Ahsan Hanif – Quran Tafseer – Page 145 – The Tragic Misguidance Of Idolaters

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The history and meaning of Islam is discussed, including the implementation of Islam and the use of the dronym. The importance of sh possibilities and sh patterns in sh possibilities is also emphasized. The use of the verse "has been given to Allah" is also discussed, and the logic behind his actions is discussed. The transcript provides insight into the meaning of the verse and how it relates to sh patterns and behavior.

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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 Tafsir page
		
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			by page.
		
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			Insha'Allah ta'ala today we are on
		
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			page 145 which is in the 8th juz'
		
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			of the Quran, Suratul An'am.
		
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			In the previous episode we covered those verses
		
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			which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala first of
		
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			all mentioned to us.
		
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			The beauty of accepting Islam and Iman and
		
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			how that leads to the expanding of the
		
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			heart and how Allah azzawajal for such people
		
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			he blesses them with tranquility and peace and
		
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			happiness within their heart.
		
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			And how those people who deny and reject
		
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			Allah azzawajal then their heart becomes restricted and
		
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			constricted as if they are going high up
		
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			into altitude into the sky and so their
		
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			breathing becomes restricted, their chest becomes restricted and
		
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			they feel the pain as if they are
		
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			unable to get enough oxygen into their system.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says that that
		
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			is their example.
		
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			Allah azzawajal then gave to us those verses
		
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			in which he spoke about the reality of
		
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			the jinn and the humans who denied the
		
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			worship of Allah azzawajal or refused to worship
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in this life.
		
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			And how Allah azzawajal will address them and
		
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			speak to them on Yawmul Qiyamah.
		
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			And how Allah azzawajal will make clear to
		
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			them what they did of their evil and
		
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			their harm and how they led one another
		
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			astray and the relationship that they had with
		
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			one another that led both all of them
		
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			to deny Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Despite Allah azzawajal sending to them prophets and
		
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			messengers and giving to them revelation and giving
		
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			to them reminders and warnings that should profit
		
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			them, those people turned away.
		
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			So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us
		
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			that Allah azzawajal never punishes a group of
		
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			people until he sends to them a reminder,
		
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			gives to them revelation, gives them a chance
		
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			to see the path that leads to Allah
		
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			azzawajal.
		
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			But if they refuse and they are obstinate
		
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			and they are too arrogant to accept then
		
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			that is when the punishment of Allah azzawajal
		
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			descends upon them.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala continues in that
		
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			same theme if you like or that same
		
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			topic in the verses that we will continue
		
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			with today.
		
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			And that is we start from verse 100
		
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			or we continue rather with verse 133 and
		
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			that is the statement of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ وَرَبُّكَ
		
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			الْغَنِيُّ ذُرَّحْمَةٍ إِنْ يَشَأْ يُذْهِبَكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفْ مِنْ بَعْدِكُمْ
		
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			مَا يَشَاءُ كَمَا أَنْشَأَكُمْ كَمَا أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ
		
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			قَوْمٍ آخَرِينَ Your Lord is self-sufficient and
		
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			full of mercy.
		
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			If He pleased, meaning if He so wished,
		
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			He could remove you and put others in
		
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			your place just as He produced you from
		
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			the offspring of other people.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says and remember
		
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			in the last episode Allah azzawajal was speaking
		
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			about those jinn and those humans that denied
		
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			the worship of Allah azzawajal.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said concerning them
		
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			that it was the dunya that deceived them
		
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			and they will testify against their own selves
		
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			and therefore they will enter into the fire
		
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			for eternity.
		
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			And that is because Allah azzawajal doesn't punish
		
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			people without giving them the chance to believe.
		
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			Doesn't punish people without being fair and just
		
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			to them and giving them the opportunity to
		
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			see what is the correct truth and then
		
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			for them to be able to make that
		
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			decision.
		
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			And that is from the mercy of Allah
		
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			azzawajal.
		
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			That is why Allah azzawajal says here Your
		
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			Lord is self-sufficient, full of mercy وَرَبُّكَ
		
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			الْغَنِيُّ ذُو رَحْمَةٍ Meaning Allah azzawajal doesn't benefit
		
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			anything from someone's iman nor does he lose
		
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			anything if a person disbelieves.
		
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			Allah azzawajal didn't accept or didn't give iman
		
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			to those people that he gave iman to
		
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			because he needed them or because they're related
		
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			to him وَالْعِيَاذُ بِاللَّهِ or because there's some
		
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			benefit that Allah azzawajal derives from them.
		
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			May Allah azzawajal be free of such ascribed
		
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			lies.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala doesn't need anyone.
		
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			He's Al-Ghani jalla fi'ula Free of
		
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			all needs.
		
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			Rich beyond any other need or any need
		
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			that anyone may have.
		
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			And Allah azzawajal is full of mercy subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala ذو الرحمة Full of mercy
		
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			as we know from a number of hadith
		
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			of the Prophet ﷺ and that is that
		
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			Allah azzawajal is full of mercy and from
		
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			his mercy is that he gives to everyone
		
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			the opportunity to accept guidance.
		
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			Makes clear to them the path that is
		
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			pleasing to Allah azzawajal.
		
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			Gives to them the ability to see the
		
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			truth and then for them to be able
		
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			to make that choice.
		
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			That is from the mercy of Allah azzawajal
		
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			and that is from the beauty of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala decree and his justice
		
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			upon the people.
		
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			إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفْ مِن بَعْدِكُمْ مَا يَشَاءُ
		
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			كَمَا أَنشَأَكُمْ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوْمٍ آخَرِينَ Allah azzawajal
		
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			says but if he so wished he could
		
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			remove you and put others in your place
		
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			just as he produced you from the offspring
		
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			of other people.
		
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			If Allah azzawajal wanted he could do as
		
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			he pleases subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Allah azzawajal created us and placed us in
		
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			this dunya and he told us very clearly
		
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			that the dunya is a temporary abode.
		
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			It is almost like you are passing through
		
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			a place in order to reach your final
		
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			destination.
		
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			As the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam when he
		
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			would be told about something about the dunya
		
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			if he wanted something from the dunya he
		
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			would say what need do I have of
		
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			the dunya مَا لِي وَلِي الدُّنْيَا I have
		
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			no need of the dunya my example is
		
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			like the example of the traveler who comes
		
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			under the shade of the tree to rest
		
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			and then he continues with his journey.
		
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			The shade of the tree is the dunya.
		
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			This dunya is like the shade of that
		
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			tree.
		
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			You are traveling from point A to point
		
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			B.
		
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			You are going from your starting point to
		
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			your destination point but on the way you
		
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			need to stop somewhere to rest.
		
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			That is what the dunya is.
		
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			Now that rest in our terms may be
		
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			50 years, 60 years, 80 years, 100 years
		
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			however long it is but it is still
		
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			a small short amount of time when you
		
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			compare it to eternity which is what Allah
		
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			azzawajal tells us will happen on Yawm al
		
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			-Qiyamah or after Yawm al-Qiyamah.
		
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			It is the life of eternity.
		
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			And so therefore Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			is telling us that this is your reality
		
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			in the dunya.
		
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			And just like a traveler or a stranger
		
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			who is moving from one place to another
		
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			or comes to a place for a few
		
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			days and then continues that person what they
		
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			do is they only take what they need.
		
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			They only do enough that is sufficient for
		
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			them to take on enough to continue their
		
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			journey.
		
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			That is what the believer does as well.
		
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			But then what happens is that shaytan came
		
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			and he used the temptations of the dunya
		
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			and used the trappings and the beauty of
		
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			the dunya in order to change that mindset.
		
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			So that now we no longer think that
		
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			the dunya is a place of traveling or
		
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			a place that is just a temporary stop
		
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			or a place that we just need to
		
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			pass through in order to get to a
		
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			final destination but now we think the dunya
		
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			is the be all and end all.
		
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			It is everything.
		
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			So now we start to think about permanency
		
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			in the dunya and we are looking at
		
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			holding on to the dunya even though all
		
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			of us know the reality every single person
		
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			Muslim, non-Muslim, all of you everyone knows
		
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			the reality of the dunya is that you
		
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			must die at one point or another but
		
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			still we will hold on to it and
		
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			we will covet it if not for ourselves
		
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			then our families and our children and we
		
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			will spend our whole lives dedicating ourselves to
		
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			the dunya and its pursuit and we will
		
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			forget about the akhirah.
		
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			Those that Allah favours they don't forget.
		
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			Or if Allah favours others they remember at
		
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			one point or another or some of them
		
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			don't remember until the end of their lives
		
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			and then they switch on to the fact
		
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			that they need to prepare for the akhirah.
		
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			But how many people don't take that lesson
		
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			at all they don't heed that warning at
		
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			all and so what they do is they
		
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			spend their whole life in a state of
		
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			oblivion, heedlessness negligence, only disobeying Allah azza wa
		
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			jal, thinking about the dunya and that is
		
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			why the difference between the believer and the
		
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			disbeliever or the believer who knows their religion
		
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			as opposed to the Muslim who may be
		
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			a Muslim but they don't have any connection
		
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			to their religion or very little connection to
		
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			their religion is this issue here the believer
		
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			is the one who is always mindful that
		
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			I need to work for the akhirah yes,
		
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			I need to take my portion of the
		
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			dunya as Allah azza wa jal will tell
		
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			us in Surah Al-Qasas وَلَا تَنْسَى نَصِيبَكَ
		
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			مِنَ الدُّنْيَا Don't forget your portion of the
		
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			dunya I'm a father, I'm a husband, I'm
		
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			a son or you're a mother, or you're
		
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			a wife or you're a daughter, whatever your
		
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			position is in society, you have duties you
		
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			have responsibilities and from them that means to
		
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			take from the dunya and work in the
		
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			dunya and benefit from the dunya that's all
		
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			part of our religion it's all part of
		
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			what Allah azza wa jal instructed in the
		
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			Quran and the example of the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wasallam you have to provide for your
		
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			family you have to look after them, you
		
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			have to look after their educational needs and
		
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			other needs and so on that's all part
		
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			of our religion but that shouldn't supersede, shouldn't
		
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			overcome, shouldn't replace the rights of Allah azza
		
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			wa jal in working for the akhirah that
		
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			is a secondary thing it fits within the
		
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			greater vision of obeying Allah azza wa jal
		
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			and if you fit it within that vision
		
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			then even your working in the dunya and
		
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			the acts that you do in terms of
		
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			living in the dunya they become acts of
		
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			worship or acts that are pleasing to Allah
		
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			azza wa jal because Allah commanded them as
		
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			well but if they come at the expense
		
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			of your akhirah so the person's working flat
		
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			out for the dunya, so that means that
		
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			their wealth, some of it now is haram
		
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			they're earning it in haram or they're spending
		
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			it in haram or they're working flat out
		
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			to attain some of the dunya in terms
		
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			of its trappings and adornments so they don't
		
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			pray, they don't give zakah they never made
		
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			hajj and so now they're neglecting all their
		
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			obligations that Allah azza wa jal has placed
		
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			upon them, they're neglecting their religious duties and
		
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			responsibilities they're neglecting even those things that are
		
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			purely acts of worship to Allah azza wa
		
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			jal but they're strongly recommended or even obligated
		
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			now in religion but they will neglect them
		
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			because it goes against their vision for themselves
		
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			in attaining the dunya so they don't honor
		
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			their parents anymore they don't join the ties
		
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			of kinship, they're not good to their neighbors,
		
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			they don't display good character these are things
		
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			that are only purely deen, they're not only
		
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			purely religious there's a worldly aspect to them
		
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			as well being a nice person, having good
		
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			character having good conduct, treating people nicely respecting
		
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			your elders, your parents people across different cultures
		
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			and religions do this, not just the Muslims,
		
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			so it's not purely just an Islamic concept
		
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			but even those issues they won't do now
		
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			because it's all about the dunya, how can
		
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			I get it how can I attain it,
		
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			who's going to take it away from me
		
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			and so their whole life becomes consumed by
		
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			this one issue so what do they do
		
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			this is what they spend their life, their
		
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			decades and years engaged in Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala is saying that this is not
		
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			important to him, if Allah azza wa jal
		
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			wished he could remove you and bring another
		
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			group of people just as he made you
		
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			come from your ancestors, then other people can
		
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			come from their ancestors as well it's not
		
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			difficult for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala but
		
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			Allah azza wa jal has given to you
		
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			the opportunity to believe, in fact for many
		
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			of us Allah azza wa jal gave us
		
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			more he made us born into Muslim families
		
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			and he gave to us many things and
		
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			it's unfortunate nowadays, today in our time how
		
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			many Muslims are leaving their religion they're apostating,
		
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			they're going into atheism or gnosticism or other
		
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			types of philosophies or whatever it may be
		
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			ideologies, because of how weak that connection is
		
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			so with our elders maybe the cultural connection
		
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			was so strong that they wouldn't go to
		
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			that level but now the cultural connection is
		
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			no longer there, so for many of our
		
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			youth now and our youngsters, they don't have
		
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			that barrier that takes them, that stops them
		
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			from exiting the religion and that's again because
		
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			we as a community and as a society,
		
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			many of our families, we've become so distant
		
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			from our religion so distant from our deen,
		
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			that even in our funerals, in our weddings
		
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			in our births, in many of the major
		
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			occasions in our lives, it's full of haram
		
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			and full of disobedience of Allah azza wa
		
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			jal and there is rarely the name the
		
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			name of Allah azza wa jal that is
		
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			mentioned or praised that is given to him
		
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			or gratitude that is offered to him subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, and that's because we just
		
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			think it's all about the dunya and so
		
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			what Allah azza wa jal is warning us
		
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			of and the reason for which those jinn
		
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			and those humans on yawm al qiyamah will
		
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			be punished, that the world deceived them, many
		
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			of us are falling into that trap as
		
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			well and it is something therefore that we
		
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			should constantly be aware of and that is
		
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			what Allah azza wa jal says in verse
		
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			134 where you are promised is sure to
		
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			come true and you cannot escape and that
		
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			is in this life and the next, the
		
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			promise of Allah azza wa jal in this
		
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			life and the promise of Allah in the
		
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			next life, for the believers the promise of
		
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			Allah in this life is that Allah azza
		
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			wa jal will give to you contentment and
		
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			bliss and that Allah will give to you
		
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			honour and that Allah azza wa jal will
		
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			always care for you and protect you subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala with his divine care and
		
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			protection on yawm al qiyamah you will be
		
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			honoured and blessed and given the highest of
		
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			rewards and for the disbelievers is that Allah
		
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			azza wa jal in this life will not
		
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			allow them to find the inner peace and
		
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			tranquility no matter what they have of the
		
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			dunya and on yawm al qiyamah they will
		
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			have the punishment of Allah azza wa jal
		
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			you cannot escape these laws of Allah azza
		
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			wa jal or these decrees of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala and that is why Allah
		
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			azza wa jal says in verse 135 innahu
		
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			la yuflihun zalimun say my people you carry
		
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			on as you are and so will I
		
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			you will come to realise who will have
		
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			a happy homecoming in the hereafter the evil
		
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			doers will not prosper Allah azza wa jal
		
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			says oh messenger of Allah say to your
		
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			people do as you are doing carry on
		
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			if you are going to refuse to accept
		
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			my message believe in me worship Allah azza
		
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			wa jal believe in Allah azza wa jal
		
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			alone and you are going to be obstinate
		
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			and arrogant and stubborn upon what you are
		
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			upon you do as you will I will
		
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			do as I will I will not interfere
		
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			with you, you don't interfere with me carry
		
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			on as you are if you are not
		
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			going to believe in Allah azza wa jal
		
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			because you and I will certainly come to
		
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			realise in a short space of time for
		
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			whom will be the life of the hereafter
		
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			for whom will be the home of the
		
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			hereafter it will be something which will be
		
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			made very clear it will be made clear
		
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			at the time of a person's death it
		
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			will be made clear in the grave it
		
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			will be made clear on yawm al qiyam
		
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			on the day of resurrection for the evil
		
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			doers will never prosper Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala now speaks in the next number of
		
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			verses in the remainder of this episode and
		
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			inshallah ta'ala in the next episode or
		
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			two as well, Allah azza wa jal will
		
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			now speak about the feebleness of shirk as
		
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			it was practised by the people of Quraysh
		
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			in the time of the prophet sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wasallam and the way that their logic was
		
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			so corrupted in the way that they would
		
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			worship their gods and that they would also
		
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			worship Allah azza wa jal because they believed
		
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			in Allah as we know they believed that
		
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			Allah existed they believed that Allah was the
		
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			creator and the sustainer and so on and
		
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			so forth that he would create the heavens
		
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			and the earth and other things and so
		
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			they had a belief of Allah azza wa
		
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			jal but they wouldn't worship Allah alone so
		
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			their issue in terms of their tawheed wasn't
		
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			that they denied the existence of Allah or
		
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			they rejected that Allah had powers or any
		
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			of those types of issues no, their issue
		
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			was that Allah isn't the only god worthy
		
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			of worship so they would worship other gods
		
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			besides Allah azza wa jal even though they
		
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			believed and it was from the belief of
		
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			the Quraysh and the Jahili Arabs that Allah
		
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			was the supreme lord that yes there were
		
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			many gods but Allah was the most powerful
		
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			god yes there were many idols that they
		
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			worshipped besides Allah but Allah was higher and
		
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			more powerful than them so they believed in
		
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			that but then Allah azza wa jal showed
		
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			to us in these verses how even though
		
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			that was their belief in terms of the
		
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			theory when it comes to practical application because
		
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			this is how shirk corrupts even if that's
		
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			what you believe when it comes to practicality
		
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			they would give to Allah always the lesser
		
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			form of worship than to their idols surely
		
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			logically if you believe even if you were
		
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			to say for the sake of argument there's
		
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			many gods but one is the higher god
		
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			the most supreme god the stronger god that's
		
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			the one that you should give the best
		
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			form of your worship to the best form
		
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			of your charity to the best form of
		
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			your sacrifice to and the other gods you
		
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			give to them the lesser amount but no
		
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			they would reverse that why because shirk isn't
		
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			logical shirk isn't something that allows a person
		
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			to use their faculties in a way that
		
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			will bring them to a logical end rather
		
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			what it will do is it will corrupt
		
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			and it will alter and it will manipulate
		
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			because that is what happens when a person
		
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			disbelieves in Allah azza wa jal so Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us in verse
		
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			136 وَجَعَلُوا لِلَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ الْحَرْثِ وَالْأَنْعَامِ
		
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			نَصِيبًا فَقَالُوا هَذَا لِلَّهِ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَهَذَا لِشُرَكَئِنَا فَمَا
		
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			كَانَ لِشُرَكَئِهِمْ فَلَا يَصِنُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ
		
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			لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ يَصِنُ إِلَى شُرَكَئِهِمْ to Allah as
		
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			share of the produce and the livestock He
		
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			created saying, this is for Allah as they
		
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			clean and this is for our idols their
		
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			idol's share does not reach Allah but Allah's
		
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			share does reach their idols how badly and
		
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			evil they judge Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			is saying that Allah azza wa jal they
		
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			believed was a sustainer, the provider He is
		
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			the one who gives rizq He is the
		
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			one who gives sustenance so what they had
		
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			of their wealth in terms of their agricultural
		
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			produce, in terms of the livestock they benefited
		
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			from, their belief was that Allah azza wa
		
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			jal was a rizq Allah is the one
		
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			who gives Allah is the one who provides,
		
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			Allah is the one who controls the heavens
		
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			and the earth Allah azza wa jal is
		
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			the one who decrees life and death, this
		
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			was the belief of the Arabs however, they
		
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			believed also as we said that there were
		
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			many other gods and idols that deserve to
		
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			be worshipped besides Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			Allah azza wa jal says, so number one
		
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			they accepted the fact that Allah is the
		
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			sustainer and the provider number two, however, this
		
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			didn't stop them from committing shirk and number
		
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			three not only did it not stop them
		
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			from committing shirk but they would give to
		
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			Allah the worst of the portions, the lesser
		
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			of the portions and they would attribute to
		
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			Allah azza wa jal what was always less,
		
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			despite the belief that they had.
		
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			Some of the scholars of tafsir said that
		
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			the meaning of this verse therefore is as
		
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			Allah azza wa jal says that when they
		
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			would ascribe or they would give a portion
		
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			to Allah and to other than Allah, the
		
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			different portions of their livestock so they would
		
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			say from their livestock and from their produce,
		
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			we must give some of this to our
		
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			gods in order to seek their blessing and
		
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			what have you and so they would make
		
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			it into two portions, one they would say
		
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			is for Allah, the supreme God, Allah azza
		
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			wa jal and the other one is for
		
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			our idols they would say that this belongs
		
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			to Allah azza wa jal according to their
		
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			claim, this is their claim that it belongs
		
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			to Allah azza wa jal and this is
		
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			for our idols فَمَا كَانَ لِشُرَكَئِهِمْ فَلَا يَصِرُ
		
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			إِلَى اللَّهِ as for that which was the
		
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			share of the idols, it would never reach
		
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			Allah azza wa jal, so if they had
		
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			this portion of, imagine now it's wheat, it's
		
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			barley, it's this agricultural produce that they have,
		
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			they made it into two portions, one is
		
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			for Allah, one is for the other idols
		
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			that they have if it got mixed up,
		
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			the wind came and blew into it or
		
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			they got confused and they mixed it up,
		
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			the portion that they gave to their idols,
		
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			if some of Allah's portion fell into that
		
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			they wouldn't take it away and give it
		
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			back to their idols but they would say
		
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			this belongs to our idols because they need
		
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			it more, they're weaker so they need it
		
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			more and if some of that portion came
		
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			to the portion of Allah, the portion of
		
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			the idols falls into the portions of Allah
		
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			they would extract it back and they would
		
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			give it back to their idols, so the
		
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			idols were always looked after, the idols were
		
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			always given their full due rights according to
		
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			their claims in their worship, in their religion,
		
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			their ideology, they were always given their fair
		
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			share or more but when it came to
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal despite him and them
		
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			believing that Allah was more powerful, more almighty
		
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			and so on, they would give to Allah
		
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			Azza wa Jal less Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala is saying look at how corrupted this
		
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			is how evil is that which they judge
		
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			or as some of the other scholars said
		
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			that the meaning of this verse and both
		
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			of these meanings are correct, that the other
		
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			meaning of this verse is that which they
		
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			apportion to their gods doesn't reach Allah, meaning
		
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			even if they were to give it to
		
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			Allah, Allah doesn't accept this from them, so
		
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			even what they said belongs to Allah it's
		
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			not accepted by Allah because Allah doesn't accept
		
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			any act of worship in which there is
		
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			shirk, even if some of the act of
		
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			worship is done purely for the sake of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and that is
		
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			why the prophet told us in the hadith
		
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			in Sahih Muslim of Abu Hurairah that Allah
		
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			Azza wa Jal said I am the one
		
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			who least needs any type of shirk Allah
		
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			is free of all needs Allah doesn't need
		
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			anything so he is the one who least
		
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			needs someone to associate partners with him whosoever
		
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			commits shirk with me I will leave him
		
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			and I will leave his shirk and so
		
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			this is the meaning according to some of
		
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			the scholars of Tafsir that that which they
		
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			gave to Allah Azza wa Jal Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala doesn't need any of it
		
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			rejects it all and that which they give
		
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			to their gods, they give that portion to
		
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			them and that is part of their shirk
		
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			and both of those meanings are correct because
		
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			one shows the reality of the situation in
		
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			terms of how they attributed or apportioned these
		
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			things that they would give to their gods
		
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			and to Allah Azza wa Jal and the
		
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			second tafsir shows its reality in the sense
		
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			of how Allah Azza wa Jal views it
		
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			and how therefore Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			rejects it and it is something which Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala says that it is
		
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			from their own corrupt logic and the way
		
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			that they used to apportion these things that
		
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			is done as a result of their own
		
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			desires and what it shows therefore is that
		
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			except in times of extreme need and danger
		
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			because we know that in those times of
		
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			extreme need and danger they would turn to
		
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			Allah and worship him alone and that is
		
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			why Allah Azza wa Jal may respond to
		
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			the disbelievers at that time disbelievers sometimes have
		
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			their duas answered because at times they turn
		
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			to Allah Azza wa Jal with sincerity and
		
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			that level of sincerity despite their shirk Allah
		
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			Azza wa Jal sometimes answers their duas as
		
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			we know throughout the Quran and the Sunnah
		
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			and it is a further test for them
		
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			as well however in their times of ease
		
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			and felicity you will find that they would
		
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			often give to their gods more rights and
		
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			more due and more respect and more honor
		
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			than they would afford to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala from their corrupt logic and thinking
		
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			also is what Allah Azza wa Jal mentions
		
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			in verse 137 which is the final verse
		
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			that we will take today and that is
		
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			the statement of Allah Azza wa Jal وَكَذَلِكَ
		
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			زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَتْلَ أَوْلَادِهِمْ شُرَكَاءُهُمْ
		
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			لِيُرْضُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُوا عَنَيْهِمْ دِينَهُمْ وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا
		
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			فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمَّ مَا يَفْتَرُونَ in the same way
		
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			their idols have induced many of the pagans
		
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			to kill their own children bringing them ruin
		
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			and confusion in their faith if Allah had
		
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			willed otherwise they would not have done this
		
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			so leave them to their own devices Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala says that and from
		
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			the way وَكَذَلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ and
		
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			likewise they induced many of the mushrikeen who
		
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			induced them?
		
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			the translator here says that it is their
		
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			idols others from amongst the scholars of tafsir
		
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			said that the meaning here refers to their
		
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			leaders from the humans and from the jinn
		
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			and so whether it's their idols or it's
		
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			their leaders or it's their elders they would
		
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			introduce into their religion certain practices and they
		
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			would beautify them to them or they would
		
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			beautify these practices to them until they became
		
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			a part of their religion a part of
		
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			their culture accepted widely by their community and
		
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			we now can sit here and think about
		
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			this and look at this and say how
		
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			crazy are they like it doesn't make any
		
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			sense how could they possibly allow certain things
		
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			to happen but even today if you were
		
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			to look around the world you will find
		
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			elements of this you will find people that
		
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			do things that seem crazy to most people
		
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			but they consider it to be a part
		
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			of their identity a part of their culture,
		
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			part of their religion that is how shaytan
		
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			comes and corrupts people's thinking and so likewise
		
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			the Arabs had this as well how did
		
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			they do this with the Arabs?
		
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			an example of this is what Allah mentions
		
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			here and that is قَتْلَ أَوْلَادِهِمْ that they
		
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			would make good or seemingly good to them,
		
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			the fact that they should kill their own
		
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			children, kill them, bury them alive as we
		
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			know when it came to their daughters they
		
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			would fear that their daughters would bring them
		
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			shame in their communities, that sons were strong
		
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			and daughters were weak and so from amongst
		
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			the Arabs, not all of the Arabs but
		
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			from amongst the Arabs there were sufficient number
		
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			of tribes that it became prevalent and accepted
		
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			amongst all of the Arabs that this was
		
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			their practice this is what they did, they
		
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			would bury their daughters alive and they would
		
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			kill them and others from amongst them would
		
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			kill their children both male and female but
		
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			this time as a result of fearing poverty
		
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			I can't afford to have this child it's
		
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			too expensive, remember for the vast majority of
		
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			the history of humanity, there was no such
		
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			thing as birth control as you have now
		
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			and so on so if you had a
		
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			child and they feared that they would bring
		
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			poverty it's another mouth to feed, we can't
		
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			support them, what would they do?
		
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			They would kill them and that is what
		
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			Allah mentions in a number of places in
		
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			the Quran وَلَا تَقْتُلُ أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشَّةَ إِمْلَاقَ don't
		
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			kill your children out of fear of poverty
		
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			Allah says we will provide for you and
		
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			for them, Allah Azza wa Jalla is the
		
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			one who is Ar-Razzaq but this is
		
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			what they made seemingly good to them, that
		
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			they would kill their own children and it
		
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			is, you can imagine how not only how
		
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			difficult that is but for a community or
		
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			a society to accept that as being something
		
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			which is the norm or something which is
		
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			good and acceptable how far astray that they
		
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			had become that they would take what is
		
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			the most abhorrent of actions even to a
		
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			human, at a human level, forget about the
		
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			religious level and other things at a human
		
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			moral level, it is so abhorrent and they
		
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			would consider that to be something good, that
		
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			is how Shaitan corrupts and that is how
		
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			evil corrupts وَلِيَلْبِسُوا عَلَيْهِمْ دِينَهُمْ and it would
		
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			cause them more confusion in their faith وَلَا
		
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			شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ مَا يَفْتَرُونَ if
		
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			Allah had willed, they wouldn't have done so
		
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			but Allah left them to their devices because
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jalla showed them the path
		
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			and the way and then Allah leaves them
		
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			to it, and it is a sign for
		
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			the people around them to see that those
		
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			people who don't turn to Allah Azza wa
		
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			Jalla and his guidance, don't seek Allah Subhanahu
		
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			wa Ta'ala's reminders then that is how
		
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			Shaitan can corrupt them and lead them away
		
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			from the path of Allah Azza wa Jalla
		
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			وَلَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ مَا يَفْتَرُونَ
		
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			and their own devices, and Inshallah Ta'ala
		
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			in the next episode Allah Azza wa Jalla
		
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			will continue with this topic of giving us
		
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			more examples of how their corrupt logic led
		
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			them to doing many acts of evil so
		
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			with that however we come to the end
		
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			of today's episode بارك الله فيكم والصلاة والسلام
		
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			عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته