Ahsan Hanif – Quran Tafseer – Page 137 – The Story Of Prophet Ibrahim

Ahsan Hanif
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The importance of guidance and advice from Allah's perspective in protecting and defending against evil behavior is discussed in a series of segments covering topics such as the origin of Islam, the importance of individuals finding a path for the creation of Islam, the struggles of individuals with addiction, and the importance of worshiping Islam. The speakers emphasize the need for individuals to find a path for happiness and find the right person for a job. The segment also highlights the importance of avoiding false accusations and finding the right person for a job.
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I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the

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accursed.

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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most

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Merciful.

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Welcome to another episode of our Tafseer, page

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by page and inshallah ta'ala today we

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are on page 137 which is in the

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7th juz suratul anaam.

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In the previous episode we mentioned those verses

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in which Allah spoke about the importance of

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not ridiculing the Quran or mocking the Quran

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or the words of Allah and that if

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you are with those people who do so

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then you should leave them and ignore them

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until they change that topic and go into

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a different topic.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said that the

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role of the believers is only to remind

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and to admonish and to advise and that

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Allah azza wa jal commands the believers that

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those people who don't want guidance or they

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mock the religion of Allah azza wa jal,

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they are not interested, then leave them and

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ignore them.

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Let them think that this world is only

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jest and play, let them be deceived by

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the dunya.

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But you should continue to advise and admonish

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but those people Allah azza wa jal will

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hold them to account for that which they

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do.

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And for the believers however, for them guidance

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is the most important thing, the most precious

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and valuable thing that you have in your

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possession is the guidance that Allah azza wa

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jal has given to you.

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Because if you have iman and you have

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guidance from Allah azza wa jal and nothing

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else in the dunya, no money, no property,

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no house, no car, nothing, absolutely nothing, but

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you have iman and guidance, you are from

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the most wealthiest of people.

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And if you have everything in the dunya,

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all of its wealth and all of its

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treasures and all of its beauties, but you

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have no iman, then you are in reality

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the poorest of people and the most destitute

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of them.

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And so the believer understands what is precious

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from what is not precious.

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And if Allah blesses you with both, then

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that is from the bounties that Allah azza

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wa jal has given to you.

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But the believer knows what is most precious

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and what is most valuable and therefore what

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is most worth fighting over or keeping.

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In the verses or the passages that we

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are going to take today from verse 74

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onwards, Allah azza wa jal now mentions to

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us the story of the Prophet Ibrahim a

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.s. And this particular telling of this story

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or this particular aspect from the life of

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Ibrahim a.s. goes and fits very well

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with the general theme of the surah, which

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is establishing the proofs of Allah's worship alone.

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Allah azza wa jal will now give to

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us a practical example of this from the

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story of Ibrahim a.s. Because the people

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of Ibrahim a.s. used to worship many

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gods besides Allah azza wa jal.

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And Ibrahim a.s. will look at these

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idols that they worship besides Allah and he

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will see that they can't talk, they can't

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move, they can't defend themselves, they can't speak,

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they can't do anything.

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So how can they protect others if they

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can't even protect themselves?

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And so Allah azza wa jal tells us

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here the story of Ibrahim a.s. And

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how he looked at the universe and realized

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that there is nothing in the universe that

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is all-powerful, all-mighty and therefore deserves

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to be worshipped and therefore only Allah azza

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wa jal alone has that right to be

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worshipped subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Allah azza wa jal says in verse number

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74 أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ وَإِذْ قَالَ

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إِبَرَاهِمُ لِأَبِيهِ آزَرَ أَتَتَّخِذُ أَصْنَامًا آلِهَا إِنِّي أَرَاكَ

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وَقَوْمَكَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٌ Remember when Ibrahim said

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to his father Azar, how can you take

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idols as gods?

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I see that you and your people have

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clearly gone astray.

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As we said Ibrahim a.s. lived at

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a time within a nation that used to

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worship gods besides Allah.

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And this is one of the resemblances or

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similarities between the story of Ibrahim a.s

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and the story of our own Prophet s

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.a.w. Their people were people of idol

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worship.

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And so the people of Ibrahim had multiple

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gods that they used to worship besides Allah

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azza wajal.

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And Ibrahim a.s realized the fallacy of

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that which they were doing.

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And so he's admonishing and he's advising and

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he's reminding and he's questioning.

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Perhaps they too will reflect.

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They too will consider the fallacy of that

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which they are doing in terms of worshiping

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these gods besides Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Allah azzawajal tells us here and remember when

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Ibrahim said to his father Azar because Azar

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is his father and it's also on the

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way of his people and to his and

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to the rest of his nation as well.

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But Allah azzawajal tells us here because we

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know that Ibrahim a.s father didn't believe.

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In fact he became one of his most

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ardent enemies which shows you that sometimes when

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you have Iman Allah azzawajal tests you in

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different ways.

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And from the greatest of those tests and

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the most difficult is when the people who

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are closest to you turn away from that

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same guidance.

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And there are people whose parents don't believe,

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whose children or siblings refuse to believe.

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And that's not just in our time today

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but Allah azzawajal gives us examples of this

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in the Quran from the stories of the

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prophets.

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Me and you are not greater or more

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virtuous than the prophets.

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If it can happen to the prophets it

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can happen to other than them.

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Which shows you truly that Allah the guidance

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is in the hands of Allah azzawajal alone.

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That a person can be a prophet of

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Allah but he can't help his own father.

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Prophet of Allah can't help his own wife.

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Prophet of Allah can't help his own son.

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Prophet of Allah can't help his own uncle

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and that is because Allah azzawajal alone is

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the one who determines guidance.

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So he said to his father Ibrahim azzawajal

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sorry Do you take all of these idols

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as gods besides Allah?

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I see that you and your people have

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clearly gone astray.

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Allah azzawajal then tells us the way that

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Ibrahim a.s arrived at this conclusion.

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That all of these gods besides Allah are

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false.

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And Allah azzawajal tells us that Ibrahim a

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.s was a man of reflection.

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A man of contemplation.

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A man who would use the skills and

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abilities that Allah gave to him and the

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senses that Allah azzawajal gave to him of

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sight of hearing of intelligence and he would

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use them in a way that would bring

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him closer to Allah azzawajal.

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Use them to reflect upon the universe.

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Not like many of us today who travel

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and see and hear but we don't really

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ponder.

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We don't really reflect.

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We see them and pass by.

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We hear things and we pass by.

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We are told things and we don't really

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reflect or use our intelligence to understand them.

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But the believer is the one who uses

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the signs of creation in the universe to

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bring them closer to Allah azzawajal.

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And that is what Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala says in verse 75 concerning Ibrahim a

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.s. In this way

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we showed Ibrahim a.s Allah's mighty dominion

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over the heavens and the earth so that

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he might be a firm believer.

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We showed Ibrahim a.s the science of

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the heavens and the earth.

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He looked at the heavens, the skies.

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He looked at the sun and the moon

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and the stars.

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He looked at all of this and he

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became familiar or he became certain that only

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Allah azzawajal alone can control this.

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Only Allah can control this.

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It is so perfect the creation of Allah.

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So amazing the creation of Allah.

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So majestic and so big and massive the

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creation of Allah azzawajal that surely the one

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who created it must be the one who

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is alone worthy of worship subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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How did he look at this?

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Allah azzawajal gives us now examples in the

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coming verses.

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In verse number 76 Allah azzawajal says that

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he first started to look at the stars.

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When the night grew dark over him he

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saw a star and said this is my

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Lord.

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But when it set he said I do

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not like things that are set.

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Allah azzawajal says that at night Ibrahim a

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.s. saw the stars come out and he

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saw them with their beauty, he saw them

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with their light, he saw how high they

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were and he said and this isn't because

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he believed that they were gods besides Allah.

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He said this as a way of saying

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like we say for the sake of argument.

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I will accept your proposition that there are

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gods besides Allah.

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Surely if they're going to be gods besides

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Allah those gods must be big or must

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be powerful and mighty and majestic.

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So the star the stars are from the

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most majestic of things that we find within

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the universe.

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So I will agree for the sake of

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argument that this is a god besides Allah

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azzawajal.

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So he's saying this is my god not

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because he believes in the stars as gods

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besides Allah.

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This isn't kufr or shirk because the prophets

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of Allah can't commit kufr or shirk.

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Allah azzawajal has saved them from that but

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it is by him by way of him

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arguing debating the point.

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Just as you say to someone who comes

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as a Christian even if for the sake

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of argument we accept that Jesus was the

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son of God then and then you start

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arguing with him based upon his own logic

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and his own proofs.

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This is exactly what Ibrahim is doing.

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But then when the sun the stars set

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meaning when the sun rose and now no

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longer can you see the stars they're not

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visible anymore.

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He said I don't like things that set

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meaning how can this be a god when

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it doesn't control and doesn't determine its own

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its own course.

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The stars can't be visible during the day

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once the sun has risen and there's nothing

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that the stars can do in order to

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make themselves visible which shows to you that

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they don't have full power they don't have

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control over everything they can't stop and see

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to the sun whoa whoa you stay where

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you are we still want to remain during

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the day or it's not time for you

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to rise or whatever it may be the

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stars are also upon a path that has

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been determined and that determination of that path

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therefore shows that there is one that is

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greater than the stars that must have created

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it.

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He said once he saw the sun the

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stars setting that I don't like those things

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that set because that shows that they don't

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have full and complete power and authority.

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In verse number 77 Allah says that he

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saw something greater than the stars and that

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is that he saw the moon and

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when he saw the moon rising he said

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this is my lord but when it too

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set he said if my lord does not

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guide me I shall be of those who

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go astray.

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Sunnah Ibrahim goes to the next biggest of

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Allah's creations and that is the moon and

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he says surely this can be a god

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again by way of agreeing or by way

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of simply for the sake of argument saying

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that lets us accept the proposal that this

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is a god the moon is bigger than

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the star it is brighter than the star

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it has more benefits than the stars in

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terms of what people use it for and

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how they use it in terms of their

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daily lives and so therefore this is the

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god but the moon also sets the moon

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also cannot determine its own path or rather

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authority to remove or come out of its

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own path or to change its destiny in

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that way or its course in that way

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so then Ibrahim said when it set meaning

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when the sun rose if my lord and

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my god does not guide me if Allah

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azawajal does not guide me then I will

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truly be from the misguided and that shows

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that if you are truly seeking guidance you

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must turn to Allah azawajal you must turn

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to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and ask

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Allah to show you the path with sincerity

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and Allah azawajal will open that path for

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you and that is for everything for the

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non-muslim who seeks to know the truth

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let him call upon Allah azawajal alone whether

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he calls him god or calls him Allah

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whatever name but Allah azawajal alone and he

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says oh Allah show me the path to

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you oh god show me the true path

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to you and if you do so with

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sincerity Allah will open that path to you

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Allah will show you the path at least

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whether you accept it or not is down

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to you and likewise for the muslims if

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you don't know what is the true path

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to Allah azawajal in terms of your aqeedah

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your belief your worship ask Allah azawajal make

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dua to Allah oh Allah show me the

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path that is truly your path show me

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what you consider to be the most beloved

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of the religion of Islam to you meaning

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that from because there's differences of opinion there's

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so many different groups and and sects out

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there which one is the one that Allah

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azawajal wants you to follow ask Allah and

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make dua to Allah azawajal as Ibrahim a

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.s. does in this verse Allah azawajal then

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says in the next verse number 78 then

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he saw the sun rising and cried this

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is my lord this is greater but when

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the sun set he said my people I

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disown all that you worship besides Allah azawajal

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Ibrahim a.s. now goes to the sun

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so he's dismissed the stars he's dismissed the

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moon now let's go to the sun because

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the stars and the moon set when the

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sun rose so he says this can be

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our god this is far greater than anything

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else that we've seen the sun with all

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of its power with all of its light

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with its heat it is the greatest thing

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that we have that we can see with

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our visible or naked eye so this is

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our god this is the greatest of things

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that we have seen and again he's saying

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this for the sake of argument he's saying

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let us accept your premise that there are

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gods that are worthy of being worshipped besides

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Allah so let us now go to the

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sun but the sun also sets the sun

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also cannot change its course the sun also

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has a limited time that it will appear

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for and then it must stop it must

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set and it cannot change that except by

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the permission of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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so when he realizes or when he sees

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this he says to his people i am

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free of the shirk that you commit because

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every god that you bring you will have

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one of these things that you will see

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and that is why every god that is

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worshipped besides Allah you can use or you

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can find within it this type of fallacy

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or this type of weakness or this type

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of contradiction between what a god should be

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and the attributes that they claim that their

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gods possess you have a god but he's

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a human so that god needs to eat

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that god's going to die that god becomes

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sick that god forgets so now it's not

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all powerful doesn't have the ability can't protect

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itself let alone protect others or it's a

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inanimate object it's a it's a it's a

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tree or it's a stone or it's a

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rock or it's idle or whatever it may

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be there will always be some weakness in

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the argument why because they are not true

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gods besides Allah so if someone is sincere

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someone just stops and thinks and questions and

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reasons using their intelligence they will arrive at

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the conclusion that there must be a god

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worthy of worship and that is Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala the one who was there

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before all of the rest of creation and

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he was there from the beginning subhanahu wa

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ta'ala and that is why Allah is

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the one who mentions that Ibrahim comes to

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the one and only possible conclusion and that

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is I have

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turned my face as a true believer towards

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him who created the heavens and the earth

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and I am not of the polytheists so

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he says so therefore now that we've dismissed

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the sun the moon the stars and they

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are the greatest of Allah's creation to the

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visible eye let alone everything else that people

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claim a god besides Allah I instead turn

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my face as a true believer towards the

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one who created all of this in the

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heavens and the earth the one who created

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the sun and the moon and the stars

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and everything else that you can see and

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cannot see he is the one that I

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will worship and he alone I will worship

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and not associate anyone in worship with him

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subhanahu wa ta'ala and so this is

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something which therefore Ibrahim tells his people by

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process of logic of logic and reason we

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have dismissed all of these gods that you

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claim exists besides Allah so therefore there is

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only one possible alternative left and that is

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that there is one god alone worthy of

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worship subhanahu wa ta'ala and that is

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Allah azza wa jal Allah subhanu wa ta

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'ala then in verse 80 tells us how

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his people responded the people of Ibrahim and

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Allah azza wa jal says wa hajjahu qawmuh

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qala atuhajjoonni fillahi waqadahadan

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wala akhaafu ma tushrikoon bihi illa an yashaa

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rabbihi shai'a wasi'a rabbihi kulla shai

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'in ilma afana tatadhakkaroon his people argued with

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him and he said how can you argue

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with me about Allah when he has guided

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me I do not fear anything you associate

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with him unless my lord wills nothing can

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happen my lord encompasses everything in his knowledge

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how can you not take heed so the

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people of Ibrahim alayhi salam didn't accept this

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even though they realized when he destroyed all

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of their idols as we know from elsewhere

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in the quran in surah al-anbiya they

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thought to themselves because he said to them

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when they asked him who destroyed these gods

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he left the biggest one alone and he

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said that's the idol he's the god you

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ask him and why couldn't protect the rest

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of the idols so then they said to

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one another he's got a point he's like

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trapped us now right we can't ask the

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idol doesn't speak can't defend can't move can't

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do anything but then their arrogance and stubbornness

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overcame them the obstinacy overcame them and they

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turned around and they said no these are

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our gods either way and so likewise here

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they're still arguing with Ibrahim alayhi salam they

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argue and they're debating and they're still saying

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no these gods are worthy of being worshipped

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besides Allah so Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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says that Ibrahim alayhi salam responded and he

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said are you arguing with me about Allah

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after he has guided me you're telling me

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this after I've given you all of these

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proofs and you can clearly see that what

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I am upon is certainty and guidance and

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truth and what you're upon is weakness and

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ignorance and I don't fear what your gods

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besides Allah I know they can't do anything

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unless Allah wills that it will happen to

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me so you may call upon your gods

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and say oh harm Ibrahim oh my god

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our gods destroy Ibrahim oh our gods punish

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Ibrahim I know that they have no power

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they can do nothing unless Allah allows them

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allows it to happen if Allah wants it

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to happen it will happen and that is

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why when they threw Ibrahim alayhi salam into

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the fire as we know Allah azawajal commanded

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this great creation of Allah to be cool

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and safe for him and Ibrahim left the

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fire walked out unscathed unharmed untouched by Allah's

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permission subhanahu wa ta'ala my lord encompasses

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everything in knowledge how can you not take

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heed look at the signs of Allah azawajal

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gave to them sometimes the signs of Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala are in miracles and

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the signs of Allah gives to his messengers

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and prophets but me and you we don't

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need necessarily to see them because we have

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the book of Allah that is the greatest

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala signs if

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you were just to stop and to ponder

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and to reflect you would see these signs

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of Allah azawajal so now for me and

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you as muslims we've already accepted this first

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stage that foundation of iman that Allah alone

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is worthy of worship we accept the tawheed

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the truthfulness

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of the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam the truthfulness

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of the quran but what many of us

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will now struggle with is the next step

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and that is that if Allah created us

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and Allah alone is worthy of worship and

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Allah told us that he created us therefore

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for the purpose of his worship alone subhanahu

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wa ta'ala then many of us struggle

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with the fact that we now need to

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devote ourselves in worship of Allah azawajal we

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need to uphold the halal stay away from

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the haram we need to do good deeds

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stay away from evil deeds and it's very

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unfortunate that many of our brothers and sisters

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are struggling with this because of their weakness

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of iman because they don't spend enough time

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reading and studying the because they don't spend

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enough time seeking knowledge of islam and learning

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about the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam shaitan comes

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and he covers them or he he makes

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them heedless and forgetful and so we forget

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this now we've accepted the most important part

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but that is only the first step in

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order for us to have Allah's true mercy

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or Allah's complete mercy because there will be

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from the believers and the muslims those who

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will be punished by the fire why because

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yes they had but they lived a life

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in which they didn't fulfill Allah's obligations and

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they committed haram so Allah will punish them

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in the fire until they are cleansed and

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then eventually they will enter into jannah because

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of their tawhid but who would want to

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be in that situation of even being a

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moment in the fire when the prophet told

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us salallahu alayhi wasalam that a single dip

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in the fire will make a person forget

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every type of blessing that they have experienced

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in their life all of the good that

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they ever had a single dip in the

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fire let alone being in it for as

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long as Allah determines so therefore you turn

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to Allah worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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leave off those sins fight shaitan and his

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temptations because shaitan is fighting everyone shaitan is

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misguiding everyone he misguides the muslims by keeping

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them away from tawhid and he misguides the

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muslims by keeping them away from good deeds

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and from good action from fulfilling their obligations

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that Allah azza wa jal has placed upon

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them so all of us are fighting shaitan

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all of us are battling shaitan in our

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own different ways so the believer is someone

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who knows that if Allah has sent this

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down for me why would I choose a

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path other than the path of Allah why

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would I go and find happiness or try

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to find happiness in a path in which

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there is no happiness because the only true

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happiness is in the path that Allah azza

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wa jal has chosen so Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala then tells us that Ibrahim a

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.s continued and he said to his people

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in verse 81 why

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should I fear what you associate with him

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why do you not fear to associate with

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him things for which he has sent down

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or authority tell me if you know the

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answer which side has more right to feel

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secure they're trying to make Ibrahim a.s

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frightened and scared using their gods Ibrahim a

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.s is saying why should I fear your

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gods when they can't even defend themselves they

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can't move they can't speak they can't do

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anything and you at the same time don't

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fear Allah who controls everything in the heavens

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and the earth who is the master of

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all things who is all powerful almighty which

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one of us has more right to feel

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secure the one who turns to Allah and

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seeks protection in him and he is the

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master of everything or the one who calls

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to these gods that can't even help themselves

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there on anyone else why are you trying

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to make me feel scared when you are

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the ones who should of Allah's punishment of

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Allah's anger of Allah's wrath you should be

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the ones who are in who are fearful

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then tell me if you truly know the

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answer which one of us has more right

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to feel secure we will mention the next

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couple of verses from the next page because

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they're still speaking about the story of Ibrahim

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a.s in verse 82 Allah azzawajal then

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says it is those who

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have faith and do not mix their faith

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with oppression who will be secure and it

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is who will be secure and it is

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they who are rightly guided these people that

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Allah azzawajal will give true security to Allah

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azzawajal is saying are those who have iman

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and they don't mix their iman with oppression

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Aisha r.a the wife of the prophet

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s.a.w. she said oh messenger of

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Allah which one of us does not mix

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iman with oppression all of us oppress all

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of us do evil all of us harm

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others the prophet s.a.w. said no

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oh daughter of Siddiq the meaning of oppression

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in this verse is not the oppression of

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sin but rather it is the oppression of

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a shirk as Allah azzawajal mentions in the

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story of Luqman when he said to his

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son oh my son don't commit shirk with

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Allah because shirk is the worst of all

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oppression oppression is to withhold the rights of

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others so when you harm someone or when

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you sin against someone you're withholding their rights

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essentially that is why it's called oppression but

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when you withhold the rights of Allah by

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not worshipping him alone by not believing in

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him alone subhanahu wa ta'ala that is

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the worst form of oppression and that is

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what Allah azzawajal is saying here that those

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who don't mix their iman with idolatry with

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shirk they are the ones who will truly

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have safety and they are the ones who

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are guided and that is why Allah azzawajal

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has promised the believers those who die upon

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la ilaha illallah muhammadur rasulullah that they will

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eventually enter into jannah and remain there for

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eternity some of them will enter into jannah

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immediately but even if they are some of

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them are punished they will all enter into

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jannah uh eternally so those people who don't

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therefore have that pact of security from Allah

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azzawajal are those who mix either their faith

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with shirk meaning they believe in Allah but

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they believe in other gods besides Allah like

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the Quraysh did they believed in Allah but

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they worshipped other than Allah or they don't

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believe in Allah at all and they believe

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in other gods or they believe in no

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god at all in the final verse that

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we will take verse 83 Allah azzawajal then

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says concerning Ibrahim a.s. such

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was the argument we gave to Ibrahim against

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his people we raise in rank whomsoever we

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will your lord is all wise all knowing

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these are the abilities of Allah azzawajal gave

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to Ibrahim a.s that he would understand

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these signs of Allah that he would be

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able to use them as proofs for Allah's

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existence that he would be able to overcome

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his people in their disputation and their argumentation

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Allah azzawajal says that we raise whomsoever we

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will in rank and from those that Allah

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azzawajal raised to one of the highest of

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levels that a human can attain are the

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prophets and messengers of Allah and from them

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the greatest of them is our prophet and

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after him are those prophets and messengers that

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Allah raised to the ranks of being the

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prophets of high determination and from them is

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Ibrahim a.s and some of the scholars

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were of the position that after our prophet

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the greatest of Allah's prophets and messengers is

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none other than Ibrahim a.s the Khalil

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of Allah his close friend and your lord

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is all wise and all knowing and with

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that inshallah we come to the end of

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today's episode

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