So which father would we just talk about? Adam. Who will he be compared to?
Yes, Adam will be compared toبني إسرائيل. How? Check it out. Adam AS is being sent as a خليفة. You remember that?
The only prophet that Allah describes as خليفة in the Quran is from بني إسرائيل
{يَا دَاوُودُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاكَ خَلِيفَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ} [38:26] Allah says the angel said about Adam AS
what are the two complaints that they made, you remember? What did they say?
Are you putting someone on the earth who will do what? Cause corruption number one, what was number two?
Spill blood. What does Allah say about بني إسرائيل {لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ} [17:04]
you will cause great corruption in the land? Angels said "human beings will make corruption."
Who proved them correct? بني إسرائيل. The second complaint of the angels was "He will spill blood."
Now listen {وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ لَا تَسْفِكُونَ دِمَاءَكُمْ} [02:84] Same Surah
When we took a contract from you Israelites that you will not spill your own blood.
{ثُمَّ أَنْتُمْ هَٰؤُلَاءِ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ} [02:85] You were the very same people who kept killing your own people.
Angel said "How are You putting a خليفة on the earth? He will spill blood."
Israelites directly cause corruption and did what else? Spilled blood. Let's go further.
Adam AS when he made his epic mistake with our mother, what was he told? Come down {اهْبِطُوا مِنْهَا} [02:38]
Come down from where? Jannah. and I already explained this to you.
Why was he told to come down because of what one cardinal sin? Greed.
Now study the story of the Israelites in Surah Al-Baqarah you will find that they were in the middle of a desert
and they should have died of starvation but what did Allah decide to do instead?
He put a cloud over them and he gave them الْمَنَّ and السَّلْوَىٰ and that should have been enough for them to survive
but they said "That is not good enough we need chart masala we need some briyani we need some aloo gosht"
{مِنْ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّائِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَا ۖ} [02:61] so what they were given was not good enough they wanted
something else this is greed is it not. If it is greed what does Allah say to them {اهْبِطُوا مِصْرًا}
that's not an accident go down into the land the same exact word اهْبِطُوا was used for who? Adam AS in the same surah
now is being used for بني إسرائيل when they want more than they have.
Then Adam AS was told go into Jannah and eat from where? Anywhere. {رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا}
And the Israelites, they were told to go into the land {وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ادْخُلُوا هَٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدًا}
Go into the city, you can eat whatever you want in that city.
Allah told exactly that to the Israelites. Do you see a comparison between Adam and the Israelites yet?
The connection keeps getting deeper and deeper. What did Allah give to Adam AS when he came on the earth?
What was the gift that Allah gave Adam AS when he came on the earth? Words so he could make توبة.
And what were those words supposed to be? I take acknowledgement for what I did wrong.
Personal responsibility. When they were entering the city, the Israelites, Allah said to them "حِطَّةٞ"
why don't you ask for forgiveness? Is that similar to Adam AS? Yes, but Instead of asking for forgiveness, what did they do?
{فَبَدَّلَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا قَوْلًا غَيْرَ الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْ} the ones who did wrong, they replaced the word حِطَّةٞ with حنطة.
They made fun of it. We don't want forgiveness, we need more bread. They started making joke out of it.
Adam AS was given words and he repented. The Israelites were given just one word, not even words.
It's not even that hard, just حِطَّةٞ they couldn't handle that. Then you have oh my god when the angels said
"He will spill blood, he will cause corruption." Allah said "I know what you don't know." And you find in Surah Al-Baqarah
when Allah is talking to the Israelites, he says do {قُلْ أَأَنْتُمْ أَعْلَمُ أَمِ اللَّهُ} you think you know more than Allah?
Angels acknowledge that they don't know anything and the Israelites talk like they know more than Allah.
Allah said to the angels, I know what you are hiding and what you show, remember that? I know {مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ}
what you show and what you've been hiding. And what do you find about the Israelites?
They hid the revelation {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَا أَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ} I'll make my point in a second.
I just want to establish this connection. What did إِبْلِيس refuse to do? He refused to do سجدة forget سجدة
بنو إسرائيل wouldn't even do ركوع {وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ} سجدة is a bigger accomplishment.
They wouldn't even be willing to do ركوع. Why did I share this comparison with you.
I am trying to compare Adam with who? بني إسرائيل. Why though? What's the point?
The point is angels made a complaint "Human beings are not up for this task. They are not good enough يا Allah"
And Allah said I know something you don't know. Then Allah gave us long Ayat about بني إسرائيل
and when you study the long Ayat about بني إسرائيل who were supposed to be the chosen nation.
The nation that Allah gave more prophets than anybody else. More chances than anybody else.
Oh my goodness so many chances yet seems to me when I read the Surah they prove the angels right
They were made خليفة on the earth, yes or no? More than anybody else, بنو إسرائيل was made خليفة on the earth,
and did they do exactly what the angels were afraid of? Yes, but Allah says he is right and the angels are wrong.
I don't see it yet. And at the end of that entire story, He takes us back to another father. Who is that?
Ibrahim AS who was also tested. By the way, Adam AS was tested and he failed temporarily and he came back to Allah.
The Israelites were tested and they failed and they continued to fail. Then Ibrahim AS was tested. Father, nation, father, nation.
What is the thing that connects all of them together? Test, test, test, test. Ibrahim AS is tested.
Is he tested with small things or big things? He is tested with colossal things and does he pass all of them? {فَأَتَمَّهُنَّۖ}
He completed all of the test, all of them. سبحان الله we are called the the religion of who? Ibrahim {مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمۡ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَۚ} [22:78].
Now we have three situations. We have the situation of Adam AS who failed the test and then recovered.
We have the situation of the Israelites who continuously failed the test. And then you have the situation of Ibrahim AS
who passed all the test. Who's next? Us, and he says now I will test you with all kinds of things {وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ}
and I will test you with fear and hunger {وَنَقْصٍ مِنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَنْفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ}
your turn you are up for bat next. And that's you that's me that's what's happening in the Quran.
the story of Adam AS created a question in the minds of the angels and there Question is not answered
by the Israelites. Because they are a disappointment to the legacy of their father Ibrahim.
They were supposed to uphold the legacy of their father Ibrahim. They failed. But Ibrahim AS legacy should be upheld.
By the way Ibrahim AS built on top of the foundations of the كعبة. Did you know that? He did not build the كعبة
{وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ} foundations were already there. He was building on top of them. My question to you is,
where did the foundations come from? Adam AS the first father started the project. The second's father did what?
Finish the project and he had two kinds of children. Israelites on this side and the Muslims on that side,
and the Israelites failed in doing justice to that house and now it's the Muslims turn.
Let's see what kind of big hotels they build. To do justice to the house of Ibrahim AS.
I'm telling you all of this because we the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ the final Ummah to walk this earth.
We are supposed to be the answer to the angels from Allah. I know what you don't. I know the Muslims.
I know the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ they will show you what a خليفة can do.
They will show you what a caretaker of the earth can do. They will show you what kind of people will rise to the occasion
when they are given the choice. They will show you how a human being can rise to the level of a human being
and not reduce himself to an animal. Guys, we have a huge responsibility on our shoulders.