 ونستغفره ونتوب إليه ونعود بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات عمالنا من احته الله فلا مدللا ومن قلل فلا هادي له وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهد أن سيدنا محمد عبده ورسول يا أيها الذين آملوا اتقوا الله حقا تقاته حقا تقاته ولا تموتوا إلا وانتوا مسلمون يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم الذي خلقكم من نفسه واحدة وخلقوا منها زوجها وبث منهما رجانا كثيرا من الساءة واتقوا الله الذي تساءدون به والارحام إن الله كان عليكم رقيبة يا أيها الذين آملوا اتقوا الله وقولوا قوما سديدا يصلح لكم عملكم يوفي لكم ضروبكم ومن يطع إله ورسوله فقال فاز فوزا عظيما أما بعض فإن أصدق الهديث تتبوا وخير الحديه يوم محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وشرع أمور محدفاتها فكل محدفة ضرعة وكل ضرعة ضلالة وكل ضلالة في النار الحمد لله الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا وما كنا لنحتره لو لا انهدان الله الحمد لله الذي أنزل على عبده الكتابة ولم يجعل له إواجاء الحمد لله رب العالمين كل ما يفعله لله who is blessed us with the great month of Ramadan a month of forgiveness a month of mercy a month of liberation from the Hellfire our Prophet ﷺ once described Ramadan in the following words وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم أوله رحمه واصطله مغفرة وآخره إتكم من النار that is first ten days its first third embodies mercy its middle third embodies forgiveness and its latter third liberation from the Hellfire as Nirajab Al-Hamdi says in his commentary on this بالكله رحمه وكله مغفرة وكله إتكم من النار all of it is mercy all of it is forgiveness all of it is liberation from the Hellfire but during these particular times those qualities predominate so the mercy predominates in the first part forgiveness in the middle part and liberation from the Hellfire in the latter part during the last ten days of Ramadan which we're in these are described as the greatest nights of the year most of our scholars say the first ten days of Nirajab are more virtuous than the days of Ramadan but the last ten nights of Ramadan are more virtuous than all other nights so this is a blessed time it's a time we seek out later to occur we seek it out on the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan and this is why we spend all ten days seeking it out something that many people or something that escapes many people and that is if the night of power is sought out on the odd nights of the last ten nights of the month if it's a 29 day month which is a possibility then the last ten nights start on the 19th and the odd nights will be the 19th the 21st the 23rd etc and if it's a 30 day month then the last ten days will start on the 20th and the odd nights will be the 20th the 22nd the 24th etc so the believer not knowing if it's going to be a 29 day month or a 30 day month and this Ramadan will truly end out and so we spend all all of those nights seeking out or seeking the night of power and a lot higher describes the night of power in the Quran إن زنها وفيلة لطمقا then we'll sit down in the Quran in the night of power then we could say in the night of decrease وما أدراكا ما ليلة القضب who bring you to realize what the night of power is ليلة القضر الخير من الف شاءة the night of power is better than a thousand months why is that some of our scholars say that the earlier nations as we know for example the people of Nuh they live to be a thousand years they live to be 800, 900 years 1200 years but the Ummah of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم the average lifespan is 60 some odd years our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم passed away 63 years old أبو باكر رضي الله عنه passed away at 63 years old أعمار رضي الله عنه passed away at 63 years old this is the average lifespan of the 60s, 70s so Allah SWT in His mercy since we don't have 800 years to worship Allah SWT or we don't have 900 years or a thousand years to worship Allah SWT الله تعالى give me the Ummah of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم ليلة القدر and He says the worship in this night is like the worship of a thousand months is even more virtuous is better ليلة القدر خير من الف شاءة the light of power is better than a thousand months so we don't get to live 1,000 years to worship Allah SWT but we have one night every year that's worth 83 years a thousand months equates to over 83 years so Allah SWT out of His mercy and His favor to the community of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم has shortened our lifespan but in that lifespan He's given us one night every year the worship therein is better than the worship of a thousand months so why are you watching television why are you spending all night eating is one thing to break the fast but it's another thing to just hang around socializing for the next 4-5 hours when there's a night whose worship is worth a thousand months and not just any thousand months is related that this thousand months is a thousand months of a man from the Bani Israel from the earlier communities who put on his armor and took his weapons and went forth and defended the religion for a thousand months He worshiped Allah while he was in his armor with his weapons defending the religion for a thousand months the night of power the worship is better than his thousand months so not just a chronological demarcation of time but the thousand months of a man who's worshiping Allah SWT while wearing his armor and defending the faith night of power is better than that thousand months and then Allah SWT says سبس كنت تنزل الملائكة the angels descend and when the angels descend they have something in their mind what is in their mind Allah SWT relates in the Quran اذا قال ربك للملائكة إني جائل في الأرض خريفا قالوا وتجعلوا فيها من يسفب فيها ويسفق الدماء ونحن نسبب رب حمدك ونقدس لك قال إني عالم ما لا تعلمون when your Lord said to the angels ربما أنا سأجعل في الأرض ربما قلت للملائكة they said who you placed therein one who worked much corruption and shed blood while we glorify you and sing your praises glorify your praises and exalt your holiness and he said الله تعالى قال ربما أعلمك الذي يتعلمون أعلمك أعلمت هذه العمل صعب أحب بفسيسة but I know the human potential أعلمت هذا العمل صعب but I know the inner and I know that this human being has the potential to do what you do ونحن مسدخ بحمدك ونقب سلام . لذا when you go down to the earth on Laylatul Qadir تنزل الملائكة فيها بإذن ربهم وروحه بإذن ربهم من كل أمر when you go down to the earth during these nights of Ramadan during these last ten nights of Ramadan you will find the human creation you will find the believers from the Ummah of Muhammad that they are glorifying their Lord they are singing the praises of their Lord they are exalting his holiness you will find them if you descend in the day you will find them fasting and if you descend in the night you will find them standing in prayer you will find them deciding the book of Allah you will find them glorifying the praises of your Lord you will find them doing what you posted on ونحن مسدخ بحمدك ونقب سلام you will find them doing that but you will find them doing something you are incapable of doing you do it instinctively you do it with no choice they do it voluntarily they do it of their own free choice look at them look at Danny Adam look at your last jid during these nights look at the believers in Ramadan the last ten nights of Ramadan look how they are standing in prayer before their Lord look how they are reciting the book of Allah and look how peace permeates amongst them سلام وندي حتة بطلعن فاتر this is the human potential this is what Ramadan is about brothers and sisters it's about getting in touch with our human potential but our human potential is not flesh and bones it's not blood it's not hair if that's our human potential then there's nothing to distinguish us from an ape well some people say we descended from apes so we're making it more plain if that's our human potential just blood and hair and bones and muscle and flesh there's nothing to distinguish us from a rat that's crawling around in the sewage and it's no coincidence that those people who want to deny the spiritual nature and the spiritual essence of the human being that Allah سبحانه وتعالى breath into this creature ثم سواه ونفخ فيه مروه وجعل لك مستمع ولا بصارة والأفيدة قالين أمان تشكورون بي and he breathed into him of his spirit not a spirit within him a spirit that he created this ruin that he created he breathed it into the human and that bequeathed unto the human being consciousness that transcends flesh and bones it transcends the brain we were