Juz 22: What Happened To My Blessings? | Imam Abdullah Smith

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Juz 2: Martyrdom in Islam & Living a Principled Life | Imam Tom Facchine

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Juz 3: Allah's Mercy & Objective Truth | Dr. Tesneem Alkiek

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Juz 4: True Success & the Rope of Allah | Dr. Tamara Gray

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Juz 5: Gratitude, Faith, & Righteousness | Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

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Juz 6: Humility and Jesus in Islam | Sh. Majed Mahmoud

Juz 6: Humility and Jesus in Islam | Sh. Majed Mahmoud

Juz 7: Strength Through Submission | Mufti Hussain Kamani

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Juz 8: Contentment, Clarity, and Divine Guidance | Ustadha Zaynab Ansari

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Juz 9: Allah Promises Victory | Dr. Osman Umarji

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Juz 10: Finding Contentment and Happiness in God | Dr. Hassan Elwan

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Juz 11: What Motivates You? | Sh. Suleiman Hani

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Juz 12: The Mind-Blowing Parallels Between Yusuf & Musa | Dr. Shadee Elmasry

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Juz 13: Yusuf's (AS) Gratitude, Forgiveness, and Excellence | Sh. Ahmed Billoo

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Juz 14: Beauty is Proof that God Exists | Sh. Ammar AlShukry

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Juz 17: Find Comfort in Allah’s Mercy, Justice & Power | Sh. AbdulNasir Jangda

Juz 17: Find Comfort in Allah’s Mercy, Justice & Power | Sh. AbdulNasir Jangda

Juz 18: How to Face Trials | Ust. Lobna Mulla

Juz 18: How to Face Trials | Ust. Lobna Mulla

Juz 19: Humble Yourself Before Allah | Ust. Youssra Kandil

Juz 19: Humble Yourself Before Allah | Ust. Youssra Kandil

Juz 20: Why We Face Trials | Ust. Fatima Lette

Juz 20: Why We Face Trials | Ust. Fatima Lette

Juz 21: Why Are Humans So Weak? | Sh. Mikaeel Ahmed Smith

Juz 21: Why Are Humans So Weak? | Sh. Mikaeel Ahmed Smith

Juz 22: What Happened To My Blessings? | Imam Abdullah Smith

Juz 22: What Happened To My Blessings? | Imam Abdullah Smith

Juz 23: Gratitude & God's Commands | Sh. Abdirahman Kariye

Juz 23: Gratitude & God's Commands | Sh. Abdirahman Kariye

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Qur'an 30 for 30 | Season 5

Juz 22: What Happened To My Blessings? | Imam Abdullah Smith

How can I be truly content? Why are my blessings being taken away from me? What does Allah's name Al-Ghaniyy mean?

Join Imam Abdullah Smith with hosts Dr. Omar Suleiman and Sh. Abdullah Oduro as they reflect on Juz 22 of the Qur'an, discussing our need for God the Self-Sufficient, accountability, gratefulness, and the effect sins have on our blessings.

✨Test your knowledge of the Qur'an✨

What is the verse in Juz 21 that mentions the 5 things that only Allah knows?
A. Ar-Rūm
B. As-Sajdah
C. Luqmān

Chapters:

0:00 - Highlights
📌 1:19 - Today's trivia
📌 1:40 - Intro

📌 4:30 – Dr. Omar Suleiman reflects on Surah Saba
6:22 - Accountability

📌 8:40 – Sh. Abdullah Oduro reflects on Surah Fatir, verses 15-17
9:28 - People are fuqara'
10:38 - Where to find contentment and happiness
11:48 - Allah is Ghaniyy, Self-Sufficient

📌 14:10 – Imam Abdullah Smith reflects on Surah Saba, verses 15-17
15:03 - The story of the two gardens
17:35 - Why were the people of Saba punished?

📌 18:57 – Reflections
19:07 - Stillness and gratefulness in Ramadan
20:00 - Ramadan in the daytime
20:42 - Being actiely grateful is connecting to Allah
22:40 - Are you ready for the blessings you ask for?

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Explore the daily juz questions and answers in the Qur'an 30 for 30 Season 5 Trivia.

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And I couldn't breathe for a few seconds and I couldn't get air in through my nose, I couldn't get air in through my mouth and it felt like, it was only a few seconds in

reality, but it felt like forever. And that's at that moment that I realized that even the breaths that we take, like we

just, we're constantly taking in air, inhaling oxygen, exhaling, and are we really taking even the breaths that we take as grateful as we should be? May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala help us. Ameen, ameen, ameen.

