Adnan Rajeh – Surat Al-Qamar and Al-Rahman Summaries

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The transcript discusses two Surahs, one of which is reference to Islam and the other is a reference to the use of warning in Islam. The importance of warning in Islam is emphasized, and the transcript discusses the negative consequences of being a "immature" person. The transcript also touches on the "? when the Lord spoke of all the nations, all the nations were punished, and all of them were punished. The "
the niih who spoke of them were punished, and the niih who spoke of them were punished." The "?" meaning "imature" is emphasized, and the "?" meaning "imature" is emphasized. The transcript gives a warning that the people of Quraysh are going to be punished, and the people of the Day of Judgment are going to be beaten. The "?" meaning "imature" is emphasized, and the "?" meaning "imature" is emphasized."

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			Today insha'Allah I'm going to talk about
		
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			two surahs like I did yesterday.
		
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			The two surahs today are very similar in
		
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			the comparisons that they're going to draw and
		
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			the choices they're going to offer.
		
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			And at the end insha'Allah of this
		
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			cluster of surahs that starts with Qaf and
		
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			ends with Hadid, I will summarize these surahs
		
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			and the comparisons so it will be an
		
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			even more concise summary at the end insha
		
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			'Allah.
		
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			Today we're talking about Surah Al-Qamar and
		
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			Surah Al-Rahman.
		
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			Surah Al-Qamar shows us how what Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala gives us could be
		
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			a niqmah, instead of being a blessing it
		
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			could be a curse.
		
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			It could be something that causes us to
		
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			suffer in the dunya and akhira.
		
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			And it draws the comparison between using it
		
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			properly or it turning into a curse and
		
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			the choices that we can make regarding that.
		
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			Surah Al-Rahman does the opposite, it looks
		
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			at the blessing and it shows us the
		
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			blessing and showing gratitude towards it and it's
		
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			staying and sticking around or not showing gratitude
		
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			and then losing it.
		
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			So the niqmah and ni'mah equation, Surah Al
		
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			-Qamar talks about the things that can turn
		
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			into curses instead of blessings and Al-Rahman
		
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			talks about things that are meant to be
		
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			blessings and actually serve as blessings and it's
		
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			this balance between these two surahs that I
		
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			find to be very interesting and that's why
		
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			they're very beloved surahs and you can understand
		
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			why Al-Rahman is loved so much because
		
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			it talks about blessings and it's a very
		
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			soothing surah.
		
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			So I'll start with Surah Al-Qamar.
		
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			He says subhanahu wa ta'ala at the
		
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			beginning of it, both of them are Makki
		
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			surahs, he says The
		
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			time of the Day of Judgment has come
		
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			near, وَإِن شَقَّ الْقَمَرُ and the moon will
		
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			split.
		
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			Now, I'm not going to spend too much
		
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			time talking about that specific aspect but I'll
		
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			say this.
		
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			The narrations regarding that the moon split during
		
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			the Prophet's life are an issue of controversy
		
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			and most likely what this verse is talking
		
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			about is the fact that the moon will
		
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			split and that is something we know.
		
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			We know that on the Day of Judgment
		
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			what's going to happen to the sun and
		
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			to the stars and to the moon, this
		
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			is something that we have no doubt about
		
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			at all and that's a better way to
		
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			understand the surah rather than trying to understand
		
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			it regarding something that there's a lot of
		
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			controversy regarding its authenticity and what it actually
		
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			meant.
		
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			So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying
		
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			وَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةٍ and if they see signs
		
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			of God, they'll just say this is ongoing
		
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			sorcery, it's ongoing magic.
		
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			وَكَذَّبُونَ When they refuse and they're refusing to
		
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			believe what they know is the truth.
		
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			وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءُهُمْ And they're following their whims.
		
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			وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُسْتَقِبْلَ And everything will settle on
		
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			the Day of Judgment and everything will become
		
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			clear.
		
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			وَلَقَدْ جَاهَهُمْ مِنَ الْأَنبَاءِ مَا فِيهِمْ مُسْتَجَبْلَ And
		
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			they've been given enough information, they've been told
		
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			enough stories, they have enough knowledge.
		
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			Had they used it properly, they would have
		
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			actually stopped saying what they're saying and that
		
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			would have been enough for them to leave
		
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			the path that they're on.
		
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			حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٍ They've been given a lot of
		
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			wisdom.
		
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			فَمَا تُغْنِنُوا What are warnings good for people
		
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			who don't want to listen to it?
		
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			And we're going to find that phrase that
		
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			starts here at the beginning of the surah.
		
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			فَمَا تُغْنِنُوا What good are warnings?
		
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			We're going to find it all throughout the
		
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			surah, repeated time and time again.
		
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			Where He says سُبْحَانَهُ عَلَىٰ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي
		
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			وَنُذُوبِ How did you find My punishment and
		
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			My warnings to be?
		
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			فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُوبِ May you suffer from My
		
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			punishment and My warnings.
		
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			You'll find that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta
		
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			-A'la used that phrase in Surah Al
		
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			-Qamar time and time again.
		
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			After the nation being warned by their prophets
		
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			and after Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A
		
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			'la offering them means to repent and to
		
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			change their ways, they don't and they're punished.
		
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			Which means that the guidance that they were
		
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			given, that gift that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa
		
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			Ta-A'la offered them, went from being
		
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			a blessing to being a curse upon them.
		
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			And that is something that we need to
		
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			contemplate and properly understand so that you don't
		
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			misunderstand the way I'm saying, this is what
		
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			I'm saying.
		
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			That's why in this Surah, after each of
		
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			those verses فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُوبِ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي
		
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			وَنُذُوبِ Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
		
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			reminding them and then you saw My punishment
		
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			and My warnings.
		
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			He says right after the ayah, also repeated
		
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			6-7 times in this Surah وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا
		
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			الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُتَّكِرِ And we have
		
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			made the Qur'an easy for remembrance فَهَلْ
		
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			مِن مُتَّكِرِ Is there anyone who is willing
		
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			to use it as means to remember Allah
		
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			Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la and to
		
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			contemplate and take advice and take benefit which
		
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			is kind of what I was saying a
		
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			second ago See the Qur'an itself, that's
		
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			Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la's salam
		
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			and we ask Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta
		
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			-A'la to grant us the best of
		
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			it The Qur'an itself is either a
		
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			blessing or it could be the opposite of
		
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			that It could be the opposite, it could
		
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			be the reason that the person is punished
		
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			يوم القيامة The Qur'an is either شهيد
		
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			لك or شهيد عليك It's either going to
		
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			testify on your behalf يوم القيامة or testify
		
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			against you And that's what Surah Al-Qamar
		
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			is looking at Watch out, the Qur'an
		
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			has within it all the means for you
		
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			to use it properly but if you don't
		
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			it's going to turn against you It's going
		
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			to be something that you're going to regret
		
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			that you ever knew which is a scary,
		
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			but that's what Surah Al-Qamar is teaching
		
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			that we have to beware What Allah Subh
		
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			'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la gives us can
		
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			be used in both ways That's Surah Al
		
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			-Qamar and Surah Al-Rahman It's the same
		
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			stuff he's giving Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A
		
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			'la but how are we going to use
		
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			them and that's what's going to dictate whether
		
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			they're going to be a نقمة or a
		
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			نعمة It's going to be a curse upon
		
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			us or a blessing upon us And Surah
		
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			Al-Qamar warns us from making them curses
		
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			and Surah Al-Rahman encourages us to make
		
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			them blessings So the two Surahs that I'm
		
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			going to talk about today are Surah Al
		
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			-Qamar and Al-Rahman In this section, which
		
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			starts with Qaf and ends with Al-Hadeed
		
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			It's a section where each Surah presents two
		
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			options It compares between two things and presents
		
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			two options And we've talked about Surah Qaf
		
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			and Al-Dariyat and all of these Surahs
		
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			presented a comparison and their options And today
		
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			I'm going to talk about the two Surahs
		
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			because the two comparisons are similar and the
		
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			two options are similar as well So Surah
		
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			Al-Qamar compares between what Allah Subh'anaHu
		
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			Wa Ta-A'la gives you to be
		
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			a نقمة or to be used in the
		
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			right way And Surah Al-Rahman compares between
		
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			what Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
		
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			gives you to be a نعمة so you're
		
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			thankful or you're not thankful and you go
		
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			What Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
		
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			gives you is نقمة or نعمة Surah Al
		
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			-Qamar focuses on this prevention of being a
		
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			نقمة and Surah Al-Rahman encourages us to
		
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			make it a نعمة And this is what's
		
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			beautiful about these two Surahs And both Surahs
		
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			are from Makkah Surah Al-Qamar starts with
		
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			the saying The Hour has come and the
		
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			Moon has split And the meaning of this
		
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			verse is The splitting of the Moon is
		
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			what happens on the Day of Resurrection As
		
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			for what's mentioned in the Hadith about the
		
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			splitting of the Moon We'll leave that for
		
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			another day And it's a matter of disagreement
		
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			And you need a lot of reflection and
		
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			a lot of thinking to have a good
		
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			discussion about it While what Muslims believe is
		
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			that the Moon will split on the Day
		
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			of Resurrection Just like the Sun is broken
		
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			and the stars are broken and the seas
		
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			are sealed and so on This is one
		
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			of the signs of the Hour and the
		
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			signs of the Day of Resurrection So here,
		
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			while Allah is pointing to a sign of
		
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			the signs of the Day of Resurrection The
		
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			Hour has come and the Moon has split
		
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			But this is still in a state of
		
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			denial and in a state of denial And
		
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			if they see a verse that says a
		
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			constant magic, this is magic It's still constant
		
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			And they denied it They refused to listen
		
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			They followed their desires And everything will be
		
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			settled But everything will be settled on the
		
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			Day of Resurrection And there will be no
		
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			doubt And news has come to them that
		
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			is not enough But they are still hesitating
		
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			This is a great wisdom A great wisdom
		
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			has come to them from the Prophet So
		
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			what's the use of warning?
		
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			This question is repeated in the Surah What's
		
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			the use of warning if a person doesn't
		
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			want to listen?
		
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			For this reason, we find in the Surah
		
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			How was My punishment and My warning So
		
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			taste My punishment and My warning Beware of
		
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			the punishment Beware of the warning Use the
		
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			good that is in your hands for the
		
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			evil and it will become a curse on
		
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			you Man, my brothers, if he is given
		
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			a blessing and then he doesn't use it
		
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			well it will become a curse on him
		
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			on the Day of Resurrection And for this
		
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			reason, after every verse of these verses Allah
		
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			Almighty says And We have made the Qur
		
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			'an easy to remember So is there anyone
		
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			who remembers?
		
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			The Qur'an is easy so that we
		
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			can benefit from it and learn from it
		
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			But is there anyone who is ready to
		
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			learn from it?
		
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			If we are not ready to learn from
		
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			it the Qur'an has become a witness
		
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			against us The Qur'an has become and
		
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			forgive me the word a curse against us
		
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			Not by itself but by our misuse of
		
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			it by our misuse of it This applies
		
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			to the Hafidh peace be upon him who
		
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			memorizes the book of Allah and then does
		
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			not do what is in it On the
		
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			Day of Resurrection this is one of the
		
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			first who will be thrown into the fire
		
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			May Allah's peace and mercy be upon him
		
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			It is a scary and difficult matter But
		
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			this is the reality If a person does
		
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			not use what Allah Almighty has given him
		
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			it will become a curse on him The
		
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			Messenger of the Moon warns from this curse
		
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			warns from misuse and for this reason it
		
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			is repeated and the Qur'an has made
		
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			it easy for us So is there anyone
		
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			who remembers?
		
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			Yes, you remember you remember but you do
		
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			not remember Remembering is not remembering it is
		
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			benefit, understanding, reflection, contemplation This is the meaning
		
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			of remembering And then the surah goes through
		
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			these stories It gives us a glimpse of
		
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			the Day of Resurrection and then it continues
		
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			It gives us that snapshot of people leaving
		
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			their graves and going towards the one who
		
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			is calling upon them and they are saying
		
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			to themselves this is going to be a
		
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			difficult day Then it goes and it talks
		
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			about what is going to happen what happened
		
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			to the people of Nuh فَقَوَلتْ نَوْحَ كَذَّبَتْ
		
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			قَبْلَهُمْقَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونُ وَازْدُجِر ﷻ
		
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			فَدَعَى رَبَّهُ أَنِّهِ مَغْلُوبٌ فَانْتَصِفَ ، فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَٰلَ
		
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			السَّمَاءِ مَاإِنَّ يَوْمٌ مَتَّذَمِّنَ and the people of
		
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			Nuh before them refused to listen to their
		
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			Prophet and they oppressed Nuh until Nuh alayhis
		
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			salam had to say, Ya Rabb, I am
		
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			beaten, I am oppressed, I need help, I
		
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			need your aid.
		
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			And Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
		
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			sent the water and they were drowned.
		
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			And then it talks about Aad, كذبت عاد
		
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			فكيف كان عذابي ونذور, and how Aad was
		
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			punished.
		
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			كذبت ثمود بالنذور, and it talks about Thamud
		
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			and how they refused what their Prophet taught
		
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			them and they were punished.
		
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			And then it talks about قوم لوق, and
		
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			how they refused what their Prophet taught them
		
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			and they were punished.
		
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			And then it talks about Fir'aun, وَلَقَدْ
		
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			جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُورِ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ
		
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			أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ, and how Fir'aun refused
		
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			all the signs that Musa A.S. showed
		
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			them and how Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta
		
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			-A'la punished them.
		
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			The common thread amongst all these people, all
		
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			these nations, that they were all punished.
		
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			See, not all the nations in the Qur
		
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			'an were punished.
		
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			The nation of Ibrahim A.S. was not,
		
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			the nation of Yunus A.S. was not.
		
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			Not all the nations saw punishment.
		
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			But in Surah Al-Qamar, all the nations
		
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			that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
		
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			spoke of, all of them were punished.
		
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			And that's when the ni'mah that they were
		
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			given was turned into a ni'mah.
		
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			That's when the blessing and the gift, the
		
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			gift of their Prophets and the guidance that
		
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			their Prophets had was taken and then misused
		
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			and was refused and was not dealt with
		
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			properly, turned into a ni'mah.
		
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			It turned into a curse upon them, and
		
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			it was their demise, and it ended their
		
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			reigns.
		
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			And that's why at the end of the
		
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			Surah it says, أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُولَٰئِكُمْ What,
		
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			do you think the people of Quraysh who
		
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			are refusing Muhammad are better than those?
		
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			No.
		
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			أَمْ لَكُمْ بَرَاءَةٌ فِى الصِّدْرِ Or somewhere in
		
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			the books of the Prophets it was said
		
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			that the people of Quraysh are not going
		
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			to be punished.
		
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			أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مِّنْ تَصِرٍ Or they're
		
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			walking around saying we're stronger, we're always going
		
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			to be victorious, and you'll never be able
		
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			to beat us.
		
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			أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مِّنْ تَصِرٍ Tell them
		
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			they're going to be beaten, and they're going
		
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			to be running in the opposite direction, all
		
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			of them.
		
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			أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مِّنْ تَصِرٍ And tell
		
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			them the Day of Judgment is what they're
		
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			waiting for, or what is waiting for them.
		
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			And it's worse, and it's much more scary,
		
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			and it's much more difficult than whatever happens
		
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			here in dunya.
		
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			The Surah Al-Qamar just brings this very
		
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			heavy warning.
		
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			إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُورٍ يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي
		
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			الْنَّارِ عَلَى أُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرٍ The criminals
		
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			on the Day of Judgment are going to
		
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			go to the Hellfire to be pulled with
		
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			their face down.
		
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			إِنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَنَاهُ بِالْقَدْرِ Everything that we
		
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			created, he's saying, subhanahu wa ta'ala, we
		
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			created with a destiny behind it, with a
		
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			goal for it.
		
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			Why is that important?
		
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			We're going to see the exact same concept
		
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			in a moment in Surah Ar-Rahman.
		
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			Both Surahs give the same idea.
		
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			What you're given by Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala has a destiny, has a balance to
		
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			it.
		
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			If you use it well, it will be
		
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			a ni'mah, like Surah Ar-Rahman we'll focus
		
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			on in a moment.
		
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			If you don't use it well, it will
		
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			be a ni'mah, so make your choice.
		
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			How you're going to use things is going
		
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			to dictate what they're going to be.
		
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			What you're given doesn't come with a stamp
		
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			on it.
		
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			Whatever happens to you in your life does
		
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			not come stamped good or bad.
		
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			It just comes.
		
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			It's just a part of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala's destiny.
		
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			How you deal with it is going to
		
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			label it.
		
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			How you deal with something labels it khayr
		
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			or shawr.
		
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			It can be easy or difficult.
		
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			That's a given.
		
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			And that's kind of what Surah Al-Qamar
		
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			looks at, the difficult side, Surah Ar-Rahman
		
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			looks at the easier side.
		
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			But it is not labeled as good or
		
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			bad.
		
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			Good or bad, you carry the labeling device
		
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			in your own hand.
		
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			Allah doesn't label it for you.
		
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			He labels it difficult or easy.
		
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			But you have the good or bad labeling
		
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			device.
		
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			And you would make that choice.
		
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			That's why Surah Al-Qamar shows us all
		
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			these nations that were punished, severely punished.
		
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			And talks about the Qur'an.
		
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			Now, is there anyone who's willing to use
		
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			the Qur'an as a means to contemplate
		
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			and reflect?
		
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			Because we've made it easy for contemplation and
		
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			reflection.
		
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			Is there anyone?
		
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			There's a question, will anyone do it?
		
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			Or is the Qur'an going to come
		
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			and testify against us?
		
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			At the end of the Surah, He says,
		
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			وَكُلُّ صَبِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُسْتَطَرٍ Everything that is done,
		
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			small or large, it's all written down, it's
		
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			all documented.
		
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			And it ends with, قَوْلِ إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي
		
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			جَنَّاتٍ مُنَهَرٍ فِي نَقْعَ لِصِدُقٍ إِنَّ مَلِيكٍ مُقْتَبِرٍ
		
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			The pious will find themselves in paradise, in
		
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			rivers, and they'll be in a place of
		
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			honesty, of truth with their Lord.
		
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			Because they were truthful with themselves.
		
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			The beginning of the Surah talks about denial.
		
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			It talks about how the disbelievers are in
		
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			denial.
		
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			No matter what you show them, no matter
		
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			what sign they see, there's nothing.
		
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			It's just ongoing sorcery.
		
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			They're in denial.
		
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			And all the stories, by the way, for
		
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			the prophets, you'll find that thread as well.
		
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			All the people, all the nations who refused
		
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			their prophets show some degree of denial as
		
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			well.
		
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			At the end of the Surah, Allah ﷻ
		
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			talks about the pious and says they're going
		
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			to be in a place of truth.
		
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			Because they were able to be honest with
		
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			themselves, and they're going to find themselves in
		
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			a place of honesty, of truthfulness with their
		
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			Lord.
		
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			فِي نَقْعَ لِصِدْقٍ إِنَّ مَلِيكٍ مُقْتَبِرٍ The king
		
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			was capable of all.
		
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			فَإِذَا تَبَعَتْ فِي سُبْتُ الْقَمَلِ تَجِدْ أَنَّ قَصَصُ
		
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			كُلَّهَا قَصَصُ الْأَقْوَامِ الَّذِينَ أُهْلِكُوا Not all the
		
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			nations in the Qur'an were destroyed.
		
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			There are nations that were not destroyed.
		
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			There are nations of the people of Abraham
		
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			and the people of Jonah.
		
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			They were not destroyed.
		
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			But there are nations that were destroyed and
		
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			punished.
		
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			In Surah Al-Qamar, all the nations that
		
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			the Surah talked about, they are among those
		
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			who were destroyed and punished.
		
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			Noah was against the people of Noah, and
		
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			the people of Hud, and the people of
		
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			Salih, and the people of Lot, and Pharaoh,
		
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			and the people of Moses.
		
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			All of these are those who were destroyed
		
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			and punished.
		
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			So the common thing between them is that
		
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			Allah, Glorified and Sublime be He, gave them
		
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			guidance, and gave them mercy, and gave them
		
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			prophets, and books, and laws, a great good,
		
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			a great wisdom.
		
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			But this is not enough.
		
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			If a person was given all this good,
		
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			and then he did not use it well,
		
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			and it became a curse on him, and
		
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			it was a reason for his punishment, and
		
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			he warns the disbelievers of Quraysh, is it
		
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			better than those people?
		
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			No, never.
		
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			Or do they say that we are all
		
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			winners?
		
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			No, they will all be defeated.
		
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			Rather, the Hour is their appointment.
		
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			A strong warning, a strong dialect in Surah
		
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			Al-Qamar.
		
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			But the Surah says at the end, Everything
		
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			that you have been given from Allah, Glorified
		
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			and Sublime be He, is created according to
		
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			destiny.
		
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			It came to you according to destiny.
		
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			It does not come to you as a
		
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			good or a bad thing.
		
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			It may come to you as a benefit
		
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			or a harm.
		
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			But it does not come to you as
		
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			a good or a bad thing.
		
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			You are the one who determines whether what
		
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			has come to you is a good or
		
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			a bad thing.
		
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			This is the matter of everything that we
		
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			have been created according to destiny.
		
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			That is, everything that Allah, Glorified and Sublime
		
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			be He, has destined is balanced.
		
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			We will find its balance in Surah Al
		
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			-Rahman.
		
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			As if Allah, Glorified and Sublime be He,
		
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			in these two Surahs, which speak about what
		
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			Allah, Glorified and Sublime be He, gives you
		
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			in this world, and it is a favor
		
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			or a blessing by your choice, that everything
		
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			is balanced with Allah.
		
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			Everything is determined by Allah, Glorified and Sublime
		
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			be He.
		
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			It does not come to you as a
		
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			good or a bad thing.
		
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			It may come to you as a benefit
		
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			or a harm.
		
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			It may come to you as a favor
		
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			or a bad thing.
		
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			But you are the one who chooses whether
		
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			it is a good or a bad thing.
		
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			In the way you deal with it.
		
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			For this reason, in Surah Al-Qamrah, all
		
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			of these are punishments.
		
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			And the Qur'an has made it easy
		
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			for us.
		
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			Is there anyone who remembers?
		
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			Or will you use the Qur'an without
		
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			its purpose?
		
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			And it will be a proof for you
		
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			and a favor for you on the Day
		
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			of Resurrection.
		
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			So this is your choice.
		
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			Surah Al-Muqtadir ends with the saying, Indeed,
		
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			the righteous will be in gardens and rivers,
		
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			in a seat of truth, with the Sovereign.
		
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			The righteous will be in a seat of
		
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			truth.
		
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			It is not like the beginning of Surah
		
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			Al-Muqtadir.
		
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			Those who see a verse and say, The
		
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			magicians and the Muslims deny everything.
		
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			They will be in a seat of truth,
		
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			with the Sovereign.
		
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			Surah Al-Rahman.
		
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			Who doesn't love Surah Al-Rahman and enjoy
		
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			reciting it and listening to it?
		
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			Even the way, even the sound of it.
		
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			It has repetition.
		
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			In which of all of the blessings of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, do you too
		
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			not believe or not accept?
		
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			Speaking to both jinn and imams.
		
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			And it's repeated time and time again.
		
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			And that repetition brings a soothing feeling.
		
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			So when you listen to it, it's as
		
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			if it's a therapy session.
		
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			It allows you to completely relax.
		
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			Surah Al-Rahman.
		
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			The most beautiful name of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			Filled with mercy.
		
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			Filled with compassion.
		
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			It's a comforting name.
		
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			He taught the Qur'an.
		
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			خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ And He created the human being.
		
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			عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانِ Taught him how to communicate.
		
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			Taught him how to read and understand.
		
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			And express himself.
		
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			This is the story of...
		
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			This is what makes us unique.
		
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			This is what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			did.
		
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			عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانِ He taught
		
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			the Qur'an.
		
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			He created the human being.
		
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			And then he taught him how to express
		
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			himself.
		
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			And how to learn.
		
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			And how to speak.
		
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			الشَمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ وَبِحُسْبَانِ The sun and the stars
		
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			are all calculated properly.
		
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			وَالنَّجِمُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَيَسْجُدَانِ The stars and the trees.
		
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			They all are a part of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala's system.
		
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			They prostrate to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			in their own way.
		
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			أَلَّا تَقَضَوْا فِي الْمِيزَانِ أَلَّا تَقَضَوْا فِي الْمِيزَانِ
		
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			Do not ruin the balance.
		
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			وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِغُوا الْمِيزَانِ And make
		
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			sure that you're always fair.
		
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			And you're doing things properly.
		
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			And you're weighing things out the way they
		
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			need to be weighed out.
		
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			And you're offering them the correct amounts.
		
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			And you're treating them in the proper way.
		
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			وَلَا تُخْسِغُوا الْمِيزَانِ This is what Surah Al
		
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			-Qamar talks about.
		
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			It's similar to Surah Al-Qamar.
		
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			That balance.
		
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			He sends subhanahu wa ta'ala everything.
		
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			He sends ease.
		
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			He sends difficulty.
		
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			And you decide whether you're going to be
		
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			a ni'mah as Surah Al-Qamar warned us
		
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			from.
		
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			Or a ni'mah as Surah Al-Qamar is
		
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			encouraging us to be.
		
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			It starts with this beautiful beginning.
		
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			Allah the most merciful.
		
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			Who taught the Qur'an.
		
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			Who created the human being.
		
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			And taught him to express himself and speak.
		
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			And communicate in his own language.
		
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			And created everything in a beautiful balance.
		
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			Don't ruin the balance.
		
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			وَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَةِ بِالْقِسْمِ وَلَا تُخْسِغُوا الْمِيزَانِ And then
		
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			as you go throughout the surah, you find
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala just counting these
		
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			blessings.
		
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			مَا رَجَلْ بَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَّانَ مَيْنَهُمَا بَارْزَخُ اللَّهَ يَبَغِيَّانَ
		
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			فَبِعِيَّا لَا يَعُبِّكُمْ مَا تُقَلِّ بِبَعْنِ The two
		
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			seas come to emerge together.
		
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			Between them is a barrier that allows some
		
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			separation.
		
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			So in which of the blessings of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala do you too disbelieve
		
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			or are you too in refusal of?
		
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			Even when He talks about death, كُلُّ مَنْ
		
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			عَلَيْهَا فَأَنْ Everyone on it will end.
		
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			Everything on it is going to end.
		
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			But it's a blessing.
		
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			وَيَبْقَى وَجِهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَتِكْرَمَ As long
		
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			as the one who is filled with glory
		
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			and generosity is going to be around.
		
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			He's not going anywhere.
		
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			He's not ending.
		
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			سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ Then it's a blessing.
		
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			فَبِعِيَّا لَا يَعُبِّكُمْ مَا تُقَلِّ بِبَعْنِ And the
		
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			verses just continue counting all of these blessings
		
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			upon the human being.
		
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			Everything that was given.
		
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			Even when it talks about...
		
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			You see, there's always a balance in the
		
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			surah of the Qur'an.
		
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			As I said, no surah will only talk
		
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			about blessings.
		
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			There will always be a reminder of punishment.
		
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			Just like surah al-Qamar.
		
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			All punishment and at the last word there's
		
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			going to be some talk of reward.
		
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			That balance is in every surah of the
		
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			Qur'an.
		
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			It's a very sacred balance.
		
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			Extremely important.
		
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			So yes, there is brief talk of punishment.
		
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			يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِمَاهُ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِ وَالْأَقْدَامِ The
		
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			criminals are going to be known by the
		
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			way they look on the Day of Judgment
		
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			and they'll be taken to their punishment.
		
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			فَبِعِيَّا لَا يَعُبِّكُمْ مَا تُقَلِّ بِبَعْنِ And then
		
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			it talks about the believers.
		
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			وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ And those who
		
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			fear the status of Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala.
		
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			Again, two paradises, not one.
		
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			فَبِعَيِّا لَا يَعُبِّكُمْ مَا تُقَلِّ بِبَعْنِ And which
		
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			of the blessings of Allah do you too
		
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			disbelieve?
		
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			And it continues فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ
		
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			فِيهِمَا عَيْنَاءِ تَجْرِيَانِ مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَى فُرُشٍ مَقَائِلُهَا مِنْ
		
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			إِسْتَبَرَقَ وَجَنَى الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانِ And it continues to
		
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			talk about how within paradises all these springs
		
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			and fruit and places to recline and people
		
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			to deal with and everyone is beautiful and
		
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			everyone is happy and it's such an uplifting
		
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			surah even those who are on a lower
		
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			level of good deeds they still get a
		
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			jannah they don't get two paradises, they get
		
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			one but they still get something فِيهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ
		
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			وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ it talks about but in the
		
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			midst of all that you'll find this ayah
		
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			that kind of sticks out it says هَلْ
		
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			جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانِ What is the reward
		
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			for excellence except excellence?
		
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			Is there any reward for excellence besides excellence?
		
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			No, no جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانِ Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala showed us excellence showed us
		
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			ihsan in our lives He gave us way
		
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			more than we asked for way more than
		
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			we deserved so what should our response be
		
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			besides ihsan besides showing excellence to ourselves and
		
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			then when you show excellence to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala again, He will show you
		
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			excellence again on the Day of Judgment so
		
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			He'll do it twice for you you just
		
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			have to do it once for Him subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala you will see excellence from
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala twice in your
		
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			life and you're required to show it only
		
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			once جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانِ the verses continue
		
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			to talk about about the نَعِيم the joy
		
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			that is found in Jannah that's why it's
		
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			such an enjoyable surah to recite and people
		
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			love to memorize it but at the beginning
		
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			of it, remember what it says أَقِيْوُ الْوَزْنَ
		
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			بِالْقِسْطَةِ وَلَا تُخْسِغُوا الْمِيزَانِ make sure that you
		
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			continue to keep those scales balanced and fair
		
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			and don't mess with the balance don't mess
		
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			with what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
		
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			giving you make sure that you deal with
		
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			it properly don't go in either direction extravagantly
		
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			and make sure that that balance is sacred
		
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			because it is exactly in surah Al-Qamu
		
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			إِنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَنَاهُمْ يَقَدَىٰ everything is created
		
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			with a destiny you have to know what
		
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			you're doing and how you're dealing with these
		
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			things you'll be given all these blessings it
		
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			has to be a balance you have to
		
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			give it back you have to make sure
		
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			that you're receiving all these blessings you have
		
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			to give them you have to show Ihsan
		
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			that's the balance in the surah talking about
		
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			the balance, that's the balance هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ
		
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			إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانِ is there any reward for excellence
		
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			besides excellence?
		
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			that's the balance you can't be receiving excellence
		
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			you can't be receiving the best of all
		
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			and sit around just taking with nothing being
		
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			given with no effort being put there's no
		
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			balance they're killing the balance so benefit from
		
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			these blessings by using them properly benefit from
		
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			the blessings by keeping the blessings in Surah
		
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			Al-Rahman and avoiding making them a niqmah,
		
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			a curse in Surah Al-Qamar that's what
		
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			the two surahs are talking about it's like
		
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			there are two polars under the same umbrella
		
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			of a concept Surah Al-Qamar is filled
		
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			with warnings and nations being destroyed and a
		
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			very heavy and thick way of speech in
		
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			Surah Al-Rahman much more easy but the
		
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			concept is the same what you're given by
		
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			God has to be dealt with the proper
		
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			balance so that what you have doesn't turn
		
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			into a niqmah and it can stay a
		
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			niqmah Exalted is the name of your Lord
		
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			the one who is most glorious and the
		
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			one who has the highest integrity Subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala Surah Al-Rahman من أجمل السور
		
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			وأكثرها تداول بين الناس يقرؤونها ويحفظونها سبحان الله
		
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			تسمعوها فلا نغم مريح جميل فبأي آلاء ربكما
		
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			تكذبا تكروا هذا التكرار يريع العصاب بأي نعمة
		
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			من نعم الله سبحانه وتعالى يا إنس ويا
		
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			جان تكذبون هذه النعم كلها أمامكم تكذبون بماذا
		
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			تكذبان بأي نعم ولا بنعمة من نعمك يا
		
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			رب تكذبنا وكان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
		
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			في رواية يجيب هكذا ولا بنعمتنا ولا نكذب
		
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			بنعمة من نعمك يا رب وهكذا أجاب جان
		
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			أفضل من الصحابة في رواية طويلة معروفة تبدأ
		
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			سؤال الرحمن أجمل اسم الأسماء بأي سبحانه وتعالى
		
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			الرحمن العام لكل المخلوقات علم القرآن خلق الإنسان
		
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			علمه البيان هذا الترتيب العجيب علم القرآن خلق
		
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			الإنسان وعلمه البيان حتى يستوي بالقرآن ما هو
		
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			القرآن لسه في سورة القمر من ثواني ولقد
		
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			يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر سورة الرحمن
		
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			يتيك بالطلب الأخر علم القرآن هو سبحانه وتعالى
		
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			وعلم الإنسان البيان حتى يستفيد منه لكن نبهنا
		
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			ألا تطبعوا في الميزان وأقيموا الميزان بالقسط ولا
		
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			تخسروا الميزان انتبه للميزان هناك توازن مهم كما
		
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			قال إن كل شيء خلقناه بقدر فالميزان في
		
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			سورة الرحمن ما تؤتاه من نعمة من الله
		
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			سبحانه وتعالى يجب أن تشكرها أو تشكره وإلا
		
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			انقلب ذلك الميزان وإلا أخسرنا الميزان وأفسدنا هذا
		
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			التوازن الذي قلقه الله سبحانه وتعالى وثم تعد
		
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			سورة الرحمن نعم الله علينا نعم كثيرة جدا
		
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			لا تحصى نعم في الدنيا ونعم في الآخرة
		
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			هكذا السورة ثم تأتي إلى آية محورية وتقول
		
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			هل جزاء الإحسان إلى الإحسان هذا هو التوازن
		
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			أحسن الله إليك فليكون منك إلا أن تحسن
		
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			ثم لما تحسن أنت في الدنيا هل تظن
		
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			أن الله يلاقيك بشيء سوى الإحسان يوم القيامة
		
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			يحسن إلينا مرتين سبحانه وتعالى ونحسن مرة فالجزاء
		
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			الإحسان إلى الإحسان لا ينبغي أن نستقبل إحسانه
		
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			سبحانه وتعالى ثم لا نحسن نحن إذا أردنا
		
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			أن نبقى النعمة نعمة فإذا أحسن إلينا سبحانه
		
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			وذا نحسن نحن فنشكر فبأي آلاء ربك ما
		
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			تكذب تكذب بالنعمة لا إذا نشكرها إذا نشكرها
		
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			وهذا هو محورا سورتي القامري والرحمن I hope
		
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			the concept of these two surahs were helpful
		
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			and beneficial سبحانك الله وبركاته شنوا لا إله
		
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			إلا أن تستغفروا وتوبوا إليك وصلى الله وسلم
		
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			وبرك على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين
		
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			جزاكم الله خير ونبارك الله فيكم والسلام عليكم
		
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			ورحمة الله وبركاته