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We praise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as he is worthy of being praised. And we seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our souls and the consequences of our deeds.

Indeed, whomever Allah guides, none can misguide. And whomever Allah chooses to misguide, none can guide him to the straight path.

I bear witness and I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship other than Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

And I bear witness and I testify that Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam is his final prophet and his most perfect worshiper.

As to what follows, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reminds us in the Quran to be conscious of him when he says,

In the last few weeks, we have been hearing so much about the blessings of this month of Ramadan.

We have heard khutbah after lecture, after sermon about making sure that this Ramadan is going to be our best Ramadan.

We have reiterated those ayat an-ahadith about the sacredness, the sanctity of this month.

And there are so many amongst us already gearing up to make sure that in inshaAllah, this Ramadan is going to be their best Ramadan.

They're already figuring out how many times they're going to finish the entire Quran.

They're putting into their schedule how they'll increase their salat, how they're going to pray to hajjud every single night.

And all of us, we are caught up in that excitement and alhamdulillah for that.

But what if some amongst us don't feel as excited as we think we should be?

After all, let's be honest, there are those amongst us, perhaps some of us in this very gathering who we see the excitement and we sense it in other people.

When we look in ourselves, we are disappointed and we find that we're not as excited as the rest of the people around us.

Perhaps even we feel a sense of sadness, a sense of grief because for some reason we think, how come I'm not as excited?

How come I'm not as enthusiastic or something wrong with me? Do I have weak e-man and as the month begins?

And we see people, MashaAllah, TawarakAllah, soaring to new heights.

Some of us are just barely struggling to get by with the bare minimum.

Some of us are struggling to come every night to pray Tawir.

Maybe even at home it is difficult for us to pray Tawir.

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