 every year on December 25th the world commemorates or celebrates what is called Christmas. Now in the word Christmas is the word Christ and while many people don't celebrate Christmas with a reflection upon Christ and what it means this of course is the origin at least of the word Christ. Now Christ translates into Arabic as al-Masih, the Messiah and as Muslims of course we believe in the Messiah. It's a commemoration of the birth of Asab and Maryam. Now of course we know as Muslims the Christ that Christians believe in is not the same when we do and I do think it is a problem for Muslims more than anyone else to tell Christians who their God is because there are many Christians who would say that no we don't worship the same God. We say no we all worship the same God. It's the same Creator of the heavens and the earth and I say sure yeah we agree upon that that there is one God who created the heavens and the earth. The meaning of them to say well no but the God that I believe in has a son or the God that I believe in manifests himself a human form and then became the source of heavenly salvation and so they will say to you that no we don't believe in the same God and I think we're sure. We can't tell people who their God. So sure we don't believe in that but we believe in the Messiah. We believe that Allah was sinned before this world ends. A liberator of this world and Allah was the prophet that Asab and Maryam shall descend upon humanity Imam and Adila as a just ruler and a fair judge and he will restore justice and equity or equality to the world just as it was filled with injustice. This is something we believe in and when he comes it will be a time when it will become clear to everyone exactly who he is and what he represents and that is not of course what he represents in the minds of many many people on this planet right now. Allah has sent us human beings as messengers. How often do we ask like why human beings why not send an angel and this is of course a request they demand that the Mushriqin made of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. Why not send angels instead of you? Why not send as a matter of fact if you're going to send a human being why not send one of our chieftains. Not one of the people who are great in our eyes. Why they send you rather than the one that we would like to follow. But Allah has his own wisdom for things but in the Quran he says that if there happened to be if there were angels in the earth walking secure that Allah would send down an angel to them as a messenger. So Allah says instead of the angel sent to him in being and I believe the fundamental reason for that is Allah wants to establish the truth against humanity he sends us one like our own to prove to us what we have the capacity to do because if you were to send an angel we can say well the angels they can't disobey you they can do they can't resist your commands Allah but he sends to us a human being to show us what the human potential is now of course none of us could ever be MBA a Russell you can't acquire prophecy or prophecy right but the prophets teachers about human capacity and among the characteristics of the prophets is their honesty that Allah makes them honest people and he also supports them with miracles he supports them with miracles he says that if they were not truthful then Allah would be telling a lie in declaring them to be truthful because their miracles are as if Allah has said this person or this servant of mine speaks to truth in every report in other words Allah in order to support and prove that they have been sent from him he sends along with them things that shattered the norm and we know that Quran is the lasting miracle of the miracles given to the messengers and the MBA from Allah and the life of the prophets alive so long there was a delegation known as the delegation of Najran the Christians who had come to the Prophet's Allah after receiving word or an invitation for them to accept Islam and they were given an ultimatum accept Islam or if you want to maintain your own religion where you are then pay the jizya pay the tributes so some of them decided well we're gonna come debate with this Muhammad guy we're gonna come in and we want to prove to him that our religion is truth it is true and it's stories if I talked and other scholars of the see it are they mentioned this story this is story and so they mentioned that we're very long conversation and interaction and debate with the messengers Islam of course the foundational questions they had for the Prophet's Allah related to their theology as a matter of fact during the debates they were contradicting themselves some of them were saying we're asa he's God and others say he don't know he's the son of God no he's the one a member of the Trinity you know they asked the Prophet you know so if the Prophet says okay well how what makes him what makes him God because he gave life to the dead and he cured he cured the blind he cured the leopard he made the lane walk right so that itself is proof that he's God right so of course the Prophet said something about his own responses and we know that you know because miracles are sent with MBI so that itself is not a bona fide proof of anything because especially if you're able to establish that other people have done the life of that they haven't others who've done similar miracles right and they say okay well why do you say he's the son of God he's always a son of because he has no father we know he's more accuracy born a medium I didn't say that she was the version who gave birth to ace up and money and she herself being a very special person which a minority of the scholar says that she herself was a prophet and if you look at the definition of a prophet you know it's somewhat pitched to build because a prophet the angel comes to you so she visited body angle but anyway we don't want to sort of debate that but fundamentally they asked the question you know he doesn't have a father and the Prophet's responding to them and say well have you ever seen a father have you ever seen a father that doesn't resemble I mean a son that doesn't resemble his father Allah has a beginning he said how to begin a loss of Allah he doesn't have an end he said heaven has an end Allah creates food it creates human being and creates our our digestive systems among other things asa bin mariam he ate food he drank water and other things and he went to the bathroom canna ya Quran it talks about those who deified Maryam and asa bin mariam alaykum as-salam you know that they used to eat food the point being that we're going to eat food to meet you have needs how can you be God if you have needs you know as you have each to eat food and and the drink then you can become weak become weak become sick if you come sick you can die there's none of those things say third of why what makes him the third of three to say well because every time we look in the book of God even your own book when God is speaking he says things like we did this we have ordered we are forbade nahina fa'alna khalaqna we created you know but they understand of course even in English we have what is called the royal we when the king of monarch speaks he speaks as we have decreed we have judged who has a greater right to speak in such a fashion Allah in Arabic we call the the plural of ka'udin right so so a lot that myself is not proof at any rate there we have these encounters in the life of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam quite with others and of course eventually they left and they agreed to pay the land tax the garage or the jizya right the different narrations in that particular regard that they refuse to to accept Islam the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam offered them Islam in Surah al-Zukharaf Allah subhanahu ta'ala and speaking about Isra bin Maryam he says wa la ma dur ibab no Maryam a matadan idhaa qomuqa minhu yasidun and when the when the son of Maryam is mentioned as a similitude to them this is the moment that your people they scoff they laugh and now what this is a relationship great relationship relation to was that the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam recited to the Moshekeen a verse from Quran in this particular verse is this is that Inna kuma ma taquduna minhu lilahi hasabun jahannam and to mlahawari doon that you and the things that you worship other than God they are fuel or firewood for the fire all of you shall enter it so the Prophet recited this verse to them and the Moshekeen seeking to be dispassious not because they believe any of the things that we were saying but they just wanted to just simply sort of have a gotcha moment with the Prophet so they said to the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam what about Isra so you're telling us that we and the things we worship are going to be burned in the fire people worship Isra bin Maryam too and you believe that this is a Prophet so it's not a reason they felt they had they got gotcha they know lamma dur ibad noo Maryam a method that either a common commitment you're so doing this it is that moment that they scoff waqalu alaihi wa qalu alaihi haduna khairun anhu and say then they say are our gods better or him and then Allah says they only strike this similarity to you or respond in this way only because of of disputation they're rather a disputed people they are contentious people they just like to argue that's it they want to win the argument they're not seeking truth and he is nothing more than a servant that we have blessed and we made him an example for the children of Israel and if we had will we have would have made the angels we would place the angels in the earth to be successors to one another as we have done for humanity and he is definitely a sign of the Allah the sign of the hour and follow me this is a path which is straight and do not allow shaytan to dissuade you because he is an open enemy and when he came to them with miracles came to them with clear evidence he said I have come to you I brought you wisdom brought you revelation and I've also come in order to make clear clear to you some of the things over which you differ so fear God and obey me in the law he is my Lord and your Lord so worship him this is what he says it worship him how that's a lot of mustaqeem that is a straight way and the party is a different over him some saying he's God's son of God's son saying he's third of three sometimes he's a prophet he's one of the greatest of the prophets and the messengers and waltz to those waltz to the wrong doors from the punishment of a painful day this is just a first one example from the book of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala regarding the narrative of Isa b-menya. We need to of course remind ourselves and remind those around us that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not a proof of being associated with this creation. That Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created Isa b-menya in the Mathala Isa in the Allahika Mathala Adam. That the similarity of Isa in the sight of God is like the similitude of Adam. He created him from dirt and then said be, then he was in the same way. So Isa b-menya did not have father, Adam did not have mother or father. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that he deepen our love for Isa b-menya that he prepare our hearts for his return and we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that he remove the veils of darkness from the hearts of those around us. I say this. I ask Allah to give us the blessing of the Muslims and the Muslims. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all the worlds. May peace and blessings of Allah be upon the end of the world. May peace and blessings of Allah be upon the Muslims. We ask Allah to give us the blessing of the Muslims. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that he is a Muslim. He says, I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. W Goshhum bin.... ??? Aisa the son of Mary is nothing more than the message of Godis word. He cast upon Maryam and his spirit from him. from him. So believe in Allah and his Messengers. Do not say three. In tohu. It is better for you. Allah is nothing more. He is only one God. Subhanahu ayyakuna lahu warad. Glorify be he above having a child. Lahu mafisim awati wa mafid art wa kafabillahi wa keelah. To him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth and sufficient is God as a trustee. And I want to end with mention of a prediction of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. And he talked about what shall happen before the return of the Messiah of the Jal, the imposter Christ, the false Messiah. In this hadith it mentions in the qabla before the appearance of the Jal there will be three very difficult years. The people will be afflicted during those years with immense hunger, famine throughout the planet. And he goes on to say that in the first year Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam will command the skies not to hold back one-third of his water. And he will command the earth to hold back one-third of his vegetation. And in the second year he will command the sky and the earth to hold back two-thirds of his water and his food. And in the third year he commands the earth and the sky to hold back everything. The Sahaba were listening to this story from the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. And then someone said, Ya Rasulullah, fumayi isim nas, fi thalik iszaman. O Masha Allah, how will the people be nourished in that time? Or what shall nourish the people in that time? He responds, تهييلو وتقبيلو وتحميد لا إله الا الله. الله أكبر والحمد لله من ناريس والتسبيح سبحان الله. جراء عليهم ذلك مشرط طعام. Please I move forward. We will be included soon insha Allah. He says so those words سبحان الله لا إله الا الله. الله أكبر والحمد لله that they would take the place of food. In other words when that time comes this will be a time where Allah سبحانه وتعالى He will show us once again His miracles. Get it together. We need to be prepared for that at all times. Our Eman. We need to strengthen it. There are many many different things happening in the world as we know. And we don't have time to get into. That can be both terrifying and also promising at the same time. We ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى that He grant us the sight, the inner sight which is necessary in order to see the evil doors. We ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to grant us the firmness in our faith to withstand tribulations. We ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى that if the tribulations when they come they threaten our faith that Allah will take us from this world. And we leave this world with Eman in our hearts. And that He also do the same for all of our loved ones insha Allah. Allah is the One who prays for the Prophet. O our believers, pray for him and send him peace. Allahumma, I ask for Islam and Muslims. Allahumma, I ask for Islam and Muslims. Allahumma, I ask for Islam and Muslims. Allahumma, I love you. Allahumma, I love you. We have faith. And He is like us in our hearts. And He has brought us to disbelief and corruption and corruption. And He has made us the rachis. Rabbana, takabbal minna, innaka antasamir alin. Mutub alayna, innaka antatwab al-raheen. Allahumma, gfirla al-Muslimina wa muslimat. Wa al-muminina wa muminat. Al-ahya'i minhum wa al-amwat. Wa gfirla al-Allahumma ma'ahum. Bifarlika wa ihsanika ya ar-Rahman r-Rahimin. Rabbana, ati anfusina takwaha. Wa zakiha anta khayru man zakkaha. Anta waliyuha wa maulaha. Rabbana, la chaj'anna fünna talladina kafaru. Rabbana, innaka anta al-Azeez al-Hakeen. Innaka anta al-Aleem al-Hakeen. Rabbana, atina maludunka rahmah. Wahiyyina nana man amlina rashida. Rabbana, atina fil dunya hasana. Wa fil aakhireti hasana. Waqina aadab al-naar. Waqina aadab al-naar. Waqina aadab al-naar. Wa salli Allahumma wa sallim. Wa baraka rasiqlina Muhammadin wa ala alihi. Wa ashabihin akhyar. Wa sallim tasliman kathira. Subhana rabbika rabbil a'izzati amma jasifoon. Musalaamun aral musireen walhamdulillahi rabbil a'izzat.