Nouman Ali Khan – Happiness Is A By-Product Of Living With Purpose

Nouman Ali Khan
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The segment discusses the importance of pursuing happiness and finding the right goal in life. The speaker emphasizes the importance of understanding the "brink haven't been solved" in video games and following rules and a certain approach to success in video games. They also emphasize the importance of following rules and using a certain approach to success in video games. The segment then touches on the concept of happiness and how it is a byproduct of a clear purpose and being achieved. The speaker also discusses expenses and the importance of finding the right goal in life, as well as the importance of achieving happiness and pursuing it.

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			And the amazing thing about the we
call in America of course probably
		
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			the pursuit of happiness, isn't
it? The incredible thing about
		
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			pursuing happiness is the most
depressed people are the people
		
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			that are trying to be happy.
		
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			They're just it's a fleeting
constantly escaping thing. Yeah
		
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			Allah I need a new car. I need a
new job. I need this. I need this.
		
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			I need this all they're asking for
Allah says they will have nothing
		
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			in the afterlife.
		
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			That's pretty harsh. It sounds
pretty hard. Yeah, Allah was just
		
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			asking for a car. Why will I not
have anything in the afterlife?
		
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			Allah says but then there are
people who say give me the best of
		
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			this life. Give me beautiful
things in this life and beautiful
		
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			things in the next slide. What is
this is teaching us what is his
		
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			daughter teaching?
		
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			At hamdulillah
		
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			Al Hamdulillah holofil module
demon and Adam.
		
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			Ibrahim alayhis salam Hina. Can I
offer a debate in the hill Mohan
		
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			for Salah Allahu alayhi wa sallam
what Allah it's very he Hyrule
		
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			a Latina BarakAllahu li him
catheter Nasir Alba Birmingham was
		
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			Agim.
		
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			For hamdulillah let he let me
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			mean a truly like a beautiful
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			Well hamdulillah Hilla? De Anza
Allah Allah over the hill Kitab
		
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			Wallonia Allah wherever
		
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			well hamdulillah Latina hamadeh
who want to start you know who
		
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			want to stop Pharaoh? When we know
he won at our Colorado he went
		
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			through the builder him and surely
unforeseen element say Dr. Molina.
		
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			When you had a healer who fell
over another woman you will follow
		
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			her the other
		
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			one a shadow Allah ilaha illallah
Wacka hula Sharika
		
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			when a shadow Ana Mohammed and
Abdullah he was a solo or Salah
		
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			hula hula Allah Bill Hooda was in
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			waka Fabula he Shahida
		
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			for sallallahu alayhi wa seldom at
the Sleeman Kathira and Kathira
		
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			another thing that was stuck on
Hadith he Kitab Allah wa Halal had
		
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			he had you Mohammed in sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam
		
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			Called Allahumma Exogen pika
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			will let him initiate on a regime
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			rubbish actually southern USA the
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			recently of Coco Lee, Allahu
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			ilaha illallah wa sallahu wa
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			to Saudi had what was it? What was
the suburb? I mean? Yeah, I mean,
		
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			this last week, I received a
question from a young person about
		
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			what doors they can make to have
an easy life. And what doors can
		
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			they make to Allah? Are there any
special vicar they can do? Or any
		
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			practices they can do? That they
can get what they want, like
		
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			there's something they really
want, they're praying for it, they
		
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			really want to have it there. What
can they do to make sure that they
		
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			get that? And I thought it was a
very profound question. And I also
		
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			thought that it's a question that
many, many people have. And what I
		
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			wanted to dedicate this goodbye
to, is the roots behind that
		
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			question sometimes as a teacher,
in my own experience, and also as
		
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			a student, some of my best
teachers when they heard a
		
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			question from me, they didn't
answer my question, the analyzed
		
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			this, they saw the question as the
fruit. And they tried to get to
		
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			the root and address the root,
because simply answering the
		
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			question would actually not
address the root problem, if you
		
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			if you get what I'm saying. So
behind this question, there's
		
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			actually a an entire way of
thinking about reality, a way of
		
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			thinking about Allah, a way of
thinking or thinking about life.
		
