Taqwa means living by Quran and Sunnah
“They give in the difficult time and the ease time both.”
The Quran and authentic Sunnah must govern believers’ lives, producing taqwa through generosity, self-control, forgiveness, humility, and purified hearts before death makes repentance too late.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Opens with Quranic exhortations to taqwa and truthful speech, alongside the command to hold firmly to the Quran and Sunnah.
- Uses Aad, Thamud, Fir'aun, and a modern senator to warn that power, wealth, and status cannot defeat death.
- Defines the muttaqun through charity in hardship and ease, anger control, forgiveness, and ihsan.
- Argues that the Quran is binding guidance requiring understanding, contemplation, and implementation before it is too late.
- Uses Qarun and the Prophet’s household to teach gratitude, afterlife-oriented use of blessings, and sharing with others.
- Explains the Quran as a cure for spiritual diseases, including shirk, hatred, envy, stinginess, arrogance, worldly attachment, leadership-seeking, and showing off.
In the khateeb's words
“They give in the difficult time and the ease time both.”
“To worship Allah as if you see Him subhanahu wa ta'ala. Why? Because if you don't see Him we cannot see Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sees us.”
“share with others the blessings that Allah give you share with others because it's from Allah”
For the dinner table
The khutbah reminds us that the Quran and the Prophet’s Sunnah are meant to guide our whole lives. Taqwa shows up in generosity during both ease and hardship, controlling anger, forgiving people, and doing good with awareness that Allah sees us. Our blessings, wealth, family, knowledge, and strength, are trusts to use for the Hereafter and share with others. We should turn back to Allah now, purify our hearts from envy, arrogance, and attachment to worldly status, and not wait until it is too late.
- What is one blessing you could share with someone this week?
- What helps you calm down and forgive when someone hurts you?
- How can we make understanding the Quran part of our regular routine?
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