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This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings. And there are special connections in the du'as that we make for our brothers and sisters in these last two nights, bismillah ta'ala, especially if it coincides, bismillah ta'ala, with that night. And subhanAllah, as the imam was reciting, you know, one of the glad tidings that we take from the Qur'an, because Ramadan is a month of glad tidings. The scholars say, look, surat al-ahqaf is the call. Surat Muhammad is also known as surat al-qital. After the call, there is the battle. And after the battle, there comes surat al-fatih, comes the opening. And so even in the way that the surahs are in the Qur'an, the call, the battle, the victory, we are an ummah that believes in victory. And we believe that victory is inevitable because we're calling upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, al-qadir, al-muqtadir, al-jabbar. We're calling upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, who has guaranteed it. But on His time, subhanahu wa ta'ala. Now, what do we do with the people of Gaza and this cause in these particular nights? And I want to give a few tips. Number one, everything that you are making dua for yourself for, instead of thinking about like some isolated dua that you leave as a portion of your dua, everything that you're asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to give you, ask Allah to give them as well. We don't want to have that separation in our priorities to where we make our personal duas and we exert ourselves and then we throw in the cause of Gaza or the cause of the oppressed as just something that we tag on to the end. You're asking Allah to sustain you, ask Allah to sustain them. You're asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to allow you to conquer your personal circumstances, let Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala or ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to allow them to conquer their obstacles as well. Everything you're asking Allah for, the removal of ham, the removal of stress, ask Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala to give that to them. You're asking Allah for acceptance for yourself, ask Allah to accept them as well. That every single person that has died in Gaza is granted shahadah and that every single person who has been injured physically or emotionally or mentally is compensated with their share from al-jannah. Allahumma ameen. So that's the first thing, tie it all in and this is something subhanallah we had a webinar very early on with Sheikh Tahir Wyatt where we looked at ways to make dua for the people of Gaza. Every dua in the Quran that you make for yourself you can make for them. So رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ Oh Allah pour upon us patience and make our feet firm. Say رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ Right? By simply replacing the dua for yourself and making it for them instead. رَبَّنَا آتِهِمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنًا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنًا وَقِهِمْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ Give them a portion of your dua by allocating some of it to them every single time you make dua for yourself. But subhanAllah here's what I want you to pay attention to in Laylatul Qadr. And I was thinking about all the ways that our duas for Gaza relate to the moment. Laylatul Qadr is a night of power. And you believe as a mu'min that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has power over all things. So call upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with his names and attributes of power that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala overcome those who think they have power, number one. Number two, the notion of the future. Laylatul Qadr is a night in which we seek Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's blessing for the year to come. And when we call upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with his
power and for the future, those are two things that are deeply intertwined with the moment that we're in with our brothers and sisters in Palestine right now. And in Sudan. And in Congo. And in Yemen. Wherever they are subhanAllah the oppressed. And in Syria. And in Somalia. Make dua for them dear brothers and sisters. And know that Allah azawajal has the power and that Allah determines the future as well. His power overcomes the present even if you don't see it. His future is inevitable even if others think they control it. It's only a matter of time. And so you're asking Allah with his power and you're asking Allah to decree for our brothers and sisters victory this year. Make that dua sincerely. And if you think that on the 23rd night when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, or the 23rd day when he went into Mecca, or the 27th night when Salahuddin al-Ayubi rahimahullah went into Hattin, or went into Jerusalem, that they were not making dua with that in mind, that they know that Allah subhanAllah decrees and you're asking Allah to decree victory for them, then you're missing out. So we ask Allah subhanAllah to decree victory for our brothers and sisters. And we ask Allah subhanAllah that we sooner than later get to pray in a free Masjid al-Aqsa. And that every single one of these people is compensated in this life, or the hereafter, or both. Dear brothers and sisters there's another thing that connects to Laylatul Qadr. Of the duas that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would make and he made it in Al-Ahzab, in the trench. And subhanAllah I was thinking about this and it only occurred to me this year. When you talk about the greatness of Allah and what Allah has done for this world and the quote unquote impossible feats that we attribute, right? The miracles. Allah subhanAllah says this is the month in which He revealed the Qur'an. Laylatul Qadr is the night in
