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The Kalima of At-Tawheed is a fruit of good deeds and is a fruit of strongare, meaning it is a fruit of good deeds and strongare. It is a fruit of firm foundation and belief in actions and actions with the body. It is a deden of reforming one's values and beliefs, and is a deden of reforming their deeds. The deden of reforming one's values and beliefs is a deden of reforming one's values and beliefs.

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			In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious,
		
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			the Most Merciful.
		
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			And where does that originate from?
		
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			From the heart, right?
		
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			And so that's what Allah mentions here.
		
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			He compares the Iman being firm in the
		
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			heart to the tree being firmly rooted in
		
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			the ground.
		
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			Allah says, this tree, its roots are firm
		
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			in the ground.
		
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			That is the Iman that is firm in
		
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			the heart of the believer.
		
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			But there's something important to understand here.
		
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			Who benefits from the Kalima of the Tawheed?
		
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			The one who just says it?
		
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			No.
		
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			Many Muslims, they say the Shahada, but perhaps
		
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			they don't even know what it means.
		
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			Many Muslims, they say the Shahada, but their
		
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			actions go against it.
		
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			Right?
		
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			They may not be fulfilling the conditions.
		
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			There are conditions that make your testimony of
		
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			Tawheed to be valid.
		
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			And so we have to understand the meaning
		
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			of this Kalima, and its reality, and its
		
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			conditions.
		
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			And then act according to it.
		
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			With our heart, and our tongue, and our
		
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			actions.
		
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			And that's why Allah says, about this Kalima
		
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			of the Tawheed, that it is firm in
		
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			the heart.
		
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			It's not just set on the tongue, but
		
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			it's firm in the heart.
		
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			And then, Allah compares these good deeds that
		
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			we do, that result from the Iman, the
		
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			good deeds that we do.
		
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			Allah compares them, or compares them being accepted
		
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			by Allah.
		
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			He compares that to what?
		
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			To the branches going up in the sky.
		
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			The branches of the tree.
		
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			وَفَرَّعُهَا فِى السَّمَاءِ This tree, its roots are
		
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			deep in the ground, and its branches are
		
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			stretched out in the sky.
		
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			Right?
		
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			That indicates that the good deeds are being
		
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			accepted by Allah, going upwards.
		
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			Allah tells us that our deeds go up
		
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			to Him.
		
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			إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ الْكَلِيمُ الطَيِّبُ وَالْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ يَرْفَعُ That,
		
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			to Allah ascends good deeds, and good words.
		
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			الْكَلِيمُ الطَيِّبُ, good words go up to Allah,
		
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			and the good deeds, they raise them up
		
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			to Allah.
		
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			The good deeds that we do, raise these
		
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			good words up to Allah.
		
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			So, that is why Allah says that the
		
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			branches are sticking up in the sky.
		
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			Meaning, your good deeds that you do are
		
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			going up to Allah, being accepted.
		
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			And finally, what does Allah say at the
		
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			very end?
		
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			تُؤْتِي أُكُو لَهَا كُلَّ حِيْنٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا This
		
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			tree, it's always producing fruits.
		
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			At all times.
		
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			A good tree, gives you good fruits at
		
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			all times.
		
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			And that, is basically the believer, constantly doing
		
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			good deeds.
		
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			The believer constantly doing good deeds.
		
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			And so, as long as Iman is strong
		
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			in the heart, then a person is going
		
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			to constantly be doing good deeds.
		
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			It's like an automatic reflex.
		
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			You won't find anyone who has strong Iman
		
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			and he's not doing good deeds.
		
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			It just doesn't work that way.
		
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			If the Iman is strong in the heart,
		
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			then it's going to result in good deeds.
		
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			And so, strong Iman, it drives you to
		
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			do good deeds, and doesn't allow you to
		
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			remain idle.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And that explains weak Iman.
		
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			Right?
		
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			A person who is suffering from weak Iman,
		
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			you find him to be idle.
		
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			Not doing good deeds.
		
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			And so, Iman goes up and down.
		
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			It goes up with good deeds, and it
		
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			goes down with, without doing good deeds.
		
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			And committing sins.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And so, this is the parable of the
		
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			foundation of the believer, his Iman.
		
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			His foundation.
		
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			And the Prophet ﷺ mentioned that, you know,
		
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			this tree is like the date palm tree.
		
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			And we find the resemblance here.
		
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			The date palm tree is one of the
		
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			firmest in the ground.
		
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			You know, even in strong winds, it doesn't
		
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			shake.
		
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			It doesn't, you know, fall down.
		
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			Its roots are firmly rooted in the ground.
		
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			And its branches, you see, are sticking out.
		
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			Right?
		
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			In the sky.
		
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			And, it's constantly providing dates throughout the year.
		
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			As opposed to other trees that they have
		
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			their seasons.
		
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			Right?
		
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			With date palm trees, yes, dates have a
		
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			season when they become fully ripe.
		
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			But, you can also eat them before that.
		
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			Right?
		
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			You have different kinds of dates.
		
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			Some that are hard, some that are soft.
		
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			Right?
		
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			That's because of the time that they were
		
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			taken off the tree.
		
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			But otherwise, it's providing for you throughout the
		
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			year.
		
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			Others say, that even if you take it
		
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			off at one time of the year, you
		
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			store it.
		
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			You store these dates, and they last you
		
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			throughout the year.
		
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			Alright.
		
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			So, let's mention some lessons of this parable,
		
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			and then we'll go through the next parable.
		
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			Which is the opposite of this.
		
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			So, first of all, we see the importance
		
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			of the Kalima of At-Tawheed.
		
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			And its role in keeping one steadfast.
		
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			Tawheed, and learning what Tawheed is, is not
		
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			mere book knowledge.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Book knowledge of Tawheed and Iman, it doesn't
		
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			benefit a person.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Just having information, and knowledge of who Allah
		
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			is, is worth nothing, unless this knowledge penetrates
		
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			your heart, and it becomes firm in your
		
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			heart, and then that is going to produce
		
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			action.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And, that is what keeps you firm and
		
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			steadfast.
		
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			Whereas people who may have knowledge of Tawheed,
		
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			but that Iman is not firm in their
		
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			heart, they'll easily slip.
		
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			You can have all the knowledge of Allah
		
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			in the world, but if it's not firm
		
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			in your heart, you'll easily slip.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Into the world of shubuhat and shahawat.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And that's why there are some non-Muslims
		
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			who know about Allah more than some Muslims.
		
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			But does that benefit them?
		
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			No.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Number two, just like a date palm tree
		
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			remains firm and steadfast in the fiercest of
		
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			storms, likewise the believer, he remains firm even
		
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			in the storms of shahawat and shubuhat.
		
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			Even if the fitna is extremely strong, Right?
		
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			You'll be able to stand firm.
		
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			Who can give me an example of that?
		
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			Okay, Ibrahim, how?
		
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			In the fire, even though they threw him
		
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			into the fire, yes.
		
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			So that's an example of staying firm against
		
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			the fitna of shubuhat.
		
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			Now give me an example of the fitna
		
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			of shahawat.
		
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			Yes, Yusuf alayhi salam.
		
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			Young.
		
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			You know, in the palace of the king.
		
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			And he's not going to the woman, but
		
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			she's coming after him.
		
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			And he's young.
		
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			And everything is there for him to fall
		
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			for.
		
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			But, you know, his iman is what kept
		
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			him strong.
		
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			He said, I would rather prefer prison over
		
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			this.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So this shows us that this iman, it
		
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			keeps you firm just like a tree.
		
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			A strong tree.
		
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			In the fiercest of storms.
		
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			It's going to remain standing.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because its roots are firm in the ground.
		
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			And for the believer, his iman is strong
		
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			in his heart.
		
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			On the other hand, one whose iman is
		
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			light, then even a small amount of
		
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			fitna is going to cause him to fall.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Right?
		
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			Just like a tree that doesn't have a
		
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			strong foundation.
		
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			If a wind comes, it'll blow it down.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And so how many of us today, you
		
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			know, we fall for shubuhat and shahawat.
		
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			And, you know, they're small compared to what
		
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			Yusuf, for example, alayhi salam, had to go
		
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			through, or Ibrahim alayhi salam.
		
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			Right?
		
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			All of this shows us that, you know,
		
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			the believer is like the date palm tree.
		
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			Right?
		
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			His roots are firm in the ground.
		
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			And so he'll be able to stand in
		
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			even the fiercest of storms.
		
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			Finally, we learn from this that iman is
		
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			not just faith in the heart, not just
		
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			belief, but also it includes actions.
		
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			The word iman, it includes amal.
		
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			It includes amal.
		
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			It's not just belief with the heart.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So it's belief with the heart, a statement
		
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			with the tongue, and actions.
		
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			So you praying is part of your iman.
		
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			Right?
		
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			You giving is a part of iman.
		
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			And that's why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam said that iman is 60 or 70
		
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			odd branches.
		
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			The highest of it is saying la ilaha
		
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			illallah.
		
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			Saying.
		
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			So that proves that from iman is what
		
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			we do with our tongue.
		
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			And he said the lowest level is, what
		
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			is the lowest level?
		
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			Imatatul adha anil tariq.
		
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			To remove something harmful from the road.
		
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			That is a physical action.
		
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			The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam referred to
		
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			it as iman.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And so this idea that some Muslims have
		
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			that iman is only in the heart.
		
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			It's incorrect.
		
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			And so iman is belief with the heart,
		
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			statement with the tongue, and actions with the
		
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			rest of your body parts.
		
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			We move on to the next ayah.
		
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			The next ayah, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			says.
		
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			Describing the foundation of the kafir.
		
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			Allah says.
		
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			Allah says.
		
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			And the example of the bad word is
		
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			like a bad tree.
		
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			Uprooted from the surface of the earth.
		
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			Not having any stability.
		
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			And then Allah says.
		
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			Concluding these two parables.
		
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			Allah says.
		
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			Allah keeps firm those who believe with the
		
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			firm word.
		
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			In this dunya and in the akhira.
		
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			And Allah sends astray the zalimun, the wrongdoers.
		
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			And Allah does as He wills.
		
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			Allah does what He wills.
		
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			Alright.
		
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			So here, just like the previous parable.
		
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			We have the exact opposite.
		
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			Right?
		
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			We have the exact opposite.
		
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			So Allah tells us that the bad word
		
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			is like a bad tree.
		
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			What is the bad word here?
		
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			If the good word was the kalima of
		
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			at-tawhid.
		
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			What is the bad word?
		
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			Yes.
		
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			Shirk.
		
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			Or the word of kufr.
		
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			A word of kufr or a word of
		
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			shirk.
		
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			So Allah compares it to a bad tree.
		
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			A bad tree that isn't firm in the
		
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			ground.
		
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			A bad tree that doesn't give you any
		
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			fruits.
		
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			Right?
		
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			It's worthless.
		
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			And so the kafir is like a bad
		
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			tree.
		
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			Right?
		
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			The kafir is like a bad tree.
		
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			He has no good in him.
		
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			Not inward nor outward.
		
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			There's no good in his heart.
		
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			And outward there's no actions.
		
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			He's not doing anything for Allah.
		
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			And here Allah tells us that this tree
		
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			is uprooted from the surface of the earth.
		
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			And so this is telling us there's no
		
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			iman in the heart.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So the tree is not, you know, it's
		
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			just uprooted from the ground.
		
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			It's lying on the ground.
		
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			It's been uprooted.
		
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			So there's no iman in the heart.
		
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			Right?
		
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			There's no strong roots keeping it fixed.
		
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			And Allah tells us that there's no...
		
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			That basically it has no...
		
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			It has no stability.
		
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			So obviously a tree that is uprooted from
		
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			the ground is its branches going to be
		
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			sticking to the sky?
		
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			No.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So we conclude that he has no good
		
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			deeds going up to Allah.
		
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			Right?
		
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			He has no good deeds going up to
		
00:52:32 --> 00:52:33
			Allah.
		
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			So even if he does good deeds, they're
		
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			not being accepted.
		
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			As we mentioned in the previous parable.
		
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			And likewise, we can also add here the
		
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			same thing from the previous parable.
		
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			We can say that this tree is not
		
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			producing any fruit.
		
00:52:56 --> 00:53:01
			You know, the previous tree, Allah says, تُؤْتِئُكَ
		
00:53:01 --> 00:53:04
			لَهَا كُلَّ حِيْمًا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا It's always producing
		
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			fruit.
		
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			But this tree is not producing any fruit.
		
00:53:09 --> 00:53:09
			Right?
		
00:53:09 --> 00:53:17
			So, meaning that whatever this person does, it's
		
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			not being accepted by Allah, if he's doing
		
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			any good deeds.
		
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			Or we can say that he's not doing
		
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			any good deeds to begin with.
		
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			Right?
		
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			There's nothing being produced from this tree.
		
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			Now, Allah describes the worlds of the Kuffar
		
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			as being the lowest.
		
00:53:40 --> 00:53:41
			What does Allah say?
		
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			وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا السُّفْلَى وَكَلِمَةُ اللَّهِ هِيَ
		
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			الْعُلْيَةِ Allah says that He made the word
		
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			of the Kuffar to be the lowest.
		
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			And the word of Allah is the highest.
		
00:54:02 --> 00:54:02
			Right?
		
00:54:02 --> 00:54:09
			Again referring to كلمةَ التوحيد This is the
		
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			highest word.
		
00:54:10 --> 00:54:12
			And the words of the Kuffar, meaning the
		
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			words of Kuffar and Shirk, are the lowest.
		
00:54:19 --> 00:54:25
			Abdullah ibn Abbas, he says, the word of
		
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			the Kuffar refers to Shirk, and the word
		
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			of Allah refers to كلمةَ التوحيد Okay?
		
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			And so just like a tree that has
		
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			been uprooted from the ground, and cannot produce
		
00:54:46 --> 00:54:50
			any fruits, likewise the state of the Kuffar,
		
00:54:50 --> 00:54:54
			whose foundation is not on anything solid, you
		
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			can't expect them to produce any good deeds.
		
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			And even if they do, it will be
		
00:54:59 --> 00:55:00
			accepted.
		
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			Because it wasn't good in the definition of
		
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			Allah.
		
00:55:05 --> 00:55:07
			What is a good deed?
		
00:55:08 --> 00:55:09
			What did we say a good deed is?
		
00:55:11 --> 00:55:14
			One that fulfills two conditions.
		
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			So even if they do deeds, they are
		
00:55:18 --> 00:55:20
			not good in the definition of Allah.
		
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			Ibn Abbas, he says, the deeds of the
		
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			Kafir are never accepted, nor are they raised
		
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			to Allah, so he has no firm base
		
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			on earth, nor any branch in the sky.
		
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			He has no firm base roots in the
		
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			ground, nor any branches going up.
		
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			Right?
		
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			In the end, Allah concludes both of these
		
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			parables, by mentioning the end result.
		
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			يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ
		
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			الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ Right?
		
00:56:03 --> 00:56:11
			Allah gives steadfastness, ثبات, firmness, to those who
		
00:56:11 --> 00:56:12
			believe.
		
00:56:14 --> 00:56:15
			When does he give them this firmness?
		
00:56:16 --> 00:56:18
			In the dunya and in the akhirah.
		
00:56:20 --> 00:56:20
			Right?
		
00:56:25 --> 00:56:28
			So don't think that I can do it
		
00:56:28 --> 00:56:29
			all on my own.
		
00:56:29 --> 00:56:30
			No.
		
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			This ثبات, it comes from Allah.
		
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			Remaining firm and steadfast.
		
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			Because Allah tells us here that he is
		
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			the one who makes the believers firm and
		
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			steadfast.
		
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			In the dunya we understand it, right?
		
00:56:45 --> 00:56:46
			But what does it mean in the akhirah?
		
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			Yes.
		
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			The questioning in the grave.
		
00:56:56 --> 00:56:57
			The questioning in the grave.
		
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			So, the Prophet ﷺ told us that, when
		
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			a person is buried in his grave, two
		
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			angels come and ask him three questions.
		
00:57:10 --> 00:57:13
			Once the Prophet ﷺ buried one of the
		
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			companions, and then after they were done burying
		
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			him, before they were about to leave, the
		
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			Prophet ﷺ said, Now make dua for your
		
00:57:22 --> 00:57:22
			brother.
		
00:57:23 --> 00:57:23
			For?
		
00:57:23 --> 00:57:24
			For what?
		
00:57:24 --> 00:57:25
			For ثبات.
		
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			Now ask Allah to make him firm.
		
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			Because now he is about to be questioned.
		
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			Right?
		
00:57:35 --> 00:57:36
			The Prophet ﷺ told us that the believer
		
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			will be able to answer the questions correctly.
		
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			The disbeliever and the hypocrite, they'll be confused.
		
00:57:45 --> 00:57:46
			They'll be hesitant.
		
00:57:48 --> 00:57:49
			They'll stutter.
		
00:57:51 --> 00:57:52
			Right?
		
00:57:53 --> 00:57:54
			And so at a time like this you
		
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			need, you need to be firm and solid.
		
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			And that is what Allah is referring to
		
00:58:01 --> 00:58:01
			here.
		
00:58:02 --> 00:58:04
			When he says that he keeps the believers
		
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			firm in the dunya and in the akhirah.
		
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			And that is all due to what?
		
00:58:14 --> 00:58:15
			Due to what they did.
		
00:58:16 --> 00:58:16
			Right?
		
00:58:17 --> 00:58:23
			الجزاء من جنس العمل That, you know, you
		
00:58:23 --> 00:58:25
			get what you deserve.
		
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			You get what you deserve.
		
00:58:28 --> 00:58:32
			Whatever you did, you know, the consequence is
		
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			going to be based on that.
		
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			And so, if you worked hard, if you
		
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			worked hard in this dunya, doing good deeds,
		
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			and trying to please Allah, and staying away
		
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			from haram, etc.
		
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			Then Allah will reward you with that steadfastness.
		
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			But if you turned away, then Allah turns
		
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			away from you.
		
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			And he won't be there for you when
		
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			you need him.
		
00:59:02 --> 00:59:02
			Right?
		
00:59:02 --> 00:59:04
			He won't be there for you when you
		
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			need him the most.
		
00:59:11 --> 00:59:13
			Yeah, exactly.
		
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			Also, Allah says to the Prophet, that if
		
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			we had not made you firm, then you
		
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			would have slipped.
		
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			وَلَوْ لَعَمْ ثَبَّتْنَاكَ لَقَدْ كِتَّ تَرْكَلُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْءً
		
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			قَلِيلًا You would have slowly, you know, slowly,
		
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			step by step, you would have gone their
		
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			way.
		
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			Right?
		
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			The kuffar.
		
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			You know, it doesn't happen overnight.
		
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			You know, going astray doesn't happen overnight.
		
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			It happens slowly, gradually.
		
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			Right?
		
00:59:48 --> 00:59:49
			Step by step.
		
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			And Allah is telling the Prophet, if we
		
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			had not kept you firm, that's what would
		
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			have happened.
		
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			Like a lot of people.
		
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			You go astray.
		
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			It doesn't happen overnight.
		
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			Right?
		
01:00:02 --> 01:00:03
			It happens gradually.
		
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			And it happens because Allah did not keep
		
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			them firm.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So that's how Allah concludes both of these
		
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			examples.
		
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			Let's quickly mention some lessons that we learned
		
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			from this last parable.
		
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			Number one.
		
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			How Allah describes the kuffar is fair and
		
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			just.
		
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			Right?
		
01:00:28 --> 01:00:31
			Allah here uses the word khabeeth.
		
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			كلمة خبيثة Khabeeth means filthy.
		
01:00:41 --> 01:00:44
			Bad, filthy, dirty.
		
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			And Allah also describes the kuffar and the
		
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			wicked with a similar term.
		
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			الخبيثات للخبيثين والخبيثون للخبيثات The female fornicators are
		
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			for the male fornicators.
		
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			And the male fornicators are for the female
		
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			fornicators.
		
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			But Allah doesn't use the word zani here.
		
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			Like the fornicator.
		
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			Allah uses the word filthy.
		
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			Filthy men are for filthy women.
		
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			And filthy women are for filthy men.
		
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			Also Allah says about the mushrikun that they
		
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			are najis.
		
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			They are filthy.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And in fact the people of Lut What
		
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			did they say?
		
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			They actually admitted that they were filthy.
		
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			They were involved in a filthy practice.
		
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			And they admitted.
		
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			They even admitted.
		
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			What did they say about Lut and his
		
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			followers?
		
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			إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَحَّرُونَ And this was after they
		
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			didn't have anything else to reply with.
		
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			What does Allah say?
		
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			وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِ إِلَّا أَن قَالُوا أَخْرِجُوهُم
		
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			مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَحَّرُونَ They didn't have
		
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			any reply to Lut and the Muslims.
		
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			Other than to say, expel them from your
		
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			city.
		
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			They are a people who like to keep
		
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			themselves clean.
		
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			They admitted that we are dirty and they
		
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			like to keep themselves clean.
		
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			Right?
		
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			The point here is, the point of mentioning
		
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			all of this is that Allah has referred
		
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			to people as being filthy.
		
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			The Kuffar and anyone who does these practices,
		
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			and we shouldn't shy away from that.
		
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			Right?
		
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			There is no political correctness when it comes
		
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			to the terms used in the Quran and
		
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			the Sunnah.
		
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			Right?
		
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			We say it as it is.
		
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			We say it as it is.
		
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			Obviously when it comes to talking to the
		
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			Kuffar, there is something called Hikmah, Wisdom.
		
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			But I'm saying in general, you have some
		
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			Muslims today who say, no, we shouldn't use
		
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			these terms at all.
		
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			In fact, they say we shouldn't even call
		
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			a Kafir, a Kafir.
		
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			Because the word Kafir is derogatory.
		
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			It's humiliating.
		
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			Right?
		
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			I mean, are we Muslims who believe in
		
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			the Quran and that these are the words
		
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			of Allah or not?
		
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			Right?
		
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			Number two, we learn from this that Shirk
		
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			and Kuffar is never stable.
		
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			It is never stable, and it cannot rise
		
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			and overpower Iman.
		
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			What does Allah say?
		
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			ما لها من قرار ما لها من قرار
		
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			It has no stability.
		
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			The tree is uprooted from the ground.
		
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			Right?
		
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			That is how Kuffar is.
		
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			That is how Kuffar is.
		
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			It can never be victorious over Iman.
		
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			It can never overpower Iman.
		
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			Because it doesn't stand on anything solid.
		
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			Right?
		
01:04:29 --> 01:04:30
			It doesn't stand on anything solid.
		
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			And that's why if a Muslim ever debates
		
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			a Kafir, the Muslim always wins.
		
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			In general, a Muslim is always victorious.
		
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			Right?
		
01:04:47 --> 01:04:49
			In a fair debate.
		
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			Right?
		
01:04:52 --> 01:04:55
			Likewise, the Muslims have always been victorious over
		
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			the Kuffar.
		
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			Right?
		
01:04:58 --> 01:04:59
			It's only in this era that things have
		
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			changed.
		
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			That we say, you know what?
		
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			The battle between truth and falsehood is not
		
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			over.
		
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			It's something that is continuous.
		
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			Right?
		
01:05:16 --> 01:05:22
			And as they say, الحرب سجال And as
		
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			Allah says, وَتِلْكَ الْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ That
		
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			these are the days.
		
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			The days of victory and defeat.
		
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			Allah exchanges them.
		
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			Sometimes you are victorious, sometimes they are victorious.
		
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			But in the end, in the end, Islam
		
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			will be victorious.
		
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			Right?
		
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			This is the promise of Allah.
		
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			This is the promise of Allah.
		
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			Finally, we learn that the Kafir has no
		
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			steadfast base.
		
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			But rather, he always changes as the people
		
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			and the situation around him changes.
		
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			And so he doesn't have any set principles
		
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			that he abides by.
		
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			But he is only led by his whims
		
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			and his desires.
		
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			He is only led by his whims and
		
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			his desires.
		
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			And you see that.
		
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			You know, they are always moving from one
		
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			ideology to another.
		
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			First they had, you know, Christianity that they
		
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			started to change.
		
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			And then they finally gave up, they gave
		
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			it up.
		
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			And then they invented these man-made ideologies
		
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			of secularism and liberalism and feminism.
		
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			And then atheism.
		
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			And they are always jumping from one to
		
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			another.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because they have no, no solid foundation.
		
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			They change and they move with the people
		
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			and the times.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Whereas the believer, he doesn't change.
		
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			The believer doesn't change.
		
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			No matter what.
		
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			No matter what situation he is in.
		
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			No matter what time he lives in.
		
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			Our deen has certain stable principles that do
		
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			not change over time.
		
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			Yes.
		
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			There are some things in our deen that
		
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			can change.
		
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			Depending on the circumstances that we are living
		
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			in, etc.
		
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			But then there are certain things of our
		
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			deen that are from the foundations that will
		
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			never change.
		
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			But you see the kuffar today, they want
		
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			us to bend.
		
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			And they want us to change these set
		
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			principles that we have.
		
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			Right?
		
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			They want us to compromise.
		
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			They want us to change some of these
		
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			aspects of our deen so that we become
		
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			like them.
		
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			So that we become just like them.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Don't think that they are all happy with
		
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			us practicing our religion freely.
		
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			No.
		
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			No, they don't want you to practice Islam
		
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			as it is.
		
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			They want you to reform your Islam.
		
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			Just like they have reformed their religion.
		
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			They'll say, pray however you want.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Pray at home, pray in your masjid however
		
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			you want.
		
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			But, you know, if your religion tells you
		
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			that, for example, homosexuality is a sin, and
		
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			something we have to look down on, and
		
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			if your religion tells you that there is
		
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			no flexibility on this, then we're telling you
		
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			no.
		
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			You have to reform your religion.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And that's what this whole campaign was about
		
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			in these last couple of years.
		
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			To brainwash our children into accepting them.
		
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			Into accepting these ideas.
		
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			That look, this is something you have to
		
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			accept.
		
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			And here we are, saying no.
		
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			We're not going to accept that.
		
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			We're not going to change that.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Because the believer, he has certain fundamentals that
		
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			he stands by.
		
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			That are never going to change until the
		
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			Day of Judgment.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Whereas the kafir, they're willing to change.
		
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			You know, the only ones who stood up
		
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			against this wave of what they were doing,
		
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			were the Muslims.
		
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			Right?
		
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			In these last couple of years, when this
		
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			onslaught was taking place, to introduce these things
		
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			in the schools, and force it down the
		
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			throats of the children, to be accepting of
		
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			the LGBT community, the only ones who were
		
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			standing against this were the Muslims.
		
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			To the point where some conservative Christians, they
		
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			were actually praising the Muslims.
		
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			They said, you know, we Christians gave up
		
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			a long time ago.
		
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			And it's sad, but we're proud of you.
		
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			Right?
		
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			All the other religions, whether it's the Jews,
		
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			or the Hindus, or the Sikhs, all of
		
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			these religions, where were they?
		
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			What does it show you?
		
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			It shows you that the kafir does not
		
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			have any firm principles that he abides by.
		
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			When in pressure, he'll give up.
		
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			He'll give up his conservative values, and his
		
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			religious principles.
		
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			Right?
		
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			But the Muslim doesn't.
		
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			That's what we learn from this parable.
		
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			Because the kafir, his tree is uprooted from
		
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			the ground.
		
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			مَا لَهَ مِن قَرَار He doesn't have any
		
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			stability.
		
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			And so these are some of the lessons
		
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			that we learn.
		
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			And we'll conclude here insha'Allah ta'ala.
		
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			Any questions?
		
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			So, you know, the heart is in the
		
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			one who took his desires as a guide.
		
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			Is that because, like, there is compared to
		
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			the one that has no root in the
		
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			ground?
		
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			Is that comparable?
		
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			Yeah.
		
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			Basically, anyone who follows his whims and his
		
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			desires, his hawah, he can be compared to
		
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			someone who, you know, his iman is not
		
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			strong in his heart.
		
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			And for the kafir, because, you know, he
		
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			doesn't have anything firm in his heart.
		
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			So he's gonna follow his whims and his
		
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			desires.
		
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			And Allah says, you know, such people, they
		
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			have taken their whims and desires as their
		
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			God.
		
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			Right?
		
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			They have taken their whims and their desires
		
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			as their God that they worship besides Allah.
		
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			Any other questions?
		
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			Okay, we'll conclude with that insha'Allah.