The Truth is Clear | Your Relationship With Allah Ep.13 | Sh. Alauddin ElBakri | Ramadan Series

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1. 0:00Assalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh
2. 0:02my dear brothers and sisters welcome back to Tawasaw's Institute Ramadan series for the year 1446
3. 0:09Praise be to Allah Lord of all worlds, in the last episode we talked about how Allah
4. 0:13in the verses of fasting said that He wants for us ease not hardship, exposing what Allah
5. 0:19wants for us, makes the relationship with Allah clear. It's fascinating to me in Surah An-Nisa
6. 0:26that Allah SWT in verses 26, 27 and 28 each verse Allah tells us what He
7. 0:34wants for us and I think we don't pay attention to these verses
8. 0:38in verse number 26 Allah SWT says:
9. 0:41(It is Allah’s Will to make things clear to you, guide you to the ˹noble˺ ways of those before you,
10. 0:47and turn to you in mercy. For Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise)
11. 0:50Allah SWT wants to explain things to you in detail, by the way this verse came
12. 0:57after the verse of how to choose a spouse, how to get married, who you're allowed to marry, who
13. 1:03you're not allowed to marry, how we should not have boyfriends and girlfriends
14. 1:08with open relationship for years but we should get to know and get married and that's
15. 1:14the honorable way, then Allah says Allah wants to explain things in you. One thing about Islam
16. 1:21that it's not a mysterious religion, it's clear it's crystal clear and that makes practicing
17. 1:28this faith easy, you don't have to really figure things out because they're complicated, there's
18. 1:34so much room for reflection, for depth, for understanding but at the end of the day
19. 1:42the message is clear and what is demanded of you, what is wanted from you and what is wanted
20. 1:49for you is clear, Allah SWT says Allah wants to make things clear for you and
21. 1:56He wants to guide you and He wants to guide you like He guided the nations before you
22. 2:02and Allah wants to bestow His repentance upon you and Allah the Mighty and the Majestic is all-knowing
23. 2:09all-wise, this verse really strikes me as very beautiful and clears so many issues for me personally
24. 2:18how Allah the Mighty and the Majestic set up this religion clear guidance and if you break the law, if you
25. 2:28make a mistake, commit a sin that there is an open door for repentance and for forgiveness
26. 2:35It's not the end of the road, it's not a dead end but rather there is a way back
27. 2:42and a way to recover because Allah does not expect from us that we never make a mistake
28. 2:47and we never sin but Allah expects from us that we're quick on our feet that we will
29. 2:52turn and stop what we're doing wrong and turn and stand on our feet. Repentance in Islam is
30. 2:59one of the most practical issues and teachings of Islam, first stop what you're
31. 3:05doing wrong, second, intend not to do it again, because if you don't stop, what's the point
32. 3:12of repenting? You should stop, you repent, you should show Allah some remorse, you should feel bad
33. 3:18Why did I do that? How in the world did I do that? I should have not done that!
34. 3:23When you show Allah that remorse and regret and you follow that with the prayers "Please, oh Allah
35. 3:29forgive me" Oh Allah, please forgive me, the most beautiful prayer
36. 3:34on the night of Night of Al-Qadr
37. 3:36"Oh Allah you are a Lord that loves to forgive so forgive me oh Lord of all worlds"
38. 3:47then the best part about repentance is that you follow a bad deed with a good one, I love
39. 3:53how Islam invites us to move forward not get stuck in the past, Satan comes to you and makes
40. 3:59you stuck in the past, how bad? Makes you feel guilty, makes you feel regretful, makes you
41. 4:05feel stuck and he doesn't want you to go to the next step in which "Okay, I did what's wrong
42. 4:11now I'm gonna do what is right" Satan will not let you do that, you should tell yourself:
43. 4:16"If I had energy to do what's wrong, I should have energy to do what is right" and you should
44. 4:21move from there forward. Now in the next verse, verse number 27, Allah reveals to us
45. 4:28another thing that He wants for us
46. 4:30(And it is Allah’s Will to turn to you in grace, but those who follow their desires wish to see you deviate entirely)
47. 4:39Again, Allah in this verse repeats His want for us
48. 4:45that we should repent and that the people around us who follow their desires, they want
49. 4:54us to lean far away from the straight path and from the path of Allah, in this verse, Allah
50. 5:00exposes one of the obstacles and the enemies of the believers, bad company, do not surround
51. 5:07yourself with people who are always indulging themselves in fulfilling their desires
52. 5:14with no limits thinking that that's an achievement, anyone can indulge themselves in fulfilling
53. 5:21their desires with no responsibility to a point that it will kill them that's not an
54. 5:26achievement, the one who rises in life even in the financial world is the one who says
55. 5:32"No" to himself "No" to comfort "No" to laziness "No" to ignorance, "Yes" to hard work, these are
56. 5:41the people who succeed in life, people who just indulge themselves in comfort and
57. 5:46in desires they go nowhere in life, and that's why Allah says:
58. 5:50(And it is Allah’s Will to turn to you in grace)
59. 5:52and Allah wants to grant His repentance for you so then you have to engage yourself in
60. 5:59the five steps of repentance, stop what you're doing wrong, intend not to do it again
61. 6:05show remorse and love, make prayers and follow a bad deed with a good one, Allah SWT
62. 6:13in this verse warns us of bad company and environment as it will take us far away from the path
63. 6:21of Allah SWT, in verse number 28, Allah exposes to us and tells us something
64. 6:28else that He wants for us
65. 6:30(And it is Allah’s Will to lighten your burdens, for humankind was created weak)
66. 6:36Allah wants things to be lighter for you, why? Because the human has been created weak
67. 6:44So look, Allah is acknowledging for you, on your behalf, that you're weak, that you're not
68. 6:52this ultimate superman, no, you are weak, so Allah wants things to be lighter for you, this
69. 7:00determines the relationship between us and Allah, do we see Islam as something light
70. 7:05and make things lighter? Do we see Islam as something beautiful and it makes things more beautiful?
71. 7:12Do we see it something that gives us energy, that gives us enthusiasm, gives us purpose
72. 7:18to do good things in life? If you look at your religion and at your faith like that
73. 7:24your relationship with Allah will be such a joy and such an energy and such a source of synergy
74. 7:32and happiness and peace Glory be to Allah that we are all looking for. It strikes me that Allah
75. 7:38says in the Quran, Allah wants things to be "light" for you this word "light" has made it
76. 7:44to so many languages even in Urdu, in Persian, in Turkish, in so many other languages "Light"
77. 7:50you know, Glory be to Allah, when you become a practicing believer you feel lighter, you feel lighter
78. 7:57with the love of Allah, lighter with what Allah wants for you, lighter with no sins
79. 8:02lighter with good deeds, energetic, floating, flying, soaring, reaching to new levels
80. 8:09May Allah SWT grant us that energy
81. 8:12Ameen Ya Rabb Alameen
82. 8:13May God’s blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad and all his family and companions