Ahsan Hanif – Strengthening our Relationship with Allah SWT

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			one of the greatest challenges that every single Muslim faces every single one of us irrespective of
our age, our gender, our position in society, our level of knowledge, an issue that every single
Muslim faces is how to keep on strengthening the relationship with Allah subhanho wa Taala. One of
the greatest traps of Shang pan and one of the greatest ways that shavon enters upon a person is by
weakening and diluting that link between us and our Lord and creator. Allah subhanho wa Taala and if
he can sever that link, then he will do so. That is his objective in life. It is our objective in
life and our purpose in this dunya to strengthen to the best of our ability, that connection with
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala. And everything within this religion revolves around that central principle.
That is the essence of the hain. It is what we find in the example of our Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wasallam it is what a large zildjian wants from the Quran. It is the role and the purpose of the
Hatim and the scholar, the Imam and the day to connect the people to Allah subhanho wa Taala to help
them to find those things that motivate them and strengthen their relationship with Allah azza wa
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			when we look at the life of our profits on Allah, wherever he will sell them, you will find that
even he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was given things by Allah subhanho wa Taala that then would be
used by his oma as well. But he was given means to strengthen and to bring him closer to Allah
subhanho wa Taala. There is no one who is closer and stronger in their relationship with a large
religion, that our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam no one who is more beloved to Allah subhanho
wa Taala than our Prophet salallahu early He will send them no one who has a higher state of Eman or
a greater reward in the sight of Allah or greater status in the sight of Allah azza wa jal than our
		

			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Yet there are a number of verses in the Quran that show that
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would become sad. And he would it would sorrow and grieve
him, what the Muslim king of gracious to say about him. And what would happen to the Muslims will be
something especially in those early years of MACRA it will be something that would weigh heavily
upon his shoulders. The responsibility that he was given of conveying this message and spreading the
religion of Islam and teaching the people and bringing them to Allah subhana wa ttan. And his title
when there was something which used to have a physical effect upon him, wasn't just that it was
		

			something which was mentally draining something which was difficult to think about or to, to
comprehend. But even physically, it would manifest itself upon our Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wasallam.
		

			An example of this is
		

			a sooner there is mentioned in the Quran, and something which the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said concerning the surah and it is somewhat unique, the surah and some of the other sources
that he mentioned within the same context, in the sense that it shows us how the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam used to connect with Allah subhanho wa Taala and in particular through the Quran,
because the Quran is one of those means and one of those ways through which you can continuously
strengthen your
		

			relationship with Allah azza wa jal. It is easier for the vast majority of people vast majority of
Muslims to have a strong connection with Allah in the month of Ramadan. It is easier, it is easier
for them to have a stronger connection with Allah azza wa jal when they go for Umrah, or when
they're performing hajj, when they're sitting by the curb. It is easier when they're praying in the
mosque of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasallam. But the challenge that people face that me and you
face is how to keep that strength of a man going when we're not in those places. We're not in that
situation. We're not in those seasons of worship, like the month of Ramadan. How do we keep that
		

			connection strong with Allah, one of the greatest means is through the Quran. And Allah subhanho wa
Taala taught us to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam by revealing to him certain surahs at
certain times. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam lost his wife Khadija rhodiola
		

			and then a few months later, he will lose his uncle a Batali in the books of Sierra in the life of
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam his biography this year. It is known as the Amel hosen The
year of grief in the year of sorrow, two of the closest people to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam died, they passed away a few months apart. It is after this that a large zildjian gave to the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam three things that would help consoled him and would help him to
become even strongly in his connection with Allah subhanho wa Taala. And it is as if Allah azzawajal
is saying to him, that yes, Khadija are the Allahu anhu was the one who would inspire you and He
		

			will confide in her and she will motivate and encourage you. And as he was about Allah, who in
public outside in the public eye, he will defend you and He will protect your honor. But it is
ultimately Allah subhanho wa Taala, who protects and gives divine care and protection. So even if
all of them were to pass away these people and other than them from amongst the Muslims, Allah
subhanho wa Taala is with you. Allah zildjian gave to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam three
things. One is specific to him, we as his own madman, Sharon, but two of those three are things that
we to participate in, we have a share of them. The first of them was the surah and Mirage, the Night
		

			Journey, in a single night, the practice element from Makkah to Jerusalem to the seven heavens and
back, that is unique to him. But it was done to show the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the
amount of love and care and protection that Allah zildjian has for His Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam yet within that journey, and then after the journey, there are two other things that every
single one of us can take from in our problems in our issues when we're struggling with our a man,
when we perhaps look at the world events and find that there is a test that has come to us that we
need to face up to as individuals personally doesn't necessarily mean that it's something you share
		

			with other people but you yourself know in your heart, your level of Eman, your connection with
Allah zildjian you can audit yourself. Allah subhanho wa Taala gave to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam and by extension to this oma the Salah, the prayer that five times a day or night you have
that connection that is unique between you and Allah subhana wa Tada. It is a connection between you
and Allah azza wa jal that even though every single Muslim is praying, and you may well be in a
mystery than praying with hundreds or maybe even 1000s of other people, your prayer is your personal
connection with Allah subhanho wa Taala. And that is why people pray, but they differ in their
		

			levels of reward and what they take from the prayer. people pray, but the benefit that they take
from the prayer will also vary. And the second thing that the prophets are the third thing that the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was given was the revelation of certain sources. After the death
of those two people. Certain sources were revealed to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam,
		

			the contemplation of the Quran understanding the Quran reading the Quran, and merging them with
these ahaadeeth with the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam pinpoint a surah or a verse or a
passage and he says that this is how it affected me. Or these are the benefits that you can
extrapolate from it. That is contemplation of the Quran, understanding the port and at a deeper
level, because reciting the Quran without understanding and contemplation will only take you so far.
In the hadith of Xia demon Allah beading certainly been manager there the mineral lobby or the Allah
who answered that our Prophet said sallallahu alayhi wa sallam spoke about the signs of the hour.
		

			And he mentioned a number of them. And then he said that during the Ahwahnee the habit that will
happen when knowledge is taken from us, knowledge will be lifted. So as he had, he said,
		

			robiola one the rise said O Messenger of Allah. k for you to learn more one on one. Abner Anna, will
you, Abner, Abner? Illa, Yamuna, gamma or messenger of Allah, how can knowledge possibly be lifted?
How can knowledge be removed when we read the Quran and we teach our children to read the Quran, and
our children will then teach their children how to read the Quran, and that will continue until yomo
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			And that's the case. We learned the Quran from the generation above us, our parents, our teachers,
people who are older than us in age. Now we teach it to our children, they will teach it to their
children from generation to generation, now or on passes on. And that is from the miracle of the
preservation of the Quran. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam replied and he said that he let
go omocha years he had in the controller or unterman Africa angle Medina, may your mother be
relieved of you? And this was an Arabic expression or Arab expression to show someone the gravity
and the seriousness of the situation and how important it is that they grasp what is being said. May
		

			your mother be believed Have you over the ozean? I used to think that you are one of the most
knowledgeable people in the city of Medina.
		

			Our Lisa Harvey Hillier, who do one nosara your Corona terrazza will Injeel ly interferon I mean
Harvey shape, then we have amongst us the Jews, and the questions will read their scriptures, the
Torah and the Injeel. But they take very little benefit from it.
		

			So the prompts are suddenly me saying it is not simply about the act of reading. Reading will only
take you so far. And the Quran is blessing even in its recitation. We know that for every word that
you read, you have 10 rewards of the Quran. And those people who memorize the Quran according to
their levels of memorization, Allah will increase them in ranking station on Yom Okayama. In
general, these are virtues of the Quran, but they will only take you so far. The Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam would stress to his companions, the importance of understanding and contemplating
the Koran. And that's why the companions would often take months and sometimes years over a single
		

			surah delving into its meanings, pondering and reflecting over what Allah subhanho wa Taala is
saying, and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would turn their attention towards certain
sorrels towards certain passages and verses so that they would go back and contemplate it even more.
One such example that I want to bring to your attention is the surah that was revealed after this
year of grief and sorrow. After the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam went on his Asana Raj, after
Allah had obligated and legislated the Salah, upon all of the Muslim oma,
		

			Allah subhana wa Taala revealed to him from amongst the stories that were revealed a surah by the
name of Surah Hood. The Surah Hood in the Quran isn't one of those. Maybe you could say more
popular, more famous souls in the sense that people don't normally wish to read or listen to the
recitation of the surah it's not like surah Merriam, or a man aka have or other sort of use from the
Quran that people are more familiar with. But the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam made an
interesting observation concerning the surah in the Hadith that is collecting the 10 million are
Hakeem and other than that, on the authority of Abdullah mahabis, or the Allahu anhu man, who said
		

			that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was one day in the company of his companions and
Abubakar robiola, who said to him, shape Italia Rasul Allah, or messenger of Allah, you have gone
owned, meaning that your hair has white in it. Now the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was the
most most youthful of people, and the most courageous and the strongest of people even from amongst
the companions. He was known for his courage and for his strength, and for his youthfulness. And the
companion say that at the time that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam died, as even Malik
rhodiola were answered in the narrations and Bihari. The prophet SAW Selim didn't have more than 20
		

			whiteheads in his head and in his beard, no more than 20 the younger companions would sit, and they
would count the white hairs of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. Such was the love and the
adoration and the admiration for the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. And as even Malik said he
didn't have more than 20 white tears, the vast majority of them were in his head or attached to his
lower lip 20 hands, yet even that slight change was noticeable to the companions. That slight
graying of the hair of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam was noticeable to the companions. And
that's because the companions used to play pay so much attention, so much care to every single
		

			statement and every single movement of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam and with
		

			action is normally unusual. It's unusual for a person that you see every day to notice slight
changes about your family members who see you everyday, your wife, your husband, your children,
because they see you every day. They don't normally notice the slight changes within you. If you're
going more bold, you're going more gray, you've put on weight, you've lost weight. There is no many
others who when they see you, after a few weeks will look at you and say, You look different.
There's something different about you. But those people who see you every day for them, it's more or
less the same. The subtle changes are difficult to notice. But the companions despite seeing the
		

			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam are not an almost daily basis, they would see even the slightest
of change. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam replied to Abubakar of the Allah one. And he
said, Shay, you're Bethany rude to her. It is surahs like Surah Hood that have made me grow old. Now
surah Hoon is a surah that was revealed after israa and Mirage, but the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam is contemplating and contemplating and contemplating. we're evolving around the surah so much
that years later when people notice a physical change, this is how the Quran affected the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that it would manifest within him a physical change to the prophet or
		

			seldom says that is not my worries that have made me grow old age that has made me grow old or
white, but rather, it is the Quran shaiya Bethany hold on to her in another narration he said Shay
Bethany who will appear and woman salad well I'm Maria Tessa alone. What is a sham Sukkot we're on.
Five souls have made me grow old from the Quran surah Hoon, and wealthier and more solid. And I made
the sat alone and either Shem suku will, five souls have made me grown. This is how much the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam connected with the with those soldiers from the Quran. If you were to
look at these soldiers, and you were to analyze them, and in particular Surah Surah, who did the
		

			surah that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam received at this time in his life, because Allah
subhana wa Taala gave to him within the surah the example of those who came before him, the stories
of those who came before him know who would solid Ibrahim Lord Shri Musa are they human Salatu was
Salam prophets who came before him and the stories and the interactions that they had with their
people. Because now that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam had lost a metallic licorice
increased in his in the oppression and transgression towards the Muslims, and they even harmed the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam more personally than they will do during the life of a butare.
		

			Now for these are the Allahu Allah has passed away. So when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
returns home, he only finds his children doesn't find his wife, he finds orphan children who have
lost their mother, or the Allahu image mine. Yet still the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
continued upon his path, because Allah azza wa jal revealed to him sutras like Surah Hood, Allah
Subhana Dayal at the beginning of the soul and I just want to draw your attention to two or three
critical points within the surah Allah subhanho wa Taala mentioned at the beginning of the surah
that every single thing that we need in order to keep that connection strong with Allah, and that we
		

			need in order to be successful Muslims, you will find it within the Quran caulifla ma Kitab on IR to
sama for Silla, Tamil Nadu Hakeem in hobby, this is a book that it's verses are manifest in clear
and then they have been explained from the one who is all aware all wines, every single thing that
you need, as a Muslim, to be successful not only in your religious life, but in your worldly life
you will find within the Quran. So Allah subhanho wa Taala by begins by mentioning a couple of those
things that are extremely important, Allah taboo in Allah, that you should worship. Only Allah
subhanho wa Taala. And then Allah says when it's time for you to want to back home from matobo la,
		

			you material Mata and Hassan Illa, jelly muslimah where you take a lady fall in favela and that you
should seek Allah's forgiveness and repent to Allah subhanho wa Taala and Allah azza wa jal will
give you God and He will increase you in God, and He will give you enjoyment within this life, and
He will give you from his bounty, and from his grace, provision, success, happiness, all of this
revolves around your relationship with a larger version. And that's when Levin says, When I'm in the
button fill out of the inla and Allah he had his or her way
		

			out, Dodaro, that there is not a single creature on the face of this earth, except that it is Allah
who provide for that creature. It is a large zildjian who provides
		

			For his creation, it is in the hands of Allah to give happiness to people to give them success to
grant them to the way that will be the Serato step in the straight path. And then Allah azza wa jal
mentions, the two types of people when it comes to this message of the Quran, when it comes to the
message that was brought by the prophets of Allah subhana wa Tada, those people who will accept and
they will persevere, and they will work and they will bring effort and determination, and they will
sacrifice for the sake of Allah azza wa jal, and then you have those people who will turn away who
will choose a different path, who will rather want to enjoy everything they can in this life, and
		

			won't give any thought to what will happen after their death. Allah subhanaw taala mentions both of
them. But then he goes on to mention those examples in practical terms with the people of no Halle,
he said, the people have no Halle his Salaam, refused to believe in Noah. And one of the reasons
that they refuse to believe as Allah mentions in the surah is because their people, the people who
follow know how he Salaam were the weak and the poor. So they said, I don't mean like our tabernacle
out of their own. Should we believe in you, when your followers are the weak, when your followers
are the poor, when your followers are those who don't have a noble station in society. But olara
		

			zildjian doesn't care about those things. Allah mentioned the story of hold on who the * is
salatu salam, who his people were people who were known to have military prowess, they had the
ability to construct fortresses everywhere. And Allah azza wa jal says in the surah, that huzzah to
them that if you return to Allah and seek His forgiveness, he has it come forward and
		

			then Allah will increase you with even more strength in addition to the strength that you already
have. But when they turned away from Allah azza wa jal, Allah didn't care about the way about the
military power, about the strength about the fact that they could go and conquer other lands and
other peoples. Allah mentions the story of Saudi how he said him and his people were given
technological advances to the extent that still today in the world, you can go and see the dwellings
of solidarity, his center, and his people model inside where they built houses and palaces into the
sides of mountains carved into them 1000s of years ago, when they turned away from Allah subhana wa
		

			tada when they rejected their Prophet salallahu alaihe salam, Allah subhana wa tada didn't care
about those technological advancements that they had. You have the story of sure Abraham was people
were given economical means they had money and they had wealth and they were extremely prosperous,
but they will do so by cheating others and by being unfair in the way that they used to buy and
trade and sell so large so Joel mentioned in the Quran that tray value Sallam said to them why are
called me often Michela will miserable, just be just in the way that you weigh we just in the way
that you buy and sell, were they to turn away from the profit and loss of Hannah with Allah, so
		

			Allah azza wa jal didn't care about their well. So what does Allah subhana wa Taala care about? And
all of these things are being leveled against the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and the few
Muslims that he has with him. During that time in Makkah, the Quraysh are more powerful, they're
more normal, they have better weaponry, they have more advances in every single form. The companions
of the Prophet have seldom the vast majority of them are weak and poor, they're women and children
and slaves and so on. Yet a large religion is showing through the surah that Allah subhanho wa Taala
only cares about those people who believe in Him, who turned to him who hold on to the path of Allah
		

			subhanho wa Taala. They are the people who are given success. They are the people who if they strive
and they are they preserve and they are determined to reach what a large soldier has promised them,
that Allah subhana wa Taala will make their path easy for them. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam took away these lessons, and he would think and he would ponder and he will contemplate so
much that he made a physical difference in his appearance, not only in his appearance, but even in
his mindset, as I shall have the Allahu anhu mentioned to us that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam would sometimes see a cloud. And when he would see the cloud, he would become agitated. And
		

			he would walk in and he would walk out of his house and he would become upset. So she said, O
Messenger of Allah, when the people see clouds, they rejoice because it's bringing rain, especially
in a climate like Arabia, where it's desert and hot. When people see when they rejoice, they see
clouds, they become happy, but your messenger of Allah, you become agitated and upset. He said, Oh,
are you sure Verily, there were people who came before us who would see clouds like this thinking
that he bought when and mercy from Allah azza wa jal, but within it, they contain punishment for
them. He's referring to the people of who that are his center. Those people have who will give them
		

			drought and famine that's how they would destroy a drought and famine and without a solemn promise
them that the punishment of Allah would come. They saw drought and famine for a number of days. And
they were extremely hard up. But then eventually clouds came so when they saw those clouds they
rejoice and they said to who we knew that you were line, clowns have come rain has come who live has
come, therefore you are not true. Your God is not true. From our overall revenue stop below the ATM,
follow her out. They wanna they saw those clouds. They said these are clouds bringing Wayne Bell who
are Mr. gela to MIT Rehan via Aleem to the mural coalition in the MDR, a br FOSS, Bakula Euro in
		

			Lima Sakina. Allah says berada is what you hasten what you wanted mean the punishment of Allah, when
you would say to who they feel true, then ask Allah to punish us. If what you're saying is true,
show us this punishment of Allah. Rather it is what you hastened. It is an extremely painful torment
and wind, it will destroy everything, everything, so that the next day you will not see anything
standing except the houses other than the robos. Everything was destroyed. The Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam and he would read swirls like Sora hood, he wouldn't just read them and pass on,
but he would understand and contemplate, to the extent that if you saw something that is mentioned
		

			within that surah something that happened to people who came before us by 1000s of yours, the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam when fear the same for his oma, the prophet of Salem would
contemplate and he would change his physical appearance. This is how a person connects to the Quran.
This is how we strengthen our relationship with the Quran. Allah subhanho wa Taala has given us the
Quran is given us the Stata has given us all of these means, but often the way that we treat them is
very haphazard. We don't connect, we don't stop to think and to ponder. Even though Alonzo says in
the Quran, a fella to the Bernal or an America pulumi not follow her. Do they not contemplate and
		

			ponder the Quran? Or are their hearts locked reseal? barakallahu li walakum Ronnie was sooner when a
felony will be Murphy mammillaria to hikma a poco de Haida mustafina la Holly welcome when he's
younger and Muslim and I'm including them infrastop Bureau in Nevada for right
		

			smilla and hoody, Lao salatu salam ala rasulillah. Earlier he was talking to a woman Well,
		

			this one is not meant to discourage people from reciting the Quran, or reading as much of the corner
and that they can as they can to memorize the Quran. But rather is to add another aspect and a
different way of also interacting with the Quran, one that is equally important, and perhaps in some
cases, even more so. And that is the importance of understanding and contemplating what you
understand, but just simply reading a translation or even a book of the CEO, but to stop and to
think about it. Abdullah bin Ahmed the Allahu Allah, and in some narrations that he said that he was
his father, I'm one of the Allah one. They spent 10 years oversaw to Bukhara 10 years. Abdul Rahman
		

			Rahim Allah, one of the famous poets of the tab you're in from the students are from the students of
many of the great companions. He was once reciting surah. Hood. And a woman passed by and she said
an elderly woman. And she said to him, oh, even abhi Laila? Do you recite Surah Hood with this speed
and he was reciting normally, he wasn't reciting very fast he was reading normally. She said, Do you
recite Surah Hood with such haste? It's taken me six months, and I'm still on the solo. Six months
and I'm still on the single surah because that's how the companions were. That's how the scholars
were Yes, they would have a portion of the Quran that they would read daily in order to finish the
		

			recitation of the Quran as often as they could. But they would also have portions of the Quran where
they would stop and ponder and they would contemplate, and some of the companions would simply take
a surah and they would spend as long as they needed in order to take everything that they possibly
could from that single source of the Quran. I'm done live in Miss rhodiola or unsaid. Don't read the
Quran with haste. It is not poetry that you're reading, nor is it a fable or a story that you're
simply trying to read to pastime, but rather stop and ponder the amazing signs of Allah contain with
every single verse. That is how you ponder the Quran. you contemplate the Quran. If the Prophet
		

			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam tells us that a surah like Surah Hood, made him grow old, that it's
something that brought fear within him he would make him fearful at times that shouldn't we as
people who love Allah, the Quran, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam want to go back to sources
like Surah Hood and see why. What does Allah azza wa jal say? What is it
		

			message that Allah subhana wa tada wants us to take. So the message from this hotbar My dear
brothers and sisters in Islam is to connect with on on. It is one of the greatest ways of
strengthening your Eman and keeping that relationship with Allah strong. But don't just simply by
reading the Quran also by contemplating and understanding the Quran escolares origin that he makes
us from amongst the people of the Quran. Those people who are is only those people who are special
people that he has chosen from this earth. We are large that will give us the ability to understand
the Quran, to implement the Quran to follow the Quran large and make it a means of our intercession
		

			on the Yama and through the Quran. May Allah subhanaw taala raise our ranks in gender, male law
protect us and our families from every evil Subhanallah amasi phone was Salam in almost 13 on hamdu
Lillahi Rabbil aalameen