Elite of the Elite, Satan's Focused On You, Flimsy Test, Shahada, Quran Only

(0:00) Greetings to all. (0:02) Ash'hadu an la ilaha illa Allah wa ash'hadu anna shaytanir rajeem. (0:05) Dear witnesses, there is no God except one God. (0:12) Since I was not scheduled to give the Friday talk, I did not prepare anything, so I will just chat with you. (0:22) And I will mix my Friday sermon with my schedule. (0:28) Welcome to all of you. (0:32) It is really a privilege and an honor for me to welcome the most important people on earth. (0:40) You are the most important people on earth. (0:44) You have come to the realization that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and He sees the (0:53) path ahead of us, and can make better choices than we can do. (0:59) Then you decided to submit all your affairs in God's hand. (1:06) And God repeatedly says in the Quran that only those who possess intelligence will come to me. (1:13) And as you know from your own experiences by now, it is not easy to worship God alone, (1:24) and to uphold the word of God alone. (1:27) You have come to realize that you are a privileged minority of a minority, (1:33) that expression is elite of an elite. (1:37) In the Quran it is as said before and as said before. (1:40) In surah 56, God described a very special people who come to the realization that God (1:48) alone possesses all power, and decide to live their lives devoted to God alone. (1:57) God is the only priority in their lives. (2:04) So you can see why it is indeed an honor to me to welcome the most important people on earth. (2:12) You have succeeded in attaining this worship of God alone, and upholding His word alone. (2:21) God says in the Quran in surah number 3, in fact God ordered us to say, (2:27) say, Allahumma our God, say, Allahumma our God, Malik al-mulk. (2:37) God described himself as Malik al-mulk, possessor of all possessions, possessor of all things. (2:46) I repeat it is clear from the Quran, to God belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. (2:56) God is Malik al-mulk. (2:58) The owner of all kingship. (3:03) Nobody owns anything in the heavens or the earth. (3:10) So any intelligent creature will associate himself with the one who possesses everything. (3:20) He is the one who possesses all the provisions. (3:23) He is the one who controls your health, your wealth, your happiness. (3:29) And this is stated very clearly in surah 54. (3:33) wa-an-tamu huwa adh-haqa wa-adh-na. (3:35) He is the one who makes you rich or poor. (3:39) He is the one who decides whether you are happy or miserable. (3:44) wa-an-tamu huwa adh-haqa wa-adh-na. (3:46) He is the one who makes you happy or miserable. (3:50) With the understanding that God does not make us miserable, but God's law dictates that (3:56) we can make ourselves miserable according to God's law. (4:00) But nobody can make you happy or miserable, only God. (4:06) This is precisely why God says only those who possess intelligence will come to me. (4:15) God says, say on behalf of everyone, our God, possessor of all possessions, all of everything (4:22) in the heavens and the earth, you give possessions to whomever you will, or you give kingship (4:31) to whomever you will. (4:33) wa-an-tamu huwa adh-haqa wa-adh-na. (4:34) You remove possessions or you remove kingship from whomever you will. (4:39) You remove power from whomever you will. (4:43) wa-tu'izzum al-tashak. (4:45) You give dignity to whomever you will. (4:47) God is the only source of dignity and respect. (4:53) wa-tu'izzum al-tashak. (4:54) And you humiliate or you remove dignity from whomever you will. (5:01) bi-yadik al-khayr. (5:02) In your hand is all provisions, all good things. (5:08) God is teaching us to say this about God. (5:12) Innaka ala kulli shay'in fadir, you are omnipotent. (5:15) So God is teaching us that, in very simple terms, a repeated throughout the Quran, (5:21) that He is the only one who possesses all power. (5:24) So what are we doing, depending on everybody else? (5:30) You are the people who decide it. (5:33) Because God is magical money. (5:36) And as I will introduce you to each other, (5:40) you