Youssra Kamel Kandil – Humble Yourself Before Allah

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The speakers discuss the importance of strong faith in signing up for a donation to support their cause and rebuilding their behavior. They emphasize the need for people to act like heroes and sav Viibele, as well as the importance of not letting anyone's power come in between them and the truth. The speakers also touch on the use of media and its impact on people's desire to be a holy spirit and empower their behavior. Finally, they emphasize the importance of enrolling in a web Otherwise event and thanking attendees for their support.

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			And sometimes Allah is protecting us
		
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			from nirmah that we might get drunk with.
		
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			Yes. We might get drunk with that blessing.
		
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			Like, Allah gives you a qadr, a
		
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			decree of a blessing that fits
		
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			your
		
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			personality.
		
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			The iman in Allah
		
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			is what brought them to this total
		
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			trust in Allah that they said, la abayra.
		
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			There is no harm upon us by which
		
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			you are mentioning because you only have control
		
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			of our bodies for Allah.
		
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			But the one that has control of our
		
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			souls, this is the one that we rely
		
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			on. I've gone through this myself, and I'm
		
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			sure if each and every single one of
		
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			us really focuses and looks back at their
		
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			daily life, you will see there were certain
		
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			times that you were in need of something.
		
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			You thought it was good for you, but
		
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			later on in your lives, if you were
		
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			given that something specifically at that time, it
		
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			would have, you know, pulled you away from
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			Assalamu alaykum, Warahmatullahi wa barakatsuh, everyone. Welcome back
		
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			to Quran 30 for 30. Alhamdulillah, I'm
		
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			joined here by our beloved Sheikh Abdullah Adura
		
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			as always,
		
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			and Ustada Yousra Pandir, alhamdulillah, who is going
		
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			to be joining us today. Before we get
		
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			started, inshaAllah ta'ala, just a reminder that as
		
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			we are getting into the last 10 nights
		
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			to please insha'allah ta'ala make sure that you
		
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			sign up for the last 10 nights webathon.
		
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			Make sure that you also sign up for
		
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			a donation bidna We ask you to support
		
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			the work at Yaqeen, inshaAllah ta'ala, as you're
		
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			supporting other great causes, especially
		
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			the causes in relation to our brothers and
		
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			sisters in Gaza,
		
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			this year in particular.
		
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			And
		
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			as always, inshaAllah ta'ala, we have the question
		
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			from the juz before. So we are in
		
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			juz 19 today. So from last juz,
		
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			let's see if you all can answer this
		
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			question Insha'Allah Ta'ala quickly. Sheikh Abdullah, you're not
		
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			allowed to answer.
		
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			Okay. Alright,
		
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			Why was Surat An Nur given this name?
		
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			So go ahead and plug your answer. Why
		
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			was Surat An Nur given this name?
		
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			So Insha'Allah Ta'ala with that, we're in just
		
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			19. Astagh al Yusra. First of all, we
		
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			wanna welcome you to the show. How's everything?
		
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			Alhamdulillah.
		
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			For having me. An honor and a pleasure.
		
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			Alhamdulillah.
		
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			So it's your second time around, but Alhamdulillah.
		
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			Yes. So we're we're honored to have you
		
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			in person this time. Honor is mine. Thank
		
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			you. Really appreciate the spirit of your dua,
		
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			umashAllah, and the way that you are resonating
		
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			with with many, many young people,
		
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			Yes. Especially many young girls,
		
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			And,
		
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			especially your response
		
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			to Pierce Morgan. We called it Arraddil Morgan.
		
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			Yeah. Right? The
		
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			the the response to Pierce Morgan in regards
		
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			to the hijab,
		
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			I think it was deeply profound, masha'Allah, salaam,
		
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			coming from you. May Allah reward you. What
		
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			made you decide to do that?
		
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			Well, it took me 2 days. I would
		
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			go to bed and it's just like an
		
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			answer in my head. I'm like, I need
		
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			to respond and say something to this man.
		
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			And after 2 days, I'm like, that's it.
		
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			I'm like, you know, as an adult,
		
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			we're more grounded in our faith. But for
		
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			I'm thinking of my daughters and my friends'
		
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			daughters, all the girls, for them to hear
		
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			this, someone had to say something. You know?
		
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			They needed that reaffirmation that this is not
		
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			why we wear hijab. This is not why
		
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			we cover. You know, it's it's really a,
		
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			you know, a symbol of liberating yourself from
		
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			everything except Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. So it
		
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			had to be done. Alhamdulillah. I'm gonna thank
		
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			you. I'll reward you for for doing it.
		
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			Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah.
		
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			How are you? I'm good.
		
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			Back here for the 19th time. So
		
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			So
		
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			with episode 19, it actually fits, by the
		
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			way,
		
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			the response that you did. We talked in
		
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			just 18 about Suratul Muminu,
		
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			the
		
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			qualities of the believers. Why they do what
		
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			they do, the intention that they have, and
		
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			the way that they keep themselves
		
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			grounded in that which is sincere to Allah
		
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			and they manifest the most beautiful of qualities.
		
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			Now, in juz 19,
		
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			the beauty of the qualities of the true
		
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			believers comes out. So, obviously, in the end
		
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			of Surat Al Furqan, we have once again,
		
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			the
		
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			qualities of the servants of the most merciful.
		
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			And then we have these 2 Surahs, Surah
		
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			Shoa'ala and Surah Namal. And these 2 Surahs
		
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			give us these glimpses into the wives of
		
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			the prophets.
		
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			But as we've said in previous seasons, it's
		
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			actually interesting because
		
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			Surat al Sharara you have prophets that are
		
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			dealing with tyrants and disobedient followers. And then
		
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			in Surat Namil, you have the story of
		
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			the success of prophet Suleyman alayhi salaam. So,
		
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			in Surat Ashur'ada it's Musa alayhi salaam dealing
		
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			with Firaun and dealing with Bani Israel and
		
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			then you go on to Surat Al Namad
		
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			and you have Soleiman alayhis salam that is
		
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			obviously, you know, leading the way and it
		
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			shows you the potential
		
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			when a prophet has what they need in
		
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			terms of the nirma that's been bestowed upon
		
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			them with that Ikhlas, with the right tools
		
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			and supports around them, and what they are
		
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			able to do on this earth.
		
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			Now, obviously,
		
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			just like with everything else when Allah talks
		
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			about
		
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			good, he always talks about bad. When he
		
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			talks about righteousness, he talks about wickedness. When
		
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			he talks about Jannah, he talks about Anar.
		
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			Paradise, he talks about the fire.
		
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			We also see the opposite qualities, right, of
		
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			the believers. We see the opposite qualities of
		
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			the prophets.
		
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			The prophets
		
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			manifest those qualities as individuals in the most
		
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			beautiful of ways.
		
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			Their nations
		
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			manifest those qualities collectively,
		
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			the opposite of those qualities, in the worst
		
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			of ways. And the verse that I'm just
		
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			gonna talk about really quickly today
		
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			is verse 22
		
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			of Surah al Shurah.
		
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			Allah
		
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			says that Musa alayhi salam says to Firaun,
		
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			when Firaun boasts about
		
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			helping Musa, alayhis salam. Right? Boasts about making
		
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			things easy for Musa, alayhis salam. Didn't I
		
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			take you in? Didn't I take care of
		
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			you?
		
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			And he's saying, how can you remind me
		
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			about this nirma, about this supposed blessing,
		
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			when you enslave the, you know, the children
		
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			of Bani Isla'id in the first place? Right?
		
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			We wouldn't have been in a situation of
		
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			even needing your handout
		
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			had you not enslaved
		
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			Bani Israel in the first place. And, subhanAllah,
		
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			how relevant is this today,
		
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			to the, the colonial nation of Israel and
		
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			what it does to the people of Palestine
		
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			and the people of Gaza, and then comes
		
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			back and says, we take care of the
		
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			Palestinians. Right?
		
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			We've we've given them a diet, a restricted
		
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			diet, and look at the way that they
		
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			live and look at the rights that we
		
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			give them and, you know, the the the
		
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			corridors that we are making for them and,
		
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			you know, boast about humanitarian aid. In fact,
		
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			even when the United States when Anthony Blinken,
		
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			I think it was he who said that
		
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			we give more aid
		
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			to the Palestinians than anyone else, but you
		
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			also fund more bombs on the Palestinians than
		
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			anyone else. So it's actually very relevant to
		
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			the situation that we see today.
		
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			But there are 2 things just quickly to
		
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			think about. Number 1,
		
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			the opposite of the quality of the believers
		
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			that are lizzakatifa
		
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			ilun. They stand for the sake of Allah
		
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			in a way that's blessed, in a way
		
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			that's beautiful,
		
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			and it's sincere.
		
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			And when you give for the sake of
		
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			Allah
		
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			you give from a place of seeking to
		
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			please Allah and you're not seeking anything from
		
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			anyone else. And Allah says the opposite of
		
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			this in Surat Al Baqarah.
		
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			Allah says, oh believers, do not nullify your
		
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			charity
		
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			by boasting, which is exactly what fir'on is
		
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			doing, right, reminding the person that you supposedly
		
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			gave charity to of your charity,
		
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			and adha, which is harming them. So Firaun
		
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			is literally doing these two things, which is
		
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			boasting about his charity
		
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			and then harming the one that he supposedly
		
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			gave charity
		
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			to. So, this is a quality of firaoun
		
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			as opposed to the believer
		
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			who gives from a place of humility because
		
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			he knows that Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, gave
		
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			to him, and who gives without mentioning
		
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			to the person that they gave to because
		
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			they know 2 things. Number 1, that Allah
		
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			simply chose them as a vehicle
		
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			to care for that person.
		
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			Number 2,
		
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			that one of the reasons why poverty and
		
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			disparity
		
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			exists
		
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			is actually because of our negligence in the
		
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			first place. And this is really true, subhanAllah,
		
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			again, when you think of the the global
		
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			situation today.
		
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			It is the sin of our negligence that
		
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			leads us to be in a situation where
		
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			people otherwise need or, you know, they need
		
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			us to supposedly step forward. So maybe we
		
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			didn't put Bani Israel
		
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			in slavery the way that Firoun did, but
		
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			certainly we neglect people and that puts them
		
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			in a bad situation. And, obviously, you know,
		
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			we can't then come in and act like
		
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			heroes and saviors like they do at the
		
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			borders and different countries
		
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			because we're not seeking
		
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			their approval and we're not seeking to inflate
		
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			ourselves in the process. Sheikh Abdullah, what what
		
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			eye would you like to reflect on today?
		
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			Today? No. Definitely.
		
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			And that was a beautiful point, Sheikh Mohammed,
		
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			and,
		
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			kinda giving me the baton. Reminds me of
		
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			the verse in Surat Al Insan,
		
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			where the prophet would say,
		
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			They've really we don't want any reward from
		
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			you nor thanks, and Musa, alayhis salaam, was
		
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			definitely an exemplification of that. And we see
		
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			in the verses in chapter Shawarah verses
		
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			5051.
		
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			Chapter 26,
		
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			the chapter Shawarah.
		
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			When Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is talking about
		
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			what took place with the magicians
		
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			Musa and Firaun,
		
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			where Musa alayhi salaam
		
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			was ordered by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to
		
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			approach Firaun. And then Firaun
		
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			gathered up the magicians in his area and
		
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			said that they will be from the close
		
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			ones that are among him if they challenge
		
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			this man Musa Alaihi Salam.
		
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			So what happened was the magicians as we
		
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			know they brought their their staffs and their
		
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			rods and yuhayiru
		
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			ilayhimin sikhim anha tessa'a'a that it looked like
		
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			it was serpents and scorpions as some scholars
		
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			would mention
		
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			that would look as though it is something
		
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			that is threatening. But then Musa, alayhis salam,
		
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			with his staff, Allah told him to to
		
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			throw his staff as well. And when he
		
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			threw his staff it,
		
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			it devoured all of what they presented. And
		
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			at that moment, Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, uses
		
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			a certain verb here and it's cert it's
		
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			very, very beautiful where he says,
		
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			The magicians were thrown or fell
		
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			in prostration.
		
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			What's beautiful about this is that Allah said,
		
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			ulakih. That ulakih literally means to throw. It
		
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			is as though they fell in prostration
		
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			because they knew that this was not magic.
		
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			They knew that it was something much greater.
		
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			Allahu Akbar.
		
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			When they saw this they said that we
		
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			believe in the Lord of Musa and Harun.
		
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			We believe in the Lord of Musa and
		
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			Harun.
		
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			What happened after this is that Firaoun, when
		
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			he saw this, he threatened them. He said
		
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			are you going to do this and I
		
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			have not given you permission?
		
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			Then he threatened that he would crucify them.
		
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			Not only crucify them, but he would crucify
		
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			them. And he would cut off one side
		
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			of the right hand and then cut off
		
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			the left foot opposite sides of each limb
		
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			to show that he is going to punish
		
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			them. The scholars mentioned this in-depth and talk
		
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			about the reasoning behind this. But when looking
		
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			at this, what I want to capitalize on
		
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			is after the magicians they fell in prostration.
		
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			When they fell in prostration what was their
		
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			first statement after Firaun threatened them? When Firaun
		
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			said that I'm going to crucify you and
		
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			you will be of those that are crucified,
		
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			he what the the magicians say?
		
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			This is so beautiful.
		
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			Because when they said that there is no
		
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			harm upon us,
		
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			and some translations say that we don't care,
		
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			it literally says, we don't care because veiro
		
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			comes from barar. And barar means harm. So
		
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			what they literally did is they negated
		
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			the presence
		
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			of any harm. Notice after the threat.
		
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			So the threat didn't increase them.
		
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			The threat that came to them didn't increase
		
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			them, it only increased them in their faith
		
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			and submission to Allah.
		
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			And what's beautiful here is that that submission
		
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			was a means for that.
		
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			After they submitted,
		
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			fir'awn tested them and said, I'm going to
		
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			take your life. They said, we don't care.
		
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			For verily, we are going back to our
		
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			Lord.
		
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			And after that scholar is mentioned, the way
		
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			that they explain this is when they say
		
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			after that they mention they say, Inna no
		
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			tuma'in yagufilalna rabbunahkatoyana.
		
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			That verily, surely, we hope that our Lord
		
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			will forgive us for our sins for we
		
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			are the first ones to believe.
		
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			That verily we ask Allah.
		
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			You will see that in some translations
		
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			that we expect, but I like the translation
		
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			of hope because tama'
		
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			is a type of hope in Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala. You're not sure, but you have
		
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			this total rajah and hope in Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala that you will be from the
		
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			first of the believers that believed at that
		
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			time. And Musa, after the threat from the
		
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			quote unquote most powerful man at that time,
		
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			perceived
		
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			to be Firaun. But Wallahi, the most powerful
		
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			man was Musa alayhi salaam.
		
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			Because of his belief in Allah
		
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			His trust in Allah
		
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			So what we see here is the response
		
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			of the magicians that turned Muslim
		
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			from their prostration
		
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			and seeing the miracles of Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala. And secondly, not relying on only what
		
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			we see. The iman in Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala is what brought them to this total
		
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			trust in Allah that they said, la abayra.
		
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			There is no harm upon us by which
		
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			you are mentioning. Because you only have control
		
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			of our bodies for Allahabad.
		
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			But the one that has control of our
		
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			souls, this is the one that we rely
		
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			on. And that reliance, subhanAllah, we see with
		
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			other prophets, masha'Allah.
		
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			Sister, when it comes to, prophet, perhaps you
		
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			will Yes. Guard upon your edges. Okay.
		
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			So, mashAllah, yes, we see the, you know,
		
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			the different messages coming from the different prophets
		
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			and SubhanAllah, as we said, we are on
		
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			the 19th juz. So we're about to start,
		
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			inshaAllah, the last 10 days of Ramadan,
		
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			almost reaching that final line Bismillah and there's
		
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			so many valuable lessons in this juz that
		
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			hopefully if we really do some tadabbur and
		
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			contemplate,
		
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			we can really be inspired to pull through
		
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			and attain the rahmat of Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala and the maghfirah and the Ayatqut from
		
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			the hellfire of ibn Allah. And I want
		
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			to focus on Surat An Naml and the
		
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			story of, you know, Sayyidina Dawood and Sayyidina
		
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			Sulayman. And I'm just going to jump directly
		
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			to verse 15.
		
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			When Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala mentions to us
		
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			the unbelievable
		
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			wealth and abilities
		
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			and knowledge and power that he bestowed upon
		
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			Sayyidina Suleyman
		
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			and Sayyidina Dawood and how they were grateful.
		
