Living Links: Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, 17 of 20

Content Outline:
0:0:08 Bismillah/Welcome (Sh Faraz Khan)
Surah al-Kahf - Ayat 107-108
The End of Time (III): The Believers
0:0:56 Those Who Believed And Did Righteous Deeds…
0:05:38 The Gardens as a Welcoming
0:07:51 They Shall Abide Therein Forever…
0:09:40 They Will Seek No Change…
0:11:51 Tafsir of Kalimatullah (I): The Command of Existentiation
0:14:54 Tafsir of Kalimatullah (II): Allah SWT’s Attribute of Speech
Surah al-Kahf - Ayat 109
The Kalam of Allah (SWT)
0:17:31 Say, “If the oceans were ink…”
Surah al-Kahf - Ayat 110
Tauheed
0:21:10 Say, “I am a human like you…”
0:22:29 The Prophet (SAW) Is the Best of Creation
0:29:50 Real Monotheism
0:34:02 Do Not Let Your Hope Go Beyond Allah (SWT)
0:35:25 Do Not Associate Any With Allah (SWT)...
0:39:05 The First Prescription of the One Who Wishes to Meet Allah (SWT)
0:42:21 The Second Prescription of the One Who Wishes to Meet Allah (SWT)
0:43:09 Question 1: Regarding the Prophetic Dua, “My prayer...my life and my death are for God…”, how do we get to that point and how does one know that one is of the people of the hadith that Allah (SWT) loves to meet the one who loves to meet Him?
0:46:05 Real Hope Entails Effort
0:48:42 Quote: “Most of the effort of getting closer to Allah SWT is the effort of restraining oneself...and at the heart of this is speech.”
0:49:01 The Tongue (Speech)
0:54:48 Concluding With Reflections of Hope (Rajah)
0:58:18 Different Types of Hope
01:00:45 Imam Malik (RA)’s State Before He Died
Comments, Questions and Answers
01:04:54 Question 2: Last session you talked about the two abilities, can you bring those back up for clarity?
01:08:25 Question 3: You mentioned a tafsir mentioning the Prophet (SAW) was like a ruby among stones, could you point to the location of that statement?
01:10:21 Question 4: How do we adopt an Al-Khidrian approach to reliance on God (tawwakul) and not be bothered by human affairs, especially problems of modernity?
01:15:56 Question 5: How do we reconcile the infallibility of Prophets (AS) with certain stories and ahadith that appear to show what would be considered sinful?
01:18:35 Question 6: How does one battle arrogance (kibr) and laziness?
01:20:15 Question 7: How does one find those people of good company?
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