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The Surah's final message includes references to Islam, including the need for people to hold on to their spiritual, the importance of waiting for the final passage and page, and the need for more action to accept Islam and believe in it. The importance of praying for their future, finding the right religion, and testing their ability to achieve success is emphasized. The spiritual process is taking time and becoming more difficult to achieve, and the need for individuals to be able to achieve their goals is emphasized.

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			In the name of Allah, the most beneficent,
		
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			the most merciful.
		
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			Peace be upon you.
		
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			I bear witness that there is no deity
		
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			worthy of worship except Allah, the Lord of
		
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			the worlds.
		
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			I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant
		
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			and Messenger.
		
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			And I bear witness that Muhammad is His
		
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			servant and Messenger.
		
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			And I bear witness that Muhammad is His
		
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			servant and Messenger.
		
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			Welcome to another episode of our Tafsir program,
		
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			page by page, Insha'Allah Ta'ala today,
		
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			we are on page 150 of the Qur
		
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			'an which is the final page of Surah
		
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			Al-A'am in the 8th Juz' of
		
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			the Qur'an.
		
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			In the previous episode we mentioned those verses
		
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			in which Allah Subhanu Wa Ta'ala towards
		
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			the end of this amazing Surah, Surah Al
		
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			-A'am, Allah Azawajal gives to us some
		
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			very comprehensive commandments and some very comprehensive pieces
		
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			of advice or legislations that Allah Azawajal gives
		
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			us in this Surah and from amongst them
		
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			is certain things to do with our Aqidah,
		
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			our belief, our theology and some of those
		
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			things were to do with certain actions that
		
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			we may or may not perform or certain
		
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			things that we should or should not do
		
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			and some of those issues were with regards
		
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			to our character and our integrity and the
		
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			way that we should behave and uphold ourselves
		
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			as Muslims.
		
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			Allah Subhanu Wa Ta'ala said in the
		
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			Qur'an after mentioning those verses of legislation,
		
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			Allah Azawajal mentioned the Qur'an and its
		
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			importance and its significance in the life of
		
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			the Muslim and the non-Muslim to everyone
		
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			that the Qur'an was sent to that
		
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			they should hold on to it and believe
		
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			in it lest that people should come on
		
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			Yawm Al-Qiyamah with the claim that they
		
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			didn't receive revelation or the claim that they
		
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			didn't know or that Allah Azawajal didn't give
		
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			to them any guidance, no message came to
		
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			them.
		
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			Those are excuses, those are justifications, those are
		
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			our reasonings that will not be accepted by
		
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			Allah Azawajal on Yawm Al-Qiyamah because Allah
		
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			Subhanu Wa Ta'ala has sent to each
		
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			and every single one of us the Qur
		
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			'an and has given to us the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		
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			So unless someone has a genuine reason as
		
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			to why because there must be some people
		
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			that have genuine reasons as to why they
		
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			were able to believe such as the person
		
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			who was insane, unable to comprehend, understand or
		
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			maybe the person who is deaf dumb and
		
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			blind has no ability to or no senses
		
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			that allow him to receive or her to
		
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			receive the message.
		
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			There are certain exceptions to the rule of
		
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			people receiving the message, but for many people
		
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			who have heard of Islam, have come across
		
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			the Qur'an, have heard of the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, then the message to
		
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			them has been reached in one form or
		
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			another and Allah Azawajal knows best.
		
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			Either way that is for Allah Azawajal to
		
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			determine and Allah Subhanu Wa Ta'ala is
		
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			the best of judges.
		
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			It's not something which we need to overly
		
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			preoccupy ourselves with.
		
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			But we come today to what will be
		
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			the final passage and page of this Surah,
		
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			Surah Al-A'am and we continue from
		
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			verse number 158 and that is the statement
		
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			of Allah Subhanu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			Are they waiting for the very angels to
		
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			come to them or your Lord Himself or
		
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			maybe some of His signs?
		
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			From the day some of your Lord's signs
		
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			come, no soul will profit from faith if
		
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			it has not had any before or has
		
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			not already earned some good through its faith.
		
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			Say wait if you wish, we too are
		
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			waiting.
		
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			Allah Subhanu Wa Ta'ala in this verse
		
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			again addressing the disbelievers and the people who
		
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			have rejected his message, rejected the Qur'an,
		
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			rejected the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, Allah
		
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			Azawajal asks them and poses this question to
		
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			them, are they waiting for a number of
		
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			things to take place in order for them
		
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			to be able to believe?
		
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			Because we know as we mentioned now a
		
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			number of times throughout this tafseer that the
		
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			mushrikeen and the disbelievers used to demand from
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam a number
		
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			of signs and miracles that they wanted to
		
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			see in order for them to take Iman,
		
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			in order for them to believe, in order
		
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			for them to submit to Allah Subhanu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala.
		
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			Allah Azawajal is saying that because of their
		
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			oppression, because of their arrogance, because of their
		
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			obstinacy, now they are demanding that they won't
		
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			believe until they see these signs, are they
		
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			waiting for the angels of Allah Azawajal to
		
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			come and appear before them so that they
		
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			may come and take their souls and they
		
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			may come and remove them from this world
		
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			and then they will believe.
		
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			They will believe on that day when death
		
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			strikes them because they will have no other
		
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			option except to understand now what the reality
		
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			is.
		
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			But that isn't called Iman anymore.
		
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			When the angel comes and takes the soul
		
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			from the believers, from the person's body, believe
		
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			or disbelieve, that is a time when no
		
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			more action will be accepted, no Iman that
		
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			wasn't there before will be accepted.
		
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			Or are they waiting for your Lord to
		
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			come, meaning on Yawmul Qiyamah, when he comes
		
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			to judge the people and he comes to
		
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			hold them to account and he comes to
		
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			decide their fate for eternity on that day,
		
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			is that what they are waiting for?
		
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			Or are they waiting for some of the
		
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			signs of your Lord, meaning some of the
		
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			signs that show that Yawmul Qiyamah is close
		
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			at hand and it is fast approaching.
		
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			What are these people waiting for?
		
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			What more do they need in addition to
		
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			what Allah Azawajal has already given to them
		
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			in the Quran of the stories and of
		
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			the commandments and of the warnings and of
		
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			the reminders, all of the things that they
		
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			find in the book of Allah Azawajal, what
		
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			more do they need in order for them
		
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			to accept Islam and to believe, other than
		
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			to see physically those things that Allah Azawajal
		
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			is warning them of and that is death
		
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			and Yawmul Qiyamah and the accounting before Allah
		
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			Azawajal and how far and how far it
		
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			is, but by then it is too late
		
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			and that is where Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
		
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			'ala then says يَوْمَ يَأْتِي بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّي
		
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			On the day that some of the signs
		
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			of your Lord come and the signs of
		
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			your Lord that are being referred to here
		
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			are being referred to as the final signs
		
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			of Yawmul Qiyamah and that is the rising
		
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			of the sun from the west.
		
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			As we know from a number of hadith
		
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			of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, because a
		
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			number of hadith of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
		
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			Wasallam mentioned to us that the, as is
		
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			for example in Bukhari Muslim, the hadith of
		
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			Abu Huraira R.A. that if once, as
		
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			the soul leaves the body, so a person
		
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			on their deathbed as their soul is leaving
		
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			their body, or when the sun rises from
		
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			the west, then it will not benefit anyone
		
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			to take faith anew or to increase in
		
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			the faith that they already may have if
		
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			they are believers.
		
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			On that moment you can't do more good
		
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			deeds, at that moment you can't increase in
		
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			Iman if you are already a Muslim or
		
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			if you are a non-Muslim to accept
		
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			Iman at the time of death.
		
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			And Allah Azzawajal shows us in the Qur
		
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			'an, in the story of Pharaoh.
		
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			Pharaoh, when he is being drowned in the
		
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			sea and he sees death before his eyes,
		
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			then he takes, as Allah Azzawajal mentions to
		
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			us in the Qur'an, that he says,
		
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			I now believe in the Lord of Bani
		
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			Israel.
		
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			He is now willing to take faith.
		
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			But that faith, more benefit to him, and
		
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			that is what Allah Azzawajal says in those
		
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			verses, Do you now wish to take faith
		
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			after all that you did before?
		
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			Meaning now that you've seen the reality, death
		
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			is upon you, and the angel of death
		
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			is extracting your soul, and there is no
		
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			more scope for you now, there is no
		
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			time, there is no delay in this.
		
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			Now you come and you believe in Allah
		
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			Azzawajal, that is too late, as the Prophet
		
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			told us, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, in those hadith.
		
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			And so likewise Allah Azzawajal is saying, يَوْمَ
		
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			يَأْتِي بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّكِ On the day that
		
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			some of the signs come, what are those
		
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			signs, or which signs Allah Azzawajal is referring
		
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			to, it is mentioned in the sunnah of
		
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			the Prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, and that is
		
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			when the sun rises from the west, because
		
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			when the sun rises from the west, then
		
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			people will know that destruction is upon them,
		
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			that the end is upon them.
		
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			Once that happens, لَا يَنفَعُ نَفْسًا إِيمَانُهَا لَمْ
		
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			تَكُنْ آمَنَةٌ مِنْ قَبْلٍ No soul will then
		
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			profit from faith if it had none before.
		
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			Meaning on that day, people can't stop taking
		
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			Iman.
		
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			Or at the time of death, on their
		
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			deathbed, as death approaches them, they can't take
		
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			Iman now, meaning as the soul is being
		
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			extracted from them.
		
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			We're not speaking about someone who is sick
		
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			for a number of weeks or months or
		
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			days, and then eventually they come to Islam,
		
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			we're talking now in the final moments of
		
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			their life, when they see that now death
		
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			has come to them, and it is something
		
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			which is inevitable.
		
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			And so then they wish to take Iman,
		
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			it will be too late.
		
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			Then, Oh!
		
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			كَسَبَتْ فِي إِيمَانِهَا خَيْرًا Or they have not
		
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			already earned some good through its faith.
		
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			Meaning that for those people who have believed
		
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			or have Iman, it's not possible for them
		
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			to then come and say actually I'm going
		
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			to do more good now.
		
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			I want to do Sadaqah more, I want
		
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			to read Qur'an more, I want to
		
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			make more Dhikr of Allah Azawajal, I want
		
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			to do more good deeds.
		
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			You have a whole lifetime, for example, in
		
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			the fortunate case of some, they don't pray,
		
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			their whole life they didn't give any Zakah,
		
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			their whole life they didn't fast Ramadan, their
		
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			whole life they had opportunities to perform Hajj
		
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			and Umrah, they didn't do so, they did
		
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			very little good.
		
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			And now at this time, now they want
		
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			to make Tawbah, and now they want to
		
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			turn to Allah Azawajal, now they want to
		
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			pray.
		
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			If at that moment that is what takes
		
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			place in those final moments of life, it's
		
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			not accepted by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			But the time for that is before, right?
		
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			And the time for that is when you
		
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			have the opportunity to worship Allah Azawajal, the
		
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			opportunity to remember and to be reminded.
		
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			And that is why even for the believer,
		
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			this verse is a very powerful verse.
		
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			This verse is something which shows us that
		
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			we should never be neglectful of what our
		
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			ultimate end is.
		
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			How often do we go to a Masjid
		
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			or hear of someone, we go to a
		
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			Masjid and there is a Janazah prayer that's
		
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			being offered.
		
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			How often do you hear of someone that
		
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			you know, a relative, a friend, a neighbor,
		
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			some type of acquaintance of yours that has
		
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			passed away, elderly and young, people who are
		
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			relatively fit and healthy and people who are
		
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			not so much, rich and poor, male and
		
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			female, whatever it may be, people are dying
		
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			all around us and they die on a
		
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			daily basis.
		
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			And sometimes those deaths are removed from us.
		
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			They take place in a different part of
		
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			the world due to some calamity or some
		
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			type of man-made issue or they happen
		
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			around us because of the people around us
		
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			that also pass away.
		
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			Those are all reminders from Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			What more are you waiting for?
		
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			Are you waiting for it to come to
		
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			you and happen to you and then you're
		
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			going to believe and you don't even, me
		
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			and you don't even have the guarantee that
		
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			when death comes to us, it's going to
		
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			be on a deathbed.
		
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			They're going to be ill for a number
		
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			of months beforehand.
		
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			Then we're going to have the opportunity to
		
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			make Tawbah or to do good deeds or
		
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			that we will have that opportunity to even
		
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			realize that death may come to us suddenly.
		
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			We may die the next day without even
		
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			knowing what's going to happen, without being diagnosed
		
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			with any type of illness, without being given
		
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			any type of warning.
		
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			Many people die in that way.
		
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			So sometimes we also, shaytan comes and he
		
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			also makes us think that we'll live to
		
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			a ripe old age and we'll see our
		
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			days and we'll see the decline in our
		
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			health and we'll see that we're becoming sick
		
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			or ill and weak and therefore we'll start
		
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			to do more good deeds.
		
