Moutasem al-Hameedy – The Monumental Tafsir #58 Surah Al Hadid

Moutasem al-Hameedy
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The speakers discuss the structure of Islamic teaching, including belief in the heart and actions of the body, the importance of faith and giving for the sake of Allah, the hierarchy of the Prophet's hierarchy, prioritizing one's desire to achieve assaism, and the importance of prioritizing one's desire to achieve success and avoiding promises. They stress the importance of finding one's heart to be at a deeper level and finding one's passion to be at a higher level. The speakers also touch on the importance of understanding the context of the d union and the importance of the "any" meaning in the Arabic language.
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And InshaAllah we continue today with Surat Al

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Hadid

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verse 18.

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But before that since we mentioned some of

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the examples

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of

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the past generations of Islam and how they

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related to the Quran, right, and how sincere,

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hardworking they were when it came to, you

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know, reading the Quran, reflecting on it. I

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wanna mention a modern story.

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And the modern story is

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and I heard this

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from an imam of our local Masjid previously.

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He mentioned that there was a teacher of

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the Quran

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and he would meet his students

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every day after Fajr, 10 students.

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They asked him to join his Halakah

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so he helps them read the Quran correctly

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and learn the Tajweed

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His style was

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there's 10 of them

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and they would sit in the same order.

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And we have the the hero of our

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story, the protagonist of our story today,

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was a man in his

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I think he was in his

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late forties.

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He was a truck

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driver.

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He was number 1, so he would sit

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on the right side of the Sheikh. Then

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number 2, 3, 4 and then they would

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form a halakah, circle around the Sheikh.

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Each one would read a page.

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So they would read, let's say from page

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1

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to page 10.

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And the Sheikh fixes, comments, teaches them whatever

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there is an issue. He would address it.

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So they get to correct their pronunciation,

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their tajwid.

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The following day

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so they started from day 1. They started

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from page 1 all the way to page

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10.

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The following day

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because the sheikh wants to make sure that

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each one reads every page, and he hears

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from

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each student, each page, and he corrects them.

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They would start

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on page number 2.

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Day 2, they would start page number 2.

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So they would read from page number 2

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to page number

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11.

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10 pages,

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starting with the same order.

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So this student or friend, the first one,

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he would read- 1st day he would read

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page 1.

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2nd day he would read page number 2.

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3rd day he would

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read page number 3, and so on and

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so forth.

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So every day they would move one page

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forward as a group.

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Understood?

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Or is it complicated?

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Yeah. So they would read 10 pages, but

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each day they move 1 page forward not

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10 pages.

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So every student gets to read

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all the pages in front of the sheikh.

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5 days a week.

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So things go well for a couple of

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months.

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And subhanAllah, our friend here, the truck

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driver He's one of the best students.

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Because his pronunciation is good, his Tajweed is

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good, his muharaj are good.

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One day he's late.

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And they already started. He came in the

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middle of the halaqa.

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So the Sheikh told him to sit just

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in the middle.

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His spot was taken.

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So obviously the order was a little bit

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interrupted.

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So the person before him read his page

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reading from the Mus'haf, Then his turn came.

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Sheikh said, read.

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Silent.

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He said, read what's wrong with

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you? I said, I can't read.

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He said, how

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come?

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Like you've been with us for a few

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months. He said, I literally can't read. I

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can't read or write.

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So sheikh said, come come come here.

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So he says, what's going on?

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He says, I don't read. I don't write.

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I'm illiterate.

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So he says, but you were like for

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a couple of months you were reading with

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us, and you were reading well.

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He said, I made

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a commitment to memorize the Quran,

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so

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the day before I come

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I listen to this page so many times

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from the eye

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and I repeat it and repeat it and

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repeat it and repeat it until I memorize

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it without any mistakes.

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And when I sit and I have the

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mushaf, I'm not reading from the mushaf, I'm

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reading from my memory.

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So today, because I came late,

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I'm not ready for that page. I haven't

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memorized it,

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so I can't memorize.

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So that shows you what they dedicate this

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is a person who can't read or write.

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So someone says

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for example like I don't have the language,

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learn.

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Nothing is impossible,

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learn.

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I don't have the

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time. You can make the time.

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You can make the time. And if you

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literally, like mathematically, you can't

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allocate time to the Quran,

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there is something in your life

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that is not as important that you need

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to take out and give that time to

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the

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Quran.

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It might get to that point where you

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really have to change something in your life.

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Maybe.

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Okay. So that's again, this is not something

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from the times of the companions. This is

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something here,

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around our times.

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Around our times.

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Play. Let's get to Surat Al Hadid.

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Verily men and women who give in charity.

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The structure of the words translated here as

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men and women who give in charity refers

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to those who give a great deal of

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charity

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as prescribed in Islamic teaching

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and who spend in ways that earn the

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pleasure of Allah and lend to Allah a

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goodly loan by giving of their wealth to

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charitable causes.

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The reward of which will be stored up

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for them with their Lord.

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It will be multiplied for them because a

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good deed earns a 10 fold reward up

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to 700

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fold up to many times more.

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And theirs will be a generous reward, which

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is what Allah has prepared for them in

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paradise of that which no one knows.

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Those who believe in Allah and his messengers.

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According to Ahlul Sunnah, faith is that which

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is indicated by the Quran and the Sunnah,

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namely belief in the heart that is expressed

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verbally and sound attitudes in the heart, good

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words, and righteous physical actions.

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That includes all the teachings of Islam, both

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outward and in One second. So we want

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you to repeat this, which is iman with

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ahlul sunnah.

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But, again, I'm not I don't think the

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translation does justice, but you remember we spoke

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about remember,

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an iman.

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Remember this? And we explained it. Qaul is

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speech.

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The speech of the heart.

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And is the actions of the heart. We

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said the actions of the heart are what?

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Love,

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fear,

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hope,

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trust.

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Right?

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These are actions of the heart.

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Then this translates

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as speech of the tongue and actions of

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the tongue, tongue. Right? So he's gonna talk

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about this and the Sheikh explains it beautifully

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but the translation doesn't do it justice but

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let's just focus.

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Pay attention to the translation. We'll comment on

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it

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later

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on. Those who believe in Allah and his

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Sunnah, faith is that which is indicated

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by the Quran and Sunnah, namely belief in

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the heart that is expressed verbally and sound

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attitudes in the heart, good words, and righteous

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physical actions.

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That includes all the teachings of Islam, both

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outward and inward.

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Those who combine all these things are the

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strong and true in faith. In other words,

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their status is higher than that of the

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ordinary believers and lower than that of the

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prophets.

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And the martyrs will have their reward and

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their light with their Lord. As is mentioned

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in the Sahih

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hadith

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in paradise, there are 100 levels. The distance

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between each two levels is like the distance

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between heaven and earth.

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Allah has prepared them for those who strive

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in his cause, Bukhari.

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This implies that they will be of a

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very high and sublime status and very close

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to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

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As for those who disbelieve and deny our

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revelations, they will be inhabitants of the blazing

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fire.

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These verses mention all categories of people, those

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who give in charity, the strong and true

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in faith, the martyrs, and the inhibit inhabitants

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of the blazing

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fire. Those who give in charity are the

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ones whose main focus in righteous deeds is

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to show kindness to people and try to

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benefit them and help them to the best

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of their ability,

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especially by helping them financially for the sake

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of Allah. The strong and true in faith

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are those who have reached the highest levels

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of faith, righteous deeds, beneficial knowledge, and certainty

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of faith.

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The martyrs are those who fought in Allah's

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cause to make Allah's word supreme,

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offering their lives and with and their wealth

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and were killed. The inhabitants of the blazing

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fire are the disbelievers who rejected the revelations

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of Allah.

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There remains one more category, which Allah mentions

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in Surat Fatur.

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They are the ones who followed a middle

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course, who did obligatory duties and refrain from

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prohibited matters, but they fell short with regard

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to some duties towards Allah and toward other

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people.

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Their ultimate abode will be paradise even though

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they may face punishment for some of their

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deeds.

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Okay.

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So if you notice, again,

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as brother Rayyan read the translation, did it

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make the same impact as

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the explanation before?

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Did you feel it was talking exactly about

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the same thing? Did it convey the message

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or not? So that's a question to

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you. Did it convey the meaning? Did you

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feel the translation conveyed the meaning?

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Anyone else?

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Can you read it again?

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In just that bit. Yeah.

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Which is the the the what does it

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say?

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The

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Those who believe in Allah and his messengers,

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according to Ahlul Sunnah, faith is that which

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is indicated by the Quran and Sunnah.

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Namely, belief in the heart that is expressed

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verbally and sound That's sound That's it. Belief

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in the heart that is expressed verbally. Continue,

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please. And sound attitudes in the heart, good

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words, and righteous physical actions. Sound attitudes in

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the heart,

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randomly, would you think of the aqid of

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Hari sunnah wal Jama'ah as explained as what's

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in the heart?

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That's the problem with a lot of translations.

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There are things you can't translate word for

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word.

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Why? Because you are actually taking from one

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system

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you're translating from one system to another one

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system of thought, like one mindset to a

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completely different framework.

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So how do you translate word for word?

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You can't

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And it doesn't work and doesn't convey the

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meaning. So that's a big problem with translations,

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by the way.

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That's a big problem with the tran with

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translations

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because language is not just a word and

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its meaning.

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The meanings

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you know, there are structures of meanings in

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languages, and there are ways of expressing meanings.

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And there is a history. There are families

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of meanings and words.

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So when you translate to another language, you

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don't have the same connections. There are similar

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connections, but there are many different connections as

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well. So that's a problem when you translate

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word for word. So this is why sometimes

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you need some translators believe in taking more

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liberty so they would actually

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rephrase

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and I think that's more helpful.

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So here what he described as 'Amal ul

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Qlub' the actions of the heart which we

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said are for example love,

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hope,

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trust in Allah,

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fear of Allah,

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this humility before Allah,

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Right? This love for good things. These are

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the actions of the heart. He called them

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what? Attitudes.

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Good attitudes.

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Again, so that's a problem again with this

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translation. It doesn't give us convey the strength

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and the potency

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of the real aqid of Aris Sunnah,

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with

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Jannah. Okay. So he basically, Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'alaheer mentions

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and obviously highlights the virtue of giving for

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the sake of Allah. Then Allah talks about

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the true believers

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those who achieve the highest level of faith,

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the highest level of faith these are Asiddhiqoon

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and Asiddhiqoon

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come just a level below the Messengers

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as Allah says

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These are the levels.

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The prophets, the messengers, highest level in Jannah

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Who is below them? Nearby? The closest to

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them? As Sadiqoon. Who's As Sadiq Al Akbar?

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Abu Bakr radiAllahu Anhu No one reached the

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level after the Prophets. No one reached the

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level of Iman

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of Abu Bakr radiAllahu Anha

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one of the companions said

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If the Iman of Abu Bakr was put

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on one side of the scale

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and the Iman of the whole Ummah, every

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individual in the Ummah was to put on

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the other side of the scale

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the iman of Abu Bakr would be

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much

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weightier, heavier

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on the scale.

