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ِ‫ِبسْمِ الِ ارّ ْحمَنِ ارّ ِحيْم‬

Khutbah Al Haajah

.ِ‫سَت ْغ ِفرُ هُ وَ نُؤ مِنُ ِبهِ وَ َنَتوَ ّكلُ عَ َل ْيه‬

ْ ‫سَت ِعيُْنهُ وَ َن‬
ْ ‫حمَدُ هُ وَ َن‬
ْ َ‫حمْدُ الِلهِ ن‬
َ ْ‫َال‬
.‫سنَا َومِنْ َسيِاّتِ َا ْعمَاِلنَا‬
ِ ‫وََن ُعوْذُ بِالِ مِنْ ُش ُروْرِأَْن ُف‬
ُ‫ضلّ َلهُ َومَنْ يّضْلِلهُ فَلَ هَادِئ َله‬
ِ ُ‫مَنْ ّيهْدِ هِ الُ فَلَ م‬
ُ‫حمّدً ا َع ْب ُدهُ َورَ ُسوْ ُله‬
َ ُ‫شهَدُ َانّ م‬
ْ ‫ وَ َن‬.‫وََنشْهَدُ اَنْ لّاِلهَ اِلّالُ اِل‬
All Praise is due to Allah: We Praise Him: We beg assistance of Him:
We ask Him for forgiveness. We have faith in Him: We have reliance on
Him. We fly for refuge unto Him (to deliver us) from the mischief of
our minds and from the evil consequences of our actions. Whomever
Allah directs shall not go astray: and whomever He allows to go astray,
no one can guide. We profess that there is nothing worthy of worship
except Allah, and we further profess that Muhammad is His Servant
and His Messenger.

Oh you who believe! Fear Allah as He has the right to be feared, and
do not die except as Muslims.

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(O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single

person, and from him He created his wife, and from them both He
created many men and women, and fear Allâh through Whom you
demand your mutual (rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the
wombs (kinship) Surely, Allâh is Ever an All-Watcher over you).’ [al-
Nisaa’ 4:1],

(O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allâh and fear Him, and speak
(always) the truth 70 ‫ز‬. He will direct you to do righteous good deeds
and will forgive you your sins. And whosoever obeys Allâh and His
Messenger (SAW) he has indeed achieved a great achievement (i.e. he
will be saved from the Hell-fire and made to enter Paradise). [al-
Ahzaab 33:70].” (Sunan al-Nisaa’i: Kitaab al-Jumu’ah, Baab kayfiyyah
al-khutbah).

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O you who believe! Fear Allâh and keep your duty to Him. And let every
person look to what he has sent forth for the morrow, and fear Allâh.
Verily, Allâh is All-Aware of what you do[]. (18) And be not like those
who forgot Allâh (i.e. became disobedient to Allâh) and He caused
them to forget their ownselves, (let them to forget to do righteous
deeds). Those are the Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh). (19)
Not equal are the dwellers of the Fire and the dwellers of the Paradise.
It is the dwellers of Paradise that will be successful.

My brothers and sisters in Islam as talked about a few weeks ago on

the subject of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) marriage to Aisha RA. We
made the point that really all these secondary questions are just that
secondary compared to the main question of the truthfulness of Islam.
And that truthfulness of Islam is mainly shown, mainly manifest,
mainly made clear by the Quran being a book that proves itself to have
a divine source. We mentioned that if we look and examine the quran
we find that its divine properties touch many different subjects. Two of
these are the ayaat that science agrees with, and second is the
prophesies or events of the future that the quran made. So lets ponder
on a example in each subject.

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But first lets look at the encouragement that Allah gives us in the
Quran to be of those who use our minds, to be of those who reflect, of
those who ponder.

Allah Tala say in the Qurran:

َ‫َف ْليَن ُظرِ الْإِنسَانُ ِممّ خُ ِلق‬

86:5 So let man see from what is created!

Another locations Allah says

30:8 Do they not think deeply about themselves? Allah has created not
the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, except with
truth and for an appointed term. And indeed many of mankind deny
the Meeting with their Lord.
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In another location Allah Tala says:

3:190 Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the
alternation of night and day,- there are indeed Signs for men of
understanding,-
3:191 Men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing, sitting, and
lying down on their sides, and contemplate the (wonders of) creation
in the heavens and the earth, (With the thought): "Our Lord! not for
naught Hast Thou created (all) this! Glory to Thee! Give us salvation
from the penalty of the Fire.

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These and other similar ayaat tell us my brothers and sisters that the
heavens and earth were created for a noble purpose, and not for jest.
These and other similar ayaat also are challenging us to look in the
creation of the heavens and in the earth for Allah’s signs, for Allah’s
proofs. So now lets look at a couple of examples of how the Qurran is
relevant in this age of science and technology.

Lets us start with a proof in our own bodies. Look at your fingertips
and look at the imprint on them. The Science of today tells us that no
two human being has the same fingernail. This fact was discovered
first by Sir Francis Galton in 1880.

That is why fingerprints are used to identify humans.

Now what does the quran say about fingerprints. Does the Quran say
the fingerprints of no two human are the same?

Well the Kuffar used to argue during Rasoolullah’s about being

resurrected after their bones were turned into dust and how each
individual would be identified on the day of Judgment. In fact Allah
quote the Kuffar in the Qurran when he says in Surat An Naaziat:

79:10 They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our)

former state?

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79:11 "What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"

Allah Tala answered these doubts by saying that not only will He
assemble our bones, but also reconstruct us perfectly, down to our
very fingertips. Allah says (75 3-4):

}3{ ُ‫أَي َحْسَبُ اْلإِنسَانُ أَلّن نَجْمَعَ ِعظَامَه‬

[Yusufali 75:3] Does man think that We cannot assemble his
bones?

4 { ُ‫س ّويَ َبنَانَه‬

َ ّ‫}قَادِرِينَ عَلَى أَن ن‬
Yes Indeed! We are able to put together in perfect order down
to the tips of his fingers.

So the question is who could have know at the revelation of the

Quranthe uniqueness of each human fingernail, we already said that
this knowledge was not know to the world until 1880. The only logical
answer is none except the one who created those fingerprints Allah
Tala knew of their uniqueness.

Now lets turn our attention to skies. One question that we could raise
is does clouds have weight. Many people think that clouds are
weightless, that they are just fluff.

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Science tells us that clouds do have weight, and the density of the
cloud determines the weight. Density is weight per unit volume.
Science tells that a typical cumulonimbus cloud or thundercloud can
contain up to 300,000 tons of water. That’s equivalent to the weight of
150,000 – 2000 lbs cars.

Amazingly the book of Allah tells us that clouds have weight. In Surat
Raad ayah 12:

It is He Who shows you the lightning, as fear (for

travellers) and as a hope (for those who wait for rain)
And it is He Who brings up the clouds, heavy (with water)
(Qur'an, 13:12)
So who at the time of the revelation of the Qurran could have
known that clouds have weight, the answer again is none but the
one who created the clouds Allah Tala.

The Fate of Specific Individuals

Perish the two hands of Abû Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet), and
perish he![] (1) His wealth and his children will not benefit him! (2) He
will be burnt in a Fire of blazing flames! (3) And his wife too, who
carries wood (thorns of Sadan which she used to put on the way of the
Prophet (SAW) , or use to slander him)[]. (4) In her neck is a twisted
rope of Masad (palm fibre).[] (5)

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Perish the two hands of Abû Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet), and
perish he![] (1) His wealth and his children will not benefit him! (2) He
will be burnt in a Fire of blazing flames! (3) And his wife too, who
carries wood (thorns of Sadan which she used to put on the way of the
Prophet (SAW) , or use to slander him)[]. (4) In her neck is a twisted
rope of Masad (palm fibre).[] (5)
Also, concerning Abu Lahab, a fiery opponent of Islam, the Quran foretold he
will die opposing the religion of God:
“May the hands of Abu Lahab perish, and [indeed] he has
perished. His wealth and gains will not profit him. He will be
plunged in flaming Fire.” (Quran 111:1-3)
Specifically, three prophecies were made about Abu Lahab:
(i) The conspiracies of Abu Lahab against the Prophet would not succeed.
(ii) His wealth and children would not benefit him.
(iii) He would die opposing God’s religion and enter the Fire.
Abu Lahab also died in a state of disbelief as prophesized by the Quran. Had
Waleed or Abu Lahab accepted Islam even outwardly, they would have disproved
its prophecies and thus its heavenly source!
In addition, Abu Lahab had four sons, two of whom died at a young age during
his lifetime. The other two sons and a daughter embraced Islam and frustrated his
hopes! Finally, he died of a plague; people would not touch his body out of fear of
contamination and dumped mud and stones on him where he died to make it his
grave.

Waleed bin Mugheera was a staunch enemy who openly ridiculed the Quran:

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“Then said he: “This is nothing but magic, derived from of

old; this is nothing but the word of a mortal!” (Quran 74:24-
25)
The Quran prophesized he will never accept Islam:
“Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire! And what will explain to
thee what Hell-Fire is? It leaves naught nor does it spare
aught.” (Quran 74:26-28)
Waleed died in a state of disbelief as prophesized by the Quran.

A key foundation to believing that a scripture is actually a revelation of God is

internal truth, whether it be in regards to occurrences in the past, to come in the
future, or in contemporary ages. As one can see, there are many prophecies
mentioned in that which is to come, some of which were fulfilled in the Prophet’s
lifetime, or have been fulfilled since his death, while others are yet to appear.

So we ask Allah to gives us the understanding, and blessings of

the grand Quran.

ْ‫ضيْمِ وَ َن َفعَاَ وَإِيّاكُم‬

ِ َ‫بَارَكَ الُ َلنَا وَ لَ ُكمْ فِى ْل ُقرْنِ اْلع‬
ٌ‫باليَاتِ وَالذّ ْكرِلْحَ ِك ْيمِ أِّنهُ َتعَالَ َجوّادٌ َكرِيْمٌ مَلكٌ َب ّر ّر ُءوُفٌْ رّح ْيم‬
May Allah grace you and us with the blessings of the grand
Qurr’an, and may it benefit us and you with the verses and with
wise commemoration, for He the Almighty is Generous, Noble,
Sovereign, Benign, Compassionate, and Merciful.
My brothers and sisters in Islam the Quran is not a book of
science (spell it), but it is a book of ayaat or signs (spell), or
proofs. There a over 6000 ayaat in the Qurran over 1000 of
these ayaat deal with the science.
We have seen in the first part of this Khutbah how science
has congruence, agreement, and consistency with the

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Qurran when it comes to the uniqueness of fingerprints,

weight of clouds, and the hydrologic cycle. Notice here I said
modern science has congruence, and not that the Quran has
congruence to modern science.
Our scholars have proven how the other fields that the Quran
addresses, how science is also consistent with those ayaat.
So the bottom line question is, how could our Beloved Rasool,
who could not read, or write, who lived long before modern
science confirmed the scientific ayaat how could he have known
about these scientific phenomenal. The only logical, rational,
plausible, answer is the Prophet (SAW) only knew what Allah the
King of the Universe revealed to him in the Qurran, which is the
very actual, real, direct word of Allah. Allah informs of this in the
Quran

6:50 Say (Oh Muhammad): "I do not tell you that with me are
the treasures of Allah, nor do I know the unseen, nor do I tell
you that I am an angel. I but follow what is revealed to me."
Say: "Are the blind and the one who sees equal.(Meaning is the
one who is guided, following the truth, equal to the one
misled')" Will you then not think?

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And as for the doubters of the Quran, Allah gives them a challenge
when he says:

4:82 Do they not consider, reflect, ponder the Qur'an carefully?

Had it been from other Than Allah, they would surely have
found therein Much discrepancy, contradictions, mistakes.

Gary Miller a Muslim revert to Islam gives a nice analogy when

reflecting on this challenge in his booklet “The amazing Quran”

This is a clear challenge to the non-Muslim. Basically, it invites him to

find a mistake. As a matter of fact, the seriousness and difficulty of the
challenge aside, the actual presentation of such a challenge in the first
place is not even in human nature and is inconsistent with man's
personality. One doesn't take an exam in school after finishing the
exam, write a note to the instructor at the end saying, "This exam is
perfect. There are no mistakes in it. Find one if you can!". One just
doesn't do that. The teacher would not sleep until he found a mistake!
And yet this is the way the Qur'an approaches people”

In my conclusion my brothers and sisters in Islam, the bottom line is

that the Quran, is a light, a criterion between right and wrong, a guide,
an owners for you and I on how to live life so that we be successful in
this world and the hereafter. Allah in his infinite wisdom has givens
proofs of the Quran’s divine source through over 1000 ayat related to

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the tangible world. These proofs establish without a shadow of doubt

as to divine source of the Quran. So what is your role and mine, well
my brothers and sisters Rasullah said,

Grab hold of, seize, hold on to five before five.

1. Your youth before you your old age,
2. your health before your sickness,
3. your wealth before your poverty,
4. your spare time before becoming busy,
5. your life before you death.

So one wisdom our beloved Rasool is telling us the two thieves

are yesterday, when we say I should, or I could, or I wish, and
tomorrow when we say I will do that, or I will do it tomorrow so and so
forth. The point is all we have is today (pause). So my challenge to
myself and you is do we know our book, do we ponder upon the
challenges that the Quran has, when was the last time you picked up
the Quran, read it, reflected upon it, and said I will use this or that
from the Quran in my life.
Maulana Maududi may Allah have mercy upon him, states in the
introduction of his Tafsir book that the Quran is not a book a person
could open in front of a cozy fire on a evening but rather that the
Quran is most benefical to those live it. Because it is a practical
manual on how to live life.

So let us attend the halaqa, let us go to the tajweed sessions, let us

read the Quran in our homes, in our work places, whenever we have
time let us read pick up the furqaan, but let us do it today.

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Qurr’anic Dua’as

ِ‫سَنةً وَ ِقنَا عَذَابَ النّار‬

َ ‫سَنةً وَفِي ال ِخ َرةِ َح‬
َ ‫رَّبنَا آِتنَا فِي الدّْنيَا َح‬
1. Our Lord! Grant us good in this world and good in the life to come
and keep us safe from the torment of the Fire (2:201)

‫رَّبنَا لَ ُتؤَاخِ ْذنَا إِن ّنسِينَا َأوْ أَ ْخطَأْنَا‬

3. Our Lord! Take us not to task if we forget or fall into error.
(2:286)

‫صرًا َكمَا َحمَ ْلَتهُ عَلَى‬

ْ ِ‫ح ِملْ عَ َل ْينَا إ‬
ْ َ‫رَّبنَا وَلَ ت‬
‫الّذِينَ مِن َق ْب ِلنَا‬
4. Our Lord! Lay not upon us such a burden as You did lay upon
those before us. (2:286)

‫ َأنْتَ َموَْلنَا‬.َ‫ وَارْ َح ْمنَا‬.‫ وَا ْغ ِفرْ َلنَا‬.َ‫وَا َعفُ َعنّا‬.ِ‫حمّ ْلنَا مَا َلطَا َقةََلنَاِبه‬
َ ُ‫رَّبنَا وَلَ ت‬

َ‫صرْنَا َعلَي اْل َق ْومِ الْ َك ِفرِين‬

ُ ْ‫فَان‬
3. Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the
strength to bear, grant us forgiveness and have mercy on
us. You are our Protector. Help us against those who deny
the truth. (2:286)
180.

Glorified be your Lord, the Lord of Honour and Power! (He is free) from what
they attribute unto Him!
181.

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And peace be on the Messengers!

182.

And all the praise and thanks be to Allâh, Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinns
and all that exists).

Ending Admonition

ِ‫حشَآء‬
ْ َ‫ِعبَادَالِ ِإنّ الَ يَا ُمرُبِاْلعَ ْدلِ وَلِ ْحسَانِ وَ ِإيْتآ ِءذِىاْل ُقرْبَ وََينْهىَ عَنِ ْلف‬
. ِ‫وَاْل ُمنْ َكرِ وَاْلَبغْى‬
O servants of Allah verily Allah commands justice and the doing
of good and the giving unto kindred (what shall be necessary)
and he forbids wickedness, iniquity, and oppression

ّ‫ وَ لَ ِذ ْكرُالِ َتعَالَي َاعْلىَ وَ َاوْلَ وََا َعزّ وَ اَ َجلّ وَاََتم‬. َ‫َيعِخُكُمْ َلعَلّ ُكمْ َتذَ ّك ُروْن‬

ُ‫وََاهَمّ وَاَ ْكَبر‬

He admonishes you that you may remember (Him). And indeed the
commemoration of Allah the Almighty is the loftiest of Actions,
preferable, powerful, majestic, perfect, and most important and the
grandest of all things.

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192. Our Lord, indeed whom You admit to the Fire, then surely You have disgraced
him,
and for the wrongdoers there are no helpers.
193. Our Lord, indeed we heard a caller calling to faith (saying), 'Believe in your Lord,' so we have believed.
Our Lord, so forgive for us our sins and remove for us our evil deeds, and cause us to die with the righteous.

194. Our Lord grant us what You promised us through Your Messengers and do notdisgrace us on the Day of
Resurrection. Indeed, You never break (Your) promise.”

195. Then their Lord responded to them, “Indeed, I will not let go waste the deeds of the doer among you,
whether male or female; you are of one another. So those who emigrated and were driven out from their homes
and were
harmed in My way and fought and were killed - surely I will remove from them their evil deeds, and surely I will
admit them to Gardens beneath which rivers flow as a reward from Allah. And with Allah is the best reward.”

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3:196 Let not the strutting about of the Unbelievers through the land deceive thee:

3:197 Little is it for enjoyment: Their ultimate abode is Hell: what an evil bed (To lie
on)!

3:198 On the other hand, for those who fear their Lord, are Gardens, with rivers
flowing beneath; therein are they to dwell (for ever),- a gift from the presence of
Allah. and that which is in the presence of Allah is the best (bliss) for the righteous.

3:199 And there are, certainly, among the People of the Book, those who believe in
Allah, in the revelation to you, and in the revelation to them, bowing in humility to
Allah. They will not sell the Signs of Allah for a miserable gain! For them is a reward
with their Lord, and Allah is swift in account.

3:200 O ye who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such

perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear Allah. that ye may prosper.

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