Muhammad West – Heart of the Quran #24

			I was relying on a sheet on James Miller man Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa salatu salam
ala trophy. mousseline, syedna, Mohammed, Ali. He was mine, my beloved brothers and sisters in Islam
in Santa Monica Mara La Habra cattle, just like Lafave, thank you so much for joining us tonight.
Number 24 of this year's and I'm abondance panela, getting close to the end of Ramadan, and is the
time as we reach the end of Ramadan to start not only intensifying in Nevada and, you know, seeking
out Allah's mercy, it's also starting to think about life after Ramadan starting to think about am I
achieving those objectives of Ramadan but at the beginning, we had a goal and that was to have Taqwa
		

			of Allah. And we'll talk a little bit about what that what that means. And I'll come to takuna was
pantalla says this 30 days, or 29 days of fasting of ibadah has a goal in mind. It's not just the
diet, it's not just a fad that you go through when you go back to the way things work. It is about a
life changing experience. And so that at the end of Ramadan, what you what you hope to get the stock
work, and therefore our relationship with Allah subhanaw taala has to be different. But this Ramadan
to be successful if we go back to the same same habits, same routines, if our relationship with
Allah was the same as it was before Ramadan begin, then you know what I'm Yvonne did not achieve its
		

			full impact. Yes, we might still get the rewards of Ramadan, we might just have fulfilled the
obligation of fasting. But the true benefit in the essence of it was not achieved. And so now as we
have basically a week to go in Ramadan, it is to ask ourselves, have we changed, even if it's a
small way, some may change in a big way that was pathological on that for us? Would the day of eat
bring about a different meal. And that is a conversation that all of us need to have now before you
know this Ramadan ends. And if we haven't achieved it, this is the best time this is the best time
to achieve it. Also, it is it is as we get to the last few days of Ramadan for those who maybe did
		

			not capture Ramadan in its seriousness, and you tend to wake up but like you might feel it, you
know, I wasted a few days. And you might begin to feel despondent. That's one of the ways in which
shaytaan deflators he tells us at the beginning, you've got a lot of time, don't worry, don't worry,
you've got a lot of time. And then when you finally wake up, it's too late, you don't have enough
time, you might as well just enjoy it. It's over like that that student that is studying for an
exam, you know, when he realizes Oh, my goodness, I have a lot to do and I only have a night or two
left. It's easy to feel demoralized is it Well, what's the point? At this time it you know, even if
		

			we had one night to go even if we had one hour left of Ramadan, that might be the hour that changes
your life that might be the our last panel data except that, you know, the profitsystem also tells
us out of his mercy, Allah also judges how we in the action. So if we end up on a high, even if the
beginning wasn't so good, the middle wasn't so good, in off strong enough well, that Allah subhanaw
taala smooths over and he and He rewards the deed based on the best portion of it. So as if though
the entire deed is a reward, and at one night, we were really serious, and so in sha Allah with one
week to go to really really focus as all our efforts and our energies. It's also a reminder that is
		

			the time for selectors like I consider every single person who has enough food in his house for the
day of eat is required to to contribute as a counterfeiter, even if you are struggling, but if you
have enough in your house, for your family for the day for eat, there it is to also give charity to
someone else. And as we said 40 Rand per person in your household, maybe it's a bit difficult now
because you can go to the masjid, you can do these things online, or simply go to the shop, buy
something, buy a few kilos of rice and give it out to someone that is deserving and each other that
is your use a calculator to like insha Allah, we only going to talk about one iron, so that is
		

			autopsied for for this evening. And Subhanallah let's link ourselves up to this idea because this is
the only I in the whole surah. Allah speaks about forgiveness and reward. So there's a lot of
warning that's going to come in the surah, there's going to be a lot of reflection contemplation, we
already spoke about janam but yet there's only one is about mercy and about rewards and about
forgiveness. Only one idea. And you know, once upon a time I ask why is that? Because most of the
time and if you were to if you read the Quran, Allah subhanaw taala balances his reward, with
punishment and punishment with reward warning with forgiveness, there's always this link between the
		

