 Imam towards the end of the sermon he says I'm surprised at the one. Now you'll be a little bit shocked to hear this from the Imam but will elaborate by what he means. The Imam says I'm actually surprised at the one who sleeps well at night not feeling anxious whatsoever when heaven and hell are the destination we're going to. What does the Imam mean by that? So we know that anxiety is not good obviously who wants to be in a state of anxiety but when you're approaching something serious let's say tomorrow is the day of the interview that will determine your career or tomorrow's the final exam day or you have a very important trip tomorrow honestly when you sleep at night how do you sleep? Yes maybe you could sleep well but see there's a level of anxiety right? Why? Why is it that if tomorrow is your interview and you're prepared you're fine you're prepared you know what you're doing. Why do you feel some level of anxiety? Because you're serious about that appointment right? You know how important it is. There is a healthy level of anxiety brothers and sisters there is. Yes sometimes it becomes uncontrollable it becomes a psychological disorder needs to be treated but some level of anxiety the Imam says at night when you sleep be worried about next day in terms of the good deeds that you're going to commit. Don't say yeah today's just another day I'll go about my lifestyle and my habits and a lot of them are bad habits and waste time. No when you sleep at night be concerned that I have this journey ahead of me am I prepared for it or no? In other words the Imam says take it seriously. If you sleep not caring whatsoever that one says you're not taking seriously. The Imam says I'm surprised at the one who sleeps without any concern about this journey. Some level of concern and anxiety it's good it keeps you in check that way you wake up in the morning you're like I have a goal today I'm not going to waste a single minute every opportunity to do a good deed I'll take advantage of that opportunity because I know there's a big journey ahead of me yes Allah is merciful no doubt about that my dear brothers and sisters but remember that race you're racing let's say with 70 billion people don't you want to be the first in the race the second top ten top hundred top thousand let's even say top million you're lucky if you make it to the top million out of 70 million right the Imam says look if you want to be in the top one thousand or top one million you have to be prepared yes Allah is merciful he forgives as much as there is room for forgiveness but the Imam is teaching you when the race be a winner on the day of judgment it's a marathon we all want to win right if I lose in the race or I don't really do well I'll be disappointed in a small worldly late race we see we get disappointed don't we now imagine the race of the hereafter the ultimate race the final race and it's only one race the Imam says be a winner in that race but the way that you can do that is in this world as long as you still are alive Allah has given you the resources to do that which is right to take advantage of these numbered days in this world be good to your family to your parents to your children it's not worth it be good to your loved ones to your friends be charitable and remember this Quran this Quran will be the greatest source of light on the day of judgment the hadith states on the day of judgment and it's a difficult day there are many you know checkpoints we have to go through many many different passages we have to go through and remember that final passage which is the bridge of Surat which the hadith describes it as narrower than what than a thread and sharper than a sword we're all gonna cross that now the Holy Quran tells us that bridge will cross over what what does it cross over to get you to heaven yeah it crosses over hell the hadith says judgment for those believers who were good with the Quran they read the Quran they studied the Quran and they more importantly implemented its implementation that counts somebody could read it like a parrot that doesn't do them any good no to implement the teachings of the Quran on the day of judgment this Quran will transform into a beautiful figure the hadith says on the day of judgment the person you know has anxiety it's a difficult day look at Surat Al-Hajj Allah describes it Allah describes the day of judgment in Surat Al-Hajj it is a difficult day such that a woman who's breastfeeding her child the Quran makes this description brothers and sisters these are the words of God we should be familiar with the words of God يَوْمَ تَذْهَلُ كُلْ مُرْضَعَتٍ عَمَّا أَرْضَعَتٍ the Quran says that day is so serious and severe that even a woman who's breastfeeding her child and you know that's like the closest state a woman is a mother is to her child the Quran says a woman who's in that state she'll forget about her child she won't even know what she's doing وَتَضَعُ كُلْ لُذَاتِ حَمْلٍ حَمْلَهَا and a pregnant woman will miscarry وَتَرَى النَّاسَ سُكَارًا and you see that people they're like drunk but the Quran says وَمَا هُمْ بِسُكَارًا no they're not drunk but that day is a severe day so on that severe day the believer sees this beautiful image guiding him showing him how to make it to the bridge of saraat and then holding him firm on that bridge and walks him to paradise that beautiful figure takes you to the entrance of paradise and tells you here enter I've done my job you look at that figure and you tell that figure who are you you've been so good to me you saved me from all these risks who are you introduce yourself to me what will that beautiful figure say I am the Quran I am the book of God that you implemented in your life you were good to me in your life now I'd like to pay you back and God has commanded me to save you the Quran will save us on the day of judgment so my dear brothers and sisters Allah's rahmah is primarily to be seen on the day of judgment no doubt about that but the day of judgment as the Quran calls it is the day of hasra the day of regret even the good doers the believers they'll say why did I not do more why did I waste time on earth busy with other things that didn't matter so the Imam alayhi salam in this beautiful sermon and I urge all of you to study najjul balagh it's a beautiful book that really sometimes recalibrates how we view life how we live in this life the words of the imams the words of the Quran they actually illuminate our hearts they keep us firm and prepared for the day of judgment so Allah is merciful but my dear brothers and sisters there's a race there's a grand marathon tomorrow on the day of judgment let's be prepared for that race shallah all of you will be winners in that race the best of the best on the top charts inshallah right the top charts of this dunya mean nothing believe me the top charts here have nothing to do with success on the day of judgment in fact sometimes top charts here are a liability on the day of judgment because they distracted so many people not all top charts some of them maybe they were a distraction maybe they encouraged people to immorality top charts here become liability but it's the good deeds that will give us success on the day of judgment