Run to Allah: Tawbah & the True Seeker

We were created to seek Allah, and to return “home.” In this Pearls 2024 reminder, Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui teaches the path of the true seeker: ṣidq (truthfulness), riḍā (contentment), ṣabr (steadfastness), ḥayā’ (reverent modesty), and tawbah naṣūḥ (sincere repentance). “Fafirru ilā llāh — Run to Allah.” May we be travelers who never stop.

Chapters

00:00 Opening salām & dua (in Arabic)
02:18 We were created to seek Allah
03:45 “I want to go back home” - the journey back
04:05 Conditions for seekers of Allah
05:39 First requisite: ṣidq al-ṭalab (truthfulness in seeking)
08:07 “Be with the truthful”
10:22 “Men who were true to their covenant”
11:16 Perseverance through trials—never give up
13:16 Congruent with al-Ḥaqq: inner over outer (du‘ā’)
16:31 The three rivers of the ṣiddīqūn
18:08 River 1: Riḍā—contentment with Allah’s decree
20:15 River 2: Ṣabr—patient perseverance
22:39 River 3: Ḥayā’—modesty that gives life
27:08 Next attribute: Tawbah (repentance)
28:34 Believer sees sins like a mountain
31:26 Tawbah naṣūḥ—emptying the cup & returning
35:18 “Fafirru ilā llāh” — Run to Allah
38:44 The Prophet’s frequent istighfār; Allah loves the oft-repentant
41:21 Tawbah cleanses the heart
45:36 Signs of true repentance (3 signs)
47:46 Closing du‘ā’ for the Ummah