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i'll continue my discussions with you

i'll continue my discussions with you

about ibrahimovic this week

and uh just to quickly remind you that

and uh just to quickly remind you that

the last thing we

discussed in some detail is him

discussed in some detail is him

questioning first of all where their

religious practices come from

and he simply posed a question that they

didn't have a satisfying answer to

didn't have a satisfying answer to

so they tried to make it sound like

questioning that would be questioning

his own heritage

questioning his identity and when he

questioning his identity and when he

simply called them out for them and the

simply called them out for them and the

they tried to make it sound like

they tried to make it sound like

basically an under

basically an under

undercurrent of a threat so they said to

undercurrent of a threat so they said to

him are you serious

him are you serious

did you actually say that are you are

did you actually say that are you are

you bringing us the you dare to bring us

you bringing us the you dare to bring us

the truth or

the truth or

you're just kidding right and we talked

you're just kidding right and we talked

about that how they tried to put that

about that how they tried to put that

pressure on him

and so this week we're going to look at

his response

his response

and the first thing about that response

and the first thing about that response

is he didn't come out

is he didn't come out

and make his claim to what he believes

in the beginning of this conversation

in the beginning of this conversation

he started the conversation with a

he started the conversation with a

question and he started a conversation

question and he started a conversation

with what is not making sense to him

so the idea of truth is not i believe

this

this

and therefore you are wrong that wasn't

and therefore you are wrong that wasn't

his journey

his journey

i believe this and therefore you're

wrong it's actually i've been raised to

wrong it's actually i've been raised to

believe

what you have what you've given me and

what you have what you've given me and

i'm not convinced of it

i'm not convinced of it

so i sought out the truth and here's

so i sought out the truth and here's

what the truth is

you see like even in our shahadah

you see like even in our shahadah

there's a negation first right

there's a negation first right

and then allah right so the idea of that

being

being

behind that being that doesn't matter

what culture what society you and i were

what culture what society you and i were

raised in

raised in

what religion you may have been brought

what religion you may have been brought

up in you discovered that there's

up in you discovered that there's

something missing in the concept of god

or the gods that you were introduced to

or the gods that you were introduced to

aren't gods at all and i don't just mean

gods as in

some people believe in mythology or some

people even a trinity or idols or

people even a trinity or idols or

whatever isms not just that somebody's

whatever isms not just that somebody's

god could be they're just science

somebody else's god could just be

themselves but whatever god's

themselves but whatever god's

somebody was raised with the ultimate

somebody was raised with the ultimate

ideal that somebody was raised with

when someone truly ponders the quran's

when someone truly ponders the quran's

argument is they discover that they are

not worthy of that place

at all and only allah is so he's first

at all and only allah is so he's first

questioning why do you people

questioning why do you people

put these idols and the stories behind

them why do you put them on this

them why do you put them on this

pedestal

i can't seem to understand the

i can't seem to understand the

justification for it

justification for it

and then only after expressing why he

can't be convinced of that

can't be convinced of that

that then he comes to his own claim

which is what now his response

which is what now his response

allah so he's going to respond to them

and say

and say

um your master all of you is the master

um your master all of you is the master

of the skies and the earth

who fashioned and created them out of

nothing all of them the skies and the

nothing all of them the skies and the

earth

earth

and i am witness over that reality

against all of you

against all of you

so in that statement there's a few

so in that statement there's a few

things first thing to know is the word

which is different ways it's been

described in arabic

what that does is they give two options

right

right

are you seriously bringing us the truth

are you seriously bringing us the truth

or are you joking

or are you joking

but they put a lot of stress on are you

joking you must be

joking you must be

the kinds of kids that just joke around

the kinds of kids that just joke around

anta allah

stress was placed on it and he

understands what that's what they're

understands what that's what they're

pressuring him to try to say

so he says no in fact so that no

so he says no in fact so that no

that ibal from him that baal is actually

that ibal from him that baal is actually

saying you want me to say that i'm just

kidding and dismiss this

kidding and dismiss this

i'm going to start by saying no so he

i'm going to start by saying no so he

first

first

rejects that pressure openly rejects

rejects that pressure openly rejects

that pressure and then he responds

and he says the master of all of you is

the master of the skies and the earth

now this is the first time he's talking

now this is the first time he's talking

about allah

and he's openly talking now

and he's openly talking about allah now

and this statement of his

and this statement of his

is actually as offensive as crushing all

is actually as offensive as crushing all

the idols

and breaking all the idols because this

is breaking the idols in their minds

even if the idol stands in the temple

the idol is broken in the mind when you

the idol is broken in the mind when you

come out and say

come out and say

there is no other than the rub of all of

there is no other than the rub of all of

you

is the rub of all of the skies and all

of the earth in other words there is no

separate god for the earth

separate god for some of you separate

separate god for some of you separate

god for someone else separate master

separate nurturer

someone else takes care of the sky and

someone else takes care of the sky and

someone else takes care of the earth it

someone else takes care of the earth it

is one single rob

and then he goes further and says

and then he goes further and says

the one who molded and created all of

the one who molded and created all of

them all together

them all together

in other words he's calling on it's a

in other words he's calling on it's a

very subtle and beautiful thing that he

very subtle and beautiful thing that he

just said

just said

you know future also means to come to to

you know future also means to come to to

like

like

is used in right to see any crack or any

opening

opening

when you are creating something new then

there's a lot of breaking and molding

there's a lot of breaking and molding

and

and

that sort of thing involved right

and

that's kind of the implicit meaning

inside the word

it's a it's an incredible usage because

the idols that they

the idols that they

have made they broke pieces of wood to

have made they broke pieces of wood to

make them

they broke pieces of marble and stone to

they broke pieces of marble and stone to

make them right

and he is speaking of making the maker

and he is speaking of making the maker

of all of this

of all of this

is your rub and the irony of it is the

is your rub and the irony of it is the

gods you want me to

gods you want me to

worship you made them they didn't make

you

you

you made them you are their father

i'm calling on your fate you see

i'm calling on your fate you see

this is a really beautiful phrase that

he used

he used

the one who molded this and speaking

the one who molded this and speaking

because you guys know some things about

because you guys know some things about

manufacture

clearly your your

clearly your your

tradition has taught you how to

tradition has taught you how to

manufacture things

manufacture things

in this case idols well speaking of

manufacture

let me introduce you to the one who

let me introduce you to the one who

manufactured you the skies and the earth

and i and then he could have just

and i and then he could have just

stopped there but he wants to let them

know that he's not joking

and he wants to let them know that it at

and he wants to let them know that it at

this point he is not going to back down

and in fact he is ready for now just not

and in fact he is ready for now just not

just to ask an innocent question like he

just to ask an innocent question like he

started he's not just interested in have

started he's not just interested in have

food for thought

food for thought

because they're coming after him and

putting pressure on him and want him to

putting pressure on him and want him to

cave a little bit

he's gonna double down and he's gonna

he's gonna double down and he's gonna

actually go on the offensive now

actually go on the offensive now

he's not going to back away and say you

know what i want to talk to these people

know what i want to talk to these people

no no no

no no no

no he's actually going on the offensive

and what does that mean

and what does that mean

when it comes to that truth all of you

when it comes to that truth all of you

is a witness against all of you i stand

is a witness against all of you i stand

as a witness against all of you

over that truth meaning basically i

challenge any of you to question what

i'm saying

i'm saying

i just questioned you and you tried to

i just questioned you and you tried to

put me in my place you know what my turn

now i question you and let's see if you

now i question you and let's see if you

can put me in my place

can put me in my place

yeah let's let's see if you can back

yeah let's let's see if you can back

down you know uh answer me in a way that

puts me in my place

i challenge you so he's turning that

around he's not afraid to challenge

around he's not afraid to challenge

that's a very bold thing for a young man

that's a very bold thing for a young man

to do

to do

and he's taken that really bold step of

speaking up

speaking up

so the thing that i want to highlight

so the thing that i want to highlight

before we we go any further

is that ibrahim alaihissalam has now

spoken up

and in when i was doing the series the

and in when i was doing the series the

previous series before this one on

previous series before this one on

luqman

luqman

we talked about in

we talked about in

you know command the good and stop

against stand against the evil speak out

for the truth speak out for the good

for the truth speak out for the good

thing because speaking out itself is a

really hard thing to do

and he's done it he stood up and said it

you know it's not as convenient as me

you know it's not as convenient as me

standing here

standing here

in a masjid environment you know and and

in a masjid environment you know and and

giving a talk

giving a talk

because there is no hostility i could

talk about these ayats and there's no

talk about these ayats and there's no

hostility towards me

hostility towards me

in what i'm but if i said the same thing

and imagine that i had family or friends

everybody surrounding me was worshiping

everybody surrounding me was worshiping

idols or they had a different religion

idols or they had a different religion

i can't talk about ibrahim like this

would be awkward at the party

would be awkward at the party

you know they're all going to get

offended and

offended and

look at what he's doing he's standing up

for what he believes

for what he believes

and what he sees as a gross evil against

and what he sees as a gross evil against

allah himself

standing up against it to to help those

he loves

and when they think he's in the wrong

and when they think he's in the wrong

he's going to double down and say no i

love you but

you're in the wrong you're absolutely no

and i am witness against you when it

comes to this wrong

comes to this wrong

allah now they still apparently don't

allah now they still apparently don't

take him seriously

so the next ayat where things get really

so the next ayat where things get really

interesting can be looked at in two ways

interesting can be looked at in two ways

one way to look at them is that they

one way to look at them is that they

walked away from him dismissing him

walked away from him dismissing him

because that's one way to dismiss the

truth is not to engage it at all

you could just say whatever and walk

you could just say whatever and walk

away right and then it's like the person

away right and then it's like the person

who's speaking the truth is just

who's speaking the truth is just

left you know

what they did with the prophet and they

what they did with the prophet and they

salallahu

him and kind of dismissed and walked

him and kind of dismissed and walked

away or with nu

right

you know uh

they put their fingers in their ears and

they put their fingers in their ears and

they pulled their clothes away from him

they pulled their clothes away from him

like he's something disgusting

that's what they did with new hale so

that's what they did with new hale so

the idea behind that being

sometimes you want to say something and

sometimes you want to say something and

a person doesn't have to uh

refute you by debating you they don't

refute you by debating you they don't

have to refute you by argument they

have to refute you by argument they

don't have to refute you by threatening

don't have to refute you by threatening

you

you

have to say

by simply walking away and ignoring you

by simply walking away and ignoring you

they just ignore you and not even deal

they just ignore you and not even deal

with it

so it seems one way of reading this

so it seems one way of reading this

passage what's coming next is they just

passage what's coming next is they just

walked away from it like you know leave

this crazy kid alone

this crazy kid alone

just let's forget about him so they're

walking away and

he's angry that they're walking away so

he's angry that they're walking away so

he knows he needs to take

he needs to see them engaged like he

knows how

knows how

how terrible shirk is and how what

how terrible shirk is and how what

destruction is going to bring on them

destruction is going to bring on them

and he wants them to wake up so he in

and he wants them to wake up so he in

this moment

needs to take a more drastic measure

needs to take a more drastic measure

ibrahim is going to take a more drastic

ibrahim is going to take a more drastic

measure

measure

so one reading of this next ayah is he

so one reading of this next ayah is he

said what he's about to say to himself

he spoke to himself now that's not a

he spoke to himself now that's not a

normal thing to do speaking to yourself

normal thing to do speaking to yourself

in most circumstances we don't speak to

ourselves when i used to live in new

ourselves when i used to live in new

york and you saw somebody speaking to

york and you saw somebody speaking to

yourself you cross the street and walk

yourself you cross the street and walk

the other way

because you don't know what they're

capable of

so the idea of speaking to yourself is

so the idea of speaking to yourself is

not a natural thing however

not a natural thing however

those of you that are college students

those of you that are college students

and you have an exam and you have three

and you have an exam and you have three

chapters to review

and there's only you know two hours left

you're sitting there going

you're sitting there going

think study what's wrong with you you're

think study what's wrong with you you're

having conversations with yourself i've

having conversations with yourself i've

seen those conversations happen in

seen those conversations happen in

libraries and university

libraries and university

all the time people do talk to

themselves at certain occasions

themselves at certain occasions

there are moments where you're driving

in the car by yourself you're lost in

in the car by yourself you're lost in

thought

and the is so moving to you that

and the thought is so moving to you that

all of a sudden

all of a sudden

you verbalize it nobody's around you're

still saying something

still saying something

you you speak to yourself so speaking to

yourself happens in

yourself happens in

emotionally you know uh impactful

emotionally you know uh impactful

situations it's not a normal thing to do

it's a it's a it's a heightened

emotional state when someone speaks to

emotional state when someone speaks to

themselves

and it can mean any number of things

and it can mean any number of things

from the arab linguist point of view

from the arab linguist point of view

from the scholars of valara point of

view

they argue that when someone is speaking

they argue that when someone is speaking

to themselves

to themselves

and they are stressing their speech as

and they are stressing their speech as

if

if

they are convincing some because the

more you i've talked about this before

the more stress you

put in a statement the more you're

put in a statement the more you're

trying to convince somebody

trying to convince somebody

so listen to these words now see let's

so listen to these words now see let's

see if i can get across to you what i'm

see if i can get across to you what i'm

trying to get across

i swear by allah oh i swear

i swear by allah oh i swear

i swear to it that i will make a scheme

i swear to it that i will make a scheme

i have a plan

i have a plan

oh i do you bet i do for

oh i do you bet i do i have a plan for

your idols after you turn your backs

your idols after you turn your backs

after you turn your backs and walk away

after you turn your backs and walk away

i swear i've got a plan

i swear i swear now the stressors in

here

here

first of all the arabs say wallahi when

first of all the arabs say wallahi when

they swear by something they say

they swear by something they say

but if the oath is very serious and they

but if the oath is very serious and they

mean it

and it's a life and death kind of

and it's a life and death kind of

intense oath or their rage is out you

know over the meter

then they don't say wallahi they say

then they don't say wallahi they say

they say allah is not commonly used you

shouldn't use it commonly

but is a very powerful form of wallahi

so allah can be used you know

so allah can be used you know

says casually you can use it because

says casually you can use it because

there's somebody saying i want to go get

some ice cream

some ice cream

they could just get away with it no

they could just get away with it no

problem but tallahi no

problem but tallahi no

so well first of all he's already taking

a a pretty massive oath

a a pretty massive oath

and then he says i he the the lamb is

considered either jawable

considered either jawable

qasim itself and there's two noons at

qasim itself and there's two noons at

the end of akidna

actually the present tense

the lam is to stress it more and the two

the lam is to stress it more and the two

noons at the end are to double stress it

noons at the end are to double stress it

more

more

so there are four stressors on this one

statement

one the oath which is already would have

been stressful anyway with wallahi

but it's taken a step further with

but it's taken a step further with

tallahi then the lamb then the two noons

tallahi then the lamb then the two noons

at the end

so when he does this again if the

so when he does this again if the

interpretation is he's talking to

himself why would you have to speak with

himself why would you have to speak with

such emphatic words to yourself

you could just talk to yourself normally

you know who are you trying to convince

you know who are you trying to convince

yourself yeah actually sometimes you are

something like this the poet says he

something like this the poet says he

says the poet

describes his struggle 50 years of

reaching some goal and he couldn't reach

reaching some goal and he couldn't reach

it

and if you're trying to get somewhere

and get somewhere and get somewhere and

and get somewhere and get somewhere and

you're just not able to get there

you're just not able to get there

you start losing hope right so it's like

you start losing hope right so it's like

someone who

the imagery in the poem is about

somebody trying to reach this well

somebody trying to reach this well

this water watershed and he's been

this water watershed and he's been

walking 50 years to get to the watershed

and he just can't see it so it's at some

point you're just gonna start

losing hope so he makes a poem talking

to himself with so much emphasis he says

to himself with so much emphasis he says

there's no doubt about it a person who's

been walking 50 years

been walking 50 years

to get to a watershed must be close

to get to a watershed must be close

he has to be close you know why is he

he has to be close you know why is he

saying he has to be close

saying he has to be close

he's basically telling himself just a

he's basically telling himself just a

little more you got this

little more you got this

right the point being the reason i gave

right the point being the reason i gave

that example is when you stress someone

think

something so much when you emphasize

something so much

something so much

you're convincing yourself because it's

getting hard for you

what you're about to do is very hard and

what you're about to do is very hard and

you're you're losing energy to do it

or in this case it's terrifying to do it

the plan

the plan

ibrahim alaihissalam has he knows can

get him and will get him killed

get him and will get him killed

that's that's known this is the sacred

that's that's known this is the sacred

temple

temple

you don't mess with it and we all know

his plan hindsight is 20 20.

those are the you know the arabs it

would have been so exciting to live in

the time of the prophet salallahu

the time of the prophet salallahu

because when these ayat were recited

many sahabah didn't know what his plan

many sahabah didn't know what his plan

was

right like we know we learn from

childhood when they're learning this

ayat

ayat

they're hearing about ibrahimovic i

swear to god

i have a scheme that i will execute

against your idols and the stress that

he's speaking of even if he's speaking

he's speaking of even if he's speaking

under his breath

is to actually toughen himself up so

this was what i wanted to highlight

on one side of this interpretation which

is on the one hand he had to be bold

with the people he was talking to

with the people he was talking to

just because you you're bold on the

just because you you're bold on the

outside doesn't mean you're not

terrified on the inside it's not an easy

terrified on the inside it's not an easy

thing to do

thing to do

we're still we're believers we fear

allah but that does not mean you don't

fear

fear

society or you it doesn't make you

anxious or nervous or scary it is scary

anxious or nervous or scary it is scary

it is nerve-wracking it is difficult

it is nerve-wracking it is difficult

we don't become superhuman because we're

we don't become superhuman because we're

believers

believers

look even i i often talk about musa he

comes in front of allah

and allah tells him to go talk to

and allah tells him to go talk to

firaoun and he basically said he's

firaoun and he basically said he's

scared

in a i'm that they're going to

in a i'm scared that they're going to

call me a liar

call me a liar

i'm scared that they're going to kill me

fear is a natural thing

but he overcame that fear inside of him

to speak up

but speaking up was scary enough and he

overcame that

overcame that

but what he's about to do is way scarier

if that he got away with that barely by

a hairline he got away with speaking up

right they dismissed him they could have

done worse but what he's about to do now

they will not dismiss they won't just

they will not dismiss they won't just

walk away from that

and he knows it so he first

reassures himself strengthens himself

speaks to himself within and this

in itself highlights in the quran the

in itself highlights in the quran the

importance of

what you know psychiatrists nowadays

call self-talk

right you i have to speak to myself

right you i have to speak to myself

and sometimes i need a pep talk from

and sometimes i need a pep talk from

myself

myself

i need to reassure i need to tell

i need to reassure myself i need to tell

myself what is wrong with you get your

myself what is wrong with you get your

act together

you got this you know so those of you

that work out et cetera you'll see

that work out et cetera you'll see

people in the gym

people in the gym

you got this and there's nobody around

you got this and there's nobody around

and they're talking to themselves

and they're talking to themselves

there's also a spiritual pep talk

there's also a spiritual pep talk

there's a

there's a

there's a it's an important thing to

have this uh this honesty with oneself

other scholars hold the view that this

other scholars hold the view that this

happened and there's an ambiguity which

means

means

maybe it happened multiple times once he

said this to himself but maybe even he

said it loud enough that some people

said it loud enough that some people

heard it

what's he going to do oh this kid's

what's he going to do oh this kid's

going to scheme

going to scheme

yeah he's crazy so they're just missing

yeah he's crazy so they're just missing

but they heard it

right now

so he he talked he turned them into

so he he talked he turned them into

smash

smash

small bits so he didn't just crack them

or break them judah is like you know

or break them judah is like you know

shattered glass with little little

shattered glass with little little

pieces

pieces

that's what he turned the idols into

that's what he turned the idols into

it's like an impossible

it's like an impossible

legos project to put back together

legos project to put back together

that's what if it's like one crack you

that's what if it's like one crack you

can maybe

can maybe

it's two pieces you could try to put it

it's two pieces you could try to put it

back together this is not one of those

back together this is not one of those

situations he went to

situations he went to

this did not this was not one swing

this did not this was not one swing

what he did was pretty violent and he

went after it

went after it

he wrecked these idols except the big

except a big one that they had so the

except a big one that they had so the

larger idol

because they're multiple idols the

because they're multiple idols the

larger one he left alone

so that they can come back to him like

so that they can come back to him like

all of the so they come back this is

all of the so they come back this is

like 20 30 idols all of them are smashed

and the big one now stands even more

prominent right

so they come to him and by the way they

so they come to him and by the way they

come

come

seeking these gods what do they seek

seeking these gods what do they seek

from these gods answers right will i

from these gods answers right will i

have a baby

have a baby

am i going to marry this person is this

year going to be good is my crop going

to be good

isn't that what they come and ask tell

me about my future

me about my future

help me solve this problem please kill

my uncle et cetera et cetera that's what

they come and do in front of their idols

they come and do in front of their idols

so whenever they have a question in life

so whenever they have a question in life

that's bothering them they come to the

that's bothering them they come to the

temple

so what did ibrahim al-islam do ibrahim

created a situation

created a situation

where they've got a big problem they've

where they've got a big problem they've

got

a huge somebody destroyed our temple

a huge somebody destroyed our temple

and they need to turn to their

and they need to turn to their

divinities

divinities

to ask but all the are dead

to ask but all the divinities are dead

the only one left is the big one so what

should they actually do

should they actually do

given that's what they do all the time

given that's what they do all the time

they should go to the big one and say

they should go to the big one and say

uh you know giant piece of wood what

who did this to your cousins

who did this to your cousins

they should go and ask the big one so he

they should go and ask the big one so he

created this

created this

environment in which they were supposed

environment in which they were supposed

to resort to their

to resort to their

already established religious teaching

to go and ask the answer

so they said they didn't ask the idol

so they said they didn't ask the idol

they just stood around

who did this to our gods

who did this to our gods

now who did

who did this to our gods now who did

this to our gods the question can have

this to our gods the question can have

different tones

different tones

one could be your soul hurt and shocked

who could do this and you know tears are

rolling down your eyes

and the other is who did this like your

and the other is who did this like your

mother does when she sees a mess in the

mother does when she sees a mess in the

kitchen

and she asks the question she doesn't

say who did this

no no no there's a

excuse me whose cup is this

excuse me whose cup is this

right when you ask that question you

right when you ask that question you

know what somebody's going to die

right sometimes the question has a

right sometimes the question has a

threat in it what does it mean

when i find the answer to this question

when i find the answer to this question

there will be a janazah

there will be a janazah

who did this to our gods

who did this to our gods

it actually means when we find out

it actually means when we find out

we're gonna take care of this oh he's

gonna he's gonna find out how we do

gonna he's gonna find out how we do

because we protect our gods

because we protect our gods

which you hear the irony in that emotion

how dare you hurt

our gods but wait the whole reason

our gods but wait the whole reason

you had gods is that they keep you

from getting hurt i thought the whole

from getting hurt i thought the whole

relationship is the gods protect

relationship is the gods protect

you and here you are saying oh my god

you and here you are saying oh my god

so the foundations of what is what makes

so the foundations of what is what makes

the religion wrong

the religion wrong

what makes it wrong is being highlighted

what makes it wrong is being highlighted

before the debate even happens

before the debate even happens

before the answer even comes in their

feelings

the the view that they held is being

demolished

demolished

just in the in what they felt what they

genuinely felt

genuinely felt

and they they cannot turn

and they genuinely felt they cannot turn

to that god for the answer

they genuinely felt that these gods

couldn't protect themselves

couldn't protect themselves

they how if they can't protect

they how if they can't protect

themselves how will it protect you

if they can't take care of themselves

if they can't take care of themselves

how will they take care of you

how will they take care of you

and you have to bring offerings you know

because they sat in front of them and

they made offerings and things like that

you have to apparently feed them

you have to apparently feed them

they are in need of your offerings

they are in need of your offerings

you're feeding them and you think

they're going to feed you

they're going to feed you

this is your mentality this is what

ibrahim ibrahimovic wasn't able to get

ibrahim ibrahimovic wasn't able to get

through to them by speaking

through to them by speaking

so now he's getting through them by this

so now he's getting through them by this

shocking experiment

by the way on the side on the side note

i will say

that this approach to teaching a lesson

that this approach to teaching a lesson

was not done by any other prophet

to to teach the makkans that idols don't

to to teach the makkans that idols don't

make sense the prophet saw islam who is

make sense the prophet saw islam who is

this

descendant of who ibrahim and he's not

descendant of who ibrahim and he's not

ibrahim broke idols in a temple and if

there is one place that has

deserves idols to be smashed it's what

deserves idols to be smashed it's what

it's it's makkah

and the prophet saws called out that

and the prophet saws called out that

there's only one god and they wouldn't

there's only one god and they wouldn't

listen to him but the prophet saws did

not go and break idols did he

not go and break idols did he

for the entire period in makkah did he

for the entire period in makkah did he

break any idols no

break any idols no

it's not like ibrahim alaihissalam has a

it's not like ibrahim alaihissalam has a

massive army with him and he comes and

he conquers the city

he conquers the city

and then he destroys that's not what's

and then he destroys that's not what's

happening here

happening here

that isn't what's happening here so

what's happening here is ibrahim

what's happening here is ibrahim

alaihissalam has been given

alaihissalam has been given

license he has been given the

permission from allah to make arguments

in a way that no other prophet was given

in a way that no other prophet was given

just like ibrahim was tested in ways

just like ibrahim was tested in ways

like no other prophet was

tested this is why even this is why

those are the ways of making an argument

those are the ways of making an argument

that we had especially granted to

that we had especially granted to

ibrahim alaihi salam

ibrahim alaihi salam

so you cannot compare ibrahim

alaihissalam's way of making dallas

alaihissalam's way of making dallas

specific things that he did

we can learn lessons from it but we

we can learn lessons from it but we

can't say well today if i want to teach

can't say well today if i want to teach

my hindu friends

my hindu friends

the truth about islam first i will say

and if that doesn't work this weekend

and if that doesn't work this weekend

when they go for their festival

when they go for their festival

i have a baseball bat i've been trying

i have a baseball bat i've been trying

to test out

that's not how that works and the quran

that's not how that works and the quran

makes that actually clear and the

makes that actually clear and the

prophet saws entire

prophet saws entire

seelah makes that clear his itself makes

that clear

that clear

but anyway so he you know he

smashed these idols they come back and

say who who dare did

do this but then they add something and

do this but then they add something and

this is what we'll conclude today

or whoever he is there's no doubt about

or whoever he is there's no doubt about

it he is from the he is the criminal

it he is from the he is the criminal

kind

kind

he is from those that are there he's

he is from those that are there he's

there's no way he did something right

there's no way he did something right

now innahu lamina is a very emphatic

statement it can be read

statement it can be read

in two ways if they came in crying

then if they came in crying when human

then if they came in crying when human

beings are in a state of despair

beings are in a state of despair

then they turn to the higher power for

relief

relief

and they couldn't they realized they

and they couldn't they realized they

couldn't turn to the higher power for

relief

relief

so internally it's almost as if the

so internally it's almost as if the

argument

argument

that ibrahim alaihissalam was making was

already made for them

and they want to deflect from that and

say no no no

you're not the one who's wrong he's

wrong for breaking the idols

don't think like that so they what it's

illustrating almost is

illustrating almost is

something inside you tells you how

something inside you tells you how

misplaced your feelings are

misplaced your feelings are

but you want to cover them over by

deflecting your anger and your rage

towards somebody else

the other side of this is i don't care

the other side of this is i don't care

who it is

who it is

i don't care and they're all temple

i don't care and they're all temple

worshipers all together it's not like

worshipers all together it's not like

they're having a debate among each other

so they're all in agreement with each

so they're all in agreement with each

other right

and when you're in agreement with each

and when you're in agreement with each

other you don't have to stress like i

other you don't have to stress like i

said before

said before

you don't have to play stresses on the

you don't have to play stresses on the

sentence so you could say who am i me

sentence so you could say who am i me

but

if any of you thinks that this is a

if any of you thinks that this is a

small thing or if any of you thinks

small thing or if any of you thinks

we're going to let this off easy

let me debate with you right let me have

let me debate with you right let me have

let me raise my voice before anybody

even raises the issue

even raises the issue

because we're gonna go all the way

because we're gonna go all the way

whatever it takes

whatever it takes

to avenge our gods this is the idea what

they call now it is mob mentality

the mob is so angry that anybody who

even tries to present a voice of reason

even tries to present a voice of reason

is going to get be seen as a traitor

is going to get be seen as a traitor

so everybody better display the same

so everybody better display the same

level of anger and join our sentiment

level of anger and join our sentiment

because not joining our sentiment is an

affront to those gods

you see so people's emotions have to get

you see so people's emotions have to get

hijacked

by certain more outspoken people

and so when they made this you know

and so when they made this you know

obviously when some somebody

obviously when some somebody

a group turns into a mob then there's no

a group turns into a mob then there's no

more reasoning with them right

more reasoning with them right

and so inshallah i'll share with you

next time

next time

ibrahim alaihissalam's reaction to what

ibrahim alaihissalam's reaction to what

because now it's an angry mob ready

because now it's an angry mob ready

bloodthirsty

super upset and they're going to come

super upset and they're going to come

and somebody actually dropped his name

and somebody actually dropped his name

so i'll just leave you with that

yes they said

yes they said

uh there was a young young guy this is a

uh there was a young young guy this is a

some young kid we heard of a young kid

some young kid we heard of a young kid

mentioning them

mentioning them

talking about them what does that mean

talking about them what does that mean

he keeps talking about them

yes remembrance right so we

think of zika of allah right and they're

saying

saying

this young man does a zika of these

idols

what does that mean he's not remembering

them in praise

them in praise

he keeps bringing them up as house how

how ridiculous they are

how ridiculous they are

how they don't make any sense he won't

how they don't make any sense he won't

stop talking about them

stop talking about them

he keeps reminding and remembering and

he keeps reminding and remembering and

reminding and remembering that this is a

reminding and remembering that this is a

problem this is a problem so he doesn't

just bring his

bring this up once he keeps on talking

bring this up once he keeps on talking

about it and the present tense

about it and the present tense

illustrates that

illustrates that

now yes so some scholars say it's

referring to oh we heard somebody

referring to oh we heard somebody

him talking about them meaning when he

him talking about them meaning when he

said i'm going to make a scheme

but it can also be looked at as

but it can also be looked at as

something more perpetual like he keeps

on bringing it up

there is this kid that we've heard about

there is this kid that we've heard about

that he comes here and he questions

that he comes here and he questions

everybody about this

everybody about this

all the time ibrahim ibrahim is what

he's called

he's called

i believe his name is ibrahim so now his

i believe his name is ibrahim so now his

name has been dropped the only one who's

ever spoken ill of the idols

his name has been dropped and he knew

his name has been dropped and he knew

he's not hiding

he's not hiding

and he even said i am a witness against

and he even said i am a witness against

all of you

all of you

before they bring him in for witness he

made them witness

made them witness

right and then he made his scheme so now

right and then he made his scheme so now

things are going to get really escalated

things are going to get really escalated

and he's going to be brought to trial in

and he's going to be brought to trial in

front of all of them

front of all of them

and he's going to have to answer for

and he's going to have to answer for

what he's done inshaallah will

what he's done inshaallah will

take this remarkable remarkable

take this remarkable remarkable

adventure of ibrahimovic

adventure of ibrahimovic

to its next episode in the next

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