Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “... The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and the believers, all of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers ...”
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The Shaykh : Then he said: [Al-Baqarah 2:285] to the end of it.
Who is the Messenger referred to here? Brother.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : No, I mean yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Muhammad0
The Shaykh : The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) In the case of the Messenger, it is for the covenant according to your words. So which covenant? The mental, the present, or the remembered? Rest.
Who knows?
The covenants are three: remembered, present, and mental. So which of them is it in this verse?
The student: The mental.
The Shaykh : From the mental covenant?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : But the important thing is the mental one, because this is known by the mind. Continue, may Allah reward you with good. Now, can you give an example containing the remembered covenant?
The student:[Al-Muzzammil 73:15-16].
The Shaykh : Well done, may Allah bless you. Can you give an example containing the present covenant?
The student: The mental and the remembered covenant.
The Shaykh : No, present. Do not deny something you do not know; someone else knows it. Rest, please.
The student: You are talking to a person and you remember the such-and-such Shaykh who was there a little while ago.
The Shaykh : No, present.
The student: Present before you.
The Shaykh : You say, “Today I will come to you.”
The student: Today I will come to you.
The Shaykh : Here it is the present covenant. Well done, meaning the present day, I will come to you. And from that is the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Ma'idah 5:3] meaning the present day. And this verse, as many of you know, was revealed on the day of what? On the day of 'Arafah.
The scholars said: Whenever comes after the demonstrative pronoun, it is for the present covenant. So you say: that day, that man, and the like of that.
Now then, Who is the Messenger referred to? Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) [Al-Baqarah 2:285] to the end of it [Al-Baqarah 2:285] All means from the Messenger and from the believers, they believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers, and the Last Day, is that so, or is there no mention of the Last Day?
Belief in Allah includes four things: it includes belief in His existence, belief in His lordship, belief in His divinity, and belief in His names and attributes. Four things: belief in His existence, belief in His lordship, belief in His divinity, belief in His names and attributes.
So whoever denies the existence of Allah, he does not believe in Him. And whoever affirms His existence but denies His lordship, either in its entirety or in part, meaning he denies it in everything or denies that He is a Lord in some things, he has not believed in Allah.
And whoever believes in Allah by His existence and His lordship without His divinity, he has not believed in Him. And whoever believes in Allah, or in His existence and His lordship and His divinity, without His names and attributes, he has not believed in Him.
And this last one, either he has not believed in Him at all, or he has not believed in Him in a perfect manner.[Al-Baqarah 2:285] Angels, brother, angels is the plural of what?
The student: Angel.
The Shaykh : Angel does not have a hamzah. Angels has a hamzah.
The student: I do not know.
The Shaykh : You don't know, please.
The student: The plural of angels, its origin is ma'lik from al-uluqah, which is the message.
The Shaykh : Perfect, good. Angels is the plural of malak, it is not the plural of malik. The plural of malak, and malak is originally ma'lik, derived from al-uluqah, which is the message. And these derivations are known by scholars of morphology, but the beginner student of knowledge will find this objectionable and deny it. And angels is the plural of malik, and he may accept this definition from him by way of concession.
In any case, the angels are a hidden realm created by Allah the Exalted as solid beings who do not eat or drink, and He created them from light. And He made their duties diverse. Among them is the one in charge of revelation, and who is that?
The student: Jibril (peace be upon him).
The Shaykh : Yes, well done, Jibril. And among them is the one in charge of rain and vegetation, and who is that?
The student: .... .
The Shaykh: Yes, no, my brother, the one in charge of rain and vegetation.
The student: Rain and vegetation.
The Shaykh : Yes, please go ahead.
The student: Mikail.
The Shaykh : Who?
The student: Mikail.
The Shaykh : Mikail, may Allah bless you. And among them is the one in charge of blowing the Trumpet?
The student: Israfil.
The Shaykh : Israfil (peace be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he began the night prayer, would mention them and say:Sahih Muslim 770. So what is the connection?
The connection is that these three angels, each of them is in charge of something that contains life:
Jibril is in charge of what contains the life of the hearts, which is revelation.
Israfil is in charge of what contains the life of the bodies, the eternal life, which is the blowing of the Trumpet.
Mikail is in charge of what contains the life of plants, which is rain.
And the connection is apparent, because the person has gotten up from sleep, and getting up from sleep is life after death. Life after death?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is the evidence?
The student:[Az-Zumar 39:42]
The Shaykh : The dead. Now, yes, waking up is life after death. And the evidence is the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Az-Zumar 39:42].
And His saying the Exalted:[Al-An'am 6:60] So it is fitting that after waking up from this minor death, he should mention these angels through whom life comes. And among the angels is the one in charge of taking souls. Yes, yes, the Angel of Death. The evidence? The evidence, my brother, is that the Angel of Death is in charge of taking souls. Please?
The student:[As-Sajdah 32:11].
The Shaykh : The saying of Allah the Exalted[As-Sajdah 32:11]. Well done, sit down. It is famous in the Israelite reports that his name is Azrael, but this is not correct. It has not come in the Qur'an or the Sunnah that his name is Azrael; rather, his name is the Angel of Death.
And among the angels is the one in charge of the Fire. Please.
The student: Malik.
The Shaykh : Malik?
The student: The keeper.
The Shaykh : Malik, the evidence?
The student:[Az-Zukhruf 43:77].
The 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."
آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ رُسُلِهِThe Messenger believed
آمن الرسولThe student: ... .
The Shaykh : No, I mean yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Muhammad0
The Shaykh : The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)
Al-
ألWho knows?
The covenants are three: remembered, present, and mental. So which of them is it
al-
الThe student: The mental.
The Shaykh : From the mental covenant?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : But the important thing is the mental one, because this is known by the mind. Continue, may Allah reward you with good. Now, can you give an example containing the remembered covenant?
The student:
(15) Indeed, We have sent to you a Messenger as a witness upon you just as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger. (16) But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا شَاهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًا فَعَصَى فِرْعَوْنُ الرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَاهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًاThe Shaykh : Well done, may Allah bless you. Can you give an example containing the present covenant?
The student: The mental and the remembered covenant.
The Shaykh : No, present. Do not deny something you do not know; someone else knows it. Rest, please.
The student: You are talking to a person and you remember the such-and-such Shaykh who was there a little while ago.
The Shaykh : No, present.
The student: Present before you.
The Shaykh : You say, “Today I will come to you.”
The student: Today I will come to you.
The Shaykh :
al-
الThis day I have perfected for you your religion
اليوم أكملت لكم دينكمThe scholars said: Whenever
Al-
ألNow then,
The Messenger believed
آمن الرسولin what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers
بما أنزل إليه من ربه والمؤمنونAll 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."
كل آمن بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسله لا نفرق بين أحد من رسلهBelief in Allah includes four things: it includes belief in His existence, belief in His lordship, belief in His divinity, and belief in His names and attributes. Four things: belief in His existence, belief in His lordship, belief in His divinity, belief in His names and attributes.
So whoever denies the existence of Allah, he does not believe in Him. And whoever affirms His existence but denies His lordship, either in its entirety or in part, meaning he denies it in everything or denies that He is a Lord in some things, he has not believed in Allah.
And whoever believes in Allah by His existence and His lordship without His divinity, he has not believed in Him. And whoever believes in Allah, or in His existence and His lordship and His divinity, without His names and attributes, he has not believed in Him.
And this last one, either he has not believed in Him at all, or he has not believed in Him in a perfect manner.
All of them have believed in Allah and His angels
كل آمن بالله وملائكتهThe student: Angel.
The Shaykh : Angel does not have a hamzah. Angels has a hamzah.
The student: I do not know.
The Shaykh : You don't know, please.
The student: The plural of angels, its origin is ma'lik from al-uluqah, which is the message.
The Shaykh : Perfect, good. Angels is the plural of malak, it is not the plural of malik. The plural of malak, and malak is originally ma'lik, derived from al-uluqah, which is the message. And these derivations are known by scholars of morphology, but the beginner student of knowledge will find this objectionable and deny it. And angels is the plural of malik, and he may accept this definition from him by way of concession.
In any case, the angels are a hidden realm created by Allah the Exalted as solid beings who do not eat or drink, and He created them from light. And He made their duties diverse. Among them is the one in charge of revelation, and who is that?
The student: Jibril (peace be upon him).
The Shaykh : Yes, well done, Jibril. And among them is the one in charge of rain and vegetation, and who is that?
The student: .... .
The Shaykh: Yes, no, my brother, the one in charge of rain and vegetation.
The student: Rain and vegetation.
The Shaykh : Yes, please go ahead.
The student: Mikail.
The Shaykh : Who?
The student: Mikail.
The Shaykh : Mikail, may Allah bless you. And among them is the one in charge of blowing the Trumpet?
The student: Israfil.
The Shaykh : Israfil (peace be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he began the night prayer, would mention them and say:
O Allah, Lord of Gabriel, and Michael, and Israfil
اللهم رب جبرائيل وميكائيل وإسرافيلThe connection is that these three angels, each of them is in charge of something that contains life:
Jibril is in charge of what contains the life of the hearts, which is revelation.
Israfil is in charge of what contains the life of the bodies, the eternal life, which is the blowing of the Trumpet.
Mikail is in charge of what contains the life of plants, which is rain.
And the connection is apparent, because the person has gotten up from sleep, and getting up from sleep is life after death. Life after death?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is the evidence?
The student:
Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death
والله يتوفى الأنفس حين موتها والتي لم تمت في منامها فيمسك التي قضى عليها الموتThe Shaykh : The dead. Now, yes, waking up is life after death. And the evidence is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term
والله يتوفى الأنفس حين موتها والتي لم تمت في منامها فيمسك التي قضى عليها الموت ويرسل الأخرى إلى أجل مسمىAnd His saying the Exalted:
And it is He who takes your souls by night and knows what you have committed by day. Then He revives you therein that a specified term may be fulfilled. Then to Him will be your return; then He will inform you about what you used to do.
وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَتَوَفَّاكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا جَرَحْتُمْ بِالنَّهَارِ ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُكُمْ فِيهِ لِيُقْضَى أَجَلٌ مُسَمًّى ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَThe student:
Say, "The angel of death will take you who has been entrusted with you
قل يتوفاكم ملك الموت الذي وكل بكمThe Shaykh : The saying of Allah the Exalted
Say, "The angel of death will take you who has been entrusted with you
قل يتوفاكم ملك الموت الذي وكل بكمAnd among the angels is the one in charge of the Fire. Please.
The student: Malik.
The Shaykh : Malik?
The student: The keeper.
The Shaykh : Malik, the evidence?
The student: