 You actually belong in jannah and now we have this temporary moment this temporary test Are we going to live for Allah? Or are we going to live for our egos? Are we going to live for Allah? Are we going to live for materialism and that's the epic struggle of life? Are we going to choose Allah? Or are we going to choose our ego? In every moment in every interaction, who are we choosing? The spiritual warrior is the one who grates and idol and everyone's idol is his ego So we want to be spiritual warriors we need to dig inside and see what's inside of us and One of the the greatest veils from our vision is the dunya is the dunya is this materialism and It's so beautiful. It's so attractive. It's difficult not to fall in love It's difficult not to be hypnotized by this world Because it's so lovely. It's lovely, especially where we live in California We're immersed with blessing We're so immersed with blessings sometimes we forget the giver of the blessings We're immersed with gifts. Sometimes we forget the gift turn Allah is the gift turn. Allah gave us this life. Allah gave us our existence We were not existent. We were nothing. We owe our existence to Allah and so we come on Fridays to take a moment to pause the world And to take a moment to think to ourselves What am I doing? Is this who I am? Is this all I am? And we know the answer to that is no and you know the answer to that is no And I know the answer to that is no and we know the lost you're being that we can be We know the loftier person that we can be All of us each of us every one of us Whether it comes to living whether it comes to our marriages whether it comes to our children whether it comes to our neighbors Whether it comes to our money whether it comes to how we spend our time. Whatever it comes to Who are we choosing in all of these interactions? There are three destroyers three destroyers three destroyers three destroyers Three destroyers Green That is followed Desires that are obeyed and being So impressed with my own ideas Yes. Mu'l-Qawli Hada wa Astaghfirullah wa Lallahi wa Lallahi wa Astaghfirullah wa Inahu wa Lallahi wa Lallahi wa Lallahi. To seek forgiveness from Allah. Alhamdulillahi Rabbi Alameen. Allahumma salli wa sallim wa sallim wa barak. Alasigna Muhammad. Ramadan is the month of the Quran. If we can find the Quran, it's better than finding a million dollars. It's better than finding ten million dollars. It's better than going home and finding a gorgeous brand new Tesla in our driveway. If we can find the Quran, let's go, let's stand. When we stand up today and we leave this parking lot, just like we left food today, just like we left drink today, just like we came here today, and we're choosing Allah. All of us who left food and drink, we had this amazing victory. Allahu Akbar. Congratulations. You literally chose not to eat and drink for Allah. That is a powerful thing. And so before we leave, let's recommit to finding the Quran. And if we've never read the Quran in English, and that's our language, then commit right now before you leave this setting that you will read the Quran in English and you will read the Oxford translation, M-A-S, Abdul Halim. Your life will change. These words, this is the love letter from Allah. You know in Ramadan people, it's the month to fall in love, to fall in love. Because when someone falls in love, they get the letters and the text messages from their beloved and they read them, and they read it over, and they read it over, and they read it over. What did he say? What did she say? And now it's the time to fall in love with Allah. What did Allah say? What did Allah say? What did Allah say? And read the same verse a second time, and a third time, and a fourth time. That verse that touched your heart. Don't keep reading so you can finish your Hezib or your jizib. Stop. Pause. Let that verse touch you. And we stay up at night with, we stay up at night. This is the month to fall in love with Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. And so we conclude, all of us, let's add this prayer to our regular supplications. رَبْبَنَا آتِنَا فِنْ دُنْيَا حَسَنَا وَبِنْ آخِرَةِ حَسَنَا فُخِنَا عَدَوْنَا Oh Allah, we ask You with the good of this world, the good of the next world and to protect us from the punishment of the fight. That is success. We get diluted, distracted sometimes, diluted by the devil, distracted by the dunya. But that is success. And here You are, and here we are, and here all of us are to re-orient, repurpose ourselves to You, Ya Allah. And finally, in conclusion, I'll share a simple story of a real human being, Sa'eed ibn Amr, who was a companion of the Prophet ﷺ. He was a governor of homes, and he was one of the poorest people, even though he was a governor. Amr ibn al-Khattab, he was pleased with him, he was the caliph, he sent him 1,000 dinars. And when he received them, the 1,000 dinars, he said, اِنَّا لِلَّا وَإِنَّا إِلَا اِلَا اِنْتِرَاجِرَةِ As if a calamity happened, as if a calamity happened. And then his wife heard it, his wife came rushing in, she said, اِنَّا لِلَّا وَإِنَّا اِنْتِرَاجِرَةِ She said, then the Muslims get destroyed in a battle, he said, اِنَّا لِلَّا وَإِنَّا اِنْتِرَاجِرَةِ She said, then the caliph died, he said, اِنَّا لِلَّا وَإِنَّا اِنْتِرَاجِ She said, what happened? He said, the dunya came to me to destroy my next life. She said, okay, let's go, let's go get rid of it. They went out, they distributed the 1,000 dinars, and they came home, and they relaxed. Alhamdulillah, the dunya is not here to destroy my hereafter, my next life. So we are balanced people. ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنا وفي الأخيرة حسنا وقنا حدا بالنار. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وبرعالمين. الله نصلي وسلم وبركة وسلم وحمد وعلي وصقلي وسلم بسلم كثيرة. الله نهدينا في من هدين وعاقنا في من عبير ودولنا في من دولي. وبارك لنا فيما آطي وقنا وصرف عننا شهرنا فليك فإنك تطبيب وحطي ولا يفضل عليك ولا يدلم من وليك ولا ينزل من عليك. تبارك لنا ودع عليك فك الحمد وشكوا علينا فليك. نستطفرك اللهم من جميعهم جميعهم وخضارهم ونطوه عليك. يا الله, You are witnessing us right now in this moment. Sitting here in this part of Allah. You hear us, you see us, and you are with us, ya Allah. Ya Allah, we left our food and drink today. We left eating today, we left drinking today, we left coffee today, we left tea today. Ya Allah, we came here sitting here in this parking lot for you, ya Allah. Ya Allah, for you, ya Allah, accept us, ya Allah. Ya Allah, accept us, ya Allah. Ya Allah, don't make us from the losers, ya Allah. Ya Allah, if this world is hypnotizing us, we're asking to wake us up gently, ya Allah. They'll let this religion be an alarm clock that wakes us up beautifully and gently, ya Allah. Ya Allah, we're here to recommit ourselves to you, to renew ourselves to you, to tell you that we live for you, ya Allah. We don't even live for our own pleasure. We live to please you, ya Allah. We live for your joy, ya Allah. For your ribla, ya Allah. We're here to obey you, our heart to obey you, our eyes to obey you, our ears to obey you, our limbs to obey you, our hands to obey you, our feet to obey you, our privates to obey you, our everything to obey you, ya Allah. Ya Allah, because you made us, you own us, you are our master, ya Allah. We ask you, ya Allah, to give us to grant us heaven without judgment, ya Allah. Ya Allah, we ask you to not let us be those people that trade and buy the dunya with the affidah, that buy this life with the next life. Don't let us be from those merchants that trade and bargain and barter this life for the next life, ya Allah. We ask you for the good of this life, ya Allah, and the good of the next life and to protect us from the punishment of the health layer. We ask you to restore harmony to the ummah, to the world, to our homes, to our families, to our marriages, to our inner universe, ya Allah, to our own selves, ya Allah. Ya Allah, we're unwell, ya Allah. Ya Allah, we ask you to accept from us, ya Allah. And to help us reconnect to the Quran. Thank you, ya Allah, for designing this beautiful religion and giving us this Ramadan, the spiritual retreat so we can, so we can wake up. So we can wake up, ya Allah. So we can wake up from our slumber before it's too late. And nasum niyan, waidah machum tabahu. People are asleep when they die, they wake up. Ya Allah, let us, let us wake up before we die, ya Allah. Let us wake up before we die, ya Allah. And let our reunion with you be a beautiful, majestic reunion, ya Allah. A gentle reunion, ya Allah. Ya Allah, ya Allah, ya Allah. Accept our prayers, ya Allah. And we ask you for everything good. That's all Allah, the Ameen, asked you for. To seek protection from every harm that's all Allah, the Ameen, and self-protection from. And to help us with our commitment to the Quran. Help us with our commitment to the Quran. Help us read the Quran in English, to understand it, to apply it, to implement it, and to use it as a cure for us. Ameen, Ameen, Ameen, and send peace and blessings on our master, our role model, our teacher, the final prophet that you sent him to humankind, the final messenger that you sent him to humankind. We have made the best of creation. Salamu alayhi wa sallam. Subhan Rabbika Rabbir Izzat, ya Allah, Ya Sifuul. Wa Salamun A'lam Wa Salim. Wa Al-Famur Al-Dahi Rabbir Al-Alami.