We can't fast from breathing, right? SubhanAllah. Amazing. Amazing. SubhanAllah. May Allah azza wa jal forgive us. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala be amongst the shakireen, mustakhireen, layli wal nahar,

those who are constantly grateful and seeking His forgiveness day and night. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala accept from us in this Ramadan, may Allah azza wa jal allow us to be amongst those who observe it properly, observe Laylatul Qadr and have it accepted from us. Allahumma ameen. JazakAllah khair.

Wonderful to have you and New Jersey is blessed to have you now as well. InshaAllah you don't neglect us in Texas. Come back down to Texas inshaAllah to us sometimes and inshaAllah for the rest of you, we'll see you all tomorrow. BarakAllahu feekum.

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Every single bite that you have, every time you sit down for a meal, if you're not saying Alhamdulillah, Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, Ta'aimu sh-shakir biman zirati as-sa'atin as-sabir. That the one who eats and is grateful is like the one who fasts and is patient. So the idea is to make you more aware of those blessings.

And I also chose from Surat As-Sabah, more aware of those blessings, because when you're more aware, you're more grateful. And when you're more aware of the blessings, more grateful for the blessings, you're necessarily more connected to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And when you're less aware, less grateful,

then you're necessarily more disconnected from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And as a result of that, you'll naturally be inspired towards sin, not the good deeds that are driven by gratitude. Shaytan's initial challenge, right?

That you'll find that most of them are not from the grateful. Wa qaleena min ibadi ash-shakoor. And very few of my servants are grateful. There's a old man, Rahimuhullah, Abu Mahmood, he used to walk around the masjid,

and he'd look around, and he'd pick an orange. He was an elderly man around the masjid, always munazim, mashaAllah, for the masjid, was always there in the masjid. May Allah bless those elders that hold it in the masjid, always hold the ground in the masjid.

And he used to go and grab an orange from the garden, and he had this word that he would always say. He'd say, Ummatun madnouma wa rabbun ghafoor. Ummatun madnouma wa rabbun ghafoor. So every time, a sinful ummah, but a forgiving Lord. A sinful ummah, but a forgiving Lord.

He would always say that was the most famous statement. So anytime I come across these ayats, I remember Abu Mahmood, Rahimuhullah, Ummatun madnouma wa rabbun ghafoor. That's not like we did anything to deserve this pouring upon us the way that it does. SubhanAllah.

SubhanAllah. Yeah, I remember this old gentleman, Sheikh Saeed, he said to me one time, he said, you know, we always ask Allah for the blessing. We make dua for this particular thing. But when we get it, can we really handle it?

Like, are we really ready for what we're asking for? Right. Some of the unintended consequences. Exactly, man. Exactly. SubhanAllah. You know, you're given it, but are you ready to use it in a way that's befitting to Allah swt? Will you take it for granted? You can easily take it away. Yeah.

You know, one of the things I think about sometimes when we think about blessings, sometimes we normally think about food, clothing, shelter. And we may sometimes even overlook some of the other things that are actually blessings.

And if I may, one time I had an allergic reaction to something that I ate and my windpipe expanded and I couldn't breathe for a few seconds

and I couldn't get air in through my nose. I couldn't get air through my mouth. And it felt like it was only a few seconds in reality, but it felt like forever. And that's at that moment that I realized

that even the breaths that we take, like we just, we're constantly taking in air, inhaling oxygen, exhaling. And are we really taking even the breaths that we take as grateful as we should be?

Yeah. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala help us. Ameen, ameen, ameen. We can't fast from breathing, right? SubhanAllah. Amazing. Amazing, subhanAllah. And Allah azza wa jalla forgive us. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to be amongst the shakireen,

mustakhireen, layli wal nahar, and those who are constantly grateful and seeking His forgiveness day and night. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala accept from us in this Ramadan. May Allah azza wa jalla allow us to be amongst those who observe it properly. Ameen, ameen, ameen.

Observe Laylatul Qadr and have it accepted from us. Allahumma ameen. JazakAllah khair, Sheikh Abdullah. Wonderful to have you. And New Jersey is blessed to have you now as well. Just hope inshaAllah you don't neglect us in Texas. Come back down to Texas inshaAllah to us sometimes.

And inshaAllah for the rest of you, we'll see you all tomorrow. BarakAllahu feekum. Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

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