Kamil Ahmad – Parables of the Quran – Parable #17 – The Believers vs. The Disbelievers 2

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The transcript describes a comparison between two sets of people, one of whom is in distress and on the road, and the other in distress and on the road. The comparison refers to the two people, one of whom is the blind and deaf, and the other one is the blind and deaf. The speakers explain that the comparison refers to the two people and their closest contacts.

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			wanna
		
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			share? You bought a new Raji
		
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			method with a very clean eater while
		
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			he was semi healthy, yes, we
		
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			have
		
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			that
		
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			smilla rahmanir rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was Salam at a man, Allah, Allah.
Allah, Allah.
		
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			Allah Allah. He was a busy woman da da da was standing there, the sooner he niomi Dean along
aluminum is gonna be my antenna. President I probably should be surgery. We're certainly Emory.
Odetta. melissani Kohli, another ad that I'm running Come on warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.
		
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			Moving on to the next terrible that we have before us.
		
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			This is
		
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			a method, a comparison that Allah Subhana Allah makes
		
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			in Surah
		
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			Surah.
		
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			And so here in solitude,
		
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			verse number 24, the last kind of who with the either compares the two camps,
		
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			the two camps of the believers, the disbelievers.
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala says your meta illusory or unique,
		
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			will assume one industry or semi.
		
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			The example of the two parties is like the blind and the Deaf, one hand and the seeing hearing on
the other. And so we are limited to the two or the two equal in comparison
		
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			to that rule, then will you not be Will you not be mindful?
		
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			Prior to this verse in solitude,
		
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			we're to look at the context of this comparison that Allah gives us here in verse number 24.
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Donna
		
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			walkabout inland,
		
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			the descriptions many different characteristics and descriptions of the coupon
		
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			and then Allah subhanahu wa sallam in in one of their descriptions of loss of habitat. He said, Man,
we are stuck here in a seminar. One of
		
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			these disbelievers
		
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			they failed to hear or see.
		
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			They could not hear nor could they see meaning the truth.
		
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			They could not hear nor did they see the fruits. So this is one of the descriptions that Allah
mentions here, about the Kufa that is
		
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			then Allah subhanho wa Taala after mentioning all Domini is far
		
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			after all of that alone mentions one is concerning the belief.
		
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			That is the idea right before right before the philosopher who says regarding the believers in
alladhina amanu Welcome euro solly had
		
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			to eat out of
		
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			Indeed, those who believed and did purchase pretty and they humbled those who their Lord
		
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			and they humble themselves.
		
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			Then after that Allah mentions this.
		
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			Though it says if I was the one who attended
		
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			Boca Boca for telling us you know who the disbelievers are, and then in one iota tells us who the
believers are
		
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			at the very end to conclude the matter to summarize
		
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			the comparison between these two camps, Allah subhanahu wa tada says, method will be unique as well
awesome.
		
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			What about
		
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			law says sample dear example
		
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			Example of the disbelievers. And the example of the believer
		
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			is like
		
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			the blind, the Deaf, eating the disbelievers.
		
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			And
		
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			the one who can see perfectly here perfectly the believer.
		
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			And so Allah subhanho wa Taala compares the disbelievers to someone who is blind and deaf.
		
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			Someone who is blind and deaf.
		
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			Why? Because their eye
		
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			and also their hearts
		
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			are blinded from the truth.
		
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			And your ears are deaf from hearing.
		
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			So just like a blind and a deaf person,
		
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			blind and a deaf person.
		
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			What would be his fate in this like?
		
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			Someone who cannot see anything but not hearing?
		
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			How would he be able to live in this world?
		
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			wherever he goes, he would be lost. You will be confused. Not knowing where to go. Why? Because
		
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			he can't hear.
		
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			Sometimes he'll go and hit a wall. Other times he'll tripped over a stone or rock.
		
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			He's always in a state of confusion in dark.
		
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			Likewise, is the state of the far
		
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			the disbelief.
		
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			The disbelievers who have rejected
		
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			the disbelievers who are stubborn on their wings.
		
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			not want
		
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			your seat is
		
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			wandering around in his life and few in darkness.
		
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			And these are
		
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			the praise Allah subhanho wa Taala Mencius
		
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			turning a disbeliever
		
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			that they are blind, they are deaf. Boone Bookman, neuroimmune, for whom, la your god
		
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			that they are blind, they are deaf or dumb, they will not turn
		
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			the homeless,
		
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			they cannot see
		
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			the homeless and they cannot
		
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			stand.
		
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			And Allah subhanho wa Taala also tells us about the bar that they are living in
		
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			one or the other.
		
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			So this is the state of the dispute.
		
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			Method a little tiny, L and L are some
		
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			law says the example of the two parties is party a bar. They are like
		
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			one who is debt, one who is blind and one was dead.
		
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			How about the believer?
		
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			Well don't care.
		
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			And to be party be the believers? What is their example? Their example will last as is like one who
can see here perfect. the complete opposite of the other party.
		
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			And so it was kind of huhtala compares the believers to one who can see and hear why. Because their
eyes and also their hearts.
		
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			He's a true
		
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			in recognize,
		
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			and their ears can hear the truth,
		
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			then except
		
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			that's the only difference.
		
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			Too far is that they have not heard the message of spam, or they have not heard the or an or that he
cannot recognize the truth for what it is.
		
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			They know the truth. For those who, you know, Islam has been presented to them clearly with its
evidences.
		
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			The problem is that they can the problem is not that they don't recognize the truth but a lack of
		
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			a lack of acceptance.
		
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			And that's why it was so hard and who therefore tells us the reality is that they can't see nor can
they hear or can they recognize the truth
		
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			is if they could hear it, if they could see it. If they could recognize it, then they would have
submitted they would have accepted it.
		
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			That is the case of the believer. He sees that. He recognizes it. He hears it submitted
		
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			With
		
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			just like a person in this world who
		
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			can hear perfect,
		
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			without any defect in his Faculty of
		
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			hearing,
		
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			what is his state in this dunya
		
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			function with the proper human being?
		
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			Ever he goes,
		
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			he is bringing benefits of why, because of this blessing of being able to see and hear.
		
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			And he's able to stay away from that which will harm him.
		
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			He's not like the Deaf, and the blind. wherever he goes, he's in a problem. He's confused, he
doesn't know where to go. He's tripping over things. He's hitting interesting.
		
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			And then after that was kind of hotel rooms the idea
		
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			by negating any quality between these two parties, between these two camps
		
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			or these
		
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			are the equal
		
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			and they be compared to one another. Can we say that camp a is just like me? So we animus Allah?
		
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			Can the one who is blind?
		
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			Can he be compared to the one who can see perfectly?
		
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			And the one who could end up can the deaf person be compared to the one
		
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			who can hear perfectly?
		
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			This is a rhetorical question the answer is obviously no. cannot be compared.
		
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			Then or concludes,
		
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			then will you not
		
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			be mindful? Will you not
		
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			give heed?
		
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			These are reminders for people who will be keyed
		
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			into Allah subhanho wa Taala gives us this
		
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			comparison between the two paths, the believers and the display
		
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			and a loss of Hannah who went to Allah 1400 years have
		
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			made the comparison or made the difference between the two year
		
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			we're
		
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			in such a yet
		
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			that will be receded until the day of just
		
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			even though today we have people
		
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			who
		
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			want to say that no.
		
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			We're equal.
		
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			These two parties, these two camps are equal.
		
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			Let us come
		
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			and agree on common ground.
		
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			Let us forget about our difference.
		
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			In the end, we are human beings. And there should be no
		
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			difference between us on the lines of faith,
		
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			the lines of religion.
		
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			You have so many people today who are calling for them. Unfortunately Muslim,
		
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			we're calling for such ID.
		
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			And so among the lessons that we learn from this comparison, was kind of a mix here
		
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			is first of all,
		
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			that Allah subhanho wa Taala refers to the believers as those who can see and hear
		
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			even if the believer is actually blind and deaf in reality.
		
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			And so real blindness
		
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			real blindness and real death
		
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			is not the physical blindness definitely
		
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			the real blindness, real death
		
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			is
		
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			blindness and the deafness of those
		
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			either hearing, thereby accent and that's why we have many Muslims who may be blind
		
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			cannot see or they may be deaf here. But yes, your Eman is stronger than many Muslims who can see
perfectly and here
		
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			And so it was Hannah who with data refers to the believers, as those who can see, you can hear.
		
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			Imagine a blind person, a blind Muslim, or a deaf Muslim was to come across this area.
		
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			How do you make a deal that was referring to me? In someone who thinks
		
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			you're perfect?
		
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			Why? Because
		
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			he sees the truth, and he hears the truth.
		
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			So this is because they follow the truth, regardless of how they received the truth.
		
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			And so if they were blind, maybe they could not read the Quran.
		
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			But perhaps they heard it, their ears heard the message and they accept
		
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			or they are deaf
		
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			here, but they could dream up, they read something about the
		
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			so it doesn't matter how the message reach them.
		
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			What matters is when the message reach them,
		
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			how do they react
		
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			with the
		
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			odd region.
		
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			And so on the other hand, the disbelievers a lot referred to them as blind and deaf, even if,
		
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			even if these disbelievers can see perfectly in here,
		
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			because
		
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			they did not benefit from these factors of hearing, and seeing when the truth came to them. And so,
it was through these faculties of sight and hearing
		
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			that they were
		
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			that they rejected. That's why I was a fan of who first of them as the blind and
		
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			the second lesson that we learned from this method is comparison is
		
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			the fact that
		
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			the call to
		
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			peacefully coexist
		
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			this Paul,
		
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			for religious pluralism
		
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			that let us all unite irrespective of our religious differences, our beliefs,
		
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			let us all unite gettable our differences,
		
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			this call
		
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			runs contrary to what Allah has revealed in the crowd.
		
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			And so, such all these new files
		
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			because clashes between
		
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			or because
		
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			this is this clash between a man and Kufa
		
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			is a clash that is real.
		
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			It is a class that is real.
		
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			Not because I said or so and so smaller said no. There's a lesson of who tada
		
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			actually in the
		
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			end, so
		
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			it started 1400 years ago, it started before that. But
		
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			it became set in stone 1400 years ago, when it was revealed
		
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			and it will continue to be recited.
		
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			And so for example, a lot revealed in the Quran
		
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			in surah, zero
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala addresses the kuffaar hufa
		
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			curfew.
		
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			Now I will do my taboo.
		
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			When were these verses revealed to the Prophet Allahu Allah,
		
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			they will reveal to him at a time when
		
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			the Missouri School Board
		
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			asked him optimize on his beliefs.
		
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			He said let us unite.
		
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			Let us forget about these differences.
		
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			We will compromise and you also compromise
		
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			let us agree
		
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			that
		
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			we will forget about our gods our idols for one year and worship your God. And you Oh Mohammed, do
the same
		
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			except our God for one
		
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			and so it was
		
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			With in this court
		
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			these
		
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			two will reveal to the law
		
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			will allow me to clear
		
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			that that which I worship is not the same as
		
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			that which I worship
		
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			is not the same as love to worship that which new worship is not the same as that which I worship,
nor will it ever be the ultimate loser surah saying, Let de nukem Walia de for you is your religion,
he is mine. Now there are people today, who will dump on this verse.
		
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			Look,
		
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			Your Honor, who is saying, leave the bar, let them you know, let them worship whatever they want
boss God.
		
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			And we also
		
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			only worship Allah we, you know, this way we can peacefully coexist.
		
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			And then use this verse
		
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			they use they try to use it.
		
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			For and for a for a purpose. that runs completely contrary, the purpose behind why Allah revealed.
		
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			So think about
		
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			this, this verse and this tour was actually reveal
		
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			the purpose of revealing the purpose why Allah set these down,
		
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			was
		
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			make the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam this associate himself from shift, and we should
		
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			not bring them closer, not
		
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			to
		
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			compromise with them, and to accept them be accepting of them, no
		
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			disassociated from shift and it's
		
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			not for the sake of religious pluralism, not for the sake of
		
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			unity of the religions and bringing us closer together.
		
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			And so these are Yahoo revealed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in Makkah.
		
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			He revealed
		
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			then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam migrated to Medina.
		
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			Then, for many years, he returned the mecca
		
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			offering Mecca
		
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			entering the Kaaba
		
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			was
		
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			not seeing to the Muslim moon,
		
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			that you have your religion continue worshiping your idols, we have our religion
		
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			you know, yes, we have the upper hand now. Therefore,
		
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			let us peacefully coexist.
		
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			He returned to me
		
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			entering the caliber and destroying the hundreds of idols that were
		
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			destroying the hundreds of the idols that were in it.
		
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			And so,
		
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			in this comparison that Allah gives us in here's what
		
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			we learn, that
		
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			camps
		
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			are two separate
		
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			they are two separate camps. And never can a believer be compared with
		
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			in the sight of a loss of owner who is the harlot.
		
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			They are two opposites.
		
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			That can never be considered as being
		
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			in the sight of Allah subhanho wa Taala they can never be considered Ian.
		
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			So we animus data
		
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			are the equal and they be considered as being equal? Or for question. Answer of which is not