Mikaeel Smith – Jumuah 03-01-2025

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The Q compelling the end of the year and the upcoming new year is essential for everyone's success. The Q is clear and the Q---- is clear. The Q is important for the end of the year and the end of the year. The Q is clear and the Q---- is clear. The Q is critical for personal growth and the end of the year. The Q is also important for personal growth and the end of the year.

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			In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious,
		
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			the Most Merciful.
		
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			In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious,
		
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			the Most Merciful.
		
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			And we seek refuge in Allah from the
		
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			evil of our souls and from the evil
		
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			of our deeds.
		
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			Whom Allah guides, no one is misguided.
		
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			And whom He misguides, no one is guided.
		
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			And we bear witness that there is no
		
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			god but Allah, alone, with no partner.
		
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			And we bear witness that our master and
		
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			our prophet and our master is Muhammad, his
		
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			servant and his messenger.
		
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			May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him
		
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			and his family and companions.
		
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			And may Allah's peace and blessings be upon
		
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			him and his family and companions.
		
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			Allah said in his holy book, After I
		
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			seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan,
		
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			in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious,
		
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			the Most Merciful.
		
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			Until when death came to one of them,
		
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			he said, O my Lord, bring me back.
		
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			Let him not do good in what I
		
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			have left.
		
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			No, it is a word that he speaks.
		
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			And behind them is a barrier until the
		
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			Day they are resurrected.
		
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			And Allah said in another place, O you
		
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			who have believed, fear Allah.
		
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			And see for yourselves what He has prepared
		
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			for tomorrow.
		
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			And fear Allah.
		
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			Indeed, Allah is Aware of what you do.
		
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			And the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings
		
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			be upon him and his family and companions,
		
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			said, Beware of five before five.
		
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			Or as he said, may Allah's peace and
		
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			blessings be upon him and his family and
		
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			companions.
		
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			Brothers and sisters, I begin this khutbah with
		
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			a reminder of taqwa.
		
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			Awareness, consciousness of God.
		
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			As the Rasul, may Allah's peace and blessings
		
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			be upon him and his family and companions,
		
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			he never gave a khutbah except he reminded
		
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			the believers that they must be God conscious.
		
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			They must live lives with taqwa constantly.
		
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			Constantly in the back of their minds, thinking
		
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			about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And I ask you, brothers and sisters, to
		
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			take a trip into the future with me.
		
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			I ask you for a moment to pause
		
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			your thoughts about today, your thoughts about tomorrow,
		
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			your thoughts about this week.
		
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			And I want you to fast forward with
		
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			me to a day that we all will
		
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			face.
		
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			It's the day of your janazah.
		
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			The day of your janazah when your son,
		
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			your daughter, and your wife, and your husband
		
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			stands around your grave.
		
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			I want you to be there with me
		
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			right now.
		
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			Focus on that day.
		
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			And I want to ask you a question.
		
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			What are they saying about you?
		
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			What are they saying about you, O Ahmed,
		
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			Muhammad, Abdul Razzaq, Fatima?
		
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			What are the words that they are saying
		
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			about Baba, about dad?
		
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			What are the words that they are saying
		
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			about you as a husband, you as a
		
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			wife?
		
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			I ask you to start with the end
		
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			in mind.
		
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			Now I ask another question.
		
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			What do you want them to say about
		
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			you?
		
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			Do you want your son to say, Dad
		
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			was always there for me.
		
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			I could talk to him about anything.
		
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			Do you want them to say, Man, dad
		
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			always reminded us to stay close to the
		
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			love of the Rasul ﷺ.
		
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			Do you want them to say, You know
		
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			one thing, Baba always went to the masjid
		
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			though.
		
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			Do you want them to say, You know
		
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			mom, whenever she was at home and she
		
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			was around the house, she was always doing
		
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			dhikr.
		
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			I ask you, what do you want them
		
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			to say about you?
		
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			Because if we start with the end in
		
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			mind, we can reverse engineer our lives, so
		
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			that on that day, when they stand around
		
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			their graves, when your young little son is
		
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			no longer a little boy, but a grown
		
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			man, and he's standing at your grave, he
		
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			will speak nothing but goodness about you.
		
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			I ask you to think about that day.
		
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			As we stand at the beginning of a
		
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			new year, and I understand we have a
		
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			hedgety calendar, I get it brothers and sisters,
		
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			no doubt.
		
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			But a new year is important because a
		
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			new year gives you a moment to pause
		
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			and reflect.
		
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			Because years are made of months, months made
		
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			of days, weeks, weeks made of days, and
		
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			days made of hours.
		
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			How many hours did you spend working towards
		
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			what you want to be said about you
		
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			on that day you're in the grave?
		
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			Just pause and think.
		
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			And I'm not getting this from some new
		
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			age self-help stuff.
		
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			This is Qur'an.
		
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			Allah says, يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهُ
		
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			وَلْتَنظُرْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ لِغَدٍ O you who
		
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			believe, you Ahmad, you Fatima, you Mikhail, فَلْيَنظُرْ
		
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			نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ لِغَدٍ What did you put
		
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			for tomorrow?
		
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			What is tomorrow?
		
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			I'll tell you what tomorrow is.
		
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			Tomorrow is an amalgamation of today's.
		
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			Subhanallah.
		
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			Tomorrow is nothing but an amalgamation of today's.
		
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			That's why it's a weak narration but the
		
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			meaning is strong.
		
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			A weak narration but the meaning is مضبوط.
		
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			The narration says, مَنْ اسْتَوَى يَوْمَاهُ فَهُوَ مَغْبُونٌ
		
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			Whoever's yesterday and today are the same, they
		
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			lose out.
		
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			If your business brings in the same amount
		
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			it brought in last year, it's time to
		
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			bring in the board.
		
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			It's time to think.
		
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			There's no growth happening here.
		
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			So I ask you, if your 2025 is
		
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			the same as 2024, where's your growth?
		
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			Where's your growth?
		
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			Throughout the Qur'an we are reminded about
		
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			the value of time.
		
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			Because we are nothing but moments.
		
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			Every breath is a moment of existence.
		
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			And there will come a day when all
		
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			of us in this room no longer exist.
		
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			Masjid still open.
		
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			Khateeb still giving khutbah.
		
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			But you're gone and I'm gone.
		
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			So the Qur'an is clear.
		
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			حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتِ Look at the
		
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			picture being painted by the eloquence of the
		
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			Qur'an.
		
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			Allah says, until that moment comes, when death
		
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			approaches, قَالَ رَبِّ إِرْجِعُونَ Me, you, someone, they
		
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			say, let me go back.
		
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			إِرْجِعُونِ Let me go back.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Why do you want to go back, Ahmad?
		
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			Why do you want to go back?
		
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			لَعَلْ يَعْمَلُ صَالِحًا So that I can do
		
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			one more good deed.
		
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			That is why I began today's khutbah asking
		
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			a question, how do you want to be
		
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			remembered?
		
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			How do you want to be remembered?
		
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			That's my only question.
		
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			And once you figure that out, I can't
		
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			solve that for you.
		
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			Shaykh cannot solve that for you.
		
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			You must ask yourself, how do I want
		
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			to be remembered?
		
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			And when you figure it out, strive, grind,
		
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			work, put everything you have into building that
		
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			name for you and make sure it's meaningful.
		
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			So that when we stand around your grave
		
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			and when you stand around mine, you can
		
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			say, I know one thing about Mikael.
		
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			I know one thing about Ahmad.
		
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			I know one thing about Abu Zakariya.
		
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			لَعَلْ يَعْمَلُ صَالِحًا فِي مَا تَرَكْتُ So that
		
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			I may go back and do صَالِحًا اِسْمَ
		
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			نَكِرًا صَالِحًا is نَكِرًا It doesn't have alif
		
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			-laam.
		
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			This is the eloquence of the Qur'an.
		
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			This means that a person at the moment
		
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			of death will want to go back just
		
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			to even do one good deed.
		
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			The Qur'an says that an angel or
		
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			Allah, someone calls out, كَلَّ Nope, no going
		
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			back.
		
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			Do you know why there's no going back?
		
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			Because every day you woke up was a
		
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			new beginning.
		
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			Every day you woke up was a new
		
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			chance to define who you are.
		
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			So here we are on the precipice or
		
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			we're already here 2025.
		
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			And I ask yourself, how do you want
		
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			to be remembered?
		
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			There's a hadith, there's a hadith I want
		
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			to share and I began with it, where
		
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			the Rasul a.s. صلى الله عليه وسلم
		
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			He taught us the value of time.
		
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			And this hadith the Rasul a.s. He
		
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			said, اغْتَنِمْ خَمْسًا قَبْلَ خَمْسًا Now this is
		
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			a well-known hadith and many of us
		
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			have heard this hadith maybe dozens of times.
		
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			But listen to it as if you've never
		
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			heard it before.
		
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			Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم, He said, value,
		
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			غَنِيمًا Value five before five.
		
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			Five things before five, value them.
		
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			شَبَابَك قَبْلَ حَرَمِك Value being young.
		
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			Value being young.
		
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			I told my students, I used to have
		
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			a left knee and a right knee.
		
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			Now I have a good knee and a
		
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			bad knee.
		
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			That was a joke, no jokes in that
		
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			book.
		
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			Okay, note taken.
		
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			Value your youth before you get old.
		
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			Value your ability to sit down and pray
		
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			on the floor before, happens to all of
		
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			us.
		
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			You can do when you're شَبَابَك, you can
		
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			do what you can't do when you get
		
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			old.
		
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			Value that, give your best time to Allah.
		
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			Number one.
		
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			Number two, وَسِحَتَك قَبْلَ سَقَمِك Value health.
		
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			Value health before sickness comes.
		
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			As one scholar he said, السِّحَةَ تَيْجْ عَلَى
		
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			رُؤُسِ السِّحَةَ That health, health is a crown
		
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			on the heads of the healthy people.
		
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			لا يَرَاهَ إِلَّا سُقْمَا The only people that
		
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			see it are the sick people.
		
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			They're the only ones that see that crown.
		
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			Our Rasul ﷺ, he says, Value your healthy
		
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			now, your young now, الله أكبر.
		
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			وَغِنَاقَ قَبْلَ فَقْرِك Value your wealth before your
		
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			poor.
		
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			تِلْكَ الْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنِ النَّاسِ Yes, you have
		
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			wealth now, you don't know what...
		
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			فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَعْلَمْ مَا إِسْمُكَ غَدًا الحديث.
		
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			You don't even know what your name will
		
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			be tomorrow.
		
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			حديث الرسول ﷺ.
		
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			You don't even know your name tomorrow.
		
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			يعني tomorrow is unknown.
		
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			So use this moment right now.
		
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			غِنَاقَ قَبْلَ فَقْرِك الله أكبر.
		
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			And I believe this is number four.
		
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			Rasul ﷺ, he said, وَفَرَاقَكَ قَبْلَ شُغْلِك Value
		
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			your free time before you become so busy.
		
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			Value your free time.
		
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			خُصُوسَنَ الشَّبَاد يعني ما عندكم مسؤولية You don't
		
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			have a whole bunch of responsibilities.
		
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			Yes, we all have some level, no doubt,
		
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			I understand.
		
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			But you don't know what it's like, that's
		
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			why y'all call it adulting.
		
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			I'm looking at the age in the room,
		
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			they don't even know what I'm talking about.
		
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			It's cool.
		
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			Adulting is a term that the jinns, this
		
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			younger generation, they use for all the مسؤولية,
		
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			responsibilities of adults.
		
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			This hadith is saying, if you have free
		
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			time, value it.
		
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			Value it.
		
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			Make your name in that free time.
		
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			قَبْلَ شُغْلِك Before you become preoccupied with the
		
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			responsibilities of life.
		
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			And last but not least, the Rasul ﷺ,
		
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			he said, وَحَيَاتَكْ قَبْلَ مُوتِكْ Value your life.
		
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			And what this khutbah is about today is
		
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			about you setting a plan for who you
		
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			will be once we're laid in that grave.
		
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			And I just wanted everyone to take a
		
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			pause.
		
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			Why?
		
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			حَاسِبُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنتُ حَاسِبُ Because if you
		
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			can just pause and take account, every business
		
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			does accounting.
		
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			As that fiscal year is coming around, HR
		
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			starts hitting everybody up, KPI has got to
		
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			be turned in.
		
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			Yeah, I know the woke lingo, don't worry.
		
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			Everyone starts the accounting.
		
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			But what about the self-accounting?
		
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			Umar ibn Khattab رضي الله عنه taught us,
		
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			take account of yourself.
		
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			And as a new sanah, as a new
		
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			year is turning around, it's a perfect time
		
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			for you to stop and say, who will
		
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			I be remembered as?
		
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			And it's not about having a big name.
		
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			It's about having a meaningful impact on the
		
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			lives of those around you.
		
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			You left your impact on those around you.
		
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			You dedicated your life to Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ
		
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			تَعَالَى.
		
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			In the next part of my khutbah, I'll
		
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			speak about two vices, two qualities that will
		
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			destroy our potential to create that best version
		
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			of who we want to be.
		
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			أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله لي ولكم ولسائر
		
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			المسلمين فاستغفرو إنه هو الغفور الرحيم إن
		
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			الحمد لله إن الحمد لله نحمده ونستعينه ونستغفره
		
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			ونؤمن بنه ونتوكل عليه أما بعد بسم الله
		
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			الرحمن الرحيم قال الله تعالى وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ
		
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			وَاسْتَغْنَا وَكَذَبَ بِالْحُسْنَةِ فَسَنُ يَسِرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَةِ In order
		
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			to reach the spiritual goals that we want
		
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			to strive for, it's important for us to
		
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			remember something.
		
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			Allah doesn't owe you anything.
		
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			Allah does not owe you anything.
		
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			One of the most destructive vices that can
		
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			creep into our heart is istihqaq entitlement.
		
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			Istihqaq is destructive.
		
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			You know why?
		
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			Because it destroys your ability to show gratitude.
		
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			يعني العرب يقول لا شكر على الواجب لا
		
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			شكر على الواجب Subhanallah, I went to a
		
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			brother's house one time, and subhanallah, the hospitality
		
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			was next level.
		
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			He fed me this, he fed me that,
		
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			he fed me this.
		
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			And at the end of the azimah, at
		
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			the end of the dinner, I said to
		
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			him, thank you, جزاكم الله خير and he
		
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			said these words, he said لا شكر على
		
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			الواجب Do not thank me for what is
		
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			wajib.
		
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			يعني I had to do this for you.
		
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			When I heard this saying, it got me
		
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			thinking.
		
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			How can you ever show gratitude to Allah
		
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			for what you think Allah owes you?
		
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			Subhanallah.
		
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			You can never show gratitude for your house
		
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			if you think Allah owes you that.
		
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			You're supposed to have that.
		
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			You cannot show gratitude for that amazing wife
		
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			that you have if you think Allah owes
		
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			you that.
		
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			Whatever you think you're owed, you won't show
		
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			gratitude for it because you...
		
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			يقول هو حقي This is my haq, I'm
		
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			supposed to have this.
		
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			Subhanallah.
		
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			Let's look at the lives of the anbiya.
		
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			The lives of the anbiya.
		
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			Musa alayhi s-salatu wa s-salam, he's
		
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			fleeing Pharaoh.
		
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			He finds himself in the area of Median.
		
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			And he sees two sisters, تذودين, pushing their
		
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			sheep back.
		
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			They're unable to water their flock.
		
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			So the Qur'an tells us that he
		
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			goes over and he helps them.
		
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			But at the end of helping them, he
		
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			says something so profound.
		
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			He says, رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ
		
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			خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٍ He says, Ya Allah!
		
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			I am in utter need.
		
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			I need every opportunity for khair.
		
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			I need every opportunity for khair.
		
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			The thing that will destroy our ability to
		
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			do khair is the feeling of entitlement.
		
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			When we look at the lives of Umar
		
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			and Abu Bakr as-Siddiq r.a, we
		
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			find a sense of urgency to do khair
		
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			because they never thought that they reach the
		
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			level yet.
		
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			أمير المؤمنين عمر بن الخطى هو على فراش
		
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			الموت.
		
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			He's on his deathbed.
		
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			دخل عليه ابن أباس وقال أبشر Ibn Abbas
		
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			walks in as Umar is laying on his
		
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			deathbed.
		
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			I asked you, what do you want to
		
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			be said about you as you lay on
		
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			your deathbed?
		
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			What do you want the murmurs and whispers
		
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			to be?
		
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			Umar is laying on his deathbed.
		
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			دخل عليه ابن أباس Ibn Abbas walks in.
		
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			فقال أبشر Ibn Abbas, he says, Glad tidings,
		
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			O Amirul Mu'mineen.
		
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			Glad tidings.
		
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			Today is your big day.
		
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			You صحبت رسول الله.
		
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			You are a sahabi of Rasulullah.
		
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			فأحسنت صحبة And you were a good sahabi.
		
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			ثم توفى Rasul Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he passed
		
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			away.
		
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			وهو عنك راض He passed away happy with
		
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			you.
		
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			وصحبت عبا بكر You were with Abu Bakr.
		
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			فأحسنت صحبة You were good with him.
		
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			And he passed away happy with you.
		
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			ثم حكمت فعدلت You were a leader and
		
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			you were just.
		
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			He's reminding him all the good.
		
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			I ask you, what do you want to
		
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			be said about you?
		
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			That's how I started.
		
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			If you died right now, hold on.
		
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			If you died right now, how will you
		
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			be remembered?
		
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			How will you be remembered?
		
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			By your son?
		
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			By your wife?
		
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			How will you be remembered?
		
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			By your brother?
		
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			Yeah, my brother gamed all day, bro.
		
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			How will you be remembered?
		
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			That's the question I'm asking myself.
		
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			What did Umar say?
		
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			He said, والله والله Ibn Abbas, he says,
		
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			والله If you die today, the sahaba are
		
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			happy with you, O Umar.
		
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			فالتفت عمر Umar turned his face towards Ibn
		
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			Abbas.
		
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			And he said, ذلك ما من الله به
		
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			علي That was all God's blessing on me.
		
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			Meaning, I didn't do anything.
		
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			First of all, he never felt entitled.
		
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			Yes, you're right, I deserve Jannah.
		
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			No, what got him to that level is
		
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			that sense that I need every opportunity for
		
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			khair.
		
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			وإن المغرور والله من غررتموه فوالله إني لودت
		
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			أن أخرج من الدنيا كفافا He says the
		
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			most profound statement.
		
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			He says, والله, I'm hoping I break even.
		
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			What does that mean to break even?
		
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			لا علي ولا لي I hope I'm equal
		
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			on the day of judgment.
		
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			What I want you to understand is even
		
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			at the time of death, he didn't feel
		
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			like, I deserve Jannah.
		
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			He's leaving the world feeling that he has
		
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			a debt to pay back.
		
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			There's one hadith and I'll end the khutbah.
		
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			One hadith.
		
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			Rasul ﷺ, he said, يسبح على كل صلامة
		
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			من أحدكم صدقة Every morning you wake up,
		
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			you owe sadaqah for every joint that you
		
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			have in your body.
		
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			You owe, you woke up this morning in
		
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			debt.
		
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			Not owed anything by God.
		
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			You woke up this morning owing Allah.
		
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			Do you know how it is to have
		
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			a debt?
		
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			It drives you crazy.
		
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			I gotta pay this guy back, I gotta
		
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			pay this guy back.
		
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			Rasul ﷺ, he taught us, I want you
		
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			to wake up in morning realizing a sense
		
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			of urgency.
		
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			2025 is a year you work to pay
		
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			back that debt to Allah.
		
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			Rasul, the sahaba, they said, يا رسول الله
		
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			Who's got pockets that deep?
		
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			How do we pay that much charity?
		
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			Rasul ﷺ, he said, لا كل تسبح صدقة
		
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			كل تحميد صدقة كل تحليل صدقة Every الله
		
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			أكبر صدقة Every سبحان الله صدقة Every لا
		
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			إله إلا الله صدقة الأمر بالمعروف صدقة Rasul
		
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			ﷺ, he said, Serve the people, that's your
		
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			charity.
		
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			My time is up.
		
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			But the reality is all of our times
		
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			will be up.
		
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			How will you be remembered?
		
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			إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُسَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِ O you
		
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			who have believed, send blessings and peace upon
		
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			him and his family.
		
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			اللهم سلِّ وسلِّمْ وَعَنِّهِ مَعَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَنَبِيَنَا وَمَوْلَانَ
		
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			مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى أَوْلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلِّمْ وَرَضَى اللَّهُمَّ أَنْ
		
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			جَمِيَ أَسْحَابِ نَبِيَكَ أَجْمَعِينَ وَعَنِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ أَبِي
		
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			بَكَرُ وَعُمَنُ وَعَثْمَانُ وَعَلِي وَعَنْ بَقِيَةِ السِّتَّةِ مِنَ
		
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			الْأَشْرَةِ الْمُبَشَرَةِ وَعَنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ نَبِيَكَ أَجْمَعِينَ وَعَنَّ
		
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			مَآهُمْ بِفَضْلِكِ وَجُودِكِ وَكَرْمِكِ يَا أَرْحَمُ الْرَّاهِمِينَ اللهم
		
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			عِزَّنا وَلاَ تُذِلَّنَا يَا أَرْحَمُ الْرَّاهِمِينَ اللهم
		
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			إنا نسألك حبك وحب من يحبك وحب عمل
		
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			يُقَرِّبنا إلى حبك يَا أَرْحَمُ الْرَّاهِمِينَ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ
		
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			رَحِيمَكُمْ اللَّهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ
		
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			وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَةِ وَيَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ
		
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			وَالْبَغْيِ يَعِذُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ تَعَالَى
		
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			يَذْكُرْكُمْ وَادْعُوهُ يَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ وَلَذِكْرُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ وَاللَّهُ
		
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			يَعْلَمُ مَا تَسْنَوْا أَقِيمُوا صَفُوفَكُمْ أَشْهَدُ
		
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			أَنَّ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولُ اللهِ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ حَيَّ
		
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			عَلَى الْفَنَاحِ قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةِ
		
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			الله أكبر الله أكبر لا إله إلا هو
		
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			اصْدُوا وَاعْتَدِلُوا صَوُوا صَفُوفَكُمْ صَدَّ الْخَلَلِ make sure
		
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			the lines are straight fill in the gaps
		
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			الله أكبر الحمد
		
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			لله رب العالمين الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ
		
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			الدِّينِ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَاكَ نَسْتَعِينَ إِهْدِنَا
		
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			الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ
		
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			وَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا
		
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			الضَّالِّينَ وَلَقَدْ
		
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			أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ
		
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			فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ
		
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			يَتَضَرَّعُونَ فَلَوْلَا إِذْ جَاءَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا
		
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			تَضَرَّعُوا وَلَكِنْ وَلَكِنْ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ
		
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			وَمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ فَلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ
		
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			فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى إِذَا فَرِحُوا
		
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			بِمَا أُوتُ وَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَةً فَإِذَا
		
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			هُمْ مُبْلِسُونَ فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُونَ
		
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			وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الله
		
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			أكبر الحمد لله رب العالمين الرحمن الرحيم
		
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			مالك يوم الدين إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين إِهْدِنَا
		
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			الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطًا الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ
		
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			الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ
		
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			وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَسْمَعُوا لِهَذَا الْقُرْآنِ وَالْغَوْ
		
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			فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ فَلَنُضِيقَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا
		
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			عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ
		
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			أَسْوَى الَّذِي كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ذَلِكَ جَزَاءُ
		
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			عَدَاءِ اللَّهِ النَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا دَارُ الْخُلْدِ
		
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			جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ
		
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			سَمِعَ اللَّهُ
		
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			لِمَنْ حَمِدًا رَحْمَةُ
		
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			اللَّهُ