the next person that calls me a friendly
giant is going to get punched in the
face I'm just saying all
right um you know I think I'm going to
leave the positive stuff to the optimism
stuff to n I'm going to beat you down
guys a little bit more um because the
top you know the Ayah that he left off
with and that was just a joke I'm not
going to do that but the Ayah that left
off with which
was I want to continue into the next
four or five aat to help understand that
verse better because you know there are
a lot of aat that get quoted alone and
I'm not going to say out of context but
but by quoting them alone and not
quoting the ayat before and after you
don't get a full picture of what's
really going on it doesn't necessarily
change the meaning but it's just like
when you go to a wedding you never hear
the
first before the Ayah about that from
his signs is that he created for you you
know uh mates from amongst yourselves
that you may dwell with each other and
compassion and kindness and all that
kind of stuff depending on the
translation that you're reading before
the awesome music goes off and before
people start partying you don't hear the
aah before the aah after because the aah
before is a condemnation of
racism so how do you have a condemnation
of racism with the a about marriage when
um we have a lot of racism in that
regard in our communities likewise with
this Ayah usually it's quoted just to
say look don't despair from the mercy of
Allah subhana wa tala but the next five
aat are the consequences of despairing
from the mercy of Allah subhana wa tala
okay Allah first talks about that issue
of
Despair do not despair from the mercy of
Allah subhana tala why because Allah
says it right away Allah forgives all
sins because Allah subhana tal in his
attributes is he covers your sins and he
will forgive them and he will not hold
you accountable for them as long as you
seek Allah subhana T's forgiveness now
there are two ways of looking at that
there is the Sha way and not the way
there's the way IM looked at
that he explains that whenever you
commit a
sin don't look at the size of the sin
itself look at the one that you have
disobeyed the almighty meaning what it
might be a really really small sin in
its nature but the attitude that you
have with that sin Mak makes it
extremely
great right because look at who you're
disobeying it's not about the size of
look getting a parking ticket in Dallas
Texas is different from getting a
parking ticket in front of the White
House okay depending where you are
depending on the circumstances the same
transgression can have you know can have
far greater consequences and so IM
saying don't look at the size of the sin
but look at the one that you have
disobeyed so you might think to yourself
wow if every single time I commit a sin
I'm going to say I just disobeyed Allah
subhana tala I'm going to be scared I'm
going to run away I'm going to say you
know what I have no hope in life but
look at that same person that IM shaf
when he was dying when he calls upon
Allah subhana
waala my
Lord I have brought with me to this
moment to this interview with you many
sins I'm covered in sins I have
mountains of sins now do you ever hear
about a shaf backbiting do you ever hear
about a shaf doing anything L do you
ever can you ever find a sin of a shaf
but he's saying yeah Allah I have many
sins because of how he considers Allah
subhana
tala but he said but when I looked at
your when I looked at your mercy I
recognized that a little bit of your
mercy is all that I need to forgive a
lot of my
sins those were his last
words Subhan Allah he said so forgive me
for a lot of my sins with a little bit
of your Rah with a little bit of your
mercy that's all I need you see that
Subhan Allah he considers the sin great
because of how great he considers Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala because of how much
Allah means to him you know that's
something in the heart how you consider
Allah the attitude that you have you
know I always look at the
way when he
described to his father and he
said
I've never seen anyone to whom Allah
means more like Allah is greater in his
chest than that young man than I've seen
I've never seen anyone like him that
thinks of Allah higher than him so
you're thinking of Allah subhah wa
ta'ala your fear of that SI of the size
of that sin that attitude that you have
when you commit that sin represents how
you feel about Allah subhana wa tala and
that's really what this is all about
think about it Allah sub wa taala
forgives this man that kills a 100
people the last one of them being a
worshipper right does anyone know
anything about the other 99 people how
many lives were destroyed by the other
99 people or by his murder of the other
99 people you know but the fact that
that man considered Allah subhah wa
ta'ala as great feared the consequences
of his sin was willing to just make a
move to another land to start over and
counted on the mercy of Allah subhana wa
tala that murder of a 100 people became
insignificant to Allah subhana wa tala
whereas you take a small sin but you
don't care about it you're consistently
committing that same sin over and over
and over
again the prophet wasam says beware of
belittling your sins you're consistently
doing the same sin over and over and
over again and the prophet s alaihi
wasallam gave the example of someone
that's consistently throwing small
pieces of wood into a fire until
eventually the Fire gets so big that it
consumes
you IM he said take the biggest Stone
but keep on keep on dropping a small
drip of water on the same spot over and
over and over again eventually the
entire Stone will
erode right belittling sins the attitude
that you have with that small sin that
is offensive to Allah subhanahu wa taala
that you have reduced Allah subhah wa
tala to the lowest of your observers and
iMed he once heard a line of poetry and
he went back to his home at night
reciting that line of poetry to himself
over and over and over again crying
Abdullah says until his son until the
time that
came I'm afraid Allah will tell me on
the day of judgment weren't you ashamed
of disobeying me hiding that Sin from
creation you are more worried about
other people seeing you commit the
sin and coming to me full of
Disobedience oh imagine if you were you
know the attitude that you have when you
commit a sin and private for example and
you're not worried cuz no one else is
catching you or watching you the
attitude IM you know really what you're
saying when you're willing to commit
that sin over and over again oh it's
just Allah watching me right now
alhamdulillah
it's just
God no one else it's just Allah and ab
said if you think Allah doesn't see
you that's a sign of
disbelief and if you see that Allah is
watching you when you're committing your
sins why did you reduce Allah
subh the lowest of your
observers and Allah
says about the
believer the Believers whenever they
commit a sin something Shameless in its
nature they remember Allah subhanahu wa
taala that's who comes to mind not oh
man people are going to find out and say
this about me now that's not what comes
to their mind those are secondary things
but it's oh how could I do this in front
of Allah subhana tala using the the the
faculties that Allah subh
has given to me while Allah was watching
me in a land that belongs to Allah
subhana waa sustaining myself with the
sustenance of Allah subhana knowing that
I'm going to meet Allah subhana tala
again and have to explain myself about
this how could I do that and
so he sums it up he says as for the sin
the more that you consider it
little the more it becomes big to Allah
subh
it becomes to Allah it becomes a major
sin to Allah the more minor you consider
it the more major it becomes to Allah
subhana wa tala the more major you
consider your sin the more minor and
insignificant becomes to Allah subhana
wa
taala Allah won't mind no matter what
you've done as long as you're
recognizing who you're seeking
forgiveness from as long as you feel a
general a genuine sense of shame I
disobeyed Allah
my Creator my sustainer and I still
disobeyed him
and he described that it's like a man he
said the believer is like someone who
treats his sins like a mountain on his
back that's overburdening him it might
be a you know think about it when you go
through the and you
see grabbing his tongue and
crying and
saying that this has led me to dangerous
places chastising himself do you ever
ever see Abu beak cursing backbiting you
being foul no cuz he what could he have
possibly said what could he have
possibly done but that's how great he
considers Allah
whereas says the wicked person the
considers his sins like a fly on his
nose just SWAT it out the way I don't
care so you should never reduce Allah
subhah wa taala in your sight because
you're only reducing yourself and you
know I want to give you this example
it's a very powerful example
abdah one time he's sitting and he's
with his students somebody walks in and
says if I killed a man could I be
forgiven said yes of course I mean Allah
forgave the man who killed 100
people yeah you could be forgiven for
that so the man left another man comes
in and asks him the same question if I
killed a man would I ever be forgiven he
said
nope
he was blown away and the students were
like wait what what just happened here
now in our Creed in our a there is no
doubt that a major sin does not take a
person out of Islam he can be forgiven
why did you tell the second guy no and
what makes it more confusing is that you
just told someone a few minutes before
him yes he said because the first person
that came in actually killed somebody I
could tell that's the FASA that's the
way they could see the people in front
of them I could tell that guy just
killed
somebody and he felt bad about it and he
was seeking forgiveness from Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala
so I'm telling him yes Allah will
forgive you he said the second guy on
the other hand wanted to kill
somebody like he was coming to get a
license to Kill literally like all right
am I going to be okay after this I'm
going to
say afterwards and I'll be all right
I'll start praying and stuff like that
no what are you thinking have you got
you've gotten to a point where you're
where you're planning your sins
now right like I'm going to sin in AEK
and I know I'm going to sin in a week
but I'm going to do it anyway and I'm
going to ignore all the thoughts between
now and then that tell me don't do that
don't do that don't do
that so Allah subhanahu wa taala wants
us to take our sins seriously but you
know there's a difference between
someone who's defined by his sin and
someone who's defined by his Toba his
repentance I'll give you an
example does anybody care about the
thousands of years of worship he had
