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Bismillah, and al-hambul-llil-llah, and Salathe, and Salam,

on Rassul-Lah, and al-Alihi and his ha'a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-haebhaeem.

My beloved brothers and sisters, it is amazing to be here in this beautiful month of Ramadan

with such beaming faces, everyone so happy, smiling, inshallah,

hiding all the difficulty, hardship that you and I may be facing.

And that happens because the Almighty is the one who favors us always.

I was in this beautiful hall before Ramadan. I was in this beautiful hall before Ramadan,

and there was a verse that I mentioned and repeated.

And later when I left, I thought of it,

and it helped me in my own challenges.

You need to know every time someone talks to you about

goodness and how to overcome the challenges

and how to enjoy the comfort and the contentment

that the Almighty has created, that person also faces challenges

of their own. And their own comfort and contentment would definitely be according to how

much they hear themselves.

So if I were to adopt the goodness that Allah has blessed us with, that I talk about,

it would bring about a lot of comfort in the midst of the biggest challenges that we may face in our lives.

Because life is all about challenges.

And if I ignore what the Almighty says, then I will have to face the consequences of that.

And one of those consequences is no matter what happens on earth, even if your issues are small, they will seem so big because you haven't taken the guidance. Who made you and who made I? Who made me?

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