Omar Suleiman – Taraweeh Reflections – How To Make Dua For Gaza On Laylatul Qadr

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The importance of the "naughty night" in one's culture is discussed, along with the need to focus on it and create "naughty creators" for oneself and others to create a sense of success and satisfaction. The speaker emphasizes the importance of aligning with Allah's desire to replace the current setup and create a vision of the future, and facing oppression and the presence of multiple armies in the world. It is emphasized that everyone should make an overwhelming statement about their actions and events, and not isolate themselves.

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			There are special connections in the duas that
		
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			we make for our brothers and sisters in
		
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			these last 2 nights with the night especially
		
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			if it coincides with Nillai Ta'ala with that
		
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			night. And subhanAllah as the imam was reciting,
		
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			you know, one of the glad tidings that
		
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			we take from the Quran because Ramadan is
		
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			a month of glad tidings. The scholars say,
		
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			Look, surat Al Akaf is
		
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			the call.
		
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			Surat Muhammad is also known as Surat Al
		
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			Kital.
		
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			After the call, there is the battle.
		
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			And after the battle, there comes Surat Al
		
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			Fatiha,
		
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			comes the opening. And so even in the
		
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			way that the surahs are in the Quran,
		
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			the call the battle the victory. We are
		
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			an ummah that believes in victory, and we
		
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			believe that victory is inevitable because we're calling
		
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			upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Al Qadeer, Al
		
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			Muqtadir, Al Jabbar.
		
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			We're calling upon Allah
		
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			who has guaranteed it
		
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			but on his time
		
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			Now,
		
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			what do we do with the people of
		
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			Gaza
		
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			and this cause in these particular nights? And
		
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			I wanna give a few tips. Number 1,
		
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			everything that you are making du'a for yourself
		
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			for, instead of thinking about it like some
		
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			isolated du'a that you leave as a portion
		
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			of your du'a,
		
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			everything that you're asking Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			to give you, ask Allah to give them
		
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			as well.
		
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			We don't wanna have that separation
		
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			in our priorities
		
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			to where we make our personal duas and
		
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			we exert ourselves and then we throw in
		
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			the cause of Ghazah or the cause of
		
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			the oppressed
		
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			as just something that we tack on to
		
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			the end.
		
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			You're asking Allah to sustain you, ask Allah
		
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			to sustain them. You're asking Allah
		
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			to allow you to conquer your personal circumstances,
		
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			let Allah
		
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			or ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to allow
		
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			them to conquer their obstacles as well. Everything
		
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			you're asking Allah for, the removal of ham,
		
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			the removal of stress,
		
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			ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to give that
		
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			to them. You're asking Allah for acceptance for
		
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			yourself,
		
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			ask Allah to accept them as well. That
		
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			every single person that has died in ghazah
		
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			is granted shahada, and that every single person
		
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			who has been injured physically, or emotionally, or
		
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			mentally
		
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			is compensated
		
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			with their share from Al Jannah,
		
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			So that's the first thing, tie it all
		
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			in. And this is something we had a
		
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			webinar very early on with Sheikh Tahir Wayat,
		
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			where we looked at ways to make dua
		
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			for the people of Ghazza.
		
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			Every dua in the Quran
		
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			that you make for yourself, you can make
		
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			for them. So,
		
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			Once
		
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			O Allah, pour upon us patience,
		
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			and make our feet firm, say,
		
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			Right? By simply replacing the dua for yourself
		
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			and making it for them instead.
		
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			Give them a portion of your dua by
		
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			allocating some of it to them every single
		
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			time you make dua for yourself.
		
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			But subhanAllah, here's what I want you to
		
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			pay attention
		
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			to And I was thinking about all the
		
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			ways
		
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			that our duas for gazza relate
		
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			to the moment.
		
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			Is a night of power.
		
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			And you believe as a mumin
		
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			that Allah
		
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			has power over all things.
		
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			So call upon Allah
		
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			with His names and attributes of power.
		
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			That Allah
		
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			overcome those who think they have power, Number
		
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			1.
		
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			Number 2, the notion of the future.
		
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			Is
		
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			a night in which we seek Allah's
		
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			blessing for the year to come.
		
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			And when we call upon Allah with
		
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			His power and for the future,
		
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			Those are two things that are deeply
		
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			intertwined
		
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			with the moment that we are in with
		
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			our brothers and sisters in Palestine right now.
		
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			And in Sudan, and in Congo, and in
		
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			Yemen. Wherever they are, subhanallah, the oppressed, and
		
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			in surya, and in Somalia.
		
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			Make dua for them, dear brothers and sisters.
		
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			And know that Allah has the power and
		
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			that Allah determines
		
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			the future as well. His power overcomes the
		
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			present even if you don't see it.
		
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			His future is inevitable even if others think
		
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			they control it. It's only a matter of
		
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			time.
		
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			And so you're asking Allah with his power,
		
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			and you're asking Allah to decree for our
		
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			brothers and sisters victory this year.
		
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			Make that du'am sincerely.
		
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			And if you think
		
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			that on the 23rd night when the Prophet
		
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			sallaihi wa sallam, or the 23rd day when
		
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			he went into Makkah, or the 27th night
		
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			when salafadinalayubi
		
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			went into kateen,
		
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			or went into Jerusalem,
		
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			that they were not making dua with that
		
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			in mind,
		
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			that they know that Allah
		
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			decrees, and you're asking Allah to decree victory
		
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			for them,
		
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			then you're missing out. So we ask Allah
		
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			to decree victory for our brothers and sisters.
		
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			And we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala that
		
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			we sooner than later get to pray in
		
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			a free Masjid Al Uqsa, and that every
		
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			single one of these people is compensated in
		
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			this life or the hereafter, or both.
		
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			Dear brothers and sisters, there's another thing, subhanAllah,
		
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			just something that connects to Laylatul Qadr
		
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			Of the duas that the Prophet would make,
		
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			and he made it in Al Aghzab,
		
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			in the trench.
		
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			And Subhanallah, I was thinking about this, and
		
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			it only occurred to me this year.
		
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			When you talk about the greatness of Allah
		
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			and what Allah has done for this world,
		
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			and the quote unquote impossible feats
		
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			that we attribute.
		
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			Right?
		
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			The the miracles.
		
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			Allah
		
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			says, This is the month in which He
		
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			revealed the Qur'an. Laylatul Qadr is the night
		
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			in which Allah revealed the Qur'an.
		
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			And the Prophet
		
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			when he raised up his hands and he
		
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			called upon his Lord. His Lord who saved
		
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			Abraham from the fire. His Lord who saved
		
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			Moses from the sea, from the pharaoh. His
		
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			Lord who saved Ayyub
		
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			all of the prophets
		
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			Yusuf
		
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			from the well, and then prison, and slavery.
		
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			When he called upon Allah with all these
		
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			attributes,
		
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			what's the first thing he said in
		
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			Al Ahzab?
		
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			O Allah the One who revealed the book.
		
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			Imagine you making this dua, you're calling upon
		
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			Allah with this dua on the night that
		
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			He revealed the book. You're certainly doing so
		
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			in the month that He revealed the book.
		
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			Allahumma munzidalkitab.
		
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			Memorize
		
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			this du'a insha Allah ta'ala.
		
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			Repeat after
		
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			me,
		
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			O Allah the Revealer of the book.
		
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			The one who is swift in his reckoning.
		
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			The
		
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			one who controls the clouds.
		
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			What is more remarkable than the control of
		
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			the crowds the the the clouds and the
		
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			rain is the revelation of the Quran.
		
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			But you're calling upon Allah who created the
		
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			earth and can move the earth.
		
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			The one who defeats the armies.
		
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			And SubhanAllah, Uhzab
		
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			are
		
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			these multiple armies. And
		
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			Uhazim
		
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			Al Azaab.
		
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			And we need only 1 to overcome them
		
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			all.
		
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			Hazim
		
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			Al
		
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			defeat them
		
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			and shake them.
		
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			Just as we make du'a for firmness for
		
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			our brothers and sisters, we make du'a for
		
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			Allah
		
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			to shake
		
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			the oppressors
		
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			who think
		
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			they have such immunity
		
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			in this world
		
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			and who do not fear the consequence of
		
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			their actions in this life and the next.
		
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			Make these duas
		
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			for power. Make these duas for victory. Make
		
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			these duas for decree.
		
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			Make dua to the one who revealed the
		
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			book
		
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			to reveal victory to us
		
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			in this year.
		
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			And Subhanallah, we have gone in these cycles.
		
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			No one last salamulah thought we would be
		
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			here this salamulah.
		
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			Know subhanallah, the people of Gaza are used
		
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			to.
		
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			They're used to the Israelis
		
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			being aggressive in Ramadan.
		
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			Al Aqsa is used to the yearly aggressions
		
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			in Ramadan. No one thought it would get
		
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			to this.
		
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			But the day switch to
		
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			to There's a day of hardship and a
		
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			day of victory.
		
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			And Insha'Allah
		
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			through the duas of the ummah, and the
		
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			efforts of the ummah.
		
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			Allah
		
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			will show us a
		
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			change. But it needs you dear brothers and
		
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			sisters to make dua as if the world
		
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			depends on your dua. And that's the last
		
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			thing I'm gonna say.
		
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			Make your dua so sincerely as if the
		
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			whole world depends on your dua. Don't belittle
		
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			your dua.
		
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			Don't think who am I to make dua,
		
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			and what's my dua gonna change things? Make
		
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			dua as if it all depends on you.
		
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			As if your dua
		
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			because you're calling upon Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			controls all circumstances. As if your dua can
		
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			change the world because it can.
		
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			So this
		
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			moment and these nights dear brothers and sisters,
		
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			bring them
		
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			in. Bring them in. Don't isolate them. Don't
		
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			leave them to your last sajdah when you're
		
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			barely awake. Bring them in. Bring them into
		
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			your personal duas. And subhanAllah, you'll find that
		
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			perhaps when you make du'a for them, your
		
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			personal duas will also find more elevation through
		
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			that. And you'll find that the things that
		
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			you are so stressed out about and asking
		
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			Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala for on a personal
		
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			level
		
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			are really not that important to you right
		
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			now.
		
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			And I hate to put it that way
		
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			but it's important as well.
		
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			Why is it that we cry and we
		
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			push ourselves and we move ourselves so much
		
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			when we're making du'a for something for ourselves?
		
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			But for our ummah we can only spare
		
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			a few words.
		
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			Exert yourself.
		
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			And insha'Allah ta'ala, this will be a year
		
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			of victory bi idhnillahi ta'ala. And this will
		
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			be a night of victory bi idhnillahi ta'ala.
		
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			We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to give
		
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			our brothers and sisters
		
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			victory. We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to
		
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			feed the hungry. We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala to heal the wounded. We ask Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to protect the children and
		
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			the innocent all over the world. We ask
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to grant our brothers
		
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			and sisters
		
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			victory over their arrogant oppressors and to allow
		
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			us to be alongside them. We ask Allah
		
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			to guide us to the ways in which
		
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			we can support them. We ask Allah
		
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			who revealed the book and inspired this ummah
		
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			with the Quran,
		
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			to fill us with the Quran and to
		
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			allow the Quran
		
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			to bring tranquility into our hearts and steadfastness
		
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			in our feet. And we ask
		
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			Allah to pour upon our brothers and sisters
		
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			and upon us
		
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			the patience that is needed so that we
		
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			can continue to strive
		
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			until we see that victory that he has
		
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			promised.