Kamil Ahmad – Reflections on Surah Qaf

Kamil Ahmad

Surah Qaf is a surah that the Prophet (SAW) used to frequently recite in his Khutbahs. It’s therefore important for us to understand its meanings and reflect over them.

Jumuah Khutbah delivered at Abu Huraira Center in Toronto.
Date: January 17, 2020

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The interviewer discusses the importance of the Prophet's statement of promise to bring everyone back to life after their creation, which is a point of pride for the people. The interviewer explains that this statement is a promise to bring everyone back to life after their creation, and the deeds of witnesses and leaders are discussed. The interviewer also touches on the reality of death and what comes after it, including the shift from reality to reality, and the importance of leaner people and leaders in addressing pandemic challenges. The culture is a war zone and is a war zone.

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			Salalah alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi
		
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			mario brothers and sisters the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			used to remind the people in the various gatherings that he would have with them
		
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			through nothing but the Quran.
		
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			This Quran
		
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			there is a Shiva,
		
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			a cure for everything, as a loss of hair and what Allah says, Yeah, you
		
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			could
		
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			become washy for
		
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			all mankind.
		
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			And admonition a reminder has come to you from your Lord. And also a sheath that a cure for what is
within the chests, our hearts. And among that which the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam
		
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			would frequently remind the people with
		
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			is a surah in the Quran
		
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			that he would receive for them
		
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			in his homeless
		
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			in the hotbed of Juma as well as on occasions
		
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			in the eighth hotbed
		
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			and so, this is a surah that tells us about the beginning of our creation
		
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			that tells us about our end
		
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			and that tells us about our resurrection.
		
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			And the final about
		
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			me Sham didn't hear it or the Allahu Allah says
		
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			I didn't learn
		
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			cough will Khurana Majeed
		
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			except through the mouth of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in his hood verse when he would
address the people.
		
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			And so if this is a surah, that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would choose out of all of
the suitors of the Quran
		
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			then it is vital upon us to reflect over the surah and it's
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala starts off
		
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			with the Quran emoji
		
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			una *
		
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			swears by the Quran and then tells us of the Kufa who the Quran was revealed to you
		
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			that they were astonished when a warner came from among them.
		
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			They were surprised how can a messenger have come to us as a human being.
		
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			And so Allah subhanahu wa tada tells us
		
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			either mitzner Hakuna to Robin
		
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			What did these gophers say? Right away Allah brings our attention
		
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			to the resurrection. That they denied that it is believed in. They said how can we be brought back
to life after we were destined booms? This is something impossible. And then Allah subhanho wa Taala
refutes them
		
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			refutes them
		
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			by reminding them of his knowledge. So awesome. Head over to Allah says I live in an atom
		
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			console or domain one wonder Nikita
		
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			we know what on earth each of them
		
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			do think that Allah subhanahu attell is aware that you have become dust and booms and that he
doesn't know how to bring you back to life. And then after that Allah subhanho wa Taala turns their
attention to the power of Allah Subhana who was
		
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			in his creation
		
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			Flm yanbu Eros center ek for benina was a Yana Rouge, well, my dinner and so Allah subhana wa tada
mentions one after the other, one sign in the last creation after the other, look at the heavens
above you
		
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			how they are structured, how they have no rifts look at this earth and how it is spread. Oh,
		
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			look at the ring and how Allah sends it down, bringing to life, the earth, bringing forth the
vegetation. After all of this, Allah subhanahu wa tada says, What are you gonna be he belt at a
meter, Canada legal hooroo
		
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			this rain that we sent down from the sky, with it through it, we bring back the dead life. We bring
back the dead Earth, back to life, Canada legal hooroo and that is how we will bring you back to
life.
		
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			And then after that Allah subhanho wa Taala mentions
		
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			what he did with the previous nations, who also disbelieved in their messenger
		
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			in the people of North
		
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			Africa and the mood.
		
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			And what tells us what he did with them.
		
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			Every single one of them disbelieved in their messengers, and so the warning of alarm was fulfilled.
And that was almost threat of punishment. And then Allah subhanho wa Taala brings their attention
back once again
		
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			to the fact that bringing life
		
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			back resurrection is nothing difficult for a law.
		
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			Bill, how can a well, Bill home fee Levison mean, hulking God? Is it impossible for us? Was it
impossible for us
		
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			to bring them to life in the first place? Meaning that to create us from nothing
		
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			is more difficult than to bring us back to life after we were once created, although for a lot,
nothing is impossible.
		
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			After that was a partner who attended turns our attention.
		
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			He turns our attention to when he first created us and the fact that he knows us better than anyone
else. Even better than ourselves. what occurred Hanukkah in Santa Ana Ala Moana to a Swiss will be
enough so
		
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			when I flew to LA he may have been worrying.
		
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			So we created man.
		
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			Allah tells us that He created us. And we know
		
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			what man whispers to himself
		
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			your inner thoughts that no other person has knowledge of. Allah knows when he lay him in hablan
worried and we are closer to him than his own jugular vein, this vein, that if it was to be cut,
that's the end. It is the one vein that if you were to cut it, it is the end of the person. This
cause of tfcc it has two meanings one that Allah is closer to us than this or that the angels of
death are closer to us.
		
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			Then our own jugular vein
		
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			and then Allah subhana wa tada tells us
		
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			bringing our attention
		
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			to the fact that each and every single one of us in this life
		
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			has two angels with them.
		
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			this human being, even though without his knowledge of what he does have what he says, of his own
inner thoughts.
		
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			Even then Allah has appointed two angels, one to the right one to the left.
		
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			Each one of these angels is observing and ready to do what to record to record our actions and to
record each and every single one of our statements. Then Allah subhana wa tada reminds us, he
reminds us of our end and what we will go through at those final moments, what Socrates will know
till
		
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			the
		
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			end the pangs, the anguish,
		
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			the pains of death will come in truth. That is what you
		
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			was trying to escape from. That is what you are trying to avoid your entire life. But now the time
has come.
		
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			Then Allah subhanho wa Taala turns our attention to our state
		
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			when we are resurrected, and so Allah subhanho wa Taala says, When only half so there alica Yeoman
ye
		
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			and the trumpet will be blue,
		
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			meaning the trumpet when it is blue, each and every single one of us will rise from our Grier's
		
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			will jack
		
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			ma Hi sir.
		
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			Masha here. And so when we're all resurrected on that day,
		
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			naked, barefoot, in a state of shock,
		
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			all of a sudden we have two angels.
		
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			One who is pushing us,
		
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			pushing us to the land, the place in which we will all be brought to account the land of
		
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			the second angel to stand there on that day to be a witness. Sir, he couldn't Russia he. And then
Allah subhana wa tada tells us
		
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			of how we were in this dunya concerning this reality that is fast approaching local, you couldn't
have you left let him in hada cerca chef now
		
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			for bozo Kelly Oh howdy
		
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			you are heatless office this reality of death and what comes after death in the dunya
		
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			you were negligent you are heedless, attached to your dunia
		
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			allowing your knifes and the dunya
		
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			to deceive you, to distract you from this reality. And you had a veil over your eyes,
		
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			obstructing you to see properly
		
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			see what
		
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			see the reality of death and what comes after death.
		
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			And so on this de facto shift now, because we thought on this day, we have lifted this veal from
your eye and so on this day, your sight is sharp.
		
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			Nothing is preventing you from from seeing and witnessing this reality.
		
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			That in the dunya you are obscure to
		
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			me. So after that Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us
		
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			of the witness.
		
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			Our angel that was with us in this dunya will call a Kareena who had melodiya it
		
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			and so his companion will come on that day. Who is his companion here? It is his witness that was
recording his deeds. Every single one of them. He will say here I have it ready Oh Allah.
		
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			Here it is his book of deeds. It is ready in my hands.
		
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			And then it will be sent
		
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			through into the Hellfire every stubborn coffee.
		
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			And then after that, another companion will come.
		
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			Call Kareena robina meltaway to
		
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			wala Kim, can you remember
		
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			this time? Another companion comments
		
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			our companion from the jinn who accompany us in this dunya
		
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			who is telling us to do evil who would push us
		
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			to disobey Allah subhanho wa Taala our shaitan will come.
		
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			And he will disassociate himself from us on that day,
		
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			just like at least did
		
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			when he disassociated himself and fled from the comfort of kurush on the day of murder.
		
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			And so that is the nature of shaitan to flee into run away when he sees a punishment of a loss of
Hannah, who was Donna,
		
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			and then a loss of Hannah who attended intervenes, call Allah, Toshi moolah de Vaca, decode them to
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			do not dispute before me on this day.
		
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			Because in the dunya, I already warned you of this day. Now you only Lydia
		
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			will now be one Matt and Aviva lamb in the lobby.
		
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			No word will change on this day.
		
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			Meaning the promise of Allah will be fulfilled on that D, Gemma for the righteous Hellfire for the
disobedient, this promise of a law will not change not because of what is unjust, will neither be
phenomenal.
		
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			I am not unjust to my servants. And so Alice justice will be fulfilled on that day. And that is why
the righteous will enter agenda
		
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			and the disobedient will be destined for the hellfire. And then it was a parent who paints a very
disturbing picture. A very frightening scenes when he calls Gen num.
		
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			And addresses if
		
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			your woman aku Lee Johanna Helen
		
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			Taku helped me Miss eat.
		
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			On the day in which we will ask Hellfire
		
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			Have you become full?
		
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			Are you satisfied? And so the response of Hellfire will be are there more? Do you have any more for
me to eat up?
		
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			And then Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us
		
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			of the righteous and your final abode? Well, it was leafa telogen. To limit Athena.
		
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			And ask virgin
		
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			it will be brought near, not far. But for who is
		
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			not just for the Muslims, who claim to be Muslims in this dunya
		
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			not those who said we have a man in our hurt, don't judge me by my actions. But those who are
conscious of a law that people have took one who had a man in their hearts, and took what in their
hearts, but it manifested in their actions.
		
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			To aduna only been happy. This is the promise of a law for the ones who turned to him and those who
guard the boundaries of a law. Mihashi or Ramana vilavi those who feared a law
		
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			who feared a law when
		
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			when they were by themselves in the hype when no one else was around. What do they need? And the one
who comes to a lot on that day with a repentant heart. What will I say to them? Oh do Hulu happy
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			Monica
		
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			intergender On this day, safe and sound being saved from the punishment of Allah then ecoman who
lewd that is a day of eternity level nyesha una de
		
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			la de Dana z. They will have in it in general, everything that they ever wanted, and we will have
more and the scholars have to explain that as being the ability to see the face of a loss of Hannah
Montana after they have entered Jenna and enjoyed its blessings of
		
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			Allah Holly welcome when he said he didn't see me.
		
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			First tell Pharaoh who in
		
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			hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa takim
		
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			Hola Illa Allah.
		
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			Allah, Allah Allah Allahu Allah.
		
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			Muhammad in Abu Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi
		
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			Diem for Taku arriba de la Rosa Tobago. What are your law? What are pseudo in quantum meaning? My
dear brothers and sisters towards the end of this magnificent surah Allah subhana wa tada reminds us
of the power
		
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			of this reminder.
		
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			In Luffy, Daddy kinda decry. Lemon can Allahu Allah, Oh Allah somehow
		
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			in this reminder,
		
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			in this meaning in this Torah is a reminder for who for the one who has a heart and for the one who
listen and for the one who pays attention, and so there are four conditions required for anyone who
wants to benefit from this reminder. The first is that it has to be a beneficial reminder, a decra
and there is no better reminder than the Quran. The second condition is a place for this reminder to
settle into and that is the heart, the mind can Allah who called and the third condition is
		
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			that it has to be through listening to the faculty of hearing.
		
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			And the fourth condition is that it has to be not just listening, not just hearing, but paying
attention.
		
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			Somehow who has Shaheed he is attentively listening. And then Allah subhanho wa Taala in the very
last sentence of the surah. He concludes by saying
		
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			that Kia will Karani mean you're halfway, just like a wasp Jordy the surah with mention of the
Quran, Goff will Quran Majeed, our ends by mentioning the Quran for that clear, Bill Quran, me
Hathaway. So remind through the Quran, for who who should you remind those who fear the warning of
punishment.
		
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			And so this is sort of off that the Prophet sallallahu how he was sending them
		
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			What do I say, in its entirety, in his hookworms in the gatherings. So we ask Allah subhanho wa
Taala to make us from among those who hear such words and they follow that up with action. Alone,
never feel a little Muslim ina one Muslim at me, Nina, me not even human. In nikka, Semyon Karima
Mooji Buddha, Allah who sort of one anonymously mean almost equally McCann, Allahu Soto homea Kuya
Aziz, Allahu Islam. I mean, what are the
		
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			key what the mute cara de
		
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			dunia Hasina karate Hasina Latina
		
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			in the La Jolla Rue de la de San Juan, evil Korba manufacture, you will incur evil busy. Yeah izuku
la la quinta de karoon physical La La v manager Elijah Kirkham wash Kuru Allah near me as it come.
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