Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – 12 Benefits of Repentance
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Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim
Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen
wa salatu salam ala say you will more serene
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Illa Yomi. Deen, Amma bad.
What we're going to be speaking about today, in sha Allah is
a really important concept. We're moving away from our other
discussion, we're moving on to the discussion of connecting with
Allah subhanho wa taala. Or rather returning to Allah subhanaw taala.
This is a really, really fundamental topic that each of us
needs because it's for the benefit of ourselves, in this world and in
the hereafter. It's a requirement for a good believer. The return to
Allah subhana wa Tada, what does that mean? The return to Allah
subhanaw taala.
Let us put it this way. If I
say something to RFI here that he's upset about. And
I upset him somehow, somehow I did something wrong, whether on
purpose or otherwise,
he's going to feel bad. Now for me to make him feel good again.
I have to do a few things. When somebody upsets you. And they
expect you to forgive them,
then there's a few things that they have to do. Firstly, if I go
and seek forgiveness from NSA, please forgive me if I but he can
tell by my face and my demeanor like just forgive me, man. I just
forgive me Why Why are you making such a big deal? Oh, forgive me.
He's not going to forgive me in his heart. Because my body
language, my attitude is showing that I don't really mean it.
So that's not going to get them anywhere.
If I, if somebody has transgressed against me, and they seek
forgiveness, but I know that they're going to do it again,
then I'm going to find that difficult to forgive again,
because they're going to do it again tomorrow.
So if they if I feel that they're not remorseful, they're not
regretting it. And if they
have not decided never to do it again.
Him He might even say sometimes even say you might happen again,
you have to, you just have to forgive me
that some people say.
So there is not going to be that much forgiveness, you're not going
to feel like forgiving someone. Okay, there's another person now
who is regretful, and he's never going to do it again. He realizes
them, they realize their mistake that I've done wrong, I should not
have done this.
But they're not willing to come and seek forgiveness.
They feeling like this internally, but they can't come and tell you
please forgive me. I've done wrong, they know they're wrong.
They accept it. They don't want to do it again. But they're not
willing to come and tell you that I've done wrong. Some people they
don't. I've dealt with such people, especially marital issues
where the marriage eventually broke. There's few reasons why
somebody might do this. One is because they're very arrogant, and
they don't want to seem that they have to stooped down in front of
someone else. So they're not willing to come in, even though
they know they're wrong. They'll come they'll confess in front of
someone else but not in front of you. Well, number two, they just
narcissistic. They just don't know how to seek forgiveness. It's not
within their vocabulary.
Now that if somebody is like that they need to get help, because
that's a tough one. Now, in the same way
with ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada, we unfortunately make commit sins, we
do wrongs.
That's why in the same way for a sincere Toba, this is what you
call it over. Over in Arabic means return.
It literally means return. Because the idea is that when we do
something wrong, if I do something against it, I'm sorry, I'm using
you as an example I inshallah I won't do anything against you. But
if I do, that means I've distanced myself from him.
If I mess around with my brother, and I'm aggressive, I say
something but I'm gonna distance myself. That's why the ruling we
have is that don't break ties with anybody for more than three days.
That they meeting and this person is ignoring this person is because
you have become distant. You may be living in the same house, but
your hearts a distance.
Right? They are at a distance. So that's why distance is a bad
thing. That's why the concept of Toba and repentance is return to
Allah.
Return to His Mercy return to his love return to his closeness.
That's the idea of October. So now we better understand the concept
of Toba. That's different from so far.
It's the FAR is one aspect of October. You know, I said
And I must feel regretful that I should not have done this. I must
promise never to do it again. I must vow never to do it again.
That's just what I'm doing for myself, then I have to go to the
person and say, Please forgive me. Can you find it in your heart to
forgive me? That's a stick for seeking forgiveness. After you
have decided not to do it again and you're regretful so it's that
far is a component of tilba tilba is this whole process of the
return?
Now just think about it. Are we distant from Allah? Or are we
close to Allah? Have we returned to him when the day we became
believers that day, we were pure and became believers. And we're
good believers, innocent children. We were close to Allah. The day we
started doing sins, and we started making mistakes. We went far.
We make Toba, we come back. Lots of people do Tober during the
month of Ramadan, and they come back that's why it's inevitable
that Allah subhanaw taala makes it easy during this time, but he also
says that there will be people in Ramadan every night that will be
written to be freed from the hellfire, because they have done
Toba and they've returned to Allah.
They've returned to Allah.
So
there are the whole concept of Toba to Allah is so intuitive, it
is something we can relate to when we talk to another person. So the
next time that we do a sin against Allah, imagine that we have hurt
somebody.
And what will our responsibility be of trying to make up with that
person and apologize, the same kind of thing happens with Allah,
except that ALLAH subhanaw taala is far easier to please than any
human being
far easier. There are so many cases so many times when somebody
upset you, they are genuinely remorseful. They are genuinely
seeking an apology. Well, providing an apology providing an
excuse, they will never do it again, you can tell that they are
very upset and they are very regretful but I don't want to see
you for a while. Okay, I forgive you. But you know what, it's going
to take some time. And it does take some time sometimes.
And unless you train yourself, imams have to be trained to not be
upset at anybody. That's where I learned. Because there's always
somebody saying something about you, whether rightly or wrongly,
and if you're gonna get upset by everything, then you're in big
trouble, you're going to be big depression, that's why Imams
mashallah they, they learned counseling on the job.
You know?
And if they don't, then they in trouble Subhan Allah Subhanallah
once I used to be part of this clergy Association in Santa
Barbara, California when I was there, so Christian priests, Jews,
just for a short time would meet once a month or something like
that. So there was a Jewish rabbi reason it was a nice guy. And one
day when he came, he was really upset. I said, what happened? He
said, They fired me. The synagogue fired him. And he was so bullish
on suppression, repression. He was so perturbed, he was really and
I think in our dean, we have the concept of subber which really,
really helps that everything happens for a reason. Of course,
you get upset, you know, but Allah is the easiest person to return
to. Allah says that so many times in the Quran, fulfill ru Illa,
Allah run to Allah.
Allah subhanho wa Taala constantly when he talks about people doing
evil, you know, even when Allah condemns people and says, they're
going to be in Jahannam and there's this and this is what's
going to happen to the disbelievers. And the Jahannam is
going to be filled with these punishments. You will never you
will I don't think you will ever find the place in the Quran where
Allah subhanaw taala is talking about Jahannam punishment, evil
and everything where he doesn't add at least but ALLAH is
forgiving or something like that. Always is like that. Always is
like that. There's always that balance Allah always gets gives
you a get out clause. Allah always what not get out come back close
that your distance you come back
there's no excuse with some people you know that difficult to please
if you make mistakes even by mistake that you're in trouble for
every small thing they will
they will take you to task and then you apologize once and they
they they mashallah make you really apologize. Right? And then
it happens again and then you have to apologize again and they make
you apologize again. And then the third time you're like man is
difficult to get apology from that person is too complicated.
That's why we should not be complicated when
Somebody wants to ask us for apology. We should not be
complicated. Allah is not complicated. Allah makes it very
simple.
So Allah subhanho wa Taala says in many verses you will see this
Allah is Forgiving, he is merciful, He is compassionate, he
is loving.
Allah is there ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala says, My servants who have
transgressed against themselves
yeah, by the Alladhina software lamps don't become, don't become
hopeless, in my mercy in the Mercy of Allah don't become hopeless. We
can become hopeless of other people's mercy is not going to
forgive this time. I've done it three times before he's not going
to figure he's going to find me this time. With Allah subhanaw
taala 70 times a day you could do that.
Now we have to do that otherwise, we are not we are distant from
Allah when a person is distant from Allah Rama is decreased.
That's why the person who is accursed you know, he says curse
be upon you. Damn you these words in English. I know people use them
just as a swear but what it means is your male role in Arabic we
have the term Latina. What is Latin mean? Elbow and Rahmatullah.
To be distant from Allah's mercy. When a person becomes distant from
Allah, distant from Allah's mercy, they don't enjoy life anymore. You
may still have enjoyable pleasures in your life of having gadgets and
other things, money and everything, but they will not be
any heartfelt tranquility. Because there's no mercy. There's no mercy
that's descending, nothing is in mercy. It's all beyond the Mercy
of Allah subhanaw taala.
That's why, if you call somebody who's not a coffee or a coffee,
what you're essentially saying is that there's no mercy upon you.
And if there is mercy on him, then you're lying. That's why it's so
tough to call somebody a cuff just like that. That's why our Muslim
orlimar very, very seldomly would render somebody a caliphate just
like that. So it is in our best interest to go back to Allah
because we benefit hugely from the mercy that Allah subhanaw taala
provides. Now, as you know, it's essential because if you if you're
believers, then you will value being close to Allah. Now, think
of it this way. Sometimes there's a person that you transgress
against, but you don't care for them.
You don't consider them to be dignified, or worth it. Right, for
whatever reason, you think you're bigger. I don't want to seek
forgiveness. And why should I forgive? Even though you're wrong,
because you don't value that person. You have no respect for
that person. That's why you don't seek forgiveness.
