Omar Suleiman – Qur’an 30 for 30 Season 2 – Juz’ 25 with Sarah Sultan

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The speakers discuss the challenges of avoiding jealousy and the importance of learning to sit with discomfort. They emphasize the need to acknowledge one's values and find a way to settle for them. The speakers also provide practical tips for dealing with discomfort and encourage people to bring their emotions to the fore. They stress the importance of trusting one's values and finding ways to bring them to their hearts.

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			Cats everyone welcome back to on 3430 100 loss lotto Some are so low it will suck me here will
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him I really wanted what he's wearing. I know he sports it better than I ever would but the man
Masha Allah, I want I want one, you know, like I'm just saying I want one. So But anyway, we were we
were having an argument so we decided to bring a counselor
		
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			to help us out.
		
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			We're almost at the homestretch of Ramadan is 25th We're almost there and we just want to make sure
we don't we don't get into it prior to eat.
		
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			So welcome to the Welcome to the show sister SATA have the law on a serious note sister SATA is no
stranger at home the law to anyone that follows Europeans work. In fact, in the comment section, we
had several episodes where what are you bringing SR status on so it's at a point now where there's
protests if you don't show up hamdulillah is one of the authors of the trauma collection and so many
other good works and having to learn as a regular on so much of our programs with very beneficial
insights. So welcome back sister Sana to second website and I've been so enjoying following color on
3430 this this and I'm well done. I'm done. It's a It's wonderful to be here at *
		
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			Monica Lewinsky so we had a correction session that we're going to do right now I'm going to correct
myself and check out the other one and he said he wanted to correct himself on a serious note from a
previous episode but I'm gonna start
		
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			and it fits perfectly from the meeting Mohammed slice I'm serious. So just so everyone knows what
I'm planning to do this year and shows that after the series is over, after the week after
inshallah, probably I'll do a you know, q&a, clarifications, certain things, you know, in the
episode that maybe need a little bit more elaboration. So I'll do like maybe one session insha
Allah, but one of them that's going to come up.
		
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			Sr. sada Egyptian background, what do you call milk and Adobe? Levin, Levin, only half Egyptian, but
love
		
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			half a gyptian side of us as 11, which is one of the times that foots hot actually lines up with
mostly ledger. So like the first time it actually lines up with the Egyptian dialect here. So for
those of you that are not familiar with the Xiaomi dialect, the Palestinians in the Sham call milk
Habib, and Levin is yogurt. So I keep on messing up and I hear it myself when I'm listening to an
episode I'm calling Leben. yogurt drink.
		
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			So if you're hearing me say yogurt drink, it's not literally that container of lemon, lemon is milk,
and I messed up and I will do a clarification session so I had to get that off my chest. The muscles
are right. Laverne is milk. It's not yogurt drink. That's a Xiaomi intervention innovation, though,
from the drinks of the profit slice alum. So I asked one of my teachers said like what do I do? He
said, Well, the profit slice and I'm you know, they used to do a milk based drinks so it was Leben
per se but but sometimes it often truly was like 11 ish, a milk drink type yogurt drink type, but
anyway, that's an excuse. I'll have to correct it and shall So from now on, if I mess up and I say
		
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			11 as yogurt drink, you can correct me inshallah, Tada. It is milk and the muscles are right. And I
admit my, my fault in that regard.
		
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			So all the Egyptians should feel vindicated now about their dialect. We do.
		
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			On a serious note, you had you'd said right before we got started that you wanted to talk about
something just in a previous episode, you just wanted to make a slight correction hamdulillah zacco
here. It was a speaking about profit units on a Salaam I think it was a session that we had with
sister Aisha prime Mila preserver, I translated a portion of a verse and the translation was
incorrect because it could imply something that is not befitting when it comes to the understanding
of the prophets. When I was talking about the Prophet Yunus and the chapter so fat, I use another
verse as well to speak about the Prophet Yunus when he was leaving his people and I use the verse in
		
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			the chapter of India, where last month I said,
		
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			with a noona is that the Mojave been Mojave been for one and Len naka de la la he can add I think
automatic La La Elia in a unit she said last month, Allah said and the pretty the Companion of the
the fish when he left off angrily, but then I translated I said and he thought that Allah would not
overpower him. Right That's an incorrect translation. Incorrect. A Len naka de Yanni nobody Allah He
Oh knocklyon e right? Because other as a mama she has been translated, you know, by little
coordinating. I saw the examples. It has a number a number of meanings, but none of them could
really be in this particular context overpower because it's not befitting for a prophet to think
		
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			that God would not overpower him. Rather, it was when he left angrily. He thought that he did. He
fulfilled his mission. Right. He didn't think that anything would
		
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			What happened to him in regards to not fulfilling the mission but it was never that Allah subhana wa
he thought that last month Allah would not overpower him pastor would come that would never be
coming of a prophet. And that's not one last point Allah would predestined, so just wanted to
correct that translation. When it comes to know that Allah He, it's rather didn't think that there
would not be any decree upon him. Right, he thought that he fulfilled his mission.
		
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			And I'm not gonna say who but but one of the Messiah texted you, and then you said, I really want to
set the law, I think there's something on a light note, which is that every time someone comes on
put on 30 for 30, we noticed that even within our own European community and have the love of the
scholars and teachers have been following some last plans that reward all of them, that are watching
and that are keeping us on our on our toes and shallots out to make sure we are
		
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			you know, delivering to the best of our abilities like lukashenka Bella for wanting to to share that
inshallah for the record. Oh, wait, one more. One other mistake Nigeria just
		
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			in just for the record, that's why I think Mashallah, all of you that are in organizations, Islamic
organizations or any kind of teamwork, you know, this tenacity is very, very important. You know,
and those of you that may be giving comments, and giving advice, you know, some kind of like, you
know, Michelle, let's read, you know, with the with the team again, and that's the word I want to
capitalize on is the team. The presence is felt Mashallah when you have people that look out for
each other, and they give the advice, and that's something that is very, very important as Muslims
in general, but if you're working together for a common cause, don't ever hesitate to give advice to
		
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			your brothers just because you know, as long as it's in good faith and sha Allah, the right
intention, it's only going to be reward for everyone inshallah. Tada, so Mashallah
		
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			Shafi Mize was good and plug the fundraiser now, so support your game last night. I don't know you
		
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			Zakah l'affaire Chicago
		
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			Bismillah we had a lengthy introduction today but let's let's go ahead and get started with the
nighttime article Alfie Kohn. So we are now even Khadija is like get it over with I'm getting tired
in the back over here. Hurry up and get started. So we are now in Hamlet, a lot of I mean, in just
25 min. Las panatela. Grant us a good ending to the Sorbonne alumna I mean, and just 25 is makin or
and it is still part of Chelsea that goes into sort of the Shura Zohar of Doohan, Joshua. It has the
same theme as we've spoken about previously, that emphasizes the afterlife and emphasizes the
purpose of life. And it actually is the reason why some of the written that mentioned that there is
		
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			such a punishing tone from Allah subhanho data to the Meccans in particular at this point, is
because the people in Mecca were overtaken by a famine. And they asked the Prophet slice alum
because this was sort of in the middle stage of his Mecca. If he truly is a prophet, to pray to
Allah, that Allah lift the famine, and so the prophets I send them after being requested of that.
And he made the drought with the famine be lifted, and it was lifted on the people of Mecca, they
simply increase in their tolian they increased in their rebelliousness towards a lot and in their
impression of the Prophet sallallahu. It was set up so it was set down sort of to zoetrope in
		
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			particular, their intimate say, was sat down. Now in response to that, and the three soldiers that
come together to Hannah Jaffa sat down in the same in the same sequence as an answer to the drought
of the profit slice and I'm an answer to the drought, the profit slice I'm being answered, which was
a clear sign of his prophethood and hence a very harsh revelation of much warning to the people.
However, there's one theme I'm going to spend a little bit of time on inshallah tada and inshallah,
I'm going to keep my part short, because we had hamdulillah. We have sister sada, and we have Sheikh
Abdullah, of course, and the introduction was a little longer today, but it's actually just one
		
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			theme I want you to isolate and Charlottetown pay attention that really does fit the spirit of the
Prophet, slice alum and is one of the most relevant issues of our time. And that is the theme of
envy and jealousy, envy and jealousy. So let's paratype dimensions in verse 31. We'll call do Lola
nosey the hardened Quran Allah rajadamnern patania Albion they said, How come this Quran was not
sent to one of the two great men of the two great cities. And this is as the firstly Ron mentioned,
you know how to learn as an island Well, he didn't molera mean me Mecca Oh heavy No, I'm a third
coffee when I was five had this quarter and been revealed to and what he did and mahira and Chef
		
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			Homer Hussein, we talked about how he didn't know what he is or the amount of time and also had this
been revealed on what he did in Molina of Mecca, or have Have you been ignored of five we would have
been okay, but why him right?
		
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			And so the the envy that they had of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam being at the root of
this at some point that as they were considering this message and understanding the merits of this
message but fine, Why him? Why did Allah choose him how to love Chosen One of us? Maybe we would not
have had this type of a resistance to the message. So you find the jealousy of Abuja with his tribe
of venerable Marxism and, and and by the way it will even reveal is also from the same tribe, as
Abuja help. So you have the jealousy of the tribe against bento, Hashem, right bento, Hashem can
produce a profit, and then we're left behind. And then you have the individual jealousy like I
		
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			should have been the leader, I should have been the one to be a prophet. And the last times I says,
Do you get to distribute the mercy of your Lord? Do you get to distribute the revelation, you don't
make those types of decisions. So the arrogance that was produced by that envy, and that produced a
rebelliousness and an opposition to what they knew of being the truth, and so panela they could have
been people of Geneva, they could have been companions of the Prophet slicin them and competed with
other companions and played and good, but instead because of their envy, what ended up happening to
them, they ended up losing out on being Sahaba and they ended up in the process being complete
		
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			losers, right complete losers in this life and in the Hereafter. And there's a parallel before I get
to the other CRR implication of that to the shape bonds at least it releases objection to Why are
the money has Salaam over me, it believes was already elevated above the rest of the gym. So in his
rank, in his rank, and in his in his area where he could have Excel the Excel to the maximum of
rising above the gym to even be in the company of the angels. But somehow Allah He is envy drove him
to what his pride his envy drove him to what to become an enemy of a loss upon times become the
worst enemy of Allah subhanaw taala had at least done such that admiring Instagram, he would have
		
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			maintained his rank and he would have even ascended in his rank, because it would have been another
sign of obedience to Allah subhanho wa Taala but we see what happened to him as a result of that. So
the topic of envy comes up here and particularly their degrading of the profit slice out of them and
what that led them to now the really interesting things to Pamela is the other side of this and I'm
actually going to end with this and I'll just share this I and then we'll move on because I'm really
excited are two more eyes and so they're really excited to hear the the the input, but the last
dozen sorts of short I Sam jurors, when are best off Allah who risk earlier Eva de la hopefully when
		
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			I can university will be partnering nyesha in the Hobi Reba the hobby Ron Basia if allow her to
grant ample wealth to his servants they might go about. They may go about transgressing in the land,
but instead he sends down in proportion, whatever he wills of his sustenance and surely Allah
subhanaw taala is well acquainted and all seen. He's well aware he's clubby and he's bossy and he's
all seeing when it comes to the matters that relate to servants and otherwise. And hobbiton and
urato. The Allahu anhu says this verse was revealed about us the poor Muslims, who looked at the
wealth of some of the disbelievers in Medina, Betancourt Eva, being you know, one of the tribes,
		
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			they're the wealthy tribes there in Makkah, looking to some of the rich of some of the tribes like
Ben and Muslim and others, but we were looking at some of those that had so much wealth and that can
feel like an injustice, right? Like why does that person have so much good when they're such bad
people? And why am I deprived when I am a good person when I'm believing and following the path. And
somehow Allah this, this is according to hubub it'll be a lot of time and a response from the last
pound to Allah not a condemnation, but Allah knows where he puts his rissalah where he puts his
message and Allah knows where he puts his money and his wealth and Allah knows where he distributes
		
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			power. And Allah subhana wa tada knows what he's doing. And he's well acquainted and well aware, and
it is ultimately for our own good. And so the poor believers were comforted by that and in fact,
they sought out how to compete for good deeds, right when they complain to the prophets lie some
about the rich Sahaba taking all of the good deeds in regards to their Salah, but at the same time,
human being so sometimes, you know, that sense can overcome a person and then a loss. pantai says
Finally, responding to Abuja, and this is also you know, this is now a jatiya risk 49 look in, until
as ease of carrying taste this punishment you are a person who has a disease who is studying who is
		
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			mighty and who is noble. Why did that I come down to Panama one time the prophets I seldom met Abuja
had in Abuja, * stops the prophets lie somebody says hey, you know, I am as easel kidding. So I
look at the arrogance, you know, just stops the profits like someone says, you know who I am, I'm
the most powerful person on this earth. I am the one who is mighty I am the one who is known.
		
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			And Allah Subhana, which Allah causes him to be killed at better humiliated, and he is reviled he
is, he is admonished with his own words panela his own words, look, go ahead taste the punishment of
the Fire. You are Aziz al Karim, aren't you? You are this person who says that you are mighty and
noble. So Tapella, the tie in here of envy, right is just very powerful, the envy of those without
Prophethood of the Prophet slice on them, and what that led to their destruction and a loss of 100,
comforting the companions not to look to those or feel jealousy towards those who had wealth, but
instead understand that the apportioning of Allah subhanaw taala was perfect. And with that,
		
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			inshallah Tada, sister saw, if you have any reflections, and then we'll move on to shift a little
bit,
		
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			just second last night on for the beautiful reminder, or Selma, you know, a couple of thoughts came
to mind as you were speaking about that. And the first one being, like, the understanding of who
Allah subhana wa, tada is, is so essential when we're working on jealousy, because jealousy is a
very normal human emotion, to struggle with that.
		
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			But knowing that unless patata is the most wise that almost has, that is the most just and so that
wherever he is spreading, you know, risk in whatever form it is, you know, looking at the risk in
our own lives, not just materially but also emotionally, and socially, and relationally, and all of
these things. And then, you know, realizing that goodness comes from a less path data, and it often
comes in forms that we don't recognize. And so we look at what we think is goodness in other
people's lives and think about what's lacking and ours. And that's what amplifies jealousy. So
really knowing unless we have data, and knowing, you know, the the goodness, that that, that he
		
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			provides, in the end, the that he's the most just and the most wise really, is really tremendously
powerful. And then the other, you know, then the other thought that that came to mind is something
that a lot of people have been bringing up lately is the the jealousy that comes with social media
consumption, right. And so just one thing to keep in mind, especially with these last few days, is
limiting our access to consumption that's going to yield jealous feelings within us. Because again,
natural human emotion but it's such a Steeler of joy to pauma. And so just trying to be very careful
about what we're taking in. And are we looking at those like the promises send them says like, look
		
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			at those below you in terms of like material, material wealth, so that you don't belittle the
blessings of unless you have data and so you know, are we are we reflecting on it that way? And are
we limiting our consumption of media that might be yielding jealous feelings?
		
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			Bartok along speaking, excellent. Asha, fidella.
		
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			Bismillah Salatu, salam, ala rasulillah, while he or Sufi woman won a battle.
		
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			So when mentioning that Subhan, Allah, you know, the, we're talking about, you know, of those mushy
corn, that's, we're very arrogant, when you see a Buddha and the Buddha have, you know, and there's
a chapter devoted towards speaking about him Tibetan, or Billa, having water, you know, that he was
very ridiculing of the prophet SAW Salem in the message. That is because, you know, the people that
did not watch for last month are voluntarily just believed in Him, they would look at the signs that
Allah subhanaw taala has put in front of them. But the response to those signs is that which was not
be fitting to them in this life and in the next life. And that's why even when speaking about
		
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			jealousy, and these emotions, they are natural that we may have them. But there is a level of
responsibility that we as human beings have, when that sign that we may see ma from someone that
could breed that jealousy, that natural response that we may have, what do we do with it? Do we
allow it to continue on? And if it becomes a problem? Do we seek the proper means in order to
alleviate or relinquish that ailment that may take place internally, whether it's psychologically or
spiritually, and even those intertwine within one another? So I want to talk about a verse in the
Quran. And it's in the end of the chapter 50 lessons, one of my favorite verses from Hanalei in
		
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			regards to just reminding me of this, the simplicity of the communication of Allah subhanho wa
Taala, but also the how it's complex at the same time, what do I mean by that?
		
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			You know, last year, so Pamela should get the fuck me. He mentioned he talked about the IRS of a
lawsuit kind of went down and it was very, very profound, because I like what he said that Allah
speaks to you through his eyes and he mentioned the statement of others led him along to honor that,
when Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks, you do the work in unison, but then he also speaks to you from
that which is a freaky tabula store that which is in the Quran, but also with the signs and on board
that what you see that what you see in front of you
		
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			A lot is speaking to you, a lot is speaking to you and telling you the the manifestation or how his
names and attributes are put forth in front of you. So when you have a child, one of the names
amongst many of the names is one of the names of months, many of the names is unhappy unresolved,
because the provider, His provision will never be overpowered by anyone or anything else when he
wants it to happen, you will confer your coin. Right when Jesus was born, we believe Jesus was born,
and the woman of his mother Mary, and Allah said be in it is and Jesus was born out of the Senate.
So when looking at this, all of these are signs. All of these are signs of the greatness of Allah
		
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			from different aspects of our of His Majesty and His greatness and his honor, these names and
attributes, which are very, very beautiful that we should learn, and should try to understand in our
lives, and then also with science for us as human beings. So lots of $100 says in the beautiful
verse when he's speaking
		
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			to the Prophet sallallahu wasallam and he's telling him to tell the machete Kuhn, the people that
voluntarily disbelieved and Allah subhanho wa Taala and did not acknowledge those sciences. It
should be acknowledged. He says, After argument, I'm sure Jim, our agent in Canada in the law, he's
the microphone to me, man about the amendment who official cocking by this is verse number 52. Last
month, Allah says, say, Have you considered if the Koran is from a lot and you disbelieved in it
would, who would be more astray than the one who is in the stream extreme dissension?
		
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			When you look at the signs and you realize that there is a creator, there is a maker there is a
sustainable Holic, Ruskin, whatever, he has authority over everything. What's most important for the
human being, is that when you see these characteristics of God or you see the actions of God of
lordship, what responses that engender, what does it bring forth from you and that is the level of
responsibility for the human being, when you see and realize that what is beyond my capabilities has
been given to me or that sustains me from the air from the sun all of these elements of creation
within the ecosystems that we see is there for you Abdullah it's there to provide for you sis to
		
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			sustain you at the same time. So that allows it kinda without it, you know, he told the process I'm
going to ask this question. If you think that this is from Allah subhanaw taala if you consider that
this Quran is from Allah, he just believed in it what do you think what would happen? Then Allah
subhanaw taala continues on and he brings a beautiful verse of panela after those that disbelief
after seeing those abou loves Abu John's right after seeing those signs from the loss of kinda
without and you voluntarily disbelieved in that you have it in your heart, but you didn't make
choice because of something that you wanted to obtain and maintain within your status your
		
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			reputation that was much more beneficial to aspects of the dunya This is why last week's about the
doing so many times
		
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			of this worldly mesmerizing life is a little more it is deceitful it is as full of deception. Allah
says after that century, he is enough FLP Wolfie unforeseen had a in an unknown Huck. I'd say it's a
Bane Allahu, Allahu Allah. Allah says here, we will surely so there are signs. So Li him I add now
we will show them our science in two things. Phil flt Wolfie unfussy him. And alpha FF is like the
horizons or anything that some scholars mentioned, that takes place within the cosmos within our
elements. The Cosmos unit alpha, as they say is you could say its horizons. But when we say
anything, that the horizon captures what we can see within our within ourselves and outside of
		
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			ourselves, particularly outside of ourselves, some scholars mentioned in this case, so when looking
at the Horizon, we look at the sun and we see how it, it rises, and we see how it declines. We see
what takes place on the earth. And that's why some of the scholars, they say that Phil rflp, they
talked about, some scholars say that it was a the conquest of the different areas around Mecca,
Wolfie unboosted calm and in yourselves was the conquest of Mecca. Some scholars say it was brother.
But in any case, if we want to generalize it, we say everything external, everything outside of you,
is the alpha. So looking at everything that takes place, as was mentioned, the ecosystems how the
		
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			seasons change, and you have no ultimate control over it. But it's going to happen beyond your
control and beyond whatever you wish and whatever you want. It's going to take place, there has to
be an ultimate maker for it. There has to be Asana, there has to be a creator, there has to be a
sustainer
		
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			that is Allah subhanho wa Taala. So Allah says we're going to continuously show them our science,
and then feed unprosecuted in your own cells. And when we talk about yourself
		
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			Many of us may think of the anatomy and the physiology, you know, the organs in your body, your
eyes, and then the What the What does that organ do? But it's much more than that. As you see,
Michelle, we have a therapist with us today, your psycho psychologically, what takes place in your
heart? How does that affect your mind? You know, these things that take place, from the intangible
aspects of our physical self, Allah is telling you to ponder over that as well. ponder over all of
these things. And that's why I love saying we're going to show them all of this over and over and
over again, until the truth comes clear to them. And that's true. Some scholars say, the prophets of
		
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			Allah and it was the core of Islam, the meaning is one, it is, as they say, it effort to know what
it is something that is maybe different in which we understand it. But it's all generally the same
thing. Meaning that this truth of Islam, the truth of a law being one, the truth of him being the
ultimate creator, and acknowledging what the Creator is brought in front of you should bring forth
something in yourself. If you have that feeling, just as I did, before I became a Muslim, I had
those questions, is this really the right thing to do? I see all these signs in front of me, and I
know it has a deity, but my responsibility, have I fulfilled that ultimate responsibility, which was
		
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			for me to acknowledge them in my life, and acknowledge the promise, a lot of it was some. So this is
the ultimate call that was being given to those polytheists at that time, but in general is for all
of creation to remember the signs and to answer that communication that Allah is giving you through
these signs. And as a result, in gratitude, and insurance and thankfulness of Allah subhana wa, tada
to him, and to all the creation, Allah knows best.
		
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			Zakouma have beautiful reflections, sister solid,
		
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			does that allow you down for her that beautiful reflection, to have the life and cut ties so
beautifully into what I'm hoping to discuss? You know, Subhanallah, the idea of being able to
embrace and accept a less Pat data as the one true deity as the source of truth, as the one stable
entity in our lives is at the core of, of what I'm hoping to discuss today.
		
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			Which is, you know, that sometimes we struggle to embrace and accept the truth. Sometimes there are
pieces of ourselves, you know, like chifa, shikamaru, was discussing jealousy sometimes there are
pieces of us that struggle, our egos our desires for temporary gratification. And so I wanted to
talk about the verse in incidents and jatiya where Allah had data says, Have you seen to the
prophets, I send them those who have taken their own desires as their God. And so Allah left them to
stray knowingly sealed their hearing and hearts and place the cover on their site, who then can
guide them after Allah? Will you all not then be mindful? Right? And so you know, this, I wanted to
		
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			focus on this first part of this, this incredible verse, you know, Fri eight m, and it the other 11?
		
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			Excuse me? How? And so, you know, this idea of Have you seen those who have taken their own desires
as their God? And so when we ask ourselves, the idea of, you know, what's more important in our own
lives? Is it that we prioritize almost passata or that we prioritize our wants and desires? If we
were to ask any of ourselves this, you know, we would, we would say that we prioritize Allah that
Allah Subhana Allah is first and foremost. But a lot of times our actions can really struggle to
catch up with that value with that prioritization. And so I know that, you know, during the Ramadan,
we all hope for this sense of upliftment, right, this spiritual emotional upliftment as we strive to
		
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			increase our worship during this month, but what about when that doesn't happen? Right? What happens
when it's really hard? What happens when we just don't feel it? When worship feels like a mountain
that has to be climbed rather than a path that's filled with Serenity? Most of our wants are
typically neutral, they're not positive or negative, right? But what happens when our desires don't
align with what's pleasing to us, Pat data. And this is a struggle that every single one of us
faces, and we face it very often, and that's okay. Right? We're not held accountable and handler for
our feelings, right? We're held accountable for our actions. And that's why the reward for not
		
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			choosing to take our wants as God's for us is so incredible, right? in sort of the measure of Allah,
Allah tells us that as for those who were in awe of standing before their Lord and restrain
themselves from evil desires, paradise will certainly be their home. Right.
		
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			And so this idea of being able to restrain ourselves from our evil desires
		
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			of being able to, to control our actions despite these our desires, which means that we naturally
feel the want, the feeling is fine. But what we do with it will determine things right. And so
feeling something having that desire is not the same as acting upon it. And so that that feeling of
something wanting something and not acting upon it can actually be a path toward Jenna for us.
Because when we do that, we are choosing Allah subhanaw taala standard over our own. We're
proclaiming that almost pantalla is our our rub right there he is our Lord, that he is an holonet
that he is our Creator, but he has allowed him he's the one who knows everything and we don't, that
		
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			he is unhappy, the one who guides us and leads us to the right path that he is unhappy, right, the
one who is love truth, the one whose essence is wisdom, justice and rightness. Right and so with
this mindset, we can acknowledge that sometimes when we want something, right sometimes even when
that thing feels right, that our emotions are not facts, right and this is why the Prophet Muhammad
Salah Musa always repeat this dot yamo, calm alcocer because we already know right? Were asking
Allah to have that old Turner of hearts, keep my heart firm on your on your religion on your faith,
right. And so our input our emotions, they play an important role in our lives, it was important to
		
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			pay attention to them write their signals, but they are not decision makers. Emotions are transient,
they change constantly. But what is not transient?
		
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			Excuse me. But what is not transient? What is always permanent, what is always stable, is what Ls
pathauto has told us is the rope of Ls patata. It's his promise, His truth, and the command that He
has given us. Right? So so how do we do this? How do we, when we are struggling? How do we push
through when our feelings are not aligned with what we know to be pleasing to Allah data when our
desires are not aligned with that. And so there are three factors that I think are really important
for us to consider. The first is reminding ourselves of our purpose and our values. The second is
knowing for certain having that certainty, that the long term benefit of doing this of worshiping
		
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			Allah of choosing sometimes what's the harder path, knowing that the long term benefit that comes
with it is the best for us, right? Because it's much easier to choose what's best for us when we're
fully certain that goodness is coming. And then the third is learning to sit with discomfort. And
this is such an important skill and one that we don't often hone, right, as human beings, we
naturally try to escape discomfort, right. But most things that are worthwhile are not easy, right?
Whether it's choosing a healthy meal over one that looks more appealing, choosing to work out when
you're not feeling it. Waking up for fidget when you're exhausted, apologizing to someone, you've
		
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			wronged learning a new skill, I mean, the list goes on and on and on, of all of these things that
are really worthwhile in our lives, but take effort, and that are a lot of times difficult. And a
lot of times something that we don't necessarily feel inclined to do. Right? Which is why sometimes
our feelings are you know, that's not our decision maker, right? Until for our purpose and value,
you know, asking ourselves, are you living your purpose? Are you living your values, right, because
we live in a world that constantly presses us to make decisions that are not our own, right. And
authenticity is like this collection of choices that we have to make every single day to live our
		
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			values and our purpose. And when we don't do that, what happens is something called cognitive
dissonance, which is when your values don't align with your actions, you feel a sense of discomfort,
you feel anxiety, you feel sadness, you feel that that pit in your stomach, right. And so when
you're confronted with situations that contradict your beliefs, and your ideals, then what we do as
human beings is we try to find a way to resolve the contradiction, to get away from that sense of
discomfort. And so when our wants, or our actions or desires contradict our faith, then how do we
deal with that? We either change the behavior, or we change the values, right? And so, a lot of
		
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			times, the easier path is to you know, just change your values, right? Just Just let go of the
things that we know to be important. Because in that moment, that instant gratification of
alleviating that negative feeling that discomfort feels better. But if we choose to prioritize our
values, right, and that comes with the second step of like, knowing that goodness is coming, right,
we seek the sense of upliftment in our worship, like I was saying, you know, and it's something that
we all want to attain, but it's really important to realize that that is not the ultimate goal. Our
ultimate goal is the
		
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			Is the pleasure of Allah Patta the worship of Allah had data, hoping to see the to see the face of
Allah had that and I asked you that everybody you know here and listening has that opportunity Aloma
me and right. But the ultimate goal is submission to Allah, even when it's hard, right? Especially
when it's hard. And so being able to truly trust that almost a panel data is the one who knows
what's best for us that our perception of reality is limited. But unless patita sees every single
facet, right, that's societal standards of happiness and living your best life, and then things like
that, that those things are constantly changing. But that the true freedom, true feeling of that
		
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			void and yearning that we all have within us, is on holding on to the rope of Allah, that that is
constantly stable, even when we don't feel it in the moment. And even when our perception of what's
best for us, differs from what we know truly to be what's best for us in the eyes of almost pack
data, right? Because we've all probably made those decisions sometimes that we've regretted right?
They felt right in the moment, right. But in the end, we regretted them. But worshipping Allah data
is something that will never lead to a sense of regret. And because it's dictated by the one who
knows everything, right, we all have these things that we want. But unless path data shows us what
		
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			we need.
		
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			And so the final point that I that I wanted to talk about with regards to this idea about being able
to manage our desires, rather than being from amongst those who take their desires as their god
right, is about discomfort, and sitting with the fact that okay, I want this, I want to do this,
this instant gratification is so difficult to resist, how do I resist it? Right. And I once heard a
story shared by a rabbi about lobsters, and how lobsters are very soft animals, but they live inside
a rigid shell. And as they grow, the shell remains the same. And so they become very uncomfortable,
they find the shell very confining. And so they cast off their shell, and they produce a new one.
		
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			And so, you know, the what happens to this lobster is its signal for growth was discomfort. And
that's something that's really important for us to realize is a lot of times, moments of discomfort,
and challenges are also times of growth. And there are opportunities for us to growth, just to grow.
discomfort isn't necessarily negative, it can actually be something positive, depending on how we
push forward and whether we are pushing forward toward our true purpose. And so I want to leave you
with two final tips, practical tips
		
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			about how to help us sit with this discomfort. And the first one is to realize that distress,
discomfort, pain, it's, it's all temporary, right? But the joy of choosing the Hereafter is
everlasting. Right. And so if we think about the example of hunger, which is very appropriate for,
for Ramadan, you know, it's a very powerful example, because, you know, you can get very hungry, and
you've all probably experienced this, this, anybody who is able to fast that if you can't get to
food for a while, you know, the hunger doesn't continue to grow and grow and grow and grow. At some
point through the day, like it gets really hard, and then all of a sudden, it kind of plateaus,
		
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			right? And then it might even start to go down. discomfort is the same, right tolerating, and when
you're working towards something worthwhile when you're doing something hard, it's important to
realize that discomfort doesn't last forever. This pain, emotional pain, physical pain, any type of
pain, it doesn't last forever, right? And so we remind ourselves that, you know, the struggle is
temporary, but the reward is eternal.
		
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			And then there's a powerful exercise that I want it to end with, which is something used in therapy,
for tolerating, tolerating discomfort,
		
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			which is using imagery. So I want you to think of something that you might be struggling with, that
you know, would really be the best for you to begin working on that it might be hard, it might be
uncomfortable, right? It might be if you're trying to pray your prayers this month. If you're trying
to wear hijab, if you're trying to be patient with someone in your life or trying to give up a
negative habit. Whatever way you're striving to worship Allah subhanaw taala, but you're really
struggling with it. Just put that in your mind. And then using imagery, right, whenever it's time to
do that thing to pray to walk out of your house in hijab, do not yell when you're frustrated, etc,
		
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			right?
		
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			walk yourself through imagining something really profound, right? And I'm going to go through it
just in a second, right?
		
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			Because it triggers a different response in your mind, your brain and your and your body. Right. And
you can choose any visualization you'd like. But I'm choosing one based on a saying by Mr. Bessel,
the law article, where he said that very good deeds bring brightness upon the face, a light in the
heart and expansive provision, strengthen the body and love in the hearts of the creation. And so,
whenever you're picturing yourself, to win this act of worship, that you're really battling within
yourself, because that's really, really hard, right? When you notice yourself battling these wants,
and you are reminding yourself that you are choosing unless path data as your God and not your
		
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			desires, picture yourself engaging in this act of worship that you're striving toward. And while
you're picturing yourself engaging in this act of worship, imagine the light radiating from your
face. Imagine your heart being showered with light. Imagine the strength entering your body, picture
the angel on your right shoulder actively writing down every single deed and knowing that this deed
is being multiplied tremendously as you engage in this, and as you strive toward this, right, and
see how this shifts your ability to work toward this goal, inshallah. And I asked all those pancetta
to make us from amongst those who are able to live our values through our words and actions, who are
		
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			guided toward a path that brings us closer to Him and to align what's pleasing to us with what's
pleasing to Him, chamalla me
		
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			a very powerful exercise. Khadija loves it, she's like, this is great.
		
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			As a two year old, she's like, I can get this I can get on board with this. But the verse is verse
23, from certain shafia what you just covered, and I think somehow a lot, you know, it actually fits
that we were talking about we started off talking about people who were seeing the divine through
their desires and not the opposite, right, like so they wanted the divine to acquiesce to their
desire. So I will appreciate the religion as long as it gives me what I want. And then here you're
seeing Subhanallah like Allah calling it out for what it is, I'm going to tell her that So wait, you
want the religion to follow your desires, so then your God is your desires? It's not It's not the
		
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			idol. It's what the idol gives you access to. It's not what what else you're worshiping besides
Allah. It is what that gives you access to have your desires to dictate your own terms on God and
how you want to live in that regard, as a panelist with a Jaffa is people being brought to their
knees literally, on the day of judgment,
		
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			enforced submission, right, like all that they oppressed and rebelled in person, you know, like,
okay, now you're brought to your knees.
		
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			And the believer is brought to their knees in submission in this life instead. And in that verse is,
you know, you're talking about imagery. What is the law say right after it Monica De La Hoya, Allah
mentions the ceiling of the hearts, the ceiling of the eyes, the ceiling of the ears, and just go
about your your straight ways, right. But a lot of times I lets them in those three ways and then
the opposite of that what you were talking about the empowerment of submission, but a person feels
the expanse in submission, not suffocating in submission, but liberated and expanded in submission
to Allah subhanaw taala So does that qualify for those beautiful reflections
		
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			the mission of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was to impart knowledge, to speak truth and
dispel falsehood, to bring hope in times of darkness, to build a confident people to bring us
together with compassion, and its strength. And most of all, to instill everlasting faith in every
aspect of our lives, so that we can have stronger conviction, fuller hearts and a well defined
purpose. This is what motivates us every day to inspire a world
		
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			of faithful changemakers, who serve as ambassadors of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam and as
the theme strives to build on the final Prophetic Mission, we invite you to join us in these final
10 nights and realizing that