QUR'AN for Young Adults - (Surah Fussilat/Hameem Sajdah 30-35) - Nouman Ali Khan - Ramadaan 2014 Day 4

41:30

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Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allah " and then remained on a right course - the angels will descend upon them, [saying], "Do not fear and do not grieve but receive good tidings of Paradise, which you were promised.

41:31

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We were your allies in the worldly life and in the Hereafter. And you will have therein whatever your souls desire, and you will have therein whatever you request

41:32

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As accommodation from a [Lord who is] Forgiving and Merciful."

41:33

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And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah and does righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims."

This Surah describes the time of deathbed, the person starts seeing angels even before he dies, and the angels are saying dont be afraid or sad, congratulations you are one of the people of Jannah, so even before death Allah tells them dont fear anything, then the angels take the believers rooh to the 7th heaven and then back to the grave, the angels are our security time, and then they tell the believer that they will have anything they desire

Allah talks a lot in the Quran about what men will get in Jannah. What about women? This ayah tells us that THEY will get what they desire(men and women)

I Conducted an experiment where you ask teenage kids what they desire most and what they would like to have irrespective of whether its haraam or halaal,anonymously, the boys were done in few seconds and all were unanimously agreed on what they wanted, but the girls were confused and indecisive, they were not that crystal clear about it

Allah knows us better than we know ourselves. Women are more intricate,more complex and more sophisicated. They dont see everything in black and white but think more and always want to make sure they made the right decision and if there is something better that can be done. But for men, they have clear desires so Allah tackles that by offering them those things in Jannah so they have an incentive to stay away from then in Dunya and resist temptations

Allah says you will have whatever you desire and whatever you order, we will even get things we never thought about or knew that they existed, we will place new orders(taddaoon)

NUZUL means descent, e.g. coming off a horse is descending which people used to do when they used to visit someones house
Nuzul is the introductory snack or appetizer which we give someone when the come, so Allah says here that everything you asked for or wished for is just the appetizer, its not even the real Jannah, theres so much more to come,whats after that is beyond description and is unimaginable

Who could be better than the one who called people to Allah AND acted rightly themselves, so they did not forget themselves, it is not enough that you  merely give speeches and talks about doing good but their actions do not reflect it, their actions and words are contradictory, and then he says I AM FROM AMONG THE MUSLIMS, that shows the confidence that the person is proud to be a muslim and is not afraid to declare it, but at the same time its a hunble statement. HOW is it both a confident and humble statement? because he says I am from AMONG the muslims, not ABOVE the muslims , he shows equality, that he is equal to other muslims. You should NOT think that that you are better than others. Some people get the impression that religious people are arrogant and they think that they are better than others.
ALWAYS think that you are not better than others, dont be judgemental about them just because they sin differently than you. These things are for ALLAH to judge. We have no right to think that we are superior.People may judge you but Allah does not give up on us. We should not decide who is going to heaven or hell.
We can only condemn the sin,never the sinner!