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When Will You Submit
When Will You Submit
I first of all ask Allah (swt) to give me strength and clarity to deliver a message that is beneficial
and its something that remains in the hearts and minds of myself included and all the Muslims
because the subject that I have chose that I have chosen to share with you today is of really a
paramount importance and typically what I like to do in Khutbah is to focus on some portion of
Allah's words. And the portion I have selected for you today is the 54th ayah of Surah-An Nisa.
Surah Nisa happens to be the surah as early Madni by most accounts. And includes in it many
instructions for Muslims and how to set up themselves as a community. So some of the foundations
or principles for Muslim community to be established in Madina in the life of Madina. And in it it
also has principles for us of how to go beyond the community and really truly become a nation. So
you know there is this idea of us the smallest unit of humanity being an individual and beyond that
being a family and beyond that being a neighbourhood and beyond that being a community and
even beyond that being a nation. And so these stepping stones that lead us to become a solidify
nation, an ummah. And Allah mentions these ayahs in these injunctions in one after the other in this
surah . So of them having to do with divorce law, others having to do with fighting in the path of
Allah, spending in the path of Allah. And you find a very interesting contrast. You find Allah talking
to two groups of people. One group of people that is refusing to accept Islam. And another group of
people who have accepted Islam on the outside but have walked away on Islam from the inside, the
Munafiqoon. And there are different kinds of hypocrites, there are those who never really believe to
begin with and it was a fasad to begin with
َ ب ال َْعال َِم
ين ُ َال أ َ ْسل َْم
ّ ِ ت ِل َر َ َالل َُه َربُّ ُه أ َ ْسلِ ْم ق
َ ِإ ْذ ق
That is the lesson Allah has taught us inn Surah al Baqarah. Whenever Allahs aid give yourself up,
submit, surrender. He said I surrender I give myself up, I submit myself entirely before the Master
ّ ِ ِل َر. So before we talk about any aspect of Deen and try to figure out the
َ ب ال َْعال َِم
of all people ين
logic of it, understand the larger purpose. Allah as made this Deen one to submitting to Him. If you
are having a hard time submitting to him. You are having a hard time with Islam itself. The very
central idea of Deen itself. It's not to say you shouldn't understand the Ahkaam of Allah but you and
I have to be the one once we when understand them whether we get it or not whether we see the
logic of it or not, we have to give it up. We have to just give it up, you know. Allah even
acknowledged in Surah Al-Baqarah when it came to Riba.
َ
ّ ِ َٰذلِ َك ِبأن ّ َُه ْم قَال ُوا ِإن ّ ََما ال ْبَيْ ُع ِمث ُْل
الربَا
Its a very interesting discussion. Allah says there are people who consume riba and they say that
business is just like riba. I mean if you looked at liquid transactions, and solid transactions, and
money and cash its a complicated discussion it could go either way. You can't even tell the
difference. 1920, pate do pata do, one two lines in a contract. I mean what's the big deal. It is the
same and if you sit and have a 4 hour argument with a finance major about whether riba is halal or
not you know or what is the difference between riba and business you might say yeah its the same
yeah. I don't see the practical difference. But Allah didn't make only one line instead of explaining
to you the fine line differences between them, He(swt) said there is only one more thing you need to
know now that you understand to you and your head that they are similar there is only one more
thing
َ
ّ ِ ۚ َوأ َح ّ َل الل َّ ُه ال ْبَيْ َع َو َح ّ َر َم
الربَا
End of story. Allah has made business halal and riba haram. That is it.. That's the conclusion. Now
with that background in your mind I want you to in shaa Allahu ta'aala reflect upon the words of
this profound ayah آمنُوا َ يَا أَيُّ َها ال َّ ِذof course the ayah is addressing us. عن ِدي ِن ِه
َ ين َ َمن يَ ْرتَ َّد ِمنك ُْمthe
one who turns away among you عن ِدي ِن ِه َ ِمنك ُْمfrom his Deen the one who turns back from among
you from his Deen. Allah didn't say all of us are turning back from our Deen. A group from among
us and َمنis an interesting word in Arabic it could refer to something plural and it can also refer to
something that is singular. So from the point of view of Taqleel it could be even a single person is
walking away from Deen, you are walking away from the religion. And I have already mention this
to you, it can happen in two ways. One, practically they denounce Islam altogether and two for all
practical purposes internally in their hearts, in their heart of hearts in their thoughts they really don't
submit to Allah. They really don't see a point of living by Allah's teachings. They don't see the point
in that any more. So for those practical purposes they have walked away from the Deen. Also even
if no body else human beings don't see it we see a Muslim outside they are suppose to say
Assalamualaikum warah matullah. We are not suppose to judge what's in their heart. But Allah can.
Allah sees what's inside. So who ever of you has walked away or does so then what does Allah say
“ ف ََس ْو َفthen soon” and َس ْو َفis the Arabic word that implies “very soon”. Allah won't take very
long to take immediate steps and what are those steps? م ٍ يَأ ْ ِتي الل َّ ُه ِبقَ ْوAllah will bring about a
nation. Allah will bring about, Allah will bring forward a nation. Its very interesting The first part
was even if one of you walks away and then Allah says Allah will bring a whole nation around. In
other words you start thinking you are special? you think Allah needs you? You think you are a
contributor to Islam nobody else can be? That you are irreplaceable? Allah essentially says what to
speak of you I will bring a nation instead of you. You are not an asset. Don't think of yourself that
high. Already we are being put in our place. And one of the central embedded teachings of this ayah
is humility. That we understand our place. That in this Deen when we get an honour to say La ilaha
illallah, when we have the honour to say Muhammad ur-Rasoolullah (saw), then this is an honour
and a gift given by Allah. And if you don't appreciate this gift then who needs you there is plenty of
others who can appreciate this gift more than you and I. There is plenty of others. Similarly we have
to stop thinking of those among us who are involved in religious activity. They are involved in
positions of leadership, of volunteering, of helping out Islamic causes. Whatever they are doing in
whatever capacity. Sometimes you start thinking man if I don't do it, it won't get done. If I am not
the one giving the Khutbah, if I am not the one helping out volunteering at the Masjid, if I am not
on the board, if I am not the MSA president, if I am not running the dawah organisation, mann this
work cannot happen. I can't even believe, I am surprised what was happening before I got here
because I am God's gifted Islamic work, right? Without me how would it even move forward. And
Allah is letting us know all of us know that you know his Deen is beyond you and I. And its not like
other people will come forward and so we give other people credit. Allah says م ٍ يَأ ْ ِتي الل َّ ُه ِب َق ْوnot
يَأ ْ ِتي ق َْو ٌم. يَأ ْ ِتي ق َْو ٌمwill be a nation will come. يَأ ْ ِتي الل َّ ُه ِب َق ْو ٍمAllah will bring a nation. Its not even
that new nation gets a credit. Allah gets credit from bringing them out. Allah gets credit for the
replacement. We are replaceable. Nd we are in the place of privilege and honour. We have to accept
that and admit that. And that's a humbling thing. And at the same time its an honour and at the same
time you and I should be humble that Allah has chosen us and given us this responsibility. We
should take it very very seriously. And in no aspect of our Deen, and in no ounce of our attitude
should we be people that turn their back from our Deen in any capacity, altogether or partly. We
shouldn't be of those people. We should be of the people who move forward. You know there are
interesting expressions in the Quran for Muslims moving forward. And essentially if you are not
moving forward, its not that you are in your place you are actually headed backwards.
ِيل الل َّ ِه اثَّا َقلْتُ ْم ِإل َى ال ْأ َ ْر ِضأ َ َر ِضيتُم ِبال َْحيَا ِة َ آمنُوا َما لَك ُْم ِإ َذا ِق
ِ يللَك ُُم ان ِف ُروا ِفي َسب َ يَا أَيُّ َها ال َّ ِذ
َ ين
ْآخ َر ِة
ِ الدنْيَا ِم َن ال
ُّ ۚ
Surah At-tawbah is very harsh language. What's wrong with you those who claim to have Iman
when you are told to march forward in Allah's path, your feet get planted in to the earth. What's
happened to you? You prefer Dunya over Aakhirah? That's what happened to you? It is
understandable that a disbeliever who has no concept of Paradise, who has no concept of Hell-fire,
who has no concept of Judgement Day. If he prefers this world, it is logical I can understand. You
are Muslims! You have been given far more better information. You know a lot more about what's
ahead. And if you still prefer this world there is some serious problem. َما لَك ُْمis rightfully said
“what would be wrong with you?”. What is wrong with you that you don't march forward in Allah's
path. Anyhow,
َ ٍأ َ ِذلَّة
َ عل َى ال ُْم ْؤ ِم ِن
ين
َ أ َ ِع ّ َز ٍة
َ عل َى الْك َا ِف ِر
ين
“And they are tough, harsh, authoritative against Kafireen”. And Kafireen here are not non-
Muslims. Kafireen here is enemies of Islam. Kafireen is here who are undermining Islam. The
Muslims were not harsh with all non-Muslims in Madina. Who were they harsh with? The enemies
of Islam. Those who are trying to undermine Islam, attack Islam, insult the religion, say things
against the Prophet, say things against the Quran. Those who are trying to attack Madina from
Makkah. Those people. They have to be harsh towards them. They are not gonna be back awe. They
are not gonna take it sitting. They stand up for themselves. So over learning here is a fine line
between we are not arrogant because we are humble at the same time its not like you walk all over
us either. We stand up for ourselves. We don't take it sitting down. Our young men, lot of them go to
public school, young men and our girls they go to public school and people pass comments at them.
Stand up for yourself. Stand up for yourself. Don't take it just, “ aww I have to be patient. I have to
be humble” and you are walking like you got a back surgery or something and your back is lowered
and you think this is like Islamic that you have to look like you are weak or you are sick or
something. No! We have to lower our gaze that's fine but that doesn't mean we have to lower our
heads. It doesn't mean that. We have to be confident people. WE have to instil confidence in our den
so much, so much that when we see Kufr we look at its inferiority. We see how inferior and pathetic
it is and we see pride and greatness that Allah has given us in Islam. We are not arrogant but we
certainly are confident. That's what we have to be.
َ أ َ ِع ّ َز ٍة
َ عل َى الْك َا ِف ِر
ين
Then Allah goes further to say
ُون ل َْو َم َة ل َا ِئ ٍم
َ خاف
َ َۚ ل َا ي
“They are not afraid of any blame of any blamer”. In other words, people will say things to us,
people will accuse us of things. People will literally ل َْومaccuse. People will accuse us of things. The
Peter kings of the world will accuse us of things before Congress. They will do so. But we won't be
afraid of it. We will not gonna go, “You know what he said about Muslims? Oh my God what's
gonna happen?” No! No! No! No! We knew what's gonna happen. We knew what's gonna come.
And we are not afraid of it. We don't have to explain ourselves to you. You don't have to tell us you
guys are crazy, this, that or the other. And we have to exhaust or breath-telling. No! No! No! we are
not crazy. We are normal. We are OK. No! No! That's what they want. They want to keep us busy
constantly telling them that we are not crazy. Muslims are not violent, Muslims are not extremist,
Muslims are not this, Muslims are not that. They want us to make a whole list of what Muslims are
not. So we never get to tell them what Muslims are. Right? That's the point. You are constantly busy
explaining ourselves. م ٍ ُون ل َْو َم َة ل َا ِئ
َ خاف
َ َ ل َا ي. And then finally Allah says
ۚ ِيل الل َّ ِه
ِ ون ِفي َسب ِ ج
َ اه ُد َ ُي
Allah argues ِيل الل ّ َ ِه
ِ ون ِفي َسبَ جا ِه ُد
َ ُ“ يthey struggle as hard as they can in Allah's path”. In other
words, this Ummah has come together because this Ummah is on a journey. Its on a journey. It has
a goal. And its gonna get to that goal. And they have to take care of the business inside the house.
Before they can reach there. Before they can deal with a higher goal. You have to have your health
in order to do bigger and better thing. Allah has made us an Ummah for a very high cause. Its called
ِيل الل َّ ِه
ِ هاد ِفي َسبْ ِ جwe are not afraid of that term, it is a noble term in the Quran. And has
nothing to do with the craziness associate with it. We have to confidently study this term and
understand what it refers to. It refers to the mission of all messengers. All messengers. We are doing
ِيل الل َّ ِه
ِ هاد ِفي َسبْ ِج. Esa (as) did ِيل الل َّ ِه ْ ِج. Musa (as) did ِيل الل َّ ِه
ِ هاد ِفي َسب ِ هاد ِفي َسب
ْ ِج.
Muhammad ur-Rasoolullah (saw) did ِيل الل ّ َ ِه ِ هاد ِفي َسب
ْ ِج. They struggled in Allah's path. Allah
gave them a mission and they struggled in it. This Ummah has a mission. It has a goal to
accomplish. It has to clarify the teachings of this Deen to the rest of the world. It has to show the
beauty of Islam. That's a big goal. Its not a small goal. With all the billions of dollars being pushed
in demonising Muslims, this ummah has a goal to overcome that because they may have finances
on their side but Allah is on our side. Allah is on our side. So we have a goal. We have a mission.
But if we can't accomplish this mission. If we are bickering each other and arguing among ourselves
and we are too busy in dealing with these pathetic things that is holding from what Allah has created
us for ِيل الل ّ َ ِه
ِ ون ِفي َسب ِ ج
َ اه ُد َ ُ ي. And then Allah ends
َٰذلِ َك ف َْض ُل الل َّ ِه
“That is a favour of Allah”. That is the favour of Allah. If you and I become an Ummah that truly
struggles for the sake of Allah that show humility to each other that become tough against the
enemy. We become stern. We don't become lying down. We become these people. Then Allah is
saying that is Allah's favour. Now these people are standing up for themselves. Now they are doing
what I commanded them to do. Now they are moving forward. We are constantly thinking in our
communities we are never gonna be “Oh! Alhumdulillah we have accomplished everything we need
to as a community”. We are always thinking what we need to do. What's the next step. Its a Sabeel (
ِيل
ِ ) َسب, a path. What's the next step in this path. What's the next milestone. What more we need to
get done. We are constantly thinking ahead. What more we need to do. And what we need to instil
in to our kids. We only got this for you. You guys gonna go further. This is just a beginning. These
are the people Allah says this is a favour of Allah. This is a blessing of Allah.
اء ِ ۚ يُ ْؤ ِت
ُ يه َمن يَ َش
“He gives it to whoever He wants”. And he has given it right now to us. He has given it to us. And
Allah didn't say He has given it to us and we can hold on to it. We walk away from these
responsibilities we are replaceable. SubhanAllah. اء ِ يُ ْؤ ِت
ُ يه َمن يَ َش