Ahsan Hanif – Quran Tafseer – Page 142 – The Trials of Prophets and the Deception of Shaytan

Ahsan Hanif
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The worship of Jesus by Allah is essential, as it is the source of all evil behavior and is used to motivate people to comply with the Prophet's teachings. The importance of showing evidence and proving debts is also emphasized. The speakers discuss the benefits of showing proper evidence and the importance of avoiding confusion. The segment ends with a warning to the Prophet about protecting people and their families. The importance of following laws and following the truth is emphasized.
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I seek refuge with 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 insha'Allah ta'ala today

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we are on page 142 which is the

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first page of the eighth Juz, Suratul In

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'am.

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In the previous episode, Allah mentioned to us

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a number of His powers and abilities, His

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names and attributes, subhanahu wa ta'ala, and

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how Allah alone is worthy of being worshipped.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told us that

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these are the names and attributes of your

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Lord.

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ذَلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ ذَلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ That is,

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Allah, your Lord, He alone is worthy of

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being worshipped.

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Allah azawajal tells us also in those previous

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verses that we covered in the last episode,

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that Allah azawajal has sent to us many

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clear signs.

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Signs that point to Him subhanahu wa ta

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'ala that He is the Lord and Creator

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and Sustainer alone, and that He alone is

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worthy of worship.

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Those are clear signs.

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Those who recognize those signs and follow them,

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they will be to their advantage.

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And those who are blind towards them, then

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they will suffer the consequences of being blind

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to them and turning away from them.

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Allah azawajal commands us to worship Him alone

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and to follow His revelation and to stay

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away from everything which negates that worship of

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Him alone subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Allah azawajal then also in the verses that

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concluded the previous episode, Allah azawajal told us

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to be careful of the consequences of our

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actions.

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And Allah azawajal told us that from the

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principles of this religion is that if by

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doing something the harm that will ensue is

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greater in return, then you should stay away

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from doing that particular action or saying that

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particular thing.

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And the example is given in cursing the

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false gods of others.

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By doing so, they may curse Allah azawajal

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in return.

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And so therefore, that is something that you

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should return or stay away from.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said that those

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people of disbelief, even if the most clearest

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of signs were to come to them despite

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their assurances and their promises, they still will

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not believe in Allah azawajal.

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Because the believer is someone who sees even

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the smallest signs of Allah and that is

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sufficient.

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Whereas the disbelievers are those who see the

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greatest signs of Allah and that is not

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enough for them to be able to believe.

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And so Allah azawajal in the verse that

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we begin with today, 111, gives us an

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example of some of those major signs that

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if they were to come and were they

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to be made apparent and were they to

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actually take place, that still wouldn't allow or

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make those people believe in Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala alone.

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Allah azawajal says in verse 111 Even

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if we sent the angels down to them

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and the dead spoke to them and we

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gathered all of the things right in front

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of them, they still would not believe unless

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Allah also willed but most of them are

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ignorant of this.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says as an

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example because Allah azawajal in the previous episode

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we mentioned those verses in which Allah azawajal

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said that they take oaths by Allah, solemnly

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swear that if you were to bring us

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these signs we would believe.

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And Allah azawajal says at the end of

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that verse وَمَا يُشْعِرُكُمْ أَنَّهَا إِذَا جَاءَتْ لَا

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يُؤْمِنُونَ But what will make you realize that

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even if those signs were to come, they

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still wouldn't believe.

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Allah azawajal now gives us examples of this

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here وَلَوْ أَنَّنَا نَزَّلْنَا إِلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةِ If the

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angels of Allah were to come in their

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original form and to show themselves to these

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people, these people who always used to say

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why didn't Allah send to us angels, why

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aren't the angels sent as prophets and messengers,

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were they to see the angels in their

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original form?

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وَكَلَّمَهُمُ الْمَوْتَىٰ And the dead were to come

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back to life and to speak to them

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again وَحَشَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ قُبُلَىٰ And we

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were to gather everything that they demanded in

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front of them, all of the things that

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they asked for, all of these signs.

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And Allah azawajal will mention by the way

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in Surah Al-Isra, the many demands that

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the Quraish had or the disbelievers of Mecca

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had and the Arabs of the Prophet ﷺ

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in terms of the miracles and signs that

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they wanted to see.

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They wanted to see Allah, they wanted to

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see its angels, they wanted to see the

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Prophet ﷺ fly, they wanted him to bring

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down a book from the sky that they

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could see him physically bringing down, they wanted

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him to have palaces and they wanted him

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to have wealth and they wanted him to

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have gardens and rivers, all of these commands

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and demands that they had, this is what

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we want to see and once you present

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to us all of this, then we will

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believe.

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And Allah azawajal says that even if you

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were to do so, even if you were

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to give them as Allah says here the

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angels and the dead back to life speaking

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to them and to gather for them all

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of these signs that they demand, they will

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not believe.

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Because that demand from Allah azawajal shows that

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Iman has settled in their hearts, they don't

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have any belief and if you were to

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see Allah and to see Yawm Al-Qiyamah

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and to see the fire and you see

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paradise, then what is left in terms of

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belief anyway?

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Because you have accepted, there is nothing left

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for you to doubt in.

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So Allah azawajal says that that is not

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Iman, this is not the Iman that they

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have to have and so they wouldn't believe

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anyway.

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Allah azawajal willed for them to do so.

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And there are people, yes, that it takes

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them a long time, that they have to

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see multiple signs, that it takes them many

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years to reach that point of Iman and

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we have examples of this from the life

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of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam, some of

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the companions accepted Islam after 20 odd years

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of the Dawah and the mission of the

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Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam.

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And so it took them time, but those

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people had within themselves some sincerity, some purity

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that Allah azawajal then saw and finally guided

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them to Islam.

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But these people have none, so they won't

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believe.

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وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ نَجْهَلُونَ But rather, the majority of

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them are ignorant of this, meaning that they

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don't understand that this is their reality, they

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don't recognise in themselves this.

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And that's why you often find people saying

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this to you.

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They will say to you, well believe if

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you can prove this, or prove that, or

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see, show us Allah azawajal or whatever it

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may be.

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And so because those types of proofs, it

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shows that those people in their heart have

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still a long way to go in order

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to reach that point of Iman.

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Allah azawajal then says in verse 112 وَكَذَٰلِكَ

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جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍ عَدُوًا شَيَاطِينَ الْإِنسِ وَالْجِنِّ يُوحِي

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بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ الْقَوْلِ غُرُورًا وَلَوْ شَاءَ

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رَبُّكَ مَا يَفْعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمَّ مَا يَفْتَرُونَ In the

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same way, we assign to each prophet an

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enemy, evil humans and evil jinn.

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They suggest alluring words to one another in

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order to deceive.

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If it had been your Lord's will, they

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would not have done this, leave them to

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their inventions.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is now saying

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this to console the Prophet ﷺ that there

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was not a prophet of Allah azawajal that

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came upon earth except that he had enemies,

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devils from humans and devils from jinn.

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And that shows that the word shaytan or

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shayateen, even though it is often used in

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the context of the jinn and the devils,

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there are human devils as well.

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The word shaytan is anything that is evil

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and trying to divert people away from the

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path of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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And so as there are jinns, there are

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shayateen and devils, there are also humans that

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are devils because the prophets of Allah are

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facing both types.

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The prophets of Allah have enemies of humans

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as well as the enemies of the jinn

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as the Prophet ﷺ and the other prophets

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who came before him as we saw in

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their stories and we see in their stories

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throughout the Quran.

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And that therefore shows that there are from

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humans and jinn, those that are pious.

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The jinn have believers amongst them, people who

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worship Allah and believe in Allah and Allah

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azawajal dedicates a surah to this in the

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Quran in the 29th juz suratul jinn and

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Allah azawajal mentions it elsewhere and it is

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mentioned in a number of hadith of our

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Prophet ﷺ that there are jinn that are

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righteous and pious and they believe in Allah

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azawajal and the Prophet ﷺ and they worship

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala alone.

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They are Muslims, they are good, pious, noble

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jinn.

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We can't see them and we are not

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aware of them in that way but Allah

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azawajal tells us their existence or tells us

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of their existence and therefore we believe in

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that which Allah azawajal tells us.

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But likewise there are evil humans and evil

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jinn and they are the ones who try

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to divert away from the path of Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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يُوحِي بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ زُخْرُ فَالْقَوْلِ وَرُورًا They

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suggest to one another alluring words in order

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to deceive, meaning that this is what they

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do.

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They say things to one another in order

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to assist one another in diverting others away

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from the path of Allah azawajal and that

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is why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in

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the Quran and we will see examples of

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this inshallah ta'ala when we come to

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the stories of the Prophets.

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Allah azawajal often refers to the disbelievers and

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the people that oppose the Prophets as a

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Malak.

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A Malak is a group of people usually

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of the nobility and the upper classes of

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that society that used to gather together.

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Even in the story of Pharaoh and Pharaoh

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is the leader of his people and he

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is the Pharaoh of his people.

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Allah azawajal often says that he said to

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his Malak.

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The Malak are his people that are his

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closest advisors, the nobility, the royalty, whoever it

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may be that were his essentially his group

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of people that he used to use in

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order to oppose the Prophets and Messengers of

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Allah, whoever they were.

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You will often find this in the story

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of Noah, the story of Hud, the story

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of Musa and Pharaoh and you will see

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this a number of times that Allah azawajal

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refers to these people as the Malak, the

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story of Shu'aib.

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And so Allah azawajal says that they always

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grouped together because they speak to one another

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and they encourage one another, they motivate one

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another in order to take people away from

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the religion of Islam and that is something

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which we see in the story of our

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own Prophet ﷺ.

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It's not normally just one person opposing the

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Prophet ﷺ, it's the nobility of Quraysh, the

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chieftains of Quraysh.

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You have Abu Jahl and you have Abu

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Lahab and you have Utbah and you have

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Al-Walid and you have others, all of

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them coming together, these are the chieftains of

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Quraysh and they come together as a group

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and they unite upon this evil in order

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to oppose the religion of Islam and the

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Prophet ﷺ.

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وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ But if your

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Lord had willed they would not do so.

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فَذَرْهُمَّ مَا يَفْتَعُونَ But leave them to their

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inventions.

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Meaning that the fact that they do so

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is because Allah azawajal allows them to do

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so and rules for it to happen and

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so therefore there must be some hikmah in

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it, there must be a wisdom in it

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that Allah azawajal allows this to happen and

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there are many wisdoms as we know for

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this reason or for this to happen, not

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least of which is that it is a

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test for the Prophets and Messengers of Allah

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and a test for the believers to see

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how strong they will be upon their Iman

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and when you're opposed and you show steadfastness

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and firmness upon something that is pleasing to

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Allah azawajal and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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therefore rewards you greatly.

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Allah azawajal then says in verse number 113

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وَلِتَصْغَىٰ إِلَيْهِ أَفْئِدَةُ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ

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وَلِيَرْضَوْهُ وَلِيَقْتَرِفُوا مَا هُمْ مُقَتَرِفُونَ So that the

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hearts of those who do not believe in

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the Hereafter may incline towards their deceit be

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pleased with it and so perpetrate whatever they

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perpetrate.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says that these

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are the reasons why Allah azawajal allows for

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these enemies to flourish allows for them to

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often have power in the land to have

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positions of and status of power to have

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wealth and to have armies and so on

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Allah azawajal says it is so that their

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hearts or the hearts of those who don't

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believe in the Hereafter may incline towards this

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meaning inclined towards their rejection of Allah azawajal

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their rejection of the message that Allah azawajal

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has sent the revelation of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala and they think that which they're

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doing is good they encourage one another motivate

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one another egg one another on because they

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think that what they're doing is good they

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think that what they're doing is a show

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of their prowess and their power and their

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and their wealth and so on and so

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Allah azawajal says that these are from the

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many wisdoms that Allah azawajal has placed within

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these types of people who are enemies to

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the original enemies of the prophets and messengers

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of Allah azawajal these are people who oppose

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the prophets of Allah they oppose the believers

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and by doing so they are a test

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for the believers and the believers must show

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their steadfastness in opposition to those people to

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show that the Iman is true and that

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these are the people and so Allah azawajal

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also allows us therefore to see the beauty

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of the truth when you see the evil

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of the opposite of the truth which is

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falsehood and sometimes to appreciate something you must

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know its opposite and experience it so often

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we understand the preciousness of our health when

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we become sick and ill or we see

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people around us who are going through disease

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and hardship and illness you then appreciate that

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Allah azawajal has given to you good health

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you see the blessing of wealth when you

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see around you poverty and around you people

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who are needy and homeless people who don't

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have hardly any wealth that they can use

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in order to sustain themselves and their needs

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and the needs of their families and their

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children you appreciate then what Allah azawajal has

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given to you and likewise with the believers

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when you see the falsehood that other people

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are on and the way that they're living

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in this world aimlessly without purpose not knowing

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the reason and purpose for which Allah azawajal

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created them you appreciate Tawheed and you appreciate

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Iman and you appreciate that Allah azawajal gave

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to the Quran and sent to the Prophet

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salallahu alayhi wasalam Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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then says in verse 114 وَالَّذِينَ

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آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُنَزَّلٌ مِّنْ رَبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ

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فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِينَ say shall I seek

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any judge other than Allah when it is

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he who has sent down sent down for

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you the scripture clearly explained those to whom

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we gave the scripture know that this Quran

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is revealed to you by your Lord with

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the truth so do not be from amongst

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those who have doubt Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala says in this verse addressing his Prophet

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salallahu alayhi wasalam أَفَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَبْتَغِيْ حَكَمًا say

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to them should I seek any judge other

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than Allah azawajal Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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the one who is all just the one

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who is all powerful the one who is

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all merciful the one who is all kind

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and generous why would I seek a judge

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other than him subhanahu wa ta'ala because

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every other judge is deficient every other judge

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is lacking in terms of insight and knowledge

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and their ability to know everything every other

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judge is lacking in terms of their compassion

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and their kindness and their mercy and their

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justice and perfection and so therefore when you

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have the Lord subhanahu wa ta'ala that

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is all-perfect all-knowing all-merciful why

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would you seek a judge other than him

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subhanahu wa ta'ala and that is why

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some of the Salafis used to say that

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if on Yawmul Qiyamah we were given a

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choice between our own mothers being our judges

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and between Allah azawajal being our judge we

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would choose Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala over

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our own mothers there is no one more

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kind or merciful to you in this life

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than your mother in this world no one

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more kind to you from the people that

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you know than your mother that will sacrifice

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more that will do more for you that

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will give more to you that will that

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will that will go to the effort that

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the mother goes to for her child but

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on Yawmul Qiyamah or in comparison to Allah

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azawajal that person is nowhere near and that

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is when the hadith the Prophet salallahu alayhi

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wasalam he was sitting with a number of

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companions and the lady had lost her child

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and so she's running around looking for a

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child she's distraught she's looking for a child

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and because she's also overcome with fear and

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with emotion she finds a small child and

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she takes that child and she hugs it

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thinking that it's her child but then she

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realizes that's not my boy that's not my

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child she leaves him and she goes to

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the next one she does this a number

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of times until finally she finds her son

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or her child and she takes that child

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and she squeezes him and she hugs him

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out of love out of compassion out of

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kindness and the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam is

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sitting with the companions and he's watching this

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unfold before him the Prophet said salallahu alayhi

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wasalam do you think that this mother would

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ever willingly throw her child into the fire

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of * this mother who we just saw

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with these traits and this compassion and this

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kindness and this love do you think that

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she would ever willingly go to a fire

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and take her child and throw him in

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they said never or messenger of Allah never

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a woman like this with a child never

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the Prophet said salallahu alayhi wasalam Allah azawajal

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is more merciful to his slaves than this

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one is to her child Allah has more

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mercy subhanaw taala but why because that woman

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with her mercy and every mother with all

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of her mercy and kindness and love that

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is one part of the 100 parts of

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mercy of Allah azawajal Allah kept 99 for

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himself a normal Qiyamah for the believers one

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part was descended upon this earth for all

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of humanity and all of creation to share

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humans jinn animals plants everything shares this from

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the beginning of time to the end of

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time so me and you have the smallest

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smallest minutest portion or percentage of that one

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part of mercy that one percent that Allah

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sent down to the ground to the to

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the earth we have the smallest portion of

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that only Allah knows what that would be

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in terms of percentage but it is miniscule

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but despite that you see the signs of

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love and perfection and affection and compassion that

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a mother has towards the child even in

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the animal world the mother of an animal

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child will show that same type of love

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same type of protection same type of because

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that's the child and that's what you will

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see sometimes in these documentaries when there's a

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predator that comes and there's a mother that

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has a new child and the predators going

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for the child the baby but that mother

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even though she's not a predator it may

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just be like a cow or it may

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be an animal that's like normally easily preyed

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upon but the fierceness and the ferociousness of

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that mother in protecting a child will ward

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off even a lion or a tiger and

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that is the mercy that Allah sent down

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99 belongs to Allah for the believers and

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that is why the scholars said if we

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have the choice we choose Allah because the

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odds and the percentage is that Allah has

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99% and Allah is perfect subhanahu wa

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ta'ala in all ways and so Allah

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says why would you then seek a judge

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other than Allah when it is he who

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has sent down to you the scripture clearly

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explained and that is from the mercy of

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala from his goodness

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upon us that Allah gave to us revelation

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in scripture that is clearly explained with the

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signs that show us the path of salvation

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show us what you need to do in

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order to achieve goodness in this life and

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in the next وَالَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ

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مُنَزَّلٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَالَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ

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يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُنَزَّلٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ

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وَالَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ

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يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُنَزَّلٌ And that's why the sincere

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from amongst them believe and believed in the

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Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم And Allah عز

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و جل says that you know that it

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is the truth You know that what the

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Quran brings confirms the truth that was given

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to you And you know that it is

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something which is مُهَيْمِنًا عَلَيْي That it has

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supremacy over the revelations that came before Just

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as the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Has

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supremacy in that way over the prophets and

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messengers who came before him صلى الله عليه

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وسلم فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُمْتَلِينَ So do not

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be from amongst those who doubt Allah سبحانه

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وتعالى then says in verse 115 وَتَمَّتْ كَلِيمَةُ

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رَبِّكَ صِدْقًا وَعَدَلًا لَا مُبَدِّنَ لِكَلِيمَاتِهِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ

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الْعَلِيمُ The words of your Lord are complete

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in their truth and justice No one can

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change His words, He is the all-hearing,

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the all-knowing Allah سبحانه وتعالى after mentioning

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the Qur'an And how it was revealed

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in truth And how Allah عز و جل

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has given the clear words of the Qur

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'an The revelation as a sign for the

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people As a means of them knowing the

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truth and turning to Allah عز و جل

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Allah سبحانه وتعالى now says وَتَمَّتْ كَلِيمَةُ رَبِّكَ

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صِدْقًا وَعَدْلًا The words of your Lord are

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complete in their truth and in their justice

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Everything which Allah عز و جل says is

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true Every word that you find in the

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book of Allah عز و جل is true

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From the stories, from the commandments, from the

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affairs of the unseen From what will happen

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on Yawm al-Qiyamah All of it is

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true And all of it is justice In

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terms of the commands of Allah and the

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prohibitions of Allah سبحانه وتعالى All of them

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lead to that which is good And all

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of them lead to salvation and success And

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all of them lead to the reward of

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Allah عز و جل And His pleasure and

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His mercy سبحانه وتعالى لا مبدل لكلماته No

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one can change His words Because the truth

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cannot be changed And the justice of Allah

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عز و جل cannot be changed And the

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universal laws of Allah سبحانه وتعالى cannot be

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changed So no one can come and say

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That instead of death I will remain alive

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in this world I don't want there to

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be a day of judgment So I will

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keep this world here Or they can't change

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the laws of Allah عز و جل That

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the people of Iman will go to Jannah

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And the people of disbelief will go to

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the fire The commands of Allah عز و

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جل are true And just no one can

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change them From His will سبحانه وتعالى وَهُوَ

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السَّمِيعُ الْعَالِيمُ He is the All-Hearing, the

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All-Knowing Allah سبحانه وتعالى then says in

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verse 116 وَإِن تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَن فِي الْأَرْضِ

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يُضِلُّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ

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وَإِن هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْلُصُونَ If you obeyed most

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of those on earth They would lead you

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away from the path of Allah They follow

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nothing but speculation They are merely guessing Allah

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سبحانه وتعالى says that If you were to

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follow and obey those Upon this earth The

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majority of people Then the majority of people

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don't worship Allah عز و جل The majority

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of people are upon shirk And so this

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is a warning to the Prophet صلى الله

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عليه وسلم Because sometimes as humans we look

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at numbers And we think that the majority

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must be correct And even though there are

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some instances When that may be the case

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and that may be true It is not

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always the case Especially when it comes to

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belief in Allah عز و جل and Tawheed

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Because Allah عز و جل tells us elsewhere

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in the Quran وَمَا يُؤْمِنُ أَكْثَرُهُم بِاللَّهِ إِلَّا

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وَهُمْ مُشْرِكُونَ The majority of people do not

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say that they believe in Allah Except that

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they commit shirk The majority of people are

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not upon Islam But they are upon shirk

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As the Prophet told us صلى الله عليه

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وسلم About يوم القيامة That Allah عز و

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جل will address Adam عليه السلام And he

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will say Oh Adam And Adam will say

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I am here responding to your command of

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Allah And Allah عز و جل will command

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Adam And he will say take out from

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your progeny Your offspring بَعْثِ النَّارِ The portion

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that will go to the fire And Adam

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عليه السلام Will say Oh my Lord What

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is the portion of my offspring That will

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go to the fire The Prophet صلى الله

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عليه وسلم That Allah عز و جل said

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From every thousand Nine hundred and ninety nine

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Meaning one of every thousand goes to Jannah

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Nine hundred and ninety nine go to the

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fire So the overwhelming majority don't believe And

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that is what Allah عز و جل says

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Concerning or saying to the Prophet صلى الله

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عليه وسلم Beware of the way that other

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people think The standard is not to do

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with numbers It's not to do with might

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or power Or any of those worldly metrics

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that we use It is Iman and it

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is good deeds And Taqwa of Allah عز

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و جل That Allah سبحانه و تعالى loves

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If you were to follow the vast majority

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of people يُضِلُّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ They will

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take you away from Allah's path إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ

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إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَإِنْهُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُسُونَ Because the reality

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is that they don't follow Revelation or truth

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or certainty Rather what they follow is speculation

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and guessing They simply use what they think

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in their minds Because of the deception of

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Shaytan To consider what they consider to be

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true And that is not the case In

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terms of what is the reality That Allah

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عز و جل has revealed In verse 117,

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the final verse that we'll take today Allah

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عز و جل then says إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ

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أَعْلَمُ مَن يَضِلُّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْدَدِينَ

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Your Lord knows best who strays from His

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path And who is rightly guided So Allah

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عز و جل says That it is not

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about the numbers It's not about the majority

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or the minority But Allah عز و جل

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has best the knowledge of those Who are

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upon Iman and guidance And those who are

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upon disbelief and misguidance So Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ

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تَعَالَى is the one who will judge It

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is not the place of anyone else to

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judge Or to make that distinction Or to

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say decisively that these people are in Jannah

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Or those people are in the fire But

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rather it is to do with the commands

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of Allah عز و جل And so the

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numbers are not a proof For something or

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against something But rather the proof is knowledge

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The proof is the signs of Allah عز

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و جل And the evidence that Allah سُبْحَانَهُ

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وَ تَعَالَى has given And that is why

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in our religion Our religion goes back to

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the sources of revelation The Quran and the

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Sunnah of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم

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And Allah عز و جل has most knowledge

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Of those who are rightly guided And with

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that we come to the end of today's

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episode بارك الله فيكم و صلى الله على

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نبينا محمد وعلى آله و صحبه أجمعين والسلام

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عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Thank

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you for watching!

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