Forgetting Allah leads to true loss
“Don't live your life only for this life.”
The khutbah argues that true loss comes from living as though Allah and the Hereafter are forgotten, while success requires continual God-consciousness, obedience to the Qur’an and Sunnah, repentance, and steady good deeds.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Defines Qur’anic success and loss, focusing on those who lose themselves and their families.
- Distinguishes forgetting Allah from ordinary human forgetfulness and connects it to neglecting prayer, accountability, and divine commands.
- Explains the worldly and Hereafter consequences of forgetting Allah, including self-forgetfulness and blindness on Judgment Day.
- Urges listeners to read and contemplate the Qur’an, follow prophetic guidance, and avoid selectively distorting religious teachings.
- Calls for repentance, family care, consistent worship, good manners, and persistence in good deeds until meeting Allah.
In the khateeb's words
“Those who are misguided, they will have a severe punishment because they forgot about the day of count.”
“Some of the scholars said if you remember that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is watching you you will abandon the sin.”
“Don't live your life only for this life. The purpose of being in this life is to reach your goal.”
“keep always do the goodness and the good until you meet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala”
For the dinner table
The khutbah reminds us that real success is not just having a good life in this world. Real loss comes when we forget Allah, ignore the Hereafter, and stop following His guidance. Forgetting Allah does not mean making one honest mistake; it means living as though we will never answer for our choices. We can protect ourselves by praying, repenting quickly, caring for our families, reading the Qur’an, and continuing good deeds. The goal is to keep turning back to Allah until we meet Him.
- What is one way we can remember Allah during an ordinary day?
- Why is it important to keep doing good even when we feel tired or distracted?
- What good habit would you like to strengthen this week?
The masjid
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