1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,500 The story of the Queen of Sheba 2 00:00:05,740 --> 00:00:09,939 Satan beautifies falsehood. 3 00:00:12,439 --> 00:00:19,539 When the hoopoe brought the certain news about the kingdom of Sheba to the Prophet of Allah, Solomon, peace be upon him, 4 00:00:19,839 --> 00:00:23,940 he clarified that he found two matters objectionable about them. 5 00:00:24,339 --> 00:00:28,239 The first is that the one ruling them is a woman. 6 00:00:28,699 --> 00:00:32,600 The second is that they worship other than Allah. 7 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:34,359 Allah the Almighty says: 8 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,659 “I found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allah; and Satan maketh their works fairseeming unto them, and debarreth them from the way (of Truth), so that they go not aright;” (27:24) 9 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:46,659 “I found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allah; and Satan maketh their works fairseeming unto them, and debarreth them from the way (of Truth), so that they go not aright;” (27:24) 10 00:00:47,750 --> 00:00:50,549 Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 11 00:00:51,049 --> 00:00:51,850 He means: 12 00:00:52,350 --> 00:00:55,149 I found this woman, the Queen of Sheba, 13 00:00:55,549 --> 00:00:57,049 and her people from Sheba, 14 00:00:57,450 --> 00:01:01,350 prostrating to the sun and worshipping it instead of Allah. 15 00:01:03,130 --> 00:01:07,329 The hoopoe indeed found the people of Yemen from the kingdom of Sheba objectionable 16 00:01:07,629 --> 00:01:10,129 for their prostration to the sun instead of Allah, 17 00:01:10,430 --> 00:01:12,430 even though it is a creation just like them. 18 00:01:12,829 --> 00:01:17,629 They only prostrated to it out of humility, veneration, and worship of it. 19 00:01:18,129 --> 00:01:19,530 And this is polytheism (shirk), 20 00:01:19,730 --> 00:01:24,329 which Allah sent the Messengers to fight against and to save people from. 21 00:01:24,829 --> 00:01:26,629 And He sent down with them the Books, 22 00:01:26,930 --> 00:01:31,530 which guide people to the worship of Allah, the One, the Overpowering. 23 00:01:32,420 --> 00:01:36,420 And associating partners with Allah (shirk) is the most dangerous sin a person can commit, 24 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,920 because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, 25 00:01:39,219 --> 00:01:43,219 will not forgive it if one does not repent from it before death. 26 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:45,120 Allah the Almighty says: 27 00:01:45,719 --> 00:01:53,120 Indeed, Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. 28 00:01:53,719 --> 00:01:58,319 “Lo! Allah forgiveth not that a partner should be ascribed unto Him. He forgiveth (all) save that to whom He will. Whoso ascribeth partners to Allah, he hath indeed invented a tremendous sin.” (4:48) 29 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:00,319 And He, Glorified, says: 30 00:02:00,750 --> 00:02:08,349 Indeed, Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. 31 00:02:08,949 --> 00:02:13,949 “Lo! Allah pardoneth not that partners should be ascribed unto Him. He pardoneth all save that to whom He will. Whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah hath wandered far astray.” (4:116) 32 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,599 And the polytheist will not enter Paradise if he dies upon polytheism. 33 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:20,500 Allah the Almighty says: 34 00:02:21,099 --> 00:02:26,300 They have disbelieved who say that Allah is Christ the son of Mary. 35 00:02:27,099 --> 00:02:32,900 And Christ said, "O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord." 36 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:41,099 “They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah (himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, for him Allah hath forbidden paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evil-doers there will be no helpers.” (5:72) 37 00:02:41,699 --> 00:02:44,699 And for the wrongdoers there are no helpers. 38 00:02:45,659 --> 00:02:48,060 And if polytheism is this dangerous, 39 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:55,060 then it is incumbent upon Muslims to be extremely cautious of falling into any form of polytheism. 40 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,800 And the Prophet of Allah, Abraham the Friend, peace be upon him, 41 00:03:00,199 --> 00:03:01,599 the destroyer of idols, 42 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,199 feared for himself from polytheism. 43 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,000 So he would supplicate to Allah, saying: 44 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:13,800 "My Lord, make this city [Mecca] secure, and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols. 45 00:03:14,199 --> 00:03:19,199 My Lord, they have led astray many of mankind." 46 00:03:20,030 --> 00:03:23,229 So if the Prophet of Allah, Abraham the Friend, 47 00:03:23,629 --> 00:03:26,629 feared for himself from worshipping idols, 48 00:03:27,229 --> 00:03:32,229 then we are even more obligated to fear for ourselves from falling into polytheism 49 00:03:32,629 --> 00:03:34,830 in any form. 50 00:03:35,620 --> 00:03:41,219 And the forms of polytheism are not limited to worshipping idols and prostrating to them only. 51 00:03:41,819 --> 00:03:44,419 That is one form of polytheism. 52 00:03:45,020 --> 00:03:50,419 And there are other forms of polytheism that our Lord, Glorified and Exalted is He, warned us against. 53 00:03:51,020 --> 00:03:53,020 Among them is His saying, the Almighty: 54 00:03:53,710 --> 00:04:03,310 The Jews say, 'Uzayr is the son of Allah, and the Christians say, 'Al-Masih is the son of Allah.' 55 00:04:04,039 --> 00:04:08,240 That is their saying with their mouths. 56 00:04:08,639 --> 00:04:14,240 “And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah. That is their saying with their mouths. They imitate the saying of those who disbelieved of old. Allah (Himself) fighteth against them. How perverse are they!” (9:30) 57 00:04:14,870 --> 00:04:19,870 May Allah fight them! How are they deluded? 58 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:32,680 “They have taken as lords beside Allah their rabbis and their monks and the Messiah son of Mary, when they were bidden to worship only One Allah. There is no Allah save Him. Be He Glorified from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!” (9:31) 59 00:04:33,769 --> 00:04:42,959 “They have taken as lords beside Allah their rabbis and their monks and the Messiah son of Mary, when they were bidden to worship only One Allah. There is no Allah save Him. Be He Glorified from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!” (9:31) 60 00:04:43,980 --> 00:04:48,410 There is no god but He. 61 00:04:48,410 --> 00:04:53,560 Exalted is He above what they associate with Him. 62 00:04:55,560 --> 00:05:01,560 Among the forms of associating partners with Allah is attributing offspring to Him, exalted is Allah above what they say. 63 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:08,160 And among the forms of associating partners with Allah is for people to take those who legislate for them contrary to Allah's law. 64 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,759 So they obey and follow them. 65 00:05:11,779 --> 00:05:14,379 And people today have abandoned Allah's law. 66 00:05:14,779 --> 00:05:17,779 So it is not applied among them except a little. 67 00:05:17,779 --> 00:05:21,779 And they followed Western laws and resorted to them for judgment. 68 00:05:22,180 --> 00:05:27,779 And they made them the basis for governing society, even if they contradicted Allah's law. 69 00:05:28,180 --> 00:05:33,180 So whoever obeys them and turns away from Allah's law has associated partners with Allah. 70 00:05:33,779 --> 00:05:39,259 And among the forms of associating partners with Allah is for a Muslim to believe that there are among the created beings 71 00:05:39,660 --> 00:05:42,660 one who holds the power of benefit and harm in his hand, apart from Allah. 72 00:05:42,660 --> 00:05:48,660 Or to make him like Allah, seeking benefit from him as one seeks to avert harm from him. 73 00:05:49,060 --> 00:05:53,660 And this is among the associating of partners with Allah that Allah warned against in the Qur'an. 74 00:05:54,060 --> 00:05:55,660 So He, the Exalted, said: 75 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:17,040 And entering into this picture today 76 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:21,040 is what is presented to people as energy sciences. 77 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:27,199 They believe that certain stones and certain actions bring energy to a person. 78 00:06:27,399 --> 00:06:32,699 And this followed in the united societies. 79 00:06:32,899 --> 00:06:34,699 And Allah likened 80 00:06:34,899 --> 00:06:37,699 and informs us that he is from knowledge and a Muslim 81 00:06:37,899 --> 00:06:41,699 and informs us that he is from knowledge and a Muslim 82 00:06:41,899 --> 00:06:44,699 and informs us that he is from knowledge and a Muslim 83 00:06:44,699 --> 00:06:48,699 and that negative energy is repelled from him, as they claim. 84 00:06:48,899 --> 00:06:50,699 Rather, some of them have reached the point of atheism, 85 00:06:50,899 --> 00:06:56,699 believing that they are capable of bringing themselves whatever good they desire 86 00:06:56,899 --> 00:06:59,699 through a law called the law of attraction. 87 00:06:59,899 --> 00:07:05,699 These are sciences taken from the religions of disbelieving nations, from Buddhism and others. 88 00:07:05,899 --> 00:07:10,699 And they were transmitted to us as human development sciences 89 00:07:10,899 --> 00:07:13,699 or psychological exercises like yoga. 90 00:07:13,699 --> 00:07:19,699 And in reality, these are acts of associating partners with Allah, contrary to the law of the Lord of the worlds. 91 00:07:19,899 --> 00:07:22,699 It is obligatory to condemn the one who does them. 92 00:07:22,899 --> 00:07:26,699 Just as the hoopoe condemned the people of the kingdom of Saba'. 93 00:07:26,899 --> 00:07:32,990 Indeed, what led the people of the kingdom of Saba' to worship the sun was Satan. 94 00:07:33,189 --> 00:07:35,990 For he adorned for them what they were in of falsehood. 95 00:07:36,189 --> 00:07:38,990 So he diverted them from the path of Allah. 96 00:07:39,189 --> 00:07:40,990 Allah the Almighty said: 97 00:07:40,990 --> 00:07:45,990 “I found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allah; and Satan maketh their works fairseeming unto them, and debarreth them from the way (of Truth), so that they go not aright;” (27:24) 98 00:07:46,189 --> 00:07:48,990 And Satan had made their deeds seem fair to them. 99 00:07:49,189 --> 00:07:52,990 “I found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allah; and Satan maketh their works fairseeming unto them, and debarreth them from the way (of Truth), so that they go not aright;” (27:24) 100 00:07:53,189 --> 00:07:56,019 And this is the way of the devils among jinn and men. 101 00:07:56,220 --> 00:08:00,019 They adorn falsehood for people and confuse them. 102 00:08:00,220 --> 00:08:03,019 Until they believe it to be the truth. 103 00:08:03,220 --> 00:08:05,310 Allah the Almighty said: 104 00:08:12,310 --> 00:08:19,310 So We seized them with adversity and hardship, 105 00:08:19,509 --> 00:08:23,660 that they might humble themselves. 106 00:08:23,860 --> 00:08:31,560 If only, when Our affliction came to them, they had humbled themselves, 107 00:08:31,759 --> 00:08:35,620 But their hearts have become hardened. 108 00:08:35,820 --> 00:08:42,190 “If only, when Our disaster came on them, they had been humble! But their hearts were hardened and the devil made all that they used to do seem fair unto them!” (6:43) 109 00:08:42,190 --> 00:08:44,190 And He, the Exalted, says: 110 00:08:44,389 --> 00:08:49,190 “Thus have their (so-called) partners (of Allah) made the killing of their children to seem fair unto many of the idolaters, that they may ruin them and make their faith obscure for them. Had Allah willed (it otherwise), they had not done so. So leave them alone with their devices.” (6:137) 111 00:08:49,389 --> 00:08:55,190 “Thus have their (so-called) partners (of Allah) made the killing of their children to seem fair unto many of the idolaters, that they may ruin them and make their faith obscure for them. Had Allah willed (it otherwise), they had not done so. So leave them alone with their devices.” (6:137) 112 00:08:55,389 --> 00:08:59,799 and to make their religion seem confusing to them. 113 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:06,750 And if Allah had willed, they would not have done it. 114 00:09:06,950 --> 00:09:09,750 So leave them to their falsehoods. 115 00:09:09,950 --> 00:09:13,159 And He, the Exalted, says: 116 00:09:13,159 --> 00:09:15,759 And 'Ad and Thamud. 117 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:20,159 “And (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud! (Their fate) is manifest unto you from their (ruined and deserted) dwellings. Satan made their deeds seem fair unto them and so debarred them from the Way, though they were keen observers.” (29:38) 118 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:24,759 And Satan had made their deeds seem appealing to them. 119 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:27,159 And he turned them away from the path. 120 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,559 And they used to see clearly. 121 00:09:31,519 --> 00:09:32,919 And Allah, the Most High, says: 122 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:34,919 And Pharaoh said: 123 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:42,120 “And Pharaoh said: O Haman! Build for me a tower that haply I may reach the roads,” (40:36) 124 00:09:42,519 --> 00:09:44,789 the pathways of the heavens. 