Surah 49: Al Hujurat (Day 1) | Original English Commentary | Project Illumine

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such a beautiful way Shaikh explained this surah . Its like falling in love with Allah .May Allah reward you all & give you highest status in all worlds.

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TIMESTAMPS Bismillah al-Rahman al-Raheem [Video suitable for viewing at increased Playback speed. Grace Song's preamble until 8:35 followed by the Professor's preamble] 20:04 Surah al-Hujurat\chapter The Chambers, #49; occurrence, positioning in the revelation and its theme... 22:56 ...the ongoing dynamic of a dissenting group, the hypocrites. 26:00 the groups, consisting of entire tribes, converting to Islam without the experience of oppression or migration etc... 27:25 ...the Prophet's response being to assign Muslims to help educate the groups or tribes... 31:30 ...the educators facing a real dilemma. 33:30 the moral/ethical point of the chapter as a late Medinan Surah. 35:30 the tremendous burdens, challenges and traumas experienced by the Prophet throughout every phase of his life... 37:35 ...navigated by communing with God via prayer and remembrance. 38:55 the additional demands placed on the Prophet. 42:02 exemplification of the correct etiquette afforded the Prophet in Ayah #1: "ya-ayyuh alladheena amanoo la tuqaddimoo bayna yaday il-lahi warasoolihi wattaqoo al-laah inn al-laaha samee'un aleem" (O you who believe! Do not place your opinions above that of God and His Messenger, and fear God. God is Hearing and Knowing) Ayah #2: "ya-ayyuh alladheena amanoo la tarfa'oo aswatakum fawqa sawt in-nabiyi wala tajharoo lahu bil-qawli kajahri ba'dikum liba'din an tahbata a'malukum wa-antum la tash'uroon" (O you who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and do not speak loudly to him, as you speak loudly to one another, lest your works be in vain without you realising). 47:43 the ironic anti-prophetic Wahhabi movement in the modern age which averred from the practice of loving/revering the Prophet. 50:09 the importance of the Prophet to Islam and of knowing the Prophet. 51:03 Ayaan Hirsi Ali's unrelenting (idiotic/ignorant) attack on the Prophet to undermine Islam via the medium of painting him as immoral etc. 52:24 Martin Lings' biography of the Prophet as an example of much of the modern literature on him which reveals very little about his personality and character. 54:32 repetition of Ayah #2 - the opening expression of intimacy (O you who believe...) to invoke mindfulness. 56:53 the unreliability of the traditional reports relating to Ayah #2, including Bukhari's book of Tariq\history. 59:45 regarding raising the voice - Abdullah ibn Zubair's report about Banu Tamim and the heated debate over who would accompany them as part of the educational delegation. 1:04:45 the case of Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas whose raised voice in the presence of the Prophet was because of his deafness - unlikely to be a reason for the revelation of Ayah #2. 1:09:45 the real reason being the importance of the tone of voice/attitude of respect - indicating the strength of the individual to exercise self control, per Ayah #3: (Those who lower their voices before God's Messenger-those are they whose hearts God has tested for piety. They will have forgiveness and a great reward). 1:15:22 the sense of reverence - but who it's directed towards being crucial. 1:16:24 Ayah #2: "...an tahbata a'malukum..." (...lest your deeds amount to nothing...). 1:21:29 Ayah #4: "inn alladheena yunadunaka min warai al-hujurati aktharuhum la ya'qiloon" (Those who call you from behind the chambers-most of them do not understand) Ayah #5: "walaw annahum sabaroo hatta takhruja ilayhim lakana khayra lahum wal-laahu ghafooru raheem" (Had they remained patient until you came out to them, it would have been better for them. But God is Forgiving and Merciful). 1:23:39 Ayah #3: "...alladheena yaghuddoona aswatahum inda rasool il-lahi oola-ika alladheena im'tahan al-laahu quloobahum littaqwa..." (...those who lower their voices before God's Messenger-those are they whose hearts God has tested for piety...). 1:29:30 in relation to Ayah #3, the story of the delegation from the tribe of Yamama including al-Aqra ibn Hammis looking to satisfy a poetry challenge with the Muslims of Medina via Hasan ibn Thabit as a gesture of traditional friendship - unlikely to have triggered Surah al-Hujurat as it came after its revelation. 1:37:53 yet another doubtful narrative - because of both internal and external inconsistencies - relating the incident of Bani Ambar to Ayah #3. 1:45:17 the key to understanding why the chapter is known as Surah al-Hujurat - the importance of private space together with the prohibition of spying/snooping/back biting/violation of the intimacies of humans. 1:49:13 Ayah #6: "ya-ayyuh alladheena amanoo in ja-akum fasiqun binaba-in fatabayyanoo an tuseeboo qawman bijahalatin fatus'bihoo ala ma fa'altum nadimeen" (O you who believe! If a troublemaker brings you any news, investigate, lest you harm people out of ignorance, and you become regretful for what you have done) Ayah #7: "wa'lamoo anna feekum rasool al-laah law yutee'ukum fi katheerin min al-amri la'anittum walakinna al-laaha habbaba ilaykum ul-eemana wazayyanahu fi quloobikum wakarraha ilaykum ul-kuf'ra wal-fusooqa wal-'is'yan oola-ika hum ur-rashidoon" (And know that among you is the Messenger of God. Had he obeyed you in many things, you would have suffered hardship. But God has given you the love of faith, and adorned it in your hearts, and made disbelief, mischief, and rebellion hateful to you. These are the rightly guided). 1:50:14 the group of traditions concerning the nature of being Fasiq/iniquitous in Ayah #6 concerning the figures of al-Haris bin Jarar and al-Walid ibn Uqba ( en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Walid_ibn_Uqba ). 2:01:44 the due diligence and conscientiousness required according to the passage contained in Ayah #6: "...in ja-akum fasiqun binaba-in fatabayyanoo..." (...If a troublemaker brings you any news, investigate...). 2:07:05 the indication in Ayah #7 of the importance of having the Prophet among the Muslims - anticipating his imminent departure - to steer a straight path for the community inspite of all the conflicting information coming his way. 2:13:49 the counterintuitive classification of dissenters - the hypocrites of Medina - as brothers \ al-Ukh'ra' in Ayah #9: "wa-in ta-ifatani min al-mu'mineena q'tataloo fa-aslihoo baynahuma fa-in baghat ih'dahuma ala al-ukh'ra faqaatiloo allatee tabghi hatta tafeea ila amr il-laah fa-in fa-at fa-aslihoo baynahuma bil-'adli wa-aqsitoo inn al-laaha yuhibb ul-muq'siteen" (If two groups of believers fight each other, reconcile between them. But if one group aggresses against the other, fight the aggressing group until it complies with God's command. Once it has complied, reconcile between them with justice, and be equitable. God loves the equitable) Ayah #10: "innam al-mu'minoona ikh'watun fa-aslihoo bayna akhawaykum wattaq ul-laaha la'allakum tur'hamoon" (The believers are brothers, so reconcile between your brothers, and remain conscious of God, so that you may receive mercy). 2:14:42 the narrations purported to relate to Ayah #9 triggering its revelation - covered in detail in the Professor's book Rebellion & Violence in Islamic Law (2001) dealing with the subject of the treatment of dissenters in society. 2:26:30 the obligation to unite on the principle of God - agreeing a mechanism to resolve the conflict - otherwise the requirement to unite against the deviant party, but applying justice thereafter. 2:30:35 the pivotal role of Ayah #9 in formulating the ethic of dealing with rebellion according to Islamic law. 2:30:56 Imam Ali's confrontation with the Khawarij, who rebelled from obedience to him as the Caliph, resulting in the principle that the state doesn't shed the blood of dissenters unless they resort to violence. 2:33:43 the fabricated tradition attributed to the Prophet calling the Khawarij "the dogs of hellfire and the true disbelievers \ Kafir of the Ummah\community." 2:34:40 the dreadful state of play today - indiscriminate use (including by Ali Gomaa, the former Egyptian Chief Mufti) of this false tradition to sanction the gratuitous murder of Muslim dissenters. 2:40:11 repetition of Ayah #10 - establishing the inherent fraternity between Muslims for all times and occasions. 2:43:26 Ayah #11: "ya-ayyuh alladheena amanoo la yaskhar qawmun min qawmin asa ay yakoonoo khayran min'hum wala nisa-un min nisa-in asa ay yakunna khayran min'hunn wala talmizoo anfusakum wala tanabazoo bil-alqab bi'sa al-s'm ul-fusooqu ba'da al-eeman waman lam yatub fa-oola-ika hum uth-thalimoon" (O you who believe! No people shall ridicule other people, for they may be better than they. Nor shall any women ridicule other women, for they may be better than they. Nor shall you slander one another, nor shall you insult one another with names. Evil is the return to wickedness after having attained faith. Whoever does not repent-these are the wrongdoers). 2:44:31 discussion of the reports concerning the Prophet's wives considered the circumstances behind the revelation \ Asbāb al-Nuzul of the Ayah. 2:49:30 the common habit in pre-modern societies of mocking people by their physical defects and appearance... 2:50:20 ...the Qur'anic message underscoring the Prophet's teaching at variance with this unethical custom, viz Ayah #11: "...asa ay yakoonoo khayran min'hum..." (... don't mock lest the person you mock becomes better than you...)... 2:52:00 ... because, according to the Prophet, "if you mock your brother or your sister, whatever feature you are mocking Allah could afflict you with it." 2:53:12 another contender leading to the occasion for revelation, the delegation from tribe \ Banu Tamim who mocked the indigents in the Prophet's mosque. 2:56:05 the disappearance of the same persistent ethic against mocking others in modern times. [Surah al-Hujurat timestamps continued - PART 2]

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[PART 2 - Surah al-Hujurat timestamps continued] 2:56:54 Ayah #11: "...wala talmizoo anfusakum wala tanabazoo bil-alqab bi's al-s'mu al-fusooqu ba'da al-eeman waman lam yatub fa-oola-ika hum uth-thalimoon" (...Nor shall you slander one another, nor shall you insult one another with names. Evil is the return to wickedness after having attained faith. Whoever does not repent-these are the wrongdoers). 2:58:19 the Professor, "if you insult or demean or mock a believer it is as if you've insulted or demeaned yourself." 2:59:30 cleansing the unclean tongue of Hudhayfah ( en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudhayfah_ibn_al-Yaman )... 3:02:00 ...reflecting on the Prophet's expectation of what being in his company would require of one. 3:02:15 mocking and obscenities being a form of sin \ Fisq/Fusooq, per Ayah #11: "...waman lam yatub fa-oola-ika hum uth-thalimoon" (...Whoever does not repent-these are the wrongdoers). 3:02:51 the duty as a Muslim to verify information and avoid speculation per Ayah #12: "ya-ayyuh alladheena amanoo ij'taniboo katheeran min ath-thani inna ba'd ath-thani ith'mun wala tajassasoo wala yaghtab ba'dukum ba'da ayuhibbu ahadukum ay yakula lahma akhihi maytan fakarih'tumoohu wattaq ool-laah inn al-laaha tawwabu raheem" (O you who believe! Avoid most suspicion-some suspicion is sinful. And do not spy on one another, nor backbite one another. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would detest it. So remain mindful of God. God is Most Relenting, Most Merciful). 3:07:14 the Qur'anic social ethic framed by Ayah #12, where the avoidance of the gratuitous gathering of information, stalking etc is apparent: "...wala tajassasoo..." (...And do not spy...)... 3:11:45 the intention of one's speech determining whether it accords with the prohibition established in the relevant passage in Ayah #12: "...wala yaghtab ba'dukum ba'da..." (...nor backbite one another...). 3:15:43 the gradations of backbiting \ الغيبة \ al-Ghaybah in Islam and its correlation to speculation corresponding to increasing sinfulness. 3:20:20 the theme of Surah al-Hujurat being about self control, the bond between Muslims and Muslims looking out for one another, including othering other Muslims instead of maintaining a single, unified community \ Ummah. 3:23:23 according to the Professor, the Prophet's response to questions concerning Ayah #12: "There are two characteristics that are the epitome of goodness, that you think well of Allah and treating other humans with the same good will. And there are two characteristics that are absolutely the worst, to think ill of Allah and to similarly think ill of other human beings"... 3:27:00 ...a second related prophetic Hadith eport, "Don't rely on speculation, because often speculation means you build your life and decisions on falsehood, on lies. And do not spy. And do not envy one another. And do not hamstring others to get ahead. And do not poke your nose into the private affairs of others. And do not give in to the temptation to practice enmity. And be brethren and come together as brothers and sisters." 3:31:30 and yet another relevant Hadith, well ahead of its time in terms of its predictions, "if Muslims build a society in which they spy on one another, the ethics of the society will become corrupted." 3:32:45 Sufi exegesis \ Tafasir on the matter of practicing the self control alluded to in Ayah #12 - the primary obligation being to vet and cleanse oneself, so whenever one is confronted by the shortcoming of another - since the primary obligation is not to vet them but oneself - then one's obligation is to take one's perception, turning the gaze inwards before asking the question "do I suffer the fault I accuse the other of?" 3:39:10 [Grace Song's outro]