are talking about beginning of time.

805
01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:47,000
And I don't know if our Imams, I mean, that is what I pull at the moment, I feel.

806
01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:48,000
So can you comment on that?

807
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:53,000
Yeah, of course. Despite all these things which I said, Allah says,

808
01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:59,000
Inna ka'ida shaytan kana da'eefa. His deception is very weak.

809
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:09,000
And opposite to this very weak deception, there are very strong calls from Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala,

810
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:15,000
in our fitrah, angels who are calling us towards Him, which are more stronger than shaytan.

811
01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:20,000
And of course, the prophets who come and bring all these enlightenment to us.

812
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:26,000
So, yes, of course, there are, I mean, well, we could say that Allah has not treated shaytan justly

813
01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:34,000
because He has put such a strong opposition to him in terms of angels and prophets and all these things.

814
01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:42,000
But still, despite all these, we see that some human beings prefer to follow shaytan. Yeah.

815
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:52,000
In surah Nur, ayat 21 that you mentioned, Allah says here, I'm just reading the translation,

816
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:58,000
and were it not for Allah's grace and mercy upon you, not one of you would have been pure.

817
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:06,000
But Allah purifies whom He pleases. How does Allah make that choice and what can we do to make that choice more?

818
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:14,000
Yeah. Well, if we choose not to follow shaytan, then we strive towards him, of course.

819
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:25,000
But the point is, we are not going to traverse this path without his grace and it is not possible for us to purify completely,

820
01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:34,000
to get qualified to get into Jannah unless he has some sort of grace, additional grace upon us.

821
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:41,000
And this is actually the meaning of hadith reported from the prophet that he said,

822
01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:48,000
no one is qualified to enter Jannah if it was not because of favor and grace of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

823
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:53,000
And he was asked, even you, the prophet of Allah, the messenger of Allah, he said,

824
01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:58,000
even me would not have been qualified to enter Jannah if there was not that favor and grace.

825
01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:04,000
And this means that we make so many mistakes in terms of prophets.

826
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:13,000
There are times which their knowledge was not to the point that they could have worshipped Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as he deserved.

827
01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:18,000
Well, the prophet himself confessed that subhanaka ma'abadna kaqqa ibadat.

828
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:22,000
We have not worshipped you as you deserve to be worshipped.

829
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:29,000
And of course, if he was going to take us to task, no one would have entered Jannah.

830
01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:36,000
So it's only his grace and his favor that would purify us, would make us qualified to enter Jannah.

831
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:42,000
But that grace would not actually encompass everyone.

832
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:46,000
It does not take everyone into his fold.

833
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:52,000
It only takes those people who turn to Allah, who struggle for it.

834
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:57,000
Of course, they make mistakes, they make sins, but they are not they are trying not to follow Shaitan,

835
01:04:57,000 --> 01:05:01,000
but to follow Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. They are in combat with that grace.

836
01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:06,000
Those who want to follow Shaitan, they would go with him to hell.

837
01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:08,000
Ladies, don't be here.

838
01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:10,000
Be prepared to be here.

839
01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:14,000
If not, there is a benefit path.

840
01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:21,000
And yet, it's like there are women and ladies on the way.

841
01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:28,000
Ladies are less deceived by Shaitan. They have no question since.

842
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:38,000
In the Quran, it says that Shaitan will wait for us to go on the straight path before he takes us from left, right, up and down.

843
01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:40,000
There's one verse. I can't don't know which verse it is.

844
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:42,000
No, he waits on the straight path for us.

845
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:43,000
Yeah, he waits.

846
01:05:43,000 --> 01:05:45,000
To lead us. He waits there.

847
01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:47,000
Yeah, he waits there.

848
01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:51,000
We are already heading for the straight path and he is waiting for us.

849
01:05:51,000 --> 01:05:53,000
So, you know.

850
01:05:53,000 --> 01:05:58,000
He waits there to offer his kind of.

851
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:01,000
They are not talking about the people that are gone already.

852
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:02,000
No, like he's not.

853
01:06:02,000 --> 01:06:05,000
The point is all of us are on the straight path.

854
01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:09,000
This is the point. We are created on the straight path.

855
01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:11,000
This is the meaning of Fitrah.

856
01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:13,000
Now, he waits on that straight path.

857
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:15,000
He waits there until we come to this world.

858
01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:18,000
We realize that we have to do things.

859
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:20,000
Then he tells us, do this, do that.

860
01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:25,000
So, he actually ambushes us on the straight path.

