Abdelrahman Badawy – Jumuah Allah’s 3 Promises Hadith Qudsi

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The transcript discusses the importance of forgiveness and brighter future in a situation where the creator is not present. The speakers emphasize the importance of trusting one's beliefs and the rules of the game, and encourage individuals to not overwhelm themselves. They also mention the importance of not overwhelm themselves and not letting anyone else win.

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			Alhamdulillah,
		
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			Muhammad
		
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			Muhammad
		
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			We begin by sending our praise and our
		
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			thanks and our gratitude towards our creator Allah,
		
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			the one and only worthy of worship.
		
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			And we ask him to send his peace
		
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			and blessings upon his final messenger Muhammad, and
		
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			all those who follow in his footsteps. And
		
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			we ask Allah to make us amongst them
		
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			in word and deed. Ameen.
		
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			Allah says in the Quran, oh you who
		
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			believe, fear Allah as He should be feared.
		
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			Be conscious of your creator as He deserves,
		
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			and do not die except in the state
		
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			of Islam. May Allah allow us to meet
		
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			Him in a state of Islam while He's
		
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			pleased with us. Ameenah.
		
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			SubhanAllah.
		
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			The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
		
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			said that, Allah the Almighty says,
		
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			Whoever does a good deed will have the
		
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			reward of 10 like it and I may
		
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			increase it even more.
		
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			And whoever does an evil deed will be
		
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			punished for just one evil deed,
		
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			or I may even forgive.
		
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			And whoever draws close to me a hand
		
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			span,
		
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			then I will draw close to him an
		
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			arm's length.
		
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			And whoever draws close to me in arms
		
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			length,
		
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			I will draw close to him 2 arms
		
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			length.
		
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			And whoever comes to me walking,
		
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			I will go to him running.
		
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			And whoever meets me with enough sins to
		
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			fill the earth,
		
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			but he does not associate any partners with
		
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			me,
		
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			then I will meet him with
		
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			just as much forgiveness.
		
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			SubhanAllah.
		
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			May Allah Ta'ala have mercy on us.
		
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			So there you have it brothers and sisters.
		
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			The dynamics of our relationship with our creator,
		
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			Subhanahu Ta'ala.
		
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			The rules of the game, if you want
		
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			to use that language.
		
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			Allah makes every single human being
		
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			3 promises.
		
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			Promise number 1
		
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			is that good deeds are multiplied
		
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			while sins are not.
		
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			Promise number 2.
		
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			If you go on a path towards Allah,
		
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			he will come even closer to you.
		
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			And promise number 3
		
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			is that forgiveness
		
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			is always
		
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			available
		
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			to those who seek it.
		
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			No matter what you've done,
		
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			no matter what your history has been and
		
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			for how long.
		
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			And some of you guys are saying, Abdurrahman,
		
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			you don't know my history.
		
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			Some of you are saying it's been years
		
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			decades.
		
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			Some of you are saying, Abdurrahman, you don't
		
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			know the size of my sins.
		
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			And guess what?
		
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			You're all right.
		
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			I don't know your history.
		
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			I wasn't there for the 20, 30, 40
		
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			years.
		
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			I didn't see the size of your sins.
		
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			But guess who did?
		
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			And He still gives you life doesn't He?
		
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			And He still brought you here to this
		
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			masjid, didn't He?
		
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			And He still made sure this message reached
		
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			you, didn't He?
		
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			SubhanAllah.
		
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			They have not estimated Allah properly.
		
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			They don't think much of Allah, do they?
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the Quran,
		
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			And whoever does evil or wrongs himself
		
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			but then seeks forgiveness from Allah
		
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			will find Allah forgiving
		
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			and merciful.
		
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			Brothers, please silence your phones if they're still
		
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			on and move up and fill up all
		
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			the gaps.
		
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			Alhamdulillah
		
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			All praise belongs to the Creator
		
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			and may His peace and blessings be upon
		
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			the best of creation.
		
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			Brothers and sisters, the theme of this beautiful
		
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			hadith
		
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			can be summed up in one sentence
		
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			and that is
		
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			whoever
		
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			sincerely seeks a path to their creator,
		
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			Allah
		
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			will guarantee a response.
		
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			Whoever takes that step, Allah guarantees him the
		
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			next steps. That is the theme here,
		
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			but sincerity is needed.
		
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			Sincerity shows up in the way you approach.
		
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			I'm going to ask you a question
		
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			and I want you to really think of
		
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			an answer.
		
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			What would you say
		
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			about a person
		
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			who is playing a game that is rigged
		
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			in his favor
		
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			and still loses?
		
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			When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says the default,
		
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			the starting point is you do one good
		
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			deed, I start at 10 And I may
		
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			go more and there's many times where Allah
		
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			goes more.
		
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			So every time you do one good deed,
		
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			it's already 10 times more.
		
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			Meanwhile he says, when you do an evil
		
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			deed, I start at 1, and I may
		
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			go down.
		
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			Allah may just forgive you.
		
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			Many different avenues of forgiveness.
		
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			These are the rules of this dunya that
		
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			you're living.
		
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			What do you say about a person who
		
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			has these rules and still loses?
		
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			Do you think that person made any effort
		
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			at all?
		
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			Do you think that person is deserving of
		
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			reward
		
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			or does he truly deserve the punishment?
		
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			May Allah protect us from His punishment.
		
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			These are the rules that Allah has given
		
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			you. These are the guarantees that Allah has
		
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			given all of us.
		
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			And the second thing I want to mention,
		
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			and it's very important,
		
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			stop thinking about the whole journey.
		
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			Think about the next step.
		
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			Don't overwhelm yourself with how far you need
		
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			to go.
		
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			And sometimes I talk to brothers about salah,
		
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			and they say, well, if I start, I
		
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			have to pray that my whole life.
		
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			Look at shaitan's tricks.
		
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			If I start being a good person, I
		
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			have to commit my whole life. You do,
		
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			but you don't have to overwhelm yourself,
		
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			and you convince yourself to just be more
		
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			and more evil.
		
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			Yesterday, we lost somebody who was 29 years
		
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			old. May Allah have mercy on
		
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			him. You may be next.
		
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			Stop postponing and stop overwhelming yourself.
		
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			Think about the next step. One step, that's
		
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			all you have to think about. What did
		
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			Allah say? Whoever goes to him walking, meaning
		
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			you're not even putting in as that much
		
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			effort, Allah will come to you running anyway.
		
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			You go to Allah a hand span, this
		
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			is a small distance, He comes to you
		
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			at arm's length. Allah will always give you
		
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			more than you put in,
		
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			but you have to put in.
		
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			Allah says in the Quran,
		
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			Hasn't the time come for those who believe
		
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			for their hearts to become humble and submit
		
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			to the remembrance of Allah and what has
		
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			been revealed of the truth.
		
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			And let them not be like those who
		
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			were given the scripture before, who were spoiled
		
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			for so long that their hearts became hardened.
		
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			And many of them are wicked.
		
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			Allah says in the Quran,
		
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			Those who strive for Us, those who struggle
		
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			for Allah, We will surely guide them to
		
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			Our ways. And Allah is truly with those
		
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			who do good.
		
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			So brothers and sisters, Allah is giving you
		
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			an offer
		
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			and He's giving you a guarantee.
		
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			The offer is this,
		
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			full forgiveness
		
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			and a brighter future
		
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			in this world and the next.
		
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			And the guarantee
		
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			that your Lord has given you
		
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			is that He has rigged
		
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			the game in your favor,
		
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			and he also guarantees that he will help
		
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			you with step 2, step 3, 4, 5,
		
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			6, 7.
		
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			But you have to take step 1.
		
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			So the only question that remains is
		
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			will you accept Allah's offer?
		
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			And will you accept Allah's guarantee?