Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2021 – Verses of Hope and Healing #5 – Shaytaans Plot

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			a Salaam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, my brothers and sisters. In the previous episode we saw
how Allah subhanho wa Taala beautifully blames shaytan for what happened to Adam alayhis salaam.
This goes to show that human being is actually good, but shaytan is bad. When you see people doing
bad things always remember, the devil had a role to play in making them do that which was bad. So
have hope in the person that if they can protect themselves from shaytaan, then they would
definitely be a lot of hope for them. And at the same time, their hearts would heal, their situation
would improve. The same applies to all of us. So don't judge a person based on the sin they've
		

			committed. Rather help them come out of it. If you truly care. If you're a person who is loving of
Allah, you would love goodness for the creation of Allah. The first thing should not be a negative
thought in your heart. It should be a positive force towards people who might not be on the straight
path. For this reason, the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, kept praying for those who were
astray. And yes, while some deserved punishment for injustice as they perpetrated, remember, he
prayed for them and he was never unjust himself. So one thing that is very powerful is Allah says to
Adam, that in order to protect your progeny from shaitan, in verse number 38, Allah says, I will
		

			send you guides and messengers, your progeny. And every time a messenger comes with a message,
whoever follows the guidance will be protected from shade bang, for them will be goodness, they will
have no reason to fear no to be sad for him, the lagoon,
		

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			Zone, every time guidance comes from me, whoever is going to follow that guidance will have no
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			you know, to be fearful, nor will they have reason to be sad, amazing. So if you want healing,
follow what Allah has revealed, you won't be sad, and you won't have reason to be sad, or Subhana.
Allah, to be fearful, to be scared, no need to be fearful. You know, some of the best days were ever
going to live. In fact, the best day for me would be the day I'm going to meet with Allah. Because
we've heard how merciful he is. And we're trying on earth to be the best possible version of
ourselves. We faulted Adam alayhis salam is faulted. Allah forgave him and told us, I'll continue
forgiving you. For as long as you realize you've done something wrong, you feel that you did
		

			something unacceptable. You sought forgiveness from me and you tried your best never to do that
again. Subhan Allah, once that happens, and it means you believe in Allah when you believe in Allah,
there is hope, a lot of hope, hope for the day that I'm going to meet with a lot of hope for the day
that I'm going to die actually Subhana Allah.
		

			A lot of hope people may miss me but just for a short period of time because Allah will unite them
with us in a very short period of time. And we will be together for everlasting bliss, the promise
of Allah Why should I doubt that promise? It's Allah. When we doubt we don't have the contentment
when we doubt we will never heal, as we've said in the past, so this is why Allah subhanho wa Taala
tells us about Adam alayhis salaam, Allah tells us about shavon and Allah says the guidance we will
send to you and follow it. When Allah makes mentioned in Surah Al Baqarah, verse number 40, of Banu
Israel in the children of Jacob the children of Yaqoob alayhis salam, Allah says to them more than
		

			once in the Quran. Yeah, when he saw elf koroni mature Lottie, anon Twyla enqueue are children of
Israel in Israel, meaning the Prophet Jacob, or children of Jacob, may peace be upon him. Allah
says, Remember the favor of mine upon you with Corona mighty ality and I'm to Aleykum remember my
favor that I favored you with?
		

			Now this was at the time when they were going through hardship and difficulty, and also at times
when they just came out of the hardship and difficulty. Allah is telling those who have
		

			Just come out of all who are in hardship say that, remember the favors I bestowed upon you so many
things I've given you think about them. I've given you a lot. My brothers and sisters in thinking
about the gifts of Allah during times of hardship, there will be a lot of healing. And they will be
much hope Allah has given me in the past so much Allah has given me right now that which I haven't
asked him for. I'm breathing, I'm looking, I'm smelling, I'm eating, I'm drinking, I'm clothed. I
can Subhanallah I have so many favors upon me, Allah has given me the deen is given me faith is
given me conviction to a great degree, may he strengthen it for me. And he's given us certain number
		

			of family members, he may have taken some away, but we still have something.
		

			Even if he's taken everyone away from around you. He's still given you the life
		

			has given you some form of ability, don't sit back and give up. Because if you give up, that is a
source of hopelessness. But when you stand up, look at what you have, and go for it. Go for the
improvement. Keep trying, don't ever give up, you lost the job, no problem, keep going and trying
for a better job and a better job and you trust Allah, He will give you a much better job either in
terms of recompense, or in terms of condition, or it's better for you. It might be a stepping stone
to something beyond your imagination. But don't give up. So Allah says, Remember the favors We
bestowed upon you, and we have blessed you, Allah says so although this verse is revealed to the
		

			children of the Prophet Jacob May peace be upon him, the lesson is for all of us how to heal, we
heal by remembering the favors of Allah upon us when we are going through hardship, and by
remembering the favors of Allah upon us, when we are in days of ease. So what that would mean is,
oh, I was going through so much of difficulty, look, Allah favored me, look where I am today, almost
all of us, if we look at our forefathers, they had far less than what we have. Today, we have much
more, but we are less content. So if you are to look at that carefully, you will realize Allah wants
you to look back and appreciate how far you've come, even though you may not have everything you
		

			want, or you think you want, or you think might be beneficial for you. But Allah says, haven't we
given you so much already? Haven't we taken you out of so much, thank Allah, thank you. For indeed
in gratitude, there is healing, in gratitude, there is increase of goodness, in gratitude, there is
minimizing of the negativity Subhanallah, all of that. In it, there is hope and healing. My brothers
and sisters, these are amazing verses this series. And the title of it is so beautiful, because
myself going through these verses, it just brings a smile to the face, how merciful is my Lord, how
great he is how much he has bestowed upon you and I how much we have. But unfortunately, shadeland
		

			comes to us and keeps on making us think of the negatives and the bad and what we don't have and so
on. And he wants us to become hopeless. He wants us to think that Allah has not given us anything.
But Allah says, You need to ponder, reflect, go back, go back a few generations check where they
were, look at how things have progressed. And yes, you must be going through some form of test
because we have to test you and we test the best of our soldiers with the greatest of the tests. May
Allah protect us. So when you're going through a lot, remember it's the love of Allah.
		

			You know, people who don't believe say, That's absurd, but it's not absurd, because the amount of
goodness that comes out of it. We've seen so many people start praying, we've seen so many people
change their lives because of hardship they're going through we've seen so many people turn to Allah
because of difficulty they have. We've seen so many people start doing the right thing and making
peace with others because of so much of negativity that's been happening in their lives. But Allah
once you to prolong that some time so at times, it takes a while. You cannot have displeased the law
for 20 years and suddenly in five days, you expect the tables to turn. It might take a few years, it
		

			might take a few months and if you're lucky, it could change in five days. May Allah subhanho wa
Taala grant us that comfort. So that is Allah subhanho wa Taala saying, remember the favor upon you
then in verse number 43. Once again, he tells us what are the most Salah zakka tawonga, whom Allah
King, fulfill your prayer, establish it give alms to the poor, and
		

			bow down with those who are bowing which means collectively try to bow down with those who
		

			bowing. Look after the others. We spoke about praying and establishing prayer. We spoke about giving
charities to the poor, reaching out to those who have less than you is definitely a means of
healing.
		

			And then Allah says, try and do it collectively bow down, do good with others. We're doing good.
You're not the only one. So reach out to the others. Look at them. try and do good May Allah bless
all of us. akuto Polly hada or sallallahu wasallam Allah Baraka ala nabina, Muhammad, WA Lunas xeno
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