Some sometimes it's just negligence. It's not that you
don't value them, well. You don't value them, actually. But it's not
like you demean them, or you actively humiliating them or
actively considering them insignificant.
Well, actually, you are.
You understand what I'm saying? I'm glad you've understood,
because I don't feel the need. I know it's important. I'll do it
one day. I'll do it one day. I'll do it one day.
Now you understand what I'm saying? We don't think it's
important. If there's somebody we know we're getting benefit from
somebody who we don't want to upset, you're going to be trying
to seek forgiveness the next day. Right? Most of us would do that.
You know, I don't want upset that person. I have so much respect for
them. I can't upset that person. So where does Allah figure in all
of this? Which category is Allah in? We do the sins. we distance
ourselves from Allah. But we don't think it's important to seek
forgiveness straightaway.
Can you see when you look at this as a comparison to others is Allah
insignificant? Is Allah lowly in our sight? That we can't bother we
sin and, you know, we first aggressed against him first
thinking that, you know, he doesn't know he doesn't see. And
then on top of that, we're not willing to even seek forgiveness
as though it's not important. Well, I'll do it one day.
So that's why you can understand from all of this the philosophy of
this that this is important to be close to Allah subhanho wa Taala
we need that. Now. This is Allah so right now I told you, Allah is
the easiest one to please. Not only is he the easiest to please
Allah subhanho wa Taala is extremely generous. So not only is
like Okay, I like you to seek forgiveness from me but Allah,
Allah is so generous, and he gets so happy. When somebody seeks
forgiveness. You've transgressed against him, but as soon as you
seek forgiveness genuinely, sincerely, Allah subhanaw taala
just starts showering you with blessings. Do you know what I
mean? This is not just said like he showers you with blessings.
Allah in the Quran tells us the philosophy of forgiveness of Toba
and repentance. I'm going to give you 11 verses of the Quran in
which Allah is
subhanaw taala speaks about doba and the return to him and what he
wants to give you because of that, as I said, we need to do it anyway
because we supposed to value Allah as believers we supposed to value
Allah, and we want to be close to him. We don't want to be distant
from him. So we have to do it anyway. Now Allah subhanaw taala
is saying, Look, I know you've committed a sin, you've indulged
yourself, and you've done access. Now you've seen sought
forgiveness, this is what I'm going to give you all these
bonuses. Now, don't get so excited that hey, this is a really good
way let me do a few cents seek forgiveness and forget all of
these things. Right? Because, you know, they really a lot of offers.
You know, I'll give you this Allah is giving you bonus after bonus
after bonus. But there's an easier way to get these bonuses, those
same things, I mean, promise for people to do good. And the problem
is that if you do sin and you never make dough, but then they're
going to be in big trouble, so it's not the way okay, but we have
sinned. So now let us see what Allah subhanaw taala says. First
number one,
anybody who seeks who comes back to Allah, who returns to Him.
Allah subhanho wa Taala it becomes the means of Allah subhanho wa
Taala as love Allah begins to love that person. And I'm not just
claiming this, Allah says, in law how you a Buddha, were being aware
you're a bull multiple hitting Allah subhanaw taala loves those
who frequently come back to him.
Because we make mistakes so we constantly come back he's telling
you want who abundantly comes back to we know you're going to do it
over and over and we know you're going to make the mistake again, a
human when he knows you're going to make a mistake again, he's
like, I've forgiven you so many times how many more times you're
gonna forgive you, this time not gonna forgive you.
Allah doesn't say this. I'm not going to He never says I'm not
going to forgive you never, not even to teach you a lesson. But
Allah says, I, Allah loves those who frequently make Toba. Why
would you have to frequently make Toba when it includes those who
frequently sin as well, Allah loves them as well, as long as
they make sincere Toba and Allah loves those who like to keep
clean. That's very relevant because cleanliness from sin is an
internal cleanliness, not just outward cleanliness. Number two,
when you return to Allah subhanaw taala and make Toba?
It is Allah says it is the means of success. You will be successful
how? I'll tell you, Allah says what to boo Illa Allah Hey Jimmy
and you help me know when Allah I like him to flee whole returned to
Allah all of you are believers. So perhaps you can be successful. Now
the word used in Arabic is to flee home from a fella fella.
You got masjid for the
fella, the concept of Allah means success. There's quite a few words
in Arabic formula for success. One is Al foes to succeed to win.
Another one is Naja Naja Naja Hatfield, Mt. Hana, he became
successful in his exam, you know, that's another word could have
said that. Lila content Jihoon. Right, the full zone based at the
flea Hone. Because Fela is a special type of winning, it's a
special type of victory. It's that victory which after which there's
no failure.
