 اسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمي والسلام على أشف الأنبي والسيد المرسلين والآله والسهر والسلام ربي أشح لي صدري ويسر لي أمر وحل الأوقتة من ليسان يفقه قول لي الله وصلي على سيدنا محمد مفتاه باب رحمة الله عدة ما في علم الله سلام والسلام السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته my brothers and sisters الحمد لله for the opportunity to gather and remember Allah SWT and remember the one who took us by the hand to him who came to take you and I by the hand into the Divine Presence and what a blessed occasion that is in the month of Rajab and approaching ليلة إسر ومعراج is blessed ascension and may we all ascend in the footsteps of the Prophet SAW to our Creator so insha Allah we're honored to be here amongst you and the people that remember and it's a great blessing so insha Allah with that I wanted to begin with a poem about the Prophet SAW and this poem is a summation of the description we find of the Prophet SAW in the early books of Shema'il of descriptions of him and particularly when I read the 20th book of the Ehe Al-Lumuddin which is this great summation of the character of the Prophet SAW that Imam Ghazali is a great scholar he wrote this encyclopedia of Islam 40 books covering every dimension of the spiritual life of a believer even talking about things we might consider mundane matters like earning a livelihood and how it if approached correctly will be a means for us to draw near to Allah SWT and in the very center of that the spiritual axis upon which that collection of 40 books at turns is the 20th book right in the heart and it's the book on the character of the Prophet SAW because he as our mother Ayesha radiAllah and I said he is the Quran walking his character was the Quran and one of our friends studied at al-Azhar and when he was there he asked the Sheikh he said I want to study tefsir what is the best book of tefsir and the Sheikh said he was in his office he said get that book off the shelf he got the book and it was a biography of the Prophet SAW the best commentary on the Quran is his life SAW so this is a poetic rendition summarizing book 20 of the Ehe Al-Lumuddin can you imagine one who was the gentlest of men while being the most brave and just of all who've been one who conquered all desires of self that make men weak who granted all who asked him precisely what they seek whom only jewels poured out his mouth whenever he would speak who was the gent amongst the stones of men who shined unique a selflessness and generosity that some would say was merely myth until they'd seen the lovers of his way who used to mend his sandals and used to patch his clothes who used to serve his family whenever he was home who had a noble shyness not gazing long upon a face who honored all he ever met be they king or be they slave who always found himself at home the most amongst the poor who never angered for himself but only for his Lord always just always truthful conscious of the one even if it brought discomfort to himself and those he loved a satiated stomach his whole life was rarely felt not due to poverty but preference of others to himself who knew the time of day by sun and the direction by the stars who would walk amongst his enemies without a single guard devoid of any lower self just humble and serene eloquent but not verbose just precisely what he means whom all within his company felt light and sacred cheer whom there was not a thing within creation that he feared who loved to play with children and run races with his wives who would join the festivities and honor customs of all tribes when people yelled and lost their cool around him he was calm who asked forgiveness for his enemies even as they did him wrong who kept a goat he'd milk himself for people in his house whose wives when asked about him said he was the perfect spouse who never looked down on a popper or flattered once a prince but called every soul unto the one without even a flinch every single gorgeous trait of character he had of noble lineage yet he was the orphan of his clan one imbued with wisdom and piercing inner sight yet he was the unlettered one who would neither read nor write all knowledge and trait of character unflaw were placed inside his very being directly by Allah the way to salvation and triumph after death to detachment and joy in life with each and every breath to walk the righteous path and never falter come what may and may Allah give us success in following his way they call him elimin the trustworthy the honest and we call him beloved our master Muhammad اللهم سلي و سلم و بارك عليه والهالي ما شاء الله it's going to be a busy weekend actually tomorrow شيخ عبدالله is going to be at BIA right for a program with Imam Tahir and also tomorrow سلي بارك الله will be in Oakland will be performing with for those ensemble as well and then also Saturday we have a molded as well and you know we have a weekly molded that's a leaf so if everyone could come بسم الله it's a busy week and we're so blessed to have programs here and for our guests to honor us and share their art with us إن شاء الله maybe we could have إن شاء الله I'm going to do some of the sheets since we have brothers here who are artists and they write about the Prophet Muhammad