Mufti Menk – Take This Life Seriously

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My brothers, my sisters, let's take this life

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seriously.

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Let's take our connection with Allah Almighty seriously,

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and let's understand.

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If we don't build ourselves and our connection

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with Allah Almighty, it is us who stand

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to lose.

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Never have you had a person

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who has built a good relation with Allah

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Almighty and regretted it. No one. Not one.

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You try and ask those who are very

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close to Allah, do you ever regret reading

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Quran? Do you ever regret your salah? Do

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you ever regret your fasting, your ibadah? Do

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you ever regret They'll say no. I don't

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regret it. If they were truthful, they don't

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regret it.

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If they were true in the in what

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they did, they cannot regret. It will bring

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them closer and closer to Allah. So my

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brothers, my sisters,

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these opportunities are rare.

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The opportunities to gather in order to listen

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to what Allah Almighty has

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decreed and dictated.

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Do you know a gathering like this?

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There is the presence of angels, and the

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angels are praying for us because we have

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gathered in order to remember Allah.

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And it's blessed when we leave from here,

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remember a few things.

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Change one thing in your life at least.

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1.

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If you have changed one thing in your

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life when you leave here,

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this was a successful event.

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But if you go outside and someone says,

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how was the event? Oh, it was very

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nice. We were all there. Powerful. Beautiful. We

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heard the speeches. They were so beautiful.

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What did they say?

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Yeah. It was very good. It was nice.

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Very beautiful. Strong speech. But what did they

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say? It was so strong. You should have

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been there. And my brother, you don't even

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know what they said. You can't even remember

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what they said.

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Don't do that. Remember,

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we were told let's turn to Allah without

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waiting

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for a chance when we are pushed to

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that. Sometimes, we might not get that, and

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sometimes,

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even if an opportunity comes, who knows? You

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may not turn.

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Those who wait for,

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you know, I I want to change my

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life, but I'm young.

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I want to change my life, but I'm

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young. A lot of people say that. I'm

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still young. I'm only 25.

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How many people have left at 24,

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23, 20? How many have gone? Your own

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friends are gone. How can you say that

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I'm young? We are not too young to

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obey Allah.

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Worship Him. Try.