“...And [We] have placed a barrier before them and a barrier behind them and covered them [all] up, so they fail to see”
Recited by the Prophet ﷺ as he departed his besieged house; the lecture cites this as Qur'an 36:8-9 (a combined two-ayah quotation), stored here under ayah 8.
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا وَآثَارَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ فِي إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ
“Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.”
وَجَآءَ مِنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
“Then from the farthest end of the city, a man came, rushing. He advised, "O my people! Follow the messengers."”
Urwah ibn Mas'ud RA was killed by his own people just as he called them to the truth -- paralleling the man of Ya-Sin in these ayat (36:20-27), who was likewise killed by his people after urging them to follow the messengers.
ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَن لَّا يَسْـَٔلُكُمْ أَجْرًا وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ
“Follow those who ask no reward of you, and are [rightly] guided.”
Urwah ibn Mas'ud RA was killed by his own people just as he called them to the truth -- paralleling the man of Ya-Sin in these ayat (36:20-27), who was likewise killed by his people after urging them to follow the messengers.
وَمَا لِىَ لَآ أَعْبُدُ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
“And why should I not worship the One Who has originated me, and to Whom you will be returned.”
Urwah ibn Mas'ud RA was killed by his own people just as he called them to the truth -- paralleling the man of Ya-Sin in these ayat (36:20-27), who was likewise killed by his people after urging them to follow the messengers.
ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ
“How could I take besides Him other gods whose intercession would not be of any benefit to me, nor could they save me if the Most Compassionate intended to harm me?”
Urwah ibn Mas'ud RA was killed by his own people just as he called them to the truth -- paralleling the man of Ya-Sin in these ayat (36:20-27), who was likewise killed by his people after urging them to follow the messengers.
إِنِّىٓ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ
“Indeed, I would then be clearly astray.”
Urwah ibn Mas'ud RA was killed by his own people just as he called them to the truth -- paralleling the man of Ya-Sin in these ayat (36:20-27), who was likewise killed by his people after urging them to follow the messengers.
إِنِّىٓ ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَٱسْمَعُونِ
“I do believe in your Lord, so listen to me.”
Urwah ibn Mas'ud RA was killed by his own people just as he called them to the truth -- paralleling the man of Ya-Sin in these ayat (36:20-27), who was likewise killed by his people after urging them to follow the messengers.
قِيلَ ٱدْخُلِ ٱلْجَنَّةَ ۖ قَالَ يَـٰلَيْتَ قَوْمِى يَعْلَمُونَ
“[But they killed him, then] he was told [by the angels], "Enter Paradise!" He said, "If only my people knew"”
Urwah ibn Mas'ud RA was killed by his own people just as he called them to the truth -- paralleling the man of Ya-Sin in these ayat (36:20-27), who was likewise killed by his people after urging them to follow the messengers.
بِمَا غَفَرَ لِى رَبِّى وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
“of how my Lord has forgiven me, and made me one of the honorable.”
Urwah ibn Mas'ud RA was killed by his own people just as he called them to the truth -- paralleling the man of Ya-Sin in these ayat (36:20-27), who was likewise killed by his people after urging them to follow the messengers.
“We have not taught him poetry, nor is it fitting for him.”
This is one of the ayat the event's own description cites by reference [Quran 36:69], responding to the accusation that the Prophet ﷺ was a poet.
“Indeed, when He wants something to be, He simply says, "Be," and it is.”
Cited by the lecturer as a reflection on Allah's qadr in orchestrating Abu Sufyan ibn Harb's conversion.