			two. But in this sort of these a bit of almost a disproportionate discussion about janam, and just
one eye about the word meaning one of the ways and one of the tough seats. And the reason for that
is I was handed a showing that there are many ways many paths of misguidance. But there's only one
way, there's only one way to achieve success. So let's link up what we've discussed so far in this
work to how we reach the desire. So Allah subhanaw taala remember, he began by speaking about the
kingdom about the heavens about looking into into the universe looking at the creation and this is a
common motif within the Quran, especially those MCLIN surah as well as Francis before you before I
		

			talk about Allah, just look at the creation and look at how perfect it is. And our challenges you
look at this any mistakes in it is anything out of the ordinary if there's any inconsistency in it,
and you will find ourselves again and again for Gilboa, Soraka rotini look again and again, you will
eventually give up searching for any kind of faults within the in the summer. And eventually you
will be humbled and you will realize that this is in perfect harmony. And once you realize that is a
pattern. Once you realize that there is harmony, once you realize that there is intelligence, this
design this purpose in the universe, you know, just logically it should tell you that the
		

			is a creator, a designer, a one behind it? And the next logical step probably is to say, Well, if
everything in the universe has a purpose and everything has a function, well, what is my purpose and
my function? Am I just here without without reason? Am I an accident, surely there has to be more
than this life. And and that is what Allah subhanaw taala wants us to lead to, I mean, that's what's
our thinking should go. And from there, we should seek out our purpose. And ultimately, it is to
connect with Allah. But then you have those who don't think about it. They don't look at the
universe around them, they don't consider the consequences of the actions, they just love for the
		

			day, for the moment, they just given to every desire, they only do whatever makes them feel happy.
And that is that is really the only barometer The only compass in their life is that which I want to
do it me and myself, and that what makes me happy. And so they live a life without any code K or any
concern. They live a life as if though there is no ultimate purpose and there is no consequences and
so almost promises for such a group of people that they don't listen, and they don't they don't
think then they will end up in this a bit sad mercy of in a terrible horrible ending a lot. You
know, if we looked at those verses of Jana we spoke about yesterday, I wouldn't speak about them
		

			burning, I will didn't speak about what's going to happen to them. Allah only spoke about what the
place that they go into is like, the sound in that place the fire in that place, very great that
they would feel and so after this test is over, and they failed the test after they failed the test
and Ramallah spoke about this, this life is a test, they fail the test. Now the reflective now their
reasoning, now they are thinking their whole life they did not reason or if like, and then they say
to themselves, why didn't I just listen? I've been out, you know, so many people told me the so many
people warn me about where I'm headed to and I did not listen. And even if I didn't listen, because
		

			sometimes it's difficult we as people, we don't like to listen, we have this natural inclination,
this natural instinct, were you to tell me, I you know, whatever. None of your business is my life.
I live how I want to live. So even if you don't want to listen to anyone, at least listen to
yourself. Allah says, When all speaks about reasoning, listen to that voice inside of your own head.
That surely, surely, if I die, there has to be more to it than my life, there has to be some reason
why I'm so so these people have janome they will think why do you not listen on all those
conversations, they will have all those lectures all those reminders that they've they rejected, I
		

			didn't listen to those who didn't I listened to those people. And they will say even if I didn't
listen to them, Why don't they even have these in with my own self, and I would not end up here. So
almost Pandora speaks about the the path to getting to, to get into that horrible ending is by
living a life without consequences living a carefree life. And therefore the answer to to not being
the is one having concern, having consciousness having fear and evil, we need to talk before to get
into the if we need to have a conversation of fear. We live in an age way. When we talk about Islam.
When we give Dawa. It's very difficult to talk about fear. It's also almost unpopular to talk about
		

			fear and punishment and gentlemen, because every time you speak about these things, it's as if
though you have this mindset that Oh, that's all that Islam is about. That's all that the Quran is
about is about punishment going to gentlemen. Yes, maybe in the past. And yes, maybe certain certain
ways in which we present Islam is too focused on those things, but it is part of the guidance. And
in our day and age, we, we feel like we can control and I'm free, I can listen to whatever I feel
like listening to I can see whatever I want on social media, no, there's no fear of repercussions. I
really what I want to read and if I don't like it, I read it. I don't like this bottle, as I read
		

			the Quran, you know, these verses about mercy and kindness and gender, I like those things, but the
part of janome and consequences I don't like those things. And so it's almost like I can write it on
amazon.com you know, five stars for this part of the code Island two stars for that part of the
Quran, we don't have a choice in the matter. And you know, fear. Fear is not something it's not done
as a way of of demoralizing or putting someone down. Fear when it comes from a place of love, it is
of concern. And that is the language the Quran wants you to understand. So when you look at a
parent, when they teach the young child so as we grow up, our parents tell us to be afraid of many,
		

			many things to be careful of many things, think about a fire and that is exactly what I was doing.
You tell the child you bring the child close to the fire and you say look, it's hot. If you go near
it, you're going to burn and before you even touch it, you're going to burn but if you get too
close, you might go inside it the same way we tell our kids you know if you don't brush your teeth,
your teeth are gonna get rotten you're gonna have to end up going to the dentist but if you talk to
a stranger you know things are gonna be bad for you. So this feel you know why do we do this? Do we
do it to do to psychologically scar our kids? Do we do it to upset them? No, we do this because we
		

			are concerned and care for them because we love them the time at times. We need to speak about the
things we don't want to hear. We need to tell people the things they don't want to hear because we
love them. It comes from a place of love. Yes there are those people that always want to put you
down not because they're concerned about you. You might have this uncle that you know whenever you
need, they never they to help you but the minute you've messed up they'll be the first one you know
to crap on you. That isn't a real concern. That is someone you know being horrible Allah
		

			Handle data when he speaks about janome. And he speaks about the punishment, it comes from a place
of love. It comes from Allah subhanho wa Taala, wanting us to succeed, but also letting us know the
reality of life that he has given us choice. And with choice comes consequences, that there are
paths to take, you know, some paths will lead to gender, and some possibly lead to, to janam. And
this is the reality, and we can't escape that reality. And so if we look at how we have a
conversation of fear, with our, with our kids, we connect actions with consequences if you do this,
this bad thing is going to happen. And you know, small children, they just reflections of US Small
		

			children on Hamdulillah, especially when we teach them Islam, they love the things we love, they do
the things we do, they don't like the things we don't want to do. They like mothers, so if your
parents, you know, if you like a certain sport, then you know, your sons, I'm gonna grow up, and I'm
gonna play for that team one day, you know, you ask the kids, what do you want to do, I want to be
like that, I want to be like, Mom, I want to be like my teacher. So they just, they just follow on
what they see from the parents. And they will naturally be fearful of the things that you tell them
to be fearful. Of course, as they get older, and they start becoming young, young adults. Now Islam
		

			doesn't have this concept of adolescence, we don't have an in between a child and an adult, we have
young adults who will from a child, and very quickly you become an adult. And as you become an
adult, you start to form your own opinions, you start to have your own interests and your own fears
and your own concerns and your own worries, and your own desires and your own hopes, and you almost
want to move away from being out of the shadows of your of your parents. And this is a very
challenging time now, especially when we want to bring about the fear of Allah and consciousness of
Islam into someone at that age. Now, at that age, you know, when you start forming your own views
		

			and your own opinions, one of the challenging things is to actually link actions to consequences
because many of the things that we want our kids against as young, you know, young adults, the
consequences you don't see immediately, like, you know, if you don't study, if you don't work hard
in your school, in 1015 years time, you're gonna see the results, you're gonna see the end result of
that, when you can't make ends meet that if you have bad feelings, now, you're just having fun
today, you're just going to a party today. But you will see the long term effects of that bad
relationship, romantic relationship that isn't good for you, you might feel the benefits today. But
		

			in the long run, this is great, you get to be miserable at the end drugs, for example, as well, I
mean, that's a very clear one, you will feel a high right now, you will feel good right now. But
it's the consequences at the end of the day is going to be difficult. And it's so hard to to explain
to somebody who's not just young people, it's all of us to explain to someone the long term effects
of something when we can't see the effects immediately, when it's difficult for us to internalize
that this thing is bad for me, and I need to take need to take precautions. And so it's a very
different way in which we teach young adults about the fear and the consequences of Allah subhanaw
		

			taala when children and many of us SubhanAllah. You know, we go through stage and we go through, you
know, stages in our lives. As kids, we just follow on what our parents did. And if we were in a
certain environment, we fall into that, as we grew up, we made our own views our own opinions. We
may be Didn't we often many of us, most of us as we go through our adolescent or our young adult
stages, mostly, except for the very, very few lucky people will end up worse off than we then we did
we did most often in our teenage years and our young, our early 20s, before we came back on the on
the street, but this is the this is the norm unfortunately. And that is why one of the people that
		

			are shaded under the throne of ultimative gamma is one of these a person in those years, that that
are still that are conscious of Allah, and they are actually bitter in those years that they are
close to Allah subhanho wa Taala in those years, and that is why it's such a difficult thing to do.
Because the vast majority, like you know, 90% of us go off the rails and then we come back. And we
tend to come back a number of reasons. You know, there's even an interesting study that your brain
is not yet fully developed the part of the brain that actually deals with understanding
consequences, and making sound judgment only fully formed at the age of 25. And so you have
		

			it also corresponds to the time when your hormones and your desires and lower self is raging. It is
it is so strong and so powerful at that time. And there is a link before between being conscious and
an outcome of the outcomes of things and your desires. So we see in Ramadan very clearly. And
Ramadan is very clear as we subdue our desires. By fasting, it's easier also for us to build a
connection with Allah subhanaw taala and therefore, in our teenage years when our you know hormones
are raging, it's so difficult to drown those urges out with something that is that seems long term
you know, Jana, Jana, Allah, these, these are things that seem so far away, they almost seem, you
		

			know, in the distant future. But right now, all I have that I'm worried about is being socially
accepted by my friends, the romantic relationships in my life, living for the now those things are
so powerful. And so somehow I don't know, by the mercy and the grace of Allah many, many people
become serious later on in their life, you know, maybe after they get married.
		

			After they have a job, they actually stabilize that the hormones become calm. And maybe it's because
we've made our mistakes. And only after we've made our mistakes, and now we become those adults that
live with so much YT we worry about paying bills, we worry about our kids, we worry about so many
things around us, we become so worried in our life, and we realize how little control I have, you
know, I'm not in control, I could lose my job tomorrow. And because you've seen the consequences of
the ugly side of life, that is when you come back, and you realize the only thing that can keep me
safe. The only way that I'm successful is I need to, I need to be on a path that brings me the
		

			success and the only way to like is Allah subhanaw taala. And so having fear is a major part of
being a successful human being not just when Islamic perspective, and it should lead about to
positive change, the fear is not about being scared. It's a big difference between being fearful and
cautious and being scared. And so if we go into the eye, Allah subhana wa Taala tells us, so after
speaking about those who have went astray, and they ended up, you know, the endpoint was this
horrible place, Allah Subhana, Allah wants to tell you the secret of success. And that's why he puts
it to have only one IRA in this whole suite is because it's a secret. Allah says, in the living I
		

			have shown above and below AB la Mattila told me that verily those who have hatia, and the
translation, most of the translation was a fear. And that's not a good translation. But let's use
the word hatia. Also is really people those who have the quality of hatia, for the unseen Lord, for
the Lord that they cannot see. for them is mouthfeel. for them is forgiveness. It is a prediction,
where Algerian Kabir and a huge huge reward in the end, so Allah says, the only way out is for
someone to have a hatia of Allah subhanaw taala. And, and this brings us into this concept of how do
I how do we introduce Allah subhanaw taala in our life, because hatia is it does come from a
		

			connotation of being fearful and many times again, the criticism is, is that the only relationship I
have with Allah is one of fear. So we'll talk about that in a minute. But let's break this idea down
into detail. So the word Allah says, indeed, verily, meaning that this is a promise, this is a law
with a lot take it as a given that if you have hatia you will be successful. But if you have hatia
in Allah, you will be forgiven, and your life will be good. And you will get to Jenna. It is a
promise from Allah subhanaw taala anyone with a quality of Harsha is going to succeed. So what is
hatia Harsha is different to fear. Because in the Quran, Allah Subhana Allah says that he believes
		

			is in need of Allah, He believes in the Quran, I fear Allah, in fact, he believes is perhaps more
afraid of Allah than we are. Because he's seen the consequences of Allah, he's seen the angels, but
he's fear does not bring about a positive change. So he's genuinely afraid of Allah, but he does not
change him in the positive hatia is a concern, it is having key it is having a worry, that forces
you to take proactive steps to improve yourself and therefore, to make positive change. That is what
hatia is. And the outcome of hatia very closely is this thing of taqwa this thing that we want to
achieve at the end of Ramadan, that what does it mean to fear Allah, it means to have a a fire is
		

			taking a precaution that saves you. So the to go hand in and Harsha is about understanding that
there are consequences to being fearful of the consequences. And then taking proactive steps is the
taqwa and they go hand in hand, you must have hatia and when that leads you to number two to
correcting yourself and therefore as many other scholars is, the healthy way of fearing Allah is
shown in in taqwa. When asked about to explain this thing of backwards, very deep, deep discussion
about taqwa.
		

			One of the Sahaba said to say no matter the Alon, when he understands taqwa taqwa is like someone
that is walking through a thorny bush. And so what would you do when you walk through a bush of
thorns? Or, you know, a patch that is thorny. You do you pull your clothes in close your watch every
step so as not to step on the phone. And that is what taqwa is. It is about being cautious about
every step you take. And so, when we start talking about Allah subhanaw taala, only in the sense of
being vengeful, being spiteful, being angry, being punishing, you know, that takes away a lot of the
essence of what taqwa is and hatia is that you can have concerns and the same way a parent has
		

			concerns for the children what he learned methyl Allah, we can't give Allah any kind of analogies,
but I parent when they speak about being fearful or scared for the children. It is not one of you
know, I'm looking to harm me or physical harm. It's about so many so much that the consequences are
so much broader. And therefore it is about when we have fear and we are concerned about Allah, it is
about being concerned that you know Allah subhanaw taala we will not have a relationship with Him
will never come to know him. We will never have his mercy in our life. We won't have his prediction.
Imagine going out the basis unseen. A virus
		

			Going out there knowing that you could take all the precautions, but without the protection of
Allah, you know what's going to happen? looking at all the things, it's out of your control. And if
you don't have that, that relationship with Allah who is going to assist you. And then of course, a
big part of the Pasha is my ultimate destination, where am I going to end up? And so Allah subhanaw
taala says the Lord unseen Why? Because it's easy to feel the lion in front of you, it's easy to
feel the fire in your face, but to be conscious about something which you cannot see something which
is even might not even be in this life, the consequences are not seen in this life, it is in a life
		

			of the IDI. I mean, that is the that is the challenge. That is the test. So Allah says that if you
are able to reason and think about the consequences of the life beyond what you can see today, for
that person, that is success, there is forgiveness, and there is easy reward. And that is what Allah
says the Lord unseen, this is the challenge. And so our purpose in our life in that in that Hadith
of the sun, so again, it links beautifully at the beginning of this surah Allah says Lena Bella
welcome, you can ask Allah who will have the highest quality of of deeds the best, this your son,
when the prophets of Salaam was asked to explain what does your son mean? He said, Your son is to
		

			live your life as if though you could see Allah subhanaw taala? How would we live? If we could see
Allah subhanaw taala? in everything that we did I would we speak to our wives? How would we use? You
know, how would we use our phones? when everyone's asleep? What are we what what sites would be what
we will be reviewing? If Allah was in front of us? What choices would we make, and that is a person
who lives with that kind of consciousness is successful. In fact, he has the highest level of
success he has the quality of yourself. And so Allah says, If you live like this, being conscious of
Allah as much as possible, then even though you cannot see him then for you is forgiveness number
		

			one, and a great reward. So why does Allah mentioned forgiveness because before we get the reward,
you know, the reward is Jenna, that he already has been close to Allah before we get the the weeds,
the imperfections need to be taken away. And for some mela protectors, that imperfection is taken
away through hardship through the calamities in their life, and maybe through the punishments, but
for others, and this is what we hopefully that I'm Alon, Allah doesn't have to have to make us pay
for our mistakes, he can just forgive it. And so if a truly fearful person was truly close to Allah,
they get the sins forgiven just by Allah making a fool and that's why they're beautiful do are we
		

			making this time Aloma in the gaafu Allah you erase the sins, the mistakes that ugliness the
imperfection in my life, you will love to erase, so erase from us. And for me, for us, all of us
erase that mistakes, let our records be clean, and so that we are eligible to intergender without
any any repercussions. And so this is this is what we want. And so a lot and so it's beautiful
always for them is a general can be a big reward, a great reward. And that contrasts those people
that sit to them in their lives or in their lives people told to them you are feed on our incubator
you are on big misguidance you're all wrong big time. So Allah says they in fact are going to get a
		

			big reward. Now very closely linked to this entire conversation and the whole concept of this hatia
is about having a relationship with Allah and so on all of us on different stages in our
relationships with our any changes in fluctuates today we feeling very close to Allah. Tomorrow we
might feel very distant from Allah. Sometimes we forgotten Allah for for periods of time, we've come
back some times we've, we've we've had a relationship with Allah, we can remember times when we're
crying and we were sincere. And now we just we almost feel like we stuck we did. And so how do we
how do we get that there might be some people Subhana Allah, they have on the outside, they perform
		

			this silence because they've been pressurized the, you know, the parents tell them to do so they
dress a certain way. But deep down, this is nothing. I don't feel any connection to Allah. I don't
feel any connection to Islam. It's just all external. So how do we get to that point we, you know,
Islam, Allah subhanho wa Taala is the priority in my life, that everything that I do every choice I
make, it is the highest priority in my life. Allah subhanho wa Taala is the center and Subhanallah
when you see people like that nothing fazes them, nothing harms them, nothing, they don't worried
about money, they don't worried about what's going to happen. Because, like, I'm good with Allah, if
		

			I'm good with Allah, that Allah is going to be good with me that the ups and downs in life that
everyone experiences, they are contented they are at peace, and you find other people who don't do
not have a relationship with Allah. And again, the link between your heart just has so much capacity
for for dunya or for Allah, if there's too much dunya too much desires, too much enjoyment. There's
no space for Allah. And if we're the people that have the most fun and the most enjoyment, the most
		

			fame, the most money, many of them, they don't have a law and they live a miserable life. Look,
statistically, the countries that have the highest suicide rates are not the places where people are
starving to death. It's the places where people have the highest GDP per capita, the place
		

			We have the highest levels of atheism, they are also the people on the highest levels of
antidepressants, the people that are most miserable because something is missing in their life. And
so our it comes down to our relationship with Allah. So for many of us, unfortunately, our
relationship with Allah is almost transactional, we like a buyer and a seller with Allah subhanaw
taala. When I need something, I speak to him so I can get something, I need this job, I need a
house, I want a spouse. And so now I'm, I'm speaking to Allah because I want something or if
something bad in my life has happened, now I need Allah subhanho wa Taala to intervene. And if you
		

			look at your relationships in your life, for the relationships that are not important, you know,
your relationship with your, with your work, for example, or the shop on the corner, it's
transactional, I give you something, you give me something, and that's it. But if you don't give me
anything, that I don't give you anything, anytime. But if you look at the bigger relationships, and
again, like my Florida relationships you have with your mom, or with your wife, with your husband,
hopefully, it's not transactional, you don't do things, you don't do things for your mom sake,
because you hope that she's going to give you breakfast in the morning, you do it because you
		

			genuinely love her, that you the relationship, you want to strengthen it and improve it and increase
it with time. As an Imam, many times you find a marriage that isn't going well. The people, the
couples will sit between you and then the husband will say tell her what the rights of the husband
is. And he will tell about the what to do to me as a wife. This is not a relationship anymore. It's
a transactional business agreement. You give me stuff I give you stuff, it's not a marriage anymore.
And so our relationship with Allah, if it doesn't exist, what is this transactional, then it's very
weak, and we need to get to the next level. And how do we get there? How do we get there, and why
		

			this is so important in our day, our time right now is because we have surrounded ourselves, we live
in a time where you are exposed to everything that if your heart is empty, is going to be filled
with materialism is going to be filled with some ideology that is wrong, it's going to be filled
with just enjoying yourself, live your life and enjoy yourself and Subhanallah we cannot avoid it
any more. We need to follow our heart with the relationship with Allah to keep us safe and level in
this dunya. Because if we don't have that, if we don't have a law, you know, hug it, it will be
filled with something else. And no amount of family pressure, no amount of fear of janam or, or
		

			worries about things that are not important. If you don't have the love of Allah in your heart and
the relationship with Allah with the Lord. It's not, it's not going to save us in the world that we
live in. So how do we build a relationship with Allah do we get them. And again, as I explained this
polyline method, Allah, we don't make any analogy with Allah subhanho wa Taala. But the only way for
me to, for us to understand is to look at how we build a relationship with with anyone else in the
dunya whether it is your parents, your kids, your loved one, if you want to build a truly a
relationship based on love, how do you do that. And the relationship with Allah is based on three
		

			components, it's based on love, it is based on hope, and it's based on fear and you need all three
of them. If you don't love Allah subhanaw taala. And then then there is if there is no love between
you and Allah subhanho wa Taala, then there is no relationship with you and Allah Subhana Allah,
every important relationship in your life, if you had to describe what is your relationship with
your parents, your kids, your spouse, the first thing I would say is love that if this thing was not
the I would be miserable. If this thing was absent from my life, then I would be I would be
devastated. If I didn't have my parents or my kids or my wife or the things that I love that was
		

			gone, I would feel it. And so the first thing that that you want to have is that if Allah was absent
from me, I don't know where I would go. And of course it is the love that is the highest level of
love, that I can lose everything. But if I lost Allah subhanaw taala, then that is the biggest loss.
The second one is hope. You always hope for getting closer to Allah hope for more hopeful benefits
in your life, that no matter how bad things are almost always going to be there for me that even
though I have turned away from Allah, Allah subhanho wa Taala will come to me and bring me back
again and he has mercy. So we must have hope. Because without that hope, and all you have is fear,
		

			you will become a a person that, you know those people that are so religious, and they only about
salah and worship, but they have no kindness in them, that they are rude and they are abrupt and
they are aggressive. That is not the kind of relationship that you should have a lot makes you a
nasty person. And the other side is if you only have hope and no fear, then you have no fear of
consequences. You live your life as you want. And it's just a carefree life. So how do we build how
to develop the sense of love, hope and fear and Allah. Number one, all relationships need to be
worked on understand the relationship doesn't just happen, it develops, even those relationships
		

			that you are constantly exposed to, you have to work on it and it develops over time. And so we have
to work on our relationship with Allah subhanaw taala remember this relationship unlike other
relationships, which are a two way I think Allah does not need us. Allah says at the beginning of
the of the suit of the Baraka, lady, that all the goodness is with him, that you cannot increase Him
in His goodness, your relationship, all these things Allah is telling us is about our success. And
and for our
		

			benefit, the relationship that he has with us is only for our benefit. It does not diminish him, it
does not increase him. And so we need to work on it. How do you what things you need to do, you need
to get to know the object of your affection. If you want to get to know if you want to have a
relationship with something you need to know and get to learn about Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah
says in the Quran, in Nehemiah Shalom and evaluate Allah, but it is the Allah that should have the
most consciousness of Allah, Allah doesn't mean you need to be part of the MTC. Oh, you have to be a
Mufti, whatever it means, the more knowledge you have, this should lead you to Allah subhanaw taala
		

			both secular knowledge of Islam doesn't have this concept of secular knowledge. It is having true
knowledge, and especially religious knowledge, knowing what Allah subhanaw taala is, leads you to
that and in that alone is a big lesson for us. How much priority have we given to our Islamic
knowledge, you know, Subhan Allah, kids stop going to madressa as you know, as as simple and as
basic as madressa is, they stop going at the most critical time in their life. And that is when when
they make these big informed decisions about the life they're going through the teenage years. We
forgot when you know when we stopped saving for this or why because school is more important. And
		

			the extra curricular activities, the violin lessons or the the soccer practice is more important and
also Pinilla we have not prioritize the learning of Allah subhanaw taala. And then is there any
doubt as to why they don't have a relationship with Allah Subhana Allah, education about Islam and
the deen is so much more important now in our appeal 2020 than it was before, because you're going
to be exposed to everything out the you know, you can't protect your kids anymore. Your kids need to
go out there and make their own decisions. And so all we can do is equip them. You know, you want
Allah in the heart, Allah doesn't get into the heart directly. It has to go first, as the Surah
		

			kovarik showed you first make that logical step you first get to understand Allah and learn about
him. And hopefully it will eventually start affecting your heart. How else do you develop a
relationship with Allah, you spend time together with Allah, you give attention to that
relationship, the more time you spend with Allah, the closer he becomes to you, like any
relationship, when you prioritize that thing, it becomes the most important thing in my life, I make
my Salah on time, I fulfilled the obligations, then it will develop, you also communicate and that
is divided. The relationship is based on communications, it is about speaking to Allah, it is about
		

			speaking in your language telling him about your needs, your desires, your fears, your hopes, if you
don't have that, and you just have this ritualistic going through the motions, that is not really
connecting to Allah. Part of building the relationship is appreciating the blessings that Allah has
given you. When you begin to appreciate what Allah has given me what I have, you realize that Allah
has always been there in my life, even when I forgot him, he did not forget about me. And that is
why the man who said the Arizona law, my heart is dead, like I feel it's empty. Nothing affects me
any more than me. So some said, Go and rub the heat of an orphan because when you spend time with
		

			someone listening, you realize what Allah has given you, Heart of loving Allah and building a
relationship is avoiding the things that he dislikes and he disapproves of. So if you love someone,
you don't want to hurt them. Now, of course, you can't hurt Allah, but you don't want to be distant
from them. Remember, when we come with a sin, we have taken ourselves away from Allah, we have moved
away from him, and in a proximity away from him. And that is something that you should feel and the
more good that you do, it brings you closer to him, and that is what we thrive. But the more good
you do, the more evader you do the lessons you do. It's a positive feedback loop, you begin to love
		

			Allah more. And by doing that, by loving Allah more, you want to do more and more good. And that is
really what taqwa is. And that is what develop stuck where you do these things. And over time you
develop this lifestyle of taqwa. These are beautiful eyewitnesses. And they are those who give in
charity, which they give with a heart that is full of fear with Allah, when they give charity,
they're very, very scared. They very conscious of Allah because they know they're going to return to
Allah. It is these people. Allah says, we race for the good deeds, and they are the foremost in them
in doing good deeds. So they make a lot of ibadah a lot of Salah ma give charity, because they are
		

			scared. And so I should ask the Rasul Allah, are these people that give charity out of fear? Are
they the ones who come with haram and think and they do all the sense. And so the Prophet says, Oh,
no, don't have a Siddiq, or no abubaker his daughter, these are the ones who fast and they pray and
they give charity meaning, the more good deeds you do, the more conscious you are of Allah, the more
you realize how important this relationship is how you need this relationship. And so that increases
you in your fear of losing Allah subhanaw taala. And so they are the ones that increase and push
themselves more and more and more than what if Allah does not accept my good deeds, what if I am not
		

			enough? Allah subhanaw taala does not need me and so they push themselves even more. And that is why
the person that has more fear of Allah, and again, fear is a sin. It's love, fear and hope together.
They are the ones that do the most nice panel and I end up with this beautiful idea. And I wish we
all know Allah, Allah, Allah, hopefully, even when I know that Allah Subhana Allah says villy those
who are the only or only among those who are close to Allah, what do they get? They don't have to
feel scared, and they don't have to feel sad that if you have a lot as your primary relationship,
		

			When you focus, then you don't have to feel any fear anymore. You only have to have concern for
Allah and all other fears fall away. I don't have to worry about what's going to happen tomorrow. I
don't have to worry about my job, my money, my health. If I'm good with Allah, then I'm safe and I'm
fine. Allah says that you won't feel fear in this life. And you won't have to fear about the author.
You don't have to fear about death. You don't have to fear about the love of the cover. And you
won't feel sad meaning without even being fearful. Allah is not going to give you something that
will make you sad. Yes, life has its challenges. But you will rise above those challenges you won't
		

			be said ultimately, you will get a agenda with ease, no more sadness, there is no more fear, malice
panagia grant is hearts that are conscious of him and grant us actions that are pleasing to Him and
may we live a life connected to him so that we will be with him in general for those damages as
salaam alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh