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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem. Alhamdulillah, Allahumma salli wa sallim ‘ala sharafi al-mubayyin wal-mursalin Muhammadin Rasulullah ﷺ. Many of us are afraid to be Dais because we fear the position or the work itself. However, the position of the Dai is not the problem; it is the work that matters. This job was given to… Continue reading Da’awa – 3

Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah, Rabbil-‘Alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ash-shaytani al-anbiya wal-mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ wa ala alihi wa sahbihi sallam. Tasliman kaseeran kaseeran. My brothers and sisters, I am near, not in yet. Tomorrow, inshallah, early morning, 5 a.m., we’ll go into the park, but very near Kruger National Park in South Africa. What you are… Continue reading See the Glory of Allahﷻ

https://youtu.be/bMX-S26e2xg Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah, Rabbil-‘Alameen, wa salatu wa salamu ala al-sharafi al-anbiya wa al-mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ wa sallam, taslima al-taslima al-taslima. I’m doing this reminder, Khatira, at 30,000 feet, flying in an Ethiopian Airways 777, one of my favorite planes, and below me is this absolute carpet of clouds. We are heading towards the… Continue reading From 30,000 feet

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Bismillah,Alhamdulillah, Allah mudahkan ikhtiar kita bersama untuk berkunjung dan menemani perjuangan keluarga dengan anak berkebutuhan khusus.Di balik senyum keluarga yang kita temui di hari-hari itu, mereka sedang berjuang setiap harinya menjaga anak-anak istimewa yang Allah titipkan. Mereka tidak mengeluh karena mereka tahu, setiap ujian datang bersama pertolongan Allah.“Tadinya saya dan bapaknya itu udah down ya, pesimis. Karena kan kalau pakai selang Nasogastrik, gimana ya susunya. Butuh banyak banget. Jadi saya suka irit. Tapi, saya nikmat banget ini ngurusin dia, dari sakitnya, UGD-nya. Kata Al-Qur'an juga, ‘Di balik kesulitan pasti ada kemudahan.' Jadi takdir Allah masya Allah gitu, indah,” ungkap salah seorang ibu.Mari panjatkan doa terbaik untuk mereka, maupun bersedekah rutin melalui program

Once a month I teach a tafseer class at UWA, and tonight we finished Surah al-Fatihah. We started back in April, paused in May while I was at Hajj, and picked it up again this week.This is the most important surah in our lives. We recite it at least seventeen times a day — and there has to be a reason Allah asks that of us. The whole reason we sit with it is to see how seven short verses, recited so many times that they almost slip past us, are actually a map for how to live.We began by going back over the verses we'd already covered, because the later ones don't land without them.Grounded is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Bismillah — In the name of AllahThe first thing to notice is that Bismillah isn't a complete sentence. “In the name of Allah” — and then what? In Arabic this is a shibh jumla, a fragment. The sentence is left open on purpose, and you complete it with your action.That's why the Prophet ﷺ said that anything important begun without Bismillah is cut off from blessing. When you say it, you're invoking Allah's help before you've even started.From that one word, three things follow.First, it's a filter. When you put Allah's name on something, the wrong things become hard to do. I mentioned the Indonesian sheikh who was asked whether smoking is makruh or haram. He refused to give a fiqhi answer. He simply asked the man: can you say Bismillah before you smoke? The man said no, of course not, it wouldn't be appropriate. Then you already know the answer. Put a Bismillah in front of a thing, and you find out very quickly what it's worth.Second, it's a mindset. When you do something in the name of someone great, you raise your game. A footballer plays differently for his country than for his local club — the colours change how seriously he takes it. So when a Muslim acts in the name of Allah, he doesn't do things half-heartedly. The Prophet ﷺ told us Allah loves itqan — excellence, doing a thing to the best of your ability. You see it in the smallest acts, like taking wudu carefully without wasting water, and you see it across the whole of Muslim civilisation. Walk through the old mosques of Andalusia and look at the detail in the calligraphy, the care in every surface. That care begins at Bismillah. Allah is beautiful, and He loves beauty.Third, it's our source of barakah. Because we're invoking Allah's help, we stay humble when we succeed — we know it was His work through us, not our own greatness — and we stay calm when we fail, knowing there may be something better in it. We're not euphoric in success or crushed in failure. We did it Bismillah, and we leave the outcome to Him.Grounded is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Alhamdulillah — All praise is for AllahThen comes gratitude — and gratitude, it turns out, is the real engine of human happiness.There's a study I keep coming back to, out of UC Berkeley and UC Davis. They took people struggling with depression and split them into groups. One group received nothing. One received medication. One was given gratitude work — every day, write down the things you're thankful for. After a month, the group that did nothing got worse, the medicated group improved, and the gratitude group improved just as much as the medicated one.But the follow-up study found something sharper. Gratitude has pillars. To be grateful you need three things: the beneficiary (you, the one receiving), the benefit (the thing itself), and the benefactor (the one who gave it).When a friend buys you a kebab, all three are obvious — you know exactly who to thank. But who do you thank for good rain on a morning you love? For the parents you didn't choose? For children born healthy? You had no hand in any of it. The Bureau of Meteorology reports the weather; it doesn't send it.This is why, for those who removed God, the gratitude eventually collapses — the mind quietly asks, who am I actually thanking? It's no accident that the self-help shelves are filling with crystals and auras and the old paganism is creeping back. People are reaching for a power to thank and finding nothing there.We already have the answer. Alhamdulillah. And the fact that Allah even taught us who to thank is itself a thing to be grateful for — which is why it becomes an endless loop. Alhamdulillah for the Alhamdulillah.Rabb al-'alamin — Lord of all worldsSo who is this we're thanking? Allah is Rabb — and Rabb doesn't just mean Lord. It carries the meaning of nurturing. Not a creator who set the universe running by its own laws and stepped back, but One who creates, sustains, and nurtures every moment. And al-'alamin — everything that exists besides Him.Then immediately: ar-Rahman, ar-Rahim.Why mercy again, so soon after Bismillah? Because it isn't repetition. Imam al-Tabari disliked calling anything in the Qur'an repetition — we repeat ourselves only when we've run out of better things to say, and Allah never has. The mercy here is placed deliberately. The word Rabb — Lord, Master — can stir fear; this is a power that can do anything to us and we can do nothing back. So the instant that fear rises, Allah answers it with love. He is not a Lord laying traps so you'll trip and fall into the fire. Every law He sets is for our benefit, not His — if all eight billion of us turned away tomorrow, it would take nothing from His majesty, and only harm ourselves.This is the balance the scholars call khawf and raja', fear and hope. Lean only on hope and you grow careless; lean only on fear and you despair. Rabb al-'alamin and ar-Rahman ar-Rahim, side by side, hold you upright.Maliki yawm id-din — Master of the Day of JudgmentThis verse is read two ways — Malik (King) and Maalik (Owner) — and here is something worth understanding about our recensions. The different readings of the Qur'an don't contradict each other the way variant manuscripts elsewhere might. They complete each other.A king and an owner aren't the same. I own this iPad — I don't call myself its king. As owner I can use it, lend it, smash it, and no one can question me; I control every detail. But you don't own a country, you reign over it — a king sets the laws that govern the whole. The owner handles the detail, the king handles the big picture. Allah is both. On that Day He sets every rule — who speaks, who goes where, when it begins — and He holds every single soul down to the smallest detail.And notice the word din. Allah could have said yawm al-qiyamah. He chose din, which in Arabic is one vowel from dayn — debt. Religion and debt are bound together, because the reason we worship at all is a debt of gratitude we owe Him.The Prophet ﷺ embodied this. He prayed through the night until his feet swelled, and when Aisha asked why — when Allah had already forgiven him entirely — he answered: should I not be a grateful servant?That's the summit. People worship for different reasons. Some out of fear of the Fire — valid. Some to bargain, O Allah, I have an exam — also valid, also sincere. Al-Ghazali called these levels: the slave who obeys out of fear of beating, the merchant who trades. But the highest is the one who worships out of sheer gratitude, moved by love.An easy way to check where you sit — I use it on myself. Look at how you set your alarm for Fajr. If sunrise is 7:15 and I set it for 7:00, just enough to make the prayer before it's lost, I'm moving out of fear of missing it. The one moved by gratitude sets it for 5:00 — time for tahajjud, some Qur'an, then Fajr. Same prayer. Very different relationship.And this debt isn't only with Allah. The Day of Judgment is the day all debts are settled — including the ones we owe each other. The Prophet ﷺ told us of the true bankrupt: a man who arrives with a mountain of good deeds, sees his scale, thinks he's bound for Paradise — and then the people he wronged come forward. He cheated me. He hit me. He slandered me. His good deeds are handed out one by one until they run dry, and when they're gone, their sins are loaded onto him instead. He started rich and ended in ruin.So al-Fatihah reminds us, seventeen times a day, that everything we do is being counted. This is why the Qur'an says prayer restrains us from indecency — at Fajr you're reminded twice, at Dhuhr four times, before the day can pull you off course. Maliki yawm id-din. Settle your debts before they're settled for you.The turnUp to here, every verse has been about Allah — describing Him, praising Him from a kind of distance. Then the whole surah pivots.Iyyaka na'budu wa iyyaka nasta'in — You alone we worship, You alone we askIn Arabic you'd normally begin with the verb. Allah front-loads iyyaka — “You” — and that inversion is where the word only comes from. It isn't written in the verse; it's created by the word order. Only You we worship. Only You we ask. And He says it twice, to drive it home.Then look at na'budu. We translate it “worship,” and we shrink that to rituals — prayer, fasting, dhikr. But its root means slave. A slave has handed over his freedom; he doesn't get to say no, not this one. So this is far bigger than the window of prayer. Every part of life — how we work, how we rest, how we treat people, how we entertain ourselves — belongs to Allah.People hear “slave” and recoil. Translators reach for “servant” instead, and even that's going out of fashion. But enslaving yourself to Allah is the one freedom that's real — because we are never as free as we imagine.Ask a child almost anywhere in the world to recognise the golden arches and they can, often before they can read. They link it to happiness — the happy meal did its work. But be honest: is that the best burger you've ever had? Is that the best playground in your city? The parks in Perth are better. We didn't choose to want it; a marketing machine chose for us.Or take diamonds. You “need” one to propose — except diamonds are neither rare nor precious. They're abundant; the scarcity is manufactured. The entire idea was a De Beers campaign from the 1920s, and it reshaped what a whole civilisation believes love requires.Even right and wrong get sold to us. Things shift from forbidden to acceptable not because the science changed but because someone with deep pockets lobbied hard enough. A hundred years ago, women in Perth dressed almost like Muslim women — high collars, long sleeves, covered ankles. A century later they're barely clothed, and it's called freedom. Yet the bikini was designed by a man. How is that liberation?So iyyaka na'budu hands us a fixed point. Our right and wrong, our values, our whole standard comes from Allah alone — and that's exactly what makes us stable when everything else is being marketed at us. We reaffirm it seventeen times a day.And iyyaka nasta'in — only You we ask for help. Of course we ask people for help too. But a believer knows that if someone helps me, the help still came through Allah. When I drink to quench my thirst, it isn't the water doing it — it's Allah, using the water as His means. Even so, the Prophet ﷺ told us that whoever doesn't thank people hasn't truly thanked Allah. So this isn't an excuse to skip past gratitude to the person in front of you. Thanking them is part of thanking Him.Ihdina as-sirat al-mustaqim — Guide us the straight pathNow, finally, we ask for something. And of everything a person could ask the Lord of all worlds for — wealth, relief, rescue — the prayer lands on guidance.And there's no “to.” If Allah meant guide us toward the path, the Arabic would include ila. He leaves it out. Professor Quraish Shihab puts it well: if you ask me the way to the musalla, I can point — out the door, left, right, right again. That's directions, and goodbye. But ihdina sirat al-mustaqim, with no ila, is the other kind — come, let's go, I'll walk you there myself. So we're not asking Allah to show us the path from a distance. We're asking Him to walk it with us — every step, every decision, sometimes hour by hour.Then the word sirat itself. Arabic has several words for path — sabil, tariq — but sirat is a wide one. Its root means to swallow something whole; a sirat is broad enough to swallow crowds. This matters. The straight path isn't a narrow ledge for our group alone. It's vast. Whoever prays as we pray, faces our qiblah, eats our slaughter — the Prophet ﷺ called that person a Muslim. We can disagree sharply on creed and method and still not expel one another from the path.And within that one wide road there are subul — lanes. Allah says of those who strive, We will guide them to Our ways — plural. Some people reach Allah most easily through prayer; sunnah prayers come light to them. For others it's fasting beyond Ramadan, or teaching, or feeding the poor, or caring for orphans and single mothers. Different gifts, different lanes, same road.Which means I have no business looking down on anyone. I might memorise more Qur'an than the next person and assume I'm above him — when he may be carrying half his community on his back while I spend my time reciting. Allah handed out different talents on purpose. Use yours as your lane to Him, and leave the contempt behind.The path of those blessed — and the two who lost itAllah doesn't leave the path abstract. He names who's already on it: the path of those You have blessed. Elsewhere He tells us who they are — the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, the righteous. So this road isn't some untrodden wilderness we have to hack through. People have walked it ahead of us. Find your heroes among them.We're built to follow heroes — it's why influencers now out-earn the executives of the platforms they post on. So Allah meets that instinct and points it somewhere worthy. We should know our prophets. We should know the siddiqin — Abu Bakr, the certified truthful. The martyrs — Umar and Uthman. The righteous companions, each one.If our children can name all eleven players on a football team but not the ten companions promised Paradise, something has gone wrong in the home. I'm not against knowing the players — some people can tell you the exact weight of the racquet Federer uses, custom-made, not the commercial one. Fine. But then let's also know the length and weight of our Prophet's sword. The more we know our heroes, the more we love them, and the more we want to become like them.Then the final turn: not the path of those who earned anger, nor of those who went astray. The classical scholars sometimes named specific groups, but I prefer the reading that looks at character — and it ties the whole surah together.Look back at the seven verses. The opening ones — Bismillah, Alhamdulillah, ar-Rahman ar-Rahim, Maliki yawm id-din — are verses of knowledge. They tell us things. The later ones — only You we worship, guide us — are verses of action. We do something with them.So the two who lose the path are:* The one who has knowledge and refuses to act on it — that's the one who earned anger. He knew and chose not to.* The one who acts without knowledge — that's the one astray. All effort, no guidance, lost despite his sincerity.There's a hadith — discussed by the scholars, used by al-Mundhiri to spur us — where the angels come first for those who knew the Qur'an and didn't live it, before the idol-worshippers, and when those people protest, the answer comes: are the one who knew and the one who didn't know the same? Disobedience out of knowledge is heavier than disobedience out of ignorance.The complete surah is both together: knowledge and action. You know, and you act on what you know.Seven verses. And the Prophet ﷺ told us this is a conversation — every time we recite it, Allah answers, line by line:When you say Alhamdulillahi rabbil 'alamin, Allah says: My servant has praised Me. When you say ar-Rahman ar-Rahim, He says: My servant has glorified Me. And when you say ihdina sirat al-mustaqim, He says: This is for My servant — and for him is what he asked.That's the conversation we have with our Lord at least seventeen times a day. Tonight we finally heard the whole of it.One more thingAt the end of tonight's class, I opened something I've been building for a while.It's called Grounded — a way to actually learn the Qur'an you recite, instead of reading a translation once and forgetting it. It follows the same shape as the class itself: you learn an ayah, you recall it, and then you ground it in a daily habit. One ayah a day. About fifteen minutes.We start, of course, with al-Fatihah — the same surah we've just finished.It's been in private beta with my own students at Qaswa, who've been on it for a while now — competitive enough that some of them stay up at night trying to climb the leaderboard, only to wake up and find they've been overtaken. Tonight I opened it to the UWA cohort as the next group in.If you're a paid subscriber to this Substack, you're next in line. I'll be sending invitations before long, and you'll be among the first outside these classes to join.Stay tuned. Next month, a new surah.Here's the fuller version. Every point gets room to build the way it did in the room, and the app section now places UWA correctly — Qaswa students were already on it, UWA is the second cohort. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.grounded.day/subscribe

Bismillah,Saudaraku, mari simak perjuangan pak Ruslan, seorang ayah dengan disabilitas fisik yang berjuang mencari nafkah yang halal untuk keluarganya. Selepas banjir besar di Aceh Tamiang melumat harta benda serta perlengkapan usahanya, ia terus bekerja menghidupi keluarganya, dengan keyakinan pertolongan Allah itu pasti akan datang.Alhamduilillah, amanah zakat yang disampaikan melalui LAZ Muhajir dimanfaatkan untuk kembali membuka warung Mie Ayam bersama sang istri. Alhamdulillah pelanggan lama kembali datang, pelanggan baru terus bertambah. Betapa mereka bahagia, dan berterima kasih kepada seluruh Muzakki yang menitipkan zakatnya melalui LAZ Muhajir.Semoga Allah Ta'ala menerimanya sebagai amal shalih yang membersihkan harta dan jiwa serta menebarkan kebaikan di dunia dan di akhirat. Aamiin.Nantikan kisah semangat bangkit dari Aceh Tamiang, berikutnya, Insya Allah.Ingin tahu lebih banyak soal zakat?InsyaAllah, bisa menghubungi LAZ Muhajir melalui nomor konsultasi dan konfirmasi zakat 082211211136 atau kunjungi lazmuhajir.org.

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wa salātu wa salāmu ala ashrafil anbiyā’ wal mursalīn. Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh sallallāhu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahībuhum sallam. Tasliman kathīran kathīran. Hamd ba’du wa abradu. Alhamdulillah. Today we are fasting for the, on Yawm al-Ashrā. And Nabi Sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam said, the one who fasts… Continue reading Accountability is the key to success

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wasalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Fahamabadu, my brothers and sisters. Alhamdulillah, yesterday we prayed the janazah for our brother and friend and elder, Mahfuz Bhai, Mahfuz Ahmad sahib. May Allah… Continue reading Ask for Khatima bil Khair

Bismillah,Alhamdulillah, akhir Februari lalu, Allah mudahkan proses khitan 11 anak berkebutuhan khusus (palsi serebral, penyakit jantung bawaan, down syndrom, autisme, dan lainnya). Khitan ini amat penting untuk kondisi kesehatan mereka.Jazaakumullahu khaira telah menjadi bagian dari perjuangan mereka. Semoga Allah terima amal shalih kita.

Manhaj Ahlus Sunnah dalam Menetapkan Nama dan Sifat Allah adalah kajian Fiqih Do’a dan Dzikir yang disampaikan oleh Ustadz Abu Yahya Badrusalam, Lc. Kajian ini beliau sampaikan di Masjid Al-Barkah, komplek studio Radio Rodja dan Rodja TV pada Selasa, 23 Dzulhijjah 1447 H / 9 Juni 2026 M. Kajian Tentang Manhaj Ahlus Sunnah dalam Menetapkan […] Tulisan Dalil-Dalil Sunnah Mengenai Keutamaan Ucapan Alhamdulillah ditampilkan di Radio Rodja 756 AM.

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil’alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Fama baadu wa amratan fisrat. Alhamdulillah. Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala sent His book and sent His Nabi ﷺ to guide us to the right path and to Jannah… Continue reading Secret of success

Auto-generated transcript: As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘alamin, was-salatu was-salamu ala sayyidina Muhammadin Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliiman kathiran kathiran, wa hamdun lillah. My brothers and sisters Alhamdulillah, two days ago I was in Kerala, in the south, a place called Kundai Estate. And we were looking… Continue reading From darkness into light

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wa salātu wa salāmum ‘alā ash-sharafi al-anbiyā’ wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadir Rasūlullāh ﷺ, wa ‘alā ālihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasleeman kathīran kathīran. Fammabadu, my brothers and sisters. Alhamdulillah, we are in the ten best days of the year, which are the first ten days of Dhul-Khaidah, Dhul-Hijjah. And… Continue reading Udhiya – Qurbani

Saudaraku, mari simak kisah Pak Endang, pejuang nafkah yang sejak 2007 menghidupi keluarga dengan mengemudikan becak bermotor atau bentor. Saat banjir Tamiang melanda, beliau tidak mengeluh. Ia justru memandang teguran berupa bencana itu sebagai kasih sayang Allah. Masya Allah, betapa Allah berikan beliau prasangka baik atau husnudzon atas segala ketetapan-Nya. Ia berharap musibah ini membuat kita yang banyak dosa lebih sadar, menghindari maksiat, memperbanyak ibadah, dan bersabar serta bersyukur.Alhamdulillah, kini Pak Endang bisa kembali bekerja. Bantuan zakat yang diamanahkan melalui LAZ Muhajir menjadi jalan rezeki baru baginya untuk kembali mencari nafkah sebagai pengendara bentor. Bukan kesedihan yang ia rasakan, melainkan kebahagiaan atas nikmat besar dari Allah Ta'ala dan berterima kasih kepada para Muzakki. Beliau berdoa agar Allah Ta'ala melimpahkan rezeki baru untuk semua pihak terkait. Aamiin.Nantikan kisah kebangkitan semangat dari Aceh Tamiang, berikutnya, Insya Allah.Ingin tahu lebih banyak soal zakat?InsyaAllah, bisa menghubungi LAZ Muhajir melalui 082211211136 atau kunjungi lazmuhajir.org

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-‘Ālamīn, wa-salātu was-salām ‘ala ashrafil-anbiyā’ wal-mursalīn Muḥammadir-Rasūlullāh ﷺ, wa ‘ala ālihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathīran kathīra. My brothers and sisters, Alhamdulillah. We are on the fourth of the four truths that we have been talking about for the last few days. The first one is: Time… Continue reading 4 Truths – #7

Allah yang tak butuh ibadah yang di lakukan hambanya berkaitan dengan perintah ibadah haji ke Baitullah, kilas balik bahwa Iblis ini ibadahnya sungguh luar biasa namun dia tak Allah berikan keadaan bersalah dan memohon ampun (bertaubat) kepada Allah, bersyukur apabila masih Allah berikan kita keadaan untuk bertaubat dan memperbaiki diri sungguh karunia Allah sangatlah besar diberikan kepada hambanya dari gol jin & manusia ALHAMDULILLAH

https://youtu.be/fxu996XE4_Y?si=pLV0Q2jgf7iTquJk Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillah, Rabbil ‘alameen, was-salamatu was-salamu ‘ala ashrafi al-anbiya’i wal-mursalin Muhammadur-Rasulullahi sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi salam tasliman kathiran kathiran. Afama ba’du? I am standing on this machan in Fazlani Nature’s Nest, which is a wellness resort. It is a place where people come to undergo treatment for whatever they… Continue reading 3 Gems – 2

Auto-generated transcript: **Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim**. Alhamdulillah, Rabbil-‘Alameen. Was-salatu was-salamu ala al-Sharafi al-Anbiya wal-Mursaleen, Muhammadin Rasoolullahi ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma’in. Tasliman kaseeran, kaseeran. I am sitting here in Fazlani Nature Nest in Donawra, and these are the backwaters of the Andhra Dam. This is a beautiful health resort built on the bank of this reservoir;… Continue reading 3 Gems – 1

Auto-generated transcript: As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. Alhamdulillah, ya Rabbi al-Alamin. Wa saatu was-salamu ala ashrafil-ambiyai wal-mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullahﷺ, sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahibu salam. Tasliman kathiran kathiran. Huma abadu. My brothers and sisters, it is very important for us to be clear about what we believe as Muslims. And to reiterate… Continue reading What do we believe?

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullahﷺ sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Alhamdulillah, Allahﷻ gives the strength to live in difficult times. We are living in unprecedented times globally, which haven’t happened in living memory or possibly for over a century. But Allahﷻ is in control, and it’s… Continue reading How to get out of trouble

There's a version of Islam that trains you for the good days. The khutbahs, the reminders, the advice that works beautifully when your life cooperates. And then something crashes -  your work, your health, your plans - and you realize that version wasn't enough.Shaykh Muhammad Alshareef (rahimahullah) spent his life teaching a different version. One that holds in every condition, not just the comfortable ones.This episode covers the two equations that sit at the center of Islamic resilience: hope and fear, sabr and shukr. And why, traced to their roots, both collapse into a single answer. One that doesn't ask you to feel okay first before you can access it and one that belongs to the sick and the healthy, the answered and the still-waiting, the grieving and the grateful, equally.He also unpacks why "Alhamdulillah" is a statement of theological reality. And why that distinction changes everything about how you carry it through a hard day.In this episode:- Why excess fear of Allah doesn't make you more pious — and where it actually leads- The Quranic boundary on despair that most Muslims have never heard framed this way- What "patience at the first hit of the calamity" actually means, and how it's built long before the calamity arrives- Why Alhamdulillah belongs to the person whose dua hasn't been answered just as much as the one whose has- The practice that keeps your tongue and your heart aligned when your circumstances are not

(0:00) Intro(0:02) Jumuah ke din bayan late hone ki wajah(1:05) Mazhab ka maqsad(3:55) Sukoon ke peeche bhagne wale(4:05) Waham ke mareezon ka ilaaj(7:12) Jo duniya mein khushi ki fikr mein laga rehta hai(8:09) Duniya mein khushiyon ki talash kafir ka kaam hai(9:50) Qur'an ka mizaj: juz'iyat ke zimn mein usool bayan karna(10:02) Jawami‘ al-Kalim(11:05) Mafhoom-e-mukhalif (Isaal-e-sawab ke 3 zariye, hadis ka matlab; Musalman ke dusre Musalman par 5 huqooq, hadis ka matlab)(12:34) Bandi se nikah ki Qurani aayat ka matlab(21:20) Saudi Arabia mein bechaini (Taraweeh 20 rakat ko 10 karna?)(23:21) Taraweeh namaz par Ahl-e-Hadith ki gumrahi(24:23) Qari Khalil ur Rehman ki do-numberi(25:25) Teen talaq ke masle par Qari Khalil Rehman ki gumrahi(26:35) Hazrat Umar (RA) ke faisle par Ahl-e-Hadith ki tehreef(31:25) Hazrat Umar (RA) ka mehr ke bare mein faisla(32:32) Bukhari mein Hazrat Umar (RA) ki fazilat(37:28) Salafi bid‘ati(38:16) Asal Ahl-e-Sunnat wal Jamaat kaun hain?(39:08) Sahaba (RA) ki shaan(39:33) Deg vs Sahaba (RA)(40:15) I‘tikaf ki dawatain(42:11) Jannati firqa(43:55) Keeron ka business(45:13) Aisi jaan qurban jis mein samosa nahi(46:03) Hari mirchain: Mufti Sahab ki favourite(50:41) Pakistan ke maujooda halaat par negative thinking(51:26) Recent war par memes(52:28) Pakistan ki duniya bhar mein izzat ka credit Armed Forces ko(53:29) Leader ka hausla kab barhta hai?(53:55) Sahaba (RA) ki shaan(54:44) Bazu mein taqat talwar se nahi aati, talwar ke liye bazu mazboot hona zaruri hai(55:37) Border par ladne walon ki qurbaniyan(56:29) Negative mentality(57:19) Pakistan ki doosri fath, pehli se badi(57:29) Saudi Arabia mein Pakistan ki izzat(57:42) Umrah ke baad Mufti Sahab ke baal(57:55) Misri hair dressers in Saudi Arabia vs Pakistan(58:59) Sahafiyon ki manfi soch(59:16) Pakistan sahi waqt par atomic power bana (Alhamdulillah)(1:00:04) Ghareeb ho kar mar jao lekin kamzor ho kar na maro(1:00:22) Pakistan Army(1:01:39) Mufti Abdul Raheem Sahab ke bayan par negative comments(1:02:00) Nobel inaam ke haqdar: Pakistan ke sarbarah(1:02:53) Dua(1:07:42) Pakistan ne zabardast safaratkari se aalmi jang ko roka(1:10:04) Jab Saudi Arabia ka Pakistan Air Force se ittehad hua(1:10:37) Mutanabbi ki shairi mein aaj ke naujawanon ke liye sabaq(1:19:13) Mufti Sahab ki naseehat(1:20:13) Israel ki Pakistan se dushmani(1:20:53) Army Chief se ikhtilaf karne walon ko jawab(1:21:55) Hakim ki ita‘at ka hukm (Reply to Sahil Adeem)(1:24:26) Hazrat Muawiya (RA) ka beta Yazeed(1:25:10) Hakim ke khilaf baghawat ki baatein sirf Pakistan mein kyun?(1:25:46) Hakim ki ita‘at aur izzat(1:27:22) Awam ke liye Mufti Sahab ki naseehat(1:28:01) US delegation ki Islamabad mein meeting (evening tea invite ki khwahish)(1:28:32) Jang bandi ke baad important wafood ki aamad aur India/Israel ka reaction(1:29:21) Mufti Sahab ka travel analysis (Makkah se Jeddah)(1:29:59) Dollar khor sahafi(1:30:12) 5 farz namazon ki sunnat-e-muakkadah?(1:30:21) Hakumat ki scheme se ghar lena?(1:31:39) Do mohabbat karne walon ki shadi duniya mein na ho to jannat mein?(1:34:09) Aise imam ke peeche namaz?(1:34:29) Dr. Israr Sahab ka bayan(1:35:35) Bai‘at ka masla(1:35:59) Aisi biwi ko aik talaq dene ka masla?(1:39:14) Bar bar naukri khatam ho jaye to?(1:40:26) Raf‘ul yadain?(1:41:56) Teacher Usman ka kaam(1:46:19) Islam agar adal ka mazhab hai to purani ghulami kyun baqi rakhi? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ** الرحمن الرحيم**. Alhamdulillahi rabbul alameen. Wasalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil nubiyyil wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah **ﷺ** Tasliman kathiran kathira wa ma’adu. Alhamdulillah we have a series of questions today. Let’s see how many of them we can… Second question is, in Islam we have any form of dhikr and ways to ask… Continue reading Dhikr is the food

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Alhamdulillahi rukil alameen. Wasalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil nubiyyil wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullahﷺ sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira wa ma’adu. Alhamdulillah we have a series of questions today. Let’s see how many of them we can deal with. If we leave anything behind then… Continue reading Tazkiyya wa Tarbiyya

Keutamaan Alhamdulillah adalah kajian Fiqih Do’a dan Dzikir yang disampaikan oleh Ustadz Abu Yahya Badrusalam, Lc. Kajian ini beliau sampaikan di Masjid Al-Barkah, komplek studio Radio Rodja dan Rodja TV pada Selasa, 11 Syawal 1447 H / 31 Maret 2026 M. Kajian Tentang Keutamaan Alhamdulillah Pembahasan kini berlanjut pada ucapan Alhamdulillah. Kalimat ini memiliki kedudukan yang […] Tulisan Keutamaan Alhamdulillah ditampilkan di Radio Rodja 756 AM.

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ** الرحمن الرحيم**. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah **ﷺ** Tasliman kathiran kathira. Wa amma badu. My brothers and sisters. Alhamdulillah bi zindillah ta’ala. Today we are on the last day of Ramadan al-Kareem for this year. So we thank Allahﷻ for granting us… Continue reading Connect to Allahﷻ

Why do Arabic speakers say alhamdulillah no matter what's happening in their lives—even in hardship?In this episode, we explore the deeper meaning behind one of the most common phrases in Arabic: الحمدلله (alhamdulillah).Based on real conversations with Arabic speakers in Jordan, this episode shows how this simple expression goes far beyond “praise be to God.” It reflects a worldview shaped by gratitude, trust, and resilience—and plays a key role in everyday social interactions.You'll learn:Why الحمدلله (alhamdulillah) is used in both good and difficult situationsWhat it really communicates when someone says itHow tone and context reveal what someone is actually feelingWhat it signals when someone doesn't say itIf you're learning Levantine Arabic, this episode will help you peer beyond isolated vocabulary and start understanding the cultural and spiritual logic behind the language.

Asake is trending globally after viral clips emerged of him performing Umrah in Mecca during Ramadan. In the videos, the Afrobeats superstar navigates massive crowds around the Kaaba, touches the Black Stone, and spends deeply personal moments in prayer inside Masjid al-Haram. Fans across X, TikTok, and Instagram are calling him “Alhaji Ahmed Ololade,” celebrating his humility, faith, and the gratitude energy he radiates.This moment connects directly to his unreleased track fans know as “Praise Be to God”, “Worship”, or “Alhamdulillah”. In this solo episode of Artiste Hangout with Femi Makx, I unpack: • The viral Mecca Umrah clips and why they're dominating social media • Fan reactions and the trending #Alhamdulillahi movement • Lyrics and themes from live previews (Jo'burg, Red Bull Symphonic, IG snippets) • How the pilgrimage mirrors the song's core message of faith, gratitude, and humility • Production insights, choir layers, amapiano influence, and potential international collaborations • Updated predictions for the track's release, chart performance, TikTok virality, and its impact on Asake's artistic evolutionWhether you're a fan of Afrobeats, exploring spiritual crossover tracks, or following the latest music trends, this episode highlights why “Praise Be to God” could become a timeless anthem for the streets, churches, mosques, and global diaspora alike.About the Host & PodcastOluwafemi Makanjuola is a broadcast producer, reporter, and the host of Artiste Hangout with Femi Makx, a platform that explores music beyond entertainment. The podcast critically examines how artists and their work reflect the cultural, social, and economic forces shaping contemporary Africa. Available in over 128 countries, and charting top on Apple Podcasts in multiple regions, the show is recognized for insightful analysis, real conversations, and celebrating artistry in context.Listen and SubscribeStream the episode now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or your preferred platform. Don't forget to subscribe, turn on notifications, and share with fellow music enthusiasts to keep up with the latest in Naija music culture, Afrobeats, and unreleased tracks.#Asake #Alhamdulillahi #PraiseBeToGod #WorshipAsake #Afrobeats #NaijaMusic #UnreleasedAsake #SpiritualAfrobeats #Ramadan2026 #AsakeNewSong #ArtisteHangout #FemiMakx #GlobalAfrobeats #MusicAnalysis #NaijaCulture #ApplePodcastsTopCharts

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Alhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala Rasoolullah ﷺ, wa baad, my brothers and sisters, Ramadan is the month of giving. We know the Sahaba said that Rasoolullah ﷺ was known for his generosity. We know how generous he was. And we said that he was in Ramadan, he would become so generous… Continue reading Ramadan Reminders 2026 – Day 29

Tonight is the 29th night of Ramadan. The last taraweeh. The last night of the year.Make full use of it. The best du'a for Laylatul Qadr is Allahumma innaka afuwwun tuhibbul afwa fa'fu anni ya Kareem — O Allah, You are the Pardoner, You love to pardon, so pardon me. Keep returning to it tonight, and especially at suhoor time. Allah mentions in the Quran a special rank for those who make istighfar in the early hours before dawn: wa bil ashari hum yastaghfirun. Some of our scholars would dedicate that time between the sunnah of Fajr and the salah itself entirely to istighfar — a hundred times, quietly, consistently. Do that tonight.And in your du'a, ask Allah not to make this our last Ramadan. Ask Him to grant us another.Grounded is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.A few reminders: tomorrow night — Thursday, the eve of Eid — is our potluck iftar at Qaswa House. Doors open at 6pm, iftar around 6:35. Bring a plate to share. The kids will have games and activities, weather permitting. Friday is Eid prayer at MacDougall Park in Como — takbir at 8, prayer at 8:30.And this tafseer series continues. We will pick up Surah Al-A'raf every Thursday night at Qaswa — Maghrib together, some dhikr, tafseer, then Isha and dinner. 7pm. Starting this coming Thursday. If you want to follow the surah through to the end, come join us.Hadramaut, Nusantara, and the People of 'AdWe began the story of Prophet Hud last night. He was sent to the people of 'Ad — a civilisation that lived in Hadramaut, Yemen, not far from the city of Tarim.Hadramaut holds a special place in the hearts of Malay Muslims. It is the origin of the Hadrami scholars and traders who brought Islam to the Nusantara — the vast Indonesian archipelago. They came not with armies but with akhlaq. They traded honestly. They treated people beautifully. And when people asked why — why are your manners like this, why are you so trustworthy — they would explain: because I follow the teaching of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. That is how Indonesia became the largest Muslim country in the world without a single Arab army ever setting foot on its soil.Thousands of years before any of that, 'Ad was there. A people of extraordinary power. Allah says to them in this surah: We increased you in your creation — strength, stature, capacity. They built civilisations. The Quraysh of Makkah knew about them. They took pride in them as ancestors. And so when Allah tells their story in the Quran, He is speaking directly to the Quraysh: this is who you are proud of. Look what happened to them when they rejected their Prophet.The Message Never Changed — Only the DetailsProphet Hud stood before his people and said: O my people, worship Allah. You have no god other than Him.The same words as Prophet Nuh. The same words as every prophet before and after. From Adam to Muhammad ﷺ, the core of the message has never changed: La ilaha illallah. Tawheed. Worship only Allah.But the details of the Sharia — how that worship is expressed, what the laws look like, the specifics of punishment and obligation — those have changed across time. And that is not God changing His mind. That is God being perfectly calibrated to the people He is speaking to.Every generation is different. The laws of previous nations were stricter, harsher. The tawbah for shirk in the Sharia of Musa, for instance, required death — the only atonement for major sins was the taking of life. Christianity inherited this concept and built the doctrine of atonement around it: the idea that someone must die for sin to be absorbed. Our belief is different — no one carries another's sin, and Allah does not need anyone to die on His behalf in order to forgive. He is Al-Afuww. He simply pardons. Islam came with the lightest sharia of all the prophetic traditions: even shirk, the gravest of sins, requires only sincere tawbah and the shahada.Why lighter? Because humans have become softer over time. That is simply true. My mother cycled ten kilometres to school each morning without complaint. My father hunted birds with a slingshot as a child, cooked them himself, and came home with his stomach half full before his parents knew anything about it. Today, children cry when they watch someone slaughter a chicken.People change. Allah knows this. The Sharia adapts. But the tawheed does not move.Some things remain constant from Adam to Yawmul Qiyamah: worship Allah alone, honour your parents, maintain good character, care for the orphan and the poor, speak kindly to people. The details of how — the minimum of zakat, the specific forms — may be calibrated to time and place. The principles themselves are eternal.Grounded is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Why Hud Said Something Different From NuhHere is something small but worth paying attention to.When Prophet Nuh called his people, he said: I fear for you the punishment of a great day. He had to tell them what was coming — because they had never seen collective divine punishment before. Nuh's people were the first community to be destroyed. There was no precedent. The warning had to be explicit.But when Prophet Hud called his people, he said something different: Do you not have taqwa? He did not need to spell out what the punishment looked like. Because the people of ‘Ad still remembered. The great flood was not ancient history to them — it was recent memory, passed down through their ancestors. The story was fresh. All Hud had to do was point to what they already knew: don't you remember what happened? Are you not afraid?This is the Quran being precise in a way that rewards attention. The surface looks similar — a prophet calling his people to Tawheed, the elite rejecting him. But the language shifts in exactly the way historical context demands. And when you notice those shifts, as Professor Sayyid Naqib Al-Attas — who passed away just days ago, may Allah grant him the highest Jannah, one of the greatest Muslim thinkers of our age — always said: the Quran is not a book for lazy people. It rewards those who think, who ponder, who are willing to ask why.Al-Attas spent his life arguing that after colonisation and the fall of the Ottoman Caliphate, Muslims should not paste Islamic varnish over Western philosophical frameworks. He said the answer had to come from within the tradition itself. His work gave birth to institutions like IIUM — the International Islamic University Malaysia — and ISTAC. His book Islam and Secularism remains essential reading for anyone serious about Islamic education and worldview. We lost a giant.Al-Mala' — Then and NowAs with Nuh, the first to reject Prophet Hud were al-mala' — the rich and powerful elite. But there is a subtle and important difference. In the story of Nuh, the Quran simply says al-mala' min qawmihi — the chiefs of his people rejected him. In the story of Hud, it says al-mala' alladhina kafaru min qawmihi — the chiefs who disbelieved from his people.Why the extra qualification? Because not all the chiefs of 'Ad rejected Hud. Some of them believed. The memory of the flood was still close enough that some of the powerful had held on to their fear of Allah. So Allah was precise: it was specifically the disbelieving chiefs who called Hud a fool and a liar — not all of them.The pattern of al-mala' rejecting the truth is a constant across every prophet's story in the Quran. It repeats so often it cannot be coincidence — Allah is drawing our attention to a structural reality of power. The elite benefit from the existing order. A prophet comes and says the order is unjust, that the weak deserve protection, that no one is above accountability. The elite's wealth and status depend on that order remaining intact. So they fight back.And the masses, generally, follow whoever is loudest and most visible.The Prophet ﷺ said that every prophet before prophethood worked as a shepherd. Including him ﷺ. Because you learn people management from managing sheep — you learn how to lead those who follow instinct and momentum, who drift toward whoever is in front of them.We think we have escaped this. We are in 2026. We have the internet. We have access to every idea in human history. Surely we are not sheep.And then you walk into a supermarket. Milk and bread — the things almost everyone needs — are placed at the furthest possible corner. You have to walk past everything else to reach them. The placement is not accidental. It is psychologically engineered to make you spend. Children love McDonald's not because of the food but because that golden arch has been placed in their visual field since before they could speak, associated with happiness, associated with play. We did not choose to love it. We were led there.The top influencer on Instagram earns more than the CEO of Instagram. The top creator on YouTube earns more than the CEO of YouTube. We have simply replaced the ancient al-mala' with a new one — one that reaches us through screens instead of town squares, but shapes our choices just as effectively.This is why La ilaha illallah is not just a statement of theology. It is a declaration of independence. I submit to Allah alone. My thinking is shaped by what Allah has revealed. My standard for acceptance and rejection is not whatever the powerful say, not whatever is trending, not whatever algorithm is currently deciding what I see. It is La ilaha illallah, Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ.That is the only real freedom.Prophet Hud RespondsThe disbelieving chiefs called Hud a fool and a liar. He responded with quiet dignity: O my people, there is no foolishness in me. I am a messenger from Rabbil Alameen — the Lord of the universe.Every prophet, before prophethood, was known for their intelligence and their beautiful character. The people of 'Ad knew Hud. He was from among them — akhahum Huda, their brother. The accusation of foolishness was not sincere. They knew he was not stupid. They knew he was not lying. They rejected because they did not want what he was calling them toward.We will continue the story of Prophet Hud next Thursday at Qaswa insha'Allah.A Final Word Before EidTwenty-nine nights. Alhamdulillah.Whatever we managed this Ramadan — however much or little — we ask Allah to accept it. We ask Him to forgive us for the nights we wasted and to count among our good deeds the nights we tried. We ask Him not to make this our last Ramadan. We ask Him to let us meet the next one with stronger roots, deeper iman, and better character than we had when this one began.Taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum. May Allah accept from all of us.Thanks for reading Grounded! This post is public so feel free to share it.The tafseer of Surah Al-A'raf continues at Qaswa every Thursday night, 7pm. A paid subscription includes the Surah Al-A'raf Study Guide and Workbook. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit groundeddaily.substack.com/subscribe

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Alhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala Rasoolullah ﷺ, wa baad. My brothers and sisters, we have been talking about forgiveness and how Ramadan must make us people who are forgiving because our taqwa is increasing, alhamdulillah. Measure it. Ask yourself, what are the signs that my taqwa is increased? And look for… Continue reading Ramadan Reminders 2026 – Day 28

