Ibraheem Menk – Almighty, God, we thank you

			If any one of us takes a look at our lives, we will come to realize that there is so much that we
need to thank Allah subhanho wa Taala for Allah Allah is that you will JLL says, let you shake up to
the then come, if you are grateful, then I will increase you, while you carefully tune in or other
be less shady. And if you are ungrateful, then my punishment is severe. Allah horrible is that he
will Jellal is telling us that if we show gratitude to him, then the bounties that he has given us
will increase, we will have more of those bounties from him. Why? Because no matter how little a
person has, when he looks at the bounty that Allah subhanahu Attallah has given within himself, then
		

			that is enough for him to sit and thank Allah subhanho wa Taala for his entire life. You see, Allah
Allah will is that you will Jellal he placed systems within us that work simultaneously such that
the human being is fully formed and functioning. If we look at the respiratory system, and the
reproductive system, and the many tools of the mind that Allah subhanahu Attallah gave us the
nervous system, and everything else, the skin that a human being has the breathing that takes place,
the eyesight that is there, there are so many different functions that come together to form this
complete human being. So simply sitting and thanking Allah subhanho wa taala. For that, if we were
		

			to spend our entire lives from the day that we were born to the day that we died, thanking Allah
subhanahu wa taala for even one of those bounties, our thanks would not be enough. Allahu Akbar,
Allahu Akbar. And you know, if we want to bring this picture into our mind, let us try and take a
look at our lives. If someone was to tell us that, how about if I gave you $2 million? or $2
billion? Would you be happy to take it? Yes, I would be happy to take it of course, who wouldn't be
every one of us would be happy to take it. But if I were to tell you that I will give you these $2
billion, but you will live only for today and tomorrow you will die. Then the person immediately
		

			says no, hold on. Right now. I got that for that. I can't take it. I can't accept it. Why? Because
your life is more valuable than that $2 billion. If someone were to tell you that, I will give you
that 2 billion. But give me one. I have yours. One. I have yours. None of us. I don't think any one
of us would say take my eye. Why? Because your eyesight is more valuable than that. $2 billion.
Allahu Akbar. This is why the hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam tells us man us
Bahaman come in and he said Be the one of you from amongst you who wakes up and he is secure in his
family more often feel bad and he and he is completely free of defects. He's okay. No disease, he
		

			can walk he's seen eating, drinking. All of that is okay. We're in the WHO to me. And he has the
food of his day. fucka and Mama he's at level dunya Behera theory. It is as though the entire world
has been gathered for him with everything in it. Allah Allahu Akbar. What is Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam telling us whoever wakes up in the first place man us Bahaman Can you wake up and
your families around you? So your family is not dying? There are no bombs raining on them people
they are secure Amin and PCB you have that security and
		

			more often free bed and he he is completely okay in his body, no defects. He hasn't woken up and
being diagnosed with cancer or he hasn't woken up and he can't see trust me there are people who go
to sleep, able to see and they wake up and they cannot see Allahu Akbar. You wake up every day the
fact that your eyes flutter open, and you can see the image in front of you is the bounty of Allah
subhanho wa Taala Do you know that there is a nerve that is within the sight or between the eyesight
and the brain? If that nerve did not receive a certain nutrient your eye can see but the
		

			image will not travel to your brain, Allahu Akbar. So your eye is seeing, but simply because the
transportation of that picture the cable, for lack of a better word is not functioning you cannot
see. Do you see how many bounties of Allah subhanahu Attallah we have within us where we foresee
coming to Rouen and within yourselves, do you not see Allah subhanho wa Taala is inviting us to take
a journey into looking at our own bodies. You don't even need to go beyond and see what is out
there. You don't even need to go beyond and see what is out there to understand why you Taro dunya
Mehta, la isla to suit and if you are to enumerate if you are to count the bounties of Allah
		

			subhanho, wa taala, you would not enumerate them, try and count everything that you have, you will
not even be able to write it down, you will leave something out, you will definitely leave something
out there are systems in our bodies that exist that we don't even know exists. But if they didn't
happen, and they didn't work on a daily basis, we would be debt. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. So we
really need to thank Allah subhanho wa taala, for everything that we have. And the last part of that
hadith is profound, when the who go to me, and he has the food of his day, just the day.
		

			Now, most of us if we look at this, not only do we have the food of our day, we have the food of the
day, the food of the month, the food of the year, the food of two years, that would have 10 years,
and we are still worried that we don't have enough. We are still saying that you know what, I wish I
had this and I wish I had that. Do you know what really helps a human being is to look at what Allah
has given him. And to not look at what Allah has given others to not look upwards. You see what we
do, we tend to do as greedy human beings. We only have 60 to 70 years in this world anyways. But
what we do as greedy human beings, we look at those who are above I'm driving the Corolla he's got a
		

