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Mufti Tariq Masood Podcast

Mufti Tariq Masood delivers a sermon contrasting natural intelligence with true wisdom (`Aqalmand`), arguing that genuine intellect requires neutral judgment

Key takeaways

Mufti Tariq Masood defines true wisdom (`Aqalmand`) not by raw intelligence but by the ability to use one's mind neutrally, regardless of whether conclusions benefit personal desires.
He explains that Allah remains unseen to preserve faith for the wise while testing those who demand sensory proof, referencing Quranic concepts of `Ayat` and `Alamat` as signs requiring intellectual deduction.

Main topics

Intellect vs foolishness in Islamic theology
Quranic signs (`Ayat`/`Alamat`) and the purpose of unseen faith

Notable quotes

"Allah ki Zameen Se Mile Hain" ke Maslay ke Hal ka Tariqa

Conclusion

The episode provides a theological and sociological framework for eval

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:00) Alhamdulillah, we praise him and we pray for his noble Messenger. As for the rest, I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. Speaker 1 (0:12) Surah Al-Fatihah Speaker 1 (0:31) Allah is the greatest. Speaker 1 (0:56) Surah Al Imran, I have read these verses to you. It is a prayer from Allah. May Allah enable us to speak, listen, understand and act in the right way. Speaker 1 (1:12) Surah Al-Fatihah Allah says, Speaker 1 (1:22) In the changing of day and night, Speaker 1 (1:27) are very important for the intellectuals. Speaker 1 (1:35) It is wise to see something and then make a conclusion. Speaker 1 (1:41) The foolish people of the early morning and evening, no matter what they see, they do not reach any result. Speaker 1 (1:51) My face is a little bit flabby because the jet lag setup is so bad that I can't understand Speaker 1 (2:03) So when you lie down to sleep, you can't sleep. Speaker 1 (2:08) And when you try to wake up, you start feeling sleepy. Speaker 1 (2:13) I was sleeping in the car on my way here. Speaker 1 (2:17) I will sleep for 2 minutes and then I will go to bed. Speaker 1 (2:23) I am not able to understand the time to wake up and sleep. I will get used to it. Speaker 1 (2:34) so Speaker 1 (2:37) I hope you understand this. My system wifi is on Speaker 1 (2:45) He picked me up and came forward. Speaker 1 (2:51) And the other thing is that the tea here is... Speaker 1 (2:55) I don't like it. I bring milk and milk with me. Whenever I travel, I bring milk and milk. I don't get the quality of milk but I bring milk and milk with me. But we didn't make tea in that leaf. The signal will come, InshaAllah, you don't worry, it will not happen that the signal will not come, it will be set, InshaAllah, the matter. Speaker 1 (3:20) So whenever we say that the wise are those who see everything and reach a conclusion Speaker 1 (3:29) And he is foolish and foolish Speaker 1 (3:33) which does not reach the conclusion. Speaker 1 (3:36) which is called as Lakir Ka Faqeer in Urdu. He has to hold his finger and explain everything to him. He doesn't get any results from himself. Speaker 1 (3:47) Such people are foolish and foolish. Speaker 1 (3:51) Parents are telling their children that someone did not study, did not work hard, what was the result of that? Today the poor man is being pushed around, is unemployed. And look, someone in the family worked hard, today Canada, Mashallah, has reached. Are you all the same who worked hard? Speaker 1 (4:16) Or... Speaker 1 (4:19) The intelligent kid who will say that he is a fool, will not understand what he is saying. Speaker 1 (4:28) So Allah used the word Ayat in the Quran. Ayat is the word for Ayat. Ayat is the symbol of the word. Speaker 1 (4:42) Alamat is a sign that we see and then we reach a different conclusion. Alamat is not intended to be a sign, we see it and then we understand it. This is what Alamat is. Speaker 1 (4:59) Alamutain lagaai jaati hai naa. When we write a letter, we put a comma on it. This comma is a sign that a new sentence is being written or something new is happening. Speaker 1 (5:10) Full stop is applied. This means that the sentence is complete. A new paragraph is a sign that a new thing is beginning. In Urdu we used to read, Speaker 1 (5:24) So if we will put comma after sit, it means sit is an order. And don't stop or don't stand. Speaker 1 (5:33) If you put comma after mat, then it will become baihto mat. Speaker 1 (5:39) It will be upside down. Speaker 1 (5:44) So signs are for the wise and many things are coming out of each sign. Speaker 1 (5:53) So in the Quran, Allah has used the word ayat in many places from Alham to An-Naas. You must also be reading the Quran. Ayat, ayat, it is coming again and again. So in Arabic, the verse is called Nishani, Alamat Speaker 1 (6:12) Allah says that because I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see, Why are signs kept? Because Allah himself did not manifest himself before us so that wise people may have faith in Allah and foolish people may not have faith. Because seeing signs and reaching the conclusion is the work of wise people. Fools and foolish people are always in that sign and do not reach the conclusion. So Allah wants that only wise people should go to heaven. For foolishness and foolishness, Allah has made hell. Speaker 1 (7:07) Allah doesn't want foolish people to go to heaven. Speaker 1 (7:12) You can say, Speaker 1 (7:15) Aqal and Hamaqat are things created by Allah. Speaker 1 (7:22) What is the fault of fools and fools for the wise? What do you think? Is the signal being controlled or not? Speaker 1 (7:33) The question arises that for fools, every person's mind is not the same. Some are very intelligent, some are very foolish. You must have seen that some children study less, but still go very far ahead. Some children keep studying, but still they do not know anything. This is the mind of Allah. What is this? Hell for the wise and hell for the fools. Speaker 1 (7:57) So here, Aqalman means the one who uses his mind Speaker 1 (8:03) Some are very intelligent, they don't use their brains. And some are not intelligent in the world, but they use their brains as much as Allah has given them. So the mind that uses the brains, in the eyes of Allah, is intelligent. The mind that doesn't use the brains, in the eyes of Allah, is foolish and foolish. Do you understand or not? Speaker 1 (8:31) Use your intellect. This is called intellect in the sight of Allah. Speaker 1 (8:35) And Allah has told us that even if a person is intelligent, he should not use his intellect. Speaker 1 (8:42) This also happens. Speaker 1 (8:45) Another question arises, when there is intellect, why not use it? In the sight of Allah, the definition of intellect and foolishness is understood, right? Who is called intellect? Speaker 1 (8:56) Use the khupri. The way you are using it now, Alhamdulillah. Who do you call foolish? Speaker 1 (9:03) I am pointing towards the skull so that you don't get confused. You think I am talking about knees or knees. I am pointing towards the whole thing. If I don't use it now, then it is not my fault. What do you think? Who is called foolish who doesn't use the skull? This is in the sight of Allah. What we call intelligent and foolish in the same meaning, that is not meant here. It is the creation of Allah. Allah makes someone intelligent and foolish. Speaker 1 (9:33) So the one who uses the intellect is the mind. In the sight of Allah, it is included in the rules of the mind. The one who does not use the intellect is not included in the rules of the mind. Now the question arises, many people are disobedient to Allah but they use the intellect. Speaker 1 (9:49) All these things that have been created, can all these things be created without using the mind? Mobile is invented and I don't know what all is invented. So they are using their minds but Quran says that many who are using their minds like this will become the eidolons of hell. What is the reason? They use their minds where their desires allow them. Where their desires stop them from using their minds. There they make their desires their God and use their minds there. They don't use their intellect. Look, two places are used for intellect. One is used where you are getting immediate benefit. Another place is used where you are having to give instead of taking. So when it comes to taking, some people use their intellect a lot. Where you have to sacrifice to use your intellect, they don't use their intellect. Speaker 1 (10:57) Quran says that these people are foolish people. The reason is that we gave them our mind and our heart to think but they have made their desires their God. Allah says, see the one who has made his desires his own. Speaker 1 (11:19) Humanity has made desires as God, that's why where one should use their intellect, one should think in a neutral way. What is this? At one place, intellect is being used, at another place, it is not being used. There are two and two, there are four. This is known that six and six are not being accepted. Speaker 1 (11:38) 2 and 2 is 4, so what is 6 and 6? 12 is 6 and 6 is not 12. I can't give any opinion on this. Why can't you give any opinion? Because he will have to pay Rs. 12. Speaker 1 (11:52) So now see what humanity has done. All the heavenly books come to tell that there are two types of humans. One is those who think by being neutral. Speaker 1 (12:05) and secondly, those who use their intellect where their desires are being fulfilled. Where desires are not being fulfilled, they say, leave it. Speaker 1 (12:17) Do Allah has commanded the use of intellect in the Quran, whether the result is in our favour or in our opposition. Whether it is in our favour or in our opposition. For example, the Mushrikeen of Mecca would have left the worship of idols if they had used their intellect correctly. but to leave the worship of idols, the loss was that the relationship was breaking. It is not easy to walk against the culture. They used to say that we have come to follow our father and grandfather's religion. If we leave the worship of these stones, then we will be separated from our father and grandfather's religion. So obviously, a person has a desire to follow the culture, the religion of his father and grandfather. It was very difficult for them to sacrifice. Speaker 1 (13:10) Therefore, they did not use their intellect and if they did, they were wrong. Even today, people who worship idols and stones, what do they say in their arguments? They give the argument that we are not worshiping them, actually, worship is only of Allah. But we think that they are good people of Allah, so who is happy to bow down before them? Allah is happy. Get the logic out of somewhere. No, I think it's not possible. If you have to correct something, then you can do it. I often give an example. We were small children. Speaker 1 (13:52) So when we used to come from school, we used to get 5 rupees from somewhere. We know that we fell from his pocket. Speaker 1 (13:59) You must have done this in your childhood. Now he is saying, my money, we say we have found it from Allah's land. Where have we found it? You must have heard this, right? Where did we meet? Now you win the debate and show it. Speaker 1 (14:15) He is saying that you are from Allah's land, who are you from? Allah's land. Now you win the debate on this. Can anyone win? Speaker 1 (14:26) He will say, whoever has fallen, whose land have they got? Speaker 1 (14:33) Now you win the game. Can anyone make a decision? No. Speaker 1 (14:41) So, yes, a neutral person can make a decision between them. They can never make a decision between them. He will keep saying that these five rupees are mine, he will keep saying that I have received them from Allah's land, he will say that these five rupees are mine, he will say that whoever has them, where did I get them from? I have received them from Allah's land. And if they accept it, then they are yours. Speaker 1