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there are 2 worlds of creation, there is the world of أَمر and there is the world of خَلْق, there is the seen world of creation (where A created the universe, the solar systems, the planets, the galaxies) and there is the unseen world (the world of angels, the world of the rooh, the world of paradise and hellfire, the world of the jinn),
the seen world A made it خَلْق and خَلْق has a certain quality, like a tree it doesnt just turn into a tree, it is a seed, it goes through a process, it grows and eventually turns into a tree, it goes through a process, human beings dont come out of their mother educated, they are أُمِّيّ and they learn over time
the world of أَمر is instantaneous, so the angel can travel from the 7th heaven and get to the earth instantaneously, but if we tried to even touch the sun or tried to reach another planet/another solar system with the best technologies we have available it would take us an infinite amount of time, so the world of أَمر is not limited by the time constraints that the world of خَلْق is, they are 2 different dimensions
but the human being is a combination of both of them, our body is from أَلْخَلْق and and the rooh is from أَلْأَمر it is from the world of أَمر , that is why the rooh at night it travels to the skies, the rooh can be taken from the body in the night and then it is delivered back, and that same journey the body cant take, the body is not able to make that journey
all of خَلْق is dictated/is under أَمر ,
أَمر is the superior/more powerful realm, so sometimes أَمر interferes with خَلْق , like fire burns is a matter of خَلْق , but sometimes the أَمر of A comes and says no today fire wont burn, like Ibrahim AS, like the bush burning when Musa AS got to the top of the mountain, that is the أَمر of A that interfered with خَلْق , water retains its shape, you put it in a cup it is the shape of a cup, you put it in a pan it is the shape of a pan, that is the خَلْق/creation of water, but when the أَمر of A comes and Musa AS strikes his staff the أَمر of A interferes with خَلْق and the water breaks the laws of nature, it is the world of أَلْأَمر imposing itself on the world of أَلْخَلْق
the Q is from the أَمر of A, that is why it is not subject to any change/alteration, it cant be modified or destroyed bec all of those things/any attempt to change it would be an attempt by خَلْق , it is beyond that
the fitrah of the human being which is also called the rooh which is the أَمر of A which is why every single newborn has it, it doesnt matter how/where they were born what ethnicity/century they are, they will have that in them, physical impairments are a problem of خَلْق but the problem of أَمر wont be there, they are always going to have a rooh, the rooh is going to be there, then He blew into it from His special rooh
now that the خَلْق is at a certain stage, 120 days have passed by, then the أَمر comes from A, so the human being's creation up until 120 days in the pregnancy is all خَلْق , and then all of a sudden the angel comes and adds the أَمر and the human being becomes made up of 2 things, part of human nature is angelic, we are part animal and part angel, the rooh is a creature of light and rooh is also the word used for Jibreel AS, the rooh has such high qualities, and then we have the other part of us that has appetites just like animals have appetites, that attacks/defends just like an animal can attack/defend, we are a strange mix of these 2 things, the human being is the only creature in the universe that finds the perfect balance betw خَلْق and أَمر together, this passage is honoring the creation/the process of the human being's creation, how much detail went into it?, how much planning went into creating the human being?, how can you think that A created something with such planning and it is not there for a purpose?, and if it didnt meet its purpose it is not going to have to answer for what it was created, it was just created as play? for no point? A didnt create us bec He was just playing or was bored, we are not just evolved creatures, we are not organic matter that just accidentally happened on this planet after a huge explosion, it was not a random accident and then we came into being, Q says that makes more sense to you but your experience doesnt make sense to you, what in your experience suggests that you have a random explosion perfect order/precision comes out of it?, how does that make sense to you?, you have to really go out of your way to disbelieve, the one that has been put in charge over your matter, he has been entrusted with that job,
A says to مَلَكُ الْمَوْت Go!, and he goes and he takes whatever life that A commands to take, and the one that he came to take says no no no, not yet, what are you here for? I am so young, I have my whole life ahead of me, its time to go, can you at least put a request in for a couple more weeks or something so I can make tawbah?, thats not how this works and I am not here to negotiate with you, lets go, and it is done, the angel of death takes away the rooh of the human being
when people are about to die they look up and they have shock on their face when they see مَلَكُ الْمَوْت in the previous surah someone almost drowned in the ship then they went back to normal, on judgment day these people see something traumatic also, much more traumatic than almost a ship drowning, and they say we have seen we have heard please send us back, now for sure we are going to be different, we are going to act righteously now, we are going to become different people,
this is 1 of the few places in the Q where seeing is mentioned before hearing, typically in the Q A mentions hearing first and then He mentions seeing second bec the message of Islam first and foremost is supposed to be heard and then the miracles are seen, Musa AS doesnt come in to show people something, he comes in to talk to Fir'aun, when all else fails then he shows him, so the hearing comes first and the seeing comes second, but on judgment day you people wanted to see, right? you said we wont believe until we see something? ok well there is plenty for you to see on judgment day, O now that you have seen you are ready to listen?, please send us back, and if that was the case, if this was how you wanted Us to operate, if We wanted We would have given every person its guidance or his/her guidance, ie everybody would have been guided if A wanted, but that was your responsibility, if A wanted He could have forced guidance on you, but that wasnt the point, you were made such a marvelous creation to see whether you can make that choice on your own, why do you think you are honored so much? bec you make that choice, birds declare A's perfection they dont have a choice, every rock declares A's perfection it doesnt have a choice, angels declare A's perfection they dont have a choice to disobey A in whatever He commands them, you were supposed to be this awesome display of A's creation bec He gave you the choice to disobey and you still chose to obey, why do you think you are different from all other creatures? why do you think you are the best of all creation? you wanted to be like everybody else, if A wanted A would have guided every single person, away from the beds
