Quran Study From Behrouz 616 Sura 64 By Rashad Nothing Happens Except Sura 70 By Edip Worry Chast
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0:00 Dr. Khalifa: For the benefit of the people outside of Tucson, I'm gonna repeat that we seek refuge in God
0:04 from Satan. Bism Allah Arrahman Arraheem. In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. We're
0:10 starting today on Sura 64. And, where is, where is Lisa? She's over there.
0:17 (unintelligible)
0:21 Oh. See there. Just go around. Go around with us. See, they raised their hands. First, I wanna welcome Salim and his wife.
0:35 She's here for the first time, and he was here last week. So, I'm glad you came. Thanks, Stephanie.
0:43 And also, I didn't get a chance to welcome Philip's wife. She was here two or three times,
0:51 and I was wondering who she was. Finally, he told me. So, welcome to the group. You notice
0:59 in the new translation, the word "GOD" is written in bold, big letters. And at the bottom of the page,
1:07 on the left side, you see the number 9? This is the number of occurrences of the word "God" on
1:14 this page. If you count them easily, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. This is the total, the word
1:23 "God" on this page. And on the right side is the total up to this page, from the beginning of the
1:28 Quran. The objective of this is to let the reader participate in the mathematical code of the Quran,
1:36 which proves to the person that he is looking at God's message to him or her. And this is not a
1:42 human-made book. Muhammad didn't just invent it and make it up. You are reading God's message,
1:50 and this mathematical code gives you the confidence that God is speaking to you,
1:56 not any human being who's trying to fool you. The total number of the word God in the Quran,
2:03 as you know, is 2,698, which is a multiple of 19. 19 being the common denominator throughout the
2:11 Quran. And I'm using just this word as an example. But every letter in the Quran is mathematically
2:20 coded, mathematically composed, and the whole system is easily superhuman, as all of you know.
2:30 So, this is one observation I want to make about the translation. Of course, the Arabic will go
2:34 in the empty rectangle here. We don't have the Arabic yet. So IN SHAA ALLAH, we'll be sending it to
2:43 the press around mid, the end of April, towards the end of April. No, towards the end of May,
2:55 or the beginning of May. I'm trying to calculate when the night of power is. We're gonna send it off,
3:01 IN SHAA ALLAH, on the night of power, which is April. May 3. Right, okay, there we go. I was adding
3:11 April 7 plus 27. It comes to April 34th. So, that's very late in April, or very early in May. It will
3:27 take six or seven weeks to print, and then we'll have the Arabic and the complete book with us.
3:34 In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
3:36 [64:1] Glorifying God is everything in the heavens and everything on earth. To Him belongs all kingship, and to Him belongs all praise, and He is Omnipotent.
3:47 This is a heavy verse right there. Glorifying God is everything in the heavens
3:55 and every thing on earth. And this includes things, includes the bodies of the disbelievers. Because
4:04 the disbeliever does not control his heartbeats. There's a specific number of heartbeats. And the
4:11 disbeliever does not control that. God controls that. So, the human body is glorifying God. Every
4:17 atom in your body, every atom in this carpet, in this wall, is glorifying God. They follow... We have chemists and
4:25 physicists here, and they know that every atom in the wall or the floor or the ceiling, inside this
4:33 light, every atom has a nucleus and a certain number of electrons, and they're continuously
4:39 moving in a specific way. It's just, it's a microcosm of the cosmos.
4:50 [64:1] Glorifying God is everything in the heavens and everything on earth. To him belongs all kingship.
4:58 God is the one who hires you or fires you. God is the one who determines how many dollars you get. Not anybody else. God
5:06 decides the provisions. Somebody was telling me today that they wanted... they were getting another child,
5:15 and somebody asked "can you afford it?" That's the wrong question. The question is not, can you afford it? The question
5:23 is "can God afford it?" Because God is the one who brings the people into this world, and God
5:27 is the one who provides for them. When a child is born, God provides for that child. Not you.
5:39 [64:1] .... To Him belongs all kingship, and to Him belongs all praise. He is Omnipotent.
5:46 And God....these are all important attributes of God that we must know. Omnipotent means He backs up His guarantee. And He guarantees
5:58 you perfect happiness if you are in His domain. If you follow... if you do your part, carrying out the commandments,
6:04 God will do His part. Perfect happiness, success in everything you do. Guaranteed. God's guarantee
6:11 or warranty is much better than General Motors' guarantee or warranty. When you have a warranty
6:20 from Lee Iacocca, you have confidence in it. Because he backs up his warranty. Seven years or
6:28 7,000 miles. And you take this piece of paper, and you're happy with it. Well, God is Omnipotent, and
6:34 He guarantees your happiness. It's true. God is giving you a warranty in this Quran. And He says
6:45 "if you do your part, I will do My part." This is in Sura 2, at the beginning, as you know. It says,
6:51 O Children of Israel, remember My favor, which I bestowed upon you, and fulfill your part of the covenant, that I fulfill My part of the covenant, and reverence Me. (أَوْفُوا۟ بِعَهْدِىٓ أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ) [2:40]
6:53 "do your part, I'll do My part." And our part is nothing. What is it? Five Prayers a day,
6:59 fasting the month of Ramadan, the things that are good for us. This is our part.
7:04 It's like God is saying "come, you're gonna be happy, and I'm gonna give you all the money
7:08 you want and all the health you want, on condition that you do your part." A lot of people say "no,
7:14 I don't wanna be happy and healthy. I wanna be miserable." You don't wanna... Yes.
7:23 Now, God's part is overwhelming. It's great. Verse number two. So, the word "Omnipotent" backs up this
7:34 guarantee. The guarantee is outright in the Quran, 23 times in the Quran. God guarantees you perfect
7:41 health. For example, in Sura 10, verse 62. I'd like to go back to this, because a lot of people
7:48 can't envision. They can't envision that. But God controls every atom in their bodies and can decide
7:55 how much health they have. When God tells you "I'll give you perfect health, when you do your
8:02 part", God, the Omnipotent, means that. You have to share the new Quran, Greg, with somebody. Yeah.
8:15 This is the importance of Omnipotence. Okay, in Sura 10, verse 62, God says "absolutely, God's allies,
8:24 or God's people, have nothing to fear, nothing to worry about."
8:30 Absolutely, GOD's allies have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve. (لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ) [10:62]
8:33 And then it gives you a description of these people. It says "those who believe and lead a righteous life." Those who believe in
8:39 God and they lead a righteous life. They are nice people. They are honest, truthful,
8:44 and God is their god. God is always in their mind, in everything they do, everything they say.
8:53 Those who believe and lead a righteous life. "For them is happiness in this world." I'm quoting now.
9:00 I'm quoting those verses. Verse 62 of Sura 10. "For them is happiness in this world." And this
9:05 is God speaking. "and in the Hereafter." So, this warranty or guarantee from God is repeated 23
9:13 times in the Quran. Now as you know, Satan tricks the other people who deviate from the Quran and
9:25 they have other sources like Hadith and Sunnah and God knows what, all kinds of sources besides the
9:31 Quran. Their number one Hadith goes like this. "The most righteous among you is the most miserable."
9:39 This is a very famous Hadith. Because Satan knows that he cannot give them happiness.
9:45 And actually the Hadith goes on and says "the most miserable are the prophets, and then the saints,
9:50 and then the believers." That's right. So, and this is an authentic Bukhari Hadith. It goes directly
9:58 against the Quran. The Quran says otherwise. Says "those who believe and lead a righteous life
10:03 are guaranteed happiness." I'm gonna go back a little bit again and talk about the title of the
10:12 Sura, Mutual Blaming. Mutual Blaming is one of the names of the Day of Judgment. It's called the
10:18 Day of Resurrection. It's called the Day of Judgment. It's called the Day of Reckoning.
10:24 It's called the Day of Mutual Blaming. Because this is the day when a lot of people will be blaming each
10:30 other. "You're the one who told me this." "No, you're the one who told me this." "You took me out of this
10:36 place." "You took me into that place." So, there'll be mutual blaming. In fact, the people of
10:44 hell will spend eternity beating each other. And thanking each other for beating each other. "So, if
10:53 you give me 10 kicks, I'll give you 10 kicks." Okay. Mutual Blaming. One of the names of the
10:59 Day of Judgment. Verse 2 says
11:02 [64:2] He is the one who created you. Then among you there is the disbeliever and the believer. God is fully seer of everything you do.
11:14 There are only two kinds of people.
11:17 People in God's kingdom and people in Satan's kingdom. There's nothing else. No other
11:23 choices. Although there are categories within each section. For example, Satan's kingdom has the
11:30 disbelievers and the hypocrites. And both of them fall under the bigger category of disbelievers.
11:38 Other names for believer and disbeliever is appreciative and unappreciative. These are other
11:44 names. Appreciative of God or unappreciative. And we're gonna get to this in Sura 76. Not today.
11:55 But these are the other synonyms of believer and disbeliever. Appreciative and
11:59 unappreciative. Because God gave you a lot of good things in advance. Then, He asked you to show your
12:08 appreciation. Let us take for example your eyes. Just your eyes. And I've shared this with some
12:15 of you before. If you're walking out in the street and somebody puts a gun to your head. And he says
12:21 "your eyes or five Prayers a day." What will you do? Not your eyes or your money. You're gonna say
12:28 "you either give me your eyes or promise me to do five Prayers a day." What will you choose? If this
12:34 A woman: Five Prayers a day. Dr. Khalifa: If this is real...
12:36 Dr. Khalifa: That's right. Easily. Right? So, God gave you your eyes in advance. If you want
12:44 to appreciate them, just close your eyes for a couple of minutes.
12:50 It's something that we take for granted. I hope none of you is color blind. But if you look around and you see the red,
12:58 the blue and the green and all these nice colors. God's people are perfect anyway. You notice.
13:11 Alhamdu Lillah. Thank God we all have two eyes each. So, God gave you these eyes in advance and He
13:17 said "you do five Prayers a day." Appreciative and unappreciative. The people who are not worshipping
13:24 God alone are not appreciative. I didn't mentioned the lungs or the kidneys. Nobody will want to
13:39 substitute God's kidneys for the technologically advanced artificial kidneys that they have.
13:46 They're small now. They're only about six feet tall and four feet wide and three feet deep.
13:53 And these are the most advanced kidneys. They take the patient blood completely into the machine.
14:02 And it's not as good. You should see those people. So, we thank God. He gave you all these things in advance. Number three.
14:17 [64:3] He created the heavens and the earth for a specific purpose. Designed you and perfected your design. Then to Him is the final destiny.
14:30 Footnote 64:3 says "we are in this world due to God's immense mercy and
14:37 Most Gracious will to redeem us after we committed the gross blasphemy. See the introduction and
14:45 appendix 7." You know, a lot of people say "why did God bring me here? I didn't wanna come here." Because they
14:52 don't understand why we are here. If they read the Quran, they will know why we are here.
14:58 And they will realize that we committed a gross crime billions of years ago. And God decided to give
15:04 us a chance to redeem ourselves, to denounce idol worship. But the majority of people insist on idol
15:13 worship. The vast majority of Christians insist on worshiping Jesus. And the vast majority of
15:19 Muslims insist on worshiping Muhammad. It's just the human nature. They're all humans.
15:26 And the Quran makes that statement in advance. It says "most people, no matter what you do,
15:32 will not believe." Because God knows these are the creatures who committed that blasphemy billions
15:38 of years ago. And I don't wanna bore you with repetition of what it is.
15:46 And then God says that of the minority that will believe, the majority will fall in idol worship. Because God knows...
15:57 I mean, this is what brought us here. We did not uphold God's absolute authority. And this is
16:04 why we have that tendency to idolize saints and prophets. The vast majority of people fall in that
16:12 trap. So, He created the heavens and the earth for a specific purpose, which is redeeming those among
16:20 us who deserve to be redeemed. So, we can go back and join, rejoin God's kingdom. If we fail, then we'll
16:32 be exiled from God's kingdom, and that is hell. It only makes sense, like I told you at noon today.
16:41 If you're a chairman of the board of a company, you don't want the lazy employees. It will cause
16:46 the company to lose. And instead of God firing us completely, He said "I'll give you a chance
16:53 to educate yourselves, redeem yourselves, and then come back to me. This is the specific purpose. God
17:02 designed you and perfected your design. And the design of the human being is fantastic, and
17:11 we never tired from describing it. Like I was using somebody the other day to give the example. Well, we can
17:23 use Greg now. See, Greg is scratching his face. Ok. His hand is like this, but it goes like that,
17:29 and then it turns and scratches his face. He takes it for granted. But this is quite a design. There
17:36 are two bones in your arm here that can go around each other, so it can go like this.
17:42 I mean, how many times do you take it for granted? You go like this. You don't even think. God perfected our
17:49 design. Can you scratch every part of your body? This is God's design. Your arm is not too short.
18:02 You can reach every inch of your body. Not me, but... If I maintain the natural weight,
18:11 I will. So, it's my fault. If there is any flaw in your design, it's your fault.
18:30 Designed you and perfected your design. Anything that goes wrong... This is very important,
18:41 because people will tell you "how about the person who's crippled?" It's very important to
18:47 understand that that person is a victim of Satan. Something, something, they removed themselves from God's protection,
18:56 and that caused Satan's victimizing them. And the perfect example that we know, and we talked
19:02 about it before many times, is Rabbi Kushner of Boston. Rabbi Kushner of Boston. His book is
19:11 full of blasphemies against God, unfortunately. Not all the Jewish people are like that, but he
19:17 is a rabbi, and he should know better. He wrote this book "When Bad Things Happen to Good People"
19:24 and he totally misunderstands... He does not understand Satan's role at all. And he says that
19:30 the bad things happen because God cannot control everything. God is not Omnipotent, according
19:35 to him. His book is just full of blasphemies. Now, what happened to him... his son was born
19:41 with this progeria disease, rapid aging disease. And in 14 years, he died. So, what happened was,
19:50 Rabbi Kushner, by blaspheming against God in this manner, he removes himself from God's protection.
19:56 And Satan fooled around with the embryo, with his son, when he was inside the mother.
20:05 And the child was born defective. So, whose fault is it? The child was victimized by Satan.
20:15 And Rabbi Kushner was victimized by Satan, in the same way. Because God guarantees your health through
20:25 the angels, God's angels. God has some of the best surgeons in the world. If you are to.... anything wrong happens
20:32 in your body, they can go in your body and fix it. ‘Alaykum Al-Salaam. And Satan has the same ability,
20:38 because he was an angel. So, remember that anything, any flaw is a result of Satan's interference. But when you
20:50 look around here, this is the basic design of God. "designed you and perfected your
20:56 design. Then, to Him is the final destiny." He gave you two eyes. Because some people have accidents,
21:03 they lose one eye. So, they have another spare. Even though everyone is perfectly guarded,
21:12 nothing happens against the will of God. And God promises to protect you as long as you
21:18 are in His domain. He gave us two kidneys in case one of them stops for some reason. And remember,
21:28 two ears and one mouth. I should learn from this and stop talking. And put on the spot here,
21:37 because General Spooner went AWOL. He was supposed to be here talking. He called from Memphis today.
21:45 He is alright by the way. Okay, verse 3 ends by the statement "to Him is the final destiny." Okay,
21:58 so every one of us is gonna go back. And if we did our part, we'll be prepared to join God's
22:04 kingdom. If we did not do our part, and we did not develop ourselves, we will not be able to be there
22:12 physically. God forbid. The people who did not prepare themselves will go to hell on their own
22:20 volition. God will not put anybody in hell. They will go to hell on their own volition. And we have
22:28 examples. The bugs. You put the light fixer on and you screw it in very tight, and still the bugs,
22:36 they work very hard to work through this thread, and go inside to die. This is how the human beings
22:42 do. They work very hard to go to hell. So, God gives us lots of examples in this world. Number 4, verse 4,
22:58 [64:4] He knows everything in the heavens and the earth. And He knows everything you conceal and everything you declare. God is fully aware of the innermost thoughts.
