Shakiel Humayun – GPS in Surah Al Baqarah Tarawih Talk #1

Shakiel Humayun
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The speaker discusses the importance of Surah Al Baq centers on creating guidance and understanding the starting point, destination, and directions to reach a destination. The importance of guidance is emphasized, as it is essential for creating doubt and walking away from misfragmentance. The speaker encourages listeners to listen to Surah Al Baq centers and use the Quran to become more attached to the guidance and the structure.

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			We're living with Surat Al Baqarah, and we'll
		
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			be
		
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			doing and listening to the recitation for a
		
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			few more nights. Surah Al Baqarah.
		
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			This Surah
		
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			is actually an answer to our dua. When
		
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			we say,
		
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			guide us to the straight path.
		
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			The second, a destination.
		
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			And the third,
		
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			the directions to get there.
		
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			And Surah Al Baqarah has all three of
		
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			these elements.
		
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			It provides us the starting point
		
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			informing us of where we came from.
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa'ala said that when he said
		
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			to the angels, I'm going to make a
		
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			human succession with authority on the earth.
		
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			So we know we were created by Allah,
		
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			so we don't have these doubts of,
		
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			is there a creator? Where did we come
		
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			from? Some people have theories that aliens put
		
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			us on this earth, so we know where
		
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			we came from. That's the first point. The
		
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			second is to have a destination.
		
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			The destination is also defined
		
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			in. How do you deny Allah when you
		
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			were lifeless,
		
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			and then he gave you life,
		
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			and then he will cause you to die,
		
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			and then he will give you life again,
		
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			and then unto him you will return. So,
		
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			this is our destination. We are all returning
		
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			to Allah Subhanahu. So, it's clear that we
		
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			have a starting
		
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			point, a destination,
		
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			and the third is
		
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			is what we need is directions.
		
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			What are we doing here? We know our
		
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			starting point where we came from. We know
		
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			where where we are going.
		
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			What are we doing here on this earth?
		
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			Surat Al Baqarah again gives us the answer.
		
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			Allah
		
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			says, O mankind,
		
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			worship your Lord who has created you and
		
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			created those before you so you may acquire
		
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			righteousness. Be righteous.
		
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			Notice here, Allah didn't
		
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			say,
		
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			Oh, you who have believed. He
		
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			said, Oh, mankind,
		
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			because this is the purpose for all of
		
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			mankind.
		
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			So the Quran gives us Surat Al Baqarah
		
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			gives us these three elements, and so it
		
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			becomes and
		
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			that's why it starts with that phrase, that
		
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			it's a guidance
		
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			for those who are righteous.
		
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			Shaitan's role is to create doubt.
		
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			Where do we come from?
		
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			Do we come from apes? Do we come
		
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			from aliens?
		
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			To create doubt about our destination. Is there
		
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			a life after this life?
		
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			To create doubt about what we're supposed to
		
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			do here. What's our purpose in this life?
		
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			People are confused. They think they're they're not
		
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			sure what they're doing on this earth. So
		
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			shaitan's
		
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			role is to create doubt in these three
		
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			elements because these are three pillars for guidance.
		
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			Surat Al Baqarah is a missile
		
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			against Shaitan.
		
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			This is why the prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi
		
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			Wasallam said,
		
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			When the prophet
		
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			said, do not make your houses
		
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			graveyards
		
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			because shaytan flees and runs away
		
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			from the house where
		
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			is recited.
		
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			So when
		
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			the the the doubt that shaytan offers is
		
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			faced with
		
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			the certainty
		
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			and the elements of guidance in Surah Al
		
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			Baqarah, it makes shaytan be repelled away.
		
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			And for guidance to truly be guidance, the
		
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			subtle point here is
		
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			that it can't be guidance if it's not
		
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			repelling misguidance.
		
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			So
		
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			repels
		
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			and so it qualifies to be guidance as
		
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			well as pushing away misguidance. We ask
		
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			in these nights when we're listening to Surah
		
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			Baqarah to make us
		
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			more attached to Surat Al Baqarah and more
		
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			attached to the Quran this month.