Suhaib Webb – Learn This Dua & Put Light in Your Night

This, this du'a is so important because we

say it. I say it a lot when

I'm here in the subway,

and there's 2 ways to say it. So

now it's the evening. So

You know, and I'm saying

that is the evening.

So I'm saying that, like, we have

arrived

to the evening.

And the evening

has come into existence.

And all of the

sovereignty, there's a difference between milk and milk.

It's very interesting in the language. What milk

means, like,

something specific belongs to me.

Me. But

implies

everything.

So it's not just one specific thing. It's

like everything you can imagine

that falls under the dominion of the existence

is called.

That's why Allah says,

Right?

Tabarak,

blessed is the one who has

control the mulk. All

all of the mulk is under his authority.

And that's also pretty cool in Surat Al

Fatihah.

You know,

only

2 of the imams,

Imam Alsim

and Imam Kisei

read it

because means

milk. But the the other 5,

they say

which is from Munk.

That's why Imam Shatibi says,

So what's dope about that is that the

implication is

that you have these 2 qiraat, which means

the specific

power on the day of judgment belongs to

Allah,

and then all power belongs to Allah. So

I'm saying now

So we arrive to the evening. We remind

ourselves,

we don't have control over anything.

Everything is with Allah. And that if we

say that with Yaqeen, 2 things come from

that.

Number 1 is we find a sense

of gratitude

that everything that we're able to accomplish

is from Allah

And number 2 is we're satisfied

with our risk,

whatever Allah has given us,

whether we've succeeded or failed or had certain

challenges and difficulties or whatnot.

And I like to say this,

when it comes to the mulk of Allah

we fall between 2 things,

Badr and

Ohid. Badr meaning

the victory.

Will be better in like,

Allah helped you

on the day of Badrash.

And then also Uhid is lost.

But either way Allah says

don't be sad and don't be upset.

So the first part of the is very

beautiful.

The other lesson that we take from

saying

is to realize

Like,

everything we have,

everything that is

in our possession

is not really due to our own efforts.

So we will be, like,

respectful

and appreciative

of the which Allah has given us since

Allah is

Allah

is the only true provider.

So we'll also be, like, more resourceful and

more appreciative

of our wives, our husbands, our children,

the money and

wealth that Allah has given us,

the blessings that he's given us.

I don't have any real control over anything.

So therefore, like,

I'll be more

appreciative

of my body,

my wealth,

my time, and everything that I have. It's,

like, incredible. Right?

And that's why

that, you know, your feet won't move on

a day of judgement until you ask about

4 things.

Those things are what? Our use, our body,

and our wealth,

how we earned it, and how we spent

it.

Then we say,

so after recognizing that all power and authority

belong to Allah and that everything we have

is from Allah,

Then we say what?

Alhamd,

you know, it's translated as praise,

but the essence of hamd is rooted in

the recognition of something.

Is in recognition of something that's been given

to us.

Right? So we recognize

that, like, something is a blessing. Right?

Is

to

understand something and of course here means as

best as possible. Right? So Alhamd,

we say is in recognition

of knowing

Allah. For everything we have,

And then we amplify we amplify the fact

that there is no god except Allah

who has no partners. No one can provide

for us in the evening and in the

nighttime, in the daytime like Allah has.

Who has no partners,

and that means we don't associate partners

with his attributes. So we realize that our

mook is only from Allah, so we don't

fall fall into things that, like, might challenge

that

in his actions

and of course, worshiping him alone.

To

him again belongs all sovereignty.

And to him belongs all praise.

And he has control over all things here.

You don't say in Arabic, you'd say

but if he said that, that would imply

that maybe someone else also shares with him

in it. So you say

You put the at the end, so it

implies

exclusivity

to Allah.

Right? Nothing shares with him in his authority.

And then we

say, I ask you

the good of this

night. And and the good after the night.

And here good means 2 things.

And the evil thereafter, we say,

I seek refuge in you from being lazy

because, like, if we really appreciate the mulk

of Allah, we understand that one of the

mulk that Allah has given us is time

to be alive.

Who are an mahi, the one who brings

life.

So I seek refuge you from being lazy

like not utilizing

the blessings that you've given me.

And I seek refuge in you in my

old age from being in you know, impacted

by illnesses and things that would weaken me.

It is very interesting when you think about

Casa. Casa is the old age of the

of the young.

Right? Most young people, they have the energy.

They have the ability, but they don't have

the drive because of laziness.

Means

as I get older,

I may still have the intellectual energy.

I may still have the imaginative

the imagination to do good, but I just

don't have the physical ability. So Allah preserve

my body. And one of the best ways

we can preserve our ourselves in the old

age

is by doing good while we're young.

It's mentioned in the Quran, right, about those

orphans. And there was once a scholar people

ask him, you know, you're old, but you

look so young and you have so much

vitality.

And he said,

you know, these limbs of mine,

I

I I I protected him and I guarded

him when I was young for Allah. So

Allah has preserved him from me in my

old age.

And then it

became an

and then the end of the dua is

I seek refuge in you from the punishment

of the grave and the punishment of *

and the punishment of the grave. And what

we learned something very interesting

is that those punishments, if you look at

them, are largely rooted

in people that have failed to make the

right choice with the mulk of Allah.

Right? It's really about choices. So

somebody's very beautiful.

They may use their beauty for something wrong.

They may use their beauty for something right.

That's the has given them. Somebody may have

wealth.

They could use that wealth for what's

right, and they could use that wealth for

what's wrong.

Anything,

any any blessing, even religion, some people use

it for what's right and some people will

use it for what's wrong. Speech will use

it for what's right and we use it

for what's wrong. The mooka of Allah is

the test

of our choice.

So if you look at the punishments in

* and the punishments in the grave, and

I detailed this in our 3rd book or

4th book and our course here on Swiss

and Akida.

They're always linked to misusing

with intent,

the blessings of

Allah. So this dua, let's say it together

for the night because it's nighttime here in

New York City.

One more time, I'm gonna say it really,

really slow

and I hope that

you can, like,

learn this

properly.

So let me say it one more time

really really slowly

so inshallah that we can all

learn it and say it inshallah. And then

you can also

contact me if you want me to listen

to you and make sure that you're reading

it correctly. This this Dua is really important

to say in the evening. So here we

go one more time.