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			They were in a state of gratitude towards
		
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			this power and they had the understanding that
		
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			this was given to them from Allah
		
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			And in this is a profound reminder for
		
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			every man in power, every woman in power,
		
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			everyone who has the ability to, you know,
		
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			have the word, you know, the power of
		
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			the word, the power of the decision
		
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			to utilize
		
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			this position
		
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			in bringing victory to the Haqq, to the
		
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			truth in the same fashion Syed Nasulayman did
		
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			and to never let their own nafs come
		
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			in between them and between what the truth
		
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			is. SubhanAllah.
		
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			And so, it's a very powerful reminder here
		
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			and to remember
		
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			that the position that they're in is something
		
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			that was bestowed upon them from Allah
		
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			and it could be very easily taken away.
		
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			And then we jump to verses 17 and
		
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			19 when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,
		
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			Solomon's forces of jinn and humans and birds
		
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			were perfectly organized, rallied up for him, until
		
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			they came upon the Valley of Ants. And
		
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			an ant warned the other ants and it
		
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			told them what? Run into your home so
		
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			that Suleyman and his armies do not crush
		
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			you unknowingly. And then we see after that
		
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			in verse 19,
		
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			The end of the ayah.
		
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			Sayyidina Suleiman's response was that he smiled, you
		
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			know, at the you know, in astonishment at
		
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			the aint's response.
		
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			And I want to stop here and unpack
		
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			a lot of things in these 3 ayahs
		
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			in a very short 5 minutes, insha'Allah.
		
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			The first thing here I want you to
		
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			kind of picture with me. If you're
		
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			standing standing in front of the most powerful
		
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			army, right, coming towards you, and I'm not
		
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			going to just say an army of human
		
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			beings, but jinn. We hear 1 jinn story
		
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			and we're like, we're
		
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			mortified. This is an entire army of jinn
		
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			humans and birds.
		
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			As a human being, I'm not going to
		
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			tell you as an ant, the first response
		
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			is what?
		
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			You flee. It's The
		
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			ethical egoism kicks in right away. You don't
		
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			even think about it. Let alone a little
		
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			ant that, you know, we see on the
		
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			kitchen counter and we go like this and
		
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			it's rahmatullahalih. It's gone. Right? So imagine the
		
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			response of this ant.
		
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			The ant, despite knowing that it's facing the
		
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			most powerful army, it turns around and it
		
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			starts to act in a way that is
		
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			very responsible, in a manner that is more
		
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			dignified than many of us would carry their
		
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			way, you know, themselves
		
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			in. Right?
		
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			It feels irresponsible toward its tribe, toward its
		
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			community, towards its ummah
		
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			and it warns them. It does her part.
		
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			And then, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and I
		
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			think to myself, is it the sincerity of
		
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			the ant? Is it the yaqeen, the certainty,
		
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			you know, or is it the tawakkul on
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala that Allah allows
		
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			the voice of this ant to be carried
		
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			as some of the scholars say that the
		
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			ant's voice was carried across
		
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			the entire valley and every ant, even those
		
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			who were, you know, far out of, you
		
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			know, hearing, you know, range
		
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			to hear the
		
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			ant. Not just that, but Sayyidna Sulayman
		
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			to be able to hear what the ant
		
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			said, SubhanAllah.
		
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			And I think to myself,
		
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			it's not just the sense of responsibility towards
		
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			your ummah, but also the sense of striving
		
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			and this brings us back to what is
		
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			happening in Gaza.
		
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			In the past couple of days, couple of
		
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			months, subhanAllah, the feeling of desperation might be
		
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			kind of seeping into our hearts. The feeling
		
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			of what is the point of doing what
		
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			we're doing when not doing anything. There's no
		
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			outcome. There's nothing that we're seeing that is
		
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			tangible that is actually bringing an end to
		
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			this genocide.
		
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			But we are reminded by this end that
		
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			no matter what the outcome might be, you
		
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			still have to strive. You still have to
		
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			speak up. You don't know how your voice
		
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			will be carried by Allah
		
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			who it's going to go to and what
		
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			kind of impact it might have. So a
		
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			very profound reminder to continue striving, to continue
		
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			acting as a part of this Ummah and
		
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			feeling responsible towards one another, insha'Allah.
		
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			Beautiful reflections,
		
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			from both of you. I was thinking
		
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			it's really interesting. You talked about Fir'aun and
		
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			the magicians.
		
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			And it's interesting because a tyrant always tries
		
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			every tactic of manipulation.
		
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			Right? So he tried to manipulate his magicians.
		
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			He tried to manipulate his people. He tried
		
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			to manipulate Musa, alayhis salaam, even using emotional
		
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			manipulation.
		
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			Right? He tried to guilt him in another
		
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			point in saying, you know, I know what
		
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			you did. Right? I know the sin that
		
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			you committed, that crime that you committed, and
		
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			you're kind of seeing that Firaoun's
		
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			lure
		
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			is coming apart. Right. It's all falling apart.
		
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			Yeah. Every type of manipulation he's using, every
		
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			type of boasting, every type of power he's
		
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			trying to bestow upon himself
		
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			is all coming apart before his very two
		
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			eyes to the point that even Asiya leaves
		
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			him. Right, and becomes a perfect
		
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			a perfect believing woman. So it all falls
		
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			apart for him, and then he ends up
		
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			in this complete desperation. So before the waves
		
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			of darkness
		
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			overcome him and he drowns, he loses it
		
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			all. All of all of the things that
		
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			he thought that he owned
		
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			are gone from him. Then you see Soleiman
		
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			alayhis salam, and a man who doesn't try
		
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			to remind others of the nirma that he
		
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			did for them.
		
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			So, they say, oh my lord, let me
		
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			have the capacity to properly thank you. I
		
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			want to be able to thank you, like,
		
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			expand my chest, allow me to properly say
		
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			alhamdulillah for what you've given me. And how
		
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			Allah blesses suayman, alayhis salam, and there is
		
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			more barakah in everything that he has to
		
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			the point that
		
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			while you could see the rose and you
		
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			could see the kingdom,
		
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			it's very hard to see an ant when
		
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			you see the palace of Suleyman, alayhis salam.
		
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			Right? But all of these are working in
		
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			perfect harmony
		
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			for Suleyman alayhis salam because he's grateful, because
		
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			of his shukur. So it's an amazing,
		
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			like, the opposite of of a righteous king
		
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			and a wicked tyrant. Yes. You know, with
		
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			with all the supports that they have.
		
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			You look at the sun and then the
		
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			chain of narration, I mean, it goes back
		
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			to shaytan and Adam, you know. Yeah. Shaitan
		
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			was, had takabbur.
		
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			He was arrogant and didn't want to prostrate
		
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			to Adam. But then Adam, when he committed
		
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			a sin,
		
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			They both said we oppressed ourselves.
		
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			And if you do not forgive us and
		
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			have mercy upon us, we will be from
		
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			the losers, understanding that it's the mercy of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. That humility that Suleiman
		
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			had and the arrogance that Firawn had. So
		
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			going back to really looking at those two
		
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			character traits and asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			that He makes us humble. And through those
		
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			trials,
		
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			when we see what takes place like the
		
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			magicians,
		
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			it made them humble to where they prostrated
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So that's a,
		
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			subhanAllah,
		
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			some beautiful points too when looking at that
		
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			and looking at what's going on with our
		
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			brothers and sisters in all of us, and
		
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			how that those trials and tribulations is even
		
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			even a sign for us to always come
		
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			back to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and to
		
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			stand in the middle of the night and
		
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			to pray and to make sajda. And just
		
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			remember those moments and know that
		
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			everything is possible for Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
		
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			as we see with the ants. I mean,
		
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			an ant. Yes. Funnel.
		
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			You said an ant compared to a palace.
		
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			You look at the palace, but you don't
		
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			realize it's the ant that Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala is using
		
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			to send a message. SubhanAllah. Yes. We never
		
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			know really who Allah is going to use
		
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			and how he's going to use you. And
		
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			subhanAllah, when you're saying about how, you know,
		
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			the, the magicians when, you know, the tur
		
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			the tribulations just made them become, you know,
		
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			stronger in their faith. I think
		
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			every image that's coming out of Gaza. Right?
		
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			SubhanAllah, the more they're tested, the more, alhamdulillah,
		
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			as you're seeing. The amount of strength and
		
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			faith and how they're so grounded and rooted
		
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			into the faith
		
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			is such Yani, subhanAllah, it's like something that
		
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			gives us death beat. It gives us firmness
		
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			and makes us really understand, like, you know,
		
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			we are not there. We are here. And,
		
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			you know, as you said, it's that tiny
		
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			voice. Yes. Our voices here might be, like,
		
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			in the middle of an ocean amidst all
		
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			the propaganda and all the oppression and the
		
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			injustice, but we have to remember that Allah,
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala, is the embodiment of justice.
		
