Mufti Menk – Supplications Series 2018 EP01

			Salam alaykum. warahmatullahi wabarakatuh May the peace and blessings of the Almighty be upon one
and all my brothers my sisters, we start off by declaring the praise of Allah subhanho wa Taala al
hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was Salam O Allah ashrafi Lambie evil mousseline, Nabina
Muhammad, Allah Allah He was happy he would be in a woman to be at home. The sun in Isla Yomi Dini
bad, we always praise Allah subhanho wa Taala upon all conditions we send blessings, and salutations
upon the greatest of creation, the most noble of all prophets, Mohammed Abdullah sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam May Allah bless him, his household, his companions, and May Allah bless every one of us
		

			and grant us the best month of Ramadan. As you notice,
		

			the month of Ramadan comes with so much of blessing because Allah subhanho wa Taala has blessed this
month from the 12 months of this beautiful calendar known as the Hijri calendar that the Muslims use
Allah subhanho wa Taala has definitely made Ramadan the best of the months. As soon as the moon is
sited we're all excited. As soon as the moon is sited, we can actually taste the beauty of this
blessed month May Allah grant us the softening of our hearts, may Allah subhanahu wa taala accept
the supplications and the do us that we are making And may Allah subhanho wa Taala make us from
among those who truly achieved the forgiveness that this month is meant to bring towards us and
		

			paradise genital for those.
		

			This year Alhamdulillah we have a brand new episode and it is known as supplications from Revelation
supplications referring to do are referring to calling out to the almighty for our needs. And we
want to know from Revelation, what the Almighty has actually written for us in the Quran. The words
of Allah subhanho wa Taala he has described various applications. And then we also want to look at
some of the words of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him when he supplicated the almighty when he
called out to the Almighty. The reason why we want to look at the poor onyx application is because
you and I know that our words are not as valuable as the words of others who were chosen by Allah
		

			subhanho wa Taala such as the prophets and definitely nowhere near the word of Allah subhanho wa
Taala. So if Allah Almighty has chosen words, to be placed in the Quran, and those were words of
supplication is something where he is asking us to call out to Him using specific words, or where he
is asked, showing us the words used by others. He is describing what others have said, either way,
they are the most blessed words in comparison to us. And this is why it's absolutely important for
us to realize that whenever we call out to the Almighty, He hears what he that said I look at a body
underneath in the Caribbean, Eg Buddha, what a day either than, you know the verses of Surah Al
		

			Baqarah, where Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about Ramadan. Immediately after that he speaks about
calling out to Allah and he says whenever my worship is called out to me when they ask me something,
I am very very near. I respond to those who have supplicated to those who have called out to me
whenever they call out to me so the friendliest the g mu Li when you mean be alone, you're soon the
Almighty is speaking about how we can achieve guidance by believing in Allah subhanho wa Taala by
responding to the call of Allah. So there are two things one is you and I when we call out and two
is when Allah has asked us to do something. So it's not like Allah calling out to us in terms of
		

			supplication or to be left but he is calling out in terms of instruction asking us to actually be
from among those who call out to who call out to Him and who listened to him when he has asked us to
do something. This is why we always say when someone is asking Allah subhanho wa Taala for
something. It's not fair, that person asks Allah subhanho wa Taala when Allah has asked them to do
things and they're not interested. So if you look very carefully at what Allah subhanho wa Taala is
saying he's saying
		

			You need me? Indeed, I don't need you. But I'm going to ask you to do a few things. When you ask me
to do things, I'm going to do them for you. But I want you to do what I have asked you to do. It's
quite simple. You know, when we have children, you have someone when they listen to you, and they
were to ask you for something small thereafter, you would actually give it to them. But if they
don't listen to you at all, and then they were to ask you for the smallest thing. Well, sometimes we
may do it out of our goodness, but on a lot of occasions, we probably would turn away and we
wouldn't even give them. So this is why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has reminded us
		

			about the importance of listening to what Allah has to say, to being on the same page.
		

			We have people who
		

			come saying, I'm calling out to Allah for such a long time, but I'm not being responded to. That's a
feeling that some who are weak would get in their hearts. It's a sign of the weakness of a man. The
Almighty definitely listens, he answers he gives he even gives when we don't deserve it. That's the
Almighty. That's how he operates Subhana Allah, He is a rock man. He is a Rahim. He is the Most
Merciful, the most magnificent. But we definitely do need to ask ourselves if we are doing what the
Almighty has asked us to do, do we dress appropriately? Do we fulfill our obligations? Do we try our
best to abstain from prohibition? Do we seek the forgiveness of Allah subhanho wa Taala? Do we
		

			really ask for Allah's mercy? And it brings me straight to point number one, my brothers, my
sisters, whenever you want to call out to Allah Almighty, ask yourselves what is your relationship
with Allah Almighty? What is your relationship? Why are you calling out to Allah? Who is allowed to
you? Who is your maker, your Creator to you? Do you really believe and that will lead you to
checking yourself?
		

			Are you definitely from among those who try their best to become closer to the almighty who try
their best to be on par with what the almighty wants? If that is the case, then when you call out to
Allah subhanho wa Taala he will listen to you so panela and he will give you what you want as you
want it how you want it when you want it. That's the power of Allah subhanho wa Taala because the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has taught us that when a person goes out to Allah subhanho wa
Taala, Allah hears it, definitely, there's no doubt he's heard it. He responds to it, and he gives
you what he knows is best for you. So what is best for you? You don't know. I don't know. Sometimes
		

			I'm asking Allah for something and he knows that's not good for me. I want a certain job, for
example, and he he doesn't give me that particular job, but he's heard me and he's responded in a
better way. I will be patient for two years and then he will give me a much better job that will
open doors beyond my imagination. That is Allah. But when you don't have that conviction, you become
depressed during the waiting period. So the almighty sometimes gives you what you want as you want
it how you want it when you want it, Masha Allah, may Allah grant that to us. But when we when we
don't know it's bad for us, and he knows it's bad for us. We need to say May Allah keep it away from
		

			us? May Allah keep it away from us. So that is why when something delays, it's another way of Allah
responding. Sometimes he gives you what you want, but when the time is right, it's not yet right.
Sometimes he does not give you exactly what you want. But in place of that, he gives you something
either in the Hereafter, either in the dunya or either in your future, something that would be
beneficial for you. So you're never going to lose by calling out to Allah Subhana Allah to Allah
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answer you, I will definitely answer how I answer you. That is my job. Subhana Allah that is up to
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala. So my brothers and sisters, never lose hope in the mercy of Allah subhanho
wa Taala. When you do good deeds, you actually are becoming closer to Allah. And this is why many
times when we've just finished our Salah, or you know, at the end in the title of the Salah, or
sometimes we've just given the charity, we've just done some good deed, call out to Allah, ask
Allah, that's a very blessed moment of calling out to Allah subhanho wa Taala. Perhaps one of these
episodes I will go into the timings of the app and to try and look into which time would be better
for a person to call out to Allah. But I must say there is no fixed time. Anytime call out unto
		

			Allah. I give you one example of seeking the forgiveness of Allah which is also a blessing. It's a
beautiful supplication. Don't wait for a season before you call out to Allah.
		

			People say I've been very sinful and wait for the time I go for Hajj when I go for Hajj, I will
definitely be able to call out to Allah subhanho wa Taala and seek forgiveness. You don't know if
you're going to make it to Hajj. You don't know if you're going to make it to the Friday you're
waiting for you don't know if you're going to make it to the Ramadan that you're waiting for. So why
are those blessings moments and locations and places there in order for you to repeat and reiterate
that forgiveness that you sought from Allah, but not in order to hold on and wait for that time?
That means anytime you want to call out to Allah, call out to Allah, it might just be a moment of
		

			acceptance. I have a habit while I'm speaking. I say May Allah forgive us. mela open our doors May
Allah grant us cure keep on calling out to Allah you never know, the angels might say I mean to that
drop as per the Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, it's just amazing. It's something
very powerful. So if you are to call out to Allah, don't wait for any moment. Call out to Allah now
here and now with your do us. repeat them, repeat them as many times as you want. You call out to
Allah you repeat the dua. And when the blessed moments and times come and the seasons come, if Allah
has given you the opportunity to witness that moment, that time that place, you repeat the same day
		

			again, you repeat the seeking of that forgiveness again, and Allah subhanho wa Taala will indeed
grant you what you want. And if not, paradise awaits you. Because those who have sought something
from Allah, and they may not have seen it here in the dunya in this world, the Almighty replaces it
with something better in the hereafter. Understand this, so your art is never wasted. I'm one of
those who constantly calls out to Allah with all my needs, with whatever I want, whether it's for
myself or others for those suffering across the globe. Don't be selfish in your do app, call out to
Allah subhanho wa Taala. And you will see the great, great blessings of that particular calling.
		

			Now, if we look at the Koran, and the sooner meaning revelation in terms of the Quran, and when it
comes to the sooner we are talking of the words here, we're referring to the Hadith of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, we will find these beautiful wordings. Why do we look at the Quran,
Allah speaks about the messengers, for example, and he says Allah equal Alina had Allahu fabby,
houda, home, Teddy. Those are the ones whom Allah has guided. So follow that particular guidance, we
need to follow the messengers. So when the stories of the messengers have come to us, and we see
that they who were chosen by Allah called out to Allah, whether it was for forgiveness, whether it
		

			was for some Savior, you know, to be saved from something, whether it was for something they wanted,
all of those that have been recorded, they are recorded for a reason for you and I to go through
them, to look at them, to learn from them to understand the greatness of the Almighty, the
helplessness of man, the dependency of man upon the Almighty. And to be able to use the same words,
if possible, when it comes to our own means, why the same words?
		

			Well, the reason why the same words should be used or preferred to be used the same words as have
been used by the previous messengers, those applications have already reached a law and that wording
worked, it worked. So if you were to use the same wording, you would also be calling on that Mercy
of Allah that has already come down in the past with exact wordings. It's like a passcode. If I told
you, if you want to open this bag, the code is 733. For example.
		

			If you were to say, Okay, let me just try all these other numbers and you tried, you tried you try
it, etc, etc. I know 733 worked, it's a combination, let me use that number and it will open the
bag. So I use these wordings, but we definitely would not have the exact level of sincerity as the
prophets. However, we should be working on our sincerity, we should be working on that closeness
with Allah subhanho wa Taala. And we definitely will be able to benefit from that. So this is Allah
subhanho wa Taala, telling us and encouraging us to look into revelation, and to be able to look at
these words that were used in order to call out to Allah subhanho wa Taala. And in order to call out
		

			with the same words, another very interesting point, Allah speaks about the Quran.
		

			And Allah says, in an ad let you hear a poem, you know, this book on this spot, definitely guides
towards that which is the best one, you know, the most upright the most, in terms of value the best,
the straightest. This is what the Quran leads you to. So even in
		

			terms of supplication the poor onyx application is of a value of its own. It is definitely very,
very high. May Allah subhanho wa Taala make us from those who understand this particular beauty of
the Quran, I want to go into the beginning of the Quran. right at the beginning we have a surah
known as Al Fatiha, that Surah Al Fatiha is the most important surah in the entire Quran. It's
called the mother of the Quran. It's called a sobre el muthoni the seven verses that are constantly
repeated, and it has many other names, it is the dua It is also called a Salah. Sometimes the term
Salah is used not to refer to prayer or supplication, but it is used to refer to the Surah Surah
		

			Fatiha so it's important for us to know why. The reason is, it is an instruction of the Almighty to
repeat this surah in every unit of prayer, not just in every prayer in every unit of prayer, you
know we call it the rocket the units. So fudger has so many units, Lahore has so many units etc etc.
Even if there are voluntary units that you are fulfilling for the sake of the Almighty. You need to
know
		

			that Allah subhanho wa Taala has required you to read a surah a specific chapter everyone needs to
know it by heart, whether you understand it or not. And that is Surah to Fatiha the opening surah it
starts off with Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen In the Name of Allah, the
Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah subhanho wa Taala. If you take a look
at this surah it is actually amazing because it has in it just a supplication, but it's divided into
two. And the almighty explains that to us through the blessing lips of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam in a hadith in Sahih Muslim. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says that Allah Almighty
		

			says that's called Hadith bootsy
		

			so Hadith bootsy is that Hadith where the Almighty is speaking to us but Muhammad sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam is telling us what he has said, and it's not a verse of the Quran, but it's an explanation
of the Prophet peace be upon him of what Allah has said. So he says,
		

			Come to Salah, Urbina Urbina, Aberdeen's Fein, I have divided sorbitol Fatiha between myself and my
worship into two. Wow Surah Fatiha divided into two. My brothers my sisters when you are reading
surah, two Fatiha, it's totally between you and Allah divided exactly half. So how many people might
not understand it? So the Hadith explains it. When my worship it says al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil
alameen. When my worship it says All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. I say that means
Allah says, my worship has praised me. Imagine a life so happy. You just praise Allah. And now Allah
is saying, Wow, my worship has praised me. Allah is saying my worship has praised me. Whenever you
		

			say Alhamdulillah Allah, Allah, Allah mean, or others are saying it or a billion people are saying
it at the same time. Allah responds to all of them at the same time. When they say al hamdu Lillahi
Rabbil alameen he says and the angels are witness to this, my worshiper has praised me first number
one, you get a response. Verse number two, R Rahman r Rahim. Now who is my Lord, who is the Lord of
the worlds He is the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. Man is a special mercy or Rahman is a
common mercy right?
		

