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Dr. Ali Ataie delivers a Khutbah giving spiritual insights about the rational and trans-historical relevance of "Abraham's monologue" in Surah 26, verses 75-89. These verses are the strongest theological evidence that explain the Islamic belief.
From Sura Surah Ash-Shu'ara:
- (26:75) Thereupon, Abraham said: "Have you seen (with your eyes) those whom you have been worshipping
- (26:76) you and your forefathers of yore?
- (26:77) They are all enemies to me; all, except the Lord of the Universe
- 26:78) Who created me and Who guides me;
- (26:79) Who gives me food and drink,
- (26:80) and Who, when I am ill, heals me;
- (26:81) Who will cause me to die and then will again restore me to life;
- (26:82) Who, I hope, will forgive me my sins on the Day of Judgement."
- (26:83) (And then Abraham prayed): "My Lord, endow me with knowledge and wisdom60 and join me with the righteous,61 (26:84) and grant me an honorable reputation among posterity,
- (26:85) and make me of those who will inherit the Garden of Bliss,
- (26:86) and forgive my father for he is among those who strayed,
- (26:87) and disgrace me not on the Day when people will be raised to life,
- (26:88) the Day when nothing will avail, neither wealth nor offspring,
- (26:89) but only he that brings to Allah a sound heart will (attain to success)."
This Friday sermon was delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on July 9, 2021.
Ustadh Ali Ataie
Ustadh Ali Ataie is one of the foremost leading scholars in comparative religions today. He is currently a teacher and researcher of the Islamic Sciences and specializes in theology and biblical interpretation. Additionally he is also the President and Founder of Muslim Interfaith Council and he has been heavily involved in interfaith activities for the past 15 years.
He earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting from Cal Poly State University in 2000, during which time he served as the President of the Muslim Students’ Association. He has been both a guest lecturer and guest instructor at several colleges and universities such as Cal Poly State , UC Davis , UC Berkeley, and Cal State East Bay.
He studied various Islamic sciences under local Bay Area scholars and has dialogued and debated with several Christian scholars on a variety of topics ranging from the historicity of the resurrection of Christ (upon whom be peace) and the Prophethood of Muhammad (upon whom be peace and blessings).
He is a graduate of the Badr Arabic Language Institute in Hadramawt, Yemen and studied at the prestigious Dar al-Mustafa under some of the most eminent scholars in the world. He holds a Masters’ Degree in Biblical Studies from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, (the first Muslim seminarian in the 143 year history of the school to do so), and is working on a PhD in Islamic Biblical Hermeneutics.
Muslim and Christian interfaith leaders conclude that both groups of believers agree on the follow-
ing statements about Prophet Abraham
(‘alayhi as-salam): (1) We find our theological foundations in him; (2) Abraham provides an example for us to worship the One God; (3) We recognize that God sent him to be a blessing for all people; (4) We are related to all faith communities, but have a closer relationship with each other through Abraham. We believe in his fatherhood; (5) Abraham obeyed God and was His prophet, friend and righteous servant;
(6) We share common Abrahamic narratives that include Isaac, Ishmael, Sarah and Hagar. The outline of the story is more or less the same; (7) We see Abraham as a model of how to walk in God’s ways; (8) In his compassion we find a great example for our relationship with all human beings; (9) Our traditions give prominence to both of Abraham’s sons, Isaac and Ishmael, and both of them received God’s blessings; (10) God tested Abraham by telling him to offer his son, and his response shows his ultimate submission; (11) Abraham’s life is an example of faith and submission; and (12) We recognize that we share him with the Jewish community.
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