Reading and commentary on the poet’s sermon: “And Allah is the Greatest, in the number of what His knowledge encompasses, what His pen has written, and what His judgment has executed among all His creations”
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The reader: “And Allah is the Greatest, in the number of what His knowledge encompasses, what His pen has written, and what His judgment has executed”
The Shaykh : and what His judgment has executed in
The reader: “and what His judgment has executed in all His creations, and there is no power nor might except with Allah; it is the entrustment of a servant who does not possess for himself”
The Shaykh : overflow
The reader: “the entrustment of a servant who does not possess for himself any harm”.
The Shaykh : It is in the accusative case because of what? Because of a deleted verb, meaning: I entrust that as the entrustment of a servant.
The reader: “who does not possess for himself any harm or benefit, nor death, nor life, nor resurrection. Rather, it is with Allah, and to Allah in the beginnings of his affairs and their ends. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, no consort, no son, no father, and no equal”
The Shaykh : and no equal for Him
The reader: “and no equal for Him. He is as He has described Himself, and above what anyone among all His creations describes Him. And I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger, His trustee over His revelation, His choice from His creation, His ambassador between Him and His servants, and His proof over His creation. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth before the Hour, as a bringer of good news and a warner, and as a caller to Allah by His permission and a luminous lamp. He sent him at a time of a pause from the messengers, a darkness of the paths, and a fading of the books”
The Shaykh : Repeat, He sent him
The reader:“He sent him at a time of a pause from the messengers, a darkness of the paths”
The Shaykh : and a darkness
The reader: “and a darkness of the paths, and a fading of the books. And disbelief had blazed up its fire and its sparks had scattered across the horizons. And the people of the earth had deserved that the punishment befall them. And the Compeller”
The Shaykh : Listen, listen
The reader: “And the Compeller, Blessed and Exalted is He, looked at them and loathed them, their Arabs and non-Arabs, except for remnants of the People of the Book.
And every people relied on the injustice of their opinions and judged Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, by their false statements and their desires”
The Shaykh : And the night of disbelief
The reader: And the night of disbelief is dark
The Shaykh : dark, its darkness
The reader: “And the night of disbelief is dark, its darkness, its darkness intense, and the paths of truth are barren, their traces erased, their signs obliterated”
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
The reader: So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, split open the dawn of faith with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)
The Shaykh : the dawn of faith
The reader: “So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, split open the dawn of faith with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), so it shone until it filled the horizons with light, and He raised with him the sun of the message in the caves of darkness, a luminous lamp”
The Shaykh : in the caves of darkness
The reader: “in the caves of darkness, a luminous lamp. So Allah guided by him those who were astray, taught by him those who were ignorant, gave sight by him to those who were blind, and guided by him those who were in error. And He multiplied by him after fewness”
The Shaykh : and He multiplied by him
The reader: “and He multiplied by him after fewness, honored by him after humiliation, and enriched by him after poverty”
The Shaykh : poverty
The reader: “and He enriched by him after poverty, and He rescued by him from destruction, and He opened by him eyes that were blind, ears that were deaf, and hearts that were sealed. So he conveyed the message, fulfilled the trust, advised the nation, removed the distress, and struggled for Allah with true struggle. He worshipped Allah until certainty from his Lord came to him. And Allah expanded his chest, and raised for him”
The Shaykh : For Him
The reader: and raised his mention
The Shaykh : And Allah expanded for him. Is it present for him?
The reader: No, it is not there
The Shaykh : It is present. Allah says: “Have We not expanded for you your chest?” And Allah expanded his chest for him.
The reader: “and raised his mention, and removed his burden from him. And He placed humiliation and degradation upon those who opposed His command. And He swore by his life in His clear Book, and coupled his name”.
The Shaykh : In His saying:.
The reader: “and coupled his name with His name, so that whenever he is mentioned, he is mentioned with him”
The Shaykh : was mentioned
The reader: So whenever he is mentioned, he is mentioned with him
The Shaykh : So whenever he is mentioned
The reader: “So whenever he is mentioned, he is mentioned with him, as in the sermons, the tashahhud, and the adhan. So no one’s”.
The Shaykh : His saying: “coupled his name with His name” is not always the case in some instances. For this reason, the scholars disliked a person saying “In the name of Allah, and may Allah send blessings upon Muhammad” when slaughtering, because the occasion is one of sincerity and worship. Rather, in some things, Allah the Exalted coupled the name of His Messenger with His own name, Glorified and Exalted is He.
The reader: “So no one’s sermon, tashahhud, adhan, or prayer is valid until”
The Shaykh : nor adhan
The reader: “nor adhan, nor prayer is valid until he bears witness that he is His servant and His Messenger with the witness of certainty. And Allah and His angels and His prophets and His messengers and all His creation send blessings upon him, as”
The Shaykh : as He made us know Him
The reader: “as He made us know Him and guided us to him, and peace be upon him abundantly. As for what follows: Indeed, Allah, Glorious is His praise and pure are His names”.
The Shaykh : ... from the grace of Allah upon the servant is that his pen flows and his speech is coherent and harmonious. For some people, if they wanted ... to give a sermon, they might sit for a month and be unable to ... and some people, Allah blesses them, and they have fluency in speech and writing. And some people you find are strong in their writing but inarticulate in their speech, and some people are the opposite. Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Mutawwa', (may Allah have mercy on him), told me: “I heard Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida, (may Allah have mercy on him), the author of al-Manar, speaking in the Sacred Mosque. But he said that his speech was poor in his oratory, even though his writings are of the highest types of writing. But the favor of Allah is given to whom He wills. People differ. Yes, indeed.”
