Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Don’t Be Surprised the Difficulties of the World [Hikam 24]

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The speakers discuss the importance of perspective in dealing with difficult situations and how it can lead to problems. They stress the importance of minimizing one's problems and not feeling sorry for others, and explain the " Probably" concept used in the " Probably" concept. They also discuss the " Probably" concept used in unexpected events and how it is inevitable, and stress the importance of coping mechanisms and avoiding unnecessary behavior. The job of the human experience is to do as many options as possible, but there are other cases where there is no option for us.

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			hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa
salatu salam ala, so you didn't
		
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			know Celine or an early, he was so
happy he married a mother
		
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			how to deal with sorrows, how to
deal with difficulties, how to
		
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			deal with losses and calamities.
		
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			A lot of the way the
		
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			human works in dealing with
different things is that you form
		
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			a perspective, you look at a thing
in a particular way. And that will
		
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			actually help us to,
		
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			that will affect the way you deal
with something. If you think
		
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			something is easy, then you're
more likely that you're going to
		
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			try to do it. For example, Allah
subhanaw taala says in the Quran,
		
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			that we made them look less in
your eyes, and we made you look
		
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			larger in quantity in their eyes.
		
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			That obviously means that the
perspective has changed. Now, if I
		
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			think that I'm against somebody
that is much stronger, much
		
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			larger, the task is much more
difficult, then the reaction is
		
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			going to be according.
		
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			And if I think that something is
very easy to overcome, then I'm
		
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			willing to become more brave and
do it. So that's human beings.
		
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			That's the way human beings are.
If we think something is too far,
		
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			we're not going to try if, if it's
made out to seem closer.
		
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			We say Okay, let's go. Have you
noticed that sometimes when you're
		
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			going somewhere, when you going,
there seems to take longer than
		
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			when you're coming back? The
journey, there seems to take
		
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			longer a
		
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			lot to do humans has a lot to do
with perspective. That's why
		
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			probably some of the best of those
who manage their life well, is
		
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			those who have the best way of
looking at things who look at
		
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			things very optimistically, who
look at things
		
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			in a way that they can sometimes
break it down. So another another
		
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			strategy that they provide is that
if you look at it as a big task,
		
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			then it's going to seem too much.
But if you break it down, say
		
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			okay, if I do this part first, if
you break it down into its
		
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			constituents, I need to do this,
then I need to do this, then I
		
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			need to buy this, then I need to
bring this then I need to add
		
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			this, then suddenly it starts
becoming manageable. But when you
		
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			look at it as a whole owner, how
am I going to do this?
		
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			So one of the several things that
really help in dealing with life
		
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			is that when you know that
somebody is assisting you so
		
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			clearly with the for the Muslims,
for anybody who believes in Allah,
		
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			the fact that you know that Allah
is there to help you. He has the
		
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			best, NIA for for us, he has the
best in the best in store for us.
		
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			And
		
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			the other thing we have to know is
that this world is going to
		
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			inevitably have difficulties.
		
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			So when we talk about marriage,
even there's going to be
		
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			difficulties in marriage. I doubt
you will come across anybody who's
		
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			never had any small even a small
issue in marriage with their
		
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			spouse, even the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had
		
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			issues with his spouses.
		
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			Though there was a wonderful
relationship. And the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu sallam was obviously
the best of us in character. But
		
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			there was an occasion where he
left the wives and went and stayed
		
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			in loft for approximately 29 days
or so. To the extent that Omar the
		
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			Allahu anhu, was wondering if he
had divorced his wives.
		
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			And likewise, once he went to 40,
Mara the Allahu anha, his
		
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			daughter's house, to look for it
to the Allahu anha. And who his
		
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			husband and father and said, Oh,
we've just had a problem. We had a
		
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			bit of a problem, he's in the
masjid.
		
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			So people have problems. It's
about then how you learn to deal
		
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			with those problems. So if you
know that you're going to have
		
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			problems when you get into
marriage, you're not going to be
		
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			very surprised, you're not going
to be out of water, like a fish
		
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			out of water when a problem does
arise, which inevitably, if you
		
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			know that you're going to have
with your co workers, you could
		
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			run into some complications, some
challenges, they don't have to be
		
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			major. As long as you know that
then it's easy. So this is what if
		
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			not, I thought Allah is saying,
For to make it easy for us, to
		
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			basically tell us the reality of
the world, really. He's just
		
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			explaining the reality of how
things occur in this world. That's
		
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			what he's saying. So he's saying,
Let us tell him, we'll go a kodari
		
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			Madame de vie had hit da,
		
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			let us tell her Waku Karima doomed
if he had the he, he had to hit
		
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			dar for into her MA Prophet in MA
Hua was the Hakan
		
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			in llama who Mr. Haku was fee. Why
do you want to
		
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			say that again? My brother in law,
who was the hukou was we have why
		
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			You will not hear
		
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			this word he says, he says, so
long as you are in this world, be
		
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			not surprised that the existence
of sorrows
		
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			as long as you remain in this
world, don't be surprised that
		
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			they will be sorrows that you will
have to confront, you will have to
		
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			confront others have to confront
them. It's just the nature of this
		
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			world. For truly the world it the
world manifests nothing. But But
		
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			what is in keeping with its
character, or its inevitable
		
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			nature.
		
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			Whatever happens in the world,
		
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			happens, because that is the
nature and the character of the
		
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			world. You can't expect it to be
anything else.
		
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			The only thing you can probably
make dua for is Oh Allah, minimize
		
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			my problems. Give me our fear, and
allow me to deal with them.
		
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			But give me i Forgive me well
being.
		
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			But when they come, you have to
deal with look at the Madani life
		
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			and the murky life of the prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the
		
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			difficulties.
		
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			So, the commentator of this one of
the commentators, Sheikh Abdullah
		
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			GUI, he says, As long as you are
in the world,
		
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			do not be surprised that
difficulties, misfortunes and
		
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			sorrows, you're going to lose
something, your key may break, you
		
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			may lose your keys, you may lose
your bus pass, you may lose your
		
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			travel card, you may lose your
bank card, you may lose your
		
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			wallet.
		
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			I mean, if we start talking about
that, you may
		
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			have a leak.
		
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			You may have a disease, you may
have an illness,
		
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			you may have relationship
problems,
		
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			you may not be able to get in a
school you want to get into you
		
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			may not be able to your clothing
may shrink, mundane things went
		
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			into the washing your clothing
shrink, you went outside, you
		
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			thought it wasn't going to rain
and then suddenly just poured down
		
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			you, you you became soaked.
		
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			And so on and so forth. But just
as many of those things happen. I
		
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			mean, just as so many of those
things happen. There are so many
		
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			positives that happen.
		
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			You weren't expecting to gain
something and suddenly you got
		
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			something. You weren't expecting
to get this particular job and you
		
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			got it. You weren't expecting to
get a promotion and you got it.
		
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			You didn't you never thought that
you'd be able to get married to a
		
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			such a person and you did.
		
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			There are so many different things
like that. That's just the nature
		
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			of the world. So that's what he's
saying, Oh traveler, because at
		
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			the end of the day, that's that's
what he calls us. We're travelers,
		
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			travelers, especially to the
spiritual path, because those
		
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			people think well, that while you
are in this earthly about do not
		
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			feel surprised, surprised if
clouds of contamination settle
		
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			over you. contamination, basically
things not going the right way.
		
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			When it's pure, there's nothing
wrong with it. It's contaminated
		
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			life is contaminated with
difficulties. An amazing and
		
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			surprising event is something that
is not expected to transpire.
		
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			An amazing and surprising event is
something that is not expected to
		
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			transpire. If something has to be
surprising, or amazing, you're not
		
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			going to expect it. Because when
you expect something, it's no
		
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			longer surprising or astonishing
and amazing. So for example, they
		
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			suggest that if you're going to
give your spouse or anybody gifts,
		
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			if it's something ritualistic
you're giving that every week I
		
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			have to get flowers, or every
week, I have to buy him a box of
		
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			chocolates, then suddenly it
becomes boring.
		
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			Because there's no surprise
element left, unless you go out of
		
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			your way to find new chocolates
every week.
		
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			Or new flowers every week. There's
a surprise there. Because there's
		
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			an expectation when you have an
expectation. There's no surprise
		
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			in these things. So that's why a
gift. A gift is made even better.
		
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			When there's an element of
surprise with it.
		
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			Oh, I get the same thing from all
the time. That's
		
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			and then somebody saying, Oh, he
or she brings me different things.
		
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			There's a there's a there's a
there's there's a thought process
		
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			behind it. There's a surprise
element behind it.
		
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			So an amazing and surprising event
is something that is not expected
		
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			to transpire regarding the
misfortunes and calamities of the
		
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			of this world, nothing so then
he's basically this is just
		
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			building up a premise. Is he
saying that
		
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			if you're expecting something you
won't be surprising. If you're
		
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			expecting something, it won't be
shocking.
		
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			That's what he's saying. That once
you get used to expecting
		
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			something, it's not going to shock
you anymore. It's not going to
		
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			surprise you. It should not
destabilize you
		
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			Though regarding the misfortunes
and calamities of this world, if
		
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			you look at their essential
nature, nothing surprising is
		
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			happening. That's what he's trying
to say by this.
		
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			Because whatever is happening in
this world, is inevitable. So it's
		
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			not surprising anymore.
		
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			And think about that the next time
something hits us, Allah give us
		
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			out of here the next time anything
happens that's out of the
		
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			ordinary. Just think of it, that's
not a surprise, it's the world is
		
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			inevitable.
		
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			It'll just make it that much more
easier for us to deal with.
		
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			Such events are merely the natural
manifestation of the attributes of
		
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			the world,
		
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			you're in the dunya, that's when I
get what's going to happen.
		
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			Otherwise, you're looking for
Paradise. But as long as we're
		
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			here, it's not paradise.
		
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			contamination, pollution, etc, are
the natural and necessary
		
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			characteristics of this world.
Since Allah Most High has created
		
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			it as a trial and a test to
distinguish between the patients
		
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			and the impatient ones.
		
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			Another name for the dunya is what
the reason is called dunya is
		
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			intuitive name in the sense that
it just means closer.
		
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			And arciero means the next one. So
dunya is closer to us than
		
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			Archana. That's why it's a
relative term.
		
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			Dunya it's also the lower lower
world compared to the hereafter.
		
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			But another name for the dunya is
double IP Tila, the IP Tila in the
		
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			abode of tests. And it's also
called Double S BB, the abode of
		
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			means, because things don't happen
by magic key you need means. So
		
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			you need a means to be able to
deal with surprising events, so
		
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			that the surprise factor comes out
of it. That's the means where
		
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			that's what we're doing right now
we're employing a means here by
		
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			saying that whenever something
happens slowly, slowly, first
		
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			time, it's still seems it's still
going to seem like a surprise. But
		
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			every time that happens, and we
make our approach and our reaction
		
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			to it that oh, that's not a
surprise, just the dunya you will
		
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			soon get used to that nothing will
surprise you anymore.
		
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			For example, when we're dealing
with a lot of people's issues, we
		
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			probably pretty much heard of
everything generally. So nothing
		
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			generally surprised us anymore.
But to be honest, sometimes once
		
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			in a while, something comes up. So
recently, somebody called me a few
		
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			weeks ago. And he said, Oh, I've
got an issue with this that under
		
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			the husband wife issue. And okay,
I probably heard it. I didn't say
		
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			that. I didn't obviously say that.
But you know, generally that's
		
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			that you've generally heard it
generically something with other,
		
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			he says Get ready for it.
		
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			So I was about to say,
		
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			I don't know if I don't even if I
said I can't remember if I
		
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			actually said that. But I was
about to say I've probably heard
		
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			it before, it's probably not going
to surprise me. I'm not sure if I
		
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			said that or not. And then what he
actually told me was a level
		
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			higher than what I'd heard before.
So it was a bit surprising.
		
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			Shocking, rather, you know that
somebody can stoop so low.
		
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			We don't want to become
desensitized, of course. But at
		
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			the end of the day, this is a
coping mechanism. And it's so
		
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			important, the coping mechanism,
as we'll see from the rest of it,
		
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			is that that's what Allah wants us
to do that if you freak out, and
		
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			you don't know what to do in that
situation. He's not saying that
		
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			you must make it you must just
know it's coming and then just not
		
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			do anything about it. Now we're
supposed to do something about it.
		
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			But what he's supposed to do is
sober and patients not freak out.
		
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			And then two, three days later,
when we've can't do anything,
		
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			can't get anywhere. This is Oh, I
should be with Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala.
		
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			That sub aspect should kick in
right from the beginning.
		
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			And I guess the way to do it is
once in Narela, who and you're
		
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			immediately remember Allah
subhanaw taala.
		
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			So that's why he's saying that.
These are, this world is a trial,
		
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			a test to distinguish between the
patient and the impatient one and
		
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			between the grateful and the
ungrateful one.
		
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			So our job then, is that, you
know, we have two different types
		
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			of tasks in the world. Some are
what you call ftld. They're
		
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			optional. Right, pray. You don't
pray by default. You were not
		
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			praying by default. So pray.
		
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			avoid, avoid Zina. Avoid stealing.
So again, if we don't do anything
		
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			wrong, we were by default, not not
committing fornication or not
		
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			stealing.
		
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			So our job when it comes to
optional acts is to do as much as
		
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			possible of what we've been
commanded and stay away from as
		
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			much as we've been prohibited
from.
		
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			That's essentially what our job
is. However, there are other cases
		
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			in which there is no option for
us. We get thrown in
		
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			into something or if something
gets thrown to us onto us. A
		
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			difficulty, a challenge
		
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			there, Allah just there what Allah
wants from us is there, we're
		
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			stuck, right?
		
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			Allah wants us to basically do the
best thing in that situation which
		
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			is to be patient.
		
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			Put your trust in Allah subhanaw
taala
		
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			and do the right thing.
		
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			That's our responsibility. So we
can't control everything in our
		
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			life. But we've been told what to
do that if you have an option,
		
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			then you know what to do. And if
you don't have an option, meaning
		
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			if it's thrown at you and you've
been forced into a situation,
		
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			you're still being told what to
do. So Allah has guided us there's
		
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			nothing that we should there's
basically nothing that we
		
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			we need to seek from outside. It's
all there.