Ahsan Hanif – Quran Tafseer – Page 149 – The Ten Commandments

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The importance of shvanse and avoiding offense towards parents and children is emphasized in shaping the shrouds of Islam. The holy spirit of Allah is emphasized, and individuals should follow guidance and actions in religion to fulfill promises and fulfill promises in the name of Jesus. The importance of integrity and trustworthiness is emphasized, and the need for people to study the Quran and connect with it to obtain guidance and mercy from the message is emphasized. The holy spirit of Allah is emphasized, and individuals should fulfill promises and fulfill promises in the name of Jesus.

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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.
		
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			Insha'Allah ta'ala today we are on
		
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			page 149 which is in the 8th Juz,
		
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			it is the penultimate page of Surat Al
		
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			-An'am.
		
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			In the previous episode we mentioned those verses
		
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			in which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala speaking
		
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			about the people of Quraish.
		
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			In which he spoke about how they would
		
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			reject and deny the messages of Allah azawajal,
		
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			his prophets, his messengers, the divine revelation that
		
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			came to them.
		
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			And how then they would ascribe lies to
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And from those lies that they ascribe to
		
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			Allah azawajal is they claim that their shirk
		
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			and the shirk of their forefathers and the
		
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			evil that they were upon was all because
		
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			that is what Allah decreed for them.
		
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			That is what Allah wanted from them, that
		
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			is what Allah was pleased with for them.
		
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			And these are lies that they ascribe to
		
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			Allah azawajal because Allah is not pleased with
		
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			shirk and Allah is not happy with the
		
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			evil and the oppression that is committed.
		
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			That people may ascribe to him subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala or say that it is done
		
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			in his name and he is free and
		
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			far above removed from it subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala.
		
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			Allah azawajal and we went into quite a
		
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			lot of detail concerning this issue of using
		
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			the divine decree of Allah azawajal as a
		
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			proof or a justification to disbelieve.
		
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			Or for example for Muslims to disobey Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala and how Allah azawajal
		
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			says that the people who do so don't
		
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			do so based upon knowledge but rather they
		
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			do so following their desires and based upon
		
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			supposition and lies.
		
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			Today we continue from verse 151 and this
		
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			verse and the next two or three verses
		
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			after it are verses that will bring together
		
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			and will comprise of and encapsulate many of
		
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			the great tenets of our religion.
		
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			Many of the great aspects of this religion
		
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			of Islam.
		
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			To the extent that some of the scholars
		
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			of tafsir from the companions and the tabi
		
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			'een and others such as Abdullah bin Mas
		
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			'ud r.a said that if you want
		
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			to know the final advice of this religion
		
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			of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam then
		
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			read these three verses from verse 151 onwards.
		
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			So 151, 152 and 153 they encompass the
		
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			whole religion in a very succinct beautiful way.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in these verses
		
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			will speak about issues of aqeedah and issues
		
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			of ibadah and worship and issues of character
		
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			and dealings and interactions all in a very
		
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			succinct and beautiful eloquent way.
		
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			So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in
		
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			verse 151 Say
		
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			come, I will tell you what your Lord
		
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			has really forbidden for you.
		
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			Do not ascribe anything as a partner to
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Be good to your parents.
		
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			Do not kill your children in fear of
		
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			poverty for we will provide for you and
		
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			for them.
		
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			Stay well away from committing obscenities whether openly
		
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			or in secret.
		
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			Do not take the life that Allah has
		
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			made sacred except by its right.
		
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			This is what He commands you to do.
		
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			Perhaps you will use your reason.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as we said
		
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			this verse and the next two verses Allah
		
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			azawajal encompasses many aspects of our religion.
		
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			And Allah azawajal mentions issues of aqeedah and
		
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			tawheed and belief and issues of ibadah and
		
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			issues of interaction and character that we should
		
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			have.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala begins by saying
		
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			that let me tell you and it is
		
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			all done in the way of that which
		
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			Allah azawajal has prohibited.
		
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			So you know therefore that if Allah has
		
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			prohibited this then therefore it is opposite to
		
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			something which Allah azawajal has enjoined.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says say to
		
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			them come, let me tell you what your
		
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			Lord has forbidden for you.
		
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			So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is
		
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			told to convey this to the people from
		
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			his Lord subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			These are the things that Allah azawajal tells
		
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			you to stay away from and some of
		
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			those things that you should do.
		
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			Number one Allah begins with the most important
		
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			of all issues as always and that is
		
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			the tawheed of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Allah azawajal forbids you from having partners that
		
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			you associate in worship with him.
		
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			He forbids you from committing shirk in all
		
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			of its forms, in all of its ways
		
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			whether it is major shirk or minor shirk.
		
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			Whether it is shirk in Allah's lordship that
		
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			he is the creator, the provider, the sustainer.
		
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			Or in Allah's worship that Allah alone should
		
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			be the one that you make dua to,
		
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			that you worship, that you have that divine
		
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			type of love and fear of.
		
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			Or whether it's the names and attributes of
		
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			Allah azawajal that Allah alone is all knowing
		
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			and all hearing, all merciful subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala and so on and so forth.
		
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			Any type or any way of shirk Allah
		
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			azawajal has made it haram that you perform
		
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			it.
		
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			وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا And then Allah azawajal mentions as
		
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			he does in a number of places in
		
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			the Quran the second thing is that which
		
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			Allah azawajal enjoins upon you.
		
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			That after you have fulfilled the rights of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then fulfill the
		
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			rights of the creation.
		
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			And the greatest of those people in creation
		
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			that have rights upon you are your parents.
		
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			The rights of the parents that you are
		
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			good towards them and goodness towards their means
		
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			in action and in statement.
		
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			Goodness towards their means in the way that
		
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			you show them your companionship and the time
		
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			that you spend with them and the way
		
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			that you treat them and honor them.
		
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			And respect them in the way that you
		
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			address them and in the way that you
		
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			interact with them.
		
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			Allah azawajal has said وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا And treat
		
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			them with goodness.
		
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			And Allah azawajal made it a general term
		
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			goodness so that it comprises everything that is
		
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			good.
		
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			In every single manner that is good.
		
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			To the extent as we will see also
		
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			in the Quran that even if those people,
		
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			those parents of yours are determined to make
		
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			you people of shirk.
		
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			Then you don't obey them when it comes
		
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			to the disobedience of Allah.
		
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			When it comes to the disobedience of Allah
		
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			azawajal.
		
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			But you must still maintain good conduct and
		
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			good character and etiquettes with them.
		
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			That is the right of the parents.
		
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			And the rights of the parents if you
		
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			were to look throughout the Quran and the
		
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			Sunnah of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam.
		
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			You would see that not only is being
		
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			good to your parents from the greatest of
		
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			acts of worship and the greatest of means
		
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			of attaining reward.
		
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			But it is something which the Sharia stresses
		
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			in so many ways because of the rights
		
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			that the parent has upon you.
		
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			The rights of the parents are so great
		
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			that it is one of those things as
		
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			we know in our religion.
		
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			In the Sharia of the Prophet salallahu alayhi
		
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			wasalam if someone was to commit murder.
		
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			Then you can demand the murder of that
		
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			person.
		
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			You can demand the death penalty for that
		
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			person towards the murderer.
		
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			The exception or one of the exceptions to
		
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			that rule is the parent.
		
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			If the parent kills the child, the parent
		
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			cannot be put to death.
		
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			Because the Sharia says that such is the
		
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			position of the parent over the child.
		
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			That doesn't mean that the parent by the
		
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			way doesn't have to you know is let
		
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			off without any punishment or they're not in
		
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			prison or anything.
		
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			Just means that the death penalty for them
		
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			is not applied.
		
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			And that is from the level of rights
		
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			that the parents have been given in our
		
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			religion.
		
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			And so Islam speaks about the parents and
		
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			their rights.
		
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			And that is why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wasallam in the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud
		
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			radiyallahu anhu.
		
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			When he was asked what is the greatest
		
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			of deeds or most beloved of deeds to
		
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			Allah.
		
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			The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam as-salatu ala
		
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			waqtiha.
		
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			To pray at its correct time.
		
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			That is the rights of Allah that you
		
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			offer your prayers at the correct time.
		
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			Fajr, Fajr, Dhuhr, Dhuhr and so on and
		
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			so forth.
		
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			And then he was asked from the Messenger
		
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			of Allah what next he said?
		
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			Bir al-walideen.
		
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			To be good to your parents.
		