125 00:09:44,990 --> 00:09:49,190 “The roads of the heavens, and may look upon the god of Moses, though verily I think him a liar. Thus was the evil that he did made fairseeming unto Pharaoh, and he was debarred from the (right) way. The plot of Pharaoh ended but in ruin.” (40:37) 126 00:09:49,389 --> 00:09:53,389 And indeed, I think he is a liar. 127 00:09:53,590 --> 00:09:59,149 “The roads of the heavens, and may look upon the god of Moses, though verily I think him a liar. Thus was the evil that he did made fairseeming unto Pharaoh, and he was debarred from the (right) way. The plot of Pharaoh ended but in ruin.” (40:37) 128 00:09:59,350 --> 00:10:01,950 and turned away from the path. 129 00:10:02,149 --> 00:10:07,110 “The roads of the heavens, and may look upon the god of Moses, though verily I think him a liar. Thus was the evil that he did made fairseeming unto Pharaoh, and he was debarred from the (right) way. The plot of Pharaoh ended but in ruin.” (40:37) 130 00:10:07,309 --> 00:10:10,440 And adornment means beautification. 131 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,639 So Satan and his allies from the human devils, 132 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:16,840 they beautify falsehood for people. 133 00:10:17,039 --> 00:10:20,759 so that they may turn towards it and persist in doing it. 134 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:22,759 And perhaps, dear sister, 135 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:24,559 by your contemplation of the verses, 136 00:10:24,759 --> 00:10:27,159 you will be able to grasp how Satan was able 137 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,759 to beautify people's deeds for them. 138 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,159 thus turning them away from supplicating to Allah, 139 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,960 and from following the path of Allah. 140 00:10:35,159 --> 00:10:37,759 Rather, how were the human devils able 141 00:10:37,759 --> 00:10:40,360 to beautify the killing of their children for people, 142 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,220 and their daughters, through infanticide? 143 00:10:43,419 --> 00:10:46,820 And to answer this question and astonishment, 144 00:10:47,019 --> 00:10:49,019 perhaps you will turn your attention to the reality 145 00:10:49,220 --> 00:10:52,220 of the women of the Islamic Ummah today, 146 00:10:52,419 --> 00:10:54,220 where issues concerning women are presented 147 00:10:54,419 --> 00:10:56,019 according to the Western perspective, 148 00:10:56,220 --> 00:10:59,620 to the women of the Ummah, with beautification and deception, 149 00:10:59,820 --> 00:11:01,620 to the extent that many have adopted them, 150 00:11:01,820 --> 00:11:05,019 acted upon them, and defended them. 151 00:11:05,019 --> 00:11:09,419 Even though they are explicitly contrary to Islamic law, 152 00:11:09,620 --> 00:11:12,419 yet the beautification of them by those driven by desires 153 00:11:12,620 --> 00:11:15,019 has made women believe in their correctness 154 00:11:15,220 --> 00:11:18,019 and implement them in their lives. 155 00:11:18,220 --> 00:11:20,419 So take, for example, 156 00:11:20,620 --> 00:11:22,620 immodest display and a woman showing 157 00:11:22,820 --> 00:11:25,820 the attractive parts of her body to the public. 158 00:11:26,019 --> 00:11:28,620 Although it is forbidden in Islam, 159 00:11:28,820 --> 00:11:31,419 how were the devils, jinn and humans, able 160 00:11:31,620 --> 00:11:34,419 to beautify this act for her, 161 00:11:34,419 --> 00:11:37,019 so that she saw it as good and beautiful? 162 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,639 They presented to her the issue of women's freedom, 163 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,240 and what they intend by it is her ability 164 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,840 to act freely in all matters concerning her 165 00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:48,240 on the physical and spiritual levels 166 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,639 and all affairs of life. 167 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:52,840 And any prevention of her from that 168 00:11:53,039 --> 00:11:55,039 is a restriction of her freedom 169 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,440 and her unjust enslavement. 170 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:00,720 And they mean by the topic of freedom 171 00:12:00,919 --> 00:12:03,120 the woman's liberation from the restrictions 172 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,720 of Islamic Sharia rulings, 173 00:12:05,919 --> 00:12:07,919 which protect and preserve her 174 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,519 in all her actions. 175 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:14,320 But they do not dare to state this explicitly. 176 00:12:14,519 --> 00:12:16,919 So they adorned the concept of freedom for her 177 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,120 so that she might fall into following her desires, 178 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,919 making it easy for them to reach her and exploit her. 179 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,720 And similarly, reproductive health, 180 00:12:25,919 --> 00:12:28,519 by which they mean a woman's ability 181 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,120 to have a responsible sexual life 182 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,480 that is satisfying and safer. 183 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,679 The reality is that they intend 184 00:12:37,879 --> 00:12:40,879 by this ornate and embellished term 185 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,480 for women to fall into fornication without pregnancy. 186 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:45,879 And even if she becomes pregnant, 187 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:50,279 she is the one who decides whether to keep it or abort it, 188 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,480 and that her body belongs to her, 189 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,879 she can do with it as she wishes, 190 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:57,879 and cohabitate with whomever she wishes, 191 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,279 and have relations with whomever she wishes. 192 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,480 And that the wife has no right over her body 193 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:05,549 except with her permission. 194 00:13:05,750 --> 00:13:08,549 And thus, everything presented today in the West 195 00:13:08,750 --> 00:13:10,950 concerning women 196 00:13:11,149 --> 00:13:13,950 is transmitted to us in an embellished manner 197 00:13:14,149 --> 00:13:16,149 so that the Muslim woman accepts it 198 00:13:16,350 --> 00:13:20,750 and acts upon it, deviating from the pure law of Allah. 199 00:13:20,950 --> 00:13:22,950 Otherwise, by Allah, 200 00:13:23,149 --> 00:13:25,750 how could the devils among mankind 201 00:13:25,950 --> 00:13:29,750 convince a woman that her obedience to her boss at work, 202 00:13:29,750 --> 00:13:31,750 her dedication to serving him, 203 00:13:31,950 --> 00:13:34,350 and her compliance with all his commands 204 00:13:34,549 --> 00:13:36,350 is a legitimate right for him, 205 00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:40,750 and a form of progress in the life of a working woman? 206 00:13:40,950 --> 00:13:44,149 And in return, she is not obligated to obey her husband, 207 00:13:44,350 --> 00:13:48,580 nor serve him, nor care for his children and home. 208 00:13:48,779 --> 00:13:50,379 How could they achieve this? 209 00:13:50,580 --> 00:13:53,500 If not for their embellishment of falsehood. 210 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:55,299 The gravity of the matter 211 00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:59,330 The meanings of this noble verse become clear. 212 00:13:59,330 --> 00:14:00,730 Allah the Almighty says: 213 00:14:00,929 --> 00:14:06,419 “Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fairseeming unto him so that he deemeth it good, (other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do!” (35:8) 214 00:14:06,620 --> 00:14:08,620 and he saw it as good. 215 00:14:08,820 --> 00:14:13,820 “Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fairseeming unto him so that he deemeth it good, (other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do!” (35:8) 216 00:14:14,019 --> 00:14:18,019 and He guides whom He wills. 217 00:14:18,220 --> 00:14:22,850 “Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fairseeming unto him so that he deemeth it good, (other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do!” (35:8) 218 00:14:23,049 --> 00:14:31,039 “Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fairseeming unto him so that he deemeth it good, (other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do!” (35:8) 219 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,840 Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 220 00:14:34,039 --> 00:14:38,240 “Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fairseeming unto him so that he deemeth it good, (other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do!” (35:8) 221 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,039 meaning like the disbelievers and the wicked. 