Those who earned Allah's Wrath
Khalid Mustafa Abdul Kader/Royal Holloway College/Univ. of London /UK.
A-úthu billáhi minash shaytánir rajeem. Bisilláhir rahmánir raheem.
Al hamdu lillahi rabbil alameen. Was salaatu was salaamu alaa ashrafil mursaleen. Sayidinaa wa nabina wamoulanaa Muhammadin waala aalihee wa sahbihee wasallim.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam,
In every rakaa of every prayer
we recite:
Show us the Straight Path. The path of those whom You have favoured.
Not the path of those who earn your
anger nor of those who go astray
And a fundamental principle in Islam is that
all Muslims say in words and deeds We hear and we obey the Commands of Allah
and His Messenger because we believe in the wisdom, justice and goodness of such Commands.
And because our obedience is based on faith and knowledge we do not question the validity
of such Commands. And we therefore beseech Allah to guide us to the Straight Path, the
Deen that He has chosen for mankind and to protect us from following the paths of those
who earned the Wrath of Allah or those who have gone astray.
Today, let us learn what the Holy
Quran teaches us about the first category of those two peoples and pray to Allah
that we never forget His teachings. These
Ayat are not just telling us stories or narrating historical facts, they contain valuable
lessons for us to learn and contemplate and to benefit from and apply. We disregard these lessons at our peril and we
have to be prepared to suffer the consequences.
And (remember) when We did deliver
you from Pharaohs folk who were afflicting you with dreadful torment, slaying your
sons and sparing your women. That was a tremendous trial from your Lord. And when We brought you through the sea and
rescued you and drowned the folk of Pharaoh in your sight
What happened? They came unto a
people worshipping idols. Did they remember
the favours of Allah? Were they grateful? Did they call those misguided people to the
worship of the Lord Who had just saved them? Listen
to this:
And We brought the children of
Israel across the sea, and they came unto a people who were given up to idols which they
had. They said O Moses! Make for us a god even as they have gods
..
He
said: Lo! You are a folk who know not. Lo! As for these, this way will be destroyed and
all that they are doing is in vain. He said: Shall I seek for you a god other than Allah
whom He has favoured you above all creatures?
Had the favours and mercies been from any
other than Allah they would have been stopped forthwith.. But let us continue
They entered Sinai, a desert land, no
trees, no shade and the temperatures soar during the day.
O Moses it is hot out
here!
And We caused the white cloud to over shadow you
O
Moses we are hungry!
And sent down on you the manna
and the quails
Now that they are comfortable and
eaten
..O Moses we are thirsty!
And when Moses asked for water
for his people, We said: Smite with your staff the rock and there gushed out therefrom
twelve springs (so that) each tribe knew their drinking place. Eat and drink of that which Allah has provided and
do not act corruptly, making mischief in the earth
So call upon your Lord
Glorified is Allah, our Lord. Is He
not their Lord as well!
innalláha wa malaaikata yusallúna alan nabi. Yá ay yuhal latheena ámanu sallú alayhi wasalli mú tas leema. Allahumma salli alá Muhammad, wa ala áli Muhammad, kama salayta ala Ibrahim, wa ala ali Ibrahim. Allahumma barik ala Muhammad, kama barakta ala Ibrahim, wa ala ali ibrahim. Fil ála meen, innaka hameedun majeed.
Second Khutbah:
Sub hanallahi wal hamdu lillah, wala hawla wala quwwata illah billah yu althi yual theem
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam,
Let
us revert back to the verses that deal with the calf to see what happened.
And
when We did appoint for Moses forty nights (of solitude) and then you chose the calf, when
he had gone from you and were wrongdoers. Then,
even after that We pardoned you in order that you might give thanks. And revealed to Moses
the Book and the Criterion that you may be guided.
And
the folk of Moses, after he had left them, chose a calf (for worship) made out of their
ornaments of saffron hue which gave a lowing sound. Saw
they not that it spoke not unto them nor guided them to any way? They chose it and became wrongdoers
Moses
was furious and could neither understand nor believe what his people had done.
And when Moses said to his people: O my
people you have wronged yourselves by your choosing the calf for worship, so turn in
repentance to your Creator and kill the guilty yourselves.
That will be best for you with your Creator and He will relent towards you.
Lo! He is the Relenting, the Merciful
According
to the tafseer, those who did not worship the calf fought those who did as commanded by
Moses who was acting upon the Command of Allah. There
was complete and utter darkness and a great deal of confusion. When the darkness lifted, there were some seventy
thousand killed. And that is when Allah forgave both parties. Both Moses and the Israelites were grateful for
this forgiveness.
In
Surat Al Aaraaf , Allah speaks of this repentance and warns all those who invent in
the Deen of Allah till the Day of Resurrection as stated in the ayah and the tafseer that
they will incur the wrath of Allah.
Lo!
Those who chose the calf for worship, terror from their Lord and humiliation will come
upon them in this world. Thus do We requite
those who invent a lie. But those who do ill deeds and afterwards repent and believe, Lo!
for them, afterward, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
The
second part of this lesson will, by the Grace of Allah, come in the near future.
Ameen! Aqeemus salaah!
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