which Allah subhanAllah revealed the Qur'an. And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam when he raised up his hands and he called upon his Lord, his Lord who saved Abraham from the fire, his Lord who saved Moses from the sea from the Pharaoh, his Lord who saved Ayyub alayhi wa sallam, all of the Prophets alayhi wa sallam, Yusuf alayhi wa sallam from the well and then prison and slavery. When he called upon Allah azawajal with all these attributes, what's the first thing he said in al-Ahzab? Allahumma munzilal kitab. Allahumma munzilal kitab. Oh Allah, the one who revealed the book. Imagine you making this dua, you're calling upon Allah with this dua on the night that He revealed the book. You're certainly doing so in the month that He revealed the book. Allahumma munzilal kitab. Sari'al hisab. Mujri al sahab. Hazimal ahzab. Ihzimhum wa zalzilhum. Memorize this dua inshallah ta'ala. Allahumma munzilal kitab. Repeat after me. Allahumma munzilal kitab. Oh Allah, the revealer of the book. Sari'al hisab. Sari'al hisab. The one who is swift in his reckoning. Mujri al sahab. The one who controls the clouds. What is more remarkable than the control of the clouds and the rain is the revelation of the Quran. But you're calling upon Allah who created the earth and can move the earth. Mujri al sahab. Hazimal ahzab. Hazimal ahzab. The one who defeats the armies. And subhanAllah ahzab are these multiple armies and we know that our people in Gaza are not just fighting one army unfortunately. Multiple forces and
we need only one to overcome them all. Hazimal ahzab. Hazimal ahzab. Ihzimhum wa zalzilhum. Ihzimhum wa zalzilhum. Defeat them and shake them. Just as we make dua for firmness for our brothers and sisters, we make dua for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to shake the oppressors who think they have such immunity in this world and who do not fear the consequences of their actions in this life and the next. Make these duas for power. Make these duas for victory. Make these duas for decree. Make dua to the one who revealed the book to reveal victory to us in this year. And subhanAllah we have gone in these cycles. No one last Ramadan thought we would be here this Ramadan. You know subhanAllah the people of Gaza are used to. They are used to the Israelis being aggressive in Ramadan. Al-Aqsa is used to the yearly aggressions in Ramadan. No one thought it would get to this. But the days switch. Tulk al-ayamah mudawiruha bayn al-nas. There is a day of hardship and a day of victory. And inshaAllah ta'ala through the duas of the ummah and the efforts of the ummah Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will show us a change. But it needs you dear brothers and sisters to make dua as if the world depends on your dua. And that is the last thing I am going to say. Make your dua so sincerely as if the whole world depends on your dua. Don't belittle your dua. Don't think who am I to make dua and what is my dua going to change things. Make dua as if it all depends on you. As if your dua because you are calling upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala who controls all circumstances. As if your dua can change
the world because it can. So this moment and these nights dear brothers and sisters, bring them in. Bring them in. Don't isolate them. Don't leave them to your last sajda when you are barely awake. Bring them in. Bring them into your personal duas. And subhanAllah you will find that perhaps when you make dua for them, your personal duas will also find more elevation through that. And you will find that the things that you are so stressed out about and asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for on a personal level are really not that important to you right now. And I hate to put it that way but it is important as well. Why is it that we cry and we push ourselves and we move ourselves so much when we are making dua for something for ourselves. But for our ummah we can only spare a few words. Exert yourself. And inshaAllah ta'ala this will be a year of victory bi-idhnillahi ta'ala. And this will be a night of victory bi-idhnillahi ta'ala. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to give our brothers and sisters victory. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to feed the hungry. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to heal the wounded. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to protect the children and the innocents all over the world. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant our brothers and sisters victory over their arrogant oppressors and to allow us to be alongside them. We ask Allah subhanhau wa ta'ala to guide us to the ways in which we can support them. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala who revealed the book and inspired this ummah with the Qur'an to fill us with the Qur'an and to allow the Qur'an to bring tranquility into our hearts and steadfastness in our feet. And we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to pour upon our brothers and sisters and upon us the patience that is needed so that we can continue to strive until we see that victory that he has promised.
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