Al-Hajj 64: To Allah belong all the things in the heavens and the earth. And certainly, Allah, only Allah, is Ghaniyy (Bounteous and Richest) and Hameed (Most Worthy of being praised).

Surah Al-Hajj, verse 64. Whatever is in the heavens and on earth is His. I mean, it's Allah Almighty's. Truly Allah, He alone, is rich. Worthy of praise, praiseworthy, He says.

Whatever is in the heavens and on earth is His. It's coming. We'll explain it, open it up. Truly Allah — here He emphasizes it, I mean, strengthens it. Truly Allah, He alone, He says. He alone. I mean, His divine Self is rich. Worthy of praise. Now Allah Almighty is the Creator. He brings into being from nothing.

All created things, every one of them, all besides Allah, are in need of Allah.

In need of Allah.

Again, Allah alone is the Creator. All created things together cannot create even an atom. From this we understand that the earth and the heavens and what is between them, only — since there is no other god besides Allah — are our Lord's creations. And as the Creator, just as He needs nothing, Allah Almighty — the heavens and the earth and what is between them have known the dhikr of their Lord, according to that verse, let's prove this, then we'll move on to the second verse: every soul shall taste death; the inheritance of the heavens and the earth will remain to Allah — we'll move on to that verse.

In the first verse, what did we say? The heavens and the earth and what is between them have known the dhikr of their Lord. This verse's first meaning symbolizes tawhid: la ilaha illallah, it symbolizes that there is no god besides Allah. If someone says prove it, the proof is like this: all that is created, whatever is magnetic or anti-magnetic, all of it — in their atoms there are plus and minus, neutrons, I mean, varieties exist, electrodes exist; as these spin on their own axes, they make a sound. Even if we don't hear it, it makes a sound. With this sound, Allah Almighty has His Self remembered.

Has it remembered. This — why does Allah Almighty do this, why does He have it remembered? Think of it this way. A factory makes a product. It goes and gets its patent.

No one but that factory can make it. If someone does, they get punished. Allah Almighty too — everything He created, from the atom to the globe, whatever exists — by having it remember His Self, He symbolizes that besides Him there is no other god.

Along with this, in His second verse too, what does He say?

Every soul shall taste death; the inheritance of the heavens and the earth will remain to Allah. I mean, in a verse He says this: Or do you own an atom of your world? If that were so, you would be given nothing from your world, not even the (?) of a seed, He says. Not even as much as the seed of a (?), nothing from your world would be given. I mean, if you were able to create an atom in the world, you'd be able to create the other atoms too, you wouldn't need Me, and I wouldn't give you anything from the world; your own needs you'd meet yourself, He says. So since man has no power to create, he was created in need of Allah Almighty — not only man but the whole universe. In this case, since Allah is the Creator, all His creations are His; Allah Almighty has given the beings He created to people as a trust.

People are the trustees of what Allah Almighty created. What happens when they die? The inheritance again remains to Allah. The inheritance is Allah's. Man doesn't even own his own body. His body too, by Allah Almighty given to people, is a trust. When the time comes, the divine decree comes to pass. And to the person, from the body — according to His verse "every soul shall taste death; to Me is your return" — since spirit, nafs and life are one, as the body from the spirit, I mean the spirit from the body, departs, it tastes death; and since for spirit, nafs and life there is no death, it journeys in the hereafter.

It returns to the world of barzakh it came from. Then what happens? Then when the Hour comes, Allah Almighty resurrects our bodies again in the hereafter. Together with our spirits, in the divine presence, our bodies bear witness about us, and finally, as a result of that testimony — according to the verse "We bring you to life twice and cause you to die twice" — the bodies are there again a second time. Spirit, nafs and life, through the deeds they did, have earned either reward or sin. If reward, to paradise; if sin, to hell.

Yes. Paradise and hell are everlasting.

In the verse: whatever is in the heavens, in the heavens and on earth, is His. We've understood this word now, I suppose. Now we come to: Truly Allah, He alone, is rich, worthy of praise. If the Creator, the Creator, needs nothing, whatever He (?), We only say to it "kun", that is, "be", and it comes to be. But pay attention. Not with sound and letters. Then how? With His knowledge. In time, since Allah Almighty brings into being from nothing, He creates. In this case, if Allah Almighty created everything from the atom to the globe, then these created things are Allah's; only Allah is rich. We have nothing.

We too are in need of Him. What does this resemble? Since it's said the world is the likeness and shadow of the hereafter: in the old days there were village aghas, you know. Two villages, three villages work for the agha. The villagers there are the agha's servants; the agha gives, they eat. We don't work for that agha, but to know that agha, for our own interests, so that in the realm of the hereafter from our Lord, because we know Him, we may have beautiful places, we worship Him in this world.

How beautiful. Mutual. Those people working in the village eat and drink from the agha. (?). Their clothes all come from the agha. The agha takes care of their needs. What does he do? He meets their needs in the world. Well, Allah Almighty (?) both gives us our world and in the hereafter has prepared for us our places of endless pleasure and delight and grants them to us.

And still (?). Yes. We said it as an example.

Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, and what is between the two, is Allah's. Because Allah is the Creator who brings into being from nothing. Whatever has been created is Allah's. Having explained it, we now read our commentary. Let's see what we've written.

Since what Allah has given to people as a trust — children and family, goods and property — are also Allah's creations, all of these are Allah's too. Every soul shall taste death. The inheritance of the heavens and the earth and what is between the two will remain to Allah. Allah is immortal. Without beginning and without end, everlasting. Because besides Him there is no god and no creator. So the truly rich, the owner of existence, is Allah. Otherwise, people acquiring goods and property from Allah's creations, being occupied with them in the passing, transient world, saying "mine" and, trusting in their wealth, saying "I'm rich" — this only resembles handing a trustee a treasure.

If you hand this trustee the responsibility for the treasure until a certain time, and then ask this trustee, whose treasure is this? — since the treasure was entrusted to no one but him, this person says the treasure is mine. Yet this treasure was entrusted to that person; when the time comes, by its owner this treasure will be taken from him. So even if you own such a treasure, O man, in the world of possession, the goods and property Allah bestows on people are for us a trust. Don't be deceived by these goods and property and turn your back on Allah; don't value Allah's creations and abandon Allah.

Because the poor need the rich, and the truly rich is Allah; since all created things are poor and needy, they are in need of Allah. Today we see a person, with Allah's creations, instead of leaning his back on Allah, leaning it on what Allah created, turning his back on Allah. In pleasure and delight, outside Allah's commands, after his own lustful feelings running, (?),

taking as witnesses his surroundings, himself, and Allah Almighty, by pushing Allah's limits, for their place in the hereafter, for a moment's whim of the nafs in the world, they buy the punishment of hell.

Only Allah is worthy of praise. However much we praise Allah, neither is our tongue sufficient nor can we praise Allah as He deserves. Why? Because we, however well we know Allah, cannot fit Allah into our minds.

What does fitting Allah into our minds mean? It means grasping His entire state. Do we have knowledge of creating? No. He created these worlds, eighteen thousand, seventeen thousand worlds; do we know why He created them? No. Our tongue and our knowledge are not sufficient to praise Allah. Shall we not praise at all? We'll only submit to Allah.

Yes. We will praise. How will we praise?

Look how we'll praise. When the Prophet ascended on the Mi'raj and began to praise Allah Almighty, your praise, He says, your praise has become like your rebellious ummah, He says. At that moment, between my lips, whiter than snow, sweeter than sugar, a (?) came, he says. These words poured from my lips: I cannot praise Your Self as You praise Your Self. He knows Himself. Of course His praising Himself, His extolling Himself — that none of His created beings can praise Him — let's not say fully — perhaps even a tenth as much; since Allah Almighty knows His Self fully, He Himself is fully worthy of praise, and by Himself it is, well, completed without any lack.

So our minds are not sufficient to praise Him. Only to submit. He is our Lord. He is the one who created us. As far as our minds can reach, by the commands He sent us, that is, the sharia rulings — binding ourselves by them, what will we do? By carrying out our Lord's command, we will watch for His mercy.

Yes.

However much we praise Allah, our tongue is sufficient. Nor can we praise Allah as He deserves. The Prophet (peace be upon him), when he ascended on the Mi'raj, praises Allah in Allah's presence. When Allah Almighty says, this praise of yours is like the praise of some of My rebellious servants, between the lips of the Prophet (peace be upon him), whiter than snow, sweeter than sugar, a (?) comes, and from the lips of the Prophet (peace be upon him) these words pour: I cannot praise Your Self; You are as You praise Your Self. So we too, however much we praise Allah — the way He knows His Self and praises His Self — we cannot praise Allah as is due.

So the only one worthy of praise is Allah. There is no god but Him. He is One. In His dominion He is absolutely powerful and sovereign. Yes.