 يجيبون حين وناديه ويستر علي كل عورة وانا عصيه ويعظم النعمة علي فلا بجازيه نحمده ونسبحه ونقدسه على ألائه ونعمائه ونشهد الله إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأن سيدنا محمد عبده ورسوله وصلنا بالبدأ ودينة حق ليظهر على الدين كله الله صلي وسلم وبارك وترحم على محمد وعالي محمد كارضر ما صليت وسلمت وباركت وترحمت على إبراهيم وآل إبراهيم في العالمين إنك حميد المجيد وصل الله وسلم على جميع الأنبياء والأرسلين والأوصياء والصديقين وعطرة نبيك الطيبين الطاهرين وأصحابه المنتجبين ومن تبعهم بأحسان وإيمان إلى يوم الدين عباد الله ووصيكم ووصي نفسي بتطوى الله ولوزون أمره أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها الذين أامنوا وكتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب علي الذين أبدا لأللكم تتقون صدق الله بالعلي والعظيم سنصل للمنزل لتنجيل سنوات إن شاء الله عندما ترى المون ومون جديد من المنظمة ومون روضان ومون سنوات يوم أولي من المنظمة وروضان إن شاء الله ومن الآخر لكم مخسر وكثيرا بيصدقاء يوم أخرى وعند الله於 المنظمة يا أيها الذين أفضلوا الشهور إنه مستعمد الإيام هو أفضل الأيام وما يأخذ البلاد والأياليه هو أفضل الليالي وساعاته هو أفضل الساعات لصورة البقرة verse 183 يا يوهل الذين أمنوا كتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب علي الذين من قبلكم the reason why we want you to fast and stay away from food and drink لعلكم تتطقون you may attain reverence and self-restrained and righteousness what is righteousness and what is self-restrained and what is self-control and what is piety these things have one meaning a common meaning these things means we have to change ourselves an ethical and a spiritual transformation we have to have some change I would not say we can change ourselves completely 180 degrees I try to be realistic even if we change 5% of our ethics and our manners and our relationships and our morals that would be a good success even 5% لعلكم تتطقون we have to work on ourselves in this month this month provide us an opportunity in other seasons we don't get this opportunity when we are busy with eating and drinking and socializing and partying and having wallima here and wallima there and birthday party here and celebration there these things remind us of the dunya but we need a period of reflection a period of meditation where we stay away from the dunya a little bit a little bit not a lot a little bit when we control our desires by staying away from voluntarily staying away from food and from drink so we reflect on our life how do we improve ourselves how do we become better fathers better mothers how do we become more responsible more responsible being in our societies in our families and this opportunity we can get it in the month of Ramadan because in the month of Ramadan it's a season when we recite du'a outside Ramadan we don't recite du'a we don't spend the nights reciting du'a outside Ramadan we don't pick up the Quran to read sometimes a day two days a week two months five months passes by where we don't get the opportunity to even open this book but in Ramadan we do we do have this opportunity of reflecting on the Quran reflecting on the du'a the supplication standing in the middle of the night and doing a couple of rak'a units of prayers these are opportunities for us to reflect when you go to the masjid for iftar for prayers and to listen to a lecture the lecture may provide you with a chance an opportunity to reflect on your life where do you go what direction if you are 50 years old what have you achieved in these 50 years if you are 30 years old 20 years old what do you want to do in your life where life is taking you these are important questions we have to ask them but when we are busy with daily life activities with our families with our jobs with our engagements your mind is busy how to pay your bills you don't get the chance to reflect the month of Ramadan is an opportunity to reflect لعلكم تتقنور and throughout the year we can change the shape of our bodies they show you sometimes television ads most of them are according to the president fake you know, faking you someone who lost 50 pounds they don't look alike you don't think that this is the same person when someone loses 50 pounds he or she would become a different person so physically we can change our shape Allah says this is good if I want you to change the shape of your left and your soul this is spiritual transformation spiritual change when we change this shape of ourselves how do we change it how do you change your soul when you stay strong if your soul is weak if we give in always give concessions to maddiat whatever my soul tells me to purchase, to buy, to go, to eat I do, I listen that soul is weak does not have power of resistance the month of Ramadan it provides me with a little bit of power of resistance to these desires to control these desires then your soul becomes stronger you become able to direct and navigate your life yourself and that comes only when you connect with the power of change with the power of inspiration with the power of energy which is Allah in the month of Ramadan so it is an important period of reflection for us and the result of fasting my friends we have to see it we do not see it in these areas that I am going to mention now we are losers we wasted our time and we gained nothing but hunger and thirst where should we see it after these 3 days we should see it first and foremost in our أخلاق in our manners in our relationships it has to be reflected in my relationship with my family my relationship has to improve with my family with my community with my friends with those who live around me they have to feel it they have to say this person is different I can see not only he lost some weight because of fasting but he improved he is more patient he is more tolerant he is more for bearing he is more accepting in our أخلاق in our ألاق relationships with people around us they have to see the positive result of fasting if they don't see it if they don't notice it and if we ourselves do not notice it then we wasted another Ramadan another Ramadan that is wasted with many other Ramadan in the past according to the Prophet you gain nothing you gain nothing you gain nothing you gain nothing you gain nothing you gain nothing but thirst and hunger no spiritual reward no spiritual inspiration no change in love life they gain nothing that is the ritualistic fasting which is happening in many Muslim and Arab countries today this is why the Arabs and the Muslims they don't pay attention to Siyam for them the season of Ramadan I received in the mail yesterday funny letter in the mail probably because of my Arabic name the cable channel they are advertising for Arab TV channels that they have new movies for Ramadan new music because they know they know Arabs and Muslims they enjoy movies in Ramadan they stay up late not to read the Quran or reflect or to pray but to watch new movies movies that destroy their life and instigate divorce and division and conflict that is the wrong Ramadan that is the wrong practice we are good Muslim community in America stay away from these things the best enjoyment when you reflect on the Quran if we just read the Quran I'll be honest with you very honest if you just read it without understanding it you are not going to enjoy it not only you are not going to enjoy it it is going to be boring this book is going to be boring if you don't understand without understanding it an interactive reading a reading with reflection Tadapur deep Tadapur what does he want to tell me here read one page not this is only 5 pages or 50 pages one page with Tadapur is better than 500 pages without Tadapur one page one ayah sometimes I enjoy one ayah in the book because there are treasures in this book treasures in this book I make new discoveries each time I read the Quran there is something that surfaces that I did not realize last time this is a treasure that book is going to change us and when we act upon this book we understand the meaning and then we try to practice it in our daily life that is the enjoyment which we are missing افلاية Tadapur الله says this month شهر رمضان الذي انزل في القرآن it is the birthday of the Quran during this month we sent the Quran down during this month so you reflect on this book so and let me say a word or two about the meaning of Ramadan Ramadan some scholars say من اسماء الله تعالى one of the names of God what does it mean they say there are two meanings one meaning is أرواف comes from أرواف أرواف means or your myth to squeeze something between two rocks and then pound it when you squeeze something between two rocks and you start pounding it this is your myth a person who is fasting by analogy by analogy pounds his or her own habits and desires and nature between two rocks hunger and thirst between hunger and thirst this is one the second meaning is to scorch and burn so someone who is fasting is burning calories that he is burning his sins and his evil and his sayah is being swept away and washed away and burned by his fasting when he curves his desire self cleansing is important my friends self cleansing and self control is important for every journey in this life what you need to do in whatever capacity you are whether you are a son or daughter whether you are 12 years old or 90 years old you need to exercise self control take advantage of this month if you don't have time to go to the masjid outside Ramadan and Ramadan you have to make an extra effort to go to the masjid and take your family and try to worship together read the dua together spend the nights in remembrance of Allah and reflection on the Quran and also sharing your goodness during the month of Ramadan بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أكثر العصر إن الإنسان لفي خسر إن كل الذين هاملوا وعملوا الصالحات وتواصلوا بالحق وتواصلوا بالصر وصلى الله وسلم على سيدنا محمد محمد