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			That's why there's a hadith that
says that whoever doesn't ask
		
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			Allah Allah gets angry on him.
Like what's wrong with you? I know
		
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			you need me. You need me for
everything, and you can't even
		
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			pray to Me.
		
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			You think you're self sufficient?
You think you're independent?
		
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			Right? You think you can go to
somebody else instead? So can you
		
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			see how it's worship? Have you
ever thought of Dubai like that?
		
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			Have you ever thought of Dubai
like that your doors will change
		
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			now. You'll actually feel closer
to Allah because you're offering a
		
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			worship. And again, if you can
pray to Allah, it's because Allah
		
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			has allowed us to pray. So don't
think it's some kind of
		
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			obligation and Allah that I'm
doing the ah, so you better be
		
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			happy with me or something?
		
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			Bismillah R Rahman Rahim.
Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Hamden
		
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			cathedral for uban Mubarak and fie
Mubarak and Ali
		
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			can now your headboard buena we
are the gel La Jolla Juan Manuel
		
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			are salatu salam O Allah say you
will have you been Mustafa
		
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			sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa aalihi wa sahbihi odaka
are seldom at the Sleeman Kathira
		
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			on Eli Iommi, Dean Amma bad so
dear brothers and dear friends and
		
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			we
		
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			are in the midst of the month of
Ramadan.
		
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			And because of that,
		
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			what we do is we try to look at
one of the prominent
		
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			gems of the Quran, one of the
Jawaharlal Quran. So I've got a
		
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			two verses we're going to try to
look at today in sha Allah versus
		
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			55 and 56 of Surah two are off.
		
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			Are we below him in a shape or any
Ragini Bismillah R Rahman Rahim o
		
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			the ruler of Baku dot o Hosea. In
hula, you're a bull more 13. What
		
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			to say to fill out the back the
insula, whether you have a fellow
		
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			Tamera in metta law, he put even
minimal Morosini.
		
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			So this is what Allah subhanaw
taala said, the simple translation
		
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			of this is Call upon your Lord,
Call upon your Lord humbly in
		
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			humility and privately.
		
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			So humbly and privately, He does
not love people who go beyond the
		
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			boundaries, He does not love the
aggressors.
		
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			Then Allah subhanaw taala says and
do not cause corruption on the
		
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			earth after its reformation.
		
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			Don't cause corruption, after its
reformation, and then again, and
		
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			pray to Him with fear and hope.
		
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			Allah's Mercy is close to the good
Dewar's.
		
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			So regarding prayer, and calling
Unto Allah, there's literally four
		
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			things which are mentioned. And he
mentioned something in between, so
		
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			call Unto Allah humbly, and
quietly, or privately, as to
		
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			things and then number three, do
it with fear and hope. So that's
		
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			four things. So keep that in mind.
And we're going to look at this.
		
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			Now, this, this verse of the Quran
is a very, very prominent verse
		
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			that people you know, would be
inspired by. One of the main
		
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			objectives of this verse is to get
us to pray to Allah subhanho wa
		
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			Taala and devote ourselves to Him
essentially Express devotion to
		
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			which is what we're born for.
Right? Because dua is one of the
		
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			highest forms of worship, and it's
the essence of worship. So that's
		
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			why we're here for worship. Now,
how exactly are we doing this?
		
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			That's where we're going to look
at. So
		
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			Allah subhanho wa taala.
Previously in this surah, has
		
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			mentioned a number of evidences
and proofs for Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala has absolute power and His
might
		
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			and His wisdom. And Allah subhanaw
taala has talked about his Rama
		
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			and his mercy as well.
		
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			So after he discussed those major
themes, Allah followed it up by
		
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			saying, Well, if he's the most
mighty, and he's got complete
		
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			power, and wisdom in what he does
the way he does it totally wise,
		
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			and also mercy, then Well, you
better
		
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			express your devotion to Him in
the appropriate way. And he's the
		
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			one that you need to be calling on
to. So it's like a logical
		
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			conclusion to that. And the reason
why dua is mentioned and rather
		
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			than worship is because dua as the
Prophet SAW, some said, is the
		
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			kernel of worship or the essence
of worship.
		
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			I mean, usually that's a bit
confusing because you know, when
		
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			we
		
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			Do we, it's almost like we're
		
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			asking Allah for something, rather
than offering him something we
		
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			understand worship is offering him
something, our Salah to the cat or
		
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			hijo fasting. And when we're doing
worship or when we're doing dua,
		
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			it's almost like we are asking
something selfish for ourselves,
		
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			rather than giving him something
right. So how is the our worship?
		
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			The reason it's worship, as it
will become clearer as we look at
		
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			this is because the purpose of
worship of any worship is to
		
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			glorify Allah, and literally
recognize that he is the one who's
		
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			worthy of it. And when we do do
Ah, that's essentially what we're
		
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			doing. Like if you take out the
fact that I need something, and I
		
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			recognizing that I can't do
anything myself, I'm helpless. I
		
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			am in need. And then if I'm asking
Allah, it means I'm putting him
		
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			there, as in the place of the one
I can ask. So that is like
		
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			worship. In fact, it's the highest
form of worship, because when you
		
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			do Salah and so on, you could be
doing it for others. When you're
		
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			doing a DUA, and you really want
something from Allah, then it can
		
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			only be for Allah. Because
otherwise why would you be asking
		
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			him and not somebody else? That's
how dua becomes the kernel of
		
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			worship. So in our asking Allah,
we're actually worshipping him.
		
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			It's amazing. That's why Allah
loves it when you make dua.
		
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			Because it's a recognition. It's a
recognition that okay, this guy is
		
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			recognize that he needs me.
		
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			That's why there's a hadith that
says that whoever doesn't ask
		
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			Allah Allah gets angry on him.
Like what's wrong with you? I know
		
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			you need me, you need me for
everything, and you can't even
		
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			pray to Me.
		
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			You think you're self sufficient?
You think you're independent?
		
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			You think you can go to somebody
else instead? So can you see how
		
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			it's worship? Have you ever
thought of do I like that? Have
		
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			you ever thought of do I like that
your doors will change now. You'll
		
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			actually feel closer to Allah
because you're offering a worship
		
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			and again, if you can pray to
Allah it's because Allah has
		
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			allowed us to pray so don't think
it's some kind of
		
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			obligation and Allah that I'm
doing to our so you better be
		
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			happy with me or something
		
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			right
		
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			so anyway, let's look a bit
further so the words here or there
		
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			or up back home that are wrong
we're healthier so tada row and
		
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			healthier these are Arabic words
that the root means that the
		
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			little well what is the kana which
means in humility and in making
		
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			yourself lowly and needy you know
that states that's why in our da
		
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			Allah is telling us that's how you
should do our Think yourself that
		
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			you're in need and you're lonely
and you are in need. If you do
		
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			though, like on give me if you
want to like yeah, just give me
		
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			that if you want
		
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			then
		
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			that's that was going anywhere you
understand it's like I need to
		
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			show that I need because if I'm
asking you I better show I need
		
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			and healthier because Allah
subhanaw taala says insert an hour
		
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			off
		
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			in another Surah with go rob book
if enough secret adorable I will
		
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			leave it oh do when Elijah hurry
Mina Luca Willie Bill who do we
		
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			will saw you want to take one
minute law of any call on to your
		
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			Lord. Remember actually remember
your Lord in yourselves. So
		
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			internally remember your that's a
more powerful remembrance than
		
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			outside because without sight can
do it to show people but if you're
		
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			remembering Allah inside nobody's
watching it's your very personal
		
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			one is more Eclass in that.
		
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			So remember Allah in yourselves,
the Dhawan with this humility and
		
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			need worry for them and in silence
or in private
		
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			and doing the Johari window which
means and not loudly, not loudly,
		
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			you know so as to show up for
something morning and evening and
		
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			do not be of the heedless ones.
		
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			Okay, now, what's the background
for this verse? Usually many
		
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			verses are revealed or come came
down during our personal lives and
		
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			because of any event, however,
they're not stuck to that event.
		
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			That's just the historical point.
They came down to be timeless
		
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			guidance for mankind forever, even
though that particular event is no
		
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			longer around. So what happened is
Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim and
		
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			Imam Bukhari they relayed from Abu
Musa Ashanti Radi Allahu Anhu
		
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			that once people were raising
their voices in Doha, they were
		
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			making loud all of them making
loud dua. The Prophet saw some
		
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			said a Yohannes people
		
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			are beruwala and for cecum get a
grip on yourselves. Like Take it
		
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			easy, essentially, like take it
easy. Imagine you came in and
		
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			everybody's doing louder. I take
it easy you guys are in the Kamala
		
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			Taruna or someone you're not
calling on to. It's not like
		
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			He's in a call center and you're
trying to shout so that your words
		
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			can get through because they want
it you get get in,
		
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			you're not calling on to a deaf
person or absent person. You're
		
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			not You're not calling on to
somebody who's deaf or absent.
		
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			He's right there, he's closer to
you than your jugular vein. The
		
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			one you're calling on to SME on
Corrib, he is all listening. And
		
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			he is very, very close to you.
		
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			Right, so that tells us that the
probably the most powerful that
		
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			would come from our heart, the
focus though of the hearts,
		
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			because you know, when I do, I
could have 10 Two hours that I've
		
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			memorized and I just after namaz,
I've got this habit of saying that
		
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			my mind is somewhere else on my
next meeting, but I just say them
		
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			hamdulillah is still at least a
bit of a duel, I'm there, right?
		
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			However, if I really like sit down
and focus on MTO, and I'm calling
		
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			Unto Allah with my heart, you can
see that far superior. That's why
		
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			they say that sometimes doing
vicar, with our with your tongue
		
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			is good, it's great, but it's like
taking a tablet. And then you do
		
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			thicker with your heart, without
your tongue being involved and you
		
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			do it properly. That's like an
intravenous. Like, it's really
		
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			right there. Just get into it
straight, right
		
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			there after that.
		
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			Just in general, Allah Subhana
Allah says, Don't cause corruption
		
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			in the world after you had after
it was rectified, or after you had
		
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			rectified it. Basically saying
that Allah subhanaw taala has
		
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			created everything in proportion.
Allah has created everything
		
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			perfectly. And it's the human
beings that cause corruption and
		
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			destabilize the world and mess it
up and corrupted. So may Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala, give us the
trophy, to call him with humility,
		
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			and this is the adverb of dua are
being taught the ethical adore
		
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			being taught in this verse. I'll
just repeat the verse again. For
		
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			us to round it off. Call upon your
Lord with humility,
		
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			with need, and privately I didn't
manage to discuss that today
		
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			privately means so you don't have
to show off. You don't have to do
		
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			louder hours to show off to people
that you make it loud was a Allama
		
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			day they budget their day like
give it to me give it to, you
		
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			know, in front of everyone. Do it
privately because he can hear you
		
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			anyway. Let him see the heart
instead. He does not look
		
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			aggressive, or people who go
beyond the bounds and do not cause
		
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			corrupt on the earth after his
reformation. And then pray to Him
		
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			with fear and hope. So when you
are praying, you feel full of him
		
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			that is Am I doing the right
thing? Am I going overboard? Am I
		
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			asking him for the right thing?
Right? Should I be asking him this
		
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			and so on. Right? Is this the
right thing to ask him for and
		
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			with hope that it is Allah will
give it to me Allah is going to
		
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			give it to me with a hope for
getting closer to Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala. And then Allah finishes off
by saying Allah's Mercy is with
		
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			the duties of good. You do good
Allah's Mercy is going to be with
		
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			you. Make yourself a doer of good
don't cause facade in the world.
		
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			Don't cause upsets in the world
don't mess things up in the world
		
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			by lying or swindling or
deceiving, or being violent or
		
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			whatever. And Allah subhanaw taala
as mercy is close to the people
		
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			who do good, may Allah subhanaw
taala accepted for us, okay with
		
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rabbil Alameen. The point of a
		
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to take on a subject of Islam and
		
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Islam at least at the basic level,
		
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			so that we can become more aware
of what our deen wants from us.
		
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			lectures behind you can continue
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			lectures, but you need to have
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			as local law here and Salam
aleikum wa rahmatullah wa
		
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			barakato.