Abdullah Hakim Quick – Islam And The World The Journey Of Al-Israa Wa Al-MiRaaj

Abdullah Hakim Quick
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The speaker discusses the challenges faced by Muslims in the face of changes in the world and the importance of returning to familiarity with Islam. They also touch on the impact of the Prophet Muhammad's stance on politics and the rise of evil behavior. The journey of Islam begins with the seven levels of Allah's creation, and the importance of acceptance of their teachings is emphasized. The importance of the Prophet's three gifts and the importance of protecting the land from fire is also discussed. The importance of Jerusalem and being a Muslim leader is also emphasized.

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			Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim.
		
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			Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen.
		
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			Wa usalli wa usallam ala Sayyidil Awwalin wal
		
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			Akhirin.
		
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			Nabiyyina Muhammadin wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa
		
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			barak wa salam.
		
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			All praise is due to Allah, Lord of
		
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			the Worlds.
		
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			And peace and blessings be constantly showered upon
		
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			our beloved Prophet Muhammad, the Master of the
		
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			First and the Last, his family, his companions,
		
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			and all those who call to his way
		
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			and establish his sunnah to the Day of
		
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			Judgment.
		
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			My beloved brothers and sisters, to our friends,
		
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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, this is our continuation of our series,
		
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			Islam and the World.
		
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			And the intention is to bring Islam in
		
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			different dimensions, to be able to look at
		
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			Islam in different parts of the planet, in
		
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			different parts in history, and to be very
		
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			relevant to the situation that we are living
		
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			in today.
		
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			The last few months and days have become
		
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			very challenging for Muslims.
		
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			And people throughout the planet are going through
		
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			tremendous changes.
		
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			The younger generation, to a certain extent, because
		
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			of the social media, is in a state
		
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			of confusion.
		
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			People are not sure which way to go.
		
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			They are not sure what is real and
		
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			what is not real.
		
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			And this is where it is critical for
		
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			Muslims to return to our sources, to return
		
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			to the foundations that Allah blessed us with,
		
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			through the revelation, the final revelation, and also
		
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			with the final messenger, the leader of all
		
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			of the prophets, Muhammad ﷺ.
		
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			And when we are able to go back
		
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			to this, and to understand what it is,
		
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			it not only will strengthen our faith, but
		
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			it will also give us an understanding about
		
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			what is to come.
		
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			Because there are many claims that are being
		
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			made around the world, and especially we find
		
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			claims that are being made in the Middle
		
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			East, around the area of Masjid al-Aqsa.
		
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			It has become a confusion for people who
		
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			are reading the media.
		
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			And so therefore, we are thankful that Allah
		
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			has blessed us with this last and final
		
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			messenger.
		
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			And the more we understand about his life,
		
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			is the more we understand the power of
		
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			Allah ﷻ, and what we actually have in
		
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			our hands and in our hearts.
		
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			So because we are at the point of
		
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			the time in Rajab, around 27th of Rajab,
		
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			we want to look at al-Isra and
		
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			Mi'raj.
		
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			And this is the night journey, the famous
		
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			night journey, and also the ascension into the
		
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			heavens.
		
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			And just a few points as we go
		
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			into this.
		
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			Number one, that there is no unanimous position
		
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			about which day actually is, the day of
		
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			Isra and Mi'raj.
		
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			There are different opinions that scholars have.
		
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			Some scholars even said Rabi al-Awwal.
		
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			They thought that Isra and Mi'raj was
		
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			at that time.
		
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			But the overwhelming position and the stance that
		
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			Muslims have taken, the majority position, is that
		
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			it is the 27th of Rajab.
		
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			And with this understanding, we are going forward.
		
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			Secondly, that we have to realize, that to
		
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			understand Isra and Mi'raj, we need to
		
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			understand the circumstances surrounding it.
		
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			Because whenever we are looking at a verse
		
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			in the Quran, whenever we are looking at
		
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			a chapter in the Book of Allah, we
		
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			need to have what is known as Asbab
		
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			al-Nuzul.
		
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			And that is the reasons why, the circumstances
		
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			surrounding this particular verse, or this particular chapter.
		
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			In this case, we recognize that Prophet Muhammad
		
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			SAW, had been teaching the belief in one
		
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			God, for years in Mecca.
		
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			And it reached the point of, and this
		
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			was the 10th year, after the beginning of
		
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			the Prophethood.
		
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			He took a strong stance with Tawheed.
		
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			His followers took strong stance.
		
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			They were insulted.
		
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			They were killed.
		
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			They were driven out of their homes.
		
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			But they held on to the faith.
		
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			He even allowed them to make a hijrah.
		
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			He allowed them to travel to al-Habasha,
		
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			to Ethiopia, in order to escape the punishment
		
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			of the Quraysh.
		
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			But the Prophet SAW himself, was a pillar
		
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			of strength.
		
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			It was this particular year, is what is
		
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			known as Aam al-Huzn.
		
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			It is the year of sorrow.
		
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			And that is important for us as well
		
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			today.
		
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			Because Muslims are going through tremendous changes.
		
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			And it seems as though, the whole world
		
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			is against us.
		
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			That nobody cares for the true believers.
		
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			But this is an example, when a person
		
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			can be at the lowest depths, in sorrow
		
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			and sadness.
		
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			And then, the heavens open up for that
		
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			person.
		
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			And so this is our divine example, that
		
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			came through the life of Prophet Muhammad SAW.
		
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			This year, had followed two to three years,
		
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			of what is known as the boycott.
		
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			And that is where the Quraysh put sanctions,
		
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			like what they call sanctions today.
		
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			They boycotted the Muslims, to the point where
		
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			people had to go into a valley, and
		
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			they suffered inside of that valley, and it
		
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			had an impact on their life.
		
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			Finally the boycott was lifted.
		
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			But it affected the health of the believers.
		
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			And Abu Talib, the uncle of the Prophet
		
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			SAW, who was a pillar of strength, behind
		
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			Rasulullah, he became very sick.
		
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			And in that year, he passed away.
		
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			And this was a tremendous blow, to the
		
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			Prophet SAW.
		
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			Because this was his protection, in a sense,
		
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			it was a type of psychological protection, and
		
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			it was also a physical protection.
		
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			But to add to that, his beloved wife
		
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			Khadijah RA, she passed away somewhere around 40
		
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			days, after Abu Talib died.
		
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			And so you could imagine, the impact that
		
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			it had, on the Prophet SAW.
		
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			He felt as though, the whole world was
		
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			coming down on him.
		
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			He was overwhelmed with grief.
		
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			And the Quraysh, recognizing they had an opportunity,
		
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			intensified, their pressure upon the Prophet SAW.
		
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			And so, he looked to expand his horizons.
		
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			So now you have the depths, and instead
		
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			of going inside of yourself, he expanded.
		
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			And so he went south, to the city
		
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			called Ataif.
		
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			And Ataif is high in the mountains.
		
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			If you're in Mecca, and you go south
		
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			toward Yemen, you look at the map, you
		
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			think you're going down, but you're actually going
		
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			up.
		
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			Because the closer you go to Yemen, is
		
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			the higher you are in the mountains.
		
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			And so he took Zayd ibn Harithah RA
		
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			with him, and they went to Ataif, and
		
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			they spoke with the people there, gave them
		
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			dawah.
		
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			But unfortunately, the Banu Taqif, refused the message.
		
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			They rejected the message.
		
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			And not only did they do that, but
		
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			they ordered the urchins of the town, to
		
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			attack the Prophet SAW, and they stoned him,
		
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			and they stoned Zayd terribly, till it is
		
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			reported that the blood even caked, went down
		
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			his leg, and caked into his sandals.
		
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			This is a serious thing.
		
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			And so the Prophet SAW, left the city,
		
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			traveling with Zayd, escaping this terrible torture.
		
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			And he came across some orchards, and was
		
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			surprised to find that, the owners of this
		
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			orchards, was Utbah and Shaybah ibn Rabiah.
		
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			And they are Quraysh, they're his relatives.
		
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			So they saw him in this state, and
		
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			they offered him grapes, and offered him water.
		
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			And their servant, Adas, who was a Christian
		
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			man, from Nineveh.
		
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			This is Iraq.
		
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			So he was an Iraqi Christian.
		
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			And he came to the Prophet SAW, and
		
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			gave him the grapes, and offered to him.
		
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			And the Prophet said, Bismillah, and he ate.
		
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			And Adas was a sensitive person, and he
		
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			basically said, why are you saying this?
		
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			So the Prophet asked him, where are you
		
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			from?
		
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			And he said, I am from Nineveh.
		
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			That's Iraq.
		
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			And so the Prophet, peace be upon him,
		
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			then said, Nineveh, that is the home of
		
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			one of my brothers, in prophethood, Yunus ibn
		
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			Metta.
		
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			This is the home of Yunus.
		
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			And when Adas heard this, he went down
		
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			on the ground, trying to kiss the feet
		
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			of the Prophet.
		
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			Peace and blessings be upon him.
		
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			And when his masters came, they said, what
		
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			is this that you're trying to do?
		
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			And he said, only a Prophet could have
		
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			said this.
		
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			This man is a special man.
		
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			Following this, the Prophet and Zayd, and it's
		
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			a long story, I'm condensing it.
		
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			They went toward Mecca.
		
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			Jibreel SAW came with the angel of the
		
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			mountains.
		
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			And if you know the terrain in Yemen,
		
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			it's mountainous.
		
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			And so the angel said, we will destroy
		
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			these people between two mountains.
		
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			But the Prophet SAW said no, because maybe
		
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			from amongst these people, there would be somebody
		
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			who would worship Allah.
		
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			And so they continued on.
		
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			And they returned into Mecca.
		
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			It was not easy.
		
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			But they found one of the Quraish, he
		
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			gave them a place where they could literally
		
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			hide.
		
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			And they moved amongst their relatives.
		
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			And it is at this time, when he's
		
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			at the lowest point, that Allah SWT opened
		
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			up the world to him.
		
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			And this takes us about 12 to 16
		
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			months before the actual hijrah.
		
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			And this is al-Isra, which is the
		
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			night journey.
		
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			And then al-Mi'raj, which is the
		
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			ascension.
		
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			And it is described as the ascension to
		
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			the heavens.
		
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			But it's important to understand that there is
		
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			a difference between jannah, like sometimes we'd say
		
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			he wants to go to heaven, meaning paradise.
		
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			But samawat, you have seven samawat, seven heavens.
		
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			So these are the different levels within Allah's
		
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			creation.
		
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			Jannah is in the seventh heaven.
		
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			So the heavens itself, as the scholars have
		
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			described, that the universe that we know, or
		
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			the galaxies we know, and the universe, they
		
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			are in the first heaven.
		
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			So this is where your stars and your
		
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			galaxies are.
		
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			But to go further now, you have to
		
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			go further into the atmosphere to go up
		
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			in the heavens.
		
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			And so it was that the Prophet SAW
		
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			was carried to this place.
		
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			Now this is a picture of the actual
		
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			grounds of the Masjid al-Aqsa.
		
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			And it's important to have an understanding of
		
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			this.
		
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			I don't have the time to go into
		
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			the details.
		
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			But I was fortunate to go with a
		
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			group from South Africa.
		
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			We went here and we went into all
		
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			the sections of that area there.
		
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			And generally speaking, people, when they talk about
		
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			this grounds, this is the wall going around
		
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			it.
		
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			Can you see my pointer?
		
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			So this is the wall.
		
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			Okay.
		
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			And this is the dome of the rock.
		
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			So people generally say that this is Masjid
		
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			al-Aqsa and this is the dome of
		
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			the rock.
		
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			That's a mistake.
		
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			This is really the Masjid al-Qibli.
		
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			This is where the Qibla is going towards.
		
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			But Masjid al-Aqsa is this whole area
		
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			here.
		
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			So that whole area is actually Masjid al
		
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			-Aqsa itself.
		
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			And you have on the wall, because when
		
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			the Prophet ﷺ reached this area, it did
		
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			not have the golden dome.
		
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			This Masjid here of Aqsa, the dome was
		
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			built in the Umayyad period.
		
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			After the death of the Prophet ﷺ by
		
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			Abdul Malik ibn Marwan.
		
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			And so, when the Prophet ﷺ reached this
		
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			area, it is described as Ard Fada.
		
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			It's an empty area.
		
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			There are some ruins of the walls that
		
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			were there.
		
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			But basically speaking, what the Muslims believe is
		
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			that this is Masjid al-Aqsa.
		
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			When you leave this and you go over
		
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			here to the side, and then you'll see
		
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			this wall here.
		
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			It is on that wall, this is where
		
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			he tied the Buraq.
		
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			So that is what is called Ha'it
		
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			Suleyman.
		
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			That is the wall of Suleyman ﷺ.
		
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			And this is where the Prophet ﷺ actually
		
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			tied the animal.
		
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			Now in the journey itself, because we have
		
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			al-Isra and al-Mi'raj, we have
		
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			to recognize the fact that this journey was
		
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			a physical journey.
		
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			And you'll get some discussions that scholars have
		
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			that the journey was actually spiritual.
		
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			It was a dream.
		
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			But the proof of that comes directly from
		
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			our sources itself.
		
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			When Allah ﷻ is telling us in Surah
		
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			al-Isra, right in the beginning, سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي
		
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			أَسْرَى بِأَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَاشْتِرِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَاشْتِرِ
		
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			الْأَقْصَى أَلَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُ
		
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			هُوَ السَّمِيلُ البَسِيرُ So in this chapter, it's
		
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			called Surah al-Isra, Allah says, Glory to
		
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			He who took His servant by night from
		
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			the Masjid al-Haram to the furthest mosque
		
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			whose surroundings we have blessed to show Him
		
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			our signs.
		
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			Indeed, He is all-hearing and all-seeing.
		
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			So the Arabic says, سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِأَبْدِهِ
		
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			So when you say, أَسْرَى بِي it literally
		
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			means, in Arabic, you take him on the
		
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			journey.
		
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			So this is not a dream.
		
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			It's clear in the Arabic that he was
		
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			taken on a physical journey.
		
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			And you will see that later with some
		
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			of the different issues that it was actually
		
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			a physical journey.
		
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			And so, the Prophet ﷺ then tied the
		
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			buraq and he prayed two rakats.
		
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			And when he turned and then recognized Allah
		
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			manifested and brought the Prophets to him.
		
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			And he prayed as Imam of all of
		
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			the Prophets.
		
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			And in some traditions it is said there
		
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			were over 124,000 Prophets and Messengers.
		
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			So this is an amazing thing.
		
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			Because these Prophets and Messengers, according to the
		
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			Quran, came to every nation and every tribe.
		
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			Not just the 25.
		
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			It's not just Semitic.
		
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			So there were Chinese Prophets, Indian Prophets, African
		
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			Prophets, European Prophets.
		
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			Remember, South American Prophets.
		
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			Every nation and every tribe.
		
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			وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَسُولَ عَنِ أَبُودَ
		
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			اللَّهَ وَجْتَنِي وَالتَّغُوتِ Allah said, we have sent
		
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			to every nation a Messenger that they would
		
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			stay away from false gods.
		
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			They would worship Allah.
		
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			And so we prayed with the Prophets.
		
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			And Jibreel Alayhi Salaam offered Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu
		
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			Alaihi Wasallam something to drink.
		
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			Two utensils, two cups.
		
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			One had wine and one had milk.
		
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			Choose.
		
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			And he chose the milk.
		
