 As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh Bismillahi walhamdulillahi wa salatu wa salamu ala Rasulillahi wa ala alihi wa sahabihi ajma'in Masha'Allah tabarak Allah My brothers and sisters, we praise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala upon all conditions We send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam We ask Allah to bless every one of us and to grant us goodness We all know that we're speaking about the year after We all want Jannatul Firdaus, we all want paradise At the same time, in order to achieve that paradise, we need to protect ourselves from the plot of the devil Because shaitan wants us to be diverted such that we don't get Jannatul Firdaus But this Jannah that Allah has promised us, it has so much of goodness in it And Subhanallah, it is described in the Quran Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala describes it in so many places One of the places where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says فيها ما تشتهي الأنفس وتلذ الأعيون In it, there is that which the soul desires Whatever you desire you will have in Jannatul Firdaus in Paradise And anything that is sweet to the eyes, that is tasty to the eyes It will be yours in Jannatul Firdaus Now from this verse, we learn something very important And that is that in this world, if we were to have whatever we wanted What would be the purpose of having Jannah and Paradise? If in this world, sorry, the little boy here is disturbing us Can you move away please? Can you move away? If in this world, we actually had whatever we wanted What would be the purpose of creating an Akhira or a Jannah Where you would then have everything And from this, we also learn that on earth None of us will be able to have whatever we wish Whatever we want because we would be defeating the purpose The test is from Allah for all of us to say We are not going to give you what you want just yet And I want to see whether you still believe in me When I take away something from you, do you still believe in me? When I give you something in abundance that you might have liked Such as wealth, such as so many other things Are you still worshipping me? Are you still humble, etc, etc So Masha'Allah, this I believe is a driving force for myself And I'm sure many of us would benefit from it We always look at the challenges that Allah places in our lives As opportunities to showing Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala That indeed we've understood our purpose on earth We go through lots of problems and difficulties in order for us To be able to prove to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala That we are still believers, we believe in you We were sent onto the earth for a purpose We will fulfil it and insha'Allah we will earn Jannah al-Firdaus A little bit earlier we heard the two brothers Or two of my brothers making us three brothers Masha'Allah And we're all brothers and sisters Speak in such a beautiful way, in such an encouraging way Speaking about the verses of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala And the narrations of the Prophet SAW They spoke so beautifully, encouraging us to do good Telling us about the good news that the Quran holds If you permit me I'd like to call them back on stage Masha'Allah To take this beautiful slot to be able insha'Allah To read more of the verses of the Quran And insha'Allah I'll try to translate as best as I can So is that fine insha'Allah? Masha'Allah Look If you want to come back insha'Allah Two of you insha'Allah Bismillah Masha'Allah Because we don't know the opportunities we're going to get again And insha'Allah we make the most of it Masha'Allah This is my place In the name of Allah In the name of Allah Praise be to Allah He's on your right And he's on your left Allah is the greatest Allah is the greatest Allah is the most greatest The first thing you do is write it As for the one who has given his books In the right hand of judgement So he will say He would say, behold, read my book, here's my book. I knew that I would see my accounts. Very happy life. If that life was so good, then what about the one who tread upon it? I ask Allah to make us all from among those who get their accounts in the right hands. Just a moment. You see what happened when they got up? So there was a little discrepancy because prior to us being here when they were here a little bit earlier. So Sheikh Mansour was on my left, on my right and Sheikh Naif was on my left. A few moments earlier when they got up just now, he swapped positions. So I told him, when Sheikh Naif told him, you've got to get back to your place. I said, don't worry, you're on the right. You know, which means you're on the right side. And I know that religiously, you know, the right has far greater virtue than the left. So he says, well if he's on your right, then I am on the right of everybody who's seated here. And that prompted Sheikh to recite this verse about the right. He says, I'm not interested in the right. You can take the left or the right in this dunya, I don't care. I want paradise. I mean, I mean. And he says, well, heaven is so broad, it's broader than the earth and this heavens put together. In the skies put together. It will have space enough for you and for all of us, inshallah. So don't make something that's very broad, narrow. He says, every time he beats me when it comes to these things. That's a gift of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. I've got to remain humble, masha'Allah. He says, but I want to inform every one of you that I love him for the sake of Allah. I love him for the sake of Allah. Masha'Allah. He says, the hug is a free hug, subhanahu wa ta'ala. I ask Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, to gather me. I and Sheikh Naif and Sheikh Mufti and all of you in paradise. May Allah gather us all, every one of us. May Allah bring us all together in paradise. The closest of friends in this world on that day will be the biggest of enemies. Besides those who are conscious of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. May Allah make us from among those who are conscious of him. One of the situations that will be a great situation on that day of judgement is that when the people of Jannah, after they've actually been granted that Jannah and entered Jannah, they will look for one another. So they won't find one of their friends or a friend of theirs who was on earth doing a lot of good. They will be looking for him, but they won't find him. So they will go to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. And so they will go to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala and say, Oh our Lord, our life here in Jannah is not going to be good until that person joins us here in Jannah. So Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, will accept that request of theirs and remove that person from Hellfire and bring him over. And will grant him Jannah and Firdaus. At that moment, the people of Hellfire who didn't have any good, decent, pious friends they will find it very difficult upon themselves and they will say, like Allah said in the Quran, We have nobody to intercede on our behalf and we don't even have a true friend who cares for us. And that is why my brothers and sisters are gathering of this nature is a very great gathering. And this is what the Sahaba, radiAllahu anhu, used to do. Some of them used to go to others and say, Come, let us increase our Iman for an hour. How will our condition be after this gathering? And how have our hearts become? We have become those whose Iman has been strengthened and each one of us begins to ask ourselves, reflecting within ourselves, going back and rejuvenating the relationship with Allah SWT. And this is what is required because after this gathering, we will be divided into certain groups. A group from amongst us will listen to what was said and follow it. They will say, just like the Sahaba of Rasulullah SAW said, We have heard and we have obeyed. We ask you forgiveness O Allah SWT for indeed our return is unto you. Another piece of evidence to hear what has been said and they follow the best of it. Allah says at the beginning of that verse give good news to my worshippers who listen to what is being said and follow the best of it. Allah says give good news to those who listen to whatever is being said and follow the best of it. Indeed those are the ones whom Allah has guided and those are the ones with sound intellect. This first category of people they heard what was being said, they followed it. But the second group, may Allah not make any one of us from among them they heard they were convinced they enjoyed and the hearts felt good and they knew that what was being said is the truth. Then they came out from this venue and they forgot everything that was said. We fear for such people from the warning that Allah has given we will resurrect those on the day of judgment blind. He says there is a verse of the Quran that makes me very scared a lot of times. The verse says and when they forgot that which they were reminded about Ibn Abbas says when they turned away from that which they were reminded about then what happened to them? Allah says as a result of that we opened all the doors for them from everything worldly and they were happy with what they had we suddenly overtook them with punishment they were confused and the backs of those who had oppressed were definitely cut and indeed all praise belongs to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so what he is saying is when people do something bad or they turn away from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala one of the signs that Allah is displeased with them is he gives them materialistic items of this world he opens the doors so much so much that they become happy with what they have thinking that this is the pleasure of Allah knowing that they don't deserve it because they have not been obeying Allah and Allah says that giving was actually a punishment when they became immersed in it to the degree that they forgot Allah totally Allah says we suddenly punished them and we overtook them with that punishment and they were cut completely off and indeed praise belongs to Allah he says I want to give you a very very good piece of news the Prophet ﷺ entered into the Masjid of Rasulullah ﷺ and there were people who were seated there remembering Allah so he said to them why have you sat here? so all of them said we are seated here remembering Allah so the Prophet ﷺ asked them a question that by Allah is it only the remembrance of Allah that has made you sit down here they all said yes or messenger by Allah nothing has made us sit here besides this so Rasulullah ﷺ said I have not asked you and I have not made you take an oath in order to despise you but Jibril ﷺ came to me and told me that Allah is speaking about you in a very high way to the angels so all of us who are seated here today insha'Allah we are seated here for no other reason besides that we remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala we become closer to Him so I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to mention us with the angels in a similar way and we want to end this conference and this gathering with a few practical issues or points that we can put into practice in our lives we want to be steadfast on this beautiful path and we want to renew our relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala every single one of us is somehow not exactly 100% in their relationship with Allah we all falter somewhere or another we want to renew our relationship with Salah is that correct? we want to renew our relationship with the Quran is that correct? we want to renew our relationship with the Sunnah of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam correct? we want to go back and learn as much as we can about our deen, our beliefs and everything to do with Islam because my beloved brothers and sisters in Allah we can never claim to love Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam except if we follow him say oh Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam if tell them if they claim to love Allah if they are saying they love Allah this verse actually has in it the test the test and the examination who from amongst us loves Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam then follow me and Allah will love you if you follow Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Allah will love you and the second thing he will forgive your sins for indeed Allah is most forgiving, most merciful follow Allah and his messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam so if they turn away, if they have turned away then indeed Allah does not like, Allah does not love those who disbelieve if you are to follow him you will be rightly guided and the duty of the messenger is nothing besides delivering the clear cut message a question to all those who are hearing me now who wants the mercy of Allah, put up your hand Allah is most forgiving, most forgiving Allah says follow his messenger and his messenger in order that you achieve the mercy of Allah so I ask Allah to have mercy on us above the earth and when we are under the earth and when we are resurrected to Him Subhanahu wa ta'ala so I have a question for Sheikh Mansour if there is a male or a female in this place here right now if they have decided that look I'm going to start a new leaf and start a new relationship positive one with Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala if they decide here in this place that I'm going to come out of here and I'm going to try as best as I can I'm going to make the effort that I can in order to live in the correct way until I meet with Allah what will such a person have in this world and in the hereafter Sheikh Mansour says I give the good news to that person about four things there are four things the first one Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala says seek the forgiveness of Allah and return to Him Allah will provide you with the best provision then repent seek the forgiveness of Allah and return to Him He will provide you with the best provision until a fixed time and that is your death the second Allah loves those who repent to Him Allah loves those who repent who turn to Him and the difference is to seek forgiveness is one thing but to change your life by returning to His path is another so these are the two things you need both of them when you seek forgiveness Allah forgives you but if you are changing your entire life then you are deserving of the mercy of Allah and the evidence of it is and the evidence of it is Allah indeed loves those who often seek forgiveness and those who purify themselves Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala says when Allah loves someone He calls out in the heavens O Jibril, I love such and such a person so love him too so Jibril alaihi salam loves him as well and He calls out to the angels in the heavens among the angels He says Allah loves such and such a person so you angels also love the same person so all those in the heavens start loving that particular person that Allah loves then that person is granted acceptance on earth as well and the evidence of it is Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala will grant them love in the hearts of the people the third piece of good news is for those who return to Allah and for those who correct their relationship with prayer what is the evidence of it after speaking about the punishment Allah says the exception is for those who believe and repent and do good deeds thereafter those are the ones who will enter Jannah and they will never be oppressed even a little bit except for those who believe and do good deeds they will be granted entry into Jannah al-Firdaus and they will not be oppressed even in the least way the fourth piece of good news all the bad deeds that you may have done in the past in your life every one of them will be converted into good deeds how honouring you are the evidence of this is after making mention of the punishment Allah makes an exception by saying exception is for those who repent and believe and do good deeds those are the ones whom Allah will convert whatever bad they have done into good deeds is most forgiving, most merciful so if you take a look at these verses you will realise that a person who changes their lives you sought the forgiveness but you didn't stop there you started doing good deeds after seeking the forgiveness of Allah and you changed your entire life Allah says for you we will honour you by proving to you we are most forgiving, most merciful in such a great way that your bad deeds now we will make them all good deeds because you did not repeat bad deeds thereafter he says I want you to memorise from me a certain statement whoever would like eternal happiness they should definitely remain at the door of the worship of Allah alone be the slave of Allah SWT because the heart will never be happy except with Allah SWT indeed it is only with the remembrance of Allah SWT that the heart will achieve calmness the best gift that a person could actually receive is Jannatul Firdaus Jannah that is more spacious than any other creation of Allah SWT in it there is that which no eye has seen that which no ears have heard about that which has not even crossed the hearts of anyone on the day of judgement the worst person will be brought forth so Allah will grant him a dipping into Jannah then Allah will ask him oh my worshipper have you ever tasted any form of difficulty he will say no oh my Rab yet he was the one who suffered the most on earth he will have forgotten or she will have forgotten all the difficulties the hardship and whatever else in terms of negativity he or she went through on earth just by the one little dipping on or into Jannah tul Firdaus moments ago I said the worst of those on earth what was meant is the one who went through the most difficulty so worst in terms of difficulty and hardship while they were on earth one dipping in Jannah they will have forgotten everything they've been through throughout their entire lives the last person to enter Jannah he will enter Jannah tul Firdaus and he will see the people having already taken whatever belongs to them in terms of property and everything else so he's going to think you know what I don't think there's much left here for me so Allah will tell him oh my worshipper would you like to have property and ownership similar to the ownership of one of the kings of the world so he will say to Allah are you making a mockery of me and you are the owner of the world so Allah will laugh at him and Allah will say to him you will have not only just equivalent to that but more than that doubled and tripled and quadrupled and five times more this is the last person who will enter Jannah tul Firdaus he will be having so much more than the person who had the most on earth in fact there is a narration that says he will have whatever the earth holds multiplied almost tenfold and the one who is higher than him by a little bit the difference between him and the one who we just spoke about will be the distance between the heavens and the earth because the levels in paradise between each of the people will actually be the distance between the earth and the heavens and the distance between the earth and the heavens is the distance of five hundred years of travel and I give you good news that on this earth a small deed can actually be granted or the person will be granted by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala a rank in Jannah every time you prostrate for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala putting your head on the ground for him Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala raises your level raises you one level in Jannah tul Firdaus says I give you good news if Allah has honoured us by giving us Jannah may Allah make us from among those in Jannah, amen if Allah has granted us Jannah tul Firdaus when we are entering Jannah we will be hearing the call of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala this is right at the beginning you will hear a call into Jannah tul Firdaus in peace with Salam tul Firdaus with peace in total security and harmony complete safety another call from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala salam Jannah tul Firdaus with total peace for indeed this is the day of eternity so you will be there forever and ever on earth there are eight things gathering and separating health and sickness important and sad and happy worry and happiness life and death as for paradise take the four good ones and leave the four bad ones you will be gathered together with your loved ones forever eternity health and energy power without any sickness without any loss at all happiness forever and ever contentment without any form of sadness life forever and ever no more death subhan Allah Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says very happy very happy with that which Allah has bestowed upon them from his virtue and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says while they will be in Jannah taste death again besides the first death that they tasted no more and Allah says my beloved brothers and sisters how is it possible that we can choose this worldly life over and above be hereafter that is everlasting and forever we don't want to be from among those who are oblivious of us those whom Allah has said about those whom Allah has said about those whom Allah has said about they know everything about that which is apparent on earth totally oblivious about the hereafter that which is apparent in terms of this earth they have a lot of knowledge regarding worldly matters but they are totally oblivious about whatever the hereafter holds says I want to ask sheikh naif one question he says what is the greatest gift that Allah will bestow in Jannah to anyone the greatest gift in Jannah the best best gift ever that will be given to anyone in Jannah to the Firdaus is the seeing of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala by a person, by anyone when we see Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that is the biggest gift ever and the evidence of it on that day the faces will be very brightened very good looking and their maker subhanahu wa ta'ala so they became solidified or they became transfixed onto something because they were looking at something absolutely beautiful he says this is good news for those who might consider themselves not so good looking that inshallah in Jannah Allah says don't worry you will be good looking he says some of the women when they hear about the whole in Jannah it seems that they become very possessive about the statement he says I can give you the best news ever and I'm sure the sisters will be happy to hear this that a believing woman in Jannah to the Firdaus will be more beautiful will be absolutely more good looking more stunning than any of the whole and I give you another piece of good news he says are all the people on earth kings do they all have everything only some people have a little bit of this worldly life but in Jannah everyone will be a king everyone will own as much as he wants and not a king from among the kings of the earth but a king from the kings of Jannah to the Firdaus their property will not deplete and every time they went back to see Allah he says before we end this today and we are just about to close he says we want to make for us a few pointers that inshallah we will be able to trade upon the first one you need to say it and reiterate it within yourself inshallah we are totally totally returning to Allah the second one we have come whilst obeying the third one we have repented to you the fourth one we have heard whatever was said and we have obeyed every one of us we've heard and obeyed inshallah do you want to translate it? in the name of Allah Allah to grant me entry into Jannah to the Firdaus and to give me more from you I have indeed transgressed against you and I am hoping that you forgive me I have transgressed against you and you have given me respite you have granted me time not shown all these sins of mine to others even though I continue you are most forgiving, most loving full upon all the humankind and all your worshippers I promise you O Allah I will leave all my sins in the past heading straight towards your pleasure and towards goodness because I love you so much my Rab and this is my hope this is my wish wishes that you accept me O Most Honoring, O Gracious Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala may Allah keep you all happy may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala grant you guys goodness every one of us what he said just now the last few couplets that I was translating it's not from the Quran it's actually poetry I'm sure a lot of you must have picked that up it's poetry a little bit difficult to translate but I tried my best inshallah the Quran is similar to this and indeed if they were to do that which they were instructed it would be better for them and it would be greater for their steadfastness in that case inshallah we would have Allah says we would give them great from great virtue of ours we would guide them to the straightest of paths follows Allah and his messenger such a person will be resurrected with those whom Allah has bestowed favor upon they will be resurrected with the messengers of Allah with the truthful with those who have martyred in the cause of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala those who are the friends of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala the best of companions all of you 17 times call out with this prayer every one of us 17 times we say guide us to the straight path in every unit of Salah that we pray every single day guide us to the path of those whom you have favored who are those whom Allah has favored they are the prophets of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala the truthful ones they are the ones who have been martyred and they are the ones who are the righteous those who are pious those are the best of companions in the dunya in the Akhirah may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala bless you may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala grant us all goodness and ease like I say my brothers and sisters I've enjoyed myself I feel that the motivation we achieve by the recitation of the verses of the Quran from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is way beyond any other motivation we could have ever had I'm sure every one of us have had this electrifying afternoon that we've spent listening to the verses of Allah and I want to actually seize the opportunity on behalf of all of you to thank these two brothers who have really shown us a totally different dimension of the da'a but he says I have one piece of good news how many hours have you spent here? seven and a half hours Allah will never waste them nor will they ever be forgotten this is your Lord definitely does not forget and the deal? I mean evidence we will never ever waste the deeds of those who have done good this is I give you good news we have just ended Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala that's the good news we've just closed