Dont Lose Hope, It’s Not Too Late

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The speaker discusses the importance of seeking forgiveness and doing good deeds in order to achieve a bonus. They explain that the exception is those who have done bad deeds and that it's not too late to take responsibility for them. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of being forgiven and doing good deeds in order to achieve the bonus.

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Allah says when you repent to us, and

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these are the divine words of Allah, when

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you repent to us, there are 2 things.

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You ask Allah's forgiveness, He forgives you. But

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you ask Allah's forgiveness again, He forgives you

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again. You ask Him a third time, He'll

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forgive you. A third time and so on.

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The mere fact that you are asking the

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forgiveness of Allah shows that you love Him.

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You consider Him your Lord. You know He

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owns heaven and hell. You know He owns

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forgiveness or punishment. You know that He is

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the ultimate creator and the supreme deity.

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So that itself is the worship of Allah.

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I seek the forgiveness of Allah only if

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I believe He owns forgiveness.

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He is Ar Rahman Ar Rahim Al Wadud,

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the most forgiving, the most merciful, the most

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loving, the most kind, the most compassionate. That

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is my Lord Rabul Izzati wal Jalal. So

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Allah Almighty

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tells us,

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if you seek forgiveness, I will forgive you.

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But there is a step higher than that

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which I want to talk about tonight. You

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want to save your seat in Jannah. Allah

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says,

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If after you sought forgiveness of us or

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from us

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you changed

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your life in a way that you only

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did good deeds,

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we will take all the bad deeds you've

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done in the past and we will convert

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them into good deeds

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and put them onto the right side of

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the scale as though they were good deeds.

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Yet when they were done, they were bad

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deeds. Imagine the mercy of Allah. So to

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achieve that bonus, there are 2 conditions. The

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first is seek the forgiveness of Allah and

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the second is to do good deeds thereafter.

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I don't keep sliding back all the time.

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Amazing.

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Verses of Suratul Fookhan. Allah says,

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the exception.

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The exception of

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what? Those who've done bad and they deserve

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to enter hell fire. Allah says, the exception

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are those who repent

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and do good deeds thereafter.

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They are the ones whose bad deeds will

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be changed

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into good deeds for them. For indeed Allah

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is most forgiving,

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most merciful.

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That's the mercy of Allah. Where do I

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get this from? The Quran,

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the divine revelation.

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Allah Almighty tells you, O man, do not

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lose hope. What have you done? Where have

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you been?

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done, it's not too late.

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done, it's not too late.