Assalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh my brothers and sisters we have a beautiful series entitled contentment from revelation the idea is to go through the Quran and to look at how we can achieve contentment through the verses of allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala .
we are all searching for happiness for contentment and for success in order to achieve this the Almighty has revealed so many verses and so many books so many scriptures it’s up to us to go through this and to understand the plan of the Almighty when we understand the plan of the Almighty we will definitely be able to achieve contentment remember one thing the Almighty when he created us did not promise us that we will be the most wealthy .
or we will be the most influential etc but rather he promises us that if you were to follow what I tell you you will be happy you will be content may the Almighty grant us all contentment I’m going to start off by looking at the first surah of the Quran where Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’ala starts off in a unique and beautiful way do you know.
when we’re commencing the recitation of the Quran the first thing we should be reciting or reading is mobile he mina sh-shaytani r-rajim [Laughter] I seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan the accursed that is the first thing we should be commencing with because .
if Shaitaan or the devil is within your life you cannot achieve contentment the first thing you should do and I should do is seek the help of Allah that he protect us from Shaytan the accursed from the devil from the whispers of the devil I’m just about to start reading revelation.
I need to protect myself from the devil contaminating my mind hence I may misunderstand the verses or lest I must understand the verses and perhaps deviate may Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’ala protect us so that’s the first thing we read immediately after that in order to achieve contentment again .
we start off in the most blessed way taught to us by Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’ala on one hand we’ve sought protection in Allah from Shaitan the accursed and now listen to what we say bismillahirrahmanirrahim in the name of Allah the most gracious the most merciful subhanAllah that is amazing .
if you pause for a moment and think about the calmness and the contentment in what Allah has taught us it is so beautiful in the name of Allah the one who is merciful in a specialized way the one who is merciful in a very very broad way in fact a Rahman is a is a broad mercy of Allah and Allah he is a specialized mercy of Allah.
so he is reminding of us of his mercy he says we should never lose hope in his mercy always understand the mercy of Allah it will fill us with hope it will fill us with goodness we will be content and happy when we’ve understood the mercy of Allah let’s go into the first verse al-hamdu lillahi rabbil aalameen al rahman al rahim these verses allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala starts the quran with the surah or the chapter is known as Surat al-fatiha the opening surah Fatihah means to open and fatiha the opening surah .
if you look at the surah allah says all praise is due to Allah who is allah rabbul aalameen he immediately says the one who created and the one who is in absolute control of entire existence he is the worshipped one the one who is old worship and then he describes himself who is he when I say all praise is due to Allah people want to know.
who is Allah if you don’t recognize Allah how can you achieve contentment so he chooses to describe himself firstly by saying rabbul aalameen i created and i’m in absolute control of every aspect of the existence of that creation subhanAllah the minute you understand this you surrender to him you understand.
I’m going to go back to him this is why Allah says all praise is due to him and him alone and because life is filled with challenges and difficulties he reminds us immediately after that he chooses to say r-rahmani r-rahim’ this is the second time we’re hearing this one of it is or the first was when we were starting with the name of Allah .
we used the description or we used the qualities Rahman and Rahim again he uses rahman rahim reminding us of his mercy reminding us of how merciful he is upon us my brothers and sisters sometimes we take for granted the mercy of Allah upon us he is indeed very merciful he is indeed so so kind he has given us so much that we didn’t even ask for that is the mercy of allah subhanahu wata’ala then he continues to say Maliki .
who made the- he is the owner of the day of judgment the minute we understand the concept of the day of judgment we understand accountability .
if you understand accountability you behave yourself you do good deeds you actually make sure that you are conscious of the fact that you’re going to be asked and questioned about everything but because you’ve heard about his mercy you know that .
he’s going to forgive you wherever you’ve sought forgiveness all this brings about the contentment of the heart the contentment of the soul you’ve recognized your maker you understand his mercy and you’re aimed at winning on the day of judgment what more do you want just in these few verses we’ve encapsulated what the entire Quran stands for it’s amazing and this is why?
