 وَأَقُولُ فِي القُرْعَانِ مَا جَاءَت بِهِ آيَاتُهُ فَهُوَ الْكَارِيمُ الْمُنزَالُهُ وَأَقُولُ قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ وَالْمُصْطَافَ الْهَاديِ وَلَا أَتَ أَوَّالُهُ وَالفوزِ بِسَعَادَةِ الدَّارِيمُ that the repentance is the means to success. It is the path and the road to success. It is also the path to being triumph, the path to being glorious in this world and hereafter. الله سبحانه وتعالى told us that in the Quran الله سبحانه وتعالى said وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيَّ عَنْ أَيُهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ All of you repent to Allah سبحانه وتعالى Turn back to him Ask him for forgiveness He will give you success Allah سبحانه وتعالى will give you the upper hand لعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ So you can attain لعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ أي لكي تُفْلِحُونَ لكي تُفْلِحُوا So you can attain success So you can attain success and prosperity So the first thing that we realize from repenting to Allah Allah makes us victorious الله سبحانه وتعالى gives us success in this world and hereafter شيق الإسلام ابن تيم يا رحمه الله سبحانه وتعالى سبحانه وتعالى ابن تيم السيد فالقلب لا يصلح ولا يفلح ولا يتلدد ولا يسر ولا يطيب ولا يسكن ولا يطمئن He said that the heart does not become successful It doesn't become upright It doesn't taste It doesn't enjoy itself It doesn't find happiness It doesn't find tranquility إلا بعبادة ربه وحبي والإنابتي إلي Except in the worship of Allah سبحانه وتعالى Also in the love of Allah سبحانه وتعالى And also in the repentance of Allah And in the heart When it is stripped from repentance And you do not repent Your heart will lose tranquility It starts to become unstable You start becoming As we call today stress Very stressful You feel very low You If it grows even more That feeling It could lead to suicidal thoughts And all of it is because Lack of Ibadah Lack of lovers of Allah سبحانه وتعالى Lack of repentance And I swear these words of Sheikh al-Islam It's a reality that many of us Have already seen And we've already felt it That whenever you see yourself in a particular state Where you feel low You feel unhappy You feel uneasy Remember your relationship with Allah Has become weak Your bond with Allah سبحانه وتعالى Has become weak You haven't turned back to Allah And that's what your heart Is feeling at this moment That's why you don't have Salah and Falaah And you can't Taste the joy of The things that you have And maybe that person is a rich person He's got so much money He's got everything He's got health And he's got everything And he can't enjoy what he has Why are you unable to enjoy the wealth that you have Why are you not feeling the health that you have Why are you not You've got family Why are you not seeing the family And the people around you Why is that all taken away from you That feeling Has lost عبادة with Allah سبحانه وتعالى And he has lost The love of Allah Or it's reduced in the heart Or turning back to Allah سبحانه وتعالى The second benefit The second virtue That is in repentance Is To cover up the sins Repentance Expiates your sins Once you repent Your sins are expiated They are cleaned off the record And it's like you've never done it before التائر من الذنب كما لا ذنب The one who repents Is like he's never ever done that sin That's what repentance has done for you And all of the sins that you've done And you've repented from It's like you've never ever done it Allah سبحانه وتعالى He's been in the Quran يا أيها الذين آمنوا تقوموا إلى الله توبة النصوحة عسى ربكم أن يكفر عنكم سيئاتكم ويدخيلكم جنات انتجري من تحتها الانهار And this ayah الله تبارك وتعالى He told us He called us out He set us يا أيها الذين آمنوا Those of you who believe Who have Eman in your hearts توبوا إلى الله توبة النصوحة Come with توبة النصوحة I will speak about that إن شاء الله عسى ربكم أن يكفر عنكم سيئاتكم Allah will expiate for you all your sins Your mistakes Your errors What you've said What you've done What you've missed out on All of that will be forgiven for you That's the second benefit for repentance All of the sins that you have done You've repented for الله تبارك وتعالى And clear it of the record for you Number three The third benefit and virtue And also The repentance has in it Is To بدل سيئات الحسنات To بدل السيئات الحسنات The wrong that you have done The evil that you've done By repenting It will be exchanged to good Imagine that The evil you were doing The crime that you committed That you thought were a lot And you subhanallah I've done so much sins If you repent Those sins will be turned into righteous deeds الله سبحانه وتعالى He said in the Qur'an إلا من تابا وآمنا وعملا عملا صالحا فأولائك يبدل الله سيئات الحسنات Pay attention here الله تبارك وتعالى He said إلا من تابا Those who repented وآمنا Second thing They believed in Allah Third result وعملا And they did عملا صالحا Righteous actions Three things توبة إيمان وعمل صالحا What does Allah do for them? فأولائك يبدل الله سيئات الحسنات All of the wrong that they did All the mistakes that they came with All the shortcomings All the crimes All the transgressions All the evil doings All of it will be changed into good For them ولي ذلك عبد الله بن عباسن He said something very powerful He said ما رأيت النبي عبد الله بن عباسن I never saw the Prophet فارحة I never saw the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ما رأيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فارحة بشيء I never saw the Prophet فارحة فارحة فارحة فيغرش فارحة And he ever become happy with