Abdullah Oduro – Gardens of the Righteous

Abdullah Oduro
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The speaker discusses a video of a woman who recites a verse from the Bible and talks about people trapped in Guinea. She explains that people are trapped inalee and that they are not supposed to leave until they leave. She also talks about people who are trapped inalee and how they are not trusting Allah.

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			What was recited in the, the first rakai
		
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			was from,
		
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			the chapter of Maida, and it was speaking
		
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			about particularly
		
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			when Musa was ordered to go back into
		
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			Palestine,
		
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			with his
		
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			the people with him was ordered to go
		
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			go go back into Palestine after it was
		
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			conquered by those that were from Egypt. And,
		
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			he
		
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			I'll recite the verses, and then I'll mention
		
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			the portion. When
		
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			Musa said to his people, remember the blessings
		
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			of Allah upon
		
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			you. When he's made you
		
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			and made you kings.
		
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			He's given you what has not given to
		
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			any people from the before.
		
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			Oh my people, enter the holy land that
		
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			has been written for you.
		
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			And do not turn on your heels for
		
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			verily you will be of the losers. And
		
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			this is so important of what's going on
		
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			now.
		
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			Do not turn on your heels
		
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			for you will be of the losers. Do
		
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			not turn your backs. Do not be afraid.
		
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			Hallelujah
		
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			Musa Oh Musa, there are some treacherous people
		
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			overpowered Jabbar Jabbar
		
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			and we will never enter.
		
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			And we will not enter until they leave.
		
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			When they if they leave it, then we
		
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			will enter.
		
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			Then 2 men said
		
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			There were 2 people
		
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			that were from amongst them. They said, enter
		
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			the bath. Enter.
		
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			And if you were to enter it, then
		
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			you would be of those
		
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			that would be,
		
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			I wanna get the correct translation here. If
		
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			you were to enter it, then you would
		
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			be of the victors.
		
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			And then he says
		
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			meaning, and that's where that and upon Allah
		
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			be of those that trust in him.
		
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			So right now, I was yesterday with a
		
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			brother that his brother is from the Valorares
		
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			community, and he's trapped in Rafa. Y'all probably
		
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			heard. There's people that are trapped in Rafa.
		
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			There was a sister that sent me a
		
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			message a couple of about a week ago,
		
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			and she asked if our community, ICC,
		
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			the youth could write letters. I don't know
		
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			if y'all saw it or received that. So
		
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			the youth could write letters to those in
		
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			Gaza.
		
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			So this sister, she sent me a text
		
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			yesterday, and I put it on the WhatsApp
		
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			group. She is trapped in Gaza as well.
		
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			Okay? So they're trapped in
		
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			Gaza. So you're hearing from these people and,
		
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			you know, when hearing from the brother that's
		
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			trapped in there, the brother that I was
		
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			with yesterday,
		
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			he was saying this,
		
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			He himself went as well. Some of you
		
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			know Mahmoud
		
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			in in Valley Ranch. He's there now. He's
		
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			trapped. His brother,
		
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			I was with yesterday,
		
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			he was there and he left before this
		
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			happened in Rafa, border. And he was saying,
		
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			SubhanAllah,
		
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			you know, we've heard so many times that
		
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			we've learned a lot from the people of
		
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			Gaza, but he said, subhanallah,
		
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			they're calling me. He said, particularly, there's this
		
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			one imam, imam, Abdullah, per for, you know
		
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			he said the the mulsallah is like the
		
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			room of our audio center,
		
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			and it's packed.
		
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			And this subdulah, he knows he's he's well
		
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			versed in the Quran. He knows the Qur'an.
		
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			He's well versed in the Quran,
		
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			and he leads the people. But he says,
		
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			as soon as you leave the Musa Allah,
		
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			it's just
		
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			he said they aim for their legs. I'll
		
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			tell you that much. When they aim for
		
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			the the women in particular, they aim for
		
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			their legs.
		
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			He said, so when you're seeing a lot
		
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			of them, they're legless, and there's this one
		
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			body parts out here. It's just.
		
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			So when leaving for them,
		
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			you're seeing all of this mayhem. You're seeing
		
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			all of this. And he said something
		
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			which I heard from a a young girl
		
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			in a video. He said it's good if
		
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			we hear the whistling of the bomb of
		
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			the drones.
		
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			He said we feel safe when we hear
		
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			the whistling of the drones.
		
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			Why do you think that is?
		
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			Because if they hear it, they know it's
		
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			not gonna affect they know it's not gonna
		
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			hit them because if it was hit you,
		
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			you wouldn't hear it.
		
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			So he said, when we hear it, we
		
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			feel they feel they feel a sense of
		
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			security at the moment.
		
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			So he says,
		
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			that was the best time of my life
		
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			and the worst time of my life.
		
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			The best time of his life because he
		
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			saw all the ayaats and the hadith in
		
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			action.
		
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			Right? And he was there. He was a
		
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			nurse. He was helping people.
		
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			I mean, he never would have anticipated that
		
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			this would be in this situation. But in
		
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			the worst time of his life because he's
		
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			seeing that he's leaving
		
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			this and that the the situation that the
		
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			people are in. So when I recite this
		
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			last portion of the words, wild of life,
		
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			and for Allah
		
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			trust in him if you are truly of
		
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			the believers,
		
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			which is beautiful.
		
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			Trust in him. Only the ones that are
		
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			trusting him are the ones that are the
		
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			believers.
		
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			So if you're a believer,
		
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			you will have this. If not, there won't
		
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			be. So when seeing as he was mentioning
		
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			the brothers and sisters there, they're trusting Allah
		
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			and there's absolutely nothing. And at any moment,
		
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			you know, they don't know what can happen.
		
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			But their ultimate trust in Allah
		
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			is what these two men told the people
		
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			that were afraid to go into,
		
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			Palestine at that time when Moses ordered them.
		
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			We see that the trust in the law
		
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			is is very, very important for us here.
		
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			But when seeing the manifestation of their trust,
		
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			it's amazing. You know? I just remember the
		
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			video. Some of y'all saw the man trapped
		
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			in rubble, and he was praying in the
		
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			rubble. I mean, you you don't know what's
		
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			going to happen at that moment.
		
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			So this is but this is a normal
		
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			story for them over there. When we see
		
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			it, it's by the that a camera was
		
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			put on it, and we just get a
		
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			glimpse of what is normal
		
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			over there. So may
		
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			Allah make us of those that and we
		
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			have our ultimate trust in him. And, you
		
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			know, when we pray,
		
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			whether it's in our sujood or whether it's
		
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			in our cars and our way to work,
		
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			when we're thinking about them, we're thinking about
		
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			life in general, that we make dua for
		
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			them, sincere dua that Allah protects their iman,
		
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			protects their faith, and their trust in him.