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Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim, alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen,
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wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal
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mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullahi sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi
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wa sahbihi wa sallam, tasliman kathiran kathira fama
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ba'du.
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My brothers and sisters, the election is over
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and America has decided who gets the most
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powerful job in the world.
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That is why I thought it is important
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to put this in perspective.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala jalla jalaluhu said,
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Qul Allahumma maalika al-mulk.
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Tu'ti al-mulk man tasha'u wa tanzi
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'u al-mulk min man tasha'u.
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Wa tu'izzu man tasha'u wa tu'dhillu
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man tasha'u bi-yadika al-khair.
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Innaka ala kulli shay'in qadeer.
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In Suratul Alimran, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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said, Say, O Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
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O Allah, Lord over all authorities, you give
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authority to whoever you please and you remove
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it from whoever you please.
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You honour whoever you please and you disgrace
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whoever you please.
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All good is in your hands.
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Surely you alone are most capable of everything.
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I remind myself and you that the earth
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belongs to the one who created the earth
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and everything it contains.
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The one who owns the heavens and everything
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that is in them and everything between the
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two.
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The one who owns the entire universe because
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he created it.
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The one who created and sustains all that
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we know and all that we don't know.
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And the one to whom is our return.
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He is Allah and He is the only
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one we worship.
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Huwa allathee yamlikul ard wa maa feeha wa
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lahoo maa fis samawati wa maa feeha man
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zallazi yashfa'u indahu illa bi-idhnih ya
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'alamu maa bayna aydihim wa maa khalfahum wa
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laa yuhaytuna bishayin min ilmihi illa bimaa shaa
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wasi'a kursiyuhu s-samawati wa l-ard
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wa laa ya'uduhu hifzuhu maa wa huwa
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al-aliyyul azeem allahu akbar allahu akbar laa
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ilaha illa allah wa allahu akbar allahu akbar
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wa lillahi l-hamd huwa allahu allazhi laa
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ilaha illa hu alimu l-ghaybi wa l
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-shahadati huwa ar-rahmanu r-rahim huwa allahu
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allazhi laa ilaha illa hu almaliku l-quddusu
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s-salamu l-mu'minu l-muhayminu l-azizu
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l-jabbaru l-mutakabbir subhanallahi amma yushrikun
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huwa allahu l-khaliqu l-bariyu l-musammilu
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lahu l-asma'u l-husna yusabbihu lahu
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maa fi s-samawati wa l-ard wa
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huwa l-azizu l-hakim bismillahi r-Rahmani
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r-Rahim qul huwa allahu ahad, allahu s
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-samad lam yalidu wa lam yuladu wa lam
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yakun lahu kufwan ahad I will not translate
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all these beautiful ayat of the Quran here
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because I know you know the translation, you
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know the meaning and those who don't know
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can look it up.
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I recited ayatul kursi which is in suratul
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baqarah, I then recited the last ayat of
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suratul hashar and then I recited suratul ikhlas.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reminded us of
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who He is and it is our honour
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to keep on reminding ourselves by making His
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zikr over and over and over.
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Someone sent me a tiktok interview where they
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were, the interview was with a very senior
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priest and asked him to advise young priests
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and he said tell them to forget seminary
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and all their seminary degrees.
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Tell them two things, read the Bible and
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pray a lot.
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Tell them that unless they develop closeness to
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God they cannot achieve anything in life and
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the only way to get close to anyone
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is to spend time with them.
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So pray a lot.
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Now tell me, if this applies to us
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equally and more or not?
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So let us remember the reality and the
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reality is that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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is our Rabb, He is in control and
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to Him is our return.
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As far as we are concerned, only what
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants will happen
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and if we have Allah subhanahu wa ta
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'ala's pleasure on our side, Allah subhanahu wa
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ta'ala will keep us safe.
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This is an opportunity to realign our focus
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and to repair our aqeedah and remember that
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it is only and only Allah who can
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do anything.
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Our real test is not this or any
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election.
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Our real test is when we meet Malak
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ul Maut, the angel of death.
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That is what we need to prepare for.
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So we say Alhamdulillahi ala kulli hal and
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we turn towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told us the
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stories of His anbiya alaihimu salam to prove
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this point that only what Allah subhanahu wa
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ta'ala wants to happen can happen and
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that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala protects His
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people wherever they may be in whatever condition
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provided they behave like His people.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told us the
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story of Ibrahim alaihi salam and all that
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led to him being thrown into the fire.
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You know the story so I won't repeat
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it here.
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Just put yourself in that position and look
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at him as he is sitting in the
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cup of the trebuchet and Jibreel alaihi salam
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comes to him.
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We know this from the hadith and it
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is quoted also in Tafseer Ibn Kathir when
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Jibreel alaihi salam comes to him and says
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tell me Ya Khalilullah what can I do
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for you?
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Now Jibreel, he knows Jibreel, he has seen
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Jibreel, he has spoken to Jibreel Jibreel is
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sitting here in front of him, standing here
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in front of him it is a direct
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person to person contact, he has every right
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to ask Jibreel for help if he wants,
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in the deen there is nothing wrong with
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that.
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He is not asking somebody in a grave,
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he is not asking somebody who is ghaib
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he is asking Jibreel who is standing in
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front of him.
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And Jibreel says tell me how can I
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help you?
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And I imagine, this is my imagination, the
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hadith does not say this but my imagination,
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Ibrahim alaihi salam smiles and says ask you
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why would I ask you?
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There is nothing I have to ask.
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Jibreel alaihi salam goes to Allah subhanahu wa
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ta'ala and of course Allah subhanahu wa
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ta'ala who was sameul basir, he is
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seeing, he is hearing, he knows and Jibreel
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says Ya Rabbil alameen, Ya Rabbi your Khalil
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is about to be burnt, I asked him
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can I help you, he says no.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says go back
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tell him I sent you.
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And remember the angels never do anything without
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the permission of Allah.
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Even the first time Jibreel came because Allah
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sent him.
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So Allah says tell him I sent you
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and I want to know from him, I
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am asking what does he want?
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Jibreel alaihi salam comes back and says your
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Rabb sent me and he wants to know
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what do you want?
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And Ibrahim alaihi salam smiles and says my
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Rabb does not need to ask.
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He says my Rabb does not need to
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ask.
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What do I want?
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I want whatever he wants.
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This is the essence of Rida bil khada.
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And when Ibrahim alaihi salam removed the asbaab
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from between him and his Rabb jalla jalaluhu
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when he removed Jibreel when he removed everybody
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and he said I want whatever you want.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala directly ordered the
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fire.
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Qulna ya narukuni bardan wa salaman ala Ibrahim.
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Allah said we said, we commanded, O fire
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become cool and a means of safety.
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Become cool and safe for Ibrahim.
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I remind myself when you that Ibrahim alaihi
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salam was able to say this because he
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was, he said something long before this.
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And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told us
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about that.
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Qala lahu Rabbuhu aslim, qala aslam to the
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Rabbil alameen.
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When his Rabb ordered him submit to my
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will, he said I submitted.
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He said I submit to the Rabb of
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the alameen.
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This is the position and the stance and
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the status of the Muslim.
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I have submitted.
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No arguments, not I will submit sometime in
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the future, no.
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He said Qala lahu Rabbuhu aslim, qala aslam.
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When the Muslim submits, Allah subhanahu wa ta
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'ala takes direct charge of his affairs.
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And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said Qulna
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ya narukuni bardan wa salaman ala Ibrahim.
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We ordered.
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No intermediaries, no Jibreel, no nobody.
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Allah directly orders.
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O fire become cool and safe for Ibrahim
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alaihi salam.
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To be Muslim is to recognize this reality
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and it is only and only Allah subhanahu
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wa ta'ala who commands and does.
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Nothing else has any power.
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To be Muslim is therefore to submit to
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and everything we
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believe, we say and we do.
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Total congruence between the soul, the heart, the
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speech and the actions.
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Because incongruence is nifaq, it is hypocrisy.
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If I say I have submitted aslamtu, then
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there cannot be any deliberate disobedience in my
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life.
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Mistakes will happen for which I turn to
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala immediately in repentance.
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But I will never disobey Allah subhanahu wa
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ta'ala deliberately and knowingly.
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Let us make this niyyah.
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Now.
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And if you don't want to do that,
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then make a plan for what will happen
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when we meet Allah.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told us about
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another of his great prophets and messengers, Musa
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alaihi salam.
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We all know the story, so I won't
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go into the details here.
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But I will request you to reflect on
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what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala did when
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he decided to save Musa alaihi salam from
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the pharaoh.
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Reflect on how strange this sounds in today's
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context, where we link everything to material.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, ba'u
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hayna ila ummi Musa an ardi'hi fa
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idha khifti alaihi fa alqrihi fil yam wa
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laa takhaafi wa laa tahzani inna raadduhu ilaiki
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wa ja'iluhu minal mursaleen.
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Allah said, we inspired, we sent Wahi to
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the mother of Musa alaihi salam and said,
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nurse him, but when you fear for him,
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put him into the river.
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Put him into the river and do not
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fear and do not grieve.
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We will certainly return him to you and
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make him one of the Rusul, one of
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the messengers.
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I remind you and myself that it is
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the sunnat of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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that when he intends to intervene directly, he
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removes all forms of worldly means and support,
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so that anyone who has any doubt will
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be forced to admit, laa yanfa' wa laa
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yadur illa Allah.
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None can benefit and none can harm except
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Allah.
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In the case of Musa alaihi salam, not
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only did his mother put him into the
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river, Nile, but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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caused him to go into the palace of
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Firaun, Ramesses II, and be recognised as the
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one they had been searching for and in
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that process had slaughtered thousands of innocent children.
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Yet when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala willed,
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when the Firaun found the one they had
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been searching for, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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caused the Firaun to raise that child and
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to train that child to lead his nation.
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When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala chose his
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beloved Rasul, Muhammad Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
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to lead all of mankind until the Day
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of Judgement, he caused his father to die
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before he was born, his mother passed away
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when he was six, his grandfather passed away
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when he was eight, and when he declared
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his Risalah, he declared his Prophethood and started
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inviting people to Islam, it resulted in merciless
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persecution, when that was at its peak, Allah
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subhanahu wa ta'ala took away the two
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greatest supporters he had, our mother Khadijatul Kumra
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radiallahu anha and his uncle Abu Talib.
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Only then came Al-Isra wal Mi'raj.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala comforted him by
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reminding him of these trials with each of
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which came relief.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Allah
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subhanahu
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wa ta'ala said, needy,
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in need, and he fulfilled your needs.
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And then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala blessed
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him with a promise which is a blessing
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for all of us, and is the ayat
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of greatest hope in the Quran.
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Allah said, The
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Sahaba said that this is the ayat of
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greatest hope for the believers because we know
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that he, Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, will
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never be pleased and satisfied until everyone of
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his Ummah is in Jannah.
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May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gather us
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with Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in Jannatul
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Firdaus without his Sahib inshallah.
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The key is to qualify, to be counted
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among his Ummah who will be gathered with
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him, which includes, and they are the gold
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standard, they are the benchmark against which everyone
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else will be measured.
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May Allah have mercy on us.
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Include the sabihoonal awwaloona minal muhajireena wal-ansar,
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whom Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala praised and
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showed us how to be among them.
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The choice to be with them or the
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choice to stand apart is ours.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, wa s
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-sabihoonal awwaloona minal muhajireena wal-ansar wal-ladheena
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attab'uhum bi ihsan radiyallahu anhum wa raduwan
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wa a'adda lahum jannatin tajree tahtaha al
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-anharu khalideena feeha abada zalika alfawzul azeem Allah
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subhanahu wa ta'ala said, as for the
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foremost, the first sabihoonal awwaloona, the first of
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the muhajireena wal-ansar, the immigrants and the
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helpers, wal-ladheena attab'uhum bi ihsan, Allah
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left this door open.
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And He said, and those who follow them
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in goodness, Allah is pleased with them and
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they are pleased with Him.
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And He has prepared for them gardens under
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which rivers flow to stay there forever and
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ever.
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That is ultimate triumph.
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Final point and conclusion.
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Islam does not prevent us from creating strategies
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and working to succeed in this life.
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We are encouraged to do that.
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The very definition of sabr, which is patience,
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is the most action-oriented definition that you
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can imagine.
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But Islam reminds us that no strategy can
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be successful unless Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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is factored into it.
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Because He is in it anyway.
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We make the effort and then we turn
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to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and beg
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for His help.
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Which may come through our effort or from
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sources we cannot imagine.
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As He promised.
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He said, wa man yattaqillaha yaja'al lahum
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akhrajar, wa yarzuquhu min haythu laa ihtasib, wa
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man yatawakalallahi fahu hazbu.
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He said, and whoever has taqwa, whoever is
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concerned about the rida of Allah, about the
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pleasure of Allah, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
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He will make a way out for him.
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He will extract him from his difficulties.
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And provide for them from sources they could
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never imagine.
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And whoever puts their trust in Allah, then
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He alone is sufficient for them.
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My brothers and sisters, we Muslims need to
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do what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala created
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us for.
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That is, promote good and forbid evil.
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Not chase money at any cost.
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We need to stand for justice and against
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injustice.
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No matter who is involved.
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The truth is the truth even if nobody
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accepts it.
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And falsehood is falsehood even if everyone believes
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it.
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The help of Allah comes only for those
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who do the work of Allah.
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The work for which He sent us.
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Not for those who deliberately disobey Him, refuse
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to repent, but call on Him when their
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actions yield the result of those actions.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told us that
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we are the cause of our own problems.
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He said, zahra al-fasadu fil barri bima
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kasamat aydin nas.
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Allah said, the fasad, the trials, tribulations, difficulties
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in the sea and the earth are because
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of what we do.
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The deeds that come out from our hands.
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Zahra al-fasadu fil barri wal bahri bima
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kasamat aydin nasi.
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And why?
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Li yuzikahum ba'da allathee ya'milu la'allahum yarjiyun.
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So that Allah can give you a taste
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of your deeds, the punishment that is to
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come.
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If you want to avoid that, Allah can
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give you a taste so that you turn
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towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
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Allah told us that difficulties come because of
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our own actions.
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Remember, this is great news for anyone who
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wants to overcome the challenges in his life.
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Clean up your act and tough times will
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become a memory.
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Let us ask what we need to do
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to be included in the list of those
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who work for Allah alone.
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The change must begin from the only place
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where all change begins.
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That is myself.
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Let us convince ourselves that until I change
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myself, until you change yourself, nothing else will
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change in my life and your life.
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And let us begin that change starting now.
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That is what we must learn or be
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prepared to pay the price until we learn.
