How Surah Ad - Dhuha can change your life! - Sh. tawfique chowdhury [beautiful]

The greatest way to feel good in your heart is to read the Surah Al-Duha (pronounced Ad-Duha) Because it is the most amazing Surah in the Qur'an that tells you to be positive and to feel good about Allah azzawajal Shall I tell you the meaning of Duha? In a way that perhaps you have not heard before? Surah Al-Duha was revealed at a time when the Prophet s.a.w. (peace be upon him) did not receive the revelation from Allah s.w.t. for 6 months for 6 months the Prophet s.a.w. did not receive any revelation from Allah! Jibreel a.s. didn't come down he didn't see a dream... You know, there was a time when I used to see a lot of good dreams And these days when I am busy with Mercy Mission I am SO tired My brain is SO tired.. I actually don't see dreams! Sometimes I don't feel like my salawat... my 'ibadat.. is actually making an impact on my heart and on my life So I feel quite disconnected from Allah azzawajal Do you get that feeling sometimes...guys? Brothers? Sisters? yes? Sometimes you feel like it's not effecting me it's like ALLAH is not responding to me? HE is not talking to me? I don't see good dreams anymore? I don't get the shiver down my spine anymore? I am not feeling the pleasure anymore? What's going on? In the same way for six months the Prophet s.a.w. did not receive any revelation from Jibreel a.s. coming down all the way to a dream or nothing at all for SIX months! And so the Prophet s.a.w. thought that ALLAH s.w.t. hates him he s.a.w. thought that ALLAH s.w.t. does not want him as a Nabi (Prophet) anymore! So all these thoughts were coming in his mind Isn't that right? When we start thinking the same? Some of us start thinking... 'Oh my God! Allah must hate me!...' 'Look at my life!...' 'ALLAH must really not want me!...' 'Look at the situation!..my circumstances!' 'I must be a wretched, downtrodden human-being!..' 'Allah doesn't care anything at all!..' 'Allah mustn't even care about my Dua!..' Sometimes these thoughts come to your mind This is how the Prophet s.a.w. was when this Surah was revealed So what did ALLAH say? ALLAH said: وَالضُّحَىٰ ﴿١﴾ By the Sun, and the morning.. in it's blazing glory! وَالضُّحَىٰ So first thing that you tell to someone who is depressed: 'Wake up!... See the sunlight!... It's not all doomsday.. it's not all doom & gloom.. it is a beautiful sun out there.. beautiful light! ...' وَالضُّحَىٰ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ ﴿٢﴾ And by the night... as it envelopes... The second problem with people who are depressed is they stay up the nights They go to sleep in the morning and stay up at nights So everything is doomy and gloomy They have a bad sleep-wake pattern وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ ﴿٢﴾ And by the night as it gives comfort! مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ ﴿٣﴾ ALLAH does NOT hate you O Muhammed! ALLAH doesn't hate us! ALLAH doesn't hate you Muhammed! Nor has he forgotten you! In the same way— Ya Abdallah! Ya Amatallah! ALLAH doesn't hate YOU! And ALLAH has NOT forgotten you! مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ ﴿٣﴾ وَلَلْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ الْأُولَىٰ ﴿٤﴾ And indeed! the hereafter will be far better for you... than this dunya! What is coming... is going to be FAR better for you... than what situation you are in now! وَلَلْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ الْأُولَىٰ ﴿٤﴾ وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰ ﴿٥﴾ And very soon ALLAH will give you a massive reward & HE will make you happy! VERY SOON! O Muslimeen! ALLAH will give us 'Jannah' in sha' ALLAH and make us happy! very soon ALLAH will give us .. a victory from all of this.. and make us happy وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ VERY SOON ALLAH has promised this and of a surety...very soon! Very soon we will go to Jannah in sha' ALLAH Very soon! Isn't this the most beautiful thing to say to a person who feels bad in his heart? Then ALLAH gives him reasons to believe this What does HE say? أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَآوَىٰ ﴿٦﴾ HE gives people reasoning so that you believe this HE says: أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا Did HE not find you an orphan and look after you? Ask yourself! Weren't you very sick sometimes? Weren't you a little boy ALLAH looked after you? Weren't you a little girl no one to