إن شاء الله I'm going to also share my poetry that I wrote about the Prophet Muhammad this is my experience when I went to Medina and during the quarantine I was inspired to just learn the piano and just learn basic stuff and I wrote this song about the Medina إن شاء الله so I'm going to recite that for you guys and maybe do some other sheets إن شاء الله بسم الله this song is called let's go back to Medina إن شاء الله إن شاء الله إن شاء الله دعونا نذهب إلى مدينة ونذهب إلى مدينة أتمنى أن أذهب إلى مدينة مدينة أد خامف واحكتمushing إن شاء الله إن شاء الله أشعر أن أشعر بشكل جيد مع أما أردتنا إلى أفضل جيدة لا أستطيع أن أصدق my eyes أشعر أن أصدق دعنا نذهب إلى مدينة ونكون أحبها أردت أن أصدق مدينة مدينة يا الله أردتني إلى this secret place إذا ليس دعني أردته أردتك دعني أردت دعني أردت دعني أردتك دعنا نذهب إلى مدينة ونكون أحبها أردت أن أصدق مدينة المدينة دخل مدينة وصلوا علىك دخل مدينة وصلوا علىك كولو يا نبي محمد عليك السلام كولو يا نبي محمد عليك السلام طالما اشخغا راميا نور الوجود انا دي يلاتي هاميا مدين الجود مونية يقصى مرامي عضا بشهود وأربا بالسلاميا زاك الجود طالما اشخغا راميا نور الوجود وأنا دي يلاتي هاميا مدين الجود يا نبي يا قد جل حق بالجمال وأليك الله صلى ربي ذو الجلال ادخلوا المدينة وصلوا عليك قولوا يا نبي محمد عليك السلام طالما اشخغا راميا نور الوجود وأنا دي يلاتي هاميا مدين الجود طالما اشخغا راميا مدين الجود طالما اشخغا راميا مدين الجود سلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته سلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته سلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته سلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته سلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته سلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته الانها عجدت في فرata القوالي ولكن مجرد أقلت في فرata و لم تجد حالاً بشكل صريصاً لكنها قد يحصلت في قلبها contents of the call the call was saying and I'm not a call pog singer but he was saying and you'll see why this is relevant He said مجيادة تهي، نبي نبي مجيادة تهي، نبي نبي وكان يقل جدا قوالي وكان يقول أنه إنه رائع من السنة من المرأة الله سلم هي صحة مبارك وانا رأيه أصبحت بمجموعة وانا يتكلمه ومجموعة وكان أنها فقط رفايق مجموعة ونحن فيها لا يكون جدا قوالي وكأنني أرى المرأة يجب أن ترى إسراء والميراج، ولكن فقط هذه فتاة فتاة من رسول الله سبحانه وتعالى أنه جميل جداً وكأنك ترى these words of the Qawwal which are reflecting the love of the Prophet سبحانه وتعالى in the Ummah through art but being refracted through a pure soul this man with Down syndrome he's completely involved and just engrossed in it it's like the entire world does not matter to him there's so much going on he just hits you, step over you and he's just in another world and that I felt like a prison of light just went right and I felt that and that was such a time-stopping experience for me and that's at that point I realized that yes we can read the poetry study the books but the love of the Prophet سبحانه وتعالى resides in the hearts of his Ummah and if you want to know all the words is only an expression but the best way to connect to it is to connect to the lovers of the Prophet سبحانه وتعالى and I felt at that point not his love for the Prophet I felt the Prophet's love for him and the Prophet's love for all of us because what's coming through that pure soul it's just like energy it's just like something coming through so he's just a conduit in fact we're all conduits we're all just like wires and the Prophet's love coming from since pre-eternity when Allah willed him in Allah's knowledge obviously the Prophet's creation but the point is that that's a mercy from Allah and when did Allah will that in pre-eternity because Allah is the most beloved of Allah and so in the Isra and the Miraj in the Isra and the Miraj it's a love story and we won't go through all of it but if we look at the who was the Isra and the Miraj for we often think it was for the Prophet but from the Prophet's perspective when you think about it it's actually for us the whole Isra and the Miraj is a love story and it's for us even though he's the one who suffered so much he's the one who suffered so much and then Allah elevated him Allah He was already elevated with Allah سبحانه وتعالى whereas Musa A.S he had an appointment with Allah and he had to go up to a mountain and to try to reach Allah he was seeking Allah it was different because Angel Gabriel came and Allah was seeking the Prophet S.A.W Allah called the Prophet S.A.W Allah called the Prophet S.A.W he didn't have to go and search and this is why from the beginning we know that this was showing a high rank of the Prophet S.A.W the lofty status and it wasn't because Allah was it wasn't because the Prophet S.A.W needed it it's to show it to the rest of the world because the world was already graced by the Prophet S.A.W and yet the people of the world were not fulfilling their hope to the Prophet S.A.W he was being opposed and bitterly persecuted and so yet there was one group of beings that had not experienced the Prophet S.A.W and that was the people of the heavens the beings of the heavens and so just imagine the treat that they got to finally lay their eyes on the Prophet S.A.W and that's why as soon as he goes he comes with Angel Gabriel and goes to Masjid al-Aqsa when he's at Masjid al-Aqsa it's just something