 إن الحمد لله نحنره و نستعينه و نستغفره و نتبه إليه و نعبد الله ذنفور لأن نفوسنا و من سيئات عمالنا من يحده الله فلا مغلله و من يدل فلا هادي له و أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله و أحده لا شريك له و أشهد أننا سيدنا محمدا عبده و رسول يا أيها الذين أمروا التقوى الله حقا تقاته و لا تبوتون إلا و أنتم مسلمون يا أيها الناس التقوى ربكم الذين خلقكم من نفسه واحدة و خلقوا منها زوجها و بثت منهما بجانا كثيرا و نساءة والتقوى الله الذي تسألون به والأرحام إن الله كان عليكم رقيبا يا أيها الذين أمروا التقوى الله و قولوا قولا سديدا يصلح لكم عمالكم و يوفي لكم ذنوبكم و من يطع إلاه و رسوله فقال فازا فوزا عظيما أما بعض فأن أصطق الهديث كتاب الله و خير الهدي حدي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم و شرط مورفش نثاتها فكل محدثة بلعة و كل بلعة بلالة و كل بلالة في النار الحمد لله الحمد لله الذي أنزل على عبته الكتاب و لم يجعل له عبجا الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا و ما قلنا لنهتبها لو لا أنهدان الله الحمد لله رب العالمين كل حمد لله سبحانه وتعالى سيكون مجانا و مجانا و مورفا و عبته الكتاب كل حمد لله الذي أردنا بسرعة عبه الإسلام إمام عادي رضي الله العجم يجب أن يتحدث عن هذه المتعينة إنه متعينة الدنيا و يتفيرك الإسلام و نعمتها من المساعدة في هذا العالم is that Islam suffices as a blessing و يتفيرك الإسلام و نعمتها إسلام suffices as a blessing إذا لم نجد شيء أخر من هذا العالم مرة أخرى إذا لم نجدما فالحن of our dream و الملعوب of our dream و الملعوب الجار و المنواقع of our home وال المنواقع of our children و ننهي هذا العالم و نحن قد يصقص به لله إلا إلا الله حمد للسيداء لن نحو this world إذا كنا نعيد هذا العالم ونحن نأتي إلى المنزل ومع the car that we dreamed of The yacht, the vacation home, two or three vacation homes One in the Swiss Alps for the summer In Vail Colorado to ski in the winter on the Riviera To bask on the beach And who knows where else And we get the job that we dreamed of And we're able to retire at 35 from the dream job And we get the spouse that we always dreamed of having All of the attributes we envision We get everything we ever desired from the material wherewithal of this world But we leave this world and our heart is void Of لا إله إلا الله محمد ورسول الله Then we've received nothing from the world Because this world passes quickly All of those enjoyments and delight Delights, they pass quickly And what remains before us is eternal Ultimately it's going to be eternal bliss For some people eternal damnation For some people a period in hell And then thereafter eternal bliss We pray we're in the former category The first category We're the people who it's eternal bliss And no time in hell No time being tormented In hell خلوا نفسنا إذا تلوط وإننا مات وفولوا أجوركم يوم القيام فمنزحظها عن النار وإدخلا جنة فقد فاز ومن حياة الدنيا إلا متى الغرور Everyone will taste death Everyone will experience death خلوا نفسنا إذا تلوط And then you'll be given your recompense In full on the day of judgment فمن that وفولوا أجوركم يوم القيام Whoever's pulled back and saved from hell And entered into paradise That's the victorious one And what is the life of this world Except the deceptive amusement or enjoyment That's the life of this world That's the life of this world So we shouldn't be deceived We should use this world For the benefit of our souls We should use this world For the benefit of our hereafter We should use this world For the rectification of our hearts We shouldn't be deceived By the word of all of this world Including its wealth We shouldn't be deceived By our children And that and the children The beauty of life in this world And the rest of the righteous For the good of the Lord And the good of hope The wealth and children are the adornment Of this worldly life But that's not the essence That's the icing on the cake of the dunya The icing makes the cake look good If the cake itself is rotten What good is the icing? If the cake is spoiled What good is we make it look good We put nice icing on it We write on it with the designs We put candles We put rose petals on it What good is all that if the cake is rotten Who's going to eat the cake? So Allah تعالى tells us And we're not going to go Deeper into this This was the subject of the previous Qutbah But he tells المان والبنونة زينة الهيات الدنيا Wealth and children Are the adornment Of this worldly life They're the icing on the cake They're what makes the cake look good والباقيات الصالحة To خير عند ربكة ثوابة But it's the lasting reward From the good deeds that you do Starting with the remembrance of Allah With the باقيات الصالحة أصلا Is fun to mean it سبحان الله الحمد لله لا إله إلا الله الله أكبر ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله إلا الله أكبر إلا الله There's no God but Allah Allah is the greatest There's no strength or power Except with Allah The reward from that That's what's best with Allah As a reward And that's the best thing to hope for Which tells us The remembrance of Allah In this world That's the cake The remembrance of Allah That's the cake So if we have wealth in children But we don't have a life That's filled with the remembrance of Allah We're putting icing on a round cake On a spoiled cake يا إله الذين آمنوا آمنوا ذكروا الله الذكرا كثيرا Are you believers? Remember Allah hundredly فتكهوني أفكوركم وشكهوني ولا تكفرون أتذكرني سأتذكرك أرغب شكرا for my blessings And don't be an ingrate That's the cake The children The wealth The yacht The car The house All of that That's the icing Brothers and sisters Make sure the cake is sound Make sure the cake is delicious Make sure the cake is sweet And then the icing Will be appropriate But we want it What we want to talk about Is Allah تعالى saying In the Qur'an عوف الله He's going to shake all the regime يا إله الذين آمنوا تقوا الله وابتغوا إليه الوثيلة وجاهبوا في سبيله لعبكم تفلون Are you believers? Be mindful of Allah And then mindfulness Translate into Implaining His orders And avoiding the things He's prohibited In order to ward off With that obedience The punishment of Hell That's what تقوى means To ward off So to ward off To ward off the punishment Of Hell Through our obedience Of Allah سبحانه وتعالى That's what تقوى is يا إله الذين آمنوا To ward off So to ward off The punishment of Hell And the أصول again Of تقوى is avoiding The prohibition Avoiding the prohibition And then some say It's avoiding the prohibition Then Or implementing the orders اجتناب النواهي امتثال العوان واجتناب النواهي That's the essence of تقوى And it comes from a consciousness And an awareness of Allah So some people translate تقوى as God consciousness And some people translate تقوى as piety Or living a life That's guided by the Commandments and prohibitions Of Allah But some people translate تقوى as piety Or living a life That's guided by The prohibitions of Allah But it's both really It's a consciousness That gives birth To implementing the orders And avoiding the prohibitions So Allah kinda orders the believers يا إله الذين آمنوا تقوى الله And then he orders us وابتخوا إليه الواسيلة And then seek The means that lead unto him Those who say That تقوى is Avoiding the prohibitions Then they say Our وابتخوا إليه الواسيلة is Undertaking those acts of worship That draws near to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala So the واسيلة In that opinion Are the العمل صالحة The righteous deeds The righteous deeds That we undertake Our prayer Our fasting Our recitation of Quran Our night prayer Our awr'ah Our ev'qah Our commanding the good And forbidding the wrong Our lowering our gaze From those things Forbidden from us All of those things Constitute the واسيلة We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala To give us that واسيلة He's ordering us What to whom And then seek out Seek out إليه الواسيلة Those means That draw near to him Some are of the opinion At تقوى as we mentioned امتفالة وابتخوا إليه الواسيلة Both implementing the orders And avoiding the prohibitions And some scholar of that vein They say the واسيلة Is a station in Jannah That the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Said is reserved for one Serban of Allah And he said To ask Allah Pray to Allah That I am that servant When we hear the adhan To ask Allah We say اللهم ربه هذه دعوة التمدة والصلاة القائمة And we say واسيلة والفضيلة وبعث مقام المحمود الذي وعته And that واسيلة That مقام محمود The واسيلة is the مقام محمود And it's a station in Jannah Reserve for one servant And that's واسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم And then The logical question would be Why is Allah To seek that station وابتغو أنتو وابتغو أنتو وابتغو إليه واسيلة وابتغو إليه واسيلة وابتغو إليه واسيلة So based on that understanding There appears to be a contradiction But in reality there is no contradiction Because we're told by the Prophet If we pray for him To have that station And then we understand As he informed one of the companions Who asked him صلى الله عليه وسلم متى السعب When is doomsday When is the end of it all متى السعب And the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم From his wisdom He didn't begin He didn't begin did not begin To enumerate this or that sign Rather he said to his companion Or the one who asked him He said ما عدت لها What have you done to prepare for it So we can know all the signs We can know all the signs of the dead jack Know what he looks like What's going to happen when he comes All the signs But we never take time To memorize the first ten verses Of Thorotel Kaff We haven't done anything To prepare ourselves To protect ourselves From the fitna of the dead jack Because those ten verses Are protection from the fitna Of the dead jack So what's better To know all of the signs Or to do something To prepare ourselves for the fitna What's better We have to have our priorities In order brothers and sisters This is a religion of action That religion of talk Allah تعالى Condemns the people of talk كبرى مقتل عند الله يا أيها الذين آمنوا لما تقولون ما لا تفعلون كبرى مقتل عند الله ان تقولوا ما لا تفعلون Or you believers Why do you say that which you don't do It's grievously Hate it with the law That you say that which you don't do كبرى مقتل عند الله Those who understand Arabic And not a person like me Who studied Arabic is not my native tongue Those who Arabic is their native tongue When that expression falls on their ears They shiver They might pass out كبرى مقتل عند الله ان تقولوا ما لا تفعلون Terribly hated isn't with the law That you say that which you don't do This is not a religion of talk It's not a religion of theory It's a religion of practice There are scholars They're known as Orientalists They know all the theory They know more theory about Islam Than any of any of us I guarantee you They spent their lives studying Islam From a theoretical perspective But most of them they don't practice it Even what I owe them All of that theory Reminds them less than the most ignorant believer Who humbly prays to his or her Lord All of that theory is worthless It only has benefit If it enhances our practice It only has benefit If it softens our hearts It only has benefit If we translate it It's something that draws us close to Allah So the prophet asked a man ما عددت لها And he said in one version اني احبوا الله ورسولا Verily I love Allah and his messenger The shortest possible version And the prophet said to him صلى الله عليه وسلم انت مع من احتبت You will be with the one you love In the other version ان مرقو على من احب That a person will be with the one he loves So if the prophet has the وسيلة And we love the prophet We will be with the prophet And we will share in that station انت مع من احتبت ان مرقو على من احب And so some scholars say ان وسيلة هي المحبة ورحمة إنه محاول والمحاول هذا ما هو الواسيلة ولكن the first meaning is the sambus that is those righteous deeds we do to draw ourselves close to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and so we pray with Allah telling us in the Qur'an وَبْتَلْهُ مِنَهِ الْواسِيلةِ so seek those practices and those actions that draw you close those righteous actions those acts of devotion that draw you close to Allah that's from the Qur'an وَبْتَلْهُ إِلَيْهِ الْواسِيلةِ and the Prophet ﷺ he taught us to pray اللهم إِلْمِ أَثْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ Oh Allah I ask your love وَحُبُّ وَحُبُّ مَنْ يُحِبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبَّكَ And the love of those who love you وَحُبَّ العمل الذي يُبَلِّهُنا حُبَّكَ Oh Allah I ask your love وَحُبُّ مَنْ يُحِبَّكَ And love of those actions that draws close to your love that's the believer that's the believer brothers and sisters the believer lives a life of devotion the believer lives a life of love the believer has a deep and meaningful relationship with Allah ﷻ and the believer because he or she has a deep meaningful, rich relationship with Allah ﷻ he or she is in dazzle by the word with all of this world he or she is in dazzle we mentioned in a class we had the other day here the saying of Imam Ali when he's asked to describe the righteous people so one of the devout people came to Imam Ali and he asked them فقار صفل المتقيم حتى كأني أنظروا إليهم describe me the people of Taqwa with so much clarity it's as if I am looking at them and one of the descriptions he had descriptions that he had of them he said كرم الله وجهه عظم الخالق في أنفسهم فالصغراء ما دونه في عيونهم عظم الخالق في أنفسهم the creator has become grading their souls فالصغراء ما دونه في عيونهم and everything else has become small in their eyes but what's the condition of most of us today عظم الخالق في عيوننا فالصغر الله في أنفسنا يفوزينها The creation has become big in our eyes so of us become small in our souls that's the condition of most people when I open them I will love we seek refuge with the law of the land we're dazzled by the big buildings and the nice cars and the big bridges and the dazzling lights and the widescreen television و بما يفعل هذا و بما يفعل ذلك في العالم. و يقوم بإنهاءنا. و يأكدنا عالية. نحن يعمل بعمل مجموعة لجد أكثر منه. نحن نتعرف ما نلتغنا لكي نستطيع نعود إلى المدينة و نتعرف حالاً ما نفعل. المنزلين يفعلون. المنزل يفعلون. المنزل يفعلون. و أسأل أن نجد من المدينة من هذا الموقع. لأننا يمكننا أن نعمل أخيراً لأننا مستعدنا وقد يمكننا أن ندفع أكثر من our time إلى المساعدة الله وإمكاننا أن ندفع our relationship with Allah ماذا نفعل؟ نقوم بإمكاننا to refinance the house ونقوم بإمكاننا to get a new car ونقوم بإمكاننا to get more in Dunya ونقوم بإمكاننا to get debt all over again لذلك most of our time is spent working to pay for that Dunya that's become great in our eyes فعلم الخوق في عيونهم فالصغر الله في أنفوسهم the righteous people this verse is talking about the people of Taqwa يا أضهل دين آمن الطاقو الله يا أضهل دين آمن الطاقو الله يا عضهل دين آمن الطاقو الله وان إمام عاد يسطاق بطلب المتطين سفني المتطين حتى كأني أنظروا إليهم فقال الرضي الله عن عذن الخالق في أنفوسهم فالصغر ما دونه فالسخارة مادوله في عيونه فالخطابة لها حقاً فيها وكل شيء، كل شيء أخر than him has become small in their souls ما الله قلصت ذلك لتقوى المقام تقوى التقوى لنهل الله وابتغوى إليه الوسيلة واجهدوا في سبيله واجهدوا في سبيله هذا هو for the generality of believers هذا هو for the generality of believers يجب أن نعيون حياتاً عندما لا نعيون as believers هذا when the dunya becomes big in our eyes عندما لا نعيون as believers هذا when Shaytan has an opening to our hearts عندما لا نعيون as believers هذا when you lose the sweetness of our faith يأتي الناس أو يأتي الناس أو يأتي الناس يأتي الناس يأتي الناس يأتي الناس يأتي الناس لا أشعر بها anymore أفهمه ما يفعلك؟ هل تأتي الناس؟ هل تأتي الناس؟ أين لديك أخطم من القرآن؟ أين لديك قولة لتأتي لكتب؟ وfooded before your Lord وبدأت تجعل بصورتك حتى أن الأشارات تحربت فيه حتى فرصتك مقارباً لقد نفتاح الله أين لديك قولة إلى أخر من رمزان؟ أين لديك قولة إلى أجل البحث؟ أو مارب يا الشيطان؟ أو مغزية كبزاية ومسألة؟ وماذا تقلق أنك لا تشعره؟ أنه بيزنس. وكل بيزنس يجب أن يجب أن يدفع. وإذا لم تفعله بيزنس ويجب أن يدفع بيزنس، هل يجب أن يدفعه؟ هل يجب أن يدفعه؟ أنه لا يعمل كذلك في الدنيا ونعمل كذلك مع الله سبحانه وتعالى. ومثل من هذا. الله تعالى يقول يا أيها الذين آمنوا هل أدولكم على تجارة تنجيكم من عذاب ينقلين؟ كلد you believers shall I direct you to a business, a transaction هل أدولكم على تجارة تنجيكم من عذاب ينقلين؟ or shall I direct you to a commerce that will sell you from a painful punishment? What's the investment تؤمنون بالله ورسولي تؤمنون بالله ورسولي والتجاهدون في سبيل الله بأموالك في سبيل الله بأموالك وأنفسكم ذلك خير لكم إنكم تعلمون أن تتحيبك والتأكيد in the way of Allah مع your wealth and your lives وان هذا أحيان علىكم إذا كنت أعلم هذا أفضل من موجود بخوصا هذا هو مرحباً من يجب أن يكون هناك مرحباً. فهي أيضاً يقول إمام عادي. فهي يقول صبوراً. صبوروا إيا من قصيرة عقبتها. عقبتها رحةٌ طويلة. They patiently endured this comfort of a few days in this world. In other words, they don't see their comfort in this world. Because they know if they live a life of struggle and if they live a life of faith, they're going to have a nice, comfortable rest in the Akhira starting in their grave. عقبتها رحةٌ طويلة. صبوروا إيا من قصيرة عقبتها رحةٌ طويلة. Don't look for your comfort in this world. Look for struggle in this world. Work for this religion. Work for the people of the religion. Work for the betterment of humanity. Contribute to the struggles that are going on. And we're not talking about some involved thing. It might be something simple. It might just be forming a group to assist the poor people. It might be providing rides to people who don't have cars in poor neighborhoods. It might be something simple. It might be just going out, organizing to tell people about Islam. Going to the community centers. Going to the various associations. To tell people about the religion. To clarify the misperceptions. It might be as simple as that. But it's going to require effort and sacrifice. But that's the nature of Islam. وَجَهِدُنْ فِيصَبِيلِ. And again, we're not here. We're a minority of Muslims. We're not talking about fighting. Some people have to defend themselves in Muslim countries. That lands have been invaded and occupied. And they're involved in a noble struggle. That sometimes is misrepresented by criminals. Who, in the name of their so-called jihad, are murdering primarily Muslims. Putting bombs in marketplaces and places of worship. Recruiting centers where poor Muslims who can't get a job except in this national police force. I'll go to sign up and some misguided person in the name of what he might think as he had puts a bomb there and blows up 30 or 40 Muslims. And discredits the noble struggle of people whose homes and lands have been occupied. Whose sons and daughters have been murdered unjustly. And so they wage a noble struggle against those occupiers. That's the lot of some Muslims. That's not our lot. Our struggle is different. Our struggle is a struggle of education. We sit and hear Islam abused. What are we doing to clarify the misperception? What are we doing to educate the people brothers and sisters? و جاهدوا في سبيله لعلكم تفليهون in order that you will be successful. In order that you will be successful. So one of the exegesis mentions there are four keys to our success. They are all mentioned in this verse. Faith, Eman. يا أيها الذين أمنوا. To have a firm faith. We should strive to be that strong believer. أم مؤمن القوي. خيرون و أحقوا رب الله من المؤمنة. دعيف و في كل الخير. The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer and in each there is good. We should strive to be that strong believer. يا أيها الذين أمنوا. إيمان. تقوا الله. تقوا. You mentioned implementing Allah's orders avoiding those things. He is prohibited. Or avoiding the prohibitions. The ward off the punishment of hell. ابتغى الوصيلة. ابتغى الوصيلة. So seeking to do those righteous deeds. العمال الصالحات. Or as we said we said تقوى the order implementing the orders and avoiding the prohibition. Then striving with mighty mail of رسول الله. صلى الله عليه وسلم. And to revive his sunnah in our lives. And then the fourth جهبو في سبيله. Strive and struggle for his sake. For the sake of his religion. For the sake of his people. For the sake of humanity. لعلكم تفلرون. So we pray that Allah سبحانه وتعالى that he blesses us with firm faith. He blesses us all to be that مؤمن قوي. That Allah سبحانه وتعالى blesses us with تقوى. That he blesses us to be the people of تقوى. That he fills our souls with تقوى. So that we're eager to implement his orders. And we're eager to avoid the things he's prohibited. And we ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى that he blesses us with the means that draws near to him. That he blesses us with those means. And he makes us, he blesses us to be amongst the مقربين. Those who are nearest to him. The مقربين. And that Allah تعالى blesses us to be amongst the جاهدين. Those who struggle for his sake. And as you said in a way appropriate for our situation. And with wisdom. One of our scholars described wisdom and حكمة. He said فيرو ما ينبغي. بالأسلوب الذي ينبغي في الوقت الذي ينبغي. During what is appropriate in the most appropriate manner at the most appropriate time. May Allah تعالى bless us the people of wisdom. May he bless us to be people who struggle. And may he bless us to be successful. And if we're sincere. And if our faith is firm. And we do live the life of the believers. We will be successful. Allah تعالى has already mentioned that. قد أفلح المنون. قد أسلح المؤمنون. May Allah bless us to have the descriptions of those successful believers. I will say this. I will stop this. I will stop this. And I will ask the believers. I will stop this. على سيد المرسلين سيدنا وحبيبنا ورسولنا وفرات عيننا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم عبدوا ورسول. May Allah bless us. May Allah protect us. May Allah strengthen us. May Allah bless all of those Muslims who are struggling everywhere for to live a dignified life. To live a life befitting of the believers. To attain their basic human dignity that wasn't given them by the universal declaration of human rights. It wasn't given to them by this or that Constitution. It wasn't given to them by some principles that someone introduced. It was given to all of us by Allah سبحانه وتعالى when He declared in the Qur'an وَلَقَدْ كَرْرَمْنَا بَنِ عَدَرْ that we have been noble the human being. May Allah bless us all to attain to that nobility. To maintain that nobility. To hold fast to that nobility. May Allah bless us to be successful. الله مغفر للمسلمين والمسلمان. والمؤمنين والمؤمنان. الأشياء منهم ولا مواقع. ربنا لا تزكلو بنا. بعد إذهدتنا. وحبلنا باللدوك رحل لك أنت الوحاب. ربنا أفرق علينا الصبر. واتبت أقدامنا. وانصرنا علي الهوم الكافرين. ربنا أفرق علينا الصبر. واتبت أقدامنا. وتوثنا مسلمين. وعفوا عما. مغفق لنا. ورحمنا. أنت مولانا خونصورنا. علي القوم الكافرين. الله مئنا نعوذ بك من الحم والحزن. ونعوذ بك من العجز والكسل. ونعوذ بك من الجن والبخل. ونعوذ بك من غرفت الدين. وقهر الرجال. الله مقسم لنا من خشيات. تما تعوذ به بيننا. وبين معاصيد. ومن طاعتك ما تبلغونا. بها جنكك. ومن يقين ما يهون علينا. ما صائب الدنيا. وماتعنا. باسماعنا. وقصارنا. وقواتنا. ما حييتنا. وجعله الوارث همنا. وجعل فأرنا على من غونمنا. ونصورنا على من عدانا. ولا تجعل مصيبتنا في ديننا. ولا تجعل الدنيا أكبر همنا. ولا مبلغعنمنا. ولا تسلط علينا بذنوبنا. من لا يخافك ولا يرحمنا. يا أرحم الراحنين. وما الراحنين. وعفو عنا. ووفينانا. وارحمنا. وفي إراط. وفي كاشمير. في أفغانستان. في بكستان. في هن. في بانغال. في أفغانستان. الله منصور اخوانا المسلمين الخصوما معال في السومال وفي مصر وفي الشامل الله ومنصر خاننا واقواتنا المسلمات في الشامل وفي الليبيا في تونس في الجزائر في المغرب مورتانيا في سنغال في مال في نيجيريا في كل مكان يا الله الله منصرنا في هذا البلد الله منصرنا في هذا البلد والحمد لله رب العالمين وصل الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم أكمل صلاة يا رحم