Sadullah Khan – Nights of Empowerment Parables and Wisdom from the Quran Night 4

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The speaker discusses the importance of the holy Quran, which uses the concept ofteen out of 16, to emphasize the universal aspect of beasthood. The title is a conditional statement that states that everyone can never attain until they avail for others what they love most. It is a means of social engagement and is a means of salvation, not a means of satisfaction. It is the foundation of what is called the golden rule, which is a mercy unto the world.

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			We continue our theme
		
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			nights of empowerment,
		
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			parables, and wisdom from the noble Quran.
		
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			The Quran makes a conditional statement at the
		
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			very beginning of the 4th Jews.
		
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			Allah begins
		
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			You cannot attain
		
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			unless
		
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			you avail for others what you yourself
		
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			love most for yourself.
		
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			And whatever you spend,
		
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			whatever you provide,
		
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			whatever you avail for others,
		
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			surely Allah is fully aware of everything
		
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			that you do.
		
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			Now, lent an alul beer, you can never
		
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			attain unto beer. This beer is a concept
		
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			that occurs numerous times, in fact, 14 times
		
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			in the holy Quran.
		
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			And in the Islamic primary text, the concept
		
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			of birb
		
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			is a very fundamental concept.
		
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			It implies a variety
		
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			of positive behaviors and positive attitudes.
		
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			For example, there are
		
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			Right? Truthfulness leads towards.
		
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			And human conduct.
		
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			Also, it can imply cordiality
		
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			and respect for others.
		
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			In numerous ayaats, in one of them for
		
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			example, Allah says, those who do not fight
		
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			you, those who do not oppose you, those
		
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			who are not hostile towards you, Allah says,
		
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			there's no there's no harm
		
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			in being just and fair and kind to
		
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			to them. And the word used there is
		
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			so implies
		
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			a cordiality
		
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			and respect for others.
		
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			It can also be the means of social
		
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			engagement.
		
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			For example, Allah says,
		
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			engage each other, engage other people,
		
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			engage in social activity
		
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			on the basis of
		
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			on the basis of what we can say
		
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			righteousness and God consciousness.
		
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			In the verse that we are particularly focusing
		
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			on,
		
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			the unique aspect of this verse that captures
		
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			our attention and that evokes
		
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			our our conscience
		
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			is the fact that it's a conditional statement.
		
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			You can never attain and to build.
		
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			In other words,
		
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			there's a precondition.
		
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			Until and unless.
		
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			You cannot attain this bill until and unless
		
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			you avail for others
		
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			that which you yourself love most.
		
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			So here,
		
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			symbolizes,
		
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			righteousness
		
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			coupled with what we can say the spirit
		
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			of of of empathy, of infar, of generous
		
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			generosity,
		
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			of spending, of availing, and benefiting other people.
		
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			And this verse we can say for Islam
		
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			in the Islamic terminology and in the Quran
		
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			is the foundation of what we call the
		
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			golden rule, the ethic of reciprocity
		
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			that is loving for others what you love
		
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			for yourself.
		
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			And therefore,
		
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			this golden rule,
		
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			which is linked to the notion of
		
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			is
		
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			emphasized the prophet
		
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			as a mercy unto the world in numerous
		
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			ways. Among them, for example, he said, as
		
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			an advice,
		
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			he said,
		
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			He said, If you love for others what
		
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			you love for yourself, then truly you are
		
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			a Muslim.
		
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			This can also be a means of salvation.
		
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			Whoever wishes to be saved from the fire
		
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			and to enter the guard the garden of
		
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			paradise,
		
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			that person should die having faith in Allah
		
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			and aware of his accountability
		
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			on the day of judgement.
		
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			And
		
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			that person should treat other people the way
		
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			he himself would like to be treated.
		
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			And of course,
		
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			Mu'adh ibn Jabal radiAllahu, one of the companions
		
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			asked the prophet, what is the best
		
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			what you love for yourself.
		
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			Dislike for them what you dislike for yourself,
		
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			and say something good. If you say something,
		
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			then if you can't say something good, rather
		
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			remain silent. This is the highest perfection of
		
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			your iman.
		
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			So we need to realize from all
		
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			this, that if we live with love as
		
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			our dominant emotion,
		
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			because we're all emotional beings. Any human being,
		
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			we're always in some
		
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			state. We only become conscious when we become
		
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			highlighted when we're angry,
		
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			when we express love,
		
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			hatred,
		
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			jealousy, then we come aware of our emotion,
		
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			but we are emotional beings. We're always in
		
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			some emotional state.
		
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			So if we live with
		
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			our with love as our dominant emotion,
		
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			which is very rarely the case, even among
		
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			loved ones.
		
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			If we live with love, like Deirasul, his
		
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			dominant emotion was mercy. Israel will call him
		
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			mercy.
		
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			If we live with love as our dominant
		
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			emotion, then we have a power to make
		
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			a difference in the lives of the people
		
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			whom we engage and whom we meet.
		
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			There's nothing more comforting. There's nothing more gratifying
		
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			for a conscientious person than knowing that through
		
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			your kind word,
		
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			through a helpful act, through a loving hug,
		
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			through a cheerful smile,
		
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			that you have made a difference. You've made
		
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			someone's burden a little lighter, someone's day a
		
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			little brighter,
		
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			someone's
		
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			situation a little more pleasant.
		
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			So kindness and love are indeed most noble
		
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			qualities,
		
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			not only good qualities,
		
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			integral to righteousness,
		
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			which is the doorway to paradise and also
		
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			linked to the notion of taqwa, which is
		
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			the reason why we're fasting.
		
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			So love
		
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			and kindness are indeed most noble qualities,
		
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			characteristics of Allah himself.
		
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			Allah is kind. Muslim.
		
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			Allah is kind and Allah prefers kindness in
		
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			every
		
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			matter. And of course, Allah encourages
		
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			love and compassion
		
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			for after all.
		
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			Allah himself is most compassionate and
		
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			most loving.
		
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			Let us ponder over the following three points.
		
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			1,
		
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			or
		
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			the expression of
		
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			righteousness, should be an integral
		
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			part of the life and the psyche and
		
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			the attitude of any believer.
		
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			Bir,
		
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			or the expression of righteousness should be an
		
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			integral part of any believer and should be
		
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			manifested in our attitude and our engagement with
		
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			other people.
		
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			2,
		
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			righteousness
		
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			cannot be truly attained without caring for the
		
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			well-being
		
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			of the rest of our human family.
		
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			And we should therefore love for others
		
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			what we love for ourselves as instructed by
		
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			the Quran and by the prophet.
		
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			And I leave you with a reminder of
		
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			the
		
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			All of creation,
		
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			dependence of Allah. All of the creation,
		
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			dependence of Allah, and Allah loves most among
		
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			his creation,
		
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			those who are best to his creation.