Bismillahi rahmani raheem, assalamu alaikum

“Truly, We did offer al-Amaanah (the trust or moral responsibility, duties which Allah has ordained in order to keep the balance, the means of balancing the universe) to the heavens and the earth, and the mountains, but they declined to bear it and were afraid of it (the responsibility). But man bore it. Verily, he was unjust and ignorant (of its requirements)”

[al-Ahzaab 33:72].

Notice how in this verse Allah does not ask the Angels to carry the trust the responsibility of balancing the larger picture of the universe, this is the place of the prophets and awliyah and it is done by helping the Mala’ikah.

The role of a wali is to balance the hand of the Mala’ikah and to stop one group from dominating anything, for example in a time of oppression you do not want the mala’ikah of Rahma do dominate and show mercy to the taghut (oppressor) if Allah has not written repentance in his qadr, this will only lead to more oppression as the taghut is given free reign, and you do not want the Mala’ikah of beauty to add excessive beauty to women because it will lead to zina (fornication), the Mal’aikah are in charge of their respective spheres of responsibility but Allah has placed the balance of the bigger picture in the hands of his prophets, awliayh and in the Akhira, mankind.

The wali does this with the more complex issues of life and new situation that arise in the world which need arbitration between the Mala’ikah and this world, I recently wrote about Cryptocurrecny that is one such issue which needed hikmah (wisdom).

Cryptocurrency is halal (permissible) but like all money today that has the traces of riba upon it, it is not tayyib (spiritually pure): “O ye people! Eat (consume, use) of what is on earth, Halal and Tayyib and do not follow the footsteps of the evil one, for he is to you an avowed enemy.” (Surat al-Baqarah 2:168)

If you understand all of this then you can see that surah al Rahman (55) is a tafsir to what the Amanah entails which man was ignorant of.

This is our tafsir to the opening verses of surah al Rahman at our website:

Tafsir Surah Ar-Rahman: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم (Allah) Most Gracious! (1) It is He Who has taught the Qur’an. (2) created man: (3) and taught him speech (and Intelligence) (4) The sun and the moon follow (defined) courses (in space); (5) And the Stars and the trees are in obediance. (6) And the Firmament (space) He has (formed and) raised high, and set up its balance, (7) In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance (on earth). (8) So establish measure with justice and fall not short in the balance. (9)

Allah, al Rahman, in the first verses tied three topics together, He tied the knowledge that is in the Quran with the creation of man, and then the speech He (swt) taught him. The knowledge in the Quran, is related to the creation of man in how man is given knowledge by Allah, which is through revelation and inspiration received in man’s heart, this is related to his speech because man speaks according to what is placed in his heart, so in Allah teaching and inspiring the Quran He is teaching man new types of speech that man did not have. When we look at how these things work in the human body, as Imam Malik said, “Knowledge is a light placed in the heart by Allah”, this is a physiological statement about the role of the heart to learn from the the electromagnetic field which is the scientific name for light. Allah gives man knowledge according to what He is doing in life, so this light is the source of speech taught to man by Allah, (we have explained in detail in our other works how the body uses light through the nervous system of the heart and brain to shape our consciousness).

The sun and the moon and the path they are on is tied to all of this because Allah inspires man’s self through the influence of these celestial bodies in space on earth’s atmosphere, this is a process that begins at the subatomic level because the sun and moon exert electromagnetic fields on our planet which affect the planet from the subatomic level, ultimately they inspire and influence both man and what he speaks because our ecosystem is part of a bigger picture and it shapes what our day will look like.

By simile the trees of earth are numerous and countless like the stars, this is their relationship in this picture Allah is painting for us, in this verse Allah is mentioning the most distant thing from us in space, the stars, and the closest thing to us on earth, the trees, in relation to the greater context of the surah, this is because He is drawing a picture of how the ecosystem of outer space and the ecosystem of earth are connected through subatomic fields like the electromagnetic forces of the sun hitting the earth, all these objects Allah is mentioning are influencing each other and ultimately us.

Allah says, after referring to how the sun and the moon influence man through their defined paths in space which shape our seasons and days, that it is not just them that do this with their subatomic fields, but both the stars and the trees have a role to play. This is because He mentioned their obedience to him in the verse, meaning their role in the balance that Allah set up in space, they are part of the greater ecosystem and He uses them to inspire man from the subatomic level of the Universe. The stars are each like our sun ending out rays of light and influencing us at night when the sun is least active, while the trees are crucial to life on earth and its atmosphere, they are the last piece in this puzzle and in contrast to the sun and moon one of the smallest parts in it that has a significant influence on our planet.

This picture of space and earth needed to first be drawn because it leads to what is in the next verses, where Allah talks about how He created space and placed a balance and harmony in it, Allah then says the depth of space and it’s balance is directly related to the balance on earth, “the Firmament (space) He has raised high, and set up its balance (this was done) In order that ye may not transgress (the due) balance” on earth, meaning they are connected to each other. Allah is saying the order we see in space through the movement of the sun and moon it is also present on earth in its atmosphere and ecosystem that the trees help create and maintain.

Allah is teaching us that the balance He placed in the Universe and on earth in their ecosystems create a balance in man’s self who lives in them, because the surah begins by teaching us about the ways in which man is inspired in life and learns knowledge. So, inspiration and man’s speech being mentioned together is a reference to his psychology and state of mind, hence the order and balance that exist in space and nature is why man can feel harmony and be at peace with the earth and its natural ecosystem, Allah is connecting man’s nature to the ecosystem he lives in and informing him about what influences it because it influences him.

Allah then warns that if man destroys the balance in nature it will cause his self to become unbalanced, because the balance that exists in nature no longer exists so it cannot help man’s self stay balanced as he lives his life, if we live in the city we feel our lives are chaotic if we live close to nature we feel at peace all because of the environment we live in that shapes our day. This is why after mentioning the balance in space, in the next verse Allah warns man about destroying the balance that exists on earth, “and fall not short in the balance”.

These verses first required man to learn knowledge of the universe in order to understand them because they were intended for a time when man would have the ability to destroy the balance on earth.

Method – How This Tafsir Was Written: This tafsir was written according to the themes of each verse which outlined the topics Allah was mentioning, this then made the picture Allah was drawing for us very clear. Allah taught the Quran through revelation which was revealed to man’s heart, how man is able to receive revelation in scientific terms I have written about in detail elsewhere, but understanding the how makes the connection between each verse very clear and the larger picture obvious. Allah in these verses goes from talking about giving man revelation to teaching him speech because this knowledge relates to how each person is inspired in his everyday life by various sources, his daily inspiration is the source of what he chooses to speak about to others.

This is related to the sun and moon because Allah in surah al shams (91) explains how He inspires man through them, but in this surah He talks about how the ecosystem of space is connected to the ecosystem of earth, the trees essentially create our ecosystem for us through the oxygen they produce and atmosphere they clean. The subtext of the Quran here is how this influence occurs through the subatomic part of our universe, it’s forces and particles, Allah explains in the verse of light (24:35) more directly that He inspires mankind through these means.

After then drawing this picture for us Allah tells us the important lesson we should learn, that if we ruin the ecosystem of earth we will imbalance man in his life and self permanently, we will not only ruin how he is inspired each day and the source of his peace in life we will reduce his intelligence which we will see and witness in his speech and vocabulary as it degrades. This is because if the ecosystem that Allah created to keep man balanced, at peace and in harmony with the universe can no longer function in this role man will suffer psychologically and spiritually, which will decrease his intellectual capacity, intelligence and speech, all these are related to each other physiologically, the most obvious way is in man’s breadth of knowledge and capacity for things in life.

Mankind has witnessed all this already, with the dumbing down of man over the past one hundred years as he destroyed the earth, we witnessed this in the way language has changed during this time, linguists, historians and academics have all attested to this change in their works. We no longer have the capacity to speak as our grandfathers and their fathers once did with the same breadth and vocabulary, we have shortened our sentences because our mental capacity lacks the strength it once had, and man gains his strength from nature.

Balancing The Mala’ikah

Insha Allah you have by now read my previous work on Angels I posted recently (“Which Angels Are Fallen – Answering The Satanists Claim’s”), you will need it to see the greater picture of my words here.

As a wali I am going to teach you something that will make your life immensely easier, how to protect yourself from the Imbalances of the Mala’ikah on earth. I have permission to do this because Allah has been teaching about the Mala’ikah for almost twenty years now, so I know what people need in regards to them. Some Mala’ikah may be a temptation to the Kufar but when evil covers the entire world and every kafir has an Angel with him on his path just like the Dajjal will be appointed two Mala’ikah, Imbalance and Disproportion in the mizan of the universe from the side of the Mala’ikah is much more common so inadvertently oppression occurs in spheres not in the Angels awareness.

The Angels are arranged in tight ranks their sphere of control and perception is thus limited to their rank and so the lower Mala’ikah will have trouble with the larger picture of anything, in humans and Jinn because they have free will to choose what sphere of awareness they want to live by this behaviour you would call lack of intelligence and maarifah, but the Angels have no such choice they are subservient to Allah’s will over them in this who is looking at the entire Picture of the universe and what it needs.

The Mala’ikah can not do Haram but they can empower evil in an unbalanced and unjust way in the world. What I am about to teach you the higher Mala’ikah will help you with it because at present they are trying to guide their brothers one earth away from the paths of fitnah as they have run their course and change is coming, this is the way of change.

The Taweez is simple and based of the one we did for the Dajjal except we are going to use the names of Allah instead of the other accusations and titles, any Mala’ikah not in line with what Allah wants and these titles will be affected, so it is no more than Haq and balance you are asking for.

The Taweez should look like this with the intention behind each line in brackets, use the 99 names of Allah as you like and try to write it in a book in Arabic, lastly this is for anyone to use Muslim and non-Muslim:

Abd Allah, Abd al Rahman, Abd Al Raheem, Abd Al Malik, Abd Al Quddus, Abd Al Sallam, Abd Al Mu’min, Abd Al Muhaymin, Abd Al Aziz, Abd Al Jabbar, Abd Al Mutakabbir, (Use as many names as you like but no less than this, next write)

  • Al Mala’ikah, Fitnah Al Mala’ikah (Write this for yourself and your wife).
  • Al Mala’ikah, Fitnah Al Mala’ikah (Write this for the entire world).
  • Al Mala’ikah, Fitnah Al Mala’ikah (Write this for Ummat al Islam).
  • Al Mala’ikah, Fitnah Al Mala’ikah (Write this for your family, you can add more lines for whoever else you wish, now continue with the names of Allah).
  • Fitnah Al Mala’ikah Taking Nur (Write this multiple times for the same people you wrote it for above)

(Jinn can not touch the light of a person, but Mala’ikah can make mistakes with this because of who they are with. It occurred with us that one time when Allah was speaking to my heart and He was adding light to my light one of the Mala’ikah came and took that light in the middle of what Allah was doing. I was entirely amazed at this for a long time, then I began to think about the nature and audacity of that Angel who had no Haq to do this and it occurred to us this must have been one of the the Angels of Iblis who was watching from a distance. This is because Iblis is the only creature to challenge Allah directly whilst Allah was talking and His Angels where present when this occurred, when such a path was created, the Angel was following it (like a person from their perspective would follow a sunnah) and today many people worship Iblis and follow his path. This is the reason it was said iblis was cast out of Jannah with his Angels (who needed to learn), this Angel was the Angel with Iblis when Allah asked him to prostrate at the grave of Adam (as) in in repentance and Iblis refused).

(Insha Allah now finish with the names of Allah).

Abd Al Khaliq, Abd Al Baari, Abd Al Musawir, Abd Al Ghaffaar, Abd Al Qahhaar, Abd Al Wahhab, Abd Al Razaq, Abd Al Fatih, Abd Al Alim, Abd Al Qabid, Abd Al Bassit, Abd Al Kaafidh, Abd Al Raafi, Abd Al Mu’izz, Abd Al Muzil, Abd Al Sami, (You can add more but do no less than this, you can also choose other names to write).

Now draw a circle around the entire thing, this will mitigate any Angels helping a shaytan in his way.

War in Islam is that the wali deals with the Mala’ikah of his enemies so that His people can proceed unhindered, this taweez will help with that so learn and use it, in ages past people were normal and the Mala’ikah followed normal paths so when they saw Islam they responded to it, now people are not normal hiding their kufr and who they worship, and so the Mala’ikah have to honour the way of the people they are with, hence they respond less to Islam when they see it.

These are the lessor angels on this earth, responsible for the lowest of creatures who in our time they are the dominant people, these Angels need help in the manner we are showing you, their actions will be placed on the scales for judgment and any Imbalance in the mizan will rectified.

Do this even if you don’t think you need help, you will then see what your life was missing which you did not have the ability to notice.

وَحَنَانًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَزَكَاةً وَكَانَ تَقِيًّا

Mala’ikah Deserving Of Punishment

Angels like any living creature are capable of making mistakes and sometimes these mistakes impact a persons life and for this the person deserves Haq over the Angel, this can take many forms.

Abu Huraira Narrated: The angel of death was sent to Moses and when he went to him, Moses slapped him severely, spoiling one of his eyes (other translations have punched him in the eye). The angel went back to his Lord, and said, “You sent me to a slave who does not want to die.” Allah restored his eye and said, “Go back and tell him (i.e. Moses) to place his hand over the back of an ox, for he will be allowed to live for a number of years equal to the number of hairs coming under his hand.” (So the angel came to him and told him the same). Then Moses asked, “O my Lord! What will be then?” He said, “Death will be then.” He (Moses) said, “(Let it be) now.” He asked Allah that He bring him near the Sacred Land at a distance of a stone’s throw. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Were I there I would show you the grave of Moses by the way near the red sand hill.” (Bukhari)

When I asked about this hadith, Musa (as) was praised and it was said He (as) had a Haq over the Angel to do this (but it is not apparent from the narration).

“Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Imam at-Tabarani explained that “the angel of death used to come to people in a visible form. When he went to Musa (alaihis salam), Musa put out his eye.” Ibn Khuzayma said: “Some of the heretics refuse to acknowledge this and say that if Musa recognized him then how did he not take him seriously? If he did not recognize him then would he not have retaliation from him for putting out his eye? The answer is that Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) did not send the Angel of Death to Musa desiring to take his soul at that moment, He sent him to him to test him. Musa punched the Angel of Death because he thought that he was a human who had entered his house without his permission and did not know that he was the Angel of Death. The Shariah allows for the putting out of the eye of anyone who looks into a Muslim’s house without permission. The angels came to Ibrahim (AS) and Lut (AS) in human form and they also did not recognize them at first. If Ibrahim (AS) had recognized them he would not have offered them food. If Lut (AS) had recognized them he would not have feared for them from his people.””

“Another one of the people of knowledge said: “He hit him because he came to take his soul before giving him a choice since it is established that no prophet is taken without being given a choice. This is why, when he gave him a choice the second time, he submitted.””

Allah has taught a number of important lessons through Sayyidina Musa (as), it occurred that the Jews of His time because of his (saws) shyness and modesty began accusing Musa (as) of leprosy, so when Musa (as) was washing (partially clothed) Allah caused His clothes to go missing until the Jews were able to see his skin and He was exonerated of their accusations.

Allah showed us here that He will make things occur against a persons wishes to save them from something greater, likewise is the story of Musa (as) and the Angel of death.

Allah was teaching us that if an Angel makes a mistake of judgment, then like any Human He is subject to shariah law as a consequence. This is because mistakes and harm are not abstract things they are things that affect the balance of the universe and a persons life, therefor the Angel like any human is responsible for fixing their mistake, this is the aim behind every punishment in Shariah, to remove the spiritual corruption (fassad) created by the wrongful act in order to balance the universe, balance the scales.

“And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance (of Justice), In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance. So establish weight (business) with justice and fall not short in the balance.” (55:9-7)

Why Angels Fall Short and Why Man Surpasses Them

Angels hold things to account based on the nature of that things creation, what it is created from and what is happening around it in the universe, this is their scope as creatures with limits and essentially the issue but more can be said, what we are about to say is not black and white.

This is the perspective of the Angels, while Allah holds things to account based on the meaning of their actions, the basis of judgment begins with what the Mala’ikah are doing but it ends at the height of what the issue stands for, and this latter part the Angels have trouble seeing because they cannot see every aspect of the issue in every part of the universe it is impacting, especially all of it at the same time like Allah.

Man surpasses the Angels because he embodies Allah’s 99 qualities which make up who He is, to the point Allah said Man was created on Allah’s image, to do similar things to Allah in the universe, that statement is primarily related to man’s judgment and what his heart can grasp.

All of this is in respect to man knowing His own life better than anyone else including the Angels. Man can grasp the higher meaning of each issue because he has experience with every issue from the lowest point of its aspect to the highest, man lives in the lowest of the low, earth, and the physical state of matter and can reach the highest of the high with his heart and soul, the Arsh, while the Mala’aikah asked Allah to teach them why man sinned on earth.

Because of this Maarifah Allah asked man to be His Khalifah on earth and Judge his life and the life of others, while He asked the Mala’ikah to prostrate to Adam (essentially all the prophets).

People look at the strength and ability of the Angels and say no they surpass man because of it, Iblis said the same thing about himself and was blinded, while Allah said no it is man’s knowledge and wisdom that He is looking at, his ability to reach the highest aspects of these unlike the Jinn and Mala’ikah who are both limited because they are not on the same image as Allah.

The fact that man surpasses the Angels is something the prophets have taught us, they said it about themselves to the Angels to teach them, the context is what I am explaining to you now.

The Angels judge according to the nature of something while Allah judges according the meaning of it and that is harder to grasp because it requires a heart that can reach its meaning in fullness, man can do it the Angels can’t.

Sayydinah Ibrahim (as) said this to the Angels to help teach them why their Judgment is increasingly falling short (far too many new matters are arising that do not fit the old model they relied upon), the Mala’ikah need the Ijtihad of the Mujtahideen of this Ummah, this is part of that effort.

Allah said “And certainly We have explained in this Quran every kind of example, but man is most of all given to contention.” (18:54) The Ijtihad of Man is what teaches the Mala’ikah the Hikmah regarding new things, Allah revealed the Quran to us to discover its treasures.

To explain what we said with a simile: a person can look at something old and haggard and see what it means (like his wife who gave to him her life), then hope it’s hidden worth materializes, while the Angels will not change things until your worth, the sings of Allah, materialize…more or less this is the reality.

Peoples hearts are at rest when they see what you are saying in ahadith, Allah said in a hadith Qudsi:

ما وسعني أرضي ولا سمائي، ووسعني قلب عبدي المؤمن…

“Neither My Earth nor My Heavens could contain Me, whilst the heart of My believing servant does contain Me (know me)…”

In another simile: The Mala’ikah take up your actions to Allah, while the hearts of the prophets already know Allah. This is the same thing that Allah explained to the Mala’ikah when He brought Adam (as) in front of them and asked Him (as) to name things He (as) had never seen before.

This is what it looks like in a book while we are describing what it looks like in practice…in reality.

Shaykh Rami Al Rifai.