You know, if you receive if you win something, you win a race, you
win a competition. How long do you remain excited for?
Maybe a few days, maybe if it's a big one, the Olympics maybe a few
months. But the next Olympic comes you better compete again. Right is
going to be another competition.
That's the way of this world everything diminishes in this
world eventually. So Allah is saying the success we're talking
about is the one after which there's no failure, the one after
which the excitement of it does not go down.
The word the closeness after which there's no distance. That is what
Allah is saying. That's why I called a fella help me noona
Lavina whom fee Salah team ha Sharon is also a spiritual meaning
begins with all the
characteristics of the true believers who will attain Fela.
So Allah will give you success number three,
Allah subhanho wa Taala will, by that, use that as a means to
accept many of your deeds. Otherwise, maybe your deeds are
not being accepted some of them because of sins that we commit.
They may be easy, you know, some of the worst sins.
If you're doing a sin and you know you're doing a sin, it's better
than when you're doing a sin you no longer that you don't think
it's a sin? Well, there's some sins that we've forgotten about.
So that's really sad, unless we make dua to Allah, all of those
things that we've forgotten about as well. Forgive me for those.
Otherwise, if we're specifically saying forgive me for this in this
in this and we're not remembering those, we could be in trouble
unless ALLAH just forgives us because he knows
We are the well being. Number two, the worst of the sins and I've
been thinking of this for a while, or those sins which have become
part of our life. And we no longer think their sins for some reason
or that
by being lacks by being relaxed by being a bit more liberal about it
by just saying it's okay. You know
those kinds of things.
That's where I'm scared about.
Because those that we do, and we know we can seek forgiveness we
feel guilty, but where you've the worst are those you've justified
that you've justified
from some maybe haphazard fatwa from somewhere or something else.
Allah forgive us, Allah give us insight and knowledge and the
ability to practice so
so sometimes we could be doing sins and we're doing good deeds as
well.
We just hope like sepsis, just hope Alexa because so if you make
doba ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada says that you've done sins, you've made
Toba and repenting and now Allah subhanho wa Tada will give you an
acceptance of your other deeds as well. So
ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada says, women, Beauvoir Amina Saudi Khalifa in
who you are to Illa Allah He met
those who make Toba and who stopped doing good deeds, then
Allah subhanho wa Taala will fully relent to them and He will accept
their except their repentance. Allah says well, who Allah the
Kabbalah, Tabata and Eva the wire for wine is say
he is the one who accepts the repentance of His servants and he
forgives so many bad deeds.
Number four Toba and returning to Allah is a cause for entry into
paradise.
mean we know that anyway, but this is what Allah says.
Entry into paradise and safety from hellfire. Najat Mina Gnar
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So Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about the righteous ones. And then
he says that after them the next generations, they were not a very
good generation, they started to neglect their prayers. So the
first generation were very good about their prayers and everything
of the righteous ones, but then they left behind the next
generations who started to
the neglect their prayer, whatever Oshawott and they started to
follow their desires.
So they are soon going to reach a punishment. Except as it always,
Allah never condemns 100% like that, and says there's no way out
for you now, always, except in laymen terms, except the one who
returns what Armineh and believes now he is probably a believer from
before maybe right but or he's not a believer now becomes a believer
or he reinvigorates his faith. Well, I mean aside he does good
deeds for Allah ik those people will enter Jannah and they will
not be oppressed at all. So Allah is going to give us gender for
Toba.
Now have you noticed in many of these verses when Allah subhanaw
taala talks about returning there's a discussion always of
doing good deeds
now one of the best ways to get in somebody's good books after a min
their heart in terms of human beings after you've had a falling
out with them is to do something good for them. So that's why the
Hadith mentions what had to be say at Al Hasan at a time haha follow
up a bad deed with a good one and it will erase it so let's just say
I've got a you know I've had a little issue with someone there
was a mixup there was a misunderstanding, whatever now
they feel bad. I've sought forgiveness. And it's still I know
that it's a difficult one because he lost something. The other day
somebody called me they said that their brother or their brother in
law, I can't remember their brother or brother in law.
Somebody caused their marriage to be destroyed.
They must have said something some some sister in law of his said
something to his wife or whatever and their marriage
dissolved. Now he's so angry. I don't blame him for being angry.
You know, I can understand the human emotion. I accept that you
will be angry.
But now he wants to set up a face
Look page, he wants to put it online that this is how bad this
person is and all the rest of it. Now, his sister whatever is
concerned about him that isn't this a bit over the top, taking a
sledgehammer for a little nail, you know, when it's not a nail,
but I mean, it's a big nail, but still a sledgehammer, you know,
said that's not allowed. Because said, Oh, but he's saying she
could do it to other people. I said, well, the people because if
somebody is doing something wrong, you are actually allowed to do the
Rebbe to backbite them, which means say tell people about them,
you allowed, as long as it's purely for his law, for wanting
people that look, be careful of this guy. He says he's got good
investment opportunities. But you know, this is what he does done to
so many people. Understandable, right? But you're not allowed to
tell the world that if he's not going to go to the world, if he's
going to be in an area, you can tell those people. So I said,
Look, maybe if he genuinely thinks that she is going to cause other
people the same problem, right, which I doubt if she is like that,
then he can tell the two three people that she is speaking to not
tell the world Facebook is for the world, not for your little little
group of people. Remember that Facebook is for the world. So
people who put up their pitches and other weird things, don't
think is just for your little few followers. It's for the world, and
he never forgets. So you can't do that. So now, the idea is that if
I do have some issue with someone, and then we fix it, and I know
they're still feeding everybody, if I go and get take them a gift,
if I go out of my way to do a favor for them. That is one of the
most effective ways of removing the dirt in the hearts of someone
a gift with the profits or loss on set. So the hurt though, the hub
boo,
give a gift, or give gifts and increase your mutual love. I've
felt that myself. There's people who
have growing up later on, you know, who you think have had done
something against you whether purposely or unconsciously,
whatever, and you've got a feeling about them. If they've come and
done me a favor, they've said some good words afterwards, given me a
gift. It helps the heart a lot. A human everybody's human, I'm
assuming it's going to be the same for everyone. Right? That's why
it's very much what the Prophet sallallahu sallam said. So that's
why in most of these things, Toba running to Allah subhanaw taala
means replacing with good deeds, changing your life or do anything,
I'm with you, Oh Allah, but I'm not going to do anything that you
so you're, you're gonna go with somebody, we're not going to
assist them. You're not going to do anything. You're not going to
support them. I'm just with you. That's not right.
To be with Allah to return to Allah means that you will have to
do good deeds. That's sincere, Toba? That's part of it.
Okay, number
five.
It is the cause for forgiveness obviously, and for mercy. Allah
has mercy and treats with Mercy those who return to him
you're not going to find that with a lot of other human beings. It's
going to take a while for them to be merciful with you they're going
to be very angry still, even if they forgive you. But Allah says,
well Levine I'm you know, say the MATA boo meme de la mano in the
Kameen bury her Allah or fool Rahim. Those who do bad deeds,
then they returned to Allah after it and they become believers. Then
your Lord after that is Forgiving and Merciful. His mercies will
start that deprivation of Mercy will stop now inshallah the light
will come back in your lives, the light will come back in our lives,
the heart will feel better, the lives will become better in sha
Allah number six.
This is an amazing offer. I mean already giving you five offers
here. This number six is top it up. You know it's amazing, right?
You know, they tell you if you buy this then you get this for free
and you'll get this knife for free and you'll get this
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top it up we'll give you the assortment for free as well
and then they charge you 1500 pounds
because that company they do demonstrations they miss this
special steel American it cost like some huge crazy I said why
don't you just sell it for a bit cheaper and you'll get more
instead of all of this crazy stuff. So now this is our
marketing strategy. I said okay.
So number six, this one is really Allah subhanaw taala will change
all of those bad deeds that you've done into good deeds.
What more than
like, imagine is like all of that bad stuff. You all that money that
you took from me, and you're seeking forgiveness. You don't
even have to give it back to
when he's I'll give you forgiveness, but give me my money
back. Right that's what you'd expect. No, no, I
forgive you and I forgive all of that money is huge. This is Allah
subhanaw taala you don't understand Allah subhanaw taala
has mercy. May Allah allow us to understand him May Allah give us
His love. Allah subhana wa Tada says this well me file vernick al
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Allah subhanaw taala speaks about those who do wrong, commit Zina,
etc. Then Allah says whoever does that they're going to attain a big
sin and their punishment is going to be multiplied for them on the
Day of Judgment, and then they will remain in there for for a
long time, forever.
So Allah is condemning them right. But immediately afterwards because
Allah's objective is not to condemn people and send them to
hellfire. It's to reward That's why He created it in Thurber,
except the one who does Taliban who returns to Allah, who does
good deeds, who does sorry, who believes who does good deeds,
Allah will turn and change the convert their bad deeds into good
deeds. 70 years of bad deeds, he will make good deeds for you.
As long as you return to
30 years of bad deeds 20 have never done Toba in your life.
Continue to do wrong deeds.
Allah will change all of that into good deeds.
Because Allah subhanho wa Taala is, is forgiving and merciful,
intensely forgiving, Intensely Merciful.
Again, do not be like the brothers of use of it sound like we
discussed earlier, it's in the Quran, do the wrong and say oh,
ALLAH is forgiving, so we'll just become good people afterwards. Let
me do lots and lots of wrong. I'll make Toba so I'll enjoy all the
Zener and the drinking and all that kind of stuff. 20 years of
it, and then when I become 50, or 60, I'll make the Toba. So it's a
good deal, isn't it, all of that will be forgiven. It'll all become
good deeds. And I'm cool.
The problem is you may die before that. Even if you don't, you may
continue because it's difficult to avoid, since the more you do it,
it becomes like a tree that becomes more firmly grounded and
rooted in the ground. And you may never get the ability to return to
Allah subhanho wa taala. It's a bad risk. There's easier ways much
easier ways of getting to Allah subhanaw taala. Right. But you
have to give up these this is the difficulty you have to give up the
desires. You have to give up the desires.
Allah Allah Allah, they say that desires
remembering your sin is one of the most worst things that you can do
people even alcoholics, they, if they smell the alcohol, after six
months of not drinking, they could easily relapse. In fact, what
addiction studies show is that
this was the old Mr. Set from before, but even more recent
studies show that if you have been addicted to something, generally
the thing you're going to be addicted to is going to be
pleasurable. Otherwise, why would you be addicted to
you're going to be addicted to something that's genuinely
enjoyable. Okay. So now one day you've given up for a few weeks
and you start remembering him and that was really nice. It was
really nice. That's the worst thing you can do. That's why some
of them are on am I even recommend that you know, when you're making
Toba.
Try not to like think of the specific details of the sin.
But rather seek forgiveness from it in a way that I don't even want
to think about it. That's how I know it's enjoyable since I
enjoyable, right? But try not to think of the enjoyment aspect of
it when making Toba as well. Otherwise, it's very easy for
people to relapse.
Now, number seven, Allah subhanho wa Taala adds to that. And he
says, I mean, just another Hadith on this. There's a person on the
Day of Judgment, Allah subhanaw taala is going to conceal him from
everyone else. And he's gonna say that I live with them, but color a
tidy will be them. Because do you confess to this sin and the sin
and this is remembering all of them? So he says yes, yes, yes.
And he's thinking, Oh, no, there's some other bigger ones. And I'm
just waiting for Allah to tell me about that. Then I'm dead. These
are the small ones. So he's like, I wish he doesn't talk about those
ones. Now, after a short while, Allah is gonna say, You know what,
I forgive you.
And all of your bad deeds, I'm gonna actually turn them into good
deeds for you on the Day of Judgment as mentioned in this
verse, so then the person who says Oh, but I've also done this one
and this one and this one and this one
right because he wanted it hidden first but now when Allah is giving
an offer of turning all your bad deeds into good ones you go
I don't know which country it was the people had a lot of was a
black money or read my would you call that money you know that's
not taxed and then I think the government gave an amnesty or
something like that that if you declare it then it's all halal for
you. So then mashallah they all came out from extra places they
probably borrowed money and done it.
Smart Allah You know, so
anyway, number seven, doing returning to Allah subhanaw taala
will open up, all goodness for you. Allah has shower you with
goodness, Allah says for in top dome for Hydra lecom If you return
to Allah and repent, it's good for you. Allah will give you goodness
Allah says for iya to boo Yakko Hiram similar kind of meaning few
verses number eight, we don't have too much time left let me just
quickly do this. Allah subhanho wa Taala increases your iman because
of return Allah increases your iman and you get huge reward Allah
promises reward now, after all of everything else, Allah gives you a
June Aleem mighty reward. So Allah subhanho wa Taala says in
Alladhina Tebu Ursula who are also mobila He will also Dena humulene
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meaning agilon Alima those who returned to him and reform and
they seek refuge with Allah and they sin they dedicate their Deen
sincerely for Allah. These people will be with the believers, and
Allah is going to give the believers a huge reward. So this
huge rewards in store for those who make Toba as well they become
part of the believers number nine.
As soon as you make Toba, sincere Toba, the blessings that have been
prevented from us and that we've been deprived of will suddenly
start to shower down.
Number one, number two blessings in all forms. If that means you've
not had rain, Allah will send you rain. If that means your income
has been tight, Allah will do that. If that means that you have
not been enjoying the food or you've had sicknesses in your
life, that will all open up. Number two, Allah will strengthen
you over the strength you already have. So you will become stronger.
