WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.439 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:12.839 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:12.839 --> 00:00:17.480 A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:26.780 The Magnificent Qur'an is the greatest of all miracles. 00:00:26.780 --> 00:00:30.500 Allah the Exalted says, recounting the words of the polytheists: 00:00:30.500 --> 00:00:36.380 “And they say: Why are not portents sent down upon him from his Lord? Say: Portents are with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner.” (29:50) 00:00:36.380 --> 00:00:44.140 “And they say: Why are not portents sent down upon him from his Lord? Say: Portents are with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner.” (29:50) 00:00:44.140 --> 00:00:51.060 “Is it not enough for them that We have sent down unto thee the Scripture which is read unto them? Lo! herein verily is mercy, and a reminder for folk who believe.” (29:51) 00:00:51.060 --> 00:00:57.740 “Is it not enough for them that We have sent down unto thee the Scripture which is read unto them? Lo! herein verily is mercy, and a reminder for folk who believe.” (29:51) 00:00:57.740 --> 00:01:02.500 "Say, 'Sufficient is Allah as a Witness between me and you.'" 00:01:02.500 --> 00:01:05.939 He knows what is in the heavens and the earth. 00:01:05.939 --> 00:01:15.219 “Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Allah sufficeth for witness between me and you. He knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who believe in vanity and disbelieve in Allah, they it is who are the losers.” (29:52) 00:01:15.219 --> 00:01:17.760 The Hafiz Ibn Kathir said: 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:21.959 He, the Exalted, speaks of the polytheists and their stubbornness, 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:28.840 and their demand for signs to prove to them that Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the Messenger of Allah, 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:31.799 just as Salih brought forth his she-camel. 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:38.000 The Exalted said: "Say, O Muhammad, 'The signs are only with Allah.'" 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:41.519 Meaning, the matter rests solely with Allah. 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:46.760 For had He known that you would be guided, He would have answered your request, 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:50.599 as that is easy and simple for Him. 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:56.120 But He knows that your intention is merely stubbornness and testing, 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:58.900 so He does not grant your request. 00:01:58.980 --> 00:02:04.140 Then the Exalted says, highlighting their profound ignorance and the absurdity of their reasoning, 00:02:04.140 --> 00:02:11.819 in that they demanded signs to prove the truthfulness of Muhammad, peace be upon him, in what he brought them, 00:02:11.819 --> 00:02:14.659 even though he had already brought them the Mighty Book, 00:02:14.659 --> 00:02:19.300 which falsehood cannot approach from before it or from behind it. 00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:22.139 “Falsehood cannot come at it from before it or from behind it. (It is) a revelation from the Wise, the Owner of Praise.” (41:42) 00:02:22.139 --> 00:02:25.219 It is greater than any other miracle, 00:02:25.259 --> 00:02:29.460 for the most eloquent and articulate masters of language were unable to challenge it, 00:02:29.460 --> 00:02:33.099 or even to challenge ten surahs like it, 00:02:33.099 --> 00:02:36.539 or even to challenge a single surah from it. 00:02:36.539 --> 00:02:38.979 Imam Ibn al-Qayyim said: 00:02:38.979 --> 00:02:40.780 The Magnificent Qur'an, 00:02:40.780 --> 00:02:44.139 contains that which is not found in anything else. 00:02:44.139 --> 00:02:47.020 It is the call and the argument, 00:02:47.020 --> 00:02:49.860 it is the proof and the thing proven, 00:02:49.860 --> 00:02:52.780 it is the witness and the thing testified to, 00:02:52.780 --> 00:02:54.979 it is the judgment and the evidence, 00:02:54.979 --> 00:02:57.659 it is the claim and the proof. 00:02:57.659 --> 00:02:59.819 Allah the Exalted says: 00:02:59.819 --> 00:03:03.340 "Is he who is upon a clear evidence from his Lord," 00:03:03.340 --> 00:03:06.139 "and a witness from Him recites it?" 00:03:06.139 --> 00:03:07.539 Meaning, from his Lord, 00:03:07.539 --> 00:03:09.460 and it is the Qur'an. 00:03:09.460 --> 00:03:16.180 And He, the Exalted, said to those who demanded a sign to prove the truthfulness of His Messenger, peace be upon him: 00:03:16.180 --> 00:03:23.099 “Is it not enough for them that We have sent down unto thee the Scripture which is read unto them? Lo! herein verily is mercy, and a reminder for folk who believe.” (29:51) 00:03:23.099 --> 00:03:29.740 “Is it not enough for them that We have sent down unto thee the Scripture which is read unto them? Lo! herein verily is mercy, and a reminder for folk who believe.” (29:51) 00:03:29.740 --> 00:03:34.460 “Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Allah sufficeth for witness between me and you. He knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who believe in vanity and disbelieve in Allah, they it is who are the losers.” (29:52) 00:03:34.460 --> 00:03:37.900 "He knows what is in the heavens and the earth." 00:03:37.900 --> 00:03:42.340 “Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Allah sufficeth for witness between me and you. He knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who believe in vanity and disbelieve in Allah, they it is who are the losers.” (29:52) 00:03:42.340 --> 00:03:47.340 "It is they who are the losers." 00:03:47.340 --> 00:03:50.780 Thus, He, the Glorified, informed us that the Book He revealed 00:03:50.780 --> 00:03:53.020 is sufficient as a sign above all others. 00:03:53.020 --> 00:03:57.539 For it contains the argument and the proof that it is from Allah, the Glorified, 00:03:57.539 --> 00:03:59.740 who sent His Messenger with it. 00:03:59.740 --> 00:04:03.780 It contains the explanation of what ensures happiness for those who follow it, 00:04:03.780 --> 00:04:05.780 and saves them from the punishment. 00:04:08.030 --> 00:04:12.639 A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:17.459 Authored by Sheikh Musa bin Rashid al-Azimi, 00:04:17.459 --> 00:04:21.300 and presented by the Mawaddah Association, 00:04:21.300 --> 00:04:23.939 in the Kingdom of Bahrain.