6:40 Çünkü, onların…19:50 Bu, Adem ve İblis…21:43 İkisi de şerefliydi,…
Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

Own your mistakes and repent

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“Bu, Adem ve İblis arasındaki fark.”

The khateeb, at 19:50

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In one sentence

The khutbah teaches that the decisive difference between Iblis and Adam is how they respond to disobedience: pride and blame lead to defiance, while honest repentance leads to Allah’s mercy.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. Contrasts Iblis and Adam as beings given freedom and responsibility.
  2. Explains how Iblis’s worship became pride and superiority.
  3. Recounts Iblis’s refusal to prostrate and his vow to mislead humanity.
  4. Contrasts Adam and Hawwa’s mistake with their immediate repentance.
  5. Uses the Adam, Musa hadith to discuss divine decree and personal responsibility.
  6. Applies the lesson to gossip, blaming circumstances, and daily mistakes.
  7. Calls listeners to respond to wrongdoing like Adam, not like Iblis.
Try this week
When you make a mistake, acknowledge it honestly instead of making excuses.
Stop and repent when gossip begins, rather than justifying it as concern.
Do not blame Allah or your circumstances for sinful choices; take responsibility and return to Him.
Ask Allah for forgiveness and mercy after wrongdoing.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Çünkü, onların hikayesini bir araya koyduğumuzda, onların hikayeleri başlangıçta çok benzer. Çok çok benzerler.”
JSMC · Tampa, FL
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“Bu, Adem ve İblis arasındaki fark. Bu, Hava ve İblis'in Adem ve Hava'nın karakteridir.”
JSMC · Tampa, FL
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“İkisi de şerefliydi, ikisi de bir hükümet verdi, ikisi de inandı. Ama iblis de şüpheli kaldı.”
JSMC · Tampa, FL
Play from 21:43
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah compares Iblis with Adam and Hawwa. Both encountered Allah’s commands and made serious mistakes, but Iblis responded with pride, blame, and defiance, while Adam and Hawwa admitted their wrongdoing and asked Allah for mercy. The lesson is that making a mistake does not have to define us; our response matters. We should notice our wrong actions, stop making excuses, seek forgiveness, and avoid blaming Allah or other people. In everyday life, this includes resisting gossip and choosing humility when we are corrected.

  1. What is one excuse people sometimes use instead of admitting a mistake?
  2. How can we ask forgiveness after hurting someone?
  3. What helps us notice pride before it controls our response?
Where it was given

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Jesus Son of Mary Center3457 W Kenyon Ave, Tampa, FL 33614Jumu'ah Khutbah 1:30 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at JSMC80 khutbahs
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