Suhaib Webb – Unlocking the Wisdom of History Lessons from the Qur’an

Suhaib Webb
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The speaker discusses the importance of history in motivating people and teaching them lessons to avoid evil. They mention the need to reflect on the historical events that led to the existence of Islam and the significance of history in motivating people and learning from their lessons. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of history as a cheat sheet for one's life and as a guide for avoiding evil.
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And it's

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clearly,

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you know, illustrated in the Quran when Allah

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says to Sayna Muhammad

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That indeed,

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the only all of these stories that we

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have related to you from the unseen

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were sent solely to strengthen your heart.

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That's why Al Junaid Al Baghdadi

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he said that

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that the stories of the righteous

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are like soldiers of god,

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which are meant to strengthen the hearts of

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the people who are striving to be near

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to Allah

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And Allah

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mentions clearly

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the need to reflect on history

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when he said

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Remind them of the days of Allah.

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Remind them of those days of Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala. And over and over in the

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Quran

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and and remind them of this and remind

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them this and remind them of this and

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remind them what's core, what's core, what's core,

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what's core, what's core, what's core, Mention this

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and mention this and mention this over and

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over and over again. So definitely,

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history has a very important place

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in motivating us and guiding us and teaching

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us and helping us as we move forward

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in the short amount of time that we

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have to live in this world. In some

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ways, as one of my teachers used to

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say, like, the history of people is a

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cheat sheet for your life.

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So, like, you can look at their lives

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and learn lessons

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and then try to apply

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the good from those lessons and avoid

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the evil

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from those lessons.

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