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Shakira: my God, you guys eat too many sweets
can't you think about your cholesterol?
Rashad: whose fault is it? who got these? hmm
Shakira: but that is one
Rashad: whose fault is this? you need sweets
Shakira: I am sweet enough to eat sweet
Rashad: but you still need sweets...
you haven't seen this before?
documented proof
I cannot believe he's a liar
Shakira: I know can you believe this?
where did they take the picture...?
Ismail Barakat: yeah, I don’t know... the...
Shakira: they have to be in front of something
Ismail Barakat: the scale of the lies
Shakira: I can't believe it
Rashad: I know did you read the details?
Shakira: yeah bunch of bolognese
Rashad: I have the English translation there
they say they came to...
they went to Rashad Khalifa's mosque and investigated him
it will be said to the transgressors, taste the eternal retribution
are you not requited precisely for what you earned?
they challenge you to prophesy is this really what will happen?
say, yes indeed, by my Lord, this is the truth
and you can never escape
I think these verses are applicable to both of..., for the perspective
because this is a crucial perspective
what price faith
54
if any wicked soul possessed everything on earth,
it would readily offer it as ransom
they will be ridden with remorse when they see the retribution
they will be judged equitably, without the least injustice
the thing about these asteroids
is that they can come in any sizes, you know
I mean, this is what he says killed the dinosaurs
so it doesn't have to be this size it can come in any size that God chooses
everything will be measured
and the description of Sura 44 is that obviously, it will not end life on earth
Mahmoud: and also it hit different places on earth
the one that he says killed the dinosaurs hit so many areas
Rashad: hmm
Mahmoud: and the whole earth became ignited
Rashad: yeah
Mahmoud: it hits only one area...
Rashad: this will be just in Arabia
they didn't say what is it you are holding in your hand
Mahmoud: (Unintelligible)
lady: (Unintelligible)
Rashad: I remember to...
Emily: I would take it off too
Rashad: no, no, it's an odd-shaped rock
Emily: yeah (Unintelligible)
Rashad: yeah
Emily: 95% iron and 5% metal
Rashad: I mean, we want just one as big as this mosque
hits on Arabia, that will do it
Mahmoud: (unintelligible)
Behrouz: this is what we don't know that
I'm sure it depends to the velocity of the object and the size
that how much area is gonna...
Mahmoud: 40,000 miles an hour
Behrouz: 40,000?
Rashad: it should do the same velocity will be the same
Behrouz: and it's coming from the... I mean, 2 planets hit each other
it doesn’t matter...
Rashad: no, no, they don't have to
Behrouz: they don't have to? so, what is it? on that movie...
Rashad: when they hit each other, it will be a number of them, this is...
because they break into pieces and all the pieces will fall
Behrouz: so, this is where they're coming from
because 2 planets hit each other...
Rashad: no
Behrouz: what else is it?
Rashad: there are pieces of meteorites floating in the space, billions of them
the one of them will come and...
there's one now that intersects the orbit of the Earth
you know what this means? did you hear the test of it?
the Earth's orbit around the Sun is like this
so, the Earth is here
the asteroid does and goes in the... goes in the orbit like that
and then comes back and hits the orbit like that, it keeps doing this
so one of those times the Earth would be in that spot
doesn’t have to be...
lady: (unintelligible)
Rashad: the five daily prayers are so important that...
Shakira: are they the most important of all the prayers?
Rashad: definitely
Shakira: so if...
Rashad: this is a... this is a daily
Shakira: if one individual believed in God and just did Salat 5 times a day
Rashad: yes
Shakira: that person will reach a very high rank
and another person who does all the other four duties
but is not praying regularly,
is that...
Rashad: you can't really divide it like this
a righteous person will do all of it
Shakira: but I have a feeling he has a computer
and he puts everything in it and counts out in the end
Rashad: yes, yes, that too every time he says "Subhan Allah"
your computer clicks and that's credit for that
Shakira: but you had said...
Rashad: every time you think about God
and this is exactly what 115 means
that whatever righteous work they do, does not...
Dr. Sabahi: ...who believe do not befriend outsiders
never cease to wish you harm and wish to see you suffer
hatred shows through their mouths
and what their chest hide is even worse
we have clarified the revelations for you that you may understand
119
here you are loving them while they do not love you
and you believe in all the scripture
when they meet with you
when they meet you they say we believe
then as soon as they bite their fingers out of rage towards you
say, die in your rage, God is fully aware of the innermost thoughts
120
when something good touches you, they hurt
and when something bad happens to you, they rejoice
if you steadfastly persevere and maintain righteousness
their schemes will never hurt you
God controls everything they do
I stop here
because I think these three are related to each other
under the title: do not befriend hypocrites
this is another...
lesson which we can relate it to
that best community ever raised among the people
that God is telling us that
be aware of the outsiders who never cease to wish you harm
and wish to see you suffer
the only person who...
who or people who can be like that
to suffer
to wish harm
and want to see other people suffer
they should be devilish
they should be...
there is no...
no humanity involved
because
that is the time
that you have completely given up your soul to the Satan
because these are the things which are satanic
wishing other people harm and suffering
a righteous person a person who believes in God
and he is living a righteous love...
right...
life
he or she never wants suffering or harm for anybody else
God is saying that hatred shows through their mouths
and what their chest hide is even worse
that's very interesting
people who are like this
people who enjoy seeing other people suffer
they harmed themselves they hurt themselves
they suffer more than the others because
you live your life you believe in God
you're living in life that you think you believe is the righteous life
but those people who have nothing else they just watch you
and suffer, because they suffer with the way that you walk
the way you talk
the way you eat
they... they just
whatever they do you do is harm...
you know, they are the ones who are looking for something
they're just... all the time are...
because they are full of so much hatred
which God says hatred shows through their mouths
and what their chest is hiding is worse
I have seen it through my own life that no matter what you do
sometimes you're even unaware of the fact that
some people are watching you and are suffering because of what you do
you are...
you just do it naturally because of your beliefs
but others who are watching you they get hurt
they just...
either it's unacceptable to them or for no reason
for example, if I go and tell a friend that I go to Friday prayers
first of all they look at me say, hey what is wrong with you
you know what are you up to you know, why you go - because
it is...
it is the tradition in the Muslim world that
either you're stupid and follow God's revelation specially among the educated
or you're after something
other than that, there is no reason for you to go to a Friday prayer
or go and spend your time reading the Quran
this is...
this is the fact, so they as soon as they hear that,
their receivers in their radars, start you know, collecting all the signals
and you wouldn't believe how many channels they have to receive
you... you only have...
you're emitting on one channel but they have million channels receiving
so they are the ones who worry about it
you don't worry, you just living... what you're doing, what you believe is right
and hopefully the...
and you know, but they are the ones who are worrying
you know, what is going on? because they...
although they say that they don't want to follow you
they don't want to do the same thing that you do
but somehow for some reason
they are so much
so much interested
they want to see they wanna, you know, why?
and when you tell them then it's like talking to a stone wall
it's for you, that you may understand
here you are loving them while they do not love you
and you believe in all the scripture
this is why you love everyone else
as God said in the verses that I referred to
a righteous person a believer
doesn't see any distinction among anybody else
and sees everyone the same
that is what we...
we have a lot of discussion with my own kids
before sleeping both of them
more or less
about racial issues you know how
how we can blame other people for being racist
how we can blame other people looking at us differently
rather than looking, you know similar to everybody else
but the fact is, I have to go first back to my own system
and see whether I see anybody else differently
whether I see a white person from a black person
an oriental from an Iranian and so on and so forth
if I can do if I can clean myself
if I can purify my own soul to see everyone else the same
then I won't have any problem with other people
because if they look at me and they think that I am a different race
or they are racist
I look at them and I see that they are suffering
as God is saying exactly they are the ones who are suffering
because they think that they want you to suffer they'll enjoy,
but if you purify your own self
and get to the point that you are a righteous person
you don't see any difference between any other people
and then you don't care about what other people see
and that is what is expected from you
when they meet you they say we believe
I think most of us have that experience
then as soon as they leave they bite their fingers out of rage towards you
say, die in your rage God is fully aware of innermost thoughts
so this is...
I'm not gonna talk more about it it's very clear
and 120
when something good touches you they hurt
and when something bad happens to you they rejoice
if you steadfastly persevere and maintain righteousness
their schemes will never hurt you
God controls everything they do
God is giving assurance to us that if we put all of our faith in Him
and follow what He tells us to follow
then we have nothing to worry
we have...
that's the best expression: nothing to fear nothing to grieve
and the people who are hurt who grieve, who are jealous
they are suffering
let be it, I have nothing to do with it that's the life that they chose
that's the way that they are going and this is the way that I am going
so God is assuring us that He is aware
and He is controlling everything they do
and so I don't have to worry about it and think too much about it
it's a very very good lesson that I don't mean
don't get me wrong that you don't have to do
you don't have to do your responsibilities because God is exactly telling us
that if you are part of that community you always have to be aware
you have to be advocating righteousness and forbidding evil
which is part of the community work
or part of your social responsibilities
but if you put too much emphasis on what other people say about you
or think about you, then that's the time that you are in trouble
I stop here
before starting 121 for questions and discussions again
Douglas: verse 119, where God says
that as soon as they leave they bite their fingers out of rage
in Sura 25, verse 27 on page 362,
God says the day will come when the transgressor will bite his hand
in anguish
what I think is interesting here very beautiful and interesting is that
God says that He knows what is in the chest
and He says in Sura 3 verse 119
He is fully aware of the innermost thoughts
this tendency to bite one's hands in an abnormal way, and bite the fingers
is very common in a person's anger and rage, and suffering
they may appear to be otherwise
but this is something that can actually recognize if possible, one kind of indication
that a person has this anxiety and anguish,
and God knows it
and I see these two verses where we're talking about anger, rage
and God knows what is in the heart,
and He knows what human beings do
certain habits they develop as a function of whether or not they're in a state of peace
or they are in a state of anguish or rage
so in that sense God is, He is aware
He knows the relationship between behavior certain habits,
the things we do with what's happening inside us
and we see the major thing here of the anguish, the rage and the suffering
Rashad: I wanna talk about 118, well, I mean, actually there are 3 of them
we are people who decided that God knows best
better than anyone... anyone else what is good for us, what is bad for us
and we are His servants and creatures and we decided we're gonna obey
what He tells us
so and God has a very good reason for any of these commandments
now here, He's telling us O you who believe do not befriend outsiders
etc. etc.
says, Do not befriend them, why, why is God telling us this?
from the experience we've seen in the last 12 years in this Masjid
it's because these people the outsiders
these people may take you away
and we know what this means
actually they will do everything possible to stop you from
from from being here
from continuing to worship God and follow His commandments
and this is the biggest disaster that can ever happen to anybody
and we've seen it happen
we've seen the consequences for those people
and then God is giving criteria and descriptions of these people
so, a good subtitle here will be: run for your life
when you meet these people and sense that they are not totally
in agreement with following God's commandments
for example, they mock the Friday prayers
I’m telling you I've seen people who were dismissed from God's grace
because of not doing the Friday prayer
they didn't have excuses
you have a very good excuse, a very good excuse
but God knows it's between you and God,
that you cannot possibly make the Friday prayer
that's fine, but these are people who in their mind it is not important
to do the Friday prayer
when God says when the Friday prayer comes
go to the Friday prayer and drop all business, God is saying this
so, I mean, we're either believers who follow God and obey him, or will not
there is no in between
God is saying, O you who believe, do not befriend outsiders who, etc, etc,
all the descriptions
what is God's interest in this?
our welfare
because if we mix with them they will influence us
and there is that chance or that possibility
that may take us away from the path of God
and this is the biggest disaster
especially when you come this close
when you're sitting here at noon witnessing miracles, right?
witnessing miracles greater than Moses' miracles
when he threw down the staff
so, after seeing all this, when you see God's commandment,
God says, do not befriend them
maybe you can talk to them
but befriend is a very dangerous disobedience of God
Edip: according to Quran, believers have a...
the most powerful truth
and they do not afraid of discussing with people on the subject
but those people in here, they don't have any base or any discussion
those people are..., they are treating they are not sincere people
they are playing in both sides
for this reason those people, to befriend these people will not give you anything
you will not gain anything from them they will not gain anything from you
because really they are not sincere
Rashad: even disastrous
Edip: yes, only they will give you bad things
Rashad: of course, you can try to help them, guide them
but once you have done this, you delivered the message
you tried to help them, and then you find that they are not responding
and they continue their defiance of God and mocking you and so on
run for your life
it's a very important commandment you will not take God's orders lightly
O you who believe, do not befriend outsiders
who never cease to wish you harm, etc. etc.
now, we take this seriously
back to Dr. Subahi and 121
Dr. Sabahi: Abdullah, I think
Abdullah: I have a comment
believers are recognized
or righteous people are recognized by the people who don't believe in the Hereafter
and the reason they want
although they say they don't believe in what you're doing,
deep inside they think you might be right
and they are scared
they want you...
they want you to be in the same pot with them
and they...
and if...
and the only way they can see is that you're wrong,
if something bad happen to you
and they look forward that something will happen
bad happen to you but it never happens or
if it happens they rejoice if it doesn't happen,
they're...
they are...
they are, you know outraged inside
their inside
it's just because deep in their... in their heart
they think you might be right and they'll be in real trouble
and they wanna...
they wanna pull you in the same pot
same problem
Rashad: Abdullah is quoting 4:89 you know
let's look at it, 4:89
it's exactly what God is telling us
very good psychological analysis
page 92 says
they wish that you disbelieve as they have disbelieved
then you become equal
they'll be in the same boat with them
it's just they feel that,
I don't know, I have a feeling that they sense your soul
the size of your soul it kind of bothers them
Mohtasham: yes
they have a shrunken soul, you go there and you take over
so, they want you to be in the same boat as they are
okay, 121
the battle of Badr
Dr. Sabahi: 121
the battle of Badr
recall that you, Muhammad, set out to assign to your people
their positions for battle
and God is Hearer, Omniscient
122
two groups of you almost failed and God was their Lord
in God the believers shall trust
thus, God gave you victory at Badr, even though you were weak
you shall observe God to show your appreciation
you told the believers
is it not enough that your Lord supports you with 3,000 angels descending
yes, if you steadfastly persevere and maintain righteousness
then they will...
then they attack you suddenly your Lord will supply you with 5,000 angels
well trained
126
God gives you His..., this good news, to assure your hearts
victory comes only from God the Almighty, Most Wise
127
He thus annihilates some disbelievers or neutralizes them
so they end up in failure
128
it is not up to you, He may redeem them or punish them for their sins
129
to God belongs everything in the heavens and everything on the earth
He forgives whomever He wills and punishes whomever He wills
God is Forgiver, Merciful
I stop here
121 to 129 is as the subtitle says is about the battle of Badr
which
I think or it is the first battle that Muhammad and his followers had to fight
against disbelievers
God is reminding Muhammad that when you were assigning people
in the position for battle
they knew that they are gonna attack them in their town
that community that they had and there were this bunch of...
this group of...
of believers with the prophet
and they were ready to defend
and of course
it seems that not all of those people were at the same level of belief
they were some who were better believers they were stronger believers
and maybe there were people who had some...
some doubts in how far or how much God can help them
so God is reminding Muhammad that when you were assigning your people
for their positions to... for the battle
two groups of you almost failed
and God was their Lord
although two groups of you failed
I, since I don't know the exact history of the battle of Badr
I don't know this failure is in the real battle
that they went out and fought and failed
or they failed the test, because this was a test of how much you believe
imagine that something happens outside you know, now we have to go
and put our lives, say okay, this is for God
and God wants us to go and fight these people who are attacking this mosque
and then that's the real test
this is one of the most precious things that you like, is your life
you have to go and risk your life in the cause of God
you know, it is for God
so it seems that if people have different levels of belief
there are some people may doubt it, say, is this real battle?
is this really Muhammad why that this is for God?
and then you question
and God is saying the two groups of you almost failed in that
because you... those people didn't trust
or didn't believe that God can help them with His angels
and then God is saying in 123
that God gave you victory at Badr even though you were weak,
you know,
outnumbered, weaker
maybe the other side had better arsenal
and God is reminding them that you shall observe God
to show your appreciation
we helped you we made you victorious
over the disbelievers
and you should remember, you have to always remember God
you told the believers, is it not enough that your Lord supports you
with 3,000 angels?
yes, if you steadfastly persevere and maintain righteousness
then they attack you suddenly
your Lord will supply you with 5,000 angels well trained
this clearly shows that how a believer
as Rashad just very، I think beautifully put it
if you are believer you have so much strength
you have something about you
that even at the everyday life
causes that...
that strength
it shows in your system
you know, you walk, you talk with more strength
with self-confidence
because as what mentioned in today's Khutba
since you believe in God
you believe in someone who is the superior force
who is the Creator of the whole universe
so you see everybody else the same
you don't worry about your boss
you don't worry about anything
your soul has grown so big
hopefully
that if you go in the room with some disbelievers
then there is not enough... enough room
they just get pushed they get squished
so..., and that's the time that God comes to your help
you go in a community and you see that
I... this reminds me of a story
that I was told, I don't know whether I told you this or not
Tariq is here, I was talking to his parents because they are Muslims
and they were saying that the first time they were exposed to Islam
through Elijah Muhammad in Brooklyn, New York
before that they were just normal people
they were always thought that
you know, they are inferior to other people and so on and so forth
but when they went through and they were introduced
into what is... what was told to them
that this is Islam
whatever it was that there's a God, Allah
you have to follow Him, you believe in Him, and if you follow that
you do your prayers then you are strong
and they were saying that after they...
even they got that close to the...
to the real thing which is believing in God
we stand, you know, as we know the history of the...
Black Muslim movement in this country
which I'm sure Douglass is... is a better position to tell us about it
but the thing that was interesting to me was
the strength that they said they felt with this
they said that all of a sudden they felt that God is giving them so much strength
that they would go to places
that they never imagined that they could go
they would go to places which were drug dealers with shotguns, you know
and they were saying that they would go to these places,
and all of these nastiest people in the world that live in that area
were afraid of them
even they had shotguns even they had knives, even whatever
and
that shows
this is an example but God is telling us exactly that
if you believe in Him He's going to support you
the angels
the numbers that are given here which is the footnote
you can see that, the numbers that occur in the Quran
are multiple of 19
God is giving these numbers and telling us that
in everyday life
and also in the real battles that had happened in the past
may happen in other forms
it doesn't have to be battles that you fight with bombs and...
guns and so on
every day battle with the believers which nowadays is mostly through...
through communications
then God is gonna help you to be winners
126
God gives you this good news, to reassure your hearts
victory comes only from God the Almighty, Most Wise
this is the reassurance that God is giving us
the good news
He thus annihilates some disbelievers or neutralizes them
so they end up in failure
it is not up to you
126
He may redeem them or punish them for their sins
after you have done your work you have done your job
it is not up to you
I know why always when I teach, one of these verses come up
that, is not up to you
it's...
He may redeem them or punish them for their sins
so you have to do your homework you have to do your job
the rest of it is up to God to decide what He wants to do with the disbeliever
to God belongs everything in the heavens and everything on the earth
He forgives whomever He wills and punishes whomever He wills
God is Forgiver, Merciful
I stop for discussion and questions here
Rashad: well, I have lots to say here
are there any questions before I say that?
first of all, I urge you or encourage you to go to any public library
and look up the Encyclopedia Britannica under Badr, B A D R
and, in the Encyclopedia Britannica they give you
the numbers of equipment on both sides, the disbelievers and the believers
and you can see according to those numbers from history
that the disbelievers vastly outnumbered the believers
for at least 10 times as much in every category
I mean, 70 camels against seven...
the things like... actually more than that
look it up in the Encyclopedia Britannica
and then you look at the outcome of this battle and they say that
militarily doesn't make sense
the outcome doesn't make sense
of course, they couldn't count the invisible forces
of the three thousand...
you don't see the 3000 angels on the side of the believers
and, so this will be quite a point much higher than the BigInsights that's
lady: ...how did they describe each side?
did they describe the believers and disbelievers?
Rashad: yes, the Muhammad side and the pagan side
it's quite fair, what I read... many years ago when I read it
Ismail Barakat: they may have...
Rashad: so, just go and look for it in any public library
in Encyclopedia Britannica, under Badr and you'll see this
lady: It's in the history of Islam also, the life of the Prophet Muhammad
Rashad: see, Britannica is a neutral, it pretends to be neutral
but the history of Islam they will say, they're biased
but Britannica is in a public library everybody reads it
it's written by the most outstanding authorities on the subject anyway
fully presented
the other thing I want to say you noticed
this is specifically the time of the prophet Muhammad that was...
I maintained that the time of Jihad was then
but now the battle is completely mental
however I wanna share with you a few instances where
there may be the simulation of Jihad or something
for example, my first visit to Canada
I don't know if you still have the scar there
[laughter]
but there were so many threats against my life before I went
and Satan participated heavily in that to the point that I left to Canada
knowing that I will die there
this is the impression that I...
there were very strange things happening
for example, the day before I left
I'm sitting peacefully watching the TV at home
and all of a sudden my wife says
do you have insurance on your life?
[laughter]
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