861
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:28,000
Yeah.

862
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:32,000
Yeah, we are created on that straight path.

863
01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:33,000
Really, you are born.

864
01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:35,000
Olaas pano adala.

865
01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:38,000
How can he ambush us?

866
01:06:38,000 --> 01:06:45,000
Well, he says, is this another guess by him?

867
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:48,000
Is this another opinion of his?

868
01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:51,000
Because he has his opinions on other things.

869
01:06:51,000 --> 01:06:57,000
The point is, you see, we are created to move along the straight path.

870
01:06:57,000 --> 01:06:59,000
And this is where Shaitaan comes in.

871
01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:01,000
He sits on the straight path.

872
01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:04,000
He ambushes us on that straight path.

873
01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:06,000
And he deviates us from it.

874
01:07:06,000 --> 01:07:12,000
So, originally, we are all created on Fitrah, on the straight path.

875
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:19,000
Then Shaitaan deviates us from it and leads us to different directions.

876
01:07:19,000 --> 01:07:22,000
Now, maybe I don't get the point of your question.

877
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:28,000
How does he do it?

878
01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:29,000
How does he do it?

879
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:31,000
Well, not how does he do it.

880
01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:34,000
You know, in the other verse, he said that he guessed.

881
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:35,000
I can't remember.

882
01:07:35,000 --> 01:07:37,000
He guessed, right?

883
01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:39,000
He guessed that he would lead everyone astray.

884
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:40,000
That was his opinion.

885
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:41,000
Yeah.

886
01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:42,000
So is this one of his opinion?

887
01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:44,000
I mean, we are in the...

888
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:49,000
No, he was of the opinion that he could ambush us on the straight path.

889
01:07:49,000 --> 01:07:52,000
And he could lead all of us astray.

890
01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:54,000
This was his opinion.

891
01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:59,000
But his opinion did not come true because most of us would go to Jannah.

892
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:00,000
Okay?

893
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:02,000
Although we make mistakes, although we make sense,

894
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:05,000
but the point is we don't want to follow him.

895
01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:08,000
We just fall and rise again.

896
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:14,000
But his guess was that he would lead all of us to his own path,

897
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:16,000
would lead all of us astray.

898
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:24,000
And that guess is realized about some people, not about all people.

899
01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:26,000
As-salamu alaykum.

900
01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:28,000
This brings me to the question that I was going to ask.

901
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:37,000
You said in one place that you mentioned one of the verses where he says about the people,

902
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:40,000
where all of them except a few of them are misguided.

903
01:08:40,000 --> 01:08:42,000
That means there were a few people who were left.

904
01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:44,000
And even this verse says, aksaruhum.

905
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:50,000
And then other places you made the statement that most of us are going to go to Jannah.

906
01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:52,000
To me, that seems like a con...

907
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:55,000
Does it mean that, yes, most people are going to be misguided,

908
01:08:55,000 --> 01:08:59,000
but does it mean that most people are not going to be misguided, only some people are going to be misguided?

909
01:08:59,000 --> 01:09:03,000
I'm a bit confused about whether this, the statement in Surah Yassin,

910
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:06,000
the third ayah that we're talking about, where it says aksaruhum,

911
01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:09,000
the word of Allah is going to be true for them.

912
01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:11,000
That means that they are going to be following Shaitan,

913
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:13,000
and therefore they are going to follow him to hell.

914
01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:15,000
Does that apply to the majority of humanity?

915
01:09:15,000 --> 01:09:17,000
Is there any implication there?

916
01:09:17,000 --> 01:09:22,000
Aksaruhum means that the majority of the people of Ghoraysh who were adviced by the Prophet,

917
01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:25,000
was not of course the majority of other groups of people.

918
01:09:25,000 --> 01:09:30,000
We have majority of other nations who have believed in the message of the Prophet.

919
01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:35,000
But we have to actually distinguish between two groups of people.

920
01:09:35,000 --> 01:09:40,000
One are the mukhlasun, who are never, never led astray by Shaitan.

921
01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:45,000
Those are the select few, but there are others who follow them rather than following Shaitan,

922
01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:47,000
and they would go to Jannah.

923
01:09:47,000 --> 01:09:52,000
Well, they might be the majority, might not be the majority.

924
01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:56,000
There are some people who have not been guided.

925
01:09:56,000 --> 01:09:59,000
They are not going to go to hell as well.

926
01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:01,000
To whom the guidance is coming?

927
01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:05,000
To whom the guidance is coming, and Shaitan has led them astray.

928
01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:08,000
I think they are the minority, not majority.

929
01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:12,000
I just want to clarify about this predetermination, determinism.

930
01:10:12,000 --> 01:10:20,000
If the argument that you have been putting forward saying that the people have got a choice to be misguided or not,

931
01:10:20,000 --> 01:10:25,000
but that is also in Umm al-Kitab, that these people will be misguided or not,

932
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:30,000
then I think that the people who are not guided,

933
01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:32,000
they are not going to be guided.

934
01:10:32,000 --> 01:10:40,000
They are not going to have a choice to be misguided or not, but that is also in Umm al-Kitab, that these people will be misguided.

935
01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:47,000
Don't bring that up, because you started with that argument that there are some like the Sunnis who are deterministic,

936
01:10:47,000 --> 01:10:54,000
because for example, the way they do these exegesis are their interpretation saying that,

937
01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:59,000
these are the people who are already in Umm al-Kitab, therefore they are predetermined to be misguided.

938
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:05,000
Both, even the arguments that you have given, also can be said it is a determinism as well,

939
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:10,000
in the sense that they are misguided, they will be misguided,

940
01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:18,000
because they are the certain kind of people who will be misguided, and therefore it is already predetermined.

941
01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:21,000
How do you try to distinguish these two different ideas?

942
01:11:21,000 --> 01:11:24,000
We have two different types of determinism.

943
01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:31,000
One is that the fate of everyone is determined by Allah SWT, so they have no pre-choice.

944
01:11:31,000 --> 01:11:37,000
The other is that there are some predetermined rules that we would follow,

945
01:11:37,000 --> 01:11:43,000
some predetermined statements, some predetermined Sunnis that everyone would follow.

946
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:51,000
I mean, the very fact that we have free choice is a predetermination of Allah SWT.

947
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:58,000
We have no choice in this, and it is predetermined, predestined that all human beings should have free choice.

948
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:05,000
This is a kind of determinism, but it is not determinism in that sense that everyone is forced to do what they do.

949
01:12:05,000 --> 01:12:13,000
Predetermined, which they say, the asharahs usually say, is that the fate of every person individually

950
01:12:13,000 --> 01:12:19,000
is predetermined by Allah SWT, and they only follow that path without any free choice.

951
01:12:19,000 --> 01:12:26,000
This is what we reject. But the kind of predeterminism that yes, there are certain things that are predetermined,

952
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:34,000
and we could not violate them like our free choice, for example, like that we have to follow this course,

953
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:39,000
this path of human regeneration. These are predetermined things.

954
01:12:39,000 --> 01:12:42,000
So therefore in Umul-Ketab, it is which part of the...

955
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:50,000
In Umul-Ketab, as far as we are concerned, there is that predeterminism that there are rules and regulations.

956
01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:57,000
But when you go to deeper layers of Umul-Ketab and to the knowledge of Allah, yes, Allah knows what is going to happen for everyone,

957
01:12:57,000 --> 01:13:02,000
but he knows what's going to happen for everyone through their free choice.

958
01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:06,000
And we have to distinguish between these two things.

959
01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:12,000
Sheikh, can we take any more questions?

960
01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:24,000
Just to go back to what you said that shaitan was given this respite, and it was just for Allah to do that.

961
01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:36,000
And then there was this two groups, those who follow Adam and his descendants and the shaitan.

962
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:44,000
Now, shaitan was given this respite, but shaitan is not Allah, and he doesn't have any power like Allah.

963
01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:51,000
Just parking that argument then, just on one side, and starting with any individual born on this earth,

964
01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:59,000
we said that he or she potentially is likely to go onto the straight path unless shaitan intervenes.

965
01:13:59,000 --> 01:14:06,000
And this individual relies on various infrastructure for his knowledge base from his parents,

966
01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:12,000
from Thuraym and the Prophet and the living Imam and the scholars like yourselves, etc.

967
01:14:12,000 --> 01:14:15,000
So there's an infrastructure to remain on the straight path.

968
01:14:15,000 --> 01:14:21,000
What is fascinating me is what is the infrastructure of the shaitan?

969
01:14:21,000 --> 01:14:25,000
It must be fantastically huge and powerful.

970
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:29,000
And how is it developed?

971
01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:35,000
You also mentioned one ayah that Allah said that if you leave the path, then I'll appoint a shaitan for you.

972
01:14:35,000 --> 01:14:45,000
So isn't Allah being unjust here by creating more shaitan as well?