For those who feel they missed out on striving in worship during the past days: The train hasn’t left the station… the opportunity is still available. The coming days are the greatest of all—so let us strive. Dear brothers and sisters, do you realize what we are approaching tomorrow? It is the Day of ‘Arafah, about which our Prophet ﷺ said: *"Fasting on the Day of ‘Arafah — I hope from Allah that it will expiate the sins of the year before and the year after."* A single day of fasting, through which the Most Merciful may erase the sins of two entire years! And he ﷺ also said: *"The best supplication is the supplication on the Day of ‘Arafah.”* (Authenticated by Al-Albani) Do you have hopes and needs you wish Allah to fulfill? Worries you want Him to lift? The season has come! Do you feel distant from Allah and long to return to Him, to feel His closeness again? The season has come! Has your heart hardened or been tainted by spiritual diseases, and you desire for Allah to soften and purify it? The season has come. Do you yearn for Allah to be pleased with you, never to be displeased again? Do you long for your body to be made forbidden to the Fire? The season has come. *"There is no day on which Allah frees more people from the Hellfire than the Day of ‘Arafah.”* (Muslim) It’s no wonder, then, that the day after ‘Arafah is Eid — a celebration for Muslims of Allah’s mercy, forgiveness, and generosity. In Ramadan, Laylat al-Qadr is concealed — we don’t know when it occurs. But the Day of ‘Arafah — Allah has made it known to you. If striving for five odd nights during Ramadan felt difficult, can you not strive for *just one day*? So rise with determination. Think well of Allah’s mercy and the vastness of His forgiveness. Beware of the devil entering through the gate of self-blame, making you feel severed from your Lord, or unworthy of His mercy. “Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.” And don’t forget to pray that Allah uses you in the support of your brothers and sisters in #gaza — a support through which He lifts from you the burden of neglect. O Allah, grant me and my brothers and sisters righteous and accepted deeds.