Kamil Ahmad – The Example of the Life of this World

Kamil Ahmad
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The transcript describes various paraphrasal concepts used by the author in the title "from the sky to the earth" to describe the life of the dams and crops. The paraphrasal concepts include a parable about the life of the dams, a "water" mix, and a "air." The speakers stress the importance of prioritizing one's life and finding one's own way to standing, as well as the need for personal satisfaction and a focus on deeds. They also discuss the contrast between people from Jannah and those from the Hellfire, emphasizing the importance of remaining in one's life and not putting struggle into it.
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Inna alhamda lillah, nahmaduhu wa nasta'aynuhu wa

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nastaghfiruhu wa na'udhu billahi min shururi anfusina

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wa min sayyi'ati a'malina man yahdihi allahu

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fa laa mudhilla lah wa man yudhlilhu fa

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laa hadiya lah wa ashahadu an laa ilaha

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illa allahu wahdahu laa sharika lah wa ashahadu

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anna muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh sallallahu alayhi wa

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ala alihi wa ashabihi wa man tabi'ahum

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bi ihsanin ila yawmiddeen ya ayyuha alladhina amanu

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ittaqullaha haqqa tuqatihi wa laa tamutunna illa wa

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antum muslimun ya ayyuha annasu ittaqu rabbakumu alladhi

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khalaqakum min nafsin wahidah wa khalaqa minha zawjaha

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wa batha minhuma rijalan kathiran wa nisa'a

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wa ittaqullaha alladhi tasa'alun bihi wal arham

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inna allaha kana alaykum raqiba ya ayyuha alladhina

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amanu ittaqullaha wa quluu qawlan sadeeda yuslih lakum

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a'malakum wa yaghfir lakum dhunubakum wa man yuti

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'illaha wa rasulahu faqad faza fawzan azeema amma

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ba'ad Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala revealed

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the Qur'an and he made it to

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be a guidance, a light, a blessing and

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a mercy for mankind and he revealed it

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and he left nothing out of it and

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala used different ways

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to get his message across to us in

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the Qur'an sometimes through direct commandments and

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prohibitions do this, don't do that other times

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions stories of

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the nations, of the people of the past

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other times through encouraging us by mentioning to

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us the many rewards for the people of

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obedience and discouraging us from evil by mentioning

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the consequences of that and also among that

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which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has included

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in this Qur'an are what are known

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as amthal, parables why does Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala mention these parables in the Qur

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'an?

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says wa tilkal

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amthaluna dhribuha linnasi la'allahum yatafakkaroon those parables

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we present them to the people so that

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perhaps they may reflect, they may ponder over

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these parables walaqad dharabna linnasi fi hadhal qur

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'ani min kulli mathali la'allahum yatafakkaroon we

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have presented every parable in the Qur'an

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for the people so that perhaps they may

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be reminded and so these amthal, these parables

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are meant for us to reflect over to

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attempt to understand what is Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala trying to say here as he

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says, so that perhaps they may reflect and

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ponder over these parables and so we human

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beings, we use parables, similitudes, examples when we

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have a very very important concept to get

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across something that may not be as clear

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but when you mention a parable, when you

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mention an example it becomes crystal clear and

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so parables help us to understand these abstract

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concepts by comparing them to things that we

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are familiar with things in our daily lives,

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something that we can relate to and so

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has mentioned various

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parables in the Qur'an among these parables

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that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has mentioned

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is regarding the reality of the life of

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the dunya the reality of the life of

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the dunya and because of how important this

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concept is Allah did not suffice with one

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parable nor two but rather we have three

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parables in the Qur'an telling us about

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the reality of the life of the dunya

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in surah

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Yunus Innama mathalu alhayati al-dunya kama'in

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anzalnaahu minas sama'i fakhtalata bihi nabatu al

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-ard mimma ya'kulun nasu wal-an'am

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Allah says that the life of this world

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is nothing but like water that we send

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from the sky this water, it goes into

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the ground it mixes with whatever is in

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the ground and then Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala says that this brings out vegetation vegetation

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that is consumed by who?

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by our animals and us human beings hatta

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idha akhadati al-ardu zukhrufaha wazzayanat wa zanna

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ahluha anahum qadiruna alayha ataha amruna laylan aw

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naharan faja'alnaha hasidan ka allam taghna bil

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ams Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says until

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when the earth has become beautiful you see

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all this greenery all of these different flowers

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and colors and the farmers who planted all

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of this they think they have full control

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of it when that happens, all of a

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sudden the command of Allah comes and he

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destroys these crops by day or by night

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as if there was nothing there the day

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before this is how we explain the ayat

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the signs of Allah for people who will

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think, who will reflect what we learn from

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this parable my dear brothers and sisters is

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the reality of the life of this dunya

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that it is full of glitter and glamour

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and we enjoy it and we think we

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have full control over our lives but we

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forget that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he

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is the one who is in control not

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us, we have no control over our lives

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whenever Allah has decided he will take away

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our lives don't expect to live on forever

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don't expect to live till an old age

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but even if you do live till an

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old age then let us look at the

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next parable that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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gives Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in

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suratul kahf وَضُرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَا

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إِنْ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ

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فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذُرُوهُ الرِّيَاحِ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ

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شَيْءٍ مُقْتَدِيرًا and present to them the example,

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the parable of the life of the dunya

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that it is like water that we send

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down from the sky it mingles with whatever

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is in the earth bringing forth vegetation and

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then after some time Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta

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'ala says that all of this becomes debris

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scattered and blown by the winds referring to

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the end of the season yes, there is

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a time when you have greenery and you

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have beauty and where all of this vegetation

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is full of life but that, it starts

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to decline and then these same plants that

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we enjoyed that scene they change color and

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then they fall to the ground and they

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become blown by the debris وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَى

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كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُقْتَدِيرًا and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta

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'ala has full power over everything and also

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the parable that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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gives to us in Surah Al-Hadeed إِنَّمَا

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مَثَلُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا إِنَّمَا إِعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا

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لَعِبٌ وَلَهُ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ

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وَالْأَوْلَادِ Know that the life of this world

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is nothing but play and amusement and adornment

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and mutual boasting with one another and competing

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in wealth and in children This is the

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reality of the life of this world Then

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ

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أَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًا ثُمَّ

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يَكُونُ حُطَامًا What is the example of the

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life of this world?

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Allah says, like a downpouring of rain This

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causes the farmers who planted the seeds This

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causes them full of joy And when they

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see the results They see the vegetation, they

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see the crops, they see that beauty It

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only lasts for some time And then those

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same leaves and those same plants They start

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to change color They become yellow, they become

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brown And then they fall to the ground,

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become debris وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ

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اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانِ Allah says, and in the Akhira

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There is either a painful punishment Or the

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forgiveness and the pleasure of your Lord وَمَا

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الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ And Allah sums

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up the reality of the life of the

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Dunya He says, and the life of this

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Dunya Is nothing but a deceiving enjoyment It

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is nothing but a deceiving kind of enjoyment

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And so these two parables, they teach us

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They teach us that the reality of the

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life of this Dunya Is that it is

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short It is temporary And that no matter

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how long you live on for Eventually, you

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are headed for your demise And so today

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you may be young and strong And full

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of energy And think that you have everything

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in your hands But soon, you are going

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to start to decline Until you become weak

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and fragile As Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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tells us About the reality of our life

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We are born weak and fragile And we

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return to that later on In our old

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age, weak and fragile And then in the

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end, what happens?

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In the end, it's done and it's over

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with Just like these plants They become scattered

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debris On the surface of the earth But

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you will become scattered bones Not above the

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surface of the ground But rather below it

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Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds

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And the end is for the righteous And

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there is no hostility except against the wrongdoers

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And I bear witness that there is no

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god but Allah There is no partner for

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Him And I bear witness that Muhammad is

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His servant and Messenger Peace be upon him

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and his family and his companions And those

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who follow them in good faith until the

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Day of Judgment Then, fear Allah, the servants

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of Allah, for the sake of righteousness And

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watch over him in secrecy and secrecy O

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you who believe, fear Allah, have the taqwa

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of Allah And let each and every single

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one of you look to what He has

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sent for His tomorrow Let each and every

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single one of us ask ourselves What have

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we prepared for that day?

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And then Allah says, and fear Allah For

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indeed, He is well aware of what you

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do One day, the Prophet ﷺ was with

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his companions And he was passing through the

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marketplace And he spotted a skinny dead lamb

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on the side And he went up to

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it, he held it by its ear And

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he asked the companions who were with him

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Who would like to have this for one

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dirham?

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The companions, they said Ya Rasulullah, this is

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worthless What are we going to do with

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it since it's dead?

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Even if it was alive, it would be

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worthless Because it's small and skinny And so

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when the Prophet ﷺ heard this response He

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said, Wallahi, lad dunya ahwanu ala Allahi min

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hadha alaykum He said, by Allah, the dunya,

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the life of this world Is more insignificant,

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more worthless to Allah In the sight of

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Allah Than this lamb is to you And

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how insignificant and worthless it is in your

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sight And so, this is the reality of

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the life of this world That most of

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us are so attached to That most of

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us are constantly chasing after This doesn't mean

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that we completely abandon the dunya This doesn't

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mean that we no longer work To make

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a living, to make an earning But here

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the Prophet ﷺ wanted to get a message

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across to us And that is, that we

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should not become so attached to the dunya

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in this way And so, we need to

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prioritize We need to prioritize our akhira over

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our dunya Because we are not here forever

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We are here for a number of days

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This is not our permanent home But rather,

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our permanent home will be in the akhira

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And so, the choice is yours Either sell

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this temporary life for a life of eternity

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Or sell the life of eternity for this

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temporary life that you're currently living in One

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day, the Prophet ﷺ Umar ﷺ visited him

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And the Prophet ﷺ, he was lying down

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on a straw mat So he got up,

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sat up And Umar ﷺ noticed some marks

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of that straw mat on the back of

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the Prophet ﷺ He started to cry The

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Prophet ﷺ asked him Why is it that

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you're crying, O Umar?

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Umar ﷺ said, O Messenger of Allah You

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are who you are The most beloved of

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Allah's creation to Him And yet, the emperors

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of Rome and Persia Qaysar and Kisra They

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are living the kind of lives that they

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are living Meaning, in the luxuries of the

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dunya And yet, you are living the way

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I see you He was trying to say,

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O Messenger of Allah, you deserve better than

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this But that was because Umar ﷺ was

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looking from the lens of the dunya So

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the Prophet ﷺ said to him أَمَا تَرْضَا

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يَا عُمَرُ أَن تَكُونَ لَهُمُ الدُّنْيَا وَلَنَا الْآخِرَةُ

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O Umar, are you not happy?

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Are you not satisfied?

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That, for them, is the dunya Allah has

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given it to them They're enjoying themselves in

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it But for us, will be the akhirah?

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Again, what was the Prophet ﷺ trying to

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stress here?

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He was stressing the importance of having the

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correct worldview That we Muslims, we don't think

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from the perspective of the dunya But rather,

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we think from the perspective of the akhirah

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And so, here we're not saying to completely

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abandon the dunya But rather, to prioritize And

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the yardstick, the way to measure Where you

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stand is by asking yourself Whenever I am

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presented with a situation in front of me

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Where either I do something to fulfill my

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personal desires But that same thing happens to

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be displeasing to Allah Which one will I

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choose?

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Which one will I choose?

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Ask yourself that question That every time you're

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presented with a situation Where you have to

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choose between Either fulfilling some joy or some

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pleasure of the dunya for yourself Or fulfilling

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the pleasure of Allah Meaning, that this particular

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element of the dunya Allah has made it

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haram Ask yourself which one you're going to

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choose And that will tell you where you

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stand That will tell you where you stand

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And so, that's why it all comes down

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to this very element If we were to

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compare what Allah ﷻ tells us About the

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people of Jannah and how they made it

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there And He tells us about the people

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of the Hellfire And how they ended up

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there When Allah tells us what these people

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used to do in the dunya We find

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this huge contrast The people of Jannah were

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a people Who sacrificed their dunya They abandoned

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everything they had For the sake of Allah

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In fact, their dunya was stripped from them

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Everything was taken away from them Like the

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prophets and the messengers and the shuhada And

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all those who treaded their path And so

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they struggled And they sacrificed And they worked

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hard But on the other hand What does

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Allah tell us about the people of the

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Hellfire?

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They are a people who prioritized the dunya

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over the akhirah They were a people who

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preferred the temporary enjoyment of the dunya Over

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the permanent enjoyment of the akhirah They were

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a people who did not want to put

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any struggle into it They were a people

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who could not wait They lost patience They

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said, I can't do this Let me enjoy

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myself here I can't wait that long They

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were a people who wanted to lay back

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Who wanted to relax And not sacrifice And

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not struggle And so coming back To the

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parables that Allah mentions in the Quran Of

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the life of the dunya When we go

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out today And we see the trees and

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the plants That only a few days ago

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were full of greenery And lush with full

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of life We find them changing color to

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red to brown And then we see them

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falling to the ground We see these leaves

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falling to the ground And we see them

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scattered Remind yourself As Allah is reminding you

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That that is going to be you one

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day If you think today You're strong, you're

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full of energy, you're full of youth And

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you have complete control over your life Then

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remember that very soon That's all going to

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finish And you soon are going to become

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scattered debris Below the surface of the earth

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And remember That the only thing that you're

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taking with you when that day comes Is

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not your wealth that you amassed It is

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not your property and your house That you

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spent years building Nor your business that you

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spent years struggling for But rather you're only

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taking one thing with you That's going to

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stay with you As the Prophet ﷺ told

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us يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتِ ثَلَاثَةَ There are three things

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that follow the dead person to his grave

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أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ His family, his wealth and

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his deeds فَيَرْجِعُ إِثْنَانِ وَيَبْقَى وَاحِدُ Two of

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them, they go back to the dunya And

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only one remains with you The Prophet ﷺ

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says يَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَيَبْقَى عَمَلُهُ His family

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and his wealth go back to the dunya

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While his deeds, meaning good and bad That

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is the only thing that remains with him

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in his grave And that is the only

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thing that he's going to be resurrected with

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On the Day of Judgment So no matter

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who you are No matter how rich you

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may be No matter who you were in

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this dunya You're going to your grave alone

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You're going to your grave alone Leaving your

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entire dunya behind Only taking with you your

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deeds, good and bad So prepare for your

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akhira from today Because my death and your

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death is not something that is in our

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hands Nor is it something we know when

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it's going to come كلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ

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Every single soul shall taste death Every single

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soul is going to taste it وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ

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أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ And then you're going to

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reap You're going to reap your rewards on

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the Day of Judgment فَمَنْزُحْ زِيحَ عَنِ النَّارِ

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وَأُدْخِيلَ الْجَنَّةِ فَقَدْ فَازُ And then whoever is

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prevented from entering the Hellfire He is the

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one who has succeeded He is the one

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who is truly victorious وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا

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مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ And the life of the dunya

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is nothing but a deceiving kind of enjoyment

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هَذَا وَصَلُّوا وَسَلِّمُوا رَحِمَكُمُ اللَّهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّكُمْ مُحَمَّدِ

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بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ كَمَا أَمَرَكُمْ بِذَلِكَ رَبُّكُمْ جَلَّ

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فِي عُلَاهِ فَقَالَ تَعَالَى قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ

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مَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا

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صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا اللهم صلِّ وسلِّم بارك

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على نبينا محمد وارض اللهم عن خلفائه الأربعة

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أبي بكر وعمر وعثمان وعلي وعن سائر الصحابة

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أجمعين وعنا معهم برحمتك وكرمك يا أكرم الأكرمين

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اللهم أعز الإسلام والمسلمين وأذل الشرك والمشركين ودمِّر

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أعداءك أعداء الدين اللهم انصر إخواننا المسلمين المطهدين

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في كل مكان اللهم عجِّل بنصرهم يا قوي

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يا عزيز اللهم انصر إخواننا المسلمين المستضعفين في

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فلسطين على الصهائنة المعتدين اللهم عليك بالصهائنة المعتدين

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ومن أعانهم على قتل إخواننا في فلسطين اللهم

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عليك بهم جميعا فإنهم لا يعجزونك اللهم اشدد

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وطأتك عليهم اللهم أرنا فيهم عجائب قدرتك اللهم

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فرق جمعهم وشتد شملهم اللهم أحصهم عددا وقتلهم

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بددا ولا تترك منهم أحدا يا قوي يا

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عزيز يا ذا الجلال والإكرام اللهم اغفر للمسلمين

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والمسلمات والمؤمنين والمؤمنات الأحياء منهم والأموات إنك سميع

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قريب مجيب الدعوات ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنة

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وفي الآخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار إن الله

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يأمر بالعدل والإحسان وإيتاء ذي القربة وينهى عن

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الفحشاء والمنكر والبغي يعيذكم لعلكم تذكرون فاذكروا الله

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العظيم يذكركم واشكروه على نعمه يزدكم ولذكر الله

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أكبر الله يعلم ما تصنعون

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