Mirza Yawar Baig – Search for yourself in the Quran #01

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The importance of learning the Quran and living by it is emphasized, along with the need to understand individual qualities to avoid ending up in a situation where the right person is not the right one. The discussion touches on the definition of "quality" and references to Islam, including the use of "talk" in various sentences and the term "talk" being used for actions of Islam.

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			Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, Alhamdulillah.
		
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			My dear brothers, sisters, respected elders, Allah Subhanahu
		
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			wa Ta'ala Jalla Jalaluhu sent His Kalam,
		
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			His Word, His Speech, with one purpose only.
		
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			Purpose.
		
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			Al Naqsadul Nuzulul Kalamullah, huwa wahid faqat.
		
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			That we should reflect on it, tadabbur fiha,
		
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			and change our lives, and live according to
		
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			it.
		
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			The reading of the Quran, the writing of
		
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			the Quran, the tafsir of the Quran, everything
		
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			to do with the Quran, to learn to
		
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			read it well and properly according to the
		
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			usul of tajweed, to learn the different qiraat,
		
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			beautiful calligraphy, writing of the Quran, printing of
		
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			the Quran, you name it, all of those
		
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			things are important, but they are not the
		
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			maqsad of the revelation of the Quran.
		
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			There is only one maqsad, there is only
		
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			one reason, there is only one thing that
		
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			the Quran came for, and that is to
		
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			be lived by.
		
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			When we think about these two things, we
		
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			don't look at them as two opposite, we
		
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			don't say it is not important to learn
		
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			to read but it is important to live,
		
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			that's a stupid statement.
		
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			To be able to live by the Quran,
		
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			you must also know how to read it
		
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			properly, you must understand it, and so on
		
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			and so on.
		
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			But none of that is the purpose of
		
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			the revelation.
		
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			The reason I'm saying that is because this
		
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			is what has happened to us, the Muslims,
		
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			after the time of the blessed generations, the
		
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			generation of the Sahaba, the Tabi'een, and
		
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			the Tabatabi'een, people became experts and they
		
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			focused on one aspect of the Quran and
		
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			illa mashallah they left the issue of living
		
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			by it, they put that aside.
		
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			Obviously this is a generalization, it doesn't apply
		
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			to everybody, but we have people who are
		
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			ufaas, we have people who are qurra, we
		
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			have people who make tafsir, we have people
		
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			who do all kinds of things with the
		
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			Quran, but if you look at their lives
		
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			and may Allah make you and me separate
		
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			from that, you do not find a reflection
		
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			of the Quran in the life of the
		
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			person.
		
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			One of the great Tabi'een, Anas Bil
		
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			Qais, he read the ayah, لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ
		
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			كِتَابًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُ أَفَلَا تَافِلُونَ In Suratul Anbiya,
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, indeed, we
		
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			have sent down for you, O mankind, a
		
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			book in which you are mentioned, there is
		
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			your zikr, there is your reminder.
		
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			Will you not understand?
		
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			I'm talking about people who understood the purpose
		
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			of the Quran.
		
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			So when Ahnab bin Qais radiallahu anhu wa
		
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			rahmatullahi alayhi read this thing, he said, Allah
		
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			said, I'm mentioned in the Quran, so where
		
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			am I?
		
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			Where is my name?
		
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			Where have I been mentioned?
		
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			Allah said, فيهِ ذِكْرُكُ, you are mentioned in
		
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			there.
		
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			Where am I?
		
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			Now we know, of course, that Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala did not mention anyone by
		
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			name, except the Anbiya, and among the Baitul
		
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			Anbiya, Zaid bin Haritha is the only one
		
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			who is mentioned by name.
		
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			So we know that your name, my name
		
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			is not in the Quran.
		
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			But we know that Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala jalla jalaluhu mentioned people and their qualities.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned what
		
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			would happen to people with those qualities.
		
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			So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned people
		
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			with certain qualities.
		
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			And then he said, people with these qualities,
		
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			this will be their ending.
		
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			This is where they will end up.
		
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			And therefore, we need to look for ourselves
		
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			in these quality definitions and say, where do
		
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			I fit in?
		
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			If I fit in with the people whose
		
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			qualities are good and whose ending is good,
		
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			then Alhamdulillah.
		
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			But if I fit in with people whose
		
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			qualities are not good and whose ending is
		
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			not good, then it is time to change.
		
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			So when Ahnab bin Ghais, rahmatullahi alaihi wa
		
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			sallam, he searched in the Quran, he found
		
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			that with some people Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala said, كانوا قليلا من الليلي ما يهجعون
		
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			وبالأسحارهم يستغفرون وفي أموالهم حق للسائل والمحروم He
		
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			said, these are the people, Allah said, these
		
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			are people who sleep but little at night.
		
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			And the rest of the time they are
		
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			praying, they are making sujood, they are making
		
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			salah, ruku, بين الخوف و تبعا, between a
		
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			state of fear of Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala's punishment and a hope in Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala's forgiveness.
		
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			And in the hours before dawn, they are
		
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			found asking and seeking Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala's forgiveness.
		
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			And in their property, Allah said, there was
		
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			the haq, the right of the sa'il
		
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			wal mahroom, of the one who asks for
		
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			help and the one who needs help but
		
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			does not ask.
		
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			You see the haq kulli sa'iri wal
		
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			mahroom.
		
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			Allah is not saying they give to the
		
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			sa'il and the mahroom.
		
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			Allah said, no, they consider it to be
		
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			the right of the other person.
		
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			So I am not doing a favour, I
		
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			am only fulfilling the right of the other
		
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			person.
		
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			Now think about this.
		
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			Anab bin Khais, rahmatullahi alayhi wa sallam, Allah
		
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			of course knows best.
		
