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All praise is due to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, blessings and salutations upon Muhammad

Allah Wa Alaihi Wasallam. We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to bless him and all his companions and we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to bless every single one of us.

My beloved brothers and sisters in Islam, it brings tears to the eyes, in gratitude to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for having granted us the acceptance to witness this blessed month.

Tonight being the first night of the month of Ramadan 1432, Hijri, 1,432 years after the hijrah of Muhammad Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

And we are seated here in the house of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, far away in the city of Cape Town, in this beautiful message Zinnatul Islam.

We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to accept every single effort of ours, every one of us who has made an effort to come here this evening, all the listeners, all the viewers, every single person we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to grant us all forgiveness.

And we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to lighten up our lives just like we notice the difference when these lights were put on.

We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to increase us in new and to grant us the full use of this month of Ramadan.

Really, it is a sacrifice, it is a month of sacrifice.

It is a month where we will be abstaining from many things for the pleasure of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, from a certain time to a certain time.

And in the evenings we will be sacrificing again to stand in long prayer solely for the pleasure of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

Remember it is an effort that will make us from amongst those who are successful, those who are not prepared to put an effort or to make an effort, what type of success do they expect?

May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala accept our efforts.

This evening in inshallah I have decided to embark on a series known as lessons from the stories of the prophets, may peace be upon them all that are mentioned in the Quran.

And as you know, it is very important to introduce a topic, so tonight will be dedicated to the introduction.

And it is very important that we know what is it that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala expects from us.

We all know that we were created by Allah.

We were created by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

We call him Abdul-Alamin.

We call him Lord of the worlds.

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