Recitation, ayat 87 - ayat 104, Shaykh Muhammad Luhaidan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2583DGMenfs
Recitation , whole surah, Shaykh Abdul Basit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7ggp1k5Rdo
The Surah then goes on to cite the story of the people of Lot, who were indulging in depraved and perverted practices. These very same actions are fast becoming acceptable in today's contemporary Western civilization, and instead of fighting against their immoral and destructive nature and guarding society against their evil, contemporary society is in fact doing the reverse, naturalizing, legalizing, and accepting them, with an end to incorporating them into the life of the society itself. This is a recipe for disaster. Lot's people were destroyed because they ignored his warnings to them:
What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males, (165) And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are forward folk. (166)
Finally, we are told of Shu'ayb and his people, the forest dwellers [ ashabu'l aykah ], who were advised to:
Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due). (181) And weigh with the true balance. (182) Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth. (183)
The people of Shu'ayb did not heed their prophet's call and they were all destroyed. The Muslim community is required to learn from the lessons and experience of past communities, and as the rightful heir of all the goodness and achievements of past generations and civilizations, it leads humanity by virtue of the obligations imposed on it by God.
Muslims must remember that Muhammad's mission was a universal and eternal one; that they are the custodian of the Qur'an which represent the definitive and conclusive message that God has conveyed to humanity and which is designed to govern and organize life on this earth.
" A Thematic Commentary On The Qur'an "
Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali
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Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson
[ taking care of your soul ]
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