# Juz 30: This Ummah is Destined for Victory | Mufti Abdul-Rahman Waheed

**Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman
**Series:** Qur’an 30 for 30 | Season 6
**Published:** 2025-03-29
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/Pfz0ER-oMzI
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-30-this-ummah-is-destined-for-victory-mufti-abdul-rahman-waheed-quran-30-for-30-season-6
**Topics:** Faith, Quran

## Description
The end of Ramadan is a time to redouble your efforts. Pray more, fast more—give more. How does the Qur’an define true victory? Is it in what we gain in this world —or in what awaits us in Jannah? Meeting Allah, embracing the Prophet ﷺ, and rejoicing with our loved ones are the ultimate rewards....

## Transcript
**[0:00]** The Community The community will all be brought together in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so long as we keep that our individual track of success. Sometimes it's going to be found at the bottom of that burning ditch.

**[0:15]** The word success, when we say it to someone, there's many different pictures in their mind, what they may view success as. But as a Muslim and a mu'min, the success is founded or should start and is motivated by the belief in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the manifestation of that belief. Allah's love for you has been established. When you know the pain is coming from someone you love, it's different.

**[0:36]** The Community As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh everyone. Welcome back to Qur'an 30 for 30 for the very last time. This month, the 30th juz, alhamdulillah, we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to accept your Ramadan, to accept all of your good deeds,

**[0:56]** to accept all of your recitation of the Qur'an and to give you a blessed Eid. Alhamdulillah, because we are now finished 30 days, we've decided to bring Mufti Saab to take you for 40 days. That was nice. I'm not sure if...

**[1:11]** That was nice. Are you guys going to eat tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? Mufti Abdul-Rahman Waheed, alhamdulillah, one of our favorites, a brother that we dearly love for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So happy to have you here.

**[1:27]** JazakAllah khair, I'm happy to be here and inshallah one of these days you will go 40 days with me. You know what man, I'll spend 40 days with you. I'm pretty sure if you take cumulatively the amount of time we spent together in journey, we spent more than 40 days together. That's true, that's true. We've been on many trips together, alhamdulillah, sometimes I find you just popping up in a hotel room.

**[1:47]** How did you get here? You're like got the counter on, this is three days, three days, three days. But we've done some great trips together, alhamdulillah. We've done hajj together multiple times, that's as good as it comes, alhamdulillah. We went to Christ Church together, that was an incredible experience, alhamdulillah.

**[2:02]** So we've traveled a lot together. We love you and I appreciate you guys doing the work you're doing and alhamdulillah this is the final day. I'm happy and grateful that we've been part of this Quran 30 for 30 for many years. So may Allah continue this inshallah. JazakAllah khair.

**[2:17]** So since it's just Amma, we're going to have a lot to discuss, a lot to jump in. SubhanAllah, with everything that's been happening in the world, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make it easy for our brothers and sisters all over and grant them victory and success. Allahumma ameen. The one lesson that I want to really focus on is success is sometimes found at the bottom of a burning ditch.

**[2:38]** Success is sometimes found at the bottom of a burning ditch. Obviously this comes from Surah Al-Buruj where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala talks about Ashab al-Ukhdud, the people of the ditch. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions to us, Inna allatheena aamanu wa aamilu salihati lahum jannatun tajri min tahtiha al-anhar, thalika alfawzu al-kabeer.

**[2:56]** That verily those who have believed and who have put forth their good deeds, that they will have a paradise beneath which rivers flow and that is the mighty success. Now subhanAllah if you connect this to the rest of the Juz, it's really interesting because in the beginning of the Juz,

**[3:13]** Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, Inna lilmuttaqina mafaza. Surah An-Naba' sort of sets the tone for the Juz. That there is great news here, great in terms of the severity of the news. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions that Inna lilmuttaqina mafaza.

**[3:31]** For those that are God conscious, there is success. And Allah azawajal describes exactly what that true success is, which is al-jannah. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala describes exactly what true failure is, which is al-nar. And you kind of look at Surah An-Nazi'at and you look at these first few surahs of Juz Amma and it's all along those lines.

**[3:49]** Successes in paradise, failures in hellfire. And Inna allatheena ajramu kanu min allatheena amanu yadhaqun. Sort of the duality of the disbelievers mocking the believers, the oppressors mocking the oppressed, the wicked mocking the righteous.

**[4:08]** And then it all coming back to haunt them on the day of judgment but then demonstrate where true success is, right? Which is in paradise. So the beginning of the Juz is Inna lilmuttaqina mafaza, right? It's talking about what true success is. The end of the Juz, Itha ja'a nasrullahi walfath.

**[4:25]** Wa ra'ayta al-nas ya'dkhuluna fi dinillahi afwajah. Fasabbih bihamdi rabbika wastaghfiruhu innahu kana tawwaba. So it's talking about success in the worldly sense in this life or the Ummah of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. You see people entering into Islam in throngs.

**[4:40]** You see the great success, the victory that Allah Azawajal gave the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in Mecca. I mean, subhanAllah, it's like there is that but then there are those that died in the burning ditch. The martyrdom of Sumayya radiyaAllahu ta'ala anha in Mecca resembles the martyrdom of the people of Ashab ul-Ukhdud.

**[5:03]** But the victory of Mecca was also Sumayya's victory. She's a part of that victory. She has the ajar of setting that in motion, being a part of the believing community that set that into motion. And if you were to talk to a Sumayya radiyaAllahu ta'ala anha, you know subhanAllah, when I think about the akhbar, the news reaching the righteous.

**[5:22]** And this has been a big emphasis in this Ramadan. What was it like when Sumayya radiyaAllahu ta'ala anha received the news of Fath Mecca? Because the martyrs are passing, the believing souls are passing and they're telling everyone what happened. So can you imagine the happiness of Sumayya radiyaAllahu ta'ala anha at Fath Mecca or Khadija radiyaAllahu ta'ala anha at Fath Mecca after they've passed from this world?

**[5:45]** So there is al-fawz, there is victory which we believe, wal-aqibatu lil-muttaqeen. Victory is assured for the believers. There is victory in this life, victory that's guaranteed to the ummah. But then there is ultimate success and victory which is in shahada.

**[6:03]** It all comes together because the community will all be brought together in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So long as we keep that our individual track of success, sometimes it's going to be found at the bottom of that burning ditch. But this ummah is not destined to a burning ditch.

**[6:19]** This ummah is destined for greatness. This ummah is destined for victory in every sense of the word. But for an individual, if that's where my success is to be found, inna lil-muttaqeenan lafaza. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us all success in the true sense of the word.

**[6:34]** So if you have any reflections Sheikh Mufti Saab before we... I mean it's beautiful Sheikh. I mean like I like the way you separated the individual and communal because they're both found in this juz. And the individual strength towards that ultimate success.

**[6:49]** For us ummah, for the ummah of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam, I mean our ultimate success will be seeing the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam. That's at the end of the day we weren't chosen to be with him. Ali salallahu alayhi wa sallam in Madina Munawwara. We weren't the cloud that shaded him. We weren't the tree that gave him cover.

**[7:05]** We were born right now. And for us the ultimate success is that we can finally be with him. That's why Allama Iqbal based on what you just said, he says you know towards the end of his life, he never got to go to Madina. He never went to Madina in his entire life.

**[7:21]** And he wrote so much poetry about the love of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam. So when he was going, he went to Madina, came back at the end of his life, he just wrote one line. گئی دن کے تنحاتا من انجمن میں، یہا اب میرے غازدان اور بھی ہیں. He says the days of me being lonely in this world are done.

**[7:40]** Now when I go to the... when my soul traverses from this dunya to akhira, these are my people. These are my people who I can speak to, I can have a conversation with. Even though you're in this world of people, but a person that's striving for the ultimate success will always find that loneliness.

**[8:00]** And then when you go there, یہا اب میرے غازدان اور بھی ہیں. This is my crowd, this is my crew. When my brother passed away, I always felt that about him. I said, he studied Sahih al-Bukhari for all these years and now his soul is going to meet Imam Bukhari.

**[8:16]** You see, like, yes, he was happy to be with us, but definitely he's happy to be with him. Study Bukhari with Bukhari. Study Bukhari with Bukhari. So, may Allah bless you for that reflection, Sheikh. The success is what we all seek in this life. But what's important as subhanAllah, as Muslims with the paradigm of looking at Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and Him being the one that you always want to please,

**[8:36]** which is the epitome of goals that one can have, it's important to always tie the success to that goal. So, if my goal is to please Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, my success should be found in that which strives to worship Allah and strives to please Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

**[8:53]** Because the word success, when we say it to someone, there's many different pictures in their mind, what they may view success as. But as a Muslim and a mu'min, the success is founded or should start and is motivated by the belief in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the manifestation of that belief.

**[9:08]** Trust, honor, love, respect. All of that is from the love of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And that's what I want to talk about inshallah, is the success and really what that really means. And the one that is successful is the one that seeks to purify themselves. And what's beautiful about the sharia, the deen of Islam, it is a framework that Allah gives you for success and purification.

**[9:29]** So, when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّى وَذَكَّرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّةً So, knowing that the purification is in pondering over the religion. The purification of pondering over the religion. So, when we ponder over the religion, that is a way that we can obtain success because we are pondering over the actions that we do in Islam.

**[9:51]** So, for an example, when we pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and we ponder over the fact that praying is that which saves me. And the fact that I have to detach five times a day. As the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, if there was a river in front of your house and you were to wash in it five times a day, would there be any dirt on you?

**[10:09]** And he said, no. He said, this is like the salawat. It relinquishes the sins from each prayer to prayer. When one ponders over that, that's a means of purification because they will get up and inshallah pray. And in that prayer, that's a means of purification because they're mentioning five names of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala before they even ask him for something in the chapter of al-Fatihah.

**[10:28]** So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, And tazakka means the one, the one he has purified himself, that he who purified himself shall prosper. That success of the one that does tazkiyatun nafs, the one that seeks to purify themselves.

**[10:47]** How is that purification? Remembering his Lord and praying. What could be understood here is the mentioning of his Lord is what sequential. After that mentioning, he thought about it and he started or he or she started to pray.

**[11:04]** Because they mentioned Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, because they thought of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, they started to pray. You know, on this beautiful day of Eid, that's going to be coming up. You're mentioning the name of Allah plentifully. Mentioning the name of Allah does something to the heart and the soul.

**[11:19]** If it's not only lip service, if it's mentioning the name of Allah with your lips and your tongue, this is good. But when you think and ponder over why is it al-Akbar on this grand day? Why is it al-Akbar on the conclusion of sacrifice?

**[11:34]** Why is it al-Akbar on the day of celebration to where it is impermissible for me to fast on this day? Why is it al-Akbar? You ponder over that and you internalize it to act upon that by celebrating. You know, you mentioned the name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala plentifully and that does something to the heart.

**[11:52]** That's why subhanAllah in the society sometimes, even in the monotony of practicing Islam, right? We get so used to it and we're not present within the actions that we do. Even when we make wudu, we notice in Islam there is so many opportunities for us to come closer to Him.

**[12:11]** Just by saying subhanAllah, alhamdulillah, la ilaha illallah, wa alhamdulillah, wa alhamdulillah. SubhanAllah in and of itself. As some mention, huwa al-baqiyat al-salihat. It is the baqiyat al-salihat, that which is everlasting of the good things, the righteous acts, is saying subhanAllah.

**[12:28]** That Allah is far from any of His creation. When everyone looks at the creation of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, they recognize that nothing of His creation is like Him. And that brings a sense of love because as Sheikh mentioned before, when we look at a companion, for example,

**[12:43]** we see this companion, I'm most like this companion. When we look at the name of Allah al-Akbar or al-Ghafoor, we immediately think of the forgiveness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. What sin have I committed? As soon as you hear that name, think of a sin that you have committed. And that brings you to al-Ghafoor, ya al-Ghafoori ghafer li.

**[13:00]** When you say Allah al-Akbar and you think of the greatness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, you think of the magnificence of this beautiful religion. And that magnificence of this religion causes one to remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and remember the blessing of Islam. And on this beautiful, beautiful day that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has blessed us to celebrate is a way of purification.

**[13:21]** And that purification can permeate and have a rippling effect on everyone around us as we hope on this beautiful, beautiful, beautiful day of Eid. This rippling effect of praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, recognizing His greatness, and allowing that praise to be something that purifies us for better, more fruitful actions inshallah to Allah.

**[13:38]** I think with Mufti Sahib, and I want to actually acknowledge, you know subhanAllah a lot of times when you don't have your relatives to celebrate with you, when you don't have them around, as much as you're pleased with where they've gone, you still wish they were with you. And that's always sort of this grapple, right?

**[13:53]** So, I'd say just as I was thinking about it, what's the point of success if you can't celebrate it with those that you love? You know, and that's where we get to celebrate with Allah, being the one who congratulates us, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam waiting for us, may Allah grant us that ability to drink from his help,

**[14:09]** and then the believing souls. May Allah azza wa jalla gather us in success with the righteous. Allahumma ameen. Wallahi, whenever someone reads Qadhaf, Lahman, Tazakka, and you start thinking about it, it's just like, you start thinking that, you know, so much has changed in the world, but you haven't changed.

**[14:25]** You know, we always say that COVID has changed everything, but did you change? You see? And it's like, so much has changed. Because change is, and again, I look at it a little differently, because I don't know why, I look at these things differently. Change is difficult, man.

**[14:40]** So, you know, you're working out, you know, it's difficult. If someone gains 10, 15 pounds, to go back 15 pounds, to change even your body is not easy, right? Change, like you walk in your house and your brother's not there, it's difficult. It's a change. Like you walk into the room, your brother's not there. It's very difficult to go through change.

**[14:58]** But, I don't know, I found these two things to be very effective when it comes to change, because I look at it like, naturally, we do do things that are, where we do change. So, if we can just tap into that, we could actually change. And at the end of the entire Quran, and end of Ramadan, there are many people watching, Sheikh Omar, like,

**[15:17]** I mean, they're probably watching for so many years, like, man, I've been watching for so many years, I'm still the same. Like, I haven't changed. And there are people that become hopeless. I went over so many times, I haven't started praying Tahajjud. I haven't stopped sinning. So, like, my advice to them and myself, what helped me, there's three things that helped me, but I'm going to mention only two things,

**[15:36]** is that, you know, we do, we got to tap into our natural self. I feel that, first, we do change when we fear authority. Naturally. You're driving down the highway, and you see a cop on the road, I definitely slow down.

**[15:53]** Am I right, Sheikh? Like, right away, you just like, you just slow down. I don't care how fast you're like, my mom, even if the cop pulled, like, you know, where we were from, like Detroit, like, when the cop pulls someone over, you go faster, because he's not coming after you. Because he has, Detroit, he has bigger and better things to worry about than a guy speeding down the road.

**[16:10]** We'll just, we'll run a red. You know, they see, no, there's a police there, like, calm down, like, no, khalas, he's dealing with somebody else, forget about it. But the moment you see authority, you kind of change the way you are. Because you kind of know what they can do to you. And what they can take from you.

**[16:25]** That's why in Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, he quotes, you know, خَفِرْ لَّهِ عَلَىٰ قَدْرِ قُدْرَتِهِ عَلَيْكَ You know, fear Allah based on your ability. خَفِرْ لَّهِ عَلَىٰ قَدْرِ قُدْرَتِهِ عَلَيْكَ You know, fear Allah based on His authority over you.

**[16:42]** So, if you're already doing this, you have, you already changed the way you drive, when you go by a police station, or you see a cop next to you. All you have to do is actualize Allah's authority over you. And the moment you do that, you can actually start changing.

**[16:57]** Like, it's not that difficult, you just have to start actualizing. Allah can take this from me. إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيُحْرَمُ الرِّزْقِ ذَمْ يُصِيبُهُ Like, Allah can take a risk based on your sins. So, it's not, then if you tap into that inner potential that you already have to change in front of authority, and you start actualizing the entire Quran and Ramadan that Allah is watching me,

**[17:15]** Allah can take from me, Allah can give me. You know, then you can, it's, you're already changing. So, inshallah, you can change in front of Allah, and that helped me. Because my father, when we were young, man, he used to work really hard on like, you gotta do this, you gotta do this, and it was so hard to change. So hard, you know.

**[17:30]** But then you start actualizing this, and some things became easier. The second thing, which is even more profound to me, is that we already change when we're around people. Don't we, Sheikh Abdullah? Like, don't we dress differently when we're around people? Don't we talk differently when we're around people?

**[17:45]** Don't we talk differently when we're around our kids? We do that already. Because they're right next to you. Oh, our children just walked into the room. خلاص, you know, kind of like change what you're talking about. Sheikh Umar starts changing the way he talks when I'm here. Like, he just, he acts like he, you know, he loves me and stuff.

**[18:00]** He changes, like, you know. He hasn't worn the turban yet. I act like I love you. حرام عليك يا شيخ. حرام عليك. He starts throwing this, you know, whenever I come to Yaqeen, they're like, we're, you know, diversity, this and that, from different masharab.

**[18:15]** I'm like, I know you're talking about me. There's no one else here from a different masharab. You walk in, yes, but I never thought about that. Exactly. You're from the masharab of being hilarious, and none of us are funny enough. So, like, you walk in, so, you just, you change the way you are.

**[18:31]** The second statement of that, the second quality is, استحي من الله على قدر قربه منك. Allah Akbar. حبيبي لك. I'm saying habibi to the brothers over here, okay? Lots of the sisters watching, yes, good. So, translate what you said to your, Bob.

**[18:47]** Nice, nice. That was a good one. So, you know, that, be shy and embarrassed of Allah based on how He says nearness to you. People take the nearness part in a fearful factor. No, that's what Ibn Abbas says,

**[19:04]** إِنَّ عَدَمَ إِسْتِحْيَئِكَ مِمَّنْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وِمَنْ عَنْ شِمَالِكَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الذَّنْبِي. He says that when you commit a sin, the sin is bad, but what's more, like, what's, to me, what hurts more, Ibn Abbas is saying, is the fact that you weren't embarrassed that these innocent angels were with you witnessing you committing this sin.

**[19:22]** Like, you will be embarrassed making your children witness something that they shouldn't witness, you know, watch something they shouldn't watch. خلاص, like, you know, these two things, if we can take with us when it comes, when you read that verse قَدْ أَفْلُحَمَّنَ التَّذَكَّى, there are a lot of people that heard this verse many times. They've heard about تَسْكِيَةَ النَّفْسِ, purifying the soul.

**[19:39]** Just try to, we're already changing in front of people, and just take this, inshallah, hopefully, it'll help me a lot, you know, and it continues, it is, change is always difficult, and so Allah appreciates that and acknowledges that. You know, He acknowledges that, but then He also gives us a way to change,

**[19:56]** and by the end of Ramadan, we can start changing a little bit in these ways. So, inshallah, it'll help us, and based on that, I think, just segueing into something that I was thinking about, is also the third way, which is a verse in Surah Ad-Duha. ما ودعك ربك وما قلى

**[20:13]** I believe, you know, a lot of translations that are translating the word ما ودعك are not actually, you know, portraying the word in its truest form. Because ودعا, you will see in translations, means your Lord has not forsaken you, right?

**[20:29]** But توديع is, there's some elements of توديع, like that are mentioned in the Lugha of Quran. توديع للمتحبين So you do ودعا to someone you love, okay? So ودعا, you won't say ودعته, like Sheikh Umar won't say ودعته to me.

**[20:48]** He will say حجرته, عبدنا طرقته, نبثته, طرحته, طرحته, I threw him somewhere. We need a counseling session on this. This is bad, man. He's more traumatized than the cheesesteak I spoke about in the Sheikh's office.

**[21:08]** He's got too much beef. So ودعا is my mother seeing me off at the airport. Because even in the word, there's so much love. So Allah, in other words, is saying even out of love for you, O' Habibullah, Allah has not bid you farewell.

**[21:28]** So in that word, that's not just for the Prophet. Like that verse, that ما ودعك ربك I just want you all, as you're finishing Ramadan, it doesn't matter how much you slip or fall, remember Allah's love for you has been established.

**[21:44]** So that's the lesson. Allah's love for you has been established. And it doesn't decrease. Allah's love for you has been established. When you know the pain is coming from someone you love, it's different. You know, first you have to understand that.

**[21:59]** I mean, I'm going to just say this for one. You know, the biggest, this audience that are watching, I want you to comment on this, okay? The biggest crime is they pull me over here and they say, you can only speak for five minutes. Well, next year I'm going to speak for an hour. And if we have enough comments in the comment section that we want to make it longer,

**[22:15]** Sheikh Umar has no choice. Yeah, exactly. That's what I thought. You want him to speak for an hour, Sheikh? Not today, not today, but I'm just saying. ما ودعك You do that every night after Isha. You tell people you're going to speak for five minutes and you do it.

**[22:30]** So, Sheikh, listen. We went, you know, we have like sort of religious trauma. We went to schools when we were young. Our teachers would hit us and me and my brother kind of ran away from that type of environment. Because, you know, Detroit, we don't want anyone to touch us. So, we just kind of left.

**[22:45]** Then my dad sends us to a different school. And he says, they don't hit over there. And many of you watching know what I'm talking about. How can you hit some of those members in the Quran? That doesn't make any sense, right? We go to a different school. And over there, my dad said, they don't hit there. That was a lie.

**[23:00]** And you know what's interesting, Sheikh Omar? I'm not saying this is justified. I'm not justifying this. I'm just saying as a child, the concept that was developed. In that school, the only person who could punish you is your own teacher. Nobody else could do anything to you. He could make you stand.

**[23:16]** He could make you write lines. No one else can do. And the reason why it was okay for us is because we knew how much he loves us. He's bringing food for us every day. He's taking welfare. He's bringing people coming one hour away to teach us. All he cares about is that we memorize the Quran.

