Ramadan Sessions (from transcript distributed at session)
Jummu’ah Khutbah delivered by Imam Warithudeen Mohammad
Ramadan 20, 1427 – October 13, 2005
“Man and the Universe as mates Created for Each Other – Its Timeless Relevancy”
Part One
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Highly Glorified is He, the Creator of everything. Whatever man creates is the creation also of God. That is, what is of lasting value came from God’s Creation. God’s Creation is the universe and everything contained in it, including man. The Great and Most High Creator Created man as a thinker to engage creation.
The study of man’s development as a thinker or as a philosopher and scientist on the one hand, and as a human community on the other hand, presents an interaction showing the two concerns working together as mates.
To address relevancy of a timeless nature in the history of community development for civil societies, Allah Most High Says that He Created for men mates of the same nature, in one Qur’an reference. Allah Highly Glorified Says also that man’s female counterpart is man’s tilth. A tilth is a cultivated area. In another Qur’an reference, Allah The Creator Says the size of the garden Created for man to engage with his heart and his intelligence is in size as the expanse of the skies and the earth.
The relevancy for man in time past, present, and future is understood by recalling how progress for the nations are recorded in history and is explained as a result of the resourceful earth and universe engaged by human hearts and the human brain.
In commenting on relevancy regarding the command “Read firstly, reflecting on the treasures of knowledge recorded in history as the accomplishments of civilizations, these treasures were found in some form already existing whether in the earth or in the study of the skies (stars).
Allah Says to His servant messenger Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) “read in the Name of your Lord who Created…” Obviously our Prophet Muhammad understood the connection for human hearts and intelligence when God introduced Himself as The Creator in God’s first communication to Muhammad.
Human society whether as a small number of neighbors or landowners coming together upon common interest or town folks, or city dwellers, the most important of bonds holding individual together is the common bond of shared space, the land. The land is the Creation of God and the people are the Creation of God. God made the land for people and made people for the land. The more the people engage the land to better their conditions, the more the developed will be the land. Moreover, the land will be providing its fruits or its products serving man’s needs often for more that one generation!!
Jummu’ah Khutbah delivered by Imam Warithudeen Mohammad
Ramadan 20, 1427 – October 13, 2005
“Man and the Universe as mates Created for Each Other – Its Timeless Relevancy”
Part One
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Highly Glorified is He, the Creator of everything. Whatever man creates is the creation also of God. That is, what is of lasting value came from God’s Creation. God’s Creation is the universe and everything contained in it, including man. The Great and Most High Creator Created man as a thinker to engage creation.
The study of man’s development as a thinker or as a philosopher and scientist on the one hand, and as a human community on the other hand, presents an interaction showing the two concerns working together as mates.
To address relevancy of a timeless nature in the history of community development for civil societies, Allah Most High Says that He Created for men mates of the same nature, in one Qur’an reference. Allah Highly Glorified Says also that man’s female counterpart is man’s tilth. A tilth is a cultivated area. In another Qur’an reference, Allah The Creator Says the size of the garden Created for man to engage with his heart and his intelligence is in size as the expanse of the skies and the earth.
The relevancy for man in time past, present, and future is understood by recalling how progress for the nations are recorded in history and is explained as a result of the resourceful earth and universe engaged by human hearts and the human brain.
In commenting on relevancy regarding the command “Read firstly, reflecting on the treasures of knowledge recorded in history as the accomplishments of civilizations, these treasures were found in some form already existing whether in the earth or in the study of the skies (stars).
Allah Says to His servant messenger Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) “read in the Name of your Lord who Created…” Obviously our Prophet Muhammad understood the connection for human hearts and intelligence when God introduced Himself as The Creator in God’s first communication to Muhammad.
Human society whether as a small number of neighbors or landowners coming together upon common interest or town folks, or city dwellers, the most important of bonds holding individual together is the common bond of shared space, the land. The land is the Creation of God and the people are the Creation of God. God made the land for people and made people for the land. The more the people engage the land to better their conditions, the more the developed will be the land. Moreover, the land will be providing its fruits or its products serving man’s needs often for more that one generation!!
Most Honourable Imam W. D. Mohammed
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