Abu Taymiyyah – Ep 7 Recite The Qur’an How To Soften Your Heart Series

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The speaker discusses the effects of reciting the book of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala on the heart, citing examples such as the use of contemplating on the book, breaking down the book in the last part of the night, and abstaining from sins. The speaker also discusses the importance of learning one's religion to bring life to the heart and the need for students to study their religion to take it to the next level.

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			My dear respective brothers and sisters,
		
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			welcome back to another session where we hope
		
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			to
		
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			learn how one can soften up his heart.
		
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			We are now on the
		
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			6th point.
		
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			And this point my beloved brothers and sisters
		
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			is
		
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			reciting the book of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			and contemplating on it.
		
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			I haven't seen anything that feeds the mind
		
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			and also nourishes the heart.
		
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			Wayahf Al Jisman also preserves
		
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			one's physical body.
		
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			Wayadman al Sa'ada,
		
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			and also guarantees him happiness.
		
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			Atfaraminidamitin
		
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			Nadarifikitabilah,
		
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			more than continuously looking
		
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			and reflecting
		
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			and contemplating
		
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			on the book of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			Also,
		
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			Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			has not sent down a cure ever
		
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			that is more beneficial
		
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			and more greater
		
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			in removing the different diseases
		
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			that one may be suffering from, than the
		
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			Quran. Also Imran Khan says,
		
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			When
		
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			your heart
		
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			needs its thirst to be quenched,
		
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			And do not quench
		
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			the thirst of the heart
		
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			except by the Quran,
		
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			where the Stoh Hasha
		
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			And when the heart
		
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			feels alienated,
		
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			then do not
		
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			give it that which is going to remove
		
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			its alienation,
		
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			except
		
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			the remembrance of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			From an
		
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			Awe,
		
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			and whoever seeks
		
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			to be shouted by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
		
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			and then Allah Azzawajal will indeed shout to
		
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			him.
		
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			And whoever returns his affairs back to Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, then Allah Azawajal will take
		
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			care of it.
		
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			Also, my beloved brothers and sisters,
		
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			said, he tells us
		
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			in his Kitab at Tabsurah,
		
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			the Quran
		
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			has the same effects as honey.
		
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			When one consumes honey, what does that do
		
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			to a person's body?
		
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			It works as a cure, right?
		
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			This has been medically proven,
		
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			and it has also been proven
		
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			through the
		
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			tradition of the Prophet
		
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			He tells us that the Quran
		
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			cures the body,
		
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			or cures the heart should I say.
		
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			The same way the Asal, the same way
		
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			the honey
		
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			treats one's body when it's suffering from different
		
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			types of illnesses.
		
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			He says,
		
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			Reciting
		
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			1 verse with Contemplation and Reflection,
		
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			it is better
		
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			than reading the whole Quran doing a Hatha
		
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			without
		
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			Contemplation,
		
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			and also without understanding it,
		
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			and it is more beneficial for the heart.
		
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			And it has a bigger effect on an
		
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			individual's heart, his Iman.
		
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			And also him
		
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			tasting the sweetness of the Qur'an.
		
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			And then he says
		
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			reciting the Book of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			with Tafakkur,
		
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			with Contemplation
		
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			is the root cause for one's heart becoming
		
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			rectified.
		
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			Ibn Utayr Ahmadullah He also says:
		
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			Says if an individual now recites the Book
		
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			of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			with Tadabur,
		
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			with Contemplation,
		
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			And this, my beloved brothers and sisters, are
		
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			from the greatest of causes that prevent
		
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			this individual now from falling into sins,
		
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			Maausi.
		
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			And even if it doesn't completely remove
		
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			all of it,
		
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			when you recite
		
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			what it does,
		
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			it removes a part of it or some
		
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			of it.
		
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			He says: The keys
		
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			to bringing life to the heart
		
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			is 3 things:
		
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			contemplating on the Book of Allah and
		
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			also breaking down in front of Allah
		
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			in the
		
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			last part of the night,
		
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			and
		
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			also abstaining from sins.
		
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			And the quotes and the sayings, my beloved
		
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			brothers and sisters, are many.
		
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			We quoted a lot of that which Ibn
		
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			Uqaym Rahmatullahi mentioned, and also Imutania.
		
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			You know, my brothers and my sisters, when
		
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			you
		
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			hear the advice of an individual or acts
		
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			upon his advice,
		
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			this tends to have a bigger effect on
		
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			an individual's heart.
		
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			Ibn Hataym Rahmatullah,
		
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			you can see it from his sayings and
		
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			his speeches
		
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			and that which he has uttered,
		
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			that he really, really meant it
		
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			from the bottom of his heart because of
		
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			the effects that he's seen have on him.
		
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			Walim mutayeem Rahmatullahi
		
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			passed away,
		
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			and this was when he was in prison.
		
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			They say that he completed reading the Book
		
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			of Allah
		
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			80 times.
		
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			And then when he reached
		
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			on his 81th Khatma,
		
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			the 81th time when he wanted to complete
		
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			the Quran,
		
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			he reached the statement of Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala.
		
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			In the Malik and Muqtadir.
		
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			Indeed those who are pious, those of Taqwa.
		
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			They will be blessed with gardens
		
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			and rivers.
		
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			Fi Maqad is Sudhak in the Maliki
		
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			Muqaddadir,
		
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			and they will have
		
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			a place before Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
		
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			a place of truth and sincerity.
		
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			And that's when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala sees
		
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			this soul.
		
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			Allah
		
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			tells us that the
		
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			those who have come with a taqwa,
		
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			they will be
		
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			granted
		
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			gardens and also rivers in Al Jannah.
		
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			And they will also have a place that
		
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			is truth that has no sin.
		
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			And Allahu,
		
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			by Their Lord Allah Subh'anaHu
		
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			Wa Ta'la who is capable of all things
		
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			and who is mighty.
		
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			Then Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala seized his soul.
		
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			That's how Ibrahim 'Rahmatullahi
		
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			passed away.
		
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			Last thing that he uttered was these statements
		
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			of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			And perhaps
		
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			because Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala wanted to grant
		
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			him
		
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			the highest part of Al Jannah,
		
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			and that it becomes a lesson for those
		
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			who come after it.
		
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			West Alhamdulillah
		
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			you'd have to hope that he would actually
		
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