Some reminders mentioned in Khutbah by Br. Mahmood Shalash for pondering:
90:1
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ١
I do swear by this city ˹of Mecca˺—
90:2
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ٢
even though you ˹O Prophet˺ are subject to abuse in this city—
90:3
وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣
and by every parent and ˹their˺ child!
90:4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ٤
Indeed, We have created humankind in ˹constant˺ struggle.
67:1
تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌ ١
Blessed is the One in Whose Hands rests all authority. And He is Most Capable of everything.
67:2
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَٱلْحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًۭا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٢
˹He is the One˺ Who created death and life in order to test which of you is best in deeds. And He is the Almighty, All-Forgiving.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
2:156
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَـٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۭ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ ١٥٦
who, when faced with a disaster, say, “Surely to Allah we belong and to Him we will ˹all˺ return.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
2:157
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَٰتٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌۭ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُهْتَدُونَ ١٥٧
They are the ones who will receive Allah’s blessings and mercy. And it is they who are ˹rightly˺ guided.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran