HOW TO BUILD A ROUTINE AND ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE I ISLAMIC TALKS 2021 I NOUMAN ALI KHAN NEW

Summary

The script emphasizes the importance of starting the day with morning prayers (salat) to receive blessings and barakah (divine blessings) throughout the day. It discusses balancing worldly indulgences and spiritual connections, warning against excessive materialism which can hinder one's spirituality. The script also highlights the virtues of patience, investing in the afterlife through good deeds, and self-control, particularly in managing anger. Ultimately, it promotes forgiveness, striving for excellence in faith, and remembering Allah immediately after committing any wrongdoing to maintain spiritual integrity.

Takeaways

• 🌄 Starting your morning with prayer sets a positive tone for the entire day, bringing blessings and tranquility.
• 🙏 Praying on time and having a personal conversation with Allah enhances spiritual connection and brings barakah (blessings) to the day.
• 🌍 Balance between worldly indulgence and spiritual duties is crucial to maintain a strong connection with Allah.
• 💸 Excessive immersion in worldly pleasures can erode one's spirituality and make it harder to focus on religious practices.
• 💰 Spending in the path of Allah is like a long-term investment for the afterlife, similar to a retirement plan.
• 🕊️ Patience is essential for making long-term spiritual and worldly investments, which require delaying immediate gratification.
• 😡 Practicing self-control over anger is a significant quality of people with taqwa (God-consciousness), preventing rash actions.
• 💤 Sacrificing comfort, such as sleep for early morning prayers, demonstrates dedication to spiritual growth.
• 🌳 Allah has prepared a vast and beautiful afterlife for those who are cautious and maintain taqwa.
• 🌟 The highest state of a believer is excelling in virtues like patience, self-control, forgiveness, and spending in the path of Allah.

Q & A

What is the significance of starting the day with morning prayers in Islam?

Starting the day with morning prayers, or salat, is significant in Islam as it involves a personal conversation with Allah, leading to blessings and barakah (divine blessings) throughout the day.

How does indulging in worldly pleasures affect one's spiritual connection with Allah according to the script?

Indulging in worldly pleasures can slowly erode one's spiritual connection with Allah. The more one immerses in worldly activities, even those that are halal (permissible), the harder it becomes to be spiritually connected, affecting concentration in prayer and overall spiritual sensitivity.

What balance is necessary to maintain between worldly life and spiritual obligations?

A balance between enjoying worldly life and avoiding its indulgence is necessary. While it is important to earn and enjoy the permissible aspects of life, one must also be cautious of the spiritual harm that can come from overindulgence.

How does spending in the path of Allah relate to long-term investment?

Spending in the path of Allah is likened to a retirement plan or long-term investment. It may not provide immediate benefits, but it promises significant rewards in the afterlife, much like how retirement savings benefit one in old age.

Why is patience important in making long-term spiritual investments?

Patience is crucial because spiritual investments, like spending in the path of Allah, do not yield immediate rewards. Believers must trust in the eventual benefits and remain steadfast in their faith and practices.

What are the two comforts mentioned that believers sacrifice for spiritual growth?

The two comforts mentioned are money and sleep. Believers are encouraged to spend money in the path of Allah and to sacrifice some sleep for early morning prayers to strengthen their spiritual connection.

What are the qualities of people who have taqwa (God-consciousness)?

People with taqwa spend in both easy and hard times, control their anger, and are willing to forgive others. These qualities help them achieve the highest state of a believer, which is excelling in their faith and deeds.

What does it mean to swallow anger, according to the script?

Swallowing anger means having self-control to keep one's anger inside without letting it manifest in actions or expressions. It involves not letting anger show on one's face or in one's behavior.

How does the script describe the impact of watching too many movies on one's spiritual life?

The script suggests that watching too many movies can decrease one's inclination to listen to the Quran and affect spiritual practices, as it leads to less time and focus on spiritual activities.

What is the importance of immediate repentance in Islam as mentioned in the script?

Immediate repentance is important because it shows awareness and acknowledgment of one's wrongdoings. Believers are encouraged to remember Allah and seek forgiveness promptly after committing any act of shamelessness or wrongdoing.

Outlines

00:00

🌅 The Importance of a Good Morning Routine

The paragraph emphasizes the significance of starting the day with a positive routine, particularly through timely morning prayers (salat). This routine fosters a direct connection with Allah, leading to blessings throughout the day. It highlights the impact of morning prayers on overall productivity and spirituality, contrasting the indulgence in worldly pleasures with spiritual dedication.

05:01

💸 Balancing Material Wealth and Spiritual Growth

This paragraph discusses the balance between engaging in worldly pursuits and maintaining spiritual health. It explains how indulging too much in materialism can hinder one's spiritual connection with Allah. The text uses personal experience to illustrate how excessive engagement in worldly activities can make spiritual practices like prayer and reading the Quran more challenging. The importance of spending in Allah's path as an investment for the afterlife is also highlighted.

10:02

😡 Controlling Anger and Embracing Forgiveness

The focus here is on the qualities of people with taqwa (God-consciousness), particularly their ability to control anger and forgive others. It elaborates on the concept of 'kavama,' which means to suppress anger. The paragraph underscores the virtues of patience and self-control, and how these traits prevent outward expressions of anger. Additionally, it discusses the importance of forgiving others and how these actions elevate one's spiritual state.

Keywords

💡Morning Routine

The morning routine is emphasized as a critical aspect of one's spiritual and daily life. The speaker suggests that starting the day with Salat (prayer) sets a positive tone for the entire day, leading to a blessed and productive life. By engaging in morning prayers, individuals begin their day with a direct connection to Allah, which influences their behavior and mindset throughout the day.

💡Salat

Salat, or prayer, is highlighted as a central practice in Islam that begins the day with a supplication to Allah. The speaker notes that performing Salat on time brings blessings and sets a positive tone for the rest of the day. This act of worship is portrayed as a personal conversation with Allah that fosters spiritual well-being and discipline.

💡Barakah

Barakah refers to blessings and spiritual benefit that come from following religious practices. In the context of the video, starting the day with Salat brings Barakah to the entire day, making it more fruitful and fulfilling. The speaker explains that adhering to spiritual routines imbues daily life with divine favor and success.

💡Dunya

Dunya represents the material world and its temptations. The speaker discusses the balance between engaging with the Dunya (worldly life) and maintaining spiritual health. While some people fully indulge in worldly pleasures, the speaker warns that overindulgence can harm one's spiritual connection with Allah, making it harder to engage in religious practices.

💡Patience

Patience is essential for long-term spiritual and worldly success. The speaker uses the analogy of financial investments to explain that just as one must be patient to see returns on monetary investments, one must also be patient in their spiritual practices to see rewards in the afterlife. Patience enables individuals to consistently invest in their spiritual growth and maintain faith.

💡Taqwa

Taqwa is the quality of piety or consciousness of Allah. The video emphasizes that people of Taqwa are characterized by their continuous efforts to maintain their spirituality through acts like spending in charity, controlling anger, and forgiving others. This God-consciousness drives their actions and decisions, aligning them with divine guidance.

💡Spending in the Path of Allah

Spending in the path of Allah is likened to making a long-term investment for the afterlife. The speaker explains that just as people save money for retirement, believers should also invest in their afterlife by giving charity and supporting good causes. This act reflects one's trust in Allah and prioritizes spiritual wealth over immediate worldly gains.

💡Self-Control

Self-control, particularly in the context of managing anger, is highlighted as a virtue of the pious. The speaker describes how controlling one's anger and pardoning others are signs of strong faith and discipline. These actions demonstrate an individual's commitment to maintaining harmony and embodying the principles of Islam.

💡Fahisha

Fahisha refers to acts of lewdness or shamelessness. The speaker warns against engaging in or being close to any form of indecency, whether through actions, words, or media consumption. Fahisha is described as harmful to one's spiritual health and as something that believers should strive to avoid in order to maintain purity and righteousness.

💡Forgiveness

Forgiveness is portrayed as a divine and noble quality. The speaker encourages believers to forgive others readily, even when they have the power to retaliate. This act of forgiving is seen as a reflection of Allah's mercy and an essential practice for those seeking to cultivate Taqwa and excel in their faith.

Highlights

Starting your morning with prayer and supplication to Allah can lead to a blessed and productive day.

The importance of maintaining a balance between spiritual and worldly life to avoid spiritual harm from indulgence.

Immersing oneself too much in worldly pleasures can make it harder to stay spiritually connected to Allah.

Spending in the path of Allah is compared to a long-term investment that brings rewards in the afterlife.

Patience is essential for engaging in long-term spiritual and worldly investments.

Letting go of money and sleep, two primary sources of comfort, for spiritual gains and ultimate comfort in the afterlife.

The significance of patience and self-control in managing anger and not letting it lead to actions.

Those who spend in both easy and hard times are highlighted as people of taqwa (piety).

Swallowing anger and not letting it manifest outwardly is a key quality of the pious.

Forgiveness and pardon, especially when one has the power to punish, are emphasized as virtuous traits.

Taqwa leads to the highest state of excellence (ihsan) in a believer's life.

People of taqwa are tested through opportunities to spend, manage anger, and forgive others.

Impulsive acts of shamelessness or other wrongdoings should be followed by immediate repentance and remembrance of Allah.

Acts of shamelessness encompass a wide range of indecent behaviors, not limited to major sins like fornication.

Even minor wrongdoings, such as small lies or deceit, need to be corrected through remembrance of Allah.

Transcripts

you know if your morning is straight

your day is straight

and when your day is straight your life

is straight so it's like you're saying

when your morning is good your life is

good

when your morning can be salat on time

is the far

it begins with a a beautiful

supplication to allah between you and no

nobody else there just you and allah

there and you get to have a conversation

with allah that morning

that entire day you will enjoy the

blessings of that that experience

everything about that day will be

blessed you will wake up late you will

praise allah half asleep you will do all

of that stuff

and it will have an impact on the rest

of your day and when you do that is

therefore to allah in the beginning of

that day

that day has barakah which makes you

more sober

all of these qualities you get more and

more of them because you started with

that

on the one hand you have those who want

to shun the world and on the other hand

you have those who want to embrace the

world and say you know

making more money and you know enjoying

more dunya et cetera

it's part of life and we have to do it

etc etc without consideration for

the the spiritual harm of indulging the

harms of

you know going into indulgence because

it can really slowly start eating away

at your heart you know

from personal experience and i'm sure

you've experienced this too the more

dunya we

immerse ourselves in even though allah

has made much of it halal on us

the more we immerse ourselves in it the

harder it becomes for us to be

spiritually connected to allah

it starts getting harder and harder it's

harder to cry in salat

it gets harder to concentrate in the dua

it just gets harder

the more movies you're going to watch

the less quran you're going to like to

listen to

it's just it's just going to happen

that's just how it is that's just how

life is so these this

balance is something one has to learn

one quantity and so

those who are subservient and of course

if this world has been beautified but

allah has beautified the next world far

more he has beautified that next world

far far

more then in fact is actually a key

to strengthening one's faith in the

afterlife why spending in the path of

allah as i've described before is

depositing in your next life

you know there are some accounts and

some investments like iras and things

like that

you don't get to retrieve those funds

until you're 59 and a half years old

right you're in your retirement age now

you can retire retrieve those funds

okay us spending in the path of allah is

essentially a retirement plan

that's essentially what that is and the

more money you put in it the more you're

looking forward to

withdrawal day if you haven't put much

in it then you're enjoying life now but

if you start putting money away

it's not money you have access to right

now it's not

but the only thing that consoles a

person is you know what

it's better for me in the long run and

you know you'll find people even in

world in the worldly sense there are

people who just want the monetary

benefits right now

they're not able to invest in long-term

investments they don't have that kind of

patience

when the when the business opportunity

comes in it says you're going to get the

return on your investment in about 10

years

10 years no thanks i'd rather hold on to

my money right now even if it's not

going to grow or multiply over time

i don't have that kind of long-term

thing i'm i'm too

impatient for that where does this ayah

begin

people who are going to engage in a

long-term investment have to have what

to begin with

i have to have patients they have to

have patients and if they have that

patience then when they get to that

subservience and the call is made

they're able to spend without a problem

they're able to let go of one of the

things that

gives them what gives us comfort in life

is money

without money you can be in discomfort

and money is a source of comfort

and then the next comfort that even the

poorest one enjoys is sleep

that's one form of comfort everybody can

have

you know one even the one in in torment

in life when they're asleep they're

asleep

all their problems are gone at least

during the those hours of sleep right

so that next piece of life that one

really enjoys

has been taken away because someone who

really wants the achara

is almost

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and those who make us what time early

mornings they sacrifice their sleep

they take away that other comfort that

comfort that everybody has so there's

this special comfort from money

they start letting go of that for an

eventual comfort and then there's a

daily comfort and that is that of sleep

you know people can hate anything else

they'll love sleep they just sleep with

something i know

i know kids hate it right but then they

you know and most kids they hate waking

up

really cranky when they if they hate

sleeping once they fall into it they

love it

and rush to forgiveness that comes from

your master

and a garden whose expanse is the skies

and the earth

or that it has been thoroughly prepared

completely prepared

for people that have taqwa

allahummajandam in whom people have

for the people of taqwa who are cautious

this time the people of caution

are given characteristics qualities who

are these people of taqwa

what does that mean practically

the opposite of as you hold on to your

money so it can multiply

and you can collect more the opposite is

you keep giving it up

those who spend who spend in

easy times and in hard times when times

are hard and tough

so first of all you have an attitude of

spending all the time you never spare an

opportunity for that

the second is mean to swallow

one of its meanings is to swallow but

there's another meaning also

they say for example a sikha is a

container of water

when you fill it to the top and then

close it so no water gets out but it's

got to be filled to the top that's

kavama to fill something to the top

kaleem or calvin is a person they say

is or actually before that kavam govern

the word govern the islam

is actually for the nasal passage and

the arabs would

uh in their in their imagery and they

would speak figuratively they would say

when someone's angry

they're kaleem which means their no

their nasal passage is full of anger up

to here

like all the way up to the end of their

nasal passage they're filled with anger

okay you know people say i've had enough

to hear

i had up to there well they'd say

they've had it up to here

like their their breathing is now filled

with rage but

it hasn't come out yet in other words

calvin is someone who's extremely

enraged

but it hasn't left the insides of him

yet

hasn't left out it hasn't come out

so those who swallow or keep inside

al-qaeda

the anger that rushes makes your blood

rush

the anger that makes you just go and you

clinch your fist

and you start shaking this is al okay

but life also is the kind of anger that

you it's still before retaliation it's

what you've what you feel before

retaliation

you could say anger is bad if you do

something about it but if you just sit

there and you just make faces and just

go girl

then it's not bad well actually if you

do something about it that's called

that's the kind of anger that's called

short of that is

you're so angry you're ready to do

something whatever it may be you musa

did he do something oh yeah okay

is you have rage but you don't do

something about it yet

even that isn't a good thing you can't

even i got angry but i didn't do

anything

allah saying it shouldn't even the

people of taqwa yes they feel angry but

they have

self-control enough that they're able to

swallow it not even let it show on their

face

it doesn't even that that's the kind of

self-control they have on themselves

and those who lovingly pardon allah

also means to not punish it also means

someone who was ready for punishment

you had the power to punish them and you

decided no it's okay

let you clean slate for you this is

alafu

when afina nas and those who are ready

and willing to pardon people

and allah he loves those who excel allah

in fact is the one who loves those who

excel said the ayah began with taqwa

and it graduates to assad that's an

important observation

taqwa is already there but people who

because of their taqwa are able to

accomplish these qualities in their life

then they will have reached the highest

state that the believer can enjoy and

that is of

later on also now allah mentions the

same people

people of taqwa they're going to have to

spend when it's easy when it's hard

implying it's not always going to be

easy for them to spend they're going to

their anger will be tested

people will do offensive against

offenses against them and they will use

that opportunity to find forgiveness for

them

then allah adds

those are the very people that if and

when

when when the situation arises that they

have committed mindlessly

they didn't think about it they just did

it they were impulsive

is anything that brings you close to

zina the

technical definition

whatever will bring you close to

fornication adultery that's

whether that be a glance whether that be

something you're looking at online

whether it's something on a computer or

tv screen whether it's filthy words

whether it's filthy music whatever it

may be can take many forms

in simple terms you can say whatever's

lewd shameless vulgar

indecent this fash okay and it says

which implies they do they mindlessly do

any act of shamelessness it happens

they you know they did something

indecent and they got impulsive and they

committed such an act

not the worst of it anything short of

that too

or wrong themselves in any other way in

other words

fahisha is not the only kind of

wrongdoing maybe they got angry and said

something they shouldn't have said

they weren't able to swallow their anger

right and they said something

maybe they got jealous maybe they lied

maybe they cheated

maybe they just got away from trouble

with their parents they kind of made a

little white lie

not that harmful but they you know how's

it going everything's fine

yes it's okay where are you in the

masjid you're not in the masjid

okay you go to class yes of course

of course i was in class you know

so it's not that big of a deal

any other kind of wrongdoing also

they immediately remembered allah