This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com. I'm not in the al-Mauti. I'll al-Aman al-Amanu I'm in Ussalihat,

what I was of in Haak, what I was of a Sikh, what I was of a sub-

I mean, I have two agendas for the Khutba today.

One I wanted to talk about an aye that belongs to

Sutel Bakara for a very particular reason given the occasion of Ramadan.

But before that I wanted to share with you just a small bit of encouragement

as the month of Ramadan comes to a close.

Two-thirds of it is already over.

We are approaching the last ten nights.

And I wanted to actually, first of all, acknowledge that there are two kinds of audiences in the

Jumara and also at large in the Muslim community. There are those that are very

motivated to do worship. They take extra measures to make the most of Ramadan and even they start running out of energy,

you know, 20 days in and the kind of enthusiasm that was there to make it to the

much to pray, to pray in Jamao or to recite more Quran, it to the Masjid to pray in Jama or to recite more kur-on, it starts, the fuel starts running

out a little bit, and that's understandable.

And a lot of times to encourage that group of people, we're told of the fadahil of Ramadan, how the Prophet Salah-Lah al-A-E-Sala-A-U-Slim encouraged these extra acts of worship,

how we're supposed to find the last, you know, L Ljitavkadir in the last ten nights and all of these things,

which are all very valid and powerful and beautiful things.

But there's another audience.

There's another audience of Muslims, a very large population of Muslims, that is so far

from the religion of Allah that for them to even give up alcohol in the month of Ramadan is a big deal.

They're that far away from Allah Azawajal.

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