Ahsan Hanif – Quran Tafseer – Page 152 – The Forbidden Tree

Ahsan Hanif
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The transcript discusses the history and characteristics of the Surah of Islam, including the use of the word "the Book of Allah" to describe the creation of Adam A.S. and the various stages of creation. The speakers also discuss the history of bowing down before Adam and the use of humans in various stages of creation, including the use of natural ingredients and body parts to create new things and new ways of thinking. The importance of knowing one's intentions and actions in order to overcome challenges and achieve success is emphasized, along with the importance of living in peace and not engaging in interests.
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Welcome to another episode of our Tafsir program,

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page by page, and inshallah ta'ala today

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we're on page 152, which is the second

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page in Surah Al-A'raf, in the

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8th Juz of the Qur'an.

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In the previous episode, we began with the

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Tafsir of this amazing Surah, the 7th Chapter

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of the Qur'an, Surah Al-A'raf,

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and we mentioned that Allah Azzawajal begins this

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Surah with the letters that are known as

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the Huruf Al-Muqatta', those letters that Allah

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Azzawajal sometimes begins certain Surahs with, or begins

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certain Surahs with, and Allah Azzawajal then goes

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on to speak about the Qur'an, and

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its importance, and its blessing, and how if

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we follow the teachings of the Qur'an

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and the message of the Book of Allah

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Azzawajal, then in that lies our salvation and

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our success in this life and the next.

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And as for those who turn away from

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the Qur'an, and they follow other than

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the Qur'an, and they don't dedicate themselves

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to the Book of Allah Azzawajal, or they

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don't believe in it, they outright deny and

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reject it, then those are the people that

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will have nothing except loss, and will have

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nothing except Allah Azzawajal's punishment and wrath.

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And that is when Allah Subh'anaHu Wa

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Ta-A'la then mentions those people who

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came before, that the punishment of Allah would

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strike them when they were least aware, or

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least expecting it, and then they would realize

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that they had done wrong, and that their

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whole life was one of evil.

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Allah Azzawajal mentions that He will question people

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on Yawmul Qiyamah, both the messengers and the

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people to whom those messengers were sent, and

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then Allah Azzawajal will establish upon them evidence,

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and will weigh their deeds and weigh their

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actions, and those whose actions are heavier in

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the scales of good, they will be successful,

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and those whose actions are heavier in the

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scales of evil and bad, then those are

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the ones who will be in a state

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of loss.

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Today we continue from verse number 11, and

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today's passage primarily will be concerning the story

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of the Prophet Adam A.S. Allah Subh

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'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, as we mentioned

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in the previous passage in the previous episode,

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mentioned these general principles at the beginning of

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this Surah.

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And here Allah Azzawajal will now mention to

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us the first example of disobedience to Allah

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Azzawajal, when Iblis refused to obey the command

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of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la,

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and the evil that that leads to, and

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the harm that that leads to, even though

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he had seen evidence, and he knew that

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Allah Azzawajal alone was worthy of worship.

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Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la says

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in verse number 11, We created

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you,

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we gave you shape, and then we said

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to the angels bow down before Adam, and

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they did, but not Iblis, he was not

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of those who bowed down.

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Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la mentions

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here, speaking to us as the children of

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Adam, reminding us of his many favours, and

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from his favours is, the favours of Allah

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Azzawajal upon us, is the origin of our

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creation.

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Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la says,

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Because as we mentioned before, Allah Subh'anaHu

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Wa Ta-A'la mentions two stages of

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creation when it comes to humans, the original

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creation of Adam, which was from mud, and

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from the earth, and then Allah Azzawajal mentions

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the creation of the rest of his progeny,

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or his offspring of humans, and that is

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from the sperm drop.

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Here Allah Azzawajal is referring to the original

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creation of Adam.

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We created you O Adam, and the children

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of Adam, we created you all originally from

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the land of the earth, and turning that

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into mud, and the different stages that we

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went to, that Allah Azzawajal will mention elsewhere

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in the Quran, in a verse, insha'Allah

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Ta-A'la, that we will come to

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in a forthcoming episode, in a few juz,

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insha'Allah Ta-A'la.