I've tested this myself. And on other people, there's people who,
especially after a divorce, they just wrecked Well, after some
other case, they're really depressed. And you tell him to
make doba is too far. And you tell him to do some of car within two
to three weeks. This is science by the way, meaning this is
empirical. You try this within three weeks, within a few days, in
fact, but within three weeks, you will be sorted as long as you do
it correctly. I remember this sister, she was going through a
very difficult time. And we told to do these few things. Within
three weeks, she sent to me and said I'm sleeping now better than
I used to sleep before.
Allah gives you that tranquility when you get because a lot of the
time the difficulties that come is because of the sin. We've allowed
the shaytaan to become our accomplice our intimate and that's
what happens. Everybody, you know, we all are in this by ourselves.
We're not looking at anybody else. It's ourselves. It's our life. We
want the baraka and the blessings to come from Allah. And that's
what Allah subhanaw taala says, Now this is a beautiful verse.
Allah says, We are called Mr. Pharaoh Robert consume Tubu in a
Your son is either you can meet Aurora, why has it become Quwata
illa Quwata Cammarata? Well, lo Majidi mean,
the Prophet is saying to His people, oh people, seek
forgiveness from your Lord, and then return to Him. Remember two
things seek forgiveness and fully return to Him. And He will send he
will let the heavens loose upon you. You know, because there were
people who needed water crops, what else do you need, you need
irrigation at the right time, Allah will let the heavens shower
down upon you in abundance Medrol and in abundance, and he will
increase you in your strength, over the strength that you already
have. You will increase you in your strength against your enemies
against you know your own fears and whatever it is that we have
today, you need to make doba if you've got fears you've got weird
type of depressions or problems and anxieties make Toba to Allah
subhanaw taala what well to alone with Jimmy and don't turn away in
mischief. Number 10 Subhanallah it's not just Allah. When you make
Toba.
Allah has the angels pray for us.
So it's not just Allah giving us I mean, that's enough. Even if Allah
just forgave us that's enough because we're servants we're
supposed to be doing the right thing. Anyway, it's a job we need
it. Right? We need to be a good servant. But Allah gives us all of
this then
Allah subhanho wa Taala and you know, it's not any ordinary
angels. These are very special angels. A Latina yummy Luna
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Bell Jehoiakim those who are the carriers of the Arsh these are the
very special angels that have been selected to carry the Throne of
Allah subhanho wa Taala and those that are around them, they make
the speed that's their job, the carrying the holding up the
guiding the arch and holding up doors, and they just do to speed
they just glorify Allah that says that's their job. Right? They just
glorifying Allah. So it's like, imagine there's a ruler, the king,
right? And he's just got 1000s around him just saying You are the
greatest, you are the greatest. You are the greatest Shahan SHA,
SHA con, you know, whatever. It sounds a bit absurd for human
beings because nobody's worth that. But Allah subhanaw taala got
all of these angels, they just the speed and caring the arch. So they
are glorifying Allah with the praise and with the praise of the
Lord. They believe in him and they seek forgiveness for those who
believe. Right now specifically look at this, which of the videos
they say this, they do this the angels do our Robina our Lord, You
have
encompassed everything with your mercy and knowledge. Right so you
know who to have mercy on and you know exactly who's doing what and
what their status is. So seek so forgive those who repent. Fuck the
little Edina terrible, forgive those who make Toba and who then
follow your way and protect them from the punishment of the
Hellfire.
May Allah allow the angels to make dua for us as well.
Number 11 This is the last of the verses I'm going to quote today
and there's when you read the Quran, you'll start noticing this
now in sha Allah the next time you say whenever you come across the
word dough, but you have to buena and so on focus on it. When you
read the Quran we need to start in the Quran with meaning you know,
get a translation get a commentary and start reading it you know,
introduce the Quran to your life like that not just reading it,
which is very good, but additionally and you will see the
huge benefits from it. So here, Allah subhanho wa Taala says, wala
who URI do a YouTube ID equal
Allah once that
he accept your Toba?
Allah wants to accept your Toba.
So if Allah wants to accept you, though, which means he wants you
to do it, it's a worship of Allah Toba is a worship, it's a
devotion. It's seeking forgiveness. But in that seeking
forgiveness, in that return, it's a worship in itself. Because what
is worship of Allah? is glorifying Allah is glorifying. I'm seeking
forgiveness. How am I glorifying Allah? Well, I'm making him worth
it. I'm considering him worthy in my heart and in my sight, that I'm
saying I must seek forgiveness from you. And I think that's a
good way to end this is that we must consider Allah subhanaw taala
to be because he has given us everything he gives to those who
do Tober he gives to those who don't do Toba. But the heartfelt
sank satisfaction, and the Rama and the mercy and the blessings
and all the spiritual benefits and paradise that will be only for
those who make Toba and the last Hadith will end up and end with is
a Hadith from Sahih Muslim and it's in many other and you must
have heard this hadith.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam just to give you an idea of
how excited Allah is when somebody makes Toba. This hadith just
really highlights that point of how Allah subhanaw taala loves
people who make Toba unlike the people who will give you a hard
time.
So it says that there's a person who's going in the desert, and
he's got a camel, or a horse or whatever is the only anyone's got
a bit of food on there. And in the middle of a desert. I mean, you
need a bit of sustenance, there's no shops down there, right, you
know, in a traditional desert, not in Dubai, you know, not in those
deserts of Dubai, that's a different story. But you know,
going into the middle of Malian desert, or in the middle of the
ruble hottie in Saudi Arabia or whatever, you have to depend on
what you have your battery life, you know, in today's world,
everything, it's all on there. Imagine you've got a Jeep, and
it's all in there and you're alone. And you decide I'm really
tired. Hey, this is a nice little mound. Let me just relax here for
a while. So you get out you relax, you think everything is safe, and
you wake up and your car is gone.
Your phone was on there, your food, your water, everything was
on there. You have nothing and you wait for a while for maybe an
hour, two hours and now you're getting thirsty. Dehydration is
going to you know, and you can't see a soul inside and miles
because you went out somewhere is miles right? I'm putting I'm
making a modern example the prophets Allah Some said it was
simply not an example. And you give up eventually you give up.
There's nothing you got nothing nothing. And you give up
And you think, okay, if I'm gonna die, let me just find a place to
die. So you finally sit down and you've just completely despondent,
given up. And
suddenly, you see the car standing in front of you.
Miraculously, almost. How happy will you be after you've given up?
You found it? It says that Allah subhanaw taala is more happy than
this person.
This person in his happiness to Allah, He will say, This person
will say, I am your Lord and you're my servant. He mixes it up
that's how excited he is that he's found his Corrigan but Allah
subhanaw taala gets even more happy than this person who finds
find some his last survival. Right? That's Allah subhanho wa
Taala Ramadan is the time when Allah has closed the doors of
hellfire open the doors of paradise, closed up the shaytaan
no excuses left and gives huge amounts of reward blessing Baraka,
I mean, in three weeks time, we're not going to have this many people
inshallah we will. But generally you don't. Ramadan is that special
time it's not I'm not making a bad dua in sha Allah. Allah bless us.
It's the Iftar time for the people in it's nine o'clock they're in
Sweden as well. May Allah bless you guys all as well in Sweden. I
can't see you guys but Masha Allah, Allah bless us all here.
And may Allah accept to make a quick dough and then we'll finish
in sha Allah. Allahu Allah and the Santa Monica salaam, the Bharatiya
Janata Diwali Crom Allahumma Salli, wa salam ala Sayyidina
Muhammad wa ala EDHEC. Then Mr. hamady Roberto Salim him yeah, how
you yeah for your medical history. Yeah, Medina Judy, welcome
krummenacher Amin yeah Hieronymus only in via hireal Martine. Yeah
or hemraj He mean yeah Adele jewelry with economia Allah we ask
you for your special mercies. Yeah, Allah, shower us with Your
mercy. Drench us in Your Mercy of Allah grant us your forgiveness of
Allah allow us to return to you of Allah. We're sitting here in this
Masjid. This is a bit of a return to you of Allah allow us to fully
return to you with our hearts of Allah to shun the evil deeds that
we may have in our lives of Allah allow us to see them. Allah allow
us to see those deeds which have we have become habituated to which
may be wrong, and grant us beneficial knowledge. Oh Allah, Oh
Allah make this Ramadan better than any Ramadan before it. Oh
Allah Allah was complete return to you and to take on your cause. To
do good deeds of Allah make us of those who will be truly believers
and who will be gaining your love and who will love you and who you
will love to meet on the day of judgment and we will love to meet
you on the day of judgment of Allah make our final days of this
life the best days of our life. Oh Allah. Make every subsequent
Ramadan better than the previous one. Oh Allah grant us sincere
Toba sincere purification, sincere purity in our lives both outwardly
and inwardly, oh Allah make a sinless of Allah free us
completely from sin and writers of those who will be written to be
freed from hellfire in the nights of Ramadan and Oh ALLAH just as
you've kept shaytaan away from us, oh Allah give us the resilience
and oh Allah give us immunity from him even afterwards a while he's
there, oh Allah grant us enough Iman and conviction that we can
stay away and Oh Allah, we ask that you send your abundant
blessings in our messenger Muhammad Sallallahu it are 700
grant grant has his company in the hereafter. Subhana wa barakaatuh
obesity and merciful knows that I'm gonna be more sending what
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