Ramadan 2010 – Durban – Reminders – Day 23

Salam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

smilla rahmanir rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was Salam O Allah Muhammad Ali Al amin Nabina Muhammad in Allah Allah He was happy as you may know about. All praise is indeed due to Allah subhanho wa Taala blessings and salutations upon Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam, we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to bless him and all the messengers of Allah subhanho wa Taala, who was sent to mankind to remove them from the darkness into the light. May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless them and their companions May he bless the Sahaba of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, may he bless all the whole Ummah of this oma who have struggled and strive to bring the deen to us. May He bless

every single one of us. And may He use every one of us to serve this Deen And may Allah subhanho wa Taala bless our offspring and keep them all steadfast on this Dean. In this trying time, the times where a person holding on to his Deen is similar to a person holding on to a red hot coal. We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala protection on a dilemma beloved brothers and sisters DRS listeners this evening we read some very moving verses of the Quran. Allah subhanho wa Taala in this 24th part of the Quran is inviting us to seek forgiveness, the verse that has within it the greatest hope in the whole Quran. We have already tonight. Tonight being one of the odd nights we ask Allah subhanho wa

Taala once again, to make us from those whom he has forgiven, and from those who earn Jana, it's not a joke, Allah it is something serious this evening there are verses so many verses where Allah subhanho wa Taala is informing us of what will happen who the winners are, and those who are deceived by thinking that the the life is only this life. This life is a preparation for the main life that has no ending that will come after this one. We ask Allah Subhana Allah to Allah to grant us forgiveness on the day of the AMA, and we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to grant us entry into Jenna, Allah Subhana Allah says in Surah to Zuma,

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to know tomorrow night in LA, oh Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam say, to my worshipers who have transgressed against themselves, never lose hope in the mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala in LA Zoo by Jamie.

Allah is the one who will forgive all the sins, there is no sin too big for Allah to forgive on condition that we repent from it. That's the condition. Even schilke majority of the Sahaba were mostly keen before they became known as Sahaba of the Allahu anhu. May Allah peace be upon them. The minute they left the sheikh and entered the fold of Islam, they were forgiven, and they were they became the best of those who treaded this earth after the prophets, Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us a little bit of that forgiveness. Remember, if Allah subhanho wa Taala were to forgive every single sin committed from the beginning of time to the end of time, it will not displace any portion of the

mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala. It is absolutely no for Allah Subhana Allah to Allah. In fact, one narration says that if Allah were to give every single creature, whatever they've asked from the beginning of creation, right to the end of creation, it would not displace anything from the kingdom of Allah. Besides that which a little needle would displace when placed into an ocean, how much water would displace. So behind Allah, that's the power of the Creator. This is my creator and yours. This is why Allah subhanho wa Taala invites us so beautifully saying, look, come to the mercy know that Allah is going to forgive all your sins. And this is why shaytan promised Allah subhanho

wa Taala he said, I'm going to take away their hope in your mercy. Let's listen to this carefully. I am going to take away their hope in your mercy. Which means if any one of us is losing hope in the mercy of Allah, we've headed in the direction of shaitan May Allah subhanahu wa taala forgive us all, no sin, no matter what is too big for Allah to forgive. Allah subhanho wa Taala will forgive us the condition is we need to admit our error. We need to seek forgiveness asking Allah subhanho wa Taala is forgiveness through repentance and we need to promise that we will

not do this again. We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to grant us forgiveness on this night and we need to turn obviously we need to change our ways and habits and we need to become better people. These are the verses reminder of the reminder. So Allah says in the same versus what who Oksana de la la la

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now he dishes out a warning after giving us some of his mercy and how great it is describing it. He says look, we better follow the Koran follow the Sunnah follow the that which Allah has revealed before it is too late, then nobody will be able to assist May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us the turning point and in fact he continues to say

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and you won't even know that it has come and it's overtaken, which means Allah subhanho wa Taala gives us a chance. And with this chance Allah subhanho wa Taala lets us through our own turning by the will of Allah turn. But if we are from amongst those who continue to say yes, okay, today tomorrow, you know, I'm still young, I still got lots of years ahead of me, I'm still healthy, no aches in my neck in my knees and you know, everything seems to be okay. If that's the case. Who knows? There is no guarantee

life is definitely not guaranteed for anyone and guess who knows no age, we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to forgive us. And Allah says, We don't want you to come on the day of pm and say, Oh, you know, I should have done this and I should have done that.