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Allah Azzawajal, as the Prophet told us, he

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took from the earth, and in one narration,

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Allah Azzawajal took from different parts of the

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earth, and just as you have differences in

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the type of earth, or sand that you

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get upon the earth, or the different types

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of earths that you find on the planet,

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so some are softer, and some are harsher,

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and some are of different colours, and different

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textures, then likewise, the people of the children

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of Adam, humans, also have differences in terms

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of the colour of their skin, and in

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terms of their personality, and in terms of

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the texture of their character, they also differ

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in these aspects.

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But Allah Azzawajal took from the earth, and

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He created our father Adam A.S. from

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the original material, ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَاكُمْ And then Allah

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Azzawajal says, we gave you shape and we

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fashioned you, in the best of forms, as

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Allah Subhana Ta'ala mentions elsewhere in the

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Quran, وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ We

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have created mankind in the best of forms

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and shapes, and what that means, as some

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of the scholars of tafsir said, it's our

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ability to use our body in such a

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way that we're so dexterous, and we're so

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able to adapt ourselves to our surroundings, and

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what we have around us, that we're able

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to use this earth in ways that no

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other species is able to use.

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The way that humans, because of the legs,

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and the arms, and the digits, and fingers,

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and the way that we can hear and

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see, and the whole thing that we have

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that Allah Azzawajal created for us as a

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human species, the way that we think, and

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the way that we understand and comprehend, and

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what have you, has allowed us to conquer

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this earth as we can see it today,

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and allowed us to use the land, and

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the sea, and the air, has allowed us

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to use the natural minerals, and create and

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invent new things that further give a person

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ability to come and use what Allah Azzawajal

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has given to them from the earth, in

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ways that they have been then able to

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progress, and to develop, and to do so

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many things and flourish upon this earth.

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So Allah Azzawajal fashioned us in the best

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of ways, created us in the best of

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ways, shaped us in the best of ways,

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and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, ثُمَّ

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قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمِ And then we said,

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after Allah Azzawajal had created Adam A.S.

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our first father, and had shaped him, and

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had blown into him of his spirit, that

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala then commanded the

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angels, اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمِ That you should bow down

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before Adam, and this is a bowing of

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respect and honor, not a bowing of worship,

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because it was allowed in previous Shari'ahs,

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it was not allowed in the Shari'ah

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of our Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, Allah obligated

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this for us.

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But in previous Shari'ahs, like we see

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in the story of for example Yusuf A

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.S. and other than that in the Quran,

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that they would prostrate before people that they

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would honor, their parents, their leaders, their kings,

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they would honor them in that way by

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bowing down before them.

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And again it's not out of worship, it

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is one out of respect for our Ummah,

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that's not allowed.

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You don't prostrate before anyone except Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala.

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But here Allah A.S. commanded the angels

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to do so before Adam A.S. فَسَجَدُوا

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And they commanded, they obeyed the command of

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Allah A.S. إِلَّا إِبْلِيسِ Except for Iblis

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لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ السَّاجِدِينَ He refused to do

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so.

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He refused to turn, he refused to do

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so, and he disobeyed this command of Allah

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A.S. So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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in verse number 12 tells us the reason

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as to why Iblis refused.

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قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ لَا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ

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قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقَتَنِي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقَتَهُ

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مِنْ طِينٍ Allah said, what prevented you from

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bowing down as I commanded you?

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And he replied, I am better than him,

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you created me from fire and you created

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him from clay.

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So Allah A.S. asked Iblis, why didn't

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you do as you were commanded?

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Why didn't you obey my command when I

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commanded you to prostrate before Adam A.S.?

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This was his response, I am better than

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him.

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His arrogance, his haughtiness, his pride overcame him.

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And that is why many of the scholars

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used to say that it is the essence

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of all evil.

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These traits of arrogance and pride, they are

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the essence of all evil and they are

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the essence of shirk.

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And that is why the Prophet s.a

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.w., the one who has even a morsel

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of the smallest part of pride and haughtiness

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and arrogance will not enter into paradise because

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of how evil it is.

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He said, I am better than him.

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Why?

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Because you created me from a better material,

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from something better which is the fire.

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The fire is stronger than the mud through

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which you created Adam A.S. That is

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his logic.

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And this shows to us a number of

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things.

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Number one, that our religion is not based

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on logic.

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Our religion is based upon Allah's commands and

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text.

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And that is why we follow the Quran

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and the Sunnah and not our logic.

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Yes, you use your intelligence and logic to

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understand the Quran and the Sunnah.

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But within the confines of the Quran and

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Sunnah, you don't reject the Quran and the

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Sunnah.

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You don't debate the Quran and the Sunnah

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based upon your interest and your logic.

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Rather, you use your logic and complement it

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with understanding the book of Allah A.S.,

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the Sunnah of the Prophet s.a.w.

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Here, Allah A.S. is giving a command,

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that is text in the form of prostrate

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of Iblis to Adam.

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That's what text is.

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Text is Allah's sayings in the Quran, or

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what he inspired to the Prophet s.a

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.w. that he told us.

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And so he's telling, Allah A.S. is

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telling Iblis at the beginning of the creation

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of humankind, prostrate to Adam, that's the text,

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that's the command.

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What does Iblis use to refute that command

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of Allah A.S.? His logic.

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So that's the first point.

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Our religion isn't based upon whether you can

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make sense or understand or make wisdom of

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something, or understand the wisdom behind something.

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If you can, Alhamdulillah.

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But if you cannot, Allah didn't say that

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you have to only obey that which you

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understand, which makes sense to you, which you

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find the wisdom in.

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Allah said obey me in everything, submit to

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everything.

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If you understand, that's good.

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And maybe if you learn more and study

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more and have and seek knowledge more, then

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you will come to understand many things.

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But for you to say that it is

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a prerequisite for my obedience to Allah, my

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worship to Allah, that's exactly what Iblis did.

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And that is why Allah A.S. mentions

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this story here.

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Because many of the people that reject Islam

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or reject the Prophets, they do so not

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based upon textual evidence, not based upon even

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what is good or upright or just, it

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is based upon their logic.

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And logic then differs from person to person.

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What I think, what makes sense to me,

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doesn't make sense to you.

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What makes sense to you, doesn't make sense

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to the third person.

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And that is why in our worldly life,

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we have so many differences.

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Even in your family, if you were to

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go around and there's five, six of you,

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and the mother was to ask or the

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father was to ask the children, what do

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you want for dinner today?

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One person wants this type of cuisine.

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Another person wants take away.

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The third person, everyone's got their own mind.

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Because everyone's logic is different.

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You want to go somewhere out as a

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family together.

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Everyone wants to do something different.

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Some people just want to relax.

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Some people want to go to the beach.

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Some people want to go to a mountain.

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Everyone has their own way because logic differs

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in that way.

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No two people have the same level of

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intelligence, understanding, wisdom.

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And that is why if the religion was

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left to people's logic, it would become chaotic,

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which is what we see even in Islam.

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All of these differences and groups that we

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have, it's because people are using their logic

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in their religion.

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So they reject parts of Aqeedah or they

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invent different things into their religion because certain

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aspects they couldn't understand, didn't make sense to

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them.

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So they chose to do something new because

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they felt that was more palatable, understandable and

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relatable to people.

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But the next person comes and says actually

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that doesn't really make sense to me either.

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So I will do it like this.

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And before you know it, you have so

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many different varieties.

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Whereas what you're meant to do, stick to

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the Quran and the Sunnah.

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Doesn't make sense to you.

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It's okay.

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As Ali r.a said, if we were

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to use our logic in our religion, then

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when it came to making wudu and wiping

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over the sock, we'd wipe over the bottom

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of the sock as opposed to the top.

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Because that's the part that touches the ground.

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That's the part that has dirt on it.

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If anything is going to have dirt on

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it, not the top of the sock.

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But Allah azawajal then said, but we don't

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use our logic in our religion.

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The Prophet s.a.w. commanded us to

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wipe over the top of the sock and

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that's what we do.

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That's our religion.

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Does it make sense to you?

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It's okay.

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Allah told you to have iman and to

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worship.

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Allah didn't say to you understand first and

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then worship me.

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Allah said worship me.

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And if you understand or you can have

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the logical understanding of something, then that is

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okay.

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But also because that logic can be corrupted.

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Shaitan's logic is corrupted because he thinks that

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fire is better than clay.

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Who said fire is better than clay?

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That's his logic.

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That's what he understands.

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But we don't have to accept.

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Why is logic?

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Why is that better than the earth?

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Isn't the earth the place of life?

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Doesn't all vegetation, all fruit, all tree, all

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plants, which are as we know now, we

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need oxygen that comes from all of that.

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That's where we get our source of oxygen.

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That's how we survive.

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Doesn't all of that come from the earth?

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And what does the fire do?

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Yes, it provides warmth and the ability to

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cook, has some benefits, but it also provides

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a great deal of harm.

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It provides, it gives to us destruction and

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fire which burns everything and chars everything.

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And so it is also very harmful in

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that way.

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So what is better in terms of personality?

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If you were to have a fiery personality

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or if you were to have a down

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-to-earth personality, one that is kind and

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soft and gives the ability to grow, as

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opposed to one that is harsh and burns.

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And yes, it may be fun for a

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time, but it is also very overpowering and

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overcoming.

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And so many people, I think, would say

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that the one that is down-to-earth

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is even better.

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So again, logic isn't necessarily what you believe

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or what you hold.

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So the logic that is even given here

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by Iblis isn't necessarily correct logic either.

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And so Allah says therefore that for people,

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for humankind, rather than everyone doing as they

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believe based upon their own logic, Allah told

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you what is good.

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And we know that Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala is all just and all wise and

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all knowing.

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So therefore what he commands and gives must

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be good, whether you understand or you don't

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understand.

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Allah only commands that which is good and

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beneficial, whereas humans are deficient in their intelligence

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and in their logic.

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And so therefore sometimes or many times, they

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can say and do that which isn't actually

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good or beneficial.

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In verse number 13, Allah azza wa jalla

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tells us that after Iblis said what he

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said, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala responded.

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Allah said get down from here.

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There is no place for your arrogance, get

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out, you are contemptible.

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Meaning Allah azza wa jalla expelled him from

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the heavens, expelled him from the company of

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the angels that he was in, told him

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to leave because of the kibbah that he

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had.

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There is no place here for the arrogance

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that you show, for the pride that you

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show, because you don't obey the command of

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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And Allah azza wa jalla told him to

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leave, that he will be from the lowly.

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And there is nothing lower, no one lower

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than Shaytan.

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He is the lowest of Allah's creation because

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he disobeyed Allah and then he dedicated his

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existence to the misguidance of others that they

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should also be from amongst those people that

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turn away from Allah azza wa jalla.

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And that is what Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala tells us in verse 14, that this

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was the request of Iblis.

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Qala anzidni ila yawmi yuba'athoon.

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But Iblis said give me respite until the

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day people are raised from the dead.

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And Allah azza wa jalla in verse 15

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says that he responded and said, Qala innaka

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minal mundhareen.

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And Allah replied, you have respite meaning.

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He asked Allah, Allah give me respite meaning.

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Don't destroy me now, don't punish me now.

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Allow me a respite meaning to live until

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yawmul qiyamah, ila yawmi yuba'athoon, until the

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day of resurrection.

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And Allah said you have been given that.

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So Shaytan then calls the people away from

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Allah azza wa jalla and causes evil and

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whispers and tempts people away from Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala.

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Now someone may ask the question as to

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why Allah azza wa jalla gave him respite.

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And that is Allah knows best because of

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the test that Allah azza wa jalla placed

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us upon in this earth.

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Allah calls to all that is good and

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all that is upright and all that is

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just and Shaytan calls to all that is

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the opposite of that, all that is evil,

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all that is unjust and all that is

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corrupt.

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And so Allah azza wa jalla by knowing

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Shaytan and his evil, Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala shows to us what is good and

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what is pure.

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By knowing its opposite, you also see what

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is good and what is pure.

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So when you see evil, then you recognize

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what is good.

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So Allah azza wa jalla allowed for Shaytan

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to come and through the evil of Shaytan,

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Allah azza wa jalla rewards us for withholding

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or withstanding his temptations and his desires and

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his whisperings.

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Allah azza wa jalla rewards us when we

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turn away from and return to the path

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of Allah azza wa jalla.

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And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala rewards us

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when we succumb to his whisperings.

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But then we turn back to Allah azza

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wa jalla repentance and seeking forgiveness.

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And so Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has

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made this a path for the believers to

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attain the highest of levels by fighting against

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Shaytan and responding against the temptations of Shaytan.

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And he has made it the way of

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the disbelievers and the people of evil that

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they find a way that will take them

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towards the punishment that they will have as

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a result of their disbelief.

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And that is why Shaytan then makes this

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accord or he declares his intentions in verse

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number 16 and he says قَالَ فَبِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي

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لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ سِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala says that Iblis then replied, because you

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have put me in the wrong, I will

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lie in wait for them all on your

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straight path.

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Iblis replied that he was given respite until

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Yawm al-Qiyamah, that because of Allah, I

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am from the wrongdoers.

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I am the one who did evil and

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I have been outcast.

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I will stop them from following your straight

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path.

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I will sit upon it and divert them

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away from it.

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And that is why the Prophet sallallahu alaihi

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wasallam in the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud

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r.a when he drew a line that

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is straight on the ground, he said this

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is the straight path that leads to Allah

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and lines then to the right and the

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left that these are the paths to the

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right and left that lead you away from

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Allah azawajal.

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They take you to the paths of Shaytan,

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each one of them has a devil at

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the head of it calling to that path.

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And so Allah azawajal has given to us

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a straight path that leads to him.

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But Shaytan has tempted himself on that straight

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path.

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And that is why as the Prophet sallallahu

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alaihi wasallam said that Jannah, Paradise is surrounded

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by difficulty and hardship.

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And the hellfire, the naar, the Jahannam, it

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is surrounded by desires and by ease.

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And so when people look at those desires

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and temptations, they're willing to follow them.

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Those are the paths of Shaytan that divert

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away from the straight path there, the paths

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to the right and the left, each one

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calls to it.

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One's calling to drinking alcohol, one's calling to

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riba, one's calling to zina, one's calling to

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disobeying your parents, one's calling to not praying,

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one's calling to not giving zakah or not

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performing hajj.

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All of these are different paths and there

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are many of them.

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The path to Allah is one and it

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is straight.

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And if you know it, it is simple

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to follow because it is easy.

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What is halal, what is haram, that's all

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it is.

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Believe in Allah, worship Allah, live your life

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in accordance to that which Allah azawajal has

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stated.

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All of these other paths, all of these

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other variances, all of these other paths that

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we have to the right and left, those

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are all different things that the Shaytan calls

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to.

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And this is what he told us, Allah

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azawajal is telling us already that this is

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Shaytan's plan.

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This is the test and this is what

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is in store for you.

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So there is no surprise, there is no

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unexpected thing that's going to happen, there is

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no thing that this is the test but

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you don't know what the answer is, you

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don't know what the result is, you don't

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know how to overcome the test.

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This is the test of Shaytan.

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Because then he says in verse number 17

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continuing, that not only will he stand on

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the straight path and stop people from following

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it, but he continues and says, ثُمَّ لَآتِيَنَّهُمْ

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مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَنْ

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شَمَائِلِهِمْ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَاكِلِينَ I will come

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at them from their front and their back,

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from their right and their left, and you

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will find that most of them are ungrateful.

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This is what Shaytan will do, meaning from

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every single direction, from the least place that

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you expect.

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Sometimes even when you are doing a good

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deed, Shaytan will come.

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And if you have an option of doing

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a good deed, he will delay it.

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Or if you're doing a good deed and

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there's multiple options of doing good deeds, he

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will make you do the less of it.

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Or if he can't even stop you from

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doing good deed or get you to do

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an evil deed, he will just delay you

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from doing the good one.

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And busy you with things that are halal,

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they're permissible, but you don't get any reward

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for them.

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He has so many different traps and so

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many different levels of diverting and pushing people

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away from the path of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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And that is why when Imam Ahmad was

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asked, when do we have respect from Shaytan?

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When are we safe from him?

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He said, when you put your right foot

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into Jannah.

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When your right foot goes into Paradise, then

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you are safe from him.

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Until that time, you are never safe.

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Because he's always looking for a way.

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Even in our Salah, as we know, each

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one of us knows this reality.

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You come and you pray and say Allahu

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Akbar.

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And what happens?

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You start to think about your family, your

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business, your career, your job, your relatives, the

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problems that you have with your friends, or

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sometimes it's, oh, I forgot to do this.

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I forgot to look at that or I

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was meant to do this.

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And that's all that Shaytan does.

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So now you're praying and you're turning to

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Allah azzawajal and you're fulfilling your obligation.

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But even in that obligation, your concentration, your

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awareness, your submission to Allah azzawajal is being

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lessened with every passing moment because that is

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what Shaytan does.

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He comes to you even upon the path

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of good and he makes it difficult for

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you.

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So you want to read the Quran now,

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after 10 minutes, it's difficult.

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You find it burdensome and heavy upon you.

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But if you were to put the Quran

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down and watch TV or read a book

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or look at a magazine, you could spend

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45 minutes, an hour, maybe even more and

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it wouldn't be a problem.

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You go with your friends and you enjoy,

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have a nice time.

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It's amazing, it's easy.

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You could spend a whole day with them

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and you could chill.

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Go to the masjid and listen to a

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lecture, read some Quran, learn some tafseer, attend

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a class.

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After 10 minutes, you're like, this is long.

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20 minutes, it's like, why is he speaking

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for so much?

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And this is what Shaytan does.

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Even though there is good and reward in

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that latter one.

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And in the former one, even if there's

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no haram, you're just wasting time.

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You're not gaining anything, there's no reward in

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it.

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It's just halal, it's permissible maybe.

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And often times, that evil leads into some

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type of haram.

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You do some bad, there's some backbiting involved,

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some lying involved, some taking fun of, making

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fun of people involved, whatever it may be.

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And so there's an element of haram in

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it, even if the whole thing isn't haram.

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That's what Shaytan does.

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And so the one who knows and recognizes

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this will work to fight their desires and

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to submit themselves to Allah azza wa jal.

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Because once you have overpowered your desires and

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your soul, then the path of good becomes

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easy for you, as was the case with

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the companions and the others.

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Don't think that it just happened to them

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naturally, but they fought and they struggled and

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once the struggle was complete or they had

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an ability to suppress their soul and their

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desire, then they were able to do good

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easily.

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And that's why you finally want to say

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there are people who will go and spend

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hours learning, seeking knowledge, spend hours worshipping Allah,

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pray taraweeh, pray qiyam ul-layn, pray and

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do good and give charity, because they've learned

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to overcome the aspect of their desire and

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their nafs.

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Whereas other people don't have that level of

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determination or that level of strength yet, and

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that's something that we all have to fight

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against.

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وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَاكِرِينَ And that is why

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shaitan says, and you will find most of

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them are ungrateful.

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Oh Allah, when I come and I tell

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them this, you will find most of them

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will follow me.

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And we know that to be the reality,

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as Allah azza wa jal tells us himself

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in the Quran, وَمَا يُؤْمِنُوا أَكْثَرُهُمْ بِاللَّهِ إِلَّا

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وَهُمْ مُشْرِكُونَ The vast majority of people who

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claim to believe in Allah are indeed mushrikeen.

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As the Prophet told us, salallahu alayhi wa

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sallam, that on Yawm al-Qiyamah, the vast

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majority of people will be in the fire

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and not in paradise.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then said to

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him, قَالَ اخْرُجْ مِنْهَا مَذْءُومًا مَدْحُورًا لَمَنْ تَبِعَكَ

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مِنْهُمْ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنْكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ Allah said to

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him, get out, you are displaced and banished.

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I swear I shall fill * with you

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and all who follow you.

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So shaitan was told, leave and do as

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you please, because the true slaves of Allah

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azza wa jalla will turn to him in

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worship and those who follow the path of

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shaitan, they will follow him into the fire

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for eternity.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then tells us

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the test that was given to Adam a

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.s. and his wife.

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And he says, وَيَا آدَمُ اصْقُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ

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لَنْ جَنَّةَ فَقُلَ مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَ

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هَذِهِ الشَّجَارَةَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ For you and

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your wife Adam live in the garden, in

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Jannah.

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Both of you eat whatever you like, but

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do not go near this tree or you

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will become wrongdoers.

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So Allah azza wa jalla gives now the

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first test to humankind, to our father and

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mother Adam a.s. Enter into Jannah, do

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as you please, eat from everything that you

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please, except for this one tree, because then

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you will be from the wrongdoers.

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And this is exactly what our life is.

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Allah says, do as you please.

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However, do these obligations, stick to these obligations,

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stay away from those prohibitions.

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Everything else is halal for you.

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You want a nice car, you want a

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nice house, do it, fine, go, it's halal.

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But so long as you don't steal people's

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wealth, you are not oppressive in terms of

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what you are taking, you are not going

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to engage in interest and so on, the

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rest of it is halal.

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Just follow these commandments.

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The majority is permissible.

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But stay close to these commandments of Allah,

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obligations and prohibitions.

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Likewise, Adam a.s. is told, all of

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Jannah is for you.

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Stay away from one tree.

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Everything in Jannah except the one tree.

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But what does Shaytan do?

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And this is the whispering of Shaytan, it's

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that one thing that he will tempt you

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with.

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That one thing that you can't have, that

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he will come and he will show to

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you is what you actually need to have.

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And that is what Allah Azzawajal says in

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verse number 20.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says that Shaytan

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then whispered to them as to expose them,

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so as to expose their nakedness, which had

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been hidden from them.

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He said your Lord only forbade you this

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tree to prevent you becoming angels or immortals.

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Number one, what Shaytan does is whisper.

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Shaytan can't force, Shaytan can't manipulate you in

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any other way in terms of forcing you

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or holding your family to ransom, putting a

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gun to your head.

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Shaytan whispers to you, but his whisperings go

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into the heart, number one.

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Number two, Shaytan guides you to that which

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is evil.

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Before this, before this verse Allah Azzawajal mentions

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that Adam A.S. wasn't aware of his

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own nakedness.

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He didn't know, he wasn't exposed to that

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type of evil or that type of or

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that type of shame.

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But because evil and haram leads to shame,

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it leads you to be exposed to that

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which makes your soul worse and takes you

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further away from Allah Azzawajal and corrupts your

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heart.

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That is what Shaytan does.

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So what did Shaytan do?

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He came to them and he said the

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only reason that Allah forbade you from that

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one tree is because that's the tree that

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will give you immortality or it will make

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you like the angels.

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And that is what Shaytan does, false promises.

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The one thing that you can't have is

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actually what you need.

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Allah gave you so many blessings, but he

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makes you ignore all of those blessings and

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the one thing that you can't have, that's

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what you need.

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That interest is what you need in order

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to get a bit more Waqf, you need

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that more money.

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You're living, you have a house, Alhamdulillah, you

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have things, you're living, it's fine.

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But no, you need that extra thousand pounds

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of that interest payment will give to you

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or whatever it may be.

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In every single one of those evil deeds

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or things that Allah Azzawajal has made haram

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and prohibited, that is what Shaytan does.

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That's the one thing that you need, so

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we covet that which Allah Azzawajal has made

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haram and that which is halal, it's open

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for you, then it's something which you already

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have access to, so it's not the same.

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So, Jannah was open, all of it for

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Adam.

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One tree is forbidden for him.

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Shaytan comes and says, you know why that

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is?

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Allah doesn't want you to have it because

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then you would have Eternity.

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And Shaytan knows us better than we know

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ourselves.

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Shaytan knows our desires.

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Shaytan knows what we long for.

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Shaytan knows what we wish for.

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So he knows that humans like to or

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want to live forever or as long as

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they can.

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He knows that we want wealth and to

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be able to spend.

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He knows that we want power and fame.

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These are the things that every human by

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their nature covets.

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And so, Shaytan presses those buttons that we

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have.

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And that's why each one of us has

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our weaknesses.

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For some people, it's the opposite gender.

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For some people, it's drinking and alcohol.

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For some people, it's drugs.

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For some people, it's money.

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So, Shaytan knows these are your weaknesses and

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those are the ones that he will then

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exploit.

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In the final verse that we will take

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today, verse number 21, He Continues Or Shaytan

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Continued And Said To Adam A.S. And

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He Swore To Them, I Am Here To

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Give You Sincere Advice.

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And That Is What Shaytan Comes To.

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Shaytan Never Comes To You As Shaytan, As

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A Beast.

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Follow Me, You'Re Going To The Fire.

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But Do It Anyway, It Doesn'T Matter.

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Shaytan Comes To You And He Makes It

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Feel Like It'S Something That You Need.

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Something That You Desire.

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Something That Without Which You Cannot Function.

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And Then He Beautifies It To You, Makes

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It Tempting To You, Adorns It For You.

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And Then You Fall Into That Trap.

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And We Will See Inshallah Ta'Ala In

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The Forthcoming Episode.

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As We Know What Will Happen When Adam

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A.S. Disappears Allah Azzawajal In This Regard

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And The Way That That Will Then Work

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Out And His Repentance That He Will Make

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To Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala.

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That'S All For Today'S Episode.

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Inshallah Ta'Ala We Will Conclude Here.

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Barakallahu Feekum, Wa Salaamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu Al

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Fatiha.

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