Adnan Rajeh – Surat Saba Summary

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The title "na'ma q both regulations" in the Bible is discussed, including its focus on compassion and mercy. The importance of gratitude and humility in society is emphasized, along with the importance of following Facebook guidelines and not asking for actions or deeds. The transcript also highlights the importance of following rules and not just asking for actions or deeds, and provides examples of successful behavior. The transcript provides insight into the history and characteristics of Yemen, including the loss of safety due to road construction and the need for people to leave homes.

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			Inshallah, today I will talk about Surah Saba,
		
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			and it's the second surah within this sixth
		
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			cluster of surahs in the Quran, starting from
		
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			Surah Al-Ahzab and ending with Surah Az
		
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			-Zumar.
		
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			And all these surahs talk about the concept
		
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			of obedience or followership of the command of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, or full submission,
		
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			and it looks at that concept from different
		
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			angles, and it's an important one to be
		
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			studied in the Quran, because the only thing
		
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			that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala really offered
		
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			us in life that is ours is our
		
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			free will, and He offers us our free
		
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			will subhanahu wa ta'ala, and He asks
		
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			us to give up our free will for
		
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			His will jalla jalaluhum, to make that choice,
		
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			that is the biggest choice we will ever
		
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			make in our lives, and it's worth the
		
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			Quran looking at it from a number of
		
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			different angles for clarity purposes.
		
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			And Surah Al-Ahzab, which was the first
		
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			surah within this cluster that I talked about
		
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			yesterday and the day before, is the longest
		
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			one in this group of surahs, and it
		
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			talks about submission and followership of the commands
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and ta
		
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			'a and istislam, when the commands are especially
		
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			difficult, when it's specifically hard to do so,
		
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			and there's mashaqqah.
		
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			Today Surah Al-Sabah is a bit different,
		
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			it looks at ta'a and istislam, but
		
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			it looks at submission and followership of the
		
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			commands of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala from
		
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			a society perspective, meaning societies have to do
		
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			this as well, it's not just for individuals,
		
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			and when societies do that, their civilizations will
		
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			continue, and when societies have the illusion of
		
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			supremacy or arrogance or vanity, then they will
		
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			fall, and Surah Al-Sabah tells us what
		
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			the components of societal followership of the commands
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala looks like.
		
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			For me as an individual, it's obvious, I
		
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			know how I follow Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala's commands, I pray, I fast, there's certain
		
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			things I do, I read the Quran, I
		
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			go, but how do societies actually do that
		
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			in general?
		
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			Societies, it's not the same, so Surah Al
		
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			-Sabah gives us insight to that, that's why
		
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			it's a very interesting surah.
		
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			So it begins by the praise of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala, alhamdulillah, and there's only
		
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			a couple of surahs in the Quran that
		
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			start with alhamdulillah, al-Fatiha, al-An'am,
		
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			al-Kahf, al-Sabah, and al-Fatir, and
		
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			these surahs always talk about building things, they're
		
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			always looking at how to build something, and
		
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			so Al-Sabah is talking about societies being
		
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			able to continue to build their civilizations and
		
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			their strength through following the commands of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala, by identifying those commands,
		
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			identifying how societies can slip and can make
		
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			mistakes and lose it all.
		
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			And the first concept that the surah talks
		
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			about in terms of societies following the commands
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and being
		
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			in full submission, it talks about the duality
		
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			of knowledge and compassion or rahmah.
		
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			It starts by ya'lamu ma yariju fil
		
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			ardi, wa ma yakhruju minha, wa ma yanzilu
		
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			min al-samai, wa ma ya'ruju feeha,
		
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			wa huwa al-raheem al-ghafoor.
		
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			He knows subhanahu wa ta'ala that which
		
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			has descended from the sky to the earth
		
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			and that which goes from the earth to
		
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			the sky, and indeed he is the most
		
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			merciful and the most forgiving.
		
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			And it's the only time in the Quran
		
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			where raheem comes before ghafoor, it's usually ghafoor
		
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			before raheem, but here specifically because that connection
		
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			between knowledge and between compassion and societies in
		
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			order for them to actually continue to flourish,
		
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			then both knowledge and compassion are needed.
		
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			And if you continue the verses in the
		
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			page, he says subhanahu wa ta'ala, wa
		
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			yara allatheena ootoo al-ilm, allathee unzila ilayka
		
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			min rabbika al-haq, and those who have
		
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			true knowledge will see what was descended upon
		
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			you from your Lord to be the truth.
		
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			The story right after that, so that's the
		
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			first component of societies following and submitting to
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			The first thing they need to do is
		
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			compassion and mercy.
		
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			The second one is going to be taught
		
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			to us through the story of Dawood alayhi
		
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			as-salam, wa laqad aatayna Dawooda minna fadlaa,
		
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			yaa jibaal awwibi maa huwattayr, wa alanna lahul
		
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			hadeed, aneemal saabighat, wa qaddir fissard, wa aamalu
		
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			salihaa, innee bimaa ta'amaluna baseer.
		
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			Continuing, i'malu aala Dawooda shukraa, wa qaleelun min
		
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			ibadiya shukoor.
		
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			And it talks about the civilization of Dawood
		
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			alayhi as-salam, the society that Dawood alayhi
		
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			as-salam and Sulaiman were able to build
		
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			and sustain and then flourish on earth, and
		
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			the strength and the amount of ilm that
		
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			they were given, and fadl, and bounty and
		
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			strength that they were offered by Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, reached the point where they
		
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			were able to get jinn to actually work
		
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			for them.
		
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			The aspect of life that we use for
		
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			superstition, that we somehow fear are going to
		
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			overcome our own brains and control us, Dawood
		
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			alayhi as-salam was in control of and
		
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			made them do things for the sake and
		
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			the well-being of his civilization.
		
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			Actually, the jinn are the ones that had
		
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			the illusion of superiority that caused them to
		
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			lose their ability to govern themselves.
		
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			And the example of that is given at
		
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			the end of that story, falamma qadayna alayhi
		
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			al-mawta, maada lahum ala mawtihi illa daabatul
		
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			ardi taakulu min sa'atah, falamma kharra tabayyanati
		
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			al-jinnu allaw kanu ya'lamuna al-ghayb,
		
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			ma labithu fil-adhaabil muheen.
		
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			What this ayah is saying is that Sulaiman
		
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			alayhi as-salam would command the jinn to
		
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			do something for the betterness of his society
		
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			and they would do it because they feared
		
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			Sulaiman.
		
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			And Sulaiman alayhi as-salam, he passed away
		
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			while staring at them with his hand on
		
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			his cane alayhi as-salam.
		
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			And he stayed there for a certain period
		
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			of time and the jinn didn't know that
		
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			he died.
		
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			And people had the illusion as today that
		
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			the jinn have information that others don't.
		
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			However, the jinn spent a significant period of
		
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			time working for Sulaiman not knowing that he
		
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			had died.
		
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			And the only way they knew he had
		
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			passed away is that when the termites or
		
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			rodents ate away or nibbled away at the
		
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			cane and the cane broke and Sulaiman alayhi
		
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			as-salam fell to the ground because he
		
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			had passed away a while back and they
		
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			figured out that he'd passed away.
		
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			And the ayah is saying the jinn if
		
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			they knew ghayb, if they knew the unseen
		
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			then they wouldn't have spent all this time
		
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			working in fear of Sulaiman alayhi as-salam.
		
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			That illusion of being more knowledgeable than you
		
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			actually are is one of the pitfalls of
		
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			al-jinn and it can be ours as
		
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			well.
		
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			And this is something difficult and the Quran
		
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			has given a number of surahs to talk
		
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			about this subject from different angles.
		
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			For example, surah al-Ahzab in the past
		
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			two days talks about obedience and submission and
		
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			when the circumstances are difficult and when there
		
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			is an embarrassment in the divine order we
		
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			must adhere to it whether it is easy
		
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			or difficult.
		
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			And we have already talked about this with
		
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			some benefit.
		
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			Today, surah al-Sabah talks about obedience and
		
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			submission and leading to Allah but from the
		
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			point of view of the communities.
		
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			Al-Ahzab was talking about surah al-Sabah
		
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			for individuals.
		
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			As for surah al-Sabah, there is a
		
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			point of view on the communities.
		
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			If the communities lead to Allah, and if
		
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			they obey Allah and submit to Allah, this
		
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			leads to the continuation of their civilization.
		
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			And the illusion of superiority, arrogance, power, arrogance,
		
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			and not obeying Allah is what causes their
		
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			fall.
		
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			Then Allah gives us in surah al-Sabah
		
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			what are the factors of obedience to Allah.
		
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			I know what are the orders directed to
		
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			me as an individual.
		
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			Salah, fasting, Hajj, zakah, piety, mercy, jihad and
		
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			apostasy.
		
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			But what are the factors of obedience to
		
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			the communities to Allah?
		
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			Surah al-Sabah explains this beautifully.
		
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			In the first page, it talks about knowledge
		
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			and mercy.
		
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			In its verses, Allah knows what comes to
		
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			the earth and what does not.
		
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			And He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.
		
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			The name of Allah, the Merciful, has not
		
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			preceded the name of Allah, the Forgiving, except
		
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			in this context, in association with knowledge.
		
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			Then at the end of the page, it
		
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			says, And those who have been given the
		
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			knowledge which has been revealed to you from
		
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			your Lord, it is the truth.
		
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			And it leads to the path of the
		
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			Exalted, the Praiseworthy.
		
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			So the first factor of obedience to the
		
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			communities to Allah is to unite between knowledge
		
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			and mercy.
		
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			Then the second factor is gratitude, which is
		
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			present in the story of Dawud and Sulaiman
		
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			in their two civilizations.
		
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			They were able to create strong communities, Dawud
		
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			and Sulaiman.
		
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			They even subjected the jinn to themselves.
		
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			Today, the jinn, which is the source of
		
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			our superstitions, myths, and non-logical things, such
		
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			as life and its entanglement.
		
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			And this is empty talk.
		
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			We imagine that they control us.
		
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			And Dawud and Sulaiman were able to control
		
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			them.
		
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			So they were ordered to do gratitude to
		
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			Dawud's family.
		
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			And when gratitude was cut off, goodness was
		
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			cut off from Allah.
		
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			Then Allah pointed out that the jinn did
		
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			not know the unseen.
		
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			That the jinn in their civilizations and communities
		
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			imagined a power that did not belong to
		
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			them.
		
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			They imagined that they knew the unseen.
		
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			So Allah wanted to expose them in front
		
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			of people and expose them in front of
		
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			themselves.
		
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			So Sulaiman died.
		
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			And he was bent over his staff.
		
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			And he froze in his place.
		
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			And the jinn continued to work in front
		
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			of him for a period of time.
		
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			They were afraid of Sulaiman.
		
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			And they did not know that Sulaiman was
		
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			going to die until the camel of the
		
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			earth ate the staff.
		
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			Until it entered the types of ants that
		
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			eat wood.
		
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			So when the wood got burned and fell,
		
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			Sulaiman fell.
		
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			So the jinn knew that if they knew
		
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			the unseen, they would not have remained in
		
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			the painful punishment.
		
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			So they exposed themselves and the people.
		
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			And we must not fall into the same
		
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			mistake that they fell into.
		
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			So the first two lessons that Surah Saba
		
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			teaches society.
		
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			Number one is the complex of mercy and
		
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			knowledge.
		
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			And the second one is shukr.
		
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			Oh family of Dawood, repay what Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala has given you through showing
		
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			gratitude.
		
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			And through showing thankfulness by helping others.
		
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			The third story in the surah is the
		
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			story of Saba which the surah was named
		
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			after.
		
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			And Saba, لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَأٍ فِي مَسْكَنِهِمْ آيَةً
		
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			جَنَّتَانِ عَنْ يَمِينٍ وَشِمَالْ كُلُوا مِنْ رِزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ
		
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			وَاشْكُرُوا لَهُ بَلْدَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَرَبٌ غَفُورٌ فَأَعْرَضُوا So
		
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			Saba, they lived in a beautiful part of
		
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			the world.
		
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			And they had a lot of provision and
		
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			green and water.
		
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			And they were told by Allah to be
		
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			thankful.
		
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			But they turned their head from it.
		
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			They turned away from it.
		
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			And they were not thankful.
		
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			And they were not grateful.
		
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			What did happen is they became extremely arrogant.
		
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			They became extremely arrogant.
		
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			And they didn't want others also to benefit
		
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			from the bounty of Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ.
		
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			Because the roads from where they lived to
		
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			the center of the world, the center of
		
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			commerce, were very...
		
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			وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْقُرَىٰ اللَّتِي بَرَكْنَا فِيهَا قُرَانٌ
		
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			ظَاهِرًا There were a lot of cities on
		
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			the way.
		
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			So it was safe.
		
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			And everyone was able to take their goods
		
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			back and forth on these roads safely.
		
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			And Saba didn't want that.
		
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			Because they were strong.
		
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			They thought if they were able to take
		
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			that safety away, then only their caravans would
		
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			make it to the center of commerce up
		
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			in Damascus and back again.
		
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			And the rest of the civilizations around them,
		
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			most of the kingdoms, would become very weak
		
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			because they couldn't.
		
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			And they would all need them.
		
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			And they would become stronger and stronger.
		
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			That illusion of strength.
		
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			فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا بَاعِدُ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ
		
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			فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَحَدِيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَاهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ And when they
		
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			did that, when they tried to destroy the
		
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			safety that existed on these routes, Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala had the dam of Ma
		
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			'rib open up wide, and they lost their
		
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			provision of water.
		
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			And it was the biggest immigration that ever
		
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			happened from Yemen into Arabia.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala took their civilization
		
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			away because they became arrogant.
		
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			The third lesson is humility.
		
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			Societies have to be humble.
		
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			Societies have to want khair for others.
		
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			Societies and civilization cannot look down at other
		
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			races and other groups of people.
		
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			From the region of Saba and the region
		
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			of Yemen to the Levant, there are safe
		
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			roads.
		
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			Because there are big cities on the road,
		
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			and the road blocks cannot harm people on
		
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			the side of the big cities.
		
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			The road blocks need to search for those
		
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			who walk alone in the barren desert, so
		
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			it is easier for them to escape.
		
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			So Saba thought that it was one of
		
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			its strengths.
		
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			If this security is removed, no one will
		
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			be able to go to trade, except by
		
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			their protection.
		
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			And they become richer.
		
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			And they have more power over others.
		
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			So when they tried to destroy the security
		
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			on the road between Yemen and the Levant,
		
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			they blew up a dam, and they lost
		
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			their provision of water for irrigation.
		
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			Then the people of Yemen and Saba had
		
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			to emigrate from Yemen to the middle of
		
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			the Arabian Peninsula.
		
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			And this was because they were arrogant.
		
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			So the third lesson in Sura Saba is
		
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			humility.
		
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			Societies should think that they are greater than
		
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			others.
		
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			There should be no racism towards other races,
		
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			and there should be no desire to harm
		
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			others.
		
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			The verses after that, Allah tells us, points
		
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			out that there is going to be a
		
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			certain group of us, but Iblis, may Allah
		
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			curse him, his assumptions are going to be
		
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			correct.
		
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			وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبِلِيسُ ظَنَّةً فَاتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِيقًا
		
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			مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِّمَّنْ هُوَ مِّنْهَا فِي شَكٍّ وَرَبُّكَ
		
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			عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَفِيظٍ And Iblis, his assumption
		
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			was that all humanity would follow him.
		
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			And there's going to be a group of
		
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			us, within our societies, and within our human
		
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			race, who are going to prove him right,
		
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			instead of prove him wrong.
		
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			And the only reason that he was able
		
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			to actually woo them, and distract them from
		
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			the طريق, was through uncertainty, was through doubt,
		
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			الشك.
		
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			The fourth lesson.
		
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			The way that societies have to treat the
		
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			commands of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
		
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			through certainty.
		
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			We know that this is what Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala taught, and we commit to
		
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			it 100%.
		
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			We don't waste time.
		
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			We don't treat it as if it's something
		
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			that a human being wrote.
		
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			There's a difference between what Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala decreed, and what the human beings
		
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			decree in this world.
		
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			And societies have to see that difference, and
		
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			have to treat it as if it's different.
		
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			The حكمة of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			cannot be equal to the حكمة of the
		
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			human being.
		
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			و الدرس الرابع جاء في الآية العظيمة التي
		
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			صدر يقول و لقد صدق عليهم إبليس ظنه
		
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			هناك مجموعة من البشر سيصدقون ظن إبليس عليهم
		
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			و ظنه أنه سيستطيع أن يغوينا أجمعين و
		
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			ليس له سلطان على الناس إلا من خلال
		
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			الشك إلا من خلال إدخال الشك فالدرس الرابع
		
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			اليقين المجتمعات يجب أن تتعامل مع أوامر الله
		
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			و شرعه بيقين و لا أن تساوي بين
		
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			أوامر الله و شرعه و بين أوامر الناس
		
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			و تشريعاتهم و بين القوانين التي سنها البشر
		
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			و القوانين التي سنها الله سبحانه و تعالى
		
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			إذا أرادت أن ترقى و تقوى هذه المجتمعات
		
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			فعليها أن تتعامل مع أوامر الله باليقين لا
		
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			بالشك The lesson after that is actually a
		
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			beautiful number of verses that talk about حوار
		
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			talk about dialogue, debate you'll never find anywhere
		
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			in the world, in any book verses or
		
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			teachings of how to debate and how to
		
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			have a dialogue with people who go against
		
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			your beliefs and you don't agree with and
		
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			the way that the ayat go is that
		
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			they start by debating and talking about Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala we were talking with
		
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			the opposite side قُلِ دُعُوا الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن
		
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			دُونِهِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِثْقَالَ دَرَّةٍ قُلْ مَن يَرْزُقُكُم
		
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			مِّنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ قُلِ اللَّهِ so the dialogue
		
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			begins by us talking about Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala and convincing them of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala and bringing our evidence and
		
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			asking them for evidence for not believing in
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala if they refuse,
		
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			because that's always our goal our goal is
		
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			always da'wah, always to bring people to
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala if they refuse
		
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			وَإِنَّا أَوْ إِيَّاكُمْ لَعَلَى هُدًى أَوْ فِي ضَلَالٍ
		
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			مُّبِينٍ it's either us or you who is
		
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			right or wrong here it's not saying to
		
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			them, we're right and you're obviously wrong it's
		
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			وَإِنَّا أَوْ إِيَّاكُمْ either us or you we'll
		
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			leave that for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			to be the judge of it قُلْ لَا
		
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			تُسْأَلُونَ عَمَّا أَجْرَمْنَا وَلَا نُسْأَلُ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ if
		
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			you think we're making mistakes well you're not
		
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			going to be asked about our crimes and
		
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			we're not going to be asked about what
		
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			you are doing and the Qur'an is
		
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			asking you to talk about your deeds as
		
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			crimes and their deeds as just regular deeds
		
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			because there's more adab when you're speaking to
		
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			the person in front of you قُلْ يَجْمَعُ
		
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			بَيْنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ يَفْتَحُ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَهُوَ الْفَتَّاحُ
		
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			الْعَلِيمُ may the results and the consequences of
		
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			our deeds be the judge on who is
		
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			right and who is wrong let the results
		
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			speak for who is right and who is
		
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			wrong instead of us continuing to debate ideas
		
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			that never comes to an end قُلْ أَرُونِيَ
		
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			الَّذِينَ أَلْحَقُتُمْ بِهِ شُرَكَاءَ كَلَّا بَلْهُ وَاللَّهُ and
		
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			then it ends also with going back to
		
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			that same point of arguing and debating Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala and trying to do
		
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			da'wah for them beautiful verses that talk
		
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			about debate and respecting people's differences respecting that
		
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			not everyone is going to believe in you
		
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			and agree with you let results be the
		
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			judge of who is right and who is
		
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			wrong this is how societies get better societies
		
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			speak the loudest when they speak through the
		
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			results of their deeds instead of through the
		
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			theory of their thoughts I think there's a
		
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			big lesson there for us we
		
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			want to bring people to Allah and invite
		
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			them so if they refuse, then we are
		
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			either on the right path or in clear
		
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			error we don't guarantee our right path or
		
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			their error we just say, since we disagree
		
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			on principles and issues that can't be combined
		
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			then we are either on the right path
		
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			or on the wrong path, and so are
		
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			you how do we know?
		
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			say, you don't ask us about our crimes
		
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			and we don't ask you about what you
		
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			do and we attribute the crime to our
		
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			actions and we attribute the normal work to
		
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			their actions so we don't say, you don't
		
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			ask us about what we do and we
		
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			don't ask you about what you do this
		
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			is not the etiquette of dialogue there are
		
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			amazing verses in surah al-saba in the
		
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			way they talk to each other say, our
		
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			Lord unites us and then He unites us
		
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			with the truth so let the results be
		
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			the judge you do and we don't do
		
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			we don't ask about your deeds and you
		
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			don't ask if you think we are criminals
		
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			you don't ask about our crimes and we
		
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			don't ask about your deeds and you don't
		
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			ask about your deeds and we don't ask
		
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			about your deeds so let the results be
		
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			the judge let the results be the judge
		
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			of our actions instead of discussing and arguing
		
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			the endless debate let the results be the
		
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			judge then Allah returns to the dialogue of
		
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			the faith say, show me those with whom
		
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			you have joined so the dialogue starts with
		
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			the faith and the call and ends with
		
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			it and in between these two, Allah commands
		
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			us to justify the other to understand our
		
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			differences with him wa anna ja'ala al
		
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			-nata'ija hakaman alayna wa alayhim.
		
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			Dars al-rabi'a, ya'ni tafahham ikhtilaf
		
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			al-naas wa ja'alu al-nata'ija
		
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			hakaman alaykum.
		
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			Hawiruhum bil-husna wa kalimuhum wa ja'alu
		
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			al-nata'ija tahkum.
		
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			Man huwa al-muhiq wa man ala al
		
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			-baatil.
		
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			Ma na'ateehim fa naqoon ahnu ala al
		
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			-huda wa antum ala al-baatil.
		
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			La huwa inna aw iyakum la ala hudan.
		
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			Ya'ni duroos azeema fi surat al-Sabah
		
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			min hadi al-mas'ala.
		
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			The fifth lesson that the surah teaches, it
		
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			talks about blind followership.
		
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			That we're not supposed to follow anyone blindly.
		
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			That's why the ayat talk about, law tara
		
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			'idh al-dhalimuna mawqoofuna inda rabbihim.
		
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			yarji'u ba'duhum ila ba'dunil qawl.
		
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			yaqoolu allatheena astudh'ifu allatheena astakbaru.
		
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			law la'antum lakunna mu'mineena.
		
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			On the Day of Judgment, when the weak
		
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			and the strong stand in front of Allah,
		
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			and the weak say to the strong, if
		
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			it wasn't for you, we would have been
		
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			believers.
		
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			qala allatheena astakbaru allatheena astudh'ifu.
		
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			anahnu sada'danakum AAala al-huda.
		
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			We didn't physically restrain you from becoming believers.
		
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			So they answer them, bal makroo allayli wal
		
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			-nahaar.
		
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			idh ta'muroonana annakfuroo billah.
		
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			You put in huge amounts of efforts, and
		
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			you eluded us, and you lied to us,
		
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			and you commanded us to leave Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, and we listened to you.
		
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			But that was your, you shouldn't have listened.
		
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			Just because you follow someone blindly, doesn't mean
		
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			that you're going to be exempted from punishment,
		
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			or from accountability on the Day of Judgment.
		
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			This is something the Qur'an teaches time
		
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			and time again.
		
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			Within societies, if Surah Saba is teaching us
		
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			how to follow Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			and submit to Him through societal behaviors, this
		
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			is the fifth lesson.
		
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			We mustn't, we cannot afford blind followership.
		
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			Everyone has to be a part of the
		
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			leadership of their society.
		
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			Leaders lead, and followers, they question, they hold
		
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			accountable the leaders ahead of them, and that
		
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			is how this whole thing works.
		
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			And these ayats are very, very important from
		
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			that perspective.
		
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			Al-dars al-khamis ba'da dhalika fi ta
		
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			'at al-mujtama'ati lillahi hatta taqif wala
		
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			tasqut, kan al-hadithu feeha an harmat al
		
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			-ittiba'i al-a'ma, faya'ti al-dhalimuna yawm
		
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			al-qiyama amama ba'dihim allatheena istad'ifu wa
		
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			allatheena istakbaru, fayaqifuna amama ba'dihim al-ba'd, fayaqifuna
		
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			amama
		
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			ba'd,
		
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			fayaqifuna amama ba'd, The
		
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			lesson after that is money management.
		
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			وَقَالُوا نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَالًۭا وَأُولَادًۭا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
		
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			قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ
		
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			وَيَقْدِرُ
		
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			Not everyone is equal in the way I
		
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			give it.
		
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			And those I don't give a lot of
		
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			wealth, I'm doing it for their own sake.
		
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			مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهْ لَهْ Meaning, for their
		
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			own sake.
		
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			وَمَا أَنْفَقْتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُ And anything
		
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			that you spend for the sake of Allah
		
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			Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, He will
		
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			pay you back time, fold upon fold from
		
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			what you actually spent.
		
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			The sixth lesson is going to be managing
		
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			money.
		
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			And making sure that we identify that Allah
		
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			Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la gave my
		
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			distributed wealth unequally amongst people so that we
		
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			could come and use that wealth to help
		
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			others and strengthen the bonds within our societies.
		
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			الدرس السادس يتعلق بالمال لما قال الكفار نحن
		
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			أكثر أموالا وأولادا وما نحن المعذبين قُلْ إِنَّ
		
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			رَبِّ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَقْدِرُ وَمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ
		
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			وَلَا أُولَادُكُمْ بِالَّتِي تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِنْدَنَا زُلْفَ المجتمعات
		
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			لا تقوم الحضرات لا تستمر إذا دخل الفساد
		
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			في الأموال The lesson after that in the
		
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			surah is a lesson of intellect He says
		
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			سبحانه وتعالى قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَعِظُكُم بِوَاحِدَةٍ إِنْ تَقُومُوا
		
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			لِلَّهِ مَثْنَا وَفُرَادًا ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُوا مَا بِصَاحِبِكُم مِّنْ
		
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			جِنَّةٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ لَّكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ
		
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			عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ Say I give you one piece
		
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			of advice If you will listen to nothing
		
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			that I'm going to say I give you
		
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			one piece of advice as societies That you
		
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			as individuals and as groups You come together
		
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			and you engage in deep thought You engage
		
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			in deep reflection And تَتَفَكَّرُوا And then you
		
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			come to the proper conclusion The conclusion that
		
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			the Prophet ﷺ did not bring misguidance to
		
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			us That he brought to us the guidance
		
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			of Allah And that he is warning us
		
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			from true punishment And the verses continue قُلْ
		
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			إِنَّ رَبِّ يَقَذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ Say that
		
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			my Lord He sends truthfulness and righteousness On
		
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			everything that is not righteous And he is
		
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			the omniscient And the one who knows the
		
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			unseen قُلْ جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا
		
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			يُعِيدُ Say the righteousness is now here And
		
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			falsehood has never had a chance مَا يُبدِئُ
		
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			الْبَاطِلُ It can't initiate anything that is good
		
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			And it's only there for a short period
		
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			of time And it dies off anyway The
		
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			sixth command was تَفَكَّر For us to engage
		
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			in thought Engage in reflection Which is what
		
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			society is supposed to do They're supposed to
		
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			come together and think We should have people
		
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			who are planning Our future planning Coming up
		
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			with solutions Looking for حق amongst this universe
		
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			of باطل That we are living in Six
		
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			lessons Surah Al-Sabah gave us Six commands
		
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			Six components of societies Submitting to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala And prospering by doing it
		
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			And the commands are Number one The duality
		
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			of mercy and knowledge Number two شُكْر Showing
		
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			gratitude And whatever Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			Offered societies They should offer those who don't
		
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			have the same Humility And not having the
		
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			illusion of superiority And grandness that doesn't exist
		
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			And not becoming arrogant and vain Which is
		
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			something that societies can often Engage in And
		
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			causing racism And bigotry and hatred Number four
		
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			Certainty Dealing with the rulings of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala As being rulings from Allah
		
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			Not from human beings And dealing with them
		
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			in certainty That's why the surah ends وَحِيلَ
		
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			بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِأَشْشَعِهِمْ مِنْ
		
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			قَبْلِ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا فِي شَكِّم مُرِيبٍ Indeed They
		
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			were in a horrible amount of doubt The
		
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			lesson after that Is a lesson of حِوار
		
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			Of dialogue Dialogue that allows people That allows
		
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			everyone to disagree And allows results to be
		
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			the حكم To be the judge On whether
		
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			what we are doing is right or wrong
		
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			The lesson after that Is a lesson of
		
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			not following leadership blindly Of making sure that
		
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			we understand That we are responsible for our
		
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			deeds And no one Even if there's leadership
		
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			in our society We still are asked and
		
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			required To hold accountable those who are leading
		
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			us And the lesson after that Is the
		
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			lesson of money management Of knowing that societies
		
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			have to use And distribute their wealth Within
		
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			themselves properly And the final lesson The lesson
		
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			of reflection and deep thought And these are
		
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			the lessons that Allah SWT Gives us in
		
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			Surah As-Sabah And asks societies to hold
		
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			on to In order for them to continue
		
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			To have their civilizations If we complete the
		
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			lessons That Allah SWT gave us In Surah
		
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			As-Sabah For societies to hold on to
		
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			To the command of Allah And to obey
		
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			Allah And to maintain their strength And not
		
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			lose it The first is knowledge and mercy
		
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			The second is gratitude The third is modesty
		
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			And the existence of the illusion of power
		
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			And arrogance and arrogance The certainty in the
		
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			command of Allah And not dealing with Allah's
		
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			commands As the commands of humans Dialogue is
		
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			the goal That respects the opponent And that
		
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			makes the results Judgment on the actions Not
		
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			blindly following And questioning the commands A good
		
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			use of money in societies And reflection I
		
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			advise you all To reflect And reflect on
		
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			the societies In solving their problems I hope
		
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			that was beneficial Glory be to Allah and
		
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			praise be to Him There is no god
		
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			but Allah I ask forgiveness and repent to
		
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			Him And peace be upon our master Muhammad
		
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			And upon his family and companions May Allah
		
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			reward you all May Allah bless you all
		
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			Peace be upon you