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dynamin alladhina. amanu. Aminu solly. Hut. Whatever Saville Huck, what are so visible I mean yellow
but I mean
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in today's brief followed by I'd like to share with you some reflections from the very middle of
Sultan Bukhara
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and in honor of certain Baccarat, many things can be said but I'll just very briefly share with you
a Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in describing to us the rank and the position of
this beautiful surah he says liquidly Shay in Santa Santa Monica and Al Baqarah. Everything has a
peak. The word Suriname is using the Arabic for the hump of a camel the highest point of it. He says
everything has a hump has a peak and the peak of the Quran is Al Baqarah. Is this surah he says this
because this surah contains in it everything that is mentioned everywhere else in the Quran. If
you're looking for anything in the Quran, in any subject matter, there is some point there's some
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reference to it found in this remarkable surah that Allah revealed to His Messenger sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, and the place I want to share with you. There a couple of ayat that I want to talk
to you about today belong to the very middle of this sutra. These are ayat numbers, 142 and 143. And
I'll try to focus my energies more on the 100 and 43rd ayah. But a little bit of background is
necessary. The Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam has moved to Medina. So this is another new surah
some considered one of the early Madani solos, he's moved to Medina and now his audience on the
lohani Cinema is different. The moose raccoon of Arabia, we're different. That's a different
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audience. And now he's come into contact with a Christian and a Jewish community. More so there was
interaction before this, but it was very indirect or very minimal, but now there is direct
interaction with the Jewish and the Christian community. And in particular, the Jewish community,
Allah azza wa jal chose to address first, and you will find an interesting thing along address with
the Christian community is found in the next surah in the Quran. And a long conversation with the
Jewish community is found in Al Baqarah.
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One of the fundamental reasons that the Jewish community of Arabia decided to reject Muhammad
Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam by and large, the reason they rejected him is that he did
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belong to the family.
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He wasn't from the children of his heart. He was from the children of a spine. So he wasn't from the
chosen group. He wasn't quite one of them. And this was one of the fundamental reasons for rejecting
this messenger sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
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Now you should know that when Allah azza wa jal revealed the Quran and he revealed his instructions
and even the monastic the rituals of Islam to His Messenger sallallahu sallam, a lot of them are a
continuation of what Allah gave to Musa alayhis salaam.
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A lot of what we follow is a continuation of the shehryar given to Musa alayhis salam.
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And so as part of that the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam early on, used to fast on the same
days as the Jews. He used to pray in the same direction as the Jews did. You see even praying the
same direction, and actually even claimed Ashura, the day of victory for Musa alayhis salam, as a
day of fasting in celebration even for the Muslims. So there's a lot of parallel. Allah azza wa jal
exposes in certain Bukhara that there's a knowledgeable group among the people of Medina, among the
Jewish community, a knowledgeable people that have actually done their homework, and they looked
into this messenger, and they found that he fits every single description that was given about him
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and their books. So they came to a conclusion that this, in fact, is the Messenger of Allah. And at
the same time, they came to a very strange conclusion also, that no matter what, we will not follow
Him, no matter what, we will not accept him as a messenger. Because what kind of it's almost like
saying, we're kind of mad at Allah, we're mad at God, how can you send it to the wrong address? So
in this in this surah, Allah azza wa jal does is you know, they started even blaming gibreel Ali
Salaam, you know that they started you know, jabril He's the messenger, so he must have got the
wrong recipient because he should have come to one of ours. So Allah defensive la serrana sootel
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Baccarat, he says, When can I do when did you bring in the Who knows? Allahu Allah? Allah, whoever
wants to be an enemy to gibreel Well, he is the one who sent it upon your heart by Allah's
permission. So he let him know and then he told him on top of that, when kinda law he Monica T,
Bruce Lee,
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me Carla mikala, find a lot of caffeine. Whoever becomes an enemy to any one of them. Do you believe
me call any of the messengers to Allah, then they should know they become an enemy of Allah Himself.
Allah comes to the aid of His Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. And so Allah reminds the Jews,
if there's any ounce of sincerity left, listen, he's not from another family. You come from the same
father Ibrahim. So the ayat of the Quran start reminding the Jewish community of the legacy of
Ibrahim alayhis salam. When he said to his children, he asked him a question. It's very beautiful,
the way a lot places this and there is a conversation between Ibrahim alayhis salaam and his
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children. And he asked him and this is the same question asked by jacoba Solomon no Quran wasabia
Ibrahim COVID. He will listen to this ayah very carefully. Ibrahim alayhis salam left a will for his
children. He gave them parting advice. And so did Yaqoob. In other words, Ibrahim elesa you know who
that is? His son, his Hawk, and his hawks and yaku. two generations of a difference. The grandfather
long ago said something to his kids. And a generation later, the grandson is saying the same exact
thing to his kids on his deathbed. The generational tradition is being continued in one ayah two
generations, even three, right because it's the grandson. Now what did they say to their children?
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You have a Nia in the law stuff. Allah Coumadin, my beloved children, it is a lie. He has chosen the
religion for you find out in law and tone Muslim moon. Don't you dare die, except that your Muslims.
Now listen to that. Who said this? Ibrahim said to his kids, don't you die except that you are
Muslims? Yaakov alayhis salam, you want to know what his other name is? His other name is Islam in
Yahoo's other name is Islam that comes in earlier Emraan. Islam is being told my son is like he was
telling his children. He's telling the sons of Islam he. He's telling them, Listen, Allah has chosen
the deen for you. Don't you dare die except that you are Muslims.
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They're being reminded that this is not something new to you this Islam is something your father
gave you. And the father, his own grandfather started this tradition. Ibraheem alehissalaam Why are
you what basis do you have left to reject? But now, the word the time for warnings is done. Allah
azzawajal basically gave them an exhaustive argument and exhaustive argument, opportunity after
opportunity to come to the truth. And then it became clear that these people are no longer
interested in the truth. Something else needs to be said. And that is that when he saw he were in
the habit of
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causing pain to their messengers. They were in that habit. They didn't even spare the one by who by
alas permission, the one who helped them cross the water. They didn't even spear him. Even he says
in the Quran, Mr. Looney, why do you cause me pain? Even he says that somebody use it. Why do you
cause me pain? You know, they told him I thought the hula hoops. What do you take us as a joke? When
he would bring instructions to them? He would say, Are you kidding? That's what they would say to
him. This is their messenger. That's how they would talk to their their messenger, the one that
didn't take so much pride in, right. But now that we're done is about to close the doors. And to
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those who knew that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam is in fact, the final messenger. They knew.
They knew they had that knowledge. But they still kind of said, But come on, he's still prays in the
same direction as us. He's still fast on the same days as we do. So Allah is still kind of on our
side.
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What does Allah do? He changes the Qibla.
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Allah changes the Qibla. And now the Muslims. So you see when the prophet Isaiah was moved to
Medina, before he moved, he used to pray to the Kaaba. But he used to pray in a way that the Kaaba
is in front of him, and blocksize in front of him so they're lined up together. Even though his
original instruction is to pray to Alexa. He still has the father the house built by his father,
Ibrahim Ali said I'm in front of him. When he goes to Medina, that's impossible. Because when he
prays towards outside his back is to mcca his back his stomach, so if he's gonna pray towards Mecca,
his back is going to be to Alexa. That's what's gonna happen. Allah gives him the instruction to
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turn his back. And remarkably, you know, who's really offended by this? But he saw in the Jews of
Medina, hey, this is the is a akula sofa. The idiots from among the people are soon going to say,
Now Allahu Allah to him, what turned them away from their Qibla? What turned them away from their
direction of prayer, and let the one they were committed to what happened? What do you guys bring in
a different direction? Now? Here's the very simple question. If you believe that these Muslims are
not on the truth, then whether they pray East West north or south what do you what do you care? What
do you care? I mean, if you don't believe they're on the truth, and you shouldn't be offended if
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they're bringing it all
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the fact that they got angry and they said these fools, why are they bringing that direction?
Something's up. They just expose themselves they expose the knowledge that they held within my will
know whom I'm community immunity Canada and Alaska Cinco de la. Nicole Marie boo. Yeah, the manga
Chateau de la salata, Mr. Kim, tell them, Allah owns the east and the west, and he guides whoever he
wants to a straight path. Now when Allah says there's something beautiful inside these IRA, when
Allah says he guides whoever he wants to a straight path, the Muslims have just been guided towards
that they realize the truth around the Kaaba. But you know, in it, there's a hint, there's a clue.
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If ally is guiding us to that house to the Kaaba, and that Kaaba at that moment when this ayah came
down, that Kaaba was surrounded by idols. It was surrounded at that time by idols. When Allah says
he will guide the Muslims to a straight path and he's just guided them to the garba he's already
dropped a hint that I will send you back to Kaaba and you will be cleaning up that house. That will
be that will be the completion of your guidance, because I'm guiding you back to that house. This
became the capital of the oma the capital of the oma is now in Mecca. The capital the place we
converge, our faces converge every few hours across this world. This became our capital. It's a
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symbol of us becoming a new oma and then a lot added another you know, salt on the wound. After
these I asked what is he? What are the next oh by the way shall Ramadan under the Quran, the month
of Ramadan is the one in which the Quran was revealed. That is the guidance for a human who did not
just want to live in Israel, who the Linda see overunity min alhuda for con for mention him in
Kumasi.
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Whoever witnesses the month from among you, we should fast on that month. So now the month of the of
the following of when you select you stopped. So it's completely known that one Omar that had that
status when he saw they had a status is gone. And now a new oma is being inaugurated by two things,
two major things, one, the change of the Kaaba and to the institute installation of the month of
Ramadan. These two things are identifying us as a distinct new nation completely separate from
Venezuela. completely separate from them. So Pamela, how are you know, sets us apart? And as a
statement of setting us apart? He honored us with the following. Because now we're a new nation.
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We're a separate nation. He says what gallica janicoo Martin, that is how we made you an oma was
that one balanced, a balanced nation of balanced a middle what's up sometimes in Arabic and even
means the middle of something. You are the middle nation. It begs the question, what does that mean?
What does it mean to be the middle nation
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It's a very important thing for us to understand. There are two nations that a lot alludes to
intellectual property has you know, when we are told to stay away from two paths that can go the
wrong way, we are told to stay away from later and malubay him law without bonding. And I will give
you one of the simplest explanations that inshallah you will remember and you will teach your
children of what these two paths mean. Essentially, our Deen This truth is a combination of two
things. It is a combination of two things. One, it is knowledge. It's good, sound, accurate
knowledge, that is one. But just because you have knowledge is not enough. You must now take that
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knowledge and change your life. I'll call that action. There are two things in this Deen, you have
to have knowledge and that knowledge must transform into action. These are the two fundamentals of
our religion. I mean, I'll give you a silly example. Just to make the point, get the point across
just because you know, fire burns, you know that it's not enough. Now you must act and not touch it.
Right, it would be foolish to know something and still act in contradiction to what you know, now
that you know the truth, you must act upon it. These are the two conditions of the proper commitment
to the straight path, the path that we asked a lot for. Now, there are two kinds of problems. There
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is a person who knows a lot but doesn't act on it.
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That's one problem. That's one but he knows a lot. He's got one, one half of the picture. He knows a
lot, but he doesn't act on it. Here's another problem. There's a person who really wants to act
wants to do good things. But you know what the problem is, he doesn't know much.
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He doesn't know much. So he's doing things as best as imagination tells him. It's not really based
on knowledge. So the two problems before you are either you have knowledge without action, or you
have action. without knowledge, you've got two problems. Now if you pay attention to benissa Jews
and the Christians that Allah talks about extensively in the Quran, the problem of the Israelites
was they had a lot of knowledge. A lot testifies to their knowledge. They understood the book, Jani
funa, who can buy a home, they even recognize their message, this messenger Salallahu alaihe salam,
like they would their own children. Man, if a kid starts crying in the back during the hood, but
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you'll know that's mine. You will know. That's how well they recognize this messenger. Salallahu
alaihe salam, Allah testifies to their knowledge. But that knowledge, unfortunately didn't transfer
into action. What happens on the Christian side of things, a lot of talks about them, meaning well,
doing good things. And yet, when it comes to even the most fundamentals of knowledge, the doors are
closed, the doors to knowledge are closed. They're refusing to think refusing to want to learn. That
becomes a problem. On the other end, we were made the middle nation, the nation that finds the
balance between two sides, the side of action and the side, the side of knowledge and the side of
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action. We're right down the middle. That's one of the many benefits of Allah calling us, the middle
nation. Now, why were we made the middle nation you know, you would think this is a cause for
celebration. We are finally made a middle nation. Yes, awesome. But Allah azza wa jal never gives an
honor. He never gives a position except that he brings with it a lot of responsibility. So in the
same if it's not even the next day, you can't even finish this ayah without getting to the
responsibility. This is not just about the honor. What can I do? JOHN nakumatt. And Masato is the
honor. But Allah didn't stop at the honor. He then he piled on us the responsibility, the burden
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that comes with being an oma, you can't just be a no mind, say Alhamdulillah. Where do Muslims,
Allah made us? No, that's not enough. That's not enough. And by the way, if that was enough, you
would be just like bunnies, who said were the chosen people? That's enough for us. We don't need to
take any responsibility because we already got the boarding pass agenda. We're sad. You know, that's
not the case with us. What did Allah say, Lita, aku, Shahada, Allah nurse, Lita, kulu, Shahada and a
nurse. I've made you a middle nation, so you can be witnesses against all people. You and I are
having made a member of this oma. And our fundamental task as an oma is that we become witnesses
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against humanity. You know what that means that we carry Islam when we open our mouth, and we carry
Islam with our character, the way we do business with people, the kinds of neighbors We are the way
we cross the street, the way we talk back the way we deal with ignorance. We are constantly
witnesses against humanity, that this is what a Muslim is, your co workers are going to the party,
they're going to the bar, they're going to have a beer, and you're going to say no, and you're going
to advise them against it, too. This is not good. I know you're not Muslim, but it's still not good
for you. I mean, I gave us the honor to be at the service of humanity. We don't just look out for
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the good of the old love, even look out for the good of humanity. That's what we're supposed to be
you are witnessing
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is against people of what this truth is. But if you and I, if our Islam, if our dedication to Allah
does not go beyond the four walls of this Masjid, if we are a different person outside, and we're a
different person in here, and you wouldn't recognize that person outside, you wouldn't know that the
same guy start the machine. Really, he's Muslim. Oh my god. So hon Allah, you know, then that's it.
This is a serious problem. Then we and by the way, what Shahada are the nastiest concept that is so
heavy in our Deen, you know what that means, on Judgement Day, people that were around us that had
the opportunity to interact with us, that saw us that were with us, our co workers, our friends, our
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neighbors, even our non Muslim family, all of them will testify on Judgement Day that this Muslim
that was my friend, my coworker, my neighbor, I never saw a glimpse of Islam in him. He never
brought it up. It's not my fault.
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They will have a case against us, even though they have their own responsibility. We are supposed to
be witnesses against them, because if we're not witnesses against them, they will be witnesses
against us. It's either one or the other. We're going to court either way, judgment date, we're
going to court either way, but it's you we have to decide what which side we're going to stand on.
And if this isn't bad enough, Allah azza wa jal adds another responsibility sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam the messenger has mentioned, he says why akuna Rasulullah alikum Shahada
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and the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam will be a witness against you.
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The messenger will be a witness against you the ayah is not done. The is still not done. But I want
to focus on this part of the ayah. It's a very heavy part of the
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similar ions have occurred in other places in the Quran.
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One of the poets of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi Salaam among his companions was Hassan dimuth,
avid, beautiful voice. He used to have a salad with habit recite poetry to fire the troops up when
they would go on military expeditions. He loved his voice so much he calls him one time and he says
Hassan recite Quran to me. And Hassan is shocked messenger of Allah. You want me to recite Quran to
you, it was revealed to you and he says what I love to listen.
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And so he starts reciting Quran he starts reciting Surah Nisa, the fourth surah.
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And he's reciting and the messengers enjoying the recitation and he gets to an ayah What can you
find either gentlemen Coolio Mateen be shahidan wodgina baka Allahu la shahida. How will it be when
we bring a witness against every nation, and we will bring you meaning Mohammed salallahu alayhi wa
sallam, we will bring you as a witness against these meaning the Muslims, we will bring you as a
witness against these. The messenger alayhi salatu salam Hassan looks up he looks at the messengers
face, it is drenched in tears. And he's saying hospital cosmic stop. I can't take any more than he
has him to start reciting Quran at that point. Why? Because of the weight of what it means that the
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messenger will be a witness against us. We know you know what that means. That means the Messenger
of Allah sallallahu Sallam before he left this world. Before he his worldly life, that component of
his life came to an end, he took a witness from all of us. Did I deliver the message that I do my
job? And we all testified as illuma Yes, a Daytona mahna mahna Salama you gave you you, you gave the
trust. You passed it on the trust that was given to you. You passed it on. Now can you believe him?
Then he says then the one who is here better deliver it to the one who isn't here. You better be
witnesses to humanity. And if we don't do this job, guess who's gonna be complaining about us on
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Judgement Day, the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi salam, these people I left them a job. I
gave a talk with this that they will do this job. And they knew this book and they didn't carry it.
It didn't reflect in their personality, the mouth open but it never had the word of a law on it. It
didn't have that on it. It wasn't one of the scariest places in the Quran. Allah azza wa jal talks
about his messenger and he says, well, Carla rasuluh you're in a coma who hasn't Khurana Majora. The
messenger will say on that day on my master, this nation of mine abandoned the Quran. Now I want you
to appreciate the weight of these words. So I'm going to skip a little bit and I'm going to go to
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the next I and share something with you. You know, the Qibla just change I told you right?
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is that it's I don't think anyone here would think this is a small event.
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Billions of people on the earth for generations to come from that time till now we'll be praying in
a different direction because of that one decision because of that one decision. And now look what
Allah says. He says God nara takadanobaba Chica sama, a follow on when Leon Naka Qibla tanto da.
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Allah says to His Messenger sallallahu sallam, he says we saw your face, turn to the sky.
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The messenger is in Medina, he is still praying towards AXA, his backers towards Makkah. And he
misses the house that his father built. He it hurts him that he has to turn his back to the house
built by Ibrahim Ali son, it hurts his feelings, but he doesn't complain to Allah. You know what he
does? He looks at the sky. That's all he does. He just looks at the sky. And a lot of reveals the
aisle we saw your face turning to the sky. Notice, you know loved ones among each other. When you go
home, if somebody really loves you, your mother really loves you. Your wife really loves you
sometimes. But you know, if, if there's a different if there's an expression on your face, if
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there's an expression on your face, that's a little bit different. Your mother will say something's
wrong. What's going on? So nothing more nothing. Nothing. No, no, I know you. I know that face. I
see it in your eyes. And you say I'm looking at the mirror. I see my eyes. I don't see anything.
What do you see? But that's the nature of someone who truly loves. The messenger didn't complain.
The messenger didn't make dua All he did was look at the sky and the ayah is revealed of the Quran.
We saw your face turning to the sky for that new alien nakaka blatten then for sure we swear by it.
There is no doubt whatsoever that we are turning your face. We are turning you in a direction.
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Thought ah ha that pleases you.
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Allah is telling his messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that the Scribbler has changed so he
could be happy. That's how much he loves his messenger so no longer under usnm and imagine that
messenger who didn't even have to ask compare this to Musa alayhis salaam, read Surah Taha risotto
Shara read them see how much a lot Busan asks Allah or a lot. They've got a crime against me,
they're gonna go kill me Give me Harun. My tongue won't move. He's got a list of complaints. He's
got got a few problems where he goes back to Egypt, and a lot takes all of those complaints and
addresses them, but with his messenger sallallahu did something different. He didn't even have to
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open his mouth. He just looked up and billions of people will pray in a different direction. So this
man sallallahu wasallam will be pleased. That's the relationship Allah has with his messenger. And
if that messenger complaints against you and me, what what lawyer you and I going to get what case
are we going to have? We have no case left. We have no case left. So when he says why Hakuna
Rasulullah Alaykum shahida this job just became very serious. Well imagine Qibla La Quinta De La
Nina Anna Maria tabula rasa, and we didn't put the Qibla you were committed to meaning an outside
Jerusalem. We didn't keep you under Qibla except to see who would really follow the messenger.
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It was a test of loyalty. You know how it was a test of loyalty. The Muslims in Medina were used to
praying towards oxide even before Islam. Now they have to turn it's a test of their loyalty. The
Muslims that were in Macau were used to praying in one direction towards the Qibla. But when they
came to Medina, they have to turn the back to the Qibla. It's not just the Prophet that has to turn
his back. It's his companions have to turn his back to, but now they have to make a choice between
what they've been doing their entire life. And following this man, some of them and Allah says I put
this in place so I could test everybody. The Mahajan Indians are
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in Allina
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Mayan kalevala key from the one who turns back on his heels. I just wanted to see who's loyal.
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You know? And then Allah azza wa jal Finally, as is so beautiful makanda La Jolla de Monaco, the who
the Jews were so offended at the table of change. So they came up with taunts for the Muslims. So
they came to the Muslims. And they said, hey, you've been praying in the world in the right
direction all these years, huh? All those prayers, nothing counted.
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Wrong direction. And some Muslims who didn't know any better even started worrying, maybe he's
right. Because you know, these were the rabbis of that time, these are scholars of that time. So
even if they're doing trash talk, it's coming from a reputable source. So you would, you'd first
assume maybe there's some weight to it. Maybe they're right, oh my god, all those prayers didn't
count. And so Allah says, in the same kind of law, who knew the IE Monaco, Allah would never waste
and I'm going to translate here and I'm going to say Allah will never waste your prayers. Allah
would never be one to issue your prayers. But actually, that's not what the Arabic says. The Arabic
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says Allah would never waste your faith.
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And there is a consensus among the companions of the Prophet sallallahu sallam, and a consensus
among every scholar after on this word, a man in this ayah that this word in mind means prayers.
emaan usually means faith. But the question is a lot could have just said some a lot.
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A lot could have said a level of wish your prayers, but he said a lot won't waste your Eman. You
know why? Because to Allah, your salaat and your Iman are one in the same thing. There is no
difference. When there is no salon How can there be a man
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is one of the same to Allah. Well, not kind of La julio de Monaco in de la happiness.
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A lot of
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certainly a lot is, especially when it comes to all people. He's compassionate and merciful. Oof in
Arabic is such a beautiful word. It means someone who knows what you're going through. Allah says he
knows what you're going through. He knows that the troubles you have, you know, when you try to talk
to somebody about your problems, the first thought that comes to mind is man, he's not going to
understand. He doesn't understand what I'm going through. A lot lets you know about himself that he
is aloof. If there's no one who knows what you're going through. He does. He's Oof. Rahim. What a
beautiful conclusion to this, us being inaugurated as an oma. But now I want to share with you a
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concluding message.
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What does that mean that we've become an online we shared this responsibility, it means many things.
But I want to at least leave you with one action item, one thing,
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the messenger delivered a message to us. And that message, in summary, is this book is the last
book, he delivered that book he gave his his life mission was to deliver this book to the best of
his ability, and he did his job, he finished his job. Now, if you and I are responsible, not only to
deliver this book, but to represent its teachings in our character. Not only that, but to be closer
to Allah, what better way to get close to Allah, but by uttering the words that he himself gave you
to utter. I can come up with a way to praise Allah on my own. But I will never be able to compete
with how Allah praises himself. I can come up with my own way of asking a lover things, but I will
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never teach myself a better way to ask them the way Allah asked me that told me to ask, ask like
this. Ask like this. If Allah has asked like this, like, you know, Adam alayhis salam is in deep
trouble. He's been sat down to the earth. He is gonna ask for forgiveness. But Allah says he's so
merciful. He says, otherwise I might come up with his own way of asking for forgiveness. But Allah
says, You know what, I'll give you the right words. But Allah Cardamom Arabic Allah Martin,
otherwise I was given words from his master fatale, then he accepted his Toba. First he can say
this, once you say this, I'll accept your Dawa.
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That's a large book. The bottom line I have to share with you today. One of the big differences
between us and when he saw that they were nationalistic, that kept them from the truth.
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Allah made this this guidance for humanity. You know what that means? When you and I say la ilaha
illAllah there is nothing between us stronger than that Kadima is thicker than blood, it is thicker
than the color of my skin, it is thicker than the country of my origin, or the accent on my tongue.
It is thicker than my The, the the origin of my ancestors. None of that is relevant. Now, what is
relevant now is that you and I share La ilaha illAllah. That is relevant now. That is this Omar.
That's what that means. That that is what that means. And the way we keep that unity intact, and the
way we keep that unity strong. Allah azza wa jal gave us a system by which we stand like a unified
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army every few hours standing in a row, not by rank of age, or color, by but just by Nana heilala,
you stand in one row and you don't get ahead of the other brother make straight lines. And you do
what when you get united, you recite a last word. So if you and I stand in salad, and we don't
understand the last word, we listen to the Quran being recited and we don't get it. It's not our
fault. We're not Arabs. I'm not Arab, either. It's not our fault. The vast majority of this oma is
not Arab. They're not Arabs. So you easy argument is, Hey, I'm not Arab. It's all my fault. That's
why I don't know the Quran. That's why I listen to it. It sounds kind of nice. But I you know, I
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don't know what that means. I'll just read translation. Honestly, ask yourself this question. Who in
the world is going to write a translation that will compete with a laws words? Who's going to do
that? Who's going to translate the beauty, the perfection, the guidance, the strength, you know, the
effect of a laws words, these are laws, words, there's no alternative. There's no alternate, I'm
trying to translate the IOD for you. But you got to taste that sweetness yourself.
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Now, when you when, when that comes to mind, and we all understand, we all understand that the
learning of this language for the sake of being able to say to Allah, I didn't come to this language
Yala. I didn't learn this language. So I can chitchat with the mom, sometimes, I didn't learn this
language. So I can order a shell out of the Moroccan restaurant, I learned this language. So when I
make salaat, that I can talk to you
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that you're talking to me that there's a conversation between us and that conversation. You know,
when the Koran is in our hearts, and it's affecting us, and we're understanding it, then unity
becomes easy. It becomes easy, you're already physically together. Now your hearts are together
because they're unified by the same message. But right now, there's there's not the same message
when we're standing in salaat. It's a tragedy. It's a catastrophe. We need to work on this. We need
to work on this and I give you some historical backdrop backdrop, and I'm done.
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I tell you, the greatest the great
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Raiders contributions to the study of the Arabic language was made by non Arabs. The greatest
contributions. You know, the first compilation of Arabic grammar was made by a man named Cebu. He
compiled Arabic grammar as we study it today, non Arab. The greatest Mufasa who talked about the
linguistic beauty and perfection of the Quran, were non Arabs. They were non Arabs. The vast
majority of this oma population wise is non Arabs. And the majority of scholarship of this ummah is
also non Arabs, just by Statistics. Some of our greatest scholars are sitting in places far from
Arabia to this day, to this day, it is not in what Allah did is something remarkable. He took the
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Arabic language and instead of making it the language of a people, instead of making it the language
of a people from a certain race, a certain background, he made it a language of his own of his book.
So the messenger was asked at one occasion what's in it, you know, who's an Arab? Who's in it? Um,
you would say all the people from Yemen, Sham Syria, Jordan, these are Arabs in manado. who listen,
Arabic, the Arab is just the language. So hey, bahrami, Kim comes from Rome. He's a Roman. So my
little thought is he comes from Persia. Bilal habashi is from ever senior.
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But when they speak Arabic, and when they understand the Quran, by the prophets definition, they are
Arabs. They are Arabs. And Islam didn't come this Arabic language I'm emphasizing not so that we get
rid of the languages we have. No, no, no, that's not our history. That's not our history, but it's
the common second language of all Muslims. It's a fundamental of all Muslims, at least at the level
that you can enjoy your slot. You can know what's going on between you and allez word, at least that
much. Then you ask yourself and the question comes to mind it's going to be hard I can't do it. It's
too much I tried one time and as soon as they talked about off I must have been ga I was like, no
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the law when a law your own. I'm not I can't I can't do this. I don't know. I'm even bad at English
grammar. How am I going to do Arabic? You know, it's way too much work. Just keep two things in your
mind. And I promise you, you will have success. I promise you. You can look me up if it doesn't
work. Okay. two things. One thing is a promise of the messenger sallallahu sallam. And the second
thing is a promise of Allah. First thing the promise of the messenger this occurs in Bahati.
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The messenger says Allah Hello, Bill Karani, ma safira Akira mille Bara. The expert in the Quran is
ranked among the highest angels, the experts. Now you and me. The expert is way up there among the
highest archaeological Bharara. These are the angels that record revelation, by the way, these are
the top angels. And he says When does he attack toffee,
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toffee, G sharp, and the one who reads the four iron and he stumbles in it.
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He reads and he can get the iron out or hurts his throat. And the tears is off. And he says cough
and he says cough and he says cough. And he says he says aim and just start working for six months
the aim is working on. It's just not working. he stumbles in it. Well, who are they? He shocked and
it's very hard on him. It's not it doesn't come easy for him. Know who john. He's got twice. The
expert was ranked among the top angels. And the one who's struggling is twice that is twice that.
That's the prophets promise. So if you're having a hard time learning Arabic, congratulations.
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Seriously, don't give it up because you're just it's you're just eating up the rewards. And here's
the second promise this promises from Allah. He mentioned this promise three times. You know where
Quran repeats something multiple times. You know why? Because when someone needs to hear it more
than once Allah says it more than once.
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And maybe didn't hit the hit you the first time he says it again. Maybe he didn't use a second time
he says that again. Just like your mother, do your homework. Do your homework. Do your homework.
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Oh, you mean do my homework.
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It takes a while. It takes a little while. What does the law xojo say? He says what are called
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analytic
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welaka Yes. cerna encore analytics for health care.
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We already made the Quran incredibly easy.
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We made the Quran incredibly easy now he didn't say what about the Quran? Is it memorization of the
Quran? Is it that you Ito Quran? Is it the Tafseer of the Quran is is the language of the Quran. He
didn't restrict it to any one of these things, which means what? Everything, everything about the
Quran, who made easy not me, not you, not your teacher, not a curriculum, not a book. Allah made
that easy, but then he put a condition on it. He said it's easy, but you only have one condition.
What are the essential Khurana lidsey.
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If you have the intent of remembrance,
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if you really
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Want to remember Allah?
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If you really really want to remember Allah and you say to Allah you gave this Salah so I can
remember you okay Miss Allah tala decree Allah tomasa established prayer so you can remember me. And
if you really want to remember Allah like he deserves to be remembered, and that is your motivation
for learning anything about the Quran. If that's your motivation, then a laws guarantee, not anybody
else's. He will make it easy. He will make it easy, not anybody else. That's his promise. And you
call him on his promise. Oh, Allah, you said, you'll make it easy. I'm going to try again. I know I
tried five, six times before, but I'm going to try again. Because you'll promise I just got
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reminded. Well, naka de la Khurana live analytical, but then he ends the IRA with a challenge. And
I'll end with this challenge. As an oma one thing that will unite us is a unified love of this
Koran, a unified love of encouraging each other to learn more of it, remind each other of it, learn
it together, you know, Alhamdulillah now you have an institute locally that the man has started with
the Arabic program take part in it, participate in it full fledge? I mean, if you can't, some of you
have this, like, crazy notion that Yeah, inshallah I'm gonna go abroad and study Arabic. You know,
I'm gonna go to Syria or Jordan, you know, good for you. But if you've been saying that for 15
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years, how about when that time comes, you do it but right now there's something right at your
doorstep that Allah will ask you about? Why don't you take advantage of that? Why don't you take
advantage of that? What is what is on YouTube that's so important that you can come to the machine
and learn
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what is at home that's so important that you can't make time for a less book. What is it? Don't make
excuses. A level known you. You don't have to explain yourself to me or to the mom or to anyone
else. But we better not have excuses before our lives or whatever. He says for Halloween would
occur. Is there anyone out there? That's my figurative translational for Halloween? Is there anyone
out there? That is going to put even a little bit of effort to remember what they can not even move
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off or Mutasa? Can it be fused together? Which does that lead in Arabic we know what that means.
That means Is there anyone out there who will even put in a little bit of effort? I've made it so
easy. You don't have to put a lot of effort. He didn't have to give me a little with sincerity and
you see what I do for you. That's the last promised us and he says this three times well Laconia
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will occur
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three times over. Why because we need to hear it three times over.
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The way to unity of this oma to really be oma is to be united is to be united and Allah says why
don't see movie habla E, Jimmy and hold on to those rope tightly. When you're all holding on to the
same rope. You don't have a choice but to be next to each other. Because it's the same rope that
rope relies on. The more we're tied to the Koran. The more we're tied to each other. It is the it's
the glue that Bond's us. It's the glue that binds us. I pray sincerely to Allah that He opens up
opportunities for you to become a student of his book, to learn more of his book to memorize more of
his book to enjoy his book being recited in every single slot. I pray to Allah that He makes it easy
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for you to learn and he keeps your intention sincere and your motivation high. I pray that he's able
to give you the ability to lead your families to become a family of learning Ally's book and
continually growing in their knowledge and their love of this wonderful word of Allah azza wa jal
barakallahu li walakum Quranic Hakim when in fact never iacobelli it was the Kentucky
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