 Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. Alhamdulillahi was-salatu was-salamu ala Rasulillahi wa-ala alihi wa-ashabihi ajmain. We praise Allah Subhanahu wa-ta'ala. We send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam. His household, his companions, may Allah bless them all and may Allah bless every one of us grant us goodness during these blessed days. May Allah Subhanahu wa-ta'ala increase us in faith. Ameen. My brothers and sisters, we saw in the previous episodes the dua that we should be making for our parents. The dua that we should be making for the rest of the Muslims and for our hearts to be cleaned from any ill feeling against the rest of the Ummah. What a powerful dua. Just to make mention quickly of the exact position of that dua in the Quran where Allah Subhanahu wa-ta'ala has indeed blessed us. Surah al-Hashr verse number 10. Surah al-Hashr verse number 10, we should go to that Surah. We should look at it. We should memorize that verse, understand its meaning and use that to call out to Allah Subhanahu wa-ta'ala. But in this episode, I'd like to go through the dua of the angels for us. Amazing. Did you know that the angels supplicate? They call out to Allah for us and who is deserving of this dua? Who is deserving of the supplication of the angels? That is going to be of great importance and Allah makes mention of it. In fact, the supplication itself has in it some unique wording. So in Surah al-Ghafir, Allah Subhanahu wa-ta'ala says, verse number seven. The angels that carry the arsh in a way that Allah knows best, those who are around the arsh, they declare the greatness of Allah, the majesty of Allah, the tasbih of Allah Subhanahu wa-ta'ala and declare his praise or the praise of their Rab and they believe in him and they seek forgiveness for those who have believed. Who is seeking forgiveness for you? The angels who are around the arsh, Subhanallah, those who carry the arsh and those around him, those who are around the arsh, the angels. Imagine, they believe in Allah, they are declaring the praise of Allah and they are calling out, they are making dua, they are actually seeking the forgiveness of Allah for those who believe. So Allah says, they are seeking the forgiveness for those who believe. So what are they doing? They are asking Allah, oh Allah, forgive those who believe, that's what they're saying. And they keep on repeating the same dua, amazing. Now Allah wants to describe for you and I to do us a beautiful favor by telling us what is that dua? We want to give you the details. Allah says, you want to know what the angels say for you, you who believe, you who utter the shahada, do you want to know what the angels say for you? What the angels are asking for you? You know, before I even get to that, we show no concern sometimes for the rest of the ummah, for the rest of humanity. We show no concern. It's all about us, we're selfish. Oh Allah, forgive me, that's what we normally say. Important dua, but we saw previously how to make a dua for your parents, oh Allah, forgive my parents, forgive my family members, forgive the ummah, forgive those who came before me, forgive those who had iman prior to me, forgive those, all of those who have iman, guide those who don't have iman towards iman. This is a concern for everyone. The angels have a concern for us, mankind. So they are making dua for those who believe. What do they say? Allah says, they say, they say, oh our Rabb, you have encompassed everything with your mercy and with your knowledge, your knowledge and your mercy encompasses absolutely everything. So therefore, forgive those who are seeking forgiveness, forgive those who have repented. So when I say, oh Allah, forgive me, the angels say, oh Allah, forgive him, oh Allah, forgive me, the angels say, oh Allah, forgive him. Why? He's seeking forgiveness. Forgive those who are repenting, but not just tabu, tabu wa taba'u sabilak. You know, we say istighfar is to seek the forgiveness of Allah and tawbah is to return to Allah by changing your ways and habits. So many people engage in istighfar, but they don't engage in tawbah. They say, oh Allah, forgive me, but you know, they haven't changed their whole life. They haven't come back to Allah, returned in a proper way. So tawbah is far more important. So the angels are saying, oh Allah, forgive those who have engaged in tawbah, those who have changed their lives, forgive them. Those who are asking for forgiveness, forgive them. And those who have followed your path, forgive them. Wa taba'u sabilak. Wa qihim azaab al jahim. And oh Allah, save them, save them from the punishment of Hellfire. Save them from the punishment of Hellfire. Why would these angels be making du'a for saviour from the punishment of Hellfire? For others. Because they know how dangerous, how painful, how hot, how harmful, how bad the fire of jahannam or Hellfire is. So they are saying, oh Allah, forgive those who have repented and followed your path and save them from the punishment of Hellfire. This is an amazing supplication by the angels. So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, it doesn't stop there. These angels, they don't get tired to call out to Allah. You know, if we were to call out to Allah, we would probably say, oh Allah grant me this, grant me that, give me. And after a while, we would probably, you know, slow down. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala grant us ease. The angels are making du'a not for themselves, but for you and I. And Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, they say, forgive those who have repented and followed your path, and save them from severe punishment. Then the verses continue. Grant them the paradise, grant them entry into the paradise that you promised them. Subhanallah, look at how beautiful this supplication is from this revelation of Allah. Allah is telling you, the angels are saying, oh Allah, forgive these people. Oh Allah, save them from Hellfire, not just save them from Hellfire. If you were saved from Hellfire, where would you go? You would go into heaven. It's a given, isn't it? But it wasn't enough for them to say, oh Allah, save them from Hellfire. They are saying, oh Allah, save them from Hellfire, and grant them entry into the paradise that you promised them. Subhanallah. Oh Allah, grant them entry into that paradise that you have promised them. Subhanallah. But it's not good enough to be in paradise all alone. Imagine you go out on the most beautiful holiday, lovely holiday, lovely place, and you're there all alone. There's no one besides you. Would you like it? Well, some might say, yes, I want to be all alone. But the majority of us, we wouldn't. We would want our family members with us. We would want our children with us. We would want others with us. Those who were close to us, our loved ones with us, wouldn't we? So the angels, when they said, oh Allah, and when they keep saying, even to this day, this du'a is continuous, they keep on making this du'a, oh Allah, adkhilhum jannati adhanin allati wa attahum, wa man salah min aaba'ihim, wa man salah min aaba'ihim, wa azwajihim, wa durriyatihim, and oh Allah, not just them alone, but let that jannah be granted to the good from among their parents, their spouses, and their children. Those who qualify Allah, let them all get jannah tul firdaus. Grant, unite them. So if I'm in jannah, and say my spouse is in jannah, my children are in jannah, what would happen? It would be best if we could be together somewhere. I know there are some spouses who might say, I don't want to be with my spouse, but obviously we're not going to get to that. Because when you go to jannah tul firdaus, you're going to be having the most beautiful of spouses. They were your spouse in the dunya, but they're going to be upon the highest level, the most complete level of everything, whether it's beauty, understanding, goodness, kindness, everything to the highest level possible. So you won't be let down. You won't be let down. Let's not discuss that. Let's go to the du'a here. So the angels are saying, oh Allah, grant them entry into jannah, and grant them entry into jannah together with the good from amongst their parents, from among their children, from amongst their spouses. MashaAllah. I would love to be reunited with my family. I would love it. MashaAllah. Imagine going to jannah, and Allah says, here's all your family. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala grant us jannah. And may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala make us from those who are united with our family members. There is one beautiful word here that would bring our attention or draw our attention to something interesting. Wa man salaha. Those who qualify, those who are good enough to enter jannah. Which means if you want to be united with your family members, you need to work with them. You need to work on them. You need to beautifully address the matter. You need to work towards jannah, and you need to tell them also to work towards jannah. It's very important for us to work towards jannah, not just on our own, but even with those whom we love so that we can enter jannah. May Allah make it easy for every one of us. The end of that supplication. And indeed that is the great, the great victory. What is the great victory? When you're forgiven by Allah, when you are saved from the fire, when you are granted entry into paradise and united with your loved ones. Now that is the great victory. That's why Allah says amazingly. And indeed that is what you call Al-Fawz, true success. That is the great success. So I spent a moment showing you that the angels are calling out to Allah. The angels are asking for goodness for you and I, those who believe. And yet we sometimes don't even ask ourselves. We don't even ask for ourselves. We spend days and we haven't called out to Allah for our needs. And that's why Allah creates needs within us so that we can turn to Him sometimes. Let's call out to Allah every day. Brothers and sisters, speaking about supplications from revelation, the idea is to instill in our hearts the love for supplication and dua. We need to learn these prayers. We need to learn how to call out to Allah. Use these beautiful words to call out to Allah. And we will definitely find great comfort and goodness in this. It's amazing how, you know, I've looked at a lot of the du'as of the Qur'an. I'm still going to go into it. But in the next few episodes, I'd like to go into something unique. And that is the dua of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Because he was the best of creation, the most noble of all prophets of Allah. And at the same time, he was loved by Allah the most. He is loved by Allah the most, the highest of all. He used to call out to Allah using such words that we would wonder, he did not really need all these things. Why did he use these words? Because if we were to follow his example, we would actually be using words that he used for needs that we have. Allahu Akbar. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him's concern was always the ummah, the ummah, the ummah. Even on the day of judgment, when everyone else will be saying nafsi nafsi, everyone will be worried about himself, including the other prophets. They will all be worried about themselves and where they will fit in. On that day, the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, will be the only one who is going to say ummati ummati. Oh Allah, I'm concerned about my ummah. I'm concerned about my followers. I'm concerned about my people, subhanallah. From the beginning, his concern was everyone else. He never gave preference to himself. He never filled his own pocket with wealth, etc. But he had the greatest, the most, in terms of what Allah has bestowed upon him. So he called out to Allah using beautiful words. And I want to go through some of these. I'm going to start off with an amazing du'a that is made mention of in the hadith of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, radiallahu anha. Remember, we're talking of supplications from revelation. I explained to you, revelation is divided into two. One is the Quran and two is the sunnah, what we would call the hadith, because we are taking out the words of supplication from the hadith of the Prophet, peace be upon him. These are words that he uttered. He said them. And as we will go through them, every time I will keep reminding yourselves and myself about how he did not need it, we need it. So Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, radiallahu anhu says, the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to say, very often, this hadith is narrated in Sahih Muslim. Oh Allah, I seek from you guidance. He was the most guided. He was rightly guided, guiding everyone else. He's saying, oh Allah, I'm seeking guidance from you. It goes to show his concern is to teach us. Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, radiallahu anhu, was one of those who heard these words. He narrated them to us. So we are using those words to seek guidance from Allah. The Prophet, peace be upon him, was a beautiful example for all of us. If you follow him, you won't have to do anything more. If you say what he said in terms of supplication, you will cover your whole life. And I will prove it to you in the next few episodes. You will see it. Amazing. Look, oh Allah, I seek guidance from you. I'm asking you for guidance. I'm asking you for taqwa. Taqwa is what? Payyati, God-consciousness. He was the most pious, the most God-conscious. Sallallahu alayhi wasallam. Perfect, flawless, subhanallah. And he's saying, oh Allah, I ask you for guidance. I ask you for God-consciousness. Look at the humbleness. Look at the humility. Look at the humility. He says, well, afafah. You know, afafah is saviour, protection from sin, from immorality, from sin, from vice. Oh Allah, grant me protection from sin, subhanallah. We would say chastity. It's included in this, al-afafah, al-ifah. It's protection from committing anything that would displease Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. Oh Allah, I'm asking you, you know, purity. Al-afaf, al-ifah. Make me pure. So all these terms are included in this lovely word or term, al-ifah, al-ifah, al-afah, al-ghina. And I asked you independence. Make me independent. Ghina also means wealth, sustenance. So we're asking Allah for sustenance, for wealth, such that we are not dependent on anyone besides Allah. These are the four things mentioned in this hadir. We need every one of them desperately. After every salah, at any time you get, no fixed time, no fixed number, no fixed place, you repeat the words, Allahumma inni asalukal huda wa tuqa wa al-afafa wa al-ghina. Oh Allah, I seek from you guidance. God consciousness and piety, purity, chastity, saviour from sin, as well as independence. And you see what Allah does for you. And let's mean it. Let's understand it. Let's say these words very, very often and we will come to realize the greatness of this beautiful, beautiful Nabi of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. What beautiful words. What divine inspiration. What revelation from Allah. وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى إِنْهُ وَإِلَّا وَحْيُنْ يُوْحَى The Prophet ﷺ did not utter, utterances from his whims and fancies rather every utterance was revelation from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that was revealed. That's a beautiful dua. Now I want to move on to another lovely dua that we also need to memorize from among the du'as of the Prophet ﷺ. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the owner of the hearts and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala turns the hearts from left to right from guidance to this way, that way, you know, misguidance, guidance, all of that is in the hands of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. We need to ask Allah for guidance always just like we heard in the previous hadith اللهم إني أسألك الهدى or Allah I'm asking you for guidance subhan Allah. So in this particular dua which is a lovely dua mentioned by Aisha رضي الله عنها that the Prophet ﷺ used to say very often كان يكثيرو means he used to say it so much abundantly. He used to say this often when he was calling out to Allah يا مقلب القلوب ثبت قلبي على دينك يا مقلب القلوب ثبت قلبي على دينك Oh you, this is the name of Allah it's the quality of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala مقلب القلوب Oh you, oh owner of the turning of the hearts Oh you who turns the hearts Oh you who has the control over the hearts and it's turning or they're turning مقلب القلوب قلوب the hearts and and قلب would mean to turn So Oh you who turns the hearts ثبت قلبي على دينك strengthen my heart upon your deen make my heart firm upon your deen upon your way your path your religion that you have chosen for us monotheism worshipping you alone strengthen my heart on that Now the most strong was Muhammad ﷺ he was sent to us he was sent to us to guide us he's making this dua because all of us need it more than anyone else يا مقلب القلوب ثبت قلبي على دينك Oh you who turns the hearts Oh you who is the owner of the hearts and it's turning or they're turning strengthen my heart upon the deen make my heart firm ثبت ثبت to make my heart firm upon your deen You and I know that there are rules there are regulations there is the deen many times shaitan comes to us and he tries to make us deli deli he tries to make us forget become weak become lazy he tries to make us sin he tries to make us abstain from the commands that we have to fulfill and it becomes challenging the environment our friends our workplaces our countries our systems and so on the Prophet ﷺ here is teaching us something beautiful keep on asking Allah for strength but together with asking Allah do something about it there's no point like the previous verses the previous du'a that we actually learned we're asking for guidance we're asking for God consciousness we're asking for protection and purity and chastity etc and we're asking for independence and wealth but we're not working towards it we're not trying that is an insult to Allah Allah gives you the capacity he gives you the ability he grants you everything and he wants you to be able to use the faculties he's given you the ability the strength he's given you to achieve what you believe is best for you so now that you're asking Allah for these things it shows that you're hopefully believing that this is what you want so work towards it work towards the guidance work towards quitting sin work towards protecting yourself from that which will displease Allah and in this particular case work towards strengthening your heart and Allah will do that for you so the point I'm raising is don't just make du'a some people think oh I want to achieve this is there any du'a I can read the answer might be yes you can there are so many du'as you can read but not just reading reading alone is not really going to help you if you haven't used what Allah has given you to solve the problem as well together with it ultimately it's Allah Allah's power but Allah gives you the power as well it's the power of Allah he gave you the ability to a certain extent you want to go for example to the university you don't just repeat a thousand times oh Allah take me to the university you need to make the du'a yes but work towards it speak to this one raise some money raise your school fees perhaps apply you will have to go etc and do so many things and Allah will give you the ability and the acceptance without that you're not going to achieve anything my beloved brothers and sisters so this is an important lesson that we learned from today's episode that we must make an effort to achieve what we want as much as we're calling out to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala like when you seek the forgiveness of Allah strengthen yourself to stay away from that sin you don't just say oh Allah keep me away from the sin and then you jump straight into it may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us all goodness my brothers and sisters inshallah we will be going through more of these lovely supplications of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam in the next episode and I'm looking forward to going through the beautiful wordings that is our master may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless us all may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us goodness until we meet again assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa rahmatullahi