 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبحان الملك القدوس اللهم انا نعود بالريضاكم من صخطق وبمعافاتك من القوب وكام الحسيت حراك اللهم انا نعود بالريضاكم من صخطق اللهم انا نعود بالريضاكم من صخطق وبمعفاتكم لقوبتك وبك منك لا نحصيثنا أن عليك أنت كما أفنيت على نفسك اللهم صلي وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد وعلى هاله عدد كمال الله وكما يليك بك ماله اللهم صلي وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد وعلى هاله عدد كمال الله وكما يليك بك ماله اللهم صلي وسلم وبارك على نور الهدا محمد وعلى هاله عدد كمال الله وكما يليك بك ماله فعلم أنه لا من محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه نحيا وعليها نموت وعليه النبعث وانشاء الله الفاتحة الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا بعد بسم الله رحما رحم الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيد المرسلين سيدنا سيدنا وحبيبنا وكرت عيوننا محمد وآله وصحبه وسلم تسلم كثيرا السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته ما شاء الله ما شاء الله ما شاء الله امني راجب الحنبلي رحمه الله قالوا تجعلوا فيها من يفسدوا فيها ويسفقوا الدماء ونحن نسبحوا بحمدك ونقدسوا لك قال إني عالموا ما لا تعلموا الله تعالى يعرف that yes there are some misguided devious human beings who are obsessed with corruption and spread and shed much blood but the overwhelming majority are capable of responding to the ancient cause of death and death but the overwhelming majority are capable of responding to the ancient cause of death and death but the overwhelming majority are capable of responding to the ancient cause of death but the overwhelming majority are capable of responding to the ancient cause of death they said when your Lord said am I not your Lord they said certainly certainly they bore witness and tonight my dear brothers and sisters you are bearing witness that that ancient cause it still lives on in our hearts and it resonates throughout the entirety of our being and it brings us not just here but all over this umma the believers are gathering in the houses of Allah and pouring out their hearts standing in prayer until their feet are in pain but a beautiful pain as one of the lovers said العذاب فيها عذب والبعد فيها قرب that torment for your sake is sweetness and being distant for your sake is newness العذاب فيها عذب and so we're showing Allah that the pain in the feet the hoarseness in the voice immune system down a little because we can't sleep as much as the soul or the nefs wants to but we're showing our love for Allah is greater والذين أامنوا الشد حب لله الشد حب لله منحبه لأي شيء أو أي أحد شواء is greater than their love for any water anything other than him that's what we're showing tonight and throughout this month of Ramadan culminating tomorrow night because we still have one more night to go ختامه ميسك وفي ذلك فليتنافس المتنافسون ويجب أن يتعطيهم ويجب أن يتعطيهم but we're showing Allah is greater than their love for any water this is our potential this is our potential what we witnessed when this Masjid was filled and the parking lot the designated prayer area was filled and all of the back rooms were filled this is what Allah knew He knew that despite circumstances despite the passage of time between us and the light of Muhammad that that light lives on that that power lives on that that desire to respond to the call lives on and it doesn't live on in us in the face of Allah that light is stronger in us and of course there are others besides us is much stronger in their hearts but it's alive even in the hearts of those people aren't in the Masjid they recognize Allah's Lord we're mentioning last night does anyone here know anyone on the face of this earth who has named their child God do you know anyone who has named their child Allah people who don't even profess faith they don't do that why because they recognize لا إله إلا الله لا إله إلا الله and they stop there's something inside of them that prevents them it's like Abu Jahl or Abu Lahab just say it you'll be like Muhammad you'll destroy his mission he couldn't say that good word and they're prevented from defiling the great name إسم الله and that's just a small portion of that light lives on in their hearts our mission my dear brothers and sisters is to bring it out of them that's our mission is to bring the truth that will fuel that light and strengthen that light just as our light has been strengthened by the light of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم يا إيه النبي إِنَّ أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِلَا وَمُبَشْرَا وَنِذِيرَا وَدَاعِينِ إِلَ اللَّهِ بِذْنِهِ وَسِرَاجَا مُنِيرَا and the original light is the light of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and all of us are candles that have been lit from the lamp of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and now we have a responsibility at a time when darkness is descending on the world to bring the light of Muhammad to the people of these lands to bring the light of Muhammad to the people of this land so that people can find their way in the darkness so people can find their way in the darkness just as Allah pulled us out of darkness just as Allah pulled us out of darkness with the light of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and it's during these nights that we strengthen that light so that it transcends we see these lamps the only reason they illuminate this room is because the light they contain transcends the physical limits of the glass or the plastic sometimes you see a dying light it barely illuminates it barely transcends its case but when it transcends its case it illuminates but it illuminates in a special way it illuminates when it joins with the other lamps it creates one field of light you can't distinguish between this light and that light when you look across you see one unified field you see one unified field this is an effect of Tawhid all of our lights will come together they will make one powerful light whose impact influence can't be distinguished from the next and that's what's going to light up this world it's happening my dear brothers and sisters it's happening it's been amplified by Gaza it's been amplified by Gaza I will venture that for every innocent person killed in Gaza at least 100 people have taken Shahada all over this world if not a thousand because the light of faith is shining in them the light of faith the light of truth the light of certainty the light of God the light of Tawhid and for people who are living in darkness when they see that light and you hear them you hear them on YouTube, Instagram whatever that light is whatever that light is that they have, I want it that's what Megan Rice said the TikTok lady who saw the people in Gaza saying لا إله إلا الله إنه لله وإنه إليه رجون الحمد لله as they hold their children there was a lady in Alabama the heart of the bible bell Caucasian American lady and she saw she's looking at the video and in the translation she sees God all praises for God rarely we come from God and unto God we return God, God, God and the lady said if my two daughters had been murdered like this I wouldn't have God to think about where is that coming from where is that strength coming from I need to know and the lady started being the Quran in the heart of the bible bell she took Shahada I heard there were 5 people that took Shahada here after Juma this is happening this is happening إذا جاء نصف الله والفتح ورأيت الناس يدخلون في دين الله أفواجه الحمد لله ربك وستوفيه إنه كانت هوبه when the victory of Allah comes دجاء نصف الله when the help of Allah comes and the victory and you see people entering into the deen of Allah in crowds glorify the praises of your Lord and seek his forgiveness rarely he is most accepting of repentance this is a spiritual reality الحمد لله our hearts haven't been totally consumed by this materialism so that all the light is put out لانه الله لانه الله they talk about artificial intelligence I'm not going to repeat last night if you're at San Ramon you heard the artificial intelligence talk over there but I say this much I say this much الحمد لله they named it artificial intelligence because there's nothing like the real thing the artificial intelligence is based on replicating the neurological functions of the brain but we know true intelligence is the brain working in conjunction with the heart and they say it's all neuroscience neuroscience can't answer why the heart when it's transplanted from one human being to another certainly that second human being knows about mathematical formulas they never knew they start like in classical music who taught them classical music it defies the analogy that the brain is where the learning goes on this is documented science لانه الله they can replicate the brain but there's nothing like the real thing لانه الله may Allah bless us to continue to be the people of the heart may Allah bless us to be the people of the heart in conclusion because you're waiting to listen to أستاذ إسام الحق مقال فريدون لفت but you're trying to make some room for Rumi so we have to move over and move out and and الله الله عالم when we stand but أصدق على رسولي الله I forgot what I was going to say people of the heart لانه الله رمضان is about the Quran and in this world عالم الشهادة how did the Quran appear عالم الشهادة كل من كان دولي جيبريلا فأنه نزالوا على قلبكة بإذن الله مصدق لما بين يدي وبشرا للمؤمنين سيهم سوى ever is an enemy of Muhammad for verily of Gabriel rather for verily he brings it the revelation down to your heart to the heart of Muhammad that's where it started that's where it started and then who succeeds in understanding it أفلا يتدبرون القرآن أم على قلوبا أقفالها لا يمكن أن يفلقون القرآن أو هل قلوبا أقفالها وفي نهاية من يجيب من يجيب بقلب سنين في نهاية لا يوجد أمان أو أمان أو أمان only those benefited will those who come before Allah with a rectified heart and Ramadan is about rectifying the heart يأيو هلدين أم كتب عالكم الصيام كما كتب عال الذين من قبلكم لعالكم تتقون are you believers fasting has been ordained for you as it was ordained for those who preceded you in order that you grow in this quality of taqwa of this consciousness of Allah that leads to us willingly implementing his orders and avoiding his prohibitions where is the locus of taqwa at taqwa here at taqwa here at taqwa here ويشير للصدر يعني قلبه ثلاث مرات the piety is here the piety is here so as we engage the Quran for Ramadan then the taqwa grows and as the taqwa grows what happens then the guidance of the Quran is the hearts become more receptive to the guidance of the Quran and as the hearts become more receptive to the guidance of the Quran those love messages that Allah سبحانه وتعالى sends us through his eternal speech in the Quran they condition our hearts and they become softer and they become even more receptive and there is a mutually reinforcing relationship that's what Ramadan is all about and that's what the dunya cannot take away from the Muslims so may Allah bless us to remain the people of the heart may Allah bless us may Allah bless us to cherish Ramadan may Allah bless us not to be the people that long for Ramadan and the blessings it contains after it's gone one of the poets said تترك من تحبه وهو جاره do you neglect the one that you love while he's your neighbor وتطلبه إذا بعض المزير and then you're asking and seeking him out after the place to visit him has far far away after they've moved away and gone blame yourself don't blame the beast or now the trucks and cars that took them away وَمُتْ كَمَدَنْ فَلَيْسَ لَكَعْتَ ذَهَبُ and die broken hearted because you have no excuse Ramadan is still here we still have an opportunity to make up and this final day what we've missed during the previous days we still have an opportunity to join the caravan of the righteous العمل بخواتينها actions are based on their last may Allah bless the last of Ramadan to be the best of Ramadan may Allah bless the last of Ramadan to be an atonement for what might have passed previously in Ramadan of neglect may Allah bless this gathering this community to continue to grow and grow and prosper I don't know how many square feet may it all be filled up of Khair may it all be filled up with the remembrance of Allah may it all be filled up with people praying on their painful feet following the way of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and when asked about praying on his painful feet what did he say عن عشة رضي الله عنه قال that كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقوم من الليلي حتى تورم أو تفطر قدمها فقلت لما تصلوا و هذا يا رسول الله و قد غافر الله لك ما تقدم من ذنبك و ما تأخر فقال صلى الله عليه وسلم أفلا أحب أن أكون عبد شكورا I should release that the prophet the messenger of Allah يبقى أمام الله يستطيع أن يقوم بقائله حتى يقوم بحرقه أو حتى يقوم بحرقه و قال يا رسول الله لماذا تفعل هذا when Allah has forgiven any mistake and judgment you might have committed in the past or in the future and He said should I not then love to be a thankful servant My dear brothers and sisters the pain the headaches the dizziness from fasting the pain from praying the sore throats and the coughing that's all an expression of our gratitude to Allah for this great blessing of Ramadan it's all an expression of gratitude and we should thank Allah that out of all the people on the face of this earth He has chosen us to give this gratitude so it's actions of gratitude the thankfulness of the tongue is real and it has its reward but also there's also the thankfulness of the love أعمل شقرا على دعود أعمل شقرا على دعود or family of Dawood engage in acts of thankfulness وقاليل من إبادي الشقور and very few of our servants are truly thankful we thank Allah we thank Allah for making us amongst the أقلاء for making us amongst those few who are expressing our gratitude for this great blessing of Ramadan through our prayer our Quran through our fasting our awrad our car our burning eyes for our god peace on our messenger and his family his friend so without further ado I'll pass the mic to شيخ حشان هم يعيد خطبا possível أن تعرف يُشرأ gap العيعد خطبا شكرا اس nächsten وundy إضافينه for two hours of the other nights, I'm gonna keep it very briefly in case I don't know why they made me sit up here. So something that ... there's a statement from Imam Ali ibn Hussain who was named Zainul al Abeli . رحمة الله أنهو . so he is the great grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. So he said إن الله خبأ ثلاثا في ثلاث الله سبحانه وتعالى has hidden three things in three things خبأ رضاه في طاعته that he hid or concealed his pleasure in acts of obedience in acts of obedience to الله سبحانه وتعالى so never downplay any act of obedience whether it's small or large he doesn't distinguish between what we would consider to be sort of major acts of obedience and minor acts so to have scrupulousness in a religion is very important you never know if the رضاء الله سبحانه وتعالى is behind that act of obedience وخبأ ثلاث في مأسياته and he's hidden his or concealed his wrath in acts of disobedience so never consider any act of disobedience as being just something irrelevant or unimportant because you never know behind which act of disobedience is the wrath of الله سبحانه وتعالى وخبأ ولايته في خلقه and الله سبحانه وتعالى he's concealed his sainthood his friendship amongst his creation so we've seen people that are very hostile towards Islam come into the faith and this is very important that we make دعاء for people one of my teachers said half of دعاء is دعاء so pray for people الله سبحانه وتعالى is مقلب القلوب he's the changer of hearts we don't know how someone's end is going to be we don't know our end we pray for his نلخاف when you read the seerah of the Prophet Muhammad we see amazing things there were Sahaba who just from listening to the Qur'an had iman enter into their hearts it was an incident at the college whereas Yassin was here is he still here Yassin was reciting in the مصلة and there's this late non-Muslim because people take walks down that road and he was reciting and she heard this qara'a non-Muslim old lady and she was looking and what is that this is amazing this is beautiful just listening to the qara'a of the Qur'an it speaks to the heart so say Na'umar رضي الله عنه for example who's on his way and he had resolved upon the most evil intention in the history of humanity and he had resolved upon the most evil intention in the history of humanity he was