Fariq Naik – Al-Quran – The Most Positive Book In The World

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The Bible is a source of guidance for humanity, and the title provides guidance on producing something similar to the title. The discussion touches on the challenges of producing something similar, such as failure to produce something similar. The importance of the Bible in the spiritual world is emphasized, along with its potential for transformation. The success of Islam in shaping people's lives and reducing crime is highlighted, along with its positive impact on people's lives and reducingoppression.

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			Alhamdulillah, wasalatu wasalam, ala rasoolillah, wa ala alihi
		
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			wa sahbihi ajma'een.
		
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			Amma ba'ad, audhu billahi minash shaitanir rajeem,
		
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			bismillahir rahmanir raheem.
		
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			Ya ayyuhal nasu qad ja'atkum maw'idatum
		
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			min rabbikum, wa shifa'un lima fi al
		
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			-sudur, wa hudan wa rahmatun lil mu'mineen.
		
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			Rabbish wa ahli sadri, wa yassir li amri,
		
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			wa ahlul uqdatan min lisani, yafqahu qawli.
		
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			My respected elders and my dear brothers and
		
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			sisters, I welcome all of you with the
		
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			Islamic greetings.
		
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			Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
		
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			May the peace, mercy and blessings of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala, of Almighty God be
		
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			upon all of you.
		
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			It is a pleasure and honour to be
		
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			in Perlis and to be delivering a lecture
		
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			in the Perlis Sunnah Convention.
		
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			The topic of my talk is Al-Quran,
		
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			the most positive book in the world.
		
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			What is the meaning of the word positive?
		
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			Positive, according to the Oxford Dictionary, means consisting
		
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			in or categorised by the presence rather than
		
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			the absence of distinguishing features.
		
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			According to the Cambridge Dictionary, optimistic refers
		
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			to something that is full of hope and
		
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			confidence.
		
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			The glorious Quran, it is the last and
		
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			final revelation of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			which was revealed to the last and final
		
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			messenger, Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings be
		
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			upon him.
		
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			The glorious Quran, it is the most positive
		
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			book in the world.
		
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			It is a proclamation for humanity.
		
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			It is a fountain of mercy and wisdom.
		
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			It is a guide to the erring, an
		
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			assurance to those in doubt, a solace to
		
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			the suffering and a hope to those in
		
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			despair.
		
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			How is it possible to derive all of
		
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			these benefits from the glorious Quran without reading
		
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			the glorious Quran with understanding?
		
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			That's the reason I say the glorious Quran,
		
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			it is the most positive book in the
		
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			world.
		
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			The glorious Quran, it is the best book.
		
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			It was revealed in the best month, that
		
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			is the month of Ramadan.
		
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			It was revealed on the best night, that
		
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			is Laylatul Qadr.
		
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			It was revealed through the best angel, that
		
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			is Angel Jibreel, it was revealed to the
		
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			best messenger, that is Prophet Muhammad, may peace
		
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			and blessings be upon him.
		
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			It was revealed in the best land, the
		
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			best city, that is the city of Makkah.
		
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			As far as today's talk is concerned, Al
		
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			-Quran, the most positive book in the world,
		
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			I have divided it into six subheadings.
		
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			The first is Al-Quran, a source of
		
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			guidance for the entire humanity.
		
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			The second, the challenge of the glorious Quran
		
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			to produce something similar to it.
		
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			The third, Al-Quran, a source of shifa,
		
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			that is a healing for the body and
		
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			soul.
		
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			The fourth, positivity does not necessarily mean instant
		
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			gratification at the click of a button.
		
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			The fifth, Al-Quran is optimistic about forgiveness
		
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			and mercy.
		
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			And the sixth, Al-Quran, the future world
		
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			constitution, a governing charter.
		
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			First we'll discuss Al-Quran as a source
		
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			of guidance.
		
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			The glorious Quran, it is not a revelation
		
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			or a guidance only for the Muslims or
		
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			the Arabs, but the glorious Quran, it is
		
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			meant for the whole of humanity.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
		
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			glorious Quran, in Surah Ibrahim, chapter number 14,
		
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			verse number 1, The book has been revealed
		
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			to thee, that is Prophet Muhammad, peace be
		
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			upon him, in order to lead mankind from
		
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			the depths of darkness into light.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
		
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			glorious Quran, in Surah Ibrahim, chapter number 14,
		
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			verse number 52, Here
		
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			is a message, let them take warning thereof,
		
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			and let them know that there is one
		
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			God, let men of understanding take heed.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
		
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			glorious Quran, in Surah Al-Baqarah, chapter number
		
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			2, verse number 185, Ramadan
		
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			is the month in which the glorious Quran
		
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			was revealed as a guidance for humanity.
		
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			And as a distinguishing factor between right and
		
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			wrong.
		
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			The glorious Quran, it is a guidance for
		
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			the entire humanity.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala also says in
		
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			the glorious Quran, in Surah Az-Zumar, chapter
		
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			number 39, verse number 41, That we have
		
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			given thee the message in order to instruct
		
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			humankind.
		
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			So the glorious Quran is not a book
		
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			that is only meant for the Muslims or
		
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			the Arabs, but it is a guidance for
		
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			the entire humanity.
		
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			That's the reason we should see to it
		
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			that we share the message of Islam, we
		
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			share the message of the glorious Quran with
		
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			the entire humanity.
		
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			That's the reason I say the glorious Quran,
		
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			it is the most positive book in the
		
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			world, because it is a guidance for the
		
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			entire humanity.
		
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			So there are several verses in the glorious
		
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			Quran which clearly indicate that the glorious Quran,
		
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			it is a source of guidance for the
		
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			entire humanity.
		
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			The second subheading that we will be discussing,
		
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			it is the challenge of the glorious Quran
		
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			to produce something similar to it.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
		
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			glorious Quran, in Surah Al-Isra, chapter number
		
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			17, verse number 88, Say,
		
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			if mankind and jinn, they got together to
		
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			produce something similar to the glorious Quran, they
		
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			would not be able to produce it.
		
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			Even if they were to each other as
		
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			helpers and supporters, even if they backed each
		
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			other with help and support.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is giving us
		
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			a challenge that to produce something similar to
		
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			the glorious Quran.
		
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			Several people tried it and they failed miserably.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala eases this challenge
		
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			and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in
		
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			the glorious Quran, in Surah Al-Hud, chapter
		
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			number 11, verse number 13, They may say
		
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			that he forged it, referring to Prophet Muhammad
		
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			peace be upon him.
		
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			That the people, the kuffar at his time,
		
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			they accused him that he forged the glorious
		
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			Quran.
		
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			They may say he forged it.
		
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			Say, produce ten forged Surahs similar to it
		
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			and call forth whomever you can besides Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala if you are truthful.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he eases the
		
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			challenge even further.
		
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			First Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says that
		
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			produce something similar to the Quran.
		
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			No one was able to do it.
		
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			Then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala eases the
		
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			challenge and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says
		
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			produce ten Surahs like it.
		
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			No one was able to do it.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala eases the
		
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			challenge even further and Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala says in the glorious Quran, in Surah
		
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			Al-Hud, chapter number 10, verse number 38,
		
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			They may say that he forged it.
		
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			Say, produce a Surah similar to it and
		
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			call forth whomever you can besides Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala if you are truthful.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala also says in
		
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			the glorious Quran, in Surah Al-Baqarah, chapter
		
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			number 2, verse number 23, Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala gives a similar challenge in this
		
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			verse of the glorious Quran.
		
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			When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala says that if you
		
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			are in doubt to what has been revealed
		
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			to a servant from time to time, then
		
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			produce a Surah somewhat similar to it.
		
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			And call forth your witnesses and helpers if
		
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			there are any besides Allah if you are
		
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			truthful.
		
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			And of a surety, ye cannot.
		
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			Then fear the fire.
		
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			Whose fuel is men and stones.
		
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			Prepared for those who reject faith.
		
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			So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has made
		
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			the challenge very easy.
		
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			It is even applicable today.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is challenging to
		
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			produce a Surah similar to the glorious Quran.
		
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			A single chapter and the smallest Surah in
		
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			the glorious Quran.
		
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			It is hardly three verses, just a few
		
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			words.
		
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			No one has been able to do it
		
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			and no one will be able to do
		
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			it until the day of judgement.
		
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			This itself proves that the glorious Quran, it
		
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			is the most positive book in the world.
		
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			The glorious Quran, it is the only religious
		
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			scripture on the face of the earth that
		
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			is free from errors, that is free from
		
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			contradictions.
		
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			It is the religious scripture on the face
		
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			of the earth that is compatible with established
		
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			modern science.
		
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			The third sub-topic that we will be
		
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			discussing, it is Al-Quran, a source of
		
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			shifa, that is a healing for the body
		
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			and soul.
		
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			The verse of the glorious Quran, they are
		
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			a shifa, they are a healing for the
		
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			body and soul.
		
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			The glorious Quran, it is a holistic manual
		
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			and a healing for the body and soul.
		
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			When we read the glorious Quran, it brings
		
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			about tranquility, satisfaction in our lives.
		
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			It brings about tranquility, sakina to the soul.
		
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			And we see several non-Muslims when they
		
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			hear verses of the glorious Quran, tears shed
		
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			down their eyes.
		
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			They do not understand Arabic, but the mere
		
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			recitation of the glorious Quran has an impact
		
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			on their heart.
		
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			And there are several verses in the glorious
		
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			Quran which talk about the glorious Quran being
		
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			as a shifa.
		
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			The verses of the glorious Quran being as
		
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			a shifa.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
		
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			glorious Quran, Surah Tawbah, chapter number 9, verse
		
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			number 14, وَيَشْفِي صُدُورَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ وَيَشْفِي صُدُورَ
		
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			قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ And Allah shall heal the *
		
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			of believers.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
		
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			glorious Quran, in Surah Al-Yunus, chapter number
		
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			10, verse number 57, the verse I quoted
		
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			at the beginning of my talk, يَا أَيُّهَا
		
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			النَّاسِ قَدْ جَاءَتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَبِّكُمْ O mankind,
		
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			there has come an instruction from the Lord,
		
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			from your Lord.
		
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			وَشِفَاءٌ لِّمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ وَهُدًا وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ And
		
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			a guidance and a mercy for the believers.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
		
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			glorious Quran, in Surah Al-Isra, chapter number
		
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			17, verse number 82, وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا
		
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			هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ And we have sent
		
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			down verses of the glorious Quran, which are
		
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			a shifa, which are a healing, and a
		
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			mercy for the believers.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
		
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			glorious Quran, in Surah Al-Fusil, chapter number
		
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			41, verse number 44, قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
		
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			هُدًا وَشِفَاءٌ Say it is for those who
		
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			believe a guidance and a shifa.
		
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			From these verses of the glorious Quran, we
		
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			clearly understand that the glorious Quran, it is
		
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			a shifa, it is a healing.
		
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			Whenever we are distressed in our lives, we
		
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			should turn towards the glorious Quran.
		
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			And we will find peace, tranquility, sakina, satisfaction
		
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			in our lives.
		
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			If we want to have ultimate success in
		
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			this world and the hereafter, turn towards the
		
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			glorious Quran, which is the most positive book
		
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			in the world.
		
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			And we will see our lives transform for
		
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			the better.
		
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			The fourth subheading, it is positivity does
		
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			not necessarily mean instant gratification at the click
		
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			of a button.
		
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			Many a times we do dua to Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala and we are impatient.
		
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			We want our dua to be accepted instantly.
		
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			Many a times Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			He tests us.
		
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			So sometimes we are granted what we want
		
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			or what we ask for immediately.
		
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			And sometimes we have to wait.
		
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			And we have both examples in the glorious
		
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			Quran.
		
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			We have the example of Musa alaihi salam.
		
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			And we all know the story of Musa
		
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			alaihi salam.
		
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			At his time was Pharaoh, who was a
		
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			tyrant, who was a ruthless leader.
		
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			He was a ruthless king.
		
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			And one of his advisors told him that
		
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			there will be a child that will be
		
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			born.
		
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			When he grows up, he will take over
		
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			your kingdom.
		
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			So Pharaoh, he commanded all the male children
		
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			to be killed the moment they are born.
		
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			At this time, Musa alaihi salam was born.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala commands the mother
		
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			of Musa alaihi salam to put Musa alaihi
		
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			salam in a basket.
		
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			And to let the basket flow in the
		
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			river.
		
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			Until the basket reaches the castle of Pharaoh.
		
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			And the wife of Pharaoh, she insists Pharaoh
		
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			not to kill this child.
		
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			And it was all the plan of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Imagine Musa alaihi salam, he reaches the castle
		
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			of Pharaoh and Pharaoh does not kill him.
		
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			This was the plan of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			And it was a test for the mother
		
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			of Musa alaihi salam.
		
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			She did not lose hope.
		
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			She followed the commandment of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			And Musa alaihi salam was returned to his
		
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			mother.
		
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			We have the example of Yusuf alaihi salam.
		
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			Yusuf alaihi salam's father, Yaqub alaihi salam, he
		
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			did not lose hope in Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			The brothers of Yusuf alaihi salam, they were
		
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			jealous of him.
		
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			That why does Yaqub alaihi salam love Yusuf
		
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			alaihi salam the most?
		
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			And they wanted to harm Yusuf alaihi salam.
		
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			So they throw him into a well.
		
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			And we know the story that the brothers
		
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			of Yusuf alaihi salam, they go to Yaqub
		
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			alaihi salam and they say that the wolf
		
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			ate Yusuf alaihi salam.
		
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			And Yaqub alaihi salam, he was patient.
		
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			He did not lose hope in Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			And he knew that one day inshallah Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala will return Yusuf alaihi
		
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			salam to him.
		
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			And after several years, Yusuf alaihi salam is
		
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			reunited with his father.
		
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			So Yaqub alaihi salam, he was patient.
		
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			He waited and he constantly did dua to
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And he was reunited with his son.
		
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			We have the example of Prophet Muhammad, may
		
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			Allah's peace and blessings be upon him.
		
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			During the first 13 years of prophethood, during
		
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			the Meccan period, he was tortured and persecuted.
		
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			Yet he did not lose hope in Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			He was patient, he was positive, he was
		
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			optimistic.
		
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			Until they went to Medina, the Prophet and
		
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			the Sahaba.
		
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			And they were welcomed by the people of
		
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			Medina.
		
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			The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is
		
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			a walking Quran.
		
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			He was a live example of how to
		
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			implement the teachings of the glorious Quran.
		
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			As Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in
		
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			the glorious Quran in Surah al-Qalam, chapter
		
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			number 68, verse number 4.
		
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			For where lead thou art in the highest
		
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			standard of character.
		
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			Our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him,
		
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			he depicted optimism and positivity.
		
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			And after several years, our beloved Prophet Muhammad
		
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			peace be upon him, he returns back to
		
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			Mecca during the conquest of Mecca.
		
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			And he displays his mercy and his forgiveness.
		
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			What does he tell to these very people
		
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			who tortured and persecuted him?
		
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			he tells these very enemies of his, all
		
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			those in Abu Sufyan's houses are safe, all
		
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			those in Abu Sufyan's house are safe, all
		
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			those in the precincts of the Kaaba are
		
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			safe, all those in their houses are safe,
		
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			our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him,
		
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			he granted safety and he forgave these people
		
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			who tortured and persecuted him.
		
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			And on this very day, during the conquest
		
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			of Mecca, our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be
		
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			upon him, he tells the people of Mecca,
		
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			اذهبوا فأنتم الطلقاء go away for you are
		
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			free.
		
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			Our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him,
		
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			he depicted optimism and positivity and this led
		
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			to many of these non-Muslims embracing Islam
		
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			and joining our beloved Prophet Muhammad may peace
		
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			and blessings be upon him.
		
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			During the incident of Taif, our beloved Prophet
		
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			Muhammad peace be upon him, even though he
		
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			was tortured and persecuted by the people of
		
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			Taif, he was optimistic and when the angel
		
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			came to him and told him that if
		
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			you want I will crush Taif between the
		
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			two mountains, our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be
		
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			upon him, he was bleeding profusely but what
		
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			does he say?
		
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			He depicted the positive message of the glorious
		
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			Quran.
		
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			What does he tell the angel?
		
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			That do not do such a thing, do
		
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			not crush Taif between the two mountains, perhaps
		
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			from their progeny will be people who will
		
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			believe in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and
		
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			what do we see today in Taif?
		
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			Majority of the people, they are Muslims.
		
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			So the Prophet peace be upon him, he
		
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			was optimistic and positive.
		
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			The fifth subtopic or subheading is the Quran,
		
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			it is optimistic about forgiveness and mercy.
		
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			The word Rahma that is mercy and its
		
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			derivatives are mentioned in the glorious Quran no
		
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			less than 339 times in nine derived forms.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, his mercy outweighs
		
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			his wrath.
		
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			Each and every human being will enter Jannah
		
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			because of the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala and the opposite of mercy which
		
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			is Ghadab, that is anger, it is mentioned
		
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			in the glorious Quran only 24 times in
		
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			no less than five derived forms.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's mercy outweighs his
		
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			wrath.
		
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			Several verses in the glorious Quran which emphasize
		
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			and talk about the mercy of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala and one such verse that
		
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			comes to my mind, it is the verse
		
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			of the glorious Quran from Surah Az-Zumar,
		
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			chapter number 39, verse number 53 and 54.
		
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			Say, O my servants who have transgressed against
		
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			your souls, do not despair of the mercy
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			For Allah forgives all sins.
		
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			And turn to your Lord and submit yourself
		
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			to him.
		
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			So whatever sins we commit, they may be
		
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			as huge as mountains but if we truly
		
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			repent to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, inshallah
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he will accept
		
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			our repentance but our repentance, it should be
		
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			sincere and if we sincerely repent to Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala, whatever sin we may
		
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			have committed, inshallah Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			he will accept our repentance.
		
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			And there are several verses in the glorious
		
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			Quran which talk about mercy.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
		
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			glorious Quran in Surah Al-Fusilat, chapter number
		
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			41, verse number 34, regarding repelling evil with
		
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			good.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, Nor
		
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			the good and evil are the same.
		
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			Repel evil with that what is good.
		
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			And you will see between you and him
		
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			whom there's enmity, he will become your close
		
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			friend.
		
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			Do not defeat your enemy but rather win
		
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			them over, win their hearts and win their
		
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			minds.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
		
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			glorious Quran, Surah Al-Imran, chapter number 3,
		
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			verse number 159.
		
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			And by the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala, O Muhammad, you were lenient to
		
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			them.
		
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			And if you were rude in speech and
		
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			if you were harsh to them in heart,
		
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			they would have disabandoned you.
		
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			Then pardon them and have mercy on them.
		
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			And when you are dedicated, have trust in
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			When you have decided, have trust in Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			For Allah loves those who trust him.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala also says in
		
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			the glorious Quran, in several other places regarding
		
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			mercy, time does not permit me to discuss
		
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			all of these references.
		
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			I will just mention one more verse of
		
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			the glorious Quran from Surah Al-A'raf,
		
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			chapter number 7, verse number 56, wherein Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala says.
		
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			And do not cause corruption in the land
		
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			after it has been reformed.
		
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			And call upon your Lord in fear and
		
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			in aspiration.
		
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			For verily, the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala is close to those who do
		
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			good.
		
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			It is close to the Muhsineen.
		
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			So the believers always have hope in the
		
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			mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And especially what is going on in Palestine,
		
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			the oppression, what are the Palestinian brothers and
		
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			sisters doing?
		
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			They are optimistic.
		
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			They are positive.
		
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			Even though parents are seeing their children being
		
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			martyred, being killed by Israel, what do they
		
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			do?
		
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			They say Alhamdulillah.
		
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			They are satisfied with the decree of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Many of the parents, they are saying, after
		
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			they see their children have been martyred, they
		
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			wish that they have more children so that
		
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			they can be sacrificed in the way of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Non-Muslims, when they look at the resilience
		
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			of the Palestinian brothers and sisters, they are
		
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			shocked and they want to read more about
		
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			Islam.
		
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			They are thinking, what is this religion?
		
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			Their people are being killed and murdered and
		
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			oppressed.
		
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			These people are being bombed.
		
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			Yet they are content with the decree of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Yet they are positive and optimistic.
		
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			This is a live example of positivity and
		
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			optimism.
		
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			The last subheading that we'll be discussing, it
		
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			is Al-Quran, the future world constitution, a
		
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			governing charter.
		
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			The most important thing in order to have
		
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			success in this world and in the hereafter,
		
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			it is believing in one God.
		
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			It is Tawheed.
		
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			And our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon
		
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			him, when he called the people of Quraish
		
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			towards the oneness of Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala, he stressed upon this for 13 years
		
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			during the Meccan period.
		
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			Removing them from the darkness and slavery of
		
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			worshipping idols, of worshipping man-made things towards
		
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			the light, towards the Noor of Islam.
		
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			So the primary requirement for success in this
		
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			world, for positivity, for optimism in our lives,
		
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			it is believing in one God.
		
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			It is Tawheed, that's the oneness of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			That's the reason we see today thousands of
		
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			people around the world, they are accepting Islam
		
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			in large numbers.
		
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			The media says that Islam subjugates the women.
		
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			Out of those people who are accepting Islam
		
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			in the western countries, two-third of them
		
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			are women.
		
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			If Islam subjugates the women, why are women
		
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			in large numbers accepting Islam?
		
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			Because Islam has a solution to the problems
		
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			of humanity.
		
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			The glorious Quran, it is a positive and
		
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			optimistic book.
		
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			It is the most positive book in the
		
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			world.
		
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			That's the reason when non-Muslims read the
		
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			glorious Quran, it has an impact.
		
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			Impact on their hearts.
		
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			Today we see crime, it is very prevalent.
		
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			We see murder, it is very prevalent, especially
		
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			in the western countries.
		
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			In countries like America, people look up to
		
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			America and say, you know America, it is
		
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			one of the most advanced countries in the
		
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			world.
		
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			It has one of the highest rates of
		
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			murder.
		
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			In Islam, we have a solution that if
		
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			anyone kills any other human being intentionally, then
		
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			he needs to be killed.
		
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			We have the rulings of Qisas for intentional
		
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			murder and the moment you implement the Islamic
		
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			Sharia, you will get results.
		
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			Islam, besides saying that murder is wrong, it
		
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			shows you a practical way in which people
		
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			will not kill each other.
		
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			Allah says in the glorious Quran, Chapter 5,
		
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			verse 32, that
		
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			if anyone kills any human being, unless it
		
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			be for murder or for spreading corruption in
		
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			the land, it is as if he has
		
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			killed the entire humanity and the worst does
		
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			not stop here.
		
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			Allah says that if anyone saves any single
		
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			human being, it is as if he has
		
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			saved the whole of humanity.
		
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			I do not know of any religious scripture
		
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			on the face of the earth which mentions
		
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			such a thing.
		
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			This is the beauty of Islam.
		
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			This is the positivity about Islam.
		
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			This is the optimism about the glorious Quran.
		
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			Saving a single human being is like saving
		
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			the entire humanity and there are several examples
		
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			which prove that if we implement the teachings
		
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			of the glorious Quran, then we will have
		
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			peace and tranquility in the world.
		
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			We have in Islam a system of Zakah.
		
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			Every rich person who has a saving of
		
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			more than Nisab level, of more than 85
		
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			grams of gold, he should give 2.5
		
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			% of his saving every lunar year in
		
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			charity.
		
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			If every rich man gives charity, poverty will
		
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			eradicate from this world.
		
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			There will not be a single human being
		
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			who will die of hunger and after that,
		
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			if any man robs, Allah says in the
		
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			glorious Quran, Surah Al-Maidah, Chapter 5, verse
		
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			number 38, As for the one who robs,
		
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			whether it be man or woman, chop off
		
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			their hands as a punishment from the Lord.
		
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			Some people might say, chopping off the hands
		
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			in this 21st century?
		
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			Islam is a barbaric religion.
		
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			Islam is a ruthless religion.
		
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			America, happening to be one of the most
		
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			advanced countries in the world, people look up
		
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			to it.
		
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			It has one of the highest rates of
		
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			robbery, crime and theft.
		
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			The moment we implement the Islamic Sharia, we
		
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			will get results.
		
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			Wherever you implement the Islamic Sharia in any
		
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			part of the world, you will get results
		
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			and the crime rate, it will reduce drastically
		
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			because the Islamic Sharia, it is a practical
		
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			law.
		
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			The moment you implement it, you will get
		
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			results.
		
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			Allah says in the glorious Quran, Surah Al
		
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			-Baqarah, Chapter 2, verse number 278 and 279,
		
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			O you who believe, fear
		
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			Allah and stay away from Riba, that is
		
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			interest.
		
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			If you are those who fear Allah, if
		
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			you are believers, and if you do not
		
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			do so, so take notice of waging a
		
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			war against Allah and His Messenger.
		
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			If you deal in Riba, it is as
		
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			if you are waging a war against Allah
		
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			and His Messenger.
		
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			And unfortunately, we see that it is very
		
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			prevalent in today's world.
		
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			Many Muslims, they are involved in Riba.
		
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			They give and take Riba, unfortunately.
		
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			A Muslim, he should follow the teachings of
		
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			the glorious Quran.
		
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			It is a major sin.
		
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			In fact, it is a grave, major sin
		
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			to deal in Riba.
		
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			And that's the reason we see that the
		
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			economies throughout the world, they are collapsing because
		
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			Riba makes a rich person richer and makes
		
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			a poor person poorer.
		
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			So if you want to have economic stability
		
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			throughout the world, we should not deal in
		
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			Riba.
		
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			We should follow the teachings of the glorious
		
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			Quran.
		
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			We see oppression, it is very prevalent today.
		
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			If we make the glorious Quran our constitution,
		
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			oppression throughout the world, it will reduce.
		
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			And I would like to give you a
		
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			striking example related to alcohol.
		
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			In 1930, the American government, they decided to
		
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			ban the consumption of alcohol.
		
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			But people, they loved alcohol so much that
		
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			it became very difficult for the American government.
		
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			Even though they banned alcohol, even though they
		
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			banned the consumption of alcohol, bootlegging, it became
		
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			common.
		
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			People started selling it illegally.
		
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			The jails were filled with people.
		
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			The American government, they spent millions of dollars,
		
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			but it proved futile.
		
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			Later on, just after four years, they had
		
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			to remove this ban and they had to
		
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			allow alcohol again.
		
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			And we are talking about one of the
		
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			most advanced countries in the world, even at
		
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			that time.
		
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			Now let's roll back in time, 1400 years
		
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			ago, when the glorious Quran was revealed.
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says in the
		
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			glorious Quran in Surah Al-Maidah, chapter number
		
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			5, verse number 19, يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
		
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			أَوْ يُهُوَ بِلِيْبِ إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ Most certainly
		
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			intoxicants and gambling, وَالْأَنصَابُ وَالْأَزْلَامِ Dedication of stones,
		
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			divination of arrows, رِجْصٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ are
		
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			an abomination from Satan's handiwork.
		
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			فَجْتَنِبُهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ Abstain from such abomination that
		
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			you may prosper.
		
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			The moment this verse of the glorious Quran
		
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			was revealed, the Sahaba, even though they had
		
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			so much alcohol that they had it almost
		
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			after every meal, it was like a normal
		
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			drink for them.
		
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			The moment they heard this verse of the
		
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			glorious Quran, that alcohol is prohibited, immediate obedience.
		
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			They threw their barrels of alcohol.
		
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			The streets of Medina were filled with alcohol
		
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			flowing, and these barrels were never to be
		
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			filled again.
		
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			Some of them, they tried to induce vomit
		
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			in order to remove what they drank of
		
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			the alcohol.
		
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			This is what we call immediate obedience.
		
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			The Prophet peace be upon him, he did
		
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			not have the most advanced police force.
		
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			He did not have the police in order
		
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			to implement this.
		
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			But one verse of the glorious Quran was
		
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			sufficient for the people of Medina, for the
		
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			Sahaba to stop having alcohol.
		
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			This is the impact that the glorious Quran
		
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			has on our lives.
		
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			This is the positive impact, the optimistic impact
		
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			that the glorious Quran has on our life.
		
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			That's the reason I say the glorious Quran,
		
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			it is the most positive book in the
		
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			world.
		
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			It is not only theoretical, but it is
		
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			practical.
		
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			If we implement the glorious Quran in our
		
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			lives, we will see that there is a
		
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			drastic change in our lives.
		
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			And there are several such examples.
		
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			Time does not permit me to discuss all
		
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			of the examples.
		
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			Several examples that we can give from the
		
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			glorious Quran, which prove that the glorious Quran,
		
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			it is a practical solution to the problems
		
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			of humanity.
		
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			Whether it be any crime, whether it be
		
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			*, whether it be adultery, whether it be
		
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			fornication, whether it be drug addiction, whether it
		
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			be alcoholism, whether it be murder, whether it
		
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			be killing, whether it be corruption, Islam has
		
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			a solution to all of these problems.
		
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			The glorious Quran has a solution to all
		
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			of these problems.
		
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			But what we need to do, we need
		
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			to implement the teachings of the glorious Quran.
		
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			And the moment we implement the teachings of
		
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			the glorious Quran, we will see that the
		
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			glorious Quran has a positive impact on our
		
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			lives.
		
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			In Islam, we have a system of hijab.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala talks about hijab
		
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			for the man and hijab for the woman.
		
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			In Surah An-Nur, chapter number 24, verse
		
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			number 30, as well as 31.
		
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			And the moment you implement hijab, as per
		
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			the guidelines of the glorious Quran and authentic
		
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			hadith, we will see that *, adultery, fornication,
		
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			molestation, it will reduce drastically throughout the world.
		
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			So we pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala, that may the glorious Quran have a
		
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			positive impact on our lives and may the
		
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			glorious Quran be embedded in our lives.
		
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			I would like to end my talk with
		
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			the verse of the glorious Quran from Surah
		
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			Al-Isra, chapter number 17, verse number 81.
		
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			Say truth has come and falsehood has perished
		
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			for falsehood is by its nature bound to
		
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			perish.
		
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			Al-Fatiha.