1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,399 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. 2 00:00:03,399 --> 00:00:06,870 The echo of the callers. 3 00:00:06,870 --> 00:00:12,589 It is Allah, Glorious is His Majesty. 4 00:00:12,589 --> 00:00:14,990 A sermon by the honorable Sheikh 5 00:00:14,990 --> 00:00:17,589 Khalid Ibn Abdullah al-Hammudi. 6 00:00:17,589 --> 00:00:22,649 Praise be to Allah, eternally and everlastingly. 7 00:00:22,649 --> 00:00:26,329 We associate no one with Him. 8 00:00:26,329 --> 00:00:29,750 Blessed is Allah, the Eternal Refuge, the Self-Sufficient. 9 00:00:29,750 --> 00:00:34,149 He has neither taken a companion nor a child. 10 00:00:34,350 --> 00:00:37,420 Nor does He have a partner or a supporter. 11 00:00:37,420 --> 00:00:40,509 Praise be to Allah for His blessings. 12 00:00:40,509 --> 00:00:43,539 Praise be to Allah for His favors. 13 00:00:43,539 --> 00:00:46,539 Praise be to Allah for His wisdom. 14 00:00:46,539 --> 00:00:52,539 Praise be to Allah, whose names shine with the most magnificent praises. 15 00:00:52,539 --> 00:00:56,539 Whose bounties follow in the most precious gifts. 16 00:00:56,539 --> 00:01:00,539 Whose favors succeed one another in the most blessed of goodness. 17 00:01:00,740 --> 00:01:05,810 I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah, alone, with no partner. 18 00:01:05,810 --> 00:01:09,840 The Sovereign, the Truth, the Exalted, the Great. 19 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,840 Exalted is He in His divinity and His lordship 20 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:15,840 Above having a partner or a minister. 21 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,840 And sanctified is He in His self-sufficiency 22 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,840 Above having a companion or a child, 23 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,840 Or a protector or a helper. 24 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,840 And I bear witness that our master and our Prophet, 25 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,840 Our beloved Muhammad, is the servant of Allah, 26 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:33,040 His messenger, His chosen one, and His intimate friend. 27 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,040 The illuminating lamp, 28 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,040 The bringer of glad tidings and the warner. 29 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,040 The greatest man who magnified Allah, 30 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,040 Who sanctified Allah, 31 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,040 Who honored Allah, 32 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,040 Who exalted Allah, 33 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,040 And who feared Allah. 34 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:53,040 May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, his family, his Companions, and his followers, 35 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,040 Who magnified Allah, 36 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,040 And may He grant them abundant peace until the Day of Judgment. 37 00:01:59,239 --> 00:02:01,239 Now then, servants of Allah, 38 00:02:01,239 --> 00:02:04,239 I advise you and myself to fear Allah, 39 00:02:04,239 --> 00:02:08,240 For it is the commandment of Allah to us and to those before us. 40 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,240 “Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. And We charged those who received the Scripture before you, and (We charge) you, that ye keep your duty toward Allah. And if ye disbelieve, lo! unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and Allah is ever Absolute, Owner of Praise.” (4:131) 41 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,560 “Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. And We charged those who received the Scripture before you, and (We charge) you, that ye keep your duty toward Allah. And if ye disbelieve, lo! unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and Allah is ever Absolute, Owner of Praise.” (4:131) 42 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,560 O community of believers, 43 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,719 We shall speak today 44 00:02:18,719 --> 00:02:21,939 About the most beautiful thing in life, 45 00:02:21,939 --> 00:02:23,939 The greatest thing in life, 46 00:02:23,939 --> 00:02:25,939 The sweetest, 47 00:02:25,939 --> 00:02:26,939 The most perfect, 48 00:02:26,939 --> 00:02:28,939 And the best thing in life. 49 00:02:29,139 --> 00:02:32,139 If our hearts are filled with this matter, 50 00:02:32,139 --> 00:02:34,139 We shall be happy, 51 00:02:34,139 --> 00:02:35,139 We shall rejoice, 52 00:02:35,139 --> 00:02:37,139 We shall find peace, 53 00:02:37,139 --> 00:02:40,139 And we shall live as the happy ones in all our states. 