23:09 Did you ever come across people who think that God is not aware of them? They say "Who am I? God doesn't pay attention to me."
23:17 They think God doesn't see them. But this verse here is telling us God is fully aware of
23:23 every single ant. There are some termites in this building somewhere. We are not aware of them, but
23:30 God is. And He knows how much they're supposed to eat and when to stop them. God is fully aware
23:40 of every single creature, every single atom. He knows everything in the heavens and the earth and
23:49 He knows everything you conceal and everything you declare. We just cannot have a complete
23:57 comprehension of God's Omnipotence and Power. Look how He created you and the blood pumping
24:05 in your body in a perfect, perfect design. If you sleep in your arm for a couple of hours at night and
24:15 the circulation is not right, you know, you get a nightmare or something to move you. Because the circulation has to be perfect.
24:32 He knows everything you conceal and everything you declare.
24:46 So, if you do your part, God is aware of it. Everything is recorded. Consciousness of God is very important. Wherever
24:56 you go, just remember God is with you. You must be conscious that God is with us here right
25:03 now. He's aware of everything we're doing. He is aware that you are here to study His message. You
25:09 want to redeem yourself and go back to God, join His kingdom. God is aware of that. And These are heavy
25:18 verses. Verse number five says,
25:26 [64:5] Have you noted those who disbelieved in the past then suffered the consequences of their decision? They incurred a painful retribution.
25:39 God is teaching us from the past history. And these are factual observations. We know that Pharaoh drowned in the sea.
25:49 We know that. We know that Moses and the believers crossed the Red Sea. There were no bridges then,
25:58 no Golden Gate Bridge. But they crossed the Red Sea from Egypt to Sinai. We know Pharaoh
26:08 drowned and his body is full of salt in the Cairo Museum. "Have you noted those who disbelieved in
26:17 the past then suffered the consequences of their decision?" And usually it is the end that counts.
26:29 The believers may go through a purification process, a polishing process, like the stone that
26:37 goes through a lot to become a gem. But there is these machines, these polishing machines that are
26:43 very severe. So, the believer may go through that, but he or she will emerge like a gem in the end.
26:51 And we have, we have... all these guarantees will be fulfilled. The purpose of the purification process is just that,
26:58 purification, to make you a perfect human being, a person who does not lie, cheat, trustworthy,
27:09 righteous. Purification. And God will take each one of these at a time and cleanse you
27:17 from it through a polishing process. Remember Jahan's Khutba on Friday when he didn't wanna
27:27 do the push-ups? See, he's young and he's going through the polishing process. But he
27:36 will emerge like a gem. Purification process done by the Master Purifier. But those who disbelieve,
27:48 their end is always bad, always. Their last 15 or 20 years are the most miserable years
27:55 of their lives. And the opposite is true with the believers.
28:05 I think tonight we're gonna come to the law that says that "nothing happens to you except in accordance with God's
28:13 will." This is one of the two important laws. The other law says "nothing happens to you except as
28:19 a consequence of something you have done." These are negative, negative. "Nothing except." "Nothing happens except
28:25 as a consequence of your work."
28:35 I was talking to my nephew this morning in Egypt. And he was
28:39 telling me that he's doing everything right and he wonders why he gets some problems. So, I went
28:48 with him through a typical day or something and discovered he doesn't do the Morning Prayer. Maybe
28:54 once a week he does the Morning Prayer before sunrise. So, I taught him the law. I said "the law is
29:00 nothing happens to you except as a consequence of something you have done." I taught him that
29:06 God loves him and wants him to do the Morning Prayer. This is probably what God is choosing at
29:13 this time to purify him. Every time he misses the Morning Prayer, he gets a pinch until he does the
29:24 correlation and realizes that God is aware of him and like he's watching as if he's the only one on earth.
29:31 And whenever he misses the Prayer, he gets the pinch. The correlation is immediate. And this is
29:37 why we have also the other law that says "worship God in order to attain certainty." This is how you
29:44 attain certainty. Because with this immediate correlation, you're gonna realize that God
29:49 is watching you as if you're the only person in the universe. And when you make a mistake, you get
29:57 a pinch. It's a kind pinch. It hurts, but it gets your attention. It doesn't hurt permanently. It is
30:12 the kind that is restorable. God's pinches are all restorable. You don't lose a finger, for example,
30:18 because you cannot restore that. But you get a pinch that is restorable. You get a headache,
30:25 for example, because headaches go away. You lose a few dollars. You can get them back
30:31 multiplied manifold. So, this verse, number five, reminds us of these two laws, two important laws.
30:45 Don't forget them. I think we're gonna get to the one that says "nothing happens except in
30:51 accordance with God's will." I believe it is in this Sura. Oh, Ok. And the other law says
30:58 "nothing happens to you except as a consequence of your work." Nothing happens. I mean, it's quite a
31:05 statement. It begins with the statement, nothing.
31:08 Nothing happens to you except in accordance with GOD's will. Anyone who believes in GOD, He will guide his heart. GOD is fully aware of all things. (مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ) [64:11]
31:12 It starts with a negative. Number six,
31:17 [64:6] This is because their messengers went to them with clear proofs, but they said, "shall we follow humans like us?" They disbelieved and turned away. God does not need them. God is in no need, Praiseworthy.
31:34 See, they made a mistake when they said "shall we follow humans like us?" Because the messengers are not
31:42 are not the ones that are being followed. It is God's instructions that are being followed.
31:48 The messenger is one of the people around who is the same as they are, and he himself is required to
31:55 follow the instructions. So, we're all following God when we look at God's teachings and follow them.
32:05 But here, their ego is an important test. So, we're told that the painful retribution
32:14 that is in verse five came to these people because their messengers went to them with clear proofs.
32:21 I mean, Moses threw the staff, became a serpent in front of Pharaoh and swallowed everything
32:25 else. He still did not believe. God made the Nile into blood in front of them. They couldn't drink
32:35 for seven days. And they told Moses "ask your God to give us water again, we will believe." As soon
32:44 as it became water again, they said "NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA. We will not believe." I mean,
32:52 what is this? Frogs, lice, locusts, nine plagues. And every time they said "ask God to relieve this,
33:03 and we will believe", and then they reneged. So, God is fair. When they drowned in the Red Sea,
33:12 they deserved that. But God gave them enough warnings.
33:20 [64:6] This is because their messengers went to them with clear proofs.
33:25 In this day and age, we have the mathematical code of the Quran, proving
33:29 this is God's word. But they still make all kinds of excuses to avoid it.
33:46 For seven, well, God's... I will go back to six, God's proofs are always clear and overwhelming, as we are experiencing
33:56 right here in this mosque. The mathematical miracle of Quran, as you will see, I'm writing
34:02 it now in appendix one, is just overwhelming. I'm using here just the word God as an example,
34:10 and this alone is enough to prove that this is not human made. Because the word God, now here we
34:18 are in the 20th century, using computers, and we are sophisticated, educated people, three of us,
34:26 Lisa, Emily, and myself. We're working on these numbers, the number of the word God. We are not
34:31 writing them. We're not inventing anything. We're just counting them, keeping track of them. And you
34:37 have no idea how many mistakes we make. Computers and all. So, it makes us appreciate the miracle
34:48 even more. I was typing a number, 2492, 2492, for example, and I switched the 9 and the 2, make
34:59 it 2429. So, I was off by about 70. And there are many other examples where I was off by one or two,
35:07 but the Quran is perfect. 2698 of them, that is 19 times 142, and if you take the verses,
35:19 wherever you see the word God, for example, in this page we have verse 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8,
35:27 and 9. You take these numbers. In the whole Quran, wherever you see the word God, and add them up,
35:34 the total is 118123, which is also a multiple of 19. And this will be printed on the last page of
35:41 the Quran. This alone proves that this is not human made. I just don't see how they will face
35:49 God on the Day of Judgment, people who can look at this and still reject it. I'm just trying to
35:57 emphasize the words "clear proof", so clear. Muhammad couldn't do this. How will he keep track
36:04 of the word God in the Quran without computers when we made mistakes? And it's already in front of us.
36:17 Verse 7,
36:20 [64:7] Those who disbelieved claim that they will not be resurrected. Yes, indeed, by my Lord, you will be resurrected, and you will be held accountable for everything you have done. This is easy for God to do.
36:35 And God set the system, so it is automatic. Tomorrow morning, before sunrise,
36:42 you're gonna have two choices to make. You have a decision to make. You're gonna get up before
36:46 sunrise and do the Morning Prayer, or you will not. Only two choices. If you force your body
36:54 to get out of bed and do the Morning Prayer, you will grow. Your soul will grow. And to put it in
37:03 our world's terms, you will make a deposit in your post-retirement account, a few million dollars,
37:12 just with that one Prayer tomorrow. It's actually more than that. I'm just using these numbers of
37:17 this world. The other choice is that you become a slave of your body and you sleep,
37:22 because your body is telling you "oh, it's so much fun to be in the pillow." Your body is telling you
37:28 that. So, if you're a slave of your body, you're gonna sleep, and you lose, because the body
37:35 is gonna go to dust. You are gonna live on with your growth and development or your shrunken
37:42 condition. God made it automatic. So, in the very end, you're gonna be born into the Hereafter
37:49 what? Either developed, complete person, or a deformed, shrunken person. It's in your hand.
38:09 [64:7] Those who disbelieved claim that they will not be resurrected. Yes, indeed, by my Lord....
38:14 Remember, these are mathematically composed letters. God is telling them. "Yes, indeed, by my Lord..."
38:23 This is the Quran speaking, by the way. "Yes, indeed, by my Lord. You will be resurrected, and you will be
38:31 held accountable." You'll be held accountable in this manner. Remember in Sura 17 where it says
38:37 "nobody will need to be asked, what wrong did you do?" It'll be obvious who developed and who did
38:42 not develop. In Sura 55, remember the verse that says "on that day, the guilty will not
38:51 be asked about any of their guilt or their sins?" You don't need to. Also, in Sura 17,
39:00 we learn that the differences in the Hereafter will be fantastic, will be great. See, the
39:10 difference between Hani, a child, and his father, is five feet. In this world, five feet. But in the
39:19 Hereafter, the difference between the people will be like, somebody will be as big as a cat,
39:25 and the other will be as big as Phoenix, Arizona, or the state of Arizona. So, the person as big
39:30 as a cat "you're gonna ask him, what did he do wrong?" I mean, it's obvious. The difference will be huge.
39:41 See, we're really tiny. We are very tiny. An angel can hold the earth in his hand, see, and you can
39:50 be as big as that. Remember, we were all in the same company, billions of years ago.
40:06 "Yes, indeed, by my Lord, you will be resurrected and you'll be held accountable for everything you have done.
40:11 This is easy for God to do." In fact, it's already done. On the Day of Judgment, when God comes to
40:20 our world, the people will be automatically stratified according to their size or degree
40:27 and development. If you're strong enough, you'll be able to stand the presence of God,
40:32 and you will enjoy it. You'll be in Heaven. If you fail to develop yourself, I'm not talking to you,
40:40 of course, it's the people on the street who need to know that. But the people who fail to
40:44 develop themselves will have to run away from God. They cannot stand the presence of God,
40:51 too much energy. And this is why God is advising us to do the Five Prayers, to fast the month of Ramadan,
41:00 to be charitable, do all this. He gave us specific things to develop our soul for our good, because
41:08 see the end of the verse? Verse 6, excuse me. Because God is in no need. He doesn't wanna bother you and
41:18 have you get up before sunrise just to annoy you. Why does God want you to get up before sunrise?
41:29 What does He benefit from that? Nothing. It's you who will benefit from that.
41:45 As a matter of fact, my nephew was complaining what... specific problem was the depression, that gets depressed
41:52 once a month or so. And this is directly related, if you remember Douglas' Khutbah, it is directly
42:00 related to being up in the morning early. Remember the hat with the light? And that research that was
42:07 done indicated that people who had extra light in the morning, not at night.... Is this right,
42:13 Douglas? In the morning. So, it's not just.... you cannot lengthen the day from the night side. It
42:19 is getting up early in the morning that induces certain chemicals in your head and causes the
42:26 depression or not. There is a direct correlation. Those who study statistics, the correlation is 1.0
42:38 between sleeping too much and headaches and depression. You sleep more than 8 hours a
42:44 day, you're guaranteed to have headaches and maybe depression. So, God is advising you for
42:56 your own good. God is in no need. Number 8,
43:03 [64:8] Therefore, if you are smart, you shall believe in God and His messenger, and the light that we have revealed herein, God is fully cognizant of everything you do.
43:18 It's God's message to the people. After showing us the positive incentives
43:27 and the negative incentives, God is giving you the conclusion. "Therefore, you shall believe
43:32 in God and His messenger." Why does God want you to believe? He doesn't need us. It's because He
43:40 loves us. God loves you. He wants you to believe and follow this light of the Quran to be redeemed,
43:50 to be saved, to be happy here in this world and in the Hereafter. You see this verse that talks
43:57 about retribution in verse 5? You see, a lot of people make a mistake thinking that they have
44:06 to die first and go to the grave for millions of years and then get up before they receive their
44:12 reward or their punishment. And they say "oh, forget it, come on." For millions of years,
44:20 they think. They don't realize that the happiness and the retribution happen here. It is repeated so
44:26 many times throughout the Quran that we pay here. It starts here. When you make deposit in your
44:33 post-retirement account, you draw interest here and benefits in this world.
44:45 [64:8] Therefore, you shall believe in God and His messenger and the light that we have revealed herein. God is fully cognizant of everything you do.
44:53 Number 9,
44:55 [64:9] The day will come when He summons you to the Day of Summoning. That is the Day of Mutual Blaming....
45:00 Here you have two names of the Day of Judgment. The Day of Summoning, we will be summoned. It is as sure as the sunrise tomorrow morning. All of us, past,
45:13 present, and future generations will be summoned before God. And that is the Day of Mutual Blaming.
45:22 [64:9]..... Anyone who believes in God and leads a righteous life, God will remit his sins and will admit him into gardens with flowing streams. They abide therein forever. This is the greatest triumph.
45:38 So, our part is so easy. And this is why Mutual Blaming causes people who did not believe will
45:47 find someone who misled them, took them away from the Redemption.....
46:00 Edip: And also this describes the selfishness of disbelievers. They are selfish and they will want to change everything, to give
46:11 as a ransom everything that they love, that they have.
46:16 Dr. Khalifa: They probably gave up God and this world for the sake of their spouse or parents or children or whatever. But on the Day of Judgment, they want to give up those.
46:28 Edip: The love of disbelievers, when they love something, their love is because
46:34 of their selfishness. They love, for example, their children because they have benefit.
46:45 They do not love anything they don't expect benefit. For example, they do not do anything secretly,
46:55 good things, because they are in fact selfish. But apparently, you may not see it. Any people who do
47:06 not believe in Hereafter, they are selfish in this world. Let's go on, 15.
47:19 [70:15] No; it is aflame. [70:16] Eager to burn. [70:17] It calls on those who turned away. [70:18] Those who hoarded and counted. [70:19] Indeed, the human being is anxious.
47:39 Verse 17 tells us that hell will call, will invite people. In Quran, we find that
47:52 Allah personalized the substances. Understand? For example, in chapter 41, verse 21, we see God makes
48:12 everything speak up, makes everything speak up. For example, in 41:11, we see earth and heaven speak. In 23, chapter
48:23 23:62, the record speaks. And chapter 50, verse 30, hell speaks. And chapter 27:82,
48:34 computer speaks. God makes everything speak up. But what is speaking in our language?
48:44 We're speaking.... You may understand speaking is only by words. But Quran explains the word "speaking." The word speak,
48:56 in 3:41, we see gestures, symbols, also is another way for speaking. Allah says for Zakariya,
49:09 your sign is not to speak with anybody for three days except, except gestures, by symbols you
49:20 can speak. This exception shows us that symbols or anything that symbol gestures are also way of speaking.
49:32 Dr. Khalifa: Signals
49:33 Edip: Signals, yes. Thanks. Verse 18,
49:40 "Those who hoarded and counted" is one of the important
49:48 character of disbelievers. They hoarded the earthly goods and they are very careful about the
50:05 substances of this world. And also we can see this character in chapter 74, verse 12, 15. And
50:18 verse 19 is very interesting. "Indeed the human being is anxious." In Arabic, we see it has been created
50:32 as anxious. The word is "has been created." I searched about this because Allah says in chapter 95, verse 4 and 5.
50:49 We created man in the best design. (لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍۢ) [95:4]
50:51 We have created the human being in the best manner. Allah, and in another verse,
51:02 please open chapter 32, verse 7.
51:18 He perfected everything He created. He perfected everything He created. Allah's creation is perfect. But here we see that human being has been created anxious.
51:33 Apparently, we may see a contradiction between those verses. But if we carefully research on the
51:45 word "KHALAQA", we see in Quran when God says about our creation, when mentioned about our creation,
51:55 He says "خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ", "KHALAQNA", we created. And Allah when mentioned about His creation,
52:04 He says always "we created best, in best manner." But here it is KHOLIQA, has been created,
52:12 not "we created." How do you say in English for this? KHOLIQA, unknown. The subject is unknown here.
52:22 Dr. Khalifa: Passive, Is it passive tense? Edip: Passive, yes. Passive tense. For example, we can see the
52:27 passive tense in chapter 4:28. It describes the weakness of human being.
52:34 GOD wishes to lighten your burden, for the human being is created weak. (خُلِقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ) [4:28]
52:37 You can see that verse. And also the human being has been created hasty, chapter 21:38.
52:47 And when Allah describes the weakness and anxiousness and hastiness of the human being,
52:57 He always describes this as KHOLIQA, not KHALAQNA. It shows us with our free will,
53:05 we change our creation. Yes. OK, what is the grammatical,
53:07 Dr. Khalifa: Where is Martha? Is Martha here? Martha: Yes.
53:10 Dr. Khalifa: Ok. What is the term, linguistic term for something that was created? Instead of I created.
53:19 Martha: Yes. It's passive voice.
53:21 Dr. Khalifa: Oh, OK, so, passive is right. I wasn't sure.
53:24 Martha: But I'm not sure if I (unintelligible).
53:35 Dr. Khalifa: No, but the human being can make himself worried, as you will see
53:39 in the next verses. In other words, the INSAN, the human being is made something, it's made by the human, not by God.
53:49 Martha: (unintelligible)
53:56 Dr. Khalifa: Yeah, right.
53:57 Edip: We can see in Quran,
53:59 Then we developed the drop into a hanging (embryo), then developed the hanging (embryo) into a bitesize (fetus), then created the bitesize (fetus) into bones, then covered the bones with flesh. We thus produce a new creature. Most blessed is GOD, the best Creator. (فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ) [23:14]
54:02 Allah is the best of the creators, the best Creator of creators. أَحْسَنُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ There are many creators.
54:13 Dr. Khalifa: In other words, we can create our own misery or our own happiness.
54:17 Martha: But the angel talks to us.
54:20 Dr. Khalifa: Well, God instructs. They follow God's laws. They carry out God's laws.
54:27 Edip: (Arabic unintelligible) Also they create lies.
54:30 Dr. Khalifa: This is just to bypass these linguistic tricks. Edip: Ok.
54:47 Dr. Khalifa: Dark grey car with the lights on. Small, dark,...
55:07 Dr. Khalifa: Eula, get the make of the car next time, not now. But....
55:17 Dr. Khalifa: It could be. But Emily will find out.
55:27 Dr. Khalifa: OK, go on, Edip.
55:29 Edip: Yes, verse 20.
55:31 [70:20] If touched by adversity, despondent. [70:21] If blessed by wealth, stingy.
55:39 Dr. Khalifa: What kind of car is it? No.
55:44 Edip: [70:22] Except for the worshipers.
55:47 [70:23] Who always observe their contact prayers (Salat).
55:53 [70:24] Part of their money is set aside. [70:25] For the poor and the needy. [70:26] They believe in the Day of Judgment.
56:02 [70:27] They reverence their Lord's requital. [70:28] Their Lord's requital is not taken for granted. [70:29] They keep their chastity.
56:18 [70:30] (They have relations) only with their spouses, or what is legally theirs— [70:31] anyone who transgresses these limits is a sinner—
56:28 [70:32] And the believers keep their word; they are trustworthy. [70:33] Their testimony is truthful.
56:36 And it ends with the same close statement.
56:43 [70:34] They consistently observe their contact prayers (Salat), on time.
56:48 It's like the same verse 23. There are some qualifications, some behaviors of Muslims,
57:00 important behaviors. First, they observe their Contact Prayers. And we see this statement also
57:11 in 23, verse 2. And there are many common verses between here and the beginning of chapter 23.
57:24 Dr. Khalifa: You see, I'm making a note of this for the index. Traits of the believers. (unintelligible). Ok. Go ahead.
57:38 Edip: Part of their money is set aside. Word by word
57:44 translation, they have a part in their money. A part there is known, known by people. This shows
57:55 us this charity, the amount of Zakat is known by people.
58:02 Dr. Khalifa: Specified. Edip: Specified.
58:04 Edip: Part of their money is set aside. (حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ) [70:24]
58:07 Edip: 24.
58:09 [70:24] Part of their money is set aside.
58:12 The amount of the charity is known by people.
58:24 Dr. Khalifa: So, give me this back to printing. Specified portion? Edip: Ok. Yes.
58:29 Dr. Khalifa: Specified portion of their money is set aside. Edip: Specified. مَّعْلُومٌۭ
58:39 And there are parallel verses here between 23 and chapter 23. For example, you see the parallel verse in 23, chapter 23,
58:51 verse 4. It says, it specifies this as Zakat, just the word Zakat.
59:07 Verse 30,
59:10 [70:30] (They have relations) only with their spouses, or what is legally theirs—
59:17 Edip: This is about captives of war. Dr. Khalifa: No, no, it is not. Edip: It's not?
59:26 Edip: In chapter 4:25, Allah gives us permission to marry with captives of the war. Dr. Khalifa: No, it is not.
59:35 Edip: Please, open chapter 4, verse 25.
59:38 Dr. Khalifa: Look in the new translation. Edip inherited some of the old stuff,
59:46 where they had wars and captives. And "what is legally theirs" covers all the methods of marriage in the world.
59:56 There are places where there's no marriage. But a man and a woman will live
1:00:01 together forever and have their children, and the society will know that these belong to each other.
1:00:05 You don't have anything like that any.... So, the Quran covers all the situations. There are
1:00:12 common-law marriages in this country. And the Quran recognizes that. This is what legally theirs means.
1:00:33 Edip: And is there any question about this?
1:00:39 Dr. Khalifa: I have a few comments.
1:00:43 Edip: Let me talk about...
1:00:45 Dr. Khalifa: 4:25 talks about slaves. 4:25 talks about slaves.
1:00:50 Edip: Yes, slaves, you can marry with them.
1:00:53 Dr. Khalifa: Right, but not war captives. Edip: Oh, ok.
1:01:00 Edip: Ok. This is very important to note that the people who do not.... the worshippers who do not observe the
1:01:09 Contact Prayers are anxious. Anxious, I really want a more stronger word than anxious. In Arabic,
1:01:18 HALU'A is worried, always worried. Nervous and anxious and worried, always worried. A human... huh?
1:01:26 Yeah. Jittery and worried. Worried, depressed and anxiety and worry.
1:01:36 If touched by adversity, they become despondent. And when blessed with wealth, they are stingy. Ok, now, you can ask
1:01:44 yourself these questions. "Do you worry?" Number 2, "Do you become despondent when something bad happens to you?"
1:01:53 Number 3, "Are you stingy when you have money?" If you have these three traits, then you do not belong
1:02:01 with the worshippers, the believers. I remember my father's teacher had a debate with some of the
1:02:11 Mullahs. And he trapped him into this. He said, "do you worry a lot?" He said "yeah, we're humans,
1:02:19 we worry." He said "if something bad happens to you, do you become upset?" He said "yeah,
1:02:24 we're human beings, we do that." And then he said... So, I said "well, then you don't belong
1:02:31 with the worshippers who observe their Salat prayer because in verse 22, it says,
1:02:37 Except for the worshipers. (إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ) [70:22]
1:02:38 Except those who observe the Salat Prayers. So, the lesson is that if you do observe your Contact Prayers,
1:02:45 this will cool you down. You will not worry, you'll have nothing to worry about. No fear,
1:02:50 no worry. And you will not be despondent when adversity happens. You'll remember what the
1:02:58 Quran says, that you may dislike something which is good for you. You may not get the job that you
1:03:04 want, but God knows it is not good for you, and you accept that. So, you will not be despondent,
1:03:10 you will not be miserable, because you didn't make it in the job interview. So, then we have a bunch of
1:03:18 traits of the believers. They always observe their Contact Prayers, verse 23. 24,
1:03:25 A specific portion, 2.5% of their net income is set aside for the poor and the needy, 25. 26,
1:03:33 [70:26] They believe in the Day of Judgment. These are all traits of the believers. 27,
1:03:40 [70:27] They reverence their Lord's requital. They worry about it. In other words, they don't want it. They know how bad it is,
1:03:48 just making God angry. God doesn't get angry, by the way, but, I mean, violating His commandments.
1:03:57 27, eh, 28, [70:28] Their Lord's requital is not taken for granted. In other words, when you look at this, you'll be
1:04:08 severe against yourself. You will not be lax. You will judge yourself according to these criteria,
1:04:17 and make sure that you're a believer. You will be strict with yourself. Number 29,
1:04:30 [70:29] They keep their chastity. So, I mean, you look at this verse 29, and you keep your chastity.
1:04:37 You will not be lax or careless. Keeping the chastity is something that is unusual in this country,
1:04:49 because the society evolved so much in the last few decades. Maybe, I should get you the piece of
1:04:59 paper that Phil handed me. Just one second. It's appropriate to this. Let me. It's for all those
1:05:15 born before 1945, which probably includes me only. And...Okay, but here it says "we were certainly
1:05:32 not before the difference between the sexes was discovered. But we were surely before the sex
1:05:37 changed. We may do with what we have. And we were the last generation that was so dumb as to think
1:05:44 you needed a husband to have a baby." No wonder we are so confused, and there is such a generation
1:05:50 gap. But we survived, okay. I think there are some other points here that along the line that
1:06:03 "we were the last generation that was so dumb as to think you needed a husband to have a baby." So,
1:06:09 in other words, what happened in the last few decades is really very harmful to the people.
1:06:18 And we see what happened with AIDS, the spread of venereal diseases, lesbian mothers, things
1:06:29 that those who were born before 1945 never heard of these things. But verse 29, the believers do not take it
1:06:39 lightly, 29. I'm writing an appendix on chastity and virginity for our children. Our children
1:06:51 better be different from the other children. It is your responsibility to teach your children for
1:06:58 their own good that they must be virgin on their wedding night. And I'm talking about boys and
1:07:04 girls. And I'm going to show in the appendix how the happiness of your children depends on that.
1:07:13 The price is just too high if they don't follow this verse, this very short verse, 29, they keep
1:07:22 [70:29] They keep their chastity.
1:07:25 The price is really too high. Now, even from the physiological and the physical point
1:07:30 of view, the boys and the girls, when they mature first and they're ready for... they're not ready.
1:07:41 I mean, physiologically, they may have their menstruation, or they may... the voice may change,
1:07:47 the boy's voice may change, but physiologically and anatomically, they are not really ready for
1:07:53 sex. But in this country, they delve into sex without being ready, and they hurt themselves,
1:08:01 and they pay the price when they grow up. This is from the purely physical and physiological point
1:08:06 of view. But from the practical point of view, God sees to it that those who violate this...
1:08:13 Cause you know, our boys and girls must be taught not to violate this. That they must keep their chastity,
1:08:21 because when they do that, they pay from their happiness. They will not have a happy marriage.
1:08:28 They will not have a happy life. And, mind you, it is not easy. You must teach them that it is
1:08:34 not easy to keep your chastity, especially in a society like this. Joe Sobran is a reporter with
1:08:42 the Los Angeles Times, and he had a wonderful commentary only yesterday, or the day before.
1:08:49 He says "these boys, they go out and they have sex as if there are no consequences. But the
1:08:54 consequences are abortions, dangerous things that happen to... and children who these boys have no intention
1:09:02 of raising them or supporting them. They create a lot of misery." That was Joe Sobran's commentary,
1:09:08 and he is not a Muslim. But here we are reading the Quran, and God knows what is good for us.
1:09:13 And He is telling us that the believers must keep their chastity. You know, all of you are young,
1:09:26 and you have children who are growing, and I want to repeat and emphasize, and re-emphasize that it is
1:09:33 your responsibility. If you just do your part, God will do the other part. You cannot just leave them
1:09:40 to the world out there. You have to do your part by teaching them what the Quran is saying, what
1:09:45 God is saying. Because if you really love them, you want them to be happy when they grow up.
1:09:52 And one source of misery will be to break these laws. They are not physiologically ready. They'll be
1:09:59 breaking God's law, and the price is too high. And I know you do want them to be happy. So, I am going
1:10:12 to write this appendix in detail, and you can use it. Ok. Use me to give them these instructions. It is
1:10:21 very difficult to be a father or a mother, and you talk to children about sex. It's kind of awkward.
1:10:30 But if you use the Quran, tell them "this is what God says. Here is the appendix. Read it." And God
1:10:36 will help you, and will protect them. So, and emphasize to them that it is not easy. You must
1:10:43 exert, tell them they have to exert a lot of control. Because the temptation is so great out there. And you are helping them this
1:10:53 way when you tell them "it is not easy. But you must exert for your own happiness and your own good,
1:10:57 you must exert a lot of control. You must resist." You know, they have a big thing saying
1:11:02 "say no to drugs." But you never see "say no to sex." Even though it is disastrous. Is there?
1:11:15 Well, Subhan Allah. Ok.
1:11:23 Yes, this is a shock.
1:11:25 A woman: If you have 20 hours, they say, you know "use contraceptive whenever (unintelligible). Dr. Khalifa: Yes.
1:11:36 Dr. Khalifa: Because this, I think it was Valentine's Day at the university, and they distributed free condoms. It's like telling them
1:11:42 "go have sex", you know. They don't realize what they're doing, and how much unhappiness they're
1:11:47 causing to these kids. But this is good news. Now, God is forcing. God says in Sura 41 verse 53,
1:11:56 that God will show them His signs in the horizons and within themselves until they
1:12:01 realize that this is the truth. This is what is good for us. There is a big campaign in the country
1:12:06 against alcohol. They don't do it because God said so. But they are forced by the disasters,
1:12:13 the social disasters, and the broken families, and the depression that is caused by alcohol,
1:12:21 the hangovers and headaches, diseases. Now, the book, there's a book in the market, new book,
1:12:26 that is called "You Are What You Drink." I've mentioned it before. And it lists unbelievable
1:12:32 disastrous health problems from alcohol. Because it dissolves your brain. I mean, I'm talking
1:12:38 about cancer, blood pressure, heart disease. Established, scientifically established.
1:12:44 A woman: Liver disease.
1:12:45 Dr. Khalifa: Liver disease, of course, it's known long time ago. And the same is happening with violating this verse 29,
1:12:54 [70:29] They keep their chastity.
1:12:55 The same thing is happening. There are unheard of diseases coming out.
1:13:03 AIDS is one of them. Uncurable. Skin cancer exposure. You're telling me that now, the... Naghmeh, you're telling me now the females
1:13:13 have a disease that is similar to AIDS. I heard about it a couple of weeks ago. Do you wanna tell us more?
1:13:18 A woman: There's a cancer (unintelligible).
1:13:34 Dr. Khalifa: Young girls who are sexually active. Because they are not physiologically, they're not physiologically
1:13:39 ready. It takes maybe 10 years after the voice in the boy changes and the menstruation of the girl,
1:13:47 maybe 10 years to really be ready to be pregnant and to be in a marriage relationship. So, God
1:13:55 knows, God created us and knows what is good for us. So, if you think I spend too much time on this,
1:14:03 it's deliberate. Because you have a lot of responsibility. There are lots of beautiful,
1:14:08 wonderful kids running around here. And they must be protected. Like I said "don't worry." You just
1:14:13 do your part. And you must know that your children are in God's hand. You can't be with them every
1:14:20 time. But God chaperones your children. You're a person. You're a person of God. And you must
1:14:27 have that confidence. You must know that God is with your children wherever they go. If they're
1:14:33 riding a bicycle in the middle of the street, or they're out with other people subjected to all the
1:14:40 temptations of this society. Don't worry. Drugs or sex or accidents. Your children are in God's hand
1:14:46 and you must have that confidence. And being the oldest of you, I've raised two kids. I know that.
1:14:53 I know. I'm speaking from experience. They've seen how much God's protection is marvelous.
1:15:00 And they've seen how you just do your part and God will do His part in the most magnificent ways.
1:15:08 So, I don't have relations with anybody else. In fact, this is repeated in verse 30. It says
1:15:15 [70:30] (They have relations) only with their spouses, or what is legally theirs—
1:15:21 So, there's a lot at stake. It is just not worth it violating these laws. These are very harsh. The punishment is very harsh. It seems
1:15:34 out of proportion. So, if you want to test it, go ahead. You're gonna pay through the nose. If,
1:15:42 if you want to abide by God's law, then you attain a lot of happiness and you avoid lots of problems.
1:15:48 Okay. Any questions?
1:15:57 Yes.
1:16:12 Right. They're being selfish, like the fellow who donated a million dollars to the cancer centre but it had to be announced over the microphone in the stadium. This is showing
1:16:22 off and he's doing it for selfish reasons. Maybe. Maybe. I mean, he has to be a believer in God to
1:16:30 give things secretly. But the criterion is whether the person is cutting a portion of his money and
1:16:35 giving it to the poor or not. The minimum is 2.5%. If the person is giving away at least 2.5%
1:16:42 of his or her money to the poor, then they're alright. Farhad.
1:17:06 Yes. This is verse 30.
1:17:12 Yes.
1:17:18 Yes. OR is very important. Yes. This is...The Quran is so accurate that you have to pay attention to what Farhad
1:17:27 is just saying. OR or AND. There's a verse that says you shall observe Hajj and Umrah. And I have
1:17:35 translated it, maybe even in the old translation, OR Umrah. But we're supposed to observe, in
1:17:40 pilgrimage, there are two things you must observe. Hajj and Umrah. They must be done. So, this is a
1:17:45 similar... The difference is just a dash. WA or AW. It's the difference. You really have to pay attention to these things.
1:17:55 Edip: Yes, here, if you have spouses, you don't have legally. Dr. Khalifa: Right. See, because you either
1:18:03 got married or either got together without the benefit of marriage. I don't wanna tell you that
1:18:09 joke again. The guy in Africa who wanted to know the secret of happy marriage. And someone said "what is marriage?"
1:18:16 So, there are places in the world where there is no marriage. Edip: What does legally mean?
1:18:23 Dr. Khalifa: Yeah, "legally" means that there may be societies where when the people reach the age of 21, they are actually
1:18:34 engaged at the time of birth, in some of those societies. They had a boy in the family and said,
1:18:39 "this will be for my daughter." The tribe chief or something. Because the daughter is not born yet,
1:18:46 maybe. But these are political connections. So, when they reach 21, they ship the boy and the
1:18:53 girl into their new house and they become husband and wife, forever. She is legally his and he is
1:18:58 legally hers. But there was no marriage ceremony or no such thing as marriage. So, the Quran must
1:19:06 cover all situations. They legally belong to each other. In this country, the common law
1:19:12 marriages are legal as far as God is concerned. There are two people who decided to live together
1:19:17 forever and raise a family. The intention is for being together forever. They don't go through the
1:19:25 state and the papers and the priest or the Justice of the Peace or anything. But they live together
1:19:30 forever. And that's legal as far as God is concerned.
1:19:36 A man: In many places like psychiatric hospitals and (unintelligible), the adolescents have the most serious emotional problems. (unintelligible).
1:19:47 Typically, they're children of parents who were illicit. They engaged in a lot of illicit
1:19:53 sexual activity. They committed adultery. A lot of these young people, they don't have any sense of
1:19:59 genuine love or affection. They, in fact, even at times,
1:20:04 express hatred and resentment toward their parents. Because they can't see their parents
1:20:08 loving each other. These are the ones that are, in fact, the most serious.
1:20:15 I haven't, God knows, I haven't come in contact with a single case of an extremely serious emotional problems.
1:20:24 You know, this type of thing that is not included sometimes in adultery or, you know, disregard for marriage. (unintelligible).
1:20:36 Dr. Khalifa: By the way, I must clarify that when I talk about problems in marriage, there are all those
1:20:40 problems in marriage. But for people who keep their chastity until their marriage,
1:20:48 they will have the regular problems of bickering over the budget and what to be spent where and
1:20:54 which house to pick out and which room should be the living room and which room should be...
1:20:58 These are normal problems. I'm talking about serious problems that are the price of the improper marriage.
1:21:13 A woman: You just mentioned that parents (unintelligible) children (unintelligible).
1:21:22 There's a verse in Sura 4, verse 19, is Quran saying that, you know, it's commandment "They can't do that. They can't get in here unless quiet"?
1:21:33 (unintelligible).
1:21:39 Dr. Khalifa: No, this is inheritance of the things that the wife possessed. It is not inheriting the person. I,
1:21:49 I think I clarified this in the new translation. "You shall not inherit your wife's forcibly" means
1:21:55 you cannot force her to write a will giving you everything, giving the husband everything. That's
1:22:00 what it means. But arranged marriages are done all over the world. And a lot of them are very successful.
1:22:20 Well, this is prohibited in the Quran. Marriage against anybody's will is prohibited in the Quran
1:22:24 anyway. So, this...If a man inherits the wife in the sense that you're saying, and she's happy and he's
1:22:32 happy and they get married, fine. I mean, widows can get married. There's no problem.
1:22:42 There's a Jewish tradition about the brother marrying his brother's widow. It's an old tradition in Judaism.
1:22:50 There's nothing wrong with it if everybody's happy.
1:22:52 A person: (unintelligible).
1:22:59 Dr. Khalifa: Yeah, well, no, this is against the Quran.
1:23:03 Pardon?
1:23:05 Speak slowly.
1:23:06 A woman: There are quite a few societies... Dr. Khalifa: Yes. There are a few societies there.
1:23:17 Dr. Khalifa: Actually, in this society, you find everything here in this society.
1:23:25 Any other questions? Pari.
1:23:26 Parivash: (unintelligible) legally because many people here, they leave, when they wanna leave, they say, they suddenly leave because they don't wanna be legally and that's...
1:23:45 Dr. Khalifa: It's only okay if they decide that they are together forever
1:23:50 and that they will raise a family, the children and everything, as a couple forever. The intention
1:23:55 must be forever. They may break up next month or next year, but if the intention was they're
1:24:01 getting together forever, then it's okay. It is not okay to get together with the intention that if things don't work out, goodbye.
1:24:12 Parivash: Because most of them, they don't wanna have that responsibility. Dr. Khalifa: Right.
1:24:17 Parivash: If wanna live and baby, they can have a baby. But I think they don't want that they have responsibility.
1:24:29 And maybe they live for 50 years or more than that. Years.
1:24:34 Dr. Khalifa: Like I said, if the intention was that they live together forever, then it's perfectly alright. Yeah. Right. Some
1:24:40 A woman: Some people get married (unintelligible) and they don't wanna (unintelligible) Dr. Khalifa: Yeah. Right.
1:24:46 Edip: People's intention.
1:24:48 Dr. Khalifa: Yeah, some people get married and one or both have intention of not being together forever.
1:24:53 That's prostitution. Yeah, the Quran consistently talks about marriage and making it official and
1:25:03 everything. Yes, but I'm talking about generally, in this country, for people who never saw the
1:25:07 Quran, never came across the Quran. Dr. Sabahi: Ok, that's what I wanna...
1:25:10 Dr. Khalifa: Marriage is a very organized institution, according to the Quran, because God tells exactly who we can marry and who we cannot marry. And it's an elaborate
1:25:21 and divine institution that is very organized, yes. I'm glad you point this out. Dr. Sabahi: Yeah, I got the wrong...
1:25:27 Dr. Khalifa: Against the Quran. Dr. Sabahi: Which is something that I wanted...
1:25:30 Dr. Khalifa: We're going against the Quran. The true believer is the hardest working person and the
1:25:35 best producer in his job or her job, wherever they go. And they enjoy every minute of it. Believers
1:25:45 are very hard workers and the most honest workers. And they are the best producers. And they enjoy
1:25:54 every second of it. They're not lazy. God doesn't want the lazies. He wants people on the ball in
1:26:04 His kingdom. It was very good. Sura 16 says "the rich believer is better than the poor believer."
1:26:12 And Edip wanted me to change this for possible misunderstandings. But I did not, because God
1:26:19 meant that. It says "the rich believer and the poor believer, both are believers." Both are equally
1:26:26 believing. But one of them is able to do things, is able to give to charity, and able to further
1:26:33 the cause of God and spread the word of God and do things that will make a difference. So, this is a motivation.
1:26:42 A man: Is it also (unintelligible) Edip: Allah.
1:26:46 Dr. Khalifa: Yes, there are authorized printings and they are the closest to the truth. They have
1:26:54 one of the mistakes in them. There are three mistakes in them, in the authorized versions of the Quran printed in
1:27:00 Saudi Arabia or Egypt. Avoid the ones printed in Iran. They misspelled them and messed them up. You
1:27:09 Dr. Sabahi: Even the verses, the numbering of the verses?
1:27:14 Dr. Khalifa: That's possible, but I know that they "simplified"
1:27:18 the Quranic Arabic and they wrote it in the modern... Edip: In Turkey also. Dr. Khalifa: Also in Turkey?
1:27:24 Edip: Yes, misspelled. Dr. Khalifa: uh-oh. Yeah.
1:27:28 Dr. Khalifa: The first Quran ever in history that is the way God wanted it to be printed.
1:27:35 From here, come out of here the next few weeks, IN SHAA ALLAH.
1:27:41 Dr. Khalifa: Farhad?
1:27:42 Farhad: You mentioned about Persian translation. Another, another translation, its introduction in Persian language. Another translation is in
1:27:57 Arabic. Translating into Persian is convenient because they use it a lot. Dr. Khalifa: Yes.
1:28:10 Dr. Khalifa: Well, I have good news for you. There is a Farsi translation being done now from my translation. So, we should
1:28:17 have it in a year or so, IN SHAA ALLAH. We have authorized Farsi translation. No. Susan Ray? No. It's done by
1:28:30 Behrooz. You meet Behrooz? Behrooz Mofidi Shirazi. He's doing this. He's going very fast. A man: Mã Shã Allãh.
1:28:39 Dr. Khalifa: Martha, did you say something?
1:28:57 Dr. Khalifa: You are not reading your Muslim Perspective (unintelligible). You are not reading your Muslim Perspective.
1:29:04 Martha: Maybe.
1:29:06 Dr. Khalifa: Not maybe. You are not reading your Muslim Perspective. It's right there. It's the answer to your question. Yes. It's perfect answer to your question in detail. So, go
1:29:17 read it. Now. Any other questions? While Martha is reading the answer to her question.
1:29:28 Can you, can you what?
1:29:31 What was, what did she say now?
1:29:34 A woman: Me? I said, any other questions that Rashad can avoid tonight by telling us to read them.
1:29:40 A woman: (unintelligible). That's actually very efficient, especially since it's five o'clock at night. Dr. Khalifa: Yes.
1:29:51 Dr. Khalifa: It only takes a minute, but it answers your question perfectly.
1:29:54 The answer is "yes." The Prophet Muhammad was given specific instructions. Every time Gabriel released
1:30:00 Quran from Muhammad's soul to Muhammad's memory, he gave him instructions as to where these three
1:30:06 or four verses belong. And he wrote down those verses and he put the instructions next to them.
1:30:14 So, when he died, he left the complete Quran, but not in the order that God wanted for the
1:30:19 world. He left the Quran with instructions on the side as to which Sura goes after what Sura
1:30:25 and which verse goes after which verse.
1:30:27 Martha: (unintelligible).
1:30:32 Dr. Khalifa: Exactly. They followed the instructions. They put the Quran together, but
1:30:36 then Satan tricked them into adding two verses. And that was during Uthman's time. And this
1:30:43 triggered the war between Ali and his family and the Umayyads.
1:30:47 Martha: If that's the thing that you're referring to, I read that part. The part about Ali and his family. I've read that part. Dr. Khalifa: Right.
1:30:57 Dr. Khalifa: There were 50 years of
1:30:58 bitter war, but unfortunately, the Umayyads won. So, we got their version. We didn't get the version of the believers.
1:31:09 A woman: Did Gabriel come down from the sky to Prophet Muhammad? Dr. Khalifa: No.
1:31:18 Dr. Khalifa: He was an angel. No, he didn't see him
1:31:20 A woman: Did he saw him? Dr. Khalifa: No, he didn't see him as an angel.
1:31:27 A woman: Did he just dream him?
1:31:29 Dr. Khalifa: No, no, no, he didn't dream. Gabriel comes and takes and becomes part of Muhammad's
1:31:35 body and releases the... Gabriel built a connection between Muhammad's soul and Muhammad's
1:31:41 physical body. He didn't need to see him.
1:31:46 A woman: So, I mean like did he talk to them?
1:31:49 Dr. Khalifa: No, not like that. When... the possession, you lose... In the possession, you lose your
1:31:54 identity completely. If you are possessed by an angel or a demon or whatever, Naghmeh disappears
1:32:01 and the other entity takes over completely. And you have no consciousness at all. But Muhammad was
1:32:07 fully conscious. He just had these words come to him and he would write down the verses. It comes
1:32:13 to his memory. It's just like you're remembering something. You remember that you took a final
1:32:18 exam three days ago, and the questions were this, this, and this, and you can write them down. So,
1:32:23 Dr. Khalifa: this is how he received it. A woman: But he knew that all along it was a spiritual thing. Dr. Khalifa: Oh, yeah.
1:32:31 Dr. Khalifa: Ok. Well, whatever your dearest wish is, turn to God and ask him for it. The best wish being to stay
1:32:38 on the right path. Al-Fãtehah.
1:32:41 Bism Allah Arrahman Arraheem (1:1) Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen (1:2) Arrahman Arraheem (1:3) Maliki Yawm Eddeen (1:4) Eyyaka Na’abudu Wa Eyyaka Nasta’aeen (1:5) Ehdina Al-Serata Al-Mustaqeem (1:6) Serata Al-Lazeena An’amta ‘Alayhim Ghayri Al-Maghdoobi ‘Alayhim Wa Laddaalleen (1:7)
1:32:58 By all means, look at that miracle on the wall and thank God because there is
1:33:03 no doubt that we are the luckiest people on the face of the earth. Alhamdu Lillah. Congratulations.