my brothers and sisters when we read Surat al-fatiha time and again we take for granted these beautiful reminders of allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala we don’t go deep enough to ponder over them and this is why Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’ala keeps reminding us of the same thing do you know the most important thing that happens to be in this particular surah Surat al-fatiha is actually a supplication do you know what Allah says if they now say our almost thirteen guide us to the straight path if we call out to the Almighty knowing he created us he’s in control of every aspect of existence and we know that he is the owner of the Day of Judgment it’s only correct that .
we ask him to keep guiding us to the straight path and we repeat this supplication every day so many times a day guide us to the straight path if you don’t supplicate in this way your five daily prayers are not complete you have to say in every unit of that prayer guide me to the straight path guide us to the straight path through the recitation of Surat al-fatiha so my brothers and sisters keep calling out to Allah when you call out to Allah he will definitely reach out to you.
if you don’t call out to Allah you are not going to be able to achieve that contentment understand he is in control understand what he wants from you do you know when we’ve called out to allah subhanahu wata’ala and we believe in him firmly it brings us towards the rest of the creatures of allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala the kindness towards them is what comes from us because.
we’ve understood that Allah made me and he made all the other creatures as well and this is why in the next surah which is Surat al-baqarah Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’ala describes in a beautiful way he says in verse number three and levena you Minu Nabeel rape where you came you know salah one marisa and now whom you Nicole what a beautiful way of wedding it he speaks about the believers those who really believe those who really want that guidance you’ve asked for guidance are you sincere .
well if you’ve asked for the guidance you’re going to believe in the unseen we already believe in the unseen what is the unseen I believe in my Lord my Maker I believe in the angels I believe that good and bad comes from him I believe whatever Allah has told me regarding the Day of Judgment and the fact that when I die I’m going to return to the one who made me the one whom.
I was with even prior to me being born so Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’ala is saying those who believe in the unseen those are the successful ones they believe in the unseen what else do they need to do you want the guidance you want the contentment you must believe in the unseen secondly you must establish your prayer to develop your relationship with Allah .
if you develop your relationship with your maker you will definitely be from among those who achieve contentment because you’ve developed your relationship with your maker that is something amazing so one you’ve actually believed in the unseen two you have developed your relationship with your maker through the establishment of prayer and the third you’ve reached out to others by spending what the almighty has given you so what you’ve understood now and what I’ve understood is whatever I have is from Allah if that is from Allah.
I should spend it on other creatures that Allah has created as well this is why Allah says remember as a canal whom unify kun they spend from that which we have bestowed upon them if you’d like contentment my brother and sisters understand that all the wealth that you have is from Allah it was never from you it was never due to you or your intelligence that intelligence was given by Allah so the root of it all is from Allah Allah says.
I’ve given you two tests you are you going to spend it upon those who need or are you going to become miserly no one has achieved contentment by being miserly by being stingy by being selfish but rather people have achieved contentment by becoming very very generous the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was known as a very generous person.
he was more generous in the month of Ramadan when gibreel alayhi salam used to come to him that generosity used to show it is described as even more generous than that of the wind when it blows because when the wind blows it reaches everyone the same way the generosity of the Prophet peace be upon him was such that everyone benefited from it .
may allah subhanahu wa ta’ala grant us ease the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has taught us so much one of the primary things we learn is the first instruction that Allah has mentioned in the Quran if you want to look at the first instruction that Allah has mentioned in the Quran look no further than verse number 21 of Surat al-baqarah where Allah says.
yeah a young Buddha pokémon-amie public Allah content Oh people worship the one who made you worship you’re up who made you and made those before you in order that you develop your relationship with him so to develop your relationship with Allah you need to worship Him because:
he made you and he made all those before you may allah subhanahu wa ta’ala grant us all ease may Allah grant us contentment Akula Kohli hatha was all allahu wa salamu ala nabina muhammad was salam-o-alaikum in victory lane he alibied lillahi Tama in nirupa Lewbert .
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