 إن الحمد لله إن أحمده ونستعينه نستغفر ونطوب إليه ونعود بالله نشوفوه أنفسنا ومن سيئة عمالنا يحبه الله لا فلا مفللا ومن يُفل فلا هادي له واشر ولا إله إلا الله وإحده لا شريك له واشر أن سيدنا محمدا عبده ورسوله يا أيها الذين أملوا تقولوا الله وقولوا قولا سدينا يصبح لكم عمالكم يصل لكم نوبكم ومن تري إلاه ورسوله فقلت فازا فوزا أعظما أما بعض فأن أصلق العديد ككب الله وخيرا هدي هدي محمدا صلى الله عليه وسلم واشر الأمورة محدثاتها فكل محدثة تنضع وكل بداعة بلالة وكل بلالة في النار الحمد لله الحمد لله الذي أنزل على عبده كتابه ولم يجعل له إوجا الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا وما كنا بنا تدي أنه لا أنحدام الله الحمد لله رب العالمين أمام الله أمام العالم أمام الله الذي يساعدنا إلى هذا الطريق وليس ساعدنا ويساعدنا أمام الله الذي يساعد كتابه ولم يجعله أمامه ولم يجعله أمامه أمام الله شكرا ونحن ونفن كهان ميس ميس ي stamped وأمر لزيارة في هنية بسبب ما use the hands of humans, humans have brought the hands of humans have brought thus we get them a taste of the consequences of their deets in order that they may return الله تعالى منشناه عديد يلك لطبط لطبيع zit بما يريد أن تلعب ويرخ كما يلعب ويرخ كما تلعب ويرخ اurasست لذعانة بلا درسة ولا ادعانة ويتحب بل شباب سيكون مرحبا لتشارك لتشعر والنجاح بصحبات كما يجب أن يصعد بصحبات الوطف وين يحبوا حتى يبدو أن نفتح البحث في المدينة المستخدمة لأن مدينة المستخدمة كانت تخطأة المدينة المستخدمة ومشاكلة الأمر ولكن خطأة حيث اسمها من عهد المسجد التي أحبها الله فى هذا العالم elegant حسنًا means that exist in our societies one interpretation and the sea the towns villages you know I'm the the towns and في المنطقة المنطقة Why is that interesting? It's interesting because normally we conceive of the towns, the cities as the places of corruption and the countryside being isolated from the city being isolated from the dislocations that the city represents dislocation of traditional religion dislocation of traditional social structures as that not existing in the countryside therefore the corruption that those dislocations breed in the cities and the towns is absent from the countryside but now we see a common affliction the cities are afflicted with drug addiction and alcoholism as is the countryside in fact the countryside in terms of this recent opioid crisis is suffering even to greater expense than the city the cities are afflicted with pollution and now the countryside due to industrialized farming pesticide use poisoning the groundwater so we see the same ecological challenges that are facing the cities facing the countryside and so a lot of China is reminding us is reminding us that we will suffer from what we do we will suffer personally we will suffer societally and we will suffer globally for what we do and Allah says He will give us a taste in other words Allah سبحانه وتعالى will not destroy us in one fell swoop as happened to earlier people one of the manifestations of the mercy of our Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم was to his enemies was that when they rebelled against him when they fought him when they rejected his mission Allah didn't destroy them in one fell swoop as He destroyed the people of Lod or the A'a or the Thamud or others when He turned the cities upside down or sent devastating winds the enemies of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم were given respite they were given time to repent they were given time to return to the path of right guidance they were given time to leave their enmity against the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and so we see his most bitter enemies such as عملي بلاً آس by Abu Sufyan or his wife Hind or others leaving their enmity to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and then themselves becoming believers this is from the mercy of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and so we see this reflecting reflected rather in this verse the يوفيخة بعضاً من العميم to them in order thus to give them a taste we allow them to experience something a portion of what they've done but we will not bring down upon them the full conceptness and so Allah تعالى is giving us a taste He's letting us see the harbingers of the full destruction that will come if we don't change our ways literally we see how our grief how our neglect of the stewardship that we should be exercising in this earth how it contributes to these devastating fires which is what we witnessed here a couple of weeks ago and literally we tasted the consequence of that as the smoke was filling our nostrils and our mouths and putting in the taste of it as the days wore on literally this is a wake up call for us this is a warning for us and so Allah He gives us respite in order that they will return to the path of guidance we as Muslims should be people who are exercising the prophetic responsibility of warning people as we celebrate the prophets and so Allah He will sell them during these days ربي القول we should be celebrating the fact that He was a witness إن أرسلناك شاك وسيراتهم ونيرا we should celebrate His witnessing and we ourselves should be a witness which is the responsibility our Lord has given us وكذلك دعناك أمته ووسط ويتقولوا شوهداء على الناس ويقون رصول عليكم شهيدا and this primarily speaking of our witnessing against other nations in the Asher witnessing that Allah indeed sent their messenger to them to guide them and they have been excused but there is a manifestation of that in the world we should be witnesses for truth and witnesses for justice شوهداء علي الله so there is a worldly manifestation so we should be witnesses as He was a witness ومبشرا and we should be givers of glad tidings but to truly and effectively give that message we ourselves have to be recipients of those glad tidings if you leave alcoholism if you leave drug addiction then you can