On 'not being worthy', achieving your complete potential, Surah Shams, don't be wasteful.
Channel: Irfa'a
Date: 20/05/2022

In this short talk Sh. Ifra'ah covers major points she often hears from many people - the concept of not being worthy of honours God bestows or wants to bestow. 
Referenced are one of the words in the Quran qualified by the phrase 'Allah does not love' - that of wastefulness or extravagance. Shaikha highlights these verses to show that the creation of each person is a thing done with purpose, a Divine unique purpose and explains how it cannot be in vain. To do something in vain is extravagance/wastefulness and God has already said that He does not love that.

The paired ayat that are referenced are:
۞ يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُوا۟ زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
O the people of Adam, take your adornment (when) in every place of worship and eat and drink but do not waste, verily He does not love the wasteful/extravagant. 7:31

۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَ جَنَّـٰتٍ مَّعْرُوشَـٰتٍ وَغَيْرَ مَعْرُوشَـٰتٍ وَٱلنَّخْلَ وَٱلزَّرْعَ مُخْتَلِفًا أُكُلُهُۥ وَٱلزَّيْتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَـٰبِهًا وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَـٰبِهٍ ۚ كُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثْمَرَ وَءَاتُوا۟ حَقَّهُۥ يَوْمَ حَصَادِهِۦ ۖ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
And he is the one who produces gardens with vines and without vines (trellised or untrellised, therefore meaning organized or unorganized), date palm and crops of diverse taste, and the olive and the pomegranate, similar and dissimilar, eat from its fruits, when it bears fruit give out its right (distribute some of it in charity) on the day of harvest. And do not waste, verily he does not love the wasteful/extravagant. 6:141.

These are paired as the phrase 'innahu la yuhibbu al musrifeen' only comes twice in the Quran. Please see Shaikha's other talks on pairing:
https://youtu.be/Aw62h58nsAg

And more about pairing is found in the Cosmology book now published - Original Revelations from the Knowledge of the Cosmos:
https://tinyurl.com/srbzz4at
https://tinyurl.com/vnn6anht

The way the Universe is always working to guide you - tuning into your dhikr and harmonizing yourself with nature. Tafseer of half of Surah Shams.