 So a lot of times we forget that we won't exceed bounds that he has set for us. So Allah reminds us, protect yourselves. You know the word taqwa, we use this word a lot, it means to take a shield, to take a protection. So take a protection against the fire. Take a protection against the punishment of Allah that comes if we don't obey him. We ask as if there's a trade between us and Allah. That's what we act as if Allah is supposed to give us something because we ask. But we ask Allah and then we don't receive. Or we don't see what we're asking for coming to us. And so we might wonder, is Allah hearing my du'as for things from Allah? But we forget what Allah asks of us. That Abu Hurraigah, the one who narrates in Sahih Muslim, this is a hadith that Imam Nauwi put in his collection of 40 hadith that he considers essential for every Muslim to know, the 40 of Imam Nauwi. The 10 hadith in that collection he ends with, the hadith starts with that Allah is pure and he doesn't accept anything except that what's pure. We don't purify our actions. We don't purify our intentions. We don't purify the things that we put into our bodies. We don't purify the food that we put into our bodies. And then we ask, why isn't Allah accepting my du'as? I ask for such and such and Allah hasn't given it to me. The hadith ends with a very interesting statement. That Prophet ﷺ describes the man who's disheveled, completely broken, asking Allah. He says, Ya Allah, Ya Allah, O my Lord, O my Lord. And he asked Allah, but here's the thing. The Prophet ﷺ says, And his food is haram, and his drink is haram, And his clothing is haram, And he's nourished by haram, How can Allah accept his du'a? We forget that reality sometimes. That Allah, that we ask Allah and Allah gives us. Allah gives us without asking. We don't ask Allah for him to continue our heart beats and to take every breath. We don't ask Allah whether, We don't ask Allah that he regulates our blood temperature. We don't ask Allah that he still gives it to us. But when we ask for more, And we ask for more on top of that, We forget that there's a covenant made with Allah, A covenant of obedience, of obedience of his commands. So the scholars, the doctors of the souls, They say that if you want Allah to accept what you have, If you want Allah to accept what you have and accept what he commands you to, That obey, and then he will also give you back something. And this is from the pure title of Allah, So Allah can give whether our asking doesn't change anything. Our asking is nothing but an expression of our other dependence on Him, Our asking doesn't change whether He's going to give it or not. But if Allah sees from us that we show our dependence to Him, Or we're completely in need of Him, then He'll give us. Allah says in the Qur'an, That the charity is for the poor, the dependence. And so without negating the outward, To show your dependence to Allah, Then He'll give you that charity. So may Allah make us the people who realize our other dependence on Him, And give blessings for the, Sorry, give thanks to Allah, Allah says in the Qur'an, Allah says in the Qur'an, In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Anytime Allah mentions His punishment, He also mentions His mercy in the Qur'an. If He mentions His punishment, He writes that He's more merciful than that. We come to Allah with our sins and we think Allah will turn us away Then we've deemed Allah's mercy as insignificant. We've deemed our sins bigger than the mercy of Allah. So if we spent a lifetime of consistent disobedience, Consistent disobedience over and over and over again, The doors of mercy are still open to us. That means we think that Allah will give me now Because I've already done such and such. And I'm hopeless now. Allah will give me. Then we're underestimating the generosity of Allah. The generosity of Allah is infinite. And the amount of sins we can produce is finite. You have a several amount of years that you can sin. You can fit a lot into those years. But it's finite. But the mercy of Allah is greater. So Allah says, Allah says, The O you who owe my servants Who have transgressed against themselves Don't despair in the mercy of Allah. In another place in the Qur'an, In another place in the Qur'an Allah says that Don't despair from the comfort that Allah is to bring. Don't despair from the comfort that Allah is to bring. So that if we found ourselves in a situation Where we've consistently disobeyed Him, It's not too late to turn back. Allah doesn't treat us the way that we treat our others. People might do good to you over and over and over again. Or you might do good to a person over and over again. Bring it one closer to speak about yourself. You might do good to someone over and over again. And they're going to disappoint you eventually. It's not the dunya. The dunya is made to disappoint you. But Allah won't disappoint you. So that if you can disobey Allah your entire life But turn back in one breath, Allah will disregard that if He wills with His mercy. And you'll accept your Toba in one breath. And that's where your beginning is. And that if your beginning, your Toba, Is sincere, then your end will be sincere And illumined as well. When Ashrokhat Bidaya to whom, Ashrokhat Bihaya to whom, Whosoever's beginning is illumined, And your beginning starts with your Toba. With our Toba. That's when our beginning starts. So may Allah make us the people who reach the beginning And reach the end. May Allah make us people who don't despair of His mercy. May Allah make us the people for His ibad, His worshipers. So that when we ask, That we're His worshipers and He will answer. When He says, And when my servants ask of me, Then I will answer them. So may Allah make us His servants. May Allah make us people who don't despair of His mercy. May Allah make us the people who are quick to Toba. May Allah make us people who are consistent in Toba. May Allah make us the people who are consistent in His thought And seek forgiveness for our deficiencies. May Allah make us people who are obedient to Him. May Allah make us people who find pleasure in His obedience. May Allah make us people who see the benefit as obedient. May Allah make us people who are perfect in our obedience to Him. May Allah make us the people who are, Who don't ever lose sight of His command. May Allah make us the people who have His pleasure. May Allah make us the people who seek no reward No reward other than through Him. Rabbana, I think that the world has a lot of things that have a lot of them now. May Allah make us people who find no source of peace other than Him. Allahumma ananda as-salam. Wa minka as-salam. Ta-da wa ta-yaad an-jadani wa-iklam. Ha'ina wa dhikna dada as-salam. May Allah make us people who give thanks to our teachers and our first teachers, our parents. Wa bi'l-hamqumah akimah ab-dayani salirah. Wa bi'l-hamqumah akimah ab-dayani salirah. Wa bi'l-hamqumah akimah ab-dayani salirah. Wa bi'l-hamqumah akimah ab-dayani salirah. Wa bi'l-hamqumah akimah ab-dayani salirah. Wa bi'l-hamqumah akimah ab-Dayani salirah.