Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 31, 2026.
Arrogance hardens the heart against guidance
“First, practice humility by accepting correction.”
In one sentence
Arrogant refusal to accept correction hardens the heart, allowing Shaytan to beautify wrongdoing, while humility, Qur'an-centered self-examination, and immediate repentance reopen the heart to guidance.
The khutbah in 7 steps
- Introduces resistance to correction and the Qur'anic warning that hardship should produce humility.
- Defines taḍarruʿ as recognizing Allah's greatness and human insignificance.
- Explains arrogance as rejecting truth, belittling people, and resisting correction.
- Applies the warning to intellectual, moral, and behavioral arrogance in families and community life.
- Describes how repeated refusal hardens the heart and blocks Qur'anic guidance.
- Explains how Shaytan makes repeated sins appear admirable or normal.
- Concludes with repentance, a hadith about the heart's black spot, and three practical steps.
Try this week
Accept correction by considering whether there is something you could have done better.
Return to the Qur'an, dhikr, and worship with the intention of changing your behavior.
Make sincere tawbah immediately after wrongdoing and say astaghfirullah rather than normalizing the sin.
Before challenging the person giving advice, first ask whether the advice itself is true.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“The essence of right and wrong comes from Allah, regardless of whatever anyone believes outside. Right and wrong is defined by Allah, not by society, not by me, not by how comfortable or uncomfortable I am with the ruling.”
“First, practice humility by accepting correction. You don't have to admit that you're wrong just because someone else said that you're wrong. But at least let your heart consider maybe there is something that I could have done better.”
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