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00:01Muhammadun Rasulullah
00:07Contemplating and thinking deeply over one verse
00:11is better for a person's heart
00:14and to elevate a person's iman
00:18and strengthen it
00:19more than finishing the entire Quran
00:22and I can guarantee you
00:25that if you start this
00:27my dear respected brothers and sisters
00:28you start to see
00:31something that you would have never dreamt of before
00:34something that you would have never ever thought
00:36that you could have ever felt anything similar
00:39there's one individual who lived in the Arabian Peninsula
00:43and he had a problem
00:45a psychological problem
00:46so he started going from one hospital to another
00:50visiting one doctor to another
00:52and then they told him
00:53that go to America
00:55for there is a doctor over there
00:57and go to see him
00:59so he was okay in terms of his level of wealth
01:04and his wealth
01:04so he decided to travel all the way to America
01:07he entered into America
01:08he went to the hospital
01:09then he asked where's Dr. So and So
01:11and he said that he's in the garden
01:12he's in the courtyard
01:13so he went into the courtyard
01:15what did he find?
01:16found the doctor who was on a chair
01:18sitting down on the chair
01:19and then there were some trees
01:21underneath the trees
01:22he found a number of patients
01:25sitting down on those chairs
01:27and then what had happened?
01:29the Quran was being played
01:30and they're listening to it
01:31so he goes to see the doctor
01:33and he says that
01:34the doctor says who are you?
01:36he says oh I'm so and so
01:37I've come from this country
01:38and I suffer from this problem
01:40he said well I don't have no problem treating you
01:43but as you can see
01:44this is your book that we're using
01:46as you can see
01:47this is your book that we're using
01:48so I'm really confused
01:50why you've come to us
01:51so then the individual felt embarrassed
01:53and then he returned back to his country
01:55and then he returned back to his country
01:57so the point is
01:59my dear respected brothers and sisters
02:00that this is a Ken's
02:03a treasure that we've had for a very long time
02:06but we just haven't tapped into
02:07so now is the time
02:09this is what I call you all to do
02:11inshallah ta'ala
02:12that start from now
02:14spend at least five minutes a day
02:16even if it's one verse
02:18have your time
02:18where you try to recite some Quran
02:20you know where you don't have to
02:21you don't
02:22it doesn't necessarily have to be
02:23for contemplation
02:24where you just recite
02:24or it's a page
02:25two pages
02:26based on the amount
02:27that you're able to do
02:28and then
02:30try to get
02:31at least
02:31even if it's one verse
02:33and recite it
02:34and contemplate
02:35look at what your Lord's telling you
02:37this book hasn't just been there
02:38for barakah
02:39for just blessing
02:40for us to place it
02:41and just to recite it
02:42merely without any type of
02:43contemplation or reflection
02:44or anything similar to that
02:46so let us part from now
02:47inshallah ta'ala
02:48and just
02:49I'll just give one short example
02:52just so you have an idea
02:53of some of the contemplations
02:54of the people of the past
02:57Ibn al-Jawzi
02:58rahimahullah ta'ala
02:58from the scholars of the past
03:00he says that
03:01a person who wants to live
03:03a nice and comfortable life
03:05then it's upon him
03:07to fear Allah
03:08jalla wa'ala
03:08for anyone who does not fear
03:10Allah jalla wa'ala
03:11even if it's on a small level
03:13they'll find
03:14that
03:15they will be punished
03:16it's only a matter of time
03:17it may
03:19they may be given some respite
03:20a delay
03:21but it will catch up to them
03:23and then he says
03:24wa min al-aghtirari
03:25an tu si'a
03:27fatara ihsana
03:28thumma tadunnu annaka qad sumiht
03:31wa tansa qawluhu ta'ala
