Sami Hamdi – DonT Give Up The Promise Of Allah Is True

Sami Hamdi
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The importance of patientism and staying true to one's beliefs is emphasized at church in New Zealand. The need for patience and change are also highlighted. The importance of not giving up and staying true to one's beliefs is emphasized, as is the need for change and continued expansion. The importance of patientism and staying true to one's beliefs is emphasized, as is the need for people to be patient and keep moving forward.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the

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Qur'an that those who do even an

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atom of good deed, Allah sees it.

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And Allah also says that if my servant

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asks of me, where am I?

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Asks where is Allah?

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Then tell them that I am near, I

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hear their dua, I hear when they call

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on me.

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So let them call on me and let

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them believe in me.

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The belief being that Allah can hear you.

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Let them believe in me, they will be

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given rushd, they will be given glory, they

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will be elevated and the like.

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Ibadallah, I know that many in our community,

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many Muslims are feeling the fatigue after watching

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11 months of genocide.

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Everybody is feeling the fatigue in terms of

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mobilizing and moving and raising their voices and

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calling to haq, calling to justice, calling to

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what is right, calling to that which the

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Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam advocated in that

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the Muslim should always be the one who

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stands up for the oppressed.

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Ibadallah, many are feeling the fatigue and the

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tiredness and many perhaps are starting to feel

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the same sentiments that Nuh alayhi sallam felt

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when he said, Many

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of you might be feeling like Nuh alayhi

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sallam who said, Allahumma, I've called on my

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people day and night.

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I call on them to what's right day

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and night.

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And every time I call on them, they

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merely run away from me.

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They put their fingers in their ears.

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They cover their faces.

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They don't want to see the truth.

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And they treat me with arrogance.

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They treat me as if my message is

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not valid.

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Some of you might be feeling like Lut

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alayhi sallam.

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Lut alayhi sallam said to his people or

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lamented, almost lamented and said, If only I

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had power or a powerful ally to resist

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you, to resist your oppression, to resist what

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is happening in this injustice that you are

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embarking on.

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Ibadallah, the reason Allah says in the Quran,

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that indeed in this book, we tell you

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the best of stories, stories that before you

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were ignorant of.

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Allah tells you these stories for a reason.

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It's to tell you that what you feel

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has been felt before.

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What you're going through has happened before.

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Those who went on the path of justice,

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people before you also went on the path

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of justice.

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So listen to these stories, Ibadallah.

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So you might know what it feels like.

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You might know that that feeling in your

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heart when you feel shaken.

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When Allah says, Allah

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says in the Quran, when he narrates the

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story of the prophets going through the struggles,

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that they got to a point, We're not

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talking about just a small decrease in profit.

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We're talking about when they were tested, with

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tests that led harm on them.

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With tests that they really had to contend

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and struggle with.

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Tests that we don't have to deal with

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here when we are raising our voices.

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Allah says they were shaken until the prophet

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and his companion said, مَتَى نَصْرُ اللَّهِ And

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Allah responded, أَلَا إِنَّ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ Ibadallah,

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do not lose hope.

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فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌ Be patient for

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the promise of Allah is true.

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And it's this patience aspect that we must

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persevere.

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Patience does not mean you wait for something

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to happen.

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Patience means that when you do something, you

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persevere believing that even if it doesn't produce

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the outcome you want, even if it's not

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producing the outcome at the pace that you

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want, you persevere on the basis that if

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you keep going, Allah will open it for

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you.

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And how can it be otherwise?

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When Allah said in the Qur'an about

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da'wa ya Ibadallah, when he says, وَمَنْ

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أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِمَّنْ دَعَى إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا

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وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ Is there any better

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speech the one who calls to Allah, does

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good deeds and says, I am from the

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Muslimin.

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But look what da'wa feels like ya

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Ibadallah.

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Look how Allah tells you to expect da

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'wa to feel like.

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Allah tells you what da'wa feels like

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in the following ayah, وَلَا تَسْتَوِى الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا

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السَّيِّئَةُ The good deed and the bad deed

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are not equal.

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Why when I'm giving da'wa Allah is

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talking to me about the bad deeds?

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Because when you say what is true, when

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you say what is haq, there is always

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a backlash ya Ibadallah.

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But Allah tells you the good deed and

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the bad deed are not equal.

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Keep doing the good deed, اِدْفَعَ بِالَّتِي هِيَ

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أَحْسَنَ Push back with that which is best,

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don't buckle and use those horrible tactics.

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Stay on the truth, stay with the correct

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tactics.

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Stay with raising your voice for haq, stay

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with the boycott, stay with that which is

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good ya Ibadallah.

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Why?

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Because Allah says, فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ

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كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ If you continue in this

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way, the one who is your enemy today

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Allah says, not neutral, the one who is

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your enemy today, not the one who makes

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you feel good, the one who is your

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enemy today, tomorrow can become your warmest ally.

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وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ Not just wali in terms of

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somebody who is your ally, hamim, the warm,

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a very close companion, a close ally.

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But Allah says, when He describes who achieves

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it, He says, وَمَا يُلَقَّاهَا None will achieve

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it, إِلَّا الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا Except those who are

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patient.

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Patient in what ya Ibadallah?

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Allah has said in this ayah, patience in

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the da'wah, patience in the movement, patience

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in the mobilization, patience in going out and

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doing something, patience in going out and saying

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something, going out and saying, اللهم هذا منكر

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This is wrong, it needs to change.

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This society needs to change.

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Justice needs to be upheld.

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Allah says, for those who are patient in

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this regard, not the mutaqa'i deen, those

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who sit at home.

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Those who are patient when they are out

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there, when they are going there, when they

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are like sahaba who knew the merits of

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dying in Medina, but only a minority were

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buried in Medina because their interpretation of Islam

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was to go out, was to raise the

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voice out, was to spread the deen out,

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was to go and exert their efforts out.

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That was their interpretation because they knew if

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they were patient in going out, not patient

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in staying in.

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If they were patient in raising their voices,

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continuing, Allah says that the enemy will become

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like the warmest ally.

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وَمَا يُلَقَّاهَا إِلَّا ذُو حَظٍ عَظِيمٍ And none

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achieve it, except those who are truly blessed.

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Meaning that Allah intervenes to make it happen.

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You might think, how on earth is this

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enemy going to become Muslim?

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How on earth will they come wali and

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hameem?

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Allah says, وَمَا يُلَقَّاهَا إِلَّا ذُو حَظٍ عَظِيمٍ

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Even if you can't see it, Allah will

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make it happen.

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Even if you can't see it, Allah will

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make it happen.

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Even if you can't see it, Allah will

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make it happen.

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And that's why Allah said, إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ

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اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحِ وَرَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ

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أَفْوَاجَةً فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا

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Why is it when Allah talks about the

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victory, when people enter Islam in waves, why

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does He say, سَبِّحُ, praise Him, and make

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istighfar?

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Why make istighfar when the victory has come?

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It's istighfar for the moments you doubted.

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It's istighfar when you thought it couldn't happen.

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It's istighfar when you thought Allah wouldn't deliver

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the victory.

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It's istighfar when you suddenly had that, you

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were shaken until you said, I see no

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hope for Gaza.

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I see no hope for the world.

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I see no hope for America.

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I see no hope for Europe.

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It's for those moments make istighfar.

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إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا Allah will accept the repentance

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for the moments of doubt.

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فَاسْبِرْ يَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ

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The promise of Allah is true.

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Move, Ya Ibadallah.

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Keep moving.

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Keep raising your voices.

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Keep speaking the haq.

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Keep speaking what is just.

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For Allah's promise is coming.

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Don't be the one when the promise comes,

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you say, لَيْتَنِي, I did something, if only

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I did something.

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أَقُولُ قَوْلِ هَذَا وَاسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهِ لِي وَلَكُمْ وَاللِّسَاءِ

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لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ فَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُّرُ الرَّحِيمُ

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Alhamdulillah.

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Alhamdulillah.

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نَحْمَدُهُ وَنَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَنُؤْمِنُ بِهِ وَنَتَوَكِّلُ

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عَلَيْهِ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ يَنفُسِنَا وَمِنْ سَيِئَاتِ

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عَمَالِنَا مَا يَهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلَا مُضِلَ لَهُ وَمَا

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يُضْلِلْ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ

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إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ

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سَيِّدَنَا وَحَبِيبَنَا مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَضَلَ

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الْمُجَهِدِينَ عَلَى الْمُتَقَائِدِينَ Praise be to Allah who

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elevated those who strive, those who raise their

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voices, those who do something, Ya Ibadallah, those

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who seek to put themselves on the path

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of justice, those who do not tire at

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the word of justice, those who do not

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tire of da'wah, those who do not

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feel fatigue over 11 months, they persevere with

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Rasulullah ﷺ for 13 years in Mecca and

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they follow him to Medina afterwards when they

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are kicked out of Mecca.

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Praise be to Allah those who have the

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perseverance and the patience to keep going even

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when people say, what is the point?

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Even when people say there is no hope,

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even when people say this is useless, they

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keep going because they believe in the promise

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and they

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want to be vehicles that Allah uses and

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they recognize that it's not Muslims that made

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Islam great, it is Islam that made Muslims

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great.

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It is not Muslims that make Allah great.

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It is Allah who made the Muslims great.

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It is Allah who bestows His favors.

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We do no favor for Allah.

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