Sadullah Khan – Developing Qur’anic Personality To be and what not to be. #1

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			We bid you a Ramadan Kareem
		

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			as we commence our theme for this Ramadan.
		

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			Developing a Quranic personality,
		

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			how to be
		

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			and what not to be.
		

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			May Allah inspire us
		

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			to be the best that we can be
		

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			inshallah.
		

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			As we enter another unusual Ramadan
		

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			through an extraordinary
		

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			pandemic,
		

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			we who are fasting
		

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			are embarking on a spiritual journey.
		

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			A journey of heightened spiritual consciousness
		

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			of moral development.
		

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			And in fact Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala refers
		

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			to the people who are fasting in the
		

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			Quran as as a own spiritual travelers.
		

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			As we reflect on our lives and the
		

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			lives of those around us,
		

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			we are aware of so many that we
		

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			have lost during COVID 19.
		

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			And all of us realize that all of
		

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			us together
		

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			are journeying through this life into the next.
		

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			And the prophet said,
		

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			deed, the example of the world and myself
		

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			is like a traveling rider
		

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			who seeks a shade somewhere and he comes
		

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			under a tree for a short while
		

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			and then he moves on. That is
		

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			myself in relation to the world.
		

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			Said, Nadi Karamalahuwaja
		

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			contextualize
		

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			the reality of our stay on earth in
		

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			the following beautiful words. He said,
		

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			He said, remember that this world which you
		

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			desire so urgently
		

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			and attempt to acquire
		

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			so earnestly,
		

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			and which sometimes
		

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			annoys you and sometimes gives you happiness,
		

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			this world is neither your home nor your
		

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			permanent residence.
		

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			Then he said,
		

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			This world should neither remain with you forever,
		

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			nor are you gonna stay in it eternally.
		

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			So therefore,
		

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			try to advance from this world
		

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			towards the hereafter.
		

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			That hereafter
		

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			to which you are invited
		

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			and to which there will be eternal bliss.
		

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			So the lesson for tonight,
		

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			it's be something, do not be something else.
		

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			Do not be of those.
		

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			Do not be like those
		

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			who consider themselves
		

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			permanent residents in this world.
		

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			Do not consider yourself
		

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			as permanent resident in the world,
		

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			rather consider yourself Rek Rasoolullah said,
		

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			Be in this world as if you are
		

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			a traveler or a passerby.
		

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			Remembering the fact that this life is a
		

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			journey, and that this world
		

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			is not the destination.