**[23:33]** Wallahi, we can see it in him. My teacher, Qari Mahmood Rahmatullah Ali, passed away with brain tumor. Sheikh, this man, when I first walked in, he gave me. I know poems because of him. He said, I want you to memorize Quran in this many months. You're going to memorize these poems to help your memory.

**[23:48]** He used to give me Persian poetry, Farsi poetry, Arabic poetry. Memorize this. How much love did this man have for me? So if he made me stand, I didn't mind. It's coming from a place of love. But if some random supervisor walked in, stand up, like, who are you? So things change.

**[24:03]** Pain changes when you know it comes from a place of love. Like Allah loves you. That's why he took your brother from you. So, you know, we went, ma wada'aka. It's from, you know, I'll just mention this. Yahya bin Aksum Rahmatullah Ali in Al-An'am Al-Dahabi mentions about him. And this is the impression that we should have of Allah.

**[24:19]** That Allah loves me. My teacher's teacher used to say that, you know, Allah is looking for excuses to give you Jannah. So in other words, you have to try really, really, really hard to fail.

**[24:34]** نَمَتْ فِيهَا دِخُلُونَا جَنَّةَ إِلَىٰ مَنْ أَبَاهِ Prophet says, everyone enters Jannah except for those who refuse. SubhanAllah, right? ما يَفْعَلُ اللهُ بِعَذَابِكُ مِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ أَمَانْتُمْ أَمْرُوا خَطَبْ عَنْهُ What does Allah get out of, you know, punishing you or putting you to difficulty if you're just faithful and grateful.

**[24:51]** Allah is looking for excuses to forgive, to give us entrance to Jannah. And you look throughout hadith and Quran, that's all you find. The entire Quran is Allah just giving you different excuses, different reasons, different shortcuts to get to Jannah. Not the other way around. That's only from a person who can love you that much that they give you this many opportunities.

**[25:09]** Like من قام رمضان Okay, من صام رمضان إيمان من قام لأيت القدر خلاص, you never stood up the entire Ramadan. Just one night you stood, you get the same reward. Isn't that interesting, Sheikh? It's like the other exams are like the one who tries really, really, really hard, he passes.

**[25:25]** But the exam with Allah, like you have to try really hard to fail. Like you have to put in the work. Like he's actually making it easy. يَحْيَا بِنْ أَكْثَمْ أَحْلَىٰ لِنَا كَنْ قُوَىٰ This is the impression I have with Allah. That Allah loves me, Sheikh Umar. Allah loves me. That series you did, Allah loves?

**[25:41]** Yeah, but you know Allah loves this deed, that deed. What does Allah love the most in the world? Me. He loves me. That's why He sent the Prophet to me. That's why He gave us the Quran. He loves me. There's no other way around it. He loves me more than anything. And when you know that, it's so powerful.

**[25:57]** You know? And so this is the impression I have of my Rabb. Based on, you know, the Quran that we recited the entire Ramadan. يَحْيَا بِنْ أَكْثَمْ It comes in Allamah that he mentions. Like someone, he's a great scholar, Qadi. Someone saw him in a dream after he passed away.

**[26:12]** He said, how did you face with Allah SWT? He says, قَدَّمَ مَنِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْ He put me in front of him. And he said, يَا شَيْخَ سُو O evil old man.

**[26:27]** In Arabic, it says, يَا شَيْخَ سُو But in other words, like when, O evil old man. Now this man is a muhaddith. He's heard so much about Allah. He said, مَا بِهَذَا حُدِّثْتُ عَنْكَ يَرَبُّ O Allah, I did not have this impression of You. That You would talk to me like this.

**[26:43]** بِمَا ذَا حُدِّثْنَ عَنِّي يَا يَحْيَا What impression did you have of me? It's like Shaykh Umar, people have a different impression of him. You know, before, and then immediately, Oh, you know, he's normal. Okay. What impression did you have of me? He said, and since he was a muhaddith,

**[26:59]** He said, حَدَّثَنِي زُهْرِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَعْمَر قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةً عَنْ عَيْشَةٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَىٰ سَلَامٍ عَنْ جِبْرِيلٍ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ

**[27:14]** قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي لَأَسْتَحِي أَنُو عَذِّبَ ذَا شَيْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ He said, my teacher Zuhri told me, رحمة الله عليه That his teacher Imam Ma'mar, رحمة الله عليه Told him. That his teacher Urwa رضي الله عنها رضا عنه Told him. That his aunt Aisha رضي الله عنها

**[27:30]** Told him. That the Prophet told her. That Jibril عليه الصلاة والسلام Told the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم That you said, Oh Allah, That I'm embarrassed to punish somebody Who has gone old worshipping me. Someone who has grew white hair.

**[27:45]** Someone who has worked hard, tried his best. And so Allah responds to him and says, صدق زهري Zuhri spoke the truth. صدق معمر Ma'mar spoke the truth. صدق عروة Urwa spoke the truth. صدق عائشة Aisha spoke the truth.

**[28:00]** صدق رسول صلى الله عليه وسلم The Prophet spoke the truth. All the way till the end and he says, قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكَ I have forgiven you based on this. So I might, at the end of the Ramadan, ما وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ Remind yourself always over and over again of Allah's love for you. That He loves you so much.

**[28:16]** It comes in Ibn Kathir. You can keep coughing Habibi. I love you man. I feel bad. I'm coughing and interrupting you. You're not interrupting me. This is the least of your interruptions. The least. It's all good. Last thing I was mentioning.

**[28:31]** يَا دَوُود لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْمُدْبِرُونَ عَنِّي اِنْتِظَارِ لَهُمْ وَشَوْقِي إِلَى تَرْكِ مَعَاصِيهِمْ لَمَاتُوا شَوْقًا إِلَيَّا يَا دَوُود هَذَا حُبِّي لِلْمُدْبِرِينَ عَنِّي فَكَيْفَ حُبِّي لِلْمُقْبِلِينَ عَلَيَّ يَا دَوُود مَنْ طَلَبَنِي وَجَدَنِي وَمَنْ طَلَبَ غَيْرِي لَمْ يَجِدْنِي

**[28:46]** يَا دَوُود أَنَا جَلِيسُ مَنْ جَالَسَنِي وَأَنِيسُ مَنْ أَنَسَ بِي وَصَاحِبُ مَنْ صَاحَبَنِي وَمُخْتَارُ مَنْ اخْتَارَنِي وَمُطِيعُ مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي يَا دَوُود مَنْ أَحَبَّنِي أَحْبَبْتُهُ وَمَنْ عَشِقَنِي عَشِقْتُهُ وَمَنْ طَلَبَنِي وَجَدَنِي يَا دَوُود قُلْ لِلظَّالِمِينَ لَا يَذْكُرُونِي فَإِنِّي أَذْكُرُهُمْ ذِكْرِي لَهُمْ أَنْ أَلْعَنَهُمْ يَا دَوُود

**[29:01]** قُلْ لِلْمُقْبِلِينَ عَلَيَّ مَرْحَبًا بِعِبَادِي الصَّالِحِينَ يَا دَوُود مَنْ أَحَبَّنِي أَحْبَبْتُهُ وَمَنْ عَشِقَنِي عَشِقْتُهُ وَمَنْ هَوَانِي هَوِيتُهُ وَمَنْ طَلَبَنِي وَجَدَنِي يَا دَوُود أَنَا حَبِيبُ مَنْ أَحَبَّنِي وَجَلِيسُ مَنْ جَالَسَنِي وَمُؤْنِسُ مَنْ أَنَسَ بِي وَصَاحِبُ مَنْ صَاحَبَنِي وَمُخْتَارُ مَنْ اخْتَارَنِي وَمُطِيعُ مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي يَا دَوُود

**[29:16]** مَنْ أَرَادَنِي وَجَدَنِي وَمَنْ طَلَبَ غَيْرِي لَمْ يَجِدْنِي يَا دَوُود أَنَا حَبِيبُ الْمُشْتَاقِينَ وَجَلِيسُ الْمُتَفَرِّدِينَ وَمُؤْنِسُ الْمُسْتَوْحِشِينَ يَا دَوُود وَذِكْرُكَ فِي مَفَمِي وَمَثْوَاكَ فِي قَلْبِي فَأَيْنَ تَغِيبُ I said your image is in front of my eyes. Your mention is on my tongue.

**[29:32]** Your place is in my heart. Where can you go? You're always here. Wallahi, Sheikh Umar, this man, he's a man, he's an adult, he started crying. He didn't know and feel, didn't know that we felt that about him. Brothers and sisters, when we read the Quran,

**[29:47]** we read مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَى Allah's love for us is established. And so that should bring us back to that. That's the third thing. To bring him back to the change. Keep coming back to him through that, InshaAllah. Wa alaikum salam. Sheikh Umar, we appreciate you. We love you. Even if you don't believe it,

**[30:02]** we'll have our counsels. Jazakum Allah Khayran. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless you. May Allah Azza wa Jalla make us from the people of Quran and make us from the people that are beloved to Him. SubhanAllah ta'ala. Jazakum Allah Khayran to all of our dear viewers who have been tuning in. Alhamdulillah. May Allah Azza wa Jalla grant you a blessed Eid and accept it on Ramadan

**[30:17]** and grant you His love. And may Allah gather us with our beloved one, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, in the Firdaus al A'la. And in the meantime, we hope that you enjoy your Eid with your loved ones here. BarakAllahu feekum. Sheikh Abdullah, as always. Jazakum Allah Khayran. We'll see you, InshaAllah ta'ala. And we'll be coming to you soon

**[30:32]** with some updates, InshaAllah. Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

## Other Episodes in "Qur’an 30 for 30 | Season 6"
- [Bonus Episode: 10 Favorite Life Lessons | Qur’an 30 for 30 Season 6](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/bonus-episode-10-favorite-life-lessons-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 29: It’s Not Too Late to Do Good | Sh. Mohamed AbuTaleb](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-29-its-not-too-late-to-do-good-sh-mohamed-abutaleb-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 28: Divorce in Islam Requires Taqwa | Dr. Ovamir Anjum](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-28-divorce-in-islam-requires-taqwa-dr-ovamir-anjum-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 27: The Qur'an Heals You | Sh. Yaser Birjas](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-27-the-quran-heals-you-sh-yaser-birjas-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 26: “When Will Allah Help Me?” | Ust. Fatima Lette](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-26-when-will-allah-help-me-ust-fatima-lette-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 25: Sadaqah is Like Flowing Water | Sh. Fahad Tasleem](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-25-sadaqah-is-like-flowing-water-sh-fahad-tasleem-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 24: Isn’t Allah Enough for You? | Sh. Mohammed Faqih](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-24-isnt-allah-enough-for-you-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 23: Mocked for Being Muslim | Sh. Suleiman Hani](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-23-mocked-for-being-muslim-sh-suleiman-hani-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 22: When Allah Honors You | Sh. Omar Hedroug](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-22-when-allah-honors-you-sh-omar-hedroug-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 21: Who is Promised Victory by Allah? | Sh. Navaid Aziz](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-21-who-is-promised-victory-by-allah-sh-navaid-aziz-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 20: Toxic Parents in Islam? | Sh. Ammar Shahin](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-20-toxic-parents-in-islam-sh-ammar-shahin-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 19: Make the Prophet ﷺ Your Best Friend | Sh. Ammar Alshukry](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-19-make-the-prophet-your-best-friend-quran-30-for-30.md)
- [Juz 18: Seasons of Allah’s Mercy | Sh. Joe Bradford](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-18-seasons-of-allahs-mercy-sh-joe-bradford.md)
- [Juz 17: Good is Not Good Enough | Sh. Waleed Basyouni](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-17-good-is-not-good-enough-sh-waleed-basyouni.md)
- [Juz 16: Miracles and Predestination | Ust. Sarah Sultan](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-16-miracles-and-predestination-ust-sarah-sultan.md)
- [Juz 15: Beware of Shaytan’s Strategy | Sh. Ali Hammuda](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-15-beware-of-shaytans-strategy-ali-hammuda-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 14: How Shaytan Influences You | Imam Tom Facchine](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-14-how-shaytan-influences-you-imam-tom-facchine.md)
- [Juz 13: Why Did Yusuf (as) Suffer? | Dr. Jinan Yousef](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-13-why-did-yusuf-as-suffer-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 12: A Sinful Life is Not A Happy Life | Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-12-a-sinful-life-is-not-a-happy-life-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 11: Who You Follow Shapes Your Hereafter | Dr. Tesneem Alkeik](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-11-who-you-follow-shapes-your-hereafter-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 10: How to Be Steadfast in Islam | Sh. Hassan Elwan](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-10-how-to-be-steadfast-in-islam-hassan-elwan.md)
- [Juz 9: The Betrayal of A Blissful Life | Dr. Tahir Wyatt](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-9-the-betrayal-of-a-blissful-life-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
- [Juz 8: The Universality of the Qur’an | Sh. Yousef Wahb](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-8-the-universality-of-the-quran-quran-30-for-30-s6-sh-yousef-wahb.md)
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- [Juz 5: Addicted to Good Deeds | Dr. Osman Umarji](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/quran-30-for-30-season-6/juz-5-addicted-to-good-deeds-quran-30-for-30-season-6.md)
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