222 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:43,440 They do evil deeds, 223 00:14:43,639 --> 00:14:50,259 and while doing so, they believe and think that they are doing good. 224 00:14:50,460 --> 00:14:52,659 Al-Sa'di, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 225 00:14:52,860 --> 00:14:54,659 Allah the Almighty says: 226 00:14:54,860 --> 00:14:58,259 "Then is one who is made to seem fair to him his evil deed, so he perceives it as good..." 227 00:14:58,460 --> 00:15:00,259 Satan made his deed seem fair to him, 228 00:15:00,460 --> 00:15:02,259 and made it seem good in his eyes, 229 00:15:02,460 --> 00:15:04,259 so he saw it as good. 230 00:15:04,460 --> 00:15:09,659 Meaning, like one whom Allah has guided to the straight path and the upright religion. 231 00:15:09,860 --> 00:15:12,659 "Then is one who sees his evil deed as good [the same as one who is guided]?" 232 00:15:12,860 --> 00:15:14,860 The first one committed evil deeds 233 00:15:15,059 --> 00:15:18,659 and saw falsehood as truth and truth as falsehood. 234 00:15:18,860 --> 00:15:21,259 The second one committed good deeds 235 00:15:21,460 --> 00:15:25,059 and saw truth as truth and falsehood as falsehood. 236 00:15:25,259 --> 00:15:29,659 However, guidance and misguidance are in Allah's hands, may He be exalted. 237 00:15:29,659 --> 00:15:35,259 “Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fairseeming unto him so that he deemeth it good, (other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do!” (35:8) 238 00:15:35,460 --> 00:15:37,860 “Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fairseeming unto him so that he deemeth it good, (other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do!” (35:8) 239 00:15:38,059 --> 00:15:39,659 meaning upon the misguided, 240 00:15:39,860 --> 00:15:42,860 "who have been made to seem fair to them their evil deeds." 241 00:15:43,059 --> 00:15:45,759 And Satan has turned them away from the truth, 242 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:47,159 regret. 243 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,759 "So [O Muhammad] you are not to compel them. You are not to compel them [to be guided]." 244 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,559 And you are not responsible for their guidance. 245 00:15:52,759 --> 00:15:56,559 It is Allah who will recompense them for their deeds. 246 00:15:56,759 --> 00:16:00,559 “Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fairseeming unto him so that he deemeth it good, (other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do!” (35:8) 247 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:06,000 The danger we fear for you, dear sister, 248 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,799 is that Satan may make falsehood seem appealing to you, 249 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,399 and you fall into it. 250 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,200 Then you defend it, 251 00:16:12,399 --> 00:16:14,600 and spread it among people, 252 00:16:14,799 --> 00:16:17,000 thus becoming one of the callers to falsehood, 253 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,200 without you realizing it. 254 00:16:19,399 --> 00:16:21,200 Like those who demand 255 00:16:21,399 --> 00:16:24,600 women's rights in a Western manner. 256 00:16:24,799 --> 00:16:27,200 They think they are defending her 257 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,799 and doing good to her, 258 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,799 while in reality, they are misleading her from the path of Allah 259 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,399 and distancing her from His law. 260 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:40,679 But how did the Prophet of Allah, Solomon, act 261 00:16:40,879 --> 00:16:43,080 with the news he received? 262 00:16:43,279 --> 00:16:46,279 Did he believe the hoopoe or did he lie to him? 263 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:50,539 We will continue in a future meeting, Allah willing. 264 00:16:50,740 --> 00:16:53,940 And all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. 265 00:16:54,139 --> 00:16:57,279 The story of the Queen of Sheba 266 00:16:57,279 --> 00:17:01,679 with the Prophet of Allah, Solomon, peace be upon him.