 ويستر علي كل عورة وانا عقصيه ويعظم انكما تعليه فلا وجنزيه نحمده ونسبحه ونغدسه على آلائه ونعمائه ونشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له إله واحداً أحداً فرداً صنداً قيوماً نؤمن له بالربوبيتي ونقر له بالربوديه من يهدي الله فهو المحتدي ومن يغلل فلا تجد له ولياً مرشدة ونشهد أن سيدنا محمداً عبده ورسوله ورسله بالهدى ودين الحق يظهره على الدين كله الله وصلي وسلم وبالك وترحم على محمد وآل محمد كأبول ما صليت وسلمت وباركت وترحمت على إبواه مواني إبواه مف العالمين إنك حميد المجيد وصلى الله وسلم على جميع الأمبياء والمرسلين والأوسيائي والصديقين وعترت مبيلك الطيبين الطهرين المقصومين والصفوة الخيرة من أصحابه المنتجبين ومن تبعهم بإحسان وإيمان إلى يوم الدين عباد الله أوسيكم وأوسي نفسي بتقوى الله ولزوم أمره قد ربنا العزيز في كتابه الكريم غرب الله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ولولا يكون الناس أمة واحدة نجعلنا لمن يكفر بالرحمن لبلوتهم صقفا من فضة ومعارج عليها يظهرون وليجويتهم أبوابا وصورا عليها يتكئون وزخرفا وإن كل ذلك لما متاع الحياة الدنيا والآخرة عند ربك المتقين صلى الله العلي والعظيم خلال غير برمي الممر يدعم العساس وعمل العالم ومرده ودهاته ومرده وكي يراجعهم ومشابه This is how they rate people. This is how they rank them. This is how they judge them and measure them. And therefore, when the prophets came to their communities, the communities were shocked, many of them. In fact, all of them. They were shocked that those prophets and messengers, they are poor. They come from a poor background. They are not rich. فلولا أنزل عليه أسويلة من ذهب أو جاء المقهر الملايكة مقتلينين. فرور, when he looked at Moses coming from a poor background, he's not wealthy, he's not millionaires, he's not rich. He said, then where is his wealth? If he's truly the messenger of God, why we don't see him wearing bracelets of gold? Where is his wealth? The same argument was presented by the people during the time of our prophet. صلى الله عليه وسلم, when he came, they were shocked. They said, وقالوا لولا نزل هذا القرآن على الرجل من الارياتين عظيم. الارياتين to villages, بايف المكهر. There were two millionaires living in these two cities. Why this book? Why these revelations did not come on those two millionaires, those two rich people? Why it came upon Muhammad who's orphan, who's poor, who cannot even afford having dinner for his nights? Where is his wealth? They were shocked. Why? Because people always, always measure the humans with one standard. A standard of material achievement. Of how much money you have. If you have more money, you are a great person. If you have less money, then you are not important. All religions, including Islam and all scriptures, including the Holy Quran, they came to change this perception. To say that when it comes to God, God does not judge and evaluate people according to their income, according to their wealth. Neither their family or their influence. It's according to their personality. A person is important in Islam, in the eyes of God, if he carries a great personality, great character. According to his or her service, her commitment to their cause, to the cause of the humanity. That person is going to be considered great in the eyes of God. God does not look at your financial statements, nor your bank records. He doesn't care about that. He looks at your heart, your commitment, your service, your dedication to the humanity. That's what is mattering. God says, if it wasn't for the fear, if it wasn't for the fear that the entire population of earth is going to sway towards materialism and wealth, and they run after only money, we would have given the wealth of this earth, the entire wealth of this earth, only to the non-believers. To prove that the wealth of the earth has no value in the eyes of God. But God says, I feel that all people are going to be non-believers. None is going to survive. Because they think that this is the sign of success. If you become wealthy, only wealthy, that is the great sign of success. They are going to be faith. This is one of the most staggering verses in the Quran. This verse in Surat al-Zukhruf chapter 43. ولو لا أن يكون الناس أمة واحدة. لجعلنا, if it wasn't for the fear that we fear that the nation, the population of earth, they are going to gather around disbelief and rejection of faith. We would have given and bestowed upon every non-believer huge wealth, huge properties. لجعلنا لمن يكفر بالرحمة, لبيوتهم سقفا من فضا. The roofs of their properties and homes, it's going to be decorated and ornamented with gold. سقفا من فضا, gold and silver. ومعارج عليها يتكئون. ومعارج عليها يظهرون وليبيوتهم. وليبيوتهم معارج are stairs. One of the properties is a huge. It's a tower. When they have a tower, huge skyscrapers and tower, it has a stairs. This signifies the greatness of the building. The building is so magnificent and huge. It has stairs. ومعارج عليها يظهرون وليبيوتهم أبوابن. The palace has not only one entrance but many entrances, a palace, a mansion. وَلِبُيُوْجِهِمْ أَبْوَابَنَ، هذا why it is plural, not verb but أبوَاب. This signifies that we would give them the entire wealth to prove that wealth has no value. The wealth of this earth, material wealth has no value in the eyes of God. Yes, wealth is going to have value when you serve the nation, when you save lives with it. When it becomes a source of construction, a source of reformation, you reform your society, you save the hungry, the poor, the needy, you advance the cause of the humanity. Then it has wealth, the wealth is going to have wealth in the eyes of God. But merely seeking wealth for the sake of being wealthy only has no value in the eyes of God. And it has no advantage and it carries no merits. So Allah سبحانه وتعالى wants to say that use the wealth to build yourself. But do not make it the center point of your life. Yes, utilize what God has given you. وابتغي فيما أتاك الله الدار الأخير. God addresses the wealthiest person on earth at that time, Arun, during the time of himself. وابتغي فيما أتاك الله. If you have wealth, property, seek to build you hereafter. وابتغي فيما أتاك الله الدار الأخير. At the same time, you have to enjoy a relaxed life. It's okay. It's okay to have good life, good house, good living. No problem about that. But the vast majority of your wealth and your focus has to be to build the hereafter. To prepare yourself for the hereafter. Many people ask, why God does not make all the believers wealthy? No, He doesn't. He says, I would not make them wealthy. Because if believers are supposed to be all of them wealthy, then people are going to be driven towards faith out of greed, not out of conviction. Not because they think faith is something good. Because they look at faith as a means of material success. So let's become faithful. Let's become religious. Let me go to the mosque. Because everybody who went to the mosque became wealthy. So I will join them. أمير المؤمن says, يَلَا سَقَطَ الْبَلَاءَ. Then God, why is testing us? There is no reason to test. God wants to test us in this life. To see whether we stay with Him at the time of poverty, at the time of fear, at the time of hunger, at the time of deprivation. Whether we stay with Him or not. At the time of affluence, all people can worship, no problem. But at the time of poverty and severe tests, would they still worship God and stay with Him? God wants us to reach faith through difficulties, not ease. This is why He does not make believers all of them wealthy. He doesn't. He says, the path to faith is not through comfort and ease and wealth and relaxation. It is through struggle. يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُوا إِنَّا كَكَارِحُنْ إِلَا رَبِكَ كَتْحَنْ. We have to struggle, labor. كَتْحَنْ فَمُلَقِهِ. We can't reach Him through ease. And therefore my friends, the more we get attached to materialism, the more we develop depression. This is a proven. America today, we've been told, it's the strongest nation on earth. Which I doubt that. Yes, we are strong in military, but in morality, I don't think we are the strongest. Neither in economy, nor in education, nor in healthcare. Yes, in Pentagon, we have the biggest military expenditure. Almost $2 billion a day. We have money for that. But for healthcare, we have deficit. For education, we have deficit. However, the more we get attached to materialism, to this lower life, to this cheap life, the more we develop anxiety and attachment to this life. And this attachment does not produce other than and happens, more depression, more worries, more agreed, more thinking about what should I eat today, what should I wear, where should I live, what model of car should I drive, what you would never be able to think about your spiritual advancement, your spiritual nourishment. And the more you detach yourself, detach yourself from materialism, use materialism that don't get attached to it. Be ready to separate yourself any minute from materialism. Be ready. This is the point why we fast, because we are attached to food and a drink. Some people cannot survive without coffee in the morning or without food, without breakfast, without this type of food, that type of food. Islam came to teach us that we have to grow. You have to detach yourself for a few hours a day. A few hours, maybe 16, maybe 17, maybe 18 hours a day, maximum. Detach yourself from this. If you are completely dependent on materialism, you cannot grow. You cannot grow, you fail. You cannot free yourself from these chains of materials. Once you free yourself, you'll be able to fly. You'll be able to become lighter. And you can reach. وَكَذَا لِكَنُورِ إِبْرَهِمَ مَنَكُوتَ السَّمَا وَاتِيْوَ الْبَبْ The kingdom of this heaven that around us, a friend was giving an example the other day. He said, I live in a very polluted city. Very polluted. There is this mud, there is dirt in the earth. And we don't see the stars. So one day I went to the desert, you know, two hours of drive outside that city. And I looked up in the evening and I said, Wow, look at this. Where is this? This is always there. These are stars and galaxies. They are always there. But in the city you cannot see them. Why? Because there is a layer of a small pollution. The same thing in the spiritual realm. We cannot see God because there is pollution. Pollution of materialism. Pollution of attachment to this life, to our wealth, to what we eat, what we enjoy, what we were. We are obsessed with that. So we can't see. We can't see the malakout. Unless we have self-control. This is why we fast. Why do we fast? لعل لكم تتطبون. كما كتب على الذين من قبلكم. لذا you develop self-control about your desires. You curb the desire. Once you curb your desires, you can see the stars. You can see the galaxies. You can see what is around you. You can see the beauty. This is one of the reasons of working on ourselves, polishing ourselves, in ourselves during the Marth of Ramadan. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. والعصر عند الإنسان لفي خسر إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات وتواصلوا بالحق وتواصلوا بالصر. وصلى الله وسلم على سيدنا محمل وأهل بيتها. طيبين الطهرين. لا.