 There are many people around the world who are in the state of real difficulty at the moment. Many people who we know are very unwell, especially those people in Syria at the moment and Saudi Arabia and in Bahrain where the revolution is taking place, where there is murder and atrocity. Let us remember them inshallah sincerely and hope for their safety, security and victory for the truth of the goodness of the coming of the awaited In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful As-salatu wa as-salamu ala ashraf al-anbiya'i wal-mursaleen khatim al-nabeen Sayyidin al-mumajjad bashirin al-musaddaq al-mustafa al-amjad mahmood al-Ahmad abil qasim al-Muhammad wa ala ahli baytah tayyabin al-tahireen al-ma'asumeen wa la'nallahu ala al-zalimina min al-awwalina wa al-akhireen ama ba'ad qala imam al-hujja alayhi as-salam wal-hamdulillahi ala al-hamdulillahi ala ilmihi ba'ad al-ilmih wal-hamdulillahi ala afwihi ba'ad al-kudratih wal-hamdulillahi ala tuli anatihi fi ghazabih wa huwa qadirun ala ma yurid al-hamdulillahi qalik al-khalq ba'asit al-rizq falik al-isbaha bil-jalali wal-iqraab wal-fazli wal-in'aam al-ladi ba'uda fa la yurah wa qaruba fa shahid an-najwata ba'alaka wa ta'ala Salawat Awaited saviour imam al-Zamanah My respect to teachers, elders, brothers and sisters Salamu alaikum jami'an wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh The next section of da'a iftitah which has been given to us by the Awaited saviour of humanity in our imam ma wal-hudjah ad-jarallahu ta'ala falajah al-shareef is arguably this section the most important section of the entire da'a when we say this section you may recall on the second night in our introduction to da'a iftitah we mention that the da'a is split into two the entire da'a is a praise but it's split into two in that the first half is a praise towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the second is a praise towards the Divine Leaders being Ahl al-Bayt salawatullahi wa salamu alayhim ajma'in as for the first section it is arguably that this particular line or this particular number of lines that we will discuss tonight are the most important lines in regards to the first section because if you correctly understand this section of the da'a if you and I walk away tonight insha'Allah having been able to grasp what the Imam is trying to tell us then our entire lives will be one in which we have gained a certain direction which will lead us throughout the rest of our lives hence we say it is arguably the most important section within the first half of the da'a what does the Imam alayhi salatu wa salam say alhamdulillah ala halmihi ba'ada ilmi in this part of the da'a he is stating praise belongs to Allah why? because he has forbearance ilm after ilm after knowledge and then at the end of this section he starts by saying alhamdulillah aladhi khalaqil khalaq ba'asat al-risq falaq al-asbaah daljalali wal ikram all praise belongs to Allah why? because he is the creator of all the created things within this universe it is these two particular lines that I want to assess tonight inshallah and have a look at why these two lines could be the most significant lines within this section of the holy da'a all praise belongs to Allah for his forbearance after knowledge and all praise belongs to Allah why? because he is the one who has created everything within creation when it comes to ilm after ilm the imam is signifying that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has full knowledge of everything he is aware of my past he is aware of my future when I look into my own past and I see how many inordinate actions how many sins how many times I have fallen but specifically having fallen after made him a promise after said to him I will try better saying to him I will no longer perform this particular action he has full knowledge of all of these issues he knows my past he knows my present and he knows my future indeed if I am to count up my illegitimate deeds my illicit deeds they would be bigger than the glossiest mountain within this world to the extent that really I would probably forget I wouldn't be able to enumerate I wouldn't be able to number how many illegitimate deeds I have done within my life moreover he already is aware of those which are going to come and despite this he still has forbearance towards me as an individual why would someone who is so grand and superior in authority someone who is so capable of all give me this leniency upon myself why and more importantly when I come to introspecting within myself do I have this particular characteristic for me am I able to be lenient and forbearance towards another person despite having knowledge of that which they have done take a scenario now in my life in our lives when someone has wronged us let us say the person has wronged us and for whatever reason circumstance should play then that person needs to come to me for a favor person has wronged me I have been hurt by it he should not have done the action but I am the one in control because that person needs me today if that person were to come to me having known that he has wronged me how would that person be feeling when he comes towards me he would know that I have wronged you he would know that there is less chance that I am going to give to him because I bear the grudge against him and superiority complex comes within me where I think I am superior he has wronged me and now it's my time to shine now I am the one who is in control I can dictate I am the one who can say no I am the one who can say yes with pride and with arrogance the difference is in Allah SWT Allah SWT is innate nature in his own fundamental characteristics we praise him because he is the opposite he has forbearance despite all the knowledge that he has of me as an individual thus when I come to him he is not the one to refuse me and say no I know what you did in the past I know the offenses you have caused and indeed I also know that despite you having promised to no longer do them back to doing them in the future none of this comes to the forefront of the relationship between me and Allah SWT all praise belongs to Allah for he is this characteristic has been implemented has been sought after so much by Ahl al-Bayt and has been part and parcel of their manifestation and we need to see this characteristic amongst our family amongst our friends amongst our community if someone has done wrong to me I should have the strength the inner capability to forgive straight away and not just forgive forget it's not just about saying no problem I let the issue go but I'm no longer going to bring it up in front of someone else there's an incident between the holy prophet of Islam and a person by the name of Thamama Ibn Sanani was one of the senior of the mushrikim he was an assassin amongst the people of the Quraish within the city of Makkah when the holy prophet of Islam had migrated towards Madinah we know there was this incident where the commander of the faithful slept in the bed of Rasool Allah and people from each of the tribes went to try and kill the holy prophet of Islam however after the migration it didn't stop there was a number of assassination attempts upon the life of the holy prophet of Islam this one individual Thamama Ibn Sanani was tasked by the Quraish to go and assassinate the holy prophet of Islam he leaves Makkah he arrives in Madinah for whatever reason in his sneaky nature trying to get position and time and asking people where does the prophet live how does the prophet situate himself who does he sit with where does he eat in all of this time Thamama Ibn Sanani when he was speaking and asking these questions it became noticeable that he was an assassin trying to kill the holy prophet of Islam the companions tied him and bound him inside the mosque of Rasool Allah inside Masjid Nabooi they bound him and tied him Rasool Allah was called there is someone here we have caught he is an assassin he is trying to kill you Rasool Allah immediately left and he came towards Masjid Nabooi how do you think you and I would react if I was told there is someone here who is tied and bound because he is trying to assassinate me how would I react to this person would I slap him would I kick him would I swear at him how would I react to him the holy prophet of Islam as soon as he saw this individual the first question he came to him Thamama have you had any food or have you had any drink you have been bound and tied it is difficult for you you are in a state of fear and anxiety as to what will happen have you had any food or have you had any drink he says no I am thirsty I called for a drink and gave it to Thamama he sat by Thamama now and began to speak to him tell me why are you here I came here because I was supposed to assassinate you we have caught you now I will give you three options the first option is that I will release you and you will be allowed to live in Medina under my protection I will look after you do you need a place to stay if you need some clothes I will give you clothes if you need anything I am the one who is entitled to give this to you the second option is that you return back towards Makkah under my protection I will give you the horse I will give you guards the fact that you have come to Medina you are now under my security in order for you to return back to Makkah it is an obligation for me to return you back in safety third option I invite you towards Islam I would like you to say which choice do you have one of these three options which one do you choose he said I choose to return back to Makkah under your protection he left and he went back towards Makkah having returned to Makkah a few days later the people of Medina found that Thamama had again returned back to Medina Rasulullah was called Ya Rasulullah Thamama has come back he has only been a few days Thamama why have you returned he said I wanted to become a Muslim when you invited me with the third option but had I become a Muslim at that point the Quraish would have said that Rasulullah Muhammad would have forced me to become a Muslim I wanted to leave under the guidance of your akhlaq the protection of you your helm and forbearance towards my enmity of you I could return back safely towards the Quraish and then I could come on my own ways therefore nobody could say to me I converted to Islam under the under the force of this look at how much forbearance Rasulullah had an assassin an assassin to come and kill him and yet he could forgive and forget but not so much that it was actually to the point that his actions caused the conversion of this man towards Islam a mushrik an enemy of his an assassin could turn towards Islam these are the characteristics of Allah swt he has helm after helm he is the one who is living despite all the power after his power despite all that we are he has these particular characteristics there is a reason why I bring this up now and then we come to this particular issue of all praise belongs to Allah he is the creator of everything Khalil khalq he is the creator of everything within creation these two or three lines of the da'a we are bearing a huge relationship between themselves there is something very much linked between the concept of Allah's helm after the knowledge of my actions and the fact that he is the creator and sustainer of everything within this universe what are they let us ask ourselves let us introspect for a few minutes Allah swt is the creator of everything sometimes when we sit with our youth there is a general question that is a burning question and although it is the youth that generally ask it it is probably one that is found in the minds and the hearts of everyone within creation whether you are Shi'a or non-Shi'a whether you are Muslim or non-Muslim and indeed when we pose these questions everybody in this hall will probably have their own answer understanding as to this particular question my lord indeed you are the creator of everything within creation but why did you create me what was the purpose of my creation I don't understand my lord if you look at the concept my lord you are not in need of me if I was to worship you all of my life it doesn't add anything to you there is a bell against you it doesn't take away anything from your grandiosity if everybody in creation bows to you it doesn't add if everybody in creation rejects you it doesn't take away from who you are why did you create me moreover my lord you know all that I am and what I am going to be you know all of all of creation you know who is going to heaven why my lord if you are the one who is so merciful why my lord if you are the one who is so kind will you create an individual that is going to cause havoc within this universe and will end up going into the fiery pitfalls of hell forever potentially as in if you think about it Iblis is directing me away from you my lord I would know you so well if it wasn't for him and there are certain people within history as an example there are certain people that have taken us away from religion and others their actions have impacted us by virtue we are not able to give us everything that they would have wanted to give us so openly with such level of sitting with people why did you then create these people who are only going to take us away from you what was the purpose of all of this creation for you and I this is a question that is most common and thus we need several answers at various levels of thinking in order to build upon this and teach our youth ourselves but also come to a conclusion that is worthy of the mind that we have in order to build us towards our end goals what could these be if you look within Ahadith and within the Holy Quran there are many reasons as to why Allah SWT has created us there is a numerate 4 and then we'll go a little bit deeper into understanding this particular issue the first one Allah SWT in Hadith Qudsi is narrated to have said I was a hidden treasure I want it to be known I want to be known by you in all my glorious nature I want you to know who I am I want you to know me through these stars I want you to know me through my creation within the seas once you know me you will genuinely be able to serve me reason one reason two I did not create any of the jinn or any of mankind except that they should worship me another translation should be serve me because servitude how do you serve Allah SWT I can't serve him meaning the only way I truly serve Allah is to serve each other within creation that is how I serve him I can worship him but when I serve him I can't serve him directly it is by me serving everybody else within creation reason number two reason number three we mention the other night the opening verse from Surat Al-Mulk reason why I created was in order to test you I wanted to test you in this life the fourth reason we find within Allah SWT says I did not create any of this I didn't create the sun the moon the stars the seas reason why I created everything the purpose of your creation was because of my love of Muhammad in Allah SWT ok I understand my lord why you have created me you have given me these four reasons as to why you have created me to know you in order to serve you in order that you may test me and in order that I may know Ahlul Bayt out of the virtue of how much you are in love with their creation these four seek to give us a holistic understanding however there are ways to understand this in greater depth when it comes to understanding these we are obliged to understand them at a slightly more intellectual level we want to utilize these four and build upon them as to what they are telling you and I as to the purpose of my creation Imam says in this daa all praise belongs to Allah because he is the creator of everything within creation why did you create me my lord when I look at my own creation none of this and this is key please understand this especially my younger brothers and sisters understand this for yourself there is nothing which is without coincidence there is nothing that is just haphazard in the creation system of Allah SWT ask yourselves and let me ask myself the following question why was I created I didn't ask to be created I had no say in the matter whatsoever yet you created me why was I created in this particular era why wasn't I created at the time of Imam Bakr alaihi salam why wasn't I created at the time of Allam al-Halli why was I created in this particular era why was I born why was I born into my particular family who is your family whatever surname your maiden surname is ask it why was I born into this particular family why wasn't I born into your family why weren't you born into my family why did Allah SWT allow me to be born in Mubasa or in Dar or in Nairobi or in London or in Birmingham what was his reasoning behind this was it coincidental was it haphazard that he just decided that when sperm met egg he just told the angels to bring into me the soul he blew into me the soul 9 months later I was born into this particular family and now I'm just living with these particular tests think about yourself as the individual that you are why did you grow up in the way that you grew up why did you engage in the particular challenges in your life that you have until today were these haphazard I thought that he was the best of planners I thought that there is nothing outside of his knowledge I thought that there is nothing that tires him I thought that he is the one who I entrust my entire affair to if I know this about him how can I state that all of this is haphazard in creation surely my birth into this particular era there is a purpose behind it surely me as the individual being born into this particular family there is a purpose behind it surely me being born with this particular features characteristic my own health my own wealth there is a specific purpose behind giving it to me not giving it to you why aren't you me and why am I not you introspect for a minute ask yourself these questions Allah s.w.t answers this within Quran He gives us a verse which is an outstanding verse of philosophy in order to give us an answer as to why I am me and why you are you why I have had my experiences in life why you have your experiences in life now just as a side point we mentioned this yesterday at this youth program so the youth sitting with us please forgive me if this aspect is a little laborious or a little repetition inshallah we will work through it there is a line of Quran which says surely you know the first realm of existence will you not then mind you know the first period realm of existence will you not then bring this to mind in regards to your own existence in regards to the world that you live in today we are posing this question my lord why did you create me I didn't ask for creation you have trialed me burdened me physically emotionally, spiritually with 70 years of existence why did you do this I created you in the first realm if you understand correctly your first realm of existence you will correctly understand the purpose of existence here what is our first realm of existence the first realm of existence is actually but this verse does not refer to this verse specifically refers to the time when you are in the womb of your mother when you are in the womb of your mother the reason why we have been created you will understand it if you truly understand how your growth was within the womb of your mother what happened in the womb of my mother what happened in the womb of our mothers sperm met egg when sperm met egg I was now infused into the womb of my mother and I now begin the process of my existence I move from stage to stage to stage of my own existence within the womb of my mother I grow and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala He puts me into the shape with bones He clothes me with flesh He makes me into the shape of the human being that I am He molds me into the features that eventually I will have and then at the end of the period of eight and a half or nine and nine and a half months or however long it is destined for me to be my mother gives birth to me into this world very simplistic way of looking at it let us build upon this if you understand the existence within womb you will understand existence within this world the reality of the existence within this world is that I am growing stage by stage by stage when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has completed the first part of my existence as a sperm when I am ready to burst forth and bring myself to the next stage of existence He then molds me into the next stage of my existence when I have completed that stage of existence He then molds me into the next stage of existence, why? for the sole purpose of my completion within the womb and readiness to live within the next realm of existence if I am incomplete if the sperm, if the fetus does not complete its journey within the womb of the mother it is incapable of truly beholding this particular world as in, if in the womb of my mother for example I am deficient in my growth I do not have one arm or I do not have legs or I do not come out with an ear or I do not come out with eyes because I have not completed the full term because I have not grown as how I could potentially grow within the womb the consequence of that will be that I am inhibited in some way shape or form within this particular existence now indeed that is down to Allah to decide He decides how I am being molded within the womb of my mother however the point is that the purpose of the journey of the fetus is ultimately to end up with the completion of its own journey it will go through stage by stage by stage growth in order to complete its journey within the existence of the womb it is exactly the same concept within the purpose of this world I am growing stage by stage I am being given birth too and then I grow to being a toddler having completed my journey as a toddler I now move to being a young man a young boy having completed my journey and learning this world as a young boy I now become adolescent there is new demand upon my body there is new demand upon my mind upon my soul as an adolescent then I burst forth and I become a teenager having become a teenager I become a young man having completed my journey as a young man I become a fully grown adult eventually I become an elder man the purpose of this journey was in order to became a complete human being just like I was tasked with being a complete human being in the womb I am tasked with becoming a complete human being by the time I return back to my Lord it is the same purpose and I have been given birth the first, the first remember when you understand the stage by stage process within the womb you will understand the same stage by stage process within this particular world let us elaborate, let us understand this the universe is unidirectional what does unidirectional mean it means it is going in one direction Allah SWT says within the Holy Quran you do not find a change in my sunnah there is no change in my action however you see the universe of my growth however you see my methodology there is no difference this entire universe everything is unidirectional it is in a constant stage of growth it is elaborating itself at all times it is completing one stage of its journey of existence it is moving to the next stage of the journey of its own existence universe itself it started as this small seed we started as this small seed it erupted and it became this entire universe we are according to science there are 850 billion galaxies within this one universe the commander of the faithful says son of Adam do you consider yourself to be an insignificant mass if only you knew inside you lives an entire universe in this universe there are 850 billion galaxies inside us each of those galaxies and more exist heaven is inside me hell is inside me Quran is inside me the Arsh of Allah is inside me the entire universe is found within me if only you recognized it you are growing exactly in the same way I was a seed I burst forth I am supposed to complete my journey within the prescribed time that Allah has given to me so universe is unidirectional there is nothing that does not follow any pattern of journey religion we all know the very famous example Musa a.s. comes as a particular prophet he is clothing Islam in accordance with how the world is capable of holding Islam at that time when Isa a.s. comes he elaborates he grows the religion a little bit more when the holy prophet of Islam comes he grows the religion a little bit more until when the commander of the faithful is appointed on the day of Ghadir اليوم أكمل لكم دينكم and now religion has become perfected for you everything is unidirectional it is growing in exactly the same way the question we pose the purpose of existence am I growing in exactly the same way am I unidirectional my body is growing it is constantly in motion there is no change I can't stop this growth no matter whether I eat or whether I don't eat when I sleep or I don't sleep whether I walk or I talk I am unidirectional but the purpose of your existence is a spiritual existence is my soul growing in accordance with my body I was like the womb it went stage by stage by stage I am now adolescent I am now teen I am now elderly am I growing in the same way that my body has been growing I was 7th Imam Imam Musa Al-Qadim Salawatullahu Salamu Alaikum is narrated to have said he whose 2 days are the same he is in a state of loss and he who goes backwards in his development and growth is cursed by Allah the word in Arabic is لَعْنَ Allah sends لَعْنَ upon that person doesn't mean لَعْنَ curse it means you are far away from the mercy of Allah it means that you are not growing in accordance with how you are supposed to grow every day the body continues to grow every day our knowledge becomes more and more I am reading more I am learning more but every day the soul is supposed to be growing and growing in order to establish and achieve that ultimate point of completion as to who I am there is a story ayatullah sayid Muhammad narrates this about his father his father was a grand marja it's narrated one day a student had a burning question you know we have those questions that we just can't answer in life sometimes maybe some of those maybe some of those are why am I here what is my purpose so he goes to his teacher which is ayatullah shirazi ayatullah shirazi had a habit that before he would teach a class he would open a book with one that he was teaching and he would prepare the class before he would teach it he would review the notes so you would always find ayatullah shirazi sitting in the class reading and preparing the notes before he would come and give doubts this student who had this burning question can't wait he bursts into the room of shirazi where he is preparing the class sayidina I am really sorry to disturb you I have a burning question for you I can't wait let us speak together class is 20 minutes away let us sit what's the question he says if you have one day to live what would you do with it let us introspect for a minute why am I here what is my purpose of existence we are giving you the answer it is elaborating yourself it is growth every single day sayidina if you had one day to live what would you do with it I am going to pose this question to you if you had one day to live what would you do with this one day you see here most people when they answer it they will say I have qadar that I have to perform or I have to write my will or I have to seek forgiveness from brother Muhammad or sister Fatima who I hurt and they will create a very long list of things that they have always wanted to do or all the things that they were supposed to do and they will answer it in a very long list introspect, what would you do if you knew you had one day to live Ayatollah Shirazi had a normal habit about himself that when he would answer a question he would always pause for a minute he would look down he would consider the question think about it and then he would answer we are all accountable for the words that come from our tongue so he would wait for a minute and then he would provide the perfect answer he would want to give the student says this is the first time in my life I have not seen Ayatollah Shirazi pause before answering a question indicating that he had already thought and pondered about this question and already had the answer ready to give to me Agha if you have one day to live what would you do with it he says my dear student if you have one day to live you would find me doing exactly what you find me doing right now teaching the students of Muhammad and Ali Muhammad if you have one day to live what would you do the point that said Shirazi wanted to make is I don't have those responsibilities that you might have I don't have to perform my Qadar I don't have to write my will it's already done I do not need to seek forgiveness I am ready for death because I am a complete human being I have grown stage by stage as a human being my lord if you are going to take me take me now I do not mind this is how we are supposed to exist this is the concept of our existence it is to reach the 4 of who I am as a human being answer the questions I posed to you at the beginning why were you born in the city that you were born why did you become born in this particular era why were you born into this particular family why do you have the weaknesses and the strengths that you have why were you given the blessings and the Bala that you were given every single thing is not coincidental it is not haphazard there is a purpose behind every facet of your existence he is giving you a test think in that manner he is giving you a blessing because you are good with those blessings he is saying I know your weaknesses I will try you in your weaknesses so that you may overcome them and become the complete human being that you are supposed to be I am going to give you wealth because I know you are a generous person I want you to give your wealth to those people who are in need most it is all elaboration everything is about testing you as the individual that you are so that you may throw off the shackles that you have as a human being you may burst forth from those weaknesses in order to stand in front of Allah Ta'ala on the day of judgement and say my lord you tested me in this way in this world look at the success I have become look at Ali ibn Abi Talib as he is struck on the forehead what is his statement O stewurabbil ka'bah indeed by Allah by the lord of the ka'bah I have succeeded in which way did you succeed ya Ali in which way by virtue of becoming a complete human being I cannot say I failed I eventually came to the fore of who I was and now I can stand before you my lord and say I completed my journey the same way you made me complete my journey within the womb I took care in this world and completed my journey as the individual that I am that is the reason why we exist when he says all praise belongs to Allah because he is the one who has halm after halm why is he so forbearant with me because he is a loving master whose hands are picking me up at every time I saw you fall but I pick you up so that you can walk and when I saw you fall again I pick you up so that I may see you walk with another step there is a famous line from an athlete that says when I look at my life all I see is that I have failed and failed and failed but it is in my failure that I have succeeded in my life because every time I failed I stood back up again in order to get to the next stage of my own existence this is why I am here when you look this is presented within the Holy Quran I am supposed to be challenged by my own weaknesses in order to come to the fruition of my own humanity take for example Nabi Allah, Musa A.S Musa A.S as a young babe burnt his tongue as such he was unable to talk properly when he spoke he spoke with a slight inhibition he didn't have the confidence to speak when he spoke he spoke with this slight deficiency this was his challenge when he came to Allah Ta'ala and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said go towards Firaun what did he say in Quran my lord I fear because of the deficiency on my tongue Firaun will reject me he is being tested to the core of who he is it's no different to you and I you have a weakness you are being tested in accordance with your own weakness why test me with my own weakness my lord Musa A.S was tested in Quran Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala responds Musa go towards him I am observant I am listening to your words I as Allah have confidence that you can overcome this do not worry about your own inhibition go in front of him break forth as the human being that you are challenge yourself and grow to the next stage of your existence it is the same with Nabi Allah Ibrahim he is being challenged slaughter your own son my lord slaughter my own son yes have full confidence in me indeed he went slaughtered his son he lifted this and he saw that this was not his son break forth at every stage of your existence this is the purpose of our journey challenge yourself tonight why am I here why was I given this role within my life why was I given this existence and not another existence why wasn't I born as a companion of Rasulullah why wasn't I born in such and such a family was I born in Iran or in Afghanistan there was a journey that you and I had to take and there is a goal towards my completion who am I what are my weaknesses and what are my strengths if in this month I am unable of overcoming those weaknesses ya Allah in which particular month will I overcome these weaknesses and my lord in this month if I cannot improve upon my strengths which month would I improve my strengths upon if not in this month this is the answer as to the purpose of my existence I am journeying from one stage of my existence until I can stand forth before my lord if you look at the life of Sayyid al-Zaynab she indeed went through exactly the very same process of growth there is a narration that comes to us that when she was a child she has a dream this dream there is this tree and this tree is being blown by this wind heavy storms are coming and she is holding on to this tree and she can see that this tree is blowing away and snapping she wakes up and she begins to weep like a child would do from a scary dream oh my dear grandfather why have I seen this particular dream oh my dear granddaughter this is representing what will take place on the 10th of Muharram this tree is our tree it is being broken by the winds of time it is being torn to pieces by the enemies of Allah swt she is a young child learning to grow within her own self and then as she is leaving the city of Medina for the final time and as she is entering into the plains of Karbala oh my dear brother how much pain do I see coming oh my dear brother please tell us that you will not be leaving oh my dear brother how much I am in need of you in this time and then on the 10th of Muharram look at how she is growing at every stage look at how she is birthing forth as a human being as a woman who is a leader of the family when the children are coming children are dying children are being thirsty children are without food she is gathering them as the leader of the household of Ahlulbayt she is bursting forth growing at every stage of her own humanity and then comes when the family are now in chained when she has to see each of the family members and the ones who have been trodden by the horse's hooves and the ones who have been bludgeoned and stabbed to pieces the family members are being made on horseback to go between each one of the family members she sees the body of Hussain her dear brother she throws herself off the horse she puts her hands underneath the broken chest of Hussain and raises the hands towards the heaven she is bursting forth through every stage of her existence and then comes to the pinnacle and the peak and the completion of who Sayyid Zaynab was she stands in front of Yazid and says oh Yazid do you know who we are oh Yazid the only reason why I speak to you is to scorn you I am not even in need of speaking to someone as low as you but I speak to you in order to scorn you at the end of her sermon they turn around and they say we thought it was Ali Ibn Abi Talib speaking within this particular please raise your hands we pray to Allah for the hastening of the reappearance of the awaited saviour we ask Allah for the opportunity to be alongside him at all times in our life and in our death we ask we ya Allah there are many people around the world who are in such desperate need especially in Syria and Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan and Pakistan and Yemen and Egypt and all around the world we ask we ya Allah give them victory and security safety we ask we ya Allah there are many people around the world who are ill, grand them shafa'a we ask we ya Allah for the opportunity to perform ziyarat of Ahl al Bayt peace be upon them all we ask we ya Allah for our forgiveness the sins of our parents the sins of all whom we love all of our leaders and all of our alama we ask we ya Allah for the opportunity to die in the love of Muhammad and Ali Muhammad may he ask you to recite one loud salawat in honor of Sayyidina Zaynab Salawat Allah