something فارحة فارحة فارحة فيغرش فارحة آيب بيغرش وعامل وعامل وعامل وعامل صالحا فأولائك يبدلوا الله سيئات حسنات عبد الله بن عباسن يسلم I never saw the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم بيغرش وعامل ويقرش ومهنزلت في أضع آية هي ساد صورة الفتح ور الله تبارك وتعالى ساد لنا فتحنا لك فتح مبينة ليغفر لك الله ما تقدم من ذابك وما تأخر عندما تأخذ طريقة that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم became happy for those two verses عبد الله من عباسن he said I never saw the Prophet become happy like that for anything the fourth the fourth benefit virtue that is in repentance is أنتوبة سبب للمتائي الحسن ونزول الأمطار وزيادة القوة وليمداد بالأموال والبنين repentance is a reason for a good life by repenting you will attain a good life you will have a good life الله تبارك وتعالى will send rain from the sky يعني الله will give you provision your risk ونزول الأمطار means rain will come down from the sky to this earth then it will fertilize your crops on the earth and then the vegetations will all come you will harvest them الله will do all of that for you وزيادة القوة الله will give you strength power والإنداد بالأموال الله will aid you and support you with wealth والبنين with children all of that is what my brothers and sisters it through repentance بس الله تبارك وتعالى سنة آية وانستغفروا ربكم ثم توبوا إليه يمتعكم متاع حسناً إلى أجن مسمى ويؤتي كل فيفضل فضله وانستغفروا ربكم repent your lord ثم توبوا إليه and then repent to him يمتعكم متاع حسناً الله will give you a good life this dunya you can have a very good life but it's after you repent from your sins and your shortcomings ويزيدكم إن الناد آي وغن وغن come to it الله تبارك وتعالى ويقوم استغفروا ربكم على لسان نبي الله يهود الله تبارك وتعالى ويقوم استغفروا ربكم ثم توبوا إليه يرسل السماء عليكم بدرارا ويزيدكم قوتاً إلى قوتكم ولا تتولّوا مجرمين الله تبارك وتعالى توز this in this آية ويقوم استغفروا ربكم my people repent to Allah turn back to Allah ask Allah تبارك وتعالى for forgiveness ثم توبوا إليه and repent to him يرسل السماء عليكم بدرارا ويزيدكم قوتاً إلى قوتكم الله will send rain down from the sky for you and Allah will strengthen you and give you power ولا تتولّوا مجرمين don't turn away as criminals and reject the repentance that's been given to you نبي الله نوح said the same thing to his people نبي الله نوح also said the same he said فقلتوا استغفروا ربكم إنه كان غفارا يرسل السماء عليكم بدرارا ويمددكم بأموال وابنين ويجعل لكم جنات ويجعل لكم أنهارا I said to them turn back to your Lord ask for forgiveness from your Lord إنه كان غفارا الله سبحانه وتعالى is one that will forgive and forgive and expiate for you your mistakes what will happen if they do that and they ask Allah for forgiveness and they repent الله سبحانه وتعالى will send down from the sky rain for them He will provide for them He will take care of their needs but they have to come with the repentance he's forgiving سبحانه وتعالى the fifth is that Allah سبحانه وتعالى loves those who repent الله سبحانه وتعالى loves those who repent الله سبحانه وتعالى He said in the Quran إن الله يحب التوابين ويحب المططحرين الله سبحانه وتعالى he loves those who repent he loves the slaves that are conscious of their own actions of what they've done and said and they turn back to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and they ask Allah for forgiveness الله سبحانه وتعالى he loves a slave that keeps repenting and repenting and repenting الله سبحانه وتعالى loves that rather he makes الله سبحانه وتعالى happy he actually makes الله سبحانه وتعالى laugh at the slave when he repents ولي ذلك the prophet told us إن حديث صحيحين بخاري المسلم ده الله تبارك وتعالى الله is more happier than a slave الله is more happier for a person to repent than a slave ولي was in a desert the prophet gave us an example here a slave is in the desert and he places his whole entire provision on his riding beast his camel and then what he does is that he puts his food everything he owns is on that riding beast and he's in the middle of the desert no one is there to help him he's by himself and he's riding beast his whole entire provision is on there and guess what happens his provision gets lost his riding beast gets lost he can't find it he doesn't know where it is and then he gets ready for death he prepares himself for death and guess what he gave up and then as he is lying under a tree his riding beast is right on top of him he sees it he finds his riding beast how will that slave feel at that moment when he finds his riding beast what kind of joy will that slave feel happiness that happiness that that slave feels at that moment is not even close to the happiness of Allah feels when a slave repents to him that's what the prophet told us so what I say to brother and sisters is you're taking away from Allah something that makes him happy the repentance that makes Allah happy you're not bringing it you're not coming with it so I ask Allah SWT that he forgives us for our shortcomings our major and minor mistakes anything that we have said or done privately and publicly that Allah forgives us for it oh Allah we are your slaves we have wronged we have committed crimes oh Allah forgive us oh Allah forgive us and I ask Allah SWT if he forgives us for the shortcomings and the mistakes and the errors I have come with while speaking سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك أشد والله إلا إلهي الله استغفرك واتوب إليه السلام عليكم if you're enjoying these videos and you'd like to keep up to date with all of the courses we're going to be running make sure you head over to amauathome.com