			Mercedes Benz, wow, look at what he has. Yet Allah subhanahu Attallah gave you a mode of transport.
If you looked downwards, and you looked at those who are riding bicycles and those who are walking
and those who don't have shoes, then you become grateful to Allah subhanho wa taala. Even if you are
riding a donkey, you are grateful to Allah Allah is that he will Jarrell why? Because I have a mode
of transport. I have something that takes me from point A to point B, this man is walking and the
man who is walking should be looking at the one who has no legs. Allahu Akbar. So there is so much
that Allah subhanho wa Taala has given us and we have so much, you know, oftentimes I say, and I
		

			think to myself, that if we are to simply go to our freezers in our homes, and see what food we
have, if we stopped buying food today, then we will probably have enough food to last us one or two
years in the home. One or two years in the home. There is enough food there. You can survive, you
can live, you can actually make it but we are worried about 10 years and 15 years and 20 years. Yet
we don't even know if we are guaranteed tomorrow. Allah Allah, Allah is that he will judge Allah has
blessed us beyond measure. So when we wake up, we need to thank Allah subhanahu Attallah you see,
social media plays a big role in making people ungrateful to Allah subhanho wa Taala what happens
		

			when you open up these apps, and you see that man has got a Bugatti and that man has got a house 10
times the size of my house, and the next man's wife looks like this. And the other man who is doing
this and that he's gone on holiday, we begin to look down on the bounty that ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala
has given us and which one of us goes onto social media and posts the bad parts of our lives. None
of us nobody wants people to know that we are fighting within the home nobody wants the public to
know what is happening with him the intricate you know, dealings of the home the the the
relationships of the home, perhaps we are at each other's throats for the entire day. And that
		

			moment that we took a selfie together, we smiled into the camera. So things were completely upside
down. But for that moment, we just put the phone up, took a picture smile together, put it up the
whole world think so.
		

			lives are going well. But in reality there is serious problem. So what you see online on social
media is not actually what is happening. People will show you the best parts of their lives. So
don't look at them and say, I wish I had what they have. And even if you wish, it is not as though
you are going to receive it. You can make dua, you can make a dua of baraka for them. And this is
what helps you become more grateful make dua of baraka for them. And Allah subhanahu wa taala will
grant you as well the angels will be making dua for you as well saying and for you as well. So the
DUA will come from the angels when you make a dua for your brother. And you ask Allah subhanahu
		

			Attallah to bless him in that which he has, then you have made a dua for yourself as well. You see,
the hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says that if the OMA Wallah which the Marathi
Ummah to Allah and then farewell cabbie che in Linnaean Farooqi in Nabi che in cutterbar, Hula, hula
and if the MaHA to gather to benefit you with something that you would not benefit you with that,
except if Allah subhanahu Attallah had written it for you, whether we determine our who Allah Niada
rule cabbie che in Laniado rule can be che in Ketubot hula hoop, and if they were to gather to harm
you with something, then they will not harm you except that which Allah subhanho wa Taala has
		

			written upon you Luffy it will just fit your sock of the pennies have been lifted, and the scrolls
have dried. What you are going to receive was written for you before you came into this world before
you came into this world. So whether you wish for it, wanted pine after it, go crazy for it. If it
is not meant for you, it will not come to you. So when you realize this and internalize it, then
your heart becomes content, your heart becomes peaceful, no matter what he has achieved. I know that
if Allah has written it for me, I will receive it. If Allah has not written it for me, I will not
receive it. That is what really brings about contentment within the heart. And if a person decides
		

			to be ungrateful to Allah subhanho wa Taala and he decides to reject the favor of Allah subhanho wa
Taala over him, then Allah horrible is that you will Joanne says whether Kapha tune in either below
share the and if you are to reject, then my punishment is severe. What punishment is Allah subhanahu
wa taala talking about? Allah subhanahu wa taala is talking about the punishment of the Ark era and
the punishment of the dunya as well. Why? Because when you look at the next man, no matter what you
have, you can have billions you will always wish for something more, you are never at peace, so that
peace, the removal of it. That in and of itself is a punishment when a person cannot be peaceful.
		

			They are people who own everything, but they cannot sleep at night. Why? Simply because another
person has that which I don't have. So it becomes a point within the heart way there is complete
whoa within there is a fight and a tussle with oneself to say why don't I have guru Elam and who do
not come while atom guru Elam and who are the who are over here, edge. Allah TESDA Runa Metalla
here. Look at those who are beneath you and don't look at those who are above you. So it is more
likely that then you will not despise the bounty of Allah subhanho wa Taala upon you don't look at
what others have focus on what Allah has given you. thank Allah for your health, your wealth, your
		

			family, your life and everything you have, and Allah subhanho wa Taala will grant you contentment
and He will bless you in the earth era. May Allah subhanahu wa to Allah grant us the ability to be
content with that which He has given us. And may He grants us the ability to thank him for that
which He has given us. One last thing I would like to mention is that you see the person who has
contentment in his heart and the one will own the world. They are the same. They are the same. Why?
Because the one who has everything. Allah has given him everything. He has it so he's happy he
doesn't want anything else. But you can reach
		

			stepped with one feeling by simply saying, I thank Allah for what I have. And I am happy with
whatever He decrees upon me. And you will reach the level of the one who has the dunya and
everything that it contains. Why? Because you are now content, no matter what happens in my life,
thank Allah. So you have reached that level. In fact, the one who has the dunya and everything
within it can still be discontented, can still be anxious, so he can be a poor man in his heart that
you are, you can be richer than Him with one feeling and that is gratitude to Allah subhanho wa
Taala so, be thankful to Allah subhanahu wa taala one of the greatest ways of being thankful is to
		

			pray your Salah every day, to perform your Salah as soon as it is time a Salah to our our Tia. When
you render that Salah you will become the Beloved of Allah subhanho wa Taala May Allah subhanahu wa
taala draw us close to him. And may Allah Allah Boulez that you will Jellal except from us, and make
us those who are from amongst those who are righteous and pious, what else you don't wanna and in
hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen