Mustafa Khattab – Taraweeh Gems 5 Inspiring Story

Mustafa Khattab
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In this segment, a speaker discusses the importance of using the title "Art of the beast" to obtain success in prayer. They explain that the title is a powerful and beloved source of pride, and that it is important to ask for it in order to receive it. The speaker also provides examples of how a successful candidate, Surah Tun You, uses the title "Art of the beast" to obtain success in prayer.
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I'm truly near.

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I answer the dua, or I respond to

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the dua of whoever prays to me. So

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let them pray to me and obey me

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so it will be rightly guided.

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So today, inshallah will focus a little bit

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on this ayah that talks about Dua. We'll

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continue this discussion

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and we mentioned that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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puts this ayah about Dua and the ayah

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inside the ayah that talk about Ramadan before

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and after

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to show us that dua'at Ramadan is very

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powerful and it is very important and it

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is very beloved to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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In this hadith, the prophet says,

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There

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is nothing

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more pleasing to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala than

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du'a,

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that you raise your hands and pray to

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him and say,

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So in this beautiful hadith, the prophet

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says, Allah has hired from you.

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Whenever you raise your hands asking for something,

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your hands never come back empty. You have

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to come back with something because Allah has

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Hayat. If you go to him and ask

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him, he will have to give you something.

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Of course, there are several requirements for dua.

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Of course, you have to eat from halal.

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You can

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Whenever he made dua to Allah, he always

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accepted his dua. Why? He said because I

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always ate halal. This is why Allah accepted

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my dua.

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Whenever you pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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make sure you keep making dua to him

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because some of us will make dua for

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a couple of minutes and said look I've

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been making dua for 60 seconds and my

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dua has never been accepted.

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No. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala yep but in

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dua malam yajalahadukum

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Allah will accept your dua as long as

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you are consistent, you keep asking him.

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But

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if you get tired or if you say

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okay I pray but Allah has never accepted

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my dua then maybe Allah will not accept

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your dua. Rasool Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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says when

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you make dua to Allah

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put in your heart and your in your

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mind that Allah will accept your dua. If

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this is what you have in your heart

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then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is better than

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your expectations.

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But you make dua and say well maybe

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Allah would not answer my dua He would

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not answer your dua because whatever you think

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of Allah he is better than that.

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So always keep making dua to him if

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he doesn't answer your dua in one day

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or after a week would make dua for

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a month or a year, right? Keep making

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dua to him and I mentioned in one

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foot but this is something we need to

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learn from little kids.

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If they want something from you candy or

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a lollipop or something

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they bug you, right? Daddy daddy the the

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whole day mommy mom you can't sleep, you

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can't pray, you can't eat, Right?

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Even in the washroom they are after you,

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you open the fridge, they pop out of

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the you know, they bug you. So eventually

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you have to give it to them just,

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you know, to satisfy them. If

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you want something from Allah, you have to

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keep asking, you have to keep asking Allah

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Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala eventually

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He will give you whatever you're asking for

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if it is the best thing for you.

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I'm gonna conclude with

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a special story about Dua of Ramadan

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and I'm not sure if you heard this

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story before. I know this, brother from Egypt,

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and English was his weakness. Right?

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He graduated from high school, and he spoke

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English with an accent, a heavy accent like

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most Egyptians. Right? Do we have Egyptians here?

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Okay.

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They speak English. Okay. Egyptians are good. Okay?

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Egyptians are good. Okay. Egyptians

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are okay.

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So,

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in high school because they were teaching them

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horrible English in high school, they were not

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taught by experts or anything so their English

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was very bad. Heavy accent, right? So I'm

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gonna give you a couple of examples of

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the words they studied in high school.

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It's too much, it's too much, stomach.

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It's too much. This is how they studied

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the word.

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Deliquis,

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you know the word delicious?

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Exactly. So this is how they were taught.

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He made it to college, English it was

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his weakness, right? And his friends they used

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to make fun of him, the teachers used

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to to ask him to give him why

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because his English was horrible.

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So,

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this brother it was Ramadan

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and he decided to do something about his

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English because it was terrible.

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So he decided to talk to someone, one

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of the top class, you know, top of

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the students in the class so he can

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learn from them to, you know,

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to do conversation with them so he can

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pick up some English and learn from them.

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So that other brother,

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Muhammad,

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told him, well your English is so bad

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if I speak with you in English you

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are going to spoil my English. Right?

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So

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that how horrible his English was. Right?

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So that brother

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that day,

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that night made Dua to Allah and he

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said, You

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You arabu alaalameen

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there is nothing impossible for you, it is

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not difficult for you to help me speak

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good English and I make a promise to

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you. If you help me speak English I'm

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gonna use it for dua, to make dua

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to Islam.

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That was back in 1997.

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4 years later, this brother graduated from Al

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Azhar, and he was the top of the

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class, excellent grades,

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and he was appointed within a few week

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weeks as a teacher at the department, and

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he was the top student in the whole

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department.

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That brother, Mohammed, who refused to speak with

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him English in English a few years before,

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failed in the last year.

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That brother, several years later, traveled to North

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America.

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He has ever been since working in Dawah.

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He has seen a lot of people take

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Shahadah

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and he has received his,

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masters and PhD in English. And as a

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matter of fact, he's working as an imam

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in North America now and he has done

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a fantastic translation

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of the Quran into English.

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I see this brother every day, especially when

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I look in the mirror. I look him

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in the eye. This brother is me.

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So nothing is impossible for Allah. So you

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have to

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ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to help you

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and it doesn't matter what it is, Allah

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Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala would help you if you

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are sincere

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and if you do your part,

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do your best and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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will take care of the rest. We ask

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to help us make

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dua to Him and ask Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala

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to give us the best in this life

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and the best in the life to come.

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So the question for last night was Surah

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Tun You. Surah Tun You. Surah Tun You.

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The bees. The bees. Surah Anya.

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I've been receiving a lot of emails.

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Most of them are correct, especially my sisters.

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Very few brothers

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sent the answer, especially,

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Fahim Khan. But,

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hopefully, he will win this week. Okay?

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But the winner today is sister,

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Batool Tuntar.

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Oh, no way. So is my

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sorry. One one day.

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I'll make dua.

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