Asalamualikoum wa rahmatollahi wa barakato, Alhamdulilahi rab al alameen, wasalato wasalam
ala rasoolillah.
I want you to imagine, bring to your head all your hopes and dreams.
All the things that wish could possibly be in the year to come.
And then I want you to think of all your worries and concerns and anxieties that we have of
the future of things that we wish would never happen to us and our families and our loved
ones.
Laylatul Qadr, the night of destiny is the night in which all of this will be determined.
It's the night in which dreams can be realized and our nightmares can be averted and we can
be protected from them.
This is the night of our destiny, the moment of our destiny and it is a moment that we
seek out in the last ten nights.
And it is this moment that is blessed that the Prophet (saw), which was not the case
that he would do outside of these ten nights, put himself in the masjid, secluded himself
in isolation seeking out this moment.
And we too in whatever capacity we can, whether through the I’tikaf or even outside of that.
We search and we seek and we hunt for this moment that will define our life.
Literally.
I want to talk about two aspects of this beautiful night and subhannallah the connection between
these two to appreciate the rahma of Allah (swt).The first point of this night is that
it is a night in which the decree comes down.
And we know this.
The second part is the blessing of this night.
That it a night that is greater than a thousand months and that the angels come down.
Its the night in which any active ibadah that we do is supercharged, its full of bara'ah.
Its empowered, its embolden, more than it ever was, ever before.
So these are the two aspects.
The decree and the power.
Why these two together?
Subhannallah, this is out of Allah's rahma.
Allah is giving us our decree and our decree is going to be influenced by our sins that
we've done, any good deeds that we did and influence what is going to happen in our life.
Allah (swt) is giving us a chance right before the decree comes down.
It doesn't matter what happened before, the sins that we've done before.
Allah is giving us a chance to wipe our slate clean so that it's not taken into account
with our decree for the year.
To increase in our ibadat so that we can possibly be rewarded in the year to come.
This is the night that Allah has given us so much opportunity.
That he made the same night of our decree the same night that will supercharge our duaas
and our ibadahs, everything, so that we can actually help to shape our destiny for the
year to come.
And of course nothing escapes the tawfik and qadr of Allah (swt).
Our act of duaa itself was from Allah (swt) will.
But Allah (swt) out of grace and his fadl and his rahma makes us the means to be able
to change the qadr as the Prophet (saw) said.
'La yarodo al qadr illa al duaa'.
That nothing averts the qadr like duaa, and this is general duaa, the power of duaa subhanallah.
The power of a human being, earnestly in his soul from the depth of his soul crying out
to his creator to help him and to save him and to protect him.
That power in of itself is able to divert the decree.
Can you imagine then, that same duaa in the night of Laylatul Qadr, Allah has given it
even more power, more maqam, more status, more blessing, greater than a thousand months,
subhanallah to supercharge that duaa, to give it that advantage so that any utter or think
in our hearts Allah subhna wa tala is taking out of his rahma, wanting the best for us.
And he made it so easy that the night of qadr it is the night of extreme ease for ibadah,
any small thing has huge consequences, is multiplied whatever good that we do.
That is Allah's rahma.
Allah (swt) is so kareem to us.
And so appreciate this my dear brothers and sisters and on this night as we seek after
it.
Don't be afraid to dream big.
Don't be afraid to dream big because this is the moment where our greatest dreams can
be actualized and realized.
And of course don't forget to ask Allah (swt) to protect us form any harm or any calamity
that can befall us or our family in the year to come.
So, make duaa my dear brothers and sisters and please don't forget me in your duaas.
JazakoumAllah khayr wa salamualikoum wa rahmatollahi wa barakto.