 But the first level is to ask who am I? Why am I here? What's my goal in life? You know how many people don't bother to discuss that? You see them doing the dumbest things using the foulest language languages you find them running for the most mundane material things in life. You're looking at them like are you serious? You really yeah, my dream is to have that and I'll kill to have it. I said that's it That's your dream. That's what you've concluded your purpose in this short world that you're living in this short life You know how short this life is? If you're 90 years of age, which is a long period 90 90s in this old person 30 years of the 90 years the person was sleeping You're left with 60 30 of those 60 you were busy working You left with 30 years if you and I live to be 90 Most people don't live to be 90 the average lifespan is 70 so bring it down to 20 years You mean I Pursued all these dreams for 20 years And if I ask you for that 20 years give me a videotape of what is your most profound moments in life Maybe a hundred hours 200 hours. You mean this world was only worth 200 hours for me Allah says yeah, but they don't know the life of the dunya while after that, you are better and better You love this world the year after is what's forever You're fooling yourselves into thinking something's important here, but when a person needs to sit down say yes What's why am I here? You know I speak in universities. I get non-muslim audiences after my lecture you see youth come to me. I said wow Never thought this way. You're right. I said look. I'm not here to proselytize I'm not here to make you a Muslim. I'm here to wake you up You choose your own way. You're smart enough. You're sharp enough You know you've been planted with some of the greatest gifts you can ever imagine and I'm here to strike them And you strike me too. Let's wake each other up. There's a purpose in this life The guy says to me, you're right. I say take account. Yadlu alaym ayatik. Look in the skies. What's all this for? Why is all this happening? What is all the science? Why do people behave the way they do? Observation basic observation will lead us to so much understanding That's why the prophet says man Arafa nafsaw. Fakat Arafa rabba the one who knows himself will know his Lord indeed That's first