 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته ما شاء الله ما شاء الله we will commence in a moment بسم الله ورحمة الله وبركاته السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته وعلى آلية وصحابي المعين I just want to introduce the guests that we have You may already have heard whom they are شد منصور وشد نايف These are young lads from Saudi Arabia They go on the street da'wah Reciting the verses of the Qur'an and drawing people closer to Allah سبحانه وتعالى We are really fortunate to have them here in this beautiful masjid بارك الله في بشكل الله يزخر رسلك ويبهلك في جميع الحوذن ملاكراً باركاً To everyone who is here ونشكورهم جميع على حبولهم And we thank everyone for attending ونشكور أمام المسجد وجميع الإخوة القائمين على هذا المسجد على دعواتهم لنا في هذا المكان And we thank the Imam of the Masjid and all those who are connected to the Masjid for having invited us to this beautiful place We ask Allah to make us among those who love each other for his sake those who gather in the love of Allah And they leave similarly in the love of Allah سبحانه وتعالى He says I want to give you good news Is it okay? I ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى the most high To make us among those who can practice upon the statement of Allah سبحانه وتعالى In the houses of Allah سبحانه وتعالى Allah has dictated that his name be mentioned and elevated They are men who in the houses of Allah سبحانه وتعالى declare the praise of Allah سبحانه وتعالى declare the praise of Allah سبحانه وتعالى morning and evening in fact not just in the houses of Allah سبحانه وتعالى but in their homes too What are the qualities of these men who remember Allah Those are the men The amount of business or no amount of dealings would make them oblivious of the remembrance of Allah سبحانه وتعالى No amount of business no amount of dealing will make them be forgetting the remembrance of Allah and Salah or being charitable They will never be forgetting that they have to do that as a duty They are conscious of that great day fearing it They fear the day that the hearts and the eyes will be turning around and increasing On that day Allah will grant them the recompense of the good that they used to do and Allah will grant them more than that from His virtue And indeed Allah سبحانه وتعالى grants whosoever He wishes without account meaning without limit no matter what the restaurants and the restaurants and the food that we have and the chicken and the meat and the vegetables that we have If all of these things are nutritious to the body Then definitely the Quran and the Salah أريد أن أسأل سؤالا أريد أن أسأل سؤالك أرد من الذي خلط هذا القلب؟ من الذي خلط هذا القلب؟ الله الله جل في علا هو الذي خلط طلب وقلوبكم جميعا الله هو الذي خلط my heart and your hearts الله جل على يعلن ما الذي يسعيده ويعلن ما الذي يشقه الله is the one who knows what will make the heart content and happy and what would make it the opposite of that الذي يسعيده هو الإقبان على كتاب الله that which makes it happy is to go towards the word or the book of Allah SWT والإكتار من ذكر الله والقام الصلاة والقرب من الله and the increasing of the remembrance of Allah SWT and Salah and going close to Allah doing acts of worship for the sake of Allah and in Surah Al-Ra'ad the evidence of this is there those who believe and their hearts are calmed by the remembrance of Allah SWT if their hearts are calmed by the remembrance of Allah for him being it is through the remembrance of Allah SWT that the hearts will achieve the calmness it is solely with the remembrance of Allah SWT that the hearts will achieve contentment and calmness those who believe and do good deeds of a special place in Jannah for them those who believe and do good deeds good news of a special place in Jannah for them indeed it is the best place that they could go to right now we've heard the verses right now we've heard the verses these verses have clarified for us that getting closer to Allah SWT is the means of happiness and calmness of a person in this world and the next and this particular matter the calmness of the heart by getting closer to Allah we feel it sometimes when we gather in a gathering like this where we are remembering Allah immediately he grants us a different feeling a different type of calmness we can actually feel it while we are listening to the words of Allah SWT we become calmness we become calmness we become calmness this is evidence enough to prove that when you get closer to Allah you actually change in a positive way within your heart and this is driving me to ask a question what is the condition of those who are looking for happiness in everything around them away from Allah perhaps through adultery through drugs through any form of intoxicants clubbing etc what is their condition they are looking for happiness in that place do they actually find it what is the condition of the one who has left the path of Allah SWT and the teachings of رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم تولي تولي تجابة على هذا السؤال وكيف هو حال من يبرد عن ذكر الله وعن طاعت الله وعن دين الله الله أسزا وجل أجاب عن هذا السؤال if you want the answer of that question Allah has answered the question of the condition of the one who turns away from Allah and turns away from the remembrance of Allah SWT and tries to find happiness in that which is away from Allah SWT whoever turns away from my remembrance Allah says turns away from my remembrance my reminders he will indeed lead a very miserable life full with narrowness this is the first piece of punishment that the person has they will have in this world such a narrow life full with that which is miserable the second piece of punishment we will resurrect the person blind why will that person be resurrected blind because in this world he was blind when he came to the remembrance of Allah and didn't want to look in that direction so Allah resurrected him blind he had two eyes that he could see with he had ears he could hear with he had a tongue he could speak with but all of these faculties he only used them for the devil and it's evidence in this regard who so ever in this world it turns or it actually closes their eyes becomes blind regarding the remembrance of Allah blind eye to the reminders from Allah the verses of Allah that which is pleasing Allah then in the year after that person will be blind and in a worse condition than they were on earth the third piece of punishment for such a person التوبيخ من الله الله سبحانه وتعالى دتستهمهم very strongly they will ask oh Allah why have you resurrected me blind oh my love why did you resurrect me blind while when I was on earth I could see I used to be able to see and after that from Allah what did Allah say وكذلك أتتك آياتنا فنسيتها وكذلك اليوم تسأل الله سبحانه وتعالى well when our verses and our signs came to you you turned a blind eye towards them and therefore today you will also be forgotten you forgot our verses our signs today we will turn away from you and we will forget you too the fourth punishment for such a person and it's the worst form of punishment أتتك آياتنا فنسيتها وكذلك اليوم تسأل وكذلك نجزي من أسرف ونن يوم بآيات رب ونعد يوم تأشد وأبقى الله سبحانه وتعالى سوف يكون جميع those who have transgressed gone beyond the limits and did not believe in الله سبحانه وتعالى الله says the punishment of the year after is worse and it lasts longer but as for the one whose heart is connected to Allah he feels so good in this world a beautiful life he feels he has and a beautiful life in his grave and a beautiful life the day that he goes to الله سبحانه وتعالى and is granted entry into Jannah الله سبحانه وتعالى says whoever follows my guidance the guidance I have sent follows the guidance that I have sent he will never ever be led astray nor will he be misfortunate ابن عباس رضي الله عنه speaks about this verse and he says such a person will never be led astray or will never go astray from the path of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and they will not be unfortunate in the year after by not being granted entry into Jannah in fact they will be granted that entry and they will never be left astray says I want to ask a question when a human being gets close to the air conditioning unit the mother says how does he feel what does he feel he feels cool yes that's right why why does he feel cool because he's close to it because it's a source of coolness a source of calmness you feel cool and if a person were to get near to an oven or a little fire that was burning how would he feel warm or hot why why because it's a source of heat صلى الله عليه وسلم ور الله المثل أعلى أن الإنسان حينما يقرب من الله سأشوف باستعادة لأن الله when you say the example of Allah is far higher than that definitely one who gets closer to Allah will feel the coolness and the calmness because Allah is the owner of happiness Allah will grant him that happiness we cannot search for happiness in something else I want to give you an example from the reality around us there is something that keeps happening across the globe and that is suicide which are the communities that have in them the greatest percentage of suicide is it Somalia no where Africa is it anywhere in Africa where why because people follow their will with their fancies their lusts their desires and the whole world is here everything worldly exists in developed countries why do they commit suicide because the lust and the desires fulfill and quench only the body nothing else but that has made them forget the heart and the soul that also needs nourishment and human beings are created from both those aspects body the body and the soul the heart yes the soul yes of course thank you my brother this body this body he says this body is originally from what made from what from dust from soil yes if you want to actually feed this body of yours everything that you actually can eat would be originally from the soil it comes from the earth and if you would like to actually quench the soul and nourish it then you need to get to the source of that particular soul and where is that what is it من عمل الساوي من عمد صالحا من ذكر او او ساوه ومؤمن those who believe those who do good deeds and they are believers male or female من عمد صالحا من ذكر او او مؤمن those who do good deeds and they are believers from among the males or females Allah guarantees He says we will definitely give them a beautiful life a beautiful life filled with contentment الليمان و القرب من الله و غده على الله belief and getting close to Allah is the nourishment of the soul in the heart لما ذا why لأن عصر هذا الروح من الله because the origin of the soul comes from Allah سبحانه و تعالى the evidence of it is و ينسألونك عن الروح they ask you oh محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم about the soul قول الروح and say that the soul is by the instruction of Allah سبحانه و تعالى which accept but a small portion very little كثير من الناس عائشون He says there are many people who are living و قليل من الناس احلام and few people are actually alive so there is a difference between those who are living and those who are actually alive the animals they live and the insects live and cockroaches live but animals the various types of animals they all are just living but those human beings whose hearts are connected to Allah و استجابوا لله and they have answered the call of Allah and the messengers صلى الله عليه وسلم they are alive and this is not my speech it is the word of Allah if respond to Allah سبحانه و تعالى استجابوا respond to the call of Allah سبحانه و تعالى and his messenger when they have called you towards that which will make you alive may Allah سبحانه و تعالى make us from those who are alive بلاله الروح و دي الله عنه و عدفه هل كان لكم بلد دنيا شيهم بلال الروح و دي الله عنه did he own anything will be anything material did he have not some wealth or anything no he didn't و محنالك حين ما آمنا بالله و أسلموا و علّك قلبه بلاله but with that when he believed in Allah سبحانه و تعالى and he submitted and his heart was connected to Allah و بدأ كفار قريش و أنذبونه و يتفننونه في تعليبني and the kufar of Quraish they started punishing him and they started using different methods to harm him حتى أعتته أبو بكر رضي الله عنه و عن الله until he was freed by Abu Bakr al-Siddil سألهم صحابة رضوار الله عليهم يا بلال كنت تسحب وتجلد وتفرب و أنت تقول أحد أحد إله إلا الله صحابة رضي الله عنه asked him that you know oh Bilal you were being whipped you were being latched so many different types of punishment they needed out against you how was that possible how did you keep so strong he said رضي الله عنه he says the mixture of the sweetness of Iman and the hurt of this punishment that they were meeting out against me when the two mixed then what happened is the sweetness of Iman was far, far stronger than the hurt of that punishment that I was feeling so there was no question about it he says I want to bring the what Bilal Ibn Rabah I want to simplify it so that you can understand it better by an example if a person comes إلى رجل الصاحب أموان كثير to another person who has a lot of wealth وقال هذا الرجل صوفا رضيك كفل and he comes to him and says I want to give you one slap وعطيك مليون and I'll give you one million I give you one slap and one million what will he say what will he say our chef says I will take the slap and take the million I'll tell him slap me ten times I'll give you ten million he says that you know what I've mixed the sweetness of the million and the hurt of that slap so the sweetness of the million is far more than that hurt that I'm going to feel with the slap so I don't mind the slap so he's explaining what he was achieving was far greater than a million سبحان الله and what they were doing to him was far less than a slap according to what he was saying that's right yeah إخواني is it clear the example yeah إخواني أسأل الله العظيم أن يوذيب علي وياكم أجمل ما في هذه الدنيا إلي الله سبحانه و تعالى لا تنسى تشعر ذلك which is the best in this world أجمل ما في هذه الدنيا هو العلم بالله the best thing in this world is the knowledge of Allah سبحانه و تعرف على الله to get to know who is Allah سبحانه و تعالى to know that Allah is the greatest He's the creator He is the one in control of everything He's the decider He's the one who gives life and death in His hands is absolutely everything the ownership of everything the one who can do anything nothing is impossible for Allah the one whom when He wants to do anything He says to it be and it is He turns the night and the day and He turns the day into night and He moves those who are alive from the dead and He moves those who are dead from those who are alive this is the creation of Allah the more you know Allah سبحانه و تعالى the happier you will be in the Akhia this is why it's very important my beloved brothers and sisters to get to know who is Allah so many signs so many signs of Allah سبحانه و تعالى all around us even within ourselves and people have studied and seen but very few people would know who is Allah سبحانه و تعالى and this is why Allah says in Surah Al-Zuma and indeed they have not given Allah سبحانه و تعالى His due in terms of status they have not considered Allah سبحانه و تعالى's status for a month for a month for a month for a month for a month for a month for a month for a month for a month for a month for a month for a month for a month who wants to taste the sweetness of Iman ثلاثة أشياء ترقيك حلوة الإيمان أن يكون الله ورسوله أحب إليه من ناس وابنه قبلها قار رسول صلى الله عليه وسلم ورئيس صلى الله عليه وسلم ووجد بإن حلوة الإيمان تقوم بأن يكون الله ورسوله أحب إليه من ناس وابنه أن يحب المرء لا يحب إليه من أجل الله وأن يكره أن يعود في الكفل بعد أن أنقذه الله من المرء وأن يكره أن ينقذ في الناس بذلك أخواني أدخل معكم ونحن سعادة جدا بالوضف أمامكم وكن المفرد الجبال الموقفتنه ونراكم على فلي ونسأل الله ويعاكم في الجنة ونرى لك في وقت الله ونسأل الله نسأل لك نفسنا بجنة جنة ونحن على موعد أخر في مسجد أخر ونحن نجمع أخر مدر at a different masjid نحن نحن نحباً و نحاولاً كل شخص منكم لكن الوقت تأخر علينا و نتمنى منكم أنت اسمع لنا أن نخد بكل سلامة و أمان لكن أسأل كل of you to understand that because the time is very little if you can permit us to just walk and cut straight across إن شاء الله وهذه قبلة بالوائفات I'm kissing you via Wi-Fi أسأل الله عليكم