 Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Wasallallahu ma'ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa'ala alihi wa sahbihi wa salam al-ajma'in. Dear sisters and brothers, are you feeling exhausted? Have you reached that point in the month of Ramadan where you feel tired? Well, SubhanAllah, this is exactly where we need to be in this moment of the month. We talked about yesterday how Ramadan is a month of little food and little sleep. And it is a month where we need to actually feel the exhaustion in order to really make those behavioral changes that Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala wants for us. So if you're feeling exhausted because of a lack of sleep or lack of coffee, then that is exactly where we need to be in this moment right now. And if anybody is rumbling or grumbling about it or perhaps it's their tummy that's rumbling and grumbling, that also is exactly where we need to be right now. But Ramadan is a month where we need to push further. We take one more step or a few more. We pray a little bit more. We read a little more Quran and then some more. We do more Thikr, we give more charity and they give even more to where you can really feel that pinch. We talked about the difference between sympathy and empathy is where you put yourself in the shoes of that person who doesn't have much, whether it be food or wealth. Subhanallah, this is a month where we cannot say to ourselves, I don't have the energy to do more because we remind ourselves that the battle of Badr was fought in Ramadan. And had it not been for that battle, we would not be here today. We remind ourselves that Fatiha Mecca or the opening of Mecca also took place in the month of Ramadan some years later. We have to remind ourselves that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala promised us that there are special things that happen in Ramadan that he's given to us and he's not given to anyone else according to the hadith. For example, that in this month of Ramadan, the angels continuously ask for our forgiveness. Subhanallah. And so we too may must ask for forgiveness. That in this month of Ramadan, we're told in the Hadith of the Prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says that the breath of the fasting person is sweeter to Allah than the scent of musk because Allah knows what he created. And he knows that we as humans will be self-conscious when we haven't brushed our teeth and haven't eaten or drank for a long time, our breath starts to stink. But because we know that it's sweeter than the smell of musk, then this allows us to get through Subhanallah. Also, that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says that he saves thousands of believers from the hellfire in this month. And so we must ask continuously for it, I mean, not to be able to be taken out of the hellfire. Also, that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala gave us the night of power in which worship within it is better than and more than a thousand months. That's roughly 80-some years. And even if you were to live to the ripe age of 80-some, it wouldn't be continuous worship for 80 years. It's impossible. So you have this one night of the month in which you can reap that much worship that you can't do in your entire lifetime. And not only that, but it repeats itself every year. Subhanallah. Allah gives us these opportunities. Like we said before, Ramadan is like a bath, a purifier. It comes to wash us and comes to unclog those pores and to allow us to connect again with the divine and with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. So we have to push ourselves further. Take one step more, one step further. Every time we feel like I've had enough, remind yourself that this is a month in which doing good is easy and doing bad is hard. And everything within it is multiplied at least 70 times, if not exponentially more to the generosity of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and how he believes each of us and our intentions of what we're doing. Subhanallah. This is a month of the Quran, a month in which we need to read more Quran and connect to its deeper meanings and reflect and ponder on its meanings, whether that be in the reading of the translation or in understanding the tafsid, its exegesis or in doing actual recitation within our prayers. We want to be sure to really spend that extra time with the Quran and every time you spend, do a little bit more. This is a month where Allah has promised us more, but we must take the steps to do more. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala accept from me and you, insha'Allah, today and every day. And may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala elevate us and increase us and make us from those who are worthy of being forgiven this month, being showered with his mercy this month and being taken out of the hellfire. If ever we were written to be part of it, Allahumma amin. Barakallahu fi kum. Please keep us in your du'az. Wassallallahu ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala aali wa sahbihi wa sallam. This is your sister, Dr. Rani Awaad signing off. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa rahmatullahi.