• Taqwa produces Tranquility

  • Apr 21 2025
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Taqwa produces Tranquility

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  • Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Mighty respected brothers, sisters, elders, I remind myself and you that 1459 years ago a window opened in the heavens and God spoke to man. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent his first revelation to his beloved messenger, Muhammad Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam, through his messenger Jibril alaihi salam. This was the spoken word. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala spoke to Jibril alaihi salam in a way befitting his majesty and grace and Jibril alaihi salam spoke to Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. This was not the first time that this had happened but this was to be the last. That initiative of re-establishing the direct connection between the creator and his creatures, between Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and humans, between Allah and you and I, this is Islam. Islam is for all human beings irrespective of ethnicity, color, race or origin. Those who accept this connection and benefit from it are called Muslims. The first word revealed was Iqra, read. Iqra bismi rabbikal ladhi khalaq, read in the name of your rabbu created everything. Now the word read has many meanings. It can mean to read as in read a book. It means, it could also mean to recite something which is written. It also means to read the signs around you. Sometimes there are expressions on the face of your beloved which tell you without a single word being spoken, what is in their heart and that you are headed for the dog house. Sometimes gestures, tone of voice, movements, demeanor tell those who can read them far more and far more truthfully the real story. And that is why they say the body does not lie. Body language may support words or may contradict the word being spoken. The command read that was given to our beloved prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam was to encourage him and all those who were there and who were to hear that command from him to read the signs of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the creator in his creation and to marvel at his power, his mercy and his wisdom and accept him as the only one worthy of worship. It's not just a matter of reading the signs and say oh fantastic creation. So what? So what? If that seeing the sight, if that marveling at the creation of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala does not make me fall in sajdah before Allah and say If that does not happen then it's a waste of life, it's a waste of that experience. When we see the last signs of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, we love him and we obey him. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said in surat Fusilat which means we will show them our signs. See the tone of command and challenge in this. Allah says we will show them our signs in the universe and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that this, meaning the Quran, is the truth. Is it not enough that your rub is a witness over all things? Think about this, imagine if blood didn't clot, hemophiliacs don't need to imagine it. Imagine if your hair had nerves, you would need to go under general anesthesia to get a haircut. Likewise for nails, you cut a nail more deeply and you know what that means. Imagine veins without venous non-return valves. The moment you stood up, your blood would go down your feet and would never come up to the heart. That happens for people who have circulation problems, that's why they faint, that's why they fall. The brain makes you drop so that the blood can come back to the brain. Imagine if rain and snow did not descend in single drops and flakes and instead if it came down in one mass, one solid mass. I did the sums for Hadley. Hadley received 50 centimeters, 50 inches of precipitation, meaning rain and snow in the last year. That multiplied by the weight of water over one acre and multiplied by the acreage of Hadley amounts to sixty million tons. If sixty million tons of mass falls from the average cloud height of 15,000 feet
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