54 00:02:40,139 --> 00:02:42,139 Our topic, O servants of Allah, 55 00:02:42,139 --> 00:02:44,139 Our topic 56 00:02:44,139 --> 00:02:46,139 Is about Allah, 57 00:02:46,139 --> 00:02:48,139 Glorious is His Majesty, 58 00:02:48,139 --> 00:02:50,139 And sanctified are His names. 59 00:02:50,139 --> 00:02:52,139 The most known of all that is known, 60 00:02:52,139 --> 00:02:54,139 He needs no definition. 61 00:02:54,139 --> 00:02:56,139 In His hand is the command and the disposal of all affairs. 62 00:02:56,139 --> 00:02:58,139 It is Allah. 63 00:02:58,340 --> 00:03:00,340 His scale is exalted, 64 00:03:00,340 --> 00:03:02,340 His benevolence is beautiful, 65 00:03:02,340 --> 00:03:04,340 And His grace is abundant. 66 00:03:04,340 --> 00:03:06,340 It is Allah. 67 00:03:06,340 --> 00:03:08,340 His party is victorious, 68 00:03:08,340 --> 00:03:10,340 His enemy is defeated, 69 00:03:10,340 --> 00:03:12,340 And his adversary is cut off. 70 00:03:12,340 --> 00:03:14,340 He crushes the tyrants, 71 00:03:14,340 --> 00:03:16,340 He destroys the arrogant, 72 00:03:16,340 --> 00:03:18,340 And He tears apart those who harm Him. 73 00:03:18,340 --> 00:03:20,340 It is Allah, 74 00:03:20,340 --> 00:03:22,340 Whose station is exalted, 75 00:03:22,340 --> 00:03:24,340 And whose authority is strong. 76 00:03:24,340 --> 00:03:26,340 He is greater than everything, 77 00:03:26,539 --> 00:03:28,539 He is master over everything, 78 00:03:28,539 --> 00:03:30,539 And He creates everything. 79 00:03:30,539 --> 00:03:32,539 So there is no deity but Allah, 80 00:03:32,539 --> 00:03:34,539 And Allah is the Greatest. 81 00:03:34,539 --> 00:03:35,539 Yes, 82 00:03:35,539 --> 00:03:37,539 Allah is the Greatest. 83 00:03:37,539 --> 00:03:39,539 It demolishes the strongholds of the hypocrites. 84 00:03:39,539 --> 00:03:41,539 Allah is the Greatest. 85 00:03:41,539 --> 00:03:43,539 It defeats the armies of the traitors. 86 00:03:43,539 --> 00:03:45,539 Allah is the Greatest. 87 00:03:45,539 --> 00:03:47,539 It shatters the dens of the corrupt. 88 00:03:47,539 --> 00:03:49,539 Allah is the Greatest. 89 00:03:49,539 --> 00:03:51,539 How forbearing He is toward the tyrants! 90 00:03:51,539 --> 00:03:53,539 Allah is the Greatest. 91 00:03:53,539 --> 00:03:55,539 How patient He is with the disobedient! 92 00:03:55,740 --> 00:03:57,740 Allah is the Greatest. 93 00:03:57,740 --> 00:03:59,740 How severe is His punishment against those who show Him enmity! 94 00:03:59,740 --> 00:04:02,099 It is Allah, Glorious is His Majesty. 95 00:04:02,099 --> 00:04:04,099 The heavens have glorified Him, 96 00:04:04,099 --> 00:04:06,099 And their inhabitants, 97 00:04:06,099 --> 00:04:08,099 The stars and their orbits, 98 00:04:08,099 --> 00:04:10,099 The earth and its dwellers, 99 00:04:10,099 --> 00:04:12,099 The seas and their whales, 100 00:04:12,099 --> 00:04:14,099 The masters and their slaves, 101 00:04:14,099 --> 00:04:16,100 The rains and their thunder, 102 00:04:16,100 --> 00:04:18,100 The trees and their fruits, 103 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:20,100 And the homes and their ruins. 104 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:22,100 Do you not see? 105 00:04:22,100 --> 00:04:24,100 “Hast thou not seen that Allah, He it is Whom all who are in the heavens and the earth praise, and the birds in their flight? Of each He knoweth verily the worship and the praise; and Allah is Aware of what they do.” (24:41) 106 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:26,300 Whoever is in the heavens and the earth, 107 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:28,300 And the birds with wings outspread? 108 00:04:28,300 --> 00:04:30,300 Each has known 109 00:04:30,300 --> 00:04:32,300 Its prayer and its glorification. 110 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:34,300 And Allah is Knowing of what 111 00:04:34,300 --> 00:04:36,300 They do. 112 00:04:36,300 --> 00:04:38,300 Glory be to You, glory be to You. 113 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:40,300 Everyone acknowledges Your generosity, 114 00:04:40,300 --> 00:04:42,300 For You are the Creator of their nature, 115 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:44,300 The Provider for their needs, 116 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:46,300 The One who holds them by their forelocks, 117 00:04:46,300 --> 00:04:48,300 The One from whose punishment 118 00:04:48,300 --> 00:04:50,300 One seeks refuge in Your pardon, 119 00:04:50,300 --> 00:04:52,300 And from whose wrath one seeks refuge in Your pleasure. 120 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:54,500 Except for those upon whom 121 00:04:54,500 --> 00:04:56,500 The word of punishment has been justified, 122 00:04:56,500 --> 00:04:58,500 For the decree is inevitable for them. 123 00:04:58,500 --> 00:05:00,500 And by Allah, O servants of Allah, 124 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:02,500 I swear by Allah, 125 00:05:02,500 --> 00:05:04,500 If we were to glorify Allah 126 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:06,500 Night and day, 127 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:08,500 Secretly and openly, 128 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:10,500 We would not fulfill the right of Allah, 129 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:12,500 Nor would we reach the greatness of Allah, 130 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:14,500 His glory, and His majesty, 131 00:05:14,500 --> 00:05:16,500 By the weight of an atom. 132 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:18,500 So glory be to Him. 133 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:20,500 “Therefor Glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion over all things! Unto Him ye will be brought back.” (36:83) 134 00:05:20,699 --> 00:05:22,699 And to Him you shall return. 135 00:05:22,699 --> 00:05:24,699 Glory be to Him who remains 136 00:05:24,699 --> 00:05:26,699 Glorified forever, 137 00:05:26,699 --> 00:05:28,699 And there is no glorification for any other. 138 00:05:28,699 --> 00:05:30,699 Glory be to Him from whom nothing 139 00:05:30,699 --> 00:05:31,699 Conceals His knowledge, 140 00:05:31,699 --> 00:05:33,699 For the secret is as clear to Him 141 00:05:33,699 --> 00:05:34,699 As the public declaration. 142 00:05:34,699 --> 00:05:36,699 Glory be to Him whose 143 00:05:36,699 --> 00:05:37,699 Decrees run according to 144 00:05:37,699 --> 00:05:39,699 What He wills, 145 00:05:39,699 --> 00:05:41,699 Whether hidden or manifest. 146 00:05:41,699 --> 00:05:43,699 Glory be to Him who remains, 147 00:05:43,699 --> 00:05:45,699 And whose provision for the worlds 148 00:05:45,699 --> 00:05:47,699 Is guaranteed by Him. 149 00:05:47,699 --> 00:05:49,699 Glory be to Him in whose remembrance, 150 00:05:49,699 --> 00:05:51,699 And in the provision of contentment from Him, 151 00:05:51,699 --> 00:05:53,699 There is life and fragrance. 152 00:05:53,699 --> 00:05:55,699 Servants of Allah, 153 00:05:55,699 --> 00:05:57,699 O community of believers, 154 00:05:57,699 --> 00:05:59,699 Why speak about Allah, 155 00:05:59,699 --> 00:06:01,699 The Possessor of greatness and majesty? 156 00:06:01,699 --> 00:06:03,699 Because speaking about Allah 157 00:06:03,699 --> 00:06:05,699 Is the greatest speech, 158 00:06:05,699 --> 00:06:07,699 The most comprehensive speech, 159 00:06:07,699 --> 00:06:09,699 And the sweetest speech. 160 00:06:09,699 --> 00:06:11,699 Why speak about Allah? 161 00:06:11,699 --> 00:06:13,699 Because the entire Qur'an came 162 00:06:13,699 --> 00:06:15,699 To speak about Him, 163 00:06:15,699 --> 00:06:17,699 About His greatness, 164 00:06:17,699 --> 00:06:19,699 His prohibitions, His decrees, 165 00:06:19,699 --> 00:06:21,699 His disposal of affairs, 166 00:06:21,699 --> 00:06:23,699 And His management of creation. 