Surah Ynus, verses 65-66:

Translation: And let not their speech grieve you. Indeed, honor *due to power+ belongs to Allah
entirely. He is the Hearing, the Knowing. (65) Unquestionably, to Allah belongs whoever is in the
heavens and whoever is on the earth. And those who invoke other than Allah do not [actually]
follow *His+ partners. They follow not except assumption, and they are not but falsifying (66).
Asalamu alaikum Quran Weekly,
This is ayah number 65 and 66. I really wanted to mostly talk about ayah 65 from Surah Ynus,
the 10th surah. Allah tells His Prophet

( salallaho alayhi wasalaam)
(Wa L Yazunka Qawluhum) what they have to say to you shouldnt grieve you. The thing they
say should not grieve you. And what Allahs Messenger ( salallaho alayhi
wasalaam) is being told in these words is that the Prophet will hear things that really hurt him.
And Allah says dont let those things hurt you; you have to become stronger than that because if
you let those things hurt you they will demoralize you and you will not be able to do your job.
You have to deliver the message of Islam to people the message of hope, the message of
optimism, the message of letting human beings find their purpose again. If you get demoralized
how will humanity find their morale? How will they find their motivation? So you cannot be
taken back by the words that they say. And if you think it is insulting to you or to Islam or to Allah
the things they say
( Inna Al-`Izzata Lillhi Jam`an) no doubt, authority and
respect and honor and dignity belong to Allah, all of it. All dignity, all authority, all respect
belongs to Allah. Dont ever think Allah can be disrespected. Thats not possible because Allah
owns it. Allah owns it, so dont you worry about it ( Huwa As-Sam`u Al-`Almu).
And its not like Allah didnt hear what they said. And its not like Allah doesnt know what
theyre saying, that you didnt even hear. Allah is All Hearing, All Knowing. Allah gave His
messenger ( salallaho alayhi wasalaam) clear advice on how to keep moving
despite hearing ugly speech.
You guys that are online a lot, some of you are exposed to videos, blogs, and comments
under YouTube videos that are very hurtful to Islam. Reading them will just make you feel
disgusted inside, how can people say things like that about Allah? About His messenger
(salallaho alayhi wasalaam(? It is one thing to not believe in them but the
kind of hate and the kind of aggressive animosity that is just spewing out of peoples
mouth, makes you just go, What kind of people are these? Why would somebody say
something like that? It is disgusting and it bothers you. But Allah is telling His
messenger Himself, if you are bothered because you have faith, our faith cant compare
to the faith of the Messenger (salallaho alayhi wasalaam). He is bothered
by it too and he is told, Dont let it get to you. It is not taking away from the dignity of
Allah. He owns all of it anyway. So you shouldnt worry about it. And on top of that, He
heard what they said. So they will pay. And it is not like Allah doesnt own them. Just like
He is your Master, whether they recognize it or not, He is their Master too.

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Al Inna Lillhi Man F As-Samwti Wa Man FAl-Ari( You had
better know Allah owns whoever is in the skies and whoever is in the earth. Allah owns
all of them. And they will not get away with what they say. This is something that is not
supposed to interfere with the work that you have to do.

When we get influenced by these negative words and this hateful speech then we become
reactionary and all we do is respond to that hate which means that weve already not
understood what we are supposed to be doing. This kind of talk is distraction. All it is, is a
distraction. You learning your religion properly and you sharing the truth of that religion with
others in a decent way, that is the mission that you and I are on and we have to maintain going
on that mission. We cannot let the aggressive and hateful and distracting tactics of those who
will hate us no matter what we do, no matter what we do, we cannot let them distract us from
our actual mission. Just like the Prophet is told that he should not be distracted from his mission.
May Allah keep us on purpose and keep us strong on the message of Islam and not allow
us to be taken in by so much hateful speech that is all around us today in regards to our beautiful
religion.

Wasalamu alaikum Quran Weekly.