Allah Almighty, as I have told you so many times, is in charge of our lives. Some of us find this very difficult to understand, and we assume that we are in charge of our lives. On numerous occasions I have tried to explain this to you.  Allah Almighty says in the Holy Qur’an: إِنَّ اللهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ For Allah hath power over all things (iii: 165). Allah Almighty is in charge. He is the One that makes decisions with regard to every single thing that happens.  Although we have the impression that we are free, that in a certain sense we can do what we want, we are, in fact, under Divine Decision all the time. Tonight, for example, we have come here together, and sat in His house, a place in which we worship Him.  We ruku’ here, we sujud here, we recite Qur’an here, we

Allah Almighty says in the Qur’an: إِنَّ اللهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِيْنَ Allah is with those who have patience (ii: 153). There are two important things that come out of this verse. The first thing is that Allah is with us if we are patient. Allah says: “I am with those people who are patient.”  I do not think that we really understand what Allah’s being with us means. Only Allah knows. We can only assume that Allah Almighty is with that servant in a special way. His blessings are there for that servant. His forgiveness is there for that servant. All good things Allah provides for His servant, for someone who is patient, who is in a state of sabr. This sabr does not mean the kind of patience that you have to have when waiting for things or persons. It’s not that kind of patience. This kind of patience has

A’udhu billahi minash shaytanir rajim, Bismillahir rahma nir rahim, Alhamdu lillahi rabbil alamin. Was salatu was salamu ala ashrafil mursalin, Sayyidina Muhammad, wa  ala alihi wa ashabihi ajma’in. (Meded Ya Sayyidi, destur Ya Sayyidi). La hawla wa la quwwata ila bilahil aliyyil adhim. Ash hadu alla ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh. [I seek the protection of Allah from the accursed Shaytan. In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Good. All praise to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Peace and blessings on the most honoured Messenger, our Master Muhammad, and on all of his family and Companions. (Spiritual support, O my Master. Permission, O my Master). There is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Most Mighty, the Most Powerful. I bear witness that there is no god other than Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His Servant and His