Who lied to you about Allah?

Who Lied to You About Allah?

Allah says: "Yā ayyuhal insān" — He doesn't say "all people." He says "O human being." It's like He's taken you alone to talk to you, just by yourself. And He asks a question to every human being who hears this — Muslim, non-Muslim:

What deceived you? Who fooled you about your generous Lord? Who made you think that Allah was not generous? Who made you think that Allah was not merciful?

A Phone Call That Happens Every Week

Yesterday I was on the phone with a Muslim woman — a Muslim girl — who wanted to leave Islam. And I'm telling you this: I have these phone calls every week. You don't know these people.

Why does she want to leave Islam? Somebody told her that if she misses one salah, she is a disbeliever. And somebody told her that Allah will not accept her repentance unless she's sincere — and she doesn't know whether she's sincere or not. So she stopped praying salah.

She missed one salah and she said: "Finish. I'm a disbeliever. I have to say my shahada again." This fringe opinion — which was not held by the vast majority of scholars throughout Islamic history — was pushed on her. She was guilted into feeling she's not a Muslim anymore because she missed one salah, because she slept through one salah.

She says: "Now I'm finished. What's the point? Why would I believe in a Lord who creates such a difficult religion to follow, and then wants to torture me for it?"

This is what she said.

The Answer in One Verse

And I just recited this verse for her, and she began to cry.

Allah says: O human being, who fooled you? Who deceived you? Who lied to you — that Allah was not generous? He is Al-Kareem — the Most Generous. He is Most Giving, Most Merciful, Most Forgiving. You come to Him sincerely, He will accept you.

What made you go so far from Allah that you thought there was no going back to Him?

The Man Who Killed 99 — Then 100

That man who killed 99 people — why did he go and kill the 100th person? Because he met a scholar who told him: "Allah is not going to forgive you." And so he went and killed the 100th as well — because why not?