Sadullah Khan – Parables and Wisdom from the Quran Night 10

Sadullah Khan
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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

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