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			Allah azzawajal then continues and he says.
		
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			He says and do not kill your children
		
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			in fear of poverty.
		
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			For we will provide for you and for
		
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			them.
		
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			So after Allah azzawajal speaks about the rights
		
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			of the parents.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala speaks about the
		
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			rights of the children.
		
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			And from the greatest of those rights is
		
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			that you look after them.
		
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			And give them a good upbringing.
		
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			And you spend your time preserving their rights.
		
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			And fulfilling the rights that they have upon
		
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			you of.
		
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			Showing them the religion of Allah azzawajal.
		
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			And bring them closer to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			And don't do as people have always done.
		
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			But especially in amongst the Arabs.
		
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			It was common in certain communities from amongst
		
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			them.
		
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			That they would kill their children.
		
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			And they would kill them as we said
		
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			before sometimes out of shame.
		
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			Because they had a daughter.
		
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			And in that society it was shameful to
		
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			have a daughter.
		
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			Or out of fear of poverty.
		
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			Which would mean that sometimes they would kill
		
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			the male child and the female child.
		
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			And that is because they feared poverty another
		
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			mouth to feed.
		
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			Allah azzawajal says, نَحْنُ نَرَزُقُكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ It is
		
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			upon Allah to provide for them and for
		
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			you.
		
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			Allah is Ar-Razzaq.
		
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			And Allah azzawajal is the one who provides
		
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			for all of his creation subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala.
		
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			As he says elsewhere in the Quran, وَمَا
		
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			مِن دَابَّةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا عَلَى اللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا
		
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			وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا There is not a single
		
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			creature upon earth.
		
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			Except that Allah is the one who will
		
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			give it its provision.
		
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			And stay away from committing obscenities whether openly
		
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			or in secret.
		
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			And al-fahisha is everything which is a
		
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			great sin.
		
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			Everything which leads to anything obscene.
		
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			So things like zina and things like that
		
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			are not appropriate or befitting for the person
		
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			to do.
		
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			Anything which leads to that, all of these,
		
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			whether it is hidden or secret, Allah azzawajal
		
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			has made it haram.
		
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			And so you can see here that Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala in these verses is
		
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			speaking about the major sins.
		
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			This verse is all to do with staying
		
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			away from the major sins.
		
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			So shirk is a major sin.
		
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			Disrespecting your parents is a major sin.
		
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			Committing murder in any way, shape or form,
		
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			but especially the murder of those that are
		
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			most dependent upon you, like your children, is
		
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			from the major sins.
		
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			Committing fawahish, committing zina and being engaged in
		
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			other types of promiscuous activities that the sharia
		
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			doesn't allow.
		
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			All of these things are from the major
		
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			sins.
		
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			وَلَا تَقْتُرُ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ
		
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			And from those major sins is to not
		
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			take the life that Allah has made secret
		
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			unless it is with the due right.
		
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			Allah azzawajal has made for every single human
		
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			life, has given to it a sanctity, Muslim
		
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			or non-Muslim.
		
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			Allah has given to all humans sanctity.
		
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			And it is not permissible for you to
		
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			take the life of another except by its
		
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			due right.
		
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			What is the due right?
		
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			The due right is that the leader of
		
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			the Muslims or the judge of the Muslims
		
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			decrees that someone should be put to death
		
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			for a reason.
		
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			That is established in the sharia.
		
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			That goes through the due process of law.
		
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			That is signed off by the judge or
		
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			by the leader of the Muslims and then
		
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			the penalty is exacted.
		
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			So for example, for murder in our religion
		
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			we have the death penalty.
		
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			For example, for adultery there is the death
		
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			penalty.
		
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			There are certain things that is the right
		
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			that Allah azzawajal is referring to إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ
		
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			Except by its right.
		
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			Other than that, it's not permissible for you
		
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			to go to anyone, Muslim or non-Muslim,
		
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			even if that person happens to be the
		
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			worst of people, a despot, a tyrant, the
		
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			worst of people that is not permissible for
		
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			you to go and to take his life
		
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			by your own hands.
		
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			It's not permissible.
		
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			Even if he was the worst of Allah's
		
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			creation living upon the earth.
		
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			Because if that had been permissible, just to
		
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			go and start doing that, then surely the
		
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			prophets of Allah would have done that.
		
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			Wasn't Musa with Pharaoh?
		
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			Wasn't Pharaoh the worst of Allah's creation?
		
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			Didn't the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam live with
		
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			the likes of Abu Jahl for a number
		
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			of years in Mecca?
		
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			Wasn't he from the worst of Allah's creation?
		
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			But you don't find them doing this and
		
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			taking their law, the law of Allah into
		
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			their own hands.
		
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			ذَٰلِكُمْ مَصَّاكُمْ بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ This is what
		
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			he commands you to do, that perhaps you
		
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			will understand or you will comprehend.
		
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			And so Allah Azawajal has given to us
		
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			these laws of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Stay away from committing evil and harm.
		
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			And some of them are to do with
		
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			issues of Tawheed, and others are to do
		
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			with issues of worship and issues of character.
		
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			And when people engage in these major sins,
		
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			whether it's zina, whether it's murder, whether it's
		
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			disrespect and disobedience of parents, that is when
		
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			the family begins to segment and fragment, and
		
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			the community also begins to fragment, and you
		
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			find much evil becomes prevalent within those societies.
		
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			In verse 152 Allah Azawajal continues and he
		
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			says, وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا مَالَ الْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِالَّتِي هِيَ
		
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			أَحْسَنُ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُ وَأَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَالْمِيزَانَ
		
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			بِالْقِسْطَ وَلَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا وَإِذَا قُلْتُمْ
		
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			فَعْدِنُوا وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبًا وَبِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ أَوْفُوا
		
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			ذَلِكُمْ مَصَّاكُمْ بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ Stay well away
		
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			from the property of orphans except with the
		
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			best of intentions until they come of age.
		
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			Give full measure and wait according to justice.
		
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			We do not burden any soul with more
		
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			than it can bear.
		
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			When you speak, be just even if it
		
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			concerns a relative.
		
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			Keep any promises you make in Allah's name.
		
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			This is what He commands you to do
		
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			so that you may take heed.
		
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			Allah continues with these pieces of advice that
		
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			Allah gives to us and He says, And
		
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			stay away from the property of the orphans
		
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			except with the best of intentions until they
		
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			come to age.
		
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			From the major worst of sins, and again
		
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			this is to do with your character and
		
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			your interaction and the integrity of a person
		
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			and their honesty and trustworthiness from the greatest
		
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			of sins is to harm and oppress those
		
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			that have little power to resist or to
		
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			do anything.
		
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			So, the orphans, children, in some cases women,
		
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			the elderly, people who are too old now
		
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			to be able to defend themselves and you
		
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			are responsible for them.
		
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			As we see many times that people disrespect
		
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			or dishonor their parents when they're in old
		
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			frail age and they have very little ability
		
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			or strength to oppose and withstand that.
		
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			Likewise, children, orphans, Allah says, These people have
		
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			rights and to take away their rights when
		
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			they're at their weakest and most needy, that
		
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			is from the greatest of oppression and sins.
		
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			And so Allah says, Don't take away the
		
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			wealth of the orphan unless it is done
		
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			with the best of intentions, meaning you use
		
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			that wealth to spend upon them, to look
		
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			after them, or use it to invest so
		
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			that that wealth won't just diminish but that
		
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			it will increase year upon year in the
		
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			best of ways until they themselves come to
		
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			age and then you give them that which
		
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			is their right.
		
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			وَأَوْفُ الْكَيْلَ وَالْمِيزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ And likewise from the
		
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			major sins is that you cheat people in
		
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			terms of your transactions and in terms of
		
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			your business dealings.
		
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			And that is why Allah says, وَأَوْفُ الْكَيْلَ
		
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			وَالْمِيزَانَ Give full measure and weight, because in
		
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			the olden days a lot of transactions were
		
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			done by weight and volume.
		
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			Someone wants to buy something, you weigh it
		
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			and then you say to him that's a
		
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			kilo, or that's for example a liter and
		
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			then you sell it.
		
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			Allah says, Do so in the best of
		
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			ways with justice.
		
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			Because we know for example from the past
		
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			nations of the people of Shu'aib, he
		
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			used to fix the measurements and they used
		
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			to be oppressive in this.
		
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			لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا Allah Azza wa
		
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			Jal says that Allah doesn't place upon you
		
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			a burden that you can't bear.
		
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			Allah knows that you can only be accurate
		
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			to a certain extent.
		
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			So Allah Azza wa Jal isn't looking for
		
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			the smallest 0.1 gram for example, or
		
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			liter or milliliter or whatever it may be.
		
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			Allah knows.
		
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			So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is speaking
		
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			about in general terms.
		
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			However, it is from the character of the
		
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			Muslim, from the Iman, Taqwa, that they err
		
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			on the side of caution.
		
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			And so you will often find, even to
		
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			today, those Muslims who have the fear of
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal, they will often give
		
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			slightly more, even though you only wanted a
		
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			kilo, give slightly more.
		
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			And that way you are sure that even
		
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			if there was something wrong with the scale,
		
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			or maybe it was a working problem, you've
		
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			given them more anyway.
		
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			Charged at the same price though.
		
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			Not like you charge them more, but you
		
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			charge them at the same price, and that
		
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			is from the good character of the Muslim.
		
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			وَإِذَا قُلْتُمْ فَعَدِلُهُ لَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبًا And
		
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			be just when you speak, even if it
		
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			is against a relative.
		
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			And that is because the Muslim is someone
		
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			who is trustworthy, and honest, and has integrity,
		
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			and always fulfills the commands of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			وَبِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ أَوْفُوا And fulfill the promises that
		
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			you make in the names of Allah Azza
		
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			wa Jal.
		
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			The oaths that you take in the names
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Fulfill them because you have done so, invoking
		
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			Allah's name.
		
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			ذَٰلِكُمْ وَصَّاكُمْ بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ This is what
		
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			He commands you to do, so that you
		
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			may take heed.
		
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			And so this verse and the last verse,
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal has given to us
		
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			a number of these commands.
		
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			In the next verse Allah Azza wa Jal
		
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			will then speak to us and give to
		
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			us a more general command that then comprises
		
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			of everything else in this religion.
		
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			So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in
		
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			verse 153 وَأَنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَلَا
		
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			تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُونَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَن سَبِيلِهِ ذَلِكُمْ مَصَّاكُمْ
		
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			بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ This is my path leading
		
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			straight, so follow it.
		
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			And do not follow other ways that they
		
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			will lead you away from it.
		
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			This is what He commands you to do,
		
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			so that you may have taqwa and that
		
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			you may have fear and piety and consciousness
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal says that this is
		
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			the path that leads to Allah, the straight
		
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			path, meaning the tawheed of Allah Azza wa
		
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			Jal and then the commands of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala that He has outlined to
		
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			us here.
		
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			This is the straight path to Allah Azza
		
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			wa Jal.
		
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			If you follow it, it will take you
		
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			to Allah Azza wa Jal.
		
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			And if you follow any other path other
		
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			than this path, then it will divert you
		
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			away from Allah Azza wa Jal and take
		
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			you elsewhere.
		
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			As the Prophet did salallahu alayhi wa sallam,
		
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			as we mentioned before, when he drew the
		
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			straight line and the lines to the right
		
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			and the left, he said the straight line
		
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			is the one that leads to Allah.
		
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			It is his Sirat al-Mustaqeem.
		
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			And the lines to the right and the
		
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			left are paths of Shaytan.
		
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			Each one has a devil that calls you
		
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			to it.
		
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			It takes you away from Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala and therefore ultimately to the fire.
		
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			And so therefore the Sharia is about following
		
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			Allah, following the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam,
		
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			obedience to Allah Azza wa Jal, worship of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, doing the halal
		
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			and fulfilling your obligations and staying away from
		
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			the haram and not oppressing others.
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal then says in verse
		
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			154 Once
		
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			again, we gave Musa the scripture perfecting our
		
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			favor for those who do good, explaining everything
		
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			clearly as guidance and mercy, so that they
		
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			might believe in the meeting with their Lord.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala speaks here about
		
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			the revelation that was given to Musa alayhi
		
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			salatu wa salam and that is the Torah.
		
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			To show that Allah Azza wa Jal, these
		
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			issues that Allah mentioned to us in the
		
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			previous three verses and all of the commands
		
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			that Allah Azza wa Jal gave, it is
		
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			not something which Allah Azza wa Jal only
		
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			gave to one prophet and messenger, meaning the
		
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			Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam, but that Allah
		
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			Azza wa Jal gave to all of the
		
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			prophets and messengers.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala instructed them all
		
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			to show Tawheed, to give Tawheed and to
		
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			speak about truthfulness and goodness and stay away
		
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			from the major sins and not harm and
		
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			oppress others.
		
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			And so you will find even in the
		
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			original scripture that was given to Musa alayhi
		
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			salam, the Torah, you will find that it
		
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			is complete and that it is perfect and
		
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			that it only commands that which is good
		
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			and that it explains everything and it has
		
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			within it guidance and mercy.
		
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			And so therefore all of Allah's divine revelations,
		
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			the Torah, the Injil, the Zaboor, the Psalms
		
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			that were given to Dawud alayhi salam and
		
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			all of the other revelations that we may
		
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			not even know the name of, all of
		
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			them comprise of these characteristics, that they are
		
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			perfect, that they are good, that they contain
		
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			guidance, that they contain mercy.
		
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			However, Allah Azza wa Jal did not decree
		
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			that they should be preserved for eternity.
		
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			So that's why people came and they manipulated
		
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			them and changed them and altered them.
		
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			And that is one of the major differences
		
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			between those previous scriptures and between the Quran,
		
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			which is the final word of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			Allah has promised to preserve it.
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal therefore goes on to
		
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			speak about that final revelation, the Quran in
		
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			verse 155 and says وَهَذَا كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مُبَارَكٌ
		
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			فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَاتَّقُوا لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ This too is a
		
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			blessed scripture which we have sent down.
		
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			Follow it and be conscious of your Lord
		
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			so that you may receive mercy.
		
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			So Allah Azza wa Jal says, And this
		
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			too, meaning the Quran contains all of that
		
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			which we mentioned concerning the Torah and it
		
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			contains more because Allah has preserved it.
		
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			And Allah Azza wa Jal has decreed that
		
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			it will continue until Yawm al-Qiyamah.
		
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			So follow it, meaning therefore follow this instead
		
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			of that which came before it.
		
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			Because what came before it has been abrogated.
		
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			You don't know what is correct or incorrect,
		
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			what is pure or what has been altered
		
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			by people and manipulated.
		
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			But the Quran, it is pristine, it is
		
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			pure, it is preserved in its original form
		
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			and so therefore follow it and fear Allah
		
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			Azza wa Jal by following that which is
		
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			in it and as a result you will
		
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			receive the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala.
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal says that because he
		
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			has received or given to us the Quran,
		
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			therefore there is no excuse nor justification for
		
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			anyone to say that they do not know
		
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			revelation or receive it.
		
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			And that is what Allah Azza wa Jal
		
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			says in the next two verses, speaking about
		
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			this issue in verse 156 firstly, أَن تَقُونُوا
		
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			إِنَّمَا أُنزِلَ الْكِتَابُ عَلَى طَائِفَتَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِنَا وَإِن
		
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			كُنَّا عَن دِرَاسَتِهِمْ لَغَافِنِينَ Lest you say scriptures
		
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			were only sent down to the two communities
		
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			before us, we were not aware of what
		
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			they studied.
		
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			Meaning that you don't have an excuse anymore.
		
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			You can't say that only the two communities
		
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			or nations that came before us, meaning the
		
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			Jews and Christians, they are the ones that
		
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			had scripture, they had the Torah and the
		
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			Injil.
		
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			As for us, meaning the Arabs and those
		
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			who came after them, we didn't have anything,
		
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			oh Allah, you didn't give it to us.
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal says, lest you say,
		
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			meaning you don't have an excuse because Allah
		
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			gave to you the Qur'an.
		
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			And the Qur'an is not only for
		
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			Quraysh or the Arabs, but it is for
		
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			all of humankind until Yawm al-Qiyamah.
		
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			So all of us have revelation.
		
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			None of us has an excuse.
		
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			None of us can say on Yawm al
		
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			-Qiyamah, oh Allah, we didn't live at the
		
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			time of the Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			So we don't know what he said.
		
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			We weren't there.
		
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			We don't understand what your revelation was to
		
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			him.
		
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			It was lost over time.
		
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			But rather Allah preserved the Qur'an just
		
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			as He preserved the Sunnah.
		
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			And that is why from the special attributes
		
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			of this nation is what we call the
		
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			Isnad, the chain of narrations.
		
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			In the Hadith and in the Qur'an,
		
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			the Qur'an was transmitted generation to generation.
		
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			Not just a few people here or there,
		
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			like in Hadith we have a chain of
		
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			narrators, sometimes there's only a handful of narrators
		
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			here or there.
		
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			And even that is acceptable and authentic in
		
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			our religion.
		
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			But the Qur'an was transmitted generation by
		
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			generation.
		
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			Like today, how many Muslims across the world
		
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			memorize the Qur'an?
		
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			Not just 10 or 20 or 100 or
		
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			1,000, millions of them.
		
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			So when they now narrate it or transmit
		
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			it to the next generation, that's like millions
		
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			narrating to millions or transmitting to millions.
		
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			And likewise with the Hadith, there were people
		
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			who narrated the Hadith of the Prophet ﷺ
		
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			from generation to generation.
		
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			So therefore we have no excuse.
		
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			In the final verse that we'll take, 157,
		
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			Allah ﷻ continues and says, Or
		
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			lest you say, if only the scripture had
		
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			been sent down to us we would have
		
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			been better guided than them.
		
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			Now clear evidence, guidance and mercy have come
		
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			to you from your Lord.
		
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			Who could be more wrong than someone who
		
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			rejects Allah's revelations and turn away from them?
		
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			We shall repay those who turn away with
		
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			a painful punishment.
		
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			Meaning Allah ﷻ has taken away from you
		
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			any excuse.
		
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			The Arabs used to say that Allah hasn't
		
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			given to us a revelation.
		
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			So Allah gave to them a revelation, the
		
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			Qur'an.
		
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			But obviously what they meant by that is
		
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			that we want the physical book to come
		
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			down to us.
		
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			And that's because they didn't really want to
		
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			believe.
		
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			Otherwise Allah gave to them what they wanted
		
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			and what they needed.
		
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			But they wanted it as a matter of
		
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			their own arrogance and pride to be revealed
		
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			according to their demands and their whims and
		
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			their desires.
		
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			Because they didn't really want to believe.
		
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			So Allah ﷻ is saying that you don't
		
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			have an excuse.
		
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			You can't come on Yawm al-Qiyam and
		
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			say, Oh Allah there was no revelation.
		
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			Oh Allah there was no prophet or messenger.
		
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			Oh Allah we didn't know.
		
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			Allah gave to you from him evidence and
		
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			from him clarity and from him mercy and
		
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			from him guidance subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			So who is more oppressive therefore than the
		
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			one who rejects Allah's revelations and turns away.
		
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			Who can be worse than this?
		
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			After Allah has showed you the path to
		
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			him, then you turn away from it.
		
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			After Allah has made clear to you what
		
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			is pleasing to him, you turn away from
		
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			it.
		
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			Allah says that such people who turn away
		
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			from the signs of Allah ﷻ, Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala will repay them by giving
		
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			them the worst of punishment.
		
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			Just as they turned away from Allah in
		
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			this dunya from his revelation and guidance and
		
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			his mercy, then likewise Allah will take away
		
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			from them his mercy and his blessings and
		
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			reward on Yawm al-Qiyamah and they will
		
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			be left to suffer in the worst of
		
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			punishments.
		
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			And this verse or these verses rather show
		
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			to us the importance of the Quran and
		
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			to study the Quran and understand the Quran
		
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			and to read the Quran and to connect
		
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			with the Quran because Allah is really saying
		
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			that you have no excuse because the Quran
		
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			is amongst you.
		
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			But if you don't read the Quran or
		
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			we don't read the Quran and don't study
		
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			and understand the Quran, then how can we
		
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			be expected to find guidance and mercy from
		
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			it?
		
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			But the one who strives and revolves their
		
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			life around the book of Allah Azza wa
		
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			Jal and dedicates themselves to the study of
		
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			the book of Allah Azza wa Jal even
		
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			if it takes them years and decades to
		
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			do, those are the people that Allah will
		
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			reward.
		
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			They are the ones who will attain the
		
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			mercy and guidance of Allah Azza wa Jal.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us
		
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			from amongst those people.
		
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			بارك الله فيكم وصلى الله على نبينا محمد
		
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			وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله
		
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			وبركاته