Tafseer Al-Quran Series - Episode 5| Surah Al-Baqarah Verses 21&22 | Muhammed Ali

how's everyone doing where is he come on man like honestly patience is something like the Muslims honestly need you know how is everyone doing is there mods in in the chat let me know uh if there is a mod comment so I can knowum how are you brother you good uh okay good that's good uh wanted to ask when will you be doing the review video uh you mean the commentary live commentary well I was thinking today honestly I'm not sure maybe maybe not I was thinking about after this uh stream but maybe not uh I will see I'll let you know in the end of the stream or sometime in the end of the week uh this week perhaps like could be Friday night Saturday night Sunday night one of these days basically uh but yeah but I'm waiting for people to send like the Muslims who don't understand understand basic instructions you know you you put a post and you say like send videos to this account I people uh uh people send everything you know and the team members or the people who are helping me with running run this account anyways are not going to answer your questions so people be sending all types of questions there you know someone sends a marriage proposal someone send a question about come on this is for for videos you know so you put a basic instruction send videos people send hello hi Salam allum what do you want brother what are you trying to do you know honestly like basic instructions cannot be understood and then someone send me this is not a group when did I say it was a group brother I put it in the post this is an account send videos to the account there's a reason I didn't make a Channel or a group because I don't want people uh to put the videos there and for random Layman to click on the videos maybe these videos are harmful why would I be doing uh a group where everyone can click on the videos and anyone can put any video you know and make prom promotions for career islamophobes and this why do I need to do that it's an account for a reason so the sending the videos can be private so people like the the very stressful man he say something very basic simple instructions you know if you are like a 5-year-old reading the the post that I put you'll be able to understand what I said it's not like I did not say something like crazy you know I said look as I receive DMS from people asking me to come and respond to certain videos because many people send respond to this answer this this and that I have decided to make a telegram account look look in the first second line it says account telegram account doesn't say telegram group doesn't say anything else where people can send those videos those videos not send their questions and proposals and listen how I said you know and then I I put a criter for the videos videos has to be beneficial educational correcting misconceptions and re relevant to that was which is going on and it cannot be I would not be reacting to Career islamophobes then I get people sending also videos of career islamophobes you know it could be actually like their followers or someone who is like insane but the people canot understand like basic instructions you know and then look send the following videos to the telegram account again I say telegram account twice and then I say the user tag like I don't know like someone is like three four years old they will understand this post like it's it's not it doesn't need decoding you know so for you to understand and then people be sending like they're essentially wasting the time the of the team right I have a team member helping me then they waste their time by sending all of these like irrelevant things you know so uh yeah send videos or don't like make the job difficult for other people who want to send videos you know soon I'm going to be telling the the the team members to uh completely block everyone who sends anything other than a video basically if you don't send the video I'll just tell them block anyone who sends anything else is irrelevant you know so so we can save our time um okay let me let's start in let's get to the lesson you know but yeah the review video I don't think it's going to be today I'm not sure if it's going to be today we can maybe as I said do it today but uh let's see it's better if I do it another day I'll do it another day inshallah there's few videos that I can react to at least three or four that will send that that are good we can react to benefit from uh but yeah people be should be sending videos that are relevant and important so people can benefit from in okay let's let me share the screen second okay so this is where we stopped last time I believe we finished verse yeah we finished verse 20 and we stopped at 21 okay so uh in the last few uh lessons uh we explained the verses the first 20 verses of Surah Bak which we said are divided into three different sections uh a section is uh the first five verses about the the Believers and then two verses about the Believers and then 13 verses about the Hypocrites and then we spoke about then now in verse 21 Allah [Music] says Allah says so yeah is in the Arabic language from it is something that you use to call someone to call upon someone or to call someone or to get the attention of someone else right so Allah after he spoke about all of three types of people Believers disbelievers and Hypocrites and these are the only three types of people then Allah now is addressing Everyone by saying by saying yeah or anas Nas is mankind Humanity people it can be different things so uh some of the language they say anas is is a word that is plur that it does not have a singular in the Arabic language like uh the word Ana for example which means women but it does not have a singular in in the Arabic language and some Scholars it said it's from onas which is the plural of inan one human being but anas generally means means Humanity mankind people everything everyone right and that's why I I as I recommended before that it's best for someone who is like a Christian or or otherwise to read from the beginning right because first they they go through the psychology of different people the Believers disbelievers and hypocrites and he will fall under one of these three categories when he's reading the Quran then the Quran straight away goes into uh addressing them addressing whoever he is a Believer disbeliever it says oh mankind which then that person who's reading the Quran can understand that this is a scripture directed to you the Quran is a scripture directed to you as it is a scripture directed to everyone else right and this is like to oppose the the people who are ignorant who who think uh that the Quran is only for the Arabs or the Quran is only for the Muslims the Quran is only for this or that and you know these modernists that say you know what yeah just follow this was for back then this for was for this and that the Quran is for everyone Prophet Alam is not a prophet just for the Arabs he's not a messenger for the Arab and he did not bring a message for the Arabs only or for Muslims only but it's a a message for everyone for anas for every for Humanity for mankind right so yeah also something to note there that the scholars they say uh one of the ways to differentiate between verses which are uh revealed in Mecca and verses which are revealed in Medina is that most in most cases not always in most cases when Allah says yeah this is verses which was revealed in Mecca and when Allah says who believe this is revealed in Madina this is in most cases and not in all cases and we have an example here where Allah says but is not it is not in mea it is in Medina because Bak is right so this verse here even though it's revealed in Medina it still says oh mankind or oh Humanity it does not necessarily says all you who believe right so it's not always the case but it's one of the indications that when you read it is a most likely an indication that whether this verse was revealed in meca or medina then Allah says what does the word means obviously the word is from the word which is worship right and linguistically is is which means like complete submission and humility and and devotion towards Allah is linguistically what the word means and from an Islamic perspective the scholars they say it's it's a name or a noun it's a a noun that is gathering everything that Allah is pleased with and everything that Allah loves from the statements so any statement that Allah loves or pleased with uh or an action that Allah is pleased with or that Allah loves that which is apparent that is done publicly or that which is done secretly you know because can be it can be apparent it can be secret as well right so here it is a a statement directed to all mankind all the people so Allah now is addressing everyone he's addressing Humanity he addressing the Believers and disbelievers so Allah is not saying just to the Believers oh Believers worship do these actions and statements which pleases your your lord which your lord loves no Allah is addressing all of humanity right and from here we get the hint and the understanding of of the purpose of existence right Allah says in the Quran Allah says I did not create the the gin and Mankind humans uh people children of Adam Allah created them for what except to worship me right so here the psychology of the reader the person reading should understand that look here this Allah is from the beginning here is telling you the purpose of your creation yeah oh mankind so the reader that person that is reading the Quran that is like searching or seeking an existential question thinking why am I doing in this five first the first verse here after describing whether he is from the Believers whether he's from the Hypocrites whether he's from the disbelievers Allah straight away tells him his purpose tells him that which is required from him because we as mankind as human beings we require guidance we require direction we cannot just be put in a place not knowing what we're doing there cannot just be in a place not knowing uh what we should do or what we shouldn't do that's that's why we have laws in our countries you know wherever you live there is laws there's directions you know this you can do this you cannot do this and then there is reward and Punishment the system of reward and Punishment which human beings themselves whether they're religious or not they have if you do the good you get rewarded if you do the bad you get punished this is also the case in in uh in any land or country whether that country is Muslim or non-muslim because humans by definition require what they require a form of guidance and Direction so the Quran is that because it's guidance it is directing you it is here is a command it's like a direction Allah is directing you so Allah is saying oh mankind worship right your lord we already explained in in the beginning ofak is is the your lord your maker your owner your sustainer the one who takes care of you the one who looks after you so why do you worship him because he's your Lord he's rum he is the one who created you he's the one who is your king he's the one who's the owner of everything right he's the one who created you he's the one who looks after you so you do you do worship because he is your your lord he is ruk he's your creator he's your maker he's your sustainer so oh mankind worship your Lord because he is your Lord because he is worthy of worship because he's the king he's the owner he's the Malik he's the sustainer so he is worthy of that worship so you worship him because of that and when we say now now can be something that is done for Allah and it can be something that is done for other than Allah that's why you see the prophet for example we said it's a name that gathers all the actions and and and statements that Allah loves and pleased with and and one example that we can look at is what is is the common example of Dua calling upon someone prophet he said what Dua to call upon someone is worship is worship he didn't say it's a form of worship he said it is worship you know is right so that is one of the highest form of of to call upon someone in the time of need in the time of Crisis uh to ask to ask for help to ask for provision to ask for risk that is one of the highest forms of so that's why the prophet that's why you'll see Allah explicitly mentions that in the Quran Allah says uh call upon me and and I will respond to you I will answer you uh and Allah says Allah said that the people who are calling who call other than Allah those people who are other than Allah they are unaware of your Dua then Allah says and when the time of gathering happens those people who you call upon other than Allah they will disbelieve in your worship they will deny your worship the worship that you did what worship did you do you called upon them so the Quran clearly uses the term and the term du interchangeably because du is as the prophet said so here one of the forms that you need to understand as a Muslim you cannot be going to individuals you cannot be going to dead people you cannot be going to your uncle your ant and calling upon them calling upon the people people who are not present people who are not all powerful to help you to this is not now now Allah is commanding you you got one of two options here Allah is say is telling you oh mankind worship your lord so unless you believe that that person you you you are calling upon is your lord you're not following this verse because this verse here is telling you to do of your lord is not telling you to do of other than your lord right and now we have other forms as well of you have people like the prophet said the the prophet is is making Dua that the person who worship the din person who worship gold and silver of money that he will be miserable he is going to be miserable I like how many people today worship the dinar and the how many of us today worship the dinar and the D they will engage in war with Allah and his messenger because they they uh worship the DIN and the when they when you go and you you get a loan or you engage you engage in student loans right which you know has interest on them or you engage on mortgage which you know has an has an interest on it to get a house right or you use a credit card or all of these different things which are not Necessities we're not talking about Necessities here all of these are luxuries so you engage in all of these things which are effectively as Allah says in the Quran Waging War with him because you worship the dham and dinar you know what for for you you want to make money so you would rather go to war against Allah and his messenger so you can get a degree that gives you the money that you worship you would rather get a house which is money right you would rather go to war against Allah and his messenger just for you to have a house that you is called yours not to live in a house because you can live in a house rented but no no you want a house that is called yours so this worship of din which is prevalent today you see people today they will spend hundreds and thousands of dollars to go to university and they do not know the basic verses of the Quran not the of these basic verses of the Quran they do not know they do not memorize any of the Quran you go to them you say to them you know which is the easiest to memorize do you memorize it they will say to you not they would say to but go ask them about the names of football players and this they'll tell you the history of that football player how many goals did he score in that year how many Balon doors did he win how many like Championship leagues he won and this he'll tell you everything about him you know probably he knows how many children how many wives he got married to how many he knows everything about that person do you know the prophet how many children did he have like it's a question for people watching now I know ask youself this question don't go cheat and Google it you know you can Google it later if you want but right now the question is right now before you Google it do you know the answer the question do you know how many children the prophet wasam had do you know how many of them were boys and how many of them were girls do you know the names of the boys and girls right so this is something to think about if if the answer is no then why do you know about irrelevant people that are not going to help you in your that Allah is not going to ask you about in your grave but you don't even know that the the the the number of children the prophet had you do not know whether they they were boys or girls do not know whether they died before the prophet or died after the prophet that should be a wake up call for you are you are you following this verse are you doing of allel right are you following the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah or are you doing of football players celebrities YouTubers this person you know everything about him you know or are you doing of women there another types type of worship that we have today you know so the point is this when Allah says Allah is directing you to worship Allah which means by definition there's other things that you can worship other things which you can direct you worship for Allah is given you the best option now he's telling you that which will the only thing that will benefit you is to worship R but if you don't worship your lord you will worship something else and we got the people who worship women today you know they give them all of these names simp and I don't know all of these strange names you see people like uh even told by a friend or something there's an individual who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a woman that he's never seen in his life just because she text him or send him messages or something why is this man like why is this what was going on in the world you know people will go to the extent of disobeying Allah and his messenger because they worship women you have people today I I know people personally who who will if a woman doesn't like his beard he will shave his beard for for his wife so the beard is a command from the prophet through Allah but he because he worships his woman he will put his woman command literally because he's supposed to be the one there but she's the one giving him commands he will put the command of his woman who is who he is worshiping over the command of and I'm not exaggerating here this a fact this this is what goes on today so Allah here is directing you where are you where are you supposed to direct your worship to your lord then Allah says so you worship Allah because first he's your Lord he's worthy of worship uh because of his attributes he's the owner the maker the sustainer and he is also the the one who created you so you worship Allah because he is the one who oh co-created you okay so why does Allah says and those who came before you because you ask some people today you know you ask some atheist today you say to them who created you what did they say to you my mother or father created me which is a very stupid like response uh but this is the thing this versus addressing the stupid response that some people have so if you say who created you and then you say my father and my mother Allah is telling you Allah also created those who came before you he didn't just create you but he created those who came before you so even if you say your father give birth to you your mother and father gave birth to you Allah created your mother and father too right so he didn't just create you but he created also your mother and father and here now I want to say something like very interesting you know Subhan Allah this verse here it is one of the reasons yeah where honestly this verse is one of the reasons why a atheism does not make any sense why I can never be an atheist this verse here if you understand this verse properly you'll understand why you cannot be an atheist if you have any sound intellect of mind reading this verse and I'll give you an example I'll tell you why let us assume we are uh in school right we're in school we go every day in the morning to our class one day you go to your class in your school and then you find like a very fascinating object is on the desk right and then the teacher comes in and then the teacher says and you've never seen this fascinating object before you've never seen anything like this fascinating object in your life it's not something that is not like a usual thing that you see in your day-to-day life and then what happens you go and then uh the teacher comes into the class and he say ask the students who who made this who brought this here then one person stands and he said I made it okay one person stands and he says I made it no one else in the class says I made it would we accept his claim now I'm asking you people who are watching like we come in the morning in the to school and then the teacher asked we find this object and then the teacher ask who created it and then one of the students he says I made it no one else says I made it would we accept the the statement that that person made yes obviously because no one else is making the statement right no one else is claiming I created this thing except that student he's the one who's saying I created I made that thing so it is common sense for the for the person to say yeah okay we accept it we don't need evidence because no one else is is claiming to have created this thing it's only that student is the one who's saying I made that thing okay so now the student he says I made that thing so he accept that claim then all of a sudden someone stands and he said no he didn't make it okay so first we accepted the claim that the person made it now we got got someone else now standing and he say no he did not create this object so okay the natural thing we turn around to that person and we say to him okay so then who made it who made that thing then then that person says I don't know would you laugh at him or would you you laugh at him you would laugh at him because you already have a person who already claimed to make that thing and then you got someone else who saying no no no he didn't make it and then we ask him who made it he says to you I don't know and this is the reality of atheism this universe that that we see today since the creation of mankind since since the start of humanity only Allah Asel the Creator claimed to have created that Universe only Allah since the start of this Humanity you don't see human beings claiming the created the universe you do not see what you do not see human beings claim they created the universe and if one entity or individual claims to have created something why while no one else claims to create that thing then by definition you accept that claim of that person when a person comes to you he says I don't know he didn't make it but when you ask him then who made it he say to you I don't know you said to him go like you know get some medicine because it seems you got you got some psychological disorder there you know so you are refuting the claim of the person who says he made it but you are saying you do not know who made it so this verse here is very can be quite simple to the reader but it is very uh there's a lot of depth to it if you actually think about it because here Allah is making a simp very simple claim he says he is the one who created you and he is the one who created those who came before you so Allah the Creator the Lord is the one who claims that he created everything and nothing else has has claimed to have created okay but we're still in the class now he says I don't know then he changes his answer you know he says you know what uh actually it came from The Big Bang so then you ask him why is is this what is the big bang what is this you know what is this big bang he says Big Bang is Big Bang you know big is Big it's the opposite of small and bang is Boom it's it's explosion right this is what the big bang is so he says to you because of the big bang a big explosion we have this very magnificent uh creation that you see in front of you now that already someone has claimed to have made it but I'm saying to you no no no he did not make it it was the Big Bang that made it so then you say okay Mr uh atheist you're saying the Big Bang made it and you just said the Big Bang is a big explosion according to Common Sense and and and basic rules of humanity what we understand is when you have an explosion explosion turns something to nothing are you telling me an explosion have created nothing into something so basic human understanding what we understand when we see an explosion what does the explosion do the explosion turns something from something into nothing like you have a building and then you have a massive explosion that building is no longer there it was there there was something called the building it became nothing complete ashes so something becomes nothing through an explosion now this guy is this intellectual smart intelligent atheist of course he put the titles in the beginning of his name yeah we're not giving him the titles he already put it there he calls himself a smart intellectual intelligent atheist and then when you ask the smart intellectual int atheist like where did this object come from he says to you that an explosion which turns something into nothing in this case it turned nothing into something so how can that make any IR rational sense to anyone who has any mind to anyone who can use any reasoning so we say to him yeah Someone Like You Mr very intelligent smart educated aist we know that you don't even know what a man and a woman is you cannot tell the difference between a man and a woman you cannot tell the difference between uh what what is the duties of a man the duties of a woman you cannot you don't even know how to scratch your head so I understand that you accept these things then he says you no no no you are stupid you're you you're not an intellectual person you're stupid you don't have any logic and that's why you believe that X person made it so this is essentially atheist and you get another like atheist who says to you you ask him okay he says he didn't made it then you see who made it he says to you this other student made it okay but this other student has been sitting down here the whole time and he didn't say I made it so why are you making a claim on his behalf you get these a0s right they say to you nature mother nature created the universe so mother nature is this so they talk about mother nature but this mother nature of theirs we know it through eternity did Mother Nature ever speak and say I created myself or I created the universe nature we've always known nature since the existence of humanity and nature never claimed to have created anything but then this atheist he will say to you he will make a claim on behalf of nature that does not make a claim for itself and he would rather accept make a claim for someone who didn't make a claim for himself who's been there the whole time silent rather than to accept the claim of a person who says I made that thing and then you see these atheist they're tell they're not just telling you that an explosion which turn something into nothing have turned nothing into something but they're telling you it turned nothing into