Ahsan Hanif – Quran Tafseer – Page 110 – Consequences Of Disobedience

Ahsan Hanif
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The history of Islam is discussed, including the church's actions of sharing signs of Islam with its members and providing charity. The importance of praise for all people and the way the Prophet servases the scripture is emphasized. The need for studying the Quran and following guidance is emphasized, along with the importance of learning from the Quran and avoiding regret. The speaker concludes that everything is control of the billions and the creation of the Christian community is the one who controls everything.
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Muhammad.

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Welcome to another episode of our tafsir

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page by page and InshaAllah ta'ala. Today we

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are on page 110 which is in the

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6 Jews of the Quran Surah Al Mahida.

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In the previous episode we mentioned a number

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of verses in which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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spoke about the pledge and covenant that he

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took with Bani Israel

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and how they broke that pledge and covenant.

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The pledge and covenant that Allah took with

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them was that Allah would give them his

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divine aid and protection and help and assistance

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subhanahu wa ta'ala so long as they fulfilled

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their part of the covenant. And that is

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that they would establish the salah and give

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the zakah and believe in all of the

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messengers of Allah and support them and give

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to Allah azza wa Jalal in return for

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fulfilling that pledge. Allah

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says that they would have had all of

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their sins expiated and forgiven

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That Allah would have given to them the

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reward of Jannah

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under which rivers

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flow. However, then Allah mentioned that they broke

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that pledge or many from amongst them broke

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that pledge and as a result they were

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cursed by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and Allah

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hardened their hearts so that they were not

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able to receive the admonition or the reminder

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And that is why many of them were

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not able to then accept the message of

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the prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam. Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala says that they used to distort the

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message of Allah

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So the covenant that they took in the

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pledge, they broke that pledge and that is

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a reminder to us the ummah of the

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prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam that we also have

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a pledge from Allah subhanahu ta'ala

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that we should worship him alone and fulfill

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our obligations and our duties as muslims and

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stay away from the Haram and the prohibitions

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and that Allah ajwala will return give us

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our reward as well.

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However,

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if we break that pledge and that covenant

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then we are also

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under the threat of punishment from Allah Subhanahu

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wa Ta'ala. Today we begin or we continue

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with verse number 14 of Surah Al Maidah

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And that is the statement of Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala.

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Allah says and we also took a pledge

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from those who say we are Christians,

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but they too forgot some of what they

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were told to remember

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so we stirred up enmity and hatred amongst

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them until the day of resurrection when Allah

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will tell them what they have done.

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala in the previous verses

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that we took in the last episode was

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speaking about the people of the book and

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predominantly from the people of the book the

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Jews. And in this verse Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala now moves on to the Christians

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because Allah Azzawajal took from every single nation

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a covenant. Every single nation

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before the people of the scripture

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and after the people of the scripture in

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terms of this Ummah of the prophet salallahu

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alaihi wa sallam. Allah azza wa jal takes

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the pledge and the covenant of worship

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from his slaves and from his creation. So

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said that we also

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took a pledge from those who say that

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we are Christians. So the Christians were also

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given a pledge. And that is that they

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would be from those people who believed in

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Allah and believed in the divine

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scriptures of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. But they

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broke that pledge. Allah

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says,

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but they too forgot some of what they

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were told to remember.

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They They forgot the issue of Tawhid of

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Allah

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So rather than worshipping Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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and dedicating all of their servitude and submission

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to him,

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they began to worship other than Allah They

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claimed that Allah

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had a son in the form of Isa

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alaihis salam. They venerated amongst them the Christians

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of those who venerated

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and exalted

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his mother Mariam Alaihis salam above her station

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also

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and essentially made her into 1 of those

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figures of worship besides Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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And so Allah says that they also forgot.

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They also forgot the reminder that they were

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given that a prophet will then emerge

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towards the end of time. That is our

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prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam even though Allah

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tells us elsewhere in the Quran as Allah

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mentions in Surat al Saf that Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala

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tells us in the Quran that the prophet

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gave to his people the glad tidings

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of a man who would come after him,

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a prophet by the name of

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This messenger of Allah would come and his

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name would be Ahmed. And Ahmed as we

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know is 1 of the names of our

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prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And so he gave

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them this glad tidings. He gave them the

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signs. He even gave them the name that

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they need to look out for.

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And that is why from amongst the people

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who held on to the pure message of

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Christianity,

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those people who held on to the pure

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message of Alisa Alaihi Salam,

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they were able to recognize the prophet Sallallahu

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Alaihi wasallam emerged during his time. So you

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have for example the story of the famous

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companion Salman al Farisi, radiAllahu an, who even

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though he was on the religion of his

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people, the Persians, he converts to Christianity.

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And whilst he is with those Christian rabbis

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and monks and scholars, he learns about the

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coming of the Prophet

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And they were telling him and teaching him

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that he needs to look out for this

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man and this is the area that he

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is going to appear in and this is

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the time when he is due to come

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And these are the traits that he will

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have and the signs of prophethood that every

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prophet has. And especially the prophet salallahu alaihi

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wa sallam. And that is why when Salman

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al Farris

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arrives in Madinah

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and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam comes to

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the city, he comes and he tests him.

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Because he wants to know does this man

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fit the description that we had within our

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scriptures.

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So 1 occasion he comes and he gives

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him charity

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from food, charity food and he says to

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him this is for you. The Prophet Sallallahu

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Alaihi Wasallam gave it to the people around

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him but he didn't eat. Because the Prophet

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don't eat from charity. They don't eat from

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the charity of people.

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So that's 1 test.

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The second time he came and he gave

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him some food again. But this time he

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said it's a gift for you. It's not

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charity, it's a gift. So the Prophet Sallallahu

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Alaihi Wasallam ate from it and he shared

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it with those around him. That's another test

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because the prophets will accept gifts, but they

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won't accept charity.

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And on the 3rd occasion, he wanted to

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come and see the seal of prophethood

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between the shoulder blades of the Prophet Sallallahu

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Alaihi Wasallam. So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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allowed him to see it and when he

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saw these 3 signs from the many signs

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he was given, he accepted Islam and became

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as we know from the companions of the

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Prophet SAW.

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The point of this being that this was

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something which the people of the scripture knew.

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But Allah says that many of them forgot

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that which they were told to remember. They

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changed their scripture and omitted certain things and

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ignored other parts of it and so on

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and so forth.

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Allah says so we stirred up enmity and

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hatred amongst them until Yomul Qiyamah meaning that

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they fight 1 another

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and they have

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their own problems amongst 1 another. And there

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is constant struggles and wars and fights between

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them.

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And Allah will tell them on that day

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meaning on Yawmul Qiyama

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that which they used to do.

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In verse number 15 Allah

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then says,

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O people of the book, our messenger has

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come to make clear to you much of

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what you have kept hidden of the scripture

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and to overlook much you have done. A

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light has now come to you from Allah

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and the scripture making things clear.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala after mentioning

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the covenant that he took upon the people

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of the scripture, the Jews and Christians and

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how they forgot much of what Allah told

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them and how they broke that pledge. Allah

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Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala now tells them, oh people

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of the book our messenger has come to

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you meaning the prophet

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he has come to you to make clear

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to you much of what you have kept

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hidden

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of the scripture

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and to overlook much of what you have

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done.

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Allah is saying to the people of Bani

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Israel, to the people of the scripture that

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this messenger meaning Muhammad

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has come with clarity,

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has come with guidance, has come with the

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light from Allah

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in the form of Islam. He has come

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with the message of Allah azza wa jal.

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And if you accept this message

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then much of that which you hidden or

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much of that which you forgot or much

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of that which you ignored, it will be

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made clear to you again. If you want

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to seek the path to Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala, you want to find the path towards

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salvation and eternal happiness, then follow the path

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of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam because as

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we have mentioned before

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Allah took this covenant upon each and every

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single prophet and messenger. That if during their

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time the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was

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to emerge then they were to go and

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to support him. They were to help him

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and to aid him sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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So therefore when the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam came at the end of time and

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he said that my message is for all

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of mankind, not only for the Quraysh or

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only for the Arabs, it's not just specific

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to them, it is all for all of

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humankind

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than every single 1 of those previous nations

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or every single 1 of the people across

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the world. Their duty is then to believe

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in the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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and that is what they were told in

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the scriptures. And that is what they were

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prophesied

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for them by their prophets and messengers for

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Allah

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and that is that if they go and

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they believe in Allah and they believe in

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the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam and they take

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iman and they follow the haram and they

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stay away from Haram, then Allah will forgive

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them for all of their sins and their

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transgressions.

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And you will overlook much of what you

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have done Not only much of what you

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have done in terms of the sins

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but Allah

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amended some of the laws of

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the Injeel made things easy

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for the Ummah of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam. And so much of what we

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do in terms of our Ibadah, in terms

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of what Allah made halal or haram in

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terms of what we can do or can't

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do, the commandments and the prohibitions. Allah

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made it easier for us than for those

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people who came before us. And that is

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why we have a greater reward. The ummah

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of the prophet

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as a greater virtue and a greater reward

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and a greater station and that is seen

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for example in a number of narrations from

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them is that the prophet salallahu alaihi wa

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sallam told us that even though we were

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the last of the nations to come upon

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earth, we will be the 1st to enter

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into Jannah, by Allah's permission. And so once

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the prophets have entered into Jannah, the 1st

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Ummah to enter into Jannah for more of

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the nations,

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even though with the last chronologically to come

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upon earth.

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So the people of Nuh and Ibrahim and

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Hud and and the believers of those of

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those nations and Musa and Harissa all of

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them came before us. We are the last

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of the nations to appear upon earth but

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by Allah's

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mercy and permission, the Ummah of the Prophet

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will be the first to enter into Jannah.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then concludes this verse

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by saying

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a light has now come to you from

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Allah and a scripture making things clear. Allah

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is saying that he has given to us

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what we need in order to know our

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religion, to have guidance from Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala. And that is a very important point

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To know that what Allah

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has contained within the Quran

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is guidance

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and it is a light from him.

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And that is why the scholars have often

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said that every single issue that you need

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in terms of happiness, in terms of salvation,

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in terms of being successful in this life

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and the next, you will find it in

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the book of Allah

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If you don't understand the Quran that's a

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different issue. If your connection with the Quran

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is weak that's a different issue. If you

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don't study the Quran or contemplate the book

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of Allah

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that's a different issue. But the Quran in

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and of itself is noor. And

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it is a cure. As Ibn Qayim said

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when he gave a very good example. He

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said the Quran is a light and a

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cure. But just like every medication,

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it also depends on the dosage. It depends

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on how and when you administer it. So

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if you were just to go to the

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doctor and get some medication and you rarely

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take it, or you take it in the

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way that wasn't prescribed, or you take it

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in the way that wasn't prescribed, you're doing

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something in the opposite way that you should

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do it, then that medication will only have

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a limited effect.

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The problem isn't with the medication. The medication

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works. It's been proven to work. The problem

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is me and you because we don't take

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the Quran in the way that it should

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be taken. So the Quran is the cure

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of Allah

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gives a cure to the hearts from the

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diseases of the heart. And there is a

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cure for the bodies as Allah mentioned and

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as is mentioned in the sun of the

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prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam. But the problem is

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that we don't read the Quran the way

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that it should be read. We don't understand

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the Quran the way that it should be

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understood. We don't study the Quran the way

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that it should be studied. We don't contemplate

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upon the Quran the way that it should

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be contemplated and we don't act upon the

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Quran the way that it should be implemented

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and acted upon. And so our connection with

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the Quran because of its weakness and its

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distance,

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then means that the effect of it is

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also going to be weak and distance and

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you can take that principle and apply it

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to everything in Islam. Allah gives to us

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virtues concerning Salah, that it prevents you from

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sin and from certain evils and so on,

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and then we pray but we find ourselves

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sinning and falling into those same major sins

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and issues. The problem isn't with the Salah

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because Allah is truthful and if Allah says

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that it prevents from sin, it prevents from

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sin. The problem is in me and you

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and in the way that we are praying

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and the manner in which we are praying

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and the mindset that we come to the

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prayer with. This is a deficiency upon our

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part. And so therefore we

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need to strive and be better when it

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comes to our connection with the book of

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala because all of the

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book of Allah is Noor. It is all

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light and all guidance and all goodness and

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all blessing. But for us to benefit from

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that to the maximum,

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to the maximum level, that's something which we

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need to work upon in terms of our

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own

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Iman and our own worship of Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala.

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Allah

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mentions in verse 16

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Allah mentions in verse 16,

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it is a light and a clear book

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and a clear scripture.

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With which Allah guides to the ways of

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peace those who follow what pleases him,

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bringing them from darkness out into light by

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his will and guiding them to the straight

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path.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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says that the Quran in the previous verse

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he said that the Quran is a light

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from Allah and a scripture that makes things

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clear and then in verse 16 he says,

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with which Allah guides the ways of peace.

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Allah Azzawajal uses the Quran as a guidance.

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It is a guide for the believers.

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So for those people who follow the guidance

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of the Quran, it will guide them to

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the ways of peace. The ways of peace

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are all of the ways of goodness and

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all of the ways that upon which is

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the pleasure of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

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The ways of peace is everything that Allah

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is pleased with. So everything which is good

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in terms of your belief,

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in terms of your worship of Allah azza

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wa Jal your Ibadah, in terms of your

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character and your dealings and the way that

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you interact with people in terms

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of your dunya

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and the way you live upon this life.

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The Quran speaks about it. It gives you

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guidance concerning it. It gives you either in

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general terms or in specific terms

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laws concerning it and guidelines concerning it. So

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for example in the previous Surah that we

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made the Tafsir of, Surah Al

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Nisa, we had detailed rulings concerning divorce,

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detailed rulings concerning aspects of marriage, detailed rulings

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concerning inheritance.

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Those are laws that Allah gives to you

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because in it there is light and guidance.

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And if you follow that, then you're following

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in that issue

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the path of peace, the ways of peace.

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Because within that there is goodness for you,

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goodness for the other people involved and goodness

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for the whole community and the whole Ummah

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of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam. And so

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Allah

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wants us to follow those ways of peace.

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How do you know what is the way

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of peace, the way of goodness, the way

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of success and salvation?

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The Quran tells you.

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Read the Quran, study the Quran,

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take time

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from your life and daily schedule and dedicate

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it to the book of Allah Subhanahu wa

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Ta'ala. And the more that you dedicate to

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the Quran, the more that you will take

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from it. The more that you dedicate and

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sacrifice for the sake of Allah in studying

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and reading the Quran,

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the more that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will

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bless your efforts

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and sincerity. And Allah will open up for

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you the knowledge of the book of Allah

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Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And that is why some

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of the scholars used to say after spending

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decades

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servicing Islam, teaching and studying, they used to

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say if we had 1 regret, it is

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that we didn't give even more time to

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the Quran. And their whole life was dedicated

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to the Quran. Their whole life is the

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book of Allah Subhanhu wa Ta'ala. But that's

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still a regret that they had after 50,

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60, 70 years. Why? Because the Quran you

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can never finish studying it. Even if you

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read it once or twice and you have

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done tafsir once or twice or you studied

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it multiple times, it's not enough. You need

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to go back and read it again and

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again and again. And if you read the

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the the the the statements of 1 scholar,

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go

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or the second 1 and the third 1.

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Each 1 has something that they can give

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to you. And the Quran has so many

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different facets and angles that you can study

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it from, whether it be from the issues

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of Fiqh or the Arabic

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language or the Qiraat of the Quran or

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the Quran, the Quran, the Quran, the Quran,

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the Quran, the Quran, the Quran, the Quran,

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the Quran, the Quran, the Quran, the Quran,

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the Quran, the Quran, the Quran, the Quran,

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the

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and the ways of peace

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that lead to the abode of peace. And

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is from the names of Jannah. The names

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of paradise is that it is the abode

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of peace in which there is no hatred,

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no enmity, no war, no fighting, no bickering,

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no arguing, no animosity,

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no ill feelings, no jealousy,

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no envy, all of that is taken out

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from the people of Jannah.

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In Jannah, there is only purity and goodness

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and so it is called Dawus Salam, it

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is the abode

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of peace,

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the abode of goodness and so to follow

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the ways of goodness that Allah is mentioning

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here, the ways of peace and goodness, Allah

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will take you to the abode of peace

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and goodness.

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Allah says that this Quran will take you

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out from darkness

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into light by his will.

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Allah will extract

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you from the depths of darkness,

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the darkness of the darkness of the darkness

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of the darkness of the darkness of innovation

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and the darkness of not knowing your purpose

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in this life, not knowing what is pleasing

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to Allah azza wa Jal, not knowing who

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is your Lord and creator and the purpose

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for which he created you. Subhanahu wa ta'ala

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And so Allah says that he will extract

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you from that darkness

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and bring you into the light. The light

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of Iman and the light of tawhid

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and the light of knowing what is pleasing

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to Allah

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and the light of Islam and knowing the

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Prophet

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in the Quran. And so

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once you

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were

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in the depths of darkness,

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in which your heart felt no peace,

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no contentment,

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no joy or happiness. There was the emptiness

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within you that you couldn't fill. There was

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a gap that you couldn't that you couldn't

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fill because the only thing that I can

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fill that gap is iman, is the Quran.

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It is your belief in Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala. And once you taste the sweetness of

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iman through the Quran and through Iman, you

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taste the sweetness of this Quran, then you

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understand the greatest blessing of Allah subhanahu wa

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jal upon any 1 of his creation

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And that is that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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allows them to see that light allows them

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to benefit from that light. Because there are

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many people who come across the Quran, many

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people who have heard of the Quran, but

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most of them or many of them don't

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believe in the Quran. And then there are

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many who believe in the Quran because they're

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Muslims, but their attachment to it is so

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weak and distant that they take very little

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benefit from the Quran.

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So if you are from amongst those people

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that Allah has blessed that you're watching this

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tafsir for example, you're reading the Quran, you're

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trying, you're studying, you're doing your utmost, your

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best, that is from the greatest blessings of

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Allah upon you and 1 that you should

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thank him for on a daily basis. Every

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single day you should thank Allah

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and ask him for an increase in it.

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And you feel from 1 of those people

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that you are distant from the Quran, that

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your connection or attachment to the Quran is

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very weak, is very little, then now is

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the time to start. Now is the time

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to change your ways and to amend them

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and to start from a new. Start fresh

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with the book of Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala

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and do it in a measurable way, easy,

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consistent way. Take 5, 10 minutes of your

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day, read even if it's just a verse

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of the Quran, but stop and read his

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tafsir and study it and ponder over it.

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That's all it takes. 5 to 10 minutes.

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Read this translation,

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read a brief tafsir,

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and then you move on to the second

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1 and the third 1 and the fourth

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1. And if you did that every single

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day of the year and you did some

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300 plus verses, even with taking days out,

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you did 300 verses a year. Imagine if

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you had started this 5, 10 years ago.

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Like most of us now, we could have

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started this 5, 10, 15 years ago. By

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now, we would have more or less finished

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the Quran.

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But again, it is Shaitan that comes and

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makes us procrastinate and delay.

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And the Quran guides them to the straight

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path that is pleasing and beloved to Allah

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Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Allah Azzawaj then says in

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verse 17 which is the final verse on

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this page.

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Allah

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says

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those who say that Allah is the Messiah,

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the son of Mary are defying the truth.

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Say if

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it had been Allah's will, could anyone have

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prevented him from destroying the Messiah, the son

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of Mary, together with his mother and everyone

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else on earth? Control of the heavens and

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earth and all that is between them belongs

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to Allah. He creates whatever He wills, and

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Allah has power over everything.

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Allah

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will now speak in this verse and in

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a number of verses

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concerning the belief of the Christians

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with regards to the Messenger of Allah Isa

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Alaihi Salat wa Salam and his mother Maryam

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Alaihi salam And that is that as we

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know we made them gods, they made them

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gods besides Allah 'azawajal.

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They gave to them powers of divinity

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and they claimed for example that 'Isa salam

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was the son of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

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So Allah

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says that as for those who say that

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Allah is the son of Mary because they

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say that God is the father, the son,

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the holy spirit. They say that Risa

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was God upon earth in the form of

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the son. He is God upon earth. And

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so Allah is

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recounting their claim here. He is saying that

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they claim

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that Allah is the Messiah son of Mary.

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Those people are defying the truth. They are

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disbelievers.

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Laqad kafar they have disbelieved in Allah azza

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wa Jal because they have gone against the

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principle of Tawhid

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and that is that Allah azza wa Jal

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alone is worthy of worship. So when they

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gave to a human,

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1 of the creations of Allah, even though

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he is 1 of the greatest of Allah's

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creations because he is the messenger of Allah.

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But once they gave him more than what

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Allah attributed to him, they placed him upon

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a station and a pedestal over and above

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what Allah had given to him, then those

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people had essentially made shirk with Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala say to show that Mirissa

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and his mother and no 1 else has

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power besides Allah

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say who would save them?

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Risa,

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his mom, his mother, and everyone on earth

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if Allah decided to destroy them. Who could

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prevent this?

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No 1 would come and stand before Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala and that shows therefore that

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if Isa alayhis salam and his mother Maniam

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are not able to stop the the or

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withstand the destruction that Allah azza wa Jal

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had his will could decree,

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they wouldn't be able to stop themselves from

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the punishment of Allah azza wa Jal, they

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wouldn't be able to withstand the decree of

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, then they cannot be

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gods besides Allah because they are inherently weak

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If they cannot stop the punishment,

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death,

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harm,

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they are then weak. And if they are

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weak, they cannot be gods besides Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala. Because our God is all powerful.

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Our

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God is all ever living. Our God is

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1 that no 1 can overcome and no

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1 can overpower.

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And that is why Allah concludes

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this verse by saying,

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and indeed everything, control of the heavens, dominion

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of the heavens and the earth and all

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that is in between them belongs to Allah

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alone.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the 1 who

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controls everything alone Subhanu wa Ta'ala.

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And Allah gives to whomsoever he wills from

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his creation a status he wishes to afford

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to them. But that doesn't mean that they

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have the power of being the divine. It

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doesn't mean that they are equals to Allah

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azza wa Jal or partners with him that

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deserve to be worshipped alongside him? Rather Allah

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Azza wa Jal alone is the 1 who

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controls the heavens and earth and everything in

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between,

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and he creates whatever he wills. So the

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creation of Isa Alaihi Salam which was without

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a father, just from a mother, That's from

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the signs of Allah, from the power of

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Allah azza wa jal. We don't take that

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to say that therefore Allah is his father

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because there was no other father.

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Or that Adam alayhis salaam had neither mother

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nor father. Therefore Allah is is his father

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or something. That's not what it means. It

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means that Allah can do as he wills

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with his creation. And so he can create

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as he will subhanahu wa ta'ala for indeed

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Allah has power over all things. And with

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that, we come to the conclusion of today's

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episode.

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