 As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh wa rahmatullahi wa barak. Alhamdulillah Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala blessed us tremendously. And Ramadan, he's blessed us with the Quran. He's blessed us with deputing our Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam as the final messenger to humanity. One of the verses that Qarihamah recited joined these two together, the Quran and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. All praises due to Allah's revealed the criterion, the Quran, which is the greatest source of ethical guidance for Khan, the criterion to distinguish right from wrong, in order that he would be a warner to all the worlds. So Alhamdulillah Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala blessed us to be the recipients of that warning or those who respond to that warning. And he's given us glad tidings, also sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. So he's warned us we have to warn the people. He's warned us we have to warn the people. And to warn the people we have to ourselves be committed to the guidance of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. One lacking something can't give it to others. So at a time the world is crying out for it to know the right path concerning relations between nations and tribes. And some people might say races, races. If we are bogged down in tribalism and racism and the things that the world needs from us, then we're not in a position to warn the people. We're not in a position. If we're bogged down in materialism, consumerism, and we're acting like the brothers of shaitan, and al-mubaddi li-nikanu, akhoyana shay'aqayin. Those who squander and waste there are the brothers of Satan. We're not in a position to warn the people. If we're so caught up in the world and the dunya, then we're not in a position to say to the people as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Kaul. Bi fadlillahi wa bi rahmatihi fa bi thalika fali afrahu wa khayrum mimma yajba'un. Say to them, say to who? The people who rejected the message because they were so wrapped up in their dunya. So mimma yajba'un. So they're so busy trying to get everything they could gather from the dunya that they didn't have time for the message. They didn't have time to listen. They didn't have time to give everything they had. We're told to give it all to the best of our knowledge and ability. Ya ayyuha alladhi na aamun. Lodha khulu fis silmi. Kaathaa. Wala tattiru khutwata shay'aqaaan. Innuhulakum aduum bubid. Are you believers? Ya ayyuha alladhi na aamun. Lodha khulu fis silmi. Enter into Islam. Kaathaa. Totally, totally. Wala tattiru khutwata shay'aqaaan. Don't follow the footsteps of Satan. What's that? Follow the footsteps of Satan. Don't follow the footsteps of Satan in his materialism. He saw himself superior to Adam alaihi salam because of material things. His physical composition. When Allah ta'ala addresses him. Ma ma na aaka illa tesjuda idha abartuk. Kaalana khairul minhu. Qalaqtuni min nairin wa qalaqtuhu min taeem. I'm better than him. Why are you better? What prevented you from prostrating yourself? When I commanded you to do so, he said I'm better than him. Based on what? Based on his intellect? Based on his moral fiber? Based on his piety? None of these extra physical characteristics he referenced. Based on his physical composition. Qalaqtuni min nairin wa qalaqtuhu min taeem. You made me from fire? While you made him from clay? Based on his color? You burn wood? It's orange. You burn some things? You burn the gas coming out of your stove? It's blue. Whatever you burn, it has a color. It uses a nice color. So based on my fire, my color, you made him from clay. So based on my physical composition, based on my color, what color was the clay? It was black clay. The dominant opinion. It was black clay. My blue, my orange, my yellow. Sometimes the blue has white in it. It's better than his black clay. So if we're following shaitan and his racism, we can't enter completely into Islam. We're the whole of Islam. We can't do that. The Prophet in it, totally. We can't arise to his level, but we try to approximate it. Shallallahu anayhi wa sallam. Because he entered totally, he was fit to be a warner. Anzala ala abdihil furqana. Liyakunal il'alameena nidhira. In order that he would be a warner to all the worlds. So may Allah bless us to escape all of those things that prevent us from total submission. So we can be warners. Al-ulamna'u wa rafutun ambiyat. The scholars are the heirs of the prophets. And in the absence of the prophets, the scholars guide and warn their ummah. And condition their ummah to undertake the work of the prophets. Aatiru ya ayyuha lathina ananu. Aatiru Allah wa atiru Rasul. Wa ulil amri minkum. All you believers obey Allah and obey the messenger. And those in authority amongst you. Wa ulil amri minkum. Al-ulamna'u wa l-umara. The scholars and the legitimate leaders. And if there are no legitimate leaders, al-ulamna. So we have a mission. We can't live like other people. Ya nisaan nabi. Las tunnaka ahdum min annisa. In ittaqitunna. Our wives are the prophets. They're not like other women if you're mindful of Allah. And just as so, the other women, they want to haggle about what they have and what the husband can get them and this thing and when they're going to go shopping. And that's not your job. You're the wives of the prophet. And the same applies for the ummah. Those petty things that they're totally wrapped up and engrossed in that keep them from submitting to Allah. That's not appropriate for us. That's not appropriate for us. Kulillah thumma al-barum fil-khaldihmi al-aboon. Say Allah, Kulillah, then leave them in all their play. And their sport and their frivolousness and their emptiness and their vacuousness. Thumma al-barum fil-khaldihmi al-aboon. Kulillah. Alhamdulillah, we have the believers in the masjid crying out to Allah. And these nights of Ramadan, these nights culminating with Laylatul Qadr is the hujjah of Allah against the angels and against the shaitan and against the beliedi, the belayers, the disbelievers because they say, these humans with qala rabbu ka l-nalaikati inni ja'ilun fil-arbu khalifa qalu wa taj'alun fiha main yufsiru fiha wa yasfiqud dima'a wa n'ihnul sabbihu bi hamdika wanu qaddi sunat qala inni alemu malat alemu and when your Lord said to the angels I'm going to create a vice-geron in the earth they said will you place therein taj'alun fiha main the one who will work corruption yufsiru fiha and shed blood while we glorify your praises and extol your sanctity qala inni alemu malat alemu I know what you know not I know the potential of this human yes, there's a small minority of them they're going to shed blood no one's here shedding blood while the majority of them they're going to have the potential to voluntarily worship me they're going to have the potential to give up their sleep and to give up their food and to give up their drink for my sake they're going to have the potential to worship me and govern and glorify me and pray and stand in prayer for me on the top of the rubble of their homes and the rubble of their schools and their hospitals and their universities like they're doing in Gaza Ramadan didn't stop they're going to have the potential when they're half starving to fast qala inni alemu malat alemu I created this human and I know his potential I know her potential yes, there's in them the majority is reflective of that little fire that Allah put in our clay in our war which pulls us to the angels the light in us there's a little fire shaitan qalaqal insana min salsala min faqhar wa qalaqa janna min marija min na so the jinn that's their nature is the fire and the humans their nature is the clay but there's some fire in them that gets exploited by shaitan but that minority that little bit of fire reflects the little bit of wicked evildoers amongst humanity so it's reflective of that but most of them they're going to fill up the masjid they're going to sacrifice their sleep they're going to sacrifice their food they're going to do everything in their power to rescue and to assist and to tell the story of their brothers and sisters who are suffering here or there that's the human may Allah bless us to find that humanity within ourselves may Allah bless our prayer and our fasting and our charity it's Ramadan man saama Ramadan fasting Ramadan man qama Ramadan stands for prayer and worship during the nights of Ramadan sallallahu alayhi wa sallam adjwadan nasi adjwadan maa yuqoonu fi Ramadan henu yalqahu jibreelu fa yudarisuhu quran and they're going to spend they're going to sacrifice their wealth may Allah bless us to do all of that for His sake for His sake seeking His reward iman al-uhti saabah seeking His reward seeking His paradise seeking His vision seeking to hear the Quran from Him so people talk about the ru'ya but there's also salat in jannah there's going to be a time where Allah gathers us and He's going to recite the Quran to us His words with His voice however that is there's going to be another delight of paradise wa fiddalika falyatana fasil mutana fisool let those who vie and compete with each other let them vie for that wa sallallahu alayhi wa sallam wa sahbihi wa sahbihi wa sahbihi wa sahbihi wa sahbihi wa sahbihi wa sahbihi wa sahbihi wa sahbihi wa sahbihi wa tafaraqana min baalit tafaraqana ma asooma wa la tada'a indana wa la fiina wa la ma'ana shakiyan wa la mihrouma Allahumma indana na'oodu bikka min al-hammi wa al-hazan wa na'oodu bikka min al-adzi wa al-kasal wa na'oodu bikka min al-jubni wa al-bukhru wa na'oodu bikka min ghalabt ad-day wa qahru al-rijal wa na'oodu bikka ya Allah min aynan na tadma na'oodu bikka ya Allah min aynan na tadma min aynan na tadma wa min qaul na yusba wa min qaul na yusba wa min qalabt wa min nafs na tashba wa min nafs na tashba wa min nafs na tashba wa min du'a ila yurfa wa min du'a ila yurfa wa min du'a ila yurfa ya Allah And out of the heart, they are not afraid, and out of the heart they are not afraid, and out of the heart they are not afraid. And may the peace of God be upon our Master, our Beloved, our beloved, our eyes, our Prophet, our family, our friends and our peace be upon many. Glory be to your Lord, Lord of Glory, for what they describe and peace be upon the Messengers. We read the Fatiha for the healing of all Muslims. For the refugees, for the people of Gaza, for the Palestinians, for the West, for the Muslims, for the oppressed, for the poor, for the people of the world. May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Lady Muhammad and his family, and his companions, and may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon your Lord, the Lord of the Exalted. May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon the Muslims, and may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon the people of the world.