Laws Of the Holy Qura'n - The Law of the Good Life

[Mohammed Abd-ElAal]

As-salamuAlikum =)

This is a translation of a lecture from a series of lectures called “The Laws of The Holy Qur’an” given by Dr.Rateb Al Nabulsi, a prominent Muslim scholar, may God reward him and bless him for his knowledge and allow us to benefit from him, Amen.
This lecture is called “The Law of The Good Life”, and insha’Allah it will be divided into two parts, so here is the first part.


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Who Wouldn’t wish for a good life? who wouldn’t wish to live a sound and pleasant life?

Humans had been made to love their existence, to love its wellness, to love its wholeness and to love its consistency. That’s the condition of any man on earth, but then where would the suffering come from? The suffering comes from ignorance, the most ferocious of enemies to man, and an ignorant person will always do him self severe harm that even his own enemies won’t be able to bring about.

That’s why we say that if you wanted the world then hold on to the knowledge, and if you wanted the afterlife then hold on to the knoweldge and you if you wanted them both then hold on to the knowledge still.
But the knowledge wont yield to give you some of itself until you give it all of yourself, so if you only gave away some of yourself it shall give you nothing in return. And a man remains a scientist (a knowledge seeker) for as long as he seeks the knowledge, but the moment he think he had the knowledge is the moment he had lost it all.

The Whole World has yielded to you:

If you would give thoughts in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and if you would reflect upon the Noble Qur’an, this talking Universe, and if you would contemplate the Sunnah of the best of God’s creation on earth (PBUH), and he was the walking Qur’an, you would have came to understand the ultimate truth about this universe: That the whole universe was all subjected to man and the evidence is in God’s , subhanahu w ta’ala, words::

“And He has subjected to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth – all from Him. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought. (13)” Al-Jaathiya

Then if you would know the world, the lower life as God has called it, because it is nothing but a preliminary phase for a higher life to come, a life that shall have :

” what no eye has ever seen, or heart has ever wondered” (extracted by Al-Bukhhari and Muslim and Al-Termizzy from Abi-Hurraiyra)

Then he will come to know the truth of man to be the most exalted between all of God’s creations and that is because he accepted to hold the trust. That he is the most honored because again he accepted to hold the trust. He is the creation that was charged of worshiping Allah, the most gracious, and Worshiping in itself is a state of submission mingled with love that is all based upon knowledge of the heart and would lead to an everlasting happiness.

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Now Imagine with me someone who have been to France for example, and spent the first night in a hotel there, and when he woke up in the morning he asked: where should I go?! we would ask him then: what made you come here in the first place? if you were a business man then go to the companies and if you were a tourist then go to the museums and landscapes and if you were a student then go the universities.
When would the journey be legitimate? when the destination is known. So, you know that God has created you for a paradise of the heavens’ and the earth’s width then made you in this world to know Him,to know His path, and to get yourself to obey Him, and to get closer to Him with the good deeds. That’s when your journey is legitimate.


..To Be Continued insha’Allah

[شروق الاجزجي]

That is the way my Bro. ...
Humans had been made to love their existence
Yes of course .. For example:
The idea of Eternity after death
The main idea which dominated the ancient Egyptian..
knowledge
When they asked Abu Bakr AlSedeeq, how do you know your Lord? Abu Bakr said, I knew my Lord by my Lord and without my Lord I couldn't knew my Lord,
they said and how you knew him?
he said: the inability to realize is realizing.,
and when they asked the Aarabe how did you knew Allah?
he said :-and forgive me for writing it in Arabic but i think that part of its charming is this Arabic unique words -
البعرة تدل على البعير .. والأثر يدل على المسير .. فسماء ذات أبراج .. وأرض ذات فجاج .. ألا تدل على العليم الخبير ..

i also love this word that Rasullo Allah said to Haretha :O Haretha If you know stick to.
last I'd like to say a ward i learned from my Shieakh Omer Add ElKafy..-but i also like it in Arabic , my beautiful ******** -

من اعتمد على ماله قل.. ومن اعتمد على جاهه ذل.. ومن اعتمد على عقله ضل.. ومن اعتمد على الله لا قل ، ولا ذل ، ولا ضل ..

Gazak Allah Khiran brother Mouhamed ,,waiting for more ,

[Mohammed Abd-ElAal]

The inability to realize is realizing

masha'Allah that is so poetic and enlightening
Jazaki Allah khairan for your reflecting upon this topic and insha'Allah I will be posting the second part as soon as possible and in the mean while will be posting other episodes for Dr.Rateb insha'Allah

[Mohammed Abd-ElAal]

you can find the original Arabic version Here:
http://www.nabulsi.com/text/10nadwat...-3-920-18a.php