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			And Jibreel Alayhi Salaam told him that your
		
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			choice, you have saved your nation.
		
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			It's the fitrah you are on and you
		
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			have literally saved your people.
		
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			So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is not
		
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			only just the Imam of the Prophets, but
		
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			he is actually the Savior of the last
		
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			Ummah until the Day of Resurrection.
		
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			And so, from there, the Isra itself begins.
		
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			Now, when you go to the grounds of
		
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			Masjid al-Aqsa itself, I'll just go back
		
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			here again.
		
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			When you go inside the Dome of the
		
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			Rock, when people make Jummah, there's so many
		
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			people, it gets crowded all the way to
		
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			here.
		
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			Many times the sisters pray actually here and
		
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			the whole area can be filled for Jummah.
		
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			If you go inside of the Dome of
		
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			the Rock, and inshallah all of you will
		
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			get this opportunity, you will see an actual
		
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			rock itself.
		
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			So the place where he went in Mi
		
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			'raj, where the Ascension went from, is still
		
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			preserved inside of this particular area itself.
		
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			And from there, Angel Jibril alayhi salam then
		
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			took him up.
		
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			There are some discussions about a type of
		
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			stairway, but they're not really, that's not clear,
		
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			it's not a stairs like we know stairs.
		
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			But somehow he, with divine intervention, was able
		
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			to go up from this rock and he
		
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			reached into the first heaven.
		
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			So there in the first heaven, he met
		
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			with Adam alayhi salam.
		
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			And these are the different seven heavens and
		
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			the levels that they went to.
		
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			And he described Adam as a huge man.
		
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			And the description that comes about Adam is
		
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			that he is there and on the right,
		
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			there are souls on his right and there
		
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			are souls on his left.
		
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			And when he would look to the left,
		
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			he would cry.
		
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			When he looked to the right, he would
		
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			smile.
		
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			Because these are the souls of people on
		
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			the right will enter paradise.
		
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			And the souls on the left are those
		
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			who would enter into hellfire.
		
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			And Adam alayhi salam told him, Marhaban bin
		
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			Nabi al-Saleh.
		
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			Ibn al-Saleh said Marhaban to him.
		
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			Welcome.
		
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			And he welcomed him in.
		
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			In the second heaven, this is the second
		
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			level now.
		
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			These levels are not made according to the
		
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			ability of the Prophet or the rank.
		
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			It's not the rank of the Prophets.
		
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			Okay, and scholars have tried to understand what
		
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			is it about these particular Prophets?
		
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			Why they were chosen?
		
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			Because if you were just choosing by rank,
		
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			you have ulul azam and al-rusul that
		
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			included Nuh alayhi salam, Ibrahim, Musa, Isa, Muhammad.
		
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			These are the mighty Prophets.
		
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			Nuh is not in this.
		
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			But many of the scholars have deduced that
		
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			these Prophets, number one, they suffered tremendous hardships.
		
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			They were punished.
		
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			They felt pain.
		
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			And they had to migrate.
		
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			They were put under a test and they
		
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			had to migrate.
		
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			And if you look at the lives of
		
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			these particular Prophets, and we don't have the
		
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			time, you can see these elements.
		
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			The element of suffering, going through hardships, and
		
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			having to migrate.
		
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			Adam alayhi salam, you could imagine what he
		
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			went through, because he actually had to go
		
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			through a lot of changes.
		
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			He was tested by the Shaytan.
		
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			And he had to migrate.
		
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			His migration was from Jannah to Earth.
		
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			So that was a serious migration.
		
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			In the second heaven, there he met Prophet
		
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			Yahya, John the Baptist alayhi salam, Yahya, and
		
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			Prophet Isa alayhi salam.
		
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			And when he described Isa alayhi salam, he
		
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			described him as a person of a tannish
		
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			look, whose hair was, it had sort of
		
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			a wet look to it.
		
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			But he was a tannish person.
		
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			He was nothing like the Jesus Christ that
		
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			you see written, you know, on the Christian
		
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			churches, or in the movies.
		
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			And Yahya went through a lot of changes.
		
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			Finally he was beheaded.
		
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			And Isa alayhi salam, it's clear, they tried
		
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			to crucify him.
		
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			He went through tremendous changes.
		
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			Now one of the scholars made a very
		
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			interesting point.
		
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			After Adam itself, Isa is in the second
		
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			heaven.
		
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			And the second heaven, after the first one,
		
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			which that includes all the different solar systems,
		
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			that's the closest heaven to come back to
		
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			Earth.
		
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			Because Isa alayhi salam is alive.
		
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			You remember, that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			raised up Isa, and so he will be
		
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			returning to Earth.
		
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			He is in a state of life to
		
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			return back to the Earth.
		
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			And so being in the second heaven puts
		
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			him in a position to easily be brought
		
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			down to Earth.
		
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			The third heaven brought him to Yusuf alayhi
		
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			salam.
		
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			And the Prophet ﷺ said the beauty of
		
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			Yusuf alayhi salam, it is like he has
		
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			half of the beauty of the Earth.
		
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			He was rejected by his people, his brothers
		
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			threw him in the well.
		
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			And so he was carried all the way
		
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			to Egypt.
		
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			So Yusuf alayhi salam, you can see that
		
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			same theme coming in his life.
		
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			Rejection, hardship, hijrah.
		
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			Rejection, hardship, hijrah.
		
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			And Yusuf alayhi salam, a mighty messenger of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Idrees, in the fourth heaven, he meets Idrees.
		
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			And Idrees, and we don't have the time
		
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			to go into the details.
		
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			But Idrees alayhi salam went through a lot
		
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			of different changes and was wondering what time
		
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			it was, how much time he had left
		
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			on Earth.
		
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			And he was brought up to the fourth
		
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			heaven.
		
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			And as he was being brought up, raised
		
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			up, the Malik al-Mut, the angel of
		
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			death saw him.
		
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			And according to our traditions, he said, now
		
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			is your time.
		
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			So he died in the fourth heaven.
		
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			And he also went through the same changes
		
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			of rejection, hardship, and hijrah.
		
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			Harun alayhi salam, who went through tremendous changes,
		
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			rejected by his people.
		
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			He had to go down and see them
		
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			worshiping the calf.
		
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			And he had to make hijrah with Musa
		
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			alayhi salam.
		
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			In the sixth heaven, Musa alayhi salam.
		
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			And this, of course, is such an important
		
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			prophet.
		
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			He said, marhaban bin nabi salih wal akhir
		
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			salih, marhaban to you.
		
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			He welcomed the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
		
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			but he started crying.
		
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			And when the Prophet asked, why is he
		
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			crying?
		
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			He said, because Musa said, here is a
		
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			young man who will have an ummah greater
		
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			than mine.
		
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			The greatest of all of the ummahs.
		
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			In the last heaven, he met Ibrahim alayhi
		
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			salam, who, of course, rejection, hardship, hijrah was
		
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			his whole life.
		
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			So this is a theme.
		
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			These are chosen prophets to be brought out
		
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			to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon
		
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			him.
		
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			And then he went further to the highest
		
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			stage.
		
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			Now when he went to the highest stage,
		
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			and time is against me, this is a
		
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			long discussion.
		
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			But it was in the 7th heaven, above
		
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			the 7th heaven, that he reached Sidrat al
		
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			-Muntaha.
		
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			And this is the Lot tree.
		
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			It is the boundary, the final boundary.
		
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			And he also saw in this area, 7th
		
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			heaven, Bayt al-Ma'mur.
		
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			This is the Kaaba of the angels.
		
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			Now imagine how many angels there are.
		
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			70,000 angels go to the Bayt al
		
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			-Ma'mur and make tawaf and pray in the
		
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			Bayt al-Ma'mur daily, every day, and they
		
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			never return.
		
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			So multiply 70,000 times all the time
		
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			that humans have been in existence.
		
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			And we can begin even, we can't even
		
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			imagine how many angels there are.
		
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			So the next time you're afraid, don't think
		
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			it's the jinni that's around you.
		
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			Because there are angels too, right?
		
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			Angels are all over the place.
		
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			But they have haya, they have modesty.
		
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			And so, the Prophet ﷺ went further, Jibreel
		
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			stopped.
		
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			And he had a blessed meeting with Allah
		
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			ﷻ.
		
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			And they asked the Prophet, did you see
		
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			Allah?
		
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			And his answer was, there was a veil
		
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			of light.
		
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			There was a veil of light.
		
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			So no human being has seen Allah ﷻ.
		
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			And that is something that can be manifested
		
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			inshallah, in paradise, in the next life.
		
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			And so Allah ﷻ gave three gifts.
		
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			Three special gifts to the Prophet.
		
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			And these are blessings in this ummah.
		
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			Number one, the institution of five salats.
		
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			A way to communicate with the Creator.
		
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			It started actually with 50 salats.
		
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			Okay, the institution of 50 salats.
		
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			But when the Prophet ﷺ was returning, Musa
		
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			said, go back to your Lord.
		
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			They're not going to make 50 salats.
		
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			I know my people.
		
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			I know your people.
		
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			And he kept going back, according to some
		
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			scholars, five times at least, until it turned
		
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			into five.
		
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			And it was said, that you will pray
		
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			five times, but get the blessing of 50
		
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			salats.
		
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			The second gift was the final verses of
		
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			Surah al-Baqarah.
		
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			The last two verses of Surah al-Baqarah.
		
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			This is a special gift.
		
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			And it's good to review it and to
		
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			memorize it.
		
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			The third gift is that Muslims, it was
		
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			a promise that every Muslim will eventually live
		
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			in paradise.
		
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			This is a special promise.
		
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			And so once we have the Kalima, that's
		
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			why our Kalima is so important.
		
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			That every person, even if the Muslim was
		
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			disobedient, they will go to * fire for
		
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			a period of time.
		
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			But because of this Kalima, the promise is,
		
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			every Muslim will eventually enter paradise.
		
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			But that doesn't mean that we can do
		
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			what we want to do like we're a
		
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			chosen people.
		
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			Because a person might burn in * for
		
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			20,000 years.
		
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			To get purified.
		
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			Then, because of the Kalima, enter paradise.
		
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			So the Prophet ﷺ then returned to Mecca
		
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			and very anxious.
		
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			He was very anxious.
		
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			Abu Jahl found him in this state.
		
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			And when he told Abu Jahl, who was
		
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			the enemy of Allah, about his journey, Abu
		
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			Jahl exposed him.
		
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			And the people began to laugh, to make
		
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			jokes.
		
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			How could you possibly go from Mecca to
		
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			Jerusalem in one night and return?
		
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			They went to Abu Bakr and they said,
		
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			what do you think?
		
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			And Abu Bakr said, oh that's all?
		
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			He's receiving revelation from above seven heavens daily.
		
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			So I believe that and more.
		
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			And Abu Bakr got the name al-Siddiq.
		
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			And so in conclusion, there are some lessons
		
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			from the many different lessons that we have.
		
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			Number one, we should never forget the importance
		
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			of our beloved Prophet Muhammad ibn Abdullah ﷺ.
		
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			Never forget who your leader is and how
		
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			important it is to be his followers.
		
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			Two, that Salat is a great blessing.
		
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			We make our five Salat, we will get
		
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			the blessing of 50 Salats.
		
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			It's a blessing from Allah Azza wa Jal.
		
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			Number three, this again is more proof of
		
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			the Prophethood.
		
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			That this is not only the last Prophet,
		
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			he is the Imam of the Prophets and
		
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			the greatest of the Prophets.
		
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			Next, the importance of Jerusalem.
		
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			Because remember the verse is saying, الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا
		
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			حَوْلَهُ That Allah blessed the surrounding territories around
		
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			Masjid al-Aqsa.
		
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			This is a blessed land and this is
		
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			the responsibility of all Muslims to protect this
		
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			area.
		
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			And we should understand this Isra and Mi
		
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			'raj because people say, well what do you
		
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			Muslims have to do with Jerusalem?
		
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			You have Mecca.
		
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			This is a key place in this earth
		
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			and you will see the history of Masjid
		
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			al-Aqsa and Bilad al-Sham and Syria
		
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			as going to the Day of Judgment.
		
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			This is gonna be one of the key
		
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			areas going to the Day of Resurrection.
		
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			And so, I leave you with these thoughts
		
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			and I pray that Allah subhana wa ta
		
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			'ala would accept us to be followers of
		
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			the last Messenger ﷺ.
		
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			Whenever you get a chance as much as
		
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			you can say your salawat because the Prophet
		
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			said مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ وَحْتَى صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ
		
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			بِهَا عَشَرًا If you say salawat on me
		
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			once then Allah will bless you and bring
		
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			it back to you ten times.
		
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			اللهم صلى على عبدك ورسولك محمد وعلى آله
		
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			وصحبه وبرك وسلم والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
		
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			جزاكم الله خير Shaykh Abdullah Inshallah afterwards if
		
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			you have any questions you can connect with
		
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			Shaykh Abdullah later.
		
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			But we wanted to have a special recitation
		
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			by our Qaris Salim and Ziyad Inshallah And
		
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			we wanted to finish before Salatul Isha.
		
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			We may have to delay Salatul Isha for
		
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			a few minutes.
		
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			After Salatul Isha we have some snacks Inshallah.
		
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			So I have pleasure in calling Salim to
		
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			the microphone.
		
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			Salim is one of the imams for the
		
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			daily prayers here at IIT and he'll also
		
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			be one of the imams for Salat At
		
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			-Tarawih in the month of Ramadan and now
		
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			I have pleasure in asking Ridwan, sorry not
		
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			Ridwan, Ziyad to recite for us inshallah I
		
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			seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan
		
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			In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
		
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			Merciful By the
		
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			star when it sets Your companion has not
		
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			gone astray, nor has he gone astray And
		
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			he does not speak out of desire He
		
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			is but a revelation revealed He has been
		
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			taught by the strong in power In the
		
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			name of Allah, the
		
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			Beneficent, the Merciful By the star when it
		
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			sets Your companion has not gone astray, nor
		
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			has he gone astray Your companion has not
		
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			gone astray, nor has he gone astray And
		
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			he does not speak out of desire He
		
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			is but a revelation revealed He
		
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			has been taught by the strong in power
		
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			He is but a
		
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			revelation revealed And he is in the highest
		
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			horizon Then he turned and went
		
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			down And he was as low as a
		
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			two-storied tower Then he
		
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			revealed to his servant what he revealed But
		
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			the heart did not disbelieve what it saw
		
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			He certainly saw it sent down again Near
		
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			the
		
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			endowed orchard When the orchard was full of
		
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			what was full But
		
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			the heart did not disbelieve what it saw
		
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			So you will blame him for what he
		
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			sees He certainly saw it sent down again
		
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			Near the endowed orchard Near
		
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			it is the garden of abode When the
		
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			orchard was full of what was full The
		
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			sight has not gone astray, nor has he
		
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			gone astray He certainly saw of the signs
		
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			of his Lord the Great The
		
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			sight has not gone astray, nor has he
		
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			gone astray He certainly saw of the signs
		
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			of his Lord the Great Near the
		
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			endowed orchard Near it is the garden
		
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			of abode When the orchard was full of
		
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			what was full The sight has not gone
		
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			astray, nor has he gone astray The sight
		
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			has not gone astray, nor has he gone
		
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			astray He certainly saw of the signs of
		
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			his Lord the Great God
		
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			Almighty
		
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			has spoken the truth After
		
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			the prayer we will have some light refreshments
		
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			inshallah