Ihab Saad – Day 7 Al Anaam

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The title " Subhan Mazda" is a depiction of the creator, who has created the physical world and created the light. The use of Subhanab in Islam is discussed, including the journey of Sayyidina agenda, the importance of showing respect and worship in shamans, the use of the "monster" in the Bible to cover up false accusations, and the use of the "monster" in the Bible to cover up false charges and mistakes. The segment ends with a invitation for viewers to share feedback and ideas.

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			Assalamu, Alaikum, Warahmatullahi
Wabarakatuh.
		
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			Welcome back to our journey with
the Quran, this beautiful journey
		
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			with the Ayat of Allah, Subhanahu
wa and today, we are addressing
		
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			the seventh Jews of the Quran, and
we are going to talk primarily
		
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			about Suratul and I am, or the
majority of Surah Al Anna,
		
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			Suratul and I am is Surah mekeyah
revealed to the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu, alayhi wa sallam in
Makar Rama. And I am, are the
		
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			cattle. And the reference of an I
am here is for something that the
		
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			non believers. Before the time of
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam, had classified different
kinds of cattle. Some of them,
		
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			they have forbidden for
themselves. Some of them, they
		
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			have forbidden for their spouses.
Some parts of the animal would be
		
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			forbidden based on their
allegations, and this is nothing
		
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			that ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala has
revealed. So ALLAH SubhanA wa
		
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			Taala refutes their allegations
and say this is nothing that ALLAH
		
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			SubhanA wa Taala has revealed. The
reason they have done that is that
		
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			they have associated with ALLAH
SubhanA wa taala. They have
		
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			equated with ALLAH SubhanA wa
taala, and thus we find the start
		
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			of the surah talking about that
praising Allah subhana wa taala,
		
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			the one who has created the
heavens and the earth.
		
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			Alhamdulillahi ladi halaq,
asmaati, wala wa jaala. Nur
		
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			praise is to Allah subhana wa
taala, who has created the heavens
		
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			and the earth and made the
darknesses and the light plural
		
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			darknesses and only one light, the
light leading to the pleasure of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa, the light of
guidance that Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			sent our way through The
Messenger, sallAllahu alasallah,
		
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			and
		
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			then after Allah subhanahu wa
talking about His infinite powers,
		
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			subhanAllah the creation of the
heavens and the earth and making
		
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			the darknesses and the light,
which, by the way, even the non
		
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			believers, believe that ALLAH
SubhanA wa Taala is the creator
		
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			and the of the heavens and the
earth as it comes in many of the
		
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			ayat wala INSA al tawman, Halaqa
Samah, at you Allard, lay aun
		
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			Allah, if you ask them, Who
created the heavens and the earth,
		
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			they know that an idol that they
have carved with their own hands
		
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			did not create the heavens and the
earth, not Allah, not all not
		
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			many, and none of these idols that
they were worshiping. So they
		
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			acknowledged that Allah subhanahu
wa is the Creator of the heavens
		
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			and the earth. Therefore the
conclusion of this ayah after
		
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			Allah subhana wa Taala starts this
beautiful Surah with this
		
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			beautiful praise of ALLAH SubhanA
wa taala, Allah subhanahu wa says,
		
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			summa, ledee nakaru bi Rabbi,
adilun. And after all of that,
		
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			after they recognized that Allah
subhanahu wa is the sole creator,
		
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			they equate with Allah subhanahu
Wan here does not mean that they
		
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			are making justice, but they are
making equality between Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa and the idols that
they have carved or created with
		
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			their own hands. What kind of
injustice is that? What kind of
		
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			oppression is that it's an
oppression to their own selves
		
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			before being an oppression to
others? And that's why Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa calls the non
believers as oppressors, first and
		
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			foremost, to their own selves,
because they're gonna bring a
		
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			severe punishment on these selves.
When we look at Surat Al and I am,
		
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			we find that it has a lot of
Allah. SubhanaHu wa has revealed a
		
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			lot of descriptions about his
great self, subhanAllah, and
		
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			unique signs of His power,
subhanAllah things that no one
		
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			else can even closely claim that
they possess the same kind of
		
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			powers or the same kind of
knowledge that ALLAH SubhanA wa
		
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			Taala has. So in this beautiful
Surah, we find Allah subhanahu wa,
		
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			for example, describing his great
self. Subhana wa Taala Wang,
		
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			Dahua, IB la ya la muha Allahu.
WA, Allahu, baliwal, Bahr WA,
		
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			Matas kutum in warakatin, ILA ya
la muha wala Abu metal wala rot
		
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			bin wala Abu sin el AFI kita Abu
		
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			that the key is to the unknown
only belong to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			and this has been a question that
many people have been searching
		
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			for his answer over the ages, and
they have gone to soothsayers and
		
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			fortune tellers and so on and so
forth, trying to ask them about
		
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			what is hidden in the future
Allah.
		
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			Subhanallah Taylor puts this
matter at rest that only Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa knows the hidden,
only Allah subhanahu wa taala
		
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			knows the future. And whenever
ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala informs a
		
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			prophet or a messenger about
something that's gonna happen in
		
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			the future, that's only part of
the knowledge that ALLAH SubhanA
		
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			wa Taala has, and only with the
authorization from Allah subhanho
		
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			wa Taala that he has given to that
prophet or messenger to tell his
		
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			followers about what will happen
in the future. Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			also, with his great mercy,
subhanAllah, in fact, told us
		
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			about several things that are
gonna happen in the future, the
		
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			future that counts, not next next
day or next week or next month or
		
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			next 10 years, but Allah subhana
wa Taala is telling us, telling us
		
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			about the future of our eternal
life, which is what really counts.
		
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			That's why Allah subhanahu wa give
us full details about exactly what
		
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			should an individual expect when
they meet Allah subhanahu wa, if
		
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			they have sent forward good deeds,
or if they have sent forward sins
		
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			and bad deeds and defiance to
Allah subhanahu wa, subhana wa
		
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			Taala clearly made that case about
what would be the final abode and
		
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			what even would Be the stages of
getting to that final destination,
		
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			whether it's the Mercy of Allah
subhana wa Taala in his paradise,
		
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			or the Wrath of Allah subhana wa
Taala and torture and torment in
		
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			the hellfire, we ask Allah subhana
wa Taala to spare us any kind of
		
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			torture or torment On the Day of
Judgment.
		
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			So waimahu method, la ya look at
the beautiful detail that comes
		
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			next. Why Alamo Alba? Now on
Earth, we know that the earth is
		
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			divided between land and sea.
That's all of the planet. It's
		
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			either land or sea or a buffer
zone between them, like marches or
		
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			things of that sort,
		
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			which is still a mixture of land
and sea. So Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			studying us that he knows what
happens on land and in the sea. So
		
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			nothing that happens on this earth
without the knowledge of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa and then Allah
subhana wa Taala gives us even
		
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			further details, wama tas qutu,
minwar akat in ilaya alamoha.
		
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			Now those of us who have trees,
for example, in their backyards,
		
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			or those who pass by forests or
		
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			trails or parks that have trees,
or even on the streets, when we
		
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			see the trees during the fall
season, or the autumn season, when
		
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			they start shedding their leaves,
the amount of leaves that are on
		
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			the trees and the amount that
falls to the ground during that
		
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			fall season, No one can count
these trees. No one can count
		
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			these leaves. So we can count the
trees and we cannot count the
		
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			leaves. Allah subhanahu wa taala
is telling us that no, not one
		
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			leaf falls from a tree without the
knowledge of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa,
		
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			not even a seed in the darknesses
of the Earth. It has not
		
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			germinated yet. Wala, rot bin
Wale, sin il lefi, kita, Bi mugin,
		
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			not a wet thing and not a dry
thing. Again, things can either be
		
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			wet or dry, or in a stage in
between with some wetness and some
		
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			dryness. So it's one of or the
other, and Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			tells us that all of these are
within the knowledge of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa. So when we hear
about these powers of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa, can anything or
anyone be equal to Allah tayl,
		
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			Allahu Subhana wa Taala
		
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			in another passage, Allah Subhan
and again within the same pageant,
		
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			passage of these ayat that started
with this beautiful ayah, Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa tells us that he,
subhanAllah is the one in control,
		
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			the one who is dominating over his
servants, Waho, kohiro, Fauci,
		
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			wahowal, Hakim al khabir, he
Subhana wa Taala is the one who
		
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			has the absolute power, the
absolute control, and he is the
		
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			all wise. So he exerts and he uses
this power and this knowledge and
		
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			this control in the most wise way.
And he is the expert Subhana wa
		
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			taala. He knows how to deal with
each individual or each creature
		
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			that he Subhana wa Taala has
created,
		
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			you know, at the time of the
Prophet Psalm.
		
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			Allah, it was common for the
Companions, one companions for
		
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			companion, for example, passing by
another companion, they would grab
		
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			him by the head. He would grab him
by the hand and say, iglis,
		
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			benamin, saya Orta or taala, not
mean been a business. Let's sit
		
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			and believe together in Allah
subhanahu wa for an hour, or let's
		
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			go together and believe in Allah
subhanahu wa for an hour. How can
		
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			one believe in Allah subhanahu wa
for an hour? I can actually tell
		
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			you from my actually, my personal
experience, and definitely each
		
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			and every one would have their own
experience the way they relate to
		
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			the power of Allah subhanahu wa
and the beauty of the creation of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa you can relate
to that in everything that's
		
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			around us, if you like walking in
nature, for example, in a forest
		
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			or in a park or in a trail or
something like that, observing the
		
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			trees, observing the flowers,
observing the scenery around you,
		
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			the one who truly can connect the
dots. All of these dots are gonna
		
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			lead only in one direction, La
ilaha illallah, the ones who like
		
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			star gazing, who can have the
luxury of having a dark sky where
		
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			they can see a an uncountable
number of stars and and
		
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			constellations and planets and so
on and so forth. Those who love
		
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			astronomy, for example, they have
telescopes, and they can look at
		
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			the sky. If you look at all the
magnificence of the creation of
		
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			the sky, that's a way to believe
in Allah subhanho wa taala.
		
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			Those who love to look under
microscope at living organisms and
		
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			the different cells and the
perfection that Allah, Subhanahu
		
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			wa Allah has created, are going to
observe this perfection under the
		
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			microscope. Those who are familiar
with anatomy, those who are
		
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			familiar with botany, those who
are familiar with any kind of
		
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			science geography, you're going to
recognize that Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			is the creator, and all the dots
lead to the unity and uniqueness
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa, a poet once
composed a couple of verses about
		
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			that meaning. And he these were
very beautiful verses. He said,
		
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			fire Ajab and Caifa, your son,
Elihu, okay,
		
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			fightu.
		
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			He's wondering, I wonder, how is
Allah, subhana wa taala,
		
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			disobeyed, or how is he denied by
the deniers of the existence of
		
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			Allah subhana wa taala, while in
everything that ALLAH SubhanA wa
		
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			Taala has created, there is a
sign, there's a proof that he is
		
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			the one Subhanallah, the creator,
the one worthy of worship,
		
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			subhanAllah,
		
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			some of us would like to watch
some documentaries, like on
		
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			National Geographic Channel or PBS
or planet Earth and so on and so
		
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			forth, and Subhanallah, really,
when you look at these
		
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			documentaries, you cannot help but
saying, while you're watching and
		
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			again, this is only for the
believer who wants to open his or
		
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			her mind and eyes and senses to
see the power of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa and the magnificence of the
creation of Allah subhanahu wa.
		
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			You can't help while watching
these documentaries, but saying
		
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			Subhanallah, Subhanallah,
Alhamdulillah, Allahu, Akbar, you
		
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			find yourself always saying these
things if you have really opened
		
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			your mind, and if someone has not.
		
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			And now here comes again. Al an
		
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			because in this surah, Allah
subhanahu wa is telling us about
		
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			those who have blocked all of
these senses, and they have put
		
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			them aside instead of utilizing
them in the way that Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa has created them for.
So ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala created
		
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			our hearing so that when we hear
something, we hear, for example,
		
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			the voices of the sounds of the
birds in the morning, around
		
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			sunrise, you're gonna find that
there's a louder sound coming from
		
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			the birds and the insects around
sunrise and around sunset, and
		
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			they are making tazbik to Allah
subhanho wa taala, the eyes when
		
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			we look at the beauty of the
things that Allah subhanahu wa has
		
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			created, Recognizing, again, the
greatness of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			our feet, our hands, our brain,
our everything that ALLAH SubhanA
		
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			wa Taala has given us when we use
it in the right way, it's going to
		
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			be an ally of us on the Day of
Judgment, and they're going to
		
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			testify on our behalf, whereas, on
the other hand, those who have put
		
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			these things.
		
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			Shaitan again, with his pledge to
Allah subhanahu wa taala that he's
		
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			going to try to deceive as many
people as possible. Is working,
		
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			over time to do that. So at the
time of Sayyidina nuhabi salatu
		
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			salaam, after Sayyidina, nuhabi na
Ali salatu wa salam passed away,
		
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			and there were a few of his
companions, the good believers who
		
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			were saved on that ark of
Sayyidina nuhabina, ali sarato
		
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			Salaam, that big ship that sailed
through the flood, and they were
		
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			saved to start a new humanity.
Some of these companions of
		
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			Sayyidina nuhabino, ali sarato
Salaam outlived him. They lived
		
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			after he passed away,
		
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			and
		
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			when they died, people said, Oh,
we lost this great companion of
		
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			Sayyidina, nuhabi and so on. So
what they did? So itan came to
		
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			them with a very sneaky idea. He
said, You know what? These are
		
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			pious people. These are great
people. Before you forget them,
		
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			you should make a statue for each
one of them.
		
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			And they made these statues. What
was where? Way abuth wanas, these
		
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			were good people, but
		
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			people made statues for them. The
first generation recognized that
		
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			these are the companions of
Sayyidina muhalabina Salaam. So
		
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			when they passed by these statues,
they used to show respect, maybe
		
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			bow their heads or nod in
appreciation for what they have
		
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			done.
		
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			The second generation came and
they have seen their fathers
		
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			showing respect and bowing their
heads and so on and so forth. They
		
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			didn't ask Who are these? Or the
fathers failed to convey to their
		
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			children who these are. The third
generation came and they found
		
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			their fathers showing respect to
these statues. They asked them,
		
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			Who are these? Why are you showing
that respect? Oh, we don't know.
		
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			We just found our fathers doing
that. So gradually, shaitan now
		
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			struck at the right time for him
for his evil, telling people, Oh,
		
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			these are deities. Haven't you
seen your fathers and your
		
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			forefathers showing respect to
them? So you should prostrate to
		
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			them. You should worship them. You
should send sacrifices to them,
		
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			and so on and so forth. And that
was the first introduction of idol
		
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			worshiping in Mecca. Al muqarama,
people who used to live in Mecca
		
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			whenever they traveled for their
trade, in summer and in winter, to
		
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			the north, to Hashem and to the
south, to Yemen May Allah subhana
		
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			wa Taala protect Hashem and
aliaman from the atrocities that
		
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			are going there right now. The
people of both countries are
		
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			suffering tremendously under
tyrannies and injustices. We ask
		
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			Allah subhana wa Taala to grant
them relief from the hardships
		
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			that they are facing right now.
		
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			So some of these travelers, they
used to say, oh, while we are on
		
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			that long journey to Hashem or to
a Yemen, we're gonna take with us
		
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			some stones from me to remind us
about the house of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa that we used to make tawaf
around and pray around and so on
		
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			again. With time, people that were
that were traveling, didn't
		
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			understand what's the value of
these stones. These stones were
		
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			only for a sentimental value to
remind them of back home. But
		
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			gradually, again, shaytan came and
told them, Well, this is from the
		
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			Holy Land. So these are holy rocks
that you should prostrate to them,
		
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			just like you used to miktaev
around the house of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa
		
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			and then the sad thing is that one
of these travelers would take with
		
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			him three stones.
		
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			And when they camp, they would
look at these three stones the
		
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			best one of them they would take
as a deity, as an idol, and the
		
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			remaining two, they would put them
to support their pots and pans
		
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			when they were cooking. It's just
a whichever one was the best
		
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			shaped or the best polished or
whatever. What kind of reason,
		
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			what kind of mentality is that
now, at the time of the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, there
was a man whose name was Rawi Ibn
		
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			Abdul Rawi. Ibn Abdul Rawi means
deceived. It's the opposite of
		
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			guided. Rashid is guided. Rawi is
someone who went astray. Abdu is
		
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			another one of these idols. So
this man, Rawi inapp wood, had an
		
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			idol that he used to worship,
		
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			and one day he was doing some of
his business, and he came back and
		
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			he found a very strange thief.
		
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			Scene, he found a fox, a small Fox
in the desert, urinating on his
		
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			idol.
		
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			So he said, Hmm, now I'm gonna
wait and see what kind of revenge
		
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			this idol, this deity, as he
called it, is going to inflict on
		
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			this miserable fox that dared to
urinate on the idol. And he kept
		
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			waiting and waiting and waiting
and nothing happened. And then he
		
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			came up to his senses, and he
said, Arab, Boon ya berasi, laka
		
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			Dell lemon bell at Abu, the
		
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			mere translation is, would it be a
god that or a deity that the Fox
		
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			would urinate on its head? Truly
the one on whose head the fox has
		
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			urinated is you? Is truly
inferior. They cannot be a god or
		
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			a deity. And he heard about the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam. So he went to the Prophet
salallahu alayhi wa sallam. He
		
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			migrated to Al Madin al Munawwara,
and he told the prophet sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam about this story.
And he said, ashadu Allah, ILAHA,
		
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			illallah wa shad Muhammad Al
Rasool, Allah, and rasulallah
		
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			changed his name from Rawi to
Rashid and from AB Ibn Abdul to
		
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			ibn Abdullah. So he became the
companion of the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
Rashid ibn Abdullah, instead of
		
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			being qawi Ibn Abdul, for the
simple reason that he used his
		
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			mind. He thought he was blind for
so long, and then finally, at the
		
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			moment of clarity, he saw the
truth. So he embraced that truth,
		
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			and Alhamdulillah, he was saved
for that. So Sayyidina, Ibrahim,
		
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			ala Nabi na Ali salat wa salam is
asking his father, how come you
		
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			are worshiping these idols? I do
not know who to worship, but it's
		
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			definitely not something that we
carved with our own hands. So
		
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			Sayyidina, Ibrahim, ala Nabi na
Adi saratosa, Lam embarked on his
		
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			own journey again at the night he
was look. He would look at the sky
		
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			and see a very bright star, maybe
the North Star, maybe another
		
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			distant planet or something. And
he looked at a very bright star,
		
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			and he said, This is my Lord. This
is high in the sky, so remote, so
		
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			supreme, so elevated, I am gonna
worship that star. And then by
		
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			dawn, when the darknesses, or the
darkness started to dissipate, and
		
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			light started coming to replace
it, he found that this star
		
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			started to fade until it
disappeared and could not be seen.
		
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			He said, No, that cannot be my
Lord.
		
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			Leo efilin, I don't like things
that fade away. That cannot be my
		
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			Lord.
		
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			The following day, or maybe
another week, he saw a full moon,
		
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			and then the full moon very bright
in the sky, fully filling the sky
		
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			with light. You could walk under
the light of that moon. And it's
		
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			so again, supreme in the sky, very
high in the sky, very prominent.
		
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			He said, This is my Lord, not the
one that faded. This is my Lord
		
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			again. By the morning, the moon
disappeared, and then the moon was
		
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			replaced by the sun. Now this is
it the sun, the warm, shiny, big,
		
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			that gives warmth, that gives
light, that gives this and that.
		
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			So he said, this has got to be my
Lord. And then by sunset, when he
		
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			saw that the sun again moving down
in the horizon and disappearing,
		
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			he said,
		
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			what Jack? What Jill, Ledi,
fatala, Samah, Hanif and wame and
		
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			namin,
		
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			he again connected the dots. It's
not the star, it's not the moon,
		
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			it's not the sun, but it is the
creator of the stars, the moon and
		
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			the sun. So he said, I am
directing my face to the one who
		
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			has created the heavens and the
earth, hanifan, worshiping Him,
		
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			subhanah wa taala, without any
partners or any associates, wame
		
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			and Amin al mushrik. I'm not gonna
be one of these idol worshipers
		
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			who worship things aside to Allah,
aside to Allah subhanahu, or in
		
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			addition to Allah subhana wa
taala, I'm gonna worship Allah
		
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			subhana wa Taala and ALLAH SubhanA
wa Taala alone.
		
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			Now what was the response of his
people when he came back to them
		
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			with this truth? They argued with
him.
		
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			They told him what happened to
you. We had great hopes in you. We
		
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			had you. Were you seem to be a
good young man growing up to be a
		
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			good man, what happened to you?
And he responded to them at junifi
		
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			Wakata, then are you?
		
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			Arguing with me about my lord
Subhanallah who has guided me.
		
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			And how can I associate with Allah
subhanahu wa and be comfortable
		
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			with that? And how are you how do
you feel safe when you associate
		
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			with Allah subhanahu wa? How do
you feel immune from the Wrath of
		
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			Allah subhana wa taala? That does
not make sense. Who should feel
		
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			safety
		
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			the ones who worship Allah
Subhanahu wa
		
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			tadun. These are the ones who
deserve the peace and the safety
		
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			from Allah subhanahu wa and these
are the ones who have been guided
		
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			by Allah subhanaw taala. Very
beautiful journey just again,
		
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			moments of sincerity, leading to
moments of clarity, leading to a
		
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			life of faith and sacrifice for
the sake of Allah subhanahu wa.
		
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			That's the beautiful example that
ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala gave, gives
		
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			when, how old was Sayyidina
Ibrahim, Alain Nabi na Ali Salat
		
00:36:05 --> 00:36:08
			was salam when he did, when he
went through this journey, he was
		
00:36:08 --> 00:36:13
			a teenager, because in other ayat,
we his people, when they found
		
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			their their idols were broken and
shattered by Sayyidina Ibrahim.
		
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			They said khalu Samir and fatten
yet Guru hulahu Ibrahim, we heard
		
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			about a young man, a teenager, who
was insulting and criticizing our
		
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			deities. And his name is Ibrahim.
So Allah subhanahu wa shows us
		
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			what is the clear consequence
again, of using that beautiful
		
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			gift that he, subhanAllah has
given us, which is our mind?
		
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			In Suratul and I am, we find a lot
of argument between the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and
the non believers. They used to
		
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			come with different allegations,
and Allah subhanahu wa instruct
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam how to respond to them. So
		
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			we find the word
		
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			Kul khul. Allah subhanahu wa is
teaching the Prophet salallahu
		
00:37:07 --> 00:37:12
			Alam, and of course, teaching us
how to respond to these false
		
00:37:12 --> 00:37:15
			allegations of the non believers,
these allegations that do not
		
00:37:15 --> 00:37:20
			really make sense. But still,
Allah subhanahu wa instructs the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu Alam to educate
them so that they would have no
		
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			excuse. And Allah subhanahu wa
tells the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			sallam, I know that you are
feeling sad for them, for the
		
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			rejection that you are facing from
them, but and they are not just
		
00:37:37 --> 00:37:43
			denying you faint. Dibunak walakin
Naval these
		
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			are not just denying you or
calling you a liar. They are
		
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			actually denying the powers of
Allah subhanahu wa and the signs
		
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			and the proofs that come from
Allah subhana wa Taala and ALLAH
		
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			SubhanA wa Taal tends to
prophesize Salam. The only way
		
00:38:00 --> 00:38:02
			forward is to stay the course,
		
00:38:03 --> 00:38:06
			because if that task is too big
for you,
		
00:38:07 --> 00:38:12
			you're not gonna find any other
way. So the only way is to stay
		
00:38:12 --> 00:38:17
			the course. Keep proceeding full
steam ahead. Keep insisting and
		
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			persisting on what you're doing.
You are on the right path. Let not
		
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			the objection, then, the
opposition that you're facing from
		
00:38:25 --> 00:38:29
			the enemies of Allah subhanahu wa,
let not that stop you from your
		
00:38:29 --> 00:38:34
			noble mission, which is guiding
all of the creation to Allah
		
00:38:36 --> 00:38:44
			subhanahu wa, subhana wa Taala
gives us two very beautiful hopes
		
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			about who Allah subhanahu wa is.
		
00:38:48 --> 00:38:52
			Allah subhanahu wa tells us, WA
rah Bukal Rahul dur, Rahman. Wa
		
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			rah Bukal, Aniyah du rahma, Allah
Fuhrman, Surat Al Kahf here. WA
		
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			rah buni Yu dur, Rahman and ALLAH
SubhanA wa Taala tells us about
		
00:39:03 --> 00:39:07
			the Mercy of Allah subhana wa
taala, kata Bara, buchama,
		
00:39:07 --> 00:39:12
			alafsihi Rahman. That's a
beautiful ayah. Again, like that
		
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			Bedouin, who was amazed by a Lord
who laughs. Again, we should be
		
00:39:17 --> 00:39:21
			amazed by the mercy of Allah
subhana wa taala, how Allah
		
00:39:21 --> 00:39:27
			subhanahu wa has prescribed upon
himself, subhanAllah, without any
		
00:39:27 --> 00:39:33
			compulsion, has prescribed upon
himself mercy, as he Subhana wa
		
00:39:33 --> 00:39:37
			Taala says in the Hadith qudsi
related by the prophet, or the
		
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			meaning of which was related by
the prophesied Salam, that his
		
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			mercy precedes His wrath. The
Mercy of Allah, subhana wa Taala
		
00:39:46 --> 00:39:53
			precedes His wrath. If it were the
opposite, that the wrath precedes
		
00:39:53 --> 00:39:58
			the mercy. No one, no one, would
have lived on the face of this
		
00:39:58 --> 00:39:59
			earth, because every.
		
00:40:00 --> 00:40:04
			An accountable creature at a
certain point in time or another
		
00:40:05 --> 00:40:08
			has sinned against Allah subhanho
wa taala, with the exception of
		
00:40:08 --> 00:40:11
			the messenger Salma Ali wasallam,
but every other creature has
		
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			sinned against Allah Subhana. So
if ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala were to
		
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			rush the punishment before His
mercy, subhanAllah,
		
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			no living creature would have
lived on the face of this earth.
		
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			Allah, subhana wa Taala tells us,
in another Surah against Surah Al
		
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			Arab that will Ghana discuss next
time, inshallah wa rahmathi, usyat
		
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			kulasha that My Mercy has
encompassed everything. Has
		
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			covered everything. So nothing
that we do is greater than the
		
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			Mercy of Allah subhana wa taala.
We know that Allah subhana wa
		
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			taala, with his generosity and His
mercy, does not immediately record
		
00:40:53 --> 00:40:57
			our sins. Allah subhanaw taala,
whenever we commit a sin, Allah
		
00:40:57 --> 00:41:01
			subhanahu wa tell the angels, give
him or give her some time to
		
00:41:01 --> 00:41:05
			reconsider. Maybe they're gonna
wake up to their senses. Maybe
		
00:41:05 --> 00:41:09
			they're gonna recognize what they
have done, and if they do and if
		
00:41:09 --> 00:41:13
			they repent, nothing is recorded
the deed, actually the repentance
		
00:41:13 --> 00:41:17
			would be recorded, but not the sin
itself. So it would be a reward
		
00:41:17 --> 00:41:18
			from Allah subhanahu wa, and
		
00:41:19 --> 00:41:25
			that's why Allah subhanahu wa
describes those pious servants not
		
00:41:25 --> 00:41:28
			as the ones who do not sin,
because, again, humans are
		
00:41:28 --> 00:41:34
			sinners, as rasulallah says in the
meaning of the Hadith, kubni,
		
00:41:35 --> 00:41:39
			abhoy Ul Haq ta inita wabuun, all
the sons of Adam are sinners by
		
00:41:39 --> 00:41:43
			default, but the best sinners
serial sinners are the serial
		
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			repenters. Whenever they sin, they
repent. Whenever they sin, they
		
00:41:47 --> 00:41:51
			repent. In another beautiful
Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu,
		
00:41:51 --> 00:41:51
			alayhi wa sallam,
		
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			person has sinned, and then he
woke up to his senses, and he
		
00:41:56 --> 00:42:02
			said, Allah made me anatomy. Wa
Allah Munna, Lee Rabban, ya bedam,
		
00:42:02 --> 00:42:08
			yafirouddam bawadu, bedam fali
Arab. O Allah, I have committed
		
00:42:08 --> 00:42:12
			the sin, and I know that I have a
Lord who can forgive the sin if He
		
00:42:12 --> 00:42:16
			wills, and who can held hold
accountable for the sin if He
		
00:42:16 --> 00:42:20
			wills. O Allah, I'm asking you to
forgive me, and ALLAH SubhanA wa
		
00:42:20 --> 00:42:26
			Taala forgives him. Then moments
later, that same servant commits
		
00:42:26 --> 00:42:30
			another sin, but again he wakes
up, he or she wakes up to their
		
00:42:30 --> 00:42:34
			senses, and they say the same
thing, Allah made me anato them,
		
00:42:34 --> 00:42:39
			Ben wa ala, Moana with them,
feltfully Arab and Allah,
		
00:42:39 --> 00:42:44
			Subhanahu wa taala, again, will
forgive them, maybe moments later
		
00:42:44 --> 00:42:47
			or hours later within within the
same day, they would commit
		
00:42:47 --> 00:42:51
			another sin, but again, they would
wake up to their senses and repeat
		
00:42:51 --> 00:42:56
			that same dua one more time. And
Allah subhanahu wa would tell the
		
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			angels
		
00:42:57 --> 00:43:02
			as nabab de themban taalimah And
Allah wa yahu
		
00:43:09 --> 00:43:15
			This is a servant of mine who has
sinned time and time again and a
		
00:43:15 --> 00:43:20
			third time, but each time he
recognizes that he or she has a
		
00:43:20 --> 00:43:24
			Lord who can hold accountable for
the sin, or who can forgive the
		
00:43:24 --> 00:43:29
			sin. O, my angels testify that I
have forgiven that servant.
		
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			So this is the Mercy of Allah
subhanahu wa that we are hoping
		
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			for. Allah subhanahu wa tells us
in another Surah, also surat al
		
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			araf, we're talking about Surah Al
araf prematurely, about the pious
		
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			ones. Again, that's what, what I
was trying to say initially, the
		
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			pious ones are not the ones who do
not sin, but the pious ones are
		
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			the ones who, when they sin, they
do not keep in that slumber for
		
00:43:55 --> 00:43:58
			too long. It's sort of dozing off,
and then they wake up to their
		
00:43:58 --> 00:44:04
			senses in a messy who
		
00:44:06 --> 00:44:10
			are mindful of Allah subhanahu wa
when they are touched by
		
00:44:12 --> 00:44:17
			a touch or a glimpse of the devil,
an effect of the devil, when it
		
00:44:17 --> 00:44:21
			happens to them And when they
forget, they immediately remember
		
00:44:21 --> 00:44:26
			Tada Kahu, and when they remember,
their vision gets back to them.
		
00:44:26 --> 00:44:29
			They have been blind when they
committed their sin, but when they
		
00:44:29 --> 00:44:33
			repent, their vision comes back to
them. Faye dahum of sirun, and
		
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			that's what Allah subhanahu wa
wants us to be. Inshallah,
		
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			tomorrow, we're going to continue
with surat al Annam, especially
		
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			the last part of Surat al an,
which again, has a passage that's
		
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			one of the most beautiful
commandments of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa, to His servants. And again,
I'm urging my brothers and sisters
		
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			whenever we read the ayat of Surat
al an, let's listen to the
		
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			commandments of Allah subhanahu
wa, let's listen to the.
		
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			Instructions from Allah subhanaw
taala, and when we read an ayah,
		
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			let's look where does this fall?
Is it one of the group of ayat
		
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			that are talking about the
magnificence and the greatness of
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala, so that we
worship Allah subhanahu wa on a
		
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			clear vision. Is it one of the
ayat that is talking about the
		
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			journey of the battle between
truth and falsehood? Is it one of
		
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			the group of ayat that are talking
about the provisions that we
		
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			should take with us, the do's and
the don'ts? Is it one of the group
		
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			of ayat that are talking about the
final abode paradise for the for
		
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			the pious servants of Allah
subhana wa Taala and the Hellfire
		
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			for the those who reject Allah
subhanahu? And let's try to again,
		
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			connect the dots and see the big
picture. See the beauty of the
		
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			creation of Allah subhanahu wa and
the beauty of the message of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa in the Quran. I'm
also going to invite my brothers
		
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			and sisters, as I did yesterday,
to please give me some feedback.
		
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			Give me some response to what you
are hearing or what you're
		
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			watching, and if you have a
question or if you have a certain
		
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			comment, please share it with me,
and so that we can learn together,
		
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			we can grow together. Inshallah,
so until tomorrow, Inshallah,
		
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			Asmaa, Allah.