How to develop Taqwa

Auto-generated transcript:Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen, wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam, tasliman kathiran kathiran. Fama ba'du, my brothers and sisters, we were talking about the ayat of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, which we hear in practically every qutbah, where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Ya ayyuha alladhina amanu taqullaha haqqa tuqatih, wa la tamutunna illa wantu muslimun. Which means Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, O you who believe, have taqwa of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as it is His right, and do not die except in a state of Islam, except as a Muslim. To continue with that, we spoke about the importance of obedience to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and of having taqwa as it is His right. It is the right of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that we should have taqwa. How do we increase this? How do we develop this taqwa in our lives? That is the question and the important thing to think about. Alhamdulillah, we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to give us Ramadan al-Kareem, which is maybe less than two weeks away. We ask Allah to give us Ramadan in a state of good health and Iman, and the ability to make the best of it. Because we don't know which Ramadan will be our last. The purpose of Ramadan itself, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Allah said, The purpose of fasting is to develop taqwa. So in this ayat, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, As it is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's right that we should have taqwa. The way to develop taqwa is to focus on and reflect on two things. One is the glory and majesty of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. This is visible for anyone who has the eyes to see, in their lives, all around them, in the creatures of Allah, creation of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. It is visible in the kalam, the majesty of the Quran al-Kareem. The thing is to see it. And the thing is to glorify Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and make dhikr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when we see all of these things. From the smallest to the biggest. We see the glory and magnificence of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. You see how Allah created this earth. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned this in the Quran in many places. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned all the different things. How did we create the earth and we made it inhabitable for you and we sent rain to you and we grow your food because of this water which comes to you and so on and we put the mountains there to stabilize the earth so it does not... You don't... You don't... You don't... You don't... You don't have earthquakes and so on and so on and so on. All of this is for us to think and reflect. We say Alhamdulillah Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made these things for us. Allah created these things for us. So the more we reflect on the glory and majesty of Allah, the more we have khashiyat of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in our hearts. Yesterday I mentioned two things. The importance of khashiyat and the importance of hubb of Allah. Love for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. The combination of these... The combination of khashiyat and hubb is taqwa. Only when you have the glory and awe and majesty of Allah in the heart and we also have love for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Together it produces the condition called taqwa which is what is desired where we fear to disobey and displease Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in any way. So before every speech, before every action, you ask the question, does this please Allah? If the answer is yes, you do it. If the answer is no, you don't do it. And if the answer is I don't know, you find out. Until you find out, you don't do it. So khashiyat and hubb. So to produce khashiyat, we have to focus on and think about the glory and majesty and power and authority of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Allah says, قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكَ Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, Allah says, this car belong to? Who is the owner of this car? Full on bin full on. So anything to do with that car is the business of the one to whom the car belongs. Now if you see that the car is punctured, then what do you do? Go and change the tyre. If you find the car tyre is punctured, you don't go and change the tyre. You please inform the owner. The car, your tyre is punctured. So he can do something about it. Right? Who does it belong to? And the reason to understand who it belongs to is because if you understand who it belongs to, then you leave the car. Leave that to the one to whom it belongs. Hasan Basir Ahadulillah said, it is a sign of the weakness of your Iman. It's a sign of the weakness of your Iman that you are more attached to what is in your hand than you are attached to what is in the hand of Allah. Seriously, let us ask ourselves these questions. These may not be comfortable questions, but they are important questions. Seriously ask yourself. We say I desire this. I desire to go to such and such place. I desire to go to such and such place. I desire to own this. I desire to go to such and such place. Do we say my desire is I must be able to pray two rakats of Salah with such complete khusho that the world disappears and I am standing before my Rabb Jalla Jalaluhu because he said, I desire to go to such and such place. He said, Anta'budu Allah ka'annaka tara. He is the Prophet . He said, Anta'budu Allah ka'annaka tara. To worship Allah as if you can see him, Jalla Jalaluhu. Kabhiye sochte? Our desire. My desire is I must have a house like the one I saw somebody's house or I must have a house like I have in my dream. I have a house like I have in my dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. I have a dream. how can he do anything which is haram? It is a lie. He is lying. He is a liar if he says he wants Jannah and he is doing haram. Earning haram, talking haram, doing haram, acting haram. Right? Right? Ask yourself. So Hasan Basri said, it is a sign of the weakness of your Iman. That you are more attached to what is in your hand than you are attached to what is in Allah's hand. That is why we accumulate wealth. We will not spend it in the path of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala even though we know that to spend in the path of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is a re-transfer of assets. From one pocket to the other pocket. From one account to the other account. That's it. It's still yours. If you spend in the path of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, where is it going? Nowhere. In your account. Which you will have when you die. These are the words. Statement I have made. Do you believe it? That is the problem. Do you believe it? I am not asking you. You don't have to answer me. It's from you and Allah. And me and Allah. Do I believe this? 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There are people who are dying at the age of 30, 20, whatever, whatever. You get a perfectly healthy body. In the morning you get up and you die. Kalaas. End of story. Koi dharat nahi. No pain, no disease, perfect health, dead. Alhamdulillah, Allah SWT has kept us alive. Allah has given us life. Allah has given us this life with health. We are still walking and talking and we are eating whatever we want and we can digest it and our health is good. Alhamdulillah, there is no problem with that, right? And even if there is a problem, if my eyesight is not so good, I have got glasses, Alhamdulillah. I have got the money to buy glasses. If I have some pain, I have got a doctor who will give me medicine and the pain will go away. I mean, make shukur of Allah SWT. So, Nabi SAW said if you get up in the morning and your body is working, you have a roof over your head, Alhamdulillah, we are living in a time where you don't have to worry about anything. You don't have to look very far. Just look around you. You don't have to even go and say, you know, the war is happening here, there. Forget all that. Even if those wars are not happening, just around us. In the same Banjarahil, Jubal Hills area, there are people whose houses you will not be able to spend even one night in that house. That person is living his whole life in that house. Alhamdulillah, there is no pain, no disease, perfect health, perfect health, perfect health, Allah has given us jobs. So, you are sitting at home, working remotely, this and that. Just walk down the street to the Charasta where it joins road number 10. Look on your left. There is a man and a woman, two people who are sitting on the pavement with sewing machines, some old sewing machine. Obviously, it is not a powered machine.