 Today, I'm going to share a hadith, a beautiful Quds-i hadith. So a hadith Quds-i means it's a hadith of the Prophet ﷺ. It's the word, it's the speech of Allah in the words of the Prophet ﷺ. So it's different than regular hadith that it's inspired by Allah, but it's in the Prophet ﷺ's words. So the hadith says, I'm going to say in Arabic first and then inshallah we'll translate it in English. I mean, the Prophet ﷺ said, I'm going to say in Arabic first and then inshallah we'll translate it in Arabic. I'm going to say in Arabic first and then inshallah we'll translate it in Arabic. I'm going to say in Arabic first and then inshallah we'll translate it in Arabic. So let's do a quick translation of this hadith, inshallah. O son of Adam, the Prophet ﷺ is telling us a hadith Quds-i. This is Allah talking to us inspired through the Prophet ﷺ's wording. O son of Adam, do not be afraid of a ruler as long as my kingdom doesn't diminish. O son of Adam, do not be scared of lack of provision as long as my cabinets of giving provision are full and endless and we know they are full and endless. O son of Adam, do not seek other than me. If you ask me you will find me but if you don't then you will miss me and miss all that is good. O son of Adam, I have created everything for you and created you for me. So walk on the path of my obedience and everything else will serve you and go under your command. I've created you to worship me so do not play around. And I have given you a share of rizq so do not get tired. Imam Sharaoui says if you are satisfied with what I have given you portion of provision then I will relieve your heart and I have given you a share of rizq so do not get tired. If you are satisfied with what I have given you portion of provision then I will relieve your heart and body, not just heart, heart and body and you will be one of my praised ones. And if you are not content with what I have given you portion of provision then by my grace and majesty I will give dunya control and power over you. You will run in it like a wild beast and will end up with nothing but that which I originally provided you with and were to me among those who are not praiseworthy of mentioning. O son of Adam, I created the heavens and the earth and that did not tire me. The heavens and the earth and that did not tire me. O son of Adam, is me giving you your piece of bread going to tire me? O son of Adam, I do not forget those who disobey me. So how about those who obey me and I am a merciful Lord? O son of Adam, do not ask me for tomorrow's provision. As I have not asked you for tomorrow's ibadah, I haven't asked you for tomorrow's worship. O son of Adam, I am a lover. I am a lover to you. So by my right on you, be a lover to me too. And that's the end of the Hadith. So the question is what Allah is trying to tell us here is He's trying to show us the reality of things and He's trying to show us how we should be content with what Allah has provided with us. That it doesn't matter if there are more powerful people. We should strive for justice and we should strive for getting betterment in this world. But if Allah didn't, that wasn't our portion in this world, we shouldn't be afraid. How is our state of gratitude? Did you remember the last time you sat and reflected upon the blessings that Allah has bestowed on us? Or do we need always someone to remind us? Allah is telling us here, He's guaranteed for us, Ardizuk. And that if we're not content, because Allah has asked us to do something and guaranteed for us something. Allah has asked us to worship Him and that's the thing that we should be focusing our time, our mental and emotional and spiritual effort to work on which is to worship Him. And Allah has guaranteed for us something and that something is Ardizuk. When we say Ardizuk, our provision, how much money we're going to get, what our state of health is going to be throughout our life, who our companionship is, who we get married to, what job we get, where do we study, what house we live in, how do we get around by bus, by car. That's Ardizuk, the knowledge that Allah has given us, both dunyari knowledge and the knowledge of the hereafter. That's Ardizuk. So Allah has guaranteed for us Ardizuk, but Allah has asked us to worship Him. And He's asked us in the most beautiful, loving way. Like do not worry, just do not worry. It's guaranteed. Allah has guaranteed it for you. There's an aphorism by Ibn Atar al-Asakandadi where he says, And this is another way of summarizing this hadith and what he's basically saying that us putting effort and seeking that which has been guaranteed for us and having shortcomings in that which has been asked of us, our duty, what we need to do having shortcomings in that is a sign of intimassul basira which you can translate to being blindsided, lacking vision, not being able to see. But here basira is not with our eyes but the sight of our heart. It means our heart with which we see has been corrupted, to the state, to a situation where we're putting all our effort in trying to seek that which Allah has guaranteed for us Ardizuk. That's what Allah is telling us in this hadith. And he said it with Allah gives us examples, beautiful examples for us to remember. Allah told us, if you were not content, Allah will have the world control over us, dunya have control over us and will run in it like wild beasts, frantic, not knowing what to do, putting a lot of effort in the wrong place. And we won't get anything out of it except that which Allah has guaranteed us. So a great way, a few things that we could do from this hadith takeaway is let us sit and think about all those things that Allah has created for us. He said that he created the heavens and the earth and what that entails, all the blessings that Allah has given us, all the blessings that Allah has guaranteed for us, those are all blessings from Allah and they're from Allah. Like they're not from us, they're not from our work. We put in the work because Allah asked us to do the work. But the source of Ardizuk is not from our hard work, it's from Allah. We have to be thankful. And there's a, when one of the mashayikh was asked, one of the knowers of Allah, he was asked, what is shukr? How do you give things to Allah? What is thanks? And he said, What that means is to give shukr is to spend that same blessing that Allah has given you in the sake of Allah, in that which pleases Allah. So let us make sure that we come out of today thankful of Allah's blessings that Allah has gifted us. How are we thankful? By using that guaranteed Ardizuk that Allah is bestowing upon us out of pure mercy and blessing from Allah, not because we deserve and using it in that which pleases Allah. And using it in that which Allah is happy with. Allah has given us a good health, we're able to walk. Allah has given us an intellect, Allah has given us friends, Allah has given us family, Allah has given us money. Let's make sure that we spend all of that in that which pleases Him. And that is how we're thankful of Allah. And if we use His Allah's blessing in that which pleases Him, that is we're using that which is guaranteed by Allah, Ardizuk, into doing that which Allah has commanded us which is to worship Him. Allah says in the Quran, I have not created the jinn nor the ins nor humans, humans nor jinn, except to worship Me. And the greatest Mufassir of the Quran in our entire Ummah by the account of the Prophet is his young cousin, Abdullah bin Abbas. He's the most knowledgeable in Tafsir of Quran in the entire Ummah by the account of the Prophet. And what he said about this ayah about that Allah has not created the humans nor jinn except to worship Him, he said except to know Him, except to know Allah. So our purpose on this world is to know Allah and know that which pleases Him so that we use the blessings that Allah has gifted us in that which pleases Him. But how do we know what pleases Him without knowing Him, without knowing what He asked of us, without knowing what He sent us, without knowing what He told us? Let us think of what Allah has gifted us. Let us count our blessings. Let us use them in that which pleases Allah. And let us be on the right side of this Hadith and not on the left side of this Hadith and what it entails.