Ismail Londt – For those who led Tarwh. Final note Ramadn 1445. Normalcy and needs.

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			Bismillah, assalamu. Alaikum. A
		

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			final note for this beautiful
month of Ramadan, for all those
		

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			who were leading tarawih
		

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			normalcy and needs, it is normal
and expected that some amongst us
		

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			may feel a bit disoriented and
lost we were intensely preoccupied
		

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			with preparation for the taraweeh
every night, and we did so for
		

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			four weeks. We got used to what
was expected, and we got into a
		

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			routine, and now it all came to an
abrupt end and stop and halt. So
		

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			we have to be productive, use our
time correctly and not go to that
		

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			which is the easiest and
accessible and then waste our
		

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			time.
		

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			We need to do certain things. And
there are five needs that I would
		

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			love to suggest. Firstly, we need
to show gratitude. Alhamdulillah
		

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			is the least we can say from the
bottom of our hearts to thank
		

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			Allah subhana wa Taala for having
afforded us the opportunities he
		

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			has, and having enabled us to see
the responsibility through to its
		

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			end.
		

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			So alhamdulillah with every prayer
before and after and as much as we
		

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			can.
		

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			And then afill Allah seeking
Allah's forgiveness for any
		

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			discrepancies, for any shift in
our intentions and for any
		

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			shortcomings keeping us in our
places working towards humility,
		

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			for it is not us. It is only
through him, Jala jalalu, that we
		

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			found ourselves doing what we did
and able to do it in the manners
		

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			in which we were enabled to
		

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			and then number three, the third
need, would be praying for
		

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			acceptance, obviously, because it
would be sad if, after all the
		

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			anxiety and effort and
		

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			strife
		

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			and concerns, it would be sad if,
after all that we went through, we
		

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			were not eligible for acceptance.
So we pray for eligibility for
		

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			acceptance,
		

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			for all the efforts and for what
was rendered in the in the in the
		

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			Salah. And
		

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			then number four,
		

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			it was a lot on our minds, a lot
on our emotions, a lot on our
		

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			bodies. We need some time out. You
need to find a way to relax, just
		

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			clear your mind, just settle your
emotions, and just give your body
		

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			some rest. Go for a walk. Do some
grounding or earthing. That is
		

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			where you
		

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			stand a walk bare feet on some
naked Earth
		

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			find some way just to
		

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			calm down and reconnect with
yourself. Because it was a lot on
		

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			your on your being. It was a lot
on your mind, your emotions and
		

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			your body,
		

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			and hopefully, on your spirit, on
your roar, there was some
		

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			elevation and growth and
illumination. But you need some
		

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			time out.
		

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			And then lastly, the fifth need,
is to make a a an intention,
		

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			to continue to spending some
quality time with the Quran,
		

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			learning from any errors we may
have made and any lessons we may
		

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			have acquired along the way, so
that we can do better. If Allah
		

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			affords us another Ramadan ahead,
and may he afford us many more
		

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			ramadans, amen only those who have
led can understand what is
		

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			required. So I pray for you all,
		

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			and your efforts are appreciated
by your communities.
		

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			May Allah take you from strength
to strength. Take us all from
		

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			strength to strength. Everything
we experience affects us, and this
		

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			experience of leading to our way
is no different. We cannot explain
		

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			it or share it with anyone
		

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			in words. It has to be
experienced, and it is noted by
		

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			Allah subhanaw wa Taala made count
heavily on the scales in the
		

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			akhirah, and may Allah count us
all amongst thee through
		

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			companions of His Word, those
worthy of His intercession in the
		

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			year after Amin. And there's
always room for improvement. So
		

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			stick with it one day at a time,
recite by a colleague, recited by
		

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			your teachers. Listen back to your
own recordings to see where you
		

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			could have improved, for if
anything deserves the best of our
		

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			efforts at enhancement and
refinement, it will be the book of
		

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			Allah.
		

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			Keep well and have a beautiful
read. Was Salaam Alaikum Mohammed
		

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			Allah Abu.