Salah Mahmoud – Stories Of The Quran 10.1.24

Salah Mahmoud
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The Prophetroj and surah have been struggles for the Prophet with the loss of wealth and property, leaving businesses and homes, and the need for intelligence. The Prophet used his Mashes as a symbol of protecting people and property, but the situation was peaceful and relaxed. The Prophet had calmed down companions down and gave them a nap to wake them up, leading to a whole group of people outnumbering the enemy. The importance of learning history and being confident in one's beliefs is emphasized.
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We finished Surat Al-A'raf, Alhamdulillah.

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And as you know we started from Surat

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Al-Baqarah, now Alhamdulillah may Allah give us

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the tawfiq and allow us to witness Khatm

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al-Quran in this mihrab, ameen.

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And we'll start with Surat Al-Anfal.

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And Surat Al-A'raf, Alhamdulillah, it was

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the very last ayah in Surat Al-A

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'raf, it's the very first Sajd Al-Tilawah,

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right?

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That's why you noticed that we meet Sajd

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Al-Tilawah, it's the first one.

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And then we moved on to Surat, what's

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the surah after that?

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Surat Al-Anfal, Surat Al-Anfal.

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And Surat Al-Anfal, one of the surahs,

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actually one of my favorite surahs, Surat Al

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-Anfal.

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If you want to feel like you are

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actually witnessing the battle of Badr, you need

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to recite Surat Al-Anfal.

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Surat Al-Anfal describes to us the smallest

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details of Ghazwat Badr.

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And how the Prophet ﷺ and the companions,

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how they felt about the whole situation.

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Surat Al-Anfal talks about Ghazwat, the battle

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of Badr.

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And the way Allah describes the feelings of

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the companions and how as human beings they

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were not comfortable, because, well, think about it,

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it was the first Ghazwat for them, they

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had just moved to Medina, life wasn't rosy

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in Medina, the Prophet ﷺ had to deal

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with a lot of issues, different society, different

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background, everything was different.

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So the Prophet ﷺ, for him to bring

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everyone together to deal with the people of

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the book as well, and then you had

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the Munafiqeen that started actually hating on the

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Prophet ﷺ, especially after Ghazwat Badr when they

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realized that the Islam and the Muslims, they're

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getting stronger, subhanAllah.

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So Allah ﷻ, He gave the command and

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the amr of the Prophet ﷺ to conduct

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the first Ghazwa, which is the Ghazwat Badr.

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And, of course, the story behind Ghazwat Badr,

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we've heard it so many times, but simply,

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just briefly, the Prophet ﷺ, when he heard

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that there was a caravan coming from Mecca

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all the way to Bilad al-Sham, the

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Prophet ﷺ, he consulted his companions, he made

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the mashoorah, and he said, do we want

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to do this?

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And why, you know, a lot of people

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when they talk about the Ghazwat Badr, they

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say, was the Prophet ﷺ and his companions

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were like thugs or something?

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They're attacking and robbing other people's caravans and

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commodities and properties and all of that?

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That wasn't the case, it wasn't the case,

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because while the Prophet ﷺ was forced out

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of Mecca, him and the companions, they were

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forced out of Mecca, they left their properties,

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they left their wealth, their money, their businesses,

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they left everything.

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So that was time for them to get

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their haqq back.

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There was no, like, you know, court, there

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was nothing like police or anything like that,

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right?

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It was time for them to basically show

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themselves and show their strength and their power,

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all right?

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You know, jihad wasn't actually fard upon them

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before that, but subhanAllah, Allah ﷻ said, now

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it's time to actually start doing this and

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defending yourselves.

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You're not chicken, you're not going to be

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chicken.

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Someone took something from you, you take it

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back from them.

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So the Prophet ﷺ did mashoorah with Abu

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Bakr as-Siddiq and they decided, but he

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told them from the very beginning, you know,

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we're very few.

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They were how many, like 300, 330 or

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something, like almost 300 people, right?

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Soldiers.

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And he knew what was happening after that.

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Of course, the intention wasn't for the battle,

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it was just to get the caravan first

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and take their money and their wealth back

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as much as they could, right?

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And then subhanAllah al-'Azim, you know, when Abu

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Jahl and the enemies of Islam, when they

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heard about this, they actually decided that they

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have to go out and meet the Prophet

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ﷺ.

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This is when the ghazwah started.

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The Prophet ﷺ, he calmed the companions down

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because he knew through his intelligence, they had

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intelligence mukhabarat, you know, like the CIA at

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the time, that there were many of them,

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many of the mushrikeen, they're coming to fight

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the Prophet ﷺ.

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Over a thousand, you know, soldiers, they're coming

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to fight the Muslims.

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So you have 300 people versus a thousand.

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And these 300 people, they did not really

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have, you know, like experience in fighting and

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all of that.

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Everything was peaceful in the beginning.

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So the Prophet ﷺ calmed the companions down.

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And Allah ﷻ, in the middle of the

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battle, Allah ﷻ calmed them down.

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One of the ayat when I was just

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reciting and Allah mentioning that he sent angels

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to fight with them and they were physically,

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you could actually physically see, you know, angels

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fighting with the Prophet ﷺ and the enemies

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are dying right and left, Allah ﷻ said,

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إِذْ يُغَشِّيكُمُ النُّعَاسَ أَمَنَةً مِّنْ When he covered

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you, remember, when he covered you with a

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slumber as a security from him and he

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caused water, rain to descend on you from

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the sky, you know, sometimes when you're exhausted,

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when you're tired, when there is so much

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going on and you sit down and you

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feel like, you know, the water is just

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coming on your face, you feel like you're,

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subhanAllah, you're relaxed, right, you feel like you're

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relaxed.

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So Allah ﷻ actually caused him to take

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like a nap.

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And that nap kind of freshened them up

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completely, you know, that now they're ready, they're

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fresh and they're ready to, you know, to

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start the fight and to take the haqq

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back and subhanAllah, follow the command of Allah

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ﷻ.

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إِذْ يُغَشِّيكُمُ النُّعَاسَ أَمَنَةً مِّنْ وَيُنَزِّلُ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ

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السَّمَاءِ مَا الَّذِي تَهِيرَكُم بِهِ وَيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمْ وَيُجْزَلْ

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شَيْطَانِ وَلْيَغْبِطْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَيَثَبِّتَ بِهِ الْأَخْدَامِ But

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Allah ﷻ gave this slumber and this nap

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as a sign for you and the water

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that comes down from the sky to calm

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you down and this is to show you

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a sign from Allah ﷻ.

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So ghazwat, so surat al-Anfal, as I

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said, describes the battle of Badr and the

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fadl of Allah ﷻ and then the nasr

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of Allah ﷻ comes from wherever you expect,

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subhanAllah.

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As I said many times before, ikhwan yakhawati,

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that in the history of Islam, in the

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history of ghazwat and battles, there was no

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single battle or ghazwa or fight where Muslims

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actually outnumbered the enemy.

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Again, I repeat this.

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There was no single battle, ghazwa, where Muslims

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outnumbered the enemy except one.

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It was Hunayn, ghazwa al-Tabuk.

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And ghazwa al-Tabuk, subhanAllah, that's the Muslims

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when they thought because mashallah there are many

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of them, they outnumbered the enemy, they said,

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لَنْ نُغْلَبَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ قِلَّةٍ We'll never be

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defeated today.

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Look how many of us versus the enemy.

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And guess what?

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Allah ﷻ caused them to be defeated in

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the beginning because of the arrogance.

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But aside from that, there was no single

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battle or ghazwa or a fight where they

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outnumbered the enemies, be it in Uhud, battle,

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you name it, in the history of Islam,

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subhanAllah.

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So when you think that the enemies, when

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you think they're too much, they have weapons,

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they have this modern technology and all of

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that, and they're going to take over and

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they're going to destroy everyone, trust me, دَنَصْرَ

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وَمَنْ نَصْرُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ دَنَصْرَ comes

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from somewhere we never expected, never expected.

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And usually when you see the enemy in

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the peak, they're like, when they think that

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nobody can defeat them, subhanAllah, دَنَصْرَ comes from

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wherever you don't expect, wallahi.

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And that's what we're going to see very

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soon, inshallah.

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دَنَصْرَ will come from Allah ﷻ.

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And of course, we need to do something.

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Your salawat, your zakah, your connection with Allah

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ﷻ, your dua to your brothers and sisters,

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this is very much needed.

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So it's not just about how powerful you

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are.

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The Quraysh, they were much more powerful than

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our Prophet ﷺ.

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But دَنَصْرَ came from Allah ﷻ.

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And we are certain, we are confident that

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دَنَصْرَ will come from Allah ﷻ.

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If you want to learn history, if you

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want to be confident of the نصر of

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Allah, read Surah Al-Anfal and you will

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see how Allah ﷻ gives تثبيت and firmness

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to the believers.

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That's why they defeated the enemy, subhanAllah, and

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became very strong after that.

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Inshallah, we'll continue with more reflections from these

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beautiful surahs as we recite them.

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We ask Allah ﷻ to make us from

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those who recite the Qur'an and apply

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and implement the rulings of the Qur'an

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to their lives.

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اللهم أمين أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله لولاكم

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جزاكم الله خير As

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