167 00:06:23,699 --> 00:06:25,699 Why speak about Allah 168 00:06:25,699 --> 00:06:27,699 And His greatness? Because the greatness 169 00:06:27,699 --> 00:06:29,699 Of the Great, the Mighty, the Compeller 170 00:06:29,699 --> 00:06:31,699 Has weakened in the hearts of many 171 00:06:31,699 --> 00:06:33,699 People, so they transgressed 172 00:06:33,699 --> 00:06:35,699 Against the sanctities of Allah and acted arrogantly, 173 00:06:35,699 --> 00:06:37,699 And they neglected the right of Allah and committed injustice. 174 00:06:37,699 --> 00:06:39,699 Thus, the awe of Allah 175 00:06:39,699 --> 00:06:41,699 Weakened in their hearts, 176 00:06:41,699 --> 00:06:43,699 They forgot the power of Allah, 177 00:06:43,699 --> 00:06:45,699 They became heedless of the might of Allah, 178 00:06:45,699 --> 00:06:47,699 And they did not estimate the strength of Allah, 179 00:06:47,699 --> 00:06:49,699 Nor did they estimate the punishment of Allah. 180 00:06:49,699 --> 00:06:52,019 So here we are today, 181 00:06:52,019 --> 00:06:54,019 O servants of Allah, 182 00:06:54,019 --> 00:06:56,019 Speaking about Him, 183 00:06:56,019 --> 00:06:58,019 While life fills our faces, 184 00:06:58,019 --> 00:07:00,019 And shame covers our hearts. 185 00:07:00,019 --> 00:07:02,019 For who are we 186 00:07:02,019 --> 00:07:04,019 To praise Him or glorify Him, 187 00:07:04,019 --> 00:07:06,019 Or to laud Him? 188 00:07:06,019 --> 00:07:08,019 But we offer our excuse before Him, 189 00:07:08,019 --> 00:07:10,019 That we are unable 190 00:07:10,019 --> 00:07:12,019 To speak about 191 00:07:12,019 --> 00:07:14,019 All of His greatness, 192 00:07:14,019 --> 00:07:16,019 Or to encompass it in measure 193 00:07:16,019 --> 00:07:18,019 And knowledge. 194 00:07:18,019 --> 00:07:20,019 But our topic today 195 00:07:20,019 --> 00:07:22,019 Is nothing 196 00:07:22,019 --> 00:07:24,019 But an atom of His greatness, 197 00:07:24,019 --> 00:07:26,019 And an exposition 198 00:07:26,019 --> 00:07:28,019 Of a portion 199 00:07:28,019 --> 00:07:30,019 Of His majesty and His awe. 200 00:07:30,019 --> 00:07:32,019 It is Allah, 201 00:07:32,019 --> 00:07:34,019 The most worthy of being praised, 202 00:07:34,019 --> 00:07:36,019 The most magnificent of those mentioned, 203 00:07:36,019 --> 00:07:38,019 And the greatest of those who are worshipped, 204 00:07:38,019 --> 00:07:40,019 He is Allah, before whose majesty 205 00:07:40,019 --> 00:07:42,019 all existing things are humbled, 206 00:07:42,019 --> 00:07:44,019 and to whose might all creation submits. 207 00:07:44,019 --> 00:07:46,019 Everything, therefore, 208 00:07:46,019 --> 00:07:48,019 is in need of Him, 209 00:07:48,019 --> 00:07:50,019 while He is free of need for them. 210 00:07:50,019 --> 00:07:52,019 “Seek they other than the religion of Allah, when unto Him submitteth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and unto Him they will be returned.” (3:83) 211 00:07:52,019 --> 00:07:54,019 and the earth, willingly 212 00:07:54,019 --> 00:07:56,019 or unwillingly, 213 00:07:56,019 --> 00:07:58,019 and to Him you shall return. 214 00:07:58,019 --> 00:08:00,019 He is Allah, the Magnificent. 215 00:08:00,019 --> 00:08:02,019 Exalted is He, for 216 00:08:02,019 --> 00:08:04,019 everything submits to His command, 217 00:08:04,019 --> 00:08:06,019 and yields to His judgment 218 00:08:06,019 --> 00:08:08,019 and His wisdom, and all are under 219 00:08:08,019 --> 00:08:10,019 His power and His subjugation. 220 00:08:10,019 --> 00:08:12,019 He is Allah, whose greatness is such 221 00:08:12,019 --> 00:08:14,019 that nothing is greater than He. 222 00:08:14,019 --> 00:08:16,019 His Kursi encompasses the heavens 223 00:08:16,019 --> 00:08:18,019 and the earth, and it does not weary Him 224 00:08:18,019 --> 00:08:20,019 to preserve them, and He is the Most High, 225 00:08:20,019 --> 00:08:22,019 the Almighty. He is Allah, 226 00:08:22,019 --> 00:08:24,019 the King, 227 00:08:24,019 --> 00:08:26,019 who manages the affairs of His servants, 228 00:08:26,019 --> 00:08:28,019 who commands and forbids, 229 00:08:28,019 --> 00:08:30,019 who gives and withholds, 230 00:08:30,019 --> 00:08:32,019 who abases and exalts. 231 00:08:32,019 --> 00:08:34,019 His commands are successive, 232 00:08:34,019 --> 00:08:36,019 throughout the passage of time, 233 00:08:36,019 --> 00:08:38,019 and effective 234 00:08:38,019 --> 00:08:40,019 by His will and decree. 235 00:08:40,019 --> 00:08:42,019 Whatever He wills, happens, 236 00:08:42,019 --> 00:08:44,019 and whatever He does not will, does not happen. 237 00:08:44,019 --> 00:08:46,019 “All that are in the heavens and the earth entreat Him. Every day He exerciseth (universal) power.” (55:29) 238 00:08:46,019 --> 00:08:48,019 Every day, 239 00:08:48,019 --> 00:08:50,019 He is in a state of manifestation. 240 00:08:50,019 --> 00:08:52,019 Among His affairs 241 00:08:52,019 --> 00:08:54,019 is to relieve distress, 242 00:08:54,019 --> 00:08:56,019 to mend the brokenhearted, 243 00:08:56,019 --> 00:08:58,019 to enrich the poor, 244 00:08:58,019 --> 00:09:00,019 and to answer the call. 245 00:09:00,019 --> 00:09:02,019 He said of Himself: 246 00:09:02,019 --> 00:09:04,019 “And We have created above you seven paths, and We are never unmindful of creation.” (23:17) 247 00:09:04,019 --> 00:09:06,019 His knowledge encompasses everything, 248 00:09:06,019 --> 00:09:08,019 what has been, 249 00:09:08,019 --> 00:09:10,019 and what has not been—if it were to be, how it would be. 250 00:09:10,019 --> 00:09:12,019 Not even an atom moves, 251 00:09:12,019 --> 00:09:14,019 or anything greater than it, 252 00:09:14,019 --> 00:09:16,019 except by His permission. 253 00:09:16,019 --> 00:09:18,019 And no leaf falls 254 00:09:18,019 --> 00:09:20,019 except by His knowledge. 255 00:09:20,019 --> 00:09:22,019 Nothing is hidden from Him. 256 00:09:22,019 --> 00:09:24,019 To Him, the secret and the public are the same. 257 00:09:24,019 --> 00:09:26,019 He, the Exalted, said: 258 00:09:26,019 --> 00:09:28,019 "It is the same among you, 259 00:09:28,019 --> 00:09:30,019 “Alike of you is he who hideth the saying and he who noiseth it abroad, he who lurketh in the night and he who goeth freely in the daytime.” (13:10) 260 00:09:30,019 --> 00:09:32,019 “Alike of you is he who hideth the saying and he who noiseth it abroad, he who lurketh in the night and he who goeth freely in the daytime.” (13:10) 261 00:09:32,019 --> 00:09:34,019 and one who moves by night and one who moves by day." 262 00:09:34,019 --> 00:09:36,019 He is Allah, 263 00:09:36,019 --> 00:09:38,019 who hears the voices of all creatures 264 00:09:38,019 --> 00:09:40,019 while He is upon His Throne, exalted is He. 265 00:09:40,019 --> 00:09:42,019 His angels, 266 00:09:42,019 --> 00:09:44,019 those brought near, knew 267 00:09:44,019 --> 00:09:46,019 His greatness, so they feared Him, 268 00:09:46,019 --> 00:09:48,019 and magnified Him. 269 00:09:48,019 --> 00:09:50,019 The messengers knew His greatness, 270 00:09:50,019 --> 00:09:52,019 so they stood firm in His worship, 271 00:09:52,019 --> 00:09:54,019 and called their peoples to His oneness, 272 00:09:54,019 --> 00:09:56,019 and to His love. 273 00:09:56,019 --> 00:09:58,019 Our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 274 00:09:58,019 --> 00:10:00,019 the last of the prophets 275 00:10:00,019 --> 00:10:02,019 and messengers, 276 00:10:02,019 --> 00:10:04,019 was the greatest in magnifying his Lord. 277 00:10:04,019 --> 00:10:06,019 He, peace be upon him, explained 278 00:10:06,019 --> 00:10:08,019 something of His greatness, 279 00:10:08,019 --> 00:10:10,019 exalted is He, 280 00:10:10,019 --> 00:10:12,019 in what He has created. 281 00:10:12,019 --> 00:10:14,019 He, peace be upon him, said: 282 00:10:14,019 --> 00:10:16,019 "I have been permitted to speak 283 00:10:16,019 --> 00:10:18,019 about an angel 284 00:10:18,019 --> 00:10:20,019 from among the angels of Allah, 285 00:10:20,019 --> 00:10:22,019 one of the bearers of the Throne: 286 00:10:22,019 --> 00:10:24,019 the distance between his earlobe 287 00:10:24,019 --> 00:10:26,019 and his shoulder 288 00:10:26,019 --> 00:10:28,019 is a journey of 700 years." 289 00:10:28,019 --> 00:10:30,019 Narrated by Abu Dawud. 290 00:10:30,019 --> 00:10:32,019 Majestic is His glory. 291 00:10:32,019 --> 00:10:34,019 Great in His Lordship, 292 00:10:34,019 --> 00:10:36,019 great in His divinity, 293 00:10:36,019 --> 00:10:38,019 great in His names, 294 00:10:38,019 --> 00:10:40,019 and His attributes, 295 00:10:40,019 --> 00:10:42,019 great in His kingdom and His creation, 296 00:10:42,019 --> 00:10:44,019 great in His wisdom and His mercy, 297 00:10:44,019 --> 00:10:46,019 great in His management 298 00:10:46,019 --> 00:10:48,019 of the affairs of His creation, 299 00:10:48,019 --> 00:10:50,019 great in His judgment between His servants. 300 00:10:50,019 --> 00:10:52,019 Every greatness 301 00:10:52,019 --> 00:10:54,019 in existence 302 00:10:54,019 --> 00:10:56,019 is a proof of the greatness of its Creator 303 00:10:56,019 --> 00:10:58,019 and its Manager. 