that's understood all the prophets fell behind him to pray you know when you it's time for prayer and people are equals everyone say no you go and everyone's getting when the Prophet S.A.W was among them it was just natural that he would be the one to take the lead and this is prophets who have more knowledge than everyone else they understand the leadership of the Prophet S.A.W but sometimes do we allow him to take the lead in our lives and then when he finishes the prayer and just a few reflections Angel Gabriel and there is a tray and there is one glass or a vessel of milk and one vessel of wine in another narration there were three with honey as well and the Prophet S.A.W immediately he reaches for the milk and he drinks it and he leaves the wine right there and Gabriel S.A.W sees that and tells him he said he said because because milk is something that is it's uninterfered with it's not meddled with and this is the fitrah when you have a heart that's not interfered with and corrupted whereas wine even though it wasn't haram in that time it was long before wine was made haram the Prophet S.A.W himself avoided it because of his fitrah and then what did Gabriel S.A.W this is what's the most amazing because he said had you chosen the wine your umma would have gone astray and so as my teacher taught me he said this is proof that an action of the Prophet S.A.W determined the fate of the umma one sip of the Prophet S.A.W could have determined whether we were in iman or not our believing in Allah was not about everything that we've done and what school we went to and what book we read and we were guided to the end of time as an umma this is the the being that we are speaking about when we think about Rasul Allah so if that's even from his one sip could naturally go towards what would benefit his umma just imagine the rest of what he did for us and when the Prophet S.A.W he went through all of the seven heavens and all the beautiful things that we'll discuss tomorrow about all those things we don't even realize how intimately connected we are to Rasul Allah S.A.W because our sitting here was dependent on, as I said that sip that happened before the marriage so what we don't even realize is we can go become heedless but we are intimately connected to him just like a baby like that's running around oblivious but there's someone watching over that baby who cares for that baby and this baby is like I don't know whatever and there's a hard working mother behind that child there's a hard working father who's always looking out and making sure they can run around a little bit making sure they don't get hurt making sure they're fed making sure they're safe and protected getting everything they need and as an umma many times our Rasul S.A.W is actually all over us protecting us his du'as from where he is now are coming towards us according to the Hadith so this is even as he goes beyond the seven heavens and beyond the city of Muntaha into the Divine Presence and whatever it was that was there we don't even know the words we don't even know the words that occurred in that blessed meeting between Allah and his beloved Rasul S.A.W it was between master and servant but one thing we do know is that there was talk about us as an umma there but even in that maqam in that place he has concern for us and this is the amazing thing just imagine if you were in a place after persecution after being tortured after being denied after being losing your loved ones and being stoned you're in bliss paradise and even there when after all the troubles could be solved and no other hardship ever even there you're remembering us the umma of the Prophet S.A.W he's still remembering us and when he gets those prayers he accepts it completely but when he passes by Musa S.A.W on his way back right Musa S.A.W advises him and he says you know go back go back that's exactly what he said he said I have experience with people and he gives the Prophet S.A.W loving brotherly advice from one Prophet to another an older Prophet to another Prophet and you know it was when the Prophet S.A.W left from meeting him Musa S.A.W was crying so it was asked why are you crying why are you crying in Jannah he said because because this young man who came after me more people will enter Jannah from his umma than my umma even just the he didn't think about it that didn't occur until he saw Rasul S.A.W and he realized how lucky his umma is how lucky his umma is that he made other prophets cry because they wished that they could be the Prophet of this umma and because Allah said no you can't at least make me part of the umma but rather the Rasul S.A.W is a Shahid on our umma and on all the umma and on all the prophets just think about that where our Rasul S.A.W is and how lucky we are and then when he got that advice the Prophet S.A.W does go back and he goes back why because if Allah gives you a commandment you would take it you wouldn't say anything but he goes back because he knows it's in our interest so that's why he goes back usually when someone a king tells you something go do this would you dare enter back and say look I want you to revise what you've told me but as the umma say that one of the wisdoms of going back and forth and we know he goes back the prayers are 50 then goes to 40 then goes to 30 in some narrations it goes by 50 to 45 to 40 but it goes all the way down to 5 and they say that the wisdom of that going back and forth back and forth is to prepare our Rasul S.A.W for the Shafa'a for his intercession when he will go to Allah on the Day of Judgement and ask Allah O Allah take some of the people out of the hellfire and Allah will say go take these people out and so he'll take them back then he'll go back and go back and go back and forth because it's supinal love because if he as some of the Olimah say if it was the first time when he went to meet Allah on the Day of Judgement that would be very very scary all would be majesty and so here he experienced that on his own going back and forth because on the Day of Judgement that Haiba that all will not overtake him but rather it will be it will be intimate familiarity because when you see somebody very big and prominent and majestic in the beginning you're always a little back by them you're a bit scared by them but when you get to know them you start to become familiar with them and it's a love that develops even with the Prophet ﷺ that's what they used to say as they said in Arabic they said ومن خالطه معرفة حبة the one whoever used to come up to the Prophet ﷺ suddenly they would get a little awe and awe struck but once they got to sit with him a little bit and they would start to love him and I put that into a poetic phrase and it goes like this so the thing is this is the same thing with Allah when he goes back and forth it's because of that now that Allah ﷻ gave him two honours on that night that Allah ﷻ let him hear his speech directly only Musa ﷺ had heard Allah ﷻ directly before that but the added thing was and this is a debate within the Ahlus Sunnah but there is that position of the many most of our scholars that the Prophet ﷺ also saw Allah ﷻ on that day Allah ﷻ he saw Allah ﷻ on that day when he came back to benefit the ummah during the Shafa'a as well so this is where when he came back this is now now think about this this is what what he said in his he philosophised as it's written that this is the difference between a Prophet and a Wali a saint just to the hereafter in Jannah that's it he doesn't want to come back because he's with Allah now he's with his Lord why would you why the one beloved that you want to be with you would stay forever your problems are over a Prophet comes back and that's what makes the Prophet different from a Wali any one of us if we could just go and take see a second of Paradise or be with Allah moreover and come back to this Dunya with all the family and all the money and all the everything that we have all the beloveds we would never want to come back and yet it's the Prophet ﷺ that says no I will come back and he went does he come back to does he come back to a life that is so much more comfortable no he came from hardship and persecution went to Allah and then came back he came back to lose his children in front of his eyes he came back to be struck at Uhud he came back for the fear with the fear of Badr at the existential threat of the trench he came back to experience the poisoning at Khaybar that stayed with him for the rest of his life until he passed away ﷺ why for our sake that's why the Isra and the Mairaj is ultimately a love story and it's about the fact that before the victory of the world comes the spiritual victory and we were in one sense in the heart of the Prophet ﷺ and there with him and it was done for our sake and the only thing that now is upon us the only thing that is upon us now is we have the example of the greatest Siddique about what did he say he was just asked do you believe about what your companion ﷺ says that he went overnight to drew something came back when it takes us 30 days going and 30 days coming and what did Abu Bakr ﷺ say he said if he said it then I believe it because I believe something that is greater than this I believe he's getting revelation and that Siddique is why he got that name it's why he is the best person he is the best person after all the prophets he's the best of human beings not because of the amount of prayers and fasting he did but something that had settled inside his heart so when we realized what the Isra and the Mairaj was from the ﷺ for us then our only response was to be like Abu Bakr and say that we bear witness that you are the messenger of Allah and that we will act like that and live like that for the rest of our lives I'll just figure I'll just finish by reading something I'll just sing one chapter of the ﷺ Insha'Allah you guys might know this from before and I've actually started to translate the chorus into English as well let's see how this goes let's see if we can talk let's see if we can kind of go into it like this so you know how it begins أرحم أرحم أرحم أرحم أرحم أرحم إن شاء الله الشيخ دولا ما شاء الله و نحن نحن من أخي باركة بلو و إن شاء الله فاستفاعته حبيبين أو ربما يتكلم شيء من your book و باية طريقة هو سوف هو سوف يكون لديه أصبحت و سوف يكون لديه و سوف يكون لديه و بعد إشعة أتكلم سوف يكون لديه و إن شاء الله باركة بلو أعتقد أننا سوف يكون لديه أكثر than one chapter و سوف يكون لديه باركة بلو و إن شاء الله there might be more time there might be more time زر خلاخر الشيخ عبدالله جميل في إضافة to the beautiful poem و الحمد لله أتذكر أن one of the first things when I was learning about the life of the prophet that most moved me was the story of the إسره و بيره and I love everything you highlight and you brought the point that the Prophet ﷺ traveled these vast distances and ascend it there was a horizontal travel and then a vertical travel and he paved the way for us to ascend into the Divine Presence and brought us back to the Salat which is the إسره of the movement the معراج of the movement the ascension of the believer but as you pointed out the greatest miracle that was to happen that night is that he returned from the presence to show us the life the greatest miracle was not that he ascended the seven heavens not that he passed where Jabril said I can go no further he reached the low tree and the two bows distance but it's that out of love for you and me he returned back now as was mentioned we have a new book and it's called The Art of Remembrance and it has multiple meanings but I was reflecting on what the Prophet ﷺ brought us and if you think about our Dean every aspect of it is دكر that not only is the prayer not only is the Qur'an not only is the Prophet ﷺ himself a reminder but he left us a blueprint for being in a state of remembrance in every moment of every day and from when we sit there is a dicker to when we stand there is a dicker to when we wake up there is a dicker all the way to when we sleep there is a dicker and Alhamdulillah we experience great gratitude to the Prophet ﷺ as well as the scholars of our Ummah who have preserved this and passed this down there are religions 100% sure what language their Prophet ﷺ spoke the Christians are like that but yet we know the exact words the Prophet ﷺ said in every moment waking state every breath that he took was dicker and so the Prophet ﷺ was calling us to be in a state of remembrance and it could be said that his way is the art of remembrance in fact Islam is the art of remembrance how to be in a state of remembrance in every breath and in that sense we are all artists right you are a painter each moment you make a mark when you die you step out of the painting and look at your art your life is your art one of my shakes told me he said Alhamdulillah you're a poet and that's a beautiful thing he said but it's one thing to write poems and it's another thing to make your life a poem for God now what we seek is that our life is a work of art for Allah it is an offering for Allah and your life is your work of art each moment you are making a mark and when you die you will see your artwork will it be beautiful will it be ugly and Allah is غفور الرهيم انك العفو انتهب العفو الله can erase some of the ugly marks on your artwork when you turn to him and so this is what we hope for and this is what we turn to Allah for Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and so we wanted to make a book that was not only with poetry but in fact was like the great manuscripts of our tradition every aspect of what Muslims did was done with Ihsan because Allah is beautiful and loves beauty and so if you look at the traditional manuscripts ancient books in the great museums around the world people fill the museums to look at the books of our tradition wow look at how they did them look at the leather work the binding look at the calligraphy and the hand written and so we wanted to make an ode to the great books of the past and this is what we've done here with the art of remembrance and Alhamdulillah we had it printed in Turkey and may Allah bring His mercy to those suffering in the aftermath of the earthquake in Turkey as well as in Syria and so this is what we're here for is to remember and Mawlana Rumi very beautifully put it he said that there was a servant who was sent from a great king and the great king said go to the marketplace and bring me back a short list of things and you have all day just be back before the market closes its sundown and so the servant went out and he said Alhamdulillah have all day so as he's going to the market he sees a festival there was a fair and there was all the rides and the games and everything that was happening and so he said I have all day I can take some time and enter into this fair and so he entered in and he rode the rides and he made friends and he interacted with people and he played the games and he enjoyed himself but very quickly he lost track of time and he got so engrossed in the festival and the fair that by the time he looked up he realized that the sun was setting and he had missed the market and he had to return to the king empty-handed so Moran Arumi is saying that we are the servant sent into this world and Allah gave us a few easy tasks and we can partake of the festival and the fair and the sweet things the rides and all those things but we should never forget to remember the purpose for which we came so we don't return empty-handed and this is the art of remembrance so we pray that Allah makes his people of remembrance and I wanted to read you the title poem from the book I almost had it said until it seeps into your bones like the December wind remember and remember and remember until remembrance wins till all remember wins remember win there was nothing but remembrance in the presence of beginninglesses never ending present tense remember win there was nothing but remembrance in the presence of beginninglesses never ending present tense remember till the voice proclaims what did we forget again till the part that has resistance to remember starts to giving in remember then remember then remember it again again a spirit greater than the verses come and hid in skin remember the forgiver to the point that you forget your sins remembrance the giver until all your gifts are sent from him remember it's the giver until when you give it's really him giving and receiving what is need if you are giving him remember the reviver until when you die you live again remember the annihilator tell your eyes subsist in him remember the inspired one who taught us how to get to him peace upon his soul and on his family and his holy friends peace upon his soul and on his family and his holy friends the one who rose to even higher than an angel ever then out of love and mercy he returned into the world of man remember the all seeing until all that you can see is him and if you cannot witness this then know this witness witnesses through your seeing vision even though your feeble visions dim and when you draw near until he loves you who is seeing them you didn't throw when you threw but we threw through your blessed hand you didn't throw when you threw but we threw through your blessed hand are you surprised the most high could throw through a mortal man hasn't he told you he molded you from something insignificant then spoke to your clay as he blew his spirit into it remember the beloved until love itself transcends your skin and radiates beyond you into everything that was and is and will be if he wills it to be in a million moments each affair he begins again polish the mirror so his light you reflect within the rust that has formed on its face is forgetfulness each breath is a priceless chance to remember him and the polish of hearts is the art of remembrance الله هم سلي وسلم و بارك علي و علي صلى الله عليه So dawn we were all artists, the takeaways were artists and one of them said in the pre-modern World every man was a particular type of artists in the modern World the artists is a particular type of man No everyone was aircraft or Men or Woman, everyone was a creator everyone was dedicated to their art everyone understood That the او كاليغفر او ويور but that all of those were disciplines that if approached correctly would transform you and your soul In Titus Burkhart wrote a book about Fez called the Fez City of Islam which he was talking about pre-modern Islamic cities and how they produced saints And he talked about the comb maker who made combs in the traditional way out of bone And this comb maker said I've been making combs like my master made combs like his master made combs like his master made combs all the way back He said but now just in our generation these plastic combs are coming in from China and I can't compete because mine takes a whole day to make They can sell 100 for the price of mine He said but the way that I was taught by my master is that the comb is a spiritual thing because just as it has many teeth but its spine is one Likewise the universe has many forms but one is behind them all And so we are not created to be consumers but creators because we are created with the names of Allah وهو الخالق الباري المصور لهو الأسماء الحسنى He is the creator, the fashion or the former And we are to embody his names the most beautiful names And so Alhamdulillah it's a blessing to be with artists of the sacred And these arts that were insha'Allah part of the honor of reviving in our tradition even in the English language That when Islam spread into India or into Turkey or into Africa or far east into China or Java What happened? The people became poets Because the Quranic revelation washed over their souls and it infused them with meaning And when you're experiencing meaning you can't but desire to express it And so it is hoped that our brothers here, Sidi Abdullah and Sidi Uthman These great efforts to infuse the English language with the barakah of the Muhammadan revelation Will be a means to transform not only our hearts but our societies insha'Allah And so it's an honor to be amongst you And may we walk in the way of the Prophet ﷺ And in fact at the end of the day and this is what I'll end with Is that Allah is the artist and the cosmos is his art And the true art is to allow Allah to write the qualities of the Prophet ﷺ on the canvas of yourself That is the art So may we be infused with the art of remembrance الحمد لله وشكرا لله اللهم صلي وسلم بارك لي وعلى لي يا رب صلي على محمد الله الله أحمد نبينا نر المدينة أهم وحد بذكر ربي الله فذكر ربي هو شفاء آه واشفاء الله الله أحببت ربان هو تيماد الله الله لكل شيء هو يشاو آه ويشاو الله الله يا رب صلي على محمد الله الله نر النبينا نر المدينة وكن نحبين لغير ربي الله الله فيه الأذاب فيه شقاء يا فعز فاني عن الفانائي الله الله له الحياة له البقاء يا رب صلي على محمد الله الله أحمد نبينا نر المدينة يا رب صلي على محمد الله الله من ذاته نور ودياء يا رب صلي على محمد الله الله يا رب صلي على محمد الله الله يا رب صلي على محمد الله الله نر النبينا نر المدينة يا رب صلي على محمد الله يا رب صلي على محمد الله يا رب صلي على محمد الله when I think of family and friends that I've had all of these blessings although I'm so bad I'm grateful to Allah but I'm still a bit sad because I wish you were with us again chosen by Allah to teach us his Dean sent as a mercy to his alameen and now you're resting under the dome green but I wish you were with us again abused by the pagans and persecuted there's no god but Allah was all that you'd said for us your ummah you cried and you bled and I wish you were with us again I know I shouldn't pray for things that can't be you've gone on and that is a reality but I can't help feelings that dwell inside me and I wish you were with us again with us again cause you gave me hope just when my life had hit a downward slope you brought us together to hold Allah's rope and though you're not here through Allah we'll cope people would curse you through dust on your head you'd take their harsh words give kind ones instead your enemies changed by the lives that you led oh how many hearts did you mend your patience in kindness our guides for my life you taught me to be just and respect my wife to give to my parents and neighbors their rights then I wish you could teach us again some people say that we love you too much but I don't think they know what love is as such cause oh what we'd give for just one glance or touch they'd know how we feel for you then then I realize I can't get back the past and moments in this life are passing so fast now with these thoughts and emotions amassed along for the day when I'll see you at last cause you'll be our refuge on the judgment day when family and friends will be running away my umma my umma to Allah will you say and I hope that I'll be with you then cause all those who love you obeyed God's commands your followers come from all nations and lands they'll drink at the fountain from your blessed hands and I hope that I'll be one of them yes I hope that I'll be with you then insha'Allah we'll be with you then upon you may peace Allah send بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بسم الله الرحيم الله thank you so much for every single thing that you've given us oh Allah thank you so much for sending your beloved Prophet ﷺ oh Allah thank you so much for creating him oh Allah thank you so much for creating us and making us followers of him oh Allah thank you so much for letting the message of your Prophet ﷺ reach us oh Allah thank you so much for letting us say a single salat on your Prophet ﷺ oh Allah thank you so much for guiding us guiding us on the way through him to you yeah Allah thank you so much for letting us gather here together thank you for letting us come from great distances to sit here after many years and oh Allah thank you for every single salat and every single zikr and every single thing that has come here that is pleasing to you yeah Allah it's only from you yeah Allah we ask you forgiveness for all of our sins all of our mistakes all of our shortcomings yeah Allah let us never think yeah Allah that by these words your Prophet ﷺ has been praised but rather through his blessed mention it's our words that have been raised yeah Allah one single salat yeah Allah we cannot pay you back for that one single mention of your name yeah Allah yeah Allah and if it wasn't for this beloved Prophet ﷺ we would not know who you are yeah Allah thank you so much forgive us our shortcomings and our bad intentions and purify them and cleanse them and bring us back safely here time and time and time again to remember you and your beloved yeah Allah and make this a means yeah Allah of purifying our hearts yeah Allah and blessing us and our families and the families of every single person who's here and every single person who's watching at home and will be watching over the years yeah Allah and every single person who's connected to this place in this مبارك community yeah Allah and in our umma yeah Allah let anything that we've done good here yeah Allah go towards the forgiveness of the sins of the umma of the Prophet ﷺ and to alleviate their burdens for all the people who are suffering in any single way yeah Allah and especially those are brothers and sisters in Turkey and in Syria yeah Allah let those who have passed away yeah Allah get the highest for those genital for those with you yeah Allah and those who have survived make it easy for them make them stronger make it a light yeah Allah they will spread all around the world and make it easy for all those who are struggling yeah Allah and bless the whole umma of the Prophet ﷺ most of all send endless infinite peace and blessings on your beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم again جزاكم الخير from coming guys جزاكم الخير say sheikh Abdullah and Barqa Blue we're going to pray now and then afterwards Barqa Blue's book will be in the hallway Insha'Allah جزاكم الخير and also I just want to say that we're all of us have been blessed to have Islam Insha'Allah we're all comers here I just realized that so Alhamdulillah all you guys were born Muslims you guys are lucky but Alhamdulillah you know I mean جزاكم الخير وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم السلام عليكم