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GratitudeFrom the masjid's own video, Dec 13, 2025.

Use Allah’s blessings for worship and good

ICSD · Abdeljalil Mezgouri

“If you want to count the blessings of Allah upon you, you are not going to count them.”

The khateeb, at 7:06

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In one sentence

True gratitude to Allah means recognizing life, provision, and guidance as His blessings, worshiping Him accordingly, using those blessings responsibly, and sharing their benefit with others.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. Opens with the khutbat al-hajah and a warning against religious innovations.
  2. Introduces gratitude as the sermon’s theme and identifies life, provision, and guidance as major blessings.
  3. Explains that gratitude is demonstrated through worship, obedience, prayer, fasting, zakat, Quran reading, and other obligations.
  4. Urges listeners to recognize visible and hidden blessings and practice morning and evening remembrance.
  5. Uses Qarun and a father-son story about luxury cars to warn against pride and attributing success solely to oneself.
  6. Defines practical gratitude as praising Allah, using blessings for good, giving charity, and sharing guidance.
  7. Closes with supplication, Quran recitation, and reminders of accountability.
Try this week
Attend Jumu'ah, listen attentively, and fulfill the obligatory acts of worship.
Recite the morning and evening gratitude supplication mentioned in the khutbah.
Say Alhamdulillah with genuine recognition that blessings come from Allah, not merely as a verbal habit.
Use wealth, talent, knowledge, and other blessings for good and give charity or zakat.
Teach children that their abilities and possessions come from Allah, while restraining pride and entitlement.
Share beneficial guidance and encourage good conduct among others.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 16:18Shows that Allah’s blessings are too numerous for people to count.
Quran 14:7Supports the promise that gratitude brings increase, while ingratitude brings punishment.
Quran 56:63-74Demonstrates that Allah controls crops, water, and other provisions people cannot create themselves.
Quran 28:76-82Uses Qarun’s self-attribution of wealth and his destruction as a warning against arrogance.
Quran 28:77Calls listeners to do good with blessings as Allah has done good to them.
Quran 7:43Emphasizes that guidance itself is a blessing granted by Allah.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“If you want to count the blessings of Allah upon you, you are not going to count them”
ICSD · Clairemont, CA
Play from 7:06
“Mae'r diogeluadau o Allah arnom, rhai ohonyn nhw gallwn eu gweld, rhai ohonyn nhw dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod, dydyn ni ddim yn gweld.”
ICSD · Clairemont, CA
Play from 19:55
“"Wa ahsin kama ahsana allahu" Ileik. "Digonwyd i chi, ddigonwyd i eraill."”
ICSD · Clairemont, CA
Play from 30:07
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah taught that gratitude begins by recognizing three major blessings: life, provision, and guidance. Real gratitude is more than saying Alhamdulillah; it appears in worship, obedience, good choices, and responsible use of what Allah gives us. The stories of Qarun and the demanding son warn us not to credit ourselves alone or let blessings feed our pride. Parents should teach children humility and remind them that their abilities and possessions come from Allah. We should also turn blessings into service, charity, and beneficial guidance for others.

  1. What is one blessing you often notice only after it is missing?
  2. How could our family turn “Alhamdulillah” into an action this week?
  3. What talent or resource could we use to help someone else?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of San Diego7050 Eckstrom Ave, San Diego, CA 92111Jumu'ah 12:00 PM & 1:30 PMKhateebAbdeljalil MezgouriMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at ICSD36 khutbahs
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