are going to see that in each one of you, in the life of each one of you, (5:44) there are, because you have been put to the test, and you are being put to the test, (5:49) in the life of each one of you, there are demonstrations and proof that you know (5:54) that only God possesses all power. (6:01) You come across the people who will try to divert you. (6:11) Say that you are the number one target, and this is according to God's law. (6:21) People will try to divert you, and will use all kinds of tricks. (6:27) And satan will always work on you, he is not interested in those people out there, (6:32) who are idol worshippers, or disbelievers. (6:39) And one of the tricks they will use... (7:00) Verse number two of surah 29 says, (7:03) do the people think that we dare to say we believe, without being put to the test? (7:09) We have tested those before them, for God will surely distinguish those who are truthful (7:14) from the liars. (7:18) So this is why you have to be tested. (7:22) And we never cease to be amazed at how efficient the test is. (7:31) Recently, at the masjid of Tusa, we had a number of people come, (7:40) I just met a number of wonderful people. (7:45) And I always wonder, are they strong believers, will they make it? (7:49) We will always pray for the people to make it, to pass the test. (7:55) And we are pulling for them. (7:57) At the same time we are also interested in having God's test take place, (8:03) in order to sift away those who do not belong among us. (8:11) It is not something bad, it has been happening all the time, (8:16) that this sifting process, because only the pure diamonds remain. (8:22) Everything else, at home, flows to the top and is removed. (8:30) These very, seemingly very strong people were subjected to tests recently. (8:37) They were told, Rashad is bad, Rashad is manipulating you, (8:44) and this is why people who are sipping whiskey have to say that. (8:49) Don't listen to Rashad. (8:52) It is surprising how the people were influenced. (8:58) I tell them, Moshe, turn it on, for the Lord to turn it on. (9:02) Then somebody is sipping whiskey and telling them, Rashad is bad. (9:05) They say, oh you are right, Rashad is bad, why? (9:08) They block the test so easily. (9:11) This happens. (9:14) Same thing would work with your ego. (9:17) I would say, you follow Rashad Khalifa. (9:21) And you know better, and I know better. (9:24) We do not follow Rashad Khalifa, we do not follow Muhammad or Jesus, (9:27) we do not follow any human being. (9:30) We follow God. We know that. (9:32) That is why we smile when they say that. (9:35) But this is just about one of the last straws. (9:41) You follow Rashad Khalifa, it is the polite way, (9:43) but usually they say, you follow a crazy Rashad Khalifa. (9:47) You have to have some etiquette. (9:49) This does not even happen on our egos. (9:53) But we make it very clear, we follow Malik al-Mulk, the possessor of all things. (9:59) We follow only God, we follow only the word of God. (10:03) And as you know, I am the first one to tell you, if it is my opinion, (10:08) if it is Rashad Khalifa, do not follow him. (10:13) Because you will probably do the wrong thing. (10:18) You must be sure that you are following God and following the word of God. (10:22) And we will go to any extent to make sure that we are following God and the word of God. (10:31) We do not follow the words of any human being. (10:34) 2 o'clock, again. (10:51) Alhamdulillah, we praise God and we bear witness that there is no God except the one God. (10:59) At this rate, it seems like I will finish the Friday sermon and finish the Friday prayer before Ismail Barakat. (11:08) Because it is 2 o'clock, we have the introductions and the welcome. (11:20) God says only the intelligent come to me. (11:27) And when we look in the Quran, almost every verse says the only unforgivable offense that (11:33) men tend until death is idolatry. (11:36) There is only one unforgivable offense at the time of death. (11:40) When a person dies and he has committed murders and lies and cheats and thefts and adultery (11:48) and aggressions, all these are forgivable. (11:52) God gave us examples in the Quran. (11:57) Moses killed somebody. (12:00) One of God's great problems. (12:05) There is only one unforgivable offense at the time of death. (12:09) And that is idol worship. (12:12) Idolatry. (12:15) Any person with the smallest amount of intelligence will say to himself or herself, (12:21) if this is the only unforgivable offense, I am going to avoid any suspicion of it for (12:29) the rest of my life, all my life. (12:31) Any hint of idol worship, I am going to get rid of it. (12:35) We look in the Quran and it says, in surah 3, verse 18, that God, in the beginning of (12:43) himself, shahid allah, God shares witness. (12:48) annahu la ilaha illallah, this is the shahada according to Allah swt. (12:54) According to God the shahada is la ilaha illallah. (12:57) And the angels, God blessed the angels after him. (13:03) And also possessed knowledge. (13:06) So there is the shahada in plain language, in any language, in any translation. (13:12) God bears witness that the shahada is la ilaha illallah. (13:16) And so do the angels and those who possess knowledge. (13:20) Therefore, if I say la ilaha illallah, I am right. (13:23) So they tell you, ok, put next to it Muhammad rasulallah. (13:31) Where does this come from? (13:34) Maybe it is perfectly all right, maybe. (13:37) But maybe is a maybe. (13:38) Maybe it is idol worship. (13:41) Maybe it is perfect. (13:43) But we are not sure. (13:45) And any intelligent person who knows that the only unforgivable offense is idol worship, (13:50) will say since la ilaha illallah is correct, la ilaha illallah Muhammad rasulallah is (13:55) maybe, I am going to stick with la ilaha illallah. (13:59) After all, these are the words that came out of Muhammad's mouth. (14:04) He will not blame me for saying la ilaha illallah, because there is no problem. (14:08) God will not blame me. (14:10) And this is consistent throughout the Quran. (14:14) In surah muhammad, in surah al-qitad al-muhammad number 47, verse 19, (14:19) it says fa'alam annahu la ilaha illallah. (14:23) You shall know that la ilaha illallah. (14:28) The muhammadans took it and they put fa'alam annahu la ilaha illallah Muhammad rasulallah. (14:34) They added it, and you will see it here in this appendix. (14:41) Know that la ilaha illallah, there is no God except Allah, Muhammad is rasulallah, he is messenger. (14:47) They added it. (14:49) And they put it in the calligraphy that looks like the Quran, to the point that (14:53) people who memorized the Quran were fooled, they thought it was Quran. (14:58) Because this kind of idolatry became so common, that it became part and parcel of the people's beliefs. (15:08) God says in the surah al-qitad al-muhammad, fa'alam annahu la ilaha illallah. (15:12) So why are they trying to push their idolatry on us? (15:15) It does not make sense. (15:17) Any intelligent person, knowing that idol worship is the only unforgivable sin, (15:26) will run away from any suspicion of my God. (15:30) So then they turn against the awliya and they say, why don't you believe that Muhammad is rasulallah? (15:38) Well the fact that we are told the Quran is the biggest proclamation that we know that (15:42) Muhammad is rasulallah, he is God's messenger. (15:48) And we have examples that utterly destroy that argument. (15:55) The Quran is the word of God. (15:58) And consistently God puts his scriptures ahead of the messengers, the prophets, the Quran. (16:05) God destroyed the believers and those who believe in God. (16:10) God, his angels, his scriptures, and his messengers. (16:14) The scriptures, the word of God, comes ahead of the messengers, always in the Quran. (16:19) So you can ask them, don't you believe that the Quran is the word of God? (16:24) They say yes. (16:26) They say ok, you should say la ilaha illallah, the Quran is the word of God. (16:31) Why don't you say, don't you believe the Quran is the word of God? (16:33) The word of God. (16:34) Why don't you say la ilaha illallah, the Quran is the word of God? (16:39) See it is the same. (16:41) This completely shuts them up. (16:44) They accuse you of hating Muhammad. (16:49) Which