The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "Indeed, We created man in the best of stature, then We reduced him to the lowest of the low."
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The Shaykh :[At-Tin 95:4] The lam is for emphasis, and qad is for realization. So it is emphasis. So how many emphatic markers are in this sentence? Who said three here? A voice without a hand. Who would like to answer? With three emphatic markers.
The student: The oath.
The Shaykh : The first is the oath.
The student: And the lam is emphatic.
The Shaykh : And the second is the lam, and the third is...
The student: Qad.
The Shaykh : Qad, may Allah reward you.[At-Tin 95:4].
Someone might say: Is not the news of Allah true and truthful without an oath?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : The answer is that the news of Allah is accepted, and it is true and truthful without an oath. So why does Allah swear? We say: The Noble Qur'an was revealed in the clear Arabic tongue. Allah the Exalted said:[Ash-Shu'ara 26:192-195]. And the clear Arabic tongue emphasizes important matters with types of emphatic markers, because it is the Arabic tongue. So Allah swore this emphatic oath, because this is an Arabic style. And the Qur'an was revealed in what? In the Arabic tongue. And Allah commanded His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to swear to the truth in places in the Qur'an. How many is this gesture? The gesture. I forgot the fifth finger, man. Five fingers. Is this my statement exactly, or less, or more? Less. How many? Four? Is this exactly or less? It appears you will say less. You will say less. Okay, it is less. It is three places. In three places, Allah commanded His Prophet to swear and take an oath. He said, swear, in this meaning, meaning, so who can tell me the first one? Please.
The student:[Yunus 10:53].
The Shaykh : Recite the beginning of the verse.
The student: I do not remember.
The Shaykh : Yes, okay, rest.
The student:[Yunus 10:53]
The Shaykh : Meaning they are asking you to inform them whether it is true or not true? So Allah said: [Yunus 10:53]. This is one. The second place? Please.
The student: Surat al-Taghabun.
The Shaykh : Surat what?
The student: Al-Taghabun.
The Shaykh : Al-Taghabun.
The student:[At-Taghabun 64:7].
The Shaykh :[At-Taghabun 64:7] In al-Taghabun . Rest. The third place? Please.
The student: Surat Saba.
The Shaykh : In Surat Saba.
The student:.
The Shaykh : Recite the beginning of the verse, please.
The student:[Ibrahim 14:13].
The Shaykh :[Saba 34:3]. Well done. He commanded His Prophet to swear in three places in the Qur'an because the matter sworn upon is important: that the Qur'an is true. The second: the establishment of the Hour. The third: the resurrection. [At-Taghabun 64:7]. [Al-Hijr 15:26] We return to the surah [At-Tin 95:4] Any human being, all of humanity. Allah created man on the fitrah, the sound fitrah, as came in the authentic hadith: Sahih al-Bukhari 1385. If his parents are Jews, he becomes a Jew. If they are Christians, he becomes a Christian. If they are Zoroastrians, he becomes a Zoroastrian, because he lived in the laps of these disbelieving Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians. And the environment affects man, so he is affected. He becomes a Jew or a Christian or a Zoroastrian. And in this is clear evidence that the Jews and the Christians who call themselves Christians, and the Zoroastrians, are all on the same level, meaning that they are all on falsehood. They are all on falsehood. They are all contrary to the fitrah. And with this we refute the claim of those who try today to mix truth and falsehood, who say these are heavenly religions. The Jews are on a heavenly religion. The Christians are on a heavenly religion. The Muslims are on a heavenly religion. We say: This is the most false of lies. The most false word spoken by its speaker. Is this word: Are the Jews now on a heavenly religion? Answer, my brothers. No, by the One who created the heavens and the earth. They are not on a heavenly religion. Rather, they are on a false religion that Allah the Exalted abrogated with the Shari'ah of 'Isa. Are the Christians who call themselves Christians, named after al-Masih, on a true religion? No, by the One who created the heavens and the earth, they are on a false religion, meaning abrogated, abrogated by what? By the message of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). So they are not on a religion. If the Jews say the Christians are on nothing, and the Christians say the Jews are on nothing, we say the Jews and the Christians are on nothing because they disbelieved. So if they say, "We believe in Allah," and Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:285]. What do we say to them? We say: You have divided the messengers. You lied about Muhammad, you Jews, and you lied about 'Isa. Rather, you lied about Musa. Correct, my brothers? Now, those who lied about Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) from the Jews, we say they lied about 'Isa, and they lied about Muhammad, and they lied about Musa, because the description