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One person.

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That's a siddiq,

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the highest levels of iman.

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The highest levels of iman, a siddiqun.

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And there will be a siddiqeen in this

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Ummah.

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And

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then,

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there's a shuhada, right?

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And then the martyrs.

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Are there martyrs who are siddiq own? Yes.

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Yes.

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Are there martyrs that are muthasiddhihu

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that are siddhihu that are siddhihu

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sorry and muthasiddhihuun?

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Yes.

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So these categories are not like

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mutually exclusive. They're not separate completely separate. A

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person could tick all the boxes. Actually Abu

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Bakr

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ticks all the boxes

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He ticks all the boxes

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Yeah, so

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Again, these are levels that Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala refers to highest is then

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Why? Because their hearts are completely in line

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with the truth

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and that's what humans are meant to have

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and be. That's the highest level. And

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then a shuhada, why? Because a shuhada

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No one would offer their life for the

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sake of Allah if they don't have that

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level of certainty.

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If they don't see beyond the physical, right?

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That's

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That's If they don't have this level of

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they why would someone

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even go against survival?

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How could someone push against survival

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unless they see something more compelling?

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So the truth of this life and the

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truth of the hereafter has become more compelling

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to them

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than the impulse of survival,

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which is very powerful.

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The impulse of survival is very powerful.

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It's it's almost irresistible.

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The only thing that can help you transcend

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that

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is what? True faith

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or

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absolute stupidity.

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People would,

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you know, do

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things to kill themselves, unfortunately.

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Okay. So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala classifies these

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people.

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Then Allah talks about the disbelievers.

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Those who deny the truth

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and

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they are the ones who will end up

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in the hellfire.

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So somebody might ask, how do we get

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to the level of a siddiqun?

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How do we get to the level of

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a siddiqun, the highest level of iman? Again

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as we said previously, no secrets.

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Everything that Allah told you to do,

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qualifies you for that level, pushes you to

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that level.

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The more you do it,

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as prescribed,

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you do your

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salah.

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Obligatory salah as prescribed.

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And then you do your sunnah salah as

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prescribed. You do fasting as prescribed. You do

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Zakah as prescribed. You do Hajj as prescribed.

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You do your other obligations as prescribed.

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When I say as prescribed meaning in the

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state, in the manner and the state, the

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heart state as Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants

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from you because there are people who just

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go through the motions and they say I

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prayed

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But there was a man who went through

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the acts of the prayer and the prophet

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told him

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Go back and pray because you haven't prayed.

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But the man prayed,

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he performed the acts of prayer.

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The prophet said go back and pray because

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you haven't prayed. The man goes and does

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the same thing again then he comes back

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the prophet said

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Go and pray because you have not prayed.

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The man said

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O Messenger of Allah teach me.

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By Allah I know nothing other than this.

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So the Prophet

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told him

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describe the prayer and the thing that the

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prophet emphasized in this hadith

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which is which is just take your time

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be there

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be there

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be there

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and the the way prescribed salah is that

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you perform it with what does Khushua mean?

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Khushua means you feel you are in the

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presence of Allah. Your heart is aware of

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this. Your heart is busy with this truth

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and you are experiencing it firsthand to the

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point

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that

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sense of awe sense of awe takes over

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your heart. You're humbled before Allah

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Allah So that's how

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when you perform these things, what happens? You

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find yourself

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getting higher and higher at the levels of

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what the

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prophet

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The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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That a man or a person

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says the truth

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and they are

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they are so keen

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to say nothing but the truth.

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They're so careful about what he said, she

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said and all of that

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stuff. You're not you're not you're not being

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keen to say the truth. Or I think

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this or it seems to me like this.

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You're not so keen on speaking the truth.

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So the person is so careful

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about saying only the truth and engaging only

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with the truth

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Until this person is written with Allah as

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Siddiq

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So what is the Well how do we

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get to Sudirk? There's no special track.

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It's what the Prophet sAW wasalam prescribed, it's

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what the Quran tells us.

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Really. It's what Islam tells us to do.

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Sadiq is not like special badge. You have

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to do some course on the side to

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go and get there. That's what Islam leads

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to. That's what Islam leads to but we

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need to do it right. So we lose

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a lot

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you know by winging our worship

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and you know just getting it off our

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shoulders

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or doing it only on in spare time.

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We lose a lot.

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We lose a lot when we choose other

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than Allah, when we prioritize other than Allah

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we lose a lot and we pay for

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it in this life and in the next.

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Okay, so that's the way to be from

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As Siddi'un.

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That's the way to be from those the

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most truthful

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the most truthful of the servants

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of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

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Alright, let's continue

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and actually I would like to connect this

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to the verse that we closed with last

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week where Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala talks about

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the hearts, right?

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Hasn't the time come for the believers that

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their hearts are humbled, their hearts are experiencing

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Khushuwa

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with the words of Allah

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upon engaging

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or they're reading, listening, contemplating the words of

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Allah and the truth that was sent down

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because that's the natural response of the heart

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and that's the way to get to be

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a Sadiq

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to be

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a Sadiq

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How? Engage with the Quran. Engage correctly.

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Open up to the Quran. Read carefully. Read

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with,

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you know,

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with an open heart.

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Have

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have some interest in the Quran.

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Not just read because I have to go

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through it like

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Ibn Mas'ud

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says,

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read and don't let your point or your

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goal be reaching the end of the surah.

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That's not the point of reading.

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That's not the point and this is why

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when you engage with the Quran some people

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say oh, you know, when will I get

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to memorize the Quran? If you're thinking in

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this mindset it becomes more of you know,

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I just want to do this I just

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want to do this let me go through

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this let me go through this and you

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will be impatient The beautiful thing about the

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Quran is that you reap the fruits immediately

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as You are engaged with the Quran. That's

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what you need to do

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Eventually if you fall in love with the

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Quran and stay consistent with the Quran you're

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going to learn it You're going to memorize

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it.

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Then it doesn't become it it does it's

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no longer a tedious task to memorize and

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memorize and when will I get to the

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end of it? How it's like in your

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mind it's a phase that you're going through

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then you hit that target and then you

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move on to something else and leave it

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behind. But the point is not to leave

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the Quran behind at all.

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And you might say, but it takes a

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lot of time for me. Like for some

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people says, oh they say it takes 3,

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4 hours of me every day.

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So what else do you want to do?

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What do you think the imams used to

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do? What do you think righteous people How

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do you think righteous people spend their time?

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Other than their again, their

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like other pressing obligations. What do you think

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they do? The sister of Imam Malik was

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asked.

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What would Imam Malik do at home? Like

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what did he do? Because he did not

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socialize a lot, Imam Malik. The only socialization

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he would have was when he was teaching.

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So somebody asked the sister of Imam Malik,

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What's his daily routine?

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He was holding the mushaft all the time.

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Reading the

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Quran all the time. Contemplating the Quran all

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the time. That's what Imam Malik did.

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So it's not like something you it's a

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phase you get over or a target that

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you hit then now you have time for

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something else.

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Now if you want if you get to

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spend time with the Quran whatever that is

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like it's 20 minutes, half an hour, an

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hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, everyone according to

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you know what Allah facilitates

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for them.

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Whatever you have don't think, oh you know,

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okay that's for me just to get to

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a certain target then you know that would

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then eventually

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I can I can bring the time down?

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Why do you want to bring the time

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down? The point is for you to engage

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with the Quran. You're winning. You're getting, you're

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reaping the fruits as you are engaging with

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the Quran now. You want the experience itself

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to be pleasant,

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to be sweet.

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And that's the reality.

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People when they start reading the Quran, it's

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very difficult. It's difficult. It's difficult. But eventually,

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you know what?

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It becomes easy. It becomes enjoyable.

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It becomes enjoyable. It gets to the point.

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It's not like I want to reach the

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end of the surah. It gets to the

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point where I don't want the surah to

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end

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I don't want the surah. I want to

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continue with this because

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the state is pleasant. It's beautiful. You're reading

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the words of Allah

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You're engaging at a deeper level your heart,

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your fiqrah, you know your soul

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is getting what it needs

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It's thirsty and it's getting what it needs.

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That's the the highest level of fulfillment and

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satisfaction a human being could get could ever

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get to. What else do you need?

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What else do you need?

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Okay,

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so that kind of engagement will give you

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a khushoor when you approach the Quran with

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this and you pay that attention you will

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find that the Quran will heal your heart

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It will heal your heart heart and eventually

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what the Quran does

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is that it

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elevates you to a level of a Siddiq

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And the natural response of the heart when

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you read the Quran is that you are

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humble because you start to sense the greatness

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of Allah. You sense it firsthand. You feel

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it.

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It's not like you're trying to conjure it

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up. It's not like you're thinking,

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you're trying to engineer the thought in your

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head. No.

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It arises in your heart.

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It's awakened by the Quran.

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It's the natural response of your heart. It's

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It recognizes that glory of Allah and it

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and experiences it firsthand

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directly.

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So that's when the humility which is

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is experienced in the heart.

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And this is why Amal Khattab, I think

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he made

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the notion is that he said Khushuah is

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not that someone sort of stands up in

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a very like

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they they sort of fold themselves up

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and

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to feel the hook that's not what Khushua

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is. He says Khushua Al Khalb

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cause there there were people

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appeared subhanAllah the time of Umar Khattab radiAllahu

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anhu some people

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they had this more

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mystic

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tendency.

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So they would talk too soft, you know,

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because for them spirituality is being

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too soft and high

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all the time.

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Talking about Allah,

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you know, this kind of attitude. Right? You

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you shake their hands and they shake your

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hands, they're so soft.

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Right?

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Why? Because they are in they are in

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this spiritual high all the time. Al Khattab

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sees someone like this walking down the street.

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He smacks

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him with his staff with a dura. Right?

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A dura. The dura to Amar. He smacks

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him. He says,

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Hey, you killed our religion for us.

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Man up.

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This is not this is not iman. Right?

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This is not iman. There are people that

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you wanna talk to them like they are

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they wanna feel. I don't they're not necessarily

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showing Allahu Alem. Allahu Alem. Maybe some of

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them are showing but they just wanna feel

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they are spiritual. You shake their hands and

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they shake your hands. Salam Alaikum. How are

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you brother? How are you doing?

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Again, this is

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not necessarily faith, Amal Khattab. Like you're talking

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about the faith of Amal Khattab, yet he

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was

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again, he was a he was a strong

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man.

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He was a strong man. So again he

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said So he

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really hits the man with his stuff and

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it's a very well known incident and he

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says,

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Hey, don't like kill the spirit of our

00:31:04 --> 00:31:05

religion for us.

00:31:06 --> 00:31:07

Toughen up.

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What are you doing? Walk like a proper

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person.

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A

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O Allah, I seek protection in you from

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the Khushu of the Munafiqin, the hypocrites.

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So someone asked him

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that you find the body is in a

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state of calm and peace and kushua but

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the heart is not.

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The heart is not experiencing it. So it's

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more of what?

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Fake,

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right? Artificial.

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Okay. So this is how we engage with

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the Quran and this is what helps us

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inshaAllah get to the level of As Siddiq.

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And again somebody says oh, when will I

00:32:00 --> 00:32:01

get to the level of As Siddiq? You

00:32:01 --> 00:32:03

know what? The good thing is just

00:32:04 --> 00:32:06

be there. Just be with the Quran and

00:32:06 --> 00:32:07

eventually Allah takes you there.

00:32:08 --> 00:32:10

The problem is that, you know, we live

00:32:10 --> 00:32:12

in a world where where really a lot

00:32:12 --> 00:32:12

of

00:32:13 --> 00:32:14

success

00:32:15 --> 00:32:17

is measured by social and academic

00:32:18 --> 00:32:19

and professional standards,

00:32:20 --> 00:32:22

that we have lost the ability to think

00:32:22 --> 00:32:25

about excellence outside those external parameters.

00:32:27 --> 00:32:28

There are people who think in order like,

00:32:28 --> 00:32:30

the only way to get good

00:32:31 --> 00:32:33

in a subject, master a subject, is to

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go through the educational system and get to

00:32:35 --> 00:32:37

the highest level of academic

00:32:38 --> 00:32:39

degrees and achievements.

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But you know, you'll find sometimes, and oftentimes

00:32:42 --> 00:32:44

you'll find someone who's probably never went to

00:32:44 --> 00:32:45

school for that subject.

00:32:45 --> 00:32:48

They know far better than a bunch of

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experts, top

00:32:49 --> 00:32:51

top experts in the world about this subject.

00:32:51 --> 00:32:54

Why? Because of a genuine and keen interest,

00:32:54 --> 00:32:56

personal interest in the subject. They would read

00:32:56 --> 00:32:59

everything and they would critique everything and they

00:32:59 --> 00:33:00

would cross reference

00:33:02 --> 00:33:03

and do the interdisciplinary

00:33:03 --> 00:33:05

approach and everything. Why? Because it's the passion

00:33:05 --> 00:33:06

that carries them.

00:33:07 --> 00:33:09

And they hold no titles.

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So with the iman again, don't So people

00:33:13 --> 00:33:15

have become the people have turned these,

00:33:16 --> 00:33:19

these parameters which help people structure their life

00:33:19 --> 00:33:20

and it helps really

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you know sometimes give some some sort of

00:33:23 --> 00:33:25

a structure to what's good. I mean who's

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really invested in this, who spent time in

00:33:28 --> 00:33:29

this, who really

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studied properly,

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as opposed to someone who's just, pretending,

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right? These

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imposters or charlatans.

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It's helpful in that sense.

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But again, don't obsess over that that it

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becomes the only there are, you know, there

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are people with PhDs

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or with professorship

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and literally

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who don't know very well about this subject.

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There are.

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There are.

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So and it doesn't mean that that getting

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education is no good. I'm not saying this

00:34:02 --> 00:34:03

but I'm just saying

00:34:03 --> 00:34:05

it it is it is a tool, but

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it's it's not a complete thing, and it's

00:34:06 --> 00:34:08

not the only thing. Same thing with iman.

00:34:08 --> 00:34:10

It's not don't don't treat it the same

00:34:10 --> 00:34:12

way. So we carry that over from the

00:34:12 --> 00:34:14

world into religion and say, okay, when will

00:34:14 --> 00:34:16

I get to the level of a siddiqun?

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I'm gonna put a plan

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9 years.

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Year 1 I'm gonna do this. Year 2

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That's not how you make it. That's not

00:34:24 --> 00:34:24

how it works.

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Why? Because you this is uncharted territory. You

00:34:29 --> 00:34:31

don't know. You really don't know.

00:34:31 --> 00:34:33

There are people who might get to the

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level of by

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the way in no time.

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How? Allah

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knows? Allah knows. Maybe there's sincerity in their

00:34:41 --> 00:34:41

heart.

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And there are people who might work for

00:34:44 --> 00:34:47

50 years and never get to it. Because

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it's not about again, it's about the sincerity

00:34:49 --> 00:34:50

of the heart

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and At the end of the day, it's

00:34:52 --> 00:34:54

a blessing from Allah and Allah knows where

00:34:54 --> 00:34:55

to put his blessing

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So what should I do focus on just

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again giving Allah his rights? That's the point.

00:35:00 --> 00:35:02

It's not about you.

00:35:02 --> 00:35:04

It's about Allah. That's the most important thing

00:35:05 --> 00:35:07

it's not about you achieving that that's

00:35:08 --> 00:35:10

have you heard of selfish

00:35:10 --> 00:35:11

generosity?

00:35:13 --> 00:35:15

Selfish generosity?

00:35:16 --> 00:35:18

It sounds like a contradiction.

00:35:19 --> 00:35:21

But there are actually people who wanna give

00:35:21 --> 00:35:22

you, not for your need,

00:35:25 --> 00:35:27

Because of what it offers them.

00:35:28 --> 00:35:29

How it makes them feel.

00:35:29 --> 00:35:31

And these people would force you to take

00:35:31 --> 00:35:33

their gift even when you don't need it.

00:35:36 --> 00:35:38

And for them, sometimes it's a matter of,

00:35:38 --> 00:35:39

it's a power game.

00:35:41 --> 00:35:43

So they're using such a noble act of

00:35:43 --> 00:35:44

generosity.

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But the focus is not you. It's not

00:35:47 --> 00:35:47

generosity.

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It's selfishness.

00:35:50 --> 00:35:53

Okay? So it's important again with Allah subhanahu

00:35:53 --> 00:35:54

wa ta'ala say, oh when will I get

00:35:54 --> 00:35:56

to that level of asiddiqeen? You're thinking too

00:35:56 --> 00:35:57

much about yourself.

00:35:58 --> 00:36:00

You are here to give Allah his ways.

00:36:00 --> 00:36:02

You are here to obey Allah. You are

00:36:02 --> 00:36:03

here to surrender to Allah.

00:36:05 --> 00:36:07

You are here to fulfill Allah's command. That's

00:36:07 --> 00:36:09

it. So who is important here? Allah, not

00:36:11 --> 00:36:12

you. And when you do this that's the

00:36:12 --> 00:36:14

interesting thing when you do this that's when

00:36:14 --> 00:36:15

Allah elevates you.

00:36:16 --> 00:36:18

But when you are so ambitious

00:36:19 --> 00:36:20

right? Ambitious

00:36:21 --> 00:36:22

or like

00:36:23 --> 00:36:24

our family, we always make it to the

00:36:24 --> 00:36:26

top. So even with religion, I'm gonna make

00:36:26 --> 00:36:27

it to the top. You're

00:36:28 --> 00:36:30

thinking too much of yourself.

00:36:31 --> 00:36:34

That that beats the very purpose of what

00:36:34 --> 00:36:36

righteousness really means or what piety really means,

00:36:36 --> 00:36:37

what Taqwa

00:36:38 --> 00:36:41

means. You're carrying you know that self focused,

00:36:41 --> 00:36:43

self centered approach that we have in the

00:36:43 --> 00:36:45

world. You wanna force it on religion, you

00:36:45 --> 00:36:47

think it works according to the same dynamics.

00:36:49 --> 00:36:50

I hope this,

00:36:51 --> 00:36:53

this helps us understand something.

00:36:54 --> 00:36:54

Let's continue.

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Allah

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Here Allah tells us about the real nature

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of this world and how it actually is,

00:40:02 --> 00:40:04

highlighting that all that may be said of

00:40:04 --> 00:40:07

it and all that its people can get

00:40:07 --> 00:40:09

from it is that it is play and

00:40:09 --> 00:40:11

a distraction for hearts and bodies.

00:40:11 --> 00:40:13

This is confirmed by what you find in

00:40:13 --> 00:40:15

real life of people who focus only on

00:40:15 --> 00:40:16

worldly matters.

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You will find them spreading you will find

00:40:18 --> 00:40:21

them spending their lifetimes in distraction,

00:40:21 --> 00:40:24

heedless of the remembrance of Allah and of

00:40:24 --> 00:40:26

what lies ahead of divine promises and warnings,

00:40:26 --> 00:40:28

and you see them taking their religion as

00:40:28 --> 00:40:30

a mere game and mockery.

00:40:31 --> 00:40:33

In contrast, those who are aware and strive

00:40:33 --> 00:40:36

for the hereafter have hearts that constantly remember

00:40:36 --> 00:40:39

Allah, know him and love him. They fill

00:40:39 --> 00:40:41

their time with righteous deeds that will bring

00:40:41 --> 00:40:43

them closer to Allah and may benefit them

00:40:43 --> 00:40:44

or may

00:40:45 --> 00:40:46

benefit them and others.

00:40:46 --> 00:40:47

Adornment.

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This refers to adornment in clothing,

00:40:50 --> 00:40:53

food and drink, means of transportation, houses and

00:40:53 --> 00:40:53

palaces,

00:40:54 --> 00:40:57

status and other things, and boasting among yourselves.

00:40:58 --> 00:41:00

That is each one of its people want

00:41:00 --> 00:41:02

wants to boast to others and be the

00:41:02 --> 00:41:04

one who prevails in worldly matters

00:41:05 --> 00:41:07

and the one who is famous in terms

00:41:07 --> 00:41:08

of worldly splendor

00:41:09 --> 00:41:12

and rivalry in wealth and children. That is

00:41:12 --> 00:41:14

each one wants to be the one who

00:41:14 --> 00:41:16

has more than others in terms of wealth

00:41:16 --> 00:41:16

and children.

00:41:17 --> 00:41:19

This is the case with those who love

00:41:19 --> 00:41:20

this world and are content with it.

00:41:21 --> 00:41:23

This is in contrast to those who know

00:41:23 --> 00:41:26

how this world really is and in regard

00:41:26 --> 00:41:28

to it regard it as a place to

00:41:28 --> 00:41:30

pass through, not a place to settle in.

00:41:30 --> 00:41:32

Therefore, they compete in that which will bring

00:41:32 --> 00:41:35

them closer to Allah and take measures to

00:41:35 --> 00:41:37

help them reach him. And if they see

00:41:37 --> 00:41:40

those who compete with them in accumulating wealth

00:41:40 --> 00:41:41

and children, they compete

00:41:42 --> 00:41:44

they compete with them in righteous deeds.

