 is one of the ways to earn Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's forgiveness. There's a hadith from the holy prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi where he says I swear by the one who has set me as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will never punish a true monotheist Meaning, one of the keys to Allah's rahma is understanding tawheed You know, brothers and sisters, I always say this to communities that I visit You and I, we have this impression that tawheed is a very simple topic It's a very simple subject Tawheed is what our children learn when they go to madrasah on Sundays, right? The last time many of us have even studied tawheed was probably when we were kids We saw a tawheed let the children learn, you know, the easy stuff But is tawheed a simple subject? Is it an elementary topic? There's a book written by a Sunni scholar, he's a Sufi But many Abar ulama, they've written a commentary on his book They've written a shahb of his book His book is called Manazel Saireem The Stations of the Wayfarer Because to get to Allah, this is a journey And we mentioned that every journey has a starting point and a destination The first menzilah is what? Bab ul Yaqwan, the station of wakeful You have to wake up You might be breathing, you might be biologically alive But perhaps you're spiritually dead There are many people, they live 50, 60, 70 years He's healthy, he has a strong heart He's biologically alive, but spiritually he's dead He's been dead all his life And when does he wake up? When is he awakened? He's awakened when medical mode comes Many of us unfortunately, that's when we're going to wake up When we die Have you been to the cemetery? You go to the cemetery, what do they typically write on the tombstone? Rest in peace There's this idea that the deceased is sleeping But from an Islamic perspective, if we wanted to really write something on the tombstone What we should really write is what? Now you are awake And nasuniyam idamatu intaba So this is the beginning, you have to wake up You have to know that you were created for a higher purpose So this was station one, and then he goes through each of the stations Station two is Tawba Until you reach the final menzilah Station 100 Which is what? Tawheed Can you imagine that? All of this, struggling Jihad al-Nafs, all of it is so you can really understand Tawheed Tawheed is what Ibrahim was Inna salati wa nusuki wa mahyaya wa mamatilillahi rabbil al-alameen Ibrahim was a true monotheist You and I, we believe in Tawheed from a theoretical perspective We think Tawheed is the beginning And then I go on to more advanced subjects But Tawheed is the goal Tawheed was the last word that came out of the mouth of Imam al-Husayn on the 10th of the month Imam al-Husayn alaihi salam Ended his shahada He crowned his shahada with the following words When he was laying on the plains of Karbala What did he say? Did he say why me? His last words were what? Rezan bi-relaq I am pleased with your decree This is Tawheed Look at how merciful Allah is These ahadith that teach us that having the right aqeed that attracts his mercy Basically saying that if you know me I'll have mercy on you I'll forgive you Just knowing me is one of the doors of mercy and forgiveness If you just know who I am But there is no sect in Islam That will truly allow you to understand and appreciate Tawheed Like the Madhab of the Hamim Bait Don't you notice that other Madhab They start to attribute human qualities to God The Tawheed is tarnished There's a hadith for example mentioned in Bukhari Which we the followers of Hamim Bait Rasulullah allegedly was with his companions In the middle of the night And Rasulullah was looking at the moon And he says to his ashaab سترون ربكم كما ترون هذا القمر That you will see God in the hereafter On the day of judgment In the same way that you see this moon now This is not the Tawheed of Hamim Bait When Imam al-Rida was summoned by Ma'amoon He was passing He came from Medina And he passed by Nesa Abu Nesa Abu was a learning center It was a place where many ulama used to reside When they received news that Ali ibn Musarriba is going to pass They all went to the outskirts of Nesa Abu To receive the Imam To greet him They saw his caravan and the caravan stopped These are ulama They asked the Imam Can you give us a hadith from your grandfather Rasulullah The Imam What hadith does he share with them? He shares a hadith about Tawheed But first People always ask when you give them a hadith What's the senate? Is this a authentic hadith? The Imam gives them the senate Because he's talking to ulama He says anabi I heard this hadith from my father Imam al-Kawm From his father Imam al-Sada From his father Imam al-Bata From his father Imam Zain al-Abideen From his father Imam al-Hussain From his father Amir al-Mu'mineen From Rasulullah From Jibril From God himself Is there any hadith That has a more pure chain? Flawless Hadith He would see He shares The statement that there is no God But Allah is my fortress Amir al-Mu'mineen Whoever enters this fortress Is protected from my punishment And then the Imam gets back In his caravan And it moves a few steps And then the Imam opens the curtain And he says With his conditions Because only Al-Muhammad Al-Muhammad Only they have experienced To'it They're the only ones That have really reached That maqam of To'it Therefore they have no shubuhaat So this is number one One of the ways to attract Allah's mercy Is to know Him Have ma'rifah of Him And very simply Brothers and sisters Has become acquainted With the 99 names of Allah Become familiar with His names If you learn the names of Allah Believe me you will even Appreciate the Quran At a much deeper level