have air peace such that you don't need those things you don't need alcohol you don't need opiates to deal with the pain of living you don't need these things and this isn't just something we talk about this is something we should bear witness to through our very being that this serenity the peace that they see within us the calm that they see within us convinces them that we're speaking the truth and this was the witness of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم He was a witness a living witness to what he called to ومبشرا glad tidings you can have a good life you can have a host of life you can have a productive life without these things when there are water if you don't return there are consequences if you continue down this path there are consequences far too many Muslims because we're not witnesses because we're not practicing what we're preaching and of course this isn't everybody it's not most of us than it dilutes the power of our communal message امتا مصطبا a balance middle community so we have a communal message we can be scattered individuals but we will not impact our society if your people say look at those Muslims not look at Ahmed how they were Ahmed Abdullah father Iza Ahmed law he is such a highest person such an honest person a person of so much integrity our strength and our contribution and our corrective effect in our society حتى الناس يقولون انظروا at those Muslims. They have so much integrity. They have such stern character. They are so honest in their dealings. They are a community that are afflictive with drug addiction and outlaw those Muslims don't drink. Those Muslims don't lie. Those Muslims, they're not affected by the things that are driving us crazy. That's when we will have an impact. And that's when the warning we give will be heeded. That's when the glad tidings that we offer will be accepted. We're dying in God's name. So we should be a community that is warning people. A community that is leading people. And it starts at the top. The scholars are the heirs of the prophets. As they say. The scholar slips the whole world follows. The whole world slips. This is a collective endeavor. But it's an endeavor we must challenge ourselves with. And one of the most important things for us to realize is that the sad that is threatening the existence of our nation that is threatening the existence of our world is not something we Muslims are responsible for. So why are we so ashamed of being proud or why are we so ashamed of saying we're Muslims and we have solutions? Are we responsible for this opiate crisis? We didn't create the conditions that drove people to the lengths of despair that are manifested in opium and other diseases, addiction and other diseases of despair. Alcoholism, drug addiction, suicide. We mentioned these earlier. A few weeks ago. We're not responsible for those conditions. So why are we so hesitant to say that perhaps we can address them. That's something that can lead or provide insight as to how we might surmount them. We're definitely not responsible for the resurgent racism that's tearing this country apart at the seas. It's been here from the beginning of the country before there was a significant Muslim population other than the enslaved African Muslims. So why are we as opposed to representing and presenting and being proud and calling people with their name in الله? Why are we following people in the things that are leading them to their destruction? Why are we so eager to jump on to the Titanic after it's hit the iceberg? We should be helping people to get off of that ship because we generally speaking we are not actualized to the depth of our souls what it means to be a follower of Muhammad if we actualize what it means to follow Muhammad إذا الله عليه وسلم everything we mean as a community الله will give to us starting with the confidence to proudly say I'm a Muslim ومن أحسنه بهوله من من داعي الله وعمل صالحة وقال إمني من المسلمين there be no hesitation there be no hesitation there be no hesitation to point out to people destructive things and there will be great hesitation to abandon نعنة نعجون in order to get their return it will go in fact to something of value that's been abandoned and again that has to start with us as Muslims the values the customs the traditions the way of seeing reality that our forebears have is something of tremendous value only when it's abandoned do we see what we see only when it's abandoned do we suffer from what we suffer as Muslims in our Muslim lands and many Muslims in these western lands نعنة نعجون it's not working so perhaps when there was greater stability when there was greater self-confidence when there was stronger faith when there was less hesitancy to jettison our religion look at the haste one person is a Muslim today and they read something or tweet and the tweet was so discombobulating tomorrow they're not even Muslim a prophet born against that and he taught us to protect ourselves against it why did he teach us to pray نعنة نعنة نعجون نعنة نعجون the one who can turn the heart in an instant confirm my heart in your religion نعنة نعجون when individuals are generally painting going back to that state of purity that existed before the sin نعنة نعجون societies going back to those values to those beliefs far too many Muslims want to be progressive I'm a progressive Muslim we know that means I'm a licentious Muslim I'm a Muslim that doesn't value the things of the past that gave us the strength the fortitude to live in this world and dignify human beings we need the actionary Muslims Muslims who want to go backwards because we see where this forward march is meeting us as in Allah الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلات والسلام على سيد الرشدين سيدنا محمد وراله وصحبه وصلات تسليم الكثيرا إن الله وملاقي كذلك يصادون على النبي يا عيوه الذين آنا وصدوا عليه وصدوا تسليم الله وصد وصد المبارك على سيدنا محمد وراله وصحبه وصحبه وصلاتهم الحمد لله وصلات والسلام على سيدنا محمد وعاله وصحبه وصحبه تسليم الكثيرا sometimes when people hear what you just heard the waitingness of it all can be overwhelming and indeed it can be if one endeavors to assume those responsibilities to carry that those loaves by themselves but Allah SWT has not enjoined upon us to assume that responsibility alone to carry those loaves alone Allah SWT has asked us to depute the affair unto Him to allow Him to carry the load to allow Him to bear the burden and to allow Him or not to be an obstacle within our realm of initiative and our realm of creation and our realm of choice to the ability to do what we have been enjoying to do then it's easy and where does that ease come from that ease comes from living the life and assuming the responsibilities that we assume to bear the loads that have been placed upon our shoulders with the remembrance of Allah in our hearts and that we think to be it is not the remembrance of Allah bringing comfort tranquility to the hearts so no matter what the world places upon us by the need of Allah no matter what challenges we are presented with no matter what obstacles we are in our course if we bear them and approach them and deal with them with a heart that's filled with the remembrance of Allah then we'll be at ease the vicissitudes of the day will not tear us apart they will not break us down they will not crush us وَلَا بِذِكْرِيْ لَهِطَنْ وَأَنْ وِالْقُلُوبِ we'll be people where do you find joy how do you find joy and all that's going on around us the news is so bad one reason the news is so bad is the means that convey the news to us are so bad if it bleeds it needs and once you're caught up in this cycle of sensation listen we need more blood to be interested there are good things happening in this world there are good things happening in your life there are good things happening in our communities and there are definitely challenging things but no matter what the challenge is if we reflect on the grace and mercy of Allah we're all here when we're all closed the rain didn't penetrate this roof we're not sitting in puddles we're buckets all over the place we're not sitting in mud we're sitting on carpets we came here in cars we're going home to refrigerators and cupboards that are filled with food we have good health when our health fails we have doctors and access the doctors if we find an energy a lagging we go up the street to Whole Foods and buy some vitamins or some Marika powder and our energy is restored we're surrounded by the blessings and the graces and the gifts of Allah and if we give thanks for those gifts كل بفضل الله و برحمته فبيداله لثل يفره و حير من ما يجمعون سيئن the grace of Allah and in His mercy and the greatest grace and mercy is Islam and the Prophet of Allah but in those beneath that that we enjoy every day in this time rejoice how do we not rejoice but we invert things we invert things and look at them through the wrong prism we look at them through the prism of the dunya we look at them from the prism of the final tool of the dunya as opposed to looking at them through the infinity of the after we look at them from the prism of man's shortcomings and man's imperfection humans humanity's shortcomings and humanity's imperfection as opposed to looking at them through the perfection of Allah SWT and understand that perfection is manifested in the wisdom and the decree of Allah SWT and what we might see being imperfect when we look at it from the prism of the imperfection of humans is as perfect as it can get when we look at it from the prism of the perfection of Allah SWT just involves a shift in perspective may Allah bless us to shift our perspective may Allah bless us to have hearts that are content and at ease and at rest may Allah SWT bless us to rejoice in the manifestation of His grace and His mercy that are visited upon us every second of our existence in this world may Allah SWT bless us to see ourselves as a source of a solution and not as part of a problem may Allah SWT bless us to do those actions and to entertain those thoughts that are a reflection of the teaching and the significance and the impact of our profit may Allah SWT may Allah SWT forgive the Muslims and the believers may Allah SWT may Allah SWT remind us may Allah SWT may Allah SWT remind us to proceed with the value of Allah's wishes and glad from his servants may Allah SWT may Allah SWT and bless us to become the�ultain of the world may Allah SWT forgive us may Allah SWT forgive us may Allah SWT Cut us out of this من خشات كابات عول به بيننا وبين معصيك ومن بعدي كابات بلغنا بها جنةك ومن يقين ما يهورن علينا مصرائب الدنيا وماتعنا بعمس بها ذنب أبسار بيأسناعنا وامسارنا وامسارنا وبواتنا ما حيتنا واجعله الوارث مننا واجعل فرم علينا منظوى لنا وامصرنا علينا عردانا وذا تجعلوا الصعيباتنا في ديننا وذا تجعلوا الدنيا أتبرهمنا وذا مبلغا أمنا ولا تصلت علينا بلنوبنا من لا يخافك ولا يرحمنا يا أرحم الراحم وعفو عنا ووفي لنا ورحمنا أنت بيودانا فأنصر على قبل كافرين اللهم فرج عن المسلمين في كل مكان اللهم فرج عن المسلمين في كل زمان اللهم فرج عن الخوانين المسلمين وعخواتنا المسلمات في كل بقعة في هذه الأرض اللهم من أراضي الخيرا بهذه الأمة المحمدية فا والفقر لكذا الخير ومن أراضي شر لحو المسلمين فخو أخذ عزيز المقتدير وجعل تتبيرهم تتبيرهم اللهم عليك بعداء الإسلام اللهم خفف عن هذه الأمة اللهم فرج عن آهابي الأمة اللهم أقن حروب هذه الأمة يا الله يا الله يا الله أنت مولانا فأنصرنا على القبل الكافرين سبحان ربك رب العزة عما يصيبون وسلام عن المسلم والحمد بناه رب العالمين وسل الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم أكمل سلاه يا حمدي