before he committed that sin no because
he allowed that sin to Define
him he
despaired he distan himself from Allah
subhana tala he's defined by his he's
defined by his pride he's defined by his
sin because when he came to the
recognition that he disobeyed Allah
subhana tala he didn't turn back to
Allah he turned away from Allah subhana
wa tala rendering those thousands of
years of worship absolutely worthless
whereas you take people that have done
things far worse than that far worse
than what committed at that moment I
mean obviously he's got a lot of that
he's done since then but far worse than
what he did at that moment and you look
at a person like yunas is yunas defined
by his sin or is he defined by his
repentance he's defined by his Toba oh
Allah I messed up I'm calling upon you
from a place no one has ever called you
from before I'm calling you from the
stomach of a whale I'm not despairing
I'm not giving up on you oh
Allah and he says to
Allah an expression of Allah's
Perfection and an expression of his own
imperfection I wronged myself what does
Allah
say Allah chose
him and made him from the righteous he
was better off than he was before that
why because his repentance and wasam
said no person is in a hardship and
calls upon Allah subh with that Dua of
unus except that Allah will alleviate
that hardship why because that's who
yunas is he's defined by that his
repentance and you go through the
history of Islam you find people that
really did some really really messed up
stuff I mean
abdah there is no man in the history of
Islam after the sahab who has more books
written about his virtues than Abdullah
muak and he was a party animal he used
to drink he was a
musician his house was party central in
Maru in Iran party central was
abdullah's house but his Toba is what
defines
him his Toba is what I mean the guy was
a drunk didn't pray for 17 years killed
his daughter because he was drunk and
irresponsible while he was playing with
her threw her by accident but his Toba
defines him not his
sin the that I just
mentioned was an adulterer he said I
used to go commit adultery every single
night with the same person out in the
open and he said that during the day I
was a I was a highway
robber but he's defined by his
repentance he's not defined by his
sin cuz when he changed he changed he
used that recognition that man I've
really messed up to bring him close to
Allah subhana wa tala now the next few
atat how much time do I have
just tell me quickly because if I don't
have time I'm not even going to go into
the next a 10 minutes all right I'll be
quick insh I'll try to finish it in 10
minutes Allah then
says turn back to your lord and submit
yourself to
him see it's a threat that's why we
don't read the next aat we read the nice
ones the next one's a threat before the
punishment comes to
you and then no one is going to help you
then no one's going to come to your Aid
at that
point and follow the guidance don't try
to make don't try to find loopholes look
you want to make Toba make Toba
sincerely don't condition your Toba
don't try to find ways out of your Toba
follow the guidance as it comes from
Allah subhana tala and his messenger
Salli
wasallam before the punishment comes to
you
suddenly you won't even feel it coming
now Allah has mentioned here three
different
diseases Allah is giving you three
warnings here in this life and the worst
of them is certainly despair because
that's
shaan a person who's just given up and
doesn't care anymore Allah gives you
three warnings here the first warning
don't
despair the second warning no one's
going to help you the third warning
don't
procrastinate and then Allah subhana
then fast forwards to the scene of the
day of
judgment a person Allah warned you not
to despair but the person who didn't
heed that warning and still despaired
anyway and didn't come close to Allah
subhana what are they saying on the day
of judgment
yeah remorse how could I do that I
messed M up I know I messed
up I remember the sins that I used to
commit I remember being amongst those
who used to mock I remember that I'm not
denying anything he's despairing on the
day of judgment too his attitude hasn't
changed it's just compounded on the day
of judgment an attitude of Despair an
attitude of I know I'm messing up but
I'm not doing anything about it because
I'm I can't get any better it's like the
bum on the street right get up
change oh I've messed up so how who's
going to consider me for a job I'm not
even going to try to get a job how am I
I've messed up too much and on the day
of judgment that person is still
despairing remorse n is good regret is
good when it turns you to Allah subhana
wa tala remorse is bad when it turns you
away from Allah subhana tala and on the
day of judgment I'm not denying anything
but I didn't do anything about it
despaired from Allah subhana wa tala
every time I thought about getting
better Shan came to me and reminded me
about how messed up of a person I am so
a person comes and says and I'm serious
I hear this all the time right I can't
wear hijab I don't pray I can't fast I
don't pray I can't pray I don't fast I
can't go to Haj I have Haram money Shan
gets you thinking backwards not forward
not well you know what so that my fast
can be acceptable let me make sure my
Salah is good too so that my Haj can be
accepted let me get rid of the Haram
stuff too Shan always gets you this way
he wants you to fall back he tells you
before you commit a sin Allah is going
to forgive you don't worry about it
after you commit a sin how could you do
that what a horrible person you are no
hope and on the day of judgment that
person is still beating himself
up then Allah subh says what was the
second warning does anybody remember I
said the first warning was despair what
was the second
warning no one is going to come to your
Aid you know you know how there are some
people that are just so used to other
people coming to their aid like I mess
up it's all right this guy's going to
pick me up she's going to get my back
right well everybody else is committing
this wrong so there must not be anything
wrong with it everybody else is doing it
right so there's nothing wrong with it
you know I'm just going with the flow
I'm going with status quo a person of no
character a person who does not stand
out a person who doesn't question their
environment doesn't question their
culture does because everyone else is
doing it a person that is a sheep by
nature and not a shepherd
a person that is a follower by nature
and not a leader a person that is weak
by nature and not strong that Allah says
on the day of judgment same
personalities the weak people are still
running to those that were prideful on
this world and saying get us away out of
here because you've become so dependent
on other people you've become so
dependent on on on you know you become
so
complacent that well this person could
do this this person could do that this
person person will come to my Aid you
blame other people when you fail and you
look to other people to rescue you
whenever you're failing your dependence
and what's that person saying on the day
of
judgment or that person says if Allah
would have guided me I'm not recognizing
I messed up if Allah would have guided
me I would have been from those who are
aware those who are righteous I would
have been from the Believers I would
have been good if Allah would have
guided me cuz who are you going to blame
now and that's Shan too all of these are
a manifestation of Shan Shan blames
Allah because you led me astray I'm
going to lead all of them astray too he
blames Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
right so you have that too and then the
third thing and Allah subhah
says
what was the third
warning somebody tell me I'm not even
going to go On's going to come back on
stage eventually you don't have to look
over just pay attention the third
one
procrastination all right so you've got
the first guy that dispares you've got
the second person that blames others for
their failure and depends upon others
for their success a person of no
character and Allah is saying that
person will blame Allah not not fess up
to their actions and you've got the
third person who Allah subhana wa tala
is saying whenever they see the
punishments when punishments right in
front of their face hellfires right
there if Allah gives me another
chance not only am I going to be a
believer I'm not just going to be a an
average
Muslim I will be from the I'll be a
person ofan I'll be a person who excels
I'll be a person who worships Allah as
if I could see him why because some
people need to see to believe some
people are taken from the knowledge
certain knowledge to on the day of
judgment certainty in front of them I
knew you know Allah says when you
receive your book in your right hand we
ask Allah to make us from those people
what would they
say I knew this day was coming I was
prepared for it I was aware of it I
didn't need to see Jenna to know that it
exist
I didn't need to see Hellfire to know
that it exists I didn't need to see
Allah to know that he exists I was ready
for it mentally I was emotionally
prepared for it I was working for it
that other person though
Waits Allah says before comes to you
punishment will snatch you you won't
even see it coming waits he knows his
capabilities I know what I'm capable of
doing but I've got time I'm still
young I've got time
I've got time everything will be okay
I've still got my whole life ahead of me
after college I'll get serious I'll get
married and I'll get serious after this
I'll get serious and you know what after
you get married you'll say after I get
my business taken care of I'll get
serious after I get my kids I'll get
serious I'll get serious I'll get
serious that person will not wake up
until they see Hellfire in front of
them and they won't even deny their
abilities they'll say oh Allah if you
give me if I have another chance I'm not
just going to be a Muslim I'll be a I'll
be I'll be an amazing Muslim I'll be
I'll do amazing things right I'll be you
know going all over the world doing
things for the sake of Allah subhana wa
tala I'll dedicate my
life don't be that person who
procrastinates cuz you know that person
even as you're dying that person
says oh Allah take me
back you know the they say that this
Ayah is actually talking about a person
as he's departing you're not even dead
yet and you're saying take me back take
me
back so I can do good with that which I
have left
behind it was just one word and your
death came to you didn't Allah warn
you didn't Allah tell you it would come
to you quick and you wouldn't have a
chance and I end with this Allah subhana
tala talking about that person because
that's where I think many people fall
into that disease of procrastination
that disease of well you know I've got
time and since this is a primarily youth
audience I've got
time Allah subhana tala tells us in the
Quran as he's describing to us the
incredible scene of the day of judgment
the skies bursting the sun losing its
luster the Stars falling the Earth being
ripped apart the mountains look floating
around like pegs everything around you
just falling apart
when he
heard start to receive the
Revelation talking about all of these
things happening he
said a person will know at that moment
what he has brought forth and what he
has left behind and then the Ayah came
exactly as he said it the Revelation
came in his
words that on that day
a person will know two
things what I brought forth you know you
know how in the movies when a person's
dying they start to have all those
flashbacks you know that's actually
real it really is seriously no joke it's
real as a person is dying they start to
review their lives you know Subhan Allah
I was listening to a psychologist they
said that in your dying moments in 20
seconds you have the your mind has the
capability of reviewing 80
years in 20 seconds
I was blown away when I heard her say
that I forgot the name Subhan Allah 20
years I mean 80 years and 20 seconds a
person starts to go through flashbacks
flashback after flashback after
flashback and you will know two
things you'll start to remember all the
times you disobeyed Allah and you said
I've got time everybody else is doing it
or I I have no Hope anyway you'll start
to remember all of those sins that you
committed but you know what else you'll
remember what you left behind your
potential what you were capable of doing
the time that you wasted the moments
that you had a chance to put it forward
to put your best foot forward but you
didn't the moments of your youth the
moments of your health the moments of
your free time the moments of your of
your of your financial stability the
moments of your life that you had a
chance but you didn't do your
best and seriously if this question
doesn't bother you on the day of
judgment I'm going to ask you this
question and it's a question that you
need to ask yourself and every single
one of us needs to ask ourselves and I
mean everyone from the speakers to the
organizers to the volunteers to the
attendees when you stand before Allah
subhanahu wa taala on the day of
judgment will you be able to say to
Allah I tried my best
I gave it my
all I
tried with every breath that you gave me
with every moment of free time that you
gave me with every talent that you gave
me with every moment of Health I did my
best oh Allah I
tried if you can say that to
Allah you're good
alhamdulillah if you can make if you and
just ask yourself now if I could say
that to Allah now I'm good but as
AB said I'm not afraid of Allah asking
me on the day of judgment how much do
you memorize and how much knowledge do
you have I'm afraid of Allah asking me
what did you do with that
knowledge you knew
better and so Allah subhana T is
merciful enough that if we made any
effort whatsoever he'll forgive us he
will show Mercy to us no matter how
disgusting the transgressions could be
but at the same time you've got to be
able to say to Allah subhana T I tried I
knew I was going to meet you oh Allah
and I tried and I failed sometimes but I
tried whenever I fa I got back up I
tried I tried I tried I
tried and we have a Lord that is so
merciful that he will say okay don't
worry about
it that he will cover up your sins for
you that he will bring your good deeds
to patch up your your deficiencies in
your Salah your deficiencies in your
fasting that he will say don't worry
about it that he will comfort you to a
point that he'll take those sins and you
know says and this is my last
Point
says when Allah subhana brings the
servant wasallam said that as he's
reading his sins and this is the
believer now Allah starts to change
those sins into Good Deeds it's for two
reasons number one
because
because Allah is so merciful that he
actually does change your sins to Good
Deeds but why does Allah make you read
them first before he changes them so
that you can know for a fact that Allah
has forgiven you because when you read
them and it's not reading a book it's HD
replay it's right in front of you right
in front of you you see it right in
front of you and you go through that you
will change colors the prophet s
wasallam said thinking that you're done
for you have no hope in life you have no
hope in in in Jenna and Allah wants you
to see those being changed to Good
Deeds out of his Mercy to the point that
the prophet Sall alaihi wasallam said
that the servant will say to Allah
subhanahu wa'ta'ala oh Allah I have some
sins that the angel forgot to write
down I was changing colors cuz I felt
doomed a minute ago now I'm like oh
Allah there is one time that I did this
but the angel forgot to write it down
because you're experiencing the mercy of
Allah subhana wa ta'ala how awesome is
Allah subhah wa ta'ala and how deserving
is Allah of our best
effort we ask Allah subh to have mercy
upon us to forgive us we ask Allah
subhana wa tala to make us amongst those
who do not despair who do not depend on
anyone but him who turn to him whenever
they sin seek forgiveness from him and
have resolved because of their love for
him not to return that sin not to return
to that sin and do not procrastinate in
changing themselves and we ask Allah
subh oh Turner of Hearts make our hearts
firm on your
dean