Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Has God Given You or Deprived You [Hikam 83]

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The implementation of Islam's philosophy is seen as giving people control over their behavior. The importance of learning and understanding rules is emphasized. Control is used to achieve success, especially for social media. The segment also touches on the negative consequences of not being able to achieve everything and the importance of knowing one's authority to avoid distraction. The speaker discusses the benefits of not understanding one's authority and the reality of Islam's actions.

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			hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa
salatu salam ala Murthy Ramadan
		
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			lil Alameen
		
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			while he was me he raka was seldom
at the Sleeman Kathira on Isla yo
		
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			Medina America.
		
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			Call along with the baraka with
Derrida, Philip Quran Majeed, we
		
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			will for corneal Hamid well as
Corrado che who are higher lecom
		
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			difference. We carry on with our
discussion of the aphorisms of
		
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			Hypno Otto Illa al Eskandari.
Rahima hula. So we move on to
		
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			aphorism number 83, which is on
page 194.
		
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			PAGE 194 of the book of wisdoms.
So, this is what Natale law says
		
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			it's a very short wisdom but it's
amazing in its profundity. It's a
		
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			very incredible statement, wrote
Burma talk for menarik what Obama
		
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			mana UK for our taka. So Rob
Burma, Taka Femina UK, where Obama
		
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			Menaka for our talker,
		
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			but that means is he saying that
sometimes he gives you while
		
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			depriving you.
		
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			And sometimes it deprives you in
giving.
		
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			So sometimes he gives you but
deprives you. And other times, it
		
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			deprives you but gives you so in
his deprivation is a giving. And
		
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			when he deprives you, he's
actually giving you something.
		
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			And when he gives you some, in
some cases, if he gives you
		
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			something that you really want,
he's depriving you from something
		
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			better. So that's what it is, is
Allah subhanaw taala isn't the
		
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			law, Allah subhanaw taala has
system, Allah subhanaw taala, his
		
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			way of doing things, he's the
master, he's the creator. He is
		
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			above all in charge of everything
he knows what he wants to do. He
		
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			knows what he wants, where he
wants it, and at what time he
		
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			wants it. And we're just part of
that system. So he has this huge
		
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			system where he's dealing with
everybody at once. We are just one
		
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			clog very, very, very small club
in our system. But somehow we try
		
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			to think that we're much bigger
than we are. When we try to
		
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			control things in a certain way,
of course, we have a bit of
		
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			control, He's given us free will.
So we've we can definitely control
		
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			things. And things are
predictable. So if I raise my
		
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			hand, it will rise up, if I reach
out to get something, I will
		
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			normally be able to pick it up. So
the world is definitely a
		
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			predictable place. But it's not a
guaranteed place that everything
		
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			you will try to achieve you will
get. So while at the same time,
		
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			it's not that you will get
everything that you set out to
		
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			achieve. But at the same time it
is not so up there in the air are
		
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			so fickle, or so unpredictable,
that even if you go and make an
		
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			effort that you never get it. So
you have a
		
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			if you have a glass and you have
some water and you want to pour
		
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			into the glass, if you do it
correctly, most people are gonna
		
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			get that right.
		
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			It is never going to be that I'm
trying to do it right. But the
		
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			water is somehow right above, it's
above, but somehow it's actually
		
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			going there or going here and it's
not falling into the cup somehow.
		
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			That's kind of absurd. I mean, I
mean, I know this is obvious
		
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			stuff. But in the grand realm of
things we know we can understand
		
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			putting water into a cup or meat
opening this and drinking from
		
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			here, it's quite obvious. But we
need to think of even the big
		
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			matters in the same way that if we
do things in the right way it will
		
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			happen. If I want to marry
somebody, and I do the right
		
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			things, it's possible that it will
happen. But it may not happen as
		
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			well. In this case, obviously
there's somebody else involved
		
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			here as well. They have a whole
life. They've got people
		
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			associated with them, they've got
decisions, they've got factors
		
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			that they have to consider. It's
not just me that I want to marry
		
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			that woman. So I must get her.
		
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			There's too many factors involved
here. You have to remember there's
		
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			her, there's all her family
members, there's her
		
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			circumstances, there's her
internal feeling, all of that has
		
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			to also be right for that to come
together. And then to stay
		
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			together.
		
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			That's very difficult. That's why
Allah subhanaw taala is the best
		
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			of planners of all of these
things, because he knows all of
		
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			these things. And he is the one
who is in charge of all of the
		
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			factors. At the end of the day, we
have only a certain amount. So
		
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			we're just a small aspect of this
world, we try our best within the
		
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			dimension within the realm of our
control, perceived control at
		
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			least, and then we have to leave
it. Now what this is giving us is
		
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			a philosophy. What this is giving
us is a philosophy if people can,
		
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			this is these are words that could
be really, really inspirational.
		
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			People can just just take them to
heat that thing. Sometimes you'll
		
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			receive something that you really
want. But what that has done is
		
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			they've actually deprived you for
something bigger. You may only
		
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			find out
		
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			about that, and then you think,
oh, no, why did I do it this? Or
		
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			why did I choose this option
should have chosen that option.
		
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			Look how beautiful that is. Now,
look where that's gone look at
		
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			that investment, I think a good
example would be that I chose to
		
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			invest here and not here. And then
there was a problem.
		
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			Simpler, still something on a
daily day to day basis,
		
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			I should have taken that road. But
I took this one instead, I thought
		
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			this was gonna get there faster,
they got there much faster, and I
		
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			got stuck in half an hour traffic.
		
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			That's our control. Allah, that's
the limit of our control. That's,
		
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			that's what it is. So that's what
he's saying that sometimes he
		
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			gives you what you want, but he's
depriving you from something
		
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			that's more important. And
sometimes he will deprive you,
		
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			that's the tough part, you see the
one about he gives you you feel
		
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			good at that time, I've got what I
wanted. Right? And then you may
		
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			regret later.
		
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			Or you may not never had never
even know.
		
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			But you could have been much
better, but you never know. So
		
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			maybe you're not even upset. But
in most cases, I guess for this
		
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			work that you will find out. But
in other cases, it's where we want
		
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			something and we don't get it
that's more upsetting. Because
		
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			hey, I didn't get this. And you
have to wait that out. And then
		
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			you get the happiness later.
Whereas in the first case, you're
		
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			quite elated. First, you're quite
excited first, that you've gotten
		
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			what you want. And then after
that, you're like, oh, no, why did
		
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			I get that? I've been deprived now
of something better. So I don't
		
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			know, which is worse. I think the
second one is worse generally for
		
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			people because they think that
they're losers because of that.
		
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			So it's a really interesting idea,
but it really sums up our world.
		
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			And if if we understand that,
that's Allah subhanaw taala behind
		
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			everything make things easy for us
to understand that what this
		
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			hinges on is ultimately, Allah
Tala has wisdom and his foresight,
		
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			and his absolute knowledge of
everything. So if we can just say,
		
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			Look, I'm going to do my best, I'm
going to worship Allah, I'm going
		
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			to show my devotion to Him, I'm
going to remember him, and I'm
		
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			going to thank him. And I'm going
to have patience when there's
		
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			difficulties, then I'm going to
make an effort though, in trying
		
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			to get what's beneficial for me,
because that's what the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu Sallam told me to do.
And that's what I'm required to
		
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			do. That's what I've been built to
do by Allah subhanaw taala. But if
		
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			I don't get sometimes, then I'm
going to realize that it's
		
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			probably something better in this
absence, in this prevention from
		
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			me in this hindrance from me, I'm
going to get something better. And
		
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			sometimes, I must be careful that
if I do get something, well, maybe
		
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			I've lost out on something better.
So let me not get too excited
		
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			about this laminate, not get too
excited about it. Nothing wrong
		
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			with getting excited and happy
about something that you receive.
		
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			It's not like every time we
receive something, that there's
		
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			going to be something better that
we should be worried about that,
		
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			hey, why didn't we get this and
why did we get it we shouldn't
		
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			become our life should not become
like this. But the idea is that
		
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			don't get so excited, because we
may discover that actually, there
		
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			may have been a better option in
that case. Okay, so let us see
		
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			what our ignore RGB Rahimullah
tells us about this. He says, See,
		
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			if we go down to our knifes, and
our
		
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			behavior, our psychology, the
knifes, Amara,
		
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			and the lawanna. Until we get to
multiply in which we've discussed
		
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			in previous lessons in the solo
series as a whole Sufism series,
		
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			there's a whole discussion about
this, but when a person has the
		
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			evil, inciting self, the lower ego
and also the lawanna which means
		
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			the blaming soul, it feels good
when we're given something
		
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			everybody feels good when they're
given something, you receive your
		
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			new phone you mashallah, you know,
you have a good sleep, you feel
		
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			good. So anything that we're given
any good experience that we have
		
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			our knifes expanse and feels good,
and has a sense of enjoyment. And
		
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			the other problem is that when we,
when we don't receive something,
		
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			when we're prohibited from
something, when we're prevented
		
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			from something, when we miss out
on something, it contracts, you
		
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			feel bad.
		
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			That's the dopamine rush, you
don't get a dopamine rush. There's
		
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			other chemicals that are probably
released. That's why it makes you
		
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			feel a bit down. And then after
that, if there's something that
		
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			good comes about, you get a good
cheat, you achieve something well,
		
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			then again, it opens up as well,
again, the problem with that is
		
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			people get really addicted to this
and that can be sometimes very,
		
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			very wrong. A human being is
supposed to be satisfied with
		
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			Allah as long as they're doing the
right thing. They should be
		
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			satisfied with whatever state
Allah subhanaw taala puts them
		
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			into.
		
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			And what the what social media has
done today is that it's given you
		
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			a very easy way. Because all you
for some people, especially when
		
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			they're beginning they just like
they just need a few likes. Just a
		
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			few ticks a few likes. That's
really wonderful. That's a lot
		
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			revalidation. So it's excitement.
It's that excitement. Now, when
		
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			you get the same number of likes,
you start thinking that that's
		
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			become the standard. So then you
have to do something to get more
		
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			likes higher likes more following,
because the purpose is not to
		
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			necessarily educate someone else,
or to just tell a story to someone
		
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			or whatever it's actually to get
feedback, positive feedback, so
		
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			that we can feel good. It's a very
noisy enterprise. I mean, I'm
		
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			using social media, I completely
understand this. It's a very nifty
		
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			enterprise, you have to be very
careful because you, you get
		
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			caught up, because that's what
it's all about. That's what you're
		
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			supposed to do. You're supposed
to, there are tutorials out there
		
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			to tell you how to get better
		
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			on social media, how to become
more popular. That's what it's
		
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			about. It's not like somebody's
doing this in some kind of, you
		
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			know, hidden way that these are
just hidden ways. And no, this is
		
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			open, this is what it is, this is
what you do on Facebook, and
		
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			Twitter and Instagram, and so on
so forth. Not to say it's wrong to
		
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			do that if you've got the right
purpose for doing it. But it's
		
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			very easy to get caught up in
that. How do you sift if you're
		
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			into the data? If you're into a
great if you're into business?
		
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			Understandable, right? It's Halal
to do business on social media,
		
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			promote your business.
		
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			So how do you know it's just it's
just that when you think you're
		
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			being rewarded for your good work
that you're doing on there, and
		
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			then it's actually really for the
knifes and it's not really for the
		
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			good work, or the good work is a
secondary issue. That's when it
		
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			gets a bit more complicated.
		
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			So avoid the bad enough, still a
majority will lawanna and dumbass
		
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			the poor Bill atop one copy of the
bill men, when we receive
		
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			something, we we have a dopamine
rush and the soul expands. Lovely.
		
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			And it contracts when we're
prevented from something. Reason
		
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			is obvious that when you receive
something, when you're given
		
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			something, that is what the desire
of the knifes is, so you've
		
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			fulfilling a desire, your
enjoyment, it's indulgence.
		
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			So it's going to have to expand by
that that's obvious, right? It's
		
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			going to expand by this. And if
you're prevented from something,
		
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			you're not giving it its food.
When people don't have food, they
		
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			have issues, when they have not
had a meal, they get aggravated,
		
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			or not had their sleep.
		
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			They have a problem.
		
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			They've done a survey of they've
done a research, they've done
		
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			research on deep sleep to deprive
people. It's so bad, you know, to
		
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			be sleep deprived, although that's
another subject is that they
		
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			deprive somebody they deprived
people from sleep for like a week
		
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			or something. And then they tested
them with certain decisions and
		
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			everything. They found that they
act very similar to people with
		
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			mental health problems. That's how
important sleep is. It's going to
		
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			contract with that when you when
you're deprived of something it's
		
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			going to happen.
		
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			And all of this so all of this is
because of the jolly harbour of
		
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			Bihar is because of its ignorance
and unawareness of their Lord of
		
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			their Sustainer of the one who is
in charge of all of these things
		
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			for them. That's why they've just
misunderstood this, they've just
		
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			not understood it. If they'd had
understood about Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa taala, you would know sometimes
that when he prevents something
		
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			from you is actually giving you
something
		
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			when he prevents something from
you, when something doesn't come
		
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			to you, you're gonna get something
else, there's another benefit
		
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			that's going to ensue from there.
And sometimes if he's giving you
		
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			something you don't realize this
is when you're going to forget
		
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			because you're so excited. Right?
If he doesn't give you something
		
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			sorry, if he gives you something,
then he's actually preventing you
		
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			from someone else from something
else.
		
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			So the best thing for a Muslim to
do is to understand their Lord and
		
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			have that refined understanding of
their true truth Oh hate Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala and more so if
somebody is connected to Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala at some level,
but in a negative sense in when
		
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			they don't get something they
start blaming Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			then that is probably even worse,
to blame Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			because you're supposed to have
some awareness but you've got a
		
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			complete wrong idea about Allah
subhanaw taala so there's somebody
		
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			will won't even bring a line to
the picture they'll just be upset.
		
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			There's others will be upset and
then blame Allah that Why didn't
		
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			you give me this? Why? Why are you
just choosing me to deprive Why is
		
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			it always me? I don't know which
ones worse. One is unawareness.
		
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			The other one is
		
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			that he thinks he's aware of a lie
thinks he is. I don't know. I
		
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			don't know which one is worse.
Allah prevent us from both. So
		
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			anyway, what happens is that Allah
subhanho wa Taala sometimes he
		
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			gives you that which you're not
that which knifes desires that
		
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			wish the ego and people desire.
But what he does is that he then
		
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			prevents you so you've got
something that's going to so
		
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			excite you and engross you and
distract you, but it's
		
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			What he's done in that is actually
by that he's prevented you from
		
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			presents with the Holy One.
		
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			You've missed the next prayer
because of that. You have Miss
		
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			going to the masjid because of
that.
		
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			Now you might think, what's the
big deal
		
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			of just miss going to the masjid
because I was trying out my new
		
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			car or trying out my new game or
trying out my new computer while I
		
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			was eating at that very good
restaurant, right? I was with,
		
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			with friends. What's the big deal?
Well, okay, maybe you've just
		
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			missed 25 times more reward.
Right? You've also miss being in
		
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			the house of Allah, which you
could have been in, right and all
		
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			of that Rama and mercy. Right?
You've just missed that part of
		
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			the mercy of bearing witness for
you on the Day of Judgment. Just
		
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			so many this can open up in so
many ways. I'm just talking about
		
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			that particular scenario.
Sometimes he will prevent you from
		
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			what your enough desires, but by
that you will have much more
		
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			presence with Allah subhanho wa
taala. And you will gain more
		
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			comfort with him.
		
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			Because you will turn to alone
that you've been getting
		
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			everything you've been after so
far, and you've been forgetting
		
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			Allah. So now
		
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			he is prohibited from you. So you
started
		
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			coming off your high horse and
started thinking about Hey, what
		
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			is it? Yeah, Allah what is what
have I done wrong, oh Allah. And
		
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			then you start worshipping Allah
subhanho wa taala. So you gain
		
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			comfort with Allah. Sometimes
Allah subhanho wa Taala will give
		
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			you from the enjoyment and the
adornments of this world, but then
		
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			he will prevent you from the
adornment of His presence and the
		
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			shine of that presence and the
light that comes from that
		
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			presence. Sometimes he will give
you a adornment, or sometimes he
		
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			will prevent you from the
adornment of well, but then he'll
		
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			actually give you being present
with him in with him and gaining
		
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			his vision.
		
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			Sometimes Allah subhanahu wa taala
will give you
		
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			the sustenance
		
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			and the provisions of what bodies
what humans receive. So you will
		
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			get abundant money, abundant food,
abundant supplies, but he is
		
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			preventing from you the supplies
and the provisions of the heart.
		
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			So mashallah, you've got lots of
food,
		
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			and ability to eat where you want
and where whatever you want. But
		
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			he's just prevented you from
giving anything to your soul.
		
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			And sometimes he will actually
give for your soul. But you may
		
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			not have the outer,
		
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			the intelligence or the even the
food for the outer self mazing
		
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			system, Allah subhanaw taala. And
there are such people, they're
		
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			very poor. But they're very
satisfied. Somehow, their heart is
		
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			being fed, which is even more
important. And yet, there's others
		
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			who have a lot to eat a lot to
wear, a lot to choose from, but
		
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			they have emptiness. They have
inner emptiness, as a Muslim, any
		
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			Muslim, any Muslim, just the fact
any Muslim with the basic
		
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			understanding of the Aqeedah has a
lot more, has a lot more than
		
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			somebody who doesn't believe in
God.
		
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			Right? Maybe not all the time,
you'll see that. But you will see
		
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			that time at the time of
difficulty, just the mere small
		
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			amount of belief. And that's why
Muslims, you see, there's a lot of
		
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			people out there. There's a lot of
people out there. And there's
		
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			other people who can tell them
what to how to make money. There's
		
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			lots of that. There's a lot of
them. There's a lot of people out
		
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			there who can tell him how to gain
comfort. We Muslims don't need to
		
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			be telling him that. What we need
to be telling them is to share
		
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			what we have. We have an antidote
to emptiness.
		
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			Believe in Allah subhanaw taala
hasn't Allah helped you in your
		
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			moment of vulnerability?
		
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			This people, this is the biggest
thing that people are suffering
		
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			from an emptiness. And a lot of
this modern tradition of flux of
		
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			just do what's good. Just do what
you think is good for you. With no
		
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			limit with no destination with no
goal, it's just going to change
		
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			every year. That just shows you
the emptiness that they're looking
		
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			for something which changes every
other trends change every year.
		
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			This was taboo 20 years ago, and
now it's completely fine. And then
		
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			there's going to be more and more
and more and more of that. Because
		
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			there's emptiness you're looking
for something to fill into with
		
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			Muslims are failing to that with
Muslims, you've got an idea. You
		
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			just have to learn that more. And
there's a limit. There's a
		
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			objective, there's a goal, and we
know our purpose. If anybody who
		
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			knows the purpose of where you
came from, where you're going, and
		
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			why you are here,
		
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			then that is so much better than a
lot of other people who don't have
		
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			that. So as Muslims, that's the
biggest way that we can give is to
		
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			just fill hope. For example,
		
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			Pull. If there's somebody, you
know, you got somebody who never
		
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			gets too agitated, imagine you
work in an in a normal environment
		
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			in an office somewhere. And
there's a guy in the office, he
		
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			never gets too agitated. He's
always quite calm. He deals with
		
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			challenges quite decently. And he
doesn't get involved in the
		
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			gossip. He tries to avoid the
gossip and backbiting and all that
		
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			doesn't use curse words, not very
insulting is a pleasant person to
		
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			be around. Yes, sometimes he's
been doing a few weird things like
		
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			in a corner in the room or
something like that, you know,
		
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			bowing down and things like that.
		
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			People are gonna wonder why you're
so calm.
		
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			Now, that's a Muslim, he's a
Muslim.
		
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			He's a Muslim, that's what what is
it in that faith that he feels so
		
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			wholesome.
		
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			And he doesn't seem so empty, that
he has to resort to all of these
		
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			other things that people do.
		
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			That's the biggest THAT or WHICH
other data do you want to do?
		
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			openly, there's a lot of data, if
you know how to do it, speak the
		
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			Speak, you know, speak the words,
but this is the data that is going
		
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			to help the people
		
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			fill their emptiness in action.
		
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			This is what this is teaching us
of how to understand Allah and to
		
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			react to different situations.
		
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			Sometimes, Allah subhanho wa Taala
will grant you the attention of
		
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			creation, you will be very
popular.
		
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			But then he will prevent you from
the attention of Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala. And sometimes, Allah
subhanho wa Taala would prevent
		
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			you from having the attention of
people, but he's given you comfort
		
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			and the attention of Allah
subhanaw taala.
		
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			Sometimes Allah subhanaw taala may
give you various different forms
		
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			of knowledge, and will open up to
you the, the doors of
		
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			understanding so you will get
things you're very smart. But the
		
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			problem is that he will then
prevent you from knowing the
		
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			reality of things as they should
be known in terms of the benefit
		
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			of the Hereafter. And for you to
really know how you're gonna you
		
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			the truly living and the self
subsisting one, you won't know
		
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			that you'll understand everything
else, you'll be the biggest
		
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			scientist, biggest thinker in the
world, but you just don't know
		
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			what's important for you. And how
many of those kinds of people have
		
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			we had?
		
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			They've been deluded just about
this one point. They've
		
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			reinterpreting ways that they know
it doesn't even understand. I
		
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			mean, what does? What does dancing
to your DNA mean? How does
		
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			somebody dance to their DNA? What
kind of an explanation is that?
		
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			It's like absurd, but because it's
coming from a person who's
		
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			considered to be, you know, quite
smart and intelligent, there must
		
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			be some understanding on it, we
just don't get it must be
		
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			something about it. So people
actually will start using that
		
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			terminology, that statement
without really understanding it.
		
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			This is the weirdest part, the
clean tech lead works everywhere
		
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			in a blind following, just because
you've seen an authority and
		
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			you've gained some respect for the
authority. So you will take what
		
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			they say without really
understanding it is very
		
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			interesting, our humans work.
		
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			I've seen this when we have
students who are writing fatwas,
		
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			if there's another Mufti that they
trust in another scholar, and One
		
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			scholar has said that you just
take it so so when I questioned
		
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			them. I said, What do you mean by
this? What's the evidence behind
		
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			it? They don't know. But he said
it. So that's not we need to know
		
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			evidences back to, you know, our
main sources, people do tech lead
		
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			and everything. So they do it in
this as well. They don't know what
		
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			they're following. They just say
the same thing. Sometimes Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala will prevent you
from knowing so many various
		
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			different sciences, but he will
give you such comfort and such
		
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			tranquility, with him, the living
and the self subsistent one. And
		
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			afterwards, you will actually
become completely encompassing of
		
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			everything that is out there that
is that others will not know you
		
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			will get a basura and the divine
insight into that Subhanallah
		
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			sometimes Allah subhanho wa Taala
will give you the honor of the
		
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			dunya but he will deprive you of
the honor of the hereafter. But
		
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			sometimes Allah subhanaw taala
will prevent you from having honor
		
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			in this world. But he'll give you
the honor of the you know, and
		
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			there's been so many people like
that.
		
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			They were disgraced in this world.
They were on the hook. They were
		
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			on the truth, but the battle was
very prevalent at the time. And
		
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			they had to go they were
persecuted but they get the
		
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			benefit of the hereafter. Now you
never know these things. You see,
		
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			you never know these things.
That's the only way to gain
		
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			comfort with this is to know your
deen and know Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			and continue to worship him that
way. Sometimes Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			taala
		
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			will give you the ability to be to
be honored by having a lot of
		
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			people around you
		
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			But then Allah subhanho wa Taala
will not be in your life. So you
		
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			will be prevented from that. And
sometimes Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			will prevent you from having so
many people around you, but then
		
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			he'll give you the ability to be
with the King of all kings.
		
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			Sometimes Allah subhanaw taala
will allow you and give you the
		
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			service of all people. So they
will serve you, they will do your
		
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			bidding. But the problem is that
he will prevent you from
		
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			witnessing the one who allows all
of these things to happen, the one
		
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			who creates all of these things.
And sometimes Allah will prevent
		
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			you from receiving the services of
others, that he will allow you to
		
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			witness the one who gives
everything and who produces and
		
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			creates everything.
		
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			Sometimes Allah subhanahu wa taala
will not allow you will hinder you
		
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			from being able to do whatever you
want. But he'll give you something
		
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			else of the higher realms to
benefit from. But other times.
		
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			So it just, sometimes Allah will
prevent you from whatever you want
		
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			to do it. Whatever you do, you
just gotta get frustrated, but
		
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			then he'll give you something
higher, as long as you recognize
		
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			him, and so on and so forth. This
is basically like, just think
		
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			about it. Don't get too perturbed
by what you lose. Because maybe
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala has something
better for you. And you know, once
		
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			you lose it, you see, you might
think that this is a kind of a cop
		
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			out. It is not. It really helps a
person. This is how Allah has
		
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			created this is the reality that
when you don't get something when
		
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			you've tried to get it, you've
done everything that you have
		
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			tried to get it and you didn't get
it So alhamdulillah what else are
		
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			you going to do afterwards? Why
don't you assume that he's
		
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			prevented? You mean he's going to
give you something better? Because
		
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			that's a reality it happens.
That's why ignore louder
		
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			and higher team. Ignore RBL Hi,
Timmy says either monitor further
		
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			auto what either or theta further
Commando. Fuck that it darker I'll
		
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			just summing up this thing. He
says that if you have been
		
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			prevented, and that's his giving,
and if you were given, and that
		
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			could be his prevention, that
could be him preventing. So choose
		
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			the abandonment, over the
acquisition sometimes that's
		
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			better for you. And I think this
is all summed up with the verse
		
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			that I read right in the
beginning, Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			says what inserter Bacara as an
integral who shaitan Hahaha You
		
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			don't like? What I said unto him?
Boo shaitan Whoa, Sheldon lecom
		
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			Allah Who Yalom want to military,
the moon. Right? That perhaps you
		
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			dislike something, whereas it's
actually better for you. And
		
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			sometimes you love something, you
prefer something but it's actually
		
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			bad for you. You don't know Allah
subhanaw taala knows everything
		
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			But you don't know. If you say
you're believers in Allah. Right?
		
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			And you don't get this. What kind
of a belief do you have in Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala? If this is, if
it's not if your belief in Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala is not going to
help you here. What is the point
		
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			of that belief?
		
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			The belief in Allah subhanho wa
Taala should be so active, should
		
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			be so active, that it should
benefit you in everything. It
		
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			should be part of everything
because that's how the belief in
		
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			Allah is Allah the belief in Allah
should be totalizing effecting
		
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			everything that we know, if it's
only going to come when we pray,
		
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			or if it's only supposed to come
when we sit and remember him, then
		
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			what about the rest of life? Isn't
that a place that's more a place
		
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			in fact, where we need Allah
because that's when you need to
		
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			make decisions. So Allah should be
there at the forefront in
		
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			everything that we do, whether
that's something that you've just
		
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			received as enjoyment. If you do a
business and you receive good
		
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			business, you need to be thanking
Allah for that. And you'll only
		
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			get more if you receive the
shortcoming then you need to
		
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			realize exactly the the nasiha of
today. So may Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			grant us that let us read what she
had the luck and go here Rahim.
		
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			Allah says about this as well. He
says it. So this is based on this
		
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			aphorism Rabbana our taka from an
aqua Obama Mina Agatha our talk
		
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			sometimes he gives while depriving
you and sometimes he deprives you
		
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			in giving the off it often happens
that on account of the worldly
		
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			adornments luxuries and pleasures
that Allah Most like grants one,
		
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			one becomes a moderately involved
in these mundane activities. To
		
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			the extent that one is deprived of
the success and sweetness of
		
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			obedience Halawa, Iman had our
dilemma to the extent that one is
		
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			deprived of the success and
sweetness of obedience. When the
		
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			ego is engaged in the pleasures of
the world. It cannot experience
		
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			the pleasures of obedience.
		
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			When we're so focused on small
screens, right, even large screens
		
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			when they so focused on them, we
don't
		
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			Focus on the screen of this world.
		
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			So we can't see Allah subhanaw
taala because we're so
		
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			concentrated on artificial things.
		
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			That actually, Allah is saying,
look around, but we're so focused
		
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			on something smaller, Ramadan is
coming.
		
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			And that's the time to open up the
hearts to open up the spiritual
		
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			heart. That's where Allah says,
sends it to us.
		
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			So, he then says, it also often
happens that one's deprivation of
		
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			worldly pleasures, is regarded as
a misfortune. However, one is
		
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			given the success and sweetness of
worship in lieu of it. The servant
		
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			should not therefore focus his
gaze on the superficial, worldly
		
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			bestows and deprivations he should
understand the reality, the Haqiqa
		
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			of everything and discharge the
right of every occasion. May Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala grant us a true
understanding and implementation
		
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			of this so that we can actually
		
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			remain content with the decree of
Allah subhanaw taala here that
		
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			we're not until hamdu Lillahi
Rabbil Alameen olam and
		
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			the Quran Allah on the same as any
minor so you're going to Mohammed
		
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			Varna and you see that maybe one
day because the name Allah forgive
		
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			us yeah Allah forgive us God Allah
forgive us. Yeah Allah purify us.
		
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			Yeah, Allah grant us forgiveness
for our shortcomings, our wrongs,
		
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			our defects that were excesses of
Allah, those we remember,
		
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			especially those that we've
forgotten. Oh Allah, make the rest
		
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			of our life better than the
previous part of our life. Make
		
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			every subsequent day better, and
superior and make the best of our
		
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			days.
		
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			Our final days, Oh Allah, allow us
to stand in front of you. And we
		
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			love to meet you and you want to
meet us Oh ALLAH contest your love
		
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			and love of those whose love
benefits us in your calls. Oh
		
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			Allah grant us love of your
obedience and our Allah. Grant us
		
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			hatred for your disobedience. Oh
Allah make your love Beloved to
		
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			us. Oh Allah, we asked you shower
your * with your generosity,
		
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			your benevolence, your clemency,
your forbearance? Oh Allah showers
		
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			at the mercy of Allah showers with
your Rama. Allah grant us your
		
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			light and allow us to see by your
light both in this world, but
		
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			especially in the hereafter. Oh
Allah bless all of those who hear
		
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			and are law who are listening to
this love bless those who
		
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			facilitated this in our life
accept us and our Allah allow all
		
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			of our permissible needs and
projects to be fulfilled and
		
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			completed accept us all for the
service of your deen and prevent
		
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			us from all of those things which
are worthless and useless and have
		
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			considered time wasted. No Allah
grant us blessings in our work in
		
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			our jobs and in our businesses and
in our investments in our assets,
		
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			especially regarding the
hereafter. Oh Allah accept and
		
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			allow us to full follow in the
footsteps of our messenger
		
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			Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam grantors his company in the
		
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			hereafter. Subhanallah because our
beloved city and Milesi foreigner
		
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			Salam anonimo Sabina Al
Hamdulillah