Sadullah Khan – Parables and Wisdom from the Quran Night 10

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The speaker discusses the importance of life as a test and how it is a test for one's ability to handle challenges and trials. They also mention the significance of each situation and how it is a test for one's ability to measure one's capacity. The speaker emphasizes the need to inspire others with positivity and positive attributes to improve one's chances of success.

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			As we continue our theme, rarely
is the fact that life is as the
		
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			Quran says Leah blue, a test.
		
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			And among the test of life for
each individual are the skills,
		
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			the challenges, the trials, the
tribulations, the talents, the
		
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			abilities, the knowledge, the
position, the position, the
		
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			authority, the power that each one
has. All of these are part of the
		
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			Allah who has made you vigilance
managers inheritors of the earth.
		
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			He has positioned us position you
in ranks, he has positioned you in
		
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			ranks, in order that he may test
you in what He has granted for
		
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			you.
		
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			What this illustrative verse
indicates, is that people have
		
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			different levels of the Rajat as
diverse is levels of capacity, or
		
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			levels should however, not be
negatively construed, or
		
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			understood
		
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			that some people are superior to
others.
		
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			Rather, acknowledge the fact that
because each person is unique,
		
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			each person is somewhat special.
Each situation may be different,
		
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			and all circumstances are not the
same. You have one year, ask a
		
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			student who failed Lucozade
University.
		
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			If you want to know the value of
one month, ask a mother who has
		
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			given birth to a premature baby.
If you want to know the value of
		
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			one hour, ask a lover waiting to
meet the beloved, if you want to
		
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			know the value of a millage as the
person who just missed the bus, if
		
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			you want to know the value of a
second, as someone who just
		
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			escaped death in an accident, and
if you want to know the value of a
		
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			millisecond, as the person who
came second in the Olympics,
		
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			context may differ.
		
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			But significance depends upon the
context sometimes. One of the most
		
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			negative things that people do,
that we do, is comparing ourselves
		
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			to others in a disparaging Alinea
reproachful manner. And sometimes
		
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			we do this to other people we do
even to our children, comparing
		
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			them negatively with other people.
And this negative assessment of
		
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			the self makes people pessimistic,
makes them feel hopeless, makes
		
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			them feel useless almost instill
that you will look at nature. Both
		
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			the lion and the shark are
outstanding hunters. But the lion
		
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			cannot hunt in the ocean. That's
because a shark cannot hunt on
		
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			land does not make him less of a
hunter. Both of the value and
		
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			status as hunters, but each one in
their own territory within their
		
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			own context, where the capacity
comes to the fore. So different
		
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			things have different
significance.
		
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			But each one in his own context.
Giving a bunch of flowers to a
		
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			loved one is not the same, that
the rose can make a better salad.
		
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			Each has its own value in its own
context. And thus, value comes
		
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			from the inherent capacity of a
person. Another thing
		
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			we can reflect on the Wi Fi either
rota has the meal. lt fall makan.
		
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			He said, Do not look for your self
worth in the eyes of other people
		
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			or in comparison with other
people. Look for your worth within
		
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			your own consciousness. Firstly,
		
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			the realization that different
people are in different
		
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			situations. It each and every one
is unique. And each one
		
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			significant, valuable
		
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			in his or her own context,
		
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			to life is a test. And each of us
a part of the test. And each one
		
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			of us is being tested according to
what we have been granted.
		
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			We only pass a test with faith. If
we do the best we can with what we
		
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			have from wherever we are. And
Allah will hold us accountable to
		
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			the extent of our capacity. Now
you can only follow nevsun is
		
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			ours. I don't test you. I don't
put you in a position of
		
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			difficulty without the capacity
for you to be able to handle it.
		
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			Thirdly, in a world so highly
critical of everyone, but of Hope
		
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			rather than gloom and despair,
instead of being over critical of
		
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			ourselves, looking down upon
ourselves or looking down upon
		
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			others being buried in negativity.
Let us inspire ourselves with
		
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			goodness and inspire others with
positivity.
		
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			shows that we look up to Allah and
be elevated by being the best that
		
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			we can be in any given situation
Akula kolyada was tougher Allah wa
		
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			salam Wa alaykum wa Rahmatullah