Mirza Yawar Baig – He Is With Us Always

Mirza Yawar Baig
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The anxiety of the culture of the waivens is reflected in the anxiety of individuals living in a state of anxiety and attempting to protect themselves from the danger of suicide. The three main benefits of appreciating Allah's presence, including being aware of his power and the ability to achieve peace and happiness, are emphasized. The negative impact of Sin, a disease which weakens the physical and mental health of the person, is also discussed, along with the importance of converting words into experiences and strengthening one's immune system to avoid becoming a infected person. The speaker reminds everyone to focus on what they will leave behind and not sell things, emphasizing the importance of living cleanity and avoiding sin.

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			Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim.
		
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			Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen.
		
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			Wa salatu wa salamu ala sharafil anbiya wal
		
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			mursaleen.
		
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			Muhammadur Rasulullahi sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa
		
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			sahbihi wa sallam.
		
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			Tasliman kathiran kathira fama ba'du.
		
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			My brothers and sisters, the topic of my
		
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			khutbah today is Wahuwa ma'akum aynama kuntum.
		
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			As Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, He
		
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			is with you wherever you are.
		
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			So He is always with us.
		
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			Alhamdulillah.
		
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			Mankind lives a life of anxiety.
		
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			Every human being, no matter what status, what
		
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			position, what wealth, what power, what piety, what
		
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			sinning, always, always, every human being lives in
		
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			a state of anxiety.
		
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			The nature of the anxiety differs, the quantum
		
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			of the anxiety differs, but there's nobody in
		
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			this world, if he or she is living,
		
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			and if they have intelligence, then anxiety is
		
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			bound with that.
		
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			Mankind's life revolves around trying to safeguard himself
		
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			or herself from things that cause them that
		
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			anxiety.
		
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			The causes of anxiety are different for different
		
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			people.
		
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			For some they are financial, for others they
		
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			have to do with careers, and for others
		
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			they are far more basic, relating to survival
		
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			itself, but there is nobody who is free
		
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			from anxiety.
		
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			Happiness does not lead to suicide, neither does
		
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			sadness.
		
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			Despair leads to suicide.
		
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			Complete loss of hope.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala spoke about hope,
		
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			and He said, هو الذي خلق السماوات والأرض
		
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			في ستة أيام ثم استوى على الأرش يعلم
		
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			ما يلج في الأرض وما يخرج منها وما
		
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			ينزل من السماء وما يعرج فيها وهو معكم
		
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			أينما كنتم والله بما تعملون بصير He said,
		
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			which means, in Surah Al-Hadeed, He, Jalla
		
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			Jalaluhu, it is He who created the heavens
		
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			and the earth in six days and then
		
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			استوى, He made استوى, rose over the throne
		
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			in a manner that suits His Majesty and
		
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			Grace.
		
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			He knows what goes into the earth and
		
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			what comes forth from it, what descends from
		
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			the heavens and what ascends thereto and He
		
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			is with you, by His knowledge, wherever you
		
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			may be and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			sees all that you do.
		
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			There is no room for despair in the
		
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			heart of the one who knows Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			And so I call this ayah, an ayah
		
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			of great hope.
		
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			Hope, especially because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			mentioned His presence.
		
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			There is a magnitude of difference, like the
		
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			difference between the heavens and the earth, between
		
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			the promise of the help of the king
		
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			and the presence of the king himself.
		
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			تَعَالَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
		
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			رَبُّ الْأَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ هو الملك الحق, He is
		
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			the real king.
		
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			The promise of help from the king is
		
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			limited, the presence of the king and therefore
		
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			the help that comes from that is unlimited.
		
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			One relates to circumstances, the other has no
		
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			boundaries.
		
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			For one to draw comfort from the presence
		
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			of someone in one's life, there are two
		
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			requirements.
		
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			You should know and truly appreciate the power
		
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			of the one who is with you, and
		
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			you should have a connection with him that
		
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			enables you to invoke that power, to call
		
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			upon that power to help you whenever you
		
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			need it.
		
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			Allah is real, what He said is real,
		
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			so let us get real.
		
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			The three major benefits of appreciating Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala's presence, there are three major
		
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			benefits.
		
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			The first one, when the person is constantly
		
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			aware of the presence of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala in his or her life, he
		
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			or she is protected from sin, it's a
		
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			shield against sin.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ
		
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			اللَّهَ قِيَامَهُ وَقُعُودَهُ وَعَلَى جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِي قَدْرِ
		
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			السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذَا بَاتِلًا سُبْحَانَكَ
		
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			فَقِنَا عَظَمَ النَّارِ Allah said those, He is
		
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			talking about Al-Ulil al-Baq in the
		
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			famous ayat of Surat Al-Alimran.
		
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			Allah said, they are those who remember Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala standing, sitting and lying
		
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			down on their sides and they think and
		
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			reflect deeply about the creation of the heavens
		
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			and the earth and they say, Our Rabb,
		
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			You have not created all of this without
		
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			purpose.
		
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			Glory be to You.
		
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			Give us salvation and protect us and save
		
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			us from the torment of the fire.
		
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			All concerns about pleasing, second benefit, all concerns
		
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			about pleasing people drop from the shoulders of
		
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			the one who is aware of the presence
		
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			of Allah in his life.
		
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			All hope from people is nullified because the
		
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			person realizes that it is only Allah who
		
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			can help him and that all conditions are
		
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			dependent on Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's will.
		
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			So if he or she is concerned with
		
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			the pleasure of Allah, then Allah will take
		
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			care of his affairs.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ
		
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			وَخْشَوْنِي وَلِوْ تِمَّ نِعْمَتِي عَلَيْكُمْ وَلْعَلَّكُمْ تَحْتَدُونَ Allah
		
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			said, so do not fear them but fear
		
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			me so that I may complete my blessings
		
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			on you and that you may be guided.
		
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			Number three, the result of being aware of
		
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			the presence of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			in our lives is that the person becomes
		
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			stress free.
		
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			And his heart is free from all anxiety
		
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			and the fear of creatures and the fear
		
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			of circumstances and the fear of conditions.
		
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			The person becomes tranquil and has peace of
		
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			mind and his life is full of peace
		
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			and harmony and tranquility.
		
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			About this Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said,
		
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			أَلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَطْمَئِنُوا قُلُوبُهُمْ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ
		
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			اللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُوا الْقُلُوبُ Allah said, those who believe
		
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			in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, in the
		
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			oneness of Allah, in Islam, and whose hearts
		
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			find rest and sukoon in the remembrance of
		
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			Allah, verily in the remembrance of Allah do
		
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			hearts find peace.
		
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			اِتْمِنَادُ الْقَلْبِ فِي ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ Someone asked,
		
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			Hasan al-Basri r.a, why he always
		
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			looked very peaceful and stress free?
		
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			He said, he said four things.
		
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			He said, it is because I am aware
		
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			of four things.
		
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			One, I am aware that Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala created me for a purpose and
		
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			that is for his ibadah.
		
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			Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, وَمَا
		
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			قَلَصْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالإِنسَا إِلَّا لِيَعَبُدُونَ And so, I
		
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			worship Him.
		
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			He said, I am aware that Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala has written my rizq.
		
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			What I am supposed to get, Allah has
		
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			already determined that.
		
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			And therefore, nobody else can get that and
		
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			so I don't worry about that.
		
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			And third, he said, I am aware that
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is watching me
		
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			and so I am ashamed to commit any
		
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			sin.
		
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			And number four, he said, I am aware
		
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			that one day I will meet Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala and so I try to
		
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			prepare for that.
		
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			I remind myself and you, my brothers and
		
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			sisters, that the Rab of Hasan al-Basri
		
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			r.a is also our Rab.
		
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			The same Rab and we are his Ibad
		
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			as was Hasan al-Basri r.a. So
		
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			let us try to attain the state of
		
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			peace and tranquility that he had.
		
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			Finally, to action.
		
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			What one must do to attain the state
		
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			of awareness of the presence of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			Remember, you don't take rizq because you have
		
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			faith.
		
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			You have faith because you take rizq.
		
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			Trust is the result of rizq.
		
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			Every episode of taking rizq increases that faith.
		
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			So take rizq on Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala.
		
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			That is the meaning of tawakkul, to rizq
		
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			on Allah.
		
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			In the words of Barbara Winters, when you
		
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			come to the end of the light of
		
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			all that you know, and are about to
		
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			step off into the darkness of the unknown,
		
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			faith is to know that one of two
		
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			things will happen.
		
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			There will be something firm to stand on
		
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			or you will be taught how to fly.
		
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			I realized this when I first tried rappelling
		
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			in Pune, abseiling in Pune and stepped off
		
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			the top of Sinagar Fort into space, hanging
		
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			300 feet above rocks.
		
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			It was only when I believed the trainer
		
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			and stepped off the cliff that I discovered
		
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			the joy.
		
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			The joy of hanging in space, safe and
		
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			secure, held by the rope.
		
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			Until that moment, all that I had heard
		
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			from the trainer about the rope and its
		
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			strength and so on, had been theory.
		
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			I believed him because I had no reason
		
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			not to believe him.
		
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			But I understood what he meant only when
		
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			I took the rizq and stepped off into
		
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			space.
		
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			To believe Allah is with you is to
		
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			take that leap of faith.
		
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			To know, not just to believe, but to
		
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			know with certainty, with yaqeel, that he does
		
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			not drop a catch.
		
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			That is the essence of tawakkul.
		
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			To know that he provides from sources that
		
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			we cannot even imagine.
		
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			That's the beginning of al-iman bil ghayb.
		
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			Taking rizq means deciding in favor of obeying
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			When disobedience seems to be more beneficial, that
		
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			is when you realize the strength of the
		
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			rope of Allah.
		
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			Then you revel in the joy of living
		
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			a life that is free from all stress.
		
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			We need to convert words into experience.
		
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			We need to take the rizq of living
		
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			by our beliefs.
		
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			We need to discover the joy of living
		
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			stress-free.
		
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			I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for
		
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			his help.
		
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			Awareness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's presence
		
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			in our lives is a shield from sin.
		
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			How can someone who is aware of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala, his presence, that Allah
		
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			is with him, do something which he knows
		
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			displeases Allah?
		
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			Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, there will
		
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			surely be groups of my nation, who will
		
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			come on the day of rising, on the
		
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			day of judgment, with good deeds like the
		
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			white mountains of Tihamah.
		
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			But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will scatter
		
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			them like dust.
		
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			Sawwan radiallahu anhu asked, Ya Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam, please describe them to us, lest
		
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			we unwittingly, unknowingly become like them.
		
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			He said, they will be your brothers, and
		
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			they will be just like you, and they
		
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			will pray at night just like you do.
		
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			However, they are people who, when they are
		
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			in private, when they are by themselves, in
		
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			secret, they do all sorts of haram things,
		
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			that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has forbidden.
		
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			And this is in Ibn Majah.
		
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			Sin is a disease.
		
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			A person who is aware of Allah's presence,
		
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			knows that there is no such thing as
		
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			secret.
		
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			Sin is a disease.
		
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			It is a disease which is worse than
		
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			fatal, because all physical and mental disease ends
		
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			with death, if it is not cured before
		
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			that.
		
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			But if sin remains with us, and we
		
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			don't repent and change, then it goes with
		
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			us into our graves, and will be with
		
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			us when we are resurrected, and can be
		
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			the reason for us to be punished on
		
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			the Day of Judgment.
		
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			Sin also weakens the person, mentally, spiritually, psychologically,
		
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			and emotionally, and as a result, physically.
		
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			Sin creates depression and despair.
		
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			Sin weakens our efforts.
		
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			Awareness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gives
		
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			us comfort and courage.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, إِن يَنصُرْكُمُ
		
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			اللَّهُ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَكُمْ وَإِن يَخُذُلْكُمْ فَمَن ذَا
		
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			الَّذِي يَنصُرُكُم مِّن بَعْدِهِ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
		
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			In Surah Al-Imran, Allah said, if Allah
		
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			helps you, no one can defeat you.
		
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			But if He denies you help, who else
		
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			can help you?
		
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			So, in Allah, let the believers put their
		
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			trust.
		
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			Remembering that Allah is with us, wherever we
		
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			are, as He said, helps us to live
		
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			a clean life of obedience to Him.
		
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			That gives us comfort in this life and
		
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			Jannah in the Akhirah.
		
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			We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for
		
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			this awareness at all times.
		
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			Allah said, يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ادْخُلُوا فِي
		
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			السِّلْمِ كَافَةً وَلَا تَطَّبِعُوا قُطُوَةِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ
		
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			عَذُوبٌ مُبِينٌ Allah said, O believers, enter Islam
		
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			wholeheartedly and fully and completely and do not
		
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			follow shaitan's footsteps.
		
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			Surely, he is your sworn enemy.
		
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			This reinforces for us that Islam is a
		
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			complete way of life.
		
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			And that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's pleasure
		
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			must be considered in everything we say or
		
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			do.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala warned us against
		
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			following the footsteps of shaitan and his agents.
		
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			Everything begins with obedience to Allah in the
		
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			way, the sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa
		
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			sallam.
		
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			This is the meaning of Islam.
		
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			This is the meaning of being Muslim.
		
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			I remind myself and you that when we
		
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			commit sins, we only damage ourselves in this
		
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			life.
		
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			And we open ourselves to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala's punishment when we meet him.
		
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			Just consider for a second, who is the
		
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			first victim of the drunkard, the smoker, the
		
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			junkie, the gambler?
		
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			Who is the first and foremost victim who
		
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			gets harmed first and foremost?
		
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			It is the person himself.
		
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			What happens to the respect and credibility of
		
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			the liar and the cheat, the slanderer and
		
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			a person with bad character?
		
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			His character, his own reputation gets destroyed.
		
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			That is the first casualty.
		
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			The first casualty is the person himself or
		
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			herself.
		
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			Sin harms the sinner first and foremost.
		
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			Yet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in his
		
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			mercy does not shut the doors of his
		
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			forgiveness and calls us sinners, my slaves.
		
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			How can we thank our Rab Jalaluddin whose
		
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			mercy has no bounds?
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala promised to forgive
		
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			all sins provided we seek forgiveness.
		
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			Let's hasten to that.
		
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			Let's rush to that.
		
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			The doors of mercy and forgiveness of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala are open for any
		
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			one of us who wants to turn to
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in repentance.
		
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			The beginning of all goodness is to own
		
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			up our sins and beg Allah for forgiveness.
		
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			Qul ya ibadi alladhina asrafu ala anfusihim la
		
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			taqnatu min rahmati Allah.
		
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			Inna Allaha yaqfiru dhunuba jami'a innahu huwal
		
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			ghafurun raheem.
		
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			Allah said, say, O Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa
		
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			sallam, that Allah says, O my slaves who
		
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			have exceeded the limits against their souls, do
		
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			not lose hope in Allah's mercy, for Allah
		
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			certainly forgives all sins.
		
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			He indeed is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
		
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			To finally close the circle and complete the
		
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			loop, we must remember that when we leave
		
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			this world, we will leave everything behind except
		
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			our deeds.
		
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			The kafan has no pockets.
		
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			The grave will fit only our body.
		
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			Everything we have will be taken from us.
		
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			But how we earned it and how we
		
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			spent it will go with us.
		
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			Focus on what will go with us and
		
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			don't sell that for what we must leave
		
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			behind anyway.
		
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			See what a fantastic bargain that is.
		
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			Allah is giving us what is forever in
		
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			exchange for what we will leave behind anyway.
		
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			I demand myself from you, let us choose
		
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			wisely because we will be with our choices
		
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			forever.