Find Comfort in Allahs Mercy, Justice, & Power

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The importance of serving Christ's sub hungry for the sake of others is discussed in a series of covers and talks. The book of the beast highlights the importance of the printing of the mercy of Christ's sub hungry for the sake of others, as well as the need to set up scaling on the day of resurrection and not overestimating the creator's power. The speakers emphasize the importance of finding a mixture of spiritual experiences and finding a way to find comfort in the cycle of the prophets and people around them. The use of the miracle of Islam is also discussed, and the importance of finding a way to overcome acceptance and tolerance for knowing the future is emphasized.

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The only circumstance that really matters here is

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their

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is their servitude.

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And a lot of times we say, well,

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if you want a child, read the story

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of Zakariyah, and if you are impatient, then

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read the story of Ayyub. But Allah says,

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what a beautiful servant of Allah he is,

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And this is a reminder for the servants

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Those who want

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to be

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the in that state of devoted servitude to

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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You know some people may not be afraid

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of committing crimes on this earth, but when

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they do something wrong on this earth, with

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the Muslim particularly,

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they're existential. They believe that there is something

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beyond the physical. That the Allah,

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there is someone that will hold us accountable,

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and He is our creator. He is our

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maker,

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Which serves as a motivation

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and also a reminder that there will be

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a day that I will have to answer

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to my needs. Think about all the different

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ways, of course, that Allah could saved Ibrahim

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alaihi salaam from the fire. Right?

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It could've started

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pouring rain and put out the fire. Allah

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could've sent the wind to carry Ibrahim

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to safety. A giant bird could've swooped down,

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grabbed Ibrahim alaihi salam, and carried him to

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safety. But Allah

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showed here that Allah changed the very course

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of nature.

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He intervened directly

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and changed the nature of the fire.

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Welcome back to Quran 3030.

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The question from yesterday's juz, how many times

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is the name Ar Rahman

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mentioned in Surah Mariam? So go ahead and

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answer below And,

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of course, a reminder

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to please support Yaqeen this month. Please also

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download the Quran 30 for 30 book and

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follow along

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with all the chapters that we are doing,

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and we are blessed today to, of course,

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have Sheikh Abdul Adoor as always. Sheikh Abdul

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Nasr Jangda. How's it going, man? Very good.

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So

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we're really blessed here in Dallas, alhamdulillah. Amazing.

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Yakeem

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is just a few minutes down the street

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from Qalam. Absolutely. Alhamdulillah. But I mean, I

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think it's part of the beauty of our

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collaborations here in this area.

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Your people always come here, our people always

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go there. Hamdulillah. We're all one people obviously.

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Hamdulillah. I mean, our masajs are close by

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and Qalam has become a significant presence here

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in Dallas, alhamdulillah, and obviously

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not just for the community here, but, masha'Allah,

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lots of great students. Masha'Allah. Great teachers, obviously.

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Masha'Allah. Shaykh, how's how's Qalam going? It's going

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good, alhamdulillah.

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It's it's busy. It keeps us busy, but

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it's it's a good busy.

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What made you choose to really you slowed

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down your travel quite a bit I did.

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Over the last few years. I did. What

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made you choose to focus on this?

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It's 2 things, because I get asked that

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question a lot. It's 2 things. Number 1

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is

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I think,

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everyone has kind of an inclination,

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something that they gravitate

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towards.

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So everyone gravitates towards something different.

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Education was something that always really motivated me.

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Kind of like, systematic,

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long form, in the class room education was

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what motivated me. And number 2, it was

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a wasi of my sheikh.

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Bless

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you, and have mercy on your sheikh. Amen.

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Accept all the great work that y'all are

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doing.

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So please check out their work,

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And with that, we are in the, 17th

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juz,

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And I am going to be speaking about

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this beautiful dua from Ayyub, alayhis salam, but

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really connecting it to the previous juz, which

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has been, of course, the beauty

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of this entire season. Yes, sir. When Allah

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mentions in verse 84 of Surat Al Anbiya,

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the dua of Ayyub alaihi salaam,

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verse 83 actually, Ayyub,

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alayhi salaam, when the prophet Job cried out

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to his lord

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and said, I have been touched with adversity,

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and you are the most merciful of those

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who show mercy. And Allah mentions in the

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next verse,

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that we answered his prayer and we removed

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his adversity, and then we'll continue with the

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rest of the ayah shortly, bidna Nahi Ta'ala.

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But of course, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala mentions

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in Surat Al Anam that if Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala

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If Allah touches you with adversity,

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then no one can remove that adversity from

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you except for him. And you'll see the

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words here being used that Ayub alayhi salaam

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says, I've been touched by adversity

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and you are the most merciful of those

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who have mercy, And Allah

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says and we removed. SubhanAllah. As if this

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is a practical example of exactly what he

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told us would happen

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with his servants. Now the beautiful thing about

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Ayub, alayhis salaam, is that he manifests, of

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course, the most beautiful example of patience when

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you are struck by adversity.

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And, of course, we always note that he

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doesn't blame Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for the

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duh, for the harm. He only attributes the

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mercy to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and he

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says that I've been struck with

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adversity. But here's what I want you to

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pay attention to inshallah, and, of course,

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these duas are loaded with so much to

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reflect on. I just want to reflect on

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one element.

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In jus 16,

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Allah mentions Zakaria alayhi sallam

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and Zakaria calling out to his lord

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Make mention in the book of the mercy

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of your lord to his servant, Zakaria

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when he called out to his lord in

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that beautiful private prayer.

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Almost every word that is used to describe

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the dua of Zakariyahaiyahsalam

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is used to describe the dua of Ayu

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alaiyahsalam,

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and it's one juz apart. And it's it's

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amazing because

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in both situations, there is an immediate blessing

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that manifests itself in a miraculous way,

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but they have very different circumstances.

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Right? Zakariyah

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alaihis salaam is calling out to Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala

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with hope and never disappointed. Right? And saying,

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yeah, Allah, you've never disappointed me before, and

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he's appealing to Allah's mercy for a child

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and he's never had a child before. So

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Zakaria, alayhis salam, when he calls out to

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his lord, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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praises his Ubudiyyah,

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praises his servitude. What a beautiful.

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What a beautiful manifestation of

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of servitude to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that

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he shows.

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And here is the mention of

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the mercy of your lord upon Zakariyah alayhis

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salaam. And in the case of Ayub alayhis

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salaam,

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Ayub is calling out to Allah after a

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long period, almost 2 decades

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of and the prophet salaihi wa sama mentioned

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in one narration, 18 years of bala, 18

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years of trial and tribulation,

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and calls out to Allah in this humble,

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beautiful way, and Allah

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immediately manifests his mercy towards him,

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alayhis salaam.

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Now here's the thing. They both appealed to

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the same thing. And so it's really interesting

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because if you read the words, you wouldn't

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actually know what circumstances they were in

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because the only circumstance that really matters here

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is their uwudia, is their servitude.

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And a lot of times we say, well,

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if you want a child, read the story

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of Zakaria, and if you are impatient, then

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read the story of Ayyub. But Allah says,

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what a beautiful servant of Allah he is,

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and this is a reminder for the servants

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of Allah subhanahu wa'ala, those who want to

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be

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the in that state of devoted servitude to

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And so the lesson

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here

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is that no matter what your circumstance is,

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you should turn to Allah in the exact

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same way and appeal to the exact same

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thing which is his Rahma.

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And, of course, in this situation just look

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at the words. Right?

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The a mention

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of the mercy of your lord to his

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slave and in the situation of Ayub alaihi

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salaam, it's the exact same thing. And the

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last thing that I'll say here, of course,

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is that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions this

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is a mention of the mercy of your

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lord,

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which shows you that it's not the Lord

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of Zechariah alone or the Lord of Ayub

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alone. You're calling upon the same Rab, the

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same Lord, who removes and who gives even

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in the most impossible of circumstances

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out of his mercy and manifest his mercy

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in the most fitting way. May Allah, subhanahu

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wa ta'ala, make us from his devoted servants

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in every situation. Allahumma ameen.

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That

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was beautiful.

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So remembering the mercy and justice of Allah

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Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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and also how Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is

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able to do all things.

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From all things, we always have to remember

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to maintain our iman and the strength of

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it. To establish initially and to maintain it

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is the belief in the unseen, that there

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are certain things that Allah

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will not disclose to us. And also there

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are things that Allah will disclose to us

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of things that are going to happen in

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the future.

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So from that particularly is the day of

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resurrection, the day of judgment, what Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala calls yawmuktiyama. Now there will be

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a series of things that takes place.

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What's so interesting, if you sit back and

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think about it, Allah is actually telling you

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what's going to happen in the future. The

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prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, gets descriptive.

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I want to cover one verse where Allah,

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subhanahu wa ta'ala, says in chapter number 21

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verse 47,

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when he talks about the day when things

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will be weighed, particularly

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the deeds of the slave

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and also

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their their actions and also, subhanAllah, we will

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cover even the prophet, salaw al salawalam, comparing

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a body part to showing that it will

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be heavy on the scales. Allah, subhanahu wa

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ta'ala, says,

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hasibeen.

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says beautifully here, beautifully,

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as every verse is beautiful.

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Allah says, we shall set up just scales

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on the day of resurrection. This is the

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first part of the ayah.

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So

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we will place the mawazin, the scales.

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And

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is here is the

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the the adjective

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describing

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the scales that they will be just.

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Is justice.

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So when he puts these scales down, they

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will be just. Meaning that whatever he weighs

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from your good deeds. Oh,

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as Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,

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If it's an Adam's weight, as we know

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in another chapter in the Quran, that it

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will be weighed, nothing will surpass Allah. Allah

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is not unaware

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of anything that happens within His dominion,

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within His creation.

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So He says here, We will place the

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scales

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on the day of resurrection.

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This is to establish that there will be

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a day of judgment

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which shows that the human being, the Muslim

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particularly,

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should know that there is

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a a day of accountability,

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a day that you will stand in front

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of your Lord. You know, some people may

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not be afraid of committing crimes on this

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earth, but when they do something wrong on

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this earth, with the Muslim particularly,

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they're existential. They believe that there's something beyond

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the physical. That the Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,

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there is someone that will hold us accountable,

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and He is our creator. He is our

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maker,

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Which serves as a motivation

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and also a reminder

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that there will be a day that I

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will have to answer to my deeds. Then

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala continues on to say,

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And even if it was

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the weight of a grain of a mustard

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seed, showing that nothing will surpass Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala's knowledge and nothing can surpass his

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ability because he is the one that puts

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the scales

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and every single thing will be weighed. This

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is where the individual has what is called

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muhasaba.

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They hold theirselves accountable. Murakaba. They watch over

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their deeds, they watch over themselves. We know

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the beautiful statement of Umar Bilakatab

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that he used to say, hasibu

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amfusakum

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qablantuhasabu.

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Wazinu atmalakum qablantu

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zenu. It's beautiful. He says, hold yourselves accountable

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before you will be held accountable.

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And weigh your deeds

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before they will be weighed. Brothers and sisters,

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before you go to sleep, have a review

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of your day. What did you do in

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that day? Because you don't know if you

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will wake up.

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And the day we don't know when the

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day of resurrection will be. The fact that

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it's a mystery should increase our rajat, our

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hope in Allah's mercy.

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Our hope in Allah's mercy and also fear

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of any type of accountability from a shortcoming.

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With the reality,

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with some of our shortcomings,

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Allah

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mercy

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encompasses and engulfs everything, and it's up to

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him to forgive us or not. Lastly, when

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Allah

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says,

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and this is so beautiful, the tadeel, the

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way that Allah ends this verse.

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When He talks about accountability and nothing will

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surpass him, one should think about what am

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I doing now?

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I don't know when Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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will take me. How do I want my

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status to be with Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala?

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Then Allah says here, and suffice

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with us as reckoners. Kifa'bina,

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with us. This is a showing of greatness.

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Even though there's no plurality with the creator,

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this is a form of greatness and royalty

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that when he uses the plural plurality to

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show the majesty that he is great. Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala. He says, suffice for in us

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is a reckoner. Why is this important?

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For the individuality of the Muslim and understanding

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that I am not afraid of ultimately anyone

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except the law, subhanahu wa ta'ala. I do

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not fear what this person will say as

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long as I am obeying Allah because he

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is my ultimate reckoner. He is the one

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that will hold me accountable

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for my deeds. So when it comes to

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making a choice

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because of that strong foundation and the belief

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in the oneness of Allah and his greatness

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and his ability, and there will be a

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day that the scales will be weighed, deeds

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will be weighed, We recognize that, and that

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should serve as our motivation for wanting to

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please him within these trials and tests. May

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Allah, subhanahu, make us of those that are

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aware of his greatness and aware of his

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justice and allow that to be a sense

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of solace and peace in our hearts.

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The story of Ibrahim alayhis salam, which is

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mentioned in Suratulambiya,

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Surah number 21,

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is really fascinating.

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One of the

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remarkable

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stylistic

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marvels of the Quran

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is that the Quran returns back to the

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same story repeatedly

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while highlighting different elements of that story.

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But maybe one of the most well known

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of the stories of the prophets of the

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past,

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and something that

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is symbolically is very powerful and universally recognized

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by believers everywhere

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is only mentioned one place in the Quran

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and that's here in 17th juz in chapter

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21, surah number 21, Surah Al Anbiya.

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And it's a very lengthy

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passage that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala details the

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whole story beginning with ayah number 51 going

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all the way till ayah number 70,

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but the culmination of the story, the climax

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of the story, if you will,

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is in verse number 69, ayah number 69.

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In which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us,

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we

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said,

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oh fire,

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Ibrahim. Be cool

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and peaceful, safe

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upon Ibrahim, alayhis salaam.

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And very quickly, the back story is is

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that

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Ibrahim alaihi salam,

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after trying

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over and over and over again

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to

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reason with his people,

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to

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try to get them to understand

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that the worship of idols was something false.

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And they were so stubborn

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that they just were not coming around. So

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Ibrahim alayhi salam decided to take more drastic

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measures. When they were all gone for a

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festival or a carnival out of town,

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he went into the temple, he smashed all

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the idols,

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and he left the largest one so that

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they would have to come back and deal

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with this reality.

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When they come back and they find all

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the idols smashed they say,

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Ibrahim. This young man Ibrahim is always criticizing

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our idols so they brought him to

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Let's make an example out of him. And

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then they decide

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to when Ibrahim Alaihi Salam challenges them about

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the reality of these false gods and these

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idols and they are unable to answer him,

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then finally they resort to violence as people

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upon falsehood will always do. When they are

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confronted with the truth, when they have no

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response for the truth, then they will resort

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to violence,

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indiscriminate

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violence.

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This was this has been the trend all

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throughout history. This happened in the lifetime of

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the prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam. And we

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even see this happening today.

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So what did they say?

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Burn him at the stake

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and help your gods, they turned it into

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a campaign.

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And then

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the narration of Abdullah bin Masood radiAllahu ta'ala

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Anhu that ibn Kathir, Imam Al Kurtubi, others

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mentioned

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that

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they built this humongous fire and people came

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and started

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throwing everything they had, old clothes and old

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furniture into the fire to the point where

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it became like a forest fire. They couldn't

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contain it. They couldn't get near it. So

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then they said, okay, how do we put

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Ibrahim in the fire now? So they constructed

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a device like a catapult

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to launch him into the fire. They tie

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him up. Ibrahim alaihis salam puts his faith

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and trust in Allah and he speaks those

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words that have been immortalized within the Quran

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which in which he says,

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Allah is all I need. Allah suffices for

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me and Allah is the best of caretakers.

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And then Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala intervened for

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Ibrahim alayhis salam. And in verse number 69,

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Allah says, we said, oh fire,

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become cool and safe and peaceful upon Ibrahim.

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And there's 2 quick reflections that I'll give

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here. Number 1

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is that think about all the different ways,

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of course, that Allah could've saved Ibrahim alaihi

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salaam from the fire.

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Right?

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It could've started

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pouring rain and put out the fire. Allah

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could've sent the wind to carry Ibrahim to

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safety. A giant bird could've swooped down,

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grabbed Ibrahim alaihis salam, and carried him to

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safety. But Allah

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showed here that Allah changed the very course

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of nature.

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He intervened directly

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and changed the nature of the fire.

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And then the second thing that I'll mention

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in closing here

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is that

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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Abdullah bin Masuda, the Allahu ta'ala Anhu mentions

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that when Allah said, oh fire,

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be cool

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and safe and peaceful upon Ibrahim.

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There were ropes that were tied to his

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hands and his feet. Those ropes

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were against Ibrahim not for Ibrahim. The ropes

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burned away without burning a single inch on

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his skin. That's right. Without harming a hair

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on his head. The ropes were burned, But

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Ibrahim was not harmed at all. This is

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the power. This is the majesty.

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This is the might of Allah. This is

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what we believe in. And we need these

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reminders constantly,

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but I feel really now more than ever

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that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala can do anything

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and everything.

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And so even when all the worldly means

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don't make any sense,

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and it seems like there's no way out,

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we have to keep our faith

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in the power and the might of Allah

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Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

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Yes.

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SubhanAllah, Sheikh, like these, a lot of the

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duas and a lot of the things that,

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you know,

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we learned about through powerful stories, we're now

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obviously witnessing with the people of Allah, may

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Allah help them alleviate their And their struggles

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and their pain, all of the moustallafin

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around the world. Mhmm. Of course,

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in Jerusalem and Palestine, and you know,

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the whole area,

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you see the cruelest enemy,

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and you see the most faithful people. Agi.

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I think one thing that I always try

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to emphasize to people is that

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the people of Gaza didn't just find this

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faith now. Mhmm. They had it. Mhmm. And

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one thing that's very apparent, like, when you're

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going through the stories of the prophets,

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look, Zakariyah knew, alaihi salaam,

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when he

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needed to turn to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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for a child, he needed to turn to

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Allah. Mhmm. Ayub, alayhi salam, knew that with

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everything that happened to him,

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the only one he could turn to was

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Absolutely. Ibrahim, alayhis salaam,

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knew whether he was in a fire Mhmm.

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Or whether he was in the comfort of

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his home Mhmm. Turned back to Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala.

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It's like when they say you can't know

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only 1 or 2 names of Allah. To

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know Allah, you have to know his names

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and attributes.

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And to know all of his names and

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attributes, you have to know different circumstances.

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And the prophets were subjected to the most

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extreme manifestations of all of those circumstances,

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and so they had the most extreme connections

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to all of those names and attributes. Mhmm.

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Right? Their duas were

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loving, sincere, devoted, and so

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the seemingly impossible happened Mhmm. For them

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in ways that we could never imagine.

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But that's directly tied to their tawakkur. It's

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not just their stations as prophets. Mhmm. It's

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their stations as hidaat, as as being great

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servants of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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And so that's why when you when you

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see, like, I think the scars of the

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past, like, when you've been Qayyim Rahim Allah

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talks about Tawakkul and Madariz Asadekeen,

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you know, when you really,

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really,

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really realize

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this trust in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, things

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happen for you that don't happen for other

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people. Mhmm.

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And that's why you have the Muertjizat.

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Mhmm. These miracles of the prophets, but you

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also have the Kalamat al Oliya. You do.

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You have the the miracles of the Oliya,

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the miracles of the friends of Allah that

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aren't prophets, but things happen for them Absolutely.

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That otherwise, you know, are outside of what

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we are familiar with.

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How do you and and I guess this

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is a question I'll pose to both of

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you.

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How do you say to someone, like, I

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don't believe a miracle is possible in my

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life or

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because there are 2 extremes to this. One

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is, is a miracle even possible for me

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or

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if the miracle doesn't happen for me, that

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means that Allah is not answering my du'a.

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Mhmm. Right? It's kind of like there are

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some people who are like, the miracle is

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didn't happen, therefore, my relationship with Allah is

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impossible. Mhmm. How do you kinda talk to

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people as they're trying to find themselves between

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these miracles,

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and they're not seeing them manifest in their

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own lives? Yeah.

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You know, something interesting because

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this story of Ibrahim alayhis salam, as I

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mentioned, you know, it's something that's really universally

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known and recognized as maybe one of the

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most well known of the stories of the

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prophets. But particularly

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during times of

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difficulty and tragedy in the ummah,

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my mind, my heart always goes back to

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this particular story for that exact reason. There

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were so many steps along the way where

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala could have,

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when they're starting the fire, when they're putting

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him in the catapults, when they're launching him,

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when he's midair.

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There's so many moments where

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the intervention one could have expected it,

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but it came

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at the time that was the most powerful

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and most effective,

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Where it became something that people would remember

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and talk about and reflect upon for the

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rest of time.

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So much so that we're sitting here, only

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Allah knows how many millennia later, halfway across

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the world, and we're reflecting on it once

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again.

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So it's

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it's going back to these stories

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is ultimately the way to find that kind

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of strength and consolation and comfort.

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And it might seem a bit

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obtuse to some people,

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but just going back to those stories and,

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you know, mentioning those stories and reflecting on

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those stories together, I think ultimately is what

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provides that comfort.

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That it's the same Allah

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that we're praying to and he has the

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same might and power that he had when

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he saved Ibrahim alayhis salaam, and he can

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do the same exact,

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quote, unquote, impossible make the impossible possible.

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The miracle

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happened today like he did at that time.

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I have to say one thing here, because

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he just said it and it and it

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just occurred to me. Right? When you say,

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like, we're still talking about someone

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Mhmm. 1000 of years later. Mhmm. Their exact

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words Mhmm.

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That happened in a moment of time when

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they were at their lowest

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and loneliest

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I did.

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Ibrahim is in a roaring fire. I do.

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If you ever heard a fire roar,

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think about

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his words. May Allah protect us from the

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fire.

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Mhmm.

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Think about how muted his words would be

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in that fire with the roaring fire. Mhmm.

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Has to be

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And and and we hear them. Mhmm. And

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then Ibrahim, al Islam, is in the desert

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and. What's gonna cause my voice to reach

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all these people in the desert? Yeah. Right?

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Just.

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Just do it.

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Zakaria, al Islam, is in a corner of

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Al Aqsa.

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Mhmm. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala liberate it.

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And

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he

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like,

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he's speaking so low that no one else

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can hear him

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from from the khalq around him, from the

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creation, except that Allah's.

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And here we are talking about it now.

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Ajay. Ayyub, alayhis salaam, has been shunned by

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all of society at this point. Mhmm. No

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one's around him. And he's calling out to

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Allah in this private dua. He's shunned. Mhmm.

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And Allah

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has it immortalized in Quran. All of these

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people's duas are in Quran.

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Mhmm.

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We're reciting it constantly. I mean, it's it

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just shows you

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how you don't know what's happening in that

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moment

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in history,

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how how consequential that moment is in

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the Quran, the decree of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala for everything

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that's to come.

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Yeah. I mean, it's it's that's what I

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was

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going to mention about the statement of Ibrahim.

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I mean, we're seeing this online, Our brothers

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and sisters in class, they keep saying it.

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Right?

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And then Allah says,

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Allah is enough for me.

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Hasibim.

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Right? Allah is enough for me. So when

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it comes to a miracle,

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I ask that individual to think about even

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what is a miracle. A miracle is something

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beyond human capabilities.

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And who is Allah? Look at those beautiful

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names, those attributes.

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Each one of them are totally beyond our

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capabilities. Therefore,

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which is part of the reason

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why we count on Him in worship Him,

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and it's not conditional to our intellectual capacity.

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So when thinking about the miracle, okay, it's

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when Allah chooses.

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But in the end of the day,

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it's this term of uncertainty tolerance.

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Right? I'm not certain when it's going to

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happen but I'm certain He has the capabilities

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to make it happen.

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Am I okay with that? The fact that

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it doesn't turn on that I'm okay with

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it or at certain times I may ask

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why, that's human. But what's most important is

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when you realize that,

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how do you retreat

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into Fir, Eid Allah,

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and return to him? It's about

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what happens at that moment.

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And getting back to Allah, it's not easy

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at times. It's a fitna. It's a it's

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a struggle. You think what they're saying, hasbilla

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niyomu, ghasbilla.

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It is some type of, you know, some

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would say cognitive behavioral therapy. You're like speaking

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to yourself to bring yourself back

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to spiritual sanity. And that's what's needed because

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we're human.

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We're insan.

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Because sometimes we are you know, it's a

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beautiful word insan comes from nesia and also

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comes from uns.

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Like, nesia means you're forgetful at times, and

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uns means having that closeness or sociability.

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But that closeness ultimately is to be like

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Ibrahim was, Khalilullah.

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And that's why Subhanahu you mentioned times of

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being alone,

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The last 10 days of Arun al Dinwala.

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Iritikaf.

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Being alone and intimate with Allah,

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putting your phone away, fasting from food, drinks,

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and

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being with people, and electronics as well.

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And getting close to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,

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khalwa.

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We see this is what the salafah with

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our scholars. Khallwa, spending time alone just silence.

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Nowadays they call it meditation, right?

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But we have this this system and this

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framework that's been given to us to come

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closer to him, to know that Allah is

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enough for us. And when the miracles come,

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the miracle itself, we know that it's from

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Allah. We need chooses to. It's up to

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us to be patient, and that takes a

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struggle. But Allah loves the struggle.

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Yeah. It's the leap of faith.

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That that term means a lot of different

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things to a lot of different people, and

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it's used by sometimes other kind of, like,

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religions and, you know, other faiths in a

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way that probably wouldn't

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agree with our understanding of.

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Mhmm. Because we have, we have the text,

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we got Wahi, we have Quran and Sunnah.

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But this would be the Islamic application of

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the leap of faith. Mhmm. We know what

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we believe from the textual evidence,

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but then that thing that you were talking

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about, that that acceptance and tolerance

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for

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knowing exactly when, where, and how. Mhmm. That's

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the leap of faith. Yeah.

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I was talking about leap of faith too,

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by the way, when we get here. So

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Really? Something in. Y'all

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all must be doing a lot of leaping,

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leaping at Qalam. They have a big they

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have a big campus. Yes, sir.

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Texas side campus.

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Beautiful reflection of Sheikh Adonasa. May Allah bless

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you

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and, increase you, and may Allah

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allow us all to manifest those beautiful qualities

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We will see you all tomorrow.

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We will see you all tomorrow.