Sunday Tafsīr with Shaykh Amin Kholwadia

Surah Al-Ahqāf (46:1-10). The beauty and the wisdom through which Allah ﷻ creates is beyond the finite and material limits of our understanding. In this lecture: Quraysh with their lack of epistemology; the ploy of discrediting the messenger; the false basis and low-down allegation of sihr; the grit and determination of prophets; the abnormality in shirk; Muslim self-confidence and security; the Nabi reveals all that is revealed to him.

Surah Al-Jathiyah (45:25-37). Allah ﷻ has supreme absolute dominion, absolute power, and absolute control, and the Day of Judgement has its own rules, regulations and proceedings, but most don't know. In this lecture: reformation is ultimately in the Divine plan of Allah ﷻ; self-preservation for the reformer; Al-Murīd; the Kingdom and Majesty of Allah ﷻ; the mind of the Nabi as proof of his intellectual superiority; the mu'jizah of Divine kalām and the mu'jizah of the Nabi's kalām; the book of deeds; the manifestation of spiritual and theological crimes; Al-Qawiyyu Al-Matīn.

Surah Al-Jathiyah (45:18-24). The innately evil are blind to the nūr of the Messenger. Only Allah ﷻ can guide them. In this lecture: bashīr and nadhīr; mockery and derision, coming from blind hearts, attracts humiliation in addition to punishment;the despair that results from the adoption of shirk; the gravity of receiving wahy and then repeating it to the masses; hearing but not listening, looking but not seeing; guidance is internal.

Surah Al-Jathiyah (45:7-17). Allah ﷻ is forgiving but cannot be taken for granted. In this lecture: the blindness of the innately evil; different types of punishment; the ni’maat of sea and air travel and beyond; the rule for Muslims living in modern times; Knowledge that unites and knowledge that divides.

Surah Al-Jāthiyah (45:1-6). We cannot be detached from creation or reality because we are part of it. In this lecture: Al-‘Azīz, Al-Hakīm; Observing creation, thinking about it and developing human creativity; Belief and certainty; Day and night; Being in sync with creation and staying connected to the Creator.

Surah Al-Dukhan (44:43-59). Fearing Allah ﷻ in the world leads to having no fear in the Hereafter. Immense security and peace is the share of those who have taqwa. In this lecture: zaqqūm; fear as motivation; the garments of Jannah; companionship in the Garden; the fruits of Jannah; actions and consequences; measure of success for a prophet.

Surah Al-Dukhan (44:25-42). The pious soul gives a sense of security to the environment around them, and their demise has a detrimental effect. In this lecture: the interconnectedness of matter; Fir'awn; the intellectual outlook of the Banī Israīl; the Banī Israīl as a prototype for those who go astray; Jannah and its indiscriminate pleasures; Rahmah and its Divine apportionment.

Surah Al-Dukhan (44:1-24). You understand the order when you understand the system in which the order is followed. In this lecture: Divine order; Yaqīn; Phases of human development; The warning to the Quraysh; Clear explanation; the two sides of revelation; Al-Nabiyy Al-Karīm; the story of Musa (AS).

Surah Zukhruf (43:65-89). True friends exhort each other to truth and patience. In this lecture: higher reasons for friendship; worldly and spiritual ornaments; Wilayah; Jannah, its sensory delights, its fruits, and its community; speculative knowledge and finding the Truth.

Zukhruf (43:57-65). Allah's servants are always honored by Allah ﷻ because they serve Him. In this lecture: the rules of argumentation and being true to the rules of the worlds; the coming of Īsa and the Day of Judgment; preoccupation with the Mahdi and the traps of Shaytān; the reward of a mujtahid notwithstanding the correctness of their ijtihād; unity upon the five pillars.