 Allah says, has not the time come for the believers. So Allah Ta'ala here isn't addressing those who reject faith. He's not rejecting those who are ignorant of the faith altogether. He's addressing those who proclaim and profess the faith. And then yet we live in the Amen. Has not the time come for those who believe. And taqsh'a qulubuh li dhikli laa. That their hearts are humbled with the remembrance of Allah. O laa yuqoonu kalladi mu'utu qi'ada man qabi. And they're not like those who were given the scripture previously, prior to them. The earlier communities given the scripture. And the time between they're receiving the message, the arrival of the coming of their messenger. And the time that they live in qulubuh. Wa qas'a qulubuh. And their hearts became hard. Wa kathiyuhu min hufasakuh. And many of them became morally bankrupt. Early moon. You should know. And laa allah lixli al-hardab ba'ala namtiha. That Allah revives the earth after it's death. Wa qadabayyanna laakumu l-ayati laa. And we've made our signs clear to you. That perhaps you will use your intellect. That perhaps you will be reasonable. So Allah is telling us that the time between we're inspired with this religion, either as a community, the beginning of the community. Or someone who converts. Many converts come into the religion. And they're filled with fervor. And they're passionate. And the hearts are enlivened by the message. And then as the years go by, they start to cool off. And sometimes the heart becomes hard. Or they only as a general characteristic, the hearts become hard. And then the hearts are hard. And the light of truth becomes dim. And the power of the scripture loses its force in the hearts. And sheytan begins to take advantage of that darkness. And their moral fiber begins to be corrupted. They start dressing in ways they didn't dress. They start talking in ways they didn't talk. They start acting in ways they didn't act. But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala He doesn't leave us in that state. He reminds us, you should know that Allah revives the earth after his death. This is a metaphor. The earth are those hardened hearts. And the rain that revives the earth is the remembrance of Allah. As you mentioned in the first verse. And taqshiaa qulubuhum bi dhikli inna. They are learned in Allah. You should know that Allah revives the earth after his death. Allah revives the earth. What happens when the rain comes through the earth? Before the vegetation appears. We see this here in California where the rain is seasonal. So the rain stops around this time. And then after May and June and July, August, September, the earth is as hard as this minbar, as this minbar. And then the rain comes, and what happens, the earth becomes soft. And then the vegetation comes. And our hearts, when we fill our hearts with the remembrance of Allah, the heart is the heart that has become soft. And then the vegetation comes. The hearts become alive again. And the fruits, the vegetation, the fruits of worship, the fruits of piety, the fruits of consideration, the fruits of ifar, giving preference to others, the fruits of humility start to emanate from the heart. And Allah says He makes His science clear that perhaps we will be reasonable. May Allah revive our hearts. And He's given us the month of Ramadan where the remembrance of Allah rains down upon the heart like no other time. It rains down with the Quran, both reciting it, meeting it, pondering its meanings. The Quran is adhikr, adhikr al-Hakeem. It's adhikr. The Quran is adhikr, adhikr al-Takhsh'a, adhikr al-Kumubu, adhikr al-Lah. And the adhikr al-Litani, the al-Rab, the supplications are adhikr. And the reward for them is multiplied in Ramadan. And they come down upon our hearts. Remembering the favors of Allah is adhikr. So when our hearts are softened, we're humbled. And we're humbled, we can appreciate the blessings of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. Wa fkuroo ni'amata Allahi alaikum. This is adhikr. Wa fkuroo ni'amata Allahi alaikum. Remember the blessing of Allah. One of those great blessings mentioned immediately after this phrase, wa fkuroo ni'amata Allahi alaikum. If you are an enemy, fa'allafa binu qalubikum. Fa'asbahtum bini'amatihi akhwana. Fa'asbahtum bini'amatihi akhwana. The great blessing of brotherhood, the great blessing of sisterhood, that's when our hearts become hard, that's lost. Stories of Muslims being mean and debasing other Muslims, ridiculing other Muslims, speaking sarcastically to other Muslims, dismissing other Muslims. This is not the way of brotherhood, nor sisterhood. One of the curses is the remembrance of Allah to soften the hearts because the hard heart, the hard heart is an arrogant heart. The hard heart is a conceited heart. The hard heart is a dismissive heart. A hard heart is a heart that's closer to the way of Shaitan than to the way of Islam. If a Muslim believes that our Muslim in the Hadith of brotherhood and sisterhood don't mock me, don't mock me, don't mock me, don't mock me, don't mock me, don't mock me, don't mock me, be brothers of Allah, be brothers of Allah, be brothers of Allah, Muslims and brothers of Islam don't mock him, don't mock him, don't mock him, don't mock him, don't mock him, because he is more than evil to mock the Muslim. All Muslims, all Muslims are forbidden to be Muslims. We are all against him. So, I am Adi Huraira, we lay it on the authority of Abu Huraira. May Allah be pleased with him, that the messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, he said, do not envy one another. And Hassan, envy is described as the disease of the nation. يَا تُبُّوا إِلَيْكُمْ دَا أُمِقُمْ دَا أُمِقُمْ قَبْلَكُمْ عَلْ بَغْضَاءُ وَالْحَسَدَ The disease of the nation that preceded you, will creep up on you. Hatred and jealousy. Hatred and jealousy. Don't envy each other. Don't conspire against each other. Don't raise the price just to deny someone the purchase, either the seller or the buyer. Don't conspire against each other. Let it negish you, but generally don't conspire. Don't steam, don't clap against each other. ولا تباغبوا. Don't hate one another. Shaytan, you read the shaytan in Nuqa, بينكم عداوة وَبَغْضَاءُوا Shaytan must stimulate hatred, enmity and hatred between you. How can Muslims do to Muslims what they're doing to each other in Yemen? If their hearts aren't filled with hatred, how can Muslims do what they're doing to each other in Syria? Have done. If their hearts aren't filled with hatred, how can Muslims do what they did to each other in Afghanistan? If their hearts aren't filled with hatred? Yes, American policy has a place apart to play. No doubt. But at the end of the day, 99.9% of the time, the one pulling the trigger with the gun pointed at their fellow Muslim is a Muslim. The one flying the plane, the America provides the planes and the bombs, but the one piloting the plane and the one pushing the release button is a Muslim. The one putting the bomb in the mast of the ones they may take fear of is a Muslim because the hearts have become filled with hatred and the reverence and respect for the order of the Messiah of Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, has become meaningless because the heart is hard. The heart is hard. Don't hate each other. Say, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, don't turn your backs on each other because when you turn your backs on each other, you turn your hearts away from each other. One of the virtues Allah has given us, He's made us upright, fuma sallahu, then we've made Him upright and in being upright, unlike a dog or a cat or a snake, their hearts are pointed towards the ground, they're walking on all fours, their hearts are pointed towards the ground, our hearts are pointed outwards, our hearts are pointed outwards and when Allah says that He's brought our hearts together, He's brought our hearts together, that those hearts that are projected outwards, they meet each other and when we turn our backs on each other, we turn our hearts away from each other. We don't have to have a rule. Don't turn your hearts away from each other. Don't turn your hearts away from each other. That's what made this room strong. It was the solidarity amongst the Muslims and their solidarity inspired them to defend each other, not to transgress against each other, to defend each other, to respect each other's honor and Muslim, Ahul Muslim, Muslim is the brother, the Muslim is the sister of his or her fellow Muslim. La'iyah, la'iyah, ullimuhu. He doesn't oppress him. Wa la'iyah, ghuluhu. He doesn't abandon or forsake him. Wa la'iyah, hiddibuhu. He doesn't lie to him. There's only one thing that's repeated in this Hadith. Wa la'iyah, khiluhu. And he doesn't look down on him. Doesn't demean them. Then it's repeated. And it's repeated with emphasis. Wa la'iyah, khiluhu. He doesn't look down or demean him. Then the emphasis, bihasbimri imlanashaw. And yakhirah, ahul Muslim. It's sufficient evil. The person doesn't have to do anything else. It's sufficient evil for a person. Bihasbimri imlanashaw. And yakhirah, ahul Muslim. Then he looks down on his fellow Muslim. Why? Because he's looking down on his fellow Muslim. He's walking in the footsteps of Sheikha. Anat khairun minhu. Khalaqtani minnaarin. Wa khalaqtuhu mintaim. I'm better than him. You created him from fire. You created me from fire. You created him from fire. I'm better than him. Wa la'iyah, khiluhu. I hear stories of Muslim sayings, my Muslim brother. It's always been meaning me. I'm more knowledgeable than you. My Sheikha is better than your Sheikha. I read more books than you read. You haven't read even the basic mutons. I've read the shurul. And you haven't benefited from the mountain nor the shark in any way, whatsoever. And your behavior is a testimony. Your behavior is a testimony to your failure to benefit. You're like a donkey. Nathulul ladzina humnul taurata Thumna thumma nam yihlmuhaa Ka matulul khimaa yihlul astaraa Bitsa qawmul ladzina kadhubu I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Nathulul ladzina humnul taurata Thumma nam yihluhaa ka matulul khimaa yihlul astaraa Bitsa matulul qawmul ladzina kadhubu I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Ka thulul qawmul ladzina qawmul ladzina The parable of the person, those given the taurata they were given the scripture. They had the book. But they didn't follow it. It didn't impact on their character. It didn't inform their morals and their ethics. Ka matulul khimaa yihlul astaraa It's like a donkey carrying books. A donkey doesn't benefit from all those books. Just like the person whose character isn't reformed. Whose speech isn't reformed. Whose ethics aren't reformed. Whose moral fiber isn't reformed. By the knowledge in those books. He's just like the donkey. He's just like the donkey. Ka matulul khimaa yihlul astaraa Like a donkey carrying nose and books. He's carrying tones, astaraa. Tones. Alam yitni ladzina anin. And takshah quluban. We became lab. It's not the time come for the believers hearts to be softened by the remembrance of Allah. They are qulubikum. He united your hearts. And when the hearts are united, then the weights are united. But if the hearts are, the Jews. You think they're united when the hearts are united. You think they're united on the surface. The hearts are divided. It's all about the hearts brothers and sisters. That's the foundation. That's the foundation. That's the place where greatness starts. And to be a great community, we have to be a community of enlightened hearts. And conclusion, let me say this. This is the month of Ramadan. It's the month of the Qur'an. The Qur'an enlightens and enlightens our hearts. What did the Messenger of Allah say about the Qur'an? Amongst other things. That Allah elevates some people by means of this book. The Qur'an and it debases others. And where does the Qur'an, where does it come? It comes into the heart. Say whoever is an enemy to the angel, give him your, for verily he brings in the Qur'an down to your heart by the command of Allah. Isn't it an amr of Allah? We need guidance and glad tidings for the believers. The month of Ramadan during which the Qur'an is revealed this month is the opportunity for us to soften our hearts and then to edify our hearts and to illuminate our hearts and to unify our hearts through the remembrance of Allah. May Allah bless us to be successful in that endeavor and when we do that and when we carry that outside of Ramadan. You'll see amazing things happen. You'll see the unity that you see in this masjid manifested in society at large. You'll see this unity manifested in society. You'll see this crowd become an entire nation uplifted by the remembrance of Allah, uplifted by the Qur'an. May Allah give us a vision, a Quranic vision of change and reformation and upliftment and united unity and solidarity. In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the Most Merciful.