8:27 And what you strive…14:09 When you want to build…19:51 But planning to live…
Qur'an & tafsirFrom the masjid's own video, Dec 26, 2025.

Use time well before it is gone

At-Thohir · Nihal Khan

“What you strive for, you will see the fruits of it.”

The khateeb, at 8:27

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In one sentence

Time is precious and irrecoverable, so believers should use it intentionally through faith, good deeds, mutual advice, patience, and present action.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. The khutbah frames time as a precious resource and invites reflection on the past year.
  2. Humanity is described as being in loss unless it combines faith, good deeds, mutual counsel toward truth, and patience.
  3. The speaker presents respectful, relationship-based advice and communal solidarity as alternatives to criticism and fatalism.
  4. Examples from parenting, wealth, prayer, Quran reading, and exercise illustrate why meaningful results require patience.
  5. The five-before-five hadith and a story of young people who died unexpectedly lead to a call for intentional living for Allah.
Try this week
Reflect on the past year and identify lessons to carry into 2026.
Use youth, health, wealth, free time, and life before their opposites arrive.
Act without waiting for perfection, learn from mistakes, and seek forgiveness when falling short.
Give advice respectfully after building relationships, and work with others toward truth and patience.
Continue prayer, Quran reading, and other good deeds patiently even when results are not immediate.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 103Used to argue that people are naturally in loss except those with faith, good deeds, mutual counsel toward truth, and patience.
Surah 53Used to emphasize that people receive according to what they strive for.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“And what you strive for, you will see the fruits of it.”
At-Thohir · Koreatown, CA
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“When you want to build wealth, will that happen overnight? No, that happens from sabr, from years of yearning.”
At-Thohir · Koreatown, CA
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“But planning to live according to the way that Allah wants us to, takes a lot of effort.”
At-Thohir · Koreatown, CA
Play from 19:51
Where it was given

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