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KHUTBAH: A DAY OR PART OF A DAY Presented at ICF on June 21, 2019 BY: Brother David Haskins Previously Presented: October 27, 2017 KHUTBAH OPENING (KHUTBAHTUL HAAJAH)
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KHUTBAH A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Presented at ICF on June 21 2019

BY Brother David Haskins

Previously Presented October 27 2017

KHUTBAH OPENING

(KHUTBAHTUL HAAJAH)

ALL PRAISES ARE DUE TO ALLAH WE PRAISE HIM

AND SEEK HIS HELP AND ASK FOR HIS FORGIVENESS

WE SEEK REFUGE IN ALLAH FROM THE EVIL IN OUR

OWN SOULS AND FROM OUR OWN SINFUL DEEDS

WHOEVER ALLAH GUIDES NO ONE CAN MISLEAD

AND WHOEVER ALLAH LEAVES MISGUIDED NO ONE

CAN GUIDE I BEAR WITNESS THAT THERE IS NO ONE

WORTHY OF WORSHIP EXCEPT ALLAH HE IS ONE

HAVING NO PARTNER AND I BEAR WITNESS THAT

MUHAMMAD IS HIS SERVANT AND MESSENGER

ي أي ها الذين آمنوا ات قوا الل حق ت قاتو وتن أ ن م وو

O BELIEVERS HAVE TAQWA (FEAR ndash AWARENESS ndash

CONSCIOUSNESS) OF ALLAH ACCORDING TO WHAT IS

HIS RIGHT AND DO NOT DIE EXCEPT AS MUSLIMS

ي أي ها الناس ات قوا ربك الذي خ قك ها ز جها من فس احدة خ ق من ه ا رجا كثريا اء ات قوا بث من الل الذي ت اءلوو بو األرحام و الل

كاو ع يك رقيباO MANKIND HAVE TAQWA OF YOUR LORD THE ONE

WHO CREATED YOU FROM ONE SOUL AND CREATED

FROM IT ITS MATE AND FROM THEM SPREAD MANY

MEN AND WOMEN AND FEAR ALLAH FROM WHOM

YOU DEMAND YOUR MUTUAL RIGHTS AND DO NOT

CUT OFF FAMILY RELATIONS SURELY ALLAH IS

EVER AN ALL-WATCHER OVER YOU

ي أي ها الذين آمنوا ات قوا الل قولوا ق و سديدا

يص ح لك أع الك ي غفر لك ذ وبك من يطع الل رسولو ف قد فاز

ف وزا عظي ا

اما بعض O BELIEVERS HAVE TAQWA OF ALLAH AND ALWAYS

SPEAK THE TRUTH HE WILL DIRECT YOU TO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS AND WILL FORGIVE YOU YOUR

SINS AND WHOSOEVER OBEYS ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAS INDEED ACHIEVED A GREAT

ACHIEVEMENT

AND TO PROCEED

خىر الديث كناب الل خىرو وفإ ىدي م د ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص شر األمور ااد

مدثت ها كل مدثة بدعة كل بدعة لة كل لة النار

CERTAINLY THE BEST SPEECH IS THE BOOK OF

ALLAH AND THE BEST GUIDANCE IS THE GUIDANCE

OF MUHAMMAD THE WORST AFFAIRS ARE THE

INNOVATED ONES AND EVERY INNOVATION IS A

GOING ASTRAY AND EVERY GOING ASTRAY IS IN

PATH THAT LEADS INTO THE HELL-FIRE

MY DEAR BELOVED BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN

ISLAM

WELCOME TO JUMMUAH WE THANK ALLAH FOR

GIVING US YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE

THE MOST OF OUR DAY OR AT LEAST THIS PART OF

OUR DAY THAT WE CALL YAUMAL JUMMUAH WE

THANK ALLAH FOR BLESSING US TO MAKE IT

THROUGH ANOTHER RAMADAN AND IN ADDITION

TO OUR FASTING AND SALAT AND ZAKAT WE HOPE

TO HAVE RECEIVED THE MERCY OF THE BOUNTIES OF

LAILATUL QADR --- A NIGHT WHICH IS BETTER THAN

A THOUSAND MONTHS OR MORE THAN 83 YEARS

THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE A GREAT BOUNTY FROM

THE MANY BOUNTIES OF ALLAH YET WE MUST

UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ALL RELATIVE AND NOT

ASSUME THAT WE HAVE IT MADE NO WE MUST

CONTINUE TO STRIVE EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY

DAY FOR WE KNOW THAT OUR WORSHIP OF OUR

LORD NEVER REACHES TO WHAT HE DESERVES

Aisha reported The Messenger of Allah peace and blessings be

upon him said ldquoFollow the right course seek nearness to

Allah and give glad tidings Verily none of you will enter

Paradise by his deeds alonerdquo They said ldquoNot even you O

Messenger of Allahrdquo The Prophet said ldquoNot even me unless

Allah grants me His mercy Know that the most beloved

deed to Allah is that which is done regularly even if it is

smallrdquo

Source Sahih al-Bukhari 6099 Sahih Muslim 2818

IF THE PROPHETrsquoS DEEDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO

GUARANTEE HIM JENNAH WHAT ABOUT US HOW

CAN WE BE SO CONFIDENT BASED UPON THE LITTLE

WE HAVE DONE EVEN IF WE CAUGHT SUCH A

MAGNIFICENT BOUNTY AS LAILATUL QADR --- HOW

DOES IT COMPARE TO THE MAGNITUDE OF BOUNTIES

ALLAH HAS PROMISED US 83 YEARS IS A LONG TIME

FROM OUR LIFE PERSPECTIVE BUT ALLAH HAS

PROMISED US ETERNITY HOW DOES 83 YEARS

COMPARE TO A THOUSAND YEARS --- OR A MILLION

YEARS --- OR A BILLION YEARS --- OR A TRILLION

YEARS --- OR A TRILLION TRILLION YEARS --- OR TO

ETERNITY EVENTUALLY THE NUMBER OF ZEROS

AFTER THE DECIMAL POINT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE

83WOULD COVER THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE

HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND STILL NOT BE

ENOUGH

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

(1031 ) العصر

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages) - 1031 (Y

Ali)

(1032 ) و اا او لف خ ر

Verily Man is in loss - 1032 (Y Ali)

الذين آمنوا ع وا الصالات (1033 ) ت وااوا لق ت وااوا لص

Except such as have Faith and do righteous deeds

and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth

and of Patience and Constancy - 1033 (Y Ali)

FROM THE MOMENT OF OUR CONCEPTION TIME IS

OUR CONSTANT COMPANION OUR CONSTANT

REMINDER AND OUR ULTIMATE CURRENCY ALLAH

HAS ALLOTTED OUT TO EACH OF HIS CREATIONS A

CERTAIN LIMIT OF TIME IN THIS WORLD OUR KEY

QUESTION IS HOW DO WE SPEND THAT CURRENCY

WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN HOW ARE WE SPENDING OUR

TIME SOME CREATIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED

MORE TIME THAN OTHERS YET ALL CREATION IS

FINITE ONLY ALLAH IS INFINITE ndash SUPREME ABOVE

ALL HIS CREATION

AS COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE AMONG MANKIND

SOME CREATIONS HAVE MUCH SHORTER LIFESPANS

WHILE OTHERS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER ONES

THE COMMON HOUSEFLY IS CONCEIVED BORN

REPRODUCES AND DIES IN ABOUT 30 DAYS THAT IS

THE EXTENT OF HIS CURRENCY IN THIS DUNYA

THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE 60-70 OR

EVEN 100 YEARS WE SEE HUMANS LIVING YET

COMPARED TO THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

WHICH ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BILLIONS OF YEARS

OLD MANrsquoS 60-100 YEARS PALES IN COMPARISON AS

IT COMPARES LESS FAVORABLY THAN THE

HOUSEFLY DOES TO US YET ALLAH TELLS US

Ar-Rum (The Romans) - 308

أ ل ي ن فكر ا أ ف ه ما خ ق اللن ه ا ال ا ات األرض ما ب ي ن لق أجل م ى و كثريا م

(308 )الناس ب قاء ر لكافر و

Do they not reflect in their own minds Not but for just

ends and for a term appointed did Allah create the heavens

and the earth and all between them yet are there truly

many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at

the Resurrection) - 308 (Y Ali)

EVERY CREATION HAS TIME AS ITS FIRST AND LAST

COMPANION AND EVERY CREATION --- FROM THE

COMMON HOUSEFLY --- TO MANKIND --- TO THE

HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- HAS A TERM

APPOINTED FOR THAT TIME TO COME TO AN END

REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH TIME WE ACTUALLY

HAVE IN OUR ACCOUNTS OR HOW WE PERCEIVE

THAT TIME --- WHAT WE DO WITH OUR LIMITED TIME

--- HOW WE SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME --- IS THE

CURRENCY FOR WHICH WE WILL BE ASKED TO

ACCOUNT TO OUR LORD AND THAT IS THE BASIS OF

OUR KHUTBAH TOPIC TODAY WHICH IS A DAY OR

PART OF A DAY

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

(23112) قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on earth -

23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113) العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but ask those

who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك كنن (23114) ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had only known -

23114 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23115 [read in context]

نا ا خ قناك عب ثا أ ك لي ن أن أفح ب (23115) ت رجعوو

Did ye then think that We had created you in jest and that ye

would not be brought back to Us (for account) - 23115 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23116 [read in context]

ال ك الق لو ىو ف ن عال الل (23116) رب العرش الكر

Therefore exalted be Allah the King the Reality there is no

god but He the Lord of the Throne of Honour - 23116 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS WE COUNT MINUTES AND HOURS

AND DAYS AND YEARS THAT HAVE SLIPPED PAST US

AND DISSOLVED INTO BECOMING OUR PAST AND WE

HUNGER FOR MORE DAYS IN FRONT OF US IN HOPES

OF HAVING MORE TIME TO FULFILL OUR DESIRES IN

THIS DUNYA THE DAYS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

NIGHT AND THE NIGHTS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

DAY AGAIN --- OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL

OUR HAIR IS GREY AND OUR MEMORIES DIM --- AND

ALLAH TELLS US

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض

اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

Page 2: KHUTBAH OPENING - ICFfayettevillemasjidnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/...ALL PRAISES ARE DUE TO ALLAH. WE PRAISE HIM, AND SEEK HIS HELP, AND ASK FOR HIS FORGIVENESS. WE SEEK REFUGE