304 00:10:58,019 --> 00:11:00,019 Majestic is His glory, 305 00:11:00,019 --> 00:11:02,019 exalted in His highness, 306 00:11:02,019 --> 00:11:04,019 and magnified in His majesty. 307 00:11:04,019 --> 00:11:06,019 The heavens almost 308 00:11:06,019 --> 00:11:08,019 rupture from Him, 309 00:11:08,019 --> 00:11:10,019 the earth splits open, 310 00:11:10,019 --> 00:11:12,019 and the mountains fall down in ruin, 311 00:11:12,019 --> 00:11:14,019 “That ye ascribe unto the Beneficent a son,” (19:91) 312 00:11:14,019 --> 00:11:16,019 “That ye ascribe unto the Beneficent a son,” (19:91) 313 00:11:16,019 --> 00:11:18,019 and it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful 314 00:11:18,019 --> 00:11:20,019 that He should take a son. 315 00:11:20,019 --> 00:11:22,019 So there is no god 316 00:11:22,019 --> 00:11:24,019 but Allah. 317 00:11:24,019 --> 00:11:26,019 There is no god but Allah, 318 00:11:26,019 --> 00:11:28,019 and we worship none but Him, 319 00:11:28,019 --> 00:11:30,019 and we hope for none but Him. 320 00:11:30,019 --> 00:11:32,019 Great in authority 321 00:11:32,019 --> 00:11:34,019 and status. 322 00:11:34,019 --> 00:11:36,019 Successful is he who calls upon Him, 323 00:11:36,019 --> 00:11:38,019 happy is he who hopes in Him, 324 00:11:38,019 --> 00:11:40,019 and triumphant is he who takes Him as his Protector. 325 00:11:40,019 --> 00:11:42,019 He is Allah, 326 00:11:42,019 --> 00:11:44,019 yet many people 327 00:11:44,019 --> 00:11:46,019 have not appraised Allah with the appraisal due to Him. 328 00:11:46,019 --> 00:11:48,019 And the earth, all of it, 329 00:11:48,019 --> 00:11:50,019 will be in His grip on the Day of Resurrection, 330 00:11:50,019 --> 00:11:52,019 and the heavens will be folded 331 00:11:52,019 --> 00:11:54,019 in His right hand. 332 00:11:54,019 --> 00:11:56,019 Exalted is Allah above what they associate with Him. 333 00:11:56,019 --> 00:11:58,019 O Allah, make 334 00:11:58,019 --> 00:12:00,019 Your greatness in our hearts 335 00:12:00,019 --> 00:12:02,019 greater than everything, 336 00:12:02,019 --> 00:12:04,019 and larger than everything. 337 00:12:04,019 --> 00:12:06,019 O Allah, amen. 338 00:12:06,019 --> 00:12:08,019 May Allah bless me and you with the Great Qur'an, 339 00:12:08,019 --> 00:12:10,019 and benefit me and you 340 00:12:10,019 --> 00:12:12,019 with the verses and the wise reminder it contains. 341 00:12:12,019 --> 00:12:14,019 I say what you hear, 342 00:12:14,019 --> 00:12:16,019 and I seek forgiveness from Allah for me and for you, so seek His forgiveness, 343 00:12:16,019 --> 00:12:18,019 for He is the Forgiving, 344 00:12:18,019 --> 00:12:22,190 the Merciful. 345 00:12:22,190 --> 00:12:24,220 Praise be to Allah, 346 00:12:24,220 --> 00:12:26,220 Lord of the worlds, Lord of the good, 347 00:12:26,220 --> 00:12:28,220 God of the first and the last. 348 00:12:28,220 --> 00:12:30,350 And I bear witness that there is no god 349 00:12:30,350 --> 00:12:32,350 but Allah, 350 00:12:32,350 --> 00:12:34,350 alone, with no partner, the Eternal. 351 00:12:34,350 --> 00:12:36,539 And I bear witness that Muhammad 352 00:12:36,539 --> 00:12:38,539 is His servant and His messenger, 353 00:12:38,539 --> 00:12:40,539 the truthful, the trustworthy. 354 00:12:40,539 --> 00:12:42,539 O Allah, send prayers upon Muhammad 355 00:12:42,539 --> 00:12:44,539 and upon his family and all his companions. 356 00:12:44,539 --> 00:12:46,539 And now, servants of Allah, 357 00:12:46,539 --> 00:12:48,539 O community of believers, 358 00:12:48,539 --> 00:12:50,539 know that no matter how much 359 00:12:50,539 --> 00:12:52,539 the creation reaches in magnifying Allah, 360 00:12:52,539 --> 00:12:54,539 they remain incapable of [comprehending] His power 361 00:12:54,539 --> 00:12:56,539 and His greatness, majestic is His glory. 362 00:12:56,539 --> 00:12:58,539 For His right, the Almighty, 363 00:12:58,539 --> 00:13:00,539 is greater, 364 00:13:00,539 --> 00:13:02,539 and His status is larger. 365 00:13:02,539 --> 00:13:04,539 The believers in their Lord 366 00:13:04,539 --> 00:13:06,539 realize His greatness, 367 00:13:06,539 --> 00:13:08,539 acknowledge His Lordship, 368 00:13:08,539 --> 00:13:10,539 submit to His divinity, 369 00:13:10,539 --> 00:13:12,539 reflect upon 370 00:13:12,539 --> 00:13:14,539 His creations, 371 00:13:14,539 --> 00:13:16,539 are sincere in His worship, 372 00:13:16,539 --> 00:13:18,539 and do not associate anyone else with Him. 373 00:13:18,539 --> 00:13:20,539 They honor His law, 374 00:13:20,539 --> 00:13:22,539 observe His limits, 375 00:13:22,539 --> 00:13:24,539 comply with His commands, 376 00:13:24,539 --> 00:13:26,539 and avoid His prohibitions. 377 00:13:26,539 --> 00:13:28,539 When they hear His verses, 378 00:13:28,539 --> 00:13:30,539 their hearts are humbled, 379 00:13:30,539 --> 00:13:32,539 their skins shiver, 380 00:13:32,539 --> 00:13:34,539 and their eyes overflow 381 00:13:34,539 --> 00:13:36,539 with tears, 382 00:13:36,539 --> 00:13:38,539 and their tongues are busy with His remembrance, 383 00:13:38,539 --> 00:13:40,539 His glorification, 384 00:13:40,539 --> 00:13:42,539 His magnification, and His praise, 385 00:13:42,539 --> 00:13:44,539 out of love and reverence, 386 00:13:44,539 --> 00:13:46,539 and out of magnification and awe 387 00:13:46,539 --> 00:13:48,539 for their Master and their Creator, 388 00:13:48,539 --> 00:13:50,539 saying with their tongues: 389 00:13:50,539 --> 00:13:52,539 "Our Lord, 390 00:13:52,539 --> 00:13:54,539 You have not created this 391 00:13:54,539 --> 00:13:56,539 in vain; exalted are You, 392 00:13:56,539 --> 00:13:58,539 so protect us from the punishment of the Fire." 393 00:13:58,539 --> 00:14:00,539 So, servants of Allah, 394 00:14:00,539 --> 00:14:02,539 O servants of Allah, 395 00:14:02,539 --> 00:14:04,539 do not look at the smallness of the sin, 396 00:14:04,539 --> 00:14:06,539 but look 397 00:14:06,539 --> 00:14:08,539 at the greatness of the One you have disobeyed. 398 00:14:08,539 --> 00:14:10,539 Magnify Allah, 399 00:14:10,539 --> 00:14:12,539 O servants of Allah, in your hearts. 400 00:14:12,539 --> 00:14:14,539 Magnify Allah 401 00:14:14,539 --> 00:14:16,539 in your hearts. 402 00:14:16,539 --> 00:14:18,539 Magnify Allah in your hearts, 403 00:14:18,539 --> 00:14:20,539 and do not make Him 404 00:14:20,539 --> 00:14:22,539 the least of those watching you. 405 00:14:22,539 --> 00:14:24,539 Find happiness in that. 406 00:14:24,539 --> 00:14:26,539 If we do that and magnify Allah, 407 00:14:26,539 --> 00:14:28,539 we will be happy in this world 408 00:14:28,539 --> 00:14:30,539 and the Hereafter. 409 00:14:30,539 --> 00:14:32,539 O Allah, O Hearer of supplication, 410 00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:34,539 O Possessor of vast bounty, 411 00:14:34,539 --> 00:14:36,539 O You whom nothing can frustrate on earth, 412 00:14:36,539 --> 00:14:38,539 nor in the heavens. 413 00:14:38,539 --> 00:14:40,539 O Allah, place the magnification of You in our hearts, 414 00:14:40,539 --> 00:14:42,539 greater than everything, 415 00:14:42,539 --> 00:14:44,539 and larger than everything. 416 00:14:44,539 --> 00:14:46,539 May Your love in our hearts 417 00:14:46,539 --> 00:14:48,539 be dearer to us than cold water 418 00:14:48,539 --> 00:14:50,539 to the thirsty. 419 00:14:50,539 --> 00:14:52,539 O Allah, we ask You for Your fear in private and in public. 420 00:14:52,539 --> 00:14:54,539 We ask You for Your pleasure. 421 00:14:54,539 --> 00:14:56,539 We ask You for Your pleasure. 422 00:14:56,539 --> 00:14:58,539 We ask You for Your pleasure and Paradise. 423 00:14:58,539 --> 00:15:00,539 And we seek refuge in You from Your wrath and from the Fire. 424 00:15:00,539 --> 00:15:02,539 O Allah, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, 425 00:15:02,539 --> 00:15:04,539 forgive our sins, 426 00:15:04,539 --> 00:15:06,539 conceal our faults, 427 00:15:06,539 --> 00:15:08,539 and accept our repentance. 428 00:15:08,539 --> 00:15:10,539 And seal our deeds with righteousness. 429 00:15:10,539 --> 00:15:12,539 O Allah, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, 430 00:15:12,539 --> 00:15:14,539 O You who are capable of all things, 431 00:15:14,539 --> 00:15:16,539 and worthy of answering our prayers. 432 00:15:16,539 --> 00:15:18,539 O Hearer of supplication, 433 00:15:18,539 --> 00:15:20,539 O Possessor of vast bounty, 434 00:15:20,539 --> 00:15:22,539 O You whom nothing can frustrate on earth, 435 00:15:22,539 --> 00:15:24,539 nor in the heavens. 436 00:15:24,539 --> 00:15:26,539 O You who hear our speech, 437 00:15:26,539 --> 00:15:28,539 and see our place, 438 00:15:28,539 --> 00:15:30,539 and from whom nothing of our affairs is hidden. 439 00:15:30,539 --> 00:15:32,539 Just as You have gathered us upon these carpets, 440 00:15:32,539 --> 00:15:34,539 gather us beneath Your Throne, 441 00:15:34,539 --> 00:15:36,539 as brothers who love one another, 442 00:15:36,539 --> 00:15:38,539 sitting on thrones, facing one another. 443 00:15:38,539 --> 00:15:40,539 Grant us security in our homelands, 444 00:15:40,539 --> 00:15:42,539 and do not let us be overcome. 445 00:15:42,539 --> 00:15:44,539 Grant victory to our soldiers at the borders, 446 00:15:44,539 --> 00:15:46,539 and grant victory to our oppressed brothers 447 00:15:46,539 --> 00:15:48,539 everywhere. 448 00:15:48,539 --> 00:15:50,539 O Allah, rectify the state of the Muslims. 449 00:15:50,539 --> 00:15:52,539 O Allah, rectify the state of the Muslims. 450 00:15:52,539 --> 00:15:54,539 O Allah, lift this epidemic from us. 451 00:15:54,539 --> 00:15:56,539 O Allah, lift this epidemic from us. 452 00:15:56,539 --> 00:15:58,539 O Allah, lift this epidemic from us. 453 00:15:58,539 --> 00:16:00,539 And lift from us high prices, adultery, usury, 454 00:16:00,539 --> 00:16:02,539 earthquakes, and calamities, 455 00:16:02,539 --> 00:16:04,539 and the evil of tribulations, 456 00:16:04,539 --> 00:16:06,539 both those that are apparent and those that are hidden. 457 00:16:06,539 --> 00:16:08,539 O Allah, You are Allah, there is no god but You, 458 00:16:08,539 --> 00:16:09,779 and we are the needy. 459 00:16:09,779 --> 00:16:12,139 O Allah, send down rain upon us, 460 00:16:12,139 --> 00:16:14,139 and do not make us among the despairing. 461 00:16:14,139 --> 00:16:15,740 O Allah, grant us rain. 462 00:16:15,740 --> 00:16:17,580 O Allah, grant us rain. 463 00:16:17,580 --> 00:16:19,340 O Allah, grant us rain, 464 00:16:19,340 --> 00:16:21,139 a rain that is wholesome and refreshing, 465 00:16:21,139 --> 00:16:23,539 pouring, abundant, beneficial, and not harmful. 466 00:16:23,539 --> 00:16:26,460 Do not deprive us of the good that is with You because of the evil that is with us. 467 00:16:26,460 --> 00:16:28,740 And do not deprive us of Your favor because of our sins. 468 00:16:28,740 --> 00:16:29,580 O Lord, 469 00:16:29,580 --> 00:16:32,139 rectify our intentions and our offspring. 470 00:16:32,139 --> 00:16:35,539 Give us what we have wished for, and more than we have wished for, 471 00:16:35,539 --> 00:16:37,659 of the good of this world and the Hereafter. 472 00:16:37,659 --> 00:16:40,100 Illuminate the graves of those in the graves. 473 00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:42,779 Forgive the living and ease their affairs for them. 474 00:16:42,779 --> 00:16:44,419 Forgive our parents, 475 00:16:44,419 --> 00:16:46,620 and have mercy on them as they raised us when we were small. 476 00:16:46,620 --> 00:16:49,179 My Lord, have mercy on them as they raised me when I was small. 477 00:16:49,179 --> 00:16:51,019 O Allah, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, 478 00:16:51,019 --> 00:16:52,779 O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, 479 00:16:52,779 --> 00:16:55,340 we have called upon You in this blessed hour, 480 00:16:55,340 --> 00:16:57,139 and on this blessed day, 481 00:16:57,139 --> 00:16:59,220 and in this blessed place. 482 00:16:59,220 --> 00:17:01,259 You are too generous to turn us away. 483 00:17:01,259 --> 00:17:03,899 We know that You have many servants other than us, 484 00:17:03,899 --> 00:17:05,779 but we have no Lord other than You, 485 00:17:05,819 --> 00:17:08,059 and we have no god besides You. 486 00:17:08,059 --> 00:17:09,660 Answer, O Lord, our supplication, 487 00:17:09,660 --> 00:17:11,180 and grant us our request. 488 00:17:11,180 --> 00:17:13,859 O Allah, send peace and blessings upon our master, 489 00:17:13,859 --> 00:17:15,619 and our beloved, Muhammad, 490 00:17:15,619 --> 00:17:17,299 as long as those who remember You remember him, 491 00:17:17,299 --> 00:17:19,339 and as long as those who are heedless neglect to remember him. 492 00:17:19,339 --> 00:17:20,940 “Glorified be thy Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they attribute (unto Him)” (37:180) 493 00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:23,700 Exalted is He above what they describe, and peace be upon the messengers. 494 00:17:23,700 --> 00:17:25,700 And praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Mighty.