 إن الحلن الله نحمده ونصفعه ونؤمن به ونتوكن عليه ونعذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات عمالنا من يهده الله فلا مضيل له ومن يضل فلا هادي له ونشد أننا إله إلا الله ونشد أن محمد عبده ورصونه أوصنه بالمدى وذين الحق يفره على ديئ كله ولو كرها المشكون يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله حق تقاته ولا تموتن إلا وأنتم مسلمون يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم الذي خلقكم من نفس واحدة وخلق منها زوجها وذث منه مالجانا كثيع ولساء واتقوا الله الذي تساءلون به والأرحام إن الله كان عليكم رقيبة يا أيها الذين آمروا اتقوا الله وقونوا قولا سديدا يسمك لكم عمالكم ويفر لكم ذروبكم ومن يطلع الله ورصونه فقد فاز فوزا عظيما أما بعض فإن أستقل حديث كتاب الله وخير هدي هديو محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وشهر أمور محدثاتها وكل محدثة بدعة وكل بدعاتي الضلالة وكل ضلالة في النار الحمد لله خم الحمد لله اترى الله أولا يقوموا فعلنا جمعا لترون النار ان تترى الله الذي أعملنا بأموره واتترى الله الذي يترى ان تكوننا في أموره وخم معرومتنا معرومة الله وخم معرومة الله أخوانة رحيم أخوانة المرسفة أخوانة الممتع ومشكلة أخوانة أخوانة مرسي today because I ask forgiveness from Allah today because I'm speaking in front of my elders and usually I'm used to many more of the younger folk here and so insha'Allah I ask Allah for forgiveness that I speak in front of those who have more knowledge and are elder than me but today I just wanted to speak on one of the surahs of the Qur'an that we we often don't think about and we often recite in our prayer to get the prayer over with and that's that's known as Sultan Kotham and Sultan Kotham is a Makr surah revealed to the Prophet ﷺ street small area and everyone knows it and it was revealed to the Prophet ﷺ as a comfort when one of the members of the Quraysh saw the Prophet ﷺ walking into the Masjid and he stopped him to talk to him and the Prophet ﷺ was walking out of the Masjid when he was stopped and he had some conversation and then they asked that man العاصل من وائين the Quraysh asked him who are you talking to and he said I was talking to the Qaraf one the one who has no mail project anymore remember his name after he passes ﷺ and that we know that we still remember the name of the Prophet ﷺ to this day and in response to what he said that he told the Prophet ﷺ I hate you and no one will remember you after you're gone and nobody will accept your message after you're gone this is what he said to the beloved حبيب ﷺ what did Allah سبحانه وتعالى respond with إن أعطينا كالكاثم indeed we have given you on Kotham and what is this Kotham Kotham is a river in Jannah whiter than milk and sweeter than honey and smoother than butter and the vessels and ashes of emeralds and the banks of that river are golden and this is what the Prophet ﷺ has promised in Jannah but it's also it comes from the root kathars a plentitude one of the senior of our tradition he said that and Kotham is a plentitude a plentitude of goodness that the Prophet ﷺ has been given goodness and when the Prophet ﷺ has been spoken to in the Qur'an by extension we are also being spoken to so that we are given a plentitude of goodness and one of the greatest plentitudes of goodness and the greatest manifestations of this goodness is the Prophet ﷺ himself that we are given the opportunity of his ummah to follow him and to take and to we ask that on the day of judgment we drink from his hand and insha'Allah we appreciate that plentitude that Allah has given us through him and that because of that plentitude we are commanded that because you are given that plentitude pray to your lord remember your lord remember your lord and sacrifice for your lord alone and the sacrifice that we make the sacrifice that we make living in this country where people don't really people really don't know who we are people look at us as kind of strange people look at us as you know like who are these guys why are they putting their feet in the sink during lunchtime for prayer like why are they so weird that's what people look at us sometimes and people don't really want to accept what we have and people look at us strangely but there's a comfort in what the greatest manifestation of the Prophet ﷺ said he said that good glad tidings to the strangers and so we should be happy we should be happy that we are looked at as something strange because it's just a manifestation and the fulfillment and the fulfillment of that prophecy that the Prophet ﷺ said that Islam has started something strange it will end as something strange and so glad tidings to the strangers and we should be happy that we are the strangers and we should be happy that there's something that distinguishes us and we should be happy that Allah gave us and Allah gave us a plentitude of goodness that He gave us this Dean to follow and we should be happy that we have the blessings of making sacrifices for this Dean and then what is the next that indeed the one who hates you speaking about but by extension those people who don't look at us strange and people who people who disregard us because because we just don't fit in sometimes that those are the people who are really cut off that those are the people who's mentioned when it really matters they won't be mentioned on the day of judgment they'll be forgotten that the Prophet ﷺ and us will be mentioned that on that day we will be the ones that are remembered in honour that on that day there'll be a manifestation and even now there's a manifestation of what Allah told the Prophet ﷺ as a comfort that you're mentioned we have elevated it that He was told by that that you'll be forgotten once you're gone but who's the most praised and the most mentioned human being in history think about it who has millions of lines of poetry written about him who's remembered in every single prayer who do we say assalamu alayka to every single prayer who do we mention every single day throughout the day that Islam is not complete without him who is it? it's the Prophet ﷺ that he is the one that he is the one that is mentioned and he was told that he'll be forgotten Allah will never let his حبيب be forgotten and it is a blessing for us to be able to make Salawat on him to be say Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammad and ala ala Sayyidina Muhammad and ala ala Sayyidina Muhammad that we have this blessing of being able to remember him and we have this blessing to be able to we have this blessing to be able to remember this manifestation of Kotha this manifestation of of the رحمة that Allah has sent to us that this is a month the month of ربي العوال ربي العوال the Prophet ﷺ was born in spring and in spring new things come new things come new how do you say this blessings come and things sprout and the Prophet ﷺ is spring's gift that he is the gift and we should remember that especially during this month at all times every single day we should remember that and we should be grateful for that and then we should remember that the Prophet ﷺ was sent for us to remember Allah and that he is the door which we go through to remember Allah and that if it wasn't for him we wouldn't have the opportunity to be gathered here today we wouldn't be gathered here today with all the you look around you there's all types of diverse people different types of people gathered so we would be here gathered with each other other than other than the remembrance for Allah that the Prophet ﷺ allowed us that Allah allowed us through the Prophet ﷺ to be gathered here and to know each other to love each other and to have موعدة and رحمة between each other and to have respect for each other that this is what we were given this is what we were given as a comfort for the trials that the Prophet ﷺ went through that when somebody told him that you'll be forgotten 1400 years later we're still remembering the Prophet ﷺ and Allah we're still remembering the message that he was sent with and we're still remembering what we're still remembering what was really important that you're sure maybe in this dunya maybe in this dunya there'll come a time that you're sure maybe Islam won't really be something that's attractive to people but what does that matter it doesn't need to be attractive to people it needs to be attractive to Allah and we know this is the religion of Allah this is the final religion of Allah and this is the most attractive religion to Allah and who cares if somebody isn't happy with you who cares if somebody isn't happy with you that who cares if somebody thinks you're weird for putting your feet in the sink at work or who cares that you're the weird kid at school because you know during your lunch break you're praying instead of talking about whatever kind of things people waste their time with today in school who cares if that's the case that Allah is the one who who remember you and Allah is the one who honor you for that and we know that Allah says in the Qur'an وَمَنَا عَرَضَ عَلْدِكْنِ and whoever turns away from my remembrance فَإِنَّا رَهُ مَعِشَةَ الْبَنْكَا you have a miserable life and the people who don't have Allah in their life really they may seem happy but they don't have any comfort in their life then what do they turn to after what do they turn to when when things go wrong they don't really have anything to turn to they don't really hope وَنَكْشُهُهُ يَوْمَنْ قِيَابَةِ أَعْمَا and then on that day they'll be raised blind and what do they say when they're raised blind and why does it matter that they're raised blind that the greatest pleasure in Jannah is the beatific vision of Allah if you're raised blind on that day you're missing out so you remember Allah if you don't turn away from Him and you remember Him in the times when it's difficult He'll remember you oh my lord why have you raised me blind when I used to be able to see why then what does Allah respond that's simply how it is that I sent you my signs my very clear signs that I sent you my prophets and I sent you reminders day after day more than we needed we were sent reminders but we forgot them so then like that this is the day that I forget you that if you wanted to forget my message back then that you're the one that doesn't matter anymore that when you're raised up maybe you had all the mention about you here but if you didn't have to leave you don't have the mention where it actually matters on the day of judgment and you're forgotten on that day we're not looking to be mentioned here we're looking to be mentioned over there where it actually matters and then this is a punishment from Allah that you're raised blind if you forget his remembrance و كذلك نجزي من أسرفه و لم يؤمن بأيات ربه that like that we recompense the people و كذلك نجزي من أسرفه we recompense the people who transgress in this world who thought that it was okay to overstep the bounds that Allah gave us overstep the bounds and consider them something insignificant that if you thought it was insignificant that the deal was insignificant then you've overstepped the bounds and Allah will repay you and what you deserve and what you deserve on that day is to be raised blind and in fact that's a mercy that He's not giving me words و العلاب الأخيرة تأشدوا و أدقاء and the punishment of the of the hereafter it's more أشدوا it's more severe and it's more lasting it's more severe and more lasting than you can imagine so we should be happy that we've been given this deal and we should be happy that we're given a chance weekly to be gathered here and if we really if we really are trying daily to be gathered in the masjid and with our brothers and sisters that Allah has provided us with with good companies that we gather together for the remembrance of Allah so that on that day when we're raised we'll say Allah we remembered the the very Prophet we remembered him and we remembered you that he brought the message to you we remember the one that was told that he'll be cut off and we'll remember the one we'll remember the one who was cursed by these the people who thought that they were significant who remembers other than you look through the books that nobody reads that's where you'll find him that's where you'll find him you won't find him mentioned in any good manner but the Prophet ﷺ that he thought that he was starting with with being forgotten that's not what happened Allah showed that his حبيب and his message will never be forgotten that his beloved brought this beautiful message to us and this message will never be forgotten even it made this it made this strangest thing to people but there will still be people until the day of judgment who remember Allah who is the best Muslim بسم الله و الحمد لله if you came late the message is very simple that Allah gave us this deen and it's something that we should be grateful for and if everyone knows this if you're not grateful for the deen and you don't make shukr what's the opposite of shukr is kufr and the opposite of shukr is kufr if you're in grade and you're not grateful for what you have then you'll be forgotten and you'll be forgotten when it really matters where it really matters to me to remember and so we ask Allah that he makes us people who are grateful for what we have and we ask Allah to allow us to recognize that his Prophet ﷺ is the one that we should be praising and saying salam on and we ask Allah that we recognize that his deen is the deen that we should be grateful for and his deen is the one that we shouldn't make any compromise for that when people look at a strange for wanting to pray during lunch break or people look at a strange for whatever it is for your beard or if you want to wear a kufr or if you wear a hijab whatever it is that makes you look strange and stand out in a strange way to people we ask Allah that we are grateful for the opportunity to look strange in front of people because Allah gave us through his Prophet ﷺ good news that if you're strange there's a good sign you know glad tidings to the strangers to the weirdos and so we ask Allah that he makes us firm on the deen and we ask Allah that he allows us to appreciate what he's given us and we ask Allah that we constantly remember him and we constantly allow ourselves to manifest ورفعنا like a ذكر because it's through the Salawat and the Prophet ﷺ that Allah says in the Qur'an and we ask Allah that he allows us to recognize that we won't find peace with anything other than this deen and that if we don't return to Allah we'll never find peace ever and with that we ask we say