Mirza Yawar Baig – Where am I in the Quran

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The title of the Quran is important for success in life, as it provides guidance on how to live with faith and deeds. It also highlights the importance of trusting in Allah's teachings and practicing Islam, including setting goals and learning to trust in his word. The sermon emphasizes trusting in Allah's word and using it to act, as well as reciting signs and words to increase faith and reliance. The importance of practicing Islam, including setting goals and taking lessons, is also discussed, along with the use of the Quran in Islam, which is not restricted to individual deeds. Consistent and quality in achieving Islam's goal of happiness is also emphasized.

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			Bismillahi, Rahim, Alhamdulillah,
bir Alameen wa salatu wa salambi,
		
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			Sareen, Muhammad, Rasulullah Ali.
Hi wala Ali. He was a laslevan
		
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			kasiran kasi Rafa, my brothers and
sisters. The topic of my hubba
		
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			today is, where am I in the Quran.
Where am I? In the Quran, my
		
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			brothers and sisters, Allah sent
His Kalam, his word, his speech,
		
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			so that we would reflect on it and
change our lives to make them
		
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			obedient to Him, jala, jalalu,
		
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			in that lies our success, both in
this life and the akhira in the
		
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			next life,
		
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			Allah, subhanaw taala said in the
Quran, look at anzal na ilaykum,
		
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			kitaban fee he the kurukum Allah
said in Surah, which means Indeed
		
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			We have sent down for you, O
mankind, a book the Quran in which
		
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			there is zikrukum, there is a
reminder. You are mentioned.
		
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			Will you then not understand?
		
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			Now we know that Allah subhanho wa
Taala didn't mention anyone by
		
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			name, but Allah subhanaw taala
mentioned groups of people and
		
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			their qualities, and he mentioned
what would happen to people with
		
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			those qualities. So groups of
people and their qualities in this
		
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			life, and Allah told us what will
happen to people with those
		
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			qualities when they go before him.
Jala. Jalu,
		
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			now it's important, therefore,
		
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			to search for ourselves and see
which group we fit into,
		
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			and that's what we need to reflect
and ask ourselves, where do I fit?
		
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			Where will I find myself
		
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			if I look for myself in the Quran,
		
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			and then
		
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			it is for us to choose the
characteristics that we need to
		
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			develop in our lives, depending on
the kind of life we want to have
		
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			in the akhira
		
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			Allah, subhana. Allah gave us the
pen
		
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			to write our destiny any way we
want.
		
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			Jannah or jahana are both within
our reach. It is for us to pick
		
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			what we want for ourselves.
		
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			The choice is a no brainer,
obviously, because we all want to
		
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			go to Jannah, but the test is in
living the kind of life that will
		
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			take us to Jannah,
		
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			for on the Day of Judgment, it is
our actions that will speak, not
		
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			our tongues.
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala said, Al
yamanah Tim wala Avahi, UK him.
		
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			Watashi hadu arjula home, Bima
kano yaksi boon in Surat ya seen
		
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			Allah said, This day,
		
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			we shall seal up their mouths
		
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			and their hands will speak to us,
and their legs will bear witness
		
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			to what they used to earn. Now,
		
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			brothers and sisters
		
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			as an exercise in contemplation in
murakawa,
		
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			for tasya tunafs, it is to look at
our right hand
		
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			and imagine this hand speaking.
		
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			What do I hear it saying,
		
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			Do we like what we are hearing?
		
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			If not? What do we want to do
about that?
		
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			Then do the same thing with your
left hand and let us do the same
		
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			thing with our feet. And let us do
the same thing with our eyes and
		
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			our ears and the whole body.
		
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			What do we hear each part saying
to Allah about how we used it?
		
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			This is the way to approach the
Quran,
		
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			literally as a guide to action
		
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			and then to act on that
immediately.
		
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			Allah subhanahu mentioned one
group and their ending as a metric
		
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			for us to measure ourselves
against. And he said in Namal,
		
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			meaning una LADEE na either look
here, Allahu wa jilath kolom,
		
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			whom
		
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			you.
		
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			True
		
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			believers, truly the
		
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			believers
		
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			in naval mumino,
		
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			are only those whose hearts
tremble
		
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			with the awe and majesty and glory
of ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala when
		
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			they remember Allah dukhir Allahu
wah
		
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			and their faith increases
		
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			when His Ayat, when his
revelations, are recited to them,
		
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			atulia, to who zadat Hum, Imana,
their faith increases. Their heart
		
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			shivers with the glory and majesty
of Allah, and their faith
		
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			increases when Allah is mentioned
and when the kalam of Allah is
		
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			recited before them, when they see
the ayat the signs of Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala in creation wa
Allah Rabbah, him yattawa colon
		
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			and who put their trust in Allah
subhana wa taala, the result of
		
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			the heart being responsive to the
word of Allah, the result of faith
		
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			increasing with the recitation of
the Quran and we seeing the signs
		
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			of Allah around us is that we
learn to trust and have complete
		
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			and total reliance on Allah,
subhanho wa taala. And then Allah
		
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			said,
		
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			they are those who establish the
Salah ukunu, Salah wambara, and
		
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			they spend from what We have
provided for them.
		
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			And then Allah, subhanaw taala
gave them a seal of approval.
		
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			Allah said, It is they who are the
true believers. ULA ika, humul,
		
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			Mino na haqqan,
		
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			they are the true believers,
		
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			and they will have elevated rags,
lahomdand, Arab behim, they will
		
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			have elevated ranks with their
rubs, wama, Firas Kun Kareem, and
		
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			they will have forgiveness. And
they will have an honorable
		
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			provision,
		
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			five critical characteristics,
three internal and two external, a
		
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			heart that is responsive to Allah
subhanahu wa and to his word, a
		
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			heart that sees the signs of Allah
subhana wa Taala in his creation,
		
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			and this increases its faith, and
a body that submits an obedience
		
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			and exerts itself in worship of
Allah subhana wa Taala and in
		
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			charity with The intention to
please Allah subhana wa Taala
		
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			alone.
		
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			This is the metric. This is the
framework. This is the metric that
		
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			we must check ourselves against to
see where we stand and what we
		
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			need to change. Allah subhana wa
Tara introduced himself. Listen to
		
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			this and check your heart to see
What happens.
		
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			Allah said, Allahu,
		
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			Allahu, Sinha, Lahoma,
		
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			FISA,
		
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			who Allah, Ali
		
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			Mullah Viva Shada ti Hua rahman,
rahim Hu Allahu, alayall
		
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			Al malikul, Kunduz o salaam,
		
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			Asmaa,
		
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			all.
		
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			Allah swam Ade la mealydo, Alam
ULA de wala me ko for
		
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			let me
		
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			narrate for you the translation of
these beautiful ayat the first is
		
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			AYATUL kursi.
		
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			Allah subhanho. Tara introduced
himself and he said,
		
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			Allah La ilaha illa, who there is
no God worthy of worship except
		
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			him. The ever living all
sustaining
		
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			neither drowsiness nor sleep
overtakes him. To Him belongs
		
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			everything and whatever is in the
heavens and whatever is on the
		
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			earth. Who could possibly
intercede with him without his
		
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			permission? He fully knows what is
ahead of them and what is behind
		
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			them, but no one can grasp any of
his knowledge except what He wills
		
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			to reveal. He sees encompasses the
heavens and the earth. The
		
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			preservation of both does not tire
Him, for He is the Most High, the
		
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			greatest,
		
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			the second chakra ayat, the last
two ayat of surah Al hashar, where
		
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			Allah said He is Allah,
		
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			who Allah
		
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			there is no God worthy of worship
except him,
		
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			knower of the perceived and the
unperceivable. Shahala,
		
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			the knower of the unperceivable
and the perceived.
		
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			He is the Most Compassionate, Most
Merciful. He is Allah. There is no
		
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			god except Him, the King, the most
holy, the all perfect, the source
		
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			of serenity, the water over all,
the Almighty, the supreme in
		
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			Might, the majestic Glorified is
Allah above whatever they
		
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			associate with him.
		
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			He is Allah the Creator, the
inventor, the shaper. He alone has
		
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			the most beautiful names. He
		
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			and the last one
		
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			in the Name of Allah, the Most
Beneficent, the Most Merciful,
		
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			say, O Prophet UL
		
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			Allahu Ahad, He is Allah, one and
indivisible.
		
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			Allah, the Sustainer. Everything
needs him, and he needs nothing.
		
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			He has never had offspring, nor
was he born. He did not beget, and
		
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			he wasn't begot, and there is none
comparable to him.
		
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			So three internal qualities.
		
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			What about the other qualities
that Allah mentioned,
		
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			establishing salah and spending in
the path of Allah,
		
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			not just praying anytime I feel
like praying, establishing salah
		
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			and spending in the path of Allah,
which is not only zakat. Zakat is
		
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			fourth. This is in addition to
zakat,
		
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			what is our score on this metric,
and are we satisfied with it? If
		
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			you are satisfied, Alhamdulillah,
if not, what's the plan to change
		
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			our lifestyle so that we can pass
this test of faith and gain the
		
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			guarantee that Allah Subhana
watara gave those who passed the
		
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			test. ULA ika, humul muraka,
		
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			I remind myself a new Islam is a
practice, not a philosophy. A
		
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			Muslim is one who practices Islam,
not just somebody who knows about
		
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			Islam.
		
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			Then Allah mentioned another group
		
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			and said something very salutary,
something for us to take a lesson
		
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			from where he said, womananna
Shiva yakul, wamanin
		
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			yokha,
		
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			the
		
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			OM allahuna, Manu Am I Allah
		
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			said, and there are some who say,
we believe in Allah and the Last
		
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			Day. Yet they are not believers.
		
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			They are not mumini. They are not
true believers. They seek to
		
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			deceive Allah and the believers,
yet they only deceive.
		
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			Of themselves, but they fail to
perceive it.
		
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			There is sickness in their hearts,
fear kullubhim, marath and Allah
		
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			only lets their sickness increase.
They will suffer a painful
		
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			punishment for their lies, the
mahakanu Ik ziboon, because they
		
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			are liars.
		
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			Now, these ayat were revealed
concerning the munafiq, the
		
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			hypocrites during the time of
Rasulullah.
		
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			But like all of the Quran, the
azbabul nozoul, the circumstances
		
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			of revelation do not restrict the
applicability of the ayat to the
		
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			time and place of their
revelation. The Quran came for all
		
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			of mankind, for all time, and is
not restricted in any way.
		
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			Allah subham mentioned the two
things that we take for granted,
		
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			claiming to have faith in Allah
and the day of judgment. And we
		
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			think that this is enough. Allah
subhana said that this is not
		
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			enough,
		
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			and that to make this claim, but
to live a life of disobedience is
		
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			a sign of heart disease.
		
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			But unlike physical cardiac
ailments, which are restricted, in
		
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			effect, to this life, this is a
spiritual disease, which, if
		
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			allowed to grow, will lead to the
hellfire. In Islam, our belief
		
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			must be supported by our actions.
And that is why the Quran, in the
		
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			Quran, Iman
		
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			faith is always coupled with good
deeds. Iman wa I am what Amala
		
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			Saleh Iman was Ali and
		
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			is never mentioned alone.
		
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			On the contrary, Allah subhanaw
taala stated clearly and simply
		
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			clearly that simply claiming to
have faith is not sufficient, but
		
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			that the claim must be supported
by deeds, by obedience, as
		
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			evidence of faith, Allah said in
hojurad, karate Arab, Aman Kun LAN
		
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			Tu, minu wala kinholo, Aslam,
walamma yada, holy manufi kolo
		
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			vikum wa into Tira, WA into tira.
Wain tu ti on laha wa rasulah ho
		
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			la yalit Kum, Min Ahma Ali Kum
Shaya
		
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			in Allah, Rahim Allah, said some
of the nomadic Arabs, they say we
		
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			believe. Say to them, oh Prophet,
Muhammad, sallAllahu, sallam, you
		
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			have not believed,
		
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			but say, we have submitted. You
have you have not. You do not have
		
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			imag. You have say, Aslam, we have
we have faith. We have just. You
		
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			know Islam for faith has not yet
entered your hearts. But if you
		
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			obey Allah and His Messenger
wholeheartedly, he would not
		
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			discount anything from the reward
of your deeds. Allah is truly all
		
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			Forgiving and most Merciful.
		
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			So Allah is saying that if you do
the right thing, show it by your
		
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			actions, as for those who seek to
please Allah and may Allah make us
		
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			among them. Allah told us how easy
it is to please Him and earn
		
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			Jannah, he said, in Allah, Dina,
kaura, bonalla, Himal Bala ika,
		
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			Allah,
		
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			Taha, Zanu wa abushiro, Lati Allah
said,
		
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			Verily, those who say, our RAB is
Allah alone, and then they ista
		
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			kamu, they have, they remain
steadfast on it, on them, the
		
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			angels will descend at The time of
their death, saying, Fear not,
		
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			don't grieve, don't be sad, don't
be afraid, but receive the glad
		
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			tidings of Jannah which you have
been promised.
		
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			May Allah enable us to be among
those who will be given the glad
		
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			tidings of Jannah at the time of
death itself, before we die, we
		
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			will be given inshallah the glad
tidings of Jannah, a time where
		
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			every living being will have
		
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			anxiety of various levels, because
he or she is facing a time which
		
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			they have never faced before,
		
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			especially when some of us live
lives as if we don't believe that
		
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			death will come to us, yet we
claim to be Muslim,
		
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			it's time to wake up. Time to wake
up.
		
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			The key is tekkavat. The key is
steadfastness. Consistency is the.
		
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			Essence of quality. High quality
means to deliver the same high
		
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			standard for every transaction,
not just one time.
		
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			That is the meaning of ista
Kamath, consistent good quality.
		
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			We must develop the consciousness
of Allah's presence in our lives.
		
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			This gives us huge confidence and
protects us from sin that
		
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			istikhama, steadfastness will
result in husnar, khatima, in a
		
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			good ending and Bashara, the good
news of Jannah. InshaAllah, ask
		
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			Allah this for all of us. Abu,
lust of Allah, Ali wala, kumbali,
		
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			sail Muslim, first of Europe in
the whole world.