Ahsan Hanif – Tafseer As SaDi #20

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The transmission of bad news and disightered words is emphasized in various narrations, including those of the Jinn and the warrior's father. The importance of learning to read the Quran and following guidance is emphasized, as well as the importance of patient behavior and following guidance. The speaker also emphasizes the need for everyone to pray and do what is right in order to achieve their spiritual goals, setting boundaries, and following the spiritual teachings of Islam.

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			Al manan, more famously known as the tafsir
		
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			of Asadi.
		
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			Bashekham Durman ibn Nasir Asadi,
		
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			who died in the 1,376
		
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			of the hijrah,
		
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			And today we begin with the tafsir of
		
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			the 72nd
		
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			chapter of the Quran,
		
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			Surah Al
		
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			Jin. And this surah is known by this
		
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			name Surah Al Jin in many of the
		
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			books of
		
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			early tafsir
		
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			and in some of the narrations that you
		
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			will find from the Tabi'in and others, and
		
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			its other name by which it is known
		
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			in the books of hadith. And in the
		
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			statements of the prophet
		
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			and the companions is
		
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			The first three words of
		
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			the first verse. And as we've said before,
		
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			this was very common. The time of the
		
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			prophet and the time of the early companions
		
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			that they would name surahs
		
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			by mentioning its opening wordings. So that is
		
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			more akin to a description as opposed to
		
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			a name. They would describe the surah. Like
		
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			Ibn Mus'ud
		
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			used to say, the surah in which the
		
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			story of cow is mentioned, the surah in
		
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			which you get such and such mentioned. That
		
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			is a description as opposed to a name.
		
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			This is a Meccis surah according to
		
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			and Ibn Abbas and
		
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			and it is something which some of the
		
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			scholars of the have said is by consensus
		
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			such as and
		
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			others, and it consists of 28
		
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			verses.
		
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			In the name of Allah, the most gracious,
		
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			the most merciful.
		
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			Say, it has been revealed to me that
		
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			a group of the jinn listened to the
		
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			Quran. And they said,
		
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			indeed,
		
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			we have heard a wondrous recitation.
		
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			Which guides you the right path. So we
		
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			have believed in it and we will never
		
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			associate anyone with our Lord. Say, oh messenger
		
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			of Allah, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, to the
		
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			people. It has been revealed to me that
		
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			a group of the jinn listened to the
		
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			Quran.
		
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			Allah directed them them to His messenger
		
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			so
		
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			that they might hear His revelations,
		
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			and so that proof might be established against
		
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			them, and the blessing be be perfected for
		
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			them. So and so that they might be
		
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			warned to their people to their people. Allah
		
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			instructed his messenger salallahu alayhi wasalam to tell
		
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			people about them. When they came to him,
		
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			they said to one another, listen attentively.
		
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			And when they listened attentively,
		
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			they understood the meanings and the truth reached
		
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			their hearts. This these, verses in Suratul jinn,
		
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			the scholars of tafsir differ as to which
		
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			incident this is, that the jinn came to
		
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			the prophet
		
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			when they heard the recitation of the Quran.
		
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			And that is because in the sunnah, we
		
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			have a number of different narrations in which
		
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			the prophet
		
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			spoke to the jinn and gave dawah to
		
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			the jinn and called to the jinn. From
		
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			them, it's what is mentioned in Al Bukhari
		
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			and Muslim in the narration of Abdullah ibn
		
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			Abbas,
		
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			which is often quoted as the cause of
		
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			revelation
		
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			for this particular surah. And that is that
		
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			ibn Abbas radiallahu anhu has said that when
		
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			Allah a zawajal first sent the prophet sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wasallam,
		
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			the jinn that used to go to the
		
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			heavens and steal from the news of the
		
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			heavens were being shot down by the shooting
		
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			stars.
		
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			They were being shot down by the shooting
		
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			stars. So when they gathered together and they're
		
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			being prevented from the news of the heaven,
		
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			they said that this only happened because of
		
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			something which has occurred upon the earth. So
		
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			spread out and go and search
		
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			to see what Allah
		
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			has decreed upon his earth. So they spread
		
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			out to go and see what they can
		
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			find, and a group of them came to
		
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			an area called the which is one of
		
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			the names of the area of Mecca and
		
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			its surrounding areas. And it is said that
		
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			the prophet
		
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			had come to Sukh or Uqal.
		
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			Sukh ul Uqal was a big festival
		
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			that the Arabs used to have. It's like
		
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			a big marketplace everyone used to come. It's
		
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			not just a place of buying and selling.
		
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			Poets used to come and people of eloquence
		
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			and literature and it would be like a
		
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			festival.
		
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			Festival of buying and selling, of food, of
		
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			exchanging poetry. So the prophet came there to
		
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			give dawah and to call people to Allah
		
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			to recite the Quran. And so when those
		
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			jinn that have come to that particular area,
		
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			they came upon the prophet
		
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			reciting Quran. They came back and this is
		
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			what they mentioned. These are the verses that
		
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			they said in Allah's origin stories story to
		
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			us. And we also have the hadith of
		
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			that is clicked that is clicked in the
		
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			Muslim of Alimah Muhammad. And that is that
		
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			Ibn Mus'ud radiAllahu answered that the prophet
		
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			took me
		
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			Someone asked those boys, those 3 over
		
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			there, where's their father?
		
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			So, ibn Masood
		
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			says that I came with the prophet sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wasallam to a place, and the prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wasallam told me to stay
		
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			in a place. He told me, designate an
		
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			area and said, don't leave this place. And
		
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			then he went for a good portion of
		
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			the night. This was during the night. And
		
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			then the prophet
		
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			came back, and then he mentioned to him
		
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			what had taken place with the jinn from
		
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			that which he mentioned is that when a
		
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			believer eats and says, bismillah,
		
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			the bones that are left become food for
		
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			the believing jinn. And the
		
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			droppings
		
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			of the cattle that we have, Do not
		
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			use the ministinja in cleansing yourself because Allah
		
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			will use it as fodder for their animals.
		
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			So
		
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			you have those different narrations, and we have
		
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			2 incidents of the jinn. 1 we mentioned
		
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			already towards the end of Surah Al Haqaf,
		
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			and this is the second one now. And
		
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			it's possible as Allah as the scholars of
		
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			Islam or the scholars of tafsir say that
		
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			when a companion says that it is a
		
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			cause of revelation, it doesn't necessarily mean that
		
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			it was revealed directly as a result of
		
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			this. What it can mean is that these
		
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			verses
		
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			apply to a similar meaning.
		
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			They apply to a similar meaning because the
		
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			verses of the jinn and those hadith speak
		
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			about the jinn. So it's possible
		
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			that they are is what it is
		
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			wondrous recitation. That is something most amazing and
		
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			sublime, which guides to the right path. The
		
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			right path is a comprehensive term that includes
		
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			everything that guides people to that which is
		
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			in their best interest in both their religious
		
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			and worldly affairs.
		
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			So we have believed in it, and we
		
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			will never associate anyone with our Lord. Thus,
		
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			they combined faith, which includes all good deeds
		
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			and piety,
		
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			which, implies referring from evil. They referred to
		
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			the reason that prompted them to believe, which
		
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			was what they learned from the teachings of
		
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			the Quran and what it contains of advice,
		
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			benefits, and the cause to avoid harm.
		
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			This is a great sign and definitive proof
		
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			for the one who walks in its light
		
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			and follows its guidance. And if you
		
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			pay close attention to these verses, you will
		
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			see that these jinn came, and they came
		
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			with sincere hearts. They came to seek knowledge
		
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			and to learn and to take guidance. And
		
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			it's amazing what they take from the recitation
		
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			of the Quran. Allah tells us the many
		
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			things that they learned about its and about
		
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			the the abilities of Allah names and attributes,
		
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			all that they took from the hearing of
		
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			the Quran and the listening to the prophet
		
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			So they learned and they benefited and Allah
		
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			released to us here what they took and
		
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			what they benefited from the Quran.
		
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			This beneficial faith that leads to all that
		
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			is good and is based on the guidance
		
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			of the Quran is different from faith based
		
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			on customs or upbringing and what one is
		
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			used to and the like. For that is
		
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			faith that is based on traditions, which is
		
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			at risk of being shaken when exposed to
		
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			species arguments and doubts and many other things
		
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			that could undermine it. So one of the
		
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			things that therefore we also benefit from, and
		
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			it's something which we mentioned at the end
		
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			of Surah Al Haqqaf, is that the jinn
		
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			hold religions.
		
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			They take religions.
		
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			Allah mentions at the end of Surah Al
		
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			Hakaf, this is a speech that we heard
		
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			which confirms what Musa brought,
		
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			which shows that they were aware of the
		
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			revelation of Musa and the Torah of Musa.
		
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			And so just as you have amongst the
		
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			humans, Muslims and Christians and Jews and others,
		
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			then it is seemingly or likely that it
		
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			is the same amongst the jinn and Allah
		
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			knows best.
		
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			He exalted be the majesty of our Lord
		
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			has neither wife or child.
		
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			The 4 among us, Iblis, has been uttering
		
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			extravagant lies about
		
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			Although we thought that no human or jinn
		
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			would ever tell lies about Allah. He exalted
		
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			be the majesty of our Lord that is
		
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			exalted be His greatness and
		
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			sanctified be His names, has neither child nor
		
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			has neither wife nor child.
		
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			They learned about the majesty and greatness of
		
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			Allah which highlight to them the false the
		
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			falseness of those who claim that he has
		
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			a wife or child.
		
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			Because to him belong greatness and perfection in
		
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			every sublime attribute. Having a wife or child
		
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			is contrary to that because it is opposite
		
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			to the idea of complete independence and self
		
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			sufficiency. The 4 among us, Iblis, has been
		
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			uttering extravagant lies about Allah. That is saying
		
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			things that are far removed from what is
		
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			true. Thus transgressing the limit.
		
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			Nothing made him do that except his foolishness
		
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			and lack of reason. Otherwise, if he had
		
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			been mature in thinking and had any shred
		
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			of dignity,
		
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			he would have known
		
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			what is appropriate to say.
		
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			Although we thought that no human or jinn
		
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			would ever tell lies
		
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			about Allah, that is we were deceived before
		
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			that by the leaders of the jinn and
		
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			humans, so we thought well of them
		
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			and we thought that they would not dare
		
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			to tell lies against Allah. Therefore, we followed
		
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			their path before this. And this is part
		
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			of the fitra. Part of the fitra is
		
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			that you would never lie or ascribe lies
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. To lie anyway
		
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			is something which is looked down upon and
		
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			frowned upon, and to lie and ascribe lies
		
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			to other people that are innocent. Of it
		
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			is a worst crime, and then to ascribe
		
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			lies to Allah
		
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			is the worst of all and the most
		
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			oppressive of all things that a person can
		
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			do. And that is why when Hirakal,
		
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			the leader of the Byzantine Romans, when he
		
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			was questioning Abu Sufyan, as he's mentioned in
		
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			the long hadith in the Bukhari,
		
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			From the questions he asked him was that
		
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			this man, has he ever lied amongst you?
		
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			Is he known to be a liar, meaning
		
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			the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam? And he said
		
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			no. Abu Safran said no. He's known for
		
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			his integrity and his honesty. So he recalled
		
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			said to him, a man who doesn't lie
		
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			about other people is less likely to try
		
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			about Allah subhanahu ta'ala. And that is why
		
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			there are hadith that speak about truthfulness and
		
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			honesty,
		
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			many in the sunnah.
		
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			That indeed, truthfulness
		
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			guides to al Bir, righteousness, and righteousness
		
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			guides
		
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			to guides to Jannah. And a person will
		
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			continue to be truthful and seek truthfulness
		
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			until he is written by Allah to be
		
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			from the Siddiqeen,
		
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			from those people who attest to what is
		
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			right and what is truthful.
		
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			But today the truth has become clear to
		
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			us, so we have turned back to him
		
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			and submitted to him. We do not care
		
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			what anyone says that's contrary to true guidance.
		
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			Some individuals among humankind used to seek seek
		
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			refuge with some individuals among the jinn, and
		
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			they only increased them in tyranny.
		
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			They thought as you did that Allah would
		
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			never send anyone as a messenger. Some individuals
		
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			among humankind used to seek refuge with some
		
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			in individuals among the jinn, and they only
		
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			increased them in tyranny. That is those humans
		
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			used to worship the jinn and seek refuge
		
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			with them at times of fear and panic.
		
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			So the humans increased the jinn in tyranny.
		
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			That is transgression and arrogance, when they saw
		
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			the humans worshiping them and seeking refuge with
		
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			them. And this is from shirk, the shirk
		
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			of the Arabs that they used to do,
		
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			that they used to seek refuge
		
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			in and protection
		
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			in the jinn from those things that you
		
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			they used to fear from. So they made
		
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			their jinn their gods besides Allah
		
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			And that is known in black magic that
		
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			black magic only works when
		
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			someone worships the jinn or they do it
		
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			and they commit an act of shirk. So
		
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			they make shirk with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			and instead seek some help or assistance or
		
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			protection from the shaitan, from the jinni, and
		
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			that is how black magic is enacted. And
		
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			that is why it is considered to be
		
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			from the major sins in Islam or as
		
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			the prophet said from the
		
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			from the one or the deadly or destructive
		
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			sins.
		
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			It may be that the pronoun in the
		
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			phrase, they only increase them in tyranny refers
		
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			to the jinn And the word translated above
		
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			as tyranny may mean fear. In other words,
		
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			the jinn increased the humans in panic and
		
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			fear, trying to scare them more. When they
		
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			saw them seeking refuge in them so that
		
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			they would turn to them and seek refuge
		
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			with them. When a human halted in a
		
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			scary valley, he would say, I seek refuge
		
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			with the master of it of this valley
		
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			from the foolish among its inhabitants. This was
		
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			common amongst the Arabs that if they were
		
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			traveling and they came to a cave or
		
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			they came to a mountain valley or they
		
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			came to a pass, especially in the middle
		
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			of the night, they would say this. They
		
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			would say, I seek refuge with the masters
		
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			of this valley, meaning meaning the jinn, the
		
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			control that live here from their foolish ones,
		
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			meaning from the rest of their jinn. So
		
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			this is shirk where the Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala may Allah protect us from that. And
		
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			Allah says all that that did was increase
		
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			them in fear and panic. Because anyone that
		
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			turns away from Allah and turns to other
		
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			than Allah
		
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			seeking something that is only the domain of
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala would only increase in
		
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			not being able to find that thing. This
		
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			protection they seek, they would increase in fear.
		
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			If it is a risk that they seek,
		
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			they will increase in poverty or the feeling
		
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			of poverty. So whatever they seek from besides
		
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			from other anyone other than Allah,
		
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			Allah removes from it from them that blessing
		
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			or the blessing of that which they seek
		
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			from that blessing. They thought as you did
		
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			that Allah would never send anyone as a
		
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			messenger.
		
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			That is when they denied the when they
		
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			denied the resurrection they fell into polytheism and
		
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			transgression.
		
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			We sought news of heaven
		
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			and we found it filled with formidable guards
		
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			and flaming fire.
		
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			We used to take up positions
		
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			there in to eavesdrop
		
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			But now whoever eavesdrops will be will find
		
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			a flaming fire waiting for him. We sought
		
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			news of heaven. That is we came to
		
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			it and checked it. And we found it
		
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			filled with formidable guards who prevented us from
		
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			reaching it and flaming fire that was thrown
		
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			at anyone who tried to eavesdrop.
		
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			But now whoever eavesdrops will find a flaming
		
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			fire waiting waiting for him that has prepared
		
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			for him to destroy him and burn him.
		
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			In other words, this is a matter of
		
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			great significance and is a new development.
		
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			They were certain that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			was going to bring out, was going to
		
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			bring about some major events on earth, either
		
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			good or bad. Hence, they said This is
		
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			the hadith of the prophet that
		
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			the one who goes to the suit sale,
		
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			the fortune teller
		
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			the one who goes to the suit sale,
		
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			the fortune teller,
		
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			the fortune teller asks the jinn to take
		
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			from the news of the heavens. And the
		
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			jinn, he goes and he takes one thing
		
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			that he can * away before it is
		
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			shot by these shooting stars. And then he
		
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			comes and he mixes with it 99 lies.
		
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			So he gives to these fortune teller a
		
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			100 things.
		
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			And from those 100 things, one comes true.
		
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			That's the one thing that they took from
		
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			the heavens. 99 are lies. And so the
		
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			prophet
		
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			said whoever comes to the fortune teller and
		
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			believes them in what they say, Allah won't
		
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			accept their salah for 40 days
		
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			because they took from something which is false,
		
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			and the prophet swore allahu alaihi wasallam warned
		
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			us against it.
		
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			Hence, they said,
		
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			We do not know whether ill is intended
		
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			for those on earth or their lord intends
		
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			good for them.
		
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			Among us were some who were righteous and
		
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			some who were otherwise. We followed different paths.
		
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			We have realized that we can never escape
		
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			Allah's punishment on earth nor can we escape
		
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			him by fleeing. We do not know whether
		
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			it was intended for those on earth or
		
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			their lord intends good for them. That is,
		
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			it must be either one or the other.
		
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			For they had seen that things had changed
		
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			for them in a way that they found
		
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			strange. But with their intelligence, they realized that
		
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			this was because of something that Allah would
		
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			and would bring about on earth.
		
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			These words are indicative of their etiquette
		
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			because they attributed good to Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala. But when referring to ill, something bad,
		
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			they spoke in the passive, omitting reference to
		
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			the doer out of respect towards Allah. And
		
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			this is from the etiquettes of the believers
		
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			that when they attribute to Allah
		
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			only good is attributed to Allah. And evil,
		
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			even though it is decreed by Allah is
		
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			never attributed to him subhanahu wa ta'ala. As
		
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			the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam used to say
		
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			in his say in his
		
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			dua, All good is in your hands, oh
		
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			Allah, and evil is not attributed to you.
		
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			So Allah, azza wa jal, decrease it, but
		
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			it is not from the etiquettes
		
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			that you ascribe evil to Allah, subhanahu wa
		
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			jal, rather you ascribe evil to other than
		
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			Allah, azza wa jal, shaitan,
		
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			yourself, whatever it may be, but not to
		
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			Allah
		
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			even though Allah is the one is the
		
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			one who decreed it
		
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			Among us were some who were righteous and
		
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			some who were otherwise. That is evildoers, wicked
		
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			people, and disbelievers.
		
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			We followed different paths. That is various sects
		
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			and groups with different whims and desires, each
		
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			rejoicing in what they had. So therefore from
		
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			the jinn are the believers and the disbelievers.
		
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			And amongst their believers are the righteous
		
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			and the sinful, just as you have amongst
		
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			the humans.
		
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			Believers and disbelievers, and amongst the believers or
		
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			the Muslims,
		
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			Muslims that are good and Muslims that sin.
		
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			So it is the same with the jinn.
		
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			And that is what they are saying here.
		
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			Amongst us are those that are righteous. Amongst
		
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			us there are those that are less than
		
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			that. And Allah just as he will hold
		
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			to account the humans on human qiyam, Allah
		
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			will hold hold to account the jinn as
		
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			well.
		
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			We have realized that we can never escape
		
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			Allah's punishment on earth nor can we escape
		
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			Him by fleeing. That is now the perfect
		
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			nature of Allah's might has become clear to
		
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			us. And we see how completely helpless we
		
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			are. For our forelocks are in the hand
		
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			of Allah,
		
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			and we can never outweigh him on earth.
		
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			We can never escape him if we flee
		
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			and strive to find means of escape beyond
		
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			his power. There is no refuge from him
		
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			except with him.
		
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			When we heard the guidance of the Lord,
		
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			when we heard the guidance of the Quran,
		
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			we believed in it.
		
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			Whoever believes in his Lord will have no
		
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			fear of detraction of his reward or injustice.
		
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			Among us are are some who have submitted
		
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			in Islam and some who are wrongdoers. Whoever
		
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			submits in Islam
		
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			is they who have sincerely sought the right
		
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			path.
		
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			As for the wrongdoers, there will be fuel
		
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			for *.
		
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			Those, young boys
		
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			over there,
		
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			Okay. Are they your children?
		
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			Are these your children?
		
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			Please take the makshaq al lakha. This is
		
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			like the 3rd time I've said,
		
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			they don't wanna sit. Take them home.
		
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			When we heard the guidance of the Quran,
		
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			which guides to the straight path, and we
		
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			learned its guidance and teachings,
		
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			it had an impact on our hearts. So
		
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			we believed in it. Then they mentioned something
		
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			that would encourage the believer. Whoever believes in
		
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			his Lord with sincere faith will have no
		
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			fear of detraction from his reward or injustice.
		
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			That is, he will not fear loss of
		
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			reward or unfairness, and no harm will reach
		
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			him. If he is safe from evil, then
		
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			he will attain what is good. For faith
		
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			is a cause that leads to all good,
		
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			to a faith cause that leads to all
		
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			good things and offers protection against all that
		
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			is evil. Among us are some who have
		
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			submitted in Islam and some who are wrongdoers,
		
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			that is transgressors who turn away from the
		
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			straight path. Whoever submits in Islam, it is
		
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			they who have sincerely sought the right path.
		
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			That is they have found the right path
		
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			that will lead them to paradise and its
		
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			delights. As for the wrongdoers, they will be
		
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			fuel for * and that will be the
		
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			requiter for their deeds, not injustice on Allah's
		
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			part towards them.
		
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			If they had steadfastly followed the right way,
		
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			we would have bestowed upon them abundant water
		
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			and provision.
		
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			So as to test them thereby. But whoever
		
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			turns away from the reminder of his, of
		
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			his lord, the Quran, he will subject him
		
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			to an overwhelming punishment.
		
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			If they had steadfastly followed the right way,
		
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			we would have bestowed upon them abundant water
		
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			and provision. That is palatable water. Nothing prevented
		
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			that from reaching them except their wrongdoing and
		
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			transgression. So as to test them thereby. That
		
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			is, so as to test them and see
		
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			who was sincere and who was lying. But
		
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			whoever turns away from the reminder of his
		
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			Lord, the Quran, he will subject him to
		
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			an overwhelming punishment. That is, whoever turns away
		
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			from the reminder of Allah, which is his
		
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			book, and does not follow it and submit
		
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			to it, rather he is distracted from it
		
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			and pays no no heed to it. He
		
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			will subject him to an overwhelming punishment, one
		
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			that is far reaching and severe. And look
		
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			at how they speak about the guidance that
		
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			is found in the book of Allah, azza
		
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			wa Jal, the Quran.
		
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			They say that whoever turns away from the
		
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			reminder of his lord, he will be subject
		
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			to an overwhelming punishment. These people they came
		
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			or these that they came and they believed
		
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			in Allah based upon what they heard of
		
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			the verses of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			And so when a person approaches
		
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			the verse of the Quran, as Allah mentions
		
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			towards end of Suraqaf,
		
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			If you come with an attentive heart and
		
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			with an eager listening ear, then Allah blesses
		
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			you in terms of what you take from
		
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			the book of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And
		
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			the and the testimony to that or the
		
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			evidence of that. You just look at these
		
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			books of tafsir.
		
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			This is a scholar,
		
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			this author or any major work of tafsir.
		
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			Look at how Allah opened up for them,
		
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			the understanding of the Quran and the contemplation
		
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			of the Quran and the reflection of the
		
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			Quran, how they link the Quran verses to
		
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			other verses and verses with the hadith
		
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			and verses with principles of Islam and etiquettes
		
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			and so many different things. That is a
		
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			gift from the gifts of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			And that is why it is said that
		
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			Imam Tabari,
		
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			the imam of the Mufasireen,
		
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			when he wanted to write his tafsir, he
		
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			originally wanted to make his tafsir 10 times
		
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			the size of what we have now. That
		
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			was his original intention, but people told him
		
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			it would be too long. No one would
		
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			read it. No one would benefit from it.
		
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			So he made it a tenth of its
		
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			original size. Allah opens up knowledge for whomsoever
		
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			he pleases
		
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			And so this is what they're saying. If
		
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			you come to the Quran and you seek
		
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			the guidance of the Quran and you're and
		
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			you're sincere in seeking that guidance, Allah opens
		
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			up your heart to the book of Allah
		
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			And that is why to spend time with
		
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			the Quran and read the Quran over and
		
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			over again, to study it, to memorize it,
		
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			to learn it, it is from the greatest
		
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			endeavors of the Muslim And from the regrets
		
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			that the scholars of the past used to
		
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			have upon their deathbeds, is that they didn't
		
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			spend enough time with the Quran.
		
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			And that's not because they didn't spend enough
		
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			time. They spent their whole lives dedicated to
		
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			it. But even then, they used to have
		
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			regret that they had didn't have more time
		
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			to spend with the book of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			Very the mosques are for Allah alone so
		
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			do not call upon anyone along with Allah.
		
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			That is do not call upon any others
		
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			in the sense of the supplication of worship
		
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			or the supplication of asking
		
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			for the mosques which are the greatest places
		
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			of worship are built on a foundation of
		
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			sincere devotion to Allah alone, submission to his
		
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			greatness and surrender to his might.
		
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			When the slave of Allah stood up to
		
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			call upon him alone, they swarmed around him.
		
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			When the slave of Allah stood up to
		
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			call upon him alone, to ask of him
		
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			and worship him, reciting the Quran, the jinn
		
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			crowded around him and swarmed around him. That
		
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			is, they were plowed on top of one
		
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			another eager to listen to the guidance that
		
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			he brought. According to many of the scholars
		
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			who have received the statement of Allah here
		
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			being the prophet
		
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			That when they came, look how eager they
		
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			were to hear the Quran and to hear
		
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			the duas of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
		
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			and to hear the recitation of the Quran.
		
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			And that is how the believer should be
		
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			when it comes to the book of Allah
		
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			That when it's being recited,
		
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			they should be eager to listen to it,
		
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			and they should, as Allah said, be quiet
		
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			and listen to it attentively and show to
		
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			it the requisite
		
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			anticuts and respect that it deserves, the honor
		
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			that is deserving of it from the Muslim.
		
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			These are jinn. They come and they're eager.
		
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			They're swarming around the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
		
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			eager to listen to the words of Allah
		
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			Say, O Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, I call
		
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			on my Lord alone and I do not
		
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			associate anyone with Him.
		
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			Say I have no power either to harm
		
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			or benefit you.
		
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			Say, verily no one can protect me from
		
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			the punishment of Allah, and I will never
		
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			find any ref refuge other than him.
		
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			But I can convey
		
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			that which I receive from Allah and His
		
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			messages. And whoever disobeys Allah and His messenger,
		
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			for him is the fire of * to
		
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			abide therein forever.
		
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			Say to them, oh Messenger, sallallahu alaihi wa
		
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			sallam, explain the truth of that to which
		
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			you are calling them. I call on my
		
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			Lord alone, and I do not associate with
		
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			Him. That is, I affirm His oneness, for
		
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			he is 1 with no partner or associate.
		
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			And I shun all others, idols and rivals,
		
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			and everything that the polytheists take as god
		
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			to besides him. Say, I have no power
		
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			either to harm or benefit you, for I
		
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			am a slave who has no control and
		
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			no power over anything.
		
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			Say, verily, no one can protect me from
		
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			the punishment of Allah. That is, there is
		
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			no one I can turn to to save
		
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			me from the punishment of Allah. If the
		
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			messenger, sallallahu alaihi wasallam, who is the most
		
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			perfect of all people, had no power to
		
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			cause harm or bring benefit
		
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			and cannot ward off from himself any ill
		
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			that Allah may attend may intend for him,
		
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			then it is more appropriate that other humans
		
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			have no power to do so. And I
		
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			will never find any refuge other than him.
		
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			There is no help or support other than
		
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			him. But I can't convey that which I
		
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			receive from Allah
		
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			and his messages. That is I have no
		
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			advantage
		
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			over,
		
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			over people except that Allah chose me to
		
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			convey his messages
		
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			and to call people to him. Thus, proof
		
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			is established against people. So Allah commands the
		
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			prophet, salallahu alayhi wasalam, to establish
		
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			the correct understanding of and these are things
		
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			that people used to fall short of or
		
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			these to fall foul of when it came
		
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			to the belief of the jinn. And that
		
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			is that they wouldn't call upon Allah
		
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			alone. They would call upon the jinn besides
		
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			Allah, that they believed that the jinn had
		
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			the power to give harm and benefit, that
		
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			they believed that the jinn could give protection,
		
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			that they believed that the jinn had the
		
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			ability to understand the news of the heavens.
		
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			All of these are things that Allah tells
		
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			the prophet
		
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			to correct in terms of belief.
		
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			And whoever disobeys Allah and his messenger, for
		
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			him is the fire of * to abide
		
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			therein forever. What is meant here is disobedience
		
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			or sin that is so great that it
		
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			constitutes disbelief
		
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			as is clarified by other by other clear
		
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			quranic test texts. As for mere sin, it
		
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			does not lead to eternity in * as
		
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			is indicated by the verses of the Quran,
		
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			the hadiths of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
		
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			sallam,
		
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			and the consensus of the early generations and
		
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			leading scholars of this ummah. This is a
		
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			very important principle. He doesn't mention it as
		
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			a principle, but it is principle in tafsir.
		
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			And that is that when
		
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			Allah says something and uses a word, the
		
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			understanding of that word is based within the
		
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			context of everything else that is found in
		
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			the Quran and the sunnah. Here Allah says
		
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			whoever disobeys Allah. The usual meaning of is
		
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			not kufr and disbelief. It is to sin,
		
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			to disobey Allah
		
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			But Allah says in this verse, for the
		
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			one who disobeys Allah and his messenger, they
		
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			will be in the fire forever.
		
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			So we know that the verses and a
		
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			hadith that generally speak about eternity in the
		
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			fire is for shirk. So therefore the meaning
		
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			of
		
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			or sin or disobedience here is also shirk.
		
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			Like Allah said, whoever does a good deed
		
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			will be in Jannah, and whoever does an
		
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			evil deed will be in the fire.
		
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			Meaning the good deed, Tawhid.
		
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			Not any good deed, Tawhid, because that's the
		
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			one that gives you Jannah. And any evil
		
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			deed meaning shirk because not any every evil
		
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			deed gives you half fire. And so this
		
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			is a very important principle that the author
		
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			doesn't mention as a principle, but it is
		
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			something which you find in his tafsir.
		
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			So it is very important that the words
		
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			of the Quran, they understood within their correct
		
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			context.
		
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			When they see what they they when they
		
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			see what they were promised,
		
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			then they will realize who is weaker in
		
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			support and fewer in numbers.
		
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			When they see what they were promised in
		
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			with their own eyes and they become certain
		
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			that it will befall them,
		
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			then they will realize that is they will
		
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			know for certain who's weaker in support
		
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			and fewer in numbers, when no one else
		
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			will support them, nor will they be able
		
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			to help themselves
		
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			because they will be gathered each on his
		
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			own as he was created in the beginning.
		
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			Say I do not know whether what you
		
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			are promised is near or my lord has
		
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			set it has set for it a far
		
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			off day.
		
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			Noah of the unseen. He does not disclose
		
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			his unseen
		
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			to
		
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			anyone.
		
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			Accept a messenger
		
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			whom he has chosen. Then He sends angels
		
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			as guards to go before Him and behind
		
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			Him.
		
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			So as to ascertain
		
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			that they Ascertain.
		
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			So as to ascertain
		
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			that they the messengers have indeed conveyed
		
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			the messages of their Lord. He encompasses
		
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			in his knowledge and their all their affairs,
		
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			and he keeps count of all things. Say
		
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			to them, if they ask you when the
		
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			when will this promise come to pass, I
		
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			do not know whether
		
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			what your promise is near or my lord
		
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			has set for it a far off day.
		
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			That is
		
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			or
		
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			it is far
		
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			or it it is very far away. Knowledge
		
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			of that is with Allah alone. And what
		
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			they promised is either the punishment of Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			And both of them as we've mentioned before
		
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			are similar in meaning.
		
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			Noah of the unseen who does not disclose
		
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			his unseen to anyone among his creation. Rather,
		
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			he has kept to himself alone
		
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			knowledge of all that is secret, hidden, and
		
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			unseen.
		
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			He does not disclose his unseen to anyone
		
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			except the messenger whom he has chosen. That
		
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			is he tells him of whatever his wisdom
		
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			dictates.
		
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			That is because the messengers are not like
		
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			others. For Allah supports them as He does
		
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			not support anyone else. And He preserved
		
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			what He revealed to them so that they
		
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			could convey it perfectly without letting the devils
		
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			confuse them or add anything to it or
		
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			subtract subtract anything from it. Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala says that he alone is the knower
		
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			of the unseen, and this is from the
		
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			evidences to show that the prophets of Allah,
		
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			including the prophet
		
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			they didn't know the unseen. They don't have
		
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			knowledge of the unseen except for that which
		
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			Allah
		
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			gave to them from some of the affairs
		
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			of the and
		
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			other things that Allah gives to them in
		
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			terms of revelation.
		
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			But in terms of generally speaking, comprehensive knowledge
		
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			of the unseen, that belongs to Allah
		
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			alone. And that is what Allah says elsewhere
		
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			in the Quran to the prophet
		
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			say to them that if I had known
		
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			the unseen, then only good would have come
		
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			to me and no evil would have harmed
		
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			me. Because the Russian would have known someone's
		
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			going to die here. I'm going to our
		
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			army is going to be defeated here. We're
		
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			going to lose this here. This is what
		
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			the Quraysh are going to do. It would
		
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			have been mentioned. But Allah
		
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			didn't give that knowledge to the prophet salallahu
		
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			alaihi wa sallam.
		
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			Hence, Allah says,
		
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			then he sends angels as guards to go
		
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			before him and behind him. That is to
		
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			protect him by Allah's command.
		
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			So as to ascertain
		
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			thereby
		
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			that they the messengers have indeed conveyed the
		
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			messages of their Lord by what he has
		
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			made available to them of the means of
		
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			doing so. He he encompasses
		
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			in his knowledge all their affairs. That is
		
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			all that they have and all that they
		
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			conceal or disclose. And he keeps count of
		
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			all things.
		
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			We learn many things from this Surah, including
		
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			the following, that the Jin exist and they
		
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			are accountable, subject to divine commands and prohibitions,
		
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			and will be required for their deeds as
		
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			clearly stated in this order. And this is
		
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			the aqid of Muhammad al Jama'ah to believe
		
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			in the jinn and then in the existence
		
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			as is clearly mentioned in these verses in
		
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			the Quran and in the sunnah.
		
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			That the messenger of Allah salallahu alaihi wasalam
		
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			was a messenger to the jinn as he
		
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			was a messenger to humankind. Therefore, Allah sent
		
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			a group of jinn to listen to what
		
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			was revealed to him and to convey it
		
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			to their people. The jinn are intelligent and
		
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			are and are and able to learn about
		
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			the truth. What made them believe was was
		
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			what they understood of the guidance of the
		
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			Quran
		
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			because of their good manners in discussing the
		
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			issue of the Quran among themselves.
		
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			Allah cared for his messenger salallahu alaihi wasallam
		
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			and,
		
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			preserved what the messenger
		
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			brought when the signs of his impending prophethood
		
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			began to appear.
		
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			That was when the heaven began to be
		
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			guarded by shooting stars and the devils fled
		
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			from it and were sent away from their
		
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			listening posts.
		
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			For Allah showed
		
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			inestimable
		
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			mercy towards the earth and its inhabitants.
		
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			And their lord wanted to guide them, so
		
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			he wanted his religion and law to prevail
		
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			and wanted the people of the earth
		
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			to to know him so that their hearts
		
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			might be filled with joy. People of understanding
		
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			might rejoice at that. The rituals of Islam
		
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			might begin to prevail, and the worshipers of
		
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			idols might begin to to be suppressed.
		
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			The jinn were very no were very keen
		
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			to listen to the messenger, sallallahu alaihi wasallam,
		
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			and they crowded around him. This surah contains
		
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			a command to affirm Allah's oneness, and the
		
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			prohibition on scribe and partners to him explained
		
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			the condition
		
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			of creation and that none of creation deserves
		
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			even an atom's weight of worship because it
		
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			is the case
		
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			because if it if it is the case
		
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			that the messenger, Muhammad salallahu alayhi wasalam, had
		
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			no power to bring benefits or cause harm
		
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			even for himself, then it is known that
		
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			all of creation is also like that. Therefore,
		
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			it's wrong to take such a creature
		
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			as a god alongside Allah. And this is
		
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			one of the ways that the Quran brings
		
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			about a message. He mentions the best of
		
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			something and he negates something from him so
		
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			that you can then
		
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			extrapolate everything else that is lesser than that.
		
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			Meaning that if anyone could cause harm or
		
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			benefit besides Allah, you would be the best
		
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			of his creation and that is the prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So when Allah negated it
		
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			from him, therefore, you understand that therefore anything
		
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			that is lesser or lesser in station than
		
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			the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam, therefore, also doesn't
		
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			have that ability to do so.
		
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			Allah alone has knowledge of the unseen. So
		
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			no one among creation has any knowledge of
		
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			it except one with whom Allah is pleased
		
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			and whom He has singled out for something
		
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			of that knowledge.
		
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			This is the end of the commentary of
		
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			Surah Al Jin.
		
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			Praise and thanks for Allah, and may the
		
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			blessings and peace of Allah be upon the
		
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			prophet Muhammad salallahu alayhi wasalam, his family, and
		
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			his companions abundantly until the day of judgment.
		
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			When I come to the 73rd chapter of
		
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			the Quran, Suratul Muzammil,
		
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			and it is known by this name in
		
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			the vast majority of the early books of
		
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			tafsir
		
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			and in the narrations.
		
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			They often refer to the Surah as Surah
		
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			al Muzammil.
		
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			And there is a Maqi Surah and that
		
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			is according to and
		
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			the vast majority of the scholars of Islam
		
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			and others. However, there is some difference of
		
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			opinion.
		
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			Qatar,
		
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			scholar
		
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			of the Tabi'in,
		
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			student of Anas ibn Malik from the imams
		
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			of tafsir.
		
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			He said that the last verse
		
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			is Madani.
		
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			And this is possible because as we know
		
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			in the Quran, there are surahs that can
		
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			be Meqi in the majority have Madani verses
		
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			and vice versa.
		
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			And so it's possible that parts of a
		
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			surah can be revealed
		
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			after the initial part of the surah was
		
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			first revealed. And that is something which is
		
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			common as you will find in the books
		
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			of tersid. But even so, we would still
		
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			say that the surah, the vast majority of
		
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			it is Meqi and therefore is considered to
		
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			be a Meqi surah and it consists of
		
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			20 verses.
		
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			In the name of Allah, the most gracious,
		
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			the most merciful.
		
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			Oh you who are enwrapped in garments.
		
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			Stand up in prayer throughout the night except
		
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			a little.
		
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			Half of it or a little less than
		
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			that.
		
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			Barely we are going to
		
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			or a little more and recite the Quran
		
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			at measured pace.
		
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			Verily we are going to send down to
		
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			you words of surpassing gravity.
		
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			Verily,
		
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			prayer at night is more appropriate for focus
		
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			and more conducive
		
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			to proper recitation.
		
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			You have plenty of time during the day
		
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			to attend to mundane matters.
		
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			Constantly remember the name of your Lord and
		
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			devote yourself completely to him.
		
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			He is lord of the east and the
		
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			west. There is no god but he, so
		
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			take him as
		
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			disposal of your affairs.
		
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			Be patiently.
		
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			Bear patiently
		
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			what they say and keep your distance from
		
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			them in a dignified manner.
		
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			Leave me to deal with the deniers who
		
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			are living a luck a life of luxury
		
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			and ease and bear with them a little
		
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			longer.
		
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			The one who is enwrapped
		
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			in garments is the one who is covered
		
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			with them. The name of the Surah, Al
		
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			Musamil, conveys the same meaning as the name
		
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			as the one that follows it, Al Mudassir.
		
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			That is because both of them, the Arabic
		
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			language, have very similar meanings, to cover or
		
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			to envelope
		
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			to cover or to envelope.
		
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			An author will mention now the narration from
		
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			where this is taken.
		
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			This describes what the messenger of Allah did
		
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			when Allah honored him with his message and
		
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			began to send down his revelation to him
		
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			via Jibreel.
		
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			He saw something the like of that of
		
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			which he had never seen, And no one
		
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			could withstand it except the messengers.
		
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			So in the beginning it was something
		
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			that was deeply shocking to him when he
		
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			first saw Jibreel alayhis salam.
		
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			And therefore he came to his family deeply
		
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			shaken and said, wrap me up. Wrap me
		
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			up. The bill came to him and said,
		
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			read. He said, I'm not a reader. These
		
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			are 2 different narrations. According to some of,
		
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			in some of the narrations, you'll find the
		
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			2 distinct narrations.
		
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			And the scholars or even amongst the companions,
		
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			they differed as to what was the first
		
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			revelation of the Quran, the position of the
		
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			majority, and that is the famous hadith of
		
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			Aisha
		
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			is that it was Surah Iqra. That's the
		
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			first revelation of the Quran. But some of
		
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			the companions such as Jabir
		
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			radiallahu an used to say that it is
		
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			Mudethir,
		
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			and that is because and they're both similar
		
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			meaning. Muzamin and Mudethir used to say they're
		
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			the first ones. And we have a narration
		
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			that when the prophet
		
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			saw Jibril alaihi salatu wasalam
		
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			for the first time in his original form,
		
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			and he filled the horizon. He was so
		
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			overcome by awe
		
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			of him and what he had experienced that
		
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			he went home to the house of Khadija
		
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			radiAllahu an and he said,
		
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			cover me, cover me. Meaning put something on
		
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			me just so that he could calm himself.
		
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			And that is where we get the word
		
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			and in other narrations,
		
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			And so that's where we get the word.
		
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			And both of them as we said are
		
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			similar
		
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			in meaning.
		
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			And so some of the scholars they reconcile
		
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			between those 2 different narrations that the first
		
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			revelation is the revelation of Iqra as mentioned
		
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			in the hadith of Ahisha. But then it
		
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			is said that revelation stopped for a few
		
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			days.
		
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			It ceased.
		
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			And the prophet by then was anticipating more
		
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			because at the beginning, it was shock and
		
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			awe. It was difficult for him, But then
		
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			he realized what it was and he saw
		
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			the beauty of it and he wanted more.
		
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			So he was longing for that revelation to
		
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			continue. So after a few days, Jibreel alaihi
		
00:45:27 --> 00:45:29
			salatu waslam came to him again, and then
		
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			these surahs were revealed, Mudethir first and then
		
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			Muslimil.
		
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			And that is why the hadith of Jab,
		
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			it says that it was the first revelation,
		
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			meaning after
		
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			that pause. That's one way of reconciling between
		
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			them, and Allah knows best.
		
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			Then Jibril embraced him and pressed him to
		
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			him to the point that he felt he
		
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			could not take it anymore. And the angel
		
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			was insisting that he read. Then he began
		
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			to recite. Then Allah made him steadfast, and
		
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			the revelation started coming frequently
		
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			until he attained a level that none of
		
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			the masjids before him attained. SubhanAllah.
		
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			How great is the difference between the beginning
		
00:46:02 --> 00:46:05
			and end of the prophethood? Hence, Allah addressed
		
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			him in these terms as he was at
		
00:46:07 --> 00:46:08
			the beginning
		
00:46:08 --> 00:46:09
			when the revelation began.
		
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			Allah instructed him to do some acts of
		
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			worship that were only for him to do.
		
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			Then he instructed him to bear patiently to
		
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			harm done by his enemies. Then he instructed
		
00:46:19 --> 00:46:21
			him to carry out his command and call
		
00:46:21 --> 00:46:22
			people openly to Allah. There is no one
		
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			that has or had a responsibility
		
00:46:25 --> 00:46:27
			that was greater than the responsibility of the
		
00:46:27 --> 00:46:27
			prophet
		
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			No one that would endure.
		
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			What he had to endure, be patient upon
		
00:46:31 --> 00:46:32
			what he had to bear
		
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			So Allah
		
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			tells him the best way to undertake this
		
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			responsibility
		
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			and the best etiquettes and the best forms
		
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			of worship that he should perform in order
		
00:46:42 --> 00:46:44
			to bear bear these difficulties that Allah, ajazhu,
		
00:46:44 --> 00:46:46
			will place upon him and the trials and
		
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			tribulations that he would face at the hands
		
00:46:47 --> 00:46:48
			of his people.
		
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			And so this is therefore an etiquette. If
		
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			you're going through some hardship and difficulty that
		
00:46:53 --> 00:46:54
			you think is too difficult for you to
		
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			bear, you feel like the whole world's coming
		
00:46:57 --> 00:46:59
			crashing down upon your shoulders. You don't know
		
00:46:59 --> 00:47:00
			what to do? Look at these verses of
		
00:47:00 --> 00:47:02
			what Allah commands the prophet
		
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			to do when he was given the greatest
		
00:47:04 --> 00:47:05
			of responsibilities
		
00:47:07 --> 00:47:09
			Yeah. Allah enjoins upon him the noblest act
		
00:47:09 --> 00:47:12
			of worship, namely prayer, and commands him to
		
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			do it at the best and most virtuous
		
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			of times, which is at night. Which is
		
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			what therefore? Which salah is he commanding him
		
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			to perform?
		
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			The Hajjud.
		
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			And this is at the beginning of prophethood
		
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			before the salah is even made
		
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			obligatory because the salah is made obligatory towards
		
00:47:28 --> 00:47:29
			the end of the Makkan period as we
		
00:47:29 --> 00:47:31
			know in the Islam that.
		
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			So Allah is telling him to pray, and
		
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			he's choosing for him the best time for
		
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			him to pray in order for him to
		
00:47:37 --> 00:47:39
			turn to Allah and make dua and seek
		
00:47:39 --> 00:47:40
			Allah's help and his protection,
		
00:47:40 --> 00:47:42
			and that is the prayer of the night.
		
00:47:43 --> 00:47:44
			By his mercy, Allah
		
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			did not command him to spend the entire
		
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			night in prayer. Rather he said stand up
		
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			in prayer throughout the night except a little.
		
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			Then he gives an estimate of the length
		
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			of time, half of it or a little
		
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			less than that. That is less than half,
		
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			such as 1 third
		
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			and the like or a little more. There
		
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			is a little more than half, such as
		
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			2 thirds and the like. And this was
		
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			at the beginning of Islam. And we know
		
00:48:06 --> 00:48:08
			by the end of Islam, the prophet his
		
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			night prayer would be at the last 3rd
		
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			of night. But at the beginning of Islam,
		
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			he's told to pray as much as he
		
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			can during the night. Some days are half,
		
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			some days less than a half, some days
		
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			more than a half. He spent he's told
		
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			to spend the vast majority of his time
		
00:48:20 --> 00:48:22
			of night in the salah, and that is
		
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			where there's a position of a number of
		
00:48:23 --> 00:48:26
			the scholars with tafsir. That for the prophet
		
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			was not for me and you not for
		
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			the Umma, but for him, it was an
		
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			obligation
		
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			and that is why you see that it
		
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			was his general practice other than when he
		
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			was sick or ill or trouble, that he
		
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			would, salallahu alaihi wasallam, spend the night in
		
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			salah even if it was only a portion
		
00:48:43 --> 00:48:44
			of it. And the hadith that speak about
		
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			that, as you know, are numerous.
		
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			You can recite the Quran at a measured
		
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			pace. For reciting it at a measured pace
		
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			facilitates reflection, has a greater impact on the
		
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			heart, and enables one to worship Allah by
		
00:48:55 --> 00:48:58
			reciting his verses with complete focus. So Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala tells him to make of
		
00:49:00 --> 00:49:01
			the Quran. And the word
		
00:49:02 --> 00:49:04
			in classical Arabic doesn't mean what it means
		
00:49:04 --> 00:49:05
			today.
		
00:49:05 --> 00:49:08
			Today means to read in a melodious voice.
		
00:49:08 --> 00:49:09
			That's what we call
		
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			But in classical Arabic and in the narrations
		
00:49:12 --> 00:49:14
			of the Quran and the Sunnah, tarteel means
		
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			to read in a calm measured manner.
		
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			It's not nothing to do with the beauty
		
00:49:18 --> 00:49:19
			of your voice, nothing to do with your
		
00:49:19 --> 00:49:22
			melody or your tune. It is about the
		
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			pace of reading that is called
		
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			And so Allah commands him to read calmly
		
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			as you should do in the night prayer
		
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			because it gives you more time to reflect
		
00:49:31 --> 00:49:34
			upon the words of Allah. As Khalifa radiAllahu
		
00:49:34 --> 00:49:35
			an said that the prophet said, if you
		
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			pray during the night and he passed by
		
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			a verse of reward, you will make dua
		
00:49:39 --> 00:49:41
			for it. A verse of punishment, you will
		
00:49:41 --> 00:49:43
			seek Allah's refuge in it. Or reverse of
		
00:49:43 --> 00:49:45
			glorification, he will glorify and praise Allah
		
00:49:45 --> 00:49:48
			That is reading in a measured way calmly
		
00:49:49 --> 00:49:50
			so that you can reflect upon the words
		
00:49:50 --> 00:49:52
			of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Really, we are going to send down to
		
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			you words of surpassing gravity.
		
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			That is we are going to send down
		
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			to you this Quran, which is of surpassing
		
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			gravity, for its meanings are deeply significant and
		
00:50:03 --> 00:50:05
			its attributes are great. And something like this
		
00:50:05 --> 00:50:07
			deserves that you should prepare yourself for it.
		
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			Recite and measure pace and reflect upon what
		
00:50:09 --> 00:50:11
			it contains. Allah Azzawajal calls the Quran
		
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			were words of great gravity. And we know
		
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			from numerous hadith that when the prophet salallahu
		
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			alaihi wasallam would receive revelation,
		
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			it would be heavy upon him, and he
		
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			would sweat salallahu alaihi wasallam even though it
		
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			was a cold winter's day, and he would
		
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			be overcome, salallahu alaihi wasallam, and there would
		
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			be a wait upon him. Usama bin Zaid,
		
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			radiallahu alaihi wasallam, has said that I was
		
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			once sitting next to the prophet
		
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			and part of his leg was upon my
		
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			leg, and revelation came upon him and his
		
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			leg became so heavy that I thought it
		
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			would break mine
		
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			until Allah removed it from him. This is
		
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			a heavy speech, meaning the responsibility is grave.
		
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			The words of Allah, grave. Allah told us,
		
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			as we mentioned,
		
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			which revealed to a mountain, the mountain will
		
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			crumble
		
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			out of dust. So they're heavy words. But
		
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			look at what Allah says to the prophet,
		
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			these heavy words of gravity, what is the
		
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			best way to deal with them? To recite
		
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			them more. Stand your night in prayer and
		
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			read them even more.
		
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			These are words of gravity and words of
		
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			substantial meaning. Read them more. Spend your night
		
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			in prayer reciting them more and more and
		
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			more.
		
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			Then Allah mentioned the wisdom behind the command
		
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			to pray at night. Very prayer at night,
		
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			after having slept, is more appropriate for focus
		
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			and more conducive to proper recitation.
		
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			That is, it's more likely to achieve the
		
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			purpose of the Quran when one focuses fully
		
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			on
		
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			what one is reciting for there are a
		
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			few distractions at night. So one will be
		
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			able to focus and understand the words one
		
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			recites.
		
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			This in contrast to the day when these
		
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			aims are less likely to be achieved. Hence,
		
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			Allah says, you have plenty of time during
		
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			the day to
		
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			attend to mundane matters, that is to go
		
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			about your business which will lead to distraction
		
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			and not allow the heart to focus fully.
		
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			Because during the day, that's why we don't
		
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			have a qiyam of the day. You don't
		
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			have a qiyamul
		
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			nahar, like you have a qiyamul layl. You
		
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			have a night prayer, but you don't have
		
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			a day prayer to the same extent because
		
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			people are busy. They have the responsibilities, they
		
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			have their jobs, they have their families. It
		
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			is difficult for them to take out 2,
		
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			3 hours just praying and giving salah.
		
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			And so Allah
		
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			instead, he made the night a time for
		
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			salah. And Allah praises and loves those people
		
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			who stand a portion of the night and
		
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			pray and for them are amazing rewards.
		
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			Great rewards that Allah
		
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			gives to them because of their willingness to
		
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			sacrifice some of their rest and their sleep
		
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			and their comfort to worship their lord at
		
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			a time when everyone else around them is
		
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			asleep.
		
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			Constantly remember the name of your lord. This
		
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			includes archives in remembrance of Allah. So when
		
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			Allah says then, but during the day you're
		
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			busy, what do you do instead? Use that
		
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			time to make dhikr of Allah. Remember Allah
		
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			in different ways. So Allah doesn't just say
		
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			ignore him during the day. No. You can't
		
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			pray for 2, 3 hours, but you can
		
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			make dhikr of Allah. So as you're walking
		
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			as the prophet used to do, sit down
		
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			and make tisbeeh and tahmid and tahileel and
		
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			takbir and say
		
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			Make as much dhikr as you can during
		
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			the day because that is also one of
		
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			the paths that gives strength to remembrance of
		
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			Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. And devote yourself completely
		
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			to him. That is focus on Allah Subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala and, for focusing on Allah and
		
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			turning to him means that one's heart is
		
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			detached from all creatures
		
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			and has love for Allah and for everything
		
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			that brings one close to him and to
		
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			attaining His pleasure. He is lord of the
		
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			east and the west. The west translated here
		
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			as the east and the west refer to
		
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			all the points of sunrise and sunset. So
		
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			he is lord of all the points
		
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			of sunrise and sunset, whatever is there of
		
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			light and all that they they bring of
		
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			benefits to the upper and lower realms. He
		
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			is the lord, creator and controller of all
		
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			things. There is no god but he. That
		
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			is, there is none deserving of worship except
		
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			the most high
		
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			who alone deserves to be single without for
		
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			love, veneration, respect, and honor. Hence, he says,
		
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			so take him as a disposer of your
		
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			affairs. That is the one who takes care
		
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			of you and controls all your affairs. Because
		
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			Allah commanded him to pray in particular
		
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			and to remember him in general terms that
		
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			enabled him to develop steadfastness and help
		
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			steadfastness that helped him to bear burdens and
		
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			do difficult tasks. Allah commanded him to bear
		
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			with patience
		
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			the words and insults of the stubborn rejectors
		
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			who reviled him and the message he brought,
		
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			and to persist in carrying out the commands
		
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			of Allah, not letting anyone stop him or
		
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			deter him. He also commanded him to keep
		
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			his distance in a dignified manner
		
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			when it was appropriate to do so
		
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			and to keep a distance without causing any
		
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			offense. So he was to respond to them
		
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			by keeping a distance from them, turning away
		
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			from them, and paying no heed to their
		
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			offensive talk.
		
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			Yet, at the same time, Allah commanded him
		
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			to debate with them in the best manner.
		
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			Well, 3 things that Allah commands the prophet
		
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			to do with the most difficult of situations
		
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			that he was going to endure at the
		
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			beginning
		
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			of the Meccan period. And, therefore, these are
		
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			the three things that every Muslim should also
		
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			do when they turn to Allah
		
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			facing some type of grave difficulty. Number 1
		
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			is that they turn to Allah in worship,
		
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			in the worship of the night making dua,
		
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			meaning that this is over and above your
		
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			obligations.
		
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			It's It's not just that you're turning to
		
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			Allah in the 5 daily prayers. No. You
		
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			should be doing that anyway. Allah gives extra
		
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			virtual reward for that which is extra from
		
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			you also. So to turn to Allah during
		
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			the night and to spend some of that
		
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			awake to show your need and poverty before
		
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			Allah, and some of the scholars used to
		
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			say, if you're not waking up during the
		
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			night, the need isn't grave enough.
		
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			It's not grave enough. If it's not making
		
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			you up at night and it's not making
		
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			you stand before Allah, then that means you
		
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			don't really need it as much as you
		
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			think that you may do so. That's the
		
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			first thing. Number 2, to bear with patience.
		
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			To have patience with Allah's decree and with
		
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			the challenges and the trials that Allah puts
		
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			in your way and to bear that in
		
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			the way that is pleasing to Allah Subhanahu
		
00:55:50 --> 00:55:52
			Wa Ta'ala. And number 3, to have dignity,
		
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			to continue to remember the etiquettes of Islam
		
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			and the character that you should have as
		
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			the prophet did salallahu alaihi wasalam throughout all
		
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			of that. The best of character, the most
		
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			noblest of manners, and the best of etiquettes
		
00:56:02 --> 00:56:04
			in the way that he used to deal
		
00:56:04 --> 00:56:06
			even with his enemies, salallahu alaihi wasalam. And
		
00:56:06 --> 00:56:08
			these are the three things that Allah
		
00:56:08 --> 00:56:10
			enjoyed upon him and that the prophet, salallahu
		
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			alaihi wasalam, not only did at the beginning
		
00:56:12 --> 00:56:14
			of his message, but he would continue throughout
		
00:56:14 --> 00:56:17
			until his death sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
		
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			Leave me to deal with the deniers for
		
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			I will wreak vengeance
		
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			upon them. And even if I grant them
		
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			respite, I will not forget about them who
		
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			are who are living a life of luxury
		
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			and ease. That is those who enjoy luxury
		
00:56:30 --> 00:56:32
			and wealth, who transgressed
		
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			when Allah granted them abundant provision and bestowed
		
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			his bounty upon them. This is like the
		
00:56:36 --> 00:56:38
			verse this is like the verses in which
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, indeed man transgresses
		
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			all bounds when he believes himself to be
		
00:56:43 --> 00:56:45
			self sufficient. And those three things that I
		
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			mentioned, by the way, are the 3 major
		
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			components of this religion. 1 is your relationship
		
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			with Allah, and that is your worship and
		
00:56:52 --> 00:56:54
			your prayer at night. The second is your
		
00:56:54 --> 00:56:55
			relationship with yourself,
		
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			to control yourself and be patient. And the
		
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			third is your relationship with those that are
		
00:57:00 --> 00:57:02
			around you. These are the 3 cornerstones
		
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			of what a person needs in order to
		
00:57:04 --> 00:57:06
			be able to in order as is mentioned
		
00:57:06 --> 00:57:08
			in the hadith of the prophet
		
00:57:08 --> 00:57:11
			fear Allah wherever you are. That's your relationship
		
00:57:11 --> 00:57:13
			with Allah. Follow a bad deed with a
		
00:57:13 --> 00:57:15
			good deed. That's your relationship with yourself, the
		
00:57:15 --> 00:57:17
			right that you have upon yourself and be
		
00:57:17 --> 00:57:19
			good towards the people, meaning have good character
		
00:57:19 --> 00:57:21
			towards them. That's your relationship with others.
		
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			Then Allah warns them of what there is
		
00:57:25 --> 00:57:26
			with him of punishment.
		
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			Verily awaiting them with us we will be
		
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			feathers and a blazing fire.
		
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			And food that chokes and a painful punishment.
		
00:57:55 --> 00:57:56
			On the day when the earth and the
		
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			mountains will shake violently
		
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			and the mountains will
		
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			be like heaps of loose sand.
		
00:58:02 --> 00:58:04
			That is verily with us, there are fetters.
		
00:58:04 --> 00:58:06
			This refers to a severe punishment, which we
		
00:58:06 --> 00:58:09
			will make severe for those who persist in
		
00:58:09 --> 00:58:11
			sins and a blazing fire, one that is
		
00:58:11 --> 00:58:14
			exceedingly hot and food that chokes because it
		
00:58:14 --> 00:58:16
			is so bitter and vile with a foul
		
00:58:16 --> 00:58:17
			taste and putrid
		
00:58:17 --> 00:58:18
			stench,
		
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			and a painful punishment that is,
		
00:58:21 --> 00:58:24
			agonizing and terrible, that will be on the
		
00:58:24 --> 00:58:25
			day when the earth and the mountains will
		
00:58:25 --> 00:58:26
			shake violently
		
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			because of the great horror of that day.
		
00:58:29 --> 00:58:31
			And the mountains which are so firm firmly
		
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			planted and solid will be like heaps of
		
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			heaps of loose sand. That is, they will
		
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			be like loose
		
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			and scattered sand, then they will crumble and
		
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			turn to scattered dust.
		
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			Verily we have sent to you a a
		
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			messenger to be a witness over you as
		
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			we sent to pharaoh a messenger.
		
00:59:06 --> 00:59:08
			But pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so we seized
		
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			him with a terrible punishment. Here Allah
		
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			says, praise your lord for sending to you
		
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			this unlettered
		
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			Arab prophet who brings glad tidings and warnings
		
00:59:18 --> 00:59:20
			and is a witness to the deeds of
		
00:59:20 --> 00:59:22
			the Ummah. Give thanks to him and show
		
00:59:22 --> 00:59:25
			gratitude for this for this great blessing. And
		
00:59:25 --> 00:59:28
			beware of showing ingratitude for it and disappointing
		
00:59:28 --> 00:59:30
			your messenger, lest you be like pharaoh
		
00:59:30 --> 00:59:33
			when Allah sent Musa ibn Amraddan to him
		
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			to call him to Allah
		
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			and urge him to affirm his oneness, but
		
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			he did not believe he did not believe
		
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			him. Rather, he disobeyed him. So Allah sees
		
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			him with a terrible punishment,
		
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			one that was severe and far reaching.
		
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			How will you protect yourselves if you persist
		
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			in disbelief against the punishment of a day
		
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			which will turn the children's hair gray?
		
01:00:10 --> 01:00:12
			On which the heaven will be rent asunder.
		
01:00:12 --> 01:00:15
			His promise will surely be fulfilled. That is,
		
01:00:15 --> 01:00:17
			how will you ransom yourselves and save yourselves
		
01:00:17 --> 01:00:18
			on the day of resurrection,
		
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			that momentous day of immense significance on which
		
01:00:21 --> 01:00:23
			children's hair will turn gray and because of
		
01:00:23 --> 01:00:26
			which solid things will melt? The heavens will
		
01:00:26 --> 01:00:27
			be rent asunder and the stars will be
		
01:00:27 --> 01:00:30
			scattered. His promise will surely be fulfilled. That
		
01:00:30 --> 01:00:32
			is, it will inevitably come to pass and
		
01:00:32 --> 01:00:34
			there is nothing that can prevent it.
		
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			So let him who will start his journey
		
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			towards his Lord. That is this is the
		
01:00:51 --> 01:00:52
			exhortation
		
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			in which Allah tells us of which of
		
01:00:54 --> 01:00:56
			of what will happen on the day of
		
01:00:56 --> 01:00:57
			resurrection with all its horrors
		
01:00:58 --> 01:00:59
			is a reminder to which the righteous will
		
01:00:59 --> 01:01:02
			pay heed, which will serve as a deterrent
		
01:01:02 --> 01:01:04
			against sin for the dispute for the believers.
		
01:01:04 --> 01:01:07
			So let him who will start his journey
		
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			towards his Lord, that is, let him follow
		
01:01:09 --> 01:01:11
			a path that will lead to him by
		
01:01:11 --> 01:01:12
			following
		
01:01:12 --> 01:01:13
			his laws.
		
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			For he has, he has explained them with
		
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			the utmost clarity. And look at this invitation
		
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			from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. When he says
		
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			read the Quran and understand and learn from
		
01:01:22 --> 01:01:24
			the Quran, and whoever then wishes to take
		
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			the path to Allah let them do so.
		
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			This is an invitation from Allah
		
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			that after reading and learning and studying the
		
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			Quran, then take that knowledge and implement it
		
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			and act upon it and use it to
		
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			come closer to Allah
		
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			This indicates that
		
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			has given people the power to carry out
		
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			deeds and has has enabled them to do
		
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			that. So it is not as the Jabari
		
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			used to say that their deeds are beyond
		
01:01:49 --> 01:01:51
			their will, for this notion is contrary to
		
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			both text and reason. The Jabaris are the
		
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			Jabariyah. And the Jabariyah are that group or
		
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			that sector of Islam they don't they'll say
		
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			that
		
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			when it comes to Allah's decree, everyone is
		
01:02:01 --> 01:02:03
			forced. There's no such thing as free will.
		
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			Allah forces you to make the choices that
		
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			you make, You have no free will. They
		
01:02:07 --> 01:02:09
			are the Jabariyah, and they have clearly gone
		
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			astray this issue.
		
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			Vary your lord knows that you stand up
		
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			in prayer
		
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			a little less than 2 thirds of the
		
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			night, or half of it, or 1 third
		
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			of it, as do others among your companions.
		
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			Allah alone keeps a precise count of the
		
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			night and day.
		
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			He knows that you are not able to
		
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			keep an accurate count of it, so he
		
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			has pardon you. Recite then as much of
		
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			the Quran as is easy for you in
		
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			the night prayers. He knows that there are
		
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			some among you who are ill and others
		
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			who are traveling through the land seeking of
		
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			Allah's bounty and others who are fighting in
		
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			Allah's cause. So recite as much of the
		
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			Quran
		
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			as it is for you. Establish prayer and
		
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			give zakah, and lend to Allah a goodly
		
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			loan. Whatever good you send forth for your
		
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			souls, you will find it with Allah, better
		
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			and greater in reward. And seek Allah's forgiveness,
		
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			for verily Allah is us forgiving, most merciful.
		
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			At the beginning of this, of this Surah,
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			stated that he commanded his messenger, sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam, to spend half of the night
		
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			in prayer or 1 third of it or
		
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			2 thirds of it. And in principle, his
		
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			ummah is to follow his example with regards
		
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			to rulings.
		
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			And in this verse, Allah tells us that
		
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			he and a group of the believers
		
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			with him were doing that. At the beginning
		
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			of the Surah, it is a command for
		
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			the prophet, sallallahu alaihi wasallam, exclusively
		
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			that he should do so. But as with
		
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			many of the commands, unless there is a
		
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			proof to say that it is only specific
		
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			and special to him, the ummah follows him
		
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			even in those commands which are in the
		
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			wording of the Quran exclusively directed towards him.
		
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			And that is why the companions did so.
		
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			As we know, radiya allahu anam and allahu
		
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			aza wa jal affirms what they did
		
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			Allah stated that he wanted to make things
		
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			easier for them. Hence he said, Allah alone
		
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			keeps a precise precise count of the night
		
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			and day. That is, he knows the measure
		
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			thereof
		
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			and how much time has passed and how
		
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			much is left. He knows that you are
		
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			not able to keep an accurate count of
		
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			it. That is, you cannot know the precise
		
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			measure of it without overestimating or under underestimating
		
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			because that requires paying attention and takes too
		
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			much effort. So he has made the matter
		
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			easier for you and has commanded you to
		
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			do that which is attainable,
		
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			whether it is more or less than what
		
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			is estimated. Meaning that when Allah says stand
		
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			for a third of the night in the
		
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			prayer or stand for half the night, where
		
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			Allah isn't taking you to account for every
		
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			minute that has to be exactly the half,
		
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			exactly a third, exact no. Estimate. Do it
		
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			to the best of your ability because to
		
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			make that type of counting is burdensome.
		
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			To count the minutes and make sure calculate
		
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			when is when is fajr, when exactly is
		
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			half the night, when is it the no.
		
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			Do it to the best of your ability
		
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			and Allah
		
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			is generous. And from also that which Allah
		
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			is generous with is the number of rak'ahs
		
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			that you have to pay pray. Allah
		
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			made it open for you, and you don't
		
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			have to count you don't have to count
		
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			whether you prayed 5 or 6 or 8
		
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			or 10 or whatever. Allah knows. And so
		
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			those people who pray often and they pray
		
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			many many rakas
		
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			as the companions used to do for example
		
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			on the Friday when they would come early
		
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			and they would pray 2 after 2 after
		
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			until the imam came out, the khateep came
		
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			out to go with the.
		
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			They would just pray without counting. Abu Dharradayalahu
		
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			anil, it is said in the Muslim, Muhammad,
		
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			used to pray so many
		
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			that his students used to say to him,
		
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			sometimes you make taslim after 1 rakah. You
		
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			don't even pray 2.
		
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			You pray 1 rakah, he says and you
		
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			stand up because he's praying so much and
		
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			the person who plays so much sometimes they
		
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			lose count. He thinks he's on the second
		
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			raka, but he's on the first one. He
		
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			just made sanaan, but he's just confused because
		
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			he's praying so much. He said, I don't
		
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			know, but Allah knows.
		
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			And I heard the prophet say, sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wasallam, that no one offers a prayer or
		
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			makes a sajdah except that Allah will increase
		
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			them in reward and should give them their
		
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			sins and raise them in their status and
		
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			their level. And so sometimes the companions wouldn't
		
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			remember. So Allah, ajazhu, accounts for those things
		
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			that people don't have the ability to account
		
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			for, especially those people that are in the
		
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			worship of Allah, ajazhu, in his servitude. And
		
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			if you look at this meaning of how
		
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			Allah
		
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			favors these people that are the warriors of
		
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			Ibadah.
		
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			They're warriors.
		
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			People that fast continuously, pray continuously, read Quran
		
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			could Allah favors them in many different ways
		
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			and from his favors upon them is that
		
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			Allah is easy with their accounting. They don't
		
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			have to be as stranger and as diligent
		
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			as other people. Because the person who comes
		
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			and just plays 2 rakahs and he still
		
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			makes a mistake, you say, you only pray
		
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			2. What's your issue? Someone comes and prays
		
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			40 rakahs,
		
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			50 rakahs, 60. That's someone who is devoting
		
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			themselves in the worship of Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala.
		
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			Recite then as much of the Quran as
		
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			easy for you in the night prayers. That
		
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			is of what you know and what is
		
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			not difficult for you. That is because the
		
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			one who prays at night is enjoying to
		
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			pray so long as he has energy. Then
		
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			if he feels tired or lazy or becomes
		
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			drowsy, let him rest so that he can
		
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			offer the prayer with ease and in comfort.
		
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			And this is also a meaning which is
		
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			important that you read and you pray as
		
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			much as you have the ability to pray.
		
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			It is not from the sunnah that you're
		
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			tired and that you can no longer reflect
		
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			and you no longer enjoy the salah and
		
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			you're still forcing yourself to pray. As the
		
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			prophet
		
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			came one day into the masjid and he
		
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			saw ropes hanging from the ceiling. He said,
		
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			who do these belong to? They said, oh,
		
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			messenger of Allah, it's your wives. Each one
		
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			has put a rope so that when they
		
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			get tired, they can
		
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			hold on to it and pray. The prophet
		
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			said, cut it down. When one of you
		
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			becomes tired, rest, for Allah has no need
		
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			for that type of worship.
		
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			So when you're tired, you rest, and then
		
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			you stand up and you pray. And that's
		
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			why it was the position of a number
		
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			of the salaf that even in the day
		
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			nights of Ramadan, they would spend the whole
		
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			night in prayer. And so they would pray
		
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			and then they would rest. They would pray
		
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			and they would rest. They would pray. And
		
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			they would do this until it was fajal.
		
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			And Allah mentions some of the reasons that
		
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			dictated reducing the burden and making things easier.
		
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			As he says,
		
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			he knows that there are some among you
		
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			who are ill, so it is difficult for
		
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			them to pray for 2 thirds of the
		
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			night or for half of it or 1
		
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			third. So let the one who is sick
		
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			pray what he can. He is also not
		
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			required to pray standing if it is too
		
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			difficult for him. Rather, if it is too
		
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			difficult for him to offer the superrogatory
		
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			prayer, he may,
		
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			and he will have the reward of what
		
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			he used to do when he was healthy.
		
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			And others who are traveling through the land,
		
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			seeking of Allah's bounty. That is, Allah knows
		
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			that among you are some who are traveling
		
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			for the purpose of trade so that they
		
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			may be independent of means and refrain from
		
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			asking of people. It's appropriate that such people
		
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			should not be overburdened. Therefore, Allah has reduced
		
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			the obligatory prayer for them by permitting them
		
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			to put
		
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			2 prayers together as a time of 1,
		
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			of the prayers and to shorten the 4
		
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			rakah prayers. And so the one who is
		
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			sick, the one who is travelling, Allah gives
		
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			to them their full reward as if they
		
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			were resident and as if they were healthy.
		
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			And Allah
		
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			makes their affairs easy for them even though
		
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			it's the practice of the salaf, that this
		
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			is one of the salars that they wouldn't
		
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			leave even if they only prayed a a
		
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			small number
		
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			when it came to them traveling, and that
		
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			is the night prayer. They would always continue
		
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			to pray
		
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			the night prayer. Similarly,
		
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			there are also others who are fighting in
		
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			Allah's cause. So recite as much of the
		
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			Quran as is easy for you. Allah
		
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			mentions
		
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			2 ways of making things easier for a
		
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			one who is healthy and is not traveling,
		
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			where attention is paid to his energy level
		
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			without burdening him with the issue of working
		
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			out the exact length of time. Rather, he
		
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			may work out the time when praying is
		
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			best, which is the 3rd of the night
		
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			that follows the first half.
		
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			And things are made easier for one who
		
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			is sick or traveling, whether his travel is
		
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			for the purpose of trade or worship, such
		
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			as fighting jihad, Hajj, umura, and the like.
		
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			Attention is also paid to not overburden people
		
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			in this situation. And it is because of
		
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			this,
		
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			section of this verse, as we said that
		
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			some of the scholars at Tafsir consider this
		
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			verse to be Madani.
		
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			Why? Because Allah mentions those who are fighting
		
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			in Allah's cause, and fighting wasn't prescribed at
		
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			the beginning of of the Meccan period. It
		
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			came later on in the Medina period. And
		
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			so because Allah expressly mentions this, that's why
		
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			the position of some of scholar
		
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			and others is that this verse was Madani.
		
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			To Allah be praised for he has not
		
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			made any hardship in religion, Rather, he has
		
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			made his religion easy and has made and
		
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			has paid attention to the circumstances
		
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			of his slaves and that which is in
		
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			their best spiritual, physical, and worldly interest. Then
		
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			Allah enjoins 2 acts of worship, which are
		
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			the essence of and foundation of all acts
		
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			of worship,
		
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			establishing prayer without which religion cannot be sound
		
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			and paying zakat, which is a proof of
		
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			faith by me by means of which help
		
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			is given to the poor and needy and
		
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			to Allah says, establish prayer with all its
		
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			essential parts, fulfilling its necessary conditions and doing
		
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			the complimentary parts too, and give zakah. And
		
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			lend to Allah a goodly loan. That is
		
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			one that is good that one that is
		
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			given sincerely for the sake of Allah, with
		
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			a sincere intention and strong faith, and from
		
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			permissible sources. This includes both obligatory and recommended
		
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			kinds of charity. Then Allah urges us to
		
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			do good in general terms. As he says,
		
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			whatever good you send forth for your souls,
		
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			who, you will find it with Allah better
		
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			and greater in reward. A good deed brings
		
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			a 10 fold reward up to 700, up
		
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			to many many times more. Then
		
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			mentions the obligations, but Allah, ajaz, in this
		
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			Surah is focusing on the optional deeds.
		
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			The obligations are mentioned because everyone has to
		
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			give pray and give zakah, but Allah focuses
		
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			on the optional deeds because that is with
		
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			those people who truly need Allah's help and
		
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			they seek Allah's bounty and his pleasure, they
		
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			do so in the optional deeds. The obligations,
		
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			everyone should be doing. But the difference, the
		
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			distinguishing factor is that these people go of
		
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			above and beyond.
		
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			It should be noted that an atom's weight
		
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			of good in this world is many times
		
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			better than this world and all that it
		
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			contains
		
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			because of what it will lead to in
		
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			paradise of pleasures and delights. Goodness and righteousness
		
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			in this world will be the cause of
		
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			goodness and immense reward in the hereafter,
		
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			for that is the seed, basis, and foundation
		
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			of goodness in the hereafter. How regrettable is
		
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			time spent in heed heedlessness,
		
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			and how regrettable is time spent without doing
		
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			any righteous deeds. How regrettable
		
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			it is
		
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			to see hearts that are not affected by
		
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			the exhortation of their creator, and for whom
		
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			all the encouragement of the one who is
		
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			more merciful to them than they are to
		
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			themselves
		
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			is to no avail.
		
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			To you be praised, oh Allah. To you
		
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			we to you we complain
		
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			and your help we seek. There is no
		
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			power and no strength except in you. Look
		
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			at how Allah has opened up the doors
		
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			of reward. How Allah has opened up the
		
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			doors of his favors, his bounties, and his
		
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			blessings. And the author says it's regrettable that
		
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			we spend time
		
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			doing other than that and seeking other than
		
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			that which is pleasing to Allah which is
		
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			rewarding. And Allah
		
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			has given us so many opportunities, and that's
		
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			why Allah
		
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			finishes and concludes this surah by saying, seek
		
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			Allah's forgiveness and seek Allah's reward and mercy.
		
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			And seek Allah's forgiveness. For verily Allah is
		
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			oft forgiving, most merciful. In the command to
		
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			seek forgiveness after urging people to do good
		
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			deeds, there is a great deal of benefit.
		
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			That is because the human being will inevitably
		
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			fall short with regard to that which is
		
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			enjoined upon him, either because he does not
		
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			do it at all or because he does
		
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			it imperfectly.
		
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			So Allah has commanded us to make up
		
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			for that by seeking forgiveness. The individual commits
		
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			sin night and day. And if Allah does
		
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			not bestow his mercy and forgiveness upon him,
		
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			he will be doomed. It's the end of
		
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			the committee of Surah Al Muzammil. All praise
		
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			and thanks for Allah, and the and may
		
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			the passing blessings and peace of Allah be
		
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			upon the prophet Muhammad,
		
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			his family, and his companions abundantly until the
		
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			day of judgment. With that, we come to
		
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			the end of the tafsir of Suratul Muslim
		
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			il and the end of today's lesson.