Mufti Menk – The Most Powerful Advice Ever Given!

			Salam aleikum, my brothers and sisters, the most important piece of advice ever to be delivered to
mankind is made up of two simple words. If you have that you have everything. If you don't have that
you have nothing. So what are these two words? Subhan Allah, what is the most important piece of
advice ever to be delivered to mankind? Well, Allah has mentioned it repeatedly. The Prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him has mentioned it repeatedly. Those of the previous scriptures have had
their messengers come to them, and repeat the same two words again and again.
		

			It has been addressed to the believers as well as to mankind at large believing or not believing
because with this, we will succeed ultimately and without it, we will fail. So what are these two
words? The second word is the term the word Allah, which is referring to Allah Almighty.
		

			The one who made you the nourisher that you cherish or the Sustainer the provider, the protector,
etc. The one in absolute control of every aspect of your existence Allah that's the second word. So
what's the first and how will it so quickly make up the most important piece of advice ever? Well,
it's as follows it delco law ha ha. Simple as that it tequila. We hear the term it tequila people
say it tequila, tequila, etc. Allah addresses it to the believers many times in the Quran he says,
Yeah, are you hon levena
		

			con la Ha. Oh you who believe it duckula then Allah says, Yeah, you should tell
		

			people. It taco Robuchon, you know, have Taqwa of the one who may do the one who is in control of
your entire existence. The one who feeds you, clothe you, etc. So what is the meaning of the term
taqwa? It's so important. taqwa Some say is the fear of Allah. Well, that is a very narrow meaning.
And it could be perhaps worded much better and more correctly. Because when you are scared of
someone, one might say there is an element of fear to be scared. Are you going to worship Allah
because you're scared of him? No, you're going to worship Allah because you love him. And because
you're afraid of
		

			making him angry or upset. You're afraid of his wrath, his anger, you're afraid of his punishment.
So when you worship Allah, out of the love of Allah, you've automatically created a barrier between
you and his anger, or his punishment. And this is why it's natural as Kalani says, taqwa is to
create a barrier between you and the punishment of the Almighty by obeying the instructions of Allah
and by staying away from the prohibitions, as simple as that. So a broader term and a more correct
way of explaining it would be you who believe.
		

			Be conscious of your Lord, be conscious of Allah develop the correct relationship with him because
taqwa is a lifetime of relationship. That's what it is. In everything there will be taqwa there will
be the relationship with Allah. So develop the correct relationship with Allah when something comes
in your direction, treated in a way that is pleasing to Allah, that is taqwa. You're always
conscious of the fact that you're returning to Allah, you're going to be answerable to Allah so you
won't harm someone who's weak. Someone who works for you, someone who's poor, your spouse, a perhaps
any person that you consider weaker than you, you would never harm them and you would never wronged
		

			them. You wouldn't steal or cheat or deceive, because you're conscious of the fact that you are
going back to Allah, and he is going to hold you accountable for everything. There are people who
think they're going to get away with things that are wrong here on Earth, when they do that against
others, but Allah says, You know what we're watching we know we've our Our Messengers have taken
record of what you've done and you are going to come back to us and perhaps even before you come
back to us, we may mete out that punishment. So my brothers, my sisters, that is taqwa. Also here to
law Hill in a while in our arcade in it is the instruction of Allah for those before and those who
		

			are going to come after, to the first and to the last starting from Adam, going all the way down to
the last of humankind. It is the most powerful piece of advice ever. It duckula develop the correct
relationship with he who made you because you have no option. But to do that, you've got no other
option. He whom
		

			You're going to go back to him the wisest thing you could ever do develop a good relationship with
him, how do I do this? Well, I need to be a good person, I need to make sure I follow good
instructions. And I need to make sure that I stay away from harm and evil and that which is wrong,
and I worship the almighty in a correct manner. I also need to make sure that I seek forgiveness a
lot.
		

			When we seek the forgiveness of Allah, often, we will definitely be come from those who are
conscious of Allah. I say, oh, Allah forgive my shortcomings. Why do I say that? Because I'm
conscious of the fact that I'm going to return to you one day, and I know I want to please you, I
worship You, because I love you. And I'm doing what I'm doing in terms of goodness, because I just
want to be in good books with you. And I will abstain from evil because I don't want to earn your
anger. I really don't want to earn your anger, nor do I want to be a straight and that's why in
Surah Fatiha, the opening surah of the Quran, the Almighty says in the last verse of it, that not
		

			those who you have, who are who you are angry with, nor those who are astray. You know, neither
those who have earned your anger nor those who have gone straight, we want the path of those whom
you have favored. So my brothers and sisters, whenever you think about the most powerful piece of
advice you could give anyone or anyone could give you all that has been given in the past or that
will be given in the future. The most powerful is it duckula develop the correct relationship with
Allah. May Allah grant us that opportunity Apollo kolyada sallallahu wasallam albaraka Allen Amina
Muhammad