1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:32,240 A brief commentary 3 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,240 on the book *ID Cards 4 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,240 for the Surahs of the Noble Qur'an* 5 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:42,240 by Dr. Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz Ibn 'Umar Naseef, 6 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:44,369 may Allah preserve him. 7 00:00:44,369 --> 00:00:46,369 Surah al-Mutaffifin. 8 00:00:46,369 --> 00:00:48,369 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 9 00:00:48,369 --> 00:00:50,369 All praise is due to Allah, and peace and blessings 10 00:00:50,369 --> 00:00:52,689 be upon the Messenger of Allah, 11 00:00:52,689 --> 00:00:55,689 and upon his family, his Companions, and those who follow his guidance. 12 00:00:55,689 --> 00:00:58,689 We are still with the brief commentary 13 00:00:58,689 --> 00:01:00,689 on the ID cards, 14 00:01:00,689 --> 00:01:02,689 and with Surah al-Mutaffifin. 15 00:01:02,689 --> 00:01:04,689 I have three points to highlight regarding it. 16 00:01:04,689 --> 00:01:06,689 The first point concerns the placement of the surah. 17 00:01:06,689 --> 00:01:09,939 We notice that it is preceded by al-Takwir and al-Infitar, 18 00:01:09,939 --> 00:01:11,980 and followed 19 00:01:11,980 --> 00:01:13,980 by al-Inshiqaq as well. 20 00:01:13,980 --> 00:01:15,980 I mean that it is preceded 21 00:01:15,980 --> 00:01:20,099 and followed by surahs that speak about the Day of Resurrection. 22 00:01:20,099 --> 00:01:22,099 Likewise, 23 00:01:22,099 --> 00:01:25,099 mention of that great Day appears in this surah. 24 00:01:25,099 --> 00:01:28,359 However, we notice that each surah is distinguished by a particular emphasis. 25 00:01:28,359 --> 00:01:31,359 Among the unique features of this surah 26 00:01:31,359 --> 00:01:35,739 is the mention of mankind standing before the Lord of the worlds, 27 00:01:35,739 --> 00:01:39,739 which is a monumental matter that brings us to the second point. 28 00:01:39,739 --> 00:01:44,060 This second point is that remembering mankind's standing before the Lord of the worlds— 29 00:01:44,060 --> 00:01:48,540 and remembering the events of the Hereafter in general— 30 00:01:48,540 --> 00:01:52,640 ought to be a positive remembrance, 31 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:56,640 meaning it must have an impact on one's behavior. 32 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:01,640 Remembering mankind's standing before the Lord of the worlds is not 33 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,640 something a person simply recalls 34 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,770 merely to feel fear, 35 00:02:08,770 --> 00:02:10,770 or merely to hope, 36 00:02:10,770 --> 00:02:13,770 but rather to act and be deterred from sin. 37 00:02:13,770 --> 00:02:17,990 We observe that those who engaged in defrauding others in measure— 38 00:02:17,990 --> 00:02:20,990 their problem was the absence of this reality from their minds. 39 00:02:20,990 --> 00:02:23,990 Thus, when this reality is present, 40 00:02:23,990 --> 00:02:29,150 it ought to reform a person's behavior in this worldly life, 41 00:02:29,150 --> 00:02:32,280 in preparation for that reality 42 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,500 when its time comes in the Hereafter. 43 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:38,949 This leads us to the third point. 44 00:02:38,949 --> 00:02:40,949 For indeed, the Companions— 45 00:02:40,949 --> 00:02:42,949 and this relates to the context of revelation— 46 00:02:42,949 --> 00:02:45,949 who were in Madinah, Ibn 'Abbas says about them, 47 00:02:45,949 --> 00:02:47,949 and regarding the residents of Madinah he says: 48 00:02:47,949 --> 00:02:49,949 "When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, arrived in 49 00:02:49,949 --> 00:02:53,949 Madinah, they were among the worst of people in weighing and measuring. 50 00:02:53,949 --> 00:02:58,050 So Allah, Blessed and Exalted, revealed: ◁ Woe to those who give less [than due] ▷, 51 00:02:58,050 --> 00:03:01,139 and they gave good measure after that." 52 00:03:01,139 --> 00:03:04,240 Notice that Allah, Glorified and Exalted, warned against a disease, 53 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,270 namely defrauding in measure—which is a disease, 54 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:10,270 as all sins are truly diseases. 55 00:03:10,270 --> 00:03:13,340 And He mentioned the cause of the disease, saying: 56 00:03:13,340 --> 00:03:16,340 ◁ Do such people not think that they will be resurrected for a tremendous Day? ▷ 57 00:03:16,340 --> 00:03:19,340 “The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds?” (83:6) 58 00:03:19,340 --> 00:03:23,400 So it was as if when they remembered this Day, 59 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,500 that occurred which he indicated at the end of the hadith: 60 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:28,500 "And they gave good measure after that." 61 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:31,560 Now we know that bad social 62 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:33,689 habits, 63 00:03:33,689 --> 00:03:35,689 once they spread and a town becomes known for them, 64 00:03:35,689 --> 00:03:37,689 are difficult to change. 65 00:03:37,689 --> 00:03:41,849 In truth, nothing changes them except faith. 66 00:03:41,849 --> 00:03:43,849 Here I conclude with a story 67 00:03:43,849 --> 00:03:47,849 mentioned about a godly scholar, 68 00:03:47,849 --> 00:03:49,849 whose biography was recorded by scholars 69 00:03:49,849 --> 00:03:51,849 roughly in the last century 70 00:03:51,849 --> 00:03:52,849 or the one before it. 71 00:03:52,849 --> 00:03:55,849 He was in the land of India, and his name was Ahmad 'Irfan. 72 00:03:55,849 --> 00:03:56,849 Read his biography. 73 00:03:56,849 --> 00:04:00,039 He entered a town where alcohol was widespread, 74 00:04:00,039 --> 00:04:02,039 and there were alcohol factories in it 75 00:04:02,039 --> 00:04:03,099 in India. 76 00:04:03,099 --> 00:04:07,099 The population numbered four million, 77 00:04:07,099 --> 00:04:09,419 as I recall reading the story long ago. 78 00:04:09,419 --> 00:04:12,419 Sheikh al-Tantawi, may Allah have mercy on him, wrote about him. 79 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:15,580 The amazing thing is that within a short period, 80 00:04:15,580 --> 00:04:17,579 by strengthening the faith of the people of this town, 81 00:04:17,579 --> 00:04:20,649 the alcohol factories closed their doors, 82 00:04:20,649 --> 00:04:23,810 because they found no one to buy from them. 83 00:04:23,810 --> 00:04:26,810 Faith is what changes things, 84 00:04:26,810 --> 00:04:31,060 or rather it is what reforms whatever has become corrupt in societies. 85 00:04:31,060 --> 00:04:33,060 And the greatest thing that strengthens faith 86 00:04:33,060 --> 00:04:36,060 is the Qur'an, which influenced the residents of Madinah 87 00:04:36,060 --> 00:04:38,060 so that "they gave good measure after that." 88 00:04:38,060 --> 00:04:42,319 We ask Allah to make us among those who benefit 89 00:04:42,319 --> 00:04:43,319 from this Magnificent Qur'an. 90 00:04:43,319 --> 00:04:44,319 May Allah bless him and grant him peace, 91 00:04:44,319 --> 00:04:45,319 and may the mercy of Allah and His blessings be upon you. 92 00:04:45,319 --> 00:04:46,319 And may the mercy of Allah and His blessings be upon you. 93 00:04:46,319 --> 00:04:47,319 May Allah bestow blessings and peace upon him and all his Companions. 94 00:04:47,319 --> 00:04:48,319 And all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.