03:34he says that
03:34wa tansa
03:35that basically it's
03:36complete deception
03:37for a person
03:39to do evil
03:41and then
03:41you don't see
03:42that you're being punished
03:43so for example
03:44you do evil
03:44and then
03:45maybe you go to work
03:46and in fact
03:47you're given a bonus
03:48so you don't see no punishment
03:49or anything similar to that
03:50you don't see that
03:51you have a car crash
03:52or anything
03:52you see things running smoothly
03:54so what do you think
03:55you start to think
03:56that you've been forgiven
03:58even though you haven't made
03:59any tawbah
04:01and then forget Allah
04:02jalla wa'ala statement
04:03man ya'mal su'an yujza bih
04:05that a person who does evil
04:08what will happen
04:09is that evil will catch
04:10up to him
04:11it may take some time
04:13but it will catch up to him
04:14and ibn al-qaym rahulullah ta'ala
04:16he quotes a very interesting
04:17sad story
04:18where a teacher
04:20told his student
04:21the student looked at something
04:23which was forbidden
04:23so the teacher
04:25told his student
04:26that you are going to be punished
04:29for what you've
04:30for what you just glanced at
04:32if you don't make tawbah
04:34so what happened
04:34the student
04:36the student
04:37he said that
04:38so i was waiting
04:39for 20 years
04:40for how long
04:41for 20 years
04:42for this punishment
04:44when is this punishment
04:44gonna come
04:45and then i woke up
04:4720 years later
04:48and i had forgotten
04:49the quran
04:49look at this
04:50he woke up 20 years later
04:52what does that mean
04:53my dear respected
04:54brothers and sisters
04:55that he wakes up
04:5620 years later
04:57and then he's forgotten
04:57the quran
04:57that if a person
04:59has done evil
05:00then eventually
05:01it will catch up to him
05:02a person may be given
05:04some respite
05:05to make tawbah
05:06and this is the wise thing
05:07to do
05:07i don't understand
05:07why this individual
05:08didn't make
05:08didn't make tawbah
05:10because if he had done
05:11that insha'Allah ta'ala
05:12that wouldn't have happened
05:13yeah
05:14insha'Allah ta'ala
05:15that wouldn't have
05:16have happened
05:18finally my dear
05:19respected brothers and sisters
05:20just to show the impact
05:22that the quran
05:22can have on an individual
05:24i just want to leave you
05:25with this short incident
05:27that took place
05:28there was a professor
05:29that came to our university
05:30when i was in
05:31madine university
05:33and he gave us
05:35a lecture in the university
05:36and this individual
05:37travels all over
05:38saudi arabia
05:39delivering lectures
05:41so he said that
05:43when he entered
05:44into one of the cities
05:45he was very reluctant
05:46on mentioning which city
05:47he mentioned it
05:49but i don't want
05:49to mention it now
05:50because he said
05:50that it was a slip
05:51of the tongue
05:51so he regrets mentioning
05:52whatever the case
05:53he said that
05:54when he entered
05:55into one of the cities
05:56one of those
05:57who are in charge
05:59of the islamic projects
06:01there
06:01he came to pick me up
06:04from the airport
06:06as he was driving us
06:07to the venue
06:08of the event
06:08he said
06:09we went past
06:10this massive complex
06:11and he said
06:12look here sheikh
06:14meaning he's pointing
06:15at the building
06:16he's saying
06:17this is the university
06:19that i graduated from
06:20so the sheikh said
06:21oh okay
06:22he just didn't say anything
06:24after some time
06:26they went past it
06:27once again
06:28so then he said
06:30look here sheikh
06:31this building
06:32this place
06:33is the university
06:35that i graduated from
06:35so the sheikh
06:36saying
06:36what are you talking
06:37about
06:38he said
06:38this is a prison
06:39this is a prison
06:41so he said
06:42yeah
06:43and then he started
06:44to narrate his story
06:45he said
06:46i was a highway
06:47robber
06:47he was a bandit
