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Your Origin Story | Your Relationship With Allah Ep.2 | Sh. Alauddin ElBakri | Ramadan Series

Shaykh Alauddin ElBakri

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As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh
Last episode, we talked about Allah's grace and blessings upon all of us, before we even came to life
Allah said in the Quran:
(Indeed, We created humans in the best form)
We have created the human in the most perfect, most complete shape and image
Glory be to Allah, we didn't even mention last episode
that when Allah created Adam and He taught Adam the name of all the things, that knowledge. He asked the angels,
and when the angels did not know that knowledge, Allah commanded the angels to prostrate and bow down to Adam out of respect
That's when Satan erupted
How come this newcomer to the scene, to earth, comes and takes all the glory, all the love, all the attention? Why not me?
How come?
So Satan, may Allah curse him, did not bow down to Adam
And when Allah SWT asked him why, he said "I am better than him,
You created me from fire, You created him from clay,
I am better"
And even in that point, Satan was wrong
Because it's funny to know that you can put off fire in two ways,
either you pour water on it or you pour dirt on it,
and in both cases, the fire will be extinguished
So even in that point, Satan was wrong and he was ignorant
And the pride, the negative pride and the arrogance took over
And he disobeyed Allah SWT and caused himself to be casted away from Allah's mercy
This is a lesson for us from the get go
Who's our enemy and why did Satan end up the way he is?
Jealousy, false pride, arrogance, boastfulness, huge ego
Then you end up falling down onto your nose and end up getting nowhere
And you will be wrong and you will be ignorant too
Glory be to Allah, with Adam PBUH, Allah mentioned two reasons in the Quran
One, He told the angels to bow down after teaching Adam the names of all the things
The other reason is after Allah blew in Adam of his spirit,
his essence
(When your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from clay.
So when I have fashioned him and had a spirit of My Own ˹creation˺ breathed into him, fall down in prostration to him.”)
And your Lord told the angels that I'm going to create a human from clay,
a mixture of dirt and water,
once I create him and complete his creation
then I blow in him of My essence
then fall into prostration
Two reasons made you great and made Allah command the angels
to bow down and prostrate to you out of respect and admiration
One, your soul
And it's through your soul that you establish a relationship with Allah SWT
And two, the proper knowledge about who you are? Who your Lord is?
What's your mission in this world?
What's your job?
What's your role?
What's your purpose?
What's your goal?
And when you fulfill that
Then you become honorable and high in the eyes of God Almighty, Allah Glory be to Him, the Exalted
to a point that He will make the angels serve you
And we know from the Hadith that the angels serve us day and night
That's fascinating
What an honor that when we say "Glory be to Allah" the angels record that
What an honor that when we go and help someone on the street
who needs a hot meal or a car ride,
that the angels report that to our Lord Allah SWT
This is fascinating
And that shows you your place
It's fascinating to know that when you're born in this world
You're born pure, innocent, and sinless
You're not born with an original sin
You're not being judged for a mistake that your father did
Especially that Allah said that when Adam ate from the tree,
he asked for forgiveness and God forgave him,
and God bestowed His mercy upon him,
and God brought him on earth with grace and forgiveness and love
to do the mission that He originally created him for
It's very beautiful to know that we came from heaven
And we want to go back to heaven
And it's like, once you discover that,
you realize like I want to go back home
I want to go back with my creator
I want to go back with my Lord
I want to go back to where I came from, Glory be to Allah
My dear brothers and sisters
When we come to this world
The grace and the blessings of Allah do not stop
You come to this world
And all of a sudden Allah dedicates to you two servants
Two servants that are ready to die for you
That are ready to give everything in their power
Those are our parents
Our mom and dad
And that's why Allah in the Quran, so many times,
Four times in the Quran, after Allah said
You shall worship your Lord as one with no partners
And with love and devotion
Then number two
And you should be honorable and good to your parents
Why?
Because without your parents
You wouldn't have survived beyond three days
Especially the first two years of your life
This is very important to see
That this is a continuation of Allah's blessings
Another blessing upon us
Before Allah ever asked us to do anything,
Before He asked us to worship Him,
He gave us like almost nine, ten, eleven, twelve years
of childhood before puberty
in which you're not asked to do anything as an obligation
You can learn from your parents
You know you can start to explore
You know with prayers and with fasting
But not as an obligation
Look at that break, that childhood
that Allah gave you
and He did not ask you
and He gave you parents to take care of you
And now you're growing and growing and growing
And Allah's blessings did not stop
You grew up into this adult
That you have a complete body
That functions without your involvement
Imagine if you have to keep on telling your heart
Beat, beat, beat
You will not be living
You'll spend the rest of your life
Just telling your heart to beat
Or if you have to tell your lungs
Inhale, exhale
Or to tell your kidneys
Filter, filter, filter
Or to tell your liver
Release the enzymes, release them
You're not going to live
You have a body that functions completely, perfectly,
with health
So that you can be busy with other things
Allah did not give you the job of making your own body
run the way it's supposed to run
So that your mind can be free
for what He wanted you to think about
The relationship between you and Him
This is very important to remember
That even before Allah asked us to do anything
He Has given us everything
And what He asked of us is very little, very small
And what He asked of us
Actually turns to our own benefit
And to our own growth
And to our own peace and happiness in this world
It's very important to start this Ramadan
With being positive
With seeing all the blessings in your life
Not focusing on the one or two things
negative that are going in your life
Which each and every one of us
all the time has something wrong going on
Let's focus on the positive, on the 99%
And let's use these blessings
To reflect as now adults
And to say "Oh Allah, thank you
for what You have given me,
so much, before You ever asked me to say anything
or to do anything!"
May Allah Glory be to Him
Grant us gratitude in this Ramadan
And may Allah make us from the grateful ones
For truly few people reflect on the points that I've mentioned
And feel a deep sense of gratitude
And a deep connection with their Lord Allah Glory be to Him
May Allah connect us with Him
Ameen Ya Rabb Alameen
Wa Assalaamu 'Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh

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In Episode 2 of Your Relationship With Allah, Sh. Alauddin ElBakri takes us back to our origins, exploring our creation, purpose, and connection with Allah. Understanding where we come from deepens our faith and strengthens our bond with our Creator. How does knowing our origin shape our relationship with Allah? What …

Published: March 2, 2025
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Length: 8:39
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