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TRAILER | Qur’an 30 for 30 Season 7 | Dr. Omar Suleiman and Sh. Abdullah Oduro
Juz 1: Allah’s Names in the Qur’an | Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy
Juz 2: The Lord of Rituals | Mufti Menk
Juz 3: How The Qur’an Makes You Rich | Dr. Tahir Wyatt
Juz 4: The Final Moments of This Life | Ahmad Hraichie ( The Muslim Undertaker)
Juz 5: You Can’t Fight Fire with Fire | Ust. Fatima Lette
Juz 6: Signs of A Hypocrite | Sh. Asim Khan
Juz 7: They Know Al-Lateef in Gaza | Dr. Farhan Abdul Azeez
Juz 8: Whose Validation Do You Need? | Sh. Shabbir Hassan
Juz 9: How To Memorize Allah’s Names | Dr. Haifaa Younis
Juz 10: When Allah Goes To War For You | Dr. Suleiman Hani
Juz 11: Stop Playing Games | Dr. Ovamir Anjum
Juz 12: Allah Is Not Far | Sh. Omar Hedroug
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Juz 13: What Is 1% of Allah’s Mercy? | Dr. Mohamed AbuTaleb
Juz 14: The Surah of Blessings | Ust. Taimiyyah Zubair
Juz 15: Join the Heavens in Glorifying Allah | Sh. Mohamud Mohamed
Juz 17: When Allah Chooses You, How Will You Respond? | Sh. Yousef Wahb
Juz 16: Can You Be Patient With Allah? | Ust. Lobna Mulla
Juz 18: The Qur’an Is A Cure | Dr. Tesneem Alkiek
Juz 19: What Makes You Valuable to Allah? | Ust. Roohi Tahir
Juz 20: Allah’s Loud and Silent Revelations | Sh. Hisham Abu Yusuf
Juz 21: Allah Is The Author of History | Sr. Sarah Sultan
Juz 22: Appreciating Muhammad ﷺ | Sh. Omar Hajjaj
Juz 23: Facing Your Trials With Honor | Dr. Farah Islam
Juz 24: Candid Conversations with Allah | Mufti Abdul Rahman Waheed
Juz 25: God Is Not A Mystery | Sh. Ibrahim Hindy
Juz 26: Don’t Run From Struggle | Sh. Mikaeel Smith
Juz 27: The Night You Give Everything | Sh. Abu Bakr Zoud
Juz 28: How To Truly Be Conscious of Allah | Dr. Jinan Yousef
Juz 29: Your Spiritual Report Card | Dr. Nazir Khan
Juz 30: Love Al-Razzaq More Than Rizq | Sh. Navaid Aziz
Qur’an 30 for 30 | Season 7
Juz 13: What Is 1% of Allah’s Mercy? | Dr. Mohamed AbuTaleb
Do you have certainty in Allah in times of uncertainty?
Dr. Mohamed AbuTaleb joins our hosts to unpack the trials and triumph of Yusuf (as), drawing lessons from Surah Yusuf and Surah ar-Ra’d.
Names of Allah mentioned: Al-Aleem, Al-Hakeem
This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings.
Looking at Prophet Yaqub, the fact that he trusted Allah سبحانه وتعالى, that he relied on Him, especially the return of Prophet Yusuf عليه السلام, seems in every human measure impossible. But it's not impossible for Allah
سبحانه وتعالى. The characters that show up in your life, that do not project cruelty but in fact bring about goodness in your life, are also doing so as a manifestation of Allah سبحانه وتعالى's mercy. Allah سبحانه وتعالى
told the fire to be peaceful and to be cold upon Ibrahim. So it's always important for us to rely on the One that created all of these things that we know that can physically harm us, but the One that has control over all of that has authority and can change it at any time in any way.
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته everyone. Welcome back to Qur'an 30 for 30. الحمد لله رب العالمين. We are on Juz 13. We are right in those middle days. We want to remind you بإذن الله تعالى to support the work of Yaqeen, to keep up. Don't fall behind in your Qur'an
goals بإذن الله تعالى. Keep up with the series so that you can keep up with your ajza' إن شاء الله تعالى, and you can finish the Qur'an this month. May Allah عز وجل facilitate it for each and every single one of you. And also to benefit from all of the resources we have on the names of Allah
سبحانه وتعالى. Um, obviously we're just scratching the surface here and doing our best to contemplate on these names, especially in the context of the Qur'an, and how Allah سبحانه وتعالى talks about Himself, uh, with His words, سبحانه وتعالى. We are blessed to have with
us, Dr. Muhammad Elshinawy, والحمد لله رب العالمين. How are you, Sheikh? الحمد لله شيخنا. الحمد لله، الحمد لله. I remember you did a series on the names of Allah سبحانه وتعالى as well. الحمد لله رب العالمين. Yes, such a beautiful topic. Masha'Allah, you are a sabiq, masha'Allah. He's like always a forerunner,
masha'Allah. Before Yaqeen, he had like a no doubt course. And, uh, alhamdulillah, he was doing the names of Allah سبحانه وتعالى very early on. May Allah عز وجل bless you. Amin. And accept it from you. Allahumma amin. So, Dr. Muhammad, if I was to put
you on the spot, your favorite name of Allah at the moment. My favorite name of Allah سبحانه وتعالى at the moment is Al-Wahhab. The giver of gifts. As human beings, we, uh, always
appreciate the blessing of Allah سبحانه وتعالى giving, although there is wisdom in His withholding. But at this moment, I really appreciate how sometimes what we think of Allah giving us, those material things in a very
consumeristic culture, I find myself, uh, at this stage of life reflecting on those gifts that maybe are under the radar, those mentors, those teachers, those friendships, those relationships that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has
granted us from the vastness of His mercy. And you appreciate that's some of the most special things that Allah سبحانه وتعالى placed in our lives. That's beautiful. That's a unique, unique name that you chose, masha'Allah. Masha'Allah. You know, there's a lot of repetition, uh, you
know, from the mashayikh. Masha'Allah, Al-Wahhab is very unique. May Allah سبحانه وتعالى gift you with more and more and all of us, bi'idhnillahi ta'ala, with that which is pleasing to Him. Allahumma amin. So we are in Juz 13, uh, continuing with Surah Yusuf. We were
very disciplined with the last Juz to not jump into Yusuf because a lot of times, you know, we jump past some of the other surahs in Juz 12 in particular. But Juz 13, obviously we
go from, uh, Yusuf, the second half of Surah Yusuf, into Surah Ibrahim. And Allah سبحانه وتعالى continues to speak of Himself in terms of His lutf, in terms of the way that He is present and His gifts
are present and His decree is present, uh, with beauty, with wisdom. And subhanAllah, I was noticing, you know, as I was going through the ayat and the names, uh, خَيْرُ حَافِظٍ، أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ. He's the best
protector. Last Juz we talked about Al-Hafiz. He's the best of protectors. He's the most merciful of those who show mercy. And in that actually is a gem that the characters that show up in your life that do
not project cruelty but in fact bring about goodness in your life are also doing so as a manifestation of Allah سبحانه وتعالى's mercy, right? They are one piece of 1% of the rahmah of Allah عز و جل that exists on this earth. And so even when
Yusuf عليه السلام is finding good characters and people that are taking care of him and people that are showing him love, like the love of Yaqub to Yusuf is from the rahmah of Ar-Rahman, 1% of the rahmah of Ar-Rahman. But Allah is the best protector and Allah
is the most merciful of those who show mercy. So this is something that we see here constantly. And as I was going through, you know, Surah Yusuf into Surah Ar-Ra'd, it's very interesting. Allah سبحانه
وتعالى mentions in Surah Yusuf: وَكَأَيِّن مِّنْ آيَةٍ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُونَ. How many times do they walk right past the signs of Allah سبحانه وتعالى in the heavens and the earth and they don't pay attention? They're indifferent to it.
And Surah Ar-Ra'd is probably one of the most beautiful surahs in terms of opening up with those signs of Allah سبحانه وتعالى that you're ignoring, right? There's a lot of detail of all of these signs that Allah عز وجل has given to us. In fact,
the second verse of Surah Ar-Ra'd: اللَّهُ الَّذِي رَفَعَ السَّمٰوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِي لِأَجَلٍ مُسَمَّى until the end of the ayah. It
is Allah who has raised the heavens without pillars, um, as you can see, then established Himself on the throne. He has subjected the sun and the moon, each orbiting for an appointed term. So it's like these signs
are all around you and clearly you can't appreciate the beautiful wisdom and power behind the decree of Allah سبحانه وتعالى when things don't make sense, if you can't make sense even of the signs that are around you. And the pillars, just like there are pillars of qadr,
pillars of decree, pillars behind this creation with Allah سبحانه وتعالى. Finally, uh, one other thing, uh, that, uh, you can connect, uh, the dream of Yusuf عليه السلام as it plays into this Juz. So Yusuf
عليه السلام sees a dream of what? The sun and the moon. In fact, it's right at the beginning of Surah Yusuf, prostrating towards him. And here Allah سبحانه وتعالى mentions particularly the sun and the moon and their orbit and the connection of the dream
of Yusuf عليه السلام to the dream of Ibrahim عليه السلام. I think people forget that Yusuf عليه السلام is the great-grandson of Ibrahim عليه السلام. There's something poetic about that. Ibrahim عليه السلام
in this Juz is thanking Allah سبحانه وتعالى and is making du'a for his offspring. And this is the result, right? This is the result of that du'a. But we're moving back in time to show how Allah عز
وجل has planned this perfectly. It's really interesting because the offspring of Ibrahim عليه السلام, like first you have Ismail عليه السلام being sacrificed by the hand of Ibrahim عليه السلام, or so it appears to be. And then you have Yusuf عليه السلام being thrown into,
uh, the well by his brothers. And Allah عز و جل has a grand plan for all of them. And it all comes back so beautifully and forms what we see today. That is Allah سبحانه
وتعالى. So just any big picture comments about this Juz and the way that things flow with this Juz before we get into the specific ayat. As we look at, I mean, Surah Yusuf is so dear to our hearts, right? And I love the way you were discussing,
Sheikh, the connection with the manifestation of Allah سبحانه وتعالى's ayat in different ways, right? The surah itself, sometimes we make the mistake of fast-forwarding to the end and knowing how it ends. But as you look at the surah, many things
that we think are positive and desirable, they come about with tests for Prophet Yusuf عليه السلام. And the opposite, some moments of adversity or difficulty that are not, you know, something we would desire, then that brings about
great openings, great opportunities for Prophet Yusuf, things that wouldn't have happened had he not passed through that adversity. So the connection of that story and that human experience right alongside the discussion of Allah's
magnificent ayat and signs in creation, right alongside what happened before it, that connection is really striking. The Qur'an takes us in a way that we may not anticipate, but the One
that is the master of this is also the master of that, is the designer of this. He سبحانه وتعالى shows His ayat in so many remarkable ways for He knows and we do not know. Yeah, that's beautiful. I mean, when you mentioned Ibrahim and Yusuf, subhanAllah, you said Yusuf was thrown into
the well and Ibrahim was thrown into the fire. Into the fire. Yeah, subhanAllah. From their own people, from the closest people to them, just showing how Allah سبحانه وتعالى will test you. And in those severe situations, يَا نَارُ كُونِي بَرْدًا
وَسَلَامًا عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ, يعني, Allah سبحانه وتعالى told the fire to, uh, be peaceful and to be cold upon Ibrahim. So it's always important for us to rely on the One that created all of these things that we know that can physically harm
us, but the One that has control over all of that has authority and can change it at any time and any way. There's a Jibreel connection here too عليه السلام that, you know, the آثار of Jibreel عليه السلام, the narrations of Jibreel عليه السلام and the angels waiting for an order
to cool the fire, right, on Ibrahim or to help him with the fire. And then when Yusuf عليه السلام is thrown into the well, the softening of the blow that Jibreel عليه السلام is at the bottom of that well, like
the angels are waiting, you know, for Allah to these pious, beloved servants of yours, these anbiya', these prophets of yours. But subhanAllah, like it's really interesting because, like I think about Gaza, and I think about people
that are tested. It feels like there are certain families that Allah عز وجل chooses for test. It's like the test comes to the whole family, subhanAllah. And just like the Prophet (ﷺ) mentions that with individuals,
that the more righteous that Allah عز وجل tests them, right, out of love. And so just to think like Yusuf عليه السلام, I wonder if at some point Yusuf عليه السلام, as he's thrown into the well, made that connection, like my grandfather was once thrown into a fire and Allah عز
