WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.399 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:06.870 The echo of the callers. 00:00:06.870 --> 00:00:12.589 It is Allah, Glorious is His Majesty. 00:00:12.589 --> 00:00:14.990 A sermon by the honorable Sheikh 00:00:14.990 --> 00:00:17.589 Khalid Ibn Abdullah al-Hammudi. 00:00:17.589 --> 00:00:22.649 Praise be to Allah, eternally and everlastingly. 00:00:22.649 --> 00:00:26.329 We associate no one with Him. 00:00:26.329 --> 00:00:29.750 Blessed is Allah, the Eternal Refuge, the Self-Sufficient. 00:00:29.750 --> 00:00:34.149 He has neither taken a companion nor a child. 00:00:34.350 --> 00:00:37.420 Nor does He have a partner or a supporter. 00:00:37.420 --> 00:00:40.509 Praise be to Allah for His blessings. 00:00:40.509 --> 00:00:43.539 Praise be to Allah for His favors. 00:00:43.539 --> 00:00:46.539 Praise be to Allah for His wisdom. 00:00:46.539 --> 00:00:52.539 Praise be to Allah, whose names shine with the most magnificent praises. 00:00:52.539 --> 00:00:56.539 Whose bounties follow in the most precious gifts. 00:00:56.539 --> 00:01:00.539 Whose favors succeed one another in the most blessed of goodness. 00:01:00.740 --> 00:01:05.810 I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah, alone, with no partner. 00:01:05.810 --> 00:01:09.840 The Sovereign, the Truth, the Exalted, the Great. 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:13.840 Exalted is He in His divinity and His lordship 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:15.840 Above having a partner or a minister. 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:18.840 And sanctified is He in His self-sufficiency 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:21.840 Above having a companion or a child, 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:23.840 Or a protector or a helper. 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.840 And I bear witness that our master and our Prophet, 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:29.840 Our beloved Muhammad, is the servant of Allah, 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:33.040 His messenger, His chosen one, and His intimate friend. 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:35.040 The illuminating lamp, 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:37.040 The bringer of glad tidings and the warner. 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:40.040 The greatest man who magnified Allah, 00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:42.040 Who sanctified Allah, 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:44.040 Who honored Allah, 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:46.040 Who exalted Allah, 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:48.040 And who feared Allah. 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, 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:55.040 Who magnified Allah, 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:59.040 And may He grant them abundant peace until the Day of Judgment. 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:01.239 Now then, servants of Allah, 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:04.239 I advise you and myself to fear Allah, 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:08.240 For it is the commandment of Allah to us and to those before us. 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) 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) 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:16.560 O community of believers, 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:18.719 We shall speak today 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:21.939 About the most beautiful thing in life, 00:02:21.939 --> 00:02:23.939 The greatest thing in life, 00:02:23.939 --> 00:02:25.939 The sweetest, 00:02:25.939 --> 00:02:26.939 The most perfect, 00:02:26.939 --> 00:02:28.939 And the best thing in life. 00:02:29.139 --> 00:02:32.139 If our hearts are filled with this matter, 00:02:32.139 --> 00:02:34.139 We shall be happy, 00:02:34.139 --> 00:02:35.139 We shall rejoice, 00:02:35.139 --> 00:02:37.139 We shall find peace, 00:02:37.139 --> 00:02:40.139 And we shall live as the happy ones in all our states. 00:02:40.139 --> 00:02:42.139 Our topic, O servants of Allah, 00:02:42.139 --> 00:02:44.139 Our topic 00:02:44.139 --> 00:02:46.139 Is about Allah, 00:02:46.139 --> 00:02:48.139 Glorious is His Majesty, 00:02:48.139 --> 00:02:50.139 And sanctified are His names. 00:02:50.139 --> 00:02:52.139 The most known of all that is known, 00:02:52.139 --> 00:02:54.139 He needs no definition. 00:02:54.139 --> 00:02:56.139 In His hand is the command and the disposal of all affairs. 00:02:56.139 --> 00:02:58.139 It is Allah. 00:02:58.340 --> 00:03:00.340 His scale is exalted, 00:03:00.340 --> 00:03:02.340 His benevolence is beautiful, 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:04.340 And His grace is abundant. 00:03:04.340 --> 00:03:06.340 It is Allah. 00:03:06.340 --> 00:03:08.340 His party is victorious, 00:03:08.340 --> 00:03:10.340 His enemy is defeated, 00:03:10.340 --> 00:03:12.340 And his adversary is cut off. 00:03:12.340 --> 00:03:14.340 He crushes the tyrants, 00:03:14.340 --> 00:03:16.340 He destroys the arrogant, 00:03:16.340 --> 00:03:18.340 And He tears apart those who harm Him. 00:03:18.340 --> 00:03:20.340 It is Allah, 00:03:20.340 --> 00:03:22.340 Whose station is exalted, 00:03:22.340 --> 00:03:24.340 And whose authority is strong. 00:03:24.340 --> 00:03:26.340 He is greater than everything, 00:03:26.539 --> 00:03:28.539 He is master over everything, 00:03:28.539 --> 00:03:30.539 And He creates everything. 00:03:30.539 --> 00:03:32.539 So there is no deity but Allah, 00:03:32.539 --> 00:03:34.539 And Allah is the Greatest. 00:03:34.539 --> 00:03:35.539 Yes, 00:03:35.539 --> 00:03:37.539 Allah is the Greatest. 00:03:37.539 --> 00:03:39.539 It demolishes the strongholds of the hypocrites. 00:03:39.539 --> 00:03:41.539 Allah is the Greatest. 00:03:41.539 --> 00:03:43.539 It defeats the armies of the traitors. 00:03:43.539 --> 00:03:45.539 Allah is the Greatest. 00:03:45.539 --> 00:03:47.539 It shatters the dens of the corrupt. 00:03:47.539 --> 00:03:49.539 Allah is the Greatest. 00:03:49.539 --> 00:03:51.539 How forbearing He is toward the tyrants! 00:03:51.539 --> 00:03:53.539 Allah is the Greatest. 00:03:53.539 --> 00:03:55.539 How patient He is with the disobedient! 00:03:55.740 --> 00:03:57.740 Allah is the Greatest. 00:03:57.740 --> 00:03:59.740 How severe is His punishment against those who show Him enmity! 00:03:59.740 --> 00:04:02.099 It is Allah, Glorious is His Majesty. 00:04:02.099 --> 00:04:04.099 The heavens have glorified Him, 00:04:04.099 --> 00:04:06.099 And their inhabitants, 00:04:06.099 --> 00:04:08.099 The stars and their orbits, 00:04:08.099 --> 00:04:10.099 The earth and its dwellers, 00:04:10.099 --> 00:04:12.099 The seas and their whales, 00:04:12.099 --> 00:04:14.099 The masters and their slaves, 00:04:14.099 --> 00:04:16.100 The rains and their thunder, 00:04:16.100 --> 00:04:18.100 The trees and their fruits, 00:04:18.100 --> 00:04:20.100 And the homes and their ruins. 00:04:20.100 --> 00:04:22.100 Do you not see? 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) 00:04:24.300 --> 00:04:26.300 Whoever is in the heavens and the earth, 00:04:26.300 --> 00:04:28.300 And the birds with wings outspread? 00:04:28.300 --> 00:04:30.300 Each has known 00:04:30.300 --> 00:04:32.300 Its prayer and its glorification. 00:04:32.300 --> 00:04:34.300 And Allah is Knowing of what 00:04:34.300 --> 00:04:36.300 They do. 00:04:36.300 --> 00:04:38.300 Glory be to You, glory be to You. 00:04:38.300 --> 00:04:40.300 Everyone acknowledges Your generosity, 00:04:40.300 --> 00:04:42.300 For You are the Creator of their nature, 00:04:42.300 --> 00:04:44.300 The Provider for their needs, 00:04:44.300 --> 00:04:46.300 The One who holds them by their forelocks, 00:04:46.300 --> 00:04:48.300 The One from whose punishment 00:04:48.300 --> 00:04:50.300 One seeks refuge in Your pardon, 00:04:50.300 --> 00:04:52.300 And from whose wrath one seeks refuge in Your pleasure. 00:04:52.500 --> 00:04:54.500 Except for those upon whom 00:04:54.500 --> 00:04:56.500 The word of punishment has been justified, 00:04:56.500 --> 00:04:58.500 For the decree is inevitable for them. 00:04:58.500 --> 00:05:00.500 And by Allah, O servants of Allah, 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:02.500 I swear by Allah, 00:05:02.500 --> 00:05:04.500 If we were to glorify Allah 00:05:04.500 --> 00:05:06.500 Night and day, 00:05:06.500 --> 00:05:08.500 Secretly and openly, 00:05:08.500 --> 00:05:10.500 We would not fulfill the right of Allah, 00:05:10.500 --> 00:05:12.500 Nor would we reach the greatness of Allah, 00:05:12.500 --> 00:05:14.500 His glory, and His majesty, 00:05:14.500 --> 00:05:16.500 By the weight of an atom. 00:05:16.500 --> 00:05:18.500 So glory be to Him. 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) 00:05:20.699 --> 00:05:22.699 And to Him you shall return. 00:05:22.699 --> 00:05:24.699 Glory be to Him who remains 00:05:24.699 --> 00:05:26.699 Glorified forever, 00:05:26.699 --> 00:05:28.699 And there is no glorification for any other. 00:05:28.699 --> 00:05:30.699 Glory be to Him from whom nothing 00:05:30.699 --> 00:05:31.699 Conceals His knowledge, 00:05:31.699 --> 00:05:33.699 For the secret is as clear to Him 00:05:33.699 --> 00:05:34.699 As the public declaration. 00:05:34.699 --> 00:05:36.699 Glory be to Him whose 00:05:36.699 --> 00:05:37.699 Decrees run according to 00:05:37.699 --> 00:05:39.699 What He wills, 00:05:39.699 --> 00:05:41.699 Whether hidden or manifest. 00:05:41.699 --> 00:05:43.699 Glory be to Him who remains, 00:05:43.699 --> 00:05:45.699 And whose provision for the worlds 00:05:45.699 --> 00:05:47.699 Is guaranteed by Him. 00:05:47.699 --> 00:05:49.699 Glory be to Him in whose remembrance, 00:05:49.699 --> 00:05:51.699 And in the provision of contentment from Him, 00:05:51.699 --> 00:05:53.699 There is life and fragrance. 00:05:53.699 --> 00:05:55.699 Servants of Allah, 00:05:55.699 --> 00:05:57.699 O community of believers, 00:05:57.699 --> 00:05:59.699 Why speak about Allah, 00:05:59.699 --> 00:06:01.699 The Possessor of greatness and majesty? 00:06:01.699 --> 00:06:03.699 Because speaking about Allah 00:06:03.699 --> 00:06:05.699 Is the greatest speech, 00:06:05.699 --> 00:06:07.699 The most comprehensive speech, 00:06:07.699 --> 00:06:09.699 And the sweetest speech. 00:06:09.699 --> 00:06:11.699 Why speak about Allah? 00:06:11.699 --> 00:06:13.699 Because the entire Qur'an came 00:06:13.699 --> 00:06:15.699 To speak about Him, 00:06:15.699 --> 00:06:17.699 About His greatness, 00:06:17.699 --> 00:06:19.699 His prohibitions, His decrees, 00:06:19.699 --> 00:06:21.699 His disposal of affairs, 00:06:21.699 --> 00:06:23.699 And His management of creation. 00:06:23.699 --> 00:06:25.699 Why speak about Allah 00:06:25.699 --> 00:06:27.699 And His greatness? Because the greatness 00:06:27.699 --> 00:06:29.699 Of the Great, the Mighty, the Compeller 00:06:29.699 --> 00:06:31.699 Has weakened in the hearts of many 00:06:31.699 --> 00:06:33.699 People, so they transgressed 00:06:33.699 --> 00:06:35.699 Against the sanctities of Allah and acted arrogantly, 00:06:35.699 --> 00:06:37.699 And they neglected the right of Allah and committed injustice. 00:06:37.699 --> 00:06:39.699 Thus, the awe of Allah 00:06:39.699 --> 00:06:41.699 Weakened in their hearts, 00:06:41.699 --> 00:06:43.699 They forgot the power of Allah, 00:06:43.699 --> 00:06:45.699 They became heedless of the might of Allah, 00:06:45.699 --> 00:06:47.699 And they did not estimate the strength of Allah, 00:06:47.699 --> 00:06:49.699 Nor did they estimate the punishment of Allah. 00:06:49.699 --> 00:06:52.019 So here we are today, 00:06:52.019 --> 00:06:54.019 O servants of Allah, 00:06:54.019 --> 00:06:56.019 Speaking about Him, 00:06:56.019 --> 00:06:58.019 While life fills our faces, 00:06:58.019 --> 00:07:00.019 And shame covers our hearts. 00:07:00.019 --> 00:07:02.019 For who are we 00:07:02.019 --> 00:07:04.019 To praise Him or glorify Him, 00:07:04.019 --> 00:07:06.019 Or to laud Him? 00:07:06.019 --> 00:07:08.019 But we offer our excuse before Him, 00:07:08.019 --> 00:07:10.019 That we are unable 00:07:10.019 --> 00:07:12.019 To speak about 00:07:12.019 --> 00:07:14.019 All of His greatness, 00:07:14.019 --> 00:07:16.019 Or to encompass it in measure 00:07:16.019 --> 00:07:18.019 And knowledge. 00:07:18.019 --> 00:07:20.019 But our topic today 00:07:20.019 --> 00:07:22.019 Is nothing 00:07:22.019 --> 00:07:24.019 But an atom of His greatness, 00:07:24.019 --> 00:07:26.019 And an exposition 00:07:26.019 --> 00:07:28.019 Of a portion 00:07:28.019 --> 00:07:30.019 Of His majesty and His awe. 00:07:30.019 --> 00:07:32.019 It is Allah, 00:07:32.019 --> 00:07:34.019 The most worthy of being praised, 00:07:34.019 --> 00:07:36.019 The most magnificent of those mentioned, 00:07:36.019 --> 00:07:38.019 And the greatest of those who are worshipped, 00:07:38.019 --> 00:07:40.019 He is Allah, before whose majesty 00:07:40.019 --> 00:07:42.019 all existing things are humbled, 00:07:42.019 --> 00:07:44.019 and to whose might all creation submits. 00:07:44.019 --> 00:07:46.019 Everything, therefore, 00:07:46.019 --> 00:07:48.019 is in need of Him, 00:07:48.019 --> 00:07:50.019 while He is free of need for them. 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) 00:07:52.019 --> 00:07:54.019 and the earth, willingly 00:07:54.019 --> 00:07:56.019 or unwillingly, 00:07:56.019 --> 00:07:58.019 and to Him you shall return. 00:07:58.019 --> 00:08:00.019 He is Allah, the Magnificent. 00:08:00.019 --> 00:08:02.019 Exalted is He, for 00:08:02.019 --> 00:08:04.019 everything submits to His command, 00:08:04.019 --> 00:08:06.019 and yields to His judgment 00:08:06.019 --> 00:08:08.019 and His wisdom, and all are under 00:08:08.019 --> 00:08:10.019 His power and His subjugation. 00:08:10.019 --> 00:08:12.019 He is Allah, whose greatness is such 00:08:12.019 --> 00:08:14.019 that nothing is greater than He. 00:08:14.019 --> 00:08:16.019 His Kursi encompasses the heavens 00:08:16.019 --> 00:08:18.019 and the earth, and it does not weary Him 00:08:18.019 --> 00:08:20.019 to preserve them, and He is the Most High, 00:08:20.019 --> 00:08:22.019 the Almighty. He is Allah, 00:08:22.019 --> 00:08:24.019 the King, 00:08:24.019 --> 00:08:26.019 who manages the affairs of His servants, 00:08:26.019 --> 00:08:28.019 who commands and forbids, 00:08:28.019 --> 00:08:30.019 who gives and withholds, 00:08:30.019 --> 00:08:32.019 who abases and exalts. 00:08:32.019 --> 00:08:34.019 His commands are successive, 00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:36.019 throughout the passage of time, 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:38.019 and effective 00:08:38.019 --> 00:08:40.019 by His will and decree. 00:08:40.019 --> 00:08:42.019 Whatever He wills, happens, 00:08:42.019 --> 00:08:44.019 and whatever He does not will, does not happen. 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) 00:08:46.019 --> 00:08:48.019 Every day, 00:08:48.019 --> 00:08:50.019 He is in a state of manifestation. 00:08:50.019 --> 00:08:52.019 Among His affairs 00:08:52.019 --> 00:08:54.019 is to relieve distress, 00:08:54.019 --> 00:08:56.019 to mend the brokenhearted, 00:08:56.019 --> 00:08:58.019 to enrich the poor, 00:08:58.019 --> 00:09:00.019 and to answer the call. 00:09:00.019 --> 00:09:02.019 He said of Himself: 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) 00:09:04.019 --> 00:09:06.019 His knowledge encompasses everything, 00:09:06.019 --> 00:09:08.019 what has been, 00:09:08.019 --> 00:09:10.019 and what has not been—if it were to be, how it would be. 00:09:10.019 --> 00:09:12.019 Not even an atom moves, 00:09:12.019 --> 00:09:14.019 or anything greater than it, 00:09:14.019 --> 00:09:16.019 except by His permission. 00:09:16.019 --> 00:09:18.019 And no leaf falls 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:20.019 except by His knowledge. 00:09:20.019 --> 00:09:22.019 Nothing is hidden from Him. 00:09:22.019 --> 00:09:24.019 To Him, the secret and the public are the same. 00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:26.019 He, the Exalted, said: 00:09:26.019 --> 00:09:28.019 "It is the same among you, 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) 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) 00:09:32.019 --> 00:09:34.019 and one who moves by night and one who moves by day." 00:09:34.019 --> 00:09:36.019 He is Allah, 00:09:36.019 --> 00:09:38.019 who hears the voices of all creatures 00:09:38.019 --> 00:09:40.019 while He is upon His Throne, exalted is He. 00:09:40.019 --> 00:09:42.019 His angels, 00:09:42.019 --> 00:09:44.019 those brought near, knew 00:09:44.019 --> 00:09:46.019 His greatness, so they feared Him, 00:09:46.019 --> 00:09:48.019 and magnified Him. 00:09:48.019 --> 00:09:50.019 The messengers knew His greatness, 00:09:50.019 --> 00:09:52.019 so they stood firm in His worship, 00:09:52.019 --> 00:09:54.019 and called their peoples to His oneness, 00:09:54.019 --> 00:09:56.019 and to His love. 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:58.019 Our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:09:58.019 --> 00:10:00.019 the last of the prophets 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:02.019 and messengers, 00:10:02.019 --> 00:10:04.019 was the greatest in magnifying his Lord. 00:10:04.019 --> 00:10:06.019 He, peace be upon him, explained 00:10:06.019 --> 00:10:08.019 something of His greatness, 00:10:08.019 --> 00:10:10.019 exalted is He, 00:10:10.019 --> 00:10:12.019 in what He has created. 00:10:12.019 --> 00:10:14.019 He, peace be upon him, said: 00:10:14.019 --> 00:10:16.019 "I have been permitted to speak 00:10:16.019 --> 00:10:18.019 about an angel 00:10:18.019 --> 00:10:20.019 from among the angels of Allah, 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:22.019 one of the bearers of the Throne: 00:10:22.019 --> 00:10:24.019 the distance between his earlobe 00:10:24.019 --> 00:10:26.019 and his shoulder 00:10:26.019 --> 00:10:28.019 is a journey of 700 years." 00:10:28.019 --> 00:10:30.019 Narrated by Abu Dawud. 00:10:30.019 --> 00:10:32.019 Majestic is His glory. 00:10:32.019 --> 00:10:34.019 Great in His Lordship, 00:10:34.019 --> 00:10:36.019 great in His divinity, 00:10:36.019 --> 00:10:38.019 great in His names, 00:10:38.019 --> 00:10:40.019 and His attributes, 00:10:40.019 --> 00:10:42.019 great in His kingdom and His creation, 00:10:42.019 --> 00:10:44.019 great in His wisdom and His mercy, 00:10:44.019 --> 00:10:46.019 great in His management 00:10:46.019 --> 00:10:48.019 of the affairs of His creation, 00:10:48.019 --> 00:10:50.019 great in His judgment between His servants. 00:10:50.019 --> 00:10:52.019 Every greatness 00:10:52.019 --> 00:10:54.019 in existence 00:10:54.019 --> 00:10:56.019 is a proof of the greatness of its Creator 00:10:56.019 --> 00:10:58.019 and its Manager. 00:10:58.019 --> 00:11:00.019 Majestic is His glory, 00:11:00.019 --> 00:11:02.019 exalted in His highness, 00:11:02.019 --> 00:11:04.019 and magnified in His majesty. 00:11:04.019 --> 00:11:06.019 The heavens almost 00:11:06.019 --> 00:11:08.019 rupture from Him, 00:11:08.019 --> 00:11:10.019 the earth splits open, 00:11:10.019 --> 00:11:12.019 and the mountains fall down in ruin, 00:11:12.019 --> 00:11:14.019 “That ye ascribe unto the Beneficent a son,” (19:91) 00:11:14.019 --> 00:11:16.019 “That ye ascribe unto the Beneficent a son,” (19:91) 00:11:16.019 --> 00:11:18.019 and it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful 00:11:18.019 --> 00:11:20.019 that He should take a son. 00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:22.019 So there is no god 00:11:22.019 --> 00:11:24.019 but Allah. 00:11:24.019 --> 00:11:26.019 There is no god but Allah, 00:11:26.019 --> 00:11:28.019 and we worship none but Him, 00:11:28.019 --> 00:11:30.019 and we hope for none but Him. 00:11:30.019 --> 00:11:32.019 Great in authority 00:11:32.019 --> 00:11:34.019 and status. 00:11:34.019 --> 00:11:36.019 Successful is he who calls upon Him, 00:11:36.019 --> 00:11:38.019 happy is he who hopes in Him, 00:11:38.019 --> 00:11:40.019 and triumphant is he who takes Him as his Protector. 00:11:40.019 --> 00:11:42.019 He is Allah, 00:11:42.019 --> 00:11:44.019 yet many people 00:11:44.019 --> 00:11:46.019 have not appraised Allah with the appraisal due to Him. 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:48.019 And the earth, all of it, 00:11:48.019 --> 00:11:50.019 will be in His grip on the Day of Resurrection, 00:11:50.019 --> 00:11:52.019 and the heavens will be folded 00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:54.019 in His right hand. 00:11:54.019 --> 00:11:56.019 Exalted is Allah above what they associate with Him. 00:11:56.019 --> 00:11:58.019 O Allah, make 00:11:58.019 --> 00:12:00.019 Your greatness in our hearts 00:12:00.019 --> 00:12:02.019 greater than everything, 00:12:02.019 --> 00:12:04.019 and larger than everything. 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:06.019 O Allah, amen. 00:12:06.019 --> 00:12:08.019 May Allah bless me and you with the Great Qur'an, 00:12:08.019 --> 00:12:10.019 and benefit me and you 00:12:10.019 --> 00:12:12.019 with the verses and the wise reminder it contains. 00:12:12.019 --> 00:12:14.019 I say what you hear, 00:12:14.019 --> 00:12:16.019 and I seek forgiveness from Allah for me and for you, so seek His forgiveness, 00:12:16.019 --> 00:12:18.019 for He is the Forgiving, 00:12:18.019 --> 00:12:22.190 the Merciful. 00:12:22.190 --> 00:12:24.220 Praise be to Allah, 00:12:24.220 --> 00:12:26.220 Lord of the worlds, Lord of the good, 00:12:26.220 --> 00:12:28.220 God of the first and the last. 00:12:28.220 --> 00:12:30.350 And I bear witness that there is no god 00:12:30.350 --> 00:12:32.350 but Allah, 00:12:32.350 --> 00:12:34.350 alone, with no partner, the Eternal. 00:12:34.350 --> 00:12:36.539 And I bear witness that Muhammad 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:38.539 is His servant and His messenger, 00:12:38.539 --> 00:12:40.539 the truthful, the trustworthy. 00:12:40.539 --> 00:12:42.539 O Allah, send prayers upon Muhammad 00:12:42.539 --> 00:12:44.539 and upon his family and all his companions. 00:12:44.539 --> 00:12:46.539 And now, servants of Allah, 00:12:46.539 --> 00:12:48.539 O community of believers, 00:12:48.539 --> 00:12:50.539 know that no matter how much 00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:52.539 the creation reaches in magnifying Allah, 00:12:52.539 --> 00:12:54.539 they remain incapable of [comprehending] His power 00:12:54.539 --> 00:12:56.539 and His greatness, majestic is His glory. 00:12:56.539 --> 00:12:58.539 For His right, the Almighty, 00:12:58.539 --> 00:13:00.539 is greater, 00:13:00.539 --> 00:13:02.539 and His status is larger. 00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:04.539 The believers in their Lord 00:13:04.539 --> 00:13:06.539 realize His greatness, 00:13:06.539 --> 00:13:08.539 acknowledge His Lordship, 00:13:08.539 --> 00:13:10.539 submit to His divinity, 00:13:10.539 --> 00:13:12.539 reflect upon 00:13:12.539 --> 00:13:14.539 His creations, 00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:16.539 are sincere in His worship, 00:13:16.539 --> 00:13:18.539 and do not associate anyone else with Him. 00:13:18.539 --> 00:13:20.539 They honor His law, 00:13:20.539 --> 00:13:22.539 observe His limits, 00:13:22.539 --> 00:13:24.539 comply with His commands, 00:13:24.539 --> 00:13:26.539 and avoid His prohibitions. 00:13:26.539 --> 00:13:28.539 When they hear His verses, 00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:30.539 their hearts are humbled, 00:13:30.539 --> 00:13:32.539 their skins shiver, 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:34.539 and their eyes overflow 00:13:34.539 --> 00:13:36.539 with tears, 00:13:36.539 --> 00:13:38.539 and their tongues are busy with His remembrance, 00:13:38.539 --> 00:13:40.539 His glorification, 00:13:40.539 --> 00:13:42.539 His magnification, and His praise, 00:13:42.539 --> 00:13:44.539 out of love and reverence, 00:13:44.539 --> 00:13:46.539 and out of magnification and awe 00:13:46.539 --> 00:13:48.539 for their Master and their Creator, 00:13:48.539 --> 00:13:50.539 saying with their tongues: 00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:52.539 "Our Lord, 00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:54.539 You have not created this 00:13:54.539 --> 00:13:56.539 in vain; exalted are You, 00:13:56.539 --> 00:13:58.539 so protect us from the punishment of the Fire." 00:13:58.539 --> 00:14:00.539 So, servants of Allah, 00:14:00.539 --> 00:14:02.539 O servants of Allah, 00:14:02.539 --> 00:14:04.539 do not look at the smallness of the sin, 00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:06.539 but look 00:14:06.539 --> 00:14:08.539 at the greatness of the One you have disobeyed. 00:14:08.539 --> 00:14:10.539 Magnify Allah, 00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:12.539 O servants of Allah, in your hearts. 00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:14.539 Magnify Allah 00:14:14.539 --> 00:14:16.539 in your hearts. 00:14:16.539 --> 00:14:18.539 Magnify Allah in your hearts, 00:14:18.539 --> 00:14:20.539 and do not make Him 00:14:20.539 --> 00:14:22.539 the least of those watching you. 00:14:22.539 --> 00:14:24.539 Find happiness in that. 00:14:24.539 --> 00:14:26.539 If we do that and magnify Allah, 00:14:26.539 --> 00:14:28.539 we will be happy in this world 00:14:28.539 --> 00:14:30.539 and the Hereafter. 00:14:30.539 --> 00:14:32.539 O Allah, O Hearer of supplication, 00:14:32.539 --> 00:14:34.539 O Possessor of vast bounty, 00:14:34.539 --> 00:14:36.539 O You whom nothing can frustrate on earth, 00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:38.539 nor in the heavens. 00:14:38.539 --> 00:14:40.539 O Allah, place the magnification of You in our hearts, 00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:42.539 greater than everything, 00:14:42.539 --> 00:14:44.539 and larger than everything. 00:14:44.539 --> 00:14:46.539 May Your love in our hearts 00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:48.539 be dearer to us than cold water 00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:50.539 to the thirsty. 00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:52.539 O Allah, we ask You for Your fear in private and in public. 00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:54.539 We ask You for Your pleasure. 00:14:54.539 --> 00:14:56.539 We ask You for Your pleasure. 00:14:56.539 --> 00:14:58.539 We ask You for Your pleasure and Paradise. 00:14:58.539 --> 00:15:00.539 And we seek refuge in You from Your wrath and from the Fire. 00:15:00.539 --> 00:15:02.539 O Allah, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, 00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:04.539 forgive our sins, 00:15:04.539 --> 00:15:06.539 conceal our faults, 00:15:06.539 --> 00:15:08.539 and accept our repentance. 00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:10.539 And seal our deeds with righteousness. 00:15:10.539 --> 00:15:12.539 O Allah, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, 00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:14.539 O You who are capable of all things, 00:15:14.539 --> 00:15:16.539 and worthy of answering our prayers. 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:18.539 O Hearer of supplication, 00:15:18.539 --> 00:15:20.539 O Possessor of vast bounty, 00:15:20.539 --> 00:15:22.539 O You whom nothing can frustrate on earth, 00:15:22.539 --> 00:15:24.539 nor in the heavens. 00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:26.539 O You who hear our speech, 00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:28.539 and see our place, 00:15:28.539 --> 00:15:30.539 and from whom nothing of our affairs is hidden. 00:15:30.539 --> 00:15:32.539 Just as You have gathered us upon these carpets, 00:15:32.539 --> 00:15:34.539 gather us beneath Your Throne, 00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:36.539 as brothers who love one another, 00:15:36.539 --> 00:15:38.539 sitting on thrones, facing one another. 00:15:38.539 --> 00:15:40.539 Grant us security in our homelands, 00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:42.539 and do not let us be overcome. 00:15:42.539 --> 00:15:44.539 Grant victory to our soldiers at the borders, 00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:46.539 and grant victory to our oppressed brothers 00:15:46.539 --> 00:15:48.539 everywhere. 00:15:48.539 --> 00:15:50.539 O Allah, rectify the state of the Muslims. 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:52.539 O Allah, rectify the state of the Muslims. 00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:54.539 O Allah, lift this epidemic from us. 00:15:54.539 --> 00:15:56.539 O Allah, lift this epidemic from us. 00:15:56.539 --> 00:15:58.539 O Allah, lift this epidemic from us. 00:15:58.539 --> 00:16:00.539 And lift from us high prices, adultery, usury, 00:16:00.539 --> 00:16:02.539 earthquakes, and calamities, 00:16:02.539 --> 00:16:04.539 and the evil of tribulations, 00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:06.539 both those that are apparent and those that are hidden. 00:16:06.539 --> 00:16:08.539 O Allah, You are Allah, there is no god but You, 00:16:08.539 --> 00:16:09.779 and we are the needy. 00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:12.139 O Allah, send down rain upon us, 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:14.139 and do not make us among the despairing. 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:15.740 O Allah, grant us rain. 00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:17.580 O Allah, grant us rain. 00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:19.340 O Allah, grant us rain, 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:21.139 a rain that is wholesome and refreshing, 00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:23.539 pouring, abundant, beneficial, and not harmful. 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. 00:16:26.460 --> 00:16:28.740 And do not deprive us of Your favor because of our sins. 00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:29.580 O Lord, 00:16:29.580 --> 00:16:32.139 rectify our intentions and our offspring. 00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:35.539 Give us what we have wished for, and more than we have wished for, 00:16:35.539 --> 00:16:37.659 of the good of this world and the Hereafter. 00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:40.100 Illuminate the graves of those in the graves. 00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:42.779 Forgive the living and ease their affairs for them. 00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:44.419 Forgive our parents, 00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:46.620 and have mercy on them as they raised us when we were small. 00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:49.179 My Lord, have mercy on them as they raised me when I was small. 00:16:49.179 --> 00:16:51.019 O Allah, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, 00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:52.779 O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, 00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:55.340 we have called upon You in this blessed hour, 00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:57.139 and on this blessed day, 00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:59.220 and in this blessed place. 00:16:59.220 --> 00:17:01.259 You are too generous to turn us away. 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:03.899 We know that You have many servants other than us, 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:05.779 but we have no Lord other than You, 00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:08.059 and we have no god besides You. 00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:09.660 Answer, O Lord, our supplication, 00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:11.180 and grant us our request. 00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:13.859 O Allah, send peace and blessings upon our master, 00:17:13.859 --> 00:17:15.619 and our beloved, Muhammad, 00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:17.299 as long as those who remember You remember him, 00:17:17.299 --> 00:17:19.339 and as long as those who are heedless neglect to remember him. 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) 00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:23.700 Exalted is He above what they describe, and peace be upon the messengers. 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:25.700 And praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Mighty.