Omar Suleiman – Why Me #25 What If It Is Too Late

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The speakers discuss the importance of pursuing good deeds, reacquarding oneself with Bible knowledge, and seeking refuge from Allah's actions. They stress the need for personal protection and returning to feud, as well as the importance of pursuing one's mind, body, and soul health. The speakers also touch on the importance of pursuing one's evil ways and the ways in which he can help people. The Qadr monthly message encourages people to support Islam.

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			Weren't you young just yesterday?
		
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			When did your bone start to creak?
		
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			Your joints start to ache.
		
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			Your hair start to go gray.
		
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			How could time have passed you by so
		
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			quickly?
		
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			And what do you plan to do with
		
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			the remainder of it?
		
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			Those of us given the gift of prolonged
		
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			life
		
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			come to realize that time
		
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			is still too short.
		
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			You've aged beautifully,
		
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			if you've increased your good deeds and decreased
		
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			your sins.
		
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			As we strive for the akhirah in our
		
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			midlife,
		
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			we notice the changes on our bodies,
		
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			these reminders that the clock is ticking.
		
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			The scholars say waja'ukmun
		
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			nadir and the warner has come to you
		
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			doesn't just mean a prophet came to you.
		
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			It even means your gray hairs.
		
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			But the scholars also say that gray hairs
		
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			are such a blessing in this life because
		
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			they add to your dignity,
		
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			prevent conceit,
		
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			lead to humility,
		
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			and some scholars said, even weaken your desire
		
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			for this world.
		
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			Imam min kutaybarahimuhullah
		
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			says in his famous Irun al Akbar,
		
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			laqadjalllaqadarushaybiinqanaqulama
		
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			bada shaybatunyaaraminallahuimarukaboo.
		
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			The appearance of gray hairs are a great
		
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			attainment
		
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			for the beginning of gray marks the end
		
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			of vain entertainment.
		
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			And of course, its blessings are primarily for
		
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			the next life. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
		
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			said, man shaba shaybatanfeesabilelahkanat
		
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			lahu nooran yawmulqiama.
		
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			Whoever has grown a gray hair in the
		
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			way of Allah, it will be a light
		
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			for him on the day of judgment.
		
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			A long life is a blessing if it
		
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			has prolonged your good and a curse if
		
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			it's prolonged your evil.
		
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			The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was asked, You
		
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			Rasulullah ayu nasikhayr O Messenger of Allah, who
		
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			are the best of people? And he responded
		
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			SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam saying mantala
		
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			umuruhu wahasunaamal
		
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			Whoever has a long life but uses that
		
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			long life to do good deeds. And he
		
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			was asked, and who are the worst of
		
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			people? The prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said mantalaumruhu
		
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			wasa aamaloo
		
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			Whoever lives a long life but only increases
		
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			in sin with that long life.
		
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			It's not about how long you lived, it's
		
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			about how you lived. And again and again
		
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			in the Quran people are asked, how long
		
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			do you think you lived on earth? And
		
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			they always reply,
		
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			yomun o Babl yom. It felt like a
		
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			day or part of a day.
		
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			When you reach the end, your time in
		
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			this world will feel like a blink of
		
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			an eye.
		
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			Long days lending themselves only to fleeting memories
		
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			of years gone by.
		
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			And how beautiful when a person not only
		
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			lived the righteous life, but taught those that
		
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			came after them how to live righteously
		
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			and pass on the treasures of lessons of
		
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			good deeds.
		
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			The prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, no one
		
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			has more noble of a lineage than Yusuf
		
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			Alaihi Wasallam. An Nabi, the son of an
		
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			Nabi, the son of an Nabi, the son
		
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			of an Nabi. A prophet, the son of
		
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			a prophet, the son of a prophet, the
		
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			son of a prophet.
		
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			Yusuf, the son of Yaqub, the son of
		
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			Ishaq, the son of Ibrahim. Think about how
		
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			amazing that is.
		
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			But it wasn't just a claim to prophethood.
		
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			It was the lessons of prophethood that never
		
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			let anyone in that chain forget why they
		
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			were here in the first place
		
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			and what they were meant to leave behind.
		
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			Now as we're thinking about all the things
		
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			we can't do anymore,
		
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			we also realize the good deeds we missed
		
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			out on.
		
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			But there are unique good deeds that Allah
		
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			has now opened the door to, that you
		
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			couldn't actually do when you were younger.
		
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			Perhaps now your time has freed up to
		
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			earn more of Jannah with those steps to
		
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			the Masjid, or those utterances of dhikr.
		
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			Now you have more time to reacquaint yourself
		
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			with the Quran and the sacred knowledge you
		
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			couldn't indulge before.
		
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			Some of our greatest scholars started their journey
		
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			of knowledge only when the gray hairs already
		
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			came out.
		
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			The great imam ibn Hazam Rahimuhullah didn't start
		
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			his journey until he was in his forties.
		
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			I remember being mind blown reading about one
		
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			of the greatest scholars of the tabri'een, Salih
		
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			ibn Qaysan. And Imam Adhahibir Rahimuhullah says, abilillwahuibnu
		
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			sabi'eenasana
		
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			He started his journey of knowledge when he
		
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			was 70 years young.
		
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			And so we continue to live and work
		
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			for the akhirah
		
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			with everything Allah blessed us with as we
		
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			age in Islam. And then we take the
		
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			means to keep our mind, body and soul
		
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			healthy as we pursue that which is more
		
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			important.
		
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			As the time passes before we know it,
		
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			we're past our 60s. The prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
		
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			Wasallam said that the average lifespan
		
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			of this ummah is between 6070.
		
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			There are multiple times that the Prophet SallAllahu
		
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			Alaihi Wasallam said, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will
		
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			continue to forgive a person, Hata balagasatinamun
		
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			Umri until that person reaches 60 years old.
		
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			Now this doesn't mean that Allah will not
		
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			forgive a person over 60 years old when
		
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			they sin and repent,
		
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			but rather the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam is
		
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			emphasizing
		
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			that if a person is still persisting in
		
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			their evil ways even after being 60 years
		
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			old, what excuse do they have before Allah
		
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			on the day of judgment?
		
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			The prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam used to seek
		
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			refuge in Allah from the hardship of those
		
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			later years. He would say, rabbi a'oothubikaminal
		
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			kasr wasu'il kibbar. My Lord, I seek refuge
		
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			in you from laziness
		
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			and from the difficulties of old age. And
		
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			he would say, Allahum innni a'oothubikamin
		
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			al bukhl wa'oothubikaminaljubin
		
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			wa'a'oothubikaminanuradda
		
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			ilaardalilumr
		
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			wa'a'oothubikamin
		
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			fitna to dunya wa'adhabil kabr Oh Allah, I
		
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			seek refuge in you from stinginess.
		
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			And I seek your protection from cowardice.
		
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			And I seek your protection from being returned
		
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			to feeble old age.
		
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			And I seek your protection from the trials
		
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			of this world and from the torment of
		
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			the grave.
		
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			But notice that the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
		
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			always accompanied seeking refuge in Allah from the
		
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			difficulties of age with seeking refuge in Allah
		
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			from the disease of sin and the torment
		
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			of the hereafter.
		
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			Whether it's your own old age or the
		
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			old age of someone else, it's a sign
		
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			that the sooner you turn back to Allah
		
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			the better and the longer you live pleasing
		
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			Allah the better.
		
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			Mina'alama tin najahfinihayat
		
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			amongst the signs of success at the end
		
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			is the turning to Allah in the beginning.
		
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			As you grow older,
		
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			life's most simple tasks can become
		
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			tough.
		
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			But Allah will send others to carry much
		
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			of your physical burdens,
		
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			and will remove from you much of your
		
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			worldly distractions.
		
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			So that you can now focus on your
		
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			spiritual elevation,
		
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			and the beauty of him,
		
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			and the blessings he's put around you.
		
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			Blessings that you helped grow,
		
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			and blessings that you now fully appreciate.
		
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			And there isn't just a new found sense
		
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			of gratitude in your life now,
		
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			but a new found sense of urgency.
		
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			As you wait for your fate to suddenly
		
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			take what may be its final turn.
		
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			Tonight could be Laylat Qadr, the night of
		
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			divine decree.
		
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			Tonight,
		
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			millions of Muslims around the world are raising
		
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			their hands in du'a to ask Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala for what they need. Many are
		
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			asking for guidance and certainty, and everyone's asking
		
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			for Allah's mercy. All month long we've been
		
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			discussing Qadr, divine decree, and the many subtle
		
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			ways it might show up in our
		
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			lives. As we answer the hard questions like
		
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			why me this Ramadan,
		
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			Yaqeen also works every month of the year
		
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			to provide answers that combat doubt,
		
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			research that educates people around the world, and
		
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			content that inspires every member of the Ummah
		
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			around the world. This laylatul Qadr when deeds
		
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			are multiplied by 1,000,
		
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			add a deed to your list that can
		
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			help every believer solidify their faith.
		
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			Let a voice for Islam ring around the
		
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			world.
		
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			Donate to Yaqeen.