like they cant sleep and they get up, they cant sleep they are disturbed, ex. your son lives in another country and you just got an email that he is in the hospital, and you call constantly on the phone and you are trying to find out what is going on, you got some news in the hospital, give us an update a little bit later, now it is late at night time and you are a mother so everybody tells you mom just get some sleep, but your son is in the hospital, so you are just lying on one side and then you lie on the other side, can I call them now? no everybody is going to be sleeping, nobody is going to pick up the phone now, and you are just constantly, you are disturbed,
when you are disturbed you are filled with 2 things, on the 1 hand you have a lot of fear, and on the other hand you have this very strong hope that your child will be ok, out of fear and out of hope, they are making dua to A in fear and hope
you would see this scene when somebody is in real trouble, A says this is the scene of someone who really believes in the akhirah, when the level of eman reaches to يَقِيْن then they feel that kind of disturbance at night, they get the feeling of the akhirah as though it is coming around the corner and they turn to A full of fear and full of hope and they make dua to A like that
this is very similar to what we read in surah Furqan, very high standards, where we stand right now in our eman and what A is talking about in these ayaath are it seems like worlds apart where we are and where these ayaath are, read the ayah below, then there is us, we should get an olympic gold medal for getting up for Fajr or praying Fajr before 8 AM, that was pretty good, within range, and then there is this, how do you get there?, it can be depressing when you read these ayaath and you say I am never going to get there, how am I going to have a relationship like this with A? everything starts with little things, you dont turn into a spiritual sage in 2 days, it doesnt happen, we have to instill certain healthy practices into our life that allow us to build a relationship with A, 1. the first of them is "do no harm", do no harm to others, and do no harm to yourself, dont kill yourself spiritually, dont watch filth, dont use foul language, dont be in company that uses foul language, dont backbite against people, everytime you harm yourself and others your heart is damaged, it gets a little more stained, and it is a little more distant from A, that is the first thing that we have to constantly work on, 2. immediately, this is not when I become pure then I shall introduce this in my life, making small adhkaar, every one of you should have a copy of hisnul Muslim (the fortress of the Muslim) and every one of us should memorize as many duas from that as possible and use them, every action of ours a beautiful dua is tied to it, memorize 1 of them a day and use it immediately, you dont have to memorize all of the versions of it, memorize at least one, and it tells you what the dua means, I guarantee you if you can instill 4 to 6 of these duas in your daily life that are associated with daily actions that we do anyway you will feel a spirituality that you have never felt before in your life, you will feel closer to A than you have ever felt, all you have to do is be cognisant of the fact that you are talking to A and you are making this dua not bec it is a subconscious habit but you are actually talking to A in these actions and you will notice a significant difference in how you feel about A and how you remember A, and if you dont do this then you will find it very hard to think about A to converse with A in salat bec A is too abstract a concept for you, it hasnt hit home, these simple duas that PMP taught us are a very easy way to get started, it is a really easy way to get a head start in spirituality, to develop that for ourselves, you should be enthusiastic in memorizing duas, the entire salat is considered a dua, memorize the Qic ayaath that have duas in them, know all of the duas in the Q, make a project out of that, and make salat with those ayaath, it will help you a lot, no person knows what I have kept hidden for them of all forms of pleasures for the eyes to see, where their eyes wont be able to come off, what great joys in life I have in store for you that you dont know, what great days in this life I have for you you dont know, no one knows/no soul knows/no person knows what great things lie ahead of them, what great joys, so happy you are going to cry with tears, it also refers to the paradise of A, no one knows what kind of paradise it is, you have some clue here and there but when you see it you will be like whoa! you will be taken back and your eyes wont be able to come off of it, and you are looking at it and crying out of joy,
the previous surah scared us, you dont know when the hour is coming, you dont know when death is coming, you dont know where you are going to die, initial hospitality, the early stages of hospitality, just the initial entertainment, the tea/water,
like I came to somebody's house, they picked me up from the airport, they gave me a bottle of water and some cookies in the car, that is نُزُل , they took me into the house and said why dont you rest in that room over there, just initial, you have already had a snack get some rest, then the meal when I wake up, then the actual dinner/the full course shabang, that is not نُزُل that is ضُيُوْفَة (hospitality), so you are a نَزِيْل first and then you are a ضَيْف later, and We made out of them leaders that would guide by/with Our command
this is a complement to Bani Israel and through them complement to all believing commuities,
people that are role models/leaders/that are ahead of the pack they are supposed to guide others, by the command of A means inspired by the fact that they feel obligated from A to carry out the Word of A and teach it to others and share the message with others be it family and friends and whoever, for this you have to have time, you have to make time to teach yourself/to learn, you have to make time to teach, it doesnt matter if you have a podium and a microphone or not, you have to teach your cousin/friend/friends at school, you have to try to guide yourself, you are learning yourself and you are trying to guide others, revelation flooded Makkah and it gave it spiritual life just like water comes and gives the plants life, it gave it spiritual life, and why even mention the cattle then (that it feeds the cattle and themselves)? they cant live unless their cattle live, ina farming community their cattle is their economy, if their cattle die then they have some big trouble, the water comes and doesnt just give life to the earth, it gives them life, it gives their cattle life, their livelihood is protected, why dont you think then? that when this revelation has come it wont just protect you, it didnt just come to give you spiritual life, it cleans up your livelihood too, 