 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين ثم الصلاة والسلام على أشرف الأنبياء والمرسلين حبيبي الله العالمين بالقاسم المصطفى محمد وآله الطيبين الطاهرين اللهم صل على محمد وآله محمد سلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته once again we had this opportunity to read through the verses of the Holy Quran and the narrations of Ahl al Bayt عليهم السلام and take as much action plan as possible bringing the verses of the Holy Quran and the narrations of Ahl al Bayt عليهم السلام into our lives insha Allah and we can see the benefit of practicing and implementing these verses within our lives we have reached to the last verse of Surat al Hamd سراط اللذينا أن عمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضاد دين والله got me to the right path إهدنا السراط المستقيم which was the topic for the past three episodes what is that, what is the characteristic of this path the path of those whom you have blessed such as have not incurred your wrath nor are astray it's very very important for us to understand these verses the reason why? because we are reading these verses on a daily basis at least ten times and the more we understand, the more we comprehend these verses the more we see how much we can apply it and how much it has benefit within our lives before continuing with سراط اللذينا أن عمت عليهم the path of those who you have blessed a point about إهدنا السراط المستقيم when we ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى and Allah guide me to the right path sometimes when we ask a direction from someone he tells us this is the way and you go and you will find it but when we ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى إهدنا السراط المستقيم we are not telling Allah we are not asking and requesting Allah just show us the path rather we want you and sometimes a person he's going that direction or he's kind enough he said okay I'll take you to your destination follow me how much more security we will have when the person who has given us the address will accompany us إهدنا السراط المستقيم and Allah guide us to the right path we are asking Allah سبحانه وتعالى be with us throughout the way throughout this journey of us because if you leave us to ourselves even for a glance of an eye we will be going astray we will annihilate we will be finished so we want you Allah we want you in every step of our life moving forward we need it that's why again we read this chapter on a daily base minimum 10 times إهدنا السراط المستقيم والله be with me and take me and take my hand in this path towards you إن شاء الله this was a point that we were not able to cover within the previous episode إهدنا السراط المستقيم guide us to the right path so the question will come سراط اللذين أنعمت عليهم the path of those who you have blessed why in this verse we don't read and Allah hasn't mentioned إهدنا السراط المستقيم سراط الله أو سراطي أنا follow the right path what is that path follow my path follow the path of Allah سبحانه وتعالى why it's not mentioned سراط الله or سراطي rather it's giving characteristics giving the path of those whom you have blessed what is the importance of this it's beautiful it gives us a lot of action plans and it gives us a lot of indications and ideas how should we educate and inform other people also we have two options either we can say what we mean as a concept or we can bring a role model for what we are trying to preach for example if I tell my son he got his driver license at age 16, 17, 18 I'm giving him a car I tell him son don't drive fast that's a concept but that's one way to educate and inform and teach other way will be tell him son friend of mine his son also got his driver license about five, six years ago he was 17, 18 he was driving fast and he didn't have his seat built on and he was not cautious and the road was slippery he lost control of the car and he hit the pole and he got into accident or something happened to him and God forbid he is paralyzed or he passed away we can't basically not telling a lie no, the truth when we give them a role model when we give them the story when we give them something that they can think of and place themselves in the shoes of that person when he's driving most probably he will be remembering if I about to drive fast probably I will get into accident so I have to be careful I have to wear a seat built الله سبحانه وتعالى when he says صهدنا الصراط المستقيم صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم الله سبحانه وتعالى is telling us many things number one this path already exist number two he didn't leave it vague that okay صراط الله anybody can come rightly argue that okay I am on the path of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and we didn't have any tool or any criterion or anything that we can judge is he truly on the path of Allah سبحانه وتعالى or not he will have left us basically completely in dark what is that صراط who is truly in that صراط for us to follow so number one he is appointing the صراط number two he is appointing people who already been on that path number three for us not to feel strange and lonely is it true is this path will get us to the right path is this the right will it end right has other people been on this right path or not have they attained salvation or not all of these questions will be answered صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم الله the path of those whom you have blessed so shows we are not alone in this path in this path other people have also been through this path other people have also attained salvation going through this path so this path is safe is secure is straight it is the best path that we can get to Allah سبحانه وتعالى what path صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم and we need role model in our lives we need role model for everything and we see Allah سبحانه وتعالى in order for him to teach us he has brought role models within the Holy Quran that's why we see the stories of the lives of the prophets and other people keeps mentioning again and again and again for why for us when we read the stories of the lives of the prophets especially we will put ourselves in their shoes what they went through and we might be going through the same problem so what do we need to do for example rather than Allah giving us only a concept be patient imagine if you wanted to just tell us to be patient and had one verse كنو صابرين this is it okay what do you mean Allah be patient how can we be patient how much should we be able to intake and be patient is there a limit that after this our patients will overflow and we won't be able to be patient Allah gives us the story of the life of prophet أيوب على النبينا وعليه السلام for example we see within the life of prophet أيوب على النبينا وعليه السلام according to some narrations he had 12 children he had farms he had wealth he had everything that people basically asked for he had it he was blessed by Allah through a long story trying to make it short his 12 kids Allah took them away he lost all of his wealth he lost all of his farm he lost everything everything everything everything within a very very short period of time and then he also lost his health he was no longer healthy person he got disease and illnesses and due to his disease and illness people also kicked him out of the city they told him we don't want to be next to us your sickness is contagious and we are afraid of you they abandoned him we are a prophet of Allah people abandoned him and insulted him but he kept saying الحمد لله رب العالمين so when we read the story and the stories of the lives of other prophets and our house we put ourselves in their shoes well I lost my job how much I should be patient I should be patient thankful appreciating Allah no matter what happened I lost my kids well prophet أيوب not one not two not five twelve of his kids he lost all of his wealth and farms add to that add injury insult injury he lost his health also and people started humiliating him and abandoned him and threw him out of the city how much one can take still he said الحمد لله رب العالمين also we read for example we are within the within the shrines of نake video people imagine imagine myクه I don't even know I don't even know I know what I know how I can't imagine how I can't لقد رأيتهم ثلاثة قرارات ورأيتهم على قراراتهم أمام حسين يأخذ أصغر عليل أسغر وقد رأيته إلى السكايا ويقول هذا يجب أن يكون أسي for me ويأتي في المساعدة. لماذا؟ لأنه في أجل الله سبحانه وتعالى أنه يرى هذا. أنا سأكون محاولة لذا عندما نأخذ قراراته صراط اللذين وعمت عليهم لأنه يحاول أن يشاهدنا أن هناك أشخاص يتبقونهم as a role model وأنك ستكون في ذلك المساعدة. another story of the life of the Prophet where it can be an example and a role model for us is the life of Prophet Yusuf or Joseph على نبينا وعليه السلام. He had many opportunities and many opportunities of sin was brought to him that he was able to commit sin but rather he ran away from the sin he seek refuge to Allah and he ran away from the sin what teaches us? if Allah would have just said don't commit a sin. okay how I should not commit a sin how should I prevent myself committing sin when how many times I've heard this from many of the youth that we are surrounded within sins sins are everywhere everywhere we look left and right we see sins well what did Prophet Yusuf على نبينا وعليه السلام did he's an example he's a role model where Allah سبحانه وتعالى brought for us when he faced when he was locked and there were seven doors according to some narration and the history that there were seven doors locked behind him and he was there with that woman and she approached him for haram for sin he didn't stay there so okay well there's nothing we can do everything is done doors are locked I can't do anything he seek refuge in Allah سبحانه وتعالى and then he ran toward the door even the door was locked he puts the initiation he puts the effort he runs away from the sin and he seeks refuge in Allah سبحانه وتعالى Allah makes a miracle and door after door after door was open for him and he was able to relieve himself from committing sin see again role model another role model again while we're bringing these role models we're talking about سراط اللذينة and عمت عليهم we want to be guided to the right path which path Allah says the path that Allah has blessed this is what we have to read we ask you to guide us to the right path the path of those whom you have blessed so he's bringing us role model for us to take these role models apply the role model and to be able to get closer to him last but not least the prophet نوح على نبينا وعلى السلام the preacher us as a preacher when we educate other people sometimes we might be discouraged sometimes if we don't see the result of our work and our discussions and we get tired preparing lectures and stories and so on and so forth people are not being guided people don't follow the right path prophet نوح على نبينا وعلى السلام according to the Holy Quran he preached 950 years how many years? 950 years he preached and according to narration only 80 people accepted him that is so much hard work to put and very little result to get did he give up? no he said I'm doing this for the sake of Allah سبحانه وتعالى I will continue no matter how many people accept me I will keep preaching to people I will keep preaching to mass but I will think of Allah doing this nearness to Allah even if I see only a little result which is 80 people rather than Allah saying to follow my path where everyone can rightly argue that he is following the path of Allah he has brought us the people who are on the right path as a role model for us to follow their footsteps follow what they did follow their teachings and to be able to be on the right path so this right path has signs that we can find it what are these signs? who are these people who Allah has blessed? so we can learn from them إن شاء الله it will be in the next episode we will conclude by reciting دعاء الفرج asking Allah سبحانه وتعالى begging him sincerely by the blessing of these verses of the Holy Quran and the narrations of أهل بيت عليهم سلام to hasten the opinions of our beloved mama محدي أجل الله فرج الشري بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اللهم كل وليك الحجة ابن الحسان صلواتك عليه وعلى آبائه في هذه الساعة وفي كل ساعة وليا وحافظا وقائدا وناصرة ودليلا وعينا حتى تسكنه واردك طوعا وتمتعه فيها طويلا برحمتك يا أرحم الرحمين