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			And it's connected to all of that
it's connected to essentially a
		
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			worldview. So it's probably best
to start at the root instead of
		
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			addressing the fruit or addressing
the branch. And that's what I'm
		
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			hoping to do in this brief few
minutes that I have with you. And
		
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			I want to start because this was
asked by a young person, I want to
		
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			start with something that
hopefully a lot of young folks,
		
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			probably a lot of old folks like
myself too can relate to. And
		
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			that's video games.
		
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			Video games are
		
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			are pretty addictive, and there
are a lot of fun. And people of
		
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			all ages enjoy them. But there's a
psychology behind video games, you
		
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			know exactly what you have to put
in. And you'll know exactly what
		
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			you'll get out. You have to,
there's a certain way to beat this
		
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			boss, there's a certain way to
unlock this level, there's a
		
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			certain way you have to go about
moving from one, one level to the
		
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			next one boss to the next one
puzzle to the next, etc. If you
		
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			want to earn, you know, coin, you
want to earn one level up, or you
		
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			want to rank up, there are rules
inside the video game, the
		
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			programmers, the developers of the
game, they create these rules
		
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			inside this world that they
create. And you follow those
		
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			rules. And so long as you can
follow those rules, the better you
		
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			are at following the rules, the
more results you're gonna get.
		
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			Exactly. So if you do this, this
this, you're gonna move up, there
		
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			are no surprises, there is no
mystery. And that's why people
		
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			that are hardcore gamers, and they
are having a hard time with a
		
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			particular game or a level or
something, they'll go to YouTube
		
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			to their YouTube, you know, walk
through shape, and have them walk,
		
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			this is how you do it. You see,
let me let me be your morshed and
		
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			guide you to press X hold L one
and then do this and then and then
		
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			you win. Okay, so now the rules
are set for you to succeed.
		
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			It's not all that different from
sports, even though sports has
		
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			some more unpredictability. But
even in sports, here's the here's
		
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			the field, it's many, many sports,
it's shaped like a rectangle. And
		
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			here's your objective. If you can
meet that objective, you win. If
		
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			you don't meet that objective, you
fail, it's simple, clear, that's
		
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			all you got to do. This is what's
required of you. Okay?
		
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			Life doesn't work that way.
		
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			And life's too, people are putting
in exactly the same amount of
		
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			work, exactly the same amount of
work. And one of them gets a lot
		
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			of benefit from that work and the
other one doesn't.
		
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			Many of you are students in
university or school and I know
		
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			many of you have summer off right
now. But you have you put in so
		
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			much work to try to pass an exam
and you barely got a 70. And the
		
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			friend of yours was clearly no
longer a friend didn't even
		
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			remember that there's an exam. And
they got to 75 start here, I did
		
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			all this stuff. And you did
nothing. And then you went out of
		
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			your way to be top of your class
to, you know, to be the 4.0 GPA to
		
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			be the valedictorian, all this
stuff. Because you have this
		
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			entire plan in your head, first,
I'm going to be the best at
		
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			school, then I'm going to ace my
interviews, then I'm going to get
		
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			this job done. I'm going to do
this, then I'm going to do this
		
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			whole plan was laid off. And then
you had a friend who was like,
		
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			Yeah, I don't know what I want to
do with my life, man, I don't
		
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			know. And then you both graduate,
and three years have gone by you
		
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			can't find a job. And he already
got a six figure offer before he
		
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			graduated. And you're looking at
that doesn't seem fair, I did all
		
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			this work. There's one getting all
this benefit. This is not the same
		
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			as a video game. In fact, some
psychologists even argue people
		
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			are drawn to video games, because
it's life is simpler inside the
		
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			game. Because you follow the
rules, and you get these results.
		