discussing last night with a group of brothers a book written by a neuroscientist a scientist his name is even Alexander a world class neuroscientist who went into a coma for 7 days lost all brain function whatever machine measures brain function there's a lot of doctors here whatever you call it EKG or whatever flat line no brain activity coma yet he was perceiving realms beyond this physical world his book and what he miraculously but we don't know we don't say miraculously we say by the command of Allah just as the angels in the room descend be in the rabbi him by the command of his Lord after 7 days when the doctors had written him off when the doctors called all of his family members from far and wide to say their last regards because they were sure he's going out his brain is dead he's gone on the 7th day after there was superficially massive damage to the cortex of his brain he sat up in bed and asked where am I and within a few months had regained all of his memory all of his mental functions and he wrote a book about his experience in that realm beyond this world and he called his book a proof of heaven and as a world class neuroscientist neurologist he said there is no physical explanation to what I experienced so this realm of consciousness is not rooted in the brain but we already know that because we know it's rooted in the heart but not the physical heart but the qualities that make us human whose locus is in the heart this is what we know as believers and later Ramadan is to put us back in touch with that by denying our flesh not feeding our flesh we feed our ruh and when we feed our ruh we release the power it allows us to stand in prayer for 2 or 3 hours and then come back at 4 in the morning and then read the book of our Qur'an without tiring the only thing stopping us we have to go to work or we have to tend to some business that's the only thing that stops us but we have the spiritual energy to read it all of it what it's doing is putting us in touch with that aspect of our being which that spiritual energy emerges and this is the source of our humanity not the blood and the flesh and this is what Ramadan puts us back in touch with this is a great blessing of Ramadan and this unlocks the key to Taqwa this unlocks the key الله تعالى تلزي يا أيها الذين آمنوا كتب عليكم الصعيام كما كتب علي الذين قبلكم لعلكم تتقود that is fast that's been ordained for you believers it is to open the realms of God consciousness that translates into obeying God and then how and where does the obedience come from it comes from realizing the gravity and magnitude of the Quranic message these are the three things that Ramadan brings together for us it brings together the fasting كتب عليكم الصعيام it brings together the Quran شهر رمضان الذي انزل فيه الكران and it brings together Taqwa لعلكم تتقود and what does the Taqwa do for us الفلام ذلك الكتاب لارعب فيه ودل المتقين the Taqwa opens up the Quran ودل ذلك الكتاب لارعب فيه this is the scripture of the Quran there is no doubt about it ودل المتقين it is guidance for those who have Taqwa it is guidance for those who fast and the fast bequeaths unto them Taqwa لعلكم تتقود and the Taqwa opens up the Quran for them and the Quran puts them in touch with something from beyond this world because the Quran embodies the internal speech of Allah SWT it's not only this world it's a vehicle Allah SWT has given us to ride beyond this world and so when Allah SWT describes it He doesn't describe it with something close he doesn't say هذا الكتاب لارعب فيه even though it's right ذلك الكتاب لارعب فيه because what's in our hands is from beyond this world but if we internalize this message it will enhance our consciousness and allow us to move beyond this world while in this world this is the great gift of Ramadan for those who choose to accept it and from Allah SWT I say this word and I ask Allah to forgive me and for those who believe in me and I ask Allah to forgive me الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيد المرسلين سيدنا وحبيبنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم وسلم كثيرا إن الله ومناء يكتبوا صادور على الندي يا أيها الذين آمنوا صلوا عليه وسلموا تسمين يما أي الله وسلم مبارك على سيدنا وحبيبنا ونبينا وشثعنا وقرر في عيوننا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسمين كثيرا الحمد لله الله سبحانه وتعالى بلستا أفضلني بلستا أفضلني بلستا أفضلني بلستا أفضلني ونما يجب أن نكون يشاك أنفسك لأنه فهي مجموعة يسأل لاسلام ومسلم أنت إصدار مطلوبنا تشهر شخصنا مع بلسان بلسان ليس حصلت على ما قلته البساط the same people who are denigrating Islam are the same people who are advocating policies of death and destruction all over this world the same people who don't have the moral courage to challenge the military industrial complex that defies to a large extent politics in this country and certainly foreign policy ونحن لا نستطيع أن ندعوه فهي رمضان. نحن تبقى بحيث ولكن هؤلاء الذين يحبون إسلام لكي يجب أن يجب أن يقوموا باستخدامهم هؤلاء الذين يقومون باستخدامهم لكي يقوموا باستخدامهم ومعاناً أمامي هؤلاء الذين يقومون باستخدامهم لكي يجب أن يتبقى بحيث لكي يجب أن يتبقى بحيث من نحو المنطقة من الأساس لكي يتبقى بحيث كما يعملون بلداء وملداء يتبقى بإنسان لذا هناك حيث من أساس من نحو المنطقة من أساس تبدو بأساس ومساعدة ومدينة وكلا من أنهم يساعدون ونحو الممارس بأساس لكي يجب أن يأخذ سماوية إذا هؤلاء الذين يقولون أنك أساس سأل وضع وكذبهم بما يقولون والصحيح يقولون نحن نخبص بنا لما نفعل بشكل جيد معه لإجيارة الله you are the people to love the Muslims you don't need a full page ad in the New York Times you want people to love the Muslims you don't need a massive public relations campaign if you want people to love the Muslims and you want to do your part do what you're doing in Ramadan and keep doing it after Ramadan تساعدها في مرسلات و الثراثة ، تساعدها في حالكة القرآن ، تتذكر الله و الناس العمال و الناس العمال العمال العمال ، ليس لأن أقول هذا ، لأن الله يقول هذا ، الله تعالى يخبرنا إذا كنت أريد أن أعود للمسلم ، لترى لنا حلات الله ، لا تحتاج لتحديد حلات العمال العمال من المدن يجب أن تفتح القرآن و الله تعالى يقول إن الذين أمنوا و عملوا الصالحات سيجعلوا الله لحمه رحمانه بدا those who believe and do righteous deeds Allah will make love for them in the hearts of the people سيجعلوا لحمه رحمانه بدا Allah will make love in the hearts of the people إذا يجب أن ترد مدوثة لك you will trust the New York Times to put a nice glossy ad أو سنرد الله سبحانه وتعالى or you will trust Allah أضع من نفسك من الله سبحانه وتعالى الله أكفي المسلمين والمسلمات والمؤمين والمؤمنات الحياة منهم ولمواية ربنا لا تزيد كلوبنا بعد إبهديتنا و هبلا نام لدونك رحمة إنك أنت الوهاء ربنا فرغ علينا الصبر وثبت أقدامنا وانصورنا على القوم الكافرين ربنا فرغ علينا الصبر وثبت أقدامنا وتوثّنا مسلمين وعفو عنّا واثلانا ورحمنا أنت مولانا فانصورنا على القوم الكافرين اللهم إنا نعود بك من الحم والحزن ونعود بك من عز والكسن ونعود بك من الجمن والبكر ونعود بك من غرفة الدين وقهر الرجال ونعود بك من الفقر إلا إليك ومن بردل إلا لك ومن الخوف إلا ميك اللهم بقسم لنا من خشياتك ما تعول به بيننا وبين مع عصيك ومن طاعتك ما تبلغونا بها جنتك ومن يحين ما يه Hejن علينا مساعب الدنيا ومفرحنا سماعنا وأكسارنا وكوّتنا ما احليتنا واجعله لوارت المنا واجعل ث Emergencyabe over injustice ونصورينا على منعدانا ولا تجعل مسريباتنا في ديننا ولا تجعل مسريباتنا في ديننا ولا تجعل مسريباتنا في ديننا ولا تجعل الدنيا أكبر رحمنا ولا مدرغ علمنا ولا تصبت علينا بضلوبنا من لا يخافك ولا يرحمنا يا أحم الراحل وعفو عنا وفضلنا ورحمنا أنت مولانا فأمصرنا على القوم الكافرين الله منصر المسلمين في كل مكان الله منصر القوانة المسلمين في الشام الله منصرهم مصر من عندك إيه الله الله منصر المسلمين مصنين في سوريا يا الله الله منصر المسلمين في ف alleine في العراط في آفغاليستان باكستان في ال hujin بانغال الله منصر المسلمين في مصر و في تونس و في نيبيع في المغرب في مورتانية والجزائر فإيه سنغال فإيه سودان في السرومال ، في كل مكان ، في توركيا ، الله منصر المسلمين ، في توركيا يا الله وفي أوروبا ، الله منصرنا في هذا البلد ، في كل مكان يا الله اللهم من أراد خيراً لهذه الأمة محمدية ، فوافقوا إلى كل خير ومن أراد شرّ لها والمسلمين ، فخذوا أخذ أزيز وقتدر وجعل تدبيرهم ، تدميرهم ، اللهم عليك بعداع الإسلام أنت مولاناً خنصرنا للقوم الكافرين ونتوسّل إليك بجميع عمال الصالحات قام بها المسلمون في هذا الشهر المبارك لله الله اللهم ننتوسّل إليك بهذا العمال الصالحات كما توسّل إليك أصحاب الكافر بماهم فعلوا يا الله فنحن نتوسّل إليك بصيامنا وخيامنا وصلاتنا وزكاتنا وصجودنا ورقوعنا بهذا يا الله نسلك اللي خصّف عن المسلمين يا الله أنت مولاناً خنصرنا للقوم الكافرين سبحان ربك رب العزة عمّا يصفور والسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلى الله عليه وسلم سيدنا محمد على آبه وصحبه وسلم أكمل صلاة يا الحمدين ويحبكم الله