Darul Qasim Sunday Tafseer

28:1-6. In this session, Shaykh Amin presents an introduction to Surah Al-Qasas. Where the preceding surah, Al-Naml, deals with the affairs of Sulayman (AS), a nabi who was privileged with dominion over man, beast and jinn, Surah Al-Qasas deals with the challenges of Musa (AS). Musa (AS) is the underprivileged Nabi who struggles with leading his tribes, a difficult and irreverent people, out of the clutches of Fir'aun. The Shaykh reiterates the wisdom behind our lack of undertanding of the harf al-muqatta'aat, the broken letters that begin certain chapters, of which Al-Qasas is one. Submission to the will of the Divine lies in the paradaox of the eloquent Arab who is able to comprehend compound words constructed with letters, yet is confounded by the meanings of the letters themselves when they are placed in Divine order. This is a mu'jizah of Allah (S).