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We would not like a person to come and say, oh, what did I do regarding the message of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And regarding Allah subhanho wa Taala he sent me so many reminders, but I didn't turn and the reminders Allah subhanho wa Taala says,

such people will be questioned on the day of the AMA. And this question repeats itself so many times in the various tours that we read this evening. Did the messengers not come to you to remind you to warn you and the answer will be yes they did. Yes they did. Did people not come to you to remind you to warn you, Allah will ask Subhana Allah to Allah, that didn't we send someone to remind you? Didn't this person come? Didn't that person come? What will the answer be? Allahu Akbar, we will have to say yes, indeed, the they have come. And Allah Subhana Allah says, describing those whom he sent, Allah says on the day of piano, when the Trumpet will be blown, let's listen to this beautiful

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then it will be blown again, for either to me, oh, they will suddenly be resurrected, they will all be looking, looking everybody will be resurrected. The narration says of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam this hadith is so high, that after the trumpet is blown the first time and everything comes to an end Allah subhanho wa Taala will cause a thick white rain to fall onto the earth for a period of 40 whether it's 40 days or months, the Hadith does not make mention of and people will grow. People will grow just like trees grow. This is why whenever Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of the rain of mercy. And he tells us in the Quran, that look when the earth is

dead and then from the seed it grows in the same way we will cause a different type of rain to fall and human beings will all grow. Everybody will grow to a certain height to a certain age and everybody will will be watching in dead silence the Quran describes it in another place that you will not hear harsh it auswahl many all the voices will be silenced for Allah, not pindrop not even a pindrop

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the light of the earth, the earth will be enlightened with the new of Allah subhanho wa Taala. On that day, why the sun's function is over, the Earth's function is over, these creatures have come to an end. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala says the Nur of Allah subhanho wa Taala, that light will lighten up the place. And Allah says,

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one will be idle kita boo, the books will all be laid bare, all the books will be laid bare. Try and picture for a moment. Obviously this example is higher than our comprehension. But it's for us it is a duty to ponder, to ponder and to reflect. Allah says, all the books will come, they will be placed where will the Al Kitab or G abing me and all the messengers will come one after the other they will be brought, why will they be brought to bear witness? Yeah, Allah, these are my people, I delivered the goods. You see Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, at the end in Hutchinson Wada. he conveyed the message in such an emotional manner, the Sahaba of the lavon, whom were in tears, when

he gave the message, the final message, he looked at his companions. And he says, Do you bear witness that I have delivered the goods that I have conveyed the message? They said yes, you have he looked up in the sky and he says Allahumma crashpad or LA bear witness. They have all said I have already conveyed the message to Panama. That is su de la sallallahu alayhi wa sallam so all the messengers will come. And Allah says, What Gee, I've been I've been was Shahada and all the witnesses will come. All sorts of witnesses will be lined up. Imagine everybody's court case will happen. Just picture for a moment here. If you have a court case, and the books are all day, the

witnesses are all there and we are in the box. They are waiting for the judge to make a decision. This is minor, but we get worried. This is absolutely minor even if we are going to have a life sentence. It's nothing compared to what will happen on the MDR Fira May Allah subhanahu wa taala make us more conscious of that. So Allah subhanho wa Taala says the angels, the witnesses will be brought forth the prophets will all be brought forth in Allah says while cobia

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Subhana Allah you see the tough in the Arabic language when we stopped at it, we bounced at it. So panela sliced, may Allah subhanahu Allah grant us that justice. Do you know the Arabic language is so powerful that the meaning is connected to the pronunciation and the pronunciation is connected to the meaning in almost every word Subhana Allah, that's a study on its own. The Arabic language is one of the only languages where almost every word, if you are to listen very carefully to it, you will pick up its meaning if only you know some of the rules and principles. That's a powerful language. Allahu Akbar, may Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us the ability to understand that language

I mean, so Allah says, the judgment will be made between them with justice and nobody shall be oppressed on that day, then what will happen? Let's explain. We've come in Surah Tulisa, we've read verses where Allah says everyone will be resurrected with their prophets. And with that everyone will be resurrected with those whom they got their Deen from. This is why it's very important for us to know where you're getting your deen from own guru memento, una de nutcombe make sure that you are getting your religion from an authentic source Subhana Allah, it's important for us to know we shouldn't just read on our own and arrive at different conclusions which are totally unacceptable in

the Sharia, and then think that we are knowledgeable Nay, we are meant to be Sitting at the feet of the Allah who have knowledge. And we are meant to be learning from those who are reputable and those who know and Allah subhanho wa Taala says the people will be resurrected in groups. They will be given their books, what type of groups, different types of groups but two major ones described here.

Allah says or see, vena cava Oh, Elijah,

Mr. Zuma, the people of jahannam will be driven into Hellfire in groups with their leaders, each one, the one they were following will be leading them. The one that they were following will be leading them into hell as well. And this is why in the same verses the mirror this evening Allah says there will be a big debate in an argument between those who are now following and those who are being followed and so on. And Allah subhanho wa Taala says they will argue with each other saying hello to Luna and

Mina and in another place Allah says mean other Billahi min ash a lesson we followed you in the dunya. Now you have to take away a bit of the portion of of the punishment here from us because we had nothing to do we just followed you. You

told us that this is right and we just followed you. So now you've got to take some of the punishment and Allah says nay even those will respond to say, hey look, we all in the same boat today Who told you to follow me. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us protection

and those who are moving right with Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam what will happen to them? Allah says, was economy in Tacoma boom Elan at Zuma, those who are going to Gen will also be driven to paradise in the same groups in groups. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us good company. These verses are directly instructing us to have good company because your company will make you or break you. If you are in someone's company in the junior you will be in their company in the era unless you had disassociated from their evil or try to rectify the evil they have had had they been evil. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us it's important really to understand this. So Allah subhanho

wa Taala says when the people of Jerusalem begin to walk, they will be asked by the keepers, a very interesting versus the angels, the gatekeepers of jahannam will ask them a question but how can you go to john when Allah's mercy is so big, so great, you still going to jahannam that's what they will be asked and they will be asked a question but didn't anyone come to you to remind you when you are alive in the world that look this is going to happen? And they will say Bella, Allah King, county Metro

feeling, they will say yes, indeed people had come But now what can we do you know, Allah subhanho wa Taala says, the other will definitely be deserved by those who disbelieved and rejected the truth. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us. So look at how surprised they will be who the angels asking a question, but didn't someone come to you.

Whereas when the people of gender go, there will be a difference. Those who listened very carefully to the verses, one says foot he had a boo boo ha, and the other one says war foot he had a boo boo ha, there is a very big difference in the Arabic language between those two.

In the case of the people of jahannam, Allah has his foot he has a boo boo, the doors of Jerusalem are closed. When they come the doors will be open like a prison. A prison gates are not open all the time they closed so the other prisoners don't come out. So the doors will be opened, these criminals will go in and the doors will be closed again. But when it comes to Jannah paradise, Allah says, he has a Baba when they come the doors will be wide open waiting for them already from a long, long time, like he invited into a big palace and how will they be greeted the angels and all the dwellers will be saying Salam

Alaikum Salaam

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me in peace be upon you. You have indeed done that which is pure, you've done something very good enter into paradise forever and ever Subhan Allah, may Allah make us from those. So these are the different groups and this is why the surah is called the surah of the groups. We will all be going in Sharla into Jana, in groups may Allah subhanho wa Taala gather us in Ghana the same way he has gathered us here this evening. I mean,

and in the next tour, Allah subhanho wa Taala also speaks about the last day and he also describes this day and Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about how forgiving he is in the opening verses. You see the Quran has a balance the word of Allah, when he speaks about how forgiving he is, he also reminds us a Don't get so hopeful that you commit sins thinking Nah, don't worry, ALLAH is forgiving. I can carry on one day I'll repent. Allah says no. So look at how powerfully in Surah Rafi, it is called surah. Garfield, which means the forgiver Allah and it's also named after a min and I'll mention why in a few moments in sha Allah. Allah says Luffy

B. These are the qualities of Allah. He's mentioning them himself. He says he is the one who forgives sins, while kabini to be the one who accepts repentance. Shadi De Luca, the one whose punishment is severe, why does he say two points connected to His mercy, then he quickly remains to say, but watch out the punishment is also severe. So nobody gets so hopeful that they commit sin out of hope because that is a crime. May Allah subhanahu wa taala protect us. One is to commit a sin out of error or out of human nature and so on and to repent. But the other is to commit a sin saying that Allah is merciful, that is criminal behavior. Allah is warning us about that. And then Allah

says after he says Shaggy, Lyrica

But he still instills within us that hope by saying the holy he is the best hour of all goodness he gives us goodness, the holy look at the qualities of Allah, La Ilaha

Illa Illa z. No one worthy of worship besides Him, everybody will return to him no ways we are going to be able to run away from that. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala Have mercy on us. Look at the beauty the beauty of the Quran. So Allah Subhana Allah Allah says in the surah

he says the question will be asked on the day of pm Ah, this is a question that we all may have heard

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whose is the kingdom today? Whose is the ownership today? Who owns this day? Allah He we read it every day in Salah. Whenever we read Surah Al Fatiha

we should learn to concentrate on the meanings of the words we are uttering

many of us are guilty we utter that Surah Fatiha concentrating on just the Surah Fatiha without thinking of the meaning. Sometimes the wording whether we know it or not sometimes the pronunciation sometimes we utter in parrot fashion in Salah without realizing what the meaning of what we are saying is whereas that surah is one of the most powerful sutras in the Quran. When we say Maliki amin de There is also another way of reading it in a different era. Maliki Yomi Dean, he is the king he is the Owner of the Day of Judgment. So Allah will ask the question, liminal Coolio who is in absolute control today? The answer obviously, live lie hidden wa hidden.

For Allah, Allah the one the irresistible. Allahu Akbar, may Allah Subhana Allah have mercy on us that day. May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us. So Allah subhanho wa Taala thereafter makes mention of the story of Freetown, getting back to why the surah is called a min because in the family of Freetown there was one man who had accepted Islam, but he was hiding the fact that he was a Muslim. He had accepted the message of Musa alayhis salam, but he was hiding the fact that he was a believer. And he kept questioning the people. He said, Look, oh my people, this man Musa alayhis salam has come to you. He's telling you what to do. And what is wrong in obeying this word, I fear

that what he is saying is correct. Destruction may overtake you like the destruction that overtook those before you and so on. And Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of many points that this man raises.

It's important for us to go through it. Because when we go through the points in sort of the graphic that this man raised, they appointed for us today. When Allah says, look, the messenger came to you. He's calling you towards goodness, what are you losing, by following the goodness, if you follow the goodness, there'll be more goodness. And if you don't, there is a great chance that the punishment will overtake you. And if he is lying to you, the punishment will overtake him, but he can't be lying when he's bringing goodness to you. We ask Allah Subhana Allah to Allah has mercy. So this surah is also named after that one moment from the family of Freetown and Allah says, because

Freetown rejected this call from within as well. Allah subhanho wa Taala says we have already cast him into hellfire.

We have already cast him into hellfire. And the debate is raging between him and his cronies as to why they are there. And this is why it's important to once again for us to maintain good company and to ensure that we are only with those whom we would like to be like.

If you want to be similar to someone, you sit with them, you mix with them, Allah will grant you a bit of that. And this is why with us, we are taught to be with the best of people those who benefit you in one way or another. If there is someone who doesn't benefit you at all you need to look for better company. If that is the case as a Muslim What about those who harm you those who teach you how to smoke those who put you onto drugs, those who want to make you addicted to music and to pornography and to this and to that may Allah protect us all that will destroy us will law it will destroy us. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us protection. This reminds me of a new problem in

this age. Some people might not have company of real human beings in front of them, but they are in the company of the television all day. That's also a bad company, very bad company. They are in the company of the internet whole day sitting and laughing at the screen joking and sharing that which is unacceptable with a screen imagine a screen a screen. A couple people behind the screen you don't know you're not you're not going to meet you may or may not meet

You probably don't have a clue who they are. They could be criminal. And yet here is your wife on the side trying to smile at you. And you say, Hey, I'm busy here and then you start laughing at the screen. Where are we? What's happening? Well, law heats a problem. If this is the case, tonight, an odd night, let's change that. Throw that computer away. Well, I tell your spouse, when I have an email, you check it you respond, I will dictate to you what to write about that. Let's work that way. Because if we become enslaved by this type of technology, where are we heading? What type of company is this? May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us we will be fighting with that same screen on

the day of the AMA, it will be brought as a witness on the day of the AMA as to why we set in front of it using it for all forms of evil. Yes, it's a different story. If we are using it for the promotion of gene that too, we need to fulfill the rights of those who are right next to us. Sometimes our children, our wives, our parents, our brothers, our sisters are crying for us to look at them and smile at them even once. But the days go by we laughing at the screen and we can talk so nicely whether it's on Skype or tripe, I don't even know what it is. Allah protect us. And we speak so beautifully and come to the person who is it is for you to speak to them nicely. And we have a

word of rebuke. Here we hitting Allah subhanho wa Taala Grant has a deeper understanding. These are the problems of the age a day like this or a night like this auspicious. We did not utter these words just coincidentally, Allah subhanho wa Taala knew the lesson is for myself and yourselves.

So Allah subhanho wa Taala makes mention of how Iran and his cronies because of their company, they will be debating and fighting with one another and so on. Then Allah subhanho wa Taala says or declares something very great wirkkala bukem

that means you're up has said the following listen to it carefully. odor o ni a study Bella comm call out to me and I will answer your call. This is an open invite from Allah subhanho wa Taala to say, call out to Him He will respond to your call your needs you call out to Allah, we ask Allah subhana wa Taala to help us in every way to fulfill our needs. And to grant us goodness, the next surah is also a very, very powerful surah we won't be able to do justice to all the verses, but we will commence at least it is known as Hamming as such that because he starts with the words Hamming and it has a such that in it. We felt prostrates this evening with that particular verse where Allah

subhanho wa Taala says those who are arrogant

if people are going to be arrogant and not prostrate, we have others who prostrate for us immediately we fell prostrate, we are also inshallah, from amongst those who will not be arrogant, we will always fulfill our Salah for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So Allah subhanho wa Taala gives a warning again similar warning for in arado after making mention of all the the greatness of Allah and so many other verses Allah says if the people still want to turn away from that message of goodness for cool, then tell them

to come sorry cotton mithila sorry party.

mood, I am warning you of a punishment similar to the punishment of art and mood who were destroyed. And Allah subhanho wa Taala he displays here how he destroyed them. In these verses, Allah says, Ah, they said who is more powerful than us we are strong we've got all this and so unlike today, people say we've got technology man has reached the moon and man has reached here and there. How is this going to happen? Is that going to happen? Well, ah he the warnings that Allah has given Allah says we can take them once they are sleeping and we can even take them once they are watching and they can do nothing about it. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us all forgiveness and protect us from

his punishment. And Allah subhanho wa Taala says, After that, describing the enemies of Allah I'm sure you heard the words are de la who are the enemies of Allah? In a nutshell, those with bad company. Why do we say those with bad company? Because Allah subhanahu wa taala says they were led astray by those they followed. They were led astray by those they mixed with and Allah subhanho wa Taala says Wakayama, home Khurana, we appointed for them. The Devils two types of devils, devils from mankind, devils from Jin kind fuzzier Nola, whom, so what was the job of these devils in the accompany to beautify that which is ugly, and to make ugly that which is beautiful, which means what

is right will be perceived as being wrong and what is wrong will be looked at as that which is right

By whom, by those around you, they will convince you sometimes that what is wrong is right and what is right is wrong. That is why we constantly need to check ourselves if our thinking is correct as well. May Allah Subhana Allah protect us and grant us understanding. If Allah has declared something, it is correct, even if the whole world tells you it's wrong. And if Allah has prohibited something, it is bad, it is evil, even if the whole world begins to do it, and if they begin to engage in it, it will remain evil until the end. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect so Allah says this is that a lot of us would know by heart wacol Allah vena cava abana erina Eenie upon Lana

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On that day, on that day, the kuffaar the disbelievers and we spoke about those who had bad company, the enemies of Allah, they will say Oh Allah show us those who led us astray from Jin kind and mankind. We want to put them under our feet and stamp their heads under our feet. We are so angry with them. Will that help? Don't help.

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Amina, we want to put them under our feet. We want to disgrace them here today. That won't help. Allah says who will be saved in LA Vina Cano buena LA.

Docomo, those who have two qualities will be saved.

Those who believe in Allah and then they are steadfast. Two qualities you need to believe in Allah and to be steadfast to be upright. Allah says if you have those two qualities, the angels will give you good news to say Don't worry, relax, you are at peace today. And everyone is at peace with you, gentlemen, is awaiting you just a moment that Anna's zenwatch

the angels will come down to them to tell them don't worry, no fear upon you nothing. Whatever she wrote.

We want to give you good news of Paradise that you have been promised, it is awaiting you Subhan Allah to qualities, even the Hadith the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam confirms this full man to Billa he must take him say I believe in Allah then be steadfast. That's the ingredients of entry into paradise.

It sounds Mashallah quite simple, but that's a lifetime of a struggle. May Allah subhanho wa Taala assist us through that struggle. And this is why Allah says if you want to be saved from evil, you need to become from amongst those who call towards goodness and who prohibit that. Naturally, when you call towards goodness through the Baraka of the sincerity of that call. If you are sincere, Allah will make you in engage in the goodness and if you are sincere and you prohibit bad and try and discourage people from doing bad through the sincerity of that call, Allah will protect you from that bad so your best bet your best bet is to call others towards goodness and to ask them to leave

evil with sincerity. That's why Allah says they can be nobody better than such a person. No statement is better than one who calls towards goodness. Woman Sunoco.

Amina Sani ha walk on in any minute almost Namie Allah says who is better in speech than the one who is calling towards Allah subhanho wa Taala

and does good deeds himself and says I am from amongst the submitters, the term Muslim in here, the one who submits to Allah Subhana Allah Allah, may Allah subhanho wa Taala make us from amongst those who can sacrifice for his Deen And may Allah subhanho wa Taala make us from amongst those who can become the best of people. And may Allah subhanho wa Taala open the doors of mercy for all of us. May He forgive us on an Eve like this. It's important that we all utter the words of Allah in a boon to him Bula

Oh Allah, you are most forgiving you love to forgive so forgive us all. Until we meet again sallallahu wasallam ah Baraka Allah Nabina Muhammad Allah Subhana Allah He will be handy subhanak Allahu mobium deaconess Chateau La ilaha illa Anta Mr. Furukawa to buoy Lake