The Shaykh : and what His judgment has executed in
The reader: “and what His judgment has executed in all His creations, and there is no power nor might except with Allah; it is the entrustment of a servant who does not possess for himself”
The Shaykh : overflow
The reader: “the entrustment of a servant who does not possess for himself any harm”.
The Shaykh : It is in the accusative case because of what? Because of a deleted verb, meaning: I entrust that as the entrustment of a servant.
The reader: “who does not possess for himself any harm or benefit, nor death, nor life, nor resurrection. Rather, it is with Allah, and to Allah in the beginnings of his affairs and their ends. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, no consort, no son, no father, and no equal”
The Shaykh : and no equal for Him
The reader: “and no equal for Him. He is as He has described Himself, and above what anyone among all His creations describes Him. And I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger, His trustee over His revelation, His choice from His creation, His ambassador between Him and His servants, and His proof over His creation. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth before the Hour, as a bringer of good news and a warner, and as a caller to Allah by His permission and a luminous lamp. He sent him at a time of a pause from the messengers, a darkness of the paths, and a fading of the books”
The Shaykh : Repeat, He sent him
The reader:“He sent him at a time of a pause from the messengers, a darkness of the paths”
The Shaykh : and a darkness
The reader: “and a darkness of the paths, and a fading of the books. And disbelief had blazed up its fire and its sparks had scattered across the horizons. And the people of the earth had deserved that the punishment befall them. And the Compeller”
The Shaykh : Listen, listen
The reader: “And the Compeller, Blessed and Exalted is He, looked at them and loathed them, their Arabs and non-Arabs, except for remnants of the People of the Book.
And every people relied on the injustice of their opinions and judged Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, by their false statements and their desires”
The Shaykh : And the night of disbelief
The reader: And the night of disbelief is dark
The Shaykh : dark, its darkness
The reader: “And the night of disbelief is dark, its darkness, its darkness intense, and the paths of truth are barren, their traces erased, their signs obliterated”
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
The reader: So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, split open the dawn of faith with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)
The Shaykh : the dawn of faith
The reader: “So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, split open the dawn of faith with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), so it shone until it filled the horizons with light, and He raised with him the sun of the message in the caves of darkness, a luminous lamp”
The Shaykh : in the caves of darkness
The reader: “in the caves of darkness, a luminous lamp. So Allah guided by him those who were astray, taught by him those who were ignorant, gave sight by him to those who were blind, and guided by him those who were in error. And He multiplied by him after fewness”
The Shaykh : and He multiplied by him
The reader: “and He multiplied by him after fewness, honored by him after humiliation, and enriched by him after poverty”
The Shaykh : poverty
The reader: “and He enriched by him after poverty, and He rescued by him from destruction, and He opened by him eyes that were blind, ears that were deaf, and hearts that were sealed. So he conveyed the message, fulfilled the trust, advised the nation, removed the distress, and struggled for Allah with true struggle. He worshipped Allah until certainty from his Lord came to him. And Allah expanded his chest, and raised for him”
The Shaykh : For Him
The reader: and raised his mention
The Shaykh : And Allah expanded for him. Is it present for him?
The reader: No, it is not there
The Shaykh : It is present. Allah says: “Have We not expanded for you your chest?” And Allah expanded his chest for him.
The reader: “and raised his mention, and removed his burden from him. And He placed humiliation and degradation upon those who opposed His command. And He swore by his life in His clear Book, and coupled his name”.
The Shaykh : In His saying:
By your life
لعمركThe reader: “and coupled his name with His name, so that whenever he is mentioned, he is mentioned with him”
The Shaykh : was mentioned
The reader: So whenever he is mentioned, he is mentioned with him
The Shaykh : So whenever he is mentioned
The reader: “So whenever he is mentioned, he is mentioned with him, as in the sermons, the tashahhud, and the adhan. So no one’s”.
The Shaykh : His saying: “coupled his name with His name” is not always the case in some instances. For this reason, the scholars disliked a person saying “In the name of Allah, and may Allah send blessings upon Muhammad” when slaughtering, because the occasion is one of sincerity and worship. Rather, in some things, Allah the Exalted coupled the name of His Messenger with His own name, Glorified and Exalted is He.
The reader: “So no one’s sermon, tashahhud, adhan, or prayer is valid until”
The Shaykh : nor adhan
The reader: “nor adhan, nor prayer is valid until he bears witness that he is His servant and His Messenger with the witness of certainty. And Allah and His angels and His prophets and His messengers and all His creation send blessings upon him, as”
The Shaykh : as He made us know Him
The reader: “as He made us know Him and guided us to him, and peace be upon him abundantly. As for what follows: Indeed, Allah, Glorious is His praise and pure are His names”.
The Shaykh : ... from the grace of Allah upon the servant is that his pen flows and his speech is coherent and harmonious. For some people, if they wanted ... to give a sermon, they might sit for a month and be unable to ... and some people, Allah blesses them, and they have fluency in speech and writing. And some people you find are strong in their writing but inarticulate in their speech, and some people are the opposite. Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Mutawwa', (may Allah have mercy on him), told me: “I heard Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida, (may Allah have mercy on him), the author of al-Manar, speaking in the Sacred Mosque. But he said that his speech was poor in his oratory, even though his writings are of the highest types of writing. But the favor of Allah is given to whom He wills. People differ. Yes, indeed.”