Mirza Yawar Baig – Juma Khutba Benefit Of Perspective

Mirza Yawar Baig
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The importance of living for a purpose and creating a legacy of honor is emphasized in Islam's subhanelf and setting goals and prioritizing them. Success is also discussed, and the speaker emphasizes avoiding major violations and reminding oneself of sin. Prjectivity is also emphasized, and the importance of following Facebook's WhatsApp message and setting clear schedules for it is emphasized. The success of Jannah's life is also discussed, and the importance of finding the joy in life is emphasized in setting goals and prioritizing them. The success of Jannah's life is also highlighted in a video where Shawnma talks about his love for Islam and how it is difficult to convince people to believe in Islam.
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In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent,

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the most Merciful.

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All praise is due to Allah, Lord of

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the worlds.

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And peace and blessings be upon the honourable

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Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad and the Messenger of

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Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and

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upon his family and companions.

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Many, many greetings.

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My brothers and sisters, this is the second

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part of my khutba, the benefit of perspective,

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which connects with my khutba last week.

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We talked about goals.

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To reach a goal, we must have a

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goal.

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Now, that seems self-evident, but just see

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if you have a written-down life goal.

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If you don't, then ask yourself what you

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are working and living for.

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Just to eat and drink and satisfy desires

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and die is what animals do.

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To live for a purpose is not what

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most humans do, but what all humans are

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supposed to do.

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The truth is that for most humans, there

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is little to distinguish them from other animals,

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from other mammals, other than that they are

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the only ones who wear pants and show

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their teeth when they are happy.

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So, please, invest some time in yourself and

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write down a life goal that excites and

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energizes you.

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Something you believe is worth dedicating your life

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to.

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That is where the rest of your life

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will begin.

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Either live by default or live purposefully.

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The choice is yours.

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The result will be yours.

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So, choose wisely.

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Because to live is not merely to draw

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breath.

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It's not merely to breathe.

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They say, you only live once.

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That's not true.

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You live every day.

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So, live deliberately and consciously.

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Live for a purpose.

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Live to please Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Live to leave a legacy of honor.

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For the second piece of the puzzle, Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala defined parameters of success.

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In Zulatul Alimran, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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said, كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّعُنَا أُجُوبُرَكُمْ

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يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَمَنْ زُحْزِهَا عَنِ النَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ

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فَقَدْ فَازْ وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَطَاءُ الْغُرُورِ

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, which means

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every soul, every soul will taste death.

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If you were born, you will die.

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And you will only receive your full reward

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on the day of judgment.

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Whoever is spared from the fire and admitted

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into Jannah, will indeed triumph.

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Whereas the life of this world is no

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more than the delusion of enjoyment.

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Now, nothing can be clearer than this.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned three things.

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One, that everyone, you, me, everyone who is

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living today, will die and will be called

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to account and will be rewarded or punished

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based on their deeds.

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Number two, success, true success, final success, lasting

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success, real success, means to be protected from

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punishment, from the fire and be granted Jannah.

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We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for

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this.

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And the third one is, that the life

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of this world is deception.

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It is deceiving.

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What appears is not what it is.

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Let's begin with the first statement of Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Every soul will taste death.

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Ask yourself, does it apply to me?

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When will it happen to me?

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Now, sounds like a dumb question, but believe

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me, it is the most important question that

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you will ever answer.

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And once you answer it, your life ahead

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will become crystal clear.

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If I truly believe in the core of

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my being, not just intellectually, that I can

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die at any time and will have to

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answer to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for

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that, for my life, then I will remember

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that at every decision point in my life

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and never do anything that I know displeases

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Allah.

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Let us remember that when we stand before

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Allah, it is not our tongues which will

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talk, but it is our bodies which will

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speak and bear witness for or against us.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, اليوم نختم

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على أفواههم وتكلمنا أيديهم وتشهد أرجلهم بما كانوا

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يكسبون.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, on this

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day we will seal their mouths, their hands

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will speak to us and their feet will

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testify to what they used to commit.

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So do this as an exercise in reflection.

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Look at your right hand and imagine it

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speaking to you.

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What is it saying?

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Then do the same thing with your left

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hand and with your right foot and your

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left foot and with your eyes and your

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ears and your skin.

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If they are all saying good things, alhamdulillah,

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but if not, the time to change that

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is now, right now.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave us istighfar

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and tawbah, repentance and returning to Him until

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the end, until our last day and last

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moment, but when that end comes, the door

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will be shut.

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Let us not wait until then because we

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don't know when that is going to be.

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See the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala, He said about repentance and returning to

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Him, Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala said, if you avoid

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the major sins forbidden to you, we will

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absolve you, we will forgive you your lesser

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misdeeds and admit you into a place of

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honour, into Jannah.

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Avoid the major things and the minor ones,

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will forgive, even

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without asking.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said about those

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who commit sins and want to repent, Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala said, say, O Prophet,

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O Messenger, O Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,

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that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, O

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my slaves who have transgressed against their souls,

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against themselves, do not lose hope in the

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mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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For Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala certainly forgives

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all sins and He is indeed all-forgiving,

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most merciful.

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Just think about how we think about and

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we think of and how we treat those

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who disobey us.

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Do we call them close or do we

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distance ourselves from them?

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Yet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, Ya

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Ibadi, O my slaves, how can we thank

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the one Jalla Jalaluhu who calls those who

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transgress against him, my slaves?

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How can we thank the one who promised

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his forgiveness to the one who seeks it?

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What do you say to the one who

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still doesn't seek it?

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said about those

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who make istighfar and tawbah, illa man taaba

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wa amana wa amila amalan salihan, fa ulaika

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yubaddilu Allahu sayyi'atihim hasanat wa kaana Allah

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said as for those who repent and who

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believe and do good deeds, they are the

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ones whose evil deeds Allah will change into

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good deeds.

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For Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is all

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forgiving, most merciful.

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Think of your number one goal.

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Is it Jannah?

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I sometimes do this exercise in my leadership

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courses when I teach goal setting.

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I ask people to list three goals in

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order of priority.

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Number one, number two, number three.

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SubhanAllah, I have never seen anyone write Jannah

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as a goal.

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So how can we expect to reach a

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place which is not even on our list?

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This must change and right now.

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The sign that Jannah is a goal and

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it should be our number one goal is

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that from now on every decision we take

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will be based on whether it brings us

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closer to Jannah.

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It's like driving.

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You take the roads and exits and turns

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that lead you to your goal, your destination,

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which you told Siri to navigate you to.

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Same principle.

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We can only reach the goal we aim

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towards.

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We can only reach the destination we are

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going to.

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So let us set our goal.

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We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to

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navigate us to Jannah at least 17 times

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a day because we say, But then do

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we follow that direction or some other?

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That direction is called Sunnah.

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We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for

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it.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave it to

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us.

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Let us not get deceived by anyone or

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anything and leave the Sunnah because that is

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the only way to Jannah.

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We ask, Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala said we have blessed

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the nabiyyin, the Siddiqin, the Suhada' wa Saliheen,

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the martyrs and the good people among the

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Anbiya.

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Who is the Imamul Anbiya?

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Who is Sayyidul Mursaleen?

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Muhammadun Rasulallah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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Allah said about him, Yasin wal Quranil Hakim.

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Allah took an oath.

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He called Nabi sallallahu alaihi wa sallam by

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his name Yasin and he took an oath

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by the Quran wal Quranil Hakim.

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Verily and truly you are among the messengers

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ala siratul mustaqeem.

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And you are on the siratul mustaqeem.

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Which siratul mustaqeem?

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The one we asked for.

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When we said hidna siratul mustaqeem.

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Not once or twice, 17 times a day

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in all the first salawat and of course

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suratul fatiha is rukun.

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So any salah of any kind Sunnah, Nawafil,

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Taajud you name it.

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The salah is not complete, the salah is

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not valid unless we recite suratul fatiha.

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In suratul fatiha, hidna siratul mustaqeem.

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Let us not lie to ourselves.

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We ask Allah for something, Allah gives it

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and we reject it.

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That is the reason why Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala caused the Sunnah to be preserved

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with such enormous amazing integrity.

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We owe a debt of gratitude to all

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those who through the ages starting from the

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sahaba Ridwanullahi alaihi wa jallam preserved the minutest

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details of the life and the ways and

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the teachings and the likes and the dislikes

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of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam for the

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benefit of all those who love him to

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learn and follow.

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This gave rise to a body of knowledge

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ilm urrijal that has no parallel.

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There is no history that has been preserved

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with such rigor and passion.

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May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala enable us

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to benefit from the treasure of the life

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of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam which he

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blessed us with.

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That is the reason why Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala declared that he sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam and his life are the best examples

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to follow in all aspects of life.

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Allah said laqad kana lakum fee rasoolillahi uswatun

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hasanatun liman kana yarjullaha wal yawmal akhira wa

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zakar Allah kathira Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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said indeed and surely in the messenger of

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Allah in his life you have an excellent

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example for whoever has hope in Allah in

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the meeting with Allah and the last day

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and remembers Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala a

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great deal.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told us to

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follow the way of his messenger sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam in every aspect of our lives

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and he said that this is for those

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who look forward to meeting Allah for those

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who do it out of the love for

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Rasool Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and he

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said for those who emulate and imitate and

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follow his Rasool sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Allah

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said qul in kuntum tuhibboona allaha fattabioonee yuhbibkumu

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allahu yaqfin lakum dhuroobakum wallahu ghafurur rahim Allah

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said say O Prophet say O Nabi say

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O Rasool ya Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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say to them say to those who claim

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to love Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala if

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you sincerely love Allah then emulate me imitate

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me follow me and Allah will love you

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and forgive your sins for Allah is all

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forgiving and most merciful emulation is the sincerest

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form of praise and proof and evidence of

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love the reward of emulating Muhammad sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam is the love of Allah that

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Allah will love you stay with that and

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feel it and ask seriously ask yourself is

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it worth it if it's worth it to

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get it is very simple just follow Muhammad

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam this beautiful hadith narrated

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by Anas bin Balik radiyallahu anhu a man

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asked Rasool sallallahu alaihi wa sallam about the

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hour that is the day of judgment saying

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when will the hour be Rasool sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam said what have you prepared for

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it the man said nothing except that I

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love Allah and I love his messenger Muhammad

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Rasool sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam said you will be with those you

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love and Anas bin Balik radiyallahu anhu says

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we had never been so glad as we

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were on hearing that therefore I love the

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Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and Abu

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Bakr and Umar radiyallahu anhu and I hope

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that I will be with them because of

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my love for them though my deeds are

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not like theirs lastly Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala warned us that the life of this

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world is deception it is deceiving so we

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must question everything we see or experience and

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understand its reality that is why we have

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the dua asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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to show us the reality behind things O

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Allah show

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us the truth as true and inspire us

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to follow it and show us falsehood as

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falsehood and inspire us to abstain and stay

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away from it today we live in a

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world that excels in deception with AI leading

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the way and opening new doors to deception

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blurring the lines between the real world and

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virtual reality the thing to remember and remind

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ourselves always is that no matter how real

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virtual reality may appear it is not real

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this doesn't apply only to AI it applies

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to life itself we are sold the vision

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of success the American dream or some version

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of it and we are asked to believe

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that if we can achieve that we will

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be home and dry social media influences tell

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us what to eat, how to dress how

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to behave, what to like, what to dislike

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and like obedient little sheep we comply we

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don't stop to ask whether those who are

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apparently living this dream are themselves happy or

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not to know that to find that out

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is very easy just search for celebrities suicides

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and you will know in the last 5

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years 150 celebrities committed suicide 150 in the

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last 5 years on the face of it

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every one of them had achieved their dream

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yet they committed suicide which is the final

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act of despair in a life which the

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person considers an abject failure that is why

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suicide is haram in Islam because to despair

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in the mercy of Allah is kufr to

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understand why the deception of this life is

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so easy to get into and tough to

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get out of imagine that you are sitting

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in an IMAX theater watching a 3D movie

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wearing 3D glasses with surround sound I have

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done that and I am talking from my

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experience do it and see for yourself you

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get totally engrossed in the movie because it

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is so real at that time if anyone

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monitored your vital signs they would register a

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high state of excitement your emotions would be

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hooked to the plot of the movie and

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you would be laughing or weeping depending on

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what was happening on the screen at that

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time if somebody called out to you and

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said wake up all of this is unreal

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they are all actors nothing you are seeing

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or feeling is true it's all false it's

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a big lie wake up the real world

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is out there what would you do what

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would you say that is our situation and

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that is the reason people fight the Ambiya

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who remind them about the Akhir this life

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is sweet and tempting and has hooks called

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fear and hunger greed and desire Taqwa is

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to walk along the narrow path of life

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with your clothes gathered close to you so

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that you don't get hooked and Istighfar is

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to unhook yourself if you get hooked the

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destination depends on the focus Islam came to

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change that focus from the dunya to the

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Akhir and to guide us to the truth

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that in the end we will pay for

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whatever we did or chose not to do

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I remind myself and you that when we

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meet Allah subhana wa ta'ala we will

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not be asked what happened we will be

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asked what did you do it is for

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that day that we must prepare ourselves and

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that day must be our focus

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