Nadim Bashir – Conversations In The Quran #15 Musa – As & The Pharaoh

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The speakers discuss the importance of learning from past experiences and history to gain insight into the future. They emphasize the importance of avoiding hopelessness and learning from history to gain insight into the future. The speakers also touch on the struggles of people to hold democracy and the failure of people to speak up against government. They stress the need to pay attention to the nuance of the Qauq and learn from past experiences to gain insight into the future.

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			Today's Qur'anic conversation is from Surah Taha.
		
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			Surah Taha is truly a remarkable surah because
		
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			it really highlights the story of Musa ﷺ.
		
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			And there are very beautiful nuances and lessons
		
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			for those especially engaged in da'wah to
		
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			be learned from Surah Taha.
		
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			What does a da'i go through?
		
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			The phases of a da'i, the qualities
		
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			and the characteristics of a da'i, what
		
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			they are required to have.
		
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			These are all things that are mentioned in
		
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			Surah Taha.
		
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			In addition, I have to also remind everyone
		
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			that the most mentioned prophet in the Qur
		
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			'an, even more than Rasulullah ﷺ, is Musa
		
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			ﷺ.
		
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			And the reason why Musa ﷺ is mentioned
		
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			at such a high level is because there
		
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			are many similarities between Musa ﷺ and the
		
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			Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			Not only that, Allah ﷻ gave Bani Israel
		
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			that izzah, that maqam, that status.
		
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			And then Allah ﷻ, He took it away
		
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			from them because they did not live up
		
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			to that standard set by Allah ﷻ.
		
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			And hence Allah gave that honor and that
		
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			izzah to the ummah of Rasulullah ﷺ.
		
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			And Allah is teaching us a lesson that
		
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			if we as a Muslim ummah, if we
		
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			do not uphold the standard set by Allah
		
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			ﷻ, then Allah will take away the izzah
		
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			from us.
		
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			And we see the same thing happening today.
		
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			Though we are the fastest growing religion in
		
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			the world, you have to really honestly think
		
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			about this, the fastest growing religion in the
		
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			world, yet wallahi today there is no religion
		
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			that is mocked as much as Islam is.
		
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			There is no religion whose followers are persecuted
		
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			as much as Muslims are.
		
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			All over the world you see where Muslims
		
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			are being persecuted because they simply say, لا
		
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			إله إلا الله.
		
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			So we go back to the story of
		
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			Musa ﷺ, and especially in this day and
		
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			age.
		
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			This is why Allah ﷻ mentioned the story
		
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			of Fir'aun.
		
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			Because if we even look at this day
		
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			and age, this apartheid state that is Israel,
		
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			that is committing a genocide against our brothers
		
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			and sisters in Palestine.
		
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			Our brothers and sisters, the key thing is
		
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			that if you look at this person, who
		
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			is calling the shots behind the scenes, the
		
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			prime minister.
		
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			And if you look at Fir'aun and
		
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			their characteristics, their mindset, wallahi there are too
		
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			many similarities.
		
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			And once again Allah gave us these stories
		
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			so that you and I, we can find
		
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			consolation.
		
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			Because in this day and age, if a
		
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			Muslim loses hope in Allah, where else will
		
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			a Muslim go to?
		
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			If a person loses hope in Allah ﷻ,
		
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			many ulema they say, that you cannot be
		
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			a Muslim and be hopeless at the same
		
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			time.
		
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			Being hopeless and being a Muslim is considered
		
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			as an oxymoron.
		
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			Meaning that two things that cannot go hand
		
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			in hand.
		
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			So that is why if we are a
		
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			Muslim, we can never lose hope in Allah
		
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			ﷻ.
		
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			And this is why Allah gave us these
		
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			stories, so we can find some consolation and
		
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			some hope in these stories.
		
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			So we come to the story of Musa
		
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			ﷺ, when he goes to Fir'aun, and
		
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			he's telling Fir'aun that, أَنْ أَرُسِلْ مَعِيَ
		
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			بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلٍ This is mentioned in surah Shu
		
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			'ara.
		
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			So he's telling Fir'aun, that I want
		
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			you to send Bani Israel with me.
		
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			You have persecuted them, you have made them
		
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			your slaves, you have abused them, financially, physically,
		
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			psychologically, in any way, in every way possible.
		
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			Now it's about time you give them to
		
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			me, and let us go somewhere else.
		
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			And he don't want to do that.
		
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			So surah Taha mentions, that at that time,
		
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			Fir'aun, in order to ensure that everyone
		
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			is going to galvanize behind him, everyone is
		
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			going to stand behind him.
		
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			It is the nature of every single leader.
		
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			When he's about to lose power and control,
		
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			they always make it about the country.
		
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			They always make it about the country.
		
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			How do...
		
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			You know, if you remember, for those of
		
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			you who were there at 9-11, even
		
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			after that, what was that one call every
		
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			single time?
		
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			If the Muslims come into this country, if
		
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			sharia law takes over, then all your freedom
		
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			will be...
		
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			all your freedom, all your privileges will be
		
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			taken away.
		
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			They actually use the country and their freedom
		
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			to fight their own causes.
		
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			Although wallahi, they don't even care about their
		
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			own people.
		
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			Wallahi, they don't even care about their own
		
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			people.
		
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			But when it came to holding on to
		
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			power, they made it about the country, and
		
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			their freedom, and their privileges.
		
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			Likewise, Firaun did the same exact thing.
		
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			He told the people of Egypt that these
		
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			two people, these two brothers are here to
		
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			take away their country.
		
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			وَيُخْرِجَاكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُمْ بِالسِّحْرِهِمَا When Musa a.s.
		
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			threw down his staff, and it turned to
		
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			a serpent, he's selling them.
		
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			He's using this to remove all of us
		
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			from our land.
		
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			So once again, the tactic that he used
		
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			is very common, something that we see very
		
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			often in this day and age.
		
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			Now, Musa a.s., he's telling them, he's
		
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			telling Firaun, you think that this is magic?
		
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			You think you wanna have, bring all your
		
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			magicians together?
		
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			خلاص, no problem.
		
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			Let's have a competition.
		
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			But see, Musa is smart.
		
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			He knows that if Firaun just calls everyone,
		
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			and says that this is a day of
		
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			competition.
		
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			This is the day where we're gonna, you
		
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			know, we're gonna take back our country and
		
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			so forth.
		
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			And he were to call people, some people
		
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			will come, some people may not come.
		
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			But Musa is smart, he's telling him, let's
		
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			choose a day where it is considered as
		
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			a holiday in your country.
		
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			It's already a holiday.
		
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			It's already a day of festivities.
		
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			People are gonna be away from work.
		
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			They're gonna come as it is.
		
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			But on that same day, we will do
		
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			this also.
		
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			So what did Firaun do?
		
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			He called, the Quran says, فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُ ثُمَّ
		
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			أَتَى He gathered all his people.
		
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			Now what does every powerful person they do?
		
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			When it comes to using people, they are
		
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			excellent.
		
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			They are experts in using people for their
		
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			own gain.
		
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			So what did he do?
		
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			He called all these magicians.
		
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			And by the way, if you study the
		
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			history of Bani Isra'il, magic was something
		
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			that was very common.
		
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			It was practiced abundantly.
		
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			And one of the people who were the
		
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			most privileged, and the most rich, and the
		
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			most resourceful people in the community, in the
		
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			society, were the magicians.
		
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			So, Firaun called all of them.
		
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			They came to Firaun.
		
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			And then they are the ones who are
		
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			telling Firaun, that if you want us to
		
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			fight your battles, what do we get for
		
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			it?
		
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			What is in it for us?
		
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			What benefit do we get out of it?
		
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			And Firaun is promising them everything.
		
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			I will make you, أَنَا أَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ I
		
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			will make you from amongst those who are
		
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			the closest to me.
		
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			Meaning that whatever you want, you got the
		
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			hookups, you got the connections.
		
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			I'll take care of you.
		
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			You know, don't worry about it.
		
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			So now the time comes, and Musa Alayhi
		
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			Salaam, he gathers everyone.
		
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			And he tells them, they even said, that
		
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			who wants to go first?
		
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			They even asked Musa Alayhi Salaam, that who
		
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			wants to go first?
		
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			And Musa Alayhi Salaam said, you can go
		
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			first.
		
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			So at that time, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
		
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			'ala says in the Qur'an that they
		
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			put down their staffs, and they put down
		
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			their robes, and they turn into serpents.
		
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			And there were serpents everywhere.
		
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			And at that time Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
		
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			'ala mentions the state of the heart of
		
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			Musa Alayhi Salaam.
		
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			فَأَوْجَسَ فِي خِيفة نَفْسِهِ خِيفةَ مُسَىٰ In his
		
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			heart, there was an element of fear.
		
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			He's looking at everything around him, and he's
		
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			thinking, how is this one?
		
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			My one serpent is gonna overpower everything else.
		
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			So at that time, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
		
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			'ala says, دَا قُلْنَا لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ
		
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			الْأَعْلَى That do not fear, do not be
		
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			worried about all this.
		
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			Because what you see in front of you
		
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			is an illusion.
		
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			And Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala refers to
		
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			their magic as an illusion.
		
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			When he says, سَحَرُوا أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ This was
		
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			an illusion.
		
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			They were making, this was magic, and tricking
		
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			the eyes of people, which is an illusion.
		
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			So it's not real.
		
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			On the other hand, when Musa Alayhi Salaam
		
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			put down his staff, what the magician see,
		
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			the magician knows what he's putting down.
		
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			The magician knows that this is not real.
		
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			But when the magician saw the serpent of
		
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			Musa Alayhi Salaam, they knew right away that
		
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			this is not magic.
		
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			This is not an illusion.
		
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			This is, as we call it, the real
		
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			deal.
		
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			This is the real deal.
		
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			And at that time, this one serpent overpowered
		
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			all the other serpents.
		
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			At that time they realize that this is
		
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			the real deal.
		
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			And this man is a real deal.
		
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			His message is a real deal.
		
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			Therefore, as Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned,
		
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			فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا They all fell into a
		
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			sajda.
		
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			قَالُوا أَمَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَارُونَ وَمُوسَى They accepted Islam
		
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			on the hands of Musa Alayhi Salaam, and
		
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			his brother Harun Alayhi Salaam.
		
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			But then look at the threat of Firaun.
		
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			What Firaun wanted to accomplish was that everyone
		
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			come, at the end of the day, everyone
		
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			will be on the side of Firaun, everyone
		
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			will support Firaun, everyone will be against Musa
		
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			Alayhi Salaam.
		
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			That is what his plan was.
		
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			And this is why we remind ourselves, وَمَكَرُوا
		
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			وَمَكَرَ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ Today what we
		
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			see happening today, they have a plan, but
		
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			Allah has a plan too.
		
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			And the plan of Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala will always supersede.
		
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			This is our yaqeen, this is the things
		
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			that we need to take away from these
		
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			stories.
		
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			And there's more things inshallah I'm gonna mention
		
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			at the end, I just wanna go through
		
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			the ayat.
		
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			At that time, what did Firaun say?
		
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			He threatened them.
		
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			He says, فَلَأُقَطِّ عَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِّنْ خِلَافٍ
		
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			I'm gonna cut your limbs and on opposite
		
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			ends.
		
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			If I cut your right leg off, I'm
		
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			gonna cut your left hand off.
		
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			You understand?
		
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			And so this is the threat.
		
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			And not only that, فَلَأُقَطِّ عَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ
		
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			مِّنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّ بَنَّكُمْ I'm not gonna only
		
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			just cut off your limbs from opposite ends.
		
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			I'm gonna hang you.
		
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			So you become an example for everyone else
		
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			that anyone who defies the orders of Firaun,
		
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			this is their fate.
		
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			This is their fate.
		
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			Now, at that time of course, they all
		
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			came.
		
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			Even though they are the ones who were
		
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			gonna be amongst the closest, the cabinet members
		
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			of Firaun.
		
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			Even they were now confronting Firaun.
		
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			إِنَّهُ مَنْ يَأْتِ رَبَّهُ مُجْرِمًا فَإِنَّ لَهُ جَهَنَّمٌ
		
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			لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحَيَى These are now
		
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			people who are coming to Firaun, and they
		
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			are confronting Firaun that we truly believe.
		
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			This is the real deal, and we're gonna
		
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			believe in him.
		
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			Now of course the story is long, but
		
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			there are few important lessons that I really
		
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			want all of us to take away from
		
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			this.
		
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			The very first one was, as I said
		
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			earlier, every single oppressor, every single ruler, every
		
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			single leader, they use a tactic of taking
		
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			over.
		
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			And this is one thing that if you
		
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			think about Firaun, you know there are many
		
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			verses of the Quran, if you think about
		
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			what Firaun used to say to Musa.
		
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			When it came to holding on to power,
		
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			he always made it about the country.
		
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			But when it came to bragging about what
		
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			he has, he would never talk about the
		
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			country.
		
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			Think about it.
		
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			Firaun was a selfish man.
		
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			He was a smart man.
		
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			This is one thing by the way, we
		
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			don't realize, Firaun was a very intelligent and
		
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			very smart man.
		
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			In a conversation, how he could switch the
		
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			conversation so quickly, and so subtly, is not
		
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			something that many people can do.
		
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			But Firaun had that ability.
		
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			But Musa was, once again it was a
		
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			chess game.
		
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			And Musa Alayhi Salaam was also playing this
		
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			game with Firaun.
		
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			When Firaun would change the conversation, immediately Musa
		
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			Alayhi Salaam, he knew the game.
		
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			And he was playing it accordingly, and he
		
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			made sure that there was never a situation
		
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			where he would get caught into the web
		
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			of Firaun.
		
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			So this is why it's important that every
		
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			single time, especially for those who are giving
		
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			da'wah, you have to know the game.
		
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			Let me give you one example.
		
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			How often, how often it happens when you're
		
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			engaged in da'wah or in a da
		
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			'wah dialogue.
		
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			Someone says to you, I remember I went
		
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			to a church.
		
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			And someone asked me, I remember there was
		
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			a lady, she asked me that, and there
		
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			was a panel discussion, so majority of the
		
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			questions were coming my way because I was
		
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			a Muslim there.
		
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			So she says that Islam oppresses women.
		
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			This was her statement.
		
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			Can you explain why does Islam oppress women?
		
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			Now honestly, any person who is in a
		
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			state of da'wah 101, anything you know,
		
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			you're gonna try to throw it at her,
		
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			right?
		
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			You throw the Quran at her, you throw
		
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			the sunnah at her, you throw everything you
		
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			know at her.
		
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			But you see one thing about da'wah
		
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			also is, you gotta know how people think.
		
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			You gotta know how to give answers.
		
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			The very first thing I asked her was,
		
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			and this is a lesson for all of
		
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			us, when someone asks you a loaded question,
		
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			don't answer a loaded question.
		
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			You know what I did?
		
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			I asked her, can you please be very
		
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			specific, which area of life are you referring
		
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			to?
		
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			Which area or which specific thing are you
		
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			referring to that Islam oppresses women?
		
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			Wallahi, you know her answer was?
		
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			She goes, I don't know.
		
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			You see, now who's the one who looks
		
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			like a fool at the end of the
		
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			day?
		
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			She does.
		
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			You understand?
		
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			In da'wah, you cannot answer a loaded
		
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			question.
		
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			You have to deconstruct a question.
		
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			This is something that we learned from Musa
		
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			a.s. He knew the game, he knew
		
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			how to give da'wah.
		
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			When Fir'aun, once again, he was switching,
		
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			he was also switching.
		
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			You have to, people who are giving da
		
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			'wah, you have to be on your feet,
		
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			you have to be smart, and sometimes, by
		
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			the way, there are times where even answering
		
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			the question is of no use.
		
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			Even if you have the right answer, you
		
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			know why?
		
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			Because the person who's asking you, they don't
		
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			have the right intention in their heart.
		
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			They're only asking you because they just want
		
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			to create a scene.
		
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			So this is why many times, those who
		
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			are in da'wah, you need to understand
		
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			the person who's asking the question.
		
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			And I understand, you may say, well, I
		
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			don't know what their niyyah is.
		
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			Yes, no one knows what their niyyah is.
		
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			But at the end of the day, if
		
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			you have been in da'wah, and you
		
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			have observed, especially if you're getting into da
		
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			'wah, first learn how to observe other people
		
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			giving da'wah.
		
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			Observe the experts, and see how it's done,
		
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			then you can go and give da'wah.
		
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			So this is the very first thing that
		
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			we learn from this.
		
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			The second thing that we learn is, that
		
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			just like Fir'aun, he gathered all the
		
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			magicians, we learn that every single oppressor, just
		
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			like this apartheid regime right now, when they
		
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			wanted to commit a genocide, they called all
		
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			their allies.
		
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			Fir'aun was no different.
		
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			In order to keep his country, in order
		
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			to keep himself in power, he gathered all
		
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			his allies.
		
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			Once again, the Qur'an is telling us,
		
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			that these are things that have happened in
		
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			the past, learn from them.
		
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			These things that we see happening today, it's
		
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			not new, it's all a repetition of the
		
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			past.
		
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			Then the next thing is, فَأَوْجَسَ فِي نَفْسِهِ
		
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			خِيْفَةً مُوسَىٰ If Musa Alayhi Salaam, a prophet,
		
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			an ulul azam prophet, no matter even he
		
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			had a serpent, which was the real deal,
		
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			even he when he saw their serpents, and
		
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			he had a little fear in his heart,
		
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			the lesson to be taken from this is,
		
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			no matter what situation you're in, we are
		
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			all human beings.
		
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			And sometimes you look at the situation, and
		
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			your heart has a little fear in it,
		
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			it's a human thing, you understand?
		
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			It's not a sign that your iman is
		
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			weak, it's not a sign that you have
		
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			given up on Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			it's a sign that you are a human
		
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			being.
		
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			Simple as that, you understand?
		
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			And once again, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			is reinforcing Musa Alayhi Salaam.
		
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			He's giving him that support.
		
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			And it's not like Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala said, come on Musa, you know, after
		
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			everything I gave you, now you're still doubting,
		
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			now you still have the fear?
		
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			No, that's not what Allah is doing.
		
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			Allah is telling him, إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْأَعْلَىٰ Allah
		
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			is reinforcing him.
		
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			So even when we have some doubts, even
		
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			when we get startled, and we lose our
		
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			feet, and we lose our momentum, no problem
		
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			inshallah, it happens.
		
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			But remember, we always are on the haqq,
		
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			and we need to regain our composure, and
		
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			present whenever the time comes.
		
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			Then the next thing is, what do they
		
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			say, آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ حَارُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ What do we
		
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			learn from this?
		
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			We learn from this, that no matter what
		
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			kind of a person you are, these people
		
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			were honest people.
		
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			These people were honest people.
		
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			When they saw Musa A.S. serpent, they
		
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			knew that this is, this is not just
		
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			magic, this is actually a real serpent.
		
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			So at that time, they converted to Islam,
		
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			which tells us, people who are genuine in
		
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			their heart, when they see the situation, they
		
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			will come to the fold of Islam.
		
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			You just have to give them a little
		
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			time.
		
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			And subhanAllah, since this genocide has started, even
		
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			overseas, to be honest, how many people have
		
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			come to the fold of Islam?
		
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			Though no matter what's going on, the Qur
		
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			'an is telling us, this has happened in
		
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			the past, it's gonna happen again.
		
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			How many people went on TikTok?
		
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			How many people went on Instagram?
		
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			And they're saying, that I cannot imagine, people
		
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			are saying, what kind of a nation these
		
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			Muslims are?
		
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			What kind of a qawm they are?
		
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			That their people are being slaughtered, yet they
		
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			keep on calling up to Allah SWT.
		
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			Children in Palestine, when they're being asked, that
		
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			what's going on?
		
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			They always say, Allah ma'ana, Allah ma
		
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			'ana.
		
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			Look at their faith.
		
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			And people are just astonished by their faith,
		
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			the faith of the Muslims.
		
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			And they're saying that, what is behind this
		
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			faith?
		
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			And they go and they pick up a
		
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			Qur'an.
		
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			This is something that we see even in
		
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			the Qur'an.
		
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			These magicians, they had good hearts.
		
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			When they saw the truth, they came into
		
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			the fold of Islam.
		
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			Another thing that we learn from this story
		
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			is, that when they converted to Islam, you
		
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			see once again, now they have become a
		
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			threat to Firaun.
		
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			What did Firaun say?
		
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			We have to always pay attention, to the
		
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			nuance of the Qur'an.
		
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			Here he says, فَلَأُقَطِّ عَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ
		
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			خِلَافٍ I'm gonna cut your limbs from opposite
		
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			ends.
		
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			When you cut, I'm just saying, imagine, if
		
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			you cut a person, both legs off, they
		
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			usually can still be functional in their life.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			If you cut someone's hands off, both hands
		
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			off, they can still be functional in some
		
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			capacity, because they still have their two legs.
		
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			But if you cut someone's one leg off,
		
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			and one hand off on opposite ends, life
		
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			has become even more difficult.
		
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			You understand?
		
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			To do anything in life, can become more
		
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			difficult.
		
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			Now think about this, what shaitan is doing
		
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			is, he's handicapping them forever.
		
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			Likewise, we see what's happening today.
		
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			People who are speaking up, what is the
		
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			government is doing?
		
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			They're handicapping people, taking away their jobs, sanctioning
		
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			them, arresting them and so forth.
		
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			We see history is repeating itself.
		
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			Just like Firaun was handicapping them, and flexing
		
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			his muscles, the same thing the governments are
		
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			doing today.
		
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			No matter how much this country says, freedom
		
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			of speech, freedom of speech.
		
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			Wallahi, there's one thing that this genocide has
		
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			taught us, is that there is no such
		
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			thing called freedom of speech.
		
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			This thing that they call for democracy, democracy,
		
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			wallahi, democracy is the greatest flaw on this
		
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			face of earth.
		
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			It's one of the greatest...
		
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			I mean, it's such a flaw, that every
		
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			place where they try to hold democracy, those
		
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			are the countries where they do the most
		
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			amount of zulm on their people.
		
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			This democracy is a flawed concept as it
		
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			is.
		
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			So you see that these kind of people,
		
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			Firaun tried to handicap people.
		
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			And not only that, you see what he
		
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			said after that, I'm gonna make you an
		
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			example.
		
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			And this is what these people they do.
		
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			They persecute, and then they put them on
		
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			social media to show everyone, that if you
		
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			speak up against the government, or you go
		
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			on college campuses, and you speak up against
		
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			the injustice, your scholarships will be taken away,
		
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			you'll be expelled from the university, and so
		
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			forth.
		
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			This is all a repetition.
		
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			This is why the Qur'an was given
		
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			to us, so that we can see what's
		
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			happening today, is a repetition of what happened
		
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			in history.
		
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			And we can find consolation.
		
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			How can we find consolation?
		
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			That Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala at the
		
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			end of the day, what did He do?
		
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			He destroyed Firaun.
		
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			He destroyed this zulm.
		
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			And just like that Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala, He destroys every single zulm.
		
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			They are on the same trajectory as Firaun.
		
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			And they will inshaAllah receive the same fate,
		
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			or more worse than Firaun inshaAllah.
		
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			But the point is that we learn these
		
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			stories, we go through these stories, and when
		
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			you read the translation of the Qur'an,
		
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			try to read a little deeper.
		
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			Try to go a little deeper, and try
		
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			to understand the story, and relate it.
		
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			The point is, if imagine, if the Qur
		
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			'an, why did Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			mention all this to us?
		
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			Why did He gave us these stories, so
		
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			that you and I we can relate to
		
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			it?
		
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			If these stories were not relatable to us,
		
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			then what's the point of getting the Qur
		
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			'an?
		
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			What's the point of picking up the Qur
		
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			'an, and reading these stories?
		
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			This Qur'an in itself, the reason why
		
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			is called a timeless guidance.
		
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			In every era, there are something in the
		
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			Qur'an, there is something in the Qur
		
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			'an that we can relate to.
		
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			We can take the situation, and relate to
		
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			some kind of story in the Qur'an.
		
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			This is the reason why we read the
		
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			Qur'an.
		
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			So I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			that first of all, based on what we
		
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			have read from surah Taha today, and the
		
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			story that we have read about this conversation
		
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			between Firaun, and Musa alaihi salam, and the
		
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			Banjishans, and so forth.
		
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			And not only that, but now understanding in
		
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			light of what's going on today.
		
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			We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that
		
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			may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give Izzah
		
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			to our brothers and sisters.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala protect our
		
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			brothers and sisters.
		
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			And may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give
		
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			us ability to apply the teaching of the
		
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			Qur'an in our daily lives.
		
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			Ameen.
		
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			Wa jazakumullahu khair.
		
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			Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu.
		
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			Assalamualaikum
		
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			warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu.
		
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			And those who guard their chastity, and those
		
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			who guard their chastity, and those who remember
		
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			Allah much, and those who remember.
		
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			Allah has prepared for them forgiveness, and a
		
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			great reward.