Friday Sermon - 29 Oct 1982 - By Dr Rashad Khalifa
Transcript
0:02 Alhamdulillah, wa ashadu an la ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah. As you see I have an assistant today.
0:12 As you know I'm working on gathering all the evidence and the proofs that show that if you go to any source other than Quran, it means you're setting up another god beside God.
0:29 and the book is evolving and changing and I keep showing you the slides as the
0:36 book evolves, and then I expect to have it printed insha'Allah in a couple of months.
0:43 But you bear with me, some of these slides may be repetitious as far as you
0:47 are concerned, but this would help me because I do get comments on correcting
0:52 this, or changing that, and insha'Allah this will lead to perfection of the book. But
0:59 before we get to the slides, I'm going to read one verse in Surah 9, because a lot
1:05 of people sometimes are concerned about the feelings of others, like if you meet
1:11 somebody who believes in hadith for example, and you worry that you might
1:15 hurt their feelings. This verse deals with that, because when it comes to the
1:23 truth, especially about God, God wants people to be completely sold on him
1:28 without, absolutely, with no hesitation whatsoever.
1:33 So the verses in Surah 9, it's number 120,
1:40 and it reads, I'm going to read it for you.
1:47 Neither the dwellers of the city nor the nomads should seek to stay behind the
1:52 messenger of God when he mobilizes for war, nor should they place their lives
1:59 ahead of his life. This is because, this is what I wanted to read for you, this
2:05 part of the verse. No thirst afflicts them or any effort or any hardship in
2:11 the cause of God, nor do they make a single step that discourages the
2:16 disbelievers, nor do they strike at an enemy without having this credited to them as
2:24 a righteous work. God never fails to reward the righteous. Okay let me put it in
2:30 plain English, you can see that I have to improve the translation, but part of
2:36 this verse says they do not do anything that enrages the disbelievers without
2:42 having this written to them as a credit. So don't worry about the feelings of
2:48 people who are not completely sold on God. And a lot of
2:53 people who compromise their own convictions just to please others or
2:59 afraid that they may hurt the feelings of others. Actually you're not hurting
3:03 the feelings, you are serving them, you're helping them. And we shouldn't forget the
3:12 verse that says you should invite to the path of God with wisdom and nice
3:16 admonitions. But the Quran deals with all situations. There are situations where you
3:21 cannot compromise your convictions, and you have to be solid on the side of God.
3:27 and you don't worry about, if the person deserves to be enraged, then this will be written to you as a credit.
3:35 Could we separate these two?
3:38 If you keep them apart they will not make noise.
3:41 Okay, now we get to the slides.
3:44 This is the latest edition of the book, and I'm going to rely on your opinions and help to modify this.
3:51 I'm going to turn it a bit, just to push it a little bit.
3:58 This is the new title. Quran times, our titles are becoming mathematical now.
4:04 Quran times hadith equals zero. Because if you get the Quran, and you uphold it,
4:12 and you follow it, but then you seek any other source besides Quran,
4:17 then you might have zero, you have nothing.
4:20 Also when you multiply anything by zero, the result is zero.
4:29 Now there is no salvation without obeying the messenger, and these are the verses.
4:33 So when they tell you, we must obey the messenger, you agree with them and you go even farther
4:38 than that.
4:39 You say, yeah you must obey the messenger, furthermore you do not obey the messenger.
4:44 These are the verses, and we're going to have it printed for you, someday.
4:51 When delivering God's messages, messengers do not speak on their own initiative.
4:55 and we see this documented in the previous scriptures in the Bible, the Old
4:59 Testament, the New Testament.
5:04 And the Prophet Muhammad is represented by Quran alone. This verse, these verses
5:09 here from Surah 5, verses 48 to 50. These verses keep repeating that
5:16 The whole message is given from God. Yes. We keep repeating that we reveal to you, we send
5:26 down to you this book, that is the Quran, and you shall judge among
5:32 them according to what is revealed to you, which is the book, and be
5:37 aware of them lest they pressure you into deviating from the book, etc.
5:41 So the Prophet is represented 100% by the Quran. Now these verses are very,
5:50 these verses are very clear: Muhammad is forbidden from uttering any religious
5:54 instructions other than Quran. See, see this part here? Had he ever uttered, let me go back.
6:01 This Quran is the utterance of an honorable messenger. It is not the
6:06 utterance of a poet; rarely do you believe. Nor is it the utterance of a
6:10 soothsayer; rarely do you take heed. A revelation from the Lord of the universe.
6:16 This is an expression that is specific for the Quran: Tanzilun min Rabbil 'alameen.
6:22 Had he ever uttered any other religious utterances attributed to us, we would
6:28 have punished him severely, then we would have stopped the revelation to him.
6:32 In other words, we would have fired him. None of you could have protected him against us.
6:37 Therefore the Prophet did not utter any religious instructions other than the Quran.
6:41 Otherwise he would have been fired as a messenger. This is very clear, I mean very
6:49 harsh actually, not just clear.
6:55 Also, this is the utterance of an honorable messenger.
7:02 Some people will tell you, the Quran says obey God and obey the Messenger.
7:06 They tell you God is represented by Quran, the Messenger is represented by Hadith.
7:11 But we didn't get Quran from God personally.
7:15 God didn't give us the Quran directly to me or to you.
7:19 I mean the Quran came through Muhammad.
7:21 So the Messenger is uttering the words of the Quran, the words of God.
7:25 And there is a verse that you will see that says when you obey the Messenger, you are obeying God.
7:30 Obviously the messenger is not God, but when he's uttering the words of God,
7:34 that is the Quran, then he absolutely makes no mistake and we must absolutely
7:39 obey him, that is the Quran. Muhammad was ordered never to deviate from the Quran.
7:46 Deviation meant severe retribution. This is in Surah 17, verses 73 to 75, and it
7:53 says here, "They almost diverted you, Muhammad, from our revelations to you.
7:58 They wanted you to fabricate something else, to consider you a friend.
8:03 If it were not that we strengthened you, you almost leaned towards them a little bit."
8:09 In Arabic, "a little bit."
8:12 "Had you done it, we would have doubled the punishment for you in this life and after death,
8:17 and no one could have protected you against us."
8:20 Very, very harsh words.
8:23 There is absolutely no deviation from the Quran.
8:31 And Muhammad was ordered to deliver the Quran alone, without the least alteration, and
8:37 never to fabricate anything else. Now these verses speak of the Quran
8:42 specifically. It says, "When our verses are recited for them, those who do not expect
8:47 to meet us would say, 'Bring a Quran other than this, or change it.' Say, 'I cannot
8:53 change it on my own initiative. I simply follow what is revealed to me. I fear if
8:59 I disobey my Lord the retribution of a terrible day.'" Who is more wicked than one
9:04 who invents lies about God or rejects His revelations?" When we go to Hadith,
9:13 we commit falsehoods. We reject God's revelations that state that the Quran is
9:17 complete and perfect, as we will see. And we follow
9:27 the invention of lies against God.
9:34 and rejecting His revelation. Inventing lies and rejecting His revelation, the two things.
9:39 I'm trying to rush but I'm slowing myself down, let me make haste slowly. One God, one
9:45 source. Our Almighty Creator commands us, commands that Quran, specifically Quran,
9:50 shall be the only source of religious teachings. Furthermore we are told that
9:55 the acceptance of any other sources for religious guidance equals the setting up
10:00 of other gods besides God. This is verse 19 of surah 6 and it says, say O
10:07 Muhammad whose testimony is greater. God is the witness between me and you that
10:12 this Quran by name was given to me to preach it to you and to whomever it
10:18 reaches. However you certainly bear witness that you set up other gods
10:24 besides God by upholding, this is parenthesis, by upholding other sources
10:29 besides Quran. It's obvious from the flow of the words. Say I will never do what
10:36 you are doing, I disown your idol worship. So this verse is very clear and we're
10:41 going to see more. There is one God, one source. In the strictest possible language
10:48 we are commanded to uphold Quran, the whole Quran, and nothing but Quran. I should
10:54 qualify this by saying that the Quran implies also referring to the previous
10:57 scriptures. In other words, scripture. Repeatedly we are commanded to uphold
11:03 Quran as the only source of religious guidance. Again and again we are reminded
11:08 that the following of any other source besides Quran equals the setting up of
11:13 other gods besides God. This verse in 17:39 says, this is now after a long list of
11:19 commandments in surah 17, this verse comes and says this is some of the wisdom
11:25 revealed to you in this Quran and you shall not set up any other god beside
11:30 God by following any other source besides this source.
11:37 Quran, an extraordinary book. Despite the clear commandments, why do the followers of
11:44 Hadith and Sunnah fail to uphold Quran alone? The answer is provided in the same
11:49 surah following the commandment shown on page 8, previous page. Verses 45 and 46 of
11:55 surah 17 inform us that those who refuse to believe God and heed His commandment
12:00 to uphold Quran alone, are deliberately isolated from Quran. And this verse
12:05 speaks of the Quran alone.
12:09 When you preach your Lord in the Quran alone, they run away in aversion. They just
12:16 shut up. And you probably experienced that before. Sometimes people walk into
12:23 this mosque by mistake. You know you see the word mosque. And they come in here, and
12:28 as soon as I mentioned to them the Quran alone, they literally run.
12:31 Just like the verse says, they can't stand to talk about the Quran alone.
12:35 But this verse says here, says when you read Quran, we place an invisible barrier
12:39 between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter.
12:42 And we put shields on their hearts to prevent them from understanding Quran
12:47 and deafness in their ears.
12:48 And when you mention your Lord alone, now alone here follows the Quran.
12:52 When you mention your Lord alone in the Quran alone, the word alone came after Quran.
12:57 Quran, the only Quran, the only Quran.
13:05 Do you believe God or not? This is verse 38 of surah 6 that says we didn't leave anything out of this book.
13:11 And in this verse 114 of surah 6 says God revealed the book to you fully detailed.
13:18 I got a letter from Egypt from a hadithist; he was asking me if the Quran is, and he used this word,
13:24 he said if the Quran is fully detailed as you say, where do we find the prayer? We're going to deal with this question later on.
13:32 So I returned the letter to him and I told him to refer to this verse, because he used the very word
13:38 that God uses in the Quran, Mufassalan, meaning fully detailed. This verse says, shall I seek
13:45 other than God as a source of wisdom, when He revealed to you this book fully
13:52 detailed?
13:57 Now the people at the time of the Prophet for example, I'll give you a
14:06 question. And have you imagined this? What did they think about the Sun, for example?
14:12 Was a new Sun coming out every morning? But they didn't know about the Earth and
14:16 the sun and the moon, the information that we know today.
14:21 How much knowledge did they have, including the Prophet himself?
14:25 What do you think they thought in their mind about every morning the sun comes
14:29 from the east and goes in the west? Where is it coming from?
14:33 Is it a new sun every morning? Or
14:35 what's going on here? Now God created the sun
14:42 and the moon and the Earth and the solar system. Did you look at the moon last night?
14:46 Did you see the two eyes, the nose and the mouth? Did you see it? Now that's God's sense of humor.
14:54 And it provided a lot of poetry for the Arabs across many centuries.
15:04 Now, people can think of God as running the world like, now I want you to think of God
15:10 when He was designing the moon. Now think, just to bring it to our mind, think of a chairman
15:16 of the board sitting at a desk, and this chairman of the board was designing the
15:22 moon. The chairman of the board said, let us give the people of Earth a satellite, a
15:28 moon that will light their nights at certain times and help them calculate the months.
15:33 Because you can calculate exactly the day of the month by looking at the moon,
15:36 at the lunar year. And let's put two eyes and a nose and a mouth in this thing.
15:43 But the physics of this matter, the moon has to turn around. The moon rotates around itself.
15:49 Right? But now how do we make it so the people of the Earth will always see one
15:55 side of the moon, that is the face, with the two eyes, the nose and the mouth. So let
16:00 us make the rotation of the moon exactly the same speed as the rotation around the Earth.
16:05 And I give that demonstration to most of you, as to why we see one side
16:12 of the moon. This makes us think of the greatness of God and how He
16:17 designed the creation of the heavens and the Earth, and how much wisdom that the
16:23 people of that time, of the Prophet Muhammad, how much wisdom did they have?
16:27 So we seek that wisdom. I see some of you need a demonstration. Let's make that
16:32 demonstration again for those of you who didn't see it.
16:39 It's going to go around one time. Let's say this is the side of the moon that you see
16:42 every time, all the time. We only see one side of the moon, even though it rotates around
16:46 itself. This is the Earth right here, and this is the moon. Now this thing is
16:53 going to go around itself exactly one time. But at the same time it's going to go
16:59 around the Earth, right? However, because this rotation around itself is exactly
17:06 to the second equal to the rotation around the Earth, the people of the Earth
17:10 will always see one side. So watch this, here's the moon going around the Earth,
17:15 it's a satellite. Now it is going around itself, and going around the Earth
17:21 at the same time. See that? So when I did this, here I am in the same place,
17:28 and the people of Earth see only one side, the two eyes, the nose, and the mouth.
17:32 At the same time, the moon went around itself one time.
17:38 Did you see this? Everybody see it?
17:40 See right now, I was facing this way, and when I was over there by Barakt,
17:45 it was facing that way, and when I went by Miriam, it was facing this way,
17:49 when I came to Dr. Mahmoud, it was facing this way, and then it was facing this way.
17:53 So it made a complete circle around itself.
17:54 We just have to think
18:01 of this very minute component in the universe, how God designed the moon for
18:06 us. And how He put in two eyes, a nose and a mouth, and the very enigmatic expression
18:14 on the moon. You can see the mood, and if you want to see it sad, you see it sad. You want to see
18:19 it smiling, you see it smiling. It has a neutral expression. So whatever mood you have,
18:26 the moral proof will help you. And this is God's design. So this verse here is
18:32 saying, shall I seek other than God as a lawgiver? When He revealed to you this book
18:37 fully detailed? So all the wisdom we need is in the Quran. And it would be just stupid to
18:45 to go for wisdom, especially to people in the old times. Think of your own grandfather.
18:52 I'm not insulting you. Remember how simple he was? And that's our own grandfather.
18:59 How much knowledge did he have? Did he have as much as you? Would you go to him for wisdom?
19:06 your own grandfather, each one of you has a grandfather.
19:12 So let alone going back 1400 years, seeking other than God's wisdom.
19:17 This is why God didn't invent all these advances in technology and computers
19:21 and airplanes and things until the final scripture came.
19:27 So we cannot seek any wisdom from those people, who didn't know much.
19:35 Just what did they think of the sun coming out every morning? Can you imagine all the
19:40 superstitions, all the stories, the speculations, they had no school. Shall I
19:49 seek other than God as a lawgiver when He revealed to you this book fully detailed?
19:53 And this verse says the word of the Lord is complete in truth and justice. The
19:59 the word in Arabic is tammat, it puts a stamp on it.
20:03 It doesn't mean anything else, it cannot be interpreted.
20:06 It can only be translated, meaning complete, the word of the Lord is complete
20:12 in truth and justice.
20:15 So the question here is, do you believe God or not? It's as simple as that.
20:20 And God says, if you decide that you don't want to believe me, I'm going to block you out.
20:25 This is what the Quran says, we've seen it in the last page I think, yeah.
20:29 I'm going to put an invisible barrier.
20:36 There's no wall, you don't see it, it's invisible. For the people who decide they
20:42 don't want to believe God. That's not enough, God says I'm going to put shields on
20:48 their hearts. And in case you miss the meaning of the shield, it says to prevent
20:55 them from understanding the Quran. And deafness in their ears, a total block-out.
21:04 So the question is, do you believe God or not? This is what you tell them. And not
21:13 believing God is disastrous, as you will see.
21:19 The consequence of not believing God is that those who refuse to believe my
21:23 revelations and are too arrogant to accept them, the gates of heaven will
21:29 never open for them nor will they ever enter paradise until the camel goes
21:33 through the needle's eye. Now what was the biggest needle you've ever seen?
21:39 I guess Diana can tell us about that, she's got lots of needles in her shop.
21:45 The biggest needle will not pass a ladybug, a ladybug, just a ladybug, let alone a camel.
21:56 So God is saying it's a physical impossibility for people,
22:01 it's a physical impossibility for people who refuse to believe God's revelation that the gates of heaven
22:06 or the gates of the sky will open for them.
22:09 There are more consequences than that.
22:12 An important criterion of divine revelation. Some people will tell you Hadith is also
22:16 divine revelation, like the Quran. You've probably heard it before. But God gave us a
22:22 criterion in Surah 15 verse 9, it says, my message, my final message will be perfectly
22:28 preserved. And by their own admissions, the vast majority of Hadith and Sunnah are
22:35 false fabrications. They'll admit that, especially if it doesn't agree with them.
22:43 Hadith and Sunnah are 100% conjecture.
22:46 This verse says, shall I seek other than God as a lawgiver,
22:50 when He revealed to you this book fully detailed?
22:54 Even the recipients of previous scriptures recognize it as coming from your Lord.
23:00 The word of your Lord is complete in truth and justice.
23:03 And then it says at the end, if you obey the majority,
23:05 they will take you away from the path of God because they follow conjecture.
23:09 put an asterisk on it. By their own admission, Hadith and Sunnah are conjecture. They think the
23:16 Prophet said that. And we say even if the Prophet said that, we follow only the
23:22 wisdom of God. Obeying the messenger is conditional, and this is in the Quran, this
23:32 verse here says, O Prophet, if the believing women come to you and pledge
23:38 that they will not idolize anything besides God, nor steal, nor commit adultery, nor
23:43 kill their children, nor produce any falsehood, nor disobey you when
23:49 you are right. Now this is a condition and it's a
23:56 negative of disobeying, which means they should disobey when you are not right.
24:04 So the Quran is very clear that obeying the Prophet or the messenger is in what
24:09 he uttered as Quran, nothing else. Obeying the messenger is conditional or
24:14 conditioned. I like this word, but I looked it up in the dictionary and it said
24:19 condition equals conditional. So I left it there. This verse says anything good
24:27 that happens to you, Muhammad, is from God. And anything bad that happens to you is
24:32 from you. So the personal opinion of the Prophet may be bad, and may cause bad
24:40 things to happen. On the other hand, Muhammad the messenger
24:43 utters only the Quran.
24:47 And here is a good example where we are told that the Prophet
24:52 fears the people instead of fearing God.
24:57 And certainly God doesn't hate the Prophet. Why is He scandalizing him all over the
25:03 world through the Quran? Why? God is not scandalizing the Prophet; He is telling us
25:08 that he has his actions and his words, and these are his opinions, and he can be
25:14 right or wrong. And he is right only if he agrees with the Quran. Therefore you
25:19 people take from him only the Quran.
25:21 Otherwise, what's the purpose of a verse like this?
25:24 Here is a famous example.
25:27 Obeying the messenger is conditional.
25:29 Now this example is where the Prophet neglected the poor man,
25:33 the poor blind person,
25:35 and gave his attention to the rich man.
25:39 Is this something we're supposed to do?
25:41 That's what Sunnah means.
25:43 I mean it's not anything that the Prophet would want us to do.
25:48 One complete surah illustrates the fact that we are to obey Muhammad only in his Quranic
25:53 utterances and not in his personal utterances or personal behavior.
25:58 This rules out the so-called Hadith or Sunnah as a legitimate source of religious guidance.
26:06 Why is the whole surah, the whole surah is entitled, "He Frowned?"
26:11 The whole surah is telling us that he made a mistake.
26:14 Why?
26:15 He's telling us, don't follow his personal actions.
26:21 By the way, at the end it says, "Indeed this is a reminder for those who wish, a reminder
26:28 for those who choose to remember."
26:31 A reminder of what?
26:34 That his personal actions and words may be right, may be wrong.
26:40 The idolization of Muhammad.
26:47 Well, I think we're running out of time, but this verse says that Muhammad is a human
26:53 being like you, and at the end of the verse says do not fall in idol worship.
26:59 This is another verse that says Muhammad is a human being like you, and at the end of
27:03 the verse says do not fall in idol worship. What a coincidence, both verses
27:09 end up saying do not fall in idol worship. Muhammad is a human being like you, do not fall in idol worship. Both of them.
27:17 The abuse of the Quran.
27:21 This verse here,
27:22 إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
27:26 God and His angels encourage the Prophet.
27:29 O you who believe, you too shall encourage him and support him completely.
27:33 This needs a lot of explanation which I will do later.
27:39 But they use this to praise the glory of the Prophet day and night.
27:48 And they forget that the word Prophet, the word Nabi in the Quran, almost refers to
27:52 the Prophet during his lifetime, when he was alive, not after his death. And then
27:58 we're told 13 verses before this that God and His angels make Salat on the
28:04 believers, every single one, you and me, if you are believers. God and His angels will
28:10 make Salat on us, to take us out of darkness into the light. So I get to this
28:15 level, but I have to quit. Also this verse, I just don't know where to quit, but I better quit here,
28:23 and maybe when we have enough votes tonight, maybe we can finish this whole
28:30 whole thing and explain it in detail and then eventually inshallah we're going to have it
28:35 written down in print. So let us turn to God and ask Him to encourage us to stick to His
28:42 word alone and to be satisfied with the wisdom of God alone. SubhanAllah.
28:56 Alhamdulillah, wa ash-hadu an la ilaha illa Allah, wahdahu la sharika lah.
29:01 Hopefully this book will give you the evidence that you can show anybody.
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