GratitudeFrom the masjid's own video, Jul 25, 2026.
Gratitude means repaying Allah through giving
“Who is it that will loan Allah a goodly loan?”
In one sentence
True gratitude to Allah requires recognizing His blessings, feeling joy mixed with a sense of obligation, and repaying the debt owed to Allah and to the people through whom blessings came, above all by spending in His cause.
The khutbah in 7 steps
- Opening praise of Allah and Quranic verses on taqwa and the Jumu'ah call
- Satan's vow in Surah al-A'raf that most people will be ungrateful
- Recap of a previous khutbah: al-Ghazali's three components of gratitude, recognizing blessings, and the fingerprints example from Surah al-Qiyamah
- The second component: joy in the blessing plus a discomfort born of obligation to Allah and to the people who delivered His blessings
- Our debt to the early Muslims (Bilal, Ali, Khadija, the preservers of the Quran) and how to repay it by giving
- Barriers to giving: feeling unable to afford it, assuming someone else will act, and embarrassment over small amounts
- Closing supplications and reminder of the Jumu'ah closing verses
Try this week
Give sadaqah proactively without waiting to be asked, seeing needs in the community yourself
Support students learning the Quran and Quran schools to honor those who preserved it
Help build or support a masjid to honor those on whose backs Islam was built
Take personal initiative to fix problems you see instead of assuming someone else will
Give even small amounts sincerely, without embarrassment over the size of the contribution
Pray for the early Muslims and mention their names to elevate their status
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 7:17Satan's vow to assault mankind from every side and that most will be ungrateful, framing gratitude as a battleground with shaytan
Quran 62:9The command to hasten to the remembrance of Allah on Friday, establishing Jumu'ah as an obligation
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“He who has not thanked the people, has not thanked Allah.”
“but we can honor his resilience by exercising resilience in our own circumstances.”
“Who is it that will loan Allah a goodly loan? So He will multiply it for him and he will have a goodly reward.”
“When Allah places His barakah in things, the end result is nothing like what went in.”
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