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Surah 27 The Female Ant v59-62 Session 15 'We plant the seeds yet we do not make them grow.' The earth is described as a bed and cradle despite the speed of rotation and other amazing physics. Ja'far al-Şadiq (rah) was asked: Why are our supplications not answered?" He replied: Because you do not know the One you are supplicating (Risāla).

Surah 27 The Female Ant v54-58 Session 14 The Origins of The City of Sodom The Nation of Lut (A.S.) were punished with 5 types of punishment.

Surah 27 The Female Ant v50-53 Session 13 Prophet Salih (A.S.) & The She-Camel Thamūd denied their 'Taghwa,' meaning the raging punishment (Surah 69 v5). One opinion is that the people of Thamud denied their disobedience of Allah SWT. The entire tribe of Thamud agreed to the killing of The She-Camel.

Surah 27 The Female Ant v45-49 Session 12 The entire Quran is Ahsan (Qortobi). 'The best good omen is a good word.' 9 people chip coins to make an illegal profit. Sadooq & Unayzah entice 2 men to slaughter The She-Camel.

Surah 27 The Female Ant v42-44 Session 11 Sulayman (A.S) is seated in a glass pavilion when Bilqis arrives. Bilqis identifies a change in her Throne. The Nation who worshipped the Sun. Sulayman means to submit, Bilqis submits with Sulayman (A.S) to the Lord of The Alamin.

Surah 27 The Female Ant v38-41 Session 10 Details of the Magnificent Throne of Queen Bilqis. The Throne was secured in an impenetrable way. Use the Great Names of Allah SWT in supplications (Mujahid rah). The Great Jinn Asif ibn Barkiya (rah) Asif (rah) the Scribe of Prophet Sulayman (A.S.) His lineage reaches Prophet Yacoub (A.S.) The Siddique of his Ummah. Asif (rah) used the great name to bring the Throne 'O Ever living O the one who sustains' (Qortobi). When Asif ibn Barkiya (rah) brings the Throne in an instant the Jinn were in awe and realised that man had more knowledge!

Surah 27 The Female Ant v32-37 Session 9 The Queens messengers are sent with gifts to Prophet Sulayman (A.S.) to ascertain his strength including gold bricks and precious stones. Prophet Sulayman (A.S.) instructs the Jinn to pave a path of gold and silver for 30 miles before his court and to place strange animals of different types upon both sides of the path. The court was specially decorated with gold chairs. One who possessed knowledge of The Book brings the Queens Throne in an instant (a distance of 1,500 miles). Verse 34, part of the verse is said by Queen Bilqis, the latter part 'Thus they do' is the speech of Allah SWT Ibn Abbas (ra) Ibn Kathir.

Surah 27 The Female Ant v27-31 Session 8 Birds as letter carriers. Details of the letter sent to Queen Bilqis. A consultative assembly of each 313 chiefs supported by 10k people (Qatada). Verse 30, part of the verse is a quote from Queen Bilqis The excellence of Bismillah ar rahman ar rahim.

Surah 27 The Female Ant v22-26 Session 7 The Hoopoo Bird is summoned. The Parents of Queen Bilqis -Mother Balamah daughter of Shisan -Father Surah son of Hudahud. Saba who had 10 sons, 6 were sent to Yemen & 4 to As-Shaam (Tirmidhi).

Character (S1) The danger of pride: Pride repels the descent of Divine Mercy. Rain only settles on low lands, not mountain peaks. Similarly, the Mercy falls off the hearts of the arrogant and it descends upon the hearts of the humble. Abu Darda رضي الله عنه: “Do not hate the person doing the sin, hate the sin”. Hasan Ibn Ali رضي الله عنهم said that his beloved grandfather, The Messenger ﷺ never locked doors behind him, sat on the Earth, made himself always available to the people. Daood (a.s) entered the Masjid and saw a circle of Israelite destitutes. He (a.s) sat with them and said: “A destitute amongst destitutes”.

Zhikr (S2) The Messenger ﷺ: “When a servant abandons making dua for his parents, then his sustenance is cut off”. Glad tidings! The Messenger ﷺ: “Whoever supplicates like this: ‘[The dua sent below]’. Then Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى says: ‘I have forgiven his sins, even if they are equal to the number of ants’”. There are approximately 20 Quadrillion ants on Earth! Do not despair of Allah’s سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى Mercy. He سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى loves us more than we love ourselves. Be consistent in supplication and do not lose hope.

Zhikr (S1) The Messenger ﷺ: “Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى Has not given His servant a blessing better than the blessing of being able to do Zhikr”. Surah [29:45]: “and the remembrance of Allah [سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى] is greater”. Umar رضي الله عنه: “If one of you knew what you recieved for saying ‘جَزَاكَ ٱللَّٰهُ خَيْرًا’ to his brother, you wouldn’t stop saying it”. Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه: “Verily, the dua of a brother in Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى is answered”.

The Qur’an (S2) Uthmaan رضي الله عنه disliked letting a day pass without reciting the Qur’an from his Mushaf. His Qur’an was literally falling apart due to how much he رضي الله عنه used it. Compare this to today, where our Mushafs are left on our shelves collecting dust. The Messenger ﷺ: “The best act of worship of my Ummah is to recite the Qur’an by sight”. To recite the Qur’an without a Mushaf, you gain 1,000 merits. To recite it with a Mushaf, you gain 2,000 merits. Onto Zhikr: Shaytaan attacks you in proportion to your negligence of Zhikr. A burglar does not burgle a house when the inhabitants are awake.

The Qur’an (S1) Surah Ikhlaas - Surah [112]. It is called “Sincerity” as it only mentions Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى within this blessed Surah and mentions nothing else. Reading Surah Ikhlaas 10x after every Fardh Salah will get you the forgiveness and blessings of Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى. You can enter also enter Paradise through any gate you wish! If you recite it 50x a day, when you rise out of your grave a caller will say: “O you who has praised Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى, enter Paradise”. If you make Wudhu, read Surah Fatiha, then read Surah Ikhlaas 100x, it then lets off a roar around the Arsh. Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى then Gazes upon the reciter. The reciter will then never ever be punished. (One must strive to get this in at least once in our lifetime!).

Hajj and Umrah (S2) Zam Zam water strengthens the heart and consoles the soul. It is Sunnah to perform Wudhu with Zam Zam. It is also Sunnah to pour the blessed Zam Zam water over your head. The throwing of the stones at Hajj: The Messenger ﷺ: “With every stone you throw, one major destructive sin is forgiven”. What is a sign that your Hajj has been accepted? Haafiz Ibn Hajr (r.h): “A sign that someone’s Hajj is accepted is that they return a better person”. (e.g you grow a beard, attend the Masjid more, be kinder to the people, follow the Sunnah more etc). Hajj is the only Pillar which has a Surah named after it in the Qur’an. It is also the only Surah that has 2 prostrations within it.

Hajj and Umrah (S1) The Messenger ﷺ: “The Jihad of the elderly, the child, the weak and the woman is Hajj and Umrah”. The Messenger ﷺ: “Whoever stays in al-Madinah and shows patience throughout the difficulties he experiences in it, I will be a witness for him and intercede for him on the Day of Judgement”. The blessed Zam Zam water: Abdullah Ibn Abaas رضي الله عنهم: “The people of Makkah would beat anyone in a race and anyone in a wrestling match. They lost this when they turned away from Zam Zam”.

Sadaqah (S1) The Messenger ﷺ: “Bring cure to your ailing through Sadaqah”. Ali رضي الله عنه: “And miserliness brings together all moral faults”. The Messenger ﷺ: “Verily, charity will protect a people from the heat of their graves and verily, only the believer will be shaded on the Day of Resurrection in the shade of his charity”. Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى: “I Will return it to you when you need it the most”. When giving, in reality, you’re helping yourself.

Fasting (S2) The Messenger ﷺ: “Do not sniff food as the animals sniff”. Yahya Ibn Abi Katheer (r.h): “There is 3 times where blowing is disliked; Onto the place of prostration, into your drink and into your food”. Onto Sadaqah: An Arabic proverb: “The farmer who doesn’t feed his cat [i.e out of stinginess] will have his crops eaten by mice”. The Messenger ﷺ: “Sadaqah prolongs life, wards off an evil death and removes pride”.

Fasting (S1) The Messenger ﷺ: “Winter is the Spring for a believer. It’s nights are long for night worship and its days are short for fasting”. The Messenger ﷺ: “The best worship is the one where you struggle the most”. The Messenger ﷺ: “I fear the most for my Ummah; overeating, oversleeping, laziness and weakness in certainty”. The Messenger ﷺ: “Hasten to break the fast and delay the Suhoor”.

Salah (S5) Salat al-Duha: The mid morning prayer. Paradise has a gate called: “ad-Duha”. On the Day of judgment, the announcer will call out: “Where are they who regularly recited Salat al-Duha? This gate is yours, enter”. For reading 2 Rakats of Salat al-Duha, you are classed as those who are not amongst the forgetful. 4 = Written amongst the obedient. 6 = Won’t be harmed by a sin you commit that day. 8 = written amongst the Qaniteen. 10 = Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وتَعَالَى builds for you a house in Paradise.