00:41:44 --> 00:41:46

Then Allah compares this world to the rain

00:41:46 --> 00:41:48

that falls on the ground by means of

00:41:48 --> 00:41:51

which all kinds of plants are brought forth

00:41:51 --> 00:41:53

from the earth from which people from which

00:41:53 --> 00:41:57

both people and animals eat. Then when the

00:41:57 --> 00:41:59

land is at its loveliest and takes on

00:41:59 --> 00:42:01

its fairest appearance

00:42:01 --> 00:42:03

and is pleasing to the sowers whose main

00:42:03 --> 00:42:06

focus is worldly gain, there comes to it

00:42:06 --> 00:42:08

the decree of Allah that it should be

00:42:08 --> 00:42:10

destroyed. So it withers and dries up, and

00:42:10 --> 00:42:13

the land returns to its former state as

00:42:13 --> 00:42:15

if nothing green had ever grown there, and

00:42:15 --> 00:42:18

it had never looked elegant and beautiful.

00:42:18 --> 00:42:20

Such is this world. Whilst it is the

00:42:20 --> 00:42:23

flourishing for the one who focuses on it,

00:42:23 --> 00:42:25

and whatever he wants of worldly gains, he

00:42:25 --> 00:42:28

attains it, and whatever he seeks to achieve

00:42:28 --> 00:42:30

of worldly matters, he finds the doors to

00:42:30 --> 00:42:33

it wide open. Suddenly, the divine decree comes

00:42:33 --> 00:42:35

to pass, and it is all taken away

00:42:35 --> 00:42:38

from him. He loses control over worldly matters,

00:42:38 --> 00:42:40

or he is taken from this world in

00:42:40 --> 00:42:43

death. So he departs from it empty handed,

00:42:43 --> 00:42:45

having taken nothing from it in terms of

00:42:45 --> 00:42:46

provisions

00:42:46 --> 00:42:49

except his shroud. How doomed is the one

00:42:49 --> 00:42:51

for whom this world is the sum of

00:42:51 --> 00:42:53

his aspirations? Yes. And it

00:42:55 --> 00:42:55

Yeah.

00:45:04 --> 00:45:06

How doomed is the one for whom this

00:45:06 --> 00:45:08

world is the sum of his aspirations, and

00:45:08 --> 00:45:11

it is all he works and strives for.

00:45:11 --> 00:45:13

As for striving for the hereafter,

00:45:13 --> 00:45:15

that is what is of benefit and is

00:45:15 --> 00:45:17

stored up for a person and will stay

00:45:17 --> 00:45:18

with him forever.

00:45:18 --> 00:45:19

Hence, Allah

00:45:20 --> 00:45:22

says, and in the hereafter, there will be

00:45:22 --> 00:45:23

a severe punishment

00:45:23 --> 00:45:26

or forgiveness from Allah and his good pleasure.

00:45:26 --> 00:45:29

That is in the hereafter, there can only

00:45:29 --> 00:45:30

be one of these two scenarios,

00:45:31 --> 00:45:33

either severe punishment in the fire of *

00:45:33 --> 00:45:36

with its chains, feathers, and horrors for those

00:45:36 --> 00:45:37

whose

00:45:37 --> 00:45:40

only aim and aspiration was worldly gain. So

00:45:40 --> 00:45:43

they had the audacity to disobey Allah, reject

00:45:43 --> 00:45:45

his revelations, and show ingratitude

00:45:45 --> 00:45:46

for his blessings,

00:45:47 --> 00:45:50

or forgiveness from Allah for bad deeds, protection

00:45:50 --> 00:45:52

from punishment, and the good pleasure of Allah.

00:45:52 --> 00:45:54

This is for those who recognize this world

00:45:54 --> 00:45:56

for what it is what it was and

00:45:56 --> 00:45:58

strove hard for the hereafter.

00:45:59 --> 00:46:01

All of this should prompt people to lose

00:46:01 --> 00:46:03

interest in this world and focus on the

00:46:03 --> 00:46:04

hereafter.

00:46:04 --> 00:46:06

Hence, Allah says, for the life of this

00:46:06 --> 00:46:08

world is nothing but a fleeting vanity.

00:46:09 --> 00:46:11

That is it is nothing but something to

00:46:11 --> 00:46:14

be enjoyed briefly and benefited from to meet

00:46:14 --> 00:46:15

one's needs.

00:46:15 --> 00:46:17

No one is deceived by it and content

00:46:17 --> 00:46:20

with it except people of weak reasoning who

00:46:20 --> 00:46:21

are deceived by the

00:46:22 --> 00:46:24

shaitan. Then Allah enjoins people to raise towards

00:46:24 --> 00:46:25

his forgiveness,

00:46:25 --> 00:46:28

good pleasure and paradise, which is done by

00:46:28 --> 00:46:30

striving to take the measures that lead to

00:46:30 --> 00:46:30

forgiveness,

00:46:31 --> 00:46:34

such as sincere repentance, asking Allah for forgiveness,

00:46:34 --> 00:46:37

keeping away from sins and the places where

00:46:37 --> 00:46:40

they may be happen, and competing to to

00:46:40 --> 00:46:42

earn the good pleasure of Allah by doing

00:46:42 --> 00:46:44

righteous deeds and being constantly eager to do

00:46:44 --> 00:46:47

that which pleases Allah, such as worshiping the

00:46:47 --> 00:46:50

creator properly and treating people kindly in all

00:46:50 --> 00:46:51

ways.

00:46:51 --> 00:46:52

Hence, Allah's

00:46:52 --> 00:46:55

hence, Allah mentions the deeds that earn his

00:46:55 --> 00:46:58

pleasure. As he says, and paradise which is

00:46:58 --> 00:47:00

as wide as the heavens and the earth,

00:47:00 --> 00:47:02

prepared for those who believe in Allah and

00:47:02 --> 00:47:03

his messengers.

00:47:03 --> 00:47:06

Belief in Allah and his messengers include the

00:47:06 --> 00:47:08

fundamentals and minor issues of faith.

00:47:09 --> 00:47:11

That is the grace of Allah, which is

00:47:11 --> 00:47:14

which he bestows upon whomever he wills. That

00:47:14 --> 00:47:16

is what what we have explained to you

00:47:16 --> 00:47:17

and mentioned includes

00:47:18 --> 00:47:20

the ways that lead to paradise and the

00:47:20 --> 00:47:21

ways that lead to *.

00:47:21 --> 00:47:24

Allah's grace by bestowing abundant reward is one

00:47:24 --> 00:47:26

of the greatest blessings that he bestows upon

00:47:26 --> 00:47:27

his slaves.

00:47:28 --> 00:47:30

For Allah is the possessor of abundant grace

00:47:30 --> 00:47:33

who cannot be praised enough for it, rather

00:47:33 --> 00:47:36

he he is as he has praised himself

00:47:36 --> 00:47:38

and far above the praise that his slaves

00:47:38 --> 00:47:39

can offer him.

00:47:42 --> 00:47:44

So this is really the probably one of

00:47:44 --> 00:47:46

the most profound statements you can

00:47:47 --> 00:47:48

define life with.

00:47:49 --> 00:47:50

You want to know what life is about

00:47:51 --> 00:47:53

and what our life and our stay in

00:47:53 --> 00:47:55

this world is about? That's the verse.

00:47:55 --> 00:47:59

Allah clearly summarizes what life boils down to.

00:48:00 --> 00:48:01

Allah says

00:48:03 --> 00:48:05

so that's the creator of this dunya, the

00:48:05 --> 00:48:05

creator

00:48:06 --> 00:48:07

of ourselves,

00:48:07 --> 00:48:09

the creator of this life.

00:48:09 --> 00:48:11

He's the one who designed this. He's the

00:48:11 --> 00:48:12

one who crafted

00:48:12 --> 00:48:14

this. He's the one who put it together.

00:48:15 --> 00:48:16

He's telling

00:48:16 --> 00:48:18

us, you know, you don't need experience here.

00:48:20 --> 00:48:21

You don't need

00:48:21 --> 00:48:24

even millions of millions of experiences will not

00:48:24 --> 00:48:25

get you to that point.

00:48:26 --> 00:48:29

That's the creator Allah. He tells you

00:48:32 --> 00:48:33

Know that this life,

00:48:33 --> 00:48:36

this worldly life is merely what?

00:48:45 --> 00:48:45

4 things

00:48:48 --> 00:48:50

What does this life boil down to?

00:48:53 --> 00:48:54

What's the difference between

00:48:55 --> 00:48:55

and

00:49:01 --> 00:49:02

All of them are play

00:49:03 --> 00:49:04

and

00:49:04 --> 00:49:06

being playful, playfulness,

00:49:06 --> 00:49:07

but

00:49:09 --> 00:49:10

is for the body.

00:49:17 --> 00:49:19

And the So the same thing, but when

00:49:19 --> 00:49:21

you talk about the heart you say

00:49:23 --> 00:49:25

Why? Because the heart is created to worship

00:49:25 --> 00:49:26

Allah

00:49:27 --> 00:49:29

The heart is created to worship Allah and

00:49:29 --> 00:49:31

engage with Allah So when the heart is

00:49:31 --> 00:49:34

busy with something else, like what?

00:49:34 --> 00:49:35

Wealth,

00:49:36 --> 00:49:36

status,

00:49:37 --> 00:49:38

reputation,

00:49:39 --> 00:49:39

desires.

00:49:41 --> 00:49:45

Desires. It is in a state of and

00:49:45 --> 00:49:47

has the meaning of distraction, you are distracted

00:49:47 --> 00:49:48

from your mission.

00:49:49 --> 00:49:51

Whereas Le'eb

00:49:51 --> 00:49:53

is playful engagement.

00:49:56 --> 00:49:57

Playful engagement.

00:49:58 --> 00:49:58

So,

00:50:01 --> 00:50:03

So the emphasis is more on the heart

00:50:03 --> 00:50:04

but Allah is saying this is what the

00:50:04 --> 00:50:07

life the worldly life of the people who

00:50:07 --> 00:50:09

pursue it, it ends up, it boils down

00:50:09 --> 00:50:11

to forget about all all of these things

00:50:11 --> 00:50:12

that you see,

00:50:12 --> 00:50:13

all of the

00:50:15 --> 00:50:17

the deception of this world, right?

00:50:17 --> 00:50:19

It boils down to 4 things:

00:50:22 --> 00:50:23

entertainment for the body

00:50:24 --> 00:50:25

with all

00:50:26 --> 00:50:28

all the categories under this.

00:50:30 --> 00:50:33

Enjoyment and entertainment for the heart.

00:50:36 --> 00:50:38

And then what happens?

00:50:38 --> 00:50:40

People are competing.

00:50:40 --> 00:50:43

People are boasting to each other. I have

00:50:43 --> 00:50:45

more about this. I made more money.

00:50:46 --> 00:50:47

My house is bigger than your house.

00:50:48 --> 00:50:50

My car is newer than your car.

00:50:52 --> 00:50:55

In other cultures again we lost this today,

00:50:55 --> 00:50:58

but in previous cultures it was I had

00:50:58 --> 00:50:59

more children than you had.

00:51:00 --> 00:51:03

I had more degrees. I have more degrees

00:51:03 --> 00:51:04

than you have.

00:51:04 --> 00:51:07

My job is better than your job. Tafaghur.

00:51:08 --> 00:51:09

This is the social aspect.

00:51:10 --> 00:51:11

Is direct engagement.

00:51:12 --> 00:51:15

But there is another level of engagement which

00:51:15 --> 00:51:16

is what? The social game.

00:51:20 --> 00:51:22

Right? So there is I am boasting against

00:51:22 --> 00:51:24

you. But then there is

00:51:24 --> 00:51:25

What is

00:51:26 --> 00:51:27

So

00:51:27 --> 00:51:29

is that you're showing to others

00:51:30 --> 00:51:33

in order to demonstrate that you are better

00:51:33 --> 00:51:34

than them. I have more than you.

00:51:35 --> 00:51:38

Right? You either say it or you just

00:51:38 --> 00:51:38

show off

00:51:39 --> 00:51:42

your car or you show off your clothes

00:51:42 --> 00:51:42

or whatever.

00:51:46 --> 00:51:48

Is what? Is more of a competitor. You

00:51:48 --> 00:51:50

see people having more, you want to have

00:51:52 --> 00:51:52

more.

00:51:53 --> 00:51:54

They're having more, you want to have more.

00:51:54 --> 00:51:57

Not necessarily boasting about it but it becomes

00:51:57 --> 00:52:00

a motivation in itself. That's what the life

00:52:00 --> 00:52:01

of these people boils down to.

00:52:02 --> 00:52:04

People who don't worship Allah that's what their

00:52:04 --> 00:52:06

life boils down to.

00:52:11 --> 00:52:12

Okay. Just

00:52:13 --> 00:52:15

zina again is the beautification.

00:52:16 --> 00:52:18

So it's either personal beautification which is the

00:52:18 --> 00:52:20

enjoyment you get from

00:52:20 --> 00:52:22

tasteful things

00:52:22 --> 00:52:24

or tasty things in life. Food,

00:52:25 --> 00:52:28

other engagements because all of these all of

00:52:28 --> 00:52:30

these bring about what? Zina to you.

00:52:30 --> 00:52:33

They beautify you. They make you look better.

00:52:33 --> 00:52:35

They make you look better.

00:52:35 --> 00:52:36

That's it.

00:52:36 --> 00:52:38

That's what this life is about.

00:52:39 --> 00:52:41

The problem is that if you look at

00:52:41 --> 00:52:42

all of those things, what are they?

00:52:44 --> 00:52:44

Temporary.

00:52:46 --> 00:52:46

Temporary.

00:52:48 --> 00:52:50

Next year, they're gone.

00:52:51 --> 00:52:54

The moment of pride you had or boasting

00:52:54 --> 00:52:56

you had in front of others, it's gone.

00:52:57 --> 00:52:59

The moment you go home, it's gone.

00:53:00 --> 00:53:01

The joy of it, it's gone.

00:53:03 --> 00:53:04

Right?

00:53:06 --> 00:53:07

The

00:53:07 --> 00:53:09

heart enjoyment entertainment you got,

00:53:10 --> 00:53:12

The moment you're done with it it's

00:53:13 --> 00:53:14

over. You go on a vacation right? You

00:53:14 --> 00:53:17

enjoy yourself, you enjoy the trip.

00:53:17 --> 00:53:19

You go back home where is all the

00:53:19 --> 00:53:20

beauty and that enjoyment?

00:53:21 --> 00:53:22

It's history.

00:53:25 --> 00:53:27

These are the pleasures of this world.

00:53:27 --> 00:53:29

This is what they boil down to.

00:53:30 --> 00:53:31

And this is why you have to keep

00:53:31 --> 00:53:32

feeding them.

00:53:33 --> 00:53:35

That's why people who chase this dunya, they

00:53:35 --> 00:53:36

never get enough. That's what the prophet sallallahu

00:53:36 --> 00:53:37

alaihi wa sallam

00:53:37 --> 00:53:38

said

00:53:47 --> 00:53:50

Son of Adam had one valley full of

00:53:50 --> 00:53:50

gold.

00:53:51 --> 00:53:53

That's because these things don't satisfy you. They

00:53:53 --> 00:53:55

give you the illusion that they will satisfy

00:53:55 --> 00:53:57

you. But the moment you get them,

00:53:57 --> 00:54:00

just like all of these honest and since

00:54:00 --> 00:54:02

honest rich people who hit their targets, they

00:54:02 --> 00:54:04

tell you, like, once we got there, we

00:54:04 --> 00:54:04

said,

00:54:05 --> 00:54:05

is

00:54:06 --> 00:54:08

that is that all? Is there isn't there

00:54:08 --> 00:54:10

anything? We thought it was much more

00:54:10 --> 00:54:11

nicer,

00:54:11 --> 00:54:12

much more much more enjoyable.

00:54:13 --> 00:54:14

But we realized once you once you hit

00:54:14 --> 00:54:15

that target

00:54:16 --> 00:54:18

you're gonna say what's next? It lost its

00:54:18 --> 00:54:19

beauty.

00:54:20 --> 00:54:22

So that's the name. Why? Because there's no

00:54:22 --> 00:54:22

fulfillment.

00:54:23 --> 00:54:25

There's no fulfillment whereas

00:54:25 --> 00:54:28

seeking Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala the enjoyment never

00:54:28 --> 00:54:28

goes away.

00:54:29 --> 00:54:31

It never goes away. It builds up in

00:54:31 --> 00:54:33

your heart and it qualifies you for a

00:54:33 --> 00:54:36

higher level of iman, higher level of enjoyment,

00:54:36 --> 00:54:38

higher level of connection, higher level of blue

00:54:38 --> 00:54:40

beauty, higher level of wisdom and light,

00:54:41 --> 00:54:43

more life in your heart

00:54:44 --> 00:54:44

and then

00:54:45 --> 00:54:47

all of that remains with you on the

00:54:47 --> 00:54:50

day of judgment. You live by virtue of

00:54:50 --> 00:54:52

that. You enjoy the fruits of that

00:54:52 --> 00:54:53

in Jannah

00:54:54 --> 00:54:55

forever.

00:54:56 --> 00:54:58

So the good that you do you prayed

00:54:58 --> 00:54:59

to rakah for the sake of Allah no

00:54:59 --> 00:55:01

one knows about it. You fasted a day

00:55:01 --> 00:55:03

for the sake of Allah. No one knows

00:55:03 --> 00:55:05

about it. You give charity for the sake

00:55:05 --> 00:55:06

of Allah. No one knows about it. You

00:55:06 --> 00:55:07

made dhikr.

00:55:07 --> 00:55:09

No one knows about it. You've done that

00:55:09 --> 00:55:11

for the sake of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:55:12 --> 00:55:13

You enjoy it

00:55:14 --> 00:55:14

for an infinite

00:55:16 --> 00:55:18

number of years in in Jannah.

00:55:19 --> 00:55:21

That never expires. There's no expiry date on

00:55:21 --> 00:55:24

that. Whereas the your pursuit, your hard work

00:55:24 --> 00:55:25

to achieve this dunya,

00:55:27 --> 00:55:29

what do you get from it? Wealth is

00:55:29 --> 00:55:30

numbers.

00:55:31 --> 00:55:32

Like if you have let's say you have

00:55:32 --> 00:55:34

a million and you have a 1,000,000,000 what's

00:55:34 --> 00:55:35

the difference really?

00:55:37 --> 00:55:39

It's the enjoyment you have, that's it.

00:55:39 --> 00:55:42

It doesn't have any real substantial difference when

00:55:42 --> 00:55:44

it comes to you. Oh but you make

00:55:44 --> 00:55:44

investment.

00:55:45 --> 00:55:47

What do these investment investments mean to you?

00:55:47 --> 00:55:49

To a lot of these people? Numbers.

00:55:50 --> 00:55:51

Literally they are numbers.

00:55:52 --> 00:55:53

For them they are numbers they don't have

00:55:53 --> 00:55:55

any real impact on their life.

00:55:57 --> 00:55:59

So that's what all of this boils down

00:55:59 --> 00:56:00

to. And the the thing is

00:56:01 --> 00:56:03

the not the moment they are over, the

00:56:03 --> 00:56:04

moment you have them

00:56:05 --> 00:56:07

there's no joy in them. There's no beauty

00:56:07 --> 00:56:09

in them anymore. So that's why these it's

00:56:09 --> 00:56:10

an insatiable

00:56:10 --> 00:56:10

desire.

00:56:11 --> 00:56:13

The wealthy people they don't get enough. If

00:56:13 --> 00:56:14

they're chasing this dunya

00:56:15 --> 00:56:16

for the sake of this dunya they don't

00:56:16 --> 00:56:18

get enough. They can't get enough.

00:56:20 --> 00:56:22

They can't get enough. You know the other

00:56:22 --> 00:56:24

day I was speaking to someone who actually

00:56:24 --> 00:56:26

has to do with a lot of these

00:56:26 --> 00:56:27

big stores. His work

00:56:28 --> 00:56:30

has to do with these big stores

00:56:30 --> 00:56:32

and he was talking about inflation

00:56:33 --> 00:56:34

And

00:56:35 --> 00:56:37

he said the prices went up

00:56:37 --> 00:56:41

especially for the for the necessities for food,

00:56:42 --> 00:56:43

for the staple items

00:56:44 --> 00:56:46

in these stores for for for the society,

00:56:49 --> 00:56:51

the the real inflation is very little.

00:56:53 --> 00:56:54

But these

00:56:55 --> 00:56:56

huge organizations,

00:56:56 --> 00:56:57

corporations,

00:56:57 --> 00:56:58

they have profit

00:56:59 --> 00:57:00

targets

00:57:01 --> 00:57:02

that they have to hit.

00:57:03 --> 00:57:05

They set them for themselves. It's not like

00:57:05 --> 00:57:07

they have to hit, that they are prescribed.

00:57:07 --> 00:57:09

They are the ones who, you know, say

00:57:09 --> 00:57:11

that's what we wanna get. They are very

00:57:11 --> 00:57:12

ambitious.

00:57:12 --> 00:57:15

They wanna get they wanna make like,

00:57:15 --> 00:57:17

insane amounts of profit.

00:57:18 --> 00:57:20

So they always raise the bar for how

00:57:20 --> 00:57:21

much? You know profit,

00:57:22 --> 00:57:24

net profit that they get. So they put

00:57:24 --> 00:57:26

that up. So they realized

00:57:27 --> 00:57:27

after

00:57:28 --> 00:57:31

you know the the lockdown and COVID-nineteen

00:57:31 --> 00:57:33

and all of that stuff and now

00:57:34 --> 00:57:37

this financial crisis that people don't have enough

00:57:37 --> 00:57:40

cash. So people are not spending on luxury

00:57:40 --> 00:57:40

items,

00:57:41 --> 00:57:42

bigger items.

00:57:42 --> 00:57:45

People are not changing, let's say for example,

00:57:45 --> 00:57:48

the furniture of their house every other year

00:57:48 --> 00:57:50

as some of them used to do. Now

00:57:50 --> 00:57:52

they're keeping it for 5, 6 years. We

00:57:52 --> 00:57:55

can't afford a new set, right? So they're

00:57:55 --> 00:57:56

keeping it.

00:57:57 --> 00:57:59

But the stores need to hit their targets.

00:57:59 --> 00:58:01

So what are they gonna do?

00:58:01 --> 00:58:04

They shifted the profit margin to the stable

00:58:04 --> 00:58:04

items.

00:58:07 --> 00:58:08

These guys are making billions.

00:58:10 --> 00:58:11

Literally billions.

00:58:12 --> 00:58:14

And if they don't do this, if they

00:58:14 --> 00:58:16

don't shift this and they still make billions.

00:58:16 --> 00:58:17

They still

00:58:17 --> 00:58:18

make lots of money, they don't know what

00:58:18 --> 00:58:19

to do with it.

00:58:21 --> 00:58:23

But they wanna make that profit. And who

00:58:23 --> 00:58:25

pays for it? The average person.

00:58:26 --> 00:58:28

The average person. They say, oh, it's inflation.

00:58:28 --> 00:58:30

It's supply chain

00:58:31 --> 00:58:33

interruptions. It's this. It's that.

00:58:33 --> 00:58:34

Whatever. It's

00:58:35 --> 00:58:36

all of these are excuses.

00:58:39 --> 00:58:39

So

00:58:41 --> 00:58:44

it's an insatiable desire So when people chase

00:58:44 --> 00:58:45

this dunya and Allah Subhanahu wa'ala is going

00:58:45 --> 00:58:46

to give it Allah is going to put

00:58:46 --> 00:58:48

it in its place now So

00:58:56 --> 00:58:57

So that's what it is

00:59:02 --> 00:59:05

Just like rain that falls from the sky

00:59:05 --> 00:59:07

then it causes vegetation to grow,

00:59:07 --> 00:59:10

right? Vegetation to grow greenery,

00:59:11 --> 00:59:13

whatever like crops grow etcetera.

00:59:16 --> 00:59:18

So now you're so amazed by the

00:59:19 --> 00:59:22

earth or the land coming back to life

00:59:22 --> 00:59:24

and producing all of this. And it seems

00:59:24 --> 00:59:26

to you and subhanallah, this is humans, you

00:59:26 --> 00:59:29

know. When when we get something beautiful, we

00:59:29 --> 00:59:31

we fall into the deception or the assumption

00:59:31 --> 00:59:33

that is gonna stay forever.

00:59:37 --> 00:59:39

Right? When he saw the beauty of his

00:59:39 --> 00:59:41

garden he thought that's gonna last forever. And

00:59:41 --> 00:59:43

we all have this tendency as humans when

00:59:43 --> 00:59:45

we get something beautiful we think it's gonna

00:59:45 --> 00:59:46

be perpetual.

00:59:48 --> 00:59:51

Why? That's a flaw among humans. It's it's

00:59:51 --> 00:59:53

they call it a mental bias.

00:59:54 --> 00:59:56

A mental bias. We assume when we get

00:59:56 --> 00:59:57

something when life gets good as they say,

00:59:57 --> 00:59:59

when life gets good do you think oh

00:59:59 --> 01:00:01

it's always gonna be good? You don't realize

01:00:01 --> 01:00:02

that there are ups and downs.

01:00:03 --> 01:00:04

So when they see this,

01:00:05 --> 01:00:07

when they when when people

01:00:07 --> 01:00:10

see the vegetation grows they think oh that's

01:00:10 --> 01:00:12

that's a beautiful country. It's gonna be wonderful.

01:00:13 --> 01:00:15

You know, we we know this for example

01:00:15 --> 01:00:16

in the I'll give you an example you

01:00:16 --> 01:00:18

probably can relate to. In the last few

01:00:18 --> 01:00:19

years you probably noticed

01:00:20 --> 01:00:21

in Mecca and Madinah

01:00:22 --> 01:00:22

some

01:00:23 --> 01:00:25

unprecedented levels of rain have been falling, right?

01:00:26 --> 01:00:27

And it would get very green.

01:00:28 --> 01:00:30

It would get very green. In the Middle

01:00:30 --> 01:00:32

East you have this. So for example, in

01:00:32 --> 01:00:33

Jordan,

01:00:36 --> 01:00:37

in March,

01:00:39 --> 01:00:40

it's beautiful.

01:00:40 --> 01:00:44

Like it's so green, unbelievably green. Everywhere.

01:00:44 --> 01:00:47

And you really, subhanAllah, you don't realize but

01:00:48 --> 01:00:51

you feel, oh, my country is beautiful. And

01:00:51 --> 01:00:52

you start to feel that,

01:00:53 --> 01:00:55

I think it's unconscious but you start to

01:00:55 --> 01:00:57

feel, oh, this is that's gonna last.

01:00:58 --> 01:00:59

But just give it 3 weeks.

01:01:01 --> 01:01:03

Give it 3 weeks. And I can relate

01:01:03 --> 01:01:04

to this verse very well. Give it 3

01:01:04 --> 01:01:06

weeks and you come back and you can't

01:01:06 --> 01:01:08

even recognize the place.

01:01:09 --> 01:01:11

Because none of that is there at all.

01:01:11 --> 01:01:12

It's gone.

01:01:12 --> 01:01:14

It's all gone. It's all dry.

01:01:15 --> 01:01:18

So the same thing when people saw Actually

01:01:18 --> 01:01:20

I think I think many people thought from

01:01:20 --> 01:01:22

now on, all Makkah is gonna turn green.

01:01:22 --> 01:01:24

The mountains will be green all year long,

01:01:24 --> 01:01:27

right? People thought that's what's gonna be. That's

01:01:27 --> 01:01:29

what Allah is talking about. When it grows

01:01:29 --> 01:01:30

it gives you that excitement,

01:01:31 --> 01:01:32

that high.

01:01:32 --> 01:01:34

And in your naive

01:01:35 --> 01:01:37

human nature you think that's gonna last and

01:01:37 --> 01:01:39

that's gonna be and that's that's the new

01:01:39 --> 01:01:39

norm.

01:01:40 --> 01:01:42

That's the new norm, right? But you don't

01:01:42 --> 01:01:43

realize.

01:01:43 --> 01:01:46

Soon that's gonna dry up and it's gonna

01:01:46 --> 01:01:47

go away. The beauty of that is gonna

01:01:47 --> 01:01:49

go away. This is what this life is

01:01:49 --> 01:01:50

about.

01:01:51 --> 01:01:52

You know, when life gives you that promise,

01:01:52 --> 01:01:53

it's false.

01:01:53 --> 01:01:56

There are many people, even successful, people the

01:01:56 --> 01:01:58

most successful in the standards of the worldly

01:01:58 --> 01:02:00

matters, you know, they would, I made it.

01:02:00 --> 01:02:03

I I made my first million. I made

01:02:03 --> 01:02:05

10,000,000. I made this and I'm making it.

01:02:05 --> 01:02:07

And my dreams are becoming true.

01:02:07 --> 01:02:09

And you know what? You get that initial

01:02:09 --> 01:02:11

excitement, then you you what? You go back

01:02:11 --> 01:02:13

to normal because you get used to that's

01:02:13 --> 01:02:14

the new norm. You get used to it.

01:02:14 --> 01:02:17

So you search for more excitement. Sometimes it

01:02:17 --> 01:02:19

happens, sometimes sometimes it doesn't happen. And you

01:02:19 --> 01:02:20

think life is just gonna be successful, and

01:02:20 --> 01:02:23

before you know it you're already an old

01:02:23 --> 01:02:23

person

01:02:24 --> 01:02:26

who's having diseases, illnesses. You have to treat

01:02:26 --> 01:02:28

this, you have to treat that.

01:02:28 --> 01:02:30

Your hair is falling off, you have to

01:02:30 --> 01:02:31

get health transplant,

01:02:33 --> 01:02:34

You start going to the gym.

01:02:35 --> 01:02:37

Right? You start applying,

01:02:38 --> 01:02:40

oils to your skin because you're getting older.

01:02:42 --> 01:02:42

And,

01:02:43 --> 01:02:45

just again, you you try to catch up

01:02:45 --> 01:02:47

on your youth that was gonna but you

01:02:47 --> 01:02:49

just thought, oh, I thought life was getting

01:02:49 --> 01:02:51

good, like life was getting beautiful.

01:02:52 --> 01:02:55

Yeah. Because the moment you think life deceives

01:02:55 --> 01:02:57

you by getting giving you the impression, things

01:02:57 --> 01:02:57

are

01:02:58 --> 01:02:58

things are,

01:02:59 --> 01:02:59

how

01:03:00 --> 01:03:02

like you're heading in the right you're heading

01:03:02 --> 01:03:04

in the right direction, you're hitting your target.

01:03:04 --> 01:03:06

The moment you reach there, you realize you're

01:03:06 --> 01:03:06

already

01:03:07 --> 01:03:09

on the decline. You're already going down.

01:03:11 --> 01:03:13

And the things you and and it happens

01:03:13 --> 01:03:14

with a lot of successful people. They tell

01:03:14 --> 01:03:16

you, Oh, we're successful now don't didn't realize

01:03:17 --> 01:03:18

I ruined my marriage.

01:03:19 --> 01:03:21

I lost my wife, I lost my husband,

01:03:21 --> 01:03:22

I lost my children,

01:03:23 --> 01:03:23

I lost

01:03:24 --> 01:03:26

my friends, I'm lonely in my life.

01:03:27 --> 01:03:29

SubhanAllah, this is how life is.

01:03:31 --> 01:03:33

You think you're successful? Then you realize, you

01:03:33 --> 01:03:35

know, it's it's not worth that success. You

01:03:35 --> 01:03:38

sacrificed way too much just to achieve that

01:03:38 --> 01:03:39

success that you thought was going to make

01:03:39 --> 01:03:42

you happy than to realize it's not as

01:03:43 --> 01:03:44

beautiful as it looked like before.

01:03:45 --> 01:03:47

It wasn't worth the sacrifice.

01:03:49 --> 01:03:50

And now you're dying.

01:03:52 --> 01:03:55

Now you're probably getting ill, running from one

01:03:55 --> 01:03:57

hospital to the other, one surgery after another,

01:03:58 --> 01:04:01

then you're probably miserable, you find it hard

01:04:01 --> 01:04:03

to walk, you're having joint pains,

01:04:04 --> 01:04:06

you're having issues, you have to get all

01:04:06 --> 01:04:08

of those tests, you have to travel to

01:04:08 --> 01:04:10

get this done and that done and you're

01:04:10 --> 01:04:13

just busy trying to just keep your health

01:04:13 --> 01:04:15

your body together, right?

01:04:15 --> 01:04:16

And then all of a sudden

01:04:17 --> 01:04:18

life is gone.

01:04:21 --> 01:04:23

And you realize it was was it worth

01:04:23 --> 01:04:23

it?

01:04:24 --> 01:04:26

I thought it was because it gave you

01:04:26 --> 01:04:27

a promise, but that was a false promise.

01:04:27 --> 01:04:29

That's how life treats people.

01:04:29 --> 01:04:31

So Allah is saying is that worth it?

01:04:32 --> 01:04:35

It's just like vegetation grows, people get excited

01:04:35 --> 01:04:37

about it and before you know it, it's

01:04:37 --> 01:04:40

gone. It dries up. And it's, it's more

01:04:40 --> 01:04:42

like, you know, straw. It's all dry straw

01:04:42 --> 01:04:43

that is blown by the wind.

01:04:50 --> 01:04:52

What's the end of all of this story

01:04:52 --> 01:04:54

on the day of judgment? 1 of 2

01:04:54 --> 01:04:54

endings.

01:04:56 --> 01:04:59

Punishment from Allah imagine someone lived that

01:04:59 --> 01:05:02

false promise that miserable life that they thought

01:05:02 --> 01:05:04

was the you know, the best life ever,

01:05:05 --> 01:05:07

only to realize, as they say, you climb

01:05:07 --> 01:05:09

the ladder only to know to realize that

01:05:09 --> 01:05:11

it's leaning against the wrong wall.

01:05:11 --> 01:05:13

Right? You're already at the top.

01:05:14 --> 01:05:16

You're already you are already at the top,

01:05:16 --> 01:05:18

and you invested so much to get there

01:05:18 --> 01:05:20

than to realize, oh that's the wrong wall.

01:05:21 --> 01:05:23

That's exactly how what the reality of the

01:05:23 --> 01:05:25

people of the who chase this life are.

01:05:25 --> 01:05:27

They think I'm gonna get this, I'm gonna

01:05:27 --> 01:05:29

get that. The moment you get all of

01:05:29 --> 01:05:31

that, you realize you wasted your life.

01:05:31 --> 01:05:33

Or the moment you die you realize I

01:05:33 --> 01:05:34

made the wrong choices.

01:05:34 --> 01:05:36

I took the wrong path.

01:05:37 --> 01:05:40

I wasted all of these resources. I worked

01:05:40 --> 01:05:41

hard for what? For the hellfire.

01:05:42 --> 01:05:43

For the hellfire.

01:05:44 --> 01:05:45

And they would know it.

01:05:50 --> 01:05:52

For the believers who knew and understood the

01:05:52 --> 01:05:54

reality of this life, that this life

01:05:55 --> 01:05:56

as Allah says

01:05:58 --> 01:05:59

This life is what? What is in the

01:05:59 --> 01:06:00

Arabic language?

01:06:05 --> 01:06:07

Those who speak Arabic there is an element

01:06:07 --> 01:06:08

of enjoyment

01:06:09 --> 01:06:11

but originally that's not the main meaning.

01:06:13 --> 01:06:15

Although this is like, it's present in the

01:06:15 --> 01:06:15

meaning.

01:06:18 --> 01:06:21

Okay. That's more of a thoughtful answer, right?

01:06:21 --> 01:06:23

The minut the the minimum that you need

01:06:23 --> 01:06:26

to survive. Again, right. What's what else? Mata?

01:06:34 --> 01:06:35

Which is?

01:06:37 --> 01:06:37

Mata,

01:06:38 --> 01:06:38

okay.

01:06:39 --> 01:06:39

Luggage,

01:06:40 --> 01:06:41

what does that mean?

01:06:43 --> 01:06:44

Simple word, utility.

01:06:46 --> 01:06:47

Utility.

01:06:48 --> 01:06:49

That's the reality of this life.

01:06:50 --> 01:06:52

This life is a utility.

01:06:52 --> 01:06:53

What does that mean?

01:06:54 --> 01:06:56

It means it has resources to help you

01:06:56 --> 01:06:57

make it to the Hereafter.

01:06:57 --> 01:06:58

That's the reality.

01:06:59 --> 01:07:02

Everything Allah put in this life, everything that

01:07:02 --> 01:07:04

we call goals today

01:07:04 --> 01:07:05

ambitions,

01:07:05 --> 01:07:06

plans, dreams,

01:07:07 --> 01:07:09

right? Achievements all of those things

01:07:10 --> 01:07:11

are what? Utility.

01:07:12 --> 01:07:13

Tools.

01:07:15 --> 01:07:17

Tools that you utilize

01:07:17 --> 01:07:19

for a purpose. They are means to help

01:07:19 --> 01:07:21

you make it to a purpose. When you

01:07:21 --> 01:07:21

travel,

01:07:22 --> 01:07:24

you know, the luggage that you have whatever

01:07:24 --> 01:07:26

you need food, drink,

01:07:27 --> 01:07:27

clothing,

01:07:28 --> 01:07:30

basic tools are called matah. Why are they

01:07:30 --> 01:07:31

called matah?

01:07:31 --> 01:07:33

Because they will hit help you

01:07:34 --> 01:07:35

get by

01:07:35 --> 01:07:37

during the journey to make it to the

01:07:38 --> 01:07:39

to make it to your destination.

01:07:40 --> 01:07:41

That's what this life is.

01:07:42 --> 01:07:45

But SubhanAllah Allah designed humans that the things

01:07:46 --> 01:07:48

originally if your fitrah is correct the things

01:07:48 --> 01:07:50

that are good to you beneficial to you

01:07:50 --> 01:07:51

are enjoyable.

01:07:52 --> 01:07:53

So that the motivation

01:07:54 --> 01:07:55

to take care of yourself

01:07:56 --> 01:07:58

is comes naturally to you.

01:07:58 --> 01:08:01

Imagine we had no desire for food.

01:08:01 --> 01:08:03

Most people would die of starvation,

01:08:04 --> 01:08:05

of hunger.

01:08:07 --> 01:08:09

But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala put the desire

01:08:10 --> 01:08:11

for food in you

01:08:12 --> 01:08:12

because

01:08:13 --> 01:08:14

it's it's

01:08:16 --> 01:08:19

So actually everything originally everything you need, everything

01:08:19 --> 01:08:20

that is necessary for you and everything that

01:08:20 --> 01:08:23

is helpful beyond the necessary that is helpful

01:08:23 --> 01:08:24

for you is actually enjoyable.

01:08:26 --> 01:08:27

So your tastes

01:08:29 --> 01:08:32

your taste is not random, originally. If your

01:08:32 --> 01:08:34

fritra is intact, your tastes

01:08:37 --> 01:08:38

will get you to enjoy the things that

01:08:38 --> 01:08:39

are beneficial.

01:08:40 --> 01:08:42

And shaitan plays on your taste. If He

01:08:42 --> 01:08:43

can corrupt your taste He can get you

01:08:43 --> 01:08:45

to enjoy the things that are harmful.

01:08:47 --> 01:08:49

So that's where the word 'matah' which is

01:08:49 --> 01:08:50

'enjoy' enjoyment.

01:08:51 --> 01:08:51

Enjoyment,

01:08:52 --> 01:08:54

Right? And yes, it's the bare minimum.

01:08:55 --> 01:08:58

Because once but not exactly the bare minimum

01:08:58 --> 01:08:59

or what's necessary.

01:08:59 --> 01:09:02

Even beyond that because we humans we don't

01:09:02 --> 01:09:02

only need,

01:09:04 --> 01:09:06

the bare minimum, we need a little bit

01:09:06 --> 01:09:07

more

01:09:07 --> 01:09:08

comfort.

01:09:08 --> 01:09:10

This is why in Maqas ad al Sharia

01:09:10 --> 01:09:11

when the scholars study

01:09:12 --> 01:09:15

the legislation of Islam obviously, they identified

01:09:15 --> 01:09:17

three levels of need or

01:09:19 --> 01:09:20

or four levels of need. Things that are

01:09:20 --> 01:09:23

necessary for your survival without them you don't

01:09:23 --> 01:09:24

survive, you die.

01:09:24 --> 01:09:25

Water,

01:09:26 --> 01:09:26

sleep,

01:09:27 --> 01:09:29

necessary you can't live without it, right?

01:09:29 --> 01:09:30

Hajiyat

01:09:32 --> 01:09:35

are the things that life gets very unbearable

01:09:35 --> 01:09:37

and uncomfortable without.

01:09:37 --> 01:09:40

So you have water and you have bread.

01:09:40 --> 01:09:43

You can probably survive and live for 60,

01:09:43 --> 01:09:44

70 years.

01:09:45 --> 01:09:46

But what kind of life is this?

01:09:48 --> 01:09:49

Very difficult, right?

01:09:50 --> 01:09:51

You will need a little bit of variety

01:09:51 --> 01:09:53

of food, different nourishments.

01:09:54 --> 01:09:55

So that's Hajiyat

01:09:56 --> 01:09:57

that's Hajiyat.

01:09:58 --> 01:10:00

Then you have a tahseen

01:10:01 --> 01:10:01

Things that

01:10:02 --> 01:10:04

optimize the quality of your life and that's

01:10:04 --> 01:10:05

when you have for example

01:10:06 --> 01:10:08

you have vehicles to travel with rather than,

01:10:09 --> 01:10:12

you know, walking on foot. You have vehicles

01:10:12 --> 01:10:14

that you can travel with, right? They're more

01:10:14 --> 01:10:14

comfortable,

01:10:16 --> 01:10:18

they get there faster and so on and

01:10:18 --> 01:10:18

so forth.

01:10:19 --> 01:10:22

Okay. So these are legitimate things and Allah

01:10:22 --> 01:10:25

made them enjoyable in that sense. But again

01:10:25 --> 01:10:27

for the most humans that taste has been

01:10:27 --> 01:10:30

corrupted so we get to enjoy things that

01:10:30 --> 01:10:32

are haram for us, that are harmful to

01:10:32 --> 01:10:32

us.

01:10:33 --> 01:10:36

So those who seek the seek the dunya

01:10:36 --> 01:10:38

as a means to the akhirah as Alib

01:10:38 --> 01:10:38

radiAllahu

01:10:39 --> 01:10:40

anha said

01:10:41 --> 01:10:44

The dunya is like the farm or the

01:10:44 --> 01:10:44

fertile

01:10:45 --> 01:10:46

like land or soil

01:10:47 --> 01:10:49

for you to reach the hereafter. So you

01:10:49 --> 01:10:50

grow it to reach the hereafter.

01:11:03 --> 01:11:04

So it's It's

01:11:05 --> 01:11:07

deceptive in that sense. If you start to

01:11:07 --> 01:11:09

chase it for Itself, seek it for Itself,

01:11:09 --> 01:11:10

you have been deceived.

01:11:11 --> 01:11:14

So is the dunya deceptive? Well the whole

01:11:14 --> 01:11:16

context of is deceptive with Shaitaan.

01:11:17 --> 01:11:18

With Shaitan.

01:11:18 --> 01:11:20

Shaitan is the source of deception, but you

01:11:20 --> 01:11:21

can

01:11:21 --> 01:11:24

attribute that deception to the dunya. You can

01:11:24 --> 01:11:25

attribute it to yourself

01:11:26 --> 01:11:28

which gets deceived by Shaitaan or you can

01:11:28 --> 01:11:30

attribute it to the source of it which

01:11:30 --> 01:11:30

is Shaitaan.

01:11:31 --> 01:11:33

Which is Shaitaan.

01:11:35 --> 01:11:36

Then Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says how do

01:11:36 --> 01:11:38

you deal with this fact? How do you

01:11:38 --> 01:11:40

act based now this is an article of

01:11:40 --> 01:11:42

faith knowing the reality of this life How

01:11:42 --> 01:11:44

do you deal with it? Allah gives us

01:11:44 --> 01:11:44

the advice.

01:11:46 --> 01:11:47

Allah gives us?

01:12:02 --> 01:12:04

Now since Allah mentioned competition

01:12:05 --> 01:12:07

in Dunia Allah says now

01:12:07 --> 01:12:09

race with one another

01:12:09 --> 01:12:10

towards Ajannah

01:12:10 --> 01:12:13

So you don't want this temporary life that's

01:12:13 --> 01:12:15

gonna end. That the moment it gives you

01:12:15 --> 01:12:16

promise and you think you got hold

01:12:17 --> 01:12:18

of it,

01:12:18 --> 01:12:21

is the moment it disappears and leaves

01:12:21 --> 01:12:23

you. That's the experience with this dunya.

01:12:24 --> 01:12:25

It gives you that false hope once you

01:12:25 --> 01:12:27

come to grab it, it's gone.

01:12:29 --> 01:12:30

That's what this duniya is. This is what

01:12:30 --> 01:12:32

this analogy leads to

01:12:36 --> 01:12:38

You know rush and race with one another

01:12:39 --> 01:12:42

towards forgiveness from your Lord that's really what

01:12:42 --> 01:12:44

you should pursue. That's the thing that's going

01:12:44 --> 01:12:45

to last with you forever

01:12:47 --> 01:12:48

and a garden

01:12:48 --> 01:12:49

paradise

01:12:53 --> 01:12:55

Whose width is like that of the heavens

01:12:55 --> 01:12:57

and the earth combined You will find in

01:12:57 --> 01:12:58

the Quran

01:13:01 --> 01:13:03

that sometimes it's

01:13:04 --> 01:13:05

bigger than the heavens

01:13:06 --> 01:13:08

and the earth or it's as wide as

01:13:08 --> 01:13:11

them. Again, these are generally, this is in

01:13:11 --> 01:13:12

the Arabic style, this is just

01:13:13 --> 01:13:14

not for

01:13:14 --> 01:13:16

not for the exact measures

01:13:17 --> 01:13:19

not for the exact measures.

01:13:19 --> 01:13:21

Okay? Because in the Arabic language there are

01:13:21 --> 01:13:22

2 things

01:13:23 --> 01:13:24

There is

01:13:25 --> 01:13:27

the indications of numbers and

01:13:28 --> 01:13:29

precise descriptions

01:13:33 --> 01:13:34

2 things.

01:13:35 --> 01:13:37

2 things that scholars

01:13:41 --> 01:13:41

have identified.

01:13:42 --> 01:13:44

The language is not always

01:13:45 --> 01:13:47

exactly to the exact number. In the Western

01:13:47 --> 01:13:49

civilization there is so much emphasis on the

01:13:49 --> 01:13:50

exact number.

01:13:51 --> 01:13:52

On the exact number.

01:13:53 --> 01:13:55

In the Arabic language there is 2 there's

01:13:55 --> 01:13:57

2 styles. There is 1 the exact number

01:13:57 --> 01:14:00

and it applies to certain areas and then

01:14:00 --> 01:14:01

there is the approximation

01:14:02 --> 01:14:03

which is it gives a general idea a

01:14:03 --> 01:14:04

general description

01:14:05 --> 01:14:06

like the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam for

01:14:06 --> 01:14:07

example he said

01:14:09 --> 01:14:11

Iman is 70 plus

01:14:11 --> 01:14:12

branches

01:14:12 --> 01:14:14

another narration authentic narration

01:14:18 --> 01:14:19

is 60 plus

01:14:20 --> 01:14:21

Which one of them?

01:14:22 --> 01:14:24

You don't ask here about the exact numbers.

01:14:24 --> 01:14:26

So if someone comes from the mindset oh

01:14:26 --> 01:14:27

everything has to be exact

01:14:28 --> 01:14:30

you won't understand it. You would think oh

01:14:30 --> 01:14:32

that's a contradiction or maybe one narration is

01:14:32 --> 01:14:33

stronger than the other. No.

01:14:34 --> 01:14:34

No.

01:14:35 --> 01:14:38

There's always been this style. But how do

01:14:38 --> 01:14:40

you understand it? The context.

01:14:40 --> 01:14:42

So how do I know when the context

01:14:42 --> 01:14:43

means approximation

01:14:43 --> 01:14:44

or exact

01:14:45 --> 01:14:46

measure? How do I know?

01:14:47 --> 01:14:49

Well there is a logic behind the language

01:14:49 --> 01:14:50

and the people who master the language know.

01:14:50 --> 01:14:52

They know when this applies and when that

01:14:52 --> 01:14:53

applies

01:14:54 --> 01:14:56

So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says

01:14:58 --> 01:15:00

whose width is just like of the the

01:15:00 --> 01:15:02

width of the heavens and the earth

01:15:08 --> 01:15:09

It was prepared, it was designed,

01:15:10 --> 01:15:12

it was built for those

01:15:12 --> 01:15:14

who have or believe in Allah

01:15:14 --> 01:15:15

and His Messengers.

01:15:16 --> 01:15:18

Believe in Allah and His Messengers At the

01:15:18 --> 01:15:20

time of each Messenger their followers.

01:15:21 --> 01:15:23

When Prophet Muhammad SAW was sent

01:15:24 --> 01:15:26

Okay, they believe in the Messenger Muhammad

01:15:27 --> 01:15:28

Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam after

01:15:28 --> 01:15:31

Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam anyone who says I

01:15:31 --> 01:15:32

don't want to believe in Muhammad but I

01:15:32 --> 01:15:34

want to believe in other Messengers You're already

01:15:34 --> 01:15:37

disbelieving in what Allah says so automatically this

01:15:37 --> 01:15:38

is disbelief.

01:15:39 --> 01:15:42

Okay. Automatically this is disbelief because Allah took

01:15:42 --> 01:15:42

the covenant

01:15:43 --> 01:15:45

from every prophet and the Quran Allah mentions

01:15:53 --> 01:15:55

that The meaning of the verse Allah says

01:15:56 --> 01:15:58

that Allah took the covenant from every Messenger

01:15:58 --> 01:16:00

that when Muhammad SAW

01:16:01 --> 01:16:01

is sent

01:16:02 --> 01:16:04

or when a subsequent Messenger after you are

01:16:04 --> 01:16:05

sent you join them and you believe in

01:16:05 --> 01:16:08

their message and specifically Prophet Muhammad SAW.

01:16:09 --> 01:16:12

So every Messenger, every Messenger as the Prophet

01:16:12 --> 01:16:15

said in an authentic hadith, he informed his

01:16:15 --> 01:16:16

people, prophesized

01:16:16 --> 01:16:19

the sending of prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa

01:16:19 --> 01:16:20

sallam. We have this in Islam.

01:16:30 --> 01:16:32

This is the favor, the bounty of Allah

01:16:32 --> 01:16:34

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. He gives it to whomever

01:16:34 --> 01:16:35

he wills

01:16:36 --> 01:16:37

and this is why the prophet sallallahu alaihi

01:16:37 --> 01:16:38

wa sallam said

01:16:41 --> 01:16:43

None of you will enter Jannah

01:16:44 --> 01:16:45

because of their deeds.

01:16:47 --> 01:16:48

Companions were puzzled.

01:16:50 --> 01:16:50

How come?

01:17:00 --> 01:17:01

Not even myself

01:17:01 --> 01:17:03

unless Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

01:17:04 --> 01:17:07

blesses me showers me with forgiveness and

01:17:07 --> 01:17:08

Favor from Him

01:17:10 --> 01:17:12

himself So your deeds are not enough to

01:17:12 --> 01:17:14

get you into paradise What gets you into

01:17:14 --> 01:17:16

paradise? Allah's acceptance Allah's forgiveness

01:17:16 --> 01:17:18

and Allah's gift He gets you there

01:17:20 --> 01:17:22

He gets you there. Does this mean oh,

01:17:22 --> 01:17:24

I shouldn't be doing? No, you should do

01:17:24 --> 01:17:26

your best That's what you are required to

01:17:26 --> 01:17:28

do, but your best is not enough.

01:17:28 --> 01:17:30

So how do we make it? Allah bridges

01:17:30 --> 01:17:32

that gap for you. Don't worry.

01:17:33 --> 01:17:35

So those who don't

01:17:35 --> 01:17:37

do, they miss out on this chance

01:17:38 --> 01:17:39

They lose it

01:17:40 --> 01:17:42

Someone says okay, so

01:17:42 --> 01:17:43

how is that fair?

01:17:44 --> 01:17:46

How is that fair that Allah just guides

01:17:46 --> 01:17:47

whoever He wills?

01:17:49 --> 01:17:49

Right?

01:17:50 --> 01:17:53

But you here we are applying human terms

01:17:53 --> 01:17:55

to Allah in our understanding

01:17:55 --> 01:17:59

Why? Because we're talking about Allah guides or

01:17:59 --> 01:18:00

Allah fevers whoever He wills.

01:18:01 --> 01:18:03

So there is an action from Allah, Allah's

01:18:03 --> 01:18:05

will here. He wills, He chooses.

01:18:06 --> 01:18:08

And when you say how is that fair?

01:18:08 --> 01:18:10

You are assuming there's an assumption

01:18:10 --> 01:18:12

that Allah chooses randomly.

01:18:14 --> 01:18:15

But Allah is Al Hakim.

01:18:17 --> 01:18:20

Allah is wise. And Allah is Al Adal.

01:18:20 --> 01:18:21

He is fair and just.

01:18:23 --> 01:18:23

And Allah

01:18:25 --> 01:18:26

is He's the merciful.

01:18:28 --> 01:18:29

So the will of Allah

01:18:30 --> 01:18:32

is bound by His mercy,

01:18:32 --> 01:18:35

His knowledge, His wisdom, and His justice.

01:18:36 --> 01:18:38

So He knows who deserves that

01:18:39 --> 01:18:40

blessing. He knows.

01:18:41 --> 01:18:42

So those who deserve it,

01:18:43 --> 01:18:45

Allah gives it to them. It's not like

01:18:45 --> 01:18:47

why did Allah choose this person but didn't

01:18:47 --> 01:18:47

choose

01:18:48 --> 01:18:50

me. No. That's the wrong way to think

01:18:50 --> 01:18:50

about it.

01:18:51 --> 01:18:52

Okay.

01:18:55 --> 01:18:56

See you next week.

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