06:49he was a highway
06:49robber
06:49he said
06:50for 17 years
06:51the authorities
06:52the authorities
06:53were searching for me
06:54he was killing people
06:55left right and center
06:56like he had killed a nation
06:57my dear respect to
06:58brothers and sisters
06:58and they were searching
07:00for him
07:00for 17 years
07:01eventually
07:02they
07:02they caught him
07:05the judges
07:07they wanted to carry out
07:09capital punishment
07:10this is in
07:10Saudi Arabia
07:12but he said
07:13the evidence
07:14there was insufficient evidence
07:16so they decided
07:17for him to be imprisoned
07:19for 6 years
07:19and
07:20for him to be lashed
07:223,000 times
07:23so he said
07:24i entered into the cell
07:25i was depressed
07:26i was very sad
07:28i saw my cellmate
07:29he said
07:29i'm not performing the prayer
07:31nor am i
07:31fasting
07:32my cellmate's not praying
07:34the prayer
07:34he's not performing
07:34the prayer
07:35nor is he fasting
07:35my cellmate tells me
07:37he said that
07:39how about
07:40you have 6 years
07:41how about
07:41i'll give you 3 years
07:43so he said
07:45what are you
07:45are you the king
07:46or the interior minister
07:47or something
07:47what do you mean
07:48you give me 3 years
07:49he said look
07:50do you want 3 years
07:51or do you not
07:52so he said
07:533 years is better
07:54than 6 years
07:54i suppose
07:55so then
07:56he said okay
07:57i'll memorize the Quran
08:00so he had not
08:01seen the Mushaf
08:02the Quran
08:02so he picked up
08:03a copy
08:03which was available
08:04in the cell
08:05and he said
08:06605 pages
08:07he said
08:07that's asking a lot
08:08that's very difficult
08:09so then his cellmate
08:11said to him
08:11he said
08:16you are extremely intelligent
08:18your brain's like this
08:20you've just killed a nation
08:21yeah
08:22the security's been after you
08:24for the last 17 years
08:25and they've been unable
08:26to catch you
08:27and then you're telling us
08:28it's difficult for you
08:29to memorize the Quran
08:29of course
08:30you can memorize the Quran
08:32so what happened
08:33he said
08:33he started to memorize the Quran
08:35and he's still not
08:36performing the prayer
08:37and he's still not fasting
08:38he still made
08:39he was worried
08:40he said that
08:41they're gonna tell me
08:42I'm not performing the prayer
08:43he said
08:43when they ask you
08:45all they're going to ask you
08:47is recite the amount
08:48that you've memorized
08:49no one's going to ask you
08:50whether you pray or not
08:50all their concern is
08:52if you've memorized or not
08:53so he said that
08:54so I started
08:55after I'd memorized
08:57eight chapters of the Quran
08:58when I reached
08:59in Surah Al-A'raf
09:01he said
09:01then I started to see
09:03how Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
09:04he destroyed many nations
09:08that were disobedient to him
09:10and then I see
09:11Jahannam
09:12the hellfire
09:13death
09:13punishment
09:14this and that
09:16Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
09:17opened my heart
09:18so I started
09:19to perform the prayer
09:20after some time
09:21I continued memorizing
09:22Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
09:23continued to open my heart
09:26and I started
09:27to preserve
09:28and observe
09:29my prayers
09:29in the masjid
09:31after a short period
09:32of time
09:33he said
09:33Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
09:34continued to open my heart
09:35and I started to fast
09:37every other day
09:38like Monday
09:39then Wednesday
09:39then Friday
09:40then Sunday
09:40like that
09:41he said
09:42after some time
09:43Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
09:43continued to open my heart
09:45then I started
09:46to perform the night prayer
09:47then before I knew it
09:48two and a half years
09:49of spending my time
09:51in prison
09:52they told me
09:53you've done
09:53you've memorized the Quran
09:54get out now
09:55so he said
09:56what's this
09:56he said
09:57I'm happy now
09:57he said
09:58I'm happy here
09:58he said
09:59what is this
09:59I don't really like
10:00the way the prison treatment
10:02is over here
10:02he said
10:03you forced me in
10:03and now you're forcing me out too
10:05he said
10:05what's this
10:05so whatever the case
10:07he had to leave
10:07he had to leave
10:08after some time
10:10he went to Medina
10:11and he obtained
10:12and he obtained
10:12the Ijazah
10:13an Ijazah
10:14which is like
10:15a chain
10:15going back
10:16to the Prophet
10:16he read to someone
10:18who had a chain
10:19going back to the Prophet
10:19so he now also has
10:21a chain
10:22my dear respected
10:22Prophet
10:23so after that
10:25an Imam was ill
10:28so he requested him
10:29to take over his position
10:31to succeed him
10:32so he succeeded him
10:34and then he started
10:35to run the classes
10:36and they really enjoyed
10:37the way
10:38he would run the classes
10:40after some time
10:41they said that
10:42because he became
10:43a khatib
10:43and this is actually
10:45a very famous one
10:46by the way
10:46in Saudi Arabia
10:47a person who delivers
10:48sermons and lectures
10:49and also an Imam
10:52and after some time
10:53they said
10:54you need
10:54you need a deputy
10:56so he said
10:57okay no problem
10:58he said
10:58we'll bring you a deputy
11:00and you test him out
11:01see if you think
11:02he's befitting or not
11:03so he said
11:04so the deputy came
11:05that evening
11:08and he looked up
11:10and it was one of the judges
11:12that wanted to kill him
11:13once upon a time
11:13yeah
11:14it was one of the judges
11:15that wanted to carry out
11:16capital punishment
11:16my dear respected
11:17just a few years ago
11:20and then he started
11:21he became his
11:22his deputy
11:23he said
11:24one year later
11:25after he started
11:26this Quran circle
11:28he said
11:28another person
11:29he said
11:29ya sheikh
11:30do you give me permission
11:32to recite to you
11:32so he said
11:33he looked up
11:34and he found
11:35that
11:37it was the second judge
11:39it was the second judge
11:40that also wanted
11:41to carry out
11:43capital punishment
11:44on him
11:45so the purpose is
11:46my dear respected
11:47brothers and sisters
11:48that this is a person
11:49who had taken
11:50a complete U-turn
11:51a 180 degree U-turn
11:53in his life
11:54look he was from
11:55the worst of the worst
11:56and now he became
11:57someone who others
11:58when parents
11:59would probably see him
11:59they'd say
12:00I want my child
12:01to be like this individual
12:03and you see the effects
12:04of the Quran
12:04on the individual
12:05that before you know
12:06he started to perform
12:07the prayer
12:07and then he's becoming
12:08from the best of people
12:09and then he memorizes
12:09the Quran
12:10and then he becomes
12:11a Roman society
12:13so this is what
12:14we're saying
12:14my dear respected
12:15brothers and sisters
12:16we really need
12:17to start
12:18to return back
12:20to the Quran
12:20and not just reciting it
12:22but to start
12:23to genuinely understand
12:25what we're reciting
12:26and contemplate
12:27and see how much
12:30execution of the Quran
12:31we truly are making
12:33in our lives
12:34we ask Allah
12:35finally to accept
12:37everything that was said
12:37and everything that was heard
12:38and to make an argument
12:39for us and not against us
12:41and to add it
12:41to our scale of good deeds
12:42and to give us
12:43all the ability
12:44to truly benefit
12:46from the Quran
12:46and to contemplate
12:48over the Quran
12:50بإذن الله
12:51بارك الله فيكم
12:52ويأصر الله
12:53سبحانه وتعالى
12:53to bless you
12:54all on your families
12:54and to preserve you
12:55all on your families
12:58السلام عليكم
12:58ورحمة الله
12:59وبركاته
12:59محمد رسول الله
13:03سبحانه وتعالى
13:04سبحانه وتعالى
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