Mohammad Elshinawy – Surat Al-Duha How To Push Forward

Mohammad Elshinawy
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The speaker discusses various events and figures related to Jibreel alaihi wa sallam's death, including his promised reward for his actions. The importance of following guidance and not denying the existence of a orphan is emphasized, along with the need to be mindful of one's actions and not regret them. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of empowering Muslims to make a significant difference and stop the current crisis.
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Brothers and sisters, when revelation first came to

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the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam,

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there were some precursors,

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some

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cues

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that it was incoming.

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Right at the beginning of Sahih al Bukhari,

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you find Aisha radiAllahu anha saying,

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the very first thing that happened to the

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Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam in this regard

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is that he started seeing truthful dreams,

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accurate visions in his sleep for 6 months

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straight.

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Every time he would see something at night,

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the very next morning it would come

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As clear as day, this is what happened

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in my dream. It's not like, you know,

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is that a candle or is that the

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morning time? She says, as clear as day.

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You don't mistaken anything for the daylight.

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She said, and then

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being alone, solitude became endeared to him. Allah

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inspired him with a love of being alone.

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And so he would go for days and

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nights at a time to the cave of

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Hera and spend time there worshiping Allah

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attempting to clear himself from the vices of

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the city.

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And he would come back and pick up

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some rations, resources from his wife Khadija radhiallahu

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anha's house and repeat.

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Until finally, Jibreel alaihis salam came to him

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with the truth and said to him, ikra.

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He encountered the mighty archangel who said to

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him, Recite.

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Recite in the name of your Lord who

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created. And so he rushed back to his

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wife's house and he said, The blanket, the

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blankets.

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Wrap me up, wrap me up quickly. He

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couldn't stop himself from shivering. And he said,

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O Khadija, I swear to you I feared

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for myself so much. I was so sure

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that I was finished. I was gonna die

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or I was going to become insane or

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something to that effect. I feared for myself.

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So she said to him, Absolutely not. Allah

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will never disgrace you. You are a man

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that speaks the truth. You are a man

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that honors your guests. You are a man

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that embodies justice. You are a man that

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speaks up for those that are being exploited

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and taken advantage of. Come with me. And

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she brought him to her elderly blind cousin

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who was

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an expert in the

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Hebrew scriptures.

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And she said to him, listen to my

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husband, listen to Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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And so he listened to him regarding the

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incident, the encounter in the cave with Jibreel

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alaihi wa sallam and he said, Oh, this

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is the namuz, this is the messenger angel.

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It's very obvious.

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This is the same messenger angel that came

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down to Musa alaihis salaam.

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Congratulations. You're a prophet. You're a messenger. Of

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course he has no idea what a prophet

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or messenger is.

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And he said to him, And I knew

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you were about to emerge. The scripture said

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you would come, the final messenger.

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But I never thought you would come out

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during my lifetime, and I wish I was

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younger.

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So I can defend you when your people

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drive you out.

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And the prophet alaihis salam was very confused

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like how could they drive me out? Like

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I am al Amin, everyone agrees on my

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nickname. I am the trustworthy person.

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I am a one who the man who

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enjoys a consensus.

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I am a celebrity in terms of my

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integrity. I'm born into the noblest family. How

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can this be? No way. He said to

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him, no one ever came with your message

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except that they were turned into an enemy.

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It was always seen, especially by the elites

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as inconvenient.

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And so a few short days later, Waraqa

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himself dies. The man who would have been

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his his consultant,

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The man who would have been his mentor

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passes away.

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And then Jibreel alaihis salam disappears.

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The revelation interrupted for a period. This is

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clear.

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Some say it was weeks, some say it

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was months but it was clear that it

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got interrupted.

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And the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam emotionally,

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he neared a breaking point.

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What happened? Like did I mess up?

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Does god hate me now? Like what has

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happened? And then the people of Quraysh,

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he did not go public with his call

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but his closer circles like his uncle Abu

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Lahab and his wife Umu Jameen and otherwise

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would knew about it and they would hear

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this

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talk circulating and so they would taunt him.

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Where's your devil, oh Muhammad? Meaning Jibreel alaihis

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salam.

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Looks like your demon has left you.

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And so that of course made him feel

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even heavier. Did I do something that caused

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God to sort of remove from me the

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the friendship with an angel that's about to

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happen? The communications of the Quran.

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And just when he was about to break

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salallahu alayhi wa sallam,

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Allah reveals to him Surat Al Duha.

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He was deeply distressed. He was so anxious.

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He was in a dark moment

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and then Allah says

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by the I swear by the brightness of

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the day, Allah says.

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And he was so restless every night awaiting

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it. Allah says,

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and I swear by the tranquility of the

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night.

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Look at the beauty of what Allah is

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swearing by in this context.

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And then what is Allah swearing about? He

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swears by the brightness of the day, optimism,

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and the tranquility of the night. Don't be

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restless anymore.

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I swear that your lord has not abandoned

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you,

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and he has not hated you. He's not

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detested you. You have not lost favor with

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God. That's not what this interruption is about.

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And I promise you,

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what's what is to come is even better

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than what has already come. That one experience

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with jibreel, that one

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receipt of the Quran, what is coming is

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even more. We're just getting started.

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So much more good is in store for

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you in this world. And then there's the

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akhirah of the hereafter, afterlife.

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And

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your lord will surely give you until you

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are pleased.

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Allahu akhbar, if you just think about your

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Lord will give you until you are pleased

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You know Musa alaihi salab, arguably the greatest

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single messenger of all time after the Prophet

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,

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when he was given a meeting with Allah,

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he was told to bring the best of

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his followers.

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And then Allah aza wa jen says to

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him,

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Musa, why did you rush ahead of your

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people? Why didn't you come with them? He

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raced ahead of the pack.

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So Musa alaihis salam says,

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They're right here. They're on my trail. They're

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coming. They'll be right here, O Allah.

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And I rushed to you, oh my lord.

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Couldn't help myself. I rushed to you my

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lord so that you would be pleased. You,

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oh Allah, would be pleased.

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But when it came to Muhammad salallahu alaihi

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wa sallam, Allah is saying, I'm gonna keep

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giving you until you, oh Muhammad, are pleased.

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Can you imagine?

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What kind of like reassurance?

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What kind of consolation?

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What kind of honor and rank the prophet

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Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam enjoys?

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And before I leave this ayah, I must

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say

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that Ali ibn Abi Talib radiyaAllahu an,

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his cousin and his closest of his closest

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companions,

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members of his household.

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Ali radhiallahu an said,

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This is actually

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Because most people say another verse is the

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most hopeful verse, never lose hope in the

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mercy of Allah. He says, no. This verse

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is the most hopeful verse in the book

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of Allah. Allah will continue to give you

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until you are pleased

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because he will never be pleased until his

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entire ummah goes to jannah.

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So when Allah promised to please him,

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that is hope for every one of us,

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not just for him.

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And you know that we have this in

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the hadith, it is clear. The prophet alaihis

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salatu wasalam would stay up at night and

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cry for us and say, oh Allah, my

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ummah, my ummah. So Allah azzawajal

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sent Jibreel alaihis salaam to ask him even

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though Allah knows. But they want us to

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know this exchange. This exchange is the point

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of the question.

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He questioned, oh Muhammad, what's the matter? He

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said, My ummah I fear for my ummah.

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Them going astray, them being lost, them becoming

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divided, them becoming misguided. Right? I fear for

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my ummah.

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O Jibril, tell him,

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We will certainly please you regarding your ummah

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and we will not disappoint you, oh Muhammad.

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And in another authentic hadith, he said,

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All of my ummah will get to go

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to paradise.

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Except those who refuse. They said, who would

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ever refuse You Rasulullah,

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o messenger of God? He said,

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Whoever follows me, accepts to be my follower,

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follows my lead, establishes their 5, respects their

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parents, gives the charity, stands for justice. Right?

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Whoever follows me goes to paradise. And whomever

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refuses to follow me, then that is their

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refusal.

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It's not a verbalized no or refusing to

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sign the application. No. You not following me

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is your refusal. But everyone who chooses to

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follow has chosen

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to be part of my ummah and I

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have chosen to insist upon my lord, plead

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with my lord, get promised by my lord

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that my whole ummah goes to jannah. That's

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the way it works.

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However, brothers and sisters in these last 6

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or 7 minutes,

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I want us to reflect on a particular

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point.

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Why is it that the revelation had to

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interrupt?

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The interim between iqra and between adduha.

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What is the wisdom there?

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The scholars often point out that of the

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most obvious wisdoms

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was to

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to build longing in the Prophet salallahu alaihi

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wasallam, even more longing for the Quran.

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That was the wisdom. It was in It

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was for his own good

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for him to become even more filled with

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earnest, and longing, and yearning for the Quran

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for it to come down.

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You know subhanAllah, so many times we think

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we know what's good for us.

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And we get so distressed, and anxious, and

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restless.

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And we wanna suggest to god how it

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should be.

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Right?

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When god disagrees with our expectations,

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or god destroys our plans.

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What if Allah

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destroyed your plans before your plans destroyed you?

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What if Allah

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departed from your expectations because they're short sighted

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and contrary to what you expect

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is the path for you to ascend and

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excel?

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So this was of the wisdom. This would

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become even a greater treasure when you have

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to wait for it a little bit.

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And likewise, let me draw an important parallel

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here in this hour. Why does Ramadan have

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to end?

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Because if Ramadan did not end, it would

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not be special.

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Right or wrong?

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And so Allah aza wa jal of his

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great wisdom, even though we say we wish

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it could be a little longer, I've heard

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people say it, I've heard my own thoughts

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say it. We wish it could be extended

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a little bit more. Allah

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knows.

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And when you feel a little down after

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Ramadan, remind yourself like this surah reminds us.

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You haven't fallen from Allah's favor.

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When things slow down even in your worship,

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it is alright.

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You're not gonna be the same after Ramadan.

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Just don't stop though. You know the prophet

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alaihis salatu wasalam also felt pain because he

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was separated from the Quran. That wasn't by

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choice.

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So don't you dare separate by choice from

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his book now. You know, many people don't

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understand where the pain comes from. Yes, there's

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a natural pain of loving Ramadan, but a

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part of the pain is self inflicted.

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It is because you've been standing and praying

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and listening and crying and donating, and so

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your soul actually came to life.

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The corpse doesn't feel pain, but it's actually

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because you started becoming alive.

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There's much more of this. This is just

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the tip of the iceberg.

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What's to come is even way more.

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Meaning more alive,

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more liveliness,

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more spiritual invigoration,

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more health of your spiritual heart. All of

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that is there. It's because of the Quran.

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So don't voluntarily

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inflict pain on yourself by drifting from the

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Quran.

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It's not gonna be the same. That's fine.

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You're gonna slow down. That's fine. He said,

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sallallahu alaihi wasallam,

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suggestingly,

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fast 6 days of Shawwal. What does that

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tell you?

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Means remove 80%.

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20% of the month, 6 days, fast that

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much.

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Don't come to a screeching halt.

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So like if you're praying 10 rakas,

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pray 2 rakas. Bring it to 20%.

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If you were praying 2 before Ramadan, make

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it 4. That's all.

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Ramadan will always be special.

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And the way to build

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year over year on your Ramadan is just

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to be a little bit better no matter

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what than you were before Ramadan.

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Wa

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jal said,

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This

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fasting

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is so that you may glorify god for

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having guided you

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on the day of Eid and so that

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you will be grateful. So, glorification and gratitude.

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Now building on that,

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the one who guided you through Ramadan can

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guide you after Ramadan.

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And Surat Al Duha actually,

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the very next verses from where we left

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off,

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speak to this notion that remembering Allah's previous

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favors is the way for you

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to be your best because you assume of

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Allah the best as you walk out into

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the future. So many times, you're we're stuck

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in our problems

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because we don't recall how many previous problems.

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Before this one, Allah has already pulled us

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out of. All we can see is under

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our feet as they say. And so you

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miss out on the best of the future,

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the best opportunities of the future because you

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can't recall

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how much Allah has brought about the best

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outcome from the past. So the duha continues

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and says what? While consoling the prophet shalallahu

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alaihi wa

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sallam, Hasn't haven't I found you an orphan?

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You lost your mom, then you lost your

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dad, then you lost your grandpa, then you've

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lost your uncle, then you lost your favorite

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city. Everything dear to you and I sheltered.

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And didn't Allah find you lost?

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You didn't know what faith was. You didn't

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know what the scripture was, and so he

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guided.

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And didn't he find

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you He found you poor, financially poor, and

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so he enriched.

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Look at what you've become.

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But you know that's not only it.

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There is a beautiful nuance that the scholars

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point out in this surah that Allah did

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not say he found you an orphan.

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He sheltered you. He said

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so he sheltered. Because he didn't just shelter

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you. He sheltered you and the world through

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you.

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Right?

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You've become a source of hope for others.

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Not you have a reason to hope for

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your own self. You've become a beacon of

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hope.

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How many orphans are taken care of because

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the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, Me

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and the caretaker of the orphan are like

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this in paradise.

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People are donating for 1400 years and marrying

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the widows and Why?

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Because of

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the one that was once an orphan

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Right?

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And he found you lost, so he guided

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He didn't just guide you, hadaka.

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He guided you and guides the world through

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you.

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And he found you poor and he enriched

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he enriched the world through you. Salallahu alaihi

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wa sallam.

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And so look at what Allah has done

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for you of guidance,

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and expect the best of Allah in terms

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of your future guidance. Don't have this grim

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perception of the future. How? By recognizing how

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bright the past has been. Hindsight is 2020

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as they say.

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And you know, if I can just recruit

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this notion, this principle, not just to build

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on Ramadan

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but for one more point before I close

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which

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is look at what Allah has used you

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for brothers and sisters in the last 6

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months.

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Just because it's the easiest example, there is

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a very famous Israeli historian. His parents are

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survivors of the holocaust. His name is Norman

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Finkelstein. Many of you may see his content

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circulating.

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This man says, I

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have been an advocate for this cause. I

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gave it my life. The last 50 years

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of my life, I've dedicated to the cause

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of a free Palestine.

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I didn't get married. I didn't have kids.

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I don't have savings.

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I know my books won't sell because they're

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politically incorrect.

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And if you were to tell me

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6 months ago

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that the protest would continue surging

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and the individuals boycotting would become entire universities

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and countries divesting their investments

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from the apart, I would never believe you.

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If you told me the youth would still

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be in the streets and the numbers are

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only increasing, I would never have believed you.

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You know why? Because the past 50 years,

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the last half a century, he has seen

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people wake up and get all loud, and

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go to sleep 2, 3 days later. So

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now when someone asks why does it have

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to be so gut wrenching?

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Why does it have to be so raw?

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Why does it have to take this long?

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The genocide?

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Maybe it is because this is what it's

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going to take for us to finally liberate

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Palestine. Brothers and sisters, may we see it

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in our lifetime.

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May we see it in our lifetime.

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Allah has already shown us

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that by his permission we can make a

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difference.

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It is already at a point of no

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return, Alhamdulillah,

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Wallahu Akbar.

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How long it will take? A big part

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of that is for us to recognize

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that Allah has chosen us to make a

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significant difference.

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May Allah accelerate the unity of this Umma,

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and accelerate the liberation of Palestine,

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and all of the Muslims subjugated in all

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over the world. May Allah accelerate the collapse

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of the apartheid regime. May Allah

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continue to blind the strategies of the Zionists.

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May Allah

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allow us to never sell ourselves short.

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And if I were to give you one

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action item, you may have seen it circulating

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and I will continue to push it wherever

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I can.

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The majority of Muslim organizations in this country

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nationally

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have signed on to a strike for Gaza

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until there is a ceasefire.

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No life as usual. This Monday,

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no school, no work, no spending. I would

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lend my voice to that call. Every single

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one of you, I highly encourage you to

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take part. We're not gonna sleep. We will

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not get tired. We will not get disillusioned

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especially after Allah has shown us what he

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has shown us in the last 6 months.

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We're gonna keep pushing, we're gonna max out

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like never before

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We're going to sustain and we're going to

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persevere

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and we're going to liberate the lands of

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Al Quds,

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May Allah forgive us our sins and perfect

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his favor upon us and make us instrumental

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as forces of good and justice in the

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world and cure our sick and have mercy

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upon our deceased and accept our martyrs

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and forgive us for our shortcomings.

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