Ihab Saad – Day 7 Al Anaam

Ihab Saad
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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

00:31:01 --> 00:31:04

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

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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

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Alam, and of course, teaching us how to respond to these false

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allegations of the non believers, these allegations that do not

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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

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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

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forward is to stay the course,

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because if that task is too big for you,

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you're not gonna find any other way. So the only way is to stay

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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

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the enemies of Allah subhanahu wa, let not that stop you from your

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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.

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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

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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

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amazed by the mercy of Allah subhana wa taala, how Allah

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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

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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

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earth, because every.

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An accountable creature at a certain point in time or another

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has sinned against Allah subhanho wa taala, with the exception of

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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

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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

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they're gonna recognize what they have done, and if they do and if

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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

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from Allah subhanahu wa, and

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that's why Allah subhanahu wa describes those pious servants not

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as the ones who do not sin, because, again, humans are

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sinners, as rasulallah says in the meaning of the Hadith, kubni,

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abhoy Ul Haq ta inita wabuun, all the sons of Adam are sinners by

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default, but the best sinners serial sinners are the serial

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repenters. Whenever they sin, they repent. Whenever they sin, they

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repent. In another beautiful Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu,

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alayhi wa sallam,

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person has sinned, and then he woke up to his senses, and he

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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

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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

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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

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another sin, but again, they would wake up to their senses and repeat

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that same dua one more time. And Allah subhanahu wa would tell the

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angels

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as nabab de themban taalimah And Allah wa yahu

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This is a servant of mine who has sinned time and time again and a

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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.

00:43:30 --> 00:43:33

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

00:43:46 --> 00:43:50

pious ones are not the ones who do not sin, but the pious ones are

00:43:50 --> 00:43:55

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

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are mindful of Allah subhanahu wa when they are touched by

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a touch or a glimpse of the devil, an effect of the devil, when it

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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

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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

00:44:42 --> 00:44:46

the last part of Surat al an, which again, has a passage that's

00:44:46 --> 00:44:49

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

00:44:53 --> 00:44:57

whenever we read the ayat of Surat al an, let's listen to the

00:44:57 --> 00:44:59

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

00:45:06 --> 00:45:08

that are talking about the magnificence and the greatness of

00:45:08 --> 00:45:12

Allah subhanaw taala, so that we worship Allah subhanahu wa on a

00:45:12 --> 00:45:16

clear vision. Is it one of the ayat that is talking about the

00:45:16 --> 00:45:21

journey of the battle between truth and falsehood? Is it one of

00:45:21 --> 00:45:24

the group of ayat that are talking about the provisions that we

00:45:24 --> 00:45:28

should take with us, the do's and the don'ts? Is it one of the group

00:45:28 --> 00:45:32

of ayat that are talking about the final abode paradise for the for

00:45:32 --> 00:45:35

the pious servants of Allah subhana wa Taala and the Hellfire

00:45:35 --> 00:45:40

for the those who reject Allah subhanahu? And let's try to again,

00:45:40 --> 00:45:45

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

00:45:49 --> 00:45:53

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.

00:45:57 --> 00:46:01

Give me some response to what you are hearing or what you're

00:46:01 --> 00:46:05

watching, and if you have a question or if you have a certain

00:46:05 --> 00:46:10

comment, please share it with me, and so that we can learn together,

00:46:10 --> 00:46:14

we can grow together. Inshallah, so until tomorrow, Inshallah,

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Asmaa, Allah.

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