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			As our health decreases, our good deeds will
		
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			increase.
		
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			That's not always the equation that you're given.
		
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			Some people are given that, but not everyone.
		
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			And so Allah azza wa jal is saying
		
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			here that you don't have the, just as
		
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			the mushrikeen, they don't have that guarantee from
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			وَلِلْتَضِيرُوا۟ إِنَّا مُنْتَضِيرُونَ So say to them, wait
		
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			if you wish me to awaiting, meaning if
		
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			that's what you're waiting for, then do so
		
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			because we already know what the end is
		
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			for those people.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then says in
		
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			the next verse 159 إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ
		
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			وَكَانُوا شِيَعًا لَسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُمْ
		
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			إِلَى اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّيُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ As
		
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			for those who have divided their religion and
		
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			broken up into factions, have nothing to do
		
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			with them, their case rests with Allah azza
		
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			wa jal in time.
		
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			He will tell them about their deeds.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying that
		
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			those people who split up and caused factions
		
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			and divisions in their religion because they didn't
		
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			follow the scriptures that the prophets came to
		
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			them and they didn't follow the way of
		
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			their prophets in their pristine and original way
		
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			and they didn't follow then the message that
		
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			was given to the prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam
		
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			either and so they have divided into denominations
		
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			and sects and factions and groups.
		
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			Oh you prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam, you have
		
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			nothing to do with them.
		
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			لَسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي الشَّيْءِ You have no part
		
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			in this.
		
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			You have nothing to do with them and
		
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			that is why in our religion in Islam
		
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			also the prophet told us salallahu alaihi wasalam
		
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			that our ummah would also split up.
		
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			It would also divide into many groups and
		
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			factions into many labels and names and then
		
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			the prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam was asked by
		
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			the companions of messenger of Allah.
		
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			So which one of them should we stick
		
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			to?
		
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			He said that which you find me and
		
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			my companions upon this day.
		
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			مَا أَنَا عَلَيْهِ الْيَوْمُ أَصْحَابِي What I will
		
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			follow my companions upon because that is the
		
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			Deen, that is Islam, that is the religion
		
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			what the prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam understood of
		
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			Islam, what he preached of Islam, what he
		
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			practiced of Islam and what those companions who
		
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			lived with him and sat with him and
		
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			walked with him and studied with him and
		
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			resided with him and fought alongside him what
		
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			they understood of the religion how they understood
		
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			what the prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam said because
		
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			they were there live in person.
		
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			They understood and the understanding and the understanding
		
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			of anyone that's there on at the time
		
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			and the occasion live living it experiencing it
		
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			will be better than someone who comes three
		
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			four five seven hundred years later.
		
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			And so the understanding of the companions and
		
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			the way that they understood the religion that
		
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			is something which is extremely important for us
		
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			as Muslims to hold on and it is
		
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			unfortunate today that we see many Muslims their
		
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			understanding of Islam isn't necessarily the understanding of
		
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			the companions and some of those issues there
		
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			is some leeway, there's some differences of opinion
		
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			even though the companions differed over some issues,
		
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			but they didn't differ on the foundations of
		
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			Islam.
		
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			They didn't differ on issues of Iman and
		
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			Aqeedah.
		
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			They didn't differ concerning the names and attributes
		
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			of Allah Azza wa Jalla or the Divine
		
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			decree of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala or
		
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			the status of the companions for example and
		
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			other things there are certain essentials in our
		
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			religion that the ummah agreed upon to take
		
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			those essentials and to remove them or to
		
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			manipulate them or to distort them or to
		
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			ignore them outright and to follow something else
		
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			that is problematic in terms of a person's
		
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			Iman.
		
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			Inna ma amruhum ila Allah, their affair will
		
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			be with Allah Azza wa Jalla and he
		
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			will tell them in time as to that
		
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			which they did.
		
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			On Yawmul Qiyamah Allah will resurrect everyone and
		
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			that is why the Prophet told us salallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam, it's mentioned in a number
		
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			of hadiths, this is a hadith of Ibn
		
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			Mas'ud radiallahu anhu, the Prophet said salallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam that on Yawmul Qiyamah I
		
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			will be brought my people meaning some of
		
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			my people from my ummah and then they
		
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			will be driven away from me.
		
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			So I will call out and I will
		
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			say Ashabi, Ashabi, these people are my people,
		
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			they're my ummah, meaning the Prophet salallahu alayhi
		
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			wa sallam will recognize them as Muslims, as
		
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			people from his ummah and then the Prophet
		
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			salallahu alayhi wa sallam will be told, innaka
		
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			la tadri ma ahdathu ba'da, you don't know
		
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			what they did in terms of innovation to
		
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			your religion after you.
		
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			Now that shows them that even amongst the
		
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			Muslims there are people that will be driven
		
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			away from the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			separated from him as a result of their
		
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			division into factions and what is the basis
		
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			of that division because they strayed from the
		
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			message of Islam from the Sunnah of the
		
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			Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam and so we,
		
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			me, you as Muslims, that's our duty, our
		
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			responsibility to ensure that when we follow Islam,
		
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			it is Islam that Allah azawajal mentioned in
		
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			the Quran that the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam gave to us in his Sunnah.
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala then says in verse 160
		
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			concerning those people who do good and those
		
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			who do evil.
		
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			Whoever has done a good deed will have
		
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			it ten times to his credit, but whoever
		
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			has done a bad deed will be repaid
		
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			only with its equivalent, they will not be
		
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			wronged.
		
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			This is from the amazing mercy of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala as the Prophet told
		
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			us salallahu alayhi wa sallam in the beautiful
		
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			Hadith that Allah azawajal has determined the reward
		
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			of good deeds and the punishment of evil
		
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			deeds.
		
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			If a person has the sincere conviction and
		
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			intention to do something good and then they
		
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			are unable to do it for whatever reason,
		
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			Allah still records it as one good deed,
		
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			meaning you intended to do a good deed,
		
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			but then for a valid reason you were
		
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			able to, you felt sick, something happened to
		
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			you an unavoidable circumstance and it prevented you
		
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			from doing that good deed, Allah sees your
		
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			intention and sincerity gives you a good deed
		
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			and if you're able to do it, you
		
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			perform the action, Allah multiplies it by ten
		
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			to 700 up to many more and Allah
		
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			azawajal mentions the minimum amount in this verse
		
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			that it will be given ten times in
		
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			terms of its credit or in terms of
		
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			its multiplication of reward and if someone does
		
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			an evil deed, meaning that they do an
		
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			evil, they have the intention to do an
		
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			evil deed and then they don't do it,
		
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			they turn away from it, then Allah azawajal
		
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			doesn't hold them to account for anything and
		
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			if they do it, then Allah azawajal only
		
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			records it as a single evil deed and
		
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			that is from the mercy of Allah azawajal,
		
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			that is what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			says here and whoever has done a bad
		
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			deed will be repaid only with its equivalent,
		
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			meaning one evil deed equals one evil sin,
		
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			one evil deed or two evil deeds equal
		
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			to evil sin and so on and so
		
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			forth.
		
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			But when it comes to good deeds Allah
		
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			multiplies, when it comes to good deeds Allah
		
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			azawajal increases and gives you far more.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then says in
		
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			verse 161 Say, my Lord has guided me
		
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			to a straight path,
		
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			an
		
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			upright religion, the faith of Ibrahim, a man
		
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			of pure faith.
		
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			He was not a polytheist.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in this verse,
		
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			he says and commands the prophet sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wasallam to say, say meaning O prophet sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wasallam, this is my religion.
		
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			What my Lord has guided me to is
		
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			a straight path, meaning what I am upon
		
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			is a path that will lead to Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala, to his pleasure and
		
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			to his reward and it is an upright
		
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			religion, a religion that isn't full of contradictions
		
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			or weaknesses or oppression or wrongdoing.
		
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			It is a religion that only speaks to
		
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			good, calls to that which is good, upholds
		
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			that which is good and beneficial for the
		
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			individual and for all of society.
		
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			And so the person who accepts Islam and
		
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			believes in Islam and practices Islam is someone
		
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			who will uplift themselves and uplift their family
		
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			and the people around them who also believe.
		
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			And this was the origin of Ibrahim a
		
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			.s. Who was upon the way of Tawheed.
		
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			And so Allah azawajal is commanding the prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wasallam that this is your religion,
		
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			the religion of your followers.
		
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			It is a religion which is straight and
		
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			isn't crooked.
		
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			It is a religion which is upright and
		
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			not corrupt and is the religion of all
		
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			of the prophets including the greatest of them
		
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			or from the greatest of them Ibrahim a
		
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			.s. And he wasn't a person of shirk
		
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			just in case people misunderstand this verse because
		
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			many religions as we know claim Ibrahim a
		
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			.s. His religion which was upright and straight
		
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			wasn't the religion of shirk, but it was
		
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			the religion of Tawheed and that is why
		
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			in the next verse Allah azawajal entails us
		
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			to make a further declaration.
		
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			In verse 162, say my prayers and sacrifice
		
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			my life and death are all for Allah
		
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			Lord of the world.
		
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			This is an amazing verse.
		
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			It speaks about some of the greatest acts
		
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			of worship that you can perform and how
		
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			the Muslim is the one who as we
		
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			mentioned concerning the previous verse the religion of
		
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			Ibrahim a.s. They dedicate all of this
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala.
		
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			They submit to Allah azawajal and all of
		
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			their worship in terms of their physical acts
		
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			of worship such as the prayer and in
		
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			terms of their financial acts of worship such
		
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			as giving money for the sword and sacrifice
		
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			some of the on all of the other
		
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			acts of worship that they perform.
		
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			It is only solely for Allah azawajal not
		
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			only that but their whole life and death
		
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			meaning that everything about their existence revolves around
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala.
		
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			What is halal?
		
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			What is haram?
		
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			What is pleasing to Allah?
		
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			What is displeasing to Allah azawajal?
		
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			How can I gain more reward?
		
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			How do I stay away from Allah's wrath
		
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			and punishment?
		
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			That is their whole life and the way
		
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			that it revolves and so the Muslim is
		
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			the one who dedicates themselves, submits themselves to
		
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			Allah azawajal, sacrifices their own desires and whims
		
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			for that which is pleasing to Allah azawajal.
		
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			That is the true Muslim.
		
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			That is the one who is truly a
		
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			believer because they believe in Allah azawajal alone
		
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			and submit to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala alone
		
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			and that is the meaning of Islam and
		
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			that is what Allah azawajal then says in
		
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			the next verse 163 He has no partner.
		
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			This is what I am commanded and I
		
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			am the first to devote myself to him.
		
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			I am the first of the Muslims because
		
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			the word Islam means as we know to
		
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			be the one who submits to Allah azawajal
		
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			and the prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam is
		
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			commanded here to call himself to be the
		
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			first of those people.
		
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			And he was the greatest of examples in
		
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			that regard, but me and you by extension
		
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			as Muslims.
		
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			We also have to follow in his footsteps
		
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			in that way as a Muslim means that
		
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			you submit to Allah.
		
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			Sometimes we say that the word Islam means
		
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			peace.
		
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			And yes, that is one of the meanings
		
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			of Islam because if you're a Muslim then
		
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			Allah azawajal gives to you peace and Allah
		
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			azawajal gives you tranquility through your Iman and
		
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			through your good deeds, but the word Islam
		
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			also has another meaning which is the first
		
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			of those meanings before you get that step
		
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			of peace and that tranquility in a peace,
		
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			Allah azawajal commands you to submit to Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			You must submit in order to find the
		
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			peace because if you don't submit then you
		
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			don't get the Salam which is the peace
		
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			either and so Allah azawajal commands you to
		
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			submit and istislamunillah, you submit to Allah, you
		
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			sacrifice for Allah and you dedicate your life
		
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			to Allah azawajal as the prophet sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wa sallam did.
		
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			Allah azawajal tells us in the penultimate verse
		
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			of this surah, verse 164 Say
		
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			should I seek a Lord other than Allah
		
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			when He is the Lord of all things.
		
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			Each soul is responsible for its own actions.
		
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			No soul will bear the burden of another.
		
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			You will all return to your Lord in
		
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			the end and He will tell you the
		
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			truth about your differences, an amazing verse.
		
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			Allah azawajal is saying here, saying again to
		
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			the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		
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			Should I seek a Lord other than Allah
		
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			when Allah is the Lord of everything, meaning
		
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			this path that we've been speaking about in
		
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			the previous verses, dedicating yourself to Allah, submitting
		
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			to Allah, worshiping Allah alone, that straight path,
		
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			the right religion, the example of Ibrahim a
		
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			.s. Why would I seek other than that?
		
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			Why would I seek a Lord other than
		
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			Allah to worship and submit myself to when
		
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			Allah controls and owns everything, because anything else
		
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			that I will worship will be false and
		
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			anything else that I worship will be weak,
		
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			anything else that I worship will be dependent
		
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			upon Allah, just as me and you are
		
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			dependent upon Allah azawajal.
		
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			So why would I seek a Lord other
		
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			than the Lord of the world, Allah azawajal,
		
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			but rather every soul shall bear responsibility for
		
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			its own actions and no soul will bear
		
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			the burden of another.
		
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			Everyone of us is responsible whether of good
		
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			or bad for ourselves, Allah will reward you
		
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			for what you did and Allah will punish
		
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			you for what you did.
		
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			You are ultimately responsible for yourself and Allah
		
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			does not bear the burden of one soul
		
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			for another, meaning that you're not responsible for
		
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			the actions of others, you call them, you
		
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			invite them, but ultimately they're responsible for what
		
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			they did and if you had a role
		
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			in what they did, then obviously that's part
		
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			of your responsibility because you had a direct
		
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			influence upon them.
		
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			But otherwise you won't be asked about what
		
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			your father did or your grandfather or your
		
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			neighbor or your friend or the average Muslim
		
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			or non-Muslim on the street.
		
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			That's something which Allah azawajal doesn't burden upon
		
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			you.
		
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			We don't have this concept as they do
		
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			in some religions that Adam a.s. Because
		
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			of the sin that he committed when he
		
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			ate from the forbidden tree that therefore all
		
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			of mankind was tainted by sin.
		
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			That's not our concept in the religion and
		
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			likewise because also when you repent then Allah
		
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			azawajal forgives that person.
		
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			So why then would Allah azawajal repent and
		
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			accept the repentance of the one and forgive
		
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			the one who did the original sin, but
		
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			yet hold others to account who didn't do
		
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			anything, weren't even born, didn't live for like
		
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			hundreds of thousands of years until hundreds of
		
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			thousands of years later or thousands of years
		
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			later and that is not from the justice
		
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			and the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala.
		
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			And so Allah azawajal says rather each one
		
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			of you will return to your Lord.
		
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			In the final verse of this surah 165
		
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			Allah azawajal then says, It
		
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			is He who made you successors of the
		
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			earth and raises some of you above others
		
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			in rank to test you through that which
		
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			He gives you.
		
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			Your Lord is swift in punishment yet He
		
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			is most forgiving and most merciful.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala has said that He
		
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			has made you successors upon the earth meaning
		
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			one generation after another.
		
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			We will die and our children will come
		
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			after us and they will die and their
		
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			children will come after them.
		
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			That is the nature of humans upon this
		
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			earth.
		
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			No one lives for Eternity and no one
		
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			lives for an inordinate amount of time, but
		
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			rather each person has their time scale that
		
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			Allah azawajal has given to them and then
		
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			they pass away and likewise Allah azawajal has
		
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			given to people different levels and ranks in
		
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			the dunya, some higher and some lower, some
		
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			richer and some poorer, some more powerful and
		
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			some less powerful.
		
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			يَبْلُوَكُمْ فِي مَعَتَكُمْ For each one of you
		
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			there is a test.
		
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			This is the poor person has to be
		
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			tested through their poverty and they have to
		
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			display patience.
		
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			Then likewise the rich one is also tested
		
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			with their wealth and to see how they
		
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			behave.
		
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			The one who's weak is tested because they're
		
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			oppressed and how they will respond, but the
		
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			powerful one and their oppression is also tested.
		
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			Each one of you is tested irrespective of
		
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			your circumstances فِي مَعَتَكُمْ Allah says because Allah
		
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			tests you through that which He has given
		
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			you whatever it may be and that is
		
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			not just restricted to the wealthy and the
		
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			powerful, but every person what you're given or
		
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			the lack of what you're given.
		
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			It is a test for you and therefore
		
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			Allah azawajal is swift in punishment for those
		
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			who do evil and wrong and He is
		
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			Forgiving, Most Merciful for those who do good
		
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			and turn to His path and with that
		
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			we come to the end of this amazing
		
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			surah, surah al-na'am and ask Allah
		
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			azawajal that He allows us to benefit from
		
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			its many lessons and its many reminders.
		
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			بارك الله فيكم وصلى الله على النبي وعلى
		
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			آله وصحبه أجمعين والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته