WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:08.580 Stories of the Prophets... Stories of the Prophets... peace be upon them. 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:13.650 May Allah's blessings, followed by peace, 00:00:13.650 --> 00:00:19.129 Be upon the best of all creation, 00:00:19.129 --> 00:00:24.420 Possessors of resolve whose station is exalted. 00:00:24.420 --> 00:00:29.420 The story of Moses (peace be upon him). 00:00:29.420 --> 00:00:33.179 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:33.179 --> 00:00:36.179 All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, 00:00:36.179 --> 00:00:39.179 And may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, 00:00:39.179 --> 00:00:43.179 And upon his family and all his Companions. 00:00:43.179 --> 00:00:49.210 To proceed: in this final chapter of the story of the Prophet of Allah, Moses (peace be upon him), 00:00:49.210 --> 00:00:52.210 With his people, the Children of Israel, 00:00:52.210 --> 00:00:58.210 We review some of the events that Allah has recounted to us of their news in His Mighty Book. 00:00:58.210 --> 00:01:00.270 Among those events 00:01:00.270 --> 00:01:04.269 Is the journey of Moses with al-Khidr (peace be upon them both). 00:01:04.269 --> 00:01:07.400 It is established in the Prophetic Sunnah 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:12.400 That Moses (peace be upon him) stood to deliver a sermon among the Children of Israel, 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:14.400 And he delivered an eloquent sermon 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:16.400 From which eyes shed tears 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:19.400 And hearts were humbled. 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:23.459 Then a man stood up and asked Moses (peace be upon him), 00:01:23.459 --> 00:01:25.459 "Which of mankind is most knowledgeable?" 00:01:25.459 --> 00:01:28.459 Moses replied, "I am." 00:01:28.459 --> 00:01:30.500 So Allah reproached him, 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:32.500 Because he did not attribute knowledge to Him. 00:01:32.500 --> 00:01:34.500 Allah said to him, 00:01:34.500 --> 00:01:36.500 "I have a servant at the junction of the two seas 00:01:36.500 --> 00:01:38.500 Who is more knowledgeable than you." 00:01:38.500 --> 00:01:40.659 Moses said, 00:01:40.659 --> 00:01:42.659 "O my Lord, how can I reach him?" 00:01:42.659 --> 00:01:44.750 Allah said, 00:01:44.750 --> 00:01:46.750 "You shall take a fish— 00:01:46.750 --> 00:01:48.750 A fish from the sea— 00:01:48.750 --> 00:01:50.750 And place the fish in a basket. 00:01:50.750 --> 00:01:52.750 Wherever you lose the fish, 00:01:52.750 --> 00:01:54.750 You will find him there." 00:01:54.750 --> 00:01:59.379 Moses (peace be upon him) took a fish 00:01:59.379 --> 00:02:01.379 And placed it in a basket, 00:02:01.379 --> 00:02:05.379 Then he set out with his young companion, Joshua son of Nun, 00:02:05.379 --> 00:02:08.379 On their journey in pursuit of knowledge. 00:02:08.379 --> 00:02:11.379 They would eat from that fish 00:02:11.379 --> 00:02:14.379 And take provision from it on their journey. 00:02:14.379 --> 00:02:18.379 When they reached a rock along their path, 00:02:18.379 --> 00:02:20.379 Moses (peace be upon him) wished 00:02:20.379 --> 00:02:23.379 To stop by it to rest, 00:02:23.379 --> 00:02:25.509 So they laid down their heads, 00:02:25.509 --> 00:02:28.509 And Moses (peace be upon him) fell asleep. 00:02:28.509 --> 00:02:32.539 At the base of the rock was a spring called the Spring of Life; 00:02:32.539 --> 00:02:35.539 Whatever its water touches 00:02:35.539 --> 00:02:37.539 Inevitably comes back to life. 00:02:37.539 --> 00:02:40.539 Some of the water from that spring touched the fish, 00:02:40.539 --> 00:02:42.539 So it stirred and moved, 00:02:42.539 --> 00:02:44.539 Slipped out of the basket, 00:02:44.539 --> 00:02:46.539 And made its way into the sea. 00:02:46.539 --> 00:02:49.539 Allah held back the flow of water from the fish, 00:02:49.539 --> 00:02:52.539 So it became like an archway over it, 00:02:52.539 --> 00:02:55.539 That is, like a track traced through the earth. 00:02:55.539 --> 00:02:58.090 Moses (peace be upon him) awoke, 00:02:58.090 --> 00:03:02.090 And Joshua forgot to inform him about the fish, 00:03:02.090 --> 00:03:06.090 So they continued walking for the rest of their night and day. 00:03:06.090 --> 00:03:09.090 When the next day came, 00:03:09.090 --> 00:03:12.090 Fatigue and hunger overtook Moses. 00:03:12.090 --> 00:03:14.090 Moses had felt no exhaustion 00:03:14.090 --> 00:03:18.090 Until he passed the place Allah had commanded him to reach. 00:03:18.090 --> 00:03:22.150 He asked his young companion, Joshua, to bring him food, 00:03:22.150 --> 00:03:25.150 Whereupon Joshua informed him that he had forgotten the fish 00:03:25.150 --> 00:03:27.150 Back at that rock, 00:03:27.150 --> 00:03:32.150 And that Satan had caused him to forget to mention it to him at the time. 00:03:32.150 --> 00:03:36.150 The fish had taken its course into the sea amazingly: 00:03:36.150 --> 00:03:40.150 Its path in the sea was a burrow for the fish, 00:03:40.150 --> 00:03:43.150 And a source of wonder for Moses and his young companion. 00:03:43.150 --> 00:03:46.310 Moses (peace be upon him) said, 00:03:46.310 --> 00:03:50.310 "That is what we were seeking on this journey of ours." 00:03:50.310 --> 00:03:53.310 So they retraced their footsteps, 00:03:53.310 --> 00:03:56.310 Until they reached the rock, 00:03:56.310 --> 00:03:59.379 And there was a man covered with a garment, 00:03:59.379 --> 00:04:02.379 Called al-Khidr (peace be upon him). 00:04:02.379 --> 00:04:05.379 Moses greeted him with peace, and he returned the greeting, 00:04:05.379 --> 00:04:09.379 Saying, "How can there be peace in your land?" 00:04:09.379 --> 00:04:12.379 He said, "I am Moses." 00:04:12.379 --> 00:04:15.500 He asked, "Moses of the Children of Israel?" 00:04:15.500 --> 00:04:17.500 He replied, "Yes, 00:04:17.500 --> 00:04:21.500 I have come to you so that you may teach me from what Allah has taught you." 00:04:21.500 --> 00:04:23.629 Al-Khidr (peace be upon him) said, 00:04:23.629 --> 00:04:25.629 "O Moses, 00:04:25.629 --> 00:04:28.629 I have knowledge from the knowledge of Allah 00:04:28.629 --> 00:04:31.629 Which Allah has taught me and you do not know, 00:04:31.629 --> 00:04:34.629 And you have knowledge from the knowledge of Allah 00:04:34.629 --> 00:04:37.629 Which Allah has taught you and I do not know." 00:04:37.629 --> 00:04:39.889 Moses said to al-Khidr, 00:04:39.889 --> 00:04:44.889 "May I follow you so that you teach me from what Allah has taught you?" 00:04:44.889 --> 00:04:47.019 Al-Khidr answered him, 00:04:47.019 --> 00:04:51.019 "You will not have the patience to accompany me and learn from me." 00:04:51.019 --> 00:04:53.019 Moses said, 00:04:53.019 --> 00:04:56.019 “He said: Allah willing, thou shalt find me patient and I shall not in aught gainsay thee.” (18:69) 00:04:56.019 --> 00:04:59.019 “He said: Allah willing, thou shalt find me patient and I shall not in aught gainsay thee.” (18:69) 00:04:59.019 --> 00:05:02.139 So al-Khidr (peace be upon him) agreed, 00:05:02.139 --> 00:05:05.139 And set a condition for Moses, saying, 00:05:05.139 --> 00:05:07.139 "If you follow me, 00:05:07.139 --> 00:05:09.139 “He said: Well, if thou go with me, ask me not concerning aught till I myself make mention of it unto thee.” (18:70) 00:05:09.139 --> 00:05:12.139 Until I myself mention it to you." 00:05:12.139 --> 00:05:15.529 Allah Almighty said: 00:05:15.529 --> 00:05:22.819 ❝And [mention] when Moses said to his servant, 'I will not cease until I reach the junction of the two seas, 00:05:22.819 --> 00:05:24.819 Or continue for a long period.'❞ 00:05:24.819 --> 00:05:28.819 ❝So when they reached the junction between them, 00:05:28.819 --> 00:05:32.819 They forgot their fish,❞ 00:05:32.819 --> 00:05:36.819 “And when they reached the point where the two met, they forgot their fish, and it took its way into the waters, being free.” (18:61) 00:05:36.819 --> 00:05:40.819 “And when they had gone further, he said unto his servant: Bring us our breakfast. Verily we have found fatigue in this our journey.” (18:62) 00:05:40.819 --> 00:05:46.819 ❝'Bring us our morning meal;'❞ 00:05:46.819 --> 00:05:51.819 “And when they had gone further, he said unto his servant: Bring us our breakfast. Verily we have found fatigue in this our journey.” (18:62) 00:05:51.819 --> 00:05:55.819 “He said: Didst thou see, when we took refuge on the rock, and I forgot the fish - and none but Satan caused me to forget to mention it - it took its way into the waters by a marvel.” (18:63) 00:05:55.819 --> 00:06:02.819 ❝'Indeed, I forgot the fish;'❞ 00:06:02.819 --> 00:06:07.819 “He said: Didst thou see, when we took refuge on the rock, and I forgot the fish - and none but Satan caused me to forget to mention it - it took its way into the waters by a marvel.” (18:63) 00:06:07.819 --> 00:06:11.819 “He said: Didst thou see, when we took refuge on the rock, and I forgot the fish - and none but Satan caused me to forget to mention it - it took its way into the waters by a marvel.” (18:63) 00:06:11.819 --> 00:06:16.819 “He said: This is that which we have been seeking. So they retraced their steps again.” (18:64) 00:06:16.819 --> 00:06:20.819 ❝So they returned, following their footprints.❞ 00:06:20.819 --> 00:06:34.819 “Then found they one of Our slaves, unto whom We had given mercy from Us, and had taught him knowledge from Our presence.” (18:65) 00:06:34.819 --> 00:06:39.819 “Then found they one of Our slaves, unto whom We had given mercy from Us, and had taught him knowledge from Our presence.” (18:65) 00:06:39.819 --> 00:06:47.819 “Moses said unto him: May I follow thee, to the end that thou mayst teach me right conduct of that which thou hast been taught?” (18:66) 00:06:47.819 --> 00:06:53.819 “He said: Lo! thou canst not bear with me.” (18:67) 00:06:53.819 --> 00:06:58.819 “How canst thou bear with that whereof thou canst not compass any knowledge?” (18:68) 00:06:58.819 --> 00:07:08.819 “He said: Allah willing, thou shalt find me patient and I shall not in aught gainsay thee.” (18:69) 00:07:08.819 --> 00:07:17.819 “He said: Well, if thou go with me, ask me not concerning aught till I myself make mention of it unto thee.” (18:70) 00:07:17.819 --> 00:07:23.319 And so began the extraordinary and wondrous journey, 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:27.319 And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, recounts to us what took place in it: 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.420 Three perplexing incidents 00:07:30.420 --> 00:07:35.420 Regarding which Moses (peace be upon him) could not suppress his astonishment, 00:07:35.420 --> 00:07:43.420 Nor could he keep his pledge to al-Khidr not to question him about anything that occurred while accompanying him. 00:07:43.420 --> 00:07:48.629 Moses and al-Khidr set out, walking along the seashore, 00:07:48.629 --> 00:07:51.629 When a ship passed by them, 00:07:51.629 --> 00:07:54.629 So the crew offered to carry them aboard. 00:07:54.629 --> 00:07:57.629 They recognized the righteous servant, al-Khidr, 00:07:57.629 --> 00:08:00.629 So they carried the two of them without any fare. 00:08:00.629 --> 00:08:02.629 When they boarded the ship, 00:08:02.629 --> 00:08:06.629 A sparrow came and perched on the edge of the ship, 00:08:06.629 --> 00:08:10.629 And dipped its beak once or twice into the sea. 00:08:10.629 --> 00:08:12.699 Al-Khidr said, 00:08:12.699 --> 00:08:17.699 "O Moses, my knowledge and your knowledge have not diminished the knowledge of Allah 00:08:17.699 --> 00:08:22.699 Any more than this sparrow has diminished the sea with its beak." 00:08:22.699 --> 00:08:25.500 Then al-Khidr took an adze 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:28.500 And pulled out a plank from the ship. 00:08:28.500 --> 00:08:30.500 Moses said to him, 00:08:30.500 --> 00:08:32.500 "What have you done? 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:34.500 A people carried us without fare, 00:08:34.500 --> 00:08:37.500 Yet you deliberately damaged their ship by scuttling it, 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:39.500 So as to drown its passengers! 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:42.500 Truly, this is a dreadful thing." 00:08:42.500 --> 00:08:44.529 Al-Khidr said, 00:08:44.529 --> 00:08:46.529 "Did I not tell you, O Moses, 00:08:46.529 --> 00:08:50.529 That you would not be able to bear with me and learn from me?" 00:08:50.529 --> 00:08:52.529 Moses apologized to him 00:08:52.529 --> 00:08:56.529 And explained that he had forgotten what he had promised him 00:08:56.529 --> 00:08:58.529 Before they set out together. 00:08:58.529 --> 00:09:00.529 So al-Khidr excused him, 00:09:00.529 --> 00:09:02.529 And they continued their journey. 00:09:02.529 --> 00:09:06.519 When they came ashore from the sea, 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:09.519 They passed by a boy playing with other children, 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:13.519 So al-Khidr took him by the head and severed it with his hand, 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:14.519 Killing him. 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:17.649 Moses (peace be upon him) denounced him 00:09:17.649 --> 00:09:19.649 And objected to him, saying, 00:09:19.649 --> 00:09:23.649 "How could you kill a soul that has committed no crime?" 00:09:23.649 --> 00:09:25.649 Al-Khidr replied to him, 00:09:25.649 --> 00:09:28.649 "I told you at the very beginning 00:09:28.649 --> 00:09:32.649 That you would not be able to bear with me and learn from me." 00:09:32.649 --> 00:09:35.779 Thereupon Moses apologized to him a second time 00:09:35.779 --> 00:09:40.779 And promised that he would not repeat his objection again, 00:09:40.779 --> 00:09:42.779 And that if he were to object once more, 00:09:42.779 --> 00:09:45.779 Al-Khidr would be fully justified in parting from him. 00:09:45.779 --> 00:09:48.779 So al-Khidr (peace be upon him) agreed. 00:09:48.779 --> 00:09:53.899 Then Moses and al-Khidr continued on their way 00:09:53.899 --> 00:09:55.899 And passed by a town. 00:09:55.899 --> 00:09:59.899 Severe hunger had taken a heavy toll on both of them, 00:09:59.899 --> 00:10:02.929 So they asked the people of the town for hospitality, 00:10:02.929 --> 00:10:06.929 But they refused to offer them any food. 00:10:06.929 --> 00:10:08.960 Meanwhile, 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:13.960 Al-Khidr (peace be upon him) saw a wall leaning and on the verge of collapsing, 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:17.960 So he set about repairing it and supporting it with buttresses 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:19.960 To prevent it from falling. 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:25.090 Al-Khidr did not ask the people of the town for any wage for his work. 00:10:25.090 --> 00:10:29.220 Moses (peace be upon him) was astonished at this action: 00:10:29.220 --> 00:10:32.220 How could al-Khidr do this, 00:10:32.220 --> 00:10:38.220 When the people had not offered them anything to stave off the pangs of hunger? 00:10:38.220 --> 00:10:42.340 He turned to al-Khidr and addressed him, saying, 00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:47.409 "A people we came to neither fed us nor hosted us, 00:10:47.409 --> 00:10:50.409 Yet you went ahead and rebuilt their wall! 00:10:50.409 --> 00:10:55.539 Would it not have been fitting for you to ask for a wage for this work of yours, 00:10:55.539 --> 00:11:01.539 Or at least ask for food in return for what you did?" 00:11:01.539 --> 00:11:04.629 Al-Khidr said to Moses, 00:11:04.629 --> 00:11:09.730 "The time has now come for us to part ways after all that has happened. 00:11:09.730 --> 00:11:12.730 Events and circumstances have proven 00:11:12.730 --> 00:11:17.730 That you are unable to bear with me and stay by my side. 00:11:17.730 --> 00:11:19.730 Nonetheless, 00:11:19.730 --> 00:11:22.730 I will inform you of the reality behind what I did." 00:11:22.730 --> 00:11:26.659 Allah Almighty said: 00:11:26.659 --> 00:11:32.659 ❝So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, he damaged it.❞ 00:11:32.659 --> 00:11:39.659 “So they twain set out till, when they were in the ship, he made a hole therein. (Moses) said: Hast thou made a hole therein to drown the folk thereof? Thou verily hast done a dreadful thing.” (18:71) 00:11:39.659 --> 00:11:46.659 ❝He said, 'Did I not say that with me you would never be able to have patience?'❞ 00:11:46.659 --> 00:11:53.659 “(Moses) said: Be not wroth with me that I forgot, and be not hard upon me for my fault.” (18:73) 00:11:53.659 --> 00:12:00.659 ❝So they set out, until when they met a boy, he killed him.❞ 00:12:00.659 --> 00:12:13.659 “So they twain journeyed on till, when they met a lad, he slew him. (Moses) said: What! Hast thou slain an innocent soul who hath slain no man? Verily thou hast done a horrid thing.” (18:74) 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:20.659 “He said: Did I not tell thee that thou couldst not bear with me?” (18:75) 00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:28.659 “(Moses) said: If I ask thee after this concerning aught, keep not company with me. Thou hast received an excuse from me.” (18:76) 00:12:28.659 --> 00:12:33.659 “(Moses) said: If I ask thee after this concerning aught, keep not company with me. Thou hast received an excuse from me.” (18:76) 00:12:33.659 --> 00:12:47.659 ❝So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality.❞ 00:12:47.659 --> 00:12:54.659 “So they twain journeyed on till, when they came unto the folk of a certain township, they asked its folk for food, but they refused to make them guests. And they found therein a wall upon the point of falling into ruin, and he repaired it. (Moses) said: If thou hadst wished, thou couldst have taken payment for it.” (18:77) 00:12:54.659 --> 00:12:58.659 “So they twain journeyed on till, when they came unto the folk of a certain township, they asked its folk for food, but they refused to make them guests. And they found therein a wall upon the point of falling into ruin, and he repaired it. (Moses) said: If thou hadst wished, thou couldst have taken payment for it.” (18:77) 00:12:58.659 --> 00:13:08.659 “He said: This is the parting between thee and me! I will announce unto thee the interpretation of that thou couldst not bear with patience.” (18:78) 00:13:08.659 --> 00:13:15.379 Al-Khidr began recounting to Moses the wisdom and lessons behind everything he had done. 00:13:15.379 --> 00:13:22.450 He informed him that the ship belonged to poor people who earned their living by it, 00:13:22.450 --> 00:13:26.450 And ahead of them on their route was a tyrannical king 00:13:26.450 --> 00:13:35.450 Who seized every sound, undamaged ship while leaving any ship that had a defect or damage. 00:13:35.450 --> 00:13:44.509 "So I intended to damage it and cause a defect in it to prevent those pirates from seizing and confiscating it. 00:13:44.509 --> 00:13:51.799 As for the boy, his parents were believers, while in Allah's foreknowledge he was a disbeliever, 00:13:51.799 --> 00:14:01.860 And it was feared that he would bring harm upon them, so I killed him to prevent him from leading his parents astray and turning them away from their faith in Allah; 00:14:01.860 --> 00:14:08.899 For parental affection may sometimes lead to praiseworthy outcomes being abandoned, 00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:14.899 And it might drive a believer to forsake his faith if dragged along by such emotion. 00:14:14.899 --> 00:14:19.990 And we intended that Allah should substitute for his parents a child better than him in purity 00:14:19.990 --> 00:14:22.990 And closer in affection and mercy. 00:14:22.990 --> 00:14:31.309 As for restoring the wall that was about to collapse, beneath it was a buried treasure belonging to two orphan boys; 00:14:31.309 --> 00:14:38.309 Had the wall fallen before the two boys reached maturity, that treasure would have been lost to them, 00:14:38.309 --> 00:14:42.309 For they had no ability to defend their rights. 00:14:42.309 --> 00:14:49.379 Thus, the purpose of rebuilding it was to safeguard the right of these two orphan boys to this wealth, 00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:54.759 In honor of their righteous father." Allah Almighty said: 00:14:54.759 --> 00:15:06.860 “As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working on the river, and I wished to mar it, for there was a king behind them who is taking every ship by force.” (18:79) 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:14.860 “As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working on the river, and I wished to mar it, for there was a king behind them who is taking every ship by force.” (18:79) 00:15:14.860 --> 00:15:24.860 “And as for the lad, his parents were believers and we feared lest he should oppress them by rebellion and disbelief.” (18:80) 00:15:24.860 --> 00:15:33.860 “And we intended that their Lord should change him for them for one better in purity and nearer to mercy.” (18:81) 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:48.860 “And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father had been righteous, and thy Lord intended that they should come to their full strength and should bring forth their treasure as a mercy from their Lord; and I did it not upon my own command. Such is the interpretation of that wherewith thou couldst not bear.” (18:82) 00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:58.860 “And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father had been righteous, and thy Lord intended that they should come to their full strength and should bring forth their treasure as a mercy from their Lord; and I did it not upon my own command. Such is the interpretation of that wherewith thou couldst not bear.” (18:82) 00:15:58.860 --> 00:16:07.860 “And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father had been righteous, and thy Lord intended that they should come to their full strength and should bring forth their treasure as a mercy from their Lord; and I did it not upon my own command. Such is the interpretation of that wherewith thou couldst not bear.” (18:82) 00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:12.860 ❝That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience.❞ 00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:20.590 The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "We wish that Moses had shown patience, 00:16:20.590 --> 00:16:26.720 so that Allah would have related to us more of their story" — agreed upon. 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:34.350 The Prophet of Allah and His conversationalist, Moses (peace be upon him), was not spared the harm of the Children of Israel 00:16:34.350 --> 00:16:39.350 and their audacity toward him, which stemmed from their terrible insolence toward their prophets. 00:16:39.350 --> 00:16:45.350 In fact, it even reached the point of them killing some of them; and Allah's help is sought. 00:16:45.350 --> 00:16:51.610 It is recorded in Sahih Muslim that the Children of Israel used to bathe naked, 00:16:51.610 --> 00:16:54.610 looking at one another's private parts, 00:16:54.610 --> 00:16:58.639 while Moses (peace be upon him) used to bathe alone. 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:03.639 So they said, "By Allah, nothing prevents Moses from bathing with us 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:08.640 except that he has a scrotal hernia," meaning enlarged testicles. 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:12.859 One day, Moses (peace be upon him) went to bathe, 00:17:12.859 --> 00:17:17.859 and placed his garment on a stone, but the stone ran away with his garment. 00:17:17.859 --> 00:17:21.930 So Moses ran after it, saying, 00:17:21.930 --> 00:17:25.930 "My garment, O stone! My garment, O stone!" 00:17:25.930 --> 00:17:29.930 until the Children of Israel saw the naked body of Moses 00:17:29.930 --> 00:17:33.930 and said, "By Allah, there is no defect in Moses." 00:17:33.930 --> 00:17:38.930 The stone then stopped, so Moses took his garment, 00:17:38.930 --> 00:17:41.930 and began striking the stone repeatedly. 00:17:41.930 --> 00:17:46.059 Regarding this, Allah Almighty says: 00:17:46.059 --> 00:18:01.309 “O ye who believe! Be not as those who slandered Moses, but Allah proved his innocence of that which they alleged, and he was well esteemed in Allah's sight.” (33:69) 00:18:01.309 --> 00:18:08.309 “O ye who believe! Be not as those who slandered Moses, but Allah proved his innocence of that which they alleged, and he was well esteemed in Allah's sight.” (33:69) 00:18:08.309 --> 00:18:15.779 During these years of wandering, the Prophet of Allah, Aaron (peace be upon him), passed away. 