something so complex and so designed and so uh intricate and detailed that we cannot even comprehend as human beings which why I can never be an atheist you know you and this simple verse is one of the reasons you know it's a very simple look you might think it's a simple thing that Allah says he's the one who created you but no there is a lot of depth into this because no one else in creation would make that claim no one else makes that claim so uh okay so Allah says oh mankind or people worship your lord the one who created you and the one who created those who came before you yeah uh so that you may attain okay that you may attain uh God fearfulness so your your worship that you you will only devote to your lord to your creator your maker you will use it as a as a tawa you will use use it as something that you do TA of that that use as a protection from the punishment that you use as a protection from Hellfire that can happen to you so this worship of your Lord will give you tawa and tawa will be that which Shields you from punishment will be that that gives you God Consciousness that will be that that brings you closer to Allah and benef fits you in the after in in your afterlife okay then Allah says the one who made for you the one who made for you or the one who created for you the one who made for you now here this is for example an example of a translation that I do not like right whether it's in or whe whether it's all of these translations right when Allah says and then we have here a resting place a or okay [Music] so is that which is spr spread out okay so here Allah who is the one who made for you there does not mean planet Earth Al there does not mean the planet Earth the whole planet Earth and this is why I don't like this transl ation the Earth the word Al in the Arabic language can be used for multiple things this floor that right now I'm sitting here and in in the house and this floor we call it in the Arabic language Allah we we in the in the Arabic language when we use the Arabic languag as Arabs we refer to this floor as art we refer to the roads that we walk in as art so this should be translated as land he is the one who made for you the land spread out he is the one who spread out the land for you he is the one who spread out the land for you yeah what people use the term the ground we call it art too we use the term AR so that which is spread for us to walk on we're not walking on the whole planet Earth we're walking on this Earth this land that is spread out for us and that's why you get a lot of people who get confused right you got all of this idea of like uh like Flat Earth or round earth and all of this huge debate right I'm going to talk about a little bit but the point here is they get confused because of that reason because word the word there which can be used for uh the surface it can be used for the land that you walk on not necessarily the whole planet uh can be misunderstood sometimes right so here when Allah he says Allah is referring to the land or the the the the land that you're walking on he's not referring to the whole planet earth right because that which you walk on is that which is spread out not the whole thing is spread out that which you walk on is that which is spread out okay now we said why those people get confused and then you have all of this huge debate of whether the Earth is flat or the Earth is round this I like I will simply comment on this the whole debate of whether the Earth is is flat or the Earth is round or the Earth is flat or round whether you as a Muslim believe the Earth is is flat or whether you as a Muslim believe the Earth is round none of these two things are going to take you to Hell Fire or Heaven meaning it does not affect your belief it does not affect your you want to believe the Earth is flat believe it's flat you want to believe it's it's round believe it's round the when do we get the problem we get the problem when people start doing te of each other and start doing incar right this person does incar on the other person no how could you say this how could you say it's round how could you say it's flat or yeah you want to be look there are scholars in in in Islamic history without a doubt that that said that the Earth is is uh is flat right but obviously we have like consensus reports of consensus like from and from and otherwise that the Earth is round so we have we have the majority there or the overwhelming majority because even says I do not know anyone who is uh respected in knowledge that says otherwise you know he goes to that extent right and is was well familiar with with many statements right statements of the scholars so reports mentions the same obviously based on the Quran on chap 39 of the Quran verse 5 where Allah says and for you to do it has to be a a is that which is in a ball shape so you cannot do if if the Earth is not in a bold shape right so they use that as evidence that the Earth is is wrong but the point still is is this this is not an issue of of of kuf and disbelief and whether someone wants to say it is flat whether someone wants to say Isam as a Muslim that does not change whether you are a Muslim or you're not a Muslim you're not a sinner just because you say the Earth is this or you say the the Earth is that because you can take the opinion of those who says otherwise right so this I want people to have this this this understanding right that's why you wouldn't see me debating this idea with anyone you know I don't care man you want to believe it's fat you want to believe it's sh you want to believe it's it's it's a potato it's up to you you believe whatever you want to believe that does not this is not an issue of SH now it's not an issue of religion because the Quran there's nothing explicitly like undoubtly clear in the Quran that that would give you one position where you cannot like negate it which then you will have to believe okay okay now the the next thing I don't know what canopi is like this translation but okay it says what and the sky obviously s does not necessarily mean the sky so this I don't like this translation too right so s is that which is above s is that which is above and and what Allah is referring to Here Is Right Allah is referring to and then Allah says what does B mean b it means it's a built structure B is a built structure from that when you buil build something you you do of it so it is a built structure and Allah uses other terms of for the like the so Allah says the we built with with strength from and Allah also says uh uh when he talks about the it has doors those who dis believe in in our verses and are arrogant of our verses the doors of the S do not open for them so it's a structure that has doors and Allah also says that it's a ceiling so it is a building a structure hence why Allah also says that it does