of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is present in the Torah and the Gospel. They know Muhammad as they know their own sons. So they lied about Musa. Then we say, whoever lies about one of the messengers has lied about all the messengers. Whoever lies about one of the messengers has lied about all the messengers, even the messenger he claims to follow, he has lied about. What is the evidence? The evidence from the Qur'an: [Ash-Shu'ara 26:105]. And was there a messenger sent before Nuh? No. And yet he said: "I lied about the messengers." So the people of Nuh who lied about Nuh lied about all the messengers after him. And those who lied about Muhammad lied about all the previous messengers, so they are liars. So how can it be said that these people believed in Allah and His messengers? How can one try to combine abrogated religions with an established religion? Does not Allah say: [Ali 'Imran 3:85]? Yes. Any person who says there is a religion that Allah accepts is a liar to the verse. The matter is serious, my brothers. We can make treaties with the Jews and the Christians on treaties with the Shari'ah conditions. But it is never possible to affirm that they are on a religion acceptable to Allah. Never, under any circumstances. The matter is serious. And those who make concessions to these Jews and Christians because of their material power are in great danger. We bear witness to Allah, His angels, and all His creation that the Jews are not on a religion. And that the Christians are not on a religion. And that it is obligatory for everyone to profess what? The religion of Islam, which believes in all religions. And from the jokes, and from the jokes we have heard, a man from the Christians said to a man from the Muslims: You are unjust, you have no justice, you have no truth, why? He said: Because you prevent a Christian from marrying a Muslim woman. And you say it is permissible for a Muslim to marry a Christian woman. And we will continue after the mu'adhdhin follows, if Allah wills.
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad. O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and the established prayer, grant Muhammad the intercession and the excellence, and raise him to the praised station which You have promised him, for You do not break Your promise. O Allah, forgive me and my parents.
Did you hear the Christian's argument against the Muslim? With what? With what, everyone? He said: The Christian to the Muslim, you have no justice, because you say it is permissible for a Muslim to marry a Christian woman, and it is not permissible for a Christian to marry a Muslim woman. And this is not justice. The Muslim said to him, naturally, we believe in your messenger, and you what? You do not believe in our messenger. Believe in our messenger as we believe in your messenger, and we will give you our daughters. What is this answer? Very beautiful, I will stuff a stone in his mouth with ease. And with this it becomes clear that it is never possible to combine the religions. The religion of Islam is an independent religion, it does not need completion, and it does not need another religion. And the other religions are all abrogated by the religion of Islam. Yes. Questions? Did the questions come, or after the prayer?
The student: What you see.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: What you see.
The Shaykh : As usual. Yes.
The student: Complete the surah, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes. Okay, completing the surah. I fear the time will be long, it will be, if Allah wills, in another upcoming lesson if Allah the Exalted wills that we visit the city a second time.
The questioner : Is there no lesson at Fajr?
The Shaykh : There is no lesson at Fajr.
The questioner : In the name of Allah, and praise is to Allah. And blessings and peace upon the best of Allah's creation, our master and our prophet and our beloved Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and whoever follows his path and is guided by his guidance until the Day of Judgment.
He says:The questioner : Your Eminence, why do you not
We have certainly created man in the best of stature;
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في أحسن تقويمThe student: The oath.
The Shaykh : The first is the oath.
The student: And the lam is emphatic.
The Shaykh : And the second is the lam, and the third is...
The student: Qad.
The Shaykh : Qad, may Allah reward you.
We have certainly created man in the best of stature;
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في أحسن تقويمSomeone might say: Is not the news of Allah true and truthful without an oath?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : The answer is that the news of Allah is accepted, and it is true and truthful without an oath. So why does Allah swear? We say: The Noble Qur'an was revealed in the clear Arabic tongue. Allah the Exalted said:
(192) And indeed, the Qur'an is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds. (193) The Trustworthy Spirit has brought it down (194) Upon your heart, [O Muhammad] - that you may be of the warners - (195) In a clear Arabic language.
