 Today's khutbah is about one of the names of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. It's an interesting name. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has many names, infinite names. In the Quran, we have about 150 names that were mentioned. And in the sunnah of the Prophet a.s., around 160 names. Shared between the Quran and sunnah, we have over 210 names of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Some are uniquely mentioned in the Quran, some are uniquely mentioned in the sunnah of the Prophet a.s. But the names of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala are uncountable. This name that we will contemplate on very briefly in this khutbah is a name that he allowed us to use. It's a name that we use as well. Have we ever heard of anyone allowing you to use this title? Have you ever heard of a CEO telling you that you can use my title as a CEO? Or a director of finance? Or a doctor in a hospital? Yet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has a name that he allowed each and every one of us to use. And to claim has his own name as our own title. And this name is al-mu'min. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is called al-mu'min. And we, each and every one of us who has iman, is called also mu'min. It's called mu'min. But in our case, in my case, I understand. I understand what it means to be a mu'min. It means I believe in Allah. I believe in the angels. I believe in the prophets. I believe in the books. I believe in the day of judgment. I believe in destiny. Understand what it means. But what does it mean as far as Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has concerned? What does it mean when we say Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is al-mu'min? And what are the implications of those meanings on us? On each and every one of us. You and me. The word mu'min in Arabic comes from a verb called amana. And comes from a root noun called iman, as we all know. And the word amana in Arabic has two essential meanings. It has many shades of meanings, but there are two essential meanings. The first meaning is amana, i.e. safety. Safety and security. As Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the Quran و آمنهم من خوف لإيلاف كوريشن إيلافهم رحلة الشتاء والصيف فليعبد رب هذا البيت الذي أطعمهم من جوعين و آمنهم من خوف Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the one that he آمنهم من خوف He made them safe. He made them feel safe and secure. Secure out of what? Secure from fear. Secure from anything that will result in not feeling safe or not feeling secure. When I'm driving in the middle of the night and there are no lights or if I'm walking in the middle of the night and there are no lights and no people I may not feel secure. What if someone attacks me? The second meaning of Imam is the meaning that was mentioned in Surat Yusuf, alaihi salam when the brothers of Yusuf after throwing him in the well they told their father that the wolf ate him and then they said وما أنت بمؤمن لنا ولكننا صادقين They said you will not believe you wouldn't believe us even if we were telling the truth This meaning is to confirm the truth The second meaning of Imam is to confirm the truth to affirm the truth to declare the truth to commit to the truth Actually the highest form of commitment to the truth is called Imam and we are committed to the truth capital T We believe in Allah We believe in the prophets We believe in the messengers We believe in the books We believe in everything that the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam brought to us to believe in the truth to commit to the truth to affirm the truth to attest to the truth is called Imam and also to be a provider to give safety and security is called Imam So how does that apply to Allah Allah is the believer in the first sense in the sense that he confirms the truth and he affirms the truth about himself as he revealed the Quran to us and in the Quran there are true facts about Allah that he is ghafoor he is raheem he is rahmaam he affirms the truth about himself and he also affirms the truth about his messengers and he confirms the truth that his messengers brought to us by equipping them with everything they need in order to deliver the message to us Allah confirms the truth in his words he confirms the truth in his acts how is that his acts always confirms the truth of his words his acts and words work together his acts will never contradict his words and his words will never contradict his acts and when he promises the believers paradise we feel comfortable but we are dealing with a god that doesn't change his word we feel very comfortable we feel secure we feel safe we deal with a god that when he promises something he fulfills it because the opposite of this is nifak is munafik the prophet as-salam told us about the munafik what is the opposite of iman is kufr and nifak disbelief and hypocrisy the hypocrite may promise something but never fulfill the promise may say something but may lie you can never trust him Allah confirms the truth about himself he confirms the truth about his messengers he confirms the truth about his acts we feel safe and secure why? because his words and his acts are united and unified and he also confirms the truth to his believers, to his servants by giving them iman by giving us iman Allah is al mu'min in the first sense he is also al mu'min in the second sense because he is the provider of safety and security if Allah creates in our heart safety and security we will never fear anything and when we deal with a god like that we feel very safe we feel very comfortable because everything we see around us is a manifestation of that whether you are a farmer whether you are a businessman whether you are a doctor whether you are a teacher whether you are anything if I am a farmer and I plant tomatoes I feel safe because at the end of the season I am going to harvest tomato I am not going to harvest green beans this thing will not change I feel safe he put sunan in this country he put laws in this country in this universe there are laws natural things that are under his control if I am a doctor I feel safe when I operate on a person his house is always on the left human beings do not change I feel safe anything that happens I feel safe if I wake up in the morning and my teeth are hurting me I feel safe why? because this is an alarm signal telling me something is wrong go to the doctor check yourself I feel safe imagine if there is no safety measures and you wake up one day and all your teeth are falling because you didn't get the alarm signal Allah SWT is al-Mu'min in the first sense he is al-Mu'min he is the provider of safety and security he is also al-Mu'min in the sense that he commits and affirms the truth about himself about his prophets about his servants about his promise about everything so there are no surprises when we read the Quran we feel safe there will be no surprises we know that if we conduct our life in accordance with what Allah SWT has given us as guidelines we feel safe we feel comfortable so how does this apply to us? it also applies to us in two senses in the first sense it applies to us that we believe in Allah SWT we confirm the truth we affirm the truth and we also affirm the truth in our words in our actions in our hearts we are not schizophrenic we say something and we do something else that's not iman iman is that your words and your actions are in tandem they are synchronized they confirm one another your heart confirms what you say what you say confirms what is in your heart you are mu'ahid and mu'ahad you declare the unity of Allah SWT and you yourself are unified your actions are unified with your words your actions are unified with your heart there is no contradiction between the three and as does we deserve this name al-mu'min if we behave in this way we're also al-mu'min in the second sense if we become a source of safety and security on to others the Prophet SAW says he made an oath that by Allah a person who has this quality that is going to mention has not achieved full belief has not achieved full iman the companions around him said he says anyone whose neighbor does not feel safe from him has not achieved full iman because one of the implications of being mu'min is that people feel safe when they deal with you when I take my car to the shop to the mechanic I feel safe if he's a Muslim if he's a mu'min because why? because he's a source of safety on to me I'm a source of safety on to him when we deal with one another we should feel safe and secure I mean what harms businesses and marriage and other things and when people stop trusting one another if your partner in business you don't feel secure when you deal with him or her and they don't feel secure when they deal with you it's a recipe for disaster being a source of safety and trust and security is essential it's part of our DNA as mu'mins we ought to be mu'min in this sense providing safety and security on to others we ought to be mu'min in the first sense that we affirm the truth about Allah and about the messengers about the Quran about everything and we ourselves are united and unified our words confirm our actions in agreement with the truth that was revealed to us and the ulema have told us one thing also it would also be wonderful if you can be a source of safety and security on to others not only in this world but also in the next how can I be a source of safety and security on to others in the next world by leading them to that with which they're going to be feel secure and safe on the day of judgment so if I have a family I make sure that I teach them well I take care of them and I have neighbors around me or people around me I am a source of safety and security on to others and if they happen to accept Islam through me or through someone that they know they will feel safe and secure on the day of judgment and that's what matters the most is that we feel safe and secure on the day of judgment there are many things to say about this name and about how it applies to us but we are we should be very proud and that Allah SWT has chosen a name for himself and he allowed us to use that name for ourselves provided we fulfill what this names mean I say this word and I use it Allah SWT