My beloved brothers and sisters reconnecting with revelation would help us achieve comfort
within the heart it would calm us it would give us the contentment that we
deserve as believers Allah almighty has not promised
to give you everything on earth but he does say that while i'm testing you if you have belief
and if you have connected and reconnected with revelation with what I have revealed then indeed
you will be content you will go through the challenges of life with much greater ease than if
you don't have that so the gift of Allah almighty being revelation is something we need to reconnect
with and we need to continue reminding ourselves that reading the Qur’an which is the primary
gift that we have the word of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala understanding it putting it into practice
and there we would find it leads to what is known as the sunnah of Muhammad sallAllahu alaihi
wasallam may peace be upon him it would lead to the teachings of Muhammad peace be upon him
and by following that we would definitely achieve the success of this world and the next
so in life we have hardship sometimes people say things about us that are not true
sometimes we have accusations leveled against us sometimes we have statements that are hurtful
sometimes we are desperate that our loved ones see the light that we have seen sometimes we
would love for our family members to be rightly guided if they are not guided
and in the interim we are hurt this hurt is mostly connected to others and and other people
what they say to us and what they do to us so Allah almighty has blessed us by reminding us
in revelation and i'm going to read from Suratul Hijr verse number 97 where Allah almighty says to us
and indeed we know it was directed to Muhammad peace be upon him but the lesson is for all of
us we know that your chest is being tightened because of what they are saying what were they
saying they had the worst of accusations against Muhammad peace be upon him so Allah is saying
we know that your chest is being tightened by what they are saying
how should you deal with it well if I go back to revelation I will be told how to deal with it
when people accuse you and they say things yes you may try to clarify your name but sometimes
it's not going to be easy Allah almighty says while you are dealing with it in a beautiful way
you need to remember to declare the praise of Allah declare the praise of your lord and
be found in prostration very often and worship your lord until death overtakes you
that's an amazing teaching that will definitely bring about comfort when something nasty happens
tell yourself it could have been worse when something disastrous occurs nothing would have
changed that because it was in your destiny but revelation will help you deal with it what do you
do declare the greatness of Allah the other day a pen broke and I said alhamdulillah all praise
is due to Allah i'm not going to get upset that my pen broke you know it broke in two pieces it fell
and it was an expensive one and subhanAllah I thought to myself well my fingers not
broken my toes are not broken my legs are not broken so surely if I quickly thought of that
because I know this could have been worse it would move me to say alhamdulillah all
praise is due to Allah whereas a person who is not guided by revelation would get angry and
upset and start screaming and yelling do you know how much this pen costs do you know what exactly
you've done or do you know what has happened and so on unlike a believer
who takes it in his stride what should you say alhamdulillah declare the praise of Allah
people say nasty things about you guess what they are answerable to Allah if a person calls you a
bad name it doesn't make you a bad person it's them who are thinking bad so who needs the help
it's them who need the help perhaps pray for them now this doesn't mean that you shouldn't try to
clarify things you should in a beautiful way you should try to guide them in a beautiful way but
sometimes you need to know if Allah has not written that guidance for them
they won't be guided and sometimes it might even make matters worse so in the interim
don't forget to declare the praise of Allah always declare the praise of Allah almighty
and always find yourself in prostration that means your five daily prayers plus other voluntary
prayers you have a problem turn to prayer turn to salah offer two units of prayer find yourself in
prostration and take your time and you will see how the almighty will fling open your doors and
Allah says continue to worship Allah until the day death overtakes you or until death overtakes you
so it's amazing how Allah is guiding us telling us these challenges will continue he didn't say
they will be eradicated he didn't say they are going to stop people will say nasty
things about you and I up to the last day but Allah is guiding us through revelation to say
connect with us understand our plan and that's how it should be and this is why
just before that in one of the verses Allah almighty in Suratul Hijr before this verse says
we are sufficient for you against those who are mocking at you those who scoff those who
make a joke those who want to try to make a mockery although they won't be able to
but we are sufficient for you don't you believe that we are sufficient we are in control
we created you in the first place and we are sufficient and this is why the the the beautiful
words hasbun Allahu animal wa Allah is enough for us and he is the best disposer of our affairs
that supplication is very powerful when something happens to you
that is negative something dramatic something big learn to say
Allah is sufficient for me or for us and he is the best disposer of our affairs my brothers my
sisters reconnecting with revelation will guide us to relying on Allah almighty and understanding
that we shouldn't allow the statements of people to make us so sad when we know we are not what
they are saying rather turn to the almighty who knows the real you turn to the almighty who knows
the real you continue to worship him continue to declare his praise continue to find yourself in
prostration and don't give up that's a beautiful teaching and I think many people are struggling
across the globe because of what others think of them or what they've done if what you've done is
within the obedience of Allah acceptable by Allah don't worry what everyone else says or thinks
they they are not going to worry about what you think when they need to do something
and you are worried about what they think when you need to do something that's not correct we
should be concerned about what Allah thinks or how will Allah take this i'm about to do something
what is the ruling when it comes to revelation so remember rather than worrying about people
worry about Allah and that's why Allah says declare the praise declare the praise our praise
worship us don't worry about mankind reconnect with us reconnect with revelation
a beautiful teaching is just reciting the verses of the Qur’an that would calm you down that would
bring about so much of contentment reconnecting through recitation is something that is unmatched
for every letter that you read you're achieving 10 rewards let alone the calmness and the comfort
that you achieve as a result so this is why I encourage you during these beautiful days to set
aside a time to recite melodiously the beautiful words of the Qur’an try your best to correct the
recitation try to read it with an audible voice with beautiful melody solely for the sake of Allah
and see what it does to your heart your soul your very existence the words of Allah are so soothing
that even if you were just to listen to them they would change your life may Allah bless us