Ahsan Hanif – Tafseer As SaDi #15

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The importance of praising Allah's teachings and following the path of Islam is emphasized, along with the historical context of Islam's teachings and its impact on people's behavior. The importance of praying in a congregation and not taking advantage of opportunities to buy and sell products is also emphasized. The speakers use examples such as the first American fashion house and the first American fashion mind as examples of how culture of fear and fear never works in businesses. They also discuss the success of the American Reservoir brand and its impact on people's behavior, including its historical significance and its impact on people's behavior.

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			So today is the 15th day in the
		
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			reading and the commentary of this book of
		
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			Tafsir Tafsir al Karim al Rahman,
		
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			with Tafsir Kalam al Mannan, more famously known
		
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			as Tafsir al Sadi
		
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			by the sheikh and the author Abdulrahman ibn
		
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			Nasr al Sadi who died in the year
		
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			1,376
		
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			of the hijrah,
		
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			And inshallah
		
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			today we are covering
		
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			Surah Asaf,
		
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			which is the 61st
		
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			chapter of the Quran, Surah Asaf. And it
		
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			is known by this name in a number
		
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			of the books of tafsir and the early
		
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			narrations that we find from some of the
		
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			early scholars of Islam in their books of
		
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			the sunnah.
		
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			And from the names by which the surah
		
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			is also known as is mentioned by
		
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			in the Musanaf of Abdul Razak.
		
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			That Ibn Abbas radiAllahu anhu may used to
		
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			refer to this surah as Surah Al Hawariyin,
		
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			The surah of the disciples.
		
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			Because Allah will mention the verse concerning the
		
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			disciples of Isa, alayhis salatu wa salam towards
		
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			the very end of the surah.
		
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			The Surah, according to some of the scholars
		
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			of tafsir, is a mikki Surah, and there's
		
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			a narration of Ibn Abbas to that extent.
		
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			But there's another narration of Ibn Abbas that
		
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			says that it is a Surah, and that
		
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			is the position of the majority of the
		
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			scholars of tafsir.
		
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			To the extent that it's also reported from
		
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			Abdullah ibn Zubair
		
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			that he said there is a Madani Surah,
		
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			and it's mentioned by a number of the
		
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			scholars of tafsir such as Ibn Kathir
		
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			and Al Khortobi and others. And it consists
		
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			of 14 verses.
		
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			In the name of Allah, the most gracious,
		
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			the most merciful.
		
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			All that is in the heavens and all
		
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			that is on earth glorifies Allah for He
		
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			is the Almighty Most Wise.
		
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			All you who believe, why do you say
		
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			that which you do why do you say
		
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			that which you do not do?
		
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			Is most most loathsome
		
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			to Allah that you say that which you
		
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			do not do. This highlights the greatness and
		
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			dominion of Allah and the submission of
		
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			all of
		
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			all of creation to him. All those who
		
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			are in the heavens and all
		
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			and on earth, glorify and praise Allah. Worship
		
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			him and ask him for their needs. For
		
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			he is the almighty who has subjugated all
		
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			things by his might and power.
		
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			Most wise in his creation and command, All
		
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			you who believe, why do you say that
		
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			which you do not do? That is, why
		
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			do you speak good words, urge people to
		
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			do good, and perhaps boast of doing it
		
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			yourselves when you do not do it?
		
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			And you forbid evil and declare yourself about
		
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			doing it. Yet, you are contaminated with it,
		
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			and it is part of your regular deeds.
		
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			Is such a blame worthy attitude befitting
		
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			for befitting for the believers as it is
		
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			as is it? Or is it something most
		
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			loathsome before Allah that a person says that
		
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			he does not do? The one who enjoins
		
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			good should be the first one to hasten
		
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			to do it. And the one who who
		
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			forbids evil should be the furthest removed of
		
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			all people from it. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			says elsewhere, do you enjoin righteousness
		
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			upon people while you ignore
		
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			your own selves even though you study the
		
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			scripture? Will you not then understand?
		
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			And Tra'i said
		
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			to his people, I do not want to
		
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			do that which I am forbidding you to
		
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			do. The verses of this, or these verses
		
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			here in which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
		
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			why do you command that which you do
		
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			not do yourselves?
		
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			This is an important principle in Islam and
		
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			in particular when it comes to the obligations
		
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			of Islam. Meaning don't command other people to
		
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			have faith and you don't have faith. Don't
		
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			command other people to pray, you don't pray.
		
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			Don't command other people to give zakah and
		
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			you don't give zakah. So when it comes
		
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			to fulfilling the obligations and the duties of
		
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			Islam, you should be first and foremost in
		
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			in doing that because Allah is obligated that
		
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			that upon everyone. And so you're not accept
		
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			an exception to that rule. There's no reason
		
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			why you shouldn't be doing it. You should
		
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			be the first one to do so. And
		
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			then when it comes to the other actions,
		
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			which are not obligations, but they're recommendations,
		
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			they're optional deeds. That is something which you
		
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			can encourage even if you're not the 1st
		
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			and foremost from amongst those people. So someone
		
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			may not be giving a great deal of
		
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			extra sadaqah.
		
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			Maybe that's not something which they do, but
		
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			they encourage people to give sadaqah.
		
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			So one of the misunderstandings that people have
		
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			is that if I don't do it, I
		
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			can't call to it. And what that leads
		
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			to then is a lack of enjoying good
		
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			and forbidding evil. Because when people have the
		
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			attitude that unless I'm doing it to such
		
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			and such a level, then I can't tell
		
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			other people to do it. What happens then?
		
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			How many people reach that level? Very few
		
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			people. So how many people they're not going
		
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			to remind others, advise others? Everyone says, no.
		
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			But I don't do it myself, so I'm
		
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			not going to advise. I'm not going to
		
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			remind. That's not the meaning of this verse.
		
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			The first meaning is that you should attempt
		
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			to be from those people then. Encourage yourself
		
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			to be from those people. Don't take the
		
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			attitude that I'm not going to do it,
		
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			so therefore I'm a carnitize others. No. Flip
		
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			it around. I will do more, and then
		
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			I will encourage others to do more. And
		
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			secondly, a distinction between that which is an
		
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			obligation and that which is a recommendation. Obligation,
		
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			yes. Because it is a major sin for
		
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			you to leave an obligation. So how can
		
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			you then advise people to pray? You don't
		
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			pray. How can you advise people to give
		
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			zakah? You've never given zakah. That's a big
		
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			problem, and it is compounding
		
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			the sin that you're already a part of.
		
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			However,
		
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			if you are from those people that do
		
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			the obligations and then you encourage and motivate
		
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			other people to do good because Allah has
		
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			given to different people different things. Maybe the
		
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			person encouraging
		
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			doesn't have a great deal of wealth to
		
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			give him sadaqa, but the people that is
		
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			encouraging have wealth.
		
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			Like the prophet, salallahu alayhi wasallam, used to
		
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			encourage the companions to give sadaqa.
		
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			They gave much of their wealth in sadaqa.
		
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			Like Uthman radiallahu an. The prophet didn't have
		
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			as much wealth as Uthman. He didn't say
		
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			I don't have that much money, so I
		
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			can't encourage others. No. So there's an understanding
		
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			that is required here. And so when you
		
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			encourage people to do good as the prophet
		
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			then there's something which you get a share
		
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			of the reward of. And Allah knows your
		
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			intention and that intention should be that, oh,
		
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			Allah, if I had a similar amount, I
		
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			would give in the similar way also. If
		
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			Allah, you blessed me in that amount as
		
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			is mentioned the hadith in the timedi that
		
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			Allah rewards people for their intentions
		
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			when they are sincere and they see someone
		
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			doing good and they say, oh Allah, if
		
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			I had such and such I would be
		
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			like him also. And that is from the
		
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			permissible type of ribba and envy. That you
		
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			see someone doing good, you don't want to
		
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			remove from them that blessing, but you want
		
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			to be like them. You want to be
		
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			similar to them so that you can also
		
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			attain similar rewards.
		
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			Here, Allah is urging his slaves to strive
		
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			in his cause and teaching them how to
		
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			arrange their ranks. They should stand in
		
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			tightly fitted, solid ranks in jihad without any
		
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			gaps in the rows, and the rows should
		
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			be organized in an orderly fashion
		
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			so that the, Mujahideen
		
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			may stand side by side and shoulder to
		
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			shoulder, striking dread into the heart of the
		
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			enemy and offering encouragement to one another. Hence,
		
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			when the prophet
		
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			was present in battle, he would organize the
		
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			ranks of his companions, stationing them for battle
		
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			in such a way that some would not
		
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			have to rely on others. Rather, each group
		
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			would focus on its own position, doing whatever
		
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			was needed to protect their station. In this
		
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			manner, goals
		
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			could be achieved.
		
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			And remember when Musa said to his people,
		
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			oh my people, why do you cause me
		
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			grief when you know that I am the
		
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			messenger of Allah to you? So when they
		
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			when they chose to deviate from the truth,
		
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			Allah caused their hearts to deviate from right
		
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			guidance. For Allah does not guide disobedient people.
		
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			And remember when Musa said to his people
		
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			rebuking them for their misdeeds and telling him
		
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			off for causing
		
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			him and telling him off for causing him
		
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			grief when they knew that he was the
		
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			messenger of Allah. Oh, my people, why do
		
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			you cause me grief in word and deed
		
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			when you know that I am the messenger
		
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			of Allah to you? Among the rights of
		
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			the messenger, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, are respect
		
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			and veneration, compliance with his commands, and acceptance
		
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			of his rulings. And that is why Allah
		
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			mentions
		
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			elsewhere in the Quran.
		
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			Oh, you who believe don't be like those
		
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			people who harmed Musa, meaning from his own
		
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			nation. These verses are not about pharaoh and
		
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			the enemies of Musa alaihi salatu salam. They're
		
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			about the believers in Musa, bani Israel,
		
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			that they will often harm him in their
		
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			words and in the way that they would
		
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			behave with him and in the way that
		
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			they would interact. Like when Allah mentions in
		
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			the Quran that he said to them, enter
		
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			into
		
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			the obedience of Allah and say the word
		
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			hita, which means obedience to Allah. And they
		
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			changed and they said hinta, which means wheat
		
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			and barley. They would always do this. They
		
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			would mix and they would change and they
		
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			would they would twist the words of their
		
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			prophet and their messenger and they would cause
		
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			him harm. Like, Allah mentions in the verse
		
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			in Surat Al Baqarah. Allah subhanahu ta'ala said
		
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			to them, slaughter a cow. What did they
		
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			do?
		
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			Which cow, what cow, what calleka? They just
		
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			harm him. They just cause him problems. And
		
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			what Allah has what the prophet mentioned, salallahu
		
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			alayhi wasalam, that the people of Bani Israel
		
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			used to criticize Musa alaihi salatu salam and
		
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			used to accuse him of having a deformed
		
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			body. Because Musa alaihis salatu wasalam, if he
		
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			bathed, he would go far away from the
		
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			people and he would bathe in private. So
		
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			they said that he only goes so far
		
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			because he's got some deformity that he doesn't
		
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			want anyone to see. And that's the famous
		
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			hadith
		
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			of when then he places his clothes on
		
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			the stone, the stone runs away with his
		
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			clothes, and he chases them until the people
		
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			see. Made him innocent. The people saw him
		
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			in his body that Allah gave him free
		
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			from any ailments, and so they realized. And
		
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			so Allah mentions here that don't be like
		
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			those people
		
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			who harmed Musa alaihi salatu wa sallam, meaning
		
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			you or companions,
		
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			don't be with the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam
		
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			like they used to be with Musa alayhi
		
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			wasalam.
		
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			Don't harm him in terms of the words
		
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			that you use, in terms of your deeds,
		
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			in terms of your actions, in terms of
		
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			your dealings with him, salallahu alaihi wasalam. And,
		
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			therefore, as we've said, that also we translates
		
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			to his sunnah after his death in the
		
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			way that you honor the words of the
		
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			prophet
		
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			in the sunnah that comes to you from
		
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			him and his teachings and his guidance.
		
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			As for causing grief to the messenger sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wasallam, whose kindness towards people surpasses all
		
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			kindness except that of Allah. He is extremely
		
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			rude and insolent
		
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			and it is a deviation from the straight
		
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			path which they recognize but abandon. And to
		
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			Allah says, but when they chose to deviate
		
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			from the truth, that is they deliberately went
		
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			astray, Allah caused their hearts to deviate from
		
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			right guidance as a punishment to them for
		
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			the deviation that they chose for themselves and
		
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			were pleased with. Hence, Allah did not enable
		
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			them to be guided because goodness was not
		
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			appropriate for them and they were fit only
		
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			for evil. And this is from the signs
		
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			of arrogance
		
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			that someone comes to you to give you
		
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			good advice, they come to you to advise
		
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			you, to give you guidance, to help you,
		
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			and you treat them in that way. You
		
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			criticize them, and you speak harshly towards them.
		
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			It's not from good manners. Even just in
		
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			normal dunya, someone comes to you and says,
		
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			brother, I saw something. I want to help
		
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			you. I want I'll give you my time,
		
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			my advice, and so on. At the very
		
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			least, you thank them for what they did,
		
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			for their efforts, for their time. To be
		
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			harsh towards them and criticize them shows a
		
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			level of arrogance and pride. And so Allah
		
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			says in this when when this was the
		
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			way of the people of Musa, alayhis salatu
		
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			wasalam, how many of them were misguided? They
		
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			went away from the path of Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			But Allah does not guide disobedient people. That
		
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			is those in whom disobedience
		
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			is inherent and they have no desire to
		
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			be guided.
		
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			This verse shows us that if Allah allows
		
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			his slaves to go astray, this is not
		
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			injustice on his part and they cannot use
		
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			that as an argument against him.
		
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			Rather, it is their own fault for they
		
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			are the ones who close the door of
		
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			guidance to themselves
		
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			after they came to know of it. So,
		
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			Allah requites them after that by causing them
		
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			to go astray and deviate which they have
		
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			no way to ward off. And the turning
		
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			of their hearts away from the truth
		
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			is a punishment for them and divine justice
		
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			towards them. As Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says
		
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			elsewhere,
		
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			we will turn their hearts and eyes away
		
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			from the truth since they refused to believe
		
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			in it the first time, and we will
		
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			leave them to wonder blindly in their misguidance.
		
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			And remember when
		
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			said, oh, children of Israel, verily I'm the
		
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			messenger of Allah to you. Confirming what came
		
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			before me of the Torah and bringing glad
		
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			tidings of a messenger to come after me,
		
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			whose name will be Ahmed.
		
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			But when he came to them with clear
		
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			signs, they said, this is obviously magic.
		
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			Who does greater wrong than he who fabricates
		
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			lies against Allah when he is caught Islam?
		
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			And Allah does not guide people who are
		
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			given to wrongdoing.
		
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			They want to extinguish Allah's light with their
		
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			utterances,
		
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			But Allah will perfect his light even though
		
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			the disbelievers hate it.
		
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			It is he who has sent his messenger
		
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			with guidance and this religion of truth so
		
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			that he may cause it to prevail over
		
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			all other religions even though the polytheists hate
		
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			it. Here Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala speaks of
		
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			the stubbornness of the children of Israel mentioned
		
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			above with 'Isaiah bin Miriam called
		
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			when 'Isaiah bin Miriam called them saying, oh
		
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			children of Israel, verily I am call I
		
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			am the messenger of Allah to you. That
		
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			is Allah has sent me to call you
		
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			to goodness and forbid to you evil. And
		
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			he has supported me with clear proof. What
		
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			confirms my truthness is the fact that I
		
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			am confirming what came before me of the
		
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			Torah. That is,
		
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			I have come to you with the same
		
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			message as that brought by Musa
		
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			of the Torah and divine laws. If I
		
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			were a pretender to prophethood,
		
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			I would have brought something other than that
		
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			which the messengers brought. I also confirm that
		
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			which came before me of the Torah, for
		
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			it foretold my coming and gave the glad
		
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			tidings thereof.
		
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			I have come and have been sent in
		
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			confirmation of it and bringing and bringing glad
		
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			tidings of a messenger to come after me
		
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			whose name will be Ahmed. He is Muhammad
		
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			ibn Abdullah
		
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			ibn Abdul Muttalib sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, the
		
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			Hashimi prophet. From the names of the prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, therefore as we can
		
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			see in this verse is Ahmed.
		
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			Ahmed is one of his names. Muhammad and
		
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			Ahmed are 2 of his names as is
		
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			mentioned in the hadith and Sahil Bukhari of
		
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			Jubeiri with Mutterim
		
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			that he said,
		
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			I am Ahmed and I am Mohammed, or
		
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			I am Mohammed and I am Ahmed. And
		
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			from his names he mentioned is Al Mahi.
		
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			Al Mahi is the one who extinguishes.
		
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			And he says, I extinguish kufr and disbelief
		
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			by Allah's permission.
		
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			And he's Al Hashr, the gatherer.
		
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			And he said I will be the one
		
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			that the people will gather around on the
		
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			day of judgment when they go and ask
		
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			him for the intercession. And he's Al-'a'atib,
		
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			the last, meaning the last and the seal
		
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			of the prophets. And there are other hadith
		
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			that speak about other names that were given
		
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			to the prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, such
		
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			as Nabi'ur Rahma, the prophet of Rahma. Nabi'ul
		
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			Malhamma, the prophet of punishment or giving,
		
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			dire warnings of punishment. These are different titles
		
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			you will find in the different ahadith concerning
		
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			the prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam. All of
		
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			them point to him. So Allah mentions here
		
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			the name Ahmed.
		
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			The name Ahmed is also from the names
		
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			of the prophets sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
		
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			Like
		
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			others like other prophets confirmed the prophet who
		
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			came before him and gave glad tidings of
		
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			the prophet to come after him. Unlike the
		
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			liars who contradict the prophets in an extreme
		
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			manner and differ from them in attitude, manners,
		
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			commands, and prohibitions. The prophets that came, all
		
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			of them, would confirm the prophets that came
		
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			before,
		
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			And they would tell of prophets that would
		
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			come after them because that is the way
		
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			that Allah azza wa jal taught the the
		
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			prophets. They are all a single line. They're
		
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			like a single chain As the prophet said
		
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			salallahu alaihi wasalam, the prophets of Allah
		
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			are like
		
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			maternal or paternal brothers.
		
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			Our father is 1, meaning Islam,
		
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			Our mothers are different, meaning that our shari'as
		
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			may vary.
		
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			So they are a single line and so
		
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			they would confirm the prophets who came before,
		
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			they would speak of the prophets that would
		
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			come after. And from that to which the
		
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			prophet which Allah ajswajal took as an oath
		
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			from every prophet
		
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			is that if the prophet
		
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			salallahu alaihi wasalam came during your time, then
		
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			you would support him. And Allah mentions this
		
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			in the Quran. Allah took the covenant from
		
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			every single prophet that I will give to
		
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			you revelation. I will give to you wisdom.
		
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			And then if there comes to a messenger
		
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			that confirms this meaning the prophet sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wasallam
		
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			You must believe in him, you must support
		
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			him. And that is why when when Umar
		
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			alaihi wasallam was holding parchments of the Torah,
		
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			the prophet became angry and he said, one
		
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			need to have to read of the tawra
		
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			when Allah gave to us the Quran.
		
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			For by Allah, if Musa was alive today,
		
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			he would only follow me. And that is
		
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			why when Isa alaihis salatu wasalam comes towards
		
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			end of time, whose sharia will he follow?
		
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			The prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam. He will lead
		
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			rule by his sharia. He won't use his
		
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			own sharia at the time of his time.
		
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			No, he will take the sharia of the
		
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			prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam because that is the
		
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			covenant that Allah took. So because as the
		
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			prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said there was
		
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			no messenger
		
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			between Isa and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
		
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			sallam, there was no in between.
		
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			Isa alaihi wasallam gave the prophecy of the
		
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			prophet that would come next and that would
		
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			be our prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
		
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			But when he, namely Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam,
		
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			whose coming was foretold by Isa alaihi wasallam,
		
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			came to them with clear signs, there's clear
		
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			proof that indicated that he was the one
		
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			and that he was a true messenger of
		
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			Allah, they said stubbornly rejecting the truth and
		
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			disbelieving in it. This is obviously magic, and
		
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			this is something very strange indeed to regard
		
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			the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam, whose message was
		
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			as clear as they, as a magician who
		
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			is who is obviously practicing magic. Can there
		
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			be any failure greater than this? Is there
		
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			any fabrication worse than this
		
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			when one denies what is well established of
		
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			his message and attributes to him something from
		
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			which is
		
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			from which it from which he is the
		
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			furthest removed of all people? And that's why
		
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			those
		
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			the the the people who hold the Torah
		
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			and Injeel, both of them foretold the coming
		
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			of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
		
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			And they described him by his titles and
		
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			by his description, by the descriptions of his
		
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			followers and his companions. And that's why when
		
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			Abu Sufyan went to the leader of the
		
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			Byzantine Romans,
		
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			and he asked him a number of questions.
		
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			He recognized those descriptions
		
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			from his study of the scriptures that they
		
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			had. And this is something which is which
		
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			is known and established.
		
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			And that's what Allah says in the Quran
		
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			Those that took the scripture before, they know
		
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			the prophet
		
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			better than they know their own children.
		
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			They know the prophet better than they know
		
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			their own children, meaning they recognize him as
		
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			the messenger of Allah. They see his attributes.
		
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			They see his characteristics as being those that
		
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			are found within their scriptures from before. Who
		
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			does greater wrong than he who fabricates lies
		
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			against Allah by making this and
		
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			by making this
		
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			and other claims, when in fact he has
		
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			no excuse and no reason for doing so
		
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			because he is called to Islam and his
		
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			proof and evidence have been presented to him.
		
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			And Allah does not guide people who are
		
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			given to wrongdoing, who persist in their wrongdoing,
		
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			and no expectation,
		
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			proof, or evidence deters them from it. This
		
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			is especially applicable to to these wrongdoers who
		
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			are striving hard to oppose the truth and
		
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			refute it and to support falsehood. Hence, Allah
		
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			says of them, they want to extinguish Allah's
		
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			light with their utterances, that is, with what
		
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			they say of corrupt arguments on the basis
		
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			of which they reject the truth, when this
		
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			argument has no solid foundation. Rather, their arguments
		
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			increase the one who has insight and awareness
		
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			of the falsehood to which they adhere. But
		
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			Allah will perfect his light even though the
		
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			disbelievers hate it. That is, Allah has grant
		
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			Allah has guaranteed to support
		
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			his religion and perfect the truth with which
		
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			he sent his messengers and to cause his
		
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			light to shine in all regions. Even if
		
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			the disbelievers hate it and because of their
		
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			hatred, they take all measures that they think
		
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			will help them to extinguish the light of
		
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			Allah,
		
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			but they will be defeated.
		
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			They are like someone who tries to blow
		
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			on the disc of the sun in order
		
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			to extinguish it. They will never achieve what
		
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			they want, and their minds will never be
		
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			safe from criticism and ask Persians.
		
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			Then, Allah mentions the means by which the
		
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			Islamic religion will prevail, both physical measures and
		
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			rational arguments. As he says, is he who
		
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			has sent his messenger with guidance and the
		
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			religion of truth that is with beneficial knowledge
		
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			and righteous deeds That is
		
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			knowledge with which he guides people to to
		
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			Allah and to paradise,
		
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			and he guides to the best deeds and
		
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			at and attitudes, and to that which is
		
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			in people's best interest in this world and
		
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			the hereafter, and the religion of truth that
		
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			is a religion to which to to adhere
		
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			and and worship the lord of the worlds
		
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			in accordance with its teaching
		
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			with its chi teachings. A religion that is
		
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			true in which there are no imperfections or
		
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			flaws. Rather, its commands offer nourishment to the
		
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			hearts and souls and physical well-being to bodies.
		
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			And and refraining from what it forbids offers
		
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			protection from evil and corruption, what the prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wasallam was sent with of guidance
		
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			and the religion of truth is the greatest
		
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			proof and evidence of his truthfulness,
		
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			and it is proof that will last until
		
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			the end of time. The more a person
		
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			reflects upon it, the more he will feel
		
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			at ease and increase in joy and insight
		
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			so that he may cause it to prevail
		
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			over all other religions.
		
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			That is so that he may cause it
		
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			to prevail over all other religions on the
		
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			basis of proof and evidence. And so that
		
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			he may cause its people
		
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			who adhere to it to prevail by means
		
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			of the sword and spear. These are two
		
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			promises that Allah gives. Number 1, that the
		
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			light of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will never
		
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			be extinguished.
		
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			As the prophet said, there will always be
		
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			a group of people in every generation
		
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			that are strong upon the truth,
		
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			upright upon the truth, and they will not
		
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			care about those who oppose them or those
		
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			who try to return them until Allah command
		
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			comes. And so their people every generation has
		
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			those people that follow the region correctly, that
		
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			know the region correctly. That is from the
		
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			promises that Allah gives in the Quran. And
		
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			from those promises is that Islam will become
		
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			widespread,
		
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			that it will will cross the whole world,
		
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			the entire world, as the prophet sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam also prophesies
		
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			that there will not be a house made
		
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			of mud or straw, except that Islam will
		
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			enter into it. Just as we see, alhamdulillah,
		
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			now our time today hardly a corner or
		
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			a region of the world, except that you
		
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			will find someone that says
		
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			That is something which the prophet prophesies. And
		
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			so it is what Allah azza wa jal
		
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			also promised beforehand in the Quran.
		
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			With regard to the religion itself, this prevalence
		
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			is persisting at all times. No one tries
		
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			to resist it or oppose it, but it
		
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			will be defeated and Islam will prevail and
		
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			subdue its opponents. As for those who follow
		
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			the religion of Islam, if they adhere to
		
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			it and follow its light and guidance
		
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			in all their religion,
		
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			in all their religious and worldly affairs, then
		
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			by the same token, no one will be
		
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			able to resist them, and they will inevitably
		
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			prevail over the followers of other religions. But
		
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			if they neglect it and are content merely
		
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			to claim to belong to it, and, that
		
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			will not benefit them, and their
		
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			their negligence towards it will become the cause
		
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			of their enemies gaining power over them. Anyone
		
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			who studies the affairs of the Muslims in
		
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			their earlier and later generations will be aware
		
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			will be well aware of that.
		
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			Oh, you who believe, shall I tell you
		
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			about a deal that will save you from
		
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			a painful punishment?
		
