Mufti Menk – One Of The Most Powerfull Verses Of The Quran

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This verse of the Quran

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is one of the most powerful verses reminding

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us who we are

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and who we

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actually belong to and where we are going

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to all

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return.

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It is a verse where Allah

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speaks about those who have gone through hardship,

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suffering,

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some form of grief or loss,

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those who have gone through difficulty

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of some sort.

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And they say,

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we belong to Allah and unto Allah is

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our ultimate return. All of us. Allah says

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through those words, if they really believe those

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words,

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they would definitely be able to gain closeness

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to Allah. They are the rightly guided.

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Those whom when calamity strikes, when hardship, difficulty,

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grief

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strikes,

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they say,

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we all belong to Allah and we're all

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going to return to Allah. Not just the

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person I lost, but myself as well. I'm

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going to go back to Allah.

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This world is temporary. The worldly life is

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predetermined by Allah. How long you are going

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to live

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is predetermined

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by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. That doesn't mean

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you must be careless But what it does

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mean is you must accept when Allah has

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taken someone away and you must realize that

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you and I could go at any time.

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So if Allah has written

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for your spouse or for your son or

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for your parent

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or for a sibling of yours to pass

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away at a certain age. There is nothing

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you can do to change that. But there

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is something you can do to be able

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to go through

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the decree of Allah with a little bit

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more ease and comfort with the help of

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Allah alone.

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The question is, who's going to help me?

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Who is going to help me through my

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loss?

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The answer is

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none other than Allah.

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People can say things. They will never ever

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be able to understand

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the feelings

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of sorrow and hurt or the feelings of

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sadness

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that you are going through because

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they are just human beings.

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You can tell a widow, Allah, make it

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easy. Insha'Allah, everything will be fine. Don't be

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sad, etcetera. But she's just a human being.

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She has to be sad because sadness is

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a quality of a human being.

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And that sadness should never be because you

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questioned the decree of Allah. But it is

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because you're a human being and you miss

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your beloved late husband. May Allah grant him

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Jannatul Firdaus.

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May Allah grant all the Marhomeen and those

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who've passed on Jannatul Firdaus.

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My beloved sisters, today I'm speaking to people

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who have suffered a loss in one way

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or another.

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Mostly,

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we have those who've lost. I have lost

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people close to me too.

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And I want to tell you all today,

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the only

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one who can help you and assist you,

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the only one who can guide you through

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these difficult days and create ease for you

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and comfort your soul that is in pain

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is the one who made you, the one

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who made the soul, the one who controls

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everything, the one who controls your heart.

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Allah.

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Allah alone.

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For that reason, I started this talk by

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reciting a verse which is also a dua.

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Inna lillahi

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wa inna

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ilayhi rajiy'un.

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If you understand that statement and you say

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it correctly,

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Allah will grant you the ability to go

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through

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what He has chosen for you. And you

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always need to be happy at the decree

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of Allah.