Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – The Ray of Hope in the Darkness [Hikam 197]

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The speakers discuss the concept of "we" and its potential difficulties in thinking of it, including the worship of the beast as a number of individuals and the worship of the beast as a woman. They also touch on the history of Islam and the importance of avoiding sin, being aware of one's actions, and being aware of one's actions. The speakers emphasize the need to be aware of one's actions and not just focus on them. They also discuss the benefits of working in a company and the importance of being in a prison for achieving freedom. The speakers acknowledge the ongoing problem of vicar and negligence, but emphasize the importance of being in a prison for achieving freedom and avoiding sin.

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			hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa
salatu salam ala so you didn't
		
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			move Celine while he was here in
another part if not I love this
		
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			country says Minister Robert
		
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			a unity the hula hula means shouty
he were in your Khadija who mean
		
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			would you do Fleur de vaca
disparages could rattle Illa here,
		
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			what can Allah Who are the militia
in Khedira
		
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			this aphorism is very important
for.
		
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			For us when we think that Allah
subhanho wa Taala doesn't have the
		
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			ability to help us and assist us.
We don't really believe that. But
		
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			we sometimes start to think that
we don't think of it directly.
		
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			This is the implicit thought in
our
		
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			approach. The reason is that when
we try
		
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			as much as possible, when you try
a lot to stay away from sins, and
		
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			to get onto the right path, and to
avoid hot arms, and so on, and so
		
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			forth.
		
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			And it doesn't work for us. And it
becomes difficult, and we
		
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			constantly relapse and fall back
into it, then implicitly, we start
		
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			losing hope.
		
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			We ourselves feel that there's no
hope we keep doing the wrong
		
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			thing. We keep going back to our
old ways.
		
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			But what that shows is that we
don't have enough trust in Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala because at that
moment, we should be still
		
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			constantly thinking of Allah, that
he still has the ability to stop
		
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			us. But we stop thinking about
Allah, we start focusing on
		
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			ourself. Allah wants us to focus
on Him even in that status. So
		
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			generally, we will start thinking
we're so weak, we're not
		
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			complaining about Allah. But we
are thinking that we can't do it.
		
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			But it's not us. It's not about
us. Yes, we've got a problem with
		
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			our knifes, but the person who
		
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			wants to get closer to Allah
subhanaw taala, he should be
		
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			thinking,
		
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			I can't do it.
		
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			But Allah subhanaw taala can make
me do it. So even at that moment,
		
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			the gaze should be on Allah
subhana wa Tada. This is probably
		
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			what makes the difference. And
essentially the difference between
		
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			a weenie of Allah and somebody who
is not already of Allah, somebody
		
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			who's has the mighty fur of Allah
and somebody who doesn't have the
		
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			metaphor of Allah, because the one
who doesn't have the metaphor of
		
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			Allah, we will just think about it
ourself as though we're cold, we
		
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			don't know, we have no ability to
do anything.
		
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			We will just assume that we won't
think about Allah subhanaw taala.
		
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			Whereas the if the person who
knows Allah subhanaw taala because
		
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			Allah is always
		
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			foremost in their mind, they will
think even when they fall down and
		
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			do wrong, that Allah subhanaw
taala can get me out of this. That
		
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			is a very powerful thoughts. But
it's very difficult to think of it
		
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			in that in that moment, because we
just start become a shaytaan makes
		
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			us self condemning and wanting us
to give up. So this is the
		
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			approach that we're speaking
about. That's why he's saying here
		
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			that many struggle, rubber, and
unity the hula hoop in Shehata he
		
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			is staggered up by means, who
thinks it's a hurry, hurry in
		
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			Arabic means our jeep. Unusual.
		
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			In a we in order to and other
languages very means poor. But
		
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			that's because the poor person is
generally unusual. But hurry
		
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			actually means unusual.
		
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			So whoever assumes it is unusual
that Allah subhanaw taala could
		
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			save him and extract him from his
showered from his desires. What
		
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			can you hold your home in? Would
you do flirty, and Allah could
		
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			extract him, yank him out of his
forgetfulness.
		
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			Whoever finds that astonishing,
forgot the strategist will could
		
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			rattle ILA here, then he has
considered the divine power to be
		
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			weak and feeble.
		
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			He started Jezza. Again, to think
something, somebody's urges, I
		
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			just means feeble weak in a
		
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			unable to do something. So then
this person has deemed the divine
		
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			power to be weak. And Allah has a
power over everything. What can
		
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			Allah who either coalition, what
Khedira Allah has power over
		
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			everything. So it's trying to
correct our mind in terms of how
		
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			we understand these things.
		
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			So there's no doubt that Allah
subhanaw taala cannot be enfeebled
		
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			by anything. Nothing debilitates
him. Law your Jesus who shaped
		
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			this is our Arcada this is part of
the creed of anarchy that the
		
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			highway Says law, your Juju shape.
Nothing can debilitate her. Well,
		
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			who will hardly bother me he he is
dominant over every matter that
		
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			there is in the world.
		
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			The hearts of the people are in
his hands.
		
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			He can turn them as he wishes, he
can
		
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			manipulate them and administer
them as he wants. So whoever is
		
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			submerged in the shower the
		
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			negligence
		
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			and absolutely immersed in the
seeds of the desire, they should
		
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			still not think that Allah
subhanaw taala could take them
		
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			out.
		
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			It's an absolute possibility.
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala could
extract them out of it, yank them
		
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			out of it. If a person doesn't
believe that, then that is a
		
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			problem with his Iman.
		
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			Called the Hun fee Imani. This is
a blemish on his faith is faith is
		
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			not right. How can that be
astonishing, that Allah has the
		
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			ability to do so? When Allah
Himself says, what kind of Allah
		
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			who are the militia in mokdad era
that Allah has ability over all
		
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			things?
		
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			And we are either accordingly che
		
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			what can Allahu Allah kuraly che
in shape means everything. We all
		
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			have those things. So Allah has
the ability over us as well. Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala says with regard
the disobedient ones Yeah, but the
		
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			Alladhina SIR for Allah and fusi
him la takana to me Rahmatullah.
		
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			Oh, my servants who have
transgressed against themselves
		
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			who have committed excesses
against themselves, do not become
		
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			despondent of Allah's mercy
because Allah forgives all sins,
		
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			What is Allah telling us to do
here? If a person is sinning, and
		
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			then becoming despondent, becoming
hopeless, because shaytan is
		
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			making them like that they are
allowing the shaytaan because
		
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			they're not thinking of the Mercy
of Allah at that time.
		
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			They're thinking of the Wrath of
Allah.
		
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			But they're not thinking of the
Mercy of Allah subhana wa Tada we
		
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			what we need to do is when we
commit a sin happen to commit a
		
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			sin, then it is better than to
think of the Mercy of Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala that he will
forgive us, because if we don't,
		
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			the sin stays with us. It beckons
to more since
		
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			the beauty and benefit of seeking
forgiveness straight after a sin
		
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			is that our were wiped clean and
where the burden has been removed
		
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			from us, the evil influence of it
insha Allah will not continue
		
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			because sin is such that when a
person commits a sin, it beckons
		
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			to more sin. It's tasty, the sick
taste lingers. So as long as the
		
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			Toba hasn't made the taste to
linger,
		
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			we won't have enough ability to
push it away. If we make the Tober
		
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			and we're sincere, then that
Dagobah becomes stronger and we
		
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			push away the taste that is
lingering from the sin. And even
		
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			if it does come back, our Toba is
strong enough to dismiss it in our
		
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			mind. Otherwise, the biggest
problem we have is that the
		
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			biggest problem most of us have
are with sins that we're
		
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			habituated to, not with
necessarily nuisance.
		
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			And if it's a new sin is generally
related to the old sin.
		
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			So
		
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			we're stuck in a rut, it seems
with the same kind of thing
		
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			happening over and over and over
again.
		
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			So if we make Toba sincerely,
then, and it's strong enough, then
		
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			it will help us to overcome these
things. That's why Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala says, oh, people who have
transgressed against themselves do
		
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			not become despondent of Allah's
mercy. Essentially what he's
		
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			saying is think of Allah's mercy
at the time.
		
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			Allah says from a dub I mean, the
Zulu me he was a Salah for in
		
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			Allah who you're to barley, that
the one who makes Toba doba means
		
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			who returns to Allah. So there has
to be the act in one's mind. I
		
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			want to get back to Allah. And the
way you do that, you feel oh, I've
		
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			just become distant from ALLAH
SubhanA wa Tada. This sin has made
		
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			me distant from Allah. So I want
to return to Allah. I want to be
		
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			his again, whoever does Toba. I
mean, the whole me he after his
		
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			oppression and oppression is
against oneself here. You know?
		
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			And obviously against others as
well depending on situation, what
		
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			are silica and reforms?
		
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			He does an act of reform. He goes
through it with his mind he does
		
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			sadaqa he does something. Then for
in De La Jolla to Bali then Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala will also turn
back to him. Allah the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said,
Whoa, Neptune had doubleu hood,
		
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			Hatha Yoga coma Anna Anna summer.
If you sinned, until your sins
		
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			reached the levels of the heavens,
the heights of the heavens Thumma
		
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			took tune and then after that you
sought forgiveness. You did Toba,
		
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			you went back to Allah that Allah
Wa alaykum
		
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			Allah will come back to you, Allah
will take you back in.
		
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			These are all matters to be
believed in. These are all
		
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			reiterations of that re emphasis
of this. This is what we have to
		
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			live by basically, because our
lives are like that we have to
		
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			live by these things. We have to
be constantly hearing them to
		
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			refresh our you're keen to
strengthen our team.
		
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			And
		
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			it's a good idea to think of all
of those people who
		
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			started off as people of off law
of negligence, absolute
		
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			negligence, maybe worse of the
mistakes we're in. Then they
		
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			became a little more Shahada. They
became such people who could
		
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			witness Allah subhanaw taala.
constantly seeing Allah subhana wa
		
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			Tada. They were thieves.
		
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			And then they became
		
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			specially connected to Allah
subhanaw taala.
		
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			They, for example, you see people
like Ibrahim ignored him.
		
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			Ibrahim, we've not had him for the
loop nor Ayyad, a highwayman,
		
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			robbing people so notorious that
people would not want to go
		
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			through his area. And today we
know him as Arab Middle Haramain.
		
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			The worshipper of the two
sanctuaries, Abuja as a number of
		
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			these individuals, so many people,
there are so many people in our
		
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			history that show that
		
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			think of the person in the Hadith
who killed 99 people the oft
		
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			quoted narration, though it's oft
quoted so many times. It's
		
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			something that will always give us
hope. He went and then asked a
		
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			worshiper, Allah Heba hermit,
whether there could be any Toba,
		
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			he saw this hermit as a pious
individual. So he went to ask him,
		
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			this just shows that when people
are in desperation, they go to
		
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			whoever they think is righteous,
but those righteous people are not
		
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			necessarily always
		
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			competent enough to assist others.
They're doing their own worship,
		
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			but they don't have the knowledge
to assist others. They don't know
		
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			the intricacies of Allah's Rama
and mercy. They're enjoying it,
		
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			but they don't know the limits of
it, and how it applies to others.
		
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			So he says lotto better luck for
you. There's no Tober so he killed
		
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			him as well because he was angry.
		
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			This is his state. He was just
into killing, you could see that
		
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			he was kind of a serial killer in
essence, so he killed him as well.
		
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			And then after that, he went and
found an island. He happened to
		
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			come across an island him when he
asked him the island him told him
		
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			that you must make Toba. He told
him how to make his Toba and that
		
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			he should go somewhere else to
have to get sober.
		
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			To go to a place where there are
better people where he could
		
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			benefit from their company.
		
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			So then he went there, died in the
died on the path. And the mother
		
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			Equateur Rama took him. The hadith
is known it's in Buhari. Then you
		
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			have another person who was a
thief.
		
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			He was a robber.
		
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			He asked an Arabic again another
worshiper. Hello, halimun Toba. Is
		
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			there a Tober for me? Can I become
better.
		
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			And for some reason this Ira made
fun of him.
		
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			Maybe he had some arrogance, maybe
whatever the reason was, he was
		
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			just the worship but he wasn't an
heirloom as well. He made it he
		
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			started making fun of him and
mocking him what kind of Toba
		
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			you're gonna get, look what kind
of bad things you've done and so
		
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			on.
		
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			The way he made fun of him was
this. He took a dry, a dry
		
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			piece of wood, a dry branch dried
twig, and he gave it to him. And
		
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			he said to him take this. When it
becomes green and fresh,
		
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			then that means your Toba would be
Sahai.
		
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			So, this poor man
		
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			he believed in he was mocking him.
But he believed him he took hold
		
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			of the he took it.
		
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			And he began to worship Allah
subhanaw taala. He dedicated
		
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			himself to worship.
		
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			And he would keep watching this
thing, this twig, this dry twig.
		
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			One day it became totally fresh.
		
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			Achieve. That just shows the
conviction.
		
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			It's all a matter of conviction
how much you can. That's what
		
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			Allah wants to see of us. This is
the secret of the whole thing. If
		
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			Allah wants to see from us, that's
why Allah
		
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			sometimes we commit sins, because
when we're not committing, when
		
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			we're committing minus and
sometimes we don't think about
		
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			Allah, we think we're fine, where
we're going on a nice line. We're
		
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			not getting any closer to Allah,
we're kind of stagnant. Sometimes
		
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			we commit to sin and the reason
for that sin is to
		
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			Give us some kind of s us
		
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			and take us back to Allah subhana
wa Tada.
		
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			So sometimes after a sin you
actually become better,
		
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			higher level, you don't commit a
sin for that reason, it's better
		
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			not to because the sin might just
take us down completely. It's a
		
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			risk is a bad risk to take.
		
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			One person came to hijack
hydrogen, the use of as you know,
		
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			when he was going past somewhere,
and he saw a blind man making dua
		
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			Oh Allah, give me back my site,
give me back my site. So Hajaj, as
		
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			you know, he was just a very bold
rabbitbrush kind of individual.
		
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			You went up to him and gave him a
little shove. And he said, Do you
		
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			know who I am? So the person said,
no, no, he says, I'm had judged on
		
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			the use of the blind person must
have heard of hijab, of course,
		
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			that he's just willing to kill
anybody, like crosses his path and
		
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			gets him on the wrong side. So he
said, I just told him, I'm judging
		
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			the use of, I'm going to this
place. Tonight, I'm going to come
		
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			back. And by that time, if you
don't have your sight back, then
		
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			you're dead.
		
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			I'm going to kill you.
		
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			Now, what do you think this man
did? He started really praying to
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala. He really
started praying to Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala. By the time had judge came
back, he had a sight.
		
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			And this is what the judge told
him, he said, I saw you making
		
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			this kind of dua.
		
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			And I thought the only way to get
you to make serious DWIs this
		
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			judge was a knowledgeable
individual, in a sense, he had
		
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			this problem with immediate, you
know, the psychosis or whatever it
		
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			was that he had. But, you know,
these were learned individuals at
		
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			the time.
		
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			But this is the Yaqeen when you
know, you're gonna die,
		
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			then then you make that kind of
dua
		
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			because nothing is beyond Allah.
It just shows us nothing. Nothing
		
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			is beyond Allah. It's just our
Yaqeen is not there. This is what
		
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			all of this tells us.
		
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			Even though our Jeeva mentioned
that, I know numerous people I
		
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			know numerous people who are
totally negligent, they used to
		
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			miss solids, they were abandoning
solids. They did not know what the
		
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			Dean was, they did not know even
main things with children knew
		
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			about the dean, these were totally
negligent people brought up like
		
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			this, and they were just involved
in the dunya negligence and so on
		
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			and so forth. They have no idea of
the Husi way, they didn't even
		
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			have an idea of the the general
way of the muslimeen. You know,
		
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			that's how far they were from the
Dean. But they became it theme
		
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			from the house they became when
they tried and made the efforts is
		
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			is I found people who have been
totally immersed in sin,
		
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			absolutely disobedient,
		
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			committing excesses against
people, oppressing people and so
		
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			on. And they became from the
greatest of the Salah Hain and
		
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			he's saying that these are people
I know. We've seen so many people
		
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			like this is when he said that
I've even seen the Nosara of
		
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			scepter. CELTA is
		
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			it's in Morocco.
		
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			You've got it's on the north,
Eastern north eastern tip of
		
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			Morocco, it actually belongs to
Spain. But it's in Morocco, on the
		
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			Morocco in the within the
Moroccan. So
		
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			he says that we used to have the
chroma chalice. And some of these
		
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			big ones, you know, big ones and
some of these Masada, these
		
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			Christians, they would come and
from outside, they would just feel
		
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			the variable, whatever it was, and
they would be there.
		
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			And they became really attracted
to us. They became really
		
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			attracted to us.
		
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			But eventually what happened is, I
think it was separated and they
		
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			were no longer able to. So if it
continued like that they would
		
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			have no doubt become a Muslim,
just because of the experience
		
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			that we're having. With this. He
says
		
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			it talks about a number of other
individuals and then he says that
		
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			generally, this mostly happens
when a person comes upon the
		
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			Sahaba and the company of the one
who has this magic, when you say
		
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			magic means who has this alchemy,
who has this remedy? Who has this
		
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			baraka from Allah subhanaw taala
to make this difference?
		
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			And he says that these people are
available at all time.
		
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			In all times in all generations,
these people are there. And
		
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			there's no doubt about them
because Allah subhanaw taala has
		
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			these kinds of people, there will
always be some people who will be
		
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			like that.
		
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			And anybody who rejects that such
people are available that can
		
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			benefit them, then it is like they
are denying or rejecting the
		
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			shining of the sun. Despite the
fact that the sun is out
		
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			There's no doubt about such people
because we know so many stories
		
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			about these things of people
becoming good.
		
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			However,
		
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			those people who are rejected have
this rejecters of the path.
		
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			They say,
		
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			but don't Carolina dough shrimps
cartoon Caroline odo Shamcey. This
		
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			is a part of the Buddha, Allah
Mabou series Buddha, he says,
		
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			cartoon kyrou line without a sham
* Rama, then
		
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			were you incurable thermal
thermal, immune Sakagami.
		
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			Sometimes an eye that has
cataract, will reject the shining
		
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			of the sun, just because it can't
see it, though it's there.
		
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			Likewise, sometimes the mouth will
deny the taste of a certain item,
		
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			just because it is ill and sick.
So when sometimes when you have a
		
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			bad flu or something, you have no
taste buds. You don't say this
		
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			tastes bad, whereas it tastes good
to others. That's why Allah says
		
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			in the Hello terminal episode,
what I can determine Kulu will
		
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			Latif is to do, it's not the outer
eyes that are blind, it's the
		
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			inner hearts that have been
blunted and blinded so that they
		
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			cannot see.
		
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			And this means they have been
blinded of the way of the pious.
		
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			Some people are too involved in
academics to such a degree that
		
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			when I say academics here, I'm not
talking about academics as a
		
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			worldly occupation, I'm talking
about even some orlimar are so
		
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			involved in academics to such a
degree that they just don't
		
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			understand any other aspects of
the deen. So for them, it's all
		
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			about science, science, knowledge,
knowledge, knowledge, learning
		
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			more about Hadith, and Quran and
Tafseer, and fit, and so on and so
		
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			forth. These are what we call the
amount of volume that orlimar with
		
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			a great knowledge of the external
sciences, they have no idea of the
		
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			internal sciences, and one is that
they don't have but they want to,
		
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			so then they have respect for it,
and they have a longing for it.
		
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			But then what you have is some
people, for example, the other
		
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			day, I just heard somebody saying,
one of one such item, saying that
		
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			one item saying, Oh, I saw this,
the CHE he had his muddied sitting
		
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			around him and they were all low,
lowered heads. It says what kind
		
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			of a situation is this? Now I can
see where he's coming from. His
		
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			understanding of this is that in a
teacher student relationship, when
		
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			it comes to sciences, when it
comes to a room, there needs to be
		
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			a freedom of movement in the sense
that the student needs to be able
		
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			to ask questions, to get
knowledge, then it cannot be one
		
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			sided. And if you look at him Abu
Hanifa situation with his students
		
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			as well, it would be more of a
discussion as opposed to a one
		
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			sided
		
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			lecture. And this is where it
benefits most when the students
		
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			are provoked, inspired, and forced
to ask questions and really
		
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			discuss things because then it
helps to clarify the situation. So
		
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			it's, it appears, and again, I'm
judging somebody here, and may
		
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			Allah forgive me if I'm wrong. But
the point is that if somebody's
		
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			thinking this way, right, it means
they are applying the academic
		
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			sciences to the path of the soul.
That just shows the ignorance of
		
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			the soul of the soul is a whole
different game. It's a whole
		
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			different way of doing things. It
divided demands respect, that's
		
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			why you've gone to the person.
Yes, when you have a question, you
		
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			ask the question. But at the end
of the day, there's a concept of
		
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			towards you, there's a concept of
an outpouring that is coming
		
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			through the machine, if that is
coming through the machine, like
		
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			from Rasulullah, sallAllahu,
alayhi, wasallam, it is coming
		
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			through the machinery from the
hearts of the shoe. And it's going
		
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			this is the whole point of the
measureless, generally. So in a
		
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			measureless in front of your
shake, you're supposed to be
		
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			sitting there with humility is not
there to say boldly and you know,
		
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			is this not the point of it? Yes,
if you're sitting in a gathering
		
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			of knowledge and the shakers
teaching your Hadith, and so on,
		
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			you have to respect but there
you're willing to ask questions,
		
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			you're willing to challenge in a
in a polite, positive, positive,
		
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			respectful way, all of those
things when it comes to the soul
		
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			for you, you have to give yourself
up to that. But it's very
		
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			difficult for people to do that.
Very difficult for people to do
		
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			that.
		
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			But that's what he's saying a bit.
There's people who reject that
		
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			there's this possibility. And
generally, this is where benefits
		
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			come from. People change because
of the company and the software of
		
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			somebody. We call this Imagine
this. In many Arab countries, they
		
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			call this a software.
		
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			Because software means being in
the company.
		
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			And one of the only reasons we're
doing this here, obviously,
		
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			because the machines have told us
to do so. But the other thing is
		
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			that it's to everybody's benefit.
We benefit from each other because
		
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			we've come here for a common
benefit, which is the vicar of
		
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			Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala and the
remembrance. So that's why Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala says, It's not the
external eyes, which are blind
		
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			they see, but it's the inner
hearts, which are problematic, and
		
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			they don't see. And
		
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			it's like,
		
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			you have a cockroach, who cannot
see.
		
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			It sees in the dark, but it can't
see or bat, a bat, it can't see in
		
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			the daytime, but it can see in the
darkness. That's why they prefer
		
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			to stay in caves and things like
that, because they can see it's a
		
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			place it's, it's their world,
which they can see when they come
		
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			outside, they become kind of
blind, and so they can't see
		
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			what's going on.
		
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			So sometimes we have to take that
into consideration that some
		
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			people will deny something,
because of that reason, that
		
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			doesn't make the denial and
evidence that there's a problem
		
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			with the way and the path just
because somebody can not see it.
		
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			And that's why generally what
happens in this world to many
		
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			people is that they become
involved in showers and desires
		
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			and in wrong deeds. And they feel
they can't get out of it. They are
		
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			mon hammock, which means they are
totally immersed in that sin. And
		
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			they it actually feels like they
are in a prison of negligence.
		
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			That's how we feel that we're in a
prison. We're imprisoned by our
		
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			negligence. So it's almost like
we're enjoying it. But we know we
		
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			are confined. We want to get out
of this. We want to be free. Being
		
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			free of sin is that the greatest
freedom that you can feel? But
		
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			we're in a prison of a muffler.
And
		
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			then Allah subhanaw taala gives
you an extradition order gives a
		
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			release order by giving a favor
		
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			for that person to suddenly wake
up
		
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			for a person to be awoken from his
life of hafla and sin and he's
		
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			able to come out of this and free
himself. And this is the greatest
		
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			bounty of Allah subhanaw taala.
		
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			That's why in another wizard in
another aphorism, if not, Allah
		
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			says route Burma water that is
Zulu morlich No route Burma water
		
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			that is zulum Wallach
		
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			Li You are reefer cada Roman
number he Alec sometimes darkness
		
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			is will prevail upon you so that
you can see the darkness from the
		
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			good and come out of it. This is
all to give us hope.
		
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			This is all to give us hope. So we
have great hope in Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa Tada that Allah subhanho wa
Taala has good things in store for
		
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			us. This thought
		
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			is a beneficial thoughts because
it makes us optimistic. It helps
		
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			us a lot to think that ALLAH
SubhanA wa Taala has something
		
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			good in store for us. He will take
us out from the awful lot. And the
		
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			signs of that is that he's allowed
us to sit and do the vicar of
		
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			ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada.
		
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			And one final thing that I want to
mention is that if Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala didn't like us, there's a
lot of people who complain that
		
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			when they do vicar, they don't
feel anything.
		
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			And they're doing vicar but
they're negligent, their minds are
		
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			somewhere else. But this is a
constant kind of a problem.
		
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			But one has to realize from that
is that if Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			didn't want us to do the care at
all, we wouldn't have even done
		
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			it.
		
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			So to sit there and even dedicate
that 20 minutes, half an hour or
		
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			one hour, whatever it is, for
Allah, when you're doing nothing
		
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			else, and you're trying to do the
good. Even though 50% of the time
		
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			70% of the time you're negligent,
that is still a very good starting
		
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			point. Because that time is still
dedicated to Allah and Allah
		
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			sees beyond things. So though it's
not as good as somebody who's
		
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			who's thinking and concentrating,
but it's still better than not
		
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			doing anything at all.
		
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			So our job, to be honest, that's
what the machines say our job is
		
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			to spend the time
		
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			you just sit and do do the ticker.
		
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			And keep focusing keep attempting
to gain
		
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			attention within it and
concentration. But at least we're
		
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			spending that time doing nothing
other than that we're protected
		
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			from that at least. May Allah
subhanho wa Taala give us the
		
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			TOEFL, Aloha Manta SoLoMo Inca,
Ceylon Demographia then God will
		
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			the Quran Allah Mejia high yield
to you and that you can still be
		
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			so high in Allah hilarity you are
and then we're herb Allahumma
		
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			Salli ala so you know I'm her mid
Warner Ernie so you didn't know
		
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			her middle Bertie co Salam.
		
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			O Allah, O Allah forgive us our
sins. Oh Allah forgive us our sins
		
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			there
		
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			Are we committed by daylight and
not committed at night? Oh Allah,
		
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			those that we remember and those
that we don't remember, Oh Allah
		
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			those that we forgotten those that
we've committed by mistake and
		
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			those that we did boldly, oh Allah
realizing that we're committing
		
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			sins of Allah, we ask that you
forgive us our excesses, oh Allah
		
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			that You grant us our forgiveness.
You grant us Miriam Your Mercy, oh
		
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			Allah without your mercy nothing
is going to happen for us. of
		
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			Allah we ask that You grant us
your mercy for without your mercy
		
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			nothing will happen for us. Oh
Allah, Oh Allah we ask that You
		
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			grant us your compassion that you
treat us gently. Oh Allah we ask
		
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			that you try to treat us with Your
Mercy of Allah we're in need of
		
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			your mercy more than anything
else. Oh Allah, we're in need of
		
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			your mercy more than anything
else. Oh Allah, we're in need of
		
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			Tofik and guidance, divine
enablement. Oh Allah, we ask You
		
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			for two feet. We ask you for tofi
Oh Allah, we ask that you take us
		
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			by the four locks and places in
the on the path of your earlier
		
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			and your close ones. Oh Allah,
we've lived a long life on sin
		
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			away from the path of your,
		
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			your chosen ones. Oh Allah, we ask
that You grant us closeness to
		
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			you. We ask that you grant us
closeness to you. Oh Allah, we've
		
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			been so far we've been so far
we've been so far. Our love but we
		
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			want your closeness of Allah.
Allah we ask that you accept our
		
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			to us, that you accept her do us
today you purify our hearts. You
		
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			grant us your note in our hearts
of Allah, You grant us the Tofik
		
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			to sit and remember you. You grant
us concentration in our
		
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			remembrance, you grant us focus in
our remembrance of Allah, we ask
		
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			that you make our surroundings
conducive for that. Oh Allah, we
		
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			ask that you take the evil out of
our lives, that the wrongs out of
		
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			our lives, the disobedience out of
our lives. Oh Allah, we ask that
		
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			you bring obedience in our lives,
obedience in our approach to
		
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			things Oh Allah, that you make our
mindset or mentality conducive to
		
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			how you will be pleased with it.
Oh Allah, Oh Allah, we ask that
		
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			you make our hearts the way you
want them to be. And that you'll
		
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			be pleased with us. Oh Allah, Oh
Allah, we ask that you do not let
		
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			us die in the state of golf. In
the state of negligence in the
		
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			state of loss in the state of
Beeville bewilderment of Allah in
		
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			the state of deception, where we
feel we're doing something but
		
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			we're not who Allah Oh Allah, we
ask that you remove our deception
		
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			from us. You remove our deception,
you remove our focus on the wrong
		
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			things, our Allah that you set us
a right that you align us properly
		
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			into the right direction of Allah,
you put us on the path of those of
		
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			Allah your miracles, know no
bounds. There are many in the
		
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			past, some of whose names we took
today and many others who started
		
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			off, maybe even worse than our
situation. But Allah it gives us
		
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			hope to know that they could
change completely so we can also
		
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			change completely. Our law we ask
that you grant a state change,
		
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			that transformation, because you
have ability over all things of
		
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			Allah we are part of your
		
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			we are part of your sovereign, we
are part of your your your slaves,
		
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			your on your slaves among those
things. You have full control over
		
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			our Allah, Allah we ask that you
changes for the better you
		
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			transform us for the better. You
draw us closer to you.
		
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			Oh Allah, Oh Allah, we ask that
you give us a Tofik to constantly
		
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			ask you to constantly be aware of
you to remember you even in our
		
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			worst moments of Allah to remember
you and remember your mercy even
		
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			in our worst moments. Oh Allah,
Allah, Allah, we ask that You
		
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			grant us genital fair dose. You
grant us company of your beloved
		
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			messenger sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, you grant us immense love
		
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			for him in this world and send
abundant blessings. O Allah to
		
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			him, O Allah, O Allah, we ask that
you all the permissible needs that
		
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			we have in our life that you
fulfill them. You fulfill them in
		
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			an easy manner in a manner with
the well being of Allah you grant
		
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			us Baraka in our possessions. You
grant us Baraka in our lives, in
		
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			our children, our Allah,
especially in our iman and our
		
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			faith and our Dini outlook. Oh
Allah, we ask that you accept our
		
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			dollars that you accept our
dollars that you accept our
		
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			dollars of Allah otherwise, we're
at loss, otherwise we're at loss.
		
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			So how not to become a biller is
that your seafood was when I
		
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			didn't Mark Cerny will hamdulillah
right i mean