not have pillars without pillars you see it because you know in a build in a build structure generally we know that the build structure is something which has pillars you do you have any buildings that have do do not have pillars whatever is a built structure has pillars so Allah that's why he said that you can see the S it does not have any pillars but it's up it's raised it's raised up but it does not have any pillars so B here it's a it's a constructed things it's a built structure right and now you get someone who says to you you know what I'm I'm Mr int intelligent smart 80s he comes back now you know he comes back for round two and he says you know what you still believe in these like uh fairy tales of 1,400 years ago blah blah blah all of this nonsense right we know now that the that the the universe is gas gases and hydrogen and oxygen and all all of these different gases right so he comes again he comes for second round round two you know and he tells you that look you know what you're ignorant person you believe it's we say to them look we have have no issues with what you're saying Mr smart intelligent sophisticated atheist man right and you know what for atheist in order for you to be a smart sophisticated intelligent person you have to agree with what they say this is the standard for them so every time he questions something something for in Islam you have to doubt it if you don't doubt it you're not sophisticated and smart so the criteria for you to be sophisticated and smart is whenever Mr atheist has something to do with the Tex the text that that he doesn't like we have to okay yeah now we start questioning alhamdulillah we say we're Muslims whether the Mr atheist like it or we don't like it we believe in what Allah says in the Quran Allah said that it's a built structure I believe it's destruction I've made that commitment I chose to be a Muslim no one forced me to be a Muslim and and a necessary conclusion of you choosing to be a Muslim is that you fulfill what the word Muslim means to submit to what the Quran says whether Mr smart intelligent educated atheist says it or doesn't say it that's completely irrelevant what is relevant is what the Quran and sun says because you made the the active decision decision to accept this religion now someone come and say okay but do Blind Faith like the Christians will say no there's a huge difference and the huge difference is that we've already established the foundation we've established the Quran to be preserved we established evidences for the prophet who the prophet Muhammad we' established evidences for the Quran being the truth and based on establishing the foundation now we accept the branches which is the vers the verses and his teachings and we're not going to question every single detail so we can please your smart intelligent educated atheist man we don't care what you what you have to say so now they will say to you you know what you still live in 1,4 500 400 years ago the S is actually is gases and hydrogen and oxygen we would say we accept what you say no problem so there is in the in the atmosphere above us there is and say Stratosphere and all of these layers we say okay there is in the atmosphere above us there is gases there is hydrogen and and oxygen and all of that we don't have a problem we accept your claim but what you say what the Quran calls there a building is not which you're referring to because the Quran was revealed in the Arab the language of the Arabs and the Arabs do not call the air and H and oxygen and gases the Arabs do not call that a built structure this is not in the Arabic language therefore when Allah here says that uh there is a built structure AB he's not referring to the gases and oxygen and hydrogen that you're referring to because the Arabs do not use these terms for gases and oxygen and hydrogen and these things so whatever Allah is called the We Believe definitely that no one has has reached the the limit of the which is a built structure that has doors we've not even discovered the full Universe to begin with anyways as humans today this is a fact so let alone seeing the the limit of the B of the built structures Allah is referring to because this has a door we know in the of the is he went toel and they asked for the door to be open and says who are you who's with you and every s We Believe has living creat living Creation in them and each of them have door and we don't say say this this build is just one we're saying there's seven so let me increase you m Mr atheist it's not just one it's actually seven right so these are seven built layers and they have creation within them and these built layers are built layers they're not a air and oxygen we agree there's airs and oxygen but we don't say that this is what Allah is referring to as the S right that's why Allah says and that which is between the S and Earth because there is a lot of things between the S and the Earth so Allah the S and and the Earth and there's things in between them and there's many things that are between the S and the Earth like all of these Galaxy stars planets all of these things are between the S and Earth that's why Allah mentions them and refers to them when he talks about that which which he has created so uh okay again you see here now so we see s here we said is that which is above and and the proof that that the s means that which is above is the next few statements because Allah says does the the water come from the sky or does it come from theah huh does the water come from the sky or does it come from the sahab does not come from the sky it comes from the sahab so because the sahab is above us Allah uses the term s for it so we said the term s is for that which is above us the term s is that which is above us and therefore here means and he sent down from the clouds s here is the clouds it's not the sky you know so that's why I as I said like I believe there's a lot of problems with many translations that need to be corrected especially things like this which is mentioned a lot in the Quran uh the translation has to Encompass these things right uh so the reader can understand and not get confused so s there is what is a and that which comes down from theah is water is that water one water or many Waters it's one right that's why Allah says here is singular so he brought forth with it from the fruits or from the vegetation or from theat is that which is uh from the Earth come from the earth that which is grow growing from the earth right so as provision for you so here we have what one water one and that one which descends from the S comes with it not is one it's singular here is vegetational lot fruits vegetables many not one now but that does not follow the normal logic the normal logic is if there is one water and one plant or one one one water and one soil you get one vegetation but this is from the signs of Allah this is from the signs that Allah is telling us about that's why Allah says in the Quran this this like soil it is uh given one one water right one water but so you have from it different vegetations that each of them is is different from from from the other by the way if you put every tomato under a microscope they will be different from the other they're not all the same they're all they're all unique from each other every type of vegetation you got olives you got in Spain in some parts of Spain 500 types of Olives you know 500 types of different olives that gives you different types of oils that have different tastes from this one soil from this one water that water gives you all of the this different types of vegetation that look different but not only that they look different and that they are different if you put them under a microscope and and that they are different types of things from one thing so different olives one Olive is Olive is one thing and different olives from that same type but also they have different tastes and some of the tastes are favored favored over the others some of the of them you find very tasty some of them you don't find very tasty so Allah is telling you here he sent down from the S this he sent down from the sahab one water and with that water he brought for for you all of these different types of vegetation why as provision for you so we said now in the verse before Allah says worship your lord right so first he tells you he's your lord and he tells you why to worship Him First by telling you that he created you and he created everyone who came before you and then he gives you further reasons that he also created made this land spread out for you so you can walk on it he did not make it like this and this and this and this and this or you're not able to walk or like this Allah spread it out for you so you can walk so now these are the reasons why he is worthy of wor worship that he made the Earth spread for you and he sent down from the S this water and I brought for you brought forth for you all of these different types of vegetations just as provision for you that is why he is your provider that is why he is worthy of your worship that is why he's worth worthy of your obedience even this Believers are having from the risk getting from the provision that we we mentioned then Allah says and here I want to say make create so do not create for Allah and rivals or equals n is is that person who is an equal to you you make an equal to Allah while you know now Subhan Allah Allah he says what Allah didn't say Do not worship the the the equals of Allah he said do not create equals to Allah which means what that these equals that you made you have created you have made an equal to Allah in reality they're not une equal but you as the individual you are the one who did you are the one who made them an equal to Allah and a clear example for that is what is the of qur that they made the what they made the idols and these Idols that they made with their own hand they have made these Idols equal to Allah all of those polytheist in India and these different places they make an idol with their own hand and again that the idol did not claim created anything or anyone but they still worship it and they say you created it even though the idol did not say created it they say oh you created it they create a Buddha and say Buddha did it you know even though Buddha didn't say anything and then they make that entity which they made with their own hands as an equal to Allah they put it on the same pedestal let's say or the same level as Allah when these things are not on the same level or pedestal as Allah right and this is what we call shik sh this is the definition of shik now shik it is the the highest sin that is unforgivable if you die with it you go to Eternal Hellfire when the prophet he was asked what is sh what is the major sh he said what you make you make Prophet is saying the same thing same more thing that you make you're the individual who makes it because in reality there is nothing equal to Allah so you have to make it equal to Allah because it is in reality not equal to Allah so Allah is saying to you do not do this do not make and that do not make equal to Allah do not commit sh and then Allah says what do you know and they already know and this is like a very profound thing for us to understand why does Allah says because the people know the atheist the The Atheist know the a Mr smart educated intelligent atheist that we which you've already described he knows that no one else other than Allah claimed to have created the universe he knows that an explosion is supposed to bring nothingness and not bring something into existence he knows that this is so intricate and designed to an extent in which he cannot come from nothing cannot be coincidences and all of these different types of excuses that they use and that they know that there is a higher power because Allah created everyone with the the of Allah who created the people with there is no change in the creation of Allah so Allah is given you that so they know deep down they know even though they are making an equal to Allah whether the equal is money or women or whatever it is that you worship other than Allah they know deep down that Allah is the one who is worthy of worship and they know deep down that they are making that thing equal to Allah while it is not equal to Allah they are the one who put it on the same level as Allah while it isn't and that's why you will see M when he went to he said you have known oh that the one who s down these signs is the lord of the S and who's the lord of the S and Allah so he he is saying to you know oh that the one who who create who brought these signs because knows how can a normal human being like him and you and me split a sea how can a normal human being like you and me have have like put his hand under his J and then it comes out white lit how can a stick turn into a snake and then eat other snakes and this how can this happen he knows that the one who sent these signs is Allah and the evidence for that is what he say to ham his Minister build for me a so I can reach theb so I can go up so I can see the of mus why are you going to see an if you don't believe the exists if you believe that m not is not truthful then there's no point of going up because you know that there is nothing up you just wasting your time but the truth is knew that Allah exists knew that Allah is the one worthy of worship and he knew that he's me himself he went into an extra level of transgression he didn't only make something equal to Allah he made himself equal to Allah so Allah here is what is telling to the people to everyone now that he created for everyone all Nas not just the Believers but all the creation Allah has created for them made for them the the land spread out and he he brought uh he made for them the S above them as a as a built structure and he sent down from the sahab water which gives you all of these different vegetation and then Allah is telling you now so listen now to the one who created you and who's given you all of this do not make any equals to Allah while you know because you know that he's the one who's given you all of this and we finish here inshallah uh because the next verse is is would require a lot of explanation and detailed so we leave it for next time in so uh yeah we stop here in anything I said correct is from Allah anything I said wrong is from me okay let's do a quick seven minute uh or 8 minute Q&A on the uh and then I will do another live which is a Q&A for Muslims because I have not done one in a while I'll just finish this one and start a Q&A for Muslims inshallah uh and then we can just get some questions from the Muslims but right now let's get like in these seven minutes let's get questions if you have questions on the verses on the T which we've already done only two verses well the verses are uh they have a lot of benefit in them right so sometimes we can explain a lot of verses if if if the verses are not as uh heavy can use the term heavy because Allah says in the Quan we're going to send upon you a statement which is heavy right so some of these verses can can can require a lot more explanation than the others yes so it depends on the on the verses because if I go to the next verse it will take a long time to explain it because it has a lot of of benefits in it as well okay uh and this would you guys actually tell me this would you prefer that I explain the verses like this with a with a bit of in-depth detail or would you prefer that I go skim through the verses which I can easily do uh like skimming through the versus with less explanation I can do that which you can cover more ground but you're not going to get as much benefit so what do the people prefer let me know in the comments yes detail depth okay in depth like this okay yeah that is the most beneficial thing and if Allah gives us life we finish the Quran if not then we die before it and whatever is there people can benefit from you know okay uh let's see one one Super Chat we got uh so should be canceling my credit card yes of course you should be canceling your credit card it's not it's Haram to have a credit card you shouldn't be having it what about having a bank account like Chase or Bank America where can I store my money as I said there's a difference now between the necessity when I was explaining I mentioned this a difference between the necessity and the luxury credit card is a luxury is not a necessity because you can have because you can have a debit card any interest that they give you if they were to give you in a current account you can get rid of this benefit by giving it away right not as but you get rid of that money you give it away uh because necessarily you have to have a bank to deal with business if you're in the West for example this is a necessity but a credit card is not a necessity a credit card is a choice where you fall in depth and you have interest and it's problematic and then you don't know what to do anymore yeah so uh it is not the same thing and you to this knowledge what about a debit card still a part yeah you can have a debit card that's fine because it's a necessity uh it's a necessity in order for you to do transactions while a credit card it is not okay so should we end this one then and we start with the other Q&A since it doesn't seem like people have questions about we explain when is the next episode inshallah yes good good good question because uh next week is what is 12 isn't it so next week I'm going to be in the Netherlands inshallah and I'm going to be given an a lecture in a university there uh let me give you the name because I forgot I always forget the name uh and Hoven or something like that yeah so Technical University of oven I'll be given a lecture there inah on the 12th of December and also I'm going to be giv a lecture in a in a Masjid there called uh so if someone is in the Netherlands you can attend obviously welcome to attend uh but I'm not going going to be doing the Because I'm going to be there you know so next week we're not going to do inshallah the week after it I'm I'm hoping I'm going to be there there is a possibility that I'm going to be abroad again you know if I am I will let you know inshallah on on Instagram if someone has Instagram follow me there I will let you know inshallah but this next week I'm going to be give a lecture inallah I'll also try to film the lecture for everyone to benefit because it's going to be about uh Islam and Western values yeah are they compatible which is going to be quite beneficial and also the lecture in the m is going to be directed to the Muslims who are in the west so both of them are going to be uh quite beneficial inshallah if Allah allows and I will try to record them and upload them on the channel but as I said next week I'm going to be there so they're not going to be a class next week so just be prepared for that inshallah yeah yes Technical University of oven yeah I think it's a well-known University there I believe uh I'm going to put the post on my Instagram as well clear Quran uh page can you please explain more the sign of the means sign uh let me see what you're talking about I I don't think you got the right number of the verse uh do you have the right number or no because I this verse that you said oh I think maybe you have the right number wait uh uh okay let me stop sharing the screen actually I forgot okay it doesn't say Prophet Muhammad Al am is uh is one of the signs it says so are they waiting or expecting or just waiting now for the the hour to come suddenly or they're not realizing catches them by surprise is that what they're waiting for the signs or many of his signs have have come right so we know that many of the signs of the has has come so uh it will be too too late basically right so Allah is essentially saying there is some of the signs have come and are the are the people waiting for the uh for the hour to come by surprise to take them by surprise is that what they're waiting for is that why they're not believing are they waiting for the hour but it's not mentioning Prophet Muhammad Alam there as a sign or anything like that okay so we're going to end this this stream now inallah I'm going to start another Muslim Q&A right after it yeah so just end this one and start the other one straight away so we can get some questions for Muslims there okay uh we finish here in if you've got questions come to the next stream now which is going to be for Muslims yeah you can ask your questions there