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This lecture emphasizes the importance of maintaining one's iman (faith) amidst challenges and tribulations. The speaker highlights the significance of community and unity within the Muslim ummah, particularly for Bosniaks, as a means to strengthen faith. He references the Quranic concept that the heart is the seat of iman and warns against complacency, urging believers to remain vigilant against the influences that may weaken their faith. The session concludes with a reminder of the blessings of life and the necessity of gratitude towards Allah for these gifts.
Transcript (English)
1:26 All praise is due to Allah,
1:28 the One God, the Creator and Lord of all worlds.
1:32 We worship Him alone, and seek help only from Him.
1:36 We constantly ask Him to guide us and keep us on the right path.
1:39 We ask Him to forgive our sins,
1:43 to cover our shame,
1:44 to accept our ibadah, our duas, our good deeds...
1:49 And only by His mercy and decree
1:52 may He bring us together into Jannat al-Firdaws.
1:56 Best greetings, blessings, and peace be upon the worlds,
2:01 the best example,
2:02 the beloved of Allah and His last Messenger, Muhammad, s.a.w.s.
2:09 To
2:11 his noble family, the Ashab, all martyrs, especially the Bosnian martyrs,
2:17 And I ask the Lord of the worlds for peace and blessings upon us present.
2:24 Marriage is dear and respected in Dinislam,
2:27 esteemed
2:28 mothers and sisters. Dear youth,
2:30 peace be upon you.
2:34 Thank you, Lord of the worlds, for honoring me to be here tonight.
2:39 I am with you,
2:43 the Tutnjavac community.
2:45 At the beginning, I greet you all, and Masuz, peace be upon you,
2:50 all those mentioned
2:52 the esteemed host Hafiz Damir Efendi Jahić, and for him, I especially wish
2:58 that Allah, the Exalted, supports him in this work he has done for 6 years,
3:04 and that, if Allah wills, he finds good deeds on the scale on the Day of Judgment,
3:08 when we will most need Allah's mercy and every good deed.
3:13 And this is immense what
3:16 Damir is doing.
3:18 I
3:19 in conversation with Refikefendi,
3:21 the chief imam,
3:22 I advised
3:25 that we should support Hafiz Damir,
3:28 and I see, praise be to Allah, you as community members
3:31 that you support him.
3:33 The Lord of the worlds values,
3:35 every deed on which one
3:38 perseveres, even if it is
3:40 And what else.
3:43 Yes, these gatherings are important to us, such community ones.
3:46 I often like to repeat
3:49 that we Bosniaks
3:51 really need the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
3:53 And no one loves it like we Bosniaks, and no one has bled for it like we Bosniaks. The state is very important.
4:00 Institutions are important, political parties are important.
4:04 Other institutions are important,
4:07 but history has shown and shows that our most important institution is the saf and the community.
4:13 If we, the Bosniaks, manage to maintain the saf.
4:16 our communities,
4:18 to connect not only with our shoulders
4:20 and our limbs below, but above all with our hearts,
4:23 insha'Allah we will succeed in preserving iman, and the topic is tonight.
4:28 A true community,
4:31 how to preserve
4:32 iman in times of trial and fitnah,
4:35 but we will succeed in preserving, or rather biologically survive.
4:39 So every
4:43 person, man and woman, is very important.
4:47 We need grand and large mosques to show our faith.
4:53 And that form
4:54 of the beauty of Islam, Islamic architecture is essential, and I know you will agree.
5:01 People are a resource.
5:03 People are a quality.
5:04 Without living people,
5:07 who sincerely look at each other,
5:09 talk to one another,
5:11 plan, and create strategies,
5:13 based on the foundations of the Quran and Sunnah.
5:16 Success for us Muslims and for us Bosniaks.
5:18 I ask the Lord of the Worlds for better generations than us, if Allah wills.
5:22 May the Lord of the Worlds help us preserve our iman, our Islam on this path,
5:34 our Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, if Allah wills to protect our children and our families.
5:39 on the right path. A beautiful era where no one
5:40 no one
5:41 from
5:42 our families is left behind.
5:43 Iman, that most precious diamond, the greatest value.
5:47 And indeed, now an introduction to the topic,
5:50 When we think about it, how
5:52 the Quran says, all the blessings and values that we enjoy right now,
6:00 we couldn't count them all.
6:04 The blessings of life, health, hearing, sight... what we can do with our hands,
6:11 the blessing of family, the blessing of being alive and healthy, what we have from the mosque,
6:16 and each other, we couldn't count them and we couldn't thank enough. If
6:25 you were to count Allah's blessings, you couldn't enumerate them all,
6:29 and the greatest possible blessing is indeed the blessing of iman,
6:34 Islam, ihsan, and the religion; with these four terms, our faith is described, and tonight we talk about the blessing of iman, that inner faith.
6:44 It is the most intimate.
6:45 the feeling
6:46 of the Lord of the worlds in our hearts.
6:50 This is a type of mystery, a type of secret
6:55 between
6:56 me and my
6:57 Lord of the worlds, and you do not know the state of my heart. Nor do I know the state of your heart. It is a fluctuating state, a state of iman.
7:08 According to our teachings, the essence of the Sunnah,
7:12 means that iman is a feeling, that beauty, that value is something that varies, that constantly changes.
7:19 If we adhere to
7:21 the principles of the Quran, following the Sunnah of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)
7:25 We perform the fard, sunnah, and nafl prayers,
7:28 We seek opportunities to do good deeds as our iman grows,
7:33 as we draw closer,
7:35 to specific sins.
7:37 When we show negligence, our iman decreases.
7:42 On the first page,
7:44 But Imran is one ayah, a beautiful and meaningful verse, which we should
7:51 accompany with the dua we love the most,
7:53 recommended by Muhammad (s.a.w.s.).
7:56 And we return
7:57 In this world,
8:02 O,
8:10 Our Lord,
8:12 Our Creator,
8:13 Do not let
8:16 our hearts...
8:17 And why are hearts mentioned? When kulub are mentioned? Because the heart is the center
8:22 of iman.
8:24 This is the treasure where iman is measured. Do not let our hearts stray
8:30 after
8:31 that You have guided them to the right path.
8:35 You are the One who gives, You are the One who bestows,
8:39 You are the One who is merciful and who forgives.
8:43 It is interesting,
8:45 with iman and with Islam,
8:47 that
8:48 the believer and the believers
8:50 must not relax for a moment.
8:54 Neither the believer nor the believers,
8:56 who have Islam, means the outward practice.
8:59 your faith, but iman,
9:01 that inner,
9:02 beautiful feeling that you wouldn't trade for the entire dunya, ever.
9:07 they are not completely sure if that feeling,
9:11 that quality,
9:12 that value and the transition from this world. This is the point of tonight's gathering, to remind myself and you
9:18 that we must be vigilant.
9:21 Constantly,
9:22 vigilant!
9:24 For indeed, Shaytan
9:25 with their armies
9:27 And not visible
9:32 wasting time.
9:34 With the brides
9:34 they attack from the right, from the left, and from above, and
9:38 they want to corrupt that iman. They want to separate my heart and your heart from the Lord of the worlds in various ways.
9:45 And this, brothers and sisters, will not cease until our last
9:50 breath.
9:52 Therefore, one of the beautiful aspects,
9:54 Grant.
9:56 What a beautiful ending.
9:58 Let me die upon my faith.
10:00 Iman.
10:02 It has been said in our community, O God, with faith that one
10:07 passes away regardless of
10:08 what it is.
10:11 It has come.
10:12 So, the secret
10:15 of the value and quality of iman lies in the heart.
10:18 Why is iman
10:20 Why is it important? Because through this value, we define and evaluate all others.
10:27 Only one who has that connection with the Lord of the worlds knows its worth.
10:31 The value of family, the value of brotherhood, the value of
10:35 health,
10:36 the value of homeland and all other values
10:39 for
10:40 which we strive as Muslims,
10:42 as Bosniaks,
10:43 as citizens
10:44 of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
10:47 to preserve it,
10:48 And this is a process, brothers and sisters.
10:50 Throughout our lives, both you and I must work
10:55 on ourselves.
10:57 What kind of blind alley can we fall into,
11:00 how easily can we
11:02 sin, how can we lose the blessing,
11:05 and whenever I mention blessing, put the blessing of iman first.
11:09 Our forefather,
11:11 the first messenger, Adam (peace be upon him), and our foremother,
11:15 Hazrat is Hawwa.
11:16 Allah (SWT) created us from the earth, but He settled us in Jannah.
11:22 And according to the Quranic text, you know this well,
11:25 He has given us all blessings,
11:27 but He has placed one limitation on us.
11:29 Many wonder, Lord of the worlds, when they read the Quranic text,
11:34 Thinking freely,
11:36 it's good if I'm in Jannah,
11:38 where all desires are fulfilled,
11:40 but why is our
11:41 We must
11:43 put that end to that tree?
11:49 That is the question in the context of why evil exists in this world? Why did our people have to suffer?
11:55 Why did the tragedy of Trebenica have to happen?
11:57 Why did the tragedy of Kozarac have to happen?
12:02 Prijedor and our other places of suffering that we must not forget.
12:06 We must not
12:08 ever forget the blood of our martyrs, for we are now enjoying the blessings of peace and freedom,
12:15 thanks to
12:18 the blood of our martyrs, who, God willing, are in a better place than we are now.