 So let's begin, Innal Hamda Lillah, certainly, without a doubt, all praise, thanks, and gratitude belongs to Allah, subhanahu ta'ala. Na'amud-duhu for that reason we praise him. We ask for help, assistance, and all matters of life. And we ask for forgiveness when we call short. And we put our trust, unconditional trust in him. Inna hamda lillahi na'amud-duhu wa nasda'inhu wa nasta'afirhu wa numinu bihi wa naka'wakal wa alayhi. Full trust. Wa na'udu billahi min shuroori anfusina wa min sayi'ati a'malina. Allah says in his book, Ba'udu billahi min ash-shaytanu rajim, ya ayyuhal ladina amanu believers, all of you, addressing all of you. May Allah have awareness of Allah, have consciousness of Allah, have your Allah's presence all the time with all the conducts that you carry. Haqqatu qatihi dewehi deserzat, falata mutunna illa wa antum muslimoon, don't you dare. See, falata mutunna, if you read the Arabic syntax, it's incredible, it is not light, it's very, very heavy, with tons of emphasis in it. Don't you dare. What I just said that you forgot, that you are dying, leaving this world, and you forgot to be in a full state of submission. That's Allah's command for you. You know, often in Quran, there are areas we can reflect. One of the questions comes up from a community all the time, or for ourselves all the time is dua, supplication. What do I make dua and in which circumstance can I make which dua? We ask this all the time, right? There are numerous dua books, you know that, and there are numerous du'as in the ahadith as well. But I found an incredible source that I'm going to, I'm happy to say it to you all and there are embedded lessons in this. There are du'as in the Quran, there are some awesome du'as in the Quran. And why do I love those? Here's why I love it. Because Allah, your creator, my creator, he is teaching the Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam saying, you say this, dua, which all of them starts with what? Qul, say, in certain circumstance. So here's one such dua for today, inshallah, and that will be the topic of our discussions for the next few minutes. Quite a few lessons. Go to point one or two and you can extrapolate out of that multiple other lessons yourselves. I'll give you the address, maybe perhaps you go and read it yourself and have a discussion tonight with the family around dinner table. What an awesome activity to do so. So the address is this, surat al-asrah, surah 17, ayah number 80. That's where I'm focused today. My focus is that. And what is that? Qul, say, the context behind it. And put this situation, I'm going to give you the historical context, really briefly in the next few seconds, and you put yourself in that situation. Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam went to the Isra'a and Me'araj, the ascension, went to the heavens, and after meeting all those incredible people there and talking to Allah directly, came back on earth and people were making fun of him, right? You know the history, you know the seerah. Everyone was making fun of him, specifically the non-believers, and that was that gave him even additional weapon to make fun even further, to the point that they wanted to assassinate him, to want to take his life, and they planned all of that. Well, he needed some avenue, and this is what Allah said, say this word, say these words to him, which means put yourself in a situation, any kind of tough situation that you are, whatever that might be, financial situation, situations, challenges with the kids, challenges with the family, challenges with friends, challenges with your cousin, challenges with any, you know, marital challenges, whatever challenge that you are in, memorize this dua, and make this dua, and there's a, I'm going to point one, in carburel element of this, what is Allah saying? Say, Rabbi, oh my master, oh Ya Allah, oh my Lord, however you want to translate this, you know what dakhala is, right, to enter, entrance, so pay attention to this one, he is, Allah's teaching him saying, enter me, enter me in a really nice, awesome, sound entrance, and ahrijni kharaja means to leave and extract me from, and really sound exit, what does that really mean? So put yourself in situations, as I said, if you're in a condition that you're challenged, you want to exit, exit the challenge first, then find an avenue, find an area to put yourself in a better situation, exiting this first, entrance, the second, Allah flipped it here, why, what do you mean by flipping, adekhali edakhal, to dakhala is to enter, so he's giving you in a really, really important lesson, and here's the lesson, always be positive in anything that comes to you, anything is tossed at you, be positive, look in a positive outlook, this is what Allah is saying here, adekhali enter me, I know in the historical perspective, I know these non-believers, these enemies are trying to do everything to sabotage my mission and trying to get rid of me, that is tough, maybe you lost a job, maybe your promotion wasn't the way you were expecting, maybe you're having a tough time with the kids, whatever that might be, don't think in a negative perspective, put yourself in a positive situation, first Allah says, what does that mean? That means Allah saying, put yourself in a way that you will be with the truth. Sadaq means also truth, put yourself with the truth, commit yourself with the truth, even though whatever situation that you have seen that is not looking good, think something positive will come out of that, well it's easy for us to say, how are you going to do this? That's the second part of this lesson, how are you going to do this? The second part of the lesson says, You may not have that capability, but you rely, remember when I started the khutbah saying, put your full and conditional trust on Allah, this is what Allah says here, put your trust in Allah and ask for help. What can I help? The kind of help that there's no one else is capable of giving you, milladunka from you, specifically from you, especially from you, from the areas that is impossible and imaginable for any human being or anyone to think about, gave me help from there. You're asking Allah for help, you're asking Allah for help, you're taking steps towards it and just prior to this ayah, if you look at, this was number 1780 in 78 and 79, I'm going to mention something else. There's another recipe for you. What is it you should do in this situation? You have heard this all, all of this before. I'm not trying to give you a new concept. The purpose of khutbah is you sit here for a few minutes with someone who's sitting in here, standing here to give you something to take with you. That's, that's what the purpose is and this is a reminder. Allah says, You have heard this ayah before. That's the first, that's the first lesson. When you face a tough situation, what does Allah recommending to you? Stand in prayer. Allah is telling you, stand in prayer, pray. And Allah mentions, what is this pray? Pray, he mentions a couple of type of prayers from the sunset until the darkness of the night and then Quran al-Fajr. How many of you, how many of us are laxities if when the Fajr time comes, we're not quite with it? Allah's telling you, Quran al-Fajr, the prayer of the Fajr is incredibly important to communicate with him, with your creator to ask your creator. Quran al-Fajr is mentioned, time of Fajr. You know what Fajr is, Fajr prayer. That's what Allah saying. On top of it, Allah says, here's another avenue for you to help yourself. Well, I mean, then lately, if I tahajjad be he, you know tahajjad, you know that word, you've heard that before, Allah says, on top of it, on top of that, carve some time for yourself, carve some time for yourself to do tahajjad. To another way, talk to your God, talk to your master. Well, there's a few elements. You gotta know what you're saying when the time of prayer comes, right? You have to know what you're saying. The best communication, with Allah, when you're in a tough situation, stand in prayer. And Allah's giving you the recipe here. I was listening to, from my daughter's class, the online, some sort of class was there last night, and something really was intriguing to me. I was like, wow, we have said this over and over again. Quran is the revelation, Quran is the light, Quran is this, Quran is that. But what that guy said to the kids was like, have you guys seen a flashlight in a dark night? What is the purpose of flashlight? I'm like, wow, it is incredible. Flashlight, you turn it on and you try to find a path. And he's like, guides you. This is what the purpose of Quran is. In Surat Al-Hadeed, Allah says, different topic, different day, but this is my favorite saying of Imam Tahir. He's like, different topic, different day. And that's true, this is a different topic and different, Allah says in Surat Al-Hadeed, on the last day humanity will come, believers will come, and each one will have different light coming out of their chests. Some will be flickering, just seeing a couple of steps in front. Some will be a little bit further, a couple of feet, some will be a couple of yards, company couple of hundred feet. Some of them will be like a sunlight is just illuminates the path. Why? Because these people incorporated this, these lessons, these lessons, they never ever, ever wavered from the truth, from the path. This is what Allah is saying. Regardless of what circumstances hit you, do not waver from the truth, from the path. That's the lesson. Quran al-Fajr, Fata Hadjad Bihi, Allah mentions Quran, Quran, Quran. And if you, I'm gonna give you the other homework, ayah number 81. This is not part of this. Look at that. It completely ties the entire lesson, which is phenomenal. I you heard this before multiple times. I'm not gonna give you the translation. I'm gonna just read it to you. You go and read it yourself and think about it. Waqul jaa al-haqw wa zahaq al-batil. Inna batil, inna al-batila kana zahuqa. How many times have you heard that in a context of an Asir and all that? But here's the context behind it. Aqul qawli astaghfirullah liyuhakum astaghfiruhu innahu al-ghafururah. Inna al-hamda lillah wa's-salatu wa's-salama Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Allah says in his book, and this is something that you all should do, especially on Fridays, especially has been said, there's a narration between Asir and Maghrib. And what am I talking about? Here's what I'm talking about. Inna allahu wa malaiqatahu yasalluna al-nabi. Certainly Allah, certainly Allah. Think about this. Just think about this. This is another khabah on its own. Allah and all the angelic forms. I don't know how many angels are there. Everyone, they do one thing. Yusalluna, at the present form of a verb. Yusallun means continuously on a continuous basis, not one off. What do they do on a continuous basis? They send salutations. Salam and blessings are upon our Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Ya ayyuhu al-ladheena aamunu All of you believers, sallahu alaihi wa sallimu taslima Allahumma salli ala Muhammadin wa ala ala ala Muhammad Kama sallayta ala Ibrahim wa ala ala ala Ibrahim Innaka hameedun majeed Allahumma barika ala Muhammadin wa ala ala Muhammad Kama barakta ala Ibrahim wa ala ala Ibrahim Innaka hameedun majeed Let's pray. Rabbana la tu'akhidna inna sinna wa haqta'na Rabbana wa la tahmal alayna israan Kama hamalta wa ala ala aladheena min qablina Rabbana wa la tahmal na Ma la taqta lana bih Wa'afu anna wa gafil lana wa rahmna Anta maulana fan surna ala ala qawma al-kaafirin Ameen. And I will leave you with this. Last advice from the Quran. As you hear, every khutba will conclude with this advice. And what is that advice? I've said this enough times. Lifting my fingers and all that stuff. Hey, let's do this again. Let's do this again. Three things Allah says you do and three things you do not do under no circumstance. Do, don't. Do, don't. What are the do's?