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			But outside this outside the world
of the video game, doesn't matter
		
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			how many rules you follow, you
don't get the same results,
		
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			everybody's getting different
results. And this young person
		
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			who's saying, hey, is there a
cheat code in Islam, that says if
		
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			I do this to Allah, and if I do
this vicar this many times, then
		
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			this will unlock for me in life.
This will open up for me this
		
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			blessing will come in my way.
Right? Is there something I can
		
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			get that can do this, this and by
the way, this is not just a
		
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			teenager, you have old people
coming and saying, Can you give me
		
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			one vicar that I can convince my
son to marry this girl? Or do this
		
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			or this? Can you and everybody's
looking for a cheat code like in
		
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			the video game? Like a walkthrough
from within Islam to try to figure
		
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			out how they can make life easy.
Look, my first answer to that
		
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			question
		
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			is why? Why do you want life to
become easier? Because we are now
		
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			wrapped up in a worldview where
the ultimate objective of my life
		
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			is to actually be happy.
		
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			Like the the highest thing I can
reach. If I have that life would
		
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			be good if I was happy.
		
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			And the amazing thing about the we
call in America of course probably
		
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			the pursuit of happiness, isn't
it?
		
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			The incredible thing about
pursuing happiness is the most
		
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			depressed people are the people
that are trying to be happy.
		
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			They're just it's a fleeting,
constantly escaping thing. I can
		
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			be very happy when I'm eating ice
cream, and then it's over. And now
		
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			I'm sad that I ate ice cream and I
have to pay the consequences.
		
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			Right? So this idea that we're
running after this thing, if I
		
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			have this I will be happy or
honorable described very clearly
		
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			the delusion
		
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			A little nature of that kind of
thinking.
		
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			And Allah azza wa jal will
describe it analogy and sort of
		
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			sort of Hadith and describe it as
Fatah who was thought one, like
		
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			the farmer who was going to be so
happy that his crop is growing.
		
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			And then he's just gonna watch it
turn yellow, it's gonna go dry.
		
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			Like, his ultimate goal was man,
when this farm girls tall and the
		
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			stalks grow tall, I'm gonna make
all my years worth of money, it's
		
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			finally gonna pay off, I did all
the work, I did everything right,
		
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			it's gonna pay off. And Allah says
Fedora almost full run through my
		
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			Apolo Catarman, you'll see it turn
yellow, it'll turn something into
		
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			crust that you just step on it,
and that nothing now, there's
		
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			nothing now.
		
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			So the first thing that I want to
share with you is, maybe we're
		
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			pursuing the wrong I'm not saying
you shouldn't be happy. Hopefully,
		
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			by the end of this football, you
will be clear about that. I'm not
		
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			saying you shouldn't be happy.
		
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			What I am saying is we're looking
for the wrong goal. To be happy.
		
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			We're looking for what is the
right goal is what I'm trying to
		
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			get at.
		
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			Instead of saying My purpose is to
be happy.
		
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			The Quran is actually arguing
happiness is a byproduct of when
		
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			you live purposefully,
		
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			when you have a clear purpose, she
wants to accomplish something
		
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			meaningful. In your life, you want
to do something you want to make
		
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			the most of what Allah has given
you. And what Allah has given you
		
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			is not the same as what he gave
the next person and the next
		
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			person and the next person. For
some people, they can sleep and
		
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			pass the test. Some people can
stay up a whole year and barely
		
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			pass the test. Allah has not given
everybody the same ability. I used
		
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			to teach, you know, full time I
used to teach Arabic. And I had
		
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			some students that barely attended
class, and we're on top of
		
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			everything. And I did not like
them. And then there were students
		
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			who used to work so hard, they
would get there one hour before
		
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			class starts, they would stay two
hours after class ends, working,
		
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			working, working, working. And at
the end of like a year of teaching
		
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			them I had to say, Mahabharata,
hula hula Arabiya.
		
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			Like Allah did not create this
person for Arabic. Like he's, he's
		
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			an engineer, he's an amazing
engineers genius in his field.
		
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			Can't do now this is not for him.
		
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			And for somebody else, this is
		
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			what I'm trying to get at is one,
unlike a video game, or unlike a
		
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			sport where you follow this and
you'll get this result. Then you
		
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			can see somebody else did it and
they got that result so you can
		
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			look at somebody else and follow
their way. You can't do that in
		
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			life. And that's not what Quran is
describing. In fact, the Quran is
		
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			actually prescribing the opposite.
Without the turban Noma football
		
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			Allah hooby Heba welcome I love
and this sort of thing, this app.
		
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			He said, Don't stop wishing for
what preferences Allah has given
		
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			some people over other people,
some people are just stronger than
		
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			you are. Some people are smarter
at some things than you are. Some
		
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			people are better at business than
you are. You know, they opened up
		
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			a restaurant and it took off, I
opened the the restaurant and I
		
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			went bankrupt. It's not fit, same
neighborhood, I should have picked
		
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			a different neighborhood at least.
Right? So the first thing to get
		
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			out of his comparison,
		
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			and nobody else's life is gonna
play out like your life is gonna
		
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			play out Allah has drawn and
mapped out each of our lives
		
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			differently. The second thing that
we have to understand is that one
		
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			person's blessing is another
person's curse.
		
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			The same thing, the same, exactly.
You would think beauty is a
		
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			blessing.
		
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			Beauty good looks are a blessing,
good looks, God uses a lesson I'm
		
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			in jail.
		
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			You will think being strong as a
blessing. Right? The strength of
		
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			Musa alayhis salam is the reason
he had to run away from Egypt.
		
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			You will, in some contexts, the
same thing that you think is
		
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			amazing, is the very thing that
can get you in a lot of trouble.
		
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			That same thing, and for somebody
else, it might even be a blessing.
		
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			For some people get you losing
their job was the best thing that
		
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			ever happened to them. But you
would think losing a job was a
		
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			terrible thing. But all these
other opportunities opened up
		
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			because they lost their job.
		
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			For some other people, they lost
their job and it's actually a
		
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			difficulty. We don't know. So
firstly, we cannot have a black
		
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			and white definition of what is a
blessing and what is a curse? What
		
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			is it? What isn't the amount what
is an o'clock? We can't We can't
		
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			judge that. We don't know. This
was the lesson Allah was teaching
		
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			Musa alayhis salam through his
journey in South Africa have what
		
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			looks like a blessing might be a
curse, but might might be a might
		
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			be a crystal it's like a blessing.
You don't know there's a there's a
		
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			long term plan that Allah has will
Allahu Allahu Allah is the One who
		
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			knows you don't know.
		
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			We don't know and you it may be
what I signed Takara who shall
		
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			be so you don't really don't like
something but it's good for you.
		
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			Something good has come out of it.
As I'm Takahashi and where's all
		
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			along FIFA played in Cathedral. It
maybe you don't like something
		
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			Allah has put a lot of good in it.
		
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			So now we step back and I tried to
look at my life, we try to look at
		
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			your life and we understand it
from a lens. And what's that lens?
		
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			The two things I want to leave you
with. One of them is this idea
		
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			that I started with this isn't
suited MBR Allah says Kulu laughs
		
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			in the cartoon mouse, every person
shall be tasting death that's
		
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			bound to happen, in fact that I
call that a quarter multi Lofa
		
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			almost suggests, as if you're
already tasting it. Like every
		
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			day, every breath is a small taste
of death, and we're inching
		
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			towards it for the ultimate taste
of it. That's already started. So
		
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			instead of getting lost, and if I
had this, I would be happy. And
		
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			even if you had that death is
coming and taking that away and
		
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			you away.
		
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			You understand? Like, imagine
somebody who's, you know, whose
		
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			house is on fire and they're
worried about then if I just had
		
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			barbecue chicken right now, this
would be so good. No, no, there's
		
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			a there's a fire approaching. It's
coming. Right now. Maybe the
		
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			chicken wouldn't be nice. But
maybe you need to think about
		
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			getting out of this house right
now. There's a bigger problem at
		
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			hand. So first, Allah puts things
in perspective, you don't have a
		
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			lot of time I don't have a lot of
time. Death is coming and there's
		
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			no way I can avoid it. It's on its
way. Then he says just because
		
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			death is coming by the way, I
don't have to become depressed and
		
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			dark and put like dark eyeliner
underneath and start listening to
		
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			heavy metal emo music and like,
everything is gone. Everyone's
		
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			gonna die. You're gonna die,
death, death, death. You know, you
		
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			don't have to do that. Allah says
what a blue cone. And we will
		
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			absolutely test you with a blue
condition we will high we will
		
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			test you with good and bad
actually literally says he will
		
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			test you with bad and good will
test you with bad and good. That's
		
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			what Allah says. Death is coming.
But before it comes, there's going
		
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			to be a lot of bad things in your
life and it's going to be good
		
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			things in your life. And that's
Allah's plan for you.
		
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			The idea that oh my god, why did
something bad happened to me?
		
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			How come Allah let something bad
happened to me the same way I will
		
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			let many good things happen to us.
		
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			That was part of the plan. What's
supposed to happen?
		
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			If I could just find a cheat code
to lock like anything bad ever
		
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			happened to me ever. You're not
getting ready for life. You know,
		
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			look, man at a salon was teaching
his child how to live as a
		
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			believer in the Quran. Like, how
to prepare him for life. And he's
		
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			a kid this is just a kid. You know
what he told him? One of the
		
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			things he told them is what spirit
Isla sabak
		
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			BPAY patient we must be strong. We
have grit over whatever hits you,
		
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			meaning life will hit you. Things
will come. You need to be patient
		
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			with and it started with a niche
couldn't be grateful to Allah is
		
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			where we started. And in the same
passage, he's telling his child be
		
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			ready for all the things that
life's gonna be tough.
		
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			I couldn't protect myself from the
bad things that were going to come
		
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			in my life. I'm in no position to
protect my child.
		
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			The only thing I can do is prepare
my child. This The only thing I
		
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			can do is prepare my child. Allah
will test you with difficult
		
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			situations and with good with
hardship and with ease with bed
		
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			and with good, he will test you I
want to tell you a little bit
		
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			before I let you go about the word
test.
		
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			The word test here is Bella no
gluco Bella. It comes from the
		
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			Arabic word bulimia. And bulimia
was a weird, twisted practice of
		
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			the Arabs when the Arabs had
somebody died, some rich guy died
		
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			and they buried him and used to
have a camel. They would tie the
		
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			camel to his grave and not feed
the camel and let it die. Like
		
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			torture the camel by letting it
die slowly by tying it to the
		
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			grave of the guy who died. Okay.
And the Yanni says a turtle and
		
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			accompany Sahibi have so now
gotten to Oracle and the companies
		
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			are heavy handed. Well, that's not
fun. It's not fed. It's not given
		
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			anything, let it die slowly and
it's going through a banana. The
		
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			Campbell is going through
Herbalife it's being tested slowly
		
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			and rigorously. Let's see how long
it lasts. The word suggests that
		
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			Allah will test us in a way that
will essentially be a test of our
		
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			stamina. Like you might survive
the test today. But it's the test
		
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			isn't over. It'll come again and
your ability to withstand that
		
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			test is a little bit reduced
tomorrow and a little bit reduced
		
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			tomorrow. Or when Allah tests and
what does it mean that we all know
		
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			Allah tests were bad? Well, what
does it mean Allah tests with
		
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			good, Allah test with good too,
because when somebody gets hit
		
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			with good, they're like, I can
afford to be a little bad. Allah
		
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			is so good to me.
		
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			I can afford it a little bit. Come
on, let me have some fun,
		
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			you know, different kinds of
tests. The good thing that
		
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			happened to you might become the
worst thing that ever happened to
		
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			you because you fail the test.
		
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			And the bad thing that happened to
you might be the best thing that
		
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			ever because you pass the test.
That's not gonna happen.
		
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			And so he says what you laid out
on your own in the end, you're
		
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			going to have to be returned to us
to die. I want to leave you with
		
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			in this last minute. I said we're
pursuing happiness, we need to be
		
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			pursuing purpose instead. You know
when we
		
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			Make Hutch
		
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			and we're doing
		
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			every time we come across the
Brooklyn we say Robin attina for
		
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			dunya Hasina will ask you about
the Hassan Okinawa now this is a
		
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			drug that almost everybody here
knows. In this lab we ask Allah
		
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			for good and beautiful things in
this life and good and beautiful
		
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			things in the next life and
actually in the passage from which
		
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			it comes in certain Bacara Allah
says women who may follow Robina
		
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			attina for dunya Well, hopefully
		
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			some people among them, they just
say Allah give me in this world,
		
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			that Allah I need a new car, I
need a new job. I need this. I
		
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			need this. I need this. All
they're asking for Allah says they
		
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			will have nothing in the
afterlife.
		
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			That's pretty harsh. That sounds
pretty harsh. Yeah, Allah was just
		
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			asking for a car. Why will I not
have anything in the afterlife?
		
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			Allah says, but then there are
people who say give me the best of
		
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			this life. Give me beautiful
things in this life and beautiful
		
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			things in the next life. What is
this is teaching us what is his
		
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			daughter teaching us? There's
Darius teaching us Yeah, Allah
		
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			give me good things in this life,
that directly lead to good things
		
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			in the next life.
		
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			The good things in this life are
truly good when they are
		
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			purposeful.
		
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			And well, how are they purposeful?
They will benefit me in some way
		
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			in the next slide. Last thing,
just cuz I know there's a lot of
		
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			business people in our community
isn't that analogy. From a
		
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			business perspective, there are
some expenses you do
		
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			that are you just lost, you just
throw money down the toilet.
		
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			There's just it just burnt, you
just burnt money. Right. And then
		
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			there are some expenses you do, it
has depreciating value, it adds a
		
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			value, there's a return on the
investment, it's a long term
		
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			investment expenses are going to
be expenses. But if you're going
		
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			to have expenses anyway, might as
well have the kinds of expenses
		
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			that will have some kind of
return. So you make very smart
		
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			choices about your expenses.
That's the Quran is outlook on all
		
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			of dunya I'm gonna experience this
world anyway, might as well
		
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			experience this world in a way
that whenever I'm experiencing
		
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			doing something in this dunya it
is immediately and also
		
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			simultaneously benefiting me in my
head, I'm not only thinking about
		
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			dunya ever, I'm thinking about
dunya and I'm connecting it always
		
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			to Morocco. And in this way the
Quran kept us from becoming
		
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			materialistic. And this way the
Quran kept us from becoming you
		
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			know, Catholic monks who don't
care about the world, we actually
		
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			get the best of both. And now
they're purposeful. Imagine having
		
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			a beautiful car, but you don't you
don't know how to drive. It's not
		
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			a blessing anymore, because you're
not putting it to use you use it
		
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			to hang your clothes on it
		
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			does not It's not its purpose.
Having a having a blessing only
		
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			has purpose when you put it to use
for something higher. And that's
		
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			what the Quran is teaching us.
Good and bad. We have to make the
		
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			most of it. May Allah azza wa jal
make us all people that live in
		
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			life of Allah giving us the good
of this world that leads to the
		
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			good of the next BarakAllahu li
Walakum Quran in the game when the
		
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