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