WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.799 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.620 --> 00:00:05.900 The story of our mother Eve. 00:00:08.390 --> 00:00:13.669 O Eve, whoever follows guidance shall never be wretched. 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:20.920 O Eve, your enemies propagate the idea that your adherence to your religion, 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:23.480 your commitment to the commands of Allah, 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:28.120 and your following of the guidance of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:31.559 are signs of backwardness, rigidity, and stagnation, 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:33.679 a regression to the past, 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:36.880 and a suppression of freedom and misery. 00:00:37.390 --> 00:00:40.829 These are but many labels they cast upon you. 00:00:41.310 --> 00:00:43.990 “Many of the people of the Scripture long to make you disbelievers after your belief, through envy on their own account, after the truth hath become manifest unto them. Forgive and be indulgent (toward them) until Allah give command. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.” (2:109) 00:00:44.350 --> 00:00:47.390 “Many of the people of the Scripture long to make you disbelievers after your belief, through envy on their own account, after the truth hath become manifest unto them. Forgive and be indulgent (toward them) until Allah give command. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.” (2:109) 00:00:48.810 --> 00:00:50.170 Yes, O Eve, 00:00:50.689 --> 00:00:53.170 they know that you are upon the truth, 00:00:53.530 --> 00:00:55.210 and that they are upon falsehood. 00:00:55.770 --> 00:01:00.049 He who is All-Knowing of what is in their souls informed us of this, saying: 00:01:00.530 --> 00:01:05.650 “And they denied them, though their souls acknowledged them, for spite and arrogance. Then see the nature of the consequence for the wrong-doers!” (27:14) 00:01:06.129 --> 00:01:09.609 "So see how was the end of the corrupters." 00:01:10.340 --> 00:01:12.260 Their true motive, 00:01:12.620 --> 00:01:14.659 Allah has clarified in the verses: 00:01:15.140 --> 00:01:17.140 envy, injustice, 00:01:17.459 --> 00:01:19.459 and arrogance against the truth. 00:01:19.980 --> 00:01:21.739 So do not respond to them, 00:01:22.060 --> 00:01:25.620 and do not doubt the promise of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic. 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:28.319 O Eve, 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:33.079 remember the words of Allah, the Exalted, regarding the story of our mother Eve: 00:01:33.829 --> 00:01:38.030 "He said, 'Descend, all of you, [as] enemies to one another.'" 00:01:38.629 --> 00:01:42.230 "'And if there should come to you guidance from Me,'" 00:01:42.750 --> 00:01:46.790 "'then whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray nor suffer.'" 00:01:47.769 --> 00:01:51.489 Allah has promised you, O Eve, protection from two things, 00:01:51.810 --> 00:01:53.650 if you follow His guidance: 00:01:54.250 --> 00:01:56.370 from going astray and from misery. 00:01:57.150 --> 00:02:01.870 And it is impossible for anyone to find happiness in this world while afflicted by these two. 00:02:02.709 --> 00:02:05.030 Sayyid Qutb, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:02:05.670 --> 00:02:09.389 "'Then whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray nor suffer.'" 00:02:09.909 --> 00:02:14.509 He is secure from misguidance and misery by following the guidance of Allah. 00:02:15.110 --> 00:02:18.469 These two await outside the thresholds of Paradise, 00:02:19.110 --> 00:02:22.990 but Allah protects those who follow His guidance from them. 00:02:23.780 --> 00:02:25.860 Misery is the fruit of misguidance, 00:02:26.340 --> 00:02:29.620 even if its possessor is drowning in worldly luxuries. 00:02:30.370 --> 00:02:32.849 For this luxury itself is misery— 00:02:33.490 --> 00:02:36.810 misery in this world and misery in the Hereafter. 00:02:37.490 --> 00:02:39.330 There is no forbidden pleasure 00:02:39.729 --> 00:02:44.129 but that it is followed by a choking grief and dire consequences. 00:02:44.949 --> 00:02:47.389 No one strays from the guidance of Allah 00:02:47.909 --> 00:02:51.789 without stumbling in anxiety, confusion, and instability, 00:02:52.430 --> 00:02:54.750 swaying from one extreme to another. 00:02:55.270 --> 00:02:58.509 They find no stability or balance in their path. 00:02:59.430 --> 00:03:01.629 Misery is the companion of this instability, 00:03:02.069 --> 00:03:04.550 even if one is in the most lush of pastures. 00:03:05.270 --> 00:03:08.150 Then comes the greater misery in the Abode of Eternity. 00:03:08.789 --> 00:03:10.349 But whoever follows the guidance of Allah, 00:03:10.830 --> 00:03:14.349 he is in a state of salvation from misguidance and misery on earth, 00:03:15.169 --> 00:03:18.449 and in that is a compensation for the lost Paradise, 00:03:19.050 --> 00:03:22.210 until he returns to Him on the Promised Day. 00:03:23.550 --> 00:03:25.229 Therefore, happiness, O Eve, 00:03:25.789 --> 00:03:28.509 is not attained except by following the guidance of Allah. 00:03:29.150 --> 00:03:33.389 It is a happiness that only the people of obedience can savor, 00:03:33.990 --> 00:03:37.389 those who knew their Lord and complied with His command. 00:03:38.270 --> 00:03:40.389 Al-Shinqiti, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:03:41.150 --> 00:03:41.629 That is, 00:03:42.150 --> 00:03:44.229 "And if there should come to you guidance from Me," 00:03:44.789 --> 00:03:47.110 meaning a messenger I send to you, 00:03:47.550 --> 00:03:49.870 and a Book that a messenger brings. 00:03:50.509 --> 00:03:52.469 "Then whoever follows My guidance," 00:03:53.069 --> 00:03:56.389 meaning whoever believes in My messengers and confirms My Books, 00:03:56.949 --> 00:03:58.629 and complies with what I have commanded, 00:03:59.189 --> 00:04:02.789 and avoids what I have forbidden through the tongues of My messengers, 00:04:03.469 --> 00:04:05.750 "will neither go astray in this world," 00:04:06.310 --> 00:04:09.110 meaning he will not deviate from the path of truth, 00:04:09.550 --> 00:04:12.150 because of his holding fast to the most trustworthy handhold. 00:04:12.830 --> 00:04:14.389 "Nor suffer in the Hereafter," 00:04:14.990 --> 00:04:19.110 because he was in this world acting in accordance with what necessitates happiness, 00:04:19.589 --> 00:04:22.870 through obedience to Allah, the Exalted, and obedience to His messengers. 00:04:23.660 --> 00:04:25.660 This meaning mentioned here 00:04:26.060 --> 00:04:28.139 is mentioned in other places, 00:04:28.740 --> 00:04:30.220 such as His saying in Surah al-Baqarah: 00:04:30.939 --> 00:04:34.540 "And if there should come to you guidance from Me," 00:04:35.100 --> 00:04:39.980 "then whoever follows My guidance—there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve." 00:04:40.579 --> 00:04:42.699 And other similar verses. 00:04:43.449 --> 00:04:46.610 In these verses is evidence that Allah 00:04:46.649 --> 00:04:50.129 does not leave us after He brought our parents out of Paradise, 00:04:50.490 --> 00:04:54.410 nor does He return anyone of us to Him except after trial, 00:04:54.850 --> 00:04:58.930 and testing through the obligations of commands and prohibitions. 00:04:59.449 --> 00:05:02.990 Then, one obeys Allah in what he is tested with. 00:05:03.709 --> 00:05:04.709 O Eve, 00:05:05.310 --> 00:05:08.470 the leaders and rulers of today have tried 00:05:08.870 --> 00:05:12.750 to set for their societies reform programs, 00:05:13.350 --> 00:05:15.350 or visions of this and that, 00:05:15.430 --> 00:05:18.269 deriving these programs and visions 00:05:18.509 --> 00:05:21.269 from the whims of those who have wronged themselves, 00:05:21.670 --> 00:05:24.189 from the disbelievers and the West specifically. 00:05:24.790 --> 00:05:27.430 So what is the outcome for their societies? 00:05:28.189 --> 00:05:30.269 No progress, no civilization, 00:05:30.629 --> 00:05:33.110 no vision, and no comfortable life. 00:05:33.670 --> 00:05:35.949 No happy days have come, 00:05:36.470 --> 00:05:39.629 nor has happiness remained in the souls of the people. 00:05:40.149 --> 00:05:41.949 Misery upon misery, 00:05:42.389 --> 00:05:44.470 and poverty following poverty. 00:05:45.350 --> 00:05:48.389 According to the distance from the purified law of Allah, 00:05:48.910 --> 00:05:52.629 is the type of misguidance that societies live in. 00:05:53.470 --> 00:05:54.709 Allah, the Exalted, says: 00:05:55.449 --> 00:06:04.129 “Hast thou not seen those who pretend that they believe in that which is revealed unto thee and that which was revealed before thee, how they would go for judgment (in their disputes) to false deities when they have been ordered to abjure them? Satan would mislead them far astray.” (4:60) 00:06:04.569 --> 00:06:12.449 "In what was revealed to you and what was revealed before you." 00:06:12.730 --> 00:06:17.370 “Hast thou not seen those who pretend that they believe in that which is revealed unto thee and that which was revealed before thee, how they would go for judgment (in their disputes) to false deities when they have been ordered to abjure them? Satan would mislead them far astray.” (4:60) 00:06:17.370 --> 00:06:21.410 “Hast thou not seen those who pretend that they believe in that which is revealed unto thee and that which was revealed before thee, how they would go for judgment (in their disputes) to false deities when they have been ordered to abjure them? Satan would mislead them far astray.” (4:60) 00:06:21.930 --> 00:06:28.370 "And Satan wants to lead them far astray." 00:06:28.850 --> 00:06:34.569 "And when it is said to them, 'Come to what Allah has revealed,'" 00:06:34.569 --> 00:06:38.089 “And when it is said unto them: Come unto that which Allah hath revealed and unto the messenger, thou seest the hypocrites turn from thee with aversion.” (4:61) 00:06:38.410 --> 00:06:43.970 “And when it is said unto them: Come unto that which Allah hath revealed and unto the messenger, thou seest the hypocrites turn from thee with aversion.” (4:61) 00:06:44.329 --> 00:06:51.970 “How would it be if a misfortune smote them because of that which their own hands have sent before (them)? Then would they come unto thee, swearing by Allah that they were seeking naught but harmony and kindness.” (4:62) 00:06:52.290 --> 00:06:54.689 "because of what their hands have put forth." 00:06:54.689 --> 00:06:59.529 “How would it be if a misfortune smote them because of that which their own hands have sent before (them)? Then would they come unto thee, swearing by Allah that they were seeking naught but harmony and kindness.” (4:62) 00:06:59.889 --> 00:07:06.009 “How would it be if a misfortune smote them because of that which their own hands have sent before (them)? Then would they come unto thee, swearing by Allah that they were seeking naught but harmony and kindness.” (4:62) 00:07:06.009 --> 00:07:08.810 in goodness and success. 00:07:09.129 --> 00:07:15.209 “Those are they, the secrets of whose hearts Allah knoweth. So oppose them and admonish them, and address them in plain terms about their souls.” (4:63) 00:07:15.209 --> 00:07:17.689 "So turn away from them and admonish them." 00:07:17.689 --> 00:07:24.970 “Those are they, the secrets of whose hearts Allah knoweth. So oppose them and admonish them, and address them in plain terms about their souls.” (4:63) 00:07:26.389 --> 00:07:27.990 This, O Eve, 00:07:28.509 --> 00:07:30.910 concerns the group that claims Islam 00:07:30.910 --> 00:07:32.949 yet seeks judgment from the Taghut (false deities/tyrants), 00:07:33.430 --> 00:07:35.629 living in far misguidance. 00:07:36.339 --> 00:07:37.779 And the Exalted said: 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:47.079 “O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and His messenger and the Scripture which He hath revealed unto His messenger, and the Scripture which He revealed aforetime. Whoso disbelieveth in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His messengers and the Last Day, he verily hath wandered far astray.” (4:136) 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:52.399 “O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and His messenger and the Scripture which He hath revealed unto His messenger, and the Scripture which He revealed aforetime. Whoso disbelieveth in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His messengers and the Last Day, he verily hath wandered far astray.” (4:136) 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:56.399 “O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and His messenger and the Scripture which He hath revealed unto His messenger, and the Scripture which He revealed aforetime. Whoso disbelieveth in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His messengers and the Last Day, he verily hath wandered far astray.” (4:136) 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:02.120 “O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and His messenger and the Scripture which He hath revealed unto His messenger, and the Scripture which He revealed aforetime. Whoso disbelieveth in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His messengers and the Last Day, he verily hath wandered far astray.” (4:136) 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:11.680 "And whoever disbelieves in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers," 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:17.439 "and the Last Day has certainly gone far astray." 00:08:18.459 --> 00:08:20.139 This, O Eve, 00:08:20.540 --> 00:08:23.259 concerns the one who disbelieves in Allah and His messengers, 00:08:23.620 --> 00:08:25.980 living in far misguidance. 00:08:26.779 --> 00:08:28.220 And the Exalted said: 00:08:29.019 --> 00:08:34.820 “Those who love the life of the world more than the Hereafter, and debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked: such are far astray.” (14:3) 00:08:34.820 --> 00:08:42.620 "And they avert [people] from the way of Allah and seek to make it crooked." 00:08:42.620 --> 00:08:48.460 “Those who love the life of the world more than the Hereafter, and debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked: such are far astray.” (14:3) 00:08:49.700 --> 00:08:51.379 This, O Eve, 00:08:51.899 --> 00:08:54.940 concerns the group that averts you from the way of Allah, 00:08:55.259 --> 00:08:57.899 and immerses you in the desires of the world, 00:08:58.220 --> 00:09:00.580 living in far misguidance. 00:09:01.250 --> 00:09:02.690 And the Exalted said: 00:09:26.509 --> 00:09:28.190 This, O Eve, 00:09:28.629 --> 00:09:33.789 concerns those with opinions and ideologies who oppose the law of Allah with them, 00:09:34.110 --> 00:09:36.269 and disobey Allah and His Messenger, 00:09:36.710 --> 00:09:39.389 living in manifest misguidance. 00:09:40.289 --> 00:09:41.730 And the Exalted said: 00:09:59.929 --> 00:10:06.500 "Those are in manifest misguidance." 00:10:07.460 --> 00:10:09.100 This, O Eve, 00:10:09.580 --> 00:10:13.820 concerns the one who closes his breast to the light of Islam and whose heart has hardened, 00:10:14.259 --> 00:10:16.419 so he is in manifest misguidance. 00:10:17.190 --> 00:10:18.629 And the Exalted said: 00:10:19.500 --> 00:10:25.820 “And whoso respondeth not to Allah's summoner he can nowise escape in the earth, and he hath no protecting friends instead of Him. Such are in error manifest.” (46:32) 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:35.940 “And whoso respondeth not to Allah's summoner he can nowise escape in the earth, and he hath no protecting friends instead of Him. Such are in error manifest.” (46:32) 00:10:36.259 --> 00:10:42.909 "Those are in manifest misguidance." 00:10:43.269 --> 00:10:44.830 This, O Eve, 00:10:45.389 --> 00:10:49.470 concerns the one who turns away from following the Messenger, peace be upon him, 00:10:49.950 --> 00:10:52.230 living in manifest misguidance. 00:10:53.690 --> 00:10:54.649 O Eve, 00:10:55.210 --> 00:10:56.850 people are of two types: 00:10:57.169 --> 00:10:59.330 either a follower of guidance, 00:10:59.649 --> 00:11:01.610 “Say: Who giveth you provision from the sky and the earth? Say: Allah, Lo! we or you assuredly are rightly guided or in error manifest.” (34:24) 00:11:02.169 --> 00:11:03.450 Allah, the Exalted, says: 00:11:03.970 --> 00:11:07.850 “Say: Who giveth you provision from the sky and the earth? Say: Allah, Lo! we or you assuredly are rightly guided or in error manifest.” (34:24) 00:11:08.330 --> 00:11:09.250 "Say, 'Allah!'" 00:11:09.730 --> 00:11:15.169 "And indeed, we or you are either upon guidance or in manifest misguidance." 00:11:15.980 --> 00:11:18.659 Al-Tahir Ibn 'Ashur, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:11:19.139 --> 00:11:19.740 His saying: 00:11:20.179 --> 00:11:21.259 "will neither go astray," 00:11:21.779 --> 00:11:22.580 means: 00:11:23.139 --> 00:11:27.580 that if he follows the guidance that has come from Allah upon the tongue of His messengers, 00:11:27.940 --> 00:11:31.419 he is safe from being afflicted by any misguidance. 00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:37.100 This is derived from the indication of the verb in the negative context of generality, 00:11:37.620 --> 00:11:40.419 like the generality of the indefinite noun in a negative context. 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:41.620 That is: 00:11:41.820 --> 00:11:44.539 no misguidance shall afflict him in this world, 00:11:45.100 --> 00:11:49.340 unlike the one who follows guidance that has come from other than Allah, 00:11:50.059 --> 00:11:53.460 for even if he benefits from guidance in some situations, 00:11:53.980 --> 00:11:58.019 he is not safe from falling into misguidance in other situations. 00:11:58.620 --> 00:12:02.100 This is the state of those who follow non-divine laws, 00:12:02.580 --> 00:12:04.580 which are man-made laws. 00:12:05.299 --> 00:12:09.659 For their authors, even if they exhaust their efforts in seeking the truth, 00:12:10.289 --> 00:12:13.210 are not safe from falling into misguidance, 00:12:13.690 --> 00:12:16.809 due to negligence, conflicting evidence, 00:12:17.330 --> 00:12:20.009 being influenced by established customs, 00:12:20.529 --> 00:12:26.970 or pandering to leaders or nations whose satisfaction they deem to be in their interest. 00:12:27.889 --> 00:12:30.690 So what have you chosen for yourself, O Eve? 00:12:31.450 --> 00:12:33.730 To follow the revealed guidance of Allah, 00:12:34.250 --> 00:12:37.690 or to follow whims, the advocates of women's liberation, 00:12:38.129 --> 00:12:42.169 women's councils, the programs of misguided rulers, 00:12:42.730 --> 00:12:47.090 the conventions of the United Nations, and man-made laws? 00:12:48.350 --> 00:12:51.429 We shall continue in a future meeting, if Allah wills. 00:12:51.990 --> 00:12:54.669 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.