The Last Ten Nights Are HereBefore diving into the final ayah of Surah Al-Muzzammil, a timely reminder — tonight is the 23rd night of Ramadan. The last ten nights are upon us, and the Prophet ﷺ told us to hunt for Laylatul Qadr in these nights, especially the odd ones. Tonight is one of them.So what should fill these nights? Extra raka'at. Extra Quran. Extra dhikr. And the best du'a for this occasion comes to us through Sayyidatuna Aisha (رضي الله عنها), who asked the Prophet ﷺ: if I encounter the Night of Al-Qadr, what should I say? He replied: “Allahumma innaka ‘afuwwun tuhibbul ‘afwa fa'fu ‘anni” — “O Allah, You are the Most Pardoning and You love to pardon, so pardon me.”Now, there's an important distinction here between ‘afw and ghafar. When we say astaghfirullah and ask for Allah's forgiveness (ghafar), the record of the sin remains — but the punishment is cancelled. The deed is still in the books on the Day of Mahshar, but Allah will not punish us for it.Al-'Afw is something else entirely. It is when the record is expunged altogether. Wiped clean. As if the sin never happened. This is why the Prophet ﷺ said that whoever fasts sincerely and prays during the nights of Ramadan — and catches Laylatul Qadr — will have all their past sins forgiven. They exit Ramadan like the day they were born. No record of sins whatsoever.It's just a few nights. Sleep a little less. Yes, there will be tiredness — that's okay. This is our training. Don't miss a night that is greater than a thousand months, greater than 83 years of worship.Grounded is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Where We Left Off — The Arc of Surah Al-MuzzammilThe surah opened with a command: stand up at night, pray, and recite the Quran. Why? Because the day is full of heavy tasks — spreading truth, standing for justice, enduring hardship — and the strength to carry all of that comes from the spiritual work done at night. Reading about Jannah motivates. Reading about Jahannam sobers. The connection to Allah realigns everything.Then came the warning through the story of Fir'aun — richer, stronger, more powerful than the Quraysh, yet destroyed in an instant when he rejected Prophet Musa. Then the terrifying imagery of Yawmul Qiyamah: skies torn apart, children's hair turning white from sheer terror. And finally, the choice: believe and take the prophetic path, or reject and face the consequences. Every choice carries a consequence.Now the surah circles back to where it began — Qiyamul Layl — but this time with something remarkable: mercy.Allah Knows Our WeaknessThe original command was demanding. Stand up most of the night — two-thirds, or at least half, or at the very minimum a third. The Prophet ﷺ did this every single night, without exception, even while travelling, even during battle. But Allah knew that the rest of the ummah would struggle.Allah says: “Indeed, your Lord knows that you stand less than two-thirds of the night, sometimes half, sometimes even less than a third — and so do a group of those with you.”Allah is the One who measured the length of night and day. Some seasons, the nights are long and Qiyamul Layl is easier — in Perth during winter, Maghrib comes in at 5:15 and Fajr isn't until around six. Plenty of time to sleep and still wake up. But in the peak of summer, when Fajr is at 3:30? That's a different story. Allah knows all of this.And so He says: “He has forgiven you.” Qiyamul Layl is fard upon the Prophet ﷺ, but for the rest of us, Allah has already shown mercy and lifted that strict obligation.But Don't Abandon It AltogetherHere's the key — just because the full obligation has been eased doesn't mean doing nothing is an option. Allah says: “So read what is easy for you from the Quran.” Stand up for even two raka'at. Read whatever surahs have been memorised. Carve out even a small portion of the night for spiritual work.This is a fundamental principle in Islam: what cannot be accomplished entirely should not be abandoned in totality. Islam doesn't teach perfectionism — it's not 100% or nothing. It teaches consistent effort. The Prophet ﷺ said that the most beloved deeds to Allah are those that are consistent, even if they are small. Two raka'at every single night outweighs a marathon session once a month.And this, by the way, is one of the great purposes behind memorising the Quran — so that those surahs can be recited in prayer. Al-Kahf, Al-Mulk, Al-Baqarah — they come alive when recited standing before Allah at night.The Three Excuses Allah AcceptsThen Allah provides specific concessions. First: those who are sick. Illness isn't a choice — when rest is needed for recovery, Allah says it's okay.But then come two more categories that are remarkable, because they are things people can choose — and Allah still grants them as valid reasons for doing less Qiyamul Layl.The first: those who travel the earth seeking Allah's bounty — meaning those who are out working, doing business, building economic stability. The second: those who fight in the path of Allah, defending the religion and the community.These two are placed in equal standing. Working hard to earn a living is given the same weight as defending the faith. That is extraordinary. It tells us something profound about how Islam views economic productivity — not as a worldly distraction, but as an act valued by Allah Himself.The Prophet ﷺ said the best rizq is what a person earns from their own effort, and he pointed to Prophet Dawud (عليه السلام) as the example — a prophet, a king, and yet also a blacksmith who worked with iron and ate from the labour of his own hands.Ibn Umar expressed this beautifully. He said the best deaths he could wish for were two: martyrdom in the path of Allah, and dying on a business journey — on his camel, with his trade goods, on his way to earn a living. Because this ayah puts them side by side.Islam Wants Muslims to Be Wealthy — But With PurposeThe encouragement to work hard and build wealth doesn't come without direction. Islam doesn't say: get rich so you can buy the fanciest car, then a fancy island, and once you run out of things to buy on earth, spend a trillion dollars trying to conquer Mars.Islam says: be rich, but that's not the end goal. The ummah becomes strong when Muslims have economic power and an akhirah mindset. With wealth, the community can build schools, support students in critical fields, fund long-term projects. This is Sadaqatul Jariyah — continuously flowing charity that keeps giving long after the initial contribution.There's a telling hadith in Imam Al-Nawawi's Forty Collection that captures this tension perfectly. The poor companions once came to the Prophet ﷺ and complained: “Ya Rasulullah, the rich have taken all the extra reward! They pray like we pray, they fast like we fast — but they can give charity from their surplus wealth, and we can't.” The Prophet ﷺ reassured them that dhikr — saying SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar — is also charity. The poor companions went away happy. But a few days later? The rich started doing dhikr too. Now they had both. The poor came back and said: what about us now?The point isn't to vilify poverty. The Prophet ﷺ went on to explain that there is charity in every good act — helping someone onto their ride, carrying someone's load. But wealth opens doors that nothing else can. Zakat, the pillar of Islam, is only payable by those who have wealth. And the framing matters: it's not that the wealthy have to pay zakat — they get to pay zakat. Without wealth, that entire pillar of Islam is inaccessible. And hajj is the same.The story of Sayyidina Uthman (رضي الله عنه) at the Battle of Tabuk drives this home. He donated so generously — horses, camels, wealth — that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Nothing Uthman does after this will harm him.” Guaranteed paradise. And Uthman wasn't living in poverty. He had luxuries. But look at the scale of what his wealth allowed him to do for the ummah.At the same time, Islam doesn't expect anyone to give 100% away. The best charity, the Prophet ﷺ said, is what is spent on family — on spouses, on children. The balance is always there: spend on yourself, on your family, and on the ummah for the sake of the akhirah.The Beautiful LoanEven with all these concessions, Allah says: still, read what is easy from the Quran. Establish your salah. Pay your zakat. Don't let the extras overshadow the foundations — a hundred raka'at of Qiyamul Layl mean nothing if Fajr is missed. Generous charity donations mean nothing if zakat is neglected. The obligatory always comes first.Then comes a stunning phrase: “And give Allah a beautiful loan (qard hasan).”A qard hasan is a loan with no deadline for repayment and no interest. Every good deed — every act of worship, every charity, every kindness — is a loan to Allah. And here's the beauty of it: Allah doesn't need our loan. He owns everything in the heavens and the earth and everything in between and beyond. He could simply say: “That's Mine, I gave it to you, give it back.”But in His mercy, Allah understands human nature. He understands that people are wired to think in terms of profit and return on investment. So He frames it as a transaction: give Me a loan, and I will surely repay you — multiplied many times over. In human transactions, demanding extra on a qard is riba. But with Allah, He is the One promising to multiply the return. It's the ultimate ROI.And what can a person invest with? Two things: wealth or skills. Both require Muslims to be hardworking.It's All For UsAllah then makes something clear: whatever is sent forth for the akhirah, it's essentially for our own benefit. Allah doesn't need our investment. Every command He gives is for our sake, not His.And there's a profound observation embedded here. As humanity lives more and more comfortably — materially, physically — mental health continues to decline. The richer the country, the higher the rates of depression and anxiety. Why? Because life without purpose erodes the soul. When everything is easy and comfortable, humans lose their sense of direction.Islam solves this by providing a purpose so enormous that no amount of wealth or comfort can make it irrelevant: getting to Jannah. How do we get there? That question structures every day, every decision, every effort. It keeps life purposeful no matter the circumstances. And when the community works together with that shared purpose, everyone rises.Ending with IstighfarThe surah closes with a command to seek Allah's forgiveness. Wastaghfirullah — make istighfar. There are two dimensions to this.First, the timing. The pre-dawn hours — suhoor time — are the best time for istighfar. Allah praises those who seek forgiveness in the early morning. For those already awake for Qiyamul Layl, this flows naturally.Second, there's a subtler reason. Sometimes, in the middle of worship and good deeds, something dangerous creeps into the heart. A feeling of: “I woke up for Qiyamul Layl. I read Surah Al-Kahf in one raka'ah and Surah Al-Mulk in the next. I'm amazing.” Or after giving a large charity: “I'm so generous. Look at what I gave.”This is kibr — arrogance — and it's one of Shaitan's favourite tricks. When he can't stop someone from doing good deeds, he tries to spoil the deed through the intention. So the surah ends with the antidote: astaghfirullah. Centre yourself. Realign the intention. “Ya Allah, if there was any misalignment in my heart, I seek Your forgiveness.”Indeed, Allah is Most Forgiving and Most Merciful.The Complete Message of Surah Al-MuzzammilAnd with that, Surah Al-Muzzammil comes to a close. Its message is beautifully complete: stay up at night, even a little. Pray. Read Quran. Let that spiritual recharge fuel everything in the day — the work, the earning, the serving of the ummah. Islam is a religion of balance: worship at night, work hard in the day. And in between, give everything its right. The body has a right — rest, nutrition, exercise. Family has a right — time and attention. And Allah has a right — acts of worship.Fulfil all those rights. That's the straight path.Your Action Steps This Week* Make the du'a of Laylatul Qadr every night. Memorise “Allahumma innaka ‘afuwwun tuhibbul ‘afwa fa'fu ‘anni”and repeat it abundantly in the remaining nights of Ramadan. Understand the difference — this isn't just asking for forgiveness, it's asking for a complete clean slate.* Do something every night, even if it's small. If two raka'at is all that's manageable, pray two raka'at. If one page of Quran is what's realistic, read one page. Don't let the inability to do everything become an excuse to do nothing.* Reframe how work fits into worship. This ayah places earning a livelihood alongside fighting in the path of Allah. Approach work this week with the conscious intention that economic productivity is an act Allah values — and use what is earned to benefit family and community.* Audit the foundations before the extras. Before adding more nawafil, make sure the obligatory salah and zakat are fully in order. The extras don't compensate for gaps in the foundations.* End every night with istighfar. After Qiyamul Layl, after du'a, after any act of worship — close with astaghfirullah. Let it be the safeguard against arrogance creeping into the heart through the very deeds meant to bring closeness to Allah.May Allah grant us the strength to apply the lessons from Surah Al-Muzzammil — to pray at night, recite the Quran, and work hard in the day for the benefit of the ummah. May Allah allow us to enter Jannah with the Prophet ﷺ and with the Sahaba.Next week, inshaAllah, we begin Suratul Muddaththir. 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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit groundeddaily.substack.comWe move into Part 2 of our journey through Surah Al-A'raf: the creation of human beings. And Allah begins not with Adam, but with something we rarely stop to appreciate.We Were Made for Good Living“We have settled you on earth and made for you therein ma'ayish.”Ma'ayish doesn't just mean livelihood. It means good living. Allah didn't have to create us this way. He could have made us like the dung beetle — one food source, no variation, no pleasure. Instead He gave us the ability to mix, to cook, to combine flavours that taste terrible alone but become extraordinary together. The star anise in your soup. The spices in your curry.This is a gift that we almost never acknowledge. And Allah notes it: “Very little of you are grateful.”The Gratitude LoopGratitude, according to both Islamic tradition and modern psychology, requires three elements: the benefit, the beneficiary, and the benefactor. The first two are easy to identify — good food, and me enjoying it. But the loop only closes when you know who to thank.Researchers at UC Davis and UC Berkeley have found that people who cannot complete this loop — who have no one ultimate to direct their gratitude toward — experience limited happiness from gratitude practice. Without God, who do you thank for good health? For a good family? For being alive?When we say Alhamdulillah, we close the loop. And then we find ourselves grateful for the ability to be grateful — which calls for another Alhamdulillah — and so it continues, deeper and deeper. That is the loop Allah built into the fitrah.Allah Takes Ownership of How He Made You“We have created you and then fashioned you.”Allah doesn't just create — He takes personal ownership of how each of us was shaped. Tall or short, dark or light, slim or otherwise. This is His doing.Which makes it worth asking: when we mock someone's appearance, who are we really criticising? If you insult a painting, the painter is the one offended. Allah shaped us. He takes ownership of that. So the next time someone comments on how you look, you are well within your rights to say — I didn't have much say in this. Take it up with my Creator.The Story of Adam — Told in AnglesThe story of Adam appears in the Quran roughly every seven juz. If we complete a khatam every month, we encounter it at the start of every week. It is our origin story, and Allah wants it close to us.But each surah tells it differently — Al-Baqarah focuses on the purpose of our creation and the dialogue with the angels. Al-A'raf zooms in on two things: the sin of Iblis, and the slip of Adam and how he returned. Different angles on the same story, the way a good film cuts between perspectives to hold your attention and reveal something new each time.The First Sin: ArroganceAllah commanded all the angels to bow before Adam. Everyone did — except Iblis.When Allah asked why, Iblis said: “I am better than him. You created me from fire and him from clay.”This is the first act of disobedience in creation. And look at what drove it — not doubt, not confusion, but kibir. Arrogance.The Prophet ﷺ defined arrogance as two things: looking down upon others, and rejecting the truth. Iblis did both in a single sentence. He rejected Allah's command. And he declared himself superior to Adam.Here is the profound irony: Iblis had no hand in his own creation. Did he choose to be made from fire? Did Adam choose clay? This was all Allah's doing. Yet Iblis took credit for what Allah created and used it to look down on what Allah created. That is kibir in its purest form.And Allah's response? “Exit. You are from among the small ones.”Kibir shares its root with kabir — greatness, bigness. Iblis wanted to be seen as great. And because of that, Allah made him small. This is the divine law that the Prophet ﷺ articulated: whoever humbles himself, Allah raises. Whoever seeks greatness through arrogance, Allah diminishes.We stopped here tonight. Tomorrow insha'Allah — why kibir happens, how Shaitan uses it, and how we defend ourselves against his tricks.Following along with the series? Consider a paid subscription to receive a free digital copy of the Surah Al-A'raf Study Guide and Workbook — your companion through this Ramadan journey.

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