Ustadh Tears Up On An Answer Of A Kid

By Hisham Abu Yusuf | 2026-10-07T17:42:51.501483+00:00 | Topic: Khutbah | Masjid: Hisham Abu Yusuf

Turning Back to Allah — A Message of Hope

۞ وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًۭا ۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ هُوَ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى قَرِيبٌۭ مُّجِيبٌۭ

What can we take from this ayah? If you go 1000 steps from Allah, it just takes one step to come back.

When the Prophets speak to their people and they call them to believe in Allah, what's always in the back of their mind is — we have done so much wrong, so many sins, so much crime.

Really? Is there really a chance to come back to Allah?

And so when the Prophets speak to their people, they don't speak to them with harshness — "You all are going to Hellfire!" No. They speak to them to give them hope.

Whatever you have done, my friend. Whatever crime you have committed — everybody has skeletons in the closet, everybody has sins, everybody has done wrong.

Who can say that they can stand in front of Allah with what they have done? Who can say, "I have done enough good that I can stand in front of Allah and say, where is my seat in Jannah?"

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