thank you alhamdulillah foreign [Music] a few years ago something happened which rocked the world in the United States of America somebody who used to work for the security agency he revealed to the population and to the world that the government was listening that there was a program on people's phones on their computers on their laptops and that data was being collected on every individual and any individual without their permission this caused a huge reaction across the world people were shocked nobody could digest the fact that somebody was tracking monitoring and watching their every single move and every single message that was sent similar happened with Wikileaks with other whistleblowers who exposed that really none of us are ever having a moment of privacy and this is all this has all happened in the recent years when we realized that we are being watched and that takes us to today's lesson which comes to the name of Allah that reminds us that Allah is always with us in his knowledge he is always watching he's always hearing Allah's name and Allah's name is Samir all of these names they circle around the same concept which is the fact that Allah knows our every move and every moment our every thought and in the Quran when you look at these words as we always do every lesson we try to note how does Allah use his names in the Quran now does Allah use this name on its own who said no yes you said no okay he does use it on its own who can give me an example of Allah used it on its own yes one point this this is the the front row is the fifth competition he's got one point the competition only I'm marwins every week okay then there's Allah uses this name in pairs who can give me some Ali mon Hakim another good these are common ways Allah now here's a question why does Allah when he mentions his name a Samir the one who hears all al-alim the one who knows all why did a Samir come first why not Allah yes a Samir is part of al-alim explain how is it part of Ali [Music] okay so you're saying Samira is more specific is more General okay so he's saying he's saying a Samir Allah can hear but Allah knows all right and to here is the most specific type of knowledge right so Allah first some Scholars of balara of Arabic language they said the reason Allah brought a Samir first before al-alim is because if you're listening to someone you've got to be quite close to them to hear what they're saying but if you're watching someone you can be far away I can see that brother at the back of the room I don't have to be close to him and for me to know something I don't even need to be in this room if for me to just know that there's five brothers in the front row someone can inform me 10 years from now that's a khabar that's a report I piece of information that's reached me so which of these names which of these ideas Sim to here to be informed which one requires you to be closest to the source a summer to hear so a Samir always comes first always a Samir comes first because it indicates the closeness of Allah to those he is monitoring and al-basir always comes second comes later because you don't have to be so close to the source of information now one of the most beautiful explanations of this name came in is teaching his child and the first thing he teaches his child is about Allah that's the priority before they learn alif bhatta they should learn who is Allah and after he taught his child that Allah is one and there's no equal to him straight after that the second thing he taught his child foreign foreign they could be a tiny tiny seed a mustard seed s whether it's anywhere in the heavens or anywhere on the earth or deep inside a rock Allah can bring it out foreign he has ways which nobody can understand and his khabir he's well informed in this verse he gives an example of the smallest possible thing that you can see when the sun is shining you see dust particles in the air this small dust particle which nobody can you can't even pick up with your hands look man tells his son whether this particle was somewhere in space or somewhere in the corner of the Earth or hidden inside a sakhra a big boulder a big rock hidden somewhere inside it Allah doesn't just know it's there yet Allah will bring it out if he wants to when Allah refers to his name he emphasizes the point that a lot of us all of us and we live in the age where this is done all the time we always try to put up a mask in front of other people that's what social media is for right on social media you come to somebody's profile masha'allah wearing a suit in the profile picture all of the highlight reels they are eating in fancy restaurants they're in Turkey they're in Egypt they're studying for the exam what an ideal human being you just need to ring their mum what do they actually do day to day actually always on PlayStation the social media is a front it's fake what this actual person is like nobody knows except the ones living with them we as people we always do this is the nature of human beings we try to put the best face forward depending on who we meet we try to put a certain Persona a certain image of Who We Are Allah emphasizes in the Quran this point when it comes to Allah's name remember one thing we can put whatever Persona whatever fake news whatever image to anybody we want in this world but Allah knows the real you the you that is hidden from everybody else in the Quran um if you hide what is within yourself or you show it publicly it doesn't matter Allah is going to take you to account for it on Allah knows when you took a sneaky glance nobody was looking you quickly checked he knows and he knows the secrets in the chest he knows the secret and he knows what is more hidden than a secret what's more hidden than a secret Allah knows what is within the chests what is more hidden than a secret can you tell me I tell your secret colors none of you know what me and Amma talked about but what is more hidden than that the thoughts that are in your brain there's something even more hidden than that what is deep down in the soul that even you don't know yes sorry and near the intention the agenda the motive all of these things are deeper yes [Music] the Unseen but we're talking about the human being specifically these secrets me and him this brother here me and him may have a secret that nobody knows then there's some secrets that I hide that even my wife doesn't know only I know and then there are some secrets that even I don't know something's in the back of my mind my subconscious the thoughts that pass through that even I don't even realize it's happening in my head Allah knows that as well Allah says we created the human being enough so we know what his soul Whispers to him and we are closer to him than his jugular vein Allah is closer to us he monitors our every moment a couple of years ago it was realized that there was a famous app on people's phones a Muslim app that was tracking data and selling it to one of the governments anybody know the name of the app Muslim Pro don't install it protect your data privacy gdpr yes why when people found out that this adhan and Salah Times app was tracking all of your movements and selling it to a government why were people shocked because we don't register this idea it's shocking when we realize that we are being watched we are being tracked the CCTV was on the things people get up to in elevators the things people get up to when there's no cameras the things people get up to when they open incognito tab that nobody can see the history in this internet browser they don't get up to those kind of things in front of anybody else as human beings we are built on this idea that we have this feeling we fool ourselves and deceive ourselves into thinking that we are not being watched the only difference in the last hundred years was before only Allah was watching you in your privacy of your home today hackers are watching you and your data is being collected and governments are tracking your phone calls and all sorts of things but beyond all of that Allah is he knows what happened and he knows what is going to happen and he knows what will never happen and he knows if it were to happen how it would happen this is Allah's name how do we interact with the name of Allah the first thing is you and me should realize that every small thing we do counts for Allah sometimes we do something we smile at someone we take someone's insult we take it in one year and we throw it in the other ear we listen we obey our parents things that you and me consider they are insignificant but for al-alim he knew it and he recorded it Allah says any good that you do the smallest amount of good that you do Allah knows that as well don't belittle your good deeds don't think that anything is too small in the sight of Allah Allah counted it it counts for him and don't think I'm doing these things but no one's appreciating me I hosted dinner the other day I went and I prayed in the Masjid this person said this to me I give a loan to that person I'm tired of all this I do so much for other people Allah knows nobody May appreciate you that's why one of the names Allah paired with his name Allah knows and he appreciates the one who appreciates because most of the time people don't appreciate nor should we expect them to appreciate who can give me an Ayah in the Quran where Allah tells us we should not expect people's thanks and their appreciation yes the beginning of the verse please has been promoted to first row for next week to join the competition qualifying around he has completed the qualifying round in Sharp never underestimate anything you do and know that Allah appreciates it even if nobody is seeing you and nobody knows the second thing is that Allah's name is a very comforting name it gives you reassurance leaves home Scholars say he left his house his father's house for 40 to 50 years imagine he was seven or eight years old when he left home and when his family is reunited with him he's about 50 years old imagine when he left home he left the house of yakub what are the last two words his father said to him this is semi-final question very hard question Our Father saying go on reach the end of the Ayah the last thing this father tells his son as he doesn't see him for 40 years is know that Allah is knowledgeable and wise it may have been that these were the only names of Allah known to Yusuf alaihissalam but it sustained him in the world it sustained him in the palace it sustained him when women were trying to seduce him it sustained him in the prison it's unseen sustained him as a minister and it sustained him when he reunited with his parents in Surah Yusuf when he is left from his father and the only thing he knows about Allah is these important things Allah is knowledgeable and he is wise this pair is very important Ali mun Hakim will come to that in a second is seduced by a woman by a group of women and he's threatened if you don't give in to what we want you're going to be in trouble Yusuf alaihi salaam says um foreign [Music] the whole world Islam goes to prison the marketing campaign the campaign that goes out on the news in the city people are talking is that he fell in love with her is that he did something wrong that's what everybody thinks so he is with this rumor going around he's stuck in prison and when he's called back to the Palace oh the king now has a dream he needs someone to interpret the dream we heard that you're quite good at this come to the Palace he says to the servant go back and ask the king to write the wrong that was done to me with these women and then he says my Lord is fully aware fully knowledgeable of what those women are doing imagine sitting in a prison for decades and decades and it's not even due to a sin you committed you were framed and the only way he can get through every day in this dark cell is he knows Allah knows what they did and he will deal with them one day and he does deal with them one day and this is where al-alim comes in contact with al-hakim Allah is the wise just a few days ago the chancellor of our country was fired or sacked maybe it is today or yesterday a countrymen yeah yesterday he released a budget and the pound dropped and the prices went up and everybody was was upset and then he got sacked from his job now this is not a lesson on politics okay good this important disclaimer but this Chancellor was the most knowledgeable and qualified Chancellor we have ever had PhD from Cambridge he went to Eaton the most high-ranking School in the country all the prime ministers go Cambridge PhD he has written books on economics but he only lasted in the job less than a month it's not enough to be knowledgeable being Alim is not enough you need to be Hakeem you need to be wise you need to have experience you need to have practical experience and that's why Allah when he is he doesn't just know everything about us and what is best for us and what is going to hurt us and what is going to help us he also knows the right time he knows when to test you he knows what test will break you and what test will make you and that is why when you look at your life you have to remember Allah is when you are stuck when you are in debt when you are struggling remember the one who put you in the situation knows you best inside out and he is the most wise he put you there for a reason and that's why the father of Yusuf yakub a when his sons grow up and they come to him and they say look there's a minister he's going to give us more food but he wants our brother to come this is a second trick you guys are doing with me [Music] um [Music] this is the father that produced Yusuf and when his sons are coming to him and saying come and send your other son with us your last precious son send him with us we promise we'll bring him back promise Islam says you guys are planning something but I'm going to be patient Allah is he knows what you guys are up to even if I don't and he is Hakeem he is only doing this to me for a reason he has a wisdom behind everything he does without remembering al-hakim when it comes to your life because Allah subhanahu ta'ala knows you inside out and that's why he puts you through certain situations in life because he's when Allah Comforts The Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam in fact there's a particular story two men after the battle of Badr they sit in the cab next to the Kaaba in the darkness of the night and safwan and they say you know what after the battle of Badr we lost our family we lost cousins died our brothers died life is not the same there's no point living let's go and give this man Muhammad let's go and give him some let's teach him a lesson so Amir gets on his horse and he goes to Medina and he goes to visit the prophet salallahu and the prophet salallahu asks him why have you come here Omega says I've come because my son has been captured in war I've come to see my son but he came to kill the prophet salallahu the prophet says tell me really why are you here he says no I just came to see my son my son is here I've come to see him visit my son and Allah Allah says in the Quran he tells the prophet we are watching you with both eyes we are keeping a close eye on you he knows when people are plotting against you and when they're trying to get you in trouble and he protects you this man comes to Kill The Messengers Allah informs Him in Advance the prophet tells him be honest with me and then this man realizes this man is not a normal man but he is a messenger of Allah and he takes the shahada on the spot Allah informs the prophet before he's assassinated before his attack before things happen we may not get this information but know that al-alim is watching and he's hearing and he knows and he's looking after you how many a car accident protected you from how many a situation you thought was good for you but put you in a different situation took you down a different path he knew what was better this is the other area in the Quran Allah's name is always attached is when Allah describes his rulings the Ayah the longest eye in the Quran is in which Surah on watchtop which topic that it's on loans how to give a loan and how to take a loan and what does that Ayah end with Allah is ready to marriage and divorce Ayah is related to inheritance I is related to finances most of these ayahs they end with Alim why let's let me first take you to Surah Yasin Allah talks about the order in the universe when you look at the Sun every day Allah says the sun has its own root its own orbit Allah has said this is how the Sun is going to move and it's moving in that exact motion and then Allah says that was the doing of the Mighty the knowledgeable what does that mean Allah knows how this universe works the Stars the Sun the moon as human beings discover space more and more we our minds are blown as to what lies Beyond this universe people ask are they aliens is there this we are amazed what is beyond this universe and Allah knows what he created so well he knows how to organize it how to organize the sun and the planets and the asteroids and the moon and this Earth and gravity who organized it he knows his creation see if you buy something from Gumtree today used second hand you're always going to run into a problem one day something is going to go wrong with the product and you're not going to have the instruction manual because it didn't come out of the box and then you think what am I going to do you go on to Google instruction manual for Sony x143 washing machine why are you looking for the instruction manual why don't you try and press some buttons pull some plugs yourself because you know the manufacturer knows best about its product and that's where you remember the words of Allah doesn't he know the one who created us the one who manufactured us doesn't he know best about his product and he is the subtle the all-aware Allah in the Quran you go to every verse in which his name is mentioned and you see a pattern is always mentioned in the context of the secrets that he knows because khabar is a report you get informant tells you something it's a report you are informed about something in Arabic there's the phrase which means secret Services informants right these Akbar the secrets the hidden whenever Allah uses his name he's referring to the secrets that you think nobody would know but the news has reached Allah news information reports and so coming back to our point is tied to all of the rulings of the Sharia human beings have tried for centuries to create governments systems laws legal systems to govern finances transport relationships marriage divorce and human created systems have always had some issue of the other but when the one who knows the product when he gives the instruction manual it always makes sense this Sharia these laws that Allah has revealed this system of Life a Deen that Allah has revealed from Marriage to divorce to finance to government to family relationships everything is included in one package sometimes you come across a ruling and you think it doesn't make sense why should I wipe the top of my sock isn't the bottom more dirty sometimes you think oh this ruling doesn't make sense and Allah reminds you at the end of the Ayah whenever he tells you some of his laws the one who made this law he knows the product best and every time it's turned out true every time Allah he makes a law a rule later on we realize this was the best thing for Humanity one of the the last point with Allah's name frequently comes with Allah's name and it comes in this context specifically when Allah wants us to make Dua when Allah wants us to make Dua he tells us I hear and I know [Music] or rather the mother of she's pregnant and she's expecting and she's about to give birth to her daughter and she lifts her hands to Allah and she calls on him oh Allah I dedicate to you whatever is in my stomach you know when sometimes you open a book the first page is dedicated to my husband and wife and dog and fulan yes she says Allah I dedicate this daughter to you whatever is in my stomach Allah accept this from me you are the hearing and the knowing if someone can hear you they already know you but Allah tells you in the dark night when everybody's sleeping and you are crying and whispering to Allah he hears your whisper he hears you every time you speak to him he hears you people may not hear you you say go away don't bother me it's too late why are you knocking on my door it's 11 pm I don't want to hear your life story go away but Allah hears and he never turns away who can tell me somewhere else in the Quran where Allah says which ends with this is a this is now semi-finals this is the finals this is the most difficult one okay he's one but you have to give me the beginning of the eye as well you cannot get away like this good mashallah today one of the one of the uncles has won won the competition he got the World Cup foreign are building the greatest property on the face of this Earth the Kaaba Brick by Brick a small deed Construction but they're doing it for a great vision and as they are doing building this small thing for a big Vision in the future he calls upon Allah o Allah accept this from me you are the hearing and you are the Knowing you know that these bricks are small but my aims are large you know how much effort we have made to come here you hear our voices even though nobody else may in Naka and tessemi or Alim you are the hearing and you are the Knowing so we talked about Allah's name creating with us awareness that he is watching us and he knows the hidden as well as the public we talked about Allah's name as showing that Allah knows best about us and he knows how to organize us so every ruling he gives us comes from the most knowledgeable lawgiver we talked about Allah's name as the reassurance and the comfort in the times of difficulty what Yusuf Allah Islam carried when he was being plotted against when he was being tricked when he was being seduced he remembered in Hakim Allah is knowledgeable and Allah is wise and we learned that al-alim is also the one who listens to your every request so say something because he is listening imagine if I call someone and you pick up the phone and I'm just quiet you know sometimes you get voicemail you get voicemail and you listen to the voicemail and you just hear people the car driving and doors slamming someone forgot and they left it on and sometimes you get pocket dialed you say hello and you can just hear someone's driving someone's doing something else you think yeah why did you call me if you're going to be quiet you're going to be doing something else imagine Allah is actively listening to us waiting for us to speak to him we've called and we're quiet nothing comes out of us We complain to human beings We complain to others or we don't say anything to Allah going back to yakub the man who knows Allah he's patient because Allah he is willing because Allah when his sons ask him when his sons trouble him when they ditch his Yusuf alaihi Salaam what does he say foreign I only complain of my sadness and my sorrows to Allah and I know of Allah things that you don't know he is listening so it's time to speak up and because it is late I'll let you all Return To Your Homes don't forget Alim speak to al-alim trust in the wisdom of be comforted because he is protecting you with his knowledge and never forget your mobile may be tracked CCTV may be on but there is someone tracking you when nobody else is looking