 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والخاتمة صبق ناصر الحكلي بالحكي والهال إلى صداتك المستكين وعلى آلية حكا قدره مقدر العظيم يافتح ويعلم وفتح لنا فتن خريبة السلام عليكم ورحمة الله تعالى وبركاته الحمد لله we thank all those who have been with us for gathering us together in a gathering in which his beloved Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is mentioned these are gatherings that we remember the beloved and is in remembering the beloved that we expose ourselves to become beloved to Allah جل الجلاله and that we hope that there will be a day that we all experience that in this process of تحبوب that we are now in i.e. that is what we are doing to try to expose ourselves to become beloved to Allah جل الجلاله the greatest of way which is to mention his beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم we hope that we're all experienced today that that caller calls out in heaven is that then indeed Allah loves so-and-so the son of so-and-so the command is then issued to Gabriel but then comes to love that servant of Allah تعالى who's here on earth and then Gabriel commands the angels who are in heaven and then that servant is given acceptance here on earth this is a reality and it continues to happen it has happened in the past it happens in the present and it will continue to happen in the future and this is one of the great intentions that you and i should make every time that we come together to recite praises of say that محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم to send salutations upon him and to evoke his name and all of his different names and his traits and to hear snippets of his blessed life story and to hear about the beloved of الله سبحانه وتعالى this is one of the great intentions that we can make and then if indeed that we are successful in this affair الله سبحانه وتعالى يجب أن نفعل that we will not take our last breath except that our Lord سبحانه وتعالى has blessed us with that in one of the greatest signs that our Lord سبحانه وتعالى has accepted us is that he's placed in our heart a special love for his Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and this is the first Thursday night the eve of Juma the night before the day of the best day of the week that our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told us about the very best day of all that the sun has shown upon is the day of Juma the blessed day of Friday this is a night and then tomorrow is the day where we should especially send salutations inside of what upon say that محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم and this is the first one after Ramadan and one feels the blessings of Ramadan in moments like these because Ramadan is a مدرسة that we learn so many meanings from it is the practical way that our Lord has given us the ability to learn the meanings of تقوى and to actualize them within ourselves this is the month of polishing the heart and when the heart becomes polished then when you insert in that heart صلى الله عليه وسلم محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم they are especially sweet you can feel the polishing that it does fasting 30 blessed days of this month and then now being gifted the صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم is one of the greatest gifts of all and there are ways that we know that our month of Ramadan has been accepted and the greatest way is to pay close attention to your heart and three things in particular that if you look very carefully at how your heart is when you pray if you look very carefully at how your heart is when you recite the Quran and if you look very carefully how your heart is when you send صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم these are the three touchstones if you will that we can determine our state with our Lord سبحانه وتعالى it's actually very easy someone wants to know how you are with your Lord it actually is very easy how is your heart when you say الله وكبر and you enter into prayer how is your heart when you're reciting the book of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and how is your heart when you send صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم سيدا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم and if we look very carefully each one of these three we will find that there are degrees and the key is that you and I every day of our life every week that passes every month that passes every year that passes from Ramadan to Ramadan now that this كفارة has taken place for these sins that only can be forgiven by fasting the next Ramadan and the traces of which are palpable at the level of the heart how is our heart in relation to these three things and we want to think very carefully about this and to preserve the blessings of Ramadan but these days that we're in now these blessed days of شوال and every day is blessed for the lovers of Allah تعالى and for His Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم these are especially days that we want to be very careful because these are the days where it's very easy for us to start developing bad habits that then are going to spoil some of the blessings that we attain during Ramadan these are days that you have to be especially careful to watch over your heart and to make sure that you get yourself accustomed to doing certain things even if they be small the most important thing is that they are consistent so those various things will be conduits that in other words of how we can preserve the blessings that have flowed to us from the blessed month of Ramadan and so if you ask about a human being what you really have to ask about that person is his or her habits how are their habits because essentially you and I are our habits what are our habits and our life every human being has habits and those habits can be good or those habits can be bad