[SPEAKER_00]: I was looking at which of the sections I should choose because it dawned on me.
[SPEAKER_00]: We literally just have seven, eight more lectures.
[SPEAKER_00]: Our Khatim is next Monday.
[SPEAKER_00]: Today is Monday.
[SPEAKER_00]: Our Khatim Qur'an is next Monday.
[SPEAKER_00]: The days are winding down with Hanallah.
[SPEAKER_00]: And there are so many beautiful powerables and so many beautiful afterrisms.
[SPEAKER_00]: I cannot do all of them.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I have to now be selective.
[SPEAKER_00]: And so today I'm going to do a phrase that every single one of us, we hear all the time and it is one of the most common phrases that we hear in Hothab and Durus.
[SPEAKER_00]: Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, La'in shakar tun.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is a very common thing that we hear all the time, and it is one of the most powerful and succinct summaries of really this entire religion.
[SPEAKER_00]: This Isura Ibrahim verse 7.
[SPEAKER_00]: And in fact, the beginning of the verse is actually very powerful, where it denar abokum.
[SPEAKER_00]: and know that your Lord has proclaimed.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is the Avan of Allah, literally.
[SPEAKER_00]: Where is the Avan Arab Bookham?
[SPEAKER_00]: Allah has made a proclamation.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is the Avan, the proclamation that Allah has made from the beginning of time.
[SPEAKER_00]: What is that proclamation?
[SPEAKER_00]: The inshaqar tomb, the azid and naqum, wa la-inqafar tomb in na-a-thabila shadid?
[SPEAKER_00]: If you thank me, I shall give you more.
[SPEAKER_00]: And if you are ungrateful, then know that my punishment is severe.
[SPEAKER_00]: So it is very important, therefore, that we understand what is sugar, and what are the blessings of sugar, and how do we do sugar, how do we thank Allah?
[SPEAKER_00]: The concept of sugar, the concept of thanking Allah.
[SPEAKER_00]: In fact, this is the very purpose of our creation.
[SPEAKER_00]: Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says in the Quran,
[SPEAKER_00]: in Mashaqir wa immaqafur.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is the purpose of why we are here.
[SPEAKER_00]: Either man can be grateful, or he can reject and be ungrateful.
[SPEAKER_00]: And by the way, again, time is limited, obviously, in the short hot ira's.
[SPEAKER_00]: But the very fact that the opposite of shukar is kufr is enough of a warning called to us.
[SPEAKER_00]: The opposite of shukar is kufr.
[SPEAKER_00]: In fact, the reality of kufr is not disbelief in Allah.
[SPEAKER_00]: The essence of kufr is actually to be ungrateful.
[SPEAKER_00]: And the reason why the kafir is called kafir is because he's ungrateful by rejecting Allah.
[SPEAKER_00]: So the essence of kufir in an iman sense is kufir in a sugar sense.
[SPEAKER_00]: Do you guys get that?
[SPEAKER_00]: The essence of rejecting Allah is to be ungrateful.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's why the kafir is called kafir.
[SPEAKER_00]: So the essence of Eman, therefore, is to be thankful to Allah SWT.
[SPEAKER_00]: Everything that we have, Allah SWT gave it to us in order that we show thanks to him.
[SPEAKER_00]: When the Prophet SWT was blessed with all of his blessings, what did he say?
[SPEAKER_00]: Allah, Adam and Fadli Rabbi, the Ebel-Wani.
[SPEAKER_00]: Ash Quru and Aqfur.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is all from the blessings of Allah.
[SPEAKER_00]: We should all think of this verse every time we look at the blessings Allah has given us.
[SPEAKER_00]: We see our family.
[SPEAKER_00]: We open our bank account.
[SPEAKER_00]: We get our paycheck.
[SPEAKER_00]: We should think of what Suleiman alayhi sallam said.
[SPEAKER_00]: Al-Hadam in Fadl-Irabi.
[SPEAKER_00]: All of this is from Allah's magnificence and blessings.
[SPEAKER_00]: Why liya be luani to test me?
[SPEAKER_00]: Ashquru am akfur.
[SPEAKER_00]: Whether I will do sugar or whether I will be ungrateful.
[SPEAKER_00]: And Allah tells us in the Qur'an.
[SPEAKER_00]: He will let the ahrajakum be mimbadouni umbahatikum.
[SPEAKER_00]: He brought you out from the womb of your mothers.
[SPEAKER_00]: Lātā anamune shayān yūn yūn yūn yūn yūn yūn nothing.
[SPEAKER_00]: Wajā al-Lākumu s-sama'a wa l-absaara wa l-afidā l-al-Lākum t-shqurun.
[SPEAKER_00]: He gave you.
[SPEAKER_00]: eyes and ears and the faculty to think.
[SPEAKER_00]: He gave you all of this blessings and knowledge.
[SPEAKER_00]: Why?
[SPEAKER_00]: L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'L'A'
[SPEAKER_00]: First and foremost, he says, shukhut is done by acknowledging that Allah has given you all that you have.
[SPEAKER_00]: You must acknowledge that everything you have is from Allah, not from yourself, not from your own skills, not from anything you have done, it is from Allah, Subhanahu Wa'Ta'alab.
[SPEAKER_00]: Secondly, that acknowledgement should lead to in your heart, humility and appreciation.
[SPEAKER_00]: There should be a genuine sense of thankfulness to Allah, Subhanahu Wa'Ta'alab.
[SPEAKER_00]: Thirdly, the tongue should then begin the praise of Allah because all that He has given you.
[SPEAKER_00]: So from the heart, it will move up to the tongue and the tongue will be constant in the hand and the shukr and the tasbih and all of the azgarh.
[SPEAKER_00]: Fourthly, the shukr should cause you to be appreciative in your rituals, in your actions, in your abadats and fifthly.
[SPEAKER_00]: especially those blessings that are more than others that you have if you are especially wealthy if you are powerful if you are rich whatever you have that blessing should be used in the service of Allah that is the ultimate sign of shukr that the blessing that you have you use it to worship Allah and not to just obey Allah as Allah said to Dawood and Suleiman
[SPEAKER_00]: I am Malu, Adada, Uda, Shukra, show me your Shukra in your actions.
[SPEAKER_00]: Allah says to Daud and Suriman, why Daud and Suriman, because they were a rare breed.
[SPEAKER_00]: How would they a rare breed?
[SPEAKER_00]: Few were the prophets who were kings.
[SPEAKER_00]: Even our Prophet ﷺ, he was offered kingship.
[SPEAKER_00]: He said, I don't want to be a king.
[SPEAKER_00]: Allah offered him.
[SPEAKER_00]: Jubaid came, said, if Allah has allowed you to be a king, he said, I don't want to be a king.
[SPEAKER_00]: Dawud and Sereiman were very rare.
[SPEAKER_00]: They were prophets and they were kings.
[SPEAKER_00]: So they had the blessings of this dunya as the king does.
[SPEAKER_00]: And of course they have the ahra.
[SPEAKER_00]: So what did Allah tell them?
[SPEAKER_00]: Iremalu ala daudah shukra.
[SPEAKER_00]: Show me your shukr in your actions.
[SPEAKER_00]: Shukr isn't just shown by tongue.
[SPEAKER_00]: Shukr isn't just shown by a concept in your heart.
[SPEAKER_00]: Shukr is shown in your actions, in your rituals, in what you do unto others.
[SPEAKER_00]: Now,
[SPEAKER_00]: What are some of the blessings of Shukar?
[SPEAKER_00]: I'll mention only three directly from the Qur'an.
[SPEAKER_00]: Number one, when we are thankful, Allah Azza wa Jalla protects us from punishments.
[SPEAKER_00]: What this means is that when we are suffering a punishment, then collectively we have been ungrateful and unthankful.
[SPEAKER_00]: And especially in light of corona, we need to think about this.
[SPEAKER_00]: Allah says in the Qur'an, May if Allah Hu bi'aitha'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a
[SPEAKER_00]: What will Allah gain by punishing you?
[SPEAKER_00]: If you are thankful and you have Eman.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you are sugar, there's no use of punishment.
[SPEAKER_00]: One of the reasons the punishment coming is we reorient ourselves and return to Allah.
[SPEAKER_00]: So when we're shakir, no punishment.
[SPEAKER_00]: Number two, Allah tells us in this verse La'in Shah-Kartum, La'azid-en-Nakum.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'll give you even more.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'll give you much more, don't worry.
[SPEAKER_00]: All of it is from Allah, it's so agile and he can give.
[SPEAKER_00]: And number three, and the best blessing.
[SPEAKER_00]: Allah asa wa j'a says, wa intesh kuru yarbahulakum.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you thank Allah, Allah will be pleased with you.
[SPEAKER_00]: And this is the highest ridla of Allah.
[SPEAKER_00]: The ridla of Allah is achieved when we are thankful to Allah.
[SPEAKER_00]: Final point, what are some practical tips to be thankful?
[SPEAKER_00]: We mentioned how to be thankful, the blessings of thankful.
[SPEAKER_00]: What are some of the practical tips from the prophetic advice?
[SPEAKER_00]: First and foremost, our prophet,
[SPEAKER_00]: Look to people who have less than you to feel that thankfulness.
[SPEAKER_00]: One of the obsessions of our Western culture is that we always look to the elite or the higher, the mightier, the billionaires.
[SPEAKER_00]: We look to the top 0.1% and their lifestyles, the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
[SPEAKER_00]: No, don't look to them.
[SPEAKER_00]: Look to those, our professors, and said that you have been blessed over in the dunya.
[SPEAKER_00]: Look to those who are struggling, go to the team, the orphans, and then see alhamdulillah.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have a house over my head.
[SPEAKER_00]: Look at the situation of the refugees.
[SPEAKER_00]: Look at the situation of those struggling, and then thank Allah, alhamdulillah.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is the first thing.
[SPEAKER_00]: Do not compare yourself in a dunya we sense to those that are above you.
[SPEAKER_00]: Secondly, hadith is in termidi.
[SPEAKER_00]: Our Prophet ﷺ said, Qunqani an.
[SPEAKER_00]: Be content with what you have to con Ashqar on us.
[SPEAKER_00]: You will be the most thankful of all of mankind.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you are content, not greedy.
[SPEAKER_00]: You're happy with what you have, Alhamdulillah.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have good health, I have good wealth, Hamdulillah, I have family, Hamdulillah.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you are,
[SPEAKER_00]: content, you will be Ash Qur'an nas, the most grateful of people.
[SPEAKER_00]: Number three, our Prophet ﷺ advised that we should make dua to Allah, to help us thank him.
[SPEAKER_00]: He said to Mu'aith, they've been jabbat in the famous Hadith, O Mu'aith, I love you for the sake of Allah.
[SPEAKER_00]: So make sure you make this dua after every single salah.
[SPEAKER_00]: What is the dua, guys?
[SPEAKER_00]: You all know it.
[SPEAKER_00]: Allah, Huma.
[SPEAKER_00]: In the name of Allah, help me to remember you and help me to thank you.
[SPEAKER_00]: Well, shoot, critic, and help me to worship you perfectly.
[SPEAKER_00]: And the final point our Prophet ﷺ said, that if you want to be thankful to Allah, then thank the people who have helped you as well.
[SPEAKER_00]: Because when you don't thank the people, then you are arrogant.
[SPEAKER_00]: Anybody who helps you, anybody who's done a favor on you, you should thank them because that will give you that humility.
[SPEAKER_00]: And you will see that Allah is using so many people to bring head and baraka to you, our Prophet ﷺ said, whoever is not thankful to others who have helped him is not thankful to Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.
[SPEAKER_00]: So these are simple pieces of advice from the Sunnah, how we can be thankful.
[SPEAKER_00]: We pray that Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala makes us of the shakini and the Shala will continue tomorrow.