going to kill the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and then when he gets to the house he hears the Qur'an قاها ما أنزلنا عليك القرآن اللي تشغى عجيب we did not reveal this Qur'an in order for you to be miserable he had iman enter into his heart so some people just hearing the Qur'an I had a roommate in college he was a Catholic guy I was a third year junior he was a freshman and it's just so happens that so I was in the to transfer norms and then there was a weird smell that was coming from our room and no one could figure out what it was it was a big mystery so they moved me into a freshman dorm as a junior so I had this freshman guy a couple years younger than me I walked into the room and there's this huge crucifix on the wall it looked like a life-size crucifix it was huge I'm thinking I gotta pray in here so I had this little thing مشالله we started talking so we said let's go out to dinner so we get in the car and I just turned on the Qur'an I just turned it on and you can see his face I was looking over at him he was just going like this so the whole I forgot where we went with some sandwich place or something it might have been Taco Bell this is the late 90s we were young men so then we go to class I come home the next day and I catch him in Sajdah on my prayer rope and then he said I didn't go to class this day so you're gonna get you're gonna get dismissed from the college the first day of class you didn't go so you never know what's gonna affect the heart you know some of the Sahaba they were converted through miracles the Prophet ﷺ is الله سبحانه وتعالى describes in the Qur'an يَا أَيُهِنَّ بِيُهِنَّ رَسَبْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا مُمَبَشِّرًا مُنَذِيرًا وَدَاعِيًا إِلَا اللَّهُ وَصِرَاجًا مُنِيرًا وَصِرَاجًا مُنِيرًا he's a lamp that spreads light you know so one time the Prophet ﷺ was walking with Abu Bakr صديق رضي الله عنه and they came to a shepherd was tending a flock and they said to him give us a drink from one of the goats and he said this is this is not my flock I'm guarding it for this Abu Jahl so this is an amana so the Prophet ﷺ he said bring me a goat that's never given birth what are they going to do okay bring him a goat he said this is so the Prophet ﷺ touches the utter he says it fills up with milk he says bring me a vessel pouring into the vessel they both drink it and the Prophet ﷺ said so this is from a miracle in the تابقات المسعد he mentions that سعيد و this is before the call of the Prophet went public and so this man خالد he had a dream and he knew Abu Bakr صديق الله تعالى used to interpret dreams even before Islam so you had this dream and he went to Abu Bakr صديق and he said I had this dream so what was your dream he said dream and so I'm standing at the edge of this lake of fire and my father is in it and he's trying to grab me and I keep fighting him off and eventually he grabs me and he's about to yank me into the fire and then your friend comes up from behind me and he grabs me around my waist like this and he pulls me back and saves me from the fire your friend محمد صلى الله عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم and Abu Bakr صديق he said be of good cheer he's a messenger of God and this is how he converted الله سبحانه وتعالى is in control of the hearts he might think someone is just incorrigible الله will change the hearts when the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم came into the Medina المنورة they were منافقين in the city all right and they paid a poet and when the poets wrote something about you you know when they lampoon you when they insult you this could stay forever for generations that's the power of the poet right so they gave this man حسان يبنو ثابت some money and they said when you see the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم although they did not say صلى الله عليه وسلم but I'll say it when you see him write something lampoon him right okay give him some money he's waiting by one of the roadways and then the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم passes by and he takes a single glance and he goes back to these منافقين and he said here's your money I don't want it so I said did you write something he said yeah I wrote something so it's a let's hear it it's a لما رأيته أنواره صطعت ودعته من خيفة كفي على بصري خوفا على بصري من حسن سورته فلاستو أن ذروه إلى على قدري روح من النور في جسم من القمر كحلية من أنجم الظهري when I saw his lights approaching I had to cover my face with my palm out of fear of losing my eyesight because of the beauty of his countenance I could scarcely look at him a soul from light in a body carved from the moon like a cloak patched together with brilliant stars حسادي من الثابد رضي الله عنه he became the poet laureate of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم so make to offer people you know الله سبحانه وتعالى مقنب القلوب may Allah سبحانه وتعالى fill the hearts of the world with the love of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he is حبيب الله he has the highest station any human being in history this is his title حبيب الله of course Allah loves all the prophets every prophet is خليل الله but there's something there's a special quality a special emphasis with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم so he is حبيب الله par excellence and if we love Allah's حبيب then we'll gain the love of Allah سبحانه وتعالى may Allah سبحانه وتعالى forgive all of us may Allah سبحانه وتعالى raise our stations may Allah سبحانه وتعالى increase us in knowledge may Allah سبحانه وتعالى give us the ability to convey this lamp that spreads light to the rest of the world صلى الله عليه وسلم ورحمة الله وبركاته صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم السلام عليكم ورحمة الله ورمضان مبارك رمضان مبارك رمضان كريم السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته رمضان ورحمة الله وبركاته وماذا يجب على أن تجد من هناك؟ لأن الشرطة الليلة وآلية الرسلمة قمت بطلبها في العشر الأواخر يجب عليها في الثلاثة وعندما تعتقد أنه 27 دقائق وماذا تعتقد أنه 25 دقائق ولكن ماذا تجد عليها أتصال بكثير؟ وماذا تردت أن تسوأ بيديو برسطة أمورك؟ لأنهم يقولون ذلك، right Rameez؟ كل نهاية تلقى القدر والأخر شخص الذي تجده هو سيدنا الخدر السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته الله سبحانه وتعالى فقط يتبعون عن ما إمام زايد فقط يتكلم أننا هي أمه الذي يفرق على القرآن أفلا يتذبّرون القرآن أما على قلوبنا قفالها هل لا يعتقدون بسرعة؟ هل لا يفرق القرآن؟ أو هل أنت؟ بعض القرآن لا يفرقون بسرعة قرآن لذلك دعنا نحن تلقى قرآن دعنا نحن نفرق بسرعة قرآن وعندما على قرآن مومنتس الله سبحانه وتعالى يقول في قرآن مجسد إن ننزلناه في ليلة القدر وما أدراك ما ليلة القدر ليلة القدر خير من الفيشهر ننزل من ملائكة ووضوحه فيها بإذن ربهم من كل أمر سلام هي حتى مطلع الفجر الله سبحانه وتعالى يقول إن ننزلناه في ليلة القدر إن نحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونحن ونسأل القرآن ونسألناه على قدر ونقدر لا الله لا يقول ذلك قرآن جبيل عيسلم ونسأل القرآن لفترة عيسلم ونسأل قدر ونقدر ونقدر لا ، لا يوجد رفع لقرآن لأنه يوجد رفع ونقدر كل شخص يفهم أنه يفهم للقرآن هذا هو one of the ways that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has honored the book by not even repeating but كلا إذا بلغت الحلقوم الله يقول كلا إذا بلغت الحلقوم نه when it reaches the throat and this is in certain waka'a and there's no context for it no context for it إذا بلغت الحلقوم when it reaches the throat what is it the روح the soul on its way out of the body and so sometimes Allah سبحانه وتعالى will not even mention what he's talking about because it's without need of mention إنه أنزلناه في ليلة القدر on ليلة القدر now this is incredible because it's the first time that ليلة القدر is mentioned and for the Prophet ﷺ and the companions it's the first time they've even heard of something called ليلة القدر right we sent it down on ليلة القدر so what is ليلة القدر just imagine just imagine if this is the first time that you've heard this verse indeed we sent it down on ليلة القدر there's no context it's from a vacuum it's literally out of thin air indeed we sent it down on ليلة القدر wait what is we who is we and what is it and what is ليلة القدر right you have all these questions already from the very beginning the suspense that is created just from the very first verse indeed we we know what ليلة القدر is what is ليلة القدر it's the night that the Qur'an was first made but we all know that because we've been taught but the companions this is the first time they've heard it the كفار it's the first time they've heard it the Prophet the first time he's heard it by the way by the way اقرأ بسم ربك الذي خلق خلق الإنسان من علم اقرأ وربك لكرم الذي علم بالقلم علم الإنسان ما لم يعلم by the way يا رسول الله those five verses يا رسول الله they will reveal to you on ليلة القدر it's the first time the Prophet he didn't hear what ليلة القدر is but yet Allah سبحانه وتعالى سبحانه وتعالى speaks about it as though it's known it's a definite through إضافة and it's a definite through the ألفلان right the night of القدر it's like you may not know what it is but that doesn't mean it is not known you may not know what it is you may not understand what it is but that doesn't mean that it's not known to its people and who are its people at that time the angels they all have been waiting for ليلة القدر from the very beginning of creation they've been waiting for ليلة القدر from the very beginning of creation they've been waiting for ليلة القدر because the world came into existence from non-existence for ليلة القدر for the sake of ليلة القدر you don't believe me some of you are looking at me like you don't believe me Allah سبحانه وتعالى says الرحمن علم القرآن خلق الإنسان the Lord of compassion He taught the Qur'an and that begs a question does it not He taught the Qur'an what's the question that begs that's beg to whom right to whom right that's the question that's beg الرحمن He taught the Qur'an to whom خلق الإنسان now we know why the insan was created to receive the teaching of the Qur'an so from the very beginning the teaching of the Qur'an had to be received and so man was created to receive that teaching the entire world was created for ليلة القدر to come to arrive and so it was known to the angels it was known to its people and this was the first time that the Prophet ﷺ and the companions had ever even heard of it ليلة القدر and I can't even translate it for you the night of القدر you can't translate القدر because it means different things and look at this beautiful verse وما أدراكما ليلة القدر and what will make you فاعدم ليلة القدر what will make you فاعدم ليلة القدر اللو أكبر whom is addressed in this verse the Ummah what will make you فاعدم ليلة القدر what will make you understand the Layat of the Qadr is the Ummah addressed in this verse who is addressed in this verse وما أدراكما ليلة القدر who is addressed who is you who is you humans all of the people أيأيون ناس سور الله عليه وسلم its singular masculine وما أدراك ما ليلة و when we say اسلام عليك نقول that to one person one man not because of the cow وما أدراك ما ليلة وقدر و what does that mean الله سبحانه وتعالى is asking the prophet what will make you fathom ليلة وقدر the prophet is being asked that question ما سيجعلك يا رسول الله سبحانه وتعالى ليلة القدر؟ الله أكبر ويُسفل الله ورسوله أنه هو the only witness to the light of the darkness هو the only one there هو the only one who could explain to us what the light of the darkness was في الحقيقة أنه came to Khadija and he explained to her what happened ما سيجعلك يا رسول الله سبحانه وتعالى ليلة القدر؟ and then who is asking the question الله is asking the question if there is anything that could make the Prophet ﷺ فعضم ليلة القدر الله would have given it to him but Allah سبحانه وتعالى in this beautiful verse the second verse of Surat Al-Qadr he is using the language of wonderment and amazement to express the greatness of ليلة القدر and he is asking the Prophet ﷺ ما سيجعلك فعضم ليلة القدر؟ الله is using the language of wonder so that the Prophet ﷺ can just imagine what ليلة القدر is ما سيجعلك يا رسول الله فعضم it and he was the only one there and then Allah سبحانه وتعالى doesn't even tell us what ليلة القدر is so the Mufassirun said ليلة القدر is the night of constriction why constriction؟ و أما إذا ما بتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول رب يا أهانا and when Allah tests man و قدر عليه رزقه constricts his sustenance for him constricts قدره his sustenance for him he says يقول رب يا أهانا he says my Lord has abased me so it's the night of constriction why because all of the angels descend and they ascend in ليلة القدر and there's no room the traffic is too much the angelic traffic coming into the earth is too much like you're going to kiss the black stone and you have a waves of people coming out and you're trying to go in that's constriction and that's what's happening in the angelic pathways between the earth and the angelic realm above so it's the Laila of constriction but then they said no it's the night of power power الله سبحانه وتعالى is powerful and قدر is from power and it's the power the sheer power of Sayyidina Jibril عليه السلام when he seized the Prophet ﷺ and he covered the Prophet ﷺ until the messenger of Allah ﷺ was about to breathe his last حتى ضلغ من الجهد ثم أرسلني and then he left me he released me so the Prophet ﷺ was brought to three near-death experiences consecutively from the sheer power of the angel اللمه شديد القوة the one who is possessed of great strength taught him and that's Jibril the angels aren't these little fairies that you can just flick off your shoulder like this these aren't angels they're not our angels that's for sure they're not our angels trying to get people to fall in love with one another just shooting the arrows at people and then they get married out of cupidity right? so these are not our angels right? our angels have 600 wings 600 Sayyidina Jibril عليه السلام in his true form he had 600 wings that the Prophet ﷺ saw and he saw everywhere in the horizon he said there was the angel filling up the entire horizon those are our angels تنزل الملائكة و فيها no so they said that it's the night of power but then some of them said no it's the night of destiny it's the night of the decree of Allah because the decree comes into the the angels bring down the decrees of Allah ﷻ for the coming year and so this is the night of destiny we don't even know how to translate لتنقضر وما اضراك اما لتنقضر what will make you fathom it we don't even know how to translate it so what will make us fathom it وما اضراك اما ليلة قدر and then some said القدر is قيمة it's ما قدر هذا الشيء what is the value what is the estimation of this thing so it's the night of estimation and great value in which the Qur'an of great value came down through the messenger of great value onto the heart of the messenger of great value to an ummah to an ummah of great value now this is all the khasais of this ummah through its prophet ﷺ so that's ليلة قدر the night of immense value with Allah ﷻ we don't know how to translate it so how are we going to understand it وما اضراك اما ليلة قدر and then Allah ﷻ says ليلة قدر خير من الفشار the night of القدر is better than a thousand months a thousand months please bring out your calculators what is a thousand months it's like worshiping Allah ﷻ for how long 80 what 83 years 83 years 83 years 83 years 83 years and lunar is 85 85 lunar years and our years are lunar are they not 85 years isn't that incredible isn't that incredible that whatever you do in this month for ليلة قدر whatever you do on ليلة قدر it says though you have been doing it for 85 lunar years without sleep without distraction without anything 85 lunar years right you give sadqa so you gave sadqa for 85 lunar years you pray it says though you prayed for 85 lunar years isn't that incredible isn't that incredible no it's not incredible at all it's not because that's too little 85 years is too little 85 years is too little and whoever told you that it's like 85 years has lied to you through his teeth lying to you too even whoever said it's like worshiping Allah ﷻ for an entire lifetime you liar you lie on the book of Allah you lie قدر why what does Allah ﷻ say خير من الفيشة he says it's better than 1000 months he doesn't say it's equal to 1000 months he said it surpasses 1000 months and 1000 is the biggest number that the Arabs had is it not 1000 is the biggest number that the Arabs had they didn't have ميليون and billion and billion and these numbers these are all they didn't have that they're counting sheep and camels that's what they're counting how many they're counting sheep and camels you know and so what is their million what is a million what is a million مليون ، ألف و ألف ، it's a thousand thousands but you're not going to get a bigger number than a thousand and Allah سبحانه وتعالى He says it surpasses that and when Allah says it surpasses that then it's beyond like سيام itself fasting itself the angels don't even know how to record it الله سبحانه وتعالى He says انا حديث قدسي كله عمل ابني آدمة له إلا سيام فإنه لي و أنا أزيبي all of the deeds belong to the children of Adam except for fasting that belongs to me and I reward for it personally I reward for it personally so the angels don't even know how to record it they say just need this how do we record this يا الله الله says don't worry about it I got it that's on me I reward for that personally don't worry it's not it's not your concern that's between me and my slave and so that's the same Lord this is the same Lord who then tells us that ليلة القدر surpasses a thousand months and when Allah سبحانه وتعالى says it surpasses don't even think about a thousand lifetimes it's immeasurable not one lifetime your Lord is much more bountiful than that much more bountiful than rewarding you for just one lifetime much more gracious than that الله سبحانه وتعالى does not withhold from us and say this night I'll give it to you as though you lived 85 years right no much more bountiful therein descend the angels and the spirit by the permission of their Lord on every affair every errand every command the angels and the spirit الله أكبر that they descend and Allah سبحانه وتعالى says in a verse that Sayyidina Jibril عليه السلام confessed to the Prophet ﷺ after the revelation of Surat al-Dhuha after Surat al-Dhuha the Prophet ﷺ has said because Dhuha came it was the Surah of consolation to the Prophet ﷺ after six months according to Imam al-Bayhaqi of silence in the skies no revelation for six months and the Prophet ﷺ fell into a state of fear that he has displeased Allah fallen into the disfavor with his Lord and so Sayyidina Jibril عليه السلام brings down Surat al-Dhuha to console the blessed heart of the Prophet ﷺ after which he said to Sayyidina Jibril أشتقنا إليكم that we've missed you we've missed you and Jibril عليه السلام confessed to him ونحن إليك أشوق that our yearning is more than yours our yearning for you is more than yours ولكن ما حبسني إلا أمر ربك he says but the only thing that withheld me from you was the command of your Lord and then he gave him this verse وما نتنزل إلا بأمر ربك we do not descend except by the command of your Lord you guys got that? so what do we read in certain قدر تنزل الملائكة والروح فيها بإذن ربهم من كل أمر the angels and the spirit descend therein by the permission of their Lord with every affair any difference between the two? any difference between the two? I'll say it again وما نتنزل إلا بأمر ربك we do not descend except by the command of your Lord تنزل الملائكة والروح فيها بإذن ربهم من كل أمر the angels and the spirit descend therein by the permission of their Lord with every affair any difference? somebody said it command and permission exactly so the other verse said we do not descend except by the command of your Lord وما نتنزل إلا بأمر ربك we do not descend except by the command so the other verse said we do not descend except by the command of your Lord سورة القدر doesn't say command it says permission of their Lord which implies what? what does that imply? about the angels' descent الليلة القدر what? that they sought permission that they ask Allah they plead with Allah and let us descend allow us to go into the earth to be among them to be among them to celebrate with them the anniversary between the terrestrial and the celestial between when the messenger of Allah ﷺ first beheld the messenger of Allah ﷺ when the Prophet ﷺ first laid eyes on جبيل ﷺ and when جبيل ﷺ first laid eyes on the Prophet ﷺ let us be there on the night that commemorates this incredible union between جبيل and the Prophet ﷺ when the Prophet ﷺ was most excited throughout the entire year he was most excited about Ramadan why? سيدنا عبدالله بن عباس said كان رسول الله ﷺ أجود الناس وكان أجود ما يكونوا في رمضان حين يلقاه جبيل فيدارسه القرآن the messenger of Allah ﷺ was the most generous of all people and he was at his most generous in Ramadan when جبيل would come to him and so he would recite the Qur'an with him so he was he was so excited every Ramadan that جبيل would come to him every single night of Ramadan just to review all of the verses that had been revealed up until that point for the Prophet ﷺ it was this quality time now that he had with سيدنا جبيل عليه السلام it was beautiful it was beautiful and so the angels want to be here among us on that night when the entire earth is celebrating بلدت القدر they want to be with us celebrating along with us witnessing these gatherings witnessing our supplication our prayer witnessing all of that partaking with us and praying for us seeking for Allah's forgiveness for on our behalf now I'm seeking Allah's forgiveness on our behalf صلى الله عليه وسلم وسلم و بارك عرسين محمد what a gift that he has given to this ummah and so the angels sensitize your hearts to their presence for they are present among us they are here with us now witnessing this and asking for