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:21.819 Then, three years after him, the Angel of Death came in the form of a man 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:25.819 to take the soul of the Prophet of Allah, Moses (peace be upon him). 00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:29.849 When he came, Moses did not recognize him, 00:18:29.849 --> 00:18:32.849 so he struck him and gouged out his eye. 00:18:32.849 --> 00:18:35.880 The Angel of Death returned and said, 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:39.880 "O my Lord, You sent me to a servant who does not want to die." 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:42.880 Allah said, "Go back to him 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:46.880 and tell him to place his hand on the back of an ox, 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:50.880 and for every hair his hand covers, he will have one year of life." 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:54.099 The Angel of Death came to him and informed him, 00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:58.099 so Moses asked him, "Then what happens after that?" 00:18:58.099 --> 00:19:02.099 He replied, "Death." Moses said, 00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:06.099 "Then let it be now." So he took his soul. 00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:10.259 And Moses (peace be upon him) asked his Lord 00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:13.259 to bring him close to the Holy Land 00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:15.380 by the distance of a stone's throw. 00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:19.380 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, 00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:22.380 "If I were there, 00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:26.380 I would show you his grave by the side of the road, 00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:28.380 at the red dune." 00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:32.539 And the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, 00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:36.539 "When I was taken on the Night Journey, I passed by Moses 00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:39.539 standing in prayer in his grave, 00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:42.789 near the red dune." 00:19:42.789 --> 00:19:45.789 When the forty years came to an end, 00:19:45.789 --> 00:19:49.789 which Allah had decreed for the Children of Israel to wander in the wilderness, 00:19:49.789 --> 00:19:51.789 and the first generation had died out— 00:19:51.789 --> 00:19:54.789 that which had been raised upon humiliation and disgrace— 00:19:54.789 --> 00:19:56.789 and a new generation arose, 00:19:56.789 --> 00:19:59.789 Allah sent to them the young companion of Moses, 00:19:59.789 --> 00:20:01.789 who was Joshua son of Nun. 00:20:01.789 --> 00:20:03.789 He called upon the Children of Israel, 00:20:03.789 --> 00:20:06.789 informing them that he was a prophet 00:20:06.789 --> 00:20:10.789 and that Allah had commanded him to fight the tyrants. 00:20:10.789 --> 00:20:12.789 So they pledged allegiance to him and believed him, 00:20:12.789 --> 00:20:16.890 and he set out with them toward the Blessed Land. 00:20:16.890 --> 00:20:19.890 When the people of Bayt al-Maqdis learned of them, 00:20:19.890 --> 00:20:22.890 they went to a man among them called 00:20:22.890 --> 00:20:24.890 Balaam son of Beor, 00:20:24.890 --> 00:20:26.890 whose supplications were always answered 00:20:26.890 --> 00:20:29.890 and who possessed the Greatest Name of Allah. 00:20:29.890 --> 00:20:31.890 They said to him, 00:20:31.890 --> 00:20:33.890 "Joshua is a formidable man, 00:20:33.890 --> 00:20:35.890 he has a large army with him, 00:20:35.890 --> 00:20:38.890 and he has come to drive us out of our land 00:20:38.890 --> 00:20:41.890 and settle the Children of Israel in it. 00:20:41.890 --> 00:20:44.890 You are a man whose supplication is answered, 00:20:44.890 --> 00:20:47.890 so pray to Allah to turn them away from us." 00:20:47.890 --> 00:20:49.890 He said, 00:20:49.890 --> 00:20:51.890 "Woe to you! He is the Prophet of Allah, 00:20:51.890 --> 00:20:53.890 and the believers are with him! 00:20:53.890 --> 00:20:55.890 How can I pray against them 00:20:55.890 --> 00:20:58.890 when I know concerning Allah what I know? 00:20:58.890 --> 00:21:00.920 If I were to do this, 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:03.920 my worldly life and my Hereafter would be ruined." 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:07.019 But they kept coming back to him and pleading persistently, 00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:09.019 offering him worldly wealth 00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:11.019 until they persuaded him. 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:13.019 So he prayed against them, 00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:15.019 but his supplication rebounded upon his own people, 00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:18.019 and he lost both this worldly life and the Hereafter. 00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:21.049 His state became like that of a dog 00:21:21.049 --> 00:21:24.049 that pants in either case: 00:21:24.049 --> 00:21:27.049 whether you drive it away or leave it alone. 00:21:27.049 --> 00:21:31.240 When Balaam saw that wretchedness had been decreed for him, 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:33.240 he said to his people, 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:35.269 "I will direct you to something 00:21:35.269 --> 00:21:38.269 that may bring about their destruction. 00:21:38.269 --> 00:21:41.269 Indeed, Allah hates fornication, 00:21:41.269 --> 00:21:44.269 and if they fall into fornication, they will perish. 00:21:44.269 --> 00:21:47.269 Send out the women to receive them, 00:21:47.269 --> 00:21:50.269 for they are traveling men; 00:21:50.269 --> 00:21:53.269 perhaps they will commit fornication and thus be destroyed." 00:21:53.269 --> 00:21:57.299 So they did so and sent the women out to them, 00:21:57.299 --> 00:22:00.299 and the Children of Israel fell into fornication. 00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:04.339 And the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:08.339 "Beware of the world and beware of women, 00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:11.339 for the first tribulation of the Children of Israel 00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:14.339 was regarding women." 00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:16.779 Allah Almighty said: 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:22.880 “Recite unto them the tale of him to whom We gave Our revelations, but he sloughed them off, so Satan overtook him and he became of those who lead astray.” (7:175) 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:25.880 "but he detached himself from them, 00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:28.880 so he detached himself from them, 00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:30.880 so Satan pursued him, 00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:33.880 and he became of those who were led astray. 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:36.880 “And had We willed We could have raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed his own lust. Therefor his likeness is as the likeness of a dog: if thou attackest him he panteth with his tongue out, and if thou leavest him he panteth with his tongue out. Such is the likeness of the people who deny Our revelations. Narrate unto them the history (of the men of old), that haply they may take thought.” (7:176) 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:44.880 “And had We willed We could have raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed his own lust. Therefor his likeness is as the likeness of a dog: if thou attackest him he panteth with his tongue out, and if thou leavest him he panteth with his tongue out. Such is the likeness of the people who deny Our revelations. Narrate unto them the history (of the men of old), that haply they may take thought.” (7:176) 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:47.880 and followed his own desires. 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:50.880 So his example is like that of a dog: 00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:53.880 “And had We willed We could have raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed his own lust. Therefor his likeness is as the likeness of a dog: if thou attackest him he panteth with his tongue out, and if thou leavest him he panteth with his tongue out. Such is the likeness of the people who deny Our revelations. Narrate unto them the history (of the men of old), that haply they may take thought.” (7:176) 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:55.880 or you leave it, it pants. 00:22:55.880 --> 00:23:01.880 “And had We willed We could have raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed his own lust. Therefor his likeness is as the likeness of a dog: if thou attackest him he panteth with his tongue out, and if thou leavest him he panteth with his tongue out. Such is the likeness of the people who deny Our revelations. Narrate unto them the history (of the men of old), that haply they may take thought.” (7:176) 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:07.880 So relate the stories that perhaps they may reflect." 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:12.289 None remained steadfast with Joshua (peace be upon him) 00:23:12.289 --> 00:23:15.289 except a portion of the Children of Israel. 00:23:15.289 --> 00:23:17.289 He entered Bayt al-Maqdis with them, 00:23:17.289 --> 00:23:19.289 and Allah granted him conquest 00:23:19.289 --> 00:23:23.289 and decreed for him victory over the tyrannical people. 00:23:23.289 --> 00:23:27.289 Then Allah commanded them to enter the city prostrating, 00:23:27.289 --> 00:23:33.289 meaning bowing down in humility before Allah upon entering, 00:23:33.289 --> 00:23:35.289 and to say, "Hittah," 00:23:35.289 --> 00:23:38.289 meaning, "Relieve us of our sins." 00:23:38.289 --> 00:23:42.380 But they altered Allah's command to them in word and in deed: 00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:47.380 they entered crawling on their backsides with their heads raised, 00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:50.380 instead of entering prostrating, 00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:53.380 and instead of saying "Hittah," 00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:58.420 they mocked and said, "A grain of wheat in a barley hair." 00:23:58.420 --> 00:24:03.509 This was the utmost degree of defiance and stubbornness, 00:24:03.509 --> 00:24:06.509 so Allah sent down His wrath and punishment upon them 00:24:06.509 --> 00:24:10.509 because of their defiance and disobedience to Him; 00:24:10.509 --> 00:24:13.960 and that is the recompense of the wrongdoers. 00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:15.960 Allah Almighty said: 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:20.059 "And [remember] when We said, 'Enter this city 00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:28.059 “And when We said: Go into this township and eat freely of that which is therein, and enter the gate prostrate, and say: "Repentance." We will forgive you your sins and will increase (reward) for the right-doers.” (2:58) 00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:31.059 and enter the gate prostrating, 00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:34.059 and say, "Relieve us of our sins," 00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:39.059 “And when We said: Go into this township and eat freely of that which is therein, and enter the gate prostrate, and say: "Repentance." We will forgive you your sins and will increase (reward) for the right-doers.” (2:58) 00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:43.059 and We will increase the doers of good.'" 00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:49.059 “But those who did wrong changed the word which had been told them for another saying, and We sent down upon the evil-doers wrath from heaven for their evil-doing.” (2:59) 00:24:49.059 --> 00:25:04.059 “But those who did wrong changed the word which had been told them for another saying, and We sent down upon the evil-doers wrath from heaven for their evil-doing.” (2:59) 00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:08.109 O noble brothers, 00:25:08.109 --> 00:25:11.109 indeed the Prophet of Allah, Moses (peace be upon him), 00:25:11.109 --> 00:25:14.109 is among the most frequently mentioned prophets in the Qur'an, 00:25:14.109 --> 00:25:19.109 and his story appears in numerous surahs of the Book of Allah. 00:25:19.109 --> 00:25:23.140 For Allah mentioned Moses (peace be upon him) in the Qur'an 00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:26.140 one hundred and thirty-six times, 00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:30.140 and his story contains many lessons and morals; 00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:34.140 we suffice with what has been mentioned during this narrative. 00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:38.339 The age of Moses (peace be upon him) at the time of his death was 00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:40.339 one hundred and twenty years. 00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:45.559 It is related that Joshua (peace be upon him) saw him in a dream after his death 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:47.559 and said to him, 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:49.559 "How did you find death?" 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.559 He replied, 00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:54.619 "Like a sheep being skinned while still alive." 00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:59.619 This is the true meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace be upon him): 00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:05.059 "Indeed, death has agonies." 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:08.059 To be continued, if Allah wills. 00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:09.059 And Allah knows best. 00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:12.059 Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, 00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:16.059 and may peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:19.059 and upon all his family and Companions. 00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:24.500 You were listening to Stories of the Prophets.