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			Believe in Allah and his messenger and strive
		
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			and and fight, offering your wealth and your
		
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			lives in the cause of Allah. That is
		
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			better for you if only you knew.
		
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			If you do that, he will forgive you
		
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			your sins and admit you to gardens through
		
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			which rivers flow and find dwellings in gardens
		
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			of perpetual abode.
		
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			There is the supreme triumph.
		
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			And he will give you something else that
		
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			you love. Hope from Allah against your enemies
		
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			and an imminent victory. And give
		
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			these glad tidings to the believers.
		
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			Oh, you who believe, be steadfast supporters of
		
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			Allah's cause. As Isa, son of Mariam, said
		
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			to the disciples,
		
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			who will be my supporters in Allah's cause?
		
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			The disciples said, we are the supporters of
		
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			a lost cause. So some of the children
		
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			of Israel believed and some disbelieved. Then we
		
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			helped those who believe who believed against their
		
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			enemies, so they prevailed.
		
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			This passage presents,
		
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			presents advice and guidelines for the most merciful
		
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			of those who show mercy to his believing
		
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			slaves, pointing out the greatest and most sublime
		
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			objective by means of which one may attain
		
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			salvation from the painful punishment and attain eternal
		
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			bliss. Here he mentions
		
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			the means of achieving that aim and goal
		
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			which everyone who has insight will want to
		
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			achieve. It is as if the question were
		
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			asked, what is this deal? And he said,
		
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			believe in Allah and his messenger. It is
		
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			well known that perfect faith is to believe
		
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			with certainty
		
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			in what Allah has commanded us to believe
		
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			in, which requires physical actions. One of the
		
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			most sublime of which is jihad in Allah's
		
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			calls. Hence, Allah says,
		
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			and strive and fight, offering your wealth and
		
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			your lives in the cause of Allah.
		
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			By offering your by offering your lives and
		
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			your souls to resist the enemies of Islam,
		
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			The aim should be to support the religion
		
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			of Allah and make his word supreme. Allah
		
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			says that this is the transaction that Allah
		
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			gives. Shall I not tell you about a
		
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			deal, a transaction that will save you from
		
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			the punishment of Allah azza wa jal? Then
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa jal says, believe in Allah.
		
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			Believe in His messenger salallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			strive in his way with your lives and
		
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			with your wealth. And it is because of
		
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			this verse that speaks about jihad
		
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			that the scholars said that it is a
		
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			Madani verse, because jihad was only legislated in
		
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			Medina, in the Medina period. And so those
		
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			scholars, the majority that said the Surah is
		
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			Medina, they took this as one of the
		
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			reasons.
		
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			Spend whatever you can afford of your wealth
		
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			for that purpose. For even though it is
		
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			difficult for people to give that wealth, doing
		
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			so is better for you if only you
		
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			knew. For in worldly terms, it leads to
		
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			good consequences, namely victory over the enemy, honor
		
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			that is the opposite of humiliation,
		
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			abundant provision, and great reassurance.
		
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			In the hereafter, at least attained the reward
		
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			of Allah and salvation from his punishment. Hence,
		
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			Allah mentioned the reward in the hereafter saying,
		
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			if you do that, he will forgive you
		
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			your sins. This includes both minor and major
		
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			sins. Believe in Allah and jihad and his
		
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			cause expey sins even if they are major.
		
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			And admit you to gardens through which rivers
		
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			flow. That is, the rivers flow between the
		
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			dwellings,
		
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			palaces, chambers, and trees. Rivers of fresh water,
		
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			rivers of milk of which the taste does
		
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			not change, rivers of wine delicious to the
		
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			drinkers, and rivers of pure honey. And in
		
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			those gardens, they will have all kinds of
		
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			fruit and find dwellings in gardens of perpetual
		
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			abode. That is, they combine all good features
		
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			such as being lofty, high, well built, and
		
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			beautifully adorned to the extent that the people
		
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			of paradise will see the people of the
		
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			chambers in the highest
		
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			level thereof as if they are looking at
		
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			bright stars
		
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			on the eastern or western horizon.
		
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			Some of the buildings of Paradise will be
		
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			made of bricks of gold, and some will
		
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			be made of bricks of silver. Its pavilions
		
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			will be made of pearls and coral, and
		
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			some of its dwellings will be made of
		
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			emerald and colorful gems with the most beautiful
		
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			hues.
		
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			Because of their purity, the outside will be
		
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			visible from the inside, and the inside will
		
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			be visit will be visible from the outside.
		
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			It will contain such delightful fragrances and beauty,
		
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			that no one could ever describe that has
		
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			never crossed the mind of anyone in any
		
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			realm. They will not be able to know
		
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			it until they see it. They will enjoy
		
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			its beauty and their eyes will will will
		
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			delight in in it. In that situation, where
		
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			not for the fact that Allah will create
		
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			the people of paradise in the most perfect
		
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			manner manner that is not subject to death,
		
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			they might have died out of joy. Glory
		
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			be to the one whom no one can
		
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			pray sufficiently. Rather, he is as he praised
		
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			himself far above the praise that his slaves
		
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			could give him.
		
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			Blessed be the most majestic, the most beautiful,
		
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			who has created the abode of bliss and
		
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			placed in it such majesty
		
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			the
		
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			shown paradise to humankind
		
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			when he created it and they had seen
		
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			what it contains of delights, no one
		
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			no one would ever fail to seek it.
		
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			And they would not have enjoyed life in
		
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			this world that is full of troubles
		
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			and whose joy is mixed with pain and
		
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			his happiness is mixed with sadness. And that
		
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			is because what Jannah contains is amazing and
		
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			it is perfect as the prophet said, sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wasallam, the hadith when he was praying.
		
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			And the companions saw him saw saw him
		
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			walk forward in his salah as if he
		
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			was reaching out to grab something, and then
		
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			he moved back. They said to him after
		
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			the salah, oh, messenger of Allah, you saw
		
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			you do something you never did before in
		
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			salah.
		
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			The prophet said, Allah presented to me jannah
		
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			and my prayer, and I saw within it
		
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			its fruit. And I was going to reach
		
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			out and take a bunch of its fruit
		
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			and bring it to the dunya. And had
		
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			I done so, you would have eaten for
		
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			it until your.
		
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			And so that is just one of the
		
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			smallest of the blessings of Jannah in terms
		
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			of its perfection and that which Allah
		
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			has contained in it. Paradise is called gardens
		
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			of perpetual abode because its people will remain
		
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			in it forever and will never leave it
		
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			or desire to leave it. This immense and
		
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			beautiful reward and supreme triumph that is completely
		
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			unmatched is the reward of the hereafter.
		
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			As for for the reward of this world
		
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			in in this world, it is mentioned in
		
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			the words, and he will give you something
		
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			else that you love. That is, you attain
		
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			another benefit that you love, which is help
		
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			from Allah against your enemies that would lead
		
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			to honor and joy and an imminent victory
		
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			by means of which the territory of Islam
		
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			will be expanded and abundant provision will be
		
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			brought. This is a reward of the believers
		
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			who strive in jihad. And they do jihad
		
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			in the way that Allah has sanctioned following
		
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			the Sharia and the rules that Allah has
		
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			placed for it with its correct conditions. Allah
		
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			gives the believers
		
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			a promise, 1 of the 2 or both.
		
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			Either you receive your reward in the
		
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			or you receive the reward of the dunya
		
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			or you receive both. And so for the
		
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			believers, there is always a good outcome. So
		
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			long as they uphold
		
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			the laws of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and
		
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			they follow the commands of Allah a zawajal.
		
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			As for the believers who do not strive
		
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			in jihad, when others do, Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala does not let them despair of his
		
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			grace and kindness. Rather, he says, and give
		
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			these glad tidings to the believers. That is
		
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			give them glad tidings of reward in this
		
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			world and the hereafter,
		
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			each according to his faith, even if they
		
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			are not
		
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			going to attain the level of those who
		
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			strive in jihad in Allah's cause. As the
		
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			prophet
		
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			said, in paradise, there are 100 levels. The
		
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			the distance between each of each 2 of
		
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			which is like the distance between heaven and
		
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			earth. Allah has prepared them for those who
		
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			strive in his cause. Then Allah says, all
		
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			you who believe, be steadfast supporters of Allah's
		
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			cause. That is in word and deed. By
		
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			upholding the religion of Allah, striving to apply
		
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			it to oneself
		
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			and others, striving in jihad against those who
		
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			stubbornly oppose it and resist it, offering your
		
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			lives and your wealth and refuting the arguments
		
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			of anyone who supports falsehood with what he
		
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			claims to have of knowledge and establishing proof
		
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			against him and warning people against him. Providing
		
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			the religion of Allah is learning the book
		
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			of Allah and the sunnah of his messenger
		
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			salallahu alaihi wasallam, urging others to do likewise
		
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			and joining what is right and forbidding what
		
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			is wrong.
		
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			Then Allah encourages the believers
		
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			to follow the example of the righteous who
		
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			came before them. As he says, as,
		
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			as Isa, son of Mariam, said to the
		
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			disciples, who will be my who will be
		
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			my supporters in in Allah's calls. That is,
		
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			he said to them, make a request of
		
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			them and encouraging them. Who will help me
		
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			and stand with me in support of the
		
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			religion of Allah, following the path that I
		
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			follow? The disciples hastened to respond and said,
		
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			we are the supporters of Allah's cause. So
		
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			Isa alaihi salam persisted in the path as
		
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			commanded by Allah and supported his religion along
		
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			with the disciples
		
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			who were with him. And as we said,
		
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			this is why Ibn Abbas
		
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			used to call this Surah Surah Al Hawa'riyin,
		
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			the Surah of the Disciples.
		
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			Because of this covenant that Allah is which
		
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			he took from the disciples of Isa, alayhis
		
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			salatu was salam, and a disciple
		
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			is someone that is a very close student,
		
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			someone that is a very close companion. And
		
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			that is why the prophet
		
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			every single prophet had a Hawari, had disciples.
		
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			And if there was such a one for
		
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			my ummah, it is a Zubayr ibn Awam
		
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			That is from the virtues of Zubayr.
		
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			So some of the children of Israel believed
		
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			in response to the call of Asa and
		
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			the disciples, and some of them disbelieved and
		
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			did not respond
		
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			to the call, so the believers strove against
		
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			the disbelievers.
		
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			Then we helped those who believed against their
		
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			enemies. That is, we supported them and granted
		
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			them victory over them. So they prevailed over
		
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			them and subdued them. So you, oh, Umrah,
		
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			Muhammad salallahu alayhi wasalam, should be the supporters
		
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			of Allah's cause and callers to his religion.
		
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			If you do that, Allah will support you
		
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			as he supported those who came before you,
		
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			and you will and and will and will
		
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			cause you to prevail over your enemies. Says
		
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			in the verses we mentioned
		
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			in Surah Muhammad if you help Allah, Allah
		
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			will help you. Meaning, if you help the
		
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			religion of Allah by practicing it and abiding
		
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			by it and teaching it and spreading it,
		
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			then
		
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			Allah will help you in return. It's the
		
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			end of the commentary of Surat Asaf. Our
		
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			praise and thanks are for Allah, and may
		
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			the blessings and peace of Allah be upon
		
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			the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, his
		
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			family and his companions, abundantly until the day
		
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			of judgement. We now come to the 62nd
		
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			chapter of the Quran, the 62nd Surah, and
		
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			that is Surah Al Jumuah. And it is
		
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			known by this name in the vast majority
		
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			of the books of tafsir and hadith.
		
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			And it is mentioned by this name in
		
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			the books of the sunnah, and it is
		
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			a Madani Surah according to Ibn Abbas
		
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			and the other scholars of such as others
		
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			who said that is by agreement.
		
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			And this is from those Surah that the
		
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			prophet
		
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			used to recite on a Friday.
		
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			It is called the Friday. The name Jumu'am
		
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			refers to the Friday prayer, and there's a
		
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			surah that he would recite in the Friday
		
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			prayer
		
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			alongside the one that came after it or
		
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			comes after it, and that is So
		
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			sometimes he would recite a similaration say,
		
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			and sometimes he will recite these 2, Al
		
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			Jumuah
		
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			and Al Munafiqoon. And that is because they
		
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			complement each other. And Jumuah
		
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			urges the believers to worship Allah and to
		
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			think of the and to work towards
		
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			pleasing Allah
		
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			is a warning against being distracted and following
		
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			the path of the hypocrites and the disbelievers.
		
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			In the name of Allah, the most gracious,
		
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			the most merciful.
		
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			All that is in the heavens and all
		
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			that is on earth glorifies Allah the sovereign,
		
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			the holy, the the almighty, the most wise
		
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			That is everything that is in the heavens
		
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			and on earth glorifies Allah, submits to his
		
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			command, shows devotion to him, and worships him
		
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			because he is the most perfect, the sovereign
		
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			to whom belongs the dominion of the upper
		
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			and lower realms. For everything belongs to him
		
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			and he and is under his control. The
		
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			holy, who is venerated and is far above
		
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			all defects and shortcomings.
		
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			The almighty who has subjugated all things
		
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			most wise in his creation and command.
		
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			These great attributes are among the factors that
		
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			call people to worship Allah alone with no
		
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			partner or associate.
		
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			Is he who has sent among the unlettered
		
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			a messenger from among themselves, reciting unto them
		
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			his revelations, purifying them and teaching them the
		
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			book and wisdom. Fairly before that, they had
		
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			been clearly misguided.
		
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			And He has sent him to others who
		
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			have not yet joined them. And He is
		
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			the Almighty Most Wise.
		
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			That is the grace of Allah which he
		
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			bestows upon whomever he wills. For Allah is
		
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			the possessor of abundant grace. What's meant by
		
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			the unlettered here what's meant by the unlettered
		
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			is those who had no book and no
		
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			remnant of any message.
		
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			Such as the Arabs and others who were
		
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			not people of the book.
		
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			Allah
		
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			bestowed a great blessing upon them that was
		
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			greater than the blessing he bestowed upon others
		
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			because they had nothing of knowledge and goodness.
		
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			And they were obviously misguided, worshiping trees, idols
		
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			and rocks, behaving like savage wild animals
		
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			with the strong devouring the weak among them.
		
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			They were extremely ignorant of the teachings of
		
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			the prophets.
		
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			But then Allah sent them a messenger from
		
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			among them whose lineage, noble characteristics, and honesty
		
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			they knew well.
		
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			And he sent down to him his book,
		
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			so that he recited onto them his revelations.
		
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			Definitive revelations which would lead to faith and
		
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			period and and certainty.
		
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			Purifying them, that is urging them to acquire
		
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			noble characteristics.
		
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			Explaining them to them and warning them against
		
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			evil characteristics.
		
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			And teaching them the book and wisdom. That
		
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			is knowledge of the Quran and knowledge of
		
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			the sunnah, which includes all
		
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			the knowledge of the earlier and later generations.
		
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			After this teaching and purification by the prophet
		
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			salallahu alaihi wa sallam, they became the most
		
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			knowledgeable of people. Indeed, they became leaders of
		
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			the people of knowledge and religious commitment. The
		
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			most perfect in manners
		
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			and attitude, the best in conduct and dignity.
		
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			They were themselves guided and they guided others.
		
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			Thus becoming leaders of the guided
		
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			and the foremost among the pious. Were not
		
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			for the favor that Allah bestowed upon them
		
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			by sending this messenger
		
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			which was the greatest blessing and the greatest
		
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			beneficence,
		
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			they would not have attained this honor.
		
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			So Allah in this verse, he's praising the
		
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			believers from the time of the prophet the
		
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			companions.
		
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			Those people that the messenger was sent to
		
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			them, and he taught them the book and
		
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			wisdom, and he purified them, and he taught
		
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			them the teachings of Allah and they accepted
		
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			and they believed. And that's why the author
		
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			says that Allah
		
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			then elevated them from people who are who
		
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			are not who are known for their rivalry
		
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			and for their enmity and for their killing
		
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			and for their bloodshed and for their practices
		
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			of ignorance and jahiliyah.
		
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			Allah
		
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			exalted them. Allah honored them. Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala raised their status through the knowledge that
		
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			they learned of the Quran and the sunnah
		
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			until they became leaders of righteousness and piety.
		
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			Leaders of justice,
		
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			people that were pleasing to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala. And so Allah a zawajal honored them
		
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			through what? Through knowledge, which shows that those
		
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			people who then come afterwards are also honored
		
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			through that same way. As Imam Malik
		
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			used to say, the only way that the
		
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			end of this ummah will be rectified
		
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			is by using that which rectified the early
		
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			part of the ummah. You want to be
		
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			from those people that Allah honors, that Allah,
		
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			praises, that Allah
		
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			loves, then follow the way of the early
		
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			Muslims, the companions radiallahu anhu.
		
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			And he has sent him to others who
		
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			have not joined
		
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			joined who have not yet joined them. That
		
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			is
		
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			and he has blessed others who are not
		
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			among them. This refers to people other than
		
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			the unlettered who had come after them and
		
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			some of the people of the book who
		
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			had not yet joined them. This refers to
		
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			people other than those who heard the mess
		
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			the call of the messengers sallallahu alaihi wa
		
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			sallam directly. It may be that what is
		
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			meant is that they had not yet joined
		
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			them in the sense of catching up with
		
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			them in terms of virtue or in terms
		
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			of time. Whatever the case, both meanings are
		
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			sound. Both meanings are sound, and therefore, this
		
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			is from the virtues of the Tabireen, those
		
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			who follow in the footsteps of the companions.
		
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			What makes the companion special? They saw the
		
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			prophet, they met him. That's what is the
		
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			definition of a companion.
		
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			Anyone that comes after him is known as
		
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			a Tabiri. Even the Tabiri is a generation
		
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			who came after the companions linguistically,
		
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			we are from those who are the Tabiri,
		
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			meaning we came after that generation.
		
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			Allah is saying, and others that Allah will
		
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			bless.
		
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			They never met them or they didn't reach
		
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			that virtue or that status of companionship, but
		
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			Allah still honors them. Why? Because they followed
		
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			the same path. They took that example and
		
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			they followed it. And that is why the
		
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			prophet said, sallallahu alaihi wasallam, that I wish
		
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			and long to meet my brothers. The companion
		
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			said, are we not your brothers? He said,
		
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			no. You're my companions.
		
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			My brothers who are those who come after
		
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			me, they never saw me or met me
		
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			yet they still believed in me.
		
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			Those are the brothers of the prophet salallahu
		
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			alaihi wasallam.
		
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			And in the the hadith of Abu Dharr
		
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			radhiallahu an, when he said that from those
		
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			people who love me the most are those
		
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			who never met me, but they would give
		
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			their family and their wealth just for a
		
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			chance to see me.
		
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			Those are the people that the prophet sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wasallam spoke of that never met him,
		
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			never saw him, but they follow in the
		
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			footsteps of those who did in the hope
		
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			that Allah
		
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			will reunite them together in the highest levels
		
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			of Jannah. May Allah grant us that.
		
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			Those among whom Allah sent his messenger salallahu
		
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			alaihi wasalam and they saw him and heard
		
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			his call directly attained special virtues that no
		
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			one else could catch up with. This is
		
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			by the might and wisdom of Allah, and
		
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			he has not neglected his slaves or left
		
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			them without care. Rather, he sent messengers among
		
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			them with commands and prohibitions.
		
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			This was by immense grace of Allah, which
		
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			he bestows upon whomever he will of his
		
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			slaves and is greater than the blessings of
		
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			physical well-being, abundant provision, and other worldly blessings
		
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			that he has bestowed upon them. There is
		
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			nothing greater than the blessing of Islam, which
		
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			is essential to triumph and to triumph and
		
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			eternal happiness.
		
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			The likeness of those who were given the
		
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			Torah but failed to uphold it is that
		
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			of a donkey laden with weightless tomes.
		
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			How wretched is the likeness of people who
		
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			reject the revelation of Allah, and Allah does
		
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			not guide people who are given to wrongdoing.
		
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			Say, oh you who are Jews, if you
		
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			claim that you are Allah's chosen to the
		
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			ex ex exclusion of all other people, then
		
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			wish for death if you are telling the
		
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			truth.
		
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			But they will never wish for it because
		
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			of what their
		
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			hands have wrought. And Allah knows well the
		
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			wrongdoers.
		
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			Say, verily the death from which you flee
		
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			will overtake you. Then in the end you
		
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			will be brought back to the knower of
		
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			the unseen and the seen. And he will
		
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			inform you about what you used to do.
		
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			Having mentioned his blessing to his Umma, among
		
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			whom he sent the a letter of prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wasallam, and what he singled them
		
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			out of 4 of virtues which no one
		
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			could catch up with.
		
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			For they are the unleaded nation who surpassed
		
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			the first and the last, even the people
		
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			of the book who claim to be the
		
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			devout
		
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			devoted scholars
		
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			and foremost in knowledge. Allah now tells us
		
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			that those to whom he gave the Torah,
		
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			namely the Jews and also the Christians, and
		
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			instructed them to learn it and act upon
		
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			it, but they failed to uphold it or
		
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			implement
		
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			what they were given, possess no virtue. Their
		
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			likeness is that of a donkey that is
		
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			laden with weighty
		
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			tones
		
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			of knowledge. Can that donkey benefit from the
		
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			book on its back? Can it attain any
		
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			any virtue because of that? Or is it
		
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			or is its share simply that it carries
		
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			them? This is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala makes
		
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			a comparison here. In the previous verses, Allah
		
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			spoke about the companions, how they benefit from
		
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			knowledge. Knowledge was given to them. What did
		
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			they do? They sought that knowledge. They learned
		
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			that knowledge. They acted upon that knowledge, and
		
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			Allah raised them and blessed them. Now
		
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			Allah mentions another group of people that also
		
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			were given knowledge. But what they did is
		
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			that they took that knowledge and they just
		
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			learnt it or they just read it, but
		
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			they didn't act upon it. They knew it.
		
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			It was contained in their books, but it
		
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			didn't benefit them. So Allah likens them to
		
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			a donkey that's carrying books.
		
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			Doesn't mean that it possesses knowledge even though
		
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			it's carrying the books. No one says that
		
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			the the donkey is knowledgeable now, just has
		
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			books. So, likewise,
		
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			the Muslims are also being warned. Don't be
		
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			like those people who have knowledge, meaning they
		
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			have access to knowledge. They know where knowledge
		
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			is. The Quran is with them. The sunnah,
		
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			the prophet, is amongst them, but they don't
		
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			act upon it. It's just books that they
		
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			keep in their masjids, in their homes, in
		
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			their libraries, but it doesn't benefit them. So
		
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			knowledge is there to be read and to
		
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			be studied and to be acted upon
		
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			as the prophet
		
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			or as some of the the companions in
		
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			the Tabireen used to say that the life
		
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			of knowledge
		
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			is to read it and to act upon
		
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			it. That's the life of knowledge. It's the
		
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			life of the sunnah. And that's why one
		
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			of the companions said to another,
		
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			the life of the sunnah is when you
		
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			act upon the sunnah.
		
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			So he said to him, and you have
		
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			given life, therefore, too much of the sunnah,
		
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			because the companions used to study the sunnah
		
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			and read the sunnah, and they used to
		
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			act upon the sunnah.
		
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			This is the likeness that is applicable to
		
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			them. How rich it is the likeness of
		
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			people who reject the revelation of Allah which
		
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			which point to the truthfulness of our messenger
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wasallam and the truth of what
		
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			he brought. And Allah does not guide people
		
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			who are given to wrongdoing. That is he
		
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			does not guide them to that which is
		
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			in their best interest so long as they
		
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			stubbornly persist in their wrongdoing. One aspect of
		
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			the stubborn
		
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			wrongdoing of the Jews is that they are
		
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			aware that they are following falsehood, yet they
		
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			claim that they are following the truth and
		
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			that they are
		
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			they are Allah's chosen to the exclusion of
		
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			all other people. Hence, Allah commanded his messenger
		
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			salallahu alaihi wasallam to say to them, if
		
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			you are telling the truth in your claim
		
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			that you are following the right path and
		
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			are and are Allah's chosen, then wish for
		
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			death. This is something very easy. For if
		
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			they believe that they were following the right
		
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			path, they would not hesitate to meet this
		
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			challenge that Allah caused to be to be
		
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			proof of their truthfulness
		
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			if they did wish for death and proof
		
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			of their falseness if they did not wish
		
00:51:10 --> 00:51:11
			for it.
		
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			As they did not as they did not
		
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			do that, when the challenge was presented to
		
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			them, is proven
		
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			that they are aware of the falseness and
		
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			corruption of what they are following. Hence, Allah
		
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			says, but they will never wish for it
		
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			because of what their hands have wrought, of
		
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			sins and acts of
		
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			disobedience because of which they fear death.
		
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			And Allah knows well the wrongdoers, so nothing
		
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			of their wrongdoing can be hidden from the
		
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			from him. Even though they do not wish
		
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			for death because of what their hands have
		
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			wrought and they flee from it. And that
		
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			will not save them, rather they will inevitably
		
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			face death, which Allah has made inescapable for
		
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			his slaves and has decreed for them.
		
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			Then after death,
		
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			they will all be brought back on the
		
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			day of resurrection to the knower of the
		
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			unseen and the seen, and he will inform
		
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			them of what they did of good and
		
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			evil, small and great.
		
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			Oh, you believe when the call to prayer
		
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			is given on Friday, then proceed
		
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			at once to the remembrance of Allah and
		
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			leave off your trading. That is better for
		
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			you if only you knew.
		
00:52:57 --> 00:52:58
			And remember
		
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			Allah much so that you may prosper.
		
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			When they see some merchandise or distraction, they
		
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			rush towards it and leave you standing there.
		
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			Say, that which is with Allah is better
		
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			than any distraction or merchandise.
		
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			And Allah is the best of providers. Here
		
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			Allah
		
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			commands his slaves to attend Jum'ah Jum'ah prayer
		
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			and to hasten to the prayer as soon
		
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			as the call is given, proceeding
		
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			at once
		
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			to the prayer. What is meant by proceeding
		
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			at once here is to hasten to the
		
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			prayer and pay attention to it. For it
		
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			is the most important activity of the day.
		
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			It does not mean running to join the
		
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			prayer because running when going to prayer is
		
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			disallowed.
		
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			This is from the verses that speaks about
		
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			the importance of Salatul Jum'an. We know that
		
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			its virtues and its importance and its obligation
		
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			is well expressed within the Quran and the
		
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			sunnah. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says that when
		
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			the call is given meaning the Adhan, which
		
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			is the Jumu'a Adhan. And if there are
		
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			2 Adhan's
		
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			as is the case from the time of
		
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			Uthman in many of the Muslim countries, there
		
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			are 2 adhan's that are given for the
		
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			salah through Jumu'a. It is the second adhan
		
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			that is being referred to, that you hasten
		
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			towards the salah. Meaning, that if you're ready
		
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			for the salah and the adhan is given
		
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			for Jumu'ah, you go straight to the masjid
		
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			then you pray. But if you're not ready,
		
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			and it's not something which you're prepared for,
		
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			then you must make preparations before because that
		
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			is part of sahi. It's part of going
		
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			towards something, that you prepare for it. So
		
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			if it means that you have to go
		
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			and you have to do other things first
		
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			in order to be ready, then you take
		
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			the time to do so before that adhan
		
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			is given. As Umar
		
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			said to Uthman when he came late one
		
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			day and he said to my, are you
		
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			late? He said, because I was hurrying and
		
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			I had to make wudu.
		
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			And he said, meaning you didn't even take
		
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			wudu, meaning you only came with wudu also.
		
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			So it shows that the companions were people
		
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			who used to prepare for the day of
		
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			Jum'an. There are many a hadith that speak
		
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			about the virtues of preparation. From them is
		
00:55:10 --> 00:55:11
			the famous hadith of the one who comes
		
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			early is like the one who sacrificed the
		
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			slaughtered a camel, then a cow, then a
		
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			sheep, and so on and so forth. And
		
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			from them is the hadith of forgiveness, that
		
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			those who come early and they walk to
		
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			the jum'ah and they bathe and they've worn
		
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			clean clothes and they've used perfume and they
		
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			come and they listen to the khutbah without
		
00:55:27 --> 00:55:29
			making any sound or distractions,
		
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			Allah will forgive them from 1 Jummah to
		
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			the next. And so there are many virtues
		
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			about coming early to the Jum'ah, but if
		
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			you need to be, like for example, some
		
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			people who are
		
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			busy with work, some people busy with their
		
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			studies, some people who are business owners. They
		
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			can't necessarily come 3, 4 hours before Jumuah.
		
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			Those people know it is an obligation upon
		
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			them as soon as the adhan goes that
		
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			they come and they attend the salatul jumuah.
		
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			And leave off your trading. That is cease
		
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			trading once the call to prayer is given
		
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			and go to prayer again. And this is
		
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			a command also. Weather will bear. Leave off
		
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			trading. And that is why it's the position
		
00:56:01 --> 00:56:03
			of the method of Muhammad Rahimahullah
		
00:56:03 --> 00:56:05
			and some of the scholars of Islam that
		
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			any transaction that is done after the second
		
00:56:07 --> 00:56:10
			adhan of Jum'ah is null and void. It's
		
00:56:10 --> 00:56:12
			not considered to be permissible because Allah says
		
00:56:12 --> 00:56:15
			don't buy and sell. It's a prohibition to
		
00:56:15 --> 00:56:16
			buy and sell. And so this is one
		
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			of those things that makes a transaction null
		
00:56:19 --> 00:56:20
			and void, not because
		
00:56:21 --> 00:56:23
			of the issue itself, meaning it's not because
		
00:56:23 --> 00:56:24
			of the product being haram
		
00:56:25 --> 00:56:27
			or because the person engaging in ribat. No.
		
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			It's because of an external factor, and that
		
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			is the timing
		
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			that it was done in is a time
		
00:56:32 --> 00:56:33
			of prohibition.
		
00:56:34 --> 00:56:36
			That is better for you than focusing on
		
00:56:36 --> 00:56:39
			trade and missing the obligatory prayer, which is
		
00:56:39 --> 00:56:41
			one of the most important obligations. If only
		
00:56:41 --> 00:56:42
			you knew
		
00:56:42 --> 00:56:44
			that what is that what is with Allah
		
00:56:44 --> 00:56:45
			is better and more lasting.
		
00:56:46 --> 00:56:48
			And that whoever gives precedence to this world
		
00:56:48 --> 00:56:51
			over religion over religion has truly lost when
		
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			he thinks he is winning. This command to
		
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			cease trading is temporary for the duration of
		
00:56:55 --> 00:56:57
			the prayer. And this is because the salatul
		
00:56:57 --> 00:56:59
			Jummah has more importance than any of the
		
00:56:59 --> 00:57:01
			salah. So the position, as we know, of
		
00:57:01 --> 00:57:03
			a number of the scholars of Islam is
		
00:57:03 --> 00:57:04
			that you have to pray in congregation.
		
00:57:05 --> 00:57:06
			But even those scholars who say it's obligatory
		
00:57:06 --> 00:57:07
			to pray in congregation,
		
00:57:08 --> 00:57:10
			the majority of them say wherever you do
		
00:57:10 --> 00:57:12
			that congregation, it's okay. It doesn't have to
		
00:57:12 --> 00:57:13
			be in the Masjid. So if you're in
		
00:57:13 --> 00:57:15
			your school, you're in your home, you're in
		
00:57:15 --> 00:57:17
			your business, you're wherever you are, and there,
		
00:57:17 --> 00:57:19
			there's enough people to make a jama'at 2,
		
00:57:19 --> 00:57:21
			3 people or more, then it's okay. That's
		
00:57:21 --> 00:57:23
			considered jama'at. Doesn't have to be in the
		
00:57:23 --> 00:57:24
			Masjid.
		
00:57:24 --> 00:57:25
			However, the jumuah
		
00:57:26 --> 00:57:28
			has to be in a congregation, has to
		
00:57:28 --> 00:57:30
			be a bigger congregation, and the better congregation
		
00:57:30 --> 00:57:32
			is the one that is bigger. So it's
		
00:57:32 --> 00:57:34
			better for people to come to the masjid.
		
00:57:34 --> 00:57:37
			And, therefore, that is something which is also
		
00:57:37 --> 00:57:39
			stressed. And in the time of the prophet
		
00:57:39 --> 00:57:41
			and the companions, there was only 1 jumuah,
		
00:57:41 --> 00:57:42
			and that was in the masjid.
		
00:57:43 --> 00:57:44
			It's only now in our time when people
		
00:57:44 --> 00:57:46
			do Jum'ah's in their workplace and so on
		
00:57:46 --> 00:57:47
			because of necessity and need, but that's not
		
00:57:47 --> 00:57:49
			the asl. The asl lives in the distinction
		
00:57:49 --> 00:57:52
			between a normal Jum'ah prayer and the jum'ah
		
00:57:52 --> 00:57:54
			is the jum'ah is done in the masjid.
		
00:57:54 --> 00:57:55
			For that one you come to the masjid
		
00:57:55 --> 00:57:57
			and you attend the masjid. So for those
		
00:57:57 --> 00:57:59
			people who have the ability to do so,
		
00:58:00 --> 00:58:02
			even if it is slightly less convenient,
		
00:58:02 --> 00:58:04
			then that is something which they should do
		
00:58:04 --> 00:58:05
			because that is the original warning that was
		
00:58:05 --> 00:58:07
			given by the Sharia.
		
00:58:08 --> 00:58:10
			Then when the prayer is ended, disperse through
		
00:58:10 --> 00:58:11
			the land
		
00:58:11 --> 00:58:13
			to seek your livelihood and engage in trade
		
00:58:13 --> 00:58:15
			because focusing on trade is likely to make
		
00:58:15 --> 00:58:18
			one forget to remember Allah. Allah instructs his
		
00:58:18 --> 00:58:20
			slaves to remember him a great deal as
		
00:58:20 --> 00:58:22
			he says, and remember Allah much. That is
		
00:58:22 --> 00:58:24
			when standing, sitting, and lying on your sides
		
00:58:24 --> 00:58:27
			so that you may prosper. Because remembering Allah
		
00:58:27 --> 00:58:28
			much is
		
00:58:28 --> 00:58:30
			one of the greatest means of attaining prosperity.
		
00:58:30 --> 00:58:32
			And therefore, after the salah, you can go
		
00:58:32 --> 00:58:33
			back to your work and your job. And
		
00:58:33 --> 00:58:36
			some of the scholars say that after the
		
00:58:36 --> 00:58:38
			salah through jumuah to go back and trade,
		
00:58:38 --> 00:58:40
			Allah says, go and seek the provision
		
00:58:41 --> 00:58:43
			and seek the blessings of Allah, that it's
		
00:58:43 --> 00:58:44
			a good time, that it's something which is
		
00:58:44 --> 00:58:46
			a good time to do trading if that's
		
00:58:46 --> 00:58:48
			the time that you're going to trade in.
		