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			But if you ask me and say, did
		
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			he not fit this?
		
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			Was he not among the people who prayed
		
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			extensively in the night?
		
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			Was he not among the people who made
		
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			istighfar lots and lots of times?
		
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			Was he not among the people who were
		
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			generous to a fault as far as their
		
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			charity is concerned?
		
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			I would say yes, without a doubt.
		
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			But see the inqisar, see the humbleness, the
		
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			humility of the people of truth.
		
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			Anab bin Khais, radiallahu anhu wa rahmatullahi alayhi,
		
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			read these ayat and he said, Ya Allah,
		
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			I am not from these people.
		
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			He said, I am not from these people.
		
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			Then he read this ayah, In
		
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			surah Sajdah, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said,
		
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			Their sides forsake their beds, which means they
		
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			get up from their sides, and they make
		
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			dua to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, between
		
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			the fear of Allah's punishment and hope for
		
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			Allah's reward and forgiveness and they spend in
		
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			charity out of what we have bestowed on
		
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			them.
		
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			And once again, Anab bin Khais, radiallahu anhu
		
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			wa rahmatullahi alayhi, said, I am not from
		
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			these people.
		
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			And then he said, he read where Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala said, He
		
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			read the ayah where Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala said, They are those who spend in
		
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			the cause of Allah, in prosperity and in
		
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			adversity.
		
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			They give when they have and they give
		
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			when they don't have.
		
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			Who repress and control their anger and who
		
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			pardon, who forgive people.
		
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			Verily Allah loves the Muhsinun, the people of
		
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			Ihsan.
		
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			Once again, Anab bin Khais said, Ya Rabb,
		
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			I am not from these people.
		
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			And then he read where Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala said, And
		
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			he said, and he read where Allah said,
		
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			And those before them, they had homes in
		
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			Madinah.
		
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			Allah is talking about the Ansar.
		
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			And they had adopted the faith.
		
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			They had come to Islam and they love
		
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			those who migrate to them and have no
		
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			jealousy in their hearts for that which they
		
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			have been given.
		
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			And this refers to the, as well as
		
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			Nuzul of this have to do with the
		
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			booty of Banu Nadir.
		
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			And who give them, who give the Muhajirun
		
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			preference over themselves.
		
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			Even though they were in need of whatever
		
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			they were giving themselves.
		
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			And that whoever is saved from his own
		
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			greed, such are they who will be successful.
		
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			And once again, Anab bin Khais said, Ya
		
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			Rabb, I am not from these people.
		
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			And then he said, he read where Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala said, And those
		
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			who
		
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			avoid the greater sins, the kabair and the
		
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			fawahish, adultery and all kinds of promiscuity.
		
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			And when they are angry, they forgive.
		
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			And those who answer the call of their
		
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			Rabb, Jalla Jalaluhu, they worship only Allah.
		
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			And they do not make shirk and they
		
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			establish salah.
		
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			And who conduct their affairs by shura, by
		
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			mashwara, by mutual consultation.
		
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			And those who spend from what we have
		
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			bestowed on them.
		
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			And once again he said, O Allah, I
		
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			am not from these people.
		
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			This is the level of humility of the
		
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			people of Haqq.
		
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			Then he looked for other mentions about people.
		
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			And he found where Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala said, And they say, Allah
		
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			said truly when it is said to them,
		
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			La ilaha illallah, then no one has the
		
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			right to be worshipped except Allah.
		
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			They puffed themselves up with pride.
		
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			They denied it.
		
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			And they said, are we going to abandon
		
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			our gods for the sake of a mad
		
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			poet?
		
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			Naudhu billah.
		
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			And then he read where Allah said, And
		
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			when Allah alone is mentioned, Then the hearts
		
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			of those who do not believe in the
		
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			hereafter are filled with disgust.
		
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			And when those whom they obey or worship
		
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			besides him, that is deities other than Allah
		
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			are mentioned, behold, they rejoice.
		
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			And then he read, What
		
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			caused you to enter Jahannam?
		
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			These people, the malaika will ask those who
		
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			are being led into the hellfire.
		
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			And they say, what caused you to enter
		
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			Jahannam?
		
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			And they will say, we were not among
		
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			those who used to pray.
		
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			And nor did we feed the poor.
		
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			And we used to talk falsehood all the
		
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			time.
		
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			All that which Allah hated with vain talkers.
		
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			And we used to deny the Day of
		
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			Judgment until there came to us death, which
		
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			is certain.
		
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			And when Hanaf bin Khais read these ayat,
		
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			he said, O Allah, I seek your protection
		
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			from such people.
		
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			I am not from them.
		
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			Then he came to this ayat in Surah
		
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			Tawbah, where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said,
		
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			He saw this ayah where Allah said, And
		
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			there are those who have acknowledged their sins,
		
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			and they have mixed a deed that was
		
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			righteous with another which was evil.
		
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			Meaning they have both good deeds and bad
		
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			deeds in their amal.
		
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			And they make istighfar, they ask Allah to
		
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			forgive them.
		
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			Perhaps Allah will turn unto them in forgiveness.
		
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			And surely Allah is Oft-Forgiving and Most
		
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			Merciful.
		
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			I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Jalla
		
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			Jalaluhu to make us among those who constantly
		
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			and continuously seek His forgiveness.
		
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			And I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			to forgive us, and to save us from
		
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			ourselves and our nafus and from shayateen and
		
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			from the agents of shaytan.
		
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			And we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			to open the doors of His mercy and
		
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			glory on us.
		
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			I say this to ask Allah's forgiveness for
		
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			you and for the Muslims.
		
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			So ask His forgiveness.
		
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			Surely He is Oft-Forgiving and Most Merciful.