and sometimes those habits are somewhere in between depending upon the intention of a particular person but the key is to develop good habits and this is from the essence of what our Prophet تعالى صلى الله عليه وسلم we have all of these blessed ways on a daily weekly monthly and yearly basis to develop good habits and if those habits are if they are radiant and they that are light giving then they will profoundly impact our hearts and that they will help us then that as we transition out of this blessed month to continue to receive the blessings of Ramadan throughout the year and this was the intention of the righteous they wanted to devote themselves to Allah جل الجلاله in the blessed month of Ramadan in a way that the blessings of that month would carry them throughout the other 11 months of the year until Ramadan came back again and that these are people that as Ramadan was leaving is that their heart was filled with their heart was filled with sorrow because our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم تعالى is that we're my umma to know what is in Ramadan i.e. the barakat and the rahamat and all of these things that happen in this month they would have wished that the entire year be Ramadan where we only to know what happens that at the metaphysical level at the cosmic level that all these different levels of existence what we're to only to know what happens in the sins that are forgiven and all of the different meanings of it اتكمن النهار the releasing of the fire and all of the different obstacles in the spiritual path and the hindrances that are lifted and removed everything that people experience and all the harm that is word off were we truly to know the blessings of Ramadan despite sometimes the difficulty of fasting 29 or 30 days and things that go along with it we would have wanted the entire year to be that the month of Ramadan and one of the great meanings of why that Ramadan is in particular the fast is something is a form of worship that Allah Himself rewards is because of what is called sambal thea i.e. that this is one of the great ways that we resemble the angels is by refaining from certain things that are normally permissible outside of the day of the fast during the day of the fast and the closer that we get to Allah the more than that we will start to resemble the angels and then the more we start to resemble the angels this will have an effect on us at every single level such that we actually become انجليك and the proof in the Quran that someone can become انجليك we find in the blessed story of يوسف عليه السلام what did those women that were brought in by the Potiphar's wife say when يوسف came out and they were so preoccupied with his beauty what did they say that this is not transcend are you this is not a human being that he is only that a noble angel ما هذا بشرة ان هو إلا مدوكم كريم this is not that a human being this is only a generous angel they saw within him these traces of being انجليك and they recognize is that he was special عليه الصلاة والسلام then what about رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم is that he صلى الله عليه وسلم was someone who had a special relationship with all of the angels and everyone wanted their portion of him صلى الله عليه وسلم those who are in earth those that were in heaven everyone wanted their portion from رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم and that Gabriel عليه الصلاة والسلام received the greatest portion of the Prophet amongst all of the other angels because he was the one that accompanied him that on this bus a journey and up into the seven heavens and beyond to the city and to the point that he could not go any further and then because of his other with رسول الله that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is that invested him with this great station of خلال the intimate friend of رسول الله but in reality is that he was the intimate friend of الله جل الجلاله but he that invested him with this great station because he was his companion that on this great journey so if we that come back and we think about that our relationship specifically to the book of الله سبحانه و تعالى it is very important that we renew our connection to الله تعالى's book one of the great traits of the people that we find to in believe to be pious people all of them have a connection to الله's book if i think about all of the great teachers that Allah تعالى has blessed these sinful eyes of my to see all of them had a connection with the book of الله سبحانه و تعالى if you want to speak about مرابد حر سبحانه و تعالى this was his weird لا إلهي لله and quran he was constantly reciting quran you would finish your lesson if there was not another student present he would say عوذي بالله من الشيطان الرجيم and immediately start reciting the book of الله سبحانه و تعالى that intimate connection to الله سبحانه و تعالى this book that if i think about my other teachers in different places on earth all of them have a strong connection with the book of الله تعالى and this should be our goal of every single last one of us to learn how to recite الله تعالى's book property to learn it does not take that long invest the time this is one of the greatest things you can do don't just teach your children of course teach your children from the time that they're young so that by the time they reach the age of seven or ten or that become of age is that it's very easy for them to recite الله تعالى's book but invest the time you to learn the basics of what it takes for you to recite الله تعالى's book and then that we are taught by the scholars how it is that we need to approach الله سبحانه و تعالى's book and the first etiquette of all is to recognize who the quran is from the quran is from الله سبحانه و تعالى one of the great statements that the scholars mentioned that is actually a statement of one of the offspring of the رسول صلى الله عليه وسلم the great say the Imam جافر صادق he said Allah has manifested himself to the creation in the quran but they do not realize Allah has manifested himself to the creation through the quran but they do not realize in other words as were taught by the great Imam جزاية كلبي and others this is how they was always seen the quran is an invitation it is a Da'wah from Allah to his creation it is a Da'wah and that we know in the hadith is that the quran is the it is the table spread and just as a table spread gathers all different types of beautiful food and things that you can that put in your body as that likewise the quran gathers all different good that the human being needs in order for us to draw near to our lord سبحانه و تعالى this is the number one purpose is that you and I recite الله's book but the first step is to realize this is from الله جل جلاله this is from الله and once you realize it is from الله the next step is to have تعالين is that you exalt الله سبحانه و تعالى his book every time that it is recited you stop and you listen very carefully when the quran is being cited is the time to be attentive it is a time to shut out any inner speech and then to listen very very carefully not only not speak that's a given but also don't speak with inner speech listen to الله to add his book but this will come first and foremost by having تعالين and as our teachers have always taught when you hear beautiful recitation of the quran if you bring the heart that this is from الله and he is directly to you individually this is for you and I الله جل جلاله is addressing every single one of us directly it is a خطاب and address directly from الله سبحانه و تعالى and when you bring that تعالين to your heart for الله to add his book even if you don't understand the details of the Arabic language even if your knowledge of the Arabic Arabic language is minimal الله will open up the meanings of the book to you the whole purpose of الله to add his book is that you conform to its meanings to مولد yourself to the sunnah of our Prophet ﷺ who was the walking quran in order for you to then receive from الله جل جلاله and the good thing is and this is from his mercy it is not a prerequisite for you to understand Arabic for your heart to become quranic for your actions to become quranic الله can give you it can cause you to realize the meanings of his book without the Arabic language learning the Arabic language is important do that as well like I just mentioned at least we should be able to recite it and slowly we start to increase our quranic vocabulary but we should always remember that we can never despair and think that oh I can't have a connection with Allah's book because I don't know Arabic no when you listen to Allah's book if your heart is right he can cause you to experience the meanings of the quran much better than someone who's one of the great reciters on earth Allah's قادرات كليشة and that we cannot let anything prevent us from drawing near to him unfortunately that we let so many things you stop it now that prevent us from drawing near to الله جلاله nothing should prevent any one of us from drawing near to الله جلاله and it all gets back to our mission how do you see things do we let other things cut us off we all oftentimes let other people cut us off we let other things cut us off nothing can sever your relationship with Allah except you شيطان's plot is ultimately weak he cannot his plot cannot be effective unless we let it be effective no one can force you to do anything no one can prevent you from drawing near to Allah except your own self no one we have to understand this firmly and every time that we hear the يارب make that a reality yeah الله make that make me put that verse into practice in a way that is pleasing to you جلاله and this is the number one intention that we can make we hear a lot to add his book we're saying I guarantee you if you approach the quran in this way and if you understand every خير ونعمة if you don't when you read the translation of its meanings read every verse يارب how can I put that verse into practice and you actually think very carefully about every single verse and sometimes it's at the level of belief other times it's a level of practice other times it's a level of a character sometimes it's things that you have to do sometimes it's things that you have to avoid in so forth and so on but every single verse of the quran think about how can I put that verse into practice and I guarantee you meanings will open up to you from a lot to add his book that are not in the books a lot I will open up meanings for you that might not even be in a tefsir and how you can put that particular verse into practice and ultimately you'll find everything that is that you want in الله سبحانه وتعالى his book إمام أبلو لبن أعيو حداد used to say is that you cannot be a مريد a true aspirant someone who is seeking الله جلاله until you find in the quran everything يريد هو يريد لا يكون المريد حتى يجل كلما يريد no one will become a true aspirant until they find in Allah to add his book everything that it is that you need everything is in Allah سبحانه وتعالى his book but we have to listen carefully and we have to open up our hearts and our minds to it so it begins by understanding where the quran is from and then the next step is to have time for الله سبحانه وتعالى his book and then there are a number of steps after that this is mentioned in detail i'm summarizing it there's 10 steps and it's mentioned in detail and إمام أبو جد إسام رزاديس that book on the quran and its recitation but some of the other important ones are then to have presence of heart and what presence of heart means is that you don't allow yourself to think about other things so that you have a presence of heart you're focus you don't let yourself be dragged into thinking about this or that or anything else and then there is what is called and they go hand in hand but they're different there's what's called تدبور and تفهم تدبور is the process of thinking about focusing on the meanings of the quran itself and then تفهم is trying to understand what those meanings actually are so تدبور is just focusing completely on what is being recited and then the تفهم is what is the meaning there and how does that meaning relate to me and once you start to do this is that you will find understand what it meant for our Prophet سلام to say is that the quran is a مدوبة and once the relationship opens up between us and الله سبحانه وتعالى his book then the joy that comes from its recitation is greater than any other and we want to be people of quran oftentimes when you and this is something that that really i just want to share this you know that that my experience when you experience islam and the beauty of islam in the places in the muslim world where this is all still preserved you come back here to islam in a place like this is where we're from the united states of america and you hope and you wish that some of that beauty could be here and in alhamdulillah increase in me it is it's coming and it's happening but we have to do more we have to do more and we want to be people that are connected to the quran and not just something not just have مدرسة for young people to learn quran yes of course but to encourage devotion to the quran haraqat of the quran where we learn the quran where we're constantly reciting the quran if we do this there will be immense blessings there will be immense blessings not only for us but also the people that are around us and then that as we start to experience the blessings of the quran that insha'Allah تعالى our entire lives will change in closing i think we have to end for salat at isha i just want to share one last that insight that the three verses in سورة البقرة where الله تعالى speaks about fasting being prescribed for us and then he refers to them in the next verse of being i am معدو that a limited number of days that ease the load upon us and then he speaks about the month of the quran in which the month of ramadan in which the quran was revealed the verse that comes right after that is very telling how we want our state of hearts to be post-ramadan this really is the way that we want to transition out of ramadan into the new year what does الله تعالى say and when my servants ask about me say that i am near the occasion of revelation if you look in the tips here there's like eight to ten different opinions about what was the cause of revelation for this verse one of them was a bed when came to the Prophet ﷺ and said is my lord near to me so that i have an intimate conversation or is he far from me for so that i call upon him and then this verse was revealed that i am close so in other words is that after fasting the month of ramadan the three verses they came are all about ramadan you know a lot about a person by the questions they ask and if you have a radiant heart you have a radiant question and what a question is my lord near or far and this is how they viewed it and that this was the question asked and then it was a means for الله تعالى to say i am near and then after that then we have the three great etiquettes of understanding that الله تعالى is near we are in a lot of other buses to be from our illegad into transition out of the bus in month of ramadan with hearts that are pure يا رب but i mean impure fad يا رحمر i'm pure fain may Allah تعالى to bless us to have a close connection with his book fellow hearts of the love of him and love of his رسول صلى الله عليه وسلم buses to be from those who مؤمن مكثن من اتلاع ومن مكثن من الصراوات عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم may Allah تعالى to bless us to open the ranks of the recitation of his book and of prayers that are doing them in a way that are pleasing to him and of sending صالوات upon the حبيب صلى الله عليه وسلم ايه مبارك to all of you بارك الله فيكم وصلى الله عليه وسلم محمده وادا ويسلم الحمد لله رب العالمين رزاك الله خير سدي يحيان رزاك الله خير امسيسي for bringing us great gift إن شاء الله بارك الله فيكم سدي رزاك الله خير سنشاء الله ام جنمي ميكين تعالى بليسة امين اود بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلى الله وسلم وبارك على سيدنا وحبيبنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وأزواجه ودريةه وأهل بيته وسلم تسليم كثيرا اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد في الأولين وصل على سيدنا محمد في الآخرين وصل وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد في المنى إلى اليوم الدين اللهم يا أرحم الراحمين يا رب العالمين كما جمعتنا في هذا المكان مع هؤلاء الإخوات طيبين ومع فضيلة الأستاذ شيخنا سيدي يحيا نسأل الله سبحانه وتعالى أن تجمعنا جميعا في الجنة اللهم اجمعنا مع حبيبنا المستطفى في الجنة اللهم إنا نسألك العلم من الجنة اللهم إنا نسألك العلم من الجنة اللهم اغفر لنا يا أرحم الراحمين وتوفنا مسلمين وألحقنا بالصالحين ولا تخيب رجاءنا فيك يا كريم اللهم اثبتنا بالقول الثابت في الحياة الدنيا واجعلنا من الراشدين اللهم احفظ مجتمعنا هذا يا رب العالمين وبارك فيهم يا رب العالمين وزذنا من فضلك ولا تنقصنا يا رب العالمين اللهم نور مجتمعنا ونور إخواننا الحاضرين والحاضرات بنورك يا نور السماوات والأرض اللهم اهدبنا واجعلنا هدات المهتدين لا ضول لنا ولا مضلين ولا فاتنين ولا مفتونين برحمتك يا أرحم الراحمين اللهم اثبتنا بالقول الثابت في الحياة الدنيا وفي الآخرة يا رب العالمين من كان من انا מבريضا فللله مش فيه وعافه اللهم مش في مرضانا وμαιرض المسلمين اجمعين اللهم مش في مرضانا ومكن المسلمين اجمعين اللهم مش فئنا يا شافيы الأمراض اشفي أمراضنا الضاهرة والباطنة يا شافيي الأمراض اللهم احفظ أولادنا وبناتنا ونساءنا ومجتمعنا وحفضنا في مسجدنا هذه يا رب العالمين اللهم بارك لنا في مسجدنا هذا يا رب العالمين ووفقنا والقائمين عليه لما تحبه وترضاهه يا الله يا أرحم الراحمين يا رب العالمين وأخر دعوانا أن الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين الفاتحة إله