Surah Al-Zumar (39:39-45). Those who seek guidance or misguidance do so only to their own individual benefit or detriment. In this lecture: seeking the Truth amid tribal and societal affiliations; faith as an independent choice; sleep and death; the destructive psyche of resenting the mention of Allah; dhikr brings bashārah.

Surah Al-Zumar (39:32-38). Arrogance and pride often stop human beings from accepting the Truth. In this lecture: universal truths; the role of the Siddīq; a mindset of looking for the Truth; servanthood; seeking solutions with tawakkul.

Surah Al-Zumar (39:27-31). Human beings can't match the Speech of Allah (S) because their knowledge and imagination is limited. In this lecture: Eternal Speech; the coining of similitudes; Arabic as the Divine choice for Quran; Taqwā and intellectual submission as a prerequisite to understanding.

Surah Al-Zumar (39:23-25). Allah (S) reveals and the prophet (S) repeats. And when the prophet (S) repeats, Allah (S) responds to his recitation. In this lecture: the best of discourses; the effects of recitation; khashyah; punishment as an effect of sin; active submission.

Surah Al-Zumar (39:19-22). The Quran encourages and exhorts human beings to goodness. Honor for those who heed Allah’s (S) promise is in this life and the Hereafter. In this lecture: the promise of Allah (S); creation as a vehicle to reach the Creator (S); true intellectual freedom; Tawḥīd in telling the Artist from the art; the mood and mode of submission; dhikr and ghaflah; the most active act of submission.

Surah Al-Zumar (39:11-18). The objective of creation is to serve the human being. This is something that the human being must observe. In this lecture: the purpose of man; Al-Ghaffār; submitting the intellect; creation in Jannah and creation on earth; acknowledging Tawḥīd; intellectual night and day.

Surah Al-Zumar (39:7-10). The objective of creation is to serve the human being. This is something that the human being must observe. In this lecture: the purpose of man; Al-Ghaffār; submitting the intellect; creation in Jannah and creation on earth; acknowledging Tawḥīd; intellectual night and day.

Surah Al-Zumar (39:5-6). The objective of creation is to serve the human being. This is something that the human being must observe. In this lecture: the purpose of man; Al-Ghaffār; submitting the intellect; creation in Jannah and creation on earth; acknowledging Tawḥīd; intellectual night and day.

Surah Al-Zumar (39:1-4). There is nothing in Islamic forms and modes of worship that does not lead you to Allah (S). ‘Ibādah in Islam is equal-opportunity. In this lecture: Al-Din al-khālis; the ābid and the ma’būd; finding inner peace; Al-Wāhid; Al-Qahhār; the Word of Allah and its recipient.

Surah Sad (38:86-88). It is not in the nature of prophets to expect something in return for what they do. In this lecture: the mukhlas; family ties; the dhikr of the prophets; the dhikr of the cosmos; the path of nubuwwah; measuring the success of the prophets and understanding the maqām mahmood; appreciating the role model that is Muhammad (S); the dhaakirūn as benefactors of mankind.