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June 12, 2026·Dhuʻl-Hijjah 26, 1447 AH·1:08 PM·32m·June 2026

What If You Don't Understand Allah's Command?

Obedience to Allah's Commands: Understanding the Principle of 'Samina wa Ata'ana'

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Summary

This sermon discusses the Islamic principle of obedience to Allah's commands even when we do not fully understand their meaning or wisdom. Sh. Ali Mashhour emphasizes that understanding is not a prerequisite for following Allah's guidance, using Quranic verses from Surah Al-Baqarah (2:285-286) to illustrate how believers should respond with 'We hear and we obey' (Samina wa Ata'ana). The sermon teaches that believers must cultivate the correct spiritual attitude toward divine commandments, and that this should be the primary lesson passed to the next generation. Sh. Ali Mashhour also addresses the importance of sincere inner conviction rather than mere lip service, and discusses how Allah will judge both our outward and inward actions, while assuring that He does not burden any soul beyond its capacity.

Transcript

Note: This transcript was generated using YouTube's automatic captioning, with AI-assisted cleanup for readability. It may contain inaccuracies due to background noise, audio quality, or limitations of the transcription software — particularly during Arabic recitation. Listener discretion is advised; please refer to the original video for precise wording.

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البقره الله سبحانه وتعالى لله ما في السماوات وما في الارض وان تبدوا ما في انفسكم او تخفوه يحاسبكم به الله فشق ذلك على المسلمين قالوا ما نخفي في صدورنا وما نبديه يحاسبنا عليه الله هذه مصيبه فان الانسان يستطيع ان يطيع الله في الظاهر لكن باطن الانسان تمر في قلب الانسان وفي خلبه خواطر وحواجس ووساوس واشياء لا يدين الله سبحانه وتعالى بها فان حاسبنا الله على ما تحدثنا به نفوسنا هلكنا ولا بد الله سبحانه وتعالى ‏belongs all that is heavens and all the and if you all are to conceal what is in your man will judge and bring you to for it and the companions were they were judging الله سبحانه وتالى ‏ustable what do what we fail to do what we fail to say this is something that we can almost that we can almost handle but in our heart of hearts in our minds every human being has whispers have thoughts have fleeting whispers الله سبحانه وتالى ‏haveul how there is no way for us to pass that judg and so the companions when this ver wased said the companions upon learning this verse came to the prophet ‏andes and said الله Allah comm us and all those things and those things to the best of ourility but ‏verse we can't handle we can't handle how can a person contr every fleeting thought that goes through their mind and if a person is h to for that there's no way for us to contr this we feel that this is something that we are that is expected of us that we can't do even sacrificing our own lives on the battle صلى الله عليه وسلم and that's notون ان تكونوا كما قالت بنو اسرائيل سمعنا وعصينا بل قولوا سمعنا واطعنا غفرانك ربنا واليك المصير ‏said we hear and is that what are you reing this he said rather say we he and we ob we of you your foriv and to you is our that's what he said to them he said don't make the same isرا made if they ‏We hear and we disob you say we hear and we obey. Even if you think that you can't handle it, even if it's more than you can bear even if you don't understand it, do not ever recept it and ask forgiveness. ‏from timeانك ربنا المصير سمعنا واطعنا غفرانك ربنا واليك المصير.

[Arabic recitation]

لله ما في السماوات وما في الارض وان تبدوا ما في انفسكم او تخفوه يحاسبكم به الله فيغفر لمن يشاء فيعذب من يشاء ويغفر لمن يشاء والله على كل شيء قدير امن الرسول بما انزل اليه من ربه والمؤمنون كل امن بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسله لا نفرق بين احد من رسله وقالوا سمعنا واطعنا غفرانك ربنا واليك المصير لا يكلف الله نفسا الا وسعها لها ما كسبت وعليها ما اكتسبت ربنا لا تؤاخذنا ان نسينا او اخطانا ربنا ولا تحمل علينا اصرا كما حملته على الذين من قبلنا ربنا ولا تحملنا ما لا طاقه لنا به واعف عنا واغفر لنا وارحمنا انت مولانا فانصرنا على القوم الكافرين فقال تعالى قد فعلت قد فعلت متى غفر الله لهم لما تعلموا سمعنا واطعنا قال قد فعلت فاخبرنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ان ليس ثم مسلم يتلو هذه الايات يرجو الله ويخاف عذابه الا واجاب الله سبحانه وتعالى دعاء الله سبحانه وتعالى سوره البقره البقره الله سبحانه وتالى.

[Silence]

ناس واطعنا ابو هريره صلى الله عليه وسلم البقره asking الله and seeking in him from what they him to seek in Allah from except that Allah will give them all they hope for and save them from all they fear but this is because سمعنا واطعنا مش عارفين قرعه ابوه ‏tell everything and you don't worry you don't have anything newly thought was so assur it's just here to back you up not here to teach you anything it's here to just bolster every opinion and presupposition you already have that's the function of the qu it's not here to change ‏Allah you are yes is that what the came to teach us or is that the defeat c opinion of someone who is to afraid to look himself in the eye in the mirror and not what he sees and work to change it. There's a difference between those two. ‏One has been forgiven and one only continues to delute himself more and more until he finally wants to come back to the confused himself where the path even نسال وكرمه وجوده ان يغفر لنا ذنوبنا نساله تعالى انقننا سمعنا واطعنا نساله تعالى ان يلقننا وان يغرس في قلوبنا في جذر قلوبنا امنا به كل من عند ربنا والله اعلم وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين والحمد لله رب العالمين الحمد لله والصلاه والسلام على رسول الله واشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له تاكيدا بعد تاكيد لبيان مقام التوحيد واشهد ان محمدا عبده ورسوله وصفيه من خلقه وخليله وامينه على وحيه الداعي الى رضوانه وقد جاهد في الله حق جهاده حتى اتاه اليقين فاللهم صل على محمد وعلى ال محمد كما صليت على ابراهيم وعلى ال ابراهيم انك حميد مجيد اللهم بارك على محمد وعلى ال محمد كما باركت على ابراهيم وعلى ال ابراهيم في العالمين انك حميد مجيد اللهم صل على محمد وعلى ازواجه وذريته كما صليت على ال ابراهيم وبارك على محمد وعلى ازواجه وذريته كما باركت على ال ابراهيم انك حميد مجيد اللهم اغفر لنا ذنوبنا اللهم اغفر لنا ذنوبنا وكفر عنا سيئاتنا وتوفنا مع الابرار ربنا واتنا ما وعدتنا على رسلك ولا تخزنا يوم القيامه انك لا تخلف الميعاد ربنا هب لنا من ازواج نا وذرياتنا قره اعين واجعلنا للمتقين اماما ربنا اتنا في الدنيا حسنه وفي الاخره حسنه وقنا عذاب النار اللهم ربنا لا تحمل علينا اصرا كما حملته على الذين من قبلنا ربنا ولا تحملنا ما لا طاقه لنا به واعف عنا واغفر لنا وارحمنا انت مولانا فانصرنا على القوم الكافرين مولانا فانصرنا على القوم الكافرين مولانا فانصرنا على القوم الكافرين اللهم اننا نعوذ بك من درك الشقاء وسوء القضاء وشماته الاعداء اللهم اننا نسالك عيش السعداء ومنازل الشهداء ومنازل الشهداء ومنازل الشهداء ومرافقه الانبياء والنصر على الاعداء يا سميع الدعاء يا ذا المن والعطاء اللهم اننا نعوذ بك من الربا ونعوذ بك من الزنا ونعوذ بك من الغلى اللهم قنا عذابك يوم تبعث عبادك اللهم اغفر لنا خطايانا وتب علينا انت التواب الرحيم اللهم ات نفوسنا تقواها وزكها انت خير من زكاها انت وليها ومولاها اللهم اجعل لنا هذا الجمع المبارك جمعا مغفورا جمعا مشهودا جمعا منصورا يا رب العالمين اللهم انصر الاسلام والمسلمين واخذل الشرك والمشرك وافضح النفاق والمنافقين اللهم امين وصل اللهم وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين والحمد لله رب العالمين الله اكبر الله اكبر اشهد ان لا اله الا الله اشهد اشهد ان محمدا رسول الله حي على الصلاه حي على الفلاح قدمت الصلاه قدت الصلاه الله اكبر الله اكبر لا.

[Arabic recitation]

حاد بين المناكب وسب الفرج ‏are teaches us to our nebors to our feet and anklors on side of you pleasck your make الله اكبر سبحانك بحمدك وتبارك اسمك وتعك اعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين الرحمن الرحيم مالك يوم اياك نعبد واياك نستعين اهدنا الصراط المستقيم صراط الذين انعمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالين امين لله ما في السماوات وما في الارض وان تبدوا ما في انفسكم او تخفوه يحاسبكم به الله فيغفر لمن يشاء ويعذب من يشاء والله على كل شيء قدير امن الرسول بما انزل اليه من ربه والمؤمنون كل امن بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسله لا نفرق بين احد من رسله وقالوا سمعنا واطعنا سمعنا واطعنا غفرانك ربنا واليك المصير اكبر سمع الله لمن حمده الله اكبر الله اكبر الله اكبر بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين الرحمن الرحيم مالك يوم الدين اياك نعبد واياك نستعين اهدنا الصراط المستقيم صراط الذين انعمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالين امين لا يكلف الله نفسا الا وسعها لها ما كسبت وعليها ما اكتسبت ربنا لا تؤاخذنا ان نسينا او اخطانا ربنا ولا تحمل علينا اصرا كما حملته على الذين من قبلنا ربنا ولا تحملنا ما لا طاقه لنا به واعف عنا واغفر لنا وارحمنا انت مولانا فانصرنا فانصرنا على القوم الكافرين الله اكبر سمع الله لمن حمده الله اكبر الله اكبر.

[Arabic recitation]

السلام عليكم ورحمه الله استغفر السلام عليكم அடமிச்சার அடமிஸ் বহজ বন্ড ‏also in pry s com 23 so you can sign up for that pr by you want so pleas make take advantage of the summer camp as much as you canইশ pleas.