Suhaib Webb – Between Fear & Hope

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In a conversation about the impact of transito on human existence, the speakers discuss the negative impact of fear and hope on people's emotions and behavior. They suggest that fear inspires hope and that hope is a positive aspect of life. They also mention the importance of creating a balance between fear and hope in order to achieve a healthy balance between them.

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			Being here in Andalus is an absolute gumball
		
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			of emotions from, like, extreme euphoria and happiness,
		
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			romanticized
		
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			history,
		
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			like pain, suffering, sadness, and trauma with what
		
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			we lost. Now it's kinda like what life
		
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			is, especially in this era. An era, I
		
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			want you to think about this. If you're
		
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			into fitness, if you're a parent, whatever, You
		
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			see these videos that are so curated, when
		
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			you look at them, you feel bad that's
		
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			what they're meant to do because they create
		
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			an idea of excellence that's not humanly possible.
		
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			And that's the irony of transmodernity,
		
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			that it actually burdens human beings with things
		
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			which Islam recognizes they are incapable of doing.
		
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			How do we
		
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			kind of travel through that, if you will,
		
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			take the path, move through the tunnel of
		
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			transmodernity? Imam Al Qazari says with 2 important
		
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			ingredients,
		
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			fear and hope. Ibn Al Qayyim says fear
		
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			and hope are like wings on a bird.
		
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			Without 1, you can't fly. And Imam Al
		
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			Qazari says that hope is good as long
		
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			as it leads to responsibility.
		
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			And fear is good as long as it
		
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			inspires hope. SubhanAllah. So, let's try to work
		
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			on creating the capacity for a balance between
		
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			in fear and hope that keeps us motivated
		
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			and responsible.