Nadim Bashir – Conversations In The Quran #4 3 Verses Of Hope

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The history of Islam is discussed, including the negative impact of bringing someone down and the importance of learning from past people. The use of words like " Subhanho wa" and "force" can lead to pride and confusion, and the negative consequences of bringing someone down. The importance of authority and power in shaping one's life is emphasized, along with the need for proper knowledge and learning from experiences.

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			Tonight in sha Allah the
conversation that I'm sharing with
		
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			all of you today, as you know that
this is a series I've started a
		
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			few weeks ago, it is the
conversation is that is mentioned.
		
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			So there Bukhara and it is
actually three different
		
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			conversations, although they are
all are mentioned in the same
		
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			passage. Two of them are related
to Ibrahim alayhi salam and the
		
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			third one is related to as Some
scholars say, or Zadara he said
		
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			Um, so, the first of all is that I
want us to share one thing that
		
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			when you say the Quran, strictly
from this, from the point of view
		
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			of Dawa, just strictly Dawa the
most stories that you will find in
		
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			the Quran are stories with a
Ibraheem Alehissalaam and Musala
		
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			your son? Yes, Allah does mention
the story of Luzzatto his son,
		
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			yes, Allah Subhan Allah mentioned
the story of nomadic Islam. But if
		
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			you compare all the MBM, the two
top prophets who are mentioned the
		
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			most when it comes to giving Dawa
Ibrahim alayhis salam, and
		
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			Musashi. So, first of all, why
Musashi Islam, for obvious
		
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			reasons, Allah subhanho wa Taala
gave Bonita Saeed a certain level
		
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			of honor, dignity and respect. And
then because they did not fulfill
		
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			their end of the bargain, Allah
subhanho wa Taala stripped them of
		
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			that dignity, honor and respect.
And so we now as being hired on
		
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			Mateen, as Allah says, In the
Quran, we are the best of nations,
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala wants us
to learn from the previous people
		
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			and their mistakes so that we
don't make the same mistakes. That
		
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			is why Allah mentioned the story
of Musa alayhis salam. And not
		
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			only that, but there's a lot of
lessons to be learned from the
		
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			story of Musa alayhis salam in
terms of giving Dawa also from the
		
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			from the perspective of Ibraheem
Alehissalaam because he gave Dawa
		
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			to not only just to one group of
people, he gave Dawa to three
		
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			different groups of people. He
gave Dawa to his immediate family.
		
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			For example, we find the stories
of him conversing with his father,
		
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			and inshallah we'll cover that
next time. We also find stories of
		
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			him calling his home his nation to
Allah subhanho wa taala. And then
		
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			we find this story and so Bacara
we're now he is face to face with
		
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			numb rude and now he's giving him
Dawa. In fact, the Quran says that
		
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			numb rude is the one who disputed
he is the one who's who struck up
		
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			a conversation, and he was trying
to debate Ibrahim alayhis salam.
		
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			So this is something we will find
throughout the entire Quran.
		
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			Another interesting thing about
Ibrahim alayhis salam and his Dawa
		
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			is that Ibrahim How do you
sometimes die? What qualities and
		
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			characteristics are spread
throughout the entire Quran? There
		
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			are places in the Quran that talks
about that when Ibrahim Ali Hassan
		
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			would give Dawa after talking
about him, Allah says Oduro eat
		
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			smbd Rebecca Bill Hekmati while
more Eagleton hacer una when you
		
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			call people to Allah subhanho wa
Taala use hekman use wisdom. Often
		
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			in this day and age, people think
that you need knowledge. Yes, you
		
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			need knowledge, but there are a
lot of people who use that
		
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			knowledge at the wrong time in the
wrong way. And instead of bringing
		
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			people closer to Allah, they end
up pushing people away from Allah
		
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			subhanho wa taala. So Allah is
saying that use Hikmah and a good
		
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			word use a proper technique of
giving advice in order to call
		
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			people to Allah subhanho wa Taala
likewise, when Allah talks about
		
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			Ibrahim out to you some and giving
Dawa he also talks about how
		
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			patient he was. Allah talks about
that he how he would when he would
		
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			give Dawa he was very arrogant in
his approach. And not only that,
		
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			but because all three Abrahamic
faiths, the Jews, the Christians
		
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			and the Muslims till today, they
have a great level of respect for
		
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			Ibraheem Alehissalaam but Allah
has set the standard or the set
		
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			the record straight that Ibrahim
alayhi salam was not a Christian.
		
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			He was not Jewish, but rather he
was a Muslim Makana Ibrahim Yahoo
		
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			de Yun wala Nasrani Yun wala can
kind of honey fun Muslimah Allah
		
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			makes us very, very clear in the
Quran. So he sets the record
		
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			straight now. We come to the story
of Ibrahim how to use Salaam and
		
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			the Quran says Allah am Tara. This
is a word that you will find often
		
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			in the Quran Have you not seen?
For example, even social feed
		
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			Allah says the Prophet alayhi
salam alaikum Tara, can you find a
		
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			follow up book of yours?
Haberfield although we know that
		
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			Ibrahim the Prophet SAW Selim, he
never saw what happened to us how
		
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			will feel I mean, in fact, he was
born in the Year of arm will feel.
		
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			So when Allah subhanho wa Taala
says something like this, it does
		
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			not mean only that have you seen
something literally, but it also
		
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			means that Do you understand? Do
you comprehend? Because you know
		
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			when we say that I understand
something you know, when you say I
		
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			see you know, when you understand
something you say what I see you
		
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			mean that I understand this, so
Allah subhanho wa Taala when he
		
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			uses the word Allah I'm Tara, it
means Allah is going to share with
		
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			us certain lessons that we need to
		
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			Understand. So Allah says, Allah.
Have you not seen the story of
		
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			that King? I am Tara Isla levy
heard him. Have you not seen the
		
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			story of that king who disputed
with Ibrahim Ali, you sit down.
		
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			Now Hijjah has a very negative
meaning it means that to bring
		
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			someone down means that you want
to debate with someone to bring
		
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			someone down to humiliate them.
And this was the nature of all the
		
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			previous tyrannical kings, all
those who were far from Allah who
		
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			disbelieved in a law in order to
protect their reputation. They
		
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			were trying to humiliate the
profits and the case of numb rude
		
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			he tried to humiliate Ibrahim
alayhi salam, he tried to
		
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			humiliate humiliate the Dawa of
Ibrahim Ali Hassan, even in the
		
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			case of Musa alayhis salam for own
is calling Musa and he's trying to
		
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			destroy his credibility and trying
to paint him as the threat instead
		
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			of him understanding that he's a
threat. He's a criminal. He's
		
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			trying to pay Musa as a criminal.
He's trying to say that Mussolini
		
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			Assam is a threat here. So this
was the nature of these kinds of
		
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			previous people. So Allah says LM
Tara Isla de hija, Ibrahima, fear
		
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			Robbie, an atta, hula homework.
Why is he acting in this way?
		
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			Because Allah gave him power in
authority. And when you have power
		
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			and authority and you don't use it
properly, and it is not combined
		
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			with taqwa in the fear of Allah,
it can make a person arrogant
		
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			Wallahi. We've seen this all of us
I'm sure you will agree with agree
		
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			with me when I say this. You have
seen people in your lives, that
		
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			when they have a little power,
when they have some authority, it
		
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			corrupts them. So this is
something that we find in the
		
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			story of nonroad. Then what did he
say? He says, If Paula Ibrahim
		
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			will remember when Ibrahim said to
him, he says, Rob be a levy, your
		
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			Free Will you meet? My rod is so
powerful, that He gives life and
		
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			He gives us? So this man he says,
I know who you owe me, I do the
		
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			same thing too. So what did he do?
He gave he called a person. There
		
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			was nothing no charges against
him. He took his life. And he
		
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			called the person who was supposed
to be put on death row. And he
		
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			gave him life again. He says, See,
this person was destined to die.
		
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			I've given him life again. So
what's the difference? He says
		
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			Allah for in Allah. Yeah, TB,
Shamcey Meenal machine 85 TB
		
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			Hammond and Maghrib. My Rob, he
brings a son from the east, and he
		
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			sets it in the West. If you think
that you have the same capacity as
		
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			Allah, why don't you bring it from
the west. The Quran says that when
		
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			he made this kind of argument,
this, the Quran says for bougie,
		
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			tell levy kufr. Bolita means to be
in a state of the wilderness, like
		
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			you're in such a state of shock,
that you don't even know what to
		
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			say, let me give you a good
example. Some years ago, there was
		
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			a CNN had actually brought it
brought on an American politician.
		
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			And this American politician was
sort of complaining that I don't
		
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			see how Muslims can be in a
position of politics. Because when
		
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			you come in a position of power
and authority, you have to swear
		
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			upon us generally people do this
where upon the Bible, I'm sure
		
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			you've seen this story before, or
this clip before, it was
		
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			circulating a lot on social media.
So the CNN man says, the anchor
		
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			says that Did you know that you
don't have to actually if there
		
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			are Muslims, you don't have to
actually swear on the Bible. And
		
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			then he says that this is the law,
they can swear upon the Quran
		
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			also. And if you go back to this
clip, and you see it, this man is
		
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			basically telling him that Senator
Don't you know the laws of your
		
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			own country, and you should have
seen his face, you should have
		
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			seen his face, his mouth was open,
and he had no idea what to say,
		
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			the Quran, the word of mouth, he
says something interesting, the
		
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			word Boo heeta has three different
phases. You know, when we say the
		
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			stages of grief, there are stages
of Boo heeta. The first is a state
		
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			of shock. Like how could this even
happen? The second stage is that
		
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			acknowledging the fact that oh my
god, I'm wrong. And the third
		
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			stage is humiliation. All these
three things happen to the mood.
		
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			You're inside. He's in a state of
shock. He has no idea what to say
		
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			to Ibrahim alayhis salam. So this
is the very first story. The
		
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			second story is Ocala de mer,
Allah bieten so Allah is
		
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			continuing with the first story
when he says alum, Tara Don't you
		
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			understand? And now he's starting
the next story. He talks about a
		
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			man who passed by a city and the
entire city was completely vacant.
		
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			No one was living there. In fact,
the Quran says that so much time
		
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			had gone by over the city that the
roofs fell on the walls. And this
		
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			is Allah's way of describing time,
by the way, because if you look at
		
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			a house, imagine a house that is
completely abandoned for a long
		
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			time. I've slowly and gradually it
will begin to have cracks. The
		
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			foundation will go bad and slowly
and gradually the walls will cave
		
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			in
		
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			And the roof falls on top.
Likewise, Allah saying that so
		
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			much time had gone by, that this
place had been abandoned for such
		
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			a long time that the roofs fell on
that fell on the walls. Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala says that this
man, someone one of my they said
		
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			that he was already used to them.
He says to Allah subhanho wa Taala
		
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			came for you he had the hidden
albidum OTL how's this all gonna
		
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			come back to life? Now by the way,
one thing I do want to mention
		
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			this is also why is it that the
Quran talks so much about the life
		
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			here after about life after death?
Because when the Quran was being
		
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			revealed, there were many groups,
many religions who deny this idea
		
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			to begin with that once we die,
there is something called
		
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			resurrection. That is why one of
the key themes of the MKi sutras
		
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			was that there is something called
Life After Death. People
		
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			disbelieve this, there was even in
Christianity and some aspects of
		
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			Christianity in some denominations
of Christianity, they had a
		
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			totally different idea. And that
is why Allah subhanho wa Taala he
		
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			mentioned this often in the Quran.
So this man says, How are you
		
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			going to bring all this back to
life? So ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada it
		
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			says, For America who law who meet
at the Iman, Allah gave this man
		
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			death for how long me a time and
100 years. Then he says, he felt
		
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			meant to allow me I didn't ask him
about artha that ALLAH SubhanA
		
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			resurrect him after 100 years. He
says Paula coming up with Allah is
		
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			asking this man, how long were
you? How long were you asleep? He
		
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			says loveth to Yeoman. Oh Baba
young probably a day or some part
		
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			of a day. He says Allah come with
me at Iman. In fact, you were
		
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			asleep for 100 years. Then Allah
subhanho wa Taala he says fungal
		
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			Isla panoramica we should all be
Kalamata Sana wonder Illa hematic
		
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			Allah saying look at your food
your food has not gone has not
		
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			gone what has not gone spoiled.
Okay, your food is say the same
		
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			way as it was 100 years ago. But
look at your animal. One Lord Eli
		
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			Acumatica Wally Niger Iloka Yetta
Lynas, look at your donkey has
		
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			become bones. Now, by the way,
when we look at the story, we
		
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			simply say Oh Allah subhanho wa
Taala did not let the food go bad
		
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			Allah let the animal you know turn
into bones. What's the big deal?
		
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			There is a very beautiful point
behind this we don't understand.
		
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			When you look at animals you look
at you look at a carcass and you
		
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			look at food. Generally speaking,
scientifically speaking, which one
		
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			will go to which one will go to
waste first, which one will become
		
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			bad first, the food you see this
is Allah's way of showing his
		
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			power, that the food that journey
goes sour A goes badly becomes
		
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			rotten. That is what Allah
protected. On the other hand, the
		
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			animal the carcass, which usually
takes years and years for eight to
		
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			turn from, from a fully flesh
animal from a carcass to just only
		
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			bones takes a whole lot more time.
But this is Allah's way of showing
		
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			that I'm not just only I don't
only I don't only have the
		
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			capacity of bringing life to it
from bringing life after death,
		
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			but I also control time. This is
something that no one can control
		
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			that the food was okay but the
animal the carcass, when
		
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			completely it will became only
bones. Then Allah subhanho wa
		
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			Taala shares Allah story we
brought him out even Salam, and
		
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			then he brought him out here
someone's asking ALLAH SubhanA wa
		
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			Tala Ya Allah, how do you bring
life after death? Allah asked
		
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			Ibraheem Alehissalaam Do you not
actually believe Do you have
		
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			doubts in your iman? He says, No,
I don't have doubts in my Eman.
		
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			Well I can leave to my Nickleby
just for my contentment sake. He
		
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			says all of our hoods arboretum
Miata, take four birds, cut them
		
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			into pieces, distribute them on
different mountains, and then call
		
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			them and you will see how Allah
subhanho wa Taala brings all of
		
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			them back together. So now you
have three different conversations
		
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			taking place, but what are some of
the key lessons Inshallah, just
		
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			give me five more minutes, I'm
going to go through some important
		
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			key lessons. The very first thing
that we learned from this story of
		
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			Ibrahim alayhis salam is the Quran
says that num root is the one who
		
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			debated Ibrahim alayhis salam. It
was not Ibrahim debating num ruled
		
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			by him who initiated the who
initiated the debate. What do we
		
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			learn from this? It is a an ethic
that our Dean has taught us that
		
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			we should not unnecessarily engage
in debates, and especially
		
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			initiate debates, when there is no
productive if there is no gonna be
		
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			no productivity that will come out
of this. Imagine arguing with
		
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			someone or debating with someone
and there's nothing good that's
		
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			going to come out of it than the
rdn has taught us. There's no need
		
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			to even engage in a debate like
this. Now, the only times you can
		
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			actually debate with someone,
because not all debates are bad.
		
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			There are times when Yes, you can
debate someone, especially when
		
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			you have a person who's trying to
put down Islam or you have a
		
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			person who is saying negative
things.
		
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			things on social media about Islam
uh, you get in touch with that
		
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			person and you have the knowledge
this is key, you have the
		
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			knowledge, you have the backing of
you know you you've studied enough
		
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			on that subject matter that you
feel that you feel that you can
		
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			actually have a proper academic
conversation with this man and you
		
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			can engage in a debate that no
problem but to simply go and
		
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			initiated debate is just not part
of our deen. In fact, our Alma
		
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			have said that there are many
people of the past and we find
		
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			even today many youth also to be
frank, they feel the need, I want
		
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			to go and study knowledge so that
I can put down such as that person
		
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			so I can prove myself to someone
else to someone else. This is the
		
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			wrong reason of gaining knowledge
is actually shows that your Nia is
		
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			not in the correct place when
attaining knowledge. So this is
		
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			the very first thing when it comes
to giving Dawa. There is no need
		
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			to engage in a debate. Now you
find many times, you find many
		
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			organizations that will set up a
stall or a booth and people are
		
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			walking by and they're giving them
Dawa, handing them flyers Quran
		
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			and so forth. There's nothing
wrong with that. But imagine a man
		
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			coming and he decided want to
listen, and he wants you to simply
		
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			engage in a debate and so forth.
Then usually in that kind of
		
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			situation when you know that even
no matter what you will say is
		
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			going to fall on deaf ears. You
really just simply walk away from
		
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			that because when you are going to
say whatever you want to say, if
		
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			they're not willing to listen,
then there's no point you rather
		
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			save your breath to give Dawa to
someone else. So this is something
		
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			that we understand when it comes
to giving Dawa in the Quran. Also
		
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			when it comes to giving Dawa we
see Ibrahim alayhis salam Ibrahim
		
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			Al you some said my Rob gives life
and death. He said my he says I
		
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			also give life and death. What
Abraham is on duty he began to
		
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			argue with him, how do you give
life and death and so forth? Even
		
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			the fact that this this man No
mood, he gave life to a person who
		
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			was on death row and killed a man
who was completely innocent. That
		
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			logic in itself does not make
sense. But you see Ibrahim Ali
		
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			some did not argue with this man.
He just brought up another
		
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			argument Simple as that. And when
it comes to giving Dawa This is a
		
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			very key thing. You make your
points your job. Our job is to
		
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			state the facts. Our job is to
give Dawa and call people to Allah
		
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			subhana wa Taala it is not
necessarily our job to show the
		
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			the the fallibility of their Dawa.
It is not our job to show the
		
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			flaws of their religion. Our Deen
has made it very clear you state
		
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			who Allah is you bring people to
look towards Islam. This is what
		
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			Dawa is. Another important thing
that we find also from this story
		
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			is an atta hula homework. Why is
he arrogant because of the
		
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			authority that he has given us.
And the reality is brothers,
		
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			sisters, we all in some state, in
some shape or form, we are going
		
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			to be in a position of authority
at some time in our life.
		
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			authority, power corrupts. We've
heard this before. This is why
		
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			power is a responsibility. If I'm
a man, and I have a responsibility
		
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			to look after my family, I have
that authority. That is why Allah
		
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			is gonna ask me as a man of the
house, how much do I take care of
		
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			my family? Did I protect my family
for the fire? jahannam? Did I
		
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			educate my family? Why? Because I
am in a position of power and
		
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			authority. Why is it? Think about
it? When you read the Quran? We
		
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			have to use our mind when Allah
talks about the rights of men and
		
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			women. Why do you start off with
men? Think about it for a moment.
		
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			Why? Because men have that
authority in the family. When
		
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			Allah talks about men and their
authority, they will be the very
		
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			first ones question on the Day of
Judgment also because they had
		
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			that authority. So whenever we are
a position of authority, we have
		
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			to use our authority in the
correct way. A third lesson to be
		
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			learned from all this is, is it
wrong? To ask questions about
		
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			Allah subhanho wa taala. You see
Ibrahim Alia some is asking a
		
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			question about Allah. The story
the second story of Hosea Allah
		
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			you some as many olema they say
he's asking a question to Allah
		
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			subhanho wa taala. Does this mean
that asking questions is wrong?
		
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			It's not wrong. The key thing is
that you can say that, Why did
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala do this?
Now a lot of times we may not find
		
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			the answer to everything. Like
someone can come to me and say,
		
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			Why did Allah tell us to do we'll
do this way? I don't know that.
		
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			You're a saint. I may come up with
the hikma and the wisdom, I made
		
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			sure that what we think is right,
but at the end of the day, every
		
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			single law that comes from Allah,
I don't need to provide a proof or
		
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			reason why Allah said it. If Allah
said it, Allah said it simple as
		
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			that. When people have come to me
and say, Why did Allah say this
		
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			such as such? Because Allah said,
as simple as that we don't need to
		
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			provide an answer, but at the same
time, a person in their own mind
		
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			is thinking to themselves. I
wonder Why did Allah say this?
		
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			Then in that case, first of all,
is that the Eman of a person
		
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			should say, because Allah said so
		
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			But of course in the case of
Ibrahim Ali some you saying your
		
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			Allah just for my contentment of
heart sake. And that case you can
		
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			make this dua to Allah, if Allah
brings it to the knowledgeable
		
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			person, no problem, but the NIA
has to be correct. I'm not asking
		
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			or not thinking about this,
because I'm objecting to Allah,
		
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			but rather for probably from my
content sake, but Iman is
		
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			required. And the last thing I'm
going to share is that this this
		
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			story of Ibrahim alayhis salam,
where he's asking Allah to how do
		
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			you bring life to death? Or bring
life after death? And he brought
		
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			in Allah is saying to Abraham, are
you some? Do you not? Will you
		
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			have doubts in your faith?
Interestingly, there was a there
		
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			was a, there was a conversation
that took place one time between
		
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			two Sahaba the Allah I know, I'm
blaming ibis, and I'm like, Oh my
		
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			God, Allah Juan. And they both
were asking each other a question
		
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			and he said that to you. What is
the idea that provides you the
		
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			most amount of hope they're asking
each other. So Abdullah bin Ahmed
		
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			says, the idea that provides me
the most amount of Hope is the
		
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			idea. Kalia everybody. Alladhina
Asafa unfussy him they're talking
		
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			to me Rahmatullah that, no matter
how much far we have gone from
		
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			Allah subhanho wa taala. Always
come back to Allah, Allah will
		
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			forgive our sins. I'm delighted,
but I bet says that, for me, the
		
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			ayat that provides me the most
amount of hope. Now, keeping in
		
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			mind, Abdullah Abbas who he was,
he was a very knowledgeable young
		
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			Sahabi of the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam. So when it comes
		
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			to people who are very
knowledgeable, they're always
		
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			thinking on a different level
compared to everyone else. He says
		
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			that the idea that provides me the
most amount of hope in the Quran,
		
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			is this idea where Ibrahim alayhis
salam is asking Allah, the how
		
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			does he bring life after death?
And he says that the reason why is
		
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			because I least I know that I can
think about some of these kinds of
		
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			questions. And I'm not crossing
any limits of my Eman. I have that
		
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			you know, damage flexibility, that
I can ask where I can think about
		
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			these kinds of questions. So he
says that to me, this idea
		
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			provides the most amount of hope.
So three stories a lot of lessons
		
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			from $1 perspective, question, I
mean, from authority perspective,
		
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			things to be learned also I ask
Allah subhanho wa Taala once again
		
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			after this you know inshallah once
this is uploaded, you can again go
		
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			back to all the lessons that
reflections but that is the key,
		
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			the story is not the key, the
lessons and the reflections are
		
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			the key. So we ask Allah subhanaw
taala they grant us the trophy to
		
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			apply all these things in our
life. I mean, what would it mean
		
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			where does that come Allah Hi,
Salaam Alaikum to label to catch
		
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			him
		
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			in Mussolini now almost Lima de
one meaning me nothing will
		
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			quantity now I looked on it that
thing was slowly being I was
		
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			sliding on the one saw Dina was
Slavia right the one before she
		
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			you know wonderful she
		
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			wouldn't fall she mean I want to
fall she is the one downside BP
		
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			now one downside the importing was
slow on me and I was all in
		
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			one you have you Lena photo
gentleman one half of what he was
		
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			that good enough long I guess.
		
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			Was the guilt or I don't know hula
		
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			nauseam