care for you? And ALLAH looked after you? أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَآوَىٰ ﴿٦﴾ وَوَجَدَكَ ضَالًّا فَهَدَىٰ ﴿٧﴾ And WE found you misguided... we guide you! Weren't we misguided brothers & sisters? Before we became practicing I know I never used to pray myself! I never knew about my Deen Didn't ALLAH find me misguided and guide me? In the same way.. weren't you misguided and ALLAH guide you? وَوَجَدَكَ عَائِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ ﴿٨﴾ Didn't ALLAH s.w.t. find you poor.. in need of wealth and ALLAH give you wealth? How many of us came to Australia we never had any money? How many of us by ALLAH ALLAH s.w.t. had mercy on us pity on us and HE made us wealthy! How many of us ALLAH s.w.t. looked after us when by ALLAH our families still are struggling back home! وَوَجَدَكَ عَائِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ ﴿٨﴾ So ALLAH gives more and more reasoning to Rasulullah s.a.w. & to us Reminding us again & again why you should believe everything else that ALLAH has said HIS promises that will come true! So to the depressed person this is the BEST way To reason by telling him about the past And giving him reason to believe that ALLAH's promises WILL come true! Just like it did in the past! Then ALLAH gives the antedote to depression Do you know what it is? The depressed person is more concerned about himself But the BEST way to remove depression and this feeling of being disconnected with ALLAH is to remember those people who are FAR FAR in MORE difficulty than YOU! فَأَمَّا الْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ ﴿٩﴾ ALLAH continues and says: 'And so the orphan... do NOT be *** him! ... وَأَمَّا السَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ ﴿١٠﴾ 'And the one who asks you... do NOT say NO to him!..' So ALLAH tells us to remember 2 types of people The first is an orphan and #2 is a beggar Remember the orphans they have NO ONE to look after! YOU have parents to look after you! You have family to look after you! Someone to go home! The orphans have NOBODY! وَأَمَّا السَّائِلَ The beggar... he has NO food he is asking YOU for food! he goes to sleep hungry everyday! ALLAH has given you food! How many of us has ever gone to sleep hungry? SubhanALLAH! So ALLAH tells us the antedote which is to look at people below us فَأَمَّا الْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ ﴿٩﴾ وَأَمَّا السَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ ﴿١٠﴾ And then the FINAL way to remove this feeling of being disconnected from ALLAH Do you know what? وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ ﴿١١﴾ 'And the blessings of your LORD enumerate!...' Talk about the blessings of ALLAH Alhamdulillah for my eyes! Alhamdulillah for my hands! Alhamdulillah for my mouth! Alhamdulillah for my heart! If ALLAH didn't love us... then why is HE still keeping us alive! If ALLAH didn't like us... why is HE giving us sustenance... every minute that we are alive! If ALLAH didn't love us... then why are we here today! Sharing this knowledge... Increasing in wisdom! And love of ALLAH azzawajal! My brothers! My sisters in Islam! Next time you feel disconnected read Surah Al-Duha And by ALLAH you will feel the same love that the Prophet s.a.w. received from ALLAH azzawajal! That ALLAH s.w.t. of a surety blessed him... and of a surety will bless us in sha' ALLAH! Very soon! Very soon! ALLAH's promise will come true! My brothers & sisters in Islam it is for this reason what Sufyan Al-Thawri says that amazing statement— he said— 'Wallahi I would NOT replace ALLAH ... with my parents to be the judge... on the Day of Judgement.... I would rather have ALLAH judge me.. ..rather than my parents on the Day of Judgement! ..because I know ALLAH azzawajal loves me more than my parents!' Ya Salaam! If you believe ALLAH loves you more than your parents ALLAH will love you more than your parents If you believe ALLAH can forgive all your sins! ALLAH will forgive ALL your sins! If you believe ALLAH will reward you and enter you into Jannah! ALLAH will NOT betray your faith in HIM! ALLAH will in sha' ALLAH answer your Dua' and enter you into Jannah..Bi idhnillah! In sha' ALLAH ta'ala May ALLAH make us all companions in Jannatul Firdous! AMEEN! May ALLAH reward Sh. Tawfique and his family immensely! AMEEN! Subtitles by: YouTube.com/ImanProject Please keep me in your Dua's too and subscribe for more subtitled Imaan boosting videos in sha' ALLAH!