forgiveness and Allah SWT answered the forgiveness answered the prayers of the angels and they cover us with their wings that's why there's peace here tonight up until the heavens above this is the promise of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and the promise of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is true and Allah SWT said what is the soul what is the soul what is the soul so they said that the soul one of the understandings of the soul is that it is this immense creature from which Adam عليه سلم received his soul فذا ساويته و نفقته فيه من الروح فقاولا وساجدين it is this angelic being that is the source for the الروح of Bani Adam that after I have fashioned him and breathed into him of my Ruh then bowed down and prostrate before him before him and then others said no the Ruh is the compassion of Allah لا تقنطوا من روح الله don't despair of the compassion of Allah so the compassion of Allah descends with the angels الله أكبر this is the night in which Allah's compassion descends others said no the Ruh is the Qur'an itself إن أرحينا إليك روحا من أمرنا we have revealed to you a Ruh from our very own command so the Qur'an itself descends into the world the angels bring the Qur'an the Qur'an itself into the world on Laylat and Qadr still others said the Ruh is عيسة عليه السلام سيدنا عيسة عليه السلام right and I'm going to mention this in your presence if you give me permission right you can't even say Jesus in this man's presence without asking permission right عليه السلام but عيسة عليه السلام descends with the angels to check on the ummah of the Prophet every Laylat and Qadr عيسة عليه السلام what will make us fathom what this night is we don't even know what the Ruh is or Qadr and then still others said the Ruh is سيدنا جبريل عليه السلام فأرسلنا إليها روحنا فتمثل الله بشنان سوية so we sent to her our Ruh and he embodied a man in every respect right so سيدنا جبريل like the angels and سيدنا جبريل well wait a minute does that make sense but the angels descend and جبريل descends on every affair with the permission of their lord does that make sense to say the angels and جبريل that doesn't make sense does it does that make sense the angels descend and جبريل doesn't make sense doesn't make sense الله سبحانه وتعالى says إن سورة الرحمن فيها فاكيهاتون ونخلون ورمان but it has fruits جميل has fruits and it has date palms and pomegranates it has fruits and date palms and what pomegranates the angels descend therein and جبريل he's the pomegranates of the angels right isn't this so the the fruits and don't think about bananas apples pears you know these you know the everyday fruits no pomegranates pomegranates not pomegranates so the angels all descend and جبريل himself جبريل himself descends with them right by the permission of the lord on every affair سلام and in ورش you stop سلام in ورش you stop سلام and let that marinate a little bit on the hearts سلام for the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam who said that for the first three days in جنة the only thing that people will be able to say is سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام peace wholeness well being perfection ساملس we finally wholeness we're whole right we're not broken anymore the dunya broke us here we are whole right سلام and so it's a piece of jannah on earth ليلة القدر so that the only thing that we experience is سلام سلام هي حتى مطرع الفجر that the night will will abide right that this all of this will abide right and ليلة القدر will endure until the rise of more until the rise of more اللهم صلي وسلم و بارك على سيدنا محمد وعلى ألو صحم وسلم if tonight be ليلة القدر we pray that Allah سبحانه وتعالى find us striving searching pursuing aspiring in a state of aspiration with our Lord in a state of yearning for our Lord in a state of beseeching our Lord on a night just like this and tonight may be your ليلة القدر it may be your moment with Allah سبحانه وتعالى it may be your your few precious prayers that you feel tonight more than any other night and so this may be your personal ليلة القدر with Allah سبحانه وتعالى وما أدراكم right and so let us give honor to this night ومن يعزم شعائر الله فإنها من تقوى القلوب whosoever venerates the symbols of Allah that is from the fear of Allah that is in the hearts and ليلة القدر is one of these great symbols of Allah سبحانه وتعالى وذكرهم بأيام الله and remind them of the days of Allah this is one of the days of Allah this is one of this is one of the nights of Allah in the days of Allah سبحانه وتعالى you know may Allah not turn us away deprived from Ramadan and the whole thing about Ramadan is that Ramadan was not for the sake of Ramadan the month of Ramadan is not for the month of Ramadan it's a pillar of this Deen without which the entire Deen collapses these 30 days they act as a pillar this religion and any pillar any pillar if it gives way the entire edifice collapses so it is a pillar of this Deen and so Ramadan is not for Ramadan شهر رمضان الذي انزل فيه in Quran the month of Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was brought down the month of Shawwal is not the month in which the Quran is taken back up وصلى الله عليه وسلم وباركة على سيد محمد وعلى آله صحبه وسلم تسيم كثير وكثيرا سبحان ربك رب العزة عما يصفون وسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين صلى الله على محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله على محمد عليه وسلم صلى الله على محمد عليه وسلم صلى الله على محمد صلى الله على محمد