وإنه لتنزيل رب العالمين نزل به الروح الأمين على قلبك لتكون من المنذرين بلسان عربي مبينThe student:
Say, "Yes, by my Lord. Indeed, it is truth
قل إي وربي إنه لحقThe Shaykh : Recite the beginning of the verse.
The student: I do not remember.
The Shaykh : Yes, okay, rest.
The student:
And they ask information of you, [O Muhammad], "Is it true?" Say, "Yes, by my Lord
ويستنبئونك أحق هو قل إي وربيThe Shaykh :
And they ask you
ويستنبئونكSay, "Yes, by my Lord. Indeed, it is truth
قل إي وربي إنه لحقThe student: Surat al-Taghabun.
The Shaykh : Surat what?
The student: Al-Taghabun.
The Shaykh : Al-Taghabun.
The student:
Those who disbelieve have claimed that they will never be resurrected. Say, "Yes, by my Lord, you will surely be resurrected
زعم الذين كفروا ألن يبعثوا قل بلى وربي لتبعثنThe Shaykh :
Those who disbelieve have claimed that they will never be resurrected
زعم الذين كفروا ألن يبعثواSay: Yes, by my Lord, you will certainly be resurrected.
قل بلى وربي لتبعثنThe student: Surat Saba.
The Shaykh : In Surat Saba.
The student:
Yes, by my Lord...
بلى وربي ...The Shaykh : Recite the beginning of the verse, please.
The student:
And those who disbelieved
وقال الذين كفرواThe Shaykh :
But those who disbelieve say, "The Hour will not come to us." Say, "Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to you. [Allah is] the Knower of the unseen."
وقال الذين كفروا لا تأتينا الساعة قل بلى وربي لتأتينكم عالم الغيبyou will surely be resurrected; then you will surely be informed of what you did. And that, for Allah, is easy."
لتبعثن ثم لتنبؤن بما عملتم وذلك على الله يسيرWe did certainly create man
لقد خلقنا الإنسانWe have certainly created man in the best of stature;
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في أحسن تقويمEvery child is born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) and his parents convert him to Judaism or Christianity or Magianism
كل مولود يولد على الفطرة فأبواه يهودناه أو ينصرانه أو يمجسانهThe Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers."
آمن الرسول بما أنزل إليه من ربه والمؤمنون كل آمن بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسله لا نفرق بين أحد من رسلهThe people of Noah denied the messengers
كذبت قوم نوح المرسلينAnd whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him
ومن يبتغ غير الإسلام دينا فلن يقبل منهO Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad. O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and the established prayer, grant Muhammad the intercession and the excellence, and raise him to the praised station which You have promised him, for You do not break Your promise. O Allah, forgive me and my parents.
Did you hear the Christian's argument against the Muslim? With what? With what, everyone? He said: The Christian to the Muslim, you have no justice, because you say it is permissible for a Muslim to marry a Christian woman, and it is not permissible for a Christian to marry a Muslim woman. And this is not justice. The Muslim said to him, naturally, we believe in your messenger, and you what? You do not believe in our messenger. Believe in our messenger as we believe in your messenger, and we will give you our daughters. What is this answer? Very beautiful, I will stuff a stone in his mouth with ease. And with this it becomes clear that it is never possible to combine the religions. The religion of Islam is an independent religion, it does not need completion, and it does not need another religion. And the other religions are all abrogated by the religion of Islam. Yes. Questions? Did the questions come, or after the prayer?
The student: What you see.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: What you see.
The Shaykh : As usual. Yes.
The student: Complete the surah, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes. Okay, completing the surah. I fear the time will be long, it will be, if Allah wills, in another upcoming lesson if Allah the Exalted wills that we visit the city a second time.
The questioner : Is there no lesson at Fajr?
The Shaykh : There is no lesson at Fajr.
The questioner : In the name of Allah, and praise is to Allah. And blessings and peace upon the best of Allah's creation, our master and our prophet and our beloved Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and whoever follows his path and is guided by his guidance until the Day of Judgment.
He says:The questioner : Your Eminence, why do you not