			That Allah has upon all his creatures. And our Rahim is a special mercy that Allah has for those who
believe. So the Hadith is telling us that Allah subhanho wa Taala has kept this mercy
		

			and He is the Most Merciful. The verse of the Quran
		

			is so beautiful it has in it a Rahmani Raheem as the next verse, the second verse Subhan. Allah, as
you open the Koran people say, Oh, this book has in it. So much of you know, nowadays with this
Islamophobia. People think the Quran is a book that makes people drift away from kindness. And yet
the very second verse, Allah is saying, R Rahman r Rahim. He is the Most Merciful. He is the most
beneficence and he responds to anyone who says that, oh, who reads that verse that Subhan Allah, my
worshiper.
		

			The first one, he my worship has praised me hamadani Abdi, my worship has declared My majesty Majid
any Abdi he has declared my greatness. Amazing how Allah subhanho wa Taala is responding to those
who are saying or Rahmani Raheem by saying, my worship my worship has actually
		

			declared my greatness Subhana Allah Subhana Allah, my brothers and sisters when we read surah two
Fatiha, let's take it seriously. We move to the third verse.
		

			We're talking of supplication. But this is the build up to supplication. When you want to call out
to Allah first seek forgiveness. Make sure that you have sought forgiveness from all that which
you've done that was evil that which you know that which you don't know, declared the greatness of
Allah, declare the fact that you are helpless. You are totally and solely dependent upon Allah and
ensure that you are humble you when you ask Allah you you are humble, softened, you know, don't just
ask Allah like, if you want do it for me and if you don't want don't do it for me, that's the reason
why when we call out to Allah, we are not allowed to say insha Allah, we have to call out with
		

			conviction. You don't say
		

			Oh ALLAH forgive me in sha Allah. No, Oh Allah forgive me and you stop there because you don't want
to connect it to whether Allah wants to do it or not. You desperately want it. You desperately want
it ultimately, Allah does what he wants. So the Hadith of the Prophet peace be upon him in Sahih al
Bukhari he says, When you call out to Allah, don't say insha Allah after that, if you were to say,
inshallah, it's a mistake, because it's like someone saying that if you want to give me give me if
you don't want, I don't really need it. Stanford Allah. I'm sure those of us who have said in sha
Allah when we say, we don't do it intentionally, some of us don't even know what it means, or we
		

			haven't thought about what it means. So my brothers and sisters, when we're calling out to Allah, we
need to declare the praise of Allah we seek the forgiveness of Allah, we show our dependence upon
Allah, we need to send the blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
because all the goodness that we have came to us through him and Allah chosen, the best of creation,
most noble of prophets. So what Allah considered and what Allah decided would be the highest and the
greatest, we are also confirming, indeed, we are not jealous, we are not far off, we are not, you
know, we're acknowledging we're appreciative, and indeed, he is the highest and the most noble of
		

			all prophets, etc, etc. sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, once that has happened, we call out to Allah.
Here, Maliki ami, D. A person is saying, the third verse are al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen. Allah
responded, my worshiper has praised me or Rahmani. Raheem. My worship has declared my greatness or
majesty, Maliki Ahmed Deen,
		

			Owner of the Day of Judgment, Owner of the Day of Judgment. So that statement is also a great
declaration of the greatness of Allah subhanho wa Taala. We're confirming it. In fact, when when
when we say, Rahim, Allah subhanho wa Taala says ethna Allah Yeah, Abdi it's actually a little error
of mine, but it's fine. If not la Abdi. My worship has praised me in a different way. The first was
praised the second was also a form of praise. The third is declaring the majesty of Allah. The third
is Majid Dini Abdi where we say Owner of the Day of Judgment, now you're declaring the greatness of
Allah subhanho wa Taala. If you take a look at this verse, it is so powerful, it is actually
		

			something amazing that Allah subhanho wa Taala has given us because immediately after that, we say
he cannot do what he can sustain you alone, we worship you alone, we seek the help of you alone, we
worship you alone, we seek the help of so the three verses were connected to Allah. Then we have the
one verse in the middle, that verse in the middle half of it is for Allah and half of it is for you
because when you say you alone, we worship you declaring that that is your connection with Allah and
you alone we asked for help. It's something you need. So you are actually asking Allah and Allah
subhanho wa Taala responds in a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful way. inshallah tomorrow, we will be
		

			going through the next session. I know today was a very, very interesting session I would have loved
to complete the entire sooner but I don't want to rush it. We have an entire month ahead of us. We
will be speaking of supplications and I want to show you how powerful Surah Fatiha is. So inshallah
Don't forget to tune in again tomorrow to look for the next session and by the will of Allah We will
meet again inshallah until then akuto Kohli ha ha sallallahu wasallam Allah Allah Nabina Muhammad wa
salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.