Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – How to Illuminate the Heart [Hikam 13]

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The heart is a mirror of one's inner sense and the focus is on the light and mirroring. The heart's mirror is the mirror of one's inner sense and it is the mirror of one's desire. The speaker discusses the importance of the heart's mirror for hearing and viewing light, as it is the mirror of one's inner sense. The speaker also discusses the use of the heart for Allah subhanaw taala and how it can be used to symbolize the light and focus on things. The importance of showing off one's cooking skills during a competition is emphasized, as it can lead to distraction and feeling lost in a world where everything is real and not just a dream. The speaker emphasizes the need for people to focus on one thing at once and avoid mistakes, as it can lead to a woman gaining an aspirant of the truth.

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			In the heart, Allah subhanaw taala
has made it like a polished
		
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			mirror, it reflects whatever you
put in front of it, whatever you
		
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			place in front of it, wherever you
get used to. So then it will just
		
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			show that reflection.
		
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			And the other the problem with
this mirror is that it really
		
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			focuses on one thing at once, it
can't focus on multiple things,
		
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			whatever you direct it towards
that will dominate and everything
		
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			else will be blurred.
		
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			So it's a really interesting
mirror, you can't see multiple
		
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			things in it. The heart is a very,
very focused mirror. Whatever you
		
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			train it towards, that's what it
will be focused on everything else
		
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			will be a blur, you know, like
they blur the background and the
		
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			smart cameras that they blur the
background.
		
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			So, if Allah subhana wa Tada turns
his attention to somebody and
		
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			wants to draw him close. Then that
person's thoughts, concerns, right
		
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			concerns that person's concerns
		
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			will be illuminated with the
lights, the Rama and the mercy
		
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			and the lights from Allah subhanaw
taala
		
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			hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa
salatu salam ala Sayidina Muhammad
		
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			wa ala alihi wa sahbihi edgey
marine Amara to continue with our
		
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			series on Imam Hypno authority.
Illa al Iskander Rahim Allah His
		
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			Hickam his Book of Wisdom,
		
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			we move on to chapter two of his
book verse which is page 95 For
		
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			those who have a copy, and today
Subhanallah it's wisdom number 13.
		
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			It's his number 13
		
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			And it's one of my favorites. It's
one of the most profound ones I
		
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			found in in here there's there's
many profound ones but this is a
		
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			really really interesting one.
It's really to the point,
		
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			extremely reflective. This is what
he says if not I love the skin
		
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			that he says okay for usually or
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			V. Murata. M K for your Hello il
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			balloon Misha Hawa m k for your
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			rotala Wahoo alum yatta yatta hub
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			Jenna but your fella T m k for
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			equal SR Wahoo. Olympia took me in
half a word. So these are four
		
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			statements saying for related
things, we're going to look at the
		
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			first and second today
		
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			and try to unpack it a bit more to
understand it. And I think it's
		
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			very, very relevant to essentially
humans have fought for all times
		
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			in ages. Because this is something
that we as humans fundamentally
		
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			are challenged with on a day to
day basis, the dichotomy of this
		
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			world and the Hereafter, the
attraction of things, things
		
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			pulling at US tugging at our
hearts, attracting us,
		
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			engrossing us, occupying us,
overwhelming us. So this is what
		
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			he says. I'll read all of them all
four statements, and then we'll
		
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			look at the first two. He says how
can the heart be illumined? While
		
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			the forms of creatures are
reflected in its mirror?
		
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			How can the hearts find light and
be illuminated? While the forms of
		
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			creatures are reflected in its
mirror? Or how can it journey to
		
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			God while shackled by its passion?
		
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			Passions? How can it desire to
enter the Presence of Allah? While
		
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			it has not yet purified itself of
the stain of its forgetfulness and
		
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			heedlessness?
		
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			Or how can we understand the
subtle points of mysteries?
		
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			While it has not yet repented of
its offenses?
		
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			It shows barriers, it shows
obstacles, it shows why we can't
		
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			move forward. We try. We try. We
want to try. We want to move
		
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			forward. We want to experience the
Hello tell Iman that we've heard
		
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			of others experiencing what they
enjoy what we hear of that
		
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			earlier. But why can't we do it?
There's an obstacle. There's a
		
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			veil. There's something going on
the shackles. And that's what he
		
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			deals with in these four
statements. Let's look at the
		
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			first two. How can the heart be
illumined? Let's start with the
		
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			first one actually. How can the
heart be illumined while the forms
		
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			of creatures are reflected in its
mirror, he talks about the heart
		
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			like a mirror, being a mirror. The
heart is a mirror. And what's the
		
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			primary purpose of a mirror
		
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			is to reflect is to show an image
of something is to reflect
		
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			something that's what I'm here
		
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			is therefore it's for nothing
else. That's what it's there for.
		
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			You look at your reflection, and
		
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			that's the purpose of it. So k for
usually go collarbone. So in
		
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			Arabic, it's how can a heart gain
Iraq. Iraq means brightness and
		
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			illumination. And in Arabic the
word for mirror is mirror art.
		
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			Already, this thing is like a
metaphor for the human insight,
		
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			the divine insight, what a person
perceives through his inner
		
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			vision.
		
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			And people have many forms of
inner vision.
		
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			Like I'm gonna argue that people
have various forms of innovation.
		
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			There's a guy who you can say, is
really good at investments, he's
		
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			going to have an a fifth sense or
a sixth sense, you could say, and
		
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			an innovation, he'll just see
investments left, right and center
		
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			that everybody else will be blind
to
		
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			everybody else, there's no
reflection in the mirror, because
		
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			their mirror their heart, is is is
not
		
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			facing in that direction. It's not
programmed in that direction.
		
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			A builder will come along, and you
will see something and a builder
		
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			will see something and he'll say,
Oh, these are the issues these
		
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			are, this is what's going on here.
That reflection is there, he can
		
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			see it, we can't see it. And
likewise with everything else,
		
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			likewise with every other
vocation,
		
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			but everything but Allah subhanho
wa Taala is a distraction in that
		
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			sense.
		
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			I'm not saying that being a
builder is a problem, or an
		
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			investor is a problem. I'm just
trying to show that there's an
		
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			inner basura is an inner sense
that you just suddenly start to
		
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			discover these things and just see
these things where others don't
		
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			see it. So that's the metaphor
here that the the heart is like a
		
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			mirror. And the good and bad of
things will reflect in it. The
		
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			heart, Allah subhanaw taala has
made it like a polished mirror, it
		
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			reflects whatever you put in front
of it, whatever you place in front
		
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			of it, wherever you get used to.
So then it will just show that
		
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			reflection.
		
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			And the other the problem with
this mirror is that it's really
		
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			focuses on one thing at once, it
can't focus on multiple things.
		
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			Whatever you direct it towards,
that will dominate and everything
		
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			else will be blurred.
		
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			So it's a really interesting
mirror, you can't see multiple
		
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			things in it. The heart is a very,
very focused mirror. Whatever you
		
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			train it towards, that's what it
will be focused on everything else
		
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			will be a blur, you know, like
they blur the background and the
		
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			smart cameras that they blur the
background.
		
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			So, if Allah subhana wa Tada turns
his attention to somebody and
		
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			wants to draw him close. Then that
person's thoughts, concerns, right
		
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			concerns that person's concerns
		
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			will be illuminated with the
lights, the Rama and the mercy
		
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			and the lights from Allah subhanaw
taala.
		
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			So while there's other things that
he sees, but his heart will not
		
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			be, will not be engrossed with
those things.
		
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			He'll use his sight, his outta
sight to deal with these things,
		
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			whether that be his building, his
investment, his driving, whatever,
		
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			he's cooking, they're cooking,
they're baking, whatever it is
		
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			that they do, that's fine, but the
heart is for Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			that's what's being reflected in
their hearts.
		
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			Because everything else darkens
the heart. If you put it in your
		
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			heart, it darkens it. It doesn't
necessarily duck in your sight,
		
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			but it definitely darkens the
heart if you allow it to get
		
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			there.
		
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			This is all forms of fantasies and
desires and
		
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			basically vain dreams.
		
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			So the person that Allah subhanaw
taala has opened it up for for
		
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			that person mashallah his heart is
going to be full of the light of
		
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			iman, the light of Ehsaan What a
shock that we have a camera roto
		
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			heat,
		
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			the moons of dough heat of Oneness
of Allah, where it's pure oneness,
		
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			there's never a doubt that
everything comes from Allah.
		
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			Not just on anarchy the level but
the you must have to Heydo Rubia
		
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			and you must have no hidden Lulu
here. No, this is an experiential
		
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			thing. This is what they are. They
never think of anything else. It's
		
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			not just I believe that, but it's
actually that I never think of
		
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			anybody but Allah when it comes to
it. That is why one of the poets
		
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			he says, Alchemy the photographer
Tara Waterloo about
		
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			worth Manziel whare. Abdullah
Asaro
		
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			will be suckling Mariah here, Zulu
in Cairo.
		
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			Just keep your gaze away, like
lower your gaze from all of these
		
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			distractions and
		
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			the beneficial information and
benefit, the beneficial points
		
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			will basically come and illuminate
themselves within you, they'll
		
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			shine within you. Because you
wonder other people get all of
		
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			these great thoughts about thing,
why don't I?
		
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			Wait, we've not left any room for
it. So that's why he says, just
		
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			turn your heart away from
everything else and you will see
		
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			that that is what will have what
will start.
		
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			And then he says, and your secrets
will become clearer the secrets of
		
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			things, what Allah subhanaw taala
wants us to have will become, and
		
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			by polishing off any doubts any
vestiges of doubt
		
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			your denial of Allah will go.
		
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			Muslims don't deny Allah. But
sometimes there they feel they're
		
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			forced to do it. I've spoke about
it some sessions ago where I said
		
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			that there's a confusing Hadith
and the Iman shakes. Because
		
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			there's doubt the man should not
shake with a confusing Hadith. You
		
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			just think? Well, I'm gonna find
out about it. Why should your My
		
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			Eman is shaking right now? Like,
why is it shaking?
		
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			You know, they're supposed to be
confusing. A lot of people find
		
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			them confusing.
		
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			Then he says, a full coffee can
you do what you do? Well, now,
		
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			well, Mark was shomo. So well,
Buddhu roofie ketahui watercolor
		
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			is basically saying that he's
metaphorically saying that the
		
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			plant the plant, the sorry that
the planets and the stars and the
		
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			suns and the moons of goodness,
because they express light, they
		
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			represent light. They're all
inside, but you need to let them
		
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			let them benefit you by not
putting this cover of distractions
		
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			in front of you.
		
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			So he says that by cleaning up the
mirror of your heart, your Zulu
		
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			into Roca will hack your denial of
the true one, and the truth will
		
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			disappear for 34 Who equally shy
this is what I really like this
		
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			point, you will start then
recognize him recognizing Allah in
		
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			everything. Because Allah is
behind everything. There's nothing
		
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			in this world that Allah subhanaw
taala is not the creator, the
		
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			designer, the Empower, and so on.
So, and the people of Allah, they
		
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			see that everywhere, right? That's
why they keep thinking of Allah.
		
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			And I've sat with some people and
they always talking about a line,
		
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			the most amazing ways and you're
like, how did you think about
		
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			Allah at this point? It's because
that's the reality they're seeing
		
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			it directly. So everything will
become very clear for 34 equally
		
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			Schaefer, you'll see rucola Buka.
Yeah, so your heart will then
		
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			become this place of the lights
that Allah subhanaw taala wants to
		
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			give you, and then your towhid
will become very strong. Right and
		
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			your recognition of Allah subhanaw
taala will become more intense.
		
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			However, if Allah subhanaw taala
wants to forsake somebody and not
		
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			give him the special attention
because they're not looking for
		
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			it, or they've committed a sin, or
they've disparaged or violated
		
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			some, some sanctified aspect of
Islam, or they have blasphemed
		
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			against Allah, or they've just
committed some major, you know,
		
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			major sin or whatever. Then Allah
says, Okay, fine, I'm not gonna
		
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			give you my Rama, I'm not gonna
give you my attention. That just
		
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			means Allah forsakes them he
doesn't even have to push them
		
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			anywhere. He forsakes them. So
when Allah subhanaw taala wants to
		
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			do an absolute justice, he has the
right to do that, then the person
		
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			is going to become occupied with
everything of the world. It will
		
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			just be set your heart it overcome
overwhelming that's all you will
		
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			be thinking about night and day.
And then whoever's main focus
		
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			becomes the world. We become
pushed to the world and there's no
		
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			assistance with that said tough
one. It's a tough one. It's Allah
		
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			protect us, Allah protect us. It's
so easy to become engrossed in the
		
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			world. It's so easy, especially
nowadays, when the dunya is on I
		
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			don't know what version it's on.
		
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			Right? I don't know what level
it's at right now. We're all in
		
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			it. Right? It's it's crazy. And of
course, some places are worse than
		
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			others. Right? It's just dunya
dunya dunya Subhan Allah It's in
		
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			everything. It's in everything is
this. I must get the next phone.
		
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			Right. That's an obsession. Right?
I must get a car because everybody
		
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			in my area has a nicer car than
once you've got a car what next
		
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			now? Okay, let me get a nice
number plate.
		
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			What next? I don't know. Maybe
another car? I don't know. I don't
		
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			know where this where this ends.
You know? Just to give you an
		
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			idea. It's interviews not just in
this scene. Everything's To be
		
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			honest, it's in everything. You
know, I've eaten from this place
		
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			IV in front like I pride myself of
having eaten in all the great
		
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			places I know every great place
and I can you know, I can make
		
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			YouTube videos not me. I mean,
I'm, but you know, that's what it
		
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			Since it's all a competition, and
then you've got YouTube to go and
		
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			blogs to go and actually tell the
world about it,
		
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			cooking at home has become
something that you can actually
		
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			show off about now, you can
literally show up about cooking at
		
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			home housewives, you know, they're
just cooking at one time,
		
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			mashallah making the people around
them happy. But now, you can tell
		
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			the whole world and I don't know,
if there's rain in that, you know,
		
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			I'm scared of putting my food that
I'm going to eat out there because
		
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			Subhanallah like somebody gives
the eat of a lie. And evil eyes
		
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			doesn't have to be physically
there. It's all by induction, I
		
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			mean, subhanAllah, it could be why
it's wireless.
		
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			I mean, we're, we're living in a
time of wireless communication,
		
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			you don't need the person to look
at their food to physically could
		
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			be Subhan, Allah,
		
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			Allah, always do vicar of Allah,
whenever you've got an error, so
		
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			that it can protect from the
overlay. Right.
		
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			I don't want to get into the whole
world of magic and everything like
		
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			that. But they say can it can
happen in all sorts of ways.
		
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			With everything else it does, so
why not.
		
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			So when that happens, that's what
happens. We become occupied with
		
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			all of these darknesses. I mean,
food is not darkness, but it can
		
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			become a darkness if we get
obsessed by it. And the shadow,
		
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			just money, and just physical,
physical
		
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			fulfillments physical pleasures.
So then all of these things start
		
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			become etched in our heart,
because that's what's being
		
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			reflected, because that's where we
focused our heart. So because of
		
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			this, you can say, because of this
exam, existential darkness of
		
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			these things, and all of these
thoughts of the forms of these
		
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			thoughts, it's going to become a
veil, from
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala as light. So
even if the light was there first,
		
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			a lot of people say that when they
were younger, they were better
		
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			because they had gone through Mk
the Madras or whatever, and they
		
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			studied the Quran, and they study
and they were, and then after
		
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			that, they just got
		
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			into the world. So what happened
is essentially, that light that
		
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			was there has become dimmed, and
dimmed and dimmed. And sometimes
		
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			it becomes totally extinguished.
Because that veil of the world
		
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			just becomes stronger, we get more
and more and more into the world,
		
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			so you become stronger and
stronger, so you don't feel like
		
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			praying anymore. Whereas two years
ago, used to feel like praying,
		
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			you used to go out, you know, for
three days, or 10 days or
		
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			whatever, you used to do this, you
used to go to the masjid, you used
		
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			to like to listen to lectures, but
you don't like that anymore.
		
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			So now all you're going to see is
the perceptible things, because
		
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			you've made yourself into a hissy
person, you've lost the manner and
		
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			the substance. So now all your
focus is in just real, you know,
		
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			being just just worldly objects.
		
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			That's why Latifah Karela, Phil
Hayes, that's what you're focusing
		
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			on. Now you think of nothing else.
		
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			So now there's two types of this.
		
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			This is at two levels. One level
is that this veil of this darkness
		
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			becomes so strong, and so thick,
that the light is totally
		
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			extinguished, totally
extinguished. So now what you're
		
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			gonna do is you're going to
eventually deny that there was any
		
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			light, deny that any light is even
existence, absolutely. Like you
		
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			will deny it completely. And that
is essentially, where you get to
		
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			cover where people go into a state
of disbelief. That's where you
		
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			lose your faith. Right? Some
people recognize they've lost
		
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			their faith and others don't
recognize it.
		
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			You know, that not everybody who's
lost their faith will actually
		
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			come out and say, I'm a
disbeliever, I don't believe
		
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			anymore, they just don't care
anymore. And subhanAllah, you
		
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			know, I know, of a number of
places, in outlying areas
		
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			generally, where the people have
moved there for economic reasons,
		
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			right, or whatever, for a job or
whatever, and their children. They
		
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			just don't have any.
		
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			You know, they have they have no
inter mingling with any other
		
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			Muslims. In many rural areas of
America. I've seen this and I'm
		
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			sure that's the case in a number
of rulers in England, right?
		
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			Except in England just got more
cities, so people, but we don't
		
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			know as much. Whereas in America,
it's lots of suburbs like that.
		
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			And they, they, they won't even
know the Kalama properly. They
		
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			literally won't because they've
not studied they've just been
		
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			taught by their parents, a few
things here and there, some basic
		
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			rudimentary things about Islam.
		
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			So they don't even know they've
lost their faith. They really
		
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			nothing. Unless somebody opens it
up then and when they get older,
		
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			and they mix, they go somewhere.
I've had people I've had at least
		
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			two people in my life, that I met
them as adults. And they said that
		
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			the first time we met Muslims was
when they were adults.
		
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			Like literally that. I mean, I've
got two examples of that.
		
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			The first was a was a was a, a
woman girl who came to university
		
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			and said this is the first time
that my family I've met other
		
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			Muslims.
		
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			Right? Okay, the other one was
actually a convert from Tennessee
		
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			or somewhere that had become
Muslim on her own Mashallah. And
		
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			then she came to Santa Barbara
where I was Imam, and she joined
		
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			the joint is the first time I'm
meeting other Muslims physically,
		
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			like, in person. Okay, that was
because, you know, she'd come. She
		
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			wasn't put into that area by her
parents. But you know it, you
		
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			know, after having embraced Islam.
And then there's others who will
		
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			just say, Look, I'm not a Muslim.
And that's sometimes what happens
		
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			is because they've had a bad,
they've had a bad experience, then
		
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			they'll deny Islam, and they'll
want to have a great level of
		
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			animosity towards it. That's
probably because they've probably
		
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			more pastoral reasons they've had
a bad parents or teachers are bad
		
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			experience with somebody or
domestic violence or something
		
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			like that. Anyway, right. The
second one, though, is the one
		
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			who,
		
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			which is not so intense. It's not
as rusty, it's not as totally
		
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			rusted. Right. And the veil is not
as thick. It's actually a allows
		
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			some amount of light. So it's just
that the light has dimmed. So you
		
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			can't really see it, but it's
there somewhere. Right. And that
		
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			is the majority of people.
		
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			He says, Have a Mocambo our mill
Muslims, this is the majority of
		
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			people, this is what happens is
there they know it's the I know,
		
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			it's the you know, and it says of
course, the people at this level
		
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			now, there's various levels of
this some people it's much
		
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			thinner, so they see more light,
and there's others who see some
		
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			light and there's others who are
in between that. Right and that's
		
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			basically how close you are to
Allah and how far you are. That
		
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			that is what tells us that that is
what tells us that is what will
		
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			inform of this. That's why all of
this you can understand from
		
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			Hadith the Prophet sallallahu
sallam said there in the kuruva
		
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			Yasa gamma yes that will Hadith
hearts are overcome by rust just
		
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			like iron ore is iron is overcome
by rust if you don't look after if
		
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			you mix it with water, whatever.
So that's what's going on. It's
		
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			becoming rusty, because we're not
keeping it polished.
		
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			We're in the Imana your luck and
your iman can become worn out.
		
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			While the Iman can become worn out
like clothing becomes worn and
		
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			shabby and thin. And maybe with
holes, right?
		
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			Come on. Look Athol will Jedi just
like a new garment eventually
		
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			becomes old and tatty. That human
can happen if you don't refresh
		
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			it. Eman has to be refreshed.
		
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			In another Hadith says liquid
mache in mascara, mascara Kulu
		
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			Vivek Rula everything has a
Polish.
		
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			Your leather shoes will only last
longer and retain their shape and
		
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			function and utility if you polish
them.
		
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			Right Everything needs it.
Unfortunately, it's just nothing
		
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			is like maintenance free in this
world. Everything needs some kind
		
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			of maintenance Subhanallah
Everything needs maintenance.
		
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			Okay, if you get a better quality
things, it just will last a bit
		
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			longer. But eventually you need
some. And that's what he says for
		
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			the heart. The Polish is the
remembrance of Allah. Yet another
		
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			narration says in the famous
narration you know this one, that
		
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			when a servant either after a
hadiya whenever someone makes a
		
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			mistake whenever they commit a
sin, then look at that vehicle we
		
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			looked at on Sodor a black spot is
placed deposited in their hearts.
		
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			And if he avoids that sin if he
turns away and abandons that sin
		
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			seeks forgiveness, then it becomes
punished. That's it so far and
		
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			abandonment of the sin as a
Polish, right? When either
		
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			however, if he returns to it, then
this black dot continues to appear
		
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			and
		
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			accumulate
		
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			had the lower caliber until it
actually will overcome the heart
		
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			overwhelmed the hearts.
		
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			For the Koran, that is the rust
that Allah subhanaw taala speaks
		
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			about in the Quran where Allah
says in surah toffee in verse 14,
		
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			can run either Kulu be him. No exe
boon that run either Kulu in that
		
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			rust is overcome their heart
because of what they earn because
		
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			of what they perpetrate because of
what they do. So now when you
		
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			understand from this, right, that
the the heart can only be focused
		
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			on the heart can only be given up
to one thing can't be given up to
		
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			more than one thing. Right? It can
only be given up to one thing.
		
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			Right? I really feel sorry for
those. I was just in Morocco.
		
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			There's a guy walking down the
street and he's selling something
		
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			on a cut and he's got a certain
sound he makes. I don't even want
		
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			to try it.
		
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			make that sound like almost like a
donkey sound. Right? You know,
		
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			with all respect to the brother, I
mean, he's making his Hala living.
		
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			And you've seen this, you know,
subzi Wallah, he's gonna make a
		
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			certain sound, the guy who goes
and distributes gas canisters for,
		
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			you know, for the cooking, they
have a certain
		
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			like our ice cream guys here they
play music down day they make a
		
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			sound, right they don't have that
function of music or to play
		
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			something. And they just literally
doing that all day.
		
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			Literally doing that all day.
Allah Allah help us and protect
		
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			us, and Allah relieve them and
find them something better to do,
		
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			right? Or better way to do it is
some guys in the market that
		
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			constantly saying something, they
constantly uttering something.
		
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			I mean, there's the one pound fish
guy, right. And then there's three
		
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			super glue for one pound. Right
and this Subhanallah all day long.
		
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			Like imagine you're listening to
this, you're saying this, you're
		
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			uttering this,
		
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			you could become a half of the
Quran.
		
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			So that's what it is. It's just
whatever we become so used to in
		
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			this world, that's what's gonna
happen. That's what's going to be.
		
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			So that's why he says that once
you know without the heart can
		
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			only focus on one thing properly
at once. I said, our eyes and our
		
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			senses can focus on multiple
things. hamdulillah we're very
		
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			versatile. We're very, very
versatile and flexible in that
		
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			regard. But our heart can only be
focused on one thing. So he's
		
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			saying that so now if you allow it
to open up to the light of Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala it will be
illuminated, it will shine, it
		
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			will become bright, the darkness
will disappear. But if you're
		
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			going to let it be focused on the
darkness of this world, and it's
		
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			all a darkness, when you see
everything in this world is good
		
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			could be good. But once you allow
it into your heart, then it
		
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			becomes bad in the wrong way it
becomes bad it's darkness.
		
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			So and then he says what I teach
them Illuma to a neuro other than
		
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			light and darkness can never come
together it's going to be one or
		
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			the other right one has to
dominate. So that's why he's
		
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			saying K for you should equal
collarbone be No, really, Imani
		
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			will axon. How can the heart
become illumined by the light of
		
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			iman. And
		
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			Exxon beautification of your faith
was swirl aqua and Illuma Ania.
		
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			Whereas the forms of all of these
dark beings, they're not dark.
		
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			They could be very bright. Right?
But they're dark because of what
		
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			they do to the hearts. When they
want to be attuned female. It
		
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			could be when the etched, they
become etched in the mirror of the
		
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			heart for the dandelions demyan
That's why two opposites can never
		
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			can never come together. You can't
you can't ever have a confluence
		
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			of those things. Allah subhanho wa
Taala says in Surah verse four
		
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			major and Allah Julio Ragini, Min
Cobain if he JioFi Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala has not put two hearts into
any man. Because sometimes women
		
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			do have two hearts. Women have two
hearts. Sometimes Have you ever
		
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			seen a woman or two hearts? No. So
what's he saying? It's when
		
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			they're pregnant with a child.
There's another heart beating
		
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			there. That's what it means.
Right? But obviously, that's a
		
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			totally separate entity isn't it.
That's why the heart this is taken
		
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			multiple ways that you can only
give your heart to one fully and
		
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			properly. So
		
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			oh person who wants to gain
something aspirant of the truth,
		
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			you only have one heart.
		
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			If you're going to face it towards
the creation of Allah, you're just
		
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			going to turn it away and turn its
back to Allah subhanaw taala. And
		
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			if you turn it towards, if you
direct it towards the Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala, then you're
obviously going to turn its back
		
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			upon the people. So that is where
you will then be able to travel
		
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			beyond this worldly shackles and
gain a better understanding and
		
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			get more illuminated and thus feel
the sweetness of faith.
		
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			As long as you stay, he says
shackled and caught up in this
		
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			item with all of your desires and
		
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			all of your lusts, there's no way
that you can then travel to your
		
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			Lord, you can't start that journey
to your Lord, you're going to be
		
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			stuck. And that's why he then says
in that second statement, which
		
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			we've not been able to cover
today, I'm gay for your How do
		
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			Illa Homer Kibana Misha Hertie?
How can a journey to Allah while
		
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			shackled by its passions?
		
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			So how can the heart be
illuminated and thus start its
		
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			journey to Allah?
		
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			Allah subhana wa Tada illuminates
our hearts and allow us to focus
		
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			and make that easy, Allah make it
easy. And I think the way to do
		
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			that is
		
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			Just to just think of how far are
we going? And are we getting
		
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			better? Or worse? Are we
improving? are we including more
		
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			good X in our life than we used to
do two years ago? Or last year?
		
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			And that that's, that's the way to
understand that and to test
		
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			ourself and then just check on
things that we could improve more
		
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			salads in the masjid cover prayers
make up
		
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			more if you're already doing all
the prayers, mashallah then the
		
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			solitary Sherlock and the hygiene
and a well being and and so on, if
		
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			we already giving a certain amount
of charity then more charity
		
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			knuffel fasts colourfast of
Ramadan, optional fasts and so on
		
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			and so forth.
		
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			But all of that comes in
knowledge. So you have to first
		
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			increase your knowledge otherwise
you don't feel like anything you
		
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			don't know what's on offer. Don't
be without the knowledge may Allah
		
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			make it easy. Allahu mantha Salam
Salam the Bartok their their
		
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			jewelry with a crown. La Jolla how
you yaka you Bureau Hermetica
		
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			mystery Allahumma yahan Yemen Nan
La ilaha illa and Subhanak in
		
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			couldn't even avoid him in the LA
one Mohammed Mo Yeah Allah have
		
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			your mercy upon us. of Allah we
ask you and beseech you and employ
		
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			you for your mercy for your
generosity for your special
		
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			attention of Allah for your
forgiveness of Allah for purity
		
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			from you, for your life of Taqwa
from you of Allah forgive us all
		
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			of our wrongdoings or misdeeds of
Allah or transgressions of Allah
		
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			or heedlessness, or
procrastination, of Allah Our
		
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			denials, our doubts of Allah Our
		
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			inactions of Allah we ask you to
forgive our sins, especially those
		
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			things that bring darkness in our
life of Allah that turn people
		
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			against one another, that remove
the blessing. And that invoke
		
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			calamities upon us, of Allah, we
especially ask you forgiveness
		
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			from those sins, that have become
part of our life and we no longer
		
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			see them as sins anymore. of Allah
grant us a true understanding of
		
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			our purpose in this world of Allah
grant us a true understanding of
		
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			Allah, we ask
		
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			that you allow us to rise to the
challenges, and you protect us
		
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			from the evils which are out
there, and especially our us and
		
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			our children and our progeny, and
to the day of judgment for Allah.
		
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			As we are part of this country, we
have a new king. And Oh Allah, we
		
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			ask that you guide him, and you
give him Tofik and you make him
		
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			beneficial, and Oh Allah, you make
his reign a beneficial one. Oh
		
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			Allah, we ask that you
		
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			allow us to prepare for the for
the hereafter. We allow us to
		
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			prepare this life for the
hereafter. And you allow our
		
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			hearts to be focused, and you and
for your light for them to become
		
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			a recipient of your lights of
Allah and to be illuminated. Oh
		
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			Allah, protect us from our
distractions you have given us
		
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			abundantly more than so many
others in this world of Allah, we
		
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			ask that you do not make it a
burden for us or a trial for us
		
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			what you've given us, Oh Allah,
this neat, new projects that we
		
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			have this new Masjid project, we
have the new white thread center,
		
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			we have Oh Allah, allow that to be
completed, allow all other
		
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			projects of all the other masajid
and institutes to be completed and
		
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			protect them all from the evils
which are out there and the
		
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			challenges which are out there,
especially in the Indo Pak
		
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			subcontinent, and Oh Allah, the
floods of Allah the floods that
		
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			have devastated so many people,
have Allah grant them a relief or
		
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			other grant them an understanding.
And Allah grant them strengthen
		
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			their faith to withstand this and
beautiful patience and
		
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			perseverance, and oh Allah grant
them and an opening and a release
		
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			from this and oh Allah allow us to
be helpful in the right way in the
		
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			right capacities for whatever is
happening around the world and
		
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			accept us for the service of your
deen Subhan Allah because Allah is
		
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			at our mercy Fonasa Ramadan was
single 100
		
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			The point of a lecture is to
encourage people to act to get
		
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			further an inspiration, and
encouragement, persuasion. The
		
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			next step is to actually start
learning seriously to read books
		
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			to take on a subject of Islam and
to understand all the subjects of
		
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			Islam at least at the basic level,
so that we can become more aware
		
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			of what our Dean wants from us.
And that's why we started Rayyan
		
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			courses so that you can actually
take organize lectures on demand
		
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			whenever you have free time,
especially for example, the
		
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			Islamic essentials course that we
have on there, the Islamic
		
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			essentials certificate which you
take 20 Short modules and at the
		
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			end of that inshallah you will
have gotten the basics of most of
		
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			the most important topics in Islam
and you will feel a lot
		
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			More confident you don't have to
leave lectures behind you can
		
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			continue to live you know to
listen to lectures but you need to
		
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			have this more sustained study as
well as local law here in salaam
		
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			aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato