Patience & trialsFrom the masjid's own video, May 3, 2026.
Trust Allah's decree while taking action
“Whatever has missed you was never going to reach you in the first place.”
In one sentence
Belief in qadr means taking responsible action, repentance, and planning while trusting that Allah alone controls outcomes and knows the hidden wisdom in what happens.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Uses the Vietnam War and John Kerry's question to frame the danger of persisting in mistakes.
- Explains the delayed revelation in Surah al-Kahf and the need to say insha'Allah about future plans.
- Uses the king-and-wazir story and Musa and Khidr to illustrate hidden wisdom and limited human knowledge.
- Distinguishes courage from absence of fear and yaqeen from absence of doubt.
- Calls individuals and nations to repent, accept accountability, and reject power without moral authority.
- Concludes by applying qadr to daily life, encouraging trust in Allah, saying insha'Allah, and believing that what reaches or misses us is decreed.
Try this week
Say insha'Allah when speaking about future actions or outcomes.
Take responsible action and plan while accepting that Allah controls the result.
Make du'a with certainty and determination.
Repent soon after mistakes, acknowledge wrongdoing, and resolve not to repeat it.
Hold yourself and leaders accountable for mistakes.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 18Used to teach qualifying future plans with Allah's will and recognizing that humans do not control outcomes.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“We make choices, we take actions, we plan for the future. But we don't control the outcome.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the conquering of fear.”
“The first step to healing is to acknowledge that you have a problem.”
“whatever has missed you was never going to reach you in the first place. And whatever has reached you, it was never meant to miss you.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that believing in qadr does not mean sitting back or refusing to act. We should plan, make good choices, pray with confidence, and then trust Allah with the results. Difficult events may contain wisdom or goodness that we cannot yet see because Allah knows far more than we do. When we make mistakes, we should repent quickly, accept responsibility, and work to change, both as individuals and as a community.
- What is one plan you can make while still remembering that Allah controls the outcome?
- Can you think of a difficult experience that later taught you something valuable?
- Why can admitting a mistake be the beginning of healing?
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