ALL PRAISES ARE DUE TO ALLAH WE PRAISE HIM

AND SEEK HIS HELP AND ASK FOR HIS FORGIVENESS

WE SEEK REFUGE IN ALLAH FROM THE EVIL IN OUR

OWN SOULS AND FROM OUR OWN SINFUL DEEDS

WHOEVER ALLAH GUIDES NO ONE CAN MISLEAD

AND WHOEVER ALLAH LEAVES MISGUIDED NO ONE

CAN GUIDE I BEAR WITNESS THAT THERE IS NO ONE

WORTHY OF WORSHIP EXCEPT ALLAH HE IS ONE

HAVING NO PARTNER AND I BEAR WITNESS THAT

MUHAMMAD IS HIS SERVANT AND MESSENGER

ي أي ها الذين آمنوا ات قوا الل حق ت قاتو وتن أ ن م وو

O BELIEVERS HAVE TAQWA (FEAR ndash AWARENESS ndash

CONSCIOUSNESS) OF ALLAH ACCORDING TO WHAT IS

HIS RIGHT AND DO NOT DIE EXCEPT AS MUSLIMS

ي أي ها الناس ات قوا ربك الذي خ قك ها ز جها من فس احدة خ ق من ه ا رجا كثريا اء ات قوا بث من الل الذي ت اءلوو بو األرحام و الل

كاو ع يك رقيباO MANKIND HAVE TAQWA OF YOUR LORD THE ONE

WHO CREATED YOU FROM ONE SOUL AND CREATED

FROM IT ITS MATE AND FROM THEM SPREAD MANY

MEN AND WOMEN AND FEAR ALLAH FROM WHOM

YOU DEMAND YOUR MUTUAL RIGHTS AND DO NOT

CUT OFF FAMILY RELATIONS SURELY ALLAH IS

EVER AN ALL-WATCHER OVER YOU

ي أي ها الذين آمنوا ات قوا الل قولوا ق و سديدا

يص ح لك أع الك ي غفر لك ذ وبك من يطع الل رسولو ف قد فاز

ف وزا عظي ا

اما بعض O BELIEVERS HAVE TAQWA OF ALLAH AND ALWAYS

SPEAK THE TRUTH HE WILL DIRECT YOU TO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS AND WILL FORGIVE YOU YOUR

SINS AND WHOSOEVER OBEYS ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAS INDEED ACHIEVED A GREAT

ACHIEVEMENT

AND TO PROCEED

خىر الديث كناب الل خىرو وفإ ىدي م د ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص شر األمور ااد

مدثت ها كل مدثة بدعة كل بدعة لة كل لة النار

CERTAINLY THE BEST SPEECH IS THE BOOK OF

ALLAH AND THE BEST GUIDANCE IS THE GUIDANCE

OF MUHAMMAD THE WORST AFFAIRS ARE THE

INNOVATED ONES AND EVERY INNOVATION IS A

GOING ASTRAY AND EVERY GOING ASTRAY IS IN

PATH THAT LEADS INTO THE HELL-FIRE

MY DEAR BELOVED BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN

ISLAM

WELCOME TO JUMMUAH WE THANK ALLAH FOR

GIVING US YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE

THE MOST OF OUR DAY OR AT LEAST THIS PART OF

OUR DAY THAT WE CALL YAUMAL JUMMUAH WE

THANK ALLAH FOR BLESSING US TO MAKE IT

THROUGH ANOTHER RAMADAN AND IN ADDITION

TO OUR FASTING AND SALAT AND ZAKAT WE HOPE

TO HAVE RECEIVED THE MERCY OF THE BOUNTIES OF

LAILATUL QADR --- A NIGHT WHICH IS BETTER THAN

A THOUSAND MONTHS OR MORE THAN 83 YEARS

THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE A GREAT BOUNTY FROM

THE MANY BOUNTIES OF ALLAH YET WE MUST

UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ALL RELATIVE AND NOT

ASSUME THAT WE HAVE IT MADE NO WE MUST

CONTINUE TO STRIVE EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY

DAY FOR WE KNOW THAT OUR WORSHIP OF OUR

LORD NEVER REACHES TO WHAT HE DESERVES

Aisha reported The Messenger of Allah peace and blessings be

upon him said ldquoFollow the right course seek nearness to

Allah and give glad tidings Verily none of you will enter

Paradise by his deeds alonerdquo They said ldquoNot even you O

Messenger of Allahrdquo The Prophet said ldquoNot even me unless

Allah grants me His mercy Know that the most beloved

deed to Allah is that which is done regularly even if it is

smallrdquo

Source Sahih al-Bukhari 6099 Sahih Muslim 2818

IF THE PROPHETrsquoS DEEDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO

GUARANTEE HIM JENNAH WHAT ABOUT US HOW

CAN WE BE SO CONFIDENT BASED UPON THE LITTLE

WE HAVE DONE EVEN IF WE CAUGHT SUCH A

MAGNIFICENT BOUNTY AS LAILATUL QADR --- HOW

DOES IT COMPARE TO THE MAGNITUDE OF BOUNTIES

ALLAH HAS PROMISED US 83 YEARS IS A LONG TIME

FROM OUR LIFE PERSPECTIVE BUT ALLAH HAS

PROMISED US ETERNITY HOW DOES 83 YEARS

COMPARE TO A THOUSAND YEARS --- OR A MILLION

YEARS --- OR A BILLION YEARS --- OR A TRILLION

YEARS --- OR A TRILLION TRILLION YEARS --- OR TO

ETERNITY EVENTUALLY THE NUMBER OF ZEROS

AFTER THE DECIMAL POINT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE

83WOULD COVER THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE

HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND STILL NOT BE

ENOUGH

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

(1031 ) العصر

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages) - 1031 (Y

Ali)

(1032 ) و اا او لف خ ر

Verily Man is in loss - 1032 (Y Ali)

الذين آمنوا ع وا الصالات (1033 ) ت وااوا لق ت وااوا لص

Except such as have Faith and do righteous deeds

and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth

and of Patience and Constancy - 1033 (Y Ali)

FROM THE MOMENT OF OUR CONCEPTION TIME IS

OUR CONSTANT COMPANION OUR CONSTANT

REMINDER AND OUR ULTIMATE CURRENCY ALLAH

HAS ALLOTTED OUT TO EACH OF HIS CREATIONS A

CERTAIN LIMIT OF TIME IN THIS WORLD OUR KEY

QUESTION IS HOW DO WE SPEND THAT CURRENCY

WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN HOW ARE WE SPENDING OUR

TIME SOME CREATIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED

MORE TIME THAN OTHERS YET ALL CREATION IS

FINITE ONLY ALLAH IS INFINITE ndash SUPREME ABOVE

ALL HIS CREATION

AS COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE AMONG MANKIND

SOME CREATIONS HAVE MUCH SHORTER LIFESPANS

WHILE OTHERS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER ONES

THE COMMON HOUSEFLY IS CONCEIVED BORN

REPRODUCES AND DIES IN ABOUT 30 DAYS THAT IS

THE EXTENT OF HIS CURRENCY IN THIS DUNYA

THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE 60-70 OR

EVEN 100 YEARS WE SEE HUMANS LIVING YET

COMPARED TO THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

WHICH ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BILLIONS OF YEARS

OLD MANrsquoS 60-100 YEARS PALES IN COMPARISON AS

IT COMPARES LESS FAVORABLY THAN THE

HOUSEFLY DOES TO US YET ALLAH TELLS US

Ar-Rum (The Romans) - 308

أ ل ي ن فكر ا أ ف ه ما خ ق اللن ه ا ال ا ات األرض ما ب ي ن لق أجل م ى و كثريا م

(308 )الناس ب قاء ر لكافر و

Do they not reflect in their own minds Not but for just

ends and for a term appointed did Allah create the heavens

and the earth and all between them yet are there truly

many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at

the Resurrection) - 308 (Y Ali)

EVERY CREATION HAS TIME AS ITS FIRST AND LAST

COMPANION AND EVERY CREATION --- FROM THE

COMMON HOUSEFLY --- TO MANKIND --- TO THE

HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- HAS A TERM

APPOINTED FOR THAT TIME TO COME TO AN END

REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH TIME WE ACTUALLY

HAVE IN OUR ACCOUNTS OR HOW WE PERCEIVE

THAT TIME --- WHAT WE DO WITH OUR LIMITED TIME

--- HOW WE SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME --- IS THE

CURRENCY FOR WHICH WE WILL BE ASKED TO

ACCOUNT TO OUR LORD AND THAT IS THE BASIS OF

OUR KHUTBAH TOPIC TODAY WHICH IS A DAY OR

PART OF A DAY

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

(23112) قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on earth -

23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113) العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but ask those

who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك كنن (23114) ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had only known -

23114 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23115 [read in context]

نا ا خ قناك عب ثا أ ك لي ن أن أفح ب (23115) ت رجعوو

Did ye then think that We had created you in jest and that ye

would not be brought back to Us (for account) - 23115 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23116 [read in context]

ال ك الق لو ىو ف ن عال الل (23116) رب العرش الكر

Therefore exalted be Allah the King the Reality there is no

god but He the Lord of the Throne of Honour - 23116 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS WE COUNT MINUTES AND HOURS

AND DAYS AND YEARS THAT HAVE SLIPPED PAST US

AND DISSOLVED INTO BECOMING OUR PAST AND WE

HUNGER FOR MORE DAYS IN FRONT OF US IN HOPES

OF HAVING MORE TIME TO FULFILL OUR DESIRES IN

THIS DUNYA THE DAYS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

NIGHT AND THE NIGHTS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

DAY AGAIN --- OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL

OUR HAIR IS GREY AND OUR MEMORIES DIM --- AND

ALLAH TELLS US

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض

اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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ي أي ها الناس ات قوا ربك الذي خ قك ها ز جها من فس احدة خ ق من ه ا رجا كثريا اء ات قوا بث من الل الذي ت اءلوو بو األرحام و الل

كاو ع يك رقيباO MANKIND HAVE TAQWA OF YOUR LORD THE ONE

WHO CREATED YOU FROM ONE SOUL AND CREATED

FROM IT ITS MATE AND FROM THEM SPREAD MANY

MEN AND WOMEN AND FEAR ALLAH FROM WHOM

YOU DEMAND YOUR MUTUAL RIGHTS AND DO NOT

CUT OFF FAMILY RELATIONS SURELY ALLAH IS

EVER AN ALL-WATCHER OVER YOU

ي أي ها الذين آمنوا ات قوا الل قولوا ق و سديدا

يص ح لك أع الك ي غفر لك ذ وبك من يطع الل رسولو ف قد فاز

ف وزا عظي ا

اما بعض O BELIEVERS HAVE TAQWA OF ALLAH AND ALWAYS

SPEAK THE TRUTH HE WILL DIRECT YOU TO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS AND WILL FORGIVE YOU YOUR

SINS AND WHOSOEVER OBEYS ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAS INDEED ACHIEVED A GREAT

ACHIEVEMENT

AND TO PROCEED

خىر الديث كناب الل خىرو وفإ ىدي م د ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص شر األمور ااد

مدثت ها كل مدثة بدعة كل بدعة لة كل لة النار

CERTAINLY THE BEST SPEECH IS THE BOOK OF

ALLAH AND THE BEST GUIDANCE IS THE GUIDANCE

OF MUHAMMAD THE WORST AFFAIRS ARE THE

INNOVATED ONES AND EVERY INNOVATION IS A

GOING ASTRAY AND EVERY GOING ASTRAY IS IN

PATH THAT LEADS INTO THE HELL-FIRE

MY DEAR BELOVED BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN

ISLAM

WELCOME TO JUMMUAH WE THANK ALLAH FOR

GIVING US YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE

THE MOST OF OUR DAY OR AT LEAST THIS PART OF

OUR DAY THAT WE CALL YAUMAL JUMMUAH WE

THANK ALLAH FOR BLESSING US TO MAKE IT

THROUGH ANOTHER RAMADAN AND IN ADDITION

TO OUR FASTING AND SALAT AND ZAKAT WE HOPE

TO HAVE RECEIVED THE MERCY OF THE BOUNTIES OF

LAILATUL QADR --- A NIGHT WHICH IS BETTER THAN

A THOUSAND MONTHS OR MORE THAN 83 YEARS

THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE A GREAT BOUNTY FROM

THE MANY BOUNTIES OF ALLAH YET WE MUST

UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ALL RELATIVE AND NOT

ASSUME THAT WE HAVE IT MADE NO WE MUST

CONTINUE TO STRIVE EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY

DAY FOR WE KNOW THAT OUR WORSHIP OF OUR

LORD NEVER REACHES TO WHAT HE DESERVES

Aisha reported The Messenger of Allah peace and blessings be

upon him said ldquoFollow the right course seek nearness to

Allah and give glad tidings Verily none of you will enter

Paradise by his deeds alonerdquo They said ldquoNot even you O

Messenger of Allahrdquo The Prophet said ldquoNot even me unless

Allah grants me His mercy Know that the most beloved

deed to Allah is that which is done regularly even if it is

smallrdquo

Source Sahih al-Bukhari 6099 Sahih Muslim 2818

IF THE PROPHETrsquoS DEEDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO

GUARANTEE HIM JENNAH WHAT ABOUT US HOW

CAN WE BE SO CONFIDENT BASED UPON THE LITTLE

WE HAVE DONE EVEN IF WE CAUGHT SUCH A

MAGNIFICENT BOUNTY AS LAILATUL QADR --- HOW

DOES IT COMPARE TO THE MAGNITUDE OF BOUNTIES

ALLAH HAS PROMISED US 83 YEARS IS A LONG TIME

FROM OUR LIFE PERSPECTIVE BUT ALLAH HAS

PROMISED US ETERNITY HOW DOES 83 YEARS

COMPARE TO A THOUSAND YEARS --- OR A MILLION

YEARS --- OR A BILLION YEARS --- OR A TRILLION

YEARS --- OR A TRILLION TRILLION YEARS --- OR TO

ETERNITY EVENTUALLY THE NUMBER OF ZEROS

AFTER THE DECIMAL POINT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE

83WOULD COVER THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE

HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND STILL NOT BE

ENOUGH

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

(1031 ) العصر

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages) - 1031 (Y

Ali)

(1032 ) و اا او لف خ ر

Verily Man is in loss - 1032 (Y Ali)

الذين آمنوا ع وا الصالات (1033 ) ت وااوا لق ت وااوا لص

Except such as have Faith and do righteous deeds

and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth

and of Patience and Constancy - 1033 (Y Ali)

FROM THE MOMENT OF OUR CONCEPTION TIME IS

OUR CONSTANT COMPANION OUR CONSTANT

REMINDER AND OUR ULTIMATE CURRENCY ALLAH

HAS ALLOTTED OUT TO EACH OF HIS CREATIONS A

CERTAIN LIMIT OF TIME IN THIS WORLD OUR KEY

QUESTION IS HOW DO WE SPEND THAT CURRENCY

WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN HOW ARE WE SPENDING OUR

TIME SOME CREATIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED

MORE TIME THAN OTHERS YET ALL CREATION IS

FINITE ONLY ALLAH IS INFINITE ndash SUPREME ABOVE

ALL HIS CREATION

AS COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE AMONG MANKIND

SOME CREATIONS HAVE MUCH SHORTER LIFESPANS

WHILE OTHERS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER ONES

THE COMMON HOUSEFLY IS CONCEIVED BORN

REPRODUCES AND DIES IN ABOUT 30 DAYS THAT IS

THE EXTENT OF HIS CURRENCY IN THIS DUNYA

THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE 60-70 OR

EVEN 100 YEARS WE SEE HUMANS LIVING YET

COMPARED TO THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

WHICH ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BILLIONS OF YEARS

OLD MANrsquoS 60-100 YEARS PALES IN COMPARISON AS

IT COMPARES LESS FAVORABLY THAN THE

HOUSEFLY DOES TO US YET ALLAH TELLS US

Ar-Rum (The Romans) - 308

أ ل ي ن فكر ا أ ف ه ما خ ق اللن ه ا ال ا ات األرض ما ب ي ن لق أجل م ى و كثريا م

(308 )الناس ب قاء ر لكافر و

Do they not reflect in their own minds Not but for just

ends and for a term appointed did Allah create the heavens

and the earth and all between them yet are there truly

many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at

the Resurrection) - 308 (Y Ali)

EVERY CREATION HAS TIME AS ITS FIRST AND LAST

COMPANION AND EVERY CREATION --- FROM THE

COMMON HOUSEFLY --- TO MANKIND --- TO THE

HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- HAS A TERM

APPOINTED FOR THAT TIME TO COME TO AN END

REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH TIME WE ACTUALLY

HAVE IN OUR ACCOUNTS OR HOW WE PERCEIVE

THAT TIME --- WHAT WE DO WITH OUR LIMITED TIME

--- HOW WE SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME --- IS THE

CURRENCY FOR WHICH WE WILL BE ASKED TO

ACCOUNT TO OUR LORD AND THAT IS THE BASIS OF

OUR KHUTBAH TOPIC TODAY WHICH IS A DAY OR

PART OF A DAY

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

(23112) قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on earth -

23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113) العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but ask those

who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك كنن (23114) ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had only known -

23114 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23115 [read in context]

نا ا خ قناك عب ثا أ ك لي ن أن أفح ب (23115) ت رجعوو

Did ye then think that We had created you in jest and that ye

would not be brought back to Us (for account) - 23115 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23116 [read in context]

ال ك الق لو ىو ف ن عال الل (23116) رب العرش الكر

Therefore exalted be Allah the King the Reality there is no

god but He the Lord of the Throne of Honour - 23116 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS WE COUNT MINUTES AND HOURS

AND DAYS AND YEARS THAT HAVE SLIPPED PAST US

AND DISSOLVED INTO BECOMING OUR PAST AND WE

HUNGER FOR MORE DAYS IN FRONT OF US IN HOPES

OF HAVING MORE TIME TO FULFILL OUR DESIRES IN

THIS DUNYA THE DAYS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

NIGHT AND THE NIGHTS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

DAY AGAIN --- OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL

OUR HAIR IS GREY AND OUR MEMORIES DIM --- AND

ALLAH TELLS US

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض

اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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ي أي ها الذين آمنوا ات قوا الل قولوا ق و سديدا

يص ح لك أع الك ي غفر لك ذ وبك من يطع الل رسولو ف قد فاز

ف وزا عظي ا

اما بعض O BELIEVERS HAVE TAQWA OF ALLAH AND ALWAYS

SPEAK THE TRUTH HE WILL DIRECT YOU TO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS AND WILL FORGIVE YOU YOUR

SINS AND WHOSOEVER OBEYS ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAS INDEED ACHIEVED A GREAT

ACHIEVEMENT

AND TO PROCEED

خىر الديث كناب الل خىرو وفإ ىدي م د ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص شر األمور ااد

مدثت ها كل مدثة بدعة كل بدعة لة كل لة النار

CERTAINLY THE BEST SPEECH IS THE BOOK OF

ALLAH AND THE BEST GUIDANCE IS THE GUIDANCE

OF MUHAMMAD THE WORST AFFAIRS ARE THE

INNOVATED ONES AND EVERY INNOVATION IS A

GOING ASTRAY AND EVERY GOING ASTRAY IS IN

PATH THAT LEADS INTO THE HELL-FIRE

MY DEAR BELOVED BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN

ISLAM

WELCOME TO JUMMUAH WE THANK ALLAH FOR

GIVING US YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE

THE MOST OF OUR DAY OR AT LEAST THIS PART OF

OUR DAY THAT WE CALL YAUMAL JUMMUAH WE

THANK ALLAH FOR BLESSING US TO MAKE IT

THROUGH ANOTHER RAMADAN AND IN ADDITION

TO OUR FASTING AND SALAT AND ZAKAT WE HOPE

TO HAVE RECEIVED THE MERCY OF THE BOUNTIES OF

LAILATUL QADR --- A NIGHT WHICH IS BETTER THAN

A THOUSAND MONTHS OR MORE THAN 83 YEARS

THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE A GREAT BOUNTY FROM

THE MANY BOUNTIES OF ALLAH YET WE MUST

UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ALL RELATIVE AND NOT

ASSUME THAT WE HAVE IT MADE NO WE MUST

CONTINUE TO STRIVE EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY

DAY FOR WE KNOW THAT OUR WORSHIP OF OUR

LORD NEVER REACHES TO WHAT HE DESERVES

Aisha reported The Messenger of Allah peace and blessings be

upon him said ldquoFollow the right course seek nearness to

Allah and give glad tidings Verily none of you will enter

Paradise by his deeds alonerdquo They said ldquoNot even you O

Messenger of Allahrdquo The Prophet said ldquoNot even me unless

Allah grants me His mercy Know that the most beloved

deed to Allah is that which is done regularly even if it is

smallrdquo

Source Sahih al-Bukhari 6099 Sahih Muslim 2818

IF THE PROPHETrsquoS DEEDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO

GUARANTEE HIM JENNAH WHAT ABOUT US HOW

CAN WE BE SO CONFIDENT BASED UPON THE LITTLE

WE HAVE DONE EVEN IF WE CAUGHT SUCH A

MAGNIFICENT BOUNTY AS LAILATUL QADR --- HOW

DOES IT COMPARE TO THE MAGNITUDE OF BOUNTIES

ALLAH HAS PROMISED US 83 YEARS IS A LONG TIME

FROM OUR LIFE PERSPECTIVE BUT ALLAH HAS

PROMISED US ETERNITY HOW DOES 83 YEARS

COMPARE TO A THOUSAND YEARS --- OR A MILLION

YEARS --- OR A BILLION YEARS --- OR A TRILLION

YEARS --- OR A TRILLION TRILLION YEARS --- OR TO

ETERNITY EVENTUALLY THE NUMBER OF ZEROS

AFTER THE DECIMAL POINT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE

83WOULD COVER THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE

HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND STILL NOT BE

ENOUGH

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

(1031 ) العصر

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages) - 1031 (Y

Ali)

(1032 ) و اا او لف خ ر

Verily Man is in loss - 1032 (Y Ali)

الذين آمنوا ع وا الصالات (1033 ) ت وااوا لق ت وااوا لص

Except such as have Faith and do righteous deeds

and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth

and of Patience and Constancy - 1033 (Y Ali)

FROM THE MOMENT OF OUR CONCEPTION TIME IS

OUR CONSTANT COMPANION OUR CONSTANT

REMINDER AND OUR ULTIMATE CURRENCY ALLAH

HAS ALLOTTED OUT TO EACH OF HIS CREATIONS A

CERTAIN LIMIT OF TIME IN THIS WORLD OUR KEY

QUESTION IS HOW DO WE SPEND THAT CURRENCY

WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN HOW ARE WE SPENDING OUR

TIME SOME CREATIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED

MORE TIME THAN OTHERS YET ALL CREATION IS

FINITE ONLY ALLAH IS INFINITE ndash SUPREME ABOVE

ALL HIS CREATION

AS COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE AMONG MANKIND

SOME CREATIONS HAVE MUCH SHORTER LIFESPANS

WHILE OTHERS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER ONES

THE COMMON HOUSEFLY IS CONCEIVED BORN

REPRODUCES AND DIES IN ABOUT 30 DAYS THAT IS

THE EXTENT OF HIS CURRENCY IN THIS DUNYA

THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE 60-70 OR

EVEN 100 YEARS WE SEE HUMANS LIVING YET

COMPARED TO THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

WHICH ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BILLIONS OF YEARS

OLD MANrsquoS 60-100 YEARS PALES IN COMPARISON AS

IT COMPARES LESS FAVORABLY THAN THE

HOUSEFLY DOES TO US YET ALLAH TELLS US

Ar-Rum (The Romans) - 308

أ ل ي ن فكر ا أ ف ه ما خ ق اللن ه ا ال ا ات األرض ما ب ي ن لق أجل م ى و كثريا م

(308 )الناس ب قاء ر لكافر و

Do they not reflect in their own minds Not but for just

ends and for a term appointed did Allah create the heavens

and the earth and all between them yet are there truly

many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at

the Resurrection) - 308 (Y Ali)

EVERY CREATION HAS TIME AS ITS FIRST AND LAST

COMPANION AND EVERY CREATION --- FROM THE

COMMON HOUSEFLY --- TO MANKIND --- TO THE

HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- HAS A TERM

APPOINTED FOR THAT TIME TO COME TO AN END

REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH TIME WE ACTUALLY

HAVE IN OUR ACCOUNTS OR HOW WE PERCEIVE

THAT TIME --- WHAT WE DO WITH OUR LIMITED TIME

--- HOW WE SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME --- IS THE

CURRENCY FOR WHICH WE WILL BE ASKED TO

ACCOUNT TO OUR LORD AND THAT IS THE BASIS OF

OUR KHUTBAH TOPIC TODAY WHICH IS A DAY OR

PART OF A DAY

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

(23112) قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on earth -

23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113) العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but ask those

who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك كنن (23114) ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had only known -

23114 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23115 [read in context]

نا ا خ قناك عب ثا أ ك لي ن أن أفح ب (23115) ت رجعوو

Did ye then think that We had created you in jest and that ye

would not be brought back to Us (for account) - 23115 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23116 [read in context]

ال ك الق لو ىو ف ن عال الل (23116) رب العرش الكر

Therefore exalted be Allah the King the Reality there is no

god but He the Lord of the Throne of Honour - 23116 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS WE COUNT MINUTES AND HOURS

AND DAYS AND YEARS THAT HAVE SLIPPED PAST US

AND DISSOLVED INTO BECOMING OUR PAST AND WE

HUNGER FOR MORE DAYS IN FRONT OF US IN HOPES

OF HAVING MORE TIME TO FULFILL OUR DESIRES IN

THIS DUNYA THE DAYS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

NIGHT AND THE NIGHTS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

DAY AGAIN --- OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL

OUR HAIR IS GREY AND OUR MEMORIES DIM --- AND

ALLAH TELLS US

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض

اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

Page 5: KHUTBAH OPENING - ICFfayettevillemasjidnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/...ALL PRAISES ARE DUE TO ALLAH. WE PRAISE HIM, AND SEEK HIS HELP, AND ASK FOR HIS FORGIVENESS. WE SEEK REFUGE

MESSENGER HAS INDEED ACHIEVED A GREAT

ACHIEVEMENT

AND TO PROCEED

خىر الديث كناب الل خىرو وفإ ىدي م د ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص شر األمور ااد

مدثت ها كل مدثة بدعة كل بدعة لة كل لة النار

CERTAINLY THE BEST SPEECH IS THE BOOK OF

ALLAH AND THE BEST GUIDANCE IS THE GUIDANCE

OF MUHAMMAD THE WORST AFFAIRS ARE THE

INNOVATED ONES AND EVERY INNOVATION IS A

GOING ASTRAY AND EVERY GOING ASTRAY IS IN

PATH THAT LEADS INTO THE HELL-FIRE

MY DEAR BELOVED BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN

ISLAM

WELCOME TO JUMMUAH WE THANK ALLAH FOR

GIVING US YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE

THE MOST OF OUR DAY OR AT LEAST THIS PART OF

OUR DAY THAT WE CALL YAUMAL JUMMUAH WE

THANK ALLAH FOR BLESSING US TO MAKE IT

THROUGH ANOTHER RAMADAN AND IN ADDITION

TO OUR FASTING AND SALAT AND ZAKAT WE HOPE

TO HAVE RECEIVED THE MERCY OF THE BOUNTIES OF

LAILATUL QADR --- A NIGHT WHICH IS BETTER THAN

A THOUSAND MONTHS OR MORE THAN 83 YEARS

THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE A GREAT BOUNTY FROM

THE MANY BOUNTIES OF ALLAH YET WE MUST

UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ALL RELATIVE AND NOT

ASSUME THAT WE HAVE IT MADE NO WE MUST

CONTINUE TO STRIVE EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY

DAY FOR WE KNOW THAT OUR WORSHIP OF OUR

LORD NEVER REACHES TO WHAT HE DESERVES

Aisha reported The Messenger of Allah peace and blessings be

upon him said ldquoFollow the right course seek nearness to

Allah and give glad tidings Verily none of you will enter

Paradise by his deeds alonerdquo They said ldquoNot even you O

Messenger of Allahrdquo The Prophet said ldquoNot even me unless

Allah grants me His mercy Know that the most beloved

deed to Allah is that which is done regularly even if it is

smallrdquo

Source Sahih al-Bukhari 6099 Sahih Muslim 2818

IF THE PROPHETrsquoS DEEDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO

GUARANTEE HIM JENNAH WHAT ABOUT US HOW

CAN WE BE SO CONFIDENT BASED UPON THE LITTLE

WE HAVE DONE EVEN IF WE CAUGHT SUCH A

MAGNIFICENT BOUNTY AS LAILATUL QADR --- HOW

DOES IT COMPARE TO THE MAGNITUDE OF BOUNTIES

ALLAH HAS PROMISED US 83 YEARS IS A LONG TIME

FROM OUR LIFE PERSPECTIVE BUT ALLAH HAS

PROMISED US ETERNITY HOW DOES 83 YEARS

COMPARE TO A THOUSAND YEARS --- OR A MILLION

YEARS --- OR A BILLION YEARS --- OR A TRILLION

YEARS --- OR A TRILLION TRILLION YEARS --- OR TO

ETERNITY EVENTUALLY THE NUMBER OF ZEROS

AFTER THE DECIMAL POINT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE

83WOULD COVER THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE

HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND STILL NOT BE

ENOUGH

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

(1031 ) العصر

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages) - 1031 (Y

Ali)

(1032 ) و اا او لف خ ر

Verily Man is in loss - 1032 (Y Ali)

الذين آمنوا ع وا الصالات (1033 ) ت وااوا لق ت وااوا لص

Except such as have Faith and do righteous deeds

and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth

and of Patience and Constancy - 1033 (Y Ali)

FROM THE MOMENT OF OUR CONCEPTION TIME IS

OUR CONSTANT COMPANION OUR CONSTANT

REMINDER AND OUR ULTIMATE CURRENCY ALLAH

HAS ALLOTTED OUT TO EACH OF HIS CREATIONS A

CERTAIN LIMIT OF TIME IN THIS WORLD OUR KEY

QUESTION IS HOW DO WE SPEND THAT CURRENCY

WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN HOW ARE WE SPENDING OUR

TIME SOME CREATIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED

MORE TIME THAN OTHERS YET ALL CREATION IS

FINITE ONLY ALLAH IS INFINITE ndash SUPREME ABOVE

ALL HIS CREATION

AS COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE AMONG MANKIND

SOME CREATIONS HAVE MUCH SHORTER LIFESPANS

WHILE OTHERS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER ONES

THE COMMON HOUSEFLY IS CONCEIVED BORN

REPRODUCES AND DIES IN ABOUT 30 DAYS THAT IS

THE EXTENT OF HIS CURRENCY IN THIS DUNYA

THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE 60-70 OR

EVEN 100 YEARS WE SEE HUMANS LIVING YET

COMPARED TO THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

WHICH ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BILLIONS OF YEARS

OLD MANrsquoS 60-100 YEARS PALES IN COMPARISON AS

IT COMPARES LESS FAVORABLY THAN THE

HOUSEFLY DOES TO US YET ALLAH TELLS US

Ar-Rum (The Romans) - 308

أ ل ي ن فكر ا أ ف ه ما خ ق اللن ه ا ال ا ات األرض ما ب ي ن لق أجل م ى و كثريا م

(308 )الناس ب قاء ر لكافر و

Do they not reflect in their own minds Not but for just

ends and for a term appointed did Allah create the heavens

and the earth and all between them yet are there truly

many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at

the Resurrection) - 308 (Y Ali)

EVERY CREATION HAS TIME AS ITS FIRST AND LAST

COMPANION AND EVERY CREATION --- FROM THE

COMMON HOUSEFLY --- TO MANKIND --- TO THE

HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- HAS A TERM

APPOINTED FOR THAT TIME TO COME TO AN END

REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH TIME WE ACTUALLY

HAVE IN OUR ACCOUNTS OR HOW WE PERCEIVE

THAT TIME --- WHAT WE DO WITH OUR LIMITED TIME

--- HOW WE SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME --- IS THE

CURRENCY FOR WHICH WE WILL BE ASKED TO

ACCOUNT TO OUR LORD AND THAT IS THE BASIS OF

OUR KHUTBAH TOPIC TODAY WHICH IS A DAY OR

PART OF A DAY

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

(23112) قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on earth -

23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113) العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but ask those

who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك كنن (23114) ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had only known -

23114 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23115 [read in context]

نا ا خ قناك عب ثا أ ك لي ن أن أفح ب (23115) ت رجعوو

Did ye then think that We had created you in jest and that ye

would not be brought back to Us (for account) - 23115 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23116 [read in context]

ال ك الق لو ىو ف ن عال الل (23116) رب العرش الكر

Therefore exalted be Allah the King the Reality there is no

god but He the Lord of the Throne of Honour - 23116 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS WE COUNT MINUTES AND HOURS

AND DAYS AND YEARS THAT HAVE SLIPPED PAST US

AND DISSOLVED INTO BECOMING OUR PAST AND WE

HUNGER FOR MORE DAYS IN FRONT OF US IN HOPES

OF HAVING MORE TIME TO FULFILL OUR DESIRES IN

THIS DUNYA THE DAYS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

NIGHT AND THE NIGHTS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

DAY AGAIN --- OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL

OUR HAIR IS GREY AND OUR MEMORIES DIM --- AND

ALLAH TELLS US

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض

اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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GOING ASTRAY AND EVERY GOING ASTRAY IS IN

PATH THAT LEADS INTO THE HELL-FIRE

MY DEAR BELOVED BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN

ISLAM

WELCOME TO JUMMUAH WE THANK ALLAH FOR

GIVING US YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE

THE MOST OF OUR DAY OR AT LEAST THIS PART OF

OUR DAY THAT WE CALL YAUMAL JUMMUAH WE

THANK ALLAH FOR BLESSING US TO MAKE IT

THROUGH ANOTHER RAMADAN AND IN ADDITION

TO OUR FASTING AND SALAT AND ZAKAT WE HOPE

TO HAVE RECEIVED THE MERCY OF THE BOUNTIES OF

LAILATUL QADR --- A NIGHT WHICH IS BETTER THAN

A THOUSAND MONTHS OR MORE THAN 83 YEARS

THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE A GREAT BOUNTY FROM

THE MANY BOUNTIES OF ALLAH YET WE MUST

UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ALL RELATIVE AND NOT

ASSUME THAT WE HAVE IT MADE NO WE MUST

CONTINUE TO STRIVE EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY

DAY FOR WE KNOW THAT OUR WORSHIP OF OUR

LORD NEVER REACHES TO WHAT HE DESERVES

Aisha reported The Messenger of Allah peace and blessings be

upon him said ldquoFollow the right course seek nearness to

Allah and give glad tidings Verily none of you will enter

Paradise by his deeds alonerdquo They said ldquoNot even you O

Messenger of Allahrdquo The Prophet said ldquoNot even me unless

Allah grants me His mercy Know that the most beloved

deed to Allah is that which is done regularly even if it is

smallrdquo

Source Sahih al-Bukhari 6099 Sahih Muslim 2818

IF THE PROPHETrsquoS DEEDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO

GUARANTEE HIM JENNAH WHAT ABOUT US HOW

CAN WE BE SO CONFIDENT BASED UPON THE LITTLE

WE HAVE DONE EVEN IF WE CAUGHT SUCH A

MAGNIFICENT BOUNTY AS LAILATUL QADR --- HOW

DOES IT COMPARE TO THE MAGNITUDE OF BOUNTIES

ALLAH HAS PROMISED US 83 YEARS IS A LONG TIME

FROM OUR LIFE PERSPECTIVE BUT ALLAH HAS

PROMISED US ETERNITY HOW DOES 83 YEARS

COMPARE TO A THOUSAND YEARS --- OR A MILLION

YEARS --- OR A BILLION YEARS --- OR A TRILLION

YEARS --- OR A TRILLION TRILLION YEARS --- OR TO

ETERNITY EVENTUALLY THE NUMBER OF ZEROS

AFTER THE DECIMAL POINT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE

83WOULD COVER THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE

HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND STILL NOT BE

ENOUGH

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

(1031 ) العصر

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages) - 1031 (Y

Ali)

(1032 ) و اا او لف خ ر

Verily Man is in loss - 1032 (Y Ali)

الذين آمنوا ع وا الصالات (1033 ) ت وااوا لق ت وااوا لص

Except such as have Faith and do righteous deeds

and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth

and of Patience and Constancy - 1033 (Y Ali)

FROM THE MOMENT OF OUR CONCEPTION TIME IS

OUR CONSTANT COMPANION OUR CONSTANT

REMINDER AND OUR ULTIMATE CURRENCY ALLAH

HAS ALLOTTED OUT TO EACH OF HIS CREATIONS A

CERTAIN LIMIT OF TIME IN THIS WORLD OUR KEY

QUESTION IS HOW DO WE SPEND THAT CURRENCY

WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN HOW ARE WE SPENDING OUR

TIME SOME CREATIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED

MORE TIME THAN OTHERS YET ALL CREATION IS

FINITE ONLY ALLAH IS INFINITE ndash SUPREME ABOVE

ALL HIS CREATION

AS COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE AMONG MANKIND

SOME CREATIONS HAVE MUCH SHORTER LIFESPANS

WHILE OTHERS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER ONES

THE COMMON HOUSEFLY IS CONCEIVED BORN

REPRODUCES AND DIES IN ABOUT 30 DAYS THAT IS

THE EXTENT OF HIS CURRENCY IN THIS DUNYA

THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE 60-70 OR

EVEN 100 YEARS WE SEE HUMANS LIVING YET

COMPARED TO THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

WHICH ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BILLIONS OF YEARS

OLD MANrsquoS 60-100 YEARS PALES IN COMPARISON AS

IT COMPARES LESS FAVORABLY THAN THE

HOUSEFLY DOES TO US YET ALLAH TELLS US

Ar-Rum (The Romans) - 308

أ ل ي ن فكر ا أ ف ه ما خ ق اللن ه ا ال ا ات األرض ما ب ي ن لق أجل م ى و كثريا م

(308 )الناس ب قاء ر لكافر و

Do they not reflect in their own minds Not but for just

ends and for a term appointed did Allah create the heavens

and the earth and all between them yet are there truly

many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at

the Resurrection) - 308 (Y Ali)

EVERY CREATION HAS TIME AS ITS FIRST AND LAST

COMPANION AND EVERY CREATION --- FROM THE

COMMON HOUSEFLY --- TO MANKIND --- TO THE

HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- HAS A TERM

APPOINTED FOR THAT TIME TO COME TO AN END

REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH TIME WE ACTUALLY

HAVE IN OUR ACCOUNTS OR HOW WE PERCEIVE

THAT TIME --- WHAT WE DO WITH OUR LIMITED TIME

--- HOW WE SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME --- IS THE

CURRENCY FOR WHICH WE WILL BE ASKED TO

ACCOUNT TO OUR LORD AND THAT IS THE BASIS OF

OUR KHUTBAH TOPIC TODAY WHICH IS A DAY OR

PART OF A DAY

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

(23112) قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on earth -

23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113) العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but ask those

who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك كنن (23114) ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had only known -

23114 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23115 [read in context]

نا ا خ قناك عب ثا أ ك لي ن أن أفح ب (23115) ت رجعوو

Did ye then think that We had created you in jest and that ye

would not be brought back to Us (for account) - 23115 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23116 [read in context]

ال ك الق لو ىو ف ن عال الل (23116) رب العرش الكر

Therefore exalted be Allah the King the Reality there is no

god but He the Lord of the Throne of Honour - 23116 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS WE COUNT MINUTES AND HOURS

AND DAYS AND YEARS THAT HAVE SLIPPED PAST US

AND DISSOLVED INTO BECOMING OUR PAST AND WE

HUNGER FOR MORE DAYS IN FRONT OF US IN HOPES

OF HAVING MORE TIME TO FULFILL OUR DESIRES IN

THIS DUNYA THE DAYS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

NIGHT AND THE NIGHTS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

DAY AGAIN --- OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL

OUR HAIR IS GREY AND OUR MEMORIES DIM --- AND

ALLAH TELLS US

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض

اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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Allah grants me His mercy Know that the most beloved

deed to Allah is that which is done regularly even if it is

smallrdquo

Source Sahih al-Bukhari 6099 Sahih Muslim 2818

IF THE PROPHETrsquoS DEEDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO

GUARANTEE HIM JENNAH WHAT ABOUT US HOW

CAN WE BE SO CONFIDENT BASED UPON THE LITTLE

WE HAVE DONE EVEN IF WE CAUGHT SUCH A

MAGNIFICENT BOUNTY AS LAILATUL QADR --- HOW

DOES IT COMPARE TO THE MAGNITUDE OF BOUNTIES

ALLAH HAS PROMISED US 83 YEARS IS A LONG TIME

FROM OUR LIFE PERSPECTIVE BUT ALLAH HAS

PROMISED US ETERNITY HOW DOES 83 YEARS

COMPARE TO A THOUSAND YEARS --- OR A MILLION

YEARS --- OR A BILLION YEARS --- OR A TRILLION

YEARS --- OR A TRILLION TRILLION YEARS --- OR TO

ETERNITY EVENTUALLY THE NUMBER OF ZEROS

AFTER THE DECIMAL POINT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE

83WOULD COVER THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE

HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND STILL NOT BE

ENOUGH

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

(1031 ) العصر

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages) - 1031 (Y

Ali)

(1032 ) و اا او لف خ ر

Verily Man is in loss - 1032 (Y Ali)

الذين آمنوا ع وا الصالات (1033 ) ت وااوا لق ت وااوا لص

Except such as have Faith and do righteous deeds

and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth

and of Patience and Constancy - 1033 (Y Ali)

FROM THE MOMENT OF OUR CONCEPTION TIME IS

OUR CONSTANT COMPANION OUR CONSTANT

REMINDER AND OUR ULTIMATE CURRENCY ALLAH

HAS ALLOTTED OUT TO EACH OF HIS CREATIONS A

CERTAIN LIMIT OF TIME IN THIS WORLD OUR KEY

QUESTION IS HOW DO WE SPEND THAT CURRENCY

WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN HOW ARE WE SPENDING OUR

TIME SOME CREATIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED

MORE TIME THAN OTHERS YET ALL CREATION IS

FINITE ONLY ALLAH IS INFINITE ndash SUPREME ABOVE

ALL HIS CREATION

AS COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE AMONG MANKIND

SOME CREATIONS HAVE MUCH SHORTER LIFESPANS

WHILE OTHERS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER ONES

THE COMMON HOUSEFLY IS CONCEIVED BORN

REPRODUCES AND DIES IN ABOUT 30 DAYS THAT IS

THE EXTENT OF HIS CURRENCY IN THIS DUNYA

THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE 60-70 OR

EVEN 100 YEARS WE SEE HUMANS LIVING YET

COMPARED TO THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

WHICH ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BILLIONS OF YEARS

OLD MANrsquoS 60-100 YEARS PALES IN COMPARISON AS

IT COMPARES LESS FAVORABLY THAN THE

HOUSEFLY DOES TO US YET ALLAH TELLS US

Ar-Rum (The Romans) - 308

أ ل ي ن فكر ا أ ف ه ما خ ق اللن ه ا ال ا ات األرض ما ب ي ن لق أجل م ى و كثريا م

(308 )الناس ب قاء ر لكافر و

Do they not reflect in their own minds Not but for just

ends and for a term appointed did Allah create the heavens

and the earth and all between them yet are there truly

many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at

the Resurrection) - 308 (Y Ali)

EVERY CREATION HAS TIME AS ITS FIRST AND LAST

COMPANION AND EVERY CREATION --- FROM THE

COMMON HOUSEFLY --- TO MANKIND --- TO THE

HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- HAS A TERM

APPOINTED FOR THAT TIME TO COME TO AN END

REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH TIME WE ACTUALLY

HAVE IN OUR ACCOUNTS OR HOW WE PERCEIVE

THAT TIME --- WHAT WE DO WITH OUR LIMITED TIME

--- HOW WE SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME --- IS THE

CURRENCY FOR WHICH WE WILL BE ASKED TO

ACCOUNT TO OUR LORD AND THAT IS THE BASIS OF

OUR KHUTBAH TOPIC TODAY WHICH IS A DAY OR

PART OF A DAY

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

(23112) قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on earth -

23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113) العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but ask those

who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك كنن (23114) ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had only known -

23114 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23115 [read in context]

نا ا خ قناك عب ثا أ ك لي ن أن أفح ب (23115) ت رجعوو

Did ye then think that We had created you in jest and that ye

would not be brought back to Us (for account) - 23115 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23116 [read in context]

ال ك الق لو ىو ف ن عال الل (23116) رب العرش الكر

Therefore exalted be Allah the King the Reality there is no

god but He the Lord of the Throne of Honour - 23116 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS WE COUNT MINUTES AND HOURS

AND DAYS AND YEARS THAT HAVE SLIPPED PAST US

AND DISSOLVED INTO BECOMING OUR PAST AND WE

HUNGER FOR MORE DAYS IN FRONT OF US IN HOPES

OF HAVING MORE TIME TO FULFILL OUR DESIRES IN

THIS DUNYA THE DAYS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

NIGHT AND THE NIGHTS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

DAY AGAIN --- OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL

OUR HAIR IS GREY AND OUR MEMORIES DIM --- AND

ALLAH TELLS US

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض

اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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(1031 ) العصر

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages) - 1031 (Y

Ali)

(1032 ) و اا او لف خ ر

Verily Man is in loss - 1032 (Y Ali)

الذين آمنوا ع وا الصالات (1033 ) ت وااوا لق ت وااوا لص

Except such as have Faith and do righteous deeds

and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth

and of Patience and Constancy - 1033 (Y Ali)

FROM THE MOMENT OF OUR CONCEPTION TIME IS

OUR CONSTANT COMPANION OUR CONSTANT

REMINDER AND OUR ULTIMATE CURRENCY ALLAH

HAS ALLOTTED OUT TO EACH OF HIS CREATIONS A

CERTAIN LIMIT OF TIME IN THIS WORLD OUR KEY

QUESTION IS HOW DO WE SPEND THAT CURRENCY

WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN HOW ARE WE SPENDING OUR

TIME SOME CREATIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED

MORE TIME THAN OTHERS YET ALL CREATION IS

FINITE ONLY ALLAH IS INFINITE ndash SUPREME ABOVE

ALL HIS CREATION

AS COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE AMONG MANKIND

SOME CREATIONS HAVE MUCH SHORTER LIFESPANS

WHILE OTHERS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER ONES

THE COMMON HOUSEFLY IS CONCEIVED BORN

REPRODUCES AND DIES IN ABOUT 30 DAYS THAT IS

THE EXTENT OF HIS CURRENCY IN THIS DUNYA

THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE 60-70 OR

EVEN 100 YEARS WE SEE HUMANS LIVING YET

COMPARED TO THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

WHICH ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BILLIONS OF YEARS

OLD MANrsquoS 60-100 YEARS PALES IN COMPARISON AS

IT COMPARES LESS FAVORABLY THAN THE

HOUSEFLY DOES TO US YET ALLAH TELLS US

Ar-Rum (The Romans) - 308

أ ل ي ن فكر ا أ ف ه ما خ ق اللن ه ا ال ا ات األرض ما ب ي ن لق أجل م ى و كثريا م

(308 )الناس ب قاء ر لكافر و

Do they not reflect in their own minds Not but for just

ends and for a term appointed did Allah create the heavens

and the earth and all between them yet are there truly

many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at

the Resurrection) - 308 (Y Ali)

EVERY CREATION HAS TIME AS ITS FIRST AND LAST

COMPANION AND EVERY CREATION --- FROM THE

COMMON HOUSEFLY --- TO MANKIND --- TO THE

HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- HAS A TERM

APPOINTED FOR THAT TIME TO COME TO AN END

REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH TIME WE ACTUALLY

HAVE IN OUR ACCOUNTS OR HOW WE PERCEIVE

THAT TIME --- WHAT WE DO WITH OUR LIMITED TIME

--- HOW WE SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME --- IS THE

CURRENCY FOR WHICH WE WILL BE ASKED TO

ACCOUNT TO OUR LORD AND THAT IS THE BASIS OF

OUR KHUTBAH TOPIC TODAY WHICH IS A DAY OR

PART OF A DAY

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

(23112) قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on earth -

23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113) العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but ask those

who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك كنن (23114) ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had only known -

23114 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23115 [read in context]

نا ا خ قناك عب ثا أ ك لي ن أن أفح ب (23115) ت رجعوو

Did ye then think that We had created you in jest and that ye

would not be brought back to Us (for account) - 23115 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23116 [read in context]

ال ك الق لو ىو ف ن عال الل (23116) رب العرش الكر

Therefore exalted be Allah the King the Reality there is no

god but He the Lord of the Throne of Honour - 23116 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS WE COUNT MINUTES AND HOURS

AND DAYS AND YEARS THAT HAVE SLIPPED PAST US

AND DISSOLVED INTO BECOMING OUR PAST AND WE

HUNGER FOR MORE DAYS IN FRONT OF US IN HOPES

OF HAVING MORE TIME TO FULFILL OUR DESIRES IN

THIS DUNYA THE DAYS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

NIGHT AND THE NIGHTS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

DAY AGAIN --- OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL

OUR HAIR IS GREY AND OUR MEMORIES DIM --- AND

ALLAH TELLS US

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض

اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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QUESTION IS HOW DO WE SPEND THAT CURRENCY

WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN HOW ARE WE SPENDING OUR

TIME SOME CREATIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED

MORE TIME THAN OTHERS YET ALL CREATION IS

FINITE ONLY ALLAH IS INFINITE ndash SUPREME ABOVE

ALL HIS CREATION

AS COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE AMONG MANKIND

SOME CREATIONS HAVE MUCH SHORTER LIFESPANS

WHILE OTHERS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER ONES

THE COMMON HOUSEFLY IS CONCEIVED BORN

REPRODUCES AND DIES IN ABOUT 30 DAYS THAT IS

THE EXTENT OF HIS CURRENCY IN THIS DUNYA

THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE 60-70 OR

EVEN 100 YEARS WE SEE HUMANS LIVING YET

COMPARED TO THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

WHICH ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BILLIONS OF YEARS

OLD MANrsquoS 60-100 YEARS PALES IN COMPARISON AS

IT COMPARES LESS FAVORABLY THAN THE

HOUSEFLY DOES TO US YET ALLAH TELLS US

Ar-Rum (The Romans) - 308

أ ل ي ن فكر ا أ ف ه ما خ ق اللن ه ا ال ا ات األرض ما ب ي ن لق أجل م ى و كثريا م

(308 )الناس ب قاء ر لكافر و

Do they not reflect in their own minds Not but for just

ends and for a term appointed did Allah create the heavens

and the earth and all between them yet are there truly

many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at

the Resurrection) - 308 (Y Ali)

EVERY CREATION HAS TIME AS ITS FIRST AND LAST

COMPANION AND EVERY CREATION --- FROM THE

COMMON HOUSEFLY --- TO MANKIND --- TO THE

HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- HAS A TERM

APPOINTED FOR THAT TIME TO COME TO AN END

REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH TIME WE ACTUALLY

HAVE IN OUR ACCOUNTS OR HOW WE PERCEIVE

THAT TIME --- WHAT WE DO WITH OUR LIMITED TIME

--- HOW WE SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME --- IS THE

CURRENCY FOR WHICH WE WILL BE ASKED TO

ACCOUNT TO OUR LORD AND THAT IS THE BASIS OF

OUR KHUTBAH TOPIC TODAY WHICH IS A DAY OR

PART OF A DAY

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

(23112) قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on earth -

23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113) العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but ask those

who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك كنن (23114) ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had only known -

23114 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23115 [read in context]

نا ا خ قناك عب ثا أ ك لي ن أن أفح ب (23115) ت رجعوو

Did ye then think that We had created you in jest and that ye

would not be brought back to Us (for account) - 23115 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23116 [read in context]

ال ك الق لو ىو ف ن عال الل (23116) رب العرش الكر

Therefore exalted be Allah the King the Reality there is no

god but He the Lord of the Throne of Honour - 23116 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS WE COUNT MINUTES AND HOURS

AND DAYS AND YEARS THAT HAVE SLIPPED PAST US

AND DISSOLVED INTO BECOMING OUR PAST AND WE

HUNGER FOR MORE DAYS IN FRONT OF US IN HOPES

OF HAVING MORE TIME TO FULFILL OUR DESIRES IN

THIS DUNYA THE DAYS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

NIGHT AND THE NIGHTS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

DAY AGAIN --- OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL

OUR HAIR IS GREY AND OUR MEMORIES DIM --- AND

ALLAH TELLS US

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض

اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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أ ل ي ن فكر ا أ ف ه ما خ ق اللن ه ا ال ا ات األرض ما ب ي ن لق أجل م ى و كثريا م

(308 )الناس ب قاء ر لكافر و

Do they not reflect in their own minds Not but for just

ends and for a term appointed did Allah create the heavens

and the earth and all between them yet are there truly

many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at

the Resurrection) - 308 (Y Ali)

EVERY CREATION HAS TIME AS ITS FIRST AND LAST

COMPANION AND EVERY CREATION --- FROM THE

COMMON HOUSEFLY --- TO MANKIND --- TO THE

HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- HAS A TERM

APPOINTED FOR THAT TIME TO COME TO AN END

REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH TIME WE ACTUALLY

HAVE IN OUR ACCOUNTS OR HOW WE PERCEIVE

THAT TIME --- WHAT WE DO WITH OUR LIMITED TIME

--- HOW WE SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME --- IS THE

CURRENCY FOR WHICH WE WILL BE ASKED TO

ACCOUNT TO OUR LORD AND THAT IS THE BASIS OF

OUR KHUTBAH TOPIC TODAY WHICH IS A DAY OR

PART OF A DAY

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

(23112) قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on earth -

23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113) العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but ask those

who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك كنن (23114) ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had only known -

23114 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23115 [read in context]

نا ا خ قناك عب ثا أ ك لي ن أن أفح ب (23115) ت رجعوو

Did ye then think that We had created you in jest and that ye

would not be brought back to Us (for account) - 23115 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23116 [read in context]

ال ك الق لو ىو ف ن عال الل (23116) رب العرش الكر

Therefore exalted be Allah the King the Reality there is no

god but He the Lord of the Throne of Honour - 23116 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS WE COUNT MINUTES AND HOURS

AND DAYS AND YEARS THAT HAVE SLIPPED PAST US

AND DISSOLVED INTO BECOMING OUR PAST AND WE

HUNGER FOR MORE DAYS IN FRONT OF US IN HOPES

OF HAVING MORE TIME TO FULFILL OUR DESIRES IN

THIS DUNYA THE DAYS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

NIGHT AND THE NIGHTS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

DAY AGAIN --- OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL

OUR HAIR IS GREY AND OUR MEMORIES DIM --- AND

ALLAH TELLS US

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض

اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

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Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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CURRENCY FOR WHICH WE WILL BE ASKED TO

ACCOUNT TO OUR LORD AND THAT IS THE BASIS OF

OUR KHUTBAH TOPIC TODAY WHICH IS A DAY OR

PART OF A DAY

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

(23112) قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on earth -

23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113) العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but ask those

who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك كنن (23114) ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had only known -

23114 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23115 [read in context]

نا ا خ قناك عب ثا أ ك لي ن أن أفح ب (23115) ت رجعوو

Did ye then think that We had created you in jest and that ye

would not be brought back to Us (for account) - 23115 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23116 [read in context]

ال ك الق لو ىو ف ن عال الل (23116) رب العرش الكر

Therefore exalted be Allah the King the Reality there is no

god but He the Lord of the Throne of Honour - 23116 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS WE COUNT MINUTES AND HOURS

AND DAYS AND YEARS THAT HAVE SLIPPED PAST US

AND DISSOLVED INTO BECOMING OUR PAST AND WE

HUNGER FOR MORE DAYS IN FRONT OF US IN HOPES

OF HAVING MORE TIME TO FULFILL OUR DESIRES IN

THIS DUNYA THE DAYS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

NIGHT AND THE NIGHTS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

DAY AGAIN --- OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL

OUR HAIR IS GREY AND OUR MEMORIES DIM --- AND

ALLAH TELLS US

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض

اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك كنن (23114) ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had only known -

23114 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23115 [read in context]

نا ا خ قناك عب ثا أ ك لي ن أن أفح ب (23115) ت رجعوو

Did ye then think that We had created you in jest and that ye

would not be brought back to Us (for account) - 23115 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23116 [read in context]

ال ك الق لو ىو ف ن عال الل (23116) رب العرش الكر

Therefore exalted be Allah the King the Reality there is no

god but He the Lord of the Throne of Honour - 23116 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS WE COUNT MINUTES AND HOURS

AND DAYS AND YEARS THAT HAVE SLIPPED PAST US

AND DISSOLVED INTO BECOMING OUR PAST AND WE

HUNGER FOR MORE DAYS IN FRONT OF US IN HOPES

OF HAVING MORE TIME TO FULFILL OUR DESIRES IN

THIS DUNYA THE DAYS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

NIGHT AND THE NIGHTS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

DAY AGAIN --- OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL

OUR HAIR IS GREY AND OUR MEMORIES DIM --- AND

ALLAH TELLS US

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض

اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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ال ك الق لو ىو ف ن عال الل (23116) رب العرش الكر

Therefore exalted be Allah the King the Reality there is no

god but He the Lord of the Throne of Honour - 23116 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS WE COUNT MINUTES AND HOURS

AND DAYS AND YEARS THAT HAVE SLIPPED PAST US

AND DISSOLVED INTO BECOMING OUR PAST AND WE

HUNGER FOR MORE DAYS IN FRONT OF US IN HOPES

OF HAVING MORE TIME TO FULFILL OUR DESIRES IN

THIS DUNYA THE DAYS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

NIGHT AND THE NIGHTS BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO

DAY AGAIN --- OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL

OUR HAIR IS GREY AND OUR MEMORIES DIM --- AND

ALLAH TELLS US

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض

اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت األلباب (3190 )أل

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth

and the alternation of night and day- there are indeed

Signs for men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3191 [read in context]

الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب

(3191)النار

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate

the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth

(With the thought) Our Lord not for naught Hast

Thou created (all) this Glory to Thee Give us

salvation from the penalty of the Fire - 3191 (Y Ali)

SO LET US CONTEMPLATE JUST THESE FEW AYAT

FOR A BRIEF MINUTE IN OUR DAY IN THE TAFSIR OF

IBN KATHIR HE EXPOUNDS UPON THESE VERSES IN

DETAIL --- PART OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU TODAY HE SAYS THAT WHEN ALLAH

SAYS و خ ق ال ا ات األرض ldquoCERTAINLY IN THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND

THE EARTHrdquo THIS IS REFERRING TO THE ENTIRETY

OF THE SKY IN ITS HEIGHT AND SPACIOUSNESS IT IS

REFERRING TO THE EARTH IN ITS EXPANSE AND

DENSITY IT IS REFERRING TO THE TREMENDOUS

FEATURES THEY HAVE OF STARS AND SOLAR

SYSTEMS AND GALAXIES AND ROTATING PLANETS

SEAS MOUNTAINS DESERTS TREES PLANTS FRUITS

ANIMALS METALS AND PRECIOUS GEM STONES AND

VARIOUS BENEFICIAL COLORS SCENTS TASTES AND

ELEMENTS

ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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ALLAH CONTINUES BY SAYING اخن ف ال يل الن هار

ldquoAND IN THE ALTERNATION OF NIGHT AND DAYrdquo AS

ONE FOLLOWS AND TAKES FROM THE LENGTH OF

THE OTHER FOR INSTANCE AT TIMES ONE OF THEM

BECOMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER SHORTER THAN

THE OTHER AT TIMES AND EQUAL TO THE OTHER AT

OTHER TIMES AND THE SAME IS REPEATED AGAIN

AND AGAIN BY THE DECISION OF THE ALMIGHTY

THE MOST WISE

THAT IS WHY HE THEN SAYS آليت أل األلباب ldquoTHERE ARE INDEED SIGNS FOR MEN OF

UNDERSTANDINGrdquo REFERRING TO THE INTELLIGENT

AND SOUND MINDS THAT CONTEMPLATE ABOUT THE

TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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TRUE REALITY OF THINGS UNLIKE THOSE WHO DO

NOT HAVE SOUND COMPREHENSION

THEN HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH GOOD

MINDS AND SOUND COMPREHENSION الذين يذكر و الل قياما ق عو ا ع ى جنو ldquoTHOSE WHO REMEMBER ALLAH STANDING SITTING

AND LYING DOWN ON THEIR SIDESrdquo AL BUKHARI

RECORDED THAT IMRAN BIN HUSAYN SAID THAT THE

MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID PRAY WHILE

STANDING AND IF YOU CANrsquoT DO THAT THEN PRAY

WHILE SITTING AND IF YOU CANNOT DO EVEN THAT

THEN PRAY LYING ON YOUR SIDE

THESE PEOPLE OF SOUND COMPREHENSION

REMEMBER ALLAH IN ALL SITUATIONS AT ALL

TIMES IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SPEECH

ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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ي ن فكر و خ ق ال ا ات األرض رب نا ما خ قت ىذا ط سبحا ك فقنا عذاب النار AND THEY THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CREATION OF

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH --- CONTEMPLATING

ABOUT ALLAHrsquoS SIGNS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTH

THAT TESTIFY TO THE MIGHT ABILITY KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM WILL AND MERCY OF OUR CREATOR AND

THESE BELIEVING SERVANTS SUPPLICATE SAYING

OUR LORD NOT FOR NOTHING HAVE YOU CREATED

ALL THIS YOU DID NOT CREATE ALL THIS IN JEST

AND PLAY RATHER YOU CREATED IT IN TRUTH AND

PURPOSE SO THAT YOU RECOMPENSE THOSE WHO

DO EVIL IN KIND AND YOU REWARD THOSE WHO DO

RIGHTEOUS DEEDS WITH WHAT IS BETTER

ldquoGIVE US SALVATION FROM THE TORMENT OF THE

FIRErdquo MEANING O YOU WHO CREATED THE

CREATION IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHO IS FAR FROM

HAVING ANY SHORTCOMINGS OR IMPERFECTIONS

OR DOING THINGS WITHOUT PURPOSE OR IN JEST

SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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SAVE US FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE WITH

YOUR POWER AND STRENGTH AND THROUGH YOUR

MERCY DIRECT US TO PERFORM THE DEEDS THAT

MAKE YOU PLEASED WITH US GUIDE US TO

RIGHTEOUS WORKS FROM WHICH YOU ADMIT US

INTO YOUR DELIGHTFUL PARADISE AND SAVE US

FROM YOUR PAINFUL TORMENTrdquo

IT IS REPORTED BY IBN UMAR THAT HE ASKED

AISHAH ldquoTELL US ABOUT THE MOST UNUSUAL

THING YOU WITNESSED FROM THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAHrdquo AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID ALL

HIS MATTERS WERE AMAZING ONE NIGHT HE CAME

CLOSE TO ME UNTIL HIS SKIN TOUCHED MY SKIN

THEN HE SAID LET ME WORSHIP MY LORD I SAID

BY ALLAH I LOVE YOUR BEING CLOSE TO ME AND I

ALSO LOVE THAT YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD SO HE

PERFORMED ABLUTION BUT DID NOT USE TOO MUCH

WATER HE THAN STOOD UP IN PRAYER AND BEGAN

TO CRY UNTIL HIS BEARD BECAME WET HE MADE

SUJOOD AND CRIED UNTIL HE MADE THE GROUND

WET HE THEN LAID DOWN ON HIS SIDE AND CRIED

WHEN BILAL CAME TO ALERT HIM FOR THE FAJR

PRAYER HE SAID O MESSENGER OF ALLAH WHAT

MAKES YOU CRY SO WHILE ALLAH HAS FORGIVEN

YOUR PREVIOUS AND YOUR LATER SINS HE SAID O

BILAL (DO NOT ASK WHAT MAKES ME CRY) BUT ASK

WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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WHAT PREVENTS ME FROM CRYING WHEN THIS

NIGHT THIS AYAH WAS REVEALED TO ME

Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3190 [read in context]

و خ ق ال ا ات األرض اخن ف ال يل الن هار آليت أل

(3190 )األلباب

Behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and

the alternation of night and day- there are indeed Signs for

men of understanding- - 3190 (Y Ali)

THE MESSENGER THEN SAID ldquoWOE TO HE WHO

RECITES IT BUT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ITrdquo

SO MAY ALLAH MAKE US AMONG THOSE WHO

RECITE AND CONTEMPLATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AYAH

AL HUMDUILLAHI RABIL ALLAMEN

Search For 3967 - -

Az-Zumar (The Groups)

يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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يعا ق بضنو ي وم ما قدر ا الل حق قدره األرض ج

ت بي ينو سبحا و ت عال القيامة ال ا ات مطوي ( 3967 )ع ا ي ركوو

3967 (Y Ali) No just estimate have they made of Allah such as is

due to Him On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful and the

heavens will be rolled up in His right hand Glory to Him High is He above the

Partners they attribute to Him

AQOOLO QAWLI HADHA WASTAGHFIRULLAHA LI WA

LAKUM

SECOND KUTBAH

AL HUMDU LILLAHI RABBIL ALAMEEN WASSALUTU

WASSALAMU ALA KHAIRIL MURSALEEN

MUHAMMADIN AL NABIYIL UMMIYEE WA ALA ALIHI

WA SAHBIHI AJMA EEN

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH THE LORD OF ALL THE

WORLDS MAY THE GREETING AND PEACE OF ALLAH

BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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BE UPON THE BEST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD THE

UNLETTERED PROPHET AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND

UPON ALL HIS COMPANIONS

AMMAA BAAD

INNAL LAHA WA MALAAIKATAHU YUSSALLOONA

ALAN NABIY YAA AIYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

CERTAINLY ALLAH AND HIS ANGELSSHOWER

BLESSINGS ON THE PROPHET OH YOU WHO BELIEVE

ASK BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH A

WORTHY GREETING

DEAR MUSLIMS AGAIN TODAYrsquoS KHUTBAH IS

ENTITLED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

ALLAH SAYS TO US IN QURAN

Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 4018 [read in context]

أ ذرى ي وم اآلزفة ذ الق وب لد ي شفيع يطاا الناجر كاا (4018 ) ما ل ظال من

Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when

the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke

(them) No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have who could be

listened to - 4018 (Y Ali)

AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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AND WARN THEM OF THE DAY THAT IS EVER

DRAWING NEAR

THE DAY THAT IS DRAWING NEAR ي وم اآلزفة IS

ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IT

IS SO CALLED BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AS ALLAH SAYS

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 706

(706 ) ه ي ر و بعيدا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event) -

706 (Y Ali)

Al-Maarig (The Ways of Ascent) - 707

(707 ) راه قريبا

But We see it (quite) near - 707 (Y Ali)

ALLAH ALSO SAYS

An-Najm (The Star) - 5357 [read in context]

(5357 )أزفت اآلزفة

The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh -

5357 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5358 [read in context]

(5358 )ليس اا من و الل كاشفة

No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare - 5358 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5359 [read in context]

(5359 )أف ن ىذا الديث ت ع بوو

Do ye then wonder at this recital - 5359 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5360 [read in context]

(5360 ) تضحكوو ت بكوو

And will ye laugh and not weep- - 5360 (Y Ali)

An-Najm (The Star) - 5361 [read in context]

(5361 ) أ ن سامد و

Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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Wasting your time in vanities - 5361 (Y Ali)

DEAR MUSLIMS AS BELIEVERS WE MUST SEE THE

RELATIVITY OF OUR CONSTANT COMPANION --- TIME

--- THROUGH THE LENS THAT ALLAH AND HIS

MESSENGER HAVE PROVIDED FOR US WE CANrsquoT

SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME BY WASTING IT ON

VANITIES WE CANrsquoT SPEND OUR LIMITED TIME AS

THE UNBELIEVERS DO

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 751

(751 ) أق بي وم القيامة

I do call to witness the Resurrection Day - 751 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 752

(752 ) أق لن فس ال وامة

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit (Eschew Evil) - 752 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 753

(753 )أ اا او ألن ع عظامو

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones - 753 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 754

(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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(754 )ب ى قا رين ع ى أو وي ب نا و

Nay We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers -

754 (Y Ali)

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - 755

(755 )بل يريد اا او لي ف ر أمامو

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in

front of him - 755 (Y Ali)

LIKE THE ONES WHO WISH THEY COULD BE GIVEN A

LIFE OF A THOUSAND YEARS AS IF SUCH LENGTH OF

LIFE WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR DUE

PUNISHMENT WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE

SIGHT OF ALLAH IS LIKE A DAY OR PART OF A DAY

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 2247 [read in context]

عده و ي وما عند ي ن ع و ك لعذاب لن ي ف اللا ت عد و (2247 )ربك كألف سنة

Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment But Allah will not fail in His Promise

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years

of your reckoning - 2247 (Y Ali)

WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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WHAT IS COUNTED AS A THOUSAND YEARS WITH HIS

CREATION IS AS ONE DAY WITH ALLAH AND HE WILL

NOT MISS A THING THAT IS DUE EVEN IF HE DELAYS

AND WAITS AND POSTPONES

IBN ABI HATIM RECORDED FROM ABU HURAYRAH

THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAID THE POOR

AMONG THE MUSLIMS WILL ENTER PARADISE HALF A

DAY BEFORE THE RICH AND SArsquoD BIN ABI WAQQAS

REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER SAID I HOPE THAT

IT WILL NOT BE TOO MUCH FOR MY UMMAH IF

ALLAH DELAYS THEM FOR HALF A DAY IT WAS SAID

TO SArsquoD WHAT DOES HALF A DAY MEAN HE SAID

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

FOR THE UNBELIEVERS ALLAH WILL ASK

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23112 [read in context]

قاا ك لبث ن األرض عد (23112 )سن

He will say What number of years did ye stay on

earth - 23112 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23113 [read in context]

قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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قالوا لبث نا ي وما أ ب عض ي وم فاسأا (23113 )العا ين

They will say We stayed a day or part of a day but

ask those who keep account - 23113 (Y Ali)

Al-Muminun (The Believers) - 23114 [read in context]

قاا و لبث ن ق ي لو أ ك (23114 )كنن ت ع وو

He will say Ye stayed not but a little- if ye had

only known - 23114 (Y Ali)

ALLAH TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEY WASTED

THEIR SHORT LIVES IN THIS WORLD BY FAILING TO

OBEY AND WORSHIP HIM ALONE IF THEY HAD BEEN

PATIENT DURING THEIR SHORT STAY IN THIS DUNYA

THEY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED VICTORY JUST AS THE

BELIEVERS DID HE WILL SAY YES INDEED YOU DID

STAY BUT A SHORT TIME NO MATTER HOW YOU

LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAD ONLY KNOWN HAD THEY

UNDERSTOOD THE RELATIVE SHORTNESS OF THIS

LIFE AS COMPARED TO THE ETERNITY OF THE

HEREAFTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PREFERRED

THE TRANSIENT TO THE ETERNAL AND TREATED

THEMSELVES IN SUCH A BAD WAY AND EARNED

ALLAHrsquoS ETERNAL WRATH FOR JUST WHAT

AMOUNTS TO A DAY OR PART OF A DAY AND

ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COME TO REALIZE WHAT

THE TRUE AND COMPLETE DAY IS YES ALLAH DOES

TELL US THAT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS LIKE 50000

YEARS OF OUR COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE

COMPLETE DAY YES HE TELLS US THAT EACH AND

EVERY DAY IN JENNAH IS LIKE 1000 YEARS OF OUR

COUNT BUT THATrsquoS STILL NOT THE COMPLETE DAY

ALLAH TELLS US

Qaf - 5034 [read in context]

(5034 )ا خ وىا ب م ذلك ي وم اا و

Enter you therein in Peace and Security this is a Day of

Eternal Life - 5034 (Y Ali)

WHEN WE ENTER INTO JENNAH IN PEACE AND

SECURITY --- WHEN THE JUDGEMENT IS BEHIND US ---

WHEN HELL IS SO FAR REMOVED THAT WE CANrsquoT

EVEN HEAR THE SLIGHTEST SOUND OF IT --- WHEN

THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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THE ANGELS GREET US WITH SALAAM --- WHEN WE

BECOME PERMENANT RESIDENTS OF JENNAH

FOREVER --- WHEN BOTH TIME AND DEATH ARE

SLAUGHTERED AND THERE IS NO MORE DEATH ---

WHEN WE WILL NEVER BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR

TRUE HOME NOR WILL WE EVER WISH TO BE

TRANSFERRED FROM IT --- THAT WILL BE THE START

OF THE SURE REALITY

An-Nab (The Great News) - 7839 [read in context]

ذلك الي وم الق ف ن شاء اتذ ل ربو (7839 )م

That Day will be the sure Reality Therefore whoso will let

him take a (straight) return to his Lord - 7839 (Y Ali)

IT IS THIS DAY OF REALITY THAT WILL PUT

EVERYTHING IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE FOR US ---

WHEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE

EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN THIS LIFE --- PRAYING

AND FASTING GIVING CHARITY MAKING HAJJ

AVOIDING THE HARAM --- AS ONLY FLEETING

SECONDS OF MINOR INCONVENIENCES AS COMPARED

TO THE REALITY OF ETERNITY

Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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Anas b Malik reported that Allahs Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص) said that one from the

denizens of Hell who had led a life of ease and plenty in the world would be

made to dip in Fire only once on the Day of Resurrection and then it would be

asked of him O son of Adam did you ever know any comfort or get any

material blessing He would say By Allah no my Lord And then a person who

had led the most miserable life (in the world) would be made to dip once in

Paradise and it would be asked of him 0 son of Adam did you ever face any

difficulty or hardship or have any distress befall you And he would say By

Allah no 0 my Lord never did I face any hardship or experience any distress

(Sahih Muslim)

SO THIS YAUMUL HAQQ --- THIS DAY OF REALITY

WILL BE THE START OF THE TRUE DAY IN THE SIGHT

OF OUR LORD THAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE

STANDARD OF WHAT A DAY TRULY IS AND IT IS

THIS TRUE DAY FOR WHICH WE HOPE TO TRADE

THE ILLUSIONARY AND TRANSIENT DAY OR PART

OF A DAY WE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS DUNYA

MAY ALLAH MAKE US ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS

MOST IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AMIN

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHBIL QABRI

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN ADHABIL JAHANNAM

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA SEEHID DAJJAL

WA I UDHU BI KA MIN FITNATIL MA YA WAL MAMA

TEE

ALLAHUMA INI I UDHU BI KA MINNAL MA THAME

WAL MAGRAM

ALLAHUM I INI ALA DHIK RIK WA SHUK RIK

WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH

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WA HOOSNI IBA DA TEEK

ALLAHUMA INI AS ALUU KAL JANNATA WA I UDHU

BIKA MININ NAR

RABBANA ATINA FID ndash DUNYA HASANATAN

WA FIL ndash AKHIRATI HASANATAN

WA QINA AZA BAN ndash NAR

RABBAN AFRIGH ALAY NA SABRAN

WA THABBIT AQ DAMANA

WAN SURNA ALAL GAWMIL KAFIRIN

INNAL LAHA WA MA LAA I KATAHU

YUSSALLOONA ALAN NABI

YAA AYUHAL LATHEENA AAMANOO

SALLOO ALAIHI WA SALLIMOO TASSLEEMA

WAIQAMATI SALAH


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