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			And nothing is gone, you know, that's gonna
		
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			just go passing by without, you know, without,
		
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			you know, him, subhanahu wa ta'ala, taking care
		
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			of it. And, you know, everything's noted. Everything
		
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			nothing that yeah. It's not habaa and mantura.
		
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			You know, what we're doing here and what
		
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			they're going through is not Habah and Montura,
		
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			SubhanAllah.
		
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			No. No. And I like how you because,
		
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			you know, in the verse you mentioned how
		
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			Musa responded to Firaun. You know, Firaun, as
		
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			you said, he used all types of media.
		
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			Mhmm. Because media is a medium
		
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			for a message. Yeah. So Firaun tried all
		
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			of these ways. He gathered the magicians and
		
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			the people, and SubhanAllah, Musa with his knowledge
		
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			SubhanAllah and wittiness to be honest, you know
		
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			he responded in this way as you mentioned
		
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			in the verse.
		
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			Alarayim. This is the netmah you're talking about.
		
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			Now you compared it with the politicians of
		
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			today. You have to read between the lines.
		
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			And how you
		
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			responded to Piers Morgan using the media to
		
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			get that message across.
		
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			And who knows how it's going to empower
		
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			that girl in elementary school, and she's the
		
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			only Muslim girl in her class. Yeah. You
		
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			know? And and she doesn't know what it
		
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			means. But now she's seeing a sister,
		
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			that's representing
		
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			on her phone or on the television,
		
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			and it brings her some level of iman
		
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			even. You know, a strength. So that's very
		
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			important that we use these mediums to get
		
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			the message across in a way that is
		
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			showing grace and honor to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala and justice.
		
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			There's a question that I would come back
		
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			to for both of you, inshallah time. Maybe
		
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			just in closing, you can give your thoughts.
		
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			So this year,
		
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			you know, in my Ramadan series, I'm talking
		
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			about Qadr, decree and divine decree, and
		
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			that's kinda what I'm trying to focus on,
		
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			right, when there are different ayaatas, the decree.
		
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			And a lot of people look back
		
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			in history,
		
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			and they say, I would never become.
		
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			I would always be.
		
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			I would I would be the grateful,
		
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			you know, powerful person.
		
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			I would never become the tyrant.
		
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			But you can also see, like,
		
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			how Firaun becomes a total narcissist. He always
		
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			sees what he does for everyone else,
		
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			even to the Sahara. I mean, like, they're
		
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			they're working for
		
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			They're working
		
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			for. There's magicians. They're you know, before they
		
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			become believers. Right? Right. But even them, like,
		
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			I'll make you from the close ones to
		
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			me. Right. I'm I'm always the one doing
		
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			for you. Right? That's a fir'awn. Like, I
		
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			did this for you, Musa. I did this
		
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			for you, magicians. I did this for you,
		
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			my people. I did this for for you,
		
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			for you, for you, for you.
		
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			And
		
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			what does the prophet tell us? Whoever does
		
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			not thank the people does not thank Allah.
		
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			It's clear that the man has no self
		
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			awareness of the things that people have done
		
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			for him Mhmm. And no words of gratitude
		
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			for anyone.
		
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			Right? So, Asiya, how dare you betray me?
		
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			I'm gonna take you out and and torture
		
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			you and humiliate you because I put you
		
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			in this palace. Right? It's kind of that's
		
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			that mindset. Right?
		
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			And sometimes Allah is protecting us
		
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			from nirma that we might get drunk with.
		
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			Yes. We might get drunk with that blessing.
		
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			Like Allah gives you a qadr,
		
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			a decree of a blessing that fits
		
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			your
		
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			personality.
		
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			And you might think, I didn't need to
		
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			go through this. I mean, Allah is raising
		
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			your maqam, or he's raising your rank, opening
		
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			your eyes.
		
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			So what do you say to someone who
		
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			is like, you know,
		
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			why did Allah give so much power to
		
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			this man,
		
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			firaoun?
		
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			If Allah would have given me,
		
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			I would never be like the firaoun of
		
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			that time
		
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			or the firaouns of today because there are
		
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			pharaohs in every generation. Right? There is the
		
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			firaoun of this ummah's Abu Jahad. I would
		
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			never be like that firaoun and I would
		
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			never be like the firaouns of today. What
		
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			do you say to someone who's like, you
		
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			know, I would never act this way with
		
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			powers?
		
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			So, subhanAllah, I think I would just come
		
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			back to the dua of the prophet sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wa sallam when he would say
		
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			Oh Allah, you know, the turner of hearts.
		
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			Keep my heart, you know, firm or steadfast
		
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			on this deen. As you said, Imam Ambar,
		
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			you don't know when someone is given something.
		
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			You really don't know yourself until you are
		
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			put in that position.
		
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			You don't know if this nama is a
		
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			nama or a nikhnah. You don't know if
		
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			it's a test or it's a blessing. Right?
		
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			We always say, whatever it is that you're
		
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			giving, you know, to us, make it a
		
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			form of getting close to you and make
		
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			it a blessing, not a test. Because tests,
		
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			subhanAllah, you don't know how your heart is
		
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			going to change. Yes. Perhaps they say, well,
		
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			you know what? I'm gonna be really good
		
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			if I have all this money or this
		
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			or that. And so many times, subhanAllah, we
		
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			are put in certain situations in life
		
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			where you really want something, and it could
		
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			be something appearing very good, perhaps going to
		
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			Hajj or this or that, and Allah doesn't
		
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			make it work out for you. And then
		
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			later on, Allah reveals to you how there
		
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			was so much good for you, how you
		
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			became so much more prepared, how you were
		
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			able to benefit and to not just yourself,
		
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			but benefit others as well. And I've gone
		
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			through this myself and I'm sure if each
		
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			and every single one of us really focuses
		
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			and looks back at their daily life, you
		
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			will see there were certain times that you
		
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			were in need of something. You thought it
		
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			was good for you, but later on you
		
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			realize if you were given that something specifically
		
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			at that time, it would have, you know,
		
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			pulled you away from Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			No. And that reminds me, SubhanAllah, you mentioned
		
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			the du'a of the prophet sallam yamukhalbuqulu.
		
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			It's a bit called be al Adidic.
		
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			When did he say that? In sujud, you
		
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			know, in prostration.
		
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			And the companion asked the prophet sallam, he
		
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			said, I I asked to be your marafik
		
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			in Jannah,
		
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			You know, to be with you. And what
		
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			did he tell them? He
		
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			said
		
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			Yes.
		
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			You know, help me upon you to help
		
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			you by prostrating a lot. So the actions
		
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			of worship
		
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			at times it's going to be that which
		
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			it keeps your heart firm. It's being consistent
		
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			to the best of your ability and showing
		
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			gratitude to Allah with the framework that he
		
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			has given you, which is called the sharia.
		
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			And that's what's important in looking at this
		
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			situation.
		
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			I don't know when I when I face
		
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			that situation, I hope
		
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			I hope that I will be of those
		
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			people. And that rajat that you have in
		
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			your heart, that hope and longing for and
		
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			wanting to be of those kinds of people,
		
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			Allah is not unaware of that. So when
		
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			that time comes, you'll be someone that is
		
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			firm, Insha'Allah, like we see our brothers and
		
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			sisters, what's going on in gazan around the
		
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			world.
		
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			You don't know when that time is going
		
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			to come. Yes. Right? But you ask Allah
		
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			Subhanahu wa ta'ala for the bat. May Allah
		
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			give us the bat in his life and
		
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			Jazakumullah
		
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			Khair for the wonderful reflections. May Allah Subhanu
		
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			wa Ta'ala give tibbat, of course, to all
		
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			of our brothers and sisters in Palestine
		
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			and around the world. As we know, it's
		
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			beyond
		
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			Gaza and specifically our brothers and sisters that
		
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			have been oppressed for the last few months
		
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			in Gaza and beyond.
		
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			And may Allah 'Azza wa Jal make us
		
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			people who embody nirma and and manifest it
		
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			the way of suleiman alayhis salaam
		
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			and not those who reject and become arrogant
		
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			like Firaoun and
		
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			study usuf to be blessed. Thank you so
		
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			much for having me. Thank you so much.
		
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			My pleasure, exactly. And shaykh Abdullah as always.
		
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			Shaykhullahu alaykhullahu. So everyone else tune in InshaAllah
		
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