Maryam Amir – This verse was revealed- have hope

Maryam Amir
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The transcript describes the devastation and confusion that led to the discovery of a verse in the Bible. The verse relates to the story of the companions losing hope after facing setbacks and the victory of the United States against the Iranian Empire. The transcript also describes the struggles of the companions with mental health and fear.
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Do you know why this verse was revealed?

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Many of us right now feel very overwhelmed

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because of a year into a genocide of

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Gaza, what we are seeing of the atrocities

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that Israel is committing in Lebanon, those incisions

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are still going through in Sudan, the Uighurs,

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and so many parts of this ummah.

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When the companions were fighting in the battle

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of Uhud, they numerically lost.

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So many of the companions had been martyred

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and the tafsir of al-Tabri mentions many

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of the companions were just so wounded or

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had been killed or they were so overwhelmed

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emotionally and they were beginning to lose hope.

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And so Allah revealed a verse and I

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think this verse is going to surprise you.

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The second reason mentioned for the revelation of

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this verse is Khalid ibn Waleed, before he

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was a Muslim, he was the one who

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was directing the army of those who were

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attacking the companions and he was going to

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ascend on the mount and so the prophet,

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he made a dua asking Allah not to

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allow them to be overcome.

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This is the battle where the prophet's face

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was so * that Fatimah al-Aziz were

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the ones to patch up his face, cauterize

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the wound.

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Saba jumped in to protect the prophet.

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Everywhere he looked she was defending him.

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The companions were overwhelmed but what does Allah

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say to them?

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وَلَا تَهِنُوا وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا وَأَنْتُمُ الْأَعْلَوْنَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ

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مُؤْمِنِينَ Do not lose heart.

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Do not grieve.

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You will have the upper hand if you

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are believers.

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Would someone say that Uhud was won by

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the Muslims in a numerical sense?

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No.

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Did Uhud facilitate the opening of so many

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other necessary changes for the eventual Fath of

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Mecca?

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Allah is telling them don't worry.

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You will be victorious while they are witnessing.

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Throughout the Quran and the Sunnah our emotions

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are acknowledged.

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We should be devastated and enraged.

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It's okay to have moments where you are

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numb and not even know how to navigate

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your life because of what you are witnessing.

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Allah knew the end and Allah knows our

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end.

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Every time you feel like there's no hope

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I want you to put yourself in the

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place of a companion who was in Uhud.

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When they were so overwhelmed they felt like

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there was no hope.

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Allah told them don't lose heart.

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