00:58:48 --> 00:58:50
			Allah says, you've done your duty to Allah
		
00:58:50 --> 00:58:51
			subhanahu wa ta'ala and now go and seek
		
00:58:51 --> 00:58:52
			the provision of Allah
		
00:58:53 --> 00:58:54
			just as he says, for example, about the
		
00:58:54 --> 00:58:56
			people of Hajj. When you go for Hajj
		
00:58:56 --> 00:58:58
			and you want to trade after you've done
		
00:58:58 --> 00:58:59
			the Hajj or you as you're doing the
		
00:58:59 --> 00:59:02
			Hajj, you fulfilled Allah's obligations, seek from Allah's
		
00:59:02 --> 00:59:05
			bounty also. When they see some merchandise or
		
00:59:05 --> 00:59:05
			distraction,
		
00:59:06 --> 00:59:07
			they rush towards it. That is they leave
		
00:59:07 --> 00:59:10
			the mosque out of eagerness to see that
		
00:59:10 --> 00:59:11
			distraction or that merchandise.
		
00:59:11 --> 00:59:13
			They leave what is good and leave you
		
00:59:13 --> 00:59:16
			standing there, addressing the people. This refers to
		
00:59:16 --> 00:59:17
			an incident that occurred one Friday when the
		
00:59:17 --> 00:59:20
			prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam was addressing the people.
		
00:59:20 --> 00:59:22
			A trade caravan came to Medina, and when
		
00:59:22 --> 00:59:24
			the people heard of it whilst they were
		
00:59:24 --> 00:59:25
			in the mosque, they went out of the
		
00:59:25 --> 00:59:26
			mosque and left the prophet
		
00:59:28 --> 00:59:30
			addressing the people and hasten towards that to
		
00:59:30 --> 00:59:32
			which they should not have hastened
		
00:59:32 --> 00:59:34
			forgetting their manners. This hadith is mentioned in
		
00:59:34 --> 00:59:37
			Bukhari of Jabir radiAllahu an. Roman Jumu'ah, the
		
00:59:37 --> 00:59:40
			prophet was giving a Jumu'ah and a caravan
		
00:59:40 --> 00:59:42
			from a Sham came to Medina, meaning with
		
00:59:42 --> 00:59:44
			trade and with money and with goods. So
		
00:59:44 --> 00:59:46
			the people heard of the trade caravan
		
00:59:46 --> 00:59:48
			and they left. The narration says only 12
		
00:59:48 --> 00:59:50
			companions remained in the masjid.
		
00:59:50 --> 00:59:52
			And then they left, and when they remembered
		
00:59:52 --> 00:59:54
			and they realized what they had done, they
		
00:59:54 --> 00:59:57
			returned to the prophet in the Masjid.
		
00:59:57 --> 00:59:58
			And so from the,
		
00:59:59 --> 01:00:01
			and from the the the or from what
		
01:00:01 --> 01:00:03
			we take from that story is it seems
		
01:00:03 --> 01:00:05
			and Allah knows best is that that was
		
01:00:05 --> 01:00:05
			before
		
01:00:06 --> 01:00:08
			the many restrictions were placed on the salatul
		
01:00:08 --> 01:00:10
			Jum'ah. This is when Jum'ah was first obligated,
		
01:00:10 --> 01:00:12
			because it's not considered that the companions would
		
01:00:12 --> 01:00:14
			leave and abandon for something which they knew
		
01:00:14 --> 01:00:17
			to be haram. The companions were great and
		
01:00:17 --> 01:00:19
			more nobler than that. But this was at
		
01:00:19 --> 01:00:22
			the beginning of Islam before those restrictions of
		
01:00:22 --> 01:00:23
			Jum'ah will put in place that we know
		
01:00:23 --> 01:00:25
			of now. You come to the masjid, you
		
01:00:25 --> 01:00:27
			don't fidget, you don't talk, you don't speak.
		
01:00:27 --> 01:00:29
			Those were restrictions that were placed, made it
		
01:00:29 --> 01:00:31
			wrong, and Allah knows best.
		
01:00:31 --> 01:00:34
			Say that which is with Allah of reward
		
01:00:34 --> 01:00:36
			for the one who adheres to goodness and
		
01:00:36 --> 01:00:38
			is patient in worshiping his lord is better
		
01:00:38 --> 01:00:40
			than any distraction or merchant merchandise.
		
01:00:41 --> 01:00:43
			Although there is some benefit in trade, it
		
01:00:43 --> 01:00:45
			is little and tainted, and it will be
		
01:00:45 --> 01:00:47
			the cause of missing out on goodness in
		
01:00:47 --> 01:00:48
			the hereafter.
		
01:00:48 --> 01:00:51
			Whereas patience in obeying Allah and continuing one's
		
01:00:51 --> 01:00:53
			act of worship does not cause one to
		
01:00:53 --> 01:00:55
			miss out on provision for Allah is the
		
01:00:55 --> 01:00:58
			best of providers. So whoever fears Allah, he'll
		
01:00:58 --> 01:01:00
			grant him provision from where he does not
		
01:01:00 --> 01:01:02
			expect. So Allah loves these people who are
		
01:01:02 --> 01:01:05
			willing to sacrifice some of their wealth and
		
01:01:05 --> 01:01:07
			their trade because they know that Allah is
		
01:01:07 --> 01:01:09
			the best to provide us. So they will
		
01:01:09 --> 01:01:09
			sacrifice
		
01:01:10 --> 01:01:12
			what may be a short term gain, even
		
01:01:12 --> 01:01:14
			if it is a gain, to worship Allah
		
01:01:14 --> 01:01:15
			subhanahu wa ta'ala and please in trusting in
		
01:01:15 --> 01:01:17
			their lord and in his provision.
		
01:01:17 --> 01:01:20
			From this passage we learn many things including
		
01:01:20 --> 01:01:23
			the following. Jumuah prayer is obligatory for all
		
01:01:23 --> 01:01:25
			believers and they must proceed to it
		
01:01:25 --> 01:01:27
			at once, hasten towards it, and give prop
		
01:01:27 --> 01:01:30
			prop, give give priority to it. Obligatory upon
		
01:01:30 --> 01:01:32
			all believers, obviously, except for women and children
		
01:01:32 --> 01:01:34
			and travelers and the sickles people that have
		
01:01:34 --> 01:01:36
			a valid excuse. The 2 khutbas
		
01:01:37 --> 01:01:39
			on Friday are obligatory and must be attended
		
01:01:39 --> 01:01:41
			because what is meant by remembrance,
		
01:01:41 --> 01:01:43
			or reminder here is the 2.
		
01:01:44 --> 01:01:46
			Allah has enjoined us to go to the
		
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			remembrance of Allah and hasten to do so.
		
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			This is an issue which the scholars differ
		
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			over. Do you have to attend the as
		
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			well as the salah?
		
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			What is
		
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			Allah commanding and obligating here? The position of
		
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			the author, which is the position of the
		
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			and the Hanbalis
		
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			is that it's the as well. Allah says,
		
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			hasten to what?
		
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			The
		
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			remembrance of Allah. Where is the remembrance done?
		
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			In the khutba.
		
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			Not in the salah. And so, therefore, the
		
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			prophet
		
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			used to give the khutbah and the companions
		
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			used to come and they would attend. And
		
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			if someone is slightly late for a valid
		
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			excuse, that's different. But generally speaking,
		
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			they were there. So this practice where people
		
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			don't have any other thing to do, they're
		
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			free, they're at home, and they come for
		
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			the salah. They come 5 minutes before the
		
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			salah is going to stand. That's not from
		
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			the etiquettes. Even if we say that it's
		
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			not obligatory, that it's only recommended,
		
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			even then, it is something which the believer
		
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			shouldn't avoid. It's something which they should be
		
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			eager to do, not least because of its
		
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			rewards.
		
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			It is prescribed and enjoined to give the
		
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			call to prayer for Jummah.
		
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			It's prop it is prohibited to buy and
		
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			sell after the call to Jummah prayer. That
		
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			is only because these actions cause one to
		
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			miss out on the obligatory duty and distract
		
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			one from it.
		
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			This indicates that any matter, even if it
		
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			is permissible in principle,
		
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			if it results in in missing something obligatory,
		
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			then it is not permissible in that case.
		
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			It is enjoined to attend the 2 on
		
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			Friday, and the one who does not attend
		
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			them is blameworthy.
		
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			What that implies is that one should listen
		
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			attentively to both of them. Attentively to both
		
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			of them. Because of the hadith of the
		
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			prophet
		
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			that he said, whoever does a which is
		
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			vain speech or to distract themselves in the
		
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			jumuah, then there is no jumuah for the
		
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			meaning that they don't get the reward of
		
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			the jumuah.
		
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			The individual should focus on worshiping Allah at
		
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			a time when he is inclined to turn
		
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			to distractions and trade and respond to his
		
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			desires. He should remind himself of that which
		
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			is with Allah of reward for the one
		
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			who gives precedence to pleasing Allah over his
		
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			whims and desires.
		
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			It's the end of the commentary of Surah
		
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			Al Jum'ah. All praise and thanks are for
		
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			Allah, and and may the blessings and peace
		
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			of Allah be upon the prophet Muhammad, his
		
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			family and his companions abundantly until the day
		
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			of judgment. And with that, we come to
		
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			the end of the tafsir Suratul Jumaa and
		
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			the end of today's lesson.