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K Muhammed
this uh this
reminder is going to focus on three
parties number one
US number two the
angels and number three Allah subhana
tala our
Lord and to help
us understand the
relationship in this special night at at
this special time between these three
parties we need to use one of the
greatest gifts that Allah subhana tala
he has given us in the Quran and that is
the Surah
of and Allah subh
says and this Ayah is
extraordinary because in just this one
single Ayah Allah subhana tala
establishes his majesty the Majesty of
of the Quran and the Majesty of the
night of itself just in this single Ayah
Allah subhana tala refers to himself
immediately in in the plural Allah is
one but he refers to himself in the
Royal Majestic
we we have sent and this book we have
sent it down from high above Allah subh
established to himself his exaltedness
and His Highness from above the seven
heavens above his
throne in a manner which befits his
majesty and he sent it and he doesn't
even have to say the Quran and this is
as the said a Majesty of the Quran that
it can only be something so amazing and
just referred to in a as it we have just
sent it
down because it is with us all the time
it is the single most important thing
that we have that's what we have sent
down think about it doesn't want to give
us the clear name and this is a way as
said in B in rhetoric in in eloquence in
the Arabic eloquence to establish and to
emphasize the importance of something
and in
a Allah subh gave this night a very
interesting name he called
it and he mentions this word three times
in the
Surah
here second
time
three times it's mentioned and it's
appropriate that there are three key
meanings to the meaning of itself the
first
as said is that it is from the literal
meaning of I.E the decree I.E what's
going to
happen and this has all been written in
the the preserv tablet but on this night
Allah subhana reveals to the angels that
decree the those who control the winds
and control the weather and control life
and give death and take the soul the
entire Year's actions and decrees are
given out to them in this night and this
is why it's
called and the second meaning
for is that it comes from the meaning to
restrict and means in the Arabic to
restrict to make to make something to
constrict something
and you know
why that's because there are so many
angels present on this night that there
is no space for
them that's why Allah subh
says from the original Arabic word of
with the T being taken out i e not that
the Angels just come down and we'll come
to that not that the Angels just come
down to visit us but they have to come
and leave immediately because the next
group are waiting to come and visit to
us and give Salam and go back but this
will come and then the final meaning
which is the the most Supreme meaning is
that it is of glory and power and and
that's what means when I say in Arabic
or he
is then we mean that by that that he's a
great person a great man and why not
because in this we have said in this
night Allah has said we have sent down
this this
book it's an book and it came down upon
the tongue of
someone it came down on the on the
tongue of a mighty mighty
Angel and it came down to
a this nation Allah subhana has blessed
and made the greatest nation to walk
this Earth so this is why it is called
The Glorious The Majestic the amazing
night the night of
power Allah subh
then says in the next Ayah after setting
the scene and this is always the way of
Allah subhana tala in the Quran the
first ayat always just set the scene get
the people thinking wake up the souls to
who is addressing them that it is their
lordel that is addressing them so
amazing so Transcendent so high but yet
so personal and so close wanting to show
to us his love at all times every time
and you think about that think about the
great people in our in our in our world
the people of importance and power they
feel ashamed to show us too much love
because it's sign of weakness to show
emotion is a sign of weakness but for
Allah subhana tala it's a sign of
strength when he turns to us and he says
I forgiven you and he says to you I've
given you this and he says to you that I
love you and turn to me and I will keep
on pardoning you it's because Allah subh
loves to forgive and and pardon Allah
subhana tala is the one of power who is
not ashamed of this so this initial Ayah
despite his majesty despite his
greatness has got us in this in our mind
that we are now about to be told
something cuz we do not know about what
is yet which is why Allah subh
says and how will you know what the
night of power is
and in the Arabic language is it means
to make you know and you can say in this
way and you can
say and both are used in the Quran and
IM
suan he made a beautiful point he said
and this is the F of studying the Quran
he said that Allah subh many times in
the Quran
says what will make you know what
is what will make you know what the
Calamity
is what make you know what the event is
when he uses the word then it means that
the next Ayah he's going to tell you
what it is because of its importance and
its impact upon your life right
now but y means the exact same thing you
means exact same thing and Allah says in
the
Quran and what do you know maybe the
hour is close maybe the hour is close
and Allah say why you
and how do you know maybe he will be
someone who will purify himself a
talking about the one that the prophet
sallu alaihi wasallam turned away from
he wasn't sure he didn't know what was
going to happen to this person he didn't
think that this person had the greater
benefit to deal with and to concentrate
on he turned to someone else in abasa he
frowned and turned away from this person
Allah subh says I want to make you know
that this person will become pure and in
these two ayats what's the common link
we have not been told in the next Ayah
when the S is going to be when the hour
is going to be and we are not told how
pure the hearts of the people are that's
the difference Yuda gives us that doubt
and that doubt puts y some caution on
our actions and that's why the Muslim is
always unsure about the certainty of of
whether he's going to die or not
tomorrow and that's why what he keeps
him busy thinking and reflecting and
seeking forgiveness from Allah subh and
that's why he didn't tell us he doesn't
want us to know and likewise if we knew
the states of the hearts of the people
then we become arrogant and we'd pass
judgment and we'd become y the people of
K and the people of kufur and we'd start
making people of the paradise and start
making people of the Nar so Allah subh
took this knowledge away from us as well
and so we never knew the states of the
people and this is a lesson for those
people who try to make it that they know
the states of the people judging that
this person is a very good person which
is rare majority of us you you think
that he's the worst this and he's bad
that and he's this and he's that and
people just don't fear Allah and there's
a lesson just in this just in this word
of just in this second verse
of but then Allah answers it for
us there you
go this night this night of power is
better than a thousand months and it's
good news in this statement because it's
not a a th000 months of our worship
because if it was a th000 months of our
worship we'd still be in trouble because
one one month of our worship one year of
our worship is like nothing you look at
our definition of worship and you look
at the system of the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam and the companions of
what they understood
as really I mean take a topical
issue we the Muslims we love to sit
there and we argue should we pray eight
ra should we pray 20 Raa should we pray
36th raaka should we pay 41 as they used
to do in Medina they differ and they
argue and they split and they don't
speak to each other but they all agree
on one thing it's got to be done in one
hour huh it doesn't matter how many is
but it has to be done in one hour they
come to amazing agreement like this I
don't know how as soon as you know as
long as it's done quickly I don't care
right but I hate your guts if you do
eight or 20 but as long as you do it
quick Subhan Allah this is our me our
mentality and the prophetic m ity is the
exact opposite we don't care about the
ra 8 or 10 or 50 or 100 but we want to
pray the whole night they never used to
pray except a third of the night the
average is half the night the majority
of the sah
ABD said about my father that when he
used to stand with us he would make his
family stand with him we would start in
the early part of the night and we would
think that would we have enough time to
eat you think about that so you you here
straight away there's a this thousand
months cuz it's going to get better good
news this thousand months is not
thousand months of our worship even
better news it's not even a thousand
months of their worship because the
reason this Ayah was revealed according
to the imams is that the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam was told
about a man from bani is who for 83
years 1,000 months spent the entire
night for those 83 years in Salah the
whole night 83 years and during the
daytime he' been Jihad all day and the
prophet he was shocked that's something
we can't
do and Allah subhana wa ta'ala when he
saw this he gave him this night of I'll
give you this person's Worship in one
night for my
um this is the main reason there of the
revelation of this Ayah and Malik
narrates that the prophet Sall alaihi
wasallam was shown the the ages of
mankind and he looked at he looked at
them and he realized that his Nation the
average age had been
decreased so he turned and Allah subh T
saw the fear in his eyes what was the
fear he said that my my my nation will
not be given enough time to do enough
Good Deeds to get to Jenna because our
lifespan has been decreased and the
other nations had more time they had
more length of of time span to get those
things done so Allah subh gave him a
lifetime of worship in one night and
this is us and if we stick a fiver in
the in the Box in jum we think that
we've got a place next to Abu Bakr
reserved this is y the mentality of the
M us and the mentality of those who
understand the reality of this life who
understand the reality of theab of Allah
subhana taala and who understand more
importantly the Rah of Allah subhah wa
ta'ala this is all to be taken just from
this single Ayah that it
is a thousand months of the highest
quality of
worship and Allah tala did not say days
of worship
he mentions the night and Allah subh has
blessed the night and we should
recognize that
Allah Subhan Allah glorified be he who
took his slave By Night from
M to
M the area of which he blessed
completely the night
time and pray a little bit of this night
rise and little at night would they
would they sleep the rest of the night
is in
prayer stand the night in prayer except
a little bit the night has been for the
people of of of IM the aah the people
who are close to Allah subhana tala they
know this is the time this is the time
when no one can see me where I don't
make my ra look very nice so everyone
else can think oh he's very good where I
can come to the Masid and pray two after
two after two cuz I know there's loads
of people there watching and they
thinking this guy really is great no in
in the night not only is everyone else
not there not only is no one can can
praise you and give you encouragement
not even your family you're by yourself
you're by yourself we'll see now if
you've got what it takes we'll now see
if you can step up to the mark That's
why the night has been praed so much and
this is the night that Allah subhana
tala chooses to send down
his his angels and his
Quran but we were told what we were not
told Allah says what What will what will
you
know about what is but he did not then
tell
us he did not tell us when why he tells
us what it is but does not tell us when
and this is for us how many people can
understand in Allah's wisdom by actually
not giving us specific information he is
favoring us and he has done it with many
things for example the Dua of in on the
day of J there is an hour I call it the
happy hour
CU it's the r happy hour the hour in
which the Dua is accepted but none of
the scholars have reached consensus
about when this hour is they don't know
most of them say it's the last hour
before M but none can say with certainty
why so that the slave does not leave
every single thing to that last hour and
he spends the entire day in Dua
and he keeps his mind open we have not
been told about whether Allah subh is
happy with our actions because if we
knew that we didn't action Allah was
happy with it we' become content and to
become content with yourself in is from
of the most greatest dangers that the
Nations before fell into and we've not
been told our repentance has been
accepted or not we've been told how to
do it but not whether it's been accepted
or not so we continue in Repentance and
we've not been told when we're going to
die so we can prepare and so that we
don't know it's going to be in 3 weeks
time so we prepare for it in 2 weeks
time this is the system of Allah subh
tala and likewise he hides the exact
night of the 21st 23rd 25th 27th we
don't know but we M again we put all of
our eggs in one basket and say 27 and
that's
it we have this great confidence it can
only be this night and that's it and you
know what if it's not this night well I
did 27th
anyway and the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam look at how he approaches it he
says well you know what I'm going to go
for all 10 I'm going to isolate myself
from my family and from business and
from and from the people outside and and
and and I'm going to stay in this Masjid
and I'm not going to do anything else
except every single second of this day
and night of 10 days I'm going to
seek and this is what the is being told
to do and Allah subhana tala as imzi
said a beautiful statement he said it's
almost as if Allah is saying to the
people I did not tell you when is
because I do not want you to fall into
sin because what's this mean because the
one who out of out of his desires and
out of his weakness of his of his IM
misses the night in which he knows is
intentionally then he has greatly sinned
he has he has affronted Allah in the
most severe way whereas the one who
misses it out of and desires but didn't
know that it is he has sinned but not as
an affront to Allah subhana tala and an
example of this is a beautiful narration
it is weak but it is an interesting
narration where the Prophet Sall alaihi
wasallam walked into the M of and they
saw a man sleeping for the time for
Salah so he said to Ali he said wake
this man and make him do so Ali
said so he woke up this man he went back
to the prophet Sall alaihi wasallam he
said you are the most eager of us to to
Good Deeds why did he go and tell me to
do
that so the prophet sallallah alaihi
wasallam said and you just think think
about this statement Prophet wasam said
if I had told him and he had refused and
just think about that you're asleep and
you're woken up and you know I mean all
of us have hit the alarm clock you know
when it's early fuder time in the summer
when it goes off and and you know you're
thinking what's going on and smack or
something even worse if it's her and she
and she's trying to wake you up and
you're not there you don't know what's
going on this is what happens in the
grogginess in the anger there's no
control you don't know what happened
they tell you the next morning you said
this you did that me I didn't say that I
didn't do that so the prophet sallallah
alaihi wasallam recognizing this he says
that if I wake him up and he
refuses he has then
made and if he refuses you then it's a
sin but it's not a major one this is the
Rah of the Prophet Sall Al upon his
Nation so think then the of Allah
subhana tala upon his Nation by not
telling us so that we don't turn away
from him intentionally this is the same
principle look at the beauty of the look
at the difference between us when we
read the Quran and we get bored within 5
minutes and
the and you know just to go back to the
issue of the the way you know we like to
hurry up with the prayer and hurry up
with ar and whatever in a way it's
understandable shameful but
understandable because we don't
understand what's going on we we can't
understand the language we can't think
about it and you know how long can a
person when he's saying things he has no
idea what it means it's all just words
in a foreign language and he knows right
I have to be still for this I have to
give respect but I have no idea what's
being said In fairness how long do you
expect him to stand for to ask him to
stand for more than one hour in such a
scenario is asking a huge thing but then
is this our fault is this the fault of
the IM who's trying to make it long or
short or should the people start to
study start to get closer to Allah start
to learn about the one who loves us so
much because in every other field of
life when we recognize there a benefit
for us then we want to that benefit we
want to study the benefit we we we hear
a business plan then we go and make the
research we go and get the funding we go
and find the partners we start start
study the laws and the conditions and
what's going to make it break it and so
on so this is making break for us our
Salah our relationship of Allah subhana
tala is our make or break so we must
take the onus upon ourselves to try and
understand what's going on what is Allah
saying to us what is going on what is
this message we are the ones who are
responsible we should take that upon
ourselves and then the next Ayah
allahar
as I said
before is been called because night of
restriction because there's no
space the Mal they are
here because they are here now they are
here now and you know what they come and
they give Salam and they leave
immediately Allah subhana tala they
visit his b 70,000 come and then they
leave never to come back again and and
then 70,000 more come and they
give and then they leave and they don't
come back again just think of that
number every single day and I was I was
in the car park the other day and I was
walking I don't know why I was looking
at my feet and I saw these Stones there
must be hundreds and thousands of stones
just in this little few square meters
here and I read Abu said in the of this
Ayah that on the night of the Mal are
more than all the stones in the
world can you think about that does that
CH it shakes the mind and
why with the permission of their lord
these angels are coming and they're
actually asking Allah subh for
permission which means they want to come
here they want to come down here to us
and they turn to Allah and they ask for
permission Allah gives them permission
go why because the Angels
love because the Angels love those who
love Allah the Angels love those who
turn to Allah the Angels love the
Sinners the Sinners who stop and turn to
Allah so they come they come to give us
encouragement they come to give us hope
they come to help us this is their
system this is their way from the
beginning it always has been and they've
taken this upon themselves do you know
how they've taken it upon themselves
because they turn to Allah subh tala
when Allah created Adam and put Adam in
the world and made mankind for the
world what did what did the what did the
the Angels say they were shocked they
turned to
Allah
what's going on they couldn't understand
you're going to put in this world a
people someone who's going to make
facade evil and shed blood and we come
and praise you and we we sanctify you
Allah
says I know what you don't and in a very
interesting narration it is called the
of Z
and there's many narrations and a lot of
them are weak but in the most authentic
one it is authentic to as a as a as as a
story of the of the
Israelites
that the Angels when they said this to
Allah Allah subh turned to them and said
choose two of the best of you so they
chose
har and they were sent down to the Earth
and they were given the desires of
mankind and it was not long when Allah
sent them Zar and Zar was the most
beautiful woman of mankind at that time
and Zar is Venus and they used to say
that she was as beautiful in comparison
to the rest of creation like Venus is to
the rest of the
stars and she was sent to send FNA upon
them to do Zena to do to drink alcohol
and everything and the heavens were
covered the Angels were not given the
opportunity to see this and then Allah
revealed the heavens and the Angels were
shocked to see what the the two had
fallen
into and they turned to Allah and that's
when they
said subh Allah there is no we have
nothing we know nothing except what you
tell us it was then they realized that
of the that we are and that we can be
and that's why the scholars in the very
Furious debate about who is better the
Mal or the human beings and the the
answer is the human beings because of
what they can be because of their m in
the end because Allah has given them
that choice to accept or AB or that they
refuse so the Angels recognize that so
then they in recognition of
that Allah tells us in the Quran that
they are the ones who come and they seek
forgiveness for us for the people who
believe look at this look at the Dua
look at the Angels how they they on our
side they're praying for us they're
making Dua for us oh
Allah the one you Embrace everything
your mercy and your knowledge Embraces
everything forgive those who repent and
follow your
way and protect them and save them from
the torment of the
fire oh Allah Oh Our Lord the angel said
enter them into The Gardens of paradise
that you have promised
them
think about this not just making for us
but asking Allah to enter us into his
paradise what did we do to deserve that
what did we do to deserve that but
they're here now because this
is this is where Allah's name is
mentioned this is where they love to be
this is where Allah subh loves the
people to be the angels go back to Allah
in the normal Circles of knowledge in
the normal study circles in the normal
Quran circles they go back to Allah and
they say so and so was making and and
saying and studying and so on and Allah
says what were they asking for they and
he said the Mal say they were begging
for for your Paradise have they seen my
Paradise Allah says no they haven't so
what if they had seen my Paradise there
would be more keen for it Ya
Allah and what else are they asking for
and Allah knows know this of course he
knows this but it's a it's a teaching
for us so that we understand who Allah
is and we understand who the Mala
are have they seen the fire that they
asking protection for no and if they'd
seen the fire they'd be more stronger in
that what else oh Angels oh there's a
person who's walking by but he sat down
on the edge
he's not really part of the show but you
know he's taking part maybe he's driving
past here and he thinks oh there's a lot
of cars there maybe just pop in here see
what's going on maybe he's he's in there
somewhere he had no intention of
anything but he just popped in Allah
says he's forgiven as
well pardon this is the of Allah this is
y this is what we're talking about
that's not a normal Circle of Knowledge
then what in this night where Millions
upon millions of angels are coming
down why is it Salam why is it peace
because the Angels won't let it be any
other way the Devils haven't got a
haven't got a hope in Hell huh how
relevant is that they haven't got a hope
in hell this night no chance that's why
they said some of the said that in the
authentic Hadith one of the signs of the
next morning is that the Sun is bright
but it's white light instead of it
normal you know bright yellow and the
Rays come down but the night the morning
of the sun is clear but there's no rays
and they said because of the wings of
the
Mala there's so many that they block the
Rays the mind can't understand that the
Mind cannot understand that and did you
hear did you did you realize
that again
for teaching us who the key players are
and jiel is a key player my brothers and
sisters
J the greatest of the great he comes
down on this night he comes down on this
night Allah subhana tala sent him down
for us so he makes Dua for us to Salam
Upon Us Salam upon us and don't take the
Salam of the Mala as some small thing
Allah subh says in the
Quran did you hear about the story of
the guests The Honorable guests of of
ibraim the Seven
Angels they entered upon him and said to
him
Salam and as a result of this
Sal
the fire of nimrod when ibraim was
thrown into that fire because of the
Salam of the
Mala the fire became cold for him this
is the Salam of seven angels seven
angels and in this night they come in
their millions and their Millions
sending Salam upon
usan oh Allah forgive fulan oh Allah
forgive
fulan this is the night that we are in
at this moment this this is where we
are we don't need to you know to make up
you
know rhetoric and catchy lines to tell
everyone to worship all I want to do is
everyone just reflect upon the book of
Allah and what is happening tonight I
don't need to tell you any I don't need
to you know what I'm going to mention it
to you only out of I'm not going to say
to you that the prophet Sall alhi
wasallam
said
that whoever stands in the night
of in Hope and in faith of the reward
from Allah all of his sins are forgiven
but W I was not going to mention this
Hadith today you know why because for me
this Hadith is not
needed because when the ab understands
that the Mal are here and he gets that
encouragement that when he is trying to
turn to Allah the Mal will come and help
him and support him this should should
be enough for all the people to turn to
Allah subhana wa
tala and in the end of this Surah it is
all night and look at the beauty not
just the small portion but the entire
night so much so that just by being here
until now we've taken two portions of
because the IM
of said the one who prays and in has
taken to from
we have already taken from
insh this is the of Allah subh that he
has given to us
and you know I think
W all we need to do is just reflect just
reflect simply upon in conclusion just
reflect upon Allah subhana wa tala you
know if there was a person who was an
outsider from this whole kind of
religion and Dean and just like an
observer huh and he was looking at this
these Muslims and he would look at Allah
and he'd say you know Allah is a lord of
these Muslims and he loves him so much
he loves him so much and he gives and he
gives and he gives and his Muslims and
watching them they take and they take
and they
take and then what did Allah want from
them but
thanks nothing else just thanks what
what's been given and what did they do
in return a token gesture
the best of the majority once a week J
or twice a year or once a year or once
in a lifetime the HJ when he's 60 years
old talk and gestures and return from us
so I want to say step
up Muslims get a hold of yourselves it's
time we step up we stand up and be
counted because you know well like this
person he would say you know what this
has got to be a joke and he's right it's
a joke Muslims can't be like this that
we live in in a system Allah has given
to us everything he's given us s and
Salam in the and prom promised us
and and we treat it like some game
choose and pick and choose night here
night there we pray this leave that give
this forget that we need to stop and
just reflect and say you know what this
is not we're not doing anyone any favors
here have some and respect for yourself
we must start to recognize our we must
recognize our our honor Allah has given
us this honor step up turn to Allah make
the change and I don't mean turn to
Allah tonight and go home and make some
Dua and spend a couple of hours no make
a change change just like everyone's
here in prayer make sure next week on
Tuesday night on Wednesday night when
it's dead quiet in middle of the week
that you're also in the Masid make sure
that those prayers you also attach
yourselves to them make sure that the
way that you've controlled your heart
and kept it clean from the the the
spiritual diseases that we pick up which
were which we're forced to to to bring
into ourselves in daily life but we're
able to protect ourselves in take that
across the Sunnah that you're praying in
the mass all the time make it continuous
step up it's time to make a change and
this is not a
joke and that's all I will say w because
you you know all of us W we're
Sinners there's not a person in this
room who's who's free from sin and
there's not a single person who does not
any need the Dua of others and the Dua
of his in the best time and the Dua of
these Mala we ask
this be merciful with us give us a good
report
cuz as I am sitting in front of you here
they are here in this room and it is
from your IM to believe that and you
can't see them but W they see you
they're sitting here with
us we have to just you know just stop
and think about that they're coming and
going and they're amazed they love this
they think that we are being close to
Allah so let's be close to Allah let's
give them y something to go back and be
happy about this is a time and I
personally I have a request and I ask
you because you know
the amount that someone like myself has
sent I am in need of Dua than than any
more Dua than any of you can you imagine
so I ask all of you w sincerely please
make Dua for me I really really really
ask you and I'm not joking I'm not
saying that as you know some kind of
humbleness w I'm
serious this is no joke this is the time
let's capture the moment and we are ask
you Ya
Allah
Allah Allah
Allah
Muhammed