وجل took care of him, even though Yusuf never met Ibrahim عليه السلام for what we know, subhanAllah. So it's like the test comes to the families, and that is actually a manifestation of Allah عز وجل's love and His elevation
for people. So let's get into two sets of names as they relate to the story. Dr. Muhammad, I'll start with you, insha'Allah ta'ala, you can maybe lead us in this discussion. Verse 83, where
Allah عز وجل mentions in Surah Yusuf الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ, but specifically the All-Knowing and the All-Wise, as it relates to Yaqub عليه السلام, he is the one responding, right? So you go to the beginning,
and we talked about this in the first Juz, right? إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ، سُبْحَانَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَا، like the expression of tawakkul, of trust from the angels is that, well, you are the All-Knowing and the All-Wise. At the end of the day, if we don't understand what you planned with
the creation, then إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ, you are the All-Knowing and the All-Wise. But here it's Yaqub عليه السلام. It's a lot harder to say that when it's your son that's been conspired against by your other
sons and thrown into a well and perhaps murdered, and you're saying that he is الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ, so how do you see this within the capacity or within the context of
Yaqub عليه السلام finding hope in الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ? You know, in interacting with the stories, some of us grew up with these stories or were introduced to it as we embraced Islam. It's really important to imagine ourselves in that moment and not fast-forward to an ending
that we know. And so the mentioning and the remembering and the affirming of Prophet Yaqub عليه السلام, connecting to these two names at this moment, there are many answers that he does not have. He عليه السلام, Allah
in His wisdom, did not tell him how the story is going to end in terms of where Yusuf عليه السلام is right now. And his problem, which is a problem now that has gone from days to weeks to months to decades of separation from his beloved son, has now
multiplied into three, that he's missing three of his children. And facing an enemy is never easy. But you imagine on top of that test that the conspiring and the plotting that he's mentioning is from his own blood,
it's from his own children. It's a level of family hardship that just shows us layers and layers of difficulty. And then he mentions الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ, and so this pairing comes often in the Qur'an. It's come, as you mentioned, Sheikh Omar, earlier in this series. But in this
mentioning that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is All-Knowing, Prophet Yaqub عليه السلام is asserting that the One that has decreed this knows exactly where Yusuf is, knows exactly where his other children are, is able to bring them
together. Some of the great mufassirun of the past, they mentioned that in this, Prophet Yaqub, excuse me, attaches to the knowledge of Allah and attaches also to His wisdom in His decree and His power to be able to gather them no matter how
far away they are, no matter how overwhelming the circumstances are, no matter how impossible it seems from a human perspective. And so, you know, it's important to note Ramadan is a time of celebration. Ramadan is a time
of plenty. But as we go through life, none of us finds every Ramadan with overjoying circumstances. Sometimes we face a Ramadan where the ummah is in pain or where a person has parted from their loved one or they're facing some adversity, but they don't have
all the answers. They don't know quite how it fits together in their life trajectory and the fullness of Allah سبحانه وتعالى's wisdom. But looking at Prophet Yaqub, the fact that he trusted Allah سبحانه وتعالى, that he
relied on Him, uh, especially the return of Prophet Yusuf عليه السلام, seems in every human measure impossible. But it's not impossible for Allah سبحانه و تعالى. It's not impossible for الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ, and
uh, it is very beautiful and amazing how the story shows us step by step that this was all part of a beautiful plan. Uh, I connect actually this pairing. You'll notice that his son, uh, Prophet Yusuf عليه السلام, mentions it at the end of the surah: إِنَّ رَبِّي
لَطِيفٌ لِّمَا يَشَاءُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ, that as Yusuf عليه السلام is looking back in a beautiful way at all of these incidents from the desert to the Shaytan coming between the brothers and all of this,
he says, Allah is indeed subtle in achieving His aim. He's Al-Latif. It connects it to another attribute of Allah سبحانه وتعالى. And again, he's الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ, He is full of knowledge, All-Knowing,
ever-knowing in every little detail, every part of our lives, every part of His creation. And He is wise, full of wisdom, absolute in His wisdom, in His decree.
Just thinking about inheritance and characteristics of the father or the relatives, as we talked about with Yusuf and Ibrahim عليهما السلام and then Yaqub as well, when looking at subhanAllah,
you come from this lineage, from this family, and how you were raised, you know, there has to be some dawr or there has to be some type of effect in that regard. And this is a message to those that have family, those that have their, those that are
under their guardianship, to ensure or to try our best to instill those values of the faith and trust in Allah سبحانه وتعالى. So when you teach the names and attributes, you're giving them knowledge of Allah, but the actualization of it, we see in the lives of
the prophets, which demands from us to respond to that. And you mentioned this word numerous times, trust, tawakkul, which is an aspect of worship. So if we know that Allah is All-Knowledgeable and we know
that Allah has wisdom and that wisdom is from His knowledge as well, when we face those dire situations that Allah has predestined to put in front of us and we know that He doesn't put anything in front of us more than we can bear,
that is where we have to have that introspection. Where am I falling short? And Allah loves the fact that you're turning to yourself and you're asking yourself those crucial questions because I chose a haram path when I know there was a way that I could have gotten, I could have taken the right way
or the optimal way in front of Allah سبحانه وتعالى. I mean, even you look at the story of the mother of Musa in Surah Al-Qasas, when he was, she was ordered to put him in the tabut and put him in اليم، يعني the deep sea.
What did Allah tell her? إِنَّا رَادُّوهُ إِلَيْكِ وَجَاعِلُوهُ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ. يعني even on top of that, وَأَصْبَحَ فُؤَادُ أُمِّ مُوسَى فَارِغًا. So Allah told her, we're going to return
Musa back to you and make him from the مرسلين, to, you know, soften her heart. He's going to be someone that's going to be granted something great, but she still missed him. But she had that trust. And then what
happened? Another relative of Musa, his sister. So you're seeing how this family connection of tawakkul and this family connection of living what they know from Allah سبحانه وتعالى. So I think that's what's, that's what's
so beautiful of what you were mentioning in that regard. You know, what came to mind also is وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللَّهَ غَافِلًا عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الظَّالِمُونَ, don't think that Allah is unaware of what the oppressors do. Like Allah عز وجل could have used
any way to describe, you know, His acquaintance with our affairs, especially when there's oppression. Don't think that Allah is unaware. And ghafla could be either
in 'ilm or hikmah, right? It could be in knowledge or in wisdom, right? So Allah knows, and Allah has a wisdom for allowing إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ, right? لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ الْأَبْصَارُ, right? Verily Allah is just delaying
them, and that's the wisdom part. So Allah knows, and Allah is wise in these things as they unfold. Because at the end of the day, subhanAllah, what makes, I think, the situation of Yaqub and Yusuf different, عليهما السلام, between
like Ibrahim عليه السلام being commanded to sacrifice Ismail عليه السلام or, in the case of the mother of Musa, putting her son in the Nile, is that there are people involved in this. Like these are
your own sons that are plotting against you, plotting against your son, right? Like they are, the zalama are your other kids. That's really hard to swallow. I think that's probably the most
underestimated element of the story, by the way, is Yaqub عليه السلام, the pain of him having to live with his son's murderers, you know, the assumption being a
murder, and his son's murderers are his sons. Yeah, and I've got to live and be like a normal dad and father to them for two decades while waiting for Allah عز وجل to return my son back to me.
Like the hurt and the pain of that, that's, like how do you, how do you have breakfast? Like you just think about like the family affairs. Like how do you just go about your daily life, right, knowing that they did this? And subhanAllah, that's part of the sabr
of Yaqub عليه السلام and then the forgiveness. Like you think we always praise the forgiveness of Yusuf عليه السلام, but the forgiveness of Yaqub عليه السلام to his sons as well, right, for putting him through this. I cried
myself blind because of what you did to my son, right? Like this all came because of you, you know? And the irony, subhanAllah, the irony is that they were jealous
of Yusuf عليه السلام, right, because the attention that they felt like Yaqub عليه السلام was giving to Yusuf عليه السلام. So what did they go do? They caused their father all that pain and all that hurt. Yeah, subhanAllah, like it just shows you how Shaytan can twist,
you know, like instead of thinking, how do we rise to the occasion to be more beautiful in the sight of our father? What do we do? We're going to cause our father the worst type of pain. You know, يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهَ أَبِيكُمْ, you know, like instead of turning the face of your father towards you, think about
how hard it was for Yaqub to look at his kids, yeah, knowing what they did and probably imagining that scenario, subhanAllah. But I do want to move on, Sheikh Abdullah, maybe you can lead us into the next discussion and pairing. SubhanAllah, Yusuf, Surah Yusuf
dominates Juz 12 and Juz 13 in our memory. But Surah Ar-Ra'd, Allah عز وجل then mentions الْكَبِيرُ الْمُتَعَالِ, and Allah's greatness in His knowledge of what's hidden in
the womb starts with that. So like in Yusuf, Allah's greatness in His knowledge of what's hidden in decree. But here, Allah's greatness in what's hidden in the womb and how Allah عز وجل formulates the human being in
the first place and without limitation and then raises him to the position that He does, right? Allah عز وجل is the one who elevates. Allah is the one who debases at the end of the day. So talk to us
about الْكَبِيرُ الْمُتَعَالِ, Sheikh, what are your first reflections as it relates to this? I mean, just really the greatness of the Creator over creation. You know, in speaking to people that don't know Islam, and
that's what I always tell even my children, I tell the youth especially, when you're in your college class or you're even in high school or speaking to your friends in the locker room, non-Muslim, whatever the case may be, you start with the beautiful names and attributes. And one
of them is that He's the Creator and everything else other than Him is creation. And using that name Creator is very, dare I say strategic, but it's fitri. The human being naturally knows that there's
something that is greater than everything. So that name Al-Kabir, Al-Kabir, that He is Al-'Azim, He is the Great One and He is the Supreme One over every single thing, reminds you that the opposite of that is
saghir, that which is minute, that which is small. So when it comes to the knowledge of Allah سبحانه و تعالى, He says, عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الْكَبِيرُ الْمُتَعَالِ, He knows both what is hidden and what is manifest. He is the Supreme One, the Most High. عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ
وَالشَّهَادَةِ, being that He has the knowledge of the unseen. You notice before these ayat, He talks about His creation, and then He talks about some of the manifestations of some of His creation. So from here, the verse before that, mentioning that He knows what
تَحْمِلُ كُلُّ أُنْثَىٰ وَمَا تَغِيضُ الْأَرْحَامُ, Allah knows what every female bears and what the wombs fall short of. And speaking about this, this is something that is very important to the human being. When they're about to have a child, they want to know what
sex the child is. They're able to find out, and sometimes it may not come out as they expected. But again, the name of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, mentioning Al-Hakim, Al-'Alim, Al-Hakim, and then also being Al-Kabir, that He is the Great One that has
the greatness. And from this greatness is that He creates all of these things that were previously mentioned. Number one. Number two, He brings it about in a way that He is pleased with. So children, being that due
to the fact that He is Al-Kabir and He is Al-Khaliq, He is the Creator, and because of His greatness, He creates it in this way, just as He does the earth
mentioned earlier and the sama', and the skies mentioned in the earlier verses. When we look at Al-Kabir, that expresses complete authority, particularly in that which is even inside of you, which you have no
ultimate control over. And I think that's what's so humbling to the human being, particularly of even the mother and the father, when she is about to deliver or those nine months or whatever amount of months that she's carrying her child, she has no ultimate control even over that.
Mm-hmm. That's why it's important to remember the Creator of these things. He is Al-Kabir and He is Al-Muta'al. Because He is the Kabir, because He is the Supreme One, He is the Most High, and the Most High in all of the names and attributes in actuality.
في كبره, in His supremacy, in the way that He is supreme. And also when we look at His 'ilm, His knowledge, He is Al-Muta'al in that. He is the Most High. It does not mean that there are people that are not knowledgeable, but when it comes to Allah سبحانه
وتعالى, Al-Muta'al على كل شيء, upon every single thing and every single name and every single attribute. And I think that's what's important for us to remember. When we may feel a level of supremacy at times within
ourselves, it's important to remember Allah سبحانه و تعالى is the epitome of that, which should cause, إن شاء الله, us to humble ourselves particularly, and particularly in this month of Ramadan, when we go through these struggles, lack of better words, or these challenges,
in actuality there are opportunities when we turn it back to Allah سبحانه وتعالى. So I think that's, I think that's huge. You know, Surah Ar-Ra'd is full of natural ayat of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, and they remind us of these attributes you mentioned, Sheikh, of Allah
سبحانه وتعالى being supreme, high over everything. But I'm amazed, Sheikh, and moved by your comments about how much depth there is. And we're just scratching the surface at this one ayah that sometimes we take for granted,
the bringing about of life, the coming into this world, the growing, as if Allah سبحانه وتعالى is reminding us of an infinite series of miracles for that to occur that we're not in control of. And this is a reminder for all times and places. But you know,
I feel like in our times, age of technology, age of knowledge, it's amazing how the Qur'an, you know, puts us in that perspective, right? That one of the most moving experiences I ever had in my life was after a training
on Islamic ethics for a hospital staff. The medical staff took me on a tour of the neonatal ward. Mm. Okay. And the levels of emotion of seeing these
children that are born before term. Mm. And, of course, the families, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى, many of our, you know, families here in Ramadan gathered may have been tested with seeking a child for some time. May Allah سبحانه وتعالى ease for them, just the test
of Prophet Ibrahim or having a child born before term. And so that was one, you know, just layers of emotion. But then also seeing how all of the work of modern medicine and all of this intervention is
trying to help, insha'Allah, continue this life. And Allah سبحانه وتعالى reminds us that our creation, it started from what? خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ. And from what the scholars mentioned, is this clinging form, like a form
that we started smaller than the tip of our fingers. And if that link with the womb that is smaller than a nail or a finger severs, then really there is nothing in creation that can bring it
back without the permission of Allah. It's even beyond, much of it is beyond the reach of even asbab, our abilities, even with all of the inventions that have happened. And so Allah عز وجل, you know, manifesting and showing His greatness in this, that not only is
He free in His names from the defects and shortcomings and blameworthy attributes, He is also, as you mentioned, Sheikh, unlike all other things, even in those things that are not blameworthy but are a reminder of our limitations,
that we sweat on a hot day, that we have to relieve ourselves, that Allah is different and unlike all of His creation. He is not limited in these ways. He is not susceptible to these weaknesses. And the
experience, I think, of childbirth and of seeking a child is one of those reminders that you're just, you feel that utter reliance on Allah سبحانه وتعالى. And the reality is, every time we get into a car, every
time we go to sleep, every time we want to wake up, our reliance on Allah is no less than this. But it's as if this really brings us into focus, our utter need of Him سبحانه وتعالى. SubhanAllah. As long as you're in this world, you're
in the womb. You just, the visual of it, right? Like even if you just look at the image of the womb and then the image of earth, like just think of yourself still just like that baby in the womb. You're just as dependent on Allah سبحانه وتعالى as you were in that womb. And it's amazing that Allah
عز وجل constantly brings us back to يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْأَرْحَامِ, like He knows what's in there. And like you said, it's so beyond the access of any of us, right? Like you, you look for just this image of what's
in the womb, you know, these devices to try to get what you, you know, as much as you can. And subhanAllah, when you pray Janazah on a miscarried fetus or you hold like a miscarried fetus, like subhanAllah, it looks like a little—oh wow, it's something, right? When you, when you carry that, right? Like you can put it
in one hand, you know, these, and you're like, that could have been me with just one, and I'm severed, and that could have easily been me, right? And one thing that also just comes to mind in terms of the hikmah
of it, right? Like that, that the womb becoming a place where life actually comes to be, like why delay the womb of Sarah for 13 years, according
to the mufassirun, right? So that Hajar gives birth to Ismail almost instantaneously, right? There's a plan for Ismail. And then suddenly Sarah's womb comes to life, like, wait, what now? Right? ضَحِكَتْ, and she صَكَّتْ
وَجْهَهَا, like, wait, what's going on here? You know, why now? Like she'd given up hope. Yeah, imagine the mother of Yusuf when she was carrying Yusuf, and when Yusuf was born and she looked at Yusuf the first time, then Benjamin is, you know, most scholars say
that Yusuf and Benjamin عليهم السلام, had a different mother than the other ten children. Did the mother of the other ten, right, think that these ten will come out and one day kill their brother? Like there's so much, right? And at
the end of the day, as dependent as we are on Allah عز وجل in the womb, we are likewise dependent upon Allah سبحانه وتعالى outside of the womb. The only difference is now we're accountable, right? We're accountable at this point for our
actions, and we give birth to our deeds, and that's what will confront us. May Allah عز وجل give us the best of deeds and forgive us for our shortcomings. اللهم آمين. We're out of time, but we could talk to you all day, Sheikh. جزاك الله خيرا for being with us. May Allah عز وجل bless you
and elevate you for your beautiful reflections. And Sheikh Abdullah, جزاك الله خيرا for your beautiful reflections as always. We'll see you all tomorrow, إن شاء الله. والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته.
