Mufti Menk – I Need Paradise, How Do I Get it

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Allah is merciful. He's kind. He knows you.

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He knows your struggles. He knows your uniqueness.

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He knows your trials. Sometimes a person appears

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to be very very close to Allah. They

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have struggles.

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Their struggles are hidden from others.

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They know what they are working on in

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terms of eradicating their bad habits. A dark

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habit you may have. It happens. We are

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human beings. You may have something, if it

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were to be exposed to the masses you

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would probably be embarrassed. If it were to

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be exposed to your own spouse you might

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be embarrassed. So it's between you and Allah.

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Allah knows it, you know it. Work on

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it.

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Work on it. You can do better, you

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will do better, you shall do better. Because

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there are so many other things that you

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need from the same Allah whom you're transgressing

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against.

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One of the most important things is Jannah.

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I need paradise.

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How do I get it? Well, look on

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earth there are so many distractions.

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Allah didn't say you won't be distracted.

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He says there are distractions, they will be

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powerful.

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Abstain, stay away. Wherever you've fallen, come back

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quickly.

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That's what happened to Adam

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wherever he fell, he came back.

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But there was one major fall, that's it.

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After that he realized he recognized the devil

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as well. He said, you know what? Shaitan

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is going to come to me and make

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me go far away from the one I

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need the most.

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So Allah Almighty

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has given us revelation to remind us and

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to tell us.