Abdur-Raheem McCarthy – Reflections on Surah al-Asr

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The importance of knowing the time and its importance in Islam is discussed, along with the need for people to know the time. The success of Islam is highlighted, including the use of the Sun airline and the belief in Islam's value. The importance of patient care and staying patient is emphasized, along with the need to reflect on one's experiences and not giving things to others.

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			here? Why should
		
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			you
		
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			wash the hula Sherry Kara wash Mohammed Abu Zulu some
		
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			early he was signing was a limited scheme and mercy yeah you are ready
		
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			to party well as
		
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			to musi moon yeah you
		
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			see seen Wahida will come in handy what does that mean? humare regionalen 01 is worth double will
lead you this
		
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			hour in
		
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			EBA yeah you ready in
		
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			the either use
		
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			way up you
		
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			wanna use our soul?
		
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			Lena
		
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			add Kitab Allah was very unhealthy as the Mohammed
		
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			was.
		
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			Well
		
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			we
		
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			didn't know you had Muslim law who see who might have seen it taboo Allah
		
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			Allah subhana wa Tada says in the Quran, Kareem kita.
		
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			Heavy a blessing book We have sent down to reflect on its meanings
		
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			and in shallow
		
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			entries.
		
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			We're going to focus on one of the smallest sorrows in the Quran. But one of the greatest sources in
the Quran.
		
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			A sauna that he might share. Jeffery said about Rahim Allah. If Allah only said this surah down
through his Gration is a form of guidance, it will be sufficient for them. And it's sort of
		
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			what I was looking at inside of your host
		
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			who saw they had, whether it was all been happy, whatever, so be sovereign, and they sober in your
life.
		
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			We're going to reflect on some of the meanings of this great surah.
		
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			In the beginning, Allah subhanho wa Taala he swears by an awesome and
		
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			most practice here that is also here, his time in general, not just the specific time of the
		
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			time in general. Also, he swears by the hustle and it's his wife, Hannah wants to swear by anything
out of his Gration that he pleases Subhanallah without it, but is not allowed. It is haram for the
humans to swear by anything other than Allah subhana wa Tada.
		
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			The Muslim only swears by Allah the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said monka Hannover
		
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			only assumes that whoever is going to be swearing, then he should only swear by a law or he must be
quiet.
		
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			Unfortunately, today we find the people swearing by all sorts of things will have he swears by my
life. I swear my life or like they say now when you watch the western movies, I swear on my mother's
grave. I swear my mother's life. All of this is how we're gonna swear by Allah Simpson's and some
will say would never be a swear by the prophet and he said, All of this is haram and we're only
allowed to swear by law and the prophets of Allah ye he was LM shows us the danger of swearing by
other than Allah when he said, Man Hello.
		
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			Ashok, that whoever swears by the Lord he has given an act of Coover on
		
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			what
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala when he swears by the time
		
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			he reminds us, he says he swore by other times, as well.
		
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			We'll lay out all of these are times when he swears by it by the time
		
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			He's making the Muslim reflects on the importance of time in his life. The reality that our life is
this time that we're living, this is the only one chance that we have. And that's why it hasn't been
positively Rahim Allah, he used to say it now Adam in
		
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			the head.
		
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			He said old, very old days. So one of your days is one fairly small some of you has gone. And the
problem is oh, he was showing us the reality and the importance of time, that when he said
		
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			that should be his place of questioning on the day of judgment. And you asked about four days. And
the first two things that he mentioned, was his time what he did with it. And secondly, any of these
use another form of the time what he did with his youth
		
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			when I was
		
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			in Santa Fe hospital.
		
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			Now I want you to imagine,
		
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			if you had to travel somewhere, you had to get from point A to point B, there is no alternative
route, you have to take this path, you have to take this road.
		
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			And every time you meet somebody, they say be careful. I said this road is very dangerous. There's
thieves everywhere. There are certain things crusade might sink, there are certain places you might
fall off the cliff, when you go to this road. However you driving down this road, you're gonna be
paying very good attention to everything around you, because you want them to get you but you have
to go have no choice, because you don't get caught. Now pay attention to this verse now with the
same state of mind. Allah subhanho wa Taala is warning you, Allah is warning you that you will be
lost, you will hear love.
		
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			And when he was in his iron, and this is an ayah, that we can't really translate in English
property. And this shows us the importance of knowing the Arabic language as Muslims, there was no
way to translate this, I have property inside of your host. Barely. The human is in Los
		
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			Alamos Iowa, he affirms this meeting with three markets.
		
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			First of all the swearing in the beginning. And then within that, and then with the lamb in the
field, he
		
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			just put emphasis on this. And also didn't say the scholarship. So you mentioned that the one who
doesn't who says that he's, he's the loser, he said, You who string in laws to make a general or the
loss, if you don't follow what he's about to say.
		
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			And the scholarships you mentioned, that is me, it's what they call an Arabic grammar via to make
understand that the type of loss, it's like he's drowning, he's sinking in his loss.
		
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			He says thinking he's lost, so badly lost, he's drowning. So you can feel the real meaning of this
Kasara of this course.
		
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			They're either human beings or in laws.
		
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			Except, here's the exception, except for the ones who have four characteristics. These are the only
ones who are not in laws in the 18th Avenue. First of all, the ones who believe
		
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			the greatest thing is the mahmudullah.
		
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			But what's the reality of the Babila? What does it mean? We learned it in the hadith of Gibreel.
When he came to the province of barley, he was presented
		
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			with it as he will go to me he will also he will, he will show that Allah is angels, his books is
Prophets the last day and the degree the good and bad, which comes from this gentleman.
		
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			What is the reality of man? As Scott mentioned, the reality of the man is something that you find in
the heart, the believer in the heart, and then the testimony of faith which comes on the tail on the
tongue and all the attributes.
		
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			And then the actions the deeds that you see what you learn that you do you perform as a wholesaler.
And as a scholar that is not mentioned. Nobody will be a believer and he doesn't have actions. It's
not just to say you believe that actions. That's why all those Brahma, Allah subhanho wa Taala when
he praises the pious, when he talks about those who he's pleased with, he mentions Alladhina
		
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			those who have believed and then the deeds
		
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			that's why over 56 verses in the Quran Allah subhanaw taala directions. When he goes out those who
he will enter into the Paradisus.
		
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			He mentions not just the fact that they had Imana with him, he mentioned the fact that there is Rob
		
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			arbitrators agenda was mercy and through their Eman their fate and their good deeds
		
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			whatever deeds that needs all of that these are pleasing to Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			so now we'll see what is apparently that was just hitting in our hearts, all of his good deeds are
pleasing to Allah. And for Alain de to begin,
		
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			you must have two conditions that must be met. First of all they're close to Allah subhana wa Tada
and secondly, the motor farming of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Allah subhanho wa Taala
said in the hadith of Bootsy and so he will say, and I'm not sure
		
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			when Ali Ramadan Ashrafi Marissa hadn't hadn't lady to worship them, that I am in no need of
associates, wherever the inaction or rejoice part is with me I will leave him and his shook
		
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			the province of the law while he was
		
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			said about the second condition, Medallia I'm at least
		
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			and whoever does any deed, which we have not told him to do any hindrance to their religion, as
their any D that we have not told him to do
		
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			is rejected from him.
		
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			And we say this hadith the importance of following the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, and the only way for us to be successful in his life to the next is to follow the sunnah of
our beloved prophet Allah Azza wa sallam, and as ye Malik, Ramallah, he described the Sunnah of the
Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam as being like the Ark of Noah. Certainly that no, he said, he
said, as soon as you said he didn't know. He said, As soon as like the Oracle of NOAA
		
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			woman Soraka that whoever get on the up success will He say, and whoever does not get on it and he
will drowns the rockets along while he was telling him sallam said,
		
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			Elaine, who happen to hurry her legacy, why not?
		
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			He said to her, which is pure, that which is clear. He said, nobody goes to the street. He said,
It's nice like it's day, and nobody goes astray from it except for the one who has destroyed
himself. Now the other problem that is
		
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			he said
		
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			to me, he didn't open it up Allah personality is rather behind with you, I left behind who you that
which if you hold firm to it, you will never go astray after me. The book of a wall and my sunnah I
decided to sell them
		
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			were Anil Solly had, water was all built.
		
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			Well, they also will help the ones who call others to the heart. And you notice in the first two,
it's all about how to fix fix your situation with ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada. And the second two
characteristics is between you and the people. If you want to be successful, you want to be in love.
He's more characteristic. The third one is calling to the heart. And when you call to the heart, you
follow what I'm also has commanded you to do, you follow the Prophet sallallahu it He has commanded
you to do. And if we wanted to be successful, as an OMA, as a nation, there is no way except for if
we do as a last panel that has commanded us to do and call to the region of truth, and verbally that
		
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			which is evil.
		
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			The nurse, you will best of nations that has been sent to the people where they used to do go to
hire
		
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			the nurse, that will be not at all what's that? Remove,
		
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			that you used to call that which is good. ever be that which is evil and believe in Allah.
		
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			There is no way for the Muslim society to be successful except for with this, the corn and evil
naturalism, the scholar deserves it.
		
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			Because without any society, we'll go straight.
		
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			Into the heart means calling others to practice Islam for your Muslim Brothers, inviting them,
showing them the right way. And as the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam has given us the glad tidings
		
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			of that anybody who follows what you advise him to do. It's an accident in his life, that you will
get the reward of what he does, and
		
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			they do as well.
		
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			Well, they'll also be unhappy what it was all of a sudden, and they advise others to be patient was
patience. It's not being yourself
		
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			Pulling out which is not something it's not good. Something you should refrain from. It's being
patient during that time holding yourself back, and a scholar this
		
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			put the patients into three categories, the categories that into three categories, the first of
which is sobriety
		
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			was overrun. And Marcia Tila was
		
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			the first guy to avoid being patient when it comes to building obedience to Allah subhanaw taala.
Being open, be patient when it comes to be obedient. A patient comes to the five day period prayers
we hear a lot, a lot, but
		
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			it's not always easy to get up. If you're patient and you tell your brothers more brothers will pray
in the machines. You find somebody who
		
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			has opened up the door and is the gods it's not like a lot of us a few dollars, a few million, so
she can't comes to him. Stock if it's
		
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			just to keep it when you don't give anybody you can disable the tequila law, give you the gods.
These names are not easy. That's why Allah subhanaw taala is already 45 when he described the
slides, he said waiting
		
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			for sharing is a very it's something that's heavy except for those who have the push for those who
have had the fear of Allah subhanaw taala it's not an easy thing. And is there any kind of word the
some of the patients and Marcia Tila and that was this disobedience to Allah subhanho wa Taala if
somebody that was dealing now which is haram he's making his money on that which is haram he's
getting with riba selling things that haram cheating people and there's so many ways nowadays we
live it to make money off that which is haram
		
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			and he's making money said tequila. How can you feed your children is haram How can you feed
yourself this Hara? How can you do something which is pleasing to Allah subhanho wa Taala it buys
them three patient leave it alone will give you blessing which is halal, you
		
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			though your gazes Allah subhanaw taala has commanded you to do, it also will help but also on the
server.
		
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			Thereby thing whatever happens in southern and the third category is being patient on that which is
the father of Allah subhanaw taala that was his decree of Allah subhanaw taala the good and evil
from it.
		
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			If you become ill,
		
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			one of your family members becomes ill you lose your money, you lose your job, one of your loved
ones dies, you have to be patient. And that's what the Prophet SAW Allah while he was setting quotas
himself when he was saying to him, this is insane. Why the Muslim? What are the Sahaba GameZone that
your daughter is sending for you saying that her child is having his last breath from the good and
he's dying right now. And she wants you to come.
		
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			So the problem is, he was ill and he's the grandfather, so that he was in pain. But he stood there
and he knew he had that patients during this this this this this event he said
		
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			in any law he
		
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			will collusion in Virginia Musa more
		
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			altos
		
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			The product is ready to allow everything that he has he has taken and everything is given and
everything is screwed up screwed a lot of time in his in his dunya so on Earth to be patient and to
seek the rewards
		
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			since Hausser asked me to tell his brothers and sisters at the time of need to be patient whether
it's being obedient to Allah and say we've noted this opinion to Allah or from the evil of x or evil
comment these are habits during his life but of Allah when you're looking for annual sooner whatever
annual year will be my female I mean it will pick them up only Hello stuff from now on you will
account for stuff you know in the Hall of overhead.
		
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			Bismillah Allahu wa salam and
		
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			but your brothers and sisters in Islam.
		
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			If the Muslim sits back and reflects on Surah terasa. He says the reality of the meaning
		
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			of this treatment of Imam Shafi Rahim Allah, if Allah only sent down to his creation, the Surah it
will be sufficient for them mean as a form of guidance, because it has what you need for the
guidance of yourself which comes in even when I'm in a slump, and the man in the good deeds and
which is the guidance with others.
		
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			which is given the power to them, calling them to the house and having patients.
		
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			We need to realize that we're on the doors. We just started our summer break for our children, a lot
of us for ourselves.
		
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			This is a reminder to us of the blessing of free time. The province of a low body He was said to
him, he described two things as near
		
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			as Two Blessings. He says see how it
		
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			meaning the good health and the free time is a great opportunity for us to be able to benefits for
our children to be able to benefits and we do reflect on the Quran and the Quran is coming around
the corner as well. We need to reflect on the Quran and the meanings of the Quran. Look at those who
come on the Day of Judgment when they wasted their time in this dunya and they want to come back to
Allah subhana wa Tada. They will be the ones who are from the losers. Why? Because they didn't take
the advice of Allah subhanho wa Taala even from those who were born Muslims, who didn't follow the
advice, they could be punished in the Hellfire as well for not following the advice of ALLAH SubhanA
		
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			wa Tada and one of the smallest laws, three small verses, Allah showed you the path to success in
life. And he warned you about how to lose weight in his life. And the hereafter here it is, isn't
that you want to lose? Be careful, because I warned you. I warned you very heavily. I swore. I said
inner as LLP goes red spirit clear. So this is probably just one new hire to show you be careful.
You're going to know to be honest, he said, and also has warned us we have to reflect on our lives.
When we look at our mind how is the state of our Eman? How's the state of our society, our good
deeds? How are we calling others to help after we call ourselves? How will you be patient when it
		
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			comes to stay away from that which is displeasing to Allah? When it comes to doing that what Allah
has commanded us
		
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			when it comes to the difficult calamities that we face in life, how are we in handling this? These
are questions we need to go home today and we need to reflect on these ask ourselves and we need to
realize that it's not the man who was standing on the member today telling you it's Allah subhanaw
taala Who told you that if you do not follow this path barely you will be in Las Vegas you will lose
the game of life you're not gonna win.
		
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			Rahim Allah and Allah Allah Komiyama but maybe even
		
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			be Mala
		
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			in Allahu Allah, who you salute you Hello the inhabitants similarly he was telling Moses Lima, we
put an abuse of Allahu Allah he was setting them on Sunday.
		
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			They have Yahshua Allahumma salli wa sallam of Aragon him Allah Nabina Muhammad, Muhammad Rashid
		
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			Ali once said The Sahaba th Marine Allahu Mirza Islam and Muslim mean, Allah whoever is in Islam is
the mean of parasitism is the mean. Or the leadership government shrieking whatever Allahu
		
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			Allahu Akbar was a key
		
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			until you have a mobile
		
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			Allahumma in Jamaica.
		
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			Woman
		
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			woman do you snap
		
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			adenine hola hula in NSR local foods Bill Jana Allahumma in Minnesota good fossa Bill Jana when you
become more
		
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			hola hola. in Lenexa local for those who are them and in Jana, Allah homophilic Muslim Nina were
Muslim as well meaning in our minutes here even human a month. Yes me I'm gonna do without you how
to get out of me. Aloha philodendron over to * but I mean, a lot more than a female
		
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			Doctor, what are
		
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			what are they in Atilla? Kobita whatever Eva illustrator What
		
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			are Alameen Alameen Allah
		
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			Allah, Allah Tala to the Marathi
		
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			Muslimeen hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen