The Vital Relationship | Your Relationship With Allah Ep.3 | Sh. Alauddin ElBakri | Ramadan Series

1 moment mention “Relationship with Allah”: 4:23

1. 0:00Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh
2. 0:02Continuing with the theme that how Allah SWT sees us in the Quran
3. 0:08and how He presents us in His word, in His book, in one Surah after another
4. 0:14Glory be to Allah from the first five verses that were revealed to Prophet Muhammad PBUH
5. 0:20you can see the value of the human
6. 0:22What did Allah reveal?
7. 0:24(Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created, created humans from a clinging clot)
8. 0:29Read, recite, observe in the name of your Lord who created
9. 0:36Created, open-ended, created everything
10. 0:39What's the next verse?
11. 0:41(created humans from a clinging clot)
12. 0:43He created the human from a hanging clot
13. 0:47The beginning of the pregnancy when the embryo clings itself to the womb
14. 0:54Glory be to Allah
15. 0:56and then the baby starts growing and growing and growing
16. 0:59This word "Alaq" clinging clot has in it the word for relationship in Arabic
17. 1:05In English, it's relationship
18. 1:07In Arabic, it's "Alaqa" relationship
19. 1:09and the word "Alaqa" relationship comes from "Ta'alluq" clinging
20. 1:13and even the word "Ta'alluq" is used in Urdu and in Persian and other languages, in Turkish
21. 1:18Which means to hang up, to be connected deeply, strongly to someone or to something
22. 1:25So Allah said that we came in the beginning of this world clinging to something
23. 1:32From this clinging comes the word, the relationship
24. 1:36Glory be to Allah, we come to this world first and our mother's wombs clinging to the womb
25. 1:43Then we are born, then we cling to our mothers
26. 1:47Then we grow up, we cling to our fathers
27. 1:49Then we grow up, we cling to our friends
28. 1:52Then we grow up and we cling to our school and what we want to study
29. 1:57Then we grow up and we cling to the job
30. 2:00Then we grow up, then we cling to our wealth
31. 2:03Now we have wealth and a house and a car
32. 2:05Then we grow up and we cling to our spouses
33. 2:08Then we grow up and we cling to our children
34. 2:11And then at a certain point, it hits you
35. 2:15When things go down that no one can be there for you
36. 2:19Not even yourself
37. 2:21When you go to the doctor and the doctor says
38. 2:23Oh my God, you have a very dangerous, you know, cancer or something going on
39. 2:29You can't even help yourself at that moment
40. 2:32Even the doctor in front of you cannot help you
41. 2:35They can do their best
42. 2:36They can apply the latest and greatest in the world of science
43. 2:39But they cannot heal you
44. 2:41That's why Allah SWT will make you go through experiences in life
45. 2:47Until you reach to the point that you should not cling to anyone
46. 2:51Except Him, Allah SWT
47. 2:53He's the only one who has been there for you before you were born
48. 2:57Who has been there for you in your mother's womb
49. 3:00Who has been there for you in your childhood
50. 3:03Who has been protecting you from yourself
51. 3:06Protecting you from your enemies
52. 3:09Protecting you from the devil
53. 3:11Protecting you from destiny that will destroy you
54. 3:14and then you have not seen it
55. 3:17You didn't see all of that until the light bulb goes in your head
56. 3:22and you see, oh my God, Allah has been there for me all along
57. 3:27Not only that, with the moment of death
58. 3:30There will be no one there for you except Allah
59. 3:33In your grave, there will be no one there for you except Allah
60. 3:37On the Day of Judgment, there will be no one for you except Allah
61. 3:42and the only reason why you will even enter heaven
62. 3:45It's because of Allah
63. 3:47That's why my dear brothers and sisters
64. 3:48It's amazing how much we human beings spend energy trying to build friendships
65. 3:54Connect to this person, connect to that person
66. 3:56Oh my God, that guy is rich, let me connect with him
67. 3:58Oh, that guy is connected, let me connect to him
68. 4:01It's interesting how much do we spend time and energy and thoughts and plans
69. 4:06and networks to reach to something temporary
70. 4:11And how little we spend of energy and thought
71. 4:15To connect the one who has the world in His own hands, Glory be to Allah
72. 4:21My dear brothers and sisters
73. 4:23It's very important to invest in the relationship with Allah SWT
74. 4:28and to cling to Him
75. 4:30He's the only one that can actually help you in any moment in your life
76. 4:36In the darkest moment, in the lowest moment, in the hardest moment
77. 4:42When you feel no one is there for you
78. 4:44It's very important that you have that relationship
79. 4:48and you reach out to Allah SWT
80. 4:52Who wants to help you
81. 4:55Who wants to be there for you
82. 4:57Who has started the relationship with you on a positive note
83. 5:02Created you as honorable being
84. 5:05Wants honor for you
85. 5:08and this is very important for us to realize
86. 5:11Because, you know, our own thoughts of our own selves
87. 5:15Our own evaluation of the world
88. 5:18Like who can help me, who cannot
89. 5:20Let me get connected to this person
90. 5:22If I have this much money, I'll be fine and I don't need anyone
91. 5:27We all know, no matter how young or old we are
92. 5:31That money will not bring you happiness
93. 5:34and money will not solve your problems
94. 5:36Money will not heal you if you get sick
95. 5:39Money will not make you happy if you fall in depression and sadness
96. 5:44Money will not release your stress if you get stressed out
97. 5:48and people cannot do that either
98. 5:51You can't help yourself
99. 5:52You can't completely rely on yourself and live life as if you are God
100. 6:00You're not God
101. 6:01So don't act like one
102. 6:04Wake up and live and enjoy living as a human being
103. 6:09Don't carry the world on your shoulders
104. 6:11Do your part and leave the rest for Allah SWT
105. 6:15Invest, invest, invest in that relationship
106. 6:19May Allah SWT connect us to Him
107. 6:22and may Allah make us see Him as the most important thing in our life
108. 6:29Like the most important relationship
109. 6:32Because if you get that relationship right, believe me
110. 6:36Every other relationship will be right in your life
111. 6:39This is Ramadan
112. 6:41This is the time we build that strong bonding relationship
113. 6:44Let's go into it with sincerity and do our best
114. 6:48and may Allah accept from us
115. 6:50Ameen ya Rabb Alameen
116. 6:51Wa Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh