Murtaza Khan – Spiders Web & Shirk

Murtaza Khan
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The importance of knowing one's beliefs and actions to avoid judge actions is emphasized in Islam. The segment discusses the history and importance of Islam, including the need for people to hold onto their beliefs and actions to avoid judge actions. The importance of testing one's behavior and community to prepare for the next stage of Islam, as well as finding a way to achieve goals and finding a way to achieve success is emphasized. The transcript provides examples of parables that can motivate people to be strong and successful, including a sermon from the Bible and the importance of learning the language of God and finding out who God is in one's life.
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Continuing with the speech of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala where we spoke about the frail

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nature of the arguments that people begin to

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present about the weakness of their belief and

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their conviction what they rely upon.

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This theme continues throughout the Qur'an and

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in today's parable as well showing the frailness

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of people what they believe in.

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As we mentioned that Islam is something simple

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and easy to understand.

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There's nothing difficult to understand what the teachings

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of Islam are and the main core message

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of the Qur'an is nothing but tawheed,

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the oneness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Rather most if not all of the Qur

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'an is speaking about Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala whether it be the ahkam is only

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speaking about that which Allah legislated upon us.

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Indeed rules and regulations belong to Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala.

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So even those things that may not be

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directly that we think are speaking about Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala are actually speaking about

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him because you're going to enact that which

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he tells us to do inside his speech

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inside the book of Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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The whole Qur'an as we mentioned is

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nothing but tawheed.

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Right from the beginning of surah al-fatihah

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is speaking about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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all the way to the end as we

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mentioned to surah al-nas.

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That's why Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah begins to

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make this relationship between surah al-fatihah and

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surah al-nas.

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That surah al-nas is just a mirror

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image of surah al-fatihah and surah al

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-fatihah if you look at these seven ayat,

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these seven off repeated verses of recite at

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least 17 times a day.

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It is an introduction to manillah.

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Who is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?

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Whereby we begin by making the statement alhamdulillah

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rabbil alameen.

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That all praises and thanks and glorification belongs

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to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala lord of

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the worlds.

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This is the beginning of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala introducing himself.

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That's why you follow through the Qur'an

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in great detail those ayat that speak about

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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That we should home in and focus upon

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those verses to see how Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala describes himself.

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Whereby ayatul kursi of surah al-baqarah verse

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255.

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The greatest ayah inside the Qur'an.

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The greatest ayah inside the Qur'an is

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ayatul kursi.

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10 sifat speaking about Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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You traverse further that you find inside surah

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an-nur ayat an-nur.

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Allah an-nur al-samawati wa al-ard

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inside the 24th chapter Qur'an.

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Another great ayah speaking about Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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All the way to surah al-hashad the

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end.

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Speaking about the names of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala and in the khulasa in surah

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al-ikhlas.

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Al-ikhlas is thuluthul Qur'an that speaks

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about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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That's when Allah begins the Qur'an.

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He highlights to mankind.

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يَيُّ النَّاسُ أُعْمُدُ رَبَّكُمْ وَالَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ مِن

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قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ خطاب لجميع الناس.

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أول خطاب في القرآن.

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لجميع الناس.

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لجميع البشر.

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First commandment, first teachings that's addressed to the

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whole of the world.

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يَيُّ النَّاسُ أُعْمُدُ رَبَّكُمْ All of mankind worship

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only Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Then Allah highlights that which Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala does for the creation.

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Flatten this earth for us to use this

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earth.

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Place the heavens as a canopy of protection

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upon us and from the rain that comes

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down from the heavens that we find, we

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take out all extracts of benefit of fruits

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and vegetation are given to us.

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Then Allah mentioned فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا إِلَّهِ أَنْدَهْدَةً وَأَنْتُمْ

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تَعْلَمُونَ So why do you ascribe partners to

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when you know

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that this is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?

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That's why the end of Surah An-Naml

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speaking about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Surah Al-Waqi'ah, the end speaking about

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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All giving this reminder to the creation, the

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human beings that the greatest thing that we

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need to focus upon is Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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فَعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنْبِكْ

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وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتَ Have knowledge, understanding and none has

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the right to be worshipped except for Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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That's why the journey of Tawheed, how many

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ulema, that's why some people find it trivial

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that while we continuously speaking about the oneness

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Or some people say the opposite, maybe some

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hidden agenda about speaking about belief in Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Allah says in the Qur'an وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ

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قَوْلًا مِمَّنْ دَعَى إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِّلَ الصَّالِحًا وَقَالَ

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إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ Who is the best of

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people, best of mankind, who calls to Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala وَعَمِّلَ الصَّالِحًا and carries

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out righteous actions.

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That belief in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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is then coupled with action throughout the Qur

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'an.

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Those who believe and carry out righteous actions.

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You can't separate the two that's beginning to

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take place inside our society.

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That as long as I believe in Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala, Allah knows what my

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belief is وَمَا تَعْمَلْ شَيْءً And you don't

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do anything, your Iman is concealed within yourself

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and we find these flamboyant statements inside our

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society, don't judge me, Allah knows what's inside

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my heart.

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أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقْ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ Does

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not Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala know what

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he has created?

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He's the most subtle, the most aware and

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I laid out prohibitions, legislations, commandments, teachings, what

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to do and then I say for myself,

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I know what's best for me to do.

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I'm an intellectual, smart individual.

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I know when it's the best time for

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me to submit to Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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I know when it's right for me to

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obey Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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I know when it's right for myself to

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make Ibadah for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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كَأَنَّكَ إِلَهٌ Trying to take yourself as a

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deity besides Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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The believer is the one that submits to

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, submits to his

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teachings even though we all will fall short.

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كُلُّنَا قَاصِرِينَ فِي حَقِّ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى All

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of us will fall short.

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That's why Ibadah and our worship doesn't weigh

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anything under their judgment but Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala wants to see the effort of

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the believer, wants to see the effort, the

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struggle that we make inside this dunya in

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trying our best to become observant and committed

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to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Thus we find a plethora of ulema speaking

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about At-Tawheed, endless works that ulema presented

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speaking about our belief in Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala that we need to hone in

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inside our lives, that the greater journey of

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every form of success for this Muslim ummah

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will be what is our belief, what is

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our belief structure and our commitment towards Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala and that's this today's

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Muthalith parable is all about a struggle that

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is Muthalith in Surah Al-Ankabut, the 29th

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chapter of the Quran, a Makkan surah you

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find 69 verses, it's a surah of struggle.

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The surah itself it begins by highlighting Alif

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Lam Mim Is

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this what this Muslim ummah thinks today?

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That we're going to, you're going to say

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I believe in Allah and you're never going

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to be tested, you're never going to be

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trialed, there's never going to be obstacles, there's

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never going to be any hardships.

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Is that what many of us Muslims that

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we think?

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Allah mentioned another verse inside the Quran Do

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you think you're going to stroll into paradise?

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Do you think you're going to walk into

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paradise?

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Has not the Muthalith parable come to the

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people that came before you?

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Afflictions and adversities and difficulties came upon them.

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The earth began to shake underneath them, just

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like in Philistine at the moment, they're shaken

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but their iman is resolute, they're committed to

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Just like in Surah Ahzab where it describes

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that enemies come from Ahzab, what is the

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meaning of Ahzab?

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All of the tribes, all the tribes of

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the Quraysh and Ghatafan, all of them they

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came to overcome the Prophet to wipe him

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out on that day.

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But what did the believers say?

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This is what Allah, this messenger promised us,

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this is what he promised that there's going

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to come moments inside our life we're going

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to be tested, we're going to be trialed

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inside our lives and a person needs to

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make himself resilient to prepare themselves.

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That's what Ibn Kathir mentions after quoting this

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verse, in the introduction of this verse, he

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said I believe the most tested of individuals

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are the Anbiya, then those who follow suit

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of the Prophets, then who follow suit of

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the Prophets and a person be tested according

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to his according to the strength of your

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iman.

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If your iman is strong then your test

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will be strong, if your iman is weak

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then your test will be weak test that

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manifests that we falter inside our lives.

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But the more strength inside your iman, the

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more Allah wants to test that individual, test

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that community.

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There's a ulama blogger speaking of what is

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me'ani al-fitnah, what is the meaning

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of fitnah?

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Amongst me'ani al-fitnah is to purify

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gold.

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The more you burn gold, the more you

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liquidize, you heat gold, the more pure it

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becomes in its form.

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The more you test the believer, the more

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stronger the believer becomes and for us just

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looking at that furnace, looking at that heat

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of Philistine, it should awaken us.

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It should awaken us to think that this

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trial and tribulation that we should be thanking

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that this trial

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and tribulation isn't upon us, isn't upon us

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at the moment, it's upon these people and

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we should learn from it.

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These are all amthal.

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These are amthal of the Quran of resolution

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but this living amthal, that's why Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala brings certain times, certain moments

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throughout this Muslim ummah will show certain things

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to show the rest of this Muslim ummah

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to do what?

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To awaken us, to come out of our

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passive sleep, our ignorance, our involvement inside this

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dunya, say there's a greater goal, there's a

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greater objective and thus we find that worship

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when it's

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good.

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That's what many of us Muslims are unfortunately.

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We're on the edge in our life.

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That's what Allah describes inside Surah Al-Hajj.

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Allah describes these individuals, There's people who worship

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on the edge,

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right on the edge.

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Then Allah describes what it means.

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If some goodness comes to the person, person

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is content.

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Person is relaxed about it.

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But if some fitna comes upon the person,

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turns away on their heels.

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When some trial or test comes, then a

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person turns away from Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala rather than turning to Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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That's what it means that many of us

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Muslims, when everything is flowing in our life,

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everything is good inside our life, when I

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have money, when I have wealth, when I

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have power, when I have children, when I

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have good health, when I have everything, I

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have position, I have a status, I have

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everything, I'm happy, I'm content.

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But the minute that Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala wants you to see that am I

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really committed to him subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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then what's my statement then?

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Why am I being tested?

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Why am I going through this difficulty?

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Why is my wealth being lost?

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Why are my children suffering?

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Why is my health suffering?

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Why is my life suffering?

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Why am I going through this hardship?

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That's cliche statements of many Muslims today.

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That why am I going through this?

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What have I done in my life?

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What have I done wrong inside my life?

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That's another misunderstanding.

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What have I done wrong in my life?

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I don't harm anybody.

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I don't trouble anybody.

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So why am I going through this inside

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my life?

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I'm a peaceful person.

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Allah wants to develop peace upon the earth

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via struggling to show that commitment.

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To show that you are truly committed to

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and your obedience

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to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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The only people who understand all these amtal

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and these parables of Imam Tabari and Qurtubi

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that I mentioned.

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People of knowledge and understanding, they see these

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parables.

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They see these amtal and they begin to

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relate to them and understand this is what

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is trying to

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relate to us and tell us to carry

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out inside our lives.

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That's the whole beginning with Surah Al-Ankabut

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that we find.

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Then Allah addresses all these people been destroyed.

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That what is your belief?

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The frameless of your belief and what you

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believe in?

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The parable of those individuals who take awliya

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protectors besides Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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But before we proceed it's appropriate to mention

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they are awliya of Allah.

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They are rightful friends of Allah that Allah

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protects.

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Allah mentions that Surah Yunus.

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Friends of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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No fear, no grief upon them.

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That's every time we mention.

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Everybody who's pious becomes a friend of Allah.

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There's no special weird, there's no special dhikr,

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there's no special dress, there's no special actions.

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You do as we began whatever Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala tells you to do inside

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the Quran and avoid what it tells you

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to avoid.

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You become a muttaqi.

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You become a pious person.

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You become a friend of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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You come close to Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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For them is glad tidings inside this world

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and inside the akhirah.

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That's why Allah mentions that Surah Al-Baqara.

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Allah is a friend.

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The protector of the believers.

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He takes them out from the realms of

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darknesses.

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The darknesses of kufr and shirk.

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The darknesses of hardships and difficulties.

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He brings them out to what?

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To the noor.

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That's why person of Ibn Taymiyyah speaks about

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it.

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To make this excessive dua.

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The dua of Yunus alayhi s-salam is

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the most greatest dua inside the Quran.

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Be excessive in that dua.

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He called out in the realms of darknesses.

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Yunus alayhi s-salam implored, called upon Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Glorifying Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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I'm the one who's done wrong inside my

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life.

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I made that ghafla.

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I made that wrong decision and Allah responded.

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We responded to him.

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We took him out of his hardship, his

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difficulties, worries, his sorrow.

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Then look what Allah gives us this blessing

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to the rest of us.

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And likewise we're going to rescue believers as

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well.

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Allah said inside the Quran it's upon us

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to give victory to the believers.

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Victory isn't always what you see on face

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value.

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It's not always what you see on face

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value.

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That's how we begin to count victory.

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We are your awliya, we are your protectors,

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the angels who come there to greet these

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people, to greet these children.

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The children who've died, the majority of you,

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they're not even going to be tested.

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Even as one would exist amongst the works

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of Aqa'id.

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But Allah has pushed you to view that

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the young, these young children, innocent children, is

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a direct ticket into paradise for them.

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That's what it is.

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Straight into paradise.

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And then they were going to be dragging

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what?

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If they're classified as martyrs, they're going to

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be given the right to intercede.

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Who will they intercede for?

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They're going to intercede for their parents, their

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loved ones, their family members.

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So we can't understand not the hikmah, the

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hikmullah, the wisdom of Allah.

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That Allah is opening up the doors of

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paradise for these people.

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He's opening up the doors for them to

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find their way, a quick and a swift

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way to enter into paradise, to return back

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to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Likewise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned about

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the wrong concept of taking awliya, friends and

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allies, or having over-reliance upon them.

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Allah mentions at the beginning of surah al

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-a'raf Follow that which has been sent

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down upon you.

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Don't follow your friends and allies.

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Meaning that don't over praise people.

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Don't take human beings as people going to

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come and intercede and do things for you

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inside your life.

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Follow that which has been revealed for you

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to do, to carry out inside your life.

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Lesson is that you pay heed.

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Pay heed to the verses of Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala.

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That's why he mentioned time and time again.

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There's no harm except Allah allows it by

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his leave.

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There's no removing unveiling of difficulties except for

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by the permission and the leave of Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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That's what life is.

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What can a person do to a person?

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What can another person do?

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What's the most they can do?

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As we mentioned, is that the end of

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the life of the person?

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That's not the end of the life.

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It's the beginning of the life.

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It's the beginning of the real life of

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the human being.

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Of returning back to Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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In the same surah mentioned, indeed the wali

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is those

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individuals Allah has given the book to these

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people.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is one who

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protects these people.

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And takes care of the righteous people.

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That is what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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does to these people.

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And then Allah mentions, Those you call besides

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala cannot help you.

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Rather they cannot even help their own selves.

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Then Allah mentioned, The parable of those individuals

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who take allies and helpers besides Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala is like the spider who

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takes the web as his home.

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Just we began with the Quran describes the

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most frailest of arguments.

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The most frailest of parables.

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That those people commit shirk with Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala.

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This is what their belief is.

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Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala describes a

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human being, When Allah speaks about a human

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being, Gave you nobility, gave you rank.

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In the best mold, the best structure.

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But when Allah wants to show the derogatory

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nature of the human being, Describes as we

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mentioned previously.

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All these derogatory parables to awaken the human

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being.

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The human being doesn't like to be given

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a symbolic gesture that I'm like an animal.

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The human being is superior to that.

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But this is to awaken us for us

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to begin to reflect.

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How Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is giving

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these lessons for us to reflect upon inside

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our lives.

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وَإِنَّ أَوْهَنَ الْبُيُّوتِ لَبَيْتُ الْأَنْقَبُودِ The most flimsiest

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and the most weakest of homes.

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Is the home of the spider, the spider's

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web.

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أَوْهَنَ بِمَعْنَى الْوَهَنِ أَضْعَفٌ The most weakest.

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The weakest of homes is a spider's web.

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That's why a whole lot of ulema, they

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begin to discuss.

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He says they think that it brings them

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closer to Allah.

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They think that committing shirk, إِذْ مَا نَعْبُدُمْ

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إِلَّا لِيُقَرِّبُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ زُلْفَةٌ This is what

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the Quraish say.

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We don't worship these idols.

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They only bring us, they're intermediaries that bring

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us close to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Just like in today's world, the people say

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that.

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I don't worship these saints.

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I don't worship these graves.

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They're just intermediaries.

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They're just a pathway to help me get

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closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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If it's forbidden to face the grave of

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the Prophet ﷺ, أَفْدُلُ الْخَلْقِ وَأَفْدُلُ الْبَشَرِ To

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face his grave and to raise your hands

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and to make dua towards him.

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Less people may think that you're making dua

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to the Prophet ﷺ.

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When you're making dua for him.

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It's forbidden for you to face his grave

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and do that because someone may think you're

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making dua to him.

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You go to any grave that has a

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fuqaf mentioned.

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Even your own parents, deceased people.

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You need to be vigilant around you to

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see that people may think you're making dua

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to the dead people.

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People may think it's an exaggeration.

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But you can see the truth because people

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actually believe that.

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People actually believe that when they come to

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a shrine or a grave or they travel

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to a grave or a shrine, that if

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I stand there, there's more chances of my

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dua being accepted by Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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هذا عين الشرك بالله سبحانه و تعالى هذا

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شرك بالله This is associating partners with Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Creating the أموات, dead people as a barrier

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link between you and Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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وَإِذَا سَأْلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبُ وَجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ

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الدَّعْيِ إِذَا دَعَانَ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُ لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَمُ

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يَرْشُدُونَ Call upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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whoever you are, whatever type of Muslim that

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you are.

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وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ Your Lord said,

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call upon me, whoever you are, call upon

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me, I'll respond to your call.

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You don't need to come to shrines and

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graves.

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Yes, we respect these individuals, we make dua

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for them.

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That's the most that we do.

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But we don't become over-reliant.

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Even a spider's web, the spider thinks it's

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comfortable.

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The spider thinks, this is my home, it's

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going to protect me.

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Shirk protects me.

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But when the wind comes, the rain comes,

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the dust comes, the turahib comes, it dismantles

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the web.

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It shows that the web is weak.

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It shows that shirk is weak.

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It's not going to help the person, it's

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futile.

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It will not help you or bring you

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closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ If only they could begin

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to understand this.

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There's a whole plethora of ulema who will

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begin to speak about that these individuals, they're

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ignorant.

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They don't understand Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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That's why they begin to attribute this to

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and it doesn't

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bring them closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ مِن

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شَيْءٍ Allah knows that what they try to

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call upon besides Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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doesn't help them.

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وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ And he's the almighty.

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The all-wise, that is Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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Ulema begin to discuss, why does Allah say

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وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ Because here Allah says إِنَّ

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اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ الخطاب is speaking about Allah has

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the knowledge.

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So it will be fitting according to Arabic

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syntax and the language that Allah will finish

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the ayah by saying that Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala وَهُوَ الْسَمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ He's all-hearing,

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the all-knowing.

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But Allah mentioned وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ That's why

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ulema begin to discuss to show he's al

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-aziz.

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Because some of these people who worship these

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statues and these idols they think it's going

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to give them help.

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It's going to give them izzah.

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It's going to give them victory.

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That's Abu Sufyan, what did he say?

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What did he shout out on the day

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of battle of Uhud?

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أُعْلُوْ حُبْلُ May Hubal be glorified.

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Izzah and dignity be given to Hubal.

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That's we find that when they were standing

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Abu Sufyan they're asking about the Prophet ﷺ

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before Abu Sufyan became a Muslim.

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And the Prophet ﷺ advised his companions to

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remain silent.

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Kept on asking, Is the Prophet ﷺ, is

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he alive?

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He told them don't respond.

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But when they began to say أُعْلُوْ حُبْلُ

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When he began to say glorify be Hubal.

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So that's when the Prophet ﷺ announced that

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Allah is greater.

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الْأَجَلُ وَأَعْلَى Allah is greater and to be

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magnified.

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So even for the Prophet ﷺ he could

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have been killed on that day.

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They don't know.

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He doesn't defend his own self.

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وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَطْ مِنْ قَبْلِ

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الرُّسُولِ He's a messenger of Allah.

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He'll come and go.

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إِنَّكَ مَيِّتُنْ وَإِنَّمْ مَيِّتُونَ There was some companions

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drop their weapons on the day of Uhud.

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They collapsed.

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They said there's no point carry on fighting

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anymore.

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There's no point.

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If the messengers left us now, there's no

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point carrying on.

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That's what you call real Iman.

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They dropped their weapons at that moment because

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they thought now there's no point carrying on

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inside their lives.

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You know that's what I read about the

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companions.

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Unique individuals.

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الرِّجَل وَالنِّسَىٰ حَوْلَ الرَّسُولِ Read about these lives

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or these people Allah selected to be around

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the Prophet ﷺ.

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They're never weakened in their faith.

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They're never lessened in their faith.

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They remain committed to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Strong men.

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Strong resolution.

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Never changing the slightest.

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Even a return back.

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وَمَا أَبَدَّلُوا تَبْدِيلًا They only had one conviction

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inside their life.

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Is to defend the honor, the dignity of

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the Prophet ﷺ.

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To be their all expenses.

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By here Allah says that announce.

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The Prophet ﷺ announced them that Allah is

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greater.

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Announce the greatness of Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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That's what a believer should be doing.

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The greatness of Allah.

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This is what worries them.

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That's why we find that Takbirat.

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Just Allahu Akbar.

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Allahu Akbar sends shivers down their spines.

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It sends shivers down their spines.

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That's why they don't want to hear the

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Adhan.

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That's why at the moment they're desecrating the

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masjids.

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Desecrating the houses of Allah.

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Destroying them.

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Dismantling them.

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They're symbols of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala huwa al-a

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'la.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the most

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powerful.

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Al-Aziz, Al-Hakeem.

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He's wise in all of this that's taking

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place.

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وَتِلْكَ الْأَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ وَمَا يَعْقِلُهَا إِلَّا

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الْعَالِمُونَ These are parables that Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala throws down.

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And only people of intellect will be able

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to understand these parables.

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That people are ignorant and people mock at

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the parables and mock at the Quran.

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They're not going to benefit.

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Those people don't really approach the Quran with

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the understanding that's going to benefit them.

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They're never going to benefit from these amthar,

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these parables that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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places inside the Quran.

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Another place in the Quran, Allah mentioned these

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parables, a place for us to begin.

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لَعَلَّمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ For us to begin to reflect

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and to ponder upon these signs.

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Then Allah once again begins to speak about

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His greatness.

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That He's created the heavens and the earth

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بِالْحَقِّ That what can these idols do?

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What can they create?

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Is there anything that they can create?

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Anything that can do?

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is one that

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created everything in its due proportion and placed

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it there.

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Once again, these are signs for the believing

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individuals.

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And then we find at the end of

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this, Allah begins to mention how to correct

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one's belief.

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Just as we began to find the right

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belief is to find the right action inside

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our lives.

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The action, the commitment change inside our lives.

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Allah mentions أُطْلُمَ أُحِيَ لَيْكَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَأَقِمِ

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السَّلَاةِ Narrate that which Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala sent down upon you from the book.

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وَأَقِمُ السَّلَاةِ When we go to the meaning

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of tilawat isn't just to recite the Quran

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as some of us that we think today.

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That's one meaning.

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Some have gone to the meaning that tilawat

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carries the deeper meaning of action.

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That we find not to undermine the Quran

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reciters, Quran world at the moment.

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But that's what some people just focus upon.

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That has become a fun, it's become a

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science, it's become an art, it's become a

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skill.

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But it's a deeper concept of the Quran.

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It's changing oneself.

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عَمَلْ بِالْقُرْآنِ That we find.

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So that's why ulema here based upon this

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verse is saying to recite your due portion

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of Quran on a daily basis.

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It will help change the person's life, help

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them come closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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وَأَقِمِ السَّلَاةِ And establish the salah.

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إِنَّ السَّلَاةَ تَتَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَيْ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَلَا ذِكْرُ

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اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ وَاللَّهِ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ Establish the

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prayer.

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And to establish the prayer, the dhikr of

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Allah takes you away from الفَوَاحِشِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ That's

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when Allah said to Musa a.s. وَأَقِمِ

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السَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِ In the beginning of surah Taha

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that we find some verse 14 or so.

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When Allah spoke to Musa a.s. Musa

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a.s. made that journey to meet Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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After Allah speaks إِنَّنِي أَنَّ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ

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إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُنِي وَأَقِمِ السَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِ When Allah

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speaks to Musa a.s. He introduced himself

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to Musa a.s. Once again the introduction

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of tawheed إِنَّنِي أَنَّ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا

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أَنَا فَاعْبُدُنِي It is me the one and

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only Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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What should you know that now you know

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that I'm Allah?

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فَاعْبُدُنِي Worship me.

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وَأَقِمِ السَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِ Establish the prayer for my

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remembrance.

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To remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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That's the second or third thing that we

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need to carry out inside our lives is

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this Salah that we find.

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That's Ibn Kathir he mentions that what is

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the impact of Salah.

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He narrates that the Salah has three principles

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inside there.

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For the Salah to become beneficial for the

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person based upon this verse.

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The first thing is Al-Ikhlas.

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To have sincerity because Ikhlas يَأْمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ When

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you have sincerity it will lead you towards

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that which is good.

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إِنَّ السَّلَاةَ تَتَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَيْ وَالْمُنْكَرِ It leads

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you Salah if your Salah is Ikhlas sincere

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inside your Salah Allah will lead you to

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carry out good things.

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The second thing is Al-Khashiyah تَنْهَى عَنِ

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الْمُنْكَرِ If you have fear of Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala your Salah develops that you're

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going to try to stay away from prohibitions.

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As we mentioned time and time again it's

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not checking in and checking out.

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It's not a formality.

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Salah is changing the person changing their perception.

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That's why we have Salah five times a

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day.

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Why five times a day?

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Why so many times?

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Because continuously the individual especially the male members

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they need that reminder they need that because

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their Iman can falter and waver more than

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the women folk because they're not exposed to

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the things that the men exposed that's why

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the person who frequents the masjid if I

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should know Iman testify that person has Iman

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to strengthen Iman.

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Why inside wudu does it mention that you

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perform wudu that your minor sins whatever you

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looked at whatever you may have touched or

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glanced upon are washed when you perform wudu.

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Why such wordings there?

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To encourage the individual when you're living inside

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society there's going to be things that you

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come across and so Salah, wudu will purify

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the person Salah will wipe away the minor

00:30:11 --> 00:30:13

sins of the person bring a person closer

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to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the

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greatest thing inside Salah is the remembrance of

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Allah that if those Quran if those Imams

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are reading those verses those ayat of the

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Quran they have a powerful meaning and sometimes

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they're reading it with a powerful meaning but

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a slackness is from us we don't understand

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those words we don't understand what Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala is telling us we just

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come out and say oh what a marvelous

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recitation what a good recitation that was oh

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I wonder why the Imam was crying for

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why he was weeping for why a grown

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man weeping for when they read the Quran

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have you ever thought about that in your

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lives?

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Why do they weep?

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Why are they weeping for?

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Because the power of the words of Allah

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because the words of Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala bring mountains to dust turn them to

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powder That's the power of the

00:31:05 --> 00:31:07

Quran the power of the speech of Allah

00:31:07 --> 00:31:08

subhanahu wa ta'ala what it does to

00:31:08 --> 00:31:10

a person so the fault is with us

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we can't relate to these verses of Allah

00:31:13 --> 00:31:14

subhanahu wa ta'ala the third thing he

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mentions is Dhikrullah Al-Quran when you read

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the Quran you study the Quran it will

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prohibit you and encourage you certain things that

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you find certain narrations that ulama have dissected

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and criticized their sunnah and the chain of

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narration and the text as well that a

00:31:30 --> 00:31:32

person's salat it doesn't bring them close to

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

Allah it brings them drifts them away from

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

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala even a discrepancy

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inside his narration of the wording but the

00:31:37 --> 00:31:40

meaning is there that if we're not coming

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to Salah and trying to change ourself and

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inside our graves that you find Salah which

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is authentic either Salah will be Nur As

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Salah to Nur Salah is Nur Salah will

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come in the grave of the person as

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light will illuminate radiate our graves Nur inside

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

our graves or come in a form of

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a human being with beautiful clothing beautiful smell

00:32:06 --> 00:32:08

beautiful fragrance person say who is this?

00:32:08 --> 00:32:09

who are you?

00:32:10 --> 00:32:13

they say I'm your prayer just like you

00:32:13 --> 00:32:15

used to preserve and guard so when Allah

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said Wa Aqeemu Salah Allah didn't say Wa

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Addu Salah that many of us with all

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the technical understanding at least I prayed Allah

00:32:21 --> 00:32:25

says Wa Aqeemu Salah Qabla Salah Wa Fi

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Dakhli Salah Wa Ba'da Salah Tuhafidhu Salah Hafidhu

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Salawati Wa Salatil Wusta Wa Qumu Lillahi Qanitin

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preserve all elements of the prayer so this

00:32:35 --> 00:32:38

person will be rejoicing and likewise the opposite

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a person with a foul stench foul dress

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foul face will be coming towards the person

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

person say who is this?

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who is this?

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I'm your Salah I'm your prayer that you

00:32:50 --> 00:32:53

wasted in this dunya this is you this

00:32:53 --> 00:32:55

is your prayer now entering inside your grave

00:32:55 --> 00:32:57

with you at the moment in time may

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us all

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the tawfiq and ability to reflect upon these

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parables inside the Quran to better our own

00:33:02 --> 00:33:04

selves because on that day we stand with

00:33:04 --> 00:33:05

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala all of us

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

on our own we have to respond to

00:33:06 --> 00:33:09

our own self that what I do inside

00:33:09 --> 00:33:11

my life to better myself to come closer

00:33:11 --> 00:33:13

to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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