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Jum'ah khutba - Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad - Cambridge - 2nd November 2012 -35mins01secs"We shall recite unto you the most beautiful ofstories in that of whichWe have revealed inthis Qur'an, something of which you were hitherto of those that who do not know"
Surah Yusuf verse 3
The Sheikh begins the khutba with the above verse from Surah Yusuf.One of the reasons why the Qur'an refers to this as the 'greateststory' is that it is so fecund in terms of messages and meanings forus to reflect on. Not for the first time, the Sheikh focuses on theSurah, this time looking at its take on the states of consciousnessand dreams.
Throughout the khutba the Sheikh looks at the various dreams within the Surah: the stars and moon bowing to Yusuf (upon him be peace), thedreams of the two men who share a prison cell with the prophet andPharoah's dreams of seven fat and seven lean cows. Other episodes inthe Surah such as the encounter of the brothers with Jacob (upon himbe peace) and Yusuf with the Master's wife are also touched upon.Whilst looking at the individual lessons to be learned the Sheikhnotes that the common element linking them all together is the ideathat there is are alternative higher realities in existence beyondwhat is empirical.
The Sheikh in his inimitable style then goes on to explore the higher vistas of consciousness visited by the purified soul in an expositioncovering amongst other things love, beauty, time and astrophysics.
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Photograph above taken in the Selimiye Mosque, Edirne, by the CKETC team
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