is the exact opposite. (16:50) They hate Muhammad. (16:52) And the Quran says that only the hypocrites say Muhammad is the word of God. (16:56) They add it to that. (16:58) You put Muhammad's name next to God's name. (17:02) You can take this to a further and say, why don't you say la ilaha illallah, the sun rises from the east? (17:11) There is no end to this. (17:13) Why don't you believe the sun rises from the east? (17:16) So there are millions of statements that you can put next to la ilaha illallah that are (17:20) absolutely correct. (17:21) But this is not the point. (17:24) Verse 18 of surat al-fidh says, God bears witness that la ilaha illallah, the sun rises from the east. (17:40) When they tell you, you follow Rasul Khalifah, is that right? (17:45) The crazy Rasul Khalifah, is that normal? (17:47) Is that normal? (17:50) You tell them we follow God, we follow God alone. (17:53) We follow the word of God alone. (17:59) The principle is very easy. (18:01) If it is not in the Quran, we have no consideration for it. (18:10) In this conference you are going to hear lots of views. (18:13) Personal views from many people. (18:17) Anybody can say anything they want. (18:21) But your criteria is the Quran. (18:23) If it is not in the Quran, don't believe it. (18:27) No matter who is talking to you. (18:31) Very simple principle. (18:34) Because that is what we follow. (18:42) Even in this conference. (18:45) Satan has to be represented, especially in this conference. (18:49) Satan has to be represented. (18:51) And you are going to hear some views that are contrary to the Quran. (18:57) And if you believe them, you deserve to believe them. (19:03) There may be two or three people who will be influenced. (19:08) Because the purpose of these people who are bringing views other than the Quranic views (19:11) is to at least put doubt in your heart. (19:14) And as long as you have doubt in your heart, you are in the lowest rank of submission. (19:24) Remember the verse in surah 49, verse 11, I believe. (19:29) It says that the prophet said to our believers, (19:33) God says do not say you are believers, say you are Muslims. (19:39) Until all doubt is gone. (19:43) So their job is to put even a little bit of doubt in your heart. (19:49) And when this happens, you know that God is testing you and that. (19:57) Unfortunately, the doubt comes in my heart, but unfortunately I still have some doubt. (20:01) So I am still in the lowest rank. (20:03) I am still on my way. (20:06) It is not hopeless yet. (20:08) But you must be aware of this principle. (20:11) This is our principle. (20:12) If it is not in the Quran, I don't believe. (20:17) It may or may not be correct. (20:20) But if it is not in the Quran, I am not following it. (20:34) We have time now to do the final prayer and then go into... (20:41) I can't think any longer, until it is made clear. (20:44) So we will just go through the final prayer. (20:47) And I am sure it is made with at least chance. (20:50) Because this is news we have. (20:51) We have prepared a very good hotbar on the ink and paper. (20:57) But this is not the Quran. (20:59) The ink and paper, the physical book is not the Quran. (21:01) The Quran is a hotbar. (21:04) When Prophet Muhammad was taken to the seventh heaven to receive the Quran, (21:08) God was not given a book. (21:10) A snacker? (21:10) No. (21:11) I waited and I waited. (21:13) Oh, you were supposed to come with you. (21:15) Yes. (21:16) But I went. (21:17) His flight was late. (21:19) The flight from Los Angeles was late. (21:21) But he was not. (21:23) How about the Washington? (21:26) The Washington, I have Abdulrahman. (21:30) Okay. (21:30) But Abdulrahman has... (21:33) Waqeel is? (21:35) Waqeel no, Ameen. (21:36) Ameen? (21:37) He was the one who came, basically, to fabricate the same thing. (21:42) I am glad you brought that hotbar. (21:44) Yes. (21:44) It is honored. (21:46) And where is Abdulrahman? (21:48) Here. (21:50) Hello Abdulrahman, Waqeel. (21:52) Welcome to the conference. (21:54) So it looks like Ismail, we do believe that he will be there for his own funeral. (22:01) And now it is confirmed.