1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:08,859 A summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah. 2 00:00:08,859 --> 00:00:13,109 The triumph of falsehood over truth. 3 00:00:13,109 --> 00:00:16,210 The principle is that truth endures. 4 00:00:16,210 --> 00:00:19,210 But Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, by His wisdom and might, 5 00:00:19,210 --> 00:00:22,210 sometimes grants falsehood dominion over it. 6 00:00:22,210 --> 00:00:25,210 For the reasons previously mentioned, 7 00:00:25,210 --> 00:00:28,210 and due to the sins of His servants. 8 00:00:28,210 --> 00:00:31,210 However, this dominion is temporary. 9 00:00:31,210 --> 00:00:34,210 Whoever assumes that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, 10 00:00:34,210 --> 00:00:37,210 grants falsehood permanent dominion over truth, 11 00:00:37,210 --> 00:00:40,210 has harbored a bad opinion of Allah, may He be Exalted. 12 00:00:40,210 --> 00:00:43,210 And of His promise, for Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, 13 00:00:43,210 --> 00:00:46,210 has decreed that falsehood shall vanish and depart, 14 00:00:46,210 --> 00:00:49,210 and that truth shall remain and be firm, 15 00:00:49,210 --> 00:00:52,240 and deeply rooted. He, the Exalted, says: 16 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,240 “He sendeth down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood beareth (on its surface) swelling foam - from that which they smelt in the fire in order to make ornaments and tools riseth a foam like unto it - thus Allah coineth (the similitude of) the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it passeth away as scum upon the banks, while, as for that which is of use to mankind, it remaineth in the earth. Thus Allah coineth the similitudes.” (13:17) 17 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,240 As for the foam, 18 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,240 it goes away as [worthless] debris. 19 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,239 “He sendeth down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood beareth (on its surface) swelling foam - from that which they smelt in the fire in order to make ornaments and tools riseth a foam like unto it - thus Allah coineth (the similitude of) the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it passeth away as scum upon the banks, while, as for that which is of use to mankind, it remaineth in the earth. Thus Allah coineth the similitudes.” (13:17) 20 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:07,239 it remains on the earth. 21 00:01:07,239 --> 00:01:10,239 “He sendeth down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood beareth (on its surface) swelling foam - from that which they smelt in the fire in order to make ornaments and tools riseth a foam like unto it - thus Allah coineth (the similitude of) the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it passeth away as scum upon the banks, while, as for that which is of use to mankind, it remaineth in the earth. Thus Allah coineth the similitudes.” (13:17) 22 00:01:10,239 --> 00:01:13,239 And He said concerning the truth: 23 00:01:13,239 --> 00:01:16,239 “Seest thou not how Allah coineth a similitude: A goodly saying, as a goodly tree, its root set firm, its branches reaching into heaven,” (14:24) 24 00:01:16,239 --> 00:01:19,239 “Seest thou not how Allah coineth a similitude: A goodly saying, as a goodly tree, its root set firm, its branches reaching into heaven,” (14:24) 25 00:01:19,239 --> 00:01:22,239 “Seest thou not how Allah coineth a similitude: A goodly saying, as a goodly tree, its root set firm, its branches reaching into heaven,” (14:24) 26 00:01:22,239 --> 00:01:25,239 “Giving its fruit at every season by permission of its Lord? Allah coineth the similitudes for mankind in order that they may reflect.” (14:25) 27 00:01:26,239 --> 00:01:29,239 And Allah presents examples for the people, 28 00:01:29,239 --> 00:01:32,239 so that they may remember. 29 00:01:32,239 --> 00:01:35,239 And He said concerning falsehood: 30 00:01:35,239 --> 00:01:38,239 “And the similitude of a bad saying is as a bad tree, uprooted from upon the earth, possessing no stability.” (14:26) 31 00:01:38,239 --> 00:01:41,239 [but] the impure is [removed] and gone from the surface of the earth. 32 00:01:41,239 --> 00:01:44,239 “And the similitude of a bad saying is as a bad tree, uprooted from upon the earth, possessing no stability.” (14:26)