Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

Link to Radio Islam podcast https://on.soundcloud.com/iAfXUFGrRR7CQtKTCb Auto-generated transcript: International renowned Islamic scholar, author and leadership consultant Sheikh Mirza Yawar Beg is visiting South Africa, bringing more than 35 years of experience in developing leaders and strengthening Muslim communities around the world. Well, he joins us now to discuss leadership and the challenges facing the Ummah and what it takes to build communities that thrive. Sheikh Beg, Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh and welcome to Radio Islam International. Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh. The fact that we disagree on everything and also that our manners of disagreement are atrocious. We seem...

Auto-generated transcript: You can understand the true Haqq of the Kitab of Allah, Jalla Jalaluhu. The truth is that it should be understood, acted upon, and lived by—not merely read, no matter how beautiful the Qira'at of the Qari is; not merely memorized, no matter how strong the Hifz of the Hafidh is; nor enough to write it in beautiful calligraphy. Even if you do not understand what you are looking at, these beautifully illuminated volumes provide an artistic delight just to see. This is not the Alhamdulillah. All of these things—reading for aesthetics, memorization for recitation, writing for...

Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah, it is a beautiful course. May Allah bless all those who designed it and ran it. Of course, Sheikh Bilal's many videos are wonderful; I was hearing him in my sleep whether you should call it a dream or a nightmare—I don't know whatever it got so good. I am so comfortable listening to his voice that I used to listen to him at twice the speed, which is one of the secrets of getting through the course fast. Did you do that as well? Yes, exactly. I can do it twice and understand everything. I li...

https://youtu.be/ogMfJMgmxwA Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. As-salatu wa s-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. I am standing on Derwent Beach. There is a very smart wind blowing right in my face. I am using this bike with a device, whatever it's called, a hairy head, which is supposed to cut the breeze; I hope it does. I apologize now. In the distance, the lights you see are ships. One seems to be the main thing on it. Probably a tanker, probably a cruise ship. The others are tankers or container ships that come to...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ash-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihati ma'mum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Huma waduh. My brothers and sisters, da'wah is agriculture. To think about this, to present Islam, is like agriculture. First, you prepare the land. You see what a farmer does. If you give the farmer the best seed possible, no farmer who knows farming will simply take the seed and plant it. First and foremost, he will prepare the land. Right? He will plow the land, and he will do...

Auto-generated transcript: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والحمد لله رب العالمين والسلامة على أشرف الأميين والمفسرين محمد رسول الله ﷺ صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليم الكثير. أما بعد، My brothers and sisters, in continuation of the reminders on da'wah and in continuation of what I said yesterday about using Qur'anic terminology and Arabic words instead of direct translations of them—for example, using Allah instead of God and using Rabb instead of Lord—and so on. Another mistake which is made by a lot of people is that they use the word "verse" instead of saying "ayah." Now, first of all, some people are of the opinion that it is not incorrect to use the word "verse," but irrespective of that, the difference between "verse" and "ayah" is enormous. A verse is a line of poetry; however, the Quran, first of all, is not a book of poetry. It's a book of signs. All...

Auto-generated transcript:If there is noisseurut or Sanat but desert, I will all perish in truly intrinsic and so it is for him to say, both the Prophet and all the gooderas, maybe from which the administration decides to turn around towards him it's insidious difference. point number six is to use Quranic terminology. The recite Quran then translate. Learn to recite well according to the truth as we, the rules of the truth and don't make mistakes. [PAUSE] And this is very important. What I find a lot of people doing is that instead of reciting Quran, [PAUSE] they...

Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim, al-hamdulillah, Rabb il-'alamin, wa salat wa salam ala ashraf al-anbiya'i wal-mursalin, Muhammadur Rasulullah, insha'Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa alihi wa sallam. My brothers and sisters, in sales training we teach people that there are different ways of selling different things. For example, if you are selling products — if you are selling, for example, cars — how will you sell a car? The best way to sell a car is to give the person a test drive. Let them drive the car and see it for themselves, see how it feels. If you are selling holidays, how would you...

Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim al-hamdulillah, he Rabbi l-Alamin. Wa sallam wa sallam a'ala, ash-shara fi lam-vye wa l-wursalin. Muhammadu Rasulullah, insallAllah allih, he wa alaihi wa sallam, he wa sallam. Just leave and kassir and kassir. Afamab ad-umabratun sistus. We continue with our series on dhava and the right way of doing dhava in shā'a Llāh, we ask Allah SWT to help us to do the dhāvata wa sallam in a way that is helpful and beneficial and which results in presenting islam correctly and accurately in the most beautiful way possible for the whole of the...

https://youtu.be/C-y4j5BtyPY Auto-generated transcript: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to God, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the Prophet and the messengers, Muhammad ﷺ and the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him and his family. Peace be upon you all. My brothers and sisters, you can judge a civilization, you can judge a nation by their role models, by their icons, by people who they look up to. So, if you ask this question today and sa...

https://youtu.be/51vnmlgMm1s Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm, Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil 'Alāmīn, wa salātu wa salāmu 'alā ash-sharafī al-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ﷺ, tasliman kathīran kathīran. From my brothers and sisters, I have a formula that I call my formula for da'wah. And the formula is, Iqra, Qum, Qum. Now, I'll tell you, in a minute I'll tell you why I say that. And before we go further, I want you to reflect on this issue of da'wah, of inviting towards Islam. And feel the honor of the respons...

https://youtu.be/peLIveXCaG8 Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah Rabbil 'Aalameen, wa salatu wasalamu ala ashrafil anbiya'i wal mursalin. Muhammadun Rasulullah ﷺ, tasliman kasiran kasiran. My brothers and sisters, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent us into this world with this beautiful religion called Islam. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave us the responsibility of not keeping this goodness to ourselves, but to share it with others. This is the nature of the human being. If you observe people's behavior—normal people, I'm not talking about those putting on a show—if they have anything good, they like to share it. Whether it's a good i...

https://youtu.be/pKfD254eVuU Auto-generated transcript: From my father, my brother, and sister, alhamdulillah, we have today people who are interested in da'wah, and we want to learn how to do da'wah, da'wah al-Islam. We want to learn how to present Islam to people. The best way to learn and the best source of that learning is the blessed life of Rasulullah ﷺ. So let us reflect on that. How did the Nabi عليه السلام invite people to Islam? Did he have debates with them? Did he argue with them? Did he have conferences? Did he have meetings? Did he give big bans? Or wha...

https://youtu.be/StqcX95aMRo Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil-'Alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasleeman kathiran kathira. Wa ma ba'du, my brothers and sisters, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Qul seeru fil ardi fanzuru kaifa bada al-khalqa. Allah said, go and tour in the land. Travel in the land and see how we have created our creation. Kaifa bada al-khalqa, how we started creation. How we created the creatures of this world. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Inna fee khalqis samawati wal-ardh, wa ikhtilafan layli wal-nahar, la ayaatin li ul...

https://youtu.be/wvsQjUAxKIM Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah, Rabbil-'Alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ash-shaytani al-anbiya wal-mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ wa ala alihi wa sahbihi sallam. Tasliman kaseeran kaseeran. My brothers and sisters, I am near, not in yet. Tomorrow, inshallah, early morning, 5 a.m., we'll go into the park, but very near Kruger National Park in South Africa. What you are seeing there on the, there's actually a water hazard for the golf course; I'm on a golf course, and that's an Egyptian goose which is swimming along in that water. It's very interesting. And tomorrow morning, we, inshallah, go into the park an...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil-'Alameen. Wa salātu wa salāmu 'alā ash-sharafi al-anbiyā' wa al-mursaleen, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ﷺ, wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihi ṣallam. Tasleeman takhtirun kathira. I'm Abadu, my brothers and sisters. The ultimate reason that people like to accumulate or want to accumulate wealth, the final, ultimate reason, the biggest thrill, the greatest, you know, reason is to become powerful. How to have a life of power and influence. So money by itself, supposing somebody has, you know, a trillion dollars, but he's sitting in jail. What's that title called? Sup...

https://youtu.be/bMX-S26e2xg Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah, Rabbil-'Alameen, wa salatu wa salamu ala al-sharafi al-anbiya wa al-mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ wa sallam, taslima al-taslima al-taslima. I'm doing this reminder, Khatira, at 30,000 feet, flying in an Ethiopian Airways 777, one of my favorite planes, and below me is this absolute carpet of clouds. We are heading towards the southern hemisphere, towards Johannesburg in South Africa, and this is kind of rainy season here. Leaving Addis Ababa, the temperature was around, I think, about 10 or 11 degrees Celsius. Johannesburg, by the time we land, will be probably about 2 or 3, so it's fairly cold. Of...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alḥamdulil-lāhi Rabbil-'Ālamīn. Wa salātu wa salāmu 'alā ash-sharafi al-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadin Rasūlallāh ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihī wa sallam. Tasleeman kathīran kathīra, khamma ba'duh. Now, brothers and sisters, we are talking about the issue of belief, *Imān bil-Ghaib*, belief in the Akhīrah, and how that is the fundamental principle of Islam, and how that is essential. And the safety in that is that as long as we believe, then not only does Allah subḥanahu wa ta'ālā give us the...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alḥamdulilāhi Rabbil-ʿĀlamīn. Wa salātu wa salāmu ʿalā ash-sharafi al-anbiyāʾi wal-mursalīn. Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa ʿalā ālihi wa sallam. We were talking about the fundamental principle in Islam, which is Iman bil-Ghaib—the belief in the unperceivable. And we believe not because we have seen, nor because we have experienced, but because we believe the word of Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam. Now, if you see Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam himself, his own mission was powered by his belief. By his...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil-'Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasleeman kathiran kathira. Faham abadu. My brothers and sisters, yesterday we talked about, no, not here, in another place, anyway. Our deen is based on Imaan bil-Ghaib. Right? Imaan bil-Ghaib. How do you understand Ghaib? Al-Ghaib usually is translated as unseen. If you read in the English translations, Ghaib is unseen. Urdu by Ghaib is Ghaib, but in English it is translated as unseen. But unseen is not Ghaib. Because something may not be...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ash-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ, sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasheebun kathirun kathirah, Huma baadu. My brothers and sisters, one of the modern illnesses—by "modern" I don't mean that it wasn't there in the past; it must have been there—but to the extent it is now, almost in epidemic proportions—is the illness of anxiety. People becoming anxious, and the opposite of anxiety is depression, so it's one of the two. Depression and anxiety has become extremely common, and very debilitating, very des...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alḥamdulilāhi Rabbil-'Ālamīn. Wa salātu wa salāmum 'alā al-sharafi al-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadin Rasūlallāh ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Taslīman kāseran kāseran. Ma'ma ba'du. My brothers and sisters, I was thinking the Imam, may Allah bless him, recited the second āyah from Surah Az-Zariyāt. And especially this āyah which most of us know or should know, where Allah subḥāna wa ta'ālā mentioned the purpose of our creation: وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُون (wa mā khalaqtul-jinnati wal-insi illā liya'budūn). He said, "I have not created the jinn and the humans for anything oth...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil-'Alameen. Wa salātu wa salāmum 'alā ashrafil anbiyā' wal mursalin. Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ṣallallahu 'alayhi wa 'ala alihi wa sahbihis-salam. Tasliman kathīran kathīran. My brothers and sisters, today one of the most dominant phenomena in the world is social media. And if you think about it, the simplest description of social media is a place where people voluntarily share information about themselves—ranging from opinions to the most intimate personal details—of themselves and their lives. Literally, from minute to minute, moment to moment. This informat...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil-'Alameen. Wa salātu wa salāmum 'alā ash-sharafi al-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadin Rasūlallāh sallallāhu 'alayhi wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathīran kathīrān. Muhammadu, my brothers and sisters, Imam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullāh ta'ālā, he is reported to have said that there is nothing which is a more powerful cure for a troubled heart and mind than the recitation of the Qur'an. There is nothing which is a more powerful cure for the troubled heart and mind than the recitation of the...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alḥamdulilāhi Rabbil-'Alāmīn. Wa salātu wa salāmu 'alā ashrafil-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn. Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihī wa sallam. Tasliman kathīran kathīrān. Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa sallam. My brothers and sisters, we are on our subject of approaching the Qur'ān al-Karīm in the way that Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa sallam taught us to approach the Kalam of Allāh subḥānahū wa ta'ālā. And as I mentioned to you, I remind myself on you tha...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-'Alāmīn. As-salātu was-salāmu 'ala ash-sharafi al-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn. Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa 'alā 'ālīhi wa saḥbihī wa sallam. Taslīman kathīran kathirahum 'abaduh. My brothers and sisters, we are talking about the importance of the Qur'ān al-Karīm, which Allāh subḥānahū wa ta'ālā blessed us with and revealed to us. We are talking about the importance of understanding the importance of the Qur'ān, of loving the Qur'ān. And loving the Qur'ān is not just some tho...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil-'Alameen. Wa salātu wa salāmu 'alā ashrafil-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadin Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihī wa sallam. Tasliman kathīran kathīrān. Wa amma ba'du, my brothers and sisters, we continue with our discussion on free thinking in the Qur'an. And I remind myself and you that the Kalam of Allah Jalla Jalaluhu is, Alhamdulillah, it is easy to understand. It is something which Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala revealed which is clear. It is not mysterious. It is not something that require...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wasalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Amma ba'du. My brothers and sisters, we were talking about the importance of studying Islam systematically. Not randomly. Not on the basis of our own understanding of the Kalam of Allah. The Kalam of Allah was sent, and with the Kalam was sent a teacher: Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ. And this was done for a group of people for whom the Quran came in their own language. They were the linguists of the time. If ther...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil-'Alameen. Wasalatu wassalamu ala sharifil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ, sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Taslimun kathirun kathiruhum abaduh. My brothers and sisters, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent His Kitab, and He sent His Rasool, ﷺ, and He said about this: لَقَدْ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ بَعَثَ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ يَتْلُو عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِهِ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَإِنْ كَانُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ (Quran 16:124). Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, which means, "Verily, We have blessed the believers by sending among them a Messenger from themselves." And the job of the Rasul is so that he can recite to them our ayat and purify them and teach them our book, the Kitab, and teach them hikmah, wisdom. And Allah said, and truly before that, they had been grossly misguided. I remind myself and you that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, when He sent the Quran, He also sent a teacher for that Qura...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil-'Alameen. Wasalatu was-salamu ala achrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ, sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasleemun tasleemun. Qamma abadu. My brothers and sisters, in the West, they do this with Christian funerals, but they also do it with Muslim funerals. Which is that, before they bury the body, somebody will say something about the person who died. And that's called a eulogy. They make a speech and they talk about this person and they say what a good person he was and all his fadail and you kn...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil-'Alameen. Was-salatu was-salamu 'ala ashrafil-anbiya'i wal-mursalin. Muhammadur-Rasulullahi sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi salam. Tasliman kathiran kathiran. And after that, brothers and sisters, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala commanded us to make dua to Him. And He promised to fulfill our dua. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, "Ud'uuni astajibu lakum." Allah said, ask Me, I will give you. In Arabic grammar, "Ud'uuni" is a command. It's an amr. So when Allah is saying, "ask Me," this is a command of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And that is the reason why Rasoolullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wa salātu wa salāmu ala ashrafil anbiyā' wal mursalīn. Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh sallallāhu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahībuhum sallam. Tasliman kathīran kathīran. Hamd ba'du wa abradu. Alhamdulillah. Today we are fasting for the, on Yawm al-Ashrā. And Nabi Sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam said, the one who fasts on this day, Allah will forgive the sins of one year. And this refers to the minor sins. We ask Allah to save us from all sins. All major sins have to be...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursalineen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Muhammadu Fadhu, my brothers and sisters, I remind myself and you of the connection between belief and action. Iman and Amal. In the Qur'an al-Karim, everywhere that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned Iman, He connected it with Amal al-Saleh, with good deeds. Everywhere, Iman wa Amal al-Saleh. This is the connection throughout our life. We believe in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And this is what Islam is. Islam is to return to...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil-'Alameen. Wa salātu wa salāmum 'alā ash-sharafi al-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadin Rasūlullāh ﷺ, wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihī sallam. Tasliman kathīran kathīran fa mubādā'. My brothers and sisters, I mention to you and remind myself that we are all the creatures of Allah subḥānahū wa ta'ālā. We are all the slaves of Allah subḥānahū wa ta'ālā. Whether we accept it or not. If we accept it, then we are obedient slaves. If we don't accept it, we are disobedient slaves. But the pos...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wasalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kaseeran kaseera. Amma baduhu, my brothers and sisters, there was a friend of mine who was an instructor pilot in the Air Force. So he used to teach fighter pilots. And he said to me once that, I asked him, what happens, what do you do when you get into a problem and now it looks like you are definitely going to crash? So do you just bail out or what do you do...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wasalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Fahamabadu, my brothers and sisters. Alhamdulillah, yesterday we prayed the janazah for our brother and friend and elder, Mahfuz Bhai, Mahfuz Ahmad sahib. May Allah grant you a janazah for your friend without any doubt, insha'Allah. The key thing to understand, which I remind myself of in you, is that this day will come for every single one of us. And there is no guarantee about when that will come. It's no...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ash-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. My brothers and sisters, we were talking about the fact that Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, rahmatullahi wa ta'ala, said that every human being is a slave. He is either a slave of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Jalla Jalaluhu, or he is a slave of his own desires, of his own nafs. And we know about the nafs. Yusufalayhis-salam, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned this in Surah Yusuf. Yusufalayhis-salam said about himself: "Inna an-nafsa la-ammaratun bil-su'i il...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil'alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ishrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah. Sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahibu sallam. Taslimun kathir al-kathira. Fama ba'du. My brother and sister, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said in Surah Al-Anbiya: "Wa izta'azzana rabbukum la in shakartum la azidannakum wa la in kafartum inna azabila shadid." Allah said, which means, your Lord has announced that the one who is grateful for My blessings, I will increase those for him. And the one who is ungrateful, let him beware of My punishment, which is severe. Imam Jalaluddin Rumi, rahmatullah alayhi, he said that...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. Was-salatu was-salamu ala ash-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammadin Rasoolullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Fahim abadu. My brothers and sisters, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created us for a purpose, and He told us that purpose. And He said, "Wa maa khalaqtul-jinnah wal-insana illa liya'budu." He said, I have not created the jinn and the human beings for anything other than my worship. Liya'budu, ba maani ya'rifu: Allah's worship, and to know Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. This is our purpose. This is why we exist. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala pr...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alḥamdulilāhi Rabbil-'Alameen. Wa salātu wa salāmum 'alā ash-shirāfi al-amiyyay wa al-mursaleen, Muḥammadin Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa 'alā ālihi wa sallam. Tasleeman kathīran kathīran. Qur'ān, ba'du. My brothers and sisters, Allāh subḥānahu wa ta'ālā, in the first or second āyah of Surah Al-Ankabūt, Allāh subḥānahu wa ta'ālā said: *Ahasibannas ann yutrakuka an yakuna amanna wa hum la yufṭanun*